Grow Food All Year Round | Transitioning from Summer to Winter

In this video, I show how we grow food (vegetables and fruit) all year round in our home garden as we transition from summer to winter.
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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :)

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[@Seaweeder13]

A couple years back one of your clips randomly appeared in the girlfriends account on the loungeroom tv. I clicked on your grinning mug, cos you looked interesting and for some reason i was mesmerised. I was not a gardener, ever. Our quarter acre block was just something i ocassionally walked through playing with the dogs. Your common sense and low maintenance gardening peaked my interest somewhat, maybe theres something to this... Anyway, fast forward a couple years and i am a composting machine, half the backyard is now a back-to-eden style sea of tranquility, im working on a couple 7 metre hugulkulture raised beds down the back, standing up pallets everywhere to harvest my soon to be world class strawberry walls of tastiness and generally getting some value out of our largest ever investment. We've started eating healthier as a result, and have met some incredibly interesting people thru my new hobby. In an age of being constantly flooded with useless information its great to find people whose contributions actually matter and enrich the lives of the rest of us. Thanks heaps mate. Keep up the good work

[@christophermee5214]

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[@kdegraa]

Kevin Y maybe people living in colder places?

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Some would be doing it accidentally.

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[@sandrakennedy4877]

bloody hell I thought I had seen all your videos, followed you a long time, then this came up lol. Thanks , tc and be safe

[@Setolyx]

You should totally have a time-lapse camera just watching the plants grow! :)

[@LynnGagnon1]

I love that you didn't cut out the mosquito attack @6:55. . .it's such a part of gardening, isn't it?

[@sail5820]

We're preparing for the winter crops *puts tomatoes*

[@ZoomZoomBoom24]

I absolutely love your pfp. Gerard Depardieu has been my secret crush since forever. I first saw him in a SBS movie about the French revolution and was struck with awe. I can't speak French but when I hear him I pretend I can...lol

[@marvelousmarjiemiddleton7091]

My partner is jealous of u. U are my garden husband😉

[@alexanderspalding9900]

Your videos are the only thing getting me through quarantine.

[@georgialandau9843]

I live in south Florida and really get a lot of info from your videos because we are so similar.thanks for all your good work.

[@donabellahardeneravlogs790]

I salute you my friend gardener👍👏👏👏

[@jeffbowman9705]

Your like a professor of agriculture!

[@chabridgettumusiime8994]

Thank you for teaching n sharing your gardening, veggies, fruits

[@timmartin8191]

If an explorer discovered a garden that grew every vegetable and/or fruit known to man it would be in your back yard. I can't tell you how much I enjoy watching your channel!

[@kathlynblack3517]

I am now learning the differences between cool weather crops and warm weather crops. I SO appreciate your videos! Your information is still very helpful here in sub-tropical east Texas, USA. In addition, your personality is very pleasant to listen to (and not bad to look at either!) Thank you for all you do!

[@aileenkrauchi6553]

You are a gem… You are excellent in how you explain all you are teaching us. My dad was a excellent farmer. He passed 2 years ago from an aggressive cancer. Watching your videos has given me so much more appreciation for all the hard work my dad put into his gardens. Your videos have taught me so much more than I ever knew I could learn and I have had success in this growing season. I am in the Vancouver BC Canada area. What veg should I grow in green houses for survival in these price hiking days over the winter? Back to binge watching your vids.😂😊

[@lanifsautia]

I love how he always says "we" so cute 🥰🥰

[@mikemargu3734]

Love your show mark

[@f3wbs]

Winter's coming for you but spring's coming for us! Love from Canada.

[@radosvetav]

I really am envious of all the tropical trees you can grow right in your backyard

[@satsitter]

Though our seasons are flipped, it's tomato time where I live in California. It's always tomato time somewhere. Thanks!

[@DeadeyeJoe37]

Here in Hawaii, it's tomato time all year round....if I can keep the diseases & birds at bay. :P

[@kdegraa]

It’s the middle of winter here and there are two tomato plants fruiting in my little garden. The fruit hasn’t ripened yet but I hope they do. I live a fair bit south of where this video is shot so it gets a bit colder here.

[@gardenkings8537]

hey marky just delving back through some of your old vids, would love to see what your planting & harvesting now were are in autumn! hope your keeping dry! love from sunny sydney, scotty

[@exeterbeekeeper]

The difference in climate from my allotment site in UK and your site in Australia is amazing.

[@davealvey241]

I moved from the UK to Perth, Australia a few years ago, I still don't think I'm used to all the fruit and veg I can grow here, I miss my old allotment plot sometimes though!

[@Moduz66]

Hi Mark! You are always so enthusiastic about your garden. Every video gets me so excited to go out and garden for my family. Thanks for everything! Love your show 😊😊

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thank you! There's plenty to be enthusiastic about gardening, especially growing food! Cheers ;)

[@k10teky]

Your climate is similar to Honolulu, great recommendations for the lanai.

[@ALittleGardenUpNorth]

You and your garden is amazing. I did gardening as a creative outlet this summer due to pandemic but the more I watch your channel, the more I think about “hm, could I be self sufficient since I don’t really want to go to the grocery store anymore?” I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your vids. Thanks a lot.

[@someguy43210]

I moved from Florida to Ohio recently. It's a trade off between only having 6 months to grow, instead of all year, but with the benefit of being significantly easier to grow tomatoes. It's about 10 times easier to grow in general in this cooler climate because of less humidity, heat, diseases, pests, and no root knot nematodes. Every place have it's own challenges.

[@Mari-hh6it]

Loved the video! Could you please make a video about how you preserve your food?

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thank you! I have made a few exclusive preserving videos in the past and I might dabble in more during the midweek releases if I see there's a growing demand for them. I appreciate the suggestion. Cheers :)

[@KnightsEdgeFloors]

I don’t know if you ever get this. Maybe too busy or you don’t check stuff that’s been cup years old but I’ve been following you for a few weeks and you have inspired me to start a raised garden experiment. I love your videos, your enthusiasm, And your skills. Thank you so much!

[@justalurkr]

I'm regularly startled whenever I remember seasons are the other way around.

[@valeriesanchez3074]

Since i grow plants indoors, My season is neverending. It os rewarding having a watermelon plant during winter

[@sandrawollstein447]

I'm intrigued by the way you've done your trellises for the passionfruit and the smaller one near the turmeric plant. Is there any chance you can do an episode on how to build them?

[@jleibrock1997]

you are living the dream. I love how many different edible plants you grow. Your tomatoes have to be delicious.

[@JustYaeWendt]

Winter is coming oh no! Spring just got here. 😊

[@jackiegutmann]

Same here. Spring just sprung! Northern Hemisphere!

[@Jw0808]

He comes from a land down under

[@AaronJCassidy]

@@Jw0808 Where beer does flow, and men chunder!

[@heffy1000]

Hey USA and Canada, we get it! Summer is on its way for you. We all studied Geography. Now watch this again in Dec or shhhh so we can watch.

[@valerieaguirre1843]

Wow! Summer is coming here in America. How interesting to see the difference in weather from here to there. ❤️ I’m a huge fan of your channel!

[@juanfranciscocosta5387]

In North America *, dudette. It's winter to come here in South America.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Hi Valerie and thank you! All the best for your summer growing season :)

[@simpleman806]

Here in the Texas panhandle, it's going to be a coin toss on the weather. I've seen it snow in May. I've seen all 4 seasons in 24hrs in November. Hot during the day, cooler with rain in the evening and freezing with snow by the next morning

[@rndmcnflct]

In my winters those raised garden beds would be flush with the ground, due to all the snow. I'm jealous.

[@davinamichaeli3640]

Love this video, watched it several times and shared it with plenty , thank you !!!!

[@shapeshifter52001]

Thanks!

[@Selfsufficientme]

G'day and thanks heaps for the super thanks! Cheers :)

[@leiaclark8388]

I’ve got garlic and onion growing. I followed the instructions from your pot ash video and all of my bbq ash feeds the garlic and onions. They love it! Every time I add a batch, a few days later I can see a difference!

[@seandepoppe6716]

Thank you! Im in Los Angeles CA and in my 2nd year with a garden here. Trying to grow all different vegetables to see what and when to grow. Last year was a bust. But i left a few things in the soil and they did great through the "winter" . Love your garden wish i had that much space!!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Trial and error Sean - one of the best ways to learn mate! Cheers :)

[@lelurve]

Hi, I just moved to Los Angeles. Do you have some sort of calendar guide of what to sow when? I’m on the hunt now…first time to garden too 😬🤞🏼

[@TheBrewer3535]

Surprised you are not growing root crops and more brassicas. Carrots, parsnips, brussel sprouts, etc. Greetings from Georgia USA, my peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and melons are going in their beds now.

[@fartboxer22]

Dude.... this is the best tv show on the computer on my phone

[@simplifygardening]

Mate great episode and there is no reason why folks cannot grow all year round in cold climates either, a polytunnel or high tunnel will help folks grow things to continue to put meals on the table. With you going into winter and us going into summer you gonna have to continue watching mine so you can keep warm ;) The tomatoes will shoot up really quickly and you will soon be harvesting lots of fruits. Really enjoyed this episode pal. Great job

[@sherryellesson9665]

No reason? How about tight budgets? The price of a poly/high tunnel is so far outside what I'd be able to manage it's not even on the horizon! lol...no offense, but generalizations like this make no sense to me.

[@simplifygardening]

@@sherryellesson9665 Sherry, I built my own tunnel, recycled timber and scaffolding poles all free, Yes I had to pay for the plastic but that was just over 100 pounds. I'm not saying it's for everyone but a lot of people will be able to grow 365. plus I only meant that the weather shouldnt hold you back there are ways to grow 365. even if it's just a window sill. I wasnt trying to upset you. Tony

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks Tony and all the best with your growing season (and channel also) cheers :)

[@solomouk]

Its like Maximus is now living the life he was dreaming of when he passed away, in another life. BTW, You are so inspirational man. Thank you

[@salmandawood7195]

Hi, I love your videos. They are always so full of information and really fun to watch. Could you also do a "How to grow a ton of mangoes" video?

[@markzambelli]

Thankyou again for letting us see (and me, personally, get cheered up and inspired by) your vids. It's gotten a little chilly here in the UK of late so it's always an absolute pleasure to see the world from near Brisbane... good-on-ya sir. Regards as ever.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks Mark! Hope it warms up soon over in the UK, Cheers :)

[@Glamst.447]

Love your channel thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@Nadyamantra]

What a massive amount of knowledge you share on your channel. Thank you!

[@jewelwheeler1]

Love your videos and your whole yard. You've done well and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@lukasgisler]

You have such a beautiful, fruitfull garden. That's magnificent.

[@AFROJOE2323]

Greetings from Finland! Thanks for all the awesome tips and tricks we have a very intense winter here but luckily for us it's spring! 🍅

[@Selfsufficientme]

All the best for your coming growing season! Cheers :)

[@natashadearden3194]

Love how you explain in such a useful way what and why you’re doing things in the garden. Perfecto for this novice veggie gardener 🙌🏻

[@heliomayer]

We're currently transitioning from summer to winter here in southern Brazil as well, although the cold weather is a little bit late this year. I own a small plant nursery business and we grow mostly aromatic herbs and spices. Cheers.

[@nicolaj3294]

Great video Mark, I'm growing broccoli, cauliflower, leeks and tumeric at the moment and a bumper crop of eureka lemons, thinking of making lemon marmalade this weekend

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks Nicola! Lemon marmalade is one of our favs too! Cheers :)

[@BurritoBandito140]

Ever consider cedar mulch around the base of each bed? It won't stop all pests but it does deter many insects. I used it as a perimeter around my yard when mosquitos were unbearable and since I have yet to have nearly as many.

[@mercywalschek2695]

Here in Southern Nevada we have very long growing seasons. While we do get some humidity, it's not as bad. But, the heat! 😫. But, we can start our gardens as early as February and grow some veggies well into December if we protect from frost. I'm learning so much from your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@rickgeorge4205]

Love the video Mark. I’d love to see more videos of your fruit trees

[@nevadastaab4275]

Thank you for your videos! You make it seem so doable to be self-sufficient in something and I'm really excited to get more self-sufficient!

[@amonalysa1876]

Hi Mark, you're great. I admired your style of living.

[@mwmentor]

Who knew planting fruit and veg could be so interesting. I am rapidly becoming a convert eyeing sites in my garden that could be used for vegetables. Thanks for your many inspirational videos. Your enthusiasm and can do attitude is totally infectious… enough to get me off of my couch 👍😃

[@Hannah-hx5sp]

i love your winter crop videos, i live in Ireland and our summer is basically your winter. (wet and mild)

[@lynmaunsell4062]

Thanks Mark, excellent video for me living in northern New South Wales with a similar climate to yours. We haven’t had a frost for the last 3 years.

[@leiaclark8388]

I’m making grow bags from my sewing scrap cloth and putting tomatoes and peppers in them. I can’t wait until spring!

[@tryxlr8m8]

Thanks again Mark! Always love your videos!

[@kylep8304]

Thanks for the turmeric tips. I’ve been wondering when mine were gonna come back. It’s been consistently 80 for weeks now here in Florida.

[@markwmyers9113]

Mark, I got to tell you, I was trying to enjoy your video, but you kept saying something about winter, and we here in far north are just getting out of winter! Actually, I truly enjoy your videos. It is amazing we are at opposite ends of this beautiful green earth, and grow food for our family!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Yes Mark, I totally understand you guys have had a long winter to endure but all the best for your growing season - how exciting! Cheers :)

[@thekrrib]

Excellent vid Mark. I have just started growing, this year, in Campbelltown, Sydney (Oz), but I am used to growing in the colder climate of NZ so a lot of it is trial and error ATM and this vid has been a great help.

[@octobersky5080]

Greetings from Florida! I'm so thankful for your videos because they're helpful for learning how to garden in warmer climates.

[@yanzhangmd]

Such a good intro. I love the small amount of harvest that I get.

[@steventhechef1538]

As always, your videos are inspiring. Thank you

[@kamarais]

Thanks for the video Mark! I'm in South Africa, and so we've also got winter on its way. Thankfully I'm in an area that usually doesn't get below 0 degC, but my issue tends to be lack of strong sunlight in the afternoon. Might look into putting up temporary greenhouse netting or plastic this year.

[@h45h1m6]

Hi. I'm from Maldives. I love watching your videos. I have just started gardening. I'm starting with Tomato, Chili, Cucumber, Watermelon & Garlic. I love the way u talk about specific plants especially about the climate in which they grow best.

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

Cracks me up to listen to you pronounce collards. I live in Alabama and collards have always been a staple here, but they don't do well when the heat and humidity rise. My southern drawl pronounces col_lards. Beautiful garden you have there!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Every time I mention Collards I keep thinking of our neighbours when I was a boy "the Collard family" lol... Cheers :)

[@Berkeloid0]

It's funny, the first few times I heard it with a US accent I thought they were being racist because they kept talking about the "coloreds" - not being familiar with a collard it took me quite a while to figure out what they meant!

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

@@Berkeloid0 I'm there are some racists in the U.S. but col-lards aren't racist at all. They go in every mouth that likes them lol. Collards have just caught on in the northern states over the past few years. They had no idea what they were when a person from the south said "I sure would like some collards and cornbread " they looked at you like you were draft. Like Australia, we have many dialects and actually the southern came from England in the early 1800's.

[@wildh3rbs]

spot on with collards being tastier btw, i was nodding along in agreement. Excellent tastebuds.

[@Just-Nikki]

My pot and perma garden Mary I’m from Atlanta and we say cah-lurds

[@lizardears4861]

Great informative video, thanks Mark!👍

[@garulusglandarius6126]

Mark, your garden is amazing. Thank you for the good advice and the cheery videos. Top bloke 👍🇦🇺🇬🇧

[@dionscott7901]

Keep going, part 2 please 😊

[@luzvelez2423]

Yes, it is very enthusiastic seen your videos that teach me a lot and your contagious enthusiasm that inspire me to convert my back yard patio into a food garden and sometimes the weather here in P.R. gets a tiny cold I wish we had more chill days to grow other foods.Thank you Sir.

[@juanfranciscocosta5387]

I'm so grateful for finding your videos, mate. I'm helping mi abuela with her chickens, ducks, roses and radishes. Cheers from Perú.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Good on you Juanfrancisco for helping your abuela I bet she is a wealth of knowledge too! Cheers :)

[@TheGreenThumbGardeningChannel]

Greetings Mark, Spring is making way to Summer here in Tifton, GA and the grow season here has just began, truly amazing it is the climate and season here versus there! Great to see this latest video upload from you mate!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks mate! Yes I see you guys are getting into some nice flowers there in GA over on your channel - great stuff. Cheers :)

[@laumeesilatu2981]

Hey Mark thank you for that tip to save growing tomatoes to Winter. I'm struggling here in Sydney trying to grow tomatoes during summer.

[@shannonrobinson262]

I made Jerusalem artichokes into brined pickles this winter. They are really nice. Thanks. It also gets rid of the wind they cause when cooked.

[@hopeisontheway3458]

Brillant Mark. Another great vid. All of your advice is invaluable. Keep up the humour as well 😂😉Love it....

[@anitablanco7309]

I love your garden! I'm a gardener too, but I like your garden.

[@wazowski6709]

Make sure you give your Rocoto chilli plenty of space. Mine has turned into a little tree with hundreds of fruit each year. Beautiful chilli. Love your videos mate, keep up the great work. Cheers from Melbourne 👍

[@mybirdies]

I'm absolutely LOVING your little block of dirt. Life goals.

[@natashanagy1117]

Lots of laughs, thank you! And being from Melbourne there were some tears and 'its not fair's too😂😲

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks Natasha! Don't be too upset - at least you don't have fruit fly... lol cheers :)

[@southfloridagardener5357]

I grow Florida Everglade's Tomatoes all year round. They thrive in the heat, they're a wild native (to Florida) plant. The only tomatoes I don't have any heat or rain issues with.

[@MrStromRider]

Thanks so much for posting this video, my partner and I are just getting started on our own small acreage becoming as self sufficient as we can, and food production is one of our top priorities. We already have a small orchard started with much more to be added in the near future. My next major project will be getting the first of our raised garden beds built. Eventually I will be building shade houses as summers here in southern NSW get very hot and dry. Your videos are some of the most interesting and informative and well produced.

[@RJ-hk1ni]

Pickled garlic scapes are amazing!

[@charliewelford8542]

I honesty love this man

[@ChaoticallyMe]

Your channel is chock full of useful info! Thank you! We're new to growing our own food but it's something we've wanted to get into for a long time. We moved back to Queensland (from living in Europe) late last year and I am completely clueless about how to grow food in the various seasons here. We're on the hunt for a property to buy but have a small veg patch in our rental garden at the moment. We inherited some tomato plants and some carrots with the rental and I'm growing some spinach at the moment too. Working my way through all your videos to get an idea of where to start, thanks again for the hard work you put into sharing all this information :)

[@bugsea54]

Good Day from Michigan in USA. Rural area 2 hours north of Detroit. My property was full of trees and I have been cutting trees down around my house because it was too high maintenance, however the rest of my property 5 acres is very fertile. I just don't have the kind of time it takes to transform my property so for now I am growing fruit trees and just maintaining what I have. I add things one at a time. This year I am going to add strawberries and asparagus which are perennials. Finding the time is my biggest challenge.

[@wildh3rbs]

Your place looks incredible! Bit of garden bed envy here - lots of perfect raised beds. Must be an absolute gardening dream. Love your vids they're so helpful. Love your appreciation of all the interesting varieties of food too!

[@nordicpink]

I love the way you make and edit your videos.

[@lisavail5712]

Your winter must be warmer then our winter here with snow and freezing cold cold.

[@truepotential206]

What a wonderful garden . Thank you for posting such tips, I haven't seen anyone else promote farming on KZbin. Good going sir :)

[@VaveeDances]

Thanks, Mark. Another great video. Spring here in Las Vegas and my summer squash plants are enormous. I love that it is tomato planting time here as well as down under. Cheers

[@theman5946]

rocotos are my favorite chili & you are right they barely survive summer & most actually die even, but they kick ass during winter, I;ve tried to grow the manzano you got there but have had better luck with the Ecuadorian which tolerates more heat kind of a double size jalapeno

[@wildh3rbs]

oh thanks! i saw massive jalepenos at the store and wondered if there was another "jalepeno" variety..

[@kevoramma]

That tangerine was massive!