What a beautiful harvest. Thank you for talking about how you plan on using the items in your garden. Some of these things are new to some of us. It helps us to grow and learn about different things.

Such a BEAUTIFUL harvest! This is such a blessing to your home and I always love to see the hard work pay off!

I’m loving the sound of your dear Grant’s voice! He’s so smart! Such a precious lad. Don’t blink!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! He is such a sweet boy and I’m smitten! Time is flying ❤️❤️❤️

Your garden is so,so beautiful and so many healthy veggies. Love it. Happy harvest ♥️🧓😘

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much ☺️

@carolynrandle5454

4 күн бұрын

Take care of yourself

I love buying damask napkins or table clothes or whatever and cutting them up and sewing them to make drawer sachets using lavender from the garden. I loved the sound of the birds in the background. I hope you’re feeling better 🙂

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Yes! Nothing like opening drawers to the smell of lavender! The birdies are lovely aren’t they! I’m on the mend praise Jesus! Thanks for coming along friend ❤️☺️

Beautiful photography and music. Therapy watching your vlogs.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Aww thank you so much! I’m glad they are enjoyed! ❤️

Your garden is gorgeous. Such a blessing. The best thing for any illness ive found is oil of oregano. I make an olive oil infusion. Leave it for a month orbso then strain. I use it on the littles feet when theyre sick. A dropper mixed with coconut oil because it's a hot oil. On the soles of the feet before bed. Always knocks everything out overnight. Feel better!

Your photography is wonderful! God is already blessing you with a wonderful harvest.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! ☺️ ❤️❤️❤️

Great harvest! The names of the chickens were so funny! Toast! 😂

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you! Haha, my kids have great imaginations 😂

Beautiful, wonderful, lovely harvest, Kelsey! Enjoy all of those goodies!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you so very much! ❤️❤️❤️

Our potatoes do not grow well in Houston. We are lucky to get that many from the whole garden but we still try every year 😊

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

I struggle to grow certain things too but I always end up trying again, it so much fun to try and you just never know how it will turn out!

What a beautiful harvest Kelsey! The surprise of the potatoes is a bonus blessing! It seemed like such a beautiful day to be outside. I’m curious if when you ‘dry’ your herbs are you air drying them or using the freeze dryer or dehydrator? Perhaps you choose the drying method based on how you plan to use them? I hope you‘ve been able to get some rest and are feeling better. Thank you for sharing the harvest with us. May the Lord’s blessing be poured out on you and the garden!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

Thank you sweet friend! It was such a beautiful day, I’m so glad I was able to enjoy it before the sickness hit. My preference with drying herbs is always the freeze dryer for retaining the most healing properties. If the freeze dryer is full I will either dehydrate in the dehydrator or hang dry, I treat them the same.

Beautiful video in every sense. 💚🌱🌸

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much ☺️

I just simply love this.

You can also make a numbing gargle with the toothache plant for sore throats

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Ohhh didn’t think about that! Thank you!!! ☺️ ❤️

This was the first year I planted strawberries and we got several which was more than I expected but I can't wait until next year. It's also the first year on my blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries. I got 2 blueberries this year.

I wished I could send you some of our rain. It has rained more days this month than not. The farmers can’t get in their fields.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Oh no! If only we could all get just the right amount of everything!

You are a very good gardener and Pennsylvania seems to be a much easier place to garden in than the high desert of SW Idaho!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you! The climate here is pretty forgiving!

I’m so happy you’re feeling better 💕 awesome harvest!!!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you so very much sweet friend! ❤️❤️❤️

I look forward to every one of your videos!! Another great one today. ❤❤

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

You're the best! Thank you so much! ☺️ ❤️

What a blessing to have the volunteer potatoes. My goodness they produced well!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

So fun and unexpected!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Hey @Just-Nikki I’m harvesting milky oat tops and starting the tincture! Do you mash the tops at all to open them up before tincturing? Is that necessary? No idea if you’ll see this or not 😂

@Just-Nikki

3 күн бұрын

@@seedandsparrowhomestead lol, I do smash them a little bit, I don’t know that it’s necessary but I am happy with my results so I keep doing it. Good luck! It’s been very beneficial for us and I very much hope it works as well for you.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

@@Just-Nikkiyou’re the best! Thanks for the input!

@Just-Nikki

3 күн бұрын

@@seedandsparrowhomestead no problem! That’s what community is for 😀

What a beautiful harvest. Praying you feel better soon! Val C

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you so much sweet Val! ❤️

Don't you have a potato fork to dig them with? If not, you need to get one and dig the deep ones out. You are just scratching the surface. Love your videos. Beet pickles are really yummy. Putting your used, dried coffee grounds in the row when you plant and/or crushed eggshells help with some pests.

Very nice layout ❤

Your children are lovely.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

So kind, thank you! ☺️ ❤️❤️❤️

Out here in Central Texas the baby potatoes cost more than a lage bag of any of the varieties of potatoes. Last i looked it was $5 for a tiny mesh bag of baby potatoes. They are delicious though.

Beautiful 😅

I made strawberry lemonade concentrate. Lately its been so hot i used up all but two pints to quench thirst and make popsicles. I will definitely can more concentrate next year.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

Yum! That’s a good one!

I love red beats and potatoes 🥔🥔🥔🥔🤩

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

YAS! Give me all the root veggies!

I sprinkled used coffee grounds around my lacinato kale - it was also decimated by pests. Since sprinkling the coffee grounds all the new growth has been damage free! Fingers crossed I'm able to get some to harvest :)

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Interesting! I’ll try that! Thank you ☺️

What a glorious garden fr

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you for coming along! ❤️❤️❤️

Enjoyed the harvest 😊

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

So glad! Thank you ☺️ ❤️

Pretty rooster! I love seeing happy chickens. I made borscht with the beets from Dad's garden. Wonder if the dinosaur kale was unintentionally a trap crop that kept the pests from your Scotch kale?

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

I need to try borscht! That’s a good thought! Perhaps that’s what happened!

Love watching you enjoying your garden, very relaxing. Your presentation as usual is beautiful. Great harvest! Here in MN I am having to get my early garlic pulled this weekend due to nonstop rain and flooding. It is hard to describe to others the satisfaction and pride of growing our own food and herbs. What variety of calendula did you plant? The colors are so different than what I have. Thank you for sharing. Blessings!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! It is hard to describe! Such a satisfaction though, and then to fill the pantry with it?? Nothing like it! I have a sunrise mix and snow princess calendula from baker creek!

great harvest, enjoy friend. We have been eating lettuce from ours. So far so good. We have tomatoes coming in but they are green.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

Thank you! Such an exciting time in The garden ☺️ blessings ❤️

@carolynrandle5454

4 күн бұрын

You can use the green tomatoes too

I've harvested beets and garlic. Cherry tomatoes are ripening now and the beans are starting. Lettuce and snow peas have succumbed to the heat.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

So fun! I just pulled my lettuce and will pull my peas soon!

Wow! What a potato harvest!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

So fun! ❤️

Lovely garden!!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for visiting! ❤️❤️❤️

Beautiful video.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

2 күн бұрын

Thank you!! ☺️ ❤️

Awesome video 📹 😊❤ your amazing 😊😊

@seedandsparrowhomestead

2 күн бұрын

Thanks so very much! ☺️❤️

Praying for you!! Great Harvest!! Can’t wait to see the rest of the yield!! God is so good!!🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! I appreciate it! Yes He is! Blessings ❤️☺️

Beautiful video!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! ❤️❤️❤️

Are you home-educating? Your children are gorgeous. Good job, Mama!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

2 күн бұрын

Yes we are! Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️

I make a raw beetroot salad with a yogurt dressing which is delicious, l shred it on the mandolin, l also add a green shredded apple and some Asian white radish.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Ohhh I’ll have to try this, sounds delicious! Thank you ☺️

Enjoyed 😊 Beautiful harvest 🌹 Beautiful Babies. GOD Bless ❤️

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Aw thank you so much! ☺️ ❤️❤️❤️

Beautiful tour and bountiful blessings. God bless!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

Thank you! You too! ❤️❤️❤️

I am lucky number 580. Sorry I'm late... Hugs from Esquimalt

@seedandsparrowhomestead

2 күн бұрын

No worries friend! Thanks for hanging out ☺️❤️

you are such a lucky girl to harvest all that produce. have you made a video on making your tinctures?

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

I did make a video a few months back but I’ll be incorporating more in my harvest preservation videos upcoming! Thanks for coming along! ❤️☺️

Quite a harvest.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for coming along!

So satisfying watching you dig up potatoes. New to gardening but next year I would like to try potatoes. 🥔 😊

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

They are truly the most satisfying thing to grow and harvest! I hope you do try it! ❤️

Thanks!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

2 күн бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

Great harvest, hope you’ll show us how you prepare or store them 😊

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

In the coming weeks I will! This harvest was quickly taken care of because of getting sick so I didn’t get to filming but I will with future harvests!

That was a beautiful reminder of why I love to garden - for my body and mind! Did you have fresh potatoes for supper? I would have as nothing beats the taste of a just pulled, home grown potato boiled with butter and salt YUM!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ yes! Nothing like fresh taters from the earth!

Omg I'm first for something 😂❤

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

Yay! Hey friend! ❤️

I am still having some potatoes from last years harvest, but no more space to plant them. Can they get planted next year or can't they be stored that long? They're growing roots, if I can't plant them - what else could I do with them?

I love borscht if you have extra beets

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

I haven’t tried that yet!

Oneof these days hopeto do this well! How in the world did you get a.beet n summer?

@seedandsparrowhomestead

4 күн бұрын

Ive ever had any issues with beets in summer actually!

How do you keep your cucumbers fresh untill there are enough to p8ckle please xx

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Crisper drawer in the fridge! With the amount of plants I have at the beginning of the season I usually have enough for a batch within a week or so. If I don’t I’ll make a small batch of refrigerator pickles!

How many raspberry plants do you have? Do you have issues with them spreading? How much do you harvest? Do you weigh them like you did the strawberries? Do they grow fast? What should I expect? I just added them this year to the garden when they were on sale from MiGardener. It was a super spur of the moment impulse purchase. I bought 2 of; Double gold Anne Royalty purple One of the double gold and one of the Anne died. Still have 4 more though. I’m fairly newish to all the gardening. I have however managed to successfully grow a good sized garden for 3 years (this is my 3rd year) and decided to add fruit this year. My blueberries are struggling 🤦🏻‍♀️, blackberries seem fine, 30 strawberries that are thriving but I love raspberries. So I really want to succeed at those (not that I don’t want everything to thrive). They seem to be doing well. 🤷🏻‍♀️. I just haven’t had time to really dig into the research as I’m still teaching myself canning. I’m definitely a jump in head first holding all my eggs and hope for the best type of person. 😂 you win some and you loose some 😂🤷🏻‍♀️. You probably already made a video on this huh? 🤔 imma go look.

@cynthiafisher9907

4 күн бұрын

@brandymurphy6373 I planted new raspberry plants last year and they struggled and some died. This year they are doing well, but not bearing much, I think I need to give them more water. I expect them to bear a lot more next year. And, yes, they do spread.

@brandymurphy6373

4 күн бұрын

@@cynthiafisher9907 I want them to spread (especially since some died.) I have them in my main garden so they get watered almost daily (sometimes I’m lazy) in my dream world I’d have a whole lot more plants. I have a few elderly neighbors who garden but don’t have any berries. I’d like to be able to grow enough that when they no longer are able to garden I’ll be advanced enough to keep them up with fresh berries, canned jellies, jams an syrups. Or anything else that they want. Id like to be able to have enough to share with whomever is in need whether it be a new plant, fresh or something I’ve already processed. Thank you so much for responding as I can use any help offered 😂

@cynthiafisher9907

4 күн бұрын

@@brandymurphy6373 You’re welcome and I applaud your heart and effort! I’m not sure where you live, but you might want to do some research on a new pest called Spotted Wing Drosophila. It lays its eggs in soft fruits, of which I have many. It lays its egg and the fruit starts to decompose. just finished spraying my tart cherries with Spinosad to try to control it. I found out this year that I need to spray every 5-6 days and rotate between three different types of chemical. Very frustrating, but last year I lost almost all my cherries. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, maybe you don’t have it in your area.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Ok so I started off with: 8 canes of Joan J 4 canes Anne 4 canes Double Gold 2 canes Purple Royalty They spread like wildfire, seriously it’s ridiculous. I’m finding them pop up everywhere! The first year I got a few handfuls, the second I harvested 15 gallons! I went by volume instead of weight because I would just pop em on a tray and in the freezer and keep adding to gallon freezer bags. They grow fast and are pretty hardy. They need lots of support if you don’t already have that. I cut mine back in the winter, though you can leave some canes for a small early summer harvest(what I did this year) by cutting them back you’ll get a big late summer harvest. With the varieties you gave this should be fine. They are all ever bearing/fall bearing. Blueberries are finicky, the soil has to be just right, you can always test the ph! I throw some soil acidifier down each spring and mulch well. You’ve got this! ❤️

😂take it easy

@carolynrandle5454

4 күн бұрын

You got sick last year .you overdid yourself

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

I’ve been resting a ton, there is a nasty bug going around town!

"Tending his creation". See, that's what the bible says. But most people, Christians included, believe nature is there for them to extract, extract, extract! Glad you think of tending to creation.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Yes! I totally agree ❤️❤️❤️

I am still having some potatoes from last years harvest, but no more space to plant them. Can they get planted next year or can't they be stored that long? They're growing roots, if I can't plant them - what else could I do with them?

@seedandsparrowhomestead

3 күн бұрын

Will you have a bed opening up in enough time to plant and harvest around d your last frost date? I’ve never tried to keep potatoes longer than a year, they so I can’t speak to keeping them longer, but it wouldn’t hurt to try!