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A company would only test if they were adding to their compost piles. And they should test prior to adding to their master pile. Herbicides will stay on the soil for years . I was an environmental chemist testing soils and waters for 35+years.
Do you have a company you recommend buying soil from?
This!! /\
Do you know how long it takes to bioremediate compost if you use em1 religiously?
I did not realize that, many thanks for commenting.
I'm a little surprised that company tests on a monthly basis. Makes me wonder if they had a mishap in the past. My company sells a soil amendment, and we are only required to test for our licenses once per year.
Man I can't imagine how much the landscaping is costing. So happy you are getting all the help you need to make the homestead your dream. You deserve it!
Was just thinking of the cost as well. Such a blessing to get it done so beautiful and precise
I still don’t understand the raised beds on a hill. I would think you would end up with soil erosion and nutrient depletion. As much snow and rain that you get in your area, a lot can happen under that soil. Can you explain that more? How do you plan on addressing that in the future?
I think you should do a Q&A soon because a lot of your viewers have valid questions about this large scale gardening project. I am wondering what your plans are for maintaining all of these beds...it is too much for 1 person. Will you hire help? Also wondering what you plan to do with the excess food you are growing? Do you plan to sell at farmer's markets etc? This will make way more food than your family of 3 can consume. What is your longterm vision for this space and the food it will produce?
Becky is all about food preservation, so although her family won’t eat all of it as it’s fresh it would be preserved and feed her family for years to come.
If you are bottom watering them, don't forget to put them on 2 separate trays, otherwise the water could pull potential contamination out of one soil & be soaked up by the other one!
Such a beautiful garden space!! So excited to see it planted out & thriving!!!🥰
I hope she sees your comment - it's so important!
That's what I was thinking as she had put the bag of suspect soil on top of the tote of soil she liked more. Even if a bit got in, it would cross contaminate. Also her gloved fingers went from one soil to the other when she poked the seeds in.
Saw the comments regarding the cross contamination and I absolutely agree because the results will not be accurate. Maybe she'll notice what she did and redo the tests.😮😊
@@hazelm.9434 in the end, both soils had good results. The beans grew in both sets of soil. Even after that she continued to test the soil, which was overkill and a waste of time. All she needs is to check the pH.
I know you recorded this a couple weeks ago, but for future reference you could stop by your local extension office and see if they would help explain the soil test results to you. We're starting a community garden here in my little town and our extension was very helpful translating results and letting us know what we needed to do to amend the garden spot.
I’ve wanted to post about shredding cheese. A lot of time, cheese goes moldy from bacteria on our hands. If you use gloves when breaking it down, it will make your cheese last longer in the fridge:)
I wear gloves when shredding cheese too! It does keep it from molding as quickly.
I will have to do that. Thanks for sharing.
Did you guys hear the food gloves are contaminating the food? I guess you didn't.
Or, wash your hands. No need for gloves 😊
I have definitely experienced this with cheese. I've scrubbed my hands and also worn gloves. Gloves extended the life of the cheese longer for sure.
Pam here….the nurse in me was like NO dont touch one and the the other with the same hands…taking soil from one to the other. Hope your tests turn out. The first one looked the best for a lot of reasons.
I’m not a nurse but thought the same thing. Cross contamination. Maybe the amount of cross over is small enough to make a big difference.
I just posted these same concerns. I’m not a nurse either but I have been in the green industry for years and in finding solutions to plant issues one must consider cross contamination as one of its main culprits. One other example would be trimming a plant with a disease and then using that same instrument to say trim or cut another plant, transferring that disease to the other plant. It just introduces too many variables. My suggestion would be start over with potting them up separately.
I got the feeling the guy pushing the wheelbarrow wasn’t happy she was recording him. Just saying 🤷🏽♀️
The new farm is looking so good. But I am sad that they took all your trees and bushes when they cut them down. You could have had them bring a wood chipper and made a mound of woodchips. You could have put it in your new chicken coop for the chickens to dig in. They would have made next years compost for you. Look up The Hollar Homestead, that guy loves playing in his dirt. He has turned his clay baron homestead into a garden. And his chickens do all the hard work for him.
Becky when you build your deer fencing I would strongly suggest using metal posts (so they don't rot) and have a 45 degree angle welded onto the outside (so facing out of your raised bed area) with 4 strands of tensioned wire to support your vine crops such as grapes, passion fruit and kiwi fruit.
What I did but wish I could have her raised beds!!
Wow, I can’t imagine the costs involved in all of that. 😵💫😵💫😵💫
With all of the moisture you have in your area, using wood for the posts is going to come back to bite you, I’d imagine. Doesn’t matter that they are set in concrete, water will still get in there and rot that wood.
Next time you take a sample, try taking a composite sample from multiple sample locations within the pile - it will give you a better idea of the entire pile. Did you have the lab run a test for herbicide residues as well? If you are already going through the trouble you could also test for heavy metals.
Becky, the seeds in the "goopy" compost might rot due to moisture, not contamination. You should do another test as well. Mix some of each compost type with whatever the other ingredients are that you'll be putting in your raised beds, i.e. peat, coco, perlite, vermiculite, topsoil, etc., whatever you'll be using.
That retaining wall build makes me nervous. For that amount of height and slope, you're looking at a very high risk of failure without something like geogrid to help offload back pressure. Hope they are also adding in a drainage solution so you don't have to deal with surge weight with rainfall as well
Gloves A with compost A, gloves B with compost B, to not contaminate. 😊
Seems it would have been cheaper to have steps leveled up and down that hill rather than each bed. Those guys are very patient. Plus they could have used all the discarded dirt removed from making the road.
It would have
Oh what a glorious garden space!!!! Love all the beautiful raised beds, what a joy they will bring you for many years to come!! 🌱🌱🌱💕👍🏻👩🏼🌾
My husband is a hops farmer and we attended a seminar about hops. They had an environmentalist this talking about soil. Listening to him was actually the best part about the whole seminar. See if you can find something like that to attend in your area. I swear you will get a lot of input and understanding. Definitely worth looking into. You're gardening area is looking amazing and I can't wait to see all the vegetation growing in them this year. Beautiful.
One of the most informative & interesting classes I had at university was Soils. It was a real hands-on class too, we did actual soil testing at various sites. We also had a practical final exam that went from project on paper all the way through soil & site analysis for a public park with restrooms. We each had to go over the project, look at the soil & project maps, say which areas would be inappropriate for restrooms, etc. I had no idea what any of that meant prior to that class, nor did I even know there are existing soil maps nor how to read & use them. It gave me a real appreciation of that entire process & what all is involved. I never looked at "dirt" the same way again.
@ being a gardener, it's so important for us to understand our soil. What it lacks and why our vegetation isn't as nutritious as it should be. I wish more people could either take a class like that or sit at a seminar (for hours and hours) taking notes.
Spent hops are good for composting once the distilleries are finished with them😀🇦🇺
@@rickthelian2215 He use to throw ours on the garden when he was done brewing up his beer. Now he just sells them all to a broker and doesn't keep any to make his own. No time these day's to make beer, trying to grow the animal farm too. I do miss the smell of it.
New home,new garden,new side by side cart and is that a new car too..wow that's a lot of money right there
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Thank you for doing so much for wouldn't believe how much you've done for me. I'm sixty six years old and i'm doing a garden again because of you becky you are inspiration
Please do a price video of the garden cost.
Why didn’t they level each plateau first? It seems like it would be easier to level the beds then.
I love that you say you're a gardener that wears gloves. I can't stand getting dirt under my nails. I purchased the gloves you shared and I'm so thankful. This will be my second year gardening. Thanks to you being real and sharing what you learn as you go, I have the confidence to do this. Last year, i only did about 100 sq ft, we just tilled 800 Sq ft for our family garden, and I'm so excited.
You may already be familiar with a you toober called Garden Answer. She is in Ontario, Oregon and has a commercial garden center and has very good advice regarding gardening in your part of the country. If you don’t already know her, I think you might like her channel. 😊
I love that you have raised garden beds! Wow these men are working so hard. Fantastic progress already!
These men are working there butt off!
Oh I wish I had thought of this sooner! What I have learned from fence posts-and raised beds posts like yours- is to use metal in the ground with cement. The wood does rot out in the cement, and they come in to fix it by pouring concrete and post in a new location-forever leaving the original wood/cement in the ground. Sending love to you!
oh no, ugh
Yep, changing mine out to metal next week. I am in lower Michigan. Too much snow and moisture.
I was thinking about this too. It's probably way too late to change out for metal, and maybe the cost was prohibitive to go for metal from the start, but when those wood posts degrade, it's going to be difficult and expensive to repair for sure
She explained in a previous video that the wood is treated to last longer
If there were herbicides in sample a, you contaminated sample b by using the same two gloved fingers to poke the holes.
Your new raised beds are so beautiful!!! I’m so happy for you and I can’t wait to see you fill and harvest from them!! ❤️❤️❤️
Becky!
Your garden is going to be stunning and I cannot wait to see it finished. Congratulations 🎉😊
Me too but I can’t imagine how she’s going to manage such a big garden by herself. I wish her good weather and good luck. 👍🏻
Who can afford this?
Just wondering how you justify the cost involved in your garden landscape project. How many years do you anticipate it will take to recoup your investment? Definitely not something most homesteads could/would do.
Yeah with everything this has to be around 150,000-200,000. I can't imagine spending that much
Why does she need to justify anything? Her finances and how she uses her resources is her business.
Appears there are others here who are also interested.
It's on CZcams, on a homestead channel. Homesteaders generally do so as a frugal lifestyle to minimize their food costs.
My husband watched this video with me and he said ,"those raised beds are going to be so AWESOME, to plant in!!" I think so toooo!!! We love it Becky, so excited for you!!!!!
I love your videos, but have a concern about your raised beds. With the placement is on a hill, aren’t you concerned about erosion? If so, how are you going to prevent it.
Oh wow. It’s gonna take 10 years of gardening to pay for the garden.
@Dr_BeckyAcreHomestead. You can’t put a price on the joy a garden and raising your own food brings. My husband jokes that we are the home of the $20. omelette 🍳 🐓
I know of several people in my area who bought property to homestead on and found out too late the soil was contaminated with pfas from other properties in the area. I know before I buy anything I'm checking for this.
Oh no Becky ☹️ Metal posts are really the way to go. The wood rots and then you’ll have to have new ones put in with more cement.
Hi Becky I’m in an apartment so excuse me if this question is dumb but, why didn’t you level the ground before installing the raised beds ? This is so cool to watch but just wondering
Oh my God, you are so lucky to have such a beautiful garden.
Great progress! Even though I love the snow during the winter months, it's so good to have it gone once the Spring begins.Such a smart idea to test the compost for contamination ahead of purchasing the quantity you're going to need for filling 20 large raised beds. My heart almost broke for Jess when she found out about her contaminated soil. Good for her that she was able to keep such a positive attitude, though.
Looks like you're in for quite a great gardening season. Can hardly wait to see how it goes. 💚😊💚
Yes, always test. I got some contaminated compost, and it really destroyed my harvest.
I cannot wait to see this beautiful garden full of beautiful food and flowers!
I wonder if you could just take it to your local extension office and have them run a test? We have our garden soil tested every year but we’re in Michigan 😊
Our garden is an acre so we do 4 samples instead of one ever 10 sq ft like they suggest! 🤷♀️
I live in South Carolina and I was going to suggest the same thing. We send soil samples to our Clemson Extension Office for testing.
Some herbicides don't show up on their tests which is why she's doing the legume testing.
@@scholasticbookfair. gotcha
Cross contamination by putting both tests in same tray, when watering it will take in water from all containers
With the compost testing, i would have used 2 different trays, one for each sample, because if one is contaminated and you bottom water, then the good sample can get contaminated also. Just a thought...
I love the rock wall! I wish we had raised beds, I have arthritis in both knees so planting is my hubby’s job. I’m thankful for his help. Farming is in his blood, we live on a 4th generation farm.
Due to the factor of a week to level just wondering would it have been better to level the garden space before putting in the beds.? Yes, you may of had to put in a set of steps but it would be easier on you I think. Great job all the same - happy gardening.
That’s a massive garden, how are you going to keep up with all that
Your videos are so inspiring and I have a one year old son so these projects seem a bit overwhelming sometimes but you’re making it look easy!! You’ve motivated me to start a small herb garden in my backyard this spring so thank you! Even busy mamas can have fun in the garden!!
My solution has been to plant permanent plants that don't require seedlings every year. So lots of soft fruits, raspberry, strawberry, figs.... fruit trees, apples, pears and cherries. Lots of herbs are permanent, mint, rosemary, sage, time. This year we want to grow only courgette, salads and pepers, I've had the seeds gor like 2 months and still haven't sown them.
Right
I think she has lots of family help to make vids n do gardening tasks. They watch the baby while she does her stuff.
Or he’s an excellent sleeper n she films then
And she needs little sleep but he sleeps thru night from getgo lol
Wow, they are doing a fantastic job! Having all of these level is so important. You want it to be functional of course, but also important to be pleasing to the eye.
For clarity...those are not cinder blocks. Cinder blocks are made of concrete and are rectangular and have 2 holes usually sometimes more. Thy are used in building the foundation walls of buildings or to build a block basement wall. What's being repurposed is landscape blocks. They are also man-made but they come in many sizes, shapes and colors. They are used in landscaping yards and were originally specifically designed to make retaining walls with.
I would go with the first place you went for compost...I've been gardening for 40 years...that's the one I would choose.
Your garden is going to be beautiful! Why didn't the landscapers level your garden instead of time consuming back fill. It seems like a waste of time and $$. Your beds would not have been so tall.
@@shesgotdogs Thanks, I forgot about that
I cannot even fathom the expense you are going through with these projects...wow!
I love watching you get so excited about your garden. It was funny seeing one of your girls sneak in the door while you were talking. Your chicks are adorable.
I love how there is so much emphasis on having level beds, but the contractors didn’t dig deep enough to prevent frost heaving.
There’s a few disaster videos coming in the future, no doubt!
The garden is looking wonderful, so much progress despite snowmageddon! Your garden guys are certainly hard workers and they’re so diligent in taking the time and effort doing a great job.
can I ask will it not take many years to recuperate the cost of all this work by growing veg? it seems a awful lot of money on the beds and ground work Thanks x
@@annebrunner9698 she will. Not with vegetables but the YT audience it will generate.
I loved when you corrected yourself in referring to soil instead of dirt.
When I was in horticulture school, the instructor always said " Dirt is under your fingernails and soil is what we plant in!" I will never forget! Take care, the plan is coming together beautifully.
I was taught soil is alive and dirt is dead. Stuck with me. 🙂
@comenterrimcd2571 Love this, and easier to remember than my "motto"
What do you think about a 55 gallon old cooking oil drums cut in half the long way. Then use some of the palettes to build a rack the half drums could sit in. Also you need to drill a lot of holes in the bottom so the vegetables won't go swimming away or drowning. Thank you for the update. 🌺
The way the did the boards on the side of the raised beds would drive me crazy.
I bought some in 2020 that I am still finding broken glass in and hypodermic needle parts and all kinds of plastic wrappers. In 2021 I bought some and nothing would grow in it. I am now making all compost on my property. I did get mulch this year for my flowerbeds, but not for veg garden.
You will have enough produce to feed the County!
Your garden is going to look gorgeous and be very functional! I am taking this summer off from gardening, I'm starting grad school for software engineering, so I'll be enjoying gardening through your channel.
Of course the end results are spectacular. Wish I had a garden plot like this
I cannot wait to see your raised beds come to life. They are fabulous already but once they are planted, OMG, they will be stunning looking out over the garden.
Kudos to the marvelous work crew. The beds are looking fabulous.💯❤️
All those beds just makes my heart happy!
You always thank us for giving our time to watch. I appreciate that. But I want to thank you for giving us your time 😘 & I ask God to bring you, Josh, & baby his blessings.
Nice…a garden update, how exciting! Oh this video is going to be very important. Can’t wait to see what I learn. School is in session. Tfs sweetie. Have a wonderful day.🤗
I love the way you talk to the chickens. Such love and kindness.
Stooooooop getting me hooked on other CZcams channels!,😂 Honeystead, MIgardener, roots and refuge... I'm always in awe what a beautiful network of knowledge is out there! You have so much more than just an entertaining channel.. i haven't missed any of your videos for an entire year!. I am so excited to follow this garden!
What you are calling a cinder block, is not a cinder block.
Every time you change your mind/plan, it costs you money.
In my quest to study Horticulture, I maintained a 4.0 + grade point. When I took the Soil Science- holy cow! Didn’t think I would make it. Finished with B- and was thankful for it.
That was the hardest class I’ve ever had. You are making great decisions!
Thanks for the reminder. I’m the process of building new beds. Mine have rotted away after 25 years.
25 years! What material did you use? That’s impressive
My beds were made from redwood 2x6x8 rough grade used for decking.
Double up so could have 12” deep. Used 4x4 posts. The posts started rotting first. Also, didn’t put hardware cloth under the beds. Gophers took out their share. The bottom boards that touches the soil surface rotted about 3-4” from the ground up. Can’t stop nature. Didn’t use any wood preservatives. Probably should have replaced sooner but they lasted. Have two acres and like the old ways, In ground garden. Raised beds are a great way to go.
I’m still learning so many great new ways. Thanks to Becky and others. Makes an old lady think she can do!
Cowgirl up! Gotta love it.
The garden beds look so incredible! What a fast moving team you have working on it! I can't wait to see it in full bloom!!! P.S. I LOVE the nude nail polish!
I have garden envy. Can't wait until you can put plants & seeds into the raised beds. Regarding the deer issue, Kevin and Sara at Living Traditions have a great fencing solution on their homestead.
Chicken moat! It was brilliant!
So beautiful!! Holy cow they work so hard and hauled all that dirt manually!!!😊😊😊😊😅😅😅
Cool! LOVE LOVE LOVE the Progress too!! Another Test you can do is for Soil PH. Alkaline is Soil + Vinegar = Bubbles. Acidic is Soil + Baking Soda = Bubbles.
Make sense to have them levelled. In Italy they call it "terrazza style" when the veggie garden or have grape vines. You can't do it on a slope.
We did this in 25 raised beds. Bought organic soil....nothing would grow. It was a disaster. This is such good advise. We spent nearly 1k and they wouldn't refund us.
Even if they do soil testing it often doesn't show up! That is what happened to Jessica Sowards.
Best to do the bean test.
Dream garden!! 😍😍 it is going to be gorgeous! Thank you so much for all you share, I have learned so much from you
I’m in Washington state, and we bought a huge dump truck full of Cedar Grove compost. I’ve bought their bags for years, and their bags were always beautiful, they must spend much more effort, making sure they’re beautiful, because the dump truck was full of plastic and glass! Some of it is the really fine plastics that’s like lining teabags, other parts are from like thick purple or blue plastic or white, etc. I called them and complained and it took quite a bit of effort to get them to refund any part of it! They tried telling me that the plastics, perfectly safe and it won’t hurt me, and in the end they wouldn’t refund the delivery fee, which was not a small part of it, but at least I got some back.
I always recommend going to the source and actually looking at the compost before you buy it!
I have never been more jealous of a garden until i seen yours!😂 if i ever hit the lotto youll share your garden plan right? Lol
If the soil and landscape materials companies are accepting street sweeper debris, the composted soil likely has road debris in it, like plastic. You would notice little pieces of glass.
BTW, Baby A is going to look so cute toddling up and down the rows of raised beds...!
Thank you for the update on the garden progress after all of that snow! It was interesting to begin to even learn about the soil compounds, the plastic was shocking, but not shocking, if you know what i mean? So much litter is what I see around us. And then to see it showing up in the soil compost you were comparing, well WOW! I am excited to follow and learn along the way as you do!
Absolutely needed a Becky and Acre Family pick me up!!!
Hooray for your new garden! I'm sending out good energy, envisioning the soil nurturing your veggies, and your chickens, and all of you! I'm so excited to see you on this adventure!
Your landscapers are wonderful hardworking professionals I commend them for their dedication and commitment to helping you get your projects done and completed I can’t wait to see it completed and you plant your vegetables fruits and herbs as well as your flowers it’s going to be amazing I’m so excited for you and your family ❤
❤ Yay more garden! ❤
The first compost (fluffy, no plastic) looks like the good one. I sure wouldn't want to fill those beds with plastic bits... if they allow that, what else are they allowing in there?
I know you are probably past the putting soil in point at the time you posted this, but if not, those beds would be perfect for laying in logs , especially the deeper sides for a hugel culture effect, and maybe help slow down errosuon
Thinking ahead...if you were wanting to access the property beyond the retaining wall (the lowest spot), think about adding some steps from the raised bed garden "through" the retaining wall. Hope that makes sense. Looks AMAZING!!!!
great suggestion! i hope Becky sees your comment.
Those raised beds are already exquisite! Love them, and the thought you put into making that area beautifully functional. Awesome job.
I love the chickens peeking at the camera by the car and in the garage 😂😂 they want to be by you lol
I’m so glad you are using cedar, it will deter any pest from getting into your garden but I believe the pollinators will be able to fly in and pollinate the plants.
Wow, your landscapers are very, very good at what they do!
Your garden beds look amazing and can't wait to see it full of everything you plant. It will be beautiful Becky❤❤❤
Utterly spectacular! You had a vision and it came to fruition 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@abimollentze7221 I am not sure why it is any concern to you if it is excessive or not. She uses everything she grows and more importantly enjoys doing it. If I had the time and money trust I would have a similar situation on my land.
That wasn't a worm .... it's a "wireworm" or click beetle larva ... you don't want that.
My greenstalks arrived! I am so excited! I am going to do one with strawberries and one with herbs and lettuces. I also bought some fabric pots from Epic Gardening for my potatoes!
You explained it perfectly. Worth every penny I’m sure. Put a bench on top of the retaining wall circle maybe even a small shelter roof.