Thank you, Mark. I’m an amateur gardener who can’t grow more that cherry tomatoes and snap peas, but I love watching how you have created an entire world of vege in your back yard. Very inspiring. And your humour and humility is so endearing. Big fan!
I'm really enjoying your channel! I'm from Alabama and just did my first in ground veggie patch from seed. This is really exciting seeing all my sprouts coming up. I saw your compost video and just started a hot compost spot. Im glad I found your channel. Thanks for sharing all the great information! Looking forward to your next live Q&A. Id like to know how you handle invasive plants. I'm battling a wisteria vine, wild blackberries, and poison ivy at the moment. Trying not to use toxic garbage controling it but I think the wisteria will have to have something to kill it before it takes over my entire yard and chokes out my fruit trees. And yes those bird sounds are lovely. Lol you should make a sound scapes record.
Alright, that's it, I'm subscribing! You are an intelligent, wise (not the same thing), kind, and appropriately confident dude! In a world that wants us to be perfect all the time on the first time, it is really great to see you calmly learn/experiment/teach with us!
I'm sure you've covered this somewhere, but here's my question; for smaller container planters (for a balcony) what potting soil, compost, etc would I need. Please keep it simple because I'm brand new to this. I also live on Canada's (wet) west coast; Vancouver Island. Thanks so much.
Hi, missed your live show but enjoyed listening to all your good advice....👍 My dad used to graft fruit trees. I used to love watching this as a child... Hoping to catch your next live show....👋
Boo, I asked RUclips to notify me when you went live and it got to me too late! Love your videos! You're living the dream and I appreciate you passing along all the good tips and info I can use in my own garden.
Mark. Regarding grafting... many varieties on one tree if you have a patio garden. Our stone fruit are multi grafted. My figs have 5-6 varieties on one tree. Avocado is the same with A n B flowering varieties.
We've live on a small farm out at Nimbin NSW. I love comparing all the bird noises you've got there at your place to the ones we've got here, it's almost the same! 😅 I'm liking the new stuff you're trying mark 🤙. You're always worth a listen. Keep but the good work mate. I hope I can catch the next one live.
Hi Mark. My raised asparagus bed I prepared and about 7 months ago has settled far more than I expected. I planted bare rooted plants and they have taken off really well. In the off season is it possibel to dig up roots, fill bed, trim roots and replant once I filled the bed. Regards Joe. Love you shows.
I have a huge rack of sunflowers at the moment. They look awesome and all my neighbors are loving on them too. I put aluminum foil strips under the flowers and the cockatoos haven't touched them :)
Gobsmacked ... haven't watche in a while ... so sophiticated now, yard looks great, and 1.27M subs! Way togo, congrats, well deserved, great stuff! Thanks for keeping on!
I seem to have resident burras here, been there for 20+ years.. I think the generations have learned that this is a good place, come back here where they were born & thats why they always here.......... in the same damn tree too, lucky I never cut it down....... :)
Hello. This is Edward from Mississippi, USA. I love what you do to help so many have better gardens. About how much of your own food do you produce every season? Thank you, Edward.
G'day Mark👍 Can't wait for you to have that camera mobile. ..How's your camera skills?..thought of a 'Special' on Aussie creatures on your property?! I reckon the folk around the globe would love it.🌏♥️ Cheers from The West🍻
My best dog eventually went loopy after toad licking and I had to put her down but she lived for 15 years and had arthritis and went blind too but was such a wonderful dog. Cheers and thanks.
Hiya mate. Great fan, thanks for the content. Do you know anything about passionfruit? I've planted plenty from seed but the leaves are curling are getting rugged. Any hint? (I can make a video and show you if you can spare the attention hehe)
Hi there! 👋🤓💖 I don't know if you have roosters, but I'd love to see a video from you talking about aggressive roosters and how to deal with them. Thanks for all the great information you share with us!
Happy Friday !!! Bought the weekend beer and chilling it already 🤣🍺🍺, could you include your chickens and ducks in an upcoming video as well, it’s so relaxing , have a great weekend 🍺🍺🍺❤️❤️❤️
Hi Mark I live fairly close by in Nambour and have made a start with self sufficient gardening. Have seen your vid re the plums and will purchase. What small nut trees will do well here? Marie
For us aussies in the same area as you would it be possible to set out a growing calendar, I would pay good money to not have to continually transpose the seasons. Love the show keep it up mate
Mark: Love the channel and videos and adore your little paradise farm. May I ask the name of your dog? Or course I may, because I just did. The real question is whether you will tell me! Thanks mate from a fellow vet now living in Thailand.
I’m having trouble with my kikuyu growing up through one veggie patch. I’ll need to dig out the bed won’t I? Oh and I fell asleep listening to your calming voice through my iPod ears last night. (tee hee no offence intended)😀
RUclips had some issues yesterday. Wonder if that’s what your issue was. Nothing you could control. Only because Most of your stuff is so gorgeous, I get a bit jealous. To that end I’ll mention that I just harvested the first of 5 varieties of garlic. I had several that are 3&1/2 inches across. Best crop of garlic yet. I usually only get 3 inch ones😏. Of course I’m in a garlic growing region. I save and grow my own bulbs, year after year. Last year was a disaster. Only 2 inch bulbs. We ran out by Valentine’s Day. Next time you do a home produced experiment, maybe give yourself 3 things brought in each. Also, set up what you have, like add in larger numbers of birds for food. We buy several items in bulk, so we have 6 months worth of several items, like flour, salt, cooking oil, and yeast. As to the questions of human urine as fertilizer, as long as you’re not taking meds with heavy metals, or say lithium, most meds are fine. Plants won’t give the meds back to you or the pharmaceutical companies would do that. 😉. Anytime you can use fertilizer, you can use diluted urine. We stop using 1-2 weeks before harvest if it’s a, eat the plant type or 3 days before fruits. We only water the soil with it, not sprinkle the plant.
Thank you Mark for your content! I've been trying to find out, do you need to treat your water containers over time if its just being used for plants? Does the PH change over time from algae growth or anything else? If anybody has any info on this and wouldn't mind sharing i would truly appreciate it :)
Hello Mark it's gen from Jamaica I am still looking forward to hear about how to grow potato love to watch your self-sufficient shows it helps me a lot thank you💯🥔🇯🇲
Hello, I've seen videos about starting root vegetables with seed plants instead of using vegetables from the market. Will for example a potato from the market not grow as well as a seed potato?
Horrible cucumber issues here, powdery mildew, bugs chewing, etc. vines withering. Used a burpee seed that is Mosaic resistant, bush style. Nevver thought they would be so difficult. Tomato’s have done well. you look good all connection good here in subtropical FL. Rains have not started yet here, soon.
Yea its kinda nice at 2.35 ish plus - how while you were setting up - the banana trees on the left were improvising with a little dance swaying and fluttering about - cool.
Here's something I don't think you've covered? Why hand water if it takes so much time to do? Isn't hand watering irrigating shallow? What happens in the bed when you hand water over a period of time? Microclimate? Mulch effects? Rooting depth? Fungal diseases ? Too wet consistently?
Hi Mark, have been watching you for years ... can i suggest you tell us the question you are about to answer... before you answer so we can know the question too .. such a lovely guy you are ...thank you
Aren't dogs the best?? Our Reena is the best dog I've ever known. And I had dogs that held that title in the past. Lol bet your puppers is the best as well.
Coming very soon! I've got a good collection of content from several trips and I'm putting it together so hopefully you'll find it entertaining and enjoyable 👍🙂
Hello. I was watching your live stream today and I heard that you built a small dam for your water source for the ducks. For another protein resource have you ever considered adding fish like tilapia? If so why or why not? Thank you for your videos.
Tilapia are an invasive species in Australia but it depends on the size of the dam whether it can sustain another species. We have been in drought for a decade but have had a decent amount of rain fall this winter. With our unpredictable Queensland weather the dam level might fluctuate, changing the temperature of the water, which would kill any fresh water fish species. 😄
In most places in RSA you can grow something in the garden all year round similar to Australia. Work out if your climate is subtropical or temperate and plan your crops accordingly. All the best 👍🙂
Spend few minutes just to watching him here n there. Should change the video title how fussy handle new camera..haha. anyway, it's good video to watch while u got lot time to waste. Thanks mike..
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I need an 8 hour loop of the sounds in your garden for bedtime.
I started his channel for gardening info. I come back for the free built in ASMR
The camera cutting out right as you mentioned “Murphy’s Law” was almost poetic. Love your channel!
Thank you for giving my mom and I something fun to watch and discuss during these dark times. You are doing a great service for the world.
That “...and you’re a bit crooked too, you’re sitting sideways, on the couch” actually made me laugh, good stuff mark, love your personality
Your livestream was good Mark. Many live streamers act like they are superstars, but not you. A true blue Aussie bloke.
I like your streaming style . Even when you stop talking , the nature background sound is so nice to hear. A big difference from other . Thumb up 👍
Thank you, Mark. I’m an amateur gardener who can’t grow more that cherry tomatoes and snap peas, but I love watching how you have created an entire world of vege in your back yard. Very inspiring. And your humour and humility is so endearing. Big fan!
youll figure it out mark. take your time. we all love you. we can wait.
We LOVE the bird sounds! Also, the koala thumb nail🐨 These are bonuses😀 Thank You for Your time and expertise 😎
I'm really enjoying your channel! I'm from Alabama and just did my first in ground veggie patch from seed. This is really exciting seeing all my sprouts coming up. I saw your compost video and just started a hot compost spot. Im glad I found your channel. Thanks for sharing all the great information! Looking forward to your next live Q&A. Id like to know how you handle invasive plants. I'm battling a wisteria vine, wild blackberries, and poison ivy at the moment. Trying not to use toxic garbage controling it but I think the wisteria will have to have something to kill it before it takes over my entire yard and chokes out my fruit trees.
And yes those bird sounds are lovely. Lol you should make a sound scapes record.
Alright, that's it, I'm subscribing! You are an intelligent, wise (not the same thing), kind, and appropriately confident dude! In a world that wants us to be perfect all the time on the first time, it is really great to see you calmly learn/experiment/teach with us!
I'm sure you've covered this somewhere, but here's my question; for smaller container planters (for a balcony) what potting soil, compost, etc would I need. Please keep it simple because I'm brand new to this. I also live on Canada's (wet) west coast; Vancouver Island. Thanks so much.
Hi, missed your live show but enjoyed listening to all your good advice....👍
My dad used to graft fruit trees. I used to love watching this as a child...
Hoping to catch your next live show....👋
Watching another old geezer try to run techie stuff: priceless. Love your channel. Love your humour. Keep it up!
Love the show, watching your videos give me confidence to grow my garden and having a go at it.
Keep up the great work.
Your mate in Adelaide.
Boo, I asked RUclips to notify me when you went live and it got to me too late! Love your videos! You're living the dream and I appreciate you passing along all the good tips and info I can use in my own garden.
Mark. Regarding grafting... many varieties on one tree if you have a patio garden. Our stone fruit are multi grafted. My figs have 5-6 varieties on one tree. Avocado is the same with A n B flowering varieties.
That was great. I loved seeing that people from all over the world were tuning in. Keep at it!
Missed it live but appreciate all the great information you always give.
We've live on a small farm out at Nimbin NSW. I love comparing all the bird noises you've got there at your place to the ones we've got here, it's almost the same! 😅
I'm liking the new stuff you're trying mark 🤙. You're always worth a listen. Keep but the good work mate. I hope I can catch the next one live.
Hi Mark. My raised asparagus bed I prepared and about 7 months ago has settled far more than I expected. I planted bare rooted plants and they have taken off really well. In the off season is it possibel to dig up roots, fill bed, trim roots and replant once I filled the bed. Regards Joe. Love you shows.
I have a huge rack of sunflowers at the moment. They look awesome and all my neighbors are loving on them too. I put aluminum foil strips under the flowers and the cockatoos haven't touched them :)
Gobsmacked ... haven't watche in a while ... so sophiticated now, yard looks great, and 1.27M subs! Way togo, congrats, well deserved, great stuff! Thanks for keeping on!
What a lovely person, Mark is 👌🏽
Respect mate 🙏🏽
Love your stories!! The garden info is a side benefit.
OMG 😲 Kookaburras! I miss that sound. Definitely brings back memories. Very cool 😃🥰💕
I seem to have resident burras here, been there for 20+ years..
I think the generations have learned that this is a good place, come back here where they were born & thats why they always here.......... in the same damn tree too, lucky I never cut it down....... :)
They're in almost every video. Sub and watch.
Thank you for so many great videos that I’m sure will help my garden efforts
Hello. This is Edward from Mississippi, USA. I love what you do to help so many have better gardens. About how much of your own food do you produce every season? Thank you, Edward.
Thanks Edward! We practically don't need to purchase fruit or vegetables during our winter/spring season from about May through to about October 👍🙂
Loved your Koala Bear, their always cute. Enjoy your video's. Jessie USA
G'day Mark👍 Can't wait for you to have that camera mobile.
..How's your camera skills?..thought of a 'Special' on Aussie creatures on your property?!
I reckon the folk around the globe would love it.🌏♥️
Cheers from The West🍻
My best dog eventually went loopy after toad licking and I had to put her down but she lived for 15 years and had arthritis and went blind too but was such a wonderful dog. Cheers and thanks.
Best potatoes I ever grew.. placed potatoes on the soil and covered with pine needle mulch about a foot deep..
This is great, thankyou Mark Love your voice, yes I loved the Koala Head. Thankyou very much.
Hiya mate. Great fan, thanks for the content. Do you know anything about passionfruit? I've planted plenty from seed but the leaves are curling are getting rugged. Any hint? (I can make a video and show you if you can spare the attention hehe)
I LOVE the first minute of each and every livestream more than almost anything else on RUclips.
Your property looks beautiful and the bird and animal sounds are awesome! They sound like a jungle. I love it!
Hi there! 👋🤓💖 I don't know if you have roosters, but I'd love to see a video from you talking about aggressive roosters and how to deal with them. Thanks for all the great information you share with us!
Hi, Mark nice Sunny to vlog again Look amezing your guys Garden is Growing all nice Love it....
I had to give my horses a bath, vet is coming for spring shots tomorrow! Sorry I missed it! 💚🐎🐎🧲 Nazareth, PA
I was not able to catch the live but I enjoyed the replay a lot!! Thanks Mark as always!!! Be blessed!
Happy Friday !!! Bought the weekend beer and chilling it already 🤣🍺🍺, could you include your chickens and ducks in an upcoming video as well, it’s so relaxing , have a great weekend 🍺🍺🍺❤️❤️❤️
Loving these live streams mate, how fun!!
My dog is fascinated by the sounds in your garden. She stares at the TV when I watch your videos, lol.
Great live
Suggestions again make a post in the community on Q/A the day before the live, so you have a list....and still answer superchats
Good one thanks👍
Hi Mark I live fairly close by in Nambour and have made a start with self sufficient gardening. Have seen your vid re the plums and will purchase. What small nut trees will do well here? Marie
For us aussies in the same area as you would it be possible to set out a growing calendar, I would pay good money to not have to continually transpose the seasons. Love the show keep it up mate
Love the Russle Crowe comment. Great stream Mark!
Gutted I missed this live, love your channel Mark 👍🇬🇧🇦🇺
This video was fine. Keep rocking on my brother from another mother. Love all your videos.
As always amazing video buddy I'm really enjoying your live streams
Mark: Love the channel and videos and adore your little paradise farm. May I ask the name of your dog? Or course I may, because I just did. The real question is whether you will tell me! Thanks mate from a fellow vet now living in Thailand.
Scooter
Thanks Mark, like that new camera, audio is mighty
Wahhhh! I missed the live stream. Glad it is recorded!
I’m having trouble with my kikuyu growing up through one veggie patch. I’ll need to dig out the bed won’t I?
Oh and I fell asleep listening to your calming voice through my iPod ears last night. (tee hee no offence intended)😀
RUclips had some issues yesterday. Wonder if that’s what your issue was. Nothing you could control.
Only because Most of your stuff is so gorgeous, I get a bit jealous. To that end I’ll mention that I just harvested the first of 5 varieties of garlic. I had several that are 3&1/2 inches across. Best crop of garlic yet. I usually only get 3 inch ones😏. Of course I’m in a garlic growing region. I save and grow my own bulbs, year after year. Last year was a disaster. Only 2 inch bulbs. We ran out by Valentine’s Day.
Next time you do a home produced experiment, maybe give yourself 3 things brought in each. Also, set up what you have, like add in larger numbers of birds for food. We buy several items in bulk, so we have 6 months worth of several items, like flour, salt, cooking oil, and yeast.
As to the questions of human urine as fertilizer, as long as you’re not taking meds with heavy metals, or say lithium, most meds are fine. Plants won’t give the meds back to you or the pharmaceutical companies would do that. 😉. Anytime you can use fertilizer, you can use diluted urine. We stop using 1-2 weeks before harvest if it’s a, eat the plant type or 3 days before fruits. We only water the soil with it, not sprinkle the plant.
Oh my gosh, you are the best thing here on RUclips! Love you to pieces. 😘👍
Thank you Mark for your content!
I've been trying to find out, do you need to treat your water containers over time if its just being used for plants? Does the PH change over time from algae growth or anything else? If anybody has any info on this and wouldn't mind sharing i would truly appreciate it :)
Hello Mark it's gen from Jamaica I am still looking forward to hear about how to grow potato love to watch your self-sufficient shows it helps me a lot thank you💯🥔🇯🇲
I have termite problem on my patch. They are sucking my trees dry. Can you please advise what i can do organically to get rid of them?
I'm from Murphy LOL'd when you poofed after saying Murphy's Law :D
That was peaceful hearing the birds in the background
Missed the live didn't have the bell l on , ready for next time!
Great stream! Thanks for the inspiration!
Hello, I've seen videos about starting root vegetables with seed plants instead of using vegetables from the market. Will for example a potato from the market not grow as well as a seed potato?
Horrible cucumber issues here, powdery mildew, bugs chewing, etc. vines withering. Used a burpee seed that is Mosaic resistant, bush style. Nevver thought they would be so difficult. Tomato’s have done well. you look good all connection good here in subtropical FL. Rains have not started yet here, soon.
Utterly hilarious and extremely addictive viewing 😂
Onya 😀Mark top stuff as always my friend. All the best from NSW!
Cheers
Marty
Chat soon Marty! 👍🙂
@@Selfsufficientme cheers Mark
Yea its kinda nice at 2.35 ish plus - how while you were setting up - the banana trees on the left were improvising with a little dance swaying and fluttering about - cool.
Man I love their bird sounds, coming from a kiwi here...
Habaneros look great. Would love to see a lacto-fermented sauce come from some. Self sufficient sriracha, yum.
Him setting up was actually very peaceful glad it was left in
Will old palm fronds work to fill the bottom of a raised bed. Wood is in short supply in the desert 🏜
Marc the best! I really like your videos because they are always fun and helpful. Thank you and good health, good luck! Judy (Hungary)
Hungary... I definitely am going to visit there one day. Thank you Judy 👍🙂
Here's something I don't think you've covered? Why hand water if it takes so much time to do? Isn't hand watering irrigating shallow? What happens in the bed when you hand water over a period of time? Microclimate? Mulch effects? Rooting depth? Fungal diseases ? Too wet consistently?
I really like your raised beds. Did you buy them? Find them? Are the round ones actual culvert pipe or made for raised garden?
Richies
Love the merry magpies in background. M8, koalas aren’t bears... drop bears are deadly, though!
Awww I love watching your videos 🥰
Hi Mark, have been watching you for years ... can i suggest you tell us the question you are about to answer... before you answer so we can know the question too .. such a lovely guy you are ...thank you
You look so lost at start...
Só funny
Muahhhhhh
G'day mate!
You rockxz
Aren't dogs the best?? Our Reena is the best dog I've ever known. And I had dogs that held that title in the past. Lol bet your puppers is the best as well.
Love it Mark!! 🤔😂❤️
I was going to ask when the Self Suffishing Me uploads are being released, dying to see that StabiCraft in action mate. 👍🏻
Coming very soon! I've got a good collection of content from several trips and I'm putting it together so hopefully you'll find it entertaining and enjoyable 👍🙂
@@Selfsufficientme can’t wait 🤙🏻
You can learn about thermal heating greenhouse on the Oppenheimer Ranch Project.
Raised beds are the way to go! My bed is already putting out its second round of lettuce:) and the cucumbers 🥒 are going crazy!
You're sitting sideways on the couch
I feel personally attacked.
Great work my friend. Sorry I missed ya!
What time does your show air live? I would love to catch a live show, Louisiana, USA 🇺🇸 here.
Hello. I was watching your live stream today and I heard that you built a small dam for your water source for the ducks. For another protein resource have you ever considered adding fish like tilapia? If so why or why not? Thank you for your videos.
Tilapia are an invasive species in Australia but it depends on the size of the dam whether it can sustain another species. We have been in drought for a decade but have had a decent amount of rain fall this winter. With our unpredictable Queensland weather the dam level might fluctuate, changing the temperature of the water, which would kill any fresh water fish species. 😄
Grab the whipper snipper and give those garden beds a quick buzz next time your using them as a backdrop. Just a thought. Keep up the good work
It has been too wet to mow or trim but thanks for the feedback 👍🙂
Everything is/was perfect just the way you have it.
Dang it!.. I always miss the live streams..
I swear to all that is holy in this world, I will catch one someday lol
😂
Love your videos and you. Liza
Russell Crow could not come close to you Mark !! Hello from Markham Canada !!
Yup in Florida
I. Just. Love. You. Thank you for being so good.
Me too. Wish my Dad, Granddad, ex-husband, and brother were as nice as Mark.
I know it’s a bit late, but.......I have the same raised beds as you have, just wondered, HOW MANY PLANTING ROWS DO YOU USE ACROSS 5,6,7??
Wish I’d checked my acct before now, so I could have participated in the LIVE q/a.
G’day mate!your new camera is doing well!
In South Africa we are just going in to our winter. In the coming spring I want to start a vegetable garden. Any advice you can give me
In most places in RSA you can grow something in the garden all year round similar to Australia. Work out if your climate is subtropical or temperate and plan your crops accordingly. All the best 👍🙂
So tired of missing this Live stream!!
Spend few minutes just to watching him here n there. Should change the video title how fussy handle new camera..haha. anyway, it's good video to watch while u got lot time to waste. Thanks mike..