"Mom was right" famous words of every adult daughter. ❤

Good morning Ruth-Ann I’m a 60 year old woman and I’ve learned more from you since finding your channel than you will ever know. And I thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Looking forward to this seasons adventures in the garden! God is good!🙏❤️

I loved that time of year when they (the cows) kicked up their heels once they were turned out to green pasture! Such joy!

I just wanted to compliment you on the quality of your filming, it's beautiful.

I love your humbleness sharing we all have to learn from practicing. We all can’t be instant experts from reading one book or watching one video. Improving our skills is a life time job and you share that perfectly! ❤❤

A 100+ year old friend taught me this recipe for my orchard trees. In gallon jugs prepared like yours, place 1 banana peel, 1/2 gallon water, 1/2 c sugar, and 1/2 c vinegar~works great!

If you do summer pruning (instead of late Winter/Spring pruning) and just bend those suckered out of the branch, you will have less suckering. Also, if you prune a branch out, but down to the collar of the branch, do not leave stubs, or even little stubs. You can see the rings that indicate the collar. When you leave a stub the tree cannot decompartmentalize (cover the wound) and the stub will rot and rot into the trunk.

I wish I had known this before my hundreds of peaches were ALL filled with worms. But maybe next year. I thank you ❤ Your channel is beyond awesome and amazing and so are you

Your flowering branches in the crock is lovely. So spring-like. This would make me smile with my heart each time I saw it.

I always wondered how to trim fruit trees. The amount of knowledge you have is amazing. Teaching your children is so very important. Your giving them life-saving skills.

I did this after watching you. I have 2 pear trees. Only 1 has produced fruit so far I hung one in my tree that blossomed. Ive caughted moths in it. Thank you so much!

Hello RuthAnn and sweet family! Excellent information for the fruit trees so many people can learn from. The recipe for the Codiling Moth that destroys fruit trees is a great organic way to control the reproduction and keep the fruit organic without spraying chemicals. 1 clear gallon milk jug that’s been cleaned out. Cut a window in the jug opposite of the handle high up and just below the shoulder of the jug. 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1/3 cup blackstrap molasses 1/2 Teaspoon ammonia 2 cups water Tie jugs as high as you can reach with a sturdy cloth like a t-shirt onto the limbs of the fruit trees. Hang the traps before, during or after your fruit tree blooms. Leave traps to hang until you harvest the fruit. If the liquid in the jug dries out, just add more water to reactivate the ingredients again. The ducklings are so cute and the boys are enjoying them and kittens too. Spring is such a beautiful time with all the new babies on the farm and cattle are happy to have fresh grass to eat. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I hope you and your family have a blessed weekend!

Another jam packed half hour full of little tidbits of knowledge! Thank you RuthAnn. And hearing you at the end brought me back to hearing my grandmother.... 60 years ago!

We buy our seedlings from a precious, joyous amish couple just down our road💚 and yes, God IS good. Always.

my favorite part is the cows running to pasture, especially jumping for joy!!

Ruthanne, you look so cute standing there being blown around by the winds, but smiling, holding a bouquet of flowers and “acting natural.” Also I can see how patient you are, when your vases kept being knocked down, and you just picked them up over and over.

Dear Ruth Ann, Another idea is to tie a ribbon around the branches that have leafed out that you can tell will never bear fruit, but then prune them in the early spring BEFORE the tree leafs out, since that tree will have expended lots of energy in the spring to grow them. Blessings on your 2024 harvest!

Good morning Ruthann! Thank you for always having such good tips on gardening, baking, cleaning and sharing your beautiful family with us.

It was so good to meet you at the women's homestead society confrence. Thank you for your suggestion on my teenage daughter. Such a blessing❤

What a beautiful morning shot! God is so Good ❤️

Ruth-Ann I don’t think you have any idea of the magnitude & helpful content your videos provide to so many people!! I love your recipes and especially your helpful advice on practical things a person needs to know to have a successful homestead. Yours is the first I’ve ever seen on an organic recipe for killing the moths. And also teaching how to prune fruit trees! This one video has made our year. We recently bought a home with a lot of sad looking fruit trees. We had a small harvest, but a lot of worms. Didn’t want to spray pesticides so was at a loss as what to do. So a huge thank you for giving us our answer!! We are looking forward to a better harvest this year now!! I’ve learned so much from you and that is saying something as I have quite a lot of knowledge. God bless you & your family! God is so good, ALL the time.

God IS good! I am 75 years old and it is getting harder for me to work in my garden since I have back issues, but I’m still trying. I get such enjoyment out of watching your videos. Thank you so much for sharing. You are such a blessing.

Good morning Ruthann - From your Nebraska neighbor. I enjoy your videos and just found you about a month ago. Thank you for your videos. I’ve learned a lot from you!

I love to see fruit trees blooming in spring. The delicate colors and the scent are just a promise of the fruit to come.

Good Morning Ruthann and family, your cows where so excited to be out getting fresh grass,I got tickled at them running , thank you for sharing part of your life with us , you amaze me, I love the way you teach us, your fruit trees are beautiful, I love the beautiful apple blossoms they look beautiful in your home and beautiful on your trees. I am so sorry I did not get to participate in the challenge for the mixer and dehydrator I do not have a Instagram I just have a KZfaq channel, I may have to open a Instagram account so I can learn more from you. Thank you every Saturday morning you brighten my day with your calming voice and I know I will be learning something new, you are an amazing lady that is full of Gods love and grace. Thank you!!

Love to see cows jumping around with excitement when they're going out to fresh pasture!!!!

I grew up with 2 apple trees in our yard. Mom didn’t store any but made plenty of butter, jelly, sauce and pies. Organic so yes, blemishes and worms here and there. Best pies ever❤

Your cows were literally kicking up their feet with joy to be in the green field of grass and brought a big smile to my face... Thanks for the recipe of solution to protect fruit trees from wormy fruit. I do not like to spray for health reasons, expense and time. I will be trying this! Thanks so very much!!

How well trained your milk cow is! No stanchion and patient enough for the kids to milk

Good morning I'm enjoying your vast knowledge here thank you for sharing with us

Good morning in the beautiful springtime. Where everything is coming alive. Its such a beautiful time to see everything coming into bloom and the enjoyment from the animals, and we the people as well. Great fruit tree maintenance on trimming as well as getting rid of the pest. Love all the new births of the animals. Happy planting. Yes absolutely God is good.

Ruth Ann, thank you for sharing your many gifts and talents with all of us and most especially me! You have such a wonderful way of teaching in a way that breaks your lessons down in such a simple and basic way that makes it more easy for me to understand. You have a gift to remove the "fluff" (if you will) and break whatever you teach me at the very least what I had sometimes found difficult! You've given me so much confidence to dig in and tackle things that I had anxiety to start. I.e. pruning my fruit trees! canning, gardening, farm animals, baking, and the list goes on... So in short Im sending you a heart felt thank you from me to you friend Wishing you and your's great love and happiness, peace, health, and contentment ❣️😇

I love watching your videos while cooking breakfast! Maybe i missed this tidbit, but do the moth traps also catch bees or other pollinators? We have bee hives in our orchard and don’t want to risk killing them. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing the recipe for fruit worm control.

I want to thank you Ruth for the recipe on the fruit tree bug juice! We just made a new batch and hung them up on our peach tree and apple tree. They were so full of the bugs. That was Sunday afternoon when my husband changed them and he checked tonight and a bunch more are in it! Thank you very much!

Good morning. It is very early in Vegas. Still recovering from rotator cuff surgery and not sleeping well. No fruit trees now but grew up with trees and vines. Miss/don’t miss spring pruning. Love the videos! Making candy today! Or at least trying to!

I was surprised to see you prune in the Spring! My dad always did pruning in the Fall so the sap would not be up in the tree! Perhaps our area or your area makes a difference. We live in Western North Carolina, but I would think your weather would be colder than ours. I so very much enjoy your videos. I'm 76 and have still learned so much from you! You are my favorite KZfaq videos other than the preachers I watch!! How I wish I could go back and know what I do from you!! I love you and your family! So sweet!!

What a very helpful video, thank you, Ruthanne!! We "inherited" 2 apple trees and a pear tree when we moved to this house. The trees had been planted, I assume, when the house was built in 1976, and had not been pruned in a very long time. We get the coddling moths pretty bad. Last year was the first time we got any kind of apple harvest, so I took advantage, and didn't have to buy any apples! The pear tree is very good. It produces such huge, juicy, sweet pears, that we get many more than we need most years. This year, we decided to get some new trees to go along with the existing ones: 2 dwarf apple trees, a semi-dwarf peach, and a standard plum. We hope to keep them ALL pruned! We too want to rely less on the grocery. We do have a local farmers market at a bulk food store owned by a German Baptist family. It is very nice to have that to fall back on when something in my garden doesn't produce. But we don't know, any of us, what tomorrow holds. They all might need to keep their harvests to feed family or those in need. ETA: today would have been my parents' 62nd anniversary. They were married in the living room of the home I grew up in, and my mother carried a bouquet of apple blossoms that one of my brothers cut for her❤

Fruit, there is a natural clay you spray the fruit trees with, once the fruit has started to form. James piggioni ( food forest) has a videos about it. Apparently it just makes them less tasty to bugs, but we can wash it off. Just offering the idea.

You're one of my favorites, too. I love Saturday KZfaq shows because you're there. I bless yoh.

Great job mom and family on all that you do.. Great job everyone. .Lochness Scottish Highlands..

I’m excited to see what your new building is going to be.

I am 72 and I have learned. Thanks .Judy

Wow, the wind was blowing! Ruth ann thanks again for sharing great information pruning fruit trees. I wish you were my neighbour homestead farmer! God bless you!

Thank you for giving me the courage to start pruning our trees. That has always intimidated me.❤️

Beautiful sunrise, then seeing Dave enjoying himself while rolling in the dirt - so glad to see him doing well! Very interesting information on the preventative for moth worm control. Please tell Harrison that I like his new haircut 💙 I saw that Winston got to go along with the trip to your sister's greenhouse Those flowering apple branches look absolutely gorgeous in your home, and I bet they smell good too! I love that you pronounced "God is Good" in German. I would love to someday learn at least some Pennsylvania Dutch. Thank you as always for your delightful videos!

Good Morning! Wait every Saturday morning for your video❤😊

Thank you for taking us along again this week! I enjoyed so much seeing the cows run and jump! ❤ xo

I learn something new every time I watch you! I share your tips with others as well as your channel. Thank you!

So nice to see those cows almost dancing for joy when they got out on pasture! I enjoy your channel so much. I discovered it last summer and have enjoyed it thoroughly since. Wonderfully calming and informative viewing.

Awww happy cows so adorable . Seeing so happy . GODBLESS sweetie

You could also root those for more trees 😊

Spring is just the best. Everything coming back to life, even us. It lifts my spirits so much. ❤Thank you for another informative, inspiring video. I was smiling so big watching the cows be so happy to go outside. 😁💝🙏

Thanks Ruth-Ann this is just the info I needed! I am 67 and learning from you all the time. I will now have more confidence and knowledge to trim our fruits trees on the farm. Already did some during morning chores lol this is great-did not know you could do this while the trees are blooming. Love your channel-Happy Spring to you and your family. Darlene

Thank you Ruthanne for sharing your farm experiences with us! Brings back precious memories of our farm beginnings (1967) with chickens and sweet Muscovy ducks with brood! And yes kittens in the hay! We had everything but cows LOL! Blessings on your family and your homestead!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿 Yes... God is good all the time! Amen!

Some of your filming scenes were breathtakingly beautiful. They reminded me of old paintings from the early masters. Blessings from Ireland, although I’m in Spain on holiday ❤🙏🇮🇪

Another great program. Thank you Ruth Ann!

Thank you! This is very helpful info. And I love seeing the cows so happy and of course all the baby animals too!

Such good advice for a new fruit tree grower! Thank you! Such a beautiful time of year on your homestead. ❤️

Just love watching and learning new things from you! Thank you!

I’m enjoying both of your recipes, tips and tricks.

Great video Ruthann. Ty for sharing all your knowledge with us.

I needed that video! Thank you for explaining why, along with the how!

Thanks for another beautiful video! I always love seeing the cows go out into the field with such happiness. ❤

I love this! I really feel like I can prune my fruit trees now. I thought I had to do it before the blossoms were on the trees or I would kill them, so I never did it. I will try out the liquid too. Thank you so much!

It was fun to see the cows running they look so happy! Have a beautiful week ! Thank you for you're wonderful videos!❤😊

This episode is a treasure start to finish. Thank you RuthAnn!!

What a blessing... thanks RuthAnn

I cannot tell you enough how much I enjoy your video's - I look so forward to each one - they make me happy! You and your family are a joy!

Your information about the trees is exactly what I needed to know. Thank you!

Thank you for showing how to prune your fruit trees, Ruthann, as I bought 2 new plum trees last year, and I need to prune them now. They've grown a LOT, and both have lots of suckers both at the bottom and growing on the branches. I always learn something useful from your videos, and your youngest boys are getting so grown-up! 💖

I enjoy your videos and want to thank you for passing on an abundance of knowledge ♥️

Love the kids out and helping!

Another wonderful snap shot of your busy life. Love seeing you all thriving.

Love your programs! Thank you.

What beautiful bouquets! Thank you for sharing.

Always a pleasure to see the goings-on of your week.

Never thought to bring fruit tree blossoms into my home! Lovely idea. Yours are beautiful.

This is exactly the information I need! You made everything so clear. Thank you!

Love that you saved some of the flowering prunings, and put them in vases❤

Thank you so much for the fruit tree info! ❤️❤️❤️

So excited to try the moth trap! Thank you for all your inspiration and knowledge you share!

Thank-you for sharing time tested true remedies!! Love your channel! God Bless you and all your loves ones!

I so appreciate your videos. You bring the sisterhood into my life that I have been missing. I really enjoy watching you accomplish so many things and sharing them with us. 💜

This is so informative. I'm always hesitant to trim my trees too. Thanks for your honesty. Good for you sticking to it and growing in confidence. Thank you for the printable pruning guide. It is really helpful.

I’m from Wisconsin and started watching your channel about a month ago and have tried so many recipes and learned so much. Thanks you ! Looking forward to seeing your garden this year!

Absolutely fabulous views! Irmt was fun watching the cows run around having fun in the fresh grass.

Thank you for your great information and what adorable baby ducks 😊

Thank you for sharing! I did my tree today

Love watching your videos Ruth Ann. ❤️❤️❤️your voice is so soothing😊

God is good!! Love seeing all the new growth in the spring time both with plants and animals!!

I love your videos. I was born in Iowa and my soul is still there. I love your gardens!! You are amazing. If you don’t mind, I would like to comment on just one thing. You really do not need music in the back ground of your videos. Just the natural sounds of the farm is so pleasing and relaxing, it is all you really need. THANK TOU for your wonderful videos and sharing your life.

Fabulous photos of the children, the animals & beautiful countryside! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦

Thank you for the tips on baking and cleaning and gardening I learn something new every week I love when the little boys come out to help you from Philadelphia

Your arrangements are absolutely beautiful. You are one busy lady! Thank you for sharing the information on pruning your fruit trees and the organic pest mixture. I’m excited spring has hit for you. Can’t wait to see what you will be sharing with us for the garden and all the other happenings on the farm.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful family with us. ❤

Hello Ruthann! You & Miracle Homestead are my Very Favorite KZfaq Channels. You are such an Amazing Woman. Elvin is so Blessed. You are the Proverbs 31 Wife/Woman. Your videos are always interesting & fun to watch. I Thank You for your knowledge & willingness to share it AND I Love your Humbleness.

Lovely bouquets!

Those apple blossom bouquets are stunning!!

Thank you Ruth Ann!