Hats off to you and the big horses for turning the sod and harvesting the potatoes. It's great how you tend your farm the old-fashioned way, with horse drawn plough, and those beautiful animals seem to understand everyone's counting on them too. By the look of things Tim really got a workout too!! Reminded me of the time I rented a heavy-duty floor sander and found out the hard way how difficult it was hi to steer or keep balanced.
Very nice, I always liked work horses. Such beatiful animals, and the harvest looks very good. By the way, my grandfather always leaves the potato plant to dry out before harvesting them. He does it by hand though. Thank you.
+Francesc Aliberch Padrisa I guess your grandfather doesn't live in Ireland : - ) We have to harvest whenever the weather is dry enough - it could rain now for months
Wow that is a great harvest...and some whopper potatoes too. No doubt you have some fertile land there. Flora and Henry are a real blessing not just because they are strong but they produce fertilizer of a high quality.
+HHeirloomIA Wow! That was quick! Thanks for watching - and coming back to us with positivity so quickly - well worth the effort of making a little video. Thank you : - )
I SOOOO wish you lived next door! You could plough as much of my flat, stone-free soil as you desired with those wonderful horses. In fact, I would insist upon it!
Nope, seems they have all gone the way of all flesh (the old ones with horses) or of agri-business (the locals). I think you should plant that field up with broad beans, which will chunter along during the winter, then produce a good cash crop come late spring (you just can't buy good broad beans these days), and that treasure trove of nitrogen-fixing roots left in the soil, plus bulk mulch from the haulms.
What lovely soil you have. We have mostly heavy red clay here in Virginia. My potatoes did not do well last year- I think I planted them too deep. Here we plow in the Fall. The freeze thaw cycles in the winter break up the big cloths of earth. Then we disc or harrow in the Spring. Lovely potatoes.
We try to avoid ploughing in the autumn because of the rainfall through the winter that washes everything away. Still trying to find the best way to do things though. It's all so interesting!
I recently bought a farm in Kentucky. I have no clear idea what I am doing and mostly learn from mistakes which I record in a little log book. Mostly we are planting crops to support the animals as it is a quality deer management projects. We have bear and rabbits and turkeys also. It is great fun. Nothing quite like watching things grow.
Great harvest! It's lovely that you have some innate fertility in the soil there. Here, growing them to be even a quarter that size on unfertilized land would be a lot of trouble.
Think it amusing to see a gentle smiling lady leading the horse but following at the rear what seems like a man practicing for a down hill sledge slalom hanging on for dear life!
Yes I can know that spent my youth picking potatoes. Still remember the sore back. You did well keeping that plough in line. Not used a horse but father in law used two men pulling mini plough in garden. Now that is hard work.
Outstanding! I love fresh, new spuds, especially chips, deep fried in olive oil in a proper old fashioned chip pan. I've cooked them like this for years but I'm going to try it out the old way that my mum cooked them, in lard!! As an experiment of course! Lol.
Where I come from (Croatia) we leave the tops till they turn brown and dry and then we pick the potatoes (plant in late april and harvest in september).
Its is good to pause and note . 80% of those would not make it too the big food chain shops . Thats how much waste is in modern farming and city centric insular living .
Many hands make light work ... Got a nice day for the harvest ... how about some Oats or Einkorn ... I buy organic oats from a local registered farmer and my hens do really well on them.
very successful "experiment". Congratulations to both. I suggest you to try some potatoes breeding boxes. You will save a humongous effort. You can get 100 pounds ( a bag) from each box 1x1 meter wide, 1.3 m high. Choose a late variety. Start with two or three boxes. Bon Chance, Good luck! Fred.
How about a combination of Dahlia's, Sweet potatoes, Jerusalem Artichokes and Elephant Garlic, although considering the time of the year maybe a winter/spring green would be better at keeping the land free of weeds until the Dahlia's, Sweet potatoes, Jerusalem Artichokes and Elephant Garlic start to grow.
+Rabidavid Yes, it's about finding something we can plant now. Wrong time for JA, winter greens, but garlic and spring greens are still a possibility. So wet up there now though : - (
Wow, that looks like hard work :-) I am wondering if there were any damage to the potatoes from wireworms (like little holes and tunnels), did you see any?
Nice video. One thing is that it made me realise I have no idea how to store potatoes longer term haha How are ye planning to tackle that, if you know yet?
+Salmo Jack Yes, it has to be better to let the tops die back first, so the nutrients end up in the potato. But we have to go when the field's dry enough.
I know this is a couple of years old but if you have space again this yer I think you could grow your own mulch next, some ideas here, and maybe you could build a roller crimper during the long winter evenings ruclips.net/video/Xd2f7aFKjVo/видео.html
Hats off to you and the big horses for turning the sod and harvesting the potatoes. It's great how you tend your farm the old-fashioned way, with horse drawn plough, and those beautiful animals seem to understand everyone's counting on them too. By the look of things Tim really got a workout too!! Reminded me of the time I rented a heavy-duty floor sander and found out the hard way how difficult it was hi to steer or keep balanced.
What a fantastic Haul of potatoes. It looks like the potato digger an invention of yours . Outstanding Video
Two green thumbs up for all involved. Mmmm baked potatoes.
Wow, those are humongous potatoes! Now to just make a large vat of potato soup for those chilly days. That'd be a fun cooking video :)
What a Harvest!!! Great experiment! It's so nice to see people helping each other!
I like how the horses got a little smooch therapy after a few rows. 8-)
What a wonderful bumper crop! A great team effort from all humans & the amazing horses X
Good results with the experiment!
And Sandra did a fine job with the team.
You have good helpers! rc
German potato salad , yum!
Very nice, I always liked work horses. Such beatiful animals, and the harvest looks very good. By the way, my grandfather always leaves the potato plant to dry out before harvesting them. He does it by hand though.
Thank you.
+Francesc Aliberch Padrisa I guess your grandfather doesn't live in Ireland : - ) We have to harvest whenever the weather is dry enough - it could rain now for months
I see, no he does not live in Ireland. He lives near Barcelona. So, in summer is much hoter.
Wow that is a great harvest...and some whopper potatoes too. No doubt you have some fertile land there.
Flora and Henry are a real blessing not just because they are strong but they produce fertilizer of a high quality.
What a beautiful, bountiful harvest!!! Thanks for sharing your "experiment"!!
+HHeirloomIA Wow! That was quick! Thanks for watching - and coming back to us with positivity so quickly - well worth the effort of making a little video. Thank you : - )
Nice looking team and potatoes.
I SOOOO wish you lived next door! You could plough as much of my flat, stone-free soil as you desired with those wonderful horses. In fact, I would insist upon it!
+Ruby Gray Ha! but you live on the other side of the planet, Ruby! (Couldn't you find some keen would-be farmers and help them out a bit?)
Nope, seems they have all gone the way of all flesh (the old ones with horses) or of agri-business (the locals).
I think you should plant that field up with broad beans, which will chunter along during the winter, then produce a good cash crop come late spring (you just can't buy good broad beans these days), and that treasure trove of nitrogen-fixing roots left in the soil, plus bulk mulch from the haulms.
Thank you for sharing. I didn't know potatoes could grow to such a size!
What lovely soil you have. We have mostly heavy red clay here in Virginia. My potatoes did not do well last year- I think I planted them too deep.
Here we plow in the Fall. The freeze thaw cycles in the winter break up the big cloths of earth. Then we disc or harrow in the Spring.
Lovely potatoes.
We try to avoid ploughing in the autumn because of the rainfall through the winter that washes everything away. Still trying to find the best way to do things though. It's all so interesting!
I recently bought a farm in Kentucky. I have no clear idea what I am doing and mostly learn from mistakes which I record in a little log book. Mostly we are planting crops to support the animals as it is a quality deer management projects. We have bear and rabbits and turkeys also. It is great fun. Nothing quite like watching things grow.
I like your farm and vegetable garden, it's great and the vegetables are very Eat well appetizing i from in Thailand
That a great success! Fantastic idea I will be logging in my head for next years garden.
Great harvest . One of the big ones could feed a small family
I love you guys. You live such beautiful lives. :D
+Amaleen Amer Thank you, Amaleen!
What a great harvest
fine harvest
Wow, great harvest. Amazing watching them pull. Thanks for sharing!
Made me very hungry for some baked potatoes. Great video and thanks for sharing!
Great harvest! It's lovely that you have some innate fertility in the soil there. Here, growing them to be even a quarter that size on unfertilized land would be a lot of trouble.
+crazy808ish Interesting. Whereabouts are you?
Great vid
what a haul of spuds, great idea much better than building mounds.
this is so awesome, lots of love from the states!!! i love your accents lol
+John Smith Thanks John
My 9yr old son says "Potatoes for a year! Well done!" :)
+Hannah Cullingford Yes! can you help him grow some too?
lovey this job picking up potatos
Think it amusing to see a gentle smiling lady leading the horse but following at the rear what seems like a man practicing for a down hill sledge slalom hanging on for dear life!
+Stewart Beattie It's seriously hard work, Stewart. Try it sometime!
Yes I can know that spent my youth picking potatoes. Still remember the sore back. You did well keeping that plough in line. Not used a horse but father in law used two men pulling mini plough in garden. Now that is hard work.
Good job!!Thanks for sharing!
Outstanding! I love fresh, new spuds, especially chips, deep fried in olive oil in a proper old fashioned chip pan. I've cooked them like this for years but I'm going to try it out the old way that my mum cooked them, in lard!! As an experiment of course! Lol.
+goober650NX Lard is good tasty food - enjoy!
Awesome Job
Great stuff. I'd like to see a video about your potato storage methods as well if you're so inclined.
+Charles Kiblinger Yes, perhaps we could do that, Charles. Watch this space..!
Ohh Time to have some chips and gravy ;)
Wow....nice
Great harvest!
Very nice video and very good channel, well done~!
Thanks - dipping into yours now
Where I come from (Croatia) we leave the tops till they turn brown and dry and then we pick the potatoes (plant in late april and harvest in september).
That's what we did where I grew up...Iowa USA....always grew enough to last the winter and have some to replant.
Can I come live with you? Nothing weird, just love your life style. Wish I was there.
+cvolpone We're vaguely open to the idea of someone joining us somehow, but they'd need to be very special indeed!
love it great work
Its is good to pause and note . 80% of those would not make it too the big food chain shops . Thats how much waste is in modern farming and city centric insular living .
That's a lot of potato :D
Gordon Bennett! how I wish to have a farm just like that......:)
That was beautiful and very informative for us lazy farmers! What variety were those monsters!? Thanks for sharing!
+carbonfusion Thank you Carbonfusion! They're Sarpo Mira potatoes (well most of them were anyway)
mcdonalds would buy the long ones ..haha
Please can you do an on foot house and barn tour.I think it will be quite interesting thank you 😊
Those are some big spuds alright.
Many hands make light work ... Got a nice day for the harvest ... how about some Oats or Einkorn ... I buy organic oats from a local registered farmer and my hens do really well on them.
+dobe762 Yes, winter oats is a possibility alright. Hmm..
holy potatoes. good stuff
very successful "experiment". Congratulations to both.
I suggest you to try some potatoes breeding boxes.
You will save a humongous effort.
You can get 100 pounds ( a bag) from each box 1x1 meter wide, 1.3 m high.
Choose a late variety. Start with two or three boxes.
Bon Chance, Good luck!
Fred.
Thanks, Fred, but we couldn't afford to make/buy as many as we would need
Beautiful horses. Lot of potatoes grown in this region of Chile. BTW don't feed green raw potatoes to pigs it will kill them.
You should try and grow corn
Great video! Just wondering where did you get the harness you have for the cobs?
Thanks Johnny. Look up Tarnsjo Garveri.
Thanks very much!
Hi Tim how big is the potatoe field
How about a combination of Dahlia's, Sweet potatoes, Jerusalem Artichokes and Elephant Garlic, although considering the time of the year maybe a winter/spring green would be better at keeping the land free of weeds until the Dahlia's, Sweet potatoes, Jerusalem Artichokes and Elephant Garlic start to grow.
+Rabidavid Yes, it's about finding something we can plant now. Wrong time for JA, winter greens, but garlic and spring greens are still a possibility. So wet up there now though : - (
Wonderful video! Any idea how many kilos of potatoes per meter?
+Sheldon Fort Thanks Sheldon. No, we don't have any way of weighing them practically. It would be interesting to know though.
Wow, that looks like hard work :-) I am wondering if there were any damage to the potatoes from wireworms (like little holes and tunnels), did you see any?
+Dire Dare We didn't see any, Dire. Just some blight and some damage to the top ones by crows and jackdaws
awesome harvest. :) what is the name of this potato sort? it looks very good!
+RUG HATTO Thank you Rug! They're Sarpo Miras
Nice video. One thing is that it made me realise I have no idea how to store potatoes longer term haha How are ye planning to tackle that, if you know yet?
+zero_sum When they've dried out a bit we put them into a dark, airy, rat-proof bin and they last for months.
What an amazing harvest! What will you do with all those potatoes?! I was wondering - can you grow corn in your part of the world? 😊
+Ben Matthews Corn (maize?) grows fine but we can't ripen it - so if it's grown it's made into silage
Really enjoyed that, are those Roosters? If so they are big beasts.
+Yer Man Sarpo Mira mostly.
|I let the tops dry out and they help in pulling/digging the potatoes out of my small patch. ||||||||Any advantage to this?
+Salmo Jack Yes, it has to be better to let the tops die back first, so the nutrients end up in the potato. But we have to go when the field's dry enough.
Are those Irish potato's :}
+Larryd1001 They're called Sarpo Miro - from Hungary
Were the helpers gifted with kartofel?
+ThatSuzanne Schmid As many as they wanted!
try leeks with the garlic
You fertilise with manure, but do you also compost?
all the time!
Way Out West Blow-in blog That must make some brilliant soil then!
Ya gona hurt your self with that tater plow my brother
So you say the Sarpo Mira Potato is grown for Pig Food? Do they not taste good for human food or what....
They're not bad at all to eat - but there are better-tasting varieties too that we prefer
400 likes and no dislikes
what variety of potato are they?
Carolas, I think
I know this is a couple of years old but if you have space again this yer I think you could grow your own mulch next, some ideas here, and maybe you could build a roller crimper during the long winter evenings ruclips.net/video/Xd2f7aFKjVo/видео.html
or a green manure....won't you eat them... too good for pigs
+jc syson We couldn't eat all those, JC. There's only two of us!
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