Digging Up Our Alaskan Grown Potatoes | 2021 Fall Harvest
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- A little snow and frost doesn't stop us from digging up our annual potato crop. This year we had a large colorful harvest, including one 2 pound spud. Before curing our potatoes and preparing them for long term storage we light up the outdoor stove to taste test some of the new varieties we grew this season.
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Harvesting potatoes bring back memories of my childhood. I am 68 now....when I was in the 7th grade we lived in Maine. For 2 weeks a year school closed for potato picking season. I worked in the field and made 25 cents a barrel. That's how I bought my school clothes...what a memory!!! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful adventures. 😊❤❤
When i was 16 in 1961 my parents moved back to Arkansas,im originally from, from texas so my uncle bought & sold produce. So i went out to strawberry & greenbean fields to pick & make money! Don't remember what price per lb was but i didn't make very much money,& had very bad sunburn & broken back ! When i got home had gotten job at drivein movie so had to go to work at 6pm that eve,& my starched dress rubbed my sunburned skin til it was raw that night!!
Hi fellow Mainer! My mom and nana both grew up taking part in the potato harvest! Nothing like a fresh Maine potato!
How sweet! I loved helping harvest and processing food as a kid. Now I live in the suburbs and harvesting is driving to the Farmers' Market. :D
i live in new brunswick, the province above maine and we had potato break untill 2015 here! they still encourage kids to work the harvest and offer a catch up plan now instead of giving everyone the time off
My step-grandma grew up in Maine on a potato farm with like 10 siblings! She's 97 and one of the most active people I know-still drives, rakes her own leaves, and shovels her own snow..the best potatoes I ever had came from her family's farm. I think there's something in the Maine potatoes 🥔 🤔
Eric: “look at this one hun”
Ariel: “that’s a rock hun”
🤣😂😅
Oy vey. Our Ladies always there for a reality check. 🤣
I thought I had missed that as I had to go open the door but I just saw it 🤣🤣🤣.
I never - EVER - thought I would watch a 30 minute clip about potatoes. Boy was I wrong! It is you two lovely people that can make anything entertaining to watch. As always, thanks for sharing with all of us.
I have to agree, I too never thought I would be intrigued by a 30 min potato video, but this was excellent. Now I have to go and fry a pan full of potato's and eat them
I am so happy that the internet has delivered extremely high quality (actual) reality tv for all sorts of different people's realities to all of us.
29:23 🤣 Eric just had a profound thought, and then it was over...
Am I the only one that would love to see a tour of everything...the cellar, the cabin, everything. That would be lovely
I know you two are working so hard … but I have a confession to make … I love to watch you coming up to my bedtime … your vlogs relax me so much … they are a joy to watch … your lifestyle and life choices make me feel the world isn’t so bad after all … so when this vlog ends be sure I’m ready to go to sleep tight 😴
Being Irish and we are great lovers of our spuds … what a pleasing haul you got there !
🙏☘️😘
I must admit, I look forward to your potato harvest every year. That 1st year was so exciting, the size, the colors & the sheer amount was great. I kept checking, wondering why you hadn’t filmed the harvest this year. Thought maybe you thought we wouldn’t be interested. So glad you shared it with us. 🥔🍟
The two of you are so amazing. The life you have has only succeeded because of hard worh and much love for one another. I have so much respect for your family.
They are so lucky! Isn't is an amazing coincidence that it seems the luckiest people are the ones who have a plan and work hard, without giving up, to achieve their success.
I've been freezing my mash and it's good. If you have to cook up a bunch of potatoes that have lost their skins, it works well. I pop it in the fridge to set, cut it up into chunks, then put the chunks on a plastic cutting board in my freezer. Pop them in a freezer bag after that.
What a great idea! How do you reheat them after they've been frozen like that without them drying out?
@@charityzimmerman4529 Straight into a pot with a little bit of water on low. Convenient and delish.
Great haul guys! BTW the Army called and said they want their 2 lbs. Artillery Spud back 🤣
Growing up with 6 siblings, we planted a 1 acre garden with lots of potatoes. We used a potato fork which made harvesting them a lot easier. Congrats on the bountiful harvest.
Love Bo and Bandit!!! Bo is happy anywhere where you 2 are. Bandit.... He is a favorite child of mine. Him soaking up the sun and running around like a crazy man!!! And of course Pepper the behind the scenes star!
Yeah I totally agree! watching Bo and Bandit react made me smile it gives me tranquility
My favorite parts are bandit digging out his own pond in the bog. It's hysterical. I'd definitely buy a BANDIT FOREVER T-shirt lmao.
The dogs are cuties, but Pepper is a cat with no fear. Pepper sitting in the snow, Pepper ignoring her pesky dog brothers, Pepper the ladder climber. Yep, I’d make Pepper the general of the Pet Brigade! ♥ Oh, I always forget, hi to Arielle and Eric, too. 👩❤👨
Ooh a good idea, you should do vote for t-shirts. One for Bo, one for bandit and one for pepper...
do each of u have hobbies that u do during the long winter seasons?? reading, crochetting. knitting, tieing fishing flies etc.planning for next year's garden?
I would love to know this too :)
CZcams needs more wholesome potato farming videos like this.
What a beginning, the rooster, Pepper in the snow and hot coffee!
..everything is bigger in Texas and Alaska, even potatoes..lol..good one, keep safe and have a great weekend...
Violins like potatoes, also need some humidity. When I moved to Colorado, which is very dry, my violin cracked! Luckily, it was fixable. THEN I found out there are plastic tubes, with holes in the sides, filled with sponge, that you get wet;. you put it inside the string instrument or in the case and the sponge gradually dries putting humidity around your violin. This might work for your potatoes. Or maybe even a glass jar with sponge inside set amongst the potatoes. Perhaps a mason jar with holes poked in the lid would work. You want the humidity to come out gradually. You would have to keep an eye on it and replenish the water now and then but it might work! Good luck1 Dhyan in Boulder, l
I like how your dogs supervise your potato harvest ! 🐶🐶
Dogs are the best :) we have 12 in utopia ha ha
You guys really SAVOR the excitement of digging up your potatoes. It is CLEARY a labor of love. I savor "The Potato Episode" every year right along with you!!
I miss gardening the way you are. I’m living vicariously through you both! ❤️🙏🏼🇺🇸
Bo and Bandit are truly living the dream. Perfect Dog Life
Dad was a prolific gardener. He had a dry sense of humor. One year he tried potatoes and at harvest my grandpa asked him how his potatoes did. Daddy answered, "well, we got a lot about the size of marbles...then we got some small ones." Glad your harvest was more successful.
Build a cold room on your carport that you just built or off your house . You can insulate it and vent it so it will stay cool and find a way to control the humidity in part of the cold (storage room) that way you can keep your canned food and your supplies so your have room in your regular home.
Great potato selection and the sizes are great considering your growing season. You may need a potato fork or a broad fork. And maybe a second high tunnel with roll up sides? Or row covers to prevent frost? I just hate to see all your hard work damaged by early frost and freezing temps.
Hi, I agree. I would be interested in how much extra time the row covers would add to their growing season. A week or two at each end old probably make a significant difference to the potato crop. Still impressive crop for such a short season.
Great episode again 👏, off topic...., but my buddy operates the trains for the Alaskan railroad. "Engineer", he is tall guy, don't want to name him here. I highly recommend ya'll to take a trip on one of the train routes. And....it would be an interesting episode also. Just an idea. Keep up the great content guys.😉👍👍
Firstly I love harvesting root crops, and secondly Ive looked forward to your all’s potato harvest for the last 3 years. The reactions are hilarious and Ariel gets so happy. Alaska sure does grow massive spuds 🤣
It's too bad your growing season is too short for sweet potatoes. I wonder how they'd do in your high tunnel? Maybe do an experiment with a container for some in there? Love watching your gardening videos. Always so fun. I'm with you, Arielle, I love colorful veggies!
15:50 No matter the season Bandit is making you guys a pond haha. One of these days you might have to rent a backhoe and give him a hand. Awesome video!
The joy I feel when I see a notification of your videos is so crazy.
What a variety of colors! Dogs enjoyed laying in the sun. Kitty has a great fur coat already.
We have 12 dogs ha ha
Eric : "look at that one "
Arial : That's a rock 😂😂😂
I didn’t plant potatoes last year and now I regret it. Each potato that you picked looked like a diamond to me! Great job! 🥔 = 💎
I love looking at Alaska through your lens
I feel like opening a beer and watch this traditional annual video. And the Big Potato Harvest Party can start.
With all those colors, you could really have a beautiful potato salad. Potato candy with peanut butter is delicious too. Great harvest. 🍠🍠🍊🍁
Potato candy! Never heard of it before, will definitely be looking for a recipe. Thanks!
@@cookiesmom2079 Yes, it's great. Lots of videos on here for it, also called potato fudge. We make it in pinwheels with peanut butter filling.
I LIVE FOR THIS VIDEO EVERY YEAR 🤣🥰💕🥔 “Digging in” now!
Like that y'all share the results of your choices...I canceled a couple of channels that became "infomercials"...Having lived in Alaska I appreciate what y'all have accomplished and enjoy, vicariously, your adventures...keep on keepin' on...
There’s nothing finer than harvesting fresh potatoes - bubbling out of the ground and being so dang delightful! Then there’s the eating. ❤️❤️
Does anyone else think it's like watching kid's on Christmas morning ❤❤
If you run out of Autumn before harvest, like we do, a thick layer of leaves and/or straw really helps. I usually lay down cardboard first and then several feet of leaves. We can harvest right through January in Wisconsin weather that can drop to -20 to -30 F. 😊
I’m living a dream thru you two. I’ve always dreamed of living in Alaska
Hello Charles!What is keeping you to make your dream reality?!
@@sergeydegtyaryov4348 age
Fried potatoes, baked potato, steamed, potato cakes, au gratin, potato salad, mashed potatoes, potato soup, potato casserole, French fries, tater tots, potato gnocchi, hash browns…..🙂
That bowl of potatoes needed a big chunk of butter with some salt and pepper!! Yum
7:05 am Saturday morning here on Jomtien beach Thailand and I have found a 30 minute video from you to watch while I drink my coffee and look at the ocean. What the great start to my day. Thank you.
We used to grow potatoes when I was a kid. Dad would make the trench and we kids would plant the seed potatoes and Mom followed filling in. How fun to try so many varieties! What a beautiful crop! I really enjoy watching your vlog. Thanks for the memory!
Maybe next year you could put tall stakes in the row bed and write the varieties on them so you know what variety is in each section.
Have you thought of an above ground root cellar? Build a shack then cover it with soil. Wrap the shack to water proof it then heap lots of soil around and on top of it. Finally plant a cover crop on the mound to mitigate any erosion.
What a harvest, and with such a short growing season. Using that raised mound really makes a difference and you've got the soil composition just right 👍
I think the long days are a factor. The Mat-Su valley is known for its jumbo sized produce.
First I've ordered four bags of coffee beans from Caine's good coffee,. Second my first job at age 9 was picking potatoes for a $1.00 a bushel, never again went to babysitting made more money 😀. Third we buy #50 bag of potatoes ( cost is $15.00) from our local potato grower they are the restaurant size ( about 2 lb. each.). As always interesting video on the different varieties of potatoes and the tasting of each one. Blessings to you both. 😊🇱🇷
Where did you buy your Caine's coffee?
I live in St.Louis Mo. I"m 71 and retired, thought I would move too the country and live to fish and hunt.But I am basically not mobile .Maybe that"s why I enjoy your show so much. You are doing what I wanted but can"t.
Years ago my English husband taught me to take the little potatoes, but bite-size ones, add a good size sprig of mint and boil them for dinner taking the potato out of water and serving it plain then you add just a tad the butter in the dish to dip your potato and eat it that way. A potato per bite is delicious and the hint of mint just Saturday!!!
As hard as it is to plant, care for and harvest a garden it is still really fun. Makes me remember those days. We Planted 1000 potato hills one year and I am sure glad they didn't produce as heavily as yours are. My husband was a celiac...gluten intolerant and he ate potatoes 2 to 3 times a day. I am wondering if you have a potato fork. You will stab a potato frequently and have to eat it real soon, but the fork will help you break up that hard soil much faster. Thanks again for your great educational and overall interesting videos. Joan
I live for your annual potato pull. 3 years and counting!!!
Bo is very determined to sit by you, lol a very loving and faithful dog 🥰
Wow wow 😂. Ever time they dug a potato up. Lol. It’s like when you were a kit and you use to help your papa dig the potatoes up from his allotment. A love it folks. It’s like being back great memories for me.
Our food supply getting pretty scary and I am really happy to know you will be well stocked this year and hopefully up to or past spring ... It's almost like Christmas 👍👀 .. Congratulations
I find your testing of varieties of great interest, since I really don’t deviate from what we’ve used for decades…..Red Pontiac for mashed and stews, and Russet for baking or frying. I’m not sure my family would go for blue or purple ones, since the color is “different”. I did try Yukon Gold once, but the yield was considerably less than my main potatoes. Again, very interesting for those of us that really haven’t tried the huge number of varieties out there.
The purple varieties are amazing! They taste great, the color is beautiful and they make fabulous mashed potatoes...especially Purple Majestic. They're a bit more starchy like a russet-yukon gold cross...makes pretty lavender mashed potatoes and great for potato salad.
Ohhhhh, Praise Be!!! I thought I had missed the annual potato harvest!!!!
It looks like so much fun
to harvest your own potatoes.
I've been looking forward to the potato harvest. That's how I originally found your channel, looking up Ruth Stout's method of growing them and found your video from last year. I've been watching your channel a lot while I've been sick this month and really am enjoying it. You two make a great couple, which makes it even better to watch what you are doing. You have so much respect for each other. It's great to see.
I grew potatoes in a large Tupperware tub this year and although the harvest wasn’t as big as I’d hoped, it was so much fun to watch them grow. The plant was happy enough to flower which was amazing! Love all the long videos lately and comparing how different your climate is than mine in Seattle
Growing in containers is awesome in small spaces! I appreciated it so much when I didn't have a garden. A good tip is making sure it gets enough fertilizer (organic or not whatever you prefer) containers seem to do way better that way. Especially if you start with just plain soil or potting soil.
I' m from Poland but I love Alaska. Beautiful place on earth.
Can smell the smell of the earth being turned and SPUDS Man do you have a MASSES OF SPUDS!!! I like the purple & red fingerling to make potatoes salad in the summer and wintertime it is so so COLORFUL to see and to eat for a meal !!!
Hello from Oregon! Your channel is my favorite one to watch and I wish I had the oomph to live in Alaska as you two do! Keep it up and keep sharing videos!😀
Those potatoes are beautiful
You guys would be so perfect at a wine tasting table 😍Love all you do 👍
we actually are not watching two people harvesting potato; watching a lifestyle and learning so much. thanks.
Beau doesn’t look too impressed with you potato’s but I am. Nice hall!
Yay! The traditional annual potato haul and weigh in. Love it every year guys! Thanks for the evaluations! We appreciate it! Craving for potatoes now.
Harvesting potatoes is the pimple popping of the garden world
I love that you grow many varieties! And tell the difference. Most people think there are a handful and that they are alike. Potatoes are so different and serve different purposes.
Potato looks phallic..."That has a very unique shape." HAHAHA
I bet thy are good
I thought the same thing 😂 😇
When you picked up that huge potato I had to laugh out loud because we have a saying in Germany that goes "die dümmsten Bauern haben die größten Kartoffeln" ( 'the stupidest farmers have the biggest potatoes ') . I really don't know why people say that and I'm very sure that doesn't relate to you. I'm looking forward to all the good dishes you're going to make with those colourful potatoes. I do love your videos !
I thought of that saying, too. 😆🥔🥰
Der Spruch ist echt witzig, bei uns in Oberbayern hört man den oft😄 aus welcher Ecke Deutschlands kommen Sie denn?
It's a phraseology based on the worldly wisdom/experience/observation that some people always seem to be on the sunny side of life despite not making any efforts. The saying came to my mind right away, too, even though we all know all too well that Ariel and Eric are working hard and are more than deserving of their success.
Also wenn meine Kartoffelernte dieses Jahr gut ausfallen sollte, waere der Spruch bei mir ein Volltreffer 🥔🥔😉🤣
@@zaneleibowitz5814 Das wollte ich auch gerade fragen.
@@zaneleibowitz5814 I'm from northern Germany near the Baltic Sea.
I really like how you are not afraid to show affection on camera. I love watching you guys. Do you see you staying in Alaska. Somers in Alaska looks like they threw in the towel. God Bless and keep recording.
I can imagine how big that potato would be if you didn't have frost forcing and earlier than normal harvest. Soooooo many awesome potatoes! Loved it!!
I can only imagine the joy you both feel when you get to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Didn't finish watching it but I had to comment before I get distracted. I just wanted to say I really enjoy your potato harvests each year. Your potatoes look like juicy crunchy potato mutants and I truly love it 👏💪
The loving hug was great to see! I think when two people are together they should act like it. High fives are for friends and team sports. Just my two cents. You two are an inspiration! Best potato crop set up I've ever seen! Be well this winter
The beautiful gold eyed inspector is inspecting---- all things!!!!💞💞💞💞🐈🐈🐈🐈
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Yayyy!!! My favorite video of the year! That's how i discovered this channel :)
I’ve been looking forward to this video for the past year :)
The compounds that make up the purple coloring of the flesh are super good for you. Same with the red! You're tasting substance!
@ 4:50 I can feel a "Harry;... Larry:... Bob..." popping up somewhere...
Your excitement as you are digging those potatoes up is so contagious. Couldn’t stop smiling. And thank you for sharing the bonus taste test. The texture and test differences are always so interesting.
Extremely satisfying to watch...great harvest!
I love the purple magic Molly’s for mashed potatoes!
"That potato is the size of your head" LOL !!!!! Totally awesome! I love all the different varieties, you two did super good!
Arielle "That's Huckleberry!". Eric: "I'm your Huckleberry". :-)
I’ve been waiting for this video! Congrats! What a great haul!
Holy spuderooskies! Haha love how when you dig for them they just keep coming & coming! Great tips for storage. Love hearing that they last all the way til next season. Hopefully you will have enough to replant your own! Keep rocking it cuties! Love ya’s E+B
When I'm talking to someone about gardening you often come up as I'd love to have your skill and knowhow and good channel for people to learn from. You and Shawn James know your stuff and amazing the first year gardens you had from nothing.
Love your potato harvests! Amazing results for such a short growing season. Really enjoy your honest flavor reviews!
I streamed this on my TV and it just felt right. My thoughts - uhmm you guys need a TV show. Love to watch winter come in while you work, good luck with the winter prep.
No TV show. They will loose their independence if they do.
@@myrzamarilyslassus956 Justin Rhodes just started an awesome homesteading channel, Abundance Plus, he is in charge of keeping it authentic. Just a thought, Ariel and Eric have alot to offer and share. Plus if you don't know who Justin is check him out!
Our garden didn't do well with potatoes, so we always went to the farm when I was a kid, and fill the back of the car right up! Then put them in the fruit cellar. They did last all winter. I love how you evaluate the potato. You are so lucky that you can plant all the variety that you do. I always look forward to your harvest, and digging them up to see all that you got! I watch how other CZcamsrs grow them, and they don't get very many. They need to watch how you do yours! Will be interesting to se just how long they last this year with all the new kinds you grew. I have watched this one 3 times now, as it's my favorite planting of yours! Stay safe and healthy.
Thank you so much for your videos, they bring back so many memory’s, I moved to Alaska in 1955 before it was a state, but retired to Arizona for health reason and watching you kids has shown me what a great life it is to live in such a beautiful place, and to experience so much in life…..Keep up the good work ,,, your doing a great job…..And thanks again..
Just one more favorite part of what you share! This harvest and taste review was really helpful! I really like when you do videos like these!!! Thanks guys! ❤️ y’all, Kristy in Missouri zone 6b 😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Love the channel and the garden episodes are just great to see how the produce turns out..
Ya it’s an amazing Chanel I agree :)
When it's a frost put some kind of covering on your potatoes it will protect them from the frost
I like your videos. I like how you two work together. My wife and I have been married 47 years and we do the same working together , but she is always right. Haha