challenges of moving to Ireland | problems on our off grid homestead
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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We have a problem! All of the tools we need for our cottage renovation and off grid homestead life are back in the UK (along with 90% of our stuff). We can't hire a removals team. Storage is costing us too much. And we have nowhere on our homestead to store it all... Which means we can't continue renovating our cottage or setting up our off grid homestead until we figure this out.
Join us as we try solve this particular problem, and tackle some other homestead challenges in some pretty unusual ways!
Kayvan deserves a pat on the back and a 12 pack of beer for being such a clever chap with that solution
Now your talking! Yes yes....
Have you thought of asking a local farmer if he wants to graze his sheep on it for free? Win for all, he gets free grazing and sheep are great at clearing ground
Plus great content too 😂🤷♂️
Horses are or old cows the only thing to clear that land...... Eat and trample it down.
Sheep prefer shorter grass that needs cows
Life goals:
1. Marry a genius
2. Buy a big enough problem to occupy him
3. Live happily ever after!
You forget the: Marry someone gorgeous lol.
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@@SagebrushRamblesisn’t he absolutely gorgeous ❤😊
Genius here! What you buying us?
Get yourself a tarp and throw all the cuttings on it, the 2 of you could drag it easily. Much quicker than a wheelbarrow at a time. I love your attitudes, this channel is great.
Tarps are great for hauling debris.
@@karenbrindley7170it can get very heavy. I like the idea.
I think his idea/solution is brilliant! 👏👏👏bravo!
Amazing daughter, can't believe how hard she worked.
Will pass it on, she enjoys hearing as much.
There are no problems, only solutions! Genius 🎉 A definite pat on the back for that 👏
Brilliant solution! Major Brownie points! I vote for either of 2 solutions. 1. Offer the hay free to a farmer for just baling it. 2. Leave it in place to act as mulch to discourage weeds, then to break down naturally into compost.
Leave it in place in Ireland? That will just leave an awful mess. Weeds will sprout up through the rotting hay and it will be a lot harder to actually DO something with the land. And Heaven knows they are already in waaaaaay over their head. (FYI, I spent a total of 5 years in Ireland, Clare, Cork and Cavan. I know Ireland and its climate all too well...
@@roelandpeeters931 I bow to personal knowledge of the land! I grew up in Indiana where the soil has a lot of clay, and reacts much differently I suspect!
@@roelandpeeters931 And where exactly did you see this happen where someone did this and it turned out like you described? It doesnt look like they are in waaaaaay over their heads at all. You sound like a naysayer trying to run people down.
@@sandrashane677 Ireland
@@sandrashane677 run ppl down? Nay sayer? I own a 39 ha (90 odd acres)property in Bolivia. I think I know what I am on about. Hay fever and farming don't mix. Vegans and abbatoirs don't mix either. (Not saying they are vegans or vegetarians, just trying to make a point)
We had a local farmer come cut our grass with his tractor, but he bailed and took the grass too. But the grass was good enough quality that he could use it. He walked the field first to see what all was growing in it. There are certain weeds that the cows can't eat, so sometimes he would have to walk the field, pull those out, and then cut, bail, and drive away.
Cows cannot eat ragworth
How to move the hay faster: I have a workaround, that I have been using a to haul large amounts of dead tree leaves to be used as mulch in my garden. I still use a leaf rakes, but I rake all the leaves on a huge tarp. Because dried organic material is so light, you can easily drag a very large amount at a time with low effort. Rakng in a windy day helps to lift the mulch with less effort.
That was an ingenious way to solve the transportation and storage problem, well done.
Thanks a mil!
Huge kudos for convincing your daughter to do all that raking, no way our two boys would’ve had anything to do with that 😂
She's handy when there is something in it for her !
Hi guys, i moved to cork, ireland from the uk around 8 years ago now.
We bought a very different property to you but it was 1 1/2 acres about 15 years overgrown. It is also on a big slop over 3 tiers.
Im watching u on youtube and wish to share with you the best advice i wish i new at the start.
Buy a machine to deal with the land that you will always need now. You will never regret buying it. Be it a tractor, quad of a 4x4 ride on as i have. Then spend money on a decent trailer and other attachments like a rake you could of raked that field with.
Past that higher machinery to sort out the infastructure you need to get it up to the field and any other
Parts of the land.
You guys will end up doing this anyway but if you do it this way around you can use you time more effectively and not kill yourselves.
I learnt this the hard way. The day i could reverse my rideon to my fire pit after a year of dragging 3 ton of wood up my hill taught me this.
This is a beautiful country i hope you enjoy your move. I also grew up in Bournemouth.
Hope this helped
Agreed! We took on 8 acres and failed to mechanise as early as we should have - at cost to efficiency and health!
Hi Ian, another Btown alumni, hello! We absolutely will be investing in machinery to help us - its just an issue of priority, every penny we had went into getting to this point. So spending limited income on machinery is a luxury we can't afford at the minute. We hear you though, not getting any younger, and even if we were - the cup of energy is finite, so definitely conscious of what we use it on.
Thanks for following along
@@offgridirishhomestead this might be a good time to work with your neighbors and see if there’s a way that you can borrow some of their things on occasion-or maybe in exchange for something that you have to offer.
There are no problems, just solutions 😁❤️. You guys are amazing people. Loving your channel.
Love that you show the bleepers, and not forgetting the funny angles.😂❤
Just know it is not a proper homestead time without crises. You now have a proper crisis. Grow together. Grow to be a stronger unit. You are growing with all the pains. Great work Cayvan and Cori!!💚💚💚
Clearly a fiercely nice and genuine couple. The luck of the irish means they decided to choose our rainy little island as home:)
Appreciate your kind words 💚
A big clap on the back! Brilliant idea! Best wishes from an Irish women living in southern Hungary,looking forward to following your journey🌼🌼🪴
Guys, you live in a stunning part of Ireland. You all are living the dream. ❤❤
Great idea getting a lorry. 👍. Now you have gone to the effort of lifting the hay its going to make Wonderfull compost for your future garden.
We are so excited by the compost - is that sad?
@@offgridirishhomestead No not sad at all. You have turned a negative into a positive and thats always exiting.
I’m watching from the U.S. too! Love what you guys are doing and enjoying the hard work vicariously. I think the Ebay purchase was a fantastic solution. Nice Tetris work! I think you guys are tackling a lot but you are doing it well and with a positive attitude. Stay strong.
What a beautiful couple you are. Love your vlog. You both seem to be such genuine people who are following your dream for yourselves and your family. I have no doubt that success will be yours but, like all of us, hard work and sacrifice is often the key. Thank you for sharing the journey. Dave
Wow, first of all you are a genius coming up with this ides. second of all, your journey into homesteading is so inspiring! It's incredible to see how much you've accomplished already. Your hard work and dedication are truly admirable, and I can't wait to see what you achieve next. Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing your adventure with us! 🌱🏡✨ Sending greetings from Qatar - ilias from Morocco.
Am loving your videos as of late. You're doing such a great job of making your everyday ( problems :) entertaining. Love your sense of humor and fun video style. Keep them coming.
Such a cheerful, beautiful woman. Kayvan has won the life lottery!
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We rake our field into rows and then into heaps to pick it up. Yes, you should use it to mulch somewhere.
There is something called ‘chop and drop’ where you just chop the weed or plant and let it compost right there. Why do you need to clear the hay field? Depending on your purpose, you may be able to just leave the hay.
Yea unless you need a lot of hay for when it’s really hot to protect veggie patch or feed a horse no need to rake it up at all.
Yes I've done this it works as long as u get some sun shine after
Chop and drop is a recipe for disaster in Ireland. The density of grass growth (due to the rain) and the damp climate (due to the rain) means it rots into a thick mat that retains moisture (due to the bastard rain) which invites moss and rushes. Once rushes get established, they’re not easy to get rid of.
Far better to clear it after cutting and help it drain and grow meadow grasses the following year.
Where I am in west Wales, leaving a rotting mat of mown material would kill the grass underneath. But the creeping thistle brambles and bracken would treat it as fertiliser. Ireland's even wetter than Wales... 😈
chop and drop leaves way to much nutrients on the field... nettels and nasty grasses are flourishing in the aftermath...
why wasn't the farmer with the mulcher able to rake it with machinery?
Once mown and raked the field is a blank canvas which can be grased by sheep and cows( fast rotation... regen agriculture...)
Well done for getting everything in that truck! We sold our house in February and moved into a rental for 2 months then moved into a canal boat, sold most of our things, gave a fair bit to charity and moved onto the boat in April with about 10 boxes! Still have jobs to do on the 8 year old boat. A big change for us and it's not been plain sailing! But I wouldn't change anything 😊
I would hire a van from a company with locations in the UK and Ireland. Packed the stuff up and drive to Ireland. Unload the junk into a shipping container in the barn and drop the van off at the Irish hire location. That way you have a water tight container you will be able to use for storage of valuable equipment once you finish the house. 👍👍
This is a stroke of genius Kayvan. This is exactly the lorry we hired to move ourselves to Ireland. We were quoted thousands back in 2014 to move our household and garage contents.
Thanks a mil - so pleased to have it done, big weight off our minds!
Regarding the cut field, you could ask the farmer who cut it if he wants it he can come and bale it and take it away. If he doesn't want/need it maybe he knows someone who does. We have this done on our property in Ireland. It's nice to see the big rounds of baled hay and knowing that our land is being productive even though we don't live there. Great solution to your storage problem. Love your videos, especially the out-takes at the end. Take care, Poo
Exactly even in the states, land owners will have their fields cut and then bailed for the farmers who have livestock, if the grass is good for the livestock you maybe be able to sell it to the farmer, or you make a new happy neighbor friendship with free cutting and bailing.
so you are an absent landlord
@@CLFL14256 Not landlord, an owner, one of three. The property has been in my family since 1939. I inherited a part share when I was 13 and my dad died. It's my dad's house and always will be. It's the only tangible thing we have left of him, even the memories are fading now. We've spent thousands of £s on it over the years, making it habitable, keeping it from dereliction and ruin. I am so proud of my mum, an English woman, who found herself widowed at age 34 with four young children, for not selling that property and keeping our Irish heritage alive. The farmers get free food for their livestock, we don't charge them for it.
Wow wow wow, what a hero he is. Quite annoyed, understandably, but he made it! And you two girls, what a tiresome job too. This episode made me feel a bit dizzy, I really wish you all the best, so you can continue with both: your full time jobs and the renovation plus looking after your garden and your girl.
You 2 are just way too cute and hilarious! Can't wait to see what happens next.
You could not blow Kayvans trumpet often enough.
He is so good at keeping you happy and busting his boiler.
He deserves all the support you have to give.
Talk about catching two birds with one stone. Genius solution. Well done.
Thanks a mil!
That was a stroke of genius. Definitely deserving of a pat on the back. Have fun sorting through it all when you just want everything out of it for just one room!
Just remember to regularly check and charge the batteries in the Mercedes with a decent solar panel (at least 10A) or an inverter generator with a charger or you will have a problem. Make sure they are 24 volts if the lorry has a 24 volts system. And you have to do it regularly, because if the batteries run too low, you won't be able to charge them at all with a regular smart charger. You have to jump start it. You can also run the engine to top them up..
Great tip - thank you!
Brilliant solution getting the truck - it killed two problems in one, the transport and the storage.
It would have cost a lot more just to get your stuff shipped to Ireland, never mind providing a storage solution as well.
And then in the end when you no longer need the truck, you can sell it and get back some of your money.
Now *that's* thinking outside the box! Kayvan is a genius, definitely deserves a pat on the back.
By the way, welcome to Ireland!
I've subscribed to follow your journey, and I'm really looking forward to watching you bring that old place back to life.
Something tells me you guys are going to make a success of this.
Thanks a mil. Appreciate your kind words and following along
Get a local riding school to come pick up dry grass,for their horses,& get paid for it
You have to be careful feeding cut (by machine ...petrol/fumes) to livestock.
@carolcarol3938 that's why I said get riding school to come pick up! That's what my neighbours do!!
Well done Kayvan, no problem is unsolvable, just needs thinking about. I also ask the same question.... Why move the hay ? Anyway, now at least all your goods are with you. We moved our things from UK to Spain & ended up storing in 3 different places before we were able to put them in our home. We then sorted it & got rid of half of it 🤣. Enjoying your journey with you, keep smiling. Love from Spain ❤️
Just cleaning up the field for the impending animal arrival :) 3 different places for storage, we feel your pain! Good to have everything in 1 place again for sure... Thanks for following along
Absolutely brilliant answer to your storage problem. Huge pat on the back, Kayvan. Why are you raking all that hay up? Just leave it where it is and it’ll dry up, disappear and feed the ground as it does so.
Correct about the cut grass ... it will rot and provide nutrients back into the ground after e or 4 weeks.
We live in Dublin on something a similar size to you guys. For that field that you raked the grass up, you could get a battery electric fence put up very easily and cheaply and then borrow a couple of Donkeys or rescue some from the Donkey Sanctuary, they are great company and they'll be able to keep the grass down in all your fields! That's what we did.
Nice! Yeah we hear donkeys do the job pretty well. Our daughter is not keen on them, so would be up in arms if we got any. But ruminants are definitely going to be the solution. Thanks for following along
I live in a small town in Iowa, USA. I found your channel today and absolutely binge watched up to this.
I am totally impressed with your work ethic and all you have accomplished. Pat on the back for the transporter. Love the giggles along the way. ❤
Check out “The Irish Homestead” as well. An English family restoring a cottage in Ireland from bare bones. Nice people and doing a great job.
@Dreyno that's how I got connected to your channel. Yours was suggested after I subscribed to theirs. Loving both channels.
As a gardener would mow it again, again and again every month, making sure the last mow is either just before or after the last frost. It takes time took two years before I was happy with a area.
You could spread the word around to local farmers that if they could use a haybaler to bale the hay on the paddocks they could keep all the feed.
That was an amazing idea. Congratulations now you have all of your things and a truck for when you need to go and get big things.
I'm surprised that a farmer didn't ask you could he bale the hay for his animals..
Love your channel by the way..such a beautiful family..
Me too. He cuts it, he takes it. Other option was a couple of goats.
Oh and btw the solution was bloomin brilliant I also liked the leg shot near the end of the video. Thanks for keeping it in😂
Awwww well done what a wonderful idea sure it will be a grand fix to your problem tc now all you are doing grand luv from the oldies 👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗
Thanks a mil!
Might sound simple but instead of pushing the wheelbarrow try turning around and pulling it, it’s much easier to move that way.
I'm glad I found your channel. I subscribed and look forward to new videos. Hi from Croatia!🚚
Hello, first comment from Croatia, Dobrodošli! Thanks for following along
You guys are hilarious! I enjoy the banter and levity you 2 have as its a key to dealing with problems and on this journey there will be plenty! Don't lose yourself in the problems as much as you stand back and admire your solutions! How you got that truck for so little is CRAZY! The lift gate alone would have cost that! As for the hay since its going to be waste you could pile it on top of areas of vines/weeds that you want to kill back. I just rake it up on a tarp/sheet then use that to transport and dump. Pile it on top of greenery heavy and kill back what you want to tackle next year or so. Good luck and cant wait to see how this turns out for you 3! Watching from Florida!
Thanks for you kind comment and for following along
tarps for hauling cuttings with a tie point to pull via rope or line. hoping you can get an atv or side-by-side or tractor to assist with pulling etc. truck is brilliant, as it could possibly be used later to do for hire hauling jobs or for transporting animals back to your farm (?).
An out of the box solution for sure!! Brilliant plan and execution! Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa.
Hello and welcome! Thanks for following along
Think the van idea was a great one, as it could come in useful for getting some further income in the future, offering a man with a van to folk? Just an idea to boost your income. Great place to store stuff in the meantime. Offer the dried grass for free to a farmer to take away. xxx
Thanks a mil
Your brilliant!!! Buying a moving truck with Tommy lift is brilliant. You'll be able to move as you need to pick up large loads of building supplies. And, you can always sale and get some of your money back. 👍👍👍
Well done storage sorted.
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Well done that was a brilliant idea getting the lorry and getting it safely back. Oh and hello from Bournemouth 👋💐
Woot, Btown! Thank you
Chuckling))) that truck definitely is packed by a Tetris professional. You are not a hoarder. I hope you go back to retrieve those chairs!
I think the lorry is a great idea. As you said transporter and storage. Solves the problem 😊
Hello from India! I’ve been binge-watching all your videos and am truly impressed by your off-grid project in Ireland. You both look so good together, and the way you’re transforming the land and renovating your home is incredibly inspiring. Planting vegetables and embracing this lifestyle looks so refreshing. Wishing you all the best as you continue this amazing journey! 🙂
A pat on the back.... bugger that I am taking him to the pub, well done
Yes please! Thanks a mil.
Just started watching your channel (subscribed) and am really enjoying it. I am looking forward to seeing the progress on the cottage and the property. Best of luck to the three of you. Cheers, from Vancouver Island.
We love Vancouver Island - thanks for following along.
I could be wrong but I think you can only have the vehicle in Ireland for a few months before officially importing it. Will need test, emissions, etc. the duty will not be huge as the value is low but there are costs. We left our car in Germany because it cost more to import it into Ireland than it was worth. Neat solution though.
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Van is a very good idea for storage your brave people. The main thing is your happy
Thanks a mil!
I haven't had time to watch the past 2 or 3 videos but this one reminded me of how good your content is, and I will catch up on them 😋🙈 Great solution with the truck, Kayvan! It's really funny how utterly full this thing is 😂
God bless!
Enjoyed a bit of tetris and jenga in his time!
We here in Texas would buy our own container they are cheap here, move to the Homestead. The farmers usually have rakes for the tractor too, Ask maybe he could rakes it for you. Yall are doing a great job....
You are all doing so well ❤ Kayvan is a man of many talents 😎
Well done to the three of you!, I was knackered just watching the work!. 😂
🥵 Was hard graft all round! Thanks for following along
@@offgridirishhomestead you're such good people!, great team together!. How are the plants coming along?. Adrian.
Good solution!! And excellent packing skills too!
You sir are a Master of Tetris!! Bravo only had to leave 7 chairs 😁👏🏻🙌🏻
Ah, the joyful madness of it all!
Great solution, Kayvan, high five! 👋 From Central Victoria, Australia. 😊
Thanks a mil!
Love your videos and journey! Watching from USA! 👋🥰
Great lateral thinking - kudos to Kayvan!
Great solution! Fair play to you chap!
Thanks a mil!
Super solution. Well done Kayvan.
Thank you!
The cargo van was a brilliant solution! You've got me thinking about my storage unit.... hmmm.
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You guys do very well, not sure how he filled the truck but good job and good luck. Thanks for sharing your humour.
Thanks for following along!
If it works absolutely fantastic 😊
Brilliant idea
Thanks a mil!
That was a great solution! Good job guys! Things are coming along! Hugs from Costa Rica
Thank you Maria
Hey , a great idea to solve the problem!!
All of you are incredible keep up the great work regards Howard from Cyprus 🎉🎉🎉
Hi Howard, hope it has cooled down a little for ye!
I’ve never seen a truck packed so well. There might have been room left for a sheet of paper. But no guarantees! Enjoy your videos.
welcome to Ireland! I thought when I heard 'Brush Cutter' you'd never make it ;-) Great solution
I agree with the idea about the tarps to carry the grass away. But I would rake it differently if it was me. You are raking into little round piles to pick up, so half of the time you are raking uphill. The land slopes downward. I'd rake in a line always going downward so you aren't pulling the weight of the grass back uphill. Let gravity help you a little bit. Then you can push your barrow or tarp along and scoop it up in a vertical line, rather than a little pile.
Brilliant solution l say! Excited for the next video, love from your new Aussie friend
Thanks for following along
Don’t want put a spanner in the works or burst the bubble, having done the move ourselves with a horse box(3 trips) the problem is VRT unless you’re taking it back to sell,you won’t get insurance,road tax and it’ll have to go through the Irish MOT,it will be considered a commercial vehicle
100% VRT and likely VAT also. Best idea is probably to unload it, then drive it back to the UK and sell it again... could be a very expensive solution otherwise 🫣
Great idea buying the truck! I thought I was a master at Tetris, but I may have just found my match!
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10/10 Kayvan brilliant amazing what can be a solution
Thanks a mil!
The farmer with livestock might be glad of all that hay for silage in the winter😊. I don’t think you could’ve got so much as a pin in that van it looked so full.
Fantastic solution!
Thanks a mil!
Adapt and overcome, definitely a great idea.
Thanks a mil!
I’m full of admiration for both of you, and having an Irish daughter in law they are so helpful if you have some difficulty.
Just a thought do any of your farmer neighbors have goats you could possibly barter the goats for them eating your grass or hay saves them from feeding them and you from picking up all that hay consider buying some for yourself when time is right❤
Definitely considering it ourselves at some point.
Great way to get out of the storage costs….positive is you got to spend quiet time at the beach and the rental cost…..
Great job on raking up the hay, go girls…….love and huge kudos to you all…from Ruth in NZ…..
Thanks Ruth
Thanks Ruth
Once you have registered the farm and got an entitlement you should speak to your local teagasc advisor and look into grants available like the acres scheme. You can claim for repairing stone walls and farm buildings.
Hi, have looked into the Acres scheme, there seems to be a high barrier to entry, for not much gain. Not sure the juice is worth the squeeze. We mostly considered the scheme for planting Apple trees.
In Asia, they burn branches, leaves and other green matter. The ashes are used in garden beds. Good source potassium and other nutrients that plants or vegetables need.
Just come across your channel and after watching a couple of your recent episodes have of course subscribed. Wow! this is why I luv UA-cam, coming across 2 amazing people who have opted out of the norm and embraced the hard road with all its challenges and rewards. You have everything on your side to make this succeed, grit, determination and 2 fit healthy bodies to build an amazing life for your precious family unit. Inspirational. Take care and God bless 🙂👍