How to Start Gardening for Self-Sufficiency with Huw Richards and Shawn James

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  • Опубліковано 26 гру 2024

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  • @HuwRichards
    @HuwRichards 10 місяців тому +44

    Shawn what a great chat this was! I really enjoyed speaking with you and thank you for reaching out🌿 Hope you have a great growing season

  • @alalmaoui5212
    @alalmaoui5212 10 місяців тому +13

    I really love the collaboration of two great gardeners, and outdoors men.

  • @stoicepictetus833
    @stoicepictetus833 10 місяців тому +9

    Love Huw Richards! He's such an inspiration and follow him on YT. Great s eeing you two discussing gardening matters together. 😃👍

  • @SuperNmolnar
    @SuperNmolnar 10 місяців тому +13

    Gardening is fun and relaxing. been a vegetable farmer for 25 years, Now a backyard gardener for the last 10. Cheers from Simcoe County , Ontario, Canada!

  • @lenaanne9778
    @lenaanne9778 10 місяців тому +1

    This is great, I've been watching both of you for a couple years. All the best.

  • @osmia
    @osmia 10 місяців тому +5

    This is great having you two together on the same video!

  • @michaelboom7704
    @michaelboom7704 10 місяців тому +1

    I enjoyed listening to this chat! Like Huw said at the end is to experiment which I try doing each year something new.

  • @marlysjcollins8775
    @marlysjcollins8775 10 місяців тому +9

    So amazing to see you two together! Huw was one of the first UA-cam gardeners I watched!
    REALLY enjoyed this podcast

  • @HalsPals
    @HalsPals 10 місяців тому +8

    Love your influence.

  • @miriamramos5011
    @miriamramos5011 10 місяців тому +16

    This podcast was my favorite. Best of both worlds. I follow both Huw and James. This was awesome! Two different generations coming together to share through podcast. It just blows my mind.

  • @Toninz
    @Toninz 10 місяців тому +1

    Loving this!!!…thank you so much for sharing 🙏

  • @The__Respecter
    @The__Respecter 10 місяців тому +10

    Huw and Shawn at the same time. This is amazing!

  • @just_alex
    @just_alex 10 місяців тому +1

    Really interesting chat. :) thoroughly enjoyable!

  • @michlardot2215
    @michlardot2215 10 місяців тому +11

    Love Huw learned a lot from him

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards 10 місяців тому

      I'm glad to hear that 😊

  • @amandar7719
    @amandar7719 10 місяців тому +7

    Huw! 😮 yay!

  • @karenporter3156
    @karenporter3156 10 місяців тому +1

    Great interview! Thank you.

  • @enzopalumbo2164
    @enzopalumbo2164 10 місяців тому +6

    Shawn, I live in the Montreal area. Many boroughs offer their residents community gardening plots. For many years my brother lived in apartments before he bought his house. He always had a community gardening plot. The boroughs provide the earth, access to water, and sheds for gardening tool storage. My father would often help him with the gardening. My father had his own garden and he often helped me with my tiny garden in my backyard.

  • @lcotee
    @lcotee 10 місяців тому +2

    Love it when my favorites get together ❤

  • @marygordon3032
    @marygordon3032 10 місяців тому

    Thanks Shawn and Huw, really appreciate the info and discussion. The Epic family road trip came up on my UA-cam feed and it was great to see you Shawn as a guest. Awesome! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

  • @djmoulton1558
    @djmoulton1558 10 місяців тому +4

    I've been following Huw for a few years. Glad to see you make the connection here. Another person I think you might like to interview may be Stefan Sobkowiak of The Permaculture Orchard in Quebec. Thx for continuing your journey with us.

  • @dlcarbonneau3750
    @dlcarbonneau3750 10 місяців тому +1

    Great guest, I used to watch his channel but with less time, I now focus on people living and gardening in my zone 4, like Shawn. Frost free for about 3 months.

  • @adelineparinduri
    @adelineparinduri 10 місяців тому +1

    Can't believe I've been following Huw since he's still in his teens 😁 One of the few I learn from to start gardening here in Canada 😄 I'm happy for him for what he's achieved in such a young age. Keep the projects coming, Huw! Thanks for the wonderful vids.
    And thank you for adding this topic of gardening to your podcast, Shawn. I'm happy you chose Huw to represent the gardening (growing our own food) side of being self-sufficient. Great talk 👍

  • @stevieboy6986
    @stevieboy6986 9 місяців тому

    Great watch. now going to find Huw.

  • @rodneywroten2994
    @rodneywroten2994 10 місяців тому

    thanks for sharing

  • @Karen-ew9zn
    @Karen-ew9zn 10 місяців тому +8

    Finally !
    I have been waiting for your gardening videos to begin !!
    Yahoo!!

  • @foolbart
    @foolbart 10 місяців тому

    Since I listen to both of you already, it was fun to hear you converse.

  • @alalmaoui5212
    @alalmaoui5212 10 місяців тому +2

    We can learn more from Huw Richards than Huw Richards can learn from us all.

  • @bobobrien8968
    @bobobrien8968 9 місяців тому

    Awesome interview.

  • @stevediduck9963
    @stevediduck9963 10 місяців тому +2

    Quite a lengthy video, not complaining I found it quite informative and listened to the entire video. I learned a lot from the both of you. I was extremely inspired. We have lived on acreage for the past 35 years and like to think we do everything about growing vegetation as possible but you have both added a huge amount of info that we plan to implement.
    Thank you
    Great podcast

  • @tyronesart
    @tyronesart 10 місяців тому +1

    Really good podcast. Been following huw for awhile now

  • @hilaryabbot9297
    @hilaryabbot9297 10 місяців тому +2

    So happy that two of my favourites got together.

  • @adeildealves8798
    @adeildealves8798 10 місяців тому +2

    Saudades!Seja bem vindo!

  • @zeph5800
    @zeph5800 10 місяців тому +1

    Crazy collab, didn't expect that !

  • @jamesfairbairn1588
    @jamesfairbairn1588 10 місяців тому

    Fantastic talk. Thank you for sharing. I definitely have some new ideas I’ll be trying in the near future.

  • @cynthiataylor2092
    @cynthiataylor2092 10 місяців тому +3

    Shawn you are extremely talented, skilled, organized, and bulit your cabin with your hands? Yes, you are very productively especially when you love what you do!!! Cindy 🎉

  • @stevetheaker7286
    @stevetheaker7286 10 місяців тому +1

    fantastic, so interesting

  • @booswalia
    @booswalia 9 місяців тому

    The biggest obstacle when I started gardening 35 years ago was keeping up with weeding. It would look overwhelming and I would get discouraged. Now I mulch and mostly ignore weeding. You grow with your garden over the years.

  • @rebeccalay119
    @rebeccalay119 9 місяців тому +1

    Shawn, I live in suburban America and my entire back yard is a garden. My plans are to take down a couple trees in the front and use it as another garden. My next skill to learn is to can. I am 70 year old widow. If I can do it a lot of others can do it too.

  • @lindapetersen1800
    @lindapetersen1800 6 місяців тому

    SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! I plant things inside of the house for myself in pots !!! I grow a lot of radishes always planting every 10 days same with carrots to have to eat !!! I have pots that have tubers with another plant like broccoli or cabbage or tomatoes plants to go in the middle !!! Even grow beans in the house also !!!

  • @mammyoffgrid
    @mammyoffgrid 10 місяців тому +3

    You know when two of your favorites come together to discuss gardening it's going to be a great one❤

  • @odin7682
    @odin7682 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm in Ontario. Where I'm at Bush land here has consistently been listed for 1800-2500 per acre. 200 acres down the road went for 350k last fall. Another 100 acres recently for 180k

  • @jeffreypate3226
    @jeffreypate3226 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm not going to get his book but I would like to see him on a future podcast .

  • @teresarubel2182
    @teresarubel2182 10 місяців тому

    Two of my favourite content producers in one posting! What a treat! Thank you Shawn (and Huw). Very timely spread of topics.

  • @dtl2081
    @dtl2081 10 місяців тому +2

    Great to see you here.

  • @giselecontassotdesayvre8090
    @giselecontassotdesayvre8090 10 місяців тому

    bonjour Shawn et votre invité, j'ai eu la chance de grandir au sein d'une très grande fratrie,avec des parents auto-suffisants..respect de la terre, de la nature, des animaux..partages au sein de la famille et avec notre communauté..très vite j'ai acquis les rudiments, les bases du jardinage...actuellement j'ai un tout petit potager, que j'agrandis avec des petits potagers sur pieds, adaptés à mon " grand âge" 😁 ...par tout temps , je visite mon potager, et c'est une grande satisfaction...En tant que soignante auprès des " déments" et autres maladies, j'ai créé un atelier jardin...incroyable les gestes revenaient avec cette activité, très bénéfique , les résidents participaient avec bonheur, certains mangeaient la terre!😁..une ergothérapeute s'était investie à mes côtés par la suite..que du bonheur...merci pour tous vos Podcasts, vos très belles vidéos..et à votre invité du jour...🌱

  • @steveroywojciechowsk
    @steveroywojciechowsk 10 місяців тому

    micro greens, aka sprouts are a great way to start growing food. It can be done in your kitchen and you will see results in 7 days. Start with mason jars (from your local thrift store), a couple of lids off Amazon and some sprouting seeds from your local garden center or Mumms. A great addition to a salad or sandwich.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 10 місяців тому +2

    Thank you , Shawn .
    🐺Loupis Canis .

  • @cynthiataylor2092
    @cynthiataylor2092 10 місяців тому +1

    What is the best fence to keep people out from my garden/property? Cindy high fence requires 7feet? 10feet tall and which kind of material to keep people out.

  • @TokyoCraftsman
    @TokyoCraftsman 10 місяців тому

    I'd love to buy the book, but they don't ship to Japan... 🤥

  • @miriamramos5011
    @miriamramos5011 10 місяців тому +1

    Mr. Huw is right, large scale farming throws the baby out with the bathwater!

  • @folkerthesse5822
    @folkerthesse5822 10 місяців тому +1

    What do you think about dog poo for compost? I heard different opinions about…

  • @KatySimpsonLive
    @KatySimpsonLive 9 місяців тому

    Woohoo! 2 of my fave UA-camrs together!

  • @cynthiataylor2092
    @cynthiataylor2092 10 місяців тому +1

    Which fruit trees and veggies will you plant outside and which fruit trees and veggies will you plant and grow in a greenhouse? Will you buy/use a FloHive for honey 🍯 Cindy 👋

  • @JamesMcDowell-x6c
    @JamesMcDowell-x6c 10 місяців тому +1

    ....I like the idea of peas....I'd grow, and have, snow peas and sugar snap peas........ Eat the pod and all and it's delicious raw or cooked...... Of course I'm not leaving out how delicious a stir fry of pea shoots is.

  • @Lumsden-g7o
    @Lumsden-g7o 10 місяців тому +1

    The Annapolis vally is very beautiful.
    I have been there many times
    $480,000 cad for 40 acres seems like a lot to me. I expected I could get 100 acres for that price.
    Which part of the valley were your parents from ?
    Middletown would be the heart of the valley. But Kentville is more industrial .
    The French settled the land and farmed it for 100 yr. before the English kicked them out for not signing a Loyalty treaty with the
    King of England.
    They were sent to
    Louisianna.
    Thats where the Cajuns came from !
    Many of them found thier way back. and settled esst of Halifax .
    It is a very Frenchified area.
    Mike.

  • @danielluma2948
    @danielluma2948 10 місяців тому

    This year I'm going to try to use copper wire in my garden. Some people have been using copper wire for gardening to improve their overall health of their plants

  • @sergec.2014
    @sergec.2014 10 місяців тому +3

    👍 Another awesome video.
    A pat for Cali...
    Looking forward to spring. Take care...

  • @robbarclay6296
    @robbarclay6296 10 місяців тому

    I’ve subscribed to you both for the last few years. Seeing this made my day!

  • @johnfithian-franks8276
    @johnfithian-franks8276 10 місяців тому

    Hi Shawn, you may go into the topic that I am interested in but for me it is not what I can grow but more the quality of fresh food that you do not have to pick until you are ready to eat it. Food from supermarkets is very old before you can get it and fresh food does not just taste better but has lots of other benefacts that are lost if not eaten straight away.

  • @cynthiataylor2092
    @cynthiataylor2092 10 місяців тому +1

    How to barter let's say apples 🍎 for goat cheese or for honey? Is there a chart to figure how many potatoes for cheese, eggs, berries? Cindy

  • @amandar7719
    @amandar7719 10 місяців тому +1

    @huwrichards enjoying this podcast…..😃what’s in the bottles behind you? 😎

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards 10 місяців тому +1

      A few tasty "tinctures" for cold days😉

    • @Gregorio_Si
      @Gregorio_Si 10 місяців тому

      It’s different varieties of apple juice 😂

  • @lindapetersen1800
    @lindapetersen1800 10 місяців тому +2

    SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Hey there !!! Been listening and yes woodchips are the way to go for manure for you plus moose droppings also !!! We planted a apple tree in the area that the Old out house was it grows GREAT !!! This has been going on for years now !!! With the weather it has been lately it is easy to say we in Northern Illinois might have snow at Mother's Day !!! Now it is going to be up to the middle 60's this first of the next week !!! It is something here !!! I have started tomato cabbage broccoli bok choy onions for summer time the first of Feb.!!! Thinking to start another group of vegs. for first of July then got potatoes started also !!!

  • @Gordonseries385
    @Gordonseries385 10 місяців тому

    👍

  • @elizetemachado6755
    @elizetemachado6755 10 місяців тому +2

    😂😊

  • @homeschoolontheCroft
    @homeschoolontheCroft 10 місяців тому

    Shawn: ‘I’m not an exceptional person’
    Ummm … I kinda get your point, but honestly, I beg to differ ☺️

  • @marlenecardinahl9346
    @marlenecardinahl9346 10 місяців тому +1

    Ya no recipe is written in stone

  • @edevos3108
    @edevos3108 10 місяців тому +1

    This conversation is very interesting, and some of the tips are useful, but I am lost with the whole “half-acre or more residential lot”- type of gardening because it assumes that most people are wealthy enough to have such a luxurious amount of land available to them and the freedom to use that land as they see fit. And “renting” private land here (Central Pennsylvania) can cost as much as an apartment rental fee on a seasonal basis. This leaves out millions of people who live in urban areas, who are renters, or who may be dependent on renting small community garden plots for sustainable living.
    Of course, if one is gearing all of their advice toward wealthier people who have more land, more money and more opportunities, I can see the value of this information. Unfortunately, I see nothing at all here of value for the majority of people, and that is where my concern lies.
    While I live in a suburban setting and do have access to a backyard garden (our home is on a quarter-acre lot, which is standard in most urban areas in the United States), the vast majority of people in this area have VERY limited space, and not everyone can get a plot in the local Community Garden because of the limited amount of space set aside by the County Government for that purpose. The whole issue of gardening for sustainable living or self-sufficiency needs to be expanded to cover more diverse types of people who have diverse circumstances.

  • @philspencer8251
    @philspencer8251 10 місяців тому

    I must admit I am not a gardener, and really missing the practical build videos of late. Any future build projects in the near future ?

  • @josefreck1103
    @josefreck1103 10 місяців тому

    😂🙂👍🤗

  • @velikokotarowa1818
    @velikokotarowa1818 10 місяців тому

    Che fine hai fatto?

  • @Teresitacorralesmeuly
    @Teresitacorralesmeuly 10 місяців тому

    HELLO:

  • @dexterdog62
    @dexterdog62 10 місяців тому

    Hugh.

  • @jennifertaylor6591
    @jennifertaylor6591 10 місяців тому

    As I’m watching this I’m eating tuna salad with celery and guess what. The celery is flavorless and very large.

  • @heatherclayton-callaghan4270
    @heatherclayton-callaghan4270 10 місяців тому +1

    Because GOD created mankind with the need to have a goal to aim for, for us to create the adrenaline to reach the goal.
    Proverbs 29: 18 18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish"... as humans we need that vision ,that goal for our mind and body to generate everything needed to build the dream , goal, vision.
    When we function the way GOD created us to function , we THRIVE; And if we've chosen God way, thru Christ and the Holy Spirit to do GODS WILL for our lives, we are unstoppable , for its no longer I that live but Cheist who lives in me. The further away mankind gets from GODS DIVINE PLAN the harder the struggle . We were never created to do it alone , always IN and BY GODS POWER, for HIS GLORY . The more you men turn back to the land and farm it according to GODS PLAN & PURPOSE the more productive it will be.

  • @Melba-f2c
    @Melba-f2c 10 місяців тому +1

    The photo that illustrates the point is an ill-timed illustration A Frenchman who has a reputation as a sectarian person several times condemned in France

  • @Melba-f2c
    @Melba-f2c 10 місяців тому

    La photo qui illustre le propos est une illustration mal à propos
    Un français qui a une réputation d'une personne sectaire plusieurs fois condamné en France

  • @Melba-f2c
    @Melba-f2c 10 місяців тому

    I apologize because Richard Huw looked too much like the person who had been mistaken for him.
    My sincere apologies.

  • @cyndybutler7330
    @cyndybutler7330 10 місяців тому +1

    My garden is ready and will plant root vegetables in a month

  • @Bam_Bam_Bam_Bam
    @Bam_Bam_Bam_Bam 10 місяців тому +1

    Two of my favorite UA-camrs!

  • @marianfrances4959
    @marianfrances4959 10 місяців тому

    How awesome!! 👍😎🇨🇦🌿🥦🍅🧅🥕🌱🪱🌻

  • @andersonlobo21
    @andersonlobo21 10 місяців тому +1

    I've been following your channel for a few years now and I just have to thank you for inspiring me to remote constructions and sustainable cultivation, it's been gratifying to be part of the circle. grateful
    Shawn James and family. 🏚🏠🏡🏕🧭🌄🏞