Your garden looks great. We have lost our entire crops this year here in the Philippines. We cannot get to the farm as our home there is still under construction and we live 40 miles away now and have been on quarentine lockdown since March 15 th. But the great thing is we gave all the crops to any neighbor who wanted to pick them and loaned the chickens to our neighbor there. Hopefully next year the home will be finished and this crazy pandemic will be over.
G'day David, it's great to feel your positivity even under such a long lockdown. Sharing your farm assets - what a top neighbour and community member you are... All the best :)
Love the 2nd channel. The longer conversation type videos. You are a man of much knowledge and I'm glad to hear your take on many aspects of your self sufficient operation. Cheers!
I'd say good on you both for giving it a go Mark !! Nina packin' it in is no failure because as you said , she was ill from the beginning. Plus her out at work she'd need a lot of protein. Love the idea behind your experiment . Keep a stiff upper lip mate !! Here's a big self sufficient thumbs up !! ;)
Good on ya, Nina, for making it through the past two weeks! Hope you're on the mend soon. Mark, I'm encouraged how you praise her in these videos. Something for us guys to keep in mind. Anyway, Hey, you've got this, man. Not much longer now!
Looking forward to hear Nina's thoughts on the experiment! Even if her feedback is "It was miserable", we will still love hearing her thoughts. More Nina screen time is always good!
You're right Mark. This is truly authentic...no notice, no planning or preparation. You and Nina just got into it! I am following closely - not all of us have excellent health at all times, so I am very keen to also hear what Nina has to say. You both deserve a medal!! Kiri.
I think making it this far into the challenge was a credit to her! Keep up the amazing work with your property, the fact that you’re proving you can live off of what you have is amazing.
You guys have done real well at the spur of the moment at the worst time to try the experiment. Just think how well it can be when you're prepared for whatever comes. Your experiment has prompted me to shift things and get further and more deeply prepared for whatever.
When I first discovered you last year you inspired me to be more self sufficient. I'm growning tomatoes in containers for the first time. Next year I'm going to try potatoes and peppers also. I've been learning how to can. Thanks for being you. Thanks for being an inspiration.
I'm glad Nina can get what she needs. Lovely broth, meat, veg, herbs and back to health. ! She can still add from the citrus and garden but good call on both your parts! ❤ And lots of learning happened! !!!
Could not get the memory out of my head of when you refurbished the gourd tunnel and realised how much better it was when you moved the support poles to the edges. How many times in our life have we realised a better way to do something. Great to keep improving things over time, love your honesty. Best wishes for Nina's speedy recovery. You are looking trim and still healthy, next time do it in Summer!
Noble effort - most important is having a balanced diet and protein is important for humans. Bravo Nina and bravo to you as well! Might be easier in a more robust growing season...and finally, honest and frank is always best. 😊👍
Two weeks out of three is still amazing! You have learned a lot already and Nina now knows that she needs more protein. You will improve your garden and be even better at self sufficiency in the future. Thank you both for sharing your experiment. Blessings!
You're missing carbs from grains. When you get the mill, stock up on grains so you can make bread, cakes, etc. Makes a world of difference having bread with veggie soup or eggs on toast.
Good experiment for you two to just up and do with no real planning. And Nina did a very good job at it considering there was no real plans, you just jumped right in head first. And of course Nina should be honest and blunt sharing her thoughts on it... Good job for the both of you.
Hi Mark, recently found your channels and have watching through them whilst in lockdown in the U.K. in Cornwall. Excellent content and thoroughly enjoyable, it’s been a long time since I was in Queensland and it’s was my dream to have a small lifestyle plot whilst I was living in NZ, I think your garden is paradise. Good on yah!
I have recently found your parent channel and binge watched and learned so much. Now found the SSM2! Thank you for so much good stuff! Nina did a great job going 2 wks. Keep up the fantastic work guys. Love, love, live these channels. Can't wait for the fishing channel and info!
Can't wait to watch the next video. Great job you guys. You're an inspiration and I hope Nina gets better soon. Happy to hear you guys are beating Covid over there as well. Take care!
You're a fantastic man, doing a fantastic job! Thank you so much for sharing all your wisdom, knowledge and insights. Really fabulous idea to expand on the recipes and self sufficiency tips. Look forward to seeing your projects blossom and grow. ❤️
This experiment is really interesting and I am exited to hear what Nina has to say about it. I live in germany and grow vegetables in a couple of raised beds. Not nearly enough to get a week of food out of it. When I see your garden, the only thing I can think of is: "I need more acreage".
Always a pleasure Mark. Thanks for doing this experiment. I'd like to get to the point where I can try it out with my family as well. We only have about a 450sq ft food plot and 9 quail that we hatched out and are trying to grow our flock with. Trying to grow more every year. By the way, my 1 year old son says "g'day" every time you pop up 😂
Flour can also be made out of potatoes, sweet potatoes, peas, beans, coconuts, almonds etc. I'm not sure what of that list you can grow there but now would be a great time to get some going. Your place looks gorgeous Mark. Ive been watching your other channel for years now and the progress is jaw-dropping amazing!
Well done! It is quite an accomplishment to be able to even have enough food available from your garden to supply all your food. This is the first season I've been able to eat almost exclusively from my garden. I can't grow in winter however, so I am planting as much as I can for storage and freezing. I love your content. Great stuff. Cheers.
Wishing a speedy recovery for Nina! I would love to do the same experiment. I am having some setbacks in the garden due to a groundhog, but once everything starts producing, I would like to try something similar.
My dark humour is terrible sometimes but I couldn't help it lol... I had unintentionally made this long pause as I tried to find the right words so in editing, I'm sitting here watching myself struggle in that full second to speak and the "passed away" phrase popped into my head. Cheers :)
Good on you Mark and good on Nina for making a solid effort. I really recommend learning how to eat and cook vegan food to learn what you need to thrive, not just survive without meat, eggs and dairy. I was vegan for three years and it taught me a lot about food. In the end I got sick of looking at my food so closely but I have learnt to appreciate vegan food for what it is (and isn't). It's so much easier to add meat, eggs and dairy when you have them and when you don't, you're still prepared to make filling meals that keep your protein and carbs close to daily recommended levels.
Good on Nina for trying like she did even though she was sick. and glad you understood her need for more than just what she was getting from your garden as well, her body would need a whole host of different and good foods to help boost her immune system to make her recovery quicker. its not easy what you've both been trying to do and you should be proud of your efforts.
Fantastic that you can do this experiment. Like taking the garden for a test drive. The larger the portion of your plate from your land the better even if not 100%.
Hi Mark, leaving 6 recipe ideas that are filling with what you have in the garden and some crop ideas: Hungarian Lecso (check allrecipes for Hungarian Lecso II recipe) -> Tomatos, eggs, Bell peppers. Allo Mattar (indian traditional curry -> Potatoes, peas, tomatoes ) Lentil stew (vegetarian) -> Lentils, carrots, tomatoes, whatever you have to throw in there Vegetarian Pasta with Tomato sauce -> Use zucchini pasta, make a tomato sauce with garlic and some onion add zuchinnis and egg plants in there in small cubes. Tortilla (spanish) -> Potatoes and eggs as a base, combine with any vegetables you like. Kartoffelpuffer (Potato pancakes) -> Potatos, Flour*, Eggs (I know you cannot use flour but you can actually make flour from any starchy vegetable or root crop just get yourself a manual mill!) Make an apple mouse and serve on top. Turkish bean and tomato salad -> Green beans, tomatoes, salt, onion, olive oil You can make stock from vegetables without needing to buy it only need a dehydrator, you can make corn-flour with a manual mill easy to get in the US. Crops that could be interesting for you: Fava beans (harvested mine now in July as incredible as it sounds since usually a January crop) Sweet potatoes Chayote (can be grown in containers, large produce) Rat's tail radish Yardlong beans (large produce) Chickpeas, lentils, Soy Beans Okra Thank you for making these series!
“It’s winter here”..... as you stand there in the same outfit you wear during summer. 😂 I can understand thou cuz I’m in southern Georgia USA & we have pretty mild winters.
Nancy Fahey that blows my mind! Last year in Northern Indiana our winter got down to -10 degrees F. Normally we don’t get that low, but in 20 degree weather many people don’t even wear coats up here.
Hey mate the wife n I are loving all your videos but especially loving the raw rambling behind the scenes walkabouts in this second channel, I'm really interested in how and where you store all your preserved foods, would love to see a video on that, cheers 👍
Sorry to add to the work load. I'd be interested in dried food content. As part payment - it's story time. As a young man I volunteered to do guard duty over the Xmas to NY period at Gallipolli Barracks Enogerra. 24 on/off. They gave me a room of a fella on deployment. On the 24 off I volunteered in the kitchen. I was young. The machine that peels potatoes was amazing. Like a washing machine with the inside made of a real coarse sand paper and you just dropped the spuds in and the machine swirled them around for a minute and out came no-skin spuds. Incredible. Thanks in advance Mark.
Looking forward to your rounding it up video. We would starve if I tried it with our small gardens but I am looking forward to being able to supply what I can to our household. Love your videos Mark. I am always on the lookout for them. Thank you
This experiment is great. Your transparency is great. Do what you feel is right, I guess you shouldn't push yourself to do anything that doesn't feel right. I hope when I get my own piece of land I can be half as Self Sufficient as you. You are my biggest inspiration in the garden, thanks Mark.
😆”passed Away” that was too funny! Ah well, poor dear Nina, what is she sick with? What a trooper, Both of you are! Your amazing corrugated metal raised beds inspired my husband and he is gathering the supplies to redo my beds and expand the garden. Do you grow raspberries or pumpkins ? I’d love tips on those. 😍 hope Nina feels better soon!
Mark, maybe you could make a self sufficient vegetable cookbook of some type?? Or just a self sufficient cookbook? Maybe, a how to can preserve food book? Hell, just do all of them. People have forgotten how to preserve food. We did it growing up, but my kids don't have a clue! (I'm 56) love your videos Mark.
Mark thank you for sharing your 21 days of living off what you can grow it was amazing to watch what you come up with and definitely allowed for me to see how I could improve on my varieties on a more year-round basis love seeing your wife I had not seen her in any of your videos before she’s kind of a character and adds to your Channel if you could get her to be in a few more I think it would be a big plus only because she complement you
Hi, your wife should not feel bad, good on her for lasting this long while being sick. Health always comes first. Looking forward to your final video. We tried to do a vegetarian month using recipes from one of our favourite cookery books. That did not go well. The need to fish/meat got the better of us after just a week. So well done you for lasting this long. The health benefits of what you are doing seem to be great, we wish we had the will power to see it through. We are in a glut of zuchinis and cucumbers/cornichons at the the moment, we are preserving them, will be putting up some picks in the forum soon. Can't wait for the final video.
Loving this second channel Mark! Brilliant experiment to try out, I can't wait for the second one to happen as you've learnt a lot already. Keep the content coming.
I would love to see you do this challenge again during a season where you could harvest lots of protein rich crops and lots of planning (sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, soybeans, other dried beans... other nuts, maybe even trying legumes. and i have no idea if you could harvest all these things at the same time lol). i’m in urban france and am just starting to garden here in a very generous person’s backyard! back in toronto (canada) i had a garden share in a neighbour’s backyard and it was fab! my main focus here is expanding a garden sharing program and growing mexican crops like tomatillos and poblanos that aren’t available here at all. love your channel(s)!
Use green bananas if you have them as your flour replacement. Get them super firm and green, peel and slice them thinly, dehydrate them, then grind into a powder and sift. I do this as a gluten free flour replacement with green plantains and it’s so flavorful. You could also try using them with making tostones.
Those jicama burgers look amazing!! Does Nina have a recipe she'd be willing to share, or is it a family secret? The acerage is looking great, and the chickens all seem happy as plums. Keep up the great work, Mark. P.s - love the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" reference!
I’d love to see Nina’s perspective on this experience but I’m very camera shy myself so I totally understand if she doesn’t want to. It’s really sweet how you talk about your wife, Mark. You guys seem like a great match.
One possibility for a mill is if you can find a home brew beer store near you that specialises in all malt beer, they often sell a very inexpensive mill. The 2 brand names are Corona and Porkert. They are plate mills and work well enough for grinding a few kilos of grain at a time. I guess you can probably pick one up for less than $100 if you look around. The nice thing about them is that they are good for doing both dry and wet ingredients. I've crushed kilos of wet soy beans for making soy milk and tofu, for example. Not fantastic for wheat flour, but not terrible either. If I were doing the homesteading thing, I would definitely have one since they are hand cranked and very versatile (and basically indestructible).
Another good video Mark. I hope Nina returns to full health fast. We all need protein but can access plant based sources with proper planning. Some bodies absorb differently than others. It will be interesting to note whether you will add more protein sources to your Spring planting this year. Oh, I'm looking forward to your review of your mill as i have been looking for a good one too.
well I for one LOVE honest and frank and much appreciate it :) Tell Nina to feel better soon and can't wait to see her cameo :) Oh and got my tank top finally and it looks Epic!!!!!!!! And yeah I know what you mean, here in NC in the town I live in, its getting hard to find canning jars. very odd as I didn't think that many ppl still canned...........guess I was wrong.
I think there has been a resurgence of gardening and canning this year, due to the COVID situation. I’m having a hard time replacing my pressure canner most places are sold out.
If you have dried beans you can also grind them into flour. Garbanzo bean flour can be used to make Italian socca. You can also make falafel from garbanzo. Nina was smart to quit before she got sicker, I hope she feels better soon.
Hope all goes will for Nina you guys are awesome, mark she may have been going through a detoxification process in her body my family and I went through that I'm now vegan and my family are vegetarians , some of us got sick or had to go to the bathroom to have a poo time in any event please mark don't give up you can do this 21 days keep up the good job ...
You know, my Grandfather and I would go fishing and although catfish are not considered a prize eating fish we'd still keep a few and eat them (usually on the river bank campfire) and I have to say they were always pretty tasty! So yes, it is worth considering alright. Cheers :)
I’d rather have an honest and frank opinion/answer than to have someone sugarcoat it. In know my wife wouldn’t have made it as long as Nina as she’s a diabetic. Keep your head up Mrs. SSM! You’ve earned a lot of people’s respect! And good on you Mark!
A very healing green smoothie is kale, spinach, some frozen fruit or over-ripe bananas, water and whole flax seeds if you are using a good high power blender to grind up the flax (Vitamix). It is an anti-inflammatory smoothie and sickness reversing for many. You can live on this alone ( a blender a day) for at least 21 days. In hard times, if we have greens growing, we can make it one way or another! I was off blood pressure meds within 4 days and lost weight without effort or hunger. So, if hard times hit, or bad health, we do have options. This wasn't an 'ad' for something, just info and my experience.
Hope she’s feeling better soon! If she doesn’t like the camera do something like a split screen with just a picture of her or put her in shadow. Nina, you are beautiful and we would love to see you if you are up to it! ❤️
Is no one gonna talk about the fact that our jolly friend here just made "my wife died" joke? P.S. I love your videos. I've learned so much about gardening from you and started working on my garden as well. Can't wait for to see the final results from this test you're doing.
Regarding taking corn kernels and grinding them, I found toasting my corn kernels just slightly made it easier for my electric coffee grinder to turn it rather than into meal into flour.
I wish I had the space to try something like this. I was going to try something similar this year but I had too many pests and other issues this year in my garden.
When we decided to move into a plant based diet I ordered some vegetarian meals from Hello Fresh. Really helped me learn some yummy ways to eat vegetarian without that boredom - easy. I look forward to your final feedback :)
Try it again but though spring and I would like to to see more preserved foods and sauces that sort of things but thanks to you I started experimenting myself I have always had a garden myself but I have been experimenting with different ideas so far it's average but have had some success especially with growing out of season
I have to do a low fodmap diet off and on. It’s rough getting use to not eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables plus no gluten or lactose. You learn what you can and cannot tolerate once you start adding things back. Some things only in small amounts. I plan my veggie garden around those types of low fodmap veggies.
Your garden looks great. We have lost our entire crops this year here in the Philippines. We cannot get to the farm as our home there is still under construction and we live 40 miles away now and have been on quarentine lockdown since March 15 th. But the great thing is we gave all the crops to any neighbor who wanted to pick them and loaned the chickens to our neighbor there. Hopefully next year the home will be finished and this crazy pandemic will be over.
Good luck. I am sorry for u.
Fellow Filipino here. I hope you come back strong after all that's happening.
Dang man sorry to hear that. Keep you head up; it’ll get better.
G'day David, it's great to feel your positivity even under such a long lockdown. Sharing your farm assets - what a top neighbour and community member you are... All the best :)
@@SelfSufficientMe2
Thank you. We are all in this together.
At the very least your Wife learned from the experience and discovered holes that need to be dealt with in your system. I'd call that a win.
Yes true... Good point!
Love the 2nd channel. The longer conversation type videos. You are a man of much knowledge and I'm glad to hear your take on many aspects of your self sufficient operation. Cheers!
Can't say I blame her - tricky for her as she's unwell. Bless her.
Calling Nina 'cinematic' is literally the most wholesome and cute compliment. I love how you speak about her
All the best Nina. Put in a good innings. Still learned a lot and this experience is part of the results.
I'd say good on you both for giving it a go Mark !! Nina packin' it in is no failure because as you said , she was ill from the beginning. Plus her out at work she'd need a lot of protein. Love the idea behind your experiment . Keep a stiff upper lip mate !! Here's a big self sufficient thumbs up !! ;)
Cheers Mike! :)
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Good on ya, Nina, for making it through the past two weeks! Hope you're on the mend soon.
Mark, I'm encouraged how you praise her in these videos. Something for us guys to keep in mind.
Anyway, Hey, you've got this, man. Not much longer now!
Rouverius, thank you for your comment. Made my heart melt. I've got a keeper and he's very supportive. Not every lady is so lucky :-)
My favorite starchy thing to grow in the garden is potatoes. Extremely versatile, satisfying, high calorie vegetable. Satisfies a lot of cravings.
Get well soon Nina. Rest and take care of you.
Looking forward to hear Nina's thoughts on the experiment!
Even if her feedback is "It was miserable", we will still love hearing her thoughts.
More Nina screen time is always good!
Bless Nina. I am new and enjoying both channel! Thank you.
You're right Mark. This is truly authentic...no notice, no planning or preparation. You and Nina just got into it! I am following closely - not all of us have excellent health at all times, so I am very keen to also hear what Nina has to say. You both deserve a medal!! Kiri.
I think making it this far into the challenge was a credit to her! Keep up the amazing work with your property, the fact that you’re proving you can live off of what you have is amazing.
Hi Mark, hard to find a video of yours I haven't seen yet!! Thanks mate!
You guys have done real well at the spur of the moment at the worst time to try the experiment. Just think how well it can be when you're prepared for whatever comes. Your experiment has prompted me to shift things and get further and more deeply prepared for whatever.
Nina is a beautiful lady. Would really like to hear her honest take on the experience of the experiment, same as from you.
I like the blunt truth.
When I first discovered you last year you inspired me to be more self sufficient. I'm growning tomatoes in containers for the first time. Next year I'm going to try potatoes and peppers also. I've been learning how to can. Thanks for being you. Thanks for being an inspiration.
I'm glad Nina can get what she needs. Lovely broth, meat, veg, herbs and back to health. ! She can still add from the citrus and garden but good call on both your parts! ❤ And lots of learning happened! !!!
Could not get the memory out of my head of when you refurbished the gourd tunnel and realised how much better it was when you moved the support poles to the edges. How many times in our life have we realised a better way to do something. Great to keep improving things over time, love your honesty. Best wishes for Nina's speedy recovery. You are looking trim and still healthy, next time do it in Summer!
Noble effort - most important is having a balanced diet and protein is important for humans. Bravo Nina and bravo to you as well! Might be easier in a more robust growing season...and finally, honest and frank is always best. 😊👍
The way you said that Nina is cinematic was just so sweet!
Two weeks out of three is still amazing! You have learned a lot already and Nina now knows that she needs more protein. You will improve your garden and be even better at self sufficiency in the future. Thank you both for sharing your experiment. Blessings!
You're missing carbs from grains. When you get the mill, stock up on grains so you can make bread, cakes, etc. Makes a world of difference having bread with veggie soup or eggs on toast.
Good experiment for you two to just up and do with no real planning. And Nina did a very good job at it considering there was no real plans, you just jumped right in head first. And of course Nina should be honest and blunt sharing her thoughts on it... Good job for the both of you.
You’re already famous, Mate! Edit: “Self sufficient culture” love that.
Hi Mark, recently found your channels and have watching through them whilst in lockdown in the U.K. in Cornwall. Excellent content and thoroughly enjoyable, it’s been a long time since I was in Queensland and it’s was my dream to have a small lifestyle plot whilst I was living in NZ, I think your garden is paradise. Good on yah!
I have recently found your parent channel and binge watched and learned so much. Now found the SSM2! Thank you for so much good stuff! Nina did a great job going 2 wks. Keep up the fantastic work guys. Love, love, live these channels. Can't wait for the fishing channel and info!
Good for her for giving it a solid effort!
Can't wait to watch the next video. Great job you guys. You're an inspiration and I hope Nina gets better soon. Happy to hear you guys are beating Covid over there as well. Take care!
You're a fantastic man, doing a fantastic job! Thank you so much for sharing all your wisdom, knowledge and insights.
Really fabulous idea to expand on the recipes and self sufficiency tips. Look forward to seeing your projects blossom and grow. ❤️
Huge props to both of you good show!
khaki campbells were bred for duckling production, probably a good addition to your flock.
We love you Nina! Do the experiment again in the summer and prep up before you start.
This experiment is really interesting and I am exited to hear what Nina has to say about it. I live in germany and grow vegetables in a couple of raised beds. Not nearly enough to get a week of food out of it. When I see your garden, the only thing I can think of is: "I need more acreage".
Wishing Nina well. You’re looking great, proud of both of you! Looking forward to final results :)
Always a pleasure Mark. Thanks for doing this experiment. I'd like to get to the point where I can try it out with my family as well. We only have about a 450sq ft food plot and 9 quail that we hatched out and are trying to grow our flock with. Trying to grow more every year. By the way, my 1 year old son says "g'day" every time you pop up 😂
She made it a long way though! I'm sure you've both really learned a lot already and you only get better with testing your boundaries.
Flour substitute- ground nuts. I typically use almonds, but you can dehydrate pecans and use those.
Flour can also be made out of potatoes, sweet potatoes, peas, beans, coconuts, almonds etc. I'm not sure what of that list you can grow there but now would be a great time to get some going. Your place looks gorgeous Mark. Ive been watching your other channel for years now and the progress is jaw-dropping amazing!
Loving your channel, just stumbled upon it a couple days ago, I have some catching up to do!
Well done! It is quite an accomplishment to be able to even have enough food available from your garden to supply all your food. This is the first season I've been able to eat almost exclusively from my garden. I can't grow in winter however, so I am planting as much as I can for storage and freezing. I love your content. Great stuff. Cheers.
I hope Nina feels better soon. I dropped out of my food challenge for similar reasons. Had to get better before I could resume.
Good on ya mate for keeping on with the experiment!
Wishing a speedy recovery for Nina! I would love to do the same experiment. I am having some setbacks in the garden due to a groundhog, but once everything starts producing, I would like to try something similar.
Great video. I was wondering what you use for salad dressing. Looking forward to more videos. Thanks.
Me and the missus burst out laughing when that “passed away” popped up
Me too!!! 😂 🤣
Crikey, it freaked me right out!!
We were 98% sure he was joking 😄
My dark humour is terrible sometimes but I couldn't help it lol... I had unintentionally made this long pause as I tried to find the right words so in editing, I'm sitting here watching myself struggle in that full second to speak and the "passed away" phrase popped into my head. Cheers :)
@@SelfSufficientMe2 yep, I should be used to your sense of humour by now, it's cool, I dig it! Don't change! 🤣
Good on you Mark and good on Nina for making a solid effort.
I really recommend learning how to eat and cook vegan food to learn what you need to thrive, not just survive without meat, eggs and dairy.
I was vegan for three years and it taught me a lot about food. In the end I got sick of looking at my food so closely but I have learnt to appreciate vegan food for what it is (and isn't).
It's so much easier to add meat, eggs and dairy when you have them and when you don't, you're still prepared to make filling meals that keep your protein and carbs close to daily recommended levels.
I really applaud the will power you guys are showing....Especially you mark. U are getting so thin almost skinny....wish u a lot of love and support
Good on Nina for trying like she did even though she was sick. and glad you understood her need for more than just what she was getting from your garden as well, her body would need a whole host of different and good foods to help boost her immune system to make her recovery quicker. its not easy what you've both been trying to do and you should be proud of your efforts.
Fantastic that you can do this experiment. Like taking the garden for a test drive. The larger the portion of your plate from your land the better even if not 100%.
Hi Mark, leaving 6 recipe ideas that are filling with what you have in the garden and some crop ideas:
Hungarian Lecso (check allrecipes for Hungarian Lecso II recipe) -> Tomatos, eggs, Bell peppers.
Allo Mattar (indian traditional curry -> Potatoes, peas, tomatoes )
Lentil stew (vegetarian) -> Lentils, carrots, tomatoes, whatever you have to throw in there
Vegetarian Pasta with Tomato sauce -> Use zucchini pasta, make a tomato sauce with garlic and some onion add zuchinnis and egg plants in there in small cubes.
Tortilla (spanish) -> Potatoes and eggs as a base, combine with any vegetables you like.
Kartoffelpuffer (Potato pancakes) -> Potatos, Flour*, Eggs (I know you cannot use flour but you can actually make flour from any starchy vegetable or root crop just get yourself a manual mill!) Make an apple mouse and serve on top.
Turkish bean and tomato salad -> Green beans, tomatoes, salt, onion, olive oil
You can make stock from vegetables without needing to buy it only need a dehydrator, you can make corn-flour with a manual mill easy to get in the US.
Crops that could be interesting for you:
Fava beans (harvested mine now in July as incredible as it sounds since usually a January crop)
Sweet potatoes
Chayote (can be grown in containers, large produce)
Rat's tail radish
Yardlong beans (large produce)
Chickpeas, lentils, Soy Beans
Okra
Thank you for making these series!
“It’s winter here”..... as you stand there in the same outfit you wear during summer. 😂
I can understand thou cuz I’m in southern Georgia USA & we have pretty mild winters.
I'm in central Florida. Our weather is pretty similar to their's but Florida gets down to the 20's at times. Rare but enough to kick my butt.
Nancy Fahey that blows my mind! Last year in Northern Indiana our winter got down to -10 degrees F. Normally we don’t get that low, but in 20 degree weather many people don’t even wear coats up here.
Sammi A woah, here down in south Texas the lowest winter temp it gets is 32, and that’s rare.
@Coma White kin oath maye
@@nancyfahey7518 20s in F or C ?🤔
Hey mate the wife n I are loving all your videos but especially loving the raw rambling behind the scenes walkabouts in this second channel, I'm really interested in how and where you store all your preserved foods, would love to see a video on that, cheers 👍
Keepin’ it real. Thanks.
Wishing Nina well. And you also still shows that we as humans can survive with things that we can grow
Sending positive energy to Nina to get better. Sh@! Happens as they say. Is your channel what you do full time for work?
Sorry to add to the work load. I'd be interested in dried food content. As part payment - it's story time. As a young man I volunteered to do guard duty over the Xmas to NY period at Gallipolli Barracks Enogerra. 24 on/off. They gave me a room of a fella on deployment. On the 24 off I volunteered in the kitchen. I was young. The machine that peels potatoes was amazing. Like a washing machine with the inside made of a real coarse sand paper and you just dropped the spuds in and the machine swirled them around for a minute and out came no-skin spuds. Incredible. Thanks in advance Mark.
Hi Mark, please give Nina our love from George, Western Cape. Hope she gets well and back to 100% soon. Brian & Essjay
Looking forward to your rounding it up video. We would starve if I tried it with our small gardens but I am looking forward to being able to supply what I can to our household. Love your videos Mark. I am always on the lookout for them. Thank you
This experiment is great. Your transparency is great. Do what you feel is right, I guess you shouldn't push yourself to do anything that doesn't feel right. I hope when I get my own piece of land I can be half as Self Sufficient as you. You are my biggest inspiration in the garden, thanks Mark.
😆”passed Away” that was too funny! Ah well, poor dear Nina, what is she sick with? What a trooper, Both of you are! Your amazing corrugated metal raised beds inspired my husband and he is gathering the supplies to redo my beds and expand the garden. Do you grow raspberries or pumpkins ? I’d love tips on those. 😍 hope Nina feels better soon!
Best wishes to Nina. Also, thank you for continuing with this experiment. You both are such an inspiration to me!
Nina is a trooper and you are lucky to have her. Rock on brother!
Hope Nina gets well soon. Great to hear you are feeling better & losing the extra weight due to your self sufficiency experiment.
Mark, maybe you could make a self sufficient vegetable cookbook of some type?? Or just a self sufficient cookbook? Maybe, a how to can preserve food book? Hell, just do all of them. People have forgotten how to preserve food. We did it growing up, but my kids don't have a clue! (I'm 56) love your videos Mark.
Mark thank you for sharing your 21 days of living off what you can grow it was amazing to watch what you come up with and definitely allowed for me to see how I could improve on my varieties on a more year-round basis love seeing your wife I had not seen her in any of your videos before she’s kind of a character and adds to your Channel if you could get her to be in a few more I think it would be a big plus only because she complement you
Hi, your wife should not feel bad, good on her for lasting this long while being sick. Health always comes first. Looking forward to your final video. We tried to do a vegetarian month using recipes from one of our favourite cookery books. That did not go well. The need to fish/meat got the better of us after just a week. So well done you for lasting this long. The health benefits of what you are doing seem to be great, we wish we had the will power to see it through. We are in a glut of zuchinis and cucumbers/cornichons at the the moment, we are preserving them, will be putting up some picks in the forum soon. Can't wait for the final video.
Loving this second channel Mark! Brilliant experiment to try out, I can't wait for the second one to happen as you've learnt a lot already.
Keep the content coming.
Will love to hear from nina! And honesty is why we love marks videos. 💚💚
I would love to see you do this challenge again during a season where you could harvest lots of protein rich crops and lots of planning (sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, soybeans, other dried beans... other nuts, maybe even trying legumes. and i have no idea if you could harvest all these things at the same time lol). i’m in urban france and am just starting to garden here in a very generous person’s backyard! back in toronto (canada) i had a garden share in a neighbour’s backyard and it was fab! my main focus here is expanding a garden sharing program and growing mexican crops like tomatillos and poblanos that aren’t available here at all. love your channel(s)!
Use green bananas if you have them as your flour replacement. Get them super firm and green, peel and slice them thinly, dehydrate them, then grind into a powder and sift. I do this as a gluten free flour replacement with green plantains and it’s so flavorful. You could also try using them with making tostones.
Those jicama burgers look amazing!! Does Nina have a recipe she'd be willing to share, or is it a family secret?
The acerage is looking great, and the chickens all seem happy as plums. Keep up the great work, Mark.
P.s - love the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" reference!
Fermented vegetables are a great way to get more nutrition from your garden. Fermenting the tougher vegetables softens them up and adds flavor.
I’d love to see Nina’s perspective on this experience but I’m very camera shy myself so I totally understand if she doesn’t want to. It’s really sweet how you talk about your wife, Mark. You guys seem like a great match.
One possibility for a mill is if you can find a home brew beer store near you that specialises in all malt beer, they often sell a very inexpensive mill. The 2 brand names are Corona and Porkert. They are plate mills and work well enough for grinding a few kilos of grain at a time. I guess you can probably pick one up for less than $100 if you look around. The nice thing about them is that they are good for doing both dry and wet ingredients. I've crushed kilos of wet soy beans for making soy milk and tofu, for example. Not fantastic for wheat flour, but not terrible either. If I were doing the homesteading thing, I would definitely have one since they are hand cranked and very versatile (and basically indestructible).
Honesty is the best policy! Nina you do what is best for you and get well. Mark you're doing a wonderful job, keep up the great work 💜🙂
I had deviled duck eggs once in a very fancy restaurant... I don’t think I’ve recovered and that was 15 years ago.
Another good video Mark. I hope Nina returns to full health fast. We all need protein but can access plant based sources with proper planning. Some bodies absorb differently than others. It will be interesting to note whether you will add more protein sources to your Spring planting this year. Oh, I'm looking forward to your review of your mill as i have been looking for a good one too.
Sick or not, I'd have given up the first few days. Nina is an amazing person - I have total respect for her! Get well fast and then stay healthy!
well I for one LOVE honest and frank and much appreciate it :) Tell Nina to feel better soon and can't wait to see her cameo :)
Oh and got my tank top finally and it looks Epic!!!!!!!!
And yeah I know what you mean, here in NC in the town I live in, its getting hard to find canning jars. very odd as I didn't think that many ppl still canned...........guess I was wrong.
I think there has been a resurgence of gardening and canning this year, due to the COVID situation. I’m having a hard time replacing my pressure canner most places are sold out.
Ok I'll relay your good wishes to Nina and thanks for grabbing a top! I'm glad you're happy with it! Cheers :)
If you have dried beans you can also grind them into flour. Garbanzo bean flour can be used to make Italian socca. You can also make falafel from garbanzo. Nina was smart to quit before she got sicker, I hope she feels better soon.
Hope all goes will for Nina you guys are awesome, mark she may have been going through a detoxification process in her body my family and I went through that I'm now vegan and my family are vegetarians , some of us got sick or had to go to the bathroom to have a poo time in any event please mark don't give up you can do this 21 days keep up the good job ...
maybe it is time to look at some auaponics, and have either brim or catfish on hand
You know, my Grandfather and I would go fishing and although catfish are not considered a prize eating fish we'd still keep a few and eat them (usually on the river bank campfire) and I have to say they were always pretty tasty! So yes, it is worth considering alright. Cheers :)
@@SelfSufficientMe2 Hey Mark, another great choice for aquaponics is tilapia. Taste even better than catfish in my opinion.
Rabbits? They poop out super fertilizer
Mark J rabbits are illegal in this area as they are a feral pest here in Queensland
@@SelfSufficientMe2 Here in the South US, catfish is considered a delicacy :)
Fried up or baked, it's a real treat for sure!
Cheers mate!
I’d rather have an honest and frank opinion/answer than to have someone sugarcoat it.
In know my wife wouldn’t have made it as long as Nina as she’s a diabetic.
Keep your head up Mrs. SSM! You’ve earned a lot of people’s respect!
And good on you Mark!
Good effort Nina, get better soon!
Enjoy all your content. You've given my husband a lot of ideas for the garden. Get well soon Nina.
A very healing green smoothie is kale, spinach, some frozen fruit or over-ripe bananas, water and whole flax seeds if you are using a good high power blender to grind up the flax (Vitamix). It is an anti-inflammatory smoothie and sickness reversing for many. You can live on this alone ( a blender a day) for at least 21 days. In hard times, if we have greens growing, we can make it one way or another! I was off blood pressure meds within 4 days and lost weight without effort or hunger. So, if hard times hit, or bad health, we do have options. This wasn't an 'ad' for something, just info and my experience.
Hope she’s feeling better soon! If she doesn’t like the camera do something like a split screen with just a picture of her or put her in shadow. Nina, you are beautiful and we would love to see you if you are up to it! ❤️
Is no one gonna talk about the fact that our jolly friend here just made "my wife died" joke?
P.S. I love your videos. I've learned so much about gardening from you and started working on my garden as well. Can't wait for to see the final results from this test you're doing.
Nina has done great in the other videos she's been in. We look forward to her being in other videos :)
Good on both of you. Thanks for doing this experiment. I'd have trouble sticking it.
Regarding taking corn kernels and grinding them, I found toasting my corn kernels just slightly made it easier for my electric coffee grinder to turn it rather than into meal into flour.
Manual mills are very hard to find for the good ones. But if you just want coarse milled grain the cheap ones are on Amazon.
We like Honest and Frank! I commend Nina on her commitment but also commend her for knowing what her body needs.
You're doing a great job so far - hang in there!
I wish I had the space to try something like this. I was going to try something similar this year but I had too many pests and other issues this year in my garden.
When we decided to move into a plant based diet I ordered some vegetarian meals from Hello Fresh. Really helped me learn some yummy ways to eat vegetarian without that boredom - easy.
I look forward to your final feedback :)
Check out ‘the happy pear’ recipes!! Great food ideas for plant based!
Try it again but though spring and I would like to to see more preserved foods and sauces that sort of things but thanks to you I started experimenting myself I have always had a garden myself but I have been experimenting with different ideas so far it's average but have had some success especially with growing out of season
I have to do a low fodmap diet off and on. It’s rough getting use to not eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables plus no gluten or lactose. You learn what you can and cannot tolerate once you start adding things back. Some things only in small amounts. I plan my veggie garden around those types of low fodmap veggies.