J&J Legacy Homestead

Thinking about getting chicks? Don't know where to start? Afraid to make the move? Well don't fret, here are the 5 things YOU need to get started with chicks!

No matter how hard you work at it, sometimes things just get away from you, and your garden gets invaded by weeds. BUT! a weedy garden still grows food.

In this Vlog we prep our watermelon patch and plant the watermelons, along with planting Kamari Melons, Cucamelons and Huckleberries!

all things tomatoes, how we prune our tomato plants, which ones to prune and how much. and a quick update on the garden and greenhouse

We hatched our first round of chicks! update on the garden, as well as a follow up to the 3D deer fence.... did it work?

The deer keep getting into our garden, so we are on the offensive. trying an old farmers trick with a 3D fence. Lets see if this works!

every now and then you have to step back and take a break; spend some special time with family. We head to Cape May NJ to visit the Cape May Zoo.

Vlog from June 3rd, finally getting out peppers in the ground after an unseasonably cold spring. Its finally warm enough!

Day two of planting tomato starts and we get our peppers in. It was so HOT!

The garden is expanding, and living up to our goal of our biggest year yet. We plant out the squash garden, and start getting our tomatoes in the raised beds. Learn how we plant our tomatoes.

In this vlog we build a diy greenhouse out of an old carport and materials we have laying around.

Today I upgrade our chicken coop by adding a chicken guard automatic coop door.

We continue to plant in our garden, going bigger than ever! Garlic, lettuce, spinach are all in! This is how we started our garlic and how to transplant lettuce and greens

Garden prep is on! we are preparing and expanding our garden for our biggest year yet! prepping garden beds, amending soil, placing mulch

Sometimes things don't go as planned. Rototiller gives me a FIT as we work to prep our first garden bed to plant onions.

The life of a gardener, you stop at your local hardware store and leave with more plants.... pretty sure we bought more seeds too.... today we plant some raspberry bushes, a cherry bush(?) and start cleaning up the strawberry patch.

That came QUICK! Spring is upon us, and on the homestead that means it is time to start seeds for the garden. Check out what we are starting and more!

It's been a minute, but we are back. This is a vlog I did in January after a blizzard here in NJ. Winter is a season of rest on the homestead, but it won't be long before we are starting seeds and ramping up for the spring. Thanks for checking out our channel

We decorated the tree, hung the stockings with care, and built a holiday cookie camper - turned competitive......

Thanksgiving on the homestead with homegrown veggies and turkeys. We cooked our turkey in a TRASH CAN! Come along to see how we do it, and how it turned out!

Today we got our first beef box from Butcherbox! We are not sponsored in any way. Just sharing our experience and all that we got! Here is a referral code to get $30 off and a free turkey with your first order: http://rwrd.io/3ffh1bi?c

A beautiful day on the Homestead - morning chore - random potatoes growing and yes, the chickens got out.