The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
Is it ok to pull back on your homestead? The answer is that is YES. Life happens. Things get crazy. Things change and sometimes, it’s more important to make sure that what you are doing is functioning properly as opposed to just adding more more more! Let’s chat about it! Thank you for all the…
Here are my recommendations for the best five (5) citrus fruit trees you can grow in the backyard. I’ve assessed the trees on growth, production, fruit taste, and several other factors to come to my own personal conclusions as to what I consider to be the top five citrus trees to grow. Enjoy! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/…
Swiss chard – Perpetual spinach – Rainbow chard is a fantastic vegetable to grow. It has both ornamental and nutritional qualities as well as being fairly hardy, and if protected over winter can be a vital source of fresh veg during the hungry gap. Expand for more… Music by Darren J Claxton: https://www.youtube/user/DazJClaxton https://soundcloud.com/darrenjclaxton New…
Growing the Panama Berry Tree is definitely a recommendation I’m happy to give to all backyard food gardeners. It’s a good looking tree and produces fruit for most of the year – it’s an early fruiter too! 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…
Our awesome sponsor: https://www.firsttunnels.co.uk – This video is packed with 10 ways for you to have a more productive vegetable garden not only in 2017 but beyond. I hope that this video will arm you with more ideas to help increase productivity so you can grow more fruit and vegetables at home and save money.…
A short clip of the cosmos from the garden. I just got a new camera that shoots in 4K so let me know what you guys think of the video quality. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Forest Garden, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Nj01hzdMKFc APPLE TREE FROM SEED, THE FIRST TASTE!!!: https://youtu.be/pWybLr-Byac
Fall has just begun and the food forest is still pumping out a lot of fresh beyond organic produce. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Forest Garden, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Nj01hzdMKFc APPLE TREE FROM SEED, THE FIRST TASTE!!!: https://youtu.be/pWybLr-Byac
I grew an apple tree from seed and this will be my first time tasting the fruit from it. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepermaculturgarden?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni Forest Garden, Part 1: https://youtu.be/Nj01hzdMKFc High Production Food Forest: https://youtu.be/8FrYDcKmGjM
A couple of weekends ago we welcomed our local permaculture group to our smallholding for an apple day. Even through we have around 30 apple trees, we didn’t actually use any of our apples because everyone else brought so many! It is a great event because it allows people who don’t have an apple press…
This is the next video following the progression of the food forest. Twice a week I will be uploading a video showing how the food forest is coming along. Thanks for watching 🙂 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.prigioni
The last meal of the challenge! What an adventure and wonderful learning experience! There is so much to talk about! But till then… we enjoyed our favorite things tonight! Appalachian Goulash, Cherokee Fry Bread & Cherry Cobbler! It was a great success! Be sure to watch Day 31 for our Giveaway announcement! Love you guys!…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Onions form the bedrock of many culinary creations. You can eat them fresh, but if you want to store some to use later on you’ll need to harvest and dry them correctly. Onions need to be thoroughly cured so that they can be kept in storage for…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Beets (also known as Beetroot) should be a staple of every vegetable garden. They’re really easy to grow from seed – and you don’t have to wait long ’til harvest time. Beets have quirky seed that produce multiple plants, so they need special aftercare to avoid overcrowding.…
Scything is one way we are looking at towards reducing our dependence on oil and moving towards self-sufficiency. I really think it is such a great way to cut grass and you can see for yourself how well it cuts. If you are inspired (which I am sure you will be if you have a…
A conversation simply to make you think about your own self-reliance. What would you do? The goal here is to simply make you think! Enjoy & thanks for watching and yes… that carrot was de-lish! xo Like, Subscribe and Share! Like udon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Appalachias-Homestead-with-Patara-260231104167465/
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Planting out carefully raised seedlings or plants is a proud moment, but if you started them off indoors it’s important to take the time to acclimatize them to the outdoors if they’re to grow and produce well. ‘Hardening off’ is the process of getting indoor-sown young plants…
Peaches are in season and this fruit tree produces a flat peach which is adapt to all climates (not just the cold). It tastes great and produced heaps of fruit! As some rightly point out below it’s also called the Donut peach and sometimes Angel but it’s important to note if your are wanting to…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. At this time of year many gardeners wonder if their green tomatoes will ever ripen. Fortunately there are some simple techniques that can help. When temperatures begin to drop, tomatoes stop ripening so it’s time to take action! Fruits can be brought inside or whole plants can…
In this video I give a demonstration on how to assemble a galvanised raised garden bed and explain what I have growing plus dispel a few myths about using this type of garden bed. Here is where I got my latest bed from: http://bit.ly/1JI1aaA (eBay Australia – may not be helpful to people other countries…
Today on Allotment Grow How I plant out the French Beans
Plastic bottles and soda bottles accumulate quickly in many homes however they are an excellent resource for growing vegetables and in particular small-space gardens. And no these aren’t simply 7 different shaped pots, these 7 hacks range from seedling guards to slug traps and seed storage to water reservoirs. Use these hacks to make your…
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…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Winter can be a frustrating time for us gardeners. If you’re missing some fresh homegrown produce, we’ve got you covered… When choosing plants that can be started early, follow our simple criteria to ensure you start harvesting in just a few weeks. In this video we identify…
Fruit fly is a major pest in Queensland Australia this video shows footage of a fruit fly stinging a cucumber and the damage the live maggot does to a black Russian tomato. For an indepth article about the fruit fly and how to organically control this pest please visit our blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/blog/view/1495/fruit_fly_season_is_here_but_you_don_t_have_to_spray_in_the_home_garden -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch:…
Please join me on a leisurely walk around my vegetable garden allotment and orchard to see what’s been going on in our subtropical food garden for the first month of spring. This video is rather long and I guess it’s mainly for those purists who really like a good close wander through other people’s gardens.…
Growing your own onion sets is a great thing if you are someone who uses them. This is because the seed suppliers will sell you onion sets at the price it would cost to buy a whole bag of full sized onions, So you are not getting anywhere with that method, however with making your…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Growing your own food successfully is a constant process of learning which techniques work best for you and your plants. Often simple bits of advice from other gardeners can help provide shortcuts to achieving success in your garden. In this video we demonstrate ten quick tips handed…
Today on Allotment Grow How I have a go at planting Butternut Squash and walk you around the plot giving you a general update. “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
This week I plant out my broccoli and give you a quick update on everything that’s growing on the allotment. “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
This video shows a range of self seeded vegetable or food plants and seedlings, which can easily pop up in the garden by themselves so we can get top food plants for free! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
