😊 most of the time, you'd hear their calls before seeing them...they're nesting the forestry next to us....but buzzards are tiny next to your eagles in Canada 🇨🇦 😀 We had one above us in Columbia Icefields skywalk, it was so impressive 🦅
Thank you for sharing. Love your monster carrots. Lots of carrot soup on the menu I suspect. Hope your son's team were victorious! Harvesting is always so satisfying. A happy day.
Working in the garden can be very tough! It is lovely to see you have some great feathery helpers!! 🐤Lovely video🌻 Those are the biggest carrots I have ever seen!🥕
Thanks a million 🥰💚🌿 My helpers/companions are greatly appreciated, the feathery friends give me a break from ball throwing, but I need to keep my eye on them way more 😊 Those carrots were perfect, inside and out, except for the split one....💚🌿
😂😂Hubby was terrified, when arrived home after work....needed assurance, there was going to be some meat for dinners, too, rather than only carrots and pumpkin 😂💚🌿
Oh my life, Maiju. That carrots! 😮❤😮 They’re simply enormous. Wow, wow, and even more wow. Never seen anything like them! 😂❤❤❤😮 What a bumper harvest. Those apples looked delicious too. Funny how the extra space on the field side looks so integral now. Just a few short month la is all it took to make that area blend in like it’s always been part of the kitchen garden. Hope you didn’t suffer too much from the storm. Enjoying this period of more settled and drier weather here.
Haha, Clare 😂 I know, those carrots were humongous 😂I hadn't seen anything like them either....didn't even know they could grow THAT big! Loving the new addition on the field 😊💚🌿 You're so right, it does look integral to the kitchen garden and I'm delighted about it 😊💚🌿 New video coming today, so you can see what ''Ashley'' did 😉
I had heard about your storm warning… glad it wasn’t too bad. I sure hope you got a still photo with your gigantic carrots👏👏. Like you say “rain, rain” has it’s benefits. In our small garden here in Edmonton my husband says we spend more on watering than we save in growing some food. Our season is short & we enjoy it as a hobby after a long winter. Just as well😂. We save winter but it’s not enough 🤷♀️. Beautiful picture at the end with your lovely October harvest. Thanks for a lovely video. 🙏🏻
Thank you, Breda 🥰 The storm was one of the strongest for us as the 1st storm of the season, we were happy it happened at least during the daytime, as it allowed for more observation and adjustments around the household. There is proper video evidence of the carrots 🥕 doubtful it will be repeated again 😂😂 I should have weighed them as you can see, I was struggling holding the up 😂😂
Haha😀💚🌿, I was not expecting them to be that large 🙈 and was getting out of breath holding them up😂 They definitely were the finest carrots in the parish 😍
Hey! Great harvest there. Those carrots were savage big. The hens had a really good day there too. I hope the arch didn’t get too badly damaged by the storm. The season is only beginning I’m afraid 😊
Hi Eilish, hope all was ok in Clare after ''Ashleys'' visit? We had power out for a white and the archers are no more 🙈, but over all it was ok, the warning was accurate for our area.... The harvest was amazing, has fed us for the full week already, and plenty still there 🥰💚🌿 Have a great BH weekend! Maiju
Immense carrots there Maiju - maybe an opportunity for a batch of carrot & coriander soup for the freezer? Had one of those blue sky autumnal days here yesterday where it was a joy to clear the veg plot of courgette and French bean haulms, reveal the soil, feed the active compost bin and be surrounded by robins declaring their territory. Another lovingly-crafted video.
Hi, and thank you for your lovely comment 💚🌿 It is so pleasant to be gardening outdoors on a sunny autumnal day, the same in spring 😍💚🌿 In summer give me shade and a cold, tall mojito 😂
Thank you, Linda 🤗Those carrots were ridiculously large 😂😂 it is so nice to spend tie in the garden when the weather is pleasant 🥰 Hope you had a lovely Halloween 😊💚🌿
Hi, and wow! That's a full tree 😀 You must have had some amount of peppers on it! Would you have grown it indoors or is your climate mild? Thank you for your kind comment 😊💚🌿
Those carrots are ridiculous 🤣🤣🤣 That last one was almost the size of you! Carrot soup for you. Good job with the new bed - that is the problem with these big beds isn't it - trying to fill them! Some lovely big pumpkins too 💕💕
Beautiful video Maiju, You got so much done!!! Wow the size of those carrots!!!! definitely show stoppers. I must start doing the same as you and taking a break between gardening jobs, like you I go till i drop sometimes and forget to eat. Loved the whole harvest shots at the end, bountiful!!!! Love Allie & Tricia xx
Well, hello Mrs and Mrs! 😍 Congratulations to both of you again 🎉 Those were celebratory carrots 😀, you can see my struggle, trying to hold them up... Pity I never weighed them, but at least it's all on the video, no photoshop 😂 Absolutely to take breaks, even a sweet tea break will help to get the blood sugar up 💚 Thanks a million, ladies for your kind words, have a great weekend! Best wishes, Maiju 😊💚🌿
@@spudsandroses you are so delightful 🥰 thank you x Bet you could make a carrot 🥕 cake from just one carrot!!! Never seen them that big before. Hope you didn’t get hit too badly with the high winds!! Xx 😘
Those carrots are hilarious! What are you going to do with them all?😂 My entire carrot harvest is smaller than 1 of those!🤣 Glad you got out to do so many jobs. I had a similar day yesterday, it felt so good to be in the sunshine! 😊
It so wonderful to garden in a warming sunshine outside the summer season 😊 Most of them got cooked up the following day - 1/2 with the small squashes for soup and 1/2 with the rest of the veg as roasted veg 😀 They were really sweet and tasty. I was worried they'll have a watery taste because of the size, but absolutely not, they were really tasty 😊💚🌿
What a lovely long video. With what are you fertilising your carrot bed? It can't be just rain. You definitely win on size this season, hope they are tasty too! Congrats on new raised beds, and what a great idea to start in autumn and fill it with garden waste.
Thanks a million 🥰 Early in the year I probably added some seaweed granules to the whole bed and a thin layer of compost, but after that, nothing else. I did sow sparsely, but also had very poor germination, hence no need to thin down and they probably had much more space to grow to get to the size they were 😀 Filling the base of the new planter with spent foliage is making the cleaning up so easy, I definitely don't mind this type of shortcut 😊💚🌿
As it’s winter 🥶 you can add grasses etc too and make a new as you say compost bin to grow in next spring. I hope by the time you read this the storm has passed and you are all ok. It has been a very strange weather year 😢. Have a great day Maiju and stay safe, Ali 🥶2c🇨🇦
Is it getting cold in Canada, Ali? Get the winter woolies out 🥰 Its been really damp here and we've been having real fire down every evening at the moment, even though its not that cold.... The storm left a bit of damage behind (🤫the arches are goners) but all in all it was ok, the season for the winter storms is only starting now. The most damaging ones we seem to be getting are February ones... Have a great weekend Ali and stay warm 🤗 Best wishes, Maiju 💚🌿
@@spudsandroses it is 2c in the mornings 🥶🥶 but a balmy 10 by afternoon 🤣. We are due more intense rain 🌧️ and high winds as of Saturday night and into Monday. I don’t mind the wind during the day when I can see what it’s doing it’s the night time when you can only hear it. Our big storms are normally Nov so they are early this year. Furnace is in all the time now but what’s the alternative 🤷♀️. Have a safe weekend and hope all is well
I filled two raised beds the same way was great having compost bin for a while. My garden is small but I'm trying to set up a compost system in my son's garden 😂. Would it not be better to level the ground for the planter instead of putting one end the planter on bricks and having gaps. I'm planting my spring bulbs at the moment. Over 300 and I just can't get over were there gone
Oh wow, Elaine, spring will greet you with plenty of colour 😍 I tried to dig the higher side in, and managed about 4 inches, but then failed 😂 the ground is soooo hard there and the slope severe 🙈 I might give it another go in a couple of weeks time if I find motivation and energy 😊 I'm loving the empty planter as a composting system, makes such an easy work of getting the spent foliage out of the way and tidying the space quicker 😊💚🌿
Use peat to fill them with as you have no need to change it, just put fertiliser in a new or use your seaweed extract even better. In that container no problem with carrot fly as they only fly 6" above the ground.. No I wouldn't do that. Peat is 100% organic and can be left for ever, just rotate your crops as you would in the garden. You can buy 250 ltr bales as is much cheaper and buy Irish moss peat or Klassman 2 I would stay in the garden a sod the soccer match. I see you have Rowan so I take it you are going to make jelly with those.. 24 here yesterday cooler today as a little rain coming, but will wait and see. spuds growing very fast so will expect new spuds in about 4 weeks at present growth rate.. Those roots of peas and beans are nitrogen fixers so yes you do right to leave them in the ground. I leave everything in the ground when done as is time consuming taking too the compost heap and even more time bringing it back again, so never make compost, it still goes back in the ground
Hi, its quite mild here currently also, 12-14C 😀 The rootfly seems to find its way into the planters....if they're flying from the bottom of the field upwards, yes the planter ridge is above them......but....if they're coming from the orchard side, then the planter is like on a basement level 😂...So not taking those chances.... Our son was actually playing so I def had to attend and take him there 😊 they're too quick to fly the nest so I rather take my opportunities where I can ❤️ Would you grow cover crops over winter or are you using the mulching system instead of composting? Best wishes, Maiju 😊💚🌿
Lovely video - just right for an autumn evening’s watching. Fantastic harvest - and those carrots are ridiculous! I’ve read that cross-pollinated squashes are only toxic if the cross is with ornamental squash, not with other edible squash. Do you know if that’s true? Also, what make are the metal raised beds? Hope the storm wan’t too bad!
Aww, thank you, very kind 😍💚🌿 In my understanding any of the cucurbit family fruit can end up toxic if grown under stress. It is the chemical cucurbitacin that is toxic and really commonly found in cucumbers. The main thing is not to be scared of it, just give a piece of the fruit a ''lick'' and if tasting bitter, not to eat it as it has high levels of cucurbitacins in it and those are harmful when digested. A lot of ornamental squash varieties are edible, but they can cross pollinate witing its species. i.e. Pepo varieties can pollinate with other Pepo varieties, Maxima can pollinate with other Maxima varieties and the plant grown from a seed of a cross pollinated has a higher chance to produce bitter fruit. But don't quote me on it 😂
Love the new planter. ❤ Where did you buy it from? We are planning to use that type of planter in the kitchen garden and seen a few different suppliers of similar ones so be good to have your recommendation as you’ve been happy with yours 😊
Hi and thank you very much, we love their autumnal colour. It is a line of Rowan trees we have growing on the background, they have a conical shape and beautiful berries, but the birds eat the berries as fast as they appear, so they must be tasty 😊💚🌿
Have you ever grown any vegetable cops or flowers that have grown to a really unexpected size? 🌼 🥕 😀
Not in my garden 😂😂, unless you count minute😂
@@bredakeegan6547 Yes, Breda, they'll count as micro-veggies or micro-flowers 😂😂😂😂 They pack twice the punch as a normal counterpart!😂😂
Vraiment top 😊
Thank you very much 😊💚🌿
Oh and it was very neat to see THE BUZZARD!
😊 most of the time, you'd hear their calls before seeing them...they're nesting the forestry next to us....but buzzards are tiny next to your eagles in Canada 🇨🇦 😀 We had one above us in Columbia Icefields skywalk, it was so impressive 🦅
That was a beautiful video. Inspiring everyone this time of the year. Thank you.
Awww, thank you so much, that's really kind of you 😊💚🌿
Thank you for sharing. Love your monster carrots. Lots of carrot soup on the menu I suspect. Hope your son's team were victorious! Harvesting is always so satisfying. A happy day.
Thank you very much 🤗💚🌿 We're still eating them 🤣🤣
The boys came home with a win indeed 🙌🏆 so all around a great day 🥰
Working in the garden can be very tough! It is lovely to see you have some great feathery helpers!! 🐤Lovely video🌻 Those are the biggest carrots I have ever seen!🥕
Thanks a million 🥰💚🌿
My helpers/companions are greatly appreciated, the feathery friends give me a break from ball throwing, but I need to keep my eye on them way more 😊
Those carrots were perfect, inside and out, except for the split one....💚🌿
Hi Maiju, those carrots where enormous, lovely harvest. The planter will be full in no time.
Thank you, Ady 😀 Our carrots and the parsnips you grew (last year?) together would have been a winning combo 😊
What a crazy harvest of carrots 🥕🥕🥕
😂😂Hubby was terrified, when arrived home after work....needed assurance, there was going to be some meat for dinners, too, rather than only carrots and pumpkin 😂💚🌿
Oh my life, Maiju. That carrots! 😮❤😮
They’re simply enormous. Wow, wow, and even more wow. Never seen anything like them! 😂❤❤❤😮
What a bumper harvest. Those apples looked delicious too.
Funny how the extra space on the field side looks so integral now. Just a few short month la is all it took to make that area blend in like it’s always been part of the kitchen garden.
Hope you didn’t suffer too much from the storm. Enjoying this period of more settled and drier weather here.
Haha, Clare 😂 I know, those carrots were humongous 😂I hadn't seen anything like them either....didn't even know they could grow THAT big!
Loving the new addition on the field 😊💚🌿 You're so right, it does look integral to the kitchen garden and I'm delighted about it 😊💚🌿 New video coming today, so you can see what ''Ashley'' did 😉
I had heard about your storm warning… glad it wasn’t too bad.
I sure hope you got a still photo with your gigantic carrots👏👏. Like you say “rain, rain” has it’s benefits. In our small garden here in Edmonton my husband says we spend more on watering than we save in growing some food. Our season is short & we enjoy it as a hobby after a long winter. Just as well😂. We save winter but it’s not enough 🤷♀️.
Beautiful picture at the end with your lovely October harvest.
Thanks for a lovely video. 🙏🏻
Thank you, Breda 🥰
The storm was one of the strongest for us as the 1st storm of the season, we were happy it happened at least during the daytime, as it allowed for more observation and adjustments around the household.
There is proper video evidence of the carrots 🥕 doubtful it will be repeated again 😂😂 I should have weighed them as you can see, I was struggling holding the up 😂😂
❤❤❤. I had a good laugh while you were harvesting your carrots. 😂
Haha😀💚🌿, I was not expecting them to be that large 🙈 and was getting out of breath holding them up😂 They definitely were the finest carrots in the parish 😍
Hey! Great harvest there. Those carrots were savage big. The hens had a really good day there too. I hope the arch didn’t get too badly damaged by the storm. The season is only beginning I’m afraid 😊
Hi Eilish, hope all was ok in Clare after ''Ashleys'' visit? We had power out for a white and the archers are no more 🙈, but over all it was ok, the warning was accurate for our area....
The harvest was amazing, has fed us for the full week already, and plenty still there 🥰💚🌿
Have a great BH weekend! Maiju
Immense carrots there Maiju - maybe an opportunity for a batch of carrot & coriander soup for the freezer? Had one of those blue sky autumnal days here yesterday where it was a joy to clear the veg plot of courgette and French bean haulms, reveal the soil, feed the active compost bin and be surrounded by robins declaring their territory. Another lovingly-crafted video.
Hi, and thank you for your lovely comment 💚🌿
It is so pleasant to be gardening outdoors on a sunny autumnal day, the same in spring 😍💚🌿
In summer give me shade and a cold, tall mojito 😂
Another fab update, Maiju ❤
I have carrot envy 😂 well done , how fantastic! 👏 😊
You've been really busy in the garden. Have a fabulous weekend ❤
Thank you, Linda 🤗Those carrots were ridiculously large 😂😂 it is so nice to spend tie in the garden when the weather is pleasant 🥰 Hope you had a lovely Halloween 😊💚🌿
Hi Maiju,
Yes, last year one of my Malawi Peppadew plants grew to a height of 9ft. (2.74m).
Your carrots are impressive. Love your channel!
Hi, and wow! That's a full tree 😀 You must have had some amount of peppers on it!
Would you have grown it indoors or is your climate mild?
Thank you for your kind comment 😊💚🌿
Those carrots are ridiculous 🤣🤣🤣 That last one was almost the size of you! Carrot soup for you. Good job with the new bed - that is the problem with these big beds isn't it - trying to fill them! Some lovely big pumpkins too 💕💕
Thank you, Kerry 🤗Those carrots were monsters 🙈Very tasty and crunchy, still. The bar has been set high for 2025 harvest 😂😂
Beautiful video Maiju, You got so much done!!! Wow the size of those carrots!!!! definitely show stoppers. I must start doing the same as you and taking a break between gardening jobs, like you I go till i drop sometimes and forget to eat. Loved the whole harvest shots at the end, bountiful!!!! Love Allie & Tricia xx
Well, hello Mrs and Mrs! 😍 Congratulations to both of you again 🎉
Those were celebratory carrots 😀, you can see my struggle, trying to hold them up... Pity I never weighed them, but at least it's all on the video, no photoshop 😂
Absolutely to take breaks, even a sweet tea break will help to get the blood sugar up 💚
Thanks a million, ladies for your kind words, have a great weekend! Best wishes, Maiju 😊💚🌿
@@spudsandroses you are so delightful 🥰 thank you x
Bet you could make a carrot 🥕 cake from just one carrot!!! Never seen them that big before. Hope you didn’t get hit too badly with the high winds!!
Xx 😘
! We brought in mice in boxes the other day I was like oh man! They seem to have gone now
😀Oh man! 😂😂Don't want them to scurry around the house!
It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.😊
Thank you so much, really kind of you 🥰💚🌿
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Those carrots are hilarious! What are you going to do with them all?😂 My entire carrot harvest is smaller than 1 of those!🤣 Glad you got out to do so many jobs. I had a similar day yesterday, it felt so good to be in the sunshine! 😊
It so wonderful to garden in a warming sunshine outside the summer season 😊
Most of them got cooked up the following day - 1/2 with the small squashes for soup and 1/2 with the rest of the veg as roasted veg 😀 They were really sweet and tasty. I was worried they'll have a watery taste because of the size, but absolutely not, they were really tasty 😊💚🌿
Hi, new subscriber here! Great harvest!
Thanks a million! 😊💚🌿 Very kind of you 🥰
@@spudsandroses Yw 😊
@@spudsandroses Yw 😊
What a lovely long video. With what are you fertilising your carrot bed? It can't be just rain. You definitely win on size this season, hope they are tasty too! Congrats on new raised beds, and what a great idea to start in autumn and fill it with garden waste.
Thanks a million 🥰 Early in the year I probably added some seaweed granules to the whole bed and a thin layer of compost, but after that, nothing else. I did sow sparsely, but also had very poor germination, hence no need to thin down and they probably had much more space to grow to get to the size they were 😀
Filling the base of the new planter with spent foliage is making the cleaning up so easy, I definitely don't mind this type of shortcut 😊💚🌿
As it’s winter 🥶 you can add grasses etc too and make a new as you say compost bin to grow in next spring. I hope by the time you read this the storm has passed and you are all ok. It has been a very strange weather year 😢. Have a great day Maiju and stay safe, Ali 🥶2c🇨🇦
Is it getting cold in Canada, Ali? Get the winter woolies out 🥰 Its been really damp here and we've been having real fire down every evening at the moment, even though its not that cold....
The storm left a bit of damage behind (🤫the arches are goners) but all in all it was ok, the season for the winter storms is only starting now. The most damaging ones we seem to be getting are February ones...
Have a great weekend Ali and stay warm 🤗 Best wishes, Maiju 💚🌿
@@spudsandroses it is 2c in the mornings 🥶🥶 but a balmy 10 by afternoon 🤣. We are due more intense rain 🌧️ and high winds as of Saturday night and into Monday. I don’t mind the wind during the day when I can see what it’s doing it’s the night time when you can only hear it.
Our big storms are normally Nov so they are early this year. Furnace is in all the time now but what’s the alternative 🤷♀️. Have a safe weekend and hope all is well
I filled two raised beds the same way was great having compost bin for a while. My garden is small but I'm trying to set up a compost system in my son's garden 😂.
Would it not be better to level the ground for the planter instead of putting one end the planter on bricks and having gaps.
I'm planting my spring bulbs at the moment. Over 300 and I just can't get over were there gone
Oh wow, Elaine, spring will greet you with plenty of colour 😍
I tried to dig the higher side in, and managed about 4 inches, but then failed 😂 the ground is soooo hard there and the slope severe 🙈 I might give it another go in a couple of weeks time if I find motivation and energy 😊
I'm loving the empty planter as a composting system, makes such an easy work of getting the spent foliage out of the way and tidying the space quicker 😊💚🌿
Use peat to fill them with as you have no need to change it, just put fertiliser in a new or use your seaweed extract even better. In that container no problem with carrot fly as they only fly 6" above the ground.. No I wouldn't do that. Peat is 100% organic and can be left for ever, just rotate your crops as you would in the garden. You can buy 250 ltr bales as is much cheaper and buy Irish moss peat or Klassman 2 I would stay in the garden a sod the soccer match. I see you have Rowan so I take it you are going to make jelly with those.. 24 here yesterday cooler today as a little rain coming, but will wait and see. spuds growing very fast so will expect new spuds in about 4 weeks at present growth rate.. Those roots of peas and beans are nitrogen fixers so yes you do right to leave them in the ground. I leave everything in the ground when done as is time consuming taking too the compost heap and even more time bringing it back again, so never make compost, it still goes back in the ground
Hi, its quite mild here currently also, 12-14C 😀
The rootfly seems to find its way into the planters....if they're flying from the bottom of the field upwards, yes the planter ridge is above them......but....if they're coming from the orchard side, then the planter is like on a basement level 😂...So not taking those chances....
Our son was actually playing so I def had to attend and take him there 😊 they're too quick to fly the nest so I rather take my opportunities where I can ❤️
Would you grow cover crops over winter or are you using the mulching system instead of composting?
Best wishes, Maiju 😊💚🌿
Lovely video - just right for an autumn evening’s watching. Fantastic harvest - and those carrots are ridiculous!
I’ve read that cross-pollinated squashes are only toxic if the cross is with ornamental squash, not with other edible squash. Do you know if that’s true? Also, what make are the metal raised beds?
Hope the storm wan’t too bad!
Aww, thank you, very kind 😍💚🌿
In my understanding any of the cucurbit family fruit can end up toxic if grown under stress. It is the chemical cucurbitacin that is toxic and really commonly found in cucumbers. The main thing is not to be scared of it, just give a piece of the fruit a ''lick'' and if tasting bitter, not to eat it as it has high levels of cucurbitacins in it and those are harmful when digested.
A lot of ornamental squash varieties are edible, but they can cross pollinate witing its species. i.e. Pepo varieties can pollinate with other Pepo varieties, Maxima can pollinate with other Maxima varieties and the plant grown from a seed of a cross pollinated has a higher chance to produce bitter fruit. But don't quote me on it 😂
Love the new planter. ❤ Where did you buy it from? We are planning to use that type of planter in the kitchen garden and seen a few different suppliers of similar ones so be good to have your recommendation as you’ve been happy with yours 😊
Hi, Emma 😊 Those oval planters are great space savers, yet spacious. I've ordered them off Vidaxl 💚🌿
@ thank you - will check them out x
Hello. You seem to have nice trees with reddish autumnal colour in your garden in this video? What type are they?
Hi and thank you very much, we love their autumnal colour. It is a line of Rowan trees we have growing on the background, they have a conical shape and beautiful berries, but the birds eat the berries as fast as they appear, so they must be tasty 😊💚🌿
Frost makes both carrots and parsnips taste better. Nought wrong with those carrots, just don t wash them untill you need them or they won t keep.
They were lovely 😍 and crunchy and sweet 💚🌿