The most AMAZING cover crop (I'll explain why! ✨️)

[@Re-purps]

Hey, I just found you and so happy that I did. I follow many home gardeners because I have received blessings of healing and regained health, after living too many years disabled and miserable. Now I'm able to finally turn my old acre into a garden that provides for me while feeding people free in my community. They'll know when I hang a shingle at my driveway that reads 'Pick your dinner'. I can't wait to see how your red clover grows! I'm in southern Alabama and was seeking different varieties of ground cover and I love the red clover for my orchard, for the health benefits but also as a pollen generator to bring in more bees and butterflies for my fruit trees. Also, while watching some of your other videos, I noticed you were buying a lot of soil. That isn't a problem and it's definitely easy but I noticed all around you is all of the prefect materials to create the best compost and mulch. While there are a whole lot of videos about that, my favorite is 'Anne of all trades, the lazy gardener'. Her process of combining nature's greens and browns to make the most healthy compost soil, it's really easy and awesome. Others are doing the same with simple grass clippings, dried and green. That was just a tip-share😊. I look forward to seeing more of your videos. I hope to start filling my Re-Purps channel with videos of my garden advancements, and failures just the same 😉, very soon. Otherwise I can be found in fb /justjenn63 if you are interested in hearing about my blessings of healing and health. God bless.

[@ourfreedomsong]

Thank you so much for sharing all of this!!! Your garden is amazing.... I love that you are helping others in need! That's so beautiful! I appreciate you chiming in as well as for your tip/share ❤️❤️❤️

[@susanrodman]

Love it! I’d love to see lots of cozy videos of cooking and making herbal remedies!! 🌻💕

[@ourfreedomsong]

❤️❤️❤️ Oooo I love cozy

[@atempereddream]

I use field peas and oats. The peas fix nitrogen in the soil, the oats hold the nitrogen, the peas climb and the oat stalks act as a trellis. The combo provides a good "thick" weed suppressing cover crop. This combo is turned into the soil (if you turn soil), or used as mulch. I use Botanical Interest brand, but, if anyone knows of a better brand please let me know! Thanks for such an informative cover crop post, and those glasses❤.

[@ourfreedomsong]

THANK YOUUUUU for sharing!!!!! I appreciate knowing this!!!! And thank you for your sweet compliment ❤️

[@SteffaniesJourney]

I don’t use a ground covering other than leaves bcuz I grow in my beds all winter too. Would love to see more baking & cooking of your harvest during the off season.

[@ourfreedomsong]

Thank you

[@natashaslipscomb9355]

I love your smile and the fact that your children are so involved in helping and learning about gardening. Please share more TEA recipes show me your collections of herbs again slower this time PLEASE. I actually have red clover growing in my yard as a weed (or so I thought). Now I will have to start harvesting them. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS NEW INSIGHT FOR ME.

[@giabrooks2717]

I am from Florida. During a tropical storm, I remember I would always go for a jog. When you mentioned working in your garden during the storm, I completely understood the calming and amazing feeling. I am a huge tea lover and I love your collections. I would love to hear more about them. I remember my mother picking leaves in her backyard to make a pot of tea. I want to thank you for taking me down memory lane today. This video was delightful. 😊

[@ourfreedomsong]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ I love this so much ❤️

[@anniebancroft1175]

With homeschooling, home cooking, preserving your harvest, housekeeping, your big beautiful garden, your KZbin channel, I don't know how you find the time to make herbal remedies & teas and build such a beautiful apothecary!! What a wonderful, beneficial endeavor!!

[@ourfreedomsong]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you Annie! ❤️

[@missu939]

Since you asked, I would be very interested in a step-by-step on how to harvest and store herbs using a dehydrator and jars and even the freezer. Canning and preserving could be another topic. Then explaining what the herbs are used for, how long they last, tea blends, oil blends, aromatherapry, blends for different ailments or health benefits, etc... Also, it is very interesting to see how you use your harvest in the kitchen. Eating clean, with REAL food, is a new interest of mine which develooped after I started gardening. And altough gardening is a wonderful hobby, it can be challenging for new gardeners to use the things we grow. Thanks for sharing with us and asking our opinions.

[@ygordon141]

Oh..and more cooking, decorating, crafting. Especially cookig.

[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@cherylbruggemann9127]

Oh my goodness!! You are just tooooo sweet!

[@ourfreedomsong]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰!

[@rebeccazody1278]

I use dried cranberry beans from the grocery as a cover crop. Also I plant radishes. Neither is time sensitive for reseeding themselves and causing a weed problem the next season. I grow 90% in containers and use cardboard and wood chips in the containers and soil on top. Then sandwich on the very top what has broken down from the year before from the paths. I add amendments like chicken manure at time of planting. It is working wonderfully. Love your videos. Hope you all are safe

[@ourfreedomsong]

LOVE!!!! Thank you for sharing your method!!!!

[@cincerely_cincere7535]

I am so happy to see your apothecary come together! You and I garden journey started about the same and I look forward to your videos bc sis, our minds are so In tune! I started my apothecary earlier this year and AM LOVING IT! Unfortunately, I’m in 6B and our growing season is short. But you in your garden help my itch when I can’t be outside. Would love to see more herbs and blends. Rather teas or medicine!

[@ourfreedomsong]

Heyyyy!!! I love that we've been on this journey together!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@jennifergordon678]

Your raised beds look fantastic and I love how you transformed file cabinets!! I put 4 raised beds from Amazon in my front yard this year and I absolutely love how it looks!!

[@ourfreedomsong]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!!! It feels good to invest in the garden the way that makes you happy!!! I love that you have a front yard garden as well 😍

[@Intentional-frugality]

The rain sounds amazing 😻 can’t wait till we start getting rain ☔️. More recipes and videos on your herb collection and how you use them ❤

[@StormCaller5]

I love this idea! Tea Time with... Lol I'm too scared to try to guess how to spell your name

[@Intentional-frugality]

@@StormCaller5 its zahra

[@ourfreedomsong]

Okay!!! Thank you for chiming in!! ❤️

[@ourfreedomsong]

Taqueshia 🫶🏾

[@StormCaller5]

@@ourfreedomsong Lol thank you for that! I was confused by the other reply. Tea Time with Taqueshia 🌺🌿🍵

[@donzellcooper]

You and the family did a great job on making a few garden beds and cover crop. I like rain sounds and it’s better than snow. Also I never heard of red clover until you explained it. That’s a good idea to use file cabinets for the garden if you’re not using them inside the house. Thanks for sharing.

[@ourfreedomsong]

I'm so happy you enjoyed this video! ❤️

[@ArmyVetlady-m6k]

Very educational video, thanks for sharing information concerning red clovers and the inexpensive attractive raised beds too! I’m in zone 7B, Long Island, NY. Already planted collards, broccoli, bush peas , bush beans, honey nut baby squash, lettuce, basil, cilantro, chocolate peppermint, carrots & more zinnia flowers from seed, bok Choy, snow peas. It’s my 2nd year gardening and my first year gardening in the Fall! I am so excited! The weather has been beautiful the whole month of September in the high 70’s & low 80’s. It’s cooler in the evenings and pest pressure has decreased. Still keeping an eye out for aphids , cabbage moths ect. I covered my plants after listening to other seasoned gardeners on KZbin (also did research on pests that destroys the plants I grew ) to gain more successful harvests. We finally had rain yesterday, I’m so happy since we didn’t have any for two weeks. I love your videos , because they are very insightful and thoughtful. Would love to see different recipes you make for your family with your harvests, different methods demonstrated for preservation (ex: canning, where they are stored, freezing, if you use a deep freezer or your fridge freezer ect). Pointers and practical advice for folks who have smaller spaces (apartments , terrace , small yards ect) to store dried herbs ect Love the videos when your children are learning from you about gardening too and planting/harvesting. Things you are doing in your marvelous green house/shed. When I watch your videos it feels like I’m hanging out with my younger sister. If you have animals, show a day when you /family are feeding and cleaning their pen/shed ect Fall is here, great time for homemade soups and casseroles. Just a few ideas thrown out there in love ❤. Keep up your great inspirational videos! 😃👍🏽🙌🏾❤️

[@ourfreedomsong]

Thank you for sharing so abundantly!!! I enjoyed reading this!!! ❤️💕💕

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

Very nice. Im harvesting herbs. I’m learning about them. Sometimes I get anxiety just because it’s a new herb to me. I like seeing what others have to say about the ones they’ve tried. Thank you

[@JackieJenkins-d2l]

Hello Beautiful Lady I enjoyed the video very good information. Love those raised beds. ❤😊

[@ourfreedomsong]

Heyyyy!!! Thank you ❤️

[@dorseygreen7912]

Amazing work!! Love the collection of herbs too

[@ourfreedomsong]

❤️❤️❤️ Thank Youuuu

[@sherriewilliams7939]

Good day T, please share your Amazon link for the garden beds, thanks

[@ourfreedomsong]

amzn.to/47FqnCV HEYYYY ❤️❤️❤️

[@conniecooks7664]

Grand rising T your garden make over looks great. Iam moving my garden to a new location in the yard. Getting the space ready is coming along great. I chose another kind of planting planter I have 21 greenstocks, I love my greenstock I guess you can tell ( ho😮 I buy them when there a sale ),I do have have 8 raised bed, because I have to use what I have been blessed to have.looking forward to seeing your over all new layout 😊, and when mines in place I send you pictures 😊.

[@ourfreedomsong]

YASSS send pics!!! 21 greenstalks THATS AMAZING!!! Well worth the investment 😍

[@JulieS828]

Oh I have an idea… things to do in the fall and winter to amend your soil , seed saving and….. I’m not sure what else. Your recipes for tea blends, what you do with all of your beautiful vegetables. Recipes would be great. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@ChristiLynnOutside]

Great information! Thank you! I love a good tea.

[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@trudiva1000]

I’m actually growing red clover right now as a cover crop. I’ve never dried it but will try it this year.

[@ourfreedomsong]

YASSS! So exciting!

[@HealthyLivingWithWendy]

I'm excited for you. Forgetting a really good deal on your raised beds.❤

[@ourfreedomsong]

Yes! Thank you!

[@julieliner1498]

Hope you guys are safe through the hurricane. It hit here as well (NC) but doing good now. Amazon has amazing deals post-summer on beds. I got a small 4x2 for $22. Trying to figure out where to put...limited on space with a condo and already have 4 raisef beds around my patio...but I couldn't resist it because if the price. I enjoy hearing your tea blend ideas. I am building my herbal stash after getting into herbalism too this year. I think it would be fun to have more "greenhouse chats", perhaps like a book club talking about gardening books and what you are learning...especially if you light up the space with twinkle lights for the holidays and have a steaming mug of herbal tea at the ready ❤

[@kendralukacs6221]

Looking forward to trying this tea blend

[@ourfreedomsong]

YASSSS ❤️

[@anniebancroft1175]

I'm watching your great video again and I want to thank you for all the research on red clover!!! I need to try that. I'm using every type of leafy green imaginable as cover crop so that I can cut & come again until it winter kills. Last winter was mild for us and Pak choy & kale made it till Spring.

[@ourfreedomsong]

🎉!!! Two very great crops! 😍

[@KathleenLandry-d2m]

Your enthusiasm and excitement is contagious!!❤🤗 I love it!! I tried red clover here in SoCal and failed miserable! In my defense thought the heat was over and...wrong I was. Going to trying again this year but the end if October/November this time round!?!! Thank you for such awesome videos and recipes. God bless you all!!

[@ourfreedomsong]

YASSS!! So happy that you will try again!

[@opraha1113]

I got some metal raised beds from Amazon too! I like the convenience and cost savings! After 2 years, they are starting to rust a little bit but hopefully I can get at least 5 years out of them. I think that would be worth it. I’m planning to cover crop my tomato bed to replenish some of those nutrients. I only have 5 beds so hopefully I won’t miss it for my Fall crops 😅

[@ourfreedomsong]

Yes five years would be incredible!!!! And awesome job with planning to cover those beds! Your spring garden will be happy you did!!

[@JulieS828]

I love it!! Great job 🥰 Thank you for this amazing information. I’m going to plant some this spring. I’ll let you know how it goes. I’m drying lemongrass and mints. So excited to add them to my tea. Your amazing!!! 🦚🌻🍁🥰

[@ourfreedomsong]

Lemon Grass and Mint 😍!!!

[@Kylie_Nobody]

I miss that weather, it's been so dry and dusty where I am

[@ourfreedomsong]

Hopefully the change will come sooner than later for you ❤️

[@juneramirez8580]

This is the first time I am using cover crops! Wish me luck!!!

[@ourfreedomsong]

I hope you have the greatest success!!! What cover crop are you using?!

[@EarlWest]

Great job..keep doing what you are doing..

[@ourfreedomsong]

❤️ Thank you ❤️

[@lorrainelori2030]

I'd love to continue seeing how your garden grows during the fall/!winter season, what steps you take to protect your plants during that time, I know collards grow even through snow and frost so you can show that, maybe if you're making garden stuff for the spring to keep bugs and other critters out, if you make plans on paper as to what goes where and your mindset on that. I know I will spend some of my winter on spring planning, garden decor, wind chimes, garden journal like what grew what failed. My daughter told me to take pics so I remember what things looked like and where it was so I can rotate things and not keep planting the same things in the same spots which also causes problems in the soil. You can show your research on things like that. Research seeds, seed companies, share your thoughts on that. Just throwing a few things at you. Thank you for sharing your journeys. I'm trying your carrot ideas now. Fingers crossed.

[@ourfreedomsong]

So many great ideas!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[@jojow8416]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful information. I am starting a new garden and the soil is horrible. I'll be adding lots of local leaf-mold that is in abundance in my area of New England.

[@ourfreedomsong]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!!! You will have beautiful soil using that method sooner than later!

[@ghazel427]

I would like to see more recipes for the teas and anything you have grown from the garden.

[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@juneramirez8580]

I love hearing the rain! We get so little in the AZ low desert! I haven't had a chance to plant crimson clover. Not sure if it is different from red clover! Please show us some cooking demos!

[@ourfreedomsong]

Okay! I will show you some meals! And yes! Crimson Clover is another name!

[@Talk2MeGod]

Hi. Love your channel. Can you cover Planning for spring garden for beginners. Seed starting. Harvest and preserving

[@ourfreedomsong]

Yes! Stay tuned!

[@Talk2MeGod]

@ thanks 😀

[@ms.bshomestead7661]

Hi… Your excited energy is so contagious!!! I have not started my herbs as yet but I will be hopefully this Spring. I do drink Red Clover tea but growing it & making it myself would definitely be an experience. How did you start your Apothecary & Where did you start your research on what to grow in your herb garden?

[@ourfreedomsong]

That's wonderful that you drink red clover tea 😍!!! I started with common herbs that I grew like basil, lemon balm and mint... Then started added calendula after hearing about its benefits.... Chamomile, has been a good to for years because of tea... Mountain Rose Herbs is a great resource.... They tell you about what each herb is good for! Also, herbal academy is great for learning about herbs!

[@ms.bshomestead7661]

@@ourfreedomsongTHANK YOU!!! I have never been a fan of running to the doctor for every little thing because they can make you sick too with “THEIR” medications. I will soon be a great Gardener & Herbalist with time🙏🏽😀 thanks again for sharing you knowledge.

[@ms.bshomestead7661]

@@ourfreedomsong You are doing a great job…. I researched cover crops and now I can overwinter and save my newly built raised beds and rebuild my soil for the Spring season!!!! AMAZING 💯👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@dkensinger9142]

Ink on cardboard in the USA is soy based. PermaCulture gardners uses cardboard to reduce weeds and retain moisture in the soil and worms love cardboard as a super highway in moving around down there.

[@ourfreedomsong]

Thank you for chiming in with such helpful information ❤️

[@theundauntedsistahood7641]

When is The Mister going to make earrings to sell to us jealous of yours ❤

[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@sandralopas]

I'm hoping you'll continue to share your garden. I live in the north. We don't get to go to a garden in the winter. But we do get to go ice fishing . So there's that.

[@ourfreedomsong]

Ice fishing sounds super cool!!!!

[@sandralopas]

It is. We go with a group of people and bring our snow mobiles and 4 wheelers. I bring my small grill. We spend the day having fun. And sometimes we catch fish.​@@ourfreedomsong

[@CloalasGarden]

I made it!! I had a feeling a video was about to drop. That rain looks so beautiful. Still above 100 where I am.

[@ourfreedomsong]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ HEYYYY!!! 😍 Wow!!! When does it typically start to cool off?

[@CloalasGarden]

@@ourfreedomsong Hey ❤!! It usually starts to cool down after Halloween.

[@neoavant6984]

🌧🌿🌿🔃...nice recycling for your garden. The Old school women used to use Red Clover to make men fall in-love with them by rubbing red clover on their hands, and then they would touch the men they wanted to marry. Some people use herbs for good ,and some people use herbs for bad...glad you are one of the GOOD gardeners...

[@ourfreedomsong]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Wow! I've never heard that!

[@txLALA]

The tall beds are nice and easier on the back.

[@ourfreedomsong]

YASSS! Thank you ❤️

[@Sugarlumps41]

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[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@doublemdespo2785]

Sweeeeeet ✊🏾😎🍊🌶🫑🍅🫛🥬

[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@donzellcooper]

Hey there I didn’t get the notification and I think it was on private. But here watching.

[@ourfreedomsong]

Heyyyy!!! Thank you so much for letting me know!! I fixed it 🫶🏾

[@donzellcooper]

@@ourfreedomsongYou’re welcome and thanks for fixing the video.

[@deneseharris]

Under your raised beds, landscape fabric or heavy plastic?

[@ourfreedomsong]

Hey!!! So in the majority of our garden there is no heavy plastic/ landscape fabric. The only place that is covered underneath, is covered because we actually had a huge area of bamboo growing. So to smother that area it needed to be covered!

[@walkinginheavenlyplaces4103]

Would love a link to the raised beds❤❤❤❤❤

[@ourfreedomsong]

Heyyyy!! So sorry! I forgot to post that! amzn.to/47FqnCV

[@sherryberryr]

I used crimson clover last year, but it doesn't have the medicinal properties that red clover has so I need to get my hands on that seed instead. It was my first time doing a cover crop and I find it sad to have to chop it at its prettiest stage. P.S...I hope y'all weather the storm well. 🤩

[@ourfreedomsong]

Hi!!! Someone asked me if it was the same and I didn't know there was a difference! So I hope they look that up!!! I get mine from the local seed and feed ! And YASSSS it is going to be tough to cut it when it blooms! 😍

[@ourfreedomsong]

And we are currently 18 hours in without power!! But are doing well!

[@sherryberryr]

@@ourfreedomsong sorry to hear that you lost power, but glad y'all are safe. My heart breaks for those in the western part of my state.

[@ygordon141]

How deep do you put the soil in your beds? Also, how deep the cardboard and wood.

[@ourfreedomsong]

Hey!! I did about a third of cardboard and another third of filler. The beds soil will actually drop so I'm prepping for that by not putting too much soil in the at first. When spring comes I will add soil... Making it about 2 feet deep altogether

[@ygordon141]

@@ourfreedomsong Thanks.

[@lorrainelori2030]

Walmart also has great prices on these various sizes

[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@deltorres2100]

I want the link to those race beds. Where do I find it? Did you not post it or is it in the comments?

[@ourfreedomsong]

Hey!!! So sorry!! amzn.to/47FqnCV

[@kimberlychisley1094]

I’d like to see more about your apothecary and herb garden. Have you thought of homesteading?

[@ourfreedomsong]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ We have a garden and chickens 😁 We don't plan to get any other animals ❤️

[@HealthyLivingWithWendy]

Yes, let's not leave out when the bugs get underneath our glasses and in our eyes. Always scratch our faces, trying to get the bug. 😢

[@ourfreedomsong]

Giiiiiiirl! This one!!! When you are trying to decide if your eyes are playing tricks on you or if there is something crawling in your lens 🫣🙃

[@kimberlychisley1094]

Does Skin So Soft help you fight off the mosquitoes?

[@ourfreedomsong]

I've not been able to try this!

[@kimberlychisley1094]

@@ourfreedomsong interested to know if it works for you. It’s a MUST have for where I live.

[@dwannamontriel58]

Good evening all.

[@ourfreedomsong]

Heyyyy 👋🏾

[@jamiahwashington5367]

Please link the herbs you're planting like red clover.

[@ourfreedomsong]

Heyyyy!!! I actually bought the clover from my local farm store!

[@illzwillzwatuz963]

#NorthPhillyPeacePark loves

[@ourfreedomsong]

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[@wesnerdesir3168]

I need help with irrigation. I am in sandy Florida watering by hand is Not helping the plants. Help!

[@ourfreedomsong]

Irrigation was a game changer for me for sure! I was so intimidated by the thought but it actually was more simple than I thought. I will be running new irrigation through this area before spring!

[@universalangei9320]

What plants other than red clover, is going to nourish the plant and keep them healthy!

[@ourfreedomsong]

After I harvest the clover, I will fold in the stems and roots so they nourish the soil.... When it's time for me to fertilize before planting in spring, I will use fish fertilizer as well as work castings

[@sherriwelsch5009]

Where did you get the beds at that price ……. They are better then wood beds

[@ourfreedomsong]

Amazon!! amzn.to/47FqnCV