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[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

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[@alandixon3246]

Good Job Gary 👍 👏

[@TimothyTate-tc5yk]

I'll give y'all a tip about y'all's pepper plants. Right before the first frost cut your pepper plants at ground level then mulch with straw or leaves. Next spring the pepper plants will come back and produce abundance of peppers. But then then the next fall you'll have to pull the pepper plants out and replant pepper seed for you third year peppers. Pepper plants will produce from the first seed that you plant. The second tip is never use hay for mulch because hay is a grass and has seeds then you'll have Timothy, fescue, or alfalfa grass growing in your vegetable garden. Straw is better to mulch around your vegetable straw is wheat byproduct after it's been harvest and has no seeds. The straw will break down and put nitrogen and other minerals back into your soil making your garden soil rich for you vegetable plants along with your rabbit and chicken and goat manure. And Gary if you put your trimmer string in water and soak it over night it will soften up your trimmer string which is made out of plastic and make it more flexible and last longer and it won't break as easily. My friend told me that and I tried it and he was right I did have to keep feeding the trimmer string out as often and it didn't break as much.

[@AB-ol5uz]

great outcome - recommend putting in mulch around your plants to suppress weeds/grass from growing up. Also, recommend getting more blueberry, raspberry and blackberry bushes to plant on the slop of the garden terrace to help hold in the soil and put them in easy reach for harvesting. Fig trees grow really quickly, as do elderberry plants if you want other options.

[@TerrySmith68]

Hay Mel&Gary that flower in your garden was a passion fruit flower

[@deborahratcliff8179]

Dear Mel, fill your blocks with dirt. And plant marigolds and herbs in them. They will help keep some bug pests away. And look good and give you tasty things to cook with. By putting herbs in the blocks you will keep them in check so they don't take over. You could even put other vegetables in some spaces and expand your garden.

[@franfeint7894]

How’s the rabbits doing? Haven’t seen them lately. The yard looks good

[@lauraquigley6403]

😱 Omg ..poor Gary …fire ants hurt! So happy to see you have the mower most utuber’s have! Loved seeing the kids in the garden! Beautiful video🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

[@Carol-b1v]

the vines in the garden are my favorite flower Passion Fruit.

[@billfisher9247]

Looks like a beautiful day for a beautiful family making a beautiful life together!

[@karenhernke281]

Gary, you are a great man to help Mel out like that. Mel, your kids are awesome workers. The garden looks great. Can i ask what you have down on the ground between the beds? I need that. I put the black cloth down with mulch, and it sucked. Weeds are so bad. Have a great evening. Love you all. Karen ❤

[@rongray4847]

Hi Gary, you did good and it looks good, it’s a never ending job. Would be nice to somehow make a lot of it maintenance free but what you have done it looks really good. Your a very hard worker Gary👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

Oh boy look what I found on here a video that has been long overdue and I’m ready to see Gary what you are going to do next and please be careful cutting all the tall stuff down

[@CarolSchreffler]

Greetings from Northeast Ohio. Gary, i’m so disappointed that you didn’t listen to my advice last year. This is The regarding the tree to heaven that is still growing on your bank and turning into more than one tree. Please believe me when I tell you that once the trees get a hold they will take over and they’re very hard to get rid of. At 9:40 The trees were visible. Those are the trees that will multiply. I know they look pretty, but they are not. They are intrusive.

[@charlenegrady8781]

Great day with family. Nice harvest. Enjoy❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸

[@debrahudson5917]

To help battle the ants organically use white distilled vinegar on the mound. It actually works to kill off the mound. You guys are doing a great job.

[@jenthrasher5056]

Mel is going to be so happy to be able to walk around in the garden. Try to remember, 15 minutes in the garden on maintenance, saves a whole lot of time to clean up. I carry the weedeater to the farden every day, cut anything i see growing that shouldn't be there. Hope you saved some of your seeds from your plants

[@debralawler-nt9si]

If I can make suggestion plan a day where your not working on your home or doing other projects just do a little different schedule of what's first and important... !ight help

[@sharonjoachim2602]

Wow! Nice 👍..veges are beautiful!!😇🙏🇺🇸🎃✝️👍🍂🤘🌈🌻🌸☮️🥰🌼🌞

[@louisianagreatgrandma650]

Great job on the garden clean up. The harvest was a good one also. The area looks great!

[@MelissaNY-Reviews]

Omg Gary, great job. Now you can have a cold one and look out at your accomplishments and kingdom. Mel and kids, you got a good looking garden, I’m glad you enjoy the fresh veggies.

[@davidserna7265]

That funny looking flower, is of a passion fruit vine

[@BlaPunked-wn6ww]

The interesting purple flower is actually passion fruit. It will produce a green fruit that is hollow inside and is edible. It usually turns a dark color when ripening.

[@alandixon3246]

I like Your Gorilla Carts Friends SLR

[@mariezafonte6473]

Nice harvest Mel and kids. The garden looks great. Gary did a great job pr cleaning the garden.

[@gordonday1273]

Do what you can do . Not what you can't. Remember, every day is a game day. Oh, I'm retired that's my line

[@harviereach4934]

that plant your thinking of transplanting into another pot looks suspiciosly like a bamboo. it might be one that spreads,so be careful with it.

[@AdamofCA.]

Because i watch home renovations in Asia, Asians use field Bamboo (as thick as a man's arm) to build homes. Field Bamboo is as strong as Oak. Hence, that Bamboo is used to build scaffolds for construction sites thruout Asia . And it doesn't deteriorate as fast as as wood. And yes, it spreads quickly . As an ornament (the red berries in the winter are a treat for the birds) that grows like a hedge to cover up my neighbors panel wood fence, i purposely grow Heavenly Bamboo whose spongy stalk is no thicker than the small finger. Heavenly Bamboo is easy to trim and control because the roots are only 4 inches deep. My front porch has a Heavenly Bamboo on each side of the steps shaped to look like torches. During the winter holidays (TG & Xmas), those red berries receive the compliment of being beautiful holiday decorations. Hearing those remarks always make me smile.

[@joanlenhard82]

Congratulations for that wonderful harvest. Good job Yummy

[@RachelleO-xm2ln]

Wow! Great job! You have good kids that are willing to help ☺

[@thomasspainhour1112]

Awesome family, NC USA 🇺🇸 T

[@DinkTank369]

Hello Gary, Mel, & family......yard & gardens look amazing. ❤❤❤❤❤ Great harvest

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

Thank you Dink

[@docdonsmith]

Those flowers turn into Passionfruit.

[@deborahtaylor8746]

Gary in the spring plant blueberries on your slopes,or peach trees and apple trees.

[@CarlosPena-xw4cu]

Love you guys... Thanks for the great content.

[@kerriejacobs5765]

passionfruit line

[@carlmcdaniel5380]

Get AMDRO for fire ants

[@alandixon3246]

Great Job Gary but Fall is here then winter it is Coming here soon

[@debralawler-nt9si]

That's a great harvest

[@GenaLou]

ANTS FROM HELL!!👹 Red Fire Ants! I HATE 'EM!😡 The bite hurts but ALSO, within the next day or so there will be a small white PUSTULE where each bite was. They ITCH! And that makes you suseptable to secondary infections. I think a ptoduct called "OVER & OUT" works best, sometimes hard to find. Comes in a shaker can of BAIT to treat mounds, or bulk bags of poison granules to broadcast everywhere but then it must be watered in. Right before a rain works great. Second choice would be AMDRO. IF you disturb a mound they won't leave but spread out to make more mounds on your property. YIKES! Just think how bad for kids playing in the yard, sit in the grass and get covered!😢 Hope you can control them. ❤❤❤❤

[@glendabrekke5475]

Great job Gary.

[@his4evr2c]

Great job Sweetie @Simple Life Reclaimed

[@judygrimm1815]

Looks good! Mowing, weed whipping, weeding garden etc weekly thing here in central Wis on our old farm! Never ends

[@patriciarussell756]

I try to tell myself ,10 min. In the garden. Some days more.😁👍

[@jdbeernfishing2916]

Tell Gary to ask Santa Claus for some pants that fits him. He’s wearing pants that looks like three sizes too big for him. 🤪

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

They fit him how he is comfortable wearing them. 🤗

[@elainewoods6026]

Talk to junk to jam Gary. He's got one of them. Small more like you him than you talk about. The string is so expensive. He buys it and wing roll. Big round stands up maybe 200 feet and he says the reasonable break, so I'll talk to him about it. 😂

[@alandixon3246]

Navimow looks amazing for y"all Mellany and Kids keep it up Great Job

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

Mud applied to the bites helps, I am told ...

[@laurafos1]

You luckily live in a region that passion flowers can fruit. I wish they would where I live. Passion fruit is expensive. I would get a trellis to grow it on somewhere. That’s a awesome find and the flowers are beautiful. The fruit taste like a mix of pineapple, kiwi, citrus and melon all in one. Tons of antioxidants and vitamin c

[@glendawright2721]

You need take ant this fall and winter to close to garden

[@sharonlemley7898]

That flower is a passion flower it will product a fruit, I have one in my yard it will grow crazy so you have to keep an eye on it ,The fruit is really good.

[@tracyboyd4867]

I love the garden videos but this was awesome watching the kiddos help pick their food...Mel buy a pkt of sugar cane mulch to put on your garden beds it will keep the weeds down and you just remulch every Season and the weeds wont get outta control...its a secret know by us old folks...have a good week guys...😊

[@MrDilley777]

Yep Gary I know a married couple not to far from you that has a farm and garden, they use weed barrier the good stuff and cut small holes in it to plant the seeds and no weeds, the name of their website (Living traditions homestead) check them out. 😊😊😊

[@georgetidball3045]

Hey Gary you might check with local tree trimmers sometimes they chip into their truck and they want to get rid of the mulch you can get free monster you could put that in your walkways on top of your landscaping fabric we help keep the weeds down or make them easy to pull if you put it down heavy enough

[@judyherman1249]

When it comes time to pull up your tomato plants please don't feed them to your animals, they are toxic. Awesome harvest!

[@ruthstill169]

What a productive day! Great video SLR

[@JoshuaJackson-r4o]

Love the shirt Mel

[@roxcrowley]

Loved the voice over!

[@kayashmore4296]

Good harvest for the family & goods for goats & chickens.

[@karenbrest187]

Good evening 🤗 nice little mower 👍 garden area looks nice-good job family 😊 all the produce looks delish 😋

[@phylliswinningham7767]

Ouch! Red Ants hurt really bad. I know from experience. You did a good job. Amazingly how Navimow works and mows for you. Have a blessed day

[@wendybacon9015]

Mel just needed to "Harvest" the garden Gary did just a little bush hoggin 😂 Looks so good though. Keeping it low as often as you can will help with those fleas, ticks, chiggers and air flow for animals. Y'all just need two more of each of you.

[@deloresserra6770]

Great harvest Mel! You,and Gary are doing such a good job as parents teaching the kids the importance of maintaining ,and. Growing your homestead.their such good helpers.thats nice to see. Those are learning lessons,and memories they will remember as they grow into adult hood.🙏🏻❤️

[@paulhoneyman6923]

Great progress was made by all and a great little harvest. Mel, my son had an allotment when he was younger with raised beds in it. He had to raise the height of the bed to stop the grass from the neighbours grass clippings getting into his beds and rooting in them. Gray needs a can of brake fluid and a naked flame for the ants home, instant flamethrower. Stay safe on the 41.36 you guys

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

Hey Uncle Paul! We have been talking about raising the beds heights for next Spring. It would make all the chores easier to have them higher. And you bring up a good point that it will probably help with grass and weeds too! Thanks for the extra nudge. Hahaha Poor Gary. You shoulda seem him running into the house in his skivvies! He's lucky it wasn't caught on camera or else we wouldn't be saying you shoulda seen and we'd be saying what a sight! Poor guy got ate up fast, but hes all better now. Hope youre having a good night tonight.

[@paulhoneyman6923]

@@SimpleLifeReclaimed lol Mel, sounds like a sketch from Scooby Doo with Shaggy getting chased out of his clothes lol

[@jeanielipskey1272]

Hi guys! That was a passion flower I think. Sure pretty. Quite the harvest too. I'd say you had an awesome garden this year Mel. So Gary was doing the "ant dance", I know it's not funny, those bites sting! Great job everyone.

[@darlenevjohnson5237]

Such a blessing! God is smiling at you! Passionfruit has lots of health benefits. The new plant takes from 18 months to 2 years to produce fruit. So some time next year (if you didn't pull up the roots) you will get fruit. Because it is mostly considered a tropical plant, you could mulch over it for the winter, if you did not get all the roots. it is best to grow it in a greenhouse.

[@deestanley9836]

Gary so sorry about the fire ants, they mean business, they hurt when they bite!! Glad everyone had a part in cleaning up the yard and garden. The little mower is really cool!! Glad the goats could help out, and especially the kids! The yard and garden look amazing! An abundant harvest is always a blessing! Great job everyone!!!!😊❤

[@noordcop1]

I don't understand why you don't use wood chips to strew the paths around your green beds. There is enough dead wood and branches on your property to chip. You'll be rid of most of your weeds. That kills two birds with one stone.

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

The garden already has ground cloth. The weeds come up inside the beds on the fence line and on the block line. Wood chips wouldn't help in this application. But we appreciate your suggestion.

[@Sleekfalcon]

I can relate to the ants issue. We have what research has led me to believe are field ants. A horrible infestation. We have been told we are the only place in the county like this. The only way I have took the numbers down was getting my equipment and clearing this place. Not only do we have the massive ant mounds but every bush or tree I have removed is just covered in them. It's like the root balls are ant mounds also. We can't do anything outside without dealing with ants. It's not as bad now but it made gardening a chore lol. We all get behind on things. I didn't manage my garden like I wanted to this year. It can get away from you quick. Now this place is cleared I can't wait to complain about weeds again lol. The dust and mud is driving me crazy. I wanted to edit and add, once you get the cabin and everything done it will be easier to maintain everything. I know the feeling of finding the time for everything when you have projects that seem to never end. You all work hard and have earned to get behind on a few weeds. Lol.

[@phyllismcdowell7265]

Again, the kids impress the stuffing out of me! They are such hard workers. They are a wonderful product of lots of love and great parenting. ♥️

[@brendaphillips1631]

That flower on the vines is Passion flower.

[@marlyncowles4171]

It's called a passion flower in Florida

[@wandaking4229]

That flower is a Passion Flower. It has egg shaped pods on it too. We use to use them to make different things with. They were called maypops. Great harvest.

[@markrobinson5511]

That tree in the bucket looks like a weeping willow. Mature weeping willows are a mess. Branches have to be taken out all the time so you can get under it to mow. A billion leaves fall off, but it takes about four weeks. They are messy trees.

[@ttodd-up7kh]

Passion flower, they fruit

[@karenjacquin280]

They also can be invasive

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

@@ttodd-up7kh we saw that! Is it eatable?

[@ttodd-up7kh]

@@SimpleLifeReclaimed I just did a quick search & found recipes for pie, cake filling, drinks, etc. A lot seem tropical.

[@laurafos1]

@@SimpleLifeReclaimedyes they are. Passion fruit is expensive

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

THATS AMAZING! I saw some fruit balls that were small and green but didn't think it was an eatable for humans plant! Very very cool! I will let them grow and see what happens! Thanks for the tips friends 💚🤗

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

I was afraid that’s what had happened to you I hope they didn’t get you too bad

[@lydiamitchell6814]

Passion flower!! My husband’s favorite flower. 😃

[@glendabendel421]

Ants in your pants😳😳 find that mount and do away with them quick before you have more mounds of ants

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

The garden area looks awesome Gary you did a great job I hope Mel can see what she wants out of the garden

[@marywise2703]

I don’t understand why you let the garden get so over grown. It needs attention a little more often before it becomes a nightmare and so very time consuming. That’s part and parcel of homesteading

[@jeanbarton4418]

My land! Really. I’m a senior, live by myself, can’t do what I used to be able to, a lot older than Mel & Gary. I’m tellin ya, this summer, because of the heat and or rain, the weeds took over! Tell me your secret please how you keep on top of things.

[@TimothyTate-tc5yk]

@@marywise2703 If you have been watching SLR videos then you know they have been busy. Mel and Gary's just like anyone else. They have projects they want to get done during the summer time they want to take time off and take their children swimming, and fishing. They like to spend time with their other family. And when one of their friends is needing their help to take time to go help their friend or friends. Raising a garden is not a first priority in a person's life. When it's really hot outside no one wants to be out there working in their vegetable garden when it's raining no one wants to be out there working in their vegetable garden. So so what if the weeds overtakes the garden. Weeds overtakes my garden every year and whenever I can find the time then I'll go into my vegetable gardens and work them when the weather is cooler and not raining. It's not really all that hard to understand.

[@DoubleTap40]

Because having a successful garden was not a priority for them.

[@TimothyTate-tc5yk]

@@DoubleTap40 I'm sorry that you missed my point of what I was saying.

[@marywise2703]

@@TimothyTate-tc5yk and I’m sorry you are a comment cop

[@zacharyneufeld3854]

I'd advertise for companies too don't get me wrong money is money sometimes. I would never own a self mowing mower, what a joke. Right along with those stupid vacuums that self vacuum. Lol !❤

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

LoL to each their own. Honestly it is a neat, time saver. At least we have one part of the 41.36 we don't have to sweat to maintain 😎

[@kaykinnan6560]

You deserve a medal! What a good job and a big one, too!🥇

[@estellaknox9285]

That's a lot of vegetables and healthy looking 😊

[@stevecrosby6800]

When are ya gonna finish the inside of your house and the outside

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

One day at a time...

[@laurierowan1632]

Good job 👏

[@charlene107]

Worse than you thought? A open eye or two or four could have seen that. Got to a dangerous point I think you'd agree. Yes y'all have been busy, but you shouldn't let things get that out of hand. Just a small bit at a time all the time, will help. ✌

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

SHAME on Us LOL!

[@edgasaway2207]

You need to tell Anthony about the grass mower.

[@karenspeer7378]

👋 Hi Guys!! 🌻💕

[@NaomiPalmer-g4k]

I came back to press the like button.

[@wayneseifert4324]

How long do the lines last in the trimmer mower?

[@carlmcdaniel5380]

What happens to the goat pen?

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

Its still being used for the big dogs right now, but will be the goats home again after we integrate LGS with goats. More on that later.

[@jenateer2518]

Over and out or amdro to get rid of the fire ants.

[@simoneconsciousobserver3105]

So nice to see families in the garden

[@54maggiemoo]

Great video and a great veggie haul.

[@kansasmisfit7404]

I hope you kept the seeds from your plants.

[@deloresserra6770]

Gary, that,s one thing I enjoy about the cold weather NO INSECTS TO BUG US! You need to get a sprayer,and spray the ground and bushes,to get them ,before they can get you. Other than that, I enjoy watching you and Mel. Grow your homestead. And wishing you lots of luck ,getting your deer this season. 🙏🏻❤️

[@deloresserra6770]

Gary, that,s one thing I enjoy about the cold weather NO INSECTS TO BUG US! You need to get a sprayer,and spray the ground and bushes,to get them ,before they can get you. Other than that, I enjoy watching you and Mel. Grow your homestead. And wishing you lots of luck ,getting your deer this season. 🙏🏻❤️

[@shirleywatt6719]

THANK YOU so much for giving JENN and WILEY a powerbank You guys are truly amazing

[@sueskinner856]

❤️❤️❤️💖❤️❤️❤️

[@jaksmaster]

I know it's been said before, you really need to get something growing in them cinder blocks. Otherwise they are just havens for insects and snails etc, oh and weeds. In Australia they'd be perfect for red back spiders to live. Fill 3/4 with soil then mulch on top. This will make the blocks less likely to move also.

[@MarcusBjorkander]

Just a thought experiment for us viewers to get an idea of the scale of things: how many goats do you figure you’d need to keep the entire homestead in constant check without having to mow anything yourselves?

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

We have 41.36 acres of land

[@MarcusBjorkander]

@@SimpleLifeReclaimed Some quick calculations later… result: very many goats…

[@mikeyoung5211]

Use a georgia blade