I learn so much watching this very talented young lady who works so hard! She is a marvel to me! The videos actually show how hard she works, unlike some other TH-camrs who just show the finished product and pose for the thumbnail in a bathing suit lol, this is real! (Not saying they’re not-just seeing what is done)
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead they're right, that's so real. And I love that you're near me and have the same climate, i learn a lot. I'm in Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, my place is tiny though. I had the same problem with slugs and snails, btw. And my little chihuahua is also very happy. I loved your olive method, i have one tree and was changing water for weeks to get rid of the sourness. Anyway, keep it real and you both are taking good care of a bit of paradise there. I'd love our lands got filled with sweet people like you and see it thrive again. A giant kiss from Catalunya ❤️❤️❤️
Love your attitude to land 'ownership'. Indeed we are all just passing through and put down our footprint where we choose. Others come after us and continue in our absence :)
it would be super interesting to see you guys restore an old olive press, there is a channel called How To Make Everything that did a video on making their own olive press which was really cool. Loved the video
Great sample of life on your farm. Love the friends helping each other aspect a lot. LOVE your chickens’ freedom you allow them. They have a great life and you get their eggs. Perfect trade.
Have you read about crop rotation and intercropping? When bugs hatch if they have their preferred food they stay there and lay more eggs. Crop rotation stops that. There is a best way to rotate different plants. I’m sure you can find a book or the internet. Also, intercropping pairs different plants so that one they keep away bugs. I also used to plant marigolds around my garden. You only have to plant them once as they self sow. Marigolds keep away moths and other bugs. Nature can help you with this.
Thanks Linda, yes - crop rotation is currently being achieved by my complete lack of organization in the garden, meaning everything's a big mess and who knows what will be where next year? I don't, the bugs hopefully don't either 😂
Hello ☺️. To stop slugs and white butterfly etc. eating your plants, dry then crush eggshells. It cuts the snails/slugs underbelly and if just flattened and placed around plants the cabbage butterfly move on as apparently they are solitary feeders. I do this for my kale. I hope this helps 😃.
@@dorothyallen3614 the yeast smell attracts the slugs, they die by drowning. It works best, if you burry the jar in the ground and leave the mouth of the jar almost flush to the ground
I love my olives in brine with thin oregano and slicesof lemon. I usually cut each olive two cuts with a knife for olives that to be used a long time later. Those to be used earlier, I hit each olive with small mallet, it allows them to get ready much faster. I learned that from mom, and it works so well. Give your chickens some led lights on a timer in the winter, it helps them continue to lay eggs almost every day.
Thank you for the lovely video, I had to go after dark for three nights to put my chickens on the roost before they stopped roosting in the next boxes. It was worth it because now we have clean eggs!
I would think buying your own press would be well worth it. Not just for your group, but for all small growers in the wider area. Which could also become another income stream for all. And I think it is important to know the oil you get is from your farm.
I’m the same with our chickens. Can’t resist letting them free range, and I’m okay with losing a few veggies to see them happily scratching about (it’s only fair for the delicious eggs they give us!) 🐓
I really enjoyed the video. You have done so much. I know nothing about olives and found that very interesting. It is so sweet the way you treat your animals. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life.
Also, I noticed your fruit trees etc need pruning. Once you give them all a healthy pruning, they will produce more fruit and be a lot healthier for the trees!
I love your garden and animal sheds. A lot of farmers in America are now using sand in the bottom of their chickens coop, they use a sifter to scoop up the poop and feathers into a bucket and when it’s full they take it to the compost pile for regeneration. They are reporting that it’s easy and is keeping the coop cleaner and it doesn’t smell, that’s a plus, the chickens can dust bath in it as well. Maybe try this method in an area and see how it goes. I love your chickens new door and your addition to the roosts for the chickens, great use of space. I love olives, I hope we can see how you will use them in recipes. Community gardening will become the future of gardening as I can see, know that you’re starting a great future for your family and friends for nutritious food values. Until next time ❤ love to all.
My chickens free range everyday Harriet the good they do for the garden outweighs the mess they make sometimes 😂…. and it makes for much healthier happy 🐓 👌
Hi Harriet! Lovely film footage. In terms of organic pest control: Assuming that you heat at least partially with wood, sprinkle the ash around the plants most affected with slug/snails. The ash also adds potassium to your soil and makes it slightly alkaline. Ash needs to be stored in a dry place and renewed applications are necessary after a heavy rainfall. Setting out shallow containers of beer is another way to keep infestations down. The pests drown in alcohol----not the worst death imaginable!
Thank you! I really like the new chicken door, I bought one that opens upward for my new coop, but I think that would be perfect for a chickshaw I want to build next year. Would really like an update on how you like yours after you use it for a while:).
Maybe plant rosemary and fennel for slugs, anis, and I agree with another viewer crushed egg shells it cuts the slugs, great video ty have a wonderful day🥰
First day of day light savings here in LA expecting some rain, nice blue skies 75Degree day,. Putting away stuff do not need to get wet. Have noticed that flying insects are attracted to this unusual reactions on trees, maybe spraying over will allow the bark to disinfect itself,. A spray paint or sealer.
My. Gramps had chickens that wouldn't lay in their nesting box after he build a new one. He used a fake egg and after about a month or so they were laying their eggs in the nesting box.
Hi Harriet! I can't help thinking of vlogger Kylie Flavell in Tuscany who has an unused olive press sitting in the middle of her kitchen. I wish there were some way to get it to Spain for your use! The green olives with rosemary are going to be soooo delicious; your chickens look contented as they range about; and the dogs and cats are adorable as always.
Guido would never let it go. It's part of their family history. They don't even know how to get it out the door as the room was built differently a long time ago.
Hola Harriet!! He disfrutado mucho con tu vídeo!! Me pasaría el día mirando a mis gallinas...son hipnóticas 🐔🐔Cuando se dan los baños de arena, cuando entran a su ponedero...todo me gusta de "mis niñas". Así que, para mí, el vídeo ha sido doblemente especial. Besos para tod@s!!! Qué bonita está Oona❣️❣️❣️Lo olvidaba!! Vuelvo al comentario para añadir. Muy interesante lo del detalle de las aceitunas... Desconocía ese dato. El que si no llegas a un mínimo se mezcla...Mal asunto. Tenéis que haceros con una prensa vuestro grupo. Seguro que hay de segunda mano algo que podáis arreglar. Yo compré uno de mis molinos de segunda mano y va perfecto. Muy buen dato y muy curioso. Si me entero de algo, te digo. Besos
Just happened on your Channel and I'm loving it I do have a suggestion your nesting boxes are too high I raised chickens for years and if the nesting boxes are too high they won't use them try lowering them and I think that they will start using them another thing you can do is add a small chicken ladder and a railing right outside the boxes make the boxes more accessible for them good luck I'm enjoying your progress and you are some Workhorse wow I'm impressed
There are so many lovely spots around your property! You are doing really well in every sort of things needed. The olives will be very good with the salt method. Love all your progress
I like this mean little rooster 🥰. hi is cute in his own way. if I were in your place, I'd let him be "bad". 🐓🧡 on the other hand: putting some shady things over the chicken coop, is a very good idea. 👑
Organic gardens, 10% go to the bugs and slugs. You have to get up really early sun rise go pick out the slugs and snails caterpillars. They go hid when the sun comes up warm, the sun will dry them up so they go hide. Also put a bowl of beer out and they will get drunk and drown. Then the chickens can eat them and get drunk. Haha🙊🙉🙈🧡
Lo que hacen en algunos lugares es poner tierra de diatomeas en las plantas jóvenes hasta que crecen, porque las diatomeas secan cualquier babosa, caracol o insectos, Se pone alrededor de la planta y si llueve se vuelve a poner porque se disuelve, evidentemente Y gracias por compartir tus experiencias 🥬🥒🥕🍎🍇🫐💚
I can't help but be envious of your olive leaves. :) They are very medicinal! You can make an olive leaf tincture which is beneficial for the cardiovascular system. I mix them with Oregano to make a bug killing tincture, great for the immune system and keeping away germs in general.
Si tienes muchas aceitunas. Y puedes comprar una almazara pequeña de segunda mano yo compre una barata y me hago mi aceite, desde gran canaria un abrazo
There are definitely ways to keep snails and slugs away, but an easy/lazy way to combat them eating your more valuable plants would be a to plant a decoy in that spot and confuse em! Keep em away from the important stuff whilst they still get their fix. I’m definite not an expert though, so don’t take my word for it haha. Hope that the winter is easy for you and your community, much love from us South Africans enjoying spring.
Looks good with the automatic door for the chickens and it’s lovely to see the room in your garden free range is the best, the nest areas that they don’t use is perfect for you to open and clean it out though I would have put a ledge on the far end not the end by the door so it gives a feeling of enclosure maybe that would help them to the nest there? Yes it would be lovely to get an olive press for the group and then that way you all keep it organic, learnt not every year gives you bumper crops that’s interesting that the olive trees do that. Happy farming xxx
It's getting properly cold here, bit envious of the warmer temperatures over on the east coast! The slugs like hiding in the mulch, pulling it back might help a bit. Or putting in some beer traps, though those are definitely a bit more "violent". Loved the video :)
So enjoyed the vlog again Harriet. We too let our chickens etc free range but now they are all locked in due to Avian Flu again. Probably wont be out until Spring. Thankyou for sharing with us.
Compost tea!. Don't use pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers or anything chemical. You have done the right thing with compost bins and a worm bin. Let your chickens loose too! Lol
Hi Harriet, there are a number of ways to tackle snails and slugs. Encourage lizards and frogs, coffee grounds or garlic is another. Maybe there is a Cafe nearby. Make a spray from the grounds and water the same with the garlic and spray around plants. I have had a little bit of luck with eggshells; however, they need to be ground fine and dry. Chives, sage, chamomile, yarrow and wormwood are also useful. however, my favourite as an Aussie is the beer trap. Slugs and snails love yeast so place a saucer level with the top of the soil and top with beer. Any snails you find alive throw them to the chooks it is hilarious. Found the vlog about 2 months ago and watched from the beginning. I have caught up now and wish you and Mauro all the best for the future.
Thank you so much, I've tried a few things you mention but not all of them! I imagine a multi-pronged approach is best - never dealt with slugs here before, so time to get serious and try some more techniques! 😆
The front of your large building looks like the Alamo in San Antonio Texas., Unique front facade in the. US., I noticed it a while ago., originally a Spanish mission. I planted 5 tomato plants one summer and soon green horn headed things showed up on the plants. Maybe after thousands of years of cultivation the things dna is natural to the plant,.
Hola Harriet, deciros, (aunque os pilla un poco lejos).. en ADZANETA DE ALBAIDA, VALENCIA. Yo voy a una almácera que se llama EL TEULAR. Allí me dejan moler las olivas a partir de unos 300 kg. Y lo hacen en frío que es mucho mejor. Te dan turno y vas con tus olivas , te pones tú en la máquina a recogerlo y embotellarlo. Te llevas tu propio aceite sin pesticidas. Saludos y salud
Hi, we also had the slug problem. Turned out they lay eggs in the straw we use for mulch (I see you're using it too, so perhaps that's the reason) They don't like dry straw, but after rain they make total invasion, eat what they can and reproduce. Damp soil under cover is perfect for that. I found many eggs when I turned the straw in the beds. For some reason they love straw. They also live under straw bales that serve as wind brakes at our farm. To kill the eggs you just let them dry in the sun. For us 2022 was particularly sluggy. We'll see how 2023 goes. For me the slug egg hunt is extremely time consuming so I'm working on some other solutions too, although gardeners from my area all say that hand picking slugs and eggs works best. This year we're getting Indian runner ducks as special anti-slug forces. We'll see... Best wishes from Poland!
If I'm not mistaken the plants with white little flowers at 5:47 are "Ravenisses blanques" (White wallrocket). This plant is edible and you gonna find a lot of them at this time of the year. You could eat the leaves, with a taste similar to cabbage but more spicy, or the flowers with a kind of mustard taste. I use it to make a vinaigrette: Put some flowers in a blender, a clove of garlic, soy sauce, olive oil and salt. There are a bunch of what people consider 'bad weeds with no value' in the Mediterranean region that are edible or useful for a bunch of purposes, like the "malva" (mallow), "l'ortiga" (nettle), "verdolaga" (purslane) or even the poppy petals ("rosella").
Thank you Gerard! Since all the plants here (or most of them) are new to me, I have had a lot of fun discovering what they might be, and I don't associate them as "weeds" because most of them are not the weeds I grew up knowing! I must try your vinegarette, it sounds delicious!
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead The flowers are also used in some high level restaurants to garnish the dishes. Thanks and keep the good work making this entertaining, calm and beautiful videos.
I had lots of olives and I tried different methods... the easiest is cut the olives and place them in an old pillow case with salt and hung in a dark place.. easy.
At 14:45 you mention the need for a press that works with organic olives. I have a friend who cares for regenerative olives in Cervera and he brings his olives to a press that accepts non- certified organic at the end of pressing a certified batch. The press is in Varona la Vella near Sant Mateu.
Recuerdo el año pasado lo preocupada que estabas porque los olivos tenían muy pocas aceitunas y pensabas que habías hecho algo mal. Este año estarás más tranquila, verdad? 😁. Los olivos es lo que tienen, un año dan mucho y otros muy poco, la famosa vecería.
This year is very bad for me too with slugs and snails (Andalucia). Soo much effort and work waste😞. Regarding the olive oil press… 500kg batch is the common amount, as irs the minimum what a press needs to work properly, if you put less, it would be generating a lot of waste. I love to see your videos to relax and compare with what I’m doing on my plot 😘
Have you tried scissors cutting the flight feathers on one side ONLY. It makes them off balanced. I’m kinda new to your channel, so I don’t know if you know this. I am really enjoying your channel.
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead of course. its realy easy to understand: the festiy chicken have much more muscle mass and so make a better chicken soup or whatever. But fun aside, my mother had chickens since 1986 and she loves them dearly, but if a rooster mistreats the chickens or is trying to get away to much or eats her strawberrys she gets very murdery very fast. also cutting the long feathers on the tip of the wings can help make them less of a flyer and more of a ground chicken.
That never occurred to me, but I think if the fruit is infected it rots, apparently that's a symptom. So hopefully since I was only picking the perfect fruits, it's fine. Would love if someone who knows more than me can add any info!
In general, without knowing about this olive disease specifically: if a plant has a bacterial infection and that has also infected edible plant parts, that by itself does not make these plant parts dangerous to eat. Plants and animals / humans are just so different that a bacterium that can infect plants cannot infect humans. Had to look this up before deciding to eat basil that had a slight bacterial leaf spot disease. Of course, edible parts could still taste bad or be rotten as a secondary effect of the plant's bacterial infection, in which case I'd suggest not eating those parts
Your rooster is telling you that he needs a bath, it’s a “flat bucket”, (I don’t know how to say it in English) filled with diatomaceous earth, and if you snails are too many, you could put some old beer in a dish and cover it with a roof tile, and that night will be the last party for some of them. It’s sad but…
Respecto a lo que decias de poder haceros vuestro propio aceite, hay un canal de youtube que te enseña como hacer tu propio molino a muy bajo coste, yo estoy preparando el mio con lo que dice el canal que te comento, el canal se lama "Elñapas", veresi que es mas facil de lo que parece, un saludo pareja
No se donde habrás visto olivas picadas o rajadas maduras! Yo no las he visto nunca, y creo que no tiene lógica hacer eso con esas olivas. Yo con ese tipo de olivas, y esa variedad, que se llama grossal o serrana, las pongo en una tinaja con sal, no tanta como tu has puesto, simplemente que tengan sal abundante, un chorro de limón exprimido y un par de limones más cortados en trozos, un puñado de hierbas aromáticas y un chorro de aceite de oliva. Después las dejas secar donde corra el aire pero sin que les de el sol en un mes ya se pueden comer, cuando veas que están arrugadas un poco. Saludos!!
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead great job from someone who has been on the path less travel for over fifty years, you 2 + critters are definitely on to a life better lived. Create value, be honest and have fun ! The simple joy of living life to it’s fullest.
Is there a reason you don't want the rooster to be free? Couldn't you just open the gate and let the chickens out as well? They can manage well, I think, and will go back to the chickenrun at night.
Yeah I do let them free when I'm around but I don't want them out when I'm not there, when I'm gonna be popping out etc. For predators, and also to keep them out of the garden which is unfenced!
Food Grade--. Diatomaceous Earth will kill snails and slugs. And take care of mites or fleas ticks anything like that. And can be used to worm farm animals. It's a powder and fairly inexpensive. Do not put on compost pile.
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I learn so much watching this very talented young lady who works so hard! She is a marvel to me! The videos actually show how hard she works, unlike some other TH-camrs who just show the finished product and pose for the thumbnail in a bathing suit lol, this is real! (Not saying they’re not-just seeing what is done)
I concur with you!
Me too
@@HeidiPriest lol my cat’s name is George!
Haha thank you!
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead they're right, that's so real. And I love that you're near me and have the same climate, i learn a lot. I'm in Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, my place is tiny though. I had the same problem with slugs and snails, btw. And my little chihuahua is also very happy. I loved your olive method, i have one tree and was changing water for weeks to get rid of the sourness. Anyway, keep it real and you both are taking good care of a bit of paradise there. I'd love our lands got filled with sweet people like you and see it thrive again. A giant kiss from Catalunya ❤️❤️❤️
Love your attitude to land 'ownership'. Indeed we are all just passing through and put down our footprint where we choose. Others come after us and continue in our absence :)
Your videos are so calming and informative. It's so interesting to see your progress on your lovely homestead.
it would be super interesting to see you guys restore an old olive press, there is a channel called How To Make Everything that did a video on making their own olive press which was really cool. Loved the video
Great sample of life on your farm. Love the friends helping each other aspect a lot. LOVE your chickens’ freedom you allow them. They have a great life and you get their eggs. Perfect trade.
Thanks so much for putting a warning for flashing lights, I don’t need it but it’s such a thoughtful gesture and really helps some people!
Have you read about crop rotation and intercropping? When bugs hatch if they have their preferred food they stay there and lay more eggs. Crop rotation stops that. There is a best way to rotate different plants. I’m sure you can find a book or the internet. Also, intercropping pairs different plants so that one they keep away bugs. I also used to plant marigolds around my garden. You only have to plant them once as they self sow. Marigolds keep away moths and other bugs. Nature can help you with this.
Thanks Linda, yes - crop rotation is currently being achieved by my complete lack of organization in the garden, meaning everything's a big mess and who knows what will be where next year? I don't, the bugs hopefully don't either 😂
I so enjoy every video. I look forward to the next one.
Hello ☺️. To stop slugs and white butterfly etc. eating your plants, dry then crush eggshells. It cuts the snails/slugs underbelly and if just flattened and placed around plants the cabbage butterfly move on as apparently they are solitary feeders. I do this for my kale. I hope this helps 😃.
I’ve also heard that beer in a jar top placed in the garden will kill the slugs when they get in it. It’s easily tried.
#SaveSoil have any of you guys heard of the Save Soil movement?
@@dorothyallen3614 the yeast smell attracts the slugs, they die by drowning. It works best, if you burry the jar in the ground and leave the mouth of the jar almost flush to the ground
@@savesoil3133 yes! 😊
@@dsnmttr or just use the tops. I noticed (gladly) you are using no dig gardening.☺️
I love my olives in brine with thin oregano and slicesof lemon.
I usually cut each olive two cuts with a knife for olives that to be used a long time later. Those to be used earlier, I hit each olive with small mallet, it allows them to get ready much faster.
I learned that from mom, and it works so well.
Give your chickens some led lights on a timer in the winter, it helps them continue to lay eggs almost every day.
Thank you for the lovely video, I had to go after dark for three nights to put my chickens on the roost before they stopped roosting in the next boxes. It was worth it because now we have clean eggs!
I would think buying your own press would be well worth it. Not just for your group, but for all small growers in the wider area. Which could also become another income stream for all. And I think it is important to know the oil you get is from your farm.
I’m the same with our chickens. Can’t resist letting them free range, and I’m okay with losing a few veggies to see them happily scratching about (it’s only fair for the delicious eggs they give us!) 🐓
Don't they eat slugs too?
I really enjoyed the video. You have done so much. I know nothing about olives and found that very interesting. It is so sweet the way you treat your animals. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life.
Just so lovely Harriet... Thankyou for sharing. Love the love you have for your beautiful chickens! Kisses....
I enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing. Blessings from Canada 🇨🇦
Also, I noticed your fruit trees etc need pruning. Once you give them all a healthy pruning, they will produce more fruit and be a lot healthier for the trees!
I love your garden and animal sheds. A lot of farmers in America are now using sand in the bottom of their chickens coop, they use a sifter to scoop up the poop and feathers into a bucket and when it’s full they take it to the compost pile for regeneration. They are reporting that it’s easy and is keeping the coop cleaner and it doesn’t smell, that’s a plus, the chickens can dust bath in it as well. Maybe try this method in an area and see how it goes. I love your chickens new door and your addition to the roosts for the chickens, great use of space. I love olives, I hope we can see how you will use them in recipes. Community gardening will become the future of gardening as I can see, know that you’re starting a great future for your family and friends for nutritious food values. Until next time ❤ love to all.
My chickens free range everyday Harriet the good they do for the garden outweighs the mess they make sometimes 😂…. and it makes for much healthier happy 🐓 👌
Hi Harriet! Lovely film footage. In terms of organic pest control: Assuming that you heat at least partially with wood, sprinkle the ash around the plants most affected with slug/snails. The ash also adds potassium to your soil and makes it slightly alkaline. Ash needs to be stored in a dry place and renewed applications are necessary after a heavy rainfall. Setting out shallow containers of beer is another way to keep infestations down. The pests drown in alcohol----not the worst death imaginable!
Thank you, ash is one of the few things I haven't tried for the slugs and we do have plenty (ash - and slugs!) so I'll have to give it a go. Thanks!
The olive tree looked ancient and sacred to me! The canker isn’t doing any major harm! The tree needs careful and skilful pruning to keep its beauty!
Gracias , me encantan vuestros vídeos. Saludos .
Put a ping pong ball or golf ball in each nesting box. Resembling an egg, it tells the chickens to lay in the boxes instead of the ground.
She is a hard worker!!! Makes me want to do things like that. But old age slows one down---- a lot.
Thank you! I really like the new chicken door, I bought one that opens upward for my new coop, but I think that would be perfect for a chickshaw I want to build next year. Would really like an update on how you like yours after you use it for a while:).
Love your dedication.
Maybe plant rosemary and fennel for slugs, anis, and I agree with another viewer crushed egg shells it cuts the slugs, great video ty have a wonderful day🥰
First day of day light savings here in LA expecting some rain, nice blue skies 75Degree day,. Putting away stuff do not need to get wet. Have noticed that flying insects are attracted to this unusual reactions on trees, maybe spraying over will allow the bark to disinfect itself,. A spray paint or sealer.
My. Gramps had chickens that wouldn't lay in their nesting box after he build a new one. He used a fake egg and after about a month or so they were laying their eggs in the nesting box.
Yes the fake egg in each box works!
That rooster is crazy
Gracias,que bonito está todo!!😘😘😘🙏🙏🐕🐐🐈🌻😘😘😘🙏
You are such a lovely mother to these chicken, Harriet! They are very lucky to stay with you!
Hi Harriet! I can't help thinking of vlogger Kylie Flavell in Tuscany who has an unused olive press sitting in the middle of her kitchen. I wish there were some way to get it to Spain for your use! The green olives with rosemary are going to be soooo delicious; your chickens look contented as they range about; and the dogs and cats are adorable as always.
Guido would never let it go. It's part of their family history. They don't even know how to get it out the door as the room was built differently a long time ago.
@@wendywalsh-pardey9439 I know, you're right.
I must take a look at her channel, just to see that press!!
Olive time is my favourite in Chelva. The co-op has an organic day each week. Not perfect but something.
Hola Harriet!! He disfrutado mucho con tu vídeo!! Me pasaría el día mirando a mis gallinas...son hipnóticas 🐔🐔Cuando se dan los baños de arena, cuando entran a su ponedero...todo me gusta de "mis niñas". Así que, para mí, el vídeo ha sido doblemente especial. Besos para tod@s!!! Qué bonita está Oona❣️❣️❣️Lo olvidaba!! Vuelvo al comentario para añadir. Muy interesante lo del detalle de las aceitunas... Desconocía ese dato. El que si no llegas a un mínimo se mezcla...Mal asunto. Tenéis que haceros con una prensa vuestro grupo. Seguro que hay de segunda mano algo que podáis arreglar. Yo compré uno de mis molinos de segunda mano y va perfecto. Muy buen dato y muy curioso. Si me entero de algo, te digo. Besos
You could clip the rooster's wings...it won't hurt him and will give you a few months before he can fly out. Also, your blanket is beautiful!!!
Just happened on your Channel and I'm loving it I do have a suggestion your nesting boxes are too high I raised chickens for years and if the nesting boxes are too high they won't use them try lowering them and I think that they will start using them another thing you can do is add a small chicken ladder and a railing right outside the boxes make the boxes more accessible for them good luck I'm enjoying your progress and you are some Workhorse wow I'm impressed
There are so many lovely spots around your property!
You are doing really well in every sort of things needed.
The olives will be very good with the salt method. Love all your progress
Cuánta ayuda habéis tenido para la recolección de la Oliva!!!!👏👏👏👏
I like this mean little rooster 🥰. hi is cute in his own way. if I were in your place, I'd let him be "bad". 🐓🧡
on the other hand: putting some shady things over the chicken coop, is a very good idea. 👑
Chickens are just entertaining to watch and a bit soothing as well. And your eggs will be much better as well free ranging . Hello from Canada!
Hola niña tú si que tienen ánimo yo te miro. y me digo que temas eres bendiciones
It's so cozy omg it calms me down
Organic gardens, 10% go to the bugs and slugs. You have to get up really early sun rise go pick out the slugs and snails caterpillars. They go hid when the sun comes up warm, the sun will dry them up so they go hide. Also put a bowl of beer out and they will get drunk and drown. Then the chickens can eat them and get drunk. Haha🙊🙉🙈🧡
I always enjoy your videos. You have some interesting chores. It feels peaceful to sit and relax. Thank You for sharing~!
You guys are amazing!! Working so hard for a brighter future!! Much love & admiration from Kentucky 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Selamat dan sukses selalu....
Very nice Harvest.💜💜💜 AuntieEllen 👌🏾
Love the echo build.
Lo que hacen en algunos lugares es poner tierra de diatomeas en las plantas jóvenes hasta que crecen, porque las diatomeas secan cualquier babosa, caracol o insectos,
Se pone alrededor de la planta y si llueve se vuelve a poner porque se disuelve, evidentemente
Y gracias por compartir tus experiencias 🥬🥒🥕🍎🍇🫐💚
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you guys, community is the best, I always like your vids.
I can't help but be envious of your olive leaves. :) They are very medicinal! You can make an olive leaf tincture which is beneficial for the cardiovascular system. I mix them with Oregano to make a bug killing tincture, great for the immune system and keeping away germs in general.
Oh, I must try that!
Si tienes muchas aceitunas. Y puedes comprar una almazara pequeña de segunda mano yo compre una barata y me hago mi aceite, desde gran canaria un abrazo
There are definitely ways to keep snails and slugs away, but an easy/lazy way to combat them eating your more valuable plants would be a to plant a decoy in that spot and confuse em! Keep em away from the important stuff whilst they still get their fix. I’m definite not an expert though, so don’t take my word for it haha. Hope that the winter is easy for you and your community, much love from us South Africans enjoying spring.
You must surround the vegetables beds or place with wood ashes. The shells will die all
Looks good with the automatic door for the chickens and it’s lovely to see the room in your garden free range is the best, the nest areas that they don’t use is perfect for you to open and clean it out though I would have put a ledge on the far end not the end by the door so it gives a feeling of enclosure maybe that would help them to the nest there? Yes it would be lovely to get an olive press for the group and then that way you all keep it organic, learnt not every year gives you bumper crops that’s interesting that the olive trees do that. Happy farming xxx
It's getting properly cold here, bit envious of the warmer temperatures over on the east coast! The slugs like hiding in the mulch, pulling it back might help a bit. Or putting in some beer traps, though those are definitely a bit more "violent". Loved the video :)
Haha. When it went dark I was expecting a Halloween section.
Incredible tus videos son ten hermosos
So enjoyed the vlog again Harriet. We too let our chickens etc free range but now they are all locked in due to Avian Flu again. Probably wont be out until Spring. Thankyou for sharing with us.
Oh no, I read about that. Such a shame, I hope they can be allowed out again soon!
Lu sheep’s wool clippings around you plants.
Compost tea!. Don't use pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers or anything chemical. You have done the right thing with compost bins and a worm bin. Let your chickens loose too! Lol
Hi Harriet, there are a number of ways to tackle snails and slugs. Encourage lizards and frogs, coffee grounds or garlic is another. Maybe there is a Cafe nearby. Make a spray from the grounds and water the same with the garlic and spray around plants. I have had a little bit of luck with eggshells; however, they need to be ground fine and dry. Chives, sage, chamomile, yarrow and wormwood are also useful. however, my favourite as an Aussie is the beer trap. Slugs and snails love yeast so place a saucer level with the top of the soil and top with beer. Any snails you find alive throw them to the chooks it is hilarious. Found the vlog about 2 months ago and watched from the beginning. I have caught up now and wish you and Mauro all the best for the future.
Thank you so much, I've tried a few things you mention but not all of them! I imagine a multi-pronged approach is best - never dealt with slugs here before, so time to get serious and try some more techniques! 😆
The front of your large building looks like the Alamo in San Antonio Texas., Unique front facade in the. US., I noticed it a while ago., originally a Spanish mission. I planted 5 tomato plants one summer and soon green horn headed things showed up on the plants. Maybe after thousands of years of cultivation the things dna is natural to the plant,.
lovely video, thank you
Hola Harriet, deciros, (aunque os pilla un poco lejos).. en ADZANETA DE ALBAIDA, VALENCIA. Yo voy a una almácera que se llama EL TEULAR. Allí me dejan moler las olivas a partir de unos 300 kg. Y lo hacen en frío que es mucho mejor. Te dan turno y vas con tus olivas , te pones tú en la máquina a recogerlo y embotellarlo. Te llevas tu propio aceite sin pesticidas. Saludos y salud
Gracias 🙏🙏 Lo miraré, no sé si aquí en un buen año llegaríamos a 300kg, a lo mejor sí...
Hi, we also had the slug problem. Turned out they lay eggs in the straw we use for mulch (I see you're using it too, so perhaps that's the reason) They don't like dry straw, but after rain they make total invasion, eat what they can and reproduce. Damp soil under cover is perfect for that. I found many eggs when I turned the straw in the beds. For some reason they love straw. They also live under straw bales that serve as wind brakes at our farm. To kill the eggs you just let them dry in the sun. For us 2022 was particularly sluggy. We'll see how 2023 goes. For me the slug egg hunt is extremely time consuming so I'm working on some other solutions too, although gardeners from my area all say that hand picking slugs and eggs works best. This year we're getting Indian runner ducks as special anti-slug forces. We'll see... Best wishes from Poland!
If I'm not mistaken the plants with white little flowers at 5:47 are "Ravenisses blanques" (White wallrocket). This plant is edible and you gonna find a lot of them at this time of the year. You could eat the leaves, with a taste similar to cabbage but more spicy, or the flowers with a kind of mustard taste. I use it to make a vinaigrette: Put some flowers in a blender, a clove of garlic, soy sauce, olive oil and salt.
There are a bunch of what people consider 'bad weeds with no value' in the Mediterranean region that are edible or useful for a bunch of purposes, like the "malva" (mallow), "l'ortiga" (nettle), "verdolaga" (purslane) or even the poppy petals ("rosella").
Thank you Gerard! Since all the plants here (or most of them) are new to me, I have had a lot of fun discovering what they might be, and I don't associate them as "weeds" because most of them are not the weeds I grew up knowing! I must try your vinegarette, it sounds delicious!
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead The flowers are also used in some high level restaurants to garnish the dishes.
Thanks and keep the good work making this entertaining, calm and beautiful videos.
Malva is a great medicinal herb to battle lung problems, especially dry cough :)
I had lots of olives and I tried different methods... the easiest is cut the olives and place them in an old pillow case with salt and hung in a dark place.. easy.
Old pillow case is a great idea!
At 14:45 you mention the need for a press that works with organic olives. I have a friend who cares for regenerative olives in Cervera and he brings his olives to a press that accepts non- certified organic at the end of pressing a certified batch. The press is in Varona la Vella near Sant Mateu.
Mira la bitácora de la Tanina, tiene un vídeo de cómo impedir que se escapen las gallinas
Recuerdo el año pasado lo preocupada que estabas porque los olivos tenían muy pocas aceitunas y pensabas que habías hecho algo mal. Este año estarás más tranquila, verdad? 😁. Los olivos es lo que tienen, un año dan mucho y otros muy poco, la famosa vecería.
This year is very bad for me too with slugs and snails (Andalucia). Soo much effort and work waste😞. Regarding the olive oil press… 500kg batch is the common amount, as irs the minimum what a press needs to work properly, if you put less, it would be generating a lot of waste. I love to see your videos to relax and compare with what I’m doing on my plot 😘
hang a long rope from tree with hook for food and water for chicks?
Have you noticed the egg yolks a more vibrant darker color with the free ranging?
Yes! And so much tastier. I don't even put salt on my eggs anymore. And for some reason we get a lot of double yolks.
@@MauroGestoso Bravo, delicious eggs!
I like your cats’ names! Just need a Pendragon and your Arthurian animal contingency is complete, lol.
Have you tried scissors cutting the flight feathers on one side ONLY. It makes them off balanced. I’m kinda new to your channel, so I don’t know if you know this. I am really enjoying your channel.
The herb at 23:41 seems to be Tanacetum parthenium, which helps against headaches, correct?
feisty roosters make the best soups btw.
Haha is that a scientific fact?? 😂
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead of course. its realy easy to understand: the festiy chicken have much more muscle mass and so make a better chicken soup or whatever. But fun aside, my mother had chickens since 1986 and she loves them dearly, but if a rooster mistreats the chickens or is trying to get away to much or eats her strawberrys she gets very murdery very fast. also cutting the long feathers on the tip of the wings can help make them less of a flyer and more of a ground chicken.
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Para evitar los caracoles pon ceniza en la base de los plantones, no gastes dinero en productos quimico,, usa de la lena que quemes en la chimenea.
Your night lighting reminds me of the movie: The Blair Witch Project. Scary!
😂😂 Feel like I should have done something more halloween-y with the nighttime shots, given the time of year!
Maybe ask your neighbors about what is happening with your tree. It doesn’t look like cankers. Did you sterilize the saw between cuts?
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Are you going to try cuttings from the olive tree?
Maybe, but I would be a bit worried about spreading the disease...
How high are your nesting boxes from the ground.
About 50cm from the floor of the coop
i've always wondered if a plant/tree is infected are the fruits still good to eat I've never eaten just incase but now im second guessing myself
That never occurred to me, but I think if the fruit is infected it rots, apparently that's a symptom. So hopefully since I was only picking the perfect fruits, it's fine. Would love if someone who knows more than me can add any info!
In general, without knowing about this olive disease specifically: if a plant has a bacterial infection and that has also infected edible plant parts, that by itself does not make these plant parts dangerous to eat. Plants and animals / humans are just so different that a bacterium that can infect plants cannot infect humans. Had to look this up before deciding to eat basil that had a slight bacterial leaf spot disease. Of course, edible parts could still taste bad or be rotten as a secondary effect of the plant's bacterial infection, in which case I'd suggest not eating those parts
@@djazt.8053 ah thank you for that does make sense!
how much land do you have? I like the field. and your videos😃😃😃
I think they said about 15.000 m2 (meters) 1.5 hectareas
Yes, 1.6 hectares (4 acres)
Your rooster is telling you that he needs a bath, it’s a “flat bucket”, (I don’t know how to say it in English) filled with diatomaceous earth, and if you snails are too many, you could put some old beer in a dish and cover it with a roof tile, and that night will be the last party for some of them. It’s sad but…
Flea beetles?
Respecto a lo que decias de poder haceros vuestro propio aceite, hay un canal de youtube que te enseña como hacer tu propio molino a muy bajo coste, yo estoy preparando el mio con lo que dice el canal que te comento, el canal se lama "Elñapas", veresi que es mas facil de lo que parece, un saludo pareja
Gracias, lo miraré 🙏🙏
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No se donde habrás visto olivas picadas o rajadas maduras! Yo no las he visto nunca, y creo que no tiene lógica hacer eso con esas olivas.
Yo con ese tipo de olivas, y esa variedad, que se llama grossal o serrana, las pongo en una tinaja con sal, no tanta como tu has puesto, simplemente que tengan sal abundante, un chorro de limón exprimido y un par de limones más cortados en trozos, un puñado de hierbas aromáticas y un chorro de aceite de oliva. Después las dejas secar donde corra el aire pero sin que les de el sol en un mes ya se pueden comer, cuando veas que están arrugadas un poco. Saludos!!
Clip his flight feathers.
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Does the rooster still get out
Nope! Only when I let him out 👍
@@LittleSpanishFarmstead great job from someone who has been on the path less travel for over fifty years, you 2 + critters are definitely on to a life better lived. Create value, be honest and have fun ! The simple joy of living life to it’s fullest.
Is there a reason you don't want the rooster to be free? Couldn't you just open the gate and let the chickens out as well? They can manage well, I think, and will go back to the chickenrun at night.
Yeah I do let them free when I'm around but I don't want them out when I'm not there, when I'm gonna be popping out etc. For predators, and also to keep them out of the garden which is unfenced!
Food Grade--. Diatomaceous Earth will kill snails and slugs. And take care of mites or fleas ticks anything like that. And can be used to worm farm animals. It's a powder and fairly inexpensive. Do not put on compost pile.
you could clip the rooster's wings