What's next for us? Homestead & Renovation Update

What's next for us? Homestead & Renovation Update | Off grid Abandoned Land

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4 ай бұрын

We have a loooong list of projects and tasks in mind for 2024, both big and small. Homestead maintenance and land regeneration, house renovation, new builds, repairs, new trees, old trees, to name a few...
In this video we've narrowed down our big ambitious goals for 2024 into the 9 major ones we think will be most impactful to living our dream life in the countryside in Spain.
Thank you for following our journey.
¡Un gran abrazo desde Smithsdale Farm!
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We're Danny and Kate. In 2015 we moved from the UK to Barcelona, and after 8 years enjoying the busy city and sunny beaches we moved to the mountains to start a new adventure. We'll be renovating a town house, building an off grid cabin, restoring an old stone house and farming 12.5 acres of land with regenerative agriculture and permaculture practices in Catalunya, Spain.
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@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

We’re looking forward to achieving a lot more now that we live so close to our land. In addition to our 9 major goals, we have a whole load of other things on our list that we’d like to do too... - finish off the cabin so we can have family camping nights - renovate the nursery and the guest bedroom - get a trailer - join more community gatherings and so many more…! Thanks for watching 💚 Danny, Kate, Isabelle and Paco x

@mgh4400 4 ай бұрын

Yes, lovely ideas indeed. When you are deviating the water at the cisterna, deviate the exes water to your vegetables garden.

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Yes, definitely 👍🏻

@isahogan 4 ай бұрын

Hiya definitely write the book! It will take time so you can do all the other things too. There is lots of advice on the net of how to get started. Good luck. X

@williammckern1442 4 ай бұрын

Ideas: 1 - Podcast. You could do shows on renovation plans, orcharding and gardening, etc. Interview guests about best techniques for building, growing, and so on. In addition to the usual podcast outlets, like iTunes, you could film the podcast episodes and post them to KZfaq. 2 - Branded agriculture products. When your trees start treeing, make plum wine, fig wine, etc. You could do the same with other products. 3 - Solicit sponsors. If you're going to employ a new left handed tent stake turner or whatever, see if a maker will provide it and/or pay you to talk about their product on camera. 3a - I see lots of other sponsors who pay for mentions on channels that have little or nothing to do with the channel topic. SurfShark and RayCon are two that come to mind right off.

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

💚 Thank you so much for sharing all those ideas! This is why we love our community!

@Kozette88 3 ай бұрын

Offer location services to other expats. How to move to Spain.

@gailh3048 4 ай бұрын

You’ve got lots of good ideas for generating income and I loved the children’s book idea. Stories around Smithdale Farm would be fab and help to create a brand. Losing your job at such a vulnerable time must have been difficult but the world is now your oyster. Slick videos are very time consuming for you so build up your on line presence with shorts, reels etc. The vlog style is just as watchable as the fully edited videos. Good luck.

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the encouraging words, and extra ideas too! Exactly, as you say… the world’s my oyster 💚

@barbaradavie150 4 ай бұрын

First time watching your videos. Looking forward to watching your progress. I wouldn't worry too much about stating your goals, rather tell of your achievements. All the best with your orchard. All the best for 2024. Cheers from Sydney, Australia.

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. We hope to continue to enjoy our videos 😁💚

@joannesmith7889 4 ай бұрын

Some lovely ideas there guys. Looking forward to watching your year ahead 🌈

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

💚💚💚

@TheGreenGuide 4 ай бұрын

Many exciting projects, looking forward to see all that :D And I wish you financial luck! Maybe a blog with affiliate links of all tools you use could be helpful, paid collabs for linkbuilding, and like you mentioned e-books etc :)

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the ideas! Yes these are all things we´ll start to look into. Just happy to be out here doing what we can :)

@101life9 4 ай бұрын

You sure do have a huge long list!😊 Go easy ❤. Something about figs. You could propagate them easily. I used to go round my neighborhood to pick them up. I freeze, making jam or dry them..😅

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Great idea! I think we’re going to try that this week with some fig cuttings. We’ve been watching some videos about those, and mulberries. And it’s the time to do them now!

@101life9 4 ай бұрын

@SmithsdaleFarm I am very excited for you 🤗

@rosemaryjasper1121 4 ай бұрын

You’ve got lots of projects. With a new baby and new house I think just 6 projects would be more achievable. You don’t need to run yourself into the ground. The terrain of your land is hard work to say the least. Redirect your water towards your veggie patch, even if it’s not gallons of water it is still more than they have now! I’m enjoying your journey❤

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️ yes we’ll be pushing the water off to the side just above the planned veg patch. It should get to it 🙏

@LittleSpanishFarmstead 4 ай бұрын

Now I'm always on the lookout for Danny's yorkshirisms which slip through the editing process 😂 Nothing too crazy this week but the "scabby" worktop made me laugh 😂

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

The auto-generated subtitles don’t understand him either and a lot of editing goes on there…… 🤣🤣🤣

@geoffcapper5025 4 ай бұрын

Best of luck for 2024, you've got a good set of goals, hopefully the redundancy is a door opening to better things! Great to see the orchard is about to start too! Danny, you can build yourself a guide for your saw (or a couple, I've got 3 of different lengths to suit breaking down big sheets of material). "This Old House" have a relatively simple one, I've used something similar for years (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p6-VfL2V18jeXY0.html) Small bits like the one you cut will still be tricky, you'll need to clamp the guide down onto the bench with the piece under it. If possible, actually screwing the piece to the guide can get you out of trouble there. Another option is to screw the saw to a piece of melamine (osb/plywood etc will do in a pinch) and flip it over as a makeshift table saw, then set up another piece of something straight as a fence. Sketchy, but it got me out of trouble until finances stretched to a job-site table saw. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fKyRYLqXtNHZh6M.html is getting complex, it can be a lot simpler, but it gives you the idea. Good luck!

@jbyrd2516 4 ай бұрын

Great to see you planting fruit trees! Hope they do well for you. The work on the cabin paid off in confidence and skill, I look forward to seeing how you realise the kitchen at your village house. Regards from Australia.

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, not sure we´ll get anything this year but definitely looking for ward to some future harvests

@TheForestGarden1 4 ай бұрын

Great to see you starting on the orchard/food forest, i would suggest interplanting some nitrogen fixing plants/trees alongside the trees . White clover is an easy one to find in your local nursey , plus it self seeds itself every year so you wont need to keep planting. Best of luck !!

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

That's a good idea, I’ll have a look to see if I can get hold of it

@fempowermentthisisfempower3552 4 ай бұрын

If the kitchen turns out like that it’ll be a beautiful space! Looking forward to seeing you start it!

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

🤞🏻🤞🏻

@columroche435 4 ай бұрын

Good luck with your next stage of the project!

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁💚

@TheUnstitute 4 ай бұрын

great video guys!

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@buizerdabes9265 4 ай бұрын

☺👍

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

💚💚

@HeidiPriest 4 ай бұрын

Yellow plums are even more tasty, ❤

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Ooo dont think we´ve tried those! We will see if we can get a tree at the nursery

@strawberries1411 4 ай бұрын

Sorry you lost your work/income at such pivotal time.. it can be very stressful. I hope you can quickly settle into new income streams.. if you are so handy digitally, maybe some remote digital work? Glad you are starting your fruit and veggie garden.. plant as many as you can and hope they'll take off. Success

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 💚 Hopefully it’s just a chance to explore new avenues, and a time for something new and exciting 🤞🏻

@FelizPete 4 ай бұрын

Your plans seem achievable and good luck with progressing :) it seems so tough to be made redundant during your pregnancy, I thought that it would be against the law...

@SmithsdaleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Unfortunately not (during the extended maternity leave afterwards), so it is what it is 🙃