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This episode feels like I'm in an RPG game.. Particularly when the truck picked you up and you helped carry supplies to the storage container and someone was sharpening an axe lol. Very fun

This was one of my favorite episodes by far. Everyone just living and working around doing their thing. I would love another one like this!

Just had a thought: Your fridges in the kitchen are working extra hard as they are circulating the rejected heat into the same room in summer months. Cut a vent in the wall behind them that you can close off, that way you can close it in winter to benefit from the heat and in summer leave it open so they run more efficiently and make the room more comfortable to work in.

I literally Yay out loud when you say you bought the middle land. Congratulations! Really enjoy your contents. Also love to see you guys take a shift to take care the baby.

Liked the update. The sap is an attempt by the tree to rebark itself. You can drill a vertical hole through the stump into the heart root and it will kill the tree. When the heart root is breached(or cracked), water pressure can't be maintained and the tree dries out.

Aussie bush firefighter here. Love to hear what your fire plan is - how you will alert people, who will do what, are you planning to protect some assets or just evacuate? A practice drill is a good idea so you know how long it will take, and iron out any issues.

Be careful with the mimosa tree sap. It’s highly flammable and with it exposed it makes the tree a long burning torch. You can scrap the sap off and use it as an excellent fire starter. You could also build a sharpening stone mini table for the tool sharpening person to do it without cuts. You should never hold the stone while sharpening. Cheers!

My grandma who lived in Libya and Italy, advised us to put wet towels/ cloths on the back of the neck to keep the heat regulated on yourselves. I am 70 and I still do this x😊

This episode gave me a better understanding of the layout of the land! Really cool you took that in one shot! :) Keep safe during the hot weather and keep drinking enough water, guys!

Huge respect what you all did in these years. Imagine this place in 10 years

I would move the version 1 of the tent to basecamp and use it as changing room or something next to the shower. In the vans or tents where people are staying there might not always be much room, but using the tent for this purpose would be a nice change. And could speed up the waiting time for the shower as wel. And is also more pleasant on rainy and/or cold days. And then version 2 of tent later on can be used for actual staying in project camp for some time.

Here is a suggestion to keep the heat off of the metal buildings/vehicles. Build a sperate roof over them about half a meter above, this keeps sunlight directly off the building itself as well as allow space for airflow beneath the 'roof' and above the structures. Do NOT do black roofing, black absorbs light and then radiates it. Do white on top to reflect light and maybe black under neither that to 'black out' remaining sunlight that might pass through the white (depending on thickness). There was a reason Native Americans had white teepees.

the way everyone you talked to made it to the lagoon before you make this feel like a movie lol

Two things: that resin below the cuts on those mimosa trees is probably highly flammable. If you cut off a small log from the tree just below where the resin has flowed, it would make good fire starting material. (Guess.) And two: if you can, look below the old cork tree and other established native trees in the area. Look for seedlings from these trees and pot them up. Do this consistently and soon you will have plenty of materials to replant the native woodland.

You have done a great service to everyone who lives in the watershed by cleaning the sediment from the pool and repairing the sluice gate so it is operable. The ponded water is feeding the groundwater table for everyone who lives downstream. It is now clear that during the summer months, there is not enough flow to power a 500 watt hydro turbine downstream near the guest tent. So it remains that this water source could be 3 season power source to supplement your grid during the periods when their are more overcast days, the sun is lower on the horizon and the solar day is shorter. Add a 500 watt wind turbine located at the highest point of the land. Then you will have a true distributed generation grid. You will not be relying on one source of power and 2 of your 3 generators can operate 24/7. A great capability for charging batteries.

I know you guys have said in the past that you don’t have a clearly defined goal. I want to point out an observation I’ve made though. Weather you’ve done it on purpose or not, you’ve attracted/created a community of people who love the idea of people just doing their own thing and being self sufficient and clean, living off the land and the generosity of the warm hearted communities you guys thrive in. As a group, you guys are doing something that is admirable on so many levels, something that screams to a place deep in my heart. With no labels or agendas you guys are living authentically in a world that is completely fake. And to top it off, you were smart enough to document the entire process. I don’t want to make this too long. I just want to finish off by saying I wish there was a project kamp style compound near me. Personally I lack the funds, support, knowledge, and the bravery to do something like this. As a source of revenue it would be amazing to see you guys set up a training program that teaches people how to live like this and how to survive with others like this, maybe even an extended course that teaches people how to start their own camp, and provide a platform for like minded individuals to link up in a safe space to collaborate and learn from each other.

A Suggestion: Since your land is dry, it would be a good idea to add more rainwater harvesting infrastructure such as swales, continuous contour trenches (both shallow and deep) also loose boulder structures which slows water down (which you're already mimicking by piling the chopped down mimosa trees through the forest) and also recharge pits. Adding these throughout the land would massively help in sustainable living, would secure water availability for every person living on the land (recharging wells), and prevent forest fires by preventing the land from drying out. Plus the recharge pits could act as emergency water for if the forest were to catch on fire.

you could definitly use the place where you said you would eventually have your party in order to plant and grow a few vegetables because having to water everyday wouldn't be a problem since you have the well and the creek close by and you can just take a bit of water from there.

Very glad you've acquired that "land inside your land".

You should cultivate the land they have prepared for that, make a small greenhouse where they can grow some vegetables and do a study on what to plant outside of it, since you already have experience in harvesting potatoes and your own neighbors can help you, they would have a source of income from greening it, and also from food. Greetings, I love your videos

Congrats on finalizing the land purchase! Really exciting to see your guys progression. Great to see so many people all working to help each other

Acacia dealbata resin can be used like regular gum arabic. I'm not entirely sure it's 100% edible, but when used in arts and crafts, it perfectly replaces the more common varieties extracted from Acacia senegal and Acacia nilotica. I've been using it for almost thirty years! It can be used as paper glue; as a binder in watercolors and gouache; for certain engraving techniques and papié-maché. But be careful, once it dries it is not waterproof like acrylic paint! Let the resin exude from the trunks and branches until it forms large balls or manageable drips. Then, collect and soak it in a clean container with some warm or hot water. Leave it until all the resin dissolves and then filter it onto a tray lined with cling film. Place in a sheltered, warm place to evaporate. Note that the longer the soaking, the more the wood tannins will dye the solution, darkening the resulting gum.

I love this more vlog style format which reminds me of the early days of this channel. The other highly edited videos are fine too but somehow like this style better. Nice to hear Dave again too especially with his “coool”.

Timo seems like a genuinely nice dude you would love to have as a friend.

I love how you guys are practicing the 'it takes a village to raise a child' idea

haha, great great job on the one-taker, shout-out to Javi for capturing it really well and Dave for keeping it exciting. It's really a nice creative summary on all projects done: wonderful!

So, everybody went fast to the lagoon after being recorded and waited there at the end. Loved it! 😂

I love seeing Kevin. He always got that bright aura in him.

You can use the resin for making insect traps or glue for wood working or gap filler. Save it!

A very interesting overview. Congratulations on finally being able to buy the middle land. Amazing to watch things progress.

Congratulations on purchasing the land, now that you have enough space to accommodate all community members, you should consider starting gardening, it will provide you with lots of food all year around. Great video, now we can have a picture of everything that you have done so far. Thanks for that.👍

Its fantastic to watch videos from other Project Kamp team members, but always great to get back to seeing Dave

The girls are always working hard. congratulations to the lady with the red t shirt. seeen her doing work on the house, the lagoon, well, clearing the land...always doing something. the stumps left behind seem like a hazard , always in danger to trip and fall.

THAT WAS AWESOME DAVE!!!! THANKS FOR THE WALK AND CANDID INYERVIEWS, ITS ALWAYS BUSY AT PROJECT KAMP!!! I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING ALL THE TASKS AND NEW ACTIVITIES YOU ALL ARE TACKLING, AND THE NEW KREW OF HELPERS ROCK!!! PLEASE SEND COMPLIMENTS TO EVERYONE, WORK WELL DONE.👍👍👍 . FROM CRATERS OF THE MOON IDAHO U.S.A. I HOPE IT COOLS OFF OVER THERE, WE ARE ALREADY FEELING WINTER TO DAY, RAINY, BREEZY, AND 50 DEGREES F TODAY BRRRR❄❄, I LOVE IT. WE ARE HIGH DESERT FARMLAND HERE, SO WE HAVE LONG COLD SNOWY WINTER. BE BLESSED EVERYONE, I LOVE PROJECT KAMP!!💙💙💙💯💯

What lovely filmmaking work! That took a lot of planning, I bet! It ended up really well done, so thanks!

Turn the two large grass fields into a source of income. Make a contract with a local farmer to use no till farming and no chemical inputs on your two fields (seeds must be planted with a seed drill) up until the time you have a use for them. Plant two crops (one for each field and alternate each season). Plant one in corn and plant the second in soybeans. Soybeans and corn have a symbiotic relationship, the crops will not be stripping all of the nutrients out of the field and the chaff and roots that are left on the fields will enrich the soil. Corn and soybeans are the two highest value grain crops and the bottom land that makes up these two hay pastures is rich deep soil.

Do you think maybe some fans that are easy on electric would be able to help get some relief from the heat at least inside the buildings? Like the kitchen, office, workshop, ect.

It really feels so immersive, so cool. I know it might be hard to do videos like this in one shot but they are so worth it. I enjoyed every second of it!!!

I've had a hard time visualizing how big the place was and where exactly everything is so this is so amazing and please do this again in the future after you've had a lot of progress, this is amazing to see and experience as someone who would love to come visit but can't

happy to see yall installing biogas, I'd been thinking about how it would be a good idea to expand further into the winter and supply the stoves

A totally not scripted episode full of miraculous random encounters 😉 still, a great overview especially for people newer to the channel, and as lovable as always!!❤

Great to see you all again. I didn't appreciate before, how hilly the Kamp is. I can see it better now the minosa has been cut back. Good to see the pig trailer (I mean level 2 dwelling) coming on. So pleased you bought the middle land. And so pleased you have a lagoon to cool off in. Great work, Peace and Love. Pete

Nifty video this week dudes. I will offer 3 observations. Why not put the recycled plastic pannels on the floor of your tent project and maybe a 100cm perpendicular around the edges for critter proofness. The mimosa resin, does it have a pleasant burning aroma? Harvest and blend it into an incence to market. Another tack would be to have an archeological dig along those older walls maybe as part of a kamp fest in the future.

Hello guys! I had some ideas that might help you with some things. So, I think that the first thing I would change is to stop cleaning off plants the surroundings of water bodies - I know it is more pleasent to our eyes, but it accelerates the erosion and can diminish its "lifespan". Second thing I'd do is to paint the outside of the containers and the black plastic being used as roof with non-toxic "thermal" white paint to ameliorate the temperature. Another thing is to use the Mimosa spp. branches as compost to other plants you can eat or grow - maybe, in the beginning, try to brake it into little pieces like you did in another video, I guess. About the area you have that is covered in "grass", you could try to start a agroforestry system and, with the right management, it would produce a lot, because you have a lot of water available during winter and water bodies distributed on the land. I also saw that you are very worried about fires too and you guys could have a brigade training to control the fire even after it is already on. I always think about solutions that involve water, but in your situation I don't know if it is possible or affordable. It might be possible to cover with native and appropriate grass the pathways you created so it don't erode either. Anyways, english is not my mother language and it may have some errors in this text, but I guess you'll get the point. Hopefully you see this. Nice job you're doing there, I got really excited about it. Watched the 1 year, 2 years and 2,5 years videos in a row!

The big peice of land seems like the perfect place to experiment with larger scale farming. Perhaps growing things that do not transport very well. It seems like you have all the veggies you need, though - is there something you're missing?

Hi guys! You could use the resin from the bare Mimossa tree trunks to fill the gaps in the canvas tent floor. Keep up the good work!

Congratulations, landowners again - finally, what a thrill. Now the camp is to be expanded and developed further. Greetings from Sweden 🙂

Awesome episode y'all. Gave me a much better idea for how the land connects together. Also really inspiring to see you're making it work with a baby over there. Can't be easy, great props to the parents and everybody else. Would love to see a deeper dive on how they+you deal with those challenges. It's inspiring to see how you're balancing building a community, building actual infrastructure, doing research, keeping up a successful youtube channel and also have something of a personal life. I tend to want to do too many things at the same time and seeing the way you structure things at project kamp helps put my own challenges in perspective.

In regards to your resin, you can collect the resin in chunks then tamp it into a block, you can then use your tamp of resin to coat rope, to stop it drying out in the sun and fraying as well as tent cords and so forth. it will also somewhat waterproof screws that are not galvanised/stainless steel so you can put it on bolts and latches as a cheap rust displacer. if your block is getting too dry, you can simply put in on a hot pan or near a fire for a few seconds to soften the resin back up depending on species of tree.

You guys have a great layout for a few goats. They’re good for veg maintenance and milk and cheese.

You’ve come so far! It looks amazing! My favorite was seeing the baby. Congratulations on the land.

In Australia if the temperatures pass 40 degrees we send kids home from school and workers home from outdoor work. Heat stroke/exhaustion isn’t nice. I once fainted while playing sports in the summer heat. Stay cool guys. Hello from Queensland, Australia.

Tree Sap/Resin can be mixed with wood chips/saw dust to make a great temporary material when heated/compressed

You might need to scale up the solar..and convert the surplus sun heat to good use..install some desert airt coolers/misters to lower the temperature down around camp

Wow I was just thinking about Project Camp this morning because I heard about record temps in Europe. I was thinking you guys might hang out in that new pool area you created in the stream. Be careful out there, good luck 👍

This feels like an intro to a video game, lovely introduction part where you are screenlocked until something horrible happens and the game starts lol

At the moment I'm watching this video, the temperature here in Portugal has dropped significantly, perhaps 5º C below what it was. This past weekend there was hail and rain in the north of Portugal, so you must be shivering from the cold right now 😀

Loved this video, thanks so much for the tour. The paths Dave was talking about leading to the waterfall are called "desire paths" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path. I love them too!

I like how everyone is working throughout the video, but all end up at the lagoon within about 30 minutes.

Open area suggestion = UFO landing strip. Thanks for another great video, it's always nice to have Dave on.

Sharpening the tools with all those cuts reminds me of Ernest Goes to Camp when he pulls the blade across the stone and into his hand. lmao

Kevin, stay where you are, enjoy fresh air.

It's incredible that every 10 meters there anither people doing other project, really active community it's beautiful :))

love the tour! do this again when things have progressed, that would be so cool!

If Dave was a tv presenter for all programmes people would be 100 percent more relaxed in life.

Loved this video! Hopefully this could be a more regular thing like every year or perhaps every few months to show all the changes with the passing seasons! Also well done Dave, he’s always been so good at presenting and to do what was probably close to an hour straight is pretty hard 😅

Robert “Don’t think about it” - just my favorite😂😂

That Lagoon must be one of the better quality of life additions to the Kamp!

Great idea thank you. Two things I take away: 1. how much you have achieved since Day 1, amazing! I can hardly remember those first videos now, all the infrastructure is so impressive, must make a huge difference. 2. The oppressive density and ecological emptiness of the mimosa woods, feels so destructive. All the best to you.

The big open land would make a great vegtable garden. Food can be grown to supplement what you need to buy.

@ProjectKamp - Research solar chimneys. You could passively cool those containers by drawing air out of the top through a chimney-like structure. This will at least get the conductive heat removed by providing a continuous airflow.

Best video yet! Good luck during this fire season. Can’t wait for more updates

Hello ProkectKampers ! That was a nice video ! I enjoyed seeing it in one shot. It helps figure out the distance and what different things people are doing at the same time.

I can’t wait to have my own space like this.

this is for sure my favorite video I just like how chill it is and how sincere it feels. someone mentioned that it looks like a rpg game and that's also true lol. I hope one day I will be able to live in an environment like yours

if u trim the resin, heat it up, strain it, u have glue, in the old days you would sculpt it into a stick shape for an easy glue stick. (Damn strong glue)

I was sooo looking forward to Dave jumping into the lagoon at the end! I want to see a vid of that :) he was just suffering from the heat all the way through :D

Hello folks, it's so great to see the whole area growing. Keep it up. I myself come from Germany, which is close to Hanover. Greetings to all George

wood sap can have many uses..glue, gap sealer, fuel. sometimes medicine depending on tree species

This was the first video I watched, and now, after binging the previous 92 at double speed, it's so nice to come back to and recognize all the different projects that I did not know about the first time. Not a second goes by where you can't see many different things you documented working on.

Great video guys, well done on securing the land!

I love Roberts confidence (18:26). Had to laugh so hard!

Maybe you could build a large covered mercado / gazebo in the big open field? And once a month you could open it up to all the neighbors and everyone in the area to buy, sell, and trade goods. That way whatever Project Kamp builds, you could sell it and make a revenue stream. You could sell repurposed or repaired items that are upcycled, and it connects you further to the community. Over time it could become a destination. It could also ultimately be used for festivals!

You are so inspiring guys, I love you all, you make such an incredible work. Thanks for all this fun & shared experiences.

I always enjoy your videos. So much going on but always seems nice.

Absolutely inspiring! Your dedication and the way you've shared your journey are truly motivating. I'm excited to follow along and learn from your experiences. Keep up the fantastic work!

For more engagement and access to the KZfaq algorithm, I would reccomend you guys to change your video titles to be more engaging and exciting. Looking at your latest videos, the two videos with the most views are "86# There is a hole in our land, we went exploring it" and "84# Why we're chopping a forest down". These are both more intriguing titles that spike interest and curiosity. For this video, I would reccomend something like "Life in an off-grid community" or "Experience a sustainable off-grid community", stuff like that. Besides this, I would get rid of the hashtag in the videos and drop the number. But if you insist on keeping it, put it at the end of the video title rather than the beginning. Sometimes video titles can not be read in full because there is limited space on a subscription/reccomended feed. For newer viewers they do not care about which nr# video it is, they just care about whether they should click it or not. For gaining new viewers, the title is much more important than a number. It can be nice for long-standing subscribers like myself, but the number could defect newer viewers since they will feel they need to have seen the 92 videos prior to have an understanding of this episode. Lastly, work on more interesting and fun thumbnails! For the two most viewed videos it's the same thing again. The thumbnails look so much more fun than the ther videos. It's really not a coincidence. I really think these changes could help gain more viewers and grow the community which would ultimately result in more funding for the project. I hope it can help!

I've been watching your updates for two and half years. Can't believe it. Keep up the good work

nice tour; you all have done a wonderful job caring for each other and the land.

Love the continuous shot. Really get a better idea of the space and distances.

That's a great way to do a video occasionally. Really well done. Love your channel.

Man i love these types of videos.

Awesome video as usual, Keep up the great content and keep on inspiring others to live better!

I loved the tour! It is such a beautiful project and a wonderful community. The lagoon seems almost like an oasis. Have you given any thought to planting an orchard? Imagine that field full of fruit, nut, and olive trees.

It's great you finally got the middle part of the land!

Love how everyone you chatted to convened at the pool for the end shot.

Awesome. Really puts the layout into perspective!

Cool concept for an update video. Congratulations on the purchase of the middle land! 👏 🎉

Huge support and thank you for making our little Portugal a safer and more sustainable place! You guys rock! 🤟🤟