Early Summer Garden Harvest | Pickled Fish + Preserving Eggs

Our Alaskan garden has been providing us with a steady supply of colorful greens for several weeks now. After we harvest fresh herbs and other produce we bring you along into the kitchen where we create simple and quick recipes that can be enjoyed throughout the summer months. Citrus pickled pike, preserving our fresh chicken eggs and wild rose jam are also on the agenda. 'Tis the season for summer harvesting and foraging in Alaska.
We appreciate you tagging along for our Alaskan adventure 😀
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- Eric & Arielle Illia
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[@charlotteclark2207]

Can you please show more videos of the garden. You guys do such a wonderful job.

[@kathymcmc]

Gardening videos are my favorite.

[@jill7717]

Yes charlotte I would like to more of the garden too! ☺️

[@tammyvickers7779]

I LOVE more of their adventures around Alaska as well as fishing. 😍

[@judyabernathy80]

I love it all!! ♥️🙏🏼♥️

[@GardenGirlGlowUp]

Yes!! I’ve been missing them so much!! 💕🌸🦋

[@RubyPlanet81]

I am Australian and I am in absolute awe of how beautiful Alaska is and the fishing! Your garden, preserves, cooking, keeping chickens and bees are great too. My dream is to set up aquaponics to grow herbs, berries, tomatoes and harvest silver and golden perch and yabbies (small freshwater crayfish that taste sweeter than prawns or lobster). Can't wait for your next video 😊

[@annikaintervall8930]

A great way to store your herb butter for longer is to freeze it. Once you've mixed the butter, spread it along the edge of a parchment paper and roll to a tight sausage. Put it in the fridge until it's hard enough that you can cut it into slices (don't separate the slices). Roll it back up in it's sausage shape and put the whole thing in the freezer. As you have already cut it you can then just take out as much as you need and leave the rest of the butter in the freezer for another time!

[@hoosierladyus48]

WOW, every year your garden gets better and better. Just from watching we all see how much time and work the two of you put into the garden, but boy is it worth it. The two of you are amazing!

[@stevenwarner7348]

The Garden ! My most favorite subject !!!! Weeeell. there's the fishing; Mmm the Cabin. the bees, Oh yea the snowmobile rides... Mmm and that boat. Errrr all the drone shots. The cooking and canning... Oh yea. THE GARDEN... but then there is the adventure /travel. the fishing... Mmmmmm. Yea.... the Garden! ✨🌸✨

[@sheilamorse2624]

I love love love how creative you both are in the kitchen. Cooking and preserving can be a joy and you have captured that beautifully.

[@Homer2q]

I like the way you do projects, a little at a time, day by day. It doesn’t seem so overwhelming. I know at times gardens get ahead of a person.

[@yx6889]

OMG, the color of that jam is just gorgeous! And your garden looks so healthy! I am so envious lol! Thank you for the videos, I love seeing what you two are up to.

[@itslyss2233]

So glad to see you’re almost at 600k! Love to see you guys enjoy summer and thanks for another amazing episode!

[@russellprickett1652]

Thanks for showing Pepper at the start of the video!

[@markh2005]

Love seeing how happy your pets are. That cat couldnt purr any louder 😂

[@syzygy2043]

Pepper is my favourite.

[@merinashylaja2549]

Wow ! Finally we see sweet Pepper again! Her eyes were so full of love and contentment, such a precious kitty !

[@dibamoca9885]

All your hard work in the garden is really paying off!!

[@terrimoore5181]

My son is a executive chef and he taught me to freeze my pesto in Ice tray. Drizzle a little olive oil on top of each in tray. Freeze for a few hours till solid. Once it frozen place in zip lock baggie. You take out just the cubes you need when cooking.

[@MCL288]

Finally 😀 the pickled Pike video. (The one who waits, never waits on something great too long. 😀🐣🐐♥️🌞👍

[@fg146]

You guys look healthy so just keep doing what you're doing. TY for the video!

[@juliemcgugan1244]

I also leave some of my bolted veg for the bees, but also collect seed from them for next season. It is really satisfying to see, as a gardener!

[@iloveamerica3917]

I love summer garden videos because of all the bright colors and seeing you guys full up the wheelbarrow.

[@douglascunningham3126]

Absolutely thrilled to see video from you two!! Have you considered making a chimichurri sauce with all your herbs? It s a delicious Argentinian condiment and easy to make. It goes well on meats and as a dipping sauce for breads. Vinegar, herbs, salt, and spices are the basis of it

[@user-ew3eb9uv2i]

Here I am, watching your garden videos again in the middle of the winter 😀 It means the Spring is coming! 🥰🌱I love the crunchy sound of the vegetables from your garden! 🪴Can’t wait to see what you grow this summer! Always wish you good luck 🍀 with all your journey ( including gardening 🧑‍🌾

[@meganross303]

can I just say the cinematography on your videos is always mind blowing and lovely? It makes me so calm and i love it

[@playcolumbus2413]

I just learned that radishes produce a ton of green bean-ish pods if you let them grow. They are so delicious sauteed in butter. Definitely my new favorite way to eat from the radish plant!

[@bigdanny9721]

The thing I’ve watched all week

[@LiveAboard]

I see that you have Home Depot buckets. I used to buy those too until I realized my local restaurant throws out food grade white buckets! Now, I ask them to let me know when they have buckets and I pick them up. They are great and durable. I use them and feel some pride that I'm keeping them out of the dump. Hope this helps.

[@Jaynes-Path]

I tried to do that too but every one I asked said they keep them themselves or are sending them back to the company they came from for recycling. I wish I could get some that way!

[@thewisceeeggg1624]

@@Jaynes-Path you can ask at your local grocery store, the bakery. For the large buckets they have a waiting list and will call when one is available...

[@iloveamerica3917]

Fire house subs sells Thiers for $3 each.

[@elsoapgibbo]

@@Jaynes-Path Try bakeries or donut shops for sure.

[@sharonaustin6944]

I worked in a restaurant and the manager let us have the food grade buckets with the sealable lids. I would buy cheap ground coffee and pour a cup of the dry coffee in the bucket, seal with the lid and let it sit for a few days. That would get rid of the pickle smell. We could then use the buckets to store dried beans and other bulk food. Now they sell special lids on Amazon. A snap on rim and screw top makes for really easy access.

[@jayhenderson177]

We've been freezing our pesto in ice cube trays. Once frozen we pop them out, bag them and back to the freezer. Each cube is a good serving or the perfect size for adding to sauces.

[@simoneconsciousobserver3105]

That's a great idea! I hope I can get enough basil to make pesto. I live in the total opposite environment. In the tropics, right on the beach. The salt air and previous 4 hurricanes, Alma hit us head on, have left my plants a bit hagered but we're getting to add a few leaves to salads at least.

[@connielikens3415]

This is my favorite time of year! Harvest and preserve!!! I have never had an opportunity to garden, being a city girl all of my life. But would sure love to wake up to the chickens waking up and a kiss from the dogs while rocking on the porch with the best cup of coffee, ever!! God bless you!!Hmmm. It looks like I could sprinkle a few comas and dots. Nah!

[@raulcabral8661]

I enjoy watching your channel, you remind me of my childhood, I grow up on a Portuguese style farm, In Rhode Island my grand parents put everything up we only ate from the farm, chesses rabbit beef eggs chicken goat chesses and cows milk raw , that was from the land from the sea wow clams fish of all kinds, fruit from the trees also

[@dennisoverholts8396]

You guys are legends! I keep hearing about you in other Channels and its amazing

[@lisalisa6613]

Wow very stunning fresh veggies harvesting from simple cute green garden. 😍 😍 😍

[@leannwhite620]

Yummy! To keep the pesto thicker, skip the rinse or after picking the leaves off the stems, put in a pillowcase dedicated to the kitchen. Go outside and spin it in the pillowcase over your head shaking it up a few times to rearrange the leaves to get more water out. Make Eric do it so you don't look goofy.

[@bipiford5353]

Your videos enchant and also make me dream of a simple life in the countryside. I enjoy equally the shots of the landscape, the animals, your farm, the garden, the forest and your cabin and of course your craftsmanship, which is really impressive. Many a tip for growing vegetables and especially recipes I have already gotten through it. Thank you very much for all the beautiful posts and all the best for you.

[@truthseeker9688]

OH, those LUSCIOUS vegetables/greens!!

[@marthaturki4891]

You guys have such a green thumb! Garden and flowers are beautiful and healthy!😍😍😍

[@valfrasier39]

I love the harvesting and preserving videos. I also love that you show how you use them throughout the year.

[@TheAmazingHuman]

I can look at garden content all day long. You guys are an inspiration. 💕

[@maikatupua8228]

Greetings from Fiji 🇫🇯!! I never knew that rose petals could bbe made into Jam until now. Thanks for sharing...!!

[@rattaxi9645]

Flower jelly is gorgeous. Firewood sounds like a great wildflower- beautiful and delicious.

[@kekiplus1andonly]

This is amazing, loving your channel more everyday

[@gcg7074]

Couple of suggestions for your pesto. Dry your basil and you will get a much chunkier pesto. Freeze in bags to take up less space. Love all your cooking videos. Well, actually all your videos. Thank you for taking the time to make them

[@deecilla5087]

I just can't explain how excited I get when you show a bee in the video. Most likely it's one of yours and it just tickles me pink to think that even they are working in tandem with you and Eric.

[@donaldeugenealford4080]

Great way to preserve eggs,your fireweed jelly looks awesome.

[@tampafruitgrower8913]

Two tips I learned from making ceviche: put the fish in a colander so when the fish sweats out the moisture, the fish does sit in the moisture. Two don't wash of the salt. A lot of salt will be flushed in the moisture removal process. Plus if you are washing the fish your adding moisture back in and defeating the work you just did.

[@pqtpat7734]

When did they say they were making ceviche lol? It’s pickled

[@sarahmatthews5878]

@@pqtpat7734 that's what Ceviche is. It's citrus pickled raw fish.

[@sarahmatthews5878]

Those are great tops. Thanks for sharing.

[@aislynocaire3915]

I like every vid about your garden etc. it is so cozy to watch.

[@Carol-sr8my]

You should be so proud of your garden, fantastic

[@omaruth]

One of my favorite things to watch of you, is all the different canning that you do. The pickled pike looked so good!! Wish I could try that 😊 the color of your jam looked so pretty, the bold red or purple color. As always thank you for letting us into your lives. ❤😍

[@annelieserose7928]

Bless you for saying it’s early summer still 🥲

[@gregmccarter5253]

Sorry for so many consecutive comments, ish. So, with citrus I've learned through trial and error. Zest the citrus fruits, then add the zest to your brine, then juice them into the brine after. Discard the pith and pulp (the white parts of the fruit, as they contain the bitter flavor compounds) Especially with a fish with such a delicate flavor as our northern pike. You guys are always on point! Just some tips from a dude that learned the hard way.

[@chickentender4037]

The colors of your vegetables are beautiful, everything looks so vibrant.

[@user-de3wz5ov5j]

Я часто смотрю ваши ролики, очень интересные, мне всегда хотелось жить с природой и заниматься сельским хозяйством, молодцы так держать

[@MarthaGonzalez-jm3vn]

It makes me happy to see all those bees buzzing around. I'm having a hard time finding them around my home.

[@simoneconsciousobserver3105]

I had some concerns when y'all moved to Alaska way off grid. Silly Simone! I was amazed at how much food you are able to grow. Not to mention all the foraging and incedible fishing you do. The majority of all you consume is from your own sweat, blood and probably tears. Inspiring! I love sharing your videos and seeing the amazing responses. In these daze you are living a luxury Continuing blessings of abundance and wisdom❤

[@mirandam8021]

Love the garden harvest and canning videos! Actually love all of your videos!

[@courtneyscroggins6355]

I had to laugh when you said nice hot day. The high there is 75 I would love that right now and even consider it a little chilly. Here in Oklahoma it is 100 degrees.

[@greatplainsman3662]

104 in outstate Nebraska today, need rain also. Have a great day friend.

[@sharonhilliard3780]

I love to see your beautiful garden in Sommer . That lettuce is huge . You guys grow such beautiful veggies and eat very well !

[@PaullaWells]

Y'all know I look forward to these videos every year, so, there's that. 🤣 But, I really do love seeing the garden and all your wonderful harvests and how you preserve the produce. It's so inspirational to me and I thoroughly appreciate them. Great haul once again as well! I made my first ever. dill pickles yesterday and got a jar chilled. I just tasted one thinking it won't be as good as it can be until next week, but I just had to try it. I am so stinkin' amazed! They are sooo good! And, because you guys are always messing with recipes I felt emboldened to mess with the one I could find that sounded the least complicated and I am so glad I did! So, thank you for your inspiration! And, yep, the cucumbers came from my own garden. Whoop!

[@sandraengstrand2784]

Such delicious projects!! The infused vinegar is a work of art!!! 💜

[@annieklassen1258]

Hi great to see young people canning the moose looks so peaceful thanks 😊

[@valerialamberti9037]

I love gardening and preserving videos of you guys! Warm regards from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@lindavancleve9363]

My aunt steals my roses and makes Rose Petal Jam. Those who have not had it before are missing an absolute wonderful culinary treat. Again wonderful content from you two.

[@patjordan1955]

Wow! That head of lettuce is outstanding!

[@kathleenwarner8700]

FINGERTIPS SORE from peeling hard boiled eggs? 😢 Try this: crack the fat end of the shell and get rid of the little pieces. Then turn the bowl of a common teaspoon over and slide it between the shell and the whites towards the small end of the egg. 2-3 times under the shell and you’re done; on to the next. You’ll be done in no time when doing large batches. Been watching since you started the channel...love all you do. 💕🌵

[@danschwab2814]

The jam looks amazing but than again everything you guys cook or can looks amazing thank you for sharing your lives with us much love from Wisconsin.

[@catracampolieto8989]

I'm enjoying your videos so much. I love to garden. I used to go hunting, fishing and trapping.

[@bubblegumsnaps997]

I never knew how to prune basil until I watched this, thanks Ariel! Everything looks lovely! Happy Summer!😁✨🌞

[@feliciaalbanese3338]

Very nice garden!! You are always putting this Floridian to shame. Omg!! Love it!

[@peggyterschluse9060]

Love every aspect of your videos. I'm learning so much. It's true enjoyment watching your day to day survival techniques. Thank you!

[@Loesters]

Favorite season! All the things you made look so delishes. The colors are beautiful, in the garden and in the kitchen. I love these episodes so freaking much. Enjoy the summer guys! 🍀🌻🧚‍♀️

[@yourmomisagamer3430]

I love your channel and how you make your own food. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and advice. Every one of your videos is like a mini master class in gardening and sustainable living, and I appreciate it very much. The jam looks amazing!

[@macalaban2405]

Beutifull Gardens so healthy lettuce is massive 👌 😍

[@timmccaffery4826]

Yeah, great to see your lovely garden producing so much pretty variety of veggies!

[@bethrizi6509]

Fantastic garden! The sheer amount of food you preserve is unbelievable. All in one day I think twice about frying an egg for myself. LOL 😉 Whoever keeps ALL those knives sharpened to perfection makes all the horrendous tasks you both do,so much easier too. I like to think it's a joint effort! Love your channel. 💖👍

[@joharmon2148]

So many yummy veggies! the preparing of food for winter starts while we are sitting here at 108 degrees and praying for an early cold winter, well at least I am

[@gbbb8]

these are my favorite videos yall do.growing and preserving. SO GOOD. thank yall for your hard work.

[@Gardeningchristine]

That bee with the orange butt was awesome!

[@cluckymcnuggets8457]

I found you guys about a year ago. And love the show. So much it has inspired me to start my own "very amature" garden.

[@Ezrait]

Every season you guys show gets better and bountiful. I still say you all should make a cook book. Rustic with some pictures of Alaska…that would be cool. Anyways can’t wait to see what else you will harvest and put up for the winter. ❤️🥬🥒🌶🫑🥔🥕🌽🧄🧅🍠🥗🪺🌹🌺🌷🌸🌼🌺🐟

[@cristinalampitoc9226]

You are beautiful, your garden is beautiful, everything is beautiful in your surroundings. Thanks for an awesome video you’re sharing with us. 🇵🇭

[@roberthakeman9822]

The egg deal with the 5gallon bucket and the rose petals jam sounds like some good recipes for your exotic cookbook. My mother in law is going to make plum jam and jelly tomorrow at the age of 92.5 years old she loves to make jams and jellies in the summer.

[@ositagordita8550]

That huge head of lettuce was my favorite, right after more face time from the cat! 🙀😻✌️💞🐾🐾

[@DeliaLee8]

Great video. Loved it all. And the chicken having a dust bath at the end was adorable.

[@russellwatters5891]

The garden has multiple colors, everything is beautiful. I enjoy watching ya'll preserve and can, making all kinds of delicious looking foods! Love ya'll ❤️, as always, look forward to seeing more

[@bartgills2849]

Love the sunrise/sunset info always. Most people don't realize there's no "night time" on July 4th there and that's why instead of fireworks y'all jump cars off a cliff to celebrate.

[@jackieburnett6881]

That jam looks delicious! Enjoy watching all the canning y’all are so busy! Ty for sharing

[@kortzbeauty]

I can’t believe you guys are harvesting already I feel like I just saw you plant our your garden! Looks so beautiful and lush

[@clrd4tkoff]

Awesome!! 🤗🤗 I love how you prepare multiple ways of storing your food!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@CheryPet93]

My mother makes quite a lot of jam and jelly. She uses mostly fruits, but sometimes she uses elderflowers. She does use a ration 1.2 :2 sugar and pectin to liquid (juice) for jelly (like the one you were making) and 1:2 sugar and pectin to liquid a.k.a. fruits. If filled up hot in sterilized jars like you did, you don't need to heat them up again, you can store them in a cool place (no fridge needed) for at least a year. After a year there is no problem with it getting mouldy or something like that, it just looses its flavour. (We have had some jars that were 7 years old. There was no problem with it, it just did taste like watery sugar and not like fruit ;)).

[@steph291]

at 11:58 butter mixing deserve an award !!!! OMG I never though of that !

[@fuzzles93]

I love watching your preserving/ preparing food videos

[@danamama6766]

Everything looked so beautiful today. That pickled pike my gosh that must be delicious. The jam, what a lovely color and I bet it also tastes amazing. Can't wait to see what the summer brings next. hugs

[@battlearmanda]

I'm glad I'm not the only one behind on pruning this year :)

[@DikiNianto]

Thanks for sharing nature...I like garden, Forest, Mountain, River. Watching from Jakarta Indonesia, New Friend & New Sub. Have a nice day.....

[@lenellamaxwell6934]

I so enjoy watching all of your videos, but especially when you are harvesting food of all kind. Looks yummy!

[@catherinefoster1481]

I've decided your channel is my absolute favorite! Your content is always incredible. Beautiful footage, very informative and always, ALWAYS enjoyable.

[@naomidoss1837]

That blows my mind that your summer is lower than our winter. I live in Darwin Australia

[@clemmons9501]

I absolutely LOVE watching y'all harvest, fish, forage, and then watching the canning process!!!😎😎😎 I haven't ever done canning however, I find it FASCINATING!!!💯💯💯 LOL, I kind of laughed(not in a mean way) when you said it was HOT there!!!🤣🤣🤣 We've been pushing 105° here in Florida!!!🥵🥵🥵 I can't wait for your next video!!!👍👍👍 Much Love from FL 💖💞🌴💖💞🌴💖💞🌴

[@lindabonomi7274]

109 today here in Tucson! try drying your basil in flat layers on parchment paper...only takes a day or so in the sun

[@myboyzr2]

Awesome, awesome! Love the matching ball jar lids and seals, nice touch! I’m so thrilled when I see a notification that a new video is up. I stop what ever I’m watching and click fast..thanks you two! It’s almost like being there!

[@robertazapfe7585]

❤️❤️❤️ You make this ole gal smile! Thank you 😊

[@janettamaryam5724]

This the first time for me to see chives flower, such a beautiful flowers. I think you can keep them as decorations

[@mattt12]

Will be watching this as soon as I am off duty today, thanks for the uploads they make winter here easier to get through

[@brendaduignan5961]

Winter, where are you? 100 degrees where I am. I'm melting

[@mattt12]

@@brendaduignan5961 New Zealand, -2c here today at 8am

[@9001012]

Always a pleasure to watch your channel. It's raining in Florida so couldn't ask for a better time to watch. Very calming, appreciate you both for sharing 💞