078 || Finally Planting Some Potatoes 

I urge you to read up on no till gardening using raised beds. The heavy soil you have will take decades to amend...no matter how much soil and compost you add. Please read up on using raised beds combining hugelkulture and lasagna gardening methods. Much less work, more productive, sustainable, less costly and highly productive. Leave all the gravel and put beds on top of it...the gravel is fine under the raised beds and also as walkways between beds which should face East - west in the sunny locations on your land. we farm and garden in Texas.... Please read up on these gardening methods and save your money and your back! We love your videos and applaud your your work ethic!!!! :)

You may want to consider renting a wood chipper/shredder. It would clean things up around the villa. The mulch could be used to control weeds and keep the moisture in the ground. If you have larger branches, some machines can grind up too.

Everyone who starts a garden buys way too many plants first year around. Have fun!

What is just going around my head......: enjoy this time working with dad. This is a time which will never come back and for the rest of your life you can remember these days of beiing together as a team . I hope dad is getting better after his accident, send him love and blessings. kim.

I think you should try to fix the road leading to the house, so you can drive up to the house and not have to carry everything by foot up the hill!

You might try no dig beds where you put down cardboard, cover with soil and plant. It could save you a great deal of time. 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦

Sam, you never cease to amaze me. You will have so much fruit and vegetables that I can see you opening a market stall. Good. Luck.

With the potatoes you can also add height to the patch as they grow and it works really well when it's time to harvest. 👍

You doomkoff, pazzo, fa scifoso,...🤣🤣🤣🤣... I've done gardening for 50 years and you have planted the best looking garden...but potatoes need an eye which you have they just need to be cut up where ever there is an eye... you could have bought a lot less potatoes...I think you are great keep up the good work...I just keep laughing and that is a great plan for more views and comments... don't forget to put irrigation to each and every bed... don't say I can't...those underground irrigation will save you a lot of time!!!!!

That cart your dad built is really a huge help so far, there is hardly a video without it hauling something heavy or awkward up your drive.👍

seeds have an expiry date btw, I found out some time ago. maybe end up spending more time on the garden than the house. potatoes go really well in bags and I found complementary planting is also good to research as you have more density, less weeding to do in the long term. its a great way to spend your time, very rewarding. pressing thumbs for you

Next time plan out everything on paper and write what and where your going to plant everything. I found it's the best way. Leave as many roots in the ground especially beans and peas it's great for improving the soil

Love your dedication and getting the job done even when the sun goes down. Great job Sam and dad. 😊 🇨🇦

You can skip a day at the gym. You will have to move a lot of stuff uphill in the future so one day you will have to do the slope or maybe you can create a temporary installation for a electirc winch and connect the winch to Tinky. You wearing Steelweld clothing so I bet you know your way with metal to make a sturdy installation.

The Intrepid Gardener. Good for you, Sam. Not forgetting your Dad.🌳🌻🐞

If clay is really abundant in your beds consider amending with gypsum, it really helps to break it up, improve drainage and make it more arable.

Your giggle says that you know there's a problem lol, it is funny just how much you have already, but it's a great problem to have. Just get as much as you can in, and if there is anything else that can't wait, give it to someone who can plant it if possible.👍

I'll be happy to send you recipes for that bounty you'll soon have! Keep doing what you're doing, gardening is for the mind and soul, not perfection 👌

Greetings from the UK. Having found you 3 weeks ago, I've binge watched to get here. Boy you've been busy and I can't wait for the updates as they come in. Keep up the great work and as we say in Norfolk "keep on troshing"

For growing potatoes you need manure and depth, and chopping them. Also, local knowledge together with your enthusiasm, would help saving money and pass down traditions. Liguria is a harsh but beautiful place, totally different from the Netherlands, which is equally beautiful, and i take my hat off to your passion in bringing life back into Villa Oliva. Well done to you all, bravissimi!

hi, normally i know in Italy the potatoes will be cutted in 2 or 4 pcs and fit on the ground. Good work on the "orto". CIAO

You are going to spend a fortune on bags of potting soil. Add up your receipts. You could have a truckload of soil delivered and haul that up the hill. Probably a lot cheaper than individual bags. That is only a temporary solution unless you build raised beds, which I recommend for vegetables and flowers. You need a good 12 inches/30 cm of good soil for the vegetables. To help the trees amend the soil with gypsum and a lot of compost. You will need to dig very big and deep holes and then backfill with very good soil. Use leaf mulch for water retention which will also become compost. You can weigh one bag, then multiply by how many bags you’ve purchased. Likewise others materials based on receipts. You can make raised beds fast and easy with concrete blocks, plus move them or add to them easily until you know where your permanent beds will go. Yes, you bought too much. And yes, you should have waited until the ground was prepared before you bought so you didn’t buy too much. Too late now. Get the trees and vines in the ground first as they are expensive. Seeds are cheap, trees are not. You also need to stagger you planting so everything doesn’t harvest at the same time. Plant the potatoes and onions, etc every 2-4 weeks so you don’t harvest them all at the same time. You will extend your harvest this way unless you plan to preserve them by canning or have a very large freezer.

You do need to hill up potatoes to get the maximum yield. You are an enthusiastic gardner❤❤❤

You should check if there is not a place where you can collect a trailer full of composted ground, for like half the price. Do mind that in the summer your fruit trees are not going to like the pots in the Italiën heat. Get them into the ground routing asap! For the other land, remembering you need to finish a house. Make it simply flat and mowable and leave it. That is the most simple way to move forward. You can always make beds from them putting carton on top of the grass, compost on top of that, again a layer of carton and compost and plant/sow into it and all will break down by it self. So much less labor intensive. Start burning the wood and scraps. The larger the stacks the harder and by end of june they are growing into again and making it harder... keep it simple.

Have a good weekend, guys

Looking forward to see them sprout

As with other comments - the added compost will disappear in no time - raised beds are the answer. Plus, if you don't mine me saying, when you open a packet of seeds, put the seeds into the palm of your hand, then you can use your fingers from your other hand to pinch smaller and more controllable quantities and better direct where you want them.

It’s such a pleasure watching you enthusiastically realizing your dreams!

Well done, great effort trying to get as much in as possible, can't wait to see how it goes.👍

Hi Sam, You're doing great, it's really coming together, just wait and see in a couple of years when it's all established, going to be amazing! No rush to get the gym set up with all that heavy lifting haha Wow I think you have enough seeds there to keep you going a while, I'm definitely learning so much👍 Thanks for a great video😊

Plant the peas, fast easy

If you could find the time, you could pickle a lot of those onions. That way they won't be wasted. Pickled onions are gorgeous and last for years. Problem is time and of course you would have to buy a lot of jars. To save you next year, you only have to plant a section of the potatoes with eyes that have sprouted. Not a whole potato each time. My grandparents did this with great success. Any potatoes not planted are still good to eat. I can remember I planted a few things and the zucchinis were the only thing that took off. I didn't prepare the ground nearly as well as you have done. It is all a learning experience that's for sure. Best wishes.

Well done on making your garden beds. When I watch you pull the cart up your hill, I often wonder why you don't install an electric cable winch to haul your trolley.

Sam the midnight gardener love your enthusiasm hope you get a good result from everything you and dad have planted Ann 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hola amigos, ¿no sería bueno hacer practicable el camino hasta la casa? Para poder entrar con el coche y no hacer tanto esfuerzo con el carrito. Un abrazo fuerte y ánimo ❤❤❤❤

Do t stress about excess seeds. Check the use by dates many seeds are good in packets for years so you can keep them for planting in the future.

Great work as usual! ✨🌞✨

A lot of potatoes. Lol. You need a weed wacker to cut the lawn until it is rock free, and you can use a lawn mower. Nice job.

Was wondering how your dad is feeling since his accident? He is amazing. I see where you get your work ethic and skill.

May I make a suggestion? What are your favorite vegetables? Split the list into greens, summer veggies, and root vegetables. One set of beds are greens: lettuce, spinach, kale, cucumbers, green onions, radishes. One set of beds is root vegetables: potatoes, large onions, beets, carrots, and squash. One set of beds is everything on vines: tomatoes, peppers, beans, and peas. Last set of beds are cabbages, leeks, turnips, and broccoli. Now cross off anything you hate! Lol! I hate turnips.

Start planning now for all the soil you need to keep burying your potatoes….

Hello Sam, j’avais aussi une terre argileuse, près de chez moi il y a des chevaux, ils sont heureux de me livrer gratuitement du fumier de cheval. Mélanger ce fumier au compost rend la terre plus légère et il y a de la paille que je met entre les plantes quand il fait trop chaud. Bon jardinage. Cathy ❤️

Instead of hilling the potatoes, you might want to try covering them thickly with straw. Fast and supresses weeds.

You have a lot planned, but with no animal barriers, it may be just the right amount.

I would add more dirt as the potatoes grow. Hopefully, you'll get a great harvest.

That blinking hill………. You must get a more solid driveway for the van to reverse up or a four-by-four all terrain vehicle.

You are very impressive

Great going 🙌🙌🙌

BRAVO!!!!💯😁😁😁😁😁😁😁🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🤘🤙👏👏👏👏🍾🥂🥗🥝🥕🥔🍏🍎🍐🍋🍒🍉🍓🍊🍑🍠🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆You're growing a garden forest WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!

👏👏👏👏👏😁😁😁😁😁🤘🤙🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🍾🥂💯💯💯💯i planted a bunch of garlic and 3 eucalyptus plants......bought some scallions to plant too....my friend lives on the edge of a forest she lets her squash zucchini pumpkins and cucumbers grow into the forest sometimes the vines grow into the trees...she harvests that way.....she has such a green thumb I've always told her "she could plant a popsicle stick in the ground and a popsicle tree would grow"💯🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

Good job sam

Looking forward to you getting a BIG shredder 💪

So cool

У вас будет замечательный сад! Работа проделана огромная…❤😊

I was going to suggest the same thing ,

So much to do ❤❤❤❤

Do you have a upright Twist Tiller (what it is called in the U.S.)? Those are great for loosing soil, and mixing in compost to soil. Also works for small plant weeding. My mom is 90 and still gardening and she loves it. Wouldn't be surprised if you could make your own. Always thought hers was short for me, and wanted to lengthen it.

Excess seeds can be stored if done properly. You may lose some viability. Check Google or RU-vid for techniques.

Do you think the broken glass is from the windows of the wrecked yellow car, or just years of throwing breakage into the garden? I am amazed how casual some people are about glass shards.

You don’t look as tired in this vlog as last time 🙂

🙏🙌🙌🙏LEGENDAS EM PORTUGUÊS 🙌🙌🙏

Maybe just save all the seeds and try to plant as many fresh things as possible and you'll still have enough to make many liters of delicious onion soup! 😋😉 By the way, you do remind me of a Dutch painting, De Aardappeleters! 😁✌🏼

Great to see Papa again. Hope to see Mama one day. Can you not get your compost and soil dropped off? We get it dropped off by the yard, either in a big bag or if multiple yards it is even cheaper to just get a big pile. Is that option not available from a builders/landscapers lot?

Santo cielo compro otra propiedad en bolsas con tierra para el jardín

iN iRELAND WE BURY OUR POTATOES 🙂

Why don’t you drive up to the house instead of struggling with stuff on the trolly?

Just plant them in the compost bags

Sam, Dad, the garden is going to be so fruitful. God bless you Sam, Dad God bless your Family. See you on the next video.

Aren’t you allowed to make the driveway up closer to the house?

Do you go back home weekly because you need to do some designs for people being a designer? Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖

Hello Next year, you will be ready for the sale of part of your production on the local farmers market 😀

Ааааааааааа 😂😂😂😂😂 , кто так садит картошку????😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That's really too many vegetables, who should eat all of these oxalate vegetables? Then weeding comes into play. but as long as you enjoy it...

Are you planning on feeding the whole village ?

got any herbs planted yet?

Don’t mean to be bossy , but potatoes get planted 4 inched below ground

I love your enthusiasm for gardening but I think you got a bit carried away with the amount you are planting I would have loved to see the whole area cleared before you started 🤔

You plant the plants too densely, they have no room to grow! The carrot needs sieved soil and not this gravel with composter... the composter layer must be at least 30cm to grow.

What are you going to do for the driveway?😅

You seriously need to get online and start researching about gardening

when do we eat?

лично я бы клумбами в последнюю очередь занимался. делал бы дом, а растения нещадно косил. поскольку ежевику можно победить только постоянно скашивая новые побеги. а так она тебе все мозги сделает вылезая на твоих новых клумбах.

😮😮😮😮Nunca me respondentes, se teu pai é solteiro❤🙏❤❤🙏🥰

I still don't get why not just drive the van to upstairs

More fruit trees and bags of compost 😳😳😳😳 you must be intending to grow veg and fruit to sell as a business 😂

Bro, why the hell don't you just drive your car up the road leading to your garden? The road looks perfectly fine to drive your Transit up there and not have to pull everything up manually.

Sort the drive out first..you do give yourself unnecessary hard work.....but good luck