Harvesting and Curing Garlic from My Edible Landscape, Bumper Chicken Garden, What's My Wife Doing?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- An update on the crops I'm growing in raised beds to feed our chickens, and while I'm walking through the garden, I notice that it's time to harvest and cure the 160 garlic bulbs that I planted last November.
Welcome to our self reliant homestead! Join us, Shawn and D, as we create a resilient, abundant and sustainable ecosystem that feeds our families from the land in Ontario Canada. Using permaculture as our guide, we strive to become independent in water, food, energy and shelter, focused on beauty in form and efficiency in function.
Our Self Reliance is a life of compromise between my two daughters and my wife's preference for culture, comfort and formality, and I, with my love of chaotic and beautiful but challenging and often uncomfortable wilderness living. The resulting homesteads are an eclectic blend of modern with traditional, whimsical with practical, formal with informal, civilized with rustic.
Over the last five years, my wife and I designed and built our dream homesteads from scratch with very little outside help; from undeveloped, declining forest to a comfortable home and cabin with a prolific edible landscape for people and wildlife equally. For many years, we have strived to lessen our burden on others by taking full responsibility for the health and welfare of our immediate family while building a strong community around us, both online and offline. Now that the infrastructure is in place here, we will be spending more time working cooperatively with community members, including extended family, to collectively become more resilient while living a deeply satisfying and meaningful life. Thank you for being part of that!
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To get biger bulb you have to cut top seeds when they just start to grow. because plant focused to make seeds for next generation.
Interesting that you let most of the garlic scapes grow. The usual advice is to cut them early as they take a lot of energy away from the bulbs, giving you larger bulbs.
Like onions bend the green part over I was told.
i have been following your, My Self Reliance videos for years, since you began building on the other property, your strength an tenacity is indeed noteworthy and a blessing to watch ,, how you started all, over again building bigger and better and keeping up with the times technologies and the demands of our era , keeping your content relevant and current, i have learned so much from you, at so many different levels. Thank you Shawn James , you and your family has been educating and inspiring me for years. Your homestead is growing and developing nicely, and Callie remains a faithful and strong adventurer, . companion. Congratulations. God bless.
They were good videos way back when, now all they are is talk,talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk,and more talk!!
I missed the point that this channel was created but I like it. It continues showing creativity and a fuller scope of the work involved for a successful homestead. Good job.
It is amazing how much you have changed and improved the land since you moved to this property.
Love your work ethic and contribution for your family's sake. Pretty impressive my friend. Wish your project well.
I'm glad we are getting to see this side to your journey. It would be great to see how you make your cheese and how you intend to process and store your chicken feednd and anything else you plan to do on thsi channel. The process is everything :)
A friend took the garlic scapes and dries them then ground then fine, SO good, delicate and garlicy
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78 year old lady here in North bay Ontario Frank:):)
Another long time fan, thanks you from…US, east Tennessee.
Really hope we get to see more of Mrs. James and her contributions on this channel!
She doesn’t like to be seen up close.. just a bit off from afar.
She's camera shy.
I’m glad this came up on my feed because I didn’t even realise it was the new channel until you said! Subscribed now… definitely don’t want to miss any of your great content.
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I call my bil the garlic guru, because he grows it every year for years. He cuts the shapes off and eats them! He and my sister live 15 mins from the Canadian border, he uses purple garlic for his crop and I have grown where I live in western Kentucky , as they send me a box of garlic every year! Home grown garlic is the best. Good luck with next year's crop.
Pickled garlic scapes ymmmm
Great video content, thank you for sharing.
I just subscribed to your new channel. I have been following you for over 6 years now. To me, its like looking forward every week to catching up with a far away relative. Thank you as always for your generosity of sharing your life with all of us on You Tube.
Love your other two channels and so far, just as expected, this channel too. Everything in your garden just looks beautiful, you are so inspiring Sean! Thank you for all of the time and effort you put into making each vlog!
I really appreciate the details you provided for food processing and preservation. As well as the multi crop / perma culture gardening methods you use. I'll be on 17 acres of Alberta prairie in September and hope to have a decent garden and some chickens this time next year. Thank you so much for the inspiration!!!!!
old grandmother in los angeles skies still here appreciating you and yours....
You should also look into making some whisky. You have everything you need on your property already. A great barter item… and never spoils..
Awesome progress Shawn, It seems like you complete more tasks much faster now which amazes me. Love your work.
HOPEFULLY MORE OWLS WILL MOVE IN TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHIPMUNKS TAMPERING WITH YOUR HOMESTED.
Have a great summer!
Now reaching a 1K+ subs with only 2 video so far and a short video. Congrats Shawn and family!
There is still hope for humanity if we start to think and it willl follow also to act like You Mr. Shawn to be in as much harmony with Mother Nature as you are. Mother Nature is a fantastic teacher and we should all go to Her school.
Best of luck and please continue to inspire us with your amazing videos.
The climate is changing and we will have to adapt in the near future. Channels like this and a way of life like this is a step forward this future I think.
A great name for this new channel. Looking forward to seeing a variety of self reliance topics from you, your wife and your family.
So glad YT offered this new channel to me! I have watched your Shawn James and MySelfReliance channels for many years. So exciting to know you and your family are together on your respective homesteads!! And your wife is happily making cheeses! And you have chickens!
I am also excited about your garden! A couple things:
The small clover like plant that is in the garden bed with peas and garlic - we would call that "sweet grass" in Ohio, and snack on it when out playing in the neighborhood. Do your chickens eat it? Are you letting it grow for soil amendment?
- Millet: I always thought of millet as bird seed. Then, started adding it to my chicken soup, where ig imparted a wonderful, nutty taste to the soup! Will you be cooking the millet or supplying your chickens with it?
-Buckwheat: "Kasha" is made with buckwheat groats, and is a nice replacement side dish for someone used to eating rice, or noodles. Will you be cooking the buckwheat? Kasha is made with egg, so if you need to use up eggs from high producing chickens, that's good!
Burdock: while you haven't mentioned burdock, I wonder if you are growing any as yet another starchy food supply?
Thank you for sharing parts of your life with us. Can't wait for more videos! Have a wonderful week!
Looking forward to more videos from Our Self Reliance.
I've been watching you since literally day one and learned much from you. Great Content.
Russian red seems one of most consistent varieties, we also advocate cutting scapes about a month before harvest.
Been with your other two channels for years. No doubt this one will be just as interesting. I’ve always been told to insure your garlic bulbs mature to their maximum you always want to snip the scapes off so the energy goes back into growing the bulb bigger. Now that you are going to have live stock you’ll be able to make your own bone and blood meal for your garden and orchard.
!!!.BRAVO.!!! Excellent Content THANK YOU for Sharing !!!
I love you dean Channel
You did open another video account 🙂
Good video 👍
The Corn is in similar status as Corn here in Poland. And this year is very good for all crops the farmers say and they are harvesting winter varieties 2 weeks early this year and in average years.
Good to see how well your crops are growing. Good also to see Mrs James making those delicious looking cheeses.
Great job with your garden Shawn. I started myself to dehydrate my herbs and it worked very well. I believe that your new channel will help a lot of people with tips about gardening and other activities such as cheese making.
To have big garlic undeground need cut top arrow on each plant! Left only one plant for detect when carlic will be ready! Top arrow with seeds take a lot of food from roots.
I found with leaving the scape it slows the bulbs to grow and concentrate on scapes
Love your growing chicken feed nice
Hello Shawn and sweet Cali 🐕❤ just found this new channel of course I subscribed love your work.. can't wait to see your wife make her yoghurt.. take care out there 🐕🐔❤
I agree with you, I have left the scapes on the garlic before to see if it made any difference and honestly I didn't see any difference either. Beautiful and peaceful content, thanks...
Cut the garlic scapes in June and the energy goes to the bulb. Bigger bulbs for harvest. Leave scape for seed garlic.
Thanks to you and your family!
Thank you for showing us how you harvest your garlic, I plan on planting myself this winter, we will be very interested in the garlic powder process! ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing.
Love the garlic process. Very similar to mine.
The three of you make some AWESOME VIDEO's .... Take Care , ENJOY ALL !!
Loved it !!!
Mid August, you should have a good corn crop.
Beautiful garden to feed ur body & soul!❤️🫶🏻
Garden looks pretty 👍👏
Fellow Ontarian here Shawn , I've been an avid follower of your channels for years , have learned so much the value is immeasurable at this point. Happy to be a sub to the new channel as well. God Bless You , Your Family and Your Homesteads.
This is sight for sore eyes Shawn on how you’ve managed such a big difference on that property, just amazing! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯😎😎😎
these garlic stem is delicious, eat the green part, quick fry them, that's sweet and crunchy
enjoying seeing the healthy growing plants! here its mid winter New Zealand
Yummm! The homemade cheese sounds amazing 😋
I'm already hitting the "Like" button before the video even starts. Thanks for the video, Brother.
Mr James thank you so much for your nice content I enjoyed good job 👏. From Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 regards
Outstanding garden Shawn. Garlic scapes are great to eat if dipped in a beer batter and deep fried. I use a stout beer for making the batter. I am very interested in your wife's garlic powder recipe and procedure. Thank you for sharing.
🌻 So happy you started this really important channel so for those of us get to see all the cool stuff to learn and explore behind the scenes from the build . Great opportunity for some of us to learn a new hobby or just kick back and enjoy with a mug of Chaga ❤
looking forward to seeing more of a "domesticated homestead". 😀
I like your music on this channel
That was a great garlic harvest! Enjoying your new channel!
Italian porcelain is a good strain for Northern climates
Beautiful
In northern England, I've always had better successes with garlic by growing in a poly tunnel, plant in October and you get better bulbs and an earlier harvest.
Two videos in and I’m loving your new channel. Godspeed
Love seeing the garden. I’ve been gardening the last few years now. It’s great to get to the point to harvest enough for preservation. Never done learning!
I got a great garlic verity from my local farmers market & my garlic did great this year! 🧄 HUGE! I plant in October & harvest around July 4th. Zone 6a Michigan I’m glad to see you still have or got a fig tree again.😃 My fig trees are doing fantastic this year as well. Look forward to watching this channel as well.
So interesting! what a great site and thank you for sharing all this information! cant wait for more videos- and I love the name 'our' self reliance.
Texas here - You KNOW THAT I AM HERE FOR THE CALLI SHOW 🐕💕. And learn from you. Great video Shawn. I learned a lot about garlic. I have wild garlic everywhere on my property. Is it eatable? I believe this used to be farm land. I used to live on the edge of town, but, of course someone came in and built a housing development. Not a large one, only about 3 streets. But, for me, that is 3 streets too many. Fortunately, I own a double lot with my house away from my neighbors on one side. And also fortunately the neighbors on my other side also have a double lot with their house on the opposite side of their property. Our property’s are both pretty deep and fairly wide. And no houses behind us. The city took an old railroad track and turned it into a walking trail. Then a street behind that, so my point is I feel lucky that no one can build behind us. It is a lot to take care of, but, we would rather that then have people right next to us. The property is appx 2 acres. We have had at least 50 people wanting to purchase our empty lot. I will never sell it. I have lived here 40 years and owe nothing on it. Except taxes of course. Sorry this was so long. Thank you for taking the time to share with us. Right now you have 27.6 subs, I can’t wait to see how fast this channel grows. Best wishes and pets for Calli. 🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦
The best video ive seen this year on the tube 👍🇬🇧
Sean, like many other comments, I've been with you since leaving your corporate life behind. Of course l subscribed immediately. I know My Self Reliance, but what's the other channel name? Great to know Mrs. James might be on this channel. Would love to see the girls again, too. Callie AS ALWAYS. God speed 🙏🏻 & many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻
Your garden is just gorgeous. There’s nothing that you can’t do when it comes to the out doors and building. Your definitely a hard working man. Hello to the wife and the cheese looks yummy.Thank you for sharing!
Great video
merci pour cette très belle vidéo, je me rends compte en vous regardant du travail énorme que mes parents accomplissaient dans leur ferme, pour nourrir la grande fratrie ( nous les aidions, heureusement!) et le bétail ! vous êtes un homme passionné et heureux dans vos fermes ..bonne continuation, bon courage Shawn 😁
Really do enjoy watching all that you do! Keep them coming!🌸
Video & music editing great, as usual!😊
Awesome, I’ve been following you for a number of years, Cali as a pup loved everything, you are very talented and although I now live on my I’m wondering where I went wrong. Eg happy wife happy life, nope gone wrong somsomewhere. 😊 good luck and again love from Australia ❤❤
Interesting video Shawn. Wish you folks well. Will help a lot of folks taking the plunge into Homesteading for the first time.
Happy to subscribe to another channel. It's been an entertaining journey following you through the years.
The evolution of your philosophies is very educational and your expanding homestead has been fascinating to watch. I have chickens and live in the woods, the hens love the native vegetation and I pick greens for them daily.
I'm learning a lot, thanks.
Great content Mr Shaun !
Thank you for the lovely visit, Shawn. I didn't plant any garlic last year or the year before. Looks like I'm going to be visiting our local farmer's market this year. I hope that next year will be better.
At bottom of ridges will be a geologic scree mixed with the detritus of leaves and other organics. High in minerals and a great thing to find, even if you have get your tractor stuck in it from time to time.😊
Can you go more into detail what your "meals" look like now. What you ARE eating for the major changes in health. 😊
I’ll try to film something this weekend
"Ebaaaaaaa!"
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If you have a wood chipper you can put the corn and sorghum plus any other thick green stalks, through the chipper green, to feed the chooks with....... Saw this on an Asian UTube Chanelle...she chopped them up by hand..plus banana trees green. ..the chooks loved it all.......
Indeed this garden is a self reliance and i love your succession planting .wow abundance of garlic. New subscriber ❤
Subscribed thanks Shawn what a treat!
Must admit apart from garlic salt on beef steaks I've bever been a lover of garlic
Seed-You can let the garlic scapes continue to grow as it creates garlic seeds that can be then replanted. They look like mini garlic.
I Always enjoy the visuals and the content, as well as the serene music. What you have created goes far beyong building a cabin in the woods. I applaud how your dreams have expanded!
Newish garlic grower here and I just harvested, thanks for sharing your curing method.
😃🎉 Excellent
I subscribed to your channel 🙏
I've seen others on You Tube describe garlic scapes as garlic's way of producing "seed", but garlic doesn't produce true seed. Scapes produce flowers, and once pollinated the flowers produce "bulbils", miniature clones of the parent plant. They can be saved like seed and replanted to make more garlic, but it is easier/quicker to plant cloves of garlic from mature heads. The bulbils can be dehydrated and ground to make a powder, or minced and used in cooking. My best advice is to harvest scapes when they are younger and make garlic pesto, or, as you say, garlic powder. Looking forward to watching your wife make the powder. Garden looks great!
Garlic is essential for many dishes. Great to have them.
I loved it, I'll follow, you got me.
If you don't take the scapes off all the energy goes to making seed. It does make a big difference. After 35 years gardening I've learned everything the hard way.
I been watching you since the beginning, I was building cabin when I was 14 , 24 ,30 year old lol then I decided to start my own channel and started to build my second log cabin in 3 years and I no it’s a lot of work, now I’m going to learn garden actually my wife is better then me lol
Thanks Shawn!!
Looking forward to Mrs. J making garlic powder. Great content! Thanks😊
Love the content
You are amazing at so many things Shawn James !!! Many you tubers that I watch give you shout outs to your channels ! The cinematography of your videos show the forest in its beauty and its abundance. Thank you so much for all you share with us !
You may have heard this but if you remove the scapes right after they curve and before they bulb it will then put more energy in to making the head bigger.