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Thanks so much 🙏🏼 I definitely will and I'm thinking of creating this plastic bottle bricks and filling them with these bags 🌻

Yaaaay, I just love winging it in the kitchen and a big YES to following recipes to the T for anything that is baked. I've learnt that the hard and very frustrating way 🤣

Muchas gracias, me alegro que lo hayas disfrutado ( I hope language is correct 😁)

Thanks for leaving a comment and sharing how you make your Pesto 😁 my biggest problem with traditional pesto is the cost. Adding pine nuts and parmesan quickly makes it incredibly expensive. I absolutely love your shout on using origanum! I am definitely going to give that a try next time because that's also a herb that grows in abundance. I love how this video and thread is turning into so many different ideas. That's exactly why I didn't want to give a specific recipe, but rather a guideline because there are just so many ways to make it and I love hearing your Pesto options 🌻

Hahaha, unfortunately I don't think any amount of calming tea will turn that neighbour into a nice person 😂 Oh, absolutely, you can add it into all sorts of cooking. You can add it into lasagna as you say, fresh on pizza or anything else, in salads, etc. I would just use about half what you usually would with normal basil because of how potent it is. It is amazing fresh though! As for growing, perennial basil actually thrives on neglect, much like mint. They both like full sun and just enough water to survive, not much more. I really hope you manage to get a plant going to grow your own because it's just so yum and versatile 🌻🌻🌻

Ah, thanks Sandra 💚 yeah, I was actually talking a bit softer because my little one was sleeping and sick in bed. Sooooo many bugs going around at the moment but we're all good, thank you 🌻 I hope you get it right to grow this incredible plant!

Thank you so much for the update!!😁. I will try to find perennial basil plants. … but we live in cold country.

So sorry about that and I have since removed background music from my videos and only included them in specific sections. Glad you found value in this video even though the music was disruptive 🌻

So sorry about that 😢

I'm so glad you asked and you have it spot on 😁 that is one of the varieties and there are quite a few that are very similar to one another. The one I grew is Dreadlocks and I remember also looking at Love Lies Bleeding. I've got giant amaranth seeds for next year that I am super excited about. Hope you get a great harvest 🌻

Good question! Although peach leaf curl is mainly seen in peaches and nectarines, it is sometimes seen in other stone fruit like apricots and almonds 🌻

Oh nice! Yeah, they are known to sprout up on their own and all over the place if the seeds are not harvested or not harvested in time. That gives the wind enough time to spread the seeds far and wide and they will readily sprout. Hope you get to enjoy the awesomeness of the seeds 🌻

It's the greatest of pleasure 🌻

Oh nice! Yeah they can get pretty big and grow aggressively. This is why I absolutely love perennial basil and much prefer it over the annual varieties. I'm so glad you are also managing to use it and I have to agree that the flavour is strong and as you say, robust. I have a recipe I'm going to do a video on this week. Have you found a recipe that works for you to make pesto?

I make a Franken-pesto with what is on hand and I add amounts by tasting. Usually sunflower seeds, a neutral oil (it's hard to get olive oil with the right taste in my area), lots of lemon or lime juice and preserved lemons (also homemade from the garden), garlic, cumin and salt( if needed). Adding milder tasting leaves like spinach or sweet potato leaves can help to bulk out the pesto and dilute the very strong basil flavour. A little goes a long way with this great tasting herb.

Oh amazing, thanks for sharing! I also mostly franken-pesto it (love that you named it that 😁) and add lots of lemon juice. I love your option with spinach to bulk it up because as you say a little goes a long way and this basil is pretty powerful from a taste POV. Thanks again for sharing 🌻

No problem. Glad I found your RSA gardening channel. I tried out basil tea as you suggested and it helps calm my anxiety a lot. Tonight I paired it with rooibos for some extra calming action for a good nights sleep.

Oh how amazing that it works for you 💚 if have it you can also make lemongrass tea. It's incredibly calming and it's a nice taste variation to the basil 🌻

Ah, I really really wish it did, but I have tested extensively and it doesn't 😞 you will need some sort of iron product for those critters. I'm so glad you enjoyed this video and got value out of it 🌻

@@MySustainabilityJourney Thanks ❣️

Ah, thank you so very much and I'm so happy to hear you are on your own sustainability journey and that you have got value from what I have shared over the years 💚 If there is anything you would like me to cover then please let me know so I can help you even more (if possible). Do you have a channel or place I can follow your journey? 🌻

Ah, thanks Pat, I really, really appreciate your beautiful words and I am beyond thrilled to have been able to help my fellow local growers achieve everything they are wanting to. Even the smallest of help I can provide is incredibly rewarding for me and it's why I put so much effort into creating content for you. I love sharing and I love it even more hearing how a little bit of content or wisdom has helped someone out. I really hope I can continue to share valuable insights and that Tamakoa Homestead turns into a great social learning place that brings to life the reality of homesteading. Thank you so much for your ongoing support 💚💚💚

Oh nice! Thanks for leaving a comment and yes, they are really incredible at keeping dishes warm. They keep them warm for a really, really long time 🌻

It depends on a whole bunch of things but you can expect anything from 3 to 6 months and even up to year 🌻

Sandra, I cannot thank you enough for all your support over the months and years 💚 I love hearing your experiences and questions and your opinion really matters to me. If there is anything you would like me to cover then please just let me know. Just know that I appreciate you and thank you 🌻🌻🌻

Aw, thank you Yvonne, and thank you for being one of my long standing supporters 💚 I love waiting for your comments and to hear what questions you have and what experiences you share. I hope I can continue to provide value to you and the journey you are on and thank you once again 🌻🌻🌻

Wow, thank you so incredibly much Sandy 💚💚💚 It's comments like yours that really inspire me and keep me motivated to keep sharing, learning and adapting. I cannot wait for the journey ahead together as a community and thank you for all of your support 🌻

Aw, thanks Kathy and thank you so much for your long-standing support. I really appreciate you 💚

The Klein Karoo is a really special place and I cannot wait to not only get settled in, but also to explore all the small towns in the area as they all ooze character and history 🌻

Ah Pam, thank you so much for your ongoing, amazing support 💚 I love hearing your experiences and thoughts and look forward to many more in the months and years ahead 🌻🌻🌻

Thank you so very much and I really can't wait to have the extra units built so that you, and others, can come stay and experience everything. It will also be great to get to know people, their journeys and all of their dreams 💚

Vreeslik baie dankie. Ek sien uit om alles met jou te deel en hoop dat jy aanhou waarde kry uit my toekomstige videos 💚

Good question! Luckily the answer is simple and that's throughout the growing season 😀 the newest growth is the most tender but the larger leaves are also great to use cooked as a nutritious green 🌻

It is the greatest of pleasure and I recorded the 1 week follow up today, so I am just as excited to see how this all plays out. Yes, you can 100% use nettle. They are very nutritious and will add a lot of value to your leaf-based compost pile in addition to the nitrogen it brings so go ahead and use as much of them as you can. It will make great compost 🌻

Thanks so much for sharing your insights and growing experience and yes, I agree with you regarding cleaning up the tomato plants and getting good production. Personally I like a combination as indeterminate tomatoes tend to take long time get going so you can get a nice early, big flush of determinate tomatoes while you wait for the others to come along. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment 🌻

Thanks for leaving me a comment with a good question 😁 Personally I wouldn't add anything that seals it up. The reason being that if there are any eggs or larvae then you are keeping them inside (like bark) and it makes it harder for you to flush or clean out. Termites might be different and they will just make new holes, so what I would do if I were you is add lots of diatomaceous earth around the base of the tree as this gets into their exoskeleton and suffocates them. Just remember to reapply after every watering. Hope this helps 🌻

Good question and yes, I did 😁 you can actually go and look at my fig propagation using cuttings video where I used the top and side branches of a topped fig tree 🌻

Yip, totally and the nitrogen doesn't somehow disappear because of all the carbon 😁

Good question and sorry to hear you are struggling with critters eating your leaves. There are a few options, depending on what's causing the damage. If you have worm based problems then you can apply BT (Bacillus Thuringiensis) as that is a very effective and natural caterpillar option. If you have other pests like scale, aphids or bugs then you can look at something like neem oil, or you can cover your tree with a mosquito net to keep bugs away. Alternatively you can have other issues like ants or weevils and then adding diatomaceous earth around the base of the tree will help. I hope this gives you a few options to consider, but drop me another comment if you have particular pests you want some insight on 🌻

It is a pleasure and I'm glad you got value out of watching this video and that it was the perfect timing for you and your guava that is currently in flower 🌻

As far as I know you would need to thin them all besides a cherry guava we that's more of shrub/bush and puts on much smaller fruits so it can handle the full load. You don't technically need to thin guava trees, but if you don't you will end up with much smaller fruits that are not as sweet with lots of them staying green and not ripening, which is a waste 🌻

It is such a pleasure and I'm so glad you got value from watching this video 💚 Yeah, the way you are doing it also works a charm as the leaves make a great mulch layer that the worms and microbes break down and move to the soil underneath. Keep up the amazing work you are doing by growing your own food 🌻🌻🌻

Oh awesome, I'm so glad to hear that! Yeah, you can really add in so many different things and the black compost bin you can see in the video is fled with food scraps and leaves as that also makes a great combination. I also love horse manure composting and with leaf mold and horse manure you would have the best possible growing soil structure and then adding fresh, new compost made from everything else will work a treat. I tried to keep this one as easy as possible to get people to try composting at home as there are so many videos that make composting so complicated when it can be incredibly simple. The great news is the dry leaf compost heap is already building up some proper heat, so I am already starting with the next video 😁 Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment with your thoughts and experiences 🌻🌻🌻

Aw, wow Pam, thank you for writing me such an incredible comment with all of your experiences. Sounds like you have it all under control and yes, a leaf blower makes the world of difference when it comes to how quickly the leaves break down AND the mess factor 😂 really love hearing how you do things and it also helps me learn and get ideas, so thank you very much for sharing your ideas on my videos 💚🌻🌻🌻

@@MySustainabilityJourney That is what it is all about, "Loving your neighbour as yourself" is the sharing of ideas and experiences, and experiments. ❤️🤗🙌👍👋

Absolutely! The experimentation part being a huge part of being successful in what you do 🌻🌻🌻

You are so right! Manure would be an amazing addition and increase the heat of the co post pile big time! Food scraps and anything with lots of nitrogen would be amazing to add in. Even things like charcoal can be good to add in 🌻

Oh nice! I'm so glad this video helped you out and kept you from digging up your potatoes early. I hope you manage to get a bumper crop and thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment 🌻

Yeah, it really is 🌻 it's absolutely mind blowing how many bags of leaves are thrown away. Hopefully this video inspires others to reduce their waste and repurpose natures abundance and put the leaves back into their gardens in the form of nutritious leaf compost 🍂🍂🍂

It is only a pleasure and I'm so glad you found value in watching this video and thank you for showing your appreciation for the effort that went into making this video 🌻🌻🌻

It's the greatest pleasure, glad you found this video useful 🌻

Really good questions and thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment. Yes, if your tree is a saing, or very young, then remove all of the flowers. Every flower that forms is a waste of energy that could have gone into root or foliar growth. Once you have a 3 to 4 year old tree with thicker branches that can hold fruit you can start leaving a few fruits and then every year let it bear a few more 🌻