True Grit: Appalachian Ways
True Grit: Appalachian Ways
Hey y'all, I'm Meagan. My husband Andy and I grew up in rural NC and as newlyweds, decided we wanted something more than the typical American lifestyle. So we started growing our own food, I learned to can and so started this passion of food preservation and knowing where our food comes from.
Even though we grew up around this lifestyle, we still had to learn for ourselves, the ways of our ancestors before us. We now grow a huge portion of our food, including our own meat.
High society and MSM want you to think you don't have time to grow, preserve and cook your own food from scratch, but I am here to help you along the way. As a working mother of 2 on a busy little farm, there is time, we just have to prioritize it.
Live life on YOUR terms!
Contact me by Email at [email protected] or by letter P.O. Box 138 Lawsonville, NC 27022
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I gust love the way you live that’s the way I was raised
Just A Suggestion in the Dry Areas where the pond won't reach, how about Building a Small Water Tower to pump from. Save You from Carry Water...Always Enjoy Watching Ya'll
Does A Scare Crow Really Work in A Garden Andy & Meg Curious Minds Wanna Know..lol..
Noise Makers Meg That's Funny..lol
So, Andy That pump Isn't Cut Off on You Anymore ...lol
Good Morning!
This looks delicious, my kind of dumplings. You can also make a delicious turkey and rice soup with turkey, broth, rice,celery and onion.
What about the deer? I bet you get to keep the pears, apple and peaches they can't reach.
All of my strawberries, blueberries and raspberries have been struggling this summer. We need some serious rain.
When we planted field corn the outside rows always got hit hard by the deer. They'd eat half the cob and move on to the next one. We would cut them down with a machete, load them into a wagon and feed them to our beef cattle. It's a lot of work but the cows sure liked it.
Hey you two have you tried the yellow zucchini from hoss tools . I planted them and I can’t tell the difference in taste as far as the yellow squash . We love them
I’m planning on planting sweet corn if we can get enough rain . I tillered it this afternoon and it’s one big power puff .
Y’all it has rained all around us . We in patetown had o for June and a half inch so far for July. So hopefully we get three inches out of this low pressure coming this weekend. If I can get some really good rain I will be replanting the garden . How it has done what it has been by the grace of God
I have three blueberries bushes and the way I did mine I have wood chips form the guy trimming the trees . And my blueberry bushes have done awesome with it around them .
Hey yall from Goldsboro. Your second peach tree looks just like mine . I bought it gee 5 or more years from Lowe’s . Mine always has plenty of fruit but they never have done anything but stay green and they will get softer in Aug but still green. Someone said u might need another one for pollination. But u have two . So we see if your does anything. Keep me posted
If you like San Marzano, try Hoss Seeds Shelby paste tomato. I noticed they recommended it to someone who usually grows San Marzano tomatoes and was ready to try a hybrid due to problems with disease pressure.
Watching from scotland co.NC
So glad you got rain! I now watch your weather forecast and it looks like you are continuing to get rain. I hope the garden and pasture is recovering and not getting too sloppy. It always seems like it’s “feast or famine” with the weather.
You have the best accent I’ve ever heard…Love your voice…
Best green beans I've ever planted are Louisiana Purple Hull beans. The are delicious fresh & canned, we've grown them 3 yrs & run out b4 the next summer cause we eat em so much. Also, really kool growing & cooking! They are dark purple & turn green when ya cook em! 😂 Freaked me out the 1st time. 😂😂
SQUASH BUGS. check out Tippers recipe for easy to make squash bug spray on her channel "celebrating Appalachia." I only have a few plants, so I made a small batch to put in a spray bottle. I used about 2 Tblsp red pepper flakes and one whole bulb garlic. Ground them with a little water to make a slurry. Poured about 4 cups boiling water over it and let it sit about 8 hours. Strained it into spray bottle. Sprayed squash plant (top and bottom leaves and all) in the early evening. By morning the young ones were dead and the big ones were dead or gone. Sprayed them the 2nd night just in case, but no sign of bugs. My squash plants bounced back and is bright and happy. Hope this helps. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for what you do.
When is a pear ready to pick?
I hope you get rain real soon!!!!
Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊😊
My husband and I just love watching your show. I love it when you cook. Just love how the kids love to help.
You guys need to try driptape.
I sure enjoy walking around your farm, from kitchen chair.
I still have not had one drop of rain. Glad yall had an inch!! My garden across the road is barely hanging on. My plants at the house are doing well cause I can water these. You are absolutely right about deer eating things that they don't normally eat. They are eating on my impatiens which they have never done. They stemmed my peppers including jalapeños
Megan said "we planted that not long after we got married" Andy responded with astonishment "oh really... That's been a long time then" 🤣
Hi Megan. I made the Pool Hall Slaw today and it was delicious! Plan to use it as a condiment on hamburgers and hot dogs. For lunch, I made a ham and cheese sandwich and spread a good helping of slaw on it. The flavors took it to another level of goodness, Thank you for more good eats.❤
I love watching your channel
Y'all truly are an inspiration and a testament to what 2 motivated people can do. Some day I'll have somethin like that! I'll pray for some rain for ya, just without the swirly bits. Stay safe and keep smilin!
Thankyou 😊
In college after dinner on a farm with my then girlfriend her father gifted me a home cured country ham. Me not knowing what I know now stopped by a friends house on the way home from her farm and gave the ham to some other friends because I thought it was bad (in my feeble mind). My mother was absolutely furious when I told her what I'd done. Country ham biscuits is my absolute favorite now!
That second peach tree of y’all’s, that’s exactly what my Peaches look like! We’ve had enough rain in TN. Not too much either. But our tree is about 7 years old, it’s been struck by lightning, last year we had a very bad wind storm that I thought took it out. Well it’s loaded down this year. They’re just small and not ripening up👍
Thin out your fruit trees. You'll get bigger fruit
Where did you get the noise makers.. im sick of animals bothering my chickens. I think that is something that I would be very interested in putting around my animal enclosures at. Love your videos.
Hi Friends, if you can water your fruit trees every now and then, just not to loose them, when they are ripe they will be the most flavorfull intense tasting peaches you have ever had ! The drought makes the fruits concentrated !! I have found this to be true with melons, apples, peaches, pears, corn, baby red beets, onions, and sugar snap shelling peas ! Praying for you all. ❤❤❤😊
You can see how valuable ponds are and variety in what is planted can be too. Praying with you that our Father in heaven will provide for you !
enjoyed! "grow junk food" LOL
Andy, my Dad, always said the same thing "work smarter not harder". He would also tell me to not ask questions, "just listen & you'll find out everything you want to know"
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If the field corn doesn't make ears, can you chop the green stalks and make silage? I think a wood chipper could chop it and then bag it for fermentation.
Do you and Andy start your berries from seeds and do yall ever have problems with snakes in your berries and gardens.
Your encouragement is a BLESSING.
Your garden is really impressive despite the drought! Your hard work and diligence to insects and animals shows by the plants! Positive outlook even though some plants didn’t grow or got eaten. I’ve had some kind of rodent eating my new plants so I have put a tomato cage and bird netting around my round containers. So I’m going to plant some more green beans. I’m in So. Cal. Again thanks for sharing your lives and gardens with us! You tell us valuable information and inspire us with techniques. I respect your life choices with your family and homestead!!✝️❤️
Be watchful for deer eating your pears . I had a nice pear tree and when ever it was just about ready to harvest the deer would eat the pears They would stand on their back feet and reach up and eat them. LOL!!
Could that smaller peach tree be an apricot? Looks kinda like an apricot.
LOL 🤣🤣🤣. When you said you just fill your bean jars up with creek water I almost lost it. Hahahaha. That was some serious funny right there. 😅❤