Becky uses scrap wood from around the homestead to build raised bed garden boxes. These garden boxes are going to be in the shade so they’ll make good summer gardens.
When you make a garden box make sure it’s not too wide. I make mine just wide enough so I can reach half way across from each side.
Becky also talks about her compost pile.
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You will love these Becky. So many delicious, healthy veggies will be coming.
I'm going to start a homestead when i m older.
omg becky how do you do this this is so stressful.
I did not seen the amazon link on your site using my mobile phone (nexus 6). Also, this is for the idea box … a tiny home as a rental on airbnb on your property would be something i would consider. Maybe that could be a nice source of income. Good luck.
Nice well done.
Just in time
The "stinker" is just turning your pile for you! 🙂
Becky how many acres of land do you have?
It's actually really good to let the chickens dig threw the compost pile. They eat a few of the bugs and in exchange they turn it for you as well a poop in it which make AWESOME compost 🙂
Nice Work Becky keep up the good videos:')
Great advise happy growing on my growing channel all the very best Paul
That area is great as long as it gets at least 8 hours of full sun per day. I live in Central FL and have found a great gardening radio show that is broadcasted every Saturday morning at 7:00 am on WDBO Orlando. It has great gardening/yard tips for us Floridians no matter where in the State you live. I listen/record it to my phone from the computer, that way I can go about my morning chores an listen to it any time I like.
Hoping to start our Homestead in about 1-2 years. We live in central Florida. How much land do you have? We're thinking 1/2 acre is enough for us.
Thank you så mach , best regards från Sweden
It is a great idea to let the chickens in your compost! They will turn it, and poop at the same time as well as eat the bugs! U won't have to feed them as much, and the eggs will reflect all that nutrients, be healthier and taste better!
We live in Florida too. I know what you mean about year round heat. Thanks for the idea of the raised beds. Wild chicken. We had game hens and the man that gave them to us said do not feed them and you will have no ticks or bugs of any kind around your yard. He was not kidding. We had a bad tick problem because of all the wild game around us. But those game hens took care of that very quickly. They love to eat fire ants too. And nothing messes with their chicks.
I was like: wha? my plants died months ago! oh yeah she lives in Florida
Great ideal Becky. 🙂
The wild hen story is funny. I Enjoy you videos and personal experience, suggestions and love the DIY's… Keep up with the wonderful videos!!! I love them!!!
You just remind me of me, oh, except that you are awesome! Love your vids.Thanks
I watch your videos all the time, I love the one where you were talking about how you know if you are a homesteader. That hit me in the head…….You are a great inspiration for women….I love it!….please continue to do what you do.
Great Video as always, Thanks 🙂
I have a rebel chicken as well lol I think she wash ment to be a dog … she chases the dogs … jumps on leaves .. she even got into my vegetable garden and ate all the cucumbers and tomatos lol so I am not letting them roam in my backyard this summer lol
the chicken digging in your compost pile is actually good. it will aerate the pile so you don't have to. you will only need to pile it back up when she's done.
i like your golden dog
love your homestead
If a chicken is a mix breed, is it worse at laying eggs than a pure breed one?
Hey Becky, I see you know your way around a hammer and a nail. Comes from building your own home. I'm doing raised beds in the early spring. It will be good to follow how yours turns out. Thankz
you can grow fall crop like salad, spinach and green leafy…
look like a shady spot.
I'm detecting a lady from the Great Lakes region? Acrosst? 😉 That's what we say in Michigan!
Nice Job Ms. Beckey
I hope you wood is not wolmanized, that is toxic. I used chunks of firewood as my shallow raised beds. FREE!
You can even use cement blocks as your raised bed too. Use those leaves you are raking in your compost!
if it works go for it .
I put my compost in the chicken space, so they turn it for me. and the fastest way to make compost is to get something to eat it. My compost is chicken poo, veg and kitchen scraps, and straw.
Do you eat your chickens
hi Becky im a big fan of you and i was wondering what do you do to your chickens in the winter
Make sure your beds are level. Also be sure to dig up the soil in bed before you fill it
That chicken is just what you want for your compost pile. She will turn it for you
Look up hugelkulture also known as mound culture set it up once last 15 years no till. as for composting you should treat the compost as a way to feed your chickens. Bugs get in the compost and they eat it. Add wood chips in your animal pens and you have compost from the manure and urea. You can also put huge wood piles in your pig pen and when they do their business it brakes down the wood pile. No cleanup. add like maybe a few feet of wood in the big pen also no smell. the goal is to get your land to do the work for you not you do the work for the land. not many farmers understand that.
I love your videos! Could you do a round up of your homestead pleaseee and show us all of your homestead!x
hi becky..just wondering do u live alone in ur cabin?
Haha Chickens do love to garden! Mine get in the way any time I'm raking or digging anywhere. And any compost piles I have end up being a general area where I rake leaves, then rake them back up again from time to time. AT least I don't have to turn it.
that hen will turn your compost for you. lol. she's working for her supper. lol.
Becky, you are such an encouragement to me. I'm learning to use what I have and do the best I can. When my husband was alive we had a big garden every year. He did all the gardening while I watched. It seemed so hard the way he did it with 40' rows. Last year I planted my first raised bed garden of tomatoes. I only planted tomatoes because I really didn't think I would be very successful. I was amazed! It made me so happy to watch those little plants grow up and up. My first little garden spot was only 4' x 6', but I got a bumper crop of the little Tommy Toe Tomatoes. Right now I am building a lean to goat shelter on the back of the playhouse (children are 17 and 14 now so it is unused). I want the goats to help me clear off my property which I haven't worked on over the past three years. Kind of lost the direction that we had before my husband died, but I am thinking more clearly now and want to go on with what we had imagined to begin with. I am so glad to have found your videos.
try air gardening usally people use the cloth bag recycle grocery bags. when the root hits the end of the bag is will send a signal to the plant telling it to grow more roots. even tho you have more than enough space just hearing the idea made me wanting to try
I like that you left enough room in between the beds to get a lawnmower in between them. Many people try to get them too close together, and then find that they have to fight to keep the grass cut between them. One thing that I would have suggested, and you can still do, is to stake the corners to keep you boards from shifting around when you add soil or compost and have to mix it in. When you fill it, try to make it so that you have a center ridge to encourage drainage. Nothing like having a water feature in the middle of your garden beds, the plants don't seem to appreciate standing in water.
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