What a beautifully done ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxYGamVaHfdHiPlAQaLa7zkwR02OKpGYDU ! The instructions and the photographs are brilliant. It is thorough and genuinely informative. Ryan got another winner! No one does it better!
It’s good to hear your philosophy of land ownership and the responsibility of the owner to set aside acreage for wild things, pollinators, species habitat., and how this improves life on earth. Thanks for that. ❤️
Aldo Leopold said that the noblest and most important undertaking a human being can take is to live on a piece of land without spoiling it. Kris, you are a testament to that spirit. Kudos.
WOW, What a massive improvement in the land you have made since you bought it. You've turned the land into a peaceful area to live and relax in, you should be very proud of everything you have accomplished already Kris, well done!
Hats off to you young man, you are setting an example to how we humans should treat this land, as custodians we must look after it not exploit it. Unlike the so many homesteaders who go on a spree of tree cutting in order to grow more food and more animals for food (hording food), with zero respect to the land and the other creatures which are our partners and we need them more they need us, you are a shinning example of enlightenment..that's why I never subscribe to any of those horrid homesteaders (sadly they are mainly Americans!), but only you. Keep inspiring, keep creating waves of positive change..hugs to both of you.💚💕
With potatoes as the shoots come up (10 or so cm) keep covering them with dirt so you get a mound of dirt, this is how you grow bigger potatoes, its called 'earthing up' if you want to look into it, but they looked great though
Hey Chris, just to note the green potatoes will give you more than just a bad stomach, they are really pretty poisenous. Not worth eating even one, be careful to cut the green out as you said. Lovely vid man, thanks so much for this
@@Mark-xl8gg Exactly the three things (including Stefans comment) we wanted to remark for Kris - shame to let the green go to waste, and miss all those deep potatoes!
@@Mark-xl8gg what do you do with the carrot greens? I added some to kimchi and they're ok, they don't make much juice, and I don't like eating them just sauteed
Wow keep on like this kris and your going to have to open a farm shop!!! If there was ever a video that deserves a HUGE thumbs up it's definitely this video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍. Well done kris you should be given some kind of award for what you have achieved with your land !!!
Very nice to see how things move on, I bought a small valley on the north island New Zealand 8 years ago with my ozzy girl, we are working on living from the land. Keep up the good works bro 👍🏿
@@lisahodges8299 There where walnut trees on the land and we have a small orchard and some vines for wine. We grow veg when we have time. I still work on the other side of the world but plan to sail home and give up on the west as life is done in the uk & Europe.
Speaking of bees, are you planning on keeping any hives? It would be so helpful for your orchard to thrive, and the honey would make amazing meade! 🙏🏼❤️🇺🇸
So beautiful. I have only one acre in rural southern Ireland, but I've left half to go wild like you have, managing it with the lightest hand. The same thing is happening, bees, lizards, hedgehogs, rabbits, frogs, hoverflies, six types of butterfly. It is such a privilege to be the steward of such a wonder.
I commend you Kris on the work you are doing to bring back the natural life onto your land. I agree with you that all land owners should do their bit to preserve natural areas of their land for natural growth.
Thanks for the update. Lovely greenhouse. Ps. Good tip. Cut the beans off at the roots leaving the roots to rot down in the soil. I believe that they are nitrogen fixing so you’ll get direct feeding of the soil micro biome. And I agree I had never liked broad beans until I grew my own for the first time this year..Couldn’t believe the difference when tasting fresh broad beans. Delicious
In Italy they pick broad beans very young and eat them raw with salami. One of the treats of spring. Personally I don't like them when they are too big, but you can peel off the outer layer of each bean for a fresher milder bean outside, albeit smaller. Anything you grow yourself tastes better though, mainly because it's fresh from the garden. Runner beans especially. I suspect you are leaving some potatoes in the ground, but you'll probably prove me wrong :) I always dug the ground over after harvest and always found more. Don't leave even small ones in the ground or they'll sprout next year where you don't want them. I also think you should leave the leaves on the onions unless you are using them immediately as I think it dries them out very quickly and of course they are used to plait string of onions. You are doing a fantastic job though and a joy to watch.
My favorite part is the sheep. My favorite part of that part is the shirt. Fantastic video that made my day. Getting me motivated to keep working towards land ownership myself. Thank you for sharing. Wonderful job.
If you have to many courgettes you can pickle them as well, pick them small and give them the same treatment as the cucumbers/gurken, or make a mix of them. Maybe piccalilly is an option with a mish mash of vegetables. I hope you have more succes with those sheep as Jeremy did. The pictures of the original view when you bought the land reminded me very much of Colette from Bealtaine cottage, and what a wonderfull job she did reviving a piece of bare land to an oasis of peace and harmony with nature, and of course her angelic voice makes it perfect to start any day when you feel stressed.
Fantastic, Kris and Dot. I am so pleased, having grown up on a farm and having gardened my entire life, to see the fabulous tree growth and the wild meadow. I think you could start hosting some tours of the farm once your garage is done. You can include hydro and solar, gardens, animal husbandry, and greenhouse. You have diversified quite successfully. Excellent video. I was stunned at how well the trees have grown. Thanks so much!
Hello Kris! You are always number one to me. I'm accustomed to see you working and I have to say that this format is great! I think you should do more videos with this format. Bye bye from Italy
I was just thinking I could do with a garden update. And Kris delivers! Not only are you an impressive couple with loads of skills but you are excellent stewards of the land. Sorry about the spuds - such is life.
Looking great Kris👍👍 Give those plants in the greenhouse plenty water, especially the tomatoes, they need lots👍 Also, can't believe you're throwing the best bit of the runner beans away, chop them up whole and eat the lot, yummy👍👍
The greenhouse is looking fantastic. Those cucumbers would make fine dills or sliced with onion and a little red pepper for sweet pickles. That's a beautiful little kitchen garden. Next season try growing garlic and onions among your potatoes, carrots and other root vegetables rather than in separate beds. It'll help prevent pest damage to your root crops. Cheers!
Just a great neighbor right there. He gets you a lift, his mate sells you some sheep, you get him a neat bunch of veggies. Everyone wins, thats how you live along humans. We need more of that.
Most enjoyable vid, Kris - So nice seeing the harvest; mine did poorly this year because of the cold, windy summer we've had... When mom was alive, we made the larger cucumbers into dill crock pickles - I actually preferred the taste of them better than the jar pickles - Thanks so much for sharing.... good luck with the sheep; hope all goes well....
Yes, with larger cucumbers we always cut them into thin slices and pickle them that way, either sweet or dill or just a vinegar/water blend and then salt them when you eat them. Delicious.
It feels like there is so much shit happening now, the - you know - I guess the rewards for all the hard work and so on is really coming back in such a visible way as well, not just the knowledge of having done a good job, the visible rewards of it to yourself and us viewers. One of my favorite channels, this one. Always something awesome to watch.
Kris, have you thought about keeping your own bees. They'd love your meadow and they produce the best honey from meadow flowers??? I absolutely loved this look-a-round kris, it reminds me of my childhood when there were actual natural meadows everywhere and hedgerows surrounding each field. Thank you Kris for doing something about our loss!!!
So you do cucumbers and onions. We use equal parts sugar water and white distilled vinegar. We us an old pickle jar and do double batch of mixture and then slice up 3-4 pickles with sliced onion. We use what is called a candy onion. They get to about a pound each. Leave pickles and onion mixture set overnight in jar. They are like eating candy. Love watching you build.
Wow fried potatoes and onions excellent and also an excellent summer salad, cucumbers sour cream and onions with a dash of vinegar. And also tomatoes cucumbers and onions for a refreshing salad with oil and a little vinegar with salt and pepper. The greens on the onion are chives very very tasty
Hmmmm....Hi sir nice harvest of carrots and broad beans and the onions looking good to and the green house erything in there looking great you have a good work gardening ooh so cute the sheeps and nice color to have a good day and thank you for thinking of future of your land and the world.
Just a suggestion: you can make carrot top pesto with some of the green tops and then compost the rest. So many don't know that the carrot tops as well as radish greens are amazing food too! Your garden looks amazing though and I love that greenhouse. Also, I LOVE what you're doing to allow the habitats to grow again. Permiculture, food forests, natural habitats and conservation are so incredibly important for us and for our beautiful earth. Love the direction you're taking you're taking on your property.
This brings back good memories. As a child growing up my family had several big gardens. We shared them with my aunt and uncle. We grew everything. We would freeze and can and our garden supplied us with most of our food though out the winter. I had a wonderful childhood living in the country gardening and farming. I learned so many life skills and an appreciation for nature and the closeness of working with my family. Enjoy your life you are very blessed my friend.
This is my favorite video to date. I've loved watching all your videos and watching you go from just some fields to a complete small holding with conservation area. It is truly inspiring and I think you should be very proud of what you have done. Maybe one day I will be able to follow in your example!
Dry the onion tops for soups and other things. Land conservation is very important and many land owners just decimate it over the years. Your doing a great job bringing all that life back to it.
Broad bean leaves are really tasty! I always throw them in salads before the beans are ready. You can also use the Carrot tops to make a really tasty pesto! Land is looking amazing, so Vibrant and full of life.
I've been looking forward to this upload. The wildling/conservation area is looking so good. And as you're saying, these areas are what keeps us humans alive and it should be done at every little plot of land that we can. Love your mentality on this.
Now you need a barn for the sheep; don't know about sheep, but goats eat everything, including the fence posts! LOVE your wildlife area...the bees sound wonderful.
Very lucky to not have too many venomous snakes to navigate……or poisonous spiders like we do in Aus ……I love all the videos and love watching all the hard work you put into your projects and love the video narrative also 👏👏
Hi Kris, the different in your land is stunning,from almost dead to lush is a testament to your hard work and dedication to the land, sheep 🐑are very cute, will you be getting goats later, Dot will have a source of wool for spinning now.💖
At 21:10 The purple is Black Knapweed (I think because the calyx beneath the flower is black..ish). The White is really nice to see, Sneezewort, damp meadows and bog which I know you have there. They were probably both hanging on on the edges somewhere but your benign neglect and re-wilding (quite trendy word these days) has been hugely beneficial to them both. 21:23, Water mint, paler green and shorter with the sort of fluffy pink flowers. You are ahead of the curve Kris. This is exactly what has to happen across the country. I work in conservation and in our county we are planning to up the wild bits from 17% to 30% in the next 10 years in the hope it will give us all a chance to have a better future. "Only at the precipice do we see we have to change" 1950's. Ooh 22:49 I think the yellow behind your head is Fleabane (my friends called it the furry dog nose) and it is the food plant of the Small Copper butterfly, one of the most dazzling sights on the wing.
Hi Kris. Sheep & goats love chicken feed. But can over eat it & get bloat. Many homesteaders fence or wire off a little corner to put chicken feed into. Small enough that chickens can get in but not other livestock. To prevent larger stock from over eating or getting bloat that can be fatal. Your sheep are stunning. Hope you're enjoying having them x
Hmmmm looks like the making of a pot of stew or soup? Too bad that something ate your potatoes. Cute sheep. I love the look back at what it was like when you bought it and all the improvements you've made. Kudos to you and Dot.
You just brought me right back to my childhood Kris. I used to pick broad beans, peas and carrots from our garden, give then a quick wipe on my shorts and eat them while going on adventures through the long grass and wild flowers. Happy times, happy memories!
Love this update, please keep them coming! Near that wild area would be a great spot for some beekeeping! Sorry about your potatoes, glad you had the sheep to look forward to and can't wait to watch them grow❤ would you consider doing a video of a walk on the land covering the pond, woodland and other habitats, it's so relaxing and beautiful to see.
Here’s a tip for your carrots: if you can, get hold of some piping (drain pipes are best) and cut to 1m - 1.5m lengths. Tie them all together and place on top of your soil and make sure the pipes won’t fall over. Fill the pipes with good rich soil and sow your carrots in them. The pipes will force the carrots to grow downwards and not out making them longer, giving you a better carrot. Can do the same with other root veggies.
I wish more people followed your way of life. Your grasp is the way things should be with respect towards nature and allow habitat areas. Way to go, Kris!
Kris, I you wait with the potato harvest till the leaves have turned brown. You can harvest then with a large 4 tine rake (20cm long tines) smack it into the ground behind the plant and pull it towards you. Just makes it go faster
We've had the same problem with our potatoes, We were told by local farmer slugs are the culprits, he suggested we get some nematodes, apparently they can be watered into the soil and will kill the slugs. So perhaps next year we can have a better potato harvest. Thats the beauty of gardens, we live in hope
Kris I really admire you and all that you do. A very talented man of principle. I have Surrey wildlife trust land to the rear of me and two bee houses in my garden…which they the bees 🐝 populated almost immediately I installed. For 10 years now I have had bumble bees under my kitchen. I recycle nearly everything. I love your videos…sadly some American ones I follow have turned too hedonistic …except slim potato head. ! I have encouraged my Facebook friends to subscribe to your wonderful channel 🥰
You will find that some potatoes grow better in your land than others. Growing in bags does help if they are getting attacked by slugs. Have a word with local farmers or local allotments regarding which varieties grow well. Keep up the good work. 👍
What a beautifully done ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxYGamVaHfdHiPlAQaLa7zkwR02OKpGYDU ! The instructions and the photographs are brilliant. It is thorough and genuinely informative. Ryan got another winner! No one does it better!
It’s good to hear your philosophy of land ownership and the responsibility of the owner to set aside acreage for wild things, pollinators, species habitat., and how this improves life on earth. Thanks for that. ❤️
Susan Evans. Totally agree. The lad's doing well. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@TRUSTINYAH You forgot that The Earth is also FLAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@TRUSTINYAH do you have information that the vaxx contains the number 666?
@@tonygrimes13 🤣🤣
This man is so amazing to me, and I thought he’s not much older than 30, but someone said he’s 54??!! Can anyone help me out?
Aldo Leopold said that the noblest and most important undertaking a human being can take is to live on a piece of land without spoiling it. Kris, you are a testament to that spirit. Kudos.
WOW, What a massive improvement in the land you have made since you bought it. You've turned the land into a peaceful area to live and relax in, you should be very proud of everything you have accomplished already Kris, well done!
Hats off to you young man, you are setting an example to how we humans should treat this land, as custodians we must look after it not exploit it. Unlike the so many homesteaders who go on a spree of tree cutting in order to grow more food and more animals for food (hording food), with zero respect to the land and the other creatures which are our partners and we need them more they need us, you are a shinning example of enlightenment..that's why I never subscribe to any of those horrid homesteaders (sadly they are mainly Americans!), but only you. Keep inspiring, keep creating waves of positive change..hugs to both of you.💚💕
With potatoes as the shoots come up (10 or so cm) keep covering them with dirt so you get a mound of dirt, this is how you grow bigger potatoes, its called 'earthing up' if you want to look into it, but they looked great though
Earthing up also prevents the light from turning the potatoes green.
Doesn't do anything with early potatoes. That's a trick for maincrop if at all.
omg thats so cool all the bees, your my hero Kris...letting that land just grow wild like that has been the bees saving grace. thank you
Hey Chris, just to note the green potatoes will give you more than just a bad stomach, they are really pretty poisenous. Not worth eating even one, be careful to cut the green out as you said. Lovely vid man, thanks so much for this
What a man ! Stumbled upon this channel and I'm already enthralled. Will be a regular now.
The green on the onions is edible too, cheers, good harvest!
And the carrots, and I would use a fork to lift the potato’s otherwise you miss all the deep ones
wanted to come and write this too, nutritious too!
@@Mark-xl8gg Exactly the three things (including Stefans comment) we wanted to remark for Kris - shame to let the green go to waste, and miss all those deep potatoes!
@@DatsWhatHeSaid I don't know if the "no dig" method would allow you to dig up the potatoes
@@Mark-xl8gg what do you do with the carrot greens? I added some to kimchi and they're ok, they don't make much juice, and I don't like eating them just sauteed
It's nice to see this side of your homestead, and that it's not all about putting up buildings. Your dream is coming true.
I grow potatoes in 30L pots as I have same issue in the ground… put som hay on top to keep the moisture in and 3 seeds per pot 😉
the hay also helps keep light off them, so they dont go green:)
you are such an inspiration to me and surely thousands of those watching your content. Thank you.
Absolutamente perfecto! B
Wow keep on like this kris and your going to have to open a farm shop!!!
If there was ever a video that deserves a HUGE thumbs up it's definitely this video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍.
Well done kris you should be given some kind of award for what you have achieved with your land !!!
Very nice to see how things move on, I bought a small valley on the north island New Zealand 8 years ago with my ozzy girl, we are working on living from the land. Keep up the good works bro 👍🏿
Good luck to you. I am hoping all your fruit and nut trees went in 1st as they take a few years to produce.
Birdy
@@lisahodges8299 There where walnut trees on the land and we have a small orchard and some vines for wine. We grow veg when we have time. I still work on the other side of the world but plan to sail home and give up on the west as life is done in the uk & Europe.
You are so lucky, I started anew in Ireland.
Birdy
@@lisahodges8299 did I miss something how is “Birdy”?
Speaking of bees, are you planning on keeping any hives? It would be so helpful for your orchard to thrive, and the honey would make amazing meade! 🙏🏼❤️🇺🇸
That would...bee...fantastic. I'd love to watch that whole process.
Something I had suggested before and I wholeheartedly think would be a good idea.
I fort that would be grate to see as well 😆
So beautiful. I have only one acre in rural southern Ireland, but I've left half to go wild like you have, managing it with the lightest hand. The same thing is happening, bees, lizards, hedgehogs, rabbits, frogs, hoverflies, six types of butterfly. It is such a privilege to be the steward of such a wonder.
I commend you Kris on the work you are doing to bring back the natural life onto your land. I agree with you that all land owners should do their bit to preserve natural areas of their land for natural growth.
Thanks for the update. Lovely greenhouse. Ps. Good tip. Cut the beans off at the roots leaving the roots to rot down in the soil. I believe that they are nitrogen fixing so you’ll get direct feeding of the soil micro biome. And I agree I had never liked broad beans until I grew my own for the first time this year..Couldn’t believe the difference when tasting fresh broad beans. Delicious
In Italy they pick broad beans very young and eat them raw with salami. One of the treats of spring.
Personally I don't like them when they are too big, but you can peel off the outer layer of each bean for a fresher milder bean outside, albeit smaller.
Anything you grow yourself tastes better though, mainly because it's fresh from the garden. Runner beans especially.
I suspect you are leaving some potatoes in the ground, but you'll probably prove me wrong :) I always dug the ground over after harvest and always found more. Don't leave even small ones in the ground or they'll sprout next year where you don't want them. I also think you should leave the leaves on the onions unless you are using them immediately as I think it dries them out very quickly and of course they are used to plait string of onions.
You are doing a fantastic job though and a joy to watch.
👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!
👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!
My favorite part is the sheep. My favorite part of that part is the shirt. Fantastic video that made my day. Getting me motivated to keep working towards land ownership myself. Thank you for sharing. Wonderful job.
Any update around paradise is forever appreciated 👍😎👍
This video is what I asked for last week! Glad you do requests!
This is awesome Kris, how y’all found the time is amazing. Thanks! 🤩👏👍👍👍💯💯💯
I LOVE what you’re doing! Thank you for helping the earth… you’re loving the dream I’m working toward. I love watching you and Dot.
I second that 🥰
We love to eat the onion leaves. Mild, delicious and a colourful addition to any salad or stir fry.
If you have to many courgettes you can pickle them as well, pick them small and give them the same treatment as the cucumbers/gurken, or make a mix of them.
Maybe piccalilly is an option with a mish mash of vegetables.
I hope you have more succes with those sheep as Jeremy did.
The pictures of the original view when you bought the land reminded me very much of Colette from Bealtaine cottage, and what a wonderfull job she did
reviving a piece of bare land to an oasis of peace and harmony with nature, and of course her angelic voice makes it perfect to start any day when you feel stressed.
Fantastic, Kris and Dot. I am so pleased, having grown up on a farm and having gardened my entire life, to see the fabulous tree growth and the wild meadow. I think you could start hosting some tours of the farm once your garage is done. You can include hydro and solar, gardens, animal husbandry, and greenhouse. You have diversified quite successfully. Excellent video. I was stunned at how well the trees have grown. Thanks so much!
I would definitely pay for that !
@@Harry-edge That would make a fantastic nature retreat, if they were willing to put up with strangers etc.
Hello Kris! You are always number one to me.
I'm accustomed to see you working and I have to say that this format is great!
I think you should do more videos with this format.
Bye bye from Italy
What a great work you are doing on your land.
Letting things be as they should having lots of land for nature.
I was just thinking I could do with a garden update. And Kris delivers! Not only are you an impressive couple with loads of skills but you are excellent stewards of the land. Sorry about the spuds - such is life.
Looking great Kris👍👍
Give those plants in the greenhouse plenty water, especially the tomatoes, they need lots👍
Also, can't believe you're throwing the best bit of the runner beans away, chop them up whole and eat the lot, yummy👍👍
The small / very small potato’s put in an oven dish with garlic butter absolutely gorgeous
The chickens will love all the bits of garden you are throwing on the compost heap. ;-)
The greenhouse is looking fantastic. Those cucumbers would make fine dills or sliced with onion and a little red pepper for sweet pickles. That's a beautiful little kitchen garden. Next season try growing garlic and onions among your potatoes, carrots and other root vegetables rather than in separate beds. It'll help prevent pest damage to your root crops. Cheers!
Just a great neighbor right there. He gets you a lift, his mate sells you some sheep, you get him a neat bunch of veggies.
Everyone wins, thats how you live along humans. We need more of that.
Most enjoyable vid, Kris - So nice seeing the harvest; mine did poorly this year because of the cold, windy summer we've had... When mom was alive, we made the larger cucumbers into dill crock pickles - I actually preferred the taste of them better than the jar pickles - Thanks so much for sharing.... good luck with the sheep; hope all goes well....
Yes, with larger cucumbers we always cut them into thin slices and pickle them that way, either sweet or dill or just a vinegar/water blend and then salt them when you eat them. Delicious.
Cold start to the year stunted alot of things.
It feels like there is so much shit happening now, the - you know - I guess the rewards for all the hard work and so on is really coming back in such a visible way as well, not just the knowledge of having done a good job, the visible rewards of it to yourself and us viewers. One of my favorite channels, this one. Always something awesome to watch.
Was waiting for a general update on the land and garden. Thanks for sharing!
Kris, have you thought about keeping your own bees. They'd love your meadow and they produce the best honey from meadow flowers???
I absolutely loved this look-a-round kris, it reminds me of my childhood when there were actual natural meadows everywhere and hedgerows surrounding each field. Thank you Kris for doing something about our loss!!!
It’s tremendous to see your land being put to such enthusiastic and respectful use. It’s obviously in very, very good hands.
Kris - what can I say... just love your conservation area. Really sums up your philosophy and beliefs... thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you for the overview! so excited to see the new sheep!
Thanks for posting and sharing. Garden and greenhouse are looking great. Glad to see you're happy with the sheep.
Your passion and enthusiasm is infectious, another cracking vid Kris, thanks.
Well done on setting aside four acres for a wildlife habitat.
It’s very impressive.
Like before you watch! That's the golden rule, plus we all love Chris and his little slice of heaven 😊
Kris “Nice Little Harvest” Harbour.
Possibly my favourite video you've made. What a transformation!
Nice job on the garden. Love green onion tops, radish leaves & carrot greens too. Extends the yield & they dry for winter use really well. 👍🏻
Brilliant brilliant brilliant. I love what you're doing. Also like the haircut!
I never knew that a gherkin was just a pickled cucumber. I'm learning a lot on this channel.
So you do cucumbers and onions. We use equal parts sugar water and white distilled vinegar. We us an old pickle jar and do double batch of mixture and then slice up 3-4 pickles with sliced onion. We use what is called a candy onion. They get to about a pound each. Leave pickles and onion mixture set overnight in jar. They are like eating candy. Love watching you build.
Wow fried potatoes and onions excellent and also an excellent summer salad, cucumbers sour cream and onions with a dash of vinegar. And also tomatoes cucumbers and onions for a refreshing salad with oil and a little vinegar with salt and pepper. The greens on the onion are chives very very tasty
Garden looks great Kris and Dot! The sheep are awesome! Keep up the great work!
Absolutely lovely to see your lovely land and improvements, great for others to see too
Hmmmm....Hi sir nice harvest of carrots and broad beans and the onions looking good to and the green house erything in there looking great you have a good work gardening ooh so cute the sheeps and nice color to have a good day and thank you for thinking of future of your land and the world.
Just a suggestion: you can make carrot top pesto with some of the green tops and then compost the rest. So many don't know that the carrot tops as well as radish greens are amazing food too! Your garden looks amazing though and I love that greenhouse. Also, I LOVE what you're doing to allow the habitats to grow again. Permiculture, food forests, natural habitats and conservation are so incredibly important for us and for our beautiful earth. Love the direction you're taking you're taking on your property.
I wish when I was younger I had been like this, don't know you but I think it is awesome what you are doing. Good luck to you both!
GREAT VID KRIS, SOME BEE HIVES ON YOUR SMALLHOLDING! BRILLIANT JOB YOU AND DOT ARE DOING.KEEP SAFE AND WELL. FROM SURREY.
This brings back good memories. As a child growing up my family had several big gardens. We shared them with my aunt and uncle. We grew everything. We would freeze and can and our garden supplied us with most of our food though out the winter. I had a wonderful childhood living in the country gardening and farming. I learned so many life skills and an appreciation for nature and the closeness of working with my family. Enjoy your life you are very blessed my friend.
This is my favorite video to date. I've loved watching all your videos and watching you go from just some fields to a complete small holding with conservation area. It is truly inspiring and I think you should be very proud of what you have done. Maybe one day I will be able to follow in your example!
Dry the onion tops for soups and other things. Land conservation is very important and many land owners just decimate it over the years. Your doing a great job bringing all that life back to it.
Well done Kris it really shows what a difference you have made to this small parcel of land Jeff C Australia 🇦🇺👍
Broad bean leaves are really tasty! I always throw them in salads before the beans are ready. You can also use the Carrot tops to make a really tasty pesto! Land is looking amazing, so Vibrant and full of life.
its nice how real and authentic he seems.
I remember when you first started marking out your garden. Good job!!!
I've been looking forward to this upload. The wildling/conservation area is looking so good. And as you're saying, these areas are what keeps us humans alive and it should be done at every little plot of land that we can. Love your mentality on this.
Thank you for your stewardship of a gorgeous piece of land. Great job!’
Fabulous! “Very pleased” ~ ha - favourite phrase from all the videos - “quite pleased” 💚
Now you need a barn for the sheep; don't know about sheep, but goats eat everything, including the fence posts! LOVE your wildlife area...the bees sound wonderful.
Kris you are truly a good man in a world of C*AP. Keep well and stay safe.
Awesome work Kris! Love your dedication to rewild a lot of your land! Something I plan to do when I one day have my own!
Very lucky to not have too many venomous snakes to navigate……or poisonous spiders like we do in Aus ……I love all the videos and love watching all the hard work you put into your projects and love the video narrative also 👏👏
Wow! my favorite part, harvesting vegetables.
Hi Kris, the different in your land is stunning,from almost dead to lush is a testament to your hard work and dedication to the land, sheep 🐑are very cute, will you be getting goats later, Dot will have a source of wool for spinning now.💖
Four acres of paradise Kris. well done ✌❤ Bob
Way to go with the habitat area! More people need to think about that.
At 21:10 The purple is Black Knapweed (I think because the calyx beneath the flower is black..ish). The White is really nice to see, Sneezewort, damp meadows and bog which I know you have there. They were probably both hanging on on the edges somewhere but your benign neglect and re-wilding (quite trendy word these days) has been hugely beneficial to them both. 21:23, Water mint, paler green and shorter with the sort of fluffy pink flowers. You are ahead of the curve Kris. This is exactly what has to happen across the country. I work in conservation and in our county we are planning to up the wild bits from 17% to 30% in the next 10 years in the hope it will give us all a chance to have a better future. "Only at the precipice do we see we have to change" 1950's. Ooh 22:49 I think the yellow behind your head is Fleabane (my friends called it the furry dog nose) and it is the food plant of the Small Copper butterfly, one of the most dazzling sights on the wing.
Nice idea re : Conservation.
Good to see that you are taking care of the land.
Hi Kris. Sheep & goats love chicken feed. But can over eat it & get bloat. Many homesteaders fence or wire off a little corner to put chicken feed into. Small enough that chickens can get in but not other livestock. To prevent larger stock from over eating or getting bloat that can be fatal. Your sheep are stunning. Hope you're enjoying having them x
Love the wildlife area. So beautiful and such an asset to your smallholding. If only every landowner was as conscientious as you.
you did a great job there worzel and with the help of aunt sally doing her bit you both have it looking great
Hmmmm looks like the making of a pot of stew or soup? Too bad that something ate your potatoes. Cute sheep. I love the look back at what it was like when you bought it and all the improvements you've made. Kudos to you and Dot.
You just brought me right back to my childhood Kris. I used to pick broad beans, peas and carrots from our garden, give then a quick wipe on my shorts and eat them while going on adventures through the long grass and wild flowers. Happy times, happy memories!
It's impressive the amount of work done since you bought the land. The wild areas are really nice to see.
Love this update, please keep them coming! Near that wild area would be a great spot for some beekeeping! Sorry about your potatoes, glad you had the sheep to look forward to and can't wait to watch them grow❤ would you consider doing a video of a walk on the land covering the pond, woodland and other habitats, it's so relaxing and beautiful to see.
Here’s a tip for your carrots: if you can, get hold of some piping (drain pipes are best) and cut to 1m - 1.5m lengths. Tie them all together and place on top of your soil and make sure the pipes won’t fall over. Fill the pipes with good rich soil and sow your carrots in them. The pipes will force the carrots to grow downwards and not out making them longer, giving you a better carrot. Can do the same with other root veggies.
I wish more people followed your way of life. Your grasp is the way things should be with respect towards nature and allow habitat areas. Way to go, Kris!
Good to see everything is going well , good luck love to watch your video`s.
Awesome brother,,,as is all your videos/projects, but to see what ya done with the property, fantastic management,,,,
Good job man!
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Really enjoy your videos and your ways of building. You have style on your designs.
Kris, I you wait with the potato harvest till the leaves have turned brown. You can harvest then with a large 4 tine rake (20cm long tines) smack it into the ground behind the plant and pull it towards you. Just makes it go faster
brilliant m8 keep it up :) been watching for years lol and it is an ongoing adventure
Top stuff. Very inspirational. I trust bee hives must be on the agenda. Keep up the great work.
We've had the same problem with our potatoes, We were told by local farmer slugs are the culprits, he suggested we get some nematodes, apparently they can be watered into the soil and will kill the slugs. So perhaps next year we can have a better potato harvest. Thats the beauty of gardens, we live in hope
Kris I really admire you and all that you do. A very talented man of principle. I have Surrey wildlife trust land to the rear of me and two bee houses in my garden…which they the bees 🐝 populated almost immediately I installed. For 10 years now I have had bumble bees under my kitchen.
I recycle nearly everything. I love your videos…sadly some American ones I follow have turned too hedonistic …except slim potato head. ! I have encouraged my Facebook friends to subscribe to your wonderful channel 🥰
You will find that some potatoes grow better in your land than others. Growing in bags does help if they are getting attacked by slugs. Have a word with local farmers or local allotments regarding which varieties grow well.
Keep up the good work. 👍