The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
100k Subscribers! Wow… Thank you, EVERYONE, this is a big deal and means a lot to me. The fact that 100k of you have enjoyed my content enough to subscribe to my channel is truly amazing and I feel humbled by it. My youngest son and I watched this live as it clicked over to…
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This video outlines my five most important reasons why I believe you should grow your own food and are my main motivating factors for being as self-sufficient as possible on our small acreage homestead. Homesteading, food gardening, and to some extent prepping is something we should all be considering. Thanks for watching! ๐ Help support…
Is woodchip mulch good or bad for fruit trees and vegetable gardens? This video gives my opinion and awesome growing results through the use of woodchip mulch for more than a decade on our acreage property. Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on Amazon for plants: https://bit.ly/2yRFNGQ…
Not just a normal sprouts in a jar video I also trial feeding sprouts to our quail and review a sprout kit plus a fermenting kit from Wholesome Supplies. Wholesome Supplies Website: https://www.wholesomesupplies.com.au/ Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on Amazon for sprouting kits: https://bit.ly/2oVz9sj Shop for…
In this video, I take you on a walk around our self-sufficient property/homestead and show you elements of our food garden and poultry enclosure. Thanks for your ongoing support of my channel ๐ Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on Amazon for plants: https://bit.ly/2yRFNGQ Shop for plants…
This is a literal VBlog taken from my Website about how food fermenting is rising in popularity as people are beginning to understand the importance of inner health, especially in the gut/stomach. Fermenting gear on eBay Australia: https://bit.ly/2CWDNLF Fermenting gear on Amazon USA: https://bit.ly/2DchuoI Fermenting gear on Amazon UK: https://bit.ly/2CUFl8R Online Australian retailer mentioned in…
Feel free to watch the whole video or skip forward to the following discussion topics… 1:14 – Optimism: I start by showing our corn crop and chat about why I’m feeling optimistic for the new year and why we (gardeners/self-sufficient people are often optimists) & so we should be. Show climbing spinach and Jerusalem artichokes.…
This video is about explaining self-sufficiency and how it relates to this channel and also me… I respond to a comment that questions why I don’t just do gardening videos and I explain the reasons for why the channel content is how it is. Cheers ๐ Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from…
We love to share our success stories but often we neglect to detail the important failures along the way that has helped shape the overall achievement/s. Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on Amazon for plants: https://bit.ly/2yRFNGQ Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to…
When my corn or other crops fail to germinate I usually transplant and that’s why I always oversow seed! If the extra plants are not required then I can simply thin them out but if some seed fails to germinate I can always fill the gaps with the extras. Cheers ๐ P.S Thank you for…
I like collecting rare and unusual food plants but I don’t just do it as a hobby rather it’s a way to diversify and strengthen the environment around our home so that there’s always something to eat. I start this video off in the vegetable garden planting corn and then we move onto fruiting trees…
On the back of my previous video about Ornamentals for the Food Gardener https://youtu.be/lFUAmXD5ons it’s kind of ironic that I make this one next due to an ornamental tree dropping a huge branch and crashing down flattening several of our beloved fruit trees ๐ Amazon Gardening: https://bit.ly/2xB63Ef Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my…
This video shows how growing ornamental plants in the garden can be beneficial for food crops by firstly outlining how they can be good and also the characteristics one should look for when choosing ornamentals for their property. Amazon Gardening: https://bit.ly/2xB63Ef Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://bit.ly/2zxrwPA Blog:…
This is a really interesting find – a tomato plant that is producing two different types/shaped fruit! One fruit looks similar to an oxheart variety and the other is pleated like a beefsteak. Amazon Gardening: https://bit.ly/2xB63Ef Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://bit.ly/2zxrwPA Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar…
Another busy week and one of the signs that spring is here is our first encounter with a snake this season! Also, we chat about mulberry growing, chipping, pruning fruit trees and more. Buy dragon fruit on Amazon: https://bit.ly/2h9HYK8 Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info on certain subjects) Forum:…
This video is all about how to grow a lot of dragon fruit (pitaya) in just one container. This method is what I call the hang or grow down method where the plant is placed upon a stand or in my case a stump and left to drape down instead of being trained up a…
It’s all happening here on our lifestyle acreage homestead property! In this video, I show you guys a bunch of stuff that’s been going on such as growing tomatoes, eggplant, asparagus, the citrus orchard flowering, pruning, zucchini, and even ducks sitting on her nest of eggs. Lots to get through and plenty of action to…
It’s all happening here on our lifestyle acreage homestead property! In this video, I show you guys a bunch of stuff that’s been going on such as growing tomatoes, eggplant, asparagus, the citrus orchard flowering, pruning, zucchini, and even ducks sitting on her nest of eggs. Lots to get through and plenty of action to…
This video shows how I typically espalier single tomato plants that have self-seeded in the garden by making a simple mini trellis from reo mesh and a star picket. Thank you for your ongoing support! Tomato trellis and cages on Amazon: https://bit.ly/2eGvdXc Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info on…
Here’s a backyard fresh dinner idea using eggplant (Aubergine) as a side antipasto style. This is very easy to do, it tastes great, and is a top way to preserve an excess of eggplant grown in the backyard vegetable garden. Thank you for your ongoing support! I really mean it! ๐ Amazon Garden shop online:…
These are my five top vegetables that I believe are just too easy to grow! Great for beginners who ask the question, what should I grow in my vegetable garden? Amazon Garden shop online: https://bit.ly/2uOBOEW Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://bit.ly/2zxrwPA Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on…
Here’s how I lacto ferment or pickle zucchini all home grown organically and demonstrated in our outdoor makeshift kitchen. Thank you for watching and supporting my vids! ๐ Pickle pipes on Amazon: https://bit.ly/2uraoVG Weck jars on Amazon: https://bit.ly/2urnVfK My article on Pickle Pipes (includes where to buy in Oz and UK): http://bit.ly/2urok1K Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use…
This is how we preserve mangoes when we have too many to eat fresh. Dehydration is our preferred method because the pieces of dried mango can be used for kids snacks, added to breakfast cereals, and many other uses. The bagging video mentioned is here: https://youtu.be/dERblAPWai0 Buy a dehydrator on Amazon: https://bit.ly/2sWaQOF Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use…
Here is a simple way to protect fruit on your backyard fruit trees from animals like birds and possums – perhaps even squirrels but we don’t get them here so I can’t say definitively although I do know we’ve had good success here in Oz preventing some pretty cunning pests from getting our produce. I…
This is the Sunrise Lime tree and fruit – it’s a great food plant/fruit tree to grow in the home garden or on your homestead and one of the best citrus fruits I have tasted! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info on certain subjects) Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter:…
In this video, we plant over a dozen different fruit trees and I talk through an example of how I dig the hole at the same time giving some extra tips on how to get the tree off to a good start. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info on…
In this video, I show a smothering method to manage unwanted weeds and grasses in vegetable garden beds. At the same time, I also explain several other tips and my own thought process/reasoning for doing what I do. Thanks for your support ๐ Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info…
Here’s our fire pit grill set up it’s a tripod hanging grill, which hangs over the fire pit and has an adjustable height via a pulley system in order to regulate heat or get it out of the way etc. Amazon (similar product) https://bit.ly/2qP2UKO For Aussies – I got mine from Barbeques Galore Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/…
We go for a walk around our self-sufficient acreage and I explain my thoughts behind continuing my channel and blogging. I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank you for subscribing to Self Sufficient Me – your support is amazing! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info on certain…
