Planting Alaska Garlic, trip to Alaska botanical Garden, final fall garden

[@carmancloud]

Jessica, I just want you to know that I appreciate your sweet spirit so much. Fruit of the tree and a walking testimony, as we all should be. ❤️

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Oh wow that’s incredibly kind to hear you touched my heart with that so thank you deeply

[@carmancloud]

@@modernhomesteadalaska ❤️

[@IngeLyck]

I totally agree

[@florencecampbell774]

Thank you God for blessing this family with good health,to take care of the garden.They have been so blessed with the aboundence of food.May they enjoy it in the coming cold months.🌺🌺🥰

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Amen thank you

[@waynegauthier155]

You are a dedicated gardener, and you have to be one in Alaska. Your energy to get your garden harvested and put to bed is complimentary. I can tell that you love what you do and your actions also prove it. Always great videos, and your explanations for what and how you do it are right on. Now it is time to rest until seed starting come. Enjoy the winter and the following holiday with your bounty harvest.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thanks so much, I'm looking forward to the holiday bounty!

[@sharontwilliger7006]

I have followed your channel since day 1. Your videos have evolved into a beautiful travel log of your homestead. I enjoy your families participation, gardening, cooking, caring of all the animals and the unity of a family who help each other. You are truly blessed! Keep up the good work!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

I can’t express my heart needed to be reassured today and I’m not even certain why, and you and others in my comments today have seriously touched my heart so deeply

[@cathybennion6070]

So glad to see Kody working with you and of course the puppy.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

She loves the garden

[@NancyMatthews-h5g]

Of all the garlic learning, plant learning, and hard work garlic planting, all I can say is that dog is so cute.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

I can not get over how cute he is!

[@Diane-sx8mf]

Super garden year for you and your family. I’m excited for next seasons. It’s always such a joy to see someone’s garden evolve. Thank you so much for sharing. Blessings to you and yours. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you! You too! I’m sooo ready to start plant but need to make myself focus

[@anniehinshaw9433]

Hi Jessica, thank you very much for another fantastic video on your garden! Your garlic harvest will be epic!! Blessings on you and your family, with everything that you have harvested, grown, hunted, and fished. I would say that you have an abundance of goodies to eat for the cold months ahead. Take care and we will see you in the next one, looking forward to it!!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thanks so much I hope so!

[@ANTOCOOKINGART]

happy with your vegetable growing and gardening techniques❤❤❤

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thanks for visiting

[@kikomartin-pr]

I could hear you perfectly the entire time. Have a wonderful week.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Oh yeah!!!! Love it!

[@debihurd9801]

Those ornamental cabbages are amazing! I’ve never seen anything like them before.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Right?! I thought they were fantastic too

[@fayedavison4383]

Jessica it is enjoyable watching how you do things as the seasons change take care🇦🇺

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you! You too

[@carolwhisenhunt7504]

Hi Jessica, your garden was so beautiful this year. I was so proud for you. You are such a hard worker. You be blessed friend.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you so much! You are so sweet.

[@carmentrevino4704]

Time for you and your garden to rest. Enjoyed your videos. Good night. ♥️🧓😘

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Good night

[@charlenegrady8781]

Hello Jessica👋👋. Thank you for taking us on your adventure. Beautiful plants. I love looking at different plants👍. Good luck with your garlic. I love your channel you are always so informative and I can understand everything you are saying. Thank you thank you. Take care my friend from Cape Cod💖

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you for visiting! Truly appreciate it

[@riddle8062]

You will have a bulb of garlic for each day of the year! I need to get my garlic in within the next two weeks also. Another great garden year has past for you dear friend. God bless you all!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Yes! I’m hoping to use enough cloves to not need to buy it next year. And just replant the garlic will become stronger as a plant the more it adjusted to our location. So I’m hoping to store, and turn some into powder and salt and other stuff too

[@marilynfdavis891]

You garden is spectacular & you are getting very knowledgeable by doing so much research. I hope your garlic beds bring a huge yield . 💜

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

So nice of you thank you for that!

[@lorimcmichael5846]

What a great job you guys did! You should be so proud!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you! It’s done for now! So that’s great

[@AngelaM-y4e]

Hello, what an amazing year! You have done SO much and i have SO enjoyed watching everything that you did. From the barn, the chicken coop, the garden, and the moose. And all of your hauls from Azure and all the other places you shop! I would like to grow garlic but i do not have the space on my balcony to do so. I am still thinking of a way to do it. Thank you so much for all the hard work and all the fun. Truly inspiring for me anyway! Have a wonderful evening.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you so much! That is such a blessing to have someone like you watching us

[@lifeonkensingtonroad]

Loved seeing you & your girls out enjoying the day. 💛 Thanks for taking us along. Your garlic bed looks great. We just put our garden to bed, too. Our pepper plants were still producing, but we have frost in the forecast. It was time to say see you in the Spring. 😢

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you! They are soooo funny to hang out with! Oh frost! Love it! We have woken up to ice in the water the last 2 days! I need to button up the pots and get them in

[@WillowsGarden]

Hi Jessica and sweet family! How beautiful the botanical gardens were. You are such a blessing to your family and community. I hope you have a very blessed night!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you my dear friend! I appreciate that so much

[@sherristaudinger7908]

We planted our garlic last weekend! Can't wait until next Summer to harvest.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

It’s so exciting! It takes forever but it worked so well the first time

[@jenniferglaze-o4d]

I think we would be fast friends if we lived close! 😉It’s so bitter sweet! From Indiana

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Hello! It is so hard to say sleep! But it will be back in no time

[@TracyLister-u8d]

The puppy is a real chewer 😂 has he tried to chew shoes yet ?

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

No not on shoes we give him lots of inside toys to chew on.

[@sarahschlosser1203]

The start of next years garden, how exciting. It is always nice to spend time with you and your family!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

It’s very exciting to see it coming alive

[@leahdusenberry9765]

Enjoyed your show very much was interested in what you were saying Didn't imagine Alaska would even have 1But I enjoyed your preparation of your garlic bread and I learned some things that I didn't know I've only been planting garlic for 2 years now and I've had pretty good luck with it, but learned slot today. God Bless

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Oh that’s wonderful I’m so glad it helped in any way

[@toniatalley1977]

Thanks for always posting amazing videos!!!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Wow thank you for watching

[@ShannonLivesey]

What a great outing for you and the ladies 😊 Stunning Botanical Gardens. Lots of fantastic ideas for perennials to include in your landscape. Great choice on the garlic, several of my favorites. We love the Red Russian and grow it every year. Your garden looks great, Jess. Another one for the books! Every year gets better and better! Take good care, my friend. See ya next time 👋😊

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you my dear friend! Sooo kind of you as always! I too can’t wait to see what changes we come up with next year

[@angelmiller3224]

Love the video and the botanical garden was awesome Enjoyed seeing the girls with you Kody acting all shy Sending many blessings ❤

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thanks so much

[@alinelson2]

Hi sweet one! That was a nice botanical garden. The people that work there are usually so knowledgeable! I hope you get a bumper crop of garlic, since you planted so many different kinds!! Great video...thanks for sharing!! Big hugs and many blessings, my friend!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Agree, it’s fun to learn about one item at a time I want to take more single classes

[@IngeLyck]

It is so wonderful to have garlic throughout the year 🌺🌺🌺 you have a lot of varieties, I didn’t even knew existed. I will have to see if any of these varieties can be found in Denmark. Blessings to you and your family 🐾🐾

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Blessing me friend, I’m mind blown at the varieties we can grow I would love to see what other areas of the country can grow

[@whitestone4401]

It’s great to try so many different types. It will be interesting and fun to see which do better in your garden. You had an amazing garden this year,well done. I feel emotional end of season too, I put it off as long as I can. I’ll be putting mine to rest this weekend, sadly.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Ussss too I can’t wait to try all the differences

[@rachelmick4051]

Amazing garden year, ladybug!! Way to go!!! Before you know it, seed starting season will be here!

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

I know I’m actually looking forward to it! I’m hoping to start some stuff even earlier

[@Alaskan.Preparedness]

Wasilla here! This was my first year planting garlic and we put in 154 cloves but I wish it was more! I planted it on October 1st so hopefully that wasn't too early! 😅 I saved this video to refer to next year. I planted 7 varieties and thought I went overboard so I'm happy to see you planted even more! Next year I'll have to try the softneck varieties. I didn't think they would survive here! As always, thank you for posting another fabulous video! ❤

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

It will be fantastic I think! I’m always like let’s try it all and see how it goes

[@craigholstine2154]

Good Afternoon my Awesome friend ( missed ya ... welcome back ... ...)

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Good afternoon thank you

[@heranoshkeshishandrias5931]

❤❤

[@myhomeandgardenchanneldwel7777]

It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you for watching and subscribing! That’s such a blessing to me

[@aprilriordan8202]

Sad and satisfying to see the garden empty , great job getting the garlic in ! The garlic is pronounced ( Kill - are - knee ) , I got my beds ready last weekend for mine and ran out of time to get them planted ! They are going in this weekend rain or shine lol 😊

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you’. I should look up how to say things I never think of it in the moment

[@pamelaclayton-vg9me]

You had a very productive and beautiful garden this year

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

It was so amazing to see

[@roxannebertram9935]

You are such an inspiration.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Oh thank you that’s so kind

[@ivyblake6049]

❤

[@yvettegerry9862]

Thank you ! Beautiful garden and harvest you had this year! See you soon ! 🐾🦴🐾

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you! You too! Can’t wait

[@sharlenebal260]

What a Fantastic place for you to go & see mature Beautiful versions that will grow for you in your area! Love it! Great to be there for the class with you Girls, Thanks for taking us along. Feeling inspired toight & can't wait for the morning as we plan to go get seaweed in the morning & plant our Garlic. Great Gardening season & hard to see it finished up, but you will find lots to do during the winter ;)

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

I agree I think o might get the membership to get ideas over and over. No way to remember all of it just one time. And most big garden experts son KZbin don’t live in a zone 3 so they can grow all kinds of things o can’t.

[@sharlenebal260]

@@modernhomesteadalaska that is a fantastic source for inspiration, knowledge & relaxing in their setting. Home away from home so to speak to help support the work they do & you gleen much from it. Money well spent for a show garden & classes along the way. :) Home from the seashore 2 trips this am got 75 Gallons of Seaweed! Lunch now & Garlic planting if our backs allow it lol ;)

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

@@sharlenebal260 so much work ahead have a fantastic day

[@cathykillion6544]

Enjoyed the video. Love your channel. ❤️

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you so much!

[@hoosiermama16]

A head of garlic a day haha 🥰🥰🥰🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄 We're having some cooler weather this week, but supposed to get pretty hot again next week. This time of the year is always strange...freezing cold in the morning so you're bundled up, but sweltering in the afternoon so you strip down to shorts and a t-shirt, and then back to freezing your butt off in the evening when it gets cold again haha

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Wouldn’t that be something!!!!! I love the stuff!

[@lindasoto7562]

Good luck ❤

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you

[@LindaKnowles-j3x]

Hi Jessica, my name is Linda, I am from England and have never commented on YT before (I know, just laziness sorry) I have been watching you and your lovely family from the beginning and am enthralled with your lifestyle. However, the reason I am posting is that I have just watched a YT vid by City Lot Gardening (just posted, only 6 mins or so long) and I just HAD to tell you about it, as it made me think of you and your bunnies straight away lol. The vid is; Explosive results using bunny manure compost tea!!! They seem to be having amazing results on leafy greens. I guess you may just want to try a less refined 'poop tea' than your herbal varieties! Anyway thank you for many hours of contented viewing x

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you for that! I’ll go check it out! Give me something to watch

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

And thank you for taking time to commit

[@andreamorrison8419]

Oh, those yellow flowers would look so pretty up against your home.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

They were beautiful, those were in the garden

[@MyAlaska12]

Mmmmm.......garlic. thanks for appreciating me.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

You bet

[@MountainMan07798]

Never planted garlic but need to give it a try. Fixing to set out some winter onions, here in North Georgia. Awesome video

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

It’s so simple, I wonder if you do it different there without the hard freeze?

[@MountainMan07798]

@@modernhomesteadalaska not sure, but I need to do some research. I always plant a big garden but I want to try some different things. We rarely get under 10 degrees at night. We will be in the low 30’s the next few nights i think. Snowing tonight in the high elevations of Tennessee and North Carolina. 😳 First fire tonight for the season. Do y’all plant winter onions?

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

@@MountainMan07798 no we are about to be under feet of snow. We only get 1 harvest of anything and the only thing that overwinters is the hard neck garlic.

[@MountainMan07798]

@@modernhomesteadalaska true, I forgot y’all get so much snow.😊

[@ljtminihomestead5839]

Loved this video more than you can imagine. Botanical garden reminded me of Capriland herb garden here in CT, most beautiful place when Adelma Simmons was alive. I met her in 80's she was pushing 90. All places here in CT as this, have gone to wayside unfortunately. We got our garlic organic from our local market, we've been growing it for last 4 yrs. It's hardneck, have no idea name. Will be planting ours after frost. How do you preserve yours through the winter?😊

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

That blessed me so much to hear! Thank you

[@marilynrobertson6265]

Love your passion ❤😊

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you so much

[@marilynrobertson6265]

@@modernhomesteadalaska you most welcome. Love your videos

[@lindahays8444]

Beautiful botanical garden.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Yes, thank you I loved it

[@deborahschaub2925]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Love it thank you

[@KateBurt-b4e]

The garden rests and so must I. This was a fantastic video.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Amen! It’s nearly inside time

[@tammysmith7345]

Well it finally got cold in my part of Ohio today, got some rain. Not turning the heat on yet. Sound was just fine 💜

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Oh wow! That’s great

[@lauragroux4444]

Wow...that is a lot of garlic! That was an organized planting. It seems like you just planted this year's crop! What is the winter job of the green houses? Are they be put to bed or are you able to use them for food production? Until our next visit.. keep up the good works! ❤ Momma G

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

We are so excited to see what happens

[@rosa.athome]

If the labels fail at least you still have video documentation 😊😊

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Exactly great point

[@juliehiebner2376]

Hi Jessica, I love your videos... What type of vacuum sealer do you use? I am looking to purchase one and would like your recommendation... I have adenocarcinoma, so chemo treatments keep me tired and not being able to do all that I would like... I figure I would be able to manage vacuum sealing. I thank you so much for your time... Kiss all those gorgeous puppies for me... God Bless, Julie Anne 🐾🐾

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

I have an avid armor and the regular $99 vac from Costco, both work great

[@patricksmith3316]

Jessica, that's a lot of work on the garlic prep. Is it worth it?? 😮😊

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Yes it is! The whole garden is lots of work. But always worth it, just think I’m may when we plant out again I already have a whole row done!

[@yvettegerry9862]

Hello friend !

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Hello!

[@judyshoemaker9681]

This may be a silly question, but do you honestly use that much garlic in a year? I know you cook a lot with it, or can you store it for over a year? Anyway, once again nice job.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Ummmm well we are trying to grow enough to have a way to replant stronger garlic, and to make other things out of it, not just straight garlic. And I use raw garlic almost daily so I don’t think it’s to much

[@louisech1963]

You have to remember that the further north you garden is the same as the further up a mountain the plants grow. The further up you go in a mountain, you will see the same natural plant that you see when you go up north.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you so much for sharing

[@carollgelrud9034]

También puedes utilizar hojas para cubrirlo

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Yes the leaves pack different then straw, it’s best to use straw fir our winter snow load, but the whole rest of the garden needed leaves and I took time to blow leaves into the garden and that dang wind took them all away

[@patricksmith3316]

Could the garden leftovers (cabbage leaves, etc) be used for the chickens' feed? 😊

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Sure. They get most of the scraps, I saved some because our fall allowed thing to grow longer o didn’t get a cover crop in and I needed to leave something on top to feed the microbes over winter. All about balance

[@johnnyswag2802]

Did you plant Asparagus? I Googled it to see if asparugus grew in Alaska, you just plant it once then cover with hay in the winter snow months.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Not yet! We need to decide on an area that it can stay as it spreads and comes back but I can’t wait l love it

[@beverlyhendricks9456]

This is probably showing my ignorance but : why all the varieties? What is the difference between them? Soft/medium/hard neck??

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Great question there is so many differences from the size of cloves to the strength in the flavor. It’s so amazing to me learning to garden that there is even more then one kind of things, I never know beets cane in different colors and varieties thought all green beans were green, learning the garlic world is vast……. So I planted them all so we can find what grows best what taste best what we want more of. Just experimenting and trying to figure out what we are doing

[@mildredlindsey3144]

''KIL-LARN=EY''

[@michellelitaker1962]

If you put plastic sandwich bag over them & Staple them to the stick they won’t get wet

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Good idea

[@robinaMcCutcheon]

Killarney pronounced kill are nee just wanted to help 😊

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Thank you!

[@kelliepineda9822]

take pics of signs so you excatly what u want

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Exactly!

[@kimberleejensen4990]

Use your leaves

[@Yaya2214CJ]

She said she was going too. She was blowing them into a pile lol

[@kimberleejensen4990]

Oh ok lol

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Yes I was so prepared with them then the dang wind it was so bad it broke limbs and now the leaves are in the forest

[@carolinesemple2298]

Just to help you Killarney is pronounced Kil lar ney. If you don’t know how to pronounce a word break it down and sound it out. I hope that this helps ❤

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

Love it thank you

[@lorita3488]

I love the Harvest Loaves because you use what ever fruit or vegetables you have on hand. You can substitute for apples; 2 cups shredded carrots & 2 Tbsp. grated orange rind. or 2 cups shredded zucchini squash or 2 cups shredded sweet potatoes. HARVEST LOAVES - APPLE RAISIN LOAVES Mom's Favorite Recipes Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 cups chopped unpeeled apples 1 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp.Vanilla Ingredients: 3 1/3 cup flour 2 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. ground cloves, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 2/3 cup chopped nuts, 2/3 cup raisins Recipe instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans 9 x 5 x 3 inchs. Beat eggs, oil, apples, sugar and vanilla; on low speed. Add everything else. Pour into loaf pans. Bake 55 to 60 minutes. Refrigerate left over bread. Can substitute for apples; 2 cups shredded carrots & 2 Tbsp. grated orange rind. or 2 cups shredded zucchini squash or 2 cups shredded sweet potatoes.

[@modernhomesteadalaska]

That sounds amazing I’m going to have to try that next time!

[@conniea9201]

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[@modernhomesteadalaska]

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