Can you use straw instead of hay ? I’m always afraid of bugs in the hay.

@1870s

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Yes you totally can. However, it's really hard to find straw that hasn't been sprayed with anything. Most wheat farmers spray their fields right before they harvest the wheat, which can reside in the straw afterwards - if that crap ends up in your garden you're in trouble.

@smas3256

Жыл бұрын

@@1870s Our straw hasn't caused problems. Your garden is fenced in. Hoping my potatoes won't get eaten by hungry visitors. Love your channel. You work so hard/canning too. In our 70's. Never tasted veg. so good, that I can remember. Be blessed with bountiful harvests.

@deborahtofflemire7727

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@@1870s Thank you don’t need that problem.

@debraigo2711

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Here in s.w., mo., We grow tons of fescue. The seed is harvested, then the rest is baked for straw, for bedding and etc. It's not sprayed, do great to use for anything garden wise. Not as pretty as wheat straw, but cheaper and works great!

@gregzeigler3850

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@@1870s DE might be your answer to your slug and rolly pollies...

It is so sweet how Todd comes out with your coffee. Almost makes me wish my husband cared about gardening, but I guess this way I get to make all the gardening decisions. Y'all are sweet.

@jessicat7633

Жыл бұрын

I thought that too how sweet and thoughtful that was!

Vlogs like this are a tease for me right now. Northern Canadas growing season is short and not for a long time. I love gardening with you. ❤

I finally moved into a home where I have a bit of space to garden! I am so grateful

I absolutely love all your videos and have learned so much from your gardening and canning instruction. Please keep up the great work. Your husband is a sweetheart too. God bless❤️

I was talking to my grandma about growing potatoes this year, and she said in their garden when their kids were little, they would have green mashed potatoes with all the green potatoes that “weren’t ripe yet” 😮 i guess eating a little green isn’t a big deal. 😂

There's nothing like homemade potato chips, deep fried slices of potato. Just grab some salt, and some cooking oil of your choice from your pantry and some thinly sliced homegrown in your garden - simple ingredients for a simple snack.

@smas3256

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great. I've got bacon grease so gonna give it a try in cast iron skillet.

Hi Rachel & Todd. I just love it, when Todd comes to help pick potatoes. Now, that is a great harvest and canning. God Bless you Rachel and Todd. May you both have a wonderful day. Maria. 🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🥔🍅🫑🌶️

I think I've said it before but, I'll say it again, you are my inspiration for getting my garden up and running! And oh what fun! Thank you guys for sharing. Blessings to you and yours.

Thanks for showing how you plant your potatoes.I tried the Ruth Stout method this year and loved it! It's so easy, I like not digging a fork into the soil since I always end up spearing some potatoes in the process.

Hello, I came over from Acre Homestead. I look forward to watching your channel ❤️❤️

We have a good storage area, so we save all the green ones to use as seed potatoes in the spring.

@juliabrown5948

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I just posted that question, thank you!

Rachel's squat game is strong. 💪

I am so jealous!!! Our garden burned up here in texas. I am so glad yall are getting abundance harvest. God Bless

I do my potatoes Ruth Stout as well and this year did corn and green beans and tomatoes and everything is growing amazing!

@kristahnelson6587

Жыл бұрын

You did corn this way?! Did you plant seeds in the hay?

@toniatalley1977

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Did you plant the tomatoes from seed or how did you do that please?

Questions: 1) With all that you grew and raised, what stuff do you still buy monthly/weekly at the grocery store? 2) Also have you ever considered or planning on getting a milking cow? 3) Also do you ever buy beef/pork/chicken at the grocery store especially certain cuts for a recipe? Or only use what you have stored?

@1870s

Жыл бұрын

We still shop for some things. Doubt we'll ever do a milk cow, meat cow yes someday. We also do buy certain meats and sausages sometimes.

174,000 people watch your show. 🥰 That's really good. That's above average for a You Tube platform.

You are so right about little potatoes left behind. Just harvested volunteers out of my onion bed and got 1 bushel! Quite a bonus!

And the little baby potatoes we call them volunteer potatoes

Just found y'all. Am about to start the Ruth Stout method. Thanks for your input.

A plastic milk crate makes a great seat for working in the garden. Easy to move over when working. Close to the ground for weeding or picking, but easier to get up. Water proof if I leave it out. Warning some of the newer milk crates are very thin, make sure when purchasing one it does not buckle under your weight.

Yay a garden video! I’m going to try a modified version of this next year I think. Potatoes are one of my favorite things to grown because it’s so much bang for your buck maintenance wise.

Outstanding work you two! Loved the black swallowtail on the dill too!

We do potatoes Ruth Stout method. So easy and productive.

wow what a great potato harvest!!!!!

Rachel, I am so happy for you and Todd that you have found out that play is very important in life,how long before you can retire and Todd also?

Got some really nice russets! Baked with fresh butter, sour cream, Montreal Seasoning! Michigan Garden Girl 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

How easy is that to just lift off the mulch and gather your potatoes! Tempting to try Ruth Stout.

Never thought about canning potatoes...sure hope to do it next year.Thanks for this great video.Always enjoy them.

We always just peel the green away, too. Never a problem. Great video as usual 😊

you can use the small potatoes to make "papas arrugadas" a typical dish from the Canary islands, if they are the variety to boil not fry

Some potatoes you buy in the grocery store have green on them and they sell them. You just cut the green off. You can still eat them.

What a beautiful and plentiful harvest.

It is fun to harvest potatoes! This year Im growing mine in dark blue totes from lowes, because in ground is a bit of a pain here in my clay soil. I will need to harvest mine in the next couple weeks because I didn't get them in till late May. This year will be my first time potato canning. Thanks for the pleasant visit.

I just want to let you know that your channel is one of my favorites. I've learned so much! Thanks for sharing. I'm going to miss you next spring for your sabbatical!

@cynthiafisher9907

Жыл бұрын

Oh, she’ll still be posting, just other type of content.

Hooray for a great harvest before your sabbatical year! So exciting!

The best channel!!!

Love your channel and everything it represents. God bless you and yours! 🙏❤🙌

You took in a lot of harvest there. I sure enjoy seeing what comes out of your garden, thanks again for sharing!

Next year definitely trying this method. 2 years in ground with a low harvest. Thanks for sharing.

so great guys, Ruth Stout potato best method!

Let us see the surprise mystery beans too. Maybe someone can ID them for you.

I've had several potato's pop up in my compost bins. So much fun. This is my first year growing some in a container. Next year I am going to be doing a bunch more.

Very cool Rachel

Green potatoes happen in our sandy soil also. I had to pull some of the straw because we have a really bad white C grub problem. I water a lot and then the sand shifts about and the potatoes poke up here and there. I did notice like you said some started to resprout. Not sure if we could do this method because of snakes and mice. Lol, you wouldn’t think I’d have both, but then there are also gophers. Plus I would have to find some old hay. Nice haul!

Hi.i like your garden. Alot of vegetables

I had a mole nibble on some of my potatoes and I even caught it in the act when digging them. I didn’t do any hilling, and I also had some green ones. But potato digging is literally my favorite garden “chore”. I did covert my potato bed to a bush bean row, and found a few straggler potatoes.

Thanks Rachel & Todd 8-10-2022😊😊

Wow that was an amazing potato harvest!! You guys do an amazing job with everything you do!!! Point it may not be right the 1st time but you always figure I for one really appreciate that!! I've been watching your older vlogs and I'm enjoying them very very much!!! God Bless!!!

Awesome potato harvest 👌👌👌

First time watching keep up the good work

Lovely garden

What a great spud harvest!! The other veggies look fantastic too. Well done both of you

Beautiful potato harvest! I set anything green aside as a seed potato for the next year. It's my first year trying just setting the hay on top instead of slightly burying the starts before laying hay. Mine will be ready in a couple of weeks, but I brought up a couple of whoppers yesterday for dinner!

Love your videos, thank you!

Wonderful harvest!!!

nice harvest

Awesome harvest thanks for sharing.

So happy to watch you have a wonderful harvest! Thanks for sharing.

You guys are just awesome 🥰

I did Ruth Stout method this year. Mine are still waiting to flower and die. You always have a great harvest.

That is quite a bounty! As always, thanks for posting.

Awesome haul of potatoes n other veggies

Nice garden haul yall.

Very nice.

My potatoes are almost ready and this made me want to go out and start digging them up now! So timely!

Wow! That's amazing. I hope to have a garden like that one day

You certainly have a great garden!

Nice harvest there ! I love potatoes!! Thanks for the information. God bless!

What a great harvest guys- Todd Thank you for looking after our girl as well. I hope I get a harvest from mine this year- we will see. Cheers Denise- Australia

I truly enjoy watching all your videos, this is so inspiring for me since I planted tons of sweet potatoes here in central Florida but never regular potatoes I have to wait until about December to grow my potatoes, thanks for sharing🌱🌱🥔🥔🥔

Another great video! You and Todd are so sweet together ❤️

Thank you for the idea about hay.. I plan on trying it with potatoes

Rachel, I aspire to be as awesome as you one day. Thanks for being a great motivator and mentor 👩🏻‍🌾 Great harvest 👍🏻

Good job. Congrats.

I think am going to try Ruth style bed...thanks so much for sharing God bless

Def going to try this method next year. I love potatoes but I despise growing them. This looks like a good solution!

Loved this. I saved this video in my library. Hugs Rachael and Todd ❤️

So many potatoes. Yum!

Thank you Rachel on the time line of the Ruth Stout method, you inspired me to buy a Ruth Stout Book, what a lady ! I can't put the book down. Thank you for bringing her to the foreground. I'm in Australia and intend to use sugarcane mulch ( excited much )

I’m going to try the RS method this coming year. Sweet of him to bring you your coffee ☺️

Hi Rachel!!! Haven't been by in a while. So nice to see you 😁

We finished digging ours up today. We grew red potatoes.

Always enjoy your potato harvests. I canned a 50# bag last year and LOVED IT, so this year I am growing my own. did Potatoes in the Ruth Stout method from your recommendation. We will see how they do. 🤞 Thank you!!

WOW what a nice harvest! It's amazing to see how green everything is. We are going to harvest ours this weekend. not sure if we will have any luck with the drought but we will try. For some reason our sweet potatoes are not blooming, not sure why. Water, sun and feed but no blooms. Always good to see yawl, God Bless. Mike

A beautiful harvest! I’m jealous I’m dreaming Of Baked potatoes With Sour cream And Butter Now

@darlenesmith2456

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and fresh chives

So pleased to see a great garden harvest! I had to delegate my garden this year to a paid helper one day a week and a none gardening OH as I had a hip replacement at the very wrong time to be laid up and out of action, and not even able to go & supervise. One bed of potatoes has been a disaster, as "earthing up" was a compost sprinkle, and no watering. The second bed of Ruth Stout is about to be lifted, and look much better as the "add another layer of straw" was done well. Great Harvest .... looking forward to your next potato canning!

Great video guys. Your spuds look good eh.. I might try planting our spuds like this next year. Cheers 🌷🇨🇦

I grow in ground potatoes and have the sunburn issue also. It's like you say, you have to hill them up and watch them closely. That is not easy to do when you have the rest of the garden to take care of and the rest of what life brings. Great yield. Thanks for sharing!!!

Great channel, New sub. I put out 100 pounds this year of potatoes. I’m in northern Indiana, been picking potatoes like crazy. Happy gardening.

Another great harvest to reward you for your efforts. I wonder how you’ll cope with the your “sabbath” rest next year, I’m pretty sure you’ll find it challenging in some ways as you’re normally so busy harvesting and processing.

Great harvest, I use this method with grass clippings but I tried Kennebec and they came out very strange shapes so I saved a couple for seed and am currently growing them in grow bags but the best success with this method was with red lady variety

My momma would say look at the size of them tators.😯

I grew potatoes this year in a modified Ruth Stout way. I did bury them just an inch or two into the dirt then covered with straw. I added straw twice throughout the season and got a decent little harvest. Nothing like what I was hoping for but know now what I need to do for next year.

Wow, those potatoes are beautiful. Will you share your canning fay with us please 💐💙🙏

My husband is so excited to try this method! I’ve been binge watching your videos. I wondered if you dried your nasturtium leaves and enjoyed using it as a pepper substitute.

Oh my goodness, digging in that straw without gloves. I have so so many wolf spiders in my garden that I don't dare dig around without protection, I realized I was holding my breath while you were digging. I think I have a spider for every square foot of garden.

I would love to know how you two meet! You seem perfectly matched❤

This is our very first year growing potatoes and we decided to do the Ruth Stout method. I am excited to see what we get!

Hi guys,Love being in your Garden.We are going to plant in pots..Have 2 Words for you...Sweet Potatoes..hehe Bless you both.Hugz 🤗