From Winter to Spring | Preserving Garlic & Canning Spuds | Digging out the Bees
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2023
- Spring is here in Alaska, and even though there is still snow abound, we are eager for what lies around the corner. We dig out the bees and assess how they fared over winter. It's also the time of the year we check on produce that has been storing through the winter months. On today's agenda we process garlic for three different methods of preservation and pressure can potatoes. We finish off the long day with a new dish, German Potato Dumplings.
~ German Potato Dumpling Recipe ~
5-6 medium starchy potatoes, steamed and riced (no skin)
2 large eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
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The irony of Arielle saying it was a warm spring day whilst being 5 feet deep in snow digging out the bees really made me chuckle. 😆
Yes! That was great.
So far, you are one of the most authentic Off Grid Channels. And I appreciate that.
Truth. I live an hour from their current home and as new as they are to Alaska, they are already completely amazing. 52 years here for me; and these lovely folks have really got it!
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If you build a small Shed in your new place, you can incorporate your Beehives attached to the shed with the entrance to the Hive in the outside of the Shed. This idea I saw as a child were I lived in Germany were we lived. We had also very cold Winters and a lot of Snow. The Man that kept the Bees let us into the Shed to see the inside.from the inside. He had a small heat source in that Shed.
My grandfather did this too when we were young many years ago.
If you think about it, it’s like a larger scale of an ant house.
My grandfather was a bee keeper 50+ years old, and would give my mother large mason jars of honey / honeycombs.
Miss those days.
Slovenian AZ hives seem very practical for Alaska.
Oh! What a wonderful idea! I hope they can use this idea of yours!!
My wife's Aunt in Texas just LOVES your videos, you guys! Please don't stop posting them. They bring her a little joy which for her is rare.
Please tell your wife's aunt in Texas that someones aunt from the Netherlands would like to say hello and that she would like to send her a beautiful day with extra sunshine just for her. She is thought about by a stranger today, with love.
Would highly recommend reading the book keeping bees with a smile. It talks a lot about keeping bees in northern climates.
Cannot agree more, they rely on us humans for survival. I have never seen hives covered in snow as yours were, but read the book and you will get many survival strategies.
As usual excellent photography. Sorry about your one bed hive. I am going to try the pickled garlic. Thanks! Love your TH-cam videos!!!!!
Absolutely. It seems they are using medium frames with little resources for the cluster, other the the sugar above the frames, but they have to cross the gap.
Condensation appears to be the major problem. That moisture is a real killer for the bees. Sorry you lost your bees. It took 3 years for me to figure out why I was losing my bees every winter. Made a inner cover filled with bedding material (pine shavings) and this is the first year I didn't lose any bees. I made a video but just haven't had time to post it yet. Love your channel!! You guys are pretty awesome!!
also a bee keeper. Careful with the greenhouse. It can get very warm in the green house, sometimes over 25 C when there is full sun in March and give the Bees a false sense of spring. A good tall wind break and always keep the snow away from the entrance. They should also have a top entrance with the candy board. This gives them more ventilation. Good luck you 2. Nice to see the pets
*bread crum flies into Eric’s eye*
Eric: oh, got me in the eye!
Ariel: *concerned* Oh my gosh!
Eric: Yea! that’s how you know its good!
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I love potato dumplings very much. the water should not boil, just simmer. I fry leftovers in slices with bacon, onions, eggs and cheese. Thanks for your great videos ❤
My wife and I have been married 45 years up until 3 years ago we canned everything but I am 72 now and guite a task to can I am impressed with what you can we watch every time you put out a video keep up the good work
I love it when ya'll spend 12 hours in your kitchen, it means only one thing, I'm going to get hungry...lol 😂😅 Potato dumplings were a staple for us growing up in Wisconsin, along with perch, pike, or venison. Yummy! Love ya'll ❤️, looking forward to ya'll spring cleaning and moving on..
💚It must be so challenging to keep bees up in Alaska, glad the one hive is still alive. So great to see the honey and garlic go to fermentation and the potatoes getting canned! 💚
Hi
Eric and Ariel, regarding the bee's, if you were to do a small shed attached to the back side of the house you can pipe some of your heat into the shed via a small 12 vdc fan thru a 4" PVC pipe and lightly heat the interior around the hives thru out the winter WILL keep the bees alive... doing a scheduled bee cleaning on the warm sunny days.... not only will it keep the bee's alive and warm, and will keep you from having to shovel snow.!.. when you have warmer weather transfer them to your outside summer location. They will be happier for it and so will you!!!
Eric at the country club we do that garlic cleaning with 2 bigger stainless steel bowls. You can get more in and they have more shake room.
When building a house for bees, it is deepened into the ground by 2-3 meters, or you can winter the bees in a polycarbonate greenhouse, you just need to lay an opaque material over the polycarbonate sheets. Moss is the original moisture absorber. They can fill pillows for bees
As a Bavarian child my father made these and in German the are called ‘Kartoffelklõbe’…and with a Rolanden gravy PURE HEAVEN…THANKS FOR SHARING A TASTE OF HOME…
German dumplings are wonderful, my grandmother dipped her spoon in the broth then in the dumplings, repeat till all is used.
I learned how to make German potato dumplings while living in Germany in the early 1990's. The Germans call them kartoffelknödel. Kartoffel meaning potato & knödel meaning dumpling in German. I love that you try new things, and preserve as much as you can. Sorry about the loss of your one hive. Looking forward to more of your videos. 😊
Loving your channel guys. Its 5.20am in uk, rest of family asleep so i can watch your video in peace. Let's hope the remaining bee hive survives the spring. Would be nice if you relocated the hive to your new cabin.
My dad would make potato dumplings for every holiday. They are even better the next day fried with scrambled eggs. Yum good memories!
I have been noticing Arielle you have a beautiful glow. You both are really enjoying the new home. Running water and toilet indide. Keep up the good work.😊
I check everyday to see if you've posted something new. I love you guys and look forward to your videos. Love from Texas!
I totally love your channel!!! Could watch one every day! You both are the most fun. Don’t ever stop making videos. Lol
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Have put whole cloves in a fry pan with small amount of water steam on low, cool, peel and zip lock freeze.
The tractor WILL be your most useful tool ever! We don't know what we would do without ours! My husband loves the backhoe. He has been bugging me for one...so now I have to let him get one. Thanks Eric! 😉
Sorry about that! ;)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska no apologies needed. Just rent us your old place because I’m ready to move further north and escape the politics in NY. I WANT MORE FREEDOM!
Hi ya'll! Your dumplings looked just right! My mom used to make them all the time, she would add shredded raw potato to mix and bacon bits, thanks for the memory. So sad that you lost the bees you put a lot of care into keeping them warm.
Hi Lisa
500 + jars to move to the new cabin, can't wait to see how you guys do this 😊
So sorry about your bees, that sucks
Love that Aerial(?) chirps away and old mate says nothing....
I can’t wait to see everything you build.
I hope you figure out how to do bees.
Another amazing video,and I must say the photos of your beautiful scenery are ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ❤ ,your talent is AMAZING
I absolutely love the closeups of the beautiful chickens. Amazing photography👌🏾
Thank you for your candor on your loss of a hive. Not everything is sunshine and northern lights! A great learning experience for all. Glad to hear that one hive is still alive.
Y'all are my favorite couple on TH-cam and your channel. Congratulations!! on the "New Beginnings" for you both!!
Thank you 😁
Congratulations indeed!!! ❤😊
We love our garlic fermented honey!! We use it for sicknesses- works wonders for coughs on my kids! Definitely a messy fermentation but so worth it!
Another beautiful video from my two favorite Alaskans 🤣❤️ "Oh! Got me in the eye. That's how you know it's good" I love it 😂
Hello. In Poland, it is now after the change from winter to summer time 15 minutes after midnight. Ariel, you made me hungry with this canning and cooking. I was with you at the bees, I met with beautiful chickens and a rooster, I saw a cat with beautiful eyes and a sleeping dog. I wish you a lot of health and that all the plans you have for this year will work out for you. Good to hear.
We just use our fermenting pucks to weigh the garlic down. We eat the garlic, especially when we feel like a cold or something is creeping on and the honey is great on chinese food or tea! love the videos, folks!
😂 When Eric was slicing the bread and said "Ow! It got me in the eye! ... That's how you know it's good!" just cracked me up.
Sorry to hear about your one bee hive. I know its hit and miss with each winter. I really enjoyed seeing you jar the garlic in different ways. Canning the potatoes will come handy with the big move you are doing. Until your next video take care and be safe.(Judy NB)🇨🇦🌲
It’s good you both work together in the kitchen. You two are so blessed to be able to work so well together.🥰👍
Liquidise the Garlic with white wine vinegar. Creating a pickled garlic. When you cook with the liquidise garlic you take a spoonful at a time.
I plan on trying the ~ German Potato Dumpling Recipe ~ I will be making them smaller. Seeing it is only me at home. Going to try to freeze them to see if they can freeze. I was thinking of steaming them on a broth . might give them a good taste.
I just learned today that crystalized honey makes a great whipped honey spread, I haven't tried making it but it sounded super easy and delicious, just FYI. Love your videos
Could Eric make something that would cover the bee boxes out of the snow so they would maybe survive? Love 💕 y’all!
What a jarring episode. 😂
Bee won't do a good cleansing flight until temps get near 50 degrees F. Some of that moisture on the bottom board could be from the melting snow at the entrance if your hives aren't tilted slightly forward. Not unusual for dead bees to get moldy. Love the videos!
Spring is definitely an exciting time! Can’t wait to see what you two have in store for the warm weather!
Thoughts and prayers to the bees’ family….
My Ukranian landlady used to make potatoe dumplings infused with cracklings (rendered pork belly) and then fry them after they were boiled. Oh so yummy..
I love fermenting garlic and honey and I love to add the honey to the homemade mustard it’s so delicious
Thanks for another excellent video, Eric & Arielle! Clever opening! Loved it! Fingers crossed for the remaining hive! And of course, your pickling, canning, and cooking are always a hit! Thanks for sharing! We still have snow in New Hampshire but the warmer days are fun! Keep on spiraling upward! 💞
Yea another video 🎉🎉🎉🎉. Love these. Hope all is well and give the boys a hug for us. Hoping Bo is doing well on his new diet.🙏🙏 poor guy.
There are a lot of variations for this dumpling recepie in Germany. They are called "Klöße". Personaly I like to put the croutons inside, that's how my grandma made them 😊.
ya Eric - 'it's a wrap - go home' - Ferris! :)
Cool recipes - those dumplings totally made me think chicken noodle soup, with those on top.. :)
Always enjoy your channel! Love nature and scenery up there! God's creativity and handiwork! Thanks for sharing your life with us!👍
That is cool you still have the bees up there!
I really enjoyed the video, can't believe it is still snow on the ground, happy Sunday everyone. 😊😍🥰
Happy Sunday..❤
Ariel excited about the "warm beautiful weather" then saying it was in the 30's made be chuckle.
Thanks Guys. 👍👍
We watch all the time ! Simply sweet way of life ! It will be an amazing way to raise a family! ❤
As a german I was happy and surprised to see you making dumplings. A little bit soft but perfect. Very delicious and so cool. You could have eaten them with applesauce or a mushroom sauce as well.
(To get the dough firmer add bread crumbs, starch or more flour.)
If you get a moose or caribou in the fall try pressure canning the tougher parts of the animal like you did the potatoes. fill the jars with raw meat and a little salt, then pressure cook for 1.5 hours.
Two best quotes of the video:
Eric: “Oh, got me in the eye.”
Concerned Arielle: “Oh my gosh.”
Eric: “Yeah, that’s how you know it’s good.”
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Eric: “You know what does we good on? Is if you made fettuccine Alfredo and you had one of these on top?”
Arielle: “Carbs on carbs, yeah.”
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Honestly to both of you, your wit is amazing and deeply appreciated
Laughs aside, I’m so sorry you lost your one hive. I really appreciate you showing us what you found & while sad, very good to know for other bee keepers that live in cold snowy conditions.
You guys make some really good food the real homemade from scratch! unlike others videos of homemade meals where they add cans or process food in their recipes and call it homemade i think you two have a lot of experience on cooking and other gardening saving , write a book you guys are Icon. good worker.
What a great episode, your home grown garlic looked amazing. You both seem to have come through winter very well, looking very healthy. Ariel, you look lovely.
Love your Chanel, My Oma used to put crumbled bacon bits in her potato dumplings, and she served them with brown gravy 😊
I read an article a while back about how Northern European bee keepers kept their bees alive in the severe cold. I was impressed with one farm that built a wood shelter structure with one long side being raised bee boxes. 3 sides were inside the shed with only one wall being exposed to the elements. I wish I could remember where I saw it. I think I commented on this before on here.
I love this channel as it shows both the preservation and gardening of food. ❤
I've been waiting for this...I wish you guys did two times a week...I miss ya!
me too kept looking for a video
We have three different kinds of potato dumplings here in Germany. The other variety is with raw ground potatoes and the third kind is with both 50:50 raw and boiled .They often go with a roast and gravy.
Yes! The 50:50 kind is called "Grüne Klöße" if anyone wants to look them up - beautiful fluffy, very light, tasty potato dumplings. It translates loosely to green dumplings. Green because of the uncooked potato part. The only tricky part is keeping everything together while cooking them. A very traditional part of Christmas for my family.
I slice my garlic and pour honey over them and eat one or two slices of the garlic with the honey every day. Delicious.
The honey garlic tastes better the longer it sits and the honey thins out significantly…I have to hide it from my boys so I usually add it as a treat to the to[ of a fresh salad…I’ve heard someone on you tube say they had a jar for almost 6 years…already have several put up from the beginning of the year …you ALWAYS give such in-depth details and explain why you do what you do…love the learning process that you both so generously share…always a fan ….always learning…thanks for all you do..stay blessed 😇 ❤️
Those dumplings look exactly like something I had in Austria that was stuffed with bacon 🤤
I made your fish chowder "recipe" and LOVED IT! I'm stealing this recipe too 😉
You guys are just amazing! I can’t wait for your next video!
Carbs on Carbs is the way to go sometimes Ariel.....🤭😋 That is a really neat way to store garlic. And Your meal looks delish as always.
Sorry about the loss of the hive. Did not know about the honey garlic recipe. Sounds interesting. Thank you for sharing.
I love your channel. Thank you for sharing your life and recipes. I love the ones on canning and fermenting ❤️.
So sorry to hear you lost a hive, but glad that the other has made it almost all the way to spring--Vermont is still very snowy and gray, but sugaring is happening, and the temps are going up, yay!! Such a hopeful time of year. I really think you will figure the bees out. What about storing them inside your Conex or "the barn in a box" you are taking with you to your new place? Not that I know ANYTHING about it. I'm always so happy to see you have a new video, doesn't matter what it's about, I've learned a great deal from your channel. Thanks so much!
You might like your potato dumplings fried too. We like to dice them up and fried them until they get nicely browned.
My favorite way to eat canned potatoes is just drained then add butter and parsley. Yum
Knödel were the one food I couldn't gag down in my childhood and would have to sit at the table for hours ha - of course they came from a box though, so there's that. Yours almost make me want to try homemade and you definitely made them look delish with the burnt butter sauce and croutons!
Same for me 😁
I have waited anxiously all week for your video! Just love seeing what yall will be doing. Love all your videos!!!
I have my garlic now for a year and keep adding to my jar of raw honey. Its awesome and remember to keep shaking it and let the air out, or burp it. Keep in dark area. Its awesome for sauces and also just eat a clove a day for good health. Just burp it and you won't have an issue of overflow.
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Good afternoon from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing your adventures in life
Yessssssss!!!! My favorite TH-camrs!!!!!! Can’t wait to watch!! ❤
Have the bears noticed the bee hives? That garlic all looks fantastic!!! 😜👍😎🇨🇦 Oh, and please don't ever stop cooking!!!
I really do like the looks and the color of your siding where you have lived now. I think it really looks like a modern color and pleasing to the eyes.
Just love you two, I’m wishing y’all all the best for your move ❤!
Another great video. Love you guys.
QUESTION:
Could you build a shed over the bee hives and put the hives higher off the ground?
I thought the same thing
Good idea! They just might do something like that at their new property!
I was wondering the same thing only more of a high tunnel so they'd get some greenhouse effect.
That's a great idea
@@susanhighfield8284Snow can actually help keep the cold out. I don't know the specific but if the windtunnel keeps them too warm I wonder if it could have an adverse effect vs keeping them in the snow in the bog.
In Europe these dumpling are stuffed with pitted prunes with a dash of sugar and cinnamon. We put melted butter on top and Voila ! Knedle or plum dumplings.
Loving that last bit of the food review... LOL
I am always so excited to see that y’all have a new video out! I have canned veggies of all kinds most of my adult life. I actually canned pickled garlic with the same additives as if I were making pickles. If you like garlic, they are delicious right out of the jar. I’m sorry one of your hives didn’t make it. Crystallized honey is a food group in my opinion. I treat it like concentrated honey. You can whip it into spreadable honey. I love the new recipes y’all try, I try some of them. I never met a potato I didn’t love. I thought the potato dumplings would be heavy, but apparently they weren’t. The brown butter drizzled on them, with sourdough breadcrumbs cooked in browned butter all had me salivating! Great episode as always. Hope your hands are better Eric.
Hi Carol
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@@CarolWilliamson03 how are you doing my friend?
Love watching all your videos and always look forward to new ones. I love your pets and chickens too!❤😊
Hi you two this is mike A from inglewood ca. We just had a bunch of rain and now it heating up a bit. 70F degrees. Those dumplings are MASSIVE the biggest dumplings I've seen ever. You should call the worlds record company and show them how big your dumplings are . that didn't sound right .but its funny😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😁😁😁😁😁
I Because I try to keep under 20 grams carbs, I laughed when I heard you say the potato dumplings on Alfredo would be good, and then Arielle said, Mmmm, carbs on carbs, that would be good! All the best to you, kiddos!
Thank you for another enjoyable video, I learn something new everyday😊 When I have to peel multiple garlic cloves I put them inside 2 metal or plastic bowls flip one bowl on top of the other with the garlic inside. And give it a good shake 😊 Kind of like the jar method but better to do multiples. Hope all goes smooth with your move😊👍🏻
Love your videos and your both always so informative Your meals always look delicious ~😊
That one chicken from the first minute of the video with the fluffy hair looks Eric’s second persona when he wears the wig 😂😂😂
Similar to the way you roasted, I make garlic confit. Put the peeled and ends trimmed cloves in a saucepan, cover with oil (I use half olive half Canola), slowly simmer for 30-45 min. Cool and store in a mason jar. Great garlic oil and soft cloves ready to add to anything.
Beautiful intro! You guys are so creative at using what you have and avoiding waste. Sorry about the bees. 😢