Erin Seeding the Ranch Gardens & The Earthway Seeder
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- Erin starts the seeding process on the ranch, along with seeding by hand, she takes you along as she uses the Earthway Seeder and makes the process faster and more precise.
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Join us on our journey as we leave a life in corporate america to come back to Wyoming and help on the family ranch.
Our Wyoming Life features our Wyoming ranch and our ranch family. Giving you a look into the workings of ranching and farming from raising cattle to raising and harvesting crops on a modern homestead. Erin will join you weekly out of the garden, showing you how she helps provide for our family through growing produce and selling at local farmers markets, and Mike will take you along as he tends to the animals and land of ranch, from calving to fencing to planting and harvesting hay.
Springtime is busy, busy, busy. Add in gardening and kids it is a push to get things done. Soon those seeds will be providing their fruit to go to the market and your table.
Lettuce and radishes are already up so we're making progress! Thanks for watching! -Erin
My daughter lives in Gillette Wy., its such beautiful county! She currently works on 3 ranch, & a town job. Wy needs more business to come in.
Yes economic diversification is definitely something that needs to happen here. Wyoming is slow! We're always behind the times but eventually we catch up. Thanks for watching! -Erin
For those fine seeds like lettuce, use a salt shaker. Make the holes larger so the seed will easily fall through, then just go down the row and shake your seed into the row. One of those shakers for Parmesan cheese would work as well. Just tape off half so it doesn't seed such a wide row.
Great idea! Thank you very much - Erin
Good luck with the germination!
Thanks! -Erin
Hope you feel better soon Erin and God bless you mike and the kids.....
Thanks Charlie! We really appreciate it. -Erin
That seeder is cool. Glad y'all get to take some vacation time. Enjoy!
We're excited for vacation time! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Thanks enjoy your show
Thanks Harry! Have a great night! -Erin
Love your Garden. Feel better fast. Women's work is never done!
Hang in there Miss Erin prayer for quick recovery
Everyday I'm a little better. Thank you! -Erin
Erin thats it get er done👍 Everyone is so busy this time of year, im falling behind aswell but I betcha we all get our projects together and in order. What an awful time for a cold😶
Definitely the worst time of the year for a cold but I'm feeling better everyday and we're getting stuff done. We'll get caught up eventually. I hope you get your projects done as well! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Sorry things are going so slow for you Erin, it happens to all of us. Ours was last year. I was amazed we were on time this year. I wish you fast growth.
It is what it is at this point. Hope to get caught up here in the next few days! Lettuce and radishes are already poking through so we're making progress. Thanks for watching! -Erin
Praying for you to feel better soon!!
Thank you very much! -Erin
Erin, I hope that you have a great growing season.
Thank you very much! -Erin
I understand the rain. I still can’t believe we had 22” since January 1.
That is insane! We would float away with that much rain. Thanks for watching! -Erin
So many new tools for gardening. Have you seen the paper pot trans planter "Machine Makes Planting a Breeze" I haven't tried it, but looks like a time saver. Always lots of work on a ranch for both men and women. Makes lettuce go faster too.
I have seen it, its quite expensive too lol Thank you very much - Erin
Yeah I saw that. I know I can't afford it either. Sucks, but just like you, other things get in the way. Maybe the price will go down soon. At least I am hoping.
I hope your customers really appreciate your produce👍🏼
They really do. And I really appreciate them as well! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Busy times on the ranch it seems, here in the mountains we are having so much rain it's hard to get anything done outside! I will pray you and Mike are able to get the things done that need to get done, tell Mike and the kids I said hi, and blessings to the ranch Erin -Jerry
I will tell everyone hi and I hope you get some sunshine soon! We would like a rain shower ever 5-7 days. So if that could happen for us until haying that would be great lol! It's not asking to much!!! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Hi Erin thanks for the notification appreciated . 🌱🌱🌱🌽🌽🌿🌿
Your welcome Athea! -Erin
the south facing fence could be used to hang bags for growing strawberries.
Lots to do this time of year. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching - Mike
When I had a garden I would plant rows far enough apart my madis tiller was used for weeding . I love your videos
Thanks for watching! -Erin
i agree with you on the difficult germination of carrots.
i tried a new way this year with great results.
i made the bed really fine and put the seeds direct on ( not in) the soil.
then in cover the seeds with a thin layer of cocosoil and compact it really well.
and water it well, in 5 days the first carrots apear..:D
Wow that's really fast germination for carrots. Good work! I might have to try that when I plant my winter carrots in August in the high tunnel. Thanks for watching! -Erin
I bought one of those seeders about 30 years ago! The belt wore out long ago but I found a big o-ring that has worked just fine for many years now!
They are really sturdy little tools! I hope mine lasts 30 years. Thanks for watching! -Erin
Next year a garden for sure... Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching! -Erin
Hi Erin….well, you pulled that off...would not have known that you have a cold...it was nice of Mike to edit that in for you :) A hot toddy and a good night's rest and maybe the day will go smoothly for you tomorrow. That seeder is pretty cool....you actually did get a lot done. You are not too far behind and here's hoping that the weather patterns work to your favor, Best Terry - Justin TX
Weather looks good for the next few days so hopefully we get caught up! I'm going to take some Nyquil and go to bed and hopefully tomorrow is a better day! The seeder is a great tool. I'm so glad I have it. Thanks for watching! -Erin
Good luck with the seeding!
Thank you! -Erin
Great video gardening is hard work we did a lot in years past. We had about 1/2 Ac of sweet corn and about 1/2 Ac of veggies it was a lot of work. One year we had almost that amount in popcorn we gave popcorn away that year till we were blue in the face.
Wow I bet that was a lot of popcorn. Our season is typically to short for popcorn so I've never grown it. Maybe I should try some in the high tunnel one year just to try it! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Have a great vacation and get well.
Thanks Chris! -Erin
we have to wait till the last weekend of may we still get frost till then here in the part of Michigan i leave in. just got done planting in fact. good luck hope it turns out great for you all.
We can have frost this late too so it's not uncommon to not be planted this time of the year. Just wish it was done! Hope you have a good garden this year as well! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Cool that you use Johnny's seeds, they are our neighbors in Maine....good outfit.
I buy a lot of stuff from them. Never have any complaints! Thanks for watching! -Erin
We were debating over the earthway seeder, but your recommendation ended any debate or reservations. Thanks!
Excellent
Thanks Joel! -Erin
Cutis stone puts one inch of compost and then direct seeds carrots directly into the. Compost for 100 percent germination
Worth a try, thanks - Erin
Glad you got most of your garden (Half) started. It should take off. Show us some of the new high tunnel as you get time for it.
Lettuce and radishes are already up so that's good. Tuesday's video will include a tunnel update! Thanks for watching! -Erin
what i was wanting to show you erin was a setter like the earth way to seed is a setter that set live plans it was pretty cool the plant are seeded in this ribon like poutch then when at the right time loaded into setter and the setter put them in the ground
Are you thinking of the paper pot transplanter? They look really awesome and I hope to have one someday. Thanks for watching! -Erin
"I ain't got time to be sick." HA HA love it.
I really don't lol! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Looking good Erin! You'll catch up! Try those pelleted carrot and lettuce seeds from Johnny's. They have been a game changer for us as far as spacing and handling. I didn't thin my carrots or lettuce at all this year. Seem to take a bit longer to germinate but I really like them overall. They are starting to carry more and more pelleted seeds.I think I did see something you were doing that was pelleted in the video. Really enjoy your channel!
My carrots are pelleted and I agree they take just a little longer but are definitely nice to work with. I love pelleted lettuce. All the head lettuce I start inside in plugs and if it's not pelleted it's so hard to work with. I wish all lettuce would be pelleted. Pelleted Salanova lettuce is one of the best lettuce varieties out there as far as I'm concerned! Thanks for watching! -Erin
If i came out in may may i help in the garden awesomeness
I love your chanle
Thanks Kelsey! We truly appreciate it! -Erin
I have one of them.
Awesome, Thank you Robert - Erin
Hi Erin I really enjoy your Vlogs especially your cooking Vlogs . I am wondering if you or Mike could tell me what horn weights are ? I was watching an other channel and they were removing horn weights off yearlings and I was curious to know what they actually do ? Cheers and Blessings to you and your family.
Horn weights make the horns curve down rather than straight out, mostly for safety and to make them easier to work with in corrals and chutes :) Thanks Kylie - Mike
I wish we had a big garden
It's a lot of fun but a lot of work! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Sometimes things get sidetracked. Hope you get caught back up. So, you like that earthway seeder? I have been wondering if those things work good or not. Hope you feel better!
The earthway works great! If you've been considering one I would definitely recommend that you get one. It was game changer for me once I purchased it. Thanks for watching! -Erin
I've seen other small/urban intensive agriculture growers using that seeder on youtube and they also swear by it.
It amazing! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Also wanted to ask about the bees do you have your own or just the wild honey bees for you plants?
Our bees are managed by a local beekeeper, he harvests honey as well as letting the bees pollinate our plants. Thanks - Erin
I'm surprised you guys don't have a bee hive
We have quite a few and they have been featured in a few videos. We also have honey available from the ranch on our website. Thanks for watching - Erin
I'm guessing the reason the carrots grows well sometimes is it's not a wabbit saying "what's up doc ? !!!", do you put any mannuer on the carrots? You'll know this likely to know it's a big no no from what I've been told over the years, do you use any kind of fertilizer for carrots ? What would you recommend Erin? 🙂
I work manure in the soil for the carrots, some people plant them directly into compost as well. Thanks Calum - Erin
Nobody mention Le’ go, Lan duh in the comments!! If it’s spelled correctly mc en, zeee might freak out!! ;)
Lol took me a while to figure out what you were talking about! -Erin
HHIPHIPWHORAY for the seader from EarthWay! I've been using one for 25+ years without any breakdowns. Only one time it failed to plant (this spring) when a spider made a web in the down shoot and plugged it from dropping seed, LOL. Luckily, I noticed it after two rows after Shelley, my wife, insisted I verify that there's seed on the ground or who knows how far I would've gone! 41 years of marriage = good listening skills.
Plant on 🤠
I have had a spider do the same thing. It was a pain to get all the web out and get the seeder dry so that I could keep planting. Dang spiders. Good thing that you listened to your wife!! Thanks for watching! -Erin
Can you tell us about the ph readings
We are pretty much ph neutral around here. 6.5-7.5 is the norm. Thanks for watching! -Erin
Hi erin how are you today
I'm great Jacob! How are you? -Erin
Im great thanks
I still dont have my corn planted :(
Though you're behind, you've still seem to have gotten much done
Something done is better than nothing I suppose! Thanks for watching! -Erin
my mom thought she had a cold turned out it was the nine month flu and i have a sister 20 years younger than me I was in the US COAST GUARD jim WHAT ABOUT SEED tapes carrots cannot be too deep when planted...…..did ever try planting lettuce in 3 ft by 3 ft area sprinkle lettucelike grass seed esp. leaf lettuce less weeding
I definitely don't have the 9 month flu lol! Seed tapes are pretty expensive for the amount of linear feet that I plant and I'm not patient enough to make them myself. I have sprinkled lettuce like grass and it does work well. I'm hoping my rows are close enough together to crowd out some of the weeds once the lettuce gets bigger. Thanks for watching! -Erin
Would you like to try hydroponics?
Maybe someday. Thanks for watching! -Erin
Don't be a jerk Mike :D
He was spraying me lol! Thanks for watching! -Erin
cute
Peas. Where’s the peas? Less beets, more peas.
No peas. I hate picking them. It's too time consuming. The amount of beets I can sell at market is unbelievable. People love then for some reason. I think they taste like dirt personally. Thanks for watching! -Erin
lol... " don't be a jerk "
Mike kept spraying me! Thanks for watching till the end! -Erin
Erin: If it were me, I would gang three seeders together(change "I" to "husband") and pull them with the four wheeler. Course, I am old and maybe have a different viewpoint.....Stu
I've actually seen them tied together. Looks pretty handy. Mike's honey do list is pretty full right now so maybe for next year lol! Thanks for watching! -Erin
The work NEEDS TO BE DONE not needs done!
Nothing like running around the internet correcting other people :) Thanks for watching - Erin
@@OurWyomingLife "If you rebuke a wise man, he will love you; if you rebuke a fool, he will hate you"
you need to clone yourself maybe twice to get all the work you wish done; completed.
May you get healthy, colds are not nice.
Yes definitely need a clone lol! I feel better today than yesterday so hopefully tomorrow I'm better able to function. Thanks for watching! -Erin
I have had an earthway seeder for years as well, but it is an overrated product. The concept is good, but the seed wastage rate is atrocious, especially with sweet corn. The design is older and other more precise seeders are now on the market for a lesser initial cost and savings in less seed waste.
How does it waste seed? What brand of seeder do you prefer? Thanks for watching! -Erin
Our Wyoming Life The main wastage of seed I have found is corn. Rather than dropping single seeds at a basic uniform spacing, it tends to put out erratically with 2-3 seeds in one drop, then large space, then single, double etc. I have 4 different corn plates I have got from earthway, and they all are not so precise so to speak. Their engineering seems to be based on the perfect seed kernel which is unrealistic to anyone who has ever planted corn. To confirm my assumption, I carried out an experiment using feed corn I had harvested with full size kernels, it worked perfect, no doubles or skips. When RR sweet corn is $60 for 2500 seeds, erratic seeding costs money. I am not going to promote another seeder by name on your channel as it is poor form and disrespectful. Great video, always enjoy the informative views.