Burning Stumps and Winter Clean Up At My Off Grid Property
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It warmed up and the snow melted so we thought we would do a clean up of the property before more snow came. We started burning a massive stump, cleaned up the old lean-to shelter we originally had the kitchen under, and raked out a better path up to the cabin. Feels good to get this place cleaned up a bit. Thanks for following the journey!
Bon fire, philosophy, and arugala pizza, perfect! Life in every breath. Nice one samurai, from an "old guy in his 60's".
I agree with Buddha, I'm 62 and planning on retiring when I'm 68 but decided to do now what I was going to do then. I'm so happy!
Great vid Sam and Adam , very true on the time issue Jesse, I’m a fortunate old man , I’ve lived my goals and at 67 can say I’ve accomplished my desires thus far , regrets we all have them ,it’s the learning curve , keep it up boys. Thankyou.
Though I completely agree with the idea that no one has time they should waste but I found it funny to be watching your video because I'm think of building a cabin (again) and here I am 76. Point is don't give up just because you are getting older but definitely don't waste a moment.
True. People say “it’s never too late” I understand the sentiment but sometimes it is too late. The past two years were a wake up call for me personally. We lost a lot over the past two years. We lost a baby just before the pandemic hit, lost family to suicide throughout this whole mess. Like you were saying, I’m also very aware of how finite time is. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed.
Age does catch up to us all and limits us physically. When we're young we hardly if ever think about how our time is running out. As we get older and closer to the end of our lives we cannot escape the thoughts about it. Go while you can, and enjoy the journey. Enjoy the small pleasures that we're given.
Cleaning and tyding your land to make it "usable", just after spending months/year building a cabin in the woods is the most satisfying thing ever.
Just went through all this 5 years ago, great experience, now you can start enjoying the view and bbqs with friends :)
Not quite yet. That "cabin" is basically a storage shed. He's yet to begin the main cabin.
exactly my thought when i saw him raking the ground, like a clean canvas. best feeling
You are 100% correct regarding time. I'm 70 and time goes by so fast that it's scary!
So satisfying. 4:30 in the Michigan morning. I can feel the warmth of your fire. That's how you clear a lot. Slow and steady Samurai!
Ha! Samurai, the only youtuber whose upload times suit my evening watch time in Sweden.
Me too, and I'm from Serbia
@@markokraljevic2829 and Switzerland here :)
Tjenare! :)
same here (Germany)
You guys know that you can watch TH-cam videos any time you want, right? 😜
Thank you for a brief moment of simple life by the campfire. Like you said in a previous video, "simple but not easy." Capture the moment now while you still can.
You know me, Jesse.. I retired a bit early, a few months ago, at 60. I had to have a career that was satisfying in its own right. I have zero regrets. But I am gettin' onto things as much as I can, and exercise daily so I can be in good enough shape to get it done. The health problems are always there, and I've had my share back in my mid-forties. I have a 10 acre "farm" but I lease out most to folks who can use the income with the crops, and a tiny bit gets passed down to me. I am working on my shop and stuff IN my shop as that's what gives me satisfaction, as well as a bit of caring for the land - it's in excellent shape now ! and it's serene, peaceful, and beautiful. I share it with others when they get the chance to go out here. It's all good! Very friendly people here. I love them and they love me. What more do I need except to be as good of a person and live my faith daily.
I feel that what your saying h/a age 47 run my own garage business retired now enjoying my spoils great channel sir keep it going outstanding live every day sir💯👍🏻🇬🇧
Love it. And the boat ride at the beginning is important. Give me a chance to settle into the vibe. Check out the weather and enjoy the views, again.
When I head your story about time, I bought the metal lathe, which I kept postponing for years.
I'm 51 and I can fed how much faster the time is running out
Thanks for the inspiration and the kicking reminder that if you want to do something you have to do it NOW
"Tired of lying in the sunshine,
staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long,
and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find
ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run,
you missed the starting gun.
And you run, and you run
to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way
but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death." - Pink Floyd "Time"
Old boys, 50’s, as someone who has just hit 50 I take umbrage at that! 😁
I would have taken a really long speed bore (extenders) and bored holes through the stump. Swiss cheese it good and then done the fire. The holes would help it burn pulling air through and get it burning internally almost like a rocket stove. Might have saved some fuel for your wood pile. Love the cabin... Definitely miss Canada, can't get places like that here for realistic money.
You and Rucola Bae make awesome content
that was some great campfire wisdom. thank you. keep on keeping on friend!
I am 72 , yes you run out of time I lived a great life so far and still going strong. My son has retired at 50 now he has more time than me.
You are so right. Let’s see how many will listen to these great words.
same thing happened to my father in law at 57... very true! TIME!
I hope you have a plan for putting some trees back, the full logic of woodcraft and carpentry can only be realised through paying it forward and putting back some of what you take out, also planting saplings with the kids is a wonderful experience!
Not to mention the planet is screwed enough with the razing and bulldozing.. if you own some land: you need to be growing some trees to try make up for the crazy amounts of clearing going on.
EVERY tree he cut down was dead!
Yup I am 54 and doing what you are doing, except I am teaching Carpentry during the week and the Island Cabin on the weekends and summer. Cant agree more not only would I have had more energy to do this when I was a kid, likely my buddies would have wanted to help. Only thing I have now is the resources, the perspective and the advil to keep me going. Great job Samarai. Any word on that dang vest, I feel like i missed the conclusion to that whole thing.
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Here for the next day stump vid!!!
What an epic way to finish the day. Good mates. Good food and a fire. Doesn't get much better. 👌😎
Watching these videos is like meditation to me. Is it weird that is relaxing to watch you work so hard all day 🤔🤔🤔
To see you crouching behind the windscreen of the boat, you know it is still chilly! Beautiful day though!
Yep old guys in their 50’s well im 51, already wanting to retire, woodworking is my hobby slash side hustle, everybody needs a side hustle now, life is so expensive and agreed short, dad gone at 63, mum gone at 70, son gone at 22. covid preventing normal social life.
That’s a beautiful lot you have there.
Cheers
Rob
Thanks for adding to pristine air coming east.
Dont worry, BC will have plenty of wildfires this summer to put a few million tons of smoke into the air. Also you are breathing coal dust from chinese power plants right now.
Nothing like a good mate a good fire and a good pizza
Hey, your words really got me. Thanks for that. Greetings from The Netherlands! Alexander
Hi, it is very insteresting....I am also 40 and have the same awareness about the life and time. It is some part of our lives that we have to go through. I feel also like an old man...but there is still a long way to go ... I hope :)
That looks like Dr Oetker Casa di Mama pizza from superstore 🤤
Some of your videos are awesome.
Camp fire truths. The world's problems have been solved many times over around the camp fire.
I've NEVER seen anyone top a pizza with a salad and eat it like a taco before... See something new every day!
Loved the fire. You've built a cabin in a very beautiful place. How peaceful it must be. Nature rocks.
Man that was a relaxing bonfire.
Yah! Samurai your not forty your definitely not old. So you don't know what you don't know, join the club. You may be tired, fatigued, exausted, but you don't know old. :)
Love the videos. Living the dream. Keep ‘em coming.
I’m not sure why but I really enjoyed this one. I guess it looks like you had a relaxing time doing the fun cleanup work.
A lot of people saying why did he “waste” all that fire wood? The reason he used it was to burn that big stump, to burn through a stump that size you need a lot of heat, to generate a lot of heat you need a lot of fire wood, it’s common sense really, pretty easy to understand the mans thinking here…
Winner winner chicken dinner!!
New camp rule, no peeing on the fire. Thanks for sharing!
Everyone is burn pile expert lol including me . I have been working at clearing a wooded 10 acre lot and on the west coast for just about 20 years . Looks like your doing alright to me . It takes some meat to burn thru a big stump . Your skill set is definitely in wood working 👍
why am i so obsessed with this
Im convinced after watching this channel for so long, The Samurai just loves to play with sharp objects. Just an observation.
Thanks for the video and the talk about time.
Good one Buddha!
Thanks for the fire chat.
Assume you've been told, but your brother reminds me so much of the Hound from GoT
A evening by a campfire is as good as it gets you!
That’s quite the cliff hanger you left us with.
Jesse, my two donkeys Reba and Ruby like that much greens on their pizza too. You are in good company! :-)
Hi Samurai Carpenter I’ve enjoyed watching your territorials over the last two weeks especially the one where are you are making your carpentry bench which might of been from quite awhile ago.
Notice when you are cutting up logs to put on your fire they could’ve been quite nice for doing some wood turning if you’ve ever done it it might be another project for you to do.
listening to what you are saying about time, not having enough of it wasting it, in a few days time I will be 70 years old what you have just been doing on your bit of land clearing it I’ve been doing this over the last few weeks on my piece of land I have in France just because you are retired it doesn’t mean you have to stop doing work we just have to take one step at a time this is what you say in time make sure you spend enough time looking and studying what you are going to do to be safe when you are doing it at our age.
And as for wasting Time I’ve just done that for last 17 years trying to make a lovely place for my ex partner who has just screwed me and tried to destroy my life I do not have enough time left to get back the resources that I had made over the time I’ve been working, I still cut down trees Only if they’re leaning in the wrong direction and I use the wood for doing wood turning and for my log fire to keep me warm in winter times, and this I have to do every year to make sure I have enough logs for the following season.
Time is the essence of space you cannot go forward on it you cannot go backwards on it time is now use it to a best advantage so if you think I’m doing something at that time you must do it.
Phil from the moulin France
Fireside Philosophy with the Samurai a new segment. Come children gather around and learn the wisdom of the world.
Same thing happened to my dad, doctor who treated people in our small town for many years then, wham, at 62 cancer, 6 months later, gone. I think that we all have things we want to do and when it's too late we look back and wish we had done them differently but, I'm not really sure if that's always fair. We do the best we can and do what we think we need to do at the time. I am at a stage in my life where I can afford some property and start living some of my dreams. I am discovering that I can't do the work that I use to, so I am having to curtail some of that dream. Do I wish I would have done it sooner, hell yeah. Could I have done it sooner, maybe but I would have had to sacrifice a lot that I probably would look back on and wished I had done that differently. So, who knows, my advice is do the best you can with what you have and enjoy the ride as much as possible. It's all we can do.
Ok nice ... Greetings from Germany 😉✌
8:30 Hey when you got a bon fire like that I don't think you need to split the wood anymore just throw it on....Hahahaha
Came for the hand tool woodworking and bad jokes, stayed for the philosophy. Who knew
I came for the safety police and advice comments😂
Sometimes I have a hard time reminding myself you are in Canada too. Here in Quebec, winter is -20°C and a few feet of snow from the end of november to mid-april... When I see you in light jacket, it's hard to think "winter clean up" 😂
First Baby!!! Yeah!!
I almost resemble that remark. (Close to 50 😁). The only thing you need is a stiff drink and maybe a cigar as you watch the fire. Heck that’s half the reason I have fires.
What is more satisfying than an open fire?
Jessie- Samurai
Brother in law- Just a Samurai? I have two jobs mon
I’m 68. I create and sew industrial yacht canvas. Dodgers. Biminis. Enclosures. Full boat covers. Shade is a valuable commodity in Phoenix. Wind and rain protection in the Pacific NW. I’m sure you can appreciate the trade. I also do woodwork. Flutemaker. Please don’t complain about being 30 years younger and working to invest in yourself. The definition of work is “moving mass from point A to point B.” Get used to it. It’s an honest path. It’s what you do.
When I lived in a house with a fire place I'd build a fire the same way (no torch just a match). With a buildup of kindling like that but with an open center and a piece of fat wood on the second layer up. Filled the center with whatever paper came in the mail and put the small rounds and splits teepee style over it. Never failed to start that way and the large wood stood at the sides of the fire place drying to be next on the fire. I was able to eliminate weekly garbage puckup during that time. I got the smallest garbage can you could get (the theives doubled the price on that almost as soon as I did it, but I had no garbage). I didn't buy anything that I couldn't burn or compost. The recycle container I had to have was a total waste of money. I eventually sold that house an RV full time. You can't be forced to pay for stuff you don't need when your house has wheels under it.
Good job
A few splashes of petrol on a rag underneath that kindling would save a lot of butane 👍
Samurai, you gotta cut those newly felled trunks to length & make risers for steps up from the shore & jetty
Thanks for video
Hello Jesse! Congrat with your cosy cabin! 😊👍 One question, why did you put all the good firewood for your woodstove on the open fire??
“For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity. There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God. For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him? For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.”
Ecclesiastes 2:22-26 NASB1995
“The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Are you sure you needed that pizza with your arugula ? :D The words of wisdom by the campfire, another banger, the property is going to turn out as skookum as frigg.
Full love!
I’m about to turn 40 and the more optimistic side of me is assuming I’m at the halfway point of my life. 40 years have gone by so fast. Gotta live our lives and get the experiences we want early on or we may never get them.
Keep up the life living and enjoy those huge piles of arugula! Later!
Beautiful work lads.
Love a good clean up. Tidy site. Tidy mind……….,Now where is that axe?
Love the video, and love the vibe of this. May I recommend to you Marcus Aurelius, and other Stoics? I seem to think they'd strike a chord with you, Samurai. Now, I'm required to pass on a message from your favorite Karen: "OMG!! YOU'RE NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION WHILE BURNING LOGS! DO YOU KNOW YOU'LL GO BLIND!?!" ... you're welcome.
Leaf blower will turbocharge that fire like crazy
Truth!!
Man. Looks like summer there already!
Looks like you’re having fun bud! Loving these off grid cabin videos
philosophical samurai
I want to watch this project that burns the roots of this big tree endlessly!
Yes. And that tree burns internally and then falls on the cabin when nobody is there. Being 38 reminds me of being full of piss and vinegar while defying the approaching wisdom of being 40.
That’s a way to force the greens down… lol
Pure Love…
the ocd in me was quietly snearing at your videos until this one....ahhhhh! when can we expect the terraced landscaping?
Campfire truths.
Throw a couple stumps in the water for fish 🐟 habitat...
17:34 What are the green flames on the left and why are they upside down?? XD
Next time you want to burn a bunch of logs, try a leaf blower to speed things up.
Curious what the plan is for all of that bare dirt? Seems like it's prime for erosion and washout.
The Republic, on my 3rd read.
A wise man once said of life..." If you blink you'll miss it".
Curious, it appears that one of the trees you were burning here was killed using tree root killer? The green flames in the roots at 17:50 suggest copper sulfate or Alum was used near/on the tree at some point.
I think that might be a refraction or other trick of light played on the camera. If you look closely, it looks like the flames are burning upside-down. But, i could be wrong.
@@brianhackett9649 ah, good point. A curious phenomenon either way!
Take a break from youtube buddy !!! 3 to 4 months is a nice release for the mind
I thought for sure, you were going to dump all that Arugula into the fire after brushing it off the pizza.
You know if you come up with a way to put a blower at the bottom (steel tube) burning the stump out would be quicker.....that is how they do it down here in the South
now dats a fire.
Maybe I missed something but what happened to the other boat?
Should get some drone footage!
10:00 I think you need to make a Froh sir.
Love the videos and the off grid cabin but that pizza ain’t cooked😂