Homesteading with Maineprepper Starting out Seedlings
In this video we start seedlings and make window pots out of recycled protein powder containers.
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In this video we start seedlings and make window pots out of recycled protein powder containers.
that movie is 2nd hand lions and it is great!
dring83
August 7, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Let me know how it goes, please! ! ! ! Keep in touch! Hus and blessings from the holler in Tennessee!
redeemedwench
August 7, 2013 at 4:39 pm
Awww. Thank you! I have been using them to sprout alfalfa lately and have a couple tomato plants that I am “babying” in them unit I feel they are ready to go into the ground. I also found 3 gallon black buckets at an “everything is $1” store! ! I bought all they had left (about 20) We drilled/poked holes in them, got some soil from under a rotten log and BAM! Instant container planters to give one of my gardens a rest. 🙂
redeemedwench
August 7, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Also, IMHO,the problem in protecting wheat from people won’t be as difficult as a veggie garden or corn. These days, people are too ignorant of the old ways to even know what a standing wheat crop looks like, much less how to separate the berries used for grinding.I think your problem in wheat crops will be critters turned loose by “hobby farmers” who can’t feed them anymore wild critters like deer. That’s a win-win b/c you can put meat on the table when they show up to feast on your wheat. 🙂
redeemedwench
August 7, 2013 at 5:18 pm
Hi Shane. If you would like to experience how you will deal with wheat (grinding and baking it), I wanted to share with you how I did it. First, order you some wheat berries (I have what they call “red”). then get you a table to grinder. Grind your flour & mess with the recipes on baking some. I’ve done it and have gotten it down pretty good. I may do a short video for you if you like.
redeemedwench
August 7, 2013 at 6:16 pm
Great idea on the gallon jugs! I just so happen to be hoarding some. Now I know what else I can do with them. : )
SisterSoulja777
August 7, 2013 at 7:06 pm
What is the advantage to germinating or starting seedlings and them transplanting them to a bigger pot vs. just putting them in the bigger pot to start with?
Thanks for the inspirational work MP.
giff74
August 7, 2013 at 8:05 pm
I recently bought wheat here from the church latter day saints
Can’t beat the price, best deal around…Do it.
Shelf life is 20 plus years
Bought a small grinder else where, have tested both and very pleased.
Get both types of wheat….plenty of online info….research, research.
Ron Williams
August 7, 2013 at 8:40 pm
Could you make a video about wheat? I’d like to store some wheat (long term) but I’m confused about the different types. I want to be able to grind flour for biscuits, gravy thickening, pancakes and chicken crusts. Do I need soft white wheat? Hard wheat? Winter? Spring? I’d also be interested in your thoughts on defending your crops. Deadly force seems extreme, but if you are depending on that foodsource to provide for your family, what else can you do? How do I defend it from a family w/kids.
Shane Muse
August 7, 2013 at 9:22 pm
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rachel chappell
August 7, 2013 at 9:24 pm
We won’t be needing firewood that’s for sure! I promise to try and I really appreciate your calling my attention to options I’d not considered. Thank you, God Bless you as well.
saladfork8
August 7, 2013 at 9:46 pm
I am telling ya, you can grow something to get you by with plain ole shop lights for basic sprouts in 2 to 7 days for some necessary vitamins. I am overcoming my stage fright, but did manage to get through a short video to post as a reply to MP. Blessings, my friend. PS–how awesome you have fir trees all around! ! !
redeemedwench
August 7, 2013 at 10:36 pm
Thanks, I realize I can grow some things. I’m surrounded by old growth fir trees so really I am limited. Also I haven’t much room in the house to grow very much, also limited by a lack of windows facing the “sunny” side. I’d be better off growing mushrooms 🙂
saladfork8
August 7, 2013 at 10:39 pm
Some ideas: Cheap, little styro-foam cups (100 ct for .79-$1.00) and I use milk jugs (we get 3 gallons at a time with 4 teenagers in the house) for things like herbs (basil, dill, parsley and cilantro) lettuce, etc. Just cut the top off leaving half the handle, fill with soil and voila!
redeemedwench
August 7, 2013 at 11:31 pm
You could try a simple shop light and alfalfa seeds for s little greenery indoors. Bean Sprouts too. They grow very quickly. An old bath tub with some dirt, or heck, even 5 gallon buckets.
redeemedwench
August 8, 2013 at 12:02 am
I also I use cheap styro-foam cups. You can get smaller ones,100 ct. for less than a $1 at any dollar store.I fill the cup 1/3 of the way with soil, start my seed and when it sprouts, I maintain it by adding soil around the stem to keep up with the growth of the seedling so they don’t get too “leggy.” This is ideal for cooler climates where you want to put more mature starters in the ground after hardening off your seedlings. 🙂 Downside is you have to make more space for cups v. egg carton.
redeemedwench
August 8, 2013 at 12:54 am
From 17:00 to 18:00 > You skipped half the carton when you laid it down. You seeded the same half twice 🙂
33commonsenseguy
August 8, 2013 at 1:02 am
Hand Drills sir, been around for about 400 years, 🙂 thats what my grandfather used.
But I LOVE my cordless drill to sir
JasonBrumfeld
August 8, 2013 at 1:39 am
Speed things up a little by growing your seedlings up indoors ,
you need a Compact Fluorescent Light or Fluorescent Tube ,
use an 18hr light cycle until they are large enough to plant outside .
rankinmania
August 8, 2013 at 2:15 am
just one seed per bottle, and if it was a bad seed and does not end up growing after a while throw another one in there.
Ashaman556
August 8, 2013 at 2:24 am
Mainprepper, I just got done watching one of your videos on threats to preppers and on one of them you said hunters may become a threat. I just want for you to know that the people that you dealt with are the city folks trying to become a country boy. A real country boy can survive as my good friend Hank Williams Jr. has said. we can catch catfish from dusk till dawn, we make our own whiskey, we can grow good ol’ tomatoes and homemade wine. This a real country boy!
TheSincererAlmond
August 8, 2013 at 2:40 am
Great job. I also like to use things that is in the house. I always say if the fruit is going to cost more than in the stores, then where’s the profit? Besides we need to recycle. Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for the share.
nery colon
August 8, 2013 at 3:29 am
I just placed an order from mypatriotsupply. We are considering filling in a pool and putting a greenhouse up. The pool came with the house, 2 years and I doubt we’ve spent little more than an hour in it… and that was working on it.
h4bats
August 8, 2013 at 3:53 am
I was gonna try coffee plant until I found out that it takes 5 years to get a producing plant.
jvh1756
August 8, 2013 at 4:15 am