Planting A YEAR of FOOD for my Family of 4 | The 2024 Garden

Hello Friend, lets plant the 2024 garden! I'm doing my best to grow a year of food for my family of 4. Obviously on a 1/4 acre homestead you can't do it all, but what I am able to produce here I am making sure it will last us a year.
Thanks for hanging out!
Kelsey
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[@tammypoling9618]

I love the sound of your kids running around.What a blessing

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

A sweet sound I cherish ❤️❤️❤️

[@dainasmith519]

Your garden is so beautiful. I can not wait to see it fully filled out. I love the kids laughing and playing in the background. So cute.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you so much! ❤❤❤

[@beekind1940]

If you have too many seedlings, maybe you can do a week long roadside stand to sell them to others who maybe didn't plan ahead and would like to grow food...

[@katescaringcorner6765]

The day you choose to post will be the day I watch. ❤

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you friend! Grateful for you ❤️

[@okeating3663]

For your medicinal garden, if you need more space, go vertical. Place a small table or stool, and put the invasive plants on them. Then around the stools or tables, plant other plants. Love all you do for your family, friends and others. ❤

[@aprilhampton6298]

Just post whenever you feel like it, i don't think it has to be a designated day of the week. I enjoy watching any time you post. I plant my tomatoes and peppers pretty close too.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you for the feedback! ❤️

[@nursenextdoor2554]

I enjoy finding your new videos .. the more the merrier for me .. don’t stress the small stuff just pop a note on your community page to let us know when you are going to drop the video ..

[@Just-Nikki]

I’m a believer in the saying “ peppers like to hold hands “ I absolutely think they work better that way.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Yes totally agree 😊

[@mahimadeka8639]

I just love your passion for gardening. This reminds me of my father's love for harvesting lush green vegetables.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you so much! It truly is a passion of mine ☺️❤️

[@Dranma51]

Your kitty is so awesome! Begging for a head scratch! If you have more produce than you need you could search out a local food bank. Our church has a food bank and they appreciate any fresh produce. Also, have you ever made pickled green beans? Last year I made pickled beets and pickled green beans. The beans are excellent as a snack! I usually wrap a bean with a piece of deli turkey for a light snack. So good! To figure out what your plant is there are apps that you can download where you just snap a picture of the plant and the app tells you what it is. There is also an app that if your plant is sick you take a picture of the damage and the app tells you what is wrong.

[@cindyparker9920]

Your garden looks wonderful. I’m recovering from back surgery so I won’t be able to have a garden. I’m really disappointed. I love hearing your happy kids playing in the background.

[@Just-Nikki]

24:58 🤣 yes girl, I feel you. I can be distracted by a pretty rock in the garden or see a bug and immediately “ need “ to look it up 😅

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

YAS! It’s constant for me!

[@katescaringcorner6765]

Praise God you’re feeling better AND in time for the season’s planting! I pray you stay this way!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you so much sister ❤️

[@EternallyLoved92]

Watching your video right now and had to stop and comment, I'm cracking up. You buried your name tag on the pumpkin you planted between your cherry tomatoes. I tried telling you but you must not have heard me 🤣 ok, back to the video. Haha

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Casperita pumpkins.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

😂😂😂 I noticed that when I watched the footage back! I was wondering who’d notice lol

[@canadiannavywife434]

I chuckled too... But I thought that this way sh doesn't loose the tag when the rains come. Hugs

[@cynthiafisher9907]

That thumbnail of you is beautiful! We usually don’t get to see you with your hair down, which is understandable, I don’t wear mine down when I’m busy either. I’m so glad you’re feeling better and are getting your energy back! Here’s a health tip from an older woman, wear a wide brimmed hat and a light long sleeve woven shirt as an over shirt while out in the sun. It will help prevent sun damage that will show up later in life. And, let me tell you, having things frozen off your skin is very painful! Also wear sunglasses to prevent cataracts. I have been wearing them for years and I’m the only one I know who doesn’t have cataracts, and I have light colored eyes. I’m thinking of getting a retractable hose like you have. I would buy a Hoselink, but they are not as long as I need. I have a different brand of one that I bought used for $17(!), but it doesn’t retract well and needs replaced. You are such a great gardener!

[@kittyrichards9915]

I agree on protecting from the sun. Having skin cancers frozen is not fun. But it is nothing compared to surgical removals. Fair skin is more susceptible to skin cancer.

[@potagermalo]

Coucou 👋🏻 👋🏻 👋🏻 Magnifique vidéo, bravo pour ton travail 😊😊 A bientôt

[@firsttimemommy3735]

You get what you put into gardening at the end of the season. Great video! New subscriber

[@christinecrowley7132]

Your cat love being next to you, glad to hear your feeling rejuvenated. Looking forward to watching your garden grow. You are so artistic it really shows in your videos.

[@Just-Nikki]

I plant nightshade in the same soil as long as it’s amended and there’s a good layer of mulch to protect leaves from water splash back, it’s perfectly fine. As home gardeners we only have so much space to utilize and so much rotation we can do.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

So true! We do what we gotta do!

[@donnanorman340]

Acre Homestead found ants in her garden also. Never had this before.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

This year I’m over run with ants and Rolie polie’s! It’s unreal.

[@nancyhaywood6486]

you have a lovely garden. if you and i lived close to each other we would have to have at least 50-100 acres to plant. i love planting and tending to plants, just wish it didn't get so hot, really wears me out.

[@emilybraun2564]

You seem so so happy when you're outside! 😍😍

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

The garden is my happy place 😁

[@nancyrasmussen2016]

I just saw a video on Gary pilchiard don't know if I spelled his name right but he puts a clay pot upside down near your plant the slugs will go inside the pot and stay there. Saturate the ground with water first before you place the pot. You can also put a small bowl filled with beer near your plant there attracted to the yeast. Also ants hate cinnamon or red pepper sprinkle around your plant. Lots to plant. I was laying down plastic and cardboard and fhen mulch in my garden pathways. It's been windy and rainy here lately. Nancy from Nebraska

[@canadiannavywife434]

Lucky number 153 to like this video. The best way to wake up! Hugs from Esquimalt

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Hi sweet friend! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Just-Nikki]

The passionflower will start growing fast once the temps are consistently above about 75 degrees and it will not overwinter in PA but it’s worth growing as an annual. I grow it and butterfly pea for my apothecary. Look into hops for medicinal use since you grow herbs that are intended for those specific medicinal applications. Hops are perennial as well which is nice and do overwinter in PA. I find that 1 hops plant, which comes as a rhizome, is more than sufficient. It’s also quite lovely.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Perfect! Thank you so much for helping! ❤️

[@peggymajerus7531]

You have such a lovely garden

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you friend ❤️

[@AnenLaylle7023]

3-5 acres is the average amount of food a family of 4 for a year. I googled it just now. That's insane when you think about it. More people need to do what this lady is doing, because every little bit helps. Good job for growing what you can. I

[@jameshill4005]

Wow 👌 love this 😀 video 📹... super fantastic 👏

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you ☺️ ❤️❤️❤️

[@marieparks5674]

Beautiful cat

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I’ve always loved her coloring ☺️

[@Just-Nikki]

27:18 make a new tag for the Casparita pumpkin or whatever you called it. The tag is under the pumpkin.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Lol I noticed that once I watched the footage back!

[@Just-Nikki]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead 🥴 I should have realized that 😆

[@TheCountryHomestead]

Very inspiring video! We are still on a learning process, trying to develop and improve our garden. Videos like this keeps me going even with all the failures in gardening.

[@lettygarza208]

I love your garden❤ it’s beautiful

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@cathykillion6544]

Enjoyed the video 😊

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you ☺️ ❤️

[@cherylpresleigh6403]

Wow, Kelsey, so much accomplished already in your garden. It’s looking so green and beautiful. I’m curious, at about minute 4:45 in the cottage garden there is a dark green, kind of fern looking plant next to a step stool. What is that? I found something in my yard that looks like it could be the same. It’s in a space that we had dumped some compost/dirt mix and I worked there filling pots and transplanting starts last year. I tried some new medicinal oriented options that frankly had little success. Because what I’m seeing isn’t flowering yet and without any tag to identify it, I’m not sure if what I’m seeing is a beautiful weed lol, or a plant that I should dig up and plant. My seed starting happened more than a little late this year. I’m so grateful for the rate of germination and how well the plants are doing. I do not like to up plant, but I did with the tomatoes yesterday. We are expecting some very nice weather for the next several days but I think it’s too soon to plant the seedlings outside. I will start the hardening off next week when it isn’t so hot. I will be happy to get that done but in the meantime there are still plenty of other projects to focus on. PTL that you are feeling much better and are energized and ready to get at it. Thank you for sharing your garden journey with us, you are such a joy to watch. God Bless you Kelsey. 🤗

[@annamccosker7878]

I feel like you do about the heat mixed with high humidity... It's tortuously oppressive!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Seriously the worst 😂

[@WendyBertie-di5rp]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Kellsy from Wendy Bertie in TORONTO ONTARIO

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you sweet friend! I hope it was a lovely day for you ❤️

[@raquelrodriguez1695]

Love your video!!!! ❤

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@Just-Nikki]

I would love a real time tomato pruning video and garden maintenance.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I can make that happen!

[@brendaboll8639]

Hi! Your channel just popped up and I am enjoying it. I live in South Central PA, Juniata County, Mifflin. You anywhere near me? We moved here from Lancaster County 3 years ago and started our homestead and loving every minute of it :)

[@summerrose4978]

Do you follow the Companion Charts when planting ? What likes what n who is the plants enemies are. I added more herbs n flowers this year. Should try the Dutch flat cabbage n the jersey cabbage. Grow nicely

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I haven’t paid any mind to companion planting personally. I seem to go against all the rules with great success 😂 I’m sure there are some benefits though of companion planting, especially when it comes to pests.

[@Just-Nikki]

Tuesdays are great for me but I will watch either way in all honesty. Things are chugging along in the garden and it’s always nice when rain helps out. We are picking up 14 pallets of soil and compost this afternoon so this will be a busy weekend for us. It’s been a little stressful because I feel like I’m so far behind but it will be worth it once we have all the new amendments down. I do have my greenstalks - minus the 2 I ordered the other day - planted out and a couple of raised beds are planted out with some spring veggies. I’m with you, didn’t we just harvest 2023’s harvest 😂

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you for the feedback! I hope this weekend goes smoothly for you and you are able to enjoy it! It always feels so overwhelming in getting it all ready but is always worth it!

[@Mormaya71]

So funny with plant names!! Copenhagen Cauliflower 😅 never heard of it. And can’t find nothing about it on danish..

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

It’s actually a cabbage! Big beautiful heads and super tasty ☺️

[@Mormaya71]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead have heard of Copenhagen Cabbages but not in Denmark 🇩🇰😅 but from another American homesteader 😊

[@barbjarvi6543]

A shallow pan with stale beer 🍺 in it will take care of the slugs

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I’ll try that! Thank you ☺️

[@dessirefowler4928]

Nooo Kelsey dig up your St John’s wort out of the bed before it’s too late! It spreads and needs a big area for actually harvesting for tea, I let mine take over beside the shed

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Oh really?! Last time I grew it it never grew to much and then died 😂 I’ll see if I can find a new spot! Thanks ☺️

[@dessirefowler4928]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead Maybe they’re just different kinds. But mine gets like 2 feet tall and spreads like a ground cover. So it’ll turn into a little hedge by my shed and it gets pretty difficult to contain, much like a mint.

[@nancyhaywood6486]

is that mystery plant a bachelor button. i can't see it ver well but resenbles one. you are going to have a beutiful garden.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Someone figured it out! It’s Jacob’s Ladder!

[@PuthyvanGarden]

❤

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

❤️❤️❤️

[@09echols]

❤❤❤

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

❤️❤️❤️

[@carolclarkson4859]

Do you have a freeze dryer machine to preserve all that produce you will have?

[@StonerSmurfin]

That traffic just has no respect for you making videos 😂. I grew up in Ohio and sure don't miss that humid weather 🥵.I do however miss getting rain throughout the year, it only rains here during the winter which means we have to water all growing season without help from mother nature.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Lol, it needs to get with the program! I’d definitely miss the rain, I honestly love it. I can’t imagine having to water my garden by hand daily but we do what we gotta do!

[@bevstegeman]

At 28:55 what are those beautiful red flowers behind you - on a vine?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I believe it’s nemesia!

[@kdavis7525]

Maybe Creeping Jacobs Ladder or Valerian?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

It’s polemonium! I went back to the greenhouse today to solve the mystery 😊

[@kdavis7525]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead that’s the scientific name for Jacob’s Ladder! 😂🥰 Can you imagine how big our brains would have to be to keep up with all the scientific names if somebody hadn’t gotten smart enough to give them common easy names?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

@@kdavis7525 hahahahaha!! Goodness me. Ok then, it’s Jacob’s ladder! 😂 Thanks for helping me ❤️

[@kaymack5304]

What do people do with okra?

[@barbjarvi6543]

Hi

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Hey sweet friend! ❤️

[@katieauth8979]

Kelsey- is there a reason you wait to plant your cabbages out as the same time as your warm weather plants?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I was just behind this year! I usually plant them out earlier but between a late start, weather and not hardening them off soon enough they got delayed ☺️

[@katieauth8979]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead thanks for the reply. I learn a lot from your videos so wasn’t sure if I was missing something here. Cheers to garden 2024 🪴

[@kathryncurry8728]

Do you have any suggestions for growing dill in PA? I love it & just can’t get much of a harvest before it goes to seed, like maybe once. Not sure if I’m harvesting incorrectly or what. I grow it in a raised container on my deck. I live in southern PA, so any suggestions are much appreciated!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

It’s a tough one for me too! It just goes to seed so easily. My advice would be to start it inside super early to hopefully get a few more harvests or I’ve also just grown it entirely inside!

[@kathryncurry8728]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead Thank you! Do you put it in a window sill inside?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

@@kathryncurry8728 southern facing window or grow lights will work ☺️

[@Just-Nikki]

Hey, the FOMO is real 😂

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

😂😂😂

[@canadiannavywife434]

I have the same challenge. We should start a club.... Hi. I'm ______________ and I have FOMO.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

@@canadiannavywife434hahahahaha

[@S.Mos72]

Okra is an acquired taste.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Okra is a very large plant!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

It’s definitely all its own!

[@Just-Nikki]

We have ants in every single raised bed but none of the in ground beds 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

This year everything seems infested with them 😬

[@Just-Nikki]

Wait… I know you didn’t just say 20 squash…squash 😂

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Lol sure did!