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Simple Woods Life
Canada
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2022
Just trying to figure out life in the woods. Ideally I don't get maimed, injured, eaten or worse.
As a creative director in marketing who's spent 25 years running agencies and studios in Toronto and has since gone freelance and moved to the forest; I've learned the hard way how important it is to change perspectives... and while I'm doing my best trying to figure out this simple living thing, it's kicked my butt more than once.
Growing up in the city I enjoyed camping in the summers, and figured myself outdoorsy. My wife hails from a tiny town in Northern Ontario but even that was no prep for our life now. We lived in a renovated cottage on a lake and really embraced woodsy life... so we thought. A few years back, we bought a lodge in a forest on a river, and to say it's challenging is an understatement. So I'm less trying to "become one" with the environment, but just somehow co-exist with it.
I make plans, the woods laughs. Either way, constantly struggling to keep it simple.
As a creative director in marketing who's spent 25 years running agencies and studios in Toronto and has since gone freelance and moved to the forest; I've learned the hard way how important it is to change perspectives... and while I'm doing my best trying to figure out this simple living thing, it's kicked my butt more than once.
Growing up in the city I enjoyed camping in the summers, and figured myself outdoorsy. My wife hails from a tiny town in Northern Ontario but even that was no prep for our life now. We lived in a renovated cottage on a lake and really embraced woodsy life... so we thought. A few years back, we bought a lodge in a forest on a river, and to say it's challenging is an understatement. So I'm less trying to "become one" with the environment, but just somehow co-exist with it.
I make plans, the woods laughs. Either way, constantly struggling to keep it simple.
Building the best boat shed ever, out of cedar logs.
Part 1 in a Series! It's cedar log boat shed time! Want to get our 15R Sea Nymph (Big Poppa) out of the garage and into the back. But I don't want the hard work to go to waste so I need to build me some shelter.
No idea what I'm doing, nor where to even start... but I'm starting and then I'll figure out the details - that's the woods motto!
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Thank you very much for taking the time to support my channel with your views and those clicks of that lovely like button! Please consider subscribing if you're interested in a simple woods life too, or just to watch me struggle through the day.
I try to post new content every week... especially if Mother Nature isn't giving me trouble!!
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Cheers,
J.
No idea what I'm doing, nor where to even start... but I'm starting and then I'll figure out the details - that's the woods motto!
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Thank you very much for taking the time to support my channel with your views and those clicks of that lovely like button! Please consider subscribing if you're interested in a simple woods life too, or just to watch me struggle through the day.
I try to post new content every week... especially if Mother Nature isn't giving me trouble!!
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SOCIAL:
In the meantime, I'm always posting stuff online:
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🏕️ Instagram: simplewoodslife
🛶 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@simplewoodslife
🌲 X: simplewoodslife
🍳 Facebook: simplewoodslife
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SUPPORT:
☕ If you'd like to support the channel by tossing some coins in the coffee and pint fund, that would be lovely treat! www.buymeacoffee.com/simplewoodslife
Cheers,
J.
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Veggies & herbs: A raised bed garden story!
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Simple living; Hanging out in the raised bed garden and growing our organic veggies after finally taking it back from whatever malady had come its way (mold or fungus?). But we're back on track and everything is healthy and happy! Also take a little trip through the herb garden setup with its modular cedar boxes, and then we chat about the upcoming project for our boat! - Thank you very much fo...
Happy Canada Day Everyone! 🇨🇦
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Cedar trellis build: Gardening in extreme weather!
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A bean trellis made of cedar is the plan for the day; 6' tall and mighty. It's pretty simple, but the design is strong. I'm hoping to not melt before I'm done, but this heatwave is doing its thing. - Thank you very much for taking the time to support my channel with your views and those clicks of that lovely like button! Please consider subscribing if you're interested in a simple woods life to...
WTF is happening!? A tree transplant adventure.
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We're out in the woods and moving trees that I'm going to trample in a future build. One might say this chore is FIR a good reason 🤣. So moving saplings to a meadow that is currently treeless, in hopes that I'll be able to SPRUCE up the place... 😐 Anyway, I'm alone in the forest and I yell a lot because bears. - Thank you very much for taking the time to support my channel with your views and t...
A real story of planting veggies & living in the woods.
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The Beginning of Spring: Chores, Fires & Gardens!
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First ever spring Hennessy Hammock solo camp!
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Chaos PROBLEM SOLVED! Taking our kitchen back.
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Farewell maple syrup; Onto projects, plans & BBQ.
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Making Small Batch Maple Syrup; Start to Finish 2024
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Small Batch Maple Syrup Finishing; Step by Step Guide.
Small Batch Maple Syrup How-To; Step by Step Guide.
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Small Batch Maple Syrup How-To; Step by Step Guide.
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Making small batch maple syrup: fourth boil AND SYRUP!
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Making small batch maple syrup: fourth boil AND SYRUP!
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Making small batch maple syrup: second harvest boil!
Making small batch maple syrup: first harvest & boil!
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Making small batch maple syrup: first harvest & boil!
Making small batch maple syrup: tapping our trees.
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Making small batch maple syrup: tapping our trees.
Wintery weather solo camping & a cookout over fire!
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Rustic shelf building: adding warmth & charm to the den
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A big bowl of warm and cozy pasta? BRING ON WINTER!
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A big bowl of warm and cozy pasta? BRING ON WINTER!
Self reliance saves $$: Replacing a Generac battery
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Self reliance saves $$: Replacing a Generac battery
Unplanned adventure: A hike to the marsh gone wrong.
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Reflection (& growth?); Simple lessons learned in 2023.
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A little Holiday and Christmas howdy from me to you!
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A little Holiday and Christmas howdy from me to you!
Maple prep part 2: Holiday "wrap" up chainsaw fun! (2/2)
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A chilly chainsaw prep for maple syrup season! (1/2)
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A chilly chainsaw prep for maple syrup season! (1/2)
to funny man this build sounds rad
I hope so! Honestly not sure what the step after the next step is, so kind of a battle of letting things be, be. Ugh! But I think it'll be good?! 😂
Good to see ya J Dog. Plans look good my friend but winters coming so is sugar season. Can’t wait to see you doing your project. Oh how did your garden turn out my friend. Tell Mrs. Lady we said hello. See ya.
Hey hey! Oh man I know sugaring season is around the corner, and can't wait!!! Half the reason I'm trying to get the woodlot sorted out is to breakout the Granberg chainsaw mill and see if it's even possible to make enough dimensional lumber to build the sugar shack October and November. No idea what I'm doing, par for the course. Such a love/hate relationship with the school of hard knocks/dumb choices 🤣🤣🤣🤣 one day something might be easy?!
@@simplewoodslife true that my friend. Always busy here too I still have to get more fire wood cut and split. Oh and the garden is almost done so that’s on the list to prepare for winter. Then we have 10 meat turkeys to process here in November on top of the millions of other things, would like to do like a small sap house down in my meadow where I used tubing last year and I love it. Your pole barn for your boat won’t take long once you get started. You’ll get there for sure. Well enough jabbering got to clean the chicken coop Mrs. Jack in Philly for the next couple of days helping out her mom and sister. Have a good week my friend and be safe. Keep those awesome videos going love them so does the wife. 🖖🏻😀
Hey Jay Diggity Dog, can you please spell that for me lol Love the plan, going to be nice setup when complete, totally get the weather thing, same delays here along with other priorities. Take care til next one.
There's probably no wrong way to spell it! Sometimes it's Jay, sometimes just J (cos the letter is the word), sometimes dog goes dogg, sometimes dawg - sometimes a hyphen after diggity.... At the end of the day I really think it proves I'ma spending too much time alone in the woods 😂
@@simplewoodslife absolutely love the humour lol
A 4x4 circle 😂🤣. I've seen a lot of those in nature. Love it.
lol, ok so maybe I don't process every single thing I say 🤣 but you know what I mean... I'm trying to find equivalents to dimensional lumber. 🪓 Just thinking now that I'm editing the next vid, if this made you chuckle, the next video might work as well 🤭😄
Is that a 12 ft canoe? Looks like you just reverse the canoe and sit in the front seat with your legs over the center bar. Any discomfort with that at all? I just got a used 12 ft. Radisson and I'm curious how things will go! Thanks kindly.
@@infie it is indeed! It's not so bad kneeling or putting my legs over the bar. I've also knelt just in front of it and rested my backside on it. Works well with a soft underlayer beneath the knees if you by any chance blew yours out younger skateboarding too lol. I've also had times with so much gear that I've tossed it in the front of the canoe and sat in the regular backseat. Suppose all in and around, the answer is yes to legs over the bar, and no real discomfort..... and I'm not a long legged fellow. I'm going to be dollars to donuts you'll love that Radisson! Congrats on the purchase, and let me know how it goes!
@@simplewoodslife Thanks for your reply. I just picked up a used (actually not used at all, but the boat sat for a few years under a tarp outside) 12ft Radisson today! I drove 7 hours roundtrip to get it because it was a great deal. It came with no seats (except for those weird foam ones) so I had to buy a webbed seat and I'm going to install that behind the crossbar so then I won't even be paddling backwards that way. Haha. It's so light! 34 pounds!? That's so crazy to me when I thought my fishing kayak didn't weigh much at 60 pounds. Then I have a 16ft transom Radisson as well that I use a Minn Kota on (thinking about a smaller gas motor in the future). That boat is great for fishing trips with my father and friends. Caught many fish out of that boat! It's kind of a barge to paddle though. Best!
@@infie barge is a great term lol. But also tank - I've had that think packed to the gills and its never let me down. Whitecaps, some rapids - not many, but some - and she's a beast. I have a little 2.5 evinrude that I need to use on mine, might be a fun experiment once I get the little bugger reliable. I think your trek to pick that boat up was totally worth the time. They are not the sleek water cutters like other canoes, but I've never had them let me down once. Always solid and reliable, even when I've had no business being out. Plus I'd warrant as stable than my jon boat. And yeah, those foam seats are ridiculous eh? I'm going to install a yoke on ours next. Long portages on the cross bar hurt.
@@simplewoodslife Yoke is a good move. This new 12ft for me will be absolutely perfect for the backwater fishing trips. I love going where big boats can't. It's the best. Quiet. Big fish. Perfect.
your battery do not go in like the other one came out. Your positive is in the rear now.
@@virgilsmith5792 totally, the other battery was some kind of nonsense that had no business in the Generac. But the new one is sitting great (and positives and negatives are correct lol) but the unit has been purring ever since. Thank you for watching!
I subbed at creepy 😅
Hahahaha! Thanks for coming along for the ridiculous ride! Have lots of shenanigans on the way. New video next week!
So...I had the same trouble with my Coleman propane stove you're having and I tried cleaning the burners etc. with the same results. What fixed the issue was cleaning the valves. I know that seems counterintuitive, but it's probably what the problem is. Remove the knobs, remove the stem nuts (or whatever they're called--you'll see them), then remove the valve stems. Clean the old grease off the o-rings and valve seat, then use a rolled up paper towel or pipe cleaner to clean the opening out. Lightly re-grease the o-rings with silicone grease (or something else that won't hurt the rubber--only takes slight film), reassemble and let her rip.
Amazing advice!!! This I will certainly do as soon as this weekend. Thanks for the heads-up on that. It doesn't make total sense to me, but also does... if that makes sense? 🤔🤔🙃
"Don't worry, it gets worse" had me rolling
lol, it did too. But as I recall, still a delicious treat 😆🍿
Nice J dog 😂😂😂 love it dude.
I don't drink, but I think if I listen to this one more time, it will get me started 😂😂😂
🤣🤣 Well sir, if you do start then please take the beautiful words from this song, and "Have a beer, with your camping gear 🎼🎵🎶🍻⛺🎵".
@@simplewoodslife Are you saying that singing your beautiful song while drinking a beer, as I'm engaging with my camping gear, will bring me great cheer?? 😂
@@dougroberts3643 😂😂 Totally! I might head outside and spend some time with a camp chair this afternoon. Oh the songs we'll sing!
😹ahaha i spit my coffee out laughing
Oh jeeze, I don't know if that's a good thing that you enjoyed it or if you've dashed my dreams of a singing career alongside the greats!
Great video. Good to see you back.
Thank you! Tried to wait out the weather... but the weather isn't stopping; ANOTHER rainfall warning (40mm an hour) yesterday and today. Guess I'll get a big raincoat and do this in the soup!
FAH as always J dog. Good to see ya again yes! lol. Sounds like we had the same bleeping weather here also. Can’t wait to see you boat thingy. lol. Later brah. Mrs. Jack and love your vlogs. Keep them coming.
Lol, I did get a touch nutty with the weather.. it's driving me insane! 🤪Put most of my nonsense in that video however there's a good one-minute song about camping equipment maintenance that didn't make it in the video... seemed just too far-gone even for me 🤣🤣🤣 At least the gardens are loving the weather eh? Most of the plants anyway. Hope you're doing well Chris, say howdy to Mrs. Jack!
@@simplewoodslife oh we have leafs changing and falling already crazy. Definitely will let Mrs Jack now bud .
We have a 5430...and one of those old white gas ones...LOL. Did you try oven cleaner..or too harsh?
I haven't yet... thinking it'd be super harsh, but I don't know as I have seen "gentle" oven cleaners 🤣🤣🤣 Seems that would defeat the purpose? My Father in law gave me his old Coleman white gas stove and I need to do an overhaul on it. Love the whole process of setting those up and lighting them, brings me back to my childhood. Mind you the 5430 is just soooooo easy and has yet to really let me down it's always my goto.
Oh look at you with your fancy Coleman cooler, wheels and an extra handle for pulling it around! I like Coleman as well but I went with the wheel-less version. It is weird that they always come in dark colors so that they absorb the sun and melt your ice faster. I guess you can find a spot that is shade all day or move it a million times a day. I also have a duel fuel stove that takes gas or white fuel but I found out the hard way that it doesn't seem to like the white fuel as much seeing how the one time I used it I had the whole thing on fire, which was too dangerous to cook on.
The colour thing is weird eh? I still have one of my Grandfather's Coleman coolers and it's blue as well. My childhood ones are red and orange and our "new" (purchased in the last 15 years) are obv blue. Maybe they figure with the white lids that's all the sun needs to stay away? The wheel one was a nice-to-have when we had the littlest of kids and it's still decent when I get the designation from my wife of "one-trip-charlie" 'cos I can stack that thing like a hand truck. You weren't diggin the open-fire-campstove cook eh? 🤣 What happened with yours, was it a spill or a pinhole in one of the tubes? That sounds scary as hell. White gas is always unnerving to use to me (I spill it even with mini-funnels. But from what I've read it burns hotter and less toxic than kerosene. I've burned both, but still have a near full container of the Coleman white gas in the garage so will likely use that up.
@simplewoodslife I'm not sure what was going on with the white fuel it was just like dripping out. Caught the whole thing on fire and had to pull the tank out which of course spilled more into it. Didn't damage it any which is why I love it so much, almost pretty much indestructible. I've never tried to use kerosene in it before, maybe worth a try, just our normal gas that we put in our cars and the white fuel.
Winter is coming.
Oh jeeze 🥶🥶🥶😆 True enough, but still plenty of time left for building and lumberjacking and camping and paddling and quadding and boating I hope.
Sometimes life is best lived for real instead of on video. Enjoy your family time.
Absolutely. Summer's always a tough one too with the projects being so weather dependant and everyone's schedules so erratic. Can be tough to lock down time for basics, but I still love the season. Hope your summer's going well!
Spice Girls ?? As the president south of your border would say, "C'mon man" 😂
🤣🤣🤣 Had forgotten about them for decades, now I can't get them out of my head now, damn.
Nice can’t wait my friend. Family first J Dog. Glad all is well my friend.
Thanks Chris! Hope all's well on the Jack Homestead too!
@@simplewoodslife was unit till my 3000.00 dollar mower broken again in the same spot two seasons in a row. They don’t make them like they use to huh. lol check out the video lol.
Glad to see you are doing well.
Thank you! Hope you're summer's going great!
How did the garlic turn out?
Scapes are delicious - haven't harvested the garlic yet... should I be? Going to have to look into that, I thought it was a fall thing... 😮
Yes..did mine a week and a half ago. Bottom 3-5 leaves get brown/yellow. You have to tie and cure them for a while before removing the stalks.
I came for the maple syrup makin', stayed for the entertainment. Glad to see you back after a short weather forced vacation (holiday).
🤣 Thank you for sticking around! Lots of nonsense planned - including trying to figure out the sugar shack build early fall (full circle with the syrup concept - seewhatididthere). Hope your summer is treating you well and you're getting some kind of relaxing in!
Awesome 🙂
😃🎉 woohoo!
Now you were moonlighting remember, spin master, joking, busy time of year for us all, so understandable, have a good week
😂😂😂 you too! Hope your summer is relaxing and peaceful so far!
Taking off that end plate of the enclosure sure makes it easier on my 18KW.
It's a total tight spot eh? Great tip!
Hey Brother, hope you're ok. Missing your videos.
Thanks for checking in sir! All's good over here - just uploading a "wheretheheckhaveibeen" overview, then I'm back in force! Should have that explanation up within the hour. Hope all's well on your end! Loads of videos coming!
Haha, moonlighting, spin tastic
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Sucked in by the juggling, got hit with a weather update. 😂
hahaha, guilty as charged with the weather!🤣🤣
this made me laugh out loud
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Burgers and sausages
For sure! And there's lots of stuff we do with these delicious peppers; Guac, marinades, dips, mojos, tacos etc. But nothing beats a big spicy garden pepper on labour day weekend, stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in smokey bacon, slow roasted on the 'q.
Brah that sucks. Well she will be seasoned for opening day.
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Yep that what my green peppers..snowpeas..and brocolli look like. Thank God the bunny left me some green beans and tomatoes. Your story reminds me of the movie Old Yeller.
Oh no, hungry bunnies can be the worst! Our fox population has kept them at bay recently, but the deer are this years issue now. My Mother in law ties bars of soap to her apple and pear trees trying to keep them at bay. Short of employing a 20' fence or a full-time guard-dog I don't know what would stop them. 🤣
Make sure you get the painted stones in the strawberries when the flowers start to open. That gives the birds plenty of time to find out they cant eat them. Everything loos looks great. The garlic scapes can be used just like you would green onion. Milder flavour than cloves of garlic so great in salads and such. Raw or fried in butter....🤤
We totally missed the boat on the stones and the flower timing. Wasn't expecting berries this year so it was a pleasant surprise to get any (and they were delicious), but absolutely next year the second we see a flower those "berries" are going in for the birds 😆. Thank you for the scapes tip! The green-onion comparison is a perfect way to think of it. Also, never thought of the salad side; going to try that tonight 😋
so glad i found this channel
Hello! Glad you found it too, thanks for watching 😃
It's never dumb to get out on the water by yourself for that's when you have the most peace and quiet and serenity from this crazy world we live in for I say it's a visit to heaven for awhile !!!
@@jeffreyelliott622 couldn't agree with you more. Especially when the temps are perfect and the water is glass - but anytime is wonderful to be honest. 🛶
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Your garden is doing great. It’s very discouraging when the critters get to reap the rewards.
Thank you! It is yeah, but we were a couple days late on the stones getting out. One thing that did BREAK MY HEART and wasn't in the video; the brazen destruction and removal of three jalapeño plants (with peppers on them) but some deer yesterday afternoon. Went out there to find 1/4 stems and nothing else. 🌶😭🌶😭🌶😭
@@simplewoodslife It’s great to see the wildlife but not when they do that.
Jay your garden beds look great 👍 and I love how high that u shaped one is. I don't know if you have enough space to plant enough of something to possibly get into canning someday. Maybe a ground garden at that point. 🤔 I like the idea of the boat cover I believe if you want to ruin something leave it out in the weather. Happy gardening I know you'll enjoy everything that offers you
Thanks Joe! The U shaped bed is awesome on the back lol. This year it seems to be the new home for a couple of garter snakes... unsettling when your just weeding and out pops a head, but they are keeping the slugs, grubs, bugs and everything else away - so happy to have them around. As far as canning; I think we're a few years away from that. Every year we're making improvements to the garden and starting to really figure things out. Next year or the one after we'll likely expand. We can't dig down in this particular spot because it houses the geothermal loop under it, and one never really knows how close to the surface it could be during all the ground settling. It doesn't mind weight on it, but it sure doesn't want to be poked full of holes. But we've lots of room for more raised beds in the area - and I suppose we could put a big garden elsewhere (but I like to keep everything in its place, so that might drive me crazy). Hope the weather is treating you well, and happy fourth of July to you!
Jay your garden beds look great 👍 and I love how high that u shaped one is. I don't know if you have enough space to plant enough of something to possibly get into canning someday. Maybe a ground garden at that point. 🤔 I like the idea of the boat cover I believe if you want to ruin something leave it out in the weather. Happy gardening I know you'll enjoy everything that offers you
Garden looks great, the stones thing for the strawberries sounds 👍 I wonder if it would work on chipmunks. Gonna have to try next year. Awesome job as always J . Be safe my friend. Hey what about your sugar shack bud lol.
Thanks Chris! We'll see how the stones work.. they keep fooling me - the amount of times I've been excited only to find it's not a berry Who knows if it would work on chipmunks? Guess if they aren't too persistent and learn early on they're not berries, maybe they'd leave them alone by the time things get ripe. Sugar shack is still in the works my friend! But my life is honestly a never-ending circle of having to start and complete three or four projects every-time I start a new one ha. I'd hazard a guess the maple setup will be one of the last projects of the summer, and finish up just in time for the snow. Happy fourth of July to you guys!
@@simplewoodslife I hear that friend . Just like me Too many irons in the fire lol. True Story 😆
Every time I talk, she screams. Says every guy, since the beginning of time.
😮 that sounds ominous!
Hot and dry here. 105°F, no rain for the past 3 months and not expecting any till late October or early November.
😲Like, no rain? Desert styles drought of sorts? Holy cow, is that normal?
@@simplewoodslife yeah no rain at all. Pretty typical for my area. I'm in the mountains of California on the eastern side. We have trees here oak and pine but I'm only a few hours away from the Nevada border which is dessert so the only time we get rain is during the winter when it mostly rain about 28 days a month non-stop for 4-5 months before it gets dry and hot again.
@@StonerSmurfin whew, both extremes there eh? Bet is beautiful though.
prime temps for greenery, berry productions and gardening here this year, rain showers to sun and back again, nothing over 22 so far. You have a nice garden, potatoes are blossoming already, nice garlic, berries, cool stuff
Thank you!! 😃Our heat-wave put us into the high 30s which did get some plants very happy (berries and tomatoes), and the recent week of rain has made others much happier. 22 sounds perfect!
nice garden. have you considered planting your potatoes in containers? like 10 or 20 gallon pots? No hilling and no digging.
Our original plans for potatoes was a barrel or tower, and then we moved to the idea of a flat bed for ease of harvest. They're doing so well here that I think we could plant them pretty much anywhere. I do like the idea of various other locations to grow loads more (there is an Irish stereotype for this fella about potato consumption that holds true), so we couldn't really ever have "too many". Maybe next year we'll look at the bed plus containers and do some A-B testing. Going to have to find another place for the corn regardless, could also integrate some potato pots.🥔🥔