thanks for watching! If you're planning out your garden next year, potatoes are a fantastic crop to grow that gives you a whole lot of bang for your buck! Garlic is another one that's very worthwhile to plant-- you can get the scoop on that here:kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6GElKSveMnReag.html

@MochaBlue82

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think you could do a homestead tour?

@EssentialOilStories

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I have a couple questions. I'm not capturing what is the difference between what you did to cure them and what you are doing to store them? What happened in the shop where you cured them vs the area you're storing? I'm not even sure what is happening in this curing process. SECOND QUESTION: When you cut up those organic store bought potatoes, did you cut them in the same day you planted them? Thanks! ~Jennifer

@thepioneerhomestead

3 жыл бұрын

Great video!💗 Could you tell me your plans for next year planting if day nothing was available...like would/could you let the sprouted ones be put aside for planting next spring? Also...favorite recipes using potatoes?🥰

@GoodmanMIke59

3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever thought of Jerusalem artichoke. I did a handful of pots and they multiply very well. I plan to put them in the ground as an invasive, fodder for my bees, unlikely to be bothered in a Suburban outbreak.

@lsieu

3 жыл бұрын

Store bought cannot compare in that pop of fresh flavor from home grown potatoes!

You may find this an odd comment, but that is one of the most wholesome videos I have seen. Three young kids (and their dogs) having fun on the farm helping their mom do chores. That's the way to raise kids. More of America needs to be like this. 👍

@TimeSurfer206

3 жыл бұрын

Make Farms Affordable Again!!!

@lisarose2819

3 жыл бұрын

I completely agree 😎

@Bobcatspiritdude

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimeSurfer206 And not corporate controlled or poisoned !!

@papawnanabubby5005

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of when I was a kid. (I'm 55)

@afriendtoo6971

3 жыл бұрын

@@papawnanabubby5005 ----No IPads and Playstations....just mud puddles, cardboard boxes and dirt !!!! I'm 68.

lol, I laughed when she said child labor, it reminds me that the reason we have spring break for school kids is so they could help with the farm way back when everyone farmed.

@nancyfahey7518

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that. That's interesting.

@highjix

3 жыл бұрын

@@nancyfahey7518 That is what I heard growing up in a rural area, but googling it just now I got mixed results so maybe I was lied to as a kid, I did find this snippet "Kids in rural, agricultural areas were most needed in the spring" how ever the entire article was about summer break and not spring break so, again mixed results

@teresapeabody2746

3 жыл бұрын

In Maine, in the northern counties, during potato harvest, they actually close school for two weeks so that all the school children can help with the harvest.

@amywalker7515

3 жыл бұрын

That's what everyone did as a child. Now kids feel abused if asked to pick up their dirty clothes.

@sueweathers3978

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my cousins starting school in August, then getting 4 weeks off mid September to help harvest corn! That was in Illinois in the early 50s!

No better place for children to be than in the sunshine and dirt!

@annawofford559

3 жыл бұрын

Wish my kids had the chance to live on farm. We spent 6-7 years with grandparents going to school and living on their farm. Wouldn't trade it. So much better than city

@bubbles3042

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that

Those kids will never forget those memories. Remember "The mind never forgets what the hands have learned"

@mchrysogelos7623

2 жыл бұрын

especially as young children. most old fogeys may forget yesterday, but they usually remember their childhood easily!

@estelleschneider9033

2 жыл бұрын

My Aunt resided next store..she was a knowledgeable Gardener.. She taught my sister and I all about plants and care ..how to identify them...all the names and the weeds..differences... How to plant..soil.(s) all about bugs Slugs etc. I never forgot..her valuable lessons..so much I was gifted Children do not forget. I thank God for her.. Best to teach them young Children can do more than we as adults think .

Your kids are living a charmed life. They dont know it. Mud, dirt, splashing in all if it plus riding in the back of a truck!!!!

@DeniseBabbit

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 I grew up on a farm. Mud = stripping at the back door, even when it's freezing outside. Dirt = a parental check of knees, elbows, and behind your ears until all the dirt is gone. Riding in the back of a truck is hard on one's bottom, what with all the rough, uneven ground! 😁 Thank you for the chuckle, and a few good memories though! ( BTW, I hope she lets them bake "mud pies!" 😉)

@karysmuh

3 жыл бұрын

@@DeniseBabbit don't forget checking nails too

@CitizenKate

3 жыл бұрын

"Immune systems of steel."

@pamelavance648

3 жыл бұрын

True heavenly happy childhood in nature Best gift to your children

@equanimousawareness

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. What's the point in going $125.00 into debt to get a pressed tea juss degree to make a bunch of 💸💰 to buy a fancy car to spend two hours a day in bumper to bumper to sit in a fake lit room to take orders from someone you don't like and multirepetatively task away at something you hate when all y'all can do whut cher doon. Rieeeht?

I like that you have your children learning real life math, organization, and problem solving skills.

@nuttynutts2963

3 жыл бұрын

It's why country people are so much smarter people a man who has never read a day in his life is smarter than a man who has read all his life

@teresamanning6354

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely great teaching kids about self sufficiency. Good job mom. God bless.

@amylancaster7239

3 жыл бұрын

He literally used a calculator

@pamelaremme38

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, not from the "indoctrination" centers they call school. That is where they teach you WHAT to think rather than HOW to think. Number 1 rule: QUESTION EVERYTHING. I'm talking to adults too.

@jacquelinecallejas1390

2 жыл бұрын

@@nuttynutts2963 Would you like your doctor to be illiterate?

Thank you for putting your children to work and letting them know the absolute joy of riding in the back of the truck! 🥰 Awesome momma!

@erasmusghina65

Жыл бұрын

Awesome

OMG! I LOVED doing this as a child. It was like finding buried treasure. And gathering eggs was a close second. I have the greatest memories and that was some 50+ years ago. These are the luckiest children. ♥️♥️♥️

@shanewilliams5652

2 жыл бұрын

Poopoo9999999999999999999

@anitaparks8945

2 жыл бұрын

Agree !! I grew up very similar in rural Germany....until 40 some yrs ago when I immigrated to Florida.Just sold my Miami house,bought a cheaper one and moved OUT of the big City to a more Country setting. Lots of Lakes and Woods here too. I think that our survival chances are greater....IF the Sh..really hits the fan. Gun show in July...this time I AM GOING !!

"Why is your face so dirty?" "Cause." One of the best answers in the world for a child. Good job mom.

@michaelsoltesz3779

3 жыл бұрын

Cause I'm a child and I LIVE on a farm! 😂

@senatorjosephmccarthy2720

3 жыл бұрын

'Cause I was having fun. "Dirt flies when people are having fun"...my son at the kart race track at 9 yrs.

@Livetoeat171

2 жыл бұрын

She didn't say "cause"... she said, "ahhh"

@rustic35

2 жыл бұрын

She said umm or ahh and then got cut off benefited her answer probably didn't fit the video. 🤣

I remember helping my Grampa plant potatoes. He'd always say " make sure you put the eye up or they'll grow down to China". Good memories

@missthefolg

2 жыл бұрын

Lol! My dad said the same thing!

@Ghoosier

2 жыл бұрын

Eye to the sky

@Psalm2710_

2 жыл бұрын

That's a precious memory 😊

@MoonPhaze5

2 жыл бұрын

😆 good 'ol grandpappy! 👍💚

@MalloryGrizzell

Жыл бұрын

Good way to remember

I have always stored my potato harvest in dry sand. Carrots, onions, beets, potatoes etc (any root crop) stays fresh like you just picked it when stored in a dry breathable container layered with produce, dry sand, produce, dry sand. This is the way our great grandparents did it and it has worked for hundreds of years. Just forgotten but sad...

@sugetoosty1685

2 жыл бұрын

Where do you get the sand to ensure it's clean, or do you not worry about it?

@rogerknight2267

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaurelRussellRanchGirl Is the room temperature and darkness still a must when stored in sand?

@LaurelRussellRanchGirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@rogerknight2267 yes, good question. cold but prevent from freezing, absolutely dry and zero moisture.

@robertobrien4799

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@joycebrewer4150

2 жыл бұрын

Once I tried to save a bumper crop of carrots in boxes of sand. Our basement was really too warm, but best location we had. After a couple months, hair like roots were all over the carrots, all matted together. Soon after, they started to rot. I Never tried that again.

Being 31, I never thought I'd comment like another did on this video. Incredibly wholesome family. Adorable kids helping, storing grown food in the homeschool house, with complete self-sustainabIlity. Coming from a tiny town, and learning to garden myself over the last 10 years (while thinking about children with my fiance), this video really gives me hope. I'm really glad you're homeschooling your children with everything going on as of late. Much over from our home to yours❤️

This is so wholesome. Families like yours are the heart and soul of America, IMO.

@chrisc9611

2 жыл бұрын

Ought to be

@franciscod4826

2 жыл бұрын

heart and soul of human kind if anything, living on a farm, kind loving family. Beautiful.

I love that the kids went right for fresh picked spinach as a snack! Great job, Mom!! 👍

@SR-iy4gg

2 жыл бұрын

@Steve Woda Uh, no. Not all kids would. I know I wouldn't have. We weren't raised on junk food. We always had fruit or vegetables and nuts out as snacks growing up. I had to google twinkies to see what they were. They look like sugar and artificial flavored junk.

@eatwelllivelonger6935

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad it's only a few kids on a Farm that do this. My kids were raised this way as well to eat their Veggies and I taught them how to grow their own Food. We are not on a Farm. Anyone can be Healthy and Grow their own food as you can see the Millions of people who live in the City that do in their own Backyards & even Balconys with Vertical Gardens. It doesn't take being on a Farm for this.

@VioletUpton

2 жыл бұрын

@@SR-iy4gg Had to Google Twinkies 😂🤣! You're right, they are junk!! 👍

seeing that boy reach down and munch on that spinach got a laugh out of me, if no one tells you, youre doing it right mom.

Watching this took me back 40+ years to my own childhood. Hard work but happy. We did have a root cellar, I dreaded when it was my turn to go fetch something because I feared the cellar spiders. I don't know why I was ever scared of something so small. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us.

@VeronicaMist

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Daddylonglegs still give me the absolute creeps. 😬

@brendahill7622

2 жыл бұрын

Hey didn’t like spiders & still don’t !!

@kimberkimKC

2 жыл бұрын

@@brendahill7622 received notification of your comment as I'm currently crawling around in hands and knees looking for a brown recluse that escaped death in my living room. I have to sleep in the couch because the chickys are hatching, was already going to be a long night but now I'll pass the time on a mission. I hate brown recluse!

@CrochetNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. THE SPIDERS.

I’ve learned to start on the far side of whatever I am doing, and work towards the closest, so that when I am getting tired, I am walking and carrying a shorter distance.

@aprilpitcher1620

3 жыл бұрын

That is a very smart way to do it!

@alexmorganmc.1262

3 жыл бұрын

Smart! I'll be using this tip later in the year. Thank you!

@paulashaia9914

3 жыл бұрын

Wisdom speaking!

@senatorjosephmccarthy2720

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's helpful. I've learned that too.

“Immune systems of steal” 😂😂😂 that’s so true when you live in a rural area.

@leemartin9156

3 жыл бұрын

Yup I would get yelled at or hairy eyeball when my son's were little - sand, dirt- puddles, whatever, they would be in it. Laundry was nasty, but they had fun. They are both old men now lol.

@Natalie37854

3 жыл бұрын

steel

@mikesampson3467

3 жыл бұрын

@@Natalie37854 spelling cops,,lol!!

@Natalie37854

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikesampson3467 Ja, natürlich. Ich bin die offizielle Grammatikpolizei. Wie kann ich dir helfen?

@sylviafashant6181

3 жыл бұрын

Immune systems of steel...comes from digging in the flower garden, vegitable gardening, fruit treeing, mowing the lawn, etc

Watching this from Ireland and I really enjoyed it. It did my heart good to see these lovely wee kids mucking in .It was great to see them nawing at the raw potatoes with their muddy hands building up their immune system this is the way it should be. This was very informative and a breath of fresh air. Thank you.

I am 76 years old, and This brought back so many sweet childhood memories, and yes the excitement of finding another potato was indeed like a treasure hunt.

@rachelpops9239

Жыл бұрын

So much richness in the best way back then; there's more money and material now but the unnatural "convenience" is killing us

Country kids are resilient than most city folks. Natural-born survivor🇳🇿👌

That's the best way to boost your immune system. Loved this. You children are so adorable.

Awesome to see children living real lives building strong immune systems. Brilliant parents raising brilliant kids. Much love to you all.

Wow, what a wholesome loving family to be raised in. Wish every American could experience this type of upbringing. Actually I would have loved being raised in this type of Farming family, and bring homeschooled as well. Good Bless these wonderful people.

@lewisyaxley

Жыл бұрын

it's the America I believe we all long for. tired of being a robot making someone else rich.

I love the "child labor" and them just randomly picking spinach as a snack!🥰

@krzykatldy8688

3 жыл бұрын

I've lived on a farm, everyone helps and everyone benefits. Get on with your child labor comments. That is. Family helping family. People today are taught to be self centered, and unable to fend for themselves.

@CreativeAnneliese

3 жыл бұрын

@@krzykatldy8688 my comment was meant to be sweet, not rude...this family is precious and a blessing to follow...🙏😉

@ulitamartusheff3858

3 жыл бұрын

Working to feed the family is not child labor. I grew up on the farm. Everyone helping with planting, gardening, weeding, harvesting, preserving, feeding, cleaning, etc......

@dustbunny4527

3 жыл бұрын

It’s obvious that your comment isn’t serious. Ignore those who think it is😉

@klynne8410

3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing wrong with having your children help with things that need to be done it teaches them responsibility and self sufficency and independence all things that benefit them in life!

Ow, the days of riding in the back of a truck while my grandad and then my dad hauled us around on the farm! Thanks for bringing back these great memories!

@lavernjhagroo4770

3 жыл бұрын

I love what you and the kids are doing..this is awesome they're enjoying. It.

I don't usually comment on videos, but.. I found this to be just wonderful! I love I mean truly LOVE that you are a real person doing normal things with your kids doing along side of you. They will grow up to appreciate all that's wholesome and unafraid of honest hard work! Dinner will ALWAYS taste better! I love that you're not being all fancy using good old cardboard boxes.. keep doing what you're doing and thank you for sharing it all including THE NOT PERFECT stuff. Because it rarely is perfect. You go girl!

Love this video! This is how kids should be raised...helping their loving parents while learning how to grow food! Thank you for sharing your family.

So refreshing to see kids ride on the back of the truck! Kids allowed to be kids 💚. Makes them strong and healthy, no free blue ribbons here!

@theprairiehomestead

3 жыл бұрын

Yep-- they are country kids through and through. :)

@dianatennant4346

3 жыл бұрын

Country kids grow up better

@Livetoeat171

3 жыл бұрын

As long as they’re on the farm that’s not illegal but otherwise on a road they would get fined big-time.

@robhakeman5873

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't hurt the kids a bit too help dig potatoes. We had a patch atleast that big in our garden when we lived on the farm. But we would plant in March or atleast by good Friday and start eating them in July or August and have fresh boiled potatoes and sweetcorn and tomatoes for supper and something off the grill usually Pork patties or Chops since we raised Pork

@robhakeman5873

3 жыл бұрын

Being raised on a farm, kids know what work is all about and that you get paid for the jobs you do. My son when he was in school never took a book home made the honor roll and National honor society and worked for other farmers and businesses 60 plus hours a week and both days on weekends cuz he knew the value of money. He had his own car 2 yrs before he could get his temporary license to and from school only.

This video reminds me of my ranch childhood in Wyoming. We had "immune systems of steel" too, and still do to this day. A little dirt won't hurt you!

@jsvalina3503

3 жыл бұрын

As a fellow Wyoming guy I second this motion!!

@tedpreston4155

3 жыл бұрын

@@jsvalina3503 , are you one of the Svalinas from Svalina Road? I'm one of the Prestons from Preston Draw. Small world!

@CrochetNewsNetwork

2 жыл бұрын

When we got a cut from wrecking our bikes the neighbor lady would say"spit on the cut and rub some dirt on it" we loved :-)

The most healthy and wholesome video ever.

My grandmother used to spread her taters out on newspaper on the cool basement floor then spread lime on them to keep them from rotting then wash before using. She said not to let them touch each other in case one goes bad. She only did maybe 100 pounds so she didn’t need as much room for them like you would if saving 300 pounds.

@dtfoxtreasures3131

2 жыл бұрын

I was reading the comments to see if anyone mentioned lime. Yes, this is what my parents did. I’m 65. You can also can them.

@ThumperSillywabbit

2 жыл бұрын

@@dtfoxtreasures3131 where do you buy lime for that use? Interesting.

We stored them under our house on burlap bags on the ground. We had taders all year. A rotten tader is a smell you won’t forget.

Remember when you could ride in the back of the truck?

@bobbyc.1111

3 жыл бұрын

you still can

@vickitravis7319

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and wasn't it fun. We made silly faces at people that followed us. and got plenty of fresh air and laughs.

@vortex900

3 жыл бұрын

Pepperidge farm remembers

@justdefacts

3 жыл бұрын

When killing kids was no big deal because you could just pop put another one?

@johnnygavita

3 жыл бұрын

@@justdefacts Pure ignorance! What about the amount off abortions? Check those facts out!

Thank you for the hard work. Beautiful to see your littlest angel carrying a box and dragging a gardening tool. I cried tears of joy. Your hairdo is something we've worked hard to duplicate in my family for years. We achieve it so often now and wear it with pride. We call it God's Do.

When I was a kid, our house was pier and beam with a tall crawl space underneath. We kids would get under the house and lay out the potatoes carefully, then the folks would close the hatch door to keep out any vermin. When Mom needed potatoes, one of us would go under the house and throw them out to a sibling. It was actually a fun chore with a lot of potato fights before we took them inside. It was a great way to grow up.

My garden fork is a special potato seeking one. Stabs them every time!

@mariannesouza8326

3 жыл бұрын

😂🥔

@li-elmoriginsfarmcraft79

3 жыл бұрын

Lol oh no!!!

@GutenGardening

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@mollyjoy7820

3 жыл бұрын

I have the same one! 😂

@thehorsesmouth5439

3 жыл бұрын

It is a well-known fact that Garden forks and potatoes have been at war for years.

I love how the children climb on the pick up without the mum yelling at them. You are a good mom

It is nice watching a great Mom and her children co-operating and working as a team.

This video brings back all of our oldest and best memories of Great Grandpa. He always put a deep layer of old but clean hay or straw mixed with composted stuff on his crops for three reasons. Protection from cold weather, weed suppression and soil conditioning.

We've used plastic milk crates to store them. They can get air & you can stack them.

@donsorensen9037

2 жыл бұрын

me too in milk crates works wonderfully.

@darlenenieswender4499

2 жыл бұрын

With no sand right?

@MrKevinStraub

2 жыл бұрын

I use gunny sacks, as well as milk crates and I use 5 gallon tree buckets with the three drain holes in the bottom. There is no need to pack them in any kind of medium. Unless you like to make more work for yourself, that is. Potatoes need a high humidity storage and whatever air they get in those buckets is fine by them. We hear about having air circulation around potatoes but this has certainly not been our experience. We store them at about 6 degrees C (somewhere in the low 40's F) and they love it and so do we, as we eat on them for 9 months of storage, or more. We always have a few potatoes left in the root bunker when we begin to eat new potatoes.

I have to say that Jill has a way about her that is relaxing and i think she should have her own tv show or something. Good Job Jill. You stay just the way you are.

@geclay8996

3 жыл бұрын

Right, and the commiercials would likely be big pHARMa. I'll stick with utube.

@nancyfahey7518

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, tv is on it's way out. I haven't watched tv in so many years and I'm off my anxiety medicine.

@franklee1550

3 жыл бұрын

No, no, no What is this bizarre American desire to commercialize, commodify and force celebrity on everything?

@mchrysogelos7623

2 жыл бұрын

@@geclay8996 You tube isn't much better with their "commercials".

I like this show. Love how the little people chipped in.

Jill, you are a great mother because you encourage your kids to be kids. You stopped and admired the worm and also let the kids walk in the water and not hollering at them to get out of the water. The kids were involved in harvesting the potatoes because you made it interesting for them. The kids seem to have interesting little 'learning times' no matter what you are doing with the kids. Calculating the total weight using the white board and calculator was a good way to have the kids be involved in the potato harvest. You show genuine interest in what the kids are doing and you are so loving and give great compliments. They know you care and love them. Blessing to you all...

We use a manure fork for digging potatoes, the ground sieves through the prongs and the potatoes are left. Works great♥️🇨🇦

Love seeing your family involvement and teaching life as it comes and as needed to be apart of life forever. I just discovered you this morn. Loved every minute. Altho I'm 76yr. You took me back to my childhood. The way you are raising your children is as good as it gets. These lessons of living will be with them forever and will become treasures and memories invaluable and hopefully continued. I still garden and put up my own food for the most part. Subscribed for pure pleasure.

@oldtimerlee8820

2 жыл бұрын

76 here, too. Grew up on a farm, learning, as these children are learning. While I don't grow a garden anymore, my canners are still active. Canned some venison last week. Remember, well, when I was a kid helping with harvesting a large patch of potatoes. They were spread on the earth floor of an old barn, until they were cured. Had a sheltered place with a large bench to cure onions. Peanuts were cured on top of a shed with a low roof pitch. Vines were pulled & tossed on top of the shed. Used to love to climb up there and steal a few. :-) We were involved in every aspect of farm life as we grew old enough to help according to our ability. From a food standpoint, learned early how to shell peas and husk sweet corn. Later learned to render lard and pluck chicken feathers. Skills still treasured today. Rendering lard and tallow are processes I still use, so that excess fat doesn't go to waste when canning stew meat, for example. Thanks for bringing back memories.

@ivylagrone8632

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldtimerlee8820 do you have a good recipe for canned venison?

@oldtimerlee8820

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivylagrone8632 I can venison plain, so I can use it in several ways later. By canning it plain, I can choose to make a stew, soup, pot pie, chili, etc when time comes to use it. When I have canned venison I use it as if it were beef in various recipes. To can it, I use the instructions for canning beef that can be found at the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Hope this helps.

@ivylagrone8632

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldtimerlee8820 yes, thank you 😊 This probably seems like a dumb question but I've never actually can't meet. I've actually never personally can anything I've just always helped my mother like for years when I was young. But. But do you poke water or do you make up a broth to can the meat in? I'll look up that website you mentioned

@oldtimerlee8820

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivylagrone8632 The site will give you details on how to can various meats. If you do what's called Raw Pack, you do not add liquid to the meat. Generally I do what's called Hot Pack. I've used plain water, home made broths and purchased broths for the liquid Hot requires. For venison I usually use beef broth either homemade or brought (Swanson's is the best!). Whatever I have on hand at the time, when I'm blessed to have venison to can. Hope you get started canning, soon. It's an art that will last you a lifetime. I've been doing it since 1972, when I bought my first pressure canner. Grew up helping our parents preserve the harvest on our farm. Have a blessed day.

What's better than video games, TV and Mountain Dew? Gardening. I'm 64 now and my dad once pointed out how much us kids "hated" working in our massive garden of 1 to 2 acres...but now that we're adults, all six kids have gardens at their own homes....so happy to see the ray of hope of your kids hanging out with their mom and actually enjoying the effort....it takes special people to raise special people. Thks for sharing.

@penelopegrier5073

5 ай бұрын

I hated helping in the family garden. It was big enough to feed three families. But now I garden myself. My brother does too. Will be picking my mom up beginning in May she can help me with it, and then can a bunch.

I've appreciated reading the comments almost as much as watching the vid! So good to see there are still those who have their values right.

A lot of hard work goes into this lifestyle. Much respect to you, mom.

I so love how you incorporate your munchkins into the harvest.

You are an amazing young woman. I am so glad I watched this video which I ran across by God's direction while looking for pine needle tea. So glad to see your children being real children, playing in the mud, getting dirty, helping you harvest the potatoes and of course the dogs. Thank you for sharing your expertise with all of us. God Bless you.

Watching your little girl playing with a worm made me giggle. The difference in city kids and country kids is definitely a thing. My kids grew up in town and my son and daughter (now in their 30s) would never touch a worm, lol. So glad yours explore everything.

Great video. It brought back the memories of ALL those years I WAS part of the child labour crew. One year we had over a TON of potatoes to dig. My dad "loosened" them with a potato fork and we went behind and dug them out with our hands. The year we had a ton we had 35 rows of 40 hills each - all planted, hilled and harvested by hand....yay. We sold 100 lb bags for $5.00! Now, I would just use some type of potato tower or grow them in straw, which I definitely recommend - as a VERY experienced labour hand - as there is no hilling or digging that way. You're doing a great job.

Your kids are so fortunate to grow up on a homestead. It is a very good and healthy life.

MAGNIFICENT VIDEO!! I love the children ho are REALLY GOOD helpers with tiny hands, BIG hearts and great minds!! THANK YOU ALL and God Bless the homestead!

@megbubolz8143

Жыл бұрын

I always recruited the kids for potatoes also. When you tell them “we are going to dig for treasure”. They are all in!

Seeing them climb in the back of the truck got me so excited for my 2 year old 💜 thank you for sharing your shortcuts. We are all busy and it’s reassuring to see workarounds you don’t see in textbooks. We never waste a day, but things come up and you have to rearrange or delay. Beautiful family ur doing great mama!

Your children are precious. Love how you raise them❤️

You need either a five tine long handled manure fork or a four tine long handled potato hook for digging potatoes. Nice video with the kids helping.

@raincoast9010

2 жыл бұрын

@@anstriagreenwood3365 A friend suggested digging with my hands and after trying my potato hoe in a few hills and "wounding" a few i did and it actually worked way better. Of course if you have a lot this is not efficient. Cheers.

@raincoast9010

2 жыл бұрын

@@anstriagreenwood3365 Indeed there is, dirty finger nails and all! Happy gardening.

Thats right Mommy, get those ADORABLE kids in that garden. They are living the life!

You have the most amazing way of motivating your childrens involvement with out patronizing them. Well done on your attitude to immune boosting.

Kids grow well in soil. Nothing better than learning, "effort in" -> "product out". However, cheerios are not donut seeds.

@leemartin9156

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the chuckle!

Jill, your little helpers are so Adorable, you are a lucky Mommy !

I envy you and your family for the life you are living. Your kids are wonderful helpers. My brother and I always looked forward to traveling across the country to see our grandparents and helping out on the farm. I learned so much from that. Thanks for sharing

We started growing Yukon, Russets and Red potatoes, and I am so glad for it. Sweet potatoes we also now grow are stored with the others, in an old barn on our property.

Jill....Props to you! ....you are doing the best thing you can do, by teaching your children sustainability and how to grow their own food crops and the outdoor life! ....good job!

I love that your kids just grab shovels and do what needs to be done! lol. And I can only imagine what laundry is like at your house. Im guessing there is lots of shaking out dirt of pockets, and finding rocks, bugs, eggs lol. Great memories. "How did your face get so dirty?"... um making mud potions mom! :-)

SO educational, thank you! I'm just getting into small scale farming/growing my own foods, and this is the most helpful potato video I've found (and I've been watching/reading as much as I can). Also, you and your family are beautiful and wholesome, cannot wait to learn more from you!

Just found your channel and it made my heart smile this is how I grew up and it’s so wonderful to see kids growing up like this instead of in front of a TV playing with electronics you guys are being wonderful parents

This is the exact life I cant wait to have with my family

The ones we stab we cut up, freeze and dehydrate.

@jamesshoemaker684

3 жыл бұрын

Us too. We peel cut up or make into French fries, cottage fries etc. Blanche them and freeze.

@njjensen7671

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I can’t believe that I never thought of this. I’d just toss them. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I grew up farming gardens also. I miss the fresh veggies but not all the hard work. Canning and freezing Was always a messy chore. Thank you for sharing your down to earth life. It makes me happy to see young people living a wholesome lifestyle. God bless.

You are such a gem. You make things seem so attainable to even an aspiring homesteader.

Love the “child labor” part. Kids should be involved in gardening more often these days. As far as the harvest part, did you try using a pitchfork instead? I remember my grandparents were always using pitchforks with 3 or 4 prongs to harvest potatoes. Also, to protect them further from frost, maybe mulching them heavily with composted wood chips? I use wood chips mulch for everything here, in SC, and looks like everything thrives under this heavy layer. I am talking 4-6 in deep.

@susanmercurio1060

2 жыл бұрын

I don't like using wood chips in the vegetable garden where I have to harvest stuff: it falls down in the holes left behind and gets in the way. I save it for perennial beds. It would be great for asparagus, for example. I use hay, straw, or leaves for vegetables. They rot down faster and don't move around so much. I read "How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back" by Ruth Stout back in the 70s. She said 4"-6" for heavy mulch, like you do, and 6"-8" for light mulch, which packs down after a while. I was amazed at the depth of the mulch she recommended since I had never mulched before but she was right.

We always have volunteer potatoes in our garden and compost; love the red potatoes, too.

@anti-ethniccleansing465

3 жыл бұрын

Volunteer potatoes??

@juliecarns

3 жыл бұрын

These potatoes grow from peels or potato bits that sprout in the compost pile or compost transferred to our garden beds.@@anti-ethniccleansing465

@anti-ethniccleansing465

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliecarns Ah I see. :)

Every year my Papa would grow a row of potatoes about that size, and every year all the grandkids (4 of us that lived in the area) would get called in to dig "taters" as he called them. A couple of minutes would go by and then "EWWWW!" Someone found the seed potato and squished it. There was a BIG bag or two of potatoes in it for all of us, because Papa always grew more than he and Nana could eat in a year. I never understood why until I was an adult. Papa grew enough to feed the helpers too. I've learned more about life from his garden, even years later, than I ever thought possible. Thank you for sharing, and reminding me.

So glad you are showing your kids how to do this!! They will really appreciate what you did, many years from now!

When we buy a place I plan on growing herbs like parsley, sage, rosemarry and thyme. Plus garlic and onion. And tomatoes. Back in the northeast one summer someone left these huge pots out for anyone to take. I brought them home, filled the with soil and planted tomato seeds. I had so much great tomato that year.

@patriciatursi1

2 жыл бұрын

sounds good, but if we have a food shortage, you will need something to stick to your ribs like potatoes

@calichekid8897

2 жыл бұрын

kd1s, I bet Simon and Garfunkel will come visit you! And probably sing to your crops!

The children are soo cute & helpful,God Bless you & your Family!! Xoxo

Use milk crates to store your spuds. You can buy them at Wally World.

It's so great to see your kids having fun working next to you! I see so many kids who don't know how to work and don't know the satisfying feeling of success when the accomplish something hard. You're doing great!

Beautiful video. I love to look at vids from other homesteaders. There is always something to learn.

“There you go, wormy” 🥺🥰 that was adorable

Your kids are awesome. Their unaffected joy made me nostalgic for the simple pleasures that filled my childhood growing up in the country. Of course, back then, we didn't have to deal with the many challenges faced by kids and families today, primarily related to how technology has changed the way we live and behave. It's refreshing to see kids who are engaged with their parent, in positive ways, unfettered by the corrosiveness of living thru social media platforms, high speed internet, smart phones and 24/7entertainment. Watching your kids merrily splashing about in a puddle or happily helping their mom harvest and sort the potato crop, just made me smile. BTW, I really liked your method for planting and growing your spuds.....

People are so generous sharing the how too's with each other. So we all might benefit. Thank you.

Your family is adorable! I'm so happy to see kids plating with dirt out in the fresh air! That is one of the reasons for their immune systems of steel! Great job, momma! New subscriber as of today!

So wonderful to see the kids Lovin the outdoors and so willing to help you!

I love seeing the kids help 😊 blessings to you All 😇

You are one hard working lady! I grew up on a farm. Beat days of my life! We spread a little lime over potatoes to keep them longer. We also canned and sold produce. Labor intensive but very satisfying!

Well Done! Our family loves potato harvest season. We love growing and harvesting our potatoes. Thanks for sharing.

I travel for work and am always amazed at the serious lack of trees there are out west. I guess that's why they call it big sky country.

This is such a wonderful video. Every child deserves to live like this with such a wonderful Mom. Blessed

Wish more people raised their kids this way! Growing potatoes myself and video was very helpful!

Fantastic job kids you are very good to be helping your mom she is teaching you really well!

Yesss!! Teach me your ways!! 👏 I need these videos!! Thank YOU!

@theprairiehomestead

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I remember the first time Grandpa had us youngsters pull out a "weed" in his garden. We were shocked and delighted to find potatoes underneath! We were elementary townie kids that had no idea they grew underground... I can still hear Grandpa laughing as we squealed with delight with each newly found treasure. What a great afternoon!

The cool thing about letting kids eat straight from the garden is that they get all their vitamins and minerals that way. Our bodies will break down over time if we don't get enough minerals so this is really good. They'll be very strong & well balanced if allowed to eat straight from the garden. Good job. Good vid. Ty.

That is good strategy. Sometimes folks just got to make do with what they can.

putting down boards for a walk way inbetween the potatoes is a great idea! the only way I have been able to accomplish storing potatoes is making mashed potatoes and then freezing . 😅 mashed potatoes thaw beautifully though 😁

@alisonburgess345

3 жыл бұрын

oh, great idea!

@laurahall645

2 жыл бұрын

I freeze cooked, mashed potatoes that way , too……also, cooked, cubed potatoes can be frozen…..

@RedWhiteandSpeckled

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurahall645 I’ve tried cubing them before and they didn’t come out good.. kind of a yucky texture. I will have to try again.

Came across this video as I'm learning how to can and whatnot. I knew I'd love this channel as soon as I saw the kids climb onto the back of the truck. 😍 Looking forward to watching much more of your videos!!