Harvesting Tomatoes, Peppers & Herbs | Raised Bed & Hydroponic Garden Update

Join me for a full homestead garden update and harvest after days of heavy rain! 🌱 Today I’m checking in on my raised beds, hydroponic tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans, and more. You’ll see my first harvests of Brad’s Atomic Grape, Cream Sausage, Cherokee Carbon, Black Brandywine, and Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye tomatoes along with jalapeños, Italian pepperoncini, cayenne peppers, and herbs for making fresh salsa and homemade seasonings. From volunteer squash to thriving cucumbers, giant paste tomatoes, and even a surprise pea harvest, this garden walk-through is full of tips for harvesting, preserving, and growing tomatoes, peppers, and other vegetables in a backyard homestead. 🌿🍅 0:01 – Garden Update & What’s Growing After Heavy Rain 0:20 – First-Time Cosmos & Potato Experiment Success 0:34 – Tomato Plants Check: Waiting on the First Blush 0:48 – Pepper Plants Growing Strong (But Not Harvested Yet) 1:08 – Harvest Basket Ready & New Tomato Variety Taste Tests 1:22 – Row A2: Big Green Tomatoes & Kidney Bean Volunteers 2:20 – A3 Garden Tour: Romas, Snapdragons & Volunteer Squash 3:06 – First Harvest: Brad’s Atomic Grape & Cream Sausage Tomatoes 4:02 – Sweet vs. Smoky Tomato Flavor Comparison 4:34 – Surprise Shelling Pea Harvest & Purple Pole Beans Update 5:30 – Italian Pepperoncini & Jalapeños for Fresh Salsa 6:17 – Giant Garden Paste Tomato Harvest Begins 7:49 – Cherokee Carbon Tomatoes: First Year Growing & Taste Test Plans 8:33 – Black Brandywine Blushing & Marking Plants for Harvest 9:11 – Homestead Tomatoes & Chef’s Choice Bicolor Harvest 10:34 – Romas & Cucumbers Thriving in Raised Beds 11:12 – Giant Garden Paste Variety Outperforming Expectations 12:01 – Tomato Surgery: Repairing a Broken Branch 13:03 – Blueberries Almost Ready & Thai Peppers Growing Large 13:38 – Root Vegetables Update: Beets & Carrots in Grow Bags 14:03 – First Salsa Batch with Fresh Roma Tomatoes 14:41 – Bees Pollinating & Healthy Bell Peppers Growing 15:21 – Hydroponic Tomatoes & Gorgeous Bell Pepper Harvest 16:22 – Dwarf Wild Spud Hydroponic Tomato Harvest (Despite Stink Bugs) 17:21 – Plant & Chill Part Two: Peppers & Green Beans Update 17:55 – First Cucumber Growing Strong 18:14 – Harvesting Cilantro, Sage, Thyme & Oregano for Salsa & Butter 18:31 – New Garden Beds: Black from Tula & Triple L Crop Tomatoes Blushing 19:28 – Yellow Cayenne Peppers for Homemade Cayenne Powder 19:47 – Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye Tomatoes Ripening After Heavy Rains 20:31 – Pink Brandywine & Black from Tula First Ripe Harvests 21:00 – Blue Ribbon & Double-Bloom Tomato Finds 21:46 – Final Harvest Recap & Thank You for Joining Us reach us at: thelaidbackhomestead@gmail.com #homestead #garden #harvest #harvesting #gardening #gardeningtips #gardeningplants #gardenupdate #gardentour #gardentours #tomatoes #peppers #tomato #homesteading #homesteader #plants #growyourownfood #gardenmaintenance #gardenchores #homegrownfood #homegrown #homesteadinglife #tomatoseason