Ready For My 3rd Winter Living Alone At My Homestead | Food Preservation Recipes

[@Dionyzos]

You're honestly the biggest inspiration in my life right now. I'm suffering from severe anxiety and depression because I have isolated myself for so long. What you have built for yourself is so beautiful and awe inspiring it almost makes me cry. It gives me strength and hope for the future, thank you Gaz!

[@gazoakleychef]

Ahhh thank you! I pray you get through this ❤️ i know what it’s like, I’ve been there, but things do get better I promise

[@Muircure]

me too im trying very hard to get out of it!!! working 2 jobs going to school starting business all not working ut because of depression and lacking self love and routine

[@joeb4142]

It’s wonderful to have a Gaz community, isn’t it? 😊

[@MayimHastings]

Sending love and prayers, friend, you are going to be ok! There are so many of us going through the same thing, right along side you. You aren't alone, I promise. And i agree with you about how motivating and inspiring Gaz's videos are. He's a hope bomb 😊. Big hugs ❤️🙏🕊

[@polmestra]

❤ hope you get out of this one, strength to you

[@loudboomboom]

Dude is living his values and doing it right. So awesome.

[@dorindamiddleton5418]

My three year old granddaughter loves to watch your shows! She thinks you’re “our friend Gaz”, who makes beautiful food. And has fun with chickens. We were scrolling through you tube and she literally yelled, “look Grammy! It’s our friend Gaz! Let’s watch that”. Then we’re watching the pickle section and she yells, “ seeds! I love seeds!” And later, “ those tomatoes look very tasty.” She is your biggest little fan. Keep up the multi generation content my friend. You’re turning a little one into a veggie eater. Plus she loves it when you play with the chickens.

[@cindyhauert2339]

you’re not alone, you’ve got your rescue chickens, Gertrude, Bertha, Hennypenny, Martha, Noreen, and Pickles.

[@scienceislove2014]

Please continue making these videos ...i love watching your videos... I love your voice ... You're so compassionate ...

[@melissa31793]

This guy has his priorities straight ❤

[@varshavikraman3111]

Can't imagine the beauty of the life you are living

[@beverlymorgan2582]

I think it is wonderful that you encourage people to grow cook eat. I am trying to do similar with young people. Sometimes, we will watch your videos in class.

[@leonie7629]

I am a university student with a teeny tiny kitchen and absolutely no garden at all. But I grew up on a little veggies-only farm with an animal sanctuary and my dad is a chef. So basically your videos take me right back home. Thanks Gaz, for this little pocket of comfort :)

[@gazoakleychef]

What a dream upbringing !!

[@maja_sukara]

@@gazoakleychefthat truly is a dream upbringing ❤

[@leonie7629]

A lot of work, too. There definitely were some times during hay harvest season where I wanted to be anywhere but home ^^ But yeah, I consider myself pretty lucky

[@juliasoulliven2958]

Hi Gaz, I love your videos. I live in New Zealand, I am in my 70s and been growing my own food for ever. Im not vegan but we eat a lot of your lovely recipes. And I’m buying your book. I just love seeing people growing gorgeous gardens like yours. We are just coming into spring right now and it’s so exciting to be able to get new food into the garden. Keep up the good work that you do. Im sure you inspire many young people.❤

[@maja_sukara]

@@leonie7629 oh yeah, loads and loads of work especially when there are animals to take care of. And for a child, it gets overwhelming. On the other hand you took profound compassion with you and if I may guess, a deep sense of yourself 🙏🏻 as a yoga teacher I know how much ppl are longing for that inner peace. 💫

[@lukasdzieza2082]

You are a Big inspiration for any Generation 🥝🍅🌶🍒🫑🍑🍐🍐🍏🍎🥔🍆🥑🍌🍋🍊🍅🥦

[@MayaAgrippine]

A guy who treats his mom with love, kindness and respect, will always be the most loving and wonderful husband. So nice to see your mom and you together. And as always, amazing recipes

[@pagirl913.]

That cookbook is my cooking Bible. They better give u a book deal! 🥰🤗

[@elainedoudna2054]

If i find that i am in need of a positive vibe after all that has happened in the world of late, your videos help to heal not just the body but also the soul!!! Thank you!!

[@fsh57]

Beautiful parents.....Beautiful Children

[@delta_shift]

I have to admit, I’m not a vegan or vegetarian, I don’t even do any gardening. I just really enjoy watching these vids. They always help me unwind from daily stresses. Thanks Gaz.

[@gazoakleychef]

You don’t have to be anything to watch my vids! I welcome all foodies

[@megdel]

"and my mum sends it to you!" The wholesomeness never ends, we luv ya Gaz🥰

[@g.christelbecker6349]

Your hair looks so beautiful in its natural state, You look so handsome, so healthy. I have been following you from the beginning of your journey when you were a shy teen making your videos. Now you are confident and still sharing your vegan journey with us. Thank you so much!!!!

[@b2h316]

Remember to "burp" your jars when lactofermentimg or they can explode with the built up gasses. You can also just use a rubber band instead of the metal clasp so that if air builds up, it can get out. Store on a cookie sheet to protect from leakage

[@thewildgarten]

I love gardening shows, and my 4.5 year old loves cooking shows. We've been watching your channel together and he now calls it our "special time"! Thanks for your inspiring content, and for creating something that my boy and I can enjoy together ❤️

[@suzylyon5954]

How wonderful! My kids enjoy Watching Garden’s World with me. My daughter has always called Monty Don ‘Honty Donty’ haha! Definitely special time!

[@abidurrington4135]

Awhh this is so sweet. I hope to do that with my daughter when she's older! (She's only a baby now)

[@laurarymer6500]

Lifes cooking and hard worlk….write on..grow on ..your appreciation grows every new epic videos🧐

[@AudenimLock]

Oh I love a good preservation recipe. There’s not enough fermented food available in the UK. Thanks for sharing all of these tips!

[@BethanyRose01]

Those tomatoes looked like heaven in a jar.

[@ardenthebibliophile]

The giving sauce to your mom was a sweet moment

[@meganhenry5795]

Oh my gosh! Gaz. You're an absolute delight. The way you interacted with your mum is beautiful. 🥹🥰

[@jakobquick1598]

man i just feel like your cooking evolved so much with your garden. lately your on another level gaz,. Thank you

[@plantaetivoli1178]

yesss, please!!!Our garden has all these purple skinny peppers (very hot)that need to become hot sauce. And bushels of collard greens ,kale and swiis chard. Kimchi it is. This has been the most inspiring video on preservation in.... FOREVER??? Much Peace and Love from Upsate NY. and I'm putting my dehidrator to work asap 🥰

[@juliac6309]

Fermented hot sauce? Yes please! I’m really looking forward to your next book and love the idea of including the gardening side of things.

[@SilverLuna07]

Seconded, give us fermented hot sauce tips!

[@atlantis3438]

🎏It's delightful to watch you harvest your vegetables, herbs, feeds your chickens, & cooking healthy foods🥘🍅🥑🐓

[@maritaschwetz8490]

I'm a deaf girl so I try to read with Italian subtitles with Vegan 🌱 forever 💓

[@gazoakleychef]

❤️

[@cafeaulait69]

Ai can now dub videos in any language.

[@paulajones6366]

Great ideas for using up the allotment produce. If everyone did this the planet would be in a better state.

[@maja_sukara]

I just told my daughter how positive and uplifting your energy is and that I would love to have you as a friend. Your excitement about the self grown food is shared by me. I am deeply grateful to be having a beautiful and abundant garden. 🎉

[@johnnyjones444]

The clip at the end of Gaz admiring his work 😆

[@kimberlysauber5601]

Man you’re one of my favorite people and I don’t even know you!! I LOVE your appreciation for nature and how it interacts with our bodies in beautiful harmony. You glow when you’re around your creations and it’s awesome. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge!! I appreciate you.

[@CassTaz]

From a vegetarian recently come to ferments after years pickling and dehydrating I'm hooked. Born in Llanelli mid-20th century and been living my gardening dream in Southern Tasmania for the past 50 years. Love watching your videos as we grow same fruit and vegetables here.

[@womanofacertainage5892]

As the mum of a young adult son, I love seeing the relationship you have with your mum. I'm so very proud of my son -- he's kind above all else, and smart and funny. I'm sure your mum is very proud of you, as well!

[@ginagreeneofficial]

Living alone sitting on a pumpkin. Love it. 😂 I always wished living off the land. You inspire me. I will get there.

[@Vivienwestphal]

My Polish mom covers her cucumber pickles with a leaf of horseradish. This way, she can skip adding weights to jars. If any mold forms, it forms on the leaf, which can be discarded. She also adds a leaf from a cherry tree. Her pickles are absolute best ❤ I'm fermenting Sugar Rush Peach peppers with Rain forest chillies atm. I'm excited to see the results! I would love to see how you make your fermented hot sauce!!🤓

[@XDemily2010]

This leaf idea is so so smart!!

[@mutafitis]

The horseradish leave and cherry leaf help keep the cukes crisp. Currant,grape,and in in a pinch pin oak work as well.many put them in the bottom of the jar but next time I’m going to try your moms way

[@cher-amirose7109]

cool!

[@gee_emm]

Protect Polish mums at all costs!

[@Enhancedlies]

sir you DO inspire me, so much. I have aways for years and years wanted to move somewhere quiet and start a smallholding like yours here. Its so peaceful, you are so happy and im envious!

[@lunalucid]

I had such a crap day today, living alone in the countryside sounds better than ever right now. 😔 Thank you for letting us experience the peace and the joys of gardening and harvesting and preserving with us, even if it's just on screen. 🙏

[@joannewhite877]

Your my favorite plant base cook. Been watching for years.

[@lilplantlet]

A tip for harvesting basil: Pinch off the top of your basil instead of individual leaves! This will promote more growth and make the plant bushier!

[@loswuchos]

Your mum is GORGEOUS 🩵

[@TechOutAdam]

You know the dating game is insanely rough when Gaz is still single living alone at this homestead. lol!

[@gazoakleychef]

Homestead wife coming 2024

[@tenwaystowearit]

Yesssss! He is such a catch. Handsome, handy, super intelligent… all the things.

[@tenwaystowearit]

@@gazoakleychef😮🥰 She’s a lucky girl.

[@danip22]

@@gazoakleychefWelsh girl in south wales here, started my own homestead last year, still a working progress but so rewarding. Yours is a dream 😊

[@kin7069]

​@gazoakleychef it's good you're taking your time and finding a good fit. You have a lot of great qualities shown on your videos. Handsome, Cooks healthy foods, and grows them! And living the best life in the country. I admire you. Yes, she will be a lucky girl...Blessings to you!💕

[@elinorshirvanian9546]

Your mum is such a lovely soul its nice to see her in these videos

[@Paularc-y8c]

Just a minor suggestion - we generally use the smallest, crispy cucumbers that we can find. We don't use any weights, we simply tuck them very tightly together. And once you bite into them, they are supposed to be crispy, not soft. In case of big cucumbers, we slice them and make a sort of a salad in a jar. But the best pickled cucumbers, are always small cucumbers. We also add grape leaves inside, apart from garlic and mustard seeds for the flavour :)

[@gazoakleychef]

Thank you!! I was just inspired, I’m not doing it how you guys do it, this is just how I do it! But thanks for the tips ❤️

[@juliasoulliven2958]

Also Gaz is fermenting his cucumbers. You sound like you are pickling yours. That’s how I do mine. There’s a difference.

[@woller-szavaizsofi7698]

​@@gazoakleychef in Hungary we go for this big ones when it comes to fermenting. We pickle the small ones, but for fermenting we love the big ones. Only difference is, we cut them in the middle 2-3 times lenghtwise to absorb the flavour better! You can encourage the fermentation process if you put a slice of sourdough bread on the top , it helps a lot when the wheather is not that nice.

[@vjc4502]

Just made me smile to see you so fulfilled in your environment!

[@Un1c0rnzrreal]

You are so precious. Really just needed some light, joy, and peace in my life right now and your energy truly soothed my soul. Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden, knowledge, and light with us, Gaz. 🙏

[@daichelletaylor]

Blackberry Bar-B-Q sauce! Genius! 😋

[@Adeija]

James & the Giant Peach? Nooo, Gaz & the Giant Pumpkin 😎

[@TheLeyaKa]

Had to make a comment in the middle of video - thank you so much!! As hard core urban gardener, I need this kind of inspiration, what I love the most of your presentation is that I just know all people I love and care for will jus looooove it! thank you dear, so good!

[@BBHubbs]

I draw such inspiration from you, Gaz! I have your 3 cookbooks and look forward to your next. (Thanks Gaz’s Mom for getting them to me, in Belgium, signed and in beautiful condition.) Your next one will surely reflect this recent life journey and I am so excited! Your enthousiasm beams through our screens and gets us, also, inspired. Thanks so much!

[@paulaTMLS]

oh! What's occurrin'? Proud of you Gaz! Your tidy little homestead and lifestyle are such an inspiration to me and my own life visions. Keep it up, friend!

[@monutella]

Gaz's pure joy and never-ending excitement over rediscovering the endless ways an ingredient can transform gives me pure joy and never-ending excitement. Your passion and enthusiasm are contagious Gaz - makes me want to grow, preserve, cook and share delicious meals with those I love all day every day. The Welsh hillside has really lucked out having you there!

[@lynnedriscoll9414]

Loved the original farmer’s carry that we do at the gym. 25kg is quite the pumpkin!

[@AmatisoveLove]

As a Pole, I absolutely understand the delight on your face while eating fermented cucumbers! 😂 They’re one of my favorite snacks ever ❤

[@yaddayadda....9080]

Am coming living with you… 😂… My cucumbers see,to have sprouted more this September than they have all summer.. very weird….

[@lot7343]

so awesome to see your love for gardening and cooking. You are humble sweet and wise!

[@clara.valeria4701]

I just rediscovered your channel - sometimes the algorithm is brilliant after all ❤ Your content has grown to be so amazing over those past years, so happy to be watching again. And yes please, all the preservation and fermentation content 🎉

[@gazoakleychef]

Welcome aboard! Thank you ❤️

[@rebeccajames858]

You sir are a legend and the only man who can carry off a green boiler suit. Everything you do is so tremendously inspiring and you are beautifully poetic at times with the way you speak😊 I wish I was twenty years younger, drop dead gorgeous and could be the apple of your eye. (Pun intended 😊) Thank you for giving the Hens a wonderful new life

[@aomendoz]

Yes please on the fermented hot sauce video. Thanks for all your work on these amazing videos.

[@DocAswad]

HOT SAUCE ME!!! It's the way my dad has been saying for years he wants to make hot sauce with the peppers he grows. This would be such a joy for us!

[@adriannamydlarz8783]

As a polish person, fermenting cucumbers with family ever since I can remember, I would recommend fermenting the kind that is a lot smaller then those in the video. They have a lot more taste after fermenting and fit a lot better into regular-sized jars :D

[@TheSensuality3]

Otóż to! 😁

[@mycolooornail]

Dokladnie 😄

[@Dancerlil]

You are just so sweet and adorable Gaz. I just love your enthusiasm and creativity. Love & blessings from California, Liliane

[@RLHayes]

It warms my heart to see you expand into your own abundant garden. So inspirational! I can remember when you would snip basil from a store bought tiny plant. Now you're cutting armfuls and preserving the extra bounty!!! Love your channel!

[@smaple1618]

Yes any video you make about hot sauce or food in general I’m going to watch. My two favorite passions are food and preservation and/or self sufficiency. I love your channel

[@YarmouthBotanicals]

Gaz, for your love of growing, preparing nutritious food and the joy that resonates through you when you share and teach, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love it too.

[@mrs.broccoli4362]

I thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear Gaz. I can feel your joy and enthusiasm, you have adapted so much to life in nature and to your homestead and you seem happier than ever. God bless you, greetings from Munich

[@margaretmalhi]

Oh my goodness, the abundance of your garden! I’ve tried growing vegetables at home, it’s not that easy! Must be the intensity of your enthusiasm ☀️.Great cooking and preserving ideas as well. Home alone is definitely working for you. Thanks, for sharing your garden 🌸, it’s a joy.

[@CocoKayNutrition]

Your videos always make me happy. Every time you eat a freshly picked produce enjoying it like a kid in a candy store

[@Rachel_Collins]

You giving a jar or the blackberry bbq sauce to your mum made me well up, so cute and wholesome 🥺❤️

[@jaimeborn7585]

I cannot express how much I love your newer content! You just beam with joy. I started following you years ago when I went plant forward. I fell off that and KZbin and pretty much anything that inspired me during the pandemic. THAT BEING SAID, I’m back mentally and working on physically and I’ve become addicted to your videos! Keep them coming as you bring a lot of goodness into this world. Also, I’m 48yo from the southeastern US..Georgia, to be exact and I’ve grown up canning, pickeling (word?), freezing etc..my whole life and I learn new ideas and recipes from you constantly. You have truly truly lit a fire in me!!As y’all say across the pond, cheers! PS..this is the book you need to write!!

[@anpsteph]

Love seeing the ferments! Please, keep them coming. I enjoy all your videos and it warms my heart that you go on about your mom helping you by sending out your cookbooks and gathering blackberries today. Also seeing you interact with your dad when he's on your show. It is so refreshing to see a man have such a good relationship with both parents.

[@GOD999MODE]

Gaz the legend, just living the best life out here.

[@chrispollard2611]

Sensational video as always, mate. I'm a vegan chef myself and watching your earlier videos really inspired me when I first started eating plant based. Now your garden is inspiring me further. Thanks for all you're doing, big man 💪💪

[@sterrones50]

It's so beautiful where you moved.. beautiful garden

[@janicemartin1580]

It is fun to watch your garden and cooking transformations. i have been canning, dehydrating, pickling and lacto-fermenting garden goods for well over 50 years. Salad greens dehydrate beautifully! Just pull out the hard center stem, because that becomes super hard & tough. Then lightly heap on trays, do not lay flat or you will never get them off the tray! Dry slowly on low heat to retain the garden farm aroma and coloring of salad greens. Lacto-fermented lemons are incredible as is, in drinks or roasted. Try a spoonful of the lemon nectar & a few lemon slices squeezed in a glass of too sweet homemade herbal wine. Perfect match! Dried tomato slices can be seasoned in so many ways, for snacks. Mexican, Italian, Asian, or just plain. My neighbor is addicted to dehydrated onions. Lacto-fermented or dehydrated veggies and fruits are the best snacks ever. My favorite is dehydrated watermelon. They stay sticky so sometimes need to be put back in dryer. So sweet! My gardening tip is to plant tall sunflowers on the south/sun side of each bed, and add kale to each bed. Sunflowers will give plenty of shade to the garden greens. Aphids love sunflowers and kale, so all the other plants, including the beet greens, lettuce and swiss chard will be left completely alone. Naturally, each bed should have assorted herbs because bugs don't like the scents, and the flowers bring pollinators. Nice videos, yes please on the hot sauce. Fermented as well as canned. Many thanks. Janice

[@YKBA512]

Growing up in my small town of Brownwood, Texas blackberries grew in abundance so watching you and your mom pick them right fron the tree brings back memories. You actually give me a peace like no other watching you move around in your homestead and make things. Thank you! ❤

[@alainadacosta1222]

This is inspiring for the kind of life I hope to have someday. It's heartwarming to see your full smile and peace in each video. It was really sweet seeing you with your mom too

[@lillianavictoria]

I remember as a child in my country Armenia 🇦🇲 we used to go foraging End season and ferment 100s of pounds of mini cucumbers green tomatoes eggplants 🍆 cauliflowers cabbage carrots little green beans onions okra turnips garlic sun-chock little little unripe watermelon yummy yummy ❤❤❤

[@MarleeW]

I've started growing some greens in my backyard in Australia, and I've just planted tomatoes. You're inspiring people all over the world.

[@malicacid]

this is how I wanna live, I don't wanna see the inside of a grocery store. I love the preservation videos!

[@lk7825]

Absolutely would love to see the chili recipes. Thanks so much for today's recipes. This is my favorite post so far. ❤😊

[@YogabyNanda]

We already love gardening and cooking in our household and I hope I raise my son to be a sweetheart like that 🥹

[@formation1now517]

Yes please - more fermentation videos! I sit here in Indiana and imagine myself walking in your lovely gardens - my inspiration! Love your channel content and the very well done videographer’s work! Each video is a color fest and work of art! Thank you!

[@romydewaal7968]

this is what cooking and living should be about

[@manjusthia]

Loved this episode. The love for your parents is beautiful. N I love the way you drained the water if the blackberries back into the soil/ earth❤️

[@louiseskirving2245]

Aside your great recipes which I love, you are clearly inspiring so many people out there in these challenging times. You're a bubble of happiness and great knowledge. Keep growing your veg and keep growing in mind, body and spirit! Your'e an inspiration!.🙂🙏

[@athayogasangha6238]

Gaz, i've started this year to cook for groups and seminars as my main job. A lot of my recipes are inspired by you. The people love the Piri Piri Veggie Tray and also different recipes. Its so nice to see the inspiration from the guests to start cooking vegan food, even though they are not vegan. Its just showing people that vegan stuff is amazing! And im so looking forward to see your dream kitchen! Congrats on achieving such a great milestone. You are a big inspiration for a lot of people - thank you🙏

[@veronikaneroj85]

My mum (who is Polish) remembers when she was little what an event it was when the local villagers in her grandma’s town in Eastern Poland would pull out the barrels of fermented cucumbers that they would keep in the river!

[@bigrself]

You are giving us very inspirational healthy ideas for a better lifestyle. Please continue.

[@gazoakleychef]

Cheers!!!

[@ezgidikdere5890]

Thanks Gaz! It’s nice to see how a garden can create this much joy.. =) And very colorful choice of music! Like it..

[@Keepcarbedandcarryon]

It’s so nice watching someone who’s not a pro at farming yet and witnessing them learn as they go. Gives me much more motivation and the vision of possibility for myself! Thank you for your amazing content 💚

[@julesiou12]

Yes please, I'd love to see your chilli video because I live in Southern Spain and this year I've been trying to grow veggies on my terrace and have an abundance of chillies as it's been so hot. I didn't realise how easy it is to ferment veggies so thank you for showing us that Gaz. It's very inspiring and your homestead is looking amazing. Very inspiring.

[@hamassehdaneshzad9513]

Everything looks delicious 😋👌🏼💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@gazoakleychef]

Thank you 🙏

[@angelrose2669]

You pat your Mum ( jar of blackberries hug ) the same way my eldest son pats me. It was heartwarming to see.

[@hamassehdaneshzad9513]

I really like this pumpkin vibe 🎃

[@gaweshaka7268]

I'm agriculture student in sri lanka. I watch your videos to relax and be inspired. My dream is to start a farm in countryside one day. ❤💐

[@lisahobbs7060]

We love your channel. We are getting into gardening and you are inspirational! We love your preserving! We are vegans and have all your cookbooks. Thank you Gaz❤

[@Tahra555]

So nice to see a vegan homesteader🥺💙

[@LifeofChet]

My first ferment was a pizza flavored carrot recipe. I love to ferment foods but you're right it can be a bit squeamish to begin. If you haven't read it already, I recommend the book Traditionally Fermented Foods by Shannon Stonger, it's where I got that fun recipe from. Love the wholesome content, Gaz!

[@gazoakleychef]

Sounds great!

[@dr.o.6150]

Pizza flavored carrot ferment sounds fantastic! Do you have a recipe? I cannot find one 🤗

[@virtuousdesignsbyyessi1717]

@@dr.o.6150he literally suggested the book he got the recipe from

[@lindajones9191]

I'd love to see a pepper preserving video. It's a big challenge extending the harvest beyond our short growing season here in Massachusetts. Any ideas are welcome. This video was great!