Early July in the Wilderness Greenhouse and Permaculture Food Forest
Вставка
- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The first week of July and the greenhouse is overflowing with heat loving vegetables and fruit while the outdoor forest garden suffers from dry conditions.
MY SELF RELIANCE CHANNEL: bit.ly/2G7ncW9
Watch the playlists by clicking on these links:
The Path to Self Reliance: bit.ly/2V9pMnG
2021 Cabin Life: • 2021 Cabin Life
Alaska Log Cabins and Wildlife: bit.ly/2Ok813t
Best of My Self Reliance: bit.ly/2OfW7ry
MERCHANDISE: teespring.com/...
AMAZON:www.amazon.com...
GREENHOUSE: arcticacres.ca... of My Self Reliance: bit.ly/2OfW7ry
BLACKSMITH: www.torontobla...
KNIFE MAKER: virtusknives.com/
KNIFE MAKER: www.wcknives.com/
OTHER VIDEOS:
2021 OFF GRID CABIN LIFE: • 2021 Off Grid Cabin Life
OFF GRID LIVING: • Log Cabin & Off Grid L...
COOKING: • Cooking at the Cabin
BUILDING LOG CABIN WITH HAND TOOLS: • Building a Log Cabin w...
BUILDING OFF GRID SAUNA: • Building an Off Grid S...
BUSHCRAFT & SURVIVAL: • Bushcraft & Survival
My Facebook Page - / myselfreliance
My Instagram Page - / myselfreliance
Mailing Address for items sent by regular mail:
My Self Reliance/Shawn James
51 King William Street
P.O. Box 30017
Huntsville, ON
P1H 0B5
Canada
Address for items sent by courier:
200 Manitoba St., Unit 3, Suite 415
Bracebridge, ON P1L 2E2
Canada
Shaun, I do hope when the time comes, you will show us when you are harvesting your crops and putting them up?
The greenhouse is looking great. You have got a lot of food there to keep you going. Thank you for keeping us up to day with all the projects you have got going.
Hi Shawn, it may be different in Canada, but here in Tennessee we plant our sweet potatoes on the poorest ground we have and don't fertilize. They still make enough vine to completely cover the ground and produce an abundant crop. The old timers say grown this way they have a better flavor and more sugar content
The biggest difference are the cold night temperatures here in Canada. Unlike in Tennessee, it goes down to 44F at night, and all growing stops entirely. With 5 to 6 months of winter (!), growing season is also super short as you can certainly imagine. In our case, a greenhouse makes a huge difference ;-)
I didn't know that. Thank you so much for sharing and teaching me. Our forefather's and mother's have so much WISDOM. GOD BLESS YOU Arnold. I love your name.. We also have a city in U.P. of MICHIGAN 👍 like your last name. Look it up.
They only get 300-400 inches of snow. They also have a city called Florida. The snow is white and cleañ being in the woods. It is so beautiful and calm and peaceful up north in the U.P. Another city is called CHRISTMAS. Guess, they ran out of names. Mr. Arnold.
@@evalinawarne1337 I've been to Arnold & Christmas many times during my stay in the U.P. .... 89' thru 98'. There is also a city after his last name "Hancock" .... a city in Houghton County in the U.P. of Michigan. It is across the Keweenaw Waterway from the city of Houghton on the Keweenaw Peninsula. The population was 4,634 at the 2010 census. The Weather Channel has consistently ranked Hancock as the third-snowiest city in the U.S
I have been to Hancock too. Did you go to Lake Linden Houghton Chassel . We go 70,80,90s. Did you go in End of Jan and beginning of Feb. for
Winter Carnival❓That was the GREATEST Festibles at the University. WATCHING the students build out of snow and ice. My favorite year was Disney. Donald Duck watch a drive inn
movie.. I still have the photos. No more Disney.
Because of how they treated JOHNNY Depp.
Copper Country is another fantastic area.
Thimble berries and pasties and saffron's bread and warm rolls. Makes my mouth water. Nateral
Spring Water so cold and fresh. I would love to live up North. Thanks for the Memories. CHOW
If you do any Fishing instead throwing bones an head skin away at least 8" deep hole critters dig it up. Bones have Calcium, Phosphorus more minerals.
If need Nitrogen for leafy veggies use grass clippings, great Collards, Kale, spread around area water it.
Not good for plants produce fruit.
Get blossom end Rot, milk pour base of plants after remove rotted fruit.
Know about poor soil. Struggling with it 6 Years.
Your timing for self-sufficiency is impeccable, Shawn. Have enjoyed your channel for a long time.
Thanks Shawn for showing us the garden and the green house.. nice to know how the veggies are doing. Keep it up.
Hi Shawn. we have very similar climatic conditions here in the southeastern part of germany. the time span from winter to spring and summertime is basically the same. we grow almost all vegetables in the greenhouse, as they allow us to sow very early and also have a much longer harvest time, well into autumn. especially when it comes to tomatoes and cucumbers. Potatoes are open ground with us, because they are very nice to grow as early and late potato varieties. late potatoes can also be harvested well into autumn and late potatoes can then be stored over the winter without any problems. I really like your videos and wish you and your family all the best. Greetings from Germany
It seems even with enhanced soil and sun conditions that without systematic irrigation growing three million calories will be impossible. Perhaps using the natural land slope and a solar-driven well pump on a timer to push water down channels or through buried permeable hose could keep the garden area moist. I feel with the right watering system you can get the farming process dialed in for three million calories and perhaps even a surplus. Good luck, Shawn!!
For tge second year out of the forest the garden looks good - but obviously still a work in progress for a while yet! A couple of barrels to create a compost "tea" is a good way to deal with weedy plants. The tea is good to water the garden and the seeds usually can't germinate and will break down adding to the tea. Then in the fall you add whatever is left in the bottom of the barrel to the compost pile ready for next year.
Hi Alex how are you doing 😊
Great job team! The gardens are looking great! Ya doin a great job! Gonna have a good harvest...
👍🐺🧙♂️🐺👍!!
Glad the fig tree came back for you! That’s exciting
Am I right in thinking you put some mushroom spores in logs beside your work shop? How are they doing?
Looking really good...you're hard work is paying off. We'd love to see the process of storing your food when the time comes. Thanks for sharing
Wow, the greenhouse garden is jamming. You have gardens all over with so much variety of veggies and fruits. Way to go. 💞
Lamb's quarter is growing as a 'weed' in my garden as well. I was surprised to find out that they're edible and tried them with some fried eggs and a Bratwurst. It tasted like a more mild and velvety spinach to me, not bad at all but no flavor bomb either.
Ask Emily if we can get a forest garden tour, thanks 👍.
Taking your outside soil circumstances into account, perhaps it would be a good idea to build raised beds. You can then contain the soil you are developing.
Your gardens are looking great Shawn. I hope a moose does not jump the fence to dine on your veggies. They wrecked mine years ago at Shawanaga.
Hey Jimmy. I need to make gates, a cow moose walked through the garden a couple of nights ago.
@@ShawnJames1 Yes Shawn, gates are needed for sure. I think a lot of people from the South do not know how high a hungry moose can jump to get over a fence to get to some tasty garden food.
Can you use electric fences in Canada? Asking from the Deep South in the US.
How's the temperature in the greenhouse? I use shade cloth 60% and still hitting 40°C. It's a battle. Shawn your Forest garden looks amazing, your family is making it to an oasis.
Shade and ventilation are the two biggest factors. For exceptionally hot seasons, you could consider using some redusol spray which can coat the outside of your greenhouse and naturally wash off with the rain and snow in later seasons.
@@arcticacres thanks Guys. Just watched a video about a couple in Blythe Ontario, Ecobubble very interesting couple. You can see their love for gardening and permaculture. Thanks again.
Hi, it is nice watching your videos. As I was watching this video. Regarding the green house, and specifically your sweet potatoes , the vines have to be put into the dirt about every 12 inches and cover it with dirt, so they root and the sweet potatoes will form those roots. They grow underground . If you let the vine hang from the ceiling like a bean plant, you will not have sweet potatoes. Hope this will clarify how sweet potatoes grow. Good luck.
The blueberry farmers here in Florida use "pine bark" as mulch for their plants because of the sandy soil. Have a great day 😊.
I'm in NE FL. What does the pine bark do?
@@jksatte the blueberry bushes do better because of something in the bark. I've been to numerous farms in the area in the past & they all use it.
@@larryparish5984 I wonder if it's helpful for mulch for a regular veg garden. I don't know what to do about mulch here.
@@jksatte most cities here in Florida will pick up yard waste & mulch it or compost it & people can pick it up for free. You'll have to contact your city to find where you can pick some up. Where I live, the city will deliver a dump truck load to your residence if it's within 10 miles for free.
I live in the Panhandle and when i started my Blueberrys 18 years ago we mulched with pecan hulls , worked great.
Love the garden & your presentation classy & smart~ growing good food thanks Shawn!
hello
Connexion nature😁.. très belle vidéo...que c'est agréable ces chants d'oiseaux !!💚🍀... ça pousse.. ça pousse !!.. magnifique votre jardin🍀
Build yourself a water tower you got the trees you got the sawmill you got the timber framing skills just like they used to do on the railroad pump the water up a few thousand gallons using a trash pump it's your homestead for the rest of your life on top of that you can put your solar panels on top of the incline and you can use pumps that are solar powered as well I started watching your channel because your trip and your perseverance to Dick preneke's you were pushed out by Canadian rules and lines and you said you wanted to be more self-sufficient well you've achieved all of that in my opinion don't matter anyways I just thought that a cool ass Water Tower would do a lot of good in your situation and be right up your alley
Hi how are you doing 😊
@@allysonhanks9159 I'm fine how's your day starting
@@allysonhanks9159 u should belive in your self if u don't then u don't live life for your self 💯
@@robmarshall5100 you’re right Rob thanks, nice to meet you here 😊
@@robmarshall5100 Boring, because I’m all alone and have no one to talk to. I hope you understand what I’m talking about 😉
Proud to hear that you have Hungarian peppers in your greenhouse :-D (Yes, I am Hungarian haha) I love them. Thanks for the update! Always great to see your progress.
Hi how are you doing 😊
Wonder if you have tried growing Poblano Peppers. I believe they're native to Mexico. A bit spicy yet very flavorful. They are also rich in Capsaicin which is good for you.
Hi Jose how are you doing 😊
Love the Robins nest❣️
once your coriander is done seeding... keep the roots and freeze them. amazing to infuse in chicken broth for thai or asian soup
Amen to that idea for stock! I also use the root in making various curry pastes, especially Thai.
@@michaelcoe9824 so weird that i didnt know that before... its only been like 4yrs... thanks for Marion Grasby lolll
You got some beautiful vegetables growing keep up the awesome work
Hi Shawn and family, thank you for the great video as always. Be well and safe.
How the heck do you get over 1000 likes in 4 minutes! LOL. 😁
Shawn,
A very heart felt THANK YOU for all your videos. I've enjoyed them since the beginning. Having worked with teenagers for 31 years, I agree with your philosophy and work ethics. May God's blessings be upon You and your Family.
Oh my, your green house is done fantastic 👍.
お疲れ様です🙋野菜達も元気に育ってて 楽しみですね。兎に角 小鳥達🐦の唄声🎶🎶に癒されています😊
God bless you Sir. You're very inspiring
Shawn,farmer markets this year are huge,The stores have very little stock,the prices crazy,LOVE the sounds,!🌰🐕🐕☘🐾
:D... hey Shaun 👋
I had just seen a video past n you with the black flies n skeeters.. I wanted to suggest a product I've used for 12+ yrs. now it's "Cedarcide" it was initially designed for the military back in the Iraq wars against sand fleas ect.. it's safe for humans, pets around food. It's made with red cedar oil. Safe n extremely effective. I would always buy the quart spray n get a free travel size. Then get lil travel spray bottles from Walmart n fill those up to always have the spray on hand. Everything's looking great 👍 and I just received a short n long sleeve t-shirts from your merch. Of your old cabin. 😀 best of continued luck
Shawn : There is a way to add nutrient to your gardens and that is by using eggs shells dropped into a bucket of water till they decompose and then by spraying said water onto the ground and garden areas , add whatever nutrients seems to be lacking. Maybe you have heard of this before and have tried it as you use loads of eggs.
Water extraction of eggshells is a very slow process. I follow Nigel Palmer on UA-cam. He has a video on apple cider extraction and his book is excellent! Eggshells primarily provide calcium. Cow bones will yield phosphorus.
Interesting I have been collected Egg shells but did not know how to use them best in my garden. What about coffee ground?
@@garthwunsch Hi Garth how are you doing 😊
Hi Atholl how are you doing 😊
get a bunch of vegans to come and collect their poop in a compost toilet.
Shawn I bought a pump on amazon that i can hook my garden hose to. then use my generator to power it. In my pond and all the pressure I want. on a two 50 ft. hose
Hi Rodney how are you doing 😊
Glad to see you back Sunday morning July the 10th local time 10:47 AM
Heat makes all the difference. Cheers Shawn!
Only thing growing for our first year is potatoes. Our 3 sisters jumped quick but are not doing well. Tomatoes real slow. We need to make a greenhouse. Not even clover is growing. Finally found a neighbor with no spray hay.
Hi John how are you doing 😊
Are you're tomatoes indeterminate to get that tall?
Awesome update Shawn thanks for sharing your knowledge and ideas. Blessings! 🌱🌱🌱🌱👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯💯❤️
Shawn, can't you run a hose to the stream like you used too when you filled up buckets or totes. Except this time put a garden hose on the output side of pump and a hose nozzle and just spray the garden or at least some of it.. Oh is the snake still in the greenhouse yet. Great video. Take Care Brother
How is the cabin coming along?
Would love to see the harvest & preserving phase when it's time! Looking great, the greenhouse is amazing! Lots of work!
Really miss you working on the cabin.........how's it going?
Thank you , Shawn .
🐺
Hi Shawn! Greenhouse looks great! I was watching Boss of the Swamps latest video about gardening and WHAT AN EYE opener!! What Gov. is doing to our land!! Take a look - I was MAD AS HELL after watching it. Have a great day.
So impressed with your green house garden…. Wow! 🌀💚🌀
if the green house is so good why not ad another one to make even more food of different verities? that way with even more extreme weather you have more food security any food you have too much of you can give to your children or even sell
Shawn, you are such a gentle soul for such a rugged man. Great combo.
Everything is looking good. I watched a video that said if you use plain straw it wil deplete the ground of i think it was nitrogen. Look it up. My grandpa said we couldn't use just straw but he didn't tell me why. We'd clean out the horse stalls and let it completely dry and then put it on the garden. But he like cow manure better. He put it around the horse troth to so it wouldn't freeze in the winter.
If you till in the straw, that's when it will deplete the soil. You use it only as a mulch. I'm using rice straw, have for years, but never incorporate it into the soil.
@@elizabethjohnson475 the guy i watched last week didn't tell me that. Thanks i think he was putting it on top.
Did you and Emily finish building the cabin over the dugout cellar.
Have you heard of core gardening? Make a core of hay or straw, and plant on top. I garden on blacktop. Couldn't keep raised beds moist. You are in a green desert. Have you seen Greening the Desert with Geoff Lawton?
I am amazed hat Cali doesn't eat your vegetables, my Goldie loves tomato, spinach, pumpkin, guava, avocado and sweet potato leaves.
Glad to see your garden is doing well. Any progress on the cabin?
My thoughts exactly! We dont see Shawn as much working on the cabin! 🤷♀️
Food is taking the priority-it's understandable-for everything there is a season.
😊
Hey Shawn, how do you keep the snails out of your greenhouse?
Cheers
Lukas
Really interested to follow along as your outdoor garden progresses. Have you considered chopping the weeds at soil level leaving some roots in? I get that you’ll want to pull grass. But this could help with soil structure and moisture?
My Garden has been in as long as yours. But I needed a total knee replacement this summer. So it's now mostly weeds and little garden.
SHAWN & OUR CALI How are YOU been thinking of YOU & OUR CALI!!! This is something for ME !!! Great to see you on Sunday !!! How is the log cabin doing ??? One of your favorite watchers watches this also !!! He had another stroke only on the other side of his body so now he is back in the hospital with breathing problems !!! Show a bit more of the log cabin it would make Brian happy for a bit to watch you build !!! Thank you SHAWN & OUR CALI!!!
Love watching you SHAWN & OUR CALI!!! Linda P.
Hi Linda how are you doing 😊
Shawn, I've been watching you for years now, ever since you built your old cabin. This is just one long time viewers opinion, but, I'm not into all of that gardening stuff. Now, my wife would like that. I really enjoyed the old format of your videos better, especially the ones where you are holed up at your cabin with Cali, doing a little work on your cabin, and a little cooking on your woodstove. I hope you can get your new cabin finished off by winter. I look forward to seeing you live there this winter.
Hi Mike how are you doing 😊
@@allysonhanks9159 I'm doing fine. But, I just realized, as I"m sure Shawn did, if he read my comment, that this is the Shawn James channel, not the "Self Reliance" channel. I've got them confused, and that is why I'm seeing a lot more gardening, and less construction. My mistake. The next video I watched, he actually is working quite hard on his new cabin.
@@phaedrus2633 Nice to hear from you Mike. Well I have been watching Shawn’s UA-cam channel for a long time now because I have my own garden at home. But I came across your comment that’s why I wrote you Mike. I hope you don’t mind me writing you 😊
@@allysonhanks9159 No, not at all. And, contrary to the impression I may have left, I actually do like gardening and my wife is really into it. I'm currently in the process of converting a lot of my VCR taped garden programs over to MP4 mainly for my wife to watch. Remember with HGTV had a lot of useful gardening and crafting programs, not these trash "property makeover" programs? But, I just miss Shawn's old cabin and his winter videos.
@@phaedrus2633 I’m in LA what about you Mike?
Consider cutting the meadow for compost for the garden?
Yes, I’ve been doing that
Shawn, I always used a disposable vibrating toothbrush. Just hold the back (non brush side) on the flower stem and the pollen flies - particularly for the tomatoes since they are self pollinators.
What a cool tip! I've never heard of this before. Thanks Matthew
Use tomato clips for your sweet potato vines and chicken wire.
Hello Shawn,
Thanks for the update... you are sort of sewing the seeds (sorry about the pun) for really good soil in the future... See you next time.
Take care.
Paul,,
I knew your Greenhouse would do well. I absolutely loved the way you set it up with the water catchment system inside. You are the Master.😎 Thank you for sharing.
You're making good garden progress, Shawn. Hang in there, pal.
You need a water tower, Shawn!
Hey Shawn KIRK here . I saw a fella growing off grid , and for winter and spring , for greenhouse Temp stabilization he used an Small Humidifier, this brought Temps up by 6-to 8 degrees. And he had this RUNNING on a small solar panel. Just wanted to share with you. BLESSINGS ALWAYS BROTHER KIRK'OUT'PEACE
Borage and comfrey are both great for biomass. Borage is a favorite amongst pollinators. Both grow very well from seed and will reseed vigorously.
Hello manisha
Bonjour Shawn, toujours ce problème de sécheresse..ici c'est la canicule..donc il faut faire attention avec l'eau..heureusement que j'ai des récupérateurs..je suis en retard dans mon petit potager...en fait je me laisse "distraire" par d'autres activités!!...c'est toujours déchirant de voir des plantations mourir, malgré nos soins...une foreuse pour l'eau, c'est un investissement trop cher?..bon courage, bonne continuation
Schön dich wieder zu sehen.Grüße aus 🇩🇪
Thanks for sharing. I find it very interesting how you can get stuff to grow in such acidic soil in the middle of a forest.
Hello sally
God looks at the heart and keeps the land fertile & bugs & danger away from Shawn & whatever he does! Its a promise from the bible, “ I will bless you abundantly!” Says the Lord of host. Even evil he keeps away! 🙏🏽🌺❤️HI
So cilantro and coriander seed fights the bacteria that causes food poisoning.
Shawn... it is a special year... even in montreal ..i water every day.. still sitting there...not enough heat. cold nights...late spring.. normally i have tons of zucchini... cucumber at this time. none yet.
Is the greenhouse based on a geodesic dome design? Wondering what the construction is... thanks.
Hello Julie
if the difference is that much may need to look into some grow tunnels and take the covers off in the fall...reinstall them every spring..they should store in locations to put the back and if you are going to huegel culture...raised beds convert to smaller grow tunnels with cattle fencing
hi James, amazing garden, amazing how many plants... one question, how do you store i.e salads or tomatoes for the winter... I mean how do you preserve them... in your basement.... what about the temperature... can you make a video explaining the way to store the food? Thank you so much
Hi Shawn, when we were young and be planting potato's we mixed a good amount of natural sawdust with the soil, that did help the soil as it broke down plus helped the potato's grow and the came out of the ground virtually dirt free so did not have to wash them. Just a idea for you.
Hi Mark how are you doing 😊
I love your pic it’s beautiful 😍
El Rubió fantástico y guapo cómo siempre 🙏💞
what has happened to the cabin build?
Thanks James. Central Kentucky 25 days of rain in 45 days after the last frost. The garden was planted the first week of June. We have had 2.5" of rain in the past 40 days. 2" this past weekend. God Bless and stay safe.
Hi Joey how are you doing 😊
Garden is beautiful👍🏻
Just finished watching a video about Ecobubble in Blyth, ON, and their greenhouse production year-round. Their two properties are rather interesting. Know they are not as far North as you, but they still get a heck of a winter.
Hello Lynne
Awesome greenhouse and garden tour! 👍😎🌞🐾🌿🌾🌲🇨🇦
You have a truly nice garden, sir! Speaking of "welcome to the cabin", can you share anything about your future plans relate to the cabin build? 0:08
Looking good for the outside garden have you looked into solar power well pump system since you already no how deep the water table is this might help so you would not have to draw water from the steam
I am wondering, with the cabin not ready to move in and the work in the greenhouse and the garden, how do you manage your every day life, like sleeping, cooking, cleaning the clothes, also regarding your wish to life as self reliant as possible, also all the driving from your wife_s home to your daughter, to the forest garden and the cabin and greenhouse area.
Do you plan to finish the cabin or have your plans change?
I wish you and your family all the best, health and happiness. Thank you for all the filming and sharing
Todo Maravilloso 🙏🇪🇦🤗💙
THEสุรักษ์ก.ท.ม
Elon Musk would like that planet food globe. How do you get olive oil? Essential fat gotta be good.
Winter spinach would be fantastic for your outdoor garden start seeds in March
Hi how are you doing 😊
Can your solar array handle a submersible pump that you could put into the IBC tote? If so, attach a garden hose with spray nozzle to it and water your garden that way. I've seen YT videos of people using them for their rainwater barrels. It'll save you a ton of time.
Also, I've found that squash and watermelon require more heat. Maybe if you try them in the greenhouse they'll do better.
Thanks for the update! That green house has certainly done wonders with the vegetables. Have a lovely day.
Do you have the pollinators this year? For some reason I don’t see any this year at our place in our forest garden in Haliburton Highlands. Not sure what happened to them
Far less this year than last year.
Seeing very few pollinators (got ants) in my vegetable garden here in far north California, zone 9.
I was waiting for your next video and by the way we couldn’t see our favorite doggie.
I hope you get your rain soon Shawn
We have had .25 in of rain in Indianapolis in the last 5 weeks so I can understand how you guys feel
Hi how are you doing 😊
Hey Shawn, thanks for the constant stream of inspiration. Interesting to see the effect your dome has vs. outdoor grow in more northern climate. Have you seen any moose in the garden area since installing the fence? Cabin's getting closer and looks great. Thank you for sharing with people what's possible.
Your green house is amazing. Will you ever put in big hoop houses for plants?