Secrets For Self Sufficiency | 5 Tips For Eating Seasonally (2020)

Secrets For Self Sufficiency. 5 tips for eating seasonally to help you become self-sufficient in homegrown vegetables from your garden or grown on the allotment. Complete self-sufficiency is difficult to achieve, but we can be more self reliant and have more resilience. Here are some simple ways to become more self sufficient through seasonal eating.
Varieties mentioned in this video (some of these are affiliate links)
In the UK -
Asturian Tree Cabbage bit.ly/2WjvKVz
Beetroot Cylindra tinyurl.com/v7qpsgp
Carrot Autumn King tinyurl.com/tw5jgts
Celaric tinyurl.com/wcb8c2h
Chard 5 Colours tinyurl.com/rzjt98g
Hamburg (Root) Parsley tinyurl.com/u4f3z9f
Parsnip Tender and True tinyurl.com/rulz5dc
Purple Sprouting Broccoli tinyurl.com/w4gsyfu
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About Us.
I share our organically managed homestead, called Byther Farm, with my loving partner, Mr J and our cat, Monty.
We are a fifty-something couple who live on a smallholding in Monmouthshire, Wales. We are going green and creating a gentler, cleaner and more healthy life for our family.
There is a large organic kitchen garden with no dig gardening raised beds and young food forest in which to grown our fruit and vegetables.
I'm currently exploring permaculture.
We keep chickens, Aylesbury ducks, Khaki Campbell ducks and turkeys.
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[@rosemarielamothe2733]

I have learned that we can eat beetroots leaves in soups, fried stir or omelettes. Also young carrots leaves.🌺 I' ve tried both of them and they're quite ok.

[@ceedee2570]

such good advice- be more flexible to be more self sufficient

[@fransiedutoit7338]

Thank you Liz! I'm in NZ so autumn is here, I will definitely try the 'later' sowings to see if I can extend the growing season, especially for our early spring, when there is not a lot to go around. Bless you and yours during this time x

[@colleenstinton-czuprynski9894]

Thanks Liz.

[@GeorgiasVintageWorld]

Oooh enjoyed every second, that parsley is very interesting, must try it. I'm going to have plenty time to catch up with your channel as my work has closed. Hope you and Mr J are well xx

[@aseerose5684]

Loved the video! I will certainly try the push in-pull out tip. I'll try it on weeds too. We have some here with real he-man tap roots. I have been doing the same in my garden for some years now on a limited scale, with some plastic over the veggies and in a small greenhouse. Broccoli has been a real favorite here, as well as Swiss chard, which also does very well over wintering, as well as the root vegetable. Between those veggies and some squash and apples in storage we eat vegetables all winter sometimes. Far better than canned or frozen, in my opinion. I will share this with others.

[@catherinelittlebear9863]

We love your videos! We learn a lot every time. And they are like visiting a good friend!

[@LizZorab]

Hello Catherine, thank you for your kind comments, they are much appreciated!

[@annebeck2208]

If you are in the USA, try Baker Creek seeds or Pine tree seeds or Territorial or Adaptive Seed (great for NW) All of them have organic and the seeds are accurate.

[@Annie.xx-xx]

I do love parsnips. I’ll definitely be sowing them this year for parsnip mash in the winter months next year. I love the amount of mulch you have . I’ve planted my potatoes where the chicken Aviary was so I’m hoping for a good crop this year fingers crossed 🤞 x loved this video 💖

[@petrastuder7981]

I love your videos Liz! I like your laid back style but you are so full of information that I need to hear. When I think of my future big garden...i imagine it like yours. I have a small garden now and learning so much especially from you and other youtubers

[@LizZorab]

Thank you Petra. When I had a smaller garden it was a similar style - there were fewer messy, wild corners but it was still a bit of a mess. Maybe that's a reflection of me - LOL!

[@robinhazeslip1800]

I love how you give examples of how to USE some of the veggies! I too love Shepard pie and could use substitute for the potatoes. And thank for admitting u don't eat/like all of the diff veggied.......I have found I feel a bit guilty for NOT liking them all....lol😁🌞🌿

[@lizzieatherfold2293]

Thanks for the

[@carolparrish194]

Where we live the weather doesn't permit me to grow vegetables in the winter. But that gives me a break. I am getting ready to plant my cool weather crops very soon. I have some plants started in the house. I am so ready to get started.

[@allonesame6467]

Liz! You are brilliant! THANK YOU! BLESSINGS ABOUND!

[@LizZorab]

Thank you!

[@dugchris2009]

Thanks again for the great information. Blessing from Indiana.

[@LizZorab]

Hi Christine, I hope you are all safe and well.

[@simplifygardening]

Great video Liz and a perfect 5 tips. Great cloche build too. Excellent. Oh loved the podcast episode as well :)

[@LizZorab]

Thanks Tony - wow I've just seen how many subs your channel has - now that's awesome! Working out how to sort the podcast stuff is ongoing, but once it's up and running on a regular basis I am sure it will get easier.

[@gerriellsworth4100]

Hi, Liz! Saw you were watching YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS! I follow them, too! I share your "green philosophy" & am doing by part on the shore of Lake Erie in Pennsylvania, USA. We are spending 6 weeks in Florida but as nice as it has been, my heart wants to go home to start the gardening season! So I have been practicing social distancing & watching my favorite gardening videos! Thanks for sharing so much of your experience. ❤

[@LizZorab]

Hi Gerri, thanks for hopping on over from Serina and Ian's place. I love their channel, I would chat 'seeds and plants' with Serina for hours if either of us had the time! I hope you get home again safely before any state borders close (hopefully that won't have to happen). Penn is a beautiful state, I've visited the south eastern corner of it and ventured into Maryland a little, it reminds me very much of here.

[@familygardener2019]

Good morning from sunny Bolton lol, loved the video take care

[@welsh_vegan_allotment_holder]

Some nice ideas there. I've seen the root parsley before and would like to grow that and I'll have to look into that tree cabbage. Being a plumber I often have off cuts of pipe so look forward to your next video.

[@LizZorab]

The next video will be published on Friday, thanks for watching!

[@Love-tl2gh]

Liz I just love your perspective on gardening, especially growing a gift for others. It's so refreshing. Much love from eastern Newfoundland ❤❤👍👍

[@LizZorab]

Hello and welcome! Is Newfoundland very cold at this time of year? Has spring started springing yet?

[@Love-tl2gh]

@@LizZorab hello it's still a bit cold -11 celcius and snow on the ground. Spring is on the way and I have seedlings in cold frames growing lovely 👍

[@missourigirl4101]

Lovely video my friend. So enjoy seeing your garden. Your veg is so pretty. Enjoy!

[@LizZorab]

Thank you! I try to grow a range of colours so that it doesn't look boring on the plate.

[@jetteravndal3930]

Nice tip with the parsnips.

[@LizZorab]

Thanks, it's very clever, I'm so pleased that I spotted it and that it works so well.

[@SauleSauliite]

Hi! Thank you for the great videos! I am wondering why you never mention sunchokes or Jerusalem artichokes? They overwinter in the ground here in zone 6 and I can harvest them all through the hungry gap. They are also a great alternative to potatoes and other root veg. At least have them somewhere in the hedgegrow as they really like to occupy all available land. :)

[@joannthompson765]

I grow a ton if swish chard mostly for rabbits but to sell to others because it does fine in our summer and winter.have a good day

[@sharniekent1362]

Absolutely wonderful , your video “tiny homestead” made a little while ago now was wonderful and moving at time stamp minute 12.11 brought tears to my eyes. It was very touching. You make me feel like as though I am in the garden with you. lovely lady indeed. My dream is to build and grow a garden like this one day. My absolute dream. have got about 6 vegetables and a few herbs growing. Small steps hopefully one day I’ll have soemthing nice. Your videos make me feel calm and feeling good about about the possibilities of the garden. Always wonderful, Take care From Australia 🇦🇺

[@LizZorab]

Hello Sharnie and welcome! I'm so pleased to read that you are enjoying the videos and finding them calming - that makes me feel like I'm doing my job properly! Yay! I built this whole garden in small steps, just one after another, if I had tried to do everything at once I would have given up and left it to go to weeds completely. We can only do what we can do and that, I think, is good enough! 😊

[@ansievicente]

Your channel is delightfully, refreshingly positive compared to all the negative doing the rounds. Thank you for the injection of sanity! ❤

[@LizZorab]

Thank you Ansie, obviously I am covering subjects that could be relevant to the current situation, but I'd rather be practical and positive than putting out false info or hear-say.

[@carolem9134]

Hi Liz I really like partsnips I cook it when I roast a pot roast, it goes really well roasted together.Thank you for sharing your video.You and Mr.J stay well and healthy.😊

[@LizZorab]

Roast parsnips are yummy!

[@lynmaunsell4062]

That’s a good tip to push downwards on root vegetables before pulling out. Thanks Liz

[@LizZorab]

Hi Lyn, hope all is well with you, drop me a message and let me know how you are getting on. 😃

[@lynmaunsell4062]

Liz Zorab - Byther Farm have sent a msg Liz

[@pennythompson4790]

great video i share some of my glut with my partners familyxx

[@mariaculmer1565]

Thanks Liz, just found your channel! Looks good. I've just completed my no dig beds and will start to try to get things in over the next few days. Working out when to sow things for vegetables over the winter is difficult I think. So i will be watching this again to get some more ideas. I love Chard, I think it's got to be one of my favourite vegetables :D

[@LizZorab]

Hi Maria, I have a series of videos about what to sow in which month, although you'll need to adjust for your area. You can find it here kzbin.info/aero/PLa6906pLM92nazdkurdCOc-zI_Ck9oULG

[@mariaculmer1565]

@@LizZorab Thank you

[@stevendowden2579]

enjoyable video nice idears too

[@LizZorab]

Thanks Steven!

[@vmcougarintn5035]

Liz, you just introduced me to a new veggie. Never heard of Parsley roots! I must see if I can find some. Thank you.

[@LizZorab]

There's a link in the video description for seeds. UK and US links.

[@vmcougarintn5035]

@@LizZorab I'll check that out.

[@insidekateskitchen]

Absolutely brilliant video Liz. Thanks so much for the share. I may try celeriac this year IF I can find some seeds. Cheers!

[@LizZorab]

Celeriac is another of those veg that like cooler weather, so it may be worth sowing it in early autumn to grow throughout your winter and harvest before it gets too hot next summer. :-)

[@insidekateskitchen]

@@LizZorab will definitely give it a try, IF I can find seeds. Thanks Liz. Be safe!

[@bettyadkisson1681]

That's what I'm doing this year. Growing extra everyone.

[@feathernow]

Liz can you recommend best variety Kale and cut and come again lettuce? Thanks

[@CupcakeBaker1982]

Love these ideas Liz!! You could call the mash “winter mash”. That’s what I’m going to do anyway 😉

[@LizZorab]

Hey Kat! How are you? Winter mash is a great name for it!

[@LizZorab]

Ooh that's a good name for it too!

[@CupcakeBaker1982]

Liz Zorab - Byther Farm I’m good thanks Liz, sowing loads right now to make sure we can go “shopping” in our gardens rather than the shops!

[@traceyclark6650]

Hi liz great video .love the winter mash idea .

[@luckychicav7981]

Hello Liz. I have to only try and grow what I like because I honestly have a very small place and on top of that I have very little sunny spots. Although I do sow things and share with family. In the fall I sow braccicas and share with my daughter and herbs in the spring with my daughter and my sisters. I been looking to plant a particular fig because is compact and that is actually for my daughter and one of my sisters, they like them and they are so expensive in the store, that I figured I could try tucking a compact one for them in a corner somewhere. Great video, thank you for sharing and until next time be well! 😉💗💗💗

[@LizZorab]

Hi, you may only have a small space to grow in, but it sounds like you are making the most of it! The fig sounds interesting, what variety is it?

[@luckychicav7981]

I had bought a brown turkey and found out it would be very big and it has a very large root, so I went and planted it at my mom’s home she had a big sunny back yard. My mom likes them and so does my brother the lives with her. I read that Violette de Bordeaux is considered a dwarf and can be put in a container. 😉

[@juliereis146]

With the parsnips it’s push down and twist when possible 🥰

[@LizZorab]

Thanks Julie, I hadn't really thought about saying twist as I guess I just turn them a bit without thinking! LOL

[@nicolaj3294]

Hi Liz, i think I'll try growing the purple sprouting broccoli if I can find it, it always looks great and you seem to love eating and growing it. Hello Monty boy, haven't seen you for a while.

[@LizZorab]

Monty is much more an indoor cat in the winter, he too is glad the weather is slowly improving. Much of the winter he is curled up next to me on the sofa.

[@marilenebeaulieu9727]

We are the opposite with chard, I love the leaves but the stem, not so much. A lasagna with those leaves is so so good!

[@LizZorab]

Marilene, do you use the leaves instead of pasta?

[@marilenebeaulieu9727]

@@LizZorab No, I do that sometime with zuchinis. But for the chard, it's a normal lasagna but with white sauce and chard and a lot of cheese :)

[@margaretsofocleous8137]

So nice to see you Liz. Great video. SPYROS loves parsnips not me though. We are in lockdown here in Cyprus. Hotels closed and restaurants only open for take away. The drive from our home to Larnaca looked really strange. We are fine for food etc for about a month except for fresh milk. Schools closed but I have seen children outside. I took a swim yesterday . It was cold but I felt really good afterwards. Temperature has dropped today and it has been raining and windy. Spyros family has some unused farming land but it is too far away for me to use. My garden is stamped concrete and verandas. Growing in pots is just not the same. Spyros has a fig tree in the park next to us . I am wondering whether or not I can grow something there. xxxx Margaret

[@LizZorab]

Hi Margaret, stay safe and warm while you have your lockdown and every now and then please let me know that you are okay 😀

[@margaretsofocleous8137]

@@LizZorab thanks Liz we can still sit by the sea when it's a good day and the shops still have plenty. We are just trying to keep at least 6 feet from anyone . Airports are shutting down this weekend here . Hope you and Mr J are well

[@silvertonguedaywalker9116]

How are you guys doing. I am 9 weeks Post Op this Wed

[@waltershomesteaduk4235]

I’m the same with chard. I might try roasting the stems like you suggested and see if I like that. Grow purple sprouting for the first time and husband loved it so winner.

[@LizZorab]

PSB is a wonderful veg and so hardy! It sat through the beast from the east a couple of years ago and as soon as the snow had melted I was able to harvest it again!

[@angelarai1]

indeed , the chard and spinach try putting them into a hot pan you know a griddle with a drizzle of olive oil thats had some garlic or onion cooked in it , the chard or spinach pop and crisp up they take just a second or two , and oh my goodness its lush :)

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

There's three months of the year that it is impossible for me to grow or harvest anything outside. But I have a good root cellar, a cold room and grow shelves. I'm doing "What grows here" citizen science so it will be some time before I use manufactured stuff outside my house to fight/modify nature.

[@LizZorab]

Ah yes, the what grows here research - it's mostly, if not exclusively, pernicious weeds here if left unchecked. Rewilding this place would be a very short program!

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

@@LizZorab Partly. I can't grow domesticated Amaranth and Lamb's Quarter. But I can grow their wild relatives that are just as edible. I am searching for crop varieties that will grow here, even though there is no domestic plants developed for my climate

[@denisewilson8367]

I really love parsnips. But I have been unable to get them to grow here in Lower Michigan, USA. Not sure if it was the seeds, the soil, or me, probably the latter, that went wrong. But my friends don't like them so no extras coming my way if they fail. I have tried 2 years with no success. Could you tell me your secrets for the parsnip? I can grow carrots right nicely but not the parsnip.

[@LizZorab]

You need to have fresh seed for parsnips as they don't germinate well with seed that's more than a year old.

[@miafallon3186]

I can’t believe you left those parsnips in the ground til MARCH! do they not go bad as it starts to warm up?

[@LizZorab]

No, usually in March it's still fairly cold, the soil doesn't start to warm enough for major regrow the until April most years and we can still have frosts (and very occasionally snow) in May. Rather than rotting they will start to regrow to go to flower and produce seeds.

[@annpole5019]

Rhubarb envy... Ours are quite small, having moved them this year. I'd rather they bulk up before we harvest.

[@LizZorab]

Hi Ann, I know that our plant could really do with being split and moved, but I just haven't got around to it this year (or last year!). Maybe next winter!

[@jennifersissons7844]

what happened to the hauazontle you sowed last year ?

[@LizZorab]

Hi Jennifer, it failed to thrive. I looked at the seeds again this morning and wondered whether to try again. I've filmed an update of the perennial veg that I grew last year, it should be published in the next couple of weeks.

[@entmama6029]

What type of tree cabbage do you grow?

[@LizZorab]

Links are in the video description. It's Asturian tree cabbage from Real Seeds.

[@dougchapis9925]

what zone is this garden/ homestead in?

[@LizZorab]

It's the equivalent of US Hardiness zone 8b (but our summers are cooler and milder and we generally have a fairly high humidity as we have an oceanic temperate climate)

[@candiwallace6605]

MORNING cheers beautiful 💞☕🌱❤

[@LizZorab]

Morning!

[@feathernow]

Thanks Liz some creative ideas, appreciate the links. Love your pussy cat too!

[@LizZorab]

Hi Frances, ah yes Monty, he's my ever-present companion 😃

[@kamilfrancoolczak]

Good. You don’t have to go to do Coronavirus shopping...