Don't miss this important first step! Or second step. Or maybe third, after planting fruit trees. You can get Compost Everything: The Good Guide to Extreme Composting here: amzn.to/3OWDmF5 Thank you for watching!
Ready foundation for a greenhouse? Slathouse? Pergola? Patio? Outdoor kitchen? Base for cold frames? Smokehouse? Predator proof flooring. So many things you can use old slabs for.
I was thinking a bunch of those things as well, plus maybe a small shed or carport for doing repair work on vehicles/tractors. It is nice when something needs work to have a concrete base, which makes the use of jackstands or the big rolling hydraulic jacks safer. Plus a roof keeps heavier rains from inundating you and whatever you're trying to get finished.
Last summer, when we arrived at our new place, I got pallets to make a four bin compost station. Behind that, we put up a four cattle panel dog kennel. Next to that we pitched our tent. Finally we began building our tiny cabin and planting trees. Compost is a miracle.
YES! Praise God first! Every day & in everything we get to do. Right now I get to go push mow my yard in bright 90° sun before it rains all week. I'll be playing worship music so I can praise as I sweat bc I really don't WANT to go out & do it, I'm just thankful that I can. God bless you all even more than He already has! 🧡
New homestead archeology! My dad once found a nice sized storm cellar that was grown over. Unfortunately, he found it with the tractor caving the doors in, but we fixed it up and used it!
Looks to me like you've got yourself a patio and space for a greenhouse as well as a possible outdoor kitchen area. Congrats on the new homestead and that beautiful looking soil! What an exciting adventure you're going on! I feel so privileged being able to watch the journey and learn! Welcome back! God truly is great! This is a huge blessing!
as soon as I saw the title, I thought "new compost bin" --then when they threw the pallets over the fence, I knew. It's David the Good, gotta compost everything!
Rejoicing (and laughing) with you, Good Family. 3:08 had me chuckling because my oldest daughter is just like her. May God honor you for honoring Him. And may your 10 children's many hands make light work in grass peeling ✊
For a few years, as I started gardening here at my home, I couldn't figure out quite why I had such amazing results. I've seen things that I haven't seen in many other gardens happen here. Incredible growth, super harvests on heavily vegatated plants that just seem to keep going and going, side shoots and bushiness on plants that shouldn't neccessarily be able to support the kind of growth they do, just unbelievable things that I've learned aren't always normal or average for most. I studied up and came to a few conclusions. First, my home was a cattle farm for many, many years. Second, the farm yard and house yard are surrounded by forest. Third, I'm in a old glacial area with deep mineralization. I'm right next to a lake. And in the later years of the cattle farm, the grass and weeds were left to go wild.... growing up, dying down, creating layers of goodness on top of goodness, tree roots pulling up minerals, layers of leaf mulch and composted tree waste. But what ties it all together is the humic activity. I amend and add to what seems a inexhaustable resource because I don't ever want to lose this incredible wonder I have been blessed with. I makes me happy every year I'm able to get out and use this incredible gift. The least I can do is try my best to replenish it. Keep up the good work. I'm very glad for you that you are in a place that makes you happy too.
It is so good to see y'all moved to your new home. We are thankful you take us along with you and show us how to start over / start fresh. We will be doing the same soon... Lord willing.
With all that concrete slab lurking beneath the sod, it’d be interesting to metal detect the yard and perhaps get a glimpse of what went on there before.
I’ve been through a lot of moves and new garden establishment with you. The saddest was that apartment in Grenada. 🙁 But you always keep your spirits up.
Watching this with Fall Into You playing in another tab :) congratulations, May God continue to bless you and allow you to put some roots down here permanently!
I'm as excited as if your new homestead were my own! Well, almost. But, certainly not as excited as you are. What a blessing this new land is. God is good, all the time. ~ Lisa
That's the exciting part of working with a "previously owned" building of any sort. You never know what you might find. I always love those moments of wonder - why did they do that? What were they thinking? It makes things amazing - very much a scavenger hunt or archeology. Keep the fun atmosphere going!
I have had "Compost Everything" now for over a year, actually have many of your books, and have my first large batch of compost (humus) ready and waiting now to refurbish and feed my garden beds as I ready them for fall planting here in Texas. I even built myself a compost sifter like you used to sift your compost in the chicken pen. It is really quite rewarding to have safe good compost to use. Thank you for all that you have taught me and I am super excited to follow DTG adventures on your new homestead.
The place my parents bought in 1956 was quite isolated, and the house was built right around 1900. It had a basement with an entrance that was difficult to maneuver, like it wasn't part of the original design. It was probably hand dug later. We used it to store all of our canning. The place had many little slabs that my father could never figure it out. After he passed away, I moved back home and since the water system was needing a lot of work, I dug a trench for pipe that went right through what appeared to be the old privy, with "funny" soil. I found a ton of old whisky bottles, jugs, and a variety of other bottles, including quite a few that still had caps on them and were half full of liquid. I began wondering if those slabs may have held stills and if the privy was used to ditch the goods in a raid. It is fun to think so, anyway.
We use pallets for compost bins too! My favourite so far is a minimum 3 bin system for hot composting. We use bailer twine to tie them together and keep it portable with two pallets on the front that can untie and rotate to close the empty bin before turning the pile over into the empty bin. This way we can always have 2 pikes going alternating with the empty third bin. I have been able to make a batch of finished compost within a month when I've stayed on top of turning it!
The last two years I tried the pit method, digging out the compost makes that a bit harder. I came across 6 pallets so I am going to do this. I feed all my kitchen scraps to the red wigglers and get great tea and castings. Oh and I thought my hair was long. Don't let anyone ever let you cut it.
I made a compost bin out of some old wood a few years back it worked good for a few years but the termites ate it. so for something to last i built a new one out of cement blocks, i made a cement base with a tube in it with holes. it on a slight angle. the tube sticks out the bottom side. this gives air to the bottom and i drilled holes in the sides to bring in air. Now if i want some compost tea i just add water to the top of the compost and compost tea comes out the tube into a container. works great can made 5-10 gallons in a couple of hours. very rich. Keep up the good David God Bless
I use wire fencing or cattle panel to make composting cages due to wood rot. The freedom to shape & size, ease of set up & tear down can't be beat. I can bang in some stakes & attach the wire in less than 10 min with no help. They also don't look as hideous if you grow beans & peas on them as a trellis. I also build cages on new ground I want to put into garden production. After 9-12 mos the ground underneath is about perfect & the compost if there in place. Just rake off what didn't decompose on top to the sides of the bed & use as mulch later after seeds & seedlings are up.
Also I remember telling my friend move into an old house. It was very interesting to dig up all the different parts that are hidden like an archeological dig site :)
David the pallet thrower! You seem very excited I'm glade to see that, I would be too seeing all that land. I'm very much looking forward to see how work on this homestead goes😎!
Amen brother!!!!! :D over the years I see you have definately grown as a faithful servant of God. I am blessed to be able to witness all this and learn as well. I love you and anyone reading this. Jesus loves you too. Having a bad day? Just remember God makes us strong in our weakness. And remember the trouble all the apostles whent through for Gods glory. Help and uplift one another, admit your faults to one another so we can pray for each other and be healed. GOD BLESS!
My brother and I just built my new grape arbor out of 3 brand new pallets. We knocked out every other board on the top side of each pallet to allow water, air, and sunshine in. Now I'll seal it and use some anti-UV paint before the grapes start vining across boards and pallets.
Cattle panel or fencing rings, ovals, squares are so much easier to make in any size. The can be easily reconfigured & moved. I move them down a section every couple of years. The area underneath is just perfect for a new crop. They can be camouflaged by growing a climbing crop on the S, SE & SW sides. Bean & pea crops do great. Long ago I decided pallet compost bins were way too much work...and they rot.
Y'all got a new property?! Uhmayzin! Ya know, I been using all of your compost and soil amendment techniques, which have allowed me to crush at gardening in decent soil in the Arizona low desert and rocky bastard soil in the Arizona high desert. We didn't buy produce for 3 months at one point. Just incredible.
I love watching this brand new homestead situation because I am slightly ahead of you this time! instead of watching you in already established gardens, I can see how you are approaching from scratch.
Zip ties work, but I keep a spool of electric fence wire and just cut off what I need for construction projects like this. I think the wire may last longer than the plastic zip ties, if that matters (depends on the project). So cool that you guys are on your new place!
When I used pallets to make my grape arbor we held it together by screwing on corner brace pieces of wood (more pallet wood) in each corner to hold the thing together. I guess it just depends on the project at hand......🤷♀️.
@@kdavis4910 I did that the first time I built a pallet compost bin, but didn’t like not being able to move at least one end out of the way when I turned it into the next bin.
A spring box! And one with a house around it! Dang, David the Blessed, I think your family is being looked after by a very powerful, omnipotent in fact, force! ‘Can’t wait to see the mystery of the slab as y’all reveal it! ☝️
This might be easy if I just follow you through every step. So now I have a 3 bin composting station built from pallets behind the barn. And in so doing, discovered a treasury of pallets in constant supply near work. So now I have enough pallets for a 1 cord woodshed. Soon I will have enough for a chicken tractor, garden fence, utility trailer (using wheels from a free wheelchair), a treehouse, and who knows what else!
Several years ago, I'd borrowed a tiller to expand my vegetable garden a bit. When the thing jumped about 2 feet in the air and about broke my jaw, I discovered a stone pathway that my Mom barely remembered used to be there. Sixty-four 10"x8"x6" blocks of hand cut limestone that were laid down in 1939 when my grandparents built here. I broke 2 shovel handles prying them out and had to buy new tiller tines, but the blocks have made for a lovely set of steps for the bank in the front yard. Perhaps your walkway/wagonway could house a pergola of some sort that you could grow grapes or even vertical pumpkins on! Wisteria perhaps? I can't wait to see how it evolves for you. With your families' creative minds, The possibilities are endless!
The end of this video reminds me of when I used to edge the sidewalk as a teenager. I had a long knife made of some thick tool steel. It was fitted with a folded over leather handle that my uncle riveted on. It was sharpened on a course grinder. I would force that knife along the sidewalk edge with a claw hammer. I used that knife for lots of landscaping jobs. I wish I still had it. Now I use a common machete. It’s my favorite yard tool.
Wow so glad you made it there! Bro you gotta try some Cinder block gardens on your slab! I put in the grocery rows in my back yard but my 2 or even 1 high cinder block beds which sit in the untrafficked part of my driveway are some of my strongest. I just used them as compost heaps for a while and topped them over later.
Loved the FirstThing rephrase was great. The last place helped you appreciate this one so much more! Just seeing it looks so much more fertile. Loved the zip tie magic!
Your grass looks great. Love the new property. Your soil is so much better than the dirt you were working with. You grew amazing food there. Just imagine the incredible abundance coming you way. Really like your videos. I am learning a lot. Bless you for passing along all your knowledge.
I started adding all my compost to my chicken coop instead of a pile. The chickens eat all the weeds and turn everything then I just scrap it out and add to the garden all ready to go. We live on terrible “soil” sand like you use to and have turned it to beautiful black soil. I can never have too hot of chicken manure in my garden.
These are exactly the first steps I took last year in our new garden! Great minds...🤓 God is good! He made a way to keep garden life flowing on the earth.
A pallet compost bin was indeed one of the first things I set up on my homestead after leaving NYC in 2020. It’s been aging for more than a year now and I’m very happy with my decision to get it started. Excellent video!
First step on new homestead is to find water. I am building a homestead on raw land. The first things I did was dig outhouse pit, dig a seep, and dig a fire pit. We all need water, food, shelter, first aid/medications, means of defense and a plan. Next was to identify wild edible plants and berries. Then we started cleaning under brush and making hugelkultur mounds. Had to cut paths through blueberries, briers, and brambles. Dug many holes before putting down a point well. Got lucky and it flows. Building a skillion pavilion this summer. The property on the ridge seems to grow fruit trees well. Service berry and cherry. So planting fruit trees and root stocks. The root stocks were free that I dug up.
Oh I love this!!! So looking forward to watching you build your gardens. Sidewalks are nice to meander thru a garden. Of course the second thing was to build a compost : )
My first and favorite compost bin ever was four pallets wired together. I'm moving again in a couple of months, so I'll be making another one at the new place.
You're right about the Grazon. Unless they were grazing sheep on that pasture, they used it. I see zero forbs. Wonder how long Grazon endures. We know the cattle will just recycle it... If that pond is on or bordering your property, that is near. Hopefully you can stock it with fish and crayfish...
Maybe a raised bed garden or a building on that old concrete slab or just remove it after you expose it. Look for old silver dimes under it if you remove it. I used too work for a concrete forming and finishing contractor and found out on several demolition jobs that some old construction workers back in the early 1900s would throw silver dimes on the ground before they poured the concrete.
love it. when I set up my pallet compost, dug down a little to give some extra air flow....and vertically put crossed pvc pipes for extra air flow. used 5 all together and baling twine. thankful! and WORMS!
4:44 I actually really thought you were messing around and inserting Jurassic Park type noises while editing lol. Congrats on the new land, please stay more then 2 years lol.
Dedicated paint stores and water treatment stores are also good places to pick up pallets. If you keep an eye out while driving around, particularly in commercial or industrial areas, sometimes they will put them out by the road for the taking. I work in such an area and businesses put them out on the regular. Wish I had a place to put pallets, but that's not something I have the space for right NIW.
Your bin should be two squares, or even 3, so you can turn it into the other one. It cures much faster that way and the new stuff goes in one side and the cooking stuff goes in the other and finished is in another.
I think the mystery slab/sidewalk is cool. What if it led to an underground bunker or root cellar with stuff still in it? It's like being on a treasure hunt! 😜😁
I am looking forward to seeing this new garden grow! The cement may have been part of the dairy lot-to help keep the cow udders out of the dirt. Let’s see where it takes you.
Don't miss this important first step! Or second step. Or maybe third, after planting fruit trees.
You can get Compost Everything: The Good Guide to Extreme Composting here: amzn.to/3OWDmF5
Thank you for watching!
what is it ? It's a rat feeder ! rotfl....
daughter's hair s'amazing js.....
cool man...., old foundation new foundation for something else.
Lord bless y'all there.....august in August....
Hey Boss. Are you renting or buying that place? Also, did you transport any of your smaller trees from the previous property? Keep growing bro.... 👍
Hey, the rats are good eatin' while you wait for the chickens to arrive ;)
@@unclebubbaknowseverything9143 he bought
Ready foundation for a greenhouse? Slathouse? Pergola? Patio? Outdoor kitchen? Base for cold frames? Smokehouse? Predator proof flooring. So many things you can use old slabs for.
I was thinking a bunch of those things as well, plus maybe a small shed or carport for doing repair work on vehicles/tractors. It is nice when something needs work to have a concrete base, which makes the use of jackstands or the big rolling hydraulic jacks safer. Plus a roof keeps heavier rains from inundating you and whatever you're trying to get finished.
Slab City
DEEP LITTER PIGS!!!
Last summer, when we arrived at our new place, I got pallets to make a four bin compost station. Behind that, we put up a four cattle panel dog kennel. Next to that we pitched our tent. Finally we began building our tiny cabin and planting trees. Compost is a miracle.
YES! Praise God first! Every day & in everything we get to do. Right now I get to go push mow my yard in bright 90° sun before it rains all week. I'll be playing worship music so I can praise as I sweat bc I really don't WANT to go out & do it, I'm just thankful that I can.
God bless you all even more than He already has! 🧡
And God bless you too 🙏 ❤️
New homestead archeology! My dad once found a nice sized storm cellar that was grown over. Unfortunately, he found it with the tractor caving the doors in, but we fixed it up and used it!
That is awesome.
Looks to me like you've got yourself a patio and space for a greenhouse as well as a possible outdoor kitchen area. Congrats on the new homestead and that beautiful looking soil! What an exciting adventure you're going on! I feel so privileged being able to watch the journey and learn! Welcome back! God truly is great! This is a huge blessing!
as soon as I saw the title, I thought "new compost bin" --then when they threw the pallets over the fence, I knew. It's David the Good, gotta compost everything!
Rejoicing (and laughing) with you, Good Family. 3:08 had me chuckling because my oldest daughter is just like her. May God honor you for honoring Him. And may your 10 children's many hands make light work in grass peeling ✊
For a few years, as I started gardening here at my home, I couldn't figure out quite why I had such amazing results. I've seen things that I haven't seen in many other gardens happen here. Incredible growth, super harvests on heavily vegatated plants that just seem to keep going and going, side shoots and bushiness on plants that shouldn't neccessarily be able to support the kind of growth they do, just unbelievable things that I've learned aren't always normal or average for most. I studied up and came to a few conclusions. First, my home was a cattle farm for many, many years. Second, the farm yard and house yard are surrounded by forest. Third, I'm in a old glacial area with deep mineralization. I'm right next to a lake. And in the later years of the cattle farm, the grass and weeds were left to go wild.... growing up, dying down, creating layers of goodness on top of goodness, tree roots pulling up minerals, layers of leaf mulch and composted tree waste. But what ties it all together is the humic activity. I amend and add to what seems a inexhaustable resource because I don't ever want to lose this incredible wonder I have been blessed with. I makes me happy every year I'm able to get out and use this incredible gift. The least I can do is try my best to replenish it.
Keep up the good work. I'm very glad for you that you are in a place that makes you happy too.
I would love to see all that please post
@@introtwerp Maybe someday. I prefer being anonymous.
It is so good to see y'all moved to your new home. We are thankful you take us along with you and show us how to start over / start fresh. We will be doing the same soon... Lord willing.
Sure am glad to see you "back on the air!" I've missed your sage advise and easy manner of instruction. Enjoy your new homestead.
"It's a rat feeder." 🤣🤣
How fun! Sidewalk adventure! I pray you never stop finding buried treasure on your new homestead.
With all that concrete slab lurking beneath the sod, it’d be interesting to metal detect the yard and perhaps get a glimpse of what went on there before.
For sure
Yes, very interesting.
I’ve been through a lot of moves and new garden establishment with you. The saddest was that apartment in Grenada. 🙁 But you always keep your spirits up.
Watching this with Fall Into You playing in another tab :) congratulations, May God continue to bless you and allow you to put some roots down here permanently!
I'm as excited as if your new homestead were my own! Well, almost. But, certainly not as excited as you are. What a blessing this new land is. God is good, all the time. ~ Lisa
The last part is fun because it's like a little treasure hunt! ....but instead of gold you get....a path!
Great video and you just made me like em even more when you put God first amen brother
Thank you
That's the exciting part of working with a "previously owned" building of any sort. You never know what you might find. I always love those moments of wonder - why did they do that? What were they thinking? It makes things amazing - very much a scavenger hunt or archeology. Keep the fun atmosphere going!
Amazing how well the grass is growing on that slab! Glad you've found a place to call home.
I have had "Compost Everything" now for over a year, actually have many of your books, and have my first large batch of compost (humus) ready and waiting now to refurbish and feed my garden beds as I ready them for fall planting here in Texas. I even built myself a compost sifter like you used to sift your compost in the chicken pen. It is really quite rewarding to have safe good compost to use. Thank you for all that you have taught me and I am super excited to follow DTG adventures on your new homestead.
The place my parents bought in 1956 was quite isolated, and the house was built right around 1900. It had a basement with an entrance that was difficult to maneuver, like it wasn't part of the original design. It was probably hand dug later. We used it to store all of our canning. The place had many little slabs that my father could never figure it out. After he passed away, I moved back home and since the water system was needing a lot of work, I dug a trench for pipe that went right through what appeared to be the old privy, with "funny" soil. I found a ton of old whisky bottles, jugs, and a variety of other bottles, including quite a few that still had caps on them and were half full of liquid. I began wondering if those slabs may have held stills and if the privy was used to ditch the goods in a raid. It is fun to think so, anyway.
🤣 that opening ✌️ always the GOOD see yall soon
Ecstatic for you all on the new homestead👏👏
We use pallets for compost bins too! My favourite so far is a minimum 3 bin system for hot composting. We use bailer twine to tie them together and keep it portable with two pallets on the front that can untie and rotate to close the empty bin before turning the pile over into the empty bin. This way we can always have 2 pikes going alternating with the empty third bin. I have been able to make a batch of finished compost within a month when I've stayed on top of turning it!
The last two years I tried the pit method, digging out the compost makes that a bit harder. I came across 6 pallets so I am going to do this. I feed all my kitchen scraps to the red wigglers and get great tea and castings. Oh and I thought my hair was long. Don't let anyone ever let you cut it.
I made a compost bin out of some old wood a few years back it worked good for a few years but the termites ate it. so for something to last i built a new one out of cement blocks, i made a cement base with a tube in it with holes. it on a slight angle. the tube sticks out the bottom side. this gives air to the bottom and i drilled holes in the sides to bring in air. Now if i want some compost tea i just add water to the top of the compost and compost tea comes out the tube into a container. works great can made 5-10 gallons in a couple of hours. very rich. Keep up the good David God Bless
I use wire fencing or cattle panel to make composting cages due to wood rot. The freedom to shape & size, ease of set up & tear down can't be beat. I can bang in some stakes & attach the wire in less than 10 min with no help.
They also don't look as hideous if you grow beans & peas on them as a trellis.
I also build cages on new ground I want to put into garden production. After 9-12 mos the ground underneath is about perfect & the compost if there in place. Just rake off what didn't decompose on top to the sides of the bed & use as mulch later after seeds & seedlings are up.
I found an entire sidewalk of slab underneath my yard. I found dozens of big beautiful stones so heavy I could barely lift them. It was fun!
I wish I could find a place like that, sooo jealous......Great job I'm sure you'll enjoy 😉
2:02 As soon as you said that, I went "OOOh I remember a video in the past which took pallets." Before that I was very confused.
Also I remember telling my friend move into an old house. It was very interesting to dig up all the different parts that are hidden like an archeological dig site :)
That is no joke! Our house was built in 1904 and dig up all kinds of stuff. Our most recent find was about 5 pounds of fishing sinkers.
David the pallet thrower! You seem very excited I'm glade to see that, I would be too seeing all that land. I'm very much looking forward to see how work on this homestead goes😎!
Amen brother!!!!! :D over the years I see you have definately grown as a faithful servant of God.
I am blessed to be able to witness all this and learn as well. I love you and anyone reading this. Jesus loves you too.
Having a bad day? Just remember God makes us strong in our weakness.
And remember the trouble all the apostles whent through for Gods glory.
Help and uplift one another, admit your faults to one another so we can pray for each other and be healed. GOD BLESS!
Thank you
My brother and I just built my new grape arbor out of 3 brand new pallets. We knocked out every other board on the top side of each pallet to allow water, air, and sunshine in. Now I'll seal it and use some anti-UV paint before the grapes start vining across boards and pallets.
Cattle panel or fencing rings, ovals, squares are so much easier to make in any size. The can be easily reconfigured & moved. I move them down a section every couple of years. The area underneath is just perfect for a new crop.
They can be camouflaged by growing a climbing crop on the S, SE & SW sides. Bean & pea crops do great.
Long ago I decided pallet compost bins were way too much work...and they rot.
That’s a very quick looking way to assemble the pallets and when the video got to 10:13 that was a very quick way to give the gospel. God is awesome!
Thanks, Wyatt. Indeed!
Missed you guys. Happy you're in your own home. Can't wait to see your new adventures...👍👍😊😊💕💕
Y'all got a new property?! Uhmayzin! Ya know, I been using all of your compost and soil amendment techniques, which have allowed me to crush at gardening in decent soil in the Arizona low desert and rocky bastard soil in the Arizona high desert. We didn't buy produce for 3 months at one point. Just incredible.
Great timing on that video I am literally building one of those tomorrow, thank you so much.
Compost is the foundation of life! I do the same thing!
Congrats 🎉🎊David on your new Homestead ✨✨💚
I love watching this brand new homestead situation because I am slightly ahead of you this time! instead of watching you in already established gardens, I can see how you are approaching from scratch.
So happy!!! They sell rebar with a handle attached for finding septic fields. It would help also for a situation like this with random slab everywhere
They actually look for septic fields with a piece of rebar? How do you avoid damaging the tile as I'd like to try this.
@@cherriemckinstry131 Some fields are just pipe with gravel on the top, sides and bottom.
Zip ties work, but I keep a spool of electric fence wire and just cut off what I need for construction projects like this. I think the wire may last longer than the plastic zip ties, if that matters (depends on the project).
So cool that you guys are on your new place!
I was thinking, as you showed us around on the previous video, it would be great to see a sketch of the place showing where things will be.
I use metal coat hangars to tie them together.
Baling twine lasts and is useful for many things, even clotheslines.
When I used pallets to make my grape arbor we held it together by screwing on corner brace pieces of wood (more pallet wood) in each corner to hold the thing together. I guess it just depends on the project at hand......🤷♀️.
@@kdavis4910 I did that the first time I built a pallet compost bin, but didn’t like not being able to move at least one end out of the way when I turned it into the next bin.
I would love to see and you give a tour of your new homestead I think everybody would like that and I love your channel
How exciting.. first steps.. and in the right order! Can't wait to see the progress....
A spring box! And one with a house around it! Dang, David the Blessed, I think your family is being looked after by a very powerful, omnipotent in fact, force! ‘Can’t wait to see the mystery of the slab as y’all reveal it! ☝️
This might be easy if I just follow you through every step.
So now I have a 3 bin composting station built from pallets behind the barn. And in so doing, discovered a treasury of pallets in constant supply near work. So now I have enough pallets for a 1 cord woodshed. Soon I will have enough for a chicken tractor, garden fence, utility trailer (using wheels from a free wheelchair), a treehouse, and who knows what else!
Several years ago, I'd borrowed a tiller to expand my vegetable garden a bit. When the thing jumped about 2 feet in the air and about broke my jaw, I discovered a stone pathway that my Mom barely remembered used to be there. Sixty-four 10"x8"x6" blocks of hand cut limestone that were laid down in 1939 when my grandparents built here. I broke 2 shovel handles prying them out and had to buy new tiller tines, but the blocks have made for a lovely set of steps for the bank in the front yard.
Perhaps your walkway/wagonway could house a pergola of some sort that you could grow grapes or even vertical pumpkins on! Wisteria perhaps? I can't wait to see how it evolves for you. With your families' creative minds, The possibilities are endless!
That is amazing. Yes - maybe - we'll see what the complete slab looks like!
my experience with wisteria is a nightmare - it is terribly invasive - pretty yes - but you'll never get rid of it.
@@ELRenaud As with any vining species, it takes some care. When there's no management. It tends to get out of hand.
You may want to mention to people to collect only the HT (heat treated) pallets. The others are chemically treated. Happy for y'all.
Thanks. Good suggestion.
The end of this video reminds me of when I used to edge the sidewalk as a teenager. I had a long knife made of some thick tool steel. It was fitted with a folded over leather handle that my uncle riveted on. It was sharpened on a course grinder. I would force that knife along the sidewalk edge with a claw hammer. I used that knife for lots of landscaping jobs. I wish I still had it. Now I use a common machete. It’s my favorite yard tool.
That sounds like a great tool. I would be tempted to have one made from memory.
Dave I'm so happy for you. Good soil on YOUR land, that's great! Congrats.
Wow so glad you made it there! Bro you gotta try some Cinder block gardens on your slab! I put in the grocery rows in my back yard but my 2 or even 1 high cinder block beds which sit in the untrafficked part of my driveway are some of my strongest. I just used them as compost heaps for a while and topped them over later.
Thanks for the daisy chain zip tie tip. I never knew you could so that.
Ready for this new chapter in the “Book of The Good”🤣 aka life of David The Good 💯✌🏻
We are in the process of buying a small home in north Florida with 4 acres! Can’t wait to get there and get started setting up our homestead!
Congratulations!
Congratulations and GOD BLESS!❤️🤍💙
Congratulations on your new home!!
Hardstanding by the house is a handy thing to have. And archaeology is fun too.
This is gonna be FUN watching you set up your Homestead! Thanks!
Congratulations, David! I'm excited for you!
Congrats on the new place. May God bless your home with love, giggles, peace, and substantial harvests. 🙏
Loved the FirstThing rephrase was great. The last place helped you appreciate this one so much more! Just seeing it looks so much more fertile. Loved the zip tie magic!
Yes, even the slabs grow stuff in this new promised land.
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LOL !!!! U funny. 😎👍
Glad to see yall today.
So exciting to start a new place. I really like that place. Just setting out there with a cup of coffee would be awesome
Great idea with the zip ties. Thanks for sharing.
if you build another with barb wire around top , it makes a handy playpen, leaving you free to garden
I am glad that you moved the water fountain with you.
So exciting! Like unwrapping Christmas packages, peeling that sod away. God is good ❤️
That slab looks like it would be a ton of fun to uncover using a power broom or pressure washer.
Compost book is excellent! Tune at the end was great and love the Bible verses Thx!
Can’t wait to just watch you grow... thanks for sharing.
I have horses and lots of hay, so I use the baling twine which is very strong and does the job.
Your grass looks great. Love the new property. Your soil is so much better than the dirt you were working with. You grew amazing food there. Just imagine the incredible abundance coming you way.
Really like your videos. I am learning a lot.
Bless you for passing along all your knowledge.
I started adding all my compost to my chicken coop instead of a pile. The chickens eat all the weeds and turn everything then I just scrap it out and add to the garden all ready to go. We live on terrible “soil” sand like you use to and have turned it to beautiful black soil. I can never have too hot of chicken manure in my garden.
These are exactly the first steps I took last year in our new garden! Great minds...🤓
God is good! He made a way to keep garden life flowing on the earth.
A pallet compost bin was indeed one of the first things I set up on my homestead after leaving NYC in 2020. It’s been aging for more than a year now and I’m very happy with my decision to get it started. Excellent video!
First step on new homestead is to find water. I am building a homestead on raw land. The first things I did was dig outhouse pit, dig a seep, and dig a fire pit. We all need water, food, shelter, first aid/medications, means of defense and a plan. Next was to identify wild edible plants and berries. Then we started cleaning under brush and making hugelkultur mounds. Had to cut paths through blueberries, briers, and brambles. Dug many holes before putting down a point well. Got lucky and it flows. Building a skillion pavilion this summer. The property on the ridge seems to grow fruit trees well. Service berry and cherry. So planting fruit trees and root stocks. The root stocks were free that I dug up.
Oh I love this!!! So looking forward to watching you build your gardens. Sidewalks are nice to meander thru a garden. Of course the second thing was to build a compost : )
My first and favorite compost bin ever was four pallets wired together. I'm moving again in a couple of months, so I'll be making another one at the new place.
Gardens on either side, trellises over- arching the sidewalk. ... looking forward to what YOU do with it, sir.
There must have been a house there or something. You may be able to use that slab area. Setting up a fruit stand or garden shed.
It might be handy to keep depending on where it goes
Beautiful new property. Love the pond too
You're right about the Grazon. Unless they were grazing sheep on that pasture, they used it. I see zero forbs.
Wonder how long Grazon endures. We know the cattle will just recycle it...
If that pond is on or bordering your property, that is near. Hopefully you can stock it with fish and crayfish...
Grazon's effects usually last around three years.
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Thank you for answering that.
That was Elite level pallet throwing💪💪💪.
I really enjoy watching your videos. Good luck with your new property.
It is so nice to see you are finally in a place that I can relate to. I will not miss that Sandy soil of yours. Keep growing brother
Maybe a raised bed garden or a building on that old concrete slab or just remove it after you expose it. Look for old silver dimes under it if you remove it. I used too work for a concrete forming and finishing contractor and found out on several demolition jobs that some old construction workers back in the early 1900s would throw silver dimes on the ground before they poured the concrete.
That is awesome.
Greenhouse on the slab!! And an Artesian well, amazing. You are blessed!
love it. when I set up my pallet compost, dug down a little to give some extra air flow....and vertically put crossed pvc pipes for extra air flow. used 5 all together and baling twine. thankful! and WORMS!
4:44 I actually really thought you were messing around and inserting Jurassic Park type noises while editing lol. Congrats on the new land, please stay more then 2 years lol.
So, when is the fountain going in the pond?! 😉
Dedicated paint stores and water treatment stores are also good places to pick up pallets.
If you keep an eye out while driving around, particularly in commercial or industrial areas, sometimes they will put them out by the road for the taking.
I work in such an area and businesses put them out on the regular. Wish I had a place to put pallets, but that's not something I have the space for right NIW.
Your bin should be two squares, or even 3, so you can turn it into the other one. It cures much faster that way and the new stuff goes in one side and the cooking stuff goes in the other and finished is in another.
I have better plans for something like that - I like a full concrete structure. You are correct, but this is just a simple stand-in for now.
I used a wire spool to put mine up. Wire is cheaper and will eventually break down into the soil.
I think the mystery slab/sidewalk is cool. What if it led to an underground bunker or root cellar with stuff still in it? It's like being on a treasure hunt! 😜😁
I am looking forward to seeing this new garden grow!
The cement may have been part of the dairy lot-to help keep the cow udders out of the dirt. Let’s see where it takes you.
I knew what you were making when I saw the first pallet 🎉
So happy for you and your family ! May God bless your little homestead ❤️