you should maybe get in touch with the local fire department to see how you can prepare for an eventual fire or how you can cut the trees and the land to stop the eventual spread of fire.
there is actually a law in Portugal about how to clean the land to prevent fires... it's very radical and demands clean cutting huge arears around houses...
Yes ,at least 50meters around the houses / living space ,needs to be cleared of vegetation . In their case ,should be cleared of Mimosas/brambles around the campsite in a 50meters radius .
@@mezanian not really, as they still need to clean a huge buffer zone around any buildings, to be compliant with the new law.. the law extents all the way out to 150m from any building, regulating what can grow there and how high. And in Portugal, if land is truly abandoned, you have the right to use it. So they can actually legally enter and clean any abandoned land around them. But to my knowledge they know most, if not all, their neighbors, and seems to be on good terms with them.
21:11 I’ve recently found Project Kamp while watching Bushcraft Videos, I’m so happy this came up in TH-cam Suggestions. I’m binging the videos and this one is where I’m at now, this moment when you ask him that question, I saw the profound look on his face at such a big moment for him. Hearing him say, "The Earth is Calling" brought tears to my eyes as I feel this since the day I can first remember and I’m now 44 and worried for my children and granddaughter, along with all the other young people of World… and their Futures will be very tough for them.
If you burn the end of the wood thats going into the ground it will last longer. Wood underground tends to rot away inless its either always wet or always totally dry. Primitive building techniques videos are great for inspiration.
@@ric_dk-9520 Thats an interesting point you are rising, im very curious about it. Why shouldnt they worry about the Acacias roting? Is there domething special about them?
@@MrPlito95 acacia is known for not rotting. That's why many garden furniture's are made from it, as they don't need paint and can last for many many years in the sun and rain. Acacia wood is known to last over 50 years when in direct contact with soil. Not sure about this variant, but for a temporary structure like this I'm sure there will be no issue. And even if, there are plenty of replacements all around them...
Find it extremely funny that no one is mentioned this relic of a well in the middle of nowhere no houses no schools no banks with shopping centers no roads no livestock no nothing but here we are critiquing these guys president way that they want to clean their well and the way they filmed their video people need to wake up pay attention to your surroundings before you nothing surround you no more you're engulfed with nothing
In France they used to use recycled motor oil on wood,you can still see the old tobacco barns ,still standing strong ,and it’s a beautiful color,any garage will give you some free.
Like to see young people like you guy´s,doing something about earth future.many people say about the global warming and they talk,talk and do little or noting about it.You are the starting generation to do something.Little by little the movement goes on and the planet can see a green future.Good work .Stay on and green.
there is a kind of plastic fabric used in gardening to reduce the amount of sun that plants get (for very hot and dry places). It can also be used to create a shadowed area for people! In Brazil, we call it "sombrite". Comparing with the "solid" cover it has the advantage of not blocking the water and wind because it has small holes, so you wouldn't have the problems you had with the yellow cover.
Mimosa tree also known as Acacia, are nitrogen fixing trees they are there to restore and fertilize your soil. So don't hate them they are a good tree actually! I'm amazed how no one ever mentioned that.
Another tip, the wood of the shower structure will rot pretty quick , specially the burried parts . In order to slow the process as much as possible, you should consider using tar, the norwegian stuff or light a fire and burn the tip of the shafts. It will make them harder, remove a lot of moisture, kill mushrooms, parasites, insects... in a word , make them last longer.
Depending on how useful Mimosa , when dried, can be used as a fire fuel, and, if it can be used I would spend one hour every day to cut down A lot of it , especially around your vehicles and structures, and (get many skids / Pallets) store enough fuel for years to come. Also research how native peoples have used these saplings.( e.g. In England they discovered how to utilize a certain thickness of LIVING trees as fencing to contain livestock (a subject which does not seem to have been discussed yet. When you are ready to purchase a wood chipper make sure you get an industrial size as the home size will not work except for very thin branches.
Do you mean hedge laying? I've done that a couple of times (as a rank amateur!) and it's a good workout but very satisfying. And done without powered tools - just billhooks and hazel pegs.
The most common tree acacia/mimosa are mostly used for fire wood but the acacia/australia has different leaves and flowers is used for furniture and can be planted with a license unlike the mimosa.
@@jugglingbag hi from Australia, mimosa... Wattle, was used for early housing structures with daub, a clay based caulk. The seeds, a Bush Tucker, can be ground and used for a flour substitute, but my favourite is as a flavour for ice cream.
Peeling the bark on those trees will not kill the roots. Best guess is they are coloanal (shared root system), but even if not, they will quickly resprout from the root. We are doing something similar in SW Wisconsin. We are not off grid - yet, but we are restoring the Oak Savanna habitat. Removing invasive species is quite the battle. In the end we hope to have a restored habitat and supply most of our own needs. Good luck! It's a massive amount of work.
@@rochamocha5705 That's great! Trees with a shared root system can be very difficult to get rid of. If the bark peeling does work, you can girdle them as well. Just make a cut all the way around. We did that to clear one of our pastures.
21:10 "The earth is calling" - 17 days after this video was published, I arrived to my new home on a 23 acre woodlot that has been clear-cut for generations (about 15 - 20yrs into its current cycle). I'm using abundant "junk hay" resource from neighbours who don't maintain the ancestral hayfield, but want it mowed once a year to keep the space open as a meadow (ie, not high value fodder for wintering livestock, I guess?) to create & expand a minimal-dig garden (largely via a Ruth Stout method potato crop each year) while feeding the soil, keeping my feet dry & clean of mud, retaining soil moisture, and minimizing weeding. 9 months of the year (Z4b in Canada) I'm more than self-sufficient in eggs from my small flock of low-input Chantecler chickens (bred for cold climate/frostbite-hardy). My elderly firewood-supplying neighbours gather the waste product of their firewood business, kindling and woodchips, and offer it to me in exchange for seasonally-pastured eggs (5-6 months of the year, I rotate the chickens around the lawn in a mobile electric fence). I also get plenty of ethically-raised, ethically-slaughtered chicken to eat. The eggs also help minimize the cost to feed my dog (who helps keep the chickens safe, and has helped me avoid the garden being raided by wildlife) and my 2 housecats (never allowed outside to impact my ecosystem, on which I rely for removal of garden "pest" pressure - snakes, toads, songbirds) who keep the house mouse-free (I've been here 3 years and I've never seen any sign of mice in the house even though there are plenty observable outside) and housefly-free. I didn't know it when I bought the house, but there's a certified organic, agro-ecological CSA farm co-op 2kms closer to town from me so I carefully manage my income so that I can always pre-pay for my annual share. It's so profoundly important to support your local food-growers, who KNOW the land and who KNOW how to feed the community via methods that will be relevant no matter what the climate or geopolitics or The Invisible Hand of The Market do. Every spring, I offer them a few part-days of my labour per month, to help out at crunch time when there are fewer WOOFers to go around (especially in frigid parts of Canada). I love the weather, and I'm happy to work in shin-deep mud if need be, to ensure my neighbours know how important they and my community are to me. Behind the house, I'm working via the muscle-labour of a not-in-shape middle-aged woman alone, to establish a small silvopasture area, using the native species that are regrowing as well as native species that have disappeared from heavily-logged areas, plus fruit and nut trees. I'm only just learning to grow those from seed, so my efforts haven't shown much success yet, but I'll get the process figured out! Eventually, my plan is to be an incubator for these cold-hardy dual purpose chickens, so that I can offer them to those with similar goals. I mean, if H5N1 allows, of course. But the "silvopasture" easily becomes a food forest with vegetable alleycropping rows, if we get to a place where the chickens are no longer advisable. (which would be so tragic for so many more important reasons than any given domesticated chicken breed's regional usefulness 💔) Anyway. I've just discovered this channel, tho in a previous part of my life I was aware of Precious Plastic already, and am binging the videos, and obviously this one caught me. I'nm so interested that life has led you to this place!
Really exciting experiment, thank you. Agree about a wood chipper but one that shreds as well. You have all the ingredients for really large scale Hugelkultur. Loving your work.
I agree with the two guys, get a wood chipper! I have used one extensively and created beautiful, rich and deep topsoil from what would otherwise be a waste product! A balance of leaf and woody material will break down faster than just woody material alone. The balance is great for composting, the woody makes a long term mulch. Also don't did it into the soil as it will use up a lot of soil nitrogen to break down, atmospheric nitrogen makes up 70% of the air we breath so loose mulch on top is the way to go.
Dave- I wish you the very best of luck and success with this project. You might consider biochar/making charcoal, both as a soil improvement as well as a form of carbon capture... it's my understanding that charcoal locks up carbon far longer than simply composting. Making charcoal is time consuming, dirty, hard work... I've done it myself using an old oil drum, then used the results in my little garden. I'm not sure if you could scale it up enough to accomplish much, especially in terms of reducing the fuel available to a wildfire. But I'm sure you recognize the wildfire risk, and I hope when one comes your way you'll be ready. Thanks for the videos!
There's a "party" going on here in the Kamp. Exciting! Most important is water which you have solved, next is FIRE due to these non native trees. Very concerning, don't you think so? Yes...wood chipper !!
Great to see more continuous progress with volunteers pitching in. Hope those with financial means will contribute as well. My wife & I were noting the 21st century women at Project Kamp who were using power tools and more concerned with getting work done than fixing hair, applying makeup and choosing a wardrobe. Hats off to you ladies as you break free of the societal limitations of the past and chart your own course into a more fulfilling & sustainable future.
Maybe you can reduce your fire risk if you cut a wide gap in the forest surrounding your land an then keep it clear with sheep or goats. And you should definitely dig a big pond on the highest boundaries of your land with your permaculture buddies
Would get better retention of viewers if the interviewing parts were in between the building/cleaning parts. Basically editing it to keep it more interesting.
WoW this video attracted passionate comments. I find it all very interesting, love the video style, and appreciate the diversity of content each week. Bon courage, and good luck with it all!
Guys, I think you are doing an amazing thing, and you have all my support! Let me repeat this one more time: I think this project is very, very good! Having said this, let me say something about the solar electricity: when you consider the "sustainability" or "ecological footprint" of the solar plant, you need to take into account also the mining and processing of the minerals that are needed to build the solar panels themselves, and the batteries. Those minerals are mined in distant countries, usually are mined by people who is in semi-slave conditions, and the ecological impact of the mining is huge. Moreover, when they end their life cycle, they are very impactful on the environment as waste materials. So, in the bigger picture, solar electric energy is not as clean as it seems. Once again, I think the project is really cool, my comment is a comment to the "big picture" of environmentalism. Keep going, you have all my support!
One thing you may want to consider is producing - Biochar - This is an incredible way to help rejuvenate your soil-in combination with wood chip and mulch production will give you amazing soils- even with the burned trees most of it went to ash and is gone but mineral retentions projects will help
Yes, its easier to burn dry material than to chip it, the wood can be turned to bio char in the wet season to prevent fire hazard. Inoculate the charcoal with your urine to produce a slow release nitrogen for your garden's
Biochar is terrible. It absorbs nutrients which could’ve gone to feed the trees. The nutrients are locked in the biochar which acts as a filter, instead of feeding the plants.
I love what you are doing. I despise when people conflate permaculture principles with politics. That is why most people don't take it seriously. They are very different conversations. Good luck.
Eucalyptus trees commonly known as Gum trees are a native to Australia, they make very good building products as they are a hard wood. The oil from the gum tree is highly flammable and during a heat spell if a fire happens, the oil can atomize and when hit by flame can virtually explode. that's why Australia have such severe bush fires. Eucalyptus trees need fire to regenerate so shortly after a fire you will notice new growth. I would suggest cutting all eucalypts down at least 30 meters from any building and 10 meters each side of any access roads. .
If you get a chipper that is driven from the tractor pto, you have an upgrade path - the common connector would let you drive it from a water wheel or an electric motor or whatever in the future. And its one less engine to maintain and feed. Thanks for the video and the story you are writing here.
Just love your channal, I'm in South Africa, and I started a Non Profit organisation, to learn the community how to feed themself through gardening. We are also busy with a pilot project vegtable garden, and we learn ourselfs as we go along. Can't wait to see the progress on your project. For the brambles, try goats. They will eat all the brambles.
Great to see so many people coming - I’d also love to visit you one day and offer my hands :) One tool I would recommend (without anybody asking me;) - the hand scythe!
I agree you need a wood chipper. The only chance you have of getting rid of the mimosa is to get all 10,000 hectares of it cut down , and to cut down every new tree each year and mulch them not the seed pods
15:51 I've been sayin' to get a backhoe in there & pop out all the stumps. Dig a bunch of holes then bury all that organic matter to build better soil for later. less fire hazard too
I can recommend a wood chipper. I'm an arborist from Ireland. Last year I bought a Jansen GTS 1500 e direct from Jansen. It's a German design made in China, it is a very capable machine, it has some pit falls but for the money I don't think there is better out there. Lots of small upgrades make it much better. It would be perfect for the mimosa
All the materials used to make that tea, electrical socket (made by big factories)electrical cable (same factories) copper (day mining Africa not really environmentally friendly) etc. So not really ecological is it
whilst I'm loving what this guys are doing, I have been following this and other "earth loving hippies with admiration for a while", considering I grew up in a rural area where my ancestors ( I'm 45) lived and so forth...I really hope all this youngsters ( and I'm saying this respectfully) don't think they have reinvented the wheel sort of speak. my grand parents grew up some of their food, they had chickens, pig, cows... and it was sustainable and all of that.
About the fires and the risks of mega fires. You should look into fire ecology because recent studies tend to show that they are in fact necessary. Preventing fires leads to a risk of bigger fires because the forest is not "cleansed" (lots of dead wood, invasive species that take over some other species that need fires to thrive...). There is a good documentary that just came out on the DirtyBiology youtube channel but it's in French.
I love to see the progress yourmaking. Just as it is wise to use a hammer with both hands it is also very wise to hold both your hands behind your chisel. ‘Free handing’ leeds to loose limps, as in separated from your body.
Cool videos 👍 maybe I can visit your project one day. According to specialists acacia is worse than eucalyptus because acacia spreads fast by itself and the seeds bellow older trees disable other plants to grow and are massive seed reserves that love fire. Eucalyptus plantations don't normally spread and use seedless hybrids. I don't like either tree but acacia seems worse in my opinion. Removing the bark like you did for the path way is more effective than cutting 😁
That ruin looks like a "pocilga" , maybe not, but in my grandparents area there would be a lot of those for the pigs to leave, everyone used to have pigs there
A sawhorse would make working on wood more comfortable at a higher height. A drawknife is helpful for shaping wood after rough work with an axe. Make sure your draw knife blade is flat an easy to sharpen
I really like their argument that people should live less densely in order to foster land stewardship (16:25). However, it was frequently said in my environment classes that urban living is much more sustainable because of the shorter transit distances, the economies of scale and reduced land conversion.😕 I’m not sure what to make of this…
for your water system you should use a polyethylene pipe, the kind used on construction, toi bring water into a house. It Can take up to 10 or 16 bars of pressure without having to worry with leaks...
With all those young trees avaiable you should investigate they use of wattle and daub constructions. It strikes me you have all of the materials readily available for some ancient construction methods to help in establishing the camp.
The post you put in the ground for your shower you need to Preserve it Naturally in the way of Ancient wood Preserving Technique in Burning the woods to Preserve it if you notice the oak tree that was burnt is still there after all this time 👍👍🤙🤙
the tree they used are in the acacia family, they last for a long time even when direct in the ground. I doubt there will be any issues in that structure's short life span, and even if there are plenty of new mimosas to chop down and replace with.
Put what is to be cooked on a metal plate and have glass or plastic domes to put over them. Maybe glass baking dishes. That will concentrate the heat within.
Fire on your land like a bush fire that threaten your house and property you can fight it with sprinklers . Put one ( or two (backup)) good big waterpump on it and spread some sprinklers on wel placed places and an warning system on your phone and a way to turn it on from the phone to .
I'd be very curious to see what type of measures you are/will be taking to prevent fires. Would love to learn more on the topic. Always looking forward to your videos, thank you!
@@ric_dk-9520 Interesting, does that mean you cannot have any vegetation directly near a house or can it be a clearing around the perimeter of the property/land?
@@jessine as I wrote the law is really radical... Or at least the state interpretation is/was. They send out a flyer saying that a minimum of 50m around any structure can't have any vegetation, and what can grow and how high in a further 100m... Literally impossible to comply with.. like if you have a garden, or live in the woods...
Please do this experiment, place 1 liter of water in a clear container. Add six drops of dye and mix. This was the CO2 in the atmosphere prior to 1960. Now add two more drops and mix. This is the current level of CO2 in the atmosphere. Yes we do need to regain a balance, but we are not all going to die in our life time. Please care for the environment, but do not live in constant fear.
FWIW, you might be able to grow camelia sinensis in Portugal. It would likely not be as good as what you get from China or India, but it might be an interesting experiment. Plus, the flowers can be attractive (not as impressive as, say c. japonica or the like, but nice, nonetheless).
11:42 I see the maasai shuka and 11:43 I see unofficial Kenyan passport, also now you have me craving chapatis at 10pm 😭😭😭 shout out from Nairobi, Kenya.
Eucalyptus trees - because of the high content of ethereal oils, when they ignite in bushfire conditions, the crowns tend to explode. What about the 5 cover crops and permaculture ideas instead of Mimosa.And, getting animals to work the land, Joel Salatin style.
Maybe it's worth the effort to check if you can get financial support for removing the invasive species and replacing them with native species. A woodchipper would be a great help as the man said, and you could combine it with this; th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=wormenkwekerij
Ongewenste jonge bomen verwijder je best door af te zagen en de wortels eruit trekken. Dit kan gemakkelijk door een 3pikkel van stevige stellingbuizen te maken en er een takel van 3 ton trekkracht of dergelijk eraan hangen. Zo trek je heel makkelijk de wortel van de jonge bomen eruit.
you should maybe get in touch with the local fire department to see how you can prepare for an eventual fire or how you can cut the trees and the land to stop the eventual spread of fire.
there is actually a law in Portugal about how to clean the land to prevent fires... it's very radical and demands clean cutting huge arears around houses...
Yes ,at least 50meters around the houses / living space ,needs to be cleared of vegetation . In their case ,should be cleared of Mimosas/brambles around the campsite in a 50meters radius .
@@ric_dk-9520 if the neighbours are delinquent with clearing, or the land around them is abandoned then they are in peril.
@@mezanian not really, as they still need to clean a huge buffer zone around any buildings, to be compliant with the new law.. the law extents all the way out to 150m from any building, regulating what can grow there and how high. And in Portugal, if land is truly abandoned, you have the right to use it. So they can actually legally enter and clean any abandoned land around them. But to my knowledge they know most, if not all, their neighbors, and seems to be on good terms with them.
21:11 I’ve recently found Project Kamp while watching Bushcraft Videos, I’m so happy this came up in TH-cam Suggestions. I’m binging the videos and this one is where I’m at now, this moment when you ask him that question, I saw the profound look on his face at such a big moment for him. Hearing him say, "The Earth is Calling" brought tears to my eyes as I feel this since the day I can first remember and I’m now 44 and worried for my children and granddaughter, along with all the other young people of World… and their Futures will be very tough for them.
If you burn the end of the wood thats going into the ground it will last longer. Wood underground tends to rot away inless its either always wet or always totally dry. Primitive building techniques videos are great for inspiration.
the "mimosas" are part of the acacia family, so I don't think they have to think about those rotting anytime soon.
@@ric_dk-9520 Thats an interesting point you are rising, im very curious about it. Why shouldnt they worry about the Acacias roting? Is there domething special about them?
@@MrPlito95 acacia is known for not rotting. That's why many garden furniture's are made from it, as they don't need paint and can last for many many years in the sun and rain. Acacia wood is known to last over 50 years when in direct contact with soil. Not sure about this variant, but for a temporary structure like this I'm sure there will be no issue. And even if, there are plenty of replacements all around them...
Find it extremely funny that no one is mentioned this relic of a well in the middle of nowhere no houses no schools no banks with shopping centers no roads no livestock no nothing but here we are critiquing these guys president way that they want to clean their well and the way they filmed their video people need to wake up pay attention to your surroundings before you nothing surround you no more you're engulfed with nothing
As the saying goes: "Build a toilet and they will come"
20+ shits a day, better hope that new toilet can handle it! 😂
Definitely not the saying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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LOL genius
I was surprised you didn't have a wood-chipper. I'm happy this was their suggestion.
You can get chippers that run off a tractor's PTO. It will handle larger logs.
In France they used to use recycled motor oil on wood,you can still see the old tobacco barns ,still standing strong ,and it’s a beautiful color,any garage will give you some free.
Like to see young people like you guy´s,doing something about earth future.many people say about the global warming and they talk,talk and do little or noting about it.You are the starting generation to do something.Little by little the movement goes on and the planet can see a green future.Good work .Stay on and green.
there is a kind of plastic fabric used in gardening to reduce the amount of sun that plants get (for very hot and dry places). It can also be used to create a shadowed area for people! In Brazil, we call it "sombrite". Comparing with the "solid" cover it has the advantage of not blocking the water and wind because it has small holes, so you wouldn't have the problems you had with the yellow cover.
Mimosa tree also known as Acacia, are nitrogen fixing trees they are there to restore and fertilize your soil. So don't hate them they are a good tree actually! I'm amazed how no one ever mentioned that.
Another tip, the wood of the shower structure will rot pretty quick , specially the burried parts . In order to slow the process as much as possible, you should consider using tar, the norwegian stuff or light a fire and burn the tip of the shafts. It will make them harder, remove a lot of moisture, kill mushrooms, parasites, insects... in a word , make them last longer.
Depending on how useful Mimosa , when dried, can be used as a fire fuel, and, if it can be used I would spend one hour every day to cut down A lot of it , especially around your vehicles and structures, and (get many skids / Pallets) store enough fuel for years to come. Also research how native peoples have used these saplings.( e.g. In England they discovered how to utilize a certain thickness of LIVING trees as fencing to contain livestock (a subject which does not seem to have been discussed yet.
When you are ready to purchase a wood chipper make sure you get an industrial size as the home size will not work except for very thin branches.
dont know what kind of Mimosa trees these are some are great for shamanic ayahuasca the roots...
Do you mean hedge laying? I've done that a couple of times (as a rank amateur!) and it's a good workout but very satisfying. And done without powered tools - just billhooks and hazel pegs.
The most common tree acacia/mimosa are mostly used for fire wood but the acacia/australia has different leaves and flowers is used for furniture and can be planted with a license unlike the mimosa.
@@jugglingbag hi from Australia, mimosa... Wattle, was used for early housing structures with daub, a clay based caulk.
The seeds, a Bush Tucker, can be ground and used for a flour substitute, but my favourite is as a flavour for ice cream.
@@mezanian Wattle and Daub used in English house building also (before plaster board was invented).
Great to find the ruin. Also, the interview with the men from Tamera was spot on. Thanks.
Adding chickens or goats just might take care of the some of those highway sounds. :-) Shalom from Mesa, AZ USA
Especially goats can do wonders in the mimosa jungle! Talking about short cuts to soil rejuvenation.
And the chickens will produce cackleberries!
Peeling the bark on those trees will not kill the roots. Best guess is they are coloanal (shared root system), but even if not, they will quickly resprout from the root. We are doing something similar in SW Wisconsin. We are not off grid - yet, but we are restoring the Oak Savanna habitat. Removing invasive species is quite the battle. In the end we hope to have a restored habitat and supply most of our own needs. Good luck! It's a massive amount of work.
actually what they did is the recommended way to deal with them.
@@ric_dk-9520 I didn't hear any realistic way. Maybe I missed something. I'll watch again.
From what I've researched they aren't a shared root system. We only tried peeling them because I think a neighbour reccomended it
@@rochamocha5705 That's great! Trees with a shared root system can be very difficult to get rid of. If the bark peeling does work, you can girdle them as well. Just make a cut all the way around. We did that to clear one of our pastures.
The message from Markus in the end was really inspiring and was touché for me...
Thank you guys for that message . Earth is calling because we need to help each other. Thank you guys
I’ve always love this way of living to teach our children survival off the land less noise beautiful surroundings even for animals.👏💞
This ol' flower child's heart is warmed to see newer generations carrying the torch of our hopes and dreams for a better planet! Godspeed, my friends!
You can build shade areas in the same way that you built the shower walls ☺
21:10 "The earth is calling" - 17 days after this video was published, I arrived to my new home on a 23 acre woodlot that has been clear-cut for generations (about 15 - 20yrs into its current cycle).
I'm using abundant "junk hay" resource from neighbours who don't maintain the ancestral hayfield, but want it mowed once a year to keep the space open as a meadow (ie, not high value fodder for wintering livestock, I guess?) to create & expand a minimal-dig garden (largely via a Ruth Stout method potato crop each year) while feeding the soil, keeping my feet dry & clean of mud, retaining soil moisture, and minimizing weeding.
9 months of the year (Z4b in Canada) I'm more than self-sufficient in eggs from my small flock of low-input Chantecler chickens (bred for cold climate/frostbite-hardy). My elderly firewood-supplying neighbours gather the waste product of their firewood business, kindling and woodchips, and offer it to me in exchange for seasonally-pastured eggs (5-6 months of the year, I rotate the chickens around the lawn in a mobile electric fence). I also get plenty of ethically-raised, ethically-slaughtered chicken to eat.
The eggs also help minimize the cost to feed my dog (who helps keep the chickens safe, and has helped me avoid the garden being raided by wildlife) and my 2 housecats (never allowed outside to impact my ecosystem, on which I rely for removal of garden "pest" pressure - snakes, toads, songbirds) who keep the house mouse-free (I've been here 3 years and I've never seen any sign of mice in the house even though there are plenty observable outside) and housefly-free.
I didn't know it when I bought the house, but there's a certified organic, agro-ecological CSA farm co-op 2kms closer to town from me so I carefully manage my income so that I can always pre-pay for my annual share. It's so profoundly important to support your local food-growers, who KNOW the land and who KNOW how to feed the community via methods that will be relevant no matter what the climate or geopolitics or The Invisible Hand of The Market do. Every spring, I offer them a few part-days of my labour per month, to help out at crunch time when there are fewer WOOFers to go around (especially in frigid parts of Canada). I love the weather, and I'm happy to work in shin-deep mud if need be, to ensure my neighbours know how important they and my community are to me.
Behind the house, I'm working via the muscle-labour of a not-in-shape middle-aged woman alone, to establish a small silvopasture area, using the native species that are regrowing as well as native species that have disappeared from heavily-logged areas, plus fruit and nut trees. I'm only just learning to grow those from seed, so my efforts haven't shown much success yet, but I'll get the process figured out!
Eventually, my plan is to be an incubator for these cold-hardy dual purpose chickens, so that I can offer them to those with similar goals.
I mean, if H5N1 allows, of course.
But the "silvopasture" easily becomes a food forest with vegetable alleycropping rows, if we get to a place where the chickens are no longer advisable.
(which would be so tragic for so many more important reasons than any given domesticated chicken breed's regional usefulness 💔)
Anyway.
I've just discovered this channel, tho in a previous part of my life I was aware of Precious Plastic already, and am binging the videos, and obviously this one caught me. I'nm so interested that life has led you to this place!
Really exciting experiment, thank you. Agree about a wood chipper but one that shreds as well. You have all the ingredients for really large scale Hugelkultur. Loving your work.
I agree with the two guys, get a wood chipper! I have used one extensively and created beautiful, rich and deep topsoil from what would otherwise be a waste product! A balance of leaf and woody material will break down faster than just woody material alone. The balance is great for composting, the woody makes a long term mulch. Also don't did it into the soil as it will use up a lot of soil nitrogen to break down, atmospheric nitrogen makes up 70% of the air we breath so loose mulch on top is the way to go.
Dave- I wish you the very best of luck and success with this project. You might consider biochar/making charcoal, both as a soil improvement as well as a form of carbon capture... it's my understanding that charcoal locks up carbon far longer than simply composting. Making charcoal is time consuming, dirty, hard work... I've done it myself using an old oil drum, then used the results in my little garden. I'm not sure if you could scale it up enough to accomplish much, especially in terms of reducing the fuel available to a wildfire. But I'm sure you recognize the wildfire risk, and I hope when one comes your way you'll be ready. Thanks for the videos!
There's a "party" going on here in the Kamp. Exciting! Most important is water which you have solved, next is FIRE due to these non native trees. Very concerning, don't you think so?
Yes...wood chipper !!
Great to see more continuous progress with volunteers pitching in. Hope those with financial means will contribute as well.
My wife & I were noting the 21st century women at Project Kamp who were using power tools and more concerned with getting work done than fixing hair, applying makeup and choosing a wardrobe. Hats off to you ladies as you break free of the societal limitations of the past and chart your own course into a more fulfilling & sustainable future.
Maybe you can reduce your fire risk if you cut a wide gap in the forest surrounding your land an then keep it clear with sheep or goats.
And you should definitely dig a big pond on the highest boundaries of your land with your permaculture buddies
Was cool to see you on the front-page of Público
Would get better retention of viewers if the interviewing parts were in between the building/cleaning parts. Basically editing it to keep it more interesting.
11:43 Chapati in the house🕺🕺. Much love from Kenya❤️❤️
WoW this video attracted passionate comments. I find it all very interesting, love the video style, and appreciate the diversity of content each week. Bon courage, and good luck with it all!
Guys, I think you are doing an amazing thing, and you have all my support!
Let me repeat this one more time: I think this project is very, very good!
Having said this, let me say something about the solar electricity: when you consider the "sustainability" or "ecological footprint" of the solar plant, you need to take into account also the mining and processing of the minerals that are needed to build the solar panels themselves, and the batteries.
Those minerals are mined in distant countries, usually are mined by people who is in semi-slave conditions, and the ecological impact of the mining is huge. Moreover, when they end their life cycle, they are very impactful on the environment as waste materials.
So, in the bigger picture, solar electric energy is not as clean as it seems.
Once again, I think the project is really cool, my comment is a comment to the "big picture" of environmentalism.
Keep going, you have all my support!
Awesome video, especially after the wood chipper possibilities regarding the removal and use of the invasive trees !!
One thing you may want to consider is producing - Biochar - This is an incredible way to help rejuvenate your soil-in combination with wood chip and mulch production will give you amazing soils- even with the burned trees most of it went to ash and is gone but mineral retentions projects will help
Yes, its easier to burn dry material than to chip it, the wood can be turned to bio char in the wet season to prevent fire hazard. Inoculate the charcoal with your urine to produce a slow release nitrogen for your garden's
Biochar is terrible. It absorbs nutrients which could’ve gone to feed the trees. The nutrients are locked in the biochar which acts as a filter, instead of feeding the plants.
Very very inspiring I have been watching since you arrived in Portugal, it gets better 😀
I love what you are doing. I despise when people conflate permaculture principles with politics. That is why most people don't take it seriously. They are very different conversations. Good luck.
Happy to see so many familiar faces!!!!
Thank you for another greatly detailed video, and for the experienced guests.
You could build a scaled up version of your plastic shredder to for a wood chipper.
Eucalyptus trees commonly known as Gum trees are a native to Australia, they make very good building products as they are a hard wood. The oil from the gum tree is highly flammable and during a heat spell if a fire happens, the oil can atomize and when hit by flame can virtually explode. that's why Australia have such severe bush fires. Eucalyptus trees need fire to regenerate so shortly after a fire you will notice new growth. I would suggest cutting all eucalypts down at least 30 meters from any building and 10 meters each side of any access roads. .
If you get a chipper that is driven from the tractor pto, you have an upgrade path - the common connector would let you drive it from a water wheel or an electric motor or whatever in the future. And its one less engine to maintain and feed. Thanks for the video and the story you are writing here.
I agree, if you hear the call, get on it...
This is our life..live your dream...
Great stuff both land living stewardship camps Bravo!♡
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
I second this 😂👏🏻 keep up the top quality content
Same here
Just love your channal, I'm in South Africa, and I started a Non Profit organisation, to learn the community how to feed themself through gardening.
We are also busy with a pilot project vegtable garden, and we learn ourselfs as we go along. Can't wait to see the progress on your project.
For the brambles, try goats. They will eat all the brambles.
Excellent, Project launches! Thanks for posting.
eucalyptus wood was very much used in homes in the past, usually on roof beams and floor joists
Great to see so many people coming - I’d also love to visit you one day and offer my hands :)
One tool I would recommend (without anybody asking me;) - the hand scythe!
I love the way you view and explained your cup of tea. Beautiful...
This channel and The Indie Projects (B and Theo) are my two favorite YT channels.
this is what YT should "promote"... keep up the excellent work!
I agree you need a wood chipper. The only chance you have of getting rid of the mimosa is to get all 10,000 hectares of it cut down , and to cut down every new tree each year and mulch them not the seed pods
consider using the thinnest trees to weave walls.
Its really good to see that people just getting stuff down right done together
15:51 I've been sayin' to get a backhoe in there & pop out all the stumps.
Dig a bunch of holes then bury all that organic matter to build better soil for later.
less fire hazard too
I can recommend a wood chipper. I'm an arborist from Ireland. Last year I bought a Jansen GTS 1500 e direct from Jansen. It's a German design made in China, it is a very capable machine, it has some pit falls but for the money I don't think there is better out there. Lots of small upgrades make it much better. It would be perfect for the mimosa
" The earth is calling for part-ship " So sad we are not listening. I just discovered your videos this morning. I'm binging. Kudos to you all
All the materials used to make that tea, electrical socket (made by big factories)electrical cable (same factories) copper (day mining Africa not really environmentally friendly) etc. So not really ecological is it
You might want to get a Pulaski which is a fire fighting tool plus you get what they call a Mcloud another firefighting tool they have other uses too
All y‘all are inspiring…🌀❤️🌀
whilst I'm loving what this guys are doing, I have been following this and other "earth loving hippies with admiration for a while", considering I grew up in a rural area where my ancestors ( I'm 45) lived and so forth...I really hope all this youngsters ( and I'm saying this respectfully) don't think they have reinvented the wheel sort of speak. my grand parents grew up some of their food, they had chickens, pig, cows... and it was sustainable and all of that.
About the fires and the risks of mega fires. You should look into fire ecology because recent studies tend to show that they are in fact necessary. Preventing fires leads to a risk of bigger fires because the forest is not "cleansed" (lots of dead wood, invasive species that take over some other species that need fires to thrive...). There is a good documentary that just came out on the DirtyBiology youtube channel but it's in French.
I love to see the progress yourmaking. Just as it is wise to use a hammer with both hands it is also very wise to hold both your hands behind your chisel. ‘Free handing’ leeds to loose limps, as in separated from your body.
You could make a sprinkler system around base kamp in case of a fire 🔥
I agree, buy a wood chipper, and compost as much of the wood as you can.
Mycelium is the answer 🍄 Earth is calling 💚
Cool videos 👍 maybe I can visit your project one day.
According to specialists acacia is worse than eucalyptus because acacia spreads fast by itself and the seeds bellow older trees disable other plants to grow and are massive seed reserves that love fire. Eucalyptus plantations don't normally spread and use seedless hybrids. I don't like either tree but acacia seems worse in my opinion. Removing the bark like you did for the path way is more effective than cutting 😁
Such an awesome project... Would love to be part of it.
These fils are very inspirational, i salute you.
That ruin looks like a "pocilga" , maybe not, but in my grandparents area there would be a lot of those for the pigs to leave, everyone used to have pigs there
A sawhorse would make working on wood more comfortable at a higher height. A drawknife is helpful for shaping wood after rough work with an axe. Make sure your draw knife blade is flat an easy to sharpen
Love the interview. Land is calling me. I will follow.
LOL, woodchipper was my tool of choice. All those acacias to chip for mulch.
I really like their argument that people should live less densely in order to foster land stewardship (16:25). However, it was frequently said in my environment classes that urban living is much more sustainable because of the shorter transit distances, the economies of scale and reduced land conversion.😕 I’m not sure what to make of this…
All this tea-tea talk got me all excited
for your water system you should use a polyethylene pipe, the kind used on construction, toi bring water into a house. It Can take up to 10 or 16 bars of pressure without having to worry with leaks...
Haha, get over the highway sounds, dude! :-)
Best video yet. Amazing project.
Keep moving forward. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic episode. Thank you.
A damn a halfway reasonable idea for you, anybody else using the water from the next area down?
With all those young trees avaiable you should investigate they use of wattle and daub constructions. It strikes me you have all of the materials readily available for some ancient construction methods to help in establishing the camp.
This will be a beautiful journey.... or a blood thirsty cult.
Wow the guy at 9:29 has a kenyan flag bracelet, that's cool , greetings from kenya
The post you put in the ground for your shower you need to Preserve it Naturally in the way of Ancient wood Preserving Technique in Burning the woods to Preserve it if you notice the oak tree that was burnt is still there after all this time 👍👍🤙🤙
the tree they used are in the acacia family, they last for a long time even when direct in the ground. I doubt there will be any issues in that structure's short life span, and even if there are plenty of new mimosas to chop down and replace with.
Really enjoyed this one, looking forward to come and help
Watching that guy hand plane the logs into points was painful
Put what is to be cooked on a metal plate and have glass or plastic domes to put over them. Maybe glass baking dishes. That will concentrate the heat within.
Hopefully Patreon can help you attain your “time machine” to expedite the cultivation of black gold soil for you!
Fire on your land like a bush fire that threaten your house and property you can fight it with sprinklers . Put one ( or two (backup)) good big waterpump on it and spread some sprinklers on wel placed places and an warning system on your phone and a way to turn it on from the phone to .
When you are planning to start grow fresh tomatoes, potatoes and few green vegetables.
I'd be very curious to see what type of measures you are/will be taking to prevent fires. Would love to learn more on the topic. Always looking forward to your videos, thank you!
there is actually radical laws now in Portugal they eventually will have to comply to. Those laws demand clearing around any structure
@@ric_dk-9520 Interesting, does that mean you cannot have any vegetation directly near a house or can it be a clearing around the perimeter of the property/land?
@@jessine as I wrote the law is really radical... Or at least the state interpretation is/was. They send out a flyer saying that a minimum of 50m around any structure can't have any vegetation, and what can grow and how high in a further 100m... Literally impossible to comply with.. like if you have a garden, or live in the woods...
Search about syntropic agriculture cold help the land and the project!
Please do this experiment, place 1 liter of water in a clear container. Add six drops of dye and mix. This was the CO2 in the atmosphere prior to 1960. Now add two more drops and mix. This is the current level of CO2 in the atmosphere. Yes we do need to regain a balance, but we are not all going to die in our life time. Please care for the environment, but do not live in constant fear.
FWIW, you might be able to grow camelia sinensis in Portugal. It would likely not be as good as what you get from China or India, but it might be an interesting experiment. Plus, the flowers can be attractive (not as impressive as, say c. japonica or the like, but nice, nonetheless).
9:55 I’m afraid that’s not how you build such structures efficiently and fast… but it seems you had plenty of time and fun ;)
11:42 I see the maasai shuka and 11:43 I see unofficial Kenyan passport, also now you have me craving chapatis at 10pm 😭😭😭 shout out from Nairobi, Kenya.
Eucalyptus trees - because of the high content of ethereal oils, when they ignite in bushfire conditions, the crowns tend to explode. What about the 5 cover crops and permaculture ideas instead of Mimosa.And, getting animals to work the land, Joel Salatin style.
Maybe it's worth the effort to check if you can get financial support for removing the invasive species and replacing them with native species.
A woodchipper would be a great help as the man said, and you could combine it with this; th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=wormenkwekerij
as a response to the last big fire, there was put things in motion to clean up, and remove invasive species like the "mimosa" and eucalyptus
Ongewenste jonge bomen verwijder je best door af te zagen en de wortels eruit trekken. Dit kan gemakkelijk door een 3pikkel van stevige stellingbuizen te maken en er een takel van 3 ton trekkracht of dergelijk eraan hangen. Zo trek je heel makkelijk de wortel van de jonge bomen eruit.
Suggest to plan shower further from container, water will rust the container
I live in Australia, lots and lots of eucalyptus here, you can cool burn them like the indigenous people do here.