Our Chinese Garden in June: PART 1

[@kathygoodwin283]

Miriam, really admire how you have embraced the rural Chinese lifestyle and seem so happy and content. It’s not an easy life, but you have absolutely the right character for this. but not tough either. It seems relaxed, not too much to worry about I would guess., though I’m sure it’s not all roses. I can’t help wishing that everyone on the planet could have the opportunity to live such a peaceful life, immersed in nature. I’m sure there is enough land to do so, though not everyone would want to. There would be enough for everyone, no need to fight wars. Many of the super rich I’m sure would trade their wealth for your simple happiness. Your husband and child are adorable. Even your relationship with your mother in law is lovely , and that can’t be easy, your cultures being so different. I’m sure that’s because you have such a loving relaxed, nonjudgepmental nature . Congratulations to your parents for bringing you up to be like that. . I don’t hear you talk much about your father in law, or maybe I’ve missed it, r you’re saving him for a future video! . Are they surprised at the outside interest in their life and family.? And San San, what a fabulous childhood you are giving him. You are so good at making it interesting and sometimes fascinating for us Westerners to have a n authentic insider view of life in rural China. You never run out of ideas for topics to cover. There are still a lot of things I would like to know. There is still a lot of poverty in China (as well as great wealth) and people wanting to escape it. I’m remembering the cockle pickers who drowned on Morecambe sands a few years ago for instance. What would be stopping poor people enjoying your sort of lifestyle, where you are nearly self sufficient, ? though I realise not everyone would have the education and speak English enough to do these sort of videos. You are in a beautiful little Chinese bubble there which I hope will never be spoilt. It’s ironic that at the moment the world outside your bubble , is raging against China for being the source of the Coronavirus. Although they at first denied its existence, your government then moved quickly to deal with it and has one of the best outcomes, possibly due to their ability to straight away order people to do what they thought necessary to contain it, without the delay or protests experienced by western democracies. Your lifestyle certainly does not seem hampered in any way by the Communist party. what do you think, have you changed your ideas on different types of governance since you have lived in China, or do you prefer not to touch on politics for whatever reason? I love your lifestyle but I would need to have the occasional injection of culture, I need to dance, though I would be happy to learn to learn Chinese dances . , have dinner parties/food sharing opportunities other than with just family , go to concerts, would love to listen to traditional Chinese music ( but not communist party propaganda)! What do you worry about Miriam, and what do you do for entertainment, (I’m sure the latter limited due to child care responsibilities)? There doesn’t seem to be any evidence of macho culture. Are there limitations as to what you can do as a woman? I wish you all the best for your ongoing life in !china and I look forward to all future videos, especially the arrival of number 2. Are you hoping for a girl this time.

[@ninu5719]

I never skip two ads at the beginning because I want to pay you for what you have made for us to watch.

[@franzpeters3824]

Just send her money

[@MiriamFollin]

Thank you so much! It means a lot ❤️

[@stoic5871]

click in it

[@franzpeters3824]

@Maria Gena GP Resende They can buy her products.

[@maciekhawryeczko2384]

Dear Miriam, I discovered your channel only yesterday and I've been watching your videos since then. What a wonderful story you and your family have! I am fascinated by Chinese culture, but your channel not only inspires me to get to know China better, but also to assume a different way of life: one closer to nature, based on simple pleasures, work of one's hands and honest relationships. Greetings from Poland!

[@jimlin6545]

在如今快节奏的时代 观看您的视频真的是一种享受，羡慕您这种宁静惬意的生活。

[@crabjay7086]

yup, i feel the same way ...

[@winghoh1271]

Thanks Miriam for the update...it is great to know your garden produces abundant crops for the family. Your little has grown up and love you all for showing your life in rural China,

[@roseloh1378]

San San really wanted to help y’all and he is so cute. Nice couple nice family! Sounds like you’re so busy everyday.

[@ritahuang7779]

油管那麼多博主，你們的屏道讓人有一種寧靜的幸福，還有你們一家人老老少少都是好善良的人，特別喜歡看

[@SOKA.28]

What an amazing veggie garden. Such a variety. And I can imagine all that work n care put into it. And on top of the beautiful garden Is your beautiful smile..!!

[@mzhseca5382]

Greetings from an Indian expat in Sweden,really appreciate your content,best wishes for your family.

[@初级程序员]

你们是真爱啊，很少有姑娘愿意嫁到农村，更何况还是外国媳妇，祝你们天天开心

[@AmelieZh]

初级程序员 乌克兰不还有一个嫁到农村

[@wangshu775]

在农村不管怎么样都能自给自足，要的更多也代表着失去更多……

[@TheYyblessing]

她嫁的这家可不差！而且在当地很有名了！

[@IwasUnknownUser]

只有屌丝还意淫大城市生活 中国的农村其实已经挺不错的了，主要是农民需要提高现代生活意识 他们也不用买贵的房子，有自己的各种基本收入，国家强制的最低养老医疗，也不用996 倒是你意淫的西方发达国家，很多人生活贫乏困苦，只不过饿不死而已，还没有中国普通人可以谋生的人生活有意义呢

[@IwasUnknownUser]

@@panda9715 经济不好越发显出自己家里有点地不需要买房子的各种优势 中国政府目前为了应对经济危机，更是要下沉到农村偏远地区 现在中国绝大部分农村都是现代化的交通，水电气也应该基本解决了，虽然不可能很富裕也绝不是困苦 再就是大城市生活也是基于金钱，有钱才能解决问题

[@pwling888]

Wow, you folks have done very well with your beautiful garden. Love your flowers, too! You have 2 great helpers. Thank you for a very interesting video. Well done!

[@Yunhaisongtao]

米粒“搭个架子”太可爱了

[@spadeysay6846]

Wow, you sure have green fingers. Congratulations for growing sure a wonderful vege garden.

[@413June]

Love your gardening video, everything looks so peaceful and calm. And Sansan is so cute !

[@採菊绚麗]

Highly respectable, kind, deligent and loving couple who work together to make life better. You have a beautiful and edible garden... All the efforts paid off . 一举两得！感谢分享！

[@xiongfeichen316]

Your life is full of poetry, the girl who loves to laugh is the most beautiful. ❤️

[@felixluk3167]

The frames (scaffolding) are usually made from bamboo, not wood. Bamboo is strong and light, and grows fast. And the whole scaffold is build with bamboo, not just the vertical poles are bamboo. Bamboo can take more weight than strings. Here's an image: img.ltn.com.tw/Upload/liveNews/BigPic/600_2540998_4.jpg

[@laws5801]

Green and flower garden around the house can really keep own mind fresh and calm. See how plants grow, so is our life.

[@jessiehorne]

Amazing video as always Miriam ☺️👍 You are correct I believe. Mortar or cement is gray and once dampened gets hard as stone. If it has gravel/rock as well in the mix it is called concrete

[@andrewjackson9990]

Very beautiful and peaceful life! Very beautiful and harmonious family, and very lovely and cute Sansan!

[@gengdadida9688]

I wanna live a peaceful life like you do. i am used to being moved by the pictures\your family\the music, and your voice as well

[@maggiepassion7483]

So happy to see you planted some flowers. I also grew up in rural China, I used to hate it. But your videos brings me lots of memories and so much changes can do in the countryside. Best wishes to your family.

[@laikakhan1313]

Awesome. What a way to live life! happiness to you and all around you.

[@meganepelletier853]

I really enioyed the cinematography and the music choices in this video. Keep up the good work!

[@lindylindybasicoceangirl]

....oh everything looks so wonderful ...so rich in nutrition ...well done

[@sweehungtan5633]

Congratulations, beautiful video showing the deserved benefits from all the efforts and love (I think) you and family put in. Wonderful. Thank you.

[@manimalworks7424]

A simple life is a beautiful life.

[@debl5848]

Love your green yard

[@dondiegol1433]

Thanks for every video. In the US, we have a tool called a "post hole digger". It can make a deep cylindrical hole with a small diameter (15 cm). If you put concrete into it, you only need a small amount.

[@anjushrestha768]

Hi I’m from nepal. I Iove watching your videos. Your every single video is awesome. Please stay happy and healthy. God bless you and your lovely family

[@harbin88]

Amazing work! I also put in poles, but i used metal pipes bought in fhe hardware store. I always though Qinghai is a tough/harsh land not muh things growing there. I was so wrong. I learnt a lot from your videos.

[@user-swfjjhue]

多么幸福的一家，你们在用双手建设自己的美好家园。

[@michaelyoungshaw4481]

Beautiful garden,happy family!

[@billychu5154]

relaxing rural life , I miss it very much .

[@smokyy9]

You look so sweet when you say 嗯! Love these videos :)

[@Flower-ck2bs]

So nice Miriam😊You are so creativ and a hardworker⭐️Your homegarden is beautiful and the house of yours looks now as a palace and SanSan is going to be a chief later on😁He learns so many good and important thing from all of you🥰

[@stchan8569]

It was slightly more than one month ago that the garden was barren. Now it is pregnant with vegetables and fruits. Nothing can beat fresh food harvest from your own labour into the dinner table. By the way, do you know that you can harvest pea shoots( "Dou miao" in Chinese )? One of my favourite vegetables. In Singapore, we can get it at the supermarket but it is not crunchy and crispy after cooking due to the hot weather. The best tasting "dou miao" are grown during the cold season. Even the pumpkin shoots can be eaten.

[@MiriamFollin]

I didn't know about pumpkin! But I love pea shoots too, but wasn't sure how to harvest them, and never looked it up haha.

[@a.l.s.i.4601]

So happy for you! Wow! Enormous garden of plants! They have grown so well! Congratulations! How different your house looks like, so beautiful with so many plants! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@utubecriis]

You're so fortunate to have a garden.

[@圣母婊与流氓的机会]

happy to see nice people like your family😃

[@917amazon]

Like you video full of nature and happiness,thank you for sharing your wonderful garden.from Canada

[@lilyho231]

San San so cute with dat mini spade!! Love him!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@yueyinggong9344]

在乡村的生活节奏慢慢的，亲近大自然，很喜欢你的视频，加油

[@annregan5330]

Hi miriam just love your videos the garden is coming on a treat your son is so lovely noticed his curly hair cute.you certainly have inspired me to grow love to you all take care.:-)

[@tess7441]

This is so relaxing and yet inspiring at the same time. It warm my heart every time I watch your video. Thanks Miriam for sharing. Do keep them coming:)

[@fu5593]

yes, he is so lucky can found Miriam, they are so happiness together! hope i can find white wife happiness together too! Miriam keep sharing her happiness to everyone here!

[@danielluo6934]

The Angel from Sweden！❤️ 来自瑞典的天使！🌹🌹

[@vitamin5544]

Want to see more of San San, such a beautiful and sweet boy .

[@沈澜天]

Lovely garden!

[@sungai447]

Love ypur garden

[@kandianying]

不错的菜园

[@hejsan.amanda]

Längtar redan otroligt mycket efter del 2! Det här var en riktigt mysig vlogg! 😍😊

[@jamesli5764]

Hi guys, In fact, the motar filling into the post hole is not necessary, once when you set up a square frame construction by 4 posts, it's pretty strong enough even with soil, it could fall apart only when same side 2 posts were pulled or pushed hard. That's the frame work power: jointing together to hold each other part!

[@tiangcs8069]

James Li , normally filling it up with some stone into the side of the dug hole and pour in some water to consolidate the soil a bit and when the backfilling dried just hammer in some stone or wooden pegs as wedges around the base of the pole will do just fine.

[@xiaoyucheng3834]

This video gives me good vibes

[@ssalim0]

Nice tune !

[@iamcanadianedmonton]

garden fresh vegs are always the best !!!!!

[@annawang3275]

Greeting from U.S , you bring me back to my hometown where is in Shaanxi Provice. Feeling relax watching your vlog. Take care, best wishes for your whole family. Haven’t seen your mother in law for a while. Your family full of love.

[@weiqiansun8630]

San San was singing 👦🎼🎤，what a beautiful song ! 🥳😘

[@wdxyx]

温馨

[@wendylin2745]

nice garden with lots of vegetables for livelihood, it will be beneficial to all the rural people if they can copy your garden.

[@lukawong8921]

Beautiful life!

[@petermcg749]

This is exciting. It is a pleasure to watch your vlog.

[@thomashudden8308]

Wiriam your a Garden is beautiful . Well done you are doing great job and adapting in China.

[@ryanh6230]

米粒，你的视频每次都有大片的感觉，背景音乐太好听了，拍得也很好👍

[@davidlee4293]

Very nice garden. Lovely to watch the family work together

[@andrewjackson9990]

Hi, Mariam! you're so beautiful, wish you young and beautiful for ever! Your husband is so handsome and manly, love to see that you two didn't forget to show love for each other and kissed each other while working and labouring! Your child, Sansan, is also super cute, super smart, super lovely! Love to watch the life of your whole family!!!

[@mrhvlogs91]

I just Love your Family 😍😍😍

[@dinglu811]

6:40 awwwwwwww

[@CurtisZhangg]

I really appreciate your every video.

[@kennethl4172]

Sansan is growing up fast. He will be a good gardener. Good vegetable crop.

[@tinekejoldersma]

The tree Peony and the Peonies Miriam, lovely. Must be a harsh climate you live in, mine has bloomed a moth ago. Don't be angry for Sansan picking a pumpkin, he doesn't seee the difference between you and him "working".

[@sidoniafaibis3962]

Lovely !!👏😘🌈

[@devonmichaels1480]

Loving your garden...

[@bookofeye]

Wow, you’ve got over 10 thousand followers now! Congrats!

[@easyChinese]

很棒的田园生活！What a bucolic life!

[@Stranger-jf4ze]

你的Vlog 让我很享受 很放松 谢谢 。。

[@AmelieZh]

Your garden is coming along nicely.

[@mustafabaris9681]

Love your videos ..! Sansan is always the best part of your videos ... 😊😊你的儿子超级可爱 ..! 😊😊

[@Every1Day-is-good-day]

love

[@detectivealu]

Respect!

[@Stargazer207]

So excited for another VLOG!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@123renee7]

Hi Miriam, have you ever considered to raise some local garden workshops? I am Chinese, I would really love to participate and learn from you guys

[@KG-ti3gy]

great job

[@phillipchan6044]

My wife and I each speak a different language with our kids and they grew up speaking both really well. You should try it with Sansan too

[@MiriamFollin]

Wi speak my native language with our son and my husband speaks his native language. We don't plan to speak any other language!

[@monacolita9999]

Beautiful and hardwork

[@syncmaster915n]

If your garden were in Canada, It'd probably save you $1000 or so in grocery money over the course of a planting season.

[@吴佳昕-s3f]

太棒了！自己种的菜吃起来很有成就感

[@infoworld7706]

Sansan is so cute, always smiling😊

[@olezemin6658]

very peaceful life, congrats and enjoy!

[@francotsang5606]

小朋友也参加活动😀😀

[@shihkengyu]

Really enjoy watching your videos. Thanks a lot.

[@paulkang7826]

Hi , I have watched most of your videos finding one day very accidentally ^^ As planning, hoping, dreaming to come to Chongqing where my girlfriend is to marry, live together from here Canada as my last lover and spouse at my age of 59, I am trying to learn and embed any possible ideas and actual lifestyle from some very ok looking ex-pats. I do love your all basic concepts and actual practice in real life in a foreign country. I will try to catch up all you guys' stories. I already have watched all of you. But to confess now, I didn't skip 2 intro ads the first time. I didn't know how this youtube biz works as mere watcher.folloing some other ex-pats videos only in Chongqing and Chengdu I will do invest minutes of watching ads to support the. All China is our bucket list of travel and experience, I can imagine we may bump each other one day anywhere. let's hope this corona pandemic burns down asap and move and live normally..hi to your all loving family members..

[@MiriamFollin]

Aw, that's so sweet. Thank you for the support! And I hope your future plans goes through, China can be a fantastic place to live!

[@reygus7]

Your videos bring me happiness.

[@lifestories7957]

Great vegetable patch! Did you rebuilt the home? Are you planning some fruit trees, too?

[@PoojaRobbie]

This is so nice! We're also an interracial couple (Indian and Chinese) and we're looking into doing something similar in an upcoming video.

[@lindaliew2312]

👍❤

[@weiwenshi]

6:40 the kiss😄

[@michelleotani8901]

Coming along nicely, Miriam! My radishes were a total failure ☹️, caterpillars ate all the tops off even after I sprayed with neem oil....oh well....have you ever tried growing bitter melons? I don’t eat them myself but I grow for my parents. My mom likes to stuff them with meat, she does the same with hot peppers, she stuffs those with meat too. I know you are vegetarian but you can just saute them and eat them by themselves....some people use the leaves of the bitter melon as a tea.

[@MiriamFollin]

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[@MiriamFollin]

Oh, sorry to hear about your radishes! I don't grow bitter melons, personally I just can't stand the flavour. My husband isn't a big fan either although he does think it's healthy.

[@oyingapum5002]

Nice to see , baby has grown big

[@shawnwang943]

Beets leaves are delicious! Hi from Canada

[@gestalt_4020]

豌豆尖超好吃啊！欧洲超市没见卖过 好想吃 😭😭