You should build a barn owl nest box either in one of your sheds or outside on a tree. They'd help keep mice numbers down and the only thing limiting their spread in ireland is a the lack of nesting sites
Really good idea. Also something to bear in mind in the renovation of anymore outbuildings - to incorporate some high-level apertures to facilitate their nesting.
barn owls also go for ducklings, litte rabits, small kittens, .... So it is a mixed blessing. That said if it is good and pesticide free habitat the birds of prey will find the smallholding anyway.
The bucket trap is all over the internet. That is a simple, cheap, traditional highly effective method and one can catch the mice and rats alive or put in water and they will drown (a death I would not wish upon any creature, but traditionally they let the rodents drown). I would catch them alive and kill them quickly or have the cat doing it. More sensitive persons just release them outside of their property. But rats are smart they will find their way back. And even mice will have figured out that the smallhold is a much better place when it comes to food, so one would have to drive a while to get rid of them. Rats would be separated from their family and driven out from any decent rat habitat (from the rats already living there), so releasing them in another place might not be so merciful after all. This is more a method for people that do not want to take the responsibility (and burden) to end a life.
There's something comforting about seeing a video with a half hour time stamp these days, provides a nice distraction/break! Well timed, thank you. Hope the ice this week hasn't been too bad at your end of the province
When you were biting and chewing on the crunchy raw brussels sprouts I could not help but thinking: „Oh dear, it seems that you spent too much time in the company of your rabbits.“ So lovely to see you early 2021! Greetings from Switzerland!
One of my first lessons in gardening here in the Outer Hebrides is that if you want a decent crop of anything you'll need to grow roots - the weather doesn't allow for much else!
Always pleased to see you post a new vid. I've just been laid off and was pleased to see a nice calming vid even though I'm very envious of your lifestyle
@@gottasay4766 The job of the liver is to help the body digest nutrients absorbed from the small intestines. Over a cold winter people tend to eat more high fat, high protein foods in order to keep warm. Over the winter bile which is produced in the gall bladder, tends to become thick and sluggish and may not flow properly. A liver cleanse helps our digestion become stronger so that fats and certain vitamins are processed more efficiently.
@@gungagalunga9040 bingo we got a winner... carbs is the killer in the modern world... look at all the fat people eating low/no fat high carb foods because they were brainwashed to think it was fat that was evil... SUGAR and other refined carbs = the big killer...
I do the same, and sometimes I mash them with carrots or potatoes as well. Another thing I like is boiled parsnips mashed with butter, a bit of salt, and ginger.
I absolutely love your videos. Not only are they informative you have such a pleasant way about you that is very soothing and pleasing. I wish I had a friend like you where I live.
Swede is a used in a traditional winter stew in northern Germany. Swede with carrots, potatoes, onions, leek, parsley, pepper, salt, nutmeg, sugar, vegetable stock (or meat broth) and - if you eat meat - bacon or pork belly, butter or oil. Delicious... :)
Well I don’t know about favourite vegetable for January but you are very definitely my favourite video presenter. Your smiling face, your calm and uplifting presentation full of information. Cheered me up, thank you so much.
I have never heard of perpetual spinach--it sounds like a winner in every category! Thanks for the info--I'm going to look for the seeds. Interesting and educational video, as always :)
I'd not heard of it either! But I think it may be marketed as Swiss chard here in the USA, just not the red kind - and if so, I think I've eaten some from my neighbor. And then Daniel's right - it's probably the most delicious green leafy ever!
Here in Ireland Swiss Chard is classified as a different plant from the same family. I believe Perpetual Spinach is more closely related to Sea Beet as others have said. It is sold in garden centres and online (ebay too) as Perpetual spinach, but I couldn't find the latin name sadly.
Hi Daniel and all very interested in finding out about perpetual spinach you grow at Mossy Bottom. I'm in UK now does the one you grow cook? Does it will down like spinach or keep more body. If so is your variety widely available Best wishes Paul
Here in North Lincs (UK) I have copious amounts of self seeded Perpetual Spinach (which I've always called Beat Spinach) thanks to local farmers planting it as a regular crop. They seem to treat it as an annual but a few escapees in the field margins provide me with plenty of wind blown volunteers.
Perpetual spinach is good stuff, it tastes pretty much identical to regular spinach, but unfortunately it's not perpetual in my warm, southeast European climate, where it wants to bolt in about May because of rapidly increasing temperatures and daylight hours. Wish I could persuade it not to, maybe I will plant a succession and see if a spring planting will make it past mid-summer's.
Really useful tip about leaving the spuds in the ground, I never would have thought of that! But as usual my favourite bit of all your videos is the out take section at the end :) .
Great tips, fab video once again. Also: you mentioning Spätzle made me squeal with happiness and surprise! 😀 Greetings from Germany and all the best for 2021!
@@ciaranosullivan7791 They're thick, doughy noodles. They contain eggs and are cooked in boiling water like regular pasta. They're often served with heaps of melted cheese and fried onions on top, then they're called Kässpätzle. Ultimate comfort food. :)
You're always so full of information on the plants you pick to talk about, I really enjoy your videos and glad that you are putting more out. I also enjoy learning about Ireland and information about the country. I am 50% Irish even though I live in America, I am always eager to learn about one of the countries my ancestors came from. I'll be watching for more videos soon, hopefully 2021 will be a great year for all of us in more ways than one.
I’ve got a little bit of spinach left and Chard. There is also some Land cress for pesto sauce but that’s about it. The chickens have eaten the last of the kale. I’ve decided to grow micro greens inside until I begin planting outside again.
I've dabbled in veggies in pots in my apartment for a few years and upgraded to an allotment last year but have just moved to our permanent home so missed spring planting season, so this video is excellent! I hope one day to have land like mossy bottom. What a wonderful and pure existence.
Thank you for another interesting post. Your vegetables look so healthy. We are very waterlogged in northern England at the moment which makes gardening difficult. Will definitely consider parsley for pesto and I am sure my pet rabbits will appreciate it too. Happy New Year and keep safe.
Love your videos. I lived in rural U.S. many years of my life gardening, canning training horses etc. My daughter grew up on fresh vegetables. Best years😊! Now I live in an apartment in San Diego, CA and can grow a few herbs on my windowsills and my lovely patio near a canyon, but no real food would survive. I eat plenty of beets though 👍. Maybe I could grow your perpetual spinach. Your words are very educational and are very refreshing. Love your animals, your voice and articulation. Never mind your desire to learn, listen and use insight while living at Mossy Bottom. Maybe you can get a rat terrier or a miniature schnauzer as a buddy for you and Moss. One would take care of the mice. They are sweeties, don’t eat a lot and are awesome hunters. Best to you!
I might try this re the potatoes, though we do suffer with seed potatoes being eaten by rodents when they’re sown so it may not work out. I’ll try! Thanks for sharing
Hello :) !! It feels good to hear from you and see what you can still harvest from your crops. Make me think I wish 2021 will bring back my hands in Earth again. Thanks for sharing, eating kale finally chopped for fresh salads here, it's a bit sweet at the end chewing, I like it ! Greetings from coastal Brittany :)
Ahh. In Australia, the thing you call perpetual spinach is called Silver Beet. I never understood why it was called 'beet' when it wasn't a big round thing like beetroot. Now I know that it is from the same family as beetroot -- and so, it is a beet. Learn something every day. Thanks ☺
Hi, I'm in Australia too & the perpetual spinach I grow is totally different to silver beet... the perpetual spinach has small green stems while the silver beet stems are white ( or rainbow colours) and are tall & thick. Keep your eye out for the perpetual spinach, it just keeps giving. Cheers.
You mentioned that the cats kill the birds . Well mice tend to be nocturnal. So Keep your cats indoors during the day and let them out at night to hunt. That way they will be less likely to kill birds ;-)
This is a brilliant idea. It's tricky to force them to stay inside during the day as I live in a tiny caravan, but I shall try to persuade them as best I can, especially as the weather improves. :)
I totally agree with this. My cats are voracious hunters, but they will always go for the easiest prey. You’ll probably find as they get older you’ll need to let them out at night anyway, as that’s when mine have always been most active. They come indoors in the morning for a bite to eat and then sleep all day. Watch your rabbits though, my big male will often be seen wandering across the garden with a baby bunny swinging from his jaws. My tiny female likes a challenge so will often go for birds as an extra, she’s had her eye on a particularly large pheasant for some time, and there’s part of me that’s rooting for her. Also, regarding kale, my dog is obsessed with kale stems. So when I strip them for my smoothie, he gets the stems. He’s raw fed, so I don’t know if it’s a particular nutrient that his body is craving, or if he’s just weird. I suspect the latter!
Unfortunately in Australia we have to keep our cats inside of a night because there are many tiny possums out at night and they will kill every thing that moves so cats are locked up at night.
Thanks to the Mossy Bottom crew yet again for an inspiring and educating vid. We moved (party inspired by you and partly driven from the political horrors of UK) to Kilkenny which, though drier than Cork, suffers/ is blessed by most of the same agricultural issues so this is really useful. We are growing no-dig beds on quite steep slopes, and with only partial sun on one side of the valley. You continue to inspire...thanks
I love how simply you explain everything. This encourages me to grow more this winter. I can tell that you have been doing this for a while, thank you for sharing!
Happy new year to you as well! Since you are a fan of Italian parsley may I recommend a recipe which is called “bagnetto verde”. It consist of stale bread soaked in white vinegar, garlic, lots of fresh parsley and some salted anchovies. Put everything in a blender and blend as coarse or as smooth as you like it, adding oil while blending it, like with pesto. If you have never had it before you will instantly fall in love with it. Cheers!
Don't you put an hard boiled egg ? It's used on meat, but as a vegetarian I use it on boiled potatoes or just spread on bread, and instead of anchovies I use capers.
@@elenabello138 yes some people add an hard boiled egg -- also some use this "pesto" as a topping for hard boiled eggs cut in half. I had never heard of using capers instead of anchovies. Whatever you do, this is definitely an amazing and super simple "pesto" to prepare, which I highly recommend
I' m sure you had never heard of capers, It's because I'm vegetarian :) I know this sauce well as I was born in Piemonte and I live in Lombardia. As soon as I watched the video, I thuoght of ''bagnet '' , but you had already suggested it .
Love your informative videos and as a non-native speaker of the English language, I always learn something new from you. This time it was the word insipid. 🤣
This might not be the exact words you want to hear but I use your videos to fall asleep every single night. Your calming persona really helps me to switch off from daily life and relax each evening once I get in bed. Thank you for everything you do
Hello Daniel thanks for this informative video. You mentioned a recipe using beetroot, is it possible to share. Have you ever thought of writing a recipe book? As a lot of people are interested in changing to a plant based diet, I think it would help towards your restoration of Mossy Bottom as did your calendar. You could incorporate recipes from your volunteers. Best of luck for 2021, Louise
Really helpful information, thank you... Can you talk about seed collecting or preserving foods please or even more about storing your fruit and veg. Thanks ever so much, love your videos, so inspiring ❤️
I've only recently stumbled upon your channel and am thoroughly enjoying it. Absolutely love the way you include your lovely animal friends in the videos 🙂
At Christmas dinner at our friends house, the NASA flight surgeon and myself, both Irish, polished off most of the Brussel sprouts. They were prepared with a creamy sauce and bits of fried bacon. DIVINE !
Great to see you again. Something pleasant to see and hear. I dont watch TV so its your lifestyle that I long for. Reminds me of the programme GOOD LiFE from the 70s
Thank you for your wonderful Vlog! Always enjoy your soothing, comforting voice! You are a voice of sanity in a crazy world! Please keep uploading your wonderful content!😊
There are many of your top 10 vegetables that we also use as winter crops. I definitely have to try kale and Brussel sprouts. Other vegetables that seem to be winter hardy (at least for an oceanic climate) : turnip, rocket and broad beans. Here in western France, the climate is fairly similar to Ireland in winter. We had several mornings with -5°C in early January and they didn’t take significant damage from the frost. Neither do they seem to suffer from the almost constant moisture. For turnip and rocket (2 more members of the Brassica family !) we can still harvest in the heart of winter after an autumn sowing. For broad beans, we will harvest in spring, which will help fill in the « gap » with the season to come. Looking forward to watching your next videos 🙂 Cheers Xavier
Loved this I see you doing a cooking show next 🤣 On the cooking note when the beets get that size try roasting them there fabulous and makes them so sweet 😋 I love Brussels hope to grow some this year 🤞
Another lovely video! I'm so jealous of your lifestyle. However as I am an elder lemon, I do appreciate living near people, supermarkets, doctors, and hospitals. But in my youth, I'd have loved the good life on a small holding.
My grandfather use to harvest the spuds dig a hole put them in and cover it with straw then soil. I'm not sure why but that was how they stored them essential food for the family through winter. He lived in the south of Ireland.
Try cooking turnip greens with a chunk of pork or ham. We eat it and love it when in season. Cook them in large pot of water; they shrink a lot. Season to your taste. We love them in South Louisiana.
Brilliant video; fabulous, down to earth information. Totally addicted to your channel as we share so many of the conditions you are dealing with. Thank-you so much x
Lovely! Envious that your perpetual spinach survives outside in winter. My favorite too! Rutabaga is the american name I think. Here in Sweden we call them kålrot, pronanced "call-root". Inspired! Thanks! 🌱
It is really impressive how much feed/fodder you grow for your animals! It's not a competition, but you're at an advanced level by getting that done. - PESTO! I make a cilantro pesto. A chef friend showed me his recipe. He calls it Hot Patootie. Replace basil with cilantro. In Texas we usually use pecans instead of pine nuts in pestos. Do that in the cilantro pesto. Add a tablespoon or more of coconut oil (reduce the olive oil a little bit). Garlic and parmesan cheese just as with regular pesto. Then, throw 1 habanero in the blender with you cilantro! It's actually just quite zesty, and not super hot.
Huge beetroot. I grow them here because they are brilliant at bringing down high blood pressure. But have never grown them that big. Hi from Australia have just found your channel and love it.
I wish I could hire you sometimes to come and talk to me in that soothing reassuring voice that you have when times are tough! Doesn't really matter what you talk about. Thank you!
Such a good list! I'm in NE England and leave my spuds and carrots in the ground too, we just take them as we need them. Leeks and chard have been my best winter crop. I've been harvesting the chard since July and only had 1 out of 10 plants go to seed. It's survived the snow we've had the last couple of weeks too. I've never tried perpetual spinach but you've sold me, it's going on my list :)
Another great video. I love listening to you. Not only do you give great information, I find it very calming to listen to you. Hope you can stay warm in your caravan, it's cold here at the minute.
I make pasta with lots of parsley and parmesan and pepper, yum! Just boil the pasta and right before or after pouring off the water, dump chopped parsley in it. Then after the water is off, add parm and pepper. Maybe a tiny amount of butter. So easy, fast and yummy!
The crazier our world gets the more I appreciate these videos.
Me too.
Totally agree!
Amen to that
Yes ! JW.ORG 👍
That's why I'm here.
How calming is listening to you! Love the way you speak and your sense of humor! ENJOY🤗🤗
0 parsley (2 year growth cycle)
9 cabbage (vitamin c/k, folate)
8 potato
7 purple sprouting broccoli
6 turnip/swede/rutabaga
5 beetroot (keeps slugs away)
4 carrots
3 kale
2 Brussel sprouts
1 perpetual spinach aka chard
You should build a barn owl nest box either in one of your sheds or outside on a tree. They'd help keep mice numbers down and the only thing limiting their spread in ireland is a the lack of nesting sites
Really good idea. Also something to bear in mind in the renovation of anymore outbuildings - to incorporate some high-level apertures to facilitate their nesting.
Or get a cat?
barn owls also go for ducklings, litte rabits, small kittens, .... So it is a mixed blessing. That said if it is good and pesticide free habitat the birds of prey will find the smallholding anyway.
The bucket trap is all over the internet. That is a simple, cheap, traditional highly effective method and one can catch the mice and rats alive or put in water and they will drown (a death I would not wish upon any creature, but traditionally they let the rodents drown).
I would catch them alive and kill them quickly or have the cat doing it. More sensitive persons just release them outside of their property. But rats are smart they will find their way back. And even mice will have figured out that the smallhold is a much better place when it comes to food, so one would have to drive a while to get rid of them.
Rats would be separated from their family and driven out from any decent rat habitat (from the rats already living there), so releasing them in another place might not be so merciful after all. This is more a method for people that do not want to take the responsibility (and burden) to end a life.
As a swede, I approve of the swede :)
@Banana Man Rutabaga in america from rotabagge swedish dialect, they were developed in Sweden Finland and russia
1992: Swedes 2 Turnips 1
hes cooking swede wrong you needs loads of butter and pepper and its unreal and dont mash it to much
There's something comforting about seeing a video with a half hour time stamp these days, provides a nice distraction/break! Well timed, thank you. Hope the ice this week hasn't been too bad at your end of the province
watching this reminds me of watching river cottage,,,nothing more relaxing and comforting.
Is River cottage on youtube?
Such a cute little pig.
When you were biting and chewing on the crunchy raw brussels sprouts I could not help but thinking: „Oh dear, it seems that you spent too much time in the company of your rabbits.“ So lovely to see you early 2021! Greetings from Switzerland!
Some more greetings from Switzerland :)
Oh my goodness little piggy eating a sweed. Adorable!😁
Exactly what I needed today...
YES! Me too!
Me too 😊
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Add me too😉
One of my first lessons in gardening here in the Outer Hebrides is that if you want a decent crop of anything you'll need to grow roots - the weather doesn't allow for much else!
man i really needed this considering what's happening in the US thanks man
No kidding. Best of luck this weekend!
I started loving brussel sprouts when I started eating them raw. They are indeed like miniature cabbages.
Always pleased to see you post a new vid. I've just been laid off and was pleased to see a nice calming vid even though I'm very envious of your lifestyle
Wishing you all the best David. Tough times at the moment.
Very sorry about your job loss! Hope you find something you like, very soon!
would you consider getting a bit of land like our friend at Mossy Bottom
100% ... Everyone needs to do this to be well. So interesting...sell everything buy some land start growing
I’m enjoying the beautiful Mossy Bottom calendar! A work of art!
Yes me too ,I haven't looked at the photos I'm waiting for that each month 🙂
Beet, apple and celery juice is a good liver cleanser.
Why does the liver need to be cleansed?
@@gottasay4766 The job of the liver is to help the body digest nutrients absorbed from the small intestines. Over a cold winter people tend to eat more high fat, high protein foods in order to keep warm. Over the winter bile which is produced in the gall bladder, tends to become thick and sluggish and may not flow properly. A liver cleanse helps our digestion become stronger so that fats and certain vitamins are processed more efficiently.
Watch out for the high oxalate content of beets and celery.
@@debfryer2437 fat is no problem for the liver. It's carbohydrates and sugar that ruin the liver.
@@gungagalunga9040 bingo we got a winner... carbs is the killer in the modern world... look at all the fat people eating low/no fat high carb foods because they were brainwashed to think it was fat that was evil... SUGAR and other refined carbs = the big killer...
We used to mash boiled swedes with butter.
Lovely
That's how I cook them, with salt and white pepper. Very yum!
I do the same, and sometimes I mash them with carrots or potatoes as well. Another thing I like is boiled parsnips mashed with butter, a bit of salt, and ginger.
@@katewhitehouse4836 now ur talking 👍🙂
Mashed with salt, butter and white pepper - divine
I absolutely love your videos. Not only are they informative you have such a pleasant way about you that is very soothing and pleasing. I wish I had a friend like you where I live.
Swede is a used in a traditional winter stew in northern Germany. Swede with carrots, potatoes, onions, leek, parsley, pepper, salt, nutmeg, sugar, vegetable stock (or meat broth) and - if you eat meat - bacon or pork belly, butter or oil. Delicious... :)
I make this with herb dumplings on top. Vegan.
Well I don’t know about favourite vegetable for January but you are very definitely my favourite video presenter. Your smiling face, your calm and uplifting presentation full of information. Cheered me up, thank you so much.
I have never heard of perpetual spinach--it sounds like a winner in every category! Thanks for the info--I'm going to look for the seeds. Interesting and educational video, as always :)
I'd not heard of it either! But I think it may be marketed as Swiss chard here in the USA, just not the red kind - and if so, I think I've eaten some from my neighbor. And then Daniel's right - it's probably the most delicious green leafy ever!
Here in Ireland Swiss Chard is classified as a different plant from the same family. I believe Perpetual Spinach is more closely related to Sea Beet as others have said. It is sold in garden centres and online (ebay too) as Perpetual spinach, but I couldn't find the latin name sadly.
Hi Daniel and all very interested in finding out about perpetual spinach you grow at Mossy Bottom. I'm in UK now does the one you grow cook? Does it will down like spinach or keep more body. If so is your variety widely available
Best wishes Paul
Here in North Lincs (UK) I have copious amounts of self seeded Perpetual Spinach (which I've always called Beat Spinach) thanks to local farmers planting it as a regular crop. They seem to treat it as an annual but a few escapees in the field margins provide me with plenty of wind blown volunteers.
Perpetual spinach is good stuff, it tastes pretty much identical to regular spinach, but unfortunately it's not perpetual in my warm, southeast European climate, where it wants to bolt in about May because of rapidly increasing temperatures and daylight hours. Wish I could persuade it not to, maybe I will plant a succession and see if a spring planting will make it past mid-summer's.
Really useful tip about leaving the spuds in the ground, I never would have thought of that! But as usual my favourite bit of all your videos is the out take section at the end :) .
I could live with you! Kale, Brussels sprouts, carrots, beetroot... all some of my favourite foods!
Didnt think you would be old enough to remember TOTP😁
He looks young from all the gardening x
Great tips, fab video once again. Also: you mentioning Spätzle made me squeal with happiness and surprise! 😀 Greetings from Germany and all the best for 2021!
So what exactly is it and how do you make it?
@@ciaranosullivan7791 They're thick, doughy noodles. They contain eggs and are cooked in boiling water like regular pasta. They're often served with heaps of melted cheese and fried onions on top, then they're called Kässpätzle. Ultimate comfort food. :)
@@veran.8661 Would you mind sharing a recipe? I grow a lot of beetroot and would love to make these!
I grew up eating Swede & carrot boiled then chopped up together with butter, salt and pepper, delicious.
Very interesting, your potatoes look lovely, I love how you love your way of life..so content and at peace with your garden and animals.
You're always so full of information on the plants you pick to talk about, I really enjoy your videos and glad that you are putting more out. I also enjoy learning about Ireland and information about the country. I am 50% Irish even though I live in America, I am always eager to learn about one of the countries my ancestors came from. I'll be watching for more videos soon, hopefully 2021 will be a great year for all of us in more ways than one.
I’ve got a little bit of spinach left and Chard. There is also some Land cress for pesto sauce but that’s about it. The chickens have eaten the last of the kale. I’ve decided to grow micro greens inside until I begin planting outside again.
I've dabbled in veggies in pots in my apartment for a few years and upgraded to an allotment last year but have just moved to our permanent home so missed spring planting season, so this video is excellent! I hope one day to have land like mossy bottom. What a wonderful and pure existence.
Awwww your pig had a big thank you and I love you in its eyes when you gave him that sweed.
Would you please do cooking segments? I would love to see how you cook the vegetables. Eventually, it could become a cookbook..
Thank you for another interesting post. Your vegetables look so healthy. We are very waterlogged in northern England at the moment which makes gardening difficult. Will definitely consider parsley for pesto and I am sure my pet rabbits will appreciate it too. Happy New Year and keep safe.
Nettle pesto is also nice to use...cheap and plentiful. Get out the marigolds
I’m in love with your dog and pigs, they are adorable 😍
Love your videos. I lived in rural U.S. many years of my life gardening, canning training horses etc. My daughter grew up on fresh vegetables. Best years😊! Now I live in an apartment in San Diego, CA and can grow a few herbs on my windowsills and my lovely patio near a canyon, but no real food would survive. I eat plenty of beets though 👍. Maybe I could grow your perpetual spinach. Your words are very educational and are very refreshing. Love your animals, your voice and articulation. Never mind your desire to learn, listen and use insight while living at Mossy Bottom. Maybe you can get a rat terrier or a miniature schnauzer as a buddy for you and Moss. One would take care of the mice. They are sweeties, don’t eat a lot and are awesome hunters. Best to you!
Love the gentle humour you bring through more these days :) The swede introduction at no.6 was perfectly delightful.
I might try this re the potatoes, though we do suffer with seed potatoes being eaten by rodents when they’re sown so it may not work out. I’ll try! Thanks for sharing
Hello :) !! It feels good to hear from you and see what you can still harvest from your crops. Make me think I wish 2021 will bring back my hands in Earth again. Thanks for sharing, eating kale finally chopped for fresh salads here, it's a bit sweet at the end chewing, I like it ! Greetings from coastal Brittany :)
Ahh. In Australia, the thing you call perpetual spinach is called Silver Beet. I never understood why it was called 'beet' when it wasn't a big round thing like beetroot. Now I know that it is from the same family as beetroot -- and so, it is a beet. Learn something every day. Thanks ☺
Hi, I'm in Australia too & the perpetual spinach I grow is totally different to silver beet... the perpetual spinach has small green stems while the silver beet stems are white ( or rainbow colours) and are tall & thick. Keep your eye out for the perpetual spinach, it just keeps giving. Cheers.
You mentioned that the cats kill the birds . Well mice tend to be nocturnal. So Keep your cats indoors during the day and let them out at night to hunt. That way they will be less likely to kill birds ;-)
This is a brilliant idea. It's tricky to force them to stay inside during the day as I live in a tiny caravan, but I shall try to persuade them as best I can, especially as the weather improves. :)
I totally agree with this. My cats are voracious hunters, but they will always go for the easiest prey. You’ll probably find as they get older you’ll need to let them out at night anyway, as that’s when mine have always been most active. They come indoors in the morning for a bite to eat and then sleep all day. Watch your rabbits though, my big male will often be seen wandering across the garden with a baby bunny swinging from his jaws. My tiny female likes a challenge so will often go for birds as an extra, she’s had her eye on a particularly large pheasant for some time, and there’s part of me that’s rooting for her. Also, regarding kale, my dog is obsessed with kale stems. So when I strip them for my smoothie, he gets the stems. He’s raw fed, so I don’t know if it’s a particular nutrient that his body is craving, or if he’s just weird. I suspect the latter!
Unfortunately in Australia we have to keep our cats inside of a night because there are many tiny possums out at night and they will kill every thing that moves so cats are locked up at night.
@@patriciafisher1170 Everything is death in Australia, even the possums!! :-) I still dream about visiting someday ... will it happen?
@@snowym8269 You have venamous possums?! I'm seriously never coming to Australia. ; )
You can make a very nice slaw with shredded kale, Brussels sprouts, chopped dry cranberries and walnuts.
Thanks to the Mossy Bottom crew yet again for an inspiring and educating vid. We moved (party inspired by you and partly driven from the political horrors of UK) to Kilkenny which, though drier than Cork, suffers/ is blessed by most of the same agricultural issues so this is really useful. We are growing no-dig beds on quite steep slopes, and with only partial sun on one side of the valley. You continue to inspire...thanks
We'll have to start a Mossy Bottom fanclub with everyone's garden progress lol. Greetings from Kerry, and you are very welcome in Ireland (y)
@@kierancotter2382 yes we will. We're ammsive fans of Mossy Bottom...and Ireland!
I love how simply you explain everything. This encourages me to grow more this winter. I can tell that you have been doing this for a while, thank you for sharing!
Hey mossy!
I'm an Irishman not living in Ireland, you make me home sick. Miss the Ireland that you display so well!
Top of the pops... I got a giggle out of that, thanks.
Happy new year to you as well! Since you are a fan of Italian parsley may I recommend a recipe which is called “bagnetto verde”. It consist of stale bread soaked in white vinegar, garlic, lots of fresh parsley and some salted anchovies. Put everything in a blender and blend as coarse or as smooth as you like it, adding oil while blending it, like with pesto. If you have never had it before you will instantly fall in love with it. Cheers!
Don't you put an hard boiled egg ? It's used on meat, but as a vegetarian I use it on boiled potatoes or just spread on bread, and instead of anchovies I use capers.
@@elenabello138 yes some people add an hard boiled egg -- also some use this "pesto" as a topping for hard boiled eggs cut in half. I had never heard of using capers instead of anchovies. Whatever you do, this is definitely an amazing and super simple "pesto" to prepare, which I highly recommend
I' m sure you had never heard of capers, It's because I'm vegetarian :) I know this sauce well as I was born in Piemonte and I live in Lombardia. As soon as I watched the video, I thuoght of ''bagnet '' , but you had already suggested it .
@@elenabello138 those who were born in Piemonte cannot live without "bagnet" :) ciao!
Swede and carrots mashed with butter and pepper, glorious.
I eat kale boiled two minutes then doused with balsamic vinegar. Good for strengthening heart and reducing calcification in arteries.
you are good people my friend Bless your heart, your animals, your garden, and your home my friend.
Love your informative videos and as a non-native speaker of the English language, I always learn something new from you. This time it was the word insipid. 🤣
It is so nice to see you adapt and thrive. You look and sound well.💙
That was a really enjoyable and informative video, thank you! I think one of your pigs is particularly interested in videography...it's adorable!
This might not be the exact words you want to hear but I use your videos to fall asleep every single night. Your calming persona really helps me to switch off from daily life and relax each evening once I get in bed. Thank you for everything you do
Hello Daniel thanks for this informative video. You mentioned a recipe using beetroot, is it possible to share. Have you ever thought of writing a recipe book? As a lot of people are interested in changing to a plant based diet, I think it would help towards your restoration of Mossy Bottom as did your calendar. You could incorporate recipes from your volunteers. Best of luck for 2021, Louise
Really helpful information, thank you... Can you talk about seed collecting or preserving foods please or even more about storing your fruit and veg. Thanks ever so much, love your videos, so inspiring ❤️
@@Pfessor_Moriarty thank you so much, that's really helpful 🙏
I was never that fond of swedes/rutabaga until one day I cut them into small cubes and roasted them. They actually taste really nice like that!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!! Lots of good information! Please show more, about feeding your animals in the winter!
I've only recently stumbled upon your channel and am thoroughly enjoying it. Absolutely love the way you include your lovely animal friends in the videos 🙂
At Christmas dinner at our friends house, the NASA flight surgeon and myself, both Irish, polished off most of the Brussel sprouts. They were prepared with a creamy sauce and bits of fried bacon. DIVINE !
Great to see you again. Something pleasant to see and hear. I dont watch TV so its your lifestyle that I long for. Reminds me of the programme GOOD LiFE from the 70s
Thank you for your wonderful Vlog! Always enjoy your soothing, comforting voice! You are a voice of sanity in a crazy world! Please keep uploading your wonderful content!😊
I also discovered Italian parsley pesto last summer and love it along with the super high nutritional punch it gives !!!!
There are many of your top 10 vegetables that we also use as winter crops. I definitely have to try kale and Brussel sprouts.
Other vegetables that seem to be winter hardy (at least for an oceanic climate) : turnip, rocket and broad beans. Here in western France, the climate is fairly similar to Ireland in winter. We had several mornings with -5°C in early January and they didn’t take significant damage from the frost. Neither do they seem to suffer from the almost constant moisture.
For turnip and rocket (2 more members of the Brassica family !) we can still harvest in the heart of winter after an autumn sowing. For broad beans, we will harvest in spring, which will help fill in the « gap » with the season to come.
Looking forward to watching your next videos 🙂
Cheers
Xavier
Loved this I see you doing a cooking show next 🤣 On the cooking note when the beets get that size try roasting them there fabulous and makes them so sweet 😋 I love Brussels hope to grow some this year 🤞
I've never liked beets, but I should try them roasted! Great idea!
Another lovely video! I'm so jealous of your lifestyle. However as I am an elder lemon, I do appreciate living near people, supermarkets, doctors, and hospitals. But in my youth, I'd have loved the good life on a small holding.
Thank you so much for your share about winter vegetable in Ireland.
Oh, and beets and potatoes, cabbage and carrot makes a fantastic borscht :) Perfect winter meal.
Another great video. You look so happy & relaxed and that makes me happy & relaxed ❤️
Loved this video and well said on so true that growing food is all about the particular variables of each different zones!
Beautiful white bunny looks so gorgeous 😍
Very tasty, as well!
@@domminion599 😱......you're going to eat bunny 🐇
@@debbiesummers7979 Yes, in the same way farmers produce lots of animals to eat!
My grandfather use to harvest the spuds dig a hole put them in and cover it with straw then soil. I'm not sure why but that was how they stored them essential food for the family through winter. He lived in the south of Ireland.
Try cooking turnip greens with a chunk of pork or ham. We eat it and love it when in season. Cook them in large pot of water; they shrink a lot. Season to your taste. We love them in South Louisiana.
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That is a real revelation to me, about leaving the potatoes under de soil and harvesting them little by little till Spring. Many thanks!
Brilliant video; fabulous, down to earth information. Totally addicted to your channel as we share so many of the conditions you are dealing with. Thank-you so much x
At the beginning of march, I just harvested some potatoes I accidentally left in - they were mostly absolutely great!
Lovely! Envious that your perpetual spinach survives outside in winter. My favorite too!
Rutabaga is the american name I think. Here in Sweden we call them kålrot, pronanced "call-root".
Inspired! Thanks! 🌱
Happy New Year from Auckland, New Zealand.
Lovely, really like the potato storing idea, I'll have to try that!
Very enjoyable to watch. This is how our forebearers did it a century or two ago.
So calming and loving
Speaking as swede, the love is absolutely mutual!
It is really impressive how much feed/fodder you grow for your animals! It's not a competition, but you're at an advanced level by getting that done. - PESTO! I make a cilantro pesto. A chef friend showed me his recipe. He calls it Hot Patootie. Replace basil with cilantro. In Texas we usually use pecans instead of pine nuts in pestos. Do that in the cilantro pesto. Add a tablespoon or more of coconut oil (reduce the olive oil a little bit). Garlic and parmesan cheese just as with regular pesto. Then, throw 1 habanero in the blender with you cilantro! It's actually just quite zesty, and not super hot.
Hair remains on point! 👍🏽
Love your video people like you can save the planet
Huge beetroot. I grow them here because they are brilliant at bringing down high blood pressure. But have never grown them that big. Hi from Australia have just found your channel and love it.
So glad your channel popped up today. Been binge watching the videos since! Great content 👌
this is exactly the video i wanted to see. this is just magnificent.
I wish I could hire you sometimes to come and talk to me in that soothing reassuring voice that you have when times are tough! Doesn't really matter what you talk about. Thank you!
I know, yeah? I'm an old lady but couldn't help thinking what a lucky gal could be in his future.
@@lesliekendall2206 It wasn't ment in that way but I understand your point.
@@hjartansfrojd I guess if it wasn't meant that way then he could just call.
Your videos always make me so happy. They truly brighten my day. 🙏
Brussels Sprouts are the best! 🤤
This is such a great video! Thank you--now can we see an update on the house reno? Best of luck!!
Sea beet...same plant..i pick.all year round on the south coast..yum
They say a collar with a bell will warn any unsuspecting birdies that Tom is about!
And the rodents, so less likely to be good for a farm cat
Such a good list! I'm in NE England and leave my spuds and carrots in the ground too, we just take them as we need them. Leeks and chard have been my best winter crop. I've been harvesting the chard since July and only had 1 out of 10 plants go to seed. It's survived the snow we've had the last couple of weeks too. I've never tried perpetual spinach but you've sold me, it's going on my list :)
Another great video. I love listening to you. Not only do you give great information, I find it very calming to listen to you. Hope you can stay warm in your caravan, it's cold here at the minute.
I love learning from you. Thank you for your wisdom
Always so good to see you. Thanks for the video about winter veggies.
Thank you so much! This video is interesting and comforting to watch. You and your farm are beautiful!!
I make pasta with lots of parsley and parmesan and pepper, yum! Just boil the pasta and right before or after pouring off the water, dump chopped parsley in it. Then after the water is off, add parm and pepper. Maybe a tiny amount of butter. So easy, fast and yummy!
I needed this to grow some snacks for my chickens next winter! Thanks!