Snow Just Melted… Now the Real Work Begins

Check out online labels and use code HOMESTEAD (10% off up to a $25 discount) or visit https://www.onlinelabels.com/theseasonalhomestead Maximize your fruit harvest by tackling these essential late-winter perennial maintenance tasks before dormancy ends! We’re sharing our organic secrets for pruning blackberries and blueberries, thinning strawberry beds for higher yields, and using "sheet mulching" to kill invasive Bermuda grass without chemicals. Plus, join us in the kitchen for a low-sugar blueberry lemon jam tutorial. Whether you’re burning asparagus rows for disease control or mulching your orchard, these critical late winter steps ensure a healthy, productive garden all year long. Tree Guard Circles found here (mine are 36"): https://weedguardplus.com/treeguard-rings-heavy-duty-24-od-and-extra-heavy-duty-24-36-and-48-od-rings/ Fruit Tree Pruning Book: https://amzn.to/4aD0YwK Blueberry Lemon Jam Recipe: https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com/blueberry-lemon-jam-low-sugar-recipe/ Ultra Soil Prebiotic: https://agrigro.com/BECKYTSH (Use my code BECKYTSH for 10% off) 🏗️ Garden Infrastructure Caterpillar Tunnel & High Tunnel 👉 https://www.farmersfriend.com/c/the-seasonal-homestead 🪲 Insect netting (I have 25 gram weight and 6.9' wide), wire hoops, & Field Irrigation 👉 https://www.farmersfriend.com/c/the-seasonal-homestead 🧻 Weed Barrier Paper & Stakes 👉 https://weedguardplus.com/ecomulch-natural-organic-earthtone/?searchid=6811&search_query=omri (FYI, this does NOT come with pre-cut HOLES as shown in the video) 👉If you don't mind poly woven fabric, you can find a quick plant pre-cut hole version here: https://www.farmersfriend.com/p/quick-plant-fabric?Length=12-ft&Pattern=1%20x%2018&rid=tsh 🔪Soil Knife- https://amzn.to/3pmm4L4 🔥Weed Torch https://amzn.to/3xm7Gpu 🪒Japanese Weeding Sickle- https://amzn.to/3Jy47jl ⚙️Favorite Large Tools- https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com/11-time-saving-garden-tools-for-a-large-garden/ 🧱Soil Blocker 4 inch- https://amzn.to/3VRvFp3 🧱 Favorite Plastic Soil Trays https://www.bootstrapfarmer.com?dt_id=2989014 🌱Jang Seeder - https://www.farmersfriend.com/p/jang-seeder?Model=JP1&Package=No+Rollers 🍓 Garden Plants: Support this small farm!!! - My favorite source for Organic STRAWBERRIES, ginger, turmeric, comfrey, rhubarb, elderberry and more. 👉 https://shop.growingfarmers.com/?ref=wxoemquk 💸 Use code BECKYPORTER for $5 off your order! 🌾Overwintering Cover crop mix: 👉 https://store.greencover.com/products/overwintering-mix 🌿 Cool season cover crop mix: 👉 https://store.greencover.com/products/cool-season-soil-builder 🪴SHOP Redmond Soil Tests, Mineralyte Fertilizer and more here: 👉 https://shop.redmondagriculture.com/discount/SEASONALHOMESTEAD?rfsn=8399179.970826 💸 Use code SEASONALHOMESTEAD for 15% off 🧂 Also check out Redmond Life for salt, table seasonings, and more: 👉 https://glnk.io/oq72y/theseasonalhomestead 💸 Code SEASONALHOMESTEAD gets you 15% off 🐓~Kraut Creek Non-GMO animal feed!! We this is where we buy our egg layer, broiler, and hog feed- Enter code SHV25 for 25% off your first order: https://www.krautcreek.com/ 🥫 Canning Lids: 👉 https://shop.superbsealing.com/?ref=SEASONALHOMESTEAD20 💸 Use code SEASONALHOMESTEAD20 for 20% off an order. 🪴 My BLOG: https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com/ 🛍️ Shop My Favorite Things: https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com/shop-my-favorite-things/ 🎵 Music: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/5slh1q 📓Garden Planning & Preserving Journal: 🌱Seedtime garden planner: https://seedtime.us/jkmel4ukl4tonac09iap-5fs?ref=becky-porter82 🌱 Amy's (my sister) garden planner 2026 version: https://amzn.to/4bh2kxN or Etsy Printable PDF: https://rstyle.me/+3KdHlaJuVhqNFOPYz6UoXg 💬 This is the biggest and best paper garden and preserving planner out there! I am biased of course but take my word for it, you won't be disappointed. 🥫 Canning and Preserving Supplies: 🍇 Juicer: I have this one: https://amzn.to/47l5taa but you can find a similar one for cheap here: https://amzn.to/486YXoR ❄️ Freeze Dryer: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1290.html 🌬️Dehydrator: https://amzn.to/3nV8JbW 🥫 Pressure Canner: https://amzn.to/42Hk0Lw 💧 Waterbath Canner: https://amzn.to/3VYZgwD 🥣 Chapters - 00:00 - Timing is everything with perennials 01:39 - Managing invasive weeds with sheet mulching 05:15 - Pruning and trellising blackberries 07:50 - Canning low-sugar blueberry lemon jam 10:18 - Labeling and branding farm products 13:05 - Revitalizing blueberry bushes through pruning 14:30 - Cleaning and burning the asparagus row 17:17 - Thinning and spacing strawberries for high yield 22:15 - Mulching the orchard with tree guards 24:35 - Pruning fruit trees and recommended resources 💚 Most links are affiliate links. Please know we will only recommend items we LOVE and use ourselves, at no extra cost to you, and it helps support the channel! Your support means so much to us. We appreciate it! -Becky & Cam