Harvesting Sweet Potatoes, Olives, Persimmons and Cooking

[@justoneacre7873]

Yummo, sweet potato and pineapple cake, sweet potato chips, pie, pudding, curry - the list is endless!

[@NearbyVeggies]

It sure is 😊

[@lisacraig4585]

After the trauma of summer fires and drought conditions, watching people reap the bounty of their land is so relaxing and enjoyable. Vegetarian heaven. Well done.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@rosferguson3979]

Such a joy to see your creative recipes. I would never have thought of those combinations. Yumeeeeee 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😋

[@lindagage7315]

Wow what a harvest! The recipes looked delicious! Well done

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@Mike-y7v6q]

My wife and I just arrived in Central Portugal for our new journey in life. We love sweet potatoes and after watching this amazing harvest, we will be planting them as well! Thank you for sharing your journey and life.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Sounds great! 👍

[@brendaharrisireland]

You are both a delight - so look forward to your vlogs Growing - cooking - building -and a dash of style❤ Blessings from Ireland☘

[@NearbyVeggies]

I need to add a bigger dash 🤭

[@sharontibbo2510]

Oh my those sweet potatoes are un real they are so hugh!!!. Looks like at lot of creative cooking in your future, Yumm

[@NearbyVeggies]

Always creative cooking in our kitchen. Whatever we’ve got is what we eat. 😊

[@tamrahawkes3170]

I love how you garden! It’s a magical space.

[@travelinaway2707]

It is though isn't it!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you

[@LorraineinAustralia]

Wow!! I have never seen sweet potatoes that size before. You must be having amazing soil in your garden 👏👏 The Persimmon pudding is interesting, I had never considered cooking with them. Yum👏 The saying, “you reap what you sow” is certainly appropriate in your garden at the moment 🌸🌸🌸🌸 Cheers to you both from Oz🐨🐨

[@NearbyVeggies]

Persimmon pudding is very popular in parts of America where a small variety grows wild. There are big competitions. 😊

[@crivensro]

What an epic harvest! How deep must bee your satisfaction and joy! Thank you so much for the two recipes! I am going to make them tomorrow!I love sweet potatoes but never thought of mixing them with peanuts!

[@NearbyVeggies]

It’s the lime juice that makes this special because it cuts through the sweetness and the creaminess too. Let us know how you get on with it 😊

[@owenp65]

I love it when you get these random enormous harvests. Those Sweet Potatoes were amazing and hilarious at the same time, brilliant. That Persimmon Pudding looked so moist as well. 😋😋

[@NearbyVeggies]

Awesome 🤩

[@lynnehodgskin7478]

What an amazing harvest! Dinner looked fabulous and the cake looks delicious! Love your videos, thank you!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Our pleasure. Thank you 😊

[@rosbeaton637]

What a sweet potato harvest! Grand produce for grand gardeners. I am definitely going to try your sweet potato dish, Dan❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Please do. 😊

[@offgridwanabe]

Now that is a sweet potato lol and Dan's recipes are wonderful he needs a cook book.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Not sure he’s ever made the same thing twice but it’s usually delicious 😋

[@njguy5101]

Watching you at 5 am here in NYC .. Thank you for the happiness you bring to our lives ❤

[@waterboy8999]

Hello from Scotland!

[@njguy5101]

@waterboy8999 hello hello 😊 come vist NYC

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you for sharing your enjoyment 😊

[@njguy5101]

@NearbyVeggies ❤❤

[@lucycowie9787]

I am in awe of your sweet potatoes - fabulous harvest. so much you can do with them. If you chop them very small and freeze them you can use them as "mince" in a veggie chilli or bolognese . fabulous

[@NearbyVeggies]

Interesting tip. No room in our freezer now 👍

[@avivat3010]

There's nothing like eating what you've planted, cared for and picked. Thank you for sharing that pleasure.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you too 😊

[@Craig-Mitchell]

The smell and taste of fresh food is amazing, much stronger 😋 🍀

[@NearbyVeggies]

So true!

[@MarianneInmarsilia]

Beautiful harvest….I’ll bet you both can’t wait to start cooking in your new home ! ❤

[@bergannon6585]

I was thinking the same, when I saw Dan's wee oven. Can you imagine him in his new kitchen, a cookbook coming soon I hope 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

We are 😊looking forward to it very much

[@kassy6373]

Nice harvest and meal. Any plans to add bees at some point later? I Bet they would love the gardens too.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We had plans to keep bees but because our neighbours have hives, we can’t, because of the licensing rules about proximity to public roads or other apiaries. Sometimes we get lucky with a swap 😊

[@Beth-kg1lz]

You two couldn’t be more perfect for each other. Garden has been bountiful this year! Love your videos😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you so much!

[@sharontibbo2510]

I should have waited to the end of the video. Dinner looks lovely. Scalloped sweet potatoes is something I never thought to try. Seeing how yummy they look I will be tryig my own version this weekend. Thank you. I love seeing your videos in the morning. Have a good week

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you too. 🤗

[@travelinaway2707]

This past summer, in my 56th year of life, was the first time I ever grew food. My husband and I planted Spuds and cherry tomatoes. Oh my what a joy!!! How happy it made me to go and look at their progress each day. How sweet and beautiful those potatoes were! 😢I thought I loved my flowers but those vegetables were just so incredible. I can't wait till next spring, I'll have Spuds, tomatoes, turnips, carrots and maybe try a grape vine. We live in Nova Scotia Canada, our growing season is kind of short. I just love it, it's wonderful to grow food. How inspiring your garden is! ❤❤❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks for sharing your experience 😊

[@TheHeydzo]

If I may suggest, to keep sweet potatoes, or any root vegetables for that matter, store them in sand, in a dark and cool place. As you said, the rain season is upon us, so if possible, store them in a dry spot. They will last like that throughout the winter.

[@waterboy8999]

Interesting.

[@NearbyVeggies]

That’s what we’re doing. Thank you 🤩

[@arjanvogel6444]

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys 🙏 good work 👍😁 time for smell a vision 😉 your food looks very yummy 😋😀😍 good harvest

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

A broadfork may be the perfect tool for breaking open the soil to harvest sweet potatoes without damage. Your crop is absolutely incredible 😊👍 Beautiful video. I am very happy for you. You surely are living life to the fullest. God bless you for sharing ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks for the tips!

[@Coyotehello]

11:45 I love that you have that very specific spot in the basket for that very last Persimmon! LOL . Cute.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Of course. I love each and every one 😊

[@AlanHough-p1w]

Great harvest can you put the sweet potato recipe on next time it looks delicious

[@NearbyVeggies]

I’ll add it to the description later today 😊

[@maggiew8524]

Reaping the bounty of all of that hard work… Does it get any better than that? Well done and well deserved❗ 👋😃🇨🇦

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@Mej_Javiky]

If I had not been following you since the beginning, I would think you were fake. The vegtables and fruit that you produce in your garden are unreal. What an inspiration you both are.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Glad you’ve been watching since the start. You sure know how we got to this stage 🤗

[@milliebanks7209]

Wow! Have never seem a sweet potato that size! Please let us know if the size diminishes the taste!

[@NearbyVeggies]

No loss of flavour, just more to eat 😊

[@mesutozsen903]

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[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you for your lovely support. 👍

[@hatcherhollerhoodlum4418]

Man ,you two are finally reaping rewards of you hard labor!!! Trade and sell for what you need I luv it!!! And that stake n tater supper looked fabulous lol And you almost trippled the olive harvest ,awsum guys Now Crack the whip on the craftsmen and get the house dried in and finished Meraid got sum decorating to do!!!😉🤩👍🏻

[@NearbyVeggies]

That's the plan! 👍

[@juliepye8549]

Wow, it's great to watch harvest to dinner plate. Everything looked so wonderful. Invite me to dinner, please! 😂❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😋

quality of life as a result of work; we call it a fair trade! stay strong 🤠😎

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@corrie6157]

I’m freezing my sweet potatoes (cut in cubes) up to 6 months and even more, without any problems. You can dry them as well.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Great tips. Thank you 😊

[@Aotruba]

I enjoy watching your videos - harvesting, dish recipes, home renovations, treasure findings, etc. Thank you so much for sharing your journey in Portugal! 👍🥰👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

So nice of you. Thank you 🤩

[@larhumba4233]

I wondered if you ever ate red meat? Yes, when Dan's away! 😅 Steak & Chips looked yummy! 😋 I have never seen such huge sweet potatoes! 😮 And Persimmons are surprisingly cheap in the supermarkets here in London compared to other exotic fruits. I remember when they first became known as Sharon fruit from Israel in the late 70s. I was working in a greengrocers at the time and we didn't know how to eat them or wait till they were ripe, and bit into a hard one thinking they were like apples, I can still feel the dryness in my mouth now! 😂🍑

[@NearbyVeggies]

I eat everything 🤣

[@shirleyrice7093]

I do love a perfectly ripe persimmon. It is my favorite fruit.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Yummy 😋

[@asgeirandersen]

thank you for scharing Meraid and Dan your harvest of olive trees ans sweet potatoes But what do you do? You froze them for winter?

[@NearbyVeggies]

They are cured now and being stored for later. Our freezer is already full. 😊

[@waynejones750]

This is the highlight of my week ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Lovely ☺️

[@ElsUK-u1u]

Very inspiring, thank you☀️

[@NearbyVeggies]

You are so welcome!🤗 Thank you

[@coralgledhill64]

It’s lovely to see the meals you make (as well as the house build and the hard work you do in the garden). We had to rush out and buy the ingredients for the sweet potato dish Dan made and it was one of the tastiest meals we’ve ever had! Thank you so much for sharing. Not sure I cooked it long enough but it was fabulous 😋🎉

[@NearbyVeggies]

The lid needs to come off to crisp it up. Delighted you enjoyed it 🏆

[@coralgledhill64]

@ Thanks for the tip - I’ll do that next time. The combination of spices was brilliant 🤗

[@waynejones750]

Looking forward to next week’s ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 🤩

[@veroniquemora2683]

Bon appétit !! Merci pour les vidéos !

[@NearbyVeggies]

Merci 😊

[@NimmiCat]

I dug up mine in September, rooted cuttings of the greens and put them back in the ground. They are growing but I don't know if they will make it through the coldest part of winter. We shall see. (I am in Beira Littoral.)

[@nacht98]

they are very frost sensitive, and in some parts of Portugal frost can be a problem, also they dislike wet and cold over winter. Maybe overwinter them in pots in a balcony.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Yours will probably do well with the milder weather there. Keep us posted 👍

[@SuloTapio]

After all the work, a rich harvest. Perhaps you could get help from friends to harvest the crop,

[@NearbyVeggies]

We had a bit of help this year, though not many (including ourselves) want to pick in the rain 😊

[@andie1769]

What a harvest! Sweet potato soup is yum (especially with coconut)!

[@maggiemorgan8422]

Watched this with my friend and she’s a new NV convert! Xx

[@NearbyVeggies]

Awesome 🤩

[@essietangle9931]

Oh my, I’ve never seen them so big.

[@farmerconnie8172]

“Said the duchess to the bishop” lol. Sorry, I couldn’t help it😌

[@NearbyVeggies]

🤣

[@valeriemulholland4282]

Decided to make scalloped potatoes after this video. Haven’t done so in years!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Wonderful 😊

[@AntoniEmanuel7328]

Eu nunca vi batatas doces tão grandes. Adoro seus vídeos. I haven’t seen an olive lagar in years

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigada 🤩

[@lindasoaft9303]

Oh my I'm so impressed with your recipes! Going to make them for sure! Thank you❤️

[@NearbyVeggies]

Hope you enjoy ☺️

[@jeanrichardson2044]

The voles must be thriving in your neighbourhood. Wow.

[@NearbyVeggies]

🤣

[@doreenmaher8309]

Sweet potatoes can be cleaned and chopped in pretty big chunks, put in freezer bags. Keep frozen for as long as you have them. Take out what you need for whatever you're making and up. Yummy!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks for the tips!

[@The4wildboys]

Lovely update 😊 .. amazing them sweet potatoes 🍠… Was waiting for the Permi cake at the end lol . We found 3 Permi trees while clearing our jungle, we totally luv them , actually pick em once the wildlife have had a nibble… they perfect then 😀.. generally 3 each for breakfast.. hope to take clones from them once we’re established. Have a wonderful week

[@NearbyVeggies]

I ate the cake at the start of the video. Keeping you on your toes 🤣

[@The4wildboys]

@ ya we had seen that … momma was like glue watching till the end 😂 waiting.

[@deborahwillis1396]

Fantastic harvest guys 💥Joyful success and satisfaction of growing and eating your food - although a lot of work, life is best in simple pleasures

[@NearbyVeggies]

Yes indeed. 😊

[@RBto-e6m]

One meal for 2 is one potato, 😂😂

[@NearbyVeggies]

I’m starting to turn a bit orange 🤣

[@assuncaomeireles198]

A sua horta está magnifica fez uns pratos magnificos 😛😜devia estar uma delicia . Aquela fruta era diospiros? Eu gosto muito é uma delicia Muito obrigada por nos mostrar o dia a dia a propriedade está linda . Bom fim de semana e para a semana ca estarei ver mais vidios❤❤ GOD BLESS YOU BOTH 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🌴🌴🌴

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigada 🤩

[@patriciathorp4911]

Did you say Parsnip Puddinf....surely not.😂😂 It looked deelish whatever it is. Bountiful harvest, great to see the reward for your hard work. Have a good week 💚

[@NearbyVeggies]

I said Persimmon pudding 🤣

[@petergledhill7380]

We’re going to try that sweet potato oven dish tonight 😋

[@NearbyVeggies]

Excellent 👍

[@petergledhill7380]

@ got to say Dan the combination of garlic lime and chillies really works. Fantastic meal. Keep up the good work in the garden and you’ll definitely be rewarded in the kitchen.

[@glenyscallaghan1195]

Delicious enjoy

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😋

[@HeloisaVidigal]

Tem sido tão inspirador seus vídeos! Estamos plantando mais em nossa pequena propriedade no interior do Brasil! Amando as receitas também!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Que ótimo! 👌

[@waterboy8999]

Sweet.....

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks 😊

[@ninemoonplanet]

Damaged sweet potatoes I bake with oil brushed on them, then freeze for later. Must be my Scottish ancestry. You won't believe the price of olive oil this year $20 per half liter. (Canadian dollars) I could have grown celery this year but I was expecting hotter weather and was fooled. Oh well. My onions wouldn't grow well, too little sun, too much rain and wind. I wish I could have your growing season. Lovely harvests.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’re eating the damaged ones first. Olive oil takes a lot of work and even here it has doubled in price since we arrived in Portugal.

[@lorrainecostanzo9092]

Oh yum

[@NearbyVeggies]

Yum yum 😋

[@fatimar8924]

QUÊ BATATA MAIS ENORME 😮😮😮 MUITO BOM E SAUDÁVEL

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigada 🤩

[@maudeestrella8196]

Those sweet potatoes must have been on steroids 😂. 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦

[@NearbyVeggies]

We grew them on the spot where we had the previous year’s compost 😉

[@mk-xq1tt]

Those are really huge sweet potatoes!

[@NearbyVeggies]

They definitely are big and scrumptious 😋

[@geraldinegallagher2895]

Can I have the recipe for the sweet potato dish please? It looked delicious. I make sweet potato chips with cornflower coating they are delicious

[@NearbyVeggies]

Dan was chatting on the phone last night and he said he ate tempura sweet potatoes with a sweet chilli sauce for his starter. I’m going to give that a go with the white fleshed ones tonight. The recipe is just a loose idea of what Dan did. Sweet potatoes, garlic, chilli, lime juice and peanut butter, salt pepper and enough cream to look like he showed. Cook with the lid on for 25 mins then lid off for 20 minutes more. 180C / 350F

[@mar_da_Galileia]

Olá, bom dia!! É um prazer poder estar a assistir aos vossos vídeos! Só hoje encontrei o vosso canal, mas foi muito bom!! Se puderem colocar legendas em português, eu agradecia imenso 👋👋👋 Muito Obrigado 🙏🙏

[@NearbyVeggies]

Vá às suas definições e selecione Legendas em português. Elas já estão disponíveis.

[@iniabellepaz445]

Hi Meraid and Dan, your harvest looks wonderful. I was wondering if you were going to get chickens when the house is completed, for the eggs of course.

[@NearbyVeggies]

I don’t intend to as I have enough to do in the garden and I know how much it takes to look after them because we had chickens growing up 😊

[@marcosfigueiredo8515]

enjoy this harvest, how wonderful and as a suggestion, listen to the song Moon Harvest, by Neil Young, on some device. It suits the moment.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you

[@annaburke5781]

Yummy dinner. Have you tried kumera(sweetpotatoe) mashed with pineapple? Yum cheers blessings

[@NearbyVeggies]

Not yet 😋

[@lizellis4286]

You need a recipe for sweet potato pie!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Can you share one?

[@darylpike8547]

I hope you guys like sweet potato pie, cause your gonna have lot of it! 😂😂😂

[@NearbyVeggies]

🤣

[@alziraseveriano6024]

👏👏👍💐

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍

[@elsafischer3247]

Do you sell your products?

[@NearbyVeggies]

We eat most things ourselves and share some with friends. We don’t sell our food.

[@doreenmaher8309]

😮

[@NearbyVeggies]

😊

[@heidiedwards4160]

😂😂"Excavating sweet potatoes "

[@NearbyVeggies]

Indeed, an archeological discovery dig 🤣

[@lolitabonita08]

holly molly those sweet potatoes are on steroids...LOLOL i have two years trying to grow sweet potatoes and the only thing i get is white flies all over the leaves...and tinnnnnyyyyyy tubers...if lucky 4 tubers i am blessed LOLOL...giving up the sweet potatoes.

[@NearbyVeggies]

I’ve tried for two years before success. Keep going 😊

[@lolitabonita08]

@@NearbyVeggies thank u so much for the advice...love u guys!

[@NearbyVeggies]

@lolitabonita08 Think of it as encouragement rather than advice 😊👍 Thank you so much for sharing your experience

[@valentinaestacio6693]

Sros podem dizer a sua ao contrário ,por favor deculpem. Sim bjs 💋 🇨🇦🇨🇦🙏🙏🙏

[@SylviaWhite-w7p]

When you’re in your new home you need a large chest freezer for your produce are your roofs finished or am I jumping the gun

[@NearbyVeggies]

Patience my friend, patience 🤗

[@nacht98]

OMG more than 3Kg for a sweet potato.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Huge👍