We Should’ve Been Planting These in Our Yard All Along! | Homestead Vlog | October 9, 2023

This year we decided to dig up the yard, to garden closer to the house. We are SO GLAD we did, this sweet potato harvest is amazing!!
We planted an old timey whote sweet potato and beauregards!
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[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

This year we decided to dig up the yard, to garden closer to the house. We are SO GLAD we did, this sweet potato harvest is amazing!! We planted an old timey whote sweet potato and beauregards! Find Billys Bone Sauce here ➡️ permapasturesfarm.com/products/billys-bone-sauce Check out the whole process ⬇️⬇️ When we initially dug up the yard kzbin.info/www/bejne/nITKdXl8r91noqs Starting slips kzbin.info/www/bejne/r56Ye4qHjNmifNE Planting sweet potatoes kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6KZhYxmmqqkf80 Check out this playlist! You Can Grow Your own Food kzbin.info/aero/PLnKpaj6ZJDIrIlBkiZZiKNRAnnA8KC6qV Find True Grit merch here ⬇️ www.thelawsonfarm.com/youtube.html#/ Join our Facebook group and share your gardens!: facebook.com/groups/639624823908914 Instagram: instagram.com/tg_southerncookingandcanning/ TikTok @tg_appalachianways Contact us: [e-mail] Write us: P.O. Box 138 Lawsonville, NC 27022

[@andreamorrison8419]

Do y'all have a great recipe for sweet potatoes

[@michaelpardue2400]

Look like great potatoes Harvest

[@DonnaRatliff1]

I just pulled one of my sweet potato beds up today. It was a small 10 fr row one. To my surprise they did awesome. I literally had 11 hugemongous tators all on one the plant. The entire row was like that. I ended up with 60 lbs of tators on that 1 10 ft row. The chickens had been in the electric netting in that area last winter for a good amount of time. We tilled real good. I made the raised row outside of my sweet corn patch. So that was very impressive. The starts had only been done since first of July. I couldn't believe it. My regular sweet potato patch with many rows I'm leaving down for another 2 weeks if weather allows. Then that one will be full 120 days. Theyre the bush sweets. Puerto Rico tators. So will be interesting to see how they do too. 👍👍

[@bettablue2660]

Please have your daughter play somewhere different when you shoot’s video. Her squealing/screaming I too awful to tolerate.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Please kindly escort yourself on out, due to this comment and the last regarding my children, I do not need you on my channel, thanks@@bettablue2660

[@manymoonstraveled]

So lovely seeing parents and their children working together on the farm. One day food will be more valuable than money 🙂

[@oakmaiden2133]

Alreay is, I can’t eat a dollar.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Getting the kids involved is one of the best parts. They already like getting dirty, and they learn fast. Plus they feel like they're digging for treasure so it isn't difficult to convince them to help. And the investment on potatoes is almost always manifold positive. One sweet potato creates around a dozen slips, each slip produces about 3-5lbs of potatoes...all you have to do is plant them and that's basically it, very low effort, low investment high yield crop.

[@foziahramli3001]

True , will come a time when food security and growing your own food is being "the way of life"

[@dlewis895]

​​@@foziahramli3001 THATS HOW WORLD OPERATES AN AMERICA. BEFORE. INDUSTRIAL AGE PHILLIPINES EAT THE GREENS FROM.SWEET POTATOES. GOOGLE IT

[@bethholness5153]

Quick tip, when you plant your slips put in a stake beside them then you can find the centres of the plants and never waste time rooting around looking for them. Good on you that is a great harvest.

[@pamschonfarber1041]

Great tip

[@tennesseenana4838]

You can eat the vine leaves like spinach, either steamed, or in a soup. Super nutritious and tasty. Yes, the deer enjoyed mine until I put a barrier up around them.

[@josegonzales54195]

I did not know that.... Thanks for the info.

[@Dnugrahari]

We like the leaves in a stir fry with smol shrimp

[@mistyblue526]

Hmmm....maybe I'll try some leaves in a smoothie?

[@whereswipa2268]

I always eat sweet potato vine tips. I stir fry it with olive oil, crushed garlic, salt and pepper. Super simple.

[@CamMcB]

It is refreshing to see your children eager to have fun and help in the garden. This of course is a testimony to good parenting.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you

[@giddelgonzalez8744]

It’s great to see your harvest and y’all’s hard work being blessed, Proverbs 12:11,12 says Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread/food,, Y’all are hard workers and you are reaping the fruits of your labor, Blessings!!!!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Love this, thank you!

[@m.b.9209]

It's just so wonderful to see children having such a healthy and happy childhood. I wondered if that was lost to this generation completely. Beautiful "yung'uns" you good folks have. ❤

[@clynthia0510]

You are living the best life! And, it's a blessing to see your children working with you. Tell them how blessed they are to live this life. City children are missing out on so much. Your children are blessed! ❤❤❤❤ Baton Rouge Louisiana

[@robbielynnhowlethehomestea8761]

Great harvest! Jacob is such a smart young man. Both your kids are so helpful around the farm! 😊

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much 😊

[@simpsonfarms]

You can can the sweet potaotes for use in pies and casseroles or just to bake with brown sugar later Cut the big ones and make fried sweet tater in a skillet with brown sugar and butter - yum! That kind reminds me of my Mom and was one of my Dads favorite ways to cook them

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Great idea!

[@jojoply]

Love to see the entire family working together. No ipad, just outside with a plan together. Sunshine family time. Makes me happy to see.

[@JustinGrows]

LOVE THIS!! huge potato harvest!! The kids having fun helping out is the icing on the cake!

[@PatPaul-wl7eq]

For the very large sweet potatoes, here is a good way to cook them: Peel and either slice about 1/2 in. thick or cut in small chunks. Mix them with sliced or chunk apples and toss with melted butter mixed with some brown sugar and cinnamon. Add either chopped pecans or walnuts if desired. Put in baking dish that has lid or cover securely with foil. Bake at 350 until desired tenderness. Delicious! Or cut in chunks, boil and make mashed sweet potatoes.

[@donaldwells2102]

Sweet potatoes are a super food, from what I've read. I really like them, ours done well also,some were unbelievably big. Thanks all and God Bless 🙂.

[@rayclay2]

OMG.. some very pretty ones in the raised beds...well.. maybe next time..The world's heaviest sweet potato 🥔(Ipomoea batatas) weighed (81 lb 9 oz) on 8 March 2004... what a day to remember~! YUM

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Wow!!

[@GardenGal13]

If you do not like big sweet potato’s you could use them to make your own homemade dog food. This year I planted things my dogs could eat right along with us. And a treat for the other animals on your homestead which you already do. I tried sweet potato’s in the ground and in grow bags. The grow bags did the best because this summer the ground was so hard . I will amend the soil and try some in ground next year. Have a great day! I enjoy watching your channel.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Great idea!!

[@lk9637]

Our sweet potatoes surprised us as well. They were enormous! It was a great year for sweet potatoes.

[@CH-hm8ud]

By what month you plant your sweets potatoes?

[@a.p.5429]

Those big sweet potatoes would make awesome fries. 😁 oh my, I'm almost envious. Almost, glad God blessed you.

[@ericsplace3004]

Now that's how you do sweet potatoes! GOD IS GOOD!

[@ruthkelly6625]

If you guys like spinach , that’s what the leaves taste like , I just love your son driving the little truck , did you guys make that for him , the children are so sweet & enjoying helping that’s beautiful , May God continue blessing your garden ❤❤

[@barbaramckinley7524]

Love how the children help and seem to enjoy it

[@galeriadesol948]

You could eat some of the leaves too. Very nutritious, wonderful just sauteed.

[@user-ly9nh9ss7q]

Large sweet potatoes are just as good as small ones. Just cube them and bake them.

[@ullab784]

Great. I live in a big city in Germany. Rented house with 24 tenants. I'm old and in a wheelchair. There's a mini meadow on the ground floor. I use about 10 plant pots (50cm diameter). This year I have 2 sweet potatoes in one pot Big as baby heads).I use some leaves in Asian dishes.I came across your channel by chance. Subtitles help me. Thank you for your video and warm greetings from an old Saxon woman ^^formerly Chemnitz today Berlin.all the best to you all--hope google translates correctly^^^--

[@gailtalley8037]

That’s a great idea using pots as I’m afraid the critters would eat mine if I tried growing in my yard, I’m in the city in Michigan USA Blessings 💚💜

[@jillclark1744]

That's a great harvest. I take the great big ones and peel them and cut them up for fries or cubes and then can them. The cubes I use for sweet potatoes pie or make muffins with them. Really good.

[@homesteadingpastor]

Awesome tater harvest guys! I love how you all work together as a family on your farm/homestead. Those youngins don’t realize the value of the lifestyle y’all are giving them right now, but as time goes on they will. Thanks for sharing. 😇🙏🏻❤️🙌🏻

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much!

[@onionguts]

How beautifully put. And how upside down our world is at this time. These beautiful children and parents are the answer 💕💕💕

[@adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852]

Have a beautiful weekend y'all 👍🤠👍❣️🫶❣️

[@AaricHale]

You guys had an awesome harvest ! We picked ours yesterday and I was amazed how well they did with it being dry this year . We had around 12 slips given to us and ended up with 2 feed sacks full . This was our second time growing them because I only just started liking the taste of them . I think next year I will plant a lot more . I can see how people used to survive on them in the old days . Heck I never fertilized and got potatoes the size of footballs lol . Thanks for sharing and have a great day !

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Awesome!!

[@rachelmick4051]

I lived in Appalachia when I was in my twenties and listening to y'all talk is like music. :-)

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

aww thank you

[@ljgerken]

Cut up the big sweet potatoes into cubes and boil them and mash them with butter, salt and cinnamon. Yummy!

[@Candys_Corner]

WOW, I need to plant sweet potatoes next year..🥰👏

[@teresawebster3498]

If you can the big sweet potatoes you can use them for sweet bread and things like that. Or you can blanch and freeze them and roast them in the oven with seasoning until they are browned a little, they will still be soft, but they are really good to eat. My family loves them, I even make make sweet potato pancakes.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Great idea!! Thank you for sharing!

[@Ventura0404]

Big potatoes that’s wonderful. Sweet potato bread, sweet potato pie, candied, sweet potatoes. You don’t want those big ones I’ll take them. And yes, can them don’t waste it.

[@janicelasee9214]

Love seeing your babies helping .memories of our 8 on the farm blessings

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

8 kids, how blessed and wonderful. Must have been so much joy.❤😊

[@jameswilliams3713]

I would like to complement you and your whole family for a wonderful sharing with your two little ones working in the background. It reminds me when my son and daughter was much younger, helping in the yard gardening and cleaning up. Keep it coming, the entire video kept me smiling on what being a family is truly about. I love the subject on harvesting sweet potatoes but I even love the family atmosphere of seeing the two little ones learn gardening from their parents. Love, James Williams.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much!

[@raymetcalf3928]

We are learning so much for you folks! Thank you! Yall have a wonderful family!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thanks so much!

[@wilmabaker4500]

Wow .those were some big sweet potatoes.👍❤️

[@christymartin3846]

What a blessing ❤ I saw 👀 some of the reds, peeking 🫣 out, as you were heading to start digging up the white ones. Do the white ones have the same taste as the red? Can’t wait for you to show me how to preserve them. I got football size ones too! Last year, I grew them in the ground and turned out rats got to them, not voles, like I thought ❤ this year container, & they’re huge & bountiful ❤no damage yet, but will finish up harvest today 😂 God is Good

[@Jaynes-Path]

To me the white ones have more starch in them, more like a Russett potato would. Also not as sweet as the orange ones are. They make great fries, baked in the oven or air fryer or even on the stove with some oil. The red ones we like to put some brown sugar and cinnamon on.Yum

[@crystalallen4031]

I tried two slips this year…one in a bucket and one in a hill in the garden. The sweet potato in the ground did awesome!! The bucket grew little skinny potatoes. I am west of Asheville

[@wandafaircloth6934]

I had a problem with moles/voles eating my onions this year. Boy was I mad! From the top it looked like a beautiful big onion. Pulled it up and the whole thing eat up! Next time my onions will be in containers. I was gifted several large cow water troughs. They won’t hold water because of cracks but they are perfect for raised beds. The only crop we want frost on is greens. I remember one year we didn’t have collards for thanksgiving. Mom refused to cur them because it hadn’t frosted. She said it made them sweeter. Beautiful tater harvest!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

I’m the same way over collards 😂😂😂

[@Stupha_Kinpendous]

I live in Taiwan, and sweet potato greens are one of the most popular vegetables here. They're one of my favorites. The greens are typically just very quickly stir-fried with some fresh garlic and cayenne, but you can really do whatever you like with them. You really ought to try them.

[@jerrystout3032]

YOUR KIDS are just GREAT 👍!😇!😇!😇!😇!

[@ijahdagang6121]

Great potatoes harvesting, both kids are so helpful...

[@debinbc]

Zinnia flowers take tons of water from vegetables I found out using containers and all summer double watered squash and zinnias to keep bee's around, I'll use different flowers next year, maybe marigolds

[@NORMANMORRISON1940]

That looks like exactly like what the rats did to my beats But the rats didnt burl any holes into the beds they just ate them from the top down at my mom's house years ago in the winter that's where you'd always find the rats bed inside her greenhouse beds that's where they spent their winter cause it was softer

[@rosevillacarampatana5684]

Good harvest. That kind of soil is suitable for root crops. The stems can be planted again.

[@stevewoods293]

Those little kids are like mom and dad there some working machines for young children they are just getting right with help hand awsome steve

[@lawandawilliams2797]

First time watching your channel. Your children are precious. Working so hard without complaining. All those yummy sweet potato's. I can only think of Sweet Potato Pies and candied sweet potato's. Congrats on your harvest.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you

[@sherryrug]

You can always mash the big potatoes and freeze them also. Don't add any butter or milk until you defrost them.

[@brandynash1409]

I can big sweet potatoes in a TINY bit of honey. Then add them to pancakes during the winter. I use freshly milled flour so it keeps it more moist and les dense. I do pancakes and waffles as a quick run out of the door breakfast. So I cook them the night before and we don’t use syrup. So the extra sweetness and nutrition makes it work for us.

[@theresaherfindahl5781]

Clean those big ones up , Peal and dice to 1inch squares and roast in the oven, add salt and butter. Then freeze what you cant eat. The young leaves can go in the salad! Be sure to Cure them to get them to sweeten up.

[@lauraharvey7424]

Take and bake all those big ones and take skins off mash ‘em and freeze them they are great ❤

[@karensparks10]

I was excited along with you watching those potatoes come out of the ground!

[@rebeccadees2300]

Such a pleasant video of your family.

[@reavisstockard2994]

I enjoy your videos but your kids excitement made my morning! Y’all are definitely raising them right!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thanks so much!

[@laurielyon1892]

So happy you had such a great harvest. When it comes to the leaves, they are wonderful! I sauteed them like spinach and I've dehydrated them and turned into powder and add them to my smoothies!

[@spoonnwithsunshinehomestead]

Now that's a sweet potato patch! 😮

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Sweet potatoes are usually harvested 90-100/days after you plant them. You had a great harvest:) you have great soil, and your children are great helpers.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes we’ve been planting them for 5 or 6 years but have never had great luck even leaving them longer than the above, we planted these in the yard instead of our usual spot and honestly we weren’t in a hurry because they never do well for us, but what a pleasant surprise we had this year! Thank you!

[@fancythat5136]

We have better luck with min 120 days growing time.

[@fancythat5136]

A small cup of baking soda/flour will get rid of the moles...

[@jrae6608]

Great harvest. Big one will taste fine. Can can them. Hard to cut up but well worth the time. Make sure to use potato fork and dig all of them up.

[@beckym5730]

Tip mustard green are Amy when you pick small leaves most people wait for huge leaves but they are best when leaves are small collard as well. Sweet Potatoes love the dirt you have.

[@jimmyhooper9280]

When I grow sweet potatoes I always give the vines to my Korean friends.

[@user-xr6rc2br6c]

My dad always pulled the vines off first ,leaving the potatoes in ground, he said if the vine got frosted it would go to the potatoes and ruin it.

[@ZippytheHappyChimp]

everything you can do to a small sweet potato... you can do to a giant one too. It will either take longer, or you cut it into... small sweet potato sized pieces. The only "problem" with big tubers is that it's too much for one portion. so Chop chop boom done.

[@zenygajes5845]

Steam the young leaves of sweet potato for salad .add tomatoes ,onion and sauce,yummy.

[@TuellTimeAdventures]

My goodness, what a great sweet potato harvest! Loved seeing your kids so excited to help.

[@beckypetersen2680]

Those are amazing!!

[@loribethartist6353]

I know one of my “people” when I hear them call kids “youngins”! I’m in East Tennessee/ love the video!

[@wendelltidwell830]

LOOKING GOOD! ENJOYED WATCHING YOUR FAMILY AT WORK AND GETTING A GREAT HARVEST! CONGRATULATIONS!

[@rhondahuber6412]

Amazing Harvest!! Have a Blessed Day!!

[@tkarlmann]

You are so Blessed to have such a wonderful garden!

[@tomhunter8312]

Beautiful!

[@sunnydayz4040]

Thank you for the great information

[@cblair8501]

I can tell. There's a lot of them. Very nice! I grew 3 slips of white sweet potaoes in a large whiskey barrel. I made out like a bandit.

[@elt.214]

Bountiful harvest. God bless.

[@WhosWhointheZoo123]

Your kids are awesome helpers!

[@maricelumban3388]

So exciting and what a nice family bonding you have,

[@kristieshoemake7343]

Beautiful land! It is so dry where we are in OK. Love seeing all the green!

[@martinarcher1503]

what an idyllic life you have! I'm jealous

[@anneyoung1011]

What a great harvest, they will be yummy roasted and also boiled and mashed with butter.

[@fancythat5136]

Great Harvest!

[@ladilynne]

Those really big sweet potatoes are really good baked. Wash, oil them and wrap them in foil.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Great idea!

[@toneyjohnson8910]

Good looking harvest

[@thames308]

Just beautiful.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Chickens would love all those greens.🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔

[@jarvismoore8320]

White ones definitely look like Nancy Hall’s! We grow them a lot here in North Mississippi! I have some planted that are only 105 days in!

[@elizabethrecco8485]

I loved watching you guys taken up your sweet potatoes! I’m so excited about doing mine. I’m on Long Island and potatoes grow beautifully here!

[@cherylkirksey]

Eat those big ones just like the little ones!!! Mail them to me, mom and I would love to have them!!

[@imaprepper1866]

Great harvest . May God be the glory.

[@stellachipembele3147]

I love the way you are bringing up your children. Very helpful and independent. Well done to both of you. Btw that's a bountiful sweet potato harvest

[@barbs.7367]

❤ Loved seeing your helpers pitch in! Steam or boil those real big ones and mashem up, delish!

[@miephoex]

Great job, great family 😊

[@DeanGREEN-sy5ef]

Cutest helpers I've ever seen great harvest

[@susanrand512]

Those sweet potatoes are amazing, WOW. Thanks so much for sharing, you have a beautiful family

[@saltybunbun]

First time watching your channel, you guys are lovely! I cant wait to watch the rest of your videos!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

Me too a first timer here and i enjoyed this one so im looking forward to more .i love the whole family get involved

[@svetlanapil8089]

I love seeing happy children!

[@robertbates6057]

Those are some beautiful, great kids!

[@brendaschenck859]

Glad y’all had a pretty good turnout…they look great to me…I plant some in pots about a week ago here in Florida just for the pretty climbing vines❤

[@melissamartin8208]

Precious kids -- sooooo cute and helpful to their parents.

[@srqlisa7881]

White S. Potatoes are the best. Mr. Googlepants say the warm soil and lotsa water will make them grow big.

[@violetwheatley2381]

You can make sweet potato pie 🥧 with the big ones. I also agree with canning them also.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Great idea!