GROWING AVOCADO | MULBERRY | CABBAGE | TOMATO | DUCK | VLOG

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In this video, I give you the best avocado tree growing conditions and tips plus I "fill-you-in" with a VLOG on what's been going on over the past several days on our acreage homestead property.
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@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

G'day Everyone, the link to the kookaburra vs tree snake video mentioned in this video is here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PXYHvkz9lJA.html Cheers :)

@KanyiriGrows 3 года назад

I edited my comment and lost your love eye..please show me love again.😓😓

@TheOriginalDeckBoy 3 года назад

Hey Mark... I'm down the road in Karana Downs... we have a very red clay soil on the slope which hits the alluvial soil lawn... found the same issues and thanks to you don't have to make the same mistakes, so thanks pal.. Question.. If one was to get a digger and bore a hole in the clay, fill it with a good sandy deep loamy soil, they do the raised bed and get even better results? like a trench in your case?

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

@Fratele Everglade Thanks for your concern Fratele (and I'm not getting any younger) I hope to make it easier to move soon. All the best :)

@aaronh6050 3 года назад

Hi Mark, have you looked into Clonal rootstock for a more tolerance to wet soil and disease? We use one called Bounty in Nz but think it has a one off royalty payment.

@budgetfpv92 3 года назад

What about a French drain style idea underneath if raising them up doesn’t work.

@jezackr3500 3 года назад

The fact that I can spend my day listening to the man on the other side of the world talking about his garden is nothing if not marvellous.

@neesargon3497 3 года назад

Couldn't agree more, Jezack. He's such a nice bloke and full of common sense and good ideas. I'm an old lady in London. Which 'other side of the World' are you on?

@Argentvs 3 года назад

And I reading you while doing the same in the other other side of the world in Argentina.

@MrJosephX100 3 года назад

I agree, he’s filled with such great energy. I feel like his voice raises my own vibrations. Thank you Mr. Mike! 🙏🏿

@katespencer3938 3 года назад

Try to never miss one of this gentleman's videos. In apartment in America.

@gardengatesopen 3 года назад

And I, in Texas, marveling at how the world CAN BE a wonderful place indeed! ♡

@TheSkypeConverser 3 года назад

mark is a savage, he gets free stuff and he doesn't hesitate to give honest reviews and say he never uses it 😂 love the content!!!

@Listenclearly1979 3 года назад

Aussies don't like to waste peoples time, so we say things straight up🙂

@NMW80 3 года назад

jenny-lee greer exactly straight out is the only way to be.

@darrenmanser2847 3 года назад

Was thinking that very same thing. Thanks for posting it 😊

@FarmLifewithKids 3 года назад

Agreed!!!! He’s so amazing! 🙂

3 года назад

Ladies take note: Get a man who looks at you like Mark looks at his tomatoes!

@NMW80 3 года назад

😂

@timmafee0 3 года назад

best comment

@japphan 3 года назад

Mark's wife: I wish I could share him with you, but there is only enough for me.

@glenbarke7406 3 года назад

Mark let Nina know that it is easier to destem mulberries using nail scissors. Just poke the scissors into the top of the mulberry near the stem and cut the stem. I use a glass of water to rinse off the scissors periodically. We have had a fantastic mulberry season this year. Mulberry jam, mulberry cobbler and water bath for using later in the year. Love learning from you. Thanks for putting in the effort to bring us great down to earth videos that are practical and useful.

@fredguts8288 3 года назад

To garden all year is amazing, watching things grow is so calming and beautiful.

@traceycole5300 3 года назад

The look of sheer joy on your face showing the beetroot haul was delightful.. so authentic. Love your work. So great, so organic.

@yourdude4life885 3 года назад

I forget you are going into summer while im going into winter

@chbr1188 3 года назад

I checked the date to see if it was old. Ha. I had a moment.

@esaydrifter808 3 года назад

Same

@angela99procent68 3 года назад

Yeah here to!

@yessir863 3 года назад

Just grow on a slope , perfect natural drainage, mine are huge grown in 400mm of soil with clay base

@Mrbfgray 3 года назад

Not everyone has a slope to work with and mounds seem to do the job.

@meganwatson3732 3 года назад

Bo McGillacutty not everyone has a mound. Slope is a good and doable idea.

@nweasels 3 года назад

I don't think he has slope to work with.

@Mrbfgray 3 года назад

@@meganwatson3732 Your solution is to move across the nation to live on a hill? Sounds reasonable.

@meganwatson3732 3 года назад

Bo McGillacutty oh shush you

@Joy1957K 3 года назад

LMAO !! I loved the facial expression with the ' rush of ducks' (12.00m) 😂😂😂👏👏👍😘❤️️

@paintcrazyola1542 3 года назад

love the huntsman spiders looking after your cabbages. :)

@riffhurricane 3 года назад

"I was walking...thumb up bum.." I'd never heard that expression before & it cracked me up! Sounds uncomfortable.. Nice to see your Mulberry trees (& those tomatoes look spectacular!), I've bought some mulberry seed to plant next year & am impatient to get them going.

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

Yes, it can be uncomfortable mate... :) All the best with your mulberries!

@steviebee1989 3 года назад

Rafe Harradine Mark was too polite to say it but trying to grow mulberries from seed will make you a patient man.... one hopes... growing a tree from seed and waiting for it to bear fruit will take a few years if and only if it produces anything. Seedlings are hit and miss with being productive. Get a grafted/cutting grown mulberry and you’ll have fruit within two years if your conditions are good.

@riffhurricane 3 года назад

@@steviebee1989 Yes I know. :) I'm impatient to get them going though I know I'll have a wait for any return from them. That's fine though, they're for a small garden orchard I'll be planting here. There's a ton of work going on here rebuilding the farmhouse, & the landscaping etc. comes after. They probably won't reach their final destination for a couple of years anyway. If I get half a dozen saplings from the pack of Black Mulberries I bought I'll be more than pleased. If not then I can buy 2 year olds from the nursery down the road. At £40 a pop for a 1.5 metre tree though its an expensive way to fill an orchard!

@SayHelloToOblivion 3 года назад

There’s the same saying in Spanish, actually. This is the first time I’ve heard it in English. There’s also a similar saying “finger in your nose”. 😂

@chrishewitt4220 3 года назад

"... and brain in neutral!"

@aishaexo-l611 3 года назад

I have follow you for years and you just never aged. Truly proud of what you do and your channel, greetings from Puerto Rico!

@TanjaHermann 3 года назад

Those gotta be the prettiest tomatoes that I have ever seen! WOW, bet they were delicious.

@Eat_My_Brick 3 года назад

Just got a link to this video today. And i gotta say.. this is some amazing content. I'm blown away at how little dislikes are on this video too. Completely wholesome side of RU-vid i never thought existed. Keep it up 👍

@jodychapple5351 3 года назад

The tomatoes look gorgeous. I've had so many this year that they pulled the plants down with the weight. Still harvesting them and just did 2 jars of fermented tomatoes. 1 with garlic and dill, the other with garlic and cracked pepper...got jars with the new rubber nipple style.

@mathieuvossen 2 года назад

Hey Mark, how are your Advocado trees doing these days? Love your channel! Such an inspirational lifestyle!

@ripperdipper5238 3 года назад

I live on a balcony and did this in a pot with a dwarf lemon tree. There growing beautiful lemons

@tracylf5409 3 года назад

Another wonderful and enlightening video. Ta, Mark! From WA. xx

@renestewart1663 3 года назад

Thank you very much for the mini tour. I just love “visiting” your garden. Those tomatoes look delicious. Take care and stay safe.

@ozr2mus 3 года назад

I love your videos & look forward to the new ones. You have a great voice ,are very easy to listen to & a varied & useful gardening knowledge. Stay healthy, safe & always entertaining

@SayHelloToOblivion 3 года назад

Best of luck to your avocado trees! They’re gonna do great this time! 🙏Much love from the U.S. to our Aussie brothers and sisters. ❤️

@JakeDogg-RIP 3 года назад

My mulberry tree is doing great, had some mulberry’s today 😊 it’s in a pot and I prune it back to my head height every year as it gets into spring (it stops growing in winter down in Adelaide) it’s slowly getting nice and bushy and the fruit is at a good height for picking, it’s one of my favourite trees to prune, coz it’s easy to selective prune each branch and gives fruit twice each growing season 🥰

@annandrell7626 3 года назад

I'm in Coffs Harbour hinterland,not as cold as Adelaide but colder than the coast. When should I prune mine without sacrificing the fruit? It's fruiting now but not many on it and is getting quite big so it needs a drastic prune.

@JakeDogg-RIP 3 года назад

I prune when I see the new shoots forming, from tiny buds to an inch long normally during that time, that way I can cut back to a node that is the direction I want the new branch to go, maybe best to wait till after this first fruiting, they normally have a second flush of growth... or just wait it out till late winter next year and cut them back fairly heavy. I’m not 100% sure with mulberries but if u do a very heavy prune u might not have a huge amount of fruit the season straight after that, but the following season should be fantastic. It’s what I’m doing with my orange tree this year coz that was desperate for a good prune... I have a feeling the mulberries would still do a bit better than the citrus. But yeah main thing wait till u can see new growth/buds forming for leaves/branches and cut just above the one u want to be the next main branch... hope that makes sense I’m better at showing how to do things than explaining it 😬😊

@annandrell7626 3 года назад

@@JakeDogg-RIP Aha,I think I get it now. You did a good job of explaining that,thanks heaps😁

@JakeDogg-RIP 3 года назад

Ur very welcome ☺️ good luck with ur pruning, but I’m sure it’ll turn out great 😊

@elizabethveness7340 3 года назад

you are a very generous man to give us all this content for free... i was looking into the future to be a patreon supporter but that will have to wait until work picks up again. cheers from Melbourne

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

Thank you Elizabeth! It's great to see Melbourne dropping CV cases hopefully you guys will be able to get back to "normal" soon. I appreciate you considering my Patreon but for your info, I do get a share of ad revenue through RU-vid, and I make some money through affiliates such as the Prong tool etc so technically I still get some pay for doing what I love and that's sharing content with lovely people like yourself. All the best :)

@colinsavill3459 3 года назад

What an inspiration. Love this guy, love his positivity and the obvious joy he gets from gardening.

@lookingup6477 3 года назад

Loving your videos. I and my wife are learning so much. Thank you for uploading videos that are so informative.

@zacandmillie 3 года назад

We just bought a new place with some land up at Cooloola Cove. It has an established vegi garden and I intend to spend my retirement playing and relaxing in it. Your videos will be my mentor. Oh and I'm ex army like you with 2 ETs for digging !

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

Those ETs will serve you well! All the best with your new place and "retirement" - backyard veggie gardening will keep you fit and eating the produce not only keeps you healthy but it gives such satisfaction that you really have to do it to understand what I mean. Cheers :)

@karleneblake6722 3 года назад

Hey Mark. Waah gwaan (From Jamaica, lol) You have been such an inspiration to me, a new gardener trying to "grow a green thumb" lol Thanks for those pun man! Your wittyness is a real plus, motivation to make us wanna watch as well as grow. Keep doing your thing man Cheers :-)

@WalterTonetto 3 года назад

*wow, always wonderful to watch you, Mark!! What great blessings we have!!*

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

Thank you Walter! All the best :)

@lornayuen7444 3 года назад

It’s amazing that you can upkeep such a hugh place and done nicely too. Tomatoes look great, plump and juicy.

@cchurch5037 3 года назад

Loving the smug “check out these tomatoes” cheesy grin - classic stuff 😂👍

@JonathanWellskcender 3 года назад

Like the haircut. I'm looking forward to the mulberry recipe. I'm hopeful the four plants I have might start producing next season.

@MentalGunzRP 3 года назад

Looking forward to see how the avos grow mate! Im about to harvest my first ever veggies (beefeater toms) because of you. Love your work Mark!

@MadFrenzy582 3 года назад

Love the Kookaburra! I've been binging on their videos for weeks now. Hilarious little birds!

@tamaracoba 3 года назад

This is my all time favourite channel. It fits well with my needs because although I don’t live on an acreage I live in Brisbane so all of his practices I can relate to given the sub tropical climate. Love how he ends all his videos on a cheeky note: “hey where did that come from”.

@khmerguidinglife1349 3 года назад

Look at those mango trees full of flowers Very good tomatoes too & thank you for sharing

@jetsillinizoufan-3321 3 года назад

Mulberry is a weed where I live in Illinois. It grows everywhere along chain link fences. My daughter absolutely loves them when they are ripe. We pick whole pints worth a day at peak harvest.

@gregorytoddsmith9744 3 года назад

Thank you Mark. You have always shown us your successes and failures as you educate us and learn many ways to go about our own endeavors in the garden. We approach our winter in Wyoming. Cheers and blessings to you and yours.

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

Thanks Gregory! Blessings to you mate 👍🙂

@khaley37781 3 года назад

I enjoy your videos so much! I always look forward to the next. Its growing chilly here and of course, Warmer where you live but it's such a treat to see how your garden is doing and to learn what works for you and what doesn't. Thank you for posting and as always, I wish you the Best!

@jmfineart2263 3 года назад

Awesome!!! Love your tips and garden! ❤❤❤

@ElkinsEric 3 года назад

Mark your almost to that 1,000,000 spot! You definitely deserve it man. Keep it up, I’ve learned a lot from your vids

@NANGSGARAGE 3 года назад

1 million subscribers just round the corner mate 🏆

@adamhill4368 3 года назад

Found this channel as we are just starting our foray into our backyard food journey, so educational and entertaining, love watching your vids and learning heaps thanks, just planted a bunch of fruit trees including a mulberry 👌

@user-ov4wu7dw5i 3 года назад

I love watching your videos so much! You just make me smile and give me hope for my garden. Please keep us updated on your avocados and papayas. I have those trees too and I need all of the help I can get! 🤝

@shaneburns4349 6 месяцев назад

I saw this a long time a go, and have a very small back yard with clay at Corinda. I built a raised garden bed to grow a tree. It is going gang busters. thanks bloke.

@panchoverde5078 3 года назад

Super insightful from the beginning.

@LogHouseFarm 3 года назад

I wish we could grow Avacado here - the first time I saw a live Avacado tree was on a trip to Hawaii.

@aureavieira4783 3 года назад

Mark I love your videos , going to Brazil soon to live a life in the rural area (after 20 years living in UK) . You have helped me a lot over the years! Thank you!

@roberttamez9945 3 года назад

Loved this video mark!

@celticfiddle7605 3 года назад

So impressed with your garden and your abundant produce!! Those tomatoes!!!!

@chronold1246 3 года назад

This video was very informitive, I didn't know how picky avo trees are and explains why mine died in sub tropics, free drained soil but very wet and full direct sun

@larrymcbrayer3027 3 года назад

Love your show and have learn a lot. I live in the US, in the state of Georgia. Some things I can't grow, but a lot of ideals you have gave me... Thanks

@lisajohnsonno1 3 года назад

Your channel is awesome!

@SubtropicalFruitGarden 3 года назад

Good luck with your new avocado hill! I see no problems with avocado trees growing close to each other.

@mmablaster 3 года назад

I can’t wait to plant. Awesome tomatoes!

@loobird1156 3 года назад

I had trouble with avocado too (temperate climate) found seaweed to be an excellent help, burying it around and spraying with seaweed tea to protect from frost, now I've got a huge 10m avocado that produces heaps, best tip I ever got. 😉

@chrispedersen6999 3 года назад

Thanks Mark. Great video. 👍👍

@ilive4anime. 3 года назад

Yaaaaassss a mulberry vid!!!! Mine is fruiting for the second time this year!

@lucylou5766 3 года назад

Fun fact about Mulberries, or more specifically the stains they leave on your hands... just rub with the juice of an unripe mulberry and it comes off. Omg, those tomatoes are spectacular! Your growing season in the sub tropics is so early, compared to temperate areas in Oz. Here, the plants haven’t even been sown yet. We won’t harvest until mid to late summer.

@kathleenconte3360 3 года назад

Omg why did i not have this info when a child! After going and eating mulberries i would stop at the sheeps trough and scrub like a lunatic to remove the stains. They did lighten but never completely went away. I was found out each and every time. Mum wanted mulberries for jam, and i wanted fresh as i didnt like jam or pies or tarts. Ive got black mulberry in back yard and eagerly waiting for them to be ripe.

@elainebates6967 3 года назад

Also, mulberry leaves get the stains off your hands and face.

@JT-hw6mq 3 года назад

Love your work, Mark. Thanks for sharing.

@isidorocastillo2811 3 года назад

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience, great channel 👍

@jb4496 3 года назад

I enjoy your videos. Always so interesting thanks

@darciabranch3307 3 года назад

Love the content! Amazing videos. Love your recipe videos. Amazing job! I have a gravelly area of my yard. I've been hesitant to plant my avo because most of my yard has immature boggy soil and it floods easily. But after watching this I'm inspired to inspect the rocky bit to see if there is clay soil underneath so I can plant my avocado out. Great videos! Thanks!

@paulpagotto1846 3 года назад

Great videos Mark really good info. Cheers

@DailyLifeandNature 3 года назад

Beautiful video how to grow avocado , mulberry ,cabbage , thanks for sharing to us such amazing informative and creative idea channel, i learn something new from you

@BioGartenReich 3 года назад

Love your videos. Our few mulberries got eaten by the birds ... I will have to protect them somehow. You're such a likeable person that it is fun to watch you gardening. :) Thank you for your work and nice greetings :)

@johndavis7992 3 года назад

Thanks for showing your video.

@tabethapacion7137 3 года назад

im so happy to know that the advacados dont do well in clay soil i live in southern arizona and we have nothing but clay soil. thanks so much i realy appreacate it. love from united states

@markbd5 3 года назад

I genuinely enjoy listening to your advice its more real world advice not just gardening hacks or waste of time bulls!#t I'm in the UK but still helped me sort my tomatoes for perverse videos two massive green 👍🏻👍🏻

@KA-pq3yz 3 года назад

You got very nice life with those plants and trees 👍

@lljl5310 3 года назад

@11:45 lol...that's like me sending my dogs from the indoor corral section to their beds in the night time to go mimis!!😉😉😉 great video thank you.

@fry9000 3 года назад

Love the vids Mark. Keep it up 👍

@earthkeepinggreen7763 3 года назад

Great way to start the day with a new video! Good morning Mr Mark !

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

LOL.. Good morning Cheryl! I LOVE my Rolling Sifter rollingsifter.ecwid.com/Rolling-Sifter-p104634382

@kraaazychef 3 года назад

Thanks for another awesome vid, Mark! I was thinking... I would absolutely love to see a drawing of your entire property layout straight down from the top. Also interested in your thoughts on how you would layout everything if you had the change to start from scratch. Would you move some things? Grow some things differently? Thanks again!

@gwchong 3 года назад

Your videos never fail to put a smile on my face Mark! Hope to see more tomato related content if possible! :D

@GardenTronics 3 года назад

This is #gardentastic! Thank you sir for an awesome video! 👍🏼💕🌿

@lucasberard 3 года назад

I have three avos that I've had to raise TWICE now. Pretty sure they won't survive a third, so here's hoping. I always find a bit of inspiration in your vids. Really appreciate that.

@ENQUBATEE1 3 года назад

Good video growing avocado, mulberry, cabbage , beautiful gardening work, thanks for sharing to us such amazing plant in the garden, i like your content

@collinolguin5772 3 года назад

Appreciate all the content and your help with the environment keep it up man

@rabit818 3 года назад

I grew an avocado tree in Atlanta by accident from a seed. I’m not sure it will fruit. Nice haircut!

@vahim1932 3 года назад

Nicely explained. I love watching your video.. Sir.

@StarDust95300 3 года назад

I wish appartment buildings came with private garden spaces 😂 looks nice to live like that. Not complaining. Managed to grow some amazing mini tomatoes and cucumbers last year. Sadly they did not survive the dark winter. This years seeds are still tiny sprouts so it will be interesting to see how that goes. Love these videos. They are educational, fun to watch and those tomatoes made me hungry 😂 love from Norway! Good luck on the avoes 😄

@Mrbfgray 3 года назад

I have a dozen or so avos in less optimal climate (9a) and I've put them on raised beds with a lot of ground rock and sand even tho we have well draining loam 'infinitely' deep. Always learning more, mine are young but mostly doing well.

@Buttercup624 3 года назад

Hello from Florida! 🌝 I'm relatively new to your channel although I have binge watched a few times and loved every minute of it. I appreciate it when you share your thought process. I have a few pineapple plants and started an avocado from pit last year and it's doing well. Appreciate the tip on nitrogen! Thank you for sharing your wisdom. 💗

@garyhunter6030 3 года назад

I love mulberry fruit. They make great jam or jelly as well as wine. We have the in the states also. You are doing great on your gardening. Good luck with your avocado's. Great video, really enjoyed it.

@magneticcrabstick2764 3 года назад

Thanks for the avocado taproot advice, i live in the south of France with a lot of sun, Spanish are successful growing them and i thought i'll give them a shot. My ground is just like yours i guess so i will place them in 1.5m beds. Thanks again and keep it up... We're watching👍

@sheilafade2016 3 года назад

Good idea for the duck cage

@foxtail803 3 года назад

Love your channel and real lay like the fact you .tell it how it is .very helpful

@DonPandemoniac 3 года назад

You're doing great, very nice to see.

@senses2000 3 года назад

Love your videos. For the Avocados, ya need to make a composting hole for 2 to 3 years, about 3 to 4 feet wide and 5 to 6 ft deep. Then you plant your avocado.

@chance1986 3 года назад

Love the update. Even the snake.. .OK, maybe not so much. But I really enjoy your channel. Thanks for sharing.

@SeanCleverly 3 года назад

Excellent idea with the Avocados mate, i am definitely going to give that a go.

@adamc85007 3 года назад

Thanks mate, I am in north QLD with clay soil on our newly purchased 3acre block and the wife wants avocados.. will be taking up the "build it up" method and growing dwarf varieties.

@velorexvelorex4605 3 года назад

I noticed that your olive tree has a well at the base. I recommend filling that well up with bee's wax to prevent rot

@angieabraham5690 3 года назад

Mark, your videos are great. I love watching them. They inspire me to get gardening. I'm in the Cape, South Africa. We have sea sand here so I can only plant in pots or raised beds. Would be great to see how many types of fruit trees can be planted in pots. I love your property👍❤

@TheTrock121 3 года назад

I had trouble w/ fruit trees and blueberry bushes until I realized my soil is too basic. I've been spreading alot of sulphur and using hot chicken manure to good effect. I also buy 25 kilo bags of epsom salts to spread on my Blackberry and Raspberries and top dress them w/ horse manure which is high in potassium.