What Happens When You Bury POTATOES with DUCK EGGS for Fertiliser?

In this video, I show you what happens when you bury potatoes with duck eggs for fertiliser. We dig down and see what type of harvest we get and what became of the eggs!
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[@jordanbarnett1591]

Never fails to include some terrible puns 😂. Love your work mark

[@Selfsufficientme]

LOL... Thanks Jordan! :)

[@chandraprasad1244]

Which one?

[@namelastname4077]

The abundance of dad jokes is overwhelming 😂

[@myheartisinthemountains2660]

You beat me to it. 😁

[@Quarry4x4]

The only bad pun is one not said.

[@sofiatgarcia3970]

Gardening is time-consuming. Thanks so much for taking all that EXTRA time to film and edit these videos for us!

[@trollse8714]

You should remember he is making a living out of that, it's not charity.

[@edanstephenson1522]

@@trollse8714 you are 2 years too late to make a comment to this individual, have some dignity and stop making yourself look like a disgrace to the human race. Be better.

[@VerucaPumpkin]

I just love watching people enjoying the fruits of their labours.

[@occultbooks1176]

My mom gave me half a bag of seed potatoes for my garden. She use the other half in her garden. The only thing that we did different other than the soil generally speaking was I used horse manure and she did not. We harvested them about the same time although her greens died a month before mine. My potatoes were as big as your big potatoes while her potatoes were all golf ball size. I think I made her a believer in horse manure. Who says I don't know krapp about growing potatoes from New Hampshire USA💚

[@herts9999]

Horseshit 😂

[@goatkidmom]

Just watch out for that Grazon chemical coming through the manure. Know your hay and feed suppliers.

[@juliemcgugan1244]

True! I would love to find out of my local horse stables use fodder produced by farmers who use VFA on. Don’t want to risk my crops by introducing aminopyralid. That’s something I will have to check out. Thank you for bringing up this important issue!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Got to feed those potatoes if you want good crops and horse manure is another great natural fertiliser to use in the garden! Good one :)

[@manatee8911]

@@herts9999 joe bideon

[@casualyoutube]

The 6 dislikes are from the cockatoos

[@Helsteeds]

I don't think there Cockatoos but definitely the first 4 letters ;)

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

76 cockatoos? ☺️ No, I think trolls are more likely. Cockatoos are michieveous, but they’re not mean! 😉

[@georgeb5835]

This guy’s reaction to finding large potatoes makes my day 😃

[@modeschar]

LOOKIT THESE RIPPAS! CRIKEY!

[@dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

I do this with chicken eggs with one difference: I crush the eggs. Smaller peices of egg shell are easier for a plant to "digest" because they dont have to break it down smaller first. I basically make a slurry and pour it in. For plants in the nightshade family, I just use the shells and the Great Pyrenees gets the insides. He loves me most now lol ❤

[@Selfsufficientme]

Top tips! Thank you :)

[@rwatts2155]

I always dry the egg shells from the eggs I use in cooking. I'll toss the egg shells in the microwave for a minute or if I'm baking I'll toss the egg shells into the oven and then I grind the egg shells in a coffee grinder that I reserve for that purpose and I feed the ground egg shells to the chickens and ducks and also add them to the garden. My Amish friends just toss their egg shells into their garden. I prefer to break the shells down so they can be utilized by the worms and plants faster.

[@jonathanalad6563]

How do they taste?

[@a9fc]

@@rwatts2155 yea i always thought it was better to break it down

[@Mrbfgray]

The exploding egg scenario is NOT unlikely from personal experience, they can sit warm for months intact and you don't want to be down wind or within 5 meters when they go off.

[@DocLois2010]

They will definitely go bang (or pop!) and stink!

[@Mrbfgray]

@@DocLois2010 Grandmother was visiting when we were young and liked to pick up random duck eggs left around our pond from quasi-wild ducks, she'd eat anything. Before school one day bro and I replaced the fresh eggs she'd found that morning with some from an old abandon nest, we knew they were at a dangerous state. Coming home from school we asked her how the eggs were and she said with a straight face "fine". We never knew exactly what happened with that but she didn't give us any satisfaction.

[@rwatts2155]

I learned that when I was a kid. I found a whole nest of turkey eggs under a shrub. I thought I'd hit pay dirt! until I picked one up...it EXPLODED in my hand! I had that gunk dripping from my face...After puking my guts out I ran home to shower and disinfect my face. Not too keen on collecting eggs from wild turkeys these days...

[@Lee-bz2xn]

@@Mrbfgray LOL

[@tamsinlee6447]

@@Mrbfgray Laugh, she probably knew about testing eggs! If you place a new laid egg in water it sinks, after about a week in fairly warm temps. will start to float, bob about in water. Still edible and the best for hard boiled eggs (easier to peel) . Any egg that actually floats, DISCARD immediately. It might explode or have an embryo in it! You can test eggs that you incubate, to see if they have live babies at about a week before hatching, First test, gently shake the egg if it slops, probably no good. Then you get Hot water, not boiling, but as hot as your hand can stand, maybe 40C., place your incubated eggs in it a couple at a time. They will float, but live babies make the eggs twitch after about a minute . Get them out as soon as they twitch. Sometimes you can hear the babies going cheep after that treatment, if you hold them to your ear! I have both hens and ducks, but sometimes no eggs. I always test shop bought eggs, even with the date stamps, kept to warm, hey can go very quickly.

[@ladyofthemasque]

Considering how well your tomatoes did with a fish carcass, it might be interesting to compare the two types, duck eggs vs fish carcass, this next growing season!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Yes! That sounds very interesting... Thanks :)

[@compagnieweloveyou]

@@Selfsufficientme Eggs + fish carcass for the same plant would be too rich maybe?

[@TrollHiddenCave]

Or just use both and do it in the soil and get some wood chips for mulch and go ahead and set up some permaculture also use chicken poop

[@teriguerin8371]

@@compagnieweloveyou The idea is not for the same plant, seperate plant comparison was the suggestion.

[@hamish9917]

I tried a chicken egg with my tomato starts this year and had a huge yield, larger than ever before. I'll try putting a chicken egg in with my spuds next year! (don't have ducks...besides, it's wabbit season...)

[@matthewburniston2822]

Interesting i just did it with a chilli plant today so can not with to see how it goes i have a few more tomato plants to put in and capsicum so i may do the same with them i may even try it with a egg plant as well

[@TruePerksNaturalFarming]

Any plant uses more calcium when converting from vegetative to fruiting/flowering stages, similar to when pregnant women need more calcium. Try looking up Chris Trump and his Water Soluble calcium recipe for natural farming.

[@TrollHiddenCave]

I'm going to be growing a ton of lettuce and probably going to have to get a 22 and it really will be rabbit season

[@ranikhrisna5763]

here in Indonesia, we usually use duck egg for salted. salted duck egg is so good to be eaten with any veggie soup and rice because the saltiness can balance the sweetness from rice and veggie.. the other food that only use duck egg for it is martabak filling. but I never had sunny side egg or any egg dishes from duck egg because duck egg more expensive than chicken egg. it is not common to find raw duck egg in supermarket or traditional market too. I also compost the bad egg but never put it whole under the seedling. will try it later.

[@joebloggs619]

Interesting. Here, I the Aboriginal native folk like eating the eggs of black swans. We were European migrants and they gave us some fresh swan eggs to try. We didn't like them much but Europeans are very practical and creative so mum used them to enrich home made pasta with extra protein because pasta is largely just starch. When we couldn't get swan eggs from native people, we we tried duck eggs in cakes and pasta a d mixed duck and fowl eggs to make omellettes. When you add other I gredients and flavkurs, and it masks the strange taste and smell of duck or swan and it is quite good, but adding a lot of protein to otherwise just starchy food not too good for health eg pasta, but cake, and biscuits etc.

[@arthuurwong49]

How about a recipe on the salted duck eggs?😊

[@RommelManurung]

@@arthuurwong49 You can find many recipes online. Basically boiled them in salt water.

[@ering1107]

You're hilarious. I love your mannerisms, you're silly jokes, and general positivity. You're a dad to us all.

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

SO MUCH NEED OF THIS POSITIVITY AND LIFE!!! 2020 in the USA. Thanks for the momentary ESCAPE!

[@PaleGhost69]

Surprisingly none of those potatoes had any quacks on them.

[@ryanissa3353]

This should be top comment

[@melissajones8637]

Lmao

[@Pariatical]

Groans!

[@garulusglandarius6126]

Mark is far more intelligent and knowledgable than he realises because he’s humble with no ego. Love this channel, love this guy and he has some powerhouse arms and legs on him ( you can see he has a military background ). I wish Mark and his family nothing but the best , from Britain 👍🇬🇧🇦🇺

[@Tw1stedsistah1337]

I absolutely love how excited you get when you harvest. Its strange the euphoria you experience when you harvest your own produce that you yourself planted and cared for over a season. I believe everyone should experience that at least once in their life. It'll get em hooked to gardening for sure! Love your videos and your advice. Best wishes from Louisiana!

[@Selfsufficientme]

So true Khira! I never get tired of harvesting especially when I discover a good crop - it's exciting and part of what keeps me gardening. All the best :)

[@teresahiggs4896]

And the taste! I LOVE eating veggies right out of the garden! The taste of a home grown tomato is NOTHING like the tomatoes in the grocery stores! Most home grown veggies taste so much better than grocery store ones. I grow herbs when I can’t grow anything else and fresh herbs make a massive difference in seasoning of foods. Friends eat my food seasoned with herbs from my containers and pots and ask me what secret ingredients I use! Lol!

[@CamMcB]

So you just planted a breakfast bowl ;-) needed a few onions.

[@18Bees]

😂😂😂 make sure you post your results video soon 😂😂😂

[@zyannaikigai9923]

I feel like animals have a job in the world with plants. Animals do things that help the cycle but since we all don't farm or garden they seem invasive. But really I think we should grow enough to share with them too. I love that you don't use things to kills them every thing you do it natural. Amazing channel You can still get harvest with eggs as fertilizer and birds helping you trim. Thank you for posting I'm learning so much I have a small garden planned.

[@archenema6792]

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably a potato.

[@18Bees]

😂😂 nice one !

[@DaddyAboodi]

😂😂

[@Selfsufficientme]

LOL...

[@RubyJosan]

Lol

[@frenchysandi]

Omg that’s very punny

[@jimlanigan.wa3erq341]

I bet that Cockatoo will make some great fertilizer for those potatoes next season

[@diceportz7107]

Fish heads & guts make an excellect fertilizer for potatoes too. I sometimes find little pieces of bone left when I havest.

[@ohio_gardener]

"Waste not, want not!" Nothing organic goes to waist on our homestead, it is all recycled in some way or the other. Spoiled food, rotten eggs, food trimmings, garden waste is all composted and returned to the garden. Even meat, bones, and dairy products are put in the Bokashi bucket to turn into compost. Some of our most valuable compost comes from Starbucks coffee grounds and juice bar pulp that is blended with sawdust to make compost. "Compost your enemies."

[@abyssal_phoenix]

That is good to hear. All my fertilizer comes from recycled organic waste. But I don’t use too much, so most of the organic material stays unused. But also things like bones are used by me. Even though I dint have a compost bin or so, I dig in the material into the soil directly. That works really great, I even use it to farm red wigglers and springtails. Since they love the fresh stuff so much that they even crawl into pots whenever possible to feast on the stuff

[@shadowdance4666]

Compost your enemies Like Johnny Depp in secret garden

[@jpbaje]

I see someone watches David the Good

[@trig]

Next year " What happens when you bury potatoes with cockatoos for fertiliser."

[@JoeSmoe1]

lmao

[@veggiequeen2738]

😂😂😂

[@dcstealth11111]

that's gold

[@GARDENER42]

Winning comment :-)))

[@Selfsufficientme]

LOL...

[@mikeyfoofoo]

Digging potatoes is always so satisfying. My kids get just as excited when they find a good one!

[@shadowdance4666]

Those old birds know that potatoes don’t belong in Australia. They were just doing some weeding

[@Starhunter1975]

No, they are just a**holes.

[@serenemountain6769]

sadly they don't do that to humans that make forest fires, because of the wood needed for the coal powered power plants in Australia.

[@aienatu]

Half of the reason I come here is the dad jokes.

[@18Bees]

Good morning and welcome to another science class. 😎🐝❤️ I put your idea into practice here in the Pacific Northwest.

[@TheOriginalDeckBoy]

Yeww... another Super Coo Garden video again already.. nice one Marko! #kickassdadjokespal RE your Cockatoos champ... they live to 120 plus years of age and learn plants they like and don't like, they will attack tree's that overgrow a more favourable tree, actively selecting for more fruiting and flowering plants, they're pretty clever like that, you're right! Also that's a White Cheeked Black Cockatoo and I think they're almost endangered... great they love your place!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks Callum! That makes sense about the cockies getting rid of the plants they don't like - beautiful birds - but very naughty! Cheers :)

[@catecurl3790]

I too get really excited to see what sort of a potato haul awaits under the surface. Love it 😆

[@jfrank1882]

Mark the "Pun"-dit. Hello from the Caribbean!

[@abyssal_phoenix]

To prevent stabbing potatoes I at first “chop” the top layer of soil loose with a thin, small handshovel. Then I use a big shovel to turn around the soil. To out the potatoes on top

[@Eaode]

9:15 when the potatoes are so good you turn into Santa Claus

[@Selfsufficientme]

LOL...

[@adamstewarton]

when I hard him going ho ho ho i thought he was gonna say merry christmas lol

[@2MasterBuilder2]

If the potatoes don't make me turn into Santa, I don't want 'em. LoL

[@Teeleesom5]

LOL! I was just checking the comments to see if anyone else laughed and said Merry Christmas! I'm so glad i wasn't the only one that went there. LOL!

[@DailyLifeandNature]

Very interesting video how to use duck eggs as fertilizer with potatoes in garden bed, thanks for sharing to us such informative and good content i will learn from your video

[@LilyoftheValeyrising]

That’s a great idea. I grew potatoes once in my compost heap. I used a chicken wire with about 38mm holes to make a stand up circular basket about waist high and a meter wide secured with zip ties. I removed all the compost and turned the soil over at the very bottom. Then put the potatoes on that. As the plants grew when the tops got about six inches I buried it with more compost up to the last pair or two of leaves. This went on until they grew almost up to the top and the plants were finished- you could tell. I dug them up and out of 9-12 potatoes I probably got 10 kilos. And I didn’t cut any because I cut the zip ties and pulled apart the soil to get at them. They were delicious too!

[@MatthewSherriff85]

Hate it when plants get snapped by a critter, its one thing if they eat it that i can live with

[@dgerdi]

Very good idea! Kangaroo, Fish and now Eggs! You listen to the right teachers and became a teacher yourself! Great job.

[@codylunn5128]

Mark! I love your videos! Super useful. I can't wait to live this life. 😂 Your reaction to the birds eating your plants was admirable, and fun to watch. Can you do videos on possible plant illnesses to watch out for?

[@continuousself-improvement1879]

"Your hard work and your dreams, I spit on them, hooman!" said the cockatoos, probably.

[@danielheltberg6202]

There's something we need to talk about. I don't know why, it isn't covered in the media, people don't mention it enough, but it must be discussed because it is not ok. Cockatoo potato abuse. Fight them to save the tots!

[@Angel-yl1ck]

It's waxing of Spring here in southern Oregon. I was mucking around in my raised garden yesterday, and tilling the soil I found a potato. That's so satisfying. It was one i missed last fall, and it is beginning to sprout, so I'm planting it and others today with eggs and a handful of worms. Love your videos and will plant more as Spring warms the soil.

[@michael7423]

What a great tater harvest, great idea Mark! Thanks for sharing another great gardening video! Stay safe and keep well!!!

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks Michael! You stay safe and keep well too mate :)

[@TeacherMom80]

Wow! What a great idea! We have a ton of duck eggs laying around the yard. Our Mama ducks aren't good mother's either. I feel bad about wasting them, but many of them have been sitting around too long to safely eat. I'm so thankful for this video. Thank you! 😀

[@VimpeNQQB]

Love your channel! it's so wholesome!

[@jacobcollins2624]

Been a fan for about a year and I must say I absolutely love your vids. Its definitely changed my gardening habits. Much love and respect.

[@andrew5792]

Yes we have a dog that helps me collect the chook (no ducks) eggs and hopes that I "accidentally" drop one.

[@kingpoobah1647]

I put duck eggs under my tomato seedlings. This year I measured and the tomatoes were 12ft high. (3.65 meters) Great video!

[@mandarinduck5507]

Nearly at 1 million subs, great work dude 🙋

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thank you - nearly there! Cheers :)

[@HiddenSpringFarm]

Amazing thought process Mark, again I’m learning and learning. I’ll probably have a lot of duck eggs in the near future. I’m not sure if I’ll like duck eggs as I’ve never had them, but now I know they’re good for our old English Sheepdog, Molly or for the garden. My ultimate custom duck house that I’m building in my latest episodes on my channel is almost completed and the ducks will be moving to their new digs. I got a lot of good ideas from this video. Cool to see the roots wrapped around the eggs.

[@Helsteeds]

"Now look at these Rippers!!!" dieing at this moment :D ( 09:06 )

[@jennifervondeylen7362]

At the end of the summer I start saving banana peels, egg shells, & coffee grounds. I bury them along with fish remains in all my garden beds to breakdown over the winter. I always have so many worms & beautiful soil for spring planting. I mulch with old chicken bedding & never buy fertilizer other than Epsom salts.

[@kennethc3398]

And then feed potatoes to the ducks..... circle of life

[@18Bees]

So, don’t feed humans to the pigs? 😂😂

[@Zellonous]

@@18Bees that has happened. Pigs will eat anything... Even a farmer that died in their pen

[@18Bees]

@@Zellonous 😳 they scare me. I have a log beehive at a farm and nobody goes near it because the pigs stand guard over it.

[@redpilled4781]

Eww, how can I get that out of my mind now?

[@Moona1966]

@@Zellonous Can attest to this! My great grandfather had a heart attack in the pig pen, and by the time anyone discovered him, he was half eaten.

[@DanlowMusic]

My potatoes were growing good, like yours, last year. Then a Junko Bird came through and knocked down 3/5 of my potato plants and make a nest back in 1 of the good ones. Junko Birds eat pest bugs so I encouraged it. Watered carefully around her nest and let her be best I could. I never got to see my potato plants flower but after they died off, I gave them time, and still got a decent harvest. I hope this year she leaves them alone. Lol

[@cvbenjaminb]

I was like who's cockatoo?! Then remembered location duh 😜

[@ellisesmith869]

I love to feed eggs to my chickens and ducks. I know some people think cooking the egg means less chance of them eatting eggs whole but ive never had that issue and i just crack them raw into a bowl and scrunch the shell to throw in the compost bin (they can jump in the compost bin and eat it when they want calcium too) but i have some from a failed incubation that im using in the garden just like you did now =)

[@matthewalvarez-mahoney7801]

Hey! You served your soil my breakfast!! 🤣 My daughter and I love the dad joke/puns as well! Great video sir. Thank you 🤟😎👍

[@sandieblack4860]

Glad you reminded people to crack the eggs before covering them up and using them for fertiliser, unfortunately, I didn't know that trick when I tried this with my sweet potatoes a couple of years ago. Yes, you are right, whole eggs do explode when they have spent the winter in the growing bed and yes, the really do stink ! I just assumed they would disintegrate on their own but, sadly that wasn't the case. I haven't tried using eggs since then but I will probably try again sometime in the future now I know the right way to do it. Thanks for the info. Take care and stay safe, Sandie from Ontario Canada.

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE USE EGGS IN THE GARDEN AS A FERTILIZER BUT WHY NOT? PROTEIN AND AS YOU SAID THE CALCIUM IN THE SHELL. I WILL TRY THAT NEXT TIME I PLANT.

[@loritanner4478]

Jess at roots and refuge, she puts chicken eggs with each tomato plant when she is planting out her tomato starts.

[@kristinebailey2804]

I save all my egg shells in a coffee can and when it's full I drop them in the blender with a half cup water and puree. Calcium helps prevent blossom end rot on tomatoes.

[@livinglife8333]

Potatoes do well if you remove half of your dirt from that bin, put your eggs and seeders than a layer of dirt and mulch. THINK LAYERING AS IT GROWS. Soon you’ll see a chunky shoot poking through the soil. Let it grow a few inches before covering it with MORE soil until only the topmost leaves protrude. Known as “layering up” this helps to maximise your harvest by ensuring the plant grows right from the bottom to the top of your bin. KEEP GOING UNTIL YOU REACH THE TOP. When plants die down you should have potatoes from bottom of bin to the top.

[@debbiem2146]

This certainly works - but be sure to use indeterminate potatoes. Like tomatoes, there are both determinate and indeterminate types. Have an eggs-ellent day :-)

[@vcwh86]

For a moment, I heard at the start, "Hello Frank Walker from National Tiles". But it is Mike. You are close to a Million Subs! - What will Self Sufficient Me be doing when hitting 1 million subs? For the duck eggs, have you tried selling to others? Great video!

[@jillhumphrys8073]

G'day Mark! I remember this point last year, telling you I was living vicariously through you as you begin your spring and we are putting our gardens to bed. I watched you all summer, forgetting that it was winter there. Doesnt seem like it to me! lolol. Anyway, good show!

[@Selfsufficientme]

G'day Jill! Yeah, our winters are mild, to say the least, but I'm not looking forward to summer in the garden here it's 10 times hotter! Big hat time... Cheers :)

[@nope1083]

Bow and arrows are inexpensive in Australia for those pesky cockatoos

[@hickbilly8925]

I followed another video of yours about burying eggs in the garden and I did it 3 days ago in one of my garden beds for a little experiment👍

[@howtogrowdragonfruitplant7849]

Cool as always !

[@CatopiaCatSanctuary]

Mate I am so envious! That whopper of potato was absolutely GORGEOUS!

[@powerofwun]

Before I start watching, I can tell you from personal experience, its best to break them, do not bury them whole or you will get a stink bomb going off the next time you hit them with a shovel.

[@BD-cu4cq]

Really good video. I bury a couple of chicken egg with a fish ( mullet).. but I found any 🐟 is okay. The yield was amazing. Perhaps you could try that one day...you will be surprised. I do not ever fertilize after that...just water occasionally...this was passed on to me by one member of the yavapai indian tribe in Arizona. Thank you for all your videos. You are providing a terrific public service for humanity. God bless you and your family. From Florida , USA.

[@annabellee226]

looks like the birds are angry that your plants are so perfect! hahah they just cant stand it! or maybe he was made that the green was so lush and no fruit so he tossed the useless greens aside like a typical man XD Keep em comin! love your methods!

[@Selfsufficientme]

LOL... Honestly, I think the birds just love messing with me... Cheers :)

[@catheylunsford4461]

Put them in ure cookie dough and freeze wrap in foil label. Pies bread pudding cakes etc. And u can scramble and freese for winter use

[@michaeltester5187]

Interesting. I guess if you’re “no dig” it’d be better to smash them into the compost heap. I like the idea of burying waste though to use the fertility.

[@MichaelSHartman]

Eggs, and meat will attract animals that you may not want.

[@michaeltester5187]

Michael Hartman that’s true, thanks. Maybe buried really deep, or as part of a hot composting system.

[@rwatts2155]

One year I buried an entire deer in my back garden. It had started to turn and I didn't have time to process it. So I buried it. Only about 18 inches deep. I worked in a bunch of straw and never smelled a thing. Before I knew it the fruit trees that I planted around it went batshit crazy! I never had a problem with animals digging it up.

[@steveemrich84]

Love your videos! Gets me through the winter here in Canada. Can't wait til spring to get back to my garden.

[@countrylife8853]

Always around this time of year I start going on KZbin to get gardening ideas. These beautiful warm sunny days I just itch to start my greenhouse planets already 😂 We are in Manitoba Canada

[@ericwashington4386]

I don't know about cockatoos, but we have a Parrot and i can confirm that they love to f*** s*** up just for the sake of it lol

[@skinney9542]

👌 yep

[@kristinebailey2804]

I put my eggshells into the blender with a little water then pour onto the soil. It helps keep blossom end rot down in tomatoes.

[@GARDENER42]

One thing I've found is that egg shells take years to break down, even when crushed. Oh & cockatoos are edible... ;-)

[@diannebritten1454]

I have been doing it for awhile with eggs but I didn’t break them so yes they were stinky, i break them from then on , love your videos 😊

[@AubreyJM]

So funny to hear the birds laughing in the background. "HaaHaa!" xD Did the Cockatoos rip the leaves off for a logical reason? Like were they trying to find grubs? It's so weird that they would do it just to mess with you. Are they that intelligent?

[@Selfsufficientme]

Not sure why they do it but they also break branches off fruit trees and ornamentals so they don't discriminate... :)

[@mars2terra]

They do it for fun. Like a toddler with a real hammer, they will destroy things because it’s fun.

[@davidolsen4199]

They 'prune' to create building material to later use in hollow tree's above water for humidity

[@damobdaking]

I gave up on raised beds and in the ground for spuds. I grow them in large pots and grow bags these days, get bumper crops. Like the idea of the eggs, going to try it next year.

[@chrisbible9431]

Potatoes grow poisonous fruit animals sometimes tear the flyers off of potato plants to keep them from growing the fruit the ones that know what it is anyways to keep other animals from eating it

[@carmas9153]

That makes sense. How helpful they look out for one another.

[@MichaelSHartman]

From what I have seen of cockatoos, I doubt they are considerate of others.

[@rerlston]

Tend to agree about the cockatoos. We have had tomato plant decimated in the same way, as well as a paw paw tree totally destroyed (as in they broke of all the branches and chewed off the top 15cm of the top of the trunk!) Neither of these plants are poisonous... 😕

[@tyronfoston7123]

How can you not like this guy? Plus he's highly informative.

[@TheSethhunt]

Cockatoos can be massive bullies, it's fun to watch them bully away the other birds from the apricot tree

[@lisacrosland6103]

Dead birds also make good fertilizer. Love your ideas. I wish my growing season was longer here in southeast Idaho, zone 5. Keep gardening, it's good for your over all health.

[@rickthelian2215]

You can see where the Cockatoos damaged the growth on one side, but the other side gave you some beautiful big potatoes. I’ve got a few potatoes left to grow and some aged chicken eggs that I was just going to put in the compost, now I’ve changed my mind and try it with chicken eggs.😀

[@_Yep_Yep_]

Duck eggs cost 25 bucks for a half dozen here. I like your enthusiasm, Self Sufficient Me.

[@garyfroeschner2523]

Great potatoes. I put all my egg shells in a blender & put them in my garden. I think it helps.

[@miriambakker4340]

The cockatoos at my place in Sydney love the seedpods of Jacaranda trees which are so tough. They love gnawing through them to eat the paltry seeds inside. The cockatoos' beaks are so strong they're like bolt cutters.

[@m4rcellinos]

I watch another KZbinr who uses eggs for fertilizer; they use egg shells, grind them up into little bits, then they put it into a water bottle and leave it for about a week (?), strain off the shell, and use the enriched water on more demanding plants. They also take starchy rice water from cooking and washing rice and do the same. Both can be frozen and given to the plants as ice cubes, good for storage and longevity I imagine

[@LizZorab]

I'm amazed that the birds do that damage, what vandals! A great harvest Mark!

[@CookieRager]

I used some chicken eggs under my Basils, worked a charm so far

[@Mahdi_Oruz]

great way to prevent eggs that will eventually go to waste and turning them into plant nutrient that will infact give a better tasting and more beautiful plant and BTW Mark you are doing bloody well mate KEEP UP THE HARD WORK LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO GIVE UP and i am looking forward to celebrating that 1 MIL with you as youtube family and community

[@matthewburniston2822]

Hello Mark just today i have just tried this i just planted a jalapeno chilli and put a chook egg in the hole before i put the plant in it will be interesting to see how it goes Love all your videos and often a good quack up i am addicted to you channel greetings from Tassie

[@gingercox6468]

I need your potatoes. My medium compacted and no potatoes grew in that area. I also like your containers.

[@randyketcham3840]

Interesting way to fertilize your potatoes. Innovative tip and great use of something you already have an abundance of around your farm.

[@renestewart1663]

I get as excited as you do when you do a potato harvest. Great work. I am going to try adding eggs when I grow potatoes. I don’t have duck eggs but sometimes have cracked eggs.

[@kharth55]

The potato and cockatoo are natural enemies ! I love your videos always so informative even though I'm in the USA.

[@jasenanderson8534]

Your excitement at potato size was golden! Great job. I use cow manure and blood and bone meal. Another three weeks until harvest. Interesting use and harvest with the eggs.

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks Jasen! All the best with your harvest :)

[@jasenanderson8534]

@@Selfsufficientme thank you Mark. I'll post an update on your FB page later. Love the content, and even though I've been dabbling for years, I've learnt heaps on your channel and share it with gusto often. It simply works. Thank you.

[@Alondro77]

I plant potatoes underneath a thick layer of maple leaves in the fall, about a foot of them. Worms LOVE maple leaves and the potato shoots easily push through them in the spring. I've had quite huge crops from potatoes this way. Oak leaves are not great. They compact too tightly, and are too tough for the shoots, unless they're partially-composted or ground up so the shoots and water can get though.

[@yudhistirahayuatma]

In Indonesia we make salty egg from duck eggs. May be you should try it. It will reduce the "scent".

[@Selfsufficientme]

Thanks for tip Yudhistira! I'd like to try salty duck eggs - I'll do some research on making them. Cheers :)

[@T1000.Android]

Holy Moly! I harvested my potatoes the same time you did on the weekend gone :). Different varieties, your potatoes looks great!

[@daylo_bean]

Great project

[@lenalyles2712]

I used fish heads or minnows with my tomatoes and corn. Always used just the shells with my peppers.

[@morg775]

Greetings from Nevada, I love that your channel is Clean, informative, entertaining, and original. This is the first time I've been able to comment but my personal garden and ranch has your suggestions and lessons, utilised well for quite some time. Thank you for your content and character! Subscribed and thumbs up