If you pinch out the main runners tips of the pumpkin and squash vines after they are two metres long they produce more side shoots which increases yields greatly, needing less plants and room. Then pinch out the top of the side shoots after they have several fruits they put more energy into the fruit. Last year we got 30 large QLD blue pumpkins from two plants side by side. Volunteers from compost around a fruit tree. And basically all snakes here in Australia are dangerous.
@andrewbryner2187 Жыл бұрын
Name something in Australia that isn't dangrous
@cephalopodx7587 Жыл бұрын
I wish I could heart your comment as well.
@TiffanyalmazanLifeOfJoie Жыл бұрын
Great tip! My pumpkins and butternut vines seriously took over.
@emilefrederics8427 Жыл бұрын
@@andrewbryner2187 tree snakes
@luckyrobinshomestead Жыл бұрын
This is where I want to be. After two abysmal garden years, I at least got a great potato, onion, and garlic harvest. The strawberries didn't do too bad, either, until the heat wave.
@amandar7719 Жыл бұрын
I grate butternut squash in food processor (skin included) and freeze (you could freeze-dry) then add it to Thai chilli and peanut butter soup before putting in noodles, or in stews, as a quick thickener. Adds to depth of (non-floury) flavour.
@sgrvtl7183 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the thickener advice!👌
@juliekooiker3408 Жыл бұрын
Nice job family!!! You all have worked harder than we can understand for this!!! Who needs to work out when you grow your own food!
@TheSeasonalHomestead Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Probably why gym memberships weren't a thing when most of our parents parents worked on farms most of the day, lol
@chels67 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see more meals that you make out of all this bounty. We don't have garden space, but would still like to change our eating habits
@woodworkinggirl5525 Жыл бұрын
yes most definitely, want to see more cooking and preserving foods🤗
@luckydubeinrc5165 Жыл бұрын
i grow in pots on the veranda, and its a lot of fun, squash, tomato potato, tomatos... easy as pie,
@chels67 Жыл бұрын
@@luckydubeinrc5165 my dogs broke Inyo my little space this summer. Apparently green beans are a delicacy for them.
@egheitisunna Жыл бұрын
I'm from Iceland and here we leave the potatoes in the ground much longer, it is fine to keep them there until the ground freezes in about December, though the grasses will be gone the potatoes do just fine in the dirt, it is nice to be able to pick new potatoes long into winter.
@TheSeasonalHomestead Жыл бұрын
Greetings in Iceland!!! Indeed we do often find potatoes long into winter that we forgot about, or simply missed. They do keep well just left in the ground :) We pull them here typically because though it gets cold, there are still enough warm days in fall that the potatoes start sprouting, which for us means time to bring them in!
@lizbratcher2919 Жыл бұрын
I lOVE black bean and butternut squash enchiladas! It’s so smart though to adjust every year so you don’t have a surplus of one thing! You’re gardening amazes me!
@evegreenification Жыл бұрын
One way I utilize quite a bit of squash without anyone noticing that it is there is by taking the squash in as they grow on the vine--no waiting until the outside has hardened--and blending them in a blender with a tiny bit of water to make them into a sauce consistency. Then I put the sauce in the dehydrator as I would to make fruit leather. It comes out as sheets of dried squash. I freeze this in bags and crumble into breads, soups, crumbs for breading, stocks, meatloaves, and rice and pasta water.
@woodworkinggirl5525 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos. I could watch you and your family garden and preserve food everyday🤗 I also love seeing and learning how you ferment, I’ve watched your videos over and over trying to learn, I get so intimidated that I will get my measurements wrong🤪 Please continue teaching us❤️much appreciated ☺️Christy from Virginia
@meme7591 Жыл бұрын
I will cut up butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes and if I have pumpkin I'll cut that up too. And what I do is I cook it in chicken broth. And I put it just enough chicken broth so that when it boils cuz you know the juice is going to come out of those other ones. Then I will puree it to make a soup I will caramelize some onions and stick some garlic in there and I will stick that in the soup I will also add other herbs I use parsley salt pepper I add garlic and onion powder. I will also add turmeric to that as well. And then I add a dollop of sour cream on the top or sprinkle some cheese in it. You can also add sauteed chicken to that or sauteed meat to that. It's a pretty yummy soup you can also cook that down a little bit more and use that as a lasagna base. I also like to use brags 24 seasoning in it as well. You can also use that mixture when you're making pancakes or muffins and you can make a pie out of it as well. And you can just use water when you're boiling these. Something to think about
@thecarolinafarmhouse Жыл бұрын
The black snake was so cool! Crazy that it just came out of the ground like that!
@jamieharen4537 Жыл бұрын
LOVE your videos so much, I look forward to each one 🙂
@christy.franklinhomestead Жыл бұрын
Well done! Butternut pumpkin is delicious cubed and roasted with potatoes. 👌🏼
@thenurturinglife Жыл бұрын
Amazing harvest! Y’alls hard work really paid off. I can’t believe how big some of those sweet potatoes are!
@AlanaLee-xv2qy Жыл бұрын
Nice job! We go through our onions so quickly as well.
@craftykhomestead6347 Жыл бұрын
May I suggest a few barn cats 🐈 we have one outside cat and we haven’t had any moles or mice and very few rabbits around the house since. He also alerted me to a snake in our gazebo that was trapped in the netting. Thanks for sharing how y’all garden and preserve, it is very inspiring and motivating for me to keep trying.
@sherry2836 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful harvests! It's great that your kids are so involved in the garden. Just seeing and participating in how their food grows, they will appreciate it so much more when they're grown and may have city jobs where they might have to shop in a grocery store! (Unless they will always have access to mom and dad's garden or gardens of their own)😉
@vcr210 Жыл бұрын
What a life lesson you are teaching your children. Blessings to your family.
@judymcintire8061 Жыл бұрын
New subscriber here from CT. My heart is blessed to see Christian homesteaders. Now I will be catching up on your other videos! Your harvest looks awesome!🤗
@hillarywattenbarger3203 Жыл бұрын
So incredible! I love watching you! I cannot wait to hit the potatoes harder next year....this year was a heavy squash/pumpkin year for us!
@willbass2869 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. So, so very important to measure and track production & usage. That's the sign of serious gardening/homesteading. Kudos! Like the old saying, "if you don't measure (record), you can't manage". Passing on a tip I recently saw on another YT channel. Before frost comes just cut off the sweet potato vines. That prevents rot that results from frost killed vines from moving down into the tubers. Tubers can then be left in ground so as to accommodate busy work schedule at year end.
@joannak4640 Жыл бұрын
As always, I was super happy to hear from you today ❤️ Thank you for keeping us updated on all of the crops you were able to grow and harvest. I don't know, I would maybe think of planting peanuts in a whole different area considering how the sweet potatoes got eaten too 😬 Again, Thank you for the update. Have a great week God bless you all P.S. Did you know that squash seeds have a natural dewormer in them for chickens?
@TheSeasonalHomestead Жыл бұрын
No, I didn't know that. The chickens do love them!
@ThatBritishHomestead Жыл бұрын
I had the same with my potatoes
@judymay4469 Жыл бұрын
A great happy harvest for you're family.God bless..
@susanfreeman6350 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your bountiful harvest! I had to chuckle at your comment about your family getting sick of butternut squash . One of my family’s favorite meals is your stuffed butternut squash recipe. We absolutely love it.
@fireflyhikes4250 Жыл бұрын
Use some of that pumpkin puree for pumpkin soup.
@oldbear6813 Жыл бұрын
I don't mind snakes as long as I know they're there but they definitely have a jump scare factor to them 😂 They are just so beneficial as long as they aren't poisonous 👍. Beautiful harvest 💜
@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759 Жыл бұрын
So amazing to see how well your garden does.
@faybrockhoff4187 Жыл бұрын
So good to see the kids working so hard and investing in their reward
@mrs.w5539 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for you videos. This is my goal, to grow our own veggies. We will dive in next year. For now we are preparing and building our garden.
@ThePineFarm Жыл бұрын
Great tips and gorgeous harvest! 😊
@rik80280 Жыл бұрын
That's so gratifying after all your hard work picking off the blister beetles! You got a great crop of potatoes. I did the same thing last year, trying to put pumpkin in everything, so I scaled back this year. Still, I have lots of butternuts to give away and more than enough for us. I really don't want anything to go to waste.
@quantafitness6088 Жыл бұрын
Really wish I could grow sweet potato like you do 😍 They must taste amazing when home grown.
@kal.salmon Жыл бұрын
your videos are so inspiration and educational! thank you for sharing 💛
@liriomulder Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on an amazing harvest. Lots of perseverance and hard work...so worth it! I noticed your wooden crates. They are just what I've been looking for our storage. Do you have a tutorial or a link to recreate them?
@inninnawagardening11 ай бұрын
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@Dyshof Жыл бұрын
Yes, well said. We also have too much of some crops, so we try to give it away instead of overfeeding ourselves. Had this in the past with patatoes (with my parents) and couldn't eat after for a long time....
@MeBeingAble Жыл бұрын
What youre doing is good business. It was done in the old days and its a necessary survival strategy imo. Great job 😊
@ThatBritishHomestead Жыл бұрын
as always... love a harvest! but storing fot winter is the most important part of the year for me, i feel most peopel with a small piece of ground can grow summer veg, took me forever to build the skills for winter growing!
@JjJj-mx9ms Жыл бұрын
Love your videos!! You look like your a doing great and feeling great. Summer and autumn has been great for you guys!
@kimkerley4218 Жыл бұрын
I like to can more than a yrs worth of something because it might not be a good yr next year and the jars will last several years. 💕😊 Just my thoughts 😊
@wildweeds Жыл бұрын
That's a seriously abundant harvest! Nice!!!
@charlesburkhart800 Жыл бұрын
Amazing harvest! You and your children are great gardeners! We have voles too and they did the same to our small garden here in NE Ohio but we are not blessed with those big snakes. HaHa You are a Proverbs 31 Mother
@reneek8223 Жыл бұрын
Tell your kids they are doing a great job! I am sure you already do, but from one mom to the next! Cheers!
@losinghalfofme Жыл бұрын
The pumpkins are super pretty!
@laurenaltomare8992 Жыл бұрын
Nature is awesome! Go sneaky 🐍
@ioanagherman5952 Жыл бұрын
Wow, you guys harvest a lot ,how good is God, a lot of work but worthed. God bless you guys and your family.
@melanieedmonson1480 Жыл бұрын
Your onions are beautiful. Pretty pumpkins too.
@jacksonjones813 Жыл бұрын
Super dope video guys, enjoyed the professionalism and advice in this! Can't wait for the canning too! Rock on!
@lorrainecostanzo9092 Жыл бұрын
Our snakes here in Australia are very venomous so we have to give them a wide berth, I was out weeding this morning early as it it late spring here atm and after heavy rain through the night it is very hot and muggy/humid today, I live on a steep hill and put my hand up to pull some long grass out and definately heard something move under the plants near my hand, ooops time to move to another spot to weed. I survived 2 brown snake bites which is quite rare, you usually die. I love your videos, good luck with your peanuts next year, there is so much wildlife eating everything here now but it is illegal to kill them so you constantly are finding ways to garden with them, good luck
@michellehayashi576 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much sharing your storage crop harvest with us! Could you share how much potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, ect. per row feet you get? I think that would be lovely to know.
@raineyday9066 Жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing, how many feet in a row of different kinds of vegetables.
@jayayo Жыл бұрын
LOL the way he weigt the sweet potato is same with me, because i dont have a proper scales :)
@leahwolber7082 Жыл бұрын
Well done! We had rodent damage to our beets this year, anything above soil had bites taken out. We’re able to cut out those bite marks and eat them anyway. It’s still a real bummer when you’re looking for a clean potato. Do you collect your own seeds? I’ve started doing that with a passion this year. I still have green onion, beets and carrots in the ground; they’re biannual plants that flower in the second year. Everything else except some lettuce varieties I’ve been able to seed collect.
@marieschieler1914 Жыл бұрын
I found a snake just like your hanging out on a branch in my blackberry bush. Very helpful animal. ❤️
@atoddt8439 Жыл бұрын
Feet the extra pumpkin to your dogs by mixing it in with their food. Its good for their digestive system
@debbieyzuel7887 Жыл бұрын
Your kids are amazing.
@kimlettau4167 Жыл бұрын
Wow that is amazing! I bet you're so thankful...truly blessed
@reneemarie3164 Жыл бұрын
I put pumpkin or sweet potatoes as extras into my turkey chili and spinach hash as an orange vegetable option. Your harvest looks fantastic.
@TheSeasonalHomestead Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I love that idea.
@sueshughart7006 Жыл бұрын
Oh my those sweet potatoes look so good!!
@elizabethpiela7389 Жыл бұрын
Your kids are so GOOD!!!
@jinsvege-garden157 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Its enough Very well done
@anthonymoser46 Жыл бұрын
I just ran across your channel an I love what your doing keep up all the good work
@dennysemcqueen9549 Жыл бұрын
I pressure can my pumpkin cut in cubes. Works well. Greetings from Australia.
@geneortiz4020 Жыл бұрын
How are You. Nice videos I was working in Connecticut with boticello farm and I love that work tanks for your information
@najninawal5771 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful share 😊
@robertacleary5256 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful beautiful life beautiful family ❤
@Frdunsing Жыл бұрын
Amazing harvest Thanks for sharing 😊
@lxcoffee990 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great vid again! Do you do anything different to store the potatoes you intend to use as seed? Wonder if you store them in your chilled pantry or you have a special way of keeping them until next season?
@nwilliams551 Жыл бұрын
This was very helpful information. Thank you so much!!
@pamelas9 Жыл бұрын
And the kids just keep growing. My boys grew about 6 inches each this year and are eating like full grown men all of a sudden.
Жыл бұрын
You guys are doing an amazing job!
@LidijaLesich Жыл бұрын
Love learning from you! Although we live on the opposite sides of the earth. P.s. Can you PLEASE share source of your gorgeous overalls? I'd love to purchase if I can online there's nothing like that here in Australia 🙃
@tillisross2246 Жыл бұрын
Modern day pioneers.
@user-ey6pu2gg2x3 ай бұрын
Sweet potato's leaf can eat by stir fry, tasty. Sweet potato's leaf can cook for feeding pigs🐖.
@woodworkinggirl5525 Жыл бұрын
could we also see what your growing in your garden now🤗
@maryegerton6848 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Very well done 😊
@dehaakbaak3511 Жыл бұрын
I found your Chanel about a week ago and I already learned so much from you! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. A have a question though: did you guys think about keeping bees?
@ThyBookie Жыл бұрын
This video was super helpful! Thank you!
@jamiefairley Жыл бұрын
Good tips. 👍
@macymalin5510 Жыл бұрын
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a home tour. We're currently drawing up plans for a home for our family and follow same homesteading lifestyle. Can you touch on how your house was built to accommodate your homesteading lifestyle. For example, pantry size, pantry location, kitchen tour. Please please please. I'd even buy your blueprints.
@TheSeasonalHomestead Жыл бұрын
House plans and lots of details are up on my blog now, hopefully this helps you in the meantime! Here is the link www.theseasonalhomestead.com/house-plans-for-our-homestead-what-we-chose-and-why/ Home tour video will come out early December.
@BillC253 Жыл бұрын
So much good information.
@Pixarification Жыл бұрын
Lovely video, I can't wait for more. ❤ Kisses for the whole family.
@meme7591 Жыл бұрын
So I would like to know the cost of if you were to go grocery shopping the whole year. In comparison to the amount of supplies like seeds and soil and compost that you purchase to do a garden and how much you think you make like as if somebody were to come buy it from you from the produce that you make. Same with growing pigs and cattle how much goes into it comparison to buying it. I know you can't buy what you're growing I hope you're getting the adjust of it I'm just curious. And how much seeds do you end up saving and which ones do you save. And why do you save those particular ones.
@chelseafailla9887 Жыл бұрын
So inspiring - great job!!!
@ehsanihomestead Жыл бұрын
very cool information!
@do4699 Жыл бұрын
It would be helpful to know how much you planted to get these yields.
@michellejaggard965711 ай бұрын
you might try peanuts in large containers.
@godsprecious6884 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this content
@suegeorge998 Жыл бұрын
I watch Homestead Heart and she had the same problem with her sweet potatoes.
@janazelenak6879 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for info it definitely is great idea how much you need to plant to successfully grow and harvest and have enough to eat. How long are your potatoes when you plant? How much a part do you spread all ?
@kaymack53042 ай бұрын
“He’ll be ok. It was just a surface thing.” 😂Just a flesh wound.
@anonymostoxicmale3241 Жыл бұрын
Nice! would aim for a 10% increase every year. your kids are still growing. How are your fruit trees doing? I had a good apple season. =)
@TheSeasonalHomestead Жыл бұрын
Good thinking! That didn't even cross my mind but it's true. My kids do eat more every year as they get older. I will account for that next year in planning the garden.
@mykijiji1958 Жыл бұрын
Yes! I wouldn’t have known the percent. But it did cross my mind that a growing family may need a slightly higher yield each year. Great suggestion!
@pipcoomes7734 Жыл бұрын
I was watching thinking “wow. In Australia I’d be really worried about snakes,” as you’re pulling up the sweet potatoes….
@ConstanceDunham Жыл бұрын
Me too! 😂 All our snakes are poisonous
@feltlikeitbydebs Жыл бұрын
Great video and advice on weighting crop for storage. Sweet potatoes are my nemesis. Can you please tell me how you grow your sweet potatoes in more depth but say what season you start as l am in Western Australia. Many thanks. Debs
@TheSeasonalHomestead Жыл бұрын
I plant them two weeks after our average last frost in Spring. Here is a blog post I wrote about sweet potatoes, hopefully it will help! www.theseasonalhomestead.com/7-secrets-to-growing-huge-sweet-potatoes/
@mykaylapacheco24262 ай бұрын
Grow the peanuts in 5 gallon buckets. Makes it so my easier.
@sraymond7137 Жыл бұрын
Hi This is Raymond from Cape Town in South Africa. First time watching your video. I have to concede that I was really impressed. I would like to know - how do you preserve your potatoes for such a long period. Looking forward to your response.
@TheSeasonalHomestead Жыл бұрын
Hi Raymond. I have some information about this here www.theseasonalhomestead.com/how-to-harvest-cure-and-store-potatoes/
@sraymond7137 Жыл бұрын
@@TheSeasonalHomestead Hi Thank you for your kind response and link. Some very handy tips. Am enjoying your videos .. keep up the good work. Kind regards and God bless 🙌 Raymond
@DieHardVampFan Жыл бұрын
If possible, can you put the words not at the bottom when you have them? My hard of hearing mom loves your videos but the subtitles cover up anything you write. Thank you and keep up the amazing work!
@pennywillis8895 Жыл бұрын
🇦🇺Some years you will have an abundant harvest that you can put away for several years. As the following year you may not have a good harvest. You could barter with them.
@Psalm2710_ Жыл бұрын
Love your garden!!! About how many hours do you spend on it daily?