It hurts my heart when you are critical of yourself - we love you exactly how you are! We love to see your life just as it is! Showing us when things don’t go smoothly is why I love your content. I dont feel so alone in this mom/wife/cook/gardner/etc journey of life. It’s taken me years to figure out an arid garden and I still struggle and fail often. You are phenomenal at what you do. I often think “I don’t know how she does it all but she makes it look easy”! And I love how transparent you are about money, revenue and sponsors. TL;DR - dont ever stop being you, please. ❤
I really enjoy your voice and your intelligence. It’s very refreshing to listen to someone actually talking about real stuff in a smart way. Thanks for all the hard work!
When I’m feeling depressed and overwhelmed , I make a hot drink and watch your videos, and I get a break from feeling bad. Instead I spend time really enjoying watching what you do. I think you help people a lot more than you realise ❤
Gosh I’m really mad at those rats , I wish there was a way you could out smart them , as far as the pantry challenge I think that’s why I really like to watch your grocery hauls , then you cooking I’ve learned quite a bit. Just remember you are our favorite to watch , no matter what comes, goes, grows or whatever . Just stay you 💕
Oh my goodness, Nyssa, you are such a GEM !💜💫 ,,, and you have no idea how very much we all enjoy you...simply being yourself. 😍 These catch-up videos are so great... sure! do a weekly catch-up... it's enormously interesting to us, making it seem that we are part of your extended community. Yes, some sort of a regular "time set aside to do your video work" will allow you more satisfaction in achieving the things you want... and just put out videos/posts that are more "raw" than your usual "wish to excel" ones. That will help you take the pressure off yourself... remember that raw is very relatable! 💜💙💚💫 You're still so hard on yourself, re the garden. This Summer has been absolutely savage!!! Your garden will only get better, now that you've put in so much to set it up, with minimal input. Once the watering systems are in place, the garden will be thriving. Bless you all. Be Happy! You are enough, exactly as you are. Enjoy being your self. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌼🌺🌟🐞🪲🐝💐🌟🌠
Your content is fine. Taking us on your journey with the garden gives us ideas as to what may or may not work in our own gardens so please continue with the garden updates. It is not a failure but a minor setback. The weather has been atrocious for all of us gardeners and the heat may be impacting the critters so they are looking for an easy meal. You have already problem solved some of the potential things that may have impacted the garden and that is just part of a learning curve. When the weather cools down the garden will probably pick up. Love seeing your artwork (I cannot draw at all so I appreciate all artwork). I am curious about how you homeschool your children as our state has strict guidelines. I am always fascinated how schooling is so different in other countries. Maybe a video about this? I enjoy all your videos Nissa.
Nyssa, you are perfect. Don't ever change or feel like you need to to please others. Your down to earth natural ways are the reason you are so relateable. I love your squirrels bc it is like watching me in a mirror bc i do it so bad as well. Cant wait for the next video.
I agree with your statement regarding shopping beforehand of the pantry challenge. I don’t shop extra. My main purpose is to be intentional and use what I have preserved from the garden. I love your videos and you have been a great influence. ❤
I totally agree with you on the buying a bunch of stuff to prepare for a pantry challenge. I have been surprised to see how many channels did this. I had a conversation with my husband about it. It’s not a challenge if you go spend 2 months worth of grocery budget to get thru a 2 month pantry challenge. Where is the sense in that? And my fear has always been that if I do a pantry challenge and wipe out my storage, I would over spend the month coming out of it to restock my shelves. Part of the reason I preserve food is for food security. I am good about rotating thru my stock to keep things from going bad. I am also fairly good at only buying things we use. I like to keep a certain amount of stuff on hand. That being said, I understand wanting to get thru the jars I have canned over the grow season in order to free up space for the next grow season and to be able to see what I may need to grow more or less of. But generally I think you can get an idea of that just by rotating thru what you preserve. But the concept of buying more to go thru a no buy challenge literally makes no sense and defeats the entire purpose of the challenge. Very few channels actually do the challenge the way Jessica does. She actually makes sense in what she does. And I was wondering if you could possibly have one of the kids help you with your website? Like have one put up your recipes for you as a school project or for a small monthly allowance? I used to have my son help me with my business because he is so strong in math and I’m not. I’d give him a small allowance as payment. It was a win win bc I had the help I needed and he had some income to use for video games or outings with friends etc. just a thought.
I will always watch every one of your videos until the end. You are my favourite Aussie RUclipsr and I look forward to every video you release. It doesn’t matter what you do, sharing yourself and the content, it is inspiring and encouraging to others. There are so many people that appreciate your honesty and your squirreling and will continue to support you.
Love your rambling/squirreling so please continue. The Pantry Challenge was created by Three Rivers Homestead. The main thing about the pantry challenge is that each person participating creates their own rules. Some do shop before hand, some will continue to do some shopping during the month, and others, like me, will not do any shopping. The main purpose is not to save money but to rotate your stockpile and use up the things that are getting old or that you have a surplus of. Some people use up the stuff in a particular storage area, such as the freezer, because they have chickens or pigs that are going to need to be sent to "freezer camp". I agree that purchasing before hand defeats the purpose but everyone seems to agree that depleting your stock is not wise. Hope this clarifies it a bit but I do believe that you are doing a pantry challenge every month and I get inspiration from the meals that you create (though it does make me very hungry).
Good to see you back! Talking head videos are fine with me😃My fingers are crossed for you that your autumn garden is more productive and gives you a boost in regards to gardening.
You are right, Nyssa! You are the only person on you tube that actually does a real pantry challenge all year round. I just don't get the madness of folk bulk buying to do a pantry challenge when they have no need for it. Just z big hype.x
You are not failing in the garden Nyssa. Every gardner has dissapoints with different crops. I've had tomatoes of different types do well while others didn't grow well when they are three meters apart. The learnings for me was the containers I used. The successful one was a mixed garden with beans, tomatoes and peppers. The other was a much smaller self watering container. This one had beans and snow peas included. They both have watering devices. I won't be using the smaller contai er again. Some years do always do well for certain crops. It takes years to build good soil. I find Mark from self succulent me, Charles Dowding as my goto channels to watch. Mark started from scratch using mostly raised beds. He has over 2 m viewers. You have determination to try different plants. You will get there. I have used mushroom compost in the past, however I mostly use the compressed peat blocks with compost. Your on the right track with the watering systems as regular watering is important. Believe it or not I have learnt quite a lot from your videos. Cheers
Hi dear Nyssa! 💕 I have missed you sooo much! I come here several times each day, hoping to find you and an update on you, the family and your off-grid homestead! I know you are terrible busy with soooo much you do now - and all that you are planing to do - in this New Year! Just know we ALL miss you when we don't see your pretty smiling face, but we understand completely! Just makes for such a sweet visit, when our Dear Nyssa can come and share with us in a video! 😊 You certainly have a lot planned for this ensuing year of 2024; and we will certainly be supporting you in every way, indeed! Sooo exciting to hear you are getting a new vacuum cleaner! I am so happy for you and that great news! It will help out in so many wonderful ways for sure. I am happy for you! We are having some freezing weather here in "sunny" California. I live in a large citrus-growing area, and have been hearing the wind-machines each night as their huge propellers whine like jet engines to move the cold cold air around the orange and lemon groves to keep the moisture from settling on the fruit/trees and freezing the fruit especially. I know our ranchers would indeed sympathize with you in gardening, as they too, worry sooo much over their ranches and the produce's state of well being. Sometimes it is the lack of water they so badly need, and sometimes the freezing cold nights of winter! Mother Nature is not always in sync with the needs of the crops and gardens, be it here on our side of the pond or there with you dear folks in Australia. Keeping you and the family in thought, and carrying each of you in our prayers for a wonderful New Year in every way! Love to you, Nyssa! Carol in California ❤🙏
Mid way through your video - handy to know how RUclips pay you - I won’t be skipping adds now for you and when I’m doing things around the house I’ll pop on one of your playlists to run. Happy new year!
You are amazing, don’t put yourself down. I’m a Mama and we have to believe we are amazing for everything we do for our kids and husbands. It can be so hard to find something for yourself. I struggle to find my own thing with everyone else’s needs. Love watching you.
Those little green creatures are too cute!! Yea I noticed how everyone was stocking up for the pantry! I was like that’s the purpose of the challenge. lol
Nyssa we all watch you because we like the squirrelling and if people don’t like it they can scroll on, but I do miss you when you when you haven’t put a video up it’s like I haven’t heard from my girlfriend lately ❤
100% add one of these videos weekly Nyssa, gonna be selfish, I'll enjoy it ! The only tomatoes I grew that done well were cherry tomatoes only had about 4 plants and 1 spearmint plant, everything else was utter rubbish. The weather was crap other extreme to yours, no sun and heaps of rain. Take the positive going forward, you have the beds setup and a lot of the irrigation, you'll get there. Laughed at how happy you were about the hoover, its the little things, remember you are looking to do all you do in some extreme heat, no easy feat. Will say what my mother in law used to say to me; "look after No 1 as, no one else will"
Hi Nyssa, Please keep on doing what you have been doing. You are down to earth and don't try to glamorize your videos. I think everyone is struggling with the weather this year and sad the rats have come back. I learn alot from your channel and look forward to every post. Keep your chin up.
You have inspired me in the kitchen and in being intentional with food. I have one teenager left at home, so it is only the three of us, and I've been at this homemaking thing a long time, but you have given me new ideas and inspirations. Just the other day my husband talked about buying a BBQ pizza oven thing. I said we don't need one, Nyssa in AUZ cooks/bakes 8 pizzas at a meal with a hooded BBQ, so if we want to BBQ pizza surely we can manage one or two... :) Thank you for all you do!!
Love, love, love everything about you and your videos! I talked to my sister today, and it had been a while since we had talked. It made me feel so good. And that's how you make me feel when I listen to your discussions, rambles, gems of knowledge and intelligence. We all have times when we struggle, wonder why something isn't working quite the way we want it to. We can't give up. The good outways the bad. Its good that you let out your feelings to us, sure makes me feel privileged, I know. I always look forward to your next video. Also, everything should stem from you wanting to make each video, not to be pressured. Janice from Arkansas USA
I Love your squirreling. Youre a real person with real struggles. And you also do way more than many people please give yourself grace. Youre allowed to have down time, to have timesbwhere you feel defeated or chaotic. Youre amazing in what you accomplish!!
Nyssa I love your rambling I keep your videos until I can make a cuppa and watch without being disturbed as I feel it’s like catching up with an old friend you always make me smile and you inspire me to cook more from scratch 😀
Nyssa you are too critical on yourself because your subscribers see a highly competent accomplished funny lady ❤ Your videos are delight full of dry humour and great cooking 👏👏 So girl be kind to yourself show yourself some love and kindness AND when you read your comments notice all the positive and great responses ❤❤As always a pleasure to watch Love from the UK x ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Please just stay the way you are. I really enjoy watching your videos. You are a real person and you don't try to make a big show of things. You do real life and I love learning from real life stuff. We just moved to a farm from town and so go to start from scratch and hope to do somethings you do with your garden beds. I live in Kansas and it is winter here and so I hope to do a bunch this upcoming summer. Thanks again for being yourself.
I think you are wonderful. Your husband and children are very lucky to have you. Intelligent, calm, capable , very resourceful & humble - my fave type of woman. Keep being you. Love your number 1 kiwi 🥝 friend
You aren't alone on your issues in the garden this year. I feel like so many people I speak to are struggling this year. A lot of days I go outside at the moment and it is gutting to see things I have put love into snipped off at the base by bugs, eaten by birds, bats, possums and then theres been the weather. Hoping the things remaining pick up and and I hope so for you too Nyssa ❤️🩹
My dear Nyssa, from one squirrel to another, I'm usually not aware of it when you do it. Everything you say makes sense! Don't be so hard on yourself. I couldn't do all that you do. Don't ever reinvent yourself. All that other stuff is a dime a dozen. I always look forward to your videos. Hugs from Iowa USA.
Hello from north central Ohio, USA. Agree with the oantry challenges, most are not a challenge, just big grocery halls before and after. Your videos are real life that most of us live. Keep posting who you are. Love and peace.
Exactly... well said if you have a working pantry you are always doing a pantry challenge... the longer in between shops is the challenge.. maybe practice what you say progress over perfection.. you've made great progress... thank you for sharing!!!
I wouldn't worry about the naysayers, I am enjoying these videos. And I would imagine for you, it's a record of the garden of what worked and what didn't work. I've been watching some of the other channels that are participating in the pantry challenge and you're right. Just about all of them have done a big shop before it starts. And it does defeat the purpose of the challenge.
Your art is spectacular. .. And I love your so called Ramblin, I feel like we are sitting over a beverage and just talking. Would be hard to do since I live in central Texas. I totally enjoy watching you. Keep being you.
I completely agree that you do a pantry challenge every shopping trip. And those folks who do big shops before a challenge, really don't count, I agree. After 6 weeks away, I came home and purchased 4 half gallons of half &half and a quart of whipping cream and then I began the pantry challenge. At 30 days in I bought 2 bins of spinach and 2 bags of baby carrots for fresh for our holiday meals. I intend to continue with the pantry challenge until April, minimum, longer if possible. But I am an over exuberant empty nester canner and preserver. So for us we need to reduce my over flowing pantry. All that being said, keep going. We struggled with our garden over the last 2-3 years, due to the changing climate. We started seeds, planted watered faithfully and got nearly no vegetables from them. 2-3 tomatoes per plant was very disappointing. Our summer smoke from Canadian fires really hurt our garden as well. As far as the jackery, show numerous times that you use it,in short clips, as well as a longer introductory video. Many people here in the states use them to supplement their utility costs, and they use them for the times when power is out. Keep doing videos, do some shorter one, and then do your chatting ones as well. Don't worry about the filming quality while money is tight, we are still coming to see you.😊
I watched your video to the end. I ageee with you about the food challenge. You process more meat, vegetables and fruit than any of these utubers. Plus you make cakes, desserts and bread products on a daily basis. This is your life and you do it to last six weeks. They do it for a month for views and get subscribers. I think you do it to survive. Bad luck about your garden but the ongoing heat is a killer. You sound more cheerful today than last time. Loved hearing about australian trials. Cheerio
I live just over thw ditch, in New Zealand!! I have to say, you are real and honest and that is every reason why i love watching your videos!! Please keep them coming 🙏 you are incredible
Won't lie. I had a good chuckle at the term "talking head video". My garden isn't vegetable but I have a few family members who work at a garden centre and they said even the really great gardeners from overseas are struggling with their gardens being a write off this year so you're not alone. The weather is definitely an issue. Try not to be so hard on yourself. Gardening is tough when things are optimal! I can't even grow a tomato plant at the best of times, although for some stupid reason I try every...single...year 😫🙄😂
Your freezer organisation is awesome. I have a big freezer too, but finding what's in there is a nightmare! I understand what you're going through completely! You need to give yourself a break! Heat is such a drain on aspirations! I have backed off mass growing of fruit and vegetables until I can ensure that I can keep them alive. I'm just planting tougher plants that are easier to grow, eg silverbeet, rhubarb, spinach, potatoes, chives etc. Once our watering systems are set up, it will be easier to water and keep our plants alive. Also have you planted red and black currants? They are easy to grow and are delicious! Maybe you could get one of your kids to help with the computer work! I find kids are sometimes able to do so much more on the computer, and quicker than I ever could! Don't knock yourself, your lovely just the way you are! Your an inspiration because you are real!
I definitely want to try currants! it is on my list, I'd love some berry bushes, it would be awesome and I've heard they're pretty hardy! I agree re planting simple for the moment, especially until we get that irrigation sorted, but I'm going to need to top up all the beds to try and counteract that mushroom compost I'd say. :S I definitely want to get the kids in and helping, at the moment its not real feasible, mainly because I don't have processes down pat to show them, if that makes sense. But eventually it is definitely on the cards, especially if they decide they want to stick it out out here rather than moving away, they will need the internet and things like that to contribute and also buy anything that I deem unnecessary lol :D
Nyssa we love you. Gardens are fickle we can pour our hard sweat into them with little reward and it's also a learning curve yr to yr. I think your soil needs a test. See if it has all the right stuff. I'm happy to see any of your content. 😊
Those dang rats!! We have huge pack rats where we live, two years ago, they came into my plastic green house and literally chewed of all of my veggies. So last summer, built an enclosed smaller greenhouse and sealed it up tight! Fingers crossed..hoping to get something to can next summer. Don't you change a thing..your squirrels make me smile!
Love that your an artist and a cook, I'm not off grid but have been doing darkage cooking for years, (open fire cooking) not wasting anything. But due to MS I can't do so much, working on my third cookbook very slowly, but mostly drawing. Watching your video's are getting me motivated again.❤🥘 Don't worry about the set backs, makes it all relatable, and we learn with you😊
Oh my, use your time how ever it blesses you. We will wait on your vlogs, they are nice to watch. There is just two of us and sometimes our clutter drives me bonkers. Give yourself downtime everyday, or you will get overwhelmed.
What do you mean look at me??? YOU are a beautiful woman ... a very smart savvy hardworking Mom and wife...with a lot of talents...and your videos showing your cooking,canning,preserving are my favorites...I love the grocery haul but hurt for you working so hard...but I love your life and where you live and the way you live...I have high hopes for your youtube channel to grow...I share you with all my friends and encourage them to join your channel..Happy New Year to you and your family...
Oh sweet momma we are our hardest critics. You are doing great. There's always room for improvement, that's what keeps life interesting isn't it? I truly enjoy your content and hope you get back in your groove and feel good about all you have accomplished bc it is a major accomplishment. For garden do you have a service there that you can send soil/water tests to? It's to give you a profile of soil and what is needed nutrients wise
Somewhere in the rapid movements in the garden I saw a few tomato plant with brown floppy growth tips, which, if it's not sun scald, could easily be blight - also reinforced by the number of brown leaves. General lack of vigour signifies weak plants to being with or problems with root development after planting in the beds. I would be pulling out sick plants to inspect roots - size, length, thickness, density, color, etc. The yellow fringe on the pumpkin leaves is also similar symptom, environmental or nutrient shock (nitrogen usually). I think we've talked before but downscaling the garden could be the best possible solution in your context. Too much stuff happening around, focus shifts and energy flows elsewhere. The garden, I feel, is very much an extension of ourselves.
I love your squirrel videos. Don't be so hard on yourself. I had to pull my zucchini this week as they went off covered in mould, all male flowers, the odd female that just rotted once pollinated. I think I got 6 altogether out of 4 plants, and my pumkins never took off at all. But we do have yellow beans, lettuce, herbs, and strawberries with a few boysenberries, blueberries, and raspberries. The birds are beating me to the fruit even when netted. So, I feel your pain. Just keep going it can only get better. ❤
Love your videos. Don't stop. You are amazing. Never give up, your channel will grow more. I am very new to your channel and love it. From Monbulk Victoria ❤
I like your squirrelling. Your organization of the freezer looked great. Life of grid is not too predictable so you gotta do what you Gotta do, and it is what it is. I really enjoyed your video. It’s good to see you. You needed a break, glad you took it. I feel bad that your climate and, all the wildlife messed up your garden success.❤ p.s. I still have your Christmas card here. I procrastinate too. 😮
You are doing fantastic ! My tomato's are an epic fail 😮 I know my daughter in nz watches everything of yours and is learning so much ! from gardening to prepping food !
Love the artwork! Ever think having the broken fridge fixed - would give you more cold storage and then you could 'kick the can' down the road on the trailer conversion for a while since that is so expensive
We are in north Brisbane and have had a horrible last 6 months of gardening. Rats ate all of our jalapenos I grew which i was so upset about so i feel you. Our tomatoes did exactly the same thing as yours did. Thank you for sharing your life, you are amazing and inspire me as well.
I watch your videos to se real life. Keep sharing what you share, I'll b he to watch even the commercials. And just for the record, we had a bad gardening year last summer in the midwest US. Hopefully this year will be better.
love watching these chats , just relax me lol , i like all the upload the shop=cooking- garden bits and bobs the house fixing up , and looking forward to seeing that jockey to see what it can do , has thinking of getting one if good has bills on electric so expensive ,see how it powers up etc and what you can run on it , so what ever you post i be sitting watching lol .take care guys
These pantry challenges have flies on them! lol. I have seen that those taking past have done a big shop beforehsnd for 2 months. What is the point then. Don’t stress yourself on getting all done timely. Nice to be able to do so, but hard to maintain realistically. Glad the Jackery turned up. I agree with you re garden situation as same here. Weather I am sure is the issue. We had over 30 one day then the next with tropical rain all day. Yes, they said we are having a tropical event in Vic. Floods happening everywhere, though we are ok apart from water travelling through our garage and yes things got wet. So if we aren’t burning the veggies we are drowning them.
🤣😂🤣💥 "We have a vacuum cleaner, but it sucks" Nyssa, you crack me up! Hope you had a fabulous Christmas and New Year. Just post what you are comfortable doing, don't stress about it, if someone else gets their nickers in a knot, then they have their own deep seated issues within themselves. So long as you and Darryl and each of the kids are ok, THAT'S what's important. I enjoy your posts when they're out but I haven't been getting much in the last few months of notifications. I look out for them. I am on acreage and lost a lot since flooding pushed the big and little furry things to the old house and shedding. Take a breath with the garden. You will have to be careful that the ra#$ in the garden, underground nests and tunnels. I found I have had to take a break from my beloved gardens because of similar reasons. I have to completely cut off their food supply for a while so they will move away or the cats and dogs and natives get them. I cannot and will not bait due to all the other animals. Cats, work dogs, many native animals and birds - wrens, finches, robins, honey eaters, a big family of magpies, tawny frog mouths, several species of owls, hawks, kites, falcons and wedge tailed eagles. Lots of different lizards and small (1m) to massive (2+m) goannas, I won't go there on snakes, lets just say we have far more Eastern Brown Snakes than the normal quota for several places..... I wish they'd get the big smarty cagey ones, but think they're too big. These were ongoing issues before I bought here, found out later, too late. It's 42°c here today and I'm carting water for geese, sheep (the last of them go into the freezer in a fortnight) and the last of the cattle. I'm moving in 2 mths , selling up and going to another property. Pre-requisite this time, away from heavy cropping heavy chemical using commercial grain farmers. That's why I'm inundated with the native animals and birds, because they treat this place as a refuge from all that. There's at least half a dozen different species of native bees and many different types of commercial honey bees. I saw 20+ kangaroos in the paddocks yesterday. Not a lot of water in the remaining dam left. I've got to go and cart some extra water now so the geese have got their ponds fresh and cool before it gets any hotter today. No, I don't have airconditioning, I have one small fan. My ute is not air-conditioned either, unless you count winding the windows down to get some hot breeze. Sorry about the rant, I didn't mean to write a book! Wishing you and D and the kids all the best, from down South, Sthn NSW.
Lol, I totally realised when I was editing what I said there, doh! We have discovered a bunch of nests/tunnels around the poultry pens! I haven't seen any homes in the garden space, but they are definitely eating the fruits! I think I'm going to work on an aviary mesh cloche design over winter.... then I can just throw insect net over that for the relevant crops as well!
I love your longer, chatty vlogs. When my children were small in the 80's, we just called it eating the freezer down. Usually I found that we ate really well, apart from fresh fruit. The fruit was only good to make iceblocks which the kids loved. The challenge was in restocking the freezer, quite expensive. Our garden is a bit sad too, the only thing that took off is the cuccumbers.
Aw, you’re not incompetent - far from it, I’m sure there are a great many people who would live to be half as practical as you are. Gardens are just hit-and-miss, it’s nature and you cannot dictate to it, it will do what it wants to do no matter what you put into it - the more so when you want to do it naturally, rather than using all that crap used by the big farming concerns to force it. Even they get bitten back eventually…just tell yourself that next year will be better cuz we all know you’ll keep on keeping on, that’s how you are, and it will pay off in the long run, you’ll see.
Yeah, and I suppose if they are using it as a learning curve for next time, which Jessica does to a degree, then that's fine too, but I don't understand the way some people do it.
Hi nyssa, I love your talking videos they’re very enjoyable.I think your a wonder all the things you do !how you find the time with your busy life I don’t know.I certainly couldn’t do it. Love Marilyn x🇬🇧
Happy new year!! Watching your videos make me happy if everything goes smoothly it wouldn't be real life....be good to yourself you are doing a great job. Stand back and look at all your secess. One more thing my garden was wonderful and I had tons of tomatoes . Next morning nothing but sticks ##$$#$# deer. I will try again next summer.
All vacuum cleaners suck. Sorry, just had to say it. My husband just bought a Bluetti, to use for his Bi Pap machine in the caravan, this will mean we won’t have to go into a caravan park for the power. With the wicking beds, I found in mine, that it took a while until the root system is developed enough to work. So I had to water for some time until it kicked in. Yes, I have had another dismal year in my garden, so many plants have died, and my veges didn’t succeed either. You are definitely not alone in the problems with your garden, so many in the same situation.
Hehe, when I was watching it back before uploading I realised that was bad phrasing! :D. I should have put a note in there... 'or doesn't....' I definitely had to learn to water from teh top for quite a while with some plants failing because of it, and it seems some plants are more likely to seek water than others too, lots of experimenting this year, but I still hoped for a little more success!
Totally agree that I do a pantry challenge every month too. I know you do the same. Taking the inventory is how I know what I have to shop for going forward. Also having an incredibly hard time getting back to schedule after the holiday. Feeling everything you say in this video personally and relate.
I always enjoy the cooking & grocery hauls. Would like to see how you do your art, it looks interesting. Have missed the daily vlogs. Hang in there mate.
Oh myyyyyyy goodness girl I left a comment before the end.. you are SOOOOOO incredibly HARD on yourself.... PLEASE remember your favorite saying PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION... and I hear you telling yourself to enjoy the small bits you are getting.. it's more than the last garden produced.... if there's any tasks you can delegate to the kids.. I know the kids have tasks they do to contribute as ALL family units should have in my opinion but maybe there's some small tasks that you could delegate so that you can have a bit more time to do the things you need to do.. or possibly attempting some kinda block scheduling time for yourself and the tasks per importance.. idk just trying to think of some sort of solution.. but as you mentioned working in an unorganized space takes its toll on you ..I believe you are on the right track though... in getting the desk area organized maybe the kitchen redo can take priority...
It hurts my heart when you are critical of yourself - we love you exactly how you are! We love to see your life just as it is! Showing us when things don’t go smoothly is why I love your content. I dont feel so alone in this mom/wife/cook/gardner/etc journey of life. It’s taken me years to figure out an arid garden and I still struggle and fail often. You are phenomenal at what you do. I often think “I don’t know how she does it all but she makes it look easy”! And I love how transparent you are about money, revenue and sponsors. TL;DR - dont ever stop being you, please. ❤
Your comment is spot on!
Well said 🙌🙌
Yep , What She Said ...spot on, Love any and all of your videos..share away...anything, nobody's life is perfect .ROMA QLD 4455 ♡
I absolutely agree with Hungry Hobbit.Love your videos keep being you.
I really enjoy your voice and your intelligence. It’s very refreshing to listen to someone actually talking about real stuff in a smart way. Thanks for all the hard work!
When I’m feeling depressed and overwhelmed , I make a hot drink and watch your videos, and I get a break from feeling bad. Instead I spend time really enjoying watching what you do. I think you help people a lot more than you realise ❤
Gosh I’m really mad at those rats , I wish there was a way you could out smart them , as far as the pantry challenge I think that’s why I really like to watch your grocery hauls , then you cooking I’ve learned quite a bit. Just remember you are our favorite to watch , no matter what comes, goes, grows or whatever . Just stay you 💕
Oh my goodness, Nyssa, you are such a GEM !💜💫 ,,, and you have no idea how very much we all enjoy you...simply being yourself. 😍 These catch-up videos are so great... sure! do a weekly catch-up... it's enormously interesting to us, making it seem that we are part of your extended community. Yes, some sort of a regular "time set aside to do your video work" will allow you more satisfaction in achieving the things you want... and just put out videos/posts that are more "raw" than your usual "wish to excel" ones. That will help you take the pressure off yourself... remember that raw is very relatable! 💜💙💚💫 You're still so hard on yourself, re the garden. This Summer has been absolutely savage!!! Your garden will only get better, now that you've put in so much to set it up, with minimal input. Once the watering systems are in place, the garden will be thriving. Bless you all. Be Happy! You are enough, exactly as you are. Enjoy being your self. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌼🌺🌟🐞🪲🐝💐🌟🌠
Oh my have i missed you
Squirrelling or not
Your smile always makes me smile
Keep them coming
Your friend in Canada
Your content is fine. Taking us on your journey with the garden gives us ideas as to what may or may not work in our own gardens so please continue with the garden updates. It is not a failure but a minor setback. The weather has been atrocious for all of us gardeners and the heat may be impacting the critters so they are looking for an easy meal. You have already problem solved some of the potential things that may have impacted the garden and that is just part of a learning curve. When the weather cools down the garden will probably pick up. Love seeing your artwork (I cannot draw at all so I appreciate all artwork). I am curious about how you homeschool your children as our state has strict guidelines. I am always fascinated how schooling is so different in other countries. Maybe a video about this? I enjoy all your videos Nissa.
I love you so much because you are REAL. You arent scripted or just showing the fluffy good times, you are real and true and wonderful.
Nyssa, you are perfect. Don't ever change or feel like you need to to please others. Your down to earth natural ways are the reason you are so relateable. I love your squirrels bc it is like watching me in a mirror bc i do it so bad as well. Cant wait for the next video.
I agree with your statement regarding shopping beforehand of the pantry challenge. I don’t shop extra. My main purpose is to be intentional and use what I have preserved from the garden. I love your videos and you have been a great influence. ❤
I totally agree with you on the buying a bunch of stuff to prepare for a pantry challenge. I have been surprised to see how many channels did this. I had a conversation with my husband about it. It’s not a challenge if you go spend 2 months worth of grocery budget to get thru a 2 month pantry challenge. Where is the sense in that? And my fear has always been that if I do a pantry challenge and wipe out my storage, I would over spend the month coming out of it to restock my shelves. Part of the reason I preserve food is for food security. I am good about rotating thru my stock to keep things from going bad. I am also fairly good at only buying things we use. I like to keep a certain amount of stuff on hand. That being said, I understand wanting to get thru the jars I have canned over the grow season in order to free up space for the next grow season and to be able to see what I may need to grow more or less of. But generally I think you can get an idea of that just by rotating thru what you preserve. But the concept of buying more to go thru a no buy challenge literally makes no sense and defeats the entire purpose of the challenge. Very few channels actually do the challenge the way Jessica does. She actually makes sense in what she does.
And I was wondering if you could possibly have one of the kids help you with your website? Like have one put up your recipes for you as a school project or for a small monthly allowance? I used to have my son help me with my business because he is so strong in math and I’m not. I’d give him a small allowance as payment. It was a win win bc I had the help I needed and he had some income to use for video games or outings with friends etc. just a thought.
I will always watch every one of your videos until the end. You are my favourite Aussie RUclipsr and I look forward to every video you release. It doesn’t matter what you do, sharing yourself and the content, it is inspiring and encouraging to others. There are so many people that appreciate your honesty and your squirreling and will continue to support you.
Love your rambling/squirreling so please continue. The Pantry Challenge was created by Three Rivers Homestead. The main thing about the pantry challenge is that each person participating creates their own rules. Some do shop before hand, some will continue to do some shopping during the month, and others, like me, will not do any shopping. The main purpose is not to save money but to rotate your stockpile and use up the things that are getting old or that you have a surplus of. Some people use up the stuff in a particular storage area, such as the freezer, because they have chickens or pigs that are going to need to be sent to "freezer camp". I agree that purchasing before hand defeats the purpose but everyone seems to agree that depleting your stock is not wise. Hope this clarifies it a bit but I do believe that you are doing a pantry challenge every month and I get inspiration from the meals that you create (though it does make me very hungry).
You’re so right when you say people shop before the pantry challenge and it defeats the purpose
Love your squirreling❤
Good to see you back! Talking head videos are fine with me😃My fingers are crossed for you that your autumn garden is more productive and gives you a boost in regards to gardening.
You are right, Nyssa! You are the only person on you tube that actually does a real pantry challenge all year round. I just don't get the madness of folk bulk buying to do a pantry challenge when they have no need for it. Just z big hype.x
You are not failing in the garden Nyssa. Every gardner has dissapoints with different crops. I've had tomatoes of different types do well while others didn't grow well when they are three meters apart. The learnings for me was the containers I used. The successful one was a mixed garden with beans, tomatoes and peppers. The other was a much smaller self watering container. This one had beans and snow peas included. They both have watering devices. I won't be using the smaller contai er again. Some years do always do well for certain crops. It takes years to build good soil. I find Mark from self succulent me, Charles Dowding as my goto channels to watch. Mark started from scratch using mostly raised beds. He has over 2 m viewers. You have determination to try different plants. You will get there. I have used mushroom compost in the past, however I mostly use the compressed peat blocks with compost. Your on the right track with the watering systems as regular watering is important. Believe it or not I have learnt quite a lot from your videos. Cheers
Love how it is real you show that living off grid is not all roses and that is what people need to see
Hi dear Nyssa! 💕
I have missed you sooo much! I come here several times each day, hoping to find you and an update on you, the family and your off-grid homestead! I know you are terrible busy with soooo much you do now - and all that you are planing to do - in this New Year! Just know we ALL miss you when we don't see your pretty smiling face, but we understand completely! Just makes for such a sweet visit, when our Dear Nyssa can come and share with us in a video! 😊
You certainly have a lot planned for this ensuing year of 2024; and we will certainly be supporting you in every way, indeed! Sooo exciting to hear you are getting a new vacuum cleaner! I am so happy for you and that great news! It will help out in so many wonderful ways for sure. I am happy for you!
We are having some freezing weather here in "sunny" California. I live in a large citrus-growing area, and have been hearing the wind-machines each night as their huge propellers whine like jet engines to move the cold cold air around the orange and lemon groves to keep the moisture from settling on the fruit/trees and freezing the fruit especially. I know our ranchers would indeed sympathize with you in gardening, as they too, worry sooo much over their ranches and the produce's state of well being. Sometimes it is the lack of water they so badly need, and sometimes the freezing cold nights of winter! Mother Nature is not always in sync with the needs of the crops and gardens, be it here on our side of the pond or there with you dear folks in Australia.
Keeping you and the family in thought, and carrying each of you in our prayers for a wonderful New Year in every way!
Love to you, Nyssa!
Carol in California ❤🙏
You make me laugh! I love your sense of humour and no bull approach.
Its like sitting down and catching up with an old friend watching your videos! So relatable and easy and real life.
Mid way through your video - handy to know how RUclips pay you - I won’t be skipping adds now for you and when I’m doing things around the house I’ll pop on one of your playlists to run. Happy new year!
You are amazing, don’t put yourself down. I’m a Mama and we have to believe we are amazing for everything we do for our kids and husbands. It can be so hard to find something for yourself. I struggle to find my own thing with everyone else’s needs. Love watching you.
Those little green creatures are too cute!! Yea I noticed how everyone was stocking up for the pantry! I was like that’s the purpose of the challenge. lol
Nyssa we all watch you because we like the squirrelling and if people don’t like it they can scroll on, but I do miss you when you when you haven’t put a video up it’s like I haven’t heard from my girlfriend lately ❤
100% add one of these videos weekly Nyssa, gonna be selfish, I'll enjoy it !
The only tomatoes I grew that done well were cherry tomatoes only had about 4 plants and 1 spearmint plant, everything else was utter rubbish. The weather was crap other extreme to yours, no sun and heaps of rain. Take the positive going forward, you have the beds setup and a lot of the irrigation, you'll get there. Laughed at how happy you were about the hoover, its the little things, remember you are looking to do all you do in some extreme heat, no easy feat. Will say what my mother in law used to say to me; "look after No 1 as, no one else will"
Don’t ever feel guilty about looking after yourself. ….. U NEED IT
It’s your life and you owe it to yourself to be HAPPY 😃
You are doing a great job, I enjoy all your videos. Keep up the great work, don’t get too disheartened. 💐
Hi Nyssa, Please keep on doing what you have been doing. You are down to earth and don't try to glamorize your videos. I think everyone is struggling with the weather this year and sad the rats have come back. I learn alot from your channel and look forward to every post. Keep your chin up.
You have inspired me in the kitchen and in being intentional with food. I have one teenager left at home, so it is only the three of us, and I've been at this homemaking thing a long time, but you have given me new ideas and inspirations. Just the other day my husband talked about buying a BBQ pizza oven thing. I said we don't need one, Nyssa in AUZ cooks/bakes 8 pizzas at a meal with a hooded BBQ, so if we want to BBQ pizza surely we can manage one or two... :) Thank you for all you do!!
Great video see you next time. We are all her for your rambling
Love, love, love everything about you and your videos! I talked to my sister today, and it had been a while since we had talked. It made me feel so good. And that's how you make me feel when I listen to your discussions, rambles, gems of knowledge and intelligence. We all have times when we struggle, wonder why something isn't working quite the way we want it to. We can't give up. The good outways the bad. Its good that you let out your feelings to us, sure makes me feel privileged, I know. I always look forward to your next video. Also, everything should stem from you wanting to make each video, not to be pressured. Janice from Arkansas USA
I Love your squirreling. Youre a real person with real struggles. And you also do way more than many people please give yourself grace. Youre allowed to have down time, to have timesbwhere you feel defeated or chaotic. Youre amazing in what you accomplish!!
you are an awesome woman and I enjoy your videos
Your laugh is so contagious, I find myself laughing along with you.
Love your down to earth attitude.Your so honest,and a pleasure to watch 😊
I love the talking head content, it’s actually my favourite ☺️
You look great in this video. Your green w the green in the background in the intro, looks wonderful on you 😊
Nyssa I love your rambling I keep your videos until I can make a cuppa and watch without being disturbed as I feel it’s like catching up with an old friend you always make me smile and you inspire me to cook more from scratch 😀
Nyssa you are too critical on yourself because your subscribers see a highly competent accomplished funny lady ❤ Your videos are delight full of dry humour and great cooking 👏👏 So girl be kind to yourself show yourself some love and kindness AND when you read your comments notice all the positive and great responses ❤❤As always a pleasure to watch Love from the UK x ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Please just stay the way you are. I really enjoy watching your videos. You are a real person and you don't try to make a big show of things. You do real life and I love learning from real life stuff. We just moved to a farm from town and so go to start from scratch and hope to do somethings you do with your garden beds. I live in Kansas and it is winter here and so I hope to do a bunch this upcoming summer. Thanks again for being yourself.
Love catching up with this video! I share your frustration with the garden this season too, mines abysmal 😅 We live and we learn 😊
I think you are wonderful. Your husband and children are very lucky to have you. Intelligent, calm, capable , very resourceful & humble - my fave type of woman. Keep being you. Love your number 1 kiwi 🥝 friend
I really enjoy your squirrelling and your voice is really soothing. You are also relatable, the struggle to get back on routine is real.
You aren't alone on your issues in the garden this year. I feel like so many people I speak to are struggling this year. A lot of days I go outside at the moment and it is gutting to see things I have put love into snipped off at the base by bugs, eaten by birds, bats, possums and then theres been the weather. Hoping the things remaining pick up and and I hope so for you too Nyssa ❤️🩹
My dear Nyssa, from one squirrel to another, I'm usually not aware of it when you do it. Everything you say makes sense! Don't be so hard on yourself. I couldn't do all that you do. Don't ever reinvent yourself. All that other stuff is a dime a dozen. I always look forward to your videos. Hugs from Iowa USA.
Hello from north central Ohio, USA. Agree with the oantry challenges, most are not a challenge, just big grocery halls before and after. Your videos are real life that most of us live. Keep posting who you are. Love and peace.
Love watching you as you.
And can I just say your artwork is just gorgeous.
Exactly... well said if you have a working pantry you are always doing a pantry challenge... the longer in between shops is the challenge.. maybe practice what you say progress over perfection.. you've made great progress... thank you for sharing!!!
I wouldn't worry about the naysayers, I am enjoying these videos. And I would imagine for you, it's a record of the garden of what worked and what didn't work.
I've been watching some of the other channels that are participating in the pantry challenge and you're right. Just about all of them have done a big shop before it starts. And it does defeat the purpose of the challenge.
I love those crates you have for the freezer. Much better than the choas Im running with! 😂
It's so fun to listen to you because you think the same way I do. I have a million things running around in my head at a time.
Your art is spectacular. ..
And I love your so called Ramblin, I feel like we are sitting over a beverage and just talking. Would be hard to do since I live in central Texas. I totally enjoy watching you. Keep being you.
I completely agree that you do a pantry challenge every shopping trip. And those folks who do big shops before a challenge, really don't count, I agree. After 6 weeks away, I came home and purchased 4 half gallons of half &half and a quart of whipping cream and then I began the pantry challenge. At 30 days in I bought 2 bins of spinach and 2 bags of baby carrots for fresh for our holiday meals. I intend to continue with the pantry challenge until April, minimum, longer if possible. But I am an over exuberant empty nester canner and preserver. So for us we need to reduce my over flowing pantry. All that being said, keep going. We struggled with our garden over the last 2-3 years, due to the changing climate. We started seeds, planted watered faithfully and got nearly no vegetables from them. 2-3 tomatoes per plant was very disappointing. Our summer smoke from Canadian fires really hurt our garden as well. As far as the jackery, show numerous times that you use it,in short clips, as well as a longer introductory video. Many people here in the states use them to supplement their utility costs, and they use them for the times when power is out. Keep doing videos, do some shorter one, and then do your chatting ones as well. Don't worry about the filming quality while money is tight, we are still coming to see you.😊
I watched your video to the end. I ageee with you about the food challenge. You process more meat, vegetables and fruit than any of these utubers. Plus you make cakes, desserts and bread products on a daily basis. This is your life and you do it to last six weeks.
They do it for a month for views and get subscribers.
I think you do it to survive.
Bad luck about your garden but the ongoing heat is a killer.
You sound more cheerful today than last time. Loved hearing about australian trials. Cheerio
I live just over thw ditch, in New Zealand!! I have to say, you are real and honest and that is every reason why i love watching your videos!! Please keep them coming 🙏 you are incredible
Won't lie. I had a good chuckle at the term "talking head video". My garden isn't vegetable but I have a few family members who work at a garden centre and they said even the really great gardeners from overseas are struggling with their gardens being a write off this year so you're not alone. The weather is definitely an issue. Try not to be so hard on yourself. Gardening is tough when things are optimal!
I can't even grow a tomato plant at the best of times, although for some stupid reason I try every...single...year 😫🙄😂
Your freezer organisation is awesome. I have a big freezer too, but finding what's in there is a nightmare! I understand what you're going through completely! You need to give yourself a break! Heat is such a drain on aspirations! I have backed off mass growing of fruit and vegetables until I can ensure that I can keep them alive. I'm just planting tougher plants that are easier to grow, eg silverbeet, rhubarb, spinach, potatoes, chives etc. Once our watering systems are set up, it will be easier to water and keep our plants alive. Also have you planted red and black currants? They are easy to grow and are delicious! Maybe you could get one of your kids to help with the computer work! I find kids are sometimes able to do so much more on the computer, and quicker than I ever could! Don't knock yourself, your lovely just the way you are! Your an inspiration because you are real!
I definitely want to try currants! it is on my list, I'd love some berry bushes, it would be awesome and I've heard they're pretty hardy!
I agree re planting simple for the moment, especially until we get that irrigation sorted, but I'm going to need to top up all the beds to try and counteract that mushroom compost I'd say. :S
I definitely want to get the kids in and helping, at the moment its not real feasible, mainly because I don't have processes down pat to show them, if that makes sense. But eventually it is definitely on the cards, especially if they decide they want to stick it out out here rather than moving away, they will need the internet and things like that to contribute and also buy anything that I deem unnecessary lol :D
Nyssa we love you. Gardens are fickle we can pour our hard sweat into them with little reward and it's also a learning curve yr to yr. I think your soil needs a test. See if it has all the right stuff. I'm happy to see any of your content. 😊
I love your videos, please don't change you are awesome as you are. ❤
Those dang rats!! We have huge pack rats where we live, two years ago, they came into my plastic green house and literally chewed of all of my veggies. So last summer, built an enclosed smaller greenhouse and sealed it up tight! Fingers crossed..hoping to get something to can next summer. Don't you change a thing..your squirrels make me smile!
Yay for squirreling and hand videos
Love that your an artist and a cook, I'm not off grid but have been doing darkage cooking for years, (open fire cooking) not wasting anything. But due to MS I can't do so much, working on my third cookbook very slowly, but mostly drawing. Watching your video's are getting me motivated again.❤🥘
Don't worry about the set backs, makes it all relatable, and we learn with you😊
Oh my, use your time how ever it blesses you. We will wait on your vlogs, they are nice to watch. There is just two of us and sometimes our clutter drives me bonkers. Give yourself downtime everyday, or you will get overwhelmed.
What do you mean look at me??? YOU are a beautiful woman ... a very smart savvy hardworking Mom and wife...with a lot of talents...and your videos showing your cooking,canning,preserving are my favorites...I love the grocery haul but hurt for you working so hard...but I love your life and where you live and the way you live...I have high hopes for your youtube channel to grow...I share you with all my friends and encourage them to join your channel..Happy New Year to you and your family...
It a pleasure to see your content.Happy New Year to your family.🎉🥳🫶🇨🇦
Oh sweet momma we are our hardest critics. You are doing great. There's always room for improvement, that's what keeps life interesting isn't it? I truly enjoy your content and hope you get back in your groove and feel good about all you have accomplished bc it is a major accomplishment. For garden do you have a service there that you can send soil/water tests to? It's to give you a profile of soil and what is needed nutrients wise
Love to hear from you!
Somewhere in the rapid movements in the garden I saw a few tomato plant with brown floppy growth tips, which, if it's not sun scald, could easily be blight - also reinforced by the number of brown leaves. General lack of vigour signifies weak plants to being with or problems with root development after planting in the beds. I would be pulling out sick plants to inspect roots - size, length, thickness, density, color, etc.
The yellow fringe on the pumpkin leaves is also similar symptom, environmental or nutrient shock (nitrogen usually). I think we've talked before but downscaling the garden could be the best possible solution in your context. Too much stuff happening around, focus shifts and energy flows elsewhere. The garden, I feel, is very much an extension of ourselves.
Thanks for the content I hope everyone will donate so your next month is a good one too fill your freezer sending ❤ from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
I love your squirrel videos. Don't be so hard on yourself. I had to pull my zucchini this week as they went off covered in mould, all male flowers, the odd female that just rotted once pollinated. I think I got 6 altogether out of 4 plants, and my pumkins never took off at all. But we do have yellow beans, lettuce, herbs, and strawberries with a few boysenberries, blueberries, and raspberries. The birds are beating me to the fruit even when netted. So, I feel your pain. Just keep going it can only get better. ❤
Love your videos. Don't stop. You are amazing. Never give up, your channel will grow more. I am very new to your channel and love it. From Monbulk Victoria ❤
just a suggestion...use your plastic bags on your paths to help keep the weeds down, make some u shaped wire pegs to hold it down.
I like your squirrelling. Your organization of the freezer looked great. Life of grid is not too predictable so you gotta do what you Gotta do, and it is what it is. I really enjoyed your video. It’s good to see you. You needed a break, glad you took it. I feel bad that your climate and, all the wildlife messed up your garden success.❤ p.s. I still have your Christmas card here. I procrastinate too. 😮
You are doing fantastic ! My tomato's are an epic fail 😮 I know my daughter in nz watches everything of yours and is learning so much ! from gardening to prepping food !
Was I the only one that laughed when you said you had a vacuum cleaner that "sucks" 😂 Great play on words there!
lol, I totally rolled my eyes at myself when listening back to edit!
Love the artwork! Ever think having the broken fridge fixed - would give you more cold storage and then you could 'kick the can' down the road on the trailer conversion for a while since that is so expensive
Failearnings! You learn from your fails. I'm the blackest of black thumbs so looking forward to seeing your next food garden attempt 👍
We are in north Brisbane and have had a horrible last 6 months of gardening. Rats ate all of our jalapenos I grew which i was so upset about so i feel you. Our tomatoes did exactly the same thing as yours did.
Thank you for sharing your life, you are amazing and inspire me as well.
Its so disheartening isn't it :S
Thankyou!
I luv watching u soooo much your smile is contagious .lol is there anything u cant do
I watch your videos to se real life. Keep sharing what you share, I'll b he to watch even the commercials. And just for the record, we had a bad gardening year last summer in the midwest US. Hopefully this year will be better.
So nice to see you xxx
love watching these chats , just relax me lol , i like all the upload the shop=cooking- garden bits and bobs the house fixing up , and looking forward to seeing that jockey to see what it can do , has thinking of getting one if good has bills on electric so expensive ,see how it powers up etc and what you can run on it , so what ever you post i be sitting watching lol .take care guys
Nyssa love your channel just the way it is x
These pantry challenges have flies on them! lol. I have seen that those taking past have done a big shop beforehsnd for 2 months. What is the point then. Don’t stress yourself on getting all done timely. Nice to be able to do so, but hard to maintain realistically. Glad the Jackery turned up. I agree with you re garden situation as same here. Weather I am sure is the issue. We had over 30 one day then the next with tropical rain all day. Yes, they said we are having a tropical event in Vic. Floods happening everywhere, though we are ok apart from water travelling through our garage and yes things got wet. So if we aren’t burning the veggies we are drowning them.
🤣😂🤣💥 "We have a vacuum cleaner, but it sucks"
Nyssa, you crack me up!
Hope you had a fabulous Christmas and New Year. Just post what you are comfortable doing, don't stress about it, if someone else gets their nickers in a knot, then they have their own deep seated issues within themselves. So long as you and Darryl and each of the kids are ok, THAT'S what's important. I enjoy your posts when they're out but I haven't been getting much in the last few months of notifications. I look out for them. I am on acreage and lost a lot since flooding pushed the big and little furry things to the old house and shedding. Take a breath with the garden. You will have to be careful that the ra#$ in the garden, underground nests and tunnels. I found I have had to take a break from my beloved gardens because of similar reasons. I have to completely cut off their food supply for a while so they will move away or the cats and dogs and natives get them. I cannot and will not bait due to all the other animals. Cats, work dogs, many native animals and birds - wrens, finches, robins, honey eaters, a big family of magpies, tawny frog mouths, several species of owls, hawks, kites, falcons and wedge tailed eagles. Lots of different lizards and small (1m) to massive (2+m) goannas, I won't go there on snakes, lets just say we have far more Eastern Brown Snakes than the normal quota for several places..... I wish they'd get the big smarty cagey ones, but think they're too big. These were ongoing issues before I bought here, found out later, too late.
It's 42°c here today and I'm carting water for geese, sheep (the last of them go into the freezer in a fortnight) and the last of the cattle. I'm moving in 2 mths , selling up and going to another property. Pre-requisite this time, away from heavy cropping heavy chemical using commercial grain farmers. That's why I'm inundated with the native animals and birds, because they treat this place as a refuge from all that. There's at least half a dozen different species of native bees and many different types of commercial honey bees. I saw 20+ kangaroos in the paddocks yesterday. Not a lot of water in the remaining dam left. I've got to go and cart some extra water now so the geese have got their ponds fresh and cool before it gets any hotter today. No, I don't have airconditioning, I have one small fan. My ute is not air-conditioned either, unless you count winding the windows down to get some hot breeze. Sorry about the rant, I didn't mean to write a book!
Wishing you and D and the kids all the best, from down South, Sthn NSW.
Lol, I totally realised when I was editing what I said there, doh!
We have discovered a bunch of nests/tunnels around the poultry pens! I haven't seen any homes in the garden space, but they are definitely eating the fruits! I think I'm going to work on an aviary mesh cloche design over winter.... then I can just throw insect net over that for the relevant crops as well!
this is life don't beat yourself up.Take a deep breath and start again.
You’re amazing, just do what you can. And squirrel all you want. I enjoy it all 😊
I love your longer, chatty vlogs. When my children were small in the 80's, we just called it eating the freezer down. Usually I found that we ate really well, apart from fresh fruit. The fruit was only good to make iceblocks which the kids loved. The challenge was in restocking the freezer, quite expensive. Our garden is a bit sad too, the only thing that took off is the cuccumbers.
Aw, you’re not incompetent - far from it, I’m sure there are a great many people who would live to be half as practical as you are. Gardens are just hit-and-miss, it’s nature and you cannot dictate to it, it will do what it wants to do no matter what you put into it - the more so when you want to do it naturally, rather than using all that crap used by the big farming concerns to force it. Even they get bitten back eventually…just tell yourself that next year will be better cuz we all know you’ll keep on keeping on, that’s how you are, and it will pay off in the long run, you’ll see.
I completely agree with you about the pantry challenges. To me it would be better to shop during that time and make note of what you ran out of.
Yeah, and I suppose if they are using it as a learning curve for next time, which Jessica does to a degree, then that's fine too, but I don't understand the way some people do it.
Hi nyssa, I love your talking videos they’re very enjoyable.I think your a wonder all the things you do !how you find the time with your busy life I don’t know.I certainly couldn’t do it. Love Marilyn x🇬🇧
You may not be perfect, but you are 100 % real which is way better. I'd so order one of those t-shirts with the saying"it is what it is", love it😊
Happy new year!! Watching your videos make me happy if everything goes smoothly it wouldn't be real life....be good to yourself you are doing a great job. Stand back and look at all your secess. One more thing my garden was wonderful and I had tons of tomatoes . Next morning nothing but sticks ##$$#$# deer. I will try again next summer.
All vacuum cleaners suck. Sorry, just had to say it.
My husband just bought a Bluetti, to use for his Bi Pap machine in the caravan, this will mean we won’t have to go into a caravan park for the power.
With the wicking beds, I found in mine, that it took a while until the root system is developed enough to work. So I had to water for some time until it kicked in. Yes, I have had another dismal year in my garden, so many plants have died, and my veges didn’t succeed either.
You are definitely not alone in the problems with your garden, so many in the same situation.
Hehe, when I was watching it back before uploading I realised that was bad phrasing! :D. I should have put a note in there... 'or doesn't....'
I definitely had to learn to water from teh top for quite a while with some plants failing because of it, and it seems some plants are more likely to seek water than others too, lots of experimenting this year, but I still hoped for a little more success!
Squirrel with clarity is going to be my New Year’s resolution!! 🤣 I love it x
Totally agree that I do a pantry challenge every month too. I know you do the same. Taking the inventory is how I know what I have to shop for going forward. Also having an incredibly hard time getting back to schedule after the holiday. Feeling everything you say in this video personally and relate.
I always enjoy the cooking & grocery hauls. Would like to see how you do your art, it looks interesting. Have missed the daily vlogs. Hang in there mate.
Oh myyyyyyy goodness girl I left a comment before the end.. you are SOOOOOO incredibly HARD on yourself.... PLEASE remember your favorite saying PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION... and I hear you telling yourself to enjoy the small bits you are getting.. it's more than the last garden produced....
if there's any tasks you can delegate to the kids.. I know the kids have tasks they do to contribute as ALL family units should have in my opinion but maybe there's some small tasks that you could delegate so that you can have a bit more time to do the things you need to do.. or possibly attempting some kinda block scheduling time for yourself and the tasks per importance.. idk just trying to think of some sort of solution.. but as you mentioned working in an unorganized space takes its toll on you ..I believe you are on the right track though... in getting the desk area organized maybe the kitchen redo can take priority...