Fixing The Road... Well, No | This Is Why
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- A common question is, "Why don't you fix Oxford Canyon Road"? Well, it is fixed. The question is to what standard the road should be repaired. Is it ok to blow the occasional tire to elevate other priorities?
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Why don't you fix Oxford Canyon Road?
01:14 This tire is done
01:35 Time for a tire change
02:32 The rock that eat my tire
03:09 This is the Oxford Canyon Road
04:18 Patch repairs to the road
05:08 What the volunteers said about the road
06:03 Why i made this decision
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Shaun, I am so impressed with how you just keep pushing through obstacles and learning. The first couple of videos were hard to watch a guy that had never driven a pickup truck or towed a trailer. But you just kept going. Great work! Very impressive what you are doing and have accomplished so far. Thumbs Up!
I enjoy these short videos where you can address what I’m sure are the numerous complaints/questions of “why don’t you just fix the road??” Sometimes you do fix it, and sometimes you’re not allowed to fix it, but just having the questions addressed like this is great. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
Only green I see now is coming out of your pocket Shaun, don't give up! Mike from Japan
hey friend, as a contracter for 35 years the last years we do a lot of roofing etc. with sempergreen in the netherlands to keep the water and cool the houses down.its a form of plants in the family of suculents that like harsh environments.
i have no connections to this brand, on any way, but i did some reseach, its also available in the us. greetz from europe !
Man vs. nature. The battle that will never end. Keep on keeping on, Sean. You’ll get there. You’re doing a great and magnificent thing!
That AND it’s fun to tag along and watch. I’m looking forward to each stage. Just wished we had more videos. Hey Sean, I know you engage (which I also enjoy) with us, hopefully you see this, drop more vids Holmes. Joking aside thanks for bringing us along.
thanks for the update video. I'm glad your getting the access road more driveable. Patience is a virtue in big projects like this one. Petra wasn't built in a day.
And speaking of, that's the best set of ruins I ever visited. What a magical place.
Hey Shaun, with tandem trailers you don't really need a jack. you can simply drive the good tire up onto a small ramp, block of wood or even a kindly shaped rock. All you need to do is raise the bad tire high enough off the ground to change it 🙂
Thanks!
Depends if you have a rocker axel. Although pretty sure that trailer doesnt
Common sense isn’t so common I guess. I have a ton Of trailers and never thought of this. Thank you.
Sounds like my efforts at erosion control on my mini, 9 arces, ranch. Limited time there but things are changing and hope to be there more often.
Keep up the good works of greening the desert.
Owning large tracts of land here in the desert will always require constant road (and fence) maintenance. It never ends. This year we are getting kinda a free pass since there’s no real monsoon and no real destruction to washes and roads.
Haha something about seeing an IBC being hauled out into the dry off grid desert land will always make my stomach drop lol. No one ever understands what a nightmare it can be to have to buy and haul water to your off grid land until you do it for a little while. Been there myself. Gets old fast 😂.
It's my least favorite thing
My first thought for simple comments like that is - is it a question, suggestion or advice. At any rate, sometimes doing nothing but accepting the situation and working WITH it is the BEST solution, like rolling the boulders out of the way.
You are absolutely right, it is pretty clear that the road should not be a priority given you are likely not using it more than a few days a month.
Any work done on the road subtracts from works that have much more long term effects on water retention and livability of the site.
When the site becomes livable and you start planning building permanent structure then those priorities may change but for now work on the soil and biology of the site is way more important.
You mite consider doing like the Border Patrol does dragging 3-4 truck tires behind the truck. drag it to camp and where ever you go and when you leave drag it back to the road. 🤔 God Bless!! 🙌🙌
I like that idea. Plenty of old tires laying around out here
You need to plant native grasses on your land the will help keep the water there and erosion down
Keep the content coming!! I keep looking forward to updates
In these sorts of conditions reducing your tyre pressures 10-15% from highway pressures can help reduce the chances of damage. Do it on the truck and the trailer.
I will take a little credit for the high lift. Cudos to you Shawn for buying it
You get a lot of credit for it. Thanks, dude!
I’ve been watching every video, really invested. I’d like to hear some comments on rain.. coming systems, forecast etc. South Texas coastal has been getting weather.. what about you?
You’ve got room on that trailer, why not bring 2 half full IBCs and leave one behind each trip.. that’s what I’ve been doing. Balances trailer loads too
I see you noticed the IBC. I could handle another, but there's one part of the road that would really test the Tacoma with maxed out towing capacity. It's safe to try - just dump water if it makes out. Just need to get another IBC
The foot on the tire iron stirs my heart.
using that tire iron to undo the lug nuts is crazy, just go buy the local harbor freight and buy yourself a 24 inch or larger breaker bar with a proper size deep well impact socket for the lugs and make your life a lot easier, that is the first thing i did for my daughter's mail vehicle and also all my vehicles, save your back legs and arms a lot of stress
Just to add to the toolkit, sidewalls are the most common tire problem out on dirt\forest roads. Keep it between (well clear of) the fence posts, as my daddy used to say.
Using your foot like that to tighten lugs is great way to snap a lug right off
I image your city / county planning and zoning should be able to help you with access( an appropriate road ) to your property. Love the work that you are doing :)
First of all, I'm glad you made this video. It's good to know you've made considerations and improvements with regards to the road access to the site. Using the skid steer is basically what I had in mind, or a bulldozer even. Mainly, just a way to flatten out, remove debris, widen, and fill in.
Have you considered drilling holes for measuring the water level in the soil? I'm thinking, it's possible that the pressure might force the groundwater into the hole, and give somewhat inaccurate readings, but I wonder if there's a way to check the before and after levels, and compare to a "control" location. I'm not exactly sure how wells work, but I imagine that basically, if the water level rises, your making progress.
I'm also very curious about the storm that just rolled through last week here in Texas. I checked the radar, and it basically completely missed us, but we still got a downpour. So I'm wondering, if what we got didn't even register on the radar, it must have been torrential where it was strongest. It basically covered the entire area in-between San Antonio and Mexico. I'm not sure how far west you really are, but I hope you got some of that.
2.25" of rain over 2 days. The soil before was bone dry on the road; no need to dig holes. The areas around the bathtubs on the other hand were still quite moist
@@dustupstexas sounds like they are helping then?
In both of my vehicles I carry a Ryobi 1/2 inch battery powered impact and the correct impact socket for the lug nuts. Just check the battery every couple months.
Hi Shaun - have you looked into Syntropic Farming? There's been several trial/example areas in remote Australia within semi arid regions with good success
Two things that I have wondered:
1) With corrugation on dirt roads, I wondered if dragging a curtain of chains behind a vehicle every now and then would do the trick of smoothing vs. having to make use of a grader quite as often?
2) With AI and robotics, could one 'scan' 100+ rocks and and AI tell you how to stack them so they fit best together without mortar? Makes more sense for actual walls or houses of stone where you'd have to gather a large amount of rocks first.
The first idea seems doable but as for the second i doubt ai to be capable of such tricks with what we know of them capabilities so far.
Dragging tires is common. It's the budget grading system and it works
The best solution I have ever seen for fitting randomly shaped 3D objects into oddly shaped holes was a solution that used Least Squares. You could use AI and a Least Squares approach to find a best fit, the problem with it is that the problem is probably NP meaning you have to try every solution in order to see which one is best and that requires a lot of processing power and time and if you have enough rocks it wouldn't complete in our lifetime. If you take a heuristic approach and find a "decent" solution but one that might not be "the very best possible one after all possibilities have been tried" you could probably come up with something passable but in the end just having a guy out there eyeballing it will be faster and cheaper for probably a long time to come.
@@AndyTheCornbread - thanks, after I posted I realised very quickly that it could become uncomputable. I don't know much about math, but if I looked at 10! vs. 100! or 10^10 vs. 100^100, it quickly becomes very large numbers. Then again, if it was a robot and coveyor system for large boulders, it could run a 'best fit' for the next 5 rocks, complete and run it again. Also, if you're one layer up, it technically doesn't have to remember the rocks already layed but merely the composite of the top of the first layer's relief...
@schalkvandermerwe3838 Seems like chunking the task would avoid the uncomputability problem. Have the ai looking for a good enough fit, defined somehow beforehand, for limited parts of the build... Which rock or rocks, of the last n rocks I've seen, fills this spot adequately?
Somehow this reminds me of writing lyrics. I'd say this is very close to how humans do a lot of things
A grader 140 might be a good idea one cut in and one cut in out we do it with a contractor in Australia for around a 10 year fix they travel fast and should be fairly cheap if there's one nearby at some point it will be super cheap look out for the county's graders or contractors at some point in the year they will be close to your block ask them then
When I have to have tires removed for any reason, I always ask the store NOT to crank the lugnuts on with all possible power. If I get a flat tire and have to replace it I don't have one of those power drills and I probably won't be able to get it off by hand. (From experience)
They always give me a funny look, and say "OK". I don't know if they still crank it down or not, but at least I gave them something to think about.
I felt like we tightened them but didn't go for max possible tightness.
There’s definitely a certain amount they HAVE to torque them to. Get ya a metal pole to keep with your spare. The longer the better. Gotta be hallow and metal. Slide it over that wrench and get on the far end of it. Leave your tires on the ground to break free. Then raise it and take them off with your fingers. I hope you never have to worry about it though. Good fortune to you forever Veramae.
Just an FYI. That wheel can be halfway fixed with a 2x4 and a 5 lb sledgehammer. Maybe not use it as a full time on the road tire, but as a spare it would be fine. Seeing how going down Oxford road is slow the wheel wouldn’t be stressed, like it would be at highway speeds.
Generally speaking, torque specs are adhered to in a shop. You can't really go over or under by much. Overtorque will break the stud, undertorque will get loose and fall off. Unfortunately, you just have to be able to get it off by yourself.
you should carry at all times electic impact gun.
Love it .
I am going to try watching this with my six year old. I Love this channel.
Great point at the end...its about resources, what is valuable and when. Where I grew up there were lots of roads that bad and even worse but unless we needed to get something big down them they stayed that way. Besides for "quick trips" we often just used dirt bikes. Also we had some "drag bars" we put behind some of the bigger trucks or machines that had to travel these roads. Wore down the high spots and knocked some of the large rocks away and kept the center from getting too high from the ruts...(Not sure what the correct term is for those). Nice to watch the journey and especially the explanations of the what and why...
I want to echo @nomad74777. There are moments where I think, “City/software guy - I am concerned for your $$ and safety.” When the gentleman changing the tires said, “ were very tight.” you commented about doing it with the tire in the air. Ummm Why would you? But you redeemed yourself by putting the lugs in your pocket, and your gloves on!
Make that a a habit. Gloves in the door pocket, open door, put gloves on . . . If you don’t need them, they go in your back-pocket until you return to the truck and then you . . . Also, like software, you want to have redundancies, so minimum of two pairs in truck. (I am somebodies’ mom and Mimi/grandma.)
I want you to succeed - and am proud of you all the time for being willing to help other people learn. 🎉
Drag of I-beam, about 10 foot wide behind your pick up truck every time you drive down your road it will smooth it out, fill in the low spots and smooth out the high spots
For tire swapping, bearing packing, bearing and race replacement etc. for your truck and trailer a set of deep 1/2" drive sockets, a 25" long 1/2" drive breaker bar, and a 1/2" socket wrench will speed things up for you. Those little tire irons work OK right up until they don't and then they bend or strip or both. You will need the tools eventually for equipment repair anyway. Test all your tires and if you can't spin the socket wrench while it is fully seated on a lug nut on any of your vehicle tires using the deep sockets, get a small 1/2" drive extension that allows you to do so. That dust if it's anything like our dust will dirt weld your lugs and your rims in place. A sledge hammer and a block of wood will go a long way to help getting tires off without damaging the rims. None of that is a "must have" but if you are in country that is hard on tires(sure seems like it from the videos) it will make your life a lot more pleasant. I have found a wire brush for cleaning lugs off is also a very nice to have in dusty dirty country. Good call on buying a good truck jack! Also, even if you were allowed to take a dozer to that road, if you have ever seen how badly a dozer tears up a road you will realize you would need a grader and packer as well to make it worth doing. Some things, while they may be nice, just aren't worth the expense if what you are doing currently is working for you.
The breaker bar explanation makes more sense. I have a huge breaker bar on the property that's about 4' long. Other commenters took it for granted that I should know there are breaker bars with drives on them. I didn't know that. Thanks!
I love seeing the dedication you are placing in changing the place much love on you keep it up
Look into the Moses West foundation, turns humidity into water.
just build a burm so the rocks fall behind it. only needs to be 5 inches high
Longer video formats! Thanks for the content
brother, if the car's tire breaks, stop and change it...sometimes the puncture is small, you can fix the puncture. But if you continue to drive the car on a flat tire, you just cut the tire and need a new one...the woman with you was respectful And he asked you, in a manner, to even change the tire.. because she knows that your behavior is wrong
The tire was completely shredded. I heard the air explode out of it because I had the windows down. There was zero chance of saving that tire
This is not FB to call him out acting as teenage. Sounds very rude. He is doing his best and learning a long the way. No one is perfect. Just enjoy his journey he is doing an awesome job!
When one tire on a tandem axle trailer blows it can cause the other tire on that side to blow if you keep driving.
@@dustupstexas Sorry for my immoral words
@@aborayan6831that’s a weird use of the word immoral lol
Enjoying your adventure!
Thank you Shaun, what you are doing is great and i await your next video expectantly ; longer videos would be fabulous ! J = UK
That road has a legal easement. Look it up. It probably has a width of 50 feet or 100 feet. It's courteous to talk with the landowner, of course, but a lot of times the easement allows you as a legal user to put the road anywhere in there.
Would a Harrow and a Box Drag be something to think of....
At a worksite, we had a loader drag an I-BEAM or a section of Chain link Fence.....
What if on your way back in & out you hook up and DRAG .....
Metal Bed Frames, bolted on the Chain link ... pull rocks L or R depending on the angle & if needed to could Widen them to slowly create wider sections with no powered equipment.
What about the recent rain that came up from the gulf? Did the property get any of that rain? The radar appeared to show some. Keep up the great work!
It definitely should have, according to the radar. I'm excited to see what happens.
2.25" and I think it'll make 2 episodes
I need to go buy a four-way tire tool
buy a good used skid steer with drag along plane
line the right side of road w those big a rocks 🤨
That would help
Best to just buy an old military trailer from auction and go with the heavier humvee tires like some folks on TH-cam have done.
To change a trailer flat tire, you need a ramp, no a jack.
You need a 3-foot Piece of Steel tube for changing tyres, it will save your back, ask a scrap dealer.
Please explain. I don't get it
@@dustupstexas The Tube fits over the Tyre Wrench, allowing you to get more pressure onto the Nuts if they are as tight as the ones on the Trailer & in reverse when putting them back on.
@@dustupstexas Will i Send you a Link?
th-cam.com/video/l833ta7V6FY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6xbRsjQ-jgKj41S7
aka a cheater bar
I’m sure you might have already mentioned it but What is the average annual rainfall for that area?
14" on my property. It varies from 9-30" with elevation
@@dustupstexas That’s not bad actually. I’ve heard tell you can regen ranch on 8”. That might have been up in Alberta. I ‘m pullin’ for you.
Excellent video. Lot to learns
3:57 dozer would be able to widen that road. So would a skid steer if you know what you’re doing anything that moves dirt can widen a road.
Of course it can. But it's a private road. I can't bulldoze other people's property without permission
@@dustupstexas oh I see. I thought you owned on one side of it. But if it’s public you have an easement on both sides. Nobody will care you widen it away from the slope. Get on GIS find out who owns it and call them and ask them if you’re that worried about it.
I would think maintaining a roadway out there is the same as it is here in the river bottoms. Us farmers are always digging out the ditches and fixing the flooded out parts of the road. No matter who owns it or perpendicular to it. Flooding and rock slides/falls cause damage that demands attention. Land owners are aware of this when we own land in “hazard” zones. Look at it like this, if that guy came out there one day and seen the township/road commissioner widen and graded a crown into that road but only near his property what do you think he would say? Ok now call the road commissioner and get to figuring out what can be done by the government. I’m going to tell you now he’s going to suggest if it’s maintenance you should do it yourself as long as you’re not changing much or the drainage. Public roadways have to have drainage and be cleared. If it’s private and you’re on an easement I would talk to the land owner. But instead of widneing it try to get it re routed to the top of that ridge.
-Third generation road builder.
Makes sense now thank you
What are all the plants that show up in the background in your videos? It looks like mostly the same type of plants. Are they the same plants as on the side of the mountain where you were placing to one rock dams to spread out & slow down the water when it rains. Have you considered planting any native grasses with long root systems ( spreading out seeds) in those areas behind those dams? You might get lucky & some might grow. Maybe even plant trees or shrubs beside those dams to take advantage of any moisture. I look forward to each new video. I have seen all & some several times.
Ocotillo and creosote are everywhere. I already have sideoats grama. Just need more!
Hopeful you have a great success
Could you geotextile/geogrid the worst bit of the road?
Probably. I don't understand the benefit though?
Pro tip: don’t drive on a flat tire ever
Lmaoo
Shaun, look at the Border Patrol's drags. That might be an idea on how to keep the road in a little better condition.
3 minutes in I already found a solution…Get Off-road Tires with a thicker sidewall. Your tires aren’t off road tires & have thin sidewalls.
The trailer tire drove into a 400lb rock. No sidewall is surviving that
Can’t drive off-road tires on the highway yet too hot
@@robertbaker5130 I literally have of rad tires on my truck & drive highways all the time
@@dustupstexas agree to disagree, it’s off road videos on TH-cam that showcase the strength of certain tires in conditions like this or rougher.
Besides if you make a really nice road to your place more people are going to go out there and then your stuff is going to disappear!
Hey Shaun, have you considered Atmospheric Water Generation for your Desert to Oasis project? - th-cam.com/video/MduGebjl9zI/w-d-xo.html
Your roads, kind of narrow, maybe you need an 8 foot wide I-beam have someone bolt some chains to it don’t weld them bolt the chain to it hook it onto your trailer hitch
What about international volunteers?
They're welcome but obviously more logistics are required. Email me: howdy@dustupsranch.com
My great grandparents' house had a long driveway like this. Hard to maintain. Somehow the relatives who inherited got the county to make it a county road, and now it's beautifully graded and graveled ... at taxpayer expense.
Hey I’m not sure if it’s still true. But a lot of TH-camrs talk about how much more money your videos make if they are over ten minutes. Last few have been under and would hate to see you leave money on the table if that’s still true about duration of video. If it’s changed my apologies in advance
Yes, agreed. I just don't want to have run on videos, either. Quality first
Do you know who owns the property that boarders the road or the road goes through? Is it a private road that you have right if way through? Does that property boarder your property or do you just have to to through it to get to your property? My point is can you be "friendly neighbors". Could you got permission to work on/ improve the road maybe even the owner of the land might be willing to help. Looks like if the road was improved it would help them too. Or maybe they wouldn't want the road impoved for some reason? I don't know what the people are like there. But it seems like the more people you become aquainted with & friends in the area then better.
Just curious, what's the purpose of spending so much time and resources to create a desert forest? Are the trees valuable?
Passion
@@dustupstexas perhaps when you get some water and grass going, you can grow some livestock?
Could fog nets work to collect potable water in your part of the desert?
. I have humidity but no fog
I carry a Milwaukee 1/2 inch impact in my Polaris. I'm lazy..
me too!
Great stuff, the thought of tired being destroyed in that harsh terrain never crossed my mind.
That must be realy scary if someone lost their tire and is alone in an area like that,
Recovery gear is essential
So if you were to rank your cash outlays so far on land improvement what would be your top three?
There's only been one outlay and that was the dirt bathtubs. Spent about 2.5k on that
awesome keep it up! @@dustupstexas
6:05 if I didn’t live across the country I’d give ya hand. Keep it up you’re doing fine. Turtles still finish the race.
Very little commercial air traffic along most of the Big Bend area, making it potentially one of the 2 or 3 remaining areas in the US where you can escape man-made noise. How often do you get military noise there?
I've seen a C17 at 250' off the deck at 1 mile and an F15 at about 3 miles and 1,000'. Very little
@@dustupstexas FYI, Air Force is pushing for noisy overnight training in the Big Bend area. Google "Notice of intent for Environmental Impact Statement for T-7A recapitalization at Laughlin"
I'm just going to say that there are reasons roads are established first in all endeavors, loggers need roads, drilling rigs need roads, developments build roads right after the buried ground work like drainage for the road, infrastructure for the infrastructure.
roads allow you to safely haul everything else into your property. roads lead the way.
I agree, but I'm not sure about the point you're making. Eventually the road reaches a point where it's good enough.
@@dustupstexas lmao "good enough".
I'll keep watching you.
How will a desert forest in the end look like?
Like the thickest bramble you can imagine. But it's the first step towards soil regeneration and water retention.
Casually watching this at 2am
Wow. Where are you?
Sorry not sorry for keeping you up!
#liked👍
You ready for monsoon season?
Oh yeah!
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Been watching since day 1 and your killing it. Is a solar powered Atmospheric Water Generator or similiar a consideration for that environment?
Yes
They would work but very pricey per gallon. I'm setting up a battery bank in the tent. It may make sense to run one while I'm gone just to stock up on water
Build a rock wall
Ofc you dont have permission to fix the road 😉. And no one will prove you did anything even if you record it and put it on YT, because that road looks like all the desert roads 🤷🏻♂
He clearly over estimated his ability to somehow immediately learn and then master desert permaculture.
Being naive is one thing, but dropping 80k on land that will just never posses the capacity to grow anything remotely resembling a forest is taking naïveté to a new level.
As a career desert permaculturist and regenerative rancher, I have my own lifelong desert to jungle, desert to silo pasture, and desert to stone fruit forest pursuits on properties of my own. Sure it’s a little insulting that some hyper urbanized tech professional for some reason thought he could all of sudden become the all-star of desert permaculture overnight without any study. But hey now I get to watch all these videos of him slowly realizing how in over his own head he is on this.
At this rate I might be closer to becoming a tech wizard than he is at growing a tree 🤷♂️
My first video said "I don't know what I'm doing and you probably shouldn't listen to me". If you want to try your hand at software development, knock yourself out. I don't find it off-putting. Best of luck to you
Don't believe the authenticity of this comment - no one is that big of a prick in reality lol
I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ! DO NOT LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN, DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY! DESPAIR AND RETREAT!
Dude, you are piss-your-pants funny!
Goood luck!
Looks like you are trying to practice some permaculture principles. Look up Geoff Lawton. When u build your berms why not just make them straight and angle them?
Slopes are too steep for swales
quick question - are any statistics kept for average annual rainfall in the part of Texas? my guess is less than 5 inches a year.
14"
@@dustupstexas ok
So the who point of the TH-cam channel is to get free labor?
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To walk a mile we all take one step at a time. Besides, it's all about the journey. Right?
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dude, you got major bde
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H2O, 8.5 lbs. per gallon. I thing your doing very well and very interesting. As far as the road is concerned, proceed with caution. Yes, many areas to make progress in, overall, you are proceeding well. Bottom line.....water equals vegetation and is directly proportional to plant growth.Hope you got some rain from the system that came through.
Shaun, people have done more with less. Stop making excuses and falling on your American privilege. Just do the damn thing and get it done. :) said with love.
Edit: I know that came off harsly but you have willing help. More people have transformed much more desolate & unvegetated(not a word?) land with MUCH less resources. I appreciate the analysed approach you're taking due to your career background (I'm in cyber security. I get it...). You're entering the realm of paralysis by analysis however. As the good ol' folks would say: "You're watching the paint dry!" Or "You're in your own way."
He clearly over estimated his ability to somehow immediately learn and then master desert permaculture.
Being naive is one thing, but dropping 80k on land that will just never posses the capacity to grow anything remotely resembling a forest is taking naïveté to a new level.
As a career desert permaculturist and regenerative rancher, I have my own lifelong desert to jungle, desert to silo pasture, and desert to stone fruit forest pursuits on properties of my own. Sure it’s a little insulting that some hyper urbanized tech professional for some reason thought he could all of sudden become the all-star of desert permaculture overnight without any study. But hey now I get to watch all these videos of him slowly realizing how in over his own head he is on this.
At this rate I might be closer to becoming a tech wizard than he is at growing a tree 🤷♂️
@@MichaelofthelandWell, he has earned the money, and he have his interest in doing this, so why not? I think this is a great experiment of what to do, and what not to do. The fact that he is inexperienced (as most of us) in greening a desert enviroment, makes the project even more interesting.
@@sidekickbob7227 I think the interest is great - he should have just done some research on ecology or maybe a consultation before buying a property that can’t really support a forest 🤷♂️
شاهدت معظم فيديوهاتك وقصتك مثيرة جدا المكان الذي قمت باختياره لتحقيق حلمك في الزراعة شديد الوعورة أتمنى لك التوفيق .
لا أفهم كل الكلام لكن معظم الأفكار التي سجلتها في فيديوهاتك تمكنت من فهمها .
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شكرا لمتابعة السلسلة! مشاهدة القصة فرصة للتعرف على النطق التكساسي 🤠
Not much happening here. He moved a rock, satt in his car and talked a lot and made no progress at all.
It's almost like this was a FAQ video.
Why dont you reach out to the Department of transportation with your worries. Clearly you're developing an area with more use nowadays, I'm sure there is an argument for safety concerns with them. Maybe it would be on your dollar, but who knows how you can spin it.
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Take donations in Bitcoin and use the profits from each bull run every 4 years!
The SpongeBob injection was perfect!