Pulling out EVERYTHING we can from the garden before hard weather hits!

[@theelliotthomestead]

I wish I would've been filming when we harvested an additional 100 pounds of sweet potatoes! Oh - I cannot WAIT to make sweet potato fries ;) Thanks for being here with me, my friends. Enjoy!

[@sarahherboth9447]

Oh that's what I was looking for in the potato section! We're not going to get a frost for another few weeks and I'm hearing conflicting things about whether to leave them in the ground as night temps are in the 40s. Can I leave them til right before a frost?

[@princessleah187xx4]

Have you tried planting potatoes in buckets? I find harvesting soooooooooooo much easier to harvest. I also find that I get a better yield when I plant in buckets. Love your channel.

[@kham9578]

You are so sweet. -your family gives me hope for the future of this country-you seem like a beautiful team - strong faith -strong family - beautiful life - sadly you don’t see families like yours anymore 🙏thank you for sharing your family with us

[@cherylanderson3340]

I wanted one of snitch & eat one of those tiny potatoes, fried whole. Years ago, a cousin brought a batch of tiny potatoes on a platter to a gathering. I'd thought they were stuffed mushrooms until I tasted one. I think they had been lightly boiled, then cut in 1/2. Then the boiled potato must've been spooned out, likely mixed with butter, milk, S&P & lightly seasoned, maybe with herbs, like Parsley, maybe Thyme. And then the mashed potato mixture was likely stuffed back in & baked - maybe they were also topped with bread crumbs mixed with butter & a dry cheese, like Parmesan. However they were made, they were delightful.

[@trishabrinkdesign]

I was wondering about those! Congratulations👏👏👏

[@NorthernHomestead]

Great harvest! We usually let the tops of the potatoes be killed by frost, after that the skin of the potatoes matures better. The ground does not freeze at the first frost. It has to be really cold for the ground and the potatoes in the soil to freeze. So yes, next time do not stress about potatoes, just get them out before a hard frost.

[@sarahherboth9447]

Do you do this with sweet potatoes too?

[@NorthernHomestead]

@@sarahherboth9447 I hear that it can be done with sweet potatoes also. We don’t really grow sweet potatoes since it is so cold here. We tried to see what happens, and gave up on them. Generally sweet potatoes like a lot of heat. So I would not leave them in cold soil. Normal potatoes are fine as long as the ground isn’t frozen.

[@garden4life622]

Yep! Was just going to say the same thing. You can let potatoes stay in the ground when a freeze is coming and harvest later. Same with carrots and beets.

[@ravenhummel8202]

@@NorthernHomestead A frost and a freeze are two different things. People need to understand that or they get confused.

[@ravenhummel8202]

@@sarahherboth9447 If your sweet potatoes get frosted, you need to get them out of the ground before the sun hits them.

[@jodeew.3029]

Fall is my favourite time of year...you are my channel for inspiration and sometimes needed motivation. It's busy up here in Ontario Canada with harvesting , canning, dehydrating and exercising patience for our first frost...as I'm excited about my parsnips and rutabeggas! This weekend we saw 90° !!! But the first will be here before we know it... I look forward to slower days, baking, home made soups and stews ....and my kitchen filled with the smell of fresh baked bread.....it's been a bountiful summer. Thank you for sharing your life, your home and your vision.

[@elizabethseoigestevens7900]

Nature is so interesting and perplexing. I am a homesteader in Vermont and we had a WET cold summer. I spent most of my time de-slugging and things didn't do as well due to too much water. Thank you for a wonderful video. God Bless, Elizabeth

[@joyhannaelisabeth]

I garden in VT as well and it is definitely a challenge.

[@sherrybacon8041]

I'm in Vermont also. This year was really hard. Tomatoes did terrible.

[@Pandorash8]

It’s always fascinating to see the difference between areas. I’ve been watching a lot of UK farming/gardening shows lately and they’re constantly battling water. Here in Australia we have the exact opposite problem. And it’s hard for me to wrap my head around the idea of too much water lol.

[@ravenhummel8202]

I try to grow indoors if the outdoors isn't suitable. Of course, I grow indoors almost all winter in containers and on my walls. Ohio here.

[@gobigandgohomeschool4882]

Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite crops to grow here in the desert. They love the heat, tolerate poor soil, and yield edible, beautiful vines.

[@ravenhummel8202]

I'm going to grow some indoors this winter to filter the air and will place outdoors in the spring.

[@patriciacinea3097]

To see the harvesting, learning about this skill, with the glorious background of the mountains...I did ENJOY! Thank you!

[@jess_barneyyy]

I just found your channel a few weeks ago and have been watching so many videos! You are a wonderful content creator! I also admire your gardens. Thank you for sharing them with us all!

[@kristinastoltzfus6032]

Hope you harvested your basil! I cut in hige bunches and wrap with a rubber band and dry haning in the kitchen. I always think I will take leaves off and grind and put into jars but I end up just picking dried leaces off and using that way. Never enough time. 😅 Enjoyed your video!

[@ravenhummel8202]

I'm going to do basil pesto this year and freeze in ice cube form. Will leave the cheese out until thawed and ready to toss into a dish

[@catedennis41]

In Alaska, we always can the little potatoes. You don't have to peel them. They are delicious when you open a jar and just pour them out, water and all, and then add butter. Yummm.

[@markbaumgardner3760]

If you get some Thermal blanket, you can extend your growing season with those peppers several weeks or till you get a freeze.

[@kristinakahn8064]

I love the last day of harvesting before the frost. What a strange year its been for weather!! We are in zone 4b and we haven't had frost usually by Oct 7th and don't have it in the 10 day forecast! Thanks for the video! It's always a treat!!

[@kristinakahn8064]

@@thistlecreek461, I was going to say the same thing! The lilacs are blooming here too in Southeast MN!!

[@ravenhummel8202]

@@thistlecreek461 I'm in Ohio. My Easter lilies came up and bloomed at the end of June.

[@ravenhummel8202]

@@kristinakahn8064 I once had cherry trees bloom twice in one year. No idea what causes this. Guess, you'll be making lilac jelly.

[@loriy7532]

Hi there, Great garden haul this day , lucky you... I have quite a bit of things still happening in the garden that I must harvest and preserve too. When all is said and done , it is worth all your effort and the foods of the summer are marvelous in the cold winter a head. Always a pleasure to visit with you. As you have many things going on , please remember to take care of your very important self, ok....

[@lyndspickett5770]

Have to comment abt NO DIG: I put organic mushroom compost on top of clay this year in my small garden. My new rhubarb transplants, potato and pepper plants were so happy and bounteous! And the tomato went CRAZY.

[@ms.aineec.beland9684]

Hard worker and lots of hard work; thank you for sharing!

[@sarahrickman6609]

Thank you for sharing. It's always a treat. Shalom to you and your family.

[@ForgottenWayFarms]

I love seeing your harvest, had to leave my new no dig garden this year due to moving to a new homestead. Good to see you doing so well ❤️

[@frasersgirl4383]

Simple living Alaska harvests potatoes when the plants have completely died back and they got a massive potato harvest this year! That would give you more time?!

[@scandimama]

Yes! Racing before the frost! I grew a very small variety of eggplant for the first time. Not sure how to preserve them and would love the details you mentioned when preserving your eggplant! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom, Shaye. Blessings!

[@joyceperkins1531]

Have you ever looked at the Ruth Stout method for potatoes? It is no dig even at harvest time. As the potatoes grow on a bed of straw (or spent hay) and are mulched with the same. Some of her old time interviews and video are on line. May save your back. Best wishes.

[@rhondashotwell7358]

I remember reading a method for something similar in an issue of Mother Earth News a long time ago. I've never done this, but you wrap chicken wire into a barrel shape hooking the ends together to keep if from separating then you put some soil down and then your potato starts on top, then cover with straw, and you keep layering the straw around the plant as it grows. When it's time to harvest you just unhook the chicken wire and let everything spill out. I don't remember if you add more soil with the straw as the plant grows. Although I've never tried it it does sound simple and easy enough, and sounds like a space saver. I think it's probably for smaller gardens though, and not for larger harvests.

[@1001Flocke]

RESPECT ! So much hard work and you made it. Hopefully you could use most of your harvest.

[@sunny4jenny]

Awesome! I had no idea you could grow such a fabulous garden in a cooler state!

[@liza-marie89]

Gorgeous. Sorry that you had to harvest at such short notice. While you were digging up potatoes, I realised something I have never really thought about- in Afrikaans potato is spelled in 3 different was 1. Ertappel 2. Artappel 3. Aardappel all 3 comes down to the same direct translation to English- earth apple. It kinda struck home in my head you know, an apple from the earth with beautiful nutritional value- what a gift from the earth.

[@NovelIdeaIndeed]

And in French “pomme de terre” - Apple of the earth.

[@carybradley3968]

And in French potato is pommel de Terre, apple of earth! Thanks for African lesson. Earth is small. :)

[@momofboystimes3932]

That's exactly how I use my small potatoes. Mine lasted 3 meals. We got about 200lbs of russet this year.

[@wendyjacques4625]

Market garden looking great!

[@lyndspickett5770]

Hey! I did the same thing with my garden this week. Oh wait...gotta get the potatoes and strawberries! Since I’m new at this home harvest-to-table thing, I REALLY appreciate knowing there are others out there who have “mad rushes” in this journey. I’ve got SO much to put up in the next (hopefully) 6 days and I pray that what doesn’t fit into my fridges will stay fresh in the cool garage. Wish me luck on that and creating a storage pantry downstairs in a “closet room”. It’s so great to participate in a channel where there are others doing the same thing. Thank you again and looking forward to checking out your cooking community. MWAH!

[@naomiparsons1652]

Do you have a special name for the deep fried mini potatoes, we call them scallops here in the UK, as they resemble the shellfish. Usually we pre boil them, cut when cool then deep fry. All equally delicious though 😋

[@-attemptingtherandom-2777]

yum . .. . .

[@Pandorash8]

Oh yes! We also call them “scallops” in my part of Australia, though they also tend to be battered. Other parts of Oz call them by other names, such as “potato cakes.” But they are delicious by any name❣️

[@cheriduncan2321]

I am so glad you are back!! You were missed!

[@mattsara2802]

So much to do but you got lots done!

[@TexasHomesteaders]

It's interesting to watch how people in different planting zones do things. Here we would have left the potatoes in the ground for the first frost but zone 9 doesn't get much frost. lol

[@TheVillageFairy]

Your garden looks amazing even at the end of the season!

[@theelliotthomestead]

I'm telling you: this no-gardening is a game changer! So grateful to have found it through Charles Dowding.

[@carybradley3968]

@@theelliotthomestead *no-dig* ;)

[@idelsiurquijo7259]

Amazing garden 🥔🍆🫑Thank you for sharing!

[@theurzamachine]

Did you plant your potatoes late or did harsh weather come early? Also, have you considered using an inch of clay soil above your compost? When it hardens in dry weather it prevents moisture from leaving the compost underneath and prevents weeds from breaking through. The weeds that do break through will be naturally smothered by the potato foliage.

[@nwinburn]

Great harvest, Shaye! Very inspirational as always!! A big hug from Mexico City, and thank you again for your awesome videos!!

[@erikawoods8975]

Great harvest, thank you for sharing.

[@bethanygresoski3126]

She is always so adorable, I see so much of your husband in her!

[@admirerofcreativity5295]

Potatoes do exceptionally well in no dig beds!!

[@soniakirk7909]

Beautiful harvest!

[@genietillery878]

I'm surprised you had the energy to cook after all that work!

[@kathleenroberts7972]

Good job! Back breaking I know. I am pleased for you with your early yield.

[@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead]

I would suggest Kennebec potatoes next season. Our soils are very similar, I'm in Wyoming, and the Kennebecs REALLY loved the soil here. I had Kennebecs bigger than Idaho Russets. Way more prolific, consistent, bug resistant, etc.

[@garden4life622]

Yep. Kennebecs are a great variety!

[@hannahbutler384]

Beautiful harvest! Where did you get your green stackable harvest containers?

[@MsKaty0311]

I would think that being under the ground would buy you more time with potatoes….in Maine, here I think harvesting goes on in light frost.

[@dorothyrhodes4657]

Love your harvest videos

[@sters6246]

Glorious! Love your videos Shaye!

[@lovingitcountry4203]

I was in an accident a few days ago and fractured my arm. Unable to move much I’ve been watching your videos💕

[@LVT2314]

If you grow mint you can hang in chicken coop and put in nesting boxes making the coop smell good keeps pests out too

[@stephaniehanuman-dale6279]

All hands on deck when it’s harvest time🍅🍆🌶🥔🍠

[@j.m.7560]

Nice harvest Shaye! I can't wait to harvest my sweet potatoes here in Texas, hopefully in November.

[@ravenhummel8202]

Parents dig potatoes. Kids pick them up. Teamwork.

[@LifeWithFlowers]

Gorgeous garden 🌿

[@gloriaisaula4892]

I ENJOY SO MUCH DE VIDEO THANKS IS SO AMAZING TO SEE YOU AGAIN

[@emilydart808]

What method did you use for your potatoes? Did you plant from seed or from actual potatoes?

[@meme7591]

You should always kill your tops (break them but keep the roots I tacked to the potatoes)prior to picking your potatoes cuz then it makes the skin a little tougher and not so easy to scuff up.

[@sarahrickman6609]

Good advice

[@DommieDarling1]

How early should you do that before harvesting?

[@marylund6850]

2:30 How are the trees still so green? We still haven't had a frost, but most of our leaves are fallen.

[@dorothydonatello8494]

Shaye love your videos. So informative and yet also very calming. I have a question for you. Where do you get your rectangle containers for your crops?

[@deborahcrutchfield5022]

Good video, I like to see more garden videos

[@ravenhummel8202]

I raised Katahdin sheep for years.

[@sarahmcalpine2058]

Watching this video made me want to pitch in help you and/or bring you a cappuccino!! Oh the struggle! 😓💪🤲☕🥔🪣💕

[@toneyjohnson8910]

where did you get the green harvest bens?

[@velezhustlers8619]

Thank you for sharing.

[@kimberleyengle1432]

Years ago I had a scoop shovel that had a screen type center that was so handy to scoop up small potatoes when we mounded them up. Wonder if they still make them or if someone could cut the center out of one and weld in wire.

[@Soggybottomnz]

Oh.. I just planted 25 slips. Two nights in a row we were struck with a sneaky frost. I so hope they survived.. 😞

[@oldfashionedonpurpose4020]

Beautiful video. Thank you for your time and encouragement. This was motivating to me. We are in Indiana and are needing to do the same. Great harvest! Can’t wait to see what you do with it all while we wind down and rest for the winter. Love it! PS- where are you located? The landscape is beautiful!

[@christymarie1413]

New Sub, Man you make everything look so easy! I am a stumbler with many things...

[@missourigirl4101]

Thx for sharing!,, gorgeous farm. Can you post or send the recipe for the eggplant you talked about? Thx. Love your channel

[@earthmamma85]

Awesome. Just found your channel.

[@F-J.]

You could blanch and freeze the potatoes.

[@erinnkemp]

Tomatillo you can pick and use small.

[@aleidaperez6413]

Hola, I really enjoy you channel. I specifically like your stove. Would a green house keep your plants safe from the freeze? Blessings

[@FindingTheBliss]

Hi there! I'm homesteading in Portugal , in a region where we sometimes have a very mild frost in the winter. At the moment I have lots of red bell peppers (or, almost fully red). Would you pick them before the rain comes? Thank you in advance for your help! ;)

[@shirleycorrie5678]

Wondering where you live? I’m in central Saskatchewan, and usually get our first frost near the end of September. I have always harvested my potatoes after that first frost. Only once in my 50 plus years of gardening have I experienced a first frost so hard that my potatoes froze.

[@lunalunita5359]

Hello! I love your Channel everything you make look so nice. Now muy mum have subscribe to your Channel and she doesn't know any english at all she would like to ask if you could put Spanish subtitles? Please and thank you! 😊

[@DH-qz2so]

Do your kids help with the harvest? The potato gathering looks like something the kids could help you with.

[@CourtneyRasbach]

Where did you get the black pot you are frying the potatoes in? :)

[@dauntlessdivine2627]

Why don't you cover your soil with wood chips so you don't have to water so much? Have you seen Back to Eden gardening? If you haven't seen the documentary, you should. Paul is amazing and he explains everything through scripture and how he learned his method through his connecting to God. Asking and listening to nature, nature doesn't til the soil or do very much and yet things grow in abundance. The key is covering the soil with wood chips! You'd love it Shaye!

[@AsadUllah-mm2lm]

Always waiting for your video...

[@BlackAsuka]

Hey, you've probably answered this before on the channel, but what is the spacing on the trees in the background at 11:00? And what size are those trees? Thanks!

[@juliegolub2602]

Good exercise indeed

[@theelliotthomestead]

Indeed!

[@melissasolis3488]

you amaze me. what a hard work!

[@thesadgardener]

Eggplant actually originated in India :)

[@muddove9214]

Yum sweet potato fries! Please post❤️

[@elan37713]

Perhaps a silly question, but what is done with the lard after using it ?

[@julia.mattei]

Hi, from previous videos and from listening to the podcast she reuses it, she said once she just sticks the pan in the fridge, or you can easily put in a mason jar. Also I believe she has a separate one for meat! Hope that info helped

[@elan37713]

@@julia.mattei, Thank you !

[@colleenepage]

I just have to say I used your method and made hot sauce. O.M.GEE!! It's SO good and so easy! I've done 6 batches, gifting away half of it. It's definitely gonna be added to my annual food preservation routine. Thanks for teaching me how easy it is to ferment hot peppers.

[@twt000]

That looks like J*** O** Ridge behind you. Do you advertise your location (Town/area)? I think I live near you, know some folks on one of the lakes. Are you selling at the market in town too? South slope garden with good soil, great job.

[@kellywood67]

You too are from Alabama so you know I mean it when I tell you, “ God bless your punkin heart!”- Love your family, appreciate your hard work, and live your farm life along side you! Wishing you 3 cappucinos! Kelly Wood @Grace_Gardens_Springville

[@yvettelabeef-knapp8671]

I’d like to ask a question without it sounding offensive please. But I’ve watched quite a few different videos of people harvesting their crops but find it hard to harvest everything. So I guess I’m wondering why plant so much of it if it is hard to keep up with things? Thank you

[@Julia29853]

I think for them its normally not a problem, this was just an unexpected early frost coming. Thats why they’re in such a rush.

[@triciamoss9074]

I think the tendency is to overplant because you never know which crops are going to do well and which are going to flop.

[@Ccccddddffff]

What is the name of the company you buy bulk food from again?

[@lupapp75]

The kids could help with the work.

[@mindofmadness5593]

Not sure where you are-looks like pretty country. If your Weatherforecaster is as good as ours, you'd do better using Chicken Bones and Tea Leaves to figure the Cold/Hot/Rain and so forth.

[@spaciodecm]

WoW

[@MsKaty0311]

Your peppers 😱😱 what will you do with them all?

[@THEENaners247]

Please! Please can you tell me what boots you are wearing?

[@panko97]

How do you keep your boots so clean? 😂

[@kwilder0810]

Did your potatoes end up scabby after growing in compost? My 90 year old grandma warned me not to plant the potatoes in the compost but I did. We ended up with a ton of scabs on the potato skin. I need to troubleshoot the No Dig gardening with potatoes. They weren't covered in a deep of a layer of dirt as normal so the rodents took over half of our harvest :( Looking forward to seeing what you change next year!

[@theelliotthomestead]

How odd! We had NO scabs at all.

[@junewrogg6137]

Do you own all the orchards in the background?

[@DH-qz2so]

nope, they do not.

[@yoninakohan6054]

Hardest working mom!!!

[@NovelIdeaIndeed]

I’m assuming Stuart Elliott who did the filming is your husband? Maybe next time YOU film HIM hefting heavy crates of vegetables?

[@wildwildforest9473]

What is your fear about Shaye lifting a vegetable crate? I’m assuming that the reason she looks so healthy and fit is that she enjoys doing things that promote this health. Heavy lifting is good for making bones strong and women are certainly capable of doing hard work. Many women have ideas and dreams which require hard work...and they aren’t in the mindset that a man needs to make them happen.

[@christophergenethliou9666]

Put and some oregano on those fried potatoes🤤😍

[@joanneganon7157]

👋 Ju Ju Pretty Haul , Yummy Winter Food🙌🐦. I'm going to try the fry method with my baby pots, Thanks. JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@MrDiasJoana]

Do you sell your produce? If not, why do you call it market garden?

[@lyndseybabcock8324]

In a previous video, she mentioned that they call it that just because they grow each crop in rows as opposed to having them interspersed with other crops, like the potager.