A really good pest tip: Get yourself the cheapest beer you can find and fill a bunch of little paper cups half full, then burry them half way in the dirt near your plants. Space them about 4 to 5ft apart and the bugs love it so much that they go for the beer before the plants and drown themselves. I learned this from my 3rd grade teacher who is a huge gardener. I've done this and passed the knowledge to my mother in law and it works every time. She was able to get a good plant harvest that season. Even the slugs go for it.

I love that you are walking barefooted and letting your body soak up the goodness of the earth.

As a Grandma…I am really impressed with y’all and how you are on this homesteading journey! We need more young folk to follow your lead! Continue to follow the Lord in your decisions! Enjoying your vids.

Teaching your babies is such a blessing I wish I would have paid attention to my Great Grandfather when he use to garden...

Cody, you are very blessed to have such a industrious woman as your wife. You have found the needle in the hay barn.

For carrot seed planting you could make a "gravy" with corn starch and water. When rhw gravy is still warm but not hot mix your seeds into it and put it in a plastic bag with a tiny corner cut off or reusable cake decorating bag with the tiny hole tip and make a striped in each row. It spreads the seeds out more evenly and you waste less seeds.

I loved watching how enthusiastic your children were about gardening. A garden is great for everyone!

You will have less problems with pests in your raspberries if you dig up half to 2/3 of them and make 1 to 2 more rows planting the plants further apart. If you have the room. Otherwise, thin them out and sell the thinnings. With space you'll see an increase in production and less worminess. Don't do it until spring, when frost has passed. Raspberries and thornless blackberries should be planted 4 to 6 feet apart, depending on the variety. 6 is better if you have the space. They will fill in. As for squash, if you put down ag fabric, the good kind, not weed barrier, and cut holes in it and plant your squash in the holes, the leaves will not be touching soil ever. Makes a huge difference. For the tomatoes, once they get big enough, cut off the bottom branches for the first foot to avoid water splash up and you won't get as many issues. Also, trim out suckers so that their is air flow and you will have a healthier plant all around. If you want to grow actual zucchini, there is a kind called Escalator zucchini that is a climbing zucchini. It keeps the plants off the ground. I've had it climb as high as seven feet in a good year, but usually it is around five. I haven't had any problems with disease with those ones and it is very tasty, too.

To help your cucumber, you need to pinch your plant after the fifth real leaf. That will help your plants to produce both male and female flowers… 🥒 For your tomatoes, remove the lower branch will help prevent mildiou from forming… 🍅 Thank for your tips! And happy gardening 😉

A great cabbage recipe that your husband may love is steamed cabbage with bacon. Cook your bacon until your desired doneness. Remove. Add butter about 4tbs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook the cabbage until soft and add back bacon before the cabbage finishes cooking. Its finished! ❤

My wife and I found your channel a few days ago, both of us in bed recovering from Covid. What a great way to spend the day! Learning from how you do your garden, preservation, etc. Wow! We’re so impressed and inspired. It’s a huge amount of work to do what you do, then adding KZfaq and knowledge sharing with the rest of the world… wow. Above and beyond, but very needed for the new group of homesteaders (like us) starting from scratch. Thank you, thank you. ❤

This is the best video I have seen till now. So simple and clear explanations. Perhaps I have a tip or 2 for small white worms in raspberries: We always put the berries in salt hand warm water after picking them. The worms will sink to the bottom and you can easily remove the berries from the water without the worms. Another tip for strawberries: if you seem to be allergic to strawberries: just wash them off in HOT water followed by COLD water. In that way the small hairs on the outside of the strawberries will fall of....the hair is what people are reacting allergic to, NOT the berry itself. Everybody can eat strawberries for they are kisses of the son : ) Namaste

Watching this from an apartment, wishing that maybe 1 day .

Perhaps in the future, you guys could do another garden tour, and box by box tell us how many plants you put in and what your yields are. It’s extremely impressive that you grow all your own veggies on 1/8th of an acre…but how much space do you allot to each thing to get enough to feed your family?

FYI - Heritage raspberries are the only variety I know of that you mow down every year. Most raspberries bear fruit on second year canes. Best to find out if your berries bear on primocanes (1 yr) or floricanes (2 yr) and prune for that variety.

King of the North peppers always beat the tar out of CA wonder. Many Grand blessings everyone everywhere and always

If you open that trellis up so it’s one huge square or rectangle, then place it down the middle of the bed. The cucumbers will grow up it on either side of it. My cucumbers get to be 8-10’ high. Much easier to see and pick the cucumbers too. You’re going to have a hard time seeing them inside the trellis and also getting to them once they’re huge.

I did the best with cucumbers growing the vine varieties on a trellis shared with snow peas. It gets hot in summer here and the peas protected the cucumber perfectly

I also LOVE how you walk around your garden barefoot! There is very little better way to connect with nature than to feel it with our feet. ♥♥♥♥♥

I appreciate your comment about peppers and covid, my partner taste buds got very affected, particularly with eggs, cilantro, and fish. They did got enhanced with avocados. That was back in late 2020, it has lasted all this time, but he mentioned that finally this year things are improving a little. I love your video! Excellent and honest.

Hello from the UK, Having just found your channel it's great to see how your planning to live your life being self sufficient. All your hard work is great to watch.

I’m not a huge fan of cabbage either, but Sarah (my bride) made some by chopping some into strips and fried the cabbage with some bacon and jalapeños… Soooo good!!!

I just wanted to say that I also have the pepper problem post COVID. I used to love bell peppers, now they just taste like straight dirt to me. I haven't found anyone else who has that issue, I'm sorry that you do, but I'm thankful that I'm not the only one!

For antifungal spraying, I recommend using a mixture of baking soda and water as a preventative measure. It alters the pH on the surface of the plant, preventing the formation of mold

I love growing squash and cucumbers on trellises. Amazing!!

You and your family is so much blessed with grace and abundance 🙏🏼God bless

I too was a diehard heirloom tomato purist but got tired of losing tomatoes early to fungus and such. So this year I grew hybrid paste tomatoes and had the best crop I ever had.

One of the best videos on gardening ever!!!

Your husband is so sweet to always give you compliments on the things you make! Love it! Good job and God bless you! ❤

Started watching you guys a couple months ago. Really impressed with how you guys film and the content you offer. We just moved to our homestead in Michigan last month (from Cleveland, OH). Moved right at the peak of spring/summer sowing so all brassicas will need to go in the ground next month for fall harvest. We haven't posted any videos lately because the craziness of moving but you guys are truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey.

Have you thought about trying to trellis your tomatoes, (snip leaves about 6" up from the ground all so the wet leaves won't cause mildew) squash, zucchini, and smaller melons? keeping them off the ground helps with rust or fungus. Planting marigolds, keep slugs, etc. off the base of plants, and flowers that invite the good insects into the garden. Also planting herbs in rows between vegetables helps with beetles, bugs that want to crawl up the stalks to lay eggs.

The BOTH of you are doing phenomenal. The WHOLE process is the journey. So motivating. I look forward to watching your channel. 🌱🙏🏼🙌🏼😁🥒🥦💯

It's amazing to see what you guys can do on 1/8th of an acre! This helps my brain with planning a garden that I always think needs to be an acre minimum.

Loved the garden tour...and wow those carrots are huge. Very nice. Y'all Rock!

My husband and I just found your channel, and after watching a few of your videos we subscribed to your channel. We truly enjoy your videos, very educational and enjoyable. It’s beautiful to see a wise young couple with a beautiful family, may God bless and keep you all!

Something to try next year, if you get the 16 ft long cattle panels and then put the short end into one raised bed (where your cucumbers are) and the arch it up and over the walkway where you are standing, and into the other raised bed to your right, then the cucumbers can grow up and over making a really nice leafy tunnel to walk under and it’s very easy to harvest them this way. It works well for all type of vining plants and is really nice for squash.

Hi Michelle, thank you for all these tips. And yes i can definitly relate to the taste issue,nothing tastes the same.

Hi Codi and Michelle, I just stumbled across your channel and love your content. I've learned so much by just watching a few of your videos. Love that you're following Jesus as well.❤

Loved the garden tour, thank you so much for sharing. Love how organized and abundant it is! Right now we have raspberries, a persimmon tree, and I grow most herbs and some veggies and fruits, but the bulk of my tiny garden is flowers. This is inspiring me to aim towards more food!

The green leaves on cabbage are so good . BEAUTIFUL GARDEN❤❤

I just found your channel and I absolutely love what you and your husband are doing. Blessings ❤

i would suggest winter sowing in jugs outside for the broccoli and cabbage plants. i started mine back in febuary and im zone 6A/ PA and they actually did the best out of everything i winter sowed. i think because they love cold weather but because of the jugs being mini greenhouse keep them just warm enough it really helps them have a good start in my opinion.

Been gardening for decades yet you gave me so many tips, helped me understand why some just haven't worked out - just loads of tips all in one video! Thank you and I'm now a new subscriber!

We've always burned off our asparagus in the fall without cutting any of it off and it's helped the patch get so much denser having the ash as soil feed.

You guys are such an inspiration. Thank you for the tips and for sharing your journey with us. ❤

Yes ... Danver (Denver?) Half long carrots are good for storage because they don't break off when you pick them because they are short and fat. Stonehead cabbage is a good variety because it's leaves are tighter together and you get less pest problems.

"How the heck does she make her own barbeque sauce?!" My wife.

I just adore you guys. It's clear your hearts are in the right place as far as Why to garden, and I love the care you give, and the wonderful example you set for you children. I hope they grow up to pass your amazing skills along to help others.

Cut your raspberries in the fall instead spring . It will produce the same amount of fruit, but it will stay producing for a longer time. Early spring spread some garden lime (before first shoots come out) on top of your bed, to help with diseases.

We have a symbiotic relationship with Yellow Jacket Hornets. They tend to build in or around our garden area. We pay attention to where they are and do our best not to disturb them. The pay off is that we don’t get stung and the harvest the small green leaf eating caterpillars to feed their larvae. Win win!

All I got from this video is that every farm, no matter the size needs a good dog! :P

I love you! And I love the fact that you are so blessed to have each other sharing the passion for farming, not only food but your lovely children!

Excellent content. This has given me several new ideas for crop management. Can't wait to try hilling potatoes with leaves!

You guys are awesome! Love hearing from your family ❤️ If you stick a cattle pannel between your beds in a arched trellis you can run the butternuts on them and save a ton of ground space and also keep the fungus and mildew at bay.

Knowledge is true wealth. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and tips!

I never had much success with cucumbers either. Took me a minute to figure out the process. First, I grow a pickling variety. I utilize a ton of fresh compose amended with castings & guano. Then I add approx 40 percent vermiculite. I also mulch with a good layer of hay. I allow the cucumber plants to hang over the edges and drape down. Cucumbers are heavy feeders and require heavy watering at the base, as water on the leaves with allow powdery mildew and mold to proliferate. Plus it is imperative to pick all fruits early and often. Once one fruit ripens on the vine , its game over and the plant will end its life cycle. Good luck and gappy gardening.

I’ve started using ROW cover netting on my brassicas. It works great and no worries about keeping pollinators away since they don’t need to be pollinated. Awesome results for avoiding caterpillars. Also, if you avoid touching your squash leaves while wet with morning dew or newly irrigated, it may help against powdery mildew. Also, water below the leaves like trickle irrigation.

Wow! Thanks for the tour! What a beautiful job you guys are doing!

Hey she has a Pretty smile . Give her the Love .

Hi ,i just wanted to say that i lived on a farm once and it's nice to see a young family that grows it's own food and having a farm thats the good life.

Hello from Texas! My family and I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work 🌱🌱🌱

Thanks for sharing your experience ❤

If you have trouble with powdery mildew, try growing them up on a trellis. I use old onion bags as hammocks to support the squash. This has helped a lot with minimizing powdery mildew and pest hurting my garden

Y'all are amazing!~ So glad you're doing what you're doing, AND somehow taking the time and effort to share your new and growing wisdom with us. I found this video super easy and fun to watch and effortlessly learn tons of great gardening tips! Thanks y'all.

I found your channel recently and am really enjoying your videos. Thanks for your effort.

So awesome to see a fellow Ohioan growing crops. I've learned a lot from you guys. Keep up the great work.

I sure appreciate the information you've shared with us! My wife and I live in SE WA State (zone 6b) and we've been growing garlic for many years. We plant between mid-September and late October, then harvest in July. This year we got down to 9 below zero and the garlic didn't miss a beat. It's large and healthy looking. This is our experience. God bless, Miles & Carla

Wow, this is amazing to see your healthy and beautiful garden. 😍🙌

You guys have it going on. We bought around 6 acres of overgrown land with a house that needs alot of tlc about 3 years ago. Slowly learning year to year. This year was our best year of green beans, corn, tomatoes we have ever had. Also added aji peppers to the mix and they did amazing.

Hi my friends, so excited to find your channel! My husband took my container garden from our deck to the ground a few years ago. Whaaaaat? This year we took our garden from the ground to raised beds. We had some problems with growing broccoli, cabbage, carrots, onion, and celery. Thank you for your video I will be trying this for next year in our garden.

you guys are great! Thank you for doing an exceptional video! Tons of great information. Seeing your kids helping in the garden warms my heart!

Growing butternut squash on a fence will help with the fungus.

I really enjoy watching your vids! I love that you are so upfront about things how you do things and what you plant and/or don't plant anymore due to sensitivity to weather or the plant just being a general pain to plant cos they easily succumb to disease etc like heirloom tomatoes and zucchinis! Makes me feel slightly better despite failing at certain vegetables. I think part of gardening is accepting what works and what doesn't despite what we see in other people's gardens (which look so easy sometimes). Thanks for sharing your garden and tips!

You guys are doing an amazing job! I’m a barefooted gardening girl as well️ What I learned this past year was how to incorporate companion planting. For example: your tomatoes…plant 1 or 2 basil plants near each plant and I also surrounded my tomato plants with marigolds. This year, first time ever, I had ZERO horned tomato worms!!! Companion planting using many types of flowers as well is the way to go. Plus I make hot pepper tea for my garden and use that along with fish emulsion & H2O2. Your cucumber trellis is perfect!!! I grow National Cukes for all my dill pickles, spicy dills, bread & butter pickles, relish. I grew them up a handmade cotton trellis and it was perfect. I got over 100lbs of cukes this year. I used cotton string for trellis because after I remove all the dead plants I can use that cotton in my mulch pile. I’m in Texas…so we’re all pretty much done with growing tomatoes, cukes etc…planning my fall garden now. We plant our broccoli, cauliflower, & cabbage in fall. Most times our springs are just too hot plus it’s nader season & well, things can go bad quickly ! Beautiful family! Beautiful life! ️️God bless you all!

Your garden looks awesome! I love seeing everything you are growing. -Cara

I grow all my cucumber's up a trellis. (and zucchinis, first time last year and worked a treat). Really high humidity where I live so it keeps them well aired and also ahead of any powdery mildew that generally hits the older lower leaves first. if at all. Good tip on the mint oil re white butterflys. I look forward to seeing if our locals white monsters here in New Zealand are also adverse to it! Nice garden!

Ive watched hundreds of gardening videos and I have just now stumbled upon your channel. So glad I did. You and your husband present your topics in such a way that your videos are a pleasure to watch. Another reason I liked your video was your location . . . I live in Ohio also! Northeast Ohio, near Cleveland, zone 6B, what zone are you? Always nice to find KZfaqrs near my area so I can follow your planting. I’m 71 and moving soon, a wee bit farther south (about 15 miles) so I will be starting over with a garden after 30 yrs in my current location. Looking forward to binge watching your channel (so fresh and informative). Also love watching your sweet children. Thank you so much for sharing!

I've noticed my tomatoes and cucumbers are more prone to fungus in the winter. However, during Spring and early-Summer I have zero problems. Also, planting flowers (marigold, zinnia, nasturtium) around my tomatoes keeps the pests away. The pests go for the flowers instead of the tomato.

Hey guys... here in South Australia we too have some trouble with mildew. We have found that opening up our plants as much as possible in how we grow them helps to cut it down. Also a spray of 50/50 milk/water on the leaves when you see it helps the mildew not grow on the leaves. Finely, when growing cucumbers, we've tried a few ways and found this to be the absolute best... 2 posts each end of the bed, 8' higher than the top of the bed... 1 x wire from the top of the posts over the bed... Then we put a string line (something that doesn't rot so use garden tie string for e.g.) from the base of the plant up to the wire, then grow the cucumbers up that. The string must be fixed to the ground (tent peg for example) and you just rotate it around the stem of the plant. It works the best and stops the mildew greatly. Thanks for your lovely informative videos - hope this might help you or others too.

For your winter squash use a cattle panel, put in a rainbow shape with tee posts and let your squash grow over it. Helps airflow and saves lots of space

Love what y’all are doing.. and teaching the children.. I did that with my children

You both have such an amazing amount of knowledge about gardening/farming, especially for such a young couple. You’re living the dream! Thanks for sharing. 👍🙏

This is so good! Thankyou for a thorough garden tour- keep ‘Em coming, we love them! ❤🇦🇺

You guys are my new favorite channel, very well done videos edited perfectly and great information and inspiration to the rest of us keep it up

Thanks for the great tour and tips!

After I had Covid and lost the smell and taste, once they came back, I could handle much more spicy food. So I love peppers and salsa and hot sauce!

Hey guys, I am not an expert gardener myself, however, on your tomatoes I have found that when you plant them in the spring, sprinkle epsom salt inside the hole with the plant before you plant it. It really helps with blight and fungus later in the year. Also, the next day sprinkle some on the ground right where the tomato was planted. It works in VA so hope it works for y'all too! Love the videos.

I can definitely relate with what you said about peppers! I had covid in 2021, and for the longest time I could not handle the taste or smell of peppers. It was so bizarre.

It's an enjoyable show to just relax & watch. It reminds of my dad who loved hunting and raising vegetable gardens.

Really appreciate your honest sharing; love your progress.......great inspiration.

Your trellis looks great and yes, once they start to grow they will be easy to trellis up. Love your channel!

Yesterday, your channel have 16k subbies in less than one day it has grown into 17k plus, so happy for you. Hope you can also show us your daily chores with the kids in your homestead 😊

You Guys!!! What a beautiful garden!! And what a team❤ this video just made my day. I love seeing people doing what they love doing!

Oh WOW, I had NO idea about the STRAWberry thing. Thank you SO much for sharing that! I am definitely going to do that this year!

Excellent video y’all. Western NC

Impressive garden! Great job you guys!

The trick to enjoying cabbage is the right dressing for when you make cabbage slaw, and when you get that right , your whole family will really enjoy it.

Thanks for sharing 😊 Enjoy your weekend 💖

Inspired! My absolute maximum growing space is 1/10th acre (everything else is house 😢) & I am trying to grow all our own veggies and fruits (family of 5 atm), but I didn't think I had enough space. I know 1/8th is a little bigger, but this still gives me hope I can get pretty dang close to not buying produce. Also love that you mentioned about how even organic sprays can harm beneficial insects. Just because it says "organic" doesn't mean it's good to use - we still need to think critically and discern whether what we're using is actually best for the health of ourselves and mother earth! Have you heard of JADAM? Thank u for this wonderful video ❤

For the powdery mold use a three part water one part milk and spray the vegetation and fruit😊