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The Homesteader
Canada
Приєднався 10 гру 2019
Building our wilderness homestead! The channel will focus on creating our gardens, preserving food and building the structures for our bush life. We have 5 dogs and they help us out (moral support)!
Our mailing address is:
The Homesteader
Box 835
Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
K0L 1C0
Our mailing address is:
The Homesteader
Box 835
Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
K0L 1C0
Irrigation System for the Homestead Garden
We always have a lot of watering to do and this year we have more. Using an automated watering system will help us ensure that our food crops are getting sufficient water. We rely on these crops to feed us in the short term and to help stock our shelves for over winter.
Raised bed Gardens ua-cam.com/video/VWTeOU4f-BA/v-deo.html
More Raised Bed Gardens ua-cam.com/video/fnvK_f7NkvA/v-deo.html
Raised bed Gardens ua-cam.com/video/VWTeOU4f-BA/v-deo.html
More Raised Bed Gardens ua-cam.com/video/fnvK_f7NkvA/v-deo.html
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Відео
WC88 Wood Chipper 2 | Putting the chipper to work!
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The Woodland Mills WC88 wood chipper has been performing well. As we continue to use it we find the capabilities are excellent for our homestead. Today we need chips for the garden to keep the weeds down. We will be chipping up a sugar maple I dropped a few years ago. Will it handle it?
Installing a Roll up door on our shipping container | Fighting Black Flies
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Fighting through black flies and supplier screw ups we are installing roll up doors on our shipping container. The roll up door will make easier access and helps us deal with a few other problems. Shipping containers go by many names...Conex, Seacan, C-Can, but they all describe a useful, relatively cheap addition to the homestead. Enjoy...and bring your bug spray!
Raised Beds | Food Garden Planting | Black Fly Invasion!
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We are putting in raised bed gardens using hugelkulture. Increasing our food production on the homestead will make us more self reliant and help keep our ongoing costs down. Of course it is spring and the black flies are out in full strength. Get your bug net!
Prepping for tree planting | More electric fencing | Delicious Ramp Pizza!
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In our ongoing effort to add more quality trees to our property we will be receiving 100 more seedlings. We need to protect some of these trees from hungry deer! We will also be making a delicious pizza using a very local and fresh ingredient.
Cutting Down a Big Beech Tree | Firewood | Near Misses!
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In this video we are preparing for two things...planting trees and of course more firewood for next winter. We have a couple close calls in the bush to learn from. You need to keep your head about you when working with sharp saws and heavy trees!
Spring Firewood | Chain Saw Sharpening | Log Tong Final Tweak | Cutting down a dead tree
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A final tweaking of the log tongs while we prepare firewood for winter 2025! I also show how to sharpen our chainsaw the best way I know how. Sometimes things don't work out along the way, but they still get done!
New Machine for the Homestead | WC88 Wood Chipper
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We have a lot of tree debris around the property. Rather than leave it around we need to put it to use. Our new Woodland Mills WC88 will solve that problem! With the new wood chip source we can apply lots of organic matter and keep weeds under control and beautify our Homestead!
Log Tongs 2 | Building the John Deere tractor attachment to move logs to the Woodland Mills Sawmill
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The is the second video about the log togs. After forging them in the previous video we will fabricate an attachment for the John Deere tractor such that we can safely move logs around the Homestead!
Beef Jerky and a Log Tongs update
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Ill provide an update on the log tongs. Thanks to some comments I had received I have made the corrections to ensure they work properly. Then I'm on to making some beef jerky. I use the Recteq smoker and the dehydrator to produce a delicious chewy snack or survival food!
Forging Log Tongs to Feed the Sawmill
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Moving big logs to the sawmill with the forks on the tractor is not ideal. I'm going to forge and fabricate 2 pairs of log tongs and create an apparatus that will allow me to safely pick up log and place them on the sawmill easily. This is Part 1 of 2.
Reinvent the Wheel for the Log Splitter
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At the Homesteader we like to try get by with what we have around the homestead. I needed a new tire for the log splitter but none were available...so we reinvent the wheel!
Mounting a Vice on a 1" Steel Table...Mag Drill
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With many projects coming up I need a vice on my work table. This is a perfect job for the mag drill! Watch as I show how it works and discuss the benefits of using one.
Slushy Snow Storm Cleanup with the John Deere
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We have a storm coming in that is promising snow and rain...a big clean up ensues while trying to move the slushy mess. The John Deere does not disappoint and helps make cleanup a please...except for the snow in my face!
First ice fishing 2024
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Its our first time out this season. The fish are slow but we still end up with fish for dinner!
Christmas Firewood! Preparing for next year.
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Christmas Firewood! Preparing for next year.
2022 Skidoo Skandic Winter Prep : Rev Gen4 Checks and Oil Change
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2022 Skidoo Skandic Winter Prep : Rev Gen4 Checks and Oil Change
Makin' Bacon with our Recteq smoker from pork bellies
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Makin' Bacon with our Recteq smoker from pork bellies
Painful Firewood Prep - The way things really go!
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Painful Firewood Prep - The way things really go!
Can I put up a huge ShelterLogic on my own?
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Can I put up a huge ShelterLogic on my own?
Woodland Mills HM122 Rail Extension Part 2
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Woodland Mills HM122 Rail Extension Part 2
Woodland Mills HM122 Extension for Sawmill
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Woodland Mills HM122 Extension for Sawmill
This Video could save your life...and a deer stand update.
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This Video could save your life...and a deer stand update.
LRTI Surgery. Would I recommend it? No more wrist pain?
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LRTI Surgery. Would I recommend it? No more wrist pain?
Do you think there would be any advantage to mounting the pump so electric motor is above the diaphragm pump just to insure water dosent get into motor?
It is supposed to be waterproof housing...we will see!
I had doubts but it turned out well. Guess your research was worth while. Lots of useless crap on Amazon to be avoided.
Yes, its hit and miss...fortunately you can return almost anything.
Looks good Scott. How do you keep dirt or possibly algea out of the system so the nozzles don't plug up?
There is a strainer for the system...I just need a couple more parts I did not have handy!
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Thanks Terry!
you should have cut both ends of the shaft like you did the sheild now when you pick it all the way its going to bind
I did cut each piece of the shift. It does not bind. Thanks!
Hi Scott from Terry in Boulter!Hope you and Mrs Homesteader are doing well! Don’t forget to take some breaks from all the summertime projects! Take care!
Looks awesome Scott! ( Not that I ever doubted it would since I knew you before you were famous 😉)
Wow, thanks!
Wow, what a nice way to spruce up the old sea can!! It looks fantastic.
Thank you very much!
Nice job Scott! That looks so much better! It’ll serve you better as well. You’re one handy guy! Take care!>Terry!
Think that was the definition of a PITA job!
Also I was wondering why you couldn’t use chipped wood instead of raw branches in the bottom of raised beds?
Yes, I would think so. It crossed my mind!
Hey Scott did you use a cross member to keep raised garden beds from bulging
No we didn’t. I did noticed if I threw the dirt in the box it would shove the side out a little. However, when I placed the dirt in it was fine. That is something to keep an eye on over time!
I find the black flies are the trickiest, I usually don't know I got bit until about 3 days later when they start to itch.
The bite that keeps on biting!
Hi Scott! Gardens are really taking shape quite nicely! Aren’t our little black fly friends magical! To be followed by our deer fly friends pretty soon! Those are my personal favourite! You and Mrs. Homesteader take care! Terry from Boulter!
Thanks for the comment Terry! Hopefully this year the early onset of bugs will be followed by an early departure…bug free August!
Can’t wait to see the trees flourishing and producing fruit!! Nice pizza by the way 😊
Ethel's Lounge. That going back a ways!
Ha! It opened the same year we were in Portugal!
Hi Scott! Good luck keeping those pesky deer out of your garden! What we have to do for a few veggies and fruit! Take care! >Terry from Boulter!
I noticed today that I have smaller worries...Black Flies! Thanks for watching Terry!
@@Thehomesteader Oh yeah! They’re back!
Just assembled my wc88 this morning, whst a beast! Happy mulching
Enjoy it
Beechy keen.
Is this a Stihl brand chain sharpener?
Yes it is. It is easy to swap out or rotate the files in it too. Thanks for watching!
Future video IF you have a backhoe attachment: Basic operation and techniques! Many new "hobby homesteaders" purchase a backhoe with their tractor even if they don't know what they'll do with it - and they certainly don't know HOW to use it effectively. We are going to do one soon with the TYM 574 and the BY85 backhoe but the more the merrier!
Great idea! …but I do not have a backhoe. If I need one I rent a 5 ton excavator once in a while. We have so many big rocks in our ground I don’t think a backhoe on our tractor would be able to handle it!
We just purchased the WC68 for our hobby homestead. I was having so much fun cleaning up around our small place with the Mini-Clip that I have a ton of trees and limbs to mulch. New sub so keep up the good work!
That is awesome! They are great machines!
Nothing like a good days work in the bush!
Bush time is good time!
Hey Scott! Really nice video! Nice weather is giving us an early start on our outdoor work this year! The only downside is the bugs will probably wake up early too! Take care !
Thanks for the comments Terry! I think it will be winter again in the next day or two. Don’t pack that shovel yet!
You should shorten the rod for the in and out feed. That way the branches arent hitting it so easy.
Thanks for the comment and watching. I think the red handle is designed to be in the way. If you were somehow caught on a branch and being pulled in to the machine you would likely hit the handle causing the feeder to stop or reverse. That’s a feature I would like to keep!
Excellent video! I'm eyeing a WC68 for myself. Question to make sure I understand what you did correctly: did you cut 2 5/8" off both sides of the PTO cover and just one side of the shaft? Enjoying your channel!
I cut both covers and both shafts to make it work. Thanks for watching and the nice comment! I considered the WC68 but since I have 80hp on the tractor I figured I’d go bigger. The UA-cam channel Sawing with Sandy has a good review of the WC68.
Game changer! This will make such a difference in the yard & gardens.
Looks like you have perfected the tongs & they are working great!
Very nice set up with the log tongs. They seem to work well. I use a grapple on the tractor but your solution is much cheaper!
I had planned on a grapple at one point but for my use level it would have been just too much money…so we make do.
The red bar is very touchy.
Nice to see how your log tong idea is working
Thanks…it been a bit of a journey but worth it if it works out!
You should go up another notch, that will also help you when you are feeding the beast. It will be easier on the shaft, straighter and on your back.
Yes, I agree with everything you say…it will be done!
would you say it's worth getting woodchips for the price of the machine instead of burning the wood itself? Where I live, woodchips get loaded for free. It's just that I don't know what in the chips. Termites? Plastics? Either way, I'm on the fence. I'm fine burning all yard debris that I won't use for compost, but at the same time it looks like such a convenience to have such a chipper.
We bought a load last year. $600 for the chips and $200 delivery. We will go through enough to pay for the chipper alone easily. And maybe I can sell a few scoops too!
That is going to be a game changer
Good job you posted this one in the wood chipper video, I missed it. Thanks It tourned out brilliant!
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A slick machine!
Hi Scott from Terry in Boulter! That machine works pretty good! looks like we’re headed back into winter for a couple of weeks. Oh well! Take care!
Winter and spring were brief!
Very nice . Im going to make one now
Go for it!
Wow! Impressive skills! Love the way you worked this out.
That slick!
I wonder if you wanted to add ropes to the inside tongs to release them once you drop the log
I was thinking the same thing for a completely “automated “system!
Wow! I love watching your approach to solving problems. What an elegant solution!
Thank you! Cheers!
Looks like it works well
Teeth need to point upwards more. Other than that, the tongs should work well.
Well we will test them out as is and modify as required!...stay tuned
You are right! As seen in my newest video I had to change the angle of the teeth. I appreciate your comments and they were well founded!
@Thehomesteader Ill have to watch your newest video. I have 2 sets of CM tongs some 16's & 32's, they are regarded as the only good quality US tong makers left and after using them for awhile you start to understand the mechanics behind how they work. Sounds like you got it figured out as well, best regards.
That teeth will not work well.. I think you need to cut only one angle on the tooth , with the "high spot" tip of the angle, up to the center of the tongs,, Then sharpened it with a file..
Thanks…I’ll post how it works and any changes if needed.
I did have to adjust them to work better. See my new video. Thanks again for your help!
The old snow Quench
Its handy!
Always enjoy your videos, keep up the ingenuity factor..
Thank you!
We filled tires like that with flexible dow window expansion foam with very good results
AMAZING! A prosthetic wheel. You have great ingenuity!
That'l do!