The Best Homestead GRAPE TRELLIS

[@MarieAchee]

I just love your channel so much; it's new and interesting content, well-presented. I've learned from and implemented several things from y'all; did an at-home cow pregnancy test (she's pregnant!), am planting popcorn this year, routinely make your chocolate milk, and did the molasses water post-calving thing. When you've got 500,000 subscribers I'll be able to say I was in the 1st 500 😀. Love the family ice cream blip at the end. We're putting in a raspberry trellis this week and following your tutorial from last year (anything you'd change before we embark on that project?). Maybe grapes next year!

[@morethanfarmers]

Wow, thank you so much Marie! I teared up a little reading that.. so good to know we’re making a difference 😊 Congrats on the cow pregnancy! Such a good feeling. So I did change a couple things.. I lowered the top wire a foot, and I added another set of wires in between the top and bottom sets. We had some plants still not reaching the top even after lowering it. I made the middle set wider than the top. I moved the wire down in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYTJf3uXpduJkNU I don’t think the added wire made it into a video. I’m gonna till beside the plants soon so I could put it in a video within the next few weeks. It’s easy to add after you build the original structure. Good luck!

[@noreen_ann1438]

I love how you are teaching your children to help and explaining how to plant the potatoes. I love the idea with using the stick for spacing! 💕

[@mrs.broccoli4362]

Michell is blessed with an all round handyman

[@Zizzyyzz]

And he's blessed with a lovely and capable wife! 🌞

[@helenebennie3961]

@@Zizzyyzz We should all be a blessing to others. Unfortunately that's not always the way it works. (But that's not a reason to stop.)

[@Zizzyyzz]

@@helenebennie3961 Agreed!

[@sisongkhamsphabmixay5989]

Lovely family

[@dc1397]

Very interesting with the angle iron. That trellis should last a long time.

[@gavinvonmeyer3746]

You guys are living my dream lifestyle!! May God Continue to bless you guys!!

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks Gavin!

[@lildebra7941]

Cody, when you pick your grapes rinse them good and freeze them whole in a baggie, they are so good frozen and refreshing when it is so hot outside. My little family loves them frozen

[@dollyperry3020]

Just wanted to make sure you knew that grapes are very bad for dogs! The trellis looks wonderful! I'd love an update!

[@thebeardedrooster2871]

I was looking for a good video on making the trellis.. This was it. Thanks dude.

[@SeedsofLoveliness]

Spring is the busiest time of year for us so I have missed your videos lately. Great to see you got all of that work done before the rain arrived! Beautiful family working together makes for precious memories. 🥰 We have bees arriving this week. Exciting, but a tad nervous. Really hoping things go smoothly.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks for takin the time to stop by! That is really exciting! I hope that goes well for you. I just put a couple swarm traps out, and I’m hopin for more bees this year!

[@SeedsofLoveliness]

@@morethanfarmers Very exciting! Hope you catch a swarm! 🐝

[@tomreppert1722]

This past week I realized just how much I look forward to your videos! Glad when I saw this week's drop. Keep putting out the awesome content and keep up the great work on the homestead!

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks a lot! That’s super encouraging to hear. I hope to continue to serve you well 😊

[@user-hy8zo3pq8p]

You are agood farms lam from syria lLove the village

[@melissabean8144]

Hi & Hello from Ga ! I didn't get to setting grape 🍇 into the ground this yr but after watching y'all do it , i excited for next year ! Im so proud of y'alls progress in the planting. Yes it is very hard work but the harvest is so worth it and this is what the Lord intends us to do is to planish to feed our family. You and Michelle have beautiful young 🌱 farmers right there 😊 loved the ice cream at the end ! Keep on Growing!!! ❤

[@nomir4065]

Beautiful. That's going to be so nice when the grass and the grapes start growing.

[@morethanfarmers]

Yeah I can’t wait to see it!

[@tomcox5063]

What a great days work! Loved seeing Michelle pass it along, teaching the kids to plant potatoes. Great job Cody!

[@wanzueni]

Ilove this.ive a farm in Kenya and cordinate the work from Germany. one thing ill never do though isto put cobrete or metal in my fertile ground,Notice how nature made the groundfertile you cleared

[@benburns5995]

Hi Codi, great video of setting up your garden and also setting up your Grape Trellis. After all the work to setup that Trellis hope that the grape plants grow well. Great way to end the busy work day by getting some ice-cream together.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks Ben!

[@shaunrasmussen5886]

I just put grapes in the ground this year. No trellis built yet because I wasn't planning on getting grapes this year, but someone was giving away free grape starters so I took them. 😂

[@morethanfarmers]

Nice!!

[@annmcnitt8749]

This is the kind of grape arbor that we set up about three years ago. It's sturdy, and we haven't had any problems with it at all.

[@morethanfarmers]

Good to hear!

[@lindabinley574]

Do you have a video on goal setting for the year? Love your intentionality!

[@leannekudahl2432]

No to plastic weed barrier; yes to cardboard for me.

[@morethanfarmers]

We had an inner battle about that.. we don’t like using plastic. BUT cardboard is held together with glue that I don’t want in our soil and the weeds still come up through. So at least instead of going with a thin plastic that has to be replaced every year, we went with a weed cloth that should last several.

[@leodeboca]

awesome jobs guys!

[@jodiepugh8529]

So glad to find your channel we are also in Ohio, and we’re thinking of adding grapes beside my raised beds.

[@judyanderson8782]

You can hang pots of herbs or flowers that would keep away insect pests from your grapes. Also add color and beauty.

[@sgrvtl7183]

Looking forward to the grapes! GOOD job with all your hard work on planting and trellis👌💯💚🤎💛

[@morethanfarmers]

Can't wait for grapes! We're hoping to make wine and plenty of fresh grape juice:)

[@wanderingstarfarmhouse]

We just planted three colors of grapes together--I didn't think about cross-pollination. I bought them as a set from the Indiana Berry Company though--so hopefully they wouldn't sell them like that if it were a problem. Your trellis looks great. We've decided to do a high arbor to put a table under. I think they theoretically may not be as productive in that setup, but I really like the (theoretically in the future) aesthetic of it!

[@morethanfarmers]

That’s good to know! Seems like it should be fine then. I love the idea of sitting under an arbor of grapes 😊

[@carolday3381]

Cross pollination is not an issue when growing your grapes. A green seedless will remain green seedless, a blue concord will be a blue concord. If your trying to make seed production for sale then yes you don’t want cross pollination but just to grow and eat cross pollination creates a more abundant crop as the difference triggers a healthy fruiting response. If you grow 3 varieties of grapes beside each other the fruit of each variety will look and taste as its variety is meant to be,.. its the seeds that get different. Your parents didnt change just because they “cross pollinated” with each other its just you (their seed) that came out a unique blend of both your parents. Make sense?

[@berniesat]

Unless you're planning on planting the seeds, you don't have to worry about cross pollination. You actually want them to cross pollinate. You'll get more fruit.

[@morethanfarmers]

Cool! Thanks.. That's really good to know 😊

[@Tightburn]

I love this video, reminds me of my parents teaching me how to plants things, when you were telling the boys how to plant the potatoes.

[@binavineyard]

Very good 🎉❤

[@davidstoddard9160]

With post in the ground I see so many use a gas torch to preserve the wood that goes in the ground, and that works I think, but there is another way to protect rot with wood in the ground It turns out the the wood rots where it comes in contact with air, moisture, and dirt . Below the ground where oxygen does not come in contact, does not rot. So, if you put a rubber roofing that is used at the edge of a roof to prevent water from rotting the sheeting is a great product to wrap around the post and prevent rotting .

[@morethanfarmers]

great advice! Thank you!

[@farmhouseinthehills]

Great build, going to try the same!

[@morethanfarmers]

Good luck!

[@mytigereyez]

I was looking through videos to find something to help me figure out the dreaded chore of figuring out how i'm going to hold my new grape. Found your channel, super entertaining, educational and interesting! Your family is adorable and I'm jealous you get to do all of this, because i'm in suburbia'ish, close to the outskirts of town. While I have almost a half an acre, I certainly can't enjoy letting any cows graze my pasture. The neighbors wouldn't go for that. LOL The grape trellis looks amazing, would love to see an update this spring!

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks! Good to hear from you!

[@user-jy6vp1zm9m]

It’s on my list for 2024!!

[@cgau2446]

I know you're great at researching your ideas. From my own experience and my father's knowledge in grape growing I learned that there's a difference in grapes for juice/wine and grapes for the table. Table grapes should not be planted in the same vineyard as juice grapes. You want to plant seeded grapes separate from seedless grapes. Or they will cross pollinate and the seedless will grow seeds. once this happens no matter what, you can't change the vine back to a seedless vine. If all your grapes are for juice and jelly it won't matter since the juice will he separated from the rest of the grape. Hope this helps. Love your vids...so proud of you two! Keep up the great. Happy family life❤ God bless and keep yiucall! Candy in SC PS **course idea* "How you make a homestead wishboard" on the computer

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you for the knowledge!

[@livlee1858]

@morethanfarmers Thanks to you guys, I was inspired to get a wheel hoe. I found one at an estate sale for $50 and I’m so excited! It’s definitely an antique but so cool. I see your old one attaches to implements similarly to mine with the small rear opening to connect them, I’m wondering where you managed to find yours? The newer companies that have attachments won’t fit my unit

[@jonathonpack5742]

Sweeeeet! Grapes have been something I've wanted to do for a few years now. I appreciate you doing the work to find the best way to set it up so that I can just copy what you've got. 😅 Thank you and good work!

[@morethanfarmers]

No prob man. Anything to make your life easier 😏 And I’ll be sure to let you be one of the first to taste the wine I’ll eventually make 😁

[@chriskourlos4407]

Ok great energy young man if the farm! After you cut your 16' posts go get you some ground contact 2 x 4s and have extensions of 2 x 4snailed or screwed in the length of like 3 ir 4 feet then plant em whatever distance deep you like. I like 48 inches cuz here in michigan: GO BLUE!!! OUR FROSTLINE IS 48 INCHES! I LIKE DIGGING WITH MY POSTHOLE DIGGERS SO I CAN PUT DOWN GALF bagof gravel then thriw in some crushed rock or brick keeping it level then put a bag if cement next to my hole and yse a shivel to nip off the vag and use my hose and just flood it with water a bit then have the bag cement flood the hole slow then water it till its about a inch below the surface and get a 1inch by one inch stick and jab the hole while its getting sprayed and poke out the hole filling it up with cement to the top . All the time keeping a shirt level on ut to level it up pretty much. Let it sit a hour and done. Lots of energy for a good cause. Love your life on the farm and crew loves you too❤😂🎉 they all are keepers!!! Great job! God bless! Enjoyit if ya all keep uploading instructional stuff like this as its quite inspirational!! A++❤😂🎉

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks Chris! Really appreciate your enthusiasm 😁❤️

[@twofstu1]

I love your videos keep up the great work.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy!

[@cyndimoss426]

My husband and kids are watching with me and we died laughing when you yelled for the tape measure!!! He always asks that. Sometimes he forgets where he leaves it but most of the time one of the twins or my 4 yr old has it.

[@morethanfarmers]

😂😂😂

[@icercka4895]

Un trabajo duro siempre trae sus beneficios 😊

[@sylviesavoie4896]

Cool video😮❤

[@kellyturner3031]

I want to plant grapes. My mom did for a long time.

[@mariaanderson6503]

Wow great job 👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you 🤗

[@johnowens5342]

I did two dark grapes and a green also apparently the pollination worked because one year later I have grapes. Your project looks great.

[@morethanfarmers]

Very encouraging! Thank you

[@ianferguson3998]

You'll hate yourself for that weed barrier.... I do. Every single day I see it. I use straw to control weeds

[@Overwatcher397]

Why

[@bob_frazier]

I find that crap in every hole I dig in my inner yard. What a mess. And the weeds grow on top of it in old mulch so it's worthless.

[@zedwpd]

it's generally considered safe to use pressure-treated wood for a grape trellis, even if you're growing grapes for eating. The main concern with pressure-treated wood is that it contains a chemical called chromated copper arsenate (CCA), which is used to prevent the wood from rotting. While CCA does contain arsenic, which is a toxic substance, the amount of arsenic that leaches out of the wood is very low and not considered a significant health risk. Now used railroad ties is another matter. They are treated with creosote that is a carcinogen an dangerous to ingest.

[@Imrepenting]

Love it.

[@michelineheise5959]

That was awesome

[@marybethwhalen70]

Watching your video, at 5:01, I heard one of your kids yell in the background and thought someone was calling me from outside. I got up and walked outside and checked on my MIL and my neighbors. I swear your kid called me! My name is Mary Beth. Do you have anyone at your farm with that name? Now I’m hearing things, lol, old age!😊. And blueberry cheesecake is my fav!

[@morethanfarmers]

Haha! No Mary Beths here 😂

[@kimdearing3051]

i know how to do most of those things , just wish my body would cooperate.

[@tinkerthetabbycat6483]

How are your grapes doing now, is there any video this year?

[@morethanfarmers]

There’s some grape clusters on em! Gonna show em in the next video 😊

[@seenivasan4555]

Black cow stole the spot light.... LOL

[@morethanfarmers]

😁😁

[@Alex-bo4je]

LOL, you got your posts out of the cull bin too!

[@morethanfarmers]

😏

[@carolday3381]

I dont see the issue with cross pollination, which i believe they will do so. Cross pollination usually creates a more abundant crop. If your looking to get pure variety seed to plant or sell then its an issue but for your purposes you can clone the plant by taking cuttings or air layering the vines. That will make new plants for future use. As it is cross pollination is not an issue to be worried about.

[@morethanfarmers]

Good to know! Thank you!

[@almagjim]

I just found your channel and you really have me hooked 😂 you talk about things that are in my future plans. I already grow a lot of greens and zucchini, tomatoes and other vegetables but would love to get my own cow to milk 🥛 ❤ goats, sheep hahahaha I got chickens 🐓 for now ❤ thank you for sharing. Do you mind sharing in which state do you live? Thanks

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks! and welcome...excited to have you here! Your dreams are exciting...you'll get there! We live in Ohio.

[@user-ld4jz9id6d]

Hi! I love your channel - it is fun to watch with tons of neat ideas. I have a question: have you ever tried cardboard instead of weed barrier fabric? We found it works really well for a couple of seasons in a succulent garden, but wondering if you've tried it with veggies. Take care!

[@morethanfarmers]

We haven't, but Michelle's mom does. Part of the reason is because cardboard is glued together and we didn't want that in our soil. It would totally work though!

[@jean-paulpendergast4240]

Thanks for the feedback. I hadn't thought about the glue. Keep up the great work - you are inspirational people and my grandparents would have loved you!

[@prozperz1]

Looking like a FOOOOL! with your plants in the ground. Love it 😂

[@bob_frazier]

If you had left those eye bolts loose, attached your wire, then tightened the eye bolts could you have avoided using the tighteners?

[@darthvadorskates]

I've never hung wire before, what does the other end of the trellis system, the side without the eyebolts, look like? You showed us one side, but how did you attach it at the other side?

[@carolinecraven2556]

New to your channel (which I love) and binge watching episodes. Where did you get the powdered kelp that your son was dropping in the holes for the grape plants?

[@morethanfarmers]

The Amish guy that we get our feed from gets it in for us, but I have gotten it online from New Country Organics before. It ain’t cheap 😬

[@homesweethome8370]

hi!!!

[@morethanfarmers]

Hello!

[@starlighthillfarmhouse]

You put dry concrete in the hole and dirt but did you add water to the dry concrete?

[@lifelivedfrugally]

I love your channel, especially the cooking video and pantry tour. I just wanted to mention that grapes are highly poisonous to dogs. I had to remove mine because I have two dogs and I was always afraid they were going to eat them.

[@morethanfarmers]

Good to know! Thank you!

[@pamelasims8762]

Where do you get the various types of 🍇 for your farm? ❤your farm and family.❤

[@morethanfarmers]

Berlin Seeds

[@NorahNakawoya]

Hi thank you so much guys. But my question is what is the recommended gapping when planting grapes in terms of length and width from one line 2 another because i would like to plant grapes ❤❤❤❤thanks

[@morethanfarmers]

I found several different opinions on that. I would just recommend looking up the recommendation for the variety you plant.

[@NorahNakawoya]

Okay thanks very much

[@aaronhouser1254]

Bent Auger Gang! #besthomesteading

[@morethanfarmers]

😂 I got a new one, and man is it slick!

[@aaronhouser1254]

@@morethanfarmers That I am sure. It is so refreshing to watch your channel. I call myself a skater shoe hippie, and you guys seem to be my people as well. Keep up the awesome work!

[@gords01]

Does the turnbuckle have two eyes or one eye and one hook? What is the cable clamp that was used at the end?

[@morethanfarmers]

Turnbuckle has an eye and a hook. Cable clamp: www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-8-in-Zinc-Plated-Wire-Rope-Clamp-2-Pack-42594/205883055

[@EliKing-pd5vl]

I know it’s too late, but you’re not supposed to pack the dirt it makes the water not seep through the layers of dirt to get to the roots

[@bethconant6482]

I grew my grapevines on the vertical. On my privacy fence. I am not homesteading as I live in a neighborhood on less than an acre.

[@morethanfarmers]

That's cool! It's great to even grow a little.

[@bethconant6482]

Ah, morethanjustalittle, I instruct...im a master gardner. There are those who would love to do what u r doing, but can't. Morethanjustalittle made suggestions. Urwelcome.

[@morethanfarmers]

@@bethconant6482 Gotcha. That's great!

[@sn232]

How do you attach them? I was wondering if a cattle panel attached to posts would work, sounds like you are doing something similar?

[@fairlyfrugalph845]

You mentioned before that you were a skater punk. I can see that here. 😆 5:02

[@morethanfarmers]

You know it 😉

[@PlowAndPantryHomestead]

What are the pieces called that are attached to the eye bolts and wire that you use to tighten the wire?

[@morethanfarmers]

Turnbuckle. There are a few different options you could do, but that’s what I had on hand and they work really well. Also pretty cheap to buy them.

[@PlowAndPantryHomestead]

@@morethanfarmers Thank you!

[@lukeseverson21]

Dang man shoulda just used those long eyebolts as your tensioners!

[@morethanfarmers]

Yeah that wouldn’t have been a bad idea 😏 I already had the tensioners though.

[@cbausch7025]

What size cable did you use ?

[@homesteadincrazy7773]

Where do you guys get all that leaf mulch? Just curious. Thanks.

[@morethanfarmers]

We got a local lawn service to dump them.

[@johnbrownlee8557]

What kind of post did you use?

[@morethanfarmers]

Treated 4x4s

[@hhliu7287]

How deep of the hole?

[@morethanfarmers]

I think I did about 30". It'll depend some on your area.. you'd want it below the frost line so they don't heave.

[@carolynmoody9460]

❤

[@smallspaceswithGloria]

😂😊

[@user-td9nx5uw7b]

Alguien mas esta aqui por la gente que manda los links para ganar dinero?

[@tomscott3]

Good video, with the bride and young 'uns in it and all--very entertaining--but everyone goes horizontal while I go vertical. This is especially important for people who don't have much space and want a solid, _really_ cool-looking trellis for just one or two plants that will last decades. I designed such a trellis and would be happy to share it. Parts are less than $200 at Home Depot. Reach out to me via the breadcrumbs below for drawings and parts list. P.S. The kids are adorable.....the apples don't fall far from the tree! ;-) P.P.S. Reach out if you'd like to affiliate. Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System _Our American Injustice System_ _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_