I really appreciate how you continue filming while your at tractor supply, the grease gun assembly and talk about greasing your machine. All these things seem very logical and straightforward, now that I've watched this. So many folks ( doing homestead videos) don't include the little things that go sideways, during the course of their day. I dont care that you strayed off the original topic for a time. Coping skills, you got some! Love the sense of humor. So glad you didn't edit this to death . LOVED THIS VIDEO.

Thanks to your videos I bought and raised meat rabbits and then got the courage to harvest them on my own. I then got chickens for eggs. And now I even got goats for the milk. I make my own cheese and just started on making my own goat milk soap. I’ve branched off to some meat goat breeds too! I’m always so excited when you post a video. They are always so encouraging yet real and honest. Thank you homesteady for producing all these awesome videos 💜. It’s given me the courage to start homesteading.

When I retire in 2024, I will go back to my Province Bicol Philippines & do Homesteading too. I'm inspired of what you are doing.God bless!

I live in Ontario Canada. Land here is extremely expensive. We're hoping to relocate in the next 2 years and buy a home on at least 1 acre to get started with homesteading. This KZfaq channel has been really eye opening

“I didn’t want to buy a chore.” 😂

that bob the builder clip was hilarious!

I'm a 'I get up when the sun gets up' which means I don't like winter! I don't get up before the sun, but I am usually out in the garden in the spring, summer and fall before the dew is gone. Here in TN, I get very wet feet, most of the time, walking across the lawn to the garden. If I can't get the summer garden chores done before eleven, it gets too hot. Garden from around 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., shower, lunch and then a nap---one of the perks to being old enough to be retired!

You could take advantage of the swale effect & plant out the berm with a food forest. Also be sure to have a system in place to divert the water that’s coming down towards the house & have extra drainage there as backup.

20:00 in " Hey honey I think those new people in the neighborhood installed a lighthouse!!"

Having either the back, or front of your house facing south is amazing. We live on 24 acres, and on the top of a hill. The back of our house faces south, and there are no trees that block our sun, or drop leaves on our roof clogging up the gutters. It's very nice, because on days where it's 60 and sunny the house stays warm on its own. The natural light also makes the house feel so bright and airy. We also have traditional skylights, as well as a roof where the front roof is a little taller than the back of the house's roof, and there's a window bridging the gap. It's amazing for letting in so much sun light, we don't even have to turn on any lights during the day.

Wife and I both began our farming/homestead journey before we were married. Combined 14 years experience. Excited for our next phase!

Mr. Austin, you may want to look into "Green Giant Arbor Vitae". Assuming they are kept watered sufficiently (ours are in a swale of sorts), they will grow a foot and a half a year. And unlike the smaller "Emerald Green" variety, they can grow up to 70' toll and (I believe) 15 foot at the base. We have some, and they don't seem to be "self pruning". They make a beautiful privacy fence for us. These are the trees that you see in the Pacific Northwest.

You guys do a great job! Thanks for all the info this timing is perfect, situations in our life have allowed us to place our current homestead on the market to buy an acreage I grew up hunting and now we want to build a new homestead there and hopefully 0debt. So there is a good chance come April me and my family will be going through the same things you and yours are now! Hopefully launching our you tube channel on Jan/1/23 so people can see all my mess ups lol. Thanks again aust you are truly inspirational!!

😎 Our house is south facing, with a passive design. It has worked out way better than we expected! The coldest it's been inside the house so far is 65°! We thought we might need to put in a wood stove, but we don't!

It is amazing to go on this journey with you. I am learning so much! Thank you so much and blessings to you and the family for the festive season.

The "naked test" goes well with the right sort of privacy hedge. One that grows a fruit or nut is preferable, or at least one that you can grow an evergreen fruiting vine on to fill in the gaps and gives you a yield.

#ASKHOMESTEADY....AUST, HAVE YOU BOTH THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING HOUSE INTO SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN , HALF IN ,HALF OUT....SOLAR STILL CAN BE MOUNTED ABOVE ON GROUND...directed in any direction n wired into covered battery housing also inside mountain ( this will give you warmth from the ground + less walls exposed to the cold n hot weather seasons ... ) Leaving you warm in winter & very cool in the summer !!! Use your clay to seal the walls between ground n outside of walls ... You can save on the number of solar panels you buy or have a larger battery bank for more stored power !!! The front half can b protected n warm by nails on just as pretty as you would like with possible very large porch that will give you a great over all view of your PROPERTY n all your livestock POSSIBLY...& SUNSETS..,. PS. KEEP YOUR BATTERY FIR EXCAVATOR IN YOUR PICKUP N COVERED IN CARDBOARD BOX N BLANKETS TO KEEP THE CHARGE GOOD IN BATTERY IN THOSE COLD NORTHERN DAYS & NIGHTS !!!

Very interesting. I didn't really get a good view of my 18 acres until I had the pines cleared out. Then, I saw there was a high point, so I picked that spot for all the infrastructure. Meant that my driveway was going to be 1300 feet long and that I'd be at the back of the property, but, all water runs downhill. And as I was coming from a place that constantly went under water every time there was a heavy rain (didn't flood the house until Harvey), I was absolutely looking for high ground. Nothing as high as Sunny Mountain, tho, this is SE Texas, after all. :)

I prefer to plant trees bare root to avoid having the roots swirling from growing in a pot, so I would go with whatever time is good for bare root in your area. If you want to plant potted plants, ask someone to lift the plant up from the pot so you can see if it is root bound. Bigger plants root bound will not grow as well as smaller plants appropriately potted. Swirling roots can eventually cause a tree to die. It could be many years old before that happens so it's worth it to make sure you don't plant trees with this problem only to lose them 15 years later. I would also suggest planting a variety of trees to avoid a monoculture in case a bug or disease comes along. I saw there is a type of pine that is drought and wind resistant, Australian pine for example. If you had a grouping of various trees and shrubs they would help each other by creating little micro climates to shelter each other and still achieve the goal of a visual barrier.

You are very encouraging.

If The spruce seller says Yes I guarantee it …money back go for it😂👍🏻

Research about the trees but I think your buddy might be the best advice

Excellent reminder & bullet points to focus on. THANK YOU!!! No land? focus on food garden 🍎🥑🍅🥕, hunting 🐗🦃🦆, butchering 🔪, canning🥫. I am already experienced with all of these things except canning. Aside from canning I am currently putting the most focus on growing food garden & butchering whole turkeys, chickens, etc from the store until I can grow our own meat for happy harvest.

All that wind would be great for windmills and wind generated energy. Love the Norway Spruce idea.

I'm a total night owl. I have an employer that supports that lifestyle happily, so on my little farmstead I am usually up at the crack of noon. The animals are pretty good with that schedule. JME - back when I did forestry school the rule was to transplant plugs always when the trees are dormant but the ground isn't a frozen brick so between 33-50 degrees.

Norwegian Spruce are my favorite tree. They are so beautiful.

The Son of an Excavator was the funniest thing my wife and I have seen all year😂

You're definitely going to need an evergreen windbreak up there!

I’m starting this KZfaq channel and getting my homestead going more thank too this channel! It’s hard thank!!

Love what ur doin with the berm, we live in a pretty tight neighborhood and we put up a 5ftx150ft berm all across our front yard. We harvest christmas trees every year, and have a huge privacy barrier that also provides protection from crashing cars (which we have a lot of...) and keeps the noise down!

I get up at 5am every morning. I like to sit and drink my coffee in the quiet before any one else is awake and up. I also did a naked test, well, I thought about neighbors and views before buying my property ( and the one before this one), so I understand. I will be interested in finding out what type of house you end up building.

Your choice of location is good. Based on the old farmsteads I see in upstate NY the houses face south or south east and with higher land behind them, I quess to protect them from the north or northeast winter winds. Livestock buildings are built east of the house, down from the prevailing winds out of the west, probably to minimize odors. PA should have a similar weather patterns. Good luck with the build.

No naked sledding for Aust. Just naked sunbathing. 😂

House location is super important! 😊❤ congrats on y’all’s progress

You know you just want to build the house naked, that's why you want to plant the trees now. I am going to repeat you need to pray over your property. God Bless and take care!!

The Arbor Day Foundation sent me bare root Norway Pines in MN November. They said it’s a good time to plant up until the ground is frozen soild.

my family told by a friend of the family. that a good time to plant trees are the month that end with 'ber' because its cool and sometime rainy, depending where you live. sometime when you plant in spring the summer heat can cause stress and can kill young transplanted trees unless you are really on top of the watering. in fall depends where you live, can be cool an light warm that the water on the plant doesn't evaporate fast. so when you water it or it rains the water stays and gives it a good foundation before winter. now if you live in place where you don't have much of a fall and go rate into cold winter. then very early spring rate after frost would be fine just have to work a bit hard in the summer. but i have tried it and it does work, the only problem, i find with the 'ber' month method is finding trees in the fall to plant. cause they are mostly sold in spring time. and again this might not work for everyone depending on where you live you need a nice long fall weather. and i find if you do plant trees in spring you need a rainy season cause i have planted trees in spring and it worked but we have a rainy season in the spring that really saturates the trees to get them a nice start for the summer, with still frequent watering of course during the summer. if you plant at the end or near the end of the rainy season they would almost shrivel up and die in the summer cause we get hot summers with almost no rain during summer months, depending on the year. so track your weather patterns where you live see when a nice time to plant trees for you.

Just recall that early sun in the Summer means more heat load during the warm spot of the year.

We wake up early, but do not get out to do chores until sun is up.

Thank you for the evergreen lesson! Norway Spruce, I'll have to write that down somewhere

our big east facing picture window (8x7ft) heats our lounge up every morning, it saves us SO much firewood heating in the mornings.

I prefer to wake up with the sun up. But all those morning people got up first and set up the world, so I get up when even the sun isn't up. One day, we will fix that.

Nice points! Yep good spot.

#askhomesteady Hey Aust and K! So we've talked about types of homes and picking land. My wife and I thru our search have brought up another question. How to "run" a homestead when buying a vacant lot. To keep this short, how practical are alternative options i.e. solar, wind, rainwater, etc. when wanting modern comforts and trying to not break the bank?

Sounds like you found a good solution to your problem though! 🙂

We planted Leland cypress trees here in VA! We pass the test! (Nobody wants to see that!)

What's the new plan and timeline??? Always love your videos.

We have lots of south east exposure and it is so nice not having the blazing afternoon sun. We just got solar. Everything being expensive is challenging!

Trunk and branches of leafless tree can block up to 40 percent of sunlight.

Yes always exciting and terrifying.

Are you doing covert cooling? I've watched so many videos on it but it would be cool if a KZfaqr I follow religiously lol (homesteady) gave their honest feedback on them. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's how earthships cool their homes. Dying to hear your feedback!

Our passive solar house has been great. It is very hot here in the summer and very cold in the winter. We have an overhang that blocks sun in summer which really helps keep it cool. Even when it gets down into the twenties at night the house is 65 in the morning. We are all electric for everything including hot water heater, three freezers, frig, stove, oven and well pump. Our bill is about $90 per month which we think is pretty good. We are not planning on doing solar at this point.

I would think the reliable homesteaders could earn some income with consulting with people who are just getting started....

Kind of thought the pond was bigger? I'd find out all I could about Norway spurs! I'd Google it!

It looks like you are going to have lots of water coming downhill towards your house. What if you built on top of the hill? Yes there would be more wind but wind helps dry things out. I would rather have that than deal with water coming towards the house or having to jump through hoops to keep it away. I also would not plant any trees on the south, even deciduous ones. The trunks and branches will block light. And oaks retain their leaves for a very long time.

Are the bottom branches of the Norway Spruce low enough? I'm thinking you might need to plan for some evergreen understory too, or perhaps a hedge in front of them. You really don't want to fail the naked test down low! 😂🤣😂

I have to get up at 3am to take my husband to work before half past 4, i would prefer to wake up much later, but I have to be at the same job by 6.

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Dont be bumbed. Pond looks great and when you begin to dig it will go fast.

Wake up when its dark kinda guy

Naked test 100%. I was actually looking for some Norway spruce. Trying to close off our problem areas lol.

That really sucks 😞😞 when you want to work an you can't cause the machine won't work. They get to see the sunny side of the moon lol 😂😂

Congratulations to your daughter on her first buck!

Have you checked where the arc of the sun will be in the summer?

I my a sun up kinda Gal 👍. I totally agree,I'm just one person. I don't eat junk or extravagant. I can't get out of the store under $100! Your funny Aust ,I hope you get to shine🌠, LMBO xxz! The Guy that said no 🤔. JO JO IN VT 💞💨❄️

Is this property still in PA? You'll get there!

You know what they say about planting trees...twenty years ago or now. Plant the trees when they are in dormancy. Deciduous or coniferous.

Nine point buck? Oh yeah, east vs west thing... you must count every point, not just one side like we do out here.

Demonstrated a good skill to develop before starting homesteading. Learn to grease your own vehicles and equipment.

Before u know it this place will be everything u imagine

before the sun comes up

Wake up before the sun comes up

Passive solar heating water lb for lb is best medium for transferring heat using sun to heat water that is stored in large under ground heat sink useing this water to hear living space either in floor heating loop or water to air fan coils power from solar panels to run circulation pumps ( technically if installed correctly circulation could be natural physics-based ) example off grid wood fired hot tub (off grid with Jake and Nicole ) cold water from tub gravity feeds into water heater and as temp rises flows out the into tub can accomplish same with solar heated water panels just that the heat be stored in large holding tank surrounded with sand or other medium that hold heat and return to water as cools when circulation gives up heat yes in beginning cost to install but benifits come later when lower cost to heat and minimum mechanical uo keep Also note Jake and Nicole live in yurt year found

How many usable acres on this new site?

I am a wake when its still dark person. #askhomesteady will you go back to doing live videos?

Aust, you guys are awesome, but do you think maybe you could stick a bullseye or something around your camera lens so you remember that’s where *we* are? You spend a lot of time talking to yourself, or your eyes are darting between the lens & the screen & it’s really distracting. Just some constructive criticism sent with immense love & respect 😊 Cheers 👍

Early for me..

Watch Lumina acres with there build on KZfaq, nobody does it better. Learn from others my friend. Be blessed

Funny!! I've never known what that meant! "Grease monkey" 🐒

No! Tractor Supply bad news, I had to stop shopping there because I won't support children porn and drag shows sponsors.

I knew Homesteady was always a business, but it makes me sad how much of a business it is. All the homestead channels are building, and doing off grid building yuck

Don’t build the house near the lake, you will regret it on mosquitoes 🦟 season