1/8 Acre Abundance: FULL TOUR + BEST TIPS for Growing

Michelle is a multi-generational gardener, and she's sharing her BEST TIPS with you in this organic garden tour. We grow all of the produce we need to feed our family of 6 year-round. You can too!

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[suziwolfgang]

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.

[LloydFreeman-nl]

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

[gwencrawford]

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.

[ageofechochambers]

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

[dorrainecrump]

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

[Ntuthu-ZA]

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

[mekamoo]

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

[danachoate]

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.

[Bread.]

Gardening isn’t just a hobby, it’s a wonderful way to connect with nature. Thanks for the inspiration!"

[onlaymonsterms]

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 YouTube 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. ❤

[anne-mariegagne-forcier]

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 😉

[Honeybeemom]

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.

[dianegerlach]

One of the best videos on gardening ever!!!

[ozongat]

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

[LaydeeCrombie]

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! ❤

[banana]

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

[aibell]

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.

[luckyrobinshomestead]

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.

[CountryLivingFarm]

Your channel is a goldmine for anyone interested in farming. Keep up the fantastic work!

[SmartFarmNetwork-to]

"It was heartwarming to see how excited your kids are about gardening. A garden truly brings joy to everyone!"