Dear Vivi, I am binge watching your channel as I have recently discovered you on UA-cam and I am in the middle of processing my tomatoes. You are a WONDER!!! I am simply amazed at your brilliant use of what you grow and how it sustains and nourishes you! I love your chats and I am awestruck at how you are able to do all of this! Bravo! Thank you for being such a refreshing person to listen and learn from! I am going to go watch more of your videos now!
It’s so incredible what a garden can give us. My lil freezer is stuffed and I adore adding something from the garden to our meals. You are so inspiring. Keep safe. Big hugs xxx
Doesn't that just make you feel wonderful? :). My garden isn't as productive as it should be, but I'm working on all the structural stuff his winter, so hopefully, my stash will all be my own. However, I'm a staunch believer in never doing a weekly shop! I go to a supermarket about 4 or five times a year. People think that means I buy loads of stuff, but I don't. It's just that, like you, I cook everything and I keep loads of dry goods. Btw, did you know you can get lentils and to sprout, so you can have the greens in a stirfry? I saw it somewhere and I was amazed. You must be sooooo proud of what you have achieved. You are such an icon for others on their own. Keep safe, lovely.
I love that you figure out how much you can use to make it last the time you need. You are free to use what you want but at least you are aware of what you are doing. That is so sensible. It is exactly what I would do . Good on you.
Congrats on a good harvest! Thanks for sharing your formula for figuring out how much you need on a weekly basis. Really interesting and helpful, not just for garden produce, but also for putting together a shopping list. Had beginner's luck (first real garden after retiring from 40 years as an educator) with tomatoes this year, and I estimate I have 3 to 4 months worth in the freezer to be used for pasta sauce and soups. Quite exciting! Thanks for the inspiration. :)
Yay, good on you lovely......now you've had this first year and seen what you can produce it will be a huge help in planning next year's garden. Have fun with it!
So interesting! And am so happy you have enough. Such a pity about the tomatoes, but lovely that you had extra from last year. Thank you for sharing. It gives a bit of a big picture overview. And it is very inspiring... I think I would love knowing that I have enough food and pantry items, spices and salt, oil..... to make it through the winter. It would be comforting. Sooo...🤞🏻🤞🏻☺️ we shall see! Have a lovely week, Vivi, and enjoy your cozy home. Best, Lynne
We have carrots, onions, potatoes, and apples stored in our garage now. Since we are near Canada in the mountains, the raised beds are all put to bed for the winter. Your garden is such a lovely green! The bath reno continues. I make a list of freezer and pantry contents, the write up my meal list. I plan my week from this list.
Yay good on you for meal planning like that....so economical, saves a load of waste.....and what could be lovelier than planning meals around your own saved produce. Yay!
@@WhatVivididnext Our small holiday meal was from freezer and pantry. The men kept saying how good it all was and ate lots of sprouts and matchstick carrots. I was shocked! Looks like a turkey cottage pie tomorrow for us. After our gym session, we can begin painting. So hard for me to get started since I dread painting at this point in life. I wish you were here to cheer me on!
Hiya Vivi nice to chat & visit with you today. Oh I made for the first time Colcannon, just potato, onion, & whatever greens you have I made mine with cabbage & spring onion. It was a hit with both myself & partner. Will be tweaking a bit, but was a belly warming dish. Weather over here is rainy & chilly so perfect time for soups stews etc. Unfortunately have not got my own harvest like yourself but do purchase from local farmers etc. Prices are on the rise over here food wise. Oh the bread that Richard made looked yummy. Blessings Luv Ontario Canada Thankyou for your time always appreciated. 🐝
Oooh, yes, Richard's loaf was super yummy! The colcannon you made sounds like a lovely warmer for these damp, chilly days we're getting now, good on you lovely.
Glad to see your freezers well stocked for winter. You pulled it off in spite of a few bumps along the way. Buy some chocolate, fruit and tomatoes, you’ve earned it. Congrats warrior Vivi! 🥫🍫
Lentils, pearl barley, rice and pasta...4 foody items I cannot live without!! I inherited *cough*😉 a bread maker yearsssss ago and I use it often, and along with my slow cookers they help so very much. I am an absolute carb freak, I'd be so much slimmer if I could knock them on the head...but...I can't...or won't🤣 I'll be 61 this coming week and old habits die hard lolol. Currently growing a huge amount of flat leaf parsley in a greenhouse bed, I'll have some of it, but it's mainly for my 2 bunnies😆😆 they are ELEVEN years old and my vet is astonished at their good health...I tell him " see, vegetarians DO live longer!!!"😜 x
Ooh, you've just reminded me to get some pearl barley.....I love it in soups! Yay for your gorgeous bunnies still rocking it in their old age....I love that!
Your plot is HUGE and so well planned for almost year round crop. And look how organized your freezers are! Congratulations on a job well done ~ especially considering your delays in starting up.
It is so interesting to see how you map out your meals and food needs over the next 7-8months. I have never done that. It would be a great exercise to do.
Thanks for showing us your food supplies. It must be a lovely feeling to know that your hard work has resulted in enough food to see you through so many months ahead with only a few shop bought items needed. I have started to cook larger batches so that I can freeze some homemade ready meals. Already have a drawer full of the courgette and potato soup and the butternut squash and pearl barley.
Cheers lovely.....it is a great relief to have good harvests after a rather tricky year! Ooooh, I love pearly barley.......I need to stock up on some.....I can't believe I forgot to mention it with the rice and lentils.
My local takeaway places use aluminium containers and cardboard lids. I use 500g spreadable butter/marg containers. You can only guarantee the stackablity of the same product, but they do last. I'm very pleased with my 'ready meals' this year. I've found Chetna's Food website and she has been using seasonal produce from her local market. I've got 2 lots of her 'sweetcorn and Peanut' curry. I used to just eat my sweetcorn fresh, this is the first time I've frozen it. I used cashew nuts as my local peanuts are flavoured, so not so frugal. I've also made her pickle spice aubergine curry, with my own aubergines, tomatoes, overwintering onions and garlic. The hassle of open freezing, then repacking in freezer bags, has reduced so much, I've run out of ready meal containers! I have frozen more meals in polybags this year! 4 large quiches, that's 4x7 portions, 1 Moussaka into 5 portions, frozen in it's cooking dish, then repackaged in 1 polythene bag. (I usually eat a portion hence the odd number frozen). Last year I made tomato sauces, but I'm using them in this year's meals. I prefer to freeze whole tomatoes, and put 1 or 2 frozen into a stew or stir fry as I cook. The stir fry becomes a pasta sauce with any fresh kale or beans or courgettes available at the time. I'm afraid I tend to grow veg that is expensive, rather than staples, or that is so poor in the shops. When did you last eat a ripe plum? I buy little onions, but pick 1 portion of brussel sprouts, a hand full of green beans, a couple of celery stalks, some chard leaves, fresh from the garden, for each meal as I need it. The supermarket packets contain so many portions, a single person is always eating tired produce. I want to grow asparagus which should fill some hungry gap, but quite a long-term investment. I need to research your dried bean recipes, I didn't like the butter beans my Mum used to extend minced beef. I have frozen fresh whole runner beans at your suggestion, but they were the pink, speckled ones so they turn things brown. I've got 'white lady' seeds for next year, much tastier as green beans, and the white beans shouldn't colour soups etc. Thanks for the interesting video. 👍
That was a pretty good turnout considering the ups and downs this year! Thus was a clever way to show folks how far things can stretch and how to track usage as well. You're a good teacher, Vivi!
Had to watch between editing (my channel) and a live (my partner's - cooking the food we harvested) but I told him I just had to make time for your video. He doesn't understand my passion for frugality, eating seasonally, pantry husbandry... But he does appreciate our allotment and he sneaks into the room when I watch your videos 😉 I think he may just be a tiny bit inspired, too, even though he tells me I should work on our plot instead of watching others work, i.e. Vivi, Richard&Paul etc. 😉 You did great - especially with the way this year has been, both personally for you and where the weather is concerned! You're going to eat well! Cheers, Rebekka
So glad your inventory turned out so well! Wasn’t a good year for many of us. I haven’t completed my inventory but I think I got more than I thought. Made your courgette soup yesterday- it’s become a staple for me.
I love hearing that other folk are happy with their harvests too, yay! Oooh, so glad you enjoy the courgette soup.....such a fab quickie to make and so yummy.
Congratulations great video as usual Vivi. It's late spring here in Australia and to be quite honest it's been cold. I do however have some tomatoes growing already but the b cabbage white butterflies have been attacking the leaves and injecting all their eggs everywhere which was driving me nuts, the tiny tiny caterpillars were eating the leaves then I remembered something I'd read long ago. Cabbage white are very territorial so if you tie a bit of white tissue or plastic bag on to a long piece of string and let it blow in the breeze it really does look like the butterflies. So far I haven't seen any this morning so wish me luck : )
Angela U Will you give us an update on your white flag experiment? I'm in Wisconsin in the US, and I had the cabbage butterflies as well in the summer this year. I'm curious to see if it helps!
@@mrssomuchmore7193 Well would you believe it ? the butterflies came, looked and left : ) Genius! The back story to this was a book called "One Magic Square" by Lolo Holbein who lived in Holland during WW2 when the Germans occupied her country and the population was starving so they had to come up with clever ideas to outwit as many insect pests as possible. It's a lovely little book and her "one magic square" refers to what you would grow in the allotted area eg if you like pizza then you grow whatever you like to put on said pizza. Good luck next year!
I hope it warms up a bit for you soon (but not too hot!) Ooh, the white flapping tissue idea sounds great.......fingers crossed it keeps doing the trick......keep us posted please!
Now I discovered your video at the right time. I just got my bread out of the oven and can now devote myself to you and your video in peace. So here I am one more time. Would you have ever thought that after all these many stumbling blocks that were put in your way this year, the result would look so wonderful? Of course, thanks also to the great effort and work that you put in. I think your pantry is well stocked. The winter can come.
@@WhatVivididnext It won't be touched on until tomorrow. I always let it cool overnight, keep some to eat fresh and the rest is frozen in portions. It tastes very good.
Great video, Thanks! It is so encouraging to see how much food we can grow in a small space. Especially in these crazy times we are living now. It is all doable if we just try :) Thanks Vivi
Wow! I'm super impressed! Here in Ohio where I live, the winter freezes everything. It would be great to harvest some fresh greens in the winter. I'm vegetarian too, so growing my own food when I can is great. I live in a townhouse, so it's container gardening for me.
Great video Vivi! And what a relief to know you have lovely homegrown goodies to eat. Food prices are through the roof here, leading up to Christmas, and I am so grateful for your inspiration to keep going. For some weird reason, salad stuff (leaves, cucumbers, etc) is particularly expensive this year over here, and it is lovely to just pick some before dinner instead! My tomatoes are just starting to colour and I can't wait for that first yummiest of bites into a lovely fresh one! Thank you again for sharing your life and positive approach with us 🤗
@@WhatVivididnext We will have Royal Baked Beans on Toast when you come over... basically just Baked Beans on Toast though we'll put a picture of the Queen on the table too. 👍
Love that kind of USEFUL gift! Most of us have more "stuff" than we could ever need or want but seeing Christmas as an opportunity to give loved ones things that will help them to live ethically, healthily and within budget is a wonderful idea. Also, your friendship and your understanding of each other, is a beautiful thing ❤
Well done. Being early summer here I am still planting. Have taken on board the need to plant beans. Still have to plant peppers and more tomatoes. Still to add guava moth and codling moth traps to protect my plants. Have a great week.
Start buying your tinned tomatoes as they have started going up. Love your videos. I used to be like you unfortunately now I am in my 70s and after covid I have t been able for the last 20 months
Oh I'm so sorry to hear that you were hit with the virus and are still struggling....that must feel so frustrating for you.......but good on you for buying your tins and making the most.
That is a staggeringly good pile of stuff Vivi. You probably just need olive oil, spices, rice, pasta and a few stock cubes to survive any armageddon. Did you have any garlic or carrots stashed? Deeply impressed by that lot - well done.
Thank you lovely....as mentioned in the video the garlic mostly rotted and the few that didn't have been replanted for next year. No carrots, gutted.....not a single one germinated.....
I'm watching your channel so hopefully it will help you out a little bit. I enjoy your chatter while I walk, it's calming and no doom and gloom which is refreshing. I do love your produce that you grew yourself, so beautiful!!
Wonderful pantry Vivi, good for you lady! Some years are better than others with certain things, where one thing was short a bounty is in another. Adventures in cooking await! 👍
Hi Vivi , all things considered with the weather and year you’ve had the plot produced quite well , pity the carrots were a no show , hopefully next year they’ll produce for you . Enjoy the fruits of your labour now 😁
Thanks for the video I really enjoy your channel watching it now do you have much fruit in your diet. I come from Australia and we eat a lot of fruit summer and winter. You do inspire me to get more gardening done. 😃
Very little fruit....normally I would forage for briar fruits all summer but this year I didn't have the time.....I also gather windfall apples whenever possible. I miss oranges!
I love using pearl barley instead of rice... It also absorbs flavour if it's cooked in veg stock or tomato puree... and is lovely in a stir fry with onion garlic, grated carrot and pepper yum... and bulgur wheat is the same.... yum. .... and I'm not vegetarian!! hehehe
Lovely Vivi, how very interesting. When I think what I buy 😱my goodness. Can I ask Vivi do you have bread or milk? I know you occasionally treat yourself to some cheese😉I love your courgette and potato soup, I have some in the freezer at the moment…..Mmm🤔 might be tomorrow’s lunch. Ooo lovely lavender chat😻🙏❤️
I never buy milk and only rarely a bit of bread......I love sourdough for slathering my broad bean dip on......or a bit of crusty French to have with soup......mmmmm. 😊
Another lovely video. Thank you. Nothing like homegrown veg.. you have done really well... my deep freeze is an essential for me... Cheers from Australia. 🥰🐨 ( would love more of your soup recipes) x
Cheers lovely.....and happy summer to you! Hahaha....I just counted up how many soup videos there are......13 so far.....I need to invent a few more. 😊
Fantastic! You do so well growing your own. Do you plan to do any dehydrating or pressure canning in the future? We did get our makeshift high tunnel in before the snow flies and all that is in there now, is cilantro that came up on its own, stray garlic and Swiss chard all in small amounts. January is usually a deep freeze out there but the covered beds will allow me an early Spring planting.
Yay for getting the tunnel up and those lovely wee bits growing in spite of the snow. 😊 No plans for dehydrating or pressure canning.......partly it's a space issue. 😉
@@WhatVivididnext I understand the struggle for storage. Our home is under 900 sq. ft. and we raised 4 children here! Dehydrating has actually saved me space but many things just take too long for me. On day 3 of my apple dehydrating extravaganza I called it quits. Bell peppers too. Must consider cost of electricity.
Great winter stock there Vivi! Do you treat yourself to some fresh fruit occasionally? I always have an orange and an apple every day and a sneaky square of organic dark chocolate for my sweet tooth fetish!!
wonderful, do you dehydrate anything? My onions, leek and garlic failed this year and blight cut tomatoes down early. you have inspired me to take stock and look to successes. Your hard work this year after your loss has paid back in bountiful produce.
Fingers crossed for your parsnips. Mine look very weedy this year but I dug my first few the other day and, while not exactly prize winning, they were very useable sizes.
@@WhatVivididnext Ah yes, I'd forgotten about that. And I forgot to thin mine at all - for the second year running! I'm amazed mine weren't all tiddlers.
@@WhatVivididnext I know there are struggles and challenges but I would love to live like you, or as like you as I could manage. I try to eat whole food plant based as much as I can but it's a work in progress!
I'm watching your channel and letting the ads run so hopefully it will help you out a little bit, it's not much but at the moment it's what I can do for you. Love your produce!!
That was a great video Vivi, who would have thought you could grow so much of your own food in London? I am so impressed. I am about to retire on ill health grounds from the NHS and you have inspired me again! I could grow so much more of my own food in my tiny urban garden. All the produce you mentioned are the things I eat regularly. If all of us who could do this did so we would be healthier, animals would suffer less and the world would be in a much better state. Slowly changing the world,plant by plant! Thank you ❤️
Your videos are so inspiring Vivi and I truly appreciate all the time and effort it takes to produce them. Are you set as far as growing certain varieties of squashes? I'm zone 3B and for 5 years now i've grown an heirloom variety called Algonquin squash. They are so prolific I simply can't believe it! You can see why the First Nations people grew them to survive on. They taste fantastic and I've used them over all our other varieties (even my beloved butternut). They've grown in almost every condition too! With the exception to one year we had a sudden cold snap -25C and they kinda froze on the vine. I'm able to grow 6 per vine sometimes more but I find 6 is the magic number for size. If you're interested I'd send seeds, thought I would ask incase you were interested.
Aww, thank you lovely....I haven't thought that far ahead yet but I think I do have enough squash seed for next year already in my tin....but thank you so much for thinking of me. X
I've done a number of videos on the subject...they're all in the playlist called 'In the Kitchen'....check out 'A day of food from the garden in summer' (ditto there's a winter one)....and 'winter meals for 15p'......and then this one more recently: ua-cam.com/video/PTjMS5Xh2zc/v-deo.html
Great video again, Vivi. No carrots this year? Or did I miss something? I sure wish that we could grow decent brassicas, but its been so wet, the slugs got them, and when it dried a bit, the cabbage butterflies were busy.....and we all know what they do best.
I found making a "stinky tea" to spray on the brassicas (and gooseberries and currants) helps get rid of them. Take a bunch of stinky herbs - cilantro, sage, dill, rosemary, mint... cut them up roughly and put them in a jar with water for a few days. When done, strain them out and put in a spray bottle. Spray on veggies liberally and reapply after a rain. I keep it in the fridge when not using. They really don't like dill but mix it up good.
Oops I was going to repeat the trick of tying a small piece of white tissue or plastic bag on a piece of string and let it flutter in the breeze - looks like the cabbage white butterflies and keeps them (the real ones) away because they are very territorial.
It’s interesting to see how you store your produce. It’s especially interesting because you are vegetarian so that’s different to me and my family where we eat meat. Are freezers like that common over there? I’ve never seen a small short freezer like that. I’ve seen a mini fridge that is that basic shape but it’s a fridge not a freezer. I’ve also never heard of being able to switch the side the door is attached to.
I have lots of questions. How cold is your winters get for your vegetables to stay all winter? What is the cardboard laying on the ground for? And what is your typical temperature in your shed for storing those vegetables?
We don't often get much below 0c.....and certainly not prolonged freezes so all the brassicas are hardy for or winters here. The shed doesn't generally get below freezing.....but if it looks like it may I will rescue all the produce and bring it home. Ahh, re the cardboard.....this explains it: ua-cam.com/video/dYr2Zkor_pM/v-deo.html
Sue H, did you have luck storing them long term? I tried storing several of my last crop and they started developing a spider-webby kind of fuzzy threads growing all over them that I assume was mold.
@@stormyweather2807 hi Stormy, yea mine are perfect since june..my tip is to store them in a dry place, if it's humid, they'll go bad. Mine store for a year till next june!!
Any tips on how to store 🥔🥕 root veg etc? I've bought a hessian brown bag and put it in my cold garage and tried the trick of putting 🍏 in with my spuds but they still sprout very quick. I also notice my carrots starting to go soft and wrinkly within days of buying them? Its not realistic to keep them in a fridge and realistically u shouldn't have to!! 🥔🥕 etc my dad grew and dug up from our garden years ago stayed fine for weeks with far less faffing about!!
I always store my spuds in thick paper bags......to exclude the light, and keep them somewhere cold. I think the hessian bags are letting in too much light and triggering them to sprout. Ask at your local greengrocers or chip shop for their old potato sacks (paper). Re the carrots....hmm....not sure as I have always 'stored' mine in the soil, ie, I only dig them up when I need them so the rest stay in the ground and fresh. Old school gardeners would dig up their carrots and lay them in crates of damp sand and leave in a cold place.......might be worth trying as you have the cold garage? Good luck.
@@WhatVivididnext thanks for the tips will give them a go!! I dont have a garden as due ro health issues I wouldn't be able to maintain one. Ur produce looks fab BTW can't get over the size of ur pumpkins and beans!!
Hi Vivi. I am so impressed by you and how self sufficient you are. Just a question, don´t you get mice in your shed? I have a battle here - my cat is too lazy, so I have mousetraps all around my car, one of those little bastards was eating away on the back seat of my car! 😣
Ugh to the pesky mice!!!! I have had them in the past......they nibbled my fleeces to pieces! But I haven't had issues with them scoffing my food....thank goodness!
Yes, I buy olive oil.....generally a big can of it to last for a few months. I hardly ever eat bread but do occasionally buy loaf.......love it with soup. 😊
Dear Vivi,
I am binge watching your channel as I have recently discovered you on UA-cam and I am in the middle of processing my tomatoes. You are a WONDER!!! I am simply amazed at your brilliant use of what you grow and how it sustains and nourishes you! I love your chats and I am awestruck at how you are able to do all of this! Bravo! Thank you for being such a refreshing person to listen and learn from! I am going to go watch more of your videos now!
Oh my goodness Ginger, thank you SO much for your wonderfully kind and encouraging words.......and a very warm welcome to you here. 😀
It’s so incredible what a garden can give us. My lil freezer is stuffed and I adore adding something from the garden to our meals. You are so inspiring. Keep safe. Big hugs xxx
Yay! Good on you lovely.
Doesn't that just make you feel wonderful? :). My garden isn't as productive as it should be, but I'm working on all the structural stuff his winter, so hopefully, my stash will all be my own. However, I'm a staunch believer in never doing a weekly shop! I go to a supermarket about 4 or five times a year. People think that means I buy loads of stuff, but I don't. It's just that, like you, I cook everything and I keep loads of dry goods. Btw, did you know you can get lentils and to sprout, so you can have the greens in a stirfry? I saw it somewhere and I was amazed. You must be sooooo proud of what you have achieved. You are such an icon for others on their own. Keep safe, lovely.
Yay, good on you lovely...and all that structural work etc in the garden this winter will get you off to a flying start next spring - perfect!
I love that you figure out how much you can use to make it last the time you need. You are free to use what you want but at least you are aware of what you are doing. That is so sensible. It is exactly what I would do . Good on you.
Thank you lovely.
Congrats on a good harvest! Thanks for sharing your formula for figuring out how much you need on a weekly basis. Really interesting and helpful, not just for garden produce, but also for putting together a shopping list. Had beginner's luck (first real garden after retiring from 40 years as an educator) with tomatoes this year, and I estimate I have 3 to 4 months worth in the freezer to be used for pasta sauce and soups. Quite exciting! Thanks for the inspiration. :)
Yay, good on you lovely......now you've had this first year and seen what you can produce it will be a huge help in planning next year's garden. Have fun with it!
So interesting! And am so happy you have enough. Such a pity about the tomatoes, but lovely that you had extra from last year. Thank you for sharing. It gives a bit of a big picture overview. And it is very inspiring... I think I would love knowing that I have enough food and pantry items, spices and salt, oil..... to make it through the winter. It would be comforting. Sooo...🤞🏻🤞🏻☺️ we shall see! Have a lovely week, Vivi, and enjoy your cozy home. Best, Lynne
Thank you so much lovely.
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You are a fantastic guide to what can be achieved.xxxx🐝
Oh thank you so much Linda, I really appreciate that.
We have carrots, onions, potatoes, and apples stored in our garage now. Since we are near Canada in the mountains, the raised beds are all put to bed for the winter. Your garden is such a lovely green! The bath reno continues. I make a list of freezer and pantry contents, the write up my meal list. I plan my week from this list.
Yay good on you for meal planning like that....so economical, saves a load of waste.....and what could be lovelier than planning meals around your own saved produce. Yay!
@@WhatVivididnext Our small holiday meal was from freezer and pantry. The men kept saying how good it all was and ate lots of sprouts and matchstick carrots. I was shocked! Looks like a turkey cottage pie tomorrow for us. After our gym session, we can begin painting. So hard for me to get started since I dread painting at this point in life. I wish you were here to cheer me on!
Hiya Vivi nice to chat & visit with you today. Oh I made for the first time Colcannon, just potato, onion, & whatever greens you have I made mine with cabbage & spring onion. It was a hit with both myself & partner. Will be tweaking a bit, but was a belly warming dish. Weather over here is rainy & chilly so perfect time for soups stews etc. Unfortunately have not got my own harvest like yourself but do purchase from local farmers etc. Prices are on the rise over here food wise. Oh the bread that Richard made looked yummy. Blessings Luv Ontario Canada Thankyou for your time always appreciated. 🐝
Oooh, yes, Richard's loaf was super yummy! The colcannon you made sounds like a lovely warmer for these damp, chilly days we're getting now, good on you lovely.
Glad to see your freezers well stocked for winter. You pulled it off in spite of a few bumps along the way. Buy some chocolate, fruit and tomatoes, you’ve earned it. Congrats warrior Vivi! 🥫🍫
Ooooh, yes, that's my kind of shopping list! Cheers lovely. 😁
Lentils, pearl barley, rice and pasta...4 foody items I cannot live without!! I inherited *cough*😉 a bread maker yearsssss ago and I use it often, and along with my slow cookers they help so very much. I am an absolute carb freak, I'd be so much slimmer if I could knock them on the head...but...I can't...or won't🤣 I'll be 61 this coming week and old habits die hard lolol. Currently growing a huge amount of flat leaf parsley in a greenhouse bed, I'll have some of it, but it's mainly for my 2 bunnies😆😆 they are ELEVEN years old and my vet is astonished at their good health...I tell him " see, vegetarians DO live longer!!!"😜 x
Ooh, you've just reminded me to get some pearl barley.....I love it in soups! Yay for your gorgeous bunnies still rocking it in their old age....I love that!
Your plot is HUGE and so well planned for almost year round crop. And look how organized your freezers are! Congratulations on a job well done ~ especially considering your delays in starting up.
Aww, thank you Lois....I'm delighted with how well things turned out.
It is so interesting to see how you map out your meals and food needs over the next 7-8months. I have never done that. It would be a great exercise to do.
It's well worth thinking about....it certainly helps me when it comes to planning the garden each year.
Looks like you’re fully stocked for the year ahead, well done! Also glad to see that the last of your cold seems to be all gone 😊
Thank you lovely. 😊
Thanks for showing us your food supplies. It must be a lovely feeling to know that your hard work has resulted in enough food to see you through so many months ahead with only a few shop bought items needed. I have started to cook larger batches so that I can freeze some homemade ready meals. Already have a drawer full of the courgette and potato soup and the butternut squash and pearl barley.
Cheers lovely.....it is a great relief to have good harvests after a rather tricky year! Ooooh, I love pearly barley.......I need to stock up on some.....I can't believe I forgot to mention it with the rice and lentils.
My local takeaway places use aluminium containers and cardboard lids. I use 500g spreadable butter/marg containers. You can only guarantee the stackablity of the same product, but they do last. I'm very pleased with my 'ready meals' this year. I've found Chetna's Food website and she has been using seasonal produce from her local market. I've got 2 lots of her 'sweetcorn and Peanut' curry. I used to just eat my sweetcorn fresh, this is the first time I've frozen it. I used cashew nuts as my local peanuts are flavoured, so not so frugal. I've also made her pickle spice aubergine curry, with my own aubergines, tomatoes, overwintering onions and garlic. The hassle of open freezing, then repacking in freezer bags, has reduced so much, I've run out of ready meal containers! I have frozen more meals in polybags this year! 4 large quiches, that's 4x7 portions, 1 Moussaka into 5 portions, frozen in it's cooking dish, then repackaged in 1 polythene bag. (I usually eat a portion hence the odd number frozen). Last year I made tomato sauces, but I'm using them in this year's meals. I prefer to freeze whole tomatoes, and put 1 or 2 frozen into a stew or stir fry as I cook. The stir fry becomes a pasta sauce with any fresh kale or beans or courgettes available at the time.
I'm afraid I tend to grow veg that is expensive, rather than staples, or that is so poor in the shops. When did you last eat a ripe plum? I buy little onions, but pick 1 portion of brussel sprouts, a hand full of green beans, a couple of celery stalks, some chard leaves, fresh from the garden, for each meal as I need it. The supermarket packets contain so many portions, a single person is always eating tired produce. I want to grow asparagus which should fill some hungry gap, but quite a long-term investment. I need to research your dried bean recipes, I didn't like the butter beans my Mum used to extend minced beef. I have frozen fresh whole runner beans at your suggestion, but they were the pink, speckled ones so they turn things brown. I've got 'white lady' seeds for next year, much tastier as green beans, and the white beans shouldn't colour soups etc. Thanks for the interesting video. 👍
Ooooh, you've been busy....what fabulous produce and meals!!! Good on you lovely.....enjoy!
Brilliant garden haul Vivi, especially given the year you had! Well done! X
Thank you Diana, I'm so pleased to get such lovely harvests after all. 😊
Vivi! What a wonderful harvest pantry you have!!! I'm so impressed with all that squash, ymmmmmy
Thank you so much lovely.....I'm mightyly relieved!
Thanks Vivi. I always enjoy your pantry/kitchen videos that explain how you use what you grow. Endlessly interesting.
Oh thank you so much Indira, I really appreciate this.
I always love when you do these videos! Thanks 😊
Awww, thank you Sandra.
That was a pretty good turnout considering the ups and downs this year! Thus was a clever way to show folks how far things can stretch and how to track usage as well. You're a good teacher, Vivi!
Awww, thank you lovely....and I'm delighted (and relieved) by how the harvests turned out in the end. 😊
Had to watch between editing (my channel) and a live (my partner's - cooking the food we harvested) but I told him I just had to make time for your video. He doesn't understand my passion for frugality, eating seasonally, pantry husbandry... But he does appreciate our allotment and he sneaks into the room when I watch your videos 😉 I think he may just be a tiny bit inspired, too, even though he tells me I should work on our plot instead of watching others work, i.e. Vivi, Richard&Paul etc. 😉
You did great - especially with the way this year has been, both personally for you and where the weather is concerned! You're going to eat well!
Cheers, Rebekka
Pantry husbandry... what a lovely phrase. I must remember that. That must be what I do.
Awww, cheers lovely....I'm just so pleased and relieved with how the harvests worked out - phew! 😊
So glad your inventory turned out so well! Wasn’t a good year for many of us. I haven’t completed my inventory but I think I got more than I thought. Made your courgette soup yesterday- it’s become a staple for me.
I love hearing that other folk are happy with their harvests too, yay! Oooh, so glad you enjoy the courgette soup.....such a fab quickie to make and so yummy.
Hello Vivi, Your kitchen is showing how well you did with your plot this season, (tomato blight aside) what a blessing! 👍🏼😉💗💗💗
Oh my goodness, I feel so happy and grateful for what I harvested this year - phew! 😊
Congratulations great video as usual Vivi.
It's late spring here in Australia and to be quite honest it's been cold. I do however have some tomatoes growing already but the b cabbage white butterflies have been attacking the leaves and injecting all their eggs everywhere which was driving me nuts, the tiny tiny caterpillars were eating the leaves then I remembered something I'd read long ago. Cabbage white are very territorial so if you tie a bit of white tissue or plastic bag on to a long piece of string and let it blow in the breeze it really does look like the butterflies. So far I haven't seen any this morning so wish me luck : )
Angela U Will you give us an update on your white flag experiment? I'm in Wisconsin in the US, and I had the cabbage butterflies as well in the summer this year. I'm curious to see if it helps!
@@mrssomuchmore7193 Well would you believe it ? the butterflies came, looked and left : ) Genius!
The back story to this was a book called "One Magic Square" by Lolo Holbein who lived in Holland during WW2 when the Germans occupied her country and the population was starving so they had to come up with clever ideas to outwit as many insect pests as possible. It's a lovely little book and her "one magic square" refers to what you would grow in the allotted area eg if you like pizza then you grow whatever you like to put on said pizza.
Good luck next year!
I hope it warms up a bit for you soon (but not too hot!) Ooh, the white flapping tissue idea sounds great.......fingers crossed it keeps doing the trick......keep us posted please!
Thanks for the pantry tour. . I'd be very interested in a what I ate in a day/week xx
Have a go at keeping a food diary......especially useful when planning a veg garden. 😊
Thank you vivvi for sharing xxxx
Thank you lovely.
Now I discovered your video at the right time.
I just got my bread out of the oven and can now devote myself to you and your video in peace.
So here I am one more time.
Would you have ever thought that after all these many stumbling blocks that were put in your way this year, the result would look so wonderful? Of course, thanks also to the great effort and work that you put in.
I think your pantry is well stocked. The winter can come.
Oooooh, your place must be smelling delicious! Happy scoffing later...
@@WhatVivididnext It won't be touched on until tomorrow. I always let it cool overnight, keep some to eat fresh and the rest is frozen in portions. It tastes very good.
Great video, Thanks!
It is so encouraging to see how much food we can grow in a small space. Especially in these crazy times we are living now. It is all doable if we just try :)
Thanks Vivi
Absolutely! Cheers lovely.
Wow! I'm super impressed! Here in Ohio where I live, the winter freezes everything. It would be great to harvest some fresh greens in the winter. I'm vegetarian too, so growing my own food when I can is great. I live in a townhouse, so it's container gardening for me.
Yay, good on you for growing what you can in your space...every bit of homegrown helps! I'm so glad for my mild climate enabling winter growing..... 😊
Huge respect Vivi! Most of my meals I cook from scratch too but I can’t go without my sweets.
Hahaha....I hear you.......I do occasionally crave chocolate......and apples!
enjoyable video vivi
Thank you Steven.
Great video Vivi! And what a relief to know you have lovely homegrown goodies to eat. Food prices are through the roof here, leading up to Christmas, and I am so grateful for your inspiration to keep going. For some weird reason, salad stuff (leaves, cucumbers, etc) is particularly expensive this year over here, and it is lovely to just pick some before dinner instead! My tomatoes are just starting to colour and I can't wait for that first yummiest of bites into a lovely fresh one! Thank you again for sharing your life and positive approach with us 🤗
Ooooh, yes, that first bite of the first fresh tomato in months!!!!! It's a glorious moment....one of my favourite each year. Enjoy yours! 😁
Magnificent job, Vivi ! Hope you will share some of your delicious recipes with us all. Yum yum yum 😋!
Cheers lovely.....there's a whole load of recipes in my 'In the Kitchen' playlist. 😊
Good video 👩🌾,see you on the next video.
Thank you Caroline.
I am so buying you another tin of emergency rations for Christmas! 🤗 What Vivi did next... The Success Garden. 👍
Hahaha - cheers lovely......I do love a baked beans on toast moment! 😉
@@WhatVivididnext We will have Royal Baked Beans on Toast when you come over... basically just Baked Beans on Toast though we'll put a picture of the Queen on the table too. 👍
@@paulsavident Cheesy beanos for a special occasion!
Love that kind of USEFUL gift! Most of us have more "stuff" than we could ever need or want but seeing Christmas as an opportunity to give loved ones things that will help them to live ethically, healthily and within budget is a wonderful idea. Also, your friendship and your understanding of each other, is a beautiful thing ❤
@@janegoodfellow1529 😁
Well done.
Being early summer here I am still planting. Have taken on board the need to plant beans.
Still have to plant peppers and more tomatoes.
Still to add guava moth and codling moth traps to protect my plants.
Have a great week.
Yay, happy planting lovely. 😊
Start buying your tinned tomatoes as they have started going up. Love your videos. I used to be like you unfortunately now I am in my 70s and after covid I have t been able for the last 20 months
Oh I'm so sorry to hear that you were hit with the virus and are still struggling....that must feel so frustrating for you.......but good on you for buying your tins and making the most.
Love your videos ViVi’s, especially your frugal tips…and your recipes, definitely will binge watch your playlists. Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼❣️
Oh, thank you so much Maryanne. 😊
Vivi what a lovely video
You should be so proud of yourself
You are an amazing lady I admire you
Take care vivi xx🫑🥦🥬🌽
Aww, thank you so much Paula, I so appreciate this.
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That is a staggeringly good pile of stuff Vivi. You probably just need olive oil, spices, rice, pasta and a few stock cubes to survive any armageddon. Did you have any garlic or carrots stashed? Deeply impressed by that lot - well done.
Thank you lovely....as mentioned in the video the garlic mostly rotted and the few that didn't have been replanted for next year. No carrots, gutted.....not a single one germinated.....
Great video again Vivi it’s nice to see your food supplies. Heather
Cheers lovely.
I'm watching your channel so hopefully it will help you out a little bit. I enjoy your chatter while I walk, it's calming and no doom and gloom which is refreshing. I do love your produce that you grew yourself, so beautiful!!
Awww, thank you so much lovely.
I really enjoyed this your very resourceful
Thank you so much Karen.
Well done Vivi! So glad it all came good in the end after all the ups and downs, delays and munchy creatures eating stuff x
Thank you so much lovely......I am heartily relieved! 😊
Thanx for the stock take update... love it!!! My goodness you have been working hard👍👌💜💙
Yay! Cheers lovely.
Your pantry is filled up nicely 👍
Yay! I'm so pleased with how the harvests turned out after a bit of a dodgy year!
Lots of goof grub there Vivi - and you are so clever with it.
Yay, cheers lovely! I won't starve. 😉
Great video Vivi. Have a wonderful week.
Thank you so much, you too!
Wonderful pantry Vivi, good for you lady! Some years are better than others with certain things, where one thing was short a bounty is in another. Adventures in cooking await! 👍
Exactly! No carrots and less tomatoes this year....but lovely squash and the best bean harvest in quite a few years. I'm so happy with it all.
Hi Vivi , all things considered with the weather and year you’ve had the plot produced quite well , pity the carrots were a no show , hopefully next year they’ll produce for you . Enjoy the fruits of your labour now 😁
Thank you lovely. Ach, yes, the carrots were such a disappointment........fingers firmly crossed for next year!
It's amazing how much food you grow in your small garden! Bon A Petit!
Thank you lovely....I'm delighted with it all this year especially. 😊
I love soup but my husband is not as big a fan. I need to start collecting square containers to make it easier to store leftover soup for me.
The little take-away food tubs are great as they stack in there so easily. 😊
Thanks for the video I really enjoy your channel watching it now do you have much fruit in your diet. I come from Australia and we eat a lot of fruit summer and winter. You do inspire me to get more gardening done. 😃
Very little fruit....normally I would forage for briar fruits all summer but this year I didn't have the time.....I also gather windfall apples whenever possible. I miss oranges!
I love using pearl barley instead of rice... It also absorbs flavour if it's cooked in veg stock or tomato puree... and is lovely in a stir fry with onion garlic, grated carrot and pepper yum... and bulgur wheat is the same.... yum. .... and I'm not vegetarian!! hehehe
Oooooh, you have mentioned pearl barley too......I totally forgot to mention it......and to buy some......I love it too!
Ooh fabulous stockpile. Loads of yumminess. So impressed 👏
Cheers lovely. 😊
Awesome job Vivi!
Thank you lovely! 😊
I loved your fox pillow. Here in the U.S. anything with fox’s are a big hit.
It's adorable isn't it........I made a pattern from it but haven't got round to making any yet. 😊
Lovely Vivi, how very interesting. When I think what I buy 😱my goodness. Can I ask Vivi do you have bread or milk? I know you occasionally treat yourself to some cheese😉I love your courgette and potato soup, I have some in the freezer at the moment…..Mmm🤔 might be tomorrow’s lunch. Ooo lovely lavender chat😻🙏❤️
I never buy milk and only rarely a bit of bread......I love sourdough for slathering my broad bean dip on......or a bit of crusty French to have with soup......mmmmm. 😊
The courgettes last several months in a cool location.
That's great to know.......and takes a bit of pressure off freezer space. 😊
Hi vivi, i’d love to see a menu plan. 😊
I've never made one as such........it tends to be meals from whatever I have in season in the garden.....or whatever I have stored. 😊
Another lovely video. Thank you. Nothing like homegrown veg.. you have done really well... my deep freeze is an essential for me... Cheers from Australia. 🥰🐨 ( would love more of your soup recipes) x
Cheers lovely.....and happy summer to you! Hahaha....I just counted up how many soup videos there are......13 so far.....I need to invent a few more. 😊
Fantastic! You do so well growing your own. Do you plan to do any dehydrating or pressure canning in the future?
We did get our makeshift high tunnel in before the snow flies and all that is in there now, is cilantro that came up on its own, stray garlic and Swiss chard all in small amounts. January is usually a deep freeze out there but the covered beds will allow me an early Spring planting.
Yay for getting the tunnel up and those lovely wee bits growing in spite of the snow. 😊 No plans for dehydrating or pressure canning.......partly it's a space issue. 😉
@@WhatVivididnext I understand the struggle for storage. Our home is under 900 sq. ft. and we raised 4 children here! Dehydrating has actually saved me space but many things just take too long for me. On day 3 of my apple dehydrating extravaganza I called it quits. Bell peppers too. Must consider cost of electricity.
Fantastic achievement especially considering how rough your year was!
Thank you lovely....I must say it's a relief!
Lovely pantry, inspiring to see that this can be done ☺️
Thank you so much Darlene, yay, it really can be done. 😊
Great winter stock there Vivi! Do you treat yourself to some fresh fruit occasionally? I always have an orange and an apple every day and a sneaky square of organic dark chocolate for my sweet tooth fetish!!
I do, occasionally, yes......oooh, those satsumas last Christmas....deeeelish!
Yay! Happy days Vivi 😀😋
Cheers lovely! 😁
wonderful, do you dehydrate anything? My onions, leek and garlic failed this year and blight cut tomatoes down early. you have inspired me to take stock and look to successes. Your hard work this year after your loss has paid back in bountiful produce.
Thank you so much Shar. No, I don't dehydrate anything but do like produce that stores with very little help like the squash and dried beans. 😊
Good on you.
Cheers Mary.
Could you do some frugal squash recipes please Viv?.
I have never cooked them but would love to know how to handle and cook .
Check out my 'In the Kitchen' playlist....there are a number of squash recipes in there........my favourites are curry and soup with pearl barley.
@@WhatVivididnext Will do Vivi, thanks
Take care vivi
Thank you Caroline.
Loving it all ! Really love your allotment. I’m trying canning this year 🫣
Yay, good on you lovely! I would invest in a good book to guide you and, very importantly, keep you safe! For years I used the 'Ball Canning' book. 😊
@@WhatVivididnext thanks a lot. Will definitely look for book x
Great vlog
Thank you Bridget.
Fingers crossed for your parsnips. Mine look very weedy this year but I dug my first few the other day and, while not exactly prize winning, they were very useable sizes.
Yay for your first parsnips......I can't wait to have a look at mine....but a lot of them were transplanted thinnings so I think they'll be rubbish. 😉
@@WhatVivididnext Ah yes, I'd forgotten about that. And I forgot to thin mine at all - for the second year running! I'm amazed mine weren't all tiddlers.
How absolutely lovely! Your kitchen is beautiful and all that WONDERFUL produce 😍. Your diet must be so incredibly healthy.
Thank you so much Jane.....yes, it's a fairly healthy diet......though I do still enjoy cheese and beer a bit too much! 😉
@@WhatVivididnext I know there are struggles and challenges but I would love to live like you, or as like you as I could manage. I try to eat whole food plant based as much as I can but it's a work in progress!
@@janegoodfellow1529 Progress is the word! That's great....enjoy it all as it unfolds. 😊
I'm watching your channel and letting the ads run so hopefully it will help you out a little bit, it's not much but at the moment it's what I can do for you. Love your produce!!
That was a great video Vivi, who would have thought you could grow so much of your own food in London? I am so impressed. I am about to retire on ill health grounds from the NHS and you have inspired me again! I could grow so much more of my own food in my tiny urban garden. All the produce you mentioned are the things I eat regularly. If all of us who could do this did so we would be healthier, animals would suffer less and the world would be in a much better state. Slowly changing the world,plant by plant! Thank you ❤️
Your videos are so inspiring Vivi and I truly appreciate all the time and effort it takes to produce them. Are you set as far as growing certain varieties of squashes? I'm zone 3B and for 5 years now i've grown an heirloom variety called Algonquin squash. They are so prolific I simply can't believe it! You can see why the First Nations people grew them to survive on. They taste fantastic and I've used them over all our other varieties (even my beloved butternut). They've grown in almost every condition too! With the exception to one year we had a sudden cold snap -25C and they kinda froze on the vine. I'm able to grow 6 per vine sometimes more but I find 6 is the magic number for size. If you're interested I'd send seeds, thought I would ask incase you were interested.
Aww, thank you lovely....I haven't thought that far ahead yet but I think I do have enough squash seed for next year already in my tin....but thank you so much for thinking of me. X
Enjoyed your freezer video and storage. Are you able to stack your freezers on top of each other at least 2 of them to save space in your kitchen?
Ach, I wish....but no as they'd block the window.
Would love to see a weekly meal plan video
I've done a number of videos on the subject...they're all in the playlist called 'In the Kitchen'....check out 'A day of food from the garden in summer' (ditto there's a winter one)....and 'winter meals for 15p'......and then this one more recently: ua-cam.com/video/PTjMS5Xh2zc/v-deo.html
Thankyou I have made your courgette and potatoe soup many times 😋
Do you have the ability to can? Might help with storage issues 🤷🏻♀ you have a LOT 🤞🏻 for more luck next season
I normally can a lot of my tomatoes but I just didn't have time this year (nor a big enough harvest).
Meant to say your food better to eat then processed food as you said.
Absolutely! Cheers lovely.
Good morning 🌄
Hello lovely.
Great video again, Vivi. No carrots this year? Or did I miss something? I sure wish that we could grow decent brassicas, but its been so wet, the slugs got them, and when it dried a bit, the cabbage butterflies were busy.....and we all know what they do best.
I found making a "stinky tea" to spray on the brassicas (and gooseberries and currants) helps get rid of them. Take a bunch of stinky herbs - cilantro, sage, dill, rosemary, mint... cut them up roughly and put them in a jar with water for a few days. When done, strain them out and put in a spray bottle. Spray on veggies liberally and reapply after a rain. I keep it in the fridge when not using. They really don't like dill but mix it up good.
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Oops I was going to repeat the trick of tying a small piece of white tissue or plastic bag on a piece of string and let it flutter in the breeze - looks like the cabbage white butterflies and keeps them (the real ones) away because they are very territorial.
Ach, no, the carrots were a total fail this year.....zero germination and I'm gutted as I grow them for winter......
Can you do some cooking videos? I want to see what you make with what you grow
There are a load of them in my 'In the Kitchen' playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLQZmiuQy66VLmK7PGTPbrgm-PM3U9Pxd1.html
It’s interesting to see how you store your produce. It’s especially interesting because you are vegetarian so that’s different to me and my family where we eat meat.
Are freezers like that common over there? I’ve never seen a small short freezer like that. I’ve seen a mini fridge that is that basic shape but it’s a fridge not a freezer. I’ve also never heard of being able to switch the side the door is attached to.
Yes, these under-counter-larder freezers are common here...especially in small flats! Very handy. 😊
I have lots of questions. How cold is your winters get for your vegetables to stay all winter? What is the cardboard laying on the ground for? And what is your typical temperature in your shed for storing those vegetables?
We don't often get much below 0c.....and certainly not prolonged freezes so all the brassicas are hardy for or winters here. The shed doesn't generally get below freezing.....but if it looks like it may I will rescue all the produce and bring it home. Ahh, re the cardboard.....this explains it: ua-cam.com/video/dYr2Zkor_pM/v-deo.html
Green powder is a vegan life saver. Not hard to make! I want to convert you. I have had normal iron levels since using green powder.
Thank you lovely. Actually my iron levels have always been excellent - probably all those lovely leafy greens. 😁
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Thank you Sophia.
It was me who mentioned that about storing big courgettes😄😳
Brilliant - thank you so much...it has been a massive help to know I can store them rather than trying to get them all used up and frozen. Thank you.
Sue H, did you have luck storing them long term? I tried storing several of my last crop and they started developing a spider-webby kind of fuzzy threads growing all over them that I assume was mold.
@@stormyweather2807 hi Stormy, yea mine are perfect since june..my tip is to store them in a dry place, if it's humid, they'll go bad. Mine store for a year till next june!!
Hi Vivi, thanks for the video (and I’m now watching your Greek casserole cooking vid), I was wondering if you are vegan or vegetarian?
I'm vegetarian but the vast majority of my meals are vegan.....I still have a bit of cheese occasionally.
Any tips on how to store 🥔🥕 root veg etc? I've bought a hessian brown bag and put it in my cold garage and tried the trick of putting 🍏 in with my spuds but they still sprout very quick. I also notice my carrots starting to go soft and wrinkly within days of buying them? Its not realistic to keep them in a fridge and realistically u shouldn't have to!! 🥔🥕 etc my dad grew and dug up from our garden years ago stayed fine for weeks with far less faffing about!!
I always store my spuds in thick paper bags......to exclude the light, and keep them somewhere cold. I think the hessian bags are letting in too much light and triggering them to sprout. Ask at your local greengrocers or chip shop for their old potato sacks (paper). Re the carrots....hmm....not sure as I have always 'stored' mine in the soil, ie, I only dig them up when I need them so the rest stay in the ground and fresh. Old school gardeners would dig up their carrots and lay them in crates of damp sand and leave in a cold place.......might be worth trying as you have the cold garage? Good luck.
@@WhatVivididnext thanks for the tips will give them a go!! I dont have a garden as due ro health issues I wouldn't be able to maintain one. Ur produce looks fab BTW can't get over the size of ur pumpkins and beans!!
@@sapphire22011 Awww, cheers lovely!
Hi Vivi. I am so impressed by you and how self sufficient you are. Just a question, don´t you get mice in your shed? I have a battle here - my cat is too lazy, so I have mousetraps all around my car, one of those little bastards was eating away on the back seat of my car! 😣
Ugh to the pesky mice!!!! I have had them in the past......they nibbled my fleeces to pieces! But I haven't had issues with them scoffing my food....thank goodness!
Have you got any cooking videos? 🥰
Fantastic haul by the way!
All that hard work has paid off 💖
Thank you Ruth. Yes, their is a playlist called 'In the Kitchen' which has some of my recipes in it. Thank you for asking. 😊
Do. You buy any fats or things like bread or flour to make your own? I really look forward to you videos they make me really inspired thanks
Yes, I buy olive oil.....generally a big can of it to last for a few months. I hardly ever eat bread but do occasionally buy loaf.......love it with soup. 😊
do you use flavourings like chilipowders, herbs not grown, salt, pepper etc? wanted to add also.... spring spinaches/early lettuces grow in june.
Oh gosh yes....plenty of herbs and spices to chose from....they can make all the difference.
Fab!
Yay, cheers lovely.
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Cheers Pam.
Two weeks!! 🤗 Now just realised I need to be on a call... insert Arnold Schwarzenegger quote... 😊
Hahaha, cheers sweetie.
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Cheers Helen.
Your food will be nice
I hope so. 😊
Frozen berries or windfall apples?
I normally forage for lots of brambles but sadly didn't have the time this year. I have had some lovely apples from our communal orchard though.