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Please watch also as he has excellent tips and additional info but heres the list for convenience. 1. Lettuce 2. Carrot 3. Cabbage 4. Beetroot 5. Onion 6. Cucumber 7. Peas 8. Beans 9. Tomatoe 10. Potatoe Give the man a big thumbs up!
The amount of dad jokes alone deserves him a subscription, let alone the knowledge that he shares and his storytelling based on his own life. Stay healthy!!
Totally agree, but have learned cilantro best in spring & fall, basil my favorite best in summer, call it water gage plant when leaves at sides know to water it & all my others, oregano & sage best in shaded areas, & every year my dill gets eaten up by catapillars. Years of trial & error. He lives in a tropical climate & probably has better luck then most of us when it comes to gardening. Every year I'm getting better with the help of people like him. Wish you the best with your gardening.
@@jennyl.5358 , good point, different growing seasons depending on where you live; here in Louisiana I grow cilantro and parsley in the winter- it's too hot in the other seasons so it bolts immediately.
Yes! I love my herb garden- we harvest from it almost every day. Here in north Louisiana, USA we even harvest all winter. We have a bay tree along with the herbal spiral.
Excellent list. I’m creating my first garden this year, I’m 70 years old! I’m going to use your list to select what I have in my garden. Thanks so much!
CHOCKER UP THE BLOCKER there were so many little gems sprinkled through this video but this one was the best great vid, trying to make the transition from houseplants to actual food and this is very helpful!
My grandfather would hand till an acre of land every year and plant most of these. He also had 5 honey bee hives. He lived to be 95 and was still doing this until he was 94.
That was the way of life to live a long time. My grandfather had bananas all kinds and bee hives, they are attracted by the bananas the honeysuckle on the trees...mmmm
Mad respect to him! I never garden and I rented a tiller today to make two parallel rows on a hill and it was the ridiculously difficult to do the entire process. I have a newfound respect for farmers
The most important thing I try to put in every year is pumpkins. I plant them in odd corners of my garden and let them ramble over everything. They're incredibly easy to grow, just glop some pith and seeds down with some compost and check it every so often. 6 months later there's pumpkins. It's one vegetable that no matter how busy or exhausted I am I can find the time and energy to start them off and they keep doing their thing with very little input, and though I do like to get out there with a paintbrush and give them a little help it's not really necessary. Harvest in time for pumpkin soup, roasted pumpkin, pumpkin muffins, oh my.
I agree with you “mate” little fun with words , but I do like humor , to the point , added facts & fun , and educational all at the same time ....I’ve just RETIRED & home care for my MOTHER with Dementia , difficult at time & have no training in this field , I’m as most everyone , just doing the best I can day to day .... Be well & safe my friends , Jon
Great way to get some german lesson too. Thanks for the translation (also great help with time tagging different parts of the video🔝) Let's plant and learn languages 👍💪😂🙏🙏🤗💛
Great stuff once again! Agree that potatoes pretty much grow on their own. The only other few vegetables I'd include would be zucchini/summer squash & garlic. Honorable mention to bok/pak choi (part of cabbage family) and spinach. I suppose it really depends on your climate, sun/shade situation, etc. But tomatoes, zucchini/summer squash, beans (green), peas & garlic are probably my top picks. Love your channel and info!
This dude is f*cking fantastic. Like... I hope his favorite sports team does well and that his socks come out of the laundry right next to their matching partner every time.
@@Flippokid Hey, man, he blessed me first. So, like, y'know what? Bless you, man. Yeah. Bless this whole blessed thread. Get blessed all up in here. (You ever repeat a word so many times it starts sounding weird in your head? Yep... getting there.) So, like, to anyone reading this: go bless yourself.
He's amazing..there should be more like him growing raw food and teaching others for free.. simple life.. commenting on his socks small but complicated
The Steve Irwin of gardening. He’s so wholesome it makes me feel safe and happy and I can’t wait to get gardening this season. I’m making some compost for my worm beds :))
Aussie’s are generally a happy breed, what’s not to like, we live in one of the best places on earth. Sure we have land of all the excesses, but like the poem all Australian school children learn. Core of my heart, my country, land of the rainbow gold, for flood and fire and famine, she pays us back three fold. She surely does......🇦🇺
These veggies are very important not only for health, but also for food security and sustainable agriculture aspect. The explanation is very informative. Incredible!
Awesome list! Since I'm in Brazil my list would be a bit different, chuchu (chayote), couve (kale) and aipim (cassava) are very easy and cheap to grow in the climate that I live, and my parents actually have been growing them for years.
You bring the same excitement, passion, and enthusiasm to gardening as Steve Irwin brought to wildlife. I just binged quite a few videos of yours and its clear that you love what you do. Thank you!
I've had a few veggie gardens over the years. Watching this man talk about veggies makes me want to start a new one this spring. Have to wait for the snow to melt first.
enjoyed that, i haven't started growing veg yet, apart from tomatoes and radishes, im not too keen on doing radish again as it was a bit of a faff for very little in return. I plan on watching this video again with my child to encourage him to grow and eat some vegetables of his own choosing.
Despite always being told otherwise, carrots are actually bad for eyesight as you can't see through them :) Another very inspirational video, looking forward to the next one.
Bahaha! My husband ate lots carrots when we started eating 80-10-10. His skin turned slightly orange and as we were driving down the toad he thought he went blind. He pulled over and said we waited too long to change our diets and started to cry. He had some old glasses that weren’t very strong and tried them to see if he could see. And it was unbelievable, but he went back 3 prescriptions. We don’t know if it was the entire diet of all raw fruit n vegys or if it was the carrots 🥕 but we were thankful. We also had so much more energy.
Re-watching this more than a year later, and after my first growing season. We eat all of these in my home so often, and next spring's garden is planned with ALL of these, and I agree completely with every single one. Thanks again for a great video, Mark!
Peppers are great to grow. No bugs or diseases where I live, tons of varieties, and grow well in containers. They're also perennials if you shelter them over winter.
I’ll third that. Eat fresh, preserve so many ways, and in almost as many recipes as onion. Main dish or treat them like a spice to rescue terrible experiments.
Mark, I like your australian accent but you pronounce in german also very well. Thanks for all your hints. Wish I had such garden space and similar climate to grow most of my own food.
I started growing carrots and they taught me so much! They are very hardy. Their flowers are gorgeous and each top is loaded with seeds. You can get half a pound of dried seed from just a couple of plants. A generous, wonderful plant.🌿And they taste exponentially better right out of the ground.
@@elainewinkel7883 I grew carrots also...they were tiny, and they didn't taste any different than the store variety. Maybe my soil is too dense. Oh well. I'm thinking bell peppers too.
@@bettywith2girls Try different varieties. Fertilize, don't fertilize. I feel you can't lose with carrots. Funny, I can't seem to grow bell peppers. Maybe they have something to teach me♡
True. Can see it in his presentation. Great information, well presented and well motivated. I don't have much land but I will definitely follow his advise. Thanks buddy. You are great
I'm teaching this in my environmental classes (especially hydroponics). I get a good many kids growing their own veggies, and growing them with grandparents (CoVid they really started doing those "at home" things). I might make this one video part of their homework. I've got a 2k grant to spend on this :) Very excited.
I’m of Slovak ancestry. We have at least a dozen ways to eat cabbage or kraut. Boiled, pickled, sautéed, fermented, stuffed, ... And 3 different varieties (green, blue & curly) are used routinely.
This video has me so excited to try growing ALL those veges you listed. At the moment I have just pulled out my tomatoes which are now spent and am renewing the soil with the use of a cement mixer to which I add the original soil from the pots(I don't have an in ground garden), slow release fertiliser, lime, manure, mulch, Epsom salt, and some worm farm mix. This is my first attempt with the cement mixer and it certainly saves your back! I have red cabbage growing superbly, beetroots are coming on, spring onions, eggplant, wild basil, chilli, capsicum, choko, and leek.
Cabbage in German is "KOHL". "Weisskohl" if it is white cabbage and "Rotkohl" if it is red cabbage. "Sauerkraut", of course, is the pickled kind. Great information! Thank you!
Thanks for the video, and good luck reading 14,000 comments! I live in the Wet Tropics of north Queensland and many of the temperate veggies can only be grown during the short winter. It's also hard to keep, e.g. potatoes, for long. However there are Chinese versions of many species, and that's what I'm planting this winter, and I was motivated to watch your video.
I would add squashes, because they're just as easy to grow as cucumbers, easy to save seed from, and depending on variety can provide all through the winter. I've harvested zucchini as big as my lower leg because I missed them when they were smaller, and they weren't woody or bland. And the winter squashes are great for flavor, store well, and make pie!
I love watching you!! Those are my chosen veggies!! I love beets!! My husband didn’t like them until I made him my version! Grated raw beets, place in thick layer in cast iron skillet with butter, sprinkle with salt, cover and cook on low heat for about 10-15 min or until the top bits are al dente and the bottom ones are caramelized!!! Keep up the good work!!
Wow, what energy! 👌👌You made the entire veg gardening thing Soo much more interesting and motivating with your admirable combination of knowledge and humour... Great!
I really liked all the veggies you showed, but I can not imagine a garden without bell peppers or zucchini. They would be on my top 10 list, for sure! They are both very easy to grow where I live. Red and orange bell peppers have more vitamin C than oranges! They can be steamed, baked, fried, eaten raw, put in salads, canned, frozen, pickled. You can not beat bell peppers! Zucchini can even make cakes and breads, plus noodles! It's so good for you. Use in soups, stews, or can pickles with it. You can't go wrong with these two amazing vegetables/fruits!!!
Not a huge fan of zucchini, but always grow a couple plants. Sauted for side dish is great and I do enjoy baked zucchini boats with a sausage & pepper tomato sauce w/mozzarella on top but I agree that bell peppers are a must! They are VERY expensive at the store, so if you can grow them, that's awesome. The two other things I'd include are garlic and sweet potatoes. They are both staples in our household.
My garden philosophy is to grow things that are better (or much, cheaper) than you can buy. I don't grow your #10 lettuce because I don't like soft young leaves. I prefer iceberg (better quality and inexpensive in groceries). I don't grow carrots. Homegrown are generally not as good as store-bought. I notice that you grow the short cultivars because larger ones are much harder to grow. You don't get much to eat on the short ones. I don't grow cabbage. Store-bought is as good or better, and it is a magnet for bugs in the garden. But I love growing its relative: kohlrabi, which is usually old and dry in stores, if you can find it. Beets and turnips are a necessity in my garden, but here in Ohio, you have to build a wire frame over beets, or the deer get every bite. I love the roots, but the cooked greens are even better. I only grow large field onions to plait them for my kitchen wall. Store-bought onions are as good. But scallions, shallots, and esp. leeks are better home-grown. Most home-grown cukes (like Marketmore) taste similar to those in a store. I only grow Straight Eight because of the fabulous taste. As an older variety, it must be sprayed for bugs, or the bugs bring fungus that kills the plant early. Little Marvel Peas are #1 in my spring garden. Here in America, either you can't find what we call "English Peas" (shelling peas) in a store, or they are dried up. Snap peas and snow peas are not nearly as good. Beans are a necessity, esp. ones that are hard to find in stores: haricots verts, Chinese long beans, dried beans for cassoulet, caviar lentils. Over half of my summer garden is tomatoes: the new heritage hybrids (Brandy Boy, Genuwine), the great reliable classics (Big Boy, Early Girl), the best cherries (Sun Gold, Sun Sugar), and a wonderful French Import (Jaune Flamme'). The only potato that I grow is yummy Kennebec because I can't get it in a store. You left out some necessities: I grow Golden Bantam corn because stores only carry those sickeningly sweet newer bicolor cultivars. Next to tomatoes, the main crop in my summer garden is eggplant: Black Beauty and Rosa Bianca. There are home-grown peppers that beat everything in any store: Marconi and genuine Hatch (NuMex 6-4).
Just getting started into gardening. My mom and dad being my mentors. Lettuce was #1... followed by some Anaheim Chile's, Korean peppers, garlic, green onions, perilla plants, beefsteak tomatoes, cucumbers, and still going... 😋
Great list of complementary plants to grow in a garden! Cooking dry beans for less flatulence Rinse beans Bring water to boil Pop beans into boiling water and immediately take off heat Let sit for about an hour Drain, rinse Cook beans as you normally would. Quick soak starting in boiling water releases many of the sugars that cause gas
Ill share my favorite herbs too. Sage, dill, thyme, chives, mint, chamomile, and lavendar are all perennial. I grow these along with garlic, onions, tomatoes basil, n green peppers, cucumbers. You can use these all in different combinations to make ANYTHING taste great. Next year Im adding sesame. Ive also started yarrow and other medicinal flowers n herbs.
I love your humor! I'm in my third year trying to grow some things, and your info has helped me all the way across the world (Tennessee). Thank you for these videos.
It took me years to figure out that if you don't have good soil, you won't get much from your garden. Tilling the soil really well to be sure the roots can travel, and giving it adequate N, P and K will make a huge difference in how much yield you get. Also, some plants demand full sun while others tolerate or even like shade. What was surprising to me was that most vegetables prefer and more acidic soil, so think about investing in some Holly Tone if your soil tends to be "basic". My biggest garden problem is SQUIRRELS and CHIPMUNKS. They systematically pick all the fruit off my fruit trees then move on to harvest all the beans, chard and even small potatoes as the weather approaches fall. I've already relocated 7 squirrels and 5 chipmunks to other locations and they just keep coming. They must migrate over from other parts of the neighborhood. You have to be on your toes to keep your garden from being a wildlife feeding station.
Eventhough the Netherlands does not have the optimal conditions of growing zucchini, I always plant one or two climbing vine in my tiny city garden each year :) variating results of course, but still very nice
Beets are among my favorite vegetables! The whole beet! After soaking them in salted water to remove the sand and dirt, and a good rinse, I mix my beet leaves with kale leaves, cut them in ribbons and sauté them in butter, and later, add half cup Chicken Broth, letting it simmer😋 yummy! I enjoy this blend over Jasmine Rice.
I find a good soak in water, thorough washing does very well, boil them in a bit of salted water. Taste fab! I mentioned that you can eat the tops too at my grocery store and the veg worked admitted most people tear them off and leave them at the store! I wish more people would bemoan to trying them! I finally got a friend to try the greens after a month. She loves them now! Also the Yellow beets are wonderful as well!
Thank you, Denise! Even though I love beets I’ve never eaten their leaves. Your recipe sounds delicious and perfect over that Jasmin rice. My salivary glands are already drooling with anticipation.
Remember when i was little I accidentally grew a giant bunch of pinto beans, i was playing army with the beans outside and left them out there. After a couple days of rain a few weeks later there was a bunch of beAns sprouting :) was so proud of myself
I love eating Best Maid baby koshers (if my kids don't eat them all), then using the same brine to put canned beets into. Love my beets to be a bit on the sour side, than the sweet side, but how boring of a world if we were all the same. I don't have enough space for a garden at the moment, but I enjoy watching your videos. They bring me joy. God bless you for that! From Austin, TX, Cheers 🍻
When my son was three he kept asking for spinach so i gave him some one day. He took one bite and bolted out the door. I found him trying to lift the house! 😄
Thank you SSE, from an Aussie living in Canada, I would suggest kale, Russian kale. It is easy to grow even continues through the snow, and is considered one of the most nutrious vegetables, sautéed with garlic, and then creamed for those who are less enamoured. also really good for our dogs, I add it with carrots sautéed lightly added to her meat and sweet potatoes...lovely to hear the good old aussie accent and way of being ....Amélie
Solid list. Here in Montana, the short seasons force us to work harder and make different choices. The most productive leafy green in short season and cold climates is Swiss Chard. No contest. However, tomatoes are difficult to grow without buying starts, or using a green house. Without a greenhouse, the most productive are determinate bush and cherry varieties that matures in warmer climates in about 60 days. F1 Early Girl is perhaps the best bet, but it is a hybrid. Mine are mostly a heirloom Beefsteak. Amish Paste, an indeterminate and others are also growing, but are behind schedule, and will not be able to produce as much, or much more than the determinate tomatoes, because of the short season. In a cooler summer or at higher elevations, they may not produce much at all. Well draining soil is also hard to come by here. Yukon Gold potatoes is the most important survival food one can grow here, but even they do not do well in soil with heavy clay. Potatoes produce the most nutrition for a given area, and here in Montana, we must install high fences to keep the big game out, therefore gardens tend to be smaller or compact. Potato towers are the most compact way to grow lots of potatoes in a smaller area. One 2'x'2' square tower has many potato plants in it that are all 4 feet high, and will grow into October. Sawdust is used to hill up and provide a growing medium for the potatoes. Sawdust is used to reduce the need for loose soil that is very hard to come by here in the Rock Mountains were there are lots of rocks and little good top soil. But we do have plenty of sawdust from lumber mills. Composting is essential here. Great motivational channel. Enjoy the humor and down to earth advice. Thank you.
Thanks for the information. I enjoy learning how growers across the globe overcome the challenges in their region. If you do have a green house or polytunnel have looked into hot boxes? Stay safe Tunnel Rabbit.
@@pollywolly7988This year I used a short low polytunnel to get some of the garden going early. Buckets of soil was brought into the house while there was still snow on the ground, and allowed to heat up to get the potatoes started early, no light needed immediately. They were then moved into the polytunnel. Next year, I will erect a proper green house, but even a short and low polytunnel 'works wonders' to germinate various veggies. These can also be used to extend the season for a few weeks. Swiss Chard will grow in the snow, and can emerge before the snow is gone, or late winter. There are various techniques to maximize the potential of short season garden that can used with, or without a green house...
Have you looked into tatsoi? It's a very nutrient dense asian green that does well in colder weather. Kind of like leafy bok Choi. It's my wife's favorite green I grow and specifically requests it. Chard is awesome thought and the multi color makes it really pop. Kale is a good one as well if you do chard.
@@dylanstoecker4212 Giant Swiss Chard does extraordinarily well. It grows fast enough that a small patch can be continually grazed on, handle mid summer temps, and snow.
I have had free-range chickens for 25 years. Not one has been taken here in Northwest Oregon in the Hills. I attribute that to my excellent dogs. Mini Aussies! now, Seeger my mini Aussie keeps deer away from the garden. Not one thing has been touched.
Beets!!! I not only LOVE growing beets I love beet greens and especially PICKLED BEETS which are delightful. Beet greens added to a salad are terrrific. Boiled beet greens are super healthy. I love self sufficient me. From NW Arkansas USA!!!
I observed for the past few years your planting of vege have improve very much,giving encouring others in this field.congratulation.please continue to encourage others especially myself.thank you.good day to you and family.l am from malaysia
If I could only grow 10 and had to take one of your suggestions away, I'd grow spinach instead of lettuce. Love your garden. I have radishes, lettuce, spinach, onions, cilantro, basil, beets, carrots, cabbage and mustard greens started. Can't wait to eat my own home grown vegetables.
Your nutritional info if so needed. You know more than my doctors. As a diabetic, my grocery cart is full of vegetables. I just put in a garden and it is so exciting to pick my vegetables and herbs from my back yard. I use radishes cut in fourths in my soups and no one knows that they are not potatoes. ♡ from Texas
Thank you so much for such informative videos. Im Jack in South Africa and I can see all you 10 veggies are actually the ones we prefer also. Self sufficient to the world!!!!!
Once again another gem from the Steve Irwin of the plant world. Great top 10 list. Youve inspired me to start two raised garden beds and I tell ya what it's an absolute joy. No wonder youre so chipper in these videos! Cheers!
Definitely squash, zucchini, yellow, butternut, spaghetti, and pumpkins and gourds to decorate the house in the fall. All are easy to grow but I do fight with the powdery mildew sometimes. I use cages for the butternut, and the spaghetti squash will hang and taken up less room. These last two last for a long time like the potatoes.
@@barbaravandoorninck8825 Tomato plants get rid of mildew and mold on roses in 3 days. They might work on squash as well. Never plant tomatoes near potayoes. They are enemies .
I fully agree on the peppers. So many varieties so there's something to suit anyone's tastes. I'd also make it a top 12 and would just lump herbs into a single category. They are so easy to grow and provide so much flavor to everything else you eat that they are a must for both anyone with a garden, and for those without the space for a garden such as those living in city apartments or high rises they can be very easily grown in a window planter.
@@jayhockley8841 crazy easy to grow... just peel a few fat cloves, drop them in water for afew days and they will sprout nicely... into the ground and you're growing... btw - the "leaves" are delicious...
Hi Mark, watching from Austria here! If you're interested, just a small input concerning the (almost spotless - cheers to that) German 😉 CABBAGE, as long as it's raw, is just called just "Kraut", whereas "SAUERKRAUT" is the lacto-fermented product (based on the austrian and bavarian style recipe)! The more you know...😅 Keep up the good work and stay safe!! 👋🙂
One thing I'd add is the good old zucchini,we are getting a massive harvest here in Melbourne atm and they are delicious, I making a spag bol today with zucchini noodles yummmm
I learnt something today. I'm a Brit and it's strange to hear you call a courgette a zucchini. I always thought Aussie English followed ours rather than American. (I guess your upward inflections in Neighbours that brainwashed me as a child should have been a heads-up haha). I always think zucchini should be a magician... Ladies & Gentleman, we proudly present the one, the only, the mysterious marvel himself... Ladies, Gentleman, the one, the only, The Great Zucchini!!!!!!!! Rapturous applause as TGZ, complete with Dracula cape, strolls on stage and disappears a handkerchief.
@@5p3ckyf0ur3y3d833k Lol at the great zucchini It is odd how australian english veg names have developed over time---I think post-war waves of southern european migration may have somehthing to do with it i.e. more of an adoption of italian terms rather than american. Although that doesn't explain the use of eggplant instead of aubergine so I'm stumped
Then he would have to change his title to: The 11 vegetables you must grow in your garden, it just don't sound as good😂 even though I would grow them anyway.
This was probably one of the most informative and just plain fun videos I've seen in a long time. I'm setting up my raised garden this year. And you just earned a sub
I’m glad to say that I grown all those veggies every year. I added Asparagus, Artichokes, Peas, Broccoli Cauliflower and multiple colored small potatoes, they were so creamy and delicious!! From the garden to the dining table is just the best and healthiest! Oh ya, I grew watermelons this year too, I got 9 melons, ranging from 9lbs to my biggest 17,5 lbs. I still have one more left to pick, I live in Southern California, I can pretty much grow year round. Another must is a strawberries, I have them in my garden all year round and Swiss Chard, another easy grow and super healthy for you!! Oh and Radishes are another good one for beginners, because they are the fastest growing veggie, you’ll be enjoying them as soon as 3-6 weeks in time. And they can grow during 3 seasons depending where you live. Spring Fall and some Winter varieties. Gardening is so therapeutic for me. You work hard, but look at the lovely results you get from it and you save $$ and get healthier food, at least you know where it came from and I only use organic non-pesticides in my yard. Sorry for such a long response, I get excited when I talk gardening, I love learning more and I’ve been doing this for about 30+ yrs now, it doesn’t get old and there is always something to learn from it. Thank you for your nice video, it was lovely. 😃🌻🍄🐥
Indeed Sister. I have been growing for 16yrs now, since we bought our home here in KY. It is glorious to see and enjoy all that Father provides for us and for us to share. My cup runneth over.
@@seekeroftruth9900 What Truth are you seeking. I noticed you mentioned "Father" instead of "God." I am purposeful in the words I use also, as my *seeking of Truth* which started in earnest [2,700 + hours 2 days shy of 7 months] on 11 Feb 2018 and slowed on 9 Sep 2018 once I discovered a *MAJOR Truth.* I will always be seeking.... till the day I am no longer in this plain. I no longer use "God" as I have discovered this word is of pagan origin. My background up until a few months to my 40th birthday was a strong practicing Christian. I no longer use the name "Jesus" either but Yeshua [and reference for those curious that Joshua would be the English translation for those that care to ask verbally in a conversation.]. The same way I don't use "holy" and others.... and as of 9 Sep 2018, that the blood sacrifice I believed in for almost 40 years was also false and not what Yeshua taught. Of course, Yeshua might not even have existed... but I believe that he did and was a human man just like everyone else who had a biological mother and *biological father.* The messages he taught which his followers called *The Way is LOVE & FORGIVENESS* and that the Kingdom is at hand [here within us]... and that we will find the Kingdom if we *SEEK.* Anyway, I know this is a gardening tip video, but curious none the less if you get this message and is willing to share.
My husband and I love your videos. We are living on the coast in Oregon USA. We are learning so much from you and appreciate your knowledge. We are getting some of the Birdies garden beds. We have been using wood. This year for some reason our carrots have not grow well, not sure if it’s the seeds? We noticed this year our seeds aren’t growing well. I wish I could get a shovel like yours. Thanks for all you do and keep up the good work with your videos. The Turners
Must agree with your top 10! Love to see a show that talks about fast easy ways to build a good garden bed. Love your videos because they’re organized, to the point, simple for those of us less experienced and always with witty tidbits and jokes!
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I sure would love a recipe for the Pickled Cabbage and Radish dish...
@@joeanon1415 and some peppers for salsa👍
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I love your attitude. You're like the Steve Irwin of gardeners. Cheers to you.
I couldn't agree more lol. Well stated
Sounds right to me.
I hope a potato doesn't end up killing him 😢
With a hint of Bob Ross calmness.
“Crikey look at those beans they’re beautiful let’s get a closer look”
Please watch also as he has excellent tips and additional info but heres the list for convenience.
1. Lettuce
2. Carrot
3. Cabbage
4. Beetroot
5. Onion
6. Cucumber
7. Peas
8. Beans
9. Tomatoe
10. Potatoe
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Thank you!
Yep. And that’s why it’s called coleslaw. Slaw is a contraction for the Dutch word for salad. So coleslaw means cabbage salad.
My dad grew them all
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The amount of dad jokes alone deserves him a subscription, let alone the knowledge that he shares and his storytelling based on his own life. Stay healthy!!
So true! Lol
This comment made me decide to subscribe ~ Thanks!
Man this guy is a classic, never thought I’d enjoy a video about gardening but here we are
"When I think about onions, it brings tears to my eyes" 🤣 lol
I know lol, he's funny I enjoyed watching
Good one 🤠
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I wouldn't take away from your top 10 vegetables but I would always grow a variety of herbs to use to cook with these 10 top vegetables.
Totally agree, but have learned cilantro best in spring & fall, basil my favorite best in summer, call it water gage plant when leaves at sides know to water it & all my others, oregano & sage best in shaded areas, & every year my dill gets eaten up by catapillars. Years of trial & error. He lives in a tropical climate & probably has better luck then most of us when it comes to gardening. Every year I'm getting better with the help of people like him. Wish you the best with your gardening.
Great idea 👍
@@jennyl.5358 , good point, different growing seasons depending on where you live; here in Louisiana I grow cilantro and parsley in the winter- it's too hot in the other seasons so it bolts immediately.
Yes! I love my herb garden- we harvest from it almost every day. Here in north Louisiana, USA we even harvest all winter. We have a bay tree along with the herbal spiral.
Planted my basil and oregano seeds ( indoor ) today! 🇨🇦
Excellent list. I’m creating my first garden this year, I’m 70 years old! I’m going to use your list to select what I have in my garden. Thanks so much!
Have fun! I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and I have (we just started about two years ago!)
Me too
66 and I have a very small 5 gallon bucket garden.
I am hoping to do more next year.
I need this! I've tried a few times and just not known what I was doing. I'm doing this too, but we are heading into a NZ winter
Die getuienir
Excited for you! I've only just begun too (I couldn't keep anything alive before lol). Lots of luck to us all, watching our miracle gardens flourish 😊
CHOCKER UP THE BLOCKER
there were so many little gems sprinkled through this video but this one was the best
great vid, trying to make the transition from houseplants to actual food and this is very helpful!
If the world was populated by more guys like him, there would be world peace, little or no disease and a lot more joy
True.
Sustainability is the way
Love helpful people good team players 👏 👍
If the world was left alone by westerners in the 1st place it would be a better place...research aboriginals, you’ll find out all you need to know
@@gobshyteguru2695 boooo westerners. It's ok, the rate they're going, they'll bring on their own demise
Definitely true!
My grandfather would hand till an acre of land every year and plant most of these. He also had 5 honey bee hives. He lived to be 95 and was still doing this until he was 94.
That was the way of life to live a long time. My grandfather had bananas all kinds and bee hives, they are attracted by the bananas the honeysuckle on the trees...mmmm
DNA not food. Yiu have his genes Good luck
That's dope! You're lucky to have had that example and fountain of wisdom in your life.
@@martha6829 what do you mean a long time ago. My family still do this.
Mad respect to him! I never garden and I rented a tiller today to make two parallel rows on a hill and it was the ridiculously difficult to do the entire process. I have a newfound respect for farmers
“When I think about onions it brings tears to my eyes” Immediate thumbs up
😭
:-))
My eyes rolled back into my scull so far I started to see the past when I heard that one, still yes, thumbs up.
The most important thing I try to put in every year is pumpkins. I plant them in odd corners of my garden and let them ramble over everything. They're incredibly easy to grow, just glop some pith and seeds down with some compost and check it every so often. 6 months later there's pumpkins. It's one vegetable that no matter how busy or exhausted I am I can find the time and energy to start them off and they keep doing their thing with very little input, and though I do like to get out there with a paintbrush and give them a little help it's not really necessary. Harvest in time for pumpkin soup, roasted pumpkin, pumpkin muffins, oh my.
So true. Once we composted by accident some pumpkin leftovers with seeds and they grew on compost.
Pumpkins watermelon and zucchini are my three plant and walk aways. Come back later and you always have a good crop
Paintbrush? Is the orange color in acrylic or oil?
I'm not sure how I got here, but I'm TOTALLY staying.
I loved this guy.
Same!
@@Cjs_Travelin_Van-Na Haha SAME!!!
Professional Australian
I feel the same way. He seems to have the knowing of a lot of things.
I agree with you “mate” little fun with words , but I do like humor , to the point , added facts & fun , and educational all at the same time ....I’ve just RETIRED & home care for my MOTHER with Dementia , difficult at time & have no training in this field , I’m as most everyone , just doing the best I can day to day ....
Be well & safe my friends , Jon
Excellent video! Packed full of great info!
0:39 Lettuce
1:22 Carrots
2:28 Cabbage
3:41 Beetroot (beets)
4:50 Onions
5:55 Cucumber
7:13 Peas
8:00 Beans
9:07 Tomatoes
10:44 Potatoes
German translation:
0:39 Kopfsalat/Grüner Salat
1:22 Karotten/Mohrrüben/Gelbe Rüben/Rübli
2:28 Kohl (Yes, you can make Sauerkraut out of it)
3:41 Rote Beete
4:50 Zwiebeln
5:55 Gurken
7:13 Erbsen
8:00 Bohnen
9:07 Tomaten
10:44 Kartoffeln
Great way to get some german lesson too. Thanks for the translation (also great help with time tagging different parts of the video🔝)
Let's plant and learn languages 👍💪😂🙏🙏🤗💛
Great info
All my faves.
I used leftover red sauce from stuffed peppers for red beans and rice. It was delish.
1- 0:39 Lettuce
2- 1:22 Carrots
3- 2:27 Cabbage
4- 3:40 Beetroot
5- 4:50 Onions
6- 5:55 Cucumbers
7- 7:13 Peas
8- 8:00 Beans
9- 9:07 Tomatoes
10- 10:44 Potatoes
Thanks, I always look for the one person who posts the list👍🏼
Thanks for the recap!
Great time saver. Thank you very much.
Awesomeness thank you. 🙏😊
Cheers mate.
Great stuff once again! Agree that potatoes pretty much grow on their own. The only other few vegetables I'd include would be zucchini/summer squash & garlic. Honorable mention to bok/pak choi (part of cabbage family) and spinach. I suppose it really depends on your climate, sun/shade situation, etc. But tomatoes, zucchini/summer squash, beans (green), peas & garlic are probably my top picks. Love your channel and info!
This dude is f*cking fantastic. Like... I hope his favorite sports team does well and that his socks come out of the laundry right next to their matching partner every time.
haha I'm stealing that sock line
That's a great blessing.
@@Flippokid Hey, man, he blessed me first. So, like, y'know what? Bless you, man. Yeah. Bless this whole blessed thread. Get blessed all up in here. (You ever repeat a word so many times it starts sounding weird in your head? Yep... getting there.) So, like, to anyone reading this: go bless yourself.
He's amazing..there should be more like him growing raw food and teaching others for free..
simple life..
commenting on his socks
small but complicated
@@annychest718 😁😁😁
The Steve Irwin of gardening. He’s so wholesome it makes me feel safe and happy and I can’t wait to get gardening this season. I’m making some compost for my worm beds :))
Nice! I just collected over 800 pounds of compost yesterday! 👍🏻 I’ve never been this ready this early for spring planting! Best of luck! 😇
@Karen S Same here! 😎 I do a four bin. The fourth is beauty waiting for sale, barter or worm farm. It moves really quickly...
Awesome!
Worm beds sound terrific !! 😃
@@SweetChicagoGator A worm bed every year. Easy and inexpensive. The BEST fertilizer! And what the fish love!
Funny accent yet easy to understand, no fluff or background music, dad humor
I've made it to God's golden shores
i AGREE W/ YOU. Music in the background is so annoying. Thanks for not having music!!!!!A Take care!!!!
You nailed it!
What's funny about his accent?
@@reogrande8020 very different from mine and thus novel to me :)
I too love the fact that there's no broken record playing in the background.
Are all Aussie this happy and cheerful? It seems like heaven on Earth.
Not all but a fair portion of us Aussies are this upbeat and positive... wish more people could take a page out of his book.
I think many more of us who notice his "demeanor " would be this way if we had such loveliness to look upon (and work hard for) each day! :)
Aussie’s are generally a happy breed, what’s not to like, we live in one of the best places on earth.
Sure we have land of all the excesses, but like the poem all Australian school children learn.
Core of my heart, my country,
land of the rainbow gold,
for flood and fire and famine,
she pays us back three fold.
She surely does......🇦🇺
Only the ones in the country , city folk are more uptight and judgemental , thats why i keep out of cities especially Melbourne
Only if you grow your own veg! LOL. Regularity makes people happy;0D
He has convinced me to eat a minimum of 10 vegetables in my weekly diet and start preparing the garden beds. Brilliant and inspiring!
Definitely agree…and so would grandma who has been gardening for 70+ years and still gardening strong in her 90’s. Love it!
@Dawn... wow! kudos to your grandmother!
Hello Dawn,, how are you doing today, how’s everything going Dawn?
These veggies are very important not only for health, but also for food security and sustainable agriculture aspect. The explanation is very informative. Incredible!
You’re a natural in front of a camera my friend. Informative and entertaining, Well done.
Indeed
I freaking like this guy. He's convinced me to start a garden this year!
Me too! I think it was at "what's German for cabbage? -- sauerkraut!" Good luck with your garden!! 🍅🥬🥔🥕🧅😊
I feel the same way😂
@@sylviacardin3862 l be
Great
he did the same for me last year
"Ranked from best to awesomist, in order of always growness" - I'm an engineer sir and I have subscribed.
I'm an English major and I disapprove this grammar. :)
@@DivergentMoon ain't nutin' like bending the grammar bar.
Its etymologically cool in this day and age.
If the wordsmiths can do it so can we.
I was like 'hang on a minute!? When I heard him say that lol
Hi I love it I also love planting
This comnent was top listed, and because of this, I also stopped, watched, and subscribed...and I live in Florida 😁
Awesome list! Since I'm in Brazil my list would be a bit different, chuchu (chayote), couve (kale) and aipim (cassava) are very easy and cheap to grow in the climate that I live, and my parents actually have been growing them for years.
You bring the same excitement, passion, and enthusiasm to gardening as Steve Irwin brought to wildlife. I just binged quite a few videos of yours and its clear that you love what you do. Thank you!
seriously
I've had a few veggie gardens over the years. Watching this man talk about veggies makes me want to start a new one this spring. Have to wait for the snow to melt first.
I misread and thought you said "I've had a few veggie gardeners over the years..." lol.
“When I think about onions, it brings tears to my eyes”. 😄😄
Girl that's too funny
@Michael Schwab you're rude
😂😆
I water the grass with wine. It comes up half cut
Nice joke!
enjoyed that, i haven't started growing veg yet, apart from tomatoes and radishes, im not too keen on doing radish again as it was a bit of a faff for very little in return. I plan on watching this video again with my child to encourage him to grow and eat some vegetables of his own choosing.
this comments section is so wholesome and it makes me happy
Despite always being told otherwise, carrots are actually bad for eyesight as you can't see through them :)
Another very inspirational video, looking forward to the next one.
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Bahaha! My husband ate lots carrots when we started eating 80-10-10. His skin turned slightly orange and as we were driving down the toad he thought he went blind. He pulled over and said we waited too long to change our diets and started to cry. He had some old glasses that weren’t very strong and tried them to see if he could see. And it was unbelievable, but he went back 3 prescriptions. We don’t know if it was the entire diet of all raw fruit n vegys or if it was the carrots 🥕 but we were thankful. We also had so much more energy.
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@@pessimisticpantomath9827 That's Great, :)
they're also pretty pointy...
Re-watching this more than a year later, and after my first growing season. We eat all of these in my home so often, and next spring's garden is planned with ALL of these, and I agree completely with every single one.
Thanks again for a great video, Mark!
Me too!
Love the sound of the kookaburras ...would add rocket into the best 10. Its peppery delightful flavour gives some zest to the salad.
Great list! Being Mexican- I’d add garlic, serrano or jalapeño peppers, bell peppers, radishes and cilantro, 😊
"Without potatoes, you only get a half meal at Mcdonald's". Funny guy. And I LOOOVE his garden.
Couldn't agree more! 💖
What are the all weather fruits n vegetables grow in south Australia ?
@@mabel6849 good question
I love an Australian accent. I could listen to him all day. More importantly, I learned a lot about gardening. Subscribed
Peppers are great to grow. No bugs or diseases where I live, tons of varieties, and grow well in containers. They're also perennials if you shelter them over winter.
sshuggi bell peppers are must!
And loaded with vitamin C
I’ll third that. Eat fresh, preserve so many ways, and in almost as many recipes as onion. Main dish or treat them like a spice to rescue terrible experiments.
for sure and in my area very few predators to mess with the peppers..
I didn't know they were perineal if sheltered. That is good to know, thank you.
Mark, I like your australian accent but you pronounce in german also very well. Thanks for all your hints. Wish I had such garden space and similar climate to grow most of my own food.
This guy is golden! *thinking of onions, brings tears to my eyes* 😅
The white onion and purple onions are sweet, but I still can't bring myself to take an "apple" bite out of one.
That's the line that got me cracking up too
I started growing carrots and they taught me so much! They are very hardy. Their flowers are gorgeous and each top is loaded with seeds. You can get half a pound of dried seed from just a couple of plants. A generous, wonderful plant.🌿And they taste exponentially better right out of the ground.
So interesting thanks so much. God's abundance!
I juice them , collect the pulp and freeze both to add to spaghetti sauce from scratch for natural sweetness, with no sugar added
My carrots have never done well or far. :(
Bell peppers would be good.
@@elainewinkel7883 I grew carrots also...they were tiny, and they didn't taste any different than the store variety. Maybe my soil is too dense. Oh well. I'm thinking bell peppers too.
@@bettywith2girls Try different varieties. Fertilize, don't fertilize. I feel you can't lose with carrots. Funny, I can't seem to grow bell peppers. Maybe they have something to teach me♡
You should probably do a video on 10 veggies that can be grown in pots or grow bags - it may benefit those like me who don't own a huge space.
I live in the US so I don't know if Birdies has a store here locally. I sure do love the raised beds.
This guy is a Professional Australian right here.
@@juliencarmelo2844 a
True. Can see it in his presentation. Great information, well presented and well motivated. I don't have much land but I will definitely follow his advise. Thanks buddy. You are great
"Good eye might"
Mark is a wonderful person!
I'm better just knowing him, and what drew me in was his
beautiful logo about seeing the Earth through her eyes.
💜🌏🦋
I really can't comprehend anyone downvoting this video.
It should be taught in schools!
Well done to the author!
I'm teaching this in my environmental classes (especially hydroponics). I get a good many kids growing their own veggies, and growing them with grandparents (CoVid they really started doing those "at home" things). I might make this one video part of their homework. I've got a 2k grant to spend on this :) Very excited.
In this world there are all kinds of people
Yes, I wonder about the thumbs down people. I love these videos.
Because trolls hate veggies
such a valid point NOURISHING GOODness for our kids futures...
history lesson
Let FOOD BEE THY medicine and medicine BE Our FOOD
I’m of Slovak ancestry. We have at least a dozen ways to eat cabbage or kraut. Boiled, pickled, sautéed, fermented, stuffed, ... And 3 different varieties (green, blue & curly) are used routinely.
I understand fermented foods are excellent for your gut environment!!
Please share your best recipes! 😊🙏😘❤️
This video has me so excited to try growing ALL those veges you listed. At the moment I have just pulled out my tomatoes which are now spent and am renewing the soil with the use of a cement mixer to which I add the original soil from the pots(I don't have an in ground garden), slow release fertiliser, lime, manure, mulch, Epsom salt, and some worm farm mix. This is my first attempt with the cement mixer and it certainly saves your back! I have red cabbage growing superbly, beetroots are coming on, spring onions, eggplant, wild basil, chilli, capsicum, choko, and leek.
Cabbage in German is "KOHL". "Weisskohl" if it is white cabbage and "Rotkohl" if it is red cabbage.
"Sauerkraut", of course, is the pickled kind.
Great information! Thank you!
And in low German it's called komst 😀
So what does kohlrabi mean?
@@Tan_Z turnip
mercedes…I know, I cringed when I heard the pickled cabbage name in German.
I think he s just being funny. But good to know :)
“From best to awesomeness”
“in order of always growness”
My man speaking to me on a level like no other🙌
Right? I was like, " I know exactly what he means!"
WOW NOW IWOULD LOVE SAY YOUR ALSOME THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ALL OF US
Sorry I mean AWESOME
This channel is the reason why we started our own backyard vegetable garden and raising coturnix quails. Thank you.
Thanks for the video, and good luck reading 14,000 comments! I live in the Wet Tropics of north Queensland and many of the temperate veggies can only be grown during the short winter. It's also hard to keep, e.g. potatoes, for long. However there are Chinese versions of many species, and that's what I'm planting this winter, and I was motivated to watch your video.
I would add squashes, because they're just as easy to grow as cucumbers, easy to save seed from, and depending on variety can provide all through the winter. I've harvested zucchini as big as my lower leg because I missed them when they were smaller, and they weren't woody or bland. And the winter squashes are great for flavor, store well, and make pie!
another thing to add is the huge variety of things you can repurpose a dried squash into (bowls, decorative objects, etc)
Zucchini is a huge easy crop to grow in the high plains and mountains, in Colorado US. We always have a bunch to give away.
@@gwenburke7115 we have gourd festivals in california.
@@ellesbells902 Along with the Garlic Festival in Gilroy and the Asparagus Festival in Stockton.
Mm, my aunt used to stuff squashes with a minced meat mixture. Delicious!
Had a good laugh at that quote! “Incredible that someone would actually do a study to find that out” that’s GOLD!
its good to see that russell crowe is finally doing something useful with his life.
IKR?
😂😂
Russell Grow.
@@ApoorvPadhye lmfao
Yes, I found his site by accident. Didn't know he had a brain.
I love watching you!! Those are my chosen veggies!! I love beets!! My husband didn’t like them until I made him my version! Grated raw beets, place in thick layer in cast iron skillet with butter, sprinkle with salt, cover and cook on low heat for about 10-15 min or until the top bits are al dente and the bottom ones are caramelized!!! Keep up the good work!!
I learned more in this video about vegetables than I learned in all of my years in school.
Thank You.
You covered a very complete list of daily vegetables! And I love the way you have raised your garden off the ground. Thank you for sharing!
I started a garden with my dad and we grow sunflowers, zucchini, peas, carrots, onions, green onions and lettuce
Thanks to this guy 😁
Wow, what energy! 👌👌You made the entire veg gardening thing Soo much more interesting and motivating with your admirable combination of knowledge and humour... Great!
Hi, the cabbage is just called Kraut or Kohl, in German. Sauerkraut is just the fermented cabbage (Weißkohl or Weißkraut) 😅
Greetings from a Transplanted Kraut.
Good to know 😊
@@reginaweiner3817 lmao
Cabbage stores...makes you wonder if they sell babies...
I really liked all the veggies you showed, but I can not imagine a garden without bell peppers or zucchini. They would be on my top 10 list, for sure! They are both very easy to grow where I live. Red and orange bell peppers have more vitamin C than oranges! They can be steamed, baked, fried, eaten raw, put in salads, canned, frozen, pickled. You can not beat bell peppers! Zucchini can even make cakes and breads, plus noodles! It's so good for you. Use in soups, stews, or can pickles with it. You can't go wrong with these two amazing vegetables/fruits!!!
I think in Australia we say Capsicum rather than Bell Pepper.
I agree! I love his list, other than the beets, LOL but I would add bell peppers, zucchini and squash too it!
@murrumbidgeekid
Yep! And in Germany they call them Paprika haha
Not a huge fan of zucchini, but always grow a couple plants. Sauted for side dish is great and I do enjoy baked zucchini boats with a sausage & pepper tomato sauce w/mozzarella on top but I agree that bell peppers are a must! They are VERY expensive at the store, so if you can grow them, that's awesome. The two other things I'd include are garlic and sweet potatoes. They are both staples in our household.
@@murrumbidgeekid Bell peppers has no heat. Capsicum has heat. They are not the same. Capsicum is used as a patch for back pain too.
If Steve Irwin was a plant guy he would be you Brother, you make me smile alot like he did.
Thanks Cody, to be compared (just a little) to that legend of a man is a great compliment indeed. Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme Cheers!
We all love Steve Irwin, we're waiting for his first grandchild.
💯🎯
My garden philosophy is to grow things that are better (or much, cheaper) than you can buy.
I don't grow your #10 lettuce because I don't like soft young leaves. I prefer iceberg (better quality and inexpensive in groceries).
I don't grow carrots. Homegrown are generally not as good as store-bought. I notice that you grow the short cultivars because larger ones are much harder to grow. You don't get much to eat on the short ones.
I don't grow cabbage. Store-bought is as good or better, and it is a magnet for bugs in the garden. But I love growing its relative: kohlrabi, which is usually old and dry in stores, if you can find it.
Beets and turnips are a necessity in my garden, but here in Ohio, you have to build a wire frame over beets, or the deer get every bite. I love the roots, but the cooked greens are even better.
I only grow large field onions to plait them for my kitchen wall. Store-bought onions are as good. But scallions, shallots, and esp. leeks are better home-grown.
Most home-grown cukes (like Marketmore) taste similar to those in a store. I only grow Straight Eight because of the fabulous taste. As an older variety, it must be sprayed for bugs, or the bugs bring fungus that kills the plant early.
Little Marvel Peas are #1 in my spring garden. Here in America, either you can't find what we call "English Peas" (shelling peas) in a store, or they are dried up. Snap peas and snow peas are not nearly as good.
Beans are a necessity, esp. ones that are hard to find in stores: haricots verts, Chinese long beans, dried beans for cassoulet, caviar lentils.
Over half of my summer garden is tomatoes: the new heritage hybrids (Brandy Boy, Genuwine), the great reliable classics (Big Boy, Early Girl), the best cherries (Sun Gold, Sun Sugar), and a wonderful French Import (Jaune Flamme').
The only potato that I grow is yummy Kennebec because I can't get it in a store.
You left out some necessities:
I grow Golden Bantam corn because stores only carry those sickeningly sweet newer bicolor cultivars.
Next to tomatoes, the main crop in my summer garden is eggplant: Black Beauty and Rosa Bianca.
There are home-grown peppers that beat everything in any store: Marconi and genuine Hatch (NuMex 6-4).
Just getting started into gardening. My mom and dad being my mentors. Lettuce was #1... followed by some Anaheim Chile's, Korean peppers, garlic, green onions, perilla plants, beefsteak tomatoes, cucumbers, and still going... 😋
Great list of complementary plants to grow in a garden!
Cooking dry beans for less flatulence
Rinse beans
Bring water to boil
Pop beans into boiling water and immediately take off heat
Let sit for about an hour
Drain, rinse
Cook beans as you normally would.
Quick soak starting in boiling water releases many of the sugars that cause gas
Woh thanks for the tip! :)
Now I know . Thanks
Ill share my favorite herbs too. Sage, dill, thyme, chives, mint, chamomile, and lavendar are all perennial. I grow these along with garlic, onions, tomatoes basil, n green peppers, cucumbers. You can use these all in different combinations to make ANYTHING taste great. Next year Im adding sesame. Ive also started yarrow and other medicinal flowers n herbs.
OOH.. love that list of herbs, for cooking & medicinal use. Thanks for your comment, Penny!
I love your humor! I'm in my third year trying to grow some things, and your info has helped me all the way across the world (Tennessee). Thank you for these videos.
It took me years to figure out that if you don't have good soil, you won't get much from your garden. Tilling the soil really well to be sure the roots can travel, and giving it adequate N, P and K will make a huge difference in how much yield you get. Also, some plants demand full sun while others tolerate or even like shade. What was surprising to me was that most vegetables prefer and more acidic soil, so think about investing in some Holly Tone if your soil tends to be "basic". My biggest garden problem is SQUIRRELS and CHIPMUNKS. They systematically pick all the fruit off my fruit trees then move on to harvest all the beans, chard and even small potatoes as the weather approaches fall. I've already relocated 7 squirrels and 5 chipmunks to other locations and they just keep coming. They must migrate over from other parts of the neighborhood. You have to be on your toes to keep your garden from being a wildlife feeding station.
Eventhough the Netherlands does not have the optimal conditions of growing zucchini, I always plant one or two climbing vine in my tiny city garden each year :) variating results of course, but still very nice
Beets are among my favorite vegetables! The whole beet!
After soaking them in salted water to remove the sand and dirt, and a good rinse, I mix my beet leaves with kale leaves, cut them in ribbons and sauté them in butter, and later, add half cup Chicken Broth, letting it simmer😋 yummy! I enjoy this blend over Jasmine Rice.
Sounds good. Thanks.
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I find a good soak in water, thorough washing does very well, boil them in a bit of salted water. Taste fab! I mentioned that you can eat the tops too at my grocery store and the veg worked admitted most people tear them off and leave them at the store! I wish more people would bemoan to trying them! I finally got a friend to try the greens after a month. She loves them now! Also the Yellow beets are wonderful as well!
I am going to try this - thanks!
Thank you, Denise! Even though I love beets I’ve never eaten their leaves. Your recipe sounds delicious and perfect over that Jasmin rice. My salivary glands are already drooling with anticipation.
Remember when i was little I accidentally grew a giant bunch of pinto beans, i was playing army with the beans outside and left them out there. After a couple days of rain a few weeks later there was a bunch of beAns sprouting :) was so proud of myself
The Steve Irwin of the gardening world.... freaking hilarious & informative. Thanks for the laughs
I say that everytime I watch his videos
I believe the consensus is Steve Irwin meets Russel Crowe.
I literally just said this to my fiance lol
Just love his passion..just like Steve
@@ryankelly9032 loved the video great combination!!
I love eating Best Maid baby koshers (if my kids don't eat them all), then using the same brine to put canned beets into. Love my beets to be a bit on the sour side, than the sweet side, but how boring of a world if we were all the same.
I don't have enough space for a garden at the moment, but I enjoy watching your videos. They bring me joy. God bless you for that!
From Austin, TX,
Cheers 🍻
"The reason they started Bugs Bunny..." loved it!
My grandmother used Bugs Bunny and Popeye to convince me to eat my veggies!
Oh my yes! My mom, too. 🤣 But canned spinach... 🤦♀️
My grandson has spinach Ceaser salad and eggs and spinach and grilled cheese with diced spinach all because of Popeye!
When my son was three he kept asking for spinach so i gave him some one day. He took one bite and bolted out the door. I found him trying to lift the house! 😄
I think his conspiracy theory is correct - Buggs was created to market carrots to children!
I use philips viva juicer to extract carrot juice. Then add fresh milk.. Really delicious.
Thank you SSE, from an Aussie living in Canada, I would suggest kale, Russian kale. It is easy to grow even continues through the snow, and is considered one of the most nutrious vegetables, sautéed with garlic, and then creamed for those who are less enamoured. also really good for our dogs, I add it with carrots sautéed lightly added to her meat and sweet potatoes...lovely to hear the good old aussie accent and way of being ....Amélie
My dog would always eat the dandelion greens (unsprayed) at the park when we went walking. So I grew them for him. Though I can't eat them!
May I come for dinner?! I'll just have what the dog's having....LOL
Solid list. Here in Montana, the short seasons force us to work harder and make different choices. The most productive leafy green in short season and cold climates is Swiss Chard. No contest. However, tomatoes are difficult to grow without buying starts, or using a green house. Without a greenhouse, the most productive are determinate bush and cherry varieties that matures in warmer climates in about 60 days. F1 Early Girl is perhaps the best bet, but it is a hybrid. Mine are mostly a heirloom Beefsteak. Amish Paste, an indeterminate and others are also growing, but are behind schedule, and will not be able to produce as much, or much more than the determinate tomatoes, because of the short season. In a cooler summer or at higher elevations, they may not produce much at all.
Well draining soil is also hard to come by here. Yukon Gold potatoes is the most important survival food one can grow here, but even they do not do well in soil with heavy clay. Potatoes produce the most nutrition for a given area, and here in Montana, we must install high fences to keep the big game out, therefore gardens tend to be smaller or compact. Potato towers are the most compact way to grow lots of potatoes in a smaller area. One 2'x'2' square tower has many potato plants in it that are all 4 feet high, and will grow into October. Sawdust is used to hill up and provide a growing medium for the potatoes. Sawdust is used to reduce the need for loose soil that is very hard to come by here in the Rock Mountains were there are lots of rocks and little good top soil. But we do have plenty of sawdust from lumber mills. Composting is essential here.
Great motivational channel. Enjoy the humor and down to earth advice. Thank you.
Thanks for the information. I enjoy learning how growers across the globe overcome the challenges in their region. If you do have a green house or polytunnel have looked into hot boxes? Stay safe Tunnel Rabbit.
@@pollywolly7988This year I used a short low polytunnel to get some of the garden going early. Buckets of soil was brought into the house while there was still snow on the ground, and allowed to heat up to get the potatoes started early, no light needed immediately. They were then moved into the polytunnel. Next year, I will erect a proper green house, but even a short and low polytunnel 'works wonders' to germinate various veggies. These can also be used to extend the season for a few weeks. Swiss Chard will grow in the snow, and can emerge before the snow is gone, or late winter. There are various techniques to maximize the potential of short season garden that can used with, or without a green house...
Have you looked into tatsoi? It's a very nutrient dense asian green that does well in colder weather. Kind of like leafy bok Choi. It's my wife's favorite green I grow and specifically requests it. Chard is awesome thought and the multi color makes it really pop. Kale is a good one as well if you do chard.
@@dylanstoecker4212 Giant Swiss Chard does extraordinarily well. It grows fast enough that a small patch can be continually grazed on, handle mid summer temps, and snow.
I have had free-range chickens for 25 years. Not one has been taken here in Northwest Oregon in the Hills. I attribute that to my excellent dogs. Mini Aussies! now, Seeger my mini Aussie keeps deer away from the garden. Not one thing has been touched.
Beets!!! I not only LOVE growing beets I love beet greens and especially PICKLED BEETS which are delightful.
Beet greens added to a salad are terrrific. Boiled beet greens are super healthy.
I love self sufficient me.
From NW Arkansas USA!!!
🤣 Your onion joke had me laughing until I had tears in my eyes.
Wait is that another onion joke?
Wait, hold on... Which one are you referring to? 4:52, 4:56, 5:00, 5:06, 5:10, 5:37 or 5:46?
The joke killed lol!
@@andanssas 4:52 😂
Not me, I love onions but have to wear swimmers goggles to cut them.
“Chocker up the blocker!” 😂🤣
Welcome to ausjailya😂
“I’m calling it a fruitable.” I LOVE this dude.
Well I think if it was called a 'vege-toot' it might sound like it has a gaseous effect.
I observed for the past few years your planting of vege have improve very much,giving encouring others in this field.congratulation.please continue to encourage others especially myself.thank you.good day to you and family.l am from malaysia
If I could only grow 10 and had to take one of your suggestions away, I'd grow spinach instead of lettuce. Love your garden. I have radishes, lettuce, spinach, onions, cilantro, basil, beets, carrots, cabbage and mustard greens started. Can't wait to eat my own home grown vegetables.
I would add capsicum and remove beets.
Ever try beat-tops instead of spinach? Doesn't have that after effect of spinach.
@@davidinvenio3094 Yes, I eat the beet tops and the beets.
"Was ist das ? Das ist ein Kohl/Kraut" it's only Sauerkraut if it is already fermented. I was so surprised to suddenly hear german out of nowhere :)
Weisskohl ganz konkret :D
@@damanicrunz7979 Weisskraut in Bayern. :-D
Your nutritional info if so needed. You know more than my doctors. As a diabetic, my grocery cart is full of vegetables. I just put in a garden and it is so exciting to pick my vegetables and herbs from my back yard. I use radishes cut in fourths in my soups and no one knows that they are not potatoes. ♡ from Texas
Hopefully your journey has been fruitful and you kicked you diabetes
Thank you so much for such informative videos. Im Jack in South Africa and I can see all you 10 veggies are actually the ones we prefer also. Self sufficient to the world!!!!!
Once again another gem from the Steve Irwin of the plant world. Great top 10 list.
Youve inspired me to start two raised garden beds and I tell ya what it's an absolute joy. No wonder youre so chipper in these videos! Cheers!
I would give peppesr, hot and sweet an honorable mention. And squash because of the amount of food one big squash can provide.
Definitely squash, zucchini, yellow, butternut, spaghetti, and pumpkins and gourds to decorate the house in the fall. All are easy to grow but I do fight with the powdery mildew sometimes. I use cages for the butternut, and the spaghetti squash will hang and taken up less room. These last two last for a long time like the potatoes.
Yeah, my choices too. Especially the hot peppers, and just make it a Top 12 List.
@@barbaravandoorninck8825 Tomato plants get rid of mildew and mold on roses in 3 days. They might work on squash as well. Never plant tomatoes near potayoes. They are enemies .
I fully agree on the peppers. So many varieties so there's something to suit anyone's tastes. I'd also make it a top 12 and would just lump herbs into a single category. They are so easy to grow and provide so much flavor to everything else you eat that they are a must for both anyone with a garden, and for those without the space for a garden such as those living in city apartments or high rises they can be very easily grown in a window planter.
yeah man, squash is always very productive. I agree!
I'm addicted to vegetable garden videos, and this is the best, hands down.
Love it, I got 3 types of tomatoes now 3 types of beets 3 types of garlic and more
Spinach is another healthy vegetable that can keep growing in your yard too.Thankyou for the Ten that you recommended.
“Have a drink of lettuce” I love this channel.
Cheers!
Same!
Lettuce is all water with fiber.
Who else hasn't stuffed a lettuce leaf to stave off thirst while picking lettuce?
Great list !
I know its not really a vegitable but I would also grow Garlic too.
The Health benifits are very good .
Sure it's a vegetable. After all, it's the sibling of the onion!
I can't live without my garlic! Onions are a must, as is the tomato and potato. Garlic takes awhile, but is so worth it.
@@JanicePhillips is Garlic hard to grow ?
Also makes all veggies taste great.
@@jayhockley8841 crazy easy to grow... just peel a few fat cloves, drop them in water for afew days and they will sprout nicely... into the ground and you're growing... btw - the "leaves" are delicious...
Hi Mark, watching from Austria here!
If you're interested, just a small input concerning the (almost spotless - cheers to that) German 😉
CABBAGE, as long as it's raw, is just called just "Kraut", whereas "SAUERKRAUT" is the lacto-fermented product (based on the austrian and bavarian style recipe)!
The more you know...😅
Keep up the good work and stay safe!! 👋🙂
One thing I'd add is the good old zucchini,we are getting a massive harvest here in Melbourne atm and they are delicious, I making a spag bol today with zucchini noodles yummmm
you must not have vine borers or squash bugs there. lucky you.
I learnt something today. I'm a Brit and it's strange to hear you call a courgette a zucchini. I always thought Aussie English followed ours rather than American. (I guess your upward inflections in Neighbours that brainwashed me as a child should have been a heads-up haha). I always think zucchini should be a magician... Ladies & Gentleman, we proudly present the one, the only, the mysterious marvel himself... Ladies, Gentleman, the one, the only, The Great Zucchini!!!!!!!!
Rapturous applause as TGZ, complete with Dracula cape, strolls on stage and disappears a handkerchief.
@@5p3ckyf0ur3y3d833k Lol at the great zucchini
It is odd how australian english veg names have developed over time---I think post-war waves of southern european migration may have somehthing to do with it i.e. more of an adoption of italian terms rather than american.
Although that doesn't explain the use of eggplant instead of aubergine so I'm stumped
Ooooh what is spag bol???
Then he would have to change his title to: The 11 vegetables you must grow in your garden, it just don't sound as good😂 even though I would grow them anyway.
This was probably one of the most informative and just plain fun videos I've seen in a long time. I'm setting up my raised garden this year. And you just earned a sub
I’m glad to say that I grown all those veggies every year. I added Asparagus, Artichokes, Peas, Broccoli Cauliflower and multiple colored small potatoes, they were so creamy and delicious!! From the garden to the dining table is just the best and healthiest! Oh ya, I grew watermelons this year too, I got 9 melons, ranging from 9lbs to my biggest 17,5 lbs. I still have one more left to pick, I live in Southern California, I can pretty much grow year round. Another must is a strawberries, I have them in my garden all year round and Swiss Chard, another easy grow and super healthy for you!! Oh and Radishes are another good one for beginners, because they are the fastest growing veggie, you’ll be enjoying them as soon as 3-6 weeks in time. And they can grow during 3 seasons depending where you live. Spring Fall and some Winter varieties. Gardening is so therapeutic for me. You work hard, but look at the lovely results you get from it and you save $$ and get healthier food, at least you know where it came from and I only use organic non-pesticides in my yard. Sorry for such a long response, I get excited when I talk gardening, I love learning more and I’ve been doing this for about 30+ yrs now, it doesn’t get old and there is always something to learn from it. Thank you for your nice video, it was lovely. 😃🌻🍄🐥
U go girl!!!!
Indeed Sister. I have been growing for 16yrs now, since we bought our home here in KY. It is glorious to see and enjoy all that Father provides for us and for us to share. My cup runneth over.
Your response is exactly the right size. Your insight in wonderful. Those that are seeking to gain knowledge will read it. 😉
@@seekeroftruth9900
What Truth are you seeking. I noticed you mentioned "Father" instead of "God." I am purposeful in the words I use also, as my *seeking of Truth* which started in earnest [2,700 + hours 2 days shy of 7 months] on 11 Feb 2018 and slowed on 9 Sep 2018 once I discovered a *MAJOR Truth.* I will always be seeking.... till the day I am no longer in this plain. I no longer use "God" as I have discovered this word is of pagan origin. My background up until a few months to my 40th birthday was a strong practicing Christian. I no longer use the name "Jesus" either but Yeshua [and reference for those curious that Joshua would be the English translation for those that care to ask verbally in a conversation.]. The same way I don't use "holy" and others.... and as of 9 Sep 2018, that the blood sacrifice I believed in for almost 40 years was also false and not what Yeshua taught. Of course, Yeshua might not even have existed... but I believe that he did and was a human man just like everyone else who had a biological mother and *biological father.* The messages he taught which his followers called *The Way is LOVE & FORGIVENESS* and that the Kingdom is at hand [here within us]... and that we will find the Kingdom if we *SEEK.*
Anyway, I know this is a gardening tip video, but curious none the less if you get this message and is willing to share.
@@nathaliewilson1817 I thought this was about Gardening,not about Jehovah Witness Cult..
My husband and I love your videos. We are living on the coast in Oregon USA. We are learning so much from you and appreciate your knowledge. We are getting some of the Birdies garden beds. We have been using wood. This year for some reason our carrots have not grow well, not sure if it’s the seeds? We noticed this year our seeds aren’t growing well. I wish I could get a shovel like yours. Thanks for all you do and keep up the good work with your videos. The Turners
Honestly, this dudes delivery of dad jokes is just spot on
Must agree with your top 10!
Love to see a show that talks about fast easy ways to build a good garden bed.
Love your videos because they’re organized, to the point, simple for those of us less experienced and always with witty tidbits and jokes!
YOU DO SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT YOU’VE INSPIRED RETIRED FARMERS BACK TO FARMING.
In Texas I'm impressed by how much swiss chard I harvest almost everyday. It's my # 11 ! Thanx for all your videos.