Hey everyone! today is a little homestead day in the life, Zack does the final garden harvest, and we harvest all of our pumpkins and decorate the porch with them! This is the time of year that we need to start really prepping for next year, planning what DID work and what didn’t. We also are going to be processing ALL of this food into sauces, freeze drying the onions for onion powder, storing potatoes for winter cooking and prepping for our upcoming harvest party! I think this year too, I will process the pumpkins into pumpkin puree for future baking.
Zack also talks to you in this video about why tomatoes split and what our amendments will be for next years garden in light of the issues we’ve had this year (potato blight, inconsistent watering even with drip irrigation) etc. I hope you enjoy!
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You could always try making gnocchi with the potatos. Or tomato soup frozen in deli containers for easy meals.
You guys are really living the life you dreamed of and for that I am SO proud of you. You both earned it. I’m so happy for you guys! ❤
With onions, I like to chop a ton of them up at the same time and pop them in a freezer bag. Then whenever I'm cooking and need onions, they're prechopped and super convenient. Acre Homestead did some great preserving videos this summer with tomatoes, onions, and potatoes that would be worth the watch for some new ideas.
In addition to tomato sauce, I like to make tomato chutney, tomato jam, sun dried tomatoes, and ketchup with our tomatoes.
Little baby ACURNNN! ❤❤
"if these have holes, so help me god, i will do nothing about it but be quite infuriated" 🤣kristiiii, i feel that in my soul. i love you and your little family! i aspire to be able to do what you are with your homestead. thank you both so much for creating such wonderful content ❤
Save your tomato and pumpkin seeds this year, and they will be better adapted to your soil and grow better next year
How about making chutneys using the green tomatoes?
The pumpkins are adorable ❤️
Fried green tomatoes! So delicious!
I think he took the potatoes personally 😂 I love you guys ❤️
Not sure if someone else has commented this but when harvesting potatoes, you want the visible stems to wither away and then harvest! We got much bigger potatoes that way 😊
The commitment to his and hers overalls really warms my heart. Practical and cute as hell
Salsa along with the tomato sauce or a seasoned marinara. Maybe homemade ketchup?
Zac, you can feed the chickens any extra eggs. They can use that to refuel their bodies from the laying process. The calcium in their shells is good for them as well.
One of my fav videos yall have done! The random commentary was hilarious and so wholesome. I also loved feeling like was just a friend hanging out in the garden. Can't wait to see more!
You are living the life! Even though sometimes I know you go thru stuff, believe me here in Chicago south side is rough over here.. peace
I make a tomato based hot sauce along with salsa and pasta/pizza sauce with tomato’s. We also do a lot of whole and crushed tomatoes as well along with paste! For onions I chop and dehydrate and use in place of fresh onions.
I’m going to try to dehydrate potatoes this year. I wish I had a freeze dryer. You can make basically “instant” mashed potatoes that way.
Kristi going from adoring the pumpkins to furious about slugs and pokies was hilarious
I'm sure others have mentioned it, but it's soooo easy to can tomatoes! The most labor intensive part is peeling them. Otherwise, you just plop them into sanitized jars and do a hot bath. Freezing them will absolutely WRECK the texture! You can also make a huge batch of sauce with all of them and then can the sauce with hot bath canning. ❤
Pickled onion slices
Zack content is my favorite
Tomato slice on bread with mayo or butter
Sauce
Salsa!
Tomato soup/freeze some
Cottage cheese, tomato, cucumber salad-i like mine with smoked salmon and some seasonings.
I eat alot of Tomato i use it as a garnish! Add it to soups… anything really.
Margherita pizza!
Can tons of pasta sauce and salsa! I really want a freeze dryer but they're expensive so im stuck with just a dehydrator for now. Have you guys heard of water glassing eggs? I have a bunch saved up!
Zacks voice is so perfect for this kind of content! ✋ RawbeautyKristy transplant and I did my first ever garden this year. Your videos and shorts are amazing! 😍
raspberries will overtake your garden..
Can you do a video on the preserving process? And a video for recipes? 🙂
We accidently grew pumpkins😂 we made soup and threw the insides on our compost,now we have 5 pumpkins😂
You could make tomato paste or a spice mixture or soup with the tomatos or you perserve them in oil
What happened to the dog
You should can the potatoes
I love the explanation of the tomato stretch marks