We Tilled our NO DIG Beds! Sabbath Year is COMPLETE
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Күн бұрынWelcome back to 1870s Homestead! In this video, Rachel and Todd take you on a journey as they officially end their garden Sabbath year and prepare their garden for the upcoming growing season. The garden had become overrun with weeds, and the decision was made to till the no-dig garden beds for a fresh start.
Watch as they share their reasons for tilling the garden and the process of weeding, broad forking, and soil preparation. They also discuss the removal of tomato trellises from the previous season and a trade they made for compost and worm castings.
The video highlights the importance of early garden preparation, especially after a year of neglect, and hints at potential changes in garden bed design. If you're interested in organic gardening, soil health, and sustainable gardening practices, this video provides valuable insights and tips for your own garden.
Join Rachel and Todd in this essential stage of their gardening journey and get inspired to prepare your garden for a successful growing season. Don't forget to subscribe for more gardening content and stay tuned for the next video, where they'll share their garden bed preparation process in more detail. Happy gardening!
00:00 The END of our Garden Sabbath Year
01:00 Checking Raised Beds
01:39 Tilling our NO DIG Garden Beds
03:35 Soil Results
05:12 Why we're tilling
08:12 Homestead Bartering System
10:26 Rachel's Tumble
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The video discusses the end of a garden Sabbath year and the need to prepare the garden for the upcoming growing season.
The garden is described as being overrun with weeds, and the decision is made to till the no-dig garden beds for a fresh start.
Tomato trellises from the previous season were removed, and a trade for compost and worm castings was made.
The garden soil is mentioned as being compacted and in need of aeration and amending with compost.
The video emphasizes the importance of early preparation for the next growing season and hints at future changes in garden bed design.
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@lorithornhill649 8 ай бұрын
I was raised on 7 acres. My parents had a glorious huge garden every year for close to 30 years. They tilled every year. We raised goats and barn clean out went on the garden and everything got tilled in. I only have raised beds and a back yard garden no farm land. Its your garden your choice. Im so happy to see you in the dirt again. Enjoy.
@jewlstime 8 ай бұрын
Our family will also be honoring the 7th year rest for our land!! May your family and your land reap the bountiful blessings of doing so!!
@billybass6419 8 ай бұрын
I sometimes sit in one spot and just look at my garden for 30 minutes, then move to another place and look at it from that angle for 30 minutes.
@thehumblehomestead734 8 ай бұрын
You awoke the soil after her year of rest. What a beautiful thing 🌱
@vjohnson2400 8 ай бұрын
Your Sabbath year away from gardening was obviously meant to be since you had a lot of other unforeseen commitments to deal with during 2023. Todd is so very thoughtful and has put Rachel uppermost in many decisions. Good bargaining on the compost etc. neighbours have been trading this way for generations - it never gets old. Looking forward to gardening with you in 2024.
@judyjohnson1012 8 ай бұрын
God commanded the sabbath for a reason. As a child, I was raised a Seventh Day Adventist and we always rested on Saturday. I think we should do more of that. You might try to cover the bed next time with a tarp.
@WinsomeWinslet 8 ай бұрын
How does your pantry look after a Sabbath year? So good to see you both gardening again!
@karenm7433 8 ай бұрын
Yes I want to see!
@mommamoore 8 ай бұрын
I would like to also see what your basement food storage looks like before you start preserving again. Thank you for sharing!
@gardengrowinmawmaw8642 8 ай бұрын
Don't beat yourself up for tilling. Old timers tilled twice a year, threw on the manure, and never looked back, or worried about anything except rain. Maybe we need to do that sometimes, too.
@stacymcclain3066 8 ай бұрын
Your garden, your rules. My dad tilled his garden every year and we lived off everything he grew from year to year. Mama didn't have to buy much produce or meat when we were growing up. What we didn't eat fresh, we water bath canned ~ ❤ PS ~ hope you're ok after the fall ~ 🙏✝️
@arlinerobertson6377 8 ай бұрын
Sometimes the earth needs a fresh start. What a blessing
@Kenisproactivehere 8 ай бұрын
Rachel hope you didn’t hurt you back on the fall. Todd you really inspire me with your work ethic. I’m 68 and been serious about developing a self sufficient/ Homesteading attitude and I find it a great deal of work. It’s worth every sore muscle and something that has helped me get thru the death of my 40 yr old prodigal son. Our hearts have been broken and you both have been a great comfort in a hardship. So many things you have shared in so many ways, thank you for sharing your lives. Wish you were our neighbors but at least we’ll meet in heaven so day. Your a blessing. More fish videos please Todd😊😊
@1870s 8 ай бұрын
Definitely a lot of work. Sometimes I almost feel more sore if I just sit around vs. working and working. Doesn't seem like we meant to be still for long.
@emptynestgardens9057 8 ай бұрын
Ya microbes figure it out, like for billions of years. 😊 A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. I love your reset and looking forward to seeing your garden continue to produce.
@wandamorrow5863 6 ай бұрын
I’m so fond of you! I love how you love what you do in your garden. You are such a wonderful inspiration ❤
@emilyneal7888 8 ай бұрын
Yikes Rachel! I hope you’re ok after the broad fork fall. That looked like it could of hurt. That soil is fabulous. Can’t wait to grow with you this coming year.
@missykuss9975 8 ай бұрын
I totally applaud you making the ‘right’ decision for you and your garden at this time, despite possible controversy. And I love Todd’s rationale!
@bitchywoman 8 ай бұрын
Nobody cares
@ConcealedKari 8 ай бұрын
Glad you are back in the garden! I applaud your obedience to doing the sabbath in a tough year. I know your time was filled with family so that is always a blessing.
@charlenequinilty7252 8 ай бұрын
Love the smell of fresh plowed soil.
@rachelrodriguez4053 8 ай бұрын
I can't wait to see you guys THRIVE next season!! 😊
@hannahsbackyard5960 8 ай бұрын
I til my garden every year in the spring. In the fall I add a years worth of horse manure and let it sit til April. Then we till it all in. I had one of the best years in the garden this year!
@beccasbythebay 8 ай бұрын
This is fabulous. You'll be Glad you tilled. We've been tilling and building our soil for 7 years. Less bugs & less disease & less weeds. We started solarizing in the hottest part of summer to knock back bugs. We add homemade bokashi when we plant out our seedlings. We make leaf mold Compost, composted deep litter chicken run with leaves & worm vermiculture composter. The Bible talks a lot about tilling the soil. No til just doesn't make sense especially in clay or sandy soil. ❤❤❤
@woozlex 8 ай бұрын
Would love a pantry tour after a year :)
@lisahamby5096 8 ай бұрын
Loved seeing you guys in the garden again. Wishing you great success next year.
@gardeningfishingjimw9364 8 ай бұрын
Hope you're ok after the fall Rachel. Great to see the garden taking shape already and I agree with Todd on running the rotary hoe over the outside garden. :)
@JoyoftheGardenandHome 8 ай бұрын
I'm glad that's over. Good to see you in your element❤
@1957pattypat 8 ай бұрын
Oh no, I saw you fall. I hope you're okay. I love the videos.❤
@dustyflats3832 8 ай бұрын
I don’t want to add too much because I love the sandy soil as it’s easy to work, but it cleans off the root crops, bulbs and tools easily. I see many adding loads of amendments, for me I don’t feel it’s necessary. Not all crops or flowers like rich soil. Hugelkulture is said to provide fertile soil for decades. I just use leaves, broken down wood chips and fertilize with bonemeal and blood meal at times depending on the crop. We have chickens again this year and that’s all I’m using. I have a couple different compost piles and one is just for old potting mix and sometimes I just bury scraps right in the rows. I believe doing everything in the garden on a dime. Bags of stuff is very costly on a larger scale. I have a couple RBs, but find it more beneficial in many ways to do wide long rows and just outline with reclaimed boards to hold wood chips in the path. To me money spent on shade cloth and bug netting is well spent. The severe drought pushed us to drip emitter irrigation. The cloths, irrigation and changing varieties that are best for my garden settled a long mystery about beets, carrots and radishes- I can grow all of them now and had state fair sized rutabagas. I never, nor could I not garden for a year. If you have bugs get some birds. I observed one of our roosters today digging and he uncovered a cut worm. He didn’t eat it right away until I asked if he planned on doing so. He clucked a couple times to his buddy as if he caught the catch of the day and then ate it.😂
@mrwhitten7704 8 ай бұрын
Hard to believe a year has passed. Amazing work you've done to create that soil. I'm of the opinion that you should do what works for you. As mentioned, you can amend and inoculate and do all sorts of things to bring more life into that soil. We can't wait to see how everything turns out.
@christinaanderson27 8 ай бұрын
Hope your back is ok. I recently did something similar since it was a bed i dodnt garden in. I cant wait to see more gardening videos. But i got garlic planted. Need to do 2 more beds.
@jonesfamily9119 8 ай бұрын
We have a 5 acre homestead with a horse, 3 goats, chickens, bees and soon to be rabbits. Our garden feeds 5 people with plenty of extras( our canning storage my husband built was shared in your comments on a fb post) and is around 1/2 to 3/4 of an acre. We till it every year due to the amount of clay in our soil even after 15 years of composting and amendments. Even with the tilling every year our garden is very bountiful as we till in our goat and chicken bedding and composted horse manure. Can't wait to see you get back into it next year!
@marlysjcollins8775 8 ай бұрын
Get a T-post puller, relatively inexpensive and it will be a game changer when relocating the trellis! (Helpful tip: use a 12” square 3/4” piece of scrape plywood if the ground is soft)
@aprilriordan8202 8 ай бұрын
Hope you didn’t damage your back when you fell Rachel ! I’ve done no dig for 4 years now and this autumn I turned all the soil to refresh everything as the soil was getting compacted deeper down , for healthy garden soil it definitely needs to be refreshed every so many years depending on how heavy you grow through out the seasons. Looking forward to seeing your plans for next spring and the coming seasons 😊
@kathystafford6668 8 ай бұрын
Oh your smile says it all ! Oh goodness I hope your ok!
@rennells 8 ай бұрын
You need a t-post puller. They make like so much easier. Tractor supply co carriers them for like $40
@jacquelinerWQ 8 ай бұрын
Oh how lovely seeing the beautiful dark soil on your fingers Rachel! ❤ Ouch! I hope you are ok!😮
@SalLeeHolland 8 ай бұрын
Gardening is hard, but so rewarding. You also know what's in your food and what isn't! Sending prayers your way for that nasty fall at the end. Your surely going to have a bruse from it. It's been a very busy year for you while your garden was at rest. Sending prayers for you and your family. Glad you could fit the trip to Alaska in also, as it was a much needed get away. Love from Western, N.Y.
@triciasklodowske5653 8 ай бұрын
Woven ground cover from growerssolutions is GREAT!!!!! Living Traditions Homestead, Deep South Homestead and a few others use it also. I love ours. We have it covering the whole garden even under the raised beds. Keeps the weeds out of beds. No mulch or wood chips needed around the beds/in the rows. Wish it would stop raining and warm up alittle so I could finish putting mine to bed. Thanks for sharing. God bless and protect.
@campbellprater1737 8 ай бұрын
ARE YOU OKAY? Hi precious, I haven’t commented in some time (because I don’t have internet or cell service where I live now) but I’m SO concerned because I saw you fall at the end. Please let us know how you are!! Praying
@patriciacole8773 8 ай бұрын
The best results I’ve had in my raised garden beds is from placing cardboard on top with the edges tucked down the sides. Rich black and loamy in the spring ‼️ This year I have planted white Dutch clover for fertilizer. I might still put cardboard on top because I may have waited too long to plant the clover…? I’ve used mown leaves and it worked fine. Cardboard was ideal❣️ The pressure is on for the tulip display in May😁🌷🌸🌷🌷🌷🌿🌷🌷🌷🌿🌷🌷🌸
@wrightfamilyhomestead 7 ай бұрын
Our ground in SE Missouri is so hard and the weeds are so dense that we till. Even container gardens fill with weeds quickly. Its relentless.
@laurielyon1892 8 ай бұрын
I'm looking forward to watching you in your garden again!! I love your excitement, just smelling the dirt!!
@gpashh 8 ай бұрын
Yayyy someone else who pulls weeds by the root! Broadfork, (sp?) I need one of those. Big hugs! Lucky you to have such a wonderful hubby to help you! Love the smell of my soil too. 😊
@kittiew260 8 ай бұрын
Surprised you didn't use cover crops to help your soil. Game changing and really no need to till using right crops, right season and cutting before seeding.
@juliepoolie5494 8 ай бұрын
How could a year have passed already? That’s crazy!
@hollyu48 8 ай бұрын
We have a city allotment that’s tilled every year, don’t necessarily love that but I amend and fertilize and everything always does extremely well
@debbiealtman5373 8 ай бұрын
Great video.
@hann3671 8 ай бұрын
Wow! That Sabbath year went so fast! I’m missed watching you guys garden but it was definitely meant to be for you guys. I’m excited to watch you come back from a year off.
@Taman_zainurnisa 8 ай бұрын
berkebun itu pekerjaan yang berat dan sulit tapi sangat bermanfaat dan juga terapi pikiran yang baik😊😊, salam hangat dari kami
@rebekahkimsey9593 8 ай бұрын
Rachel, we are all so happy to see you in the garden once again. Much respect for your sabbath year❤ While we prefer no dig as well, we’ve had to till from time to time. Your garden, your rules! Keep sharing. Your YT channel is one of the best and most positive ones out there.
@johnskillen6208 8 ай бұрын
growing up i remember my grandfather telling about the 7th year is a rest for the land
@robingirven4570 8 ай бұрын
I’m so excited for you! Just your joy made me smile so big! I opened my freezer this morning and actually said, out loud, “Hey Rachel, would like 300 lbs of frozen tomatoes!” Lol We till our garden every year. It is an in ground garden (we have a tractor(s))and it’s almost an acre. This year we covered it with woven weave fabric. Best idea I’ve ever had! We did lift it and covered it with our compost, rabbit tea, and worm castings. I’ll cover with the fabric again! Like I said, the best thing I’ve ever done.
@margaret8056 8 ай бұрын
In my garden I till every year my garden is not as big as yours I don't thin my carrots so no weeds .I come out every day for a hour and pick my weeds . When crops are finished I put my garden to sleep. First I dig and then rake put plenty of mulsh and leaves then I cover the beds in land scape fabric and pin it down just after taking up some fabric to set my garlic today. (9TH NOVEMBER) I will harvest July 2024 Will remove rest of fabric in March or APRIL 2024 to set first garden crop which is potatoes 🥔 looking forward to be following you for 2024 setting and harvesting love watching you in your second home A little slower this year had a knee replacement done in September and my second knee replacement in Fed 2024 I AM 70 PLUS YRS Margaret Lynch SOUTHERN IRELAND
@thomasdrake6190 8 ай бұрын
Tom's wife using his account. You made my heart sing!! So happy to see a gardening video. Can't wait for more!!
@ConcreteCauldron 8 ай бұрын
Great to see you in the garden!
@centraltexashomestead-mike4956 8 ай бұрын
Our fall garden is off to a good start. Mike planted and we should be harvesting up to mid December if we don't get a crazy freeze. We are doing a video this weekend. Mike cultivates now and then and yes tilling helps bring air into the soil. Blessing to you. Rochelle
@Kimberlye-ox4ms 8 ай бұрын
Love the new beats🎶🎵🎵🎹
@growingupinthegarden8998 8 ай бұрын
Excited to see the progress 🙌 woohoo garding
@woodchuckmichelle8053 8 ай бұрын
We till our garden each year. In the fall, I till it. We've learned to spread compost on it at the end of the season and will put our wood ashes on it over the winter. In the spring, it all gets tilled again and I get to planting. It is a successful, thriving growing space. Your tilled ground will be happy and I hope that you will be, too. Good to see you back in your garden.
@conniemcgehee2851 8 ай бұрын
So glad to see you jn the garden again 👍❤️
@lorimcmichael5846 8 ай бұрын
Wow, your soil looks great!!
@mariezafonte6473 8 ай бұрын
So nice to see you in the garden again.
@debbie0greer164 8 ай бұрын
I’m so glad you’re back to gardening! Back to being a weekly watcher.
@thejackhomestead8638 8 ай бұрын
Now we till our garden every year and we add our own compost we make and stuff that a no till gardens do and we have a great harvest something do go one year and others don’t just like everyone else experiences . Now I am not saying I disagree with no till just pointing out that it’s preference. We do move of our vegetables plants around to other areas to help what I call recharge some area. Love your vlogs and your homestead. Keep up the awesome work. Oh and hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Oh one more thing you did inspire us to raise pigs and it was an awesome experience thank you very very much which we are going to do again. 🥰🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻.
@shamancarmichael5305 8 ай бұрын
So glad to see you back in the garden! A reset, with good nutrients and rich compost will have those spaces ready for what's to come! 🌱🌱
@MaryBornforHealth 8 ай бұрын
Its so good to see you back in your "happy place"!!
@bethbrec 8 ай бұрын
So glad your wait is over. We have one garden bed in rest this year. Next year will be two that we built the year after the first one. So we are kind of rotating as we expanded our garden each year for a while. Can't wait to see your abundance of produce (and canning of course) next year!
@loripretti843 8 ай бұрын
I wanted to tell you. I was thinking about you this morning!!! About you planting and growing next year!!! I am so dang excited!!! I just can't wait to see your Beautiful Garden!!! God Bless Us All!!!
@painchaud2000 8 ай бұрын
Turning sand into that, you did a wonderful job! And don't worry, you won't damage it that much by tilling it once. The weeds are going to feed the soil and the bug eggs are going to die by being brought to the surface. The amendments you will add are going to be wonderful for it too!
@sharonafshari4485 8 ай бұрын
Excited for the new season
@rachelspring545 8 ай бұрын
Oh, Rachel that looked like it hurt, I hope it wasn't too bad.
@chriswillcutt 8 ай бұрын
Guys, it will be amazing.
@joeyhardin1288 8 ай бұрын
Thank you. God Bless and stay safe!
@brianczuhai8909 8 ай бұрын
Do a bean growth test on the compost. It could have persistent herbicides from bagged grains fed to animals. If it passes. I might want to get some from them. You could use the front shovel to pull up the bed frames. Then till.
@tamimowes8342 8 ай бұрын
Your soil looks amazing! Your hard work is paying off
@hazelbellefarm476 8 ай бұрын
I’m so excited to follow along after this sabbath year.
@aaronpeters5821 8 ай бұрын
We have no till, but I till every few years for a rejuvenation. When we do till, its only in the fall and then we let it sleep over winter. The garden is probably thanking you and it is looking very healthy. Look at that soil!
@user-ss9xc1uk6y 8 ай бұрын
Hi I my tablet went boom on me and I had to wait to get a new one, so I miss some of the KZfaqrs but you all are coming back slowly, so glad that you are back in the garden I love gardening god bless
@jennifermackie2913 8 ай бұрын
Welcome back!
@helenswanson1403 8 ай бұрын
Bartering the wave of the future. My skills and knowledge for something extra of yours.
@26skogen 8 ай бұрын
I just completer my Sabbath year and am anxiously awaiting next springs planting.
@backwoodscountryboy1600 8 ай бұрын
I think it's great, I'm very looking forward to seeing how these experimental results turn out. It's probably going to turn out really great
@alemack689 8 ай бұрын
I'm so excited for you!!! Are you going to plant garlic before you put your garden to bed?😊
@jillbritton2676 8 ай бұрын
I got so tired of battling weeds and I mean battles! I watch Living Traditions Homestead who happen to be in Missouri where I live as well, and they use a weed fabric on their garden beds. I tried it this year and OMG the difference! I even put it in my raised beds and just had a few weeds around the edges that were easily pulled. I’ll never go back to open beds again.
@Franciso-so1bg 8 ай бұрын
Your soil surely looks divine! I also love the smell of good dirt. Always refreshes me! haha
@SuperBroop 8 ай бұрын
I've vegetable gardened for 30+ years between 3 homes. All vastly different soils. Turned every fall and spring. Never used MiracleGro, etc. Always had great yields.
@JohnsonFamilyFarmstead 8 ай бұрын
The till looks great ❤
@cherylbertolini3140 8 ай бұрын
Rachel I hope your back didn't get injured.
@Stapletonhomestread_Ohio 8 ай бұрын
It's your garden do what makes you happy ❤❤
@patriciawilson6524 8 ай бұрын
Great looking soil .
@emmylivingston4380 8 ай бұрын
Your soil looks incredible!!
@rockyacrehomestead8825 8 ай бұрын
So great to see you back after a "rest". We are thinking of doing a bit of a "reset" ourselves, our garden beds have become all overrun with weeds the last 2-3 years (partially our fault for thinking we had a reputable source for garden soil, but realizing after the fact the soil was terrible). To be perfectly honest, we both get very discouraged by about mid to end of July because it becomes more than we can handle. Hope you're okay after the tumble!
@jaynemar1 8 ай бұрын
I can tell you’ve missed running your soil through you fingers!😊 Michigan Garden Girl
@greenlady43 7 ай бұрын
Nice looking soilTodd is tilling up. I’m going to take all my depleted pots and make them ready by getting all the plant life out of them and adding a hefty layer of leaves…maybe plant some garlic!
@irisfigueroa2511 8 ай бұрын
I’m so happy that you guys going to do gardening 👩🏻🌾 next year? . Instead of throwing the compost on grass, you guys should’ve gotten a tarp, not waste any of it. And yes a good deal for honey
@Iluvchknz 8 ай бұрын
I till my garden every year at the end of the season. I then add my composted chicken manure and mulch over with shredded leaves from the property. I have a beautiful garden every year. Can’t complain.
@ReapWhatYouSowGardening 8 ай бұрын
I just LOVE your channel! Also i use old aged, composted, soil from our burn pile and it works great
@PureLace 8 ай бұрын
Ben from The Hollar Homestead tills his soil all the time and he has great soil! You gotta do what you feel is right for your garden.
@GoneBattyBats 8 ай бұрын
Tilling is not the worst thing but now it needs a new cover - quickly before all the weed seeds start to grow and before rains compact it hard again. Shalom
@mtnlindama8146 8 ай бұрын
Sorry you fell down, I’ve done that a few times myself. Hope you don't have any long term ill effects from it.
@lindagraff4842 8 ай бұрын
Aww, the smell of freshly tilled soil,
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