VIDEO: Updates on Shiitake Logs and Strawberry Bed
This video is an update on what we’ve done with our Shiitake logs and how our strawberries are doing.
Tag: self reliant
VIDEO: Gathering and Weighing the Chicken Eggs
In this video we visit the chickens, gather the eggs, weigh the eggs, and enter the amount into our records.
VIDEO: Greenhouse modifications, Apples and apple peeler
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.
VIDEO: Cleanup, winter prep, seed saving
Extremely overworked during the early part of the year. Mainly due to an inability to organize by the boss. Middle part of the year very ill due to the overwork…etc. Garden and self sufficiency efforts suffered greatly this year. Will not happen again! In spite of this I still managed some things. Preparing now for…
VIDEO: My view of self sufficiency and book recommendation
A video long time in coming. It is longer that I wanted and I am sorry. If I continue with the self sufficiency theme I must clarify and reveal some things about me first. There will be other videos coming in the next several days that will clarify my stance on self sufficiency. This first…
VIDEO: A little more done despite a few difficulties
I have manged to recuperate enough to get a little done. It is not much but it is something. At the end are a few pictures from our recent trip the the Black Forest.
VIDEO: A Must Grow Plant for Anyone with the Goal of A Self Sufficient Food Supply
Wild grains are a must grow when looking at growing plants to reduce their dependancy on outside sources. It is important fod animal feed, as well as food for human consumption. In this episode I outline one of my favorite wild grains and ancient grains that everyone should try growing! Grain seeds you can purchase…
VIDEO: 22 for 22 Day 10
Raising awareness for the average of 22 veterans with PTSD who take their own lives each day. http://teamrubiconusa.org/story-of-team-rubicon/
VIDEO: What's going on here, sadly not much
This may well be the last gardening video I do this year. I have to pull back and seek a balance in my life again after all the upsets from the last year. The new job is much more stressful than it has to be due to poor management and I have to figure out…
VIDEO: 2016 Starting my seeds earlier this year
Many challenges over the past year. Still working to reorganize. Gardening is one that will absolutely not be dropped. Trying a bit of early seed stating to see if it will overcome one of the problems I’ve had in past years.
VIDEO: Ready, set GO
We’ve gotten some of our seedlings out and waiting on the others to grow large enough to survive. NOW, we start on property cleanup and, following that, improvements that will assist in the efficiency of next year. Part of that means chipping and shredding all the cuttings for compost and mulch which will be allowed…
VIDEO: shredding wood and seed viability
A better demo of the wood chipper and testing seed viability and a bit more.
VIDEO: Starting slowly but getting there
2014 was difficult for our gardening efforts though we did learn some things. The last few months have been filled mostly with reorganizing our home. We have a few seeds started and a few other projects. A direction change for the channel is being considered and will be announced in a future video once decided…
VIDEO: Transplanting Ginger
Transplanting ginger to bring inside for winter.
VIDEO: Is Being "Sustainable" Really Sustainable? | MIgardener
Today we look at the meaning of sustainability, where we are as a culture, and what sustainble means to most people. Of course this is a broad topic, and should be followed up in much more depth, but this scratches the surface as to what I believe, and what I think needs to be done…
VIDEO: Update and destruction
Been catching up on work that has been delayed by endless rain.
VIDEO: In search of Perennials
Visited a nursery located in an old walled location dating likely back to the middle ages. There are many such places here. Link to info on Sea Buckthorn ( appears to require both male and female plants http://www.seabuckthorninsider.com/
VIDEO: Nettle Tea Fertilizer and Blossom End Rot
Nettle solution stopped my Blossom End Rot. Making Nettle solution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE2xFI4Rht8 Application http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTBaSy6-ck8
VIDEO: Video recommendation intensive urban farming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwhRWpZVpos http://www.youtube.com/user/MrGrizzerBear?feature=watch