TRYING NEW THINGS ON OUR HOMESTEAD / FARM / SMALL HOLDING. WILL THIS WORK? HOMESTEADING = LEARNING
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- One thing about doing something new is not being afraid to experiment and try new things! Find out what we're trying this week :)
Hi there :) We're Marc & Allys, a couple of left the UK in 2021 to search of somewhere we could build a homestead and connect with nature. This led us to the beautiful Alentejo region in Portugal. Self-sufficiency is important to us, whilst we're not off grid, we're keen to rely less and less on external systems.
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Gardening is all about learning. No matter how long you’ve done it there are always new things to learn. Some say there are no mistakes only lessons 😂. Keep up the good work looking forward to your next video.
Thank you Paulette, that is so so true. It's all about experimenting, seeing what works and what doesn't and not being afraid to mess up from time to time :)
Sheep might start growing on those trees!
Haha that could be baaaad
Garden looks good
Thank you :)
A local grocery store or restaurant may have extra cardboard if you ask them. Always a fun vlog to watch!
That's a great idea, certainly something we will explore. Thanks so much for watching :)
Don’t use hay for mulch,it is full of seeds even old hay. Straw is better but can also be seedy. Horse manure is also full of seed unless it has been covered and composted for a long time , even then it can sprout.
Thanks Laurie! Exactly the problems we were having so good to try this :)
A lã de ovelha talvez seja mesmo boa para as plantas. As pessoas de muita idade diziam: o que previne o frio previne o calor 😊
É um óptimo ponto de vista! Os Verões são tão quentes, espero que resulte :)
Looks like your doing a fab job.
Thanks so much Julie
Your place is taking shape coming along nicely good luck to you both
Thank you Jeanette, we're really pleased with how things are coming along. Very rewarding :)
Wool is a good covering for your irrigation too.
In my mother tongue we call those grasses "water grass". Is makes a corm similar to oxalis and is hard to get rid of. I agree that thicker cardboard might be your answer.
Thank you 🙌
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys, garden looks beautiful 👍😁🐔 you are funny.
Thank you Arjan :)
Your garden looks OK to me. This is one reason I am watching you as I am looking for new ideas. I hope you don't mind. Anyway, I use chopped straw which comes in bags here in the States. There is no seed in it. It last all summer keeping the weed down and the soil soft. I just put the black garden cloth down on the outside of the new strawberry bed then I add the chipped straw on top of the cloth. There is lots of rain here where I live. My garden is going in between rain drops so it is slow for sure. I started Broccoli, cauliflower, lemon cucumbers, and zinnia two weeks ago. They are now under the plant light and doing well. Three weeks and they will go into the garden.
Thanks so much :) Of course i don't mind, i'm just here to share what i'm doing and learning, if that helps people then even bettter :)
Sounds like a good method, straw and hay is actually quite expensive here so people don't tend to use it as much.
Sounds like you're making some good progress this year despite the rain!
Another lovely video 😃 Your veg garden it's looking amazing! Nice to see that you guys are doing so well in Alto Alentejo (great area)! Keep up with the great job with your projects! Looking forward for the next videos! Hugs from UK 😃
Thank you David, really appreciate you watching :)
It is great to see all your planting projects and your vegetable garden is super. The best thing is that you found a new place for it. Every time I see it I think of the water disaster so it was the best thing to do when you moved it to a safe place. It is very interesting that the wool is so good for the garden and I look forward to hear if you think it makes the vegetables even better. I have only used wool to make deer go away and not eat my fruit trees!!! I actually didn't think that it helped very much. All the best to you both.
Thank you Eva, really pleased with how the new garden is coming along. We were devasted from the floods, but all we can do is move forward. Plus it gives us the opportunity to try something new :) Will keep you posted on how the wool goes, we hope it will work out well! :)
Garden is looking great😊
Thank you :)
You are a real gardener. You must have a green thumb, I enjoyed the video! Thanks!!
Thank you so much! Complete beginner though 😆
Another great video and your garden is looking very good. I'm curious how the sheep wool will work out.
Thanks so much :)
Wool probably has lots of manure also
Yeah there's little bits stuck to it, all good for nutrients though, right? :D
The garden looks lovely
Thank you 😊
I think experimenting is the way forward you are in your first years of farming anything that give good results ,improve things, save time and hard work is welcome ,it is about adjusting to find out what works best, the garden looks great, thanks for sharing .
That's so true! Thanks so much for watching :)
Just looking at your outdo - there r lots of fruits trees behind you. My 2 bobs worth - make the sheep mulch around the roots of the tree much bigger. The roots as the trees grow r more than 6-8" around the base of the tree. Make it much larger area - easier to strim than when u have too. Just sayin ...
Great suggestion Sonia, thank you :)
Lovely job on the garden. Does Alex help much, or does she have another job?
Thank you Kathryn! Yes, we work on projects together as well as having our own projects too. She doesn't always like being in front of the camera, so usually she'll be doing things behind the scenes :)
Such a beautiful garden
Thanks so much 😊
What a great adventure you and Allys are on!!!!
Thanks Anya, we're both enjoying this new adventure that's for sure :)
Will be interesting to see the outcome of the sheep wool mulch on veg.thanks for sharing
Yikes, sheep wool rather than skin!
Thanks Terry :)
Sheep wool - very under-utilised resource. Especially if a loss financially for locals ... Even great on vegetable beds - which u look like you're all over ! Love your channel
Thanks so much Sonia :) Worth using for sure, hope it all works :)
Very curious to see how the wool works out. I've never seen anyone use it. For sure it will retain water but as a weed suppressant we shall see. Good luck
Thanks Mike, so far working ok in some places, but that tough grass is just pushing it up, may need to find a better solution for that part :)
@QuintaLifePT yep. The age old problem... weeds in the garden
Wool, very interesting. I can see that working out for you. Esthetically, you garden looks great.
Have you checked out Permaculture Gardening? I'm guessing that you have. Isn't it a lot less work
if done right? Something to think about.
Thanks :) Hope it does work. Ah thank you, glad it looks alright, hopefully it functions ok too.
Permaculture yes, we are trying to incorporate in to our garden, still lots of learning to go though
Those pipes need to be under the ground, the water will be boiling and kill the plants
Either that, under the ground, or maybe just water the plants (activate the pipes system) during the cooler parts of the day: early morning ou later afternoon (evening).
Thanks Victor! The irrigation goes on later in the day after the sun has gone down and it'll also be on first thing in the morning during the summer. Davids suggestion is exactly what we do :)
Hello, I'm new here I've been watching your videos, and I did see you have a wood chipper and rarely use it, and you've ordered chippings, can you adjust the sense of your chipper to make the bigger cuts? And have you harvested any of your cork yet?
How will that work at summertime when temperatures goes up?
It actually acts as a layer that absorbs heat and keeps the actual soil temperature cool, so should work ok, i hope :D
Where i come from we form the wool into little balls and soak it in fertilizer from weed teas or whatever you call the leftover liquids from composting. Then mix the balls with the top part of the soil. It works great and releases over time as the will decomposes. Great Video! thank you for sharing all this with us!
Interesting! Thanks so much for sharing :)
I think the garden is absolutely phenomenal like everything you do! 🥰
Thank you Manny that is so kind! :)
I'm curious to know the difficulty level of the water hose and drip hose you have. If it has to be heated to make the connection, it is probably too hard unnecessarily for low water pressure irrigation like you have. Difficulty level 4 atmospheric pressure is too much for that.
Not sure to be honest with you. It doesn't "have" to be heated but when you have so many joins to make it makes hard work for your hands :)
Very interesting about the wool being used as a mulch. Your gardens look good.
Thanks a lot, worth a try i suppose :)
Love your garden it looks Fantastic wish it was mine its took time and hard work to get it looking like that you should be pleased with it happy growing
Thank you Patricia! We're really pleased with how it's turning out :)
Fantástico, parabéns, linda horta.
Obrigado :)
Love the garden beds. I especially appreciate the footpath inside the boxes so you don't accidently step on the plants.
I find your attitude of experimenting fascinating. I did that when I was gardening.
Have a great trip guy, loved the video as always. 🙂
Thanks Manny :)
Oops i meant thumbs up..eek
Thanks for watching Edwina :)
Great idea for the sheep wool and your garden is lovely 🙂💐
Thank you :)
Garden looks great!
Thank you Mercia :)
wool as mulch that´s new 👍
Was new to me too until recently :)
Love your garden it looks Fantastic wish it was mine its took time and hard work to get it looking like that you should be pleased with it happy growing
Thank you so much 😊 yeah it was hard work but hopefully all worth it 😊
Nice good 💯💯
Thanks Malik 😊
Nice garden! 👍
thank you!
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You're welcome.
The garden looks very nice, the idea of mulch from sheep's wool is very interesting, I hope there are no parasites like ticks or lice on the wool. I think you should put wood chips in the trench(swell) area so that minerals released from the wood chips will enrich the soil and improve its structure while turning into compost.
The hard grass in the onion bed is jokingly called "good morning" by us. You take him out today and tomorrow he greets you in the morning. 😁. It has tubers that are connected to each other by a thin root. To control it, it must be uprooted with the tubers and the roots. It also goes in and out of an asphalt road, so wool won't stop it from going out again. In places where organic is not strictly adhered to, it is sprayed with a systemic agent that penetrates the plant cells from the leaves to all parts of the plant below. Systematic displacement helps suppress it over time. It is also very important to prevent it from blooming and spreading seeds. Good luck to you 🙏
Thank you so much for the info - super useful. The grass has certainly been going through the wool, so we will need to look at an alternative method to try and solve this. Thanks again for your support :)