We Didn’t Expect This Many | Homestead Vlog | June 19, 2024

Today we are harvesting our potatoes we planted in our yard, cutting some river cane, making homemade ice cream and a simple supper! God blessed us with a great little potato harvest!
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  • @phyllispitts6656
    @phyllispitts6656Ай бұрын

    I may have said this before, but I’m going to say again, I really look forward to seeing your videos each and everyday! I don’t live to very far from you. And hope to some day to meet y’all. Your children are a blessing! I love their enthusiasm at helping in the gardening, and looking after the animals. They are living a good and healthy life. I hope they never forget it, and some day they can pass on to their children, this simple way of life. Modern technology can’t replace this!

  • @territn8871
    @territn8871Ай бұрын

    Megan, you always starve me to death watching you cook! And I had just eaten 2 big bowls of Cheerios for breakfast and wasn't the least bit hungry. Yet when I saw you frying up those new taters and homemade mac and cheese (my favorite food), my mouth was watering! And then you fix that homegrown pulled pork. Law mercy, it just doesn't get any better than that!!!!!! Never mind topping that meal off with homemade chocolate ice cream. My goodness, all that is fit for a king! Delicious southern country cooking at its best!!!! Andy and your precious babies are so blessed having a wife and mom that knows how to feed her family good wholesome meals. I pity all those little children who are raised on McDonald's happy meals and never taste real food. What a blessing you are to your family!🙏❤ Can't wait to see what you trellis with that river cane! I'll be tuned in for the next one! P.S. Let us see how your little pigsters are growing! Haven't seen them in a while, so I'd say they're doubled, if not tripled, in size!

  • @MNTNSTARZ80.
    @MNTNSTARZ80.Ай бұрын

    When I was younger and we dug up the potatoes Dad made a game/contest for us. He'd get everything he could find then had us each take a pail and had digger go over the bed as much as we wanted and pick up stragglers. Whoever got the most got the "grand" prize of $5 everyone else got $3 . It was fun

  • @adamyoung480

    @adamyoung480

    Ай бұрын

    Sounds like good times.

  • @freesianlover
    @freesianloverАй бұрын

    Boy Jacob is sure getting tall! Playing in the creek sure brought back memories- we use to love doing that and catching minnows and crawdads for fishing! Good times!😊

  • @MNTNSTARZ80.
    @MNTNSTARZ80.Ай бұрын

    If people are worried about the eggs do what I do... Gently heat 1 cup of your milk, pour some into the yolks to temper, then pour back into the hot milk, let cook a minute or 2 then strain and cool, add to your ice cream mixture

  • @B_Sue_E
    @B_Sue_EАй бұрын

    Love those small potatoes in a pot of green beans ...with a bit -o-onion,& fat back .. and more tasty things to go with it ...😊

  • @michellepainter7853
    @michellepainter7853Ай бұрын

    My grand parents used to make ho.emade vanilla ice cream. It was cream , half & half, whole milk, 9 eggs, sugar, salt & vanilla. The eggs were never cooked. We've eaten alot of it. No one ever died or sick. Good stuff. Love y'all , stay cool.

  • @rowan2u380
    @rowan2u380Ай бұрын

    I'm a Potato 🥔 Connoisseur too, Fried potatoes, Mashed potatoes, French Fries, Baked....yummy

  • @serenagunther7472
    @serenagunther7472Ай бұрын

    A deer got the head of my tallest sunflower. So I snipped off the edges and now my shortest sunflower has 4 blooms coming up faster than the rest! I'm excited.

  • @bearzhere
    @bearzhereАй бұрын

    It is wonderful to see the involvement of your children the your gardens! Your easy going lifestyle is enjoying to watch. Blessings.

  • @retiredcarpenter8554
    @retiredcarpenter8554Ай бұрын

    I love watching your kids... polite, hard working ,mature while still being kids finding fun in the little things... you to are doing a great job raising them..

  • @lovelife0413
    @lovelife0413Ай бұрын

    Morn'n Family from West Virginia. I've been praying that God blesses you all with a great abundance of a very healthy harvest for all your hard work in the gardens. Love your channel. 🙏❤

  • @dmartin4295
    @dmartin4295Ай бұрын

    Nothing like homemade ice cream but making it with raw milk is a true treat! My dad loved homemade ice cream more than just about anything and he believed it was cure for anything that ailed ya, so my childhood memories include my sister and I taking turns sitting atop the hand cranked ice cream maker while he turned it. It was covered with an old rag rug and that little bit of weight on top helped keep the crank on and made the turning easier. 😀That's going back at least 65 years, but the recipe remains the same to this day and it includes raw eggs. Good stuff! Thanks for bringing us along on your daily adventures, they never disappoint. ❤❤

  • @Amanda-cn3pk
    @Amanda-cn3pkАй бұрын

    For those worried about adding egg into the icecream, if using store bought eggs, they could always temper them into the melted chocolate

  • @SandraArmison-ys7xz
    @SandraArmison-ys7xzАй бұрын

    Absolutely love watching you

  • @pentre33
    @pentre33Ай бұрын

    ♥️✝️🇺🇸 We are 💯% living on Gods time !

  • @jksr2112
    @jksr2112Ай бұрын

    I truly enjoy watching every episode . Keeping Appalachian life real . The best place on earth to live . Thank you for sharing your story with me .

  • @smoke1208
    @smoke1208Ай бұрын

    We had a truck patch full of potatoes planted when young

  • @brendajessup9722
    @brendajessup9722Ай бұрын

    You guys Work Hard & You Play Hard too… It makes my Heart Smile just watching you all together !!! Love Love your Videos 😍 Until the next one 😉💞🇺🇸

  • @cherylnorman4215
    @cherylnorman4215Ай бұрын

    Good morning ☀️ love watching and learning from your channel! True and honest family

  • @shirley7137
    @shirley7137Ай бұрын

    So rich with family history your estate is...my mother inlaw didn't have much in life and we have five acres, barn and garden shed....she always called our place the estate. I loved the ring of that. What a beautiful life you have...you are to be admired for all your hard work.

  • @gailoreilly1516
    @gailoreilly1516Ай бұрын

    I don't know if You know how much you truly inspire some of us to go beyond what we are used to doing. Here is an example. I had a big roll of chicken wire from a project a couple of years ago. I decided to use it to support my tomatoes. It worked great until the tomatoes were smashing their branches up against it. I didn't want to take it all down so I ended up cutting "windows" in the chicken wire to let the branches stretch out. I have some happy tomatoes now. FYI I have also been praying that you get some rain.

  • @lizmiller2341
    @lizmiller2341Ай бұрын

    Family and good friends what life is all about! All Gods gifts to us! Another wonderful video.

  • @robertbates6057
    @robertbates6057Ай бұрын

    There you go, makin me hungry again Megan!

  • @user-xv2mc6jf3v
    @user-xv2mc6jf3vАй бұрын

    Turned out to be a good day 😊❤

  • @lindalong9457
    @lindalong9457Ай бұрын

    Love watching you and your family working/playing together. You are so blessed to be living the Best lifestyle. I grew up in a farming family filled with lots of hard work and love. God Bless you. Love the chairs at the end of the video.

  • @TracyLynn-Mike
    @TracyLynn-MikeАй бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your journey with us!! We love your videos and we’ve learned so much from y’all. You guys are amazing people and so inspiring to me and others, I’m sure. We live in Laurel, MS zone 8B-ish

  • @bettymaddox8898
    @bettymaddox8898Ай бұрын

    I could watch you all every day,7 days week❤

  • @mint2bee689

    @mint2bee689

    Ай бұрын

    Me too!! ❤

  • @michaelsumaza8484
    @michaelsumaza8484Ай бұрын

    Have had homemade ice cream with raw eggs all my life. Im almost 57.

  • @oldnorthstateoutdoors2002
    @oldnorthstateoutdoors2002Ай бұрын

    Andy a man that has as many tractors as you don't need to be digging potatoes by hand. Pull you a middle buster through there. 😊

  • @lorrismith7366
    @lorrismith7366Ай бұрын

    I love diggin potatoes!

  • @KristinaBakerSmith
    @KristinaBakerSmithАй бұрын

    "Done with no till." ME TOO! My ground is as hard as a rock and I've never had that problem before. I cant grow a carrot to save my life.

  • @mariebishop7598
    @mariebishop7598Ай бұрын

    Those chaps are good hardworking helpers!❤

  • @Melissa-pt2ik
    @Melissa-pt2ikАй бұрын

    Yep I believe that the water felt good to Maggie she had to lay down in it lol 😂

  • @sues6847
    @sues6847Ай бұрын

    I just figured out why I enjoy your channel so much. It's the honestly and willingness to say when you are wrong about something and you aren't afraid to say so.

  • @adigmon
    @adigmonАй бұрын

    Ugh…I so wish I had that creek running through our land! So beautiful and refreshing! You guys live in a gorgeous part of the country! Love you guys!

  • @sissylou1973
    @sissylou1973Ай бұрын

    My husband had a bad chainsaw accident yesterday . So I’m enjoying your video while he lays on the couch to recover. Love your videos

  • @brianeaton3734
    @brianeaton3734Ай бұрын

    Love banana splits with chocolate ice cream and strawberry topping….

  • @shirleyallen5180
    @shirleyallen5180Ай бұрын

    There is nothing more rewarding than digging new potatoes!!

  • @marthawalton8370
    @marthawalton8370Ай бұрын

    Love y’all. Enjoyed watching y’all!

  • @tobiwells8380
    @tobiwells8380Ай бұрын

    Skippin rocks and chillin in the “crick”!! What a life!!

  • @ritasnider2998
    @ritasnider2998Ай бұрын

    Maggie is so sweet with a little motor mouth, my great grand daughter is just like her. Willing to please. You are doing a great job as parents. 😊❤

  • @NanetteAycock-pq4tx
    @NanetteAycock-pq4txАй бұрын

    These are some of the best years of your lives.. Enjoy!!

  • @sandysmith8567
    @sandysmith8567Ай бұрын

    As efficient as it would be to keep a journal for all your gardens, it would take so much time. Kinda fun having surprises, anyway! I appreciate all the different things aspects of your life that you show us, and I love seeing Maggie and Jacob.

  • @JuliePascal
    @JuliePascalАй бұрын

    Skipping rock on moving water is a trick. Well done.

  • @pamelabradley8457
    @pamelabradley8457Ай бұрын

    I'm a retired RN And enjoying gardening your kids are precious so helpful. I was like your daughter as a little girl being raised by my grandma, she grew and preserved all. I Learned

  • @MynewTennesseeHome
    @MynewTennesseeHomeАй бұрын

    I just dug 20-25 potato plants yesterday and got about a 5 gal bucket. It's looking like a good potato year. I may try to plant another batch for a fall harvest. My Grandma always used egg yolks in ice cream. Looks like some good food right there.

  • @shellakers10
    @shellakers10Ай бұрын

    I live in Missouri. We have what you're calling river cane! I've always told the kids it was bamboo. Wow. I learned something! My grandson asked me if Pandas lived by our creek! Lol.

  • @brendawoods554
    @brendawoods554Ай бұрын

    I just love the way y'all work together as a family, exciting harvest on the potatoes.

  • @reginastratton5031
    @reginastratton5031Ай бұрын

    Megan, years ago, my mother-in-love gave me a homemade ice cream recipe that called for eggs. I've always used store bought eggs and it's always been great. I know your farm fresh eggs are more delicious.

  • @olddawgdreaming5715
    @olddawgdreaming5715Ай бұрын

    Great video Megan, you all had a great time digging and gathering all those potatoes. That's some fine meals with all the different ways to prepare those new potatoes. Got a good mess of both types of potatoes from the plant and see what happens garden plot, waste not want not !! Enjoyed your culinary teachings too, looked like a great meal you prepared . It's even great after the company visits with you. We will see it when you share it with us. Stay safe and keep up the good works and videos. Fred.

  • @Jamesjghome
    @JamesjghomeАй бұрын

    Love it yall from north Michigan

  • @LRobinson5
    @LRobinson5Ай бұрын

    Love new potatoes in creamed peas

  • @kennetheasterly9455
    @kennetheasterly9455Ай бұрын

    I dug my potatoes 🥔 this week also and they are delicious in some bacon grease 😂😂. Love y’all’s videos and enjoy watching!! Hope y’all have a great growing season!!❤️

  • @sandysmith8567

    @sandysmith8567

    Ай бұрын

    My grandma used to cook the potatoes in with the green beans, then take them out and fry in bacon grease. Flavor was amazing!

  • @kennetheasterly9455

    @kennetheasterly9455

    Ай бұрын

    Yes I’m going to try that!! I heard it was wonderful!!!

  • @PaulineLyons
    @PaulineLyonsАй бұрын

    Megan you and Andy have the most positive attitude. Wish I had the chance to live your lifestyle.

  • @marthawalton8370
    @marthawalton8370Ай бұрын

    Good morning!!

  • @sheelaghomalley5459
    @sheelaghomalley5459Ай бұрын

    Potato harvest has to be the most enjoyable job. Love from Ireland as always ❤

  • @nerd.outside
    @nerd.outsideАй бұрын

    Now that I’ve watched the video I want fried potatoes and ice cream 😂😂❤

  • @dawnwilliams8766
    @dawnwilliams8766Ай бұрын

    It's like Christmas when we harvest, lol. All of nature's gifts that we grow! Thank you for all you do!

  • @barbaraweber3084
    @barbaraweber3084Ай бұрын

    I love the excitement in your daughter's voice about asking about the ice cream, so cute.

  • @MelissaMounts
    @MelissaMountsАй бұрын

    I love all your videos! Just watching family having fun is wonderful 😊

  • @rhondaburnaman1019
    @rhondaburnaman1019Ай бұрын

    As my Granny used to say, “Beats nothing a’tall!”

  • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
    @MarkWYoung-ky4ucАй бұрын

    Y'all are the greatest inspiration on KZread when it comes to farming. I was sitting here after supper drinking some tea and watching y'all get up potatoes. About 8 minutes in after thinking about it, I went and watered my garden. That's not the first time one of your videos has inspired me to go do something in the garden. Y'all got quite a haul of potatoes out of that bed. Outstanding meal Meagan! Jacob and Maggie have the right idea about what to do when it's hot. Y'all have a great night.

  • @Christian-jx3nx
    @Christian-jx3nxАй бұрын

    I learned last year that potatoes need alot of water to get big. I have to plant later or raise the soil to prevent rainy spring rot here near Memphis. Digging potatoes is like opening gifts! 😊 that creek is a blessing in this heat! Y’all have fun

  • @roxannepruitt4024

    @roxannepruitt4024

    Ай бұрын

    I live in Lansing at off 64 before Earle at I’m raising potato’s in a planter can’t wait to see what I’ve grown

  • @Christian-jx3nx

    @Christian-jx3nx

    Ай бұрын

    @@roxannepruitt4024 it’s exciting! Good luck! 😃

  • @user-qi4ks2cp3d
    @user-qi4ks2cp3dАй бұрын

    I know I always say it but another good video. Thank you.

  • @JohnathanNeedham
    @JohnathanNeedhamАй бұрын

    Me and my wife just started watching yall about three weeks ago and we have not missed night great videos

  • @Melissa-pt2ik
    @Melissa-pt2ikАй бұрын

    Megan I enjoy watching your videos so much to me it’s like I am there visiting with ya’ll and I love watching your kids help you in your garden and it tickled me to see Maggie lay down in your creek so funny 😅

  • @mrs.americanmade7452
    @mrs.americanmade7452Ай бұрын

    Years ago my Dad would make us a milkshake in blender and he always added an egg which made it so fluffy creamy😊

  • @stevehoover16
    @stevehoover16Ай бұрын

    Megan love watching you cook You two keep making videos Thank you

  • @mishalea
    @mishaleaАй бұрын

    Omgosh, the chocolate ice cream looked heavenly! 😋 Nice potato harvest. Always a blessing to have fellowship w friends. Have a blessed week.😊

  • @user-tv3ik6pj9i
    @user-tv3ik6pj9iАй бұрын

    Do what my dad does we live up North cut up some of the hottest peppers you got seeds and all take a cup and soak them in a gallon of water for 24 hours then strain it and spray your bugs in the garden and hope it works for you and if you it works for us hope you all have a blessed day

  • @donnawells7987
    @donnawells7987Ай бұрын

    Will y’all adopt an old woman??😂😂 I just love watching y’all!! ❤

  • @EmbracethechaosPortugal
    @EmbracethechaosPortugal29 күн бұрын

    I love those little potatoes, even leftovers tossed in butter and left to cool, I will pick at them like candy!

  • @SharonHutchins-ve1cx
    @SharonHutchins-ve1cx15 күн бұрын

    Him calling his kids, youngins…. Makes me miss my dad. There were five of us girls. No sons. Dad loved us dearly. Took us everywhere. He called us youngins all the time. I suspect he couldn’t remember our names LOL!

  • @douglasgatian1401
    @douglasgatian1401Ай бұрын

    I grow them in an old galvanized wash tub just for a small batch. Kids used to think it was magical when they dug em up.

  • @jasonpinnix1905
    @jasonpinnix1905Ай бұрын

    There is just nothing like eating what we grow .

  • @LynnKorte-ve4qf
    @LynnKorte-ve4qfАй бұрын

    Plant another bunch now , fertilizer in the rows with 10 10 10 just under the seed ,then bury and put soaker hoses from harbor freight just above them, just under the ground,above your row. then fertilize thurout the s ason using a Meri grow water inline fertilizer cup and put Jacks Tomato Classic water sauable fertilizer in your inline cup and water feed those potatoes every 2 weeks until harvest,,they ll then will be big as grapefruit,,from Ga.

  • @lesterhertel2945
    @lesterhertel2945Ай бұрын

    Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊😊😊

  • @beverlybolden3401
    @beverlybolden3401Ай бұрын

    Good friends aren't always going to be there and eating supper late is ok! For sure, the work is always going to be there!!! Enjoyed the video! God bless.

  • @kelleyheard5790
    @kelleyheard5790Ай бұрын

    I planted potatoes before I planted anything. Everybody said I did it too early and the harvest is too early. But I've gotten some really nice potatoes.

  • @lucindasutt7365
    @lucindasutt7365Ай бұрын

    Beautiful Potatoes, Food and Ice Cream. See ya next time.😊

  • @glendabenard3772
    @glendabenard3772Ай бұрын

    That looks like a great dinner. Yummy yum.

  • @mint2bee689
    @mint2bee689Ай бұрын

    That ice cream had to be delicious made with fresh milk, cream and eggs. We love ice cream. You never know who you might meet over a cone of ice cream 😄 i like those small potatoes too, they're easy to cook. Your meals always look delicious.

  • @CindyMobley
    @CindyMobleyАй бұрын

    We just call it cane and we would cut long ones and let them dry, fix them with fishing line and cork and hook and go cane pole fishing, some call it bank fishing! My mother inlaw loved to fish in our pond with a cane pole!! And my grandkids are just like your kids! When they are at their place in the country they will swim in the pond or creek!! Just good living!!

  • @normasavitsky489
    @normasavitsky489Ай бұрын

    You have some Good Little Helpers!🙂👍

  • @kevindavis3841
    @kevindavis3841Ай бұрын

    Yep. It’s all in God’s timing. Ain’t nothing we can do or not do to change His plan. 🙏🏻

  • @vikkibyington3066
    @vikkibyington3066Ай бұрын

    You leave us in suspense!! ❤

  • @teresaedwards3659
    @teresaedwards3659Ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video!

  • @jasonpinnix1905
    @jasonpinnix1905Ай бұрын

    My mom made icecream with eggs just like that . I am still telling you all about it .

  • @thomasthibedeau8900
    @thomasthibedeau8900Ай бұрын

    Fingerling potatoes are usually white long small tubars.

  • @lindabyrne1645
    @lindabyrne1645Ай бұрын

    Enjoyed watching!

  • @LisaDeFrates-zf3rn
    @LisaDeFrates-zf3rnАй бұрын

    I grew up eating homemade ice cream made with eggs...it's the only way my grandma, aunts and mom ever made it. It seems a little wrong to me to make it any other way 😂

  • @charleschwalinski3141
    @charleschwalinski3141Ай бұрын

    I laughed when yall wasn't sure of what you planted where. I was the same way. I started a garden ledger in 2018, and it helped me so much. Love yalls videos. Chuck from Arkansas .

  • @JohnDenham-fc5xv
    @JohnDenham-fc5xvАй бұрын

    Hey baby girl, I really love to watch you cook. Such awesome dishes

  • @kennethvaughan8195
    @kennethvaughan8195Ай бұрын

    Lol. It would’ve drove me crazy not knowing where I planted what until it grew up. And on the creek. Lol if I’d told my boys to move over I was going to skip a rock….. I’d accidentally skipped it off his head. Needless to say, my 2 boys grew up tough. Lol. Country kids can’t help but to grow up tough. Lol

  • @PaulineLyons
    @PaulineLyonsАй бұрын

    Love the orange crew working together. Another great video ❤

  • @pennyoverstreet3969
    @pennyoverstreet3969Ай бұрын

    Hello! The eggs make the "ice cream" Custard, it's wonderful, so rich. Best "ice cream" I ever tasted was a pistachio custard OMG, it was delicious. Thank you for sharing your family life. We just got home from visiting Western N.C. we took our grandkids to a swimming hole at the Fingerlake in Almond. Grandson had a blast on the rope swing, he didn't want to go 😊

  • @michellerose6721
    @michellerose6721Ай бұрын

    I save the green potatoes for seed potatoes for next year.

  • @rubytaylor4566
    @rubytaylor4566Ай бұрын

    Hey yall, wow your garden yielded alot of potatoes. The homemade ice cream looked delicious. 😊❤🙏 Ms. Ruby

  • @sheilafade2016
    @sheilafade2016Ай бұрын

    Love that little water hole