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Today I was called out by Gramma Rose to answer these five questions: Why do I garden? How long have I been gardening? What do I grow? What is my favorite thing to grow? Why do I YouTube about it? Gramma Rose’s Video Sharing Why She Gardens and Tagging Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09v2dHrELoI&t=612s I am tagging: Cog…
I’m finally making our cucamelon pickles that I’ve been talking about. But first, I’m taking a relaxed walk through the garden and harvesting a few baskets full after the storm. Varieties Mentioned in this video: Cucamelons (Also known as Mexican Sour Gherkins) Wild Boar Farms Blue Gold Berries Tomato Wild Boar Farms Blue Berries Tomato…
I’m preparing a plan for the fall garden which means I have to tackle my huge and ridiculously unorganized seed collection. You DID want to see it. So here it is! Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel…
It’s just another day on the farm! Come and take a walk around with our homesteading family. Ben sure is keeping me on my toes today. This farm kid is a ham! Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend…
Welcome to our channel, YouTube. We are so, so thankful that you are here and we hope you are both encouraged and entertained by what we share here. Thank you for choosing to follow along with this dream come true! Want More Roots & Refuge? Check Out: Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently…
Our real estate agent is coming by, because THE OFFER WAS ACCEPTED! We have papers to sign, and now we get busy trying to get our financing in order. Sam doesn’t care, and Lia thinks we should have bought the berry farm. __________ Subscribe and JOIN OUR JOURNEY! https://www.youtube.com/c/YouCantEatTheGrass?sub_confirmation=1. __________ SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/you.cant.eat.the.grass/…
We are excited to have put in an offer on the old farmhouse, but are nervous because we aren’t the only person currently submitting an offer. Are we going to get the place? We don’t know, but we hope we do, because it could be our dream home and new farm. __________ Subscribe and JOIN…
Ian and Serina went looking at 4 homes, all of which they were excited about, but they can only pick one. Each home has lots of potential to be a different type of farm, but only one can be our home. Join us in our excitement to pick the perfect house as we describe the…
In this family VLog montage, we cover what’s been happening over the past week for “Self Sufficient Me” including: gardening, painting a bedroom, beekeeping, making fruit leathers from pawpaw, warbirds at an airshow, plus more! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on…
The snow has melted and it has even got dry enough for the kids to be able to go and play in the leaves. Lia has been waiting impatiently for months for this moment – jumping in the leaf pile. She was less excited about the cleaning up of the leaves though, lol. Daily Beetle…
The second round of grapes are ready, but the concords aren’t as nice of a eating grape as what Lia is used to. So her and Serina pick a bucket to make some grape juice instead. It’s a super simple recipe with tasty results! At least Lia thinks so, lol. There is nothing like using…
Ian is off to work. He got the call, and is leaving to start his winter season. Whenever he goes off for his shift work, we don’t have a solid date for when he will come back. We are hoping to see him home before Christmas, but if he works straight to Christmas, we will…
We are starting a weekly series all about learning how to ferment! Every week we will be researching and trying out a new fermentation recipe, and giving you an update on the progress of our past ferments. Watch me learn from the beginning, or better yet, get in on the fun and ferment along with…
Ian gives a tour of the vegetable garden. And Lia won’t be outdone, so she joins in to let everyone know what she likes best. Watch to the end to see what kept Lia quiet till we finished filming. The garden is at one of its lushest periods, at the end of July. Most of…
Serina left some garlic to go to seed. See what scapes turn into at a few different steps in their maturity. A few different heads get dug up, and you can see how pathetic the results are. Learn the ins and outs of how NOT to grow garlic from seed, lol. I mean, we are…
Serina demonstrates our process for harvesting the onion seeds from our Walking Onions, and how easy it is to plant our raised beds.
