Covid Forced Me To Grow My Food, But How Long Will I Continue 🌿

Spring is unfolding, it's my 4 year growing food at my homestead & there's many jobs to do after my garden got destroyed by building work & a long long winter. Join me in the garden for the day.
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[@lottevanhecke]

turning 18 in a month and asked for a small greenhouse as a gift. you have inspired me so much and I'm dreaming of having a homestead like you one day. thanks man, I love the work you put into this.

[@debbybrady1246]

❤good for you! Happy birthday.

[@debbybrady1246]

I start my tomatoes in January inside. They are growing great! Abundance already.

[@debbybrady1246]

We plant potatoes in February here in Texas. My plants are huge already. Excited to see the harvest this year.

[@BetsiRomero]

Happy Early Birthday! You have a whole life and wonderful experiences ahead of you! Sending many great wishes on your journey 🖤

[@cherrycato1940]

Excellent good for you, I wish you well. 👍🌺🌟

[@victoribarbo2709]

I'm 23 years old and because of you I'm growing my own food for the first time! They are just a couple of carrots now, but i love the idea of having a big garden later on

[@aarondavidson6409]

from little things... big things grow :)

[@Merbella]

That's awesome 👌 you will have a lifetime to eat what you grow ❤

[@janedesert9110]

Sometimes it feels like, you’re the Bob Ross of Gardening with the way you talk about kale..

[@annacatarina4310]

Due to the housing crisis in Lisbon we were forced to move into my boyfriend's grandfather's house on the country-side in Portugal. At first I really missed Lisbon, but in the meantime I've started observing our land, the fruit trees and the massive kale that's been growing there for years. This year I started planting my own things - I've never experienced so much continuous joy, it has honestly healed me. Taking care of your plants and seeing them grow is just the most beautiful thing to do! And rhubarbs are just THE BEST thing in the world!!! Can't get enough of them!

[@Catsrule7]

Like you, I didn’t really start vegetable gardening until 2020, and I am ancient (late 70’s), and very tiny, so I often wonder how many years I can keep going. Each year I have been increasing my growing area and trying new things, all with the help of the YT “University”. Charles Dowding and Liz Zorab are my favourites. I now grow almost everything I eat. Also I have a small flock of lovely chickens.

[@carolineowen7846]

Inspirational ! Wishing you a long, happily healthy & abundant garden :)

[@moamoa7067]

That's amazing to hear! That will probably keep you younger as well💪😉 and i hope you have an abundant season and that your health is abundant as well😊

[@Catsrule7]

@@moamoa7067 thank you - yes it keeps me both fit and healthy.

[@Catsrule7]

@@carolineowen7846 thank you.

[@moonlightcrafter6299]

@SavingMeSlowly thank you for sharing. Luckily I was raised near my grandmother, grandparents and several great-aunts and great-great-aunts who gardened and most of them did so into their mid 90's.

[@Markomacoma]

So good that gardening has brought you such happiness, Gaz. And you send that happiness out to all your viewers too. That's real sustainability. Thank you.

[@diegoavila7379]

Developing a crush on this man, genuinely here for the garden content but still lol

[@dianegenx]

Hiya Gaz! Please do a collab with Craig and Aimee in Scotland? They need your advice for their garden and greenhouse! 💛💛

[@benjigirl1971]

Do you mean Kinging it?

[@valorabock6325]

Yes Kinging It 😊

[@annechung8197]

Shout out to Tom! Editing and B-roll footage creating such a great mood ☺️☺️

[@BetsiRomero]

There's just something about Gardening and connecting to the earth that is truly healing. And coming up with dishes to share with your loved ones provides a myriad of emotions that I cannot put into words. I really wish this was taught more and simply daydream about having a family of my own to share this nurturing experience with. My Potatoes, Tomatoes, And basil plants have been growing beautifully where I reside and always feel a huge level of excitement when I see them thrive. (feel like small Betsi each time!) Thank you again for sharing these little glimpses of your wholesome and inspiring endeavors

[@veronicacanaveira1068]

I’ve just watched Kinging-it’s video after yours, and they have sent me back to your video to ask for help on their new Scottish farm 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@StardewHomestead]

Started watching your channel when you were doing vegan meal prep videos, and now I'm slowly turning my backyard into a mini homestead along with you 😄 Thank you for sharing your journey with us! ❤

[@hayleyrichardson3921]

Gaz, you need to watch Kinging it. Fellow welsh folk that moved to Scotland. They ate in the process of renovating their little cottage and would be a great callab for the garden

[@angelatillman4323]

I think of living this way every day! It's my dream! A very simple life . Where the hard work is always worth it.

[@simpletown]

thanks for being proud of me! i started my first garden this year after watching your show for years and your transition into food gardening. awesome. thanks your an inspiration.

[@gina9523]

Second year growing veg garden, and honestly the taste of organic home grown veg, cannot be beat ❤

[@derekmcfadyen127]

Kingingit sent me here !..... ❤.... scotland might be on your horizon im thinking 😂

[@Supercat_1925]

How weird! .. Was going to watch Kingingit after Gaz..!! .. small youtube community! ..😊

[@donna3765]

Also here from Kinging It!! ❤

[@snookyfoxford]

Gaz, Craig and Aimee from Kinging It need your help in Scotland!

[@derekmcfadyen127]

Woo hoo 😂❤

[@moorlifeadventures]

Gaz, Craig and Aimee need you!

[@MsAndrealOrtiz]

The homestead, planting, growing tips videos are my favorite, so calming and inspiring

[@annoyingbutmorallyconsistent]

Kingin-It requests your help getting their garden going in Scotland. 😂

[@ElizabethCrawfordUNCW]

I've followed you for years, and this video is special. Spiritual almost. Thanks for inspiring me. My garden gets better every year and you've been part of that.

[@_SurvivalAce]

This small green house looks beautiful & your place is so green👌🏽

[@aprilgriggs5071]

Gaz, visit Craig and Amy in Scotland!! They sent me here! ❤

[@margarett_b]

So therapeutic, I love watching these garden-related videos of yours! Year after year I am more and more impressed with all you're learning and implementing in your space! Thank you for sharing it with us!

[@CherryJuli]

We have a community garden in my neighborhood but you need to rent a plot of land. It was initiated by the city and there will even be an opening ceremony soon. Yesterday I harvested my first homegrown radishes. A little premature but I wanted to taste them.

[@brianlozano7705]

Do it until the end of time. Keep growing!

[@marlenei8611]

As for the nettle tea, I do it with all my weeds from my garden. The fermentation process kills all the seeds, so no need to worry about them coming up again. It’s really a great way to use the weeds when you’re scared to put it in your compost because of the seeds sprouting. That also adds other nutrients to the tea other than nitrogen. I even do that with herbs sometimes because of the essential oils that are great for preventing pests and diseases.

[@anitahamlin2411]

Growing a garden and enjoying the countryside agrees with you. watching your growth is quite lovely!

[@Smallurbangreens]

Good to see you back in the garden. I have missed your contents in the garden.

[@wefunkful]

we loved this video, Gaz! happy to see you back in the garden. great inspiration and motivation as always and since many years for us.

[@paulateetree8437]

I Just love it that the hens follow Gaz.....

[@juliamorrisey5541]

I have to say that I did not discover how much I could enjoy gardening until I retired. KZbin has definitely provided so many learning opportunities. I truly enjoyed the Lacto-fermented tomatoes I made after watching you last summer. Every year I try growing something new so that I keep adjusting methods and crops so that I maximize my garden to feed me and my friends and family.

[@pattipelletier6131]

I’m starting my first raised garden this year. Thank you Gaz for being so inspiring 🇨🇦

[@muniondalenewyurk6777]

Hello from New York, 🇺🇸👋🏽😊 First time viewing your wonderful video! I retired last year and started gardening with one tomato plant & one green pepper plant , a few herbs & lots of flowers!💐 When we had a hot summer last year it was very challenging dealing with bottom end rot, but thanks to folks like you and KZbin university I was able to resolve the issue. This year I am growing more vegetables in pots and grow bags & it exciting because they are doing well. Had a few hiccups with weather changing cold unpredictably, had a few “ plant casualties” but nothing major. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and excitement for gardening! Lovely to see a young man gardening! Keep on inspiring other young people ( and some of us seniors, 😂😅) to grow food! God bless! 💗❤️💕👍🏽

[@marymcwhinnie3312]

Gaz Craig and Amy would love you to visit in Scotland. They could use your help and ideas for their new land

[@bellatrix4204]

I missed one last year because we were moving and oh boy did I miss it. I only really play at it at the moment (I did have an allotment about 20 years ago when we were students and would like to do a lot more again when time allows) but even the playing at it I do at the moment brings me so much joy.

[@Mythoughtonpoliticaltopics]

I have been following you when you first started when I had my old channel. And what got my attention is what you said about feeding your family and friends. God is going to blessed you. That is why I love your videos because its not about you its about others.

[@ebb115]

I would love to see a Kinging it Craig and Amiee with Gaz collaboration video 💗

[@alisonhendry2928]

Loving that peaceful quiet ambiance music in the background , a little Mozart is good for the soul as well as seeing the amazing views you enjoy out in the countryside of Wales. Your joy brings much joy to others. Thank you for your cooking and gardening videos and all the work that goes into them. I can’t wait for more. Just wish I could find some celeriac in the stores here in Houston 😢 and actually grow some sort of food that the critters don’t get first. I gave up years ago, but have a wonderful herb selection in pots. Basil anyone???😂😂

[@catevansartist]

There's nothing quite so rewarding as home-grown. We grew kale last year and had supplies right through to March when we harvested it fully, blanched, and popped in the freezer.

[@DanielJosephMagee]

Love your content Gaz, inspired me to get more adventurous with cooking and growing my own food ❤

[@maureenndeda7949]

Love the sense of peace and tranquillity. God bless you. From Kenya

[@sincerelysunshinecat]

It’s amazing to see all that you’ve done with your space and all of your passions blossom and become so enriched. It’s been so dope to see your life transform since the videos I’ve watched so long ago. You’re one of the people that sparked my vegan journey. Thank you 🖤

[@khawlahpeace1222]

Love the intro music brother . Such a lovely video I’m so proud of you, I’ve been watching for for years and years and witness you expand and move to the country and become a fine little farmer. You encourage me and teach me new things too . Thanks for the amazing content ad always look forward to seeing your videos they never disappoint

[@juliaakselsen9253]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and journey on your homestead. You’re created such an incredible garden and life. It’s so inspiring. Such a beautiful point about life seasons and making the most of each❤

[@sorocyrene]

Going outside right now to plant my garden I've been procrastinating on. Thanks Gaz 💚

[@Sunshine-lo6vd]

What a beautiful garden wow. And your chickens are adorable ❤ and so are the sheep in the background

[@presentpossible]

i'm also attending the youtube school of gardening. it'll be my first year planting in the ground and planting more than just a couple of vegetables, but i've learned so much that i feel really confident about it. glad you're joining the great list of resources available here!

[@nim3186]

I love how your girls just follow you around!

[@fsh57]

you send your positive energy to our place ....l am living top of a mountain beside the little forest in Mediterranean coast line in Spain....There is always full of different bushes with flowers and herbs and I never seen Autumn or Winter in this protect zone! To share and spreed your happiness and positive energy from Wells to us means a lot. Good Luck 🦜🐤🐥🐦🌼🌺🌿🌾🏵🌵🌴🪴🌸

[@roniarasheed3841]

This content is just insane!! The aesthetic, the information and everything about your videos lately is just perfect 👍🏼

[@Papasqanch]

If you cut the potatoes into individual eyes after they chit, then leave them in the sun to scab. If you plant each chit it will make a full plant as well!

[@iliannna]

Hey Gaz, get in touch with Craig and Aimee in Scotland. They need your help with some gardening

[@gemmaisinthegarden]

Hi Gaz 👋 a quick recommendation with the rhubarb.... cut it into thin, bitesize strips and dehydrate it. then toss it in icing sugar. it turns into a chewy sour sweet that is so addictive!

[@VibinJivin]

your garden/land is so serene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! beautiful country!

[@ellenfirestone3223]

Kingin’ it brought me to you. Help them please!!!

[@PurifiedDogWater]

We really need more gardening updates Gaz!!

[@vanessasabucco927]

*ahhhhhh* a big sigh just watching :) Thanks for sharing this exciting time of year!

[@destinyJoeliva]

Really appreciate these videos.. and also the music, the edit, everything I love it! The into was lovely!

[@MissLissy90]

I love that you allow yourself to talk more freely without many or any cuts!! So lovely to still see you grow ❤ feels like you are much more comfortable now. Will you ever talk about mental health more explicitly, Gaz? I know you're focusing on the good side in your videos, but I remember mental health being a recurring theme in your earlier videos, even if not in depth. I always wonder how you cope with being vegan and growing your own food in a cruel and capitalist world that makes this lifestyle very hard? Because I'm struggling and I feel I'd do the same as you if money wasn't an issue.. But I know I still wouldn't be magically happy, because of how our society works..

[@ImMonty365]

Old lady here…You’ve inspired me to get serious👏🏽I love that shirt❤

[@innershifttv]

When my tomatoes are that tall, I make a small trench, fill it with aged compost and place the tomato on its side with just the top popping up. The stem will grow additional roots providing extra nutrients and water to the plant.

[@gillianmuspic2337]

I just love seeing the sheep in the background as you are cutting your rhubarb

[@gazoakleychef]

❤️

[@Tommygrl1327]

Epic Gardening has great YT content!

[@suezqcamacho]

Love listening and watching ur vids!!! I, too, have been inspired this year to start my very first garden!! I just saw my very 1st radish !! I don't have as many seasons left as my kids but I hope they will b inspired by r harvest this year!! Ty for sharing

[@Codyreneexo]

With the increasing cost of food having your own garden is a great investment ❤

[@celinaquiros9381]

LOVE this, but honestly, I just came to check you out because Craig and Amy (Kinging It) mentioned you and that they needed your expertise. Here's my contribution to the efforts to get you to go help them with the set up at their new house. I love them, and they need all the help they can get! Don't tell them I said that! LOL!!!

[@101jeepz]

Great video! I love the seed starting containers! They're deep and narrow, and allow the plants to set up a nice root system - do you remember where you purchased them? I"m in the US and really all I can find in my area are the cheap crinkly plastic that are maybe 2-3 inches deep. Thanks, and keep planting!

[@kath2606]

The area where you live looks so lovely!

[@lorenavincent776]

I grew up eating raw rhubarb. Rhubarb grows wild in Chile, Temuco ;) I didn't even know that you could cook with it. I only learned that people make Rhubarb jams when I moved to Australia. I feel so fortunate to have eaten so much wild fruits when I lived there, maybe that's why I look so young.

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

Simple healthy way of living. You are inspiring!

[@chandineebhujan3868]

You are living a dream life. Don't change anything 😊❤

[@riosingh3235]

Gaz, please visit Craig and Amy in Scotland.

[@Shyted]

You’ve motivated us to start growing a few things. I’m doing some micro salad leaves and my girlfriend is doing root veg and some herbs.

[@genevaleon8281]

Since dawdling around in my moms garden as a kid, growing my own food has always been the dream

[@michellenokken2597]

We would appreciate the recommended channel links; we all need to learn.

[@annemariereichenbach9903]

please visit Amy and Craig in their Scottage

[@saul.fernandes]

The chickens look so happy 🐔

[@janetatuniquerawfoods2361]

I find planting in a sort of zig zag… instead of straight rows… allows a more natural spacing in the same area. Are people in Wales overall quite happy… like you… I am in Mexico and coming across a good bit of negativity and disregard… and want to move. Happy Summer.

[@jenifercarpenter3185]

I have sooo loved watching your videos . For years I grown some of my own veg and had a mum in law with fruit trees . Where I live now have some old fruit trees on the farm the house I rent in colder part of Australia lovely walnut tree ,2 nectarines , massive fig tree and granny Smith apple . There,s a wild red apple down the road I pick from.too. make a lot of jams and stew fruit for the freezer .My eldest daughter and her family are on a farm nearby .They planted fruit trees years ago. I have had some yummy cherries ,mulberries, pears and quinces from her this year .Made 8 mixed size jars of quince jam . Feel so spoilt . I have a few areas for veggies around the garden and have made a new area in old closed in chook pen .Which I enclosed inside with shade cloth as 3klms from the coast and get some really strong winds . I,ve had MS for over 30 years and went on a gluten free diet at 31 as had read may help ,in lots of ways it has .Just making myself go out into the garden for a bit every second day and my plants needing watering has made me upright still too say it hasn't been hard ummm. Pretty much all my food has been organic . If you kept eating the way you are as you get older people can't believe I,m the age I am they say much younger than 65 . Think my English dad had something too do with that ,as he never looked his age . Look forward too next video.

[@chassidywebdesign3672]

I feel like a kid rushing home to watch an after-school special! I freaking love your videos 🤩🤩

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Your gardening has been spectacular and inspiring. Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

[@jenthang]

Loved the slightly flat sheep "baa" timed with a similar note in the music, lol!

[@JoshuaSmithFamilyRobinson]

You have a lovely garden sir

[@NoraFermor]

Loving this, so much inspiration! Have you considered planting out clover instead of grass? So great for soil health and pollinators!

[@George-hk7yv]

Gaz I reckon I'm probably nearly double your age but it's been a slippery slope into growing loads of food for my family over the last 20 odd years. I think you're doing a great thing trying to get young people excited by the opportunities of growing their own food and I love watching your videos, get lots of good ideas from you. Also I'm going to shamelessly copy your polycrub-style greenhouse too when I finish saving up for it! Keep up the good work mate, and well done 👏

[@George-hk7yv]

And I totally second the shout outs to Charles Dowding and Huw Richards 👍🏻

[@juliac6309]

Would love another video about the chickens!

[@miyalopez5925]

Amazing garden 😇🙏❤️ proud of you Gaz blessings🙏

[@stephf121]

This concept raises the vibration 😊 in so many ways. Thanks for sharing

[@gazoakleychef]

You are so welcome

[@teilzeitamigo]

Hey I am 25, had a garden and really appreciated your inspiration! Now I only habe the balcony but I still try to grow as many vegetables as possible, beets, leek, tomatoes, salad, chilis, herbs and even some cannabis haha, thanks for your videos!

[@andrewgillespie6794]

Love the show. Rhubarb is a lovely vegetable.

[@cynthiahunter3295]

Lovely channel love your cozy garden and cute lamb hill

[@ericafaber6585]

Love your videos Gaz and would love to see you at Craig and Amy in Scotland … they seriously will need your gardening help and advise😂

[@gazoakleychef]

Maybe one day!

[@godisgarden]

Hi! Kale is a perennial many if not all the brassicas are perennial. When the bugs get to them which they will because nature have to eat too. Those plants will push out new growth and you can eat on some kale in the winter… But must leave the cultivar in the ground

[@dianabrian2257]

We love you Gaz!!!

[@Vegancutie]

Rhubarb is a delicacy that thrived in the steppes of modern day Uzbekistan, and became popular during trade in the 1600s. Fascinating to see how you use it. Thank you for noting that rhubarb leaves are toxic to eat but can be used for composting!!! I didnt know 😮

[@carolineowen7846]

If you know a beekeeper, pass the leaves their way, the oxilic acid in the leaves kills varroa mites, a leaf or 2 can go inside the hive - the bees eat through it, on the next inspection remove the thick vein, or put them all underneath ;) it doesn't harm the bees, doesn't affect the honey, or wax. Also safer (for the bees and keeper) than using industrial oxiliac acid in the autumn. I use my Rhubarb leaves as a mulch under my hives to help stop the weeds and grass. ❤

[@DailyQuiet]

Beautiful 💚 thank you Gaz

[@stevencats7137]

Gaz. Here’s a tip: to maximize use of space in your beds, plant your plants in an alternating pattern at diagonals instead of srraight lines. for example your first row might have 3, then the second would have 2 at diagonals from each of the 3 in the first row. then repeat pattern

[@hopetn]

Love your enthusiasm! I really enjoy your garden episodes.

[@gazoakleychef]

Thanks so much!