Market Gardening & A Massive Fall Harvest! | Cold Storage of Autumn Crops

[@theelliotthomestead]

Hey all! Thanks for joining us for the 2019 root vegetable harvest! Okay, actually, there are still parsnips to go... but you know what I mean... ;)

[@kamrunnahar9023]

Can we Please have more Videos from you. They are so amazing.

[@conniekenny7201]

The Elliott Homestead what variety of cabbage did you grow

[@sarabuch807]

I can’t tell you how excited I am when you upload a video. However..... being from the East Coast ...... they are always late! 🥺 upload earlier! Love from the the East Coast Beaches. ❌⭕️

[@eleanorkerby]

have not heard of parsnips in forever...grampa said he would rather go to jail than to eat them...my grandson said he would rather do chores than eat egg salad and while I love egg salad I have never eaten parsnips...would love to know how you fix them

[@yvonneboerema2782]

The Elliott Homestead i grow my potatos in a trans(not sure thats spelled ok) and if they come up i put soil on them 3/4 times till i get ridges that makes them easyer to harvest.so every time the leafs come up the soil i put some more soil on them,it allso protect them from late frost

[@jaynemar1]

Wonderful as always... I have to say, I’m always disappointed that your videos are over well before I am ready for them to end... As the old saying goes, Always leave them wanting more...

[@edenelston7668]

Right here! I'm the crazy potato lady. Not space, but depth of soil! For us, loose deep soil was key. The looser the soil, the less hilling you have to do; they sorta burrow themselves. We just plant and deep mulch the potato area each fall with leaves, grass, woodchips, let it break down over winter, and then they come up in late spring/summer. I think the fall planting and deep mulching is key.

[@margiesteininger3344]

my dad was a farmer - he would pitch fork the potato bed all around the soil to loosen it up then pick through it to get the potaoes

[@karenmikasko7148]

I was going to say this also...use a pitchfork to loosen, then the kids can pick them out. Love your videos.

[@CaliforniaLucky]

Paul Gautschi (Back to Eden, lives in WA!) lays down 2 inches of compost, then potatoes, then 8-9" of mulch. I tried this and LOVED the results!

[@E.R.Hewitt]

Paul Gautschi and his wood chips .... this has transformed our market garden

[@makj2406]

I tried the wood chips too but the only yield it increased was the slugs! It did keep down weeds, which was nice. I’m not sure that style of gardening works everywhere.

[@CaliforniaLucky]

@@makj2406 My attempt with wood chips the prior year was unsuccessful. It was only when I added the 2-3" of compost first that it made a huge difference this year.

[@makj2406]

Erika Breslin at CaliforniaLucky I’m going to work at building my soil a lot more. I’m in zone 4 and have poor soil. I guess I’m a glutton for punishment! I love gardening too much to give up.

[@cherreemorgan6631]

Today was my first time watching your videos. I am on number 8. I am 70 years old and have gardened and preserved for 55 of them. Slowing down but now teaching/showing a younger generation! And the beat goes on.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

As a FYI be advised potatoes will bruise so handle them with care !! ! No throwing !!! bruises will rot !!! Same with other veggies !!! On your potatoe soil where you had them planted, you need much more organic material, compost, or rotted manure worked into the soil to soften it up !!! Your soil around the potatoes looked awfully hard !!! But a good crop !!! Good show !!!

[@annescott6137]

Hi from Scotland hi from Scotland I just came across you vidios and I just love them I am watch from the begining I think your homestead is amazing the garden and house looks like a beautiful Italian house I could get lost in your garden I grow my own veg and as you know there is nothing like home grown I am going I to hospital at the end of the week for a knee replacement surgery so I will be catching up on your vidios and will follow your vidios every day I wish you and your lovely family all the very best stay safe take care Anne Scott from Scotland 😀

[@HappyCats17]

Best of luck with your surgery, ma'am.

[@annescott6137]

@@HappyCats17 hi thank you for your kind message Anne Scott from Scotland

[@theelliotthomestead]

Welcome Anne! I am so happy you found us! Our prayers will be with you during your surgery and recovery!

[@annescott6137]

@@theelliotthomestead hi thank you for your kind wishes I am actually at this moment catching up with your vidios I just love them stay safe take care Anne Scott from Scotland

[@HappyCats17]

@@annescott6137 I hope you are well into a healthy recuperation period, Ms Scott!

[@josephkiselica8923]

Ahoj. I live in Slovakia and do pretty much the same as you all do... Only from a much smaller garden..... Today 12kilonplus sunchokes from my experiment.... I know the inner peace and satisfaction of growing and eating one's own food from a hard worked garden...... I do a lot of composting and no dig over here...... Thanks ks for sharing. It gave me a good feeling!

[@garym9356]

Hi Elliott Family....I have to tell you that you all are the first of all the homestead families that I have seen harvesting side heads of cabbage( Cabbage Sprouts)…. When I was a kid my family had a 5 acre market garden and I remember harvesting the Cabbage Sprouts to sell at market and they went like hotcakes...So thanks for letting people know that once you harvest the head of a cabbage it doesn't mean its over....thumbs up!

[@marilyngodfrey868]

I remember crawling down the potato rows, at my great Uncle Frank's farm. He had p!owed the rows, with his old tractor, so the soil was so soft. They had already gotten what they wanted and invited Grandma, and my mother and we three kids to come up. I was so excited at age 10 to find baby potatoes, lots of babies. I took a bag home...enough to fry...three batches for our family of five. I was in love with gardening.I I love your videos. Keep up the good work. God bless your family!

[@robynvandenarend2142]

Hey guys you don't need a lot of room for a good potato harvest just plant them in raised beds with lots of rich organic matter. We harvested about 400lbs of potatoes off of about 60 lbs of seed potatoes. They were so fun and easy to dig up!

[@maybee...]

Hello, I agree with Wilbur Finagen, loosen your soul with organic matter, I'm new to your channel and not sure how you are set up for composting. I saw all of your beautiful cabbages and have great hope for the waste leaves. One thing I do when digging my potatoes is to use a pitch fork to loosen up the soil, same for digging carrots and beets. You can dig a foot away so as not to damage the produce under the soil. Loosening up the soil makes it a lot easier to get all you have grown out of the soil. Kids in the garden is a special gift. Good luck and blessings.

[@catedennis41]

Do you know you can can the little potatoes? No need to peel them. Just wash well and can them with one teaspoon salt per pint, more if doing quarts. You open the can, pour the whole jar into the pot, drain when cooked and add butter - YUM!! We do this in Alaska all the time.

[@bran5511]

I was over the moon excited about my potato harvest this year. This was the first year I rented a plot from the city. I planted less than 5 pounds of potatoes in a 50ft row and despite fighting a losing battle against potato beetles, I harvested close to 15 pounds!!!!!

[@nancycowan6109]

I will say this. One of the joys of my life was the time we grew a huge garden at my dad’s cabin. Harvesting the potatoes gave me goosebumps. It was so exciting, and I will never forget the thrill of potatoes bubbling out of the earth. ❤️

[@mdouble100]

What a wonderful video you've created. It expresses the wonderful joy and satisifaction of growing your own food. As you've stated, there is an X-factor which comes from eating food grown with your own hands that simply can't be easily defined. I really appreciate the analogy of growing different vegetables to playing different musical insturments. This very closely mirrors the experience my wife and I have in our own garden. We are in the process of creating a gardening journal in which we hope to capture information which will help us improve our gardening skill sets over time. We also hope to capture the gardening experience of others so as to, hopefully learn from their mistakes or success.

[@JackJack-wy5yk]

Awe the first vehicle a farm girl learns to drive is a tractor! The second for me was the old farm truck when my dad and brothers would feed the cows. What a wonderful way to grow up!

[@IndyHomestead]

We love your editing style so much- it's like comfort food. So inspired by your family.

[@liubagallucci5275]

My Mother was Russian and cabbage was always our favorito. I was born and raise on a farm in Brasil. Now I live in Maine. I love your videos. Stay happy and healthy.

[@kristivaness3109]

Love seeing your family team work in the harvesting of your garden! You are passing on a wonderful legacy for your children to use when they have their own homes and gardens. Keep up the great job Mom and Dad!

[@katsmama813]

All the hard work we put into our gardens is so worth it when the harvest begins.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Loved seeing the little ones in the garden in their undies with dirt on their bottoms, so cute! You’re affording them an idyllic childhood.

[@emilyc8958]

I just want so so many more of your cooking and gardening videos. You inspire me like nothing else to get in the garden and the kitchen and appreciate and create

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

This is the best time of year it feels like free food when everyone goes to their garden and harvest. - Ruthie

[@stephaniedavis7033]

bet the broad fork concept would work with the potatoes like the carrots - i am so trying that next year for my carrots - tired of the shorty's and longing for big carrots!

[@rkorsberg]

The best potato growers seem to be located in sandy loam soil areas....buy a truckload of sand and mix it in with your compost....same seems to be true for Hermiston Watermelons and cantelope

[@bhavens9149]

companion plant Bush Beans, if you alternate the rows, they protect each other from potato beetle and bean beetle, and I like to plant naturtiums randomly with them. :)

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

Each crop is like an individual child.....our children are all in the same family, but each child (each person, even) has very different requirements. I love your channel! Thanks for sharing what you do. God bless you!

[@MissAshten]

I'm from the Pacific Northwest and found that container potatoes did well for me. I added layers of soil to the potatoes as they grew taller and I harvested a lot of large yukons. Burlap bags and even chicken wire cylinders with hay work well also

[@karlynbergadorico1923]

Your such an amazing couple, I'm also amazed of your children because at an early age they know about farming.. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY..

[@cindy-ki8ex]

I grew my potato's in plastic tubes. I moved and used a lot of plastic storage bins. I used 3 of them and planted potato's in them I used potting soil and cow manure and I got 1 and a half 5 gallon buckets from the 3 bins. next year I think I will do 4 bins last year I did two. the bins are still holding up well. Easy harvesting and great yeald in a small space.and unneeded bins repurposed as growing f cintainers.

[@SouthernLatitudesFL]

I love your videos for their artistry as much as information. You paint lovely pictures with your words and camera. Also, thank you for pointing out those mini-side-cabbages. Last year, I had my first big cabbage harvest and they gave me those side cabbages later. A horticulturalist told me to throw them away. I love your take on it better. Going to keep this winter's bitty cabbages. (FL Zone 9b)

[@letticason8435]

I love that the kids are in the dirt and clothes come off. Love it!!! Back to full range kids. Y’all are amazing.

[@Norwaycat91]

Still a student so I don't have space to grow my own produce yet, but one day I will! For now I will have to settle with supporting local producers by having a local veggie box subscription! Better than going to the grocery store and getting veggies from another continent! And I gotta say, all these small farms coming together do a pretty good job! But I can't wait to grow my own!

[@DansonforJoy]

Today was one of those PERFECT days on our side of the mountains. 😊 Loved how you likened gardening to playing musical instruments. 👌🎶

[@tbrown2302]

Looks like a decent potato harvest to me! I’m envious of your root cellar and cold storage. Enjoyed watching the family harvest together. Blessings.

[@kenaddis6195]

Hill your potatoes up about 12-14 inches above ground after you use the broad fork and loosen up the soil similar to the way you did your carrots . Potatoes need good loose soil

[@keeperofthehomeat4dfarms]

I have been researching people growing potatoes in buckets or containers

[@deelightedone651]

Shaye please share with us how you guys built your greenhouse. Thanks!

[@elizabethranstrom6800]

I love seeing your root cellar and cold storage take shape with all your harvest!

[@mamajewelAmber]

We had an epic potato harvest grown in a years old cow winter feed-lot, loads of weeds and potatoes right alongside one another

[@emilyswezey5001]

Potatoes like a lot of fertility and consistent watering. If you use animal manure that is less than a year old they are more likely to get scab really bad. Previous spring applied manure seems to be fine. I usually use old hay and leaves if I can get them. Mulch the plants throughout the year. Plant the potatoes extra deep. I use a hand hoe to cut a hole open shove a potatoes in and close it behind the potato. You could also use a shovel or fork. The variety also makes a big difference as far as production, look into it more and see what you've been growing in the past vrs what might produce longer. I consider potatoes to be one of the easiest, least work high yield things I grow now.

[@joanneganon7157]

I have to say my white potatoes never did very ,but my red always we're great. Very frustrating when they were both in the same soil! Thanks as always for your tour. Don't forget us when your cooking these yummy foods! Jo Jo in VT 💕😊

[@haileyparlette8083]

Maybe next year try a dedicated raised bed for the potatoes. I grow mine in a bed that is 18in high filled with lightly fluffly soil. They grew huge and numerous. I simply had to reach in the soil and grab them. No heavy digging required.

[@paulineadams6419]

I love your videos Shaye, I love listening to your well modulated voice even if I'm not in the room to see the video, you and Stuart work so hard everyday it seems and clearly love your way of life, love seeing the kids in your videos also, I am also disappointed when your videos end.........keep sharing please, may God bless you and your family.

[@jeanmuehlfelt7942]

Wisconsin generally runs third in the country for growing potatoes. Ours always outdo themselves in the sandy soil. Have to water them a lot. Go easy on manure. They also like a more acid soil to help prevent scab. A garden fork is the easiest to use for harvesting. Sure enjoy your harvest. I'd better get going on mine. ❤️

[@michaelhogan9053]

Look into growing potatoes in straw bales. Also, if you use the big fork to loosen the ground, harvest will be easy. Did you mound the spuds as they grew? Good Luck!!

[@gav668]

It is infinitely easier to grow potatoes by laying down off hay or grass clippings to cover where you want to grow, set ur rows n then just water (if needed) and top up to keep the tubers covered as the plant grows with more clippings.

[@tiffinyharrington9307]

I was excited about my potato harvest! Fun to grow and sooo much better than anything you buy.

[@annebeck2208]

I think I have found the trick to growing potatoes, I have inherited a garden that was clay with sand over it and then a little bit of garden soil on that (maybe 6-8 inches above sand and clay). It drains very well and grow the most amazing potatoes with no work, if I cover the surface with grass clippings (I think hay or woodchips would work too)

[@charaayars4692]

our potato patch didn't do great this year... BUT about 3 years ago, when we lived in town on 1/3 of ac acre, we harvested 5 bushels of potatoes.... they last us until march, i think....

[@harrym7930]

We do out tots in tubs or pots, good feed of blood fish bone and mix through some pearlite or vermiculite to allow space for growth compression ESP if using terracotta pots. Don't let the soil dry out. Your videos are charming and whimsical. Keep it up.

[@therusticranchgarden]

I LOVE SEEING YOUR GORGEOUS PROPERTY. What a great harvest. Your children are so cute and so involved in the garden. Beautiful, darling! I really liked the little cabbages! Everything is so lovely. Thank You, God Bless You!. Bertha in TEXAS

[@charitysmith5245]

I bet those baby cabbages are so sweet!

[@Julia29853]

I’m so happy when you upload a new video! Thank you for sharing your life with us! It’s beautiful. 🙂

[@michaelhogan9053]

You will be super happy you filmed these in 20 yrs.

[@twistedgoats8305]

I really liked your analogy, gardening to instruments, I agree with you it takes time, practice and persistence.

[@MissNatashaMarie]

I love how big your garden is! We’re very new to potato growing, but ours seemed really happy growing in the aged sheep manure/hay mix we cleaned out of the sheep shed. We tilled it into the garden soil and all the plants loved it.

[@brandyburke8704]

I'm late coming to your channel, and absolutely love it :) My family has grown major potato crops in our garden for as long as I can remember... One thing that we discovered was that our potatoes and tomatoes don't like each other. If one thrived the other was much more stunted... So we just never put our tomatoes and potatoes next to each other :)

[@jeannecooke4862]

Bless all of You! ...and your Homestead!

[@RiverPlaid]

You two speak like you are artists.🌸

[@jeanneamato8278]

May your harvests bring you health and happiness and togetherness. 🥬🍅🥕🍎🥔

[@angeladyson7367]

Potatoes grow exceptionally well in large containers. The thing is when you dig the soil, sow the potatoes back fill then earth up etc. The soil spends a lot of time trying to recover from the trauma of being broken up, all the microbes and insect activity gets disturbed and it takes time for the soil to recover from that. Meanwhile it can't concentrate on yielding a good harvest because all its energy is going into recovering what its just lost. I recommend container growing therefore and instead of earthing up (which can damage the horns that develop on potatoes again checking their growth) if you put the growing medium into the container with food then sow the seed potatoes then fill up the container leaving about an inch from the top then water in until water flows through holes in the bottom give the potatoes plenty of light, food, space etc you should get a better harvest. (Manure by the way should be just fine) but also give them a high potash feed weekly through the growing season (they do apparently do very well in acid soil/ericaceous compost) all the best guys.

[@intentionallymade]

Have you looked into the Ruth Stout method of doing potatoes? Lots of compost is what I’ve heard helps the most. Charles Dowding is also a good resource. This will be my first year creating a market garden.

[@angeange7639]

For the first time ever I had a great potato harvest! But on a side side my cabbages didn't do well this year... It ok every year is kind of a surprise!

[@sheilamorse2624]

It is a glorious time of year! Thanks for sharing part of your harvest with us.

[@TxgrlnGa]

I’m living through your channel! I just love yours & many others, being disabled & unable to do all this anymore ❤️

[@analemus4235]

Oh mine that was amazing to watch how much food you harvest. Great job guys❤

[@jennifermccully3153]

I don’t know about cabbages but garlic thrives in straight-up cow manure!

[@BoldlyGrowHomestead]

Cabbage and potatoes, two things I didn't try this year =] Looks like a great harvest!

[@annregan5330]

Love the video all that beautiful food and the children helping you there adorable. Much love to you all :-) ♡♡

[@missymoonwillow6545]

Precious family you guys! Love. Super Adorable garden harvest to be apart of. Thanks so much. Inspiring, we are in NE Washington having a year of the tomato as well :) Dried Cow Patties will work very effectively for growing ANYTHING :) Check into India's approach to growing massive produce. Cow Pies, all the way.... slap em against a brick wall, let em dry out in the sun, peel em off and then break apart. There's some videos on this here on youtube. Many Blessings guys.

[@antoninettealexander126]

Love your vlogs. My grandmother told the soil must be sweat. I use a organic fertilizer in the beginning that i use on raspberries and strawberries.

[@jackiehorsley9263]

nice harvest I always look forward to the harvest In the garden

[@Whole88]

I love you guys you make the best vlogs, don't stop!

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I set two beds of potatoes where the compost had been this year. I haven't harvested any of those yet.

[@gailakraeszig2866]

I, like you, am definitely over the moon for my potato crop each year!

[@denisescull4227]

Root cellaring is so interesting, so many different methods. Have you ever left the roots on your cabbage for storage? Chelsea from Little Mountain Ranch tried it last year and the results were pretty fantastic. Thanks for sharing, your family and farm are precious

[@ginamedley8484]

Shaye we all need to know what color you painted your kitchen cabinets!!! I love love the blue! I have old cabinets I need to repaint and I think that would be lovely on the lowers with a white for the tops in my kitchen.

[@sharonmcmann-morelli4896]

Enchanting place, still watching the videos ❤️

[@pameladecicco6509]

Beautiful earth Mother, beautiful harvest!❤

[@sealed2mybff]

I so desperately want to be a homesteader, but I haven't a clue where to start and it's so overwhelming.

[@angies3057]

Same here.

[@sandrafarley2966]

Sawshavings do great for potatoes.

[@barbvoth940]

Great video! Have you or will you ever talk about how you made Your refrigerated room? I’m curious about the “how” to make that work!

[@pieterheylen9896]

Harvest your Brussel sprouts after the first frost. They Will Be sweater

[@Greywolf2328]

If I may make a suggestion that might help with your potato growing. . . I watch a great deal of homesteaders on KZbin, I love gardening. Hollis & Nancy's Homestead is one of the finest when it comes to "How To's" for growing all sorts of vegetables. You might want to check out their site.

[@deborahalfano2264]

you need to get the weed suppressing fabric that Living Traditions Homestead uses.

[@elizabethcleland6267]

what about growing them in large barrels take up less space but heavy cropping same with sweet potato if you put few rabbits who will eat your old weeds leaves ect they give the best ever manure which if you put some in feeds plants

[@debbiewilliams9612]

Beautiful cabbages...we will have some ready soon!! They smell so good when you cut into them!!

[@LadyWisdomSpeaksAcademy]

This is my favorite time too! Enjoy your harvest!

[@frannychafel5129]

Do you have any tips or tricks for growing cabbage? I've never tried growing them before but I absolutely love them! Love your channel ❤

[@anastasiaromanova2009]

Yes when we used to live in Russia. Potatoes were a big dill and yes lots of work. But there are nothing better than your own potatoes!!! Y’all don’t a great job especially with kids been part of it!!!!

[@loraineleuschke4186]

Happy feasting. You have earned it.

[@itsreallyhothere]

Thank you Elliott Homestead, loved it.

[@deloresochoa6235]

Excellent harvest!!!!!

[@Diana_the_green_dragon]

Look up UK hear we grow channel on potatoes. He is a potato growing specialist. We learned a lot from him. Love the cabbage harvest and how you store food.

[@marieparks5674]

Straight cow manure usually causes them to be scabby in my experience, trial and error lol

[@jessicagarrison1385]

Epic harvest!

[@Truckusadirect]

Potato towers are the way to go.