The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
It’s Memorial Day in the Brew City Garden! Today I show you how to plant tomatoes and peppers in the bales and I show a couple of lesser known garden plants you might just want to try yourself. Of course we had to stop and take some time to remember the fallen who paved the…
In this episode I show how to sow small seeds on the bales with the help of some planting mix and a very useful trick for getting those seeds to sprout without drying out. I also (finally) got my seed potatoes in the ground after a very wet and cold spring. Check out our Facebook…
In this video we check on our bales after days of constant rain, finish prepping some half barrel containers, pulling a few weeds and trying out an awesome new garden tool! Please like if you enjoy this content. Feel free to comment or ask any questions below and subscribe to my channel to join the…
Is it possible to live off just your own chickens and vegetable garden? In this short video, I explain how it is possible to live off keeping chickens for eggs and by growing your own fruit & vegetables. Subscribe to my Blog/Website: https://www.selfsufficientme.com/subs… Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme Help support the Channel and buy a…
In this family VLog montage, we cover what’s been happening over the past week for “Self Sufficient Me” including: gardening, painting a bedroom, beekeeping, making fruit leathers from pawpaw, warbirds at an airshow, plus more! 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…
We got a special delivery today and I wanted to share with you my thoughts on what we received in the post. 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 this juicer: https://bit.ly/2IMHki0 Shop for plants on eBay Australia: https://bit.ly/2BPCykb Blog:…
100k Subscribers! Wow… Thank you, EVERYONE, this is a big deal and means a lot to me. The fact that 100k of you have enjoyed my content enough to subscribe to my channel is truly amazing and I feel humbled by it. My youngest son and I watched this live as it clicked over to…
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This video outlines my five most important reasons why I believe you should grow your own food and are my main motivating factors for being as self-sufficient as possible on our small acreage homestead. Homesteading, food gardening, and to some extent prepping is something we should all be considering. Thanks for watching! ๐ Help support…
Is woodchip mulch good or bad for fruit trees and vegetable gardens? This video gives my opinion and awesome growing results through the use of woodchip mulch for more than a decade on our acreage property. 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…
Not just a normal sprouts in a jar video I also trial feeding sprouts to our quail and review a sprout kit plus a fermenting kit from Wholesome Supplies. Wholesome Supplies Website: https://www.wholesomesupplies.com.au/ Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on Amazon for sprouting kits: https://bit.ly/2oVz9sj Shop for…
In this video, I show how I build up my quail breeding stock and give an update on how my new Borotto incubator worked. At the same time, I refurbish our quail brooder and explain some features/improvements. Quail brooder more info vid: https://youtu.be/tE_iFxTUMnw Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop:…
Here’s how I made a rustic wholemeal polenta from homegrown corn that was left to dry on the plant. This is a great way to preserve corn and make a healthy full of fibre food out of preserved corn on the cob. Enjoy! ๐ Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt…
In this video, I take you on a walk around our self-sufficient property/homestead and show you elements of our food garden and poultry enclosure. Thanks for your ongoing support of my channel ๐ 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…
So, the internet can be a mean place. And I’ve found out that Pure Living For Life has been served a big ol’ steaming pile of it, over a comment about “playing homestead”. I took the comment to be about the image of homesteading being something fun and pretty, when the reality of it is…
Here’s another “how to basic fruit & vegetable gardening tips in 2 minutes” on no-dig raised beds. In this video, I demonstrate and explain how to refurbish a no-dig raised garden bed to grow thriving vegetable plants time after time! Enjoy ๐ Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU…
This is a literal VBlog taken from my Website about how food fermenting is rising in popularity as people are beginning to understand the importance of inner health, especially in the gut/stomach. Fermenting gear on eBay Australia: https://bit.ly/2CWDNLF Fermenting gear on Amazon USA: https://bit.ly/2DchuoI Fermenting gear on Amazon UK: https://bit.ly/2CUFl8R Online Australian retailer mentioned in…
In this video, I show how to grow passion fruit from seeds and grow them into dozens of seedlings using the crush and sow method. We then plant the passionfruit out along a trellis to grow into several passion fruit vines – it’s all so easy gardening to do you’ll be amazed by how many…
Here’s a fruit tree plant review on the Davidson Plum, which unusually bears its fruit on the trunk of the tree! 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 Buy Davidson Plum on eBay Au: https://bit.ly/2CGKULp Shop for plants on eBay Australia: https://bit.ly/2BPCykb Blog:…
Feel free to watch the whole video or skip forward to the following discussion topics… 1:14 – Optimism: I start by showing our corn crop and chat about why I’m feeling optimistic for the new year and why we (gardeners/self-sufficient people are often optimists) & so we should be. Show climbing spinach and Jerusalem artichokes.…
This video is about explaining self-sufficiency and how it relates to this channel and also me… I respond to a comment that questions why I don’t just do gardening videos and I explain the reasons for why the channel content is how it is. Cheers ๐ Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from…
We love to share our success stories but often we neglect to detail the important failures along the way that has helped shape the overall achievement/s. 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 Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to…
When my corn or other crops fail to germinate I usually transplant and that’s why I always oversow seed! If the extra plants are not required then I can simply thin them out but if some seed fails to germinate I can always fill the gaps with the extras. Cheers ๐ P.S Thank you for…
I like collecting rare and unusual food plants but I don’t just do it as a hobby rather it’s a way to diversify and strengthen the environment around our home so that there’s always something to eat. I start this video off in the vegetable garden planting corn and then we move onto fruiting trees…
In this video, I give my five top tips on how to grow dwarf beans in containers or raised garden beds. Dwarf beans, bush beans, french beans or whatever small varieties of beans you want to grow can all be done using the method explained in the video. Thanks for watching and also thanks for…
Our fruit trees were crushed under a large fallen branch from a huge fig and my mission was to remove the debris and save the fruit trees – I named it “Operation Fruit Tree Rescue…” Bluetooth earmuffs I use are sold on eBay Australia: http://bit.ly/2gkyaNE I also recommend the rechargeable battery: https://bit.ly/2gnzY8l For my USA…
On the back of my previous video about Ornamentals for the Food Gardener https://youtu.be/lFUAmXD5ons it’s kind of ironic that I make this one next due to an ornamental tree dropping a huge branch and crashing down flattening several of our beloved fruit trees ๐ Amazon Gardening: https://bit.ly/2xB63Ef Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my…
This video shows how growing ornamental plants in the garden can be beneficial for food crops by firstly outlining how they can be good and also the characteristics one should look for when choosing ornamentals for their property. Amazon Gardening: https://bit.ly/2xB63Ef Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://bit.ly/2zxrwPA Blog:…
This is a really interesting find – a tomato plant that is producing two different types/shaped fruit! One fruit looks similar to an oxheart variety and the other is pleated like a beefsteak. Amazon Gardening: https://bit.ly/2xB63Ef 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…
This video details one of the wildlife adventures our dog Scooter recently went on when I found him down the back excitedly harassing a native Australian animal – not very happy! Thanks for your support! Amazon Gardening: https://bit.ly/2xB63Ef Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use the search bar on my website to find info on certain subjects) Forum: http://www.selfsufficientculture.com…
