Making Weed-Free Garden Paths With FREE Mulch | Homestead Projects

Making Weed-Free Garden Paths With FREE Mulch | Homestead Projects | Garden Design

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4 ай бұрын

Welcome to Calico Cow Acres! We're Mickayla and Taylor. We’re starting from scratch on a previously abandoned farm in the foothills of North Carolina, and we're working to transform it into our dream homestead!
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@tonyabovee9039 4 ай бұрын

You should talk to Ben about how to start your own fruit trees from seed. He has had good success from peaches and cherries.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

definitely want to do this in the future!

@jeremyparrott3713 4 ай бұрын

The peaceful bird sounds while you are tending to the animals. So peaceful. Can't wait to have this in my life.

@osmadchlo 4 ай бұрын

The garden paths look great! So glad for you to have that source of mulch! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! We are sooo grateful they decided to give us some of it. Hoping they'll come back!

@juanarosone8115 4 ай бұрын

You can use your cut trees/logs to defined your planting areas. It will help to keep the mulch in its place and your walkways tidier and the weeds will be more manageable. ❤️

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

This is definitely the plan! I’ve already started with some of what Tay’s been cutting down😊

@karend8575 4 ай бұрын

Ok cracking up at the goofball cat! Good job catching him in the act. What kind of chicken is Clementine? The blue splotch on their back is so pretty. The pathways look so NICE now. Gotta feel good looking at them! Great job guys!

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Isn't he such a goof?! Clementine (and Peach) are our Amber Stars, but the blue on their backs is actually an iodine spray called Blukote. The roosters were starting to over-mate with them and were pulling out feathers & causing some wounds. This is the main reason we had to get our Roos separated! Also, you're right. I can't stop admiring my pathways! lol

@waddeym 4 ай бұрын

Mickayla, get a fork for moving those chips. It's a lot easier than a shovel

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Using what works best for me! I’ve tried a scoop/snow shovel & fork and neither work as well for me as this shovel.

@waddeym 4 ай бұрын

allrighty then! The paths look good.@@calicocowacres

@waterlooboy 4 ай бұрын

Good job kids! This kind of reminds me of how my wife and I started out! In the end we did well! Just want to let you know you’re on the right path! Looking forward to the garlic production! Good luck!!

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

You're sweet, thank you! We're so happy to be getting back outside to work!

@sarahschlosser1203 4 ай бұрын

The soil does look really nice. You are getting there one step at a time and before you know it everything will convert from build to maintain. Love watching you

@1959dixie 4 ай бұрын

Y’all are getting there. Gonna be a beautiful orchard in the future. Love how you two work together.

@catiepower3550 4 ай бұрын

I got that from my mother in laws tree trim. It sat outside for a month because it froze and snowed the weekend I finished moving it from my driveway to the back of my property.

@TheSwansonSixFarm 4 ай бұрын

I find that my pitch fork works better than a shovel for mulch. Especially once it starts growing the white mycorrhizae and clumping up.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

This was like fresshhhh mulch haha it always falls right through our fork, but I totally agree for the aged mulch it works great

@user-nt1tg5xi3v 4 ай бұрын

Guinea fowl for the ticks, goats for the scrub

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Both in the plans!

@barbsoddznendz1896 3 ай бұрын

I heard, I believe it was, Billy at Perma Pastures Farm say urine kills tree stumps because it's high in nitrogen. So same idea of putting holes in the stump after you've cut it as low as you can, and then dousing it in urine. You can google it too. It probably keeps critters away too since they smell a human.

@kellycochran4007 4 ай бұрын

Looks great! I'm getting the itch to start getting ready for Spring. If you have any areas you need cleaned up from overgrowth pigs can help with that and they till the land in the process. Then you can put it into freezer camp when no longer needed. @ThePasturedHomestead, Zac has done that with all his land.

@lydiamitchell6814 4 ай бұрын

Garden time is here! 😃💖

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Yessss!🙌🏼

@lavernebufmack5091 4 ай бұрын

You two are doing a fabulous job getting your land in order! I anxiously await your every video,

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Aw thank you!

@Hobocreekfarm 4 ай бұрын

Get you a pitchfork for moving the much. Makes it a lot easier.

@carolinevincent1975 4 ай бұрын

Can we get a livestream of the coop ? 😍I would watch that too hehe it looks so cozy in there ! Love your videos !! And hello from France 😃

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

For ticks, I heard if you get you some guineas, they eat all the ticks

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

They’re in our plans!

@patz780 4 ай бұрын

You will be so happy that your pathways are covered this garden season. Yay to the company that shared their mulch with you. Such a gift!!

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

I think it'll be sooo helpful. I can already feel the relief of not having to weed as much this summer!

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

I was just gifted a fig tree and a crab apple and I have a blueberries and some other berries and so they’ll be going in the ground really soon

@hollyu48 4 ай бұрын

Your garden area is becoming quite beautiful

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

@camicri4263 4 ай бұрын

Good job! Blessings!

@moregunsarebetter 3 ай бұрын

Welcome to the neighborhood! We we're wondering who's kiddy that was. He paid us a visit a few weeks back. We have kiddies and chickens also. We love our garden as well, very rewarding watching it grow. Have Fun!

@calicocowacres 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! If he ever comes by & gets annoying or bothers your animals, please let me know. We try to keep him around the house as much as possible, but he’s a free spirit😆 happy to meet some neighbors!

@moregunsarebetter 3 ай бұрын

@@calicocowacresWe have a Tom also, part Siamese, he likes to wonder also, no problem. Next left, tenth house on the left. The wife and I built our chicken coop also. She says i'm OCD. She's ok with it when i'm doing things she wants.😂 Everybody needs help ever once in a while. If and emergency comes up and you guys need someone to help with the animals while you are away feel free to stop by. Southern folk look out for one another.👍

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

Yes, white vinegar and Epson salt. I heard you can drill some holes into that stomp and put the white vinegar and Epson salt and it’ll kill it.

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

Really looking into the trees that you get because now they got those smaller trees they don’t last as long but they produce quicker and they’re not other dwarf so they don’t grow real big plus also look into what is best in your area for growth and for chill cold time things like that really research

@billybibbit9146 4 ай бұрын

Very good video!

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! :)

@selinab8532 4 ай бұрын

you could use some of the logs for garden surrounds for raised beds, save your backs in the future, plus i think they look good you're doing well with the gardens, have mulch envy here lol thanx for sharing

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Haha we're rationing the mulch so we don't run out, but im sooo glad we got some! I've been having taylor save the straight branches to line the edges of our beds :)

@heatherjolly8389 4 ай бұрын

Just loving everything about this video

@clarkcarolyn4789 4 ай бұрын

Looking good. Try using a pitch fork (if you have one) to load the mulch I think you will find it easier than the shovel.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Using what works best for me! I’ve tried a scoop/snow shovel & fork and neither work as well for me as this shovel.

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

Make sure when the guys come back to give you some mulch give them like some cookies or muffins or something when we get that extra help from the city workers like picking up stuff or you know anything that they have to do and I feel like it’s just a little bit too much work. I always give them some cold, cokes or something like that or you know I’ll go out there and give them something in return to show that I appreciate them.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

We gave them lots of eggs in exchange :)

@belieftransformation 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the updates; it’s great seeing your wonderful progress & team work! Your garden will be great! Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦

@karenwood8300 4 ай бұрын

If possible, you should ask the “chip providers “ to give you another load if they’re in your area. I don’t think you can ever have enough mulch, especially free mulch.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

We're hoping to. They've been dropping most of them at our neighbors, but I want to reach back out and ask for more!

@loissaedder2214 4 ай бұрын

Oh no did Ben beat you to the mulch? Watched his video about the mulch a couple of days ago.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Yessss😂😭

@jdrew5367 4 ай бұрын

This was delightful. Thank you

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@cathykillion6544 4 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the video

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Mamasmovietime 4 ай бұрын

As usual I thoroughly enjoyed watching what you are doing. Dang but you two are so industrious. Love the wood chip paths. Thank you for sharing this adventure with me 😊😁🤗😎

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching :) we're glad ya liked it!

@jamesjessee4064 4 ай бұрын

Nice video ❤️ 🙋‍♂️ 👍

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@nancyewan9685 4 ай бұрын

I am a big fan of mulch. As it breaks down, it really improves soil. My sunny front yard in the suburbs has raised berms. I use mowed leaves, wood mulch, bunny & chicken manure. Now 4 years old & great texture for flowers & veggies. I have wood mulch paths. I use cedar mulch closer to the house.

@loissaedder2214 4 ай бұрын

I watched a Linda Vater video yesterday of a garden in California where the lady used fallen trees as walls. She had cut them into rounds and then split those into fire wood. She then stacked them into rows everywhere. They were eucalypts that fell in a storm and there was a lot of them. Interesting idea to use wood. Hello from Aus.

@suemcculley7073 4 ай бұрын

The tape comes off easier if the cardboard is wet.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

I need to try this!

@thehetricklife7272 4 ай бұрын

🤩

@rebeccazody1278 4 ай бұрын

Leave cardboard out in rain- when it gets moist the labels and tape are easy to remove. To keep it from blowing I lean it somewhat upright and braced against something- like between your two carts. Seldom will travel far that way. Love how great the coop and A frame are working out.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

That's a good idea!

@elisaturse4777 4 ай бұрын

If you have a snow shovel, it is far more effective at scooping up mulch and spreading it.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Using what works best for me! I’ve tried a scoop/snow shovel & fork and neither work as well for me as this shovel.

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

I started some seeds and sea trays yesterday. I think a good about 20 the majority of them were tomatoes. I did do peppers think I did about. I don’t know eight peppers maybe more but I actually don’t use grow lights because here in Houston Texas it’s kind of hot. It starts out cold but it gets really hot so believe me I’ve done real good success with just doing my seeds on the porch naturally with the sun, I will use a dome for for a day or two and then I’ll take the dome off 🌱🌱

@jeangurnee 4 ай бұрын

Can you graft onto some of the trees there to get the orchard going sooner?

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

We don't really have any trees *in* the orchard that would do well with that (many are rotten from being overcrowded), but we do want to try doing this in the future on other parts of the property. Especially since we have so many bradford pears we could use!

@ritawelch4949 4 ай бұрын

Guineas will help keep the tick population down. They're loud at times but very beneficial to the homestead.

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

for sure! they're in our future plans!

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

If you have a feed store nearby, they usually sell all that my feed store sells onions says potato said seeds by botanical interest. They sell seeds by the scoop. It’s really great it’s called quality fee. He’s been here forever so I started buying stuff from him not so much online anymore because buying local they know what grows in your area Love to see ya getting started in the garden🌱🌱 🧅

@suzanneo1124 4 ай бұрын

I’m in Charlotte. Of course I’m itching to clear beds but I know there are beneficial bugs burrowing/nesting in there. When are you planning to start cleaning beds? (Just curious)

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

Honestly I wish I had a better answer, but I’m just hoping to get to it as soon as possible prior to growing season. We’re putting the roosters on them to scratch them up & fertilize for us, but when I do clear beds out I usually just try & cut off the above ground parts & leave the roots in place to add to the soil as they break down. We also have plenty of lots of spaces outside the garden that we intentionally left leaves & whatnot undisturbed for beneficials!

@suzanneo1124 4 ай бұрын

@@calicocowacres sounds like you and I are on the same game plan. Part of the reason I watch local KZfaq channels is that we can all work together (you know ever I mean). 😂😉🫚🫛🪴🪻🌱

@debbiebeckstead9268 4 ай бұрын

Why does the chickens have purple on them are they trying to be stylish 😂

@calicocowacres 4 ай бұрын

It’s blukote🤣 they were some of the roosters “favorites” and were getting feathers pulled out & some wounds. It’s like an iodine spray that helps them heal without getting pecked at because they’re attracted to red.

@deltorres2100 4 ай бұрын

Looking good I have a lot of getting ready the beds ready I don’t have any grass on my property it’s all asphalt. That’s the way it’s been forever so I have race beds, but I do need to get some of them ready. I am happy that I self composting and composting that I have some really good compost to use this year for the first time in four years I have three or four buckets that I’ve been composting and one is probably I don’t know 65 gallons or so it’s ready for this year so happy Awesome I lost a lot of peppers with the freeze but I did overwinter I always overwinter so I’m overwintered three peppers 🫑