Planting Mulberry | Japanese Sansho Pepper | Goumi Berry | Food Forest Garden

We added more fruit trees and ground cover layers over the last month and found some exciting new herbs and flowers to enrich the garden.
Why did we plant bonsai fruit trees in the food forest garden?
Where do we get our cardboard?
Taste testing Mulberry, and japanese pepper.
Thanks for watching.
Meraid and Dan
Kensho Bonsai Studio
www.kenshobonsaistudio.com

[@asc3184]

You two put to shame all those paying money for a full body workout in gyms ! U have a full body workout daily at your property. I don't know what to call it; farm or garden. It seems to be a bit of both! It is looking nicer and nicer! I can imagine when u have fully restored the buildings it will be a gem! You will have ur own paradise 24/7

[@NearbyVeggies]

Shall we say it’s a garden farm. 🥰

[@jacquelinerichardson9771]

Wow it’s looking so good, your doing such good job of your garden farm. When will you be showing what’s happening to the property any repairs done yet?

[@jacquelinerichardson9771]

What’s the name of that beautiful rose bright yellow orange one, so beautiful

[@NearbyVeggies]

As soon as we actually get our license we’ll get going. 👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

It was sold without a name, just labelled as fragrant. I love it. 😊

[@paisley293]

FREE the BONSAI! May they live long and prosper! 🤣👏👏👏Can't wait to see them mature.

[@NearbyVeggies]

They’re growing quite well and leaves are turning into normal sized leaves already. We did laugh a lot about Free the bonsai. 😊

[@kathleendenison8925]

Wow... Beautiful... Inch by inch, row by row, This is how my garden grows! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

I can sing that song now 🥰

[@bealbocht63]

Food garden looking amazing ! Love the variety of plants.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks so much 😊

[@anniemac3075]

Free the Bonsai !!! Well done liberating them, you must be the only people rescuing Bonsais.... Enjoyed the video, thank you for cheering me up .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@NearbyVeggies]

Delighted to have brought a little cheer. Thank you 😊

[@jeanettenicholas2863]

All I can say is wow you two have done a great job good luck

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@ianandresen2326]

Congratulations! You got my daughter interested in gardening! Well in a certain plant anyway! I was watching your video and having a coffee, she was beside me. She herd you say " Japanese gummy bear tree! " and it did sound like gummy bear! So I am now tasked with finding this amazing tree for our garden! She can't wait for the first harvest! Great video. Thank you

[@NearbyVeggies]

I called them gummy bears too. Maybe you could make a little folding shape (gummy bear) to enclose the baby fruits and they would form the shape. You know like the square watermelons 🤣 The bonsai studio ships around the world.

[@AntoniEmanuel7328]

Great video guys. Love the old Datsun pickup, regular basic maintenance and they last forever. 👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

We absolutely love our pickup. It’s one of the most useful items we’ve got. Everything goes click, clunk, chugetty, chug with a few squeaks thrown in. Much nicer than modern warning signals and bleeps and flashing lights. Alive since 1985. 👍

[@maryhauser6523]

Glad to see you are also taking time to have fun, I am also a dancing person, and love music. Because of you guys I started a "cheat garden" tomatoes and lettuce, so far they are in pots as they are store bought, I just have remind my husband to water them, the backyard is his responsibility , the front of the house, flowers is mine.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Always enjoy a bit of dancing, Mary. Hope your garden grows beautifully this year. Maybe you’ll get over to Portugal this year. 🥰

[@maristermcsorley4203]

Love that you like Charles method 😊💯

[@NearbyVeggies]

Been using it for 12 years now. 😊

[@vickiturner9392]

Hi. Here in Australia Mulberry trees self seed. They grow everywhere wild and make the most beautiful jam!!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

You’re right about the jam, wonderful. We’re delighted to have this mulberry tree. 😊

[@vickiturner9392]

@@NearbyVeggies Glad you are enjoying the jam!!!❤️❤️

[@NearbyVeggies]

Last time I made it was about 8 years ago. Maybe next year we’ll have enough for our own jam. 😋

[@zainormamzainalabidin9975]

Day by days your garden look amazing. Your hardworking are paid.👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@isabelinhagomes9076]

Everything is beautiful.💯💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@offgridwanabe]

Wow it is really coming together, I love the stories, and the new movement in Portugal to free the Bonsai trees will be awesome lol.

[@tisaninhacerveiraesteves7579]

Vocês são muito giros, têm tudo muito bonito ! Eu admiro- os a vossa simplicidade e encantadora .Deus vos abençoe!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigada ☺️

[@NearbyVeggies]

Trees growing free. 🤣

[@bonnieschroeder7893]

Hilarious! Free the bonsai!!!

[@paulettebarber7219]

Everything looking so beautiful! I had to go look up Goumi berry. Seems it will do well here in zone 6 where I live in Montana so I’ve put it on my list.

[@NearbyVeggies]

It’s elaeagnus multiflora if you want to be sure of the right plant. 😊👍

[@markdawsonbruce4457]

I love gardening❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

We do too 🤩

[@poosmate]

It's amazing how many different varieties of food you have growing and always adding more. I got to wondering what foods you are growing that are synonymous with certain countries. That led me on to wondering if you could make (or if you already have the makings of) a garden that you could call "The World Garden". Your knowledge of these plans astounds me and the fact that you can pronounce the Latin names of them too. When I see them I revert to a child learning to read LOL. Great job. Take care, Poo

[@NearbyVeggies]

Ah thank you, Poo. 🥰

[@kathytucker2491]

All looking amazing 🌺

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks Kathy 😊🌺

[@markdawsonbruce4457]

Iv'e just got out of re-hab for having to much of a good time, just catching up on your vids now, love the music, getting me in the mood to pour a glass of red wine😅😅 Your both lovely people, god bless you both🙏🙏🙏

[@NearbyVeggies]

Enjoy the tipple. 😊

[@leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793]

Well done. Looks great 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you! 😊

[@Morerhapsody]

Very enjoyable and insightful 👌 right on!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@heidiedwards4160]

As always a delight to watch..I reckon you'll be on Strictly Come Veggies with those moves 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

You’re an absolute hoot. 🤣🤣

[@islandlife.1431]

Garden looks amazing. good content

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@gittanrudvall7697]

Good work you two 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@mesutozsen903]

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel video için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@christasmicroflowerfarm2695]

Wonderful variety you have growing in the gardens.💚

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊 We love the variety.

[@turobinson7414]

Passion fruit trees love blood and bones apparently. Thank you for this video. I love your fruit forest garden, very inspiring. Watching the progress from Australia.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We have given blood sweat and tears. That helps too. Thank you 😊

[@turobinson7414]

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[@silvielarischova6137]

pěkná zahrada

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you

[@rosamariperezgarcia456]

Hola ,sois geniales tenéis una finca maravillosa y la estáis poniendo muy hermosa saludo desde España ,Andalucia .

[@NearbyVeggies]

Muchos gracias ☺️

[@anamagalhaes7571]

Olá. Aprendo com vocês a usar papelão no jardim. Os resultados estão a ser ótimos . Obrigada 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigados por nos contar o seu sucesso com o papelão 😊

[@SimpleLivingOkinawa]

You got sansho pepper! You'll have to wait some years to get the peppercorns, but the leaves are nice in everything. Try them next time with plain gnocchi. Nice with fish or chicken - I don't eat meat now so I just put it in salads and everything :) I have another slightly different variety that grows here in the sub-tropics. Goumi berries are kind of like a sweet, tart, fruit tomato. Kind of. Hah, hah, they taste like a goumi. They'll get quite large like an egg shaped mini tomato and the skin has a rough spotty texture. I don't know if you are supposed to eat the skin but I do. My husband doesn't like them - too tart for him. I eat them as they are, but now you are going to have a goumi forest, you might be able to make jam out of them. But be careful - at least here, sparrows LOVE to eat the goumi blossom so if you don't protect the flowers, it is hard to get fruit. For my mulberries, I wear thin gloves and ever so gently pull on them a little. If they fall off in your hand, they are ripe and should be sweet. Australians make a spread called 'passionfruit butter' and if you search on KZbin you'll find recipes. Passionfruit are my favorite fruit and I eat them with a spoon like a soft boiled egg :) Stand them up and just cut off the head carefully so you don't lose any juice. They fall off when they are fully ripe, so picking them up from the ground is better than pulling them off.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’re quite excited to try out the new recipe tips you’ve given us. Thank you so much.

[@ronaldingleby8158]

Bonsai!!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

We freed the bonsai 😊

[@vivienneturner2028]

Ask Nick and Andrea from Project Portugal where they got their Sechuan Pepper tree from. They just planted one in their last episode. 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks a million for that help, Vivienne. We’ll watch later this evening and ask them. 👍

[@nancyspence2965]

Your garden is looking fabulous 😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@marivaldopintodealmeida8823]

Belíssimo vídeo! Parabéns!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Muito obrigada 🤩

[@tudomerda]

LOL, at your pickup's ignition switch, has it had a colourful past ?. I really like the variety of fruit trees in your garden, for lunch just go for a walk, pick n eat, no cooking required.

[@NearbyVeggies]

The pickup is from 1985. I hope it’s had a colourful past. 🤣 Thank you for letting us know you enjoyed the video 😊

[@jbyrd2516]

You may find that gooseberries will do well as understorey rather than out in the opening. They are worth growing.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We will try again once we have created a bit more shade. Thank you 😊

[@learntoimprovemaia6421]

love all your videos! i find them very relaxing actually. we are family moving here to portugal from uk too. xx🎉

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you and all the best with your moving plans 😊

[@kevinwilkes5969]

Great video. Free the bonsai🤣🤣

[@NearbyVeggies]

They’re free at last. 🤣

[@kevinwilkes5969]

@Nearby Veggies well bonsai literally means tree in a pot. Once you've taken it out the pot, it's a tree!!🤣🤣

[@NearbyVeggies]

True 👍😊

[@Gabriela_73]

❤❤❤

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🥰

[@louiseswart1315]

Hot water is a good weedkiller in pathways.

[@user-tb1ur5fz7f]

За музыку отдельное спасибо!!!♧♧♧

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@lesleytaylor1986]

Guys I've loads of cardboard if ever your in the Porto area . We live very close to the airport. Give us a shout if you want to pick it up .

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you so much for your kindness, Lesley. It’s a bit far for us to drive the pickup. We appreciate your support and help and if we’re on that route, we’ll keep you posted. 🥰

[@angelavan478]

Just joined and love the garden, curious though if all the buldings are restored/still doing renovations?

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you. Renovations not started yet. 😊

[@portugal1969]

👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍😊

[@Meejotravel]

Cutting the grass with a lawn tractor would be easier and less time consuming, the harvested grass could be used to make even more compost 😃

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@coby6417]

🌟👏👍🍀💐

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@robynclarke5274]

Do you stuff the flowers of the smaller zucchinis with goats cheese or any soft cheese you like then coat with light Japanese batter then fry? Thin slices of raw beetroot with goats cheese is also very nice. I'm going to try using kohlrabi, thanks

[@NearbyVeggies]

I don’t do the flowers but I use tempura batter for lots of vegetables. Apparently the Portuguese gave the idea to the Japanese! Goat’s cheese is a favourite of ours and used in many of our meals. We have a lot of different styles of cheese here in Portugal. 😊

[@manny-perez]

I love you guys, but how come you never show what it looks like inside the house and some cooking of recipes? ❤ 🥰

[@NearbyVeggies]

We did. 😊 Inside House Tour - 150 Year Old Abandoned Farm House kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGnCoamqlMSUm7c

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Making plum jam kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKSwe2tojLZml7c

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Dan makes squash soup Wild Animals on our Homestead | Behind the Scenes Footage | Soup kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6DWcmprl7FggZI

[@jannetomlinson1831]

In their last vid Andrea and Unle Nick planted a Sichuan pepper

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’ll be asking them about their source. Thank you 😊

[@focus19551]

Do you ever feel that you’ve too much land?

[@NearbyVeggies]

If our land was a big flat field we would feel that it was too much. However, because it’s divided into multiple sections, veggiegarden, terraces, olive grove, orchard and forest, it feels perfect. It’s less than 2 acres. 😊

[@leacruz7311]

Planting bonsai "outside the box"😂😂😂!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Absolutely 👍🤣

[@fortheloveofwater_]

Hello fellow plants people, I’ve been following your channel for a while and thoroughly enjoying/binge watching your food, cultivation journey… Living in Portugal as well, and only gardening on a balcony in containers for the meanwhile, and really really really really really really really like to know where you got the Japanese pepper from? If you could Direct message me the plant shop/nursery, or if you feel comfortable with sharing it in an open reply here, then please do so, as I would really love to grow it in a pot until I get access to ground… Keep up the brilliant work, and I think I have the hots for your husband a little, sorry :-) ha ha (No offence intended, as I have a partner, but as a gay man with something about your husband, that is very attractive, perhaps that’s all that wood cutting! Ha ha)

[@NearbyVeggies]

Hi Yaron. We put a link in the description about where we got the sansho Japanese pepper, so it’s not a secret. From the Kensho Bonsai studio in Aveiro district. They are already several years old so should fruit once they get decent roots growing. Dan will be quite enamoured at your comment 😉

[@NearbyVeggies]

www.kenshobonsaistudio.com/ I forgot to add the link.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Look up Zanthoxylum piperitum

[@fortheloveofwater_]

@@NearbyVeggies thank you so much, it is indeed a habit of mine to read the description box, but with your response I’ve been reminded of how much of a resource it is, In any case, I suppose I simply wanted to reach out and share my appreciation, Mac mini. Other people have already demonstrated through following and supporting your journey with praise and admiration. Despite my silly comment about your husband, what is most endearing is to observe a relationship that has its strengths, and is clearly unified through a green commitment, and the love of food… Bom crescimento e aprendizado

[@NearbyVeggies]

You’re welcome. 😊

[@mariapottery]

When you’re going to start to restore your house?

[@NearbyVeggies]

As soon as we get the license 👍

[@DreamofaHive]

Is vegetable and fruit envy a thing? Guess so lol

[@NearbyVeggies]

That made us giggle 🤭

[@sharolynknapp1096]

do you ever eat meat other than nothing but vegetables

[@NearbyVeggies]

I eat meat occasionally (Meraid) but Dan hasn’t eaten it in over 40 years. 😊

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

If I hear 'food forest' one more time I'm going to scream. Ffs, it's an orchard. Enough is enough.

[@NearbyVeggies]

🤣What if we say Ff.