I love the preserving and using what you preserve types of videos. It really helps me to figure out why I would can something and how to make a meal out of it in the future and it motivates me!

I don't garden (I have 2 brown thumbs 😊), but I enjoy watching those who do, especially the harvests. I love seeing how you preserve your harvests and don't mind the longer videos showing both. Whatever works best for you.

I dice the cowboy candy - ball has said it’s ok. It’s so good on everything!

Kudos to you for your tireless work behind the scenes, my friend! Your videos are a result of the passion and hard work you invest in each project. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

I enjoy these longer videos, with multiple recipes, that show how you're preserving all the things you're harvesting. But sometimes, especially this time of year, I don't always have time for longer videos, so I'll save them to catch up on in the off-season and take notes for next year.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

I totally get that! I can’t tell you the last time I sat down and watched a KZread video. Things just get too busy. Thanks for the feedback!

@ourhomesteadclassroom

11 ай бұрын

@seedandsparrowhomestead Of course! I'm so glad I found your channel this season. And I'm very much looking forward to catching up with some of the videos after preservation season. Plus, I know how hard it is to get any real feedback from folks, beyond just what's in the analytics.

I'm preserving tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and green beans here in middle Tennessee. I just have a few raised beds that I plant in.

I enjoyed the video as is, no need to change it. I’m preserving okra and jalapeños, serranos, Thai chili peppers and eggplant. Got hot sauce in the making as I type this. I’m freezing my okra for fried okra at a later date.

My beets are coming in, usually pickle them but now I have some new ideas. Thanks!

Kelsey you are amazing. Love your long canning & gardening videos. Keep up the good work.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words 🤍🤍🤍

I like both video formats. I think for the preservation, the longer format is better. I am harvesting tomatoes, peppers, lima beans, southern cream peas. I just planted a second round of okra, and I planted some black turtle beans. I am planning my fall planting for the end of this month, several root crops and also brassicaceaes. I may try another round of squash, not sure yet.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it ☺️ blessings on your garden, sounds wonderful!

Hello, from all the way over in Washington. This is my 5th yr. gardening/harvesting and I love it! Keep sharing the mixed variety of your videos please. I enjoy them and have learned so many neat recipes that I’m sharing over here. 😊

@cherylpresleigh6403

11 ай бұрын

Hi Britney, we’re in Washington too! I hope your garden is doing well.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Hi Britney! I’m so glad you are enjoying them! I hope your garden is doing well! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🤍

If I have any of the brine syrup left from the cowboy candy, I’ve been canning that as well and then I’ll add some mustard to it and it makes a yummy kind of honey mustard flavored sauce to dip things in or we will brush it on pork chops etc.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Yes! Great to can any extra. I did that last year but never thought to add mustard when serving, great idea! Thank you, I’ll definitely try that ☺️

I like your longer videos :) we're heading out to rip out the last of thr summer garden and start fall clean up since it seems fall has finally settled in. 90 degrees a couple days ago. Now it seems we eon't see 70 again for who knows how long.

I’m new to your channel and I love the content and all your different recipes. I’m going to be putting some of those in my pantry. Thanks for sharing.

I have yet to successfully make saurkraut hut i keep trying! I havent had cabbage rolls since i was a kid they are amazing

Love your videos learn so much

I love the longer videos!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! 🤍

I am looking forward to the soaps and salves and tonics videos.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hopefully soon that will happen 🤍☺️

Love the longer videos.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! 🤍

Thank you for sharing❤

I saw one homesteader who said if she uses her freeze dryer for a week, it adds an additional $200 to her monthly electric bill. That alone is enough to turn me off of that preservation method forever and yet nobody else who has one is even talking about that. And when people are using that thing in every single video I can’t relate to them anymore so that’s a turn off too

If you don’t have Temperance Tulsi, I highly recommend it. It smells like tutti fruity and has a taste similar to blue spice, which I also love!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! I’ll check it out!

Roasting the beets before making it into hummus adds a delicious flavor 😋 its my favorite type of hummus!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

10 ай бұрын

Ohhh I’ll do that next time! Thanks for the tip!

Love this kind of video!!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

10 ай бұрын

I'm so glad! Thank you ☺️ 🤍

Oh Kelsey! I am very excited to try the basil tea. I’ve heard it mention several times this summer but as one who isn’t really fond of cooking, if I don’t have a recipe to follow I’m not likely going to try it. I have been making raspberry ice tea (from tea bags, didn’t harvest leaves from my raspberry bushes but I will next year) and we have enjoyed it tremendously. That being said, I will be making the basil tea now as well! I hope you’ll share your tea recipes going forward ☺️. The trays of flowers looked so pretty! The colors were so vibrant. I have made egg rolls in the past and seeing yours makes me want to do those again and my husband will enjoy that too! I am thinking of trying an air fryer to cook them. Have you ever done that? Anyway, lovely video as always. I enjoy the videos no matter the size. If harvesting similar than having the longer video with more preserving ideas is helpful but honestly, it needs to be about what works for you! Have a blessed weekend. 🤗

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy the basil tea! I always say if you don’t like one Basil, try another! Raspberry leaf is a favorite of mine too! I still have to harvest some leaves 😂 I do not have an air fryer, although I’ve been tempted to purchase one! The idea of not using all that oil sounds great! Thank you friend, blessings 🤍

Beet root is amazing for people with high blood pressure. My mother has been taking the capsules and because of them she has been taken off of many of her blood pressure medication.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Isn’t food amazing? That’s so wonderful your mother is doing well because of it! Blessings 🤍

@Mindy56743

11 ай бұрын

@@seedandsparrowhomestead I wish we had found out about it sooner for her because of the years of high blood pressure she is not in kidney failure. Although she is doing better than anyone expected. We also have my brother taking it now for his blood pressure. It works really well

I like the long video

I love kraut.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Good stuff!

Please repost your bread and butter recipe. It comes up a jalapeños twice. TIA Just found your channel and am really enjoying it.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

10 ай бұрын

Fixed! Thanks for pointing that out! So glad to hear you are enjoying, thank you!

Right now, we're having to harvest beans, cukes, and zukes on an almost daily basis. So that's where I'm expending most of my preservation efforts. Tomatoes and peppers are right around the corner, too!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

I’m right there with you! I just saw the first tomatoes start to blush!

So many great ideas! Thanks 😊

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thank you!

I didn't know you could freeze cabbage leaves that way! I had just made cabbage rolls yesterday and filled what leaves I had meat for and I thought it was a shame the rest of the leaves were not filled. I just chopped and placed in the casserole dish. Had I known, they would have gone into the freezer for a quicker prep day of cabbage rolls!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

10 ай бұрын

It’s great isn’t it?! Definitely a big time saver. Thanks for watching 🤍

Very good video. Loved this long video of canning and preserving goodies.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the feedback! Blessings 🤍🤍🤍

I cook pork chops in the sauerkraut...it makes them tender and they taste amazing !

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Ah yes! So good. Thanks for watching! 🤍🤍🤍

I love seeing all the things! Thank you for sharing! My garden is on its second planting and I’m hoping it does better with the weather hopefully not being so scorching hot. ❤ and hugs!

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I gotta get on some second plantings too! Blessings 🤍

@GlitterandJams

11 ай бұрын

@@seedandsparrowhomestead God bless! ❤️❤️

Have you ever tried seasoning your green beans before you freeze dry them? It's like the store bought bean straws. Makes a yummy snack,

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

No! I need to do that but keep forgetting! I’m sure that’s yummy, thank you!

Thanks for sharing, I have tons of lemon balm Im gonna make tea this way, thank you.

@Just-Nikki

11 ай бұрын

I make lemon balm, rose, and lavender tea and add honey to taste. Then I make them into popsicles or ice cubes that I add to fresh mint tea. Lemon balm also makes a great simple syrup and throat lozenges. It’s worth trying if you have a surplus 😀

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely! It’s so yummy ☺️

@Janice_1979_

11 ай бұрын

Thanks ladies, have a great weekend.

Hi Kelsey, I absolutely love your channel and I love the longer videos! ❤ I’ve tried clicking on your Amazon storefront link but can’t get it to work?

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Oh no! I’ll look into that!

Kelsey have you ever grown stocks to use as your food dye? They are related to cabbage and are a beautiful flower. I grew them for the fist time this year and got my seed from Baker Creek.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

I’ve grown stock but I didn’t know I could use it for dye! How cool, I’ll have to look into that more, thank you! 🤍🤍🤍

I was wondering if since you're in Pa dutch country, my Nana used to make wax beans , red new patatoes milk and sugar. Have you ever heard of this?

Longer videos for shore

I was wondering if you would give me some advice please. I canned chicken broth tonight and 1 of my lids I didn't screw on write. I noticed after taking them out of the canner. So I screwed it on and thought to myself I will let it cool and put it in the fridge and use it in a few days. About 5mins later the lid on the jar popped and sealed. Would it be ok if I put it in long storage or use it in a few days still 🤔

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Whenever I have doubt when canning I play it safe. I’d probably eat as leftovers or freeze for later use. Been there! Blessings 🤍🤍🤍

I am interested in the eggroll wrappers you used. Were they gluten free, if so could you tell me what brand they are and where you got them? I like eggrolls etc, but have not found a gluten free wrapper to use.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately these were not 😔 I just served myself some of the filling on its own. I haven’t found a good alternative yet.

@danniemcdonald7675

8 ай бұрын

​@seedandsparrowhomestead I'm not sure if they are the same thing, but have you checked won ton wrappers? Or the wrappers used to make pot stickers? If there is an Asian market near you, maybe they could help you find a non-gluten product.

12:46 there’s a bug on the leaf you’re using to cover the kraut. I’m not sure if that will affect your final product. I grow food too so I know bugs happen. Just lyk in case it has an affect on the process.

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Reaallly?? I have to go back and look. 🥴 the kraut finished fine so it didn’t harm, guess some extra protein is all 😂

@Just-Nikki

11 ай бұрын

@@seedandsparrowhomestead I’ve had my fair share of extra protein 😂

I should also share that I made a TikTok from your mock pineapple, zucchini recipe😁 If you get board lol😅 I’d love to hear what you think. Too_la_brit_to_quit

@seedandsparrowhomestead

11 ай бұрын

Awesome! I don’t actually have TikToc 😬😂 I’m not so “up with the times” 😂