Hi all! This is the homestead I created while living in St. Pete this year. We lived here from from January 2021 to June 2021. We lived here as part of a worktrade, improving the space for the owner of the land in exchange for rent. The internship allowed us to do a lot of positive work for the community both in Saint Pete and throughout the country. As of July 2021, the homestead was left in the hands of the land owner as planned and I and my team currently are based in in Asheville, North Carolina. I want to express a huge thanks to all of the interns and volunteers who were a part of this project! This couldn't have been done with them! Meet the team: www.robgreenfield.org/floridainternteam/
When the 1% has the wealth of 99% of the planet, they push others to live in ostracism, in energy poverty, in hygienic poverty, in discomfort, lacking medical care, they make people go back to live like the middle ages in the 21st century, while George Soros and Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum live like the best emperors, surrounded by gold and killing others for pleasure. This lifestyle is a temporary solution, but it is also the result of what the world's rich did: steal everything and impoverish everyone.
Living in ever financially problematic country as mine, in Serbia, Europe, we as nation were always trying to live simple and close to nature. So, low or unstable income for a long time, makes me and my family to think very close to what you do. Very glad to see your happines and examples for sustainable growed food.
I've been enjoying your videos. One thing I do see in your videos is that you don't take seniors or elders into your thought process. I'm Indigenous to this country an anything we would design or build we would keep our elders in mind. We don't culturally ship our elders off for others to care for. I said all that to say your Couch are too low. An your volunteers are all young people. Your young yet ,so I guess we have to wait an see the change. My granddaughter had a wonderful relationship with her GREAT Grandmother an surrounding your self with all ages is priceless. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences.
One point to look out for with air conditioning, I used to keep my windows open as long as possible up until the heat of the summer, middle of west coast Florida. And this last year I really struggled with mold and moisture. I had to remove my mattress, within my powered down AC units there was mold growth, after some very costly repairs, I’m saddened to seal up my home again. But I am on the coast and get humid salty breezes. Just something to think about for anyone considering the same! Love the video 🥭🌿🌀
About 5 years ago I bought a 5/gal container of Shaklee's Basic-H. I use it for hand and dish washing, laundry, hair washing, window and house cleaning, and more...and still have over 1/2 the bucket! The grey water goes to 3 trees, a huge walnut and 2 pecans.
Dear Rob, loved this video. Thank you for your honesty about communal living. To your question/comment about "never seeing a community where everything flows...", there is none. In my experience people together rub each other the wrong way by design, but are also teachers to one another for it. The personal growth that is generated is the reward. I was touched by your honesty and appreciate your work to promote sustainable living. Our future depends on it. For context... I am a liberal Rabbi in the New York City suburbs. A big fan of permaculture and sustainability. The planet is totally worth saving, and people like you and many other activists are the angels that are making it happen. Thank you for your service. Be blessed, Reuben
Huge thanks for everything you've done and are doing! I'm going on 70 and have been saying, and doing almost all the same things you're doing, but now, thanks to TH-cam, etc. you can easily share it with millions of people, instead of trying to get it out through magazines and books. It's wonderful that there are always people of all ages trying to make our world better.
Love this, and everything you do Rob! I love that I didn't see any carpet in your home either. Carpet is disgusting, toxic and requires another landfill tool, the vacuum. I also appreciate you removing the dishwasher. Dishwashers do not even work, hand washing will always be the best way. You are a true inspiration Rob, thank you!
I'm glad I followed you since I started a long time ago, I had to stop the video at 2 minutes 11 seconds to mention that being in Florida where I grew up and lived for 36 years be very conscious of the humidity level not running your ac, it can cause hidden drywall damage etc mold mildew.. I'm sure you're aware of that I just wanted to bring it up. Many blessings my friend
i'm only 16 but i wanna take a gap year and live like this or do an internship with something like this! environmental justice, organic accesibility, sustainable agriculture + architecture is literally the thing I'm so passion about I will dedicate my whole life to this beautiful earth
I understand your concern with the dishwasher and what will happen to it once it’s broke. But you already have one. It’s a whole other thing if you already have one. You can use they grey water from that as well. And the time saved, definitely makes it worth it when you look at it like that in my opinion.
You are a great inspiration! Today I followed your advise and prioritized my time. Instead of working for 5hr to make 50 bug (after expenses/I am self-employed) I spend 3 hr to collect recources in my neighborhood. Bags of pine needles and card board for my garden and chicken coop. I would have spend just as much as I would have earned to accomplish that task. However, it saved me at least 4 hr (commute etc) for the same purpose and I kept recources out of the landfill :) Thank you, I needed a little push and will continue. Still have to work for money but it is nice to find small ways to get away from it!
Thank you for this interesting tour! For the people who hesitate living with room mates I want to share my experiece. Let’s start with the fact that I’m a Finn so I know the meaning of introvert! So I lived 5 years in a student apatment building. Everybody had their own room, sizes varied from 9 m2 to 24 m2. 6-12 people shared a kitchen and 3 people shared a toilet. In addition to this we had a 100 m2 party space with a library, reading room, kitchen and living room. Plus laundry: one washer and dryer was enough for all of us. The 100 m2 space was shared by 70 people: the whole building that is. In my opinion the key to successful living in those communal apartments was the fact that everybody had a lock on their door for privacy AND everybody had their own small fridge. There was never the need to wash someone elses dishes. Nobody was forced to share food or cooking with others. I mean, eating together brings people closer - but one isn’t always in that social mood. In addition we had weekly shores devided for everyone. I liked it lot and made many good friends. We used to occationaly cook together and ofter drink evening tea together with a few friends. I started my first shared garden lot with one of those friends.
Tnks for your knowlege ,im from mexico and im already trying to adopt this system , tnks for all and i hope you continue telling people this precious form to live
Thanks for the video. We have a suburban house on a little less then a quarter acre in zone 7 and I am working on transforming it to a permaculture/suburban homestead. But it's tough doing that by myself with two toddlers. But like you said, one step at a time!
In 2023 I will be building my first house in Panama 🇵🇦 Central America and I Am implementing many of the things you talked about in this video, from the compost toilet , outside shower to growing what you eat it’s fantastic. I live in the Orlando area and in 20 years I have grown 6 avocado trees , mangoes, loquat trees, papayas , moringa and many veggies, cassava , yam, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and the list goes on.. I figured that if I can grow my food in Florida in abundance then I can grow much more in my new mini house in Panama, where I have more land and the soil is fértil. Thanks for this video! Love the info.
Very glad to see your latest video. I admire how with simple techniques you made this big house sustainable. Thanks to your first videos, my family and I have stopped water in bottles for the Berker filter, and we are very happy since more than a year now. Definitely living and working with other people is a challenge. Look forward to seeing your new videos.
Thanks Rob! I’m trying to live a simpler and more sustainable life, but it’s definitely a work in progress. Your work and your videos always provide inspiration and motivation, and I always learn something new from them. In previous videos, you speak about incorporating small changes on a daily basis to gradually transition to sustainability, and this has been my practice. Thanks again for the ongoing information and inspiration!
That house is not “boring” or “soul sucking” at all and much of America’s population and the world population would be extremely grateful for a house like that. You have a wealth of knowledge, and I appreciate you sharing it. But please be more considerate of your privilege.
Inspired by what you’re doing! Thank you for the informative video. This is the wave of the future as people wake to what our lifestyle of the past has done to our earth.
I camp outside on really hot nights and it becomes cooler than any air-conditioning in a house that has warmed up by the evenings. I often need a warm blanket by 3am in the morning
In the more warmer desert communities, specially in the middle east and the Mediterranean . They build houses with an open top floor where people sleep during the summer. TGC Blessings:)
Thank you for sharing. So much is achievable when people work together! Lots to learn in conflict resolution! Looking forward to seeing video on your experience!
I love it that you describe this as a 'typical house'. In the UK you would have to be a millionaire to have this much space and land. How magical to have so much abundance available to ordinary folk. 🙏🌈🙂
Wow I never considered that an average size home in the states has a lot more space compared to other areas of the world. Thank you for opening my eyes to this and giving me more gratitude for what I have :)
@@Hey-xg8gb Yeah I totally get it. I also live in big crowded city where people jam every square meter to live. We rely on community gardens for permaculture; and at home, we refuse/reduce/reuse/recycle as much as possible. Kitchen scraps are composted to replenish the community gardens.
I love this lifestyle so much. That said, I'm interested on how well it works as people age. Everyone here was young and full of energy which is pretty important. I can easily see a community supporting a few older people, but over a third of the United States' population is 50+. Obviously people would build a community while young and then add younger people to help support them as they age. Would that still be enough to support a growing elderly population? What do you think the impact of this kind of living would have on life expectancies. If you live like this while your young I can see retirement age being kinda hard, especially with US healthcare prices. Would you be able to save enough while young to prepare for the twilight years?
I'm 65 years old and I still do a lot of work around my yard and house but I can see that it would be a problem because a lot of people at the age of 65 and are able to do that. I think that what we can do if we want to try to live sustainably is to not have a huge place and make sure that our homes are well insulated and that would just take whatever steps we can to help out but really I don't think that this is good for older people... At least to start with because you need a lot of energy to start it. Some friends of mine and I spoke about this about 30 years ago and we had decided that when we got older we were all going to buy a house have a central kitchen and living area and each have our own bedrooms and we would take care of each other but unfortunately most of them have passed on before their time so life changes so rapidly but anyway regarding this, Maybe once it's running if you're older and you have the funds you can pay people to do stuff like this for you and that would be pretty "cool"... Yeah, I remember the '60s! LOL
This is precisely why families used to have 8 or 10 or 12 children. They lived “communally” with their family and the kids learned at a very young age how to take care of the animals and plant and harvest the food.
@@lesliedriggers3497 Agreed. In addition to all you have mentioned the grandparents often took care of the young children who in turn took care of the elderly when they were grown. Families were more intergenerational.
I love Robin's videos so much. I'm grateful to have a free hour to relax and rewatch. It came upon me that I pretty much can stop scrolling and searching the internet for directions and answers and just use Robin as a guiding force. I would have to select different plants but his example is a great one for all to follow. In fact, I wish there were a series of Robin Greenfield affiliates across the country to help guide others. Culture changes one person at a time. If we can make change easier for others, culture change will be easier. Thank you Robin for all you do! I feel your love for us and our wonderful home.
What you are doing is amazing Rob! I saw many videos of yours and others who are in the same path as yours and eventually they move to a forest and build a cabin and lead their life which is not very sustainable for normal people like myself and I thought you would do the same too. But I like this idea better. I can adapt many many many ideas that you shared and start something in my community. Thank you for being awesome and sharing the stuff.
I have always wanted to be a part of something like this, instead of trying to go it on my own. I don't seem to come across very many like-minded people in my area of 🇨🇦 and yes growing some things is easy here but the shortened season can be tough. Love all the knowledge you are sharing here!! ✌🙏👏
You guys rock!!! The world can be so much nicer if everyone was on board to living like this.... It could actually stop corporate America dead in their tracks and it could solve alot of housing problems!!! Love this concept!!!
Thanks for sharing and your honest comments about how it's not automatic bliss. I find this type of living inspiring. You show many things in this video that can be done to reduce any typical home's footprint, even if not living communally.
Corporations and capitalism die if people aren't consumers. This is refreshing to see people working for themselves instead of working so CEOs and managers can get a bonus or yacht.
Rob, your knowledge and experience in the permaculture field is an asset to humanity. Thank you for all you do. I'm still learning everyday. Located about 20 miles north of St Pete. Trying to build an urban food forest here as well.
Thank you for giving such an authentic view of community living. Great tips for making change in an established urban environment. I loved hearing of the challenges as well as the success!
EXCELLENT JOB ROB & ALL ! ! ! You are SO INSPIRING ROB ! I've explored living in intentional community. It can be SO HARD living in community. But i still believe - not only worth it - but necessary for a thriving life. THANK YOU for reigniting my impulse to live more sustainably and within community !
Love seeing a different way to live. It’s inspiring. Would you mind showing us pictures of your chore charts and signs posted around house for communal living? Thanks for your work
I'm so happy you are talking about living sustainable in a (sub)urban area, so many videos just show people living in the wilderness somewhere. Although that idea speaks to my heart too, I don't think it's attainable for the majority of the population.
Thank you so much and may God bless you more Sir Rob for sharing this.I am a Filipino Musician and a farmer as well and it's really inspired me and my team who have been really wishing to do something great like this.We already have our own lands in oir Region and it's really great idea for the community,for the people,no more hunger no more spending expensive medicines to survive especially now in this uncertain times due to the Pandemic.
Wow. One step further! I am with you. Organizeing communal living is part of the transition. And yes, we can learn many things we need from the monastic living of Buddhist monks. There are over 2000 years of experience. Though, now in my late years things are not getting easier, i am part of this every day. Wish you fruitful times. Susanne Gerber. Berlin. Germany
I have been composting for years and even though I often forget the 2:1 ratio, the earth does her thing so well. It is so easy I love it. I never thought about putting a bucket under our sink to collect gray water. I am going to do it right now. Thank you. And thank you for all your hard work and effort to show/teach people alternatives to a more sustainable and simple life. Regarding community and communication. I believe that there are elements missing in our society that indigenous societies have integrated in their way of living. Jon Young studied, worked with and collaborated with indigenous societies and created something called the 8 Sheilds model. I have lived in community before and have lived the challenge. But the few times I used the 8 Sheilds model to create an event it somehow brought that ease into our interactions. I suggest you take a look into Jon Young’s work. It is fascinating and is all about creating connection to the earth, community and to one’s self. It very much inline with what you speak of often.
Really inspiring ! Love Rob's honest thoughts about communual living. I also don't know if this way of life would be sustainable for the whole Earth, neither do I know what it really means. But I deeply feel it would be a lot better. Thank you for all your work :)
This way of life is definitely not sustainable for the whole Earth. True sustainability for the 7 billion and the millions of species would require a radically different lifestyle for humanity than we are currently living, even the ones living "environmentally friendly" lives.
@@Robin.Greenfield Would love to know what "living sustainably" means to you. Bounderies of sustainability seems hard to define. Could be a video on its own :P
@@YanniMassi I'd also like to hear about that. Living sustainably in communities seems much more challenging to organize than for just one person on their own.
This is exactly sustainable. I think what u r really saying is that most people are too self centered and indoctrinated into a certain lifestyle of how things should be, to do something like this under our current standards of living.
Love all the great ideas in the kitchen and around the garden that I can take and try to implement into my own space. Never thought about not showing any advertising in the home, my appliances definitely have the brand written in big letters as to the company that made them. Something I’ll think twice about doing in the future. I used to live communal style back in my 30’s and you’re right. It’s extremely hard to do. Living minimal isn’t the hard part, but trying to get along with so many different personalities and people’s quirks are what’s so hard. I think the younger you are, the easier it is. I was trying to live with mostly 20-something year olds and dealing with all their drama made my head spin. Haha. I’m in my 50’s now and you couldn’t pay me to do it. I will say something positive about it though, I notice a lot of people in the comments say they couldn’t do it because they are introverts. I’m an introvert and even though it was hard at first after you’ve been doing it for a while it starts becoming second nature to you and you get used to being around others. You actually start enjoying having company around all the time believe it or not. So give it a try, especially if you’re young, it’s a great learning experience.
great video. well done work. replace the Schefflera(umbrella tree)in the compost area at @22:40. they are invasive to central and south florida. looks to be that tree.
I admire your stance on interpersonal growth. My partner and I explored intentional community for 2 years and although there was much to admire we also saw much dysfunction. Despite all the sustainability works created and how much fun we had at some of the established communities we felt we weren't ready to deal with the dysfunction there as we hadn't healed ourselves enough yet to deal with conflict. That was 3 years ago and a lot of healing has happened since then. We hope to be on our way to starting a community in Southeast Asia as we realize we don't have stable housing to start such projects and in the United States it costs so much to do this kind of thing if we don't get just the right property or rental. We've been growing our skills for years and are ready to find like minded people to join us. Wonderful tour, new subscriber. Thank you.
Another inspiring video as usual. Thank you for sharing your beautiful passion for making earth and communities a better place to live. Nature knows best.
i loved this! this gives me an excellent guide/plan/map of the projects to making my traditional home to off grid! i'm already ethical vegan and mostly zero-waste within city life means of course. but i want to team up with family and create a communal living environment by working with family members and so this is a wonderful guide. i'm familiar with most of this but it's amazing! thank you so much!
So happy to see you vermicomposting. I am going to switch my method up and try yours. I put the scraps on top and cover with shredded paper. Your way makes so much more sense. Sometimes mine gets too compact on the bottom. Thank you!
Living as a community is that you really have to be able to put-up and give-up to others so you can get a lone otherwise being selfish and stiff is not going to work. Learning to be flexible and communications is a must for this way of living. This is a best way but not many people find it or can live it. ROB GREENFIELD YOU ARE THE MOST INSPIRATIONS PERSON TO MANY OTHERS. GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, because FEW ARE SHARE YOUR INSPIRATION. xoxo
Always extraordinary Rob! So cool to see what you're up to now, I spent about the last week going through all your videos from the full year of growing and foraging food in Orlando. It is truly inspiring as well as thought-provoking. Living here in Southern California for a year now, planting the edible perennials, working on the rain- and grey-water harvesting, zero wasting, plastic free-ing, biking as transport, worming and composting, and down to 1 flush daily! You are my hero 🌞
Thank you! Even though it's not possible for me to do anything as ambitious as this, you've given me several ideas I *can* use right now, right here. Great inspiration!
Rob, thank you for a really inspired way to make a home! I’m aware of this either from you (book & videos) or my own life path thus far. I also appreciated your honesty at the end about it being a growth area for you - not being “solo” as it seems you have been with your extreme adventures (of course never totally alone). I am solo by circumstance but would like to think if I find like minded souls, this can be done. I’m also older than you so that brings its own challenges…..
Such an eye opening way to live differently! Thanks for being willing to explore and share the journey, so others can awake to the possibilities. Sending peace, love, and light!
In Portugal the tap water is very good quality at least since the 90s. Good flavour and bacteria free due to our good water treatment plants. There is no reason for bottle water use still people insiste on buying them. Also, I know it's a debatable opinion, but Fluor was very important to avoid teeth decay in the 80s and 90s. So our water still has Fluor by law to ensure this mineral is ingested by children and adults at least in a minimal amount. Avoid washing machines is a nightmare when you have kids and both parents work all day but I use many tricks to reuse water, only use a bar of soap for all my hygiene including head and face shave, water from shower used to the toilet (not compost, it's an apartment), almost vegetarian since abandoned beef and pork. Minimal animal protein intake now. Still have a lot to do but at least I am doing more than 99,9% of my community
Hi Rob, Thanks for another amazing video and some great ideas that I will most definitely be adopting into my sustainable living situation as well. I hope you'll come West again to the SF Bay Area some time. Would love to learn more from you and want to share my sustainable lifestyle and ideas as well. Please keep doing what you do and sharing what you do and learn. I am such a fan and hope to someday be able to build a community as well. Just starting to learn and try permaculture gardening, but I have such a long way to go. Thank you again, you are truly inspirational.
Brilliant work Rob! I love the new worm bin, seed bank and compost collection Your work is excellent and I am certain it will have impact on millions of folks lives. Keep it up man!
Awesome informational video! What I like about it the most is that it shows how you started out with a communal arrangement. So few videographers give the starting of a permacultured yard. From house management to garden I have noted your choices of plants, since I live also in SWFL. Am sharing this video with folks in the Facebook group called Callapse Arrest, an action oriented way to prevent collapse from climate change related causes. Thanks!
As always the work you do is so amazing! Although I don't live what I would consider a more sustainable life, I have started my own garden, and I've been doing this for 5 years because of watching your videos as well as others. This year I have such an abundance of kale, I will not have to purchase any throughout the entire winter. We also have a rain barrel that we use to water our garden.❤️
Choke full of living simple tips! As a lifetime Floridian, can relate to A/C, no A/C? Prefer no A/C, but August being the hottest month in FL, definitely A/C!😄 ThankQ, for your passion for sustainable living, Rob... 🌎
I continue to simplify. I hope some day you can show something similar in a zone such as Ohio, where I live. Kudos to your determination to show the world how to live a more sustainable way of life. Anything & everything creates positive ripples :)
Your project is really exciting and well thought out. Writing from Chihuahua Mexico. For a month we had maximum temperatures in the 42-50C range around the summer solstice. At night we have every window and door open. We shut most of the windows and doors from 10 am to 4:00 pm to keep the heat outside. All windows are externally shaded. After 4:00 pm the radiation starts coming out of the walls and roof so we ventilate. The air comes in from the shady east side from an underground pipe and the exit house air goes out a black painted tall metal chimney that thermally pulls the air out. We do use fans during the summer but no air conditioning. In winter our minimum temperatures are in the -3 to -20C range at dawn. For one month we light a wood stove at night and not every night. We have plenty of sun for our house heating. From a Mexican point of view, your sleeping arrangements are really strange. Mexican houses are small and people sleep everywhere. Those that like to sleep with light, noise and people sleep in the corner of the living room as long as their beds are made by breakfast time. Sometimes a curtain is pulled across separating seating area from beds. Those that require silent dark spaces sleep in the bedrooms with the door shut. Those that snore are placed somewhere where they cannot be heard by the quiet sleepers. The kitchen and dining room table is the only place where it's totally acceptable to be up and in action at any time of day. Many Mexicans have some family members who work night shifts or very early morning shifts. I feel that the bedrooms need alot more sophisticated design. If a bench for backpacks and underclothes tub is provided with a self below for shoes and a hanging rail above for clothes or spare towel, the floor stays empty to make sweeping and mopping easier. Chest of drawers is only useful for documents, photos, phones, medications etc. I totally love your garden set up. The free seed library is a wind of fresh air. It's extremely hard to obtain seeds here. Does the community fridge work? You look like it's a fairly affluent suburb by the house and garden size.
Can talk about the rainwater harvesting and if you need some other gravity device to make it useful for showering? Also - do the various water barrels attract mosquitos?
Hi Sam! For showering with rainwater, you can simply have the rain totes raised up high so that you can use the gravity of Earth. There are also solar pumps or hand or foot pumps that can be used. You can also buy bag units that hang above. There are many methods. Placing screen over the open top of the rain barrels prevents mosquitos.
@@Robin.Greenfield A screen?? Can you specify the type? I have been wanting to do this but the mosquitos are horrible just from water run off when watering my container garden! thank you!!
@@lindakean7392 Just mosquito netting. You can buy it at any hardware store. I prefer to use the metal aluminum kind since it will last longer. Buy a roll, cut it into the piece you need to cover the holes on your rain barrel and that's it. The point is to prevent mosquitos from accessing the water in the rain barrel and laying their eggs there. Also, those blue rain barrels typically have a small hole drilled in the top lip of the lid...I'm guessing to not allow water to build up like it would on a tray. Make sure to bore those out with a 1/4 in drill to make them a little larger. That way any water that tries to accumulate on there won't. Mosquitos do not need very much water at all to lay their eggs. The key is that it not be stagnant water. I hate mosquitos 'cause they love me. Especially my ankles.
Have you considered connecting with tree trimmers to have wood chips delivered and dumped for free? It saves the arborists dumping fees at the landfill. The mulch helps my avocado trees retain water for a bountiful crop. I also use my mail for composting. Thanks for a wonderful video.
Hi all!
This is the homestead I created while living in St. Pete this year. We lived here from from January 2021 to June 2021. We lived here as part of a worktrade, improving the space for the owner of the land in exchange for rent. The internship allowed us to do a lot of positive work for the community both in Saint Pete and throughout the country.
As of July 2021, the homestead was left in the hands of the land owner as planned and I and my team currently are based in
in Asheville, North Carolina.
I want to express a huge thanks to all of the interns and volunteers who were a part of this project! This couldn't have been done with them!
Meet the team: www.robgreenfield.org/floridainternteam/
Can i pls be ur wife hun
When the 1% has the wealth of 99% of the planet, they push others to live in ostracism, in energy poverty, in hygienic poverty, in discomfort, lacking medical care, they make people go back to live like the middle ages in the 21st century, while George Soros and Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum live like the best emperors, surrounded by gold and killing others for pleasure.
This lifestyle is a temporary solution, but it is also the result of what the world's rich did: steal everything and impoverish everyone.
@@Joedirt5 lol.
Elitist self important bull flop . show me what Joe 6 pack can do on $30.000 a year can do.
@@maxsager139 You just want to be one the one% .
Living in ever financially problematic country as mine, in Serbia, Europe, we as nation were always trying to live simple and close to nature. So, low or unstable income for a long time, makes me and my family to think very close to what you do. Very glad to see your happines and examples for sustainable growed food.
U Srbiji mozes da kupis plac od 30-ak ari na Rtnju delimicno pokriven sumom za 5000 evra. Samo malo alata i hrabrosti ti treba :)
Kakav crni život blizak prirodi. 90% mladih nije videlo domaću životinju uživo, osim možda na Kališu, svi su zakačeni za telefon kao na infuziju.
Brings you closer to the creator of all that is, which is where we all should all be. Blessings to you, all the best!
I've been enjoying your videos. One thing I do see in your videos is that you don't take seniors or elders into your thought process.
I'm Indigenous to this country an anything we would design or build we would keep our elders in mind. We don't culturally ship our elders off for others to care for. I said all that to say your Couch are too low. An your volunteers are all young people. Your young yet ,so I guess we have to wait an see the change. My granddaughter had a wonderful relationship with her GREAT Grandmother an surrounding your self with all ages is priceless.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences.
I really hope this video becomes the future of our society, not only for the US but the whole world
Communists
@@geraldhowse8597 No..............minimalists
One point to look out for with air conditioning, I used to keep my windows open as long as possible up until the heat of the summer, middle of west coast Florida. And this last year I really struggled with mold and moisture. I had to remove my mattress, within my powered down AC units there was mold growth, after some very costly repairs, I’m saddened to seal up my home again. But I am on the coast and get humid salty breezes. Just something to think about for anyone considering the same!
Love the video 🥭🌿🌀
About 5 years ago I bought a 5/gal container of Shaklee's Basic-H. I use it for hand and dish washing, laundry, hair washing, window and house cleaning, and more...and still have over 1/2 the bucket! The grey water goes to 3 trees, a huge walnut and 2 pecans.
Dear Rob, loved this video. Thank you for your honesty about communal living. To your question/comment about "never seeing a community where everything flows...", there is none. In my experience people together rub each other the wrong way by design, but are also teachers to one another for it. The personal growth that is generated is the reward. I was touched by your honesty and appreciate your work to promote sustainable living. Our future depends on it. For context... I am a liberal Rabbi in the New York City suburbs. A big fan of permaculture and sustainability. The planet is totally worth saving, and people like you and many other activists are the angels that are making
it happen. Thank you for your service. Be blessed, Reuben
Huge thanks for everything you've done and are doing! I'm going on 70 and have been saying, and doing almost all the same things you're doing, but now, thanks to TH-cam, etc. you can easily share it with millions of people, instead of trying to get it out through magazines and books. It's wonderful that there are always people of all ages trying to make our world better.
Love this, and everything you do Rob! I love that I didn't see any carpet in your home either. Carpet is disgusting, toxic and requires another landfill tool, the vacuum. I also appreciate you removing the dishwasher. Dishwashers do not even work, hand washing will always be the best way. You are a true inspiration Rob, thank you!
I really dislike carpet. :) Big hug Erica!
I'm glad I followed you since I started a long time ago, I had to stop the video at 2 minutes 11 seconds to mention that being in Florida where I grew up and lived for 36 years be very conscious of the humidity level not running your ac, it can cause hidden drywall damage etc mold mildew.. I'm sure you're aware of that I just wanted to bring it up. Many blessings my friend
i'm only 16 but i wanna take a gap year and live like this or do an internship with something like this! environmental justice, organic accesibility, sustainable agriculture + architecture is literally the thing I'm so passion about I will dedicate my whole life to this beautiful earth
I understand your concern with the dishwasher and what will happen to it once it’s broke. But you already have one. It’s a whole other thing if you already have one. You can use they grey water from that as well. And the time saved, definitely makes it worth it when you look at it like that in my opinion.
You are a great inspiration! Today I followed your advise and prioritized my time. Instead of working for 5hr to make 50 bug (after expenses/I am self-employed) I spend 3 hr to collect recources in my neighborhood. Bags of pine needles and card board for my garden and chicken coop. I would have spend just as much as I would have earned to accomplish that task. However, it saved me at least 4 hr (commute etc) for the same purpose and I kept recources out of the landfill :) Thank you, I needed a little push and will continue. Still have to work for money but it is nice to find small ways to get away from it!
Thank you so much for sharing all the sustainability solutions. I would love to be a part of a great homestead like this.
Thank you for this interesting tour! For the people who hesitate living with room mates I want to share my experiece. Let’s start with the fact that I’m a Finn so I know the meaning of introvert! So I lived 5 years in a student apatment building. Everybody had their own room, sizes varied from 9 m2 to 24 m2. 6-12 people shared a kitchen and 3 people shared a toilet. In addition to this we had a 100 m2 party space with a library, reading room, kitchen and living room. Plus laundry: one washer and dryer was enough for all of us. The 100 m2 space was shared by 70 people: the whole building that is. In my opinion the key to successful living in those communal apartments was the fact that everybody had a lock on their door for privacy AND everybody had their own small fridge. There was never the need to wash someone elses dishes. Nobody was forced to share food or cooking with others. I mean, eating together brings people closer - but one isn’t always in that social mood. In addition we had weekly shores devided for everyone. I liked it lot and made many good friends. We used to occationaly cook together and ofter drink evening tea together with a few friends. I started my first shared garden lot with one of those friends.
Thank you for this info! So educational and thorough. And thank you for being so honest at the end.
Tnks for your knowlege ,im from mexico and im already trying to adopt this system , tnks for all and i hope you continue telling people this precious form to live
Thanks for the video. We have a suburban house on a little less then a quarter acre in zone 7 and I am working on transforming it to a permaculture/suburban homestead. But it's tough doing that by myself with two toddlers. But like you said, one step at a time!
You are a blessing. Need more peeps like you and your team members. 🕊
In 2023 I will be building my first house in Panama 🇵🇦 Central America and I Am implementing many of the things you talked about in this video, from the compost toilet , outside shower to growing what you eat it’s fantastic.
I live in the Orlando area and in 20 years I have grown 6 avocado trees , mangoes, loquat trees, papayas , moringa and many veggies, cassava , yam, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and the list goes on.. I figured that if I can grow my food in Florida in abundance then I can grow much more in my new mini house in Panama, where I have more land and the soil is fértil.
Thanks for this video! Love the info.
Very glad to see your latest video. I admire how with simple techniques you made this big house sustainable. Thanks to your first videos, my family and I have stopped water in bottles for the Berker filter, and we are very happy since more than a year now. Definitely living and working with other people is a challenge. Look forward to seeing your new videos.
Way to go my friend!
New garden at 30:00 !!!
You got us waiting Rob !!😁
Great video, your best video, was welcome to tiny greeny house, watched that 2 years ago, and changed my life, simple living, keep up the good work.
Stunning, well done getting it done in 6 months. I've been doing it alone in a normal Johannesburg suburb. It's an ongoing process.
Thanks Rob! I’m trying to live a simpler and more sustainable life, but it’s definitely a work in progress. Your work and your videos always provide inspiration and motivation, and I always learn something new from them. In previous videos, you speak about incorporating small changes on a daily basis to gradually transition to sustainability, and this has been my practice. Thanks again for the ongoing information and inspiration!
That house is not “boring” or “soul sucking” at all and much of America’s population and the world population would be extremely grateful for a house like that. You have a wealth of knowledge, and I appreciate you sharing it. But please be more considerate of your privilege.
Inspired by what you’re doing! Thank you for the informative video. This is the wave of the future as people wake to what our lifestyle of the past has done to our earth.
I camp outside on really hot nights and it becomes cooler than any air-conditioning in a house that has warmed up by the evenings. I often need a warm blanket by 3am in the morning
In the more warmer desert communities, specially in the middle east and the Mediterranean . They build houses with an open top floor where people sleep during the summer.
TGC
Blessings:)
Thank you for sharing. So much is achievable when people work together! Lots to learn in conflict resolution! Looking forward to seeing video on your experience!
I love it that you describe this as a 'typical house'. In the UK you would have to be a millionaire to have this much space and land. How magical to have so much abundance available to ordinary folk. 🙏🌈🙂
Wow I never considered that an average size home in the states has a lot more space compared to other areas of the world. Thank you for opening my eyes to this and giving me more gratitude for what I have :)
This is not possible in New York or San Francisco
@@Hey-xg8gb You can participate in community gardens over there.
@@tanpokio we're talking about house sizes for ordinary folk
@@Hey-xg8gb Yeah I totally get it. I also live in big crowded city where people jam every square meter to live. We rely on community gardens for permaculture; and at home, we refuse/reduce/reuse/recycle as much as possible. Kitchen scraps are composted to replenish the community gardens.
Love your channel and your eye opening ideas! My family has completely changed our way of life because of you!
That is great to hear! Hello to you and your family!
I love this lifestyle so much. That said, I'm interested on how well it works as people age. Everyone here was young and full of energy which is pretty important. I can easily see a community supporting a few older people, but over a third of the United States' population is 50+. Obviously people would build a community while young and then add younger people to help support them as they age. Would that still be enough to support a growing elderly population? What do you think the impact of this kind of living would have on life expectancies. If you live like this while your young I can see retirement age being kinda hard, especially with US healthcare prices. Would you be able to save enough while young to prepare for the twilight years?
I'm 65 years old and I still do a lot of work around my yard and house but I can see that it would be a problem because a lot of people at the age of 65 and are able to do that. I think that what we can do if we want to try to live sustainably is to not have a huge place and make sure that our homes are well insulated and that would just take whatever steps we can to help out but really I don't think that this is good for older people... At least to start with because you need a lot of energy to start it. Some friends of mine and I spoke about this about 30 years ago and we had decided that when we got older we were all going to buy a house have a central kitchen and living area and each have our own bedrooms and we would take care of each other but unfortunately most of them have passed on before their time so life changes so rapidly but anyway regarding this, Maybe once it's running if you're older and you have the funds you can pay people to do stuff like this for you and that would be pretty "cool"... Yeah, I remember the '60s! LOL
This is precisely why families used to have 8 or 10 or 12 children. They lived “communally” with their family and the kids learned at a very young age how to take care of the animals and plant and harvest the food.
@@lesliedriggers3497 Agreed. In addition to all you have mentioned the grandparents often took care of the young children who in turn took care of the elderly when they were grown. Families were more intergenerational.
Free seed library...that's next level!
Don't morenga trees grow big? It looks very close to the house. I'd like to know your opinion 🙂
I love Robin's videos so much. I'm grateful to have a free hour to relax and rewatch. It came upon me that I pretty much can stop scrolling and searching the internet for directions and answers and just use Robin as a guiding force. I would have to select different plants but his example is a great one for all to follow. In fact, I wish there were a series of Robin Greenfield affiliates across the country to help guide others. Culture changes one person at a time. If we can make change easier for others, culture change will be easier. Thank you Robin for all you do! I feel your love for us and our wonderful home.
What you are doing is amazing Rob! I saw many videos of yours and others who are in the same path as yours and eventually they move to a forest and build a cabin and lead their life which is not very sustainable for normal people like myself and I thought you would do the same too. But I like this idea better. I can adapt many many many ideas that you shared and start something in my community. Thank you for being awesome and sharing the stuff.
I have always wanted to be a part of something like this, instead of trying to go it on my own. I don't seem to come across very many like-minded people in my area of 🇨🇦 and yes growing some things is easy here but the shortened season can be tough. Love all the knowledge you are sharing here!! ✌🙏👏
Hooray for you and your team! I wish I would have seen this about 50 years ago when I was young! Very, very interesting!
You guys rock!!! The world can be so much nicer if everyone was on board to living like this.... It could actually stop corporate America dead in their tracks and it could solve alot of housing problems!!! Love this concept!!!
Thanks for sharing and your honest comments about how it's not automatic bliss. I find this type of living inspiring. You show many things in this video that can be done to reduce any typical home's footprint, even if not living communally.
Corporations and capitalism die if people aren't consumers. This is refreshing to see people working for themselves instead of working so CEOs and managers can get a bonus or yacht.
Rob, your knowledge and experience in the permaculture field is an asset to humanity. Thank you for all you do. I'm still learning everyday. Located about 20 miles north of St Pete. Trying to build an urban food forest here as well.
Thank you for giving such an authentic view of community living. Great tips for making change in an established urban environment. I loved hearing of the challenges as well as the success!
EXCELLENT JOB ROB & ALL ! ! !
You are SO INSPIRING ROB !
I've explored living in intentional community. It can be SO HARD living in community. But i still believe - not only worth it - but necessary for a thriving life.
THANK YOU for reigniting my impulse to live more sustainably and within community !
Love seeing a different way to live. It’s inspiring. Would you mind showing us pictures of your chore charts and signs posted around house for communal living? Thanks for your work
I'm so happy you are talking about living sustainable in a (sub)urban area, so many videos just show people living in the wilderness somewhere. Although that idea speaks to my heart too, I don't think it's attainable for the majority of the population.
Thank you so much and may God bless you more Sir Rob for sharing this.I am a Filipino Musician and a farmer as well and it's really inspired me and my team who have been really wishing to do something great like this.We already have our own lands in oir Region and it's really great idea for the community,for the people,no more hunger no more spending expensive medicines to survive especially now in this uncertain times due to the Pandemic.
This is incredibly! I want to be part of a community like this one some day. ❤
omg free seed library.. i love it
Wow. One step further! I am with you. Organizeing communal living is part of the transition. And yes, we can learn many things we need from the monastic living of Buddhist monks. There are over 2000 years of experience. Though, now in my late years things are not getting easier, i am part of this every day. Wish you fruitful times. Susanne Gerber. Berlin. Germany
Amazing video with great inspirations and an honest tale about the difficulty of living in community.
I have been composting for years and even though I often forget the 2:1 ratio, the earth does her thing so well. It is so easy I love it.
I never thought about putting a bucket under our sink to collect gray water. I am going to do it right now. Thank you.
And thank you for all your hard work and effort to show/teach people alternatives to a more sustainable and simple life.
Regarding community and communication. I believe that there are elements missing in our society that indigenous societies have integrated in their way of living. Jon Young studied, worked with and collaborated with indigenous societies and created something called the 8 Sheilds model. I have lived in community before and have lived the challenge. But the few times I used the 8 Sheilds model to create an event it somehow brought that ease into our interactions. I suggest you take a look into Jon Young’s work. It is fascinating and is all about creating connection to the earth, community and to one’s self. It very much inline with what you speak of often.
Really inspiring ! Love Rob's honest thoughts about communual living. I also don't know if this way of life would be sustainable for the whole Earth, neither do I know what it really means. But I deeply feel it would be a lot better. Thank you for all your work :)
This way of life is definitely not sustainable for the whole Earth. True sustainability for the 7 billion and the millions of species would require a radically different lifestyle for humanity than we are currently living, even the ones living "environmentally friendly" lives.
@@Robin.Greenfield Would love to know what "living sustainably" means to you. Bounderies of sustainability seems hard to define. Could be a video on its own :P
@@YanniMassi I'd also like to hear about that. Living sustainably in communities seems much more challenging to organize than for just one person on their own.
This is exactly sustainable. I think what u r really saying is that most people are too self centered and indoctrinated into a certain lifestyle of how things should be, to do something like this under our current standards of living.
@@OfftoShambala yes so true I totally agree. Plus there is not enough unconditional love between people to live unselfishly together.🙂
Remarkable video, Start- if you can’t do everything- do something!
Love all the great ideas in the kitchen and around the garden that I can take and try to implement into my own space.
Never thought about not showing any advertising in the home, my appliances definitely have the brand written in big letters as to the company that made them. Something I’ll think twice about doing in the future.
I used to live communal style back in my 30’s and you’re right. It’s extremely hard to do. Living minimal isn’t the hard part, but trying to get along with so many different personalities and people’s quirks are what’s so hard. I think the younger you are, the easier it is. I was trying to live with mostly 20-something year olds and dealing with all their drama made my head spin. Haha. I’m in my 50’s now and you couldn’t pay me to do it.
I will say something positive about it though, I notice a lot of people in the comments say they couldn’t do it because they are introverts. I’m an introvert and even though it was hard at first after you’ve been doing it for a while it starts becoming second nature to you and you get used to being around others. You actually start enjoying having company around all the time believe it or not. So give it a try, especially if you’re young, it’s a great learning experience.
great video. well done work. replace the Schefflera(umbrella tree)in the compost area at @22:40. they are invasive to central and south florida. looks to be that tree.
Beautiful work. You are an inspiration. Congrats to you and the people who helped make this possible.
I admire your stance on interpersonal growth. My partner and I explored intentional community for 2 years and although there was much to admire we also saw much dysfunction. Despite all the sustainability works created and how much fun we had at some of the established communities we felt we weren't ready to deal with the dysfunction there as we hadn't healed ourselves enough yet to deal with conflict.
That was 3 years ago and a lot of healing has happened since then. We hope to be on our way to starting a community in Southeast Asia as we realize we don't have stable housing to start such projects and in the United States it costs so much to do this kind of thing if we don't get just the right property or rental. We've been growing our skills for years and are ready to find like minded people to join us. Wonderful tour, new subscriber. Thank you.
Beautiful. Future looks hopeful.
Another inspiring video as usual. Thank you for sharing your beautiful passion for making earth and communities a better place to live. Nature knows best.
great project. looking forward to see how you all develop
i loved this! this gives me an excellent guide/plan/map of the projects to making my traditional home to off grid! i'm already ethical vegan and mostly zero-waste within city life means of course. but i want to team up with family and create a communal living environment by working with family members and so this is a wonderful guide. i'm familiar with most of this but it's amazing! thank you so much!
So happy to see you vermicomposting. I am going to switch my method up and try yours. I put the scraps on top and cover with shredded paper. Your way makes so much more sense. Sometimes mine gets too compact on the bottom. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, Rob. Always good to see people setting nice examples
I just purchased a blank slate 20 acres in the Ozarks hoping to build a sustainable community there learning a lot here great video thank you!
Living as a community is that you really have to be able to put-up and give-up to others so you can get a lone otherwise being selfish and stiff is not going to work. Learning to be flexible and communications is a must for this way of living. This is a best way but not many people find it or can live it. ROB GREENFIELD YOU ARE THE MOST INSPIRATIONS PERSON TO MANY OTHERS. GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, because FEW ARE SHARE YOUR INSPIRATION. xoxo
absolutely amazing presentation. Thank you for your inspiration. Your time on earth is much appreciated Rob
Always extraordinary Rob! So cool to see what you're up to now, I spent about the last week going through all your videos from the full year of growing and foraging food in Orlando. It is truly inspiring as well as thought-provoking. Living here in Southern California for a year now, planting the edible perennials, working on the rain- and grey-water harvesting, zero wasting, plastic free-ing, biking as transport, worming and composting, and down to 1 flush daily! You are my hero 🌞
You, sir, are extraordinary 💞
What a beautiful way of living…
i also struggle to work together with other people and this video is really motivating for me; thank you!
Can't wait to see what you are up to in Asheville!!
Really honest and inspirational, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and passion.
Very commendable project! This model should be inspirational to those looking for a more sustainable modification to the modern western lifestyle.
Robs heart Chakra is so open it's ridiculously awesome. He is always wearing green 👌
Thank you! Even though it's not possible for me to do anything as ambitious as this, you've given me several ideas I *can* use right now, right here. Great inspiration!
Thanks Rob !
You are such an inspiration
Watching from India
The whole yards are awesome! And Beautiful property that it’s been transformed into lovely gardens.👏🏻😃
Thanking for sharing this Rob, I have learned a lot from your video! Peace.
I think this is my favorite of your projects, it shows me it is possible or something i can achieve one day or hope for.
Really inspirational! Thanks for what you do and for sharing this. 🌈
I love your natural way of living
Rob, thank you for a really inspired way to make a home! I’m aware of this either from you (book & videos) or my own life path thus far.
I also appreciated your honesty at the end about it being a growth area for you - not being “solo” as it seems you have been with your extreme adventures (of course never totally alone).
I am solo by circumstance but would like to think if I find like minded souls, this can be done. I’m also older than you so that brings its own challenges…..
Such an eye opening way to live differently! Thanks for being willing to explore and share the journey, so others can awake to the possibilities.
Sending peace, love, and light!
Heavens are grown. You are growing many. Good living Rob. Nice to meet you. 😀
In Portugal the tap water is very good quality at least since the 90s. Good flavour and bacteria free due to our good water treatment plants. There is no reason for bottle water use still people insiste on buying them. Also, I know it's a debatable opinion, but Fluor was very important to avoid teeth decay in the 80s and 90s. So our water still has Fluor by law to ensure this mineral is ingested by children and adults at least in a minimal amount. Avoid washing machines is a nightmare when you have kids and both parents work all day but I use many tricks to reuse water, only use a bar of soap for all my hygiene including head and face shave, water from shower used to the toilet (not compost, it's an apartment), almost vegetarian since abandoned beef and pork. Minimal animal protein intake now. Still have a lot to do but at least I am doing more than 99,9% of my community
Hi Rob, Thanks for another amazing video and some great ideas that I will most definitely be adopting into my sustainable living situation as well. I hope you'll come West again to the SF Bay Area some time. Would love to learn more from you and want to share my sustainable lifestyle and ideas as well. Please keep doing what you do and sharing what you do and learn. I am such a fan and hope to someday be able to build a community as well. Just starting to learn and try permaculture gardening, but I have such a long way to go. Thank you again, you are truly inspirational.
Great job ! As usual ! So inspiring... love from France !
Brilliant work Rob! I love the new worm bin, seed bank and compost collection Your work is excellent and I am certain it will have impact on millions of folks lives. Keep it up man!
Just BEAUTIFUL
thank you Rob, you really are making a change..!
Awesome informational video! What I like about it the most is that it shows how you started out with a communal arrangement. So few videographers give the starting of a permacultured yard. From house management to garden I have noted your choices of plants, since I live also in SWFL. Am sharing this video with folks in the Facebook group called Callapse Arrest, an action oriented way to prevent collapse from climate change related causes. Thanks!
As always the work you do is so amazing! Although I don't live what I would consider a more sustainable life, I have started my own garden, and I've been doing this for 5 years because of watching your videos as well as others. This year I have such an abundance of kale, I will not have to purchase any throughout the entire winter. We also have a rain barrel that we use to water our garden.❤️
Choke full of living simple tips!
As a lifetime Floridian, can relate to A/C, no A/C? Prefer no A/C, but August being the hottest month in FL, definitely A/C!😄 ThankQ, for your passion for sustainable living, Rob... 🌎
I continue to simplify. I hope some day you can show something similar in a zone such as Ohio, where I live. Kudos to your determination to show the world how to live a more sustainable way of life. Anything & everything creates positive ripples :)
Your project is really exciting and well thought out. Writing from Chihuahua Mexico. For a month we had maximum temperatures in the 42-50C range around the summer solstice. At night we have every window and door open. We shut most of the windows and doors from 10 am to 4:00 pm to keep the heat outside. All windows are externally shaded. After 4:00 pm the radiation starts coming out of the walls and roof so we ventilate. The air comes in from the shady east side from an underground pipe and the exit house air goes out a black painted tall metal chimney that thermally pulls the air out. We do use fans during the summer but no air conditioning. In winter our minimum temperatures are in the -3 to -20C range at dawn. For one month we light a wood stove at night and not every night. We have plenty of sun for our house heating. From a Mexican point of view, your sleeping arrangements are really strange. Mexican houses are small and people sleep everywhere. Those that like to sleep with light, noise and people sleep in the corner of the living room as long as their beds are made by breakfast time. Sometimes a curtain is pulled across separating seating area from beds. Those that require silent dark spaces sleep in the bedrooms with the door shut. Those that snore are placed somewhere where they cannot be heard by the quiet sleepers. The kitchen and dining room table is the only place where it's totally acceptable to be up and in action at any time of day. Many Mexicans have some family members who work night shifts or very early morning shifts. I feel that the bedrooms need alot more sophisticated design. If a bench for backpacks and underclothes tub is provided with a self below for shoes and a hanging rail above for clothes or spare towel, the floor stays empty to make sweeping and mopping easier. Chest of drawers is only useful for documents, photos, phones, medications etc. I totally love your garden set up. The free seed library is a wind of fresh air. It's extremely hard to obtain seeds here. Does the community fridge work? You look like it's a fairly affluent suburb by the house and garden size.
Can talk about the rainwater harvesting and if you need some other gravity device to make it useful for showering? Also - do the various water barrels attract mosquitos?
Hi Sam!
For showering with rainwater, you can simply have the rain totes raised up high so that you can use the gravity of Earth. There are also solar pumps or hand or foot pumps that can be used.
You can also buy bag units that hang above.
There are many methods.
Placing screen over the open top of the rain barrels prevents mosquitos.
@@Robin.Greenfield A screen?? Can you specify the type? I have been wanting to do this but the mosquitos are horrible just from water run off when watering my container garden! thank you!!
@@lindakean7392 Just mosquito netting. You can buy it at any hardware store. I prefer to use the metal aluminum kind since it will last longer. Buy a roll, cut it into the piece you need to cover the holes on your rain barrel and that's it. The point is to prevent mosquitos from accessing the water in the rain barrel and laying their eggs there. Also, those blue rain barrels typically have a small hole drilled in the top lip of the lid...I'm guessing to not allow water to build up like it would on a tray. Make sure to bore those out with a 1/4 in drill to make them a little larger. That way any water that tries to accumulate on there won't. Mosquitos do not need very much water at all to lay their eggs. The key is that it not be stagnant water. I hate mosquitos 'cause they love me. Especially my ankles.
@@humrod1852 thank you!!!
Have you considered connecting with tree trimmers to have wood chips delivered and dumped for free? It saves the arborists dumping fees at the landfill. The mulch helps my avocado trees retain water for a bountiful crop. I also use my mail for composting. Thanks for a wonderful video.
Wow. Amazing!
Love it!! That communal space definitely needs a ping pong table!:)
truely awesome! very inspiring!