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parkerlings
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Приєднався 1 січ 2010
Hi, we are Phil and Sandy and we would love to share our lives and experiences with you. We film everything from gardening to baking, from freeze drying to crafting, sharing our experiences winning storage auctions, and even our little adopted Romanian furbabies, Elsa and Anna. We hope that you are interested in our videos and that you like and subscribe.
Cucumber taste test
After a couple of years in the US, and half a year since being in the UK for a short trip, I find myself missing things, and one of the many things are English cucumbers, so I needed something to come as close as possible in the US to match it. I am in hope, but in the Phil way, I also want to find something that is weird, wonderful, and something I want to grow again and again. Have I found them? #cucumber #tastetest #taste
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Our first tomatoes of the year!
Переглядів 17День тому
After waiting for what seems like forever, we at long last have our first tomatoes that can be picked ripe. Dad and I love this type, and considering what happened this year, it is a good thing we do. #tomato #tomatoes #yummy #whitecherry
Is there time to grow more cucumbers?
Переглядів 37День тому
Following so many issues with cucumber beetles, and other horrible bugs, I decided to find out if there was time to start some more in time to get a small harvest before the first frost. I've been given advice on it by some people in the know and this is at the very least a test, something to learn from. Please do come along and watch this video and those that will follow. #cucumber #beetles #h...
Diagnosing well pump pressure issues
Переглядів 25414 днів тому
We recently had an issue with our water pressure, it seemed to be a little low, didn't think too much of it, but it got worse over a few days, to the point it just had to be investigated, so that was when we contacted Sharpe Well Drilling (708-672-7761), and Jason came to visit us. #well #waterpressure #water
My cucumbers are dying!!
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I have been getting a pretty good amount of produce from my cucumber and courgette plants, however the number has slowly been decreasing, the leaves have been looking poorly, their blossoms die off just as soon as they open, it is all just going pear shaped. Come and have a look to see what I mean, and what I know the issue is. I need help with this one. #cucumber #bugs #beetle #zucchini #dying
My first produce of 2024
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One of the best feelings a gardener can have is picking the first piece of produce that you have lovingly grown. Today was the day for me. Hey, it may just be one thing, but a lot more is to come. #courgettes #zucchini #gardening
My new Christmas tree
Переглядів 32Місяць тому
I was out in the garden, looking around at the amazing beauty of nature and suddenly the thought came to me...Christmas tree!!! I suddenly thought of a plan, of which to many may seem a little out of the ordinary, and not necessarily to everyone's taste, however no need to find a place to recycle it, or put in storage, as you will see, it is a perfect tree. Tell me what you think, and also, sen...
Making friends in the garden was toad-ally unexpected
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As I went to put some pots away, I am glad to say I looked into the top one, as this wouldn't have been such a happy occasion. I found that in the pot was a baby toad, it was "toad-ally" unexpected, sorry, I couldn't help myself. The toad was happy to go into my hand for a while, then I released it back into the wild, as it hopped slowly toward the grass. Elsa has come across an adult toad alre...
Soil without the exorbitant prices
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I have so many pots now, and soil that is no longer at it's best, which means buying more, a lot more. I cannot afford to buy tons of these bags of soil at crazy prices, so we are getting around the big cost and getting most all of it for free. Let us show you our process, and hopefully you can do something similar. Let us know in the comments. #gardening #free #soil
Solo cup garden pots - the results
Переглядів 35Місяць тому
In a recent video, I showed you how to get free garden pots, by using used Solo cups, and I thought now would be a good time to show you the results. I hope you have tried this already, but if not, I hope the results make you think about doing it yourself. #gardening #frugal #tomato #free
Bush Bean Trials 2024
Переглядів 49Місяць тому
I have so many packs of bush beans, and no idea if any are actually worth keeping, as they will eventually become less and less reliable by way of germination, to the point of 0%. So my experiment went around as many as I could fit into my raised bed to see what happened, and this is the results of the first 12 days, but I will have a follow up to this shortly. Let's hope for some beans. Yummy!...
Back garden tour June 2024
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This is my first back garden / veggie garden tour of the year, mainly because I have been about a month behind, and I am screaming at things to grow. Lots of things have had issues, and now I have something eating my flower starts, so I have nothing out front of mine to show you. In this video I mention variegated leaf tomato plants, and my supplier is a friend of mine, her name is Val and you ...
A rain saver's toolkit
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England is well known for it's rainy days, while often exaggerated, but to be fair we get a lot through Autumn (fall) and winter, and spring, and summer...okay, not too exaggerated. But we do have times of so little rain that we have hosepipe bans, so my mum has her way of getting around the summer droughts, something I also used to do when I lived in Slough. #recycle #water #gardening
Free garden pots
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Gardening certainly is getting expensive, especially for the new gardener, so let's try to take away part of that cost. It is extremely simple, costs nothing, and you will wonder why you have never done this before. Hope you enjoy the video. #garden #free #pots #frugal
Creating cut and come again lettuce for free from salad scraps
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Do you ever think that you are wasting too much food, especially when it is fresh, healthy food? Well, no longer...or at least no longer when it comes to lettuce. This is an easy way to regrow lettuce, grow it quickly, no wastage, and get even more healthy produce. Now you can do this in water, rather than soil, however with water you will not have all of the nutrients, which means it will grow...
Rhubarb revelations: Crafting the perfect sauce
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Rhubarb revelations: Crafting the perfect sauce
Rhubarb harvest: A beginners guide to picking and preparing
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Rhubarb harvest: A beginners guide to picking and preparing
Leaky valve quick fix on the Harvest Right FD
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Leaky valve quick fix on the Harvest Right FD
ASMR my first soft-spoken sleep sounds attempt -- guess the secret #sound
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ASMR my first soft-spoken sleep sounds attempt guess the secret #sound
White chocolate and cranberry #traybake #cookies
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White chocolate and cranberry #traybake #cookies
My Favourite British Christmas TV Adverts
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My Favourite British Christmas TV Adverts
Don't kill the baby dragon😢
That one hadn't been fertilised I guess. I'll have to just enjoy watching hummingbirds.
Your link to the bittermelon review didn't work.
I just tried the app, and when you press the link in landscape, the video appears on the right and loads. On PC, it will scroll the screen down and the video will be bottom left of the screen. Let me know if you still have any problems.
Are you sure that it's cucumber beetles that are the cause? I had the same issue. Those spots appeared on my leaves after a couple of days of very heavy rainfall. It looks like downy mildew. I quickly got a copper-based fungicide, cut off all the spotty leaves, and sprayed the product on the tops and undersides of the leaves. It's been a week now. The plants are still alive and new little leaves are growing. Some leaves are getting spotty again, so it's time to reapply the fungicide. The instructions say to apply every five to seven days, so I guess I'm due. I also applied the product to my squash leaves that were suffering from the same thing in addition to powdery mildew, and also to my tomato leaves which were showing severe signs of blight. Like the cucumbers, they're all surprisingly still alive. Last week I thought I would lose everything in a flash. I wanted to go organic and not use any products, but this situation left me no choice. I'm very thankful I discovered the fungicide. Good luck!
@@stevenl.5490 thank you for the comment. No end of issues this year, the latest are squash beetles, now baby ones, but I found a vine borer 2 days ago, was not happy.
@@parkerlings Last year was my first year gardening; I only had minor blight issues. This year I was introduced to both types of mildew, cucumber beetles and tomato hornworms. My garden really took a hit.
@@stevenl.5490 oh, the dreaded hornworm. I've been lucky on that one, though I shouldn't talk too soon.
Sir the embassy is super power
@@Rahmat-n6b certainly they like to think so.
The most powerful country in history of this world 😂 lol
congratulations Sir ! ☺
@@ChibuzoOmegaFindoro-Obas-uw3mi thank you.
Here's the link to Jess Sowden's Brown Butter Tomatoes that I mentioned in today's video. Enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/LFZtKEAgZ9c/v-deo.htmlsi=8rnAkiEDbfTiai_E
Those cucumber beetles should be called "bah humbugs!" They look like the humbug hard candies from the UK.
@@sandy_from_parkerlings the metal from the tin, and the photo taken indoors under lights really does make it look that way. Of course, now I'm gonna be turned off from eating humbugs.
Use diatomaceous earth to dust the whole area
@@RandomsFandom thank you. I must get some of that again, I used to have it at my home in the UK, but of course didn't bring it to the US on my move.
@@parkerlings health food stores will probably have it, or amazon
There is a consequence, for not using pesticide, and, for using pesticide. When I started to learn how to grow, I chose to not use pesticide with my plants, so my plants eventually got damaged. Sometimes in life we only have 1 opportunity to do something, and if we fail well this when we can lose something that is important to us. In my opinion I think the consequence is worse, for not using pesticide.
It seems that I may have it under control at the moment (we made a natural liquid solution), however, while I understand pesticides may be useful in certain circumstances, I do try not to have to use anything unnecessary and definitely not anything that is not natural. This is my first year dealing with these beetles, so while extremely annoying, it is a moment for me to learn, so I will have the knowledge of what to look for and how to deal with things if the issue continues in 2025. Things like squash beetles are so much easier to deal with. I tell you, I was fine with the cicadas coming for the first time for me, but now they've gone, I really can see why people are not such fans of them. I have some more cucumber and courgette seeds started and hope I may get a little produce in the final couple of weeks before first frost. Wish me luck.
@@parkerlings What happened to me was I grew strawberry plants, but it never got to the point of producing fruit. Because I made mistakes, and they were bad mistakes. The mistakes I made ended up me losing my strawberry plants. Currently I am trying to solve one of the problems I had, and I am finding it to be a pain in my a$$. Space is something I do not have too much of, and I am working on trying to buy my own property. My plants were eventually damaged when I left it outside, and it is because I chose to not use pesticide, so by me making this choice it ended costing the lives of all my plants! In other words I no longer have anymore plants! I eventually learned bugs can either be good, or bad, for plants. I am not concerned too much anymore with bugs, or animals wanting to eat my plants, but I do have other concerns. Good luck!
@@knowledgeandmultiskilled diatomaceous earth is not a pesticide. It is a tiny silica crystal that breaks down into calcium. You can get food grade, and add it to your diet. Good for hair and nails, also kills some gut worms 🪱
@@RandomsFandom I already know what pesticide is, and how to make it. I did a google search, and this is what I learned from what you said, and I quote: "Common Uses of Diatomaceous Earth One of its primary uses is as a natural pest control agent. DE, when applied in the form of a fine powder, can be highly effective in controlling pest problems, including ants, fleas, roaches, and slugs, among other home and garden pests."
Let us know if you want the recipe for Dilly Zucchini Salad!
Yes please, I'm sure that would go down well.
What were your freeze dryer settings?
I just use the factory default settings. Specifically what settings do you need and I'll look at my machine to confirm for you.
Time fllies.
@@Tonetwisters so true, I am sure it was spring 2 weeks ago.
Ha ha! Love that. You are mad!
I think our wet spring made the toads quite prolific this year. I've seen quite a few babies and a number of larger adults around the yard. They're always fun to see, and of course, we've got plenty of bugs for them to eat their fill!
This soil saved us SO MUCH money! Really pleased to use our buckets of food scraps in this way.
Haha... I love the play on "Bush Tukka Trials" in your title. :)
Garlic scape butter is one way to use your garlic scapes. I have even used the leaves on soft neck garlic to make garlic bread.
That's a good idea. We freeze dried the scapes and powdered them to use as a garlic seasoning. Adding it then to butter may be what we do next! Thanks.
Always good to reuse when possible. You can save them for subsequent years as well.
I used to do this with 2 litre fizzy drink bottles, but they had one major flaw...they fell over too easily, with a domino effect.
If only they didn't have to take up so much space in the garden... Making them pretty is the next problem to solve, I guess.
Lovely I'll try that thank you🤗
So what went wrong ?
Seems that the growing season just wasn't long enough with the weather we had. I started a little late, but not all that long.
Yum, time for a salad! Great idea, and nice to see the results.
We just got to harvest a bunch of lettuce from our tower garden. We just harvest the leaves, and let it regrow.
I for one, welcome our new cicada overlords, for their 6 week reign.
They are interesting things. The singing can now be heard in the house, over the fans.
As with the previous post says, I also had a terrible experience with these. I thought they looked great so I bought about ten of them. They didn't last one season in the Texas Panhandle heat, even being moved from inside to out and back again. They must have 0 uv protection. The " cheap stuff " is still working for me. If they are still selling these without re engineering them they should be ashamed of themselves.
Hi, thanks for your comment, it's good to hear about gardeners in different locations. Sadly not everything works for everyone. For me, I now have 11, and the originals are still in pretty much perfect condition (cleaned after full use). I start my seeds under lights indoors, and eventually take them in and out. I am near Chicago however, so while we have some extremes in winter and summer, they are not like Texas, Arizona, Florida, etc. I am using some of the black plastic trays (new and up to 2 years) and this year I have disposed of 3 already and have at least 2 more to dispose of once I'm done with them shortly. To be honest, I have just 2 issues with them. Firstly, for starting anything like a cucumber or courgette, you want to get the 16 cell unit which are a better size for them, and the other being the lack of a lid, though I have brought this up with them and say that they are in the process of designing something as they've had a lot of feedback on it. I bought a couple for my mum in England and she lives it, however if course England isn't known for it's hot weather. I really do appreciate your feedback on this product and having watched my video.
Thanks for liking this video. This first harvest of rhubarb was really delicious. We had it warm, served with ice cream, and will probably freeze dry the rest. Let me know if you have any questions about how we pick and prepare this delicious food.
Beautiful card Sandy. I will try this one for Christmas this year. Thank you x
They were a great addition to Chicken Ramen. I rinsed them as thoroughly as I could and then sauteed them in butter and garlic. Added to the Ramen at the same time as the rest of the ingredients that I added to the broth. Not an unpleasant texture in the mouth as one might worry.
Wow! I've seen a commercial seeder on the @theveggieboys channel, but theirs is slightly different. What a neat tour for a gardener, I'm glad you got to go.
When you had to queue to be allowed in, how long were you queuing for before getting in
I was there fairly early and the queue was long, however it was badly planned. There was one line for all application types, no organisation at all. Luckily I heard some people talking about getting through, so within around 1 hour to get in for the first queue, though by the time I got out, the queue was well over double the length. There are further checks a and queue inside, followed by another building and a queue there for further checks, but they were much quicker. Word of advice is to keep asking where to go and have your papers ready at all times.
Great explanation!! 😊
Great video sandy, I've learned something new i didn't know you could polish silver with toothpaste and vinegar. 🤔
Thanks, Jerry. Yeah, I think it's the acid of the vinegar reacting with the baking soda in the toothpaste that does the trick of cleaning the silver. The pieces look great and as they are such common ingredients, I'd definitely do the same thing if we get silver in the future. It isn't hard but is time consuming.
I really enjoy watching your videos, very informative thanks.
Is the taste very similar to fudge?
It does taste like a butter fudge, also very addictive.
I'm from Scotland for 36 year tablet was yummy growing up and thanks too you I can make it new for my daughter she love it ❤
My son told me about this fudge his friends mother made (She is Scottish) he couldn’t remember what it was called. My son will be happy when I make this for him as I think it was Scottish tablet she made. 👍
I hope he enjoys it. I think it's time I made it again aswell.
I tried these Burpee silicon trays (36 and the XL) when they first came out. Unfortunately, if starting seeds outdoors in south Florida, they'll last just one year. The soft silicon bottoms were fine but the clear/white hard plastic tops all started to deteriorate and crumble off when picking up the trays. I've been using the "cheap" black plastic pots for many years. Burpee might try using black plastic or treat the clear plastic with UV protection. I imagine they would work fine if starting seeds indoors.
I used these last year. I got my 16 XL Cell packs, on sale, at Tractor Supply. What I don't like is it doesn't come with a clear plastic dome, like other cell packs do!! I prefer to bottom water seedlings, which you mentioned. However, you have to either remove the whole cell tray, or leave a cell empty, to add water!! Give us a clear dome, and a lip to add water, and you have a hit right here!!
I have to agree on the dome issue, it was a tad odd not to get one. For watering, a hole in the center, or a simple spout would be good. I just use an indoor watering can to refill and just lift one side up. I have enjoyed using them and did get more for this year.
I messaged Burpee about the lack of lids and they say that they've had that feedback a lot and are currently designing something.
Great video Phil, very funny British humor.
I really enjoyed the British adverts. Joyce M
I really enjoyed those commercials. They were so good 👍 Hope you all are having a Merry Christmas. Thanks so much.
So glad that you enjoyed them, they are one of my favourite things in the UK at Christmas. There are so many more good ones, but I unfortunately had to stop somewhere. Happy Christmas!
Melt 250g of unsalted butter with 250ml of semi skimmed milk in a large pan. Pour in 900g of sugar slowly stirring continuously. Boil for 5mins. Add 1 tin 397g of sweetened condensed milk while stirring. Boil for 20mins stirring intermittently. Take off heat and leave for 5mins. Stir well and pour into a lined tray(baking parchment) Cool in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Lift out tray and cut into squares. Love from Scotland.
Thank you for that, sounds good, will have to try it.
I came here to say that too lol ❤
Where can we find this freeze drying machine?
Ok i found it, Harvest Right. 4K bucks!
Definitely not what we paid, hang out for a sale, and check places like Home Depot and Tractor Supply. They're not cheap, but they do pay for themselves eventually, especially if you're a home grower or buy in bulk.
It’s a very enthusiastic roll!
Hi, I'm out doing research, and you've got me checking my pump for a clean return. The ball valve seized on me, so in my last search for answers to resolving this, I found out that USDA only supports stainless steel for food-grade metals, not brass. But the parts on the tubes connecting to both ends of that ball valve are brass, not stainless. So that brass is rusting. I clean my machine EVERY use. So I was shocked to see what I found when I took the ball valve off. All that rust and gunk building up around that ball valve was nasty and has me concerned about how healthy it is when it's opened and all that gunk is pulled back into the chamber? Have you checked that, too? I realize this video is almost a year old, but I wanted to know if you have experienced this.
The edible part around the seeds was a slimy texture and not a pleasure on the palate. They were okay, but nothing to write home about.
Yummy! I've seen these at Christmas with a red and green swirl, too. I suppose you can make any color combination for any season.
I wonder what it would taste like with brown sugar, or half brown, half white sugar? Have you ever tried that? Also, you might want to try parchment paper on the bottom of the pan to avoid the bread sticking at the end.
Delish
They remind me of the hill that Jack Skellington walked on in Nightmare before Christmas. Well done!
Thank you, they are funky.
Haha! I must admit, the plant is beautiful, but I really can't understand why anyone would bother with it. Is there a particular way to cook it or did we do something wrong with our growing and harvesting?
Haha, I thought you were going to talk about your Phil's One tomato. Perhaps a future video.
I love it that your nails are dirty, the sign of a true gardener! Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it. I cannot understand how so many have shiny fingers after being in the soil ;)