I am Taiwanese Today I lost someone very close I think i'm broken Then I saw this video After I finish watching, I will continue to find other videos of you I feel much better now thank you

I wanted you to know I am single and in a wheelchair and had beat cancer three times shattered my spine and fractured my neck but watching your videos I try every day to get up in my wheelchair and built me a garden this year! And expecting to do the same next year! I am not able to use a lot of tools but know how to use them my land is paid for and I’m am going to do my best to work it till my time comes I’m only 48 my kids are grown and I don’t want them to take care of me thank you for sharing what you do!

building this garden is much like when you were originally building the cabin. You've built your living space now you're building your food source.

Kali girl is so sweet! What a great companion while you do what you choose to do each day. Keep on.

I've said this numerous times, but must say it again: The sounds and nuances in these videos are exquisite. Crunch, snap, crackle and pop. The chirping birds and crickets, Wood Peckers pecking, babbling brooks and roaring falls; the meandering rivers, food frying/boiling...I could go on and on...

Ohh WOW was that red sky gorgeous!! Thank you for all the work you put into the videos! God Bless you & your family! ♥️♥️♥️

As a kid growing up in New England, I watched my next door neighbor bury fish heads and innards in his various gardens and flower beds. He was retired old gentleman that in summer time, rain or shine, went fishing every morning in the upper Narragansett Bay. He had the most gorgeous rose bushes that actually formed a hedge between our yards. They were his pride and joy and the envy of the street. All kinds of flowers too that I couldn't identify, but all beautiful. He also grew the most delicious "Native Tomatoes" and would give my mom baskets full when they were ripe. YUM! To this day I've never had better! Ole Mister Gunther swore by the fish head's and a little cow manure as the secret to his success. Man I still miss those tomatoes with a chunk of Italian bread! You'll do great Shawn. Mister Gunther would approve!

I am amazed by this man. He genuinely knows everything from building a log cabin, to sauna bath, to rocket stove, fishing, cooking, preserving, gardening and a lot more. You are great, may GOD bless you more and an inspiration to all.

I learned to garden over 40 years ago from an old mountain man in Blowing Rock NC. He let me use his garden plot which was very rich. We used show horse manure which was very rich due to the diet of the horses. Everything was organic before organic became a thing. I had the most beautiful garden and it set the fire of gardening in me. I am 78 and have gardened all over the US since then. I am in TN and most of my food will go to the food bank as I live alone but I am still gardening.

Not only do I watch because I love the lifestyle, I watch for the amazing camera shots. Beautiful.

I’ve been following you from the walk out of the city...the distance that you’ve come from and to now unbelievable,,,I wouldn’t trade the life your living for the life of a millionaire ,what you’ve built and carved out is what our ancestors did,you should be the proudest man on earth,and as many have told you ...your not alone tens of thousands are with you,,I’m from Kentucky and Daniel Boone would easily call you brother 😎

Your Hugleculture garden has inspired my myself 70 yrs old and my wife 60 yrs. old to make a 4" wide by 24" long by 36" tall one in our side yard in the city of Pensacola, Fl. We were able to top it with a truck load of free horse manure mixed with straw and dirt, and finish it off with a truck load of rich compost that cost us $40. The rest of the structure was free from gathered materials. Thanks for the inspiration.

Dear Shawn, your ability to achieve your goal is amazing! I pray to God that you had enough time and energy for everything! If you have the opportunity to fill this pile with 30-40 liters of silt from the bottom of the river, you will get an amazing effect. Sludge dries slowly and promotes active humus.

Thank you for your continued efforts of creating content and sharing your life with us.

You remind me of Milt. My first love. When I was in my teens . He did all that you do. I loved watching him. Instead I married a Doctor and moved to Ireland. I still love Milt.

Sean’s life allows us to dream about it, but most of us are not physically fit enough to do the hard work that Mr. James is doing. However if you are or are capable of becoming so, then I believe this is one of the best way to remain independent. Be prepared to get use to giving up many luxuries we take for granted now!🇺🇸👍🤠🙏✝️

I love how Cali decides she needs to include herself in some tasks :) Catching wood shavings? Got it. Smelling dirt piles? On it. What a good pup!!!

I love your lack of commentary. It's so interesting not knowing what exactly you're doing until we see it and finally understand. Not to name any names, but other channels always have to explain every little thing that they're doing and it makes it a lot less interesting.

You mentioned that you were concerned you don't explain enough of what (and why) you are doing a certain task, but that is one of the neat things about your videos I like very much. We learn and figure it out as you move through your tasks. I really love what you are doing. Your energy is unreal. Thanks so much.

Mr. James, I hope you continue showing us all those video you have showed us till now, about all your knowing and challeng in gardenning, planting trees, building in the wild, fishing and hunting. I really enjoy every week. Thank you for sharing, I know it's must be hard to prepare, sometime. Wishing you and family a nice summer, a productive season growing foods garden. Thank you.

there he is the world most lovable dog, still like to see doggie day once a month

I, who live in Korea, planted a field crop last week. As if dealing with a baby, it was done with every effort. Like you know it well. ^O^

that is real work, cutting up roots is never an easy job.

Still cant believe how much time and effort you put in to your work & films. Wonderful to watch. I’m exhausted just watching. Thank you 🌈

Shawn, you are the hardest working man I know. 💪💪💪💪💪💪🤗

I remember my grandfather telling me he rotated the crops gown in his fields and some fields were to fallow...I also have been throwing my fireplace charcoal/ashes, egg shells, banana peels, coffee grounds, etc. in my garden for years, really works, just takes time

The old stove sitting there like the eye of Sauron, overseeing everything with its oppressive gaze. :)

My wife and i are learning so much from you with these gardening vids which we will definitely put to good use when we move back home to the bush

Hi, thank you for sharing your experience. I am in the Caribbean, Trinidad. I am 72, yrs, my husband and I just purchased a small piece of land in the country, will be doing a little gardening to keep us busy and healthy, I enjoy watching, and I am leaning a lot from how you make the compost. You have a good friend at your side, the dog..

I remember I used to have a book about farming that was written around the early 1900s, and I lost it. I do remember it had a part about taking care of stumps. Apparently they used to take a old stump, make a hole on the top and put something flammable in the hole in the wood; the stump would burn down to the roots. I don't know, I'm a lobsterman not a farmer, just trying to help. It's looking great!

Doing a great job teaching people to grow without artificial fertilization. Stay safe.

Trên đời này , chú là người đàn ông quá tốt , mặt chú phúc hậu , rất giỏi .rất xứng đáng là đấng nam . cô có phước mới được hưởng cái phúc này .hãy trân trọng hạnh phúc này . Chúc cô chú trăm năm an vui .😊😊. Cuộc đời này là thiên đường .🌹🌹😇😇

My brother went to a fish hatcher and brought home a truck load of dry fish remains and built up his soil. Wow! What a difference.

What a beautiful life. Thank you for sharing!

When planting and staking saplings, it's best to tie them no higher than a couple of feet from the ground. That way they have a chance to bend and sway in the wind and have a stronger main trunk. If they are tied too high up, the trunk will remain weak and spindly and may snap in strong winds. That's been my unfortunate experience. Excellent work, though.

Without knowing it you are helping people remember old times and thoughts, simpler living through honest hard work, thank you I just love all your vids

I love hearing the quiet squeak of the dog toy while you are planting.

I'm really excited so see how your garden does this year! It's so awesome so many people have started gardening this year, definitely a blessing in all the craziness!!

50 minute video, aaaaw yeah!!

Love your dog what a companion 😊

Vous allez avoir un super jardin avec votre préparation de la terre, bravo monsieur,🇫🇷❤️

Funny took me a while to get the proper perspective. Watched you build a cabin, then the Forest kitchen, then the Suana. Now I get it you are building the lifeforce garden. Yoda would be proud.

Sweet, nearly a hour of serenity and entertainment. Thanks so much for your effort!!

Please consider the no dig and Ruth Stout methods of gardening. Right at first you build your beds and soil but then move to these methods. You can grow your own hay just for growing your vegis. I love your life. 🐶

You approach each task with a focused mind. You don't think about short cuts. You just do each rask for its own sake, a shovel at a time. Im thinking, "bring in the tiller". But you do everything the old way, a shovel at a time. You use your wagon as a sifter. All this to create a garden place by starting with one big hole in the ground. I sure would not have approved it this way. I bet my grandfather did. Still, I think he used a mule and a plow. I admire you so much. Thank you. You show us all what can be done.

Thanks Shawn I found Terra preta and biochar very helpful

I reckon there’s a tremendous feeling of accomplishment after a long hard day of dirt work in the woods. I find that a physically exhausted body yields the calmest mind. I hope all the hard work pays off.

Man! You really earned every bit of harvest you gain from all that work. Every single shovel full of that rocky cement dirt looks agonizing. That's really cool to learn about the biochar experiment.

I just want to say your hard work, is showing much progress, Shawn. Do take care!!!!

Shawn, hope you have in mind using ALL RAINWATER possible (when it rains) - you have got plenty of ROOFS around. Just need to build small platforms near each roof and INSTALL big cubic containers on them (in doing so you don't need water pump to water your garden - just the GRAVITATION FORCE - water runs downhill). Then attach thin rubber pipe with a switch to the bottom of containers (switch on the free end of the pipe) and you have watering devise for your gardening and composting - water under gravitation force will go without you caring buckets around. If you don't like the look of containers it is easy to cover them with shields or boxes made from lumber. If water containers not enough - it is possible to use big tarps for collecting rain water - just put a little fence - stakes about feet high in line repeeding square shape of a tarp, attach thin rope to the tops of stics - this will be perimeter to wich perimeter of the tarp needs to be attached. Tarp needs to lay on the ground loose, only perimeter lifted - fast way to collect much rainwater. If you do this on some natural elevation on the ground - it's easy to use rubber pipe to water garden nearby with the help of gravitation.

That is one dirt loving dog! Cali is so awesome

Best channel on KZfaq! How could anyone give this a thumbs down???

Your video's are beautifull. I love the quiet working one's, with/in nature the most. And with the wildlife you show us. Watching Callie was a joy. I'm so sorry for your loss. I wish you and your family well. And hope the forest garden will florish. Thank you for sharing your forest life with us.

Outstanding! You are living the life we can only dream of. Kudos, Brother!! KEEP ROCKING!

more than ever, you can be glad you've chosen a path outside our system.. rough times ahead

The first time I watched one of your videos a couple of years ago I was so fascinated watching you working steady and quiet with just the sounds of nature and Cali in the background. It was so restful not having a steady commentary. It was almost like reading an interesting book wondering what was going to happen next. It's a perfect lead-in to your end segment where you explain what you have been doing. The silence and simplicity was the big draw for me and the reason I have continued to watch faithfully. I also love to listen to your thoughts on the Shawn James channel. You have a lot to offer .... thank you for sharing with us.😁

I've watched several of your videos. The way Cali enjoys her boat bumper toy is the cutest thing. She brings it with her everywhere. My German shepherd, (may he rest in peace), loved stuffed animals but he'd destroy them in minutes. Seemed to enjoy carrying the shreds around though.

Great video !!! I first heard of Terra Pretta from Graham Hancock when he was talking about ancient Amazonian cultures they were uncovering evidence of in the south American rain forests. I need to make a whole whack of that for my property in Florida. Its all sugar sand.

your garden is amazing. in addition to the creativity and ingenuity i am inspired by the sheer (Herculean) physical effort you have put into it. I vaguely recall doing similar gardening things in my 20s. You are making me think a middle-aged guy (namely me) might actually have some manual soil building left in me. Thank you so much.

I think ur amazing having said that don't think a swollen head is in ur vocabulary just a general knowledge of how to do what's right love cali keep going Shawn we are with u in spirit 100%

Shawn love your videos don't change a thing. Can't wait to see all the vegetables you get and your greenhouse going up and workshop. Your the Best!

I believe work and activity are the best exercise in the world but I couldn’t do in a week what you do in a day and then I’d have to take the next week off to recover. You’re and inspiration and my vicarious exercise. Love to watch 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I bet those fruit trees jump right up from the heated soil from your fires. I don't do the char as my garden beds are developed and get renewed with compost. Biochar holds nutrients and ash provides potassium. You'll also get some tilth. Cover crops, especially legumes will improve soil quickly. A guy can't get enough compost. It is the singular improvement that works for any plant. You seem to have the recipe and method well thought out.

Each time I sit to do needlework or having a lazy day, your Videos are very inspiring to me. The scenery, Nature sounds, Cali with her great personality, and watching your projects, not to mention the wonderful food that is cooked! Words cannot describe this Channel and the effort put into it for us to enjoy. Idea..when you finish all your work, relax and start an Outside Cooking Video! Blessings from Middle Georgia!

Shawn, please talk more. I am often puzzled by what you are doing in this garden. Your insights into your thought process and why you do what you do are greatly appreciated!

I always wonder why there are people (200 at this moment) that thumbs down your videos! Who are you people that don't understand what this great man is doing? Grow up and PLEASE just go away!

Another very educational video thank you Shawn. Thank you. God bless and be safe. Jim

good job shawn best wishes hope your wife and daughters are healthy and yourself

Less and less people know how to do things nowadays, I’m watching and learning....

Just wanted to say I love your work and videos. You make youtube a happy place to be. Keep up the had work! Can't wait to see what your home turns into in the next few years

Never seen a man work sooo hard gardening! I'm exhausted. 😰

You are a man after my own heart this year making a bigger garden and getting things ready for hunting and fishing to put up for the days ahead thank you

Good for you and your family! Soil building takes a huge amount of work and is worth every drop of sweat. If you have any friends visiting from the coast, ask them to bring some seaweed if they can. It is loaded with micronutrients and a little goes a long way towards improving the soil. Ordinary rainfall is enough to wash out the salt, Maybe visitors could each bring a handful of red wriggler worms to help with the composting too. Good luck.

👍 = there is nothing left to say! Everything perfect!

GREAT VIDEO SHAWN. I LEARNED SOME NEW APPLICATIONS ON GARDENING AGAIN!! GOOD TO HEAR ALL THE GOOD PROJETS YOU HAVE COMING UP. ALL OF THEM ARE POSITIVE! FANTASTIC VIDEO

So glad you’re planting fruit trees as well as a garden. Many people start with a garden, figuring they’ll get to the trees in a couple of years, forgetting that it’ll take an additional three or four years to get any fruit from those trees. As soon as you started with the shovel, Cali came running over-I think she was hoping to chase dirt the way she chases shovels-full of snow. I love to see her hauling around that orange throw thing!!

So interesting hope things grow better than you think. Glad Callie was in the video today! 🐕

Thank you for sharing natural methods of soil enrichments.

I have followed you since day one. Thought you, intelligent,strong physically and independently wealthy enough to be successful in your endeavors. You have a beautiful wife and lovely daughters. I was beginning to question your sanity when it came to the garden. I still do but, if you live long enough and stick with it, you will win. 🤗 Best of luck.

Really enjoying watching the progress in the gardens. Thank you for taking the time to share you life.

You have many great sources of compost..no wonder your garden is thriving.

I track from the moment of creation, so I can tell when the need will force you to learn everything, but this will not be enough if you do not have the desire and you have an abundance of I understand Dic Prenek was very interesting to you and played a small role in your choice. Your hands are growing from where you need good luck. With greetings and a subscription from Russia.I am not friends with English purely self-translation, please excuse me if something is not quite clear.

A few years from now the growing will be much easier. Most the roots an rocks will be gone ? Much better soil all this hard work will be worth it. Its obvious your a hard worker . Dont ya just love it when a plan comes together. I hope you have a great growing season this year. Makes it easier to continue next year. A great deal of satisfaction will be yours.

You are really working hard for the future. I admire you.

Wood chipper, nice to have. Trees will love that soil.

The sounds through out are wonderful in the forest, including your talk. Hard work clearing the land and enriching the soil.

Love this channel. My go to on KZfaq. Always interesting and inspiring. Stay down to earth, it makes this channel and the cool things you work on much better. This garden you're building is awe inspiring! Good luck with everything. The wife and I never miss a new episode on your adventures. Both channels. Also, thanks for the escape during the pandemic. The normality of things reflected on your videos has been very welcome. Stay safe brother! Mike Veilleux

I love you for doing this. I really do. God will burn the elements with a fervent heat before the new Eden comes. LIFE LOVE CHAR. God teaches in the strangest of ways

So cool to see someone else uses their wagon as a transporter/sifter! Good to know I'm not crazy, LOL

I can't believe I never thought of using the wagon for a sifter.

Love what you are doing and enjoying watching you.

I'm from Brazil/Amazonia. Terra preta is life!

We need more men like you on this world..

Shawn as long as smoke is still coming out of your vent hole your charcoal is not done. Just thought you might like to know. I am sure glad that I don't have to deal with all those rocks. When I clear for extra garden space I do have the roots.Thanks for your outstanding videos, and good luck with the garden !! Craig from East Central Illinois.

So effing nice that Cali is always there to help. Bravo Cali!

Hi shawn! I see all of your videos. You can really learn a lot there. At 21:40, I've never seen charcoal produce like this before, and I'm already 62 years old. You never stop learning. Best regards from Hans from Upper Austria 🇦🇹. Cheers 🍻 and go on.

Can't wait to see the greenhouse build. Good luck with the new garden.

Thank you for sharing Shawn, I learned a lot because of this video. Nicely done. Cheers

The red sunset was beautiful...

❣🇨🇦❣ Love that you are Canadian. Also love that your Family are thinking about how best to deal with possible future and current events. Composting and building healthy soil..YaY! I will happily glean as much info as you share. Thank You 🖖☮🌱🌱🌱