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If you would like to know how to grow a big harvest of ginger watch this video for my five top tips on ginger growing! 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 my website to find info on certain subjects) Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com…
We are canning tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and tomato juice.
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…
Broccoli Rabe is easy to grow, quick to prepare, and absolutely delicious! This is our first harvest of the year, and so we chose a simple recipe that would allow us to taste the natural flavour. Slightly bitter, a little bit earthy, and 100% natural. Recipe: – Fresh Broccoli Rabe (1 – 2 bunches) -…
Feeding our catfish during the day. They are usually night time feeders, but we wanted to try to catch them eating on video. I misspoke in the video and said they will be two years old in October, that is incorrect. They will be a year and a half old in October. Some of them…
We have lots of new babies this season! Some we have purchased and some we have hatched ourselves! We have found these breeds to be wonderful assets on our farmstead for many good reasons! Let’s talk about these sweethearts! Enjoy & thanks for watching! xo Like, Subscribe, Comment & Share! Puracyn Plus Wound Care: http://amzn.to/2rtmVXQ…
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…
We are capturing the daughter plants from our existing strawberry bed to use to plant another strawberry bed.
So how did I create a large no till garden space once we moved up to our mountain top farmstead? Easy. I tell you how and you can do it, too! Enjoy & thanks for watching! xo Like, Subscribe, Comment & Share! Aqua Cones from Gardener’s Supply Here:http://amzn.to/2stZOwl ~Ladies & Gentlemens Luncheon Tickets HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ladies-gentlemens-luncheon-with-patara-tickets-34923440952…
The baby quail are about five weeks old so we are moving them to their outdoor coop! We are also starting a new batch of eggs in the incubator.
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:…
This week I am harvesting my cherries and pruning the tree. Some of the cherries will be used for jams to last us the year and maybe some juice. The rest will be used to distill Schnapps. Not necessarily for drinking. I am not big on drinking but I do find the quality of alcohol…
We got a new chick the Thursday before Easter. This video shows how we have attempted to introduce her to the rest of the girls.
A smattering of garden updates. Garden haul, impatiens, sunflowers, chicken dirt, and lettuce seed.
A little on the progress this year. A bad potting mix has set me back. Will be re-potting some things with my original mixture of compost and manure. Also a bit on a cherry harvest and tree pruning.
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…
Thank YOU for your prayers! I am so blessed! It’s so very exciting to tell you that I am healing very nicely and getting along great AND! 1. We are ecstatic to announce that Justin Rhodes and The Great American Farm Tour is coming to our Tennessee Mountain Top Farmstead! 2. I will be at…
This video shows today’s harvest of Roma tomatoes and green beans. We picked some Marconi peppers, but just enough to cook with today. I am going to a conference in Biloxi and won’t be back until late Friday. I don’t have a smart phone so I won’t be able to answer comments or comment until…
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…
This video shows all our grocery purchases for the month of May. Our goal for the year was to spend an average of $100.00 per month. This month we spent $31.35. We have spent $542.86 this year bringing our average per month to $108.57. Another good month and we’ll have our average where we want…
We are taking the leap into regular vlogging, and to start, today I’m walking you around our small farm! Here’s a look at our garden, chickens and goats and a little bit of what you can look forward to on our channel. Want More Roots & Refuge? Check Out: Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/…
Everything seems to be doing pretty well!! This is our monthly garden update.
Update on the coleus we grew from seed we saved from last year and a tour of the front yard flower and garden bed.
We are starting to see cucumbers and squash on our plants!!
Part 2 of garden progression and planning.
This is an update on how our impatiens that we planted in the pond filters are progressing.
Just an update on our Marconi Red peppers and our sunflowers
Weight loss, running a 5K, being a caretaker and another cardiologist appointment for James! What did we find out? ~THANK YOU to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice! Enjoy & thanks for watching! xo Like, Subscribe, Comment & Share! Items we use & recommend! ~ Brinsea EcoGlow Brooder: http://amzn.to/2mLqrwI ~ Keeping a Family Cow: http://amzn.to/2jf42pZ…
It’s true! Vegetables do grow in my lawn especially during winter when the grass doesn’t grow as fast. This video explains how I make use of self-seeding vegetables that pop up through my lawn. Thanks for your support! Cheers 🙂 Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info on certain subjects)…
In this video we dig the last of our potatoes, plant okra, and plant sweet potatoes. We also show our garden haul for the day!!
