VIDEO: HOW TO EAT NASTURTIUMS: QUICK TIPS
Wondering if you can eat your nasturtiums? Here’s the quick answer of how to pick them.
Category: You Can’t Eat The Grass
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Serina and Ian are sharing their journey of starting a farm!
Located in Kelowna, BC, Canada, the farm was begun in 2019. We grow veggies and flowers for sale on our farm and at the farmers market. Our property is only 2.5 acres, and we have to deal with the short season of being in a zone 5, but we still think the farm can become a sustainable business – if we put the work in…
Our goal in sharing our experiences is to support local, sustainable, food systems. We want to help you learn how to grow your own food. Or to show you the labour that goes into the farm fresh food that farmers grow for you everyday. And to make sure, that you are thinking about how that food is grown – we don’t use pesticides, and we want to be an example that you don’t need to either.
With a little bit of laughter, and a little bit of love, this farm will just keep growing!
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VIDEO: HOW TO PICK RHUBARB: QUICK TIPS
Wondering how to properly pick rhubarb? Here’s the quick answer.
VIDEO: HOW TO PICK BEETS: QUICK TIPS
Wondering how to pick a beet? Here’s the quick answer.
VIDEO: HOW TO PICK SWISS CHARD: QUICK TIPS
Wondering how to pick swiss chard properly? Here’s the quick answer.
VIDEO: HOW TO PICK GRAPES: QUICK TIP
Worried about how to properly pick your grapes off the vine? Here is the quickest answer we could make!
VIDEO: THE FUTURE OF HOMESTEADING
There are 7 billion people in the world, not everyone can live on an off grid large land homestead. Instead, Ian and Serina offer some ideas on how urban homesteading can provide the answer to creating more livable and sustainable cities. Join us as we talk about some of our ideas on why you should…
VIDEO: HOW TO 2ND FERMENT KOMBUCHA : Fermentation Friday
In this video diary of my first attempt of second fermenting kombucha I have some success and some failure. I flavor my batch with fresh ginger. One bottle gets some mold that I show in detail, and another bottle gets drank! Can you guess what my husbands reaction is?
VIDEO: Greenhouse haul!!!! Haul video parody: homestead style
Can you believe this haul?!?! But no returns here. Come see why everyone should shop in their own yards! Also, this is me trying to be funny. I don’t actually act like this, lol.
VIDEO: Join our Journey
Here’s our story. We haven’t always been living the homestead style life. We used to dream about living off the grid. Get a feel for our urban homestead and learn about what lead us to the decisions we made in regards to homesteading, and why we provide value to our viewers.
VIDEO: Why "Not" to Plant Purple Carrots
Why do we not grow purple carrots? Because we are all about easy to grow, high yield crops! And I would much rather get 10lbs of carrots than 2 fancy lbs. Join Serina as she thins a fall garden bed, and talks about some of the ideas behind what we grow and why. I also…
VIDEO: Is this Normal? First Time Making Brined Pickles
Welcome to Fermentation Friday! This week I made up a batch of pickled beans. I had some unwanted growth on the top of my brine, and spent most of the week trying to figure out if it was mold or Kahm’s yeast. I’m still not 100% sure, but everything tasted good, so I’m keeping it.…
VIDEO: Picking Bush Beans
Join Serina as she harvests the bush beans. This time of year, it is pretty much a daily job, but we aren’t complaining. We go over our growing routine, and show you when to pick the beans to get them at the perfect size. Come and relax with us in the garden.
VIDEO: Is My Kombucha Moldy? Day by Day Scoby Growing Diary
Well, I definitely thought I was growing mold here. I have never brewed kombucha before, so I didn’t know what to expect. But as the days went on, an obvious mother began to form, and in the end I had successful kombucha! Here is my list of resources I found helpful and reassuring this week.…
VIDEO: Urban Homestead 5 Minute Tour
Watch me say potential 38 times, and quickly get the idea for what we have, and all the… potential… we have to go further. Here is a quick walk through of our yard to give you a feel for our space. I tried to keep this to the bare bones so you could see what…
VIDEO: Preserving our massive Eggplant Harvest
We are drowning in Eggplants, so we need to start freezing them. In this video we pick and prepare our over production, and prepare it for storage. Also in this video is the most delicious eggplant sandwich known to mankind, which consists of – eggplant fried in oil till browned – balsamic vinegar reduction -…
VIDEO: DIY Greenhouse Tour
A tour of our recently completed greenhouse. We built it for 800 dollars, using simple materials and chainlink fencing supplies. It has roll up sides to allow air flow and keep it from over heating in the summer, automatic windows to open in the morning, and drip irrigation to automate the watering. It was simple…
VIDEO: Introducing #FermentationFriday
We are starting a weekly series all about learning how to ferment! Every week we will be researching and trying out a new fermentation recipe, and giving you an update on the progress of our past ferments. Watch me learn from the beginning, or better yet, get in on the fun and ferment along with…
VIDEO: UNBOXING Mortier Pilon Kombucha & Fermentation Crock
Mortier Pilon preserving products are as beautiful as they are functional, and I was very excited to open these bad boys up. Check out all the extras and great packaging that comes with them, as well as a quick explanation of the different parts. Join our journey as I learn all about fermenting using these…
VIDEO: Tour of our backyard vegetable garden July 31 2017
Ian gives a tour of the vegetable garden. And Lia won’t be outdone, so she joins in to let everyone know what she likes best. Watch to the end to see what kept Lia quiet till we finished filming. The garden is at one of its lushest periods, at the end of July. Most of…
VIDEO: Fire!!
A human caused fire flared up in Knox Mountain, close to our house. We did nothing to fight it, but we filmed those who did.
VIDEO: Garlic from Seed, Is It Worth It? NO
Serina left some garlic to go to seed. See what scapes turn into at a few different steps in their maturity. A few different heads get dug up, and you can see how pathetic the results are. Learn the ins and outs of how NOT to grow garlic from seed, lol. I mean, we are…
VIDEO: Planting Raised Beds with Egyptian Walking Onions
Serina demonstrates our process for harvesting the onion seeds from our Walking Onions, and how easy it is to plant our raised beds.
