Follow the activities of our family as we engage in self-reliant living in northern Tasmania - vegetable and flower gardening, food preservation, healthy cooking, woodwork, and many other projects!
For a simple straight cut across corrugated iron, lay it flat on the ground then cut a 70 to 100 millimetre cut at the edge of the iron with some tin snips at the point where you want the corrugated iron divided. Then put your foot on the sheet on one side of where you have the starter cut and pull on the edge on the opposite side of the cut until it rips and it continues all the way across. The tear will be so close to straight you will be amazed. Try it you will wish you knew this earlier. In my experience it only works on corrugated iron and only when you tear it across the corrugations . I also recommend wearing protective gloves using this technique. Let me know your thoughts after you have tried it ...
What's wrong with just using nibblers. A lot safer, no sparks, less noise, no heat & you wont chop a finger off no matter how hard you try. You also said for cutting long ways down the sheet , yet you show cutting across the sheet. A job you said the tin snips will do.
What will you do in terms of watering and feeding? Do you leave it as-is, or will you do a bit of soil maintenance, mulching, etc to protect whatever roots that are still intact?
I think it'll be right. This video makes me think more about where I'll plant out my orchard. Quite a sheltered block thankfully, but the sunniest spot may be the windiest. Southern Tassie.
Yes, beware of wind here in Tassie - it can really take toll on fruit trees. Can you create a wind break so that you can still take advantage of the sun?
@@homesteading I may have to think about fencing in to the north a few metres high. The winds are not common, but they can be very strong. Thankfully very sheltered from NW, W and S.
It'll survive, I had a similar thing happen to a lemon tree once. Give it plenty of seaweed feed over the next few months and summer, that'll encourage it!
I think you have saved the tree. I had an olive in a large pot that did the same with same cause I pulled it upright used thick rope to tether and pruned back it not only survived it fruited this year for first time not huge but letting me know it’s ok.
Olive trees seem to be indestructible! We had to remove one - I pulled it out with the tractor and dumped it in our forest...2 years later it is still alive (sitting on top of the soil!) I think I will have to find somewhere to replant it!.
You did a great job there. Give it a good watering and treat it like a newly planted tree with regards to giving it a bit of extra water for a few months until it re-establishes itself and settles in, and I reckon it'll recover just fine.
Never never never l repeat never use any sort of abrasive wheel to cut colour bond or any roof iron as it will rust the next day the best and fastest way is to score and snap
What6the secret to growing roma tomatoes? Ive tried growing them but I only seem to get a few or none at all. I can grow other tomato plants just fine. Amendments? I plant in aged compost or previous year of aged cow manure. Also, that mosaic art leaning against the wall is beautiful!
I really enjoy your videos John because they help me keep on track with what to plant. I'm in the southern highlands NSW and we have similar climates so it's always interesting as well as informative to see what you're doing on your homestead. I look forward to seeing what you do with your grapefruit tree.
Hey John! We are roaming around Tassie this week before heading home and starting our spring gardens next week! Great to see how many people have veggie gardens you can see just driving about the place! I think you are maybe North-west? We're north east at the moment and will be heading westish in the next couple of days.
Thanks for another great video. I really like your greenhouse. The galv pipe and timber frame makes it look really strong and a solid build. I'm looking to make my own greenhouse at some stage because at the moment all I have for a 'potting shed' is a little gap between two sheds about 700mm wide 😂 that has a laser lite roof. It's sufficient for starting some seeds in trays but that's about it. I've grown Cherokee purple before, they're a nice variety and I think you will enjoy them. I'm going to grow some more this year. Sorry about your grapefruit tree, I saw that the trunk is very bent over, I hope it's not too late to save it. Those storms were brutal weren't they? I'm over near Sheffield and we were without power for a while. So glad we have a wood heater. Your idea of starting seeds and putting them by the fire to germinate is brilliant but if I'm to do that I will need to put them on a shelf and use plastic covering and to supervise them as we have cats and dogs that will likely be a little too interested in them 😂😅 I've been watching for a while, since we moved to Tassie. We rented for a number of years in different areas but just managed to buy a little place in the country which we love. Very best luck with your growing season this year. Love the potato planting, Dutch creams? Always a favourite
Love your greenhouse. I am hoping to maybe get a small one in the next years or so. I need a good place to care for my plants when I start them. I try to get an early start but end up running out of space for all of my seedlings. It gets busy everywhere in my house hahahaha. I can’t wait to hear your take on the Cherokee Purple tomatoes. They are one of our favourite slicer type. Such a great flavour, they are wonderful on a sandwich or chopped up in a fresh salsa. I posted a tour of my garden in July and you can see how big and strong the tomatoes are. I’ve started to use cattle panels after watching your videos. As far as a sauce/paste tomato I planted pink fang this year and they are growing like mad and have a great flavour. Great video. Good to see your season underway as ours starts to come to a close…….
Amazing stuff as always. The soil under the tarp looks prime and ready to rumble haha! I know from previous videos you grow Dutch Cream Potatoes. They are very popular here in Vic and a solid pick in my opinion as they always have nice sized tubers when harvesting (I've seen your harvest vids also!). I personally grow Nicola as my main potato, but this year I'm trialing 4 other varieties which are; Tasmanian Bismark, Bintje, Russet Burbank, and Carlingford. It will be interesting to see how they all compare. Thanks for sharing and all the best with spring prep! Cheers.
Apart from rust issues mentioned, you notice the grinder trying to climb out of the cut, pull it towards you, or against the rotation of the blade, otherwise, as many have said here, this is not the best method for cutting corrugated iron.
Love watching you garden John. I’m not sure if you realised but you repeated a couple of segments in this video. I’ve kept my Jerusalem artichokes in pots to contain them as I don’t have a lot of land. They literally break the pots sometimes. Great value but my husband is scared of them. He can’t tolerate them too well 😂
