I gave an audible gasp about no garden next year. It makes sense though, and it will be fun to see new projects at the other property. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. You guys are a bright spot in my week.
Man I have to admit, my heart sank a little when I heard no garden next year. Ariel is the garden queen!! It never ceases to amaze me the veggies you two grow! Absolutely incredible!! As always and forever you two are “THE BEST” homestead channel there is. Much love!!
I had a neighbor who was a delivery guy for for a variety of foods. One day he called me over to give me something. It was three bunches if celery. I thanked him. I live alone and wondered what I would do with three heads of celery. I found a recipe online for cream of celery soup. I made it and gave a pot of it to my neighbor. I thought it was one of the best things I ever made. My neighbor was over the moon about it. I didn't think I'd find a new trick at my age. Live and learn. Cheers!
I will say one thing, the rain gave you a great garden this year plus I think this is the best crop of weeds you ever had also. When it rains like that and gets warm you might as well just let the weeds go cause there is no way to keep up with them. The soup was just awesome. I would never think to can a creamed soup. Will be so interesting to see how the garden does and what will grow at the new place as its further north, I believe. You folks have built up this homestead so nicely and the next people to own it will be thrilled with all the buildings and the condition of the soils and the buildings. etc. The chickens running in the garden is such a beautiful sight...green with the color of the birds...WOW. Thanks again for these great videos. God Bless
I love soup and stews!! All year long I enjoy the different flavors and consistencies. A slice of meat and some berries add veriety to your meal. I want to thank you both for all of your labor and love for gardens. See you both on your next visit.
So sad to hear you won't be having a garden next year but I know a lot of exciting things are happening behind the scense and can't wait to keep watching through all of the changes!
@@SimpleLivingAlaska Aloha and silly question even if it’s not my business. Was it just getting too crowded in your neck of the woods? Or did you just need more space? Seems like fishing will be further away. Anyways, will continue avidly watching and looking forward to it. Best wishes. Chickens going with you?
What a gorgeous harvest you had. Such beautiful chard and celery (and some celeriac?), leaves, stems, and seed! You should have had some absolutely scrumptious and hardy soups, especially with the rutabaga, which should go well with leeks, and pork, or bacon! Later, what we call "cock-a-leeky" soup (or Potatoe-Leek Soup). Chicken base/stock, white onion, then add potatoes, cubed celery, finely sliced leeks, cross stem. Uncooked thick cut bacon, and your favorite spice blend, like Herbes de Provence (oh, wow, I had just started to write that when you said and added it. Fantastic flavors! Also, there is nothing like soup made in a big huge stock pot! It's a rule!! (Should almost be a law of the kitchen!) Great size batch, so many uses, full of nutrients for the winter larder! Seems like you came through well!
Homeschooling skills are as essential as homestead skills, unless your little children need to learn how to properly wear a condom or what gender they are at the moment.
I hope you guys keep the cabin. I love when you go to that place by boat or snow machine. Such a great location with all the fish you want. Getting there is half the fun, but not so easy on the pups. Keep up the good work!
The soup looked delicious 😊 well I’m going to miss the gardening segments but that being said the fact that you’re skipping that next year means there are some pretty exciting things ahead for you both ! I’m looking forward to all the upcoming videos - thanks for taking us along ❤️
Isn't it funny how everyone watching is so sad that you're moving?? Change is hard, even for us viewers! I was a tiny bit sad at first as well, but now I"m excited to see everything you'll be doing at your new property. As always, thank you both for sharing your lives with us. Until I can visit Alaska, this is the next best thing. Stay safe !
Your video photography is stunningly beautiful. Seeing the animals go about their lives, the snow falling on the plants, frost covered trees.....ah, it's so calming to the soul. I like the soup recipe. There are so many different recipes that can be made.from that one. Have a blessed week!❤
Oh my goodness, this soup would be so perfect on a cold winter day! LOVE this idea for canning celery! Looking forward to a garden and all the projects at the new homestead. Maybe a big move in future?
I found your site when looking for gardening advice & stayed eagerly awaiting each update. I wish you both the best with your plans for the new property & look forward to you both sharing how the new property becomes your home & sustainable garden
It is always so wonderful to watch you both harvesting and processing your vegetables; it is so, so inspiring. I'll miss your garden but I am so happy you are off to new adventures and you'll be taking us along... thank you.
Both your hard work on the soil in the garden is paying off big time. Soil is SO the key to it all! Great video as always. The pups are looking majestically majestic haha. Thank you!
Your garden is so amazing! I am going to really miss it next year! I know gardens are so much work! Myfavorite videos you make are gardening and cooking.
My mum always made an old boiler hen recipe in winter. She’d cook the hen in the pressure cooker with lots of winter vegetable and water to get a beautiful broth. Then she’d make pretty much a white sauce but using the broth instead of milk with a butter and flour roux, all served over rice. A real winter favourite.
Can't wait to see how you both develop the new property. So many possibilities for planning and developing the area. It's a beautiful piece of land. So excited for you both!
When I make celery cream soup, I often add smoked shrimps, it is one of my most loved recipes. I am sure you will like your own soup, it looks really delicious
Ariel, your soil is just soooo gorgeous. Watching you dig a spot for the garlic was just perfection...healthy soil and those cloves are just going to love it. You guys have put in major effort to make it so. Thanks for taking us along as you garden!
If you ever make this soup again you can make it a concentrate for canning just by omitting the milk and cream, just add milk and cream when you heat it up.
You guys have done so much to this property. I know the new place will be amazing as well. Will you be able to have a garden at the new property and are you taking the chickens and the bees? Take care and God bless y’all. ❤️😀
@@SimpleLivingAlaska I would be sad to leave all that fabulous compost behind, lol. So much work went into the garden. But it would be silly to transport it 100s of miles...
What no new crops ? You two have been hard at work in the garden pulling great crops.Great resource material for the students of agriculture . Great video once more. Greetings from a warm Trinidad and Tobago.
minute 24 while starting the celery soup, I LOVE the smaller celery like you grow, 💚much more flavorful. I always look for the fresh, greener & thinner stalks - far superior 👌to the big white stalks in the grocery store....your soup looks AMAZING!!❣
I love your garden and will definitely miss it but I'm glad you both are doing what you want to do in your properties and I'm sure you will both do wonderful thing this coming year.
I planted garlic for the first time this last season and I'm totally hooked, it's a no-brainer. You can get green garlic, scapes, and the bulbs, and they store, and you don't have to monkey around with the bed/plants for an extended period. Just a perfect crop.
You both do an awesome job inspiring, educating and motivating me! I can't thank you enough for sharing your life with us. I've tried so many new things because of your channel. 👏💗😊
Thank you so much for having the common sense to pressure can these foods there's so much online these days where people are water bath canning low acid foods it was very refreshing to see someone take the extra precaution and pressure can bravo way to go
I love all your videos but gardening and canning ones are my absolute favorite. So sad we won’t have those next year but very excited for whatever big plans you guys have!!
How do you guys plan on replacing all those calories that you grow? Between fishing hunting and gathering it seems like the only things you buy are the bare essentials. Why have you decided to not grow a garden next year?
I've loved your gardening videos, and they always inspire me by demonstrating how much better we can do in our difficult conditions here. But it's good to hear you're heading over that way, because this area (I'm very near where you are now) is starting to feel almost 'suburban' by Alaska standards. If we were younger, we'd probably be doing similar. We own some VERY remote and unbelievably beautiful Alaskan property where we'd intended to retire (where it would be possible to literally be 100% self-sufficient), but time caught up with us, and it's just too hard to get there now. So while your new place is a lot further from the easy fishing and affordable supplies, and the soil is even more challenging for gardening, it's more the 'real' Alaska, and it will be great to follow your adventures there.
Fingers crossed that you can create a root cellar at the new place. It would be so great to be able to store all those root veggies through the winter again.
I was a bit sad to hear no garden, the two of you had the most productive garden I have ever seen on utube, and rely on it to carry you through the tough Alaska winters. Your soil looked amazing you were planting the garlic in, all of that work you guys have done, sure paid off. It will be my pleasure to follow along on the new homestead, giving you more space, and of course a new garden space, if anyone can pull it off, it would be the two of you. The soup looked amazing, I just love your canning videos, all the best to ya both.
I just love watching y'all harvest your garden and all the different things you do with it. I live in Lumberton....Southeast Texas. Our veggies don't get near that big. Well done.
I’m so happy y’all are going to move to the new property. It was just a serene place when y’all took the ConEx there. Excited for this new chapter in your journey!
I love garlic! Last year was the first time I grew any and i only got 8 heads of garlic. I started using it in so many things and now I'm hooked. I've planted between 50-60 this year!
I love💕 your wildlife photography & drone shots. You’re very experienced @ pairing in with music, & it is a real treat with each video y’all release. Keep up the great work!
I think you’ll be enjoying the harvest for a while - it seems like you guys had much more this year, certainly in the canning dept. You’ll be enjoying many meals into next year!
The type of food that you eat and the way you prepare and store your food 😋 for the winter is just amazing!!!.JUST emagin what Grocery store food must taste like.
I am so excited for your growth I can’t wait for what is to come, will definitely miss the garden videos. But a year goes by fast I wish you both the best
Amazing video to look after your garden,I have no words the way you guys doing day to day affaires in such a accurately way.Stay bless best wishes from Pakistan.
I gave an audible gasp about no garden next year. It makes sense though, and it will be fun to see new projects at the other property. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. You guys are a bright spot in my week.
😳 as did I 😳😳😳
Me too
I did too!
I was like, why, why, why....oh, duh.
Me too!
Hi Folks,
This old man loves watching your videos. I just turned 82 years today, 2023 june 23rd!
Man I have to admit, my heart sank a little when I heard no garden next year. Ariel is the garden queen!! It never ceases to amaze me the veggies you two grow! Absolutely incredible!! As always and forever you two are “THE BEST” homestead channel there is. Much love!!
Mine too 😢
They have the new property. They might harden there
Acre Homestead is 2nd, and Our Half Acre Homestead is 3rd.
My favorite canning videos....I could watch you two can all day!
I had a neighbor who was a delivery guy for for a variety of foods. One day he called me over to give me something. It was three bunches if celery. I thanked him. I live alone and wondered what I would do with three heads of celery. I found a recipe online for cream of celery soup. I made it and gave a pot of it to my neighbor. I thought it was one of the best things I ever made. My neighbor was over the moon about it. I didn't think I'd find a new trick at my age. Live and learn. Cheers!
Every day is a school day I say Sophie morrison😊
Why no garden next year? I must have missed it? Someone here please fill me in? Y'all are one of my top favorite channels!
I will say one thing, the rain gave you a great garden this year plus I think this is the best crop of weeds you ever had also. When it rains like that and gets warm you might as well just let the weeds go cause there is no way to keep up with them. The soup was just awesome. I would never think to can a creamed soup. Will be so interesting to see how the garden does and what will grow at the new place as its further north, I believe.
You folks have built up this homestead so nicely and the next people to own it will be thrilled with all the buildings and the condition of the soils and the buildings. etc. The chickens running in the garden is such a beautiful sight...green with the color of the birds...WOW. Thanks again for these great videos. God Bless
I love soup and stews!! All year long I enjoy the different flavors and consistencies. A slice of meat and some berries add veriety to your meal. I want to thank you both for all of your labor and love for gardens. See you both on your next visit.
So sad to hear you won't be having a garden next year but I know a lot of exciting things are happening behind the scense and can't wait to keep watching through all of the changes!
I love cream of celery soup
I am absolutely so FREAKING excited to see what you guys will do with the other property. I’ll miss this garden but I can’t wait to see what’s coming!
We are also very excited :)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska Aloha and silly question even if it’s not my business. Was it just getting too crowded in your neck of the woods? Or did you just need more space? Seems like fishing will be further away. Anyways, will continue avidly watching and looking forward to it. Best wishes. Chickens going with you?
Oh the animals, dog, cat, chickens, birds, flowers,the garden footage! Pleasant, satisfying.
I could literally watch a whole episode with just the chickens casually going about their day, it’s like the best asmr ever
What a gorgeous harvest you had. Such beautiful chard and celery (and some celeriac?), leaves, stems, and seed!
You should have had some absolutely scrumptious and hardy soups, especially with the rutabaga, which should go well with leeks, and pork, or bacon! Later, what we call "cock-a-leeky" soup (or Potatoe-Leek Soup). Chicken base/stock, white onion, then add potatoes, cubed celery, finely sliced leeks, cross stem. Uncooked thick cut bacon, and your favorite spice blend, like Herbes de Provence (oh, wow, I had just started to write that when you said and added it. Fantastic flavors!
Also, there is nothing like soup made in a big huge stock pot! It's a rule!! (Should almost be a law of the kitchen!)
Great size batch, so many uses, full of nutrients for the winter larder! Seems like you came through well!
Gosh, if only I had met my wife and had all your knowledge 45 years ago! You guys are so awesome!
Your gardening and canning skills are absolute amazing! Schools should be focusing on teaching such! 🦋
Homeschooling skills are as essential as homestead skills, unless your little children need to learn how to properly wear a condom or what gender they are at the moment.
I hope you guys keep the cabin. I love when you go to that place by boat or snow machine. Such a great location with all the fish you want. Getting there is half the fun, but not so easy on the pups. Keep up the good work!
No garden next year, already feeling sad😭. I absolutely love your garden and canning videos. Looking forward to the vig surprise for the next year
Oh how I love your videos. Especially the garden videos. I was sad to hear no garden next year! Best wishes as always ❤️
Simply loved Pepper in the snow and her mighty jump!
Beautiful Bo - such a mellow, lovable soul - have so enjoyed watching him over the years. Best wishes to your new property.
The soup looked delicious 😊 well I’m going to miss the gardening segments but that being said the fact that you’re skipping that next year means there are some pretty exciting things ahead for you both ! I’m looking forward to all the upcoming videos - thanks for taking us along ❤️
You guys did a great job with the garden over the years, soil looks so healthy and full of good nutrients
I was sad when you say ‘no garden’ but also realize you will have a lot to do to get your new place in working order. Huge transition for you two !
Super excited to see what next year brings and all your plans for the new property!!
WOW , The rooster in the snow was beautiful with his red comb
Well my day just got a lot brighter!🌞Thanks for being here, Ariel and Eric!Happy Halloween to you all!🦇
I feel the very same way! Aren't they such an amazing Couple ☺️
So much work you do have done into your garden that I hope someone else get to use it.
The best to you Ariel and Eric, into your new projects.
A real nice shot of the dog relaxing among the vegetation. So peaceful.
It's so funny how easy you make this all look, the magic of editing. 🤣
Isn't it funny how everyone watching is so sad that you're moving?? Change is hard, even for us viewers! I was a tiny bit sad at first as well, but now I"m excited to see everything you'll be doing at your new property. As always, thank you both for sharing your lives with us. Until I can visit Alaska, this is the next best thing. Stay safe !
HOME MADE CREAM of CELERY SOUP ? "" YUMMY "" !!! You sure know how to take it OVER the TOP !!! ANOTHER WINNER !!!
😋😋😋💖💗💖
I just planted garlic. Good luck to your garden on your new property. Blessings for you and your family ✝️
Delicious looking soup. I love your garlic. The chickens were really enjoying your garden. Thanks
Soup looks delicious! A real winter warmer with one of your baked loaves Ariel!
I can’t wait to see your potato harvest, last year was epic! 😊
Your video photography is stunningly beautiful. Seeing the animals go about their lives, the snow falling on the plants, frost covered trees.....ah, it's so calming to the soul. I like the soup recipe. There are so many different recipes that can be made.from that one. Have a blessed week!❤
Oh my goodness, this soup would be so perfect on a cold winter day! LOVE this idea for canning celery! Looking forward to a garden and all the projects at the new homestead. Maybe a big move in future?
The soup does look delicious! And will be so convenient for casseroles all Winter.
I found your site when looking for gardening advice & stayed eagerly awaiting each update. I wish you both the best with your plans for the new property & look forward to you both sharing how the new property becomes your home & sustainable garden
Bo looks so relaxed and at home in the sun in the garden.
It is always so wonderful to watch you both harvesting and processing your vegetables; it is so, so inspiring. I'll miss your garden but I am so happy you are off to new adventures and you'll be taking us along... thank you.
There will be more gardening in the future ;)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska will you have enough veg preserves to last you until harvest time in the new garden?
Just finished cutting the last of our tomato plants and I come in for a rest and see your lovely video, perfect!
Both your hard work on the soil in the garden is paying off big time. Soil is SO the key to it all! Great video as always. The pups are looking majestically majestic haha. Thank you!
Your garden is so amazing! I am going to really miss it next year! I know gardens are so much work! Myfavorite videos you make are gardening and cooking.
Love that you are going to develop your new homestead. I’m looking forward to seeing your new home come to life
My mum always made an old boiler hen recipe in winter. She’d cook the hen in the pressure cooker with lots of winter vegetable and water to get a beautiful broth. Then she’d make pretty much a white sauce but using the broth instead of milk with a butter and flour roux, all served over rice. A real winter favourite.
It is always good to visit with you and watch your canning and harvesting...glad to see Bo and Bandit doing ok.....take care and stay safe!
Can't wait to see how you both develop the new property. So many possibilities for planning and developing the area. It's a beautiful piece of land. So excited for you both!
Bigger place!!
When I make celery cream soup, I often add smoked shrimps, it is one of my most loved recipes. I am sure you will like your own soup, it looks really delicious
Sounds delicious!
Ariel, your soil is just soooo gorgeous. Watching you dig a spot for the garlic was just perfection...healthy soil and those cloves are just going to love it. You guys have put in major effort to make it so. Thanks for taking us along as you garden!
My husband and I love watching you two thank so much for sharing your lives...God Bless you both
I love cream of celery soup. Awesome to add to things to give it flavor
Looking forward to see what adventure you have to share with us next year. 😀. I would enjoy seeing how you celebrate the Holidays.
Love when y’all upload 🥰💞
What an incredible garden…those Brussels are to die for but then that soil is GOLD❤️❤️❤️
If you ever make this soup again you can make it a concentrate for canning just by omitting the milk and cream, just add milk and cream when you heat it up.
Looks absolutely delicious 😋
You guys have done so much to this property. I know the new place will be amazing as well. Will you be able to have a garden at the new property and are you taking the chickens and the bees? Take care and God bless y’all. ❤️😀
Yes we have plans for a very large garden and all of the animals are coming with :)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska I would be sad to leave all that fabulous compost behind, lol. So much work went into the garden. But it would be silly to transport it 100s of miles...
What no new crops ? You two have been hard at work in the garden pulling great crops.Great resource material for the students of agriculture .
Great video once more.
Greetings from a warm Trinidad and Tobago.
minute 24 while starting the celery soup, I LOVE the smaller celery like you grow, 💚much more flavorful. I always look for the fresh, greener & thinner stalks - far superior 👌to the big white stalks in the grocery store....your soup looks AMAZING!!❣
The new owners of your property will have amazing soil for their garden. Good luck in you new adventures.
They’re taking their soil with them, per Ariel!
I cant wait to see your new project. I hope you keep cooking 🍳 😋 from England
I love your garden and will definitely miss it but I'm glad you both are doing what you want to do in your properties and I'm sure you will both do wonderful thing this coming year.
Enjoyed all 4 years with u and Eric at this property,can't wait to see u all develop your new property.
Ok...…..... No garden next year , but maybe big developments on the horizon. Can't hardly wait to see what they are. You two never disappoint.
Love your video’s. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜💙🥰🤗
I planted garlic for the first time this last season and I'm totally hooked, it's a no-brainer. You can get green garlic, scapes, and the bulbs, and they store, and you don't have to monkey around with the bed/plants for an extended period. Just a perfect crop.
I love you guys...keep doin the good work🤩
I’m really gonna miss your gardening and preserving videos next year. But I completely understand the situation. You’ve got a lot on your plates!
All the hard work you two put in the garden sure paid off .So much produce and meals for sure.
You both do an awesome job inspiring, educating and motivating me! I can't thank you enough for sharing your life with us. I've tried so many new things because of your channel. 👏💗😊
Thank you so much for having the common sense to pressure can these foods there's so much online these days where people are water bath canning low acid foods it was very refreshing to see someone take the extra precaution and pressure can bravo way to go
I love all your videos but gardening and canning ones are my absolute favorite. So sad we won’t have those next year but very excited for whatever big plans you guys have!!
How do you guys plan on replacing all those calories that you grow? Between fishing hunting and gathering it seems like the only things you buy are the bare essentials. Why have you decided to not grow a garden next year?
She said why in the video.
@@randallchace409 they won’t have time to commit to a garden since they are going to be developing their new property.
Beautiful celery....
I usually visit Alaska in late Sept. or early Oct. Not able to do it this year. So I am living vicariously through your videos.
Yummy,love your canning,keep showing us all your meals canning and just love you kiddos..🥶🥶
I've loved your gardening videos, and they always inspire me by demonstrating how much better we can do in our difficult conditions here. But it's good to hear you're heading over that way, because this area (I'm very near where you are now) is starting to feel almost 'suburban' by Alaska standards. If we were younger, we'd probably be doing similar. We own some VERY remote and unbelievably beautiful Alaskan property where we'd intended to retire (where it would be possible to literally be 100% self-sufficient), but time caught up with us, and it's just too hard to get there now. So while your new place is a lot further from the easy fishing and affordable supplies, and the soil is even more challenging for gardening, it's more the 'real' Alaska, and it will be great to follow your adventures there.
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And thx 4 the footage of the hunting kitty and foraging chickens!
Eric mentioned all the space taken up by seed trays. I wintersow all my seeds in January and place the jugs outside.
It’s going to be weird not seeing a garden again. Wishing you the best and will keep watching for future events to happen. 👍👍🙏👋
I can’t wait to see the projects y’all will tackle next year in lieu of a garden. Enjoy that delicious looking soup!!
Fingers crossed that you can create a root cellar at the new place. It would be so great to be able to store all those root veggies through the winter again.
Root cellar 2.0 in the planning ;)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska
🎉🎉🎉🎉 awesome!!! I was hoping so too!!!
I was a bit sad to hear no garden, the two of you had the most productive garden I have ever seen on utube, and rely on it to carry you through the tough Alaska winters. Your soil looked amazing you were planting the garlic in, all of that work you guys have done, sure paid off. It will be my pleasure to follow along on the new homestead, giving you more space, and of course a new garden space, if anyone can pull it off, it would be the two of you. The soup looked amazing, I just love your canning videos, all the best to ya both.
I've only discovered your videos recently and it's absolutely amazing . Thank you for sharing your with us. Much love from India :)
I just love watching y'all harvest your garden and all the different things you do with it. I live in Lumberton....Southeast Texas. Our veggies don't get near that big. Well done.
Soup looks wonderful. Looking forward to seeing your new place grow.
I’m so happy y’all are going to move to the new property. It was just a serene place when y’all took the ConEx there. Excited for this new chapter in your journey!
I love garlic! Last year was the first time I grew any and i only got 8 heads of garlic. I started using it in so many things and now I'm hooked. I've planted between 50-60 this year!
I love💕 your wildlife photography & drone shots. You’re very experienced @ pairing in with music, & it is a real treat with each video y’all release. Keep up the great work!
A beautiful bountiful garden ! Thank you for all the gardening tips and the recipe ideas. Soup looks awesome. You guys are great!
Thank you . Showing us. How to can garlic. We us alot of it.
Going to can your soup. It looks great.
That celery soup...even smells amazing!!! 😍
Cream 0f celery soup!? Never thought of that. I've got heaps of celery all about to go to seed here - maybe I'll give that a go - thanks!!
I enjoy your garden so much….will truly miss it next year.
I think you’ll be enjoying the harvest for a while - it seems like you guys had much more this year, certainly in the canning dept. You’ll be enjoying many meals into next year!
The type of food that you eat and the way you prepare and store your food 😋 for the winter is just amazing!!!.JUST emagin what Grocery store food must taste like.
Can’t wait to see the gardening videos for the new property. Ariel & Eric -still waiting for you guys to write your canning, cooking, gardening book!
The deliciousness continues !
Yum. Garlic and celery. Just planted my garlic and onions and winter greens. Looking forward to seeing your next garden!
Cream of Celery Soup, yum! Thanks for another exciting harvesting! 💞
I am so excited for your growth I can’t wait for what is to come, will definitely miss the garden videos. But a year goes by fast I wish you both the best
Amazing video to look after your garden,I have no words the way you guys doing day to day affaires in such a accurately way.Stay bless best wishes from Pakistan.