What's Growing Now? Vegetable Garden Tour
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- In this video, I am going to take you on a vegetable garden tour to show you what's growing now in our raised garden beds.
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G'day Everyone! It has been tough conditions to film in lately - lots of rain and wind (rain is good though) but CRIKEY things are growing fast! Thanks for your support! Don't forget to check out my website selfsufficientme.com/ Cheers :)
You should salt and roast the seeds from the pumpkin, they are very delicious. Kinda like like a sunflower seed except way bigger
Looking great! Happy harvesting and eating my friend.
We've had 6 consecutive days of 40°c days in the West. Love some wind and rain.
Probably a weird question, but do larger/giant anomalies for veggies taste the same as normal sized equivalents?
awesome garden...very inspiring...THANX
Being from the northern hemisphere, in the midst of winter, I really look forward to your videos. My garden might be dormant but I can see what's growing in yours and get some ideas for mine in the upcoming season. Here, we call those gourds "snake gourd", always interesting to here what other names things have, that was fun.
I'm the same, I like seeing what others are growing regardless of the climate matching mine etc because it's surprising where those new ideas and methods can come from. Cheers :)
I was thinking the same thing!!
I'm in soCal and still grow tons but I've really let my garden go since last summer quite irresponsibly (my tomatoes which were already a couple years old --no winter frost here, got a disease I couldn't pinpoint and it spread to the raspberries and I just got bummed out) but I still entertain the idea of getting it started again and enjoy seeing what Mark is up to.
I agree. We just got a dump of 30 cm of snow and all I can think about is my garden reno
We Italians call it Cucuzza. It loves the heat too
Oh my gourd !😂😂I laughed out loud alone in my kitchen… the kids will come running in a sec. They love your videos!
LOL... All the best :)
a tip for the bitter melon is to skin, make a slit down on one side (don't go through the other side), deseed it, salt it and put it in the sun to dry up a little bit. after the drying, you can fry them and make a filling. fill it up with anything you like. My mum sautés lots of onion, cumin, chili, tomatoes, ginger and garlic. (You can also add the seeds if they are soft) Season with garm masala, salt and turmeric. enjoy it with roti, rice or naan. Trust me you will love it.
As usual, the Indians really know how to do their veg properly! Indian style sauteed bittergourd is a great dish.
The way you are holding the gourd in the beginning is honestly funny
Your little jokes and puns crack me up, mate.
"Mark, what a big New Guinea Bean you have!"
"The better to feed you with, my dear!"
This channel brings me so much joy, thank you!
LOL...
Your vegetables impress more than just the ladies, LOL!!!
We’re in South Africa, so we have a very similar growing climate to you. We absolutely love your videos, especially your energy and humor! It’s such an inspiration to see all the things you have growing right now 😎
G'day Chanel and Mika and thank you! I've been lucky enough to visit RSA twice and your climatic conditions there are excellent for growing and homesteaders. Cheers :)
Mzansi stand up! Great to see I'm not the only SSM fanatic down here. I'm in Cape Town and this channel got me growing chard, coriander, garlic and rapeseed plants. Tonight, I sow beetroot and sweet potato. Let's GO
Mark your veggie garden looks unbelievable. You reap the benefits of all your hard work.
I love the wonderful mix of professionalism and authenticity in this channel.
I think this was one of my favourite videos! Instead of learning and making me a better Gardner this time it was like we were good friends invited to show us your garden. Absolutely loved it! I cannot wait for our spring to try some of the methods and new veg I've learned from you! Thank you kindly!
Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed this video. All the best :)
I came for the gardening tips, I stayed for the "Dad" jokes😂. Thank you for the wealth of knowledge and laughs.
Yes. Cucuzza is what we call it. I grew it last summer. It took over my back yard. I shared with everyone I know, including my UPS driver 😂. My freezer is full too. If everyone grew this, there would be no world hunger. ❤ from Central Texas.
Sitting here in NW Pennsylvania, USA surrounded by a couple feet of snow and loving your garden tour!!
I love the "What's Growing Now?" episodes. It's practically spring where I live and I'm super pumped get to planting! Keep the videos coming! 👍
Wow you talk about rain, we've copped 33mm of rain here in Adelaide in the last 24 hours, crazy for summer. Welcome back Mark. 👍
Great to see your garden bursting with life in the subtropical summer! We're still in the middle of winter here in Europe but spring will be here eventually :)
“Oh my gourd!” 😂😂 I was exactly the right audience for that joke 😂😂
Even if the watermelons don't end up giant, you're sure gonna get a lot of them! I grew watermelon once and the squirrels rolled them away when they were still small. But I'm gonna try again this year lol
If you have excess pumpkins this year that you can't get rid of, you can donate them to a zoo or stable or farm/ranch for the animals to have a treat if not a food pantry
You sure have a lot of plants that i've never seen before up here in cold and dark sweeden. Thanks for the tour!
You got me with the "Oh my gourd" 🤣 subbed!
its a bloody jungle of food, your a bloody legend Mark... keep rocking life man...
Growing in the heat of summer in Australia is similar to summer time in Arizona, excilent information and alwase a source of positivity. Cheers
I love how he's like, im just letting these plants do what they do.. awesome attitude to have!!
3:08 - Mark saying......oh my gourd.....while giving it a naughty handstroke ...LMAO
Hello Mark. I have been watching many of your videos. I love your channel. You have such an abundance of knowledge that I can learn from. I am from Saskatchewan, Canada. My husband and I just bought a 10 1/2 acre land, last June. We are looking forward to setting up our property into being self sufficient. The orchard was planted last summer. The green house, garden boxes and the chicken houses need yet to be built this coming summer. We are both from a farming background and just needed to be back on the land. Keep up the amazing shows. I am never bored with your show. I love your sense of humor.😊
G'day, Mark! I'm jelly of your year round growing season In Michigan, I'm lucky to get 5-6 months. Take care!
From a fellow michiganian, I agree.
MN is the same way
G'day Isabella! Well, we can grow all year but we also think snow is beautiful - I've only ever seen it twice in person. I think if I lived in a cold climate I would be even more of a preserver - I would need a huge pantry! All the best :)
@@Selfsufficientme True...the snow is beautiful and I love it. Was out snowplowing today!
I'm in MI too, but I grow a lemon tree indoors and have a keffir lime coming in soon. Gonna do some seed starting in a few weeks
I love it you show success and struggling and failure and testing and experimenting.... Too many think gardens are plant, water, grow, and then harvest. If it were that easy, lol.
I ate those bitter gourds in Okinawa every Sunday for almost 6 months. It's a popular dish in Okinawa Japan called Goya Chanpuru. Halve lengthwise take out the seeds, slice, soak in salted water for 10mins. Then fry cubed tofu and take out of the oil. Next fry up some thin pork strips that have been dusted in flour, add the gourd, fry up, put the tofu back in then add a sauce of soy sauce, sake wine, oyster sauce and dashi fish stock. Finish up by mixing a beaten egg through it and serve. Still tastes a little bitter but you get used to it when you eat it regularly and come to love it. Good for health in hot weather too. Hope you can enjoy it!
As an Indian in South Africa the bitter gourd you grew is known as kerala, we love it, we dry braise it or fry it...... The trick is to scrape the outer bumpy surface and discard the seeds. I'm a big fan, have learnt a lot from your channel, thank you.. Keep on growing👍💕
It's nice getting to watch gardening while it's cold here in the US
I too am interested in the Chinese potato, please let us know how they are, thanks. I enjoy the fact you have vegetables I have never heard of here in Canada. Really enjoy all your content, again thanks for sharing.
🤪🤪you always say or do something to make me giggle first thing in the morning 🤣🤣🤣🤣. That bean is outrageous 👍👍. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
The Garden is looking awesome Mark. loving the gord tunnel and I'll be making one of those this year to save them sprawling on the ground
You crack me up.
Thanks for all the dad jokes and garden inspiration
"Oh my gourd" lmao love the humor on this channel
Australians sure have that BIG STICK ENERGY this year. 👌
So lucky! We have 2 ft of snow! But a few peppers growing under lights!
German ardener here. Strawberries are originally plants of the forest. So they also like a little shade. Try putting something over them that blocks direct sunlight during the hot periods
a weekly/monthly growing calendar vlog would be awesome.
Those bitter “gourd” is loved in the Caribbean and South America. It’s called Carilla for us. It can be stuffed with sautéed shrimp with herbs and simmered in coconut milk and curry spices. Or can be sautéed with herbs and spices and any meat and eaten with jasmine rice. Really great for the blood.
Those very large gourds can be sliced longways and scooped out a bit and stuffed with meat and cheese and brown rice. Bake for half and hour to 45 minutes and serve. So very tasty! 😋
I was expecting another joke, haha.
Your garden is so good it's making other plants jealous and wanting to be in your garden ;)
Hi. The bitter gourd we call Corrella or Titha Corrella. My parents sliced it thinly, washed with salt water and squeezed dry a couple of times. Then it's sauteed until very crispy. Just before frying add some tumeric, cumin and coriander powder with some salt. We cook sliced potato in the same way then mix it together.... simply delicious! Hope your family will like this. If you want all the health benefits, use less salt and drink the water. Horrifically bitter but soooooo good for you.
Man ive been on a binge of a bunch of you're videos and I'm loving it, I feel like just walking threw your garden would be an awesome adventure seeing all the different species of fruit and veggies from around the world.
Mark - my mum fries the bitter gourd and turns out delicious - cut in half lengthwise and remove the seeds, the cut into half moons pieces about 1/2 inch thick. In a pan with some oil, fry in one layer until brown. Then drain on kitchen paper and season it with salt pepper. Makes a great side dish with main meal or savoury snack with chilled beer on a hot day.
Thanks for sharing your veggie garden update.
Seriously Mark please stop making it look so easy...We all appreciate it my friend so we keep waiting for the sun ok California as we round the new year...Here we go for a fun 2022!
Try slicing the bitter gourd very, very thinly in half moon shape and frying them till almost crispy. Add Cumin seeds, coriander, ( powder or crushed seeds) turmeric, chilli, ginger, garlic and onion. Fry some more, serve with rice and yogurt. Vwala.
You are a little bit like the very nice but little crazy uncle everyone should have.
Have a good one!
I've grown the cukuzzie gourds last summer in Pennsylvania, USA for the first time. They took over my entire garden, and I loved it! Although now I have a freezer full!
I garden with no insecticides/pesticides, or any treatments for disease, or anything really. Just plant the seed in the ground, and water it.
I can watch your garden all the day!
You have the complete opposite climate to me but I can't help watch your videos to experience and take in some of your passion for gardening!
I am so jealous of the bitter gourds in a nice way 😂
I always learn something new watching you. It is still so amazing to think that the heart of our cold winter is your hot summer.
We have something like that gourd in vietnamese cuisine, though it grows a bit wider, but shorter. Can be stir fried or made into a light soup with shrimp bits and fish sauce. Thanks for sharing mate.
Thanks Charles, yes I had several gourd dishes when we visited Vietnam - this is where a lot of my growing and cooking inspiration comes from. Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme 😉😄😋
When he said "oh my gourd" I died.
Hey Mark, my garden is going great guns this year. It’s been quite a cool summer in Toowoomba this year so heat stress hasn’t been an issue so far. I have been getting about a kilo of tomatoes a day. We have had a huge crop of beans, zucchini, cucumbers and have some very healthy potato plants that are surviving so far. Thanks for all of the inspiration. It is so nice to have a relatively local gardening show to watch.
If you're struggling with plants being too pungent I reccomend experimenting with cooking them in acidic or alkaline conditions it can really knock out whatever is causing the pungency!
Many species of canna are edible! Morag Gamble has a lot of vids about Canna edulis, which she uses as a spud substitute. I got curious a while back , and did some research. Apparently other types of canna are used as vege in other cultures, too. Might be worth checking out, before you write them off as an ornamental :D
I had enjoyed watching your sufficient eatible garden. Well done, loyal and faith servants. Blessing Harvest from 2022!
I love the winged/dragon beans as you called it as asparagus beans. This bean got so many healthy benefits to it. I grow it every year here in Florida. With bitter melons, the more bitter they are the better for your health. I love your garden tour. Thank you for sharing with us.
Japanese bitter gourd: slice them thin and fry them until they are crispy (2 mins in hot oil)! Cut some onions, tomatoes, salt, pepper squeeze 1 lime.. combine the fried gourds with the tomato salsa and have it with some rice, grilled chicken and salad! Trust the process and enjoy!
Hi Mark, we love the bitter gourd. Full of health benefit as you know. you can't completely remove the bitterness out of it but you can reduce. Mix salt and water in a bowl. Slice the bitter gourd approx 5-8mm thick and soak in the salt water for approx 20-30mins. rinse it before you cook. we stir fry with egg. they are awesome (will have some bitter taste). You can also put tiny amount of tumeric, chili powder + salt and fry. The crunchier it is the less bitter it will be. Good luck.
In Malaysia, we slice those bitter gourds very thinly using mandolin, and deep fry them with light batter, tempura style. Then season to taste. A very good snack.
Oh my gosh .. I grew those (New Guinea beans) we call the cucuzza squash gourds… they took over my garden I had 2 plants and I got about 30-40 bats 😂 I didn’t like them so all my neighbors got them ..
Awesome Garden you have 🤩
I luv The cuckoo bears birds thank you for teaching people how to be self-sufficient you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone mate Saint Petersburg Florida a America🇺🇸👏
Whole lota meme opportunities in the first 30 seconds 👀
A NEW VIDEO FROM MARK?! Made my day 😭😭😭😭
My fave bitter gourd recipe is making it into a salad. Slice gourd thinly salt it for a few minutes rinse, toss with tomatoes and onions season with a litlle bit of vinegar, fish sauce salt and pepper. The key is harvest them young so its not that bitter.
When the New Guinea Bean get big, I grate or shred them and freeze in 3-4 cup bags. I add them to stews, cakes and for Zucchini Slice.
Bittermeleon (gourd) is beautiful. Just stir fry it with egg and serve with some salt on top. Really nice side dish. If you still don’t like it I will happily take it off your hands, Mark!
I love the garden tour, its winter here in Central Texas, but doing a lot of prep work in the yard and garden for spring, the porch greenhouse has been fantastic this year. Hope you have a great day!
Left me wanting to see the baseball swing with that gourd lol
That gourd actually looks like the italian Cucozzo gourd. i grew them last year and its super tasty in soups and stews
Lots of different names for them, depending on where you live. My Indonesian friend refers to it as long bean. My seed packet says new guinea bean, but when i looked up the scientific name online, it was referred to as cucuzzi gourd. Must be lots of regional name variations for the same species.
@@mamagrotgrows for sure, hopefully my comment didn't come off as rude. They are super tasty when diced up and added to some chicken stock, tomato sauce, minced garlic, onion, oregano, basil, and some short spaghetti. Salt and pepper to taste
Yes another name is Italian gourd. Cheers :)
@Self Sufficient Me they are so awesome to grow. They crawl everywhere and taste really good in soups and stew
@@wrafflelol610 didn’t think you sounded rude at all 🙂 it took me ages to work out that people were talking about the same thing, when they used all these different names 😅 I’ll have to try your recipe. It sounds yum!
The way I prepare the bitter melon is to peel it first and make a horizontal cut and put a lot of salt and put it outside in the sun. After couple of hours wash it throughly and squeeze all the salt out then cook it in your favorite type of recipe
I m from India and following you from last 2 years a big fan of yours
Loved seeing your garden. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos. It's winter here in Texas and still about a month away from planting our first veggies.
Once the bitter gourd turns orange it’s not as bitter & really good in smoothies with other orange colored fruits & vegetables. Bitter gourd is very good for insulin resistance.
You know, Mark, French Marigolds, the orange ones, are lovely for mites, gnats.... critters... all sorts of pests. 😎
@Jade Arcade. True. And the seeds can also be saved from year to year. I have some now from last summer’s garden. When the blossoms die at the end of the summer, let them dry on the plant, then harvest them, make sure they get bone dry, and save them in a sack or bag till next year.
@@libbyworkman1666 Indeedy, we have tons! One packet of seeds from the store turns into hundreds and hundreds. 😎
That certainly is a big veg Mark, looks like a hockey stick. Great video thumbs up.
My husband and I grow bananas in our very tiny garden, so when a banana bunch is ready for harvest, we cut down the tree, and new young sprouts spring up. So we never run out of supply of fresh bananas.
Every time I see your vegetable garden I get jealous lol
Have fun mate!
Greetings from NZ! When squash/zucchini get on the large side, there a number of things I do with them. Hollow out the seed area, stuff them, and bake them; grate them and freeze or use fresh for zucchini bread (like pumpkin bread); chop them up, dehydrate them, then use them in soups and stews throughout the year; and my favourite - make bread-and-butter pickles with them (any cucumber bread-and-butter pickle recipe will work). Been doing that one for decades - and Mum, before me, used to make bread-and-butter pickles out of them. Cheers 😊
Hi Dana, thanks for all those cooking tips! I am a sucker for bread and butter pickles... All the best :)
So wonderful to see all the green during a cold canadian winter.
Mark, southeast Asian person here loves bitter melons. There’s a less bitter (probably 30-40% less) variety which tastes delicious when cooked with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and black pepper. It’s longer and smoother. You might like that one better. Acidity cuts the bitterness so we usually pair ours with tart yogurt or lemon juice or tomatoes when cooking. Although I could eat them steamed. Love to watch you videos.
@Nik Patel. Do you know the name of the gourd you’re talking about, because I would love to buy some seeds.
For pests, you should try something with maybe sticky pest strips which contain no insecticides, just sticky glue for the tiny flying insects. You might need to enclose the plants with some type of screen barrier so that larger pollinators do not get stuck to them.
Mark , i"m from the Philippines and bitter gourd is my favorite . And even if i"m here in Canada i still get them
so it would be ashamed if i don"t share you My recipe.
i saw you salting and rinsing the yes that"s cool what you do is sauteed the onion ,garlic, and tomatoes then throw in the bitter gourd till cooked then put the heat down put it aside just to give way for scramble egg. then marry them all together. salt and pepper for taste. Bon appetit!!!
Maybe you can plant marigolds near the eggplant. I've heard they repel a lot of pests.
We found that sunflowers in among the eggplants seemed to keep 'em at Bay.
G'day Mark.
It's always great to get a tour of your garden and I'm astounded at the difference in the growth over 10 days on that beauty.
They look like hockey sticks.
I'm really looking forward to seeing some mature watermelons and pumpkins hanging with the support you will give them too.
Top stuff and all the best.
Daz.
Hey Daz! I'm hoping to grow the largest hanging watermelon in the world lol... Cheers mate :)
Your thumbnail tho 👀🤣 in all seriousness, I'm always impressed by your garden! 👏👏👏
The bitter melon leaves makes a lovely detox tea
The blossom seeds are sweet as well to munch on
I'd love to see the corn milling process you mentioned! We always grew corn growing up and we never dried any of it to make grits or corn meal like that.
G'day Garrett, I purchased this appliance sized stone mill (made in Germany) that took months to get here but I'm keen to see how it goes and if it is practical - I will share my experiences. Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme Oooh!! Please give a link to this!
We grew both dent corn and sweet corn. Dent corn is what is used for grits and cornmeal, sweet corn is for eating fresh.
Unexpected but oddly appropriate Triffid reference, nice!
Fave gardening channel. Thanks for the tour.
California here, canna is a zombie! someone roto tilled them for removal instead he tripled them !!
You will find they take over don't ignore canna...your varieties are thoughtful, success with getting those ones that work in Australia.
I was surprised to grow potatoes in cali they were small, love root vegetables kohlrabi, carrot, turnip,parsnip, radish and daikon.
Like to make soil soft with them.
We have caliche hard pan here. Luv from california..
You should try "hopniss"(Native American potato) it takes two years to get to a harvestable size, but they taste good. Very hardy. They are in the bean family so you can also eat the bean seeds they produce if you cook them. If you have a lonely corner of the yard that you don't use much, it's a good option. Just remember to re-plant with tubers not seeds. You get a much stronger plant that way. They like water and soft soils, but don't need fertilizer and can survive extremely long periods without watering once they are established.
I live at a 52 year old house and under my shed there is a pile of wood boards so I took them and made a homade diy cucurbit bed it has pumpkin squash zucchini cucumber watermelon
Thai word Krachai(Chinese finger root) Best dish would be the wonderful southern Thai dish khanom jeen nam ya a coconut milk minced fish curry with fermented rice noodles. Goes well with Thai lemon basil, pickled mustard greens and winged beans which you call asparagus bean.
This has quickly become by favorite channel and I am running low on videos so keep them coming😂