The VICTORY Garden - Harvesting Turnips

[@RobynG70]

Oh my gosh you two are so funny together and yes! I watched the whole video 😊

[@Realunitedstates]

LOL! Thanks Robyn. I think that the clowning around is largely responsible for us making it through nearly four decades together. I am so glad to hear you watched the whole thing. We typically save the funnier or lighter side for later in videos, when we do include any.

[@RobynG70]

@@Realunitedstates I agree! My husband and I have been married for almost 22 years and we are the same. Marriage NEEDS humor :)

[@Eusepio1957]

Great work my dear friends! 🐞 *LIKE#27* 👍 😀 Full support 🍀 watched and liked! 😀 Ciao ☑️🍀🍀🍀😀 have a nice evening!🌻 💙

[@Realunitedstates]

Good morning Ettore! So good to hear from you! Thank you. Life is so different this year, with the move across country. We are enjoying our garden very much. It is a lot of work, but all of the work is good exercise and I am losing weight because of that. Stay safe my friend!

[@mjhii]

Excelente paul

[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you! I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out with no one behind the camera, but I just we got lucky!

[@terryboyer1342]

Ah the joy of turning leaves, garden waste and kitchen scraps into rich black soil. Even our coffee grounds and used tea leaves went into the pile along with Grandpas cigar ashes.

[@Realunitedstates]

Yep, essentially everything organic is returned to the soil from whence it came, and yes that includes the wood ashes from the stove in the winter. All of the mass of weeds we pull from the garden are also composted and returned to the soil.

[@RJ63227]

The garden looks great! I love turnips and turnip greens...yum yum. It's always great when the boss comes out from behind the camera and directs you in front of the camera.😁👍

[@Realunitedstates]

We love them as well, but it often seems like they are a little pricey in the store, so this year we grew our own, and quite a lot of them at that.

[@christinacw621]

Hi! Your garden looks so beautiful!! My garden is suffering from hail damage. I only have a couple of tomatoes that survived, and we lost several other things as well. I bet our goats would love the greens! Love you!

[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you Christina! We have worked hard to keep the weeds at bay this year, and it is probably the best we have ever done. Yes, I suspect the goats would have loved the greens, as would have our chickens if we still had them, but alas this year it is not to be. Sorry to hear of the hail damage to your garden. The bane of our existence has been deer and rabbits. But largely there have still been lots of prolific successes. Love you too kiddo.

[@christinacw621]

We have 2 livestock guardian dogs who keep the rabbits and deer away, so we're lucky there.

[@Realunitedstates]

@@christinacw621 I was in Tractor Supply today and a lady came in as I was leaving, and she had to most beautiful 3 year old male German Shepard with her. I told Bev I WANT ONE! I'm gonna name him Vronsky . . . The Deer Hunter.

[@MarkStevensII]

Looks like your garden is doing well this year.

[@Realunitedstates]

Yes, this is probably the best our garden has ever looked, and it is already starting to produce great!

[@likethedrinkbutspelleddiff4605]

I just found your channel tonight, and I am glad I did. The couple videos I have watched so far feel like I am just sitting in a room and chatting with a friend. I am subbed and will definitely be watching more videos. Thank you.

[@Realunitedstates]

So glad you're here. The discovery process of finding a new channel that is enjoyable is no small task, as I have been through that just like everyone. I am glad to hear you find our style conversational. That is largely what I have always tried to make it, and sometimes I even succeed. So welcome and IO hope you find lots of things on the channel to enjoy. Paul

[@smitbar11]

A good winter veg, like parsnips. Good with Christmas dinner and Brussel Sprouts

[@Realunitedstates]

We enjoy them throughout the year. We didn't grow parsnips this year, but turnips are similar to rutabaga which we are growing this year.

[@spankysmp]

Hi - been really busy of late so just catching up on your vids. That's a mighty fine gardening table. I can't compare to anything you have over there. Not even attempted to grow anything, the dogs would trample all over them or worse, dig them up. Only thing I have have managed to harvest this year is a big box of cooking apples, a freezer full of blackberries and a pear....yes, that's right ONE PEAR Not sure what's going on there, trees been there for 3 years now - guess you've got to start somewhere. Best wishes from the UK Bev and Paul - hope you're staying safe.

[@Realunitedstates]

Hey, good to hear from you! It actually has been sort of a weird year for the garden, with most things coming in VERY late. We in fact just came in from harvesting tomatoes, because there is more frost on its way. Still, the garden has been VERY productive!

[@Vika-se5mc]

Great video. Ameizing garden!

[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you. We have arrived at the time of year where we are harvesting something just about every day. And of course we are already making plans for things we can do to improve and expand the garden next year.

[@HAHA-ni5in]

Nice turnips your garden looks great!!

[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you kindly

[@jocelyneg9291]

I think you guys are the best ♥️

[@Realunitedstates]

That's very sweet. We have the garden started this year, but just can't seem to get it all planted. We'll do what we can.

[@MississippiWildlife]

@9:00 LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Realunitedstates]

Yeah, we can't really behave ourselves. I didn't think anybody would watch that far into the video. LOL!

[@lifeaspect799]

Nice garden! The video is somehow very calming watching you doing the gardening :) I always thought that greens become soggy after being frozen. What and how do you preserve as greens?

[@Realunitedstates]

We only preserve the young greens from early in the season. Yes, they get soggy after freezing, but that isn't really a problem to us anyway. We just blanch, shock, and freeze them in freezer bags.

[@majamilosevic2148]

So cool my dear Friend ❤❤❤ LIKE

[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you. We are quite proud of our garden, and loving every day of it, although I will admit it is a lot of physical work.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Wow, what a garden! What kind of dishes would I use turnips in? ..... Gonna look that up now.

[@terryboyer1342]

Pasties! I like turnips and many people use them instead of the potatoes called for in this recipe. www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/michigan-pasty-meat-hand-pie-2042803

[@Realunitedstates]

We generally eat then steamed with butter and salt as a side dish. I typically cook them in stock to flavor then though.

[@rjbrewer09]

I really enjoyed the video thanks

[@Realunitedstates]

Our pleasure! This year we miss growing a garden, but have plans for next year. Thank you.

[@bargames88]

Great video very nice thanks

[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you. I was pleased, and a little surprised, how well the root vegetables did in 2020. We are eager to till the garden again in just a few weeks! Going to look quite different this year I believe. Thanks again!

[@BallietBran]

Great channel!

[@Realunitedstates]

Thank you!

[@AnnieThyme]

Those turnips look great! Was that a PBS victory garden inspired opener and theme at the beginning? It felt like maybe it was but I have only whispers of the memories of that show at this point. But the opening felt very nostalgic to me no matter what you were aiming for. Wise man keeping the cold water away from a lady with a knife in hand! Hope the canning all went smoothly, that was an impressive amount of turnips you started with :) Hope your week is off to a good start :)

[@Realunitedstates]

No, not a PBS inspired opener, but I'm glad it may have looked that way. Occasionally I like to just try something new in a video to see how, or if, it works. And yes, it's never a good idea to spray icy water on someone holding a large weapon! LOL! The canning when fine; in fact probably better than normal. It did turn out to be something more on the order of ten or eleven quarts of turnip, so we froze the remainder.

[@stephenwilliams9570]

Is this the Victory Garden that used to be a show on PBS on Saturday?

[@Realunitedstates]

No, this is just my "victory" garden.

[@MississippiWildlife]

I'll be over for dinner :) Red or white wine ? I'll be having crown royal ))

[@Realunitedstates]

Red or white is good by me.

[@holgerawakens7784]

I'm having one of those "failure" years on turnips - what did you do different this time around to get such wonderful size to the turnips?

[@Realunitedstates]

We were diligent about watering. It makes all the difference.

[@evancortez2]

You must save a ton of money at the grocery store! :)

[@Realunitedstates]

There is no doubt that it saves us a lot of money in groceries. Although admittedly, in the winter we still have to shop of fresh stuff. But yes, a significant portion of our food supply comes from the garden.

[@Ahuntsicspotter]

You will eat that?

[@Realunitedstates]

Well, I had considered using them as a suppository, but eating them seemed like it might be easier.

[@emsparamedic5183]

@@Realunitedstates, Lol, Lol

[@oOBubbleStreamOo]

Where's the several hour long peeling-video then?? 😉

[@Realunitedstates]

LOL! Somebody forgot to turn the camera on. Okay, in all fairness, everybody forgot to turn the camera on.

[@oOBubbleStreamOo]

@@Realunitedstates Damn it! Now we'll have to wait another year again...🥴