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My second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUZX-FaPDq7w_TqB3QrAzWQ
Hi, learn organic gardening, realistic self-sufficient living, keeping quail, chickens, and lots more! My channel is about self-sufficiency and based on my blog (established several years earlier) called “Self Sufficient Me” this doesn’t mean I believe I am totally self-sufficient (nor do I want to be) but more that I want to “strive” to be as self-sufficient as I can with the current resources I have on offer.
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Best homemade tomato sauce or ketchup recipe from homegrown cherry tomatoes. Full recipe: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/recipes/tomato-sauce-made-from-cherry-tomatoes -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Rats nesting on quail pen becoming a big issue, quails escaping, and the results of the grass in the quail pen experiment – it’s all happening in this episode! Last video done on quail pen refurb: https://youtu.be/QyV3jWhhARc Quail pen build: https://youtu.be/yUV6kBQX5fo Website: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Solution found: https://youtu.be/ikELExkScJU -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch…
Tomatoes and disease has always been a hot topic for gardeners but I challenge why we worry so much about trying to keep them disease free and in this video I show the ugly side of how I grow my tomatoes without much care at all! -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch…
Mark and the Misses knock down the chicken coop in a chicken coop smackdown! See all the action and find out why the coop is doomed. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
This video shows how to create the right environment to facilitate duck nesting, egg laying, and incubation plus brooding in safety. www.selfsufficientme.com -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
My third different bird video in a row! This one is about a very lucky kookaburra! www.selfsufficientme.com -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Our rooster unexpectedly died so now it’s time to make him as useful in death as he was in life… RIP Big Fella! -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
We carpet our homes but what about the garden? So I thought I’d carpet our vegetable garden to stop weeds invading my vegetable beds and to help grow better food crops! Hey Guys, I don’t want people getting the wrong idea about this video thinking I’m advocating to use “carpet with chemicals” leaching into the…
In this video I show and explain how I built my fire pit from retaining wall blocks with a galvanised round garden bed for the inner rim. I will be using our fire pit to cook with eg spit roast our home grown pekin ducks and of course toast marshmallows! The video is pretty comprehensive…
Been in the video wilderness for awhile but I’m back with some tips on growing food crops in containers. In this example we grow peas in a medium sized pot and I explain my secret growing medium for great results and how I prefer to use my own soil mix for the growing medium rather…
I’m always looking to save money on feed for my chickens so I thought I would experiment in my vegetable garden and grow sorghum as a FREE and EASY grain to grow for my flock to eat. Here’s what I found… -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
In this video I give a demonstration on how to assemble a galvanised raised garden bed and explain what I have growing plus dispel a few myths about using this type of garden bed. Here is where I got my latest bed from: http://bit.ly/1JI1aaA (eBay Australia – may not be helpful to people other countries…
This video shows how I grow peanuts in the home garden and also how to cook them to make a delicious TV snack! -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Here’s a planting demonstration on kale in a raised garden bed. The video shows soil preparation, fertiliser I use, mulching, and other tips etc. 🙂 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Here’s a backyard kangaroo experience you see occasionally but it’s not always a common thing for most Australians (in contrary to popular belief). The further you get away from the city the more kangaroos you do see and in some places kangaroo numbers can get so high that they eat themselves out of food and…
This video explains how I divide globe artichoke plants to make new ones for the coming season without having to re-sow seed. www.selfsufficientme.com -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
I was invited on our statewide radio 612 ABC to discuss self-sufficiency as part of a prepper show they were doing that day. It was a great thrill chatting with Kelly Higgins-Devine in the studio. Blog: www.selfsufficientme.com The full podcast can be listened to on our forum here: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com/threads/yours-truly-talking-self-sufficiency-prepping-on-612-abc-radio.688/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree…
Here’s my raw onion challenge inspired by Australia’s PM Tony Abbott whose raw onion eating went viral around the world. Are you up to the challenge? www.selfsufficientme.com -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Here’s an interesting behavioural video showing how ducks try and stay safe against fox or dog attack by sitting in their raised pond when the pen door is inadvertently left open after dark. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
This video shows how to inspect native stingless bee hives to see how they are doing after splitting several months earlier. Our first video on Splitting a Native bee hive can be seen here: http://youtu.be/IGCAK4q7MiA How to buy http://www.selfsufficientculture.com/threads/stingless-native-bee-hives-for-sale-se-qld-brisbane-surrounds.687/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Grow the best mangoes organically! This video shows how I grow my mangoes organically in our own home garden without the need for fungicides or pesticides. The last half of the video shows cutting a ripe mango and how to know when to PICK a mango. For more growing information go to our forum http://www.selfsufficientculture.com/…
I was fed up with chicken feeders that made a big mess by dropping feed all over the ground so I have designed my own chicken/duck feeder made from everyday bins or buckets, which keeps the feed in the feeder until it’s eaten! Here’s my blog post about this feeder and at the end I’m…
This video shows how you can grow an edible Christmas tree and have the best of both worlds – a great looking tree and something to eat on Xmas day! -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
A quick video showing the daily routine of opening our poultry pen to let the chickens and ducks out for free ranging – they crack me up… Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
A walk around our subtropical garden showing some of the plants fruit trees and vegetables starring and great to grow at this time of year (the start of a subtropical summer). Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
I’ve been wanting to try and ferment chicken feed for ages so I decided to finally give it a go. There’s no science behind this experiment I simply wanted to see if my poultry would actually like eating grain that had been fermented for a short period of time. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree…
Finally, a successful harvest of garlic in a subtropical climate! Here’s how I did it in my quick pick vege tip vid 🙂 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
This is how I bottle my homemade fermented sauerkraut. This batch took me about 10 days of fermentmenting to get the taste just right. Now that summer has here here in the subtropics we won’t be able to grow a cabbage for the next 6 months due to the heat so it’s time to stock…
This is a quick video on breeding mongrel cross bred chickens. I have a really mixed flock of hens some are purebreds and others are our own cross breeds. I’m rather fond of crossbred animals because I think on many occasions a mongrel can be better than a pure. These chicks are our latest natural…
We had a small rat problem around on of our feeder in our chicken pen but when our rat trap failed we sort help from a true professional called Diamond Back 🙂 It’s a risky game accepting this type of help to rid our pen of rodents but sometimes a man needs to take a…
