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Jacq's Backyard
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Welcome to Jacq's Backyard. My husband Chris and I used to have a busy life, then we added a tiny human to the mix. Our home is actually more busy and noisy than it used to be, but our lives are much simpler.
I am no expert, I really just want to share as I learn -
* How to grow a little of our food and then the subjects that follow on from that - how to develop the soil I have, recycling everything I can, reuse and repair of gear and generally how to garden without it costing 3 times the grocery bill!
* How to waste less of what I grow and buy. Once I started growing the food we were eating, I realised how much food we were wasting. I have been learning how to preserve and use up food in different ways.
* I am learning to how to source our food as close to the producer as possible. I will share what I learn about implementing a more local and seasonal life.
I live in Yandina on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Thank you for your support.
I am no expert, I really just want to share as I learn -
* How to grow a little of our food and then the subjects that follow on from that - how to develop the soil I have, recycling everything I can, reuse and repair of gear and generally how to garden without it costing 3 times the grocery bill!
* How to waste less of what I grow and buy. Once I started growing the food we were eating, I realised how much food we were wasting. I have been learning how to preserve and use up food in different ways.
* I am learning to how to source our food as close to the producer as possible. I will share what I learn about implementing a more local and seasonal life.
I live in Yandina on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Thank you for your support.
Green tomato passata and more!
Hello friends. Join me as I harvest a lot of food out of my garden - leek, onion, green tomatoes and fennel. I then take you into my kitchen and show you how I preserve. We're making green tomato passata, preserved fennel, pickled cucumber in soy sauce and dehydrated cucumber chips. There is so much going on in this video! I hope you enjoy it.
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3 vegetables that grow again once harvested!
Просмотров 826День назад
Hello friends. Today I want to tell you about 3 plants that can be cut and come again, one of which I didn't even know could do that! I also take you for a garden tour while I harvest kohlrabi, cucumbers and zucchinis in order to save them from the pests that have moved in with the warm weather. I hope you enjoy hanging out with me in the early hours of the morning for me pre-work garden fix!
The Potato Experiment: Success or Failure? (Update)
Просмотров 68Месяц назад
Welcome to the update on my potato experiment! I grew potatoes in pots this year and there have been some things I learnt. Keep watching to find out if you can grow potatoes successfully in a 30cm pot!
3 garden lessons I wish I'd learnt sooner!
Просмотров 1603 месяца назад
Hello friends. Today I wanted to talk about some garden lessons I have learnt over the past 4 years. I'm still only at the very beginning of this journey, but there a few practical things, and perhaps something a bit more intangible that I wish I learnt earlier, to save me some heartache! To subscribe to my free newsletter where I talk all things gardening, food and sourcing local - please go t...
Make your own pots from paper!
Просмотров 1644 месяца назад
Hello friends. Today I wanted to see if paper pots actually work! I had seen these paper pots for seedlings in a video by Millie Ross from @GardeningAustralia (I'm a big fan!!) in a few places and thought I would give them a go. I hope you enjoy! To subscribe to my free newsletter where I talk all things gardening, food and sourcing local - please go to mailchi.mp/14ea5100db06/monthly-newslette...
A Winter Harvest plus 3 harvesting tips!
Просмотров 864 месяца назад
Hello friends. Today I had to harvest some food out of my veggie garden. I harvested parsley, chilli's (peppers) and parsley as the weather has gotten wet and stayed cold which is unusual for us. I felt the plants needed lightening off if they were going to survive the cold spell and thought I would bring you along for the ride. While I was here, I wanted to tell you about 3 things I have learn...
5 items I put in my compost that might surprise you!
Просмотров 6 тыс.4 месяца назад
Hello friends. When I first started gardening, I spent a lot of time watching composting for beginners videos. It can be hard to work out the best compost materials and how to make it easy and not time-consuming. I now put most things in there, but it did take me a while to realise that not just food waste from my household can go into the compost. Enjoy! To subscribe to my free newsletter wher...
Snow peas - 3 mistakes I made and how I fixed them!
Просмотров 1834 месяца назад
Hello friends. I have the most amazing looking snow peas, and yet I have struggled this year! They didn't climb, then there were no flowers, then they were so heavy that bits were snapping off! Hopefully I now have them on the straight and narrow and will be getting a harvest very soon. Please don't make the same mistakes I made! To subscribe to my free newsletter where I talk all things garden...
Dog proofing my garden beds!
Просмотров 1344 месяца назад
Hello friends! Today I am showing you how I am keeping my dog from digging up my garden beds. As much as we love our pets, we often have to battle to stop a dog from digging in the yard. Boadi, our beloved family pet is a senior lady, but she still enjoys doggy things like digging a good hole on a summers day, or to bury a bone. I want to reclaim my garden beds, so today is the day! I hope you ...
5 ways to beat procrastination in the garden
Просмотров 3654 месяца назад
Hello friends! I have a tendency to be a procrastinator. The problem is, as a gardener, my To Do List is always full to overflowing and overwhelming! Garden procrastination is totally a thing and I have gradually found some solutions to overcoming it. I have so much more fun gardening when I don't procrastinate - because I have more success if I don't procrastinate!!! So here are the tools I us...
3 food crops that are best to grow in pots!
Просмотров 36 тыс.4 месяца назад
Hello friends! Today I wanted to show you 3 plants that I recommend growing in containers. I thought that when I moved into my own home, I would never grow in containers again - but some plants are just better off in pots and so my container gardening continues. Whether it's growing strawberries or wild raspberries, I talk about some great reasons as to why these crops are better off in a pot. ...
How to make a self-watering pot easily!
Просмотров 7404 месяца назад
Today I am showing you how to make your own self watering pot. I am a forgetful gardener and these self-watering pots have saved me from killing quite a few crops of food! I am reconditioning the soil in my pots at the moment, and thought this a good opportunity to show you how I made these great self-watering pots that I grow food in. I hope you enjoy. To subscribe to my free newsletter where ...
Tour my vegetable garden in June
Просмотров 2385 месяцев назад
Hello friends. Come and see my subtropical garden in the middle of July. My garden is looking lovely and today I want to share it with you! I live on the the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and winter treats us well here. I hope you enjoy! To subscribe to my free newsletter where I talk all things gardening, food and sourcing local - please go to mailchi.mp/14ea5100db06/monthly-newsletter-sign-up
Watch this before planting potatoes in pots!
Просмотров 2105 месяцев назад
I am growing potatoes for the first time this year and things are not going well. Today, I tried to work out what I could do to fix the issue. There were some ups and downs and I'm still not sure if I got to the bottom of it. I will check in with you again next week to let you know how things have gone.
Easy Sourdough Discard Hack Worth Trying!
Просмотров 385 месяцев назад
Easy Sourdough Discard Hack Worth Trying!
Budget-Friendly Tomato Trellis: A Gardening DIY
Просмотров 8396 месяцев назад
Budget-Friendly Tomato Trellis: A Gardening DIY
What do you do with radishes - turn them into chips?
Просмотров 497 месяцев назад
What do you do with radishes - turn them into chips?
Can you grow vegetables and have a life? // My garden after 3 weeks away
Просмотров 847 месяцев назад
Can you grow vegetables and have a life? // My garden after 3 weeks away
Quick and easy beetroot relish recipe that keeps really well!
Просмотров 1358 месяцев назад
Quick and easy beetroot relish recipe that keeps really well!
Installing new garden beds // what I did wrong the last time!
Просмотров 6068 месяцев назад
Installing new garden beds // what I did wrong the last time!
What to do with okra when it's too old to pickle // Garlicky okra with dipping sauce
Просмотров 738 месяцев назад
What to do with okra when it's too old to pickle // Garlicky okra with dipping sauce
Sowing Kohl Rabi and Pineapple Gooseberry seeds // How I sow seeds to save space!
Просмотров 888 месяцев назад
Sowing Kohl Rabi and Pineapple Gooseberry seeds // How I sow seeds to save space!
Seeds I'm sowing in February in a Subtropical Climate
Просмотров 329 месяцев назад
Seeds I'm sowing in February in a Subtropical Climate
Using up a lumpy capsicum - Almond and Capsicum Dip
Просмотров 469 месяцев назад
Using up a lumpy capsicum - Almond and Capsicum Dip
Garden reset in January // A monster pumpkin vine! // Snake hazard
Просмотров 5259 месяцев назад
Garden reset in January // A monster pumpkin vine! // Snake hazard
In the kitchen || Marinated grilled zucchini || It was a long day!
Просмотров 11410 месяцев назад
In the kitchen || Marinated grilled zucchini || It was a long day!
January Garden Tour // I'm giving up on summer!
Просмотров 25410 месяцев назад
January Garden Tour // I'm giving up on summer!
Re-conditioning a hydrophobic garden bed // Is this why my tomato plants are looking rough?
Просмотров 10610 месяцев назад
Re-conditioning a hydrophobic garden bed // Is this why my tomato plants are looking rough?
Building garden beds out of recycled materials
Просмотров 14410 месяцев назад
Building garden beds out of recycled materials
Thank you for an interesting take on the relish and lovely and easy.❤
Thank you! ❤️
Thanks for the valuable tips
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Such a shame about your tomatoes. Mine down here in Melbourne are only just flowering. I've never made a green tomato passata, normally just make chutney from them. Thanks for the recipe.
Heartbreaking! However, the passata is 👌. Thank you for stopping by. 😁
spring onions cut just above ground level and they will re-grow, brocolli will give small side shoots if you just harvest the head and cabbage cut close to head then cut a cross in the stalk and you can get 1 or 2 little tennis ball sized heads.
I did not know this about cabbages! How interesting, thanks so much! 👍🏻
Sorry the pests have moved in 😢, it’s getting wet and cold here so the slug babies are all coming out. We have a rat running about but ignoring the trap 🤦♀️. You certainly have some fab harvests so far. Have an amazing day, Ali 💨☔️🌞🇨🇦
Thank you Ali. Yes, I've also just realised that green vegetable bugs have moved in on my tomatoes. They're nearly all dead! Oh well, there's always Winter!! Yes, rats seem super smart with the traps... 😁
@ for the first time ever slugs are a lot of my small tomato plants 😢 but luckily I had lots 🤣
I call that a great success! I have never harvested that many from a pot. And fresh grown potatoes are absolutely delicious! And I enjoyed seeing your young gardener having some fun!
Thank you! He has to be a part of every harvest! 😁
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That looks ok for such a small pot. I use 45/48cm pots and usually get about double what you have. (Melbourne afternoon sun) Cheers!
Awesome! Good to know. 😁
I look at it as anything above what I put in is a bonus and wow fresh food Jacq. We watched a show on how growers store food and most of the things we buy are months old 😢 so I’ll take a fresh tater any day. Awesome job ❤, Ali ☔️🇨🇦
Thank you so much!! Yes, I do love that qe grew them. ❤️
Oh my, but Not bad hehe👍 ,maybe potatoes need full sunlight in growing them.nice experiment. Happy planning dear❤
Thank you! 😁
G'day mate We're cattle farmers ( and now few sheep) we don't buy fertilizer We've been using cow poo with limited results 1st year using sheep poo MASSIVE difference but i think we used too much on a couple as they come up and just sat there just like yours
Ah interesting. So you got an improvement with the sheep poo? I know where I can sheep poo near me so might look into that for next season. Thanks for the tip! And yes, when I changed the soil, BIG improvement. 😁
@@jacqsbackyard1562 yes big improvement and I'm finding we can use it straight away but apparently not too much definitely worth getting some and trying we got some spuds big as my hand Thanks for the videos mate 👌
Which size container worked best?
Hi! Actually it was the smaller ones. The cut down milk bottle was the most effective...
Thanks Jacq. That was great. I have the same challenge and have been adding much of the same browns.
Thank you! 🙂
I hate when people do these videos with no followup.
Hi Tammy. It did kill a few grasshoppers. It also didn't get any bees and that was one of my main concerns. It's certainly worth giving a go.
Did it work?
It did kill a few of them! It did not get any bees either so that was a plus. It is worth giving a go. 🙂
I cut up all my plastic waste into small bits and they dissappear in my compost bin filled with plastic eating, fishing tackle worms: ruclips.net/video/kYihLiUrG2I/видео.htmlsi=fK2dIUGcJOLC6VRs
Great video 🇳🇿🌱
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I grow 1st & 2nd early potatoes in pots, also courgettes/zucchini. Both do better than ground grown in both yield & pest damage. I don't save much room, as the only place for them is on the path I use or the interbed paths & in the latter case, they rob the beds of light.
I've never thought of zucchini for pots. I might try that!
@@jacqsbackyard1562 I've a yellow variety in a 30l container of my own compost & despite the cool summer (I'm in West Cumbria) I've already had three off it & there's at least a dozen more coming on fast.
@GARDENER42 wow! That's awesome. ❤️
Oh whatttt the plant world doesn’t revolve around me 😱😱 😅😅. I over water a lot but mostly inside such as seedlings. I’m like you a big blanket watering it is but I’ll keep better track now. Great advice and I agree my garden my rules 👍👍. Have a super weekend Jacq, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
🤣 I know, right?? Yes, watering is such a skill that I'm still trying to work out. The realisation that there is no 'right' answer has been very freeing. Thank you! ❤️
Big issue with that is that newspaper often contains toxic inks which I am not sure of it the plants then take that in with the water. I would try to get an unprinted source
Hello! Thank you for bringing up this point. My understanding is that newspapers are no longer printed with ink containing heavy metals. A soy based ink is now used for both black and coloured inks in newspapers. Certainly in Australia anyway.
@@jacqsbackyard1562 Oh alright, that is interesting! I live in europe, I need to check that here thanks!
Thats a great kind of idea use and reuse and recycle. resourceful you.👍👍
I'm just amazed that it works! Who'd have thought?? 😁
I always grow carrots in pots and get bumper crops. I have tried them often in the ground and no matter how I amend the soil, they are short and stubby and often buggy. So pots only now...they are so good
Actually, up until this season, the only successful crop of carrots I had had was in a pot!
Thank u for this important info on growing snow peas. 😃
I'm glad you found it helpful! 😁
😅 cold and wet sounds like a UK summer in July (so they tell me), it’s finally dropped a bit here in SW Canada 🇨🇦 at a balmy 28c. Can’t wait for tomato and cucumber days here. Thank you for the great tips Jacq, have an awesome day, Ali 🌞28c 🇨🇦
I know right! 28 degrees in summer does sound like a relief. You've just reminded me I need some cucumber seeds - thanks! 😁
@@jacqsbackyard1562 up until today we had a few weeks of 38c 🥵🥵🥵🥵
@myrustygarden ugh. The garden wouldn't have loved that!
My friends realtive makes green tomato pickle...yummo
It it so good! 🙂
Such great tips! I am so guilty of the first two mistakes.
Haha me too!!! I am endeavouring to do better. 😁
There are so many invasive plants and herbs. My potatoes keep regrowing for years in beds where they have been planted. Even in spite of all efforts to dig every spud up. My pots are large. I built a bench along the side of the house for them. This uses space for growing that wouldn't work for a raised bed since the ground is rocky.
Bleached white paper seems to compost quickly for me.
Put some leaves in the toilet paper rolls, the worms love to get inside of them.
That's an excellent idea. Thank you!
How long should an unturned compost pile (in a black compost dalek bin) take to be good to go? And when do you stop adding??? I've been adding to this pile for so long! Nice video❤
In my limited experience (not an expert) daleks need turning as the material on the sides really dries out and therefore doesn't break down very quickly. I have found that having 2 daleks is ideal because you have to stop adding in order to let all of the material break down to a point it can be put on the garden. It depends on your climate as to how long it needs to be left - in my warm climate, if I am diligent in not letting it dry out, it can take as little as 4 months. It can take longer than that if you are in a cold climate, I believe.
Great video by the way! lol I found your channel with the video about 3 plants you always grow in pots. I can relate, I am renting but,soon moving to,1/2,acre,property. Cheers!
Thank you so much. It is soo good to finally be able to do things looking into the long term! 😁
How do,you check the water level?
I just fill it once or twice a week (depends how hot it is)and fill until it starts to overflow. 😁
@@jacqsbackyard1562 lol too simple - awesome!
I am new to composting so have lots of questions! I just bought six pallet boxes with open, slatted sides and bottoms which I will be using to hold leaf litter and grass clippings. (From neighbors; mine are mulched and left in place. 😊). I want to reduce my waste as much as possible. What is the problem with using glossy paper which is colored? I am in the US and get catalogs and company mailers from businesses which I don’t do business with. I don’t support any printed media, including newspapers and magazines, but I get unwanted glossy, colored mail daily! We are not allowed to burn it but I have wondered if I burn it in my evening fire (which is permitted) if the ashes could go into my compost. I make bone broth for my dogs; is there anything I can do with the leftover bones? Lastly, what is the best way to compost cardboard? Can dog fur be composted? I put it out for the birds and squirrels but no one wants it!
I actually had to look this up for you - I had assumed it did not break down as well - but apparently, the glossy paper may contain toxic heavy metals. Clearly, it's not something we want in the compost. I'm unsure if burning it would negate the toxicity. As fas bones - I don't purely from a rodent standpoint, and the bone itself would take a long time to break down. Cardboard (non glossy) is definitely compostable, just rip it up into smaller bits. Hair is definitely compostable. 😁
Don’t use anything from a dog, dog waste (💩 and 💦) is toxic, it is likened to bio hazardous materials. As far as leaving its hair out for the other animals, who will not touch it, that should tell you all you need to know, don’t subject the worms and other helpful insects, who break down the soil, to it. Dogs are full of parasites and bacteria. I wouldn’t let a dog near anything I was going to eat or growing to eat. 🤮 If anything, dogs harm our environment, they don’t add anything to it, and they harm other animals and their habitats.
I put in toilet roll centres in also, plus paper shreddings, unless I know some plastic film got in there. I also have a whole load of plant matter that I allowed to dry out (to kill the roots) that I plan to add, just not done yet. However, I don’t generally add food waste unless it’s peelings or uncooked egg shells. Snails and slugs are enough of a pest, I don’t need to attract more!
Ginger. Tumeric. Sweet potato (boniato 🇨🇺, patat 🇭🇹). Pot-sville.
Yes!! I'm going to do sweet potato again this year. 😃
Ad in seaweed, gras, rockdust, worms.
I have heard that seaweed is great in the compost!
This was so unexpected and so beautiful. Thank you!
Thank you so much. ❤
How did i never think of that?
I know right?! I thought the same thing. It's been a real time saver. 😊
We cut up old clothes or torn sheets as long as they are 100% cotton. We cut off anything that is a tag or elastic. Cut them up into about 2 inch squares. Surprising how fast they disappear.
I had wondered about this actually! I'll have to check the rag bag..
I grow lots of veggies in pots. Potatoes, tomatoes, okra, zukes, figs blackberries, and my favorite strawberries. I use the SIP system for my pots, it gets beauty hot here in west Texas. OH! Sunflowers. I enjoyed the accent. I'm an Okie by birth here in the US and our accent sometimes confuses others around the world.
Oh sunflowers 🌻 that's a lovely idea. I've actually found okra do amazingly well in pots. The plants don't get as big, but they are just as productive!
I grow EVERYTHING in pots… tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers, squash, okra, sweet potatoes and peppers… then carrots, lettuce, kale and broccoli 🎉
@annehollier4632 wow! What size pot do you grow broccoli in?
@@jacqsbackyard1562 15/20 gal… they do GREAT!
@annehollier4632 I might try that next Autumn! Thanks. 🙂
David the Good channel, compost everything especially of the pile is hot enough.
Very true!
Wrong on all accounts. Potatoes need soil and lots of root space and room for the tubers. Potatoes dobt do well in pots at all. If you don't have more room than that don't grow them at all . Strawberries also need more soil in a pot and room for the vines to spread. Raspberries are deep rooted in parts do not get that in pots. Please learn better gardening and stop giving bad advice.
@@joeboudreault4351 Hi, thank you for the feedback.
You are absolutely wrong on all accounts. I have great success with potatoes corn brocolli strawberries zucchini and...
@kevinhipps1236 l wasn't talking about whether or not things will grow in pots or containers. I was talking about good production. No vegetable or berry flourishes as much in a pot as in a hill or bed. They need ROOM.
@kevinhipps1236 Yep, you probably did have some success with those, Kevin, but the articles' title is "best to grow in pots". No, not best. Just somehow works but not best. I was raised on professional potato farms, I know the best way to do it. I've been gardening every year for 65 years.
@joeboudreault4351 I think the vast majority of us do not have potato farms. So obviously these home gardening videos are meant for people who are limited by space, money and time.
I have loads of brown, need more green. Nice video.
Thank you!
@@jacqsbackyard1562do you put onions in?
Large family?
@@n2skcmo no, just myself and small garden but lots of shrubs etc
I've been putting pretty much everything in apart from what squirts out of my dog and cat's gas pipes but meat goes in and gets covered with greens or more cardboard. It works absolutely fine. As you say, dairy, etc. Play dough sounds organic so why not. And of course, the old (in my case) human liquid activator as long as you're healthy. Adds so much nitrogen. Ash, weeds, seaweed, meat carcasses (something will eat the marrowbone). Everything that rots.
Dog 💩 and 💦 is extremely toxic. I know you said you don’t put it 8n, but for anyone thinking about it…it is very toxic.
I love growing my potatoes in a pot, makes harvesting so much easier. I just flip the pot over into a kiddy pool, and search through the soil for the potatoes (kinda like a treasure hunt 😂) Also Marjoram, planted it in the garden once, now half of my yard is Marjoram, great smelling ground cover though. Just found your channel today, best wishes from Quebec Canada 🇨🇦
Hello Gloria. Lovely to meet you and thank you stopping by! ❤️
Hi Jacqui, A few observations from a viewer in Sydney. I'm no expert, but...I thought the soil in the original pots looked very wet. You're correct, more sun will be great. More sun, more photosynthesis. That said, when re-potting the green part of the potato can be covered, like really covered in soil or compost. Hope you get it sorted, and I'm sure you will.
Since re-potting, moving, and putting more hay on them, the plants look so much better!! Yes, you might be right actually, maybe they just weren't getting enough sun where they were.... Thank you! 🙂
I need to try this!
It is fairly tart. But still good!
Just this past year I started adding all the things you mentioned (except for the playdough...), and for the exact same reason - I do not have enough browns. I also throw in used paper towels IF they don't have grease on them. I just have a wire bin, and never turn it, because I am physically unable to. Everything composts anyway. In one of my raised beds, I did not have anything to use as a mulch, so I used shredded paper. It worked very well, and clumped together enough that I did not have to worry about it blowing away.
Paper as mulch - that is a good idea!! Love it. ❤️