VIDEO: Our Chicken Coop and Setup
We’ve had a couple of question from people about the size of our coop, how it was built, and other chicken questions. We are addressing some of these questions in this video.
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VIDEO: Snow Storm and Prepping the Garden for Spring
We had a little snow storm and a long period of freezing weather. Our garden is pretty much gone. We cleaned up all the dead vegetation and started prepping the garden for spring!
VIDEO: 1,300 lbs of Produce From Our 3,000 Square Foot Backyard Homestead
We produced 1,300 lbs. of edible produce from our 3,000 feet of usable backyard space.
VIDEO: It's Been a Cold Week in Mississippi!
Our aquaponics system in our filters for our catfish pond has frozen over completely! We have had an extremely long cold snap for our area. Yesterday was the first day in about 7 days that the temperature got above freezing!
VIDEO: December Garden Update
This is an update for the month of December and end of the year!
VIDEO: November Garden Update
We set out a lot of the plants we have started from seed. This video shows the new plantings and updates the existing plantings in the garden.
VIDEO: Fall Planting in Our Aquaponics System
It has grown too cold for the impatiens in our pond filters. We are replacing the impatiens with some fall garden plants. We’ll see how they do!
VIDEO: Harvesting the Last of the Jalapenos
The last few nights of below freezing temperatures have taken their toll on the Jalapeno’s. We are harvesting them and doing a final weigh in.
VIDEO: Weekend Garden, Quail, & Firewood
We had a pretty productive weekend! We harvested quail, cut firewood, and picked the beans in the garden.
VIDEO: October Garden Update
Garden update for October. We have been adding a lot of fall vegetables to the garden. We need a little help identifying a mystery plant. Thanks!!
VIDEO: Harvesting Blue Lake Climbing Green Beans
October 15, 2017 – Harvesting some Blue Lake climbing green beans and other produce from the garden!
VIDEO: Groceries for the Months of August and September
Grocery update for the months of August and September. We are on target to meet our goal of spending less than $100.00 per month this year on groceries!
VIDEO: End of September Garden Harvest
We harvested the first of our new Top Pick Purple Hull Peas along with a lot of other things from the garden. We also dug our sweet potatoes. We show our garden produce weigh in update!!
VIDEO: Skylight project
Replaced a skylight this week. Building methods are a bit different than I know but got it worked out. Saved a bunch of money doing it myself.
VIDEO: Root Knot Nematodes
The foliage on our peas was looking yellow and curled and the plants weren’t growing very quickly. I consulted a friend and he gave us some insight.
VIDEO: Groceries for the Month of July
This video shows our grocery shopping trips for the month of July. Our goal is to spend an average of $100.00 per month for the year for groceries. This month brings our grocery spending for the year to $717.82. This brings us to an average of $102.55 per month. We have five more months to…
VIDEO: Never ending rain and two projects
Rain this year is coming way too often. A few days of sunshine then a week of rain and low temps. Showing a few projects as well.
VIDEO: Garden Harvest and Lunch
We picked cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, and peas.
VIDEO: Pulling Green Beans and Planting Peas
The green beans have slowed down so much that we decided it is time to pull them and plant some more purple hull peas.
VIDEO: Creating a New Strawberry Bed
We are creating a new strawberry bed with the daughter plants we caught off the plants in our original strawberry bed.
VIDEO: How We Water Our Garden with Water from Our Fish Pond
We show how we attach a hose to the pump in the pond to water our garden with our good nutrient rich fish water.
VIDEO: Planting Purple Hull Peas
We are planting purple hull peas where we pulled the last two rows of corn. We also plant climbing green beans where the other Roma tomatoes were.
VIDEO: The progress Guess I have more than I thought
First installment of what our garden is looking like. I reduced my ambitions for the garden this as I am still recovering from the long illness but mostly because I have several other projects that absolutely must be done.
VIDEO: Pulling the Roma Tomatoes and Replanting
The Roma tomatoes have really slowed down in production, so we decided to pull them. We harvested all the tomatoes from the plants, pulled the vines, and replanted where they were with butter beans.
VIDEO: Timelapse of Aquaponics Impatiens
A week to week look at how our impatiens grew over time in the pond filters.
VIDEO: Fertilizing our Peppers with Worm Tea and Chicken Dirt
We are fertilizing our peppers with worm casting tea and chicken dirt. We then mulched the pepper bed with hay.
VIDEO: Groceries for the Month of June
Groceries for the month of June. We spent $62.03 for food for the month of June. We have spent $604.89 for the year. This brings us to an average of $100.82 per month for food. Our goal for the year is $100.00 per month on average!!