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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?! 😂

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. 🖖🏻😀

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

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 🤭😄

@@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.

@@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!

Hahahaha! Thanks for coming along for the ridiculous ride! Have lots of shenanigans on the way. New video next week!

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? 🤔🤔🙃

lol, it did too. But as I recall, still a delicious treat 😆🍿

🤣🤣 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!

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!

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!

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 .

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.

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.

Oh jeeze 🥶🥶🥶😆 True enough, but still plenty of time left for building and lumberjacking and camping and paddling and quadding and boating I hope.

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!

🤣🤣🤣 Had forgotten about them for decades, now I can't get them out of my head now, damn.

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.

Thank you! Hope you're summer's going great!

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.

🤣 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!

😃🎉 woohoo!

😂😂😂 you too! Hope your summer is relaxing and peaceful so far!

It's a total tight spot eh? Great tip!

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!

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hahaha, guilty as charged with the weather!🤣🤣

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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.

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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. 🤣

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 😋

Hello! Glad you found it too, thanks for watching 😃

@@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. 🛶

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.

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!

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 😆

😮 that sounds ominous!

😲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.

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!

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.🥔🥔