Self Sufficient Homestead Walk Around Tour #2 VLOG
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- This video covers heaps of great backyard farming material such as: growing fruit trees: mangoes, nashi pears, pomegranates, finger limes, oranges, pecans, etc. Plus, we check out the quail, ducks, and chickens, before heading back up to the vegetable patch to see cucumbers, chillies, peppers, brukale, garlic, asparagus, ginger, beans, Egyptian spinach, and more!
This is a long walk around, so, sit back get a brew, relax, and even watch this video on the big screen - enjoy!
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who's here in 2021 still discovering all the gems on Mark's channel? i know i am, thanks for sharing, watching this is getting me excited for my garden this year!
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Im just stopping by from 1984 ;)
I just discovered you now. Lol
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I'm here in 2022!
I could binge watch your channel all day, but then wouldn't get any gardening done myself. Love your channel!
Hi Mark! I think you might know by now, but is more for if someone doesn't and wants to know why the quails died. It is because the quails jump up when they get scared and the celling of the cage is high enough so that they get enough speed and brake their neck. The celling should be either much lower or much much higher so they don't get to snap their neck.
Coming from the future, your veggie garden is almost unrecognizable. =D
You really have come a long way.
Just another 👍big thumbs up for this channel.
Lots of fantastic advice as it is certain in every single episode.
In Covid19 lockdown - Hi Mark from “over the ditch”here. I really enjoyed this older video - Interesting to look back and see how your hosting skills have developed along with your garden. You’re such an asset to the You Tube gardening community and a blessing to us “intentional gardeners”. Thanks Mark - stay safe.
I wish could save more money to start this peaceful self sufficient life. Best regards sir.
This is an old video, but I really enjoyed it.
Hello Mark. As usual you have a fan here with me. I loved this video. Your Pecan tree reminded me of one night when it came up a storm. We have a large Pecan tree growing about 50 yards behind our house. Well if you don't believe that lightening strikes won't make you come alive and really alive your wrong. That storm came up and lightening struck that Pecan tree, My husband came running into the living yelling what the heck's happening. Anyway next morning we went out and checked to see where that bolt of lightening struck. It hit that pecan tree and almost split it in half I thought it was done for but believe it or not it survived and produces tons of pecans each year. That wasn't the last lightening strikes we've had but it was the worse. Jessie USA
You always inspire me to garden.
That's great to hear! Thanks :)
Awesome video. Only thing I would add is those in Western Australia that discover Gall wasp on a lemon tree, please also notify the Department of Agriculture and Food.
Thank you for the garden tour. Loved it. Thank you to your dog as well.
You have a beautiful property. thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching! :)
I love all your videos👏👏
I'm so glad I watched this clip. The nashi pear tree has such beautiful dark heart shape leaves with a handsome trunk. Definitely determined to have one
+scarlettrubyrose I'm wrapped that this particular type will grow in my climate (subtropics) and also fruit well. Thanks and all the best when you get yours! :)
Self Sufficient Me Hello! back again! I've ordered 2 trees & I'm so excited for their arrival. I'm now debating where I'll plant them. I need your wisdom! Have you found the pears to be quite thirsty trees? Do you think they would be happy in a garden bed with unground plants or do they really need their own space? I have a garden bed surrounded by buxus. Also how old is your tree & when did it start to fruit? thanks again :)
Your right about the quails having a heart attack from fear of storm and lightning, there little hearts stop from fear , . Well done we love your videos .
Yes that's what thought... poor little fellas. :)
Aww, this is good to know. I keep quail as well.
Wow you have a beautiful orchard !
I used to raise quail and pheasants. But I found the quail to be predatory to each other in captivity. They
Are seclusive in the wild and are not a social bird, like most within their own species. They have a sharp
Pecking order and don't seem to know their own strength. They will kill each other as a defense method
In a storm or social disturbance where they panic and attack each other out of frenzy. It's not your fault
That you are loosing them. Talking to them quietly teaches them to look forward to encounters with you and each other. Good luck with these nervous birds; some creatures resist mingling within their species. Whistling softly
As you approach them quiets them while they stop and take notice. tms poet Ohio
You inspired me to go self-sufficient myself. Many many thanks to you, sir!
I find your tips super helpful, keep up the good vlogs
Thanks Harley! I appreciate the feedback on the Vlogs because I wasn't sure how they were being received to be honest. Cheers :)
Aww i watched whole video n i thank u frm the bottom of my heart yr culinary garden is like no other food forest i luv yr plants n advice n wisdom n the jams omg wot a life u live 😍😍😍.
You have a great garden ! Beans, sweet potato and everything looks great!
Thank you! :)
What a beautiful Texas Barometer Sage bush you have there! It's one of my favourite natives, it's great to see it as far as Australia! Cheers!
I'm working my way backwards through your videos. The difference in your presentation style and your garden is amazing. I love it. 👍
I love the yard tour, you have a beautiful piece of land.
Cocatoo??.. a ginormous white bird?..they talk yes? Very expensive I believe..I love the sounds of the birds in the background of your vids..sounds magickal
Jennifer Prescott yep we have 600 different parrots in oz they are all beutifull, expensive in America but everywhere in Australia we have to fend them off!
i would give anything to have a yard like yours . its sooo beautiful! i hope one day to have something as nice as yours !
We had to wait for years before being in a position to move to small acreage but we kept the dream and eventually got here. All the best! :)
I feel bad for the quails, but when you said 'maybe they got scared to death' I laughed so hard. Great videos, planning to create my own veggie garden.
I am also enjoying these older videos. I still have a two months before the ground will be thawed. We are still in -22 weather today. I live in the prairies of Saskatchewan.
Olives are normally odd years u get a heavy crop in alternate years they grow very good down south in Dimboola Vic.
So inspiring and love seeing the dog following you around on this nice walk 😄
I just planted a one gallon size Pecan tree last year... I hope I live to see a harvest! 4-5 years is a bit! However my Kiwi are producing again this year and I am happy for any produce that happens in my yard! :D Thanks for sharing information on your trees and plants!
You are blessed with a spacious property. The surrounding seems very peaceful with fantastic plants! And i love your 🐕. It always looks happy. Thanks for the video.
Loving the tour of your slice of heaven. The go-pro film is like watching The Blair Witch Project movie...lol . My Milo was doing summersults in my tummy. Thank you so much for all your time you Share with us.
in Covid19 lockdown April 20, 2020 - Anyone else watching these older videos? Let us all be thoughtful and kind towards one another. Reading psalm 91 today.
Watching in 2021 lol
All of your videos are so inspiring! Makes me want to plant and grow everything! In fact, I think I will! :) I'm still planning, but a year or so I'll be VLOGING right back at you! My research on line has been priceless! Thank you! And Merry Christmas!
I'm glad you found my vids inspiring and I do encourage you to start growing because it's much easier to do than people think! In regards to VLogging, I say go for it! Thank you and Merry Christmas :)
What an amazing variety you can grow! I wonder why my ancestors decided to settle in Canada?
Some of mine came from Siberia to California, hahaha. Lucky for me.
Everything is beautiful
Cool as was great 👍
Brilliant mate
I wish you were a host on ABC gardening Australia!
He would do a great job!!
scarlettrubyrose me too
But if he did that we here in USA we would not see him. I would be sad.
waste of talent
He is way too pure to give a foul reference to a pawpaw
great setup...I had a 150fruit tree garden with big veg patch also..being so big ,neglect was problem...1000 m2 garden now ,coming together as I can give more time to it.start small
On this video hearing you say you didn't realize how long it took to grow that veggie... exactly! To grow a garden is allot of planning and timing. People don't realize some prices at stores are results of long growth times and tlc. If some "I want it now" had to provide their food, they might appreciate any farmer and not criticize the back yard gardener
Great video mate
I’m excited for spring so I can start some Egyptian spinach in my very hot, dry, slice of California. This video was so helpful.
love your videos Mark!
I always feel the urge to get out into the garden after watching!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Bre, and I'm glad you find my vids inspiring to get out in the garden! Thanks :)
Awesome update thank you for sharing Mark
Thanks as always Linda - Merry Christmas!!
I love your bantam chooks! They look so friendly! 😊
I missed this video, RUclips suggested I watch it !!!!! Great one , good info, and relaxing !!!! Thank you 💖💖💖💖💖
Hi.... Self Sufficient Me. Thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐕🌱🐴🎥👍👍👍
Good look around. Thanks!
Thank you! :)
God bless you all a lot of work
Thank you for that beautiful tour. Your place is wonderful, my friend. I raised Gouldian Finches back in the day. Before I got a proper aviary, I had their cages stacked on our back porch. A few times, a snake was able to fit through the bars of the cage and take several birds at a time. I usually caught him because by the time he swallowed several birds, he was too fat to get back out. Just wondering if that could have been the problem. Of course the lightning and thunder could have scared them so much that they beat themselves against the bars. I've seen that happen, too.
Hi Paula! Yes, I think you're probably right about the storm rather than the snake - they did look like they had been a little frantic and ruffled so perhaps they did beat themselves up... Great to hear from ya! :)
I doubt you ate your finches. I would never eat a finch or a quail.
@@kit2130 The snake ate the finches, not me.
Gardening With Puppies there’s a product called Snake Away that you can sprinkle around fences or buildings. I need to get that done today. We have rat snakes out here that like chicken eggs.
Hellooo Mahk ! I'm writing from south-west Europe quite a bit aways and NOT sub-tropical ! I'm amazed at the variety you grow and produce in your garden and you've mentioned being keen on variety and ready trying out new things. I agree and thin that is the main key to a successful garden. It is such a pleasure to watch plants thrive under our controlled care ! We are planning to install a hothouse this winter (december-mid February) and I've started to think about sharing our plot of about 4000 square meters with some ... Take a guess ... Raised beds ! We've always raised our veg strait from the earth no compost but things are changing with us being the 'new generation' on the plot. I see much of the sense in the RBs. However for next year the hothouse will be a real revolution in our garden. I'm probably going to add one RB as a test and keep the rest on traditional production, mainly for the tomatoes beans on trellis and corn. We've been working on different composts and mulches in preparation for next year and also completely covered the garden plot against weeds. I very much enjoy ALL of your videos I've seen and really hope you are having as much fun makin' em as I am watchin' em ! Best regards !
That dog is amazing!!!
I must say I love your channel, just pure gardening and good information.
I would keep those pecan trees cut short, I live in Alabama usa and last year had to have 6 foot diameter cut because it was 75 + feet tall and a danger to my house and my neighbors house. keep the good info coming.
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Beautiful property you got there mate! I love watching your videos!
Can you do a video/timelapse of your average day as someone with such a huge garden so we can appreciate how much work goes into maintaining it?
I LOVED this vid! I'll like an updated version please 🤗
I just planted my first finger lime last spring. It’s got it’s first fruit on it. I can’t wait to see how it tastes when it gets ripe. So far it about 3/4 of an inch long( just under 2 cm) and very dark green. I hope it’s a good variety. Such a sweet looking small tree. I suspect it is a dwarf or semi dwarf variety.
Ah just the vid I needed, this way it is much easier to write down all the kinds of plants you have
Pecans are easy to harvest, they fall on the ground when ripe. Just pick them up! But we do not have cockatoos in the States.
You have an absolutely gorgeous chunk of land,SSM.
i dunno if ya kno this lil tidbit- but pecan wood makes delicious bbq- what i mean is that it's smoke puts great taste on smoked meat- if ya prune it back you got yourself some wonderful fodder for fire...but you DO know sooooo much more than i, so i may be preachin to tha choir but.....oooh sorry bout tha quail- just got to this part in the episode...awwww gosh...poor things- i think ur rite about the scared ta death though....well. good day to you- thanks as always for the share, late as i am to the scene ;p
Very nice, thank you!
🍉🍓🍋🍇🍎🍋🍓🍉🍇🍐Wow I have had a pomegranate bush in for about 6 years now and nothing - so it was great to see yours. I was wondering if I even had one in - but it is the same.
Cucumbers for chickens,lucky chooks when I lived in Victoria we would let some zucchini get about 18 inches long then dice them up for the chooks,sadly I've had no luck with zucs since moving to cairns.
you have a beautiful place, your yard looks so nice and your garden good job green blessings to you my friend. Thnx for sharing with us. Nice camera, just as a request can you slow down with your swing around us old folks get nausea with rapid movements. haha js
Terry Obright : I was going to make a similar comment regarding slowing down the panning speed to avoid vertigo when viewing. I believe it is more of a challenge when wearing your head camera.
Yes!!! Ive been wanting this ever sinve I started watching your videos
The house looks huge.
Nice gardening
I love this vid.
Great content Mark! Just an idea, for those living in warmer climates such as Queensland, it would be great to get your take on ideal veggie substitutes for those that don't do too well in the subtropics? You mention alternatives in a lot of your videos but something along the lines of a 'Top 10 Vegetable Substitutes' video maybe? For example, Brussels Sprouts like the cooler climates but you're growing Brukale instead...
Just thinking out loud but I'll be watching all of your posts regardless :)
Brother, a pecan is something you keep under your bed when you ain't got running water. he he he.
Sir, your videos are of Excalibur quality. Good to see others out making a go at it.
I am starting my youtube videos soon, I'm in South West Georgia US.
Very entertaining to see things down there. We say pecan the same way, BTW.
People always feed that line to me. Keep an eye out for my chanel. Got an "Earth Ship" type house.
Best to yall, &Merry Christmas!
Pee Can LOL... I liked that joke very much hehe... Let me know when you start making vids! Merry Christmas :)
You should by a work utilty belt with pouches for bottles of pestisides,pruning tools and fertiliser.
Hello Mark, have you ever tried baking soda and vinegar with a drop or two of soap dish to spray your plants with insects or pests? Just try and see if it works. Add a bit of water ( one to one vinegar and baking soda in a spray bottle and then add some water about 3\4 in the bottle). You can omit the soap if you want. Also it on one or two leaf to see the result .
Hi Divinia, I haven't tried your baking soda recipe for pest control but I will give it a go and see. Thank you for the tip! :)
You have a great property mark glad I live in nelson nz top of the sth island and no fruit fly but love queensland if that's where you are epesiclly above noosa ,cheers shaneo , nelson nz
We just got a GoPro for our channel and it is awesome. Your going to love it. We need some accessories. We only have a tripod.
Great stuff guys! I'd like to get the Karma Grip personally... Cheers :)
Self Sufficient Me that drone is great. It cost like $700 I think.
My dad always says that chickens never hatch in thunderstorm. The thunderstorms apparently kill the birds
Beautiful trees. You were saying how some may not be getting enough. Ever thought of the back to Eden method? Using wood chips all around them. Search back to Eden or Paul Gautschi . I think you’ll find it interesting. God bless.
Neem Oil is a multi use, natural solution to pests in your garden & trees.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Rev!
What an amazing backyard, this piece of land must cost a fortune.
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The USA has had unusual weather from warm to freezing in a day. next day warm to cold!
Mark, for those of us in the US, please let us know what month you are in when you post your videos. thanks
When I was a kid I got paid to walk through the neighbors chicken house in storms. The babies pile up and suffocate. You have to keep making them separate
Lol I just realized you are showing us what an Australian walk about is
AWESOME
are you sure your avocados are getting root rot? and not sun burnt? it seems to me those huge mulch mounds should be plenty drainage for their shallow root systems.. the biggest problem here in Florida people have is the smaller trees will get sun burnt and die... before they reach maturity and can handle sun
Maybe you need to set up a drip system, to save water. It may help your fruits produce juicer.
That's a good idea and I have thought long and hard about a drip system but to retrofit one along all my 100+ trees would be difficult. To be honest, a movable tripod sprinkler is pretty effective for a backyard orchard especially as the trees go beyond saplings because the dripline increases anyway. I do get what you are saying though. Thanks :)
This year, I save plastic bottles and filled it with water, poke holes on bottom. The vegetables and fruit trees give a good harvest. Just one holes, last about 3 weeks. More then one lose a lot more water. It also depends on size of containers. Best to put the plastic bottles in the shades as much possible.
I do like the plastic bottle method especially when I go away it does work well!
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Hi Mark, I've been subscribed for years but usually watch you on a Roku device that doesn't give me the option to comment. I really appreciate your knowledge, humor & upbeat personality! I have a question for you that I haven't been able to find the answer to: I have full size Rubber trees & was wondering since Rubber trees belong to the Fig family... If I would be able to graph a Fig tree onto a Rubber tree & produce edible figs? Thanks, Mango & Apple
Doggo is in paradise
AMAZING VIDEO, keep em coming (:
Thanks mate, will do! Cheers :)
Yeah of course brother 👊
very nice!!!!!!
Thank you! :)
thanks for the tour, that little bush you transplanted, (just before the Pecans) would it help the plant to grow stronger if you didn't allow it to fruit for a year? Sad about your Quail. Beautiful garden a lot of hard work there Mark, you've done really great. I watched a chap a while ago on an allotment site in UK but the chap was from a farming family in Pakistan. He said he never watered his veg etc but put loads of paper and stuff under the ground before he planted his veg this helped to keep the moisture in. Maggs h
Thanks Maggs! The Ceder Bay Cherry doesn't fruit much anyway and some years it doesn't fruit at all so I doubt de-fruiting would make much difference, sadly... Yes, not watering (but mulching well) might work fine in the UK that's for sure due to the regular rainfall and mild summers. I do like mulching but we also have to water because of our hot climate. Cheers :)
Hey Mark, great vids, Cape Town here......completely different climate , but still lots to learn on your vids.....I must say though, one of your limes has a very jarring name, and quite insulting to a lot of people, my colleague was quite offended....Its actually a criminal offense to use that word in any form in our country....Not having a go, but maybe you didn't know.....interesting.
Loving each of your videos Mark.
Noticed you've not covered the Nectarines as you did with the plums. Is Nectrine less prone to attack by the fruit fly?
I've just planted my first Nectrine over Easter break (Brisbane) - when is the right time to cover it up and can you recommend covers? (Bunnings/ online) ?
Cheers and keep up the funtastic work.
sorry its 4 years later but quails fly up when frightened, and break their necks, they scare very easily,
@13:19 it could be hard attack my neighbor small dog died like that too in stormy night they scare i had a american eskimo dog everytime there was lighitning she would shake.cheers.
Hey Mark, liking your videos.
Shame about the borers. Water stressed. I'd go for deep watering.
How are the citrus this year? Kiz