Thank you so much 😊

Thanks! 🥰

Thanks!

Thanks so much! 😊

Thanks for visiting!

Thank you so much! 💚

Thanks! 💗

Thanks! You only need to worry about crossing if you’re saving seeds from them. 👍🏻

Sounds interesting!!

would you please share how you do that?

@@lindmarcella I just shave with a kitchen knife, the outer layer off the flower head front, back, sides. The inner flesh of the flower is lighter and very tender. I slice it into 1/2 to 3/4” slices and fry them. The taste is amazing!

Yay! Thank you!

@@wholefedhomestead most welcome!

Thanks! 💗

I’ll plan to, thanks!

Thank you 💗

Better luck next year! 💗

Thanks! 🥰

Thank you 😊

Thanks so much!

Fun to see.you here Esther! I agree! Just found her. I love your videos too! ❤

Thanks! No- I wish we did!

Me too! I love that about dill!

My whole life! 🥰🥰

It’s a fantastic melon- delicious and super quick to be ready! Highly recommend.

Thanks! We plant garlic in October usually.

Thanks! That's from antique stores/junque sales 😊

Haha! I think they’re description of compact might be inaccurate 😂😂

Nope- that garden is a bit farther away and they rarely venture over there. Even if they did they wouldn’t bother those particular plants.

Thank you! I wish I knew- sorry. It grows well here naturally.

We weed the whole thing by hand, and shallowly down the rows with a small tiller. 😊😊

Thanks! We weed by hand/hoe/tiller, and now that the plants are big we don’t really have to weed anymore. And we don’t typically have to water our gardens here- we get enough rain. And yes crop rotation as best we can. 👍🏻💗

Yes straw

Thanks! We are western Wisconsin

@@wholefedhomestead happy to get two inches of rain yesterday!

I hope to make a video of that soon!

@@wholefedhomestead Awesome, looking forward to it. I enjoy seeing your garden videos.

They won’t survive here unless it’s a very mild winter. I plant new every spring.

I’m in Zone 4 also and I’ve had the same issue, I protected the roots for both but they didn’t make it. I’m going to try overwintering my herbs this year - I actually kept tomato plants alive this winter inside. I haven’t been able to successfully keep lavender or rosemary alive through the whole winter inside or out, though. I don’t have a greenhouse and the sunniest window is by the wood stove so that probably doesn’t help. I have kept a few plants in my garage and shed through the winter after cutting the plants back and they lived, like chives. Just be careful not to forget about them like I have before 🤦‍♀️ they’ll need a tiny bit of water and to be taken out in the sun in the spring. Good luck with your zone 4 gardens! I’m excited to try some of the layouts in this video 🌱

As much as I can, yes.

We have quite a bit- 19 acres total. But you can plant a lot in a much smaller space!

We only grow the amount we think we will need, and only what we eat the most of. About 10-20% more seeds than we need, depending on the veg variety. We follow square foot gardening methods mostly. Example, 2x8' framed raised row bed. Carrots, 4" spacing is 144 carrots. Our Garlic is planted in a 4x8 raised bed, 162 plants, usually harvested by early July, gets replanted for an additional crop of something that matures quickly for an additional Fall harvest. The whole garden is laid out with either raised row's or beds, and trellises. We grow 16-17 varieties of veg, not including herbs and is total area only about 750 square feet. 20x30 main garden, 3, 4x8 raised beds, and between 20-40 10gal buckets. This is just veg. We have no fruit trees. When we bought this place, we didn't know it was a 4 acre lot of ledge. Our home is in Maine now, zone 5. So about the same as yours. That's not a guess. First 20 years of my life was spent in MinneSOODA. Oofda!!!