Our Top 5 Homesteading Fails - Free Range Homestead Ep 74

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Ай бұрын

This week we sit down for a chat to talk about the 5 major things we failed at on our homesteading journey over the last 2 years.
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@Mminnehoma Ай бұрын

Safe bet that many will follow you regardless of your content subject. You are good at making enjoyable content. Thank you for sharing !

@judebug329 Ай бұрын

I’ve been with you since the refit, and thought I would miss the sailing days. I was wrong! It wasn’t the sailing that brought me to you, it was the two of you! Thanks for the interesting content!

@mikegray-ehnert3238 Ай бұрын

My late Uncle's mom had 3 laying houses for chickens on their farm and she sold the eggs as a source of income, each of her coops had a pair of geese in them as protectors of that flock. She claimed to have never lost a laying hen to a predator with those geese watching her flonks. My Uncle had a short haired fox terror who would take on a Holstein bull and full grown Duroc hogs, both boars and sows, but geese got a wide avoidance when they were out in the yard.

@vtk9482 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing ❤ We had a geese couple and when we got some chickens the male goose started to chase them and shake them so we decided to put the geese in the freezer.

@austinhowland7221 8 күн бұрын

Hi my dear How are you?

@hamish9917 Ай бұрын

A different kind of episode, I enjoyed it very much (lovely cat on Troy's lap!) I've followed you since your sailing days, I was thoroughly surprised when you mentioned you've been doing this for nearly two years, time goes fast!

@Nilezy Ай бұрын

Great job guys!! for the mushrooms, I would use wet sawdust that has been pasteurized and mix/bury the plugs into the wet sawdust, lay wet cardboard down, place the sawdust mix onto the cardboard and cover the sawdust with a tarp or builders plastic (not black) with about 2-3 inches elevated in the centre of the tarp to form a tent. Keeping it damp, just get a garden sprayer from Bunnings (the pressure pump type) and pull the cover back to mist the sawdust to keep it damp once to twice a week.This will create the damp environment for the mycelium to grow. Autumn is a far better time to start depending on what mushroom your trying to grow, along with early to mid spring

@FreeRangeLiving Ай бұрын

Have you used this technique? I'm wondering about pastuerising a big mess of sawdust. If you know of the successful culture of spent brewery grain for mycelium, that would be great.

@nooneanybodyknows7912 28 күн бұрын

I somehow got unsubscribed. I received an Instagram and realized I had missed out on your videos. I've re-subscribed to all.🤞 Thank you for sharing the ups and downs of your life. ❤

@workingkelpie Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Learning and gaining experience is never a failure. Keep going, well done

@evewilkinson9653 Ай бұрын

I have been with you since your sailing days 👍🏻👍🏻❤️

@jennifermackinnon6982 Ай бұрын

That is one beautiful lovely cat. Wow.

@Fourbrothersfarm Ай бұрын

We share many of the same failures 😂 great video - thank you for the honesty and knowledge.

@bake162 Ай бұрын

You sure made that cat tense and nervous Troy 😂

@kranzonguam Ай бұрын

Great video! One of the reasons I so enjoy this channel is your willingness to share both the successes and the less successful parts, both with sailing and now homesteading. 👍🏼😊👍🏼😊 Take good care!

@FreeRangeLiving Ай бұрын

You take good care of yourself too Mr Kranz!

@andywindy Ай бұрын

I have followed you from the early days, I will never sail, so I sailed and travelled the coast right around your Beautiful Continent vicariously through you two. I will never Farm or Homestead, so I do this through you three, and Failures? I only saw learning opportunities! Every piece of land is different, what works at one home may not work next door, unless you try, you'll never know.

@trainwrecker101 Ай бұрын

Always love your failure videos. So informative and honest.

@evewilkinson9653 Ай бұрын

Super video, very interesting. 👍🏻👍🏻❤️

@juneerams Ай бұрын

I would be a little nervous if i went on farm and did not meet expectations - i might end up in your freezer!

@davewilliams639 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this interesting video. I especially like the outro scene

@davidbamford4721 Ай бұрын

Good reading for you is ‘The Egg and I’, about a couple who raised chooks inOregon, I think it was. So it was about the trials and tribulations. They had as neighbours Ma and Pa Kettle, who were so funny that Hollywood made a movie about them.

@JakMang Ай бұрын

Actually in Washington. There is an organic hog farm near there now feeding with hazelnuts

@drjasper100 Ай бұрын

For almost 20 years I managed a Primary school farm and I loved ducks so I introduced ducks early on. I had the same issue as you guys. Ducks fouled up the kids play areas, would get in with the chickens and foul their water and food troughs. Got into the hay shed and made a mess of that. Our gardener cut down a heap of cuttings with seeds and fed them to the chickens. The chickens could eat them but the ducks got so drunk from the seeds most of them died. So I took that as the opportunity to give away the 2 or 3 we had left and never got them again. Our pigs would eat our ducks occasionally too. The chooks would try stealing pig food and they were quick enough to avoid a pig snout but the ducks were slow and occasionally a pig would grab one and eat it.

@joelkoonce8559 Ай бұрын

We live in Alaska, no extra cats in Our neighborhood, My Wife is Thai , She loves cats, stir fried with vegetables.

@ImTheDudeMan471 Ай бұрын

Well this only means you need to try raising large monster birds like ostrich, to make extra sure fowl isn't right for you both.. Joking aside, pheasant and quail maybe?

@Niknteen1 Ай бұрын

Sailing is easier.. lols.. My parents wanted the life of "living off the land". we had chooks, ducks geese, turkeys, guinea's and pidgeons, pigs and Goats and rabbits. Fruit orchard and vege garden.. It takes a lot of work.. 24/7 just never ends.. I failed to see the "romantic side of it" as a kid.. still fail today.. lols.. Your Birds, smell water. they can smell its quailty also.. you had no hope of keeping them home. Been watching on and off for a long time now. All the best with the farming endeavours.. "Don't work too hard"..

@Quarry4x4 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to your farm shop.

@TheBeaker59 Ай бұрын

Fails or lessons, sometimes the answer is no. After a lifetime of technical work sometimes at a high level I have moved on to a lifestyle block as we transition to retirement, wins for me have been chickens and grazing beef. Our gardens were so productive also so much so that I provided nearly half a ton of produce to our community sharing table. I am downsizing mine this coming year too, well we shall see at least, still a while off planting :)

@annhysell6064 Ай бұрын

Loved the sailing days, didn't think I would follow homestead, I do because you're so honest & transparent. (Reminds me of my home growing up..Dad had all of the Foxfire books) I'm still prepping my sailboat for long journeys, although a home base would be excellent too. Be well.

@richardp4544 Ай бұрын

Great confession. LOL .......I was always a little curious about your thoughts on the waste distribution from your water fowl but was hesitant to ask. Now I know. I should have warned you when you mentioned adding them to the farm but decided that you already had figured out how to benefit from their rapid and constantly working digestive system. For awhile I had an influx of wild ducks and geese visiting my pond but as I was already aware of their very messy habits I continuously kept chasing them away until they finally, about two seasons, decided to scratch me off their list of visits. A couple of my grandchildren loved seeing them on the pond and didn't understand why I didn't want them until I took them over to a neighbor's pond that they were still visiting and had them walk around it. When they got back to me I asked what they noticed and their answer was that there was way too much POO on the banks to enjoy the walk. Suddenly they understood. I never had guinea hens but pea cocks next door were certainly noisy. I've never tried growing mushrooms either. I don't trust myself to know the good ones from the bad ones. At any rate it appears that you have learned from your mistakes and that's the important thing. Enjoyable video, thanks for posting.

@brucelyle5136 Ай бұрын

Cleaning up some of our past endeavours this weekend, one thing I didn’t factor into costs is tip fees/dump charges on chicken tractors FREE things we’ve collected. Best way to learn is to do. Enjoying this series.

@stuartlock2255 Ай бұрын

Very nice chat thankyou

@petermulholland372 Ай бұрын

What abut the tool for compressing compost/soil into seed pods? I bought one and my 'pods' disintegrated at the first drop of water. I think a once a month tour of the whole homestead, covering the animals, paddocks veg patch etc, would be good.

@FreeRangeLiving Ай бұрын

Works well for us, though we do pack it well and experiment a bit with mixes.

@CraigHort-cw6yk Ай бұрын

Thanks

@FreeRangeLiving Ай бұрын

Thank you very much, it is appreciated.

@StephenKirker Ай бұрын

Really interesting.

@arthurme1911 Ай бұрын

That how we learn by making mistakes I have garding I’m a lot better at it now

@davidsears5576 Ай бұрын

Just love your videos and you too

@JakMang Ай бұрын

Im surprised that eucalyptus is recommended. The oil tends to suppress other species. Would be interesting to inoculate another type of wood next to eucalyptus and see if there is any difference

@iainlyall6475 Ай бұрын

i've been around since shortly after pascale joined you and i've enjoyed(i think 🤔) every episode you have made. i was a bit concerned about my reaction to you moving on-land but have really appreciated the experience. thanks and stay well.

@wildtimbrown Ай бұрын

No Worries my friends!

@jbh1983 Ай бұрын

Another top video, thank you so much!

@vingreensill Ай бұрын

Calling these experiences “fails” is a little hard on yourselves. You tried things, didn’t see it work, changed course. I reckon that’s pretty sensible. Your little farm is amazing and what you have achieved in a short time frame is wonderful. Thanks for producing such great vids.

@ToiOraLAT Ай бұрын

Great info guys. Still a big fan after many years now. I got into your sailing channel after growing up on a Clansman in Sydney and surrounds. Great boat to learn on. Greeting again from Auckland.

@toms4123 Ай бұрын

Love what you do and think you are great people too

@kb1esx Ай бұрын

You guys seem like great husbands to the land

@paulvandal4444 Ай бұрын

Care to try your luck with Ostrich or Emu? They do tend to aggressive though. Duck eggs are delicious. Maybe your neighbors would be open to letting you transplant some redds and the like to your reservoir and try the ducks again.

@bobaloo2012 Ай бұрын

I've got about 30 years on you and have made all those same mistakes (and many more). Don't worry, you've still got plenty more ahead of you...

@HDXBear Ай бұрын

Excellent as always

@generiley355 Ай бұрын

Love you guys.....by sea or land........it's all the same......

@briannielsen7429 Ай бұрын

Love the channel! You both bring a lot to the table so to speak and I appreciate the honesty.

@victorbitter583 Ай бұрын

That cow better keep out of the neighbours dam. It'll be in the freezer before Christmas. lol. cheers.

@jeffkeating8994 Ай бұрын

good to see guys

@seriouslypagan6904 Ай бұрын

But you got a really nice cat and I enjoy your company.

@amyfaith2350 Ай бұрын

Ducks need their own small lake/pond.

@americanbornwalkaway9110 Ай бұрын

GOD BLESS!!!!

@ainord1 Ай бұрын

Yum , geese the tastiest birds ever.

@bobuncle8704 Ай бұрын

If you’ve not failed at something, you’re not pushing yourselves.

@rolandtb3 Ай бұрын

How's the rabbit experiment?

@musabmalik5341 21 күн бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍 from coco Babeis by musab malik

@mariemorrissey9378 Ай бұрын

👍👍❤️

@austinhowland7221 8 күн бұрын

Hi Marie how are you 😊

@rudolfpeterudo3100 Ай бұрын

For your international viewers, please explain what a marron is.

@tlmoscow Ай бұрын

A large Australian freshwater crayfish which lives on the sandy bottoms of rivers and streams. Greetings mate from the Australian state of Google Search.

@FreeRangeLiving Ай бұрын

Fresh water crayfish

@krisgarwood5733 Ай бұрын

Guinea fowl 😂. They aren't for everyone.

@thomasthornton5737 Ай бұрын

😀😀👍👍❤❤

@Platypus-Dreams Ай бұрын

I haven't been religiously watching since you stopped sailing, but I'm sure there was a baby 🤔

@FreeRangeLiving Ай бұрын

She cameos occasionally when not snoozing

@amandad7121 Ай бұрын

nah no for me........

@austinhowland7221 8 күн бұрын

Amanda how are you?

@galerozell3209 Ай бұрын

You’ve become middle aged. It happens.

@leenickell Ай бұрын

Don't say anything if you haven't got something nice to say. Well how the hell can I get around that? Being old and grumpy at 69 I've watched you from basically the beginning doing something I have never done either has the majority of the population of the world ever done living on a sailboat making ends meet. But then one day after being so successful financially with KZfaq you buy a farm something most everyone on the planet has done and have worked their ***** off to get to the inner city so they don't have to farm having a nine to five job. Well I don't know what to say. I have ducks I've had Guineas I've had chickens I've had cows I've had pigs I've had ostriches I've had emus I've had dogs of every breed I've had horses I've had four children that have grown and gone. I can surely understand these new adventures of ducks and whatever gardening pig or what have you adventure that you have never done before is exciting for you. And good for you I'm glad for you to be off the sailboat and on the solid ground and even had a child well welcome to the real world but I've been there done that and it's just as well we part friends. I will thank you for your adventures on the ocean the place I have not been but always wanted to, and leave you with your duck adventures = ( a floating chicken that poops too much for its size )... And go back the way I was before you had ever known me. Good luck to you