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Chapters
00:00 Pumpkin Puree
02:33 Tomatillo Salsa
07:21 Birch
08:49 Cajun Cowpea Soup
13:13 Ginger and Turmeric Harvest
15:52 Candied Ginger
17:42 Freezing Ginger and Turmeric
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Just FYI, ginger freeze dries and rehydrates beautifully.
I harvested a TON of turmeric in 2023. I put some in the fridge fresh, dried some and ground it up. I also gave some away, but I had so much that I threw it in a bowl and it sat on my counter/table all winter. I have a small house and don't have a cold storage. This year in the spring, some was shriveled up but most of it was sprouting and ready to be planted. I put all the mother plants in the ground and some of the rhizomes. It all grew and I will harvest it all after Thanksgiving this year. I was surprised and thought most of the turmeric would rot but it did great! So I guess I was wondering if you saved any to plant next year or did you freeze it all? What a great harvest you had! I haven't been able to get Ginger going, that's on my list for this spring.
Rock out ! If you ever decide to sell any seeds from any of your crops I will be first in line to purchase them. I would rather support homesteaders like yourselves than companies with which I am not familiar. Thank you for another great video.
Sadly we had almost nothing to preserve this year. 😭
Love your channel! You are amazing!
You had an amazing harvest of ginger and turmeric – congratulations! I love to drop a bit of candied ginger into hot water and let it steep – then drink it and chew the root when I'm done. Mine never turned out like yours and I need your recipe! Thanks.
I was trying to watch this while getting ready this morning but I enjoy the format and filming of your videos so much, that I'm sitting down to actually watch it this time. We really need to try the Cajun cowpea soup! We love eating black eyed peas ❤
That cowpea soup looks amazing! Can you please share your recipe?
I'm sure you didn't make ginger ale/ ginger beer syrup
I just finished my last batch of pumpkin I dice up and cook in the instant pot and freeze in 3 cup containers to use to make pumpkin bread
Oh my gosh so WHAT IF you used Cams air compressor to blow off the extra dirt from the ginger roots????? If that's to strong and damages the roots tender fresh flesh you could have the kids try to use a leaf blower, I bet they'd enjoy and get a laugh outta doing that 😄
Becky, thanks to you, we’ve been making your cowpea soup and it’s fabulous! We love it! 🥰
Очередное интересное видео!)))
Becky, was it you that grew the hull-less pumpkin one time? Was it a success or fail? Have you grown it since?
Hi Becky! Would you mind sharing the brand name of the mandolin you have?
We are in south Arkansas. Used to live in north central Arkansas. We plant our cow peas right after the first frost. We pick them fresh for 2-3 weeks every other day. Mow them down and after a month you get another 2-3 weeks of picking. We grow 8 300 foot rows of purple hulls. We have a 3 acre garden in our big field. For things that don’t need a lot of tending (other than the few weeks of peas), like potatoes, corn, mellons, winter squash, etc. Then we have the smaller garden at the house for things that need to be checked daily.
Family of 6 and we grow all our veggies and we are able to sell enough mellons to cover seed and fertilizer/compost. So, other than time, our veggies are paid for.
Thankfully we have a freeze dryer because we don’t have cellars down here.
Whew, I'm right there with you sista being tired of the garden and preserving! I will be missing homegrown tomatoes in a couple of weeks though, lol! Great work on finishing up your Summer garden and preserving! I LOVED the candied ginger project….how interesting. I try to do a few new things ever year to add to my skill set and such. Time for a slower pace….ENJOY!!
Lord have mercy if there is anyone out there who needs a rest it is you dear girl. Thank you for a lovely year of videos. Enjoy this time of rest and let your family take care of you. Jean Colorado USA
I highly recommend freeze drying your pumpkin. After I get mine out of the oven and cool it completely I put it on the trays and pre-freeze then freeze dry it and then I grind it up into a powder in my blender afterwards. It makes it so easy and convenient to just take out a little bit you need for recipes here and there.
What was the name of the pumpkins in the beginning? Thanks
WOW WOW WOW!!!! Amazing. I pray you can get some rest in now. How was the Salsa? I have that book and was planning to make it this year. I had thousands of tomatillos, but I think I let them go to long????? Worms got to them. It was weird, cause nothing else in garden had any bug issues 🙁
I do hope to grow ginger and turmeric next year here in Minnesota. I just made an anti inflammatory juice shot with ginger and turmeric a friend gardener grew.
I absolutely love your channel. Growing up in Guyana (a South American country), we planted a very small garden, and I remembered my mom would make tea from the leaves of the ginger, and it was very delicious.
You’ve done an amazing job preserving your beautiful harvest. Love seeing your whole family pitch in. The ginger and turmeric look awesome! Well done. Praying you get some good rest. Val C ❤️🙏🏻
What a great season! Enjoy your rest.
A friend of mine made a tea by drying the tops of the ginger she grew and combining it with lemongrass. So delicious!
Could you do a plant/ seed review. Interested in the variety of plants you grow for an entire years worth.
You are such an inspiration ❤ I love your humble attitude. Your family is beautiful, prayers for the new babe coming and for you to have a fast smooth labor and peaceful postpartum.
Preserving season is great. END of preserving season is the best.
Great job guys.
You said the soup processes at the longest time so you can pretty much add anything you want in it. Does this mean I can pressure can my regular soup and chili recipes so long as I process them long enough? Or do I have to use only specific canning recipes. I have currently only canned individual vegetables.
Thank you for all of your wonderful videos & hard work, you are such an inspiration, so beautiful & so lovely.
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You okay after that knife fall?? 😳
So you do it all on your own without husbands help. I see. Anyone would be done.
This was so lovely to watch! Makes sense that you are at your limit after so long of preparing for winter!
When you feel like that it's because you had a good season!!!
Can you tell me what/where you got your greenhouse? I like the zipper front and easy roll up sides!
The once for all chopper is much more convenient than a mandolin, if that’s something that would help you for next year.
Btw, super tasty and easy pumpkin soup recipe – Boil pumpkin and puree it, add sweet cream, salt and nutmeg (kinda a lot). You can add to that carrots as well. And that is it. Add croutons on top and you are solid. Some people add chicken on top as well.
Becky, you are amazing!!!!!! Please take a well deserved rest!!!!!!
Kind of house design/structural question but what material is your countertop? It looks like marble and for someone who does a lot of cooking and preserving, particularly with acidic things like tomatoes and vinegar – not to mention a house full of kids – it looks pristine! If it is marble, do you seal it with anything special to keep it so unblemished?
For ginger, my favorite way to store is to just blend it up and then freeze it. I break it off into chunks for stir fry or whatever. Super simple!
Ps. I feel like you look so happy and healthy and full of life!!! 🥰
I love the flower maternity shirt you’re wearing when you’re making the Cajun cowpea soup! Where did you get it from?
Have you tried the tomatillo salsa yet? I canned that recipe a couple years ago and didn't love it. Curious what you think!
Can you show us how you planted the ginger and all that? I've tried for multiple years to no avail.