Homestead Work Made Easy And Future Organic Garden Plans
I finally have it a bit easier working at the off grid homestead with my newly repaired wheel barrow. It makes a huge difference working around the property….
25 Responses to Homestead Work Made Easy And Future Organic Garden Plans
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Wouldn’t it be easier to simply move your things to the meadow? I sent a
video that shows a family that turned their whole backyard into a farm. It
might give you some ideas.
Camper Hollow
June 27, 2014 at 9:40 am
Way to go Troy, keep up the good work, it is all starting to fall into
place now. Eagerly awaiting to see what you found out from the
authorities.
Achilles Rizing
June 27, 2014 at 10:22 am
Nice idea with the fruit trees.
MrCrf450rider
June 27, 2014 at 11:09 am
How Do The Deer Hide When The Trees Have No Leaves On Them??? :(
jkluck915
June 27, 2014 at 11:34 am
Can you share with us any of the information regarding the rules and regs
that you have found about the health and building issues?
Also, offering my humble opinion, I would leave the MH where it is. From
what I have seen, this is the best and most protected spot in that meadow.
I would move the work shop to where the slide-in is and set it up there.
Possible you can get both units in that space.. The old camper is probably
ok where it is for demo and rebuild to tiny home. Point being, the tools
will be closer to usepoints and moving around the key points would be
fairly close rather than having to walk al over creation to get things done.
Just an opinion.
JAI Colorado
June 27, 2014 at 11:44 am
It’s the simple things in life that make all the difference (round of
applause for the barrow.) Your enthusiasm is on a high Troy that’s for sure
keep it up my friend.
If you need to submit for planning etc, keep it to yourself till you have
the documents in your hand. I would hate to think that certain low life
individuals would appose your applications.
Good luck Troy, yet again fine business on the recent video keep them
coming.
Clive M
June 27, 2014 at 12:23 pm
Wow, 4 videos in one day, you’re on fire bud!
Ever since all of that bs with the troll that reported you, you actually
seem to be a lot more upbeat and energized. It’s great to see that you have
taken a negative, made it a positive and are using it to prove that they
are wrong. Your energy and enthusiasm is really inspiring, thank you. God
bless. :)
Colin Keevil
June 27, 2014 at 1:23 pm
Realistically, how many years are your landlords going to live? 5-10-15
years. Don’t they have family that they would want to inherit their land?
joe monroe
June 27, 2014 at 2:17 pm
It’s a shame you aren’t able to hunt. Probably too close to other people
TheChairman
June 27, 2014 at 3:09 pm
Speaking of deer. Was sitting drinking tea with a friend this morning when
we saw two does perk up at the vegetable garden my friends have. The
does could smell something on the other side of my friends 6 ft high
cyclone fence. My friend has had this large fenced vegetable garden for a
good then years and the deer have never been able to get inside. Until
today. One doe seemed to be walking away and then she took a run at the
fence and pounced over as if she had rocket springs on her legs. We laughed
and then we wondered why now?
So now my friends husband is off to Lowe’s to pick up two 500 foot rolls of
construction cloth to add to the top of the six foot tall cyclone fence in
hopes that this will create enough added height to curb deer getting
inside. Am hoping the deer wont get over the 8 ft fence when finished.
I remember reading Scott and Helen Nearings books and article in Mother
Earth News back in the 70’s where they wrote about and had photos of their
eight foot high rock walled vegetable garden. That garden was huge and the
8 feet of rock wall all the way around did and excellent job of keep deer,
moose out. They lived in Maine near the coast. Scott reasoned that if a
deer cannot see whats on the other side that this helps a lot.
Beth DeRoos
June 27, 2014 at 3:46 pm
I just wanted to let you know my father passed yesterday.
So I won’t be as chatty.
lee986321
June 27, 2014 at 3:48 pm
Lovely. Don’t forget to bring those plants inside for the first week or so
when you take them outside to harden off. I planted my fruit trees on
raised mounds because of the clay soil around here. That might be good for
yours too.
cnawan
June 27, 2014 at 3:52 pm
How will you wire up the generator to your battery bank the little black
one that you just got
mike jones
June 27, 2014 at 4:12 pm
3:30 that entire area was cleared from the supposed nutrient sucking
saplings – well there you go. What do you think is going to happen when you
start clearing out natural woods?
And you can be sure that once you start *clearing out those saplings* you
will have more and more mosquitos and gnats. That’s how it works mr
techman. You can’t beat mother nature – so try to live in harmony with it.
Adama Tova
June 27, 2014 at 4:28 pm
The frog that sounded like a bird chirping maybe was what we call in my
area, a “peeper”. They are very small frogs, very active at night, love
swampy areas or watering holes, and are very relaxing at night. They are
often mistaken for the sound of crickets. Great vid troy. Keep it up.
jack slade
June 27, 2014 at 4:54 pm
First off good video. Second I like so many videos in one day. Third does
this mean I wont get a long video to watch during lunch tomorrow just
joking. I also thought you said that the land was in foreclosure. If so
how can you rent it forever.
benmattgreg
June 27, 2014 at 5:07 pm
Troy:
Here in my county in Washington State, wetlands have a designated 50 foot
“buffer”
where no building, etc can take place. I believe that septic drain fields
have to be even further away.
Water, streams and wetlands are a touchy area these days development
wise…..
Not trying to burst your bubble and already know you are going to do lots
of due diligence before you get involved to deeply in your homesteading.
GrandsonofKong
June 27, 2014 at 5:35 pm
Thanks for the hike! Love, love, love Prayer Rock!
If that creek runs at all year round… can you dig out at a sandy part and
rock it in for a kind of jacuzzi? If it were me I would drag a tub- like a
cattle trough out there and set it up on a fire pit and be soaking in a hot
bath by that stream.
Keep the hikes coming!
MollyDolly
June 27, 2014 at 5:48 pm
I bet those apples would disappear quick,from the deer.hunting license=free
meat,which = Troy’s DIY deer jerky.convert a trailer into a
smoker/oven.just a thought.
MrCrf450rider
June 27, 2014 at 5:59 pm
Here in the CA Sierra on up into Washington state we have someone come in
every 5-10 years and weed the evergreen trees on our properties, so we get
bigger thicker trees that are healthy, which can be harvested to process
into lumber.
Around here deer will devour grape vines, berry bushes, rose bushes, fruit
trees unless they plants/trees are enclosed in a 6 ft+ fenced area.
Hope when you visit the county folks Thursday you get everything in
writing. As well as information in whether your landladies property taxes
will go up if you build on the rental area land.
Beth DeRoos
June 27, 2014 at 6:06 pm
Troy, Where Do You Get Money To Pay Rent??? And, How Much Is Your Rent??? I
Was Thinking About Moving There Myself. Does Your Landlady Allow You To
Hunt, Fish, & Trap Animals For Human Consumption??? Venison & Stream
Trout… Nothing Tastes Better!!! 🙂 🙂 =)
jkluck915
June 27, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Actually those sapllings aren’t just *sucking up nutrients* (smh) – they’re
preventing your land from becoming a marsh. If you start cutting down those
trees in true neanderthal fashion you can be looking at swamps in all
directions – not unlike what you’ve got going there in your landlady’s
driveway.
Adama Tova
June 27, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Homestead work the easy way and the organic self sufficient garden plans
The Do It Yourself World
June 27, 2014 at 7:18 pm
I believe it’s 150 feet from water.
J297WFD
June 27, 2014 at 7:25 pm
The opposite of wild is domesticated.
r3x2b0
June 27, 2014 at 8:21 pm