My Pomegranates Exploded...

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  • čas přidán 25. 08. 2024

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  • @pokedad.fishes
    @pokedad.fishes Před 9 měsíci +120

    All in favor for another spicy q&a with them peppers to warm up the crew for the holidays, say “Aye”. 😂

  • @lynnrector2174
    @lynnrector2174 Před 9 měsíci +75

    Not wasted. We always wait for ours to begin splitting before picking. They are much sweeter then.

    • @JoeBlack14
      @JoeBlack14 Před 9 měsíci +9

      Yep, surprised he didn't know that already. Don't think they split like tomatoes either.
      They split when they are ripe.

    • @melissabeach7078
      @melissabeach7078 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Us too!

    • @alwaysyouramanda
      @alwaysyouramanda Před 4 měsíci

      My grandmas tree was like 50 when it got cut down. My gosh it was a dense forest towering against the fence. You didn’t want to get too close! The fruit would drag tall branches that normally stuck straight up nearly to the ground. It was incredible and just left to explode for decades. So much fruit. Just.. a lot of spiders at the base.

  • @arescue
    @arescue Před 9 měsíci +30

    Not only can you make your own pomegranate juice, but you can also make your own figgy pudding for the holidays. I am living vicariously through your garden.

  • @blossomvalleylife5503
    @blossomvalleylife5503 Před 9 měsíci +18

    Our pomegranates are huge this year because of all the rain we had in San Diego. Occasionally they do split, but just harvest them and process and they are usually just fine. We pick a bucketful at a time eating some fresh and freezing the rest. Our harvest is usually done over a months time as different sides of the tree ripen sooner depending on the sun. We eat them almost every day all year long, in smoothies, on salads, and on oatmeal, or just as a snack. After processing so many you will appreciate why they are so expensive in the stores!

  • @1HappyPatty
    @1HappyPatty Před 9 měsíci +6

    This is my 10th year of a vibrant pomegranate free... I actually WAIT until my poms burst to harvest them. #1 - I am sure they are ripe, #2 - they are much easier to open/seed with a crack in the peel. I then get all the arils out by submerging the fruit in a huge bowl of water. This avoids pomegranate juice squirting across the room onto my white walls. The arils sink. Once I have a "batch" I drain them in a collander, give 'em a good rinse, and bag them into freezer bags. I freeze them because the arils do not survive a freeze-thaw cycle. This makes juicing 1000% easier. I then make pomegranate syrup (aka Grenadine), pomegranate sorbet, etc. MANY, MANY years of experimenting.
    I learned one particularly awful year to wait until they crack... all that didn't crack open were rotten inside. Suuuuper gross. Good luck!

  • @waterbitten
    @waterbitten Před 9 měsíci +9

    Butter is an introvert ok, leave her alone. She has a rich inner life!

  • @lanetower3411
    @lanetower3411 Před 9 měsíci +5

    My Pom is 6 ft high. Had a very poor year. Only got 5 and usually get 20+. I look forward to the pruning episode. I am in Long Beach, Ca.

  • @stephanie7352
    @stephanie7352 Před 9 měsíci +7

    My father in law always waited until the pomegranates burst before he would pick. So not waisted. 😊

  • @victoriabarclay3556
    @victoriabarclay3556 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I would love to see you shape a fig! Ours always sprawls and it’s huge! Even after our hard freeze last winter. It’s about 12 feet tall and 20 feet wide. The squirrels get all of them but I’m okay with that they don’t touch anything else in the garden

  • @deltorres2100
    @deltorres2100 Před 9 měsíci +4

    When I was young like about 10, we had pomegranate trees, we had kumquat trees. We had all kinds of trees that are now like so popular and back then it was like nothing. We had them giant pecan trees, and real long ones in the mulberries made giant mulberry trees and elderberries. They still grow in my backyard, wild…crazy I guess our parents and grandparents knew a lot that we didn’t know back then I don’t think trees to all over the place loquat trees, and we just had so many trees that we didn’t really appreciate or I didn’t at that age but now I do

  • @nancycosta6204
    @nancycosta6204 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Those pomegranates are just ripe. Not wasted at all. I remember picking and eating them at my grandparents house. The best ones were split open. Can’t grow those here in Idaho. The ones at the grocery store just don’t compare.

  • @grrt722
    @grrt722 Před 9 měsíci +3

    My dad has a few pomegranate trees. Since I nearly cut my fingee off shucking barrels and barrels and barrels of them for freezing or juicing, I kind of am OK never seeing a pomegranate again in my life. I bet you'll get there eventually, blessing or a curse lol

  • @StarsColliding
    @StarsColliding Před 9 měsíci +4

    Loving the vlog style content. I really enjoy seeing what true epic homesteading looks like.

  • @lemontea128
    @lemontea128 Před 9 měsíci

    Hilling up avocados is not necessary if you plant it in an area with good drainage. They like sandy loam soil. The important thing I learned from Gary of Louie’s nursery is to not add any organic material in the hole when planting, including compost. You can amend the soil but with inorganic stuff like sand, perlite, etc.

  • @lisam5744
    @lisam5744 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Looking forward to the fig pruning episode. Our fig is in need of a prune once it goes dormant.

    • @CWorgen5732
      @CWorgen5732 Před 7 měsíci

      Avoid letting the sap stay on your skin ❤

  • @thiccchad6690
    @thiccchad6690 Před 9 měsíci +16

    Hopefully things dont fall apart now that Eric is gone

  • @leighannf.4730
    @leighannf.4730 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Love that you keep adding solid products to your line! Can't wait to try the new pots.

  • @Chet_Thornbushel
    @Chet_Thornbushel Před 9 měsíci +1

    I’m looking forward to the fig pruning video. I was given a free fig tree this summer. I have no idea what kind it is and I live in a very cold climate so it’s living in a 22” pot now. I let it stay on the porch to drop it leaves and go dormant this fall but then had to bring it in as we hit the teens in temperature. And now I don’t know what to do 😂 The warmth of the house hasn’t caused it to break dormancy yet. I hope I didn’t jack up its schedule too much but I didn’t know what else to do with the fella.

  • @mewtation
    @mewtation Před 9 měsíci +3

    sometimes i wish i could have a fall garden because i'm having such a hard time getting any harvests from the short growing season here (other people can manage it, but i'm struggling)
    then i remember warm winters means hot summers, which i can't handle, so i guess i'll just keep working at it
    in fact, i'm hoping on moving further north

  • @russellstraker8040
    @russellstraker8040 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I've had a pomegranate inground in Christchurch New Zealand for 6years haven't had a flower stick around to fruit yet ,it does flower every year. I'm guessing I've foolishly left it unpruned it is very bushy. Look forward to seeing your pruning tips. Thanks.

  • @MadWetHen
    @MadWetHen Před 20 dny

    The koi having a meeting-“something I need to know guys?” 😂😂😂

  • @ambertietz9095
    @ambertietz9095 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Pomganates
    My grandmother had a tree for years and after she passed my Dad got cuttings.
    When she had it, it never grew alot of fruit and they were small.
    He accidently found what it loved the most.
    ...and its ashes from the barbeque pit so he thought
    ...he planted it next to the sewer pipe and it messed the pipe up but no one knew what it was up to, so it grew into a monster with lots of huge fruit until his pipes got clogged one winter and he found out and then we all found out why it was so full of fruit all the time.
    Yikes!
    It was exposed to bleach and all kinds of detergents and still grew.
    Flourished mind you!!!
    Beautifully!!!
    It was never watered but from rain and the sewer pipe and they do bust if you don't catch them in time.

  • @melanieallen8980
    @melanieallen8980 Před 9 měsíci +1

    ooohhh😍your garden & fruit trees have grown amazing since you planted them!❤

  • @JennTN411
    @JennTN411 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Doh!! I went out a few weeks ago and there were feathers everywhere!! I thought for sure something got in and killed one of my Buff girls. But there wasn't any blood or body parts, so after a day or so, I didn't think much of it. Molting makes so much more sense!😆 First time chicken mom, so I'm way behind in the information stage.

  • @mariannag.1490
    @mariannag.1490 Před 9 měsíci +3

    hi kevin!!! you have to add boron in the spring for the pomegranates!! it is a deficiencie!!

  • @Sharkdog11b
    @Sharkdog11b Před 7 měsíci

    Just some friendly advice since I’m a concrete guy you reminded me of something when you mentioned your post not binding in cement. If you ever put a wood post in cement make sure the post is covered with some kind of tar paper and also sticking below the level of the bottom of the concrete I’d the post is completely sealed in concrete (the bottom and all) then water can’t escape the post and your post will rot super fast due to constantly being water logged rather than gravity being able to leach the water underneath and out into the ground. Food for thought you teach me so much so I wanted to return the favor. Don’t trap the bottom of your wood posts in concrete. Just the sides.

  • @tammybyrd1054
    @tammybyrd1054 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Leave my Butta alone! She's an independent chick! lol ;) LOVE the dried peppers! Never knew Poms would explode!!?? Great job at cutting! They look so good! :) Satsumas look awesome! What a harvest! Koi are beautiful. Great new pots! Can't wait to order! Love my other ones! I want those pitcher plants! lol Keep trying with the "Fobcat"! lol

  • @BasicBeachCommunity1
    @BasicBeachCommunity1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Yuppers. Poms hate that damp, rain. Like that dryness oddly.

  • @johnobrien525
    @johnobrien525 Před 9 měsíci

    Just a thought about the koi. They may have been warming up in the sunlit shallow. How warm/cold is the water? I would be tempted to test the deepest shaded part and the shallow sunny areas for the range. I know it doesn't get that cold where you are but maybe with extra rainfall and shorter days?
    Beautiful garden and work as always btw.

  • @julianspetsplants0309
    @julianspetsplants0309 Před 9 měsíci +5

    I love all your videos, the homestead, main channel, and Jacque's as well. I have been watching for a few years, and you were my inspiration
    to start my own gardening channel.

  • @MMuraseofSandvich
    @MMuraseofSandvich Před 9 měsíci +2

    We've had burst pomegranates here at our house too. At least until this year when the hurricane knocked the tree over. 😅

  • @joellynshort3949
    @joellynshort3949 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Yep, my pomegranates split this year too. I’m thinking the rain we had in august, plus November, is the culprit. We have a huge tree, usually the poms are huge too, not so much this year. And they split before they’re even ripe. So I’m making jelly with them now - doesn’t matter if the juice is tart. hopefully there will be some left unsplit by the time they actually ripen to eat out of hand.😂

  • @jjbjjbh
    @jjbjjbh Před 9 měsíci +1

    Mine too Kevin. I live about 2 hours North of you. Between the Pomegranates exploding and the birds picking at them, I lost more than half of my harvest this year.

  • @kayleighf.6599
    @kayleighf.6599 Před 8 měsíci

    While cleaning, found a packet of Botanical Interest seeds from 2016. Warms my heart.

  • @lanetower3411
    @lanetower3411 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Did you know that you can make natural dyes out of pomegranate skins/rinds and avocado pits? Pom skin comes out yellow. Avocado pits come out pink.

  • @yeevita
    @yeevita Před 9 měsíci

    Pom can split in hot weather or very wet weather, when they are getting ripe. When I see some splitting is when I really pay attention to them. Split ones that have not dried too much or gotten eaten too much, I will juice immediately. Otherwise, I try to wait until they are beyond bright red - they get some brownish spots. That is when they are really ripe. I leave them on the tree as long as I can.
    Then I use one of those big handled citrus juicers to juice them and freeze them in bottles or ice cubes. I really like them as ice cubes. They do not fully freeze, so they are great with a small bit of water. My trees cannot keep up with my pom juice eating! I had so many this year, I loved it. I still have two bags for processing, then it is wait until next year.
    I do need to trim my trees a bit. Hopefully not to much because I really want lots of fruit. i do keep the trees short enough for me to pick though.
    Addendum: I juice mine using one of those big citrus juicers with the big handles. You mostly see those in bars to juice their citrus. I cut the poms in 1/2 and put a slit in them. If they are very big (you can tell when you try to juice them), then cut in quarters. I cannot believe how much I adore pom juice.
    I just use a big knife to cut the pom in half. Oh yeah, in preparation, I wear an apron and cover the area with some kitchen towels and also put a towel around the area where the pom will be crushed. You will know when you do it. It keeps the splash to a mininum.

  • @KitchenLivinwithShay
    @KitchenLivinwithShay Před 9 měsíci +9

    Good to see you again, Eric! 😂❤

  • @RaoneG34
    @RaoneG34 Před 9 měsíci

    Every month please give a full tour of Evey plants I love watching them and harvesting

  • @shamrockgirl804
    @shamrockgirl804 Před 9 měsíci +4

    When our Pomegranate trees grew in Texas, they were always cracked because of infrequent rain. But as long as they’re not moldy inside, they’re still good!
    We have ‘Wonderful’ (the standard store-bought) and ‘Salavatski’ (pink arils) pomegranate varieties. 😋

  • @cheriekalel9578
    @cheriekalel9578 Před 9 měsíci +2

    ❤ seeing you talk to us about the chickens, your orchard, the pond, and the back garden!!! It is an overcast fall day in middle Georgia, so seeing your beautiful garden and blue sky made me smile! Have a great Thanksgiving week, Kevin!!🎉

  • @ashleyh4664
    @ashleyh4664 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Not sure if anyone has brought it up yet, but you can save and dry those pomegranate peels, boil them, and make a natural dye out of them. It comes out as a sort of ocher-ish color. Natural dyers love the crap out of it (I know this in the, "Well of course I know him. He's me!" sort of way.) Natural dyeing....what a hell of a rabbit hole to go down. 😅

    • @epichomesteading
      @epichomesteading  Před 9 měsíci +2

      I'll try this!

    • @lanetower3411
      @lanetower3411 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I tried it and the cloth came out a lemony yellow. Gorgeous. And avocado pits come out pink. What do you use for mordant?

  • @notarobot8105
    @notarobot8105 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Love you Eri….Kevin. ! Can’t wait to see what projects start for next season.

  • @j.d.x4451
    @j.d.x4451 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Kevin! Love all the inspirational garden work yall do! We also love ordering from your seed company! Would yall ever consider growing or selling horseradish?

  • @hollysharvest
    @hollysharvest Před 9 měsíci +3

    Pomegranates naturally split when they're fully ripe. 🙂

  • @jwilson086
    @jwilson086 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I was asking about the 5 inch pot when it made an appearance on the other channel you appeared on! Need to get some of those for sure.

  • @cinemasianx
    @cinemasianx Před 9 měsíci +7

    Did you clear out your strawberry raised bed? Kinda interested in that. And I don't remember if you had any pineapple this time around. I got mine to finally fruit after 3 years.

  • @BasicBeachCommunity1
    @BasicBeachCommunity1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Mr. Kevin: Do you ever plan on adding some nuts/ Nut trees??? We had Almond tree growing up, pretty fun till the parrots ate it. Lol. And a macadamia nut tree which was ridiculous. Tasty tho.

    • @epichomesteading
      @epichomesteading  Před 9 měsíci +2

      Macadamia would be amazing

    • @BasicBeachCommunity1
      @BasicBeachCommunity1 Před 9 měsíci

      @@epichomesteading It's a pretty good shade tree I think ours was 40 ft but that was maybe like 35 years old. It's fairly easy to grow and can endure some heat. The leaves are annoying they have a small point on them. It attracts a ton of bees when it's flowering you mean you could get tons of honey if you had a honey boxes.

  • @aryelpanda
    @aryelpanda Před 9 měsíci

    we mix it with a bit of rose water , and eat it like a treat

  • @kristinpagan2361
    @kristinpagan2361 Před 9 měsíci

    Never sen pomegranates do that before. Figs well what can I say my tree before I cut it down was 6 foot tall at least but in the wrong spot but it lives on in about 60-80 cuttings. It was prolific that last summer with about 100 fruit but considering it was on top of the earthquake damaged sewer line to 4 joined units and in a space about the same size of Kevin's previous homestead's front garden it had to go.

  • @butterflyj685
    @butterflyj685 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Kevin, this year half of my Pomegranates where rotten and the other half exploded too!

  • @maryminenko3740
    @maryminenko3740 Před 9 měsíci +1

    You can eat the cracked poms you can also feed your chooks they love them

  • @jenifercarpenter3185
    @jenifercarpenter3185 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Enjoyed watching ..love the pond .

  • @jimriley9697
    @jimriley9697 Před 9 měsíci +3

    How do you eat a satsuma with olive oil and cinnamon? I'm so confused

  • @debbybrady1246
    @debbybrady1246 Před 9 měsíci

    Thanks for the tour. I'm going to prune my bananas this spring, I got a small bunch last year. Happy Thanksgiving.

  • @sharonknorr1106
    @sharonknorr1106 Před 9 měsíci

    Hope you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful state - unusually mild weather this fall although that will change on Thanksgiving. Many of the nurseries around here already carry BI seeds because it is a local company.

  • @stephanieduncan6778
    @stephanieduncan6778 Před 6 měsíci

    Love all the videos and information. But have you put out a pomegranate pruning video?

  • @mountainbikingwithlogan6163
    @mountainbikingwithlogan6163 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The camera quality of this video was exceptional

  • @jaedhalaptiste1924
    @jaedhalaptiste1924 Před 5 měsíci

    Can you do a video on planting pomegrante and avocadoes in comtainers please

  • @kristadaugherty
    @kristadaugherty Před 9 měsíci

    Your pond looks great Kevin! That new Epic 16 cell is the fit! Gonna run over and order some for me and my dad

  • @johnliberty3647
    @johnliberty3647 Před 9 měsíci

    I would not use deep litter in that set up. That method is best when done directly on the ground and when nesting boxes are higher than the deep litter.

  • @ceciliaborrego4387
    @ceciliaborrego4387 Před 8 měsíci

    When you do the next video about pomegranates, could you also talk about ways to get rid of leaf footed demons?

  • @KK-FL
    @KK-FL Před 9 měsíci +2

    What do you expect you might sow in those 16-cell trays? Looking forward to fig and pom videos because I have them both to deal with soon.

  • @jessicawood767
    @jessicawood767 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Pomegranates are still good. When they split, they are the sweetest.

  • @BasicBeachCommunity1
    @BasicBeachCommunity1 Před 9 měsíci

    Not sure if you have them, but in OC we used to see Mangos and Banana trees time to time.

  • @pattiethompson9154
    @pattiethompson9154 Před 9 měsíci

    My mouth was watering watching you open the pomegranate. Yes they dont need a lot of water. You can ignore them and they still give you fruit.

  • @yoshideku117
    @yoshideku117 Před 9 měsíci

    Eric Homesteading ❤❤❤ didnt knew about this second channel until the last Epic Gardening video
    Edit: love u and your work Kevin!! Thanks for everything

  • @fergus247
    @fergus247 Před 9 měsíci

    Wonder which climate is best for gardening? Obviously not arctic. But pros and cons of the others? Random question sorry

  • @kathrynmettelka7216
    @kathrynmettelka7216 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Pomegranates not from the store? Fabulous!

  • @simplifygardening
    @simplifygardening Před 9 měsíci +1

    Love pomegranates wish we could grow them here

  • @jtapia92
    @jtapia92 Před 9 měsíci

    Trajín and lemon or lime with pomos ❤❤ufff

  • @joycebovee5818
    @joycebovee5818 Před 9 měsíci

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  • @user-qd4cd5ro7l
    @user-qd4cd5ro7l Před 9 měsíci

    Fabka!! You should document that journey. That would make a great Collab with Dodo. “Gardening CZcamsr befriends stray cat” would be a great story and would bring a ton of new eyeballs to the channel and brand 😎

  • @melanieallen8980
    @melanieallen8980 Před 9 měsíci

    ooohhh your chillis drying out look amazing!!! Im so excited2 have my pommegranite fruitvall the way until ripe! I get many smallbfruits every year, then my dog eats them.

  • @fabiorosolen
    @fabiorosolen Před 9 měsíci

    The yellow dragonfruit in the background looks nice.

  • @chrissy9876
    @chrissy9876 Před 9 měsíci +1

    All of mine split and fell to the ground and have been ravaged by birds. 😭😭

  • @cobaltsashu
    @cobaltsashu Před 9 měsíci +2

    I guess you could say that those pomegranates were “pome-grenades”

  • @stonestare6487
    @stonestare6487 Před 9 měsíci

    Are you soil and tissue sampeling to find defficiancies so this does not happen again now?

  • @cactus_cuber1589
    @cactus_cuber1589 Před 9 měsíci +2

    That’s exactly how I open pomegranates
    Just curious what Plant Hardiness Zone do you live in?

  • @zzlpx
    @zzlpx Před 9 měsíci +1

    I hope the seeds are still good though.

  • @Yzerbruh
    @Yzerbruh Před měsícem

    Looking forward to the pruning video.

  • @relacionsustentable2319
    @relacionsustentable2319 Před 9 měsíci

    Dude my olive egger is molting at this time also,, she looks so miserable😁

  • @baddriversofcolga
    @baddriversofcolga Před 9 měsíci +2

    Why not use the rainwater to fill the pond?

  • @williammaxwell1919
    @williammaxwell1919 Před 9 měsíci

    Pomegranates can also be "espaliered", not sure about "figs"

  • @7-ten
    @7-ten Před 9 měsíci +1

    For me pomegranates are like reverse sunflower seeds. They are good on the outside but spit the inside out... do you eat the seeds and all?

    • @epichomesteading
      @epichomesteading  Před 9 měsíci +2

      I spit them out!

    • @7-ten
      @7-ten Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@epichomesteading Awesome! Happy to know I'm not the only one!
      💚 Thanks for answering! 💚

    • @yeevita
      @yeevita Před 9 měsíci +1

      I juice mine and freeze the juice into ice cubes. I can eat those all day long everyday. They freeze in a soft way so very nice to eat. I juice mine using one of those big citrus juicers you see in bars. I cut the pom in half, quarters if very large. If in half, I also put a slit in the middle. Very easy to juice then in the citrus crush juicer.

  • @tomcooney183
    @tomcooney183 Před 9 měsíci

    How do you make pomegranate molasses?

  • @DCIaddict2601
    @DCIaddict2601 Před 9 měsíci

    I need those 16-cell trays!!

  • @juliett22
    @juliett22 Před 9 měsíci

    My chickens LOVE pomegranates!!! Crack 'em open and let them have at it!!

  • @ColeSpolaric
    @ColeSpolaric Před 9 měsíci +3

    Here's the question we need you to answer.
    Do you eat or spit out the pom seeds?

  • @doloresgonzalez6988
    @doloresgonzalez6988 Před 9 měsíci

    Sorry to hear that.

  • @ashleybrodkin5551
    @ashleybrodkin5551 Před 9 měsíci

    Thinking of getting a Gozney dome, what do you think about it now that you’ve had it for a bit?

  • @vickimoseley7434
    @vickimoseley7434 Před 9 měsíci

    I’d love to grow pomegranates - what zone are you in? I’m 6 a, are there hardy varieties for my zone? Thank you

  • @Notable2Nikki
    @Notable2Nikki Před 9 měsíci

    Buttah, are you too good for your home???!? Insert Happy Gilmore screaming at his golf ball.

  • @williammaxwell1919
    @williammaxwell1919 Před 9 měsíci

    KEVIN. Use PPE when dealing with excrement! Atleast a HEPA mask and possibly goggles

  • @janetclark8754
    @janetclark8754 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Love the dried peppers!!!!

  • @thatcapuchin6597
    @thatcapuchin6597 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Kevin! 😍

  • @user-sn1jt5sh2x
    @user-sn1jt5sh2x Před 9 měsíci

    My pomegranate after 2 years, still not bloom or fruits, what is wrong?

  • @user-dc5gs7cr7q
    @user-dc5gs7cr7q Před 6 měsíci

    can i buy seeds on your website

  • @johnliberty3647
    @johnliberty3647 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Pomegrenades

  • @shaetanner1703
    @shaetanner1703 Před 9 měsíci

    the craziest part of this video is that he did it wearing a whiteish sweater.

  • @fritzvanorden9712
    @fritzvanorden9712 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Lookin good, Eric!