Mistakes I Made My First Year Homesteading (What I Learned From Them And What I Wish I Knew)
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- If you're new here, my name is Sage, and I'm starting a homestead in North Carolina using regenerative agricultural practices. Follow along on my journey to transform these 3 acres into my homestead. Looking for more content? Check out my Instagram (@terra.nova.acres)
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2:38 time to make rooster stew!
Just discovered your channel, Sage. Keep up the good work!
What you talked about preserving I ran into my first year harvest. The tomatoes and the beans were the worst for time canning. So what I did was not removing the skins and seeds and pre cooked halfway and then canning and also getting a second canner the large one. For the beans I canned them long which saved me hours and days.
Use herbs like dill rosemary. Lemon balm garlic ci
Because I mostly hatch out my own chicks I too end up with roosters. Though they are not technically meat chickens, they do have enough meat to make it worth my while to harvest them. My husband kills, guts, and skins them for me. We skin them because they aren't going to be roasting chickens and it's tons easier. I pressure cook them on the stovetop (stainless steel pressure cooker, not aluminum canner). I season the meat and the meat falls off the bone and the broth is excellent. Then I pressure the bones again to make bone broth. I cut up the meat and put it in freezer containers with broth. It is so good, and healthful. We actually had rooster pot pie for Thanksgiving this year (7 of our kids and spouses, 8 of the grandkids, and us). I used our homegrown vegs and made no apologies :)
Yes I have had a patio garden and I have used herbs in the rows with what I'm planting I use dill around my fruit trees with 🍅 plants use lemongrass. On sides of the plants. Keep your vine plants off the ground use cow panels or trellis
Hey, Sage! I’d love to see videos on your daily routine that incorporates both your paid work and your homestead work! Also more info on how having chickens has been for you, and how you preserve all your wonderful food you nurture and grow!
If you remember the skills you learned butcher those roosters and can them up. If you are able get a electric pressure canner to make it simpler. It might also be a great help to planting is to get a planting wheel from hoss tools, they work fantastic and makes short work
I think you're doing a wonderful job. some people will have things to say, no doubt. I'm reminding myself as I'm trying things out on my own land, people will "know better" but don't let that slow you down. you're work is helping a lot of us learn faster and I appreciate you.
Caution with the mint. It can take over a garden and be hard to eradicate. Consider container planting it.
Yes, mint can take over so easily! Luckily there's a native plant in the mint family that grows on the property that I can utilize.
Thanks for sharing all of this! I think it'll really come in handy as we scramble our way through our first growing season this coming year. I'm going to have to remember to make a video like this next winter, too!
Also, we're only an hour away. We're always happy to help if you need extra manpower lol!
We should seriously trade work days next spring, that would be so fun!
@@terranovaacres let’s do it!
I appreciated your gardening journey. One thought with canning…I usually run two canners so I can can with one while the other is cooling down.
Hi, I can relate to making mistakes I've made many many, just a heads up though. tarping during dormancy won't kill the weeds and grass. You need to tarp during active growing phases. Good Luck!
Sounds like you need a Harvest Right Freeze Dryer.
I would LOVE a harvest right freeze dryer but that's not in the budget right now
Nice to see you back after your family visits. Compliments of the Season. Bigger and better in 2023.
No doubt you already know of Justin Rhodes, Sow the Land and The Holler Homestead, all are near Asheville NC...Jason (STL) and Ben (THH) both use cattle panel to support vine crops. Perhaps you could approach them for assistance in putting them up? Rich Brisbane Australia ATB
I have so many wonderful people in my life who would love to help me, the assistance is certainly not in short supply. The letting people help me thing is the part that needs work ☺️
@@terranovaacres I'm sure you will find that just asking once will ease the way forward. 😉
@@terranovaacressounds like a pride issue, sister. 🙏🏻
Great video! This is a good time of year to reflect.
Great video you have a lot of skill and knowledge keep up the good work
Hi sage just to let you know that if you get the myplax sheet and have a bord with the specs in it and use a blow torch to make the holes I am a horticultural and if you want to ask me anything please do
Plant herbs with everything it confuses the bugs.
Why would using neem oil be a bad thing? Seems natural to me. I had to use it once on cauliflower and it worked wonders. I won't take it much further than azadirachtin from the Neem oil or KNF/JADAM practices though.
Neem oil and other organic pest control methods are often marketed as being safe for bees and other pollinators which is just not true. It is indeed natural, and it works by mimicking insect hormones. It is effective because it disrupts the life cycle of insects without them even needing to come into direct contact with it. This means bees, other pollinators, and other beneficial insects who are near anything that has been sprayed are affected. Moreover, the use of neem oil directly leads to bird deaths because it removes crucial food sources. I'm not the pest control police, it's not my place to tell others what to use or not to use in their gardens. These are just the reasons behind my comment in the video and why I don't use neem oil.
I used neem oil one year, and found bees dropping dead around the plant. Heartbreaking! I’ve never used it again, and companion planting has been all I do ever since. Plus I check my garden daily or as often as I can checking the backs of leaves for pests etc.
First time watching your video, muy bueno😉👍
We're did you purchase, your turkeys?
Did you did video wen you get them?
What did you feed them wen they was little, (turkeys)? Thank you, muchas gracias 😊
I got the turkeys from McMurray hatchery as poults and raised them. I fed them game bird starter for a few months and then switched them to a general high protein feed. Unfortunately, I didn't make a dedicated video for the turkeys because I was just too busy.
Those rosters would be in a pot. Can't be having pets on a farm. Everyone has a job to do.