I really appreciate the way that you try and preserve your cultural roots by respecting breeds of animals native to your land and also your own 'Talasbuan'! It simply feels soOOoo right. God Bless!
For the garden it is all about nutrients, heat and sunlight. We have trouble getting the tomatoes to ripen due to the fog. However 90 miles away in hot and sunny Sacramento, California they grow great there. So the sooner you can get your vegetable beds warm the better they will grow. One year I put my chicken manure in ground during the winter, that summer the tomatoes grew like crazy!
I've been waiting for this video. What a pleasant surprise to end the weekend. Congratulations on your roof! You've done an excellent job. The animals are beautiful and you both seem highly productive, as always. I hope you get the rain you need to thrive on your homestead. The drought seems to be a world-wide phenomenon, but it is worse in some places than others. Can't wait to see your next video...
I like that you see us as productive, sometimes it feels like we are standing still ;) The rains are here and it seems like summer are over, only around 15+ celsius now :/ /Tova
I don't know why I missed this, I'm so glad I checked your old videos! Well done as always, it's always great to see how industrious and in love with your land and animals you are. If I can give you a tip for next summer tomatoes, it is very useful to remove the suckers (I think this is the English name) which are the stems that grow between two branches and are usually darker than the other branches, they steal a lot of nourishment from the plant. By removing them the tomatoes will grow faster, more numerous and bigger. We have had so many of them this summer that even though we made tomato sauce (it's a tradition here in Italy) there are still many left over that we put in the freezer :)
I am watching from the beginning it’s the first thing I do when I wake up and I am behind in my chores lol I watch them every chance I get and am enjoying watching all the progress ! Your garden is beautiful oh Happy day! The roof is on!! I better get busy I am behind again lol
Congratulations on harvesting your first cucumber! It's such a joy growing your food. Your water temperature, 24 C is perfect for fermenting vegetables to preserve them.
My Farmor was from Sweden. And my Morfar from Norway. Your accent brings a smile to my heart and reminds me of her. I remember her making pickles every summer. I am a coriander FREAK. So is my husband. In the summer, I make. Cold tomato soup with cucumbers and avocado and red onions and lime. It’s soo good. Where I live in the states ( Utah look up the 2002 olympics) we get VERY dry in the summer and we have fires every year. We were very blessed to only have 3 or 4 this year. Other years I remember the ash coming down in the shape of leaves.
Cilantro tastes like soap to me. My wife said shrimp tasted like soap when she was young, but her taste has changed with age and she likes them now. Your videos are soothing and calming to watch, thank you!
That pig lovvveeeddd being scratched, just like my dog. I connected immediately, as I get joy from scratching my dog and making him feel good, and I bet that you do too. Just showing love to a critter, even if it is going to eventually be food, especially if it is, just being kind while you can, that is what life is about. I love how your homestead is growing and you're making things work.
You guys are so sweet and awesome. I love your lifestyle, and you're doing a fantastic job with the filming, I'm really glad you kept doing videos!! I love watching them!!!
😁 We here in the States only refer to the seeds as coriander; the green part we call Cilantro. I've been told by food experts that half the people in the world think it taste like soap and the other half think it tastes like a wonderful herb. I was in the first group of people at first but I ate it so much now I think it tastes wonderful. And no it doesn't taste like soap to me anymore at all. Tell T to keep eating it..
Huh, interesting to have different namnes on the same plant and yeah it seems to be the case of hate or love and noting in between! I will put some in our food daily maybe so he will get used to it :D /Tova
I'm with Mathias, cilantro tastes like soap to me, or even worse, like stinkbugs! LOL .. I too have heard it's a genetic predisposition to either hate or love it. For years I didn't understand how ANYONE could love it .. and then I learned why my friends weren't simply crazy.
Hi, the house roof looks wonderful - congratulations. I've started watching from the very beginning of your vlog history and now my husband watches with me. It is what we call 'Slow Television', where we wait patiently for the next episode, rather than downloading the whole lot. However, we're way behind and slowly catching up with the most current vlogs. A female sheep is called a Ewe - which is pronounced like 'you' - such are the peculiarities of the English language! Take care and all the best and thank you so much for your vlogs - we really enjoy watching them and the love the care you put into your homestead, all the animals, the wood you carve, the food you cook and every aspect of all your vlogs.
Our summers where we live can be dry as well and fear of fire in summer is always real. So beautiful where you live. So fun to watch the love you have for your animals and can see your animals feel the same toward you 😊
the roof looks great !♡! I enjoy watching you 2 work together very much... and listening to your conversation in Swedish ♡ your house is just amazing... I am so glad I found tour channel ♡
I have come to love your vlog! It is lovely to watch you both doing so well and working to make a good life for yourselves off grid. Tova, don't worry about your pickles. Its in learning how to do things that you find your way.
Just found this channel 2 days ago and I've gotten this far with it lol I love your passion for life and what it offers to you and what you give back it's so beautiful to see people living this lifestyle. It's very genuine Thank You I will be continuing to watch every episode
i'm up to this video now. it was great to see the roof on your chalet. (pronounced sha-LAY in french), it reminded me very much of when we restored our 300 year old house in france in 1989. so exciting! took at least 3 years to get inside, another 5 years to finish most of the rooms. it's still a "work in progress." the pigs are adorable. cilantro (coriander leaves) is great with salsa! ole! one more thing: matias reacting to the chickens when they crow is priceless. it's like, "excuse me, i'm *talking*?"
Thank you for sharing your way of life. I have been watching all your videos, they are well filmed and very interesting. I think you are an amazing couple. Best wishes. Jean- Pierre
Always rotate your garden beds. Next plantation plant your cucumbers were you planted your tomatoes. But you probably already know that. Your green house looks healthy, good work
We've raised many a hog here at our farm. The last 2 we did were Tamworth breed. The BEST tasting we've ever done. Female sheep are ewes ( you s) Yes, milk "whey" is what that is. Great for feed. We made a scratching post - my husband put old bristle parts to push brooms on a cedar post in the groud...oh, they loved to rub on them. That one "riding" the other is just showing dominance...who is boss.
It is good to see you guys again. We had fires here last season. So far no fires. The roof is lovely. Cucumbers look yummy! We juice almost everything we grow. The Fall garden is coming up so we can juice Kale soon. Good to see the solar energy at your home. Pigs do well on whey. Blessings to you. Glad to hear that you have connected with other homesteaders. ❤️🙂
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I have thought about getting a slow juicer and hook it up with some solar panels, but i haven't found a good one (or saved up the money yet). Have never tried kale juice , exciting! Soon the chili and the tomatoes are ready in the green house, yay! /Tova
Hello. Just wanted to tell you that I'm really enjoying watching this channel. I'm a full time working doctor trying to get self sufficent on greens and community sufficent on locally produced meat and fish, also trying to go zero waste. It's so much hard work these first years but you guys really inspire me to keep on going.
Thank you so much, it feels really good to inspire people to follow their dreams. I hope you'll get there sooner than later :) Zero waste can really be a though one! All the best! /Tova
Elsewhere I've seen a guy who dug down into earth, quite deep. He then fitted pipes horizontally underground. The heat he harvested or captured there was pumped up by means of fans and into his greenhouse. This extended his growing season greatly.
I love coriander (cilantro)! I recently learned that a person's dna can determine if they think it smells/tastes like soap. It's such a wonderful herb to eat. So good for us!
Good to see how you are doing! Glad to hear the fires there are under control! Here in Ontario, Canada, we have "44 active [forest] fires in the northeast, of which 19 were not yet under control, while 25 were being either held, were under control, or under observation. Communities have been evacuated, and the dry conditions and wind continue.
I really hope the fires in your area are under control by now, its scary with those uncontrollable happenings. I think the swedish fires are under control for the most part! /Tova
I've made dill pickles for decades, now, but last year we discovered horseradish pickles. I grow horseradish, so I'll have to try it out next year! We harvest horseradish in April or early May, though, and cucumbers aren't ready until mid to late July, so I might have to do either store bought cucumbers in April or store bought horseradish in July.
I came upon your channel by chance, and I was hooked. I started watching it from the beginning I am on vlog 21. You both are so real not fake like the other U tube channels. Your photography is extraordinary and beautiful. Happy new year and God bless. From Ontario, Canada Maria
I live in Canada and we seem to have similar weather to you where i am .. first i love your videos and am binge watching them!! you guys are great keep it up!! .. also tomatoes and peppers take the longest for sure ... there is a few things you can do .. pinch off the top of the plant because then they start to put some extra focus on the fruit ... where you think you are ok with that much tomato on the plant pinch it there .. pinching is taking off the plant at that part ... also make some compost tea :) that will help with the roots and growth .. put some of you rabbit poop or chicken or compost in a buckt with water and let sit for a day or to then water at the roots ... another thing is you could dig a hole and "plant" scrapes of food there the bugs will come and help break it down and give the plants what they need :) also if you have green tomatoes at the end of season pick them and put them in a sunny window and turn them every so ofter and they will ripen there to :) loving your channel!!
Great job on the garden Tova. That would be a hard pass on the cilantro for me, unfortunately. Your house already has so much character - can’t wait till you guys can move in.
nevvvver get used to coriander but grinded seedss are lovley , youre pigs were great guess you have consumd them by now, Wold love to have pigs my self. You are great. have a nice weekend.
Great to see you... and to see the roof on your home. How exciting. Congratulations on picking you 1st home grown cucumber....it gives a great sense of achievement when you see the results of your hard work in the garden.I hope your pickling will turn out alright. Glad to hear the fires are under control I was thinking of you when I heard about them. Everything is so dry. Take care. Carole.
Thank you, the roof and the cucumber where both a thrill :D The pickling were great and we have almost finished the first jar, i don't think we will have a single jar saved for winter, we end up eating them. Must expand my garden! All the best! /Tova
Thanks for the beautiful video, I'm happy for you that the roof is almost finished and the greenhouse is producing, I learned eating Koriander in India and never stopped. Keep up the good work. .
My husband thinks its tastes like salt aswell. (Sorry watching older vids cuz ....well i want too lol). But if you remove the leaves, and finely chop the stem, and start adding only the stems to food... (they are crispy and they dont have such a soapy flavor, more mild) then he will adjust. His taste picked up how fresh it is. Not soapy. After awhile of that, he will get a custom to coriander. Then u can use the whole plant! (I actually prefer mostly stem these days because it took my husband quiet some time to come around to the leaves, lol. But it still works)
Just started watching your videos a few weeks ago and really enjoy them. I agree with Mathias, coriander/cilantro taste just like soap. Terrible! I avoid eating it. Glad to see that the forest fires didn't affect your homestead.
Good to see that you are safe from the fires. The new house is looking great - maybe you will be undercover by winter? In England we would call what you are doing 'smallholding' - like a farm, but not as big and usually run by one family. I think your tomatoes need a high potash (potassium) feed to get good sized sweet fruits - my cucumbers doing well too!
Thank you! It would be the dream to have a ready house by winter but that will not be the case unfortunately, we both have a full-time job right now during the summer, besides all the daily chores at home, and there are always those small projects that show up and needs attention. :) We go slow and do a little here and there.Thank you for the tip on potassium, i will check on it tomorrow! Goodnight from our "smallholding" then :D /Tova
Recently watched a vid about a Fäbod and could easily see you two doing exactly the same with artisan cheese making and other crafts. Keep the dream, progress may seem slow but it is progress!
Thank you for your encouraging words, thats the big dream indeed. This weekend we actually did some cheese and some yoghurt, we will show a little of it in the next blog :) /Tova
I love pigs. We have 2 right now. Their names are Barbie and Cue. Get it?? I love fermented veggies, and also Kombucha. I make it all the time. If you make dilly beans and carrots they are soooo good! The summer of 2018 in Alberta Canada where I am was extremely dry as well. There was also a lot of forest fires. Our 2019 summer was a wet soggy mess, 54 days of rain out of 60. The average temperature was 16'c.
This was wonderful! It was nice to see all of your progress....the roof, new pigs, a fresh garden with a new recipe to try, and a solar panel! I am wondering how you charged all of your gadgets before getting the solar panel?
When I had pigs to raise I also had dairy goats (20+) and a milk cow. I milked them all by hand twice a day every day. I always fed the extra whole milk after taking some for house milk and bottle feeding some of the goat kids(no processing what so ever) to the pigs. From the day each litter was born I usually kept 2 or 3 to raise and until butchering time they were just shy of 6 months old and their hanging weight was always a bit over 230 pounds. The pork was the best I ever tasted, most likely due to all the milk and butter fat etc in the milk.I also had a very profilic garden and planted several extras for the pigs. I planted extra Zucchini, extra cucumbers, extra squashes, extra pumpkins etc (Pumpkin seeds are anatural anti parasitic and the pigs got a lot of tha) I don't have my little farm any more and really miss all the goats, chickens, pigs, calves etc. I think that's one reason I've continued to watch all of your videos. I've been binge watching since I discovered your tube channel. I truly believe what you two young people are doing (getting back to basics) is absolutely spot on. I find myself Praying to some day have another farm where I can have a few animals again even if it's only chickens. Love your videos and the soft speaking you 2 do. It has seriously affected your animals in a great way. Take care and happy farm steading off the grid.
Ja han är som en bergsget, jag håller mig på jorden helst jag! Har iaf kunnat gjort två gurkinläggningar men vi äter ju upp dem så snart de är klara, mer och större odlingar står på önskelistan! :D /Tova
I love coriander. In Southern California it is more commonly known by its Spanish name, "cilantro" (see-lawn-tro: accent on 2nd syllable) which is a staple in the wonderful Mexican and Asian cuisine that is offered to us. (It is also known as "Asian parsley") In defense of Mathias, I believe it would also be a refreshing additive to soap...but there is no accounting for taste!!
I'm with Mathias - I like most herbs but I don't really like Coriander, but like most things I'm OK a weak flavour when it's mixed with other flavours. I love Rosemary.
Yes, ejoyed watching again, thanks! The pigs are great, little bit over reacting and drama queens :) This summer has been good for solar panels, lot of sun. The negative side has been the endless dryness. We just had finally rain yesterday but our well is empty for now and we had to get the water from the spring further. At least the rain filled couple barrels so we have water for animals, plants and washing for the becoming days. Tova, you have very nice garden! It’s been good year for the cucumbers here too but somehow my tomatoes don’t blush at all too. Is it the poor watering or what? Now there is one finally coming, but this has been a wholly odd summer. All good for you two! ~Tessa
Drama queens :D (They are actually named after two older brothers in the village, so not drama queens!) The rains are here for real now, gone are the dryness and sadly also the warmth. It feels like summer are over :/ Thank you, I really love my garden but have sadly no "green fingers", my tomatoes are still mostly green, the chilis are green..i think i water good but maybe not..hmm. All the best! /Tova
I like koriander. I heard people think parsley tastes like soap, never heard that about koriander. Although they do look similar, and are in the same family of plants.
I have the coriander (cilantro) soap gene also. The first time I made salsa I thought I somehow got my dish soap in the batch and threw it all away. I think it is so odd that this plant has this effect on peoples taste buds. I have the same kind of thing with boxwood or juniper bushes. To most people they smell fresh and pine smell. To me they smell like cat pee. Love your vids!
I enjoy seeing the progress on the house. Will you be able to move into it before winter? There is also a website, I think it’s called “Greenhouse in the Snow,” that has great ideas on how to build a greenhouse that can grow plants in it even through the winter. The greenhouse is partly buried in the ground. I want to try and build one when I get onto my homestead. I’m still living in the city for now, saving money.
Unfortunately we will not move in this year, we have full-time jobs and thousand of projects that makes the process slow :) That sounds very interesting, will it need electricity to work? I hope you will get to live your dream soon! /Tova
Fires have been every where this year in Eastern Washington where we live in the USA. All of the states have had fires. I am so excited to see your home done so you can move in. What will you do with the old cabin . How will the installation be.
Im also excited though it will be a while before we can move in. We will have kitchen and living room downstairs and bedroom and storage upstairs. The old cabin will be for guests and my place to dry plants i think :D
I love cilantro (the leafy part of coriander - here in America) but my husband does not. All your animals are so healthy and lovely. Ha Ha, the pigs are so funny. The pickles looked amazing and I bet they tasted good! Pictures in those cookbooks are usually photo enhanced so don't mind how they look in reality.
Yes its so amazing, i can't actually understand why people dislike it :D The pickles are really good, made sauerkraut and fermented carrots the other day!
I wonder why its different names depending on if its dry or not, here its the same! :) I always have a lot of cilantro in my food, the more the merrier ;)
Coriander and Cilantro? Super SOAP flavor here! sorry to say - missing out on all those nutritional properties...luv your videos enough to do a Patreon...enjoy! and prosper.
gonna enjoy this vlog again, thanks guys ! Actually, not only, but partly, your vlog made us deside to move back to Sweden again, live there full time ! Next spring, its off to Smaland forgood (Y)
Do you have a way to seal your canning jars? If so you might want to try this recipe for pickles. Bread 'n' Butter Pickles 4 GREEN BELL PEPPERS, chopped 8 cups *PICKLING CUCUMBERS, referred to as English Pickles unpeeled, thinly sliced horizontally 1/16 inch (1.59 cm) (approximately one cucumber equals one cup) 2 cups ONIONS, diced sprinkle all lightly with: PICKLING SALT (do not use table salt with iodine) BASE: 2 cups CIDER VINEGAR 3 cups SUGAR 1 teaspoon ground CINNAMON 2 teaspoon powdered TURMERIC 2 teaspoon CELERY SEEDS 2 teaspoon MUSTARD SEEDS (or 1 teaspoon ground) 1) Combine first four ingredients, and let stand one hour in a colander to drain off liquid. 2) Combine BASE ingredients in huge pan, cover and bring to a boil. 3) Combine the first mixture with boiling BASE ingredients, cover, and simmer lively for 40 minutes. ASSEMBLE JARS: 1) Place in boiled jars, remove bubbles with a wooden chop stick, (non-metal). 2) Wipe jar rim clear for a good seal. Seal jars. Remember everything hot in canning. 3) Place sealed jars back in canner and boil 10 minutes. 4) Remove each jar from water bath and place on a towel overnight to cool. 5) Refrigerate and eat any pickles from jars that did not seal. Makes 9 half pint jars. *See photos for correct cucumber: www.shutterstock.com/search/pickled+cucumbers
As of now they seem to have the fires under control. And today it has rained, a lot!
Tova your filming was great here! Enjoy it alot!
You guys put out very good videos. Thanks for sharing.
I love witnessing your tenderness for the animals and the land. It is so heartwarming and inspirational.
I really appreciate the way that you try and preserve your cultural roots by respecting breeds of animals native to your land and also your own 'Talasbuan'! It simply feels soOOoo right. God Bless!
For the garden it is all about nutrients, heat and sunlight. We have trouble getting the tomatoes to ripen due to the fog. However 90 miles away in hot and sunny Sacramento, California they grow great there. So the sooner you can get your vegetable beds warm the better they will grow. One year I put my chicken manure in ground during the winter, that summer the tomatoes grew like crazy!
I've been waiting for this video. What a pleasant surprise to end the weekend. Congratulations on your roof! You've done an excellent job. The animals are beautiful and you both seem highly productive, as always. I hope you get the rain you need to thrive on your homestead. The drought seems to be a world-wide phenomenon, but it is worse in some places than others. Can't wait to see your next video...
I like that you see us as productive, sometimes it feels like we are standing still ;) The rains are here and it seems like summer are over, only around 15+ celsius now :/ /Tova
I don't know why I missed this, I'm so glad I checked your old videos! Well done as always, it's always great to see how industrious and in love with your land and animals you are. If I can give you a tip for next summer tomatoes, it is very useful to remove the suckers (I think this is the English name) which are the stems that grow between two branches and are usually darker than the other branches, they steal a lot of nourishment from the plant. By removing them the tomatoes will grow faster, more numerous and bigger. We have had so many of them this summer that even though we made tomato sauce (it's a tradition here in Italy) there are still many left over that we put in the freezer :)
She is amazing. She was made beautiful. She surrendered her beauty and took it upon herself labor. She is amazing!
I am watching from the beginning it’s the first thing I do when I wake up and I am behind in my chores lol I watch them every chance I get and am enjoying watching all the progress ! Your garden is beautiful oh Happy day! The roof is on!! I better get busy I am behind again lol
Congratulations on harvesting your first cucumber! It's such a joy growing your food. Your water temperature, 24 C is perfect for fermenting vegetables to preserve them.
Thank you! :D Its such a joy to have the possibility to do so, pick stuff in your own garden. :) /Tova
I cannot stop watching the two of you.You are so motivated and hardworking.
You inspire all of us..Keep going
My Farmor was from Sweden. And my Morfar from Norway. Your accent brings a smile to my heart and reminds me of her. I remember her making pickles every summer. I am a coriander FREAK. So is my husband. In the summer, I make. Cold tomato soup with cucumbers and avocado and red onions and lime. It’s soo good. Where I live in the states ( Utah look up the 2002 olympics) we get VERY dry in the summer and we have fires every year. We were very blessed to only have 3 or 4 this year. Other years I remember the ash coming down in the shape of leaves.
Cilantro tastes like soap to me. My wife said shrimp tasted like soap when she was young, but her taste has changed with age and she likes them now. Your videos are soothing and calming to watch, thank you!
That pig lovvveeeddd being scratched, just like my dog. I connected immediately, as I get joy from scratching my dog and making him feel good, and I bet that you do too. Just showing love to a critter, even if it is going to eventually be food, especially if it is, just being kind while you can, that is what life is about. I love how your homestead is growing and you're making things work.
I don't think its possible to scratch a piglet too hard. They can out lean into most anything....
You guys are so sweet and awesome. I love your lifestyle, and you're doing a fantastic job with the filming, I'm really glad you kept doing videos!! I love watching them!!!
Another nice and relaxing video, I always enjoy watching both of you and all the animals in the farm
Thank you!
Congratulations You two, you have built a real nature "empire", Your hard work gives you a great reward, bravo ! Well done 👍👍👍👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️
😁 We here in the States only refer to the seeds as coriander; the green part we call Cilantro.
I've been told by food experts that half the people in the world think it taste like soap and the other half think it tastes like a wonderful herb.
I was in the first group of people at first but I ate it so much now I think it tastes wonderful. And no it doesn't taste like soap to me anymore at all. Tell T to keep eating it..
Huh, interesting to have different namnes on the same plant and yeah it seems to be the case of hate or love and noting in between! I will put some in our food daily maybe so he will get used to it :D /Tova
I love cilantro, that is actually the Mexican name for coriander. And yes, the seeds are called coriander and the plant cilantro, here in the US
I'm with Mathias, cilantro tastes like soap to me, or even worse, like stinkbugs! LOL .. I too have heard it's a genetic predisposition to either hate or love it. For years I didn't understand how ANYONE could love it .. and then I learned why my friends weren't simply crazy.
Roof fully on! Terrific! Pigs look great.
I admire your gentleness with all your beautiful animals.
Hi, the house roof looks wonderful - congratulations. I've started watching from the very beginning of your vlog history and now my husband watches with me. It is what we call 'Slow Television', where we wait patiently for the next episode, rather than downloading the whole lot. However, we're way behind and slowly catching up with the most current vlogs. A female sheep is called a Ewe - which is pronounced like 'you' - such are the peculiarities of the English language! Take care and all the best and thank you so much for your vlogs - we really enjoy watching them and the love the care you put into your homestead, all the animals, the wood you carve, the food you cook and every aspect of all your vlogs.
Our summers where we live can be dry as well and fear of fire in summer is always real. So beautiful where you live. So fun to watch the love you have for your animals and can see your animals feel the same toward you 😊
the roof looks great !♡! I enjoy watching you 2 work together very much... and listening to your conversation in Swedish ♡ your house is just amazing... I am so glad I found tour channel ♡
I have come to love your vlog! It is lovely to watch you both doing so well and working to make a good life for yourselves off grid. Tova, don't worry about your pickles. Its in learning how to do things that you find your way.
Just found this channel 2 days ago and I've gotten this far with it lol I love your passion for life and what it offers to you and what you give back it's so beautiful to see people living this lifestyle. It's very genuine Thank You I will be continuing to watch every episode
i'm up to this video now. it was great to see the roof on your chalet. (pronounced sha-LAY in french), it reminded me very much of when we restored our 300 year old house in france in 1989. so exciting! took at least 3 years to get inside, another 5 years to finish most of the rooms. it's still a "work in progress."
the pigs are adorable.
cilantro (coriander leaves) is great with salsa! ole!
one more thing: matias reacting to the chickens when they crow is priceless. it's like, "excuse me, i'm *talking*?"
Thank you for sharing your way of life. I have been watching all your videos, they are well filmed and very interesting. I think you are an amazing couple. Best wishes. Jean- Pierre
Thank you for your kind words, it means a lot to us! All the best to you and yours! /Tova
thank you again for another peaceful moment for the soul....oh the sheep they are so chilled :)
Thank you for watching! All the best to you and yours, /Tova
and the best to you and yours also thankyou Tova
Can you feel the love that we have for your family? Hope so. Florida/US
Always rotate your garden beds. Next plantation plant your cucumbers were you planted your tomatoes. But you probably already know that. Your green house looks healthy, good work
Wonderful vlogs congratulations on the roof. Fun seeing your journey. Thank you.
We've raised many a hog here at our farm. The last 2 we did were Tamworth breed. The BEST tasting we've ever done. Female sheep are ewes ( you s) Yes, milk "whey" is what that is. Great for feed. We made a scratching post - my husband put old bristle parts to push brooms on a cedar post in the groud...oh, they loved to rub on them. That one "riding" the other is just showing dominance...who is boss.
I love Coriander..which is actually the seeds of the cilantro plant..( the leaves )😊
It is good to see you guys again. We had fires here last season. So far no fires. The roof is lovely. Cucumbers look yummy! We juice almost everything we grow. The Fall garden is coming up so we can juice Kale soon. Good to see the solar energy at your home. Pigs do well on whey. Blessings to you. Glad to hear that you have connected with other homesteaders. ❤️🙂
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I have thought about getting a slow juicer and hook it up with some solar panels, but i haven't found a good one (or saved up the money yet). Have never tried kale juice , exciting! Soon the chili and the tomatoes are ready in the green house, yay! /Tova
Hello. Just wanted to tell you that I'm really enjoying watching this channel. I'm a full time working doctor trying to get self sufficent on greens and community sufficent on locally produced meat and fish, also trying to go zero waste. It's so much hard work these first years but you guys really inspire me to keep on going.
Thank you so much, it feels really good to inspire people to follow their dreams. I hope you'll get there sooner than later :) Zero waste can really be a though one! All the best! /Tova
Elsewhere I've seen a guy who dug down into earth, quite deep. He then fitted pipes horizontally underground. The heat he harvested or captured there was pumped up by means of fans and into his greenhouse. This extended his growing season greatly.
Watching your videos is so enjoyable for me. Like a breath of fresh air.🌬🌿🌼 Thank you for taking the time to share with us all.🌼
Thank you so much for your sweet comment, makes us real happy to read this! /Tova
I love coriander (cilantro)! I recently learned that a person's dna can determine if they think it smells/tastes like soap. It's such a wonderful herb to eat. So good for us!
Tova I think you did a great job filming. I love coriander. Great video love seeing the sheep growing and the new livestock (pigs) 🙏🤗❤👍
Good to see how you are doing!
Glad to hear the fires there are under control! Here in Ontario, Canada, we have "44 active [forest] fires in the northeast, of which 19 were not yet under control, while 25 were being either held, were under control, or under observation. Communities have been evacuated, and the dry conditions and wind continue.
I really hope the fires in your area are under control by now, its scary with those uncontrollable happenings. I think the swedish fires are under control for the most part! /Tova
We have had some rain, so many of the fires are under control, some people are able to return to their homes after having been evacuated.
You both have a beautiful place. Love the little bunny. From Prince Edward Island Canada.
I've made dill pickles for decades, now, but last year we discovered horseradish pickles. I grow horseradish, so I'll have to try it out next year! We harvest horseradish in April or early May, though, and cucumbers aren't ready until mid to late July, so I might have to do either store bought cucumbers in April or store bought horseradish in July.
I came upon your channel by chance, and I was hooked.
I started watching it from the beginning I am on vlog 21.
You both are so real not fake like the other U tube channels.
Your photography is extraordinary and beautiful.
Happy new year and God bless.
From Ontario, Canada
Maria
YES :-) You got the roof made. Congratulation. It is so exceting too follow You step by step.
The wood that goes along the roof horizontally is called a" batten", so you can nail the corragated roof to it! KEEP IT UP!
I live in Canada and we seem to have similar weather to you where i am .. first i love your videos and am binge watching them!! you guys are great keep it up!! .. also tomatoes and peppers take the longest for sure ... there is a few things you can do .. pinch off the top of the plant because then they start to put some extra focus on the fruit ... where you think you are ok with that much tomato on the plant pinch it there .. pinching is taking off the plant at that part ... also make some compost tea :) that will help with the roots and growth .. put some of you rabbit poop or chicken or compost in a buckt with water and let sit for a day or to then water at the roots ... another thing is you could dig a hole and "plant" scrapes of food there the bugs will come and help break it down and give the plants what they need :) also if you have green tomatoes at the end of season pick them and put them in a sunny window and turn them every so ofter and they will ripen there to :) loving your channel!!
Aww so much love for the sheep ❤️❤️
Love the new piggies! Loved the whole vlog. Fresh coriander tastes like soap to me, but the ground up seeds do not!
How wonderful to see your progress. Very exciting to see the roof go on!
Great job on the garden Tova. That would be a hard pass on the cilantro for me, unfortunately. Your house already has so much character - can’t wait till you guys can move in.
Your videos are exceptionally well done and beautiful.
nevvvver get used to coriander but grinded seedss are lovley ,
youre pigs were great guess you have consumd them by now,
Wold love to have pigs my self.
You are great. have a nice weekend.
You can cook cucumber with garlic and egg.. Saute all in the pan with butter
Great to see you... and to see the roof on your home. How exciting. Congratulations on picking you 1st home grown cucumber....it gives a great sense of achievement when you see the results of your hard work in the garden.I hope your pickling will turn out alright. Glad to hear the fires are under control I was thinking of you when I heard about them. Everything is so dry. Take care. Carole.
Thank you, the roof and the cucumber where both a thrill :D The pickling were great and we have almost finished the first jar, i don't think we will have a single jar saved for winter, we end up eating them. Must expand my garden! All the best! /Tova
All the best to you too. Mmmmm... I can almost taste your pickled cucumbers...( Smiling) :0)
PollyAnne99 :D
Thanks for the beautiful video, I'm happy for you that the roof is almost finished and the greenhouse is producing, I learned eating Koriander in India and never stopped. Keep up the good work. .
Oh India, the food are absolutely amazing there! Have a great week!
My husband thinks its tastes like salt aswell. (Sorry watching older vids cuz ....well i want too lol). But if you remove the leaves, and finely chop the stem, and start adding only the stems to food... (they are crispy and they dont have such a soapy flavor, more mild) then he will adjust. His taste picked up how fresh it is. Not soapy. After awhile of that, he will get a custom to coriander. Then u can use the whole plant! (I actually prefer mostly stem these days because it took my husband quiet some time to come around to the leaves, lol. But it still works)
wonderful little farm !!!!!!!!
Hurray!!!!~ The roof is up....Pretty soon you will be moving in.....I am very happy of both of you....Liuba
I wish ;D
Just started watching your videos a few weeks ago and really enjoy them. I agree with Mathias, coriander/cilantro taste just like soap. Terrible! I avoid eating it. Glad to see that the forest fires didn't affect your homestead.
Good to see that you are safe from the fires. The new house is looking great - maybe you will be undercover by winter? In England we would call what you are doing 'smallholding' - like a farm, but not as big and usually run by one family. I think your tomatoes need a high potash (potassium) feed to get good sized sweet fruits - my cucumbers doing well too!
Thank you! It would be the dream to have a ready house by winter but that will not be the case unfortunately, we both have a full-time job right now during the summer, besides all the daily chores at home, and there are always those small projects that show up and needs attention. :) We go slow and do a little here and there.Thank you for the tip on potassium, i will check on it tomorrow! Goodnight from our "smallholding" then :D /Tova
Wow..Mathias..you have some special socks or boots..you are walking like a spiderman....excellent job..the house the cabin will be very nice!
Recently watched a vid about a Fäbod and could easily see you two doing exactly the same with artisan cheese making and other crafts. Keep the dream, progress may seem slow but it is progress!
Thank you for your encouraging words, thats the big dream indeed. This weekend we actually did some cheese and some yoghurt, we will show a little of it in the next blog :) /Tova
I love pigs. We have 2 right now. Their names are Barbie and Cue. Get it?? I love fermented veggies, and also Kombucha. I make it all the time. If you make dilly beans and carrots they are soooo good! The summer of 2018 in Alberta Canada where I am was extremely dry as well. There was also a lot of forest fires. Our 2019 summer was a wet soggy mess, 54 days of rain out of 60. The average temperature was 16'c.
😂Good names!
I learned to love coriander from my husband's family recipes. He is from Morocco. We call it koosbara or cilantro in English. Yum, I eat it raw too.
that's right it is what is ..... you are doing great!
This was wonderful! It was nice to see all of your progress....the roof, new pigs, a fresh garden with a new recipe to try, and a solar panel! I am wondering how you charged all of your gadgets before getting the solar panel?
A car battery, I do believe.
My husband and I are the same in our coriander/cilantro tastes. I love it and he has the soap taste gene.
When I had pigs to raise I also had dairy goats (20+) and a milk cow. I milked them all by hand twice a day every day. I always fed the extra whole milk after taking some for house milk and bottle feeding some of the goat kids(no processing what so ever) to the pigs. From the day each litter was born I usually kept 2 or 3 to raise and until butchering time they were just shy of 6 months old and their hanging weight was always a bit over 230 pounds. The pork was the best I ever tasted, most likely due to all the milk and butter fat etc in the milk.I also had a very profilic garden and planted several extras for the pigs. I planted extra Zucchini, extra cucumbers, extra squashes, extra pumpkins etc (Pumpkin seeds are anatural anti parasitic and the pigs got a lot of tha)
I don't have my little farm any more and really miss all the goats, chickens, pigs, calves etc. I think that's one reason I've continued to watch all of your videos. I've been binge watching since I discovered your tube channel. I truly believe what you two young people are doing (getting back to basics) is absolutely spot on. I find myself Praying to some day have another farm where I can have a few animals again even if it's only chickens. Love your videos and the soft speaking you 2 do. It has seriously affected your animals in a great way. Take care and happy farm steading off the grid.
Tack för ännu en fin video. Ser lite farligt ut när Mathias skuttar runt på plåttaket. Hoppas ni får en fin skörd och kan göra mycket inläggningar!
Ja han är som en bergsget, jag håller mig på jorden helst jag! Har iaf kunnat gjort två gurkinläggningar men vi äter ju upp dem så snart de är klara, mer och större odlingar står på önskelistan! :D /Tova
I ‘m enjoying every video of yours.
I love coriander. In Southern California it is more commonly known by its Spanish name, "cilantro" (see-lawn-tro: accent on 2nd syllable) which is a staple in the wonderful Mexican and Asian cuisine that is offered to us. (It is also known as "Asian parsley")
In defense of Mathias, I believe it would also be a refreshing additive to soap...but there is no accounting for taste!!
I'm with Mathias - I like most herbs but I don't really like Coriander, but like most things I'm OK a weak flavour when it's mixed with other flavours.
I love Rosemary.
Yes, ejoyed watching again, thanks!
The pigs are great, little bit over reacting and drama queens :) This summer has been good for solar panels, lot of sun. The negative side has been the endless dryness. We just had finally rain yesterday but our well is empty for now and we had to get the water from the spring further. At least the rain filled couple barrels so we have water for animals, plants and washing for the becoming days.
Tova, you have very nice garden! It’s been good year for the cucumbers here too but somehow my tomatoes don’t blush at all too. Is it the poor watering or what? Now there is one finally coming, but this has been a wholly odd summer. All good for you two! ~Tessa
Drama queens :D (They are actually named after two older brothers in the village, so not drama queens!) The rains are here for real now, gone are the dryness and sadly also the warmth. It feels like summer are over :/
Thank you, I really love my garden but have sadly no "green fingers", my tomatoes are still mostly green, the chilis are green..i think i water good but maybe not..hmm. All the best! /Tova
We have wild fires here in Washington State, USA as well. It is a very sad situation. Hope yours are out soon.
I hope the wild fires have become tame by now, Here it has calmed down and the rains are here.
Cucumbers, brine,salt,sugar qarlic,onion refrigerate.bottle, cold2-3 weeks pickles yummy
if you place fish that you catch under the tomatoes it puts nitrogen into the soil and is very good for their growth.
You can caulk the nail holes with silicone caulk
You can use the skim Milk to bare bread with, instead of water.
Awesome roof work!
Nice pigs!
I like koriander. I heard people think parsley tastes like soap, never heard that about koriander. Although they do look similar, and are in the same family of plants.
Solar energy congratulations!
Awesome job guys. Keep it up. I love coriander also.
Thank you so much! Good to be in he Coriander club :D /Tova
Wonder if you could put handles on the roof in different places for future? 🤔
I have the coriander (cilantro) soap gene also. The first time I made salsa I thought I somehow got my dish soap in the batch and threw it all away. I think it is so odd that this plant has this effect on peoples taste buds. I have the same kind of thing with boxwood or juniper bushes. To most people they smell fresh and pine smell. To me they smell like cat pee. Love your vids!
perfect LIFE
I enjoy seeing the progress on the house. Will you be able to move into it before winter? There is also a website, I think it’s called “Greenhouse in the Snow,” that has great ideas on how to build a greenhouse that can grow plants in it even through the winter. The greenhouse is partly buried in the ground. I want to try and build one when I get onto my homestead. I’m still living in the city for now, saving money.
Unfortunately we will not move in this year, we have full-time jobs and thousand of projects that makes the process slow :) That sounds very interesting, will it need electricity to work? I hope you will get to live your dream soon! /Tova
pigs really like a good scratching 😆
Fires have been every where this year in Eastern Washington where we live in the USA. All of the states have had fires. I am so excited to see your home done so you can move in. What will you do with the old cabin . How will the installation be.
Im also excited though it will be a while before we can move in. We will have kitchen and living room downstairs and bedroom and storage upstairs. The old cabin will be for guests and my place to dry plants i think :D
I love cilantro (the leafy part of coriander - here in America) but my husband does not. All your animals are so healthy and lovely. Ha Ha, the pigs are so funny. The pickles looked amazing and I bet they tasted good! Pictures in those cookbooks are usually photo enhanced so don't mind how they look in reality.
Yes its so amazing, i can't actually understand why people dislike it :D The pickles are really good, made sauerkraut and fermented carrots the other day!
We call coriander (dry form) cilantro (leafy fresh). It tastes wonderful in dishes, but adding too much to a dish makes it taste like dish soap.
I wonder why its different names depending on if its dry or not, here its the same! :) I always have a lot of cilantro in my food, the more the merrier ;)
Talasbuan, Yes it is weird to have the two names. It was likely to save any confusion in a recipe that calls for one over the other.
Smart det där med att anpassa glesen efter hålen i plåten. 👍
Doing good 👍💝
LOVE YOUR VIDS THANK YOU
Thank you som much for watching! :)
I DO LOVE CORIANDER !
Coriander and Cilantro? Super SOAP flavor here! sorry to say - missing out on all those nutritional properties...luv your videos enough to do a Patreon...enjoy! and prosper.
gonna enjoy this vlog again, thanks guys ! Actually, not only, but partly, your vlog made us deside to move back to Sweden again, live there full time ! Next spring, its off to Smaland forgood (Y)
How lovely! Welcome back to sweden and Småland, you gonna farm? /Tova
thank you :) Farming ? yes, a little, just the vegetables.
I love your vlogs. Keep at it!!!
A new roof, cucumbers, and pigs...Congratulations!
So much to be happy over :D Have a great week! /Tova
Do you have a way to seal your canning jars? If so you might want to try this recipe for pickles.
Bread 'n' Butter Pickles
4 GREEN BELL PEPPERS, chopped
8 cups *PICKLING CUCUMBERS, referred to as English Pickles
unpeeled, thinly sliced horizontally 1/16 inch (1.59 cm)
(approximately one cucumber equals one cup)
2 cups ONIONS, diced
sprinkle all lightly with: PICKLING SALT (do not use table salt with iodine)
BASE: 2 cups CIDER VINEGAR
3 cups SUGAR
1 teaspoon ground CINNAMON
2 teaspoon powdered TURMERIC
2 teaspoon CELERY SEEDS
2 teaspoon MUSTARD SEEDS (or 1 teaspoon ground)
1) Combine first four ingredients, and let stand one hour in a colander to drain off liquid.
2) Combine BASE ingredients in huge pan, cover and bring to a boil.
3) Combine the first mixture with boiling BASE ingredients, cover, and simmer lively for 40 minutes.
ASSEMBLE JARS:
1) Place in boiled jars, remove bubbles with a wooden chop stick, (non-metal).
2) Wipe jar rim clear for a good seal. Seal jars. Remember everything hot in canning.
3) Place sealed jars back in canner and boil 10 minutes.
4) Remove each jar from water bath and place on a towel overnight to cool.
5) Refrigerate and eat any pickles from jars that did not seal.
Makes 9 half pint jars.
*See photos for correct cucumber: www.shutterstock.com/search/pickled+cucumbers