We Neglected These for 3 YEARS | Planting Our Homestead Orchard

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  • čas přidán 19. 03. 2024
  • Welcome to Calico Cow Acres! We're Mickayla and Taylor. We’re starting from scratch on a previously abandoned farm in the foothills of North Carolina, and we're working to transform it into our dream homestead!
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Komentáře • 57

  • @calicocowacres
    @calicocowacres  Před 4 měsíci +7

    How many times can you spot Ricky prowling in the background?👀

  • @lclaws
    @lclaws Před 4 měsíci +4

    Just a note: These are some channels I like to watch. Living Traditions Homestead, Three Rivers Homestead, Our Tribe of Many, Sow the Land, Justin Rhodes, and Acre Homestead.

    • @dennisbentson823
      @dennisbentson823 Před 3 měsíci

      The Hollar homestead is one of my favorites also Simple living Alaska!!!!

  • @belieftransformation
    @belieftransformation Před 4 měsíci +1

    I really enjoyed your submission video to Abundance plus video fest! You are great vloggers & are so resourceful! Thanks for sharing! 🤗🇨🇦

  • @cherylpresleigh6403
    @cherylpresleigh6403 Před 4 měsíci +8

    I think having berries in one’s garden is a huge blessing!

  • @sarahschlosser1203
    @sarahschlosser1203 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Great work guys your garden is coming together. You should be so proud of all you both have accomplished.

  • @chelseaapicella4412
    @chelseaapicella4412 Před 4 měsíci +3

    This is the stuff of dreams! So looking forward to planting our berries in a permanent home, but alas, ours have been surviving for 2-3 years in sad little pots too haha. The work will be SO worth it when you're swimming in berry jams, jellies, and pies down the line! (Total aside on the netting around the trees - frogs, snakes, and the like love getting stuck in it... ask me how I know! Many a creature was saved from the plastic prison, lol).

  • @brokenmeats5928
    @brokenmeats5928 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I love ALL Calico Cow Acres videos!

  • @debbiebeckstead9268
    @debbiebeckstead9268 Před 4 měsíci

    Everything is starting to look so good!😊

  • @heatherjolly8389
    @heatherjolly8389 Před 4 měsíci

    I love your videos!!! Instead of playing the cardboard saving game i bought a huge roll of paper in the painters section of home Depot for laying down for a weed barrier❤

  • @317peppermint
    @317peppermint Před 4 měsíci

    Hope your raspberries make it! Once they thrive they will spread in the ground like crazy 😅

  • @ecwbrowser
    @ecwbrowser Před 4 měsíci

    Great video! Its awesome to see the progression around the property and in the gardens. Just a heads up on the blueberries, they are supposedly on the more difficult side of berries and require very acidic nutrient rich soil with good aeration for the roots. I'll probably do mine in a raised bed this year to control the soil parameters the best I can while they get established

  • @tessakai
    @tessakai Před 4 měsíci +1

    I’m in the Piedmont and Western North Carolina is like Shambala 🙌

  • @peterrowellranson8649
    @peterrowellranson8649 Před 4 měsíci +2

    May I make a suggestion used coffee grounds are wonderful for the garden you can ask local coffee shops to keep them for you normally free as long as you supply the containers and collect them Pete cape Town south Africa 🇿🇦 😅

  • @cathykillion6544
    @cathykillion6544 Před 4 měsíci

    Enjoyed the video 😊

  • @marthamyers
    @marthamyers Před 4 měsíci +2

    You guys are killing it!!!! Your local grocery and liquor stores are a good source for cardboard.

    • @calicocowacres
      @calicocowacres  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Liquor store - great idea!

    • @marthamyers
      @marthamyers Před 4 měsíci

      They are great for moving boxes too!@@calicocowacres

    • @waddeym
      @waddeym Před 4 měsíci +1

      one of my favorite places 🙃@@calicocowacres

    • @calicocowacres
      @calicocowacres  Před 4 měsíci

      @@waddeym 🤣🤣

  • @sandradee8880
    @sandradee8880 Před 4 měsíci

    Im jealous you must be lower than me in elevation. Im up in Ashe county just now starting to show life of spring.

  • @LoveGrowLiveFree
    @LoveGrowLiveFree Před 4 měsíci +1

    YaY! Happy for another video ❤

  • @fleurettewoods6080
    @fleurettewoods6080 Před 4 měsíci

    your berry patch looks so great. I didn't know you could separate out the runners like that. I learn something new every day.

  • @karenwood8300
    @karenwood8300 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Your investment in your berry plants should give you dividends for many years to come.😋

  • @terelhutto8604
    @terelhutto8604 Před 4 měsíci

    Interesting visuals, kitty cameo 👍, delightful background music, superb editing👍, but I 💗 the closing few seconds of Taylor and you.

  • @waterlooboy
    @waterlooboy Před 4 měsíci

    Best of luck kids! I hope to see those berries flourish!

  • @GarnerFarmsKodakTN
    @GarnerFarmsKodakTN Před 4 měsíci

    Looking good! We’ve been on our property 11 years, we planted berries and orchard 4 years ago but if we had it to do over, we would’ve planted it all 11 years ago! When it comes to trees and berries, plant more than you think you want!! **Also, I believe I noticed one elderberry, just fyi..you need another one to pollinate. (You probably knew this but) Everything looks great!

  • @robbiedickison2005
    @robbiedickison2005 Před 4 měsíci

    I think you need to find a plave to put a fire pit.

  • @jamesjessee4064
    @jamesjessee4064 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Good luck with your berries 😊

  • @kimberlyschiele1117
    @kimberlyschiele1117 Před 4 měsíci

    Hey guys... Just a thought... The best and easiest way to do berries is yhe way more than Farmers have their Raspberries set up. Easy to harvest and easy to maintain. T posts 3' to 4' wide with ome cross nar farther down on the T post and wire run from one side to the other to kind of trellis the berry bushes. Check it out... Blackberries can be done this way too. Oh and he keeps them from spreading by rototilling along each side pf the trellises to keep any seedlings from spreading the plants.

    • @calicocowacres
      @calicocowacres  Před 4 měsíci

      We are planning to do exactly what Codi & Michele did with their raspberry trellis. Loved their setup!

  • @kjhgkluigliuh
    @kjhgkluigliuh Před 4 měsíci

    just taking a break from shoveling chicken poop a compost to the raised beds. getting ready up in new england for some planting. great timing for a video. good work you guys!

    • @calicocowacres
      @calicocowacres  Před 4 měsíci

      Whew sounds like you deserve a nice little break time 😊 thanks!

  • @camicri4263
    @camicri4263 Před 4 měsíci

    Blessings

  • @patriceg1100
    @patriceg1100 Před 4 měsíci

    Put those raspberries 8 feet from your other bushes!!! They get huge!!! I am sure they will do great!! Golden raspberries are so good!!!

  • @hollycarr2124
    @hollycarr2124 Před 4 měsíci

    Yay!

  • @katyl
    @katyl Před 4 měsíci

    I am so totally in love with your farm, your content and yourselves.
    I'm curious to know how many acres you own if you are able to share that info.

    • @calicocowacres
      @calicocowacres  Před 4 měsíci +2

      Absolutely, we have 8 acres! Happy to have you here 😊

    • @katyl
      @katyl Před 4 měsíci

      @@calicocowacres I watch your channel and dream about the day hubby and I get our own little piece of Heaven on earth.

  • @lclaws
    @lclaws Před 4 měsíci

    How do you feel about ceiling fans now that you have been in the house for a while? I live in Florida and the fans move the air when the humidity is high.

    • @calicocowacres
      @calicocowacres  Před 4 měsíci +1

      We have nothing against ceiling fans. Everything in this house when we moved here needed to go since it was moldy, etc. That being said, we don’t feel like we need to reinstall them. We have a box fan that we use for noise to sleep & that moves air very well, but we only use it at night. It doesn’t get too humid in here, even without any central air systems.

    • @lclaws
      @lclaws Před 4 měsíci

      @@calicocowacres That’s great. Florida is very humid.

  • @peterrowellranson8649
    @peterrowellranson8649 Před 4 měsíci

    Am I missing something have you acquired a truck or is it someone else❤🎉😂

    • @calicocowacres
      @calicocowacres  Před 4 měsíci +1

      We’ve always had the truck. It’s the only vehicle we have that works right now, actually 😅

    • @peterrowellranson8649
      @peterrowellranson8649 Před 4 měsíci

      @calicocowacres OK thought you had two cars I have to buy when I move to the US next month probably a truck and suv for the farm been looking at Ford and chev