VIDEO: Garden and Flower Update
Quick update on our tomatoes we planted in the red cups, our seeds started in the flats, and our daffodil bed.
Category: Backyard Homestead
Description:
We are keeping a video record of what we plant in our garden, where we plant it, and how much we harvest each year. We also raise chickens, quail, and fish. We are trying to become as self-sufficient as possible in our limited space. We live in a neighborhood. Our garden, fish, quail, and chicken space is about 3,000 square feet total. We wanted to lower our monthly grocery bill and to know where our food is coming from. We want to be able to rely on our own healthy, fresh, homegrown produce and less on processed and packaged food from stores.
VIDEO: Groceries for the Week March 4, 2017
Quick video about what groceries I got at the store this week and how much I paid for them.
VIDEO: Starting Coleus and Basil Plants and Picking Asparagus
We are starting some coleus and basil plants from seed we saved last year.
VIDEO: Grocery Shopping Trip for February 25th
My grocery shopping trip for the week, end of February update on how much we’ve spent on groceries and how much food we’ve harvested from the yard, and our meals for the weekend!
VIDEO: Repotting Tomato Seedlings
Our tomato plants that we started from seed have outgrown their containers. We are repotting them.
VIDEO: A Surprise from Louisiana and Weekly Grocery Trip
We received a really sweet surprise this week! We share our weekly grocery shopping trip. Love Kroger, Kroger Free Friday and Bonus Bucks!! http://973thedawg.com/my-brother-is-one-of-those-unique-individuals-on-youtube/
VIDEO: Chickens Taking a Dirt Bath and Groceries for the Week
I caught the girls taking a dirt bath and caught them on camera. The butter sale I’ve been waiting on finally happened. Grocery budget update.
VIDEO: Planting Potatoes
Saturday, February 4, 2017 We prep and plant one of our potato beds.
VIDEO: Updates on Shiitake Logs and Strawberry Bed
This video is an update on what we’ve done with our Shiitake logs and how our strawberries are doing.
VIDEO: Weekly Grocery Trip Free!
Went on weekly shopping trip to pick up my Free Friday item!
VIDEO: End of January Update, Questions about Garlic, and a Surprise from Our Girls!
In this video I give updates on how we are doing with our grocery budget and an update on our produce harvest for the month of January. I also have questions about our garlic and share a surprise from our girls!!
VIDEO: Frugal Weekend Lunches
This video shows our lunches from last weekend. Frugal meals that cost us very little to make. The food was either harvested in our yard, given to us by a friend who hunts, or bought for very little at the store.
VIDEO: Plant Markers, Propagation Trays, and Seeds!
We got the plant markers, propagation trays, and seeds we ordered! We get a bunch of seeds started and label all the things we have planted outside in the garden. Mini tour of the cleaned up and replanted garden.
VIDEO: When Steam Meets Camera and Lunches for Two Weeks
In this video I make my lunches to carry to work. I combined two weeks of lunch making videos. Just showing how I use produce from the garden combined with items from the store to make very frugal meals to carry to work. Inexpensive and tasty!! Sorry about the steam…
VIDEO: Harvesting the Remaining Turnips and Carrots
We decided to go ahead and pick all the turnips and carrots that were damaged by the freeze. Trying to salvage what produce we can and clean up to plant some more!
VIDEO: January 21st Grocery Shopping Trip
Description of my weekly grocery shopping trip. Picked up a few things we were low on. Spent $16.00 this week. Remembered to get my Kroger Free Friday item this time.
VIDEO: Making Cobbler in the Fire Place
During the “sleet event” it was cold enough for us to need a fire. Since the fire was burning anyway and it was too cold to play outside, we experimented with cooking different things in the fireplace. First we baked potatoes, then we moved on to this pear cobbler!
VIDEO: Garden Update After the Sleet Storm and Severe Cold Snap
Just sharing what the garden looks like a week after the sleet storm and cold snap. It isn’t a total loss. I think some things will make it.
VIDEO: Grocery Shopping Trip for the Week
One of our New Year’s resolutions is to spend an average of $100.00 per month or less on groceries. In keeping with this I am going to post a short video about exactly what groceries I buy each time I go shopping and how much I spend. I spent $21.77 this week on groceries.
VIDEO: Morning Chicken Routine
This is a description of the daily routine of taking care of the chickens.
VIDEO: Sleet Event and Carrot Harvest
We have a sleet event and temperatures drop into the teens for two consecutive nights. I pick some of the carrots I’ve been waiting to pick.
VIDEO: Planting in the Compost Bed
Today’s project is planting in a space in our yard that we felt was not being used to it’s fullest potential, the compost bed. We are trying to maximize every available planting area in our yard.
VIDEO: Cutting Back and Cleaning out the Asparagus Bed
Today’s chore is cutting back the old asparagus and weeding the bed. We plant some spinach from seed in the bed as well.
VIDEO: Weeding the Carrot Bed
We weed a badly overgrown row in our garden that has beets, carrots, and rutabaga growing in it.
VIDEO: Chickens and Goals for Next Year
A shot of our chicken girls doing cute chicken stuff and a short talk about our goals for next year.
VIDEO: Shiitake Surprise
We discovered a surprise while walking around looking at our garden and various projects!
VIDEO: Quail Harvest and Lunch
We weigh in our quail harvest. We put some in bags to freeze and eat the rest!
VIDEO: Preparing the Strawberry Bed for Winter
I am preparing the strawberry bed for winter by covering it with a layer of mulched leaves and fertilizer.