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In this video, I answer 15 questions about quail asked by you in the comments section. Questions like: What do I do with cracked eggs during incubation, how to stop predators getting my quail, should I keep both male and female quail or just one sex, how to sex quail, quail run/cage designs, keeping quail…
Saturday, February 4, 2017 We prep and plant one of our potato beds.
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…
A simple install turns into a nightmare!
This video is an update on what we’ve done with our Shiitake logs and how our strawberries are doing.
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 My other trailer was far too long, outdated, and I look like a dufus lol… https://youtu.be/vXb2J-Og9PA This new-ish trailer keeps some old content and…
Refurbishing an old patio table. music by audionautix.com http://audionautix.com/ Creative Commons License 3.0
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:…
First cold frame build. Next one should be a bit easier now that I know how I want them. The video starts out a bit slow.
Property overgrew badly while I was ill for several months. Starting over.
In this video, I explain how I set my brooder up and transfer newly hatched coturnix quail chicks from the incubator to the brooder. 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 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
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…
Folks… no matter what, never slack on your due diligence! It’s a very hard lesson your homestead will teach you. Never assume too much in terms of resources and basic needs for your farm. It’s a lesson no one can predict as we are certainly finding out here on our mountain. Your natural resources should…
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…
Made some modifications to my greenhouse to stop it collapsing under rain. Have harvested the last of our apples and preparing to make apple sauce, apple butter, jelly and dehydrating.
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/…
