😅 it’s funny the things we do our nanas or dads did in the garden. But yes RUclips is great for prompting our brains to go oh wait I should try that too. Your working so hard but it’s fab to see the family helping. She is a super helper. Have a great week Nik and Jaz the not weirdo lovely lady ❤, Ali 🌥️🇨🇦
lol thanks so much Ali! You're completely right, we learn so much when we were so young. Hope the weather is good out there for you. And she is a superstar
You can essentially use nettles in place of blanched spinach in any recipe - fresh pasta, ravioli or spanakopita filling, curries, etc. I know someone elderly who would appreciate this wholesome soup - I'm gonna make it for her with some lovage. Thanks for the inspiration! ❤
Oh that's lovely and ooo I didn't know that I'll go and harvest a bunch! I think that it's very good for you but it's so much nicer than I thought I was shocked
As you, I was stunned by British and American tidy garden out of any intruder, weeds, you name it. Up to the time I have found out those Instagram/ RUclips gardeners are not gardening but visiting suppliers to get the most amazing ready made flowers, plant, veggies..., planting those then spreading a purchased brand new soil around to get an immaculate garden. Don't worry, we are true gardeners not those fake digital gardeners😂😂😂
Love it. I do think that's very true. It a little down hearting for some. That's why I show 'weeds and all' lol 😂 Perhaps it will help some know it's ok! We all have our struggles with the dreaded weeds!
hello Nick, congratulations on your lovely baby. Thank you to the whole family for helping you with the garden. I do love pulling weeds is more satisfying than hoeing them but we always have to do something that makes it easier for us. I will try hoeing as well to see whether or not it makes it easier. Now with regards to your baby, you need to learn how to put them on your back in order that you can work a lot more easily. i’m sure that sling you use can be used to wrap them onto your back. I wish I lived close enough to you that I could show you how to do it because that’s how I carried my children. It is much easier on you and your back and you can get on and do whatever you need to do and they love it in the back as I can still look around. All the best❤
@@ThatBritishHomestead the sling you have would work as it’s long enough but it’s about learning how to do it without help. i don’t know if any youtubers have shown it. it was automatic for us as we had watched so many people doing it
You have been so busy! Love that Jasmine thought it was less weird to be picking the nettles for nettle soup 🤣 Fascinating to see the recipe come to life and great to hear you all like it. Brilliant. I agree in most walks of life we all do things the way we’ve seen them done by our elders. 😊
I'm hugely impressed at how our weeds don't seem to need rain in order to flourish although of course they flourish even more impressively when they get plenty of moisture. Water. Flash flooding conditions generating warnings. And most of those weeds can't be pulled out, they have to be levered out with a specific weed-removing garden tool. (And I *do* make a point of trying to stay ahead of the weeds!) Same sort of challenge(s) with the lawn. At this time of year, it grows faster than crabgrass and twice a week isn't too often for using the lawn mower. Usually, meaning in a normal year, the grass growth slows by the end of June. You did express some interest in the weather in distant places? Well, although we're supposed to get some rain later this afternoon or evening, right now it's 86°-F (about 30°-C, if I did the calculation correctly.) And we've already set a local/regional record for the greatest number of tornadoes in May. Much gardening love from northeast Ohio, USA! 😊💚💚💚😊
It's so funny isn't it.... I think it's due to them being so perfectly adapted to the weather and climate! It means they are fine with whatever the weather does. I can't wait till my plants catch up! Wow that's madness it's so hot here!
@@ThatBritishHomestead Oh, in July and August, temperatures of around 30°C or 86°F aren't unusual although they're not, typically, every day, either. But to get temperatures that hot, this early in the year is unusual and for a great deal of the U.S. a hotter-than-average and drier-than-average summer has been forecast. I think you're right about weeds being so perfectly adapted to the weather and climate wherever they are. It's that we as gardeners (or homeowners) have decided we don't want them in their natural habitat doing their natural thing. From reading elsewhere in the comments: I think your idea of drying the nettles and making them into a powder you can add to dishes is brilliant! Much gardening love! 😊💚💚💚😊
@@bhalliwell2191 ah thanks I think so too! Means extra nutrients for dishes I do the same with courgettes as my family hates them! If in doubt powder it! I still think it's made that is so different weather wise where you are! Typical English people obsessed with the weather lol
@@ThatBritishHomestead *"Typical English people obsessed with the weather lol"* you wrote. You must have heard this old chestnut: Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it. Normally we have what are called "moderate summers," meaning it doesn't get fry-your-brains hot and it does rain; parts of this country would be dancing on air to have to deal with what is called "drought" where I am and would be just a short dry spell to get through for them, and our "drought" doesn't happen every year but I'm betting we see some very dry weeks from now through, oh, perhaps September of 2024. Not saying *no* rain, mind you, just that we won't be getting our typical one inch per week, some weeks. As this past winter was on the dry side, we're now experiencing a "rain deficit." Rather troubling. And I'm fortunate to be in the Great Lakes region, in the Great Lakes Basin, in fact: the Lakes moderate temperatures, by a few degrees, only, for the most part, but to a plant that can mean the difference between living and dying, or setting fruit and making seeds for the next generation or not. (Duluth, Minnesota, is on the shore of Lake Superior which, it is said, has only two temperatures or two conditions: frozen solid and liquid ice; Duluth is known as "The Air-Conditioned City" because Lake Superior is so cold it chills the air in the immediate *environs.* I'm almost as far south as you can get on that water system so while we get some moderating of temperatures, we don't get "air conditioning" the way Duluth does.) Goodness, but I can natter about weather! Are you growing courgettes just for you, then, apart from drying and powdering some to get a bit of extra nutrition into your family's meals? We have a similar situation, with himself hating virtually all the foods I like, and many of the foods he enjoys seeming to hate *me.* But to be fair, he'll eat most greens if they're sautéed in olive oil with onions and garlic, he just won't do the sautéing. Same sort of thing with summer squashes: I adore them, he can't be bothered to enjoy them (and for him it does seem a chore, summoning up some friendliness toward summer squashes, courgettes or zucchini); he's mad for the long-storage winter squashes, though, and I tend to approach those...obliquely. And, from elsewhere in the comments: that chillie plant-eating pigeon won't have any troubles from having eaten chillies: birds aren't sensitive to capsaicin (the compound that gives chili peppers their heat.) Mammals *are* sensitive to it, which is how "squirrel-proof" bird seed is accomplished: the bird feed gets sprayed with a capsaicin solution which then dries and the bird feed is packaged up and sold to folks like me and maybe you who put out food for the wild birds. It's also why, if you handle "squirrel-proof" bird seed you need to wear disposable gloves or else make sure to wash your hands thoroughly immediately after touching it; can you guess who learned that the hard way? (H'mm: I'm thinking now that I ought to spray, or dust, the greens in the garden with some form of hot chili peppers. Teach the deer a lesson!) Much gardening love from Northeast Ohio! 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊
@@bhalliwell2191 yes, I mostly grow things I can hid in food. My OH never ate veg at all but is coming round to the idea. My daughter is also super picky. I think if it's healthy I'll eat it! Don't matter if I don't like it lol That's interesting... I didn't know that... we don't have pests for peppers or squash or tomatoes... 🍅 I hope it stays that way
I've never tried nettle soup. I really want to. I collect them to make tea (stinky plant food tea) and I forage the seeds later in the year. Well done on tackling the plot. Yeh it is funny how we do things in certain ways - like woodchip potatoes! I'm still nervous about that 🙈🤣
I'm sick of the weeds! Warm and wet weather boosting them! Then the slugs arrive in droves 😂😂 I'm picking nettles again for fertiliser 👍🏽💚 it stinks but it's great for the garden. 1:57 😂😂 I pick out the small ones by hand, keeps them down more as if you do it gently enough it doesn't leave weed seeds in the soil. Haha the face of realisation 😂 bless ya The soup looks amazing. Good shout Jasmine! It's all good in da hood 😂 Funny & fab video Nik 💚🌱
Great video 👍 we watched Clarksons farm too and thought it was interesting how he was trying to farm the unfarmable. Its really really wet up here in Manchester at the moment (surprise 😂) so the weeds are rampant, but also the slugs!! What can i do about my slugs? Its like they've all come on a slimy holiday to my back garden 😞
Hand pick them off, when you see them pick them. Best to do at night or after a rain... iwe put our ducks in the veggie patch. We live by the philosophy 'never do something that an animal will enjoy doing' and ducks love slugs... they are gross but they make lovely eggs! I feel for you lot up north!
@@sarahsallotmentjourney lol I bet you are popular if you like weeding.. I know what you mean tho it's nice when is quite and your just left with your thoughts
Have you tried using a silage tarp during the off season to help control some of your weeds? We have had some limited success using them because of the warm season grasses (Bermuda grass), but in an area with cooler weather they are a viable solution… just a thought
@@PossumRidgeFarms ahah no we I've in the uk, so windy is nothing compared to the USA! lol it's like 50miles in like wow that's not worth going if to for a day and have to book a hotel 😰 we tell to have less extremes! Our snowed in is 1'' of snow lol 😝
@@ThatBritishHomestead I'm glad you don't have to deal with the weather challenges we face here in the United States. Tornadoes, heavy rains, flooding, severe thunderstorms, and ice storms make it much more difficult to grow our own food. However, after years of dealing with these conditions, you get used to it. Many of us have storm shelters, and we understand that in an emergency, only your family will be there to help. I really enjoy your videos and appreciate your response
Great video Nik! That looks yummy. My Dad used to make nettle soup a lot. I believe they used to make army uniforms from the stems during in the war. Broccoli and Stilton soup is nice. There's a recipe where you make it and then put it in a round loaf of bread and toast it in the oven. It's really yummy.
I love broccoli and Stilton soup it's one of my favourites! I have heard they can do a lot with nettles. I'm thinking I'd drying and powdering them so I can add them into meals
@@ThatBritishHomestead That's a great idea for seasoning. Do you have a dehydrator? I have heard that you can dehydrate in an airfryer. I would love something like that but am running out of space in the kitchen.
@@ThatBritishHomestead Ok cool. What make is it? Yes everything has gone up now, bloody ridiculous how much food etc is now. Felt really sad to buy our first tinned tomatoes this year. We had 2 spare from last year that we are just using up. Interestingly the use by for shop tinned tomatoes is only 18 months. I thought it would be longer, like 2-3 years. Each year i am trying to squeeze in more plants to do more canning but we are nearly there in being self sufficient with tomatoes. I need to make less chutney this year as we still have jars of it in the cupboard! lol
@@AnyKeyLady von shef. I got a load of stuff from them always been good and well priced... I thank j got it from Amazon ☺️ I'm the same! I remember then I just had 6 plants... tomatoes have so many uses we have them in stews, curries, spaghetti sauce and the your have bbq and ketchup! We want to get as much canned as we can you never know what next year will be like. Our garlic has failed this year due to rust! I'm gutted
Nik i think a wood pigeon has got in my greenhouse and destroyed one chillie plants 1 tomato and one kale plant, So tomorrow that pigeon will be my dinner :)
What bad luck! I've never had them eat a chilli! I bet they will regret that one in the morning! And in the greenhouse too!! Terrible luck! Pigeons are so bad here! We have 100s
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😅 it’s funny the things we do our nanas or dads did in the garden. But yes RUclips is great for prompting our brains to go oh wait I should try that too. Your working so hard but it’s fab to see the family helping. She is a super helper. Have a great week Nik and Jaz the not weirdo lovely lady ❤, Ali 🌥️🇨🇦
lol thanks so much Ali! You're completely right, we learn so much when we were so young. Hope the weather is good out there for you.
And she is a superstar
You can essentially use nettles in place of blanched spinach in any recipe - fresh pasta, ravioli or spanakopita filling, curries, etc. I know someone elderly who would appreciate this wholesome soup - I'm gonna make it for her with some lovage. Thanks for the inspiration! ❤
Oh that's lovely and ooo I didn't know that I'll go and harvest a bunch! I think that it's very good for you but it's so much nicer than I thought I was shocked
As you, I was stunned by British and American tidy garden out of any intruder, weeds, you name it.
Up to the time I have found out those Instagram/ RUclips gardeners are not gardening but visiting suppliers to get the most amazing ready made flowers, plant, veggies..., planting those then spreading a purchased brand new soil around to get an immaculate garden.
Don't worry, we are true gardeners not those fake digital gardeners😂😂😂
Love it. I do think that's very true. It a little down hearting for some. That's why I show 'weeds and all' lol 😂
Perhaps it will help some know it's ok! We all have our struggles with the dreaded weeds!
hello Nick, congratulations on your lovely baby. Thank you to the whole family for helping you with the garden.
I do love pulling weeds is more satisfying than hoeing them but we always have to do something that makes it easier for us. I will try hoeing as well to see whether or not it makes it easier. Now with regards to your baby, you need to learn how to put them on your back in order that you can work a lot more easily. i’m sure that sling you use can be used to wrap them onto your back. I wish I lived close enough to you that I could show you how to do it because that’s how I carried my children. It is much easier on you and your back and you can get on and do whatever you need to do and they love it in the back as I can still look around. All the best❤
I'm looking for a back sling... have you got any recommendations. I want one that I can use without help!
@@ThatBritishHomestead the sling you have would work as it’s long enough but it’s about learning how to do it without help. i don’t know if any youtubers have shown it. it was automatic for us as we had watched so many people doing it
@@StellasVegetablegardens think the front wrap is so easy for me as I done it a million time I will have a look?
You have been so busy! Love that Jasmine thought it was less weird to be picking the nettles for nettle soup 🤣
Fascinating to see the recipe come to life and great to hear you all like it. Brilliant.
I agree in most walks of life we all do things the way we’ve seen them done by our elders. 😊
Thanks so much, yes she makes me giggle!
I think it's a money see money do thing... that's why RUclips is such a blessing
@@ThatBritishHomestead RUclips buddies are also a blessing.. keeping us on the straight and narrow and educating us beyond our own experiences. ❤️❤️
@@TheFarmyardGarden completely agree with you
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I'm hugely impressed at how our weeds don't seem to need rain in order to flourish although of course they flourish even more impressively when they get plenty of moisture. Water. Flash flooding conditions generating warnings.
And most of those weeds can't be pulled out, they have to be levered out with a specific weed-removing garden tool. (And I *do* make a point of trying to stay ahead of the weeds!)
Same sort of challenge(s) with the lawn. At this time of year, it grows faster than crabgrass and twice a week isn't too often for using the lawn mower. Usually, meaning in a normal year, the grass growth slows by the end of June.
You did express some interest in the weather in distant places? Well, although we're supposed to get some rain later this afternoon or evening, right now it's 86°-F (about 30°-C, if I did the calculation correctly.) And we've already set a local/regional record for the greatest number of tornadoes in May.
Much gardening love from northeast Ohio, USA! 😊💚💚💚😊
It's so funny isn't it.... I think it's due to them being so perfectly adapted to the weather and climate! It means they are fine with whatever the weather does.
I can't wait till my plants catch up!
Wow that's madness it's so hot here!
@@ThatBritishHomestead Oh, in July and August, temperatures of around 30°C or 86°F aren't unusual although they're not, typically, every day, either. But to get temperatures that hot, this early in the year is unusual and for a great deal of the U.S. a hotter-than-average and drier-than-average summer has been forecast.
I think you're right about weeds being so perfectly adapted to the weather and climate wherever they are. It's that we as gardeners (or homeowners) have decided we don't want them in their natural habitat doing their natural thing.
From reading elsewhere in the comments: I think your idea of drying the nettles and making them into a powder you can add to dishes is brilliant!
Much gardening love! 😊💚💚💚😊
@@bhalliwell2191 ah thanks I think so too! Means extra nutrients for dishes I do the same with courgettes as my family hates them! If in doubt powder it! I still think it's made that is so different weather wise where you are! Typical English people obsessed with the weather lol
@@ThatBritishHomestead *"Typical English people obsessed with the weather lol"* you wrote. You must have heard this old chestnut: Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it.
Normally we have what are called "moderate summers," meaning it doesn't get fry-your-brains hot and it does rain; parts of this country would be dancing on air to have to deal with what is called "drought" where I am and would be just a short dry spell to get through for them, and our "drought" doesn't happen every year but I'm betting we see some very dry weeks from now through, oh, perhaps September of 2024. Not saying *no* rain, mind you, just that we won't be getting our typical one inch per week, some weeks.
As this past winter was on the dry side, we're now experiencing a "rain deficit." Rather troubling.
And I'm fortunate to be in the Great Lakes region, in the Great Lakes Basin, in fact: the Lakes moderate temperatures, by a few degrees, only, for the most part, but to a plant that can mean the difference between living and dying, or setting fruit and making seeds for the next generation or not. (Duluth, Minnesota, is on the shore of Lake Superior which, it is said, has only two temperatures or two conditions: frozen solid and liquid ice; Duluth is known as "The Air-Conditioned City" because Lake Superior is so cold it chills the air in the immediate *environs.* I'm almost as far south as you can get on that water system so while we get some moderating of temperatures, we don't get "air conditioning" the way Duluth does.)
Goodness, but I can natter about weather!
Are you growing courgettes just for you, then, apart from drying and powdering some to get a bit of extra nutrition into your family's meals? We have a similar situation, with himself hating virtually all the foods I like, and many of the foods he enjoys seeming to hate *me.* But to be fair, he'll eat most greens if they're sautéed in olive oil with onions and garlic, he just won't do the sautéing.
Same sort of thing with summer squashes: I adore them, he can't be bothered to enjoy them (and for him it does seem a chore, summoning up some friendliness toward summer squashes, courgettes or zucchini); he's mad for the long-storage winter squashes, though, and I tend to approach those...obliquely.
And, from elsewhere in the comments: that chillie plant-eating pigeon won't have any troubles from having eaten chillies: birds aren't sensitive to capsaicin (the compound that gives chili peppers their heat.) Mammals *are* sensitive to it, which is how "squirrel-proof" bird seed is accomplished: the bird feed gets sprayed with a capsaicin solution which then dries and the bird feed is packaged up and sold to folks like me and maybe you who put out food for the wild birds. It's also why, if you handle "squirrel-proof" bird seed you need to wear disposable gloves or else make sure to wash your hands thoroughly immediately after touching it; can you guess who learned that the hard way?
(H'mm: I'm thinking now that I ought to spray, or dust, the greens in the garden with some form of hot chili peppers. Teach the deer a lesson!)
Much gardening love from Northeast Ohio! 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊
@@bhalliwell2191 yes, I mostly grow things I can hid in food. My OH never ate veg at all but is coming round to the idea. My daughter is also super picky. I think if it's healthy I'll eat it! Don't matter if I don't like it lol
That's interesting... I didn't know that... we don't have pests for peppers or squash or tomatoes... 🍅 I hope it stays that way
I've never tried nettle soup. I really want to. I collect them to make tea (stinky plant food tea) and I forage the seeds later in the year. Well done on tackling the plot. Yeh it is funny how we do things in certain ways - like woodchip potatoes! I'm still nervous about that 🙈🤣
Ah you'll see by the end of the season they work fine.... you go get some strange shapes lol 😂
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Thank you for your kind words!
I'm sick of the weeds! Warm and wet weather boosting them! Then the slugs arrive in droves 😂😂
I'm picking nettles again for fertiliser 👍🏽💚 it stinks but it's great for the garden.
1:57 😂😂 I pick out the small ones by hand, keeps them down more as if you do it gently enough it doesn't leave weed seeds in the soil. Haha the face of realisation 😂 bless ya
The soup looks amazing. Good shout Jasmine!
It's all good in da hood 😂
Funny & fab video Nik 💚🌱
Thanks so much and I completely agree the weather has been nuts and then the slugs and snails
Great video 👍 we watched Clarksons farm too and thought it was interesting how he was trying to farm the unfarmable. Its really really wet up here in Manchester at the moment (surprise 😂) so the weeds are rampant, but also the slugs!! What can i do about my slugs? Its like they've all come on a slimy holiday to my back garden 😞
Hand pick them off, when you see them pick them. Best to do at night or after a rain... iwe put our ducks in the veggie patch. We live by the philosophy 'never do something that an animal will enjoy doing' and ducks love slugs... they are gross but they make lovely eggs! I feel for you lot up north!
I prefer to pick the weeks out just because it’s quite therapeutic to go at a slow pace sometimes . Wouldn’t work on huge weeds though .
You are invited to my allotment any time!!! ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
@@ThatBritishHomestead I already help my friend on hers what’s another plot to weed on top of that lol
@@sarahsallotmentjourney lol I bet you are popular if you like weeding.. I know what you mean tho it's nice when is quite and your just left with your thoughts
Have you tried using a silage tarp during the off season to help control some of your weeds? We have had some limited success using them because of the warm season grasses (Bermuda grass), but in an area with cooler weather they are a viable solution… just a thought
Interesting idea I'll have to look into it! We have very high winds here in the winter so I'd have to weight them down!
@@ThatBritishHomestead We live in tornado country (Dixie Alley) and weight ours down with sandbags and old concrete blocks… good luck
@@PossumRidgeFarms ahah no we I've in the uk, so windy is nothing compared to the USA! lol it's like 50miles in like wow that's not worth going if to for a day and have to book a hotel 😰 we tell to have less extremes! Our snowed in is 1'' of snow lol 😝
@@ThatBritishHomestead I'm glad you don't have to deal with the weather challenges we face here in the United States. Tornadoes, heavy rains, flooding, severe thunderstorms, and ice storms make it much more difficult to grow our own food. However, after years of dealing with these conditions, you get used to it. Many of us have storm shelters, and we understand that in an emergency, only your family will be there to help. I really enjoy your videos and appreciate your response
@@PossumRidgeFarms where I live is very very mild weather, but up north and down south they do have flooding sadly!
Soup looks delicious, I just might try that.
Hope you enjoy
Would love to watch you do a sourdough tutorial.
Oooooo noticed perhaps I'll do that!
Great video Nik! That looks yummy. My Dad used to make nettle soup a lot. I believe they used to make army uniforms from the stems during in the war. Broccoli and Stilton soup is nice. There's a recipe where you make it and then put it in a round loaf of bread and toast it in the oven. It's really yummy.
I love broccoli and Stilton soup it's one of my favourites! I have heard they can do a lot with nettles. I'm thinking I'd drying and powdering them so I can add them into meals
@@ThatBritishHomestead That's a great idea for seasoning. Do you have a dehydrator? I have heard that you can dehydrate in an airfryer. I would love something like that but am running out of space in the kitchen.
@@AnyKeyLady I have a dehydrator I love it we run it all summer and autumn! I got one back when they were 20 pounds! So a lot cheaper
@@ThatBritishHomestead Ok cool. What make is it? Yes everything has gone up now, bloody ridiculous how much food etc is now.
Felt really sad to buy our first tinned tomatoes this year. We had 2 spare from last year that we are just using up. Interestingly the use by for shop tinned tomatoes is only 18 months. I thought it would be longer, like 2-3 years. Each year i am trying to squeeze in more plants to do more canning but we are nearly there in being self sufficient with tomatoes. I need to make less chutney this year as we still have jars of it in the cupboard! lol
@@AnyKeyLady von shef. I got a load of stuff from them always been good and well priced... I thank j got it from Amazon ☺️
I'm the same! I remember then I just had 6 plants... tomatoes have so many uses we have them in stews, curries, spaghetti sauce and the your have bbq and ketchup! We want to get as much canned as we can you never know what next year will be like. Our garlic has failed this year due to rust! I'm gutted
Nik i think a wood pigeon has got in my greenhouse and destroyed one chillie plants 1 tomato and one kale plant, So tomorrow that pigeon will be my dinner :)
What bad luck! I've never had them eat a chilli! I bet they will regret that one in the morning! And in the greenhouse too!! Terrible luck! Pigeons are so bad here! We have 100s
@@ThatBritishHomestead It didnt eat it just bit it of at the base of the stem and left it on top of the pot
@@anonet78 oh that's worst then it being eaten! Happened to one of my trees with rabbits and a mole!
i think the babies head needs support xx
He won't let me put it on till he is sleeping then he has it. He holds his own head now 😁 but thanks for the advice