Why We DON'T Sell Our Produce...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- The autumn harvest continues with grapes, apples and pumpkins - and John explains why we process excess produce instead of selling it.
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ive seen pumpkin vines growing UP vines and over trellises and the people growing them had the pumpkins suspended in old bras to help hold them up
I grew 16 large pumpkins from one plant . Once it started growing I realised I had it in the wrong place, so I used a piece of trellis as a bridge across to a shed roof. The roof was corrugated plastic, that was soon covered plus an adjoining garage. When the plant died I hauled in the crop like a fishing net, as I couldn’t walk on the roof. The floor in my spare bedrooms were covered in pumpkins, I froze some, made and froze soup gave some to friends. They lasted until the next harvest. that was the best garden I ever had in Picton NZ 2010
My pumpkins went on the garden shed roof (subtropical). Full sun, rain hail and shine.
Ate one 18 months after harvest, was perfect.
Cardboard, straw etc underneath while growing. After harvest, clean with a weak acid solution; allow skin to set (dry) for a couple of weeks in a warm spot. Store cool and dry. Make wine.
Put some straw under each pumpkin as it grows on the vine. Keeps it off the ground so less rot.
Fantastic grape trellis. What a harvest. Love your farm it shows all your hard work and dedication.
Finding gems like your Channel is rare. You should have 20000 views for your interesting and informative ideas. A cold day in Armidale NSW, so enjoying catching a few of your earlier videos. Keep it up.
Thank you :-).
My Dad made drawers with slatted bottoms that hung from the floor joists of a big shed. They were about half a metre above the ground, away from vermin. They were easy to pull out and load from the garden path with pumpkins. Potatoes sprouting for planting were also stored this way.
Last year we harvested about 35 pumpkins in our farm in Melbourne. We chopped pumpkins into chunks and freeze them and consumed throughout the year.
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Very inspirational. I can see a lot of thought went into everything on your land. Great info!
We grew Small Sugar this year as well, and were pleased with the crop - although not as much flesh as I would have liked inside! I took some cardboard boxes from the supermarket, and tore up a good couple of layers of cardboard to put underneath each pumpkin (about 6 weeks before harvest) to give them a cleaner layer to sit on. That seemed to reduce the instance of ground rot quite well - any that I had missed were much more susceptible. I don't think I lost any that I had cardboarded. A tip for pumpkin storage which I heard for the first time this year, was to take a bleachy cloth and wipe down each pumpkin before storage. Thus far I've had good luck with that - still have heaps of Small Sugar in storage. :)
Very interesting...some good tips there. The majority of our pumpkins have had some rot - have still got something from them. The few that remain now seem to be good and keeping OK. Small Sugar does seem to be harder to get to keep than others.
I had a good crop a couple of years back and stored around twenty on the roof of my galvanised sheds.The metal sheeting was kinfd of guttered so water flowed freely underneath them.They lasted for quite some time up there
Nice informative videos as usual John, keep up the good work (y)
Wipe your pumpkins and melons etc with a solution of white vinegar in water. Just wipe them with a damp cloth. Don't wash them. This kills any bacteria and they don't rot. Store them up off the floor or concrete with air flow around them.
Thanks, like that better than the bleach another person suggested!
@@homesteading my friend eats only what she grows. She's been doing this for years and told me her secret. I left my pumpkins on the concrete floor of my garage when I was a newbie, went rotten.
Another great video, thanks for sharing
Do you have a root cellar? On some sort of racks, that the air can circulate around the pumpkins. I know when I grew pumpkins back in my home land Aussie, I would keep mine in the milking shed, but you have to keep any eye on them as the mice can attack them! Not knowing the areas that you have available that's the best I can come up with! They look lovely, plenty of pumpkin soup, yum, yum! Can you give us some more detail on how you dried the apples? They also look yummy too! Thanks for sharing! I've got a good idea, I have a big basement, you can store them here! Lol. Well, I tried, ha ha!
No root cellar at present. Want to build one!
Beautiful farm and the video. Thanks
Totally agree with you about why you don't sell. We do the same with our eggs!
Pumpkin soup with nutmeg the best. Great idea drying the apples, do you have a video showing how you made the frame? Thank you.
Sorry, don't have video of making it (only using it)...that was before I thought of making videos! It's a very simple frame made with aluminum angle bolted together.
Nursing a back spasm first time ever experienced it. Caused by pushing a trolley load of wood chipping! Watching your latest video
Hope you soon feel better. Magnesium oil spray (magnesium chloride) is good.
try a piece of slate TFS
Hi what growing climate are you in please Thanks
Cool temperate - Australian climate zone 7. But the local micro-climate is a bit warmer than the average cool temperate.
@@homesteading Thankyou. We are alpine but has been warmer these last few years
Why dont you invite people too view your garden and BUY produce?