I find it quite interesting that you have posted this on Labour Day. What an amazing example of what labour is all about. And not just any labour. This is a labour of love. The level of knowledge and experimentation needed to be this successful is incredible. You continue to blow our minds Shawn.
over the years many of these different things have been suggested ,,, and now he is in a place where he gets to test what he was told and adjust things for what he has what he wants and what he desires .. . I have suggested many things over the years ... some he uses some he adapted and uses ... others he tried ... and they werent right for the location and so on .. and yes some he hasnt done (pole lathe) ... but he definitely has been keeping notes and now he has almost a full year of the first go finished and the various results are giving him plans and ideas for the next run .. you can literally hear his mind working as he talks about what he did and what worked well and what didnt and why he thinks it didnt ... . to me this is what makes the channel awesome ... he is not against failing ... but he does consider everything he can before he tries something
Shawn, Just a request. Could you map out your homestead with building locations. I have a hard time visualizing the setup even though you explained it well.
Bintje was my Grandfather’s favorite potato to grow here in Sweden. It put a smile on my face when you mentioned it. Congratulations on an amazing garden. A inspiration, as always.
It’s a Dutch potato, Frisian actually, developed by KL de Vries in 1904. (Wikipedia) My father went to great lengths to get these in Ontario from his Dutch farmer clients. It soaks up gravy like you wouldn’t believe.
Wow Shawn, you guys are going to be quite busy this fall, with all that harvesting and canning, the garden looks very productive. I can`t wait to see some of the processing and canning videos.
For cauliflower: as soon as it starts to head up, gather the longest leaves together and tie them over the young cauliflower. Otherwise the sun will scald the young produce. Cabbage, brussel sprouts and cauliflower are heavy feeders, side dress twice during the growing season.
The amount of knowledge that’s stored in you brain is totally amazing, you gardening skills, log building, stick building is out of this world! Thanks for sharing all of it with us! Looking forward to your next video! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼
Hi Shawn, thanks for your amazing videos, as always! Here's a quick tip I recently got from my grandma regarding preparing potatoes for laying: She told me she always keeps the potaoes with green spots, and other small potatoes, for laying. In fact, she places those at the fresh air, not directly in sunlight, but in half-shade, such that they turn completely green. Then she stocks them for the next year for laying. The green stuff is solanine, which renders them inedible, but at the same time this makes them more robust against all sorts of rodents as well.
As always, I am just amazed at all the projects you've begun and completed and now are repping the harvest of your labors. Your daughter is really a chip-of-the- old-block. She has done so much and has become so capable at all you have taught her, and she seems so happy and willing to continue in this quest for self-reliance living.
I guess how is the new dome garden ? Are you going to get chickens to help with pests ? Anyway thanks for sharing . I look forward to your videos. I love the peace and tranquility . Good karma my friend. 🙂
Good morning, Shawn! Awesome garden! It's my birthday today! I love watching you work, and you're amazing! I follow you as well as Emily on her channel. I find it peaceful and so relaxing!
Shawn, if you ever make a trip down to the Ottawa Valley, we would gladly give you a truck loaf of manure to help your garden.. it's completely organic and makes things grow like the dickens!!
Garden looks great, Shawn. I'm not sure why I thought this garden was on your old property. I'm really looking forward to the video where your family preserves everything. 👍🙂
Me too. Check out the latest video on the TH-cam channel Fy Nyth which is a young lady doing canning and she is very thorough and good at explaining the process. She is on a homestead as well. Similar personality and deliver as Shawn ( which I love).
Your garden and knowledge is extremely impressive! I wish I had the space for a large garden. Burdock root is tasty fried with soya sauce, a bit of sugar and chili flakes. It's supposedly helpful if you have gout. Need to soak the julienned root in water, changing the water several times, though, before cooking. Some people grow it in barrels and break open the barrels when harvesting because the roots on a good plant tend to grow to around 3 feet. My neighbour has 4 pawpaw trees that are about 9 feet tall and he said he really likes them. I think the tree is native to Ontario. He said you need at least 1 male and 1 female tree to produce fruit. My main plants are the Carolina Reaper, tomatoes, and Japanese eggplant, which has a thinner skin. Reapers I freeze and dehydrate (I want to make a sauce one day) and the eggplant I cube, add salt to draw out water, and put it into a contraption from Japan to squeeze out the water. Then I add soya sauce, Japanese hot mustard, and a bit of sugar, then bottle it. It's good as a side dish. Tomatoes I eat fresh off the plant, although this year I plan on dehydrating a bunch then crushing it into a powder. I have not encountered a vegetable or fruit that I didn't like. I'd be in heaven eating the produce from your garden.
My Oh My...what a beautiful garden... plus the greenhouse....wow! and I know the work involved! When things get really bad, you and your family will be well taken care of. Good for you and all your efforts. Every year is a learning experience. You learn what works and what doesn't and make the adjustments for the next year. Good Job!
I have to say, Shawn, your "disaster" just might wind up being your crowning jewel when all is said and done. Given the natural limitations you've discussed with soil, sunlight etc I'm rather impressed with the growth and variety. No doubt, your nutrient reinforcement and patience has proven successful. After your home and remaining outbuildings are completed the amount of time and energy you'll have for food production will be almost limitless. A bit envious that all of my food storage is in the form of 30yr buckets- perhaps in a few years as I seek retirement I too can begin gardening here in zone 6b by starting small and learning as I go.
I encourage you to begin gardening as soon as you can ! To begin building the experience, the learning that only comes by doing :). I super advise learning from Charles Dowding. He has a channel on TH-cam and has written a couple books, I've read the one on no-dig gardening and it's super helpful, beyond even what's freely available in his vlogs ( I was able to find the book through my local library system, ordered in from a connected library) . Anyways, I have gardened a variety of ways and grew up on a dairy farm, and in my observation and experience, no-dig & no-till IS the way to go, even if it seems difficult at 1st to grow things like potatoes, it's worth it. Just get extra compost and mulch and make hills for root veg the 1st few years ( or grow in pots - they do pretty well in pots, just dry out fast ). Anyways, that's just my recommendation :) !
Shawn you are a modern day Thomas Jefferson, experimenting and trying new things in you r garden :) I commend you on your building, gardening, foraging, hunting and countless other skills that you have!!!! I found your channel by mistake and I play your videos all day at my desk!! You inspire and encourage and I am awed by your tenacity!!! I also am a gardener, make my own soap, detergent, candles and bread to name a few and if i could go off grid as you and your beautiful family have done, i would do so. Thank you so very much for helping me through my days and bless you!!!
We live in northern Illinois, South of Chicago. We are experiencing much of what you are describing. Our broccoli was very delayed and never made normal large heads. We didn't use "organic" starter soil but also had very delayed tomatoes that made fruit a month late. This has even been the experience by all the gardeners I know in our area. Amazing with the large distance between us that our gardens are behaving so similar.
This comment is not in any way meant to criticize your gardening skills, which are amazing. Just want to suggest that weed and pest control is vital, as is regular watering. I know you already know that and that both you, your wife, and Emily have been distracted these past years while building your food sources by building sustainable off grid shelters and the other necessary infrastructure. I'm just hoping you and your family are not in any way beating yourselves up for the garden failures you've experienced and realize you are in a part of the world where gardening is very challenging, but that you are in fact making it work, each year/growing season making it work and learning how better to utilize the existing resources available to you. Watching your channel makes me wish I was younger and could tackle a similar project. At one time in my late teens/early twenties, what you are doing now was my dream, and in some ways still is...
Shawn, as you were pulling the beautiful veggies and sifting through the rich soil for the seed versions, I was thinking in my head the phrase, "pray without ceasing." Such a beautiful harvest must have inspired gratitude (praying) in your heart and mind to a degree many never experience. Thank you for chronicling it for us.
My goodness, your garden is Huuuggggeee and fantastic. It takes a family to take care of the garden. Really lots of labor and love. Kudos to all your family. Amazing.
Shawn, Your garden looks amazing! The fresh produce it's providing is essential for winter consumption! As you finish up your homestead build, you will have more time to tend to your gardens! We are harvesting our gardens too! Yummy stuff! I have been frying zucchini with garlic and parmesan cheese.... delicious! Thank You for your garden tour! Until your next video ~~~Stay safe, healthy and happy! 🍓🍆🥔🥕🌽🌶🫑🥒🥬🧅
These are the best videos that you make when you walk the garden and telling us about your harvest of veggies and how things go.... love it . Thanks Shaun+ Cali. Super!
Holy 💩, 😱, had no idea your garden had expanded to that size. Amazed at the expanse it's grown to & how good it's doing in the forest. Great job on that. Have a great day 😊.
Beautfiful! You keep saying you dont have time but I think you are doing so much that is incredible. You work truly hard and you can only be admired. Off course your family as well 🙂. You are an inspiration for me for sure but I am sure for many of us following you.
I wish your wife would start a channel showing her part to support this way of life. I'd liked to see her make that celery seed. I've gotten my husband watching your channel we enjoy watching them together in the evening
What a full garden !!! A bit of everything. I'd be devo that you quit in the parsnips ... I so love them. Awfully expensive at my local shops so I treat myself once a year and make a roast dinner with a whole parsnip included LOL mother used to boil carrots and parsnips and then mash them together ..also most yummy. All in all between yourself, your wife, and Emily I'd say it's been a very busy and productive garden. THANKS for making the time to share in depth about all your gardening practices. Enjoy the water, Cali and your Company. From Australia peace out 🇦🇺🤗💞✝️🙏✌️👍🇨🇦
Très belle scruture.c'est nickel..j'adore...je mettrais des silhouettes en métal.. animaux, fleurs. Fruits, soleil..personnages..c'est mon côté un peu farfelu!!😁..vous avez des tuteurs en métal !!...un petit paradis pour un jardinier.. beaucoup de travail 💚🍀 vous êtes bien le seul homme, que je connaisse, qui parle autant de ses plantations, ses légumes, ses fruits..et plus..une véritable passion 😁
Thank you for the wonderful garden tour! Here in zone 9b…. It is a real challenge to have a summer vegetable garden. Our winters are the best growing season!
YOU ARE AMAZING, THE DIVERSE SKILLS, THE GARDEN IS JUST BEAUITFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOME VARIETIES I'V NEVER EVEN HEARD OF. A COMPOST PILE, GARDEN. THAT IS A BLESSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS, FOR THE GARDEN TOUR, JUST AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Do take care. Fl., U.S.A.
I DO remember you starting this garden which we all thought was at your original homestead. I distinctly remember you saying that the area had hardwood trees surrounding it. And that you chose the area because it had a rich leaf mulch area on bedrock. This is where you dug out a root cellar. Whatever. It’s fantastic how the beds have conformed into an excellent growing area.
You might have had some failures but your garden looks fantastic. The variety of vegetables you grow is amazing and every year you learn more about how to get your plot/soil to produce for you.
For you radish bed that bolted, it is absolutely not a waste! You can eat the seed pods for radishes fresh in salads, add them to soup or stew, and I bet they would pickle great, too. They have the same flavor as the radish, as well as some spice. And it is always a bonus to let some plants reseed themselves. Volunteer plants are awesome because it is essentially developing a crop that survives your own particular climate.
I wish I could get my San Marzano Plants to be as productive as what you call your poor ones! Can't wait to see them in the greenhouse, I hope that tour is coming next. Amazing garden! Also looking forward to seeing the new root cellar under the house. An exciting time to be you! Like Dennis Waitley would say, "The good old days are here and now!" and "Failure is the fertilizer for success!"
I have garden envy. I've been working on my garden Zone 7B about as long as you Shawn. I've had to develop my compacted clay / tree rooted soil with hugelkultur techniques too. But mine looks nothing like yours as far as productivity. Luckily you have your wife and daughter while you continue to work on the cabin (I don't know how you find the hours in the day). What most gardeners don't understand is that the soil feeds the plants, so what you are doing to feed the soil is building not only this year's garden, but a sustainable plot for years to come. In an urban area, I've had to learn a few tricks about keeping the deer at bay. Funny how we have a herd in our suburban atlanta neighborhood that probably rivals your populations, but here they have no room to roam. And of course, you can cull the herd whereas suburban gardeners can't . Plus there are no natural predators. I had a bad tomatoe crop here this year, with fungal issues. So, remember to burn (rather than compost) ANY signs of plants with fungus. Once I got it under control, I did not follow the advice to remove some of the plants. I now have plants that are once again producing green tomatoes, and as in your case, I know they won't ripen. However, I HIGHLY recommend green tomatoe chutney, if you haven't already tried it. Great for Xmas presents for family and friends. Interesting that temperatures here are not that dramatically different than what you have right now. But the sun's presence in the sky will soon change and I'll still be able to grow lettuce, spinanch, Kale, collards, Kohlrabi, etc. etc. all winter long. In fact, my winter garden is probably nicer/more productive than my summer garden. With excessive days in the 90s here this year my beans shed their blossoms and I had lots of plant, but few beans. All of this is testament to all of the factors that farmers face in putting food on our tables (even if via the commercial grocery store). Everyone with access to land should try urban farming. You learn gratitude at a whole new level. It feeds the soul as much as the body.
My favorite way to make zucchini is quarter it lengthwise and toss the 4 quarters in olive oil and some herbs of your choosing and throw them into the grill or campfire rack. Works well with asparagus too.
Thank you so much Sean for your channel it's so interesting just to see you in the outdoors I wish I was younger or I'd be doing more with gardening again but I did so much in my lifetime. I love seeing Kelly also
It would be fun to watch you and your wife putting up these vegetables and freezing them or canning. The wax for the cheese an interesting comment, have no idea what you are doing there! The end results would be interesting to see, for sure.
Nice work Shawn! I have lots of experience in Zone 3b in northern NY state so here are some suggestions: We don't like the idea of black plastic but 1/4 of our garden uses it. Kind of necessary for some things like egg plants peppers and tomatoes in our climate to get production up and reduces your weeding load. We use heavy agriculture plastic covers (choose a thick mil rating) and will last about 5 years, moving the chunks around the garden in rotations. Even small chunks that cover the immediate root zone on starting plants helps warm-up the soil for a good start. We have the same problem with potting soil- low in nutrients and too much partly decomposed wood products sucking up available nitrogen. The solution is to add nutrients or get more expensive potting mixes. Mixing in pelletized chicken manure helps or using your favorite liquid fertilizer. Making a fish emulsion fertilizer would be a self-reliant way of doing this. Last, maybe the problem with some of your transplants in an arrested growth rate after transplant is a lack of nutrients. After plants have been in the soil for a time, the mycorrhizae fungi get to the roots (or the roots get to the fungi) and the plants start to grow. Solution is supplemental fertilizer, usually one application maybe two, promoting growth in the pant until symbiosis gets started (we find this necessary for peppers and eggplants in our sandy soil). Very interested in the results of your potato harvest, hoping you or Emily will have this in a future video. Excellent garden.
Happy Labor Day.......Thank you for sharing about what your wife has been doing, I was listening. So good to hear about your family in how they work alongside you in your endeavor. It continues to amaze me at the work you all put into these projects and the amount of study you put into it as well before you start a project........AMAZING.......the growth of your garden as well has taken off as I have been watching from very beginning from seed to harvest.........awesome. Blessings in the fruit of your labor.
We like mashed potatoes made half and half with turnips and some roasted garlic. Far fewer carbs and taste is wonderful; nobody will touch rutabagas, however. Our favorite greens are mustard greens, hands down--even their perfume when cooking is Heavenly.
Our only garden area is on the west side of the red brick house and 20 feet away. It doesn't receive sunlight until around 11 a.m. Tomato's and peppers were always so-so. A few years ago I was standing next to the brick on a hot afternoon. I could feel the heat radiating from the bricks. IDEA! The next year we planted a Roma and a cherry next to the house. Holy cow. Those plants went nuts. Summer nights here average upper 50's - low 60's Fahrenheit. Out of curiosity, on a July evening I used a laser thermal sensor on the brick at 11pm. Temp was low 80's. Not sure if you could incorporate a wall of red bricks behind your tomato's. If so, you'll be eating tomatoes in early August. The Chipmunks will like it too.
The first time I have ever heard them called "ground cherries," I grew up calling them cape gooseberries, or just gooseberries - but I love your word for them. They make the most amazing jam or wine and mixed with elderflower cordial and cream makes an exceptional mousse dessert or fool. Very common in Southern Africa, Australia and UK.
In spanisch, me sumo a su gran trabajo, perseverancia y dominio de los problemas para llevar sus plantaciones a buen recabo. Desde el sur de la Patagonia chilena, Calbuco, Gerardo. Muchas gracias señor Shawn, cosquillas para Cali!
I’m so amazed how you are constantly building and working your land and you still have time to go in the water with Cali and help your daughter. There isn’t a lazy bone in your body. Beautiful and plentiful garden you have. Enjoyed the video.
I wanted to write earlier but got distracted with chores, your first year garden yielded an abundant of vegetables all while building a cabin. Green thumb Shawn
oh well you will have some to can and eat....you will be a busy bee...nothing better then a garden...i love fresh stuff..i only got tomatoes here and cherry ones to...i got a little corn to..i was late going in..but there coming along...hope it stays warm till frost time...Shawn if you stay there all the time,,i would get some chickens,,love those eggs man..put a top on the fence,so they dont get out...course you get big snows there to...just thinking out loud,,haa...be careful..
Hi Shawn, I'm amazed at your vegetable garden 😋 All those wonderful fresh and organic fruits and vegetables WOW 👏 Is there anything you can't turn your hand to? I doubt it. Good on you and your family and thanks for sharing 👍
Shawn I love watching your videos but I never comment so here I go! Your building planning gardening skills are truly amazing is there anything you cannot do ? I think not and it’s evident from your videos and your amazing photography! If there were more men like you what an amazing world it would be ! Looking forward to your next video !
Our local warehouse garden house had corn (all you could put in one of their bags, approximately 22) for $1.00. Same with colored peppers, so I put up 9 pints of corn relish and 11 bags of frozen corn! Never thought at 75 I would be canning etc….. you have inspired us to make sure we have at least six months of food prepped!
I watched it with real pleasure. like all movies, but this one was special for me because I am a passionate gardener. Me and my partner (we live in the UK) have no chance of such a life, but we try to be at least partially independent. This year I finally got an allotment. Previously, my vegetable garden was a few boxes in the back garden. My partner - so far skeptical - began to see sense in the cultivation of some food, mainly due to the economic situation in Europe. In addition, due to illness, I had to quit my job and I have to learn something completely new to start a new job. Gardening skills allow me to support my home budget and feel useful. I treat your entire channel as educational, but it was also fun to watch the gardening experience from a completely different place like the UK. My original country is Poland and the climate there is more like Canadian than English, I have to learn gardening in England. I was surprised that you grow horseradish. In Poland, we use it as a meat seasoning, often in combination with beetroot. But also as an addition to pickled and fermented foods. I talk too much - I greet the whole family. And please scratch Kali's tummy from me.
Beautiful garden! I love all of the dual purpose plants. Sweet potatoes are my favorite. I eat the potatoes and I use the leaves in salads. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Wishing you and your family much success!
Great tour. Yep, my fall garden germinating not going so well. Not all potting soil is made for germinating. Grows slightly then stops. Triple digit temperatures here in far north California, for several weeks now. No cucumber action at all. No beet action either. Plants dying early, just beat by the sun.
I grew Blue Moon Roses to which I added Sky Blue Delphinians to grow beside or near my roses they kept aphids away - also Marigold plants are also good for keeping bugs away.
ohhh, that little green tomato is the green tomatillo that they use in Mexico to make the delicious salsa verde!!! look up the recipe, it is soooooooooooo good!!! your garden is amazing, as all you do. There is no other channel i rather see than yours: inspiring, interesting, fun and filled with love and the most amazing, poetic, beautiful nature shots... and the music is great too!!!
Thank you so much Shawn. Unfortunately I don't have Instagram or Tik Tok. Only Facebook and TH-cam. I just hope that your message in the comments is real and you really stand behind it. have a great day.
James, I am just amazed with your work ethic, besides building your beautiful cabin, you provide food for the family. If I wore a hat, I’d take it off to you!
Very interesting video. Thanks Shawn! It went same as elsewhere with potatoes in Greenhouse - they go for seeds. One thing - I read somewhere with Oak. Once they start to grow - if you plan to replant them, make sure that "South" remains the same. They fail sometimes if they don't turn right, specially in northern hemisphere. And you showed us why we till our compost every 3 months minimum. Great work - perhaps your could cover your structure there over some of your beds with plastic sheets in the spring to make early green house effect and start the spring early. We use that often in Iceland.
With the food shortages already showing up here in the lower 48, that garden will give your family sustenance throughout the winter. Went to the grocer today - no mushrooms on the shelves, which usually are overflowing with them. Also, no grassfed ground beef in the meat dept. Starting to see less on the shelves, and of more items. Instead of rows of cans 6 to 8 deep, only one or two rows of cans at the front, especially of vegetables. Scary times are coming, if not already starting. Found one of my ration books from WW2 the other day. Wonder if that will become a reality again?
Waow Shawn, plot of dreams there my man 😍 Credit to the gardeners. All the hours and patience put into this is really paying off now, I know how satisfying that must be and how much potential is still there. Thanks for sharing this with us, incredible work and I love your planting style even if I couldn't do it myself (I like things VERY organised within reason lol). Fantastic stuff. Absolute sea of green and that's from someone living in N.Ireland who's used to it.
Your garden has done far better than mine this year. My tomatoes were doing good, until they set fruit then suddenly all the leaves started to wither and die. I have one tomatoe that only flowered about a week ago (I'm in the city so zone 6?) so I'm doubtful I will get any fruit from it. My cukes flowered but only produced one cucumber than died as well. I had bought some 'organic' soil and compost so after hearing so many reporting issues with theirs this year I think I might start with fresh soil next year. Here's to next year and better gardens for everyone!
Glad you are using the Hügelkultur method. I found it very successful, I didn't have to water or fertilize as often and some of my tomatoes got to 6' tall! Okra loved it too. Infact as time passed everything thrived more.
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Thanks for your sharing, trellising tomatoes on cattle panels are great!
My family used pet ducks for natural pest control, in our gardens. The ducks never damaged our plant, as they ate the insects. Plus the poo adds a bit of fertilizer as they ate the insects.
Beautiful garden Shawn so healthy so green and producing a fine crop. started doing some research on improving my soil so that I can start growing my own veggies at least, and a natural homemade remedy that I can use for bugs that attack them and of course the hornworm that is attacking my beef steak. A lot to learn. You folks are going to be very busy with the harvesting and preserving. Thanks for explaining what you do to get a wonderful garden like this. interesting video Shawn
Amazing garden tour and I don't know how you remember everything like you do but you continue to amaze us,so we will be awaiting harvest time and the finishing of the cabin,thanks and we will be praying for all that's coming up.
Have you read any Ruth Stout? Gardening from the couch is my favorite. I garden on blacktop. .Started with 6" raised beds. and use hay to feed the soil, lighter than truck loads of dirt. Your abundance is showing, You will be dried in and warm this winter, that's amazing progress.
SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Good Morning to YOU glad you got the garden There !!! You will need it in the winter months it is hard here in the STATES!!! Have been buying some of the things that didn't grow in the garden !!! Am glad I got rice in the house for later on in the winter time for flour and cooking with !!!
You could lengthen your growing season by putting some plastic sheeting over your arbor. It’s perfect for starting plants early or lengthening in the fall. Maybe something to consider for next year. Beautiful garden! Excellent planning…impressive…medicinal area of your garden…. Also great progress on your cabin building…
Enjoyed your garden tour so much and appreciate you sharing your failures along with your successes, that's how gardening goes and nothing is perfect. You have a fantastic garden! It's so rewarding to eat fresh like this several months. We love grocery shopping in our garden.
About the sweet potatoes with the landscape fabric…. here in Japan the heavy black black is widely used. I was told that by denying the plants surface water from rain it forces them to send roots deeper. In doing so they not only get their moisture, but nutrients to help them grow.
Very nice having what you have...most things are popping well...and as you finish the housing it will certainly be way much better, your garden is so well made 💫💯
I'm so jealous of your out of control garden, I have been recovering from a third knee in the same leg (infection) and I haven't been able to have a garden for two seasons and it's somewhat of an outlet to see you build and grow, really appreciate your time. Thanks
Stinging nettle is great replacement for steamed spinach.. once you cook it down the stinging is all gone but high in nutrients.. pick them while they are young and boil away.. they also spread like mad so helps to control them..
I find it quite interesting that you have posted this on Labour Day. What an amazing example of what labour is all about. And not just any labour. This is a labour of love. The level of knowledge and experimentation needed to be this successful is incredible. You continue to blow our minds Shawn.
over the years many of these different things have been suggested ,,, and now he is in a place where he gets to test what he was told and adjust things for what he has what he wants and what he desires ..
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I have suggested many things over the years ... some he uses some he adapted and uses ... others he tried ... and they werent right for the location and so on .. and yes some he hasnt done (pole lathe) ... but he definitely has been keeping notes and now he has almost a full year of the first go finished and the various results are giving him plans and ideas for the next run .. you can literally hear his mind working as he talks about what he did and what worked well and what didnt and why he thinks it didnt ...
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to me this is what makes the channel awesome ... he is not against failing ... but he does consider everything he can before he tries something
@@kaboom-zf2bl he certainly isn't afraid to try something new that's for sure 😉
@@dsop66 as they say if you never try you will never accomplish anything
labor day what is has to o with anything. random date choosed by freemasos
I second that. Always amazed at what he does.
I love Cali casually sauntering through the backgrounds, aqdvertising the availability of her toy for throwing! I love her.
Shawn, Just a request. Could you map out your homestead with building locations. I have a hard time visualizing the setup even though you explained it well.
Bintje was my Grandfather’s favorite potato to grow here in Sweden. It put a smile on my face when you mentioned it. Congratulations on an amazing garden. A inspiration, as always.
I had a big success with Bintjes in Ottawa, Ontario using Shawn’s straw method.
wow just read this and I'm going to try them
It’s a Dutch potato, Frisian actually, developed by KL de Vries in 1904. (Wikipedia)
My father went to great lengths to get these in Ontario from his Dutch farmer clients. It soaks up gravy like you wouldn’t believe.
@@graceveenema4762 Yup, grandpa was all about Swedish meatballs with Bintje, gravy and lingonberries =)
Wow Shawn, you guys are going to be quite busy this fall, with all that harvesting and canning, the garden looks very productive. I can`t wait to see some of the processing and canning videos.
yeah I think the kitchen might need to be done before the winter starts so they can get everything saved LOL
For cauliflower: as soon as it starts to head up, gather the longest leaves together and tie them over the young cauliflower. Otherwise the sun will scald the young produce. Cabbage, brussel sprouts and cauliflower are heavy feeders, side dress twice during the growing season.
what is side dress?
The amount of knowledge that’s stored in you brain is totally amazing, you gardening skills, log building, stick building is out of this world! Thanks for sharing all of it with us! Looking forward to your next video! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼
Impressive garden, just like the hand built log home. The time, energy and thought that goes into this is a dynamic combination of skills.
Hi Shawn, thanks for your amazing videos, as always! Here's a quick tip I recently got from my grandma regarding preparing potatoes for laying: She told me she always keeps the potaoes with green spots, and other small potatoes, for laying. In fact, she places those at the fresh air, not directly in sunlight, but in half-shade, such that they turn completely green. Then she stocks them for the next year for laying. The green stuff is solanine, which renders them inedible, but at the same time this makes them more robust against all sorts of rodents as well.
That's so interesting!
As always, I am just amazed at all the projects you've begun and completed and now are repping the harvest of your labors. Your daughter is really a chip-of-the- old-block. She has done so much and has become so capable at all you have taught her, and she seems so happy and willing to continue in this quest for self-reliance living.
The Cali photo-bomb is still epic! Great looking garden, Shawn. Full of sure to be delicious veggies and fruits. 😀🤠👍👍 & 10⭐ rating.
New garden.
Maybe I've missed it but where is this garden ? It doesn't look like your frontier garden at the
I guess how is the new dome garden ? Are you going to get chickens to help with pests ? Anyway thanks for sharing . I look forward to your videos. I love the peace and tranquility . Good karma my friend. 🙂
@@rojacone Shawn relocated his home and garden
Good morning, Shawn! Awesome garden! It's my birthday today! I love watching you work, and you're amazing! I follow you as well as Emily on her channel. I find it peaceful and so relaxing!
Happy birthday! May you have many more with good health and energy!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy and blessed birthday 🎂 .
Shawn, if you ever make a trip down to the Ottawa Valley, we would gladly give you a truck loaf of manure to help your garden.. it's completely organic and makes things grow like the dickens!!
Oh my that garden is beautiful!! Great fence!! Can't believe it's already been two years since you started over there!!
Garden looks great, Shawn. I'm not sure why I thought this garden was on your old property. I'm really looking forward to the video where your family preserves everything. 👍🙂
Me too. Check out the latest video on the TH-cam channel Fy Nyth which is a young lady doing canning and she is very thorough and good at explaining the process. She is on a homestead as well. Similar personality and deliver as Shawn ( which I love).
@@joyfox4871 Yes, I watch her channel, too. 😃
I did too, I thought it was the original area around the root cellar?
I’ve been using landscape fabric for close to 40 years. No disease or cancers in me. Landscape fabric sure as hell makes gardening so much easier.
Your garden and knowledge is extremely impressive! I wish I had the space for a large garden. Burdock root is tasty fried with soya sauce, a bit of sugar and chili flakes. It's supposedly helpful if you have gout. Need to soak the julienned root in water, changing the water several times, though, before cooking. Some people grow it in barrels and break open the barrels when harvesting because the roots on a good plant tend to grow to around 3 feet. My neighbour has 4 pawpaw trees that are about 9 feet tall and he said he really likes them. I think the tree is native to Ontario. He said you need at least 1 male and 1 female tree to produce fruit. My main plants are the Carolina Reaper, tomatoes, and Japanese eggplant, which has a thinner skin. Reapers I freeze and dehydrate (I want to make a sauce one day) and the eggplant I cube, add salt to draw out water, and put it into a contraption from Japan to squeeze out the water. Then I add soya sauce, Japanese hot mustard, and a bit of sugar, then bottle it. It's good as a side dish. Tomatoes I eat fresh off the plant, although this year I plan on dehydrating a bunch then crushing it into a powder. I have not encountered a vegetable or fruit that I didn't like. I'd be in heaven eating the produce from your garden.
Everything you do is such a testament to your work ethic and life choices for you and your family. Thank you for sharing.
Looks great!! Can’t wait to have sizable land and have a large garden like that. Love your garden update videos! Thanks and God bless!
My Oh My...what a beautiful garden... plus the greenhouse....wow! and I know the work involved! When things get really bad, you and your family will be well taken care of. Good for you and all your efforts. Every year is a learning experience. You learn what works and what doesn't and make the adjustments for the next year. Good Job!
I have to say, Shawn, your "disaster" just might wind up being your crowning jewel when all is said and done. Given the natural limitations you've discussed with soil, sunlight etc I'm rather impressed with the growth and variety. No doubt, your nutrient reinforcement and patience has proven successful.
After your home and remaining outbuildings are completed the amount of time and energy you'll have for food production will be almost limitless. A bit envious that all of my food storage is in the form of 30yr buckets- perhaps in a few years as I seek retirement I too can begin gardening here in zone 6b by starting small and learning as I go.
I encourage you to begin gardening as soon as you can ! To begin building the experience, the learning that only comes by doing :). I super advise learning from Charles Dowding. He has a channel on TH-cam and has written a couple books, I've read the one on no-dig gardening and it's super helpful, beyond even what's freely available in his vlogs ( I was able to find the book through my local library system, ordered in from a connected library) . Anyways, I have gardened a variety of ways and grew up on a dairy farm, and in my observation and experience, no-dig & no-till IS the way to go, even if it seems difficult at 1st to grow things like potatoes, it's worth it. Just get extra compost and mulch and make hills for root veg the 1st few years ( or grow in pots - they do pretty well in pots, just dry out fast ). Anyways, that's just my recommendation :) !
Shawn you are a modern day Thomas Jefferson, experimenting and trying new things in you r garden :) I commend you on your building, gardening, foraging, hunting and countless other skills that you have!!!! I found your channel by mistake and I play your videos all day at my desk!! You inspire and encourage and I am awed by your tenacity!!! I also am a gardener, make my own soap, detergent, candles and bread to name a few and if i could go off grid as you and your beautiful family have done, i would do so.
Thank you so very much for helping me through my days and bless you!!!
We live in northern Illinois, South of Chicago. We are experiencing much of what you are describing. Our broccoli was very delayed and never made normal large heads. We didn't use "organic" starter soil but also had very delayed tomatoes that made fruit a month late. This has even been the experience by all the gardeners I know in our area. Amazing with the large distance between us that our gardens are behaving so similar.
My broccoli was the same way here in Eastern Tennessee
Fertilize your soil , it'll be fine
This comment is not in any way meant to criticize your gardening skills, which are amazing. Just want to suggest that weed and pest control is vital, as is regular watering. I know you already know that and that both you, your wife, and Emily have been distracted these past years while building your food sources by building sustainable off grid shelters and the other necessary infrastructure. I'm just hoping you and your family are not in any way beating yourselves up for the garden failures you've experienced and realize you are in a part of the world where gardening is very challenging, but that you are in fact making it work, each year/growing season making it work and learning how better to utilize the existing resources available to you. Watching your channel makes me wish I was younger and could tackle a similar project. At one time in my late teens/early twenties, what you are doing now was my dream, and in some ways still is...
Absolutely astounding to get so much produce from a “rough” planted space. Seems far better than manicured gardens. 👍🏻
Shawn, as you were pulling the beautiful veggies and sifting through the rich soil for the seed versions, I was thinking in my head the phrase, "pray without ceasing." Such a beautiful harvest must have inspired gratitude (praying) in your heart and mind to a degree many never experience. Thank you for chronicling it for us.
My goodness, your garden is Huuuggggeee and fantastic. It takes a family to take care of the garden. Really lots of labor and love. Kudos to all your family. Amazing.
Shawn, Your garden looks amazing! The fresh produce it's providing is essential for winter consumption! As you finish up your homestead build, you will have more time to tend to your gardens! We are harvesting our gardens too! Yummy stuff! I have been frying zucchini with garlic and parmesan cheese.... delicious! Thank You for your garden tour! Until your next video ~~~Stay safe, healthy and happy! 🍓🍆🥔🥕🌽🌶🫑🥒🥬🧅
These are the best videos that you make when you walk the garden and telling us about your harvest of veggies and how things go.... love it . Thanks Shaun+ Cali. Super!
My husband and I watch your channels, and I appreciate the way you describe your garden. 😃
The hugelkture pile was one of my favorite endeavours on this channel..
A cornucopia of food indeed
Holy 💩, 😱, had no idea your garden had expanded to that size. Amazed at the expanse it's grown to & how good it's doing in the forest. Great job on that. Have a great day 😊.
That is a lot of food you have grown! Very impressive including your knowledge of home gardening!
Garden looks great! Rome wasn't built in a day! Keep up the good work. I love the garden videos.
Beautfiful! You keep saying you dont have time but I think you are doing so much that is incredible. You work truly hard and you can only be admired. Off course your family as well 🙂. You are an inspiration for me for sure but I am sure for many of us following you.
I wish your wife would start a channel showing her part to support this way of life. I'd liked to see her make that celery seed. I've gotten my husband watching your channel we enjoy watching them together in the evening
I love to see a happy Cali roaming in the background...you have a great family garden. I am also a big fan of Kim Chee.
What a full garden !!! A bit of everything. I'd be devo that you quit in the parsnips ... I so love them. Awfully expensive at my local shops so I treat myself once a year and make a roast dinner with a whole parsnip included LOL mother used to boil carrots and parsnips and then mash them together ..also most yummy. All in all between yourself, your wife, and Emily I'd say it's been a very busy and productive garden. THANKS for making the time to share in depth about all your gardening practices. Enjoy the water, Cali and your Company. From Australia peace out 🇦🇺🤗💞✝️🙏✌️👍🇨🇦
Très belle scruture.c'est nickel..j'adore...je mettrais des silhouettes en métal.. animaux, fleurs. Fruits, soleil..personnages..c'est mon côté un peu farfelu!!😁..vous avez des tuteurs en métal !!...un petit paradis pour un jardinier.. beaucoup de travail 💚🍀 vous êtes bien le seul homme, que je connaisse, qui parle autant de ses plantations, ses légumes, ses fruits..et plus..une véritable passion 😁
Thank you for the wonderful garden tour! Here in zone 9b…. It is a real challenge to have a summer vegetable garden. Our winters are the best growing season!
YOU ARE AMAZING, THE DIVERSE SKILLS, THE GARDEN IS JUST BEAUITFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOME VARIETIES I'V NEVER EVEN HEARD OF. A COMPOST PILE, GARDEN. THAT IS A BLESSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS, FOR THE GARDEN TOUR, JUST AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Do take care. Fl., U.S.A.
I DO remember you starting this garden which we all thought was at your original homestead. I distinctly remember you saying that the area had hardwood trees surrounding it. And that you chose the area because it had a rich leaf mulch area on bedrock.
This is where you dug out a root cellar.
Whatever. It’s fantastic how the beds have conformed into an excellent growing area.
You might have had some failures but your garden looks fantastic. The variety of vegetables you grow is amazing and every year you learn more about how to get your plot/soil to produce for you.
For you radish bed that bolted, it is absolutely not a waste! You can eat the seed pods for radishes fresh in salads, add them to soup or stew, and I bet they would pickle great, too. They have the same flavor as the radish, as well as some spice.
And it is always a bonus to let some plants reseed themselves. Volunteer plants are awesome because it is essentially developing a crop that survives your own particular climate.
I wish I could get my San Marzano Plants to be as productive as what you call your poor ones! Can't wait to see them in the greenhouse, I hope that tour is coming next. Amazing garden! Also looking forward to seeing the new root cellar under the house. An exciting time to be you! Like Dennis Waitley would say, "The good old days are here and now!" and "Failure is the fertilizer for success!"
I have garden envy. I've been working on my garden Zone 7B about as long as you Shawn. I've had to develop my compacted clay / tree rooted soil with hugelkultur techniques too. But mine looks nothing like yours as far as productivity. Luckily you have your wife and daughter while you continue to work on the cabin (I don't know how you find the hours in the day). What most gardeners don't understand is that the soil feeds the plants, so what you are doing to feed the soil is building not only this year's garden, but a sustainable plot for years to come. In an urban area, I've had to learn a few tricks about keeping the deer at bay. Funny how we have a herd in our suburban atlanta neighborhood that probably rivals your populations, but here they have no room to roam. And of course, you can cull the herd whereas suburban gardeners can't . Plus there are no natural predators.
I had a bad tomatoe crop here this year, with fungal issues. So, remember to burn (rather than compost) ANY signs of plants with fungus. Once I got it under control, I did not follow the advice to remove some of the plants. I now have plants that are once again producing green tomatoes, and as in your case, I know they won't ripen. However, I HIGHLY recommend green tomatoe chutney, if you haven't already tried it. Great for Xmas presents for family and friends.
Interesting that temperatures here are not that dramatically different than what you have right now. But the sun's presence in the sky will soon change and I'll still be able to grow lettuce, spinanch, Kale, collards, Kohlrabi, etc. etc. all winter long. In fact, my winter garden is probably nicer/more productive than my summer garden. With excessive days in the 90s here this year my beans shed their blossoms and I had lots of plant, but few beans.
All of this is testament to all of the factors that farmers face in putting food on our tables (even if via the commercial grocery store). Everyone with access to land should try urban farming. You learn gratitude at a whole new level. It feeds the soul as much as the body.
My favorite way to make zucchini is quarter it lengthwise and toss the 4 quarters in olive oil and some herbs of your choosing and throw them into the grill or campfire rack. Works well with asparagus too.
Thank you so much Sean for your channel it's so interesting just to see you in the outdoors I wish I was younger or I'd be doing more with gardening again but I did so much in my lifetime.
I love seeing Kelly also
It would be fun to watch you and your wife putting up these vegetables and freezing them or canning. The wax for the cheese an interesting comment, have no idea what you are doing there! The end results would be interesting to see, for sure.
Nice work Shawn! I have lots of experience in Zone 3b in northern NY state so here are some suggestions: We don't like the idea of black plastic but 1/4 of our garden uses it. Kind of necessary for some things like egg plants peppers and tomatoes in our climate to get production up and reduces your weeding load. We use heavy agriculture plastic covers (choose a thick mil rating) and will last about 5 years, moving the chunks around the garden in rotations. Even small chunks that cover the immediate root zone on starting plants helps warm-up the soil for a good start. We have the same problem with potting soil- low in nutrients and too much partly decomposed wood products sucking up available nitrogen. The solution is to add nutrients or get more expensive potting mixes. Mixing in pelletized chicken manure helps or using your favorite liquid fertilizer. Making a fish emulsion fertilizer would be a self-reliant way of doing this. Last, maybe the problem with some of your transplants in an arrested growth rate after transplant is a lack of nutrients. After plants have been in the soil for a time, the mycorrhizae fungi get to the roots (or the roots get to the fungi) and the plants start to grow. Solution is supplemental fertilizer, usually one application maybe two, promoting growth in the pant until symbiosis gets started (we find this necessary for peppers and eggplants in our sandy soil). Very interested in the results of your potato harvest, hoping you or Emily will have this in a future video. Excellent garden.
Happy Labor Day.......Thank you for sharing about what your wife has been doing, I was listening. So good to hear about your family in how they work alongside you in your endeavor. It continues to amaze me at the work you all put into these projects and the amount of study you put into it as well before you start a project........AMAZING.......the growth of your garden as well has taken off as I have been watching from very beginning from seed to harvest.........awesome. Blessings in the fruit of your labor.
We like mashed potatoes made half and half with turnips and some roasted garlic. Far fewer carbs and taste is wonderful; nobody will touch rutabagas, however. Our favorite greens are mustard greens, hands down--even their perfume when cooking is Heavenly.
Our only garden area is on the west side of the red brick house and 20 feet away. It doesn't receive sunlight until around 11 a.m. Tomato's and peppers were always so-so. A few years ago I was standing next to the brick on a hot afternoon. I could feel the heat radiating from the bricks. IDEA! The next year we planted a Roma and a cherry next to the house. Holy cow. Those plants went nuts. Summer nights here average upper 50's - low 60's Fahrenheit. Out of curiosity, on a July evening I used a laser thermal sensor on the brick at 11pm. Temp was low 80's.
Not sure if you could incorporate a wall of red bricks behind your tomato's. If so, you'll be eating tomatoes in early August. The Chipmunks will like it too.
The first time I have ever heard them called "ground cherries," I grew up calling them cape gooseberries, or just gooseberries - but I love your word for them. They make the most amazing jam or wine and mixed with elderflower cordial and cream makes an exceptional mousse dessert or fool. Very common in Southern Africa, Australia and UK.
Thank you , Shawn .
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In spanisch, me sumo a su gran trabajo, perseverancia y dominio de los problemas para llevar sus plantaciones a buen recabo. Desde el sur de la Patagonia chilena, Calbuco, Gerardo. Muchas gracias señor Shawn, cosquillas para Cali!
I’m so amazed how you are constantly building and working your land and you still have time to go in the water with Cali and help your daughter. There isn’t a lazy bone in your body. Beautiful and plentiful garden you have. Enjoyed the video.
I wanted to write earlier but got distracted with chores, your first year garden yielded an abundant of vegetables all while building a cabin.
Green thumb Shawn
A lot of variety. My favorite is the Cali-flower.
A LOT A LOT OF WORK and now you recolt the desive of all this huge efort....BIG BRAVO JAMES and EMILY....👏👏👏
oh well you will have some to can and eat....you will be a busy bee...nothing better then a garden...i love fresh stuff..i only got tomatoes here and cherry ones to...i got a little corn to..i was late going in..but there coming along...hope it stays warm till frost time...Shawn if you stay there all the time,,i would get some chickens,,love those eggs man..put a top on the fence,so they dont get out...course you get big snows there to...just thinking out loud,,haa...be careful..
Hi Shawn, I'm amazed at your vegetable garden 😋 All those wonderful fresh and organic fruits and vegetables WOW 👏 Is there anything you can't turn your hand to? I doubt it. Good on you and your family and thanks for sharing 👍
Shawn I love watching your videos but I never comment so here I go! Your building planning gardening skills are truly amazing is there anything you cannot do ? I think not and it’s evident from your videos and your amazing photography! If there were more men like you what an amazing world it would be ! Looking forward to your next video !
Our local warehouse garden house had corn (all you could put in one of their bags, approximately 22) for $1.00. Same with colored peppers, so I put up 9 pints of corn relish and 11 bags of frozen corn! Never thought at 75 I would be canning etc….. you have inspired us to make sure we have at least six months of food prepped!
I watched it with real pleasure. like all movies, but this one was special for me because I am a passionate gardener. Me and my partner (we live in the UK) have no chance of such a life, but we try to be at least partially independent. This year I finally got an allotment. Previously, my vegetable garden was a few boxes in the back garden. My partner - so far skeptical - began to see sense in the cultivation of some food, mainly due to the economic situation in Europe. In addition, due to illness, I had to quit my job and I have to learn something completely new to start a new job. Gardening skills allow me to support my home budget and feel useful. I treat your entire channel as educational, but it was also fun to watch the gardening experience from a completely different place like the UK. My original country is Poland and the climate there is more like Canadian than English, I have to learn gardening in England. I was surprised that you grow horseradish. In Poland, we use it as a meat seasoning, often in combination with beetroot. But also as an addition to pickled and fermented foods. I talk too much - I greet the whole family. And please scratch Kali's tummy from me.
Beautiful garden! I love all of the dual purpose plants. Sweet potatoes are my favorite. I eat the potatoes and I use the leaves in salads. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Wishing you and your family much success!
Welcome back to the garden thanks for showing it to us👍🐕WS NC
Great tour. Yep, my fall garden germinating not going so well. Not all potting soil is made for germinating. Grows slightly then stops. Triple digit temperatures here in far north California, for several weeks now. No cucumber action at all. No beet action either. Plants dying early, just beat by the sun.
Shawn, thank you for the wealth of knowledge and experience in this video!
Shawn your garden is unbelievably healthy for its first year. A green thumb for sure to go along with all your other skills.
I grew Blue Moon Roses to which I added Sky Blue Delphinians to grow beside or near my roses they kept aphids away - also Marigold plants are also good for keeping bugs away.
I just LOVE seeing Cali and her tail (plume) in the background..... Photo bombing! Cali is a beautiful girl! 🐕
ohhh, that little green tomato is the green tomatillo that they use in Mexico to make the delicious salsa verde!!! look up the recipe, it is soooooooooooo good!!! your garden is amazing, as all you do. There is no other channel i rather see than yours: inspiring, interesting, fun and filled with love and the most amazing, poetic, beautiful nature shots... and the music is great too!!!
Garden ducks to harvest when the first snow falls is a great idea!
Congratulations, your garden looks simply wonderful. The changes you made and disassembled the Hugo beds, very significant.
Thank you so much Shawn. Unfortunately I don't have Instagram or Tik Tok. Only Facebook and TH-cam. I just hope that your message in the comments is real and you really stand behind it. have a great day.
James, I am just amazed with your work ethic, besides building your beautiful cabin, you provide food for the family. If I wore a hat, I’d take it off to you!
Very interesting video. Thanks Shawn! It went same as elsewhere with potatoes in Greenhouse - they go for seeds. One thing - I read somewhere with Oak. Once they start to grow - if you plan to replant them, make sure that "South" remains the same. They fail sometimes if they don't turn right, specially in northern hemisphere. And you showed us why we till our compost every 3 months minimum. Great work - perhaps your could cover your structure there over some of your beds with plastic sheets in the spring to make early green house effect and start the spring early. We use that often in Iceland.
This Garden is already 3 years old and not the same as on the Log Cabin.
Wow what a beautiful garden thanks for sharing this with everyone 👍👌✌🏻🌄
With the food shortages already showing up here in the lower 48, that garden will give your family sustenance throughout the winter. Went to the grocer today - no mushrooms on the shelves, which usually are overflowing with them. Also, no grassfed ground beef in the meat dept. Starting to see less on the shelves, and of more items. Instead of rows of cans 6 to 8 deep, only one or two rows of cans at the front, especially of vegetables. Scary times are coming, if not already starting. Found one of my ration books from WW2 the other day. Wonder if that will become a reality again?
Waow Shawn, plot of dreams there my man 😍 Credit to the gardeners. All the hours and patience put into this is really paying off now, I know how satisfying that must be and how much potential is still there. Thanks for sharing this with us, incredible work and I love your planting style even if I couldn't do it myself (I like things VERY organised within reason lol). Fantastic stuff. Absolute sea of green and that's from someone living in N.Ireland who's used to it.
Your garden has done far better than mine this year. My tomatoes were doing good, until they set fruit then suddenly all the leaves started to wither and die. I have one tomatoe that only flowered about a week ago (I'm in the city so zone 6?) so I'm doubtful I will get any fruit from it. My cukes flowered but only produced one cucumber than died as well. I had bought some 'organic' soil and compost so after hearing so many reporting issues with theirs this year I think I might start with fresh soil next year. Here's to next year and better gardens for everyone!
Glad you are using the Hügelkultur method. I found it very successful, I didn't have to water or fertilize as often and some of my tomatoes got to 6' tall! Okra loved it too. Infact as time passed everything thrived more.
Thanks for your sharing, trellising tomatoes on cattle panels are great!
My family used pet ducks for natural pest control, in our gardens. The ducks never damaged our plant, as they ate the insects. Plus the poo adds a bit of fertilizer as they ate the insects.
Beautiful garden Shawn so healthy so green and producing a fine crop. started doing some research on improving my soil so that I can start growing my own veggies at least, and a natural homemade remedy that I can use for bugs that attack them and of course the hornworm that is attacking my beef steak. A lot to learn. You folks are going to be very busy with the harvesting and preserving. Thanks for explaining what you do to get a wonderful garden like this. interesting video Shawn
Amazing garden tour and I don't know how you remember everything like you do but you continue to amaze us,so we will be awaiting harvest time and the finishing of the cabin,thanks and we will be praying for all that's coming up.
Have you read any Ruth Stout? Gardening from the couch is my favorite. I garden on blacktop. .Started with 6" raised beds. and use hay to feed the soil, lighter than truck loads of dirt. Your abundance is showing, You will be dried in and warm this winter, that's amazing progress.
SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Good Morning to YOU glad you got the garden There !!! You will need it in the winter months it is hard here in the STATES!!! Have been buying some of the things that didn't grow in the garden !!! Am glad I got rice in the house for later on in the winter time for flour and cooking with !!!
You could lengthen your growing season by putting some plastic sheeting over your arbor. It’s perfect for starting plants early or lengthening in the fall. Maybe something to consider for next year. Beautiful garden! Excellent planning…impressive…medicinal area of your garden…. Also great progress on your cabin building…
What a hard working man you are Shawn. Vast garden plus building the cabin.
Enjoyed your garden tour so much and appreciate you sharing your failures along with your successes, that's how gardening goes and nothing is perfect. You have a fantastic garden! It's so rewarding to eat fresh like this several months. We love grocery shopping in our garden.
17:27 - It looks like Cali thinks you are talking to her....funny~!
Cali is the cutest dog in the universe!!!!!!! Hands down!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maritime gardening has grown salsify... Loved this video!
About the sweet potatoes with the landscape fabric…. here in Japan the heavy black black is widely used. I was told that by denying the plants surface water from rain it forces them to send roots deeper. In doing so they not only get their moisture, but nutrients to help them grow.
Very nice having what you have...most things are popping well...and as you finish the housing it will certainly be way much better, your garden is so well made 💫💯
THIS GARDEN IS UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
I'm so jealous of your out of control garden, I have been recovering from a third knee in the same leg (infection) and I haven't been able to have a garden for two seasons and it's somewhat of an outlet to see you build and grow, really appreciate your time. Thanks
Stinging nettle is great replacement for steamed spinach.. once you cook it down the stinging is all gone but high in nutrients.. pick them while they are young and boil away.. they also spread like mad so helps to control them..
Howdy Shawn. Our tomatoes never gave any harvest until i started use chicken mennour. This is our first year with a massive harvest.