The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
Everyone always is asking “what do you do with the food left over from your farmers market?” So today we are taking you along on the after market process, to show how we prevent food waste here on the farm! By donating to the food bank or selling from our farmstand, we keep our food…
Today we have a little Q & A from instagram for our new series, Sit Down and Chat with Berry Mountain Homestead. Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before you go! Backwoods Home Magazine/Books: https://www.backwoodshome.com/ Amazon Store with Books listed!: https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelerose?listId=3E04JT11CGIY2 ▼ CONNECT WITH…
Today we show how we prune our tomatoes to get the biggest yields and prolong their life! Also, Big garden tour update today! Everything looks great besides some insect damage. #homesteadingvlog #homesteading Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before you go! ▼ CONNECT WITH…
Nut based agroforestry offers a huge potential to increase the ecosystem functions of human habitats. Osker Brown, of Glorious Forest Farm, will discuss all aspects of nutrition, harvest, storage, processing, and culinary use of acorns, hazelnuts, chestnuts, hickories, and black walnuts. We will show and tell tools and methods for processing, and sample some treats.…
It’s the day before our Saturday market, which I think makes it Friday, or more importantly, Harvest Day! It is a lot of work, but it is fun harvesting all the veggies and packing them up. It blows my mind how much food the farm provides, and we have had so much positive feedback from…
Today we start a new video series for our channel! A Sit and Chat with Berry Mountain Homestead. Come along as we update everyone with whats been going on with our house, garden, chickens and life in general. Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe…
READ THIS —- Ok, I realize the irony of saying these bouquets came from nothing, when we quite obviously have a literal flower farm, lol. The idea is, that you don’t always have a lot of focal flowers to choose from, and that’s what we are getting at here. Don’t be afraid to pick weeds…
Today we discuss our new ATV for our homestead and build the trailer for it to help haul firewood down off our property. We also ask you to let us know about a new type of video we are thinking of doing as an extra for everyone. *Stay till the end to come along with…
We have started selling our veggies this week, and are excited to be beginning our market season. We are selling at the local farmers market, setting up a market stand at our house, and selling $20 grab bags. It means we are busy, but working hard and seeing the piles of food stacking up is…
We are having a drink and a debate, so we figured we might as well go live too, lol. Join us with a calculator deciding how many imaginary things we should sell to make an imaginary amount of money. __________ Check out out new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBVPazS0vD2STPc3yitbegA?&ab_channel=YouCan%27tEatTheGrass __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE…
Today we do a garden tour and install our cattle panels to trellis our tomatoes for super cheap and it’s so easy! Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before you go! ▼ CONNECT WITH US INSTAGRAM | @berrymountain.homestead | t.ly/KYl9O MICHELE’S CHANNEL | t.ly/MZJYd…
The farm is exploding with so much food! But we have nowhere to sell it! But don’t worry, we have a plan – we will donate all the beginnings of the harvest and get ready for when all of our summer crops start producing in July. Till then, the gardens are looking great and we…
Today we draw and map out what we HOPE our homestead will look like in the years to come. Come join us for this fun journey! Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before you go! ▼ CONNECT WITH US INSTAGRAM | @berrymountain.homestead | t.ly/KYl9O…
My #1 tomato growing secret is to deep plant my tomato seedlings. It can feel painful to have to break off all those beautiful leaves and to turn a massive plant into a tiny little stump, but getting that deep and strong root system off to the best start really makes a difference when it…
After months of growing and fussing over seedlings, they are now officially all in the ground! Or at least, all the spring/summer ones, I’m still growing more for throughout the season, lol. Join Ian and Serina for a live chat about what our next big project will be, what’s happening with all our food, how…
We are getting ready to plant our flower farm, which means we are burning holes in landscape fabric. Using a tiger torch, we ditch the stencil and do it all by eye, because it is faster for us and actually works out well. Using landscape fabric helps us control weeds and frees up our time…
There are lots of ways to trellis tomatoes, and I’m sharing the 4 simple ways we used around the farm last summer. Twine or string training, simple t post and chainlink fencing top rail structures, metal fencing, and tomato cages, all work great for us. I explain how to trellis tomatoes with these different systems,…
Follow along with us as we begin planting our spring garden! today we plant several varieties of beans, summer squash, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts and carrots. Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before you go! ▼ CONNECT WITH US INSTAGRAM | @berrymountain.homestead | t.ly/KYl9O…
The farm has gone from nothing to abundance overnight. May is always a fun time of year because things begin truly growing and the harvesting begins. We are updating you on the farm, seedling sale, chickens, and everything else new and exciting in the garden. It won’t be long till the flowers are blooming, and…
Come along with us as we start clearing our hiking trail from the mess left over from the logging! Today we also get into planting our brussel sprouts in our new grow bags! Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before you go! Grow bags…
What should you plant in May? Everything! May is one of my favorite times in the veggie garden because once you are past the last frost date, you can plant so many plants. I talk about planting both seedlings and from seed (don’t be afraid, from seed is very simple). As well as hardening off…
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The busiest time of the year here on the farm is April and May. Between getting ready for our seedling sale, preparing and planting the veggie beds, starting all the flower farm, and fighting the weather, there just isn’t enough hours in the day. But despite that, we are slowly making progress, and the farm…
Come with us as we try to make HOMEMADE BUTTER for the first time ever! It’s so easy, anyone can do it! Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before you go! ▼ CONNECT WITH US INSTAGRAM | @berrymountain.homestead | t.ly/KYl9O MICHELE’S CHANNEL | t.ly/MZJYd…
Day in the life | HOMESTEADING VLOG Come with us throughout our day with our chickens and transplanting our seedlings into solo cups! Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before you go! ▼ CONNECT WITH US INSTAGRAM | @berrymountain.homestead | t.ly/KYl9O MICHELE’S CHANNEL |…
Keep calm and garden on. In this video Serina gives 3 helpful hints to guide you if you find yourself without the seeds you need to plant this years garden. Don’t worry, there is lots of time before you have to plant, so order online anyways. Your favourite seed suppliers are surely seeing record demand…
Its time to get busy in the garden, its warm enough for some of you to plant everything in the outside in the ground, while for others like us, its still time to start most of our stuff in pots or trays till we are past our last frost. Kale, Spinach, Lettuce, Carrots, Tomatoes, Eggplants,…
If you haven’t tried soil blocks before, then watch this video and start using them. They save on needless plastic, are actually fairly easy to deal with once made, plant easy, and are so cool. Thats right, soil blocks are cool. Once you figure out the proper level of moisture, and the right technique, you…
We are SO excited to share our new experience with all of you! This week we brought home the beginnings of our backyard flock of layer hens! We decided to start with six Red Star started pullets. Thank you for watching our channel and following along with our homesteading journey! Be sure to subscribe before…
Serina and Ian are goal driven people on a mission to farm. We talk all the time about our vision for the farm and what needs to be done to make that vision happen. This video goes through a short list of goals we have for the 2020 farming season. Do you want to support…
