Carrots, Beets, and Leeks | Last Harvest of the Year 

Both of you are obviously high capacity people with very impressive homesteading skills along with critical thinking skills and are the type of folks our nation needs raising the next generation.

It's crazy. You guys are warmer than we are here in the mountains of New Mexico.

I have not seen such a beautiful healthy prolific garden since my grandparents in the 70's. You guy know what your doing!

Lol I love the bloopers. So enjoyable watching your harvest and seeing what you cook with them

OMG, what a bumper crop of amazing vegetables! You’ve done so well to grow so much high quality produce - I don’t think I’ve ever been able to grow that size carrots, beets and leeks here in Australia. I reckon the root cellar must be filling up nicely (any chance of a sneak peak in the cellar please?). You are both so very inspiring. Thank you for allowing myself and others to share your journey. Much appreciated. Cheers. Jeff 👍😀🌻🥕🥬

seeing your carrots triggered a childhood memory for me. when i was a girl there was an older man in the neighborhood named harry. he grew carrots like yours & us kids knew if we asked harry would pull & wash a carrot for each of us. love your videos thanks for letting me live vicariously through you!

Just when I thought I was devastated that the video was over you saved me from utter ruin and damnation with a blooper reel and the "this is how we use this food" scene. I was completely enraptured throughout. Thank you so much! (Maybe a cellar update soon?)

Carrot & beet greens, btw, are edible raw in salads, but even better than that, if you have a dehydrator, you can dehydrate them and grind them into a powder for greens powder, which can be put into soups, stews, scrambled eggs, and so forth, giving everyone a bit of folic acid (good for digesting iron) and a number of micronutrients not often found in bulkier foods. Beet greens contain oxalic acid, which can irritate stomachs or worse in large quantities, but boiling or steaming can help remove the oxalates, including before dehydration. Sometimes the green bits of leeks can also be dehydrated and added to greens powder. And if you want to 'sweeten' the bitterness, spinach and cabbage or brussel sprouts (yes, those things) can also be shredded and dehydrated and ground for adding in.

You have no idea how much I enjoyed this video. It's been decades since I saw real carrots. I get sick of seeing F1 hybrids and having to put up with their bland taste. I envy you guys having real organic unaltered varieties. Well done on your bumper harvest.

I'm in no way familiar with fresh food storage. Finding your channel has been so amazing! I never knew you could store carrots like that! Maybe one day I'll have a property and garden as beautiful as yours! ♥️

You guys are killing it. Hard to believe this is your first year. Wait until next year, you probably double the harvest this year. Maybe after you are done harvesting everything, you can do a recap video to show all the food you canned and stored away for this year just like the garden update you did before

In the middle of winter the farm animals, pigs and chickens would enjoy a veggie now and then.

Your videos make me happy. You got yourself a winner of a mate... (both of you) life's a garden, dig it.

Growing up, we always stored carrots with sawdust from a lumber mill. The past two years, and this year, I stored them in moist sand. I like the moist sand better. In my cellar, they kept eleven months!

I never seem to get over the miracle of pulling food out of the ground !

Mmmmm, I miss eating carrots and radishes fresh out of the garden. But that ending, that made me hungry. Also had me laughing with your out take.

You guys make it look so easy! Yummy dinner, I bet it smelled amazing. ^_^

Compared to many other shows hands down u two have figured out how its supposed 2 be done. My opinion. Think abt it. The hook 4 me is someone uprooted their life away from the modern. People r curious abt how u will eat.grow.store.food.preparefood. show us how great it tastes from the ground.keep warm.get rid o pests.protect. property. Animals.water. etc...... All sorts of living off the grid stuff. U two nailed the mix of that and couples.fam thing great! U balance it just right. Great attitudes. N energy. With outtakes it helps make us see u as regular people. Not high n mighty. Other shows were. Ugh. One kept making us viewers feel like sht cuz. We have 2 grocery shop.another in Colorado started bashing their own visitors who wernt used 2 walking wooded areas. Used 40 min strait bashing negative. Abt people who tripped. N something is wrong with them. Etc.another one. Husband n wife appeared 2 be fighting 4 vid face time. He kept cutting her off with negative type tone. Hard 2 watch turned it. Another show has 2 much kid stuff n almost zero farming.setting up things. Building. Nothing. It was like a daycare center off grid. I love kids but kinda wanna see u build a shelf in ur chicken coop more.or plant more things. I got bored. I can see kids here at home. One guy almost stopped watching when he began lecturing abt politics like a CNN analyst. Don't wanna hear abt THT sht. His show hook living off grid setting things up same as urs. But glad I decided give him chance hes been good ever since. He was good be4 THT odd episode.he has balance 2. Anyway thanks

We stored them between layers of shredded newspaper and would put them away only after the dirt completely dried. Potatoes the same way. Apples and pears we wrapped in newspaper. We canned a lot of beans, tomatoes, peas, meat, fosh, carrots, some potatoes and turnips. Cabbage was made pickled same with cucumbers. Corn was canned and frozen.

Your lifestyle requires such diligence and hard work...but you're both so good at it you make it look effortless...beautiful bountiful harvest...so looking forward to watching you through the winter months.God bless you both.

You two are really so inspiring, hardworking, beautiful,and have the most wonderful senses of humor!! I don’t even know how you are going to eat all of that food!! I’m sure soon you will be feeding half your community with your amazing gardening skills! Thank you for sharing your Alaskan journey and commitment to simple living with us. It makes me want more of that for myself and my family.

Did you know you can wash and the boil the carrot greens and use for veggie stock! Golden beets are the best boiled, peeled and eaten warm. No need to even put salt on them!!! Yummmmm

You should be proud of your harvest for the first year. I have learned so much from you guys. Now if you could just get a moose or deer or meat of some sort, you would be completely set up for the winter.....congratulations on a job well done!

What an awesome Harvest, actually your entire harvest has been amazing. I love Beets, any way any kind they are amazing. Great job Y'all. Especially love the hairy carrot line, lol

That was so funny at the end Ariel, both of you laughing:)

I watch the whole video just for your smile! It looks like you all are doing a great job, thanks for the video.

Wow look at these fresh carrots...

Bloopers are the best

Your dogs keep watch while you work in the garden. Pretty cool. This is obviously not your first trip to the gardening rodeo.

My God, and all this your first year! I see your videos over and have fun specially when you gays are having such good time. Keep it up 👍 I love 💗 seeing you so happy 😃

Those carrots are huge looking!

I’ve really started looking forward to your videos. They are a great mix of entertaining and instructional. I’ve already learned a ton about food storage.

Carrots 🥕 are beautiful & plentiful love beets nice winter supply root vegetable

Nice crop. Love beets and carrots. Enjoy

Picking veg is a great time of year

You're killing me, show the finished dinner!! Enjoy your videos, thanks both and keep it up. I don't want anymore pickled food lol.

I can almost smell the fresh produce, they look so good!☺️👍🏻

You have a beautiful winning smile. Such a hard worker you two! I taught my children a good work ethic and what a difference it makes in ones life. Work hard and the rewards will be great!

How industrious y’all are. Hubby & I really enjoy your videos.

Wowzer you two lol. What a great harvest of everything you have grown this year. Those were some huge carrots for sure and leeks are one of my fav vegetable to eat, I love them better than onions. You both should be so very proud of yourselves and what you have achieved in your garden this year. I have been blown away by the sheer beauty and volume of abundance. I would call this year a huge success wouldn't you? Hugs, Michelle

Can we pretty please get an updated tour of the root cellar when you get a lot of the harvest put up? 😁

Pickled Beets and also fresh Buttered Beets are sooo good. My mouth is watering. Wow, you guys had an amazing first year for your Alaskan garden wow. Fantastic job. Love seeing the homestead come together.

My father used to store veg in a similar way during WW2. They used to put straw in a hole then cover with more straw and then cover with earth. They called it a Tump in Wales.....Just an aside.

The "Very Hairy Carrot!" Priceless!

Interested in a root cellar update once the hauls are stored. Also, want to see a video of you all getting that carrot tote down the ladder. “Contents will shift upon handling” lol

Beautiful harvest & the size is Phenomenal Those carrots 🥕 funny 😆 twist

Would like to see the root cellar again.

Hairy carrots need love too. Great video guys. You do a great job always.

Love those beets--pickled and/or fermented. Cleaned, dried then dipped in paraffin wax keeps them fresh looking 4-5 months. Good looking produce!

I just love your smile. It alone is enough to draw me in and watch this :)

Fresh and natural ... !!

That was a crop and a half. Love the carrots they were huge.

You should try making pickled eggs in beet juice with beets that you grew, they are pretty good and easy to make.

Keep your beet greens . The larger leaves make great mini cabbage rolls . Beet greens are healthier than spinach

Love the corkscrew carrot...you guys should write a book about Alaskan homesteading and put pictures of your produce in it next time. :)

Good Evening from Cajun Country! Great video!! wow, ya'll got alot of veggies this harvest season! the summer was so bad down here, 100+ temps, our garden didn't produce at all, most of it died, so glad ya'll did alot better! Lots of loves and blessings from N'awlins Louisiana!! U.S.A.!!!

Amazing crop. Lol bloopers. Adore you both. Hug's from Australia xx

What a food stash you guys have harvested this year. Congratulations!

Carrot, beets, and leeks oh my!

Your garden was amazing. You all did do well for your first year. I am looking forward to next year, now that you are seasoned Alaska Gardeners. We are striving to moving there next year so watching you all has been such an inspiration to us. Keep up the great work.......love your videos.

Really wanting an updated root cellar tour!!!!

When the carrots get a bit dried out this winter, just bring them into the kitchen a bit earlier in the day...cut off the ends, and then cut them into chunks. Pop them into a bowl. Cover them with water, and put them in the fridge...or whatever's nice and cold. Don't try to peel them till it's time to cook dinner, but by dinnertime, they should have crisped up, and be much easier to prep and eat.

Really cool guys. Novice here, taking notes and enjoying. One thing for sure, you will bit starve this winter.

Oh my gosh you guys are good to go for the whole winter time. That's really wonderful.

Best 2019 garden on RU-vid! Congrats on a great job...my wife and I love to watch your videos!

That was very nice watching you get the vegetables ready for storage,

Great stuff, and you can never have enough pickled foods lol !!! 👍👍👍😃✌️

I love hearing the ducks,geese and rosters.

Holy moly! That's a lot of carrots!

Ok now I am craving carrot and leek soup. Great video those are some great carrots a good harvest

I dont know if i ever said this but thanks for your channel real life. I bet the root cellar is looking good.now that was funny. You two have a great nite. great video.

You folks are amazing! My heart aches as I watch your videos, I often miss Alaska so much!

Package some of the carrots and send it USPS to Brooklyn, NY. Please and thanks 😊

God morning we are enjoying your videos very much. Couple of tips excess manure can cause some carrot varieties to become hairy like your purple ones. Leek are great for drying. If you soak your carrot in clean cold water they will store better. Have a blessed day !

Dry sand layered in pails is a simple means of storing and preserving carrots and beets for indoor winter cold storage.

You guys should do more outtakes that was funny and totally real. Thanks for another great video! 😂

Your carrots are so beautiful and uniform. No puny ones. You must thin them pretty well.

WOW! Look at that magnificent soil and those spectacular vegetables! Here in the California Sierra near Angels camp we get snow and learned from and old 80's episode of the PBS series The Victory Garden how to layer a good two feet of straw over our rows of root crops as well as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli after the first frost so that when snow came and temps dropped we could still be harvesting the vegetables well into March.

Awesome harvest. Would love to see a video tour of the root cellar now that you are filling it up.

Really nice carrots you got. Good work :)

You must be looking forward to winter, now knowing how still and beautiful it will be over there. You won't be hungry that's for sure. Peace!! ✌️🏵️

You two are so cool. Never change keep doin what your doin 😊. Lol God Bless.

Never heard of a hairy carrot😁😂😂😂😂but what an awesome harvest I admire your hard work it paid off 🌺✌peace✌🌺

awesome harvest we love to watch you from spain! its amazing you have no snow yet!! keep up the good work you inspire us!

Me gustan mucho tus vídeos, no se inglés y no te entiendo, pero de todas formas viendo, he aprendido muchas cosas .gracias

Carrots, beets, and leeks, oh my! Your outtakes are funny as hell. Yeah I've never used the shavings so I'm interested to see how yours do I've just always use dirt. Now I'm hungry again and it's 1 o'clock in the morning. Loved your video ❤️, you didn't take us to The Root cellar. Jimmy

Wow love your harvest of beets and carrots.

OMG..they are awesome!!..garden grown vegetables taste so much better🤗

Great looking harvest.I love red beets,

i just marvel at your garden, it really is a winner, and you guys will be eating well over the winter! ok, so I need a source of manure to beef up my beds....

I love watching your videos. Your garden looks great! What a life!

No more pickled food! LOL! love the outtakes!

Great looking beets. I try to eat some every day in my salad.

I wait for your outtakes. So fun. Always brings a smile.

Congratulations on your harvest

So satisfying watching your amazing bounty being pulled out of the earth,tfs 👍😀🥕🥕🥕

very amazing seeing your self reliance in what seems like a very unforgiving clime for agriculture

It makes me so happy to see your success!

Love watching your harvest time wow that’s a lot 😇❤️

That shrill little rooster always brightens my day hearing him! How about a short little video on him one day?