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Hi, Thanks for your question and interest in the video. This video is a few years old now. And having done several dozen batches since. I am of the opinion that it may be better to keep most of the cloves out of the jar. Pepper Corns aren’t such an issue. But I probably wouldn’t keep to many in there. It mostly depends how long you’re keeping the pickled beets. Six weeks won’t make to much odds. But a year will. I’ve found that the pepper corns just make the pickle a bit, well, peppery. But the cloves have an all together stronger effect. And can become a bit much. The mustard seeds are fine. I always took the cinnamon out. So in short I’d probably recommend straining the cloves out. It’s the ratio of water, salt, vinegar, and sugar that really counts. I’ve experimented with a bit less salt. And frankly it’s a bit better. I’ve tried more water and less vinegar. Which wasn’t so good. As a rule of thumb have a teaspoon of the liquor (cooled a bit obviously) and if it takes your breath away it’s about right. There is a lot of personal preference involved really. Make sure all the jars are properly sterile and the lids make a good seal. Reject any that don’t stay sealed. I hope that helps. P.S. I didn’t realise how controversial this method of pickling was in the USA. It’s the way my mum and I guess her mum always did it here in the UK. I’ve never had a problem or know of anyone who’s had a problem. But I do take onboard what some people have commented. And would still point out this is pickling (UK) not canning (USA) there is a difference. The preservatives here are the acidity of the vinegar, the salt and the sugar. As I say, check the jars when you open them and if in doubt don’t eat them.

Thank you for your comment. I certainly think it’s important to be honest with my videos. It would be easy to portray everything as somehow more spectacular. But there are enough videos like that on UA-cam already aren’t there. Many thanks once again for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated.

Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you managed to get hold of some Sarpo Mira. They are a great potato. They make a lovely mash. And are very good roasted too. I wish you great success with them.

A few people seem to have this problem with upload notifications Carol. I’m honestly not sure why that is. I’m not sure it’s anything I can remedy this end. People have subscribed, clicked the bell icon and yet still don’t get notifications. Other seem to get them instantly. As far as the spuds go though. You’re right. They are fabulous fresh. So much better than from the shop. Good luck with your garden this season and thanks for your support.

Thanks for your input. 👍

Thanks for your comments. Presently the air raid shelter is sealed up again. It really is in a poor state. With much of the base rotted away. I’m still not in a financial position to do a full restoration. The big tree on top of it has been very much reduced. So there is no real weight on it and it should last a good while. Maybe someday in the future someone will be able to complete the work. I’m pretty certain there weren’t even the smallest of artefacts left down there. With the exception of a small Disney plastic character (Pluto, if memory serves). Basically nothing from the war. I didn’t ever go through the dumped spoil. I think the whole top of the gardens were used as a dumping ground. There is an awful lot of junk there. Although I concede there may be a few treasures. After clearing the top of the garden I put a raised decking over some of the area. Interestingly there is another mound which has yielded a 1960’s child’s snoopy watch and a large pebble painted as a clowns face. I may go through that pile one day. Thanks again for your interest and suggestions.

‘Sarpo Mira’ it’s the variety of potato. One which was planted in error when the rest were ‘King Edwards’. Sarpo Mira is very resistant to late blight. Which had a very negative effect on the King Edwards that year(2021). Ironically I planted Sarpo Mira and Sarpo Blue Danube in March this year ,2022, and the Mira caught what I think was early blight. Although some that I forgot to plant in March are doing really well in a tub at home. Despite not being planted out till June and suffering the worst drought in years. Thanks for watching and your comment. I hope this helps. Wayne. (Sarpo are family run potato breeders in Hungry btw. It’s worth checking out their website) they have several blight resistant strains. But Sarpo Mira is their most famous. If a potato can be considered famous?

@@wayneeighteen Don't tell the Russet that potatoes can't be famous. LOL I live in Prince Edward Island, Canada where potatoes have been a main crop for many years. Blight is always a concern for our farmers. I must check out the Sarpo Mira. It sounds interesting.

Hi, thanks again for your comment. I found a link to the UK version of the Sarpo website. Hopefully you’ll be able to find some in Canada. All the best. And thanks for watching sarpo.co.uk/ Wayne.

Thanks for your comment. I shall try to find a way to accurately measure my ‘handful’ and get back to you shortly.

Hello again. I didn’t have a scale to measure my ‘handful’ in weight accurately. But I did have a set of cooking measuring cups. My ‘handful’ is about a third of a cup or 79ml. Of course application of fertilisers is all about an economic yet beneficial application. Unlike Nitrogen that moves freely through the soil, Potassium is more stable and sticks around until used by plants. So unlike Nitrogen that if applied to much will leach into the water table and be an environmental issue as well as potentially ‘burn’ plant roots. A slight over application of potassium might be uneconomic but not to detrimental to the plants or environment. At least that’s my understanding. So application of one or two handfuls of sulphate of potash to a 30 litre tub would make little difference except in economic terms. I don’t have the biggest hands in the world so I’m thinking my literal ‘handful’ and yours would be pretty similar. Hope that helps. What sort of yields have you been getting from your experiment btw?

@@wayneeighteen My yields were not much better than yours. My splits were 0.5 tablespoon of Spuds Galore (9g), 0.5 tablespoon of Blood, Fish, Bone(8g) and 2 tablespoons of dried, powdered banana skin versus double this amount in 30 litre pots with homemade compost. I noticed no discernible difference in these fertiliser ratios with Mira, Una and Kifli. I think I am using far too little fertiliser. I bought some bocking 14 comfrey and have that growing in various parts of the garden and trying to establish. Lawrence Hills book says that it is better than growmore and farmyard manure for potato yield and taste. I've also been making a lot more of my own compost, so will have enough to do more experiments next year. I will plant Mira and Axona later than March which I did this year. This will give the bocking 14 some time do have enough leaves that I can use. All my potatoes are battered by the wind as I am at altitude which doesn't help. I can see my compost is good by the amount of foliage I have from the spuds I planted in the compost bin. Lots of nitrogen. I'm finished with shop bought compost now. It's just garbage.

I've also started making JADAM JLF, so that might be another thing to throw into the mix next year too.

I make you right in regard to shop bought compost. It’s expensive and not particularly good. Also I think there is a danger of chemical pollution in it. On the other hand they do manage to get a lot of heat in it while making it. Which obviously helps kill off weed seeds and pests. I definitely need to improve my compost making skills. I find it hard to turn it often enough to be honest. It’s very time consuming. All the best with your future experiments.

Sounds good. My spuds planted in this video have just started to push through.

Thanks for your interest. We plant two seed potatoes about 2” or 50mm from the bottom (for main crop spuds) and fill to the top with compost. For early varieties you can put two in the bottom and half fill the pot. Then put another two in and fill to the top. Keep well watered and bingo. Here is a link to this year’s potato experiment Ultimate Potato Experiment! ua-cam.com/video/ueYUMlJsqdk/v-deo.html

@@wayneeighteen awesome. Thank you

I’d have to say watering. Keep them moist and never let them dry out. At least while the leaves are still green. You can ease off once the tops die off. I’ll be doing another potato experiment video soon exploring how they respond to different fertiliser. A higher potassium fertiliser should form better spuds. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks Wendy, I hope everything is where it should be when you get to yours. All the best.

Well spotted. 👍

My next video should hopefully have better sound. As I have spent some money on a microphone 😀

Having googled your suggestions about optimal storage of seed garlic. I believe you have well and truly hit the nail on the head. 👍

The ratio I've seen most is 4 cups vinegar , 2 cups water, 1 cup sugar.and 2 teaspoons of salt( you can switch it out for pints and you can double, triple or half this), you can adjust to your own taste I know many who don't use sugar.

Thanks Pam, I hope to do a lot better in next year’s potato experiment. I’ll use Sarpo blight resistant varieties for sure. The corn was certainly the stand out success of 2021. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you so much. You are a super star. 👍👍👍

Thank you for your comment. All the best to you in beautiful Sri Lanka 🇬🇧 👍🇱🇰