How to Grow TONs of Lettuce in Containers
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- In this video, we're going to show you how to grow a ton of lettuce in containers at home! This gourmet lettuce garden is perfect for people who don't have a lot of space, or who want to try a new variety of lettuce .
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If you're looking for a way to save money, or to make your own food, then you should try growing your own lettuce greens in a container garden. This garden is easy to set up and can grow tons of gourmet lettuce greens, that you would never be able to find at the grocery store, in just a few weeks! With this garden, you'll be able to enjoy fresh, healthy, & tasty salad every day!
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What lettuce can I grow and the sun
Hi how do i get seeds from you out their
We do grow lettuce also, we have been watching your channel for years 😀
I'm diabetic, too, Hollis. I can tell you that eating veggies, quite particularly lettuce, brings my A1c down, if I eat one big salad a day (or two), and don't eat a lot of meat and carbs. No chicken skin! Certainly no junk food. I do eat fruit in moderation. Diabetes can do horrifying things to you before it finally kills you. I very much want you to maintain a very healthy diet. Not just because you guys are great people. My selfish motivation is because I need you to keep teaching me great methods to grow great food. And build tables and things to further that end.
I love making my own dressings. My mouth was watering while you were making that awesome salad dressing. Right up until you added a lot of Korean hot pepper flakes. Then I think I felt my face start to melt off my skull! 😂
Starting at 35:34 - oh what a beautiful sight! Now I know exactly how I want to store my canning when I finally get started! Thank you both for all that you do and all that you share! You truly add to my happiness and well-being. Blessings on you! And hugs and kissies for Bing Bing!
Egg yolks (choline) is very important, especially for diabetics.
I'd eat half dozen a day. It's great for regulating cholesterol and hormones too.
@@CL-ty6wp Thank you! I didn't know that! I knew that protein, particularly at breakfast, was important. I was trying to eat one egg a day for breakfast. It's hard for me to do that because even the sight of eggs makes me nauseous. It's easier if I make "egg salad". I will read about choline for sure. My A1c is too high.
Try keto if you haven't already, it was actuality a medical diet to reverse insulin resistance thus reversing diabetes before it ever became a popular fad diet. 😊
I’m sorry the hear about your health. I know Mrs. Hollis will take very good care of you with all her healthy meals along with your wonderful garden vegetables 🥗🥕 God bless you both with health, love & happiness & Bingbing too ❤🥰🏝🏖
Thank you! Blessing
Amen to that! Love to see Hollis and Nancy well and healthy so we can keep learning from them. God bless you too, R.G ! 🙏👍
If we as a group pray for Hollis' health, Jesus will surely heal him. Prayers for all of you (including Bingbing). You too, R.G! 😊
Lord God creator of all, protect this good man, lead an guide him daily on this health journey. We know all your food is good, allow him to enjoy your salad bar as much as your potatoes.
We are so thankful for Hollis showing us how to live for you, blessing so many with his gifts you gave him. May he continue to do so 🙏
Thank you God for wonderful prayer warriors. May you also bless them and their families. Amen 🙏 😘
I just read a medical journal about a week or so ago, and supposedly the latest is that potatoes are found not to raise blood sugar. I just told my nutritionist about this, this past Tuesday, and she said nothing against them. There's always sweet potatoes and yams, for their lower glycemic index.
But, diabetics do so much better without that type of starch. Trust me....I know
@@cherylperkins7538 👍 agree
Wow, that is terrific news! I love potatoes and sweet potatoes. I am type 2 diabetes as of last year. I am hunting for all kinds of information and recipes. Thank you.
You can always know what your body tolerates by checking your glucose 1-2 hrs after eating it. For me, sadly, potatoes shoot my levels Thru the roof! Tip: radishes fry up a pretty good substitute!
I am a certified diabetic educator and sweet potatoes and beets are root vegetables that are good for diabetes due to the prebiotics - just don’t put a lot of sugar on them . Cinnamon is also known to lower blood sugar.
That's good advice, Hollis. Boy, your doc knows your test results, but doesn't know you very well. Thanks for sharing your situation. There's a lot of us here that are in a similar camp.
I'm on protein, low glycemic veggies, olive oil and grass fed butter, and Himalayan salt, fighting auto immune situation. It's delicious once you adapt! It will be very interesting watching your progress! ❤
I've heard that the Himalayan salt is not good for us. It's pink due to a contamination. I'm trying to check it out.
Just a question of genuine curiosity... how are you going to survive the collapse? I'm huge on grow your own vegetables/fruit and raising your own live stock and hunting/fishing but when all considered I dunno if that would fill your dietary needs. Do you have to take vitamin supplements? Can you eat pasture raised chicken(grass field raised)?
Turkey tail mushroom will help!
My wife is diabetic and I found some Akins friendly potato’s at gurney’s. They were really tasty and didn’t raise her blood sugar. Growing them again this year in Texas. Really enjoy your channel!
Do you recall the name of the variety?
@@classicrocklover5615 Nicola is one variety
It was Nicola. I highly recommend
I feel your pain, brother….. how can you have a hamburger without a bun, & no fries ?…. Ugggg….. my MD doesn’t see the problem……. … here’s to eating even MORE greens
I forgot the name but I ordered them this year, which will get here sometime between now and never! Gurneys is a sore trial!!! Yes! Nicola!!!
Hey dude I just wanted to say that since I started my pot garden a few weeks ago I've loved your videos. I'm sorry to hear about your diabetes but I think you're doing a great job at being positive and making jokes which is very important I feel and it sends a message of hope to anybody else struggling. Also, I'd like to add that this journey and sharing it with people has serious potential to benefit others that are going through the same thing. I'm not religious but if I was I'd say that you're doing the lord's work. Keep it up man! And thank you for all of you're help!
Love that you always use black kow! Micro greens are great and I love Alfalfa Sprouts in salads. I’m diabetic too. Gotta watch what you drink as much as what you eat. It’s a challenge but you can do it! Hang in there Hollis.
It works the best for us. Hollis been using it for over 30 years. LOL
I love Black Kow here in Macon GA for all my containers. Lettuce, Potatoes, Carrots are in but need to wait for payday to get more so I can get my tomatoes and squash in. It is $5.99 a bag here at my local Ace Hardware. I am using last years....just refreshed...so I can get my seeds in.
I’m just Starting this video, but I just got home from the grocery store, where I was going to ask the meat market if they had any fish heads, but they were closing for the night. They have frozen seafood that I wouldn’t eat (a mix of octopus and stuff like that) that’s like $2.00 a pound And I almost bought some of that to put in the garden because I’m planting a few things in the next few days, but I wanted to ask y’all first… do you think that will work, in place of fish heads? Thanks for all y’all’s videos, sharing how to garden successfully. I’m hoping to see improvement in MY garden, utilizing some of your methods.may God continue to bless y’all; take care of each other and the precious Bing Bing.
@@freewaybaby hi Marcy. You posted this as a reply on my comment. If you post it as an individual comment I think Nancy will see it better so she or Hollis can answer your question. Hope it helps
I got some frozen seafood from a fish market years ago that was freezer burnt. They gave it to me for free. I used it under tomatoes that year and they exploded. 👍
OH, I NEED to try the strainer when washing lettice in a bowl. I am in South Texas and have had great luck with nevada lettuce. I'm sorry to hear about the diabetes. My husband was just diagnosed in 2021. He went from a a1c of 12 to and has dropped it down to a 6. We cut out all white rice, white bread, and white noodles and only eat 100 percent whole wheat, very limited amounts, and not every day. Lots of veggies, berries, and lean meat. We walk every day to try and help him drop more weight. He is 6'6 "and carries his weight much like you do. The Lord provided you with such a bounty of good food. May God always bless you and your family. 🥰 to little mister bing bing.
I have been a controlled diabetic for decades. You can eat some carbs but you have to keep your carb count to about 45-60 carbs per meal and 15-20 carbs for a snack. A potato had 37 carbs, so it is doable. It is the processed food and sugary desserts you have to cut out. Also boiling potatoes and reheating them or eating potato salad reduces the glycemic index considerably.
Hollis, YOU are such an inspiration to us all. I know Asian dishes will lower your glycimicindex.
Oh thank you!
Tempting to move down there every time we watch your videos 😂
Wonderful. Real foods are healing to the body 😘 Blessings
I don't know why but my post keeps disappearing?? Anyway, We are in zone 9a in south central Texas. I hardily recommend Perpetual Spinach Swiss Chard from Everwilde Farms. It grows straight upright with medium, thin leaves. It makes it through our hottest days (100+) as long as we water it daily during those times. We've never had it bolt. It says it's a spinach flavor but we, and our neighbors, think it's milder than that, similar to lettuce. It has a thin leaf and is thin stemmed. We sow it early spring and it goes through to the fall. I think you would really like it. 👍
God bless you all and God be with you on this journey with your health. We pray for continuing good health and positive energy forward. Don't ever underestimate the power of good nutrition and a low carb diet. I hope you can have low keto foods to replace your beloved potatoes. Hope you can have a little here and there. Thx for sharing with us so we can be there to praise and support you both. Every great man has a strong, supportive woman behind him.
It’s great having a husband and wife team in the garden and out of the garden.
I enjoy watching.
Hollis and Nancy you have been inspiring me to eat better over the years that I watch your videos.
Love seeing the entire process from seed start to plate. Looks like amazing produce! Thank you.
Hollis, my doctor said to use stevia as my sugar substitute. It’s not supposed to be hard to grow. Seeds sold by lots of companies. You do it, then teach me all the tricks, ok? 😊
Thanks for sharing!!
@@HollisNancysHomestead Hollis, Jerusalem Artichokes are supposed to help with diabetes. Check into it.
Try monk fruit sweetner, it substitutes 1:1 with real sugar when cooking/baking but it doesn't trigger the body's responses. Being on keto with limited carbs, I have to get creative and prefer it over stevia but that could just be personal choice.
I learn tons at the channel. Blessings to you guys! And prayers for you Hollis.
Awesome! Thank you!
How wonderful….what a lovely video. Thank you. I pray to God above your diabetes goes away with improved eating. God Bless you and your wife
Miss Nancy is just too sweet for you Lol. I am sure you will get it under control and thank you for all the education !
You are so welcome
Now we're inspired to build a salad bar too one day and grow lettuce for salad. You guys spent a lot of effort editing and it shows. Thank you and God Bless.
Ms Nancy could you please tell us how you made your hot sauce? I have a son that loves hot sauces. Thank you all for all you share and teach us. Hollis, you need to plant some Mallard Spinach its great with the greens and Remember to drink LOTS AND LOTS of water when in that Florida humidity it helps flush you out. Almost forgot !! Try throwing some of the carrot top greens in your salads too most people just throw them out, but they too are healthy for you.
Thank you for all your tips. Here are the playlist of all my hot sauce recipes. Enjoy czcams.com/play/PLjAejPnq636Ysmpu7H8EdGwkg25AwUYX6.html
Thank you very much!!
Love your Channel ❤ this is my first video I’m retired early lost job due to pandemic. I’m looking forward to my first full garden 🪴 after corp working. Thank you for the great video… and diabetes awareness for so many❣️
That looks so good. It makes me want to go make myself a big salad.
Sorry to hear about your health issue. Thanks Nancy for helping!
That’s so sweet y’all hold hands 😊
Something else I remember about potatoes-Glycemic Index! I think young potatoes, like smallish Red Norlands, are supposed to be lower in glycemic index than big lunker taters! Get your dr to refer you to a dietitian. It will be a good laugh, because I never found one that was more than minimally helpful, but you can maybe glean something and it’s worth a try. 👍🏻. And French breakfast radishes are yummy! Maybe add a bit of sliced cucumber….some petals from marigold or calendula flowers, or violets or pansies-all edible! Many other flowers also. Johnny Jump up and viola as well. A boiled fresh egg for protein! Strips of raw carrots, very thin. A sprinkle of chopped parsley, maybe chopped basil, thyme, mint……instead of the hot stuff-my stomach can’t handle it.
I’ve been on a salad kick and would love to grow my own one day. Thanks for sharing your videos. ❤
Hollis I recommend looking into growing oyster mushrooms they're shown to fight diabetes plus a good source of vitamins hope that helps you out
So glad I found your channel. Im in Hampton so its nice to have someone in the same zone
Hey I'm diabetic and my a1c was off the charts and I started to take berberine with cinnamon in it and it brought my a1c down to a7
I’ve heard that breakfast of a bowl of oatmeal plus a dusting of cinnamon on top ( and butter, milk, whatever) is a reliable diabetic breakfast.
Don’t give up with the healthy diet, Hollis. Prayers for you.
hollis and nancy thank you for all you have shared with us. sorry to hear about your health issue. we have truly enjoyed your gardening videos and have learned from your experiences. happy gardening from chuck ledbetter oklahoma
U was a complete rookie up until couple yrs ago but saw your video on growing potatoes in pots. I had 100% success w your instruction. I find your videos really helpful & simple to follow. Different weather I’m in zone 3 in Calgary, Alberta but nevertheless worked perfectly
Sorry to hear about the diabetes, its a tough thing. But as always I love to see your videos on all things garden. God is good.
Due to price increases I'm growing my own lettuces and as many vegetables as I can. Thanks for showing us how.
Dude! I hear you with the blood sugar issues . I just finished 2 weeks of low carb of meat with only veggies like cauliflower, carrots, broccoli and such - no heavy starchy veggies and made protein powder shakes with frozen berries when I had that evening sweet craving. Makes it like ice cream! And I started taking Pure encapsulation digestive enzymes and Betaine with Pepsin which is supposed to help with fatty liver and digestive enzymes. No I don’t sell the stuff lol. In 2 weeks I lost 10 lbs likely mostly fluid I’d been retaining and felt like I had better sustained energy through out the day. When I used a CGM it showed the correlation of between my high low blood sugar to my energy. I’m going yo go buy another to see if how I now feel means my blood sugar is more stable. But…Last night I made some homemade gluten free bread because I was weak LOL This morning I felt hung over !!! Lesson relearned. So this morning I’m back to low carb (I don’t weigh and measure food yet with this low carb as I had done previously). The great thing is that I stopped craving the carbs after about 4 days. The evening protein treat is also no later than 2 hours before bed and I now try not to eat or “break” fast for a good 9 to 10 hours. And only have tea in the morning before that time is up. Apparently it’s good for the gut and insulin resistance for pre diabetic me. I follow this gal The Glucose Goddess on IG off incorporated some of her “hacks” off and on. She’s a bio chemist even tho she’s goofy lol. Good luck! Love the garden videos 😊
I follow Glucose Goddess, too. 😊 She shares a lot of very interesting information. Currently reading her first book and it’s really good.
I hope your doing well with your health. Due to my dad having type 2 diabetes, we started a garden to get fresh veggies which is why I was searching on CZcams and found your channel. I want to THANK YOU for all your advice and knowledge with gardening. I have learned so much from you. God bless!!
Hollis, I discovered your channel before the pandemic. I have enjoyed your positive attitude immensely, although I am not a Christian. Your move to Florida was extremely interesting. Anything you put on the tube, I will faithfully watch. Warmest regards and good luck with the diabetes!
Thank you for sharing. I love salad how long from planting to clipping the plant
That salad looked so good. I can't wait for the snow to leave so I can get my garden started.
Greetings from Arizona growing zone 9B. Thanks for all of the tips and tricks! We love our red romaine, it comes back every year after it flowers and seeds from previous years. Cheers 🥂
That is awesome!
"You should start a garden."
If you only knew the glorious abundance these blessed folks have! Thanks as always for continuing to share your gardening tips with us. Watching your videos always feels like I'm chatting with my late poppa with his garden knowledge.
Given your location, I'm wondering if you've ever thought to grow a Moringa tree? The seed pods and leaves are edible and are known to lower blood sugar (among the list of other nutritious benefits). It can be pollarded at the end of the season so that the leaves/seeds are kept at a reasonable height for picking.
I've been type 2 diabetic for 24yrs. I've tried the American diabetic diet which doesn't work. I reversed my diabetes by not eating processed foods, no bread, no starchy vegetables like corn, potatoes and peas. I eat squash, cabbage, collards, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli and cauliflower. Try watching Dr Eric Berg on CZcams. I also eat plenty of meat onions and garlic. Basically keto diet. My A1c went from 12.4 to 5.6 and fasting blood sugar around 82 to 92. Blood pressure is also normal to. Don't feel that you can only have salads. Just don't fry anything especially not in vegetable or seed oils. Cook in butter or olive oil. I've also been losing weight.
Been doing a totally whole foods life style. Tried to grow greens this winter inside and didn't do the best but not giving up. Pa is not the best for doing greens but I keep trying to put in early and have before it bolts with summer. It is hard. I am Irish and lived on potatoes . Now I only have once a week/ Praying for you friend and praying God will find they way for us to get land. God's blessing to you and yours/
Hope your A1c levels have stabilized with all your efforts. Thank you for sharing yourselves with all of us. We hope only the best for you and hope you are both doing well.
Yes! Improving slowly🙏
Mr. Hollis. My husband has been a diabetic for about a year now. The first thing he did was go on an extreme low carb diet. The next thing he did was get to a specialist. They put him on Ozympic. It has worked miracles for him so far. I think it’s even about 6 months. His A1C is like a normal person’s A1C. He is a lot less grouchy too.
I have diabetes have had for 20 years! It's not easy and I've been known to cheat quite often. You my friend are such an inspiration! I did order some lettuce and I can not wait to get started!!!
Have you tried keto? I was diagnosed pre-diabetic and reversed it and my mom was able to ween herself off her meds thanks to keto!
You & your Wife have the Best Gardening Videos on CZcams
I ❤ all of them
Keep up the Great Work & Thank You both for helping all of us to become Expert Gardeners like you all
Much Appreciated God Bless you & your Wife 🙂👏🙌
I have pinched nerves in my back(56 yrs old). My Husband and I love to garden- we always just deal with knowing and planning on back pain to follow, me more than my Husband. So…. It finally connected with me, CONTAINER GARDENS THIS YEAR🎉🎉🎉. We are excited. We have seedlings started already, they are doing great. Thank you for the confidence that you and Nancy give us with your videos! Amen! Love you both! Been watching you all for couple of years. Gods great blessings to you and Nancy ❤️( here in northern Indiana today it’s going to be a gorgeous 70 degrees 2/27/24, and tmrw it drops to 28 degrees! It’s a struggle and always need to watch our weather forecasts. Our change in seasons are very crazy here! Lolol
Going to up my lettuce game this year.... thanks for the encouragement 🙏 ☺️
Love this time of year here in Tucson, my salad greens are growing so nicely!
Didn’t you all just get snow in Tuscon? 🥴
@@rmartinie Yep! Twice we got snow! Wednesday night, at my house in midtown Tucson, we got about three inches! The kids got a snow day from school! And yesterday was cold enough that the snow stuck around most of the day! My Great Pyrenees loved it!
Love your videos! So informative, please take care of yourself and God bless.
Thank you so much!
Y'all are just so wonderful. I have been binge watching your videos. I absolutely love that you do them all at once even though it takes you months to show us all the way through. That is what people like to watch. I will be sharing with everyone I know. Thank you. I have learned so much. And I love the way you are with each other. All I see is Love and how blessed you are. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
So glad you enjoy our videos. Thank you for sharing them with your friends. We hope you enjoy the peace in your garden this spring. Have a blessed day ❤️❤️🐶
I love your positive attitude. Thank you for this video. Going to start my own lettuce garden. I will try new lettuce. Never have tried different lettuce but I think it’s a must do this year.
Best of luck!
Best wishes to you as move along your journey to reclaim health. For the past five months, I’ve been working hard on lowering my A1c through diet, exercise, and weight loss. I want to do all I can to avoid medication and complications. Yesterday I started my lettuce and hope that it will be as successful and beautiful as yours. I so appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge. 🥗
We love to have baked potato salads. We add a little meat, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, carrots, celery, sometimes a mango,a little sprinkle of cheese and a dressing. Keeps the kitchen cool in summer too. Yep, hot potatoes and cool veggies, yum. Ooh, I'll have to try sweet potato salad this year.
You may want to research taking Chromium and Vanadium together. Some say it cure diabetes.
Hollis I thank you so much for your good videos.
good for you, with the garden growing for your illness, dont give up.
Bless you Both, H and N! Amazing Meal.
Great stuff! Sorry you have become a diabetic. Love all you do and thank you so much for sharing. I am new to serious gardening now that I am retired. I have learned so much from you. Again, thank you
Blessings
Watching your channel is like coming home. Living way up north, it feels like spring when I watch your videos. So wonderful. Take care.
Thank you we feel this is our family that we are making the videos for
Thank you both!🥰 It is autumn here in New Zealand and I am itching to start a salad bar once we have winter over with!! Such a great idea! Love your salad dressing - definitely going to try it! :)
Sounds great!
I can empathize with you, Hollis. I was diagnosed recently with diabetes too and have to make some major dietary changes. Diabetes runs in my family, so I'm not surprised I have it. I live in zone 8b bordering on 9. I have a very small backyard and use a couple of GreenStalk vertical planters and grow bags. Last year my little garden was a bust because the heat started early in April and stayed over 100° or more the entire summer. My poor veggies struggled so much with the high heat and were not productive. Will have to get some shade cloth to help with the high temps this growing season. Last year, I grew lettuce and it did not do well at all, too hot. This year, I am planting by the moon phases for above and below ground veggies, which allows me to start seedlings and direct sow seeds a little earlier. My seedlings are 5 weeks old and are ready to be transplanted. I love the Black Seeded Simpson too and have some beautiful lettuces to transplant. You should grow some red/purple varieties of lettuce to include polyphenol nutrients in your diet. I am growing Silvia Red Romaine for the first time. Praying for you and wishing you the best with your diabetes journey. God and Nancy will take good care of you. Blessings.
I went keto it's helped me so much . Just look up the veggies that's low in carbs increase your protein and use animal fats . I'm type 2 diabetic and I'm now off my meds . Good luck to you most of use understand your struggles 🙏.
I believe chromium picolinate can keep the blood sugar even thru out the day. There are lots of natural foods also that help with blood sugar regulation. I love all your videos. Good luck.
Brother Hollis
The Moringa tree is very Benificial to folks with Diabetes. I encourage my patients to incorporate fruits and vegetables into their diet. Pomegranate juice (2-3 oz) is also helpful with decreasing plaque formation in the blood vessels. This juice has a strong flavor so you might want to add water to it.
Mz Pat from the High Desert in Southern California.
Another great video. Love the idea of each person becoming their own. So many ways to stir a pot. There is no right and wrong but ya know, your plants grow very well. I continue to learn from you. I enjoy your style of gardening
Perhaps try growing some costus igneus (inulin plant) and stevia and momordica charantia (bitter gourd/melon) and chicory and aloe. Florida, my home state, has the perfect climate for many healthful plants. As an RN, I try to work with a lot of natural plant life foremost. That being said, coming from a PennDutch family, I sure do love meat and potatoes too! Hollis, I am sure Nancy will be researching and taking great care of you and actively participating and sharing in your new diet...at least, that has seemed the type of woman she has seemed to be from where I have sat and watched ya'll for so many years! You have had a large hand in our gardening success! Thank you and good health! God bless you both
Evening y’all
What a blessing of abundance! 🙏❤️
I have been watching yalls channel off and on for a year or two now. I am sorry to hear about the progression of your diabetes! Wishing you the best health you can have. ❤️
Thank you❤️
We love your gardening videos. Some health habits we've done to help hubby keep from diabetes and brother in law get off meds. Whenever you eat a grain or starch always eat a dab of healthy whole butter, olive or organic coconut oil. Put cinnamon on/in things that taste good. Both healthy fat and cinnamon are known to help regulate sugar. Also do grainless meals no bread, crackers or baked goods with each meal. Do oatmeal not boxed cereals. If you like beer or wine quit that for a time, then enjoy a glass once in awhile with a high fat food like fatty fish, beef etc. We're in Ft Luaderdale so we know about this heat/humidity. Praying for you both.
Thanks for the tips. Blessings
I’ve got health challenges, too much weight, and so much else. Arugula is supposed to be super healthy. I bet I won’t like it! But I ordered about 300 seeds and I’ll learn to eat it. I’ll cut it with butter crunch and all the rest….. also order Chinese lettuce/michili which I love. God have mercy on me and you and your whole family.
“You should start a garden.” That is an understatement! I pray you are able to get a handle on the diabetes. Many really do live well, so don’t be discouraged.
Hi Hollis, Baker Creek has Asian seeds too, and free shipping.
Your meal looked very yummy! I’ve gotten hooked on a “ salad” made of shredded cabbage, frozen peas and shredded carrots. I have it with ranch dressing ( probably not as healthy as your dressing for sure). I add chicken to it sometimes too. I love the wildlife inserts, we’re those turkeys?Take care guys and God Bless ✝️🙏❤️
I absolutely love watching y’all’s homestead! 💗 I’ve been watching for years and you make it look so easy!
Thank you so much!
You guys are awesome! I just love your love for gardening and your love for each other. God bless you
Thank you! You too!
I have grown lettuce when I was in South Florida, the two variety that managed the heat and bolting for me was Red Sails and Green Rapids, but keeping them under shade cloth all the time is a good idea.
Cruciferous veggies could help lower blood sugar too :)
Broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale and cabbage
Try to put them on your plate as much as possible :)
See what happens :)
You have a wonderful salad garden, heck your whole garden is wonderful!! ❤️
That salad dressing looks amazing, do you have a recipe for it on how much to use for each ingredient?
Generally he uses 3 equal parts on olive oil, sesame oil and vinegar. Then he put as much peppers and sesame seeds as he wants. We love it.
@@HollisNancysHomestead Thank you so much, very much appreciated! 😊
I have been learning from your videos for the last 5yrs. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I am sorry to hear about your health. I was just diagnosed with insulin resistance and put on an intermittent fasting regimen to reset my body. Maybe look into that. It is supposed to have wonderful health benefits for pre-diabetes and diabetics. I can't wait to hear more about Florida gardening! God bless.
Thanks for all that you share. WHAT A GREAT LUNCH!! Bless you guys!
Hola buen día, gusto en saludarlo en compañía de la Sra.Nancy….me gustan muchos sus videos es un gran rejalamiento mental en estos tiempos tan estresantes.Felicitaciones desde Panama…🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦
Sorry to hear about diabetes, hope you can sneak in a few favourites now and then.😢
God bless you two and take care of eachother. You inspire me.
Hey Brother ...I been fighten off this weired pain in my left hip for months only to find out after getting a physical that it was moderate to severe Arthritis...NEVER had an ache in the world till now...and I found out my diet makes a world of difference in reliefe without phamacheutical meds....So I join you in makin and eatin them salads...if it's a choice between pain and those Carbs I'm goin with the Salads...Stay well....
We make a dressing for a cucumber salad that is so similar to what you made, we just add a bit of fish sauce and a tsp. of palm sugar. We love it!
I planted some lettuces and Asian greens at the end of December and have been cut and come again harvesting from them for a couple weeks. I’ve been growing some under grow lights, some in the windowsill, and I Just put some of the cold weather tolerant ones outside yesterday. Our last frost is mid April so I’m taking a risk, but it’s been a fun experiment and I’ve gotten a couple salads out of it. Plus it’s a way to scratch my gardening itch in the winter.
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Looks delicious. Great job you two. Love your videos
Sorry to hear of your heath challenges. I recommend "bright line" eating as a way to release some weight. Stay strong. It takes time.
Now I want a salad for dinner tonight. Looks great. I’m no transplant winter sowing in buckets several vegetables. lettuce being one of them and flowers right now in zone 6a. Lettuce was the first to sprout and it’s doing well.
I could see the difference in the way you look, since you started eating more salad! Good job!🎉
You got this hang in there. Gotta keep ticking you have a big following on here!
Thank you so much for putting together this video all in one. Instead of a clip a week. I found this very helpful seeing the stages all in one video.
You're very welcome!
You have mastered gardening my friend! God bless