Rocky Road off the Grid Homestead
Rocky Road off the Grid Homestead
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Our aim is to provide the best kind of circumstances for our meat chickens to grow in, which means fresh grass and sunshine daily. We do not give our chickens any hormones or antibiotics ever and you can taste the difference. Happy chickens are tasty chickens!
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Electric island
uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/electric-island
License code: 4VLPYIXWITIN0TDO
When we get there
uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/when-we-get-there
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Bathtime funk
uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/bathtime-funk
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How we prepared our soil for planting Vegetables - On our off grid farm
มุมมอง 8293 ปีที่แล้ว
We are super excited to share with you our off the grid homestead. Please show your support and subscribe for FREE to our channel to help us grow as a homestead. We prepare the soil and plant spring onions and spinach in this video, also a snippet of our worm farm and compost pile. We absolutely love what we do, and we are so grateful for the privilege to live an off the grid lifestyle deep in ...
Our Journey to self-sufficiency at our off the Grid Homestead in South Africa
มุมมอง 16K3 ปีที่แล้ว
We are super excited to share with you our oof the grid homestead. Please show your support and subscribe for FREE to our channel to help us grow as a homestead. We absolutely love what we do, and we are so grateful for the privilege to live an off the grid lifestyle deep in the mountains away from the stresses of city life. We will share with you our plans, failures, and successes. Show you st...
Our Organic Lemons
มุมมอง 1963 ปีที่แล้ว
We hand pick our lemons for our clients ourselves. Our lemons are always fresh and organic. We live off grid in the Groendal Nature Reserve in South Africa, Eastern Cape and there is no farmers near us that spray pesticides. We feel passionate about what we grow and raise on our farm. Like and follow us on facebook. rockyroadoff... uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/happy-days License code:...
Broiler chicks from beginning to plate.
มุมมอง 6683 ปีที่แล้ว
We are raising pasture raised broiler chickens. Our aim is to raise them humanely, living outdoors, while enjoying the sunshine and fresh grass daily. We will never use hormones, antibiotics or injected brine for our chickens. These are one of the most tasty chickens, that will only do your body good. Chickens are never stressed and handled with care. Like and follow us on facebook. facebook.co...
My Happy place - Greenhouse build - Progress
มุมมอง 3473 ปีที่แล้ว
Our greenhouse build, this is a slide show showing our build, it was an awesome project, bring many hours of happiness and fresh greens. Building our Greenhouse, on our off grid homestead. Please like and follow us on Facebook rockyroadoffthegridhomestead

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  • @ZH4317
    @ZH4317 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful peaceful home.

  • @dylanholmes1985
    @dylanholmes1985 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Howsit, hows your experience going, been a while since you posted. Hope everthing is ok.

  • @offgridleonards
    @offgridleonards 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had such a good chuckle watching the two of you ❤😂

  • @gusgray06
    @gusgray06 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is your pool a eco pool? Did you build it yourself? We off grid, no eishkom and rain and dam water to keep us alive, with a wood stove, Suzie, to bake and cook all our meals. Greetings from the Langkloof

  • @silasthelele
    @silasthelele 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love everything your doing, with God help me built it also

  • @SuerteDelMolinoFarm
    @SuerteDelMolinoFarm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Groete from the drought in Andalusia Spain

  • @wow.sailor.
    @wow.sailor. ปีที่แล้ว

    Waar is julle plekkie??

  • @milahvocals
    @milahvocals ปีที่แล้ว

    You guy's are amazing

  • @psybergames7327
    @psybergames7327 ปีที่แล้ว

    please I wish to move south africa how much would one need to get small piece a land I dont mind living rough for few months until I build a shack or something to begin but I am looking for any advice :D

  • @sustainableyorkshire9465
    @sustainableyorkshire9465 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow love your lifestyle guys! Where is your farm in SA! Absolute beauty 😍

  • @hlengiwemasondo2858
    @hlengiwemasondo2858 ปีที่แล้ว

    You look young, I'm shocked u have 4 kids that have grown and moved out of the home already

  • @tweet4132
    @tweet4132 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice.All the best😊

  • @alison64able
    @alison64able ปีที่แล้ว

    Living my dream too. Where are you?

  • @elizabethcoetzee3728
    @elizabethcoetzee3728 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, you're living the dream! Where are you located?

  • @bongiwesminihomestead6981
    @bongiwesminihomestead6981 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow.... beautiful view..house... chickens everything.loved it

  • @izindawo8363
    @izindawo8363 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're beautiful gentle positive hardworking people. It's a pleasure watching your videos. Thank you for sharing bits of your life with us.

  • @francoisferreira2751
    @francoisferreira2751 ปีที่แล้ว

    why did you stop with videos.

  • @musaadfelton3909
    @musaadfelton3909 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi guys. This amazing lifestyle will surely make you hop with happy craziness lol. My wife and myself still young with a baby of 1 years old is planning to do this. We saving up to buy land. We have a 7 year goal. Where about are you guys in South Africa. I reside in the Western Cape , Cape Town. I was born to live on a farm. However I was born in the city and living in the city up until this point lol. However wherever I am. I always have my hands in the dirt. Growing things. Keeping animals. Loving biodiversity. I need to get out.

  • @lizelleventer6419
    @lizelleventer6419 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where are the other videos?🥰 Deel asb nog

  • @leatitiasmit7752
    @leatitiasmit7752 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ek love julle idees vir tuin maak..... 😜

  • @belindakilian3784
    @belindakilian3784 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello ... how open would you be to renting some of your land to an aspiring off the grid tiny house liver?

  • @belindakilian3784
    @belindakilian3784 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How safe is it though?

  • @southafricanhomesteader1716
    @southafricanhomesteader1716 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad to have found your channel. So few of us having South African homesteading channels.

  • @zaadom
    @zaadom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this lifestyle. İ am looking to sell up and buy some land and live a self sustaining lifestyle Aswell.

  • @taniareynolds4306
    @taniareynolds4306 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice to see some Afrikaners... Love your homestead. You put a smile on my face. Thank you

  • @rachelkambatuku2174
    @rachelkambatuku2174 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do more videos 😍 as an aspiring farmer these are so helpful and wonderful to watch. Ons kyk van Namibia🇳🇦 af😍

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ag dis wonderlik. Ons gaan binnekort nog videos opsit, Groete van SA. Shirly x

  • @jaygeebee7291
    @jaygeebee7291 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful. Best of luck for the future.

  • @StudyWithKarabo
    @StudyWithKarabo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are living my dream ❤😂

  • @vry3555
    @vry3555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where is your farm based?

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the eastern Cape, 30min out of Uitenhage. South Africa

    • @vry3555
      @vry3555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shanelouw6791 you should do more videos, loved the South African touch. Do you accommodate guests?

  • @salemorganicranch
    @salemorganicranch 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice! I assume all your water is rainwater harvested from that pond with the pond liner?

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello. We pump our water from the river down below us and obviously the rain. My husband built 2 of these dams for irrigation.

    • @salemorganicranch
      @salemorganicranch 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shanelouw6791 awesome!

  • @goforit8
    @goforit8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    HOWZIT!!! Love your channel, good to see 10 years and going strong in SA nogal! Cheers from Pretoria backyard digs. Thanks for sharing and keep posting!!

  • @mandlenkosimqokozo6598
    @mandlenkosimqokozo6598 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!! What are you feeding your chicks?

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi there. We feed Non GMO Feed. Starter and grower for broilers

  • @patriciacalvete590
    @patriciacalvete590 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is beautiful! I'd like to move back to South Africa but the crime worries me. Please share your security tips for such a large piece of land.

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello Patricia. We are fortunate that our farm is situated in the middle of a Nature Reserve, there is no public road past our farm. Only the municipality comes past to check the dam levels here. Very safe.

    • @sustainableyorkshire9465
      @sustainableyorkshire9465 ปีที่แล้ว

      Crime is everywhere Pat don’t let that stop you from living your best life, Humans hey lol!! Security companies can be present 24hrs for a fee which we wouldn’t mind! They can always pick us some wine on their patrols 😉

  • @jeandvl
    @jeandvl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos - keep them coming. Ons is besig om terug SA to te trek vanuit NZ en beoog om min-of-meer dieselfde leefstyl aan te pak. Ek het n groot belangstelling in regenerative farming en dit lyk of ons dieselfde navorsing doen soos onder andere Joel Salatin. Ons oorweeg die wes-kaap en is nuuskurig oor watter omgewing julle boer?

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh wow, dis wonderlik. Ons plaas is in die oos-kaap. In die middel van die Groendal Nature Reserve. Ons doen baie van Joel Salatin se metodes. Julle kan enige tyd kom kuier en sien wat ons doen.

  • @samcockrell7423
    @samcockrell7423 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do more vids! these are so cool! we dont have many South African homesteader videos to follow and help us smaller aspiring urbansteaders to garden

  • @andresvaldes2491
    @andresvaldes2491 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have a bed-n-breakfast on your property?

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The b&b will be ready in about 2 months.

  • @GrootmanSipho
    @GrootmanSipho 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this place is beautiful, where is this? I'm getting more and more fascinated with this way of life each day.

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Our farm is in the middle of the Groendal Nature Reserve, 30min out of Uitenhage.

  • @chanelandmika
    @chanelandmika 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are so funny, I loved this video. It’s always great to see fellow South Africans living this incredible lifestyle! But I do agree with you, sometimes you just miss that one little thing from the shop 😂

  • @teres3519
    @teres3519 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you make the pond/lake or it is natural! Gorgeous!!

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My husband built the dam himself. we have 2 of them. Using it for irregation.

  • @andrekoen4551
    @andrekoen4551 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi where in SA do u live and where do u get money and water from ?

  • @rogergalloway5430
    @rogergalloway5430 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey. Nice to see more Homesteaders in SA. We just uploaded a video recently, bunch of similar stuff to you guys. th-cam.com/video/A-onqLVv1_A/w-d-xo.html

  • @livinglighter1931
    @livinglighter1931 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are awesome. So cool to see more SA homesteads on YT 👏👏 Keep the videos coming - Living Lighter with Dean and Kerry💚

  • @eugenemarais5282
    @eugenemarais5282 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Shane nice to seeing you

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Eugene, are you my cousin?

    • @eugenemarais5282
      @eugenemarais5282 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shanelouw6791 yes

    • @shanelouw6791
      @shanelouw6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eugenemarais5282 so nice to hear from you. How are you doing? Are you on FB, to get you contact info?

  • @mountainviewhomestead9954
    @mountainviewhomestead9954 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi love your area we are in the free state homesteading for 3 years now. And wish we started earlier it is a wonderful way to live. We do slaughter our animals ourselfs🙈

    • @rockyroadoffthegridhomeste7543
      @rockyroadoffthegridhomeste7543 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh wow this is awesome. Yes, this is really a fantastic lifestyle. Hard work, but worth every second. You must post some videos, would love to see your homestead. We have been living off grid for over 10 years now.

  • @JudyBadenhorst
    @JudyBadenhorst 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much info and interesting

  • @JudyBadenhorst
    @JudyBadenhorst 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow I love this life. So awesome and fresh😊

  • @usernotfoundunknownuser
    @usernotfoundunknownuser 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this is so awesome. I love it

  • @eugenemarais5282
    @eugenemarais5282 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lyk lekker

  • @duanehanekom2702
    @duanehanekom2702 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you haven’t changed a tad bit! Love your spirit ♥️

  • @duanehanekom2702
    @duanehanekom2702 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you!! Loved when you smacked that chicken ass 🤣♥️