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NEW! Consider supporting our channel on Patreon, to help us create more frequent videos. https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality After a couple years of planting, growing, harvesting, and curing garlic on this channel, last time we finally showed you one of the ways we actually USE garlic, in the form of garlic salt. But a few of you had…
Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality Now that we’ve doubled our growing area, it’s time to plant our garlic. Also: Crop rotations, our homemade hole poker thing, lessons learned, etc. Plant Hardiness Zones, Annual Rainfall, and Other Important Information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrAJbE0ZTA8 Instant Raised Garden Beds by Flipping Sod: Expanding our Garlic Patch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tay9Mi7XM4U No Dig Garlic: Planting,…
UPDATE: Mini Root Cellar Experiment (after 3 months of potato storage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrlLpaZER7I — Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality After successfully harvesting 337 lbs of potatoes, we only had one problem: Where to store them?! Since we don’t have a root cellar, I came up with another idea using an old broken chest freezer and some…
Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality In this video, we collect as many details as we can about the growing conditions in our part of the world, and tell you how to do the same. That way, you’ll be better equipped to determine whether or not the results from our experiments could easily be replicated in…
UPDATE: Here’s how we ended up storing them all: Mini “Root Cellar” from broken freezer (for storing potatoes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evM7taps76s Where We Get FREE Garden Mulch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww34XwhdeZ4 — After our first attempt at growing potatoes last year, it was pretty obvious that we’d need to increase the size of our crop if we’d ever hoped to…
Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality The weather is getting cooler, and we just harvested a pile of squash. So lets make some fresh Butternut Squash Soup!
Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality This has been a very challenging summer, filled with family illnesses and other traumatic experiences. As a result, I’ve been somewhat preoccupied with worry for the future, and guilt for the past. However, I recently seem to have stumbled upon an effective technique for dealing with some of my stress…
Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality At the end of last season, we decided to test a method of tomato preservation that we discovered in the following article: http://wire.farmradio.fm/en/farmer-stories/2016/11/burundi-farmer-finds-new-technique-for-preserving-tomatoes-15454 The article claims that the tomatoes, packed in wood ash, were preserved for up to six months without any negative effects. This video documents our experiment, as…
Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality The results (and lessons learned) from our first attempt at companion planting corn, bean, and squash (Three Sisters Method) using a first-year Back to Eden garden. The “Back to Eden” Method of Permaculture Gardening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1aJOz3mEHI The Ruth Stout Method of Permaculture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfi-n0Oq38E Companion Planting Carrots, Radishes and Onions in a…
Help support our channel: https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality This Valentine’s Day, I’d like to take the opportunity to get just a tiny bit sappy… about Video Games.
Last spring, we planted seed potatoes using the Ruth Stout Method. Here are our results (from planting to harvesting) without any digging, fertilizing, watering, or weeding! The Ruth Stout Method of Permaculture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfi-n0Oq38E Planting Potatoes in a Ruth Stout Permaculture Garden (QUICK and EASY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dexx9kKVWeo Did You Know That Potato Plants Have Fruit?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k00q6bhIwfg
An animated short, to celebrate 2018 and look back at everything we’ve achieved over the past few years. From weekend backpacking, to full-time van life, and now our very own cabin – we’ve come a long way together. Thank you all so much for joining us! Happy new year!
Follow our garlic plants all the way from planting using the Ruth Stout method (hay mulch, no diging or tilling), to harvesting, and drying.
Earlier this spring, we companion planted a whole bunch of radishes, carrots, and onions in a former lawn which we covered with hay. A little over a month later, the experiment seem to be successful! (So far, at least)
We continue our Ruth Stout permaculture experiments by companion planting carrots, radishes, and onions. The Ruth Stout Method of Permaculture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfi-n0Oq38E&t=3s Planting Garlic in a Modified Ruth Stout Permaculture Garden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1TXfeq9wdc&t=34s Winter Ruth Stout Permaculture Update and a Bit of Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-A1gNNjen0&t=1s Spring Garden Update: Hugelkultur, Ruth Stout, and Garlic Sprouts! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t1FCsF-iAI Planting Potatoes…
We built a couple of Ruth Stout gardens in the fall by simply laying some old spoiled hay over the grass. Today we peeled back some of the hay to find healthy worms and a layer of top soil – the perfect conditions for planting POTATOES!
Even when our path seems so certain ahead of us, it can still fade into the realm of “what might have been”. But by discovering my new favourite tree on our homestead, I’ve also found the inspiration that we need to persevere.
In our continuing quest to experiment with a multitude of permaculture techniques, this time we decided to construct a Back to Eden style garden bed… and in doing so, also prevented desertification! Back to Eden Film: http://www.backtoedenfilm.com Our past videos… Constructing Our Hugelkultur Vegetable Garden : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR7wMao-PxI Planting our Hiugelkultur vegetable garden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gm69Cqs-tw Hugelkultur Vegetable…
We previously constructed our new germination station in our basement. But now it’s time to start planting some vegetable seeds indoors, so that they can eventually be transplanted into our permaculture gardens later in the spring. This is our definitive guide to starting seeds indoors.
Now that it’s finally spring, we decided to inspect our permaculture gardens to see how well they weathered the cold winter months. Plus, we also checked on the garlic that we planted last fall, and were surprised how well it was doing!
Ever wondered how to make maple syrup? Curious about why maple sap is sweet, or where it comes from? Then this is the video for you! Homemade maple syrup is a wonderful free treat and an excellent use of your property. It could even be a source of income if you have enough trees!
If we hope to someday become fully food self-sufficient, we are going to have to begin taking part in the process from seed to harvest. So check out how we built our germination station in our basement, to start our seedlings indoors.
When the craziness of life gets to be too much, it’s sometimes nice to just look out the window and watch the birds. We think of it as a “Reality Break”, away from the hectic man-made problems of our daily lives. But it occurs to us that not everyone has a plethora of wild animals…
One of our favourite ways to get Back to Reality is by getting Back to Nature. So we strapped on our snowshoes and went for a nice long walk in our woods. But while we were there, we also set up some trail cameras to try to catch a photo of some deer.
A full account of our cross-canada road trip, from the east coast to the west coast to the arctic coast. Plus, how this epic adventure convinced us to live in our van for 2 years and eventually start homesteading.
Since you guys had so many wonderful questions and comments on our previous Ruth Stout Method video, we figured it a Question and Answer video was in order! Hay vs Straw, Pesticides, and more. Plus, a quick update on how our Ruth Stout gardens and our garlic are doing in the winter.
