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Raised Bed Garden | Fall Vegetable Gardening

October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 f4im5beets, brassica, brassicas, brocolli, Brussels sprouts, CABBAGE, can, canned, canner, canning, cauliflower, cook, cooking, cool weather, crops, fall, Fall garden, fall gardening, food, fresh vegetables, frost, frost dates, garden, garden beds, garden soil, gardening, grow, growing, harvest, harvesting, plant, planting, plants, raised bed, raised bed garden, raised beds, Raised-bed Gardening, Soil, tilling, Vegetable, vegetable garden, vegetable gardening, vegetables

Source: Youtube Fall vegetable gardening in our raised bed garden. We’ll check in on the raised beds and see which plants were and were not affected by frost damage. So far, our cool weather crops like the brassicas were are doing fine and we are still expecting to harvest from them. Fall harvesting is a big component of our food supply here on the homestead. And with homesteading, cooking and canning our own food is important to us. Let’s take a look at our fall vegetables and see how they…

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Raised Bed Garden | Raised Beds And Container Vegetable Gardening

October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 f4im5beans, bed, Beds, beets, brassicas, brocolli, Brussels sprouts, CABBAGE, cauliflower, container, cool weather, crops, fall, Fall garden, fall gardening, frost date, garden, gardening, gardening in raised beds, gardens, ground cherry, harvest, harvesting, how to plant, how to raise, husk cherry, mix, plant, planting, raised be gardening, raised bed garden, raised bed soil, raised garden beds, Soil, soil additives, soil amendments, vegetable gardening, vegetables, what to plant, when to plant

Source: Youtube Raised bed garden update on our raised beds and container vegetable gardening efforts here on the homestead. We will also provide links to our raised bed garden soil mix that show the amendments and additives we use in our raised bed garden box / boxes when growing fresh vegetables. We garden and harvest from last frost to first frost, and even in the snow. Gardening and harvesting are how we eat year round. These cool weather crops like the beans and brassicas fill our needs from anything lacking…

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Raised Bed Garden Update | Fall Raised Bed Gardening

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 f4im5#homesteading, attachments, belly mower, bone meal, boomer, brassicas, cool weather crops, crops, expected frost date, fall, Fall garden, fall garden plants, fall gardening, frost, frost date, frost resistant, garden, garden soil, gardening, homestead, natural, new holland, organic, plant, planting, plants, raised bed, raised bed garden, raised bed soil, raised beds, Raised-bed Gardening, ROTOTILLER, soil amendments, soil for raised beds, TILLER, Tips, tractor, tricks, Vegetable, vegetable garden

Source: Youtube Raised bed garden update on our fall raised bed gardening efforts here on the homestead. Our cool weather crops are doing well, along with some of our other fall vegetable garden plants that will finish up before our first / last expected frost date. We prefer our fall plants in the raised beds or a container where we we can control the soil amendments better. We use a lot of bone meal / Phosphorus in the fall because it serves as a natural or organic anti-freeze in the…

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How To Transplant Broccoli Seedlings | Frugal Gardening

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 f4im5#homesteading, amendments, brassica, brassicas, Broccoli, broccoli seedlings, cool weather, Epsom Salt, fall, fertilizer, fresh, frugal, frugal living, garden, gardening, homestead, hori hori, how to, how to transplant, organic, organic fertilizer, plant, planting, raised bed garden, raised beds, raised garden beds, Raised-bed Gardening, replant, saving money, Seed, seedlings, seeds, self sufficient, Soil, soil amendments, thinning, transplant, transplanting, vegetable garden, vegetables

Source: Youtube Today we are going to practice a little frugal gardening and show you how to transplant broccoli seedlings. We started by planting this broccoli from seed in our raised bed garden. Rather than thinning the young plants, we will be transplanting them to one of our other raised beds. We used organic fertilizer and Epsom salt as our only soil amendments. We then used our Hori Hori to separate the seedlings and replant them. Saving money by transplanting rather than purchasing seedlings is and excellent frugal way of…

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Raised Bed Garden | Fall Brassicas | Gaia Gardening Method

August 26, 2018August 27, 2018 f4im5#homesteading, brassica, brassicas, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, CABBAGE, cauliflower, container, container gardening, cool weather crops, Epsom Salt, expired, fall, fertilizer, gaia, gaia gardening, garden, garden soil, gardening, growing, homestead, how to grow, how to plant, over-winter, peppers, planting, poor soil, q&A, raised bed gardeing, raised bed garden, raised bed super soil, rich soil, Seed, seeds, Soil, soil amendments, spring, tips and tricks, vegetable garden, vegetables, when to plant

Source: Youtube Working in the raised bed garden again, planting our Fall Brassicas using our Gaia gardening method. The Brassica family includes many cool weather crops such as broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage that can be grown in the Spring or Fall. The Gaia Gardening method we coined here on the homestead involves using the existing garden soil (Gaia = Earth), rich or poor, to form the container that amended soil for growing can be placed into. This can be compost, potting soil, garden soil, peat moss, or your…