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In this video I’ll show how I removed my weed filled lawn then amended the soil and create garden and beds to grows a wide range of fruits and vegetables. Here is a full video list of every step I’ve taken so far to create and maintain an incredibly productive and widely diverse organic vegetable…
Fastest Way To Seed and Sow A Carrot Row! In this video, I show you how I sow a row of carrots for a winter quick crop before the spring and summer veggies take over the beds. From preparing the beds to actual sowing, this video will show you just how easy and fast no…
Sprout Your Own Ginger From Any Store-Bought Ginger Root! Ginger is so easy to sprout, given the right conditions. The rhizomes of this plant are not only tasty and necessary in numerous recipes, but they can also be sprouted to grow entirely new Ginger plants, for free! In this video, I show you exactly how…
See Liz’s video about Abundance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3WgIQ6KNjA Follow my friend Liz here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0Ha5QljsCV5UqIkobBrcQ Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us: rootsandrefuge@yahoo.com To drop us a line: PO Box 850 Vilonia, AR 72173 To have…
At the end of last year, we showed you how we built our mini root cellar using an old broken chest freezer. The whole thing was meant to be an experiment, based on the principles of an actual full sized root cellar, and our hope was that we could use it to store a good…
Over the past few years, we’ve been producing a lot of garlic and experimenting with a number of natural growing techniques. As a result, we ended up accidentally comparing 4 slightly different growing conditions, all at the same time: 1. Fresh hay mulch covering natural topsoil 2. Old spoiled hay mulch covering natural topsoil 3.…
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In this video, I show what happened to our vegetable and fruit gardens after being away on vacation/holiday for 5 weeks! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU or Teespring (below the video). Shop on Amazon for plants: https://bit.ly/2yRFNGQ Shop for plants on eBay…
It’s time to reveal some of my First Early potatoes. Lady Christl is the variety, I’ve never grown them before… Self sufficiency here I come 🙂 Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE XX #potatoreveal #earlypotatoes
It’s finally time to pull up the Sturon Onions that I planted out earlier in the year. Lets have a look at what sort of harvest we get. Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE
Consider supporting our channel on Patreon, to help us create more frequent videos. https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality — Over the past few years, we’ve been covering our entire growing area with thick layers of organic plant-based mulch. And so far, we’ve not yet had to pay for any of it. So, since we receive a lot of questions…
Consider supporting our channel on Patreon, to help us create more frequent videos. https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality — As you may recall from our previous video about our neglected garden, I mentioned that our garlic scapes were past their prime, and likely far too woody to eat. Well, as a result of that statement, a number of you…
Consider supporting our channel on Patreon, to help us create more frequent videos. https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality — After nearly four years of gardening, we’ve finally decided to plant some asparagus and strawberries! But as usual, we’ve also decided to skip the fertilizer, compost, and manure. We also decided to flip the sod, rather than using a tiller.…
In this video I show you a low budget alternative for root pruning grow bags. Smart pots work great but can be expensive. The grow bags I show you are a fraction of the cost and work exactly the same as the brand name grow bags! Give them a try in your garden! Thanks for…
You will need a stiff drink to get through this particular video… I’ve cranked the boredom factor up to 11, so if you have something better to watch then believe me, you need to watch that. Anyways, with that said, please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE xx #plottour #greatestplottour #awesomevegetables
I often hear comments from friends and family about how they CAN’T grow food at home, because it’s time consuming, expensive, complicated, etc. Instead of debunking those myths, I’m giving you the 3 BIG reasons that I find it SO important to grow my own food at home. 1. It’s good for your body AND…
It is planting time!!! We are growing 18 tomato plants in 48 square feet. This should be interesting. Check out our new clothing line! http:www.freshpickedapparel.com
NEW! Consider supporting our channel on Patreon, to help us create more frequent videos. https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality — It’s finally starting to look and feel like Spring, so we headed outside to check out how our garden fared through the long frozen winter. Then we chopped and dropped last year’s plants and laid out some mulch. Or…
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NEW! Consider supporting our channel on Patreon, to help us create more frequent videos. https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality So back in November, we showed you how we built our mini root cellar using an old broken chest freezer. The whole thing was meant to be an experiment, based on the principles of an actual full sized root cellar,…
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…
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NEW! Consider supporting our channel on Patreon, to help us create more frequent videos. https://www.patreon.com/backtoreality — If you’ve been following our channel for a while now, then you’ll probably agree that we talk a lot about planting, growing, harvesting, and curing garlic. But one thing we’ve never talked about, is how we actually USE the…
All you need is a single plant to provide you with an abundance of food, and even get more plants from it! And different ones too! This video tells you exactly how there is no excuse to NOT grow your own organic homegrown fruit and vegetables in your garden for free and for the rest…
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…
Needles in strawberries? Now, why would someone do such an awful thing? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme 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 on eBay Australia: https://bit.ly/2BPCykb Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info…
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!
In this video, I describe a type of overproduction in farming where a plant gets certain indicators, be those stresses or other factors, to start producing copious amounts of fruit. This can have drastic effects on how you plan your garden, and what and when the next replacement crop will be
