You might want to try allowing the onions to continue growing until the following year, and as a previous commenter stated, allow the greens to die back before pulling. Love watching your continued progress, so envious of the life you will establish for yourselves.
Next time don't try cutting the cabbages down the centre, easy way to lose a diget, cut a slice from the edge so it lays flat on the chopping board then slice from edge in thin shreds inwards. Much easier and safer 😉
Every time I see a comment "why Ireland?", I think why NOT Ireland! It's beautiful where you are, the scenery makes my soul happy. My grandparents are English and Welsh, and seeing your beautiful land feels like home to me.
I love parsnips so have been eating them everyday recently. Your parsnips and all the veg are huge which just goes to show how rich your soil is. You have a gold mine to turn your land into horticulture.
A real credit to you for your first harvest. You should be proud of what you have accomplished in your first harvest. I think you have accomplished so much in your cottage so far and you both have done so well together. I really admire how you work together so well. A pleasure to watch.
The old marine plywood was incredible stuff. People still hoard sheets of it. The new stuff is nowhere near as strong or water resistant. It turns black, bends and breaks. The old stuff was like iron.
Indeed ... why not Ireland ☘️ I was fortunate to visit Ireland in 2017 ... I loved the friendly Irish Always willing to fill you in on their history 💚 and loved the green country side We had the best tour guide and I came home filled and satisfied 🇿🇦/ 🇮🇪 What a harvest 💯 I have a tiny, very tiny area and managed to grow strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes, sweet peppers, chillies, squash and 1 pumpkin This brought me pleasure and can just imagine how proud you must be! Have a great week!
if you want something other than sauerkraut look up recepes for freezer coleslaw. its a wilted slaw that reminds me in flavor of bread and butter pickles. Very yummy.
Aside from growing your own vegetables and salads for your table, you can also try to grow crops to help feed any animals you keep in future. Seeing what other farmers in that area are growing for feed will maybe give you an idea of what is possible. Experimenting with small crops can also be interesting. You had a wonderful first growing experience with many obstacles, so just imagine when you have more infrastructure. 👍❤️🇿🇦
Yes you absolutely can do this! Your last harvest was impressive, your mistakes are just part of the learning process. It was a little bit scary watching you cut that cabbage Cori lol but I loved seeing the excitement on your faces, it's such an accomplishment to plant your own food. I always found it quite enjoyable tinkering around in the garden, it's good for your mind body and soul. I just know this is going to be an extremely successful year for you in every way ❤
My answer to why Ireland would be why not Ireland? Ever since I was 7 or 8 (65 now) I have dreamed of going to Ireland. The beauty… the history… the beer. Now I doubt I will ever venture across the pond to fulfill this dream but, because of your channel I visit once a week. Patricia in Florida US
I would be inclined to pick the veg as you need them and only harvest the lot when they’re getting to the point you have to. Carrots will keep far better growing in the ground than picking the lot and trying to store them for example. That way your veg is always fresh and the stuff that stays in the ground longer will have the chance to grow bigger. Obviously it will get to the point where it’s either pick them or they’ll start to rot but by that point, you won’t have as much to try and store.
My bit thing is growing kale in the Winter on our tiny balcony. They are massive. 2 years in a row. My onions were a disaster, but in the Spring I start growing lettuces and they are a great success. I use a lot of fertilizer and that's the key to success. Thanks for this video. Loved it.
Great harvest and so late in the year. Wish i had such a nice growing season, but atlas only zone 4. Add some sand to the rows that the carrots grow, they like the light ‘soil’
I have a glasshouse in my garden and I love growing random stuff. I attempted growing Watermelon from seed and to my surprise it grew!! They needed a lot of care but it was so rewarding watching them grow.
When we lived in Cologne, Germany and even in Minnesota, USA, we were able to grow a small garden. Since we live in Colorado-USA, we haven’t been able to grow anything decent. But you are making me want to try again.
One things for sure you put your garden in the right place so you wont starve lol. I love what you do and when they ask why ireland? I would say why not? lol :) :)
Your outtakes need a coffee warning ;-) Brilliant as always Hope you can find some joist hangers that can be screwed into the wall to hold the joists without needing a beam below the ceiling to hold them up I attempted to grow veg last year - runner beans, broad beans and french beans were all OK, as were the cucumbers, perpetual spinach and chard. I got one small turnip, a couple of thin carrots and some tomatoes. The sweetcorn and cabbage were disappointing and the onions disappeared! Hopefully next year will be better, though there seems to be something each year that just doesn't grow!
Hi guys, you did very well indeed with your first harvest if that’s what you’re going to produce on your land you could probably sell a lot of it to your local shop if you have one eventually, or maybe have an honesty box and table outside your front gate so done that way
I'm in 🇨🇦...and its winter here -12 so far..our growing season is late may -sept....how in earth are you picking vegtables on New Years.I saw your video where it was snowing...my goodness you did fantastic..your 5klg veggie how was the flavour being so big...and I also did laugh out loud when you were trying to pull that turnip...well done...do you give the leaves you are cutting off to the chicken as well...hugs from 🇨🇦
Cabbage Trick, Hold it Stem side Down and slam it onto the counter. it breaks the stem conically and lets you cut the cabbage easier, and start the cut from stem side, rather than the top. :)
My soil here in Tucson Arizona is so alkaline that if you put vinegar on it, it fizzes! I planted two packages of Sugar Snap Peas, of which I had 4 seeds germinate! Then, the other morning when I went out to the garden… something had eaten all the leaves off 3 of the 4 plants! Ugh! I am happy with the growth on my lettuces, spinach, parsley and herbs.
Great editing for the beginning lol, had a good giggle. Apart from the superior taste from growing your own, you also get to see the downright freaky and funny sizes and shapes that never make it to the stores.👍❤️
That Turnip is massive I wondered if it was real never seen anything like it you truely have a green thumb, When Kayvan had all the vegatables laid out it looked so beautiful, the sauerkraut is so healthy for you, it was the first year for me with a large garden tomatoes were plenty along with potatoes, peppers. Herbs did very well also.I failed at the onions I need to research more on that! I did put in Garlic mine looks like yours so we will see fingers crossed🤞
I am somewhat successful with my tomatoes now, after 5 years of trying. Thing is, they came from my grandpa’s garden in Ukraine and I been trying to grow them in North Carolina. Climate is sooo very different. First year I had zero tomatoes. Zero. But now, I have some! Grandpa would be proud, I hope! And of course I only have an option to prep my own seeds each year. I can’t just buy those in store...
when the beets and carrots are clumped like that you dont have to pull them all at once you can "thin" them and leave some for the next week or so to harvest. Lets the others get bigger. Just a suggestion of course! and I too have the worst time with onions, looking forward to hearing if you get a good a good suggestion from someone! Always lovely to see you Sunday mornings along with a nice cup of coffee!
Great results on your harvest you did an awesome job, for onions I always used heat treated onion sets, have a look on line for them had great success with and onions for the whole year.
hi there. i just found something you maybe wanted to look into, there is a thing called " rebar tie gun " in short, it is a machine that use steel wire to tie rebar togheter automatic. it ties/ cut and all that fun stuff, the only thing you need to do is to give it power and wire and then you can go nuts whit the rebar. i was thinking it could be a good one to have when you are going to tie rebar togheter or if you are going to do fence inclosure. have a great day!
I'm glad you went to Ireland the people are fantastic and you're home that you are building or rebuilding is gonna be beautiful. I can tell your gardens are fabulous. You've got land what else could you ask for your your animals are? Fantastic you're doing a great job. I love watching your show.❤
Well done you guys on your 2024 growing, there is nothing better than growing your own wonky, wonderful veg. We have had a plot and polytunnel for almost 5yrs now, and all i can say is every growing season is a learning curve!! The weather is never the same every season and other things like compost/soil /seed quality also add to the differences. Only grow the things you love to eat, the rest will be wasted time and energy for you. Gosh the house is coming on so well! Itll all be worth it in the end, youll see. Best of luck for 2025, i look forward to following your fun adventures x
Hehehe great fun guys! You've got good soil there, big well done to both of you. Onions - you need to leave them in the ground for longer! Carrots - perhaps soil a little too compacted and maybe too much nutrition. Either way I'm sure they taste delicious and the interesting configurations are fun! It's all part of the learning process. I never knew chilckens liked beef!!! Kxx
I remember years ago Joanna Gains built a small cottage garden and her hubby built the hen run around the entire perimeter as a natural way to keep pest/ bugs 🐛 away from the vegetables... the chicken 🐔 had plenty of run space and they eat the bad bugs
So many good things to comment on so I’ll answer the last questions, I was never prouder than the time I had my own planted asparagus patch, from ground to mouth makes you never buy from the supermarkets again so it’s a real seasonal treat, so pleased you planted your crowns, I could say so much so I’ll sign off Bravo👏
What a great job you all are making of country life . Congratulations 🎉 veg are amazing. Cottage is making progress. It will be spring before you know it 😊. And I'm sure you will love that . Good luck 🍀🍀 keep safe and above everything happy . ❤🫂👍🙏💪🤗
The harvest is luscious! Now the challenge will be preserving and storing so that nothing is wasted. Please show us how you process it all (pickles, chutneys, mash, frozen, cakes -- carrot cake!!! -- etc.).
Love your channel and truly enjoy watching your family enjoy each other while building your dream! That turnip/parsnip was a challenge! I sort of expected it to change to slow motion and have him pull it out like King Arthur’s Sword in the Stone! Ha ha !
I grow potatoes in old tyres and composted soil……start with three tyres and add tyres as shoots appear, normally go to five or six ……it’s easy to harvest and to reuse the next year…❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Apparently the onions/garlic have to have cold weather to get them to divide up. I don’t have much luck unless they get a frost after early planting. It is always trial and error when you first start good luck guys.
I enjoy your videos. I’ve been gardening in Maine for 50 years. Generally speaking, root crops (beets, carrots, radish etc) do not like to be transplanted so we direct sow them for better results. Perhaps consider direct seeding especially your carrots more thinly.
Mix the very small carrot seeds with salt before you sow them. They won't be so dense & for some reason the carrots are sweeter (or maybe it's my imagination) but quite a few other nutters agree with me.
😂 I always find it easier to push down on root veggies, then pull up. However, in that case, you could get the backhoe attached.. you guy's are so cute 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Love your channel, well done on all your work 👏 To me that looks more like cleaver (or sticky backs as we called them as kids) than chickweed, both delicious made into pesto 😊
Onions are divided into long day, medium day, and short day onions. The variety that you should plant in your area depends upon your latitude. So you should determine where you are latitudinally and then figure out whether you need long, medium or short day onions. I’m guessing where you are you’re not gonna use short day onions because the more northern your latitude the longer day onions you need. If you get the wrong onions for your latitude, they will not bulb.
Good to know! I wasn’t aware of that fact either (I get mine from a neighbour with a small organic homestead. Here in the Southwest of Ireland we are at around latitude 51, so this might be similar for them. I suppose our local organic supplier of seeds and bulbs called Fruit Hill Farm would only/mainly sell suitable plants.
OK, 2nd comment, once I finished watching. For your onion issue. Firstly, with your acidic soil, you must add lime to the soil to correct. Next, choose the correct onion type for your region. 'Sturon' should do well. Make sure you don't plant your seedlings too deep. Give them lots of room in between, so they have lots of room to expand on the surface of the soil.. no matter what, leave the onions in the soil until the stems have yellowed, and are starting to bend over. You can also bend the ones that have not yet, they'll catch up to the others. Usually ready around August (put yours back in) Onions like fertile, well draining soil, they don't exist well with weeds. Leave them to dry on racks, whatever you have, once pulled, ventilated, and under cover if wet weather expected. These are store well. Also, Golden Bear F1 and Santero F1 Walla Walla is a fantastic onion, not good for storing, I just use them up first, so good. Maybe for your region. Hope some of this can help, I'm no expert, just a home gardener.
Here in the US, we need to grow certain varieties according to where we live and the daylight hours we get during the summer. So there are long day ( more northern states), short day for those that are growing more south and day neutral for those that are more central. In my experience, start growing onion seedlings now to plant out in early spring. Bulbling onions grow until the daylight hours start to shorten. Then wait until the greens bend over. I have grown a variety called Aisla Craig (from Scotland) that have been awesome. The rest of your harvest is fantastic.. congratulations!
I am inspired by you. The last years it's been difficult to find parsnips in the store. I will try growing it. I do have an acid piece where I can grow it. I will have to remediate it somehow. Thank you so much. Greetings from Mayne Island 🇨🇦 Canada.❤
Turnip is delicious and very good for you, mashed with lots of butter and brown sugar mixed with it... mmmm One suggestion. Kayvan is so lovely, really, really a lovely person. you should make us a calendar of just Kayvan, omg.... he is eye candy and seems like the nicest person ever.
Virgin soil always produces more, especially if it has had cows on the land before. You will do great! Just keep doing what you're doing! I am amazed at how much produce you got!❤❤❤
If you smash the head of a lettuce or cabbage down on a hard surface at the core, it will break it up inside, and release it whole. Then, you can cut away. Last thing you need is a cut of any appendage or body part. Safety first! Great job on the crop. That's land that wants to give and give some more. She's thanking you for the care!
I have found that onions grow much better from seed. We start ours in February to plant as soon as the ground is workable in spring April/May (SK, Canada) 1 pkg 100 seeds per small 5x10 cm tray. You might have to set up a seed start area in your new office 😉
Please remember that onions are edible at every stage. They do take a nightmarish amount of time to fully grow. I start mine now, indoors and I will olant them out in March when it is still really cold, so i think if you wait until the onions bend over, they will keep growing.
I would recommend growing fava beans (I guess in some places they are called broad beans) they like cooler temps, are very tasty and if you chop up the plant after picking it is great for the soil. Loved watching your harvest! Best of luck to you!
A great crop! Usually you have a very mild climate there, subtropical. Although you have some chilly spells often the temperature will remain well above zero all winter. I think you patch on the hill gets sunlight from first thing in the morning, to sunset, yet there's some protection from the wind, must help things grow.
You might want to try allowing the onions to continue growing until the following year, and as a previous commenter stated, allow the greens to die back before pulling. Love watching your continued progress, so envious of the life you will establish for yourselves.
Next time don't try cutting the cabbages down the centre, easy way to lose a diget, cut a slice from the edge so it lays flat on the chopping board then slice from edge in thin shreds inwards. Much easier and safer 😉
You two are so fun to watch. Massive thumbs up to the harvest, super sized veg. love your antics. Heather x
Every time I see a comment "why Ireland?", I think why NOT Ireland! It's beautiful where you are, the scenery makes my soul happy. My grandparents are English and Welsh, and seeing your beautiful land feels like home to me.
All the best for 2025! Blueberries bushes would be good to plant in the spring. They like acid soil.
Blueberries grow really well in west cork. Also try seaweed as a fertilizer. Especially for potatoes!
With the parsnips and even carrots you can try pushing down first then pull up. It works well for me. 😊
I love parsnips so have been eating them everyday recently. Your parsnips and all the veg are huge which just goes to show how rich your soil is. You have a gold mine to turn your land into horticulture.
A real credit to you for your first harvest. You should be proud of what you have accomplished in your first harvest. I think you have accomplished so much in your cottage so far and you both have done so well together. I really admire how you work together so well. A pleasure to watch.
The old marine plywood was incredible stuff. People still hoard sheets of it. The new stuff is nowhere near as strong or water resistant. It turns black, bends and breaks. The old stuff was like iron.
Indeed ... why not Ireland ☘️ I was fortunate to visit Ireland in 2017 ... I loved the friendly Irish Always willing to fill you in on their history 💚 and loved the green country side We had the best tour guide and I came home filled and satisfied 🇿🇦/ 🇮🇪 What a harvest 💯 I have a tiny, very tiny area and managed to grow strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes, sweet peppers, chillies, squash and 1 pumpkin This brought me pleasure and can just imagine how proud you must be! Have a great week!
if you want something other than sauerkraut look up recepes for freezer coleslaw. its a wilted slaw that reminds me in flavor of bread and butter pickles. Very yummy.
Aside from growing your own vegetables and salads for your table, you can also try to grow crops to help feed any animals you keep in future. Seeing what other farmers in that area are growing for feed will maybe give you an idea of what is possible. Experimenting with small crops can also be interesting. You had a wonderful first growing experience with many obstacles, so just imagine when you have more infrastructure. 👍❤️🇿🇦
I haven't tried to grow anything but looking at your vegetables I am tempted to try thanks
Yes you absolutely can do this! Your last harvest was impressive, your mistakes are just part of the learning process. It was a little bit scary watching you cut that cabbage Cori lol but I loved seeing the excitement on your faces, it's such an accomplishment to plant your own food. I always found it quite enjoyable tinkering around in the garden, it's good for your mind body and soul. I just know this is going to be an extremely successful year for you in every way ❤
The opening skyline is absolutely spectator!!! I am sure even more beautiful in person!!! Skies like that NEVER gets old!!!💚💚💚
My answer to why Ireland would be why not Ireland? Ever since I was 7 or 8 (65 now) I have dreamed of going to Ireland. The beauty… the history… the beer. Now I doubt I will ever venture across the pond to fulfill this dream but, because of your channel I visit once a week. Patricia in Florida US
You should definitely go. Take a tour so it won't be too strenuous.
@ I would love to but, I would need to win the lottery first! Dear friends are suppose to go this year.
I would be inclined to pick the veg as you need them and only harvest the lot when they’re getting to the point you have to. Carrots will keep far better growing in the ground than picking the lot and trying to store them for example. That way your veg is always fresh and the stuff that stays in the ground longer will have the chance to grow bigger. Obviously it will get to the point where it’s either pick them or they’ll start to rot but by that point, you won’t have as much to try and store.
In the past I grew runner beans in 6 tubs on my patio for several years as no garden area. They were very successful, most got frozen in vac bags.
Amazing harvest, well done you and Irish soil.
Picked the onions too soon for bulbs. Wait until the skin is dried and tops start browning for bulbs.
My bit thing is growing kale in the Winter on our tiny balcony. They are massive. 2 years in a row. My onions were a disaster, but in the Spring I start growing lettuces and they are a great success. I use a lot of fertilizer and that's the key to success. Thanks for this video. Loved it.
Turnip is awesome with Bacon and Cabbage, try it, it's delicious. Thanks again guys xx
Unbelievably satisfying!!! Your first real harvest !!! Well done ❤❤❤❤
Great harvest and so late in the year. Wish i had such a nice growing season, but atlas only zone 4. Add some sand to the rows that the carrots grow, they like the light ‘soil’
I have a glasshouse in my garden and I love growing random stuff. I attempted growing Watermelon from seed and to my surprise it grew!! They needed a lot of care but it was so rewarding watching them grow.
When we lived in Cologne, Germany and even in Minnesota, USA, we were able to grow a small garden. Since we live in Colorado-USA, we haven’t been able to grow anything decent. But you are making me want to try again.
One things for sure you put your garden in the right place so you wont starve lol. I love what you do and when they ask why ireland? I would say why not? lol :) :)
Your outtakes need a coffee warning ;-)
Brilliant as always
Hope you can find some joist hangers that can be screwed into the wall to hold the joists without needing a beam below the ceiling to hold them up
I attempted to grow veg last year - runner beans, broad beans and french beans were all OK, as were the cucumbers, perpetual spinach and chard. I got one small turnip, a couple of thin carrots and some tomatoes. The sweetcorn and cabbage were disappointing and the onions disappeared!
Hopefully next year will be better, though there seems to be something each year that just doesn't grow!
Hi guys, you did very well indeed with your first harvest if that’s what you’re going to produce on your land you could probably sell a lot of it to your local shop if you have one eventually, or maybe have an honesty box and table outside your front gate so done that way
I'm in 🇨🇦...and its winter here -12 so far..our growing season is late may -sept....how in earth are you picking vegtables on New Years.I saw your video where it was snowing...my goodness you did fantastic..your 5klg veggie how was the flavour being so big...and I also did laugh out loud when you were trying to pull that turnip...well done...do you give the leaves you are cutting off to the chicken as well...hugs from 🇨🇦
Congratulations on a successful first harvest!! Thanks for taking us along.
Cabbage Trick, Hold it Stem side Down and slam it onto the counter. it breaks the stem conically and lets you cut the cabbage easier, and start the cut from stem side, rather than the top. :)
you are doing amazing work i wish i had the opportunity to do the same as you both
My soil here in Tucson Arizona is so alkaline that if you put vinegar on it, it fizzes! I planted two packages of Sugar Snap Peas, of which I had 4 seeds germinate! Then, the other morning when I went out to the garden… something had eaten all the leaves off 3 of the 4 plants! Ugh! I am happy with the growth on my lettuces, spinach, parsley and herbs.
Great editing for the beginning lol, had a good giggle. Apart from the superior taste from growing your own, you also get to see the downright freaky and funny sizes and shapes that never make it to the stores.👍❤️
Make sure you frost the swedes completely enhances the flavour
That Turnip is massive I wondered if it was real never seen anything like it you truely have a green thumb, When Kayvan had all the vegatables laid out it looked so beautiful, the sauerkraut is so healthy for you, it was the first year for me with a large garden tomatoes were plenty along with potatoes, peppers. Herbs did very well also.I failed at the onions I need to research more on that! I did put in Garlic mine looks like yours so we will see fingers crossed🤞
I am somewhat successful with my tomatoes now, after 5 years of trying. Thing is, they came from my grandpa’s garden in Ukraine and I been trying to grow them in North Carolina. Climate is sooo very different.
First year I had zero tomatoes. Zero. But now, I have some! Grandpa would be proud, I hope!
And of course I only have an option to prep my own seeds each year. I can’t just buy those in store...
Ask around for the tomato variety seed of "Zeal" tomatoes. They are huge - mainly flesh & few pips.
@ My tomatoes have sentimental value in them. So I will keep improving results. :)
Hi guys, Diana from Nebraska USA. Snowy, blistering cold, need a little green grass in my world, thanks
Nerd gardeners reign!!!
when the beets and carrots are clumped like that you dont have to pull them all at once you can "thin" them and leave some for the next week or so to harvest. Lets the others get bigger. Just a suggestion of course! and I too have the worst time with onions, looking forward to hearing if you get a good a good suggestion from someone! Always lovely to see you Sunday mornings along with a nice cup of coffee!
Great results on your harvest you did an awesome job, for onions I always used heat treated onion sets, have a look on line for them had great success with and onions for the whole year.
We throw straw on our root veg in fall to keep them warm until we take them out of the ground.
I just found you folks last night. You are an adorable family. I have subscribed and look forward to watching your adventures.
You'll enjoy this group. Welcome.
hi there.
i just found something you maybe wanted to look into, there is a thing called " rebar tie gun "
in short, it is a machine that use steel wire to tie rebar togheter automatic.
it ties/ cut and all that fun stuff, the only thing you need to do is to give it power and wire and then you can go nuts whit the rebar.
i was thinking it could be a good one to have when you are going to tie rebar togheter or if you are going to do fence inclosure.
have a great day!
I'm glad you went to Ireland the people are fantastic and you're home that you are building or rebuilding is gonna be beautiful. I can tell your gardens are fabulous. You've got land what else could you ask for your your animals are? Fantastic you're doing a great job. I love watching your show.❤
Well done you guys on your 2024 growing, there is nothing better than growing your own wonky, wonderful veg. We have had a plot and polytunnel for almost 5yrs now, and all i can say is every growing season is a learning curve!! The weather is never the same every season and other things like compost/soil /seed quality also add to the differences. Only grow the things you love to eat, the rest will be wasted time and energy for you. Gosh the house is coming on so well! Itll all be worth it in the end, youll see. Best of luck for 2025, i look forward to following your fun adventures x
Tur ip and carrot mashed is lovley
I believe onions are heavy feeders and like nitrogen. I'd ask the locals what they recommend, otherwise, that's a lovely harvest!🥰
Hehehe great fun guys! You've got good soil there, big well done to both of you. Onions - you need to leave them in the ground for longer! Carrots - perhaps soil a little too compacted and maybe too much nutrition. Either way I'm sure they taste delicious and the interesting configurations are fun! It's all part of the learning process. I never knew chilckens liked beef!!! Kxx
Onions also can take a lot longer to bulk out when it’s cold
On that topic would you be interested in a second hand Comercial size polytunnel frame?
How wonderful is your many plants....it took me back to mom and I working in our projects as well....❤🎉😊
Grandmother taught me to bend the onions over when the greens are normal height , so they will put energy into the bulb.
I remember years ago Joanna Gains built a small cottage garden and her hubby built the hen run around the entire perimeter as a natural way to keep pest/ bugs 🐛 away from the vegetables... the chicken 🐔 had plenty of run space and they eat the bad bugs
So many good things to comment on so I’ll answer the last questions, I was never prouder than the time I had my own planted asparagus patch, from ground to mouth makes you never buy from the supermarkets again so it’s a real seasonal treat, so pleased you planted your crowns, I could say so much so I’ll sign off Bravo👏
That was a huge swede hope it didn’t taste woody. As sometimes the big one are full of strings. Great haul guys well done!👍❤️
Loved this! xxoo Sending love your way from Connecticut -- with a light dusting of snow.
What a great job you all are making of country life . Congratulations 🎉 veg are amazing. Cottage is making progress. It will be spring before you know it 😊. And I'm sure you will love that . Good luck 🍀🍀 keep safe and above everything happy . ❤🫂👍🙏💪🤗
The harvest is luscious! Now the challenge will be preserving and storing so that nothing is wasted. Please show us how you process it all (pickles, chutneys, mash, frozen, cakes -- carrot cake!!! -- etc.).
Love your channel and truly enjoy watching your family enjoy each other while building your dream! That turnip/parsnip was a challenge! I sort of expected it to change to slow motion and have him pull it out like King Arthur’s Sword in the Stone! Ha ha !
Happy New Year to you all, loved All the harvested veg, well done 👍
I grow potatoes in old tyres and composted soil……start with three tyres and add tyres as shoots appear, normally go to five or six ……it’s easy to harvest and to reuse the next year…❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
You are doing so well with your veggies.
I had dreams 50 years ago of growing a bountiful garden. Almost nothing grows here so I gave up. Your garden is amazing!
Your onions bolted due to fluctuations in the weather. Choose a different onion variety for your area.
This is off season, but you can sprinkle crushed egg shells around to help with slugs.
Apparently the onions/garlic have to have cold weather to get them to divide up. I don’t have much luck unless they get a frost after early planting. It is always trial and error when you first start good luck guys.
I just love you guys. You are hilarious. Keep doing what ur doing. Happy new year. Ireland is lucky to ye.🎉
You should build stairs from ground up to upper fields. A big job but I know you two can do it. Love your place
You two are quite the successful farmers 🧑🌾 ❤❤❤
Thanks for the update. ♥
Merry Christmas from North Carolina, USA
Many blessings and success in 2025. I continue to be very impressed.
Nice looking cabbage!
I enjoy your videos. I’ve been gardening in Maine for 50 years. Generally speaking, root crops (beets, carrots, radish etc) do not like to be transplanted so we direct sow them for better results. Perhaps consider direct seeding especially your carrots more thinly.
Mix the very small carrot seeds with salt before you sow them. They won't be so dense & for some reason the carrots are sweeter (or maybe it's my imagination) but quite a few other nutters agree with me.
😂 I always find it easier to push down on root veggies, then pull up. However, in that case, you could get the backhoe attached.. you guy's are so cute 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Love your channel, well done on all your work 👏 To me that looks more like cleaver (or sticky backs as we called them as kids) than chickweed, both delicious made into pesto 😊
I agree
Happy New Year
WOW what a harvest 👍
Onions are divided into long day, medium day, and short day onions. The variety that you should plant in your area depends upon your latitude. So you should determine where you are latitudinally and then figure out whether you need long, medium or short day onions. I’m guessing where you are you’re not gonna use short day onions because the more northern your latitude the longer day onions you need. If you get the wrong onions for your latitude, they will not bulb.
Good to know! I wasn’t aware of that fact either (I get mine from a neighbour with a small organic homestead. Here in the Southwest of Ireland we are at around latitude 51, so this might be similar for them. I suppose our local organic supplier of seeds and bulbs called Fruit Hill Farm would only/mainly sell suitable plants.
Very interesting info. Thanks.
OK, 2nd comment, once I finished watching. For your onion issue. Firstly, with your acidic soil, you must add lime to the soil to correct. Next, choose the correct onion type for your region. 'Sturon' should do well. Make sure you don't plant your seedlings too deep. Give them lots of room in between, so they have lots of room to expand on the surface of the soil.. no matter what, leave the onions in the soil until the stems have yellowed, and are starting to bend over. You can also bend the ones that have not yet, they'll catch up to the others. Usually ready around August (put yours back in) Onions like fertile, well draining soil, they don't exist well with weeds. Leave them to dry on racks, whatever you have, once pulled, ventilated, and under cover if wet weather expected. These are store well. Also, Golden Bear F1 and Santero F1 Walla Walla is a fantastic onion, not good for storing, I just use them up first, so good. Maybe for your region. Hope some of this can help, I'm no expert, just a home gardener.
I believe you pulled your onions too soon. Your supposed to pull when the green tops fall over and start to die back.
I'd return the onions to the bed; you may be surprised in another month or so.
Also we do get carrot fly here in Ireland and suggest you also join GIY Ireland (great resources there)
Yes
Correct, they need to grow a bit more
Here in the US, we need to grow certain varieties according to where we live and the daylight hours we get during the summer. So there are long day ( more northern states), short day for those that are growing more south and day neutral for those that are more central. In my experience, start growing onion seedlings now to plant out in early spring. Bulbling onions grow until the daylight hours start to shorten. Then wait until the greens bend over. I have grown a variety called Aisla Craig (from Scotland) that have been awesome. The rest of your harvest is fantastic.. congratulations!
Must make sauerkraut salad!…a delicious salad at any time of the year
I love turnip roasted.
I am inspired by you. The last years it's been difficult to find parsnips in the store. I will try growing it. I do have an acid piece where I can grow it. I will have to remediate it somehow. Thank you so much. Greetings from Mayne Island 🇨🇦 Canada.❤
Baking Soda is alkaline.
Fantastic job...👌💕
That turnip was county fair worthy!
Turnip is delicious and very good for you, mashed with lots of butter and brown sugar mixed with it... mmmm
One suggestion. Kayvan is so lovely, really, really a lovely person. you should make us a calendar of just Kayvan, omg.... he is eye candy and seems like the nicest person ever.
That is a huge Turnip!!!
Wow, your beets are great!
Virgin soil always produces more, especially if it has had cows on the land before. You will do great! Just keep doing what you're doing! I am amazed at how much produce you got!❤❤❤
If you smash the head of a lettuce or cabbage down on a hard surface at the core, it will break it up inside, and release it whole. Then, you can cut away. Last thing you need is a cut of any appendage or body part. Safety first! Great job on the crop. That's land that wants to give and give some more. She's thanking you for the care!
I have found that onions grow much better from seed. We start ours in February to plant as soon as the ground is workable in spring April/May (SK, Canada) 1 pkg 100 seeds per small 5x10 cm tray. You might have to set up a seed start area in your new office 😉
your cabbages love it in your garden
You may have planted the onions to deep. But man what a harvest you had.
Nice❤
Happy New Year... Stay safe Tim in Texas
Please remember that onions are edible at every stage. They do take a nightmarish amount of time to fully grow. I start mine now, indoors and I will olant them out in March when it is still really cold, so i think if you wait until the onions bend over, they will keep growing.
A mandolin would be helpful to slice cabbage for making sauerkraut.
I would recommend growing fava beans (I guess in some places they are called broad beans) they like cooler temps, are very tasty and if you chop up the plant after picking it is great for the soil. Loved watching your harvest! Best of luck to you!
Kia Ora (hullo) from New Zealand. Just found this yesterday. Great content.
A great crop! Usually you have a very mild climate there, subtropical. Although you have some chilly spells often the temperature will remain well above zero all winter. I think you patch on the hill gets sunlight from first thing in the morning, to sunset, yet there's some protection from the wind, must help things grow.