Full Off Grid Vegetable Garden Tour in Zone 4
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2022
- An early September tour of my fruit and vegetable garden in a cold climate (growing Zone 4B) in its third year. In the spring of 2020, I cleared a quarter of an acre of mixed hardwood forest in central Ontario, Canada, to create a fruit, vegetable and herb garden to feed my family of four. This year, I grew a large variety of vegetables but focused primarily on highly nutritious and high calorie foods such as potatoes, corn, beans, squash, carrots, beets, rutabaga and more.
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I find it quite interesting that you have posted this on Labour Day. What an amazing example of what labour is all about. And not just any labour. This is a labour of love. The level of knowledge and experimentation needed to be this successful is incredible. You continue to blow our minds Shawn.
over the years many of these different things have been suggested ,,, and now he is in a place where he gets to test what he was told and adjust things for what he has what he wants and what he desires ..
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I have suggested many things over the years ... some he uses some he adapted and uses ... others he tried ... and they werent right for the location and so on .. and yes some he hasnt done (pole lathe) ... but he definitely has been keeping notes and now he has almost a full year of the first go finished and the various results are giving him plans and ideas for the next run .. you can literally hear his mind working as he talks about what he did and what worked well and what didnt and why he thinks it didnt ...
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to me this is what makes the channel awesome ... he is not against failing ... but he does consider everything he can before he tries something
@@kaboom-zf2bl he certainly isn't afraid to try something new that's for sure 😉
@@dsop66 as they say if you never try you will never accomplish anything
labor day what is has to o with anything. random date choosed by freemasos
I second that. Always amazed at what he does.
Shawn, Just a request. Could you map out your homestead with building locations. I have a hard time visualizing the setup even though you explained it well.
I love Cali casually sauntering through the backgrounds, aqdvertising the availability of her toy for throwing! I love her.
This comment is not in any way meant to criticize your gardening skills, which are amazing. Just want to suggest that weed and pest control is vital, as is regular watering. I know you already know that and that both you, your wife, and Emily have been distracted these past years while building your food sources by building sustainable off grid shelters and the other necessary infrastructure. I'm just hoping you and your family are not in any way beating yourselves up for the garden failures you've experienced and realize you are in a part of the world where gardening is very challenging, but that you are in fact making it work, each year/growing season making it work and learning how better to utilize the existing resources available to you. Watching your channel makes me wish I was younger and could tackle a similar project. At one time in my late teens/early twenties, what you are doing now was my dream, and in some ways still is...
Wow Shawn, you guys are going to be quite busy this fall, with all that harvesting and canning, the garden looks very productive. I can`t wait to see some of the processing and canning videos.
yeah I think the kitchen might need to be done before the winter starts so they can get everything saved LOL
For cauliflower: as soon as it starts to head up, gather the longest leaves together and tie them over the young cauliflower. Otherwise the sun will scald the young produce. Cabbage, brussel sprouts and cauliflower are heavy feeders, side dress twice during the growing season.
what is side dress?
My husband and I watch your channels, and I appreciate the way you describe your garden. 😃
I wish your wife would start a channel showing her part to support this way of life. I'd liked to see her make that celery seed. I've gotten my husband watching your channel we enjoy watching them together in the evening
Shawn you are a modern day Thomas Jefferson, experimenting and trying new things in you r garden :) I commend you on your building, gardening, foraging, hunting and countless other skills that you have!!!! I found your channel by mistake and I play your videos all day at my desk!! You inspire and encourage and I am awed by your tenacity!!! I also am a gardener, make my own soap, detergent, candles and bread to name a few and if i could go off grid as you and your beautiful family have done, i would do so.
Thank you so very much for helping me through my days and bless you!!!
Bintje was my Grandfather’s favorite potato to grow here in Sweden. It put a smile on my face when you mentioned it. Congratulations on an amazing garden. A inspiration, as always.
I had a big success with Bintjes in Ottawa, Ontario using Shawn’s straw method.
wow just read this and I'm going to try them
It’s a Dutch potato, Frisian actually, developed by KL de Vries in 1904. (Wikipedia)
My father went to great lengths to get these in Ontario from his Dutch farmer clients. It soaks up gravy like you wouldn’t believe.
@@graceveenema4762 Yup, grandpa was all about Swedish meatballs with Bintje, gravy and lingonberries =)
The amount of knowledge that’s stored in you brain is totally amazing, you gardening skills, log building, stick building is out of this world! Thanks for sharing all of it with us! Looking forward to your next video! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼
Hi Shawn, thanks for your amazing videos, as always! Here's a quick tip I recently got from my grandma regarding preparing potatoes for laying: She told me she always keeps the potaoes with green spots, and other small potatoes, for laying. In fact, she places those at the fresh air, not directly in sunlight, but in half-shade, such that they turn completely green. Then she stocks them for the next year for laying. The green stuff is solanine, which renders them inedible, but at the same time this makes them more robust against all sorts of rodents as well.
That's so interesting!
Impressive garden, just like the hand built log home. The time, energy and thought that goes into this is a dynamic combination of skills.
The Cali photo-bomb is still epic! Great looking garden, Shawn. Full of sure to be delicious veggies and fruits. 😀🤠👍👍 & 10⭐ rating.
New garden.
Maybe I've missed it but where is this garden ? It doesn't look like your frontier garden at the
I guess how is the new dome garden ? Are you going to get chickens to help with pests ? Anyway thanks for sharing . I look forward to your videos. I love the peace and tranquility . Good karma my friend. 🙂
@@rojacone Shawn relocated his home and garden
As always, I am just amazed at all the projects you've begun and completed and now are repping the harvest of your labors. Your daughter is really a chip-of-the- old-block. She has done so much and has become so capable at all you have taught her, and she seems so happy and willing to continue in this quest for self-reliance living.
Shawn, if you ever make a trip down to the Ottawa Valley, we would gladly give you a truck loaf of manure to help your garden.. it's completely organic and makes things grow like the dickens!!
Garden looks great, Shawn. I'm not sure why I thought this garden was on your old property. I'm really looking forward to the video where your family preserves everything. 👍🙂
Me too. Check out the latest video on the CZcams channel Fy Nyth which is a young lady doing canning and she is very thorough and good at explaining the process. She is on a homestead as well. Similar personality and deliver as Shawn ( which I love).
@@joyfox4871 Yes, I watch her channel, too. 😃
I did too, I thought it was the original area around the root cellar?
Must be a rewarding feeling to pop open the canned veggies and share them and laughter and a meal with your family at the table in your cabin on a cold winter night beside the warmth of a cozy fire.
Oh my that garden is beautiful!! Great fence!! Can't believe it's already been two years since you started over there!!
I have to say, Shawn, your "disaster" just might wind up being your crowning jewel when all is said and done. Given the natural limitations you've discussed with soil, sunlight etc I'm rather impressed with the growth and variety. No doubt, your nutrient reinforcement and patience has proven successful.
After your home and remaining outbuildings are completed the amount of time and energy you'll have for food production will be almost limitless. A bit envious that all of my food storage is in the form of 30yr buckets- perhaps in a few years as I seek retirement I too can begin gardening here in zone 6b by starting small and learning as I go.
I encourage you to begin gardening as soon as you can ! To begin building the experience, the learning that only comes by doing :). I super advise learning from Charles Dowding. He has a channel on CZcams and has written a couple books, I've read the one on no-dig gardening and it's super helpful, beyond even what's freely available in his vlogs ( I was able to find the book through my local library system, ordered in from a connected library) . Anyways, I have gardened a variety of ways and grew up on a dairy farm, and in my observation and experience, no-dig & no-till IS the way to go, even if it seems difficult at 1st to grow things like potatoes, it's worth it. Just get extra compost and mulch and make hills for root veg the 1st few years ( or grow in pots - they do pretty well in pots, just dry out fast ). Anyways, that's just my recommendation :) !
Très belle scruture.c'est nickel..j'adore...je mettrais des silhouettes en métal.. animaux, fleurs. Fruits, soleil..personnages..c'est mon côté un peu farfelu!!😁..vous avez des tuteurs en métal !!...un petit paradis pour un jardinier.. beaucoup de travail 💚🍀 vous êtes bien le seul homme, que je connaisse, qui parle autant de ses plantations, ses légumes, ses fruits..et plus..une véritable passion 😁
We live in northern Illinois, South of Chicago. We are experiencing much of what you are describing. Our broccoli was very delayed and never made normal large heads. We didn't use "organic" starter soil but also had very delayed tomatoes that made fruit a month late. This has even been the experience by all the gardeners I know in our area. Amazing with the large distance between us that our gardens are behaving so similar.
My broccoli was the same way here in Eastern Tennessee
Fertilize your soil , it'll be fine
Everything you do is such a testament to your work ethic and life choices for you and your family. Thank you for sharing.
Good morning, Shawn! Awesome garden! It's my birthday today! I love watching you work, and you're amazing! I follow you as well as Emily on her channel. I find it peaceful and so relaxing!
Happy birthday! May you have many more with good health and energy!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday!
Happy and blessed birthday 🎂 .
Absolutely astounding to get so much produce from a “rough” planted space. Seems far better than manicured gardens. 👍🏻
Your garden and knowledge is extremely impressive! I wish I had the space for a large garden. Burdock root is tasty fried with soya sauce, a bit of sugar and chili flakes. It's supposedly helpful if you have gout. Need to soak the julienned root in water, changing the water several times, though, before cooking. Some people grow it in barrels and break open the barrels when harvesting because the roots on a good plant tend to grow to around 3 feet. My neighbour has 4 pawpaw trees that are about 9 feet tall and he said he really likes them. I think the tree is native to Ontario. He said you need at least 1 male and 1 female tree to produce fruit. My main plants are the Carolina Reaper, tomatoes, and Japanese eggplant, which has a thinner skin. Reapers I freeze and dehydrate (I want to make a sauce one day) and the eggplant I cube, add salt to draw out water, and put it into a contraption from Japan to squeeze out the water. Then I add soya sauce, Japanese hot mustard, and a bit of sugar, then bottle it. It's good as a side dish. Tomatoes I eat fresh off the plant, although this year I plan on dehydrating a bunch then crushing it into a powder. I have not encountered a vegetable or fruit that I didn't like. I'd be in heaven eating the produce from your garden.
It would be fun to watch you and your wife putting up these vegetables and freezing them or canning. The wax for the cheese an interesting comment, have no idea what you are doing there! The end results would be interesting to see, for sure.
My Oh My...what a beautiful garden... plus the greenhouse....wow! and I know the work involved! When things get really bad, you and your family will be well taken care of. Good for you and all your efforts. Every year is a learning experience. You learn what works and what doesn't and make the adjustments for the next year. Good Job!
Thank you , Shawn .
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We like mashed potatoes made half and half with turnips and some roasted garlic. Far fewer carbs and taste is wonderful; nobody will touch rutabagas, however. Our favorite greens are mustard greens, hands down--even their perfume when cooking is Heavenly.
Shawn, Your garden looks amazing! The fresh produce it's providing is essential for winter consumption! As you finish up your homestead build, you will have more time to tend to your gardens! We are harvesting our gardens too! Yummy stuff! I have been frying zucchini with garlic and parmesan cheese.... delicious! Thank You for your garden tour! Until your next video ~~~Stay safe, healthy and happy! 🍓🍆🥔🥕🌽🌶🫑🥒🥬🧅
My favorite way to make zucchini is quarter it lengthwise and toss the 4 quarters in olive oil and some herbs of your choosing and throw them into the grill or campfire rack. Works well with asparagus too.
My goodness, your garden is Huuuggggeee and fantastic. It takes a family to take care of the garden. Really lots of labor and love. Kudos to all your family. Amazing.
What a full garden !!! A bit of everything. I'd be devo that you quit in the parsnips ... I so love them. Awfully expensive at my local shops so I treat myself once a year and make a roast dinner with a whole parsnip included LOL mother used to boil carrots and parsnips and then mash them together ..also most yummy. All in all between yourself, your wife, and Emily I'd say it's been a very busy and productive garden. THANKS for making the time to share in depth about all your gardening practices. Enjoy the water, Cali and your Company. From Australia peace out 🇦🇺🤗💞✝️🙏✌️👍🇨🇦
I love turnip in stew. Cant have without.
Looks great!! Can’t wait to have sizable land and have a large garden like that. Love your garden update videos! Thanks and God bless!
Holy 💩, 😱, had no idea your garden had expanded to that size. Amazed at the expanse it's grown to & how good it's doing in the forest. Great job on that. Have a great day 😊.
Thank you so much Sean for your channel it's so interesting just to see you in the outdoors I wish I was younger or I'd be doing more with gardening again but I did so much in my lifetime.
I love seeing Kelly also
I just LOVE seeing Cali and her tail (plume) in the background..... Photo bombing! Cali is a beautiful girl! 🐕
These are the best videos that you make when you walk the garden and telling us about your harvest of veggies and how things go.... love it . Thanks Shaun+ Cali. Super!
I’ve been using landscape fabric for close to 40 years. No disease or cancers in me. Landscape fabric sure as hell makes gardening so much easier.
The hugelkture pile was one of my favorite endeavours on this channel..
A cornucopia of food indeed
Congratulations, your garden looks simply wonderful. The changes you made and disassembled the Hugo beds, very significant.
Thank you so much Shawn. Unfortunately I don't have Instagram or Tik Tok. Only Facebook and CZcams. I just hope that your message in the comments is real and you really stand behind it. have a great day.
Beautfiful! You keep saying you dont have time but I think you are doing so much that is incredible. You work truly hard and you can only be admired. Off course your family as well 🙂. You are an inspiration for me for sure but I am sure for many of us following you.
Thanks! I love the garden updates.
Thanks for the tour. Very interesting. 👍
Thanks Shawn for the garden tour. All the best. Peace.
Always amazing videos!
Yummy tomato and chili 🌶️ cabbage 🥬🍅 beans 🤩 carrots
Nice update from the garden
Wow! You truly are the man! Awesome garden!
Amazing how far the garden has come!
Unbelievably but wonderful. Also extremely interesting. Keep at it. Blessings
Amazing… and what a nice visit!
Wow! Fantastic garden.
I love your garden, wonderful use of your land.
Beautiful garden, thanks for sharing your accomplishments with us
Awesome garden.
What a beautiful garden, Shawn !
That is a lot of food you have grown! Very impressive including your knowledge of home gardening!
Garden looks great! Rome wasn't built in a day! Keep up the good work. I love the garden videos.
Hey Shawn your garden is just amazing and there’s an abundance of some of everything that l can’t wait to see on upcoming videos. Thanks so much for sharing. Blessings! ✅✅✅👏👏👏👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯😎😎😎🙌🙌🙌
Awesome garden! Thanks for sharing this
What a great tour of your garden. Appreciate
You are an inspiration!
Love your CZcams channel love the cabin that you're building for your family love the gardening that you do love watching you cook you're amazing at what you do:-)
Absolutely awesome Shawn!
I don't know how you do it all, you are amazing and an inspiration.
Thanks for posting.
Excellent garden tour Shawn thanks 👍👍. Great job Emily.
Jaw dropping. What an amazing garden you've grown. Stunning.
Really enjoyed watching your journey over the years Shawn. Keep up the hard work. Appreciate the great content!
Welcome back to the garden thanks for showing it to us👍🐕WS NC
Gorgeous garden!
prolific garden!! CONGRATULATIONS~!
The gardening videos are my favorite!
Really looking forward to the canning and preserving videos! Terrific garden.
Garden looks great!
Really good to see some detail of how things are progressing. So glad everything is working out well, I had no doubts it would. :)
Your garden looks amazing! Your hard work is starting to pay off.
I enjoy watching your very healthy garden Shawn. You really have a green thumb. Have a wonderful and blessed day. Take care.
Keep up the good work!
🌻Amazing! So well done
I would love to see more of the harvesting in the garden.
Good to have a productive garden.
Salsify creamed is wonderful. Your show is so educational and I’ve learned so much. Thank you.
Impressive garden, Shawn. The fruits of your labor are showing.
Amazing vegetable garden James !!!
Wonderful garden!
Incredible harvest this year Shawn. Each year getting better with experimentation. Well done.💯❤️👍🏾😀🙋🏽♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
Find some plantain weeds, and chew them up, then rub that on where the nettles touched you, the plantain has an anti-itch in them, it works almost immediately after applied.
You are a smart Man without a doubt
Thanks for your sharing, trellising tomatoes on cattle panels are great!
That is quite a garden. I think the basics of your homestead is pretty well established. 👍
I’m so amazed how you are constantly building and working your land and you still have time to go in the water with Cali and help your daughter. There isn’t a lazy bone in your body. Beautiful and plentiful garden you have. Enjoyed the video.
Yes you continue to blow ouer minds ...
Thanks so mutch!
You might have had some failures but your garden looks fantastic. The variety of vegetables you grow is amazing and every year you learn more about how to get your plot/soil to produce for you.
Great job on the garden. You got an amazing jump on building nutrients and water retention this year. Only going to get better from here. Outstanding
Very much enjoyed this vid...thank-you kindly. Your honesty/humilty made the vid a rich watch. Health and God Bless!
Thanks so much! Slowly but surely I am getting my backyard full of vegetables and herbs! Having a hard time with my soil! But I will get there! Your videos and Roaming wild Rosie inspires me ! God bless you and your family! So grateful !🪴🪴🪴🪴
Thank you for the wonderful garden tour! Here in zone 9b…. It is a real challenge to have a summer vegetable garden. Our winters are the best growing season!
Shawn, thank you for the wealth of knowledge and experience in this video!