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Home to Homestead
Denmark
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2020
With just 1/18th of an acre, we're turning our home in Denmark into a homestead.
Our hope is that by sharing our journey, we'll be able to inspire you, share our knowledge and experiences and learn from you!
Our hope is that by sharing our journey, we'll be able to inspire you, share our knowledge and experiences and learn from you!
Spilling actual tea, getting emotional and sharing BIG news and changes - Where have I been?
I'm spilling some actual tea in this one. I also get really emotional a couple of times as I share my journey for the last few months and thinking about all of my wonderful internet friends. You guys know who you are and I'm so thankful you've been here for me.
I share what I'll be doing in my new job and some changes that are coming to this channel.
I've yet to settle on a new name for the channel so feel free to leave suggestions in the comments.
Small ways to support this channel (through affiliate links, at no additional cost to you):
- Want to buy HEIRLOOM seeds from a small, American, FAMILY OWNED business?
Get your seeds from Seeds for Generations.
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- Want to become an affiliate for Seeds for Generation?
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- I keep track of all our homesteading expenses with YNAB: You Need A Budget
Click the link and get 64 days of budgeting for FREE! (Full disclose I get 30 days free, if you decide to buy the software)
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- Visit the Etsy Shop:
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I share what I'll be doing in my new job and some changes that are coming to this channel.
I've yet to settle on a new name for the channel so feel free to leave suggestions in the comments.
Small ways to support this channel (through affiliate links, at no additional cost to you):
- Want to buy HEIRLOOM seeds from a small, American, FAMILY OWNED business?
Get your seeds from Seeds for Generations.
seedsforgenerations.com/?ref=106&campaign=yt
- Want to become an affiliate for Seeds for Generation?
seedsforgenerations.com/affiliate-program/?ref=106&BusyHandsQuietHearts&SFGAffiliateRecruiting&campaign=websiteSFGAffiliateRecruiting
- I keep track of all our homesteading expenses with YNAB: You Need A Budget
Click the link and get 64 days of budgeting for FREE! (Full disclose I get 30 days free, if you decide to buy the software)
ynab.com/referral/?ref=gK4d2S_ul9ndvuLz&
- Visit the Etsy Shop:
www.etsy.com/shop/EstherHadassah
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June Home to Homestead Plans
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May was surprisingly productive. Let's have a chat about all we got done and what our Home to Homestead plans for June are. Small ways to support this channel (through affiliate links, at no additional cost to you): - Want to buy HEIRLOOM seeds from a small, American, FAMILY OWNED business? Get your seeds from Seeds for Generations. seedsforgenerations.com/?ref=106&campaign=yt - Want to become ...
May Garden Update & Tour + Planting the FIRST Lavender
มุมมอง 312 ปีที่แล้ว
Let's tour the garden in May. Seeds are sprouting and life is good. I can hardly contain my garden excitement, especially when planting the first lavender for the community lavender hedge. Small ways to support this channel (through affiliate links, at no additional cost to you): - Want to buy HEIRLOOM seeds from a small, American, FAMILY OWNED business? Get your seeds from Seeds for Generation...
It's not a Coop - it's a FAILED Chicken Coop
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This is the story of our failed chicken coop. Not all homestead projects work out and that’s just part of the journey. We learnt a few lessons and got really clear about what our time is worth to us. Mentioned in this video: How we Deal With Homestead Failure - th-cam.com/video/AktxCXTU2qQ/w-d-xo.html May Home to Homestead Plan - th-cam.com/video/x5pYtUXKk-o/w-d-xo.html The Lavender Hedge Proje...
Komo Fidibus Classic Grain Mill First Impressions
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Here’s my honest first impression of the Komo Fidibus Classic grain mill. Mill the first batch of flour with me and join me as I make a loaf of bread and get a sourdough starter going with it. I’ve wanted a grain mill for over a decade and now I finally have one. With this mill, we’ll store much more grain than we ever could flour. So we’ve also expanded our food storage significantly. 00:00 Th...
There's a New Beekeeper in Town - Homesteading WIN
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There's a New Beekeeper in Town - Homesteading WIN
Garden with me - Sowing Seeds & soft fruit update
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Garden with me - Sowing Seeds & soft fruit update
Revising the Garden Plan - Raised Bed Garden
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Revising the Garden Plan - Raised Bed Garden
Home to Homestead Plans - May 2022 - New Series
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Home to Homestead Plans - May 2022 - New Series
The LAVENDER HEDGE project launch - One Plant For Every 50 of YOU!
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The LAVENDER HEDGE project launch - One Plant For Every 50 of YOU!
Feeling LESS THAN? CHATTY Purple Dead Nettle Harvesting and Preserving. Thoughts on Self-Sufficiency
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Feeling LESS THAN? CHATTY Purple Dead Nettle Harvesting and Preserving. Thoughts on Self-Sufficiency
WE HAVE DIRT! Making the kitchen garden pretty & toddlers using tools
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WE HAVE DIRT! Making the kitchen garden pretty & toddlers using tools
Hügelkultur and Mid-April 2022 Garden Update
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Hügelkultur and Mid-April 2022 Garden Update
A Severe Stress Diagnosis and What That Means for This Channel
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A Severe Stress Diagnosis and What That Means for This Channel
Dealing With FAILURE on the Homestead - How I deal with things when they go wrong. Homestead Fail.
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Dealing With FAILURE on the Homestead - How I deal with things when they go wrong. Homestead Fail.
The Trees are Down & Look at ALL THAT LIGHT
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The Trees are Down & Look at ALL THAT LIGHT
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Tillykke med kværnen. Er du klar over, at efter maling af mel starter iltning/nedbrydning af melet, det harskes og i det første døgn mistes 45% af næringsstofferne, så mal kornet umiddelbart inden æltning af dejen. Mel temperaturen stiger ved formalingen, i min med 20 ° C, så jeg har kornet i fryseren natten før, så temperaturen på melet kan holdes under 35 ° C, hvor bageegenskaberne forringes, som Jørgen Ussing gjorde opmærksom på ved bagekurset. Se evt videoer på TH-cam med Sue Becker, som gennemgår fordøjelsen og betydning af fjernelse af klid, kim og næringsstoffer i forarbejdet korn, hvad det kan give af helbreds skavanker ved næringsstoffer of fiber mangler. Sigtning af melet fjerner de gode nødvendige næringsstoffer. Bag i forme og hvis du rører mel og vand sammen og lader stå til næste dej, kan du få et dejligt luftigt brød. Jeg kommer en skefuld surdej i, venter med salt smør til dagen efter. Solsikke, græskar, hørfrø mfl kan røres i sammen med mel og vand. Jeg supplerer med surdej/fordej dagen efter, så det kan hæve. Tag springet til 100% fuldkornsbrød. Ser du videoen, finder du ud af, hvorfor. Jeg har haft kværn i 15 år og spiser kun 100% fuldkorns brød. Rugbrød og lidt speltbrød. Prøv kuglehvede med 18% protein fra Aurion. Nyd din kværn. Du har nok fået lidt mere erfaring nu.
Great information thank you… looks like the translation feature has been upgraded.
Also, you are likely not in the US but for the past 2 months I have been looking to get wheat berries. Here it seems most places are out or over double the price of processed stuff.
Thank you. I just ordered the Komo Pidbus Classic. I am in Canada.
fine flour can be made with it?
Thanks for the video, I'm thinking of getting one of these
Nice video. Thank you. I have had the walnut Classic on order since 3/23. Due to arrive 10/23. Can not wait. Nice to see it in action and in an actual kitchen. I have another electric mill which does a beautiful job but love the wood case.
does it grind dry spices
You are adorable! Thanks for your authenticity! ❤
I am in America; what is a severe stress diagnosis? Hugs!
Very nice video.
I was so happy to see your smiling face on a new video this morning! Cheers to your progress this year, I’m glad we’ll be able to peek back in to life across the pond from time to time! 🎉
Ahh, thank you. It feels really good to be back. I hope I can find a good pace this time :) Thank you for taking the time to watch <3
So excited about the new job! Congratulations! (Mare D)
Mare! Thank you <3. I'm so excited as well. I probably won't share much about it here though but you'll hear plenty of updates I'm sure ;)
Glad to see you back. I enjoyed your videos in your garden and also the videos working with wheat berries. I am 70 now so I know a little about life. Your tears will make you strong. Just don't ever give up.
Thank you so much for this comment. I wrote that down: Your tears will make you strong. Just don't ever give up. I'm glad you enjoyed them. I hope to get back to them come spring time.
I really love this idea! I am working on my own business and I hope you don't mind that I borrow your wonderful idea.
Not at all! Go right ahead. That's the beauty of sharing our ideas and being inspired by each other. Please let me know how it works out.
Beautiful video. Take care x😍
Thank you. You too.
I love the Komo mills! I have the manual mill that I love. They are a work of art.
They absolutely are. We still love our mill and haven't regretted the purchase one bit.
Soak In glass of water overnight . Then plant. Had full root systems out 95 percent my seeds planted just recently. Starter containers full to the rim.
Yeah
That's really nice. I'll make sure my wife sees this too!
Thank you :)
It's not the coop that failed; you were offered something to be a coop, that was not suitable as a coop. When you finally decide it is time to build one (possibly from plans you find), I suspect you will be successful, as you will be able to plan out ALL the pieces of the project, with no unknowns.
Thank you! That's a great point. I hadn't looked at it that way. I hope you know how much I appreciate your comments. They bring me a lot of joy and they make me reflect and think in new ways all the time.
@@hometohomestead4536 Thanks!
Those are aphids…I use Neem oil but I am not sure if you have it there. There’s also dishwasher soap with garlic…not sure of measurements, maybe Google it
Thank you. I had a feeling they were. I have been putting ladybugs on the plant whenever I found one. I'll google the dishwater thing!
Wow, that was quick!
So quick. It did give a tiny bit of rise to my bread but not nearly enough so more experiments to come.
Nice! How much power does that grain mill use? Is there a manual crank you can get for it, or does it need to be plugged in? I baked a loaf in our bread machine using some flour I ground in our grain mill, and other than being just a little more coarse, there was not a big difference.
It is not manual. It's a 360 W motor. Frankly, I knew I wouldn't use a manual one. If it really comes to it, I'll get my husband to pull it apart and connect the top stone to a handle. But in that case, I probably wouldn't be able to source grains so it wouldn't be an issue for long.
@@hometohomestead4536 Ours comes as a manual, but we got the motor attachment. I've ground both ways, and the manual crank is very tedious and time-consuming, though not difficult. Yours works faster, which makes sense, as the motor attachment uses only 90W. Now you just need to stock up on wheat berries while they are still available.
@@OnusBones Yep. My 12,5 kg won't last long. But I need containers and a place to put them first. 5 gallon buckets are not 'a thing' here. But I'll do some investigation. They can't be impossible to source. I've tried grinding wheat by hand before, that's how I knew I wouldn't be able to. The kind that converts with a separate motor costs waaaay too much here. I was surprised at how fast it gets the job done.
@@hometohomestead4536 Hmmm, I thought ours was one of the cheaper options available...
@@OnusBones Well, prices differ a lot here. What's cheap in the States often isn't here. Just like rice and beans are always used as the cheapest food pretty much you can eat. Not so much here. Beans are very expensive and rice is up there too.
Do you have any experience baking with freshly ground flour or would you like to try it?
I have seen a egg like that on the ground before
Might also be a duck egg?..
It's mighty small for a duck egg.
It looks to be the size of a robin's egg, but green instead of blue. That might give some clue to the size of the bird that laid it. Did it fall from a nest, or was it laid right where you found it? Anything squawking nearby when you poked it around?
No, it was pretty abandoned. No nest nearby and not broken at all. So it looked like it might have been laid right on the ground. Come to think of it, it looks a lot like a blackbird egg. But in that case it must have dropped from a nest…
Yay! Hello, quiet-hearted friend! So glad to subscribe to your new channel! Can't wait to Binge watch your episodes. 💖
Thank you! Yeah, we’re in a new season of life and I needed a fresh space to share our journey.
Home to Homestead!!! How about Church to Homestead….lol…take your time and slow and steady! NEW SUBSCRIBER!
Thank you for subscribing. I appreciate it.
I'm just not fond of things that sting, so beekeeping is not likely in my future, even though I know bees are important. We have set out sugar water in the fall so local bees can stock up for the winter.
I think that’s the only aspect of beekeeping I’m not excited about. I know it will happen occasionally but I pray it won’t be too often.
Do you enjoy making garden experiments?
Very nice. I like your water pump. We're just using a 55 gallon drum to catch water, but a bigger container would probably be a good idea for us.
We haven't regretted ours one bit. Actually, we're hoping to add a second 1000 litre tank on the property. I don't think a gardener can have too much free water on hand.
How about any kind of beans? There are some determinate (bush) varieties that don't vine-out all over the place. You might also add cantaloupe and/or smaller varieties of watermelons. If you like pickles, there are varieties of cucumbers meant to be picked small for pickling.
Great ideas, thank you. We actually don't eat that many beans. It's not part of a traditional danish kitchen. The same goes for melons, although we love them. I'm not sure if they would ripen well here. We're attempting some Halloween pumpkins which will be a test. Cucumbers also don't grow great here unless you have them in a greenhouse. I actually have some cucumber seeds but I'm not sure if I'll get them in the ground fast enough to produce. They really should be transplanted and we skipped that this year because of everything going on.
After the last time an animal dug up my carrot box, I was fine with letting my wife convince me to let her have it for radishes; she likes them a lot more than I like carrots (but I do eat them). Our "garden" is a lot less organized. Sonia is growing things in tires.
ooh, tires. I bet that looks pretty neat too. Planting what we eat is always the best option.
@@hometohomestead4536 Oh yes. She has some very nice looking tomato plants now. We will make a lot of sauce from those.
@@OnusBones How much are you able to make from how many plants? We've planted a good deal of plants this year and I'm hoping we can make a good amount of sauce as well as eat them fresh.
@@hometohomestead4536 I don't rightly remember, but it's a good amount. We probably go through 1-2 jars (lately commercial) of sauce per week, so I'd be very happy if we got a few dozen jars out of our garden. I'm not sure how many plants she has, but it's got to be at least a dozen; that's a lot of tomatoes.
@@OnusBones Thank you. If most of our plants make it and produce like yours, it sounds like we're going to be flooded with tomatoes. I've planted at least 20 seedlings and I've got two beds with tomato seeds, which haven't sprouted yet so I've got no clue how many that will end up being. I didn't plan on the seedlings, they came from a neighbour and I wasn't going to turn them down. We use about 4 cans of tomatoes every week and about 4 small cans of puré as well, so I'd be happy to can up a storm!
Good morning! Does the old wardrobe contain any usable lumber or fittings? If so, take it apart! Can it be turned into a table by using a circular saw on the sides? Perhaps you can turn it into a cabinet somewhere for the beekeeping supplies, maybe in a corner of the outside shed. It looks like you might get more pieces by cutting up the failed chicken coop (if that was the plan). My wife likes to recycle and re-use, and you might find that works for you too. I already suggested breaking up the failed ceramics into shards to use as drainage in pots. --- Our current goal is some Spring cleaning and junk removal; we'll take a load to the recycle center on Monday. I've got old computer parts that can all go away, and my wife has lots of scrap paper she'll never use that are just clutter now. We need to set up a couple of carpenter bee traps; they're big like bumblebees, but bore damaging holes in outside wood.
I can always count on you for great ideas! We actually talked about using the drawers, which are untreated wood, for kindling. They aren't fit to be reworked into anything else. And we'll keep all the fittings for sure. We've saved the scrap pieces from the new wardrobe to build a small cabinet. One reason the coop was a fail is that it's mostly treated lumber which my husband despises. He'll go through to see what we can potentially use, but between the excessive amount of nails and clamps and it being treated or painted, I'm not sure how much of it he'll deem worth the effort. I love a good spring cleaning. I have heard a lot about carpenter bees and I'm thankful we don't have to deal with them here. It's a fitting name for them.
Do you plan out your garden ahead of planting?
What are some of your goals for May?
When do you think we'll be able to plant the first lavender plant in the community hedge?
Before June!
@@DowntownHomesteader Oh wouldn't that be exciting! I hope you're right.
Would you like a video series on apartment homesteading skills?
It is looking so great! And nice to see things greening up ☺️ The medicinal plant you pointed out is “purple dead nettle” in English. Lamium purpureum
ooh, thank you for that. I'm really enjoying the blooms and greening up as well. We've had so much sunshine lately.
Very nice! Your children will remember a HOME, not just a HOUSE. Can you use all that wood in a wood-burning stove or fireplace? Our growing area is nowhere near as extensive, but we're beginning to plant more outside now, as I believe our last frost has also passed. One of my projects this weekend will to get the carrot box that was uprooted by an animal replanted and in a fenced area. Sonia is planting potatoes now, and said that a recent chilly night did not harm any of the tomato plants. On more general preparation, I'll be cleaning and filling our little camper's 30-gallon fresh water tank; I'm always a little less nervous when that is full, even though water is fairly easy to find here in East TN.
That is our dream, for our children to have just as fond memories of their childhood home AND garden as we do. We have a wood stove, so we'll be cutting it all up for that. It's great to get some "free" firewood out of it as well. I think I'm going to chance it this weekend and plant our potatoes to and get a bunch of other stuff started. I hope the animals stay out of your carrot box this time. I love getting your comments. It's so much fun to hear about your adventures in the garden here as well.
I loved the tour! Thank you ☺️ I think he did a great job with those boxes - it’s okay they aren’t perfect, it looks more organic. I bet once the wood ages and you have stuff growing in them you won’t even notice.
Yes, I think you're absolutely rigth. I'm still debating if I should paint them black to cover the many different logos on them and help raise the soil temperature.
There are silver linings in EVERY dark cloud. I know that's a cliche, but it is a good one because it is true. It may just be something you learn, and are better off for it. For example, an ex-gf did me wrong in almost as many ways as you might care to imagine, but I learned about pawnshops from her, and discovered my plumbing efforts did not leak, and the circuits I wired all worked. You might discover a new way that you are crafty, or perhaps find another genre of books to enjoy, or a couple of little shops selling useful things on a street you never bothered to visit.
All cliches have a grain of truth to them. I love that you chose to focus on all the things you learned. That's my plan too and I hope I'm able to carry it out.
Perhaps the broken pieces can be used for drainage in the bottoms of pots?
Oh, that's a great idea! Thank you.
Do you think we have enough dirt?
That's a lot of bags! If we wanted that much, we would probably check out a nearby co-op that has bulk topsoil. It may not be quite as nice as what you appear to have, but they also have peat moss that could be mixed in, and we might sprinkle in a bag of Miracle Gro, which is a fertilizer that has been here for generations (Mom's parents used it). My wife also composts kitchen scraps.
@@OnusBones Yeah, we priced all the bulk options (or at least quite a few) and none of them was cheaper than the deal we found. We did mix in the free compost and had all those branches in the bottom so each frame ended up using 3 bags.
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