JUICING YACON with a Fruit Wine Press | How Does it TASTE???

[@freedomforestlife]

If your interested in buying a Fruit/Wine press or ANY other VEVOR products, you can get 5% OFF using this LINK here: s.vevor.com/bfQctB and the discount code: VEVORSALE5 This helps our channel too as we will get 5% of any sales made through this link too ✌🌿

[@christiegrows2022]

YaconUK I love that the press will be a great investment over time and no worry of having to replace it.

[@sualleron3001]

You said one of your tubers looked like a pear....well, in France yacon is called 'la poire de terre' ...pear from the earth/soil! 😊Happy gardening!

[@freedomforestlife]

Cool, thanks Su, yes i think we've heard them refered to as earth apple or earth pear in english too 💚

[@pandhari108]

Wow, those tubers are gigantic 🤩 Brilliant idea to run a competition 💖 Good luck to your UK subscribers to win those rhyzomes 🍀 Cool new tool, too 👍

[@freedomforestlife]

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[@lynnerobinson6425]

Yacon UK . Peace and plants ✌️ 🌿

[@alicegreen5177]

Yakon UK ( and oooh that press looks lovely!) Hope you avoided the storm :)

[@freedomforestlife]

It literally chucked down just after our peace and plants .. we had to make a made dash with all the camera gear!!! 😆 It was all good though and we we're pleased we just got finished - thanks for watching & commenting - have added you to the list 👍✌️🌿

[@trashboat8510]

I have been growing yacon for a couple of years but I have only ever roasted it in the oven so very impressed with what you are doing. Got me wondering now if it can be made into Yacon wine ! Yum.

[@freedomforestlife]

Hi, Yeah, I think we have come across it being made into wine before .. we'll get to trying that eventually one day, we've been meaning to try pressing it since we started harvesting this time round! 😆Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿

[@amiecrewscoach3058]

Yacon UK I had no idea it was a prebiotic, that's really interesting, Yacon definitely on my list to give a go, I've never tasted it. And the colour of your compost, wow! I've noticed on Plot 2 where I just covered it with woodchip last year, it's already paying off. The ground is less compacted and claggy so hoping for a great season

[@freedomforestlife]

Can't beat a bit od wood chip ... it is soooo noticably good for the ground hey! Love it 💚 Added you to our list my lovely ✌️🌿

[@alexbluffield4153]

Yacon UK. What an awesome way to make yacon juice. Don't forget the spoon lol!

[@freedomforestlife]

Good call hey! If only we'd though of the spoon first!!!! 😆 Its potent stuff, bloody lovely, we're gonna try it a little watered down too I think, as its prob something you don't need to drink too much of at full strength 💨 ... but you could!!! Added ya 💚✌️🌿

[@rayruddick323]

YACON UK! Peace and Plants! ❤

[@Karen-Smith]

Yacon UK 😊 That was pretty impressive, both the yacon and the press! I'll have to have a look...

[@freedomforestlife]

Have added you to our list Karen 👍 Yeah the press is pretty neat, if you use the link in the vid description, you get 5% off ✌️🌿

[@Karen-Smith]

Thank you 😊💚

[@jackpritchard9202]

Mine has just had its first year, hoping the cold didn't get it and I can get a crop later on, thankyou for making yakon a thing I needed in the garden

[@freedomforestlife]

Pleasure Jack 🙏 It is such a cool plant to grow 🙌✌️🌿

[@janwilky]

Yacon UK. Love that little press, we have a bigger Vigo one but as you say it's a bit of a faff to get out, use and clean. We tend to just use it when we have tons of apples in autumn. We grew Yacon a few years ago but I didn't manage to keep any rhizomes for the next year so I'm definitely planning to have another go, especially now that I want to taste Dan's Yacon milk!

[@freedomforestlife]

Nice one! Good to here you're going to try it again Jan 🙌

[@freedomforestlife]

Jan - You are the Lucky Yacon Winner!!!! Congratulations! Can you email me your address please to: [e-mail] and I'll get some yacon tips out to you asap. 🙌✌️🌿

[@freedomforestlife]

A MASSIVE thanks to all of you for your Yacon UK comments - its been really fun and we will hopefully do something like this again soon, as we feel its a nice way to thank you guys for being with us on this journey - it feels like it brings a little more connection from our place to you lovely folk too 💚🙏💚 We've just pulled out our winner now and await the postage address, if we did have to re-draw for any reason we will message on here ✌🌿

[@welsh_vegan_allotment_holder]

Yacon UK That looks like a lovely juice. I'm a bit of a stainless steel fan too. Great little juicer for small scale juicing.

[@freedomforestlife]

It sure is! Yeah, really nice size juicer, does enough to make it worth the effort, but still easy enough to handle, clean etc - perfect 👍 Have added you to the list - good luck ✌️🌿

[@paulwoodcock764]

just watched your other vid about yacon, decided this is defo for me. be great on the allotment and take up some of the wasted ground between fruit trees.

[@freedomforestlife]

You'll LOVE it Paul - its such a great plant and its like having a Winter fruit, where you harvest from about Nov until now... crisp like an apple, but more savoury ... can be eaten raw or cooked ... whats not to love!!! 💚

[@paulwoodcock764]

@@freedomforestlife would it be good for wild planting aswell or is it invasive like jerusalem artichokes ?

[@wynkaren]

Do you think it would work on tomatoes

[@freedomforestlife]

yeah, for sure it would work on tomatoes - you wouldnt need to scrat them first either - lucky coz that would be really messy 🤣

[@mariawhite1328]

I hope I can get one of those presses in New Zealand, it would be helpful for my crab apples!

[@freedomforestlife]

Im sure i'll have something similar over there too ... I think Vevor is a Chinese company, so they may well ship/have offices in NZ too ... have a look on their website ... there is a link in our video description 👍 The 3 L in a really nice size ✌️🌿

[@myrubycountry2233]

Yacon UK Peace And Plants From Devon ❤

[@gagagrandadpeel1455]

YAKON UK brilliant ! glad your there with your content.

[@stuarthall8905]

Hi you two and Yacon U.K. now am I right there is a purple yacon as well is it any different and can you use yacon like potatoes to break up the ground before putting putting on compost and wood chips

[@freedomforestlife]

Hi Stuart, Yes there is a Purple Yacon as way I think, there are a few different varieties, but can be hard to find, we have a red variety too ... think its called Morado and its a bit sweeter and eariler, but doesn;t crop so big maybe. Yes you could use it to break ground, although harvesting the tubers would be difficult, they snap quite easily. They grow well for us in as loose a soil as possible - Have added you to our list too 👍✌️🌿

[@rhianlewis6774]

YACON UK Thanks for yet another yacon video. Just a quick question...if you don't get around to harvesting all the yacon, is it ok to just leave the plant in the ground for next year's harvest?

[@freedomforestlife]

Hi Rhian. Yes, its acutally a good thing, especially if they are young plants! Our biggest plants this year have been the ones we never harvested last year. And some people do say its best not to harvest until year 2. Popped your name down - be drawing in next few days 💚✌️🌿

[@svanhildnyberg7171]

I just planted my yacon rhizomes for the second time. I live in Norway so I must store the rhizomes indoors and cool during winter. I enjoy to slices the yacon like apple and dry it. During winter I have two slices in hot water, drink the water and eat the now soft yacon. The first year I had two small rizomes, so I am anticipating a bigger harvest this year. Perhaps I can try yacon juice.❤ I love yacon. Have you tried to eat the leaves? I read you can make tea of them and I believe you can eat them like spinach.

[@freedomforestlife]

So glad to hear you are enjoying Yacon - we love it just like Apple too 💚 Love the sound of your Yacon drink too - I will have to try this! I expect your harvest will be much bigger now if you Rhizomes are bigger. Once you are happy with the harvest you can divide the Rhizomesto make more plants. We've not tried the leaves yet, as we normally have so many other greens growing here, we forget ... and also the hairy/spikey-ness does put me off a little - but I know it will soften when cooked ! 😆 We have lots of other Yacon videos that you may enjoy 👉 kzbin.info/aero/PLOidPRQofoMO7DbnFE7dT9EQBNsKncF72 👈 Thanks for watching ✌️🌿

[@wolfaestheticsltd]

I've never tried yacon and cannot wait to harvest and taste it next year 😋

[@freedomforestlife]

It's so good! You'll love it - so nice to have something fresh and cripsy thats ready in the winter 💚

[@wolfaestheticsltd]

@@freedomforestlife Is it best to wait until after last frost to plant out. You should do tours or courses I'd love to visit.

[@tanaakson5541]

YaconUK - Wow, that looks yummy. Having made the yacon syrup before I'd be lucky to make one bottle of syrup once that lot has reduced down but it is lovely and caramelly! 😂 Murph stealing the show on this one❤

[@freedomforestlife]

Yes, it does reduce down a lot for syrup doesn;t it... I think by about 50-60%, But its a nice homegrown sweet treat 💚 Murph LOVES Yacon ... anything crunchy is his fav!!! Have put your name on our list ... will be drawing soon - Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌻

[@MultiShaed]

Can you go more into depth about why you only harvest to March and do you usually leave some tuber attached when you replant the rhizome? Does that act like a little growth battery?

[@freedomforestlife]

Hi, we have got a whole playlist of videos sharing more about how we grow and harvest Yacon, I’ll put the link in here for you, thanks for watching and hope you enjoy some of our other vids too 💚✌️🌿 Growing YACON in the UK kzbin.info/aero/PLOidPRQofoMO7DbnFE7dT9EQBNsKncF72

[@MultiShaed]

@@freedomforestlife thank you! I tried to find it earlier and must have overlooked it

[@wolfaestheticsltd]

YaconUK 💚💚🌱

[@richardcrosara5010]

Yacon uk Peace and plants 💚

[@Keith-jo3pf]

YACON UK 😊

[@NnekaOchonogor]

Question: Is there a reason why you didn’t cure it before pressing? Would it have tasted different/better?

[@freedomforestlife]

Great questions Nneka, The only reason we didn;t was because we weren't organised enough to harvest the Yacon ahead of time ... and also because the water content is probably higher when fresher ... we did actually mean to press a couple of tubers from our previous harvest that we still had left and compare it ... but in the excitment of it all, we completely forgot!!! 🤣 And then it literally started raining within minutes of us tasting it, so we had to pack up fast, otherwise we may of remembered and added it in ! It will give us a good comparison to do next time though 💚✌️🌿

[@freedomforestlife]

It was suprisingly sweet though anyway .... I think at this end of the growing season the tubers seem to be naturally sweeter too ... we noticed that when we did our previous harvest a week or so ago 👍

[@WynterDragon]

I would love to win, but I think it would be too much of a headache to ship to the states.

[@freedomforestlife]

Aww, yeah sorry - it is only available to people in the UK unfortunately, as explained - We would need plant passports and all kinds of crazy stuff otherwise - hope you enjoyed the vid though 🙏💚✌️🌿

[@robbiegubb3003]

Yacon uk i havent growning Yacon befro

[@freedomforestlife]

Its a great plant Robbie - versitile and yummy - We've got lots of other videos about how we grow it here: kzbin.info/aero/PLOidPRQofoMO7DbnFE7dT9EQBNsKncF72 The draw has been done already though this time - Sorry, appreciate you watching & your comment 💚✌️🌿

[@buzzardscry1383]

Will it make olive oil?

[@freedomforestlife]

I don't know - we have not tried - wish we could grow Olives to that scale here to try! It does press really well though. Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿

[@buzzardscry1383]

@@freedomforestlife thank you for the quick reply, all these presses say they can do olives.my neighbor has two trees. I'm just gonna go to home Depot and give it a shot with their vevor.

[@catejordan7244]

Wouldn’t you want to cure it for a week first to make it sweeter?

[@freedomforestlife]

You could for taste if you wanted - does makes it a little harder to juice that way - not so fresh and crispy! Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿

[@darakhaled6207]

Yacon uk x

[@chucknorisclone]

Are you still happy with that press?

[@freedomforestlife]

Yeah, it’s a great little devise much handier than our big one 💚

[@LittlePetieWheat]

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[@wynkaren]

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[@offgridexplorers951]

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[@SigmaLigma.]

Yacon wine?

[@freedomforestlife]

Great ideal - we’ll try one day for sure, just don’t drink much these days though😃 thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿

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[@paulwoodcock764]

did anyone win please, sorry to ask . but if i have,nt i need to be ordering some yacon 😃😃😃😃

[@freedomforestlife]

We're going to be drawing it tomorrow Paul ... We just hit 30 entries today... Will pop a post up tomorrow afternoon. ✌️🌿

[@paulwoodcock764]

@@freedomforestlife cool as cucumber , i,ll keep my eye out.thankyou

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Just put Tacoma in. Crossing fingers

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