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Awesome harvest! I love how the sunflowers greet you at the entry. TFS🌻🌞
Do you have ants in the garden? If you do, please help me. I am in Florida and ants are killing everything I put down.
You're garden looks amazing! So many peppers, I see lots of cowboy candy or hot sauce in your future LOL. Strangely we have had temperatures almost as high up here in Ontario as well lately. So insane to think we are having such heat up here. My garden is loving it though so I'm happy. I just sneak outside around 5 am to water and check on my plants before the sun gets too hot. It's the only way to keep it up and not roast LOL
In The Book of Judges, Chapters 6 and 7, God calls Gideon to fight against an army who was destroying the children of Israel, His chosen people. The Medianite army was so large that The Bible describes the unit as being without Number. (Judges 6:5) Now Gideon and his unit came before God, ready for battle. There stood along with Gideon, his army. God tells Gideon that he has too many. God Says send the fearful ones on their way. Gideon shaves the number down to 32,000. God tells Gideon again that he has too many. God tells him that I will select the ones who will be in your unit down by the water. God Says all of those who bow down on their knees to drink, send them on their way, but the ones who bring their hand up to their mouth to drink; they will make up your unit. There were only 300 soldiers who scooped up the water and brought their hands up to their mouth to drink. (Which causes us to believe that we need to remain watchful.) From 32,000 soldiers down the 300! So Gideon by The Hand of God will win the battle with less than 1% of his original number of soldiers. Just let the Awesomeness of God soak in right here for a moment!🙌🏾 God tells Gideon from the start that if your army is too big, Israel will claim that they won the battle because of the strength of their large army. In essence, The Lord tells Gideon that this battle belongs to Me and I Am going to create such insurmountable odds against you, that all will know that I Am The Only One Who could have gained the victory. There are a number of things that we can learn from Gideon’s encounter: -Make sure you start your business with God in it. -Don’t worry about the crowd. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE CROWD. Because if GOD be for you, who can be against you? (Romans 8:31) If you’re not saved, today is a great day to give your life to Jesus Christ! John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 🙏🏽
Just caught your channel but will subscribe! Loved this build - what a team you two are! You have the beautiful voice too. You should contact Calm and offer to read sleep stories! You and Thomas made this look so easy! Thank you!
So sweet! Thank you 🥰
I was going to give up on my greenstalk. I'll try the water system.
It makes things so much easier!
Try dilly beans. They are pickled. I love cutting them over salads.
I've not heard of dilly beans! I will have to look these up!
I am ever so glad that I found you!!!! I'm in NC but we are Kindred Spirits. I enjoy your videos! Please take care!
So sweet! I'm so happy you have as well ❤️
i hang dry. Got Mullen, red and white clover, and lambs ear. Oh yeah some Healall
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I can't thank you enough for being so sweet and offering all the help from your garden experience. I wonder if you plant a fall garden and what are the winter crops. I'd like to have potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, and turnips to start with. Thank you again and I enjoy you and your garden. 😊 I forgot to ask when to plant flower seeds that I harvested like you do or Holyhocks that my brother gave me. Thanks!
Hi!!!! Do you know what zone you are in? I love using Old Farmers Almanac website to see my planting dates! You simply put in your zip code and it tells you when to plant your crops! The Fall garden is full of brassicas which are foods like Broccoli, Kale, Cabbage ... Also carrots, and your lettuces! As far as your flowers, look up each individual one so that you can see if they are cool weather flowers or warm weather flowers! So many flowers are started in winter and bloom throughout the spring but die back when the weather gets too hot if you are in a hot climate! I hope this helps 🫶🏾
In the garden, there are vining plants. A cucumber is such. It has tentacles that attach to whatever is near enough to grab ahold to. It is interesting that vining plants seldom vine down. They tend to always vine up. We can take a lesson from these plants in regards to what we allow to attach to us. We must be diligent by The Grace of God to not allow any person, place, thing, or idea attach on to us that will prove to be invasive in the wrong way because this vining will certainly travel up. Up is where your head is. When things take ahold to our head, they are pretty much locked in there. That is way it is extremely hard to change the way we think about certain things. At some point there was an attachment that made its way over time straight to our head. Since we tend to operate inside our head, we must know and understand that we need the Help of The Holy Ghost to know when to say, “No, don’t even go there.” Then start making your way to your safety zone: JESUS! It is not an exaggeration to say this needs to be an everyday-all day long endeavor.🙏🏽
I am so happy the garden algorithm brought you to me. You're garden is gorgeous. I live on a plain and miss living in the trees so much. Gives me a nice deep breath just looking at it!
This makes my heart happy to read ❤️ I'm so happy you can find a breathe of fresh air here 🫶🏾
So inspirational! I love it! Thank you for sharing! ❤
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Tulle is a very good cover for your plants. I am going to use it again in my garden to cover my elderberrys. The beetles and 🐦 like them.
Hello! My first time seeing you. I really enjoy your still. It's like mine in a way. Thank you for the strawberry idea! Please take care!
The first time I came across your channel was the video where I watched you and your family harvest potatoes. It made me happy seeing all of you working so hard together as a great team. Y ok u must be a close family which is a precious gift. I really love watching your videos . I sometimes watch them for several hours at a time. The Stevia segment is interesting. I forgot to mention in your weekly meal planning where is the next one? I could not find it if there is one yet. Thanks!
Your garden is beautiful! How do you c ok ntrol the weeds so well, by the black garden plastic or the mulch and wood chips? Do you gave a Butterfly bush? My neighbor has one with purple tiny blossoms that smell like lilacs. Its only as tall as my hips. I love watching the Butterflies land on it. I so much enjoy your tours and explaining every plant. A live would be great. Thanks for asking us!
Nice photo shoot! Love the pictures.
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I love your greenhouse and reuse make overs
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We hit 117 in the low AZ desert. I come out at 5 to 6 am to get my gardening chores. Then back iut 6 pm till dark!
😯🫠🫠🫠🫠!!! Oh my goodness! 🥵! That's a whole different level of heat! Bless you!
I bought the hoops and insect netting. Just put it together and it's great. I have beetles taking over my pepper plants. Going to try to use it tonight but where beetles are in the ground idk. Definitely going to use it next year. Love the solar lights. I bought a cheaper pair of clippers and love them. Glad I found your channel.
I took my first spiritual bath using herbs and flowers I grew and it was something special! ✨️
wow my garden season is like half the length of yours up here in Canada . On the best of years we get 161 days if we are lucky. but it's usually closer to about 120 days
How hot do your summers get?! I'd love to exchange some growing days for some cooler ones 😅🥵😂 From what I've heard Canada gets pretty cold though .. which I don't think we have thick enough skin for!
It is the color of your glasses sis! I love it!
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There is a saying that says, “God has no grand children.” This basically means that what goes for one, goes for all. If God tells us to do or not to do a thing, He means it. That goes for the preacher, deacon, doctor, and lawyer. That goes for the teller at the bank, the movie star, the Sunday School teacher, the truck driver, and the maid. That goes for the President, the Secretary of State, and car detailer. That goes for the baby sitter, the professor, and the janitor. That goes for the young, the old, and the in-between. That goes for the soldier, the grandma, grandpa, and the cashier at Walmart. That goes for ALL! There are no loopholes and clauses. There are no wherefores, and exemptions. While we relish God’s Mercy and His Grace, we must NEVER take what God Says for granted. It makes no difference who you are, what you got, how long you been who you are, and what you think you know; GOD is GOD and He means What He Says Every Single Time He Says It. Though we are not to be afraid of God, we best grab a good hold on seeking to understand how to have a healthy fear of The Master of this universe for He is Holy and Demands Reverence. Pronto! As the old hymn that use to be sung so often says, “It’s getting late in the evening and the sun going down.” Jude 24Now unto Him That is Able to Keep you from falling, and to Present you faultless before the Presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, 25To The Only Wise God our Saviour, be Glory and Majesty, Dominion and Power, both now and ever. Amen.
Why don't you sell some of your green beans online. Get you some zip lock bags and sell them by the bag. I know our people would buy fresh green beans from you! You can have them delivered from uber or something.
Just love the garden❤
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Do you sew your clothes too?
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Thank you for taking us on your journey building your dream greenhouse! Its beautiful and you two are so amazing.😊
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When you were painting it black I couldn't imagine it being black. It looks great! I probably would have made mine sage green or some shade of gray. You 2 are anazing builders. Is your husband a contractor or are you just great at building things? I am so impressed!
Thank you so much! The black really does fit into the space so well! Although I love the idea of a safe green 😍 My husband is just great at building things. He has a natural move for it! ❤️ Thank you 🫶🏾
Cottage door? I love that color.
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This was relaxing
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Wow, that's some extreme heat. Here I am struggling with our 97°F temp today in SoCal, lol. Anyway, I truly enjoy watching your harvest videos! My garden has gotten off to a slow start this summer and I haven't gotten a chance to harvest much at all, so it's such a joy to watch yours flourishing. All the peppers are gorgeous. What variety is the yellow/orange pepper?
I'm so happy you get to enjoy our harvests while you work on yours! The yellow orange pepper is a pumpkin spice jalapeno pepper ❤️
Your garden looks amazing🙏🏾💙🙏🏾 Basil tea sounds interesting. Yes I have that Presto Digital Canner and I absolutely LOVE it. I got it about a year ago and he has put in some work. Super easy to use. I Can a lot of Green Beans because my Sophie loves them and so do I. Wow indeed that was a beautiful Sunflower. I have never seen one that color. Awesome garden tour Thanks for sharing. Be Blessed and have a wonderful weekend.
I love that Sophie loves your canned green beans! She is living the best life 😍
@@ourfreedomsong All Thanks to GOD we BOTH are🙏🏾Sophie will be 11 years old next week (7-11) every year I make her a “Bark-Cuterie Board” with all her favorite goodies on it. She is definitely my Special little girl. She has been with me during the bad and good times. Now we are just living our best life for sure. Be Blessed and a Big Props to the family for that gorgeous garden🙏🏾💙🙏🏾
I'm in Georgia so yup, HOT. I also harvested herbs to dry and dehydrated. First I washed them put batches in salad spinner til it was a lot dryer then I rolled in a dish towel before putting in dehydrator. That lessened the time for each batch of herbs ( only 4 lbs of peppermint, oregano, basil, skullcap, a couple others). It's getting up early to get them harvested before the sun gets to baking you. Love your videos and your layout.
Drying them before hand is such a great idea! And I love all those medicinal herbs you have growing over there!
Ŕe your accent wall in the garden shed...have you thought about chalkboard paint? Or maybe on a section of the wall...for lists?😊❤❤❤
Love this idea! I am thinking about lists! I'm leaning into using some cork board! I think that may work well .. we will see! I ordered some today!
Zone 9b in FL - 100 degrees and super, super humid. You are drenched in 5 min of just standing outside. Needless to say, gardening only happens early morning or near sunset when it doesn't rain. 😅
Woooooow! That's some serious 🥵!!
You inspired me not give up and plant more flower because I still have time to grow. Yes this 8b SC heat very disrespectful. I almost lost so many plants last week. Great harvest!!! 😊
I'm so happy you aren't giving up! 😍!!! The flowers definitely help ease the pain of our crops suffering!
Right, one day of not attending watering and everything can be gone in all this high heat
@juneramirez8580 Ah! I can just imagine!
What is so cool that you drop those hints/timelines for us
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So beautiful
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Don’t get bent out of shape just because someone doesn’t think exactly like you. If any two people think exactly the same; one of them is unnecessary in the mix. You simply focus on being better than You were yesterday by bringing the best flavor that you can to today’s pot! That’s pretty much the goal of every day of your life.🙏🏽
I'm in North Carolina, and we got that Heat wave as well, I brought some shade cloth to go over my garden , hopefully that will help keep it safe.
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Hello What kind of irrigation do you have
Hi!!! We have drip irrigation in most of the garden. I do have to finish installing it in the flower area!
Nice pepper harvest 👍 and your shead is looking great!😍💕
Thank you so much ❤️
Your basket of tomatoes is like a beautiful still life painting. 😊
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Your channel is called "Our Freedom Song," but it seems to majority highlight you over the whole. Why do y'all decide to show the single woman over the family doing this?
Taqueshia here 👋🏾 I am the primary face of this channel although my family is very much so apart of everything you see. You may not see them all the time but they are always lending a helping hand and above all that, learning this lifestyle just as I am. Beside that, everything that I do everything I put my hands to.... all the food that is grown etc. Benefits our whole entire family. It's all a part of our journey 🫶🏾
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Great video. Great harvest 😊😊Its getting too hot here as well in socal. My plants are getting beat up. 😂😂.
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