Digging Up Our Alaskan Grown Potatoes | 2021 Fall Harvest

[@iispjhanna]

I never - EVER - thought I would watch a 30 minute clip about potatoes. Boy was I wrong! It is you two lovely people that can make anything entertaining to watch. As always, thanks for sharing with all of us.

[@greg.jacobs]

I have to agree, I too never thought I would be intrigued by a 30 min potato video, but this was excellent. Now I have to go and fry a pan full of potato's and eat them

[@smutz131]

I am so happy that the internet has delivered extremely high quality (actual) reality tv for all sorts of different people's realities to all of us.

[@jeannieapplegate7662]

Harvesting potatoes bring back memories of my childhood. I am 68 now....when I was in the 7th grade we lived in Maine. For 2 weeks a year school closed for potato picking season. I worked in the field and made 25 cents a barrel. That's how I bought my school clothes...what a memory!!! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful adventures. 😊❤❤

[@vernareed2692]

When i was 16 in 1961 my parents moved back to Arkansas,im originally from, from texas so my uncle bought & sold produce. So i went out to strawberry & greenbean fields to pick & make money! Don't remember what price per lb was but i didn't make very much money,& had very bad sunburn & broken back ! When i got home had gotten job at drivein movie so had to go to work at 6pm that eve,& my starched dress rubbed my sunburned skin til it was raw that night!!

[@MrsDorr813]

Hi fellow Mainer! My mom and nana both grew up taking part in the potato harvest! Nothing like a fresh Maine potato!

[@TheDenisedrake]

How sweet! I loved helping harvest and processing food as a kid. Now I live in the suburbs and harvesting is driving to the Farmers' Market. :D

[@maxhathaway5712]

i live in new brunswick, the province above maine and we had potato break untill 2015 here! they still encourage kids to work the harvest and offer a catch up plan now instead of giving everyone the time off

[@kristingiuliano627]

My step-grandma grew up in Maine on a potato farm with like 10 siblings! She's 97 and one of the most active people I know-still drives, rakes her own leaves, and shovels her own snow..the best potatoes I ever had came from her family's farm. I think there's something in the Maine potatoes 🥔 🤔

[@karenjanisse3751]

I must admit, I look forward to your potato harvest every year. That 1st year was so exciting, the size, the colors & the sheer amount was great. I kept checking, wondering why you hadn’t filmed the harvest this year. Thought maybe you thought we wouldn’t be interested. So glad you shared it with us. 🥔🍟

[@edlane6338]

The two of you are so amazing. The life you have has only succeeded because of hard worh and much love for one another. I have so much respect for your family.

[@two-sense]

They are so lucky! Isn't is an amazing coincidence that it seems the luckiest people are the ones who have a plan and work hard, without giving up, to achieve their success.

[@veronicavatter6436]

Harvesting potatoes is the pimple popping of the garden world

[@rockinroxxi3710]

Eric: “look at this one hun” Ariel: “that’s a rock hun” 🤣😂😅

[@chrisneil2296]

Oy vey. Our Ladies always there for a reality check. 🤣

[@omadjourney]

I thought I had missed that as I had to go open the door but I just saw it 🤣🤣🤣.

[@bdavis8149]

I like how your dogs supervise your potato harvest ! 🐶🐶

[@TheUtopiaExperience]

Dogs are the best :) we have 12 in utopia ha ha

[@portugalonawingandaprayer473]

I know you two are working so hard … but I have a confession to make … I love to watch you coming up to my bedtime … your vlogs relax me so much … they are a joy to watch … your lifestyle and life choices make me feel the world isn’t so bad after all … so when this vlog ends be sure I’m ready to go to sleep tight 😴 Being Irish and we are great lovers of our spuds … what a pleasing haul you got there ! 🙏☘️😘

[@Celtic-jr9cn]

Wow wow 😂. Ever time they dug a potato up. Lol. It’s like when you were a kit and you use to help your papa dig the potatoes up from his allotment. A love it folks. It’s like being back great memories for me.

[@user-hq3gn5xy3m]

Yay! The traditional annual potato haul and weigh in. Love it every year guys! Thanks for the evaluations! We appreciate it! Craving for potatoes now.

[@scotth.487]

The loving hug was great to see! I think when two people are together they should act like it. High fives are for friends and team sports. Just my two cents. You two are an inspiration! Best potato crop set up I've ever seen! Be well this winter

[@anchorageprepper9008]

Great haul guys! BTW the Army called and said they want their 2 lbs. Artillery Spud back 🤣

[@christinawarbrooke213]

Bo is very determined to sit by you, lol a very loving and faithful dog 🥰

[@Savannahcb]

I live for your annual potato pull. 3 years and counting!!!

[@steveturpin4242]

You two are such an inspiration for so many people to become self sufficient...well done!

[@bellelopez3261]

I can only imagine the joy you both feel when you get to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

[@roberthakeman9822]

When my wife and I lived on this one acreage we planted between 300-500 hills of potatoes and we always planted on or before Good Friday but we started digging them up in the end of July and August as we loved fresh boiled potatoes

[@cheriosmith]

Great potato selection and the sizes are great considering your growing season. You may need a potato fork or a broad fork. And maybe a second high tunnel with roll up sides? Or row covers to prevent frost? I just hate to see all your hard work damaged by early frost and freezing temps.

[@H2Dwoat]

Hi, I agree. I would be interested in how much extra time the row covers would add to their growing season. A week or two at each end old probably make a significant difference to the potato crop. Still impressive crop for such a short season.

[@alidahall8726]

That's one thing I loved doing the most when I'd go to my grandma's farm was digging up the potatoes and than the carrots and onions cause you never know how big they'd get and they sure tasted yummy

[@patriciaherman6499]

First I've ordered four bags of coffee beans from Caine's good coffee,. Second my first job at age 9 was picking potatoes for a $1.00 a bushel, never again went to babysitting made more money 😀. Third we buy #50 bag of potatoes ( cost is $15.00) from our local potato grower they are the restaurant size ( about 2 lb. each.). As always interesting video on the different varieties of potatoes and the tasting of each one. Blessings to you both. 😊🇱🇷

[@rezyness]

Where did you buy your Caine's coffee?

[@lindapetersen1800]

Can smell the smell of the earth being turned and SPUDS Man do you have a MASSES OF SPUDS!!! I like the purple & red fingerling to make potatoes salad in the summer and wintertime it is so so COLORFUL to see and to eat for a meal !!!

[@angelahagood7143]

My in-laws had a huge styrofoam lined metal box, pretty good sized, buried in their back yard. It had a heavy metal lid also lined that closed it off completely. Our potato growing was a family effort so we shared that storage. Sadly they sold that house and we lost our beloved potato storage.🥺 Since we no longer have that I can the majority of our potato crop, then we only have to store a small amount for baking purposes. I learn so much watching you guys! You made my mouth water! Can’t wait to try some of your suggestions! The frost footage was beautiful! We’ve not even had our first frost yet here in western NC, only been in the high thirties at night. I look forward to every episode! 🏔🥔🐈‍⬛🥰

[@bucksiouxwanan4320]

There's so much positive beneficial outcome from Eric & Arielle in sharing their life & open self taught insight along with their education, i am positive natives in Alaska and those living in the state are grateful for their existence to reside in the most challenging state in the USA. By the way, those are foottatoes😁!! Love these guys!👏 bravo👍👍

[@MountainMariner]

Heck, I watch them and I live off grid remote in Alaska! Love their videos!

[@marygbythec7491]

I beg to differ. Although Alaska is a challenging state due to its climate and remoteness. THE most challenging state to live in is California because we have to deal with morons in the govt. I mean total and complete morons!! Rant off now. Sorry!

[@two-sense]

@@marygbythec7491 We are so lucking in our western society that there is the opportunity to move to a new location if you really don't like where you live. Many (maybe most?) people in the world don't have that ability. I have moved a couple of times in my life, looking for a better situation for my family and myself. It felt rewarding to pick up and explore what another area had to offer and how I could fit in and contribute to that community. I'm not being critical of you, everyone needs to rant once in a while and obviously you will live where you choose despite my comment. I am just pointing out that there are options. Peace, from Canada.

[@bobbiefreeman3172]

@@marygbythec7491 seriously? U just had to make it political?

[@joeblow8379]

@@marygbythec7491 Lol be quiet, please leave my beautiful state immediately. We’re full anyways

[@coloradopackratprepper]

The beautiful gold eyed inspector is inspecting---- all things!!!!💞💞💞💞🐈🐈🐈🐈

[@TheUtopiaExperience]

:)

[@passionlawrence5457]

Am I the only one that would love to see a tour of everything...the cellar, the cabin, everything. That would be lovely

[@Gardengirlie04]

Wow the scenery behind you during the tasting was so calm - looked like a still life backdrop

[@grandmak.]

When you picked up that huge potato I had to laugh out loud because we have a saying in Germany that goes "die dümmsten Bauern haben die größten Kartoffeln" ( 'the stupidest farmers have the biggest potatoes ') . I really don't know why people say that and I'm very sure that doesn't relate to you. I'm looking forward to all the good dishes you're going to make with those colourful potatoes. I do love your videos !

[@net_marie3153]

I thought of that saying, too. 😆🥔🥰

[@zaneleibowitz5814]

Der Spruch ist echt witzig, bei uns in Oberbayern hört man den oft😄 aus welcher Ecke Deutschlands kommen Sie denn?

[@andreamortimer2610]

It's a phraseology based on the worldly wisdom/experience/observation that some people always seem to be on the sunny side of life despite not making any efforts. The saying came to my mind right away, too, even though we all know all too well that Ariel and Eric are working hard and are more than deserving of their success. Also wenn meine Kartoffelernte dieses Jahr gut ausfallen sollte, waere der Spruch bei mir ein Volltreffer 🥔🥔😉🤣

[@claudiaebert7842]

@@zaneleibowitz5814 Das wollte ich auch gerade fragen.

[@grandmak.]

@@zaneleibowitz5814 I'm from northern Germany near the Baltic Sea.

[@booswalia]

That's quite a harvest. I loving watching potato reveal videos. Thanks.

[@vickiotmani]

I LIVE FOR THIS VIDEO EVERY YEAR 🤣🥰💕🥔 “Digging in” now!

[@makaylaking423]

One of my favorites to grow is a Gold Rush. They’re a red and yellow spotted skin and yellow flesh

[@shellybielawski1773]

Y’all did a amazing job. Penny wants daddy to give her love she is loving all the attention from dad. Enjoy your potatoes. Love y’all!

[@magn630]

This is going to make me respect more the bags or pounds of potatoes I buy at chain supermarket. Had NO idea this is how much work goes into growing them. Thanks for showing me what it takes to survive on ur own.

[@koololdster]

Potatoes are my favorite vegetable to grow. The first time I planted and dug up potatoes was such a delightful surprise. I am enjoying this vicariously through you two since I no longer have my garden. Keep these videos coming!

[@TheBrighteyesrn]

I want to eat a potato now. Hash brown. Potatoe pancakes. Baked. Mashed. Boiled. Smashed. Scalloped Augratin. French fried. Potato salad. You two have it made!

[@johnshanker82]

Great episode again 👏, off topic...., but my buddy operates the trains for the Alaskan railroad. "Engineer", he is tall guy, don't want to name him here. I highly recommend ya'll to take a trip on one of the train routes. And....it would be an interesting episode also. Just an idea. Keep up the great content guys.😉👍👍

[@frederickmoller]

Digging up Potatoes is my favorite thing to do of all in gardening. Thanks for bringing back those memories, I really loved you video!

[@constanceb837]

I’ve been looking forward to this video for the past year :)

[@sallyfriedman459]

Your videos are the best!! Love how you get the animals in - Bandit looked soooooo chill as he basked in the sun. Thank you for sharing your adventures

[@eriklarson2183]

Love Bo and Bandit!!! Bo is happy anywhere where you 2 are. Bandit.... He is a favorite child of mine. Him soaking up the sun and running around like a crazy man!!! And of course Pepper the behind the scenes star!

[@kissesvenus3268]

Yeah I totally agree! watching Bo and Bandit react made me smile it gives me tranquility

[@reneemarie3164]

My favorite parts are bandit digging out his own pond in the bog. It's hysterical. I'd definitely buy a BANDIT FOREVER T-shirt lmao.

[@marygbythec7491]

The dogs are cuties, but Pepper is a cat with no fear. Pepper sitting in the snow, Pepper ignoring her pesky dog brothers, Pepper the ladder climber. Yep, I’d make Pepper the general of the Pet Brigade! ♥ Oh, I always forget, hi to Arielle and Eric, too. 👩‍❤‍👨

[@eriklarson2183]

Ooh a good idea, you should do vote for t-shirts. One for Bo, one for bandit and one for pepper...

[@JonLimitless]

I remember we use to start a small fire inside a metal bucket, we could set it on top of the mound and slowly move it down as we work. That way we always stayed warm while working and it would lightly heat up the soil to loosen things up but not long enough to warm the potatoes up. Might be worth a shot next time to try it out.

[@saraschoen9818]

Firstly I love harvesting root crops, and secondly Ive looked forward to your all’s potato harvest for the last 3 years. The reactions are hilarious and Ariel gets so happy. Alaska sure does grow massive spuds 🤣

[@sreykmao69]

I love that black cat, she look so docile.

[@myboyzr2]

Yay! The potato harvest! I’ve been awaiting this…You guys did awesome, great yield! I’m with you Ariel, love the purple ones. Can’t wait to see the recipes, potato soup?

[@jamesadams2711]

I like your videos.

[@patriciamontague6035]

Always like watching you harvest you're garden.

[@joycefuller4366]

Our food supply getting pretty scary and I am really happy to know you will be well stocked this year and hopefully up to or past spring ... It's almost like Christmas 👍👀 .. Congratulations

[@straubdavid9]

That's a lot of curly fries, and potato cakes! Noice! Bon appetite Eric & Arielle.

[@jessicamermaid2438]

I always get excited about your potato harvest. I even made my dad watch the year of the 2.5lb potatoes lol.😊--Jessica from Florida 🌞

[@valkyrieocean]

Wow….the simple potato can bring so much joy and entertainment! You really encourage by keeping everything so real. Bring on some potato dishes 🥔😋🤗

[@lunayahwitch]

I miss gardening the way you are. I’m living vicariously through you both! ❤️🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@rachelfrees1268]

Always leave the dirt on the potatoes and wash when you prepare them to eat. The dirt protects the potato.💕

[@ab7567]

I grew potatoes in a large Tupperware tub this year and although the harvest wasn’t as big as I’d hoped, it was so much fun to watch them grow. The plant was happy enough to flower which was amazing! Love all the long videos lately and comparing how different your climate is than mine in Seattle

[@DarkQueen619]

Growing in containers is awesome in small spaces! I appreciated it so much when I didn't have a garden. A good tip is making sure it gets enough fertilizer (organic or not whatever you prefer) containers seem to do way better that way. Especially if you start with just plain soil or potting soil.

[@leabinales]

the potatoes look so good. I'll enjoy picking those too

[@mildredlane3717]

do each of u have hobbies that u do during the long winter seasons?? reading, crochetting. knitting, tieing fishing flies etc.planning for next year's garden?

[@ingerhaugland6763]

I would love to know this too :)

[@mariebishop]

THIS is the content my little heart was waiting for!! Awesome crop, with minimal attention needed really, my grandad used to grow potatoes and I remember as a child all of us harvesting, it was like a treasure hunt, because you never knew what you would find. Xxx

[@FreeUpDaHerb91]

I'm no potato expert either haha.. but I wonder if the ones that tasted the best are simply potatoes that are best boiled.... the ones that didn't taste as good might turn out better baked / fried and crisp up better, what do you think?? Love you guys!!! been watching for what feels like forever now, love the channel so much, thank you for the content!!

[@BEAdventurePartners]

Holy spuderooskies! Haha love how when you dig for them they just keep coming & coming! Great tips for storage. Love hearing that they last all the way til next season. Hopefully you will have enough to replant your own! Keep rocking it cuties! Love ya’s E+B

[@asdf7290]

Violins like potatoes, also need some humidity. When I moved to Colorado, which is very dry, my violin cracked! Luckily, it was fixable. THEN I found out there are plastic tubes, with holes in the sides, filled with sponge, that you get wet;. you put it inside the string instrument or in the case and the sponge gradually dries putting humidity around your violin. This might work for your potatoes. Or maybe even a glass jar with sponge inside set amongst the potatoes. Perhaps a mason jar with holes poked in the lid would work. You want the humidity to come out gradually. You would have to keep an eye on it and replenish the water now and then but it might work! Good luck1 Dhyan in Boulder, l

[@marcidevries5515]

I always end up digging my potatoes in the cold, cold soil in Michigan, too. They just get put off until everything else freezes and dies! My favorite varieties are German Butterball and All Blue. I need to plant a giant row like you do!

[@davidcramb5793]

What a harvest, and with such a short growing season. Using that raised mound really makes a difference and you've got the soil composition just right 👍

[@noyopacific]

I think the long days are a factor. The Mat-Su valley is known for its jumbo sized produce.

[@atir4u]

Your intro with your rooster, I mean he’s pretty cool and he knows it :). You two are captivating to watch how you work together and tasting your harvest is very special. Eric- “ look at those melody of potatoes” and I think it would be great to be a cat, especially yours. Aerial, there’s something to be said for purple;).

[@anitatimothy8975]

Like that y'all share the results of your choices...I canceled a couple of channels that became "infomercials"...Having lived in Alaska I appreciate what y'all have accomplished and enjoy, vicariously, your adventures...keep on keepin' on...

[@richardgatchell2523]

You and your wife are like best friends as well as a married couple my wife have the same relationship. Good on you both

[@iscavengersam]

29:23 🤣 Eric just had a profound thought, and then it was over...

[@Coastal.Redwood.Homestead]

Great hall my favorite is Banana fingerlings they are so amazing

[@heidimiller8077]

Hello from Oregon! Your channel is my favorite one to watch and I wish I had the oomph to live in Alaska as you two do! Keep it up and keep sharing videos!😀

[@larashogren5082]

I have to giggle and give you guys credit- you managed to talk for 10 minutes and describe the blandest food on earth potatoes. It made me laugh. Love your channel. I also like in AK and grew up in Wasilla and grew up on snow machines, gardening and living a very similar lifestyle.

[@joanschauer2606]

As hard as it is to plant, care for and harvest a garden it is still really fun. Makes me remember those days. We Planted 1000 potato hills one year and I am sure glad they didn't produce as heavily as yours are. My husband was a celiac...gluten intolerant and he ate potatoes 2 to 3 times a day. I am wondering if you have a potato fork. You will stab a potato frequently and have to eat it real soon, but the fork will help you break up that hard soil much faster. Thanks again for your great educational and overall interesting videos. Joan

[@mildredlackey1938]

Potato is my favorite vegetable. My daddy used to grow. Red Pontiac , fed us 6 kids just fine, thanks for the video,

[@richardanderson2742]

I find your testing of varieties of great interest, since I really don’t deviate from what we’ve used for decades…..Red Pontiac for mashed and stews, and Russet for baking or frying. I’m not sure my family would go for blue or purple ones, since the color is “different”. I did try Yukon Gold once, but the yield was considerably less than my main potatoes. Again, very interesting for those of us that really haven’t tried the huge number of varieties out there.

[@amandabispo2949]

The purple varieties are amazing! They taste great, the color is beautiful and they make fabulous mashed potatoes...especially Purple Majestic. They're a bit more starchy like a russet-yukon gold cross...makes pretty lavender mashed potatoes and great for potato salad.

[@ronnisimmons9992]

This was my first potato review. Who knew? It was great watching the harvest and the tasting was informative and fun. Thank you.

[@carolmoon1810]

We used to grow potatoes when I was a kid. Dad would make the trench and we kids would plant the seed potatoes and Mom followed filling in. How fun to try so many varieties! What a beautiful crop! I really enjoy watching your vlog. Thanks for the memory!

[@johnmccormick175]

Great video,i love potatoes and what a great crop you have mmmmm its bed time and i feel like cooking some potatoes ha ha :-)...thanks for sharing.

[@luckyrobinshomestead]

I've been looking forward to the potato harvest. That's how I originally found your channel, looking up Ruth Stout's method of growing them and found your video from last year. I've been watching your channel a lot while I've been sick this month and really am enjoying it. You two make a great couple, which makes it even better to watch what you are doing. You have so much respect for each other. It's great to see.

[@karinanalbandyan3009]

It’s like digging for treasure. Great harvest guys! Thanks for sharing.

[@brenlane9847]

I've been waiting for this year's potato episode and again another bountiful harvest~! P.S. Until I started following you I had no idea the varieties of potatoes out there.

[@sheldonp5235]

what a great way of life ,fee l like lifting all my stuff and immigrating to Alaska . Sheldon from SA

[@Pressureproductions]

15:50 No matter the season Bandit is making you guys a pond haha. One of these days you might have to rent a backhoe and give him a hand. Awesome video!

[@benildakim1736]

OMG digging those potatoes fells so good even if I'm not there i really feel it. I guess I'm a farmer too. Love you guys.

[@skinnywaste]

Your excitement as you are digging those potatoes up is so contagious. Couldn’t stop smiling. And thank you for sharing the bonus taste test. The texture and test differences are always so interesting.

[@markkristynichols845]

Just one more favorite part of what you share! This harvest and taste review was really helpful! I really like when you do videos like these!!! Thanks guys! ❤️ y’all, Kristy in Missouri zone 6b 😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@frenchysandi]

Your potatoes get bigger then they do here in Minnesota. Amazing!

[@EricEbsen]

Beau doesn’t look too impressed with you potato’s but I am. Nice hall!

[@southsidecarly7427]

Great harvest you guys! It was interesting hearing your comments about the taste of each😁Thanks for the video. Take care you guys

[@bobjoncas2814]

..everything is bigger in Texas and Alaska, even potatoes..lol..good one, keep safe and have a great weekend...

[@stevep5408]

Potatoes are a food that you can live on. Millions of Irish proved that, unfortunately the us of only one variety left them susceptible to disease. There were people that potatoes were their only food source.

[@GenXBecks]

I've been freezing my mash and it's good. If you have to cook up a bunch of potatoes that have lost their skins, it works well. I pop it in the fridge to set, cut it up into chunks, then put the chunks on a plastic cutting board in my freezer. Pop them in a freezer bag after that.

[@charityzimmerman4529]

What a great idea! How do you reheat them after they've been frozen like that without them drying out?

[@GenXBecks]

@@charityzimmerman4529 Straight into a pot with a little bit of water on low. Convenient and delish.

[@suncat6040]

🇿🇦 oh my word what a brilliant potato harvest! 😱 the spuds look soooo good 👍 I have never had good results with potatoes (think I must “rerun” your vids about the prep for the beds 😁. Allways uplifting to watch your uploads - thank you for sharing.

[@carmelmonaghan7579]

Are you planning on doing another root cellar?

[@TheUtopiaExperience]

We need to build one :) as well

[@cynthiaannblaha5127]

I love watching you guys! You get so excited about your crops! Gorgeous harvests!some people do wine tasting…but this was the best! Potato tasting!

[@meme7591]

Now my question to you guys is what if you made some type of cinder block building and glued pink insulation inside of it. And left a dirt floor. No windows nothing. And then you could build a door with pink insulation glued inside of it. And you can take you know those weather strippings that have metal on it to screw the door you could have that around the edges. I don't know just a thought. I do Wonder if there's any place that you could do the whole without getting water on your property but you already probably thought of that too bad you couldn't make a cinder block place and put dirt around it you can make like a some type of tunnel.

[@yolandacruz9201]

I have just subscribed to your channel! And I am so hooked already! I have watched almost all your previously made uploads and I am dying to see the ones coming up! You are so real! That's what I love about you!😊

[@tgrif04]

Growing up with 6 siblings, we planted a 1 acre garden with lots of potatoes. We used a potato fork which made harvesting them a lot easier. Congrats on the bountiful harvest.

[@zeldarobinson3382]

Nice crop of potatoes .

[@burninghair]

That is one fluffy kitty! Great haul of taters, kiddos! I'm not sure why, but colored potatoes put me off. I don't like multicolored pasta or corn chips... even if it's natural. Purple potatoes make me think of rotten potatoes. I feel the same way about carrots. Shrug. Great video!

[@yvencia1150]

Great harvest🥔🥔🥔🥔🥰🥰👌👌🍂🍂🍁🍁🌾🌾

[@russellprickett1652]

What a beginning, the rooster, Pepper in the snow and hot coffee!

[@georgevangordon9728]

Nice harvest guys.. potatoes are one of my favorite crops there’s no end to what you can do with potatoes

[@thamieklybodonmi]

Yayyy!!! My favorite video of the year! That's how i discovered this channel :)

[@gretchen-f7p]

wow those spuds look great! as everything always does in ur garden