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Greene Acres Homestead
United States
Registrace 17. 11. 2017
Out of the hustle and bustle of the big city to the beautiful woods of northern Minnesota. My wife and I bought a 5 acre chunk of undeveloped land, cleared a section, built a 320 sq. ft. home, and were living in it in a matter of 3 short months. Since then we have been working with the land to live a more sustainable and natural life. Through the ups and downs we have gained a bit of knowledge and want to share our experiences with you.
Blueprints for a Gardening System Using Chickens for Fertility
These are plans for a growing system I plan to build this spring. I wanted to share the idea in the hopes of inspiring you to do the same or something similar. This will be the first video in a series following the progress of this mixed farming system.
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Perennial Paddocks - Video 1 - The Beginnings
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A quick look at the area we plan to turn into grazing paddocks for our chickens. This video is to document the overall look of the land and soil quality. So far we have planted several fruit tree rootstocks in 2 main rows dividing the paddocks.
Beyond Organic, Resilient, and Abundant. A Life Worth Living.
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Biodiverse, chemical free, stewardship living. With hard work, a lot of studying, and some good ol' fashion determination, all of this was possible in a short 6 years! Sure we had failures and set backs, that's why we know what we know. Don't wait another day. Start developing the type of life that gives back to you and the ones you most cherish, all while helping the soil become the healthiest...
Utilizing What You Have - How we Built the Greenhouse Chicken Coop
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I've had a few comments recently on the channel about the structures we have here on the homestead. I thought I'd make a video talking about, and showing, how we went about sourcing materials and the designs of some of our out-buildings in an effort to spark some ingenuity in those of you that may be interested. Apparently I had a bit to say as this "quick" video runs a little over 20 minutes! ...
Old Farmer Ingenuity- Simple Garden Hoe for Light Weeding
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An old friend showed me this trick years ago and it is so useful I wanted to share the knowledge. Shout out to Mrs. Johnson, I hope you are well.
Abundant Outcomes of a Regenerative Farming Homestead
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This is an artistic look at the outcome of a lot of hard work and a bit of time. Don't be fooled. regenerative growing systems aren't quick and easy, however they are worth your time and labor. Designs and research only get you so far, you need the hands on experience in the field to really understand these principles and why they work. So get to doing, its worth all your effort.
Starting small and Dreaming BIG - Connecting Guilds with Sheet Mulching
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Walking around the homestead now, it's hard to remember just how small we started out only a short number of years ago. A patch of straw with some plants here, a few areas of woodchips and saplings there. I wanted to make a quick video that would inspire some of you out there to start small, really small, and over the next few years add a bit more here, a couple of feet more there. In the blink...
Chicken Coop System For Abundant Harvests
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This is a look at our greenhouse system that's connected to the egg layers coop. We have done this for years now and the soil continues to get better! Permaculture practices are all about utilizing what you have and making those systems function to the maximum capacity. This is a great example of that. Sustainable. Organic. Abundant.
Ants & Wasps & Hornets Battling over Saplings Full of Aphids
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There was a year we experienced an extreme drought and the insects were looking for any kind of moisture they could find. Our food forest was a prime location for all types in large numbers. I remember having to harvest vegetables at night due to all of the wasps on the plants. I was out walking through the garden one day and noticed a lot of movement around one of our apple tree rootstock prop...
Beautifully Abundant 5 year old Food Forest - Varieties & Visual Examples
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This video was never intended to be for CZcams, but after watching it I thought it was a good representation of various varieties that grow well in zone 3. I know people are always looking for tried and true, tested varieties, especially for colder climates. I hope this video is helpful in that respect. Our winters in northern Minnesota get as cold as -40 and these plants (highlighted in the vi...
The Raspberry Patch- Pointers and Tips for a Large Yield
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The Raspberry Patch- Pointers and Tips for a Large Yield
Collect Scion Wood and Graft Your Own Trees
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Collect Scion Wood and Graft Your Own Trees
Stop Buying Seed Trays That Don't Last - DIY Seed Starting Trays of Cedar
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Stop Buying Seed Trays That Don't Last - DIY Seed Starting Trays of Cedar
To Grow Nutritionally Dense Food is Your Birthright.
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To Grow Nutritionally Dense Food is Your Birthright.
A Crash Course on Companion Plants for Tomatoes - Video 1
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A Crash Course on Companion Plants for Tomatoes - Video 1
DIY Bumblebee Nesting Boxes - Step by Step
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DIY Bumblebee Nesting Boxes - Step by Step
Hugelkultur - a visual guide (with text)
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Hugelkultur - a visual guide (with text)
YOU MAY NEVER THIN AGAIN! - An Onion Experiment
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YOU MAY NEVER THIN AGAIN! - An Onion Experiment
3 Garden Practices You Need to Start Now
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3 Garden Practices You Need to Start Now
Deep Bedding in the Chicken Coop - A Modified Version
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Deep Bedding in the Chicken Coop - A Modified Version
Companion Planting in a 4'x10' Grow-bed - (No Talking)
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Companion Planting in a 4'x10' Grow-bed - (No Talking)
DUPLICATE YOUR TREES - CLONAL ROOTSTOCK - start to finish
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DUPLICATE YOUR TREES - CLONAL ROOTSTOCK - start to finish
Tomato Plant Experiment - Over and Under Watering
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Tomato Plant Experiment - Over and Under Watering
Start Seeds with Red Solo Cups (Tips and Tricks)
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Start Seeds with Red Solo Cups (Tips and Tricks)
Zone 3b Chickens...raising a flock at 35 below zero
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Zone 3b Chickens...raising a flock at 35 below zero
Keeping Chickens (1950's vintage PSA throwback just for fun)
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Keeping Chickens (1950's vintage PSA throwback just for fun)
cheap ziplock (single zip, store brand, biggest box you can find) snack bags for the beginning and quart bags for their first week or 2 then if you still have rough weather you can even use gallon bags as a last resort.
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How is Arnold?
Wow. Smartest gardening technique I've seen on YT in a while! 💚 Love it.
Suggestion - try sandwich bags rather than wrap over the cups to retain moisture whilst keeping some airflow. I’ve tried both and found the bags led to quicker germination. Not actually sure why.
Water will rise to the top? I give 2 table spoons over the seeds everyday but don't cover them, am i going to fail?
Slurping 😣!
more videos please!
This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much! I'm going to make mine a bit bigger, maybe 10 x 20. I was going to wing it but glad I watched your video. I wouldn't have thought to do the 3/4" lip at the bottom to allow water to drain easily. Happy homesteading friend and thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I started increasing the variety of flowers on my mini farm three years ago. There was a big reduction in pest pressure at 20 varieties. I'm trying to increase that every year, with a focus on varieties that bloom early and late. Also letting them stand after they turn brown to help insects over winter. I top some of them and let them dry upside down over large grow bags to collect seeds. Last season I was able to collect about 200k. I mix them with screened peat, coir and sand to make them easy to broadcast by hand. I do this in spring when the soil is moist and the temp is in the ballpark. Then only need to keep them moist until they sprout. Virtually no work after that.
Super solid info! Thanks!
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Great video, will you be trying this Spring? Any tips on attracting Queens to the nestboxes?
What do you suggest for holding water as a catch? and also preventing soil from being too moist?
You can use any tray that will fit… many of the plastic trays will work fine. I personally don’t use anything and simply allow the excess water to run out on the table. Overwatering is very common with seed starting, once the seed’s sprout and have their first true leaves, allow the top 1/4” of soil to dry out before watering again. Also the cedar will absorb and retain water so you shouldn’t have to water as much as you think.
Awesome, I want to create educational content, can I use this video?
I was watching a farm channel & they were planting their corn 1" deep. WOW! I thought that a bit deep but they are the professionals. !
Everything at 1/4”!!!! Even large squash!!! Been planting that way for years-
Nice Garden
So once you cut the initial tree back to a stump, we’re you adding a first layer of sand and then sawdust on top of that for the new roots to grow into??
No. Allow the stump to sprout shoots. Then once they are long enough to be buried about a foot deep and still have around 6” of leaves exposed then you’re ready. Most likely it will take around 2-3 months after you cut it to the ground before you start adding soil at the base.
This is a great video. Thank you for making it. This was extremely insightful.
i dont comment much, but love this video.... tells me more then reading and trying to figure it out
Just discovered your channel, so happy!! Moving to a 20 acre plot of land in 3b, wanting so many of the things you've set up and had success in, thank you so much for all the information!!
Have bees moved in since the making of this video? :)
Nice video! You make kale look tasty! New form of kale chip… frozen kale chip, love it! ;)
That’s great! I was just looking into this combination- what type of squash is this? Thanks
Sweet dumpling- a very small but tasty squash!
Man, this was a pleasure to watch. I like the format and all. Im growing tomatos 1’ apart from each other I have 12 plants going 2 rows…they are about 1 to 2’ tall. Built a trellis and havent hem started on a twine that I hang down from above, but the sun flower as a support is brilliant, thank you for sharing. I have some sunflowers started they’re about 8” tall , im gonna give them a try and plant a few in between…it looks crowded already as it is , but i really would like to try. Wish me luck. Thank u and Have a great day .
Nice- good luck! In the future I will plant the sunflowers in a zig zag pattern and run string horizontally about 3-5’ high. Otherwise it was a huge success-even if the tomato plants started to sag as the fruits got heavier.
Love it! keep finding queens in my garden that are cold and torpid as we are having a chilly spring here in B.C. I've been reviving them with honey which is working - but I am worried they aren't finding places to nest. One thing that I have seen and will try on the box I will build today is to mark the front of the box where the entrance hole is with bright yellow paint to help the queens find the entrance. I'll use non-toxic paint and see if that helps them find the entrance. Given that all the bees I have found in the last couple of weeks are hiding in the first daffodils that makes sense. The cat-tails are such a great idea!
Thank you- I just checked these boxes, where I put them in the fall, and there are chew marks around the entrance holes. Mice have been nesting… very excited to see what this spring/summer brings. Look for the follow up video for sure! I’d love to hear how you do with your journey as well! Keep me posted.
So wonderful! We're up in Alberta and starting this year. Your food forest is very inspiring!
Muchas gracias!!!
I'm trying to seed start on kitchen table.The more I learn the more I don't know a thing.
I can relate… there are so many ways to go about a task. The best thing is to start where you are, with the knowledge you have. The rest will come in time, experience is going to be your best teacher.
@Greene Acres Homestead thank you..I'm a farmers daughter who never paid attention.My parents grew everything abundantly.They farmed worked and raised kids and through in gardening like an after thought ..with produce for the year.I didn't appreciate it then..
Two things: first, a question for you, have you considered putting a cattle panel arch over the north run & letting the squash climb it? The varieties you mention are likely too large/heavy, but a smaller variety could be grown as well as/in place of one of them - this would give you more room for other plants in your growing bed as well as providing some shade to the chickens (and a bit of protection from aerial predators) - and I suppose you could put one up over the south run too, it's just that you didn't mention any vining plants there; second, just a mention to possible new chicken owners, different breeds roost at different levels so the perch might need to be lowered (for example, Orpingtons will 'roost' on the floor of the coop, non-flighty breeds like a low roost they can 'hop' up onto). But you had me at the graph paper - I don't even know how many graph tablets I've bought over the years!
I have, in the past, grown sugar pumpkins on arches, works great. I have a sweet dumpling squash that would be perfect for that. I like the idea, perhaps just a small section, as I want to get a decent amount of sunlight hitting those runs so they sprout/grow whatever I seed in them for forage. Most likely it will be oats or wheat… maybe a small 2’ wide arch at the north end will be added. On hot points of the season I will cover the coop with a shade cloth- Great point about the roosts and different breeds. We have been hatching chicks for so long that most of my birds can jump/fly 8’ easily. I do remember having to put a roost at 3-4’ so they could reach the higher roost when we bought Orpingtons years ago.
@@greeneacreshomestead Well, see, there you go - I completely ignored the whole growing forage thing! I've never actually had orps, just subscribe to a channel that raises them for eggs & meat for themselves as well as to sell hatching & eating eggs/chicks/extra roosters (grown) for meat. All of theirs roost on the ground.
Yeah they can jump a bit but are definitely big girls that need a low roost. It’s so cold up here I like to get them as far off the cold ground as possible. I am grateful for your comment anyway because I will be adding a large arch on the north side, I really love the idea. I may even use it for a variety of grape we enjoy. Thanks for sharing!
Seeing all this green & chickens running about was just what I needed on this blustery day after shoveling snow for an hour and a half. Thanks!
Nice! Our food forest is 2 weeks old now! 🌱🍅🥒🍆💚🌱
Yay-congratulations! Hoping all the best for you. What I wouldn’t give to be in your climate. Thanks for stopping by.
@@greeneacreshomestead tbh its pretty extreme here minus 5 c in the winter up to 45 in the summer, spring and autumn are lovely though!
Those are some large swings. Now I’m curious, how long is the growing season? We are roughly-38 to 38 c, probably around 4 months of good grow time.
Those are some large swings. Now I’m curious, how long is the growing season? We are roughly-38 to 38 c, probably around 4 months of good grow time.
@@greeneacreshomestead the grow season is early spring hereis, already beginning plant wise, prob had the last frost, by May though its extreme, so lots of shade netting, we've just put swales in built a big reservoir as we ran out of water last year 💦😢
what size cups do you use ?
Standard size- just your normal red solo cups, if anything go bigger rather than smaller.
@@greeneacreshomestead I was thinking about using the 18oz. square bottom red solo cups.
@@howard977 that should work fine. Also check out our video on the cedar seedling trays.
@Greene Acres Homestead I have watched that video several times, and l love that the two sides come down to prevent the tray from sliding, and it makes stacking them a lot easier. l start my hydrangea hardwood cuttings in wooden trays like that filled with leaf mould. l made them from pallet slats. Your tray design takes advantage of the vertical space by stacking them, and your design prevents them from sliding, too. Thank you for all the great video's, l know how to garden because of you .
Thank you so much.
Wow thanks for doing this video. I was one of those who asked how it was made. I appreciated seeing the snow build up too. I’m in Iowa and new to these snowy winters. I’m in the planning stage for building a greenhouse attached to a chicken coop, and am fortunate that we will be replacing all our old wood frame windows, so I will be designing a greenhouse/coop using them. I also enjoyed seeing your rabbit hutch.
Yes, I would probably never have shared this kind of video without being asked to. I guess I figured people wouldn’t be interested. Thanks for your comments, as it seems that people are getting something out of the video- I hope the build goes smooth, let me know if I can help.
I am so happy to find a zone 3 channel! Bonus, it is near my neck of the woods, so things that thrive for you will probably thrive for me as well!
Awesome! Welcome neighbor-
So nice to see all this lush green during this artic freeze. Hard not to want to start seeds.
Amen!
Your place is abundant and beautiful! May the Lord’s blessings continue to be bountiful as you steward what he has provided you!
Would you mind sharing an overview and/or plans to building a chicken coop green house. I’m trying to plan one and having difficulty sourcing actual plans. Thanks for this video!
You’re not the only one who has asked for plans or a bit more insight into the greenhouse. So I’m going to shoot a quick video talking about how I built ours and some thoughts I’ve had since… should be up soon.
@@greeneacreshomestead awesome thank you!
Excellent idea! Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant idea have shared it to my husband to make 😀 thank you for the video
This was great! I shared it to a gardening group I belong to on facebook, hope you don't mind.
Of course not, thank you
wow. Can't watch that without getting seasick from all that camerawaving 🥴
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Just found your channel from the comment's at edible acres video. I'm really enjoying your video's! Very beautiful and well done. Also very inspiring seeing how you can grow all that stuff at such a cold location. I'm in south central MN. Zone 4b
That’s awesome- such a cool thing they did there sharing the spotlight. Glad you’re enjoying the content and thanks for the compliment! I’m grateful you took the time to let me know. It definitely is a short window up here… but that’s what makes it precious.
Beautiful video, thanks for sharing.😍 I especially liked the point you made about the wasps. They are really so underrated as a beneficial! Tip: If it is so dry, that wasps become a problem by munching on fruit, etc, all the other animals especially insects are suffering, too. I put out numerous flat water bowls - like birdbaths - around the garden so that the birds and insects can safely have a drink. If mosquitos are a problem, just empti out the bowls every evening, let them dry out over night and refill in the morning. Also, put some pebbles or something semiliar in the water, so that the insects can get out of the water if they accidentally fell in. If I had a bigger property, I'd dig a pond - that would draw in even more beneficiall animals. I have to make do with bird baths and "bucket ponds" 🙂
Great advice- yes we started putting small mixing tubs (about 2’x3’) dug in throughout the perennial gardens with rock ramps in the corners, that same year. I should make a video on that… we started seeing a lot more frogs and snakes in the garden since. Birds use them as well and though they do produce more mosquitoes I actually like how they benefit the ecology on a whole. They bring in so many dragonflies from our large pond about 80 yards away, it’s one of the most memorable things about that time of year-walking through the garden with numerous dragonflies circling around you as they eat, especially when I push-mow the grass pathways. I appreciate you posting this in the comments on this vid-
@@greeneacreshomestead Just found your channel yesterday, so I have to watch your other stuff - the list looks very interesting! One of my neighbors has a little pond quite close to our fence so I get to enjoy some dragonflies, to. I also don't follow my own mosquito-avoiding advice 😉. Insectaggeddon is so bad, they (and the animals who live on mosquitos) need all the help, they can get (YES, I'm crazy, I'll risk being stung if "breeding" mosqitoes helps feed "my" swallows. (I'm in Germany, by the way - we don't have the "dangerous" mosquitos, anyway).
Bout as close to perfect as you can get. Hopefully there are children that get to be enchanted there.
I have 3 beautiful little girls. Some of my most treasured memories are of them in the special little nooks throughout the homestead. Thanks for the comment.
Questions: At 3:37, what is the tall plant in the foreground that looks like sow thistle? At 5:57, what kind of berries? Also, what variety of grapes (I have Frontenac) and strawberries (can't remember what I have, just that they're everbearing) are you growing? Thanks!
There is sow thistle in there but maybe you’re looking at broccoli or kale that went to seed (we change those annually (almost) so I can’t remember) Aronia berries. Somerset and St. Croix grapes were in this vid. And we have alpine strawberries, ac Wendy and totem.
@@greeneacreshomestead You can keep your Aronia berries😝, I'm loving my Black Velvet gooseberries. I want to get Alpine strawberries so I'll keep those in mind. Thanks much!
Yellow wonder is some of the best alpine strawberries- make sure you try some, they are our favorite small variety. Aronia makes great jams and syrups… but definitely not for everyone 😂
@@greeneacreshomestead I've never cared for jams/jellies/marmalades. But do try the Black Velvet gooseberries, SO good! Just fence your dog out if you have one, mine ate 30% of my harvest (first year producing, so not a huge number of berries but still maddening)
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Thank you!
nice video of your progress! and you hit a milestone of subscribers now! 500 :) Nice job!