Make sure to take all metal out of trees someday they be on the mill or saw

Maybe y'all should think of raised beds with the cut off's from the wood you mill and this way of gardening you could admin your soil and the beds heat up sooner then the ground, just a suggestion

We are so glad you are fine, the smoke is also bad here in Washington state. We are praying for the rain., we can surely use it.❤

You might think about sending in a soil sample to your local agricultural department and they can tell you what your lacking to grow healthy plants and vegetables.

@sgrvtl7183

10 ай бұрын

great idea!

You can get push broom replacements and bungeeing them to a tree for the goats to scratch on. Sorry about the loss of chickens 🥹

Informative video again. I can only give you the advice my grandfather gave me when I first started planting my large (1/4 acre) backyard garden. First, if your planting a garden for food, plant food; If your planting a garden for flowers, plant flowers, can't grow well planted together either. You can plant marigolds at the ends if your garden rows to help with insects and wild deer. Second, plan your garden's layout. Third, don't sow your seeds or plants to close together. Fourth, as soon as you sow climbing seeds or plants establish their trussells. Fifth, plants love God's water best, but well water is better than no water.

Katy get the real goat fencing along with the boards and build the Garden fencing 7' high as it keeps out large animals along with your smalls, Build it now and screw your hubby about the flowers, flowers are pretty and I as a man likes flowers, go into town to get your veggies.

ı am watching you from türkey ı am 66 years old watching you whit love you look very hardworking and very honest ı congratulate you

Take all your eggshells grind them up and spread them in the garden will help add some calcium to the soil.

@ninemoonplanet

10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the shells take a long time to become plant available. Quicker is 1 tsp crushed egg shells +1 quart vinegar salt overnight or longer until it stops fizzing. Dilute 1 part mix to 10 parts water. Use on any plants for spray (leaves etc) or just watering.

One of these days -Katy - you're gonna be sooo happy that you chased down and pulled every one of those nails. When those trees need to be down, and you go to make lumber, and you only have ONE saw blade 🙂 Yes you will. Good videos, with great environment photography. Love your flowers.

So good to see you’re safe. Praying that rain actually comes as forecast. Take care of yourselves and your family.

The skunk smell means it’s good Katie! Lol! I’m really glad that your homestead is safe from the fires, love you guys! ❤

@wishful1thinker

10 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking!😅

@natew2610

10 ай бұрын

I'm saying. Most of the "Skunk" strains around today don't smell like skunk at all. Back in the day that smell was so pervasive you couldn't even hide it.

@bobbygrace7520

10 ай бұрын

Just try a little Katie; before bedtime! Good for the head! Not that I think you need it! ✌️💓

@davidseward7857

10 ай бұрын

Great update! Sorry to hear of your losses... You Two are definitely living the life❤

All the greens and leafs you can feed the chickens. We also had issues lots of growth not much veggies..

Good to hear the fires are not near you and hope they can be brought under control soon.

Glad to hear you're safe. Saying a prayer for you both and all that's been affected by all the craziness of the fires. We homestead here in Tennessee. Weve been having bad storms but so far we're good. Rest easy rains coming. God bless.

Love how the yard is coming, more work for the garden next year. Be safe out there should plan an escape route just in case.

I know for corn that you need to have multiple rows. They need to have lots of plants around so they can pollinate and create the ears.

Just my thoughts...as far as the corn goes, you need LOTS more of it. It's a self-pollinator, the more you have, the better your crop. Stay safe, glad to hear about the rain!

Have you ever thought about using drip irrigation instead of that sprinkler in your garden? Could put one of your water totes up on a stand and run the dripper lines to the plants and let gravity do the rest. Would only have to run your pump long enough to fill the tote. Uses way less water than running a sprinkler and wetting down the whole garden.

@ThisOffGridLife

10 ай бұрын

Would love to set up some sort of automatic and efficient watering system!

Happy that the wildfires are not upon ya'll, just creating some breathing issues. Hopefully the rain will help extinguish them and everyone will be safer. The homestead is taking shape, everything looks great! To bad about the garden though, thankfully, Del Monte still grows veggies in cans...lol 😂😅Love ya'll ❤

You need organic fertilizer.. I use Thistle and banana peel, let it soak in a bucket of water, for 6 weeks. Drain it throw the waste onto your pile of composte and use the liquid with one part of fertilizer to ten parts water. It's very concentrated by then. Then put on plants every 2 weeks...all that yummy potassium and other goodies will definitely make everything grow

There is a weed variety that is literally called "Skunk Weed" because it smells like a skunk. That's probably what you have. It's a low quality cannibas but still makes you feel good.

So glad to get this update and especially that you're safe and that the rain is on it's way. I felt so bad about the comment about relentless tidying after your projects and I need to balance this with comments about your hard work, resilience and creativity. The garden looks great - despite the conditions - and so does the barn. Home-grown food is wonderful and I hope the incentive of great tasting and inexpensive produce will make you feel good. It is a great reward for hard work. Thanks for the update, keep safe and will look forward to the next vid.

Hey, by the way, I saw this on another video channel if you get wasps nest, hang a paper bag next to it or close by because the wasps look at it as a threat and they will abandon their nest. It takes a week or two.

Hello from Alsace. I hope you are spared forest fires...!!!?

Glad to hear no fire danger. Be prepared though by keeping a good fire break around your buildings and debris off of roofs. Sorry to hear about the chickens 😢. Stay safe you guy's 🙏

Next year, try and plant the three sisters together ... beans, squash, and corn And you soil might need Nitrogen... loved the Tour 😊

Your place is really shaping up. I love the design and look of your barn. I love that you want to make things aesthetically pleasing as well as functional.

hallo Zucchini plants need a lot of space to grow ,the best are 1.5m to 2m between the plants. In addition, they have to stand alone and between well fertilized, as they extract a lot of nutrients from the soil.

I did spot the plant behind you. I thought you were supposed to pull those. I would say the garden isn’t a fail.

I grew some Butternut squash that were a bush type last year. That was after the normal kind took over the garden one year. I did get about 25 squash though much more than the bush variety. You should get a soil test for your garden to make sure you aren't amending with the wrong materials. Good luck!

Dear Greg and Katie, Do feed your coffee waste to your plants and it will help them a lot, I say this from personal experience, but you try one plant and see the convincing result💮🌻🌸🌿⚘🌷🌴🌹🥀💐💐💐

The pot that smells like skunk is typically called skunk weed where I'm from. It's a real thing skunk strains are hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica.

@bay9876

10 ай бұрын

For some getting high in the Alpines mean different things.

If you think you have blossom end rot - We always add a small handful of our chooks finely crushed egg shells to the bottom of the hole we plant our plants into. Its slow release and have not had BER since. Each season is different depending on weather, nutrients etc and I think we are all learning to garden to suit each year. Just keep trying 😊

The garden issue with the zukes and squash is a pollination problem.... pick the male flowers and pollinate the female flower with them and that should correct the rot after starting to grow.

Glad to hear that everyone is safe 🐱. Sorry to hear about the chicken's. Kinda funny how attached a person becomes to them. It's happened to me a couple times 🤣. Be blessed one an all.

So all that greenery should be ground up with the tree grinder, and mixed back into the garden soil, Along with Ash from the wood stove, as compost for next year.

I am a gardener, I grow zucchini, Kabocha ( Japanese pumpkin) Tomatoes, corn, sweet peppers, melons and fruit trees. You need to get Bone meal for calcium. You also need compost. Add egg shells to the soil for a slow release calcium. I prune off crossing branches on tomatoes to avoid fungi on the plants. Get AIR circulation through the plant which prevents the fruit being infected with soil borne fungi. Never wet the leaves of a tomato plant. water the roots ( ground level) don't let them sit on the ground, tie them up! Some people dis agree with me but the true reason why is they are LAZY to do the work of caring for a garden. If you add Bone meal to the soil, also add it to your compost bin. Put aged chicken manure in your garden for the nitrogen. Don't over water, just get soil moist and your plants will thank you. Happy gardening.

Bring on that rain! Hang in there.

Safe and sound. Continue to build soil quality asyou gradually mix composted material. Foraging animal waste will act as a natural fertilizer. Developing raised beds from decaying forest material, wood chips, compost, soil could ensure more consistent soil quality.

I'm so glad you have been safe from the fires and look forward to the next video to see your plans. I imagine you have a landscape or garden supply dealer in the area that can do an analysis on the garden soil. It might be as simple as tilling in some soil ammendments as you prep the area for next season. Sorry for the stressful week for you Katie and the loss of the chickens. A pig or two will be a good addition to the homestead. It will be fun to watch the interaction of the goats and the pig. Thanks for the walk around Katie and Greg. Have a good week and be safe. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.

Soil testing will show what your garden needs to flourish

Sorry you have lost a lot of your pet Chickens and your little origional hens.Things are looking really good y'all have really worked extra Hard getting things done.Every Thing looking Fantastic. Hope it Rains so hard and so much it puts the fires out

We live in Chilliwack, BC and the last few days we have not had much smoke in the sky. On Sunday I suffered from a massive headache which could well have been caused by the heavy smoke of Saturday and Sunday. There were some minor fires nearby, but nothing like Kelowna and Shushwap where more that 90 structures became ashes! The wildfires are difficult to stop. For the last two or three years our forests have had well below normal precipitation. From far away the trees may look healthy, but they are not! Are rivers are very low, and salmon will have difficulty swimming upstream to spawn.

Thank God you are safe from the fires and prayers for those who are in harm's way. Thanks for the great tour.

i save egg shells, heat them in the oven, and then grind them in a mini food processor add it to my plants when i plant the garden for good calcium

You could consider some potash too to improve your soil.

It's great to hear that you're both safe! Seeing a new video always brings me happiness. All the best from China!

It was a very nice tour. I liked seeing your garden and animals. Also glad you are safe.

Love the plans you guys have for your home stead 😊 just take your time. Don’t let the hater’s give you a hard time ❤

You guys always give an old man like me Kate all ways brings a smile to me .Your a lovely hard working couple And just love it when you go off on a treck with the goats and dogs And yes the cat well done .

You need to drive out to the coast and visit us and head home with a trunk full of seaweed ;) That and grass clippings are the key for us!

It been a bad summer to garden this year, tomatoes are not getting ripe. So you are not alone on the garden, egg shells are good for the garden

Hi guys, by the time we’re first seeing this video, hopefully you’ve already had the forecasted rain.

Glad to hear that you guys are okay and hopefully you will get a decent amount of rain in the next few days. Take care and stay safe.

try spraying your bean blossom with water in the evening to help set the blossom

Glad you’re safe from the wild fires. Stay safe!😊🇬🇧

Get a couple of large push broom brush ends and nail to the trees for the goats to rub on.

I'm not exactly sure where you are. I was dropping supplies off at Salmon Arm, West Kelowna for the Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Service. I'm one of their volunteer drivers. The air was absolutely awful to breathe.

If the smoke keeps up all the animals kept for eating will have smokey meat taste. The corn tuffs shaken by the wind pollinate the corn and you get nice big ears. The more corn grouped together and pollinate the better the yield.

Mix your egg shells in the soil next to your plants for calcium.

I am so pleased that the Fire stayed away rom your land. Good luck with the Deck

Thinking of all of you, horrible Fires from Australia

Its amazing how after my work day is over. I am so happy to see a new vlog from you two. I live in a nice apartment lots of trees and grass but just cannot compare to the mountain offgrid life you live. Hugs and lots of prayers🙏 🙏 🙏 to keep you and your homestead family friends neighbors safe.

You are so Canadian, feeling bad about pulling out “volunteer “ tomato plants. Don’t take this as a criticism, I have 6 (4’x8’) raised beds with so much production! I hate throwing out any plants 🌱 ,seedlings, I like to give everything a chance. My daughter worked at a large greenhouse during the summer while going to university. She would bring home orphan plants 🪴 and anything being thrown out. This was 8 years ago, where we put them in the “holding tank”. Well this holding tank is now permanent, I am so weak!

Glad you are safe so far. These fires are terrifying. Get some masks to wear outside to counter the smoke. I do hope it rains.

You have plenty of flowers but have you seen any bee's or birds to pollinate And you need more corn plants and a lot more water. Corn stalks take up a lot of water.

I use diamatous earth every time I change bedding in my coop I have very few bugs in the coop not even flies but haven't seen lice or any others where the diamatous earth has been used. Works for me

@bobbygrace7520

10 ай бұрын

I use the stuff on ants! Works great n all crawling insects!

Really great to hear that you’re ok but at the same time anxious about what’s going on around you so stay safe so we can enjoy your journey for as long as possible..wishing you both the very best 😘

Glad y'all are safe....

Put lime down in the fall and spring in the garden. Hill the squash and put three plants per mound.

Raining in Alberta. I will try to send you some as me back yard is flooded. My pet pig passed this spring after 11 years. He was trick trained and was smarter than the dogs.

Glad you guys are safe from the fires, cool video! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

Greg is meant to be a dad, lol. He will work great on cleanup duty with the dinners.. Do you guys ever fish for you meals? I see you at the water but was just wondering if it was a skill you had.

The old housing which was against the bus could be used to grow tomatoes, courgettes and other salad crops in grow-bags. Replace the roof with corrugated plastic to let the light in. Must be better than having the wild life eat everything. I would also say raised beds would be better for growing other veg outdoors, about 3 foot in height minimum as carrot fly can be a pain.

I had continuous poor harvests and failed growing in my veg plot until this year, I got my rotavator to work,it,over then I had some 3 yer rotted compost which I worked into my soil. Result is I am overwhelmed with what’s grown it has produced some very large veg, i will do the same next year and plan better. I have just frozen 9lb of beans off 6 plants, most are between 15 to 18” long

Next time you seed carrots do this: mix the seeds of a package of seeds with one or two cups of sand and spread this mix in your rows. You will not have carrots crowding out each other; now there is plenty of room for each carrot to produce. It worked well for us and our parents!

So glad y’all are safe,& being productive as usual. Your outside space is looking nice,& clear. Better luck next year for your vegetable garden. So sorry to hear about, the untimely deaths of your animals. I really enjoyed watching them. Doing their thing around the homestead, living their best lives. Stay strong, safe, healthy,& blessed.🕊💜✝️🙏🏾🕊😔

Fingers crossed for rain I’m in NSW Australia 🇦🇺 so warm here at the mo and we r still in winter hell summer going to be scary one take care guys 😊

Set up a short rub fence for the goats and maybe a roller brush.

So glad to hear all is well with you both and the animals.

I'm glad you are doing ok, because I was wondering. Love your garden. That is a cute little pot plant there. Those are his kind of flowers!!! It may have as much to do with your weather this year as your dirt.

Pollination may be an issue with your garden’s no shows. You have good growth, but may not be balanced. Add lime and ash over the winter. Chickens may be picking pollinators off. More wildflowers in meadows or where the solar panels are. Hive? All of the herbs attract pollinators. Savoury, oregano… lavender.

Hello lovely couple your garden looks beautiful and everything else you show us nice to know you both are safe please take care of both of you

I would make beds out of pallets and some mulch to mix with te soil..of you have beds the chickens cannot mess😊

Glad you're ok. Gotta till you some Epsom Salt into the ground before planting to solve the rot problem. Stay safe.

You should use Zucinnie instead of apples in a pie try it. I took two pies to the family reunion and no one knew it was Zucinnie until I told them, they swore it was apple

@bobbygrace7520

10 ай бұрын

Great way to dispose of it🤢

Your chickens need a place for a good dust bath.

I'm south of you in the Puget Sound area of WA and my garden was an epic fail this year as well. My zucchini & other squash have produced almost nothing. You might check your flowers-mine are almost exclusively male. I've found a couple of female flowers and hand-pollinated them. When the fruit rots at the blossom end, it often means that it hasn't pollinated and so isn't viable. This has been a good year to just make stuffed squash blossoms, which are delicious! Thank you for keeping us updated on the fire situation in your area. It's frightening where I am as well. The sign at the fire station went from "very high" risk to EXTREME risk recently. I truly enjoy your videos-thank you!

Guys, think about some type of Greenhouse building. Keep out all the animals, control temperatures, probably control insects Raised beds in there would be great top. Think it thru. You two have great imaginations and I know you can do it Year around growing season quite possibly

Are you going to be clearing more trees from around the house for fire safety? Glad you are safe.

I90 in eastern wa was closed because of the smoke zero visibility

Squash is not getting pollinated you may have to hand-pollinate use a Q-tip and running around in the mail flower and then go to the female flower and rub the pollen on to the female

Stay safe,and always be aware of you surroundings.

Hi Katie and Greg. If you have a place to take some soil samples and have them tested, that might help with the garden. Some flowers are edible so that could be a choice. If you can go it, try growing okra. It is, to me, best fried. Have good days!

@bobbygrace7520

10 ай бұрын

Never understood boiled okra! Yuck

@buddyreed2623

10 ай бұрын

@@bobbygrace7520 I've seen it, will not try it.

Bonemeal combats blossom end rot. If small squash form but fail to grow that's a pollination issue.

Pretty experienced gardener here. The first thing I noticed in you garden: it is crowded. Some plants need A LOT of space to develop well. Especially if they are not heavily fertilized with chemicals. Don't even think at zucchinis as long as you do not allocate a few square meters to each plant. And generally, for each species research what the optimal spacing is (but not for intensive industrial culture). I know, it is very tempting to put more plants, but it simply doesn't work. Something else: I think you said something about some tomato plants that just appeared between other plants. It happens a lot. Treat any plant that you did not plan to be there as WEED: remove it immediately. And of course you have to solve the problem with chickens in the garden. Now, regarding to death of the old hens: I know that you get to love them, but it is not a good idea to keep them more than 3 years. The quantity and quality of the eggs is going down, and also the general health of the bird is no longer optimal. According to the species they belong to, the lifespan of chickens is theoretically 5 to 10 years, but count more on something like 6...

Do you have a good bee population in your area? It could be a pollination problem. Wind does help with pollination, as long as it too windy.

This is the first year that are garden didn't do very well though I guess with the weather the way it was cold in the beginninew plants just didn't work out but we did get some And I wish you a little farm near looks wonderful so you people stay safe and have a happy day

The pep with raised beds have been doing great!