VIDEO: Garden Harvest June 13, 2019
We harvested more candy onions, squash, and our peaches! We planted some watermelon in the area where we just pulled the onions.
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VIDEO: Late April Garden Update
We have been able to get out in the garden and do a lot of weeding and cleaning up. It’s starting to look more like a nice summer garden!
VIDEO: Starting Seeds
Today we are getting some seeds started for our garden. We are starting flats of Stowell’s Evergreen Corn, Celery, Broccoli, Cabbage, and Pak Choy.
VIDEO: Planting Our Fall Garden!
We’ve started planting our fall crops. We planted Danver’s Half Long carrots, Georgia collards, Siberian kale, Lolla Rossa lettuce, Red Romaine lettuce, Tendergreen Mustards, Black Seeded Simpson lettuce, and Bloomsdale Longstanding spinach.
VIDEO: Garden Harvest and Update August 26th
Today we harvested okra, butter beans, green beans, and peppers. We have a lot of new items planted in the garden we wanted to share as well.
VIDEO: Garlic Harvest 2018
It’s time to harvest garlic! I think this is the best garlic harvest we have ever had. Most of the heads were big and pretty. Last year we waited a little too long and a lot of the cloves had sprouted. I think we caught it at about the right time this year.
VIDEO: Strawberry Harvests
In this video we show several strawberry harvests. Sorry about my voice in one of the clips. The kids have been wild at school and I have been having to talk over them, lol!
VIDEO: April Garden Update 2018
This is an update about what we have growing in our garden in mid-April. We are working to transition our garden from spring veggies to summer crops. We have limited space so it is a juggling act when shifting from one season’s crops to another. I said “Hitton Chinese Cabbage” several times. I should have…
VIDEO: Planting Thornless Blackberries
We set poles and build a fence for our thornless blackberries to climb on.
VIDEO: Catfish Harvest and Planting Corn
We harvested some of our catfish and used the remains as fertilizer in our garden.
VIDEO: Transplanting our Tomatoes into Larger Containers
We are transplanting our tomato seedlings from the flats we started them in into our Solo cups. We are planting Roma, Better Boy, Black Vernissage, and Brandywine tomatoes this year.
VIDEO: Catfish are Growing Well in our Tiny Backyard Pond (Underwater Footage)
We have a tiny 8′ by 8′ pond in our backyard that we have stocked with Channel Catfish. We recently cleaned the pond for spring and harvested some of the fish. We were curious about how many fish were left in the pond, so we decided to take the underwater GoPro down to investigate!
VIDEO: Strawberries – How We Use the Deep Mulch Method
We don’t thin or separate our strawberry plants.Every other year we deep mulch our strawberry plants. We cover the entire bed with a very thick layer of leaves. We cover them so completely the plants aren’t even visible. The strong hardy plants push through the mulch layer in the spring for our new crop. We…
VIDEO: Asparagus Bed
Our asparagus bed has finally decided to kick in and make asparagus for us!
VIDEO: February Garden Update
Just a quick update about what we have growing in our garden in late February!
VIDEO: Urban Farm Partnering with Housing Developers
Steadfast farm is partnering with a development company to build an urban farm right in the middle of a community. Check it out here: https://www.eastmark.com/2018/02/welcome-steadfast-farm-eastmark/ Follow Steadfast on IG: @steadfastfarm Buy my book here: http://bit.ly/AllinOnebook Use this discount code for $15 off: newsub Subscribe: http://bit.ly/curtisstonesub | Follow my IG: @greencityacres Watch more http://bit.ly/2rvW4h5 from Curtis…
VIDEO: December Garden Update
This is an update for the month of December and end of the year!
VIDEO: Groceries for the Month of May
This video shows all our grocery purchases for the month of May. Our goal for the year was to spend an average of $100.00 per month. This month we spent $31.35. We have spent $542.86 this year bringing our average per month to $108.57. Another good month and we’ll have our average where we want…
VIDEO: Making Salad from Our Backyard Garden
In this video I am picking vegetables from the garden to make a salad. I pick enough to make a large enough salad to carry to work all week for lunch. Free lunch (practically)!! Woo Hoo!!
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: 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.