I'm so thankful to KZread for recommending your channel.Your garden is so Beautiful keep up the good work.l love to see people being self sufficient not defending on government ❤. Here is my subscription to you❤❤❤🎉

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Hi, so glad you found us and are enjoying our vids 🙏 we LOVE the independence of self sufficiency -hugely empowering and rewarding 💚💚💚 thanks for your lovely comments and for subscribing ✌️

I give alot of produce to a small farm shop things like broad beans sell really well as you dont see them in the shops so much also fruit like gooseberries dont take long to sell because of the same reason they only have a small stand at the gate but do well

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Thats really lovely - It would be great if I could find somewhere local to take a our surplus - I must find time to get something like this sorted - Thank you for sharing what you do and thank you for watching 🙏✌️🌿

Formidable vidéo bravo A bientôt 😊

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it 💚✌️🌿

@potagermalo

4 күн бұрын

@@freedomforestlife de rien c'est avec plaisir

Just harvesting garlic this week …….. this yer we are about 3 weeks later than usual😊

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Hope you get a great harvest 💚 where abouts are you/has it been the weather conditions that has made it later or did you plant later? Happy harvesting ✌️🌿

I've had alium leaf miner for the past few years now - i pack plants in way too tightly and i'm sure that doesn't help. The main giveaway clue for me to the pests presence is the stems wilt and flop over. They're a right pain and the only solution (temporary) that i've found is to stop growing alium crops for a season. Leeks are worst affected for me, but the garlic is also impacted somewhat. Lots of waste unfortunately and my garlic harvest this year easily fits into a small shoe box!

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing you observations Tony, sorry to hear your garlic harvest wasn't great this year - My French Garlic is defo smaller than normal, which I think is due to the rust, which in past years I have only had a little of, feeling the prolonged rains was poss what mad it worse this year. Its a hard one with the leaf miner, as Alliums are such an important crops for us, ever year im actually growing more and more in our main growing area!!! 😬 So far though the damage we have been experiencing hasn't actually written off any of our crops, just meant a few more layers have to come off mainly, with the odd leek, being a bit too loose to use. I hope the rest of your crops do better for you. THanks for watching and messaging Tony 💚✌️🌿

I think garlic splitting is due to late harvest? Perhaps check bulbs in the weeks leading up to harvest?

@freedomforestlife

7 күн бұрын

Hey thanks for this - makes sense - thanks for sharing and thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿

@mariawhite1328

7 күн бұрын

I agree I think it needed to come out earlier but they sure are impressive!

@AliW-xu4lv

6 күн бұрын

I think it's allium leaf miner, sorry. My garlic had it bad and it all split like that. I planted a bit late in November and harvested early, about 2 weeks ago. Bulbs were smallish. Update: I've been reliably informed that the splitting could be from being left too long. Whether the leaf miner contributes is unclear.

@LittlePetieWheat

5 күн бұрын

@@AliW-xu4lv I have been growing garlic since before we had allium leaf miner in this country. I can remember bulbs still splitting like this. I'm not convinced by that allium leaf minor hypothesis.

@LittlePetieWheat

5 күн бұрын

Charles concurs... kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5x40rxpYNHYetY.html

Hello 👋 awesome video. Thats also what im trying to do, growing my own food. Your videos are reaching Philippines btw. Keep going😊

@freedomforestlife

9 сағат бұрын

Hi - Great to know you are watching in the Philippines - so good to know 💚 We LOVE growing our own food - Happy growing to you too and thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿

Growing garlic takes a lot of time but the results bring great joy. Is the best time to plant garlic in the fall?

@freedomforestlife

6 күн бұрын

Hi, I like to plant garlic any time from mid sept to end of October, definitely getting it in whilst the soil is warm still gives it a ahead start into winter I feel 💚🧄 such an amazing crop indeed - as you can prob tell, I would not be without it ! Thanks for watching/commenting ✌️🌿

@hoahappyhome

5 күн бұрын

@@freedomforestlife Thank you for what you share. This year I will set aside a bed to plant them because I really want to harvest them when they become big tubers

We're almost a month behind you in the garden up here, half-way up Finland 😅. Still around 3 weeks until any chance of harvesting garlic. Only harvest so far is leafy greens, radishes, asparagus, chives, pea shoots, haskaps/honeyberries and wild strawberries. Well, found my FIRST cultivated strawberry today 😍! Weeding and being extremely annoyed at birds destroying my crops 😂, all the while loving the lush of the garden and the early flowers.

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Sounds like you've got some great harvests happening already!!! We are yet to get honey berries - next year should be the year though - super excited for those. There sure is always a challenge in the garden, it is fustrating for sure ... also what keeps it kind of exciting though too ... the uncertainty/suprise. Thanks for watching and sharing too 🙏✌️🌿

What a lovely video and garden. Thank you for sharing.

@freedomforestlife

6 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Maria - thanks for watching as always 🌟✌️🌿

I’m going to use your idea with hooks on the overhang part of your shed, thanks 👍🏻

@freedomforestlife

7 күн бұрын

Hey wendy - so pleased to hear this 💚 thanks for watching ✌️🌿

Wish you all the best with your plans to sell. People are getting more aware of the good they eat so hopefully you will find a decent market in your area!

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Thank you Nneka, I reallt need to get on it and learn the value and start speaking to a few local businesses re interest, whilst its all drying 💚

The splitting is definitely due to harvesting too late. On the elephant garlic. Two weeks early and they will be perfect.

@freedomforestlife

6 күн бұрын

This is very good to know- I am glad to be hearing that this may not be due to the allium leaf miner after all! I do plant it earlier than I used to and have harvested earlier in the past so this makes a lot of sense when this didn’t happen only been happening more rescently. Thanks for watching and commenting 💚✌️🌿

@jonettemurray-n.z.artist1359

6 күн бұрын

Took me a few years to figure this out with my crops, so frustrating. Apparently harvesting two weeks after the scapes show is the right timing. ​@@freedomforestlife

so good, my friend❤❤

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏✌️🌿

Thank you for the awesome video. You two are class. I thought the best time to prune fruit trees was when it’s dormant in the winter? Can you please further explain? Is this something specific to cherry plum? Do you think cherry plum will grow for me in Wales in exposed ground on a hill?

@freedomforestlife

7 күн бұрын

Hi, so glad to hear you enjoyed the vid 🙏 stone fruits are best pruned when the weather is warm/active growth, they heal up and less chance of getting diseased - apples pears etc, best pruned in winter (whilst dormant) for main prune. Best not to prune any trees whilst sap rising as leaves emerge. Cherry plums are hardy as, we do loose a lot to birds though 💚✌️🌿

@escapetoruralwales

7 күн бұрын

@@freedomforestlife bless you! Thanks so much for the information. I planted an orchard a few months ago. We’ll see how it gets on. Can I also ask, what’s that hedging next to you that’s the wind break? Looks ideal. I’ve planted some willow but semi regretting it

Please can you tell me what cultivar that giant bamboo is? I'm also in the UK and would LOVE some huge bamboo like that!

@freedomforestlife

9 сағат бұрын

Hi, its 'Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis' Its fabulous isn't it 💚 Dan loves bamboo - Thanks for watching ✌️🌿

Fantastic vid the forest is looking fantastic! Have you also noticed a severe lack of bees?

@freedomforestlife

9 сағат бұрын

Hey Jack - We have had a few questions about this over the last week (which is a little worrying) We still have bee's and a good selections of other insects - now we have been paying attentions, perhaps less overall than normal, but they are still here. 🙏

Great midsummer harvest. Just wondering if you’ve had issues with pests in the last couple of months. A lot of people have had issues with slugs. I didn’t because I’ve been particularly vigilant in clearing any potential home and getting rid of dead and diseased leaves. This said I suffered some from rust - first time ever so harvested all my garlic (including elephant) a couple of weeks ago. The smallest harvest yet. I noticed bees and other beneficial insects in early April but they disappeared and are only just coming back. I think it has to be due to the weather so experiencing black flies on my shallots and chives. Tried hosing down with water but they come back in full force. I’m so glad the weather is much warmer now and beneficial insects can do their thing.

@AliW-xu4lv

6 күн бұрын

Plant nasturtiums close to any crop with blackfly and they'll migrate to the nasturtiums, leaving your crops alone.

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Our slugs havent been too bad here, we did loose a few carrots early on, hoping the sowing I've just done will be less effected now it is drier, but we are defo being more vigilant for them this year too! Still lots of insects around, we are seeing bees for sure, perhaps not so many as normal though now you mention it, the hover flies are starting to come in now which is good. Some years we have noticed a bit of a delay with the ladybirds coming after the black/green fly, so far this year its been good here though too ... did notice some today on Rhurbarb though! I feel having the Food Forest here really helps us with the diversity and volume of insect. Thanks for sharing your experiences 💚✌️🌿

@freedomforestlife

4 күн бұрын

Great info - thank you for sharing 💚✌️🌿

Good grace, what kinda bamboo is that in your background? 😍😍😍 I'm just getting rid of mine coz even after 5 years they are still so darn spindly, I want thick ones like yours!!! 😍😍😍

@freedomforestlife

8 сағат бұрын

Its "Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis" It is a particular variety that grows big! Dan LOVES Bamboo ! Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿