My favorite Minecraft Survival series

You forget to close the door because you don't have checklist. Every astronaut has a checklist.

Put a few small fans in the greenhouse to rustle the plants, it'll help em strengthen up to stand tall.

Love to see a new update! You’re working on the off-planet life-support dream of a thousand engineers stuck in the office.

I love that full room pipe heat exchanger. Never thought of trying something like that but it would be perfect for a lot of barns and workshops. Could do geothermal with nothing but a continuous pipe and a pump. I like that there's no moving air so it could operate completely silently. Would maybe need to be clever about how condensation runs down the pipes so it doesn't rain on your stuff in a non greenhouse application

From gold mining, through refinery, chainmails, bee keeping to rewarding radishes for being big. Cody, our world would not be the same without your videos! Thank you!

"its been about 60 days scince the last episode was filmed" we know cody. we know. we await each one

Cody you reminded me of my rooster. He was extremely smart. He would always sleep right at the entrance of his home, protecting his chickens. Whenever i would give him anything, he would immediately drop it on the ground and call the chickens. He always knew me, whenever i would sit in the back yard, he would come and sit in my lap to get petted. He really had a beautiful soul. Through every illness, every cold season, he pushed strongly. Only to be stolen by some bikers just a few months ago... I miss him a lot, i grew a quarter of my life with him after all.

We all need to thank the Patreon members for keeping him alive while youtube castigated him. Let's all make this man roll in cash so we get more of this priceless content.

The plants are fighting for light, that's why they are tall and thin. It's quite not bright enough for them. You need a fan or other way of having a constant breeze just like outdoors has. That's why they are pliable and don't stand up well. The breeze works a plants stem almost like lifting weights builds muscle. Microscopic rips that heal tougher and stronger than previously. The flavor directly comes from minerals in the water and growing medium. Get some worms and a little heavily mineralized soil and decaying organic materials to add to your plant boxes. Work castings are amazing plant nutrients and the mineralized dirt/ organic materials will slowly break down from plants and worms and water. Fish emulsion is good for a quick fix. A couple of cheap solar panels could give you fan power and even a grow light or two to brighten up the container. If you don't want worms directly in your soil, make a bucket worm farm to get castings,chicken feed and fish bait . Some trout worms or Canadian crawlers from a sports shop will work well and will die in the desert so they won't become invasive.the hardest part is keeping them cool enough.

The plants may need the wind to tell them to grow more roots. Trees are like that, at least. A fan would go a long way

Can we all appreciate how he made all those plumbing connections without any leaks?

All i need to see after a long day is another episode of chicken hole base.

Rip King. I'm sure your final fight was glorious. Maybe you even took an eye out.

If you use 45s instead of 90s for the vent pipe it’ll help… I’m a plumber and we only use 45s for vents/fresh air movement

Those who think this is Minecraft are mistaken. This is a straight-up Stationeers LARP. Stationeers is a settlement simulator with a decent thermodynamics model, so systems like Cody's are the norm.

"Critter acquitition & termination systems" 😂 Cheers from a much wetter & greener rural Portugal - thanks, Cody! @HowardsPortugal PS We call Arugula "Rocket" - appropriate name for a plant on your project! Pps If you put in a 1000litre IBC inside, it'll regulate the temperature...latent heat warms the water during the day etc...then you'll need less pumping!

If you have Internet on base you should run Home Assistant on a raspberry pi and digitize all of your sensors. A zigbee network would allow you to track temperatures, humidity, etc, and chart data over time. Also you can automate anything on the network like valves, etc.

As an ex-chicken-owner, I highly suggest getting an automated sliding chicken door for the chicken run. All it takes to lose an entire flock is forgetting to close the door just once when a fox or raccoon decides to come by in the evening or early morning. If you never have to manually open the door to let them roam, you also never have to remember to close it. There are fairly cheap kits; mine was a cheap 12v battery, a trickle charger solar panel, an auto-reversing motor and a timer. All told, I think I spent $70 on it, and it worked without fail for three years, winter months included, and that's with the 12v battery also driving a grain-scattering feeder (to get them to STFU in the morning by giving them something to do). We'd still have chickens today if the humans hadn't given in to the chickens wanting to be out at 5am every day during the summer...

I did a science experiment with a radish that got soft and started to sprout leaves and planted it in a pot in the yard...over the course of the next 8+ months it grew over 3 ft tall with multiple main stems around an inch across...the main tap root when I finally pulled it out went down over 18 inches in the pot and out the bottom hole into the ground underneath...I then threw the giant root behind our hot tub and it managed to root itself again and has greenery taking over a 3ftx3ft area...the flowers from the radish are a really cool light pink. We definitely enjoyed watching the radish grow...and did a similar experiment with the top 1 inch leftover piece of celery root...that grew a giant plant over time and made over a cup of celery seeds...So that can be very cool to do and watch.

Those chickens are extremely lucky to be alive. As for the plants they need wind. Put an oscillating fan in there. You might also want lighting, but no way to tell unless you test to see how much of the light from the sun is attenuated.

Hi Cody, based on my prior research into aeroponics, having some airflow over the plants will yield stronger stems and crunchier leaves. I even recall that larger grow operations could tailor the texture/crunchiness of salad greens for their customers by modulating the airflow through the crop.

As always a fun series to watch. I do have 2 suggestions/remarks if you don't mind. The thin leafs and stems... Yea that is partially a lack of wind. And possibly a shortage of K and Ca. Also some extra Co2 could help a bit. Plus wind can help with a bit more evenly warmth distribution. (But dont put a fan directly on your crops because that will increase the evaporation a lot) And Co2 generation is easly solved by using a bottle with water, sugar and some bakers yeast and a hole in the bottlecap. (Or a couple of bottles) And the streching of the plants. I think you might have made a wrong conclusion there. (But i could be wrong ofc). Plants need light and grow towards the place that provides the most light (Most of the time). That the beet plants outside are shorter than inside tells me that the plants outside get enough light and dont need to stretch/grow so much towards the sun to get enough. This might be a controversial suggestion but look at the indoor grow suggestions from experienced weed growers (That info is abundantly available on internet nowadays.) Those guys have decades more experence with growing plants indoors.

The engineering behind recycling and recondensing your cooling loop is impressive.

@24:12 A Martian Tarantula!

I think I counted 4 or 5 cleverly placed eggs in that episode.. lol well done.

Really looks like things are coming together in the greenhouse. Also that tank would look great with a space blanket, bonus points if you get some gold coloured ones.

That's common with greenhouse plants for them to be weak, put a fan in there to make wind for them to fight against, it's actually what we have to do with our weed plants. Also it helps keep mold down to have airflow. The spiciness in vegetables often has to do with the ph/acidity of the soil they are grown in. I know I grew daikon raddishes years ago and those are the most mild raddishes you can buy and ours ended up so hot you could barely eat them and it all was thanks to the crappy dirt they were grown in that's very high in clay and iron. Now we just grow everything in smart pots and good compost. KITTIES! and DOG! :P

Something my grandfather did, and it was a bit of genius on his part both for the recycling aspect and for using an already existing bit of tech. He used a toilet tank to water his plants, it filled automatically, and all you had to do was "flush" it to water the plants to deliver a roughly metered amount of water. You could probably set up a similar if not identical setup. Have a large reservoir that feeds into a flusher setup. Might take an extra solar setup for a pump to feed the toilet tank or just do a gravity feed, whichever.

RIP king bok

i just gotta say, Cody, youre my favorite homestead/off-grid type channel out there. So many people are out here doing stuff that effectively ampunts to aesthetic, but youre out here using technology and engineering in new amd smart ways to actually solve real problems. it's very cool!

As an agriculturalist, the lack of wind to strengthen the petiole and leaf will cause many commercial crops to fail indoors as they don’t experience the needed stressors. Running a large fan for a few hours a day to stress the petiole and leaves will correct your lettuce. Add a nitrogen fixing plants to your mix, it will take two “seasons” and if you supplement those with a product like MycoMaxx in the soil it will help with breakdown. Copper based organic products will protect from powdery mildew without any bad effects when uses only on the leaves.

This series is very impressive and it really does give great insight about what leaving earth really means.

I love the tips on using all parts of the plant. Wasting food always makes me feel sad but im also not a garbage disposal so finding ways to utilize all parts is amazing

Today is turning out good after all 😎

We lost a real one this episode, RIP King Bawk

I won't go into the specifics, but I've been around a few indoor grows. Your terrariums would massively benefit from airflow, even just a little bit, a small PC fan or two running on a solar panel. Also, if you can increase the CO2 level, that should help combat the powdery mildew and other pests.

Critter acquisition team hard at work! RIP King Bawk😢🫡

Omg your cat has such a sweet little voice, so cute! I can tell they're having the time of their lives just following you and exploriing all the things.

You ever consider doing some simple swales and simple soil depressions to encourage rainwater to stay on your property longer? You could plant natives in those features to take advantage of, strengthen, and to fertilize the soil around the earthworks. Amazing what you can do just by making water slow down a bit. Really love your channel, its been one of the best on youtube for years now.

Lower light and wind are exactly what would've caused that in your crops. A small oscillating fan on a timer in the corner would help solve one of those problems.

In most places about 10 feet deep in the ground there is a constant 45 degrees F. If you bury your heat/cooling tanks you may be able to take advantage of that.

I appreciate the inclusion of footage of the Martian Feline Corps. They're the true unsung heroes of Chicken Hole Ranch.

Been subbed for like 7 years now. Still love the content. I've watched every chicken hole base episode. I love the new phase of Cody's lab. 👍👍

Might I recommend installing a voice module into Robo Cody? I know being outside can be a bit warm in the coming months and allowing robo Cody to present the work will help with potential heat stress.

Hellas Planitia is looking beautiful this time of year! :)

Cody is literally making home made heat-pumps, amazing

The tall spindlyness is because it's not bright enough inside the tank. Plants grow like that because they think they're in the shade of another plant, so they're trying to get tall enough to get out of the shadow. And the reason why they're so delicate is because there's no wind inside the greenhouse. Not sure how you could fix the first problem, but the second problem could be mitigated somewhat by putting a fan in the greenhouse.

Another good episode. Some strawberry and trailing tomatoes might be an option for those buckets on the walls. Not sure if there is enough light, but worth a try.

Heck yeah. Thanks for the video, Cody.

This is quite impressive, the amount of planning and execution of some pretty creative ideas on this project wow , bravo

This series is the perfect combination of backyard science / DIY / beautiful nature - I love it.

woo-hoo! chicken hole base and Cody uploaded!

Yes, the arugula is less spicy because of the blocked light. The more stress (UV, drought), the more secondary metabolites and vis versa

Thank you for the video Cody. I have been watching your informative videos for years. I will say that without ANY doubt this series is my favorite of your content so far. THIS video in PARTICULAR is in my opinion the VERY best content you have EVER made. It is all coming together and it is all due to your hard work. Your grit and fortitude to keep going when things do not go as well as you might want (LOOKIN' AT YOU yooootooob!) is admirable. Peaceful Skies.

That greenhouse/hab looks beautiful with all the greens inside. Great work as always Cody!

Like this comment if you want Cody to become a Real Astronaut!

I wonder if the Critter acquisition & termination system would ever go after a rooster... hmmm.... Nahhhh.

This is so rewarding watching the fruits of your labor and ingenuity!

Thank you for making these videos Cody. You're the only one making content like this. I was having a really rough day and was in a really bad mood but this video brought me joy. Keeping yourself we love you.

This might be the youtube channel ive been consistently watching the longest. Started with the magnet finger

That's a really clever cooling and water recovery system. Well done!

Your channel is a gem. And your content is made with passion and it shows.

So glad to see ya back to motivated Cody. Keep it up, you're doing great.

My favorite series on KZfaq!

Thanks for the episode, always nice seeing updates on the chickenhole!

Hey Cody, been a fan for years, glad to see you posting again, love the CHB series, and hope it continues for a long time. God bless

It is a massive project that you are undertaking. The huge quantity of variables is mind-blowing. Well done. Hope it turns out to be viable. Cheers.

The wind is definitely a big factor. You need to shake your indoor plants if you want them to grow stronger. Playing some rock music works too, it's silly, but it works ☺

Way to keep us entertained, every new episode is just as exciting as the first ones!

Wow this was a very exciting episode of your chicken Hole bass series. It came a long way and the system you have set up is really neat and I'm glad to see it works well. Looking forward to more content keep up the great work❤

I thoroughly enjoy watching You do what You love. Fun to watch someone do something they truly love.

Some really valuable stuff here to learn how to upgrade a regular greenhouse. That humidity recycling system is a damn good idea! Love Your videos! Keep em comming. What ever You film is always pure knowledge or entertainment or both :) Have been Your subscriber since You had 100k subs or so. Years go by quickly...

So I'm sure the brightness plays into the plant growth to a degree, however a lack of wind will cause them to grow spindly. Maybe get a fan in there if you can, directed to move the leaves at least a bit. Also, the flavour of things like rocket (arugula) and radish is coming from the plants defense mechanism. Instead of picking whole plants, take a leaf off many plants regularly to trigger the production of those compounds (stimulating a response to pests that are otherwise absent).

I enjoy your videos a lot! And I love these clever contraptions you build. It's really interesting and I'm learning a great deal.

Great video! Real progress, things are really moving! Also, I particularly enjoyed Space Cat.

Man I absolutely love watching Cody. Been watching for years and years and plan to stay forever

Wow a beautiful lawn!! Thank you for showing us your very very awesome adventure!!

I don't usually comment under video, but I have to say his video is both very interesting and relaxing at the same time. Thanks Cody!!

Thanks Cody, I always love seeing your videos!

PVC piping tip: You're doing some things because you're not sure if the pipe layout is final. I recommend to stop using PVC couplings (to join pipe lengths together), and switch entirely to PVC unions instead. These are as strong as coupling but will basically turn your piping into a LEGO set. This way all your inputs, outputs, and pipelines are easily taken apart or rearranged at any time for any reason, anything that needs to changed you can easily swap out just that section that needs to change. It makes modifications and repairs so much easier. Some brands of union are interchangeable with each other, but ideally you want to pick a brand and use it for everything so that you know that any of your pipe sections can be connected to any other pipe section. A union does cost 3x as much as coupling but I've found that to be a bargain next to the time saved down the road (especially with the scarcity of supplies at CHB)

Watched you alot through the years. Your creativity is really really good. Keep your passion going brother. Ya, I know, no encouragement 😂. I just respect your passion. You taught me my love of melting silver with nitric acid and making my own with a retort. Thank you Cody. Stay you always.

Love the Chickenhole Base videos, and the bees, and the science things... love it all. Really enjoying this series at the moment though, some nice progress with the base.

I'm glad to see that you have so many projects and that you make the most of every day.

i love how everything is coming together at the moment! I love your content!

Looking good Cody! Great update, we'll be waiting for the next!

Somehow found your channel again (and love it again) after watching your mine series when I was 10. How amazing 😮

Hey Cody. You can solve your plants issue by installing a few Grow lights and reflectors on the windows to catch extra sunlight and throw in through the windows. Plus you also can harvest the crickets in large numbers by making a few simple traps with barrels and holes in the ground. You can process these crickets as winter feed for chickens as they are high in Protein. Also consider farming fly larva and crickets for Fish

Superb work Cody

your looking so healthy and happy, very glad to see it! great work on the hab, very inspiring.

So happy for another upload!

Nothing better than a new Chickenhole Base episode after a hard day at work! Treat!!! Thx Cody

Always love a chicken hole base update! Keep it up!

always happy to see a new Cody's Lab video. Probably my longest followed channel. Love watching your videos

Look at all those greens! Hopefully that's a good sign that you'll have no shortage of vegetables this year. And you'll certainly need them with all the hard work you're doing! That is, all the hard work that Robo Cody isn't doing. 😁

I'm always happy to see a new Chickenhole video.

I love this series, Cody you’re the best!

always glad to see another post from Cody

hi cody, i love what you do. thanks for existing

This series rocks Cody! Look forward to seeing you next time