Thanks.

Exactly

Do it! I've been homesteading 3 years now remotely by myself in Intag and only regret is I didnt do it sooner.

The weather is better there then it is in T town. Oklahoma is so dam hot 🔥

Yeah, I took a really long break from KZfaq. I wasn’t feeling inspired to make any videos and didn’t want to “make content” without a reason or something worth sharing. Thanks for sticking around.

It sure is!

Wish I had more time here this year. In about a month I go to Alaska for the next job so I can pay for my next project here.

It occasionally gets cold if the wind blows down from the mountains. It drops into the low 40s (Fahrenheit).

Thank you! Cheers!

It’s awesome to be back.

It really is!

So far, the harvest is trickling in. Today I pulled a handful of potatoes, munched on some peas, and continued to collect more chard, lettuce, and beets than I can possibly use. The fruit trees are being stubbornly slow to produce, but I did get one banana passionfruit and tons of rocoto peppers to make a fruity painful hot hot sauce.

@@FallofftheMap I'm a Chili-head so that's awesome hahaha, right on brother! I know some Fruit Trees take a hot minute to grow and start bearing good yield, gotta love the waiting game lol. Love it!!!

I’m not avoiding you, I swear. :)

Yeah, I was gone way too long.

Thanks

Thank you! 😃

Thanks. I’m super excited about this next project. I call that area the Amazon side of Ecuador because if I call it the “oriente” like the Ecuadorians do it causes a bit of confusion with english speakers outside of Ecuador.

@@FallofftheMap Looking forward to hear more about the oriente/Amazonas project... And yeah, I'm sure these westeners "know" a lot..."smart" as they are...according to themselves only....one can only hope the "smartest" of them stay in Europe as, they clearly don't know anything else but their sad colonial destruction of everyone/everything....🥴 Take care...

They’re everywhere.

Eastern Europe has it’s charm. I particularly like Romania, but nothing can compare to living in the Andes Mountains. That mesh on the greenhouse is a mixed bag. It’s definitely helped keep the insects to a minimum, but it’s starting to break down in the sun and turn into thousands of little bits of plastic.

@@FallofftheMap, noted on the mesh. I enjoyed my years in Turkey and am looking forward to years in Ecuador sooner than later. :-)

I’ve considered doing the same, though I’m worried about them escaping and devouring the garden.

I started my rabbitry 3 years ago..an occasional rabbit will escape but havent had any problems with them destroying anything. I can't see my life without them.

Sadly, I’m scheduled to go work in Alaska from May to August. I wish I could stay home, but my projects here require funding.

@@FallofftheMap Alaska will still probably feel more like home than Poland.

Uh… thanks?

I suspect asparagus would thrive around Mindo if planted in raised beds with well designed drainage. Much like Mindo, I get an excessive amount of rain. I’ve learned to build elaborate raised gardens using layers of sand, pumice, rotten wood, compost, and thatch. With adequate drainage most temperate to tropical plants will survive.

Probably not anytime soon. Ecuador for now, then off to Alaska

Why don't you ask your neighbor how to plant the avocado trees?

I have. There isn’t a big difference in how we planted. I think the difference is how their soil was cared for in the years before planting, and also the fact that they use chemical fertilizers and pesticides. I need to use a different technique to be successful.

@@FallofftheMap In 3 years none of my trees have grown. Very disappointing.

@@stoicbreathe I’ve adapted my planting method after seeing poor results with the trees I planted the fist year. Now I plant with raised beds and mounds using the hugelkultur method. What I’ve planted using this method has been much more successful.

@@FallofftheMap we are on the same page with raised bed and hugelkultur and i now have 2 greenhouses for tomatoes and cucumbers etc..the endless rain.

It’s a cheap fake Spanish tile plastic roof. I wanted to go with the basic cheap metal roof but my plan was overridden.

It’s been a long time coming. This little house is just the beginning. Eventually it will be a vacation rental once I build a larger house next to it. The plan is to have a place where people can rent a cabin and experience life on the farm, including access to whatever they need from the gardens.

You are able to enter Ecuador without a visa for 90 days as a tourist, and extend to 180 days with a tourist visa. At that point you can either qualify for and obtain a resident visa such as the investor visa, or you can spend the other half of the year in Colombia. A lot of folks go back and forth spending 6 moths in Ecuador and six months in Colombia.

​@@FallofftheMapI doubt overstaying would matter much, i heard of a guy who overstayed a Columbian visa for 5 years, his penalty? A 100 usd fine.

The penalties for overstaying frequently change and are confusing even to the authorities that enforce them. If the latest information I’ve read is correct the new overstay fee is “50% of the basic salary.” The basic salary in Ecuador is $450 per month, so the penalty would be $225. From what I understand you get banned from entering Ecuador for 2 years and are only charged the penalty if you want the ban removed so you can return. However, what people are actually charged varies depending on the mood of the immigration officer at the airport. Many people are let go with a warning. Others are forced to pay on the spot with the penalty (bribe) ranging from $50 to $1200 based on the reports I’ve read.

Downright impossible. Sure, poland has better roads and alcohol, but it’s impossible to compete with paradise.

I hear you. Part of my motivation for living in Ecuador is that it’s far from any of the wars/conflict happening in the world. I spent enough time in Afghanistan to know the value of peace.

Eventually I will have a tilapia pond and probably chickens. This land isn’t large enough to keep cattle.

My wife’s from Quito the Amazon has amazing tilapia the fish there has such high fat content its so good. I don’t like Quito too much though my blood pressure goes through the roof there

@@williamramsey865 yeah, Quito’s elevation, traffic, and pollution bother me. My little farm is a little over 400m lower elevation than Quito. I don’t know why, but dropping down 400m lower seems to make a huge difference in how I feel.

Yes and in Quito they over salt the foods. Last time my blood pressure went to 170/100 and I'm a normal sized American the difference is apparent I would have to live in the coast. My plan is to be in the coast foe retirement if I can afford it. Maybe around mompiche or south