First Year's Harvests (Big and Small!) from our Homestead

Hi, we are Harriet and Mauro and in February 2021 we bought an abandoned smallholding in Castellón, Spain. In these videos we share our life as we restore and improve our little stone house, learn to grow and preserve our own food, and bring our 4 acres of farmland back to productivity.
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In this video we are showing you some of the food we have been harvesting lately both from our own homestead and in shared community harvests with friends. Last year I only grew a few pumpkins and some green beans because I didn't have reliable water, so this is the first year I've really been growing food. As you will see in the video, some stuff grew almost too heavy to carry and some stuff... well, it's all just an experiment anyway!
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[@Abby-yc7tt]

I simply cannot believe how much your garden produced. It's AMAZING. I've been gardening longer than you've been alive and you win, hands down. I can only wish for a garden like yours AND I DO.

[@Wiseguy63]

For the struggling trees, in the fall, dig a trench around the tree and put some of the chicken or other kind of manure in the trench and cover the manure with some soil. Water it if you can or let nature take its course. It will make a huge difference. Also consider selling the almonds green and fresh in the spring. We pay premium here for green almonds here in Canada. They arrive by plane from middle East, Spain and California and they are very yummy. We pay around $12/kg sometimes more.

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

Thank you for the tip! Do you think the manure should be composted first? We pay about €13/kg here too which is crazy as they are all harvested locally!

[@Wiseguy63]

No not the manure. Let the plant get the raw benefit of breaking it . The little trench will act as a mini compost, and manure does not take much to break down and give top benefit. Goat manure is better and safer than chicken manure. You are very welcome. I love soaking green almonds in water in the fridge and let them chill, and dip them in a bit of salt and enjoy being them super crunchy and yummy... That fresh Then I love them again when the inside is turning solid and white, and peel and eat with a drink. Amazing how much nature can offer us.

[@ginacrusco234]

Hi Harriet! The ginormous zucchini are hilarious, the almond harvest looks fun and satisfying, and the grapes look luscious. The most wonderful aspect is the cooperative work, helping neighbors and inviting them to help you. The second most wonderful is that nothing goes to waste; if you can't eat it, the animals can!

[@austinhowland3850]

Hi Gina how are you doing today ☺

[@hessus9219]

I just watched the 1 year video and checked the channel to see if you posted anything new. Your videos really give me a chill natural vibe, thank you!

[@freespiritwithnature4384]

All your hard work has paid off. The zucchini are huge. Great job!

[@beatrizdriedger162]

we usually soak the sunflower seeds in salt water, and then roast them and store them in a jar, you can eat them while doing something else (you obviously have to deshell them but you just do it as you eat them)

[@brendaturner2041]

I love your videos. You are great and industrious. I love your garden and trees.I pray you have great success and many blessings. Brenda,Louisiana USA

[@williammcduff6531]

Great harvest and video. A little trick when I was young spending time and my aunt and uncle's farm we'd pick the dried climbing beans put them in a large jute bag. Hang them from a clothesline and beat it with a broom that saved a lot of time shelling the beans one by one. Probably work for your chickpeas also.

[@mrMacGoover]

Yes, corn demands a fair amount of soil nutrients and water to grow as well tomatoes due to most of the fruit mostly consisting of water. If you mulch heavily around plants with wood chips. They slow soil evaporation and turn into a moisture sponge layer as they decompose.

[@HolJaci]

bear in mind that wood chips extract nitrogen from the soil as they decompose... so be sure to add compost or manure!

[@deborahlee8135]

Save seeds from that vine!!!

[@margaretgarigan]

This summer’s drought has been terrible, even here in Soria. Today we met a farmer who has horses pastured in a high (~ 1400m) meadow filled with ancient oaks. He was putting out hay because there’s no grass and said this is the first year he’s had to do that - ever - and he was well on in years. He also said that the ciervos, which we don’t ordinarily see down at 1100m, have come down from the forests and eaten much of the wheat in the fields. (So now I know why there’s been so much more deer poo than usual on dog walks in the fields.) It’s easy to believe the dire predictions about the desertification of Spain.

[@belafonteBloo]

Aquaponics>>>hydroponics>>> greenhousing>>>>composting (red wigglers) /mulching? Black water/grey water recycling system- Rainwater harvesting catchment and storage system- Composting toilet system- Surface/ground water retention sytems - Ollas >>> dip-feed irrigation - Keylines/swales/berms/ponds (Goats/chickens/Beekeeping/Canning/preserving/foraging/mycology?) Agroforestry/agronomy/ fire-flood prevention/solar/latis microclimates/ permaculture /vine fruit (lianas) to shade soil>>>>create topsoil>>>>research dry land farming / polyculture /permaculture/ preindustrial tools and methods/notill/research native pollinators and wildlife and the local crops and flora/fona >>>acquire native heirloom seeds. Alaskan here in caste La Mancha, wish you all good harvests

[@margaretgarigan]

@@belafonteBloo yes to all that!

[@exploraalaska5819]

GRAN PARTE DE CULPA DE LA SEQUÍA, ES POR LOS AVIONES

[@carolinesilva2148]

Here in Brazil, in the dry lands a man call Ernest Gotsch planted a syntropic forest e recovered his land perfectly, he is a truly example

[@earthangel8730]

Human accelerated Climate Change is here to stay. It's only going to get MUCH worse . We could've had everything but the Industrial Revolution and invention of the combustible engine was our demise. Not to mention many humans breed like rats.

[@Max23465789]

There is an easier way to shell dry beans or peas if you don't care a lot about them all being whole. Just get a cloth towel and put the beans on it and go over it with a rolling pin winnow out the shell and you'll save a lot of work. Just found your channel the other day love watching the farm come back to productivity.

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

I'll definitely try that!

[@irenedeboer5486]

Love your videos! About the sunflowers; I saw that you can eat them like you'd eat a corn cob! When the flowers are just done and start to wilt, pick them and take off the petals. Then oil the seed heads and grill them a bit, face down. Cut into quarters. Then, apparently, you can munch the seeds off like you would with a cob of fresh corn. I thought I'd share that because it seems so delicious 🤤

[@nancyloveleafygreens4052]

Hi Irene I tried that technique of roasting young sunflowers, was not impressed with the results but some folks rave about it so I may try again at an earlier stage.

[@rectify2003]

Your garden is Jurassic park 😀 Your videos restore my faith back in Humans. Your animals are so precious also ❤️

[@bolur4545]

I can even understand the size of these courgette haha they were so huge!! The plum tree reminded me of my grandfather, who had his own orchard. He always cut the high branches of the fruit trees so that he could pick the fruit with his hands (at most using a ladder). So nice to see all your weekly updates

[@DevJB]

Another thing that is harvested is the time spent together and accomplishment feelings you share. Very cool. ; )

[@vivalaleta]

How charming your life appears. Simply idyllic. I think that many of us long to get away to such an existence.

[@ishavidafarm]

The thermomix has a reverse function, which means that the back of the blade hits the seed. So it doesn't get cut or blended but knocked. I used that for many things, you can also de-seed pomegranate with it. May work for you too. By the way love the way you put your videos together, so beautiful.

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

Oh that is super interesting, thank you! that sounds like just what I need... I'll look into it!

[@clairerogge619]

I discovered your KZbin channel tonight and it has made my day! I visited Spain for the first time last spring and drove through the countryside imagining living in one of the beautiful abandoned farmhouses. I aspire to be as creative and resourceful as you and your neighbors are one day! Thank you for teaching me lots (:

[@deborahlee8135]

I love the harvesting, thank you for sharing. I was in tears of laughter over the supersized treasures you discovered 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and love how your community helps each other out.

[@bluefox5331]

Plums are one of my favourite fruits. I've been eating a bowl of oatmeal with some chopped for like a month, making the most out of plum season while it's here. Of course they're store bought, I don't have a tree, but they're still good :D They are also very good for baking unlike the round plums, they gain taste when baked, and become gooey goodness. I can recommend making a yeast streusel with halves of them placed generously and with nice crumble on top.

[@YamiKisara]

Pro tip: buy a PVC pipe wide enough for the corn cob to fit in, drill a few screws into it so they face inside deep enough to catch the kernels. When you insert the cob, the screws are gonna loosen the kernels. That way, one cob takes a few seconds, instead of minutes when doing it by hand.

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

ohhh that's a cool idea. thank you!

[@YamiKisara]

@@LittleSpanishFarmstead you're welcome :) Learned it from the channel SelfSufficientMe. I've also posted another comment about how to peel the sunflower seeds, since you asked about it in the video, so maybe you want to check that out too - though my family has always left the sunflower flowers full of seeds on the window sill during winter, for birds to come and pick.

[@blackkseraph]

A way of getting the corn seeds off, is to take it w both hands & than rotate it between your hands. If theyre dry enough they will come off easily. Always had to do it back when i was young & were visiting my grandma (moldava) hahah I learnd a lot of farm work from her! Side fact: if you give the chickens a lot of dried corn, the egg yolk ig going to get a lot more yellow & it also tastes better! A tip for sunflower seeds: you also have to dry the whole flower (till the seeds turn black) you can do that by leaving the head on the plant w a piece of seetrough cloth around it or you cut the head off and let then dry somewhere else, than the seeds will come off easier. If you wanna eat them right away as a snack you can cursh the shell with your teeth or 2 fingers. If not try putting them in a piece of cloth & gently push down & do circular movements. I hope you somehow can understand it hahah im from germany soo my english isnt that great.😅 Also i love your channel & the idea behind it! It really inspires me :))

[@isabelsaezbueno2151]

Que bonito es recoger vuestra propia cosecha, en casa de mis abuelos siempre hemos tenido almendras y teníamos muchos sacos de almendras y lo que hacíamos para pelarlas en echarlas encima de una mesa e ir pelando las, las almendras se echaban a un capazo y las cáscaras al suelo, así es más sencillo y rápido al no tener q separar en dos sitios distintos. Luego se barría y listo. Eso sí es importante que las extendais en algun sitio para que se sequen y no les salga moho. Y las pipas guardaros alguna torta para en invierno comerlas al lado de la lumbre como aperitivo. Animo que lo estáis haciendo muy bien.

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

Muchísimas gracias! 💚💚

[@catherinekevin6252]

Lovely video! For the sunflowers, harvest the seeds once dry and store them with the husks. The sprouts of sunflowers are beautifully crispy with a nutty taste and are a wonderful protein packed addition to a salad!

[@partidaportet27]

Wow they are big, well done. Your land is clearly fertile They grow those large squash here for animals as they are less sweet than the pumpkins you have. Just think, the old timers never had any nets, no Sthil. They were picking Almonds, Olives etc by hand and they left nothing, leaping over bancal walls to fetch the strays. I am for sure they would scream at how we work today Lovely video you guys Next year or ahead of any planting, you might investigate JADAM soil treatments. You can collect material locally for this. It really helps condition the soil for seeds, the potatoes will help this too.

[@tipytipytipy]

This video is such a joy to watch. I feel grateful for being able to share this adventure with you guys. Lots of ❤ from Belgium

[@ClissaT]

I was very impressed with all the help you gave neighbours and the sharing of crops. As for the sunflower seeds, nature has made them difficult because you shouldn't eat very many. They are a treat. And animals should not eat too many either. So yes, they will be hard to extract. But you put a big handful in your pocket and them, a few at a time, as you work. Our bodies can only work with under a teaspoon of such oil in a 3hr period and the handful will last you all day. They are highly nutritious so you don't need many. Unfortunately extracting oil from them is a pain but rolling with wooden roller on a concave rock is the way to break them apart from their shells. So don't feel bad about the sunflower seed being hard to extract. They are power-packed and you only need a few. Have great day. I wish I could grow such fantastic fruit and veg. My place is archaic in fertility, nothing grows. No amount of water will produce fruit and veg.

[@noiku]

What a cute answer, haha.

[@GoTocco]

I’ve grown many of the things you have grown and it all ends up as chicken feed. I let them do the work and they miss lots of the seed that volunteer next year and it eventually does save money on chicken feed. They love it but amaranth, sunflowers, corn, is not worth the time for human food. Sweet corn is worth growing for human consumption and tomatoes, potatoes, beans. You guys are doing great. Wish I was there to help.

[@nhlightning9804]

I love your videos. I have long thought it might be great to do what you are doing somewhere in the Iberian countryside. As to your tomatoes, be sure you prune them. You will get a better yield. More irrigation and compost will also help.

[@romanus4879]

Buen trabajo. España necesita más gente joven y trabajadora como ustedes, sólo así se puede garantizar un futuro esperanzador para el mundo rural.

[@diariodejuliete1564]

I live in uk and soon I plan to move to Spain to off grid to live a simple rural life❤

[@margaritamanresacapo2540]

Todo en el campo lleva trabajo , pero cuando era niña las almendras marcaban el año de bueno o malo , ya que era el mayor ingreso de mi familia , las algarrobos también, pero se solían guardar para los animales , ahora en Mallorca al menos vale la pena recogerlas ya que se pagan a 2€ el kilo y pesan bastante , muchas gracias por compartir , besos .......

[@andresamplonius315]

Hola! Oí que el pan de Algarroba es muy agradable y nutritivo. La consumían ustedes mismos o las destinaban todas a los animales?

[@breectn2464]

Please do a harvest video of all your produce in your homestead☺️☺️

[@meeshelle1397]

I’m on catch up, you’ve been busy as usual. Lovely to see your harvest season! 🌟

[@LuzAl910]

¡Maravillarse cada día de la naturaleza es una forma agradable de vivir.! Transmiten mucha paz y armonía, gracias.

[@juliannapasztory3819]

Hola chicos, gracias nuevamente por compartir un nuevo video, siempre enseñando, y aportando, se q nos repetimos pero de verdad es un placer verlos, trasmitis alegría, y ganas, disfruten de lo cosechado y salud!!! Esperamos con muchas ganas un nuevo video! Julianna&José

[@dannykuang9433]

Amaranth is something we saw a lot of back home, but since they sorta spread like wild fire no one really made it an intent to plant them, but rather just harvested them from around the village roads, hills, and back sides of the farming plots. So prevalent were they, that we boiled them all down as pig feed usually. Now in the USA though, we grow and buy them to eat which is sorta funny when we think about it. Anyway, they're great in soups, stalks, stems, roots, leaves, and their blooming grain bits. Just make sure to clean all the dirt, and the hearty stalks once boiled soft has a very soft fleshy and tasty center, but to get at it you have to peel the fibrous skin off is all. Usually just boil them with pork/pork bones, dried scallops, some smashed chunks of ginger, a pinch of salt to taste and boil for about an hour and you're set. :)

[@gardentours]

The courgettes are huge 🤗You really had a great harvest 👍Your chick pea harvest looks like my pea harvest 😉 It was just too hot. I decided to grow more potatoes 🥔 next year as well. This year was a good year for plums 😀

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Wow the size of that courgette!!! what a harvest. Loved seeing the grape and almond picking. Thankyou for sharing!

[@cdoffgrid]

What a harvest!

[@inabates8919]

My mum use to use an old pillow case to get her seeds and wide tooth comb for the sunflower seeds

[@elenaromero8604]

Cuánto me he divertido viendo el video de este finde!!! Mauro, me encanta verte tan activo en el vídeo 💪 esa mochila ha tenido que pesar lo suyo. Enhorabuena por vuestro trabajo y por la manera de transmitirlo....son vídeos que te hacen sonreír y disfrutar. Gracias por compartir vuestra experiencia vital❣️Besos familia🐔🐓🐐🐾🦮😼

[@F.S.O]

Gracias por compartir chicos 💪👍🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@amygarner1812]

Fascinating to see all the various types of production - especially the wine! Our pumpkin harvest in northern Spain is smaller this year due to extreme heat + drought. A lot of plants suffered: stopped growing or died. However, we still got sunflowers, grapes, cherry tomatoes, peppers... We have found cherry tomatoes much, much more resilient than normal tomatoes plants - if you want seeds, let us know! This winter we will be starting to 'climate proof' our huerto for the extended extreme heat of next summer: namely more water channels and frames over the beds to create shade. We may experiment with wick beds too. I admire your work and dedication to harvesting the fiddly things like corn and chickpeas. I bet all your harvest tastes absolutely delicious and is well worth the time + effort you take. Also, thanks for sharing your last video about your 1 year journey - amazing to see the house + living set up. Similar to our - we don't have the 'cedular de habitabiliad' yet, so it's electric cables and cold water only for another winter. Funny, but you do get used to it! 😀

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

Thank you Amy 💚💚

[@sinntax1647]

I highly recommend the book The Hidden Life of Trees. Peter explains a little on why some tree produces more fruit some years. Anywho I subbed today and I’ve been really enjoying watching your videos!

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

thank you for the recommendation!

[@luisaleonardi666]

With all this abundant harvest of so many good things you may start thinking of making a profit out of it. It's a great and natural way to keep up with your farming activities. The more you live on a farm the more you learn and you both will make the most of it, for sure. You're so good at everything together. Go ahead, Harriet and Mauro!!

[@Acidsophy]

😍😍😍😍😍ABUNDANCE!!!!!! great work you two and the comunity. Always with a smile! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@mrs.jillaroo6907]

What another lovely video guys! Great harvests overall. Amazing what you've accomplished in a year. Well done!! (As a side note, make sure Tofu & Luna don't eat grapes or raisins. It can cause kidney failures with only a few of them.. one of my friend learnt the hard way. Not sure with other fruits).

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

Thank you, yes I knew about grapes and recently learned about plums too 🥺

[@mrs.jillaroo6907]

@@LittleSpanishFarmstead oh.. I didn't know about plums. Thank you for sharing.. Have a lovely week!

[@marielbustosrodriguez8652]

Qué hermosura!!!!! El premio a tu esfuerzo,linda!!!!

[@catherinecarreiro3955]

Your hard work has paid off

[@CarolynKnits]

My parents have plum trees at the front of their house, some years they'll have barely any fruit at all and others there will be so much that the branches droop over the windows! I love going to visit when they're ripe and taking a big bag of them home!

[@cinemanicalectora]

Felicidades por esos zapallos / calabazas gigantes ! Que lindo . Y la cantidad de almendras es impresionante . Mucha suerte con el resto de las cosechas . La sequía este año fue increíble acá en Argentina también .

[@mariaisabeliglesias4264]

Hola chicos , no hay como una buena cosecha , hermoso , con las algarrobas se puede hacer harina y se usa como chocolate , queda muy rico..

[@stefankatomova-nikolova213]

It's like the fairy tale beans plant that grows up to the sky. Marvellous!

[@mompuff]

I’m amaze in how you don’t waste anything!! You even secure your food for your goats!! Yay!!! Congratulations 🍾🎉🎈🎊

[@ascend9327]

Love you guys what a magical video

[@bigtomatoplantslover6205]

Wow beautiful farm and wonderful harvest~~ Like it ❤️ Thank you for good sharing 😊 Have a good ❤️ day ❤️

[@theoriginhomestead]

Great video! Loved the natural pool, it looks amazing. It's inspiring to see the abundance you guys have there. How long did it take you to learn Spanish?

[@miriamgr88]

Hola Harried y Mauro ❤ amo sus videos, me encanta la forma en que nos transmiten su dia a dia! ❤ El campo, la milpa, trae consigo trabajo arduo pero nada como los aromas, los colores, las formas de la naturaleza que al final de cuentas son nuestra recompensa asi como el alimento. Saludos gracias por compartirnos su vida! ❤

[@alejandraponce7631]

Que placer ver toda esa cosecha!!!!!

[@dorothyallen3614]

Enjoyed your garden tours and your lovely harvest, what a great community y’all are in, your puppy is growing, and I enjoyed your grape harvest with friends. I bet the wine tasting parties are delicious. Much love to all and praying for our world leaders to find common sense and discernment in their talks for reconciliation.❤🙏👍

[@Vbluevital]

You sure pack alot into one video! It's interesting to see how you collect the almonds and carob. Thank You!

[@LaLumina]

Beautiful, just beautiful!💛

[@sugarbomb26]

I never want your video's to end....

[@MYtravelers]

Hello 😊Great video! is the time spent together and accomplishment feelings you share.

[@villaiguana]

Congrats for the success, it's hard but it's amazing that lifestyle, enjoy it.

[@aaknrbc]

Before they go dry( sunflower) you can spray the middle with olive oil and roast or grill them to eat

[@christinemendenhall4942]

Did you try feeding your goats the green hulks on the almonds? Horses and cattle love them and they are very nutritious for them. Once the husks are off the shells of the almonds I hope you spread them out to dry as they will mold with all that moisture on them. I roll my fingers in masking tape to husk my almonds and when it wears out just put new tape on. This sure reduces the small cuts that the almonds create and no more sore fingers.

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

No I didn't try the goats with the shell, it didn't even occur to me. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@adabrevis193]

Las calabazas están verdes todavía .MUY buena produccion

[@Candys_Corner]

Your place is heavenly...

[@JustinBellingerTV]

What an inspirational video. Sure, not everything worked, but that's half the fun, isn't it? Learning what works and where your energies are best placed for next year. I also hadn't appreciated until this video just how lovely your ink is. 🙂 Great episode, loved it, thanks for sharing.

[@mafish7962]

🌸🌸🌸beautiful harvest! Congrats so far! Laura

[@patriciaphillips6925]

That is great to have all that abundance. Is the harvest season here too, busy now processing apples and vegetables from my garden too. Is nice how much grows in your Zone. We will soon have cold temperatures and the end of our growing season (zone4). Looking forward to rest during of the cold months. Enjoyed your video.

[@marekoybetchay]

that is a lot and exciting experienced to pick fruites from trees

[@monamiles2619]

Huge squash! 🍆🥒🍇🫐🫒🥬

[@rosieenero5767]

Wow This Amazing. Great Big, Big, Too Much Big

[@dvidgonzales8376]

My father's family managed orange groves for farmers who sold all their oranges to sun just in Orange county California. They spoke of the navels and the Valencia's. To joke was that another outfit payed more but they also had bigger boxes. Cherry tomatoes are good with sauceages we just had a unusual rain from Mexico and the cherry tomatoes will do good, I tarted then with a packet of seeds and they come back every summer. Have a la Nina in the Pacific that may clear up in February our rainiest month.

[@breakertv4759]

Farming is really good.. Thank you for sharing enjoy...

[@JAB227]

I've been loving watching your series!

[@rinagonson9652]

You guys are so cute together made for each other", God bless you guys with a beautiful children's ahead. I'm subscribing you because of your lovely laugh with a big pumpkin or zucchini i don know hahaha.....😂

[@corinnetonelli489]

Lovely time of the year but lots to do.I have just vegetables, and an apple tree , but not stopped , conserving food, in the freezer and bottling.Today I tidied everything .. Me gusta trabajar en el jardín. Es pequeño pero tengo comida para el año .

[@ailena1276]

Wow nice harvest very impressive thank you for sharing friend

[@SheriLynNut]

That huge zucchini sent me 😂 I wasn’t quite prepared for that level of bigness!

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

hahahha I know, right?!

[@bruceevans9664]

re corn that strawberry corn is marketed as popcorn. flour corn is used for fine flour. Dent corn is used for corn meal. Good corn yields need abundant nitrogen fertilizer ie manure or other high nitrogen fertilizer. You have done a tremendous job in a short time. Here comes the pat on the back, "Atta girl"

[@robine916]

I feel like growing things like sunflowers and amaranth is good for supplementing your animal feed, but unless you have infrastructure to help harvest the seeds, it is way too labor intensive for a food source for yourselves. I agree with the future focus on the potato crop. That is an amazing bounty from that one plum tree! Have you already processed the carob or will you take us along? I've never seen the process. 😊💕

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

The carob this year is mainly for the goats. I wanted to take a small amount to make molasses which I will definitely show :) And last year I made an enormous batch of carob powder!

[@robine916]

@@LittleSpanishFarmstead 💕

[@snowflakehomestead2233]

I have never seen zuchinni that big..wow and well done!!YOUR PLACE IS MAGICAL!!!i have never seen carob in the raw..off a tree..i buy it ...already in a powder form..it has a whole new vibe now..wish we could grow it here.

[@steffenk3807]

No drip irrigation for the fruit trees? Amazing story - thank you for showing us your journey.

[@debbieabbott-qb9gi]

Absolutely love your amazing garden and the size is incredible. Well done 🌻 sunflowers if u catch them just they get to dry the outer shell from the 🌻seeds, U can brush olive oil,s&p on the head of ur 🌻 grill facedown on the BBQ they are super easy and very delicious, with sour cream or yogurt, honey whatever u wish. A meal on its own.

[@Kitchen_bunny]

Hi from a new subscriber! I just found your channel today and am happily catching up on lots of your content. I'm really curious as to how you'll preserve the plums as there looked to be a lot there :) Thanks again!

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

I'm curious to know what I'll do with all those plums too 😂

[@ninemoonplanet]

You could dry them in a box covered with something black. Or preserves, or wine too.

[@tapioqueriasingluten5162]

Incrivel ver como tudo si transforma,maravilhoso ver vocês!

[@debbiepalmer1094]

Just growing things in our allotment I find every year different, I never know what is going to perform well that year, it's so dependent on the conditions so I think it's always worth giving things a second try to see if they perform better in a year with different conditions.

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

Yes that is such a good point! So many variables...

[@SmithsdaleFarm]

Move over James and the Giant Peach… here’s Harriet and the Massive Courgette 😂 So good to see the almond harvest! Really interesting! Seen loads of olive videos, but no almonds before. Would love to try those ones straight from the tree 😋

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

😂😂😂

[@jacquelinesilvabravolatam9952]

green Fingers Harriet.. very very good!

[@JasonVectrex_187]

I've power watched like half the channel in a week. 1st, Marimite is really gross! Lol 2nd, water source is key to that property I would have bought it too. 3rd, love the diet, that's dedication. 4th, if I had no family I would definitely change up my lifestyle and sell my house and live the same life. 5th, I guess I'll just do what I can as a hobby on my 2 acres as I always do and just live vicariously threw you two. Also cute couple!

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

hahaha thanks for all that, apart from the marmite hate 😂 ah you can do so much on 2 acres though!!

[@ninemoonplanet]

The grapes unfit for wine are something the worms would love. I didn't know if they would go for peppers, they definitely did. 😂 Tomatoes, I'm not sure of, but green tomatoes make great relishes. Everyone in the cities think autumn is a time of rest, little do they know how busy people living in rural areas are. Apparently quinoa is fairly easy to grow, you might try that in an area where grasses grow as the plants seem to be quite tall. Your goal is getting closer, self-sufficient lifestyle is growing along with the knowledge your both gaining. Well done 👍.

[@chanibrenesnunez3575]

Gracias por vuestros vídeos ❤️

[@calebzinn7022]

Wow this is just so relaxing to watch makes me want to live this kind of lofe

[@momshieshob7920]

Wow like to experience harvesting the almond.nice to watch your videos ma'am your new subscriber her in Palawan,Philippines godbless u ma'am and family ..

[@ledpinkdefsabbathwhokinksd9733]

man thats great you guys are living the life i hope to build for myself one day

[@YamiKisara]

Peeling sunflower seeds easily: let them dry, then put them in a tall, narrow container. Stick your handmixer in (the type used when making whipped cream), pulse 3-4x for 2-3 seconds, that should break up the skins. Pour some water in, collect the skins floating on top, strain, and voila, perfect sunflower seeds with barely any effort. It's better if you store them in the skins though, so just make only small batches whenever you need them. It's fun to peel them by hand if you just wanna munch on them while watching TV or whatever anyway.

[@LittleSpanishFarmstead]

thank you so much - I'll try that!!

[@YamiKisara]

@@LittleSpanishFarmstead you're very welcome :) good luck with your endeavors :)

[@christiannemayer6062]

congratulations on the harvest...enjoy the fruits of your effort. stay happy❤️