Controversial Growing Technique I'm Trying At My Homestead

[@GrowVeg]

Happy days Gaz. Your garden is looking amazing. Life seems to be all good. Drink it all in my friend!

[@gazoakleychef]

Thanks my friend! Hope to see you soon? ❤️

[@judylloyd7901]

​​@@gazoakleychef Gaz, you pronounced "respiratory" perfectly well each time 😊😊 But not "sedative" lol 😆

[@reginaldanglin4264]

Yea😅 how does he keep so clean. Maybe it's a double on the site. 😅

[@shanacookthecanukgypsy9527]

Gaza what a Gorgeous Puece of Art

[@shanacookthecanukgypsy9527]

Have the copper pipes and copper throughout my garden as well and truly makes a difference

[@MJSpurlock]

Am I the only person that wants to know how Gaz keeps his pants clean while gardening? 😂 The veggies look amazing. Really enjoying your videos!

[@DuelingPeaks]

And while cooking!

[@Hekatarine]

Not at all. I also wonder this... every. single. time. I usually end up looking like a scruffy wreck when I garden but Gaz? Always immaculate.

[@sn232]

LOL honestly was one of my first thoughts

[@Kirsty-q4s]

Me too, what a skill 😂

[@leesamcauliffe7846]

I actually said the same to myself watching this.❤

[@nadjahsoulspice6373]

Hi Gaz, you can plant the Borage on your compost heap. They help decompose waste faster. Amazing plant. Funny that yours taste like fish, mine have always tasted sweet, I love to use them in a fresh salad for their sweetness. Anyway, enjoyed this video, your kitchen is a dream. Can't wait for the next few uploads you mentioned. Feeling inspired, thank you

[@alexandrareynolds1761]

It's so encouraging to see young people getting excited about connecting to mother earth's energy and growing your own food. It's true that once you start, each year you grow more. Gardening is my happy place. And cooking and preserving is a close second.

[@gazoakleychef]

Well said! ❤️

[@shereebent9776]

This. Was. Sooo. Beautiful to Experience. Big ups to you and Tom Kong for the stellar editing. Love from Jamaica.

[@janak1367]

I’ve been here since Gaz cooking in his London apartment and I sure am here for all the woo woo. Just getting better and better. You are such an inspiration Gaz. Thank you for sharing your journey over the years ❤ I’ve just started my growing journey this year and I hope to improve year by year.

[@gazoakleychef]

Thank you so much for the long time support ❤️

[@wefunkful]

Gaz, me and my girl been following you since your first cooking episodes in London. You‘ve been an inspiration to us from the start and it feels like we grow together with you. Back then we were in a small apartment in the city and now we moved abroad, started our first garden and soon will buy our own house with land. We love every single video of you but just wanted to let you know, this one was not weird at all, it’s fun to see you experimenting and we love to follow you. It’s nice to always keep an open mind. Also, you‘re not alone mixing up tomatoes and strawberries 😅 We got much love for you!

[@SandiRemedios1]

The copper crystal dance made me laugh out loud😀…so fun!!!! If nothing else you had some fun!!

[@gazoakleychef]

🤣🤣

[@TheEmbrio]

Yup ! But do not attempt during a thunderstorm !

[@adventureswithwonu4467]

Gaz please never stop! I literally only come on KZbin these days to watch you and a few other creators!!

[@FountainBeee]

Electroculture - lovely to see it being discussed more in the last five years ✨️

[@VanyaKaludovaa]

Watching the video was like entering a different state of being, swimming peacefully in a different realm, where words are not necessary as minds are the like and feel each other. In a world where people are consumed by materialism, connecting with mother Earth is not understood by many. That makes the possibility to peek into your way of being, living and thinking through a tiny window, such an honer. Grateful for you!

[@gazoakleychef]

Wow thanks!!

[@cher-amirose7109]

💚

[@hamassehdaneshzad9513]

Beautifully said 🌱👌🏼💚

[@GuitarLegendvideos]

Yeah. It's cool.

[@pattiharlan1813]

I've watched your channel for quite awhile now and I've learned a lot. I truly think you're beginning to 'hit your stride.' the earth is our home and mother.

[@gazoakleychef]

Thank you! Me too!

[@ardethellis8930]

Been planting with with crystals for years. Points up for above ground veggies and points down for root crops. I've not used the copper with the crystals. There are copper strips around the tops of my raised beds to keep slugs and snails out. I am going to experiment with the combo in the spring. Thanks Gaz ❤😄

[@beckwilde]

I also did this earlier this summer and yup, the copper coils helped my garden grow massively. It was insane.

[@quintadovalepermaculture]

I tried it last year but in beds which were only in their second year, so very hard to tell whether it made any difference or whether it was the Spring application of compost. This year (again after compost) the same bed was again super good, but some other beds also with new compost weren't so great so next year I'm going to try it on those. I use a slightly different technique with much taller poles, but it doesn't seem to depend too much on the style of conductor.

[@teresajgregory]

I think the mother Earth dance along-side the copper coil‘s really makes a difference … good energy, thoughts and love😍

[@maureenlayden3639]

Knife purchased-- Thank you! You've taught me so much Dear Gaz!! As a plant based gal X 5 years, I have started an ever expanding journey-- lifestyle medicine, minimal waste, growing food, ahimsa, gratitude, and kindness....May you always be joyful, peaceful and ever learning and growing! Many Blessings!

[@jaredlongoria612]

I think I smiled the entire video - your inner child really is shining through 😄

[@gazoakleychef]

♥️♥️

[@hharithsufyan]

thank you for the advice at the end, feels like it's my calling to start planting my own food!!

[@gazoakleychef]

You can do it!

[@elinorshirvanian9546]

Not only are you my favourite Vegan chef. Not only are you my saviour when I feel stressed as your calm nature brings my blood pressure down. Not only are you living my dream. But your style and in creating a beautiful home is stunning. You really are a wonderful chap and I cant wait to get your new knife and cook book soon. THANK YOU Oh and one more thing any woman who ends up with you will be blessed. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@nicothenatural]

I agree he will make an amazing partner to someone some day.

[@Bodymindspirit_]

A big Thank you for being such a lovely and caring man! Funny too. It’s like a drop (big drop) of rainwater in an ocean, it will end up being a flood of goodness and grace where ever it goes. All sweetness to you Mr. Oakley. Wishing you the best Maria🪽

[@evangaryhirsch]

You inspire me so much, Gaz. I hesitate to say it, as it feels a bit odd, but I feel proud of you and so happy for you making this transformation. Look how far you've come from the first videos, in every way. I have my food forest here, but it's be a long process with reconstructing it after the first contractor skipped the country on us, and discouraged me in so many ways. But I am getting my inspiration back through you, and do plan to have my garden, cooking, lifestyle show/channel in due course. So I can't thank you enough for being such an amazing role model and showing what's possible with a little time, effort, interest, and attention. I am right behind you, and here rooting you on all the way. Thanks for all you do! ✌🌞🌱

[@gazoakleychef]

Ahh thank you ♥️♥️

[@Vivienwestphal]

I'm here for Gaz going slightly off the rails. You do you, Gaz❤❤😂 you're young. That's the time to play crazy French Wizzard selling onions. You go, mate❤❤❤

[@nicothenatural]

@user-kd7qu5hj5q keep your negativity to yourself.

[@kerriechallinor1489]

I love that you are embracing the power of crystals 🔮 absolutely love this Gaz. I've followed you since the beginning and have witnessed you evolve into a wholesome man, who is now living a balanced life focusing on a deep awareness of the world we live in, you have evolved and the more i watch your videos the more I want ❤️ honestly so many times ive thought 'i hope Gaz does a video on something new ive discovered' like magic 🎩 you do it...thanks Gaz ❤

[@AngelsGuideMe]

I love how the butterfly flew by with perfect timing 😊 thank you for sharing

[@ElizabethDrysdale]

I commend you on the ability to be openminded, the proof of the pudding is in the eating after all, looking forward to the results.

[@boondoggy2]

We started electro culture last year. We have two fig trees, one is 8 years old, and has never had any figs, until now. We also have lemons and limes, and wow, the trees are going crazy producing fruit. It really does work. Look into chemtrail busters too. On a bad chemtrail day, we usually have a big area of blue sky above our house.

[@emeliekarlsson5859]

I have been following you for a while now and i always think that you are showing love to the nature in a wonderful way. The power in nature and mother earth is something we should appreciate everyday, without it we wouldn't be alive. So as i has written many times before. Thank you for sharing and spreading love ❤

[@grammy279]

I loved the nasturtium salt you made. It’s on my list for next year. I grew Swiss chard and beet greens this year for the first time and have eaten all summer long- in salads and sautéed. Made Confit for the first time and loved it. Here I am 71 years old and just really discovering the joyful rewards of careful planning and commitment to grow my own small garden of food. My neighbors love it also. I enjoyed watching you for the first time- your excitement and curiosity for what you can achieve and enjoy is amazing.

[@gazoakleychef]

Welcome ❤️

[@ElectricRootz]

Electroculture is something I've been using in my small garden for the last couple of years, my wild strawberries grow three times the size of what I see them in the wild. Electoculture works 100% I've made some pretty funky electro culture sticks. Copper is so much fun to work with.

[@jadebrennard1534]

This video brought a smile to my face we have just got an allotment and ar cleaning it up getting it ready for to start planting i reallt cant wait to see the benefits ❤

[@NadineKuehn]

I love it, Gaz. This technique is simply amazing. Thank you for talking about it. Your videos are a work of art.

[@gazoakleychef]

You are very welcome

[@braydenrayden4695]

I too use copper rods in my Garden. I don’t care what anyone has to say about it. It definitely WORKS. Good on you for taking the time to do this. What you put into your garden, you will get back in return.

[@snippetsofinconvenienttruth]

You are a breath of fresh air. Thank you for your enthusiasm. Gardening and earthing such a life saver. Inspiration sharing the way to go.

[@takoyajones5767]

I know so much time and stress goes into this. But the yield! So beautiful. My dream life

[@gazoakleychef]

Thank you ❤️

[@lindabrown293]

This is my second year using electroculture and we're having amazing results, love your videos especially your chickens as they're such a joy to watch.

[@kathrynrodlun8514]

Yes! Electra-culture. I would love to talk to you. It can make your plants grow 3 times faster and bigger. It matters which way you wind the wire always pointing the crystal up ! Now go down the rabbit hole, look up orgon generator. When you wind your wire always wind from the bottom up to the right! Cheers, this is my second video watching! You are a delight. I love watching you grow.

[@gailf.5018]

❤ a tear came to my eye when u we’re feeding your chickens the cucumbers. So emotionally beautiful!! ❤😂❤

[@hilaallnaturalsoaps9628]

me too, thinking about all the chickens that are not treated like this

[@daryncollingwood7405]

So inspiring and a beautiful tour of your garden, thankyou Gaz. Growing your own food makes you feel amazing!

[@marymackinnon4726]

Just came across Gaz today and I'm loving the channel. A breath of fresh air in this insane world 😁💥

[@jennlarkins5590]

Oh my God.. you had me laughing with your woo woo dance. I love your enthusiasm Gaz. Keep up the beautiful work and thank you for sharing it with the world! ❤

[@gazoakleychef]

Glad you enjoyed it 🤣

[@danielayoutube6122]

Hey Gaz! I am currently finishing my master's, I love what I do and hope that in the near future I can work on what I have been studying (which I love). However, in the far future I imagine myself embarking on the self learning process of growing food just like you do and oh boy... watching your videos takes me there, gives me vision, I imagine recipes with the things you pick up,... Honestly, I have always loved your videos, but these homestead ones bring me so much joy and motivation to reach that point in my life where I will turn my attention to growing food. Really, thank you. Love from a portuguese girl, leaving in the Netherlands, hoping to grow food somewhere in the world someday

[@94dicky94]

Man, I just love your channel so much. It's so calming. I want your lifestyle so bad 😅 I've just started up a few garden beds with electroculture myself. I use large tomato stakes wrapped in copper. Apparently the longer they are, the better it works. Cant argue with the results people are having with electroculture. Thanks for inspiring us all to be more in touch with the earth 🙏😎

[@Hayleyfisher85]

You should build a couple of hot beds, that will help you produce a load of compost every year and give you an early and also extended growing period at the beginning and end of seasons😊

[@vinaysingh4880]

You are my favourite chef Gaz. ❤ Your videos are a treat to the eyes, ears and mind. Hope to meet you someday in that lovely homestead of yours. Lots of love from India. 😃

[@freyawilder9478]

Love the longer vid.. and the tour.. and the tree hugging! Enjoyed every second of this! Thanks for sharing :)

[@Tamsins_Potager]

Don't know if you can get them in the UK, but in Australia we have a product called Grostik which is a mini solar cell on a stick that goes in the garden bed, captures solar energy and converts to electrical current in the soil 💚🌱🌞

[@intheyellowcorner]

I love your electric eclectic wizard dance, Gaz. 😂❤

[@gazoakleychef]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pattipelletier6131]

Thank you for another great video. Those chickens sure do love following you around your yard 😂 You touched on so many great points. I loved hearing about some of the medicinal properties of your plants and am glad you will be doing more videos on this 🇨🇦

[@philiptaylor7902]

Amazing video Gaz, you’re a guy who really knows his onions.

[@lukefraser6172]

You are wonderful Gaz! I love your passion, kindness & enthusiasm. Thanks for brightening my day! 💛⭐️

[@gazoakleychef]

Thanks Luke 🙏

[@EmmaBakesCakes]

I really like the copper and crystals, beautiful and hopefully helpful too. Your onions and cucumbers, delicious and of course the tomatoes. My dad grows different varieties of the tomatoes and he does the orange ones and makes soups so none of them get wasted at the end of the crop xx

[@teresajgregory]

This video is excellent! Copper coils and crystals … wonderful 👏

[@kmilliken7208]

Vancouver Island 🇨🇦 love your videos! We are a few years into growing veggies. Learning some things work and some don’t but definitely getting better. Our biggest struggle is rats, raccoons and squirrels.Deer can’t get over our fencing. Borage pops up every year and bees love it! Keep doing what your doing-it’s so great and we all learn together as we go. A rewarding journey! ❤

[@newenergyawakening]

I'm loving your vids so much! I got the gardening bug big time in 2019 and it's so cool to watch you growing, cooking and enjoying life. Big hugs from our lovely tiny town, Kalbarri halfway up the coast of Western Australia

[@gazoakleychef]

That is awesome!

[@mirellaslingerland]

Love the weirdness! There is so much wisdom out there that has been forgotten. Mother Earth has it all. 🙌✨ Can’t wait for the herbalism episodes

[@gazoakleychef]

So true!!!! ❣️

[@franciska5892]

I could feel your joy through the screen, so incredible to see 😍 adored the video, thanks for creating this beauty all around you!

[@kaurhealings]

Aw love the authenticity in these videos!! Thank you for sharing all things crazy woo woo!! 🌱 👌

[@turtle2212]

Your videos are so refreshing! Just the music disturbs their natural noises and beauty.❤

[@yasminhussain7042]

I LOVE HOW THE CHICKENS FOLLOWED YOU , ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE 😊❤ THERE SO CUTE ❤ FOLLOWING THEIR DAD ❤

[@CatepillarChrysalisButterfly]

I’m here for all the woo woo Gaz 😂 your garden is looking amazing! We’ve just moved into the Scottish countryside and there is a lot of work to be done to our grounds but we’re hoping to get started with growing our own fruit and veg asap so your channel is a huge inspiration. Keep up the fab work!

[@AwakenDawn78]

I'm so glad things are back on track in the garden! That's why I love you so much, because you are as positive as I am: you never give up. :) Here in Hungary there is no shortage of sunshine , it's been 35-39 degrees for 3 months now and no rain - and even here the snails are a problem everywhere. Before you even introduced it, I knew, intuitively felt, that you would bring electricity into your garden. Clean and energized water can also do wonders, growing giant plants. I see you've made improvements inside the house: the new dining table, the serving cabinet and the carpet weren't there before. And the promotions are helping to stabilize your state. The compost toilet is a good invention, although I haven't used it myself, there is an engineer and an actor here in Hungary who promotes it a lot :)

[@Ginger_shot]

There’s so much beauty in everything you do. The inspiration is off the scale, Gaz. Just imagine if everyone put this effort into connecting with mind, body and soul and the environment around them. Thanks for being one heck of a Vegan Badass ❤❤❤❤

[@kristycarrington9413]

Beautiful video!!!! Our earth, the ultimate Mother Nature, holds so much wisdom and teachings for us. Thankyou Gaz, I loved this video!!! ❤

[@80schunkaymunkay]

Thank you for these videos about growing food! It’s giving me so much inspiration to grow food with my daughter. We’ve grown quite a few bits this year in pots but feeling more inspired to get a raised bed in addition to pots. P.S I stumbled across a fruit called Honeyberries. I never heard of it before. now have bought 5 different plants. It’s an extremely healthy (and delicious!) fruit perfect for our climate in the U.K. and apparently extremely easy to grow! I wanted to share if others hadn’t heard of it too!

[@hollyharbz5092]

A garden is so rewarding for the mind soul and nourishing the body 😊

[@megwilkinson2501]

I always chuck a hand full of crystals in the garden to help the plants grow, I'm super keen to try the copper rods as well, I don't think it crazy at all. and your little garden wizard dance made me laugh out loud, so great, I bet that bed gets extra growing power 😂😂

[@Brenda-xc7sq]

This is another of your beautiful videos, I love the plans you mention for the future and hope to learn much from them about healthy living and healthy food. Great Job.

[@Marlena-n2o]

You’re so inspiring Gaz! I always learn something new from you even though I don’t grow my own food.

[@catherineallard340]

Love from Québec, i will try your crystal and copper in my veggies ❤

[@GeorgiaCoombes-p7h]

It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, your beautiful garden and the Wales countryside. Your shiny personality is uplifting and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your story 🌱🌸💖

[@gazoakleychef]

So nice of you ♥️

[@thatgirlthatgrows]

Anything that puts a smile on your face like that did for you is always worth a try!

[@elfiefae]

My favourite video of yours yet Gaz! And not weird at all! Crystals & copper are minerals & are as old as the earth itself. I love every video you create & seeing your inner child & adult self shine & thrive in gratitude is truly beautiful

[@julietetlours]

You're winning at life Gaz! Your garden looks incredible. I hope I will be able to grow my own food at some point when I have a garden. I think you'd like the movie The Taste of Things by the way if you haven't seen it. Your copper antennas reminded me of it.

[@Raisasteff]

It will work. it is beautiful. thank you for another calming video

[@NaturenNatashacandlecrafts]

The moon cycles enhance nutrients and moisture too, you can follow the cycles for sewing and harvesting 😊❤

[@anaschilling2668]

From Australia I can feel your passion for your garden the way I do !! Thank you!!! I’m onto these new copper devices, I’ve heard how beneficial they are!! Love your videos 💚💚

[@gazoakleychef]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Ginger_shot]

😭 Your gorgeous chickens! Bless their little hearts ❤ The way they follow you around. Adorable x

[@gazoakleychef]

They’re very cute

[@traceyairs]

Beautiful stylish kitchen Knife, those onions are awesome. lol I knew you were going to say electro culture, not weird I do that too. It helps prevent some insects you don't want eating the food as copper has a light zap. Plus i believe it works.

[@elizabethbenavidez3069]

I live in the city and have a small back yard but I do have a lot of house plants. I hope the used coffee grownds work well on them too.

[@tressanallenmartin9336]

I can’t get over the Woo!! Woo!! Dance 🕺 … Dwl!!

[@NaturenNatashacandlecrafts]

Yay... totally works..we are all energy are words and thoughts all carry an energy that scientists can actually measure and the energy we also give out on a vibrational level mirrors our experiences. I thank my veg, fruit trees and plants for their abundance and share my energy with them.. sounds out there but they absolutely absorb our energy too. Theres that old nursery rhymn how does your garden grow..... well it is your Love that u put in and give out ❤ Ooh, eco retreat, lovin your vision. 😊

[@leilapujebet9047]

You are such an inspiration! love your videos, gorgeous garden and amazing kitchen Gaz...regards from France!🥰

[@jordanstarr2992]

hey gaz. as someone who has sensitivty to biofield and has worked with energetic medicine, I can vouch for you 😂. not really spent much time with quartz, but can definitely vouch for shungite at least for humans as a healing rock. just a fun tip for you: if you stand up one leg. the opposite biofield stays on but the biofield of the leg your standing on turns off for your arm. so stand up on the left leg, the right arm, will be strong left will be weak. you test this simply with a muscle test, of someone putting equal pressure on both arms downward while standing on one foot, the opposite arm will always be strong. this is the mechanism of our natural walking. left leg hits ground, field strengthens on right side pulling it back, while the left arms fly forwards as the energetic signal is turned off (biofield). if you pay attention to this you can began to feel the difference between a weak biofield and strong biofield, and have a connection with your own biofield, and just by holding a food item, or any item you will be able to feel your biofield get bigger (resonate) or shrink (weak signal). all 4 sides of our body have a biofield that connect into one but can all pulsate on their own time, and at different strengths. also you should be able to feel when you are grounded if you pay attention. the sensation is sort of like your bio field is going through your feet and pulsing in and out into the ground, which isn't normal. the biofield doesn't extend beyond the feet naturally unless there is an energetic exchange. bio field = your own electric magnetic field its connected to your nervous system. never heard of electro growing but plants do have a biofield, so it makes sense that this could work! cool share

[@ebradley2306]

I have magnets on my watering hoses that is supposed to magnetize the water as it flows by. I have noticed an improvement in my plants since doing that. Could be coincidence and could be not. Certainly doesn't hurt to give it a try. 😊

[@SAP64]

I use toilet paper rolls for seed starts. Just cut them in half, across the tube. Put in some soil and seeds and transplant when ready. You can just pop out the seedling from the bottom if it hasn't started breaking down.

[@yasminhussain7042]

I feel really relaxed watching your videos ❤ can i visit your garden please and have some fresh veg, i know uou really take care of your produce and it looks FANTASTIC when you pull them out ❤ we should be all doing this , when you buy from the supermarkets they have no nutrition in them or vitamins as they have been picked , put in a packets for days and lost there vitamins and texture, im so JEALOUS ❤

[@annettemarie2076]

Love that you put a tattoo of your mom and dad on your arm. Great video Gaz. 😊

[@gblack108]

I also use electroculture in our garden and even in our potted plants in our home. They do look beautiful. ❤

[@nyana.]

Since you're sharing such amazing garden beauty with us, I also want to share a delicious bedtime tea recipe that I've learned from my granny, it's my favourite! Mix mint leaves and linden flowers and you'll get the most delicious, fragrant and calming cup of tea ❤

[@OCHD101]

Your videos make me want to move to wales. Looks absolutely gorgeous !

[@gazoakleychef]

Happy to hear that!

[@audrachmayanti6397]

looking at your garden, feels peaceful and reassuring😘

[@luisaleonardi666]

Gas,what a dfferent world based on the way of being that really matters ❤ Thanks for taking us slong with you.

[@AmyCharlotteKing1]

30 minutes of beautiful abundance and joy ❤️ loved the wizard magic wand dance 😂✨ thank you for sharing your journey!

[@gazoakleychef]

You are so welcome!

[@rosameijering5161]

Food growing from the land is a gift from G-d

[@nicothenatural]

@user-kd7qu5hj5q why don't you go touch some grass and do something helpful

[@JuliusCzure]

​@user-kd7qu5hj5q God is real mate, who could ever make such a beautiful complex world. No one but God.

[@debbybrady1246]

I love the idea of the crystal and copper. I’m going to do this. Crystals have amazing properties. Love the video ❤

[@kathleenbutler9967]

You!! Are amazing!! I love your videos...your videos bring sense to a world pummeled right now with greed, lies and politics....thanks!!

[@ellenthibeault3940]

Another wonderful interesting video.Thank you Gaz😊

[@MyBodyIsMyTemple]

Yesssss tell me more 🥹🥹🫶🙏✨ the little ritual dance before placing the antena🫶 ✨✨✨

[@Skattie]

Gaz , don’t know if you heard of this, but i read on another channel, wood ash will resolve your snail /slug problems, put it around the plants .its good for soil too

[@INDIANREDLOPEZ]

been following your journey since the Avant Garde days man, and love to see it.

[@kalayne6713]

The first thing I did at home after having both knees replaced was walk (hobble) on the lawn with bare feet. It was intuitive, I don't usually do that, but when you consider that I now had metal where my knees had been, it was a way of integrating the new knees. I refused clinical rehab, instead doing 'physio by cat'....sit, get up, let cat out, sit, get up, let cat in and repeat. It's so much better than clinical rehab. It's been great to watch you grow in your new home and garden, Gaz and as a firm believer in the power of 'woowoo', bring it on. Blessings from Australia to the land of my Welsh ancestors.