Hello all from a sunny fairyland! We’ll be taking a break from weekly uploads in September so we will do a Q+A next week. I’d love if you left any questions below that we could answer in next week’s video… Big love and hugs to you all from Ireland ☘️💚🧚♀️🍄
Oh wow! A whole month off! I’m sure you will enjoy that but it will be missed for sure! Question: When you dry your herbs do you put another cheesecloth over them to prevent dust?
I am taking days off in Sept too lol. Questions: how do you guys spent your time off? Nothing planned? Just relaxing? What do you usually harvest for Fall/Winter meals, etc. Idea: Can you do an updared skin care routine video pls? Will miss you. Have a great time! xoxo from CAN
Glad you’re taking break, Niamh. I was just thinking yesterday that you’ve been posting all summer and might be needing a break. Enjoy your well deserved holiday. I look forward to watching older videos again and listening to your audiobook one more time while you’re away.
Thanks so much for the beautiful peaceful video. A very quiet morning here in Shetland. It’s foggy with light rain and a bit windy. I’m sitting at the window knitting a lace pattern. Time for reflection and feeling grateful.
I always look forward to your videos every Sunday. I always get a sense of calmness..it must be your voice💕 These days I've been trying to teach myself to slow down, no need to rush and enjoy the little things. I'm very thankful that I have found your wonderful channel. Many blessings to you💚
I'm actually relieved to hear that the garden seems off this year. All of my tomatoes are still green, and I usually start harvesting in early August here. Cucumbers, squash, and beans have all been growing wonderfully though.
Have you guys ever made fried green tomatoes (yes, like the movie)? Being from Alabama, USA, it is a favorite. I encourage you to make them with a bit of corn relish and horseradish.
@@beautifulhope861 Hopefully next year will be better. Most of the things I planted in the back yard were slow, but finally successful. I did get some really good squash and the zinniahs did really well in September and late August. My sunflowers finally opened while we were out of town for my birthday, but everything froze and died last week, except for the sunflowers, which are still struggling to stay open.
We had a very cold July here in eastern Canada but now we're at almost 15 days over the last 20 where it's between 35-43 Celsius (!!). I hate how excruciating hot it is, but my tomatoes went from itsy bitsy and almost white from the lack of warmth, to ripe in less than 3 weeks. Never seen them growing this fast, and now I literally have more than I can chew!
Here in California, it’s been too hot for many of my vegetables to grow. Or the little critters have eaten them all! I don’t mind sharing, but I’ve had very little for myself except peppers and herbs. I guess it’s meant to be ☺️ Nature has its ways. Have a lovely week ♥️
I love veggies herbs from the gardens . Yes seemed like everthing in the States was behind as well 😒 & blew up grew like crazy now stuff seems to be going away. Those YUMMIE GREEN TOMATOES can me fry or baked in butter milk egg breab crumbs .
Green tomatoes are good for slicing, rolling in some corn meal and frying. If they are mature enough to be harvested, you can always put them in the window sill to ripen.
It's actually still the end of winter here in Australia so l havnt done my vegie garden yet, only my pots are thriving at the monment, Sorry to hear about your vege, might need to have them covered ground might be too cold for them to ripened, Dad use to do it, 👍🤔❤️🙏
Having felt overwhelmed with the vivid nightmare ongoing here at home and the effects on my family, I tuned in for a visit and immediately felt relaxed and able again. Thanks 😇
I love seeing your garden, shed and poly tunnel! There’s such a feeling of privacy and sanctuary around your home 💗 Reading down the comments it seems like everyone has a reduced or different harvest than they expected this year - so interesting. Sending love to you and Terry for your break in September; you will be missed but I hope you feel renewed and refreshed 🤗
This is the first year I’ve planted anything I can eat, since I’ve been more concerned in the past with growing for pollinators. Well, I planted jalapeños and strawberries, and I’ve gotten to eat neither because the animals keep eating them! They also ate every seed I tried to direct sow in the garden (thanks, birds), and the three sunflower seedlings I transplanted. Raised beds next year, I think, and some system to keep the naughty chipmunks out. 🤦♀️ At least the wildlife is well fed! 🤣
This spring the dayflower is growing in your garden. This particular flower is only in bloom for one day a year. You can see the little buds growing each day. One day in the late summer some of the beautiful, blue and yellow flowers have bloomed. You pick some and admire others. The next day the first ones are gone and new ones have bloomed. The next day the same happens and the next until one day they stop. You are so happy that you were able to enjoy the flowers and await their next arrival. You go into your house and fall asleep while sipping on the tea brewed from this plant and dream of the coming autumn.
My tomatoes are just starting to ripen here in WVa. But my squash and cucumbers are gone. The extreme weather affected everything here . But I am grateful for the tasty crop I do have. I check my cherry tomatoes every day and eat all the red ones! 🍅 😋
Ah yes I woke up this morning, brewed some coffee and first video that I watched is yours. That’s a great way to start the day by watching your video with coffee. Love it. See you in the next one. 😎😎😎❤️❤️❤️
Enjoyed the garden update 💗 Yes, nature has a way of doing its own timing. The garden makes me grateful for the grocery store and farmer’s market because I stare at my garden and think I can’t get my plants to behave. Sometimes some thrive and others not so much, this year even my herbs are being slow. So I had to change my mindset from thinking I was a terrible newbie gardener of 6 years to be grateful that even the smallest bounty of Herbs,flowers or vegetable . 😊 I am guilty of being an impatient gardener and my grandfather always said, “ You take care of plants and they become trees, it takes time. The tree gives when it is ready not when you are impatient for fruit.” He always spoke in riddles about life but it’s so true… my younger self had no idea what he was talking about other than his literal fruit trees. The riddle works as both for an impatient gardener or someone needing to slow down, remembering that all good things take time. If they weren’t meant to harvest it will be disappointing but life and nature will keep moving forward.
I used to help my parents grow tomatoes when I was growing up but this is the first year I've had my own garden. I started 20 zinnias and only two managed to survive, I started 40 marigolds and none of them survived. My cucumber plant has only produced 2 cucumbers and they were way bigger than they were supposed to be and they never turned green. My tomatoes are thriving but are just now starting to turn red, I'm hoping to harvest my first ripe tomato in a day or so. I don't know a lot about gardening but I do remember as a kid harvesting tomatoes by the middle to end of July but I figured mine were just late because I got them started late but I've been hearing a lot of people mention veggies being late this year.
Vegetables are 3-4 weeks late here in Kansas too (middle of U.S.). If your tomatoes grow but don’t get red, you could try Fried Green Tomatoes, a speciality in the southern U.S.
Beautiful footage- thanks so much! The timing of my gardens in Maine has been off kilter also- tomatoes will ripen nicely in brown paper bags if needed ☺
I know that as lemon cucumber! I have little cornichons this year and zucchini. Hoping the autumn veg Will grow Better than the summer ones. My tomatoes are all for the bin, it rained for 3months non stop. I have the Same rainbow chard, it's loving the extra watering..
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Thankyou for this lovely soothing potter in your garden. NZ is in level 4 lockdown this week so it can be a bit of an anxious time. I Am enjoying pottering in my garden. Since your previous video on self heal I have been keeping an eye out for it. I have found one or two flowers so far that went straight in to the tea. Hoping more will appear as we move into spring and summer. I have a row of jars on my window ledge with different flowers and leaves infusing in them. I enjoy the slow pace of the infusion and making up potions and lotions with them.
A wonderful relaxing start to my Sunday. I appreciate the effort that you and your husband put into these videos. I can’t wait to see what else grows this season. Sometimes nature just needs a slow start to produce some amazing things. I am however looking forward to Fall. Have a wonderful week!!
I too have seen a weird shift of the weather. I told you before I live in Northern California, and I'm watching a over case sky. Cooler in August usually hotter. Yes we're have fire season which I don't like as a season. I'm not a vegan and I'm make shashuca with what vegetables I have around. Dice celery and onions with my favorite spicy Mezzetta sauce. Than you break 4 eggs and toss some feta. Toast some wheat bread to dip into it. I put bird seeds out but now I see wild squirrels dancing around, giving my cat inside something to watch. This season my basil wants to put up seeds fast that's usually for this time were I'm at. So I've been picking the flowers to dry as a spice for winter soups. There is a weird fall vibe around here I feel it coming. August usually is the hottest 100 degrees here. Believe me I'm thankful it isn't. Keep up the hard work......your one of my morning routine to watch.
Love your videos and this wonderful UA-cam community you built! Here’s some questions for the Q&A: -Have your friends and family always supported your desire and goals for simple living and sustainability? -What was it like for you in the in between stage when you knew you wanted this simple living/countryside lifestyle but did not yet take action on it? Any advice for those that are in the in between stage?
Love your videos! We are having Hurricane Henri here in Connecticut..USA it has just started arriving here, the weather is saying this is a very bad storm so we just wait and pray.
You can make an oil or a salve from St John’s Wort too, it is great for healing cuts and sores. You could even use it as a poultice after drinking the tea.
I'm growing that cucumber too - mine is called "crystal lemon" - they are lovely! I eat them like fruit. I'm wondering if you could put your chillies in pots and have them in your house - they may fruit in the autumn/winter or even next year - they are perennials.
I always look forward to your videos Niamh. It was lovely to watch an update on your garden. We are also growing tomatoes and they have just started turning yellow, which is wonderful! Hope you enjoy your week.
I look forward to your videos like a child does waiting for their Saturday morning cartoons!! 😁. I’m always left feeling uplifted, inspired, appreciative for all that I have, and finding ways to make my heaven right where I am! 😃👍💕 🏡
I know the cucumbers as "Crystal Apple" variety. If you take your chilli plants indoors over late autumn/winter, they will continue to grow very slowly, but be well ahead for next year - they are a tender, short lived perennial.
I'm in the southern hemisphere and every year I take a picture of the first jasmine bloom and send it to a handful of my closest people. This year, my first blossom opened yesterday - 3 weeks later than last year and the year before! 2019 =31 July, 2020=1 August, this year=21 August! PS I'm so happy Fairyland is back this week, I admit I was ever so disappointed last week 😟🙈 It was kind of you, but I did miss YOUR forest and cottage and garden and flowers and bird feeder and birds and greenness... Need I go on? ☺️🧚♂️🍄🌺
Here in the American southwest, we call it lemon cucumbers. We have had very little rain so many things did not grow very well. It’s been a hard year to garden. But we do the best that we can.
Our garden is also a bit behind in the southern US. We just picked our last squash. We have had SO many tomatoes that we have enough marinara sauce for the year. Now we are just sharing them with friends. We freeze our extra cucumbers, cut into small pieces and use it in our smoothies instead of ice for a fresh flavor!! We also made our last stuffed pepper dinner, as now the bugs are making them their dinner these days😉❤️
Good morning, You asked for questions, I wondered if you have a favorite menu when you have company come to your house for dinner. Also, I can’t remember if you mentioned where you and husband met. Enjoy the week. Visit next weekend.
I only have a tiny deck and all my vegetables died in the heat waves / heat dome on the Canadian West Coast this summer ... EXCEPT the lettuce. The lettuce seemed to love it.
Such a nice video to watch. I have been feeling the need to be out in nature but we are currently stuck in yet another lockdown in Sydney and not being able to even go to the local national park has been making me anxious. I love watching your channel whenever I'm not feeling good, they just make me feel so calm. Also never been this early for a video before!
Gosh so sorry to hear that! Not even being able to go to a park is harsh. Try your best to get your bare feet on some soil or grass even for 5 mins. This will give you the benefit of earthing!
This is so evil. Glad to see people are fighting against this you won't see it on the mainstream media. They are using this virus to control people so they can reset to a new world order. I will never go back to wearing a mask or staying at home.
@@SusanChristmas will all due respect people like you are making it worse for the rest of us! Yea being in lockdown stinks but we’re only in lockdown because of inconsiderate, uneducated and downright selfish people who share your opinions. I hope the people who are “fighting” as you say are at the very least arrested and sent to prison for second degree murder cause every time you leave the house without a mask you are killing people.
@@sophiebell1711 With all do respect I feel sorry for you. You reside in a prison of your own making. You are there because you allow them to control you. I stopped masking and staying inside June 2020 and I have never looked back.You are being told people like me are the enemy. They want to divide us. They are using fear to do this.This is a virus with a survival rate of over 99.8%. Let that number sink in and ask yourself what is going on here.
Our gardens here in Northern California are off this year as well. Two blistering heat waves in late May and late June scorched the roses and in the kitchen garden our veg are very slow. We've had some lovely courgette but the tomatoes have only just set, the sweet peppers are not many and only one chili pepper! Thankfully the herbs are doing well, they seem to be the most resilient. Thank you for your update! Blessings from California!
My tomatoes are finally turning red and have been lucky none of the critters have been eating them……..yet. No peppers and I will not be getting any hot ones either it seems. Didn’t plant much this year, doing a bit of reorganizing and clean up in the garden. My small veg one is becoming my herb garden and next year have plans to work on a much bigger plot for my veg. Enjoy you September off!
It's so funny that your garden year feels so similar to mine, altough I live in Germany. We also didn't have much sun this year. Instead lots of rain and slugs. Nothing really grew well, except of cucumbers! We harvested so many! Todays plan is also to make cucumber pickles. :)
Cant wait for fall and winter craving the smell of burning wood and cinnamon. Also experienced the same thing with my tomatoes but now they are finally red. I had never heard about this before but people are blaming it on the grand solar minimum.Has anyone heard about this?
Hi Susan, yes I have heard about the grand solar minimum, my father-in-law was chatting to us about it recently. I've been meaning to read up on it, your comment has reminded me to do that, thank you! I'm in Southern Australia and will be very happy to trade our chilly winter for your summer! 😊
I think that a lot of people are having issues with their gardens this year! we planted stuff for the first time this year like butternut squash and watermelon. both are extremely small! but the flavor is there, just not the size! I blame it on not enough water. So next year we are putting in more raised beds and definitely getting a timer for watering! thanks for sharing! xoxo
Those are called lemon cucumbers in my region. They're my favorite cucumber. My tomatoes are still green and the weather is cooling off. Fall is coming, there is a tang in the air and flocks of geese flying overhead.
hey Niamh, what a soothing and realistic video. Same applies to my veggies too. I just saw some inverted bottles near your tomato plant. Just curiuous to understand why you are using the bottles?
Due to the weird weather this year, my garden did not thrive like I'd hoped. I've heard this is the case with many other people as well. Nevertheless, your garden still looks lovely. Infusing flowers in oil is something I've always wanted to try. That's next on my list :)
You're such an inspiration for me after watching your video I have started not to use plastic or not to use single use plastic or toothbrush thank you for inspiring me lots of love from india
I never heard of apple & pear cucumber I must check out the ordering catalogs for next year. I live in North Eastern Pennsylvania this year a lot of us have small tomatoes & they have not even started to get red. We have had a lot of rain all summer & when it wasn't raining blistering heat .Do you think the rains caused us not to have big tomatoes? When it wasn't raining it was usually in the middle 90's . Have a lovely up & coming week !
I actually can’t find the cucumber packet. Maybe they are just round cucumbers. Who knows! They are lovely though. No idea with the rain and then heat. We have just had mostly rain and little heat so…
@@FairylandCottage I found the pear & apple seeds they are from Bakers Heirloom rare seeds I also found another you may be interested in they have the lemon cucumber thank you so much for introducing me to these cucumbers. I must tell my brother as he plants a lot of Heirloom seeds from them have a lovely week
Now that I am not working, I plant around the house started with different plants then vegetables bit by bit determining what is best to plant based on our season. This also helps me in my sustainable living as I am more conscious in everything I do. Kitchen scraps are really separated which I can do organic fertilizer for my vegetables. Now I also rely on natural therapy for any symptoms might encounter and not rely on pharmacy medicines. Which aided me when I was not feeling good last week. Have a wonderful week, Niamh! 🌸🌺
Love your teas and lush veggies especially the cucumber. You were my inspiration for collecting loads of dock seeds for breadmaking last week. The only way I have succeeded in getting ripe tomatoes in July is to germinate cherry tomatoes in a jar in a warm place inside in January and grow them on in a small pot and then big pots, inside. The yellow ones ripen first. Finding it difficult to grow pumpkins outside for the last few years and growing beetroot to even a small size. I would love to live near the sea. How has living near the sea enriched your life and do you go for beach walks regularly ? Thanks Niamh. Enjoy your break.
All those green tomatoes may not ripen before the weather changes. Consider making green tomato relish, in the southern US we call it chow chow. Very delicious.
We are on Long Island on East Coast of the U.S. and our tomatoes - same! Taking so long to get red. And I'm glad you showed those cucumbers. I purchased what I thought were Boston pickling cucumbers seeds, however, they grew very round and small like yours. I am wondering if mine were a variety like that.
I love your videos I always get excited to see what you are up to. I am moving into my home in the next 2 weeks and I want a fairyland home too. Luv karyann
I have those similar cucumbers, lemon cucumber, I like them because there are not as acidic as regular cucumbers. We are also behind here in New England with our gardens, just made watermelon rind pickles for the first time, not bad, doesn't take like watermelon but refreshing, have a blessed week..
My garden started out well this year, but the grasshoppers have driven me to distraction. My roma tomatoes only put out a few, and they never ripened. I only have a couple of pepper plants left. Time for more research to get ready for next year! Good video as always.
Hello all from a sunny fairyland!
We’ll be taking a break from weekly uploads in September so we will do a Q+A next week. I’d love if you left any questions below that we could answer in next week’s video…
Big love and hugs to you all from Ireland
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Oh wow! A whole month off! I’m sure you will enjoy that but it will be missed for sure!
Question: When you dry your herbs do you put another cheesecloth over them to prevent dust?
Can you show us how to harvest and store herbs like rosemary, basil & thyme please? Enjoy your time!! 🌸🌸
Hello :) hope you are doin fine . Will surely gonna miss your videos on Sundays n i wish you a wonderful n relaxed September . Enjoy n Take care.
I am taking days off in Sept too lol.
Questions: how do you guys spent your time off? Nothing planned? Just relaxing?
What do you usually harvest for Fall/Winter meals, etc.
Idea: Can you do an updared skin care routine video pls?
Will miss you. Have a great time! xoxo from CAN
Glad you’re taking break, Niamh. I was just thinking yesterday that you’ve been posting all summer and might be needing a break. Enjoy your well deserved holiday. I look forward to watching older videos again and listening to your audiobook one more time while you’re away.
Thanks so much for the beautiful peaceful video. A very quiet morning here in Shetland. It’s foggy with light rain and a bit windy.
I’m sitting at the window knitting a lace pattern. Time for reflection and feeling grateful.
I always look forward to your videos every Sunday. I always get a sense of calmness..it must be your voice💕 These days I've been trying to teach myself to slow down, no need to rush and enjoy the little things. I'm very thankful that I have found your wonderful channel. Many blessings to you💚
I'm actually relieved to hear that the garden seems off this year. All of my tomatoes are still green, and I usually start harvesting in early August here. Cucumbers, squash, and beans have all been growing wonderfully though.
Have you guys ever made fried green tomatoes (yes, like the movie)? Being from Alabama, USA, it is a favorite. I encourage you to make them with a bit of corn relish and horseradish.
Yes my garden is soooo slow this year especially tomatoes! However, my Swiss chard and carrots beets are going like crazy! Weird year for sure!
Yes! All of my hydrangeas did not bloom at all this year, just green leaves. My whole neighborhood was dealing with the same issue. Very odd🤔
@@lindseycartes8756 My sister in law who is from Florida made them for me once and I really liked them a lot.
@@beautifulhope861 Hopefully next year will be better. Most of the things I planted in the back yard were slow, but finally successful. I did get some really good squash and the zinniahs did really well in September and late August. My sunflowers finally opened while we were out of town for my birthday, but everything froze and died last week, except for the sunflowers, which are still struggling to stay open.
Kpin my fingers crossed. Take me back to Ireland. I cannot forget my magical experience! 🥰
Apple Cucumbers, yum and easy to grow. 😋
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We had a very cold July here in eastern Canada but now we're at almost 15 days over the last 20 where it's between 35-43 Celsius (!!). I hate how excruciating hot it is, but my tomatoes went from itsy bitsy and almost white from the lack of warmth, to ripe in less than 3 weeks. Never seen them growing this fast, and now I literally have more than I can chew!
Here in California, it’s been too hot for many of my vegetables to grow. Or the little critters have eaten them all! I don’t mind sharing, but I’ve had very little for myself except peppers and herbs. I guess it’s meant to be ☺️ Nature has its ways. Have a lovely week ♥️
I love veggies herbs from the gardens . Yes seemed like everthing in the States was behind as well 😒 & blew up grew like crazy now stuff seems to be going away. Those YUMMIE GREEN TOMATOES can me fry or baked in butter milk egg breab crumbs .
Green tomatoes are good for slicing, rolling in some corn meal and frying. If they are mature enough to be harvested, you can always put them in the window sill to ripen.
It's actually still the end of winter here in Australia so l havnt done my vegie garden yet, only my pots are thriving at the monment, Sorry to hear about your vege, might need to have them covered ground might be too cold for them to ripened, Dad use to do it, 👍🤔❤️🙏
Hi I like all ur videos.... 💓from India
I hope your family doing well.
I miss you.
Please enjoy beautiful Spring with your beautiful family 🥰🙏
Awh thanks miss doing videos and chatting with you too! 🥰💕👌
Having felt overwhelmed with the vivid nightmare ongoing here at home and the effects on my family, I tuned in for a visit and immediately felt relaxed and able again. Thanks 😇
Thank you for sharing your beautiful Tipps dear sister 💖🙏
I love seeing your garden, shed and poly tunnel! There’s such a feeling of privacy and sanctuary around your home 💗 Reading down the comments it seems like everyone has a reduced or different harvest than they expected this year - so interesting. Sending love to you and Terry for your break in September; you will be missed but I hope you feel renewed and refreshed 🤗
This is the first year I’ve planted anything I can eat, since I’ve been more concerned in the past with growing for pollinators. Well, I planted jalapeños and strawberries, and I’ve gotten to eat neither because the animals keep eating them! They also ate every seed I tried to direct sow in the garden (thanks, birds), and the three sunflower seedlings I transplanted. Raised beds next year, I think, and some system to keep the naughty chipmunks out. 🤦♀️ At least the wildlife is well fed! 🤣
@Katie A I will have to try that next year, thank you! 💚
Won’t they get (climb, jump, I don’t know) inside the raised bed too?
@@anastrawberry8047 a friend of mine has a chicken wire boundary around hers and I would probably copy that system.
This spring the dayflower is growing in your garden. This particular flower is only in bloom for one day a year. You can see the little buds growing each day. One day in the late summer some of the beautiful, blue and yellow flowers have bloomed. You pick some and admire others. The next day the first ones are gone and new ones have bloomed. The next day the same happens and the next until one day they stop. You are so happy that you were able to enjoy the flowers and await their next arrival. You go into your house and fall asleep while sipping on the tea brewed from this plant and dream of the coming autumn.
My tomatoes are just starting to ripen here in WVa. But my squash and cucumbers are gone. The extreme weather affected everything here . But I am grateful for the tasty crop I do have. I check my cherry tomatoes every day and eat all the red ones! 🍅 😋
Ah yes I woke up this morning, brewed some coffee and first video that I watched is yours. That’s a great way to start the day by watching your video with coffee. Love it. See you in the next one. 😎😎😎❤️❤️❤️
Enjoyed the garden update 💗 Yes, nature has a way of doing its own timing. The garden makes me grateful for the grocery store and farmer’s market because I stare at my garden and think I can’t get my plants to behave. Sometimes some thrive and others not so much, this year even my herbs are being slow. So I had to change my mindset from thinking I was a terrible newbie gardener of 6 years to be grateful that even the smallest bounty of Herbs,flowers or vegetable .
😊 I am guilty of being an impatient gardener and my grandfather always said, “ You take care of plants and they become trees, it takes time. The tree gives when it is ready not when you are impatient for fruit.” He always spoke in riddles about life but it’s so true… my younger self had no idea what he was talking about other than his literal fruit trees. The riddle works as both for an impatient gardener or someone needing to slow down, remembering that all good things take time. If they weren’t meant to harvest it will be disappointing but life and nature will keep moving forward.
I used to help my parents grow tomatoes when I was growing up but this is the first year I've had my own garden. I started 20 zinnias and only two managed to survive, I started 40 marigolds and none of them survived. My cucumber plant has only produced 2 cucumbers and they were way bigger than they were supposed to be and they never turned green. My tomatoes are thriving but are just now starting to turn red, I'm hoping to harvest my first ripe tomato in a day or so. I don't know a lot about gardening but I do remember as a kid harvesting tomatoes by the middle to end of July but I figured mine were just late because I got them started late but I've been hearing a lot of people mention veggies being late this year.
Vegetables are 3-4 weeks late here in Kansas too (middle of U.S.). If your tomatoes grow but don’t get red, you could try Fried Green Tomatoes, a speciality in the southern U.S.
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Hello from across the pond. Just wondering what kind of oil you used for the self-heal? Enjoy your time off and thanks so much for sharing. 🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗
Beautiful footage- thanks so much! The timing of my gardens in Maine has been off kilter also- tomatoes will ripen nicely in brown paper bags if needed ☺
Ah really! I try that! We have a week of sun coming up so hoping to seeing a bit of red 😊 🍅
@@FairylandCottage I've done it for years as it frosts early here- just peak in the bag every couple of days and enjoy 😉
You can also wrap each green tomato individually in newspaper; one year I ate my last ripe tomato from the garden in late November.
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I know that as lemon cucumber! I have little cornichons this year and zucchini. Hoping the autumn veg Will grow Better than the summer ones. My tomatoes are all for the bin, it rained for 3months non stop. I have the Same rainbow chard, it's loving the extra watering..
Me encantan tus vídeos y forma sencilla de vivir...me identifico mucho contigo y tenemos muchos gustos parecidos....bravo por una vida más sencilla y menos consumidora🙏💕
its such a blessing to watch your video in the garden so calm & peaceful🥒🥬🌽🌶️
Ah thanks! 🌶🍇🍄🍅
I do lavender oil all the time! My aunt taught me how. It's basically the same process you show in the video.
Thankyou for this lovely soothing potter in your garden. NZ is in level 4 lockdown this week so it can be a bit of an anxious time. I Am enjoying pottering in my garden. Since your previous video on self heal I have been keeping an eye out for it. I have found one or two flowers so far that went straight in to the tea. Hoping more will appear as we move into spring and summer. I have a row of jars on my window ledge with different flowers and leaves infusing in them. I enjoy the slow pace of the infusion and making up potions and lotions with them.
Calendula mixed with coconut butter/oil is also great for treating burns! (after cooling the burn with water of course)
A wonderful relaxing start to my Sunday. I appreciate the effort that you and your husband put into these videos. I can’t wait to see what else grows this season. Sometimes nature just needs a slow start to produce some amazing things. I am however looking forward to Fall. Have a wonderful week!!
Bonjour, J'apprécie ce retour à des vidéos plus classiques, je veux dire plus habituelles de votre style relaxant et inspirant. Merci beaucoup!
I too have seen a weird shift of the weather. I told you before I live in Northern California, and I'm watching a over case sky. Cooler in August usually hotter. Yes we're have fire season which I don't like as a season. I'm not a vegan and I'm make shashuca with what vegetables I have around. Dice celery and onions with my favorite spicy Mezzetta sauce. Than you break 4 eggs and toss some feta. Toast some wheat bread to dip into it. I put bird seeds out but now I see wild squirrels dancing around, giving my cat inside something to watch. This season my basil wants to put up seeds fast that's usually for this time were I'm at. So I've been picking the flowers to dry as a spice for winter soups. There is a weird fall vibe around here I feel it coming. August usually is the hottest 100 degrees here. Believe me I'm thankful it isn't. Keep up the hard work......your one of my morning routine to watch.
Love your videos and this wonderful UA-cam community you built! Here’s some questions for the Q&A:
-Have your friends and family always supported your desire and goals for simple living and sustainability?
-What was it like for you in the in between stage when you knew you wanted this simple living/countryside lifestyle but did not yet take action on it? Any advice for those that are in the in between stage?
Love your questions
I must have been on your wavelength today, because earlier I found myself wishing for one of your "pottering" videos. This was lovely, thank you.
I have grown my first vegetable this year - spinach!
I love how it's so rewarding to see the tiny little seeds grow into a plant I can then enjoy.
Here in Oregon we call those lemon cucumbers, eaten like an apple, no need to peel. A favorite fresh picked snack while checking on the garden.
Love your videos! We are having Hurricane Henri here in Connecticut..USA it has just started arriving here, the weather is saying this is a very bad storm so we just wait and pray.
I hope you stay safe Ellen. I live in Chatham MA. We had a small cloudburst and that was it. Waiting for the wind to arrive.
Sending prayers from Pennsylvania for your safety, and for everyone in the path of this storm. 🙏
You can make an oil or a salve from St John’s Wort too, it is great for healing cuts and sores. You could even use it as a poultice after drinking the tea.
i love your garden.
I'm growing that cucumber too - mine is called "crystal lemon" - they are lovely! I eat them like fruit. I'm wondering if you could put your chillies in pots and have them in your house - they may fruit in the autumn/winter or even next year - they are perennials.
You know, I'll try that.
We have grown our chili in a pot and it's 4 years old now and still gives chilis every year😊so definitely try to take it inside over winter
Yes I found the packet. It’s Crystal lemon!
You sound congested?! I hope that you are well. ☀️🤗💜
Haha I did the voice over first thing when I woke up. Bad idea! 😂
We would like to hear more about Irish/ Celtic traditions. Hugs and love from USA 💚❤
I always look forward to your videos Niamh. It was lovely to watch an update on your garden. We are also growing tomatoes and they have just started turning yellow, which is wonderful! Hope you enjoy your week.
I look forward to your videos like a child does waiting for their Saturday morning cartoons!! 😁. I’m always left feeling uplifted, inspired, appreciative for all that I have, and finding ways to make my heaven right where I am! 😃👍💕 🏡
Ah thanks! What a lovely thing to say 🍇🍅 🌽 🥦💚☘️
Green tomato chutney 🤗
We miss you so much 😘😘😘😘😘
I know the cucumbers as "Crystal Apple" variety. If you take your chilli plants indoors over late autumn/winter, they will continue to grow very slowly, but be well ahead for next year - they are a tender, short lived perennial.
:) you can get red tomatos, if you put them to the apple.
I learned it recently on an urban gardening guided tour in Munich.
I'm in the southern hemisphere and every year I take a picture of the first jasmine bloom and send it to a handful of my closest people. This year, my first blossom opened yesterday - 3 weeks later than last year and the year before! 2019 =31 July, 2020=1 August, this year=21 August!
PS I'm so happy Fairyland is back this week, I admit I was ever so disappointed last week 😟🙈 It was kind of you, but I did miss YOUR forest and cottage and garden and flowers and bird feeder and birds and greenness... Need I go on? ☺️🧚♂️🍄🌺
Here in the American southwest, we call it lemon cucumbers. We have had very little rain so many things did not grow very well. It’s been a hard year to garden. But we do the best that we can.
I love your videos. I listen to your videos to help me sleep too, they bring me peace ❤️
Love from 🇮🇳India
Our garden is also a bit behind in the southern US. We just picked our last squash. We have had SO many tomatoes that we have enough marinara sauce for the year. Now we are just sharing them with friends. We freeze our extra cucumbers, cut into small pieces and use it in our smoothies instead of ice for a fresh flavor!! We also made our last stuffed pepper dinner, as now the bugs are making them their dinner these days😉❤️
Good morning, You asked for questions, I wondered if you have a favorite menu when you have company come to your house for dinner.
Also, I can’t remember if you mentioned where you and husband met.
Enjoy the week. Visit next weekend.
In acting class! :-)
I only have a tiny deck and all my vegetables died in the heat waves / heat dome on the Canadian West Coast this summer ... EXCEPT the lettuce. The lettuce seemed to love it.
your veggies look amazing
Such a nice video to watch. I have been feeling the need to be out in nature but we are currently stuck in yet another lockdown in Sydney and not being able to even go to the local national park has been making me anxious. I love watching your channel whenever I'm not feeling good, they just make me feel so calm. Also never been this early for a video before!
Gosh so sorry to hear that! Not even being able to go to a park is harsh.
Try your best to get your bare feet on some soil or grass even for 5 mins. This will give you the benefit of earthing!
@@FairylandCottage Thank you for the tip! I have some grass at the front of our home 💕
This is so evil. Glad to see people are fighting against this you won't see it on the mainstream media. They are using this virus to control people so they can reset to a new world order. I will never go back to wearing a mask or staying at home.
@@SusanChristmas will all due respect people like you are making it worse for the rest of us! Yea being in lockdown stinks but we’re only in lockdown because of inconsiderate, uneducated and downright selfish people who share your opinions. I hope the people who are “fighting” as you say are at the very least arrested and sent to prison for second degree murder cause every time you leave the house without a mask you are killing people.
@@sophiebell1711 With all do respect I feel sorry for you. You reside in a prison of your own making. You are there because you allow them to control you. I stopped masking and staying inside June 2020 and I have never looked back.You are being told people like me are the enemy. They want to divide us. They are using fear to do this.This is a virus with a survival rate of over 99.8%. Let that number sink in and ask yourself what is going on here.
Beautiful peaceful morning
I am missing for seeing english countyside view. How they look now at spring time. How look the fairyland cottage and the garden now💐❤
Your garden videos are always my favourite, so peaceful and just really motivates me to get outside.
Our gardens here in Northern California are off this year as well. Two blistering heat waves in late May and late June scorched the roses and in the kitchen garden our veg are very slow. We've had some lovely courgette but the tomatoes have only just set, the sweet peppers are not many and only one chili pepper! Thankfully the herbs are doing well, they seem to be the most resilient. Thank you for your update! Blessings from California!
My tomatoes are finally turning red and have been lucky none of the critters have been eating them……..yet. No peppers and I will not be getting any hot ones either it seems. Didn’t plant much this year, doing a bit of reorganizing and clean up in the garden. My small veg one is becoming my herb garden and next year have plans to work on a much bigger plot for my veg. Enjoy you September off!
My cherry tomatoes are the size of chickpeas, my capsicum are coming up the size of pepper and aubergine are in no sight. 🤷🏽♀️
I love a good garden reorganisation. It’s also good to give the soil a rest for a year so it will bloom the following year.
Niamh, if you do a search for Julia Child cucumber soup, you'll find something nice. :)
In the Midwest US, growing season has seemed late, and a bit different as well….enjoyed this video update, thank you!
Thanks for the beautiful footage!
What kind of oil do you use to infuse the flowers?
It's so funny that your garden year feels so similar to mine, altough I live in Germany. We also didn't have much sun this year. Instead lots of rain and slugs. Nothing really grew well, except of cucumbers! We harvested so many! Todays plan is also to make cucumber pickles. :)
I was about to write the same! Viele Grüße aus Heidelberg. 🥒🥒🌻🌻
I was about to write the same! Viele Grüße aus Heidelberg. 🌻
Cant wait for fall and winter craving the smell of burning wood and cinnamon. Also experienced the same thing with my tomatoes but now they are finally red. I had never heard about this before but people are blaming it on the grand solar minimum.Has anyone heard about this?
I have never heard of that. Something is off this year though. We have extreme drought here in the PNW and one of the hottest summers on record.
Hi Susan, yes I have heard about the grand solar minimum, my father-in-law was chatting to us about it recently. I've been meaning to read up on it, your comment has reminded me to do that, thank you! I'm in Southern Australia and will be very happy to trade our chilly winter for your summer! 😊
😍😍😍 peaceful and relaxing content.
Very enjoyable, inspiring and soothing to listen to ...
You remind me of how simple life is and wants to be ...
you are so talented xo
i love the vegetable garden even if i never had one but i had a big plant before.
Lovely video. All those rich tea fragrances. A warm August in southern Ontario. 🇨🇦 July was wet and for most of 🇨🇦 topsy turvey weather.
This made the weekend perfect ..❤️ Peaceful content as always. 🤩😇😊
Ah thanks my dear 💜☘️🍅
I think that a lot of people are having issues with their gardens this year! we planted stuff for the first time this year like butternut squash and watermelon. both are extremely small! but the flavor is there, just not the size! I blame it on not enough water. So next year we are putting in more raised beds and definitely getting a timer for watering! thanks for sharing! xoxo
Hi I’m asking out of ignorance, I’m learning ... why raised bed will make it better for the water?
thank you
Those are called lemon cucumbers in my region. They're my favorite cucumber. My tomatoes are still green and the weather is cooling off. Fall is coming, there is a tang in the air and flocks of geese flying overhead.
hey Niamh, what a soothing and realistic video. Same applies to my veggies too. I just saw some inverted bottles near your tomato plant. Just curiuous to understand why you are using the bottles?
Due to the weird weather this year, my garden did not thrive like I'd hoped. I've heard this is the case with many other people as well. Nevertheless, your garden still looks lovely. Infusing flowers in oil is something I've always wanted to try. That's next on my list :)
Miss you 🥺
You're such an inspiration for me after watching your video I have started not to use plastic or not to use single use plastic or toothbrush thank you for inspiring me lots of love from india
Thanks for sharing your beautiful videos loved this one too Niamh❤️
I never heard of apple & pear cucumber I must check out the ordering catalogs for next year. I live in North Eastern Pennsylvania this year a lot of us have small tomatoes & they have not even started to get red. We have had a lot of rain all summer & when it wasn't raining blistering heat .Do you think the rains caused us not to have big tomatoes? When it wasn't raining it was usually in the middle 90's . Have a lovely up & coming week !
I actually can’t find the cucumber packet. Maybe they are just round cucumbers. Who knows! They are lovely though.
No idea with the rain and then heat. We have just had mostly rain and little heat so…
@@FairylandCottage I found the pear & apple seeds they are from Bakers Heirloom rare seeds I also found another you may be interested in they have the lemon cucumber thank you so much for introducing me to these cucumbers. I must tell my brother as he plants a lot of Heirloom seeds from them have a lovely week
Thanks for link to cucumber pickle, I’ll be giving it a try. X
if your tomatoes don't ripen you can always try the southern u.s. classic of fried green tomatoes
Now that I am not working, I plant around the house started with different plants then vegetables bit by bit determining what is best to plant based on our season. This also helps me in my sustainable living as I am more conscious in everything I do. Kitchen scraps are really separated which I can do organic fertilizer for my vegetables.
Now I also rely on natural therapy for any symptoms might encounter and not rely on pharmacy medicines. Which aided me when I was not feeling good last week.
Have a wonderful week, Niamh! 🌸🌺
Thanks love, have a wonderful week too! 💚☘️😊
Love your teas and lush veggies especially the cucumber. You were my inspiration for collecting loads of dock seeds for breadmaking last week. The only way I have succeeded in getting ripe tomatoes in July is to germinate cherry tomatoes in a jar in a warm place inside in January and grow them on in a small pot and then big pots, inside. The yellow ones ripen first. Finding it difficult to grow pumpkins outside for the last few years and growing beetroot to even a small size. I would love to live near the sea. How has living near the sea enriched your life and do you go for beach walks regularly ? Thanks Niamh. Enjoy your break.
Always happy when you upload. 🌿🧚🏻🌳
Ah thanks Ciara! ☘️💚🧚♀️
All those green tomatoes may not ripen before the weather changes. Consider making green tomato relish, in the southern US we call it chow chow. Very delicious.
We are on Long Island on East Coast of the U.S. and our tomatoes - same! Taking so long to get red. And I'm glad you showed those cucumbers. I purchased what I thought were Boston pickling cucumbers seeds, however, they grew very round and small like yours. I am wondering if mine were a variety like that.
I love your videos I always get excited to see what you are up to. I am moving into my home in the next 2 weeks and I want a fairyland home too. Luv karyann
Best of luck with your move and new home!
I have those similar cucumbers, lemon cucumber, I like them because there are not as acidic as regular cucumbers. We are also behind here in New England with our gardens, just made watermelon rind pickles for the first time, not bad, doesn't take like watermelon but refreshing, have a blessed week..
Ah lemon cucumber 🥒 nice
Watermelon rind pickle sounds interesting. I must look that up 💚
If this video reminds you of LIZIQI ❤️, raise you hand 🙋✋🔥
That’s too kind of you to say 😊
Lovely thank you
If it’s not raining it’s hot & extremely humid here in coastal VA. The weeds are thriving!!
My garden started out well this year, but the grasshoppers have driven me to distraction. My roma tomatoes only put out a few, and they never ripened. I only have a couple of pepper plants left. Time for more research to get ready for next year! Good video as always.
I was just wondering what oil did you use to soak the herbs in ?
Thank you! Love all of your videos!!
Olive or almond oil
Lovely video as always