Expanding our Orchard: Dad visits and Pistachio Tree Progress 

Really appreciate your identifying plants by their scientific name and the interesting species you are trying, and the explanations of your practices. Good lead on those tree protectors too!

I am from Africa. The vines of sweet potatoes are nice to eat. Quick stir fry in olive oil with splash of lemon. So is squach leaves.

Come on guys you left the potatoes in the ground ,you need to dig more and deeper

First time I’ve looked at a product placement video & thought ‘what a great product’ - those tree protectors are such a great idea, and love the fact they snap open if the tree trunk gets too big. Curious to see how they will last through the rain/wind etc

Thank u for sharing another video. Dan's father looks very sprite and jovial. Has a nice presence with a gleam in his eyes. Your land as usual looks great. The images of your short holidays are very nice. As usual i am in awe at ur green thumbs and abilities.

Did y’all dig deep enough? Sometimes the potatoes are deep. Takes about 125 days to produce where I’m from

Will be so interesting to see how the tree protectors fair...what an interesting product. Did giggle at your "hunt the sweet potato" section 😅

looking forward to see how these tree protectors do. Great feature that they snap open when the tree grows bigger. Was nice to meet your father, Dan. Obviously another passionate gardener.

Love that you keep on planting..your place is getting good landscape bones.. cheers

Such a charming man, that John. I guess it's true, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Wink, wink.

I hope the trees do well for you and family time is always fun.

STILL watching older shows to catch up. Saving newest for later. Hard to do tho. I dunno about your water pressure or supply, but if u can, a homemade soaker horse would help u!

Lovely video! Interesting product for tree protection! Cheers!

Lovely to meet John! 😊 What a thoughtful gift, I love greengages. 💚💚💚

Onwards & upwards. Wonderful video as usual. Thank you ❤

Wonderful work! Dan’s father looks to be enjoying himself with you guys. Happy life on the farm. 😊 🌷Sam

Just fabulous work, folks❣️

You can apparently eat the sweet potato leaves 🍃.

I enjoyed Dan's Dadwhat a charming man!!! I'm sure he has loads of information an stories!!! Meraid ,stunning in yellow and flaming hot in red😍🤩Dan better be doing sumthn about them sweet taters!!! Lol yall keep up the good work an I ll be waiting on the next video 👍🏻🍻

Are all your seeds and plants non GMO, and is everything else100% organic in every way??

Always so relaxing to watch you guys. Good weather also over there.

Those tree protectors look like they might be a great idea, saves making the wire protectors. It'll be interesting to see them as time goes on. Lovely to meet Dan's father. I always enjoy your videos. 🙂

Always enjoyable vlogs. Lovely to meet dad. ❤

What a fun and intelligent trio you are in this video. Sorry about the pistachio tree. I feel that I may have encouraged you. Pistachios are delicious.

Have you thought about growing the sweet potatoes in a container? As they grow they are very decorative as the spill over the sides of the container. as there are no other plants for competion and the soil does not get hard. I get a pretty high yeild that way

Love sweet potatoes the orange version is our fav - we call them Kumara here in New Zealand currently at $14.99nz a kilo 😳😬 we are not eating as many as we usually do

Hi Dan and Meraid, I’m happy the tree is growing. So nice to see Dan’s Dad visit. Hope you all enjoyed his visit! Stay well.

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel video için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

Unfortunately where I live planting trees and shrubs is expensive. You have to first put them in gofer baskets to protect roots from ground squirrels and voles then the plastic protectors to keep squirrels and deer off and then wire cages, as deer will eat all the tops and the bears also. 😂 if too much critter pressure the next step is an electric fence around the whole orchard. Love seeing how the rains have greened everything up. How nice to have John there to spend time and see how everything is progressing for you!

When my new Pomegranate tree dropped its leaves, I was convinced I had done something wrong, I changed the potting mix as it's in a large pot. The leaves came back and it even had 2 flowers on it this spring... I'm not sure what will happen next winter, as I have also moved growing zones....

Good evening, your father is a handsome man.

I like so much your garden, the flowers, vegetables garden, the quinta. To my mind,It’s a real dream . From Réunion 🇷🇪 island, see you later

I second what Marie wrote about eating, sweet potato leaves, and pumpkin leaves…, but they were usually freeze, dried and sold in the African markets of London, or like my Auntie, she grew Sue potato and pumpkins in London. (I don’t no exactly how she achieved that in London, but determination is a formidable tool) In my family, it’s usually prepared by frying it in a neutral oil like vegetable or peanut oil, with onions and garlic, and an adding chopped tomatoes and letting that cook down until it’s like a spinach and tomato stew, other spices are added, and sometimes flex of chicken or meat, such as beef, they are really delicious in particular pumpkin leaves. I think the same can be done with many of the beans, such as runner beans and French beans. I am so happy that you found the Szechwan pepper plant! And pepper plants, which I’ve seen sold online at a few nurseries, but I’ve always thought I would need a green house to grow them outside in Portugal which I still think would be the best way to achieve a high yield for a plant that loves high humidity and heat, which doesn’t really care all the time in the summer… I’ll look in the description box to find out where you finally got the Szechwan pepper to complement the Japanese pepper, but well done… I got my very first noncitrus member of the rutaceae family… Lime, prickly ash; in Spain, a couple of weeks ago. Would like to see both of you get more into flowering plants are ornamental just for the sake of brightening up the space, even though a lot of the amazing flowers that produce use for an edible crop. Great job, keep up the brilliant :-)

Dears, I have seen chinese farmers first throw tubers in the ground, collect all the green shoots from tubers once shoots are 20-30 sm and actually plant shooters directly to soil and this gives them a significant harvest. Planting quite densely like 4-5 in same hole with 30 sm apart.

Growing pistachios is a tricky business. I looked into and came to the conclusion that the climate of southern Europe is simply too unpredictable to grow these wonderful nuts. The problem occurs in that pistachios are sensitive to too much water and they get their roots infected with fungus if it rains too much. They thrive in a drier climates where there is never an excess of too much precipitation. You're better off trying chesnuts, hazelnuts and even North American pecans which would succeed in Europe with enough planning and care. There is even a Northern pecan variety that can tolerate even British climate easily. Another North American fruit that would do well in Europe is the paw paw fruit, but I have never heard of its cultivation on the continent. The paw pay is not widely cultivated due to fruit spoiling quickly. Sweet potatoes are another rarity in Southern Europe, people simply don't consume them do their lack of cultural integration with the local diet. You're going to need an electrified fence to protect these tasty greens from your local deer and roaming goats. Have you considered growing a pomegranate tree??

After seeing your sweet potato bounty I think I will leave mine a little longer before I dig them up, that’s if there is a “them”😮

So are the bare root trees suppose to be better? Also why cut the top part that already had leaves??? I really like that Vigilis solution. It was actually kind of sad to see you cut that pistachio tree. 😕 Cheers, a

Another great video! Glad your father was able to visit! See you next time.

John and Dan have the same 'face'. John in Germany is Hans, and Dan is Daniel. The garden is beautiful, always new things to see. I am just not shure if the sweet patatos are not deeper in the ground then where you were searching.

What a lovely gentleman your visitor is !!

Hello Dan's Dad 😊

Thank you for the lovely video.Best wishes!

Hello ! We just arrived in portugal 😊what part are you in. ?? Would love to visit .. if possible ❤❤

Those barrel type protectors on your new trees are what they use on the main high ways in uk when they plant trees and shrubs

Try putting bees wax on the tree when it is "gurted"

I love the new ways to protect trees from the deer, of course they need love too, but not your trees.

I had to google greengages. Never heard of that in the US😊

Thank you for sharing!❤🫶🥰

Those look worse than the sweet potatoes I tried to grow over here in Canada.

Gorgeous family😍😍🥰

What was that you put around the chestnut tree, paper or plastic? If plastic, how do you remove it?

Your pops is very sweet

John is a cutie ...

The three omegas

Just a wee slap

Hello John!✋

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Thans 🥰

Living in Switzerland I have a pepper tree and it’s doing fantastic. I had a very nice harvest

Fava beans never Hurd anyone call it different from that not even in the USA 😂

There are perennials that deer really don't like, not sure what those would be where you are, but I know people plant circles of these plants to deter the deer. It seems to work, somewhat, I guess it depends on how delicious the tree is for deer.. Exciting times coming, trees are worth every hour to have for the future.