The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
These five questions answered are about 4 main subjects: Growing Grumichama, what type of drainage (if any) to use in raised vegetable garden beds, why is my lemon tree shedding fruit, and dragon fruit pitaya growing. Actual Questions (unaltered) 1) Name: Louise Message: Hi Mark I was googling about growing a grumichama tree and saw…
I wanted to show you in this video how I am growing an edible hedge for food but also as a way to stop my dog from chasing the post lady and running up and down my fence line. The plant/shrub/tree I am using is a Kei Apple so I chat a little about how…
Mangoes and other fruit purchased in the supermarket don’t taste the way they used to so in this video I give my opinion on what I think is the main reason for the lack of flavour in fruit today. Mangoes and other fruit purchased in the supermarket don’t taste the way they used to so…
In the VLOG style over several days here’s a small collection or work/jobs we do on our acreage property whilst we maintain our self-sufficient lifestyle. During the video we touch on composting, kids working in the yard, weeding, planting food crops/trees, whipper snipping, protecting fruit from insects and animals, and lots more! Enjoy, share, and…
I needed a “rehashed” channel trailer for people who visit my YouTube channel directly (and are not yet subscribed) so they could see what my channel was about in 60 seconds. My other trailer was far too long, outdated, and I look like a dufus lol… https://youtu.be/vXb2J-Og9PA This new-ish trailer keeps some old content and…
Here’s a fast paced walk around our property showing some of the fruit and vegetables we are growing. Self-sufficiency is more than a hobby it’s a lifestyle and no matter where you live or what size property you have there’s always a way to adapt it into your own bit of self-sufficient paradise (whatever that…
Here’s a showcase of another homestead (apart from my own) for you to enjoy. This 2.5 acre property is owned by my sister and brother-in-law who are in the process of transforming a blank canvas into a self-sufficient backyard farm. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please…
Self Sufficient Me in YouTube REWIND for 2016, thank you everyone for your support and may you all have a Merry Christmas! Stay safe! Cheers 🙂 #youtuberewind Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
There’s always one in the flock… This chicken has no fear of foxes or wild dogs and she’s pushing luck to the limits. Plus, we identify a herb that I had forgotten the name of growing down the back – well, I think I know what it is… cardamom ginger leaf… maybe 🙂 Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/…
This video covers heaps of great backyard farming material such as: growing fruit trees: mangoes, nashi pears, pomegranates, finger limes, oranges, pecans, etc. Plus, we check out the quail, ducks, and chickens, before heading back up to the vegetable patch to see cucumbers, chillies, peppers, brukale, garlic, asparagus, ginger, beans, Egyptian spinach, and more! This…
Here are my tips for how I grow lots of cucumbers in just a few raised garden beds. I also demonstrate how I pickle cucumbers in a large crock pot lacto fermentation style with a simple recipe included. Fermenting crock used in video can be purchased on Amazon here: https://bit.ly/2hLaekY Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook:…
This VLOG covers the vegetable garden, poultry pen, orchard, and a DIY job on our front outdoor staircase. The the patch I’m planting more Asian Greens, down the back one of our hens has gone missing, in the orchard I’m trying to save a dying avocado tree, and out the front I’m fitting the tops…
This video shows how I grow my potatoes in a raised garden bed with a thick woodchip mulch to see if there are any major improvements in growth or harvest when woodchip is used. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie…
Here’s how to grow a ton of carrots in just one small round raised garden bed. Plus, I give several of my carrot growing tips! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
I check the vegetable patch to find our perennial capsicum plant branches have broken in the wind! Oh the horror! So, I go about fixing the problem and chat a bit about growing them and cucumbers in a raised garden bed. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-…
In this video I show one of the methods I use to rest a garden bed and control weeds in the vegetable garden. Plus, I chat about collecting seeds, the transition from spring to summer and more! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit…
Ever wanted to punch a cabbage? Well, I do and here’s why! It’s actually how I make sauerkraut and this is what Rob Blackmore (from Sunshine Coast Radio) and I chat about on the morning show. We also talk about spraying mangoes with copper fungicide, dealing with weeds, native bees, and more. Enjoy! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/…
Here’s the full version of this video Goanna & Kookaburras fight https://youtu.be/w631bQ9or3I this puts the scene into context better and shows what I was doing at the time (more VLoggy type thingy)… I love observing nature as most of us do so I’m glad I could share this footage with you. BTW, no animals were…
My uncle’s back again for the yearly hive splitting of native bees so we have a chat, kill a few bee predators, see a black cockatoo, and I get harassed by stingless bees! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch…
I chat with radio host Rob Blackmore on Sunshine Coast Radio about growing Pea Eggplant or Turkey Berry and also about my trip to Asia mainly SaPa Vietnam and what I learnt over there whilst on vacation. Pea eggplant sold on Amazon here: https://bit.ly/2eSWSWE I got my seeds from eBay AU here: http://bit.ly/2etM6Su Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/…
This video explains how I managed our animals (poultry) whilst we were away on vacation/holiday and also my recipe on how to pickle a glut of chicken eggs to preserve them. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80…
I’m back from a 16-day Asian adventure and it’s time to check out the vegetable patch and see how it faired whilst we were away! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe Subscribe to my channel: http://goo.gl/cpbojR -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Hi everyone this is an update video on the channel. Giving a few details on the direction of Self Sufficient Me. Thanks for your support! -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
A full “walk around tour” of my self-sufficient property has been requested by many people and I have finally done it! This is a full tour of our homestead from front to back concentrating on the orchard, vegetable patch, and poultry set-up. I also talk a little about the new direction of my channel and…
A quick video showing how to get easy free feed for chickens Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
This video covers several topics discussed on our f/nly radio show with Rob Blackmore at Sunshine Coast FM including running a self-sufficient homestead, growing fruit and veg out of season for a reason, mango growing, mulberry growing, and more. Enjoy 🙂 Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree…
This video shows how I ferment the Jerusalem artichoke root to make an amazing taste sensation and to help preserve this wonderful organic and super healthy vegetable! Enjoy and as always thanks for your support 🙂 Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80…
In this VLog we visit Mark’s kitchen where a whole ton of organic limes are squeezed and made into cordial plus we check out the vegetable garden, ducks, chickens, and several other homesteading things. Citrus juicer used in the video: https://bit.ly/2aadA1y (Australia shop) https://bit.ly/2aacgMs (Amazon USA) Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-…
In this video, we explore using freshly cut palm fronds as mulch under fruit trees and we go through several other exciting things happening on our acreage/homestead. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SufficientMe -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- 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…
