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Half Acre Adventures
Canada
Приєднався 28 кві 2020
Join our adventures as we garden, forage, travel, cook and laugh! We are a family of five that decided to move to Vancouver Island and live a more simple life. This is our journey in learning and sharing sustainable, wholesome and fun activities that nourish the human spirit.
Mulching: Why I'd do it THIS way again
We tried 3 different types of mulching material in our tomato beds and it's time (overdue in fact) to share the results with you.
Music: Voyage
Musician: @iksonofficial
Music: Voyage
Musician: @iksonofficial
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Відео
Loads of Fresh Veggies and Fruit!
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Summer is finally here are we are loving it! Join me and the kids as we pick through the garden and harvest a wide variety of fruits and veggies for our family's dinner table. What are you growing this month? Music: Tuesday Musician: Sascha Ende License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
How to Pollinate Squash for Bigger Yields
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Once I learned this trick, we grew more squash and zucchini! Check it out! Don't forget to subscribe for more videos :) Music: Tuesday Musician: Sascha Ende License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Double your Raspberries every year!
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Raspberries are invasive - which is great! Learn how to dig up and transplant the new raspberry shoots which pop up every year. Want some raspberry plants? We have so many! Half Acre Adventures is located near Parksville, BC in the middle of Vancouver Island. Contact us for details. Happy Gardening! Music: Tuesday Musician: Sascha Ende License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
How to Prune Tomatoes: Determinate vs. Indeterminate
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We prune our indeterminate tomato plants for vertical growth, which means we can fit more plants per square foot of garden space. Check it out! Music: Tuesday Musician: Sascha Ende License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Cabbage Worm Damage? What (and who) to watch out for!
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If you see damage like this on any of your brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale) then look for these guys. Green caterpillars from the white cabbage moth (you've seen them flying around during the day haven't you?) Get rid of them, they grow quickly! Control: Pick them off and use a floating row cover to prevent the moth from laying eggs on the leaves. And pay your kids $1 for each o...
June Garden Update Tour!
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Join us for a garden tour! See what we're eating and how things are growing. Our chickens have started laying eggs and we also got our bees! Lots of exciting things going on lately :) And THANK YOU! We just hit 100 subscribers! We love sharing this and having fun growing with you all. Music: Tuesday Musician: Sascha Ende License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
How to grow Oyster Mushrooms on logs
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Learn how to grow your own mushrooms at home! We are growing 3 species of mushrooms outside in our yard. In this video, we share how to prepare logs for growing oyster mushrooms. Please Like, Comment and Subscribe! We have much more content on the way... Music: Accra Musician: Jef
How to Grow Potatoes in Straw
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Another growing experiment? Not really.. this is how we started our potato bed last year with minimal soil - just layers of straw and bags of composted manure. So when a friend gifted us a large bag of seed potatoes, we knew how to quickly get them planted in a brand new bed. Stay tuned this season to see how they turn out! Questions or suggestions? Leave us a comment! Music: Accra Musician: Jef
Wild Mushroom & Asparagus Pizza
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We foraged beautiful mushroom oysters on our hike! We had loads of them! I think we ate mushrooms for 6 days straight! Loved them on our pesto pizza!
Mulch For Garden Beds - Always!
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Learn how and why we mulch our garden beds every year. This video explains different mulching materials and we begin a new experiment to see what works best. Please Like, Comment and Subscribe! More videos on the way! The growing season is just getting started. Music: Accra Musician: Jef Music: Folk Bed Musician: music by audionautix.com License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Let's Plant Tomatoes!
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There's just something about growing your own tomatoes... they're like the quintessential home garden veggie. And there's no comparison when it comes to the taste experience of a fresh, juicy garden tomato! In today's video we plant our tomato beds with 24 seedlings of several heirloom varieties. Please Like, Comment and Subscribe! :) Music: Tuesday Musician: Sascha Ende License: creativecommon...
How to Plant Fruit Trees
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Join Joy as she plants our new nectarine tree! Our food forest is growing... Please Like, Comment and Subscribe! :)
Planting Squash Seedlings
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It's a rainy day in May and it's perfect for planting some seedlings in the garden. Please Like, Comment and Subscribe! Music: Tuesday Musician: Sascha Ende License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Seedlings: Thinning & Filling In
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How to thin seedlings and fill in the gaps where they haven't germinated. We're working with beets, peas and kohlrabi today! Please Like, Comment and Subscribe :) Music: Tuesday Musician: Sascha Ende License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
How to Start a Worm Bin for worm castings
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How to Start a Worm Bin for worm castings
Maximize Growing Space by Intercropping
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Maximize Growing Space by Intercropping
Oyster mushrooms love soft woods, straws, cereals, leafs, anything soft and rooting quick. Hardwood is for other types, but not pleurotus which are naturally quick mushrooms. Hardwood is for Shiitake, lions mane, chicken of the woods, morels, chantereles. Soft woods and straws are for pleurotus, garden giant wine cap, puffball. Soft woods alone and leafs are eaten by morels and chantereles which can be grow in moss plantation alone adding soft wood and hardwood mixture decomposing under moss carpets mesh trays, reporposed on the top of the mulch to keep the land in a mycorrhizzal relationship between young trees like oak, pine beech and apple tree. Your tech and skills are slow and inefficient.
Could you not put the logs in the chicken coup so the chickens eat the smaller pests?
Yes, I like to use my grass clippings and shredded leaves.
Hi great video, im in northern ontario. I really want to grow oysters.
What type of mulch are you using
I'd like to have some
Did u do any updates on that potato harvest
How do the wood shavings hold up against wind? I'm considering using pine shavings, but we live in a rather windy area.
Would pine wood shavings be good for Raspberry beds?
Thank you for the video. Good advise
Do you water the logs, or just leave them to get rain water? You don't soak the logs?
Ideally the logs are pretty green (not old dead wood) so they are not already growing fungi which would compete with the oysters. If it's really dry through the summer, you could soak them.
@@halfacreadventures5193 Thanks!
any update?
Nothing yet, we are hopeful that this spring will yield fruit. Late April and into May are good months here on the west coast for oyster mushrooms.
Why pull the dandelions?
They suck nutrients from the soil in the garden beds. Dandies in the lawn, no problem! But not among my veggies.
What are all those "Magic raspberry" plants behind you at 1:56 lol
keen eye @mattzx77 ;) those are actually industrial hemp. No thc. But great for smoothies, salad, lasagna, etc..
I had no idea the flowers were edible. Thanks!
So good! Try on pizza or stuff them with cheese and pan fry :)
Looked amazing!
Loving the vintage Nintendo!
Great video!
Thanks!
How was the harvest?
Not bad! Will be even better this year as the soil improves. More compost!
Welcome to the Island, I’m interested to know if you sell eggs.hanks
Hi there! We don't have enough eggs to sell any. Are you close to Nanoose? lot of good options available here :)
Good sex ed course...happy veg!
All the good stuff. Handsome helpers
I love that they enjoy eating it too!
Good info...I know what I will use.. today!
Let us know how it goes!
Tempura flowers..yummy.
Yes. Grow your own food
Great. Thxs. Now my tomatoes won't be all over the place.
Welcome!
What a wonderful fresh variety!
Fresh and tasty!
Mmm raspberries...so good and so versatile!
We are going to have lots!
But they're so handsome!
Haha... of course ;)
Would be great to see a kombucha video...
On its way buddy! Just started a new batch!
Great video! A very special place! Thanks for the scobe. I started the first fermentation stage today so looking forward to some good kombucha. Do you think raspberries and blueberries would go well in it?
You're most welcome! Great to see you guys. All berries are great and fun to do combos. BlackBerry is my favorite. All with ginger of course.
Things are looking fabulous.. what a paradise of eating and living!
It sure is! And the season is just getting going..
This was so yummy!
Amazing! 🍕🍕🍕
Love it!!
What a great adventure. And...you got shrooms
We sure did! Looking forward to next season now that we know where to go
Love the info and the family adventures you guys do. So cool
Cheers Dad, thanks for always helping and supporting our adventures ❤
Hmmmmmm, looks pretty do-able! Fresh shrooms in your yard...I'm in!
Can't wait to share them with you!
Cool. Love mushrooms!!!
Lol.. "you can never have too much of anything" - Joy
They look so nice and healthy, of interest that you put them deep..
Yes lots of extra roots that way!
It's true. The deeper, the better with tomato plants. 🍅
This was really helpful. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Squash! Patttypans! Watermelon!!! Mmmmmmmm
It's going to be a delicious season!
I love the way you use the beds for multi purpose . So clever. I didnt think of doing that..Thxs
So many ways to maximize growing space
Well done..very easy to follow. Gonna do it!
Let us know how it goes!
This is fabulous guys. Congrats! You are the best! Can't wait to see all the fruits and produce of your garden 🍓🍅🍒🍓🍓🍓🤤
Thanks Claudia!
Absolutely love this video - the scenery, the kids, the adventures!
Thanks Donna, this was a pretty special day for sure :)
Ya Donna. Fortunate kids to be able to do this
Awesome Gord & Joy!
Hi there! Happy you are following along on these adventures with us!
This is so helpful!
Glad you think so Pat! Anyone can grow their own food
Clever use of space and seeds...
I took good notes from you Mom ❤
Very nice guys reminds of my days growing up on the farm in Sask!
Thanks Curtis, hope you are all well!