What Are We Going to Do With ALL This FOOD? - ASK

We grow a lot of food: fruit, vegetables and now eggs from our chickens. But what are we going to do with it all? Let's discuss what we ARE and what we are NOT planning to do with all the food from our small property in the interior of central Portugal.
The blog post I mentioned: www.gardenbett...
And another with a garden size calculator: morningchores....
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[@vardarotenberg4660]

I started prossing produce when our children were young and I was into healthy food. WE lived in a raw home in Philadelphia, but went to the farms in Pennsylvania. I am still doing it, but went from quart jars to 12 oz sizes In the summer I canned fruit compots made preservative and jams. The only veggies I couldnt preserve, were onions. They tasted just awful... I am 87 and live in Florida, USA , so you have many years to perfect your staff...

[@antoniokeating6527]

I would suggest that you can make donations to local social support entities. The local fire services or the Junta de Freguesia or even the parish could put you in contact with such entities

[@kccorliss3922]

I love neighbors that bring me food! 👍

[@iu.5146]

You can try the orange peel and use it as kindling. You can also dehydrate orange slices and use them on Christmas wreaths or as ornaments for your tree.

[@KiwiBabz]

I love your philosophy of gardening for fun and sharing and not taking away from the local markets income. Your potato harvest is inspiring. Also the giving and receiving of seeds. Thanks for another lovely sunshiny vlog. 😻

[@kebergify]

You guys are just a delight to listen to and I love your long term plans! I think you both would be lovely neighbors. Cheers to more cordial and wine making!!

[@colly1952]

You might give extras to a nearby foodbank. Also, your chicken and other animals if you get them really love your old fruits. They know what is good and what isn't.

[@curiouscat3384]

I'm in US and most cities have a "Local Food bank" that accepts donations of food to distribute to soup kitchens and low income families. My farmers market also has a booth called "Second Harvest" that takes donations. As a single woman I too, find it impossible to process and use everything I grow :)

[@MartaRC32]

That´s what I was thinking... There should be organizations in Portugal that desperately need food, especially fresh food, such as places for the elderly and mentally ill patients. Maybe the logistics of where their farm is located is complicated to get the food to these places, but they should do some research and donate food to those organizations that desperately need it... I`ll keep my fingers crossed, as it´s such a pity to see fresh fruit turned into alcoholic beverages... if they are hungry people out there...

[@anniegoldmann9325]

Love your videos! Have you considered donating the surplus food to charity? Here, in the USA, the pandemic resulted in great food insecurity for many. I’m sure the same is happening in many other countries as well. Portugal has many charity organizations that could use the help.

[@lewih7135]

Great video! I love these Q&A shorts. I'm in the southern US and those darn voles and moles destroyed my flower bed this year! I have a plan for next year...they don't like veggies in the allium family (garlic, onions, scallions, etc.). I will be adding these to my flower beds to help deter them. My veggies in raised beds were not touched, but I also have a screen on the bottom. Thanks for sharing!

[@leahlemieux6410]

We have two fig trees, which produce more fruit than my husband and i need. wee give tons of fruit to our neighbors! We make a large amount of fig paste, which is wonderful as a spread for hordourves. You may also want to check into donating to a local food bank - where we are, they have something called Senior Gleaners, who come to your house and pick all your excess produce, then take it to a food bank. Have fun!

[@lieselotte521]

Harvesting home grown potatoes gives a feeling of special joy, which can last for days. I think that is therapeutic,don't you ? Your veggie garden is so beautiful, and I can see the joy it brings you. 🍠🍊🍅🍇🍈🍒🌰🌽🐌 You've done the RIGHT THING at the right time. Kind regards from Liese in Austria.

[@dawnjackson6741]

You could supplement a couple schools in the nearest city with oranges for snack time.

[@sybamunki]

We’ve been growing veggies for a few years (in New Zealand) and found that we were growing stuff we could get more cheaply in the shops at the height of the season. So we switched to unusual varieties that are harder to find. Then we got a poly tunnel and we can grow year round! We’ve been picking capsicum and chillies thru this winter and feel very smug!

[@juliegeorge8533]

The gifts of food plants and seeds is just wonderful too xxx

[@elisabecas]

Wow! I wish you were my neighbours! That sharing thing of seeds and plants is very cool, my mother does that with her neighbours. I was very interested about the idea of making essential oils from the oranges. I know you will share it later with us 🙂 Are you considering building a greenhouse? It is useful to start your plantations, the seed germination.

[@lesleysluyters2165]

Love your videos…so laid back and fun….all your hard work really pays off. If I were twenty years younger I’d be doing the same. We lived in Africa for 35 years and did it all there….I loved it. . . In UK now so it’s container growing now ….just for fun…🤣🤣 good luck with future projects ❤️❤️❤️

[@torisharpley2370]

I would live to see your little Community, neighbors, surrounding Area just to put in prospective. You say you live in the middle of nowhere!!! From Louisiana USA love to watch y’all

[@yuccapalme4577]

I'd be super interested in a video at the end of winter showing how the stock of preserved food got you through the winter. Which products you ran out of at what time and which ones you possibly preserved too much of.

[@circuscats67]

Yes!!! I would love to see a winter stock.

[@cynthiamoreno5771]

There is another KZbin person from portugal Cindy Vine she may need your help with you over ripe vegetables for her pigs. Maybe a barter. 🐖 🐷 🐽

[@CLFL14256]

about 100 km away!

[@OnaMuir]

Admirable terms, goals and community. Very interested in and enjoying your experiments and "out-of-the-box" thinking. Congrats on the raised bed harvest! 😉

[@jaypeeters]

You two are amazing, and a real good example of what folks could be like... so in tune with the earth. There is no other channel I watch were I comment so frequently! I admire the fact that you just give things away. Are there any foodbanks in your region? Btw Definetely buying your line of soaps for my wife (when they exist)!

[@juliegeorge8533]

Do they have food banks in Portugal? xx Yes it is wonderful to swap and gift xxx

[@helenagracio7556]

Julie George - Ye. It's called Banco Alimentar.

[@TexasHomesteaders]

Good harvest!

[@chrissteere9494]

As someone who grows Asparagus in their garden, you might want to move the Asparagus that you have planted. I am in North Carolina, USA that has similar weather as you (but more rain). My established plants are in one row and they are about two meters tall and two meters wide after they go to fern. They will spread as they establish. When we move to our next house, I will plant these in its own location away from the other vegetables.

[@curiouscat3384]

Carolina here too :) My asparagus has it's own far back corner of the fence around my 2/3 acre - a total frothy floppy mess for months until it dies back in winter

[@zitaleonardo1170]

Please make crystallized Orange peal like the French do.. it’s so good for fruit cake, and so expensive!

[@williammcduff6531]

quite the productive garden you have. Just a thought on preserving I make fermented sauerkraut and pickles also.

[@suzilouden5964]

Not a cheap investment but if you have the produce and the cash to buy.....it's a very worthwhile investment 😊

[@ninemoonplanet]

You might try getting together for a "community kitchen" so people who love marmalade, for example, can make some for their families, and friends. I love making marmalade, lemon-lime, orange-lemon, even grapefruit and lemon. 🤣 Yeah, a theme here. Getting together with chefs, restaurants, and discovering local recipes should help you know what people really need/want and like. It's fun trying out new food ideas. Especially from different cultures. Black pepper on strawberries is delicious.

[@silocybe83]

i admire your philosophy and for sure hard hard work ! keep it up , its always a pleasure to watch your videos

[@royaldame6492]

Have you considered getting a freeze dryer? It is a great way to preserve food

[@nvdb-77]

Plans and plants! 😅 Luxurious position in life to have too much food! 😊 Hats off to you for creating this beautiful garden and abundance of food!

[@rachelfrees1268]

Buy a cider press and make wonderful cider and hard cider.

[@F-J.]

Get your self a freeze dryer and make lots of fruit powders as well as dried fruit AND EGGS.

[@monalingan9523]

Another enjoyable video. Love your sense of humor.

[@carolbulmer8253]

I like that you are growing and gifting🙏❤️❤️

[@corrineyoung5934]

For your oranges, slice them, then candy them, dip them in chocolate, makes great gifts and snaks, works well with most any fruit, give it a try.

[@huwtindall7096]

The potatoes inspired me to go around planting them in the streets near my house. Plenty of spaces at the base of trees in the sidewalk. They grow like nobodies business and I harvested my first batch of street potatoes yesterday. Got about 10 potatoes from the one I planted. Good for a laugh if nothing else to see potato plants sprout up around the neighbourhood.

[@8arcasticallyYours]

Don't the local dogs that are being walked pee at the base of those trees? That's one of their prime places, usually.

[@sheilakerr-jones4345]

Donate to missions, Children’s homes, orphanages, senior homes, Make sauces, gazpachos, soup bases, etc.

[@IPC0101]

When I had an allotment I found ratatouille was a great way to preserve onions, courgettes & tomatoes

[@joannecalcutt6724]

Love what y’all are doing and your attitude and understanding of your community. You’re building a great life there. Best to you and all you do.

[@sofijatrivunac5798]

Great. You can pack oranges and donate to hospitals or orfanages

[@pumkineater7219]

We planted 7.5kg of seed potatoes here in Almeria Province and got a whopping 149kg back in return!

[@TheRealSasquatch]

Get some pigs - great at recycling food into even better tasting food.

[@joanbroadway759]

Here in the US, making zucchini bread is a popular way to use up excess zucchini. It is made in a loaf pan, so it looks like bread, but it's sweet. It tastes more like cake. It freezes well, and is popular to give as gifts. I know it's hot there, and baking is probably the last thing you would be interested in doing, but it is a great way to use the zucchini up and a great gift for the friends and neighbors who gave you the seeds.

[@douglasdeans2839]

By not selling at market you do release yourselves from the pressure of "got to grow so much excess to be able to sell".

[@Strange-Viking]

Hi guys I remember that way in the start you bushwhacked lots because of all the overgrowth so I dont know the current situation but if its coming back in certain parts you might wanna grow like a 10m2 of corn mixed with wheat and have that area for chicken feed. Even letting them loose in there once its high enough, the chickens will weed it, eat it and everything they cant reach will become food for them later. I wonder if that would work, no idea to be honest, its sort of a new idea (well to me it is). So that 10m2 you can just let it run wild, apart from the occasional weeding in the start. And once the corn and wheats are ready you can just cut a few every day, letting them drop and lay at the spot so the chickens do the rest of the work. The chickens would love it for sure and it would make for healthy chickens I guess. With minimal effort from your side. And maybe a beehive or something like that? Also minimum effort. Cant wait until I get enough money together to be able to do something like this 🤣 just need to buy a piece of land with a derelict on it. Soon though! p.s. awesome vid, like always!

[@mikestarkey7989]

What about these fruit farms that have people who come in and pick their own? You could sell at a price that just covers your outlay?

[@miareal1746]

You guys are the best example of capability of self sufficient Our so call modern advance world has a lot to learn from you. 🙏👏😀❤️

[@annhardesty1696]

Requesting you grow fava beans, please!

[@Sema4beach]

With all that Grog you are making in Many Different Flavours a Cellar Door in the Future Might Happen! 🍊🍒🍍🍺🍾🍷😁 With the Appropriate Named Labels of course! 1

[@garystewart6093]

What happened to the eco and beyond channel you just disappeared, I put this down to Greta not liking the title and my life became sad without you. Now I see you have been back rebooted with the make do grow. Bit like the 80's tv show why don’t you? Anyway my life is filled with colour again glad Ive found you. Can’t wait for the over analysing of projects and proficient switching of T's for D'S

[@wendypanozzo9133]

What a glorious, abundant way of life! I'd love to be neighbors with you guys and share the bounty!

[@cashk100]

Do they have farmers’s markets over there? Maybe you could try selling the extra food. I would buy it.

[@laynajanwilson6637]

YOU CALL THAT ALOT OF WEEDS, GUY? BACK IN THE MID-80S TO 90S (ACTUALLY I STARTED GARDENING BACK IN 1975) I HAD TO DIG OUT, WEED OUT & THEN, CONSTANTLY WEED OUT TONS OF WEEDS...WE(I) DIDN'T HAVE THE INTERNET (MOST OF US) TIL LATER, SO THERE WERE NOT AS MANY TUTORIALS TO GO TO, TO LEARN THE SKILLS, TO KEEP DOWN THE WEEDS & GROW WHAT YOU WANTED...GRANTED, THERE WAS ALOT OF MOVING FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER (RENTING WAS THE NORM)...THOSE LOG CABINS & FARM HOUSES HAVE BEEN NOW TAKEN OVER BY GREEDY FLIP-ORIENTED INDIVIDUALS WHO, THEN, ALMOST COMPLETELY DECIMATED LOW RENT FOR THE COMMONER...NEVERTHELESS, LOVE YOUR VIDEOS & AS YOU LEARN, WE LEARN & THAT IS A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL EXPERIENCE...I JUST WISH IT HAD BEEN EARLIER FOR MANY OF US...ALL THE BEST 🙏;)

[@voulathomacos-lagonas8445]

If you have eggs make pasta that can be dried and kept for winter. Pickle tomatoes, cucumbers.... The fruit can be made into jam Put the figs onto cane and sundry then for winter.... Sun dried tomatoes in olive oil Apples can be name into syrup

[@e.r.4077]

Chestnut purée, roasted chestnuts... Raspberries, blackberries for the future.

[@sylviawright5181]

I think its lovely what you are doing by exchanging & giving ,my father did that during the war ,he had same amount of land you've got ,he dug the soil ,even chicken pen ,Cardboard must be a new thing ,as a child i washed every potatoe to be stored for winter ,Happy Days ,👍😃

[@gilleslandry6111]

Need help? I'd harvest the oranges and make good marmalade to be sold in the market with your brand name on it... Other vendors would really enjoy your presence among them if you care to give some of the profits to charity.. Or you can just give all the fruits you cannot process to the community, through a church maybe.How's that?

[@ennykraft]

Your raised beds and container gardening aren't the same since you used Hügelkultur. The logs and mulch at the bottom don't just fill the space. They provide nutrients and warmth through composting (which is why in colder climates plants grown in them are ready to be harvested sooner). They retain moisture and act as a mole deterrent - at least until the bottom has substantially turned to earth. All my beds use Hügelkultur so it was very interesting to see how they perform in a very different climate. Love your scientific approach.

[@happycamper4329]

Ditto with others who have suggested donating excess to a food bank. There's a comment from a Richard Warren below who is setting up an orphanage in Portugal. Perhaps you can help them out a little with excess produce in the future?

[@module79l28]

If you weren't so far away, you'd be my go-to egg supplier. Of course, it would depend on how much "excess" eggs you have.

[@rudymazar8666]

We are two , have children and grandchildren , have one third of your veg garden and have plenty to eat preserve and give away ... when I saw the size of your veg garden I knew it was too much .. you will need to give away so much ! because even in winter you will have vegs due to the mild climate ..so it is hard to finish all the produce you have canned in summer. We made the same mistake the first years then you'll learn.

[@dorislewis2852]

I watched an interesting youtube video a while back. I think the name is Martha Mir preserving food without all the gadgets.

[@601salsa]

Have a give away stall for locals to give backl. Also you can make Chestnut oil.....

[@angelapapas1059]

It’s a great problem to have excess produce. We give away our excess and then we get others excess back. It’s a lovely way to live

[@McFraneth]

I've seen French kitchens with a second kitchen purely for the bottling for winter.

[@astriddijkgraaf7472]

We've just moved to a little farm near Pedrógão Pequeno. Would love to catch up one day.

[@mariushegli]

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

[@Alfablue227]

Great what u guys are doing. Pls consider donating to locar charities. Just call the Camera Municipal and ask how you can donate your excess to the needy in the area.

[@mariomarques4247]

I never saw any interaction between you and your neighbors, do you actually know anyone around???

[@arleenfotiu6095]

Maybe give it away to a farmer that IS selling at the local farmers market. They will come and harvest for free.

[@sarahsmith-iq6fn]

Kylie you should get a distiller to make your own oils, also you could sell your own wine at market maybe,

[@blackmonday738]

I'm pretty sure u thought hard, NOT to make food wine! 🤘😆

[@Shibalvr]

Do you have a list of what and how many of each type of tree you have? Or a farm map?😊😊

[@JurassicB99]

Will you grow that exotic thing called 'turnips'? :p

[@rachelfrees1268]

Friends who raise pigs need and would love over ripped vegs/fruits. Cindy Vine would so appreciate them for her pigs if you are close to her. Of course you know that added to your compost would enhance the land considerably. What wonderful folks you two are.💕👏

[@CLFL14256]

not at all close to Cindy

[@dorislewis2852]

Melissa Mir is the youtuber. Wrong name earlier

[@robvanza]

Can you make some hard tack alcohol like moonshine or "mampoer"?

[@alshirley3444]

I have found that there are always potatoes left in the ground at least they are in my garden I can never seem to get them all

[@glenyscallaghan1195]

Well don’t they look delicious. It’s a good crop ,isn’t it.

[@miguelmarinho6336]

Deviam ajudar associações locais como bombeiros ou outras....

[@lucyyoung5307]

Hi. Just came across your channel so I’m a newbie.

[@gregj7916]

A weed is but a plant out of place… good job on growing veggies…

[@rudymazar8666]

Sharing and swapping is great joy ! Good on you guys!

[@manuelmachado1276]

LOVE your channel

[@derekr1113]

I love the little 'Byyye' from off camera at the end

[@25Natalija]

I have fallen in love with your channel and can hardly wait for your videos. I truly like what you are doing regarding the house but especially your garden. Keep on doing the good work. Greetings from Slovenia.

[@circuscats67]

I too have fallen in love with this channel

[@alybridgwater3282]

You can use your orange peel for a cleaner and it is very good

[@proudvirginian]

And a squash liqueur... purple carrot liqueur... spinach liqueur.... But only as a last resort 😅🤣😅🤣

[@blackmonday738]

U already know. Sheeesh

[@chrislarsen2684]

Do you have a local Food Pantry through one of the churches or community you can share fruit/veg with? I don't know how the system works in your area, but elderly and family with sick loved ones who can't work. You might want to contact your community organizers. Win, Win...Amazing what you both have accomplished.

Do you put any pesticides ? Even if organic ones... What about fertilizers ? And do you guys have any pests or deseases in the plants ? I hope you can answer or anyone that knows in case they already said it !❤️

[@suecooper3016]

if you haven't seen the Simple Living Alaska channel, check it out for loads of tips for canning/bottling your food. they have such a short growing season & LONG winters, its a vital skill to survival for them.

[@carrieschwenk5890]

What is orange dust? And what do you use it for?

[@antonymorris1962]

I'm not a religious commenter but just wanted to say I think your channel is brilliant. Informative, you dont take yourself too seriously, humble and hardworking and the fella has a James Bond-esque suaveness to his voice haha. Thanks

[@offgridwanabe]

My garden is no where near what you folks do and we give more than half away to family friends and neighbours. People love to get a bag of lettuce or tomatoes or etc. My wife says it is lack of planning because I plant everything wrong but I just love to see it grow and given away or eaten. All the grand kids head out in the garden for a handful of peas or whatever is ripe that day. Enjoy it is a give from our creator.

[@helenlazoga1487]

Hi, great video. I've just subscribed after watching you. Just wondering, where exactly are you situated? I myself are living in northern Greece ( have you ever visited my country?) what really impressed me was your spirit and attitude of caring for people other than yourselves. You're a lovely couple and I look forward to more of your videos. Happy gardening!!

[@christinetrewin9717]

I only grow a little of salad crops as only I eat them, hubby is not a veg lover. My go to is freezing for excess fruit etc. I can then enjoy my efforts later in the year. I always have a little chuckle at the end to Kylie’s disembodied ‘Bye’ 😍😎🇫🇷

[@lorimontcalm9086]

I'm just wondering, are there homeless shelters, or women's shelters that could benefit from your abundance? You guys are so amazing. Hugs from 🇨🇦

[@keyem4504]

I really like your attitude. So relaxed. I like it. And just a hint on pronunciation of the German Word "Hügel". The H is pronounced as in "high", not as in "huge".

[@tatianaschoenfield9819]

Where I live in Portugal we have a store that cooks for struggling families. One who can afford buys a lunch menu and the struggling family has a pass and only pays a fraction of the price. Great concept and they would love your food donation. See if one is in your area. There are also young families who live paycheck to paycheck.