Heartwood Homestead, sustainable living in South Africa.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Heartwood is small-scale, eco guest farm on the East Coast, where we practice permaculture, regenerative agriculture, homeschool and run an internship program.
We sell fresh veg, rabbit meat, pastured pork, free range eggs and raw milk, as well as run regular Homesteading Courses.
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Would love to see more of South African Homesteading content
Yes indeed
This is very nicely presented
So amazing to see like-minded South Africans 💙 your place is beautiful
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Great video. Farming and training others to do the same while growing and learning together. This is what Simunye looks like. If more people would do what you are doing the ‘new South Africa’ would truly happen.
Wow great to see fellow South African's going for it! Post more though!!!! Well done. 😎
We are looking for our land in SA to farm in the permaculture style. So nice to see a like minded family!
You and your family really inspire us - keep it up ❤
Would love it if you start short videos where maybe your kids ‘teach’ our ‘city’ kids basics about animals and farm life!!!
Wow this is amazing and so inspiring to see South Africans doing this!
Such awesome initiatives, I understand completely when you say that there are challenges but, nothing would make me want to live differently. Well Done, you guys have an amazing homestead.
Gangster it's soo cool maan well done guyz. Keep going God bless you all and Keep well 👍🙏
Wow that's awesome living, farming is a great business and help ourselves with our needs
Wow, that's one of the most perfect small farms I've seen. Very inspiring from my viewpoint here in Australia as I'm just about to begin my own adventure. Such a beautiful landscape as well.
An inspiring sustainable living initiative homestead, well done!
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Love!! Love!! Love!!! Heartwood Homestead is an amazing place that our toddler and myself love so so much!!!! I'll admit the place has made me a fan girl of some sort 🤣🤣 still hasn't nudged me away from my fear of chickens but has made my kid's favorite animal just that!
They have inspired me to start my own garden which is flourishing with seedlings that I got from Roger and I mean I still get some awesome veggies that make me do a happy dance when I do 🕺🕺.
I look forward to attending a homesteading course by them so I can learn a lot more than I have from them!
Been there! Amazing homestead and family, privileged to have spent some time there.
Incredible set-up. Awesome little community ❤️
Oh!!! I Love ❤this😃So very much
What a lovely well produced video! Would love to see more content!.....please 😁
Me and my family are trying to make this transition, we live in Namibia but it’s so expensive to move from the city to the rural off the grid. But we are praying.
Wow!! That is so impressive. We have already moved out of the city into the county.
Wonderful move and effort. Moving in the right direction. Hope other's and I could be brave enough to move out of our comfort zones
I'm a subscriber now..soon ill be homesteading. Thanks alot for the encouragement 🙏 😊
Hello from Bedford around the mountains from you . A great video .
Hi. Thanks a bunch
So fantastic to see what you're up to all these years later! And very inspiring as we're hoping to embark on a similar journey soon. We might just have to come visit.
I'm from South Africa. But I was born and live I Cape Town. I plan to do this also in the next few years. Still saving for a piece of land. I want to do this debt free.
Awesome video, thank you for sharing. Very Inspiring
Excellent video. Looking forward to more👏👏👏
You should show us how you made/created some of your stuff - little clips like composting, hen house
Loved this video!!! Start with what you can! Exactly what I needed to hears today. Your landscape is beautiful!
Soo cool. Love this family.
You guys have commercial accommodation from what I read. I would definitely like to visit to get a feel of what we're planning to do.
Great! book in!
This is wonderful. And I feel so encouraged as we head off into our own homesteading journey.
Fantastic. Where are you setting up?
Absolutely brilliant
Awesome
Be safe, guys! God bless all of you!
im becoming more and interested in homestead living
Awesome it! Would love to visit.
I presume and hope you have strong security fencing, gates, etc as well as weapons to protect yourselves from the terrifying South African menace, farm attacks. Wishing you much success and happiness. I think you are all courageous.
Probably not prudent to lay out a detailed breakdown of our security setup. But i can say we don't live in fear...
What a negative view to have. Shame.
Shame, it must be awful to live in such fear...we live off grid in a community in South Africa and have none of the fear or counter measures you so anxiously describe...
So cool to find a South African homesteading channel 😊 Subscribed. Fantastic to see what you doing for the community and your workers, proper Ubuntu
We have a small homestead (evolving one) in Benoni on the small holdings. Just one question, do you harvest the rabbits for yourselves or have you found a market for them?
Hey@@JonathanBydendyk sorry for the delayed reply. We breed rabbits for both ourselves and to sell. The market isnt big and it is quite a mission to convince South Africans that it is a good meat option. Make sure you do solid market research before you fork out big bucks on a set up. Good luck
So inspirational and informative program. Thumbs up for you
Great stuff, my dream.
Great initiative 👌
That's awesome guys well done!
This is so refreshing and inspiring. After following US homesteaders for years, it is wonderful to find you guys literally on my doorstep. We live in East London too and have the desire to go off grid ourselves. How do we get hold of you to purchase produce please?
Hi, get hold of us through the www.heartwoodhomestead.co.za website
Awesome video, love the direction! Wish you all the best for your future projects!
such an awesome story, well done
you must upload more videos with more details. very interesting.
I know, I know... just need to a moment to breathe. But we do plan to.
There goes nature again.
Awsome video guys! Would love to visit you someday.
I shouldve been raised on a farm like this. 😢 instead I was raised in a city with a germaphobe mother who didnt allow any pets. My upbringing should've crushed me but now im an adult vegan and will move to rural South Africa soon to start my microsanctuary.
Why do you have to tell us that you are a vegan? Is it such a key part of your identity?
Beautiful place also full of life giving activities....how does one get in touch for farm visit..am contemplating getting a county place outside East London around Kwelera, Mooiplaas area this month..i would appreciate your communication.
Hi, where is the farm location? How is the farm life in South Africa?
I'd be interested to receive some info from you..
Compliment for your amazing farm..
Thanks
I love the Swedish-look houses! What are they made of?
Hi, thanks. Zinc alu, colourbonded cromodeck.
Swell!
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How does 1 start? Where does the capital come from. I have the land and water(borehole) but am stuck. Used all ny personal cash to bush ckear and to fence. I have no job or source of income
Got to just do it piece by piece. Some people say don't invest in anything that doesn't reproduce (you can tell those are cow people), others say you should plant your fruit trees and prepare your fields before you build your house (I think that is in Proverbs in the bible actually!) Having other incomes for us has been necessary especially during the start up period
wow u guys rock but how do u protect youselves and u r in PE OR EL? and how do u survive what income streams do u have if i may ask.u gotta make bucks some where?
We are just outside East London. We don't have much problem with crime, thankfully.
We sell milk and eggs, veg and meat. We do have multiple income streams as we wouldnt make it if we just had to survive off the farm. We have the guest house, we run Homesteading Crouses and I do carpentry. I also consult on compost toilets and off grid systems.
My dream!
Where did you get your composting toilets from and how much did they cost please?
Awesome guys i have a qestion wete did you guys get your chikens as im starting a chiken coop and i have no idea were i can buy theme
Eish, it has been a while since we bought chickens, so I'm sorry I can't offer any advice there
Love this.. but what about the snakes
snakes... yes, they eat frogs, mice and rats.
I love this: At the start of the video you have a dog, what breed is this? Kangal?
She is an anatolian shephard dog, a livestock guardian dog
It looks like it
Are u safe there?
Yup. We have had one sheep stolen and some cable theft (inside job) almost 3 years ago. No issues since then.
Hi there just a quick question, (please forgive my ignorance) do you guys pay levy, taxes or rates? I want to go off grid but I'm sure about these.
Kind regards
Louw
Hi. Yes we do, but only a fire levy, so they are very very low. But it would totally depend on what country you live in.
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