TEENS HARVESTING A BOUNTY OF VEGETABLES

[@hillsmillhomestead]

If you can juggle cantaloupe with one hand you have SUPERPOWERS!

[@wishwellfarms]

He definitely has some talent!

[@jjj32801]

I remember working on the farm as a teenager. Makes you appreciate a job well done. I wish every kid could experience hard and honest work.

[@wishwellfarms]

It sure does, other than a few odd jobs in college, I’ve worked on a farm my entire life, and I think every kid should experience it for at least one summer or maybe even just a week of bailing hay or straw.

[@miketomplait4402]

Just got done yesterday canning the first batch of green beans I got from you. My wife wanted me to tell you they were the best looking beans we have gotten ever and told me I can’t buy from anywhere else now. So thank you and great work by you and your team. Can’t wait to see the green beans video. Btw the corn was great as well. Thanks Jason!!

[@wishwellfarms]

Hey Mike, thanks so much for your support through viewing the videos and purchasing our Produce, much appreciated! Glad to hear it met your expectations.

[@Ari-hl7zf]

Much love from the Philippines!! ♥️

[@Jacob-M]

Amazing. One day we want to visit your farm.🍈🌽🥒🍅✅👍

[@wishwellfarms]

Well, if the channel keeps growing, and there’s that much interest, maybe we’ll do farm tours eventually I don’t know

[@Jacob-M]

@@wishwellfarms no worries, with or without channel , unofficial casual visit

[@danrussell9207]

@@wishwellfarms that would be cool if ever get that way!

[@_Elijah_1979]

Thank the Lord you have such good help (the teens) who can do all the kneeling and bending and picking 😀 the cantaloupe looks nice and juicy 👍 I like it mixed with honey dew and watermelon 🍉 looking forward to the next video 📸🙏

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks Elijah! I can still bend and pick with the best of them but it’s definitely not as enjoyable as it was when I was in my 20s and 30s and 40s ha ha

[@johnsandell4501]

Outstanding episode and videography 👍👍👍

[@Perromorado777]

Visited Wishwell Farms at the Worthington farmer's market today. Looking forward to trying your sweet corn and sweet pepper relish 😀

[@wishwellfarms]

That is great! This weeks sweetcorn was much smaller ears than normal, but it should be some really good eating, I hope you enjoy the corn and relish, thank you so much for patronizing our stand at worthington!

[@katlingillao4982]

Nice watching your blog with those kids helping you harvesting your farm crops so wide and clean

[@wishwellfarms]

Thank you

[@Minpafarm]

I REALLY LIKE THE SCENES OF YOUR FAMILY HARVESTING FRUITS

[@DreamFarmUS]

I love how you grow those green cucumbers.Thanks for sharing a great video.

[@wishwellfarms]

Thank you!

[@kathyhoot7277]

Nice to see your hard working crew enjoying their job! The corn is making me hungry! Crops look great.

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks Kathy! Some years are tougher than others, but we’ve been blessed to always have a decent young workforce to help us out so we don’t have to hire migrant labor.

[@suave47]

Blows the mind how big the cantaloupe get. We never see anything with that kinda size up in these parts. We typically only see the smaller type. Looking forward to more of your harvest videos. This one was great. Love aeeing the product come out of the field. Thz for your hard work

[@wishwellfarms]

Avatar is a huge melon, aphrodite is pretty big too, mostly 6-9 lbs. I might do a video at some point of just harvesting, no talking, just the sites and sounds of veggies being picked.

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Jason, your plants and rows look really amazing and.well maintained.

[@mikewalter8547]

I would replace bearing on trailer no seal. picked a few field tomatoes but cantaloupes still 10 days away yours look great. Thanks

[@wishwellfarms]

Yeah, I’m gonna get them replaced for sure, thanks Mike

[@jasonkelly7930]

The month of June we were praying for rain. Here in Eastern NC we had only 1/4inch in June and as of today, in July we have had 11.5 inches. Taking a toll on the melon crop here

[@wishwellfarms]

Oh wow, that's gotta be rough! Hopefully it will come your way soon!

[@bobdoyon4275]

Love watching the kids working hard. My dad use to say “hard work builds character”. The oil venting on the underside of your truck is better known as a self lubricating chassis system. Glad to see you are getting nice melons with no blow outs or bird damage. I’ve always avoided walking on the melon vines when harvesting for fear it would kill them but apparently it does not. How long does your harvested corn keep in your refrigerated store room? Thanks again for your very informative videos.

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks Bob! Yeah, I think every kid should experience working on a farm for at least one summer of their life. The melons have been yielding really nicely about 500 every other day from this little half acre patch but it’s gonna start winding down now as we await patch number two. we pick corn every other day, sometimes every day. Even though it taste fresh and looks fresh after three or five days, we would just prefer to have fresh corn, rather than try to hang onto it, too risky.

[@Well_I_am_just_saying]

I would strongly suggest keeping the extra box truck. Don't let it sit all of the time, keep it rotated into service on a regular basis. I would be willing to bet you $100 that 3 years from now you will really be happy that you kept it. As a farmer, I'm sure that you know that you have to make hay when the Sun shines and you really need to make sure that you don't miss a market because of a broken truck. And I can almost guarantee that as soon as you sell it that your other trucks will start needing major repairs all the time. And if you keep it as a spare, your other trucks probably won't ever break down. My back and legs hurt just from watching this video. Stay safe out there and keep the videos coming!

[@wishwellfarms]

Yes, I know you’re right about everything you just said and I agree. I just hate seeing an asset sit there and not be used kind of like my RV which only gets used about four weeks a year but it’s a luxury that I’m not willing to part with yet ha ha. I’ll probably hang onto that truck. My dad‘s been trying to talk me into upgrading my trucks for like the last five years but these darn turbo diesels just keep going and going like the energizer bunny and I know all the little problems that they all have and how to deal with them, if I go out and buy upgraded trucks, which would not be new, I feel like I’m gonna end up inheriting someone else’s problems and that scares me.

[@wishwellfarms]

I can still out pick any employee that I’ve ever hired even at age 50 but I know that’s not gonna last much longer, plus I don’t enjoy it anymore lol. Actually, I just thought of two employees that worked here over a decade ago that would give anybody a run for their money, one was an ex-bodybuilder and one was training to be a seal, they were fast! But more importantly, efficient and consistent.

[@markcatzoutdoors]

Jason. The bearing needs to be replaced. Anytime I hear folks say I packed the bearing but did not replace the bearing, it’s usually the bearing. You can never have enough grease

[@shaunheath3236]

The sticking caliper is caused by old dry rotted brake lines that collapse and don't allow the caliper to release

[@RayHChemEng]

That was my first thought as well. Replace the brake line is my bet.

[@wishwellfarms]

Yep, we got it Replaced problem solved.

[@Richard-p8i]

Morning glories are the most beautiful flower I love to grow and pamper with watering, fertilizing, weeding and pruning! However, they will get invasive like kudzu vines if the gardener does not maintain them. Your moring glories are a monumental pain in the ass because they choke out your other crops. If my crop of morning glories were being strangled becauuse of invasive tomato vines, I would try my hardest to eradicate the tomato vines!

[@mydraftable6526]

I subscribed recently. I learned more just watching a couple of your videos than watching most of the others. Don't understand why you don't have more subscribers, you deserve it.

[@106pricey]

Mmm....Fresh lopes. Thankfully I have some to eat now while I watch your video.

[@tucobenedicto109]

Glad you got some cantaloupe from your farm. I'm sure you lived the slide pins. I hope you got new ones cleaned them off and put very little syl glide on them. I had one that was bent on a car. Good thing I had some on hand when I did the job. I also ordered slide pin boots ahead of the job since it was online only. Or buy the OEM kit. $$$. My caliper leaked fluid then it stopped it was intermittent. Best to you. I hope it's the breather or you have more problems.

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks. All rotors, pads and calipers are brand new. Probably an old brake line going bad internally.

[@daveklein2826]

Another great video

[@phillipsmith7081]

harvest looks great. Did you show how you fertilize under the mulch? did I miss it? Sorry if I did.

[@wishwellfarms]

Yes, I showed it in a prior fertilizing video several months ago. We just broadcast several different items onto the field before disking and laying plastic. Thanks!

[@phillipsmith7081]

@@wishwellfarms I am an older man retired and trying new things in vegetable gardening. I wish I knew more about plastic mulch and fertilizer methods with irrigation. I have learned much from your channel and love it. Thanks for great content. Middle Tennessee

[@wishwellfarms]

@@phillipsmith7081 Thanks Phillip, just let me know if you have any other specific questions...I definitely don't have it all figured out and learn something new every year.

[@ericcrock3835]

Love the videos!!!

[@Chris-jh3tg]

I am so down on rain here east of Columbus. I can irrigate the important stuff, but I sure would love an inch or two of rain out here. Sorry you're battling morning glory. Luckily I don't have that problem. My problem is Mare's tail.

[@wishwellfarms]

Dang, sorry to hear that Chris, I thought the Columbus area had gotten plenty of rain, they’ve even gotten some that we haven’t gotten so must be going around you. Hopefully you get one soon. Fortunately, we were able to eradicate mairs tail pretty well by rotating into grain crops after vegetables, but we definitely have our fair share of them and I know they can be a tough one to eradicate

[@albertnett7864]

Fun to watch.

[@wishwellfarms]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

[@billwang4086]

Was reading article awhile ago that mentioned morning glory is a sign of a calcium deficiency.

[@wishwellfarms]

It may be, but our Calcium levels are good...just have a 3-4 acre hot spot with a huge seed bank that keeps getting worse. A few years of soybeans or field corn would clean it up.

[@billwang4086]

@@wishwellfarms when you go to put corn or beans into that field will you come back and spray some kind of herbicide to knock back the morning glory? Or do the beans and or corn come up quick enough to shade out the morning glory takes hold?

[@wishwellfarms]

@@billwang4086 everything just gets plowed up and ready to lay plastic again next year. I can't really rotate to another field because of my well for irrigation

[@billwang4086]

@@wishwellfarms gotcha well that makes sense thanks

[@Thuy_Dailylife]

Great! Interesting

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks!

[@Thuy_Dailylife]

@@wishwellfarms love you always following you

[@ateadelaidachannel8756]

hellow sir im your new freind now,, from philippines working here in kingdom of saudi arabia WATCHING HERE SAUDI ARABIA

[@wishwellfarms]

Wow that is so cool knowing that these videos are going all over the world! Thanks for watching from Saudi Arabia!

[@ateadelaidachannel8756]

Most Welcome sir im still watching other videos now while im not sleepy

[@danrussell9207]

Wow 3 hrs and2300 views already, another stellar video! Crops are looking amazing and producing well! How far away are the field tomato harvests?

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks, they are close, I see color out there so probably pick next Tues

[@Mike-yl6bs]

Nice video vegetables look great!!!!!! But on your brakes replace the brake hoses going to the calipers they can swell on the inside and make the. Calipers hang , I’ve started replacing them anytime I replace the calipers good insurance

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks! Yes, we have decided to change the hoses

[@timo2422]

Use to get blow by on my old ford.put pvc filter on but never seem to help. Think your channels great 😊. Just started watching your hiking. Channel. Have you ever hiked Cumberland Gap area? We used to hike there in the late 70s .Mischa Mokwa was our fav 21 miles

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks! I have not hiked there yet, so many places to get to and so little time!

[@hawkeye7435]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@michaelschreiner95]

You have a rubber line colapsing and cuasing it drag on the pickup.

[@wishwellfarms]

Yep, changing them out this weekend

[@dirtthunder1638]

Check your caliper rubber brake line on you pick-up. Could be coming apart in side and not let the brake fluid return.

[@wishwellfarms]

yep we already replaced it, that's what it was

[@gregchilders2942]

I had a pickup with brakes like that had to replace the rubber lines that govto the calipers it finally fixed it .

[@JohnK.11]

We can’t sell slicing cucumbers for anything in upstate NY. Everyone wants Kirby’s. It’s a shame bc raceway which is DM resistant produces such amazing looking slicing cukes.

[@wishwellfarms]

I used to plant Raceway. I probably planted 15 different varieties over the last 15 years and we always just stick with about three different ones each year that have great disease resistance/tolerance. I don’t even know what a Kirby is lol. Everybody around here wants pickles, but I’m not willing to grow them because I hate picking them, you gotta pick em every day, big pain in the butt.

[@JohnK.11]

@@wishwellfarms I don’t know why but I call pickling cukes Kirby’s haha must be a NY thing

[@wishwellfarms]

@@JohnK.11 POh ok, i kind a wondered if that's what you were referring to.

[@bummer1961]

Where and how do you purchase your seeds?And are they heirloom seeds?

[@wishwellfarms]

No heirlooms, those are very difficult and finicky to raise on a a large scale, great for small home gardeners, but too risky for me. We get our seed from some of the major players in the United States, Rupp seeds in Ohio, stoke seeds in Michigan and seedway in Pennsylvania and Gowan seeds, which is nationwide.

[@richardmoit2761]

May be the brake line has broken down inside of it and needs replaced

[@wishwellfarms]

@@richardmoit2761 yup they’re getting replaced tomorrow

[@rjaquaponics9266]

Front Right Brake on truck; check your short rubber brake lines next to the caliper. Old hoses collapse the cause brake to stick ON, then the brake will overheat. Old brake lines cause excessively wear the brakes. The replace the old brake lines and the problem will go away!

[@wishwellfarms]

Yep, my mechanic and I were just talking about that a few days ago and he is replacing the line on Sunday

[@nikupatel9]

Check the break hose

[@wishwellfarms]

Yeah, we switched it out. That’s what it was.

[@DraGon-cg6ge]

Hi mister! How are you? I wanted to ask how much your tomato paste costs like the Italians do. “Passata pomodori “ Is it true that Italy is selling to you?

[@wishwellfarms]

I have no idea, I personally sure don’t, but I can’t speak for others, but I don’t know why anyone would buy anything from Italy when we can grow amazing Roma/paste tomatoes right here in the USA

[@DraGon-cg6ge]

@@wishwellfarms then I am led astray

[@YossiaNorth]

Now I understand why all the produce in the stores is bruised...

[@wishwellfarms]

non of our produce is bruised

[@ayhank_orkmaz]

truck Catalytic Converter ?

[@wishwellfarms]

possibly, I'll look into that

[@rigger314]

I picked rockmelons for a couple of months behind a moving boom and back has never forgiven me for it. 7 to 8 hours with your head lower than your bum and walking at the same time is a killer. The farm I did it on was a very large rockmelon farm probably one of the biggest in the state I live in, if not in my country. Their picking machine was specially made just for them. Hydraulically driven and when they could get in due to weather once they used helicopters.

[@wishwellfarms]

dang that sounds rough!

[@rigger314]

@@wishwellfarms Trust me it is. I guess it is why they only use backpackers now. We the people that live here arn't stupid enough to do it. Back then though we didnt have much choice for employment. So you know why we did it.

[@paullhommedieu2795]

Where do you find all those kids to work? I can't get hardly any kids to work for me..if I do they come kicking and screaming!

[@wishwellfarms]

Believe me it is not easy anymore. I remember about 15 years ago I would get over 50 applications each spring and have to weed through them and pick the best 15 to 20. Now I’m lucky to get to get 10 applications a year, and the kids that are able to work usually have to leave in early August for sports and all through July They have family vacations, camps and county fairs. I’m about fed up and this is part of the reason I’m scaling back almost 50% next year because I am not gonna hire migrant labor for my small farm. At age 50, I have no need to expand my operation. We’ve been slowly scaling back for the last five years to enjoy life more and looking ahead to partial retirement and someone to succeed me since my three kids don’t want to.

[@cassowaryind]

You asked what content we like to see.. just what you are showing is fine as it shows everyday life on a farm. It may be boring to you but interesting to me. It may not build your site though, so maybe give the camera to one of the workers or younger generation and get them to give their take on work on the farm and work on the farm?

[@wishwellfarms]

Thanks! Yeah, I’ve been wanting to do that but I just can’t find anybody that works for me that wants to take the camera lol. I have six locations going that could be some great footage, but I don’t have time to go film them all on Saturdays, which is a shame because it would be some awesome content, especially our Worthington market that is so huge and busy the biggest and best market in the state of Ohio

[@delphine88313]

I agree.I like it all over and over again.

[@KrazyKajun602]

So your workforce is only high school kids?

[@wishwellfarms]

High school and college and a few adults

[@KrazyKajun602]

@@wishwellfarms thank you, I recently found your videos. Excellent done!! I enjoy them as a small home gardener myself.

[@markcatzoutdoors]

I have a short vid on my channel for bearing replacement on my wood splitter

[@wishwellfarms]

Yeah, I better take it off and replace them, the trailers only a few years old.

[@markcatzoutdoors]

@@wishwellfarms I agree better safe than sorry. As usual great content

[@IsmailElahouel-love]

1 keep up 😂

[@wishwellfarms]

We’ll keep plugging away, thanks!

[@wild_insomnia]

Jason has already anihilated his backlog of videos and now uploads videos from 2 or 3 days ago. Also one guy throws canteloupe almost like Steph Curry )

[@wishwellfarms]

hahahahah! Yes, I can barely keep up but I am, plan to keep doing 3 a week for quite awhile, but will slow down to 1-2 a week in the off season when putting together more detailed vids like farm history and farm visits and stuff like that.