Thank you so much! I was hoping somebody out there had a similar experience and had something they could recommend. Thank you so much for watching, and I appreciate the compliment!

Yes. This one just had multiple lightning strikes on the same ridgetop where our farm is located. Most storms it may only get struck once, but this storm was just dropping lightning all around for an extended time.

That's awesome! Never heard of Honeycomb Cherry Tomatoes before, but I will look them up. I just picked another gallon of our Sun Sugar Gold tomatoes yesterday, and we are going to make a jalapeno, tomato, & basil preserves with them. We made a small batch last year, and I have been waiting a year now to make another batch! Thanks for watching, and happy gardening!

@@raquelarredondo1642 definitely

@@vduval52 Each person has their own preferences and limits on what they are willing to spend. I recently had another person tell me the same on my IG post about them. Honestly, I don’t feel like $8 for 3 grips is excessive, considering how they allow me to continue using old buckets that the grip has broken on. Not to mention, the grip diameter is three times that of a standard plastic handle grip, which distributes the weight out across your hand more evenly. This makes it so much easier for my wife and kids to carry heavy buckets of water, and they prefer the snappy grip buckets over the other buckets I have.

It has definitely felt like that the past several weeks. I am down in the bayou working today, but Amy just texted me a photo of the rain gauge showing we got 0.6" today. It was raining hard in Maryville when I went to the airport this morning.

@@patrciaclemons8183 there is no water nearby. The stream that runs through the farm is dried up from the drought.

You're welcome 😊

😂. Those are brush chaps, typically worn when upland game hunting. These are made by Orvis, and are basically made of heavy duty wader material. When I pick berries I push my way into the briars, brush, & thorns, so these help keep my pants from getting gnarled up in the briars. Most folks who pick wild berries just pick from the outer edge since they don’t like to get their skin pricked or clothes snagged, so this allows me to just push further into the mess to maximize the harvest. I think I did a video on my berry picking gear last year, but I will have to try to find it.

Very good. In the rain forest they hack away with machetes. Ever tried their technique?

@@OneMound1 I have used a machete often to “hack” a trail into the blackberry brambles. I posted a couple videos last year where I was hacking and pushing my want into blackberry brambles that were 10-12 ft tall. I mow trails across the farm to gain primary access, then use a machete to get into other harder to reach areas, then finally wear my chaps to push my way into the clumps.

Sounds like you have a great system! I enjoyed the part of the video where you explained how bugs or pests will be in the fruit. If it would kill a bug who ate it, I don’t really want to eat it. If Mother Nature doesn’t like it then neither do I

Absolutely!

100% agree and understand!

Thank you! We are definitely blessed to have our farm and continue our family legacy.

Do you keep or grow survival seeds?

@@OneMound1 I keep seeds from our harvests every year. That is how my family has always done it, so I just carry on the tradition. We never considered them “survival seeds”, as that is a phrase I have only recently heard people referring to them as.

That’s great news! We need more people to make the decision to be prepared to grow a garden if something rough happens in our country. I’ve made a garden video about it on my KZfaq. Check it out!

I will, thanks!

Good question. Yes, they have a significantly large root system. I don't know anybody who has tried relocating one before, but the folks I know who try to dig them up to remove them from unwanted areas had a difficult time getting the entire root system out of the ground. Although, our soil here is clay with rocks, so it is relatively challenging to dig in to begin with. Hope this helps with your question.

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You are very welcome! Have a great weekend!

I use just standard chicken wire around our chicken coop, but the lower 2 ft is a heavy duty expanded metal mesh. I used the expanded metal mesh around the bottom to resist coyotes and red fox from trying to come through the lower portions of the fencing. For our rabbit pen, I use a 1/2" x 1/2" wire mesh. The tomato cages are made using concrete wire mesh, which also makes an excellent trellis for beans, squash, and other vining veggies to grow up.

Me too! Grew up eating so many that I would give myself a stomach ache…. 😁.

That’s awesome! I have been seeing lots of people posting photos of mulberries on the local East TN gardening groups asking what they are. So glad to see more people learning and enjoying g mulberries!

I didn’t know you could eat the leaves. There aren’t any silkworms where we are at, so no silk thread.

My absolute favorite! I am making a wild berry jelly this year using all the wild berries I can harvest here on the farm; red mulberries, wild blackberries, wild black raspberries, & wild black cherries. I can’t wait to make & taste it!

Thinking about putting it on my old Brinkman charcoal smoker sometime to see if a little smokiness helps it too.

Excellent!

Give it a try! It works great, and it is how rural folks managed potato crops back before you could buy seed potatoes online or at various local retailers.

Girl, your veggies in a pot. I’m in a wheelchair and my roommate and I do that. We grow pineapples, tomatoes, potatoes, onions.❤

Thanks! This tractor has been in several tractor shows since it was fully restored, and I try to keep it in relatively clean conditions.

Yes. I clarified that in the description since I didn’t mention it in the video. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Yep

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Dolly Parton used juice from the berries as lipstick when she was a young girl.

Absolutely!

That’s awesome! I had always heard of poke salat or poke salad growing up, but just recently learned about fried poke stalks. When I posted a picture of it last year in social media, I was blasted by so many people telling me that my “uneducated post was going to get people killed”….

For some reason KZfaq flagged your comment for my review and I just now saw it…. 🤷‍♂️. That’s awesome! I am anxious to see how they turn out. Unfortunately, these last couple rounds of storms & high winds are really hurting them. The storm last night completely laid them flat, so I don’t know how well they will recover.

I would have too... Honestly, that is why I am assuming that the bees possibly had already vacated the hive before the mouse moved in. I am still learning about beekeeping, and there is definitely a lot more for me to learn. Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment!

@@reynoldsranchflintridge I don't know anything about beekeeping - I've never done it - but that damage looked to me to be due to a fungus or some such - something that happened over a longish period. Best of luck with your endeavours. I hope it goes well for you, and that you make pots of -honey- *_money!_*

@@DownhillAllTheWay thank you! There was actually wads of fur in there, but I didn’t get it on camera. No desire to make lots of money just provide food for the family and share our experiences with others.

Awesome! Best way to learn is to just jump in there! I also highly recommend keeping a garden journal, and record everything you can think of. That way it is easier to remember year to year what worked and what didn’t! Thanks for watching and good luck with your onions this year! Please let me know later how they did.

It is hard to tell if only one mouse did it. There was one very large mouse nest, so I assume that it started as one but grew into several. They sure made a mess of my frames. I assume the bees had already vacated the hive before the mouse moved in, but I don't know for sure.

@@reynoldsranchflintridge Well thanks for replying and sorry that happened to you.

@@blakejohnson7148thank you, & no worries. It’s all good. Just part of living off the land. Things happen, we learn from them, adapt, and continue on. Have a blessed day!

@@reynoldsranchflintridge thanks and same to you!

Thank you, I appreciate you watching and commenting! I think this slow motion capture turned out pretty cool! 😁

Thanks! I just figured that I would make use of the waste heat from the freezer instead of buying and using heat pads. It has worked incredibly well! I am going to try and do an update video in the next day or two.