What a glorious harvest to make so many self sufficient meals! Having a lush extensive garden that truly feeds you and your family, is the worthiest of ambitions and occupations. I've been making prepared meals as a way of storing the garden abundance too. Lacking electricity, I use my pressure canner to preserve meals in one or two serve jars. Its brilliant to have a nutritious meal ready for me at any time, if I get home late, or in winter when I run out of daylight, and the prospect of cooking in the cold, dark and wet on my verandah means I give up and resort to cheese and crackers. I agree, that intruder in the spring onion patch was a leek, as you can tell by the flat leaves. Onions of all types have tubular leaves. But I do have some patches of spring onions just as big as leeks! Only one is needed for a big batch of any recipe that includes onions. And my goats fight over the discarded leaves! Plus, if I cut them - or leeks - off, just above the ground instead of pulling them out by the roots, they grow into another big plant in no time! Quite a few veggies can be perennialised this way. Your beans are beautiful. It's great to be able to grow such a bulk of a crop that supplies much of your protein and calorie requirements through the year, especially for vegetarians. I started mine a bit late due to cold weather, and now I'm already having some frosts, but I will get a small harvest of borlottis and the beautful burgundy and white Kilham Goose beans. Black beans and red kidney beans are too far behind to produce anything but goat snacks.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

Haha - yes when I was slicing it up I definitely thought a leek had found its way into my onion patch - perfect for the bean dish as it turns out!! The challenges of the weather - you never know what you’ll end up with - but there’s usually plenty of something!!

@rubygray7749

3 ай бұрын

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture I'm growing tomatillos for the first time, and I'm thrilled with how hardy and early and prolific they are compared to tomatoes!

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

@rubygray7749 do you enjoy eating them and preserved products?

I love that the chilli bean meal retained some of the beautiful rainbow of colours . I'm growing some beans this year for drying, tiger eye and red speckled cranberry. I can't wait to use them this winter. I'm going to pick a meals worth demi set too , I want to see if we like the texture. What a gorgeous basket of tomatoes. Thank you for sharing lovely ❤❤

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I was hoping that it would. No point putting in different beans if they all look the same in the end. Thanks for watching 😊

Thank you for the recipes. They look delicious!

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

They are very good!! Thanks for watching Vicki!!

I grow Scarlet Runner beans for the pollinators and just because the flowers are so striking. Duh--never thought of harvesting the beans for food. Will be planting them here in the Northern Hemisphere within the next 2 weeks.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

Must be exciting for you with the growing season just starting - I hope it’s a successful season for you 😄

@deborahlee8135

3 ай бұрын

Such gorgeous beans, Linda. Do you save seed and do they flower at different times, or do you find they cross etc? I have snake, fava and borlotti's just starting now. Love that you are developing your own HVP tomatoes. This is what it's all about for me (as well as land/soil stewardship 🥰), eating from the garden ❤ yum. The chosing, growing, harvesting, preparing, its all nourishment for body and soul.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

@deborahlee8135 you’re a little ahead of the video program- next weeks video - seed saving haha! Yes hopefully a HVP variety tomato will be available soon 😆

@deborahlee8135

3 ай бұрын

@@huttonsvalleypermaculture 😂😂😂

🤤🤤🤤the dishes came out sooo delicious 😋.. love watching your videos 😁😊

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

Yes nice to have them tucked away in the freezer for future deliciousness 😊

Looks delicious Linda🙌🏼 I’ll have to try these, love all the freshness. Thanks for sharing your recipes. How good do your beans look? xx Cathi xx 😘

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Cathi!! xx

Thank you for the recipe. I made it for dinner tonight. We are not chili people so only put in a tiny amount and we also don't eat dried beans so put in fresh green beans and courgette 😊

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

Great substitutes! Did you enjoy it??

wow,how lovely those tomatoes are 😍🍅😘🫶🫶🫶❤️❤️❤️

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

😊🍅

Yummo!

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

😋

Perfect reminder for me to pick my dried beans. Yum love chilli con carne. I make it the day before I want it so the flavour matures. =-) Thanks for helping me to use dried beans in cooking. - How long do you soak the beans for? =-)

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

I soak them overnight and give them a longish cook - varies for each bean really - so test as the times goes by!

@rubygray7749

3 ай бұрын

I find that putting the dried beans to soak in a covered container with a large volume of boiling water, drastically reduces the time it takes them to cook the next day. From well over an hour, to about 20 minutes!

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

@rubygray7749 thanks for the tip Ruby 👍👍

I will have the last one with some dumplings please😁

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

Haha - that would be a perfect combo 😋

I think that there may be time when You Tube creators may question whether their channels are worth all the work that goes into producing content. This is my personal story of how your lovely posts have restored my spirit. Last fall my husband was given a devastating diagnosis. I spent several weeks taking him to daily radiation treatments and dealing with the side effects. (The lesions were discovered early and we have reason to believe he is on his way to full recovery). So what does this have to do with your gardening channel? Though I am an avid gardener, in the aftermath of his treatment regimen I experienced depression and lethargy. My garden needed prep for the upcoming season but I could not motivate myself to do anything other than sit on the couch and stare into space. Here is where you come in: I would watch one of your videos and could feel a spark of garden interest reigniting in my spirit. I would go outside and do just one thing. I’d watch another of your videos (enjoying your lovely, and to me-exotic, Aussie accent), then I’d go to my light rack and start a few seeds. The motivation has continued and I find that my depression and lethargy have mostly lifted and my garden and seed starts are ready for spring. And I thank you.

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Sue! And thanks for sharing your story. We are often faced with challenging times and finding the strength to get through can be difficult. I'm so pleased that my efforts here have helped get you going again even though you are on the opposite side of the world. Yes it does take time and effort to get these videos made and published but the rewards for doing so are immense. I also gather strength from the small community of lovely people like yourself that share their stories. We need to band together so we can benefit from the support that we can all provide each other. If my little channel can be the conduit for these connections then I am happy and more motivated to keep going while I can! I hope your husband continues to mend and achieves full recovery so he can be out there to enjoy the amazing garden that you will have grown for you both to enjoy. And I thank you xx

I just saw that Cyclone Megan is headed for your coast. Will this impact you?

@huttonsvalleypermaculture

3 ай бұрын

No that’s up in the northern area of Australia- I’m way down in the south - no cyclones in this neck of the woods!! Thanks Sue 😊👍