You are an amazing man Shawn! I watch several channels on homesteading. You are the only one who plants food for the animals, who thinks about how feeding the animals might keep them out of your garden. Well done Shawn!!! I love both of your channels. Thank you!!!
Even though your work list seems endless, you can feel/see the general excitement you have with all the projects. Your garden is going to be fruitful because of your massive efforts and planning.
You stole my thunder. At last he looks more excited. Never seen him so busy. But we never quite know the sequence of days and compilation. But loving the drone and animal shots. And his daughter is having a red hot go. And her confidence knows no bounds. This family in the near future is going to be great watching. Even though love you Shawn. Nearly walked away as it was not working for me. All the best.
Always appreciate your rational and realistic approach to self sufficiency. Been watching for years and while I probably won't have the opportunity to develop my own piece of land I have started taking more opportunities to become self sufficient. I have a good size back yard that basically just sits unused and with the price of food I've started to make plans to convert a large portion of my back yard in gardens to grow fruits and vegetables.
Hi Shawn, thanks for all your insights . Watching your story for a couple of years now and think your achievements are unreal and completely admirable!
I really love how you're planning in such a cooperative way with the environment. I know from following you for the last few years that you have a philosophy of cohabitating with the wildlife, but hearing your plans about food sharing is really cool. Contributing to the animals' wellbeing while providing a sort of buffer against their encroachment on your food space. Awesome!
You are a good steward of the land. This year, I am buying about 6 heirloom tomato plants and putting them in the flower garden by the back door. Going to forgo the annuals that I usually put in there, but the perennials will remain. I have been growing organic chives in a planter box on the back porch for a couple of years already. I also encourage dandelions to grow in that dooryard garden bed.
I’m doing the same thing here in Florida. I am blessed to live in one of the still rural areas left in Florida. Using the same zone based permaculture planting and growing.
You reminded me of my brother Steve who lived off grid for over 40 years in the Sierra Nevada mountains on 40 acres before he passed away. His son and his grand kids still live on the ridge.
Thank you for sharing the information of what, how, and why you are doing your garden. I found it very eductional. Thanks for sharing, sharing is caring!!
I have been collecting moving blankets for the last few years (as big as I can find) then use 5 mill plastic to go over that! I put 3 foot poles in line with my plantings just so it easy to cover garden. Work pretty good! Don’t forget your raspberry, blackberries! Hazel nut will be good and extra you rack up you can put out for wildlife. Your moving forward so that’s great! Your right about solar. Keep your life simple! Thing are going to get ugly! Batteries, look into forklift batteries price. I put around the house 2 watt led light and then turn on brighter lighting for tasks!
We are on battery only power with 3 Milwaukee packs. The freezer is needed soon. We have a 3000watt system ready to go soon. Plenty of power for future cabin. Also have a smaller system of 600 watts we will need for internet/computer. The rest is on Genny. Tools mostly. Rarely use it. People use way more power than you actually need in life.
I hear that there are going to be electric and food shortages in the shortages in the U.S.this year, so I imagine your sage wisdom will come in handy for those that follow your channel. Thank you.
Wonderful job of sharing what you know...just in case you didn't know...when cutting rhubarb, my mama always cut the stalk from the leaf and then would put the leaves under/around the plant. She always said it put the needed nutrients back into the ground the plant needed and she grew big plants about a 5' x5' area. Stay safe, be careful, take it easy and keep dry and cool...
In regards to solar I would still reconsider and put in more panels for that little extra redundancy for short winter days or rainy and overcast days when you tend to use more energy indoors or in your workshop. Happy wife = happy life. Also when you get visitors they will all want to plug in their battery devices and recharge. I have been with solar for over 10 years and it's those overcast and rainy days or snow on your panels which may challenge you over time. It is easier to do it right first time comparing to the need for expansion later.
Thank you! Very smart planting food plots away from the cabin. Also, plant food stuffs that you can harvest from those food plots. God Bless and stay safe.
I wish we were all as aware and thoughtful on how we live within our environment. You are always an inspiration to living in harmony with nature. Thank you
So very beautiful and so very peaceful. Love your garden and listening to your plans. Blessings on you and your family and friends and any wildlife wandering around the homestead area! 🦋🕊🦋🕊🦋
It's amazing how little power you have to actually use to be comfortable. Anytime you don't have an inverter and go directly to DC saves additional power of between 25-30% of converting to AC too. My off-grid cabin works with only 320W.
Hello Shawn your garden started getting big and nice to see your plans start growing it's hard work but it's nice to see when everything grow thank you for sharing the video, is such a pleasure watching you videos and learning lots of things thank you and all the best.
Good morning g Shaun I am so excited for you and your family for your off grid life. I get inspired by the way you are doing on your land, im impressed of all you accomplishments. It's hard work as im doing the same here on my back yard here in Oklahoman. Blessings to you and yours.
Sean....Recommend you put a bucket over your Rhubarb, my Dad used to do this in Glasgow Scotland, lots of frosty mornings, and his Rhubarb would still come up lovely.
I know it’s not the same but I use LED lighting when I’m camping. They are an excellent source or lighting for very little power draw. It’s the one really efficient use of 12 volts.
Awesome, those animals will go to where the food is , I think if you didn't put food sources out it a specific area for them they would eventually be getting in your family garden to eat . Shawn I really like your videos the importance of what you are teaching is probably the greatest lessons for all of us , thanks , respect.
SHAWN & OUR CALI this sounds great Shawn !!! I would think that the land down by the creek would be great soil for potatoes but it will come in time for you it is too much energy for you LOG CABIN comes FIRST !!! Rhubarb will be great Shawn mine got hit big time with FREEZING I got it also and when splitting it I add cow manure to the one that I take from and the spot that I put my next rhubarb plant it grows like a weed then for me !!! Northern WI I had 21 plants of it now I have 6 plants am like you I keep track of what I take and which one I do !!!
Their is so much to do, and it's great having all the land even of you never use it, keeping the wildlife around is a resource in itself, great video, be safe and have fun
I understand your dilemma... Our plants are starting to get out of control and we really need to go ahead and get them in the ground. We are in Iowa and it's finally starting to get decent outside. However, there is a chance that a frost could wipe out all the hard work that we've done getting ready for this growing season... Definitely a stressful time 😄
Love your channel ,we have a c,amp 7 miles in to the Everglades National Forest we own .That is my happy place ,we’re my husband and I hunt and stay all year long .Great job .amazingly driven !
So much projects on your plate. It is a good well thought out plan. Reading and learning exactly how to plant and build to sustain a self reliance lifestyle. I appreciate you sharing your goals and builds with us. I have learned much from you and have been inspired by your work ethic. Obstacles to overcome and welcome to make it work for you. It is really neat to watch and listen to your explanations of why and how.
Really appreciate your insights on the wildlife and keeping unneeded pressure off of them. Yours seems to be a thinking man’s game and not just selfish consumption. Blessings.
I’ve have a Hardy kiwi vine (Male &female) for 20+ years. Only had fruit 1 time that tasted good. I hope it does well for you. Make sure it gets full sun & plenty of room. Mine wants to grow over 30’ long. Michigan 6a. This last week was a hot one wasn’t it. (High 80’s & 91 today) Looking forward to this week of cool weather to catch up on some transplanting that needs to happen. Have a good week. 🥝🪵🌱
Addicted watching you work inside your greenhouse, i love gardening too, we live in tropical but with different type of planting. Stay safe always, hi to your family and Cali✌❤🇵🇭
Been here for almost 6 years maybe more you prove that when theres a will theres a way.. Just wish that you were able to start this new environment way sooner as much as I loved the other place and it took frustrations of why leave and yes I do know why but everything takes time the food system you are planning is golden but your age to enjoy it at its greatest is gonna be hard cuz the trees and certain plants might never be at full peak where everything is perfect in your physical timeline you are prepping a gold mine for your kids and you will always be good but it takes a lifetime for perfect setup of that diversity of your plans and you are perfectly doing that but maybe not able to enjoy the fruits of your labor at its finest and you also have to hope at your time of continuing it is halted that someone will take over so your dream of perfect ecosystem in that area stays on its path.. I love every video and this isnt a complaint whole point is you are doing everything perfect just for your sake of truely seeing and enjoying it wish this all started 20 to 30 years ago with your knowledge and skill you amaze all of us I just wish you in your lifetime could see the end result of it.. Thank you for all you have shared and hopefully continue to
In one of ur other videos you said that this part of Canada, is like islands with water everywhere. In this video you said that you have 100 acres. Do you have a private fish pond, or lake of several acres, that could hold a large fish population? Perhaps in th future, you could go to you known swampy area, and have a small lake dug, that won't encroach on th existing wildlife, but yet add to your food stock, naturally. I met a man in Georgia, of America, who had a long and deep ravine, that took up approximately 12 acres, he had a damn erected, cut out many of th trees growing down in that ravine, and established a very nice 12 lake there. It made a better environment for th animals in his area.
I noticed in not this video but the one previous, there was a silver birch tree that looked as if it needed taking down, probably split during a storm and if allowed to drop naturally could do your property damage. Just thought I ought to mention it, in case you haven't seen it Shawn.
Thanks. The shade-intolerant trees that grew after the forest fire are reaching and age (and being shaded out) that they’re dying off so I have many birches and aspen that I’m keeping an eye on
I don't know if you like or are planting rhubarb but they prefer shade to grow, I had mine in an open area and they grew but I didn't get any decent sized stalks, then last year I transplanted them into a shaded area and they are growing well now and developing larger stalks. Rhubarb is lovely mixed with plums, stewed down, they make a lovely sauce on ice cream etc. I hunted rabbits for years as they are a major hazard to farming and infrastructure but we were not allowed to shoot them. With rabbits if you want them for food put a tunnel trap in so they can get in but not out or you can fit a box trap into the fence that allows them in and out until you want some and pull the lock and allow them to fall into the box. I don't know if you know but if you fence for rabbits, make sure you lay it at least half a metre out from the fence as rabbits dig at the fenceline to get under it, when you lay it away from the fence they will move back but not that far from the fence, protecting your crops. The shrub Buxus is also good for rabbits as they do not like it and will try to make there way around it rather than through it. Planted on the outside of the fence you could make it work if you had a box trap in place and that was the only place Buxus wasn't planted.
Shawn, it's always and enjoyable watch when your video's come out. This is just my thought's on your solar set-up, why not go a little bigger if you can after all it's clean energy and you should have some nice comfort's after a hard day's work. Yes i do know that you'll do what you have planned which is cool also.. Last year after the greenhouse was getting pretty far along, you showed during one of your vid's that a snake was in the border planters, i'm curious if the snake hung out in there over the winter. Take Care Brother
you're wonderful Shawn, fully motivated to finish the job your way. plus by yourself! Everything looks good and I believe we will see a well built homestead. God Bless your efforts. I look forward to watching every week. Thanks for sharing all this with us!!
Shawn I said it b4,and know you may not like the idea of it ,but give Avon skin so soft a try for the bug problem. I used it on my grand daughter all her life and she never got a mosquitoe bite while wearing the cream nor did I. We had a really bad year with mosquitoes, and that when I saw how good it worked .also repels midge or guess you could call them gnats. I remember the itchiness made me so miserable.
I can remember as a kid, it was not unusual to see 20 Monarch butterflies a day, I saw a documentary on Discovery channel a few years back, that the Monarchs return to the same coast or Island every year, the trees were bright orange just covered with Monarchs as far as you could see. There was a typhoon or hurricane that year, and it wiped out a huge percentage of there population, I believe it was 70 or 80 percent of the Monarchs died, and because the entire population was there , they said it would take years for them to recover to what they once were in population, I was just stunned that 95 % of the population returns there every single year. I love the Discovery Channel, you just don`t realize the important role a small insect plays in the big picture of things.
Hi Shawn, I guess you know, but if you do get frost and you know, then you can take hay, put it around plants and but a bucket over them over night. That might just do the trick. Greetings Michaela
03:31 ... looks like the bear 🐻was eyeballing 👀your wood mill .... probably looking to upgrade its den for next winter.😂 I was wondering if you had wild blueberries close by🫐🫐👍 I hope you and your family are having a nice weekend .... take care.
Hello from North Bay Shawn. Hot this past few days. Massive thunderstorm last night. (Saturday) I hope your book is coming along well. I know you have much to do. Take care of yourself.
Hi Shawn I lived in a winter frost area🥶 I was a bit of a garden tragic who couldn’t wait to plant out my seedlings for an early start for growing veggies and fruit. Did you know if you wash the frost off your plants with water before the sun hits them the frost won’t burn them off. It worked for me for years. The only trick was to stop the pipes from freezing 🥶. I love watching your journey to be self sufficient.
We used to spray the grape vines and gladioli on our farm in Rhodesia pre-Dawn and sunrise in winter to prevent frost so know this works. Good luck Shawn. Always rooting for your success. From Idaho USA.
In our regular house since I switched to LED lights our energy consumption has REALLY dropped. In the van with only LED's it uses so little energy for lighting it is nuts, on two batteries I could go a year and still have power for just lights. The only thing that I can see you needing more panels for is in the depth of winter. Maybe better to get a couple portable panels that you can use when you need to and would be easier to keep snow off.
You are an amazing man Shawn! I watch several channels on homesteading. You are the only one who plants food for the animals, who thinks about how feeding the animals might keep them out of your garden. Well done Shawn!!! I love both of your channels. Thank you!!!
😊 Peace and patience will bring results in the end. 👍
Even though your work list seems endless, you can feel/see the general excitement you have with all the projects. Your garden is going to be fruitful because of your massive efforts and planning.
The work is always endless. A person don't usually live long after his/her work is done!
You stole my thunder. At last he looks more excited. Never seen him so busy. But we never quite know the sequence of days and compilation. But loving the drone and animal shots. And his daughter is having a red hot go. And her confidence knows no bounds. This family in the near future is going to be great watching. Even though love you Shawn. Nearly walked away as it was not working for me. All the best.
Always appreciate your rational and realistic approach to self sufficiency. Been watching for years and while I probably won't have the opportunity to develop my own piece of land I have started taking more opportunities to become self sufficient. I have a good size back yard that basically just sits unused and with the price of food I've started to make plans to convert a large portion of my back yard in gardens to grow fruits and vegetables.
Hi Shawn, thanks for all your insights . Watching your story for a couple of years now and think your achievements are unreal and completely admirable!
I envy you. Everyday someone in my area is mowing their lawn. There should be a mow your lawn day and the rest of the week is quiet
I hated that at our old house, every second day our next door neighbour would mow his lawn right at dinner time.
I hope you never stop sharing your adventure with us. It's refreshing to see a fellow Canadian do what your doing.
I really love how you're planning in such a cooperative way with the environment. I know from following you for the last few years that you have a philosophy of cohabitating with the wildlife, but hearing your plans about food sharing is really cool. Contributing to the animals' wellbeing while providing a sort of buffer against their encroachment on your food space. Awesome!
How wonderful this way of life will be. Smart to focus on growing food and getting that started before the cabin.
I’m glad you brought this channel up, I didn’t think to look.
I just love how much you care about the land and that inhabit it. Thank you! You are a role model!
Bear has a great walk.
You are a good steward of the land. This year, I am buying about 6 heirloom tomato plants and putting them in the flower garden by the back door. Going to forgo the annuals that I usually put in there, but the perennials will remain. I have been growing organic chives in a planter box on the back porch for a couple of years already. I also encourage dandelions to grow in that dooryard garden bed.
I’m doing the same thing here in Florida. I am blessed to live in one of the still rural areas left in Florida. Using the same zone based permaculture planting and growing.
You reminded me of my brother Steve who lived off grid for over 40 years in the Sierra Nevada mountains on 40 acres before he passed away. His son and his grand kids still live on the ridge.
8:50 Thank you for the aerial view of the greenhouse/garden layout. It's going to be beautiful when it's in full bloom.
Thank you for sharing the information of what, how, and why you are doing your garden. I found it very eductional. Thanks for sharing, sharing is caring!!
I have been collecting moving blankets for the last few years (as big as I can find) then use 5 mill plastic to go over that! I put 3 foot poles in line with my plantings just so it easy to cover garden. Work pretty good!
Don’t forget your raspberry, blackberries! Hazel nut will be good and extra you rack up you can put out for wildlife.
Your moving forward so that’s great!
Your right about solar. Keep your life simple! Thing are going to get ugly!
Batteries, look into forklift batteries price.
I put around the house 2 watt led light and then turn on brighter lighting for tasks!
Right on I live of 1000 watt and led lights lots of free ac in summer you have to improvis according to your needs less use is always better.👍✔️
We are on battery only power with 3 Milwaukee packs. The freezer is needed soon. We have a 3000watt system ready to go soon. Plenty of power for future cabin. Also have a smaller system of 600 watts we will need for internet/computer. The rest is on Genny. Tools mostly. Rarely use it. People use way more power than you actually need in life.
I hear that there are going to be electric and food shortages in the shortages in the U.S.this year, so I imagine your sage wisdom will come in handy for those that follow your channel. Thank you.
The living fence is an awesome ideia, just gotta be careful it doesnt go too tall, to not shadow the ground behind it
Wonderful job of sharing what you know...just in case you didn't know...when cutting rhubarb, my mama always cut the stalk from the leaf and then would put the leaves under/around the plant. She always said it put the needed nutrients back into the ground the plant needed and she grew big plants about a 5' x5' area. Stay safe, be careful, take it easy and keep dry and cool...
In regards to solar I would still reconsider and put in more panels for that little extra redundancy for short winter days or rainy and overcast days when you tend to use more energy indoors or in your workshop. Happy wife = happy life. Also when you get visitors they will all want to plug in their battery devices and recharge. I have been with solar for over 10 years and it's those overcast and rainy days or snow on your panels which may challenge you over time. It is easier to do it right first time comparing to the need for expansion later.
You are always teaching and sharing with what you know! Blessings to you and your family!🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
And Thank you!!!!!
Thank you! Very smart planting food plots away from the cabin. Also, plant food stuffs that you can harvest from those food plots. God Bless and stay safe.
I wish we were all as aware and thoughtful on how we live within our environment. You are always an inspiration to living in harmony with nature. Thank you
You are a wonderful man and so very blessed.🙏
So very beautiful and so very peaceful. Love your garden and listening to your plans. Blessings on you and your family and friends and any wildlife wandering around the homestead area! 🦋🕊🦋🕊🦋
It's amazing how little power you have to actually use to be comfortable. Anytime you don't have an inverter and go directly to DC saves additional power of between 25-30% of converting to AC too. My off-grid cabin works with only 320W.
Hello Shawn your garden started getting big and nice to see your plans start growing it's hard work but it's nice to see when everything grow thank you for sharing the video, is such a pleasure watching you videos and learning lots of things thank you and all the best.
You are a Good Steward to your land!
The wild animals walking by ur land is amazing to see!!!
Thank you for sharing ur journey!❤️
Yeah boy did it ever heat up here in Ontario these past few days. Hope you and Cali are staying cool Shawn.
Good morning g Shaun
I am so excited for you and your family for your off grid life. I get inspired by the way you are doing on your land, im impressed of all you accomplishments. It's hard work as im doing the same here on my back yard here in Oklahoman. Blessings to you and yours.
You're on an amazing journey there brotha!! 👍
Sean....Recommend you put a bucket over your Rhubarb, my Dad used to do this in Glasgow Scotland, lots of frosty mornings, and his Rhubarb would still come up lovely.
I know it’s not the same but I use LED lighting when I’m camping. They are an excellent source or lighting for very little power draw. It’s the one really efficient use of 12 volts.
Excellent as always!
Awesome, those animals will go to where the food is , I think if you didn't put food sources out it a specific area for them they would eventually be getting in your family garden to eat .
Shawn I really like your videos the importance of what you are teaching is probably the greatest lessons for all of us , thanks , respect.
Great stuff...as always. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for letting us watch your videos you put feeling in everything you do and you have great videos
To get early rhubarb and sweet is to cover it with a bin and put soot on it. you will get a lot of young shoots at an early time of year
You plant the seeding outside garden after Victoria Day weekend. There is always the "Frost and Temperature goes -5°".
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So amazing to listen to you and your knowledge. It it's awesome. We can always learn from you.
Hello.Great Grandmother taught me to pull rubarb stocks not cut.This helps keep strength in plant.Just a suggestion
SHAWN & OUR CALI this sounds great Shawn !!! I would think that the land down by the creek would be great soil for potatoes but it will come in time for you it is too much energy for you LOG CABIN comes FIRST !!! Rhubarb will be great Shawn mine got hit big time with FREEZING I got it also and when splitting it I add cow manure to the one that I take from and the spot that I put my next rhubarb plant it grows like a weed then for me !!! Northern WI I had 21 plants of it now I have 6 plants am like you I keep track of what I take and which one I do !!!
Their is so much to do, and it's great having all the land even of you never use it, keeping the wildlife around is a resource in itself, great video, be safe and have fun
Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice to hear about the ideas for the gardens.
Really Wonderful Shawn. All of it. Thank you
I like your thinking about using less energy and also taking care of the wildlife in your area.
I understand your dilemma... Our plants are starting to get out of control and we really need to go ahead and get them in the ground. We are in Iowa and it's finally starting to get decent outside. However, there is a chance that a frost could wipe out all the hard work that we've done getting ready for this growing season... Definitely a stressful time 😄
Love your channel ,we have a c,amp 7 miles in to the Everglades National Forest we own .That is my happy place ,we’re my husband and I hunt and stay all year long .Great job .amazingly driven !
Good stuff here....thanks for bringing us along
wildlife is very important to us as well. The biggest part of our property is left alone for the wildlife
So much projects on your plate. It is a good well thought out plan. Reading and learning exactly how to plant and build to sustain a self reliance lifestyle. I appreciate you sharing your goals and builds with us. I have learned much from you and have been inspired by your work ethic. Obstacles to overcome and welcome to make it work for you. It is really neat to watch and listen to your explanations of why and how.
Really appreciate your insights on the wildlife and keeping unneeded pressure off of them. Yours seems to be a thinking man’s game and not just selfish consumption. Blessings.
I’ve have a Hardy kiwi vine (Male &female) for 20+ years. Only had fruit 1 time that tasted good. I hope it does well for you. Make sure it gets full sun & plenty of room. Mine wants to grow over 30’ long. Michigan 6a. This last week was a hot one wasn’t it. (High 80’s & 91 today) Looking forward to this week of cool weather to catch up on some transplanting that needs to happen. Have a good week. 🥝🪵🌱
Addicted watching you work inside your greenhouse, i love gardening too, we live in tropical but with different type of planting. Stay safe always, hi to your family and Cali✌❤🇵🇭
Love listening to your plans & thoughts!
Shawn, bugs have started unfortunately - first tick of the year yesterday! Hope this is not a bad sign! Have a Great week!
Been here for almost 6 years maybe more you prove that when theres a will theres a way.. Just wish that you were able to start this new environment way sooner as much as I loved the other place and it took frustrations of why leave and yes I do know why but everything takes time the food system you are planning is golden but your age to enjoy it at its greatest is gonna be hard cuz the trees and certain plants might never be at full peak where everything is perfect in your physical timeline you are prepping a gold mine for your kids and you will always be good but it takes a lifetime for perfect setup of that diversity of your plans and you are perfectly doing that but maybe not able to enjoy the fruits of your labor at its finest and you also have to hope at your time of continuing it is halted that someone will take over so your dream of perfect ecosystem in that area stays on its path.. I love every video and this isnt a complaint whole point is you are doing everything perfect just for your sake of truely seeing and enjoying it wish this all started 20 to 30 years ago with your knowledge and skill you amaze all of us I just wish you in your lifetime could see the end result of it.. Thank you for all you have shared and hopefully continue to
In one of ur other videos you said that this part of Canada, is like islands with water everywhere. In this video you said that you have 100 acres. Do you have a private fish pond, or lake of several acres, that could hold a large fish population? Perhaps in th future, you could go to you known swampy area, and have a small lake dug, that won't encroach on th existing wildlife, but yet add to your food stock, naturally. I met a man in Georgia, of America, who had a long and deep ravine, that took up approximately 12 acres, he had a damn erected, cut out many of th trees growing down in that ravine, and established a very nice 12 lake there. It made a better environment for th animals in his area.
Hope you are doing well and family Can't wait till you start back on the cabin🐕👏NC
Great job! Hard work never seems to end. But it will pay off in the end. Enjoy watching your channel. Your friend from Tennessee 🦌
thanks for sharing Shawn
Parts of my 160 acre boreal property I haven't seen in 10yrs. Making a concerted effort to visit every part this. Thanks for the updates.👍
I noticed in not this video but the one previous, there was a silver birch tree that looked as if it needed taking down, probably split during a storm and if allowed to drop naturally could do your property damage. Just thought I ought to mention it, in case you haven't seen it Shawn.
Thanks. The shade-intolerant trees that grew after the forest fire are reaching and age (and being shaded out) that they’re dying off so I have many birches and aspen that I’m keeping an eye on
I really appreciate what you do. A big hello to you and your dog from Italy. Ciao.
I don't know if you like or are planting rhubarb but they prefer shade to grow, I had mine in an open area and they grew but I didn't get any decent sized stalks, then last year I transplanted them into a shaded area and they are growing well now and developing larger stalks. Rhubarb is lovely mixed with plums, stewed down, they make a lovely sauce on ice cream etc.
I hunted rabbits for years as they are a major hazard to farming and infrastructure but we were not allowed to shoot them. With rabbits if you want them for food put a tunnel trap in so they can get in but not out or you can fit a box trap into the fence that allows them in and out until you want some and pull the lock and allow them to fall into the box. I don't know if you know but if you fence for rabbits, make sure you lay it at least half a metre out from the fence as rabbits dig at the fenceline to get under it, when you lay it away from the fence they will move back but not that far from the fence, protecting your crops. The shrub Buxus is also good for rabbits as they do not like it and will try to make there way around it rather than through it. Planted on the outside of the fence you could make it work if you had a box trap in place and that was the only place Buxus wasn't planted.
I love that garden plan. I had a pencil colored and labeled plan of my yard with the horticulture I planned and planted. Down view. :)
Always remember - Happy Wife - Happy Life... ;) 😉😉 God Bless!!! Love the videos and the content!!
Good job Shawn u doing good .👍
Thankyou Shawn,great job sir .
Shawn, it's always and enjoyable watch when your video's come out. This is just my thought's on your solar set-up, why not go a little bigger if you can after all it's clean energy and you should have some nice comfort's after a hard day's work. Yes i do know that you'll do what you have planned which is cool also.. Last year after the greenhouse was getting pretty far along, you showed during one of your vid's that a snake was in the border planters, i'm curious if the snake hung out in there over the winter. Take Care Brother
you're wonderful Shawn, fully motivated to finish the job your way. plus by yourself! Everything looks good and I believe we will see a well built homestead. God Bless your efforts. I look forward to watching every week. Thanks for sharing all this with us!!
Last frost date came late this year where I live, so it's reasonable to assume it will for you as well
This is so awesome how much you work with nature Shawn, and thanks so much for sharing. Blessings! 🙌🙌🙌👍👍👍✅✅✅👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯
You can cover plants outside with old sheets even plastic at night and remove when it’s warm enough in the morning.
Another great video from Shawn. Always enjoy these videos.
Sounds like a great plan Shawn. Good luck with the expansion, be safe out there.💯❤️👍🏾😀🙋🏽♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
Shawn I said it b4,and know you may not like the idea of it ,but give Avon skin so soft a try for the bug problem. I used it on my grand daughter all her life and she never got a mosquitoe bite while wearing the cream nor did I. We had a really bad year with mosquitoes, and that when I saw how good it worked .also repels midge or guess you could call them gnats. I remember the itchiness made me so miserable.
It doesn’t work for me at all
I can remember as a kid, it was not unusual to see 20 Monarch butterflies a day, I saw a documentary on Discovery channel a few years back, that the Monarchs return to the same coast or Island every year, the trees were bright orange just covered with Monarchs as far as you could see. There was a typhoon or hurricane that year, and it wiped out a huge percentage of there population, I believe it was 70 or 80 percent of the Monarchs died, and because the entire population was there , they said it would take years for them to recover to what they once were in population, I was just stunned that 95 % of the population returns there every single year. I love the Discovery Channel, you just don`t realize the important role a small insect plays in the big picture of things.
How are the mushroom logs doing Shawn.
I’m hoping the heat and rain yesterday gets them going
Hi Shawn, I guess you know, but if you do get frost and you know, then you can take hay, put it around plants and but a bucket over them over night. That might just do the trick. Greetings Michaela
Thank you for this explanation Shawn. 👍😁
03:31 ... looks like the bear 🐻was eyeballing 👀your wood mill .... probably looking to upgrade its den for next winter.😂 I was wondering if you had wild blueberries close by🫐🫐👍 I hope you and your family are having a nice weekend .... take care.
Maravilhoso vídeo, lindas as imagens parabéns 👏👏 Shawn James vc é único.🙏😘🤗
Hello from North Bay Shawn. Hot this past few days. Massive thunderstorm last night. (Saturday) I hope your book is coming along well. I know you have much to do. Take care of yourself.
I've been a subscriber here since 2020, and I wish I had your resolve. great to see your forward thinking, and your cabin is coming along great.
Last year in Vancouver, we had a warm spell, then it hailed the beginning of June. Strange days indeed.
Good Morning! 👍
Great video Shawn, thanks for all of your great content!
Awesome job Shawn, you cease to amaze me with how much you do completely on your own.
Asparagus is create to grow because it comes back year after year. My asparagus has been going strong for about 25 years now.
Thank you , Shawn .
I suspect you know this but don’t cut rhubarb, you want to twist the stalk off the main plant so it continues to grow replacement leaves.
Hi Shawn I lived in a winter frost area🥶 I was a bit of a garden tragic who couldn’t wait to plant out my seedlings for an early start for growing veggies and fruit. Did you know if you wash the frost off your plants with water before the sun hits them the frost won’t burn them off. It worked for me for years. The only trick was to stop the pipes from freezing 🥶. I love watching your journey to be self sufficient.
I’ve seen them spray the grapes and fruit trees in the Niagara, Ontario growing region to prevent frost damage
We used to spray the grape vines and gladioli on our farm in Rhodesia pre-Dawn and sunrise in winter to prevent frost so know this works. Good luck Shawn. Always rooting for your success. From Idaho USA.
YOU'VE GOTTEN MUCH DONE, SHAWN!! Do take care. Fl., U.S.A.
So glad you talked about an outdoor kitchen, can't wait for that video. Not Rushing you.
In our regular house since I switched to LED lights our energy consumption has REALLY dropped. In the van with only LED's it uses so little energy for lighting it is nuts, on two batteries I could go a year and still have power for just lights. The only thing that I can see you needing more panels for is in the depth of winter. Maybe better to get a couple portable panels that you can use when you need to and would be easier to keep snow off.