This season the garden is growing really well! In this video I share a couple of results that are quite impressive. Facebook: / homestead.downunder Twitter: / homesteadtassie
Oh wow! I'm homeschooling my 9&10yr old..We planted potatoes, not ready yet..They were so excited watching you dig up all those potatoes!! Me too.Inspiring!!
I just love your thick mulch. Very nice harvest. My daughter loves dutch cream. I love the red ones. Nice and clean-looking potatoes, love it. I love your take on comfreys :)
Your garden really looks good . Compost and water that’s works. I have been watching your videos for a couple of years now and I really look forward to seeing your videos I have used quite a bit of your information and I really appreciate it . my garden has gotten a lot better . So please keep them coming.thank you. And by the way your wife’s flower garden is what everyone works for
We cant get hay for mulch that is not contaminated by herbicides. I do miss.the benefits of hay mulch. It is a very windy spring here we had a rough winter and looks to be a hot dry summer coming on. I have so many tomato plants I don't have room for them don't know how they will fruit just yet. We get both determinate and indeterminate Roma tomatoes by seed but I have never gotten the indeterminate in a start. Glad you had good luck with them.
Absolutely those potatoes look amazing they will make nice chips for the kids and your tomatoes they look great. I am growing tomatoes this year and have used bird netting and so far so good and yes we have had an amazing summer this year and the rain fall is a blessing for us all and those living in drought I hope they get more thank you for sharing. By the way I messages you before about how you open up the fowlers bottles a little while ago, well I found a bottle opener that opens up the fowlers vocola lids with ease and no damage to the lids that alone is worth there weight in gold, you can get them on ebay I purchased mine at Drakes supermarket in south Australia its called jarkey made in Denmark its about $7 it will open any jars. I struggle with arthritis in my hands I was able to finally open a jar without asking my son or my neighbours its embarrassing to have to ask for help to open a bottle but now I can do it with ease just thought I would share thanks again for the great video I look forward to watching an update on how your tomatoes go amazing how tall they are :)
I have a small backyard in my duplex which I turned into a veggie garden We have had a much milder summer with plenty of rain too. I have cucumbers that are almost as tall as the fence and loaded with fruit. I've only been doing this since March last year but it is such a great feeling to eat what you grew. I love watching channels like your's to get some good tips and ideas. Cheers from Northern NSW Australia.
It's great to see you again! Our garden is entering the coldest part of the year, but we look forward to a great spring. We grow mostly in well-drained tubs and buckets, and very little directly in the ground. The exception is our fenced circle of various berries, with a large hugelkultur mound in the center. Thanks for showing us your garden brother!
Thanks Lew, yes our seasons are opposite to yours. Is there a problem with your soil that makes you grow in containers? Or is it simply a matter of space?
@@homesteading Phyllis and I have only been learning to garden for the last 4 years. There's all sorts of advantages to growing in buckets and containers, often layered within one another. Water retention, composting-in-place, and keeping the drain holes 2" from the bottom keeps out tree roots seeking the nutrients and/or blocking-up the drain holes. Tree roots reach out 30-50 or more feet in search of water, and yet we like our forest next to our garden. We use wood chips everywhere, and as they break down, they enrich the whole environment. We use tree leaves all year to cover the soil surface in the containers, and they provide protection and nutrients as they slowly release the minerals they contain from their tree's roots which were carried up from deep underground. It's a self-sustaining "no-dig" method of gardening that we love to watch. A few well-place bird baths and feeders attract enough birds to eat any garden pests that may pose a threat, and a few little ponds provide dragon flies and frogs to finish-off even more pests. Yahuah has created so many magnificent and wonderful things. Thank you for asking!
Beautiful potato harvest ... those will make some real long French fries ~8^) and especially curly fries. Your garden is looking really lush. Take care and enjoy the harvest.
Those Tomato's look like San Mazano Tomato's to me which i have grown in the past , they are a thick skin type great for sun dried Tomato's and sauce , which is how mine ended up lol.
Great to see you back John! I have missed watching your videos. I was worried that you were having a long problem with your back. But the way you were digging into those potatoes, you clearly don’t have a back problem!! Really enjoyable video as ever. Please keep them coming. Cheers Alec
Thanks for the encouragement. Thankfully the severe sciatica passed! Was part of a weird virus that our family (and others we know of) have had - effects the stomach and gut and also (curiously) gives muscle/nerve pain in other parts of the body. Seems to take few a weeks (or in some cases months) to pass!
@@homesteading it was great to see those potatoes being dug... I have been digging my spring crop for the past 3 months, and I reckon I am only a quarter of the way through them! Your videos were and are a great motivation to keep working on the garden to try to emulate some of the fantastic things you have going... well done and thank you!
They look like My Amish Paste tomatoes I am growing this year. I have planted them in my shade house and it’s 2.4 m high and they are up to the roof already. I grew them for sauce tomatoes and look a bit like Roma tomatoes as well.
As a new veggie grower. Very interested in how you grow your potatoes in the ground. After planting you covered them in straw, how deep did you put it and did you repeat that process when they were shooting up or just the once. Could you also tell me what type of straw you use. I’m south of Hobart and there seems to be a variety of straw/hay to purchase. Thanks
Amazing, ypu make it look so easy but I know it is a lot of hard work and dedication. That has been one of my struggles. Finding the time to do what I like with a day job..
Is it too late to plant tomatoes? I’m up in spreyton and only just finishing off my veggie gardens and keen to plant but it’s still quite hot so not sure what to plant
@@homesteading I currently have a sunroom- brick with windows and laser light roof. Any suggestions on maybe turning this into a greenhouse to increase my growing season? Would be a great space but its way too hot in the middle of summer but I’m guessing that would be okay for tomatoes? Longs I kept the water up? I could open the windows for air flow and bees. Do you think it would be a viable option? I’ve never really grown tomatoes before but trying to be more self sustaining and am currently learning to preserve and would rather try and grow my own then source them :)
I actually forgot about this video! Might have to look into them more. It’s a large space but it wouldn’t get the heat from the house during winter as it’s off to the side. Maybe IBC half tanks on wheels might be the go. Door would be too small to move them outside during winter but could move them around the sunroom depending on heat levels. It’s like the size of a two car garage so pretty big
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Amazing, Only five plants harvested and what a great crop. Your Roma’s are great to. I enjoy watching your videos, thank you 😊
Oh wow! I'm homeschooling my 9&10yr old..We planted potatoes, not ready yet..They were so excited watching you dig up all those potatoes!! Me too.Inspiring!!
I just love your thick mulch. Very nice harvest. My daughter loves dutch cream. I love the red ones. Nice and clean-looking potatoes, love it. I love your take on comfreys :)
Wow.. I would be so proud if I grew spuds that size... Inspirational.. Thank you 😊
Amazing size for the Nicola Potato- wishing my potatoes will be okay in Sydney.
Great crop😀
Nice tomatoes . I love Romas
Gorgeous crumbly soil!!
It’s like watching an Easter egg hunt 😊
Awesome harvest.
Omg great show from a aus well done👀👀👌👌
Thank you!
Dead of winter here in central NM, time 22:58 Temp 37 F supposed to get down to the mid 20s watching you dig potatoes!
Thanks John.
Love the tomatoes! And love the videos top stuff
Thanks 👍
Congratulations on your bumper crop of spuds and your Roma’s are looking fantastic!
Your garden really looks good . Compost and water that’s works. I have been watching your videos for a couple of years now and I really look forward to seeing your videos I have used quite a bit of your information and I really appreciate it . my garden has gotten a lot better . So please keep them coming.thank you. And by the way your wife’s flower garden is what everyone works for
Thanks for the encouragement!
This is only my second season of potatoes but it's always so fun to go rummage around and see what presents are under the ground.
We cant get hay for mulch that is not contaminated by herbicides. I do miss.the benefits of hay mulch. It is a very windy spring here we had a rough winter and looks to be a hot dry summer coming on. I have so many tomato plants I don't have room for them don't know how they will fruit just yet. We get both determinate and indeterminate Roma tomatoes by seed but I have never gotten the indeterminate in a start. Glad you had good luck with them.
Absolutely those potatoes look amazing they will make nice chips for the kids and your tomatoes they look great.
I am growing tomatoes this year and have used bird netting and so far so good and yes we have had an amazing summer this year and the rain fall is a blessing for us all and those living in drought I hope they get more thank you for sharing.
By the way I messages you before about how you open up the fowlers bottles a little while ago, well I found a bottle opener that opens up the fowlers vocola lids with ease and no damage to the lids that alone is worth there weight in gold, you can get them on ebay I purchased mine at Drakes supermarket in south Australia its called jarkey made in Denmark its about $7 it will open any jars.
I struggle with arthritis in my hands I was able to finally open a jar without asking my son or my neighbours its embarrassing to have to ask for help to open a bottle but now I can do it with ease just thought I would share thanks again for the great video I look forward to watching an update on how your tomatoes go amazing how tall they are :)
I have a small backyard in my duplex which I turned into a veggie garden We have had a much milder summer with plenty of rain too. I have cucumbers that are almost as tall as the fence and loaded with fruit. I've only been doing this since March last year but it is such a great feeling to eat what you grew. I love watching channels like your's to get some good tips and ideas. Cheers from Northern NSW Australia.
It's great to see you again! Our garden is entering the coldest part of the year, but we look forward to a great spring. We grow mostly in well-drained tubs and buckets, and very little directly in the ground. The exception is our fenced circle of various berries, with a large hugelkultur mound in the center. Thanks for showing us your garden brother!
Thanks Lew, yes our seasons are opposite to yours. Is there a problem with your soil that makes you grow in containers? Or is it simply a matter of space?
@@homesteading Phyllis and I have only been learning to garden for the last 4 years. There's all sorts of advantages to growing in buckets and containers, often layered within one another. Water retention, composting-in-place, and keeping the drain holes 2" from the bottom keeps out tree roots seeking the nutrients and/or blocking-up the drain holes. Tree roots reach out 30-50 or more feet in search of water, and yet we like our forest next to our garden. We use wood chips everywhere, and as they break down, they enrich the whole environment. We use tree leaves all year to cover the soil surface in the containers, and they provide protection and nutrients as they slowly release the minerals they contain from their tree's roots which were carried up from deep underground. It's a self-sustaining "no-dig" method of gardening that we love to watch. A few well-place bird baths and feeders attract enough birds to eat any garden pests that may pose a threat, and a few little ponds provide dragon flies and frogs to finish-off even more pests. Yahuah has created so many magnificent and wonderful things. Thank you for asking!
Beautiful Garden & some great potatoes! We have 2 to 3 months before we can get serious in our in ground gardens...
Nicola potatoes are my favourite. I'll look at Dutch Creams myself one day. Exceptional looking crops.
Beautiful potato harvest ... those will make some real long French fries ~8^) and especially curly fries. Your garden is looking really lush. Take care and enjoy the harvest.
Those Tomato's look like San Mazano Tomato's to me which i have grown in the past , they are a thick skin type great for sun dried Tomato's and sauce , which is how mine ended up lol.
Thanks, that's 2 votes for San Mazano. I will be interested to see how they turn out.
Great to see you back John! I have missed watching your videos. I was worried that you were having a long problem with your back. But the way you were digging into those potatoes, you clearly don’t have a back problem!! Really enjoyable video as ever. Please keep them coming. Cheers Alec
Thanks for the encouragement. Thankfully the severe sciatica passed! Was part of a weird virus that our family (and others we know of) have had - effects the stomach and gut and also (curiously) gives muscle/nerve pain in other parts of the body. Seems to take few a weeks (or in some cases months) to pass!
@@homesteading it was great to see those potatoes being dug... I have been digging my spring crop for the past 3 months, and I reckon I am only a quarter of the way through them! Your videos were and are a great motivation to keep working on the garden to try to emulate some of the fantastic things you have going... well done and thank you!
those potatoes are awesome. I harvested my dutch creams and i ended up with a few rather large ones lol about the size of your Nicola potatoes
My Romas have done the same. Not much fruit at this stage but it's early days.
The tomato looks like San marzano
That's 2 votes for San Marzano!
I cant grow spuds like that in Qld toms look really good too
I grow them in pots, I get amazing size potatoes and I live in brissie.
They look like My Amish Paste tomatoes I am growing this year. I have planted them in my shade house and it’s 2.4 m high and they are up to the roof already. I grew them for sauce tomatoes and look a bit like Roma tomatoes as well.
Yes, that's another possibility. Some of these egg shaped tomatoes are very similar!
Have you ever fed the Comfrey to your chickens?
Have several comfrey plants in their run, they eat them when moulting. Otherwise they leave them alone.
They are indeed indeterminate roma tomatos. There is a lot of range to Roma tomatos and there are multiple varieties.
As a new veggie grower. Very interested in how you grow your potatoes in the ground. After planting you covered them in straw, how deep did you put it and did you repeat that process when they were shooting up or just the once. Could you also tell me what type of straw you use. I’m south of Hobart and there seems to be a variety of straw/hay to purchase. Thanks
Wow amazing...do you have a day job? Or are you a full time farmer?
Yes, I have a day job!
Amazing, ypu make it look so easy but I know it is a lot of hard work and dedication. That has been one of my struggles. Finding the time to do what I like with a day job..
Is it too late to plant tomatoes? I’m up in spreyton and only just finishing off my veggie gardens and keen to plant but it’s still quite hot so not sure what to plant
Certainly to late to plant outdoors. I would only plant them in a greenhouse now.
@@homesteading I currently have a sunroom- brick with windows and laser light roof. Any suggestions on maybe turning this into a greenhouse to increase my growing season? Would be a great space but its way too hot in the middle of summer but I’m guessing that would be okay for tomatoes? Longs I kept the water up? I could open the windows for air flow and bees. Do you think it would be a viable option? I’ve never really grown tomatoes before but trying to be more self sustaining and am currently learning to preserve and would rather try and grow my own then source them :)
@@missza98 Sound like a great idea. Consider using self watering containers, or building a wicking bed. Watch ruclips.net/video/_yrdz-LJGvg/видео.html
I actually forgot about this video! Might have to look into them more. It’s a large space but it wouldn’t get the heat from the house during winter as it’s off to the side. Maybe IBC half tanks on wheels might be the go. Door would be too small to move them outside during winter but could move them around the sunroom depending on heat levels. It’s like the size of a two car garage so pretty big
All my tomatoes went rotten from the 400 mls of rain in December
That soil!
Definitely not keto