There's a camp at one of the islands on the lake near me. There's no electricity, so they still harvest ice in the winter and pack it in sawdust. Mostly for the novelty, but it's still done.
1:44 - don't forget to leave a few carrots in the ground, so they'll flower for you this year - giving you carrots that are best adapted for your particular microclimate. The same should actually be true for all the roots - if you try it, keep us posted. And maybe you could add some cute coloured flags to find your rows in winter? :)
Moles and voles are what's leaving you "carrot shells". Here in Central New York, I've used the ground as a fridge for a few years now, and have seen the same type of damage from them - so much so, that I've started planting beets and turnips in the fall around spring flower bulbs to protect them from the same damage over winter. The critters tend to go after the beets more than turnips, and leave tulip, crocus, and daffodil bulbs alone. Cheers!
The sawdust is genius compared to woodchips. The mycelium can spread alot faster thus creating a weed barrier and creating a bloom of indigenous microbes. Love to see the ruth stout method
Had rodents hollow out a few potatoes last year. The rodents follow mole tunnels and eat some of the root vegetables. Had a rodent nest built in the middle of a potato plant last year.
Tricky little critters eh? I don't mind sharing when the only take a few, but setting up a nest right in the middle of a potato plant is a bit much. lol
Thanks for the video. We tried the softneck in Manitoba and are back to all hardneck. Hardneck just grows and stores way better unless you are looking for braids.
I've lived in many places brother Some of them were pretty cold Ie. Churchill Manitoba Great slave lake And the last chance valley I like what you are doing and the education you are sharing with everyone brother So I thought I would share something with you Almost everyone I've met in these colder regions had no idea that if you dug down below the frost line and you when't another 6 to 8 feet that the temperature remains constant around 15 to 20 degrees Celsius Perfect for a root cellar or refuge There are many ways of doing this Your environment will dictate the best method I hope this is helpful and I would like to say thank you for sharing brother God bless you and your's Just saying
👍👍, good content . Just watched a few and must say you are a tremendous benefit with the methods you practice. Ruth and Jadam are practiced here and its a game changer. 👍👍one more sub.
I've seen it suggested that mulch will delay the warming of soil in the spring, but what we see in this video suggests otherwise. Certainly the ground is workable under mulch be fore it is workable elsewhere. Maybe you could compare the actual temperatures between mulched and un-mulched ground and between sawdust, hay and leaf covered ground.
What you saw was insulated earth , kept from freezing by mulch. Mulch shields the earth from outside elements, the sun and the cold. It also allows for life to continue below it. If soil temperature needs to climb for summer crops it can be removed for sun access or covered with black plastic .
We had very little snow and rainy periods in zone 4a on the edge of 3b and prone to micro-climate toward the latter in the Laurentians. The garlic started popping a few days ago. Waiting on the asparagus that was planted last summer. Of the carrots in the garden, some have been delicious, and others turned to goo in the middle but left a shell holding it in. That's the way it goes sometimes. A lot of first year carrots the last two summers went to flower for something different to do. Haven't researched that yet ... ;)
Can't wait for my snow to melt to get to the carrots also. Or course, that part of the garden is where all the snow is plowed so it's the last space to melt! haha! I had beets that I discovered I forgot last year. Did not taste it, just let it there for fun but sure other roots veggies would be fun to try! I also have a friend who plant leeks in the fall and they shoot in the spring and grow all season long.
Saw dust on paths is a very very bad idea for Northern Canada. Just stick to whole woodchips or else you're just making Pykrete for 5 months out of the year and will spend more time skating on those paths.
I still have carrots in the soil waiting to come out, I do cover with leaves but leaves in plastic bags that I picked up from the neighbours in the fall. I believe over all I put more leaves over top and never have a issue when the really cold days of winter are around , also layered with snow.I have done carrots for many years and wanted to try potatoes this past season but dug them out before thinking to do that idea. I like seeing how the onion looked that you dug up which I must do also.
For me potatoes on new ground/grass covered in heavy mulch has worked great. Have you personally noticed a difference with covering root vegetables with wood mulch vs hay, straw, leaves? I am like you guys and it needs to make sense to me in how nature works. Can you give me tips on winter sowing or better yet letting nature sow? I feel like for most things there shouldn’t need to be domes and structures involved.
I wonder if covering your potatoes with more straw in the fall instead of leaves would help with the cold damage. Maybe a foot thick. wet leaves are not a good insulator. but I am learning a lot from this channel.
Lovely vid, as always. Since you worry about the plastic in the field from the cardboard, here's another one: what about the ink from the print on those same boxes?
I wonder now, where the damaged potatoes were in the garden in relation to the edge. Were the damaged ones closer to the sides of the rows and thus closer to the sawdust paths? I'm wondering if the good ones were centered in the middle of the mulch beds and got all of the protection.
Oh that's a really good point. Unfortunately, I didn't think to keep track of that at the time. I'll have to go back over my camera footage to see if I can notice a pattern. If not, I'll have to watch for it next year. Thanks for the suggestion!
That's a really good question! I don't think I could test that on our own veggies without sending samples away to a lab. But I'll have to look into it and see what others have to say about it.
Pretty sure voles are to blame. We had some carrots that looked like that last fall. That's the only critter that we figured could have done it. We have a lot of them around the garden.
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5:44 Back in the days when they used to export ice from Canada to as far as India, they used sawdust to insulate it on the long sail-ship voyages.
There's a camp at one of the islands on the lake near me. There's no electricity, so they still harvest ice in the winter and pack it in sawdust. Mostly for the novelty, but it's still done.
1:44 - don't forget to leave a few carrots in the ground, so they'll flower for you this year - giving you carrots that are best adapted for your particular microclimate.
The same should actually be true for all the roots - if you try it, keep us posted.
And maybe you could add some cute coloured flags to find your rows in winter? :)
Your videos are getting more lighthearted and more personable. I love it. Keep up the good work!!
Moles and voles are what's leaving you "carrot shells".
Here in Central New York, I've used the ground as a fridge for a few years now, and have seen the same type of damage from them - so much so, that I've started planting beets and turnips in the fall around spring flower bulbs to protect them from the same damage over winter. The critters tend to go after the beets more than turnips, and leave tulip, crocus, and daffodil bulbs alone.
Cheers!
Smart
Just wanted to check how you are doing? Hope everything is going good for you.
Wood pulp and water is such a strong and insulating mix, they tried to make an aircraft carrier out of it in WWII: Project Habakkuk.
Was hoping someone was going to bring up Pykrete and Project Habakkuk - th-cam.com/video/8QdqHblcrnA/w-d-xo.html
The sawdust is genius compared to woodchips. The mycelium can spread alot faster thus creating a weed barrier and creating a bloom of indigenous microbes. Love to see the ruth stout method
The cleaned out carrot might be a rolly polly
I use to live in Eastern Ontario and it is so nice to see gardening/farming channels that deal with cold winter cycles!
Had rodents hollow out a few potatoes last year. The rodents follow mole tunnels and eat some of the root vegetables. Had a rodent nest built in the middle of a potato plant last year.
Tricky little critters eh? I don't mind sharing when the only take a few, but setting up a nest right in the middle of a potato plant is a bit much. lol
another great video's
Your's are always jsut high quality and informative.
I love it! Keep challenging assumptions and common wisdom. ❤
Can you please make a video on how you protect yourself from ticks? Do you use any sprays?
Love your channel!
Thanks for the video. We tried the softneck in Manitoba and are back to all hardneck. Hardneck just grows and stores way better unless you are looking for braids.
Thanks for sharing all your gardening experiments!
I've lived in many places brother
Some of them were pretty cold
Ie. Churchill Manitoba
Great slave lake
And the last chance valley
I like what you are doing and the education you are sharing with everyone brother
So I thought I would share something with you
Almost everyone I've met in these colder regions had no idea that if you dug down below the frost line and you when't another 6 to 8 feet that the temperature remains constant around 15 to 20 degrees Celsius
Perfect for a root cellar or refuge
There are many ways of doing this
Your environment will dictate the best method
I hope this is helpful and I would like to say thank you for sharing brother God bless you and your's
Just saying
Love seeing your experiments. Definitely opening my eyes as to what is possible in our climate (same a yours!) Great work. Keep it up.
Such a great experiment! I love your videos challenging preconceptions
Thank you so much for sharing your experiments with us!
That onion looked like it was getting ready to sen up it's shoots too.
👍👍, good content . Just watched a few and must say you are a tremendous benefit with the methods you practice. Ruth and Jadam are practiced here and its a game changer. 👍👍one more sub.
Wow, i am impressed, in montana snow and rain happening, but i am thinking i will try this with at least some carrots.
I've seen it suggested that mulch will delay the warming of soil in the spring, but what we see in this video suggests otherwise.
Certainly the ground is workable under mulch be fore it is workable elsewhere.
Maybe you could compare the actual temperatures between mulched and un-mulched ground and between sawdust, hay and leaf covered ground.
What you saw was insulated earth , kept from freezing by mulch. Mulch shields the earth from outside elements, the sun and the cold. It also allows for life to continue below it. If soil temperature needs to climb for summer crops it can be removed for sun access or covered with black plastic .
We had very little snow and rainy periods in zone 4a on the edge of 3b and prone to micro-climate toward the latter in the Laurentians. The garlic started popping a few days ago. Waiting on the asparagus that was planted last summer. Of the carrots in the garden, some have been delicious, and others turned to goo in the middle but left a shell holding it in. That's the way it goes sometimes. A lot of first year carrots the last two summers went to flower for something different to do. Haven't researched that yet ... ;)
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Can't wait for my snow to melt to get to the carrots also. Or course, that part of the garden is where all the snow is plowed so it's the last space to melt! haha! I had beets that I discovered I forgot last year. Did not taste it, just let it there for fun but sure other roots veggies would be fun to try! I also have a friend who plant leeks in the fall and they shoot in the spring and grow all season long.
Thank you do much for sharing. From north Idaho. 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓
Doggy-approved carrots - yum :)
Saw dust on paths is a very very bad idea for Northern Canada. Just stick to whole woodchips or else you're just making Pykrete for 5 months out of the year and will spend more time skating on those paths.
thank you for the update!
Slugs seem to hollow out the carrots, at least here.
Thank you!
Thank you #SaveSoil #Consciousplanet .
I still have carrots in the soil waiting to come out, I do cover with leaves but leaves in plastic bags that I picked up from the neighbours in the fall. I believe over all I put more leaves over top and never have a issue when the really cold days of winter are around , also layered with snow.I have done carrots for many years and wanted to try potatoes this past season but dug them out before thinking to do that idea. I like seeing how the onion looked that you dug up which I must do also.
Thanks for sharing, also curious about what critter left the carrot shells.
I wager a bet on voles.
We need a Paula cameo!!!
Ps. Great video 👏🏼
For me potatoes on new ground/grass covered in heavy mulch has worked great. Have you personally noticed a difference with covering root vegetables with wood mulch vs hay, straw, leaves?
I am like you guys and it needs to make sense to me in how nature works. Can you give me tips on winter sowing or better yet letting nature sow? I feel like for most things there shouldn’t need to be domes and structures involved.
I love the information you share, and the way you present it. What program do you use for the cute animated video clips?
Hi there, are you two still alive? Missing your insightful videos.
I wonder if covering your potatoes with more straw in the fall instead of leaves would help with the cold damage. Maybe a foot thick. wet leaves are not a good insulator. but I am learning a lot from this channel.
Lovely vid, as always. Since you worry about the plastic in the field from the cardboard, here's another one: what about the ink from the print on those same boxes?
I wonder now, where the damaged potatoes were in the garden in relation to the edge. Were the damaged ones closer to the sides of the rows and thus closer to the sawdust paths? I'm wondering if the good ones were centered in the middle of the mulch beds and got all of the protection.
Oh that's a really good point. Unfortunately, I didn't think to keep track of that at the time. I'll have to go back over my camera footage to see if I can notice a pattern. If not, I'll have to watch for it next year. Thanks for the suggestion!
Very intrigued with leaving vegetables in the ground. I guess I will have to google it, because I don't know what comment methods were recommended😁
Here's the previous video, where I go into more detail about the method we tried: th-cam.com/video/4qsrYm4KfX0/w-d-xo.html
This year I am going to grow carrots from India. Will try to save the seeds by over wintering.
Airdrie, Alberta
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@Back To Reality I'm an animation student, and was wondering which program you use to create your animations. Thx.
You left some in to flower and save for seed, right?
I did! :)
@@BackToReality sweet!
I wonder if there would be any nutritional difference in potatoes and carrots stored inside and those outside
That's a really good question! I don't think I could test that on our own veggies without sending samples away to a lab. But I'll have to look into it and see what others have to say about it.
I would go with no difference .
Why doesn't your leaf mulch get all blown away? I have an abundance of leaves I like to use for mulch but it all ends up in the neighbor's yard. 😬
Petitio Principii
Soil pH is 8.5. what can I do?
maybe worms hollowed out your carrots
Might have been Bugs Bunny😅
Lol, you might be right ;)
Silly wabbit.
Your little nibbler is a vole. Pointed little nibbler head and health appetetite.
I would bet voles munched on your carrots.
We do have a lot of voles, so that makes sense.
Pretty sure voles are to blame. We had some carrots that looked like that last fall. That's the only critter that we figured could have done it. We have a lot of them around the garden.
6:15 mycorrhizae
So I guess, you`ve given up on posting, had enough?