Cali is living her best life ❤ This is great. Such a beautiful property. I’m looking forward to seeing what will be made of it. Congratulations to your sister
Wow, your sisters place is beautiful. I think thats such a wonderful thing that you are both close and can homestead together. Just like the way things were back when life was simpler and healthier. The best of luck to you all on your future endeavours.
Awesome...now I'm missing my lil' 6 acre homestead, but retirement in Florida keeps me busy in the gardens all year long in my mini-food forest...this had always been a dream until my husband passed...now alone I still manage on a tiny scale in a huge city...I'll live my dreams through your family saga...take care and be well...!
Good for you guys Shawn I started prepping in 1978 I was 22yrs old and I'm still at it! I especially believe this is important we have no idea what they're putting in our food now a days. Looking forward to watching more videos
Thank you for showing us how IT CAN BE DONE. Your families future for generations to come. Spreading your subs through your channels is a smart way to ensure your income too. Thank you again.
Nice video Shawn. I think Cali would follow you to the ends of the earth. I think this farm is going to be as successful as all your other undertakings. Looking forward to seeing the farm take shape! Good luck and stay well!!
Just subscribed to the channel and what an new adventure. So excited for your Sister to join in on the homesteading. At 75 I've missed the boat on a lot of things but it is what it is. I sure can watch y'all and get some joy out of it. Thank you so much.
Your answered my question in this video to the question I asked in your 8/9 video. I can't wait to see what all you accomplish with these properties. Very inspiring!
Congratulations Shawn and family, I strongly believe that your strategy of achieving your self reliance objectives, accommodating everyone's diverse interests, will be a great success👍🏻 Good luck and looking forward to you and your family's journey!
SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Great to see you again !!! Rewatched the building a firewood storage shed again !!! This is going to be helping on out here for goats & Cattle !!! Hope you get some cows for Milking with several families it will give you butter ice cream milk cheese to be made with all of it !!! You will be able to make Greek Yogurt also with it that is like sour cream for things like chili soups or tacos if you want those !!! I have made Greek Yogurt with store bought milk it turns on out great also with peppers that I have harvest as the starter it is found on line for you !!!
Looks like a lovely, peaceful place! Here in Germany it is not possible for a normal person or family, simply because land prices are unaffordable in many areas, and if you can find a plot of land, it is usually so small that you have trouble fitting a small house (by US and canadian standards) on it and also regulations are quite hostile towards self-sufficiency, e.g. you cannot even live on your own land in a camper van if it is designated as garden land, but if it is building land it is more expensive, more taxed and then you can't put cattle on it.
Beautiful property but WAY WAY too much lawn! LOL. We stopped cutting the grass and just let the area go and now we have beautiful field flowers that naturally took over. No effort on our part. Just happened naturally.
Really nice property, Cali will want to come over all the time to swim in the pond. I really like the green accents (idk if that’s the right word) on her buildings!
Wow, beautiful property! I so love your channel. I've been watching since the first month of your channel. Cali is huge. I know it is mostly fur though. I so look forward to every video.
Maybe you should look into the Speckled Park breed, developed in Saskatchewan. Please, if you haven't already, look on youtube for Joel Salatin, Farm like a Lunatic. THE best advice you will get, Joel is so wise.
We went blueberry picking once. The flies were so bad, we hopped into the truck, thinking maybe they'll leave... they saw us in the truck and kept slamming into the windshield trying to get to us!
Shawn, You showed an aerial shot that appeared to have an oval swath down to bare dirt... Was this from mowing or a treatment ? Hope your seeds take root quickly enough to avoid the birds eating it all ! Assuming you'll grow buckwheat, clover or other cover crops to develop soil's prospects to support grazing in future.
It could be two things; a pit that the former owner collected sand from and/or a sand trap for the short golf course he maintained in most of the pasture. They lived there for sixty years I think so they went from farming with a family to retirement living
Good luck! hard to grow without good seed to soil contact and first prepping the soil so the seed at least sits in the soil somewhat. Hope for rain. It's probably not far off proper planting time for you based on zone.
Yes. The area I seeded is very sparse so soil contact was good, especially with the rain we did get. That was July 8 and since then, germination was decent considering the hot, dry days of summer. I’ll bush hog and harrow the entire pasture later in August before seeding with a winter cover crop
Hallå SÅÅ i Juli ? Du har inte ens plöjt åkern du ska såå . Allt ogräs måste bort innan sådd plöja och harva . har ni tänkt att skapa ett hållbart och självförsörjande jordbruk med leksaks maskiner ?
I don't know if you know that, but a special trick to maximize the growth/productivity of your pasture (or any plant, really) is to have as many different plant families sown or planted as possible. Because different plant families are good at different nutrient intake, or water intake etc... and they share the nutrients and water, either by sharing the specific bacteria that seeds keep inside them (unless they're treated, which is why treated seeds are the worst) or through mycorhizae. The mistake that many people make is like having one cereal/grain and then like 3 different legumes. It's not as good as one cereal, one legume, one brassica, one asteracae for example. The 3 legumes don't do anything for each other they're too similar. In New Zealand or Australia they experimented with Christine Jones, an agronomist, the use of 10-20 different family plants and they get a lot of biomass, and great quality of milk and meat from the farms that use those seed mixes. This diversity is of course also great for insects and birds. Your mix seems to be rye/wheat and pea, or maybe vetsch, and if you doubled the number of plant families, you would increase the biomass by 30-40 %.
I am enjoying this new branch of your self-reliance program! Thanks so much for documenting and explaining the journey.
Good morning Shawn and Cali 🌲Really cool farm ❤This is so awesome youre getting this put together! 💪 🐄 🐮 🐖 🐑 🐏 🐐
Good morning from Omaha Nebraska
Cali is living her best life ❤ This is great. Such a beautiful property. I’m looking forward to seeing what will be made of it. Congratulations to your sister
Families working together. Beautiful..can't wait to see how sisters farm works out. Thks
You sir are on the right track. I envy the opportunities you’ve created with and for your family. You have a full and rich life.
Hey Shawn, with your knowledge that beautiful property will be just fine and thanks for sharing! 👍👍👍🍀🌿🌱🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯
Would love to have your sister give us a tour of that lovely old farmhouse and barns.
What a beautiful property!
That is a beautiful old farm! Awesome family cattle adventure and Cali gets to play with her cousin. Good luck with it all. 👍😎🇨🇦🐾🐂
Wow, your sisters place is beautiful. I think thats such a wonderful thing that you are both close and can homestead together. Just like the way things were back when life was simpler and healthier. The best of luck to you all on your future endeavours.
Amen !
Thank you !!!
You and your Family are such an inspiration. I can’t wait to meet the rest of the clan. Thanks for sharing!
This will be an awesome transformation of the farm land! 💪🏻🐕
Good morning, glad you showed it. July 29th.
Goats milk is a great addition to homemade soap!
❤Callie❤
That's all that my kiddos can have. 😊
glad to see you on your new channel, will watch faithfully of course
Awesome...now I'm missing my lil' 6 acre homestead, but retirement in Florida keeps me busy in the gardens all year long in my mini-food forest...this had always been a dream until my husband passed...now alone I still manage on a tiny scale in a huge city...I'll live my dreams through your family saga...take care and be well...!
This is awesome that you’re going to have a family operation. Love your pup. It’s great to have a good dog as a family member.
Good for you guys Shawn I started prepping in 1978 I was 22yrs old and I'm still at it! I especially believe this is important we have no idea what they're putting in our food now a days. Looking forward to watching more videos
Thank you for showing us how IT CAN BE DONE. Your families future for generations to come.
Spreading your subs through your channels is a smart way to ensure your income too. Thank you again.
What a great looking house and grounds!
Nice video Shawn. I think Cali would follow you to the ends of the earth. I think this farm is going to be as successful as all your other undertakings. Looking forward to seeing the farm take shape! Good luck and stay well!!
It is exciting that you have another channel! 🎉 get to see more of Shawn.
Just subscribed to the channel and what an new adventure. So excited for your Sister to join in on the homesteading. At 75 I've missed the boat on a lot of things but it is what it is. I sure can watch y'all and get some joy out of it. Thank you so much.
Glad you opened this up to us. It really helps to understand your developing lifestyle. LOVE IT
Novas aventuras muito bom
Just subscribed. Very cool project. Looking forward to watching the Homestead grow. Very impressive.
Your answered my question in this video to the question I asked in your 8/9 video. I can't wait to see what all you accomplish with these properties. Very inspiring!
Cali living the Dream!!!🦮🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Congratulations Shawn and family, I strongly believe that your strategy of achieving your self reliance objectives, accommodating everyone's diverse interests, will be a great success👍🏻 Good luck and looking forward to you and your family's journey!
Good Morning Shaun!
Fantastic!
SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Great to see you again !!! Rewatched the building a firewood storage shed again !!! This is going to be helping on out here for goats & Cattle !!! Hope you get some cows for Milking with several families it will give you butter ice cream milk cheese to be made with all of it !!! You will be able to make Greek Yogurt also with it that is like sour cream for things like chili soups or tacos if you want those !!! I have made Greek Yogurt with store bought milk it turns on out great also with peppers that I have harvest as the starter it is found on line for you !!!
A great new adventure!
Looks like a lovely, peaceful place! Here in Germany it is not possible for a normal person or family, simply because land prices are unaffordable in many areas, and if you can find a plot of land, it is usually so small that you have trouble fitting a small house (by US and canadian standards) on it and also regulations are quite hostile towards self-sufficiency, e.g. you cannot even live on your own land in a camper van if it is designated as garden land, but if it is building land it is more expensive, more taxed and then you can't put cattle on it.
I am following my friend from Vietnam hello and good health to everyone
Love this!❤
Beautiful homestead! I hope it does all that you all need it to.
Love the electric fly swatter
Beautiful farm. Lots of potential
I 🙏🏾 this channel much success❤
That’s a beautiful wood house your sister has!!!
A beautiful property. What a find. I am confident it will reach its potential in your hands.
Congrats on the new channel.
Wow! Awesome log buildings!! Thanks Shawn!❤❤❤
I'm follow you guys! Good luck 👍 💓
This is going to be so enjoyable to watch - you all living out my dream!
Hi Shawn..we sold everything bought acreage , we live off grid and planning on beef and pigs( again).. everything takes time..enjoy
Beautiful looking property. A great project!
And I am so glad to be a part of that (your life)!
I’ve always said it but I’m saying it again…. Shawn, you and your family are living the life! Such a gorgeous place
Just subscribed. Looking forward to this! Best wishes from Perth Ontario!
Hi there, just subscribed to your new channel, looks interesting already.
Love her home and land.
Thanks for reminding us on patreon to come and view. I’ll try to remember to always like and comment!
Congratulations Shawn and family!
Thanks for the video man
Que grande Terreno y que Bonita propiedad suerte.❤
Thank you! Merci beaucoup!
Thank you , Shawn .
🐺Loupis Canis .
A smidge on the short side , just saying like .
🐺Loupis Canis .
Very good. We are finally on our homestead in New Mexico permanently and have alot of work ahead of us.
Looking forward to this
That's a beautiful piece of farm Shawn. Reminds me of my mother's family farm.
I first wondered if you had moved south, and then I saw the deer flies LOL
Just subscribed to this channel. Have been a subscriber of your other channel for awhile. Will be enjoying both from now on.
Cali loving the open land.
Looking forward to more of the simple life.
Hi guys isn't this guy Sean the guy from the self reliance in the wilderness I'm so glad to learn that he talks😮
And smiles.
He has another youtube channel called Shawn James where he speaks in all his videos.
Beautiful property but WAY WAY too much lawn! LOL. We stopped cutting the grass and just let the area go and now we have beautiful field flowers that naturally took over. No effort on our part. Just happened naturally.
... Yeah ! ... nice ...
merci JAIMES
Congratulations on the new channel and place.Beautiful, excited to watch new videos from here. peace
Really nice property, Cali will want to come over all the time to swim in the pond. I really like the green accents (idk if that’s the right word) on her buildings!
💪💪💪 desde España
Wow, beautiful property! I so love your channel. I've been watching since the first month of your channel. Cali is huge. I know it is mostly fur though. I so look forward to every video.
Family Growth
Hi, Shawn!
Maybe you should look into the Speckled Park breed, developed in Saskatchewan.
Please, if you haven't already, look on youtube for Joel Salatin, Farm like a Lunatic. THE best advice you will get, Joel is so wise.
Thanks. I’ve followed him since 2008.
Wow! Multimillion dollar property!
Hi Shawn your sister’s house is gorgeous ! Can you tell us when it was built ? It looks quite old to me. I love it ❤
I think it was 1870
Great New Addition. Looking forward to it. Will we meet your sister and wife this time? Or are you the only one going to be in these vlogs?
What a beautiful land. Will your sister be in videos?
A little bit at first and hopefully they'll get more comfortable on camera over time
Holy crap the flies are crazy!! 😮
Yep, deer flies!
We went blueberry picking once. The flies were so bad, we hopped into the truck, thinking maybe they'll leave... they saw us in the truck and kept slamming into the windshield trying to get to us!
gracious those bugs look like they could carry a small child away. 🤣 Looking forward to your new channel.
New channel? Nice! Also what kind of bugs are flying around the camera while he's trying to explain it all??
Deer flies
😊
Nothing beats a good swim as Cali would tell us if she could speak to rid herself of the stinging insects we see buzzing about.
🌸🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌸
Shawn, You showed an aerial shot that appeared to have an oval swath down to bare dirt... Was this from mowing or a treatment ? Hope your seeds take root quickly enough to avoid the birds eating it all ! Assuming you'll grow buckwheat, clover or other cover crops to develop soil's prospects to support grazing in future.
It could be two things; a pit that the former owner collected sand from and/or a sand trap for the short golf course he maintained in most of the pasture. They lived there for sixty years I think so they went from farming with a family to retirement living
Have you followed Greg Judy for permaculture pasture for cattle? He's a lot like you in his thinking.
HI SHAWN BE HAPPY AND BUSY
Holy Horseflies Batman!!
I could live there
Goats are a good starting point... they'll eat a lot of the crap other animals won't...
If the soil is acidic add lime and it will bring the PH back a bit
HUMIGENIX will put soil back to its natural state. It’s all natural
Could you put quicklime on the land to bring the acid content down?
Good luck! hard to grow without good seed to soil contact and first prepping the soil so the seed at least sits in the soil somewhat. Hope for rain. It's probably not far off proper planting time for you based on zone.
Yes. The area I seeded is very sparse so soil contact was good, especially with the rain we did get. That was July 8 and since then, germination was decent considering the hot, dry days of summer. I’ll bush hog and harrow the entire pasture later in August before seeding with a winter cover crop
Does your sister have a UA-cam channel yet?
She won’t, I’ve tried for years to convince her to start one. Everything I film at her place will all be here, with her approval.
Hallå SÅÅ i Juli ? Du har inte ens plöjt åkern du ska såå . Allt ogräs måste bort innan sådd plöja och harva . har ni tänkt att skapa ett hållbart och självförsörjande jordbruk med leksaks maskiner ?
I don't know if you know that, but a special trick to maximize the growth/productivity of your pasture (or any plant, really) is to have as many different plant families sown or planted as possible. Because different plant families are good at different nutrient intake, or water intake etc... and they share the nutrients and water, either by sharing the specific bacteria that seeds keep inside them (unless they're treated, which is why treated seeds are the worst) or through mycorhizae. The mistake that many people make is like having one cereal/grain and then like 3 different legumes. It's not as good as one cereal, one legume, one brassica, one asteracae for example. The 3 legumes don't do anything for each other they're too similar. In New Zealand or Australia they experimented with Christine Jones, an agronomist, the use of 10-20 different family plants and they get a lot of biomass, and great quality of milk and meat from the farms that use those seed mixes. This diversity is of course also great for insects and birds. Your mix seems to be rye/wheat and pea, or maybe vetsch, and if you doubled the number of plant families, you would increase the biomass by 30-40 %.