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Cairi Balmain
Добавлен 28 май 2024
I'm Cairi and I live in the Scottish Highlands with my family. We moved down from the Shetland Islands back in 2021 and love living in the highlands but regularly miss our island home.
I'm big on home cooking and healthy ingredients so I try and grow as much of our food as possible, cooking from scratch every night and avoiding ultra processed foods.
I would love it if you would follow along.
Thanks!
I'm big on home cooking and healthy ingredients so I try and grow as much of our food as possible, cooking from scratch every night and avoiding ultra processed foods.
I would love it if you would follow along.
Thanks!
What does a garden in the cold Scottish Highlands look like... do flowers grow ok? Come find out...
What does a garden in the cold Scottish Highlands look like... do flowers grow ok? Come find out...
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Peaceful January walk - River Ness - INVERNESS Scottish Highlands
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Peaceful January walk - River Ness - INVERNESS Scottish Highlands
Snowed in cottage in Scottish Highlands
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Snowed in cottage in Scottish Highlands
Snow day vlog homestead Scotland Highlands
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Snow day vlog homestead Scotland Highlands
Hogmanay N/Y All the things I made from scratch trying to avoid UPF's
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Hogmanay N/Y All the things I made from scratch trying to avoid UPF's
A snowy mini vlog - Cairngorm in the snow Highland family day out
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A snowy mini vlog - Cairngorm in the snow Highland family day out
Hiking up Meall Fuar-mhonaidh with my Scottish family! Did we make it? Life in the highlands!
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Hiking up Meall Fuar-mhonaidh with my Scottish family! Did we make it? Life in the highlands!
Shetland Islands - most northerly Scottish Islands in the Snow - A hike
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Shetland Islands - most northerly Scottish Islands in the Snow - A hike
Morning vlog homestead Scottish Highlands - country living in Scotland
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Morning vlog homestead Scottish Highlands - country living in Scotland
The best walk in Inverness Scotland? Autumn colours by river Ness
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The best walk in Inverness Scotland? Autumn colours by river Ness
Wild food in Scotland - What I found and what im making with it. Homesteading in Scotland.
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Wild food in Scotland - What I found and what im making with it. Homesteading in Scotland.
Introduction to my Scottish Highland homestead
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Introduction to my Scottish Highland homestead
Elderberry gummies for winter illness - Scottish Highlands homestead life
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Elderberry gummies for winter illness - Scottish Highlands homestead life
Slow morning at my homestead in the Scottish Highlands - cottage life in rural Scotland
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Slow morning at my homestead in the Scottish Highlands - cottage life in rural Scotland
Most beautiful beach in the North of Scotland? Last family beach day of summer. Moray coast
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Most beautiful beach in the North of Scotland? Last family beach day of summer. Moray coast
Homestead in the Scottish Highlands vlog
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Homestead in the Scottish Highlands vlog
Are polytunnels essential to growing food in the Scottish Highlands? I think so. Let me explain...
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Are polytunnels essential to growing food in the Scottish Highlands? I think so. Let me explain...
Scottish Cottage Garden in the Highlands - What's growing in August
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Scottish Cottage Garden in the Highlands - What's growing in August
Is anything growing? Homesteading in the Scottish Highlands - August. Let's see!
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Is anything growing? Homesteading in the Scottish Highlands - August. Let's see!
Living in the Scottish Highlands - Introduction to my channel - Hello!
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Living in the Scottish Highlands - Introduction to my channel - Hello!
Foraged Rowanberry jelly - Scottish food
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Foraged Rowanberry jelly - Scottish food
Homestead Scottish Highlands - August
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Homestead Scottish Highlands - August
Foraged blaeberry buns - Scottish food
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Foraged blaeberry buns - Scottish food
Love houseplants
Highlands yay or nay 😀
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Can't wait for spring!
A delightful temperature ❤
Love the mini vlog, rlly aesthetic and the song goes well with it too :))
@nyx_145 thank you much, thats so nice 🙂
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Must have been a bit of a shock with the temp difference!
Such a severe change. Was icy arriving in edinburgh. My husband was in shorts 😅😂
Thank you for the video! We're moving from Florida to Inverness in the spring of 2026 :)
@@TheDeadbone1961 ah brilliant! A huge move. What made you move to Inverness? I think you'll love it 😁! Beautiful city
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@AdamNourelden-i6q thank you
We flew as soon as it turned from red to amber, it was very bumpy but we got away. Good pilot!! 👏👏😁
One of my favourite places on earth ❤❤❤
@@LuciusPercival me too, nowhere like shetland 💕
Beautiful islands ❤
Beutiful ass😊
Whats living in Shetland like? Are there many houses to buy?
So calming, so lovely. Love your channel
Good job!! You must be an expert in Highland gardens ❤
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Wow what an amazing 5 years, bet you know so much about what grows in the north of Scotland! Makes a change to see as everything on tv is targeted towards south if England
Have you noticed the weather differences between the Shetland islands and where you are now? 🙌🌿
@@hopeitgrows2892 hey, oh definitely. Shetland is a good few degrees cooler in the summer, but the light is brighter and longer. The summer nights are light all night - my brassicas thrived in Shetland! Highlands does get the odd heatwave which Shetland doesn't get so it felt really warm when I first moved down. My best garden was in Shetland though, I think it's because I grew on an old sheep field - the soil was so fertile. The potatoes were amazing! 😁
@Mylifeinthehighlands Sounds awesome. 🌿
Love when its snows, the Highlands are so beautiful 😊
Really amazing garden well done 🙌🌿
@@hopeitgrows2892 thank you 😊 I loved creating it from nothing, been a work in progress. Seeing the plants and flowers grow has been amazing!
I thought the leaves looked like sweet potatoes. Did you manage to get any?
@@hopeitgrows2892 no sadly, it was a rubbish summer. I think if it was a nicer summer then they would have grown ok . They started to form but were just tiny 🥲
@Mylifeinthehighlands Fingers crossed for next year 🤞
Πραγματικά όμορφο Ευχαριστώ για τις όμορφες εικόνες 👍 Καλημέρα σας από την Ελλάδα 🇬🇷
@@k.kontochristos I'm not sure what you've written as I can't translate it but I'm guessing it's positive and in Greek. Thank you 😊🙏
@Mylifeinthehighlands very beautiful
@k.kontochristos thank you 😊😊
There here all year round well in Glasgow anyway.
@@paulmcdade9849 aw so lucky, they are my favorite bird. 🙂
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Very interesting short... NOT!
What a childish thing to say, are you 8 years old? 😂
They go south where it’s warmer😊
@@dennissavage9033 interesting thank you 😊 my garden is full of them in winter then they just disappear. Such beautiful birds 🤩
I’ve got them in a gigantic bird cage😂😂😂 I’ll let loose later😂😂😂
Love this, getting me excited about summer! What's your recommendation for the nicest summer flowers?
Cosmos are my favourite flowy flowers, they get tall and beautiful. 😊
Absolutely beautiful. You have such a lovely garden 💕
Thank you!
Absolutely stunning! That's a dreamy garden. Proper inspiration
That's so nice thank you, I do love gardening so much ❤
Thank you for sharing. A nice bit of calm in my chaos.
@@karenrussell6095 thank you for watching, glad it's helped 🙂
Absolutely stunning garden! Should be on bbc gardeners world. So much more impressive having a beautiful garden in the Highlands than all the gardens they show in the south of England. Can tell alot of love has gone into your garden to get it to grow so well so far north ❤❤❤
@@Sarah-q4v8s aw too kind, thank you! I do work hard on my garden, choosing plants that survive our winters and flower in our summers. It's all good fun designing a garden that thrives in the Scottish Highlands 🙂 I had a garden in shetland too and that was even more fun to plan!
Beautiful
@@susanbidmead977 I love summer in the garden, when all the flowers are blooming. Not long till it's back 😄 what's your favorite flower?
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@@TomHofer-yn6cz that's interesting 😊
My garden 😊
@@JimboHoon lucky you, I love robins 😊
The river often overflows and you get salmon swimming about the streets
@@markfalconer8284 wow, that would be some experience!
I'm enjoying your channel. My partner and I have a rough plan of moving to scotland/highlands mayble, and starting a plant nursery. What I'd struggle with is if the summers were really cool, as I get seasonal affective disorder in Winter. I also love growing fruit, but its a bit limited what will grow well up there.
Thank you 🙂 summers can vary here, 2022 and 2023 we had 26-27°c and I grew outdoor tomatoes successfully. But then last summer was awful, it was 13°c and raining most of July which I found hard. But when it gets hot it's paradise 😊 Definitely depends what kind of fruit you want to grow, anything exotic and its a struggle but apples, pears, blueberries, etc the normal stuff grows ok. You might like the wild blaeberries we find in the forests , they are so sweet. My favorite fruit and unaffected by the weather fortunately. Best of luck if you decide to move, always need more plant nurseries 🫠
Meant 🙂 not 🫠. 😊
Might not be the place for you we get on average 150 days a year when it rains. Sometimes you get months of sunshine in the summer. Others cold and wet but uts a beautiful place. Come and spend the summer in Scotland first before you decide , but land is cheaper
@Mylifeinthehighlands Thanks for the reply. Yes last Summer I was checking the Scottish forecasts everyday, and thinking I would struggle if every year was like that, but it sounds like it was a bad year. I do like growing the exotic fruits, but don't mind growing them under glass, and growing easier things outside. Thanks for the info. 🙌🌿
@markfalconer8284 Thanks! Tbf I actually like the rain/snow, it's more just cold and grey. I'm hopefully visiting again this Summer, and also checking the forecasts there on a regular basis.
So nice
@@Sarah-q4v8s thank you
I love Inverness, it's such a nice wee city. The river walk is one of my favorite walks
Such a lovely walk. Nice city
Wow! Wolf moon
So sweet
You are so kind
Bliss!
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