Truffle farming in Australia. How this couple make a living off 760 trees.

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  • @Weazle099
    @Weazle099 2 роки тому +39

    The early morning choring starting with nothing but wide angle shots or full frames and only morning sounds and build up, leeding into the morning breakfast was just stunning to watch

    • @tom_flew
      @tom_flew 2 роки тому

      love the loyal boy too

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 9 місяців тому

      Lies again? Tampa Bay Tetek Besar

  • @bilharzia
    @bilharzia 2 роки тому +9

    My wife has been trying to convince me for that last two weeks that we need to buy a hazelnut farm that's for sale on a nearby island we'd love to live on. Her idea was to inoculate the trees with truffle spore and convert the operation into a truffle/hazelnut farm. Your video is making me seriously consider it. Lovely work. Top stuff and all that!

    • @angelolazeroms5900
      @angelolazeroms5900 Рік тому +2

      I'm very curious if you have bought that farm? cheers :)

    • @AS-pu7gj
      @AS-pu7gj 9 місяців тому +2

      Did u buy the farm ?

  • @craigme2583
    @craigme2583 2 роки тому +3

    My blood pressure has dropped by 50% watching this and listening to the scerene voice over. Lovely.

  • @jcat3704
    @jcat3704 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks!Have watched all your videos and find them highly enjoyable as well as informative. I loved the sailing videos, and now love the homestead videos just as much. You are two very admirable people living a very admirable lifestyle, on the sea and on land. Please keep making the videos, they provide a welcome alternative to most of the videos out there.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      Thank you so much for staying with us Jcat and giving thanks for the video! We put a lot of effort in to produce a professional episode each week and it really means a lot to us when folks like yourself give back in appreciation.

  • @rj7411
    @rj7411 2 роки тому +9

    Learned something new today. Thank you FRL. All the best to you and your menagerie.

  • @Mr.Stacey-L-SCC
    @Mr.Stacey-L-SCC 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing cinematography, I could feel the chill in the air just watching the end of the video. In Canada summer is coming to an end, and while the forecast is for a high of 29 c today, the crisp air of fall can be felt early in the morning and evenings. While I detest winter in Canada, there is something I absolutely love about doing chores in the morning with that kind of crisp air and bite of an early morning frost.

  • @bobuncle8704
    @bobuncle8704 2 роки тому +5

    Fascinating. So interesting to learn about truffles. I had no idea.

  • @verndumas7543
    @verndumas7543 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks, it looks like that unique touch that you have is still alive and well. (From the sailing videos)

  • @americanbornwalkaway9110
    @americanbornwalkaway9110 2 роки тому +3

    THAT was VERY COOL!!! I Have never Tasted Truffles This was a VERY cool Episode I Learned More than I ever knew about Truffles... THANK you SO Much for this Episode VERY Interesting NOW I want to try Truffles🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @donnakawana
    @donnakawana 2 роки тому

    Truffles have always confounded me... I love them... My Gran used to make truffle butter and oil .. I had forgotten about storing your truffles with your eggs... Yummy!! I've been away camping.. found many yummy mushrooms foraging on my trip...we looked for truffle but no..lol!!
    Thanks for sharing your lives with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️

  • @bishopkinlyside8477
    @bishopkinlyside8477 2 роки тому +2

    Hi guys thank you for taking the truffle farm That was wonderful love your videos keep up the good work Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia

  • @nooneanybodyknows7912
    @nooneanybodyknows7912 2 роки тому +9

    Such a joy to watch and learn from you. I knew nothing about truffles. Now I want to know more. I'm excited that another sailing channel has purchased a farm. Looking forward as Malin, Johan, and Vera join you and bring farm life from Sweden 🇸🇪 and you from Australia 🇦🇺. Wonder which sailing channel is next to buy a farm? Thank you for sharing truffle farming and your morning farm chores.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому +1

      Yes Swedish farm life will be lovely to watch.

  • @mariaoshea1600
    @mariaoshea1600 Рік тому

    Leanne is amazing with her truffles 😊

  • @SuperNova-Steve
    @SuperNova-Steve 2 роки тому +1

    Fascinating, I also didn’t know it got that cold in WA.

  • @Dutch_off_grid_homesteading
    @Dutch_off_grid_homesteading 2 роки тому

    Heya, oh wouw a truffel farm nice. I never thought about freezing temps in australia, that's new for me

  • @seanbeaumont5495
    @seanbeaumont5495 2 роки тому +2

    Nice Video - Thanks for Sharing your experiences - Very peaceful / Settling

  • @jcat3704
    @jcat3704 2 роки тому +2

    Absolutely love all your videos! Really appreciate all the work and time it must take to film and edit your lovely lives to share with your followers. I started watching your channel when you were still sailing and fell in love. I am so grateful you have continued to share your beautiful life. Thanks! I always get excited when I see a new one pop up.
    Sending much love and admiration from Texas

  • @the_dingo_show
    @the_dingo_show 2 роки тому

    Frosty morning #FarmLife ASMR 10/10 🤌
    Super informative and insiprational truffle adventure, I would absolutly want to leverage the tree crops for additional income. Small boutique vineyard and cellardoor winery would be a perfect venture along side the truffles. Make friends with a local Cheese maker and you have yourself a great lifestyle business, add in a cabin and some camp sites and leverage the tourists.
    I'm living the dream in my head right now... 🤤
    Absolutly killed it this episode my friends, out of the park!

  • @Hairnicks
    @Hairnicks 2 роки тому +1

    That was so different, brilliant video about something I knew little about, thank you.

  • @DistinctOgre
    @DistinctOgre 2 роки тому +1

    Hello again. Haven't seen you guys in quite a while. Glad to see you're doing well. I didn't realize that it ever really got that cold in Australia. Best wishes from Tennessee. Y'all b good. 😁

  • @AustProd6
    @AustProd6 2 роки тому

    Nice one. Strangely calming watching the silence of morning chores.

  • @fransdriesen1311
    @fransdriesen1311 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting subject with outstanding footage...

  • @DialedN_07
    @DialedN_07 2 роки тому

    Love that little black dog following you around everywhere. It seems once it figures out what you're doing he says "all okay here" and then goes back to it's business.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      That's Troy's mum's Staffordshire Terrier, Dax. I've lost my shadow now he's gone home after his 6 week sojourn at the Ranch.

  • @klardotsh
    @klardotsh 2 роки тому +1

    The stretch from 12:40 ish to 16:20 ish is just by far some of the most relaxing content I've ever watched on UA-cam. That filming style and "quiet natural homestead, here's a morning with the animals" vibe is something I adore when Simple Living Alaska does it, and it warmed my heart so much to watch you two's take on that style here too!
    Cheers you two. Keep up the incredible stuff :)

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      What I (Pascale) have seen of the Simple Living Alaska channel I have loved. Maybe I took some inspiration in putting this one together from them both. I am planning on incorporating more similar footage in future episodes. So glad you appreciated it and thank you for your support on Patreon Josh!

  • @thestu4602
    @thestu4602 2 роки тому

    PMSL at Troys complex analysis at 17:21 gold! Thanks for sharing another great Ep!

  • @claytonjohnston2742
    @claytonjohnston2742 2 роки тому

    Great to watch you two

  • @MikeWood
    @MikeWood 2 роки тому

    You still have at time of filming frost, and in my part of Canada we will within a few short weeks. Now I want to try truffle eggs. :)

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому +1

      Hopefully the frost has lifted now coming in to Spring. We shall see

  • @Antipodean33
    @Antipodean33 2 роки тому +1

    I do the same thing with my chook eggs, straight into my jacket pockets. Problem is on the way back I walk past things that need doing and get side tracked. Then later in the day stick my hand in my pockets and get a handful of what could be used for scrambled eggs, except for shell, assorted grit and fluff

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      Yes 1 egg was harmed in the making of this video and prior to the eating bit 😂

  • @mauricetong9957
    @mauricetong9957 2 роки тому

    One word - idyllic 🥰

  • @DD-xx8wh
    @DD-xx8wh 2 роки тому +1

    another FRL unique and very interesting episode, thanks!

  • @oceansquatch1481
    @oceansquatch1481 2 роки тому

    Wow! Awesome video. I remember having fresh truffle risotto back when I used to frequent my favorite steakhouse. It is a truly unique experience.

  • @jennyc1846
    @jennyc1846 2 роки тому

    Thanks guys for a great and informative video. Never had the pleasure of smelling a truffle and not sure if I would like it or not. If its anything like a mushroom - I love them cooked but cant stand them raw, nor the smell. I have fibromyalgia and am super sensitive to smells...maybe I should come back as a truffle dog in my next life? BTW goats like to climb. if you dont have that toolbox where it is for a reason maybe you could move it so the goats can stand on top of that other log. They might try to climb the box but it would be slippery with their hooves. cheers from closeby.

  • @andrewparry6106
    @andrewparry6106 2 роки тому +1

    Peaceful

  • @richardp4544
    @richardp4544 2 роки тому

    Very interesting to say the least and the end of the video shows off the life of a busy beaver tending the livestock which is the never ending cycle of farm life. You two have really got it going. Thumbs up to you.

  • @stevehelliwell9101
    @stevehelliwell9101 2 роки тому

    Superb photogaphy and editing, beautiful colours around the edge of the log. You rarely fail to amaze. Good Show.

  • @steviegekko01424
    @steviegekko01424 2 роки тому

    loving your new adventures. This vlog was brilliant and verry interesting.

  • @Grasshoppa65
    @Grasshoppa65 2 роки тому

    Love you guys.

  • @markjames9205
    @markjames9205 2 роки тому

    Funny coming from Canada , I never think of Australia being frosty, but here u are….

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому +1

      Nowhere near as cold as Canada but that was definitely a frosty week for sure..Hopefully that's behind us until next year

  • @AltoidX700
    @AltoidX700 2 роки тому

    As alway, Thanks for sharing. It's always a pleasure to see you both. Stay healthy and happy, see you soon. Cheers

  • @baeschler
    @baeschler 2 роки тому

    Never had truffles. I will be hunting for some. May be difficult in Montana in late summer.

  • @flappymynock89
    @flappymynock89 2 роки тому +1

    Such an adorable truffle pup.

  • @alanrobinson5109
    @alanrobinson5109 2 роки тому

    Hi Troy & Pascale, love your videos, they’re varied and so interesting. All the best from the UK.

  • @10lauset
    @10lauset 2 роки тому

    Cheers to you. ..

  • @brianb6603
    @brianb6603 2 роки тому

    Excellent as usual!!!

  • @gregbolitho9775
    @gregbolitho9775 2 роки тому

    Nice goin m8s, truffles are something, I haven't thought about much. I saw a vlog about a pig hunting truffles, the same as the curly dog. The pig trod on a few toes. Keep up the good work and stay vertical Eh!

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому +1

      I always wondered How could yo l you stop a pig eating the truffles? They are just so greedy

  • @sabretom7594
    @sabretom7594 2 роки тому

    Fascinating

  • @jameslvantrojen3059
    @jameslvantrojen3059 2 роки тому

    i had to stop the video and look up what truffles are .i guess i'm not much of a farmer myself. thanks for the hunting experience

  • @Twelvestonestacking
    @Twelvestonestacking 2 роки тому

    Outstanding!

  • @hamishesslemont3705
    @hamishesslemont3705 2 роки тому

    What a fascinating and informative insight into Australian truffle farming 😊👍

  • @jeffslaven
    @jeffslaven 2 роки тому

    Another fantastic video guys! Thanks for sharing with us!

  • @howardedwards2393
    @howardedwards2393 2 роки тому

    Great video as always

  • @JamesBond-xq3tw
    @JamesBond-xq3tw 2 роки тому

    Lucky ,lucky you

  • @claytonjohnston2742
    @claytonjohnston2742 2 роки тому

    Just asking when you two going sailing again

  • @davidh3194
    @davidh3194 2 роки тому

    Very interesting video.

  • @beggarsbanquet3420
    @beggarsbanquet3420 2 роки тому

    Very interesting vid guys, 👍

  • @suzannechance5876
    @suzannechance5876 2 роки тому +2

    Very interesting. Can you describe the taste? Never had one but my imagination is fired up!!

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      They tend to taste different to everyone. They taste "truufly" It's actually more of an aroma than a taste. Like trying to describe how fesh herbs taste is hard.

  • @1mammalee
    @1mammalee 2 роки тому

    Believe me, mashed potatoes made with truffle oil is wonderful!

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому +1

      Potato gratin with sliced truffles also delicious

  • @Blueybob
    @Blueybob 2 роки тому

    Quoting someone quoting someone quite a few episodes ago: "How's the serenity."

  • @bryanbadger6841
    @bryanbadger6841 2 роки тому

    So what's the plan guys.? Inoculated oak saplings.?. An idea I picked up when last in Uk, was cultivating mushrooms using short lengths of apple wood. Splitting 75mm diameter branches and applying the mushroom spores of your choice, oyster, shitake, button, whatever, the length of each half, and clamp or nail the 2 halves together. Place in hot water cupboard, until they start appearing, then sell at your local Farmers Market....not as mature mushrooms, but still as immature product. The feedback I heard was the customers seemed to get a buzz out of seeing the mushrooms show up to the point of harvest. Yep you can call me the
    fun-guy. Thanks again for sharing your experiences Troy and Pascale. I'm loving these episodes of "The Good Life." Until next time, take care.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      We have ordered some mushroom plugs and no shortage of blue gum branches to inoculate this Spring. Watch this space!

  • @joecucch8261
    @joecucch8261 2 роки тому +1

    Ive never had any truffles but I hear nothing but good things from those that eat them, In France they use pigs to find them as well as dogs. I don't think I would relish taking a truffle from a hungry pig though...Great Video !!

  • @jamesalanstephensmith7930
    @jamesalanstephensmith7930 Рік тому

    Informative!

  • @fc9440
    @fc9440 2 роки тому +1

    You typed free range SAILING in the video title. I guess you are missing the sea. :)

  • @bud1971
    @bud1971 2 роки тому

    17:47 I will name him "Sad Eyes Von Give Me Food"

  • @Potsie
    @Potsie 2 роки тому

    Excellent Doco guys. Far too good for youtube imho. (edit. West Coast Eagles esky only good enough for holding batteries?)

  • @robhaythorne4464
    @robhaythorne4464 2 роки тому

    Now you have goats and cats. Did I miss an episode where you introduced them?

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому +1

      Yup. Introduced goats last ep and cats the episode before that.

  • @ImTheDudeMan471
    @ImTheDudeMan471 2 роки тому

    Tea: I've switched to using Argentine loose leaf "yerba mate" instead of black, green or herbal teas. It has mild caffeine and is lovely w lemon. Brewed just like loose leaf tea instead of the whole prescribed Argentine gourd and bombilla method. Mmmmm👍🍵🍋. Is it available in W.A.? P.S. Now are you thinking training your pup to hunt truffles like Sully?

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      I will look into it. No plans to make Jet a truffle dog, yet

  • @ronjohnson9690
    @ronjohnson9690 2 роки тому

    Seeing the labor involved in keeping a farm with animals, how much free time can be found in a day? With the frost on everything now, is the garden a thing to prepare for the next growing season, and was there enough to keep until next year? Two questions of many, but most will be answered by watching. This is a very enjoyable experience for me to do. Thank you.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      We're definitely pretty busy looking after the animals, filming, editing, growing food and fixing the property. There are frost resistant crops you can grow but we've only just started a garden this spring. We'll be exploring that next winter!

  • @trafalgar22a8
    @trafalgar22a8 Рік тому

    240223 Still very interesting. Thank you again.

  • @Tomm9y
    @Tomm9y 2 роки тому +2

    I hope they achieve good prices, given the astronomical prices to the public.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      They do ok but they are beholden to wholesale price before grading. They will do better once they can sell direct to the public next year.

    • @AS-pu7gj
      @AS-pu7gj 9 місяців тому

      ​@@FreeRangeLivingWhat wholesale price do they get ?

  • @jginmt
    @jginmt 2 роки тому

    Whatch the movie Haute Cuisine for the love of truffles. Free Range Living is far more interesting than free range sailing. The clips with no talking are fantastic. Your growth in movie-making is impressive.

    • @Garryck-1
      @Garryck-1 2 роки тому

      That depends on one's point of view.. for the most part, I find the sailing far more interesting. But then, I can't imagine anything worse than being tied down in one place.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      Oh thanks so much. We are enjoying our new direction very much and we're glad it shows in the videos.

    • @Garryck-1
      @Garryck-1 2 роки тому

      @@FreeRangeLiving - Don't get me wrong.. I also do enjoy watching your new direction, and learning new things from you both.. it's just the sailing speaks more to my wanderer's spirit.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      If everyone wanted the exact same thing, we'd have even bigger problems! We understand this won't suit a lot of fans, though we are happy with how many have stayed 'on board.'

  • @portfoliofotoz
    @portfoliofotoz 2 роки тому +1

    I came for the sailing. I stayed for the real.

  • @jonboyle326
    @jonboyle326 2 роки тому +1

    just a word of caution those goats horns can so easily cause nasty eye injury when they throw their head back castrating rubbers can be one way of removing them

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      She is a very placid little goat so we don't plan on removing the horns at this stage

  • @stevev5510
    @stevev5510 2 роки тому

    Pasqui doing all the work... Some bearded bloke pointing a camera.. wouldn't happen at my place!

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      Camera was on a tripod! Troy is normally doing all those morning chores but was injured in that frosty morning so I had to pick up the slack!

  • @justinwitt4134
    @justinwitt4134 2 роки тому

    Did the two Boys call each other first to make sure they had matching shirts, jeans and shoes?😂

  • @АлексейАлексей-ч8ъ

    😎👍

  • @chrispy104k
    @chrispy104k 2 роки тому

    15:20 - Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

  • @donzie13
    @donzie13 2 роки тому

    Miss you on the water.

  • @andyelliott292
    @andyelliott292 2 роки тому +1

    Are these truffles native too Australian or are they invasive ?

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому +1

      They are introduced from Europe

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому +1

      Notl more invasive than all other farmed fruit and vegetables in Australia

    • @andyelliott292
      @andyelliott292 2 роки тому

      So how long will it be before the first Free Range Truffles?

  • @marktaylor484
    @marktaylor484 2 роки тому

    Divinely Yummylish !

  • @thomasthornton5737
    @thomasthornton5737 2 роки тому

    😀👍👍👍❤

  • @Shopweasel
    @Shopweasel Рік тому

    Pre historic dinosaur turds.
    While evolution has given us morels.
    The finely crafted #1 place in the mushroom rank.

  • @mauriziocanale1669
    @mauriziocanale1669 2 роки тому

    Hey but lagotto romagnolo come from romagna were i live......ciao

  • @williamdurham7722
    @williamdurham7722 2 роки тому

    I just wonder who the first person was that saw this thing that resembles a large turd and then smelled it and ultimately ate it ?

  • @ian-c.01
    @ian-c.01 2 роки тому +2

    I really don't enjoy the smell of truffles, it's a smell that is far too strong for my tastes. I lived in rural France for a few years and at a certain time of year some areas reeked really bad, when I found out what the smell was I couldn't believe that people enjoyed it although they didn't seem to notice that the woodland and surrounding areas smelled of truffles ! When I found out they used dogs to sniff them out and pigs too I was surprised but never tried to find any myself because I couldn't bear to be near the smell !

  • @emilybh6255
    @emilybh6255 2 роки тому +1

    The truffle lesson was extremely interesting. Thanks. To return the favor, here is what any decent holistic veterinarian or book about holistic/naturpathic cat care will tell you regarding what to feed cats.
    Give them wet food unless you want health problems (urinary tract/kidney issues) down the road. People need to give their cats as close to what they would get on their own in Nature. Raw home prepared muscle meat, liver and other organs and bone or bone meal is the closest to optimal/ ideal. I give 90 percent muscle meat, 5% liver and 5% other organs and one teaspoon of bone meal for every 1pound of the meat mixture and I always add water because a freshly killed prey animal is going to be mostly water. At another time I give a tablespoon or two of raw cucumbers chopped up or steamed or boiled broccoli, zucchini, summer squash, winter squash, sweet potato or winter squash or pumpkin.
    You can find Raw food for cats that has been freeze dried and all you need to do is add warm water to let it re-hydrate and serve it. Or there are companies that make raw frozen food that you defrost and serve as needed. Next best after these three options is canned food without a lot of additives. Look for a brand with as few additives as possible. Save your semi-moist and dry food to give them as a treat. But I would just throw them out. I use cold cuts - usually turkey slices from the deli as treats. Also do NOT give cats dairy. Dairy is TERRIBLE for their immune system and respiratory tract.
    I know from experience. My first cat as an adult I did all the wrong things: fed dry food recommended by the orthodox vet, had the cat neutered too young; had him get all the vaccinations and he developed a terrible urinary tract conditon (FUS) and had to endure excrutiating pain being cathetarized when his urinary tract blocked. He only lived to 9 years of age.
    My next cat I adopted at 3 years old had a history of FUS also except with him, I did the OPPOSITE of everything I did with my first cat (fed a raw diet; avoided the vet and vaccinations except for one rabies vaccine which was bad enough) and he lived to be 18 and would have lived longer if he hadn't had to experience inexperienced incompetent veterinary care (long story). All subsequent cats have benefitted from a raw diet and whole herbs when necessary. This works so well that they are even able to fend off fleas due to having a healthy immune system where most people have vets give their cats a toxic spot on flea repellent program.

    • @FreeRangeLiving
      @FreeRangeLiving  2 роки тому

      Thanks for this. The cats and dog get raw food at night but I give them half a cup of kibble in the morning. Once they are a little older I might skip out the kibble and give them all just one raw meat meal at night.

    • @emilybh6255
      @emilybh6255 2 роки тому

      @@FreeRangeLiving If kibble in the AM is the best you can do, at least DRENCH it in water before you give it to them. Make sure each piece is soaked in water. I would only give one or two pieces of dry cat food as an unhealthy junk food treat. It is safe to say that dry kibble for kittens who need good nutrition is the equivalent of a Lucky Charms breakfast for human children.

  • @matt_kildea
    @matt_kildea 2 роки тому +3

    Not 1 Fun Guy (fungi) joke out of Troy?? Opportunity missed lol

  • @JonMadsen70
    @JonMadsen70 2 роки тому

    :)

  • @lavernejones1973
    @lavernejones1973 2 роки тому

    Jesus is Alive he love us all you heard the loud voice that you couldn't see get white and look up to heaven

  • @user-ss4qg8fk4r
    @user-ss4qg8fk4r Рік тому

    Super bad for the environment

  • @trafalgar22a8
    @trafalgar22a8 2 роки тому

    110922