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Are the proportions different if use use cane sugar?

I've seen another gal lend them and get the egg shells into a fine powder and it's used as an abrasive cleaner? If I were to use it in that sense would they need to be washed and then baked in the oven to sanitize them?

What is your thickening agent? And who carries it please?! Thank you, looks delicious

Thanks for this! Time to save our fruit!

*just no.* *where is the sterilization step? forgetting the possible salmonella contamination on the eggshells for a moment... youre leaving shells WITH the membrane & surely some egg white to sit on the counter overnight? 'airdrying' them? no. those shells and anything inside have **_NOT_** been thoroughly dried... let alone sterilized. very bad.** *DONT DO THIS IF YOU PLAN ON USING IT AS A FOOD ADDITIVE FOR THE MEGA CALCIUM BOOST FOR YOU OR YOUR PETS, OR IF YOURE MAKING HOMEMADE REMINERALIZING TOOTHPASTE! IN FACT THERE IS NO REASON TO RISK CONTAMINATION WHEN IT IS QUITE EASY TO STERILIZE THE SHELLS! you can google how easy it is to do it.*

So eventually the sweet potatoes that are growing slips, will decompose and leave you with the slips that you planted in your other video? I had vines and vines if sweet potatoes & I thought they were growing like mad under ground, but I got to long sweet potatoes that were wrapped in those white long roots. Cant seem to figure out what to do Thanks for all your videos even though they were 6 yrs ago, they are very helpful

Crushing egg shells are therapeutic!! Been doing it for a year or so

What is the name of the secret ingredient?

Looks delicious! I like to order my jams from Balkanfresh.com!

Great collection idea!

What about bacteria

Looks really good! I am going to try this with Saskatoon berries! Thanks. 😁

Great information! Thank you for sharing!

Wow! Thanks 😊

Quick questions! 1) do you ever have issues with fruit flies leaving the eggs out? 2) do mice ever get into the egg bucket? Love the idea and might have to start that!

I dried and crushed some shells the other day to celebrate Imbolc.... however, I crushed to many in my mortar and now they are sitting there. Will they go bad?? Can I put them in a little jar with a lid and use them in the future?

keep those eggs shell overnight without flushing them with water....hmmm they dont become smelly due to bacteria ?

What size is the packet?

I thought it's very important to bake them as there could be issues with Salmonella? I believe that a person needs to make them into a powder first, as otherwise they would get caught while eating them? After they are dehydrated keep them in a jar where there's no moisture. "The brightest blessings always, take care of you & yours as well as the children, the elderly as well as the animals"...

What about salmonella?

Wouldn’t this draw ants?

If you simmer it, and add a little lemon juice, the natural pectin will release from the fruit and naturally thicken it.

After filling that bucket up with crush eggs shells, I'd probably throw them all in a huge stock pot and boil them to kill off any salmonella before putting into worm bin / garden.

Wonderful! I added about 1/2 a lemon w zest, which gave a wonderful tang to the jam... my bluebs were nice and new so didn't really the pectin but I did blend in just a bit of cornstarch for a firm sauce effect : )

I just made it ! Absolutely delicious. It will be great on icecream. Thank-you.

Great tip. Thanks

Howdy Howdy from New Zealand I am your 150th sub....... sounds like you are onto a good thing, my dad's family are homesteaders in Peace River in Alberta, if you need any help just holla.

So how did you find the wood chips?

So is the secret ingredient pectin. Will it work with pure stevia

Very interesting video, I think Jimin will like this kind of jam. And for those who do not know who Jimin is he is a member of a Korean band called BTS. It's a joke among the fans that we watch every video wehre jam was made because Jimin has no jams .😊😆

Just found your channel and i am going to try your jam recipe looks delicious ... Nice to find more Canadian content on homesteading on here..I'm in Northern British Columbia about as far as you can go and still be in BC haha Great Video...thanks

Hi there, this looks like a great system! I am wondering if you never get that 'rotten egg' smell using this method? You're talking about weeks worth of eggshells and your kitchen looks pristine, so I assume not :) One friend of mine showed me his harvesting system once, he used a closed bucket and threw them in wet. It smelled up the whole kitchen and I got turned off to it immediatly.

I didn't realize you had a youtube channel! Your garden looks great!

How long can I leave it in the freezer or fridge before I have to eat it all before it goes bad? I guess you can tell I'm not experienced in jam making huh? 😊

Grab some OLD chicken manure and side dress those plants as well as everywhere else! They will thank you!

Thank you for this, you helped me with my project for school! I really appreciate that you explained how you live and how you became a homesteader... thank you so much!

everything is looking good

everything is looking good

Hi! Glad I found your channel. It's hard to find fellow Canadian doing this kind of lifestyle. In our neck of the woods anyway! I found plenty of American channels which are great but the growing season is very different! It's just great to see like minded people. We are a family of three. Our son who is 14 months old is probably our biggest reason to homestead for a lot of the same reason you said and more! I hope your family is doing well and god bless.

HELLO, Things look Great. You are correct about adjusting. By adding wood chips you added fungi food and the balance is off for awhile. But will adjust depending on the weather. There has to be an equal balance of bacteria and fungi in the soil. Called the SOIL FOOD WEB. But the first rule is to keep the soil covered all the time to protect it. Which you are,THANKS,,, GREAT CHANNEL. If you have any question just ask, here to help.

great tips, thanks!

hello,, it nice to reap the harvest there,, if I may ask,,,, when is you first and last frost date there? and how long is your growing season there? thank you ,,James,,

Hello.. Good video on the jam there.. We been canning a lot..winter is around the corner you know.. Like all your videos..we will keep watching.. Thank you so much..god bless..james..

I normally make blueberry jam every year but our harvest this year wasn't good. Funky spring took care of that, sadly. Have you tried honey instead of sugar? You don't need quite as much although you need to use a commercial pectin because the jelling changes, at least for jelly. This looks very good, haven't tried a freezer jam in years! Thanks for the inspiration! Looks great!

Great video! So fun to see your pretty face and hear your Canadian accent! I don't think lettuce likes wood chips until they have really broken down into compost. I have not had success with mulch of any sort with my lettuce. And I think everything does better if the wood chips have been in place for at least one winter. They certainly seem to get better with time. I love your experimenting! And your indoor garden was incredible! This year I tried direct seeding everything. Don't think I will do that again. My cukes have been a huge failure. Thanks for the tour!

sweet ducky!

Awww! Lucky ducky! ;) Tell your son "Great job saving the duckling"!

It is our first year for wood chip gardening as well. I have done some amount of research and have been organic the past 5 years. Soil health is key for any plant. What I have learned about wood chips for gardening is that pine/spruce chips work best if aged for a year before applying to garden. They will work if they are mixed with hardwoods. We have been improving the soil health with organic fertilizers and having the soil tested along with trace mineral testing (zinc, copper, magnesium, manganese, boron, calcium, etc.). Without having a soil test done it is best to put down a layer of paper and a good compost, dark chocolate in color and have a nice earthy smell prior to the wood chips. With plants that seem to be stunted it is important to provide a nitrogen rich organic fertilizer. I use 1:1 of liquid fish fertilizer to water with 2-3 tablespoons of black strap molasses except for the plants are flowering. When plants are in bloom add raw (non-processed) milk with a ratio of 1:1 with fish fertilizer with molasses. This is when the plants need calcium the most and is absorbed through the leaves. Make sure to mix well before applying fertilizer, easiest with an aquarium pump with air stone for 15-20 minutes. Apply with hand pump sprayer/spray bottle to base of plants with regulator fertilizer and on foliage when in bloom. The raw milk seems to be a good deer deterrent as well. Processed milk will not work. I was fortunately able to locate clean wood chips that have aged 4-5 years and started laying them down around the June 30th and the plants seem to be thriving where and put them. If using new wood chips it will take approximately 3 years before you’ll have great results.

Like you, i am in my first year of woodchip gardening, here in the UK. And like you i have got off to a slow start. But things are picking up now and i will do a video in a few days.

I'm thinking the garden has to settle a bit, ours has woodchips startinh winter nov dec last year and we see some plants have difficulties and others not so..with smaller plants it's better not to smother them too much..just enough to cover for moisture. .or when planting seeds or seedlings to make tranche and put some extra soil or compost to help them out to root and only after a while push some woodchips to cover...now as times passes I see the woodchips breaking down more and more and the plants doing better and better..and now in the midst of summer..after the heavy downpour from a few weeks ago we have hot and dry weather and we were able to see the difference with other gardeners from the allotments...their gardens turned into pools while ours was very wet yet the woodchips enabled us to walk in ours..now with the sunny and dry weather the clay is turning into concrete and they have to water everyday while ours is just going strong without much help...we only water the seedlings if needed and the pots regularly and vertilise.....almost no weeds and those are really fun to pull...so yeah...first year is certainly an establishing year...just add to it..organic menure and grassclippings etc...next year it will be better...for sure