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@@SomeKoolPlace lots of good info! We are no longer in FL, we moved to Maine so no more papayas for us but maybe someone else can try those tips out!!😁

@@RootedInTx yes🙌. I want to double up the tomatoes next year but we'll need sturdier posts, maybe metal t posts with wire stranded instead of twine. This is the best we've ever done with tomatoes too! Not sure if it's because it's easier in Maine or just a general good year for everyone!

@@user-wv4ed7dy6h they're the same as what comes in seed packets😁but you get a whole lot more for your buck! Sometimes germination might not be as good but in this case it worked out.

@@user-wv4ed7dy6h yes! We tried a little of everything this yr to see what would stick and we were very surprised at how good most of it did.

@@kord530 they are so good! They'll be the best two nectarines you had 😆 We moved from this property but I hope the new homeowners are getting lots of fruit this yr too!

@@RandWFarmstead-TonyWalsh yes,just a couple days of rain and the weeds are carpeting the garden!😆 Thank you, We're going to open it soon!

@@riantonobdg27 sorry, we don't have these chickens anymore

@@user-wv4ed7dy6h thanks!!

Really! Theyve been too easy for me😆 I did try growing some radish seeds from a pack of micro green radish seeds and they didn't work out, google said it would lol but all they did was bolt before forming a bulb. You should try the French breakfast ones and see if they work out. 30 days from seed to harvest.

@@ourvisionfarm2893 I definitely will they look great

@@annettahorn5056 I believe the previous homeowner told me it's delphinium, seems to match the Google photos. It comes back on its own every year 😁 I love it, it makes a really good cut flower, very sturdy stems.

@@inskin2002 yes any woman's leggings ☺️ I think I got the mask on Amazon or tractor supply can't remember

@@ourvisionfarm2893 you got rid of him ?

@@inskin2002 yes we moved from FL and rehomed all the animals a couple yrs beforehand

@ourvisionfarm2893 he was a good looking donkey

What I do when I notice any flowers buds forming is pinch them off quickly.Cilantro likes to bolt very fast for some reason! The warm temps make it happen so you could try growing it closer to fall or earlier in the spring instead 😁 I emailed you back btw not sure if you received it. Thank you❤️ today is the first night of our other chicks outdoors. We made them a little prison and reinforced everything with whatever we could find around the garage🤞 hopefully we can get them to full grown sized this time, llus put a camera on them too so if an animal comes by well be able to see it this time.

@ourvisionfarm2893 Thank you for that advice! I told Marc we should try growing the cilantro when it's not so hot here. So we're gonna try that. I did get your email, thank you, it was fun to catch up! I was gonna reply this week when I have an update😊 How did it go last night with the chics in their prison, did it work out? I'm sorry I'm just now replying, hours and hours later lol.. we're still on the graveyard schedule..I just recently woke up 😁 I hope you're having a good day.

@@SummerBreeze77 so far so good with the chicks, nothing came by based on camera footage. We won't know though until a fox or something does come by so we can see if it attempts to break in or not. The camera view is nice though I can check them all night like if it was a baby monitor😆

The chicken wire was also torn in two areas near the bottom of the pen,I would think a human would just go in through the door. The fence was still connected and hot but a fox could easily fit between the gaps. From what I read online foxes eat a chicken or two and then kill the rest to come back later😣 our property is sort of close to the road so Im not dismissing the idea that it could have been someone but idk, the grass was so long you couldn't even see the chickens from the road, only our Facebook followers would know we had chickens .

I'm hoping they don't try to jump but unfortunately know they can, our perimeter fencing at our old place was 6 ft but with an additional strand of barb wire hovering a couple inches up and we'd watch the deer scale it like absolutely nothing when our dogs would chase them out😆and that was in FL where the deer are much smaller! For now we've honestly hit our spending limit for projects this year. We made the fence copying how our neighbor have theirs and they said they haven't had a deer get in their gardens for the last couple yrs🤞

I haven't heard about private farms? What does that mean? And yes more cameras is on our agenda for sure. We use solar powered cameras that are awesome, they're motion activated and catch any movements day or night! Just need to place some on that side of the house 😁

In FL we had quite a bit of predators because we lived right by a state forest but we were lucky we could keep our pyranese outdoors to help. We'll have to invest in fencing for sure to be able to keep the dogs out at night😊

We used to use electric netting and it worked out for a couple yrs! but we sold all that stuff before moving & we were shocked to see how much more expensive they are now🙈wish we would've kept the kit. I think the livestock guardian dogs is the best protection . Unfortunately ours just so happened to be sick right now at the worst timing so we didn't want to keep her outside unsupervised.

Thank you for watching❤️ if we ever try again commercially we will make sure to build better pens for sure. Trial and error! We knew better since we've raised birds before but now we know what not to do.

Thank you❤️ it's definitely a never ending battle living amongst nature. But we learn from our mistakes & hope someone else can also take something from it😊

You make a very good point, this land and area must have some stories to tell. We've prayed and I've annointed our home but didn't even think about the land😮 our town has a history of burning down in the past ruining booming businesses too. You are right we need to pray over our land as well and against any people who have cursed it or currently wishing for our failure.

That's a good idea since we already have the main electric fence around that area! If we ever want to try again maybe we'll do something like that as an extra layer of protection

Thank you, yes we've raised birds in FL for several yrs before moving to Maine. We have a great pyranese livestock guardian but unfortunately she has a tumor and we are keeping her indoors till her surgery. Just bad timing, our other dogs are seniors 15 yrs old each so they're no help😆 we don't want anymore dogs after this.

It's been very abundant & surprisingly pests haven't bothered it much besides a couple caterpillars here and there. Butterhead lettuce from MI gardener seeds we purchased. I'm going to be letting a couple go to seed so I can grow them again next yr😊

Lovely!

Yea, we decided it's best to call it quits on animals for now and focus on the orchard/gardens. We have a Great pyranese which has been super helpful in protecting the animals back in FL when we raised almost every livestock possible but now with her tumor growth we've been keeping her inside till her surgery. And we have two other dogs but both 15 yrs old😆 no more dogs for us after this❤️

There was no mess of feathers, a couple missing birds and the rest were killed and scattered all over the area inside the electric fence. The entry point where the animal broke the wire was towards the bottom so I'm thinking fox because that's what our neighbors said they spotted the night before and the morning of. From what I read foxes will eat one or two chickens and then kill the rest to come back later 😬

Thank you, after the initial disappointment we realize it is probably for the best. We will continue learning and raising our own in smaller batches but probably not commercially any time soon

Yes we have raised many birds like chickens, turkeys and ducks successfully for a couple yrs in FL so we were comfortable but we've also always had a livestock guardian dog to help out at night which I'm sure made a huge difference. Ours is sick and being kept indoors right now (I talked about why in video) so we decided to not raise anymore chickens or other animals in the time being. Best thing to do to avoid any more losses especially since now the foxes will remember our location🦊 maybe we can revisit the idea later once we have better structures to keep the chickens in.

@@ourvisionfarm2893 Losses could have been prevented if a plan was properly made out first. You have a sick dog. What the chickens were in is concerning, and I believe the smell was another problem. If you have anything else on your farm that a fox might want to eat then I recommend quickly looking, for a solution to hide it, so a fox cannot see it, and smell it.

And how exactly do you hide free range chicken from sight & smell??? Inquiring minds would love to know. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

@@ourvisionfarm2893you sound like the govt that wants you to eat fake meat & be happy. Be constructive. Get out.

@@TheFineLine920 I visited farms, but not everywhere on 1 farm, and do you want to know why? I will tell you why. I felt like vomiting outside. Because I was able to smell something that disgusted me. I was not able to see, and approach what made me want to vomit. I was told what it was that made me feel like vomiting. Just imagine if a similar plan was made then I think all of the chickens would still be alive, and where they are suppose to be. Instead of focusing on me well the focus should have been redirected towards the wild life such as foxes!