I hardly think any of this is simple, I grew up with grandparents who own a farm and nothing that is primitive is simple in any way, you just don't think regular life is simple because of stress but setting up a fire and processing food is as simple as it is today, you set up cooking area and you process food, it's just different more primitive techniques, that doesn't mean it's simple
I'm glad to see that you're getting your meat and food in order. Your videos are helping me during the difficult time I'm going through after neck surgery. Thank you very much for this, keep it up.
This guy helped me understand how they actually build huts, and other people like this. One dude fakes his builds but I did learn some actually good tips from watching his videos. Especially Chad, he has helped me understand so much more that anyone else.
I wait for your episodes the way people wait for new episodes of the walking dead or better call saul... your content is very entertaining and informative thank you sir!!!
I love your content Chad, you inspired me to get more into primitivism. Your videos have teached me a lot of primitive skills which i have executed on my primitive adventures. Your videos are very informative and you should never stop making them.
-'Excuse me, I have to get something at the hardware store' Proceed to crack a branch from a dead tree.. loll I also love that you build your house without cutting any trees, it means a lot for a tree lover like me, thank you. Much love and respect.
Hahaha, thanks! I never have taken down a live tree and never will unless it was necessary for my survival. I even try to avoid removing small plants. I can appreciate the fact that you also value and preserve nature the same way.
You really do have a beautiful grasp of cinematography. I feel like I'm looking at a pro documentary videographer's work in episodes like these. Thumbs up if anybody else agrees! Let's show Chad's hard work some love!
I appreciate that a lot. It's kind of a problem because I spend too much time shooting. Many years ago I wanted to be a cinematographer. I never succeeded at that but I guess I learned some how along the way.
@@ChadZuberAdventures You really did! With over 2 million subscribers, no one can deny you have genuine talent. It's a large part of what draws us back to watch time and again, right alongside the topic & content.
Love your trip to the hardware store! I made some pottery for my mother and she told me she put it up high in the cupboard so it would not get broken. I told her to get it down and use it…. If it broke I can make more.
Seeing you savour and relish the smoked meat in the harsh desert region gives me reasons to be thankful for the abundant supply of food that surrounds me in this city I live in. .. I usually love fancy food, latest tools/gadgets, repairing materials, but your videos inspired me to salvage and make the best use out of materials available around me when it comes to cooking food, clothing, doing a repair or simply maintaining my backyard garden. . . Having something is better than having nothing at all. Praying from India that you be blessed with good health, longevity and love so you can continue to inspire more people like us to live a simpler and happier life, not wanting more than what we can utilize . .
I have come to a point in my life that there is very little that I desire other than freedom, peace, and health. I get more gratification out of making good use of what I have than buying specialized tools and gadgets and so many other things. A friend of mine is traveling in India. His dream is to be a successful UA-camr and travel to every country in the world. He has almost nothing. He is poor and walking very long distances. He has become very thin because he hardly eats. He was recently beaten up and robbed and even abused by police because they detest poor people. I have tried to send him a little money to help him but all attempts failed. If he succeeds, he will have an amazing story to share. His journey gives me perspective too. We can do with very little.
Glad to see you smoked some meat to enjoy for the coming days! Really looking forward to you working on Flint knapping in future to create more primitive tools for daily life use!
Как же это классно, данное путишествие великолепное, вы очень харизматичный человек, рад что нашел данный канал, каждый раз жду ваши видео с нетерпением и наслаждаюсь каждой минутой. У меня вопрос: Вы часто показываете в видео гору 14:51, и я знаю, что вы на нее взберализь в одном из видео, но не планировали вы подняться на нее ночью, чтобы насладиться звездным небом и показать его нам. Я понимаю, что у вас и других дел полно, но даный pit-stop, я уверен, помогает разгрузиться не меньше посиделок у камина)
Chad have you ever tried the traditional method of searing off the glochids on the prickly pear fruit...??? I grew up watching my mother and grandmother doing it and have never used other methods to this day...Sear off, rub with shammy leather, wash, and store or prepare as normal...
Yeah, that's the first method I used several years ago but it never burned off all of them. I still had to manually remove some. My favorite way to remove them is just tossing them around in dry sand or brushing them off with grass. It's very quick and a fire is not necessary.
Do you plan on making a wine via the prickly pear plants? It would be interesting to see you do this with the local fruits, as you did with the other berries. Using the prickly pears to create a wine would be an interesting way to see you try this process with other, local fruits. Like a little wine tasting every so often!
👍👌👏 The smoked meat looks really good. I really hoped that you would spear or trap a Javelina for this, but I guess that this meat was simply bought. I like your silent videos with the subtitles way better than the ones in which you're talking to your special guest. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.
Chad, I'm over the moon happy for you with you having some meat, garden, hut done and so many other accomplishments of yours! I have gained so much respect for you for your consistent persistence. 🙌 As always, you are an inspiration! Ps. Hope you found some inspiration. Sometimes, it's right in front of you. Sorta like asking; "Where are my glasses?", but you have had them on your face all the time 😜🤣
I take off the spines of the prickly pear with a propane torch. I always figured the native way to do it would be use a couple of sticks and hold it over and open fire. That sand trick looks pretty good. I'm also surprised the ceramic cookware is working out so well. And your Hardware comment was hilarious. You have me thinking about how I should be living life
I used to burn the spines off with a fire but it never worked 100% effectively for me. I find that tossing them in the sand works much better and I don't have to even have a fire.
Hey Chad. Great to see you mixing it up a bit and enjoying some nice big pieces of meat. It must taste amazing after not eating like that for a while. Would love to know what the one with the prickly pear marinade tastes like.
Solo diré algo que eres muy bendito en todo lo que tus manos tocan, Dios te bendiga y extienda tus territorios desde Ecuador junto con toda mi familia nos ilustramos
Thanks for your inspiration Chad.I have have dabbled in the primitive skill making over the years but your videos still keep up my interest..One never stops learning if your mind is open.The earth can teach us so much if you are prepared to open your mind and body to the primitive ways.Keep up the great work!
12:20 with all the large, flat stones around and the abundance of clay, it should be easy to build a proper smoker even for large game. I know you said you were interested in hunting a while back, are you still considering it? Also with projectiles, you mentioned flint knapping, but have you considered ceramic arrowheads? I suspect you could make a cylindrical type of pointed arrowhead quite easily. And considering the shattering effect might be good, similar to how a hollow point bullet performs, perhaps. 12:41 this is what I mean about making a dedicated smoker. There is direct heat from the fire that's also cooking the meat as well as the smoke. if you built a firebox seperate, and used a clay pipe to direct the smoke off to the side, then you could cold smoke the meat. Something else I saw that would aid in smoking, you should select several branches, and cut them up and soak them in water. That way they will smoke a lot and also keep the heat of the fire lower. Is there Mesquite in the area? That has a good flavor.
Smoking meat actually requires "cold smoke" not hot. Heating the meat is best for cooking (think mesquite-smoked barbecue), but it can also cause "case hardening" if it's not done either hot enough OR cold enough. In the middling-warm grounds, the outermost portions of the meat can get dry and hard, but because it does so too quickly due to the heat, the innermost parts of the meat can remain quite moist, and cause a buildup of bad bacteria deep inside. (Example: listeria, will happily multiply in conditions where other bacteria won't, such as improperly smoked/dried meats, same as within raw dairy and other raw foods; a healthy adult may be able to survive a listeria infection, but it is recommended that elderly folk, children, anyone with a weakened or stressed immune system, and people who are trying to get pregnant or know they're pregnant should avoid improperly smoked meats & raw dairy, among other things. In short, if you're not absolutely sure, cook all meats and unpasteurized dairy products first. And yes, listeria will survive in a salt brine solution, as will some strands of salmonella & E.coli! Acidification will help the preservation efforts in those cases, as it destroys such bacteria when it's strong enough...but I don't know if prickly pear juice is acidic enough or not.) Temperatures must remain below a certain range, ideally below 110F (or considerably cooler for smoking fish; feel free to do some research on the details) during the smoking process to avoid case hardening. Very thinly cut meats also help reduce the chance of the outside hardening too fast to remove all the moisture from the innermost depths. And the best way to do a cold smoke process is to create a long tunnel for the smoke to travel through, between fire source and smoked meats. This way, it can lose most of its heat before it gets to the chamber where the meat is to be smoked. Ironically, a mass heater *almost* works for this--basically, the fireplace that Chad has created actually reduces the heat of the exiting smoke if the thermal battery chamber is long enough (aka the bench part). You could hang the meat in the vertical chimney and presume it would be cool enough to get smoked. Unfortunately, the high heat of a true rocket mass heater tends to burn up the volatiles, the stuff in the smoke that give the nitrites & nitrates to the meat during the smoking process, which help preserve that meat. If the chimney gives off smoke throughout the whole process, the temperatures are low enough to preserve the preservatives (pun intended, lol). Only Chad knows whether or not his chimney constantly smokes enough, and whether it's cool enough to smoke his meat inside the stack. And it'll help if the fires are kept low and slow. Or he can thoroughly cook it, and then dry it post-cooking through more long-term smoke-cooking in the chimney (this is how it was done in the chimneys of our ancestors.) But on the bright side, he literally has mesquite on hand to impart its delicious flavor to the smoking process! I know he's done a lot of reading and research on the subject, and I encourage others to do their own. **All of this refers to long-term preservation of meat, by the way. You can do a hot smoke for a short-term preservation, and the more smoke you give it, the more the nitrites & nitrates (as well as other preserving agents in the smoke) will penetrate the meat and help kill bacteria, etc.
@@ladyofthemasque Wow! This is an incredibly well written piece of advice. I really appreciate this. I actually have not done any research about this. I just did it and tried it and was happy with the results. It is totally possible and easy to produce a lot of smoke at a low temperature in this burner. I don't know what the temperature of the meat was but it was definitely cool enough to easily handle. The information you wrote gives me a good general understanding that I can continue to research. Thank you so much for your insight. Blessings to you!
Saludos cordiales desde Valencia Venezuela. Congratulaciones muy buenos video, creo qué sus videos nos enseñan qué se puede vivir de otras maneras, y no al consumismo, al cual nos an enseñado, y nos prepara para la hora de una catástrofe. Gracias muy agradecido por sus esfuerzos por enseñarnos.....
Muchos saludos para ti! Tengo un amigo en Venezuela. Él va mucho al campo a cazar venado. Tiene amigos que viven en una casa de adobe allá. Siempre comparte sus aventuras conmigo.
I'm such a big fan of your show 🥰...Wishing you all the best and the success you deserve 👩🌾🤗 Please continue to share your culture with us, loves from france 🇲🇫♥️
Got scared for you when you used your bare hands in the sand to get the thorns off lol my first time with prickly pears I made the mistake of picking one off by hand and dropping it in my bag. I got thorns all over my hand and inside the bag. I was bothered by thorns for days after that lol
Очень своеобразный контент, зашёл буквально с первого просмотренного видео. Одно тут осталось загадкой чем так хорошо вымыты волосы Чада, что так и пышут чистотой и здоровьем))
Т.е. вопрос вызвали именно волосы, а не качество постановки, которое требует нескольких камер и штативов? Или хотя бы кто всё это монтирует и заливает в интернет? ))
Great video as always, Chad! You put the opuntia peel aside. Is it no longer edible, or can it be used to make a drink? For example, boil it to make a decoction.
You're such an inspiration, thank you for your awesome content, as always. I wonder if it would be usefull to craft some leather gloves or something like that for harvesting and processing the prickly pear. Anyway, keep going, you're worth it !
The only problem with using leather gloves to harvest prickly pear is that the glochids would get stuck in the leather and could be transferred to other places that way.
In the past, I used a branch of a tree that split into two branches, so this time it looked like I had to use more tools. I was baking it) I feel that the level of civilization has risen.
0:30 the leaves of this plant are edible and sour in taste. I am pretty sure that it is that very leaf. But, if you eat it be causious of the thorns on the plant and leaf itself. I generally found them in hilly regions here in India.
Not long ago I was in an abandoned overgrown hotel, and one of the wild plants that i found was a species of opuntia. I opted to eat one of the fruits. It felt like a certified Chad moment.
That's so awesome! For years I've collected and eaten wild foods and cactus fruits. A few times while in Las Vegas several years ago I collected and ate barrel cactus fruits I found growing along the sidewalks.
Next time try brushing them with branches from a tree with the leafs intact or tall grass / weeds. This will help you not get any prickly needles. Also if you boil them and smash them you can make a hot tea or cool tea. Love your skills and videos keep doing what you do.
Chad estoy asombrado ver tus utensilios como han mejorado den calidad y diseño. Tus cerámicas son de mejor tamaño y terminación, sin duda más funcionales como tambien tus cestas antes eran demasiados pequeñas apenas eran ejercicios de aprendizaje. Tengo entendido que si pasas los frutos de las nopaleras sobre una llama el fuego eliminará las molestas espinillas que poseen. Por cierto no he visto ningún vídeo donde prepares y consumas las hojas de nopal que tradicionalmente se consumen en México y según dice es un alimento vegetal muy apreciado.
Pues sí, poco a poco todo va mejorando. Y lo que me falta..... El fuego no funciona tan bien como la arena para quitar los gloquidios y espinas de las tunas. He empleado las dos técnicas y me gusta más usar la arena. He comido nopales muchas veces. Aquí están tiernos solamente en abril y mayo. Después se ponen densas y con fibras gruesas adentro. Esta especie de opuntia es diferente a la que se compra en la tienda. Yo como este nopal solamente en la primavera.
Prickly pear fruit was my favourite one . I am an INDIAN South Indian (TAMILNADU-CHENNAI) and also tamil is a oldest language in the world we called the plant name is CHAPPATHI KALLI (சப்பாத்தி கள்ளி) i am an educated farmer S.gowsick M.Sc information technology. Today AUG 15 india indipendents day And we love you too keep rocking bro❣️💯🔥....
5:24 I wonder if you can replant all those seeds? I know youlove the prickly pear fruits. Why not grow more of them? You know they will survive in the climate.
I thought of that. It would be easier and quicker to just cut off a leaf and plant it. They are very easy to root. I'm going to be planting around the hut eventually. I think I may be able to save the seeds and grind them into flour as well. I'm not sure yet because I haven't tried but it's a thought.
Hey Chad, I was wondering what your self imposed rules are about using non locally sourced food and materials at your hut (for example the meat). Amazing video as always! Happy to see prickly pears are back on the menu!
With all the time I spend shooting and editing I had to abandon the rules. At least for now until I fully learn the secrets to survival in this land. When more than half my time is spent behind the camera and editing on a computer and reading and replying to comments, there's just not enough time to really do true survival.
Do you edit in your Hut / do you get Energy from solar Panels? Or do you leave the Hut every niw and then and live a few Days in civilization? Love this Series! Thanks!
Wooooow carne aunada me provoca hacerlo gracias por compartir esto de la carne ahumada Felicitaciones por el vídeo 👌🏽 el paisaje lindo Pura Vida Chad Saludos 🇨🇷🌎🌴
There is a reason why archaeologists here in the southwest US , discover more stone and obsidian flakes , than knapped stone knives. Thanks for your excellent video.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Myself and others have used large and small flakes for butchering and skinning animals of various sizes. Pressure flaking the edge of a stone knife designed to be hafted, produces a "good" edge . Proper percussion flaking , produces an excellent sharp edge ,without the need for pressure flaking ... in my experience. ATB
You ahould make a watee wheel at the stream with a tumbler to roll the prickly pear around. I think that would effortlessly clean off the glochids. You could also use it scoop up fish.
Given your experience at that location for a while now, how difficult do you think it would be to fully survive there with a small nuclear family? Maybe two adults and two children?
I would really have to think long and hard to properly answer that question. I'm still learning. I think that after I gain enough skills and experience here then it would totally be possible. With agriculture it would probably even be easy.
@@bloodyhell574 It depends on the skill level of them. If the members of the family are lazy and afraid of being dirty, etc. then they would definitely just be a hindrance and another mouth to feed. Everyone must work together for a society to function properly.
Everyone who's reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, the doubt exit your mind right now. May replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life ❤
Khi thu hoạch quả của cây xương rồng , bạn nên đặt nó lên trên than hồng hoặc bếp lửa … lăn qua lăn lại … cho cháy hết gai , đảo nhanh và đều tay để không bị cháy quả … khi đã cháy hết gai bạn ăn sẽ thấy 1 hương vị khác lạ . Chắc chắn mùi vị của nó sẽ ngon & ngọt hơn …. Nhớ đừng làm quả bị cháy , nhiệt độ vừa đủ để cháy hết gai thôi nhé 😊
Chad i really put high saluut for your dedication, persistence and endurance for this Adventure of earth lifestyle.. Hope you always Healthy n creative Bravo Primal Tendency
Obrigado por compartilhar teu precioso conhecimento! É indispensável que que venhamos a ter acesso a estes projetos. A todos que assistem: visto que o bambú é uma planta importantíssima para a sobrevivência humana, sempre que possível, colha algumas mudas e plante em outro lugar para que outros tenham acesso. Felicidades! 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱🇬🇧🇵🇱🇺🇦🇦🇺🇨🇦🇰🇷🇯🇵
Hi Chad, now you can have Matty by for taco tuesday where you provide the meat instead....very cool. If you cut your chunks against the grain when dried it chews easier. Love the marinade idea. Also how you got the stickers off the prickly pear fruit and how you picked it, brilliant way to use the yucca. I use tongs then scorch them over the fire to get stickers off The heat makes em seem juicier too.. luv your piece of obsidian, just right to do the job, pretty piece. Luv, luv, your channel, keep em coming. Any interest in javalina hunting, or rabbit snaring? Also one more question, do you own the land your building on....just curious, don;t want to know where it is. I remember you sprouted palo verde seeds....have you tried mesquite seed sprouts? Keep on keeping on, its coming together very nicely.
Yes, great tip about cutting the meat against the grain. Totally makes sense. I don't like scorching the prickly pears over the fire. In my experience it takes longer and isn't as effective. I'm totally interested in javelina and rabbit hunting. I can't reveal more about that land though. I haven't tried mesquite seed sprouts. Have you???
@@ChadZuberAdventures lol...actually my horses eat mesquite beans, saw sprouts in their poo! Since they are the only seeds they eat....then I thought of your palo verde sprouts. Maybeeeee?? And, no, needless to say, I haven't picked thru and tried them :-) I'm not even sure how much moisture or time to get them to sprout, but, interesting anyway. Take care, thanx for the reply.
Chad had you ever thought in collecting some sea salt, whit the primitive manner obviously. It would be gorgeous both for us to watch and for you to taste, ( isn't everything a little tasteless whiteout a gram of salt?) Thank you a lot for what you do.
Yeah, I actually have some salt that I collected the primitive way. It's a really cool method too. I have to make a video about this. You will like it.
@@troobix_s How did you know? Oh yeah, I did show that a little in a video from two years ago. Yeah, it is basically done the same way but a certain kind of seaweed produces a lot more salt.
Dear Chad I am very grateful for your work and passion to nature. You are hero for me, and my family, especially for my sister, she is 5 years old. She love's you and you are the most brave heroe for she. When we play outsied with other kids. They want to be like Bear Grylls but not my sister she want to be like Chad !!! Gretings from Eurpoe from Poland. Take care
You are awesome man, you are the living proof that we dont need fancy things to live, the land and knowledge of the land is far more valuable than any mansion and sports car so keep it up.
Great video Chad, thank you. One question, that soot built up on the outside of your oven isn't a sign of draft problem? CO / CO2 may build up inside the hut when the doors and windows will be covered during winter. Just a safety concern. Cheers
Yeah, some smoke at times (particularly before the fire get burning hot) comes out the front. I don't know how to fix it though, except to just cover the opening with a brick. Making making an adaptation to the opening to reduce the size of it will help. The hut will never be completely sealed. Juniper bark roof breathes. Only when it's covered with snow will it be sealed. However, I'm always going to have some vents open at the top of the walls.
@@dominikgrab8274 People have said that I need to make the chimney taller. I've already incrementally increased the height by at least two bricks but I haven't noticed any difference. I'm going to make it a little higher but I doubt that's going to help.
"excuse me please, I have to get something at the hardware store" made me laugh so hard man
Hahahah! It was so real too. I was filming and then I thought, "Ah man, I need another stick.".... I knew exactly where to go get one.
Já esprimentou afiar a faca na pedra fica maravilhosamente afiadas corta se um boi
"Excuse me please, I have to get something from the hardware store" XD You crack me up Chad 💕
Hahahaha!
The Dead Juniper hardware store! For all your lumber needs!
@@Nerathul1 Hahahha, and roofing needs too.
You’ve come a long way with your primitive skills since I began watching. You inspire me to live so simply 🖖
Every day I'm more inspired to live simple.
I hardly think any of this is simple, I grew up with grandparents who own a farm and nothing that is primitive is simple in any way, you just don't think regular life is simple because of stress but setting up a fire and processing food is as simple as it is today, you set up cooking area and you process food, it's just different more primitive techniques, that doesn't mean it's simple
@@lukaspeciura6225 Setting up fire is more difficult than just turning on the stove
@@lukaspeciura6225 Well, that is true in many aspects.
@@user-pz1hq3sk3q I don't know how long I will live like this. I actually love it but I can't do it all the time because I have family and friends.
I'm glad to see that you're getting your meat and food in order. Your videos are helping me during the difficult time I'm going through after neck surgery. Thank you very much for this, keep it up.
If it doesn't bother you to ask, what was the surgery for?
Have faith. Take care of your body. Eat nutritious foods. Get strong!
This guy helped me understand how they actually build huts, and other people like this. One dude fakes his builds but I did learn some actually good tips from watching his videos. Especially Chad, he has helped me understand so much more that anyone else.
I appreciate that. This hut has been such a great experience. I'm really happy how it turned out.
@@ChadZuberAdventures chad how do u not get lonely 😢 I mean I would miss everyone before even an hour
I wait for your episodes the way people wait for new episodes of the walking dead or better call saul... your content is very entertaining and informative thank you sir!!!
Thanks a lot Andy!
I love your content Chad, you inspired me to get more into primitivism. Your videos have teached me a lot of primitive skills which i have executed on my primitive adventures. Your videos are very informative and you should never stop making them.
Thank you, I really appreciate this.
I recently saw a young guy burning his social security number in, what seemed like, the middle of forest, so someone decided to go full caveman.
Thanks Chad .. your videos are ASMR. I fall asleep to them all the time.
Glad you like them!
-'Excuse me, I have to get something at the hardware store' Proceed to crack a branch from a dead tree.. loll I also love that you build your house without cutting any trees, it means a lot for a tree lover like me, thank you. Much love and respect.
Hahaha, thanks! I never have taken down a live tree and never will unless it was necessary for my survival. I even try to avoid removing small plants. I can appreciate the fact that you also value and preserve nature the same way.
You really do have a beautiful grasp of cinematography. I feel like I'm looking at a pro documentary videographer's work in episodes like these.
Thumbs up if anybody else agrees! Let's show Chad's hard work some love!
I appreciate that a lot. It's kind of a problem because I spend too much time shooting. Many years ago I wanted to be a cinematographer. I never succeeded at that but I guess I learned some how along the way.
@@ChadZuberAdventures You really did! With over 2 million subscribers, no one can deny you have genuine talent. It's a large part of what draws us back to watch time and again, right alongside the topic & content.
@@ladyofthemasque Thanks again!
Love your trip to the hardware store! I made some pottery for my mother and she told me she put it up high in the cupboard so it would not get broken. I told her to get it down and use it…. If it broke I can make more.
I love using the things I make. My family uses a lot of baskets I've made. I'm the only one using the pottery though.
Seeing you savour and relish the smoked meat in the harsh desert region gives me reasons to be thankful for the abundant supply of food that surrounds me in this city I live in. .. I usually love fancy food, latest tools/gadgets, repairing materials, but your videos inspired me to salvage and make the best use out of materials available around me when it comes to cooking food, clothing, doing a repair or simply maintaining my backyard garden. . . Having something is better than having nothing at all.
Praying from India that you be blessed with good health, longevity and love so you can continue to inspire more people like us to live a simpler and happier life, not wanting more than what we can utilize . .
I have come to a point in my life that there is very little that I desire other than freedom, peace, and health. I get more gratification out of making good use of what I have than buying specialized tools and gadgets and so many other things. A friend of mine is traveling in India. His dream is to be a successful UA-camr and travel to every country in the world. He has almost nothing. He is poor and walking very long distances. He has become very thin because he hardly eats. He was recently beaten up and robbed and even abused by police because they detest poor people. I have tried to send him a little money to help him but all attempts failed. If he succeeds, he will have an amazing story to share. His journey gives me perspective too. We can do with very little.
Glad to see you smoked some meat to enjoy for the coming days! Really looking forward to you working on Flint knapping in future to create more primitive tools for daily life use!
Thanks! I have a lot of practicing to do.
Chad, your videos are always so relaxing. Great shots and editing. Thank you!
Как же это классно, данное путишествие великолепное, вы очень харизматичный человек, рад что нашел данный канал, каждый раз жду ваши видео с нетерпением и наслаждаюсь каждой минутой.
У меня вопрос: Вы часто показываете в видео гору 14:51, и я знаю, что вы на нее взберализь в одном из видео, но не планировали вы подняться на нее ночью, чтобы насладиться звездным небом и показать его нам. Я понимаю, что у вас и других дел полно, но даный pit-stop, я уверен, помогает разгрузиться не меньше посиделок у камина)
Chad have you ever tried the traditional method of searing off the glochids on the prickly pear fruit...??? I grew up watching my mother and grandmother doing it and have never used other methods to this day...Sear off, rub with shammy leather, wash, and store or prepare as normal...
Yeah, that's the first method I used several years ago but it never burned off all of them. I still had to manually remove some. My favorite way to remove them is just tossing them around in dry sand or brushing them off with grass. It's very quick and a fire is not necessary.
@@waterfall6042 did uh did your brain catch on fire- are you ok?
@@ChadZuberAdventures lol vidio 🇧🇷
Simply amazing. i love the joy i see on your face, with the simple things its awesome man.
This meat really did taste wonderful!
@@ChadZuberAdventures it looked really good. Im sure it was tasty. Smoked to perfection, you should be proud.
@@TOGthatoneguy I was just hungry. 🙂
I admire your skills and dedication, a very interesting and pleasing video to watch indeed, thank you 💛💛💛
"Have to get hardware at the store" rips down a branch 🤣🤣 best show on youtube!
Hahahahah!
melhor canal de sobrevivencia do youtube
Для лохов😄😄😄
Do you plan on making a wine via the prickly pear plants? It would be interesting to see you do this with the local fruits, as you did with the other berries. Using the prickly pears to create a wine would be an interesting way to see you try this process with other, local fruits. Like a little wine tasting every so often!
Yes! I've fermented prickly pears many times before and it produces a wonderful beverage. I'm going to make a video about it soon.
@@ChadZuberAdventures more foodstuffs!
try to get as drunk as possible primitive style
"i have to get something at the hardware store" *proceeds to tear stick off a tree*
Never change, Chad!
Hhahaahah!
Watching your videos makes me want to go outside and do the same, but I live in northern Canada and the cold would turn me into a popsicle
Is it cold now?
@@ChadZuberAdventures It's actually very warm in Alberta, right now. 30s in Celsius.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Actually a lot of rainy and stormy nights here, which is unusual weather for here…
Yes! Another primitive cooking vid! I'll never get tired of these, they're so fun to learn from!
Ahh yes, Chad is a real Chad at primitive things, instead of those fake channels who lie to their fans
This was awesome, once again. That's a good way to preserve meat for future consumption. Cheers, Chad! ✌️
It works so well!
👍👌👏 The smoked meat looks really good. I really hoped that you would spear or trap a Javelina for this, but I guess that this meat was simply bought. I like your silent videos with the subtitles way better than the ones in which you're talking to your special guest.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health.
Thanks a lot! Finding javelina or a deer is more of a lucky encounter out here. There's just not a lot of wildlife other than lizards.
Chad, I'm over the moon happy for you with you having some meat, garden, hut done and so many other accomplishments of yours! I have gained so much respect for you for your consistent persistence. 🙌 As always, you are an inspiration!
Ps. Hope you found some inspiration. Sometimes, it's right in front of you. Sorta like asking; "Where are my glasses?", but you have had them on your face all the time 😜🤣
Hahahah! Thank you Suzy! I'm still very much a beginner but I'm learning more every day. Gotta keep going every single day!
@@ChadZuberAdventures To me you are a pro! Keep going and I will keep watching and cheering you on! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
@@suzywilson Thanks for being in my corner!
@@ChadZuberAdventures Of course! 😎
I take off the spines of the prickly pear with a propane torch. I always figured the native way to do it would be use a couple of sticks and hold it over and open fire. That sand trick looks pretty good. I'm also surprised the ceramic cookware is working out so well. And your Hardware comment was hilarious. You have me thinking about how I should be living life
I used to burn the spines off with a fire but it never worked 100% effectively for me. I find that tossing them in the sand works much better and I don't have to even have a fire.
Привет Чад! Спасибо тебе большое за такие интересные видео. Скажи, а где ты нашёл такой сочный кусок мяса?)
Thank you for sharing the video with great content, wish you a lot of strength and success in your work!!
Thank you so much!
Hey Chad. Great to see you mixing it up a bit and enjoying some nice big pieces of meat. It must taste amazing after not eating like that for a while. Would love to know what the one with the prickly pear marinade tastes like.
The prickly pear added a little flavor, kind of like adding lime to your meat.
Solo diré algo que eres muy bendito en todo lo que tus manos tocan, Dios te bendiga y extienda tus territorios desde Ecuador junto con toda mi familia nos ilustramos
Thanks for your inspiration Chad.I have have dabbled in the primitive skill making over the years but your videos still keep up my interest..One never stops learning if your mind is open.The earth can teach us so much if you are prepared to open your mind and body to the primitive ways.Keep up the great work!
Yes, the earth can teach us eveything.
12:20 with all the large, flat stones around and the abundance of clay, it should be easy to build a proper smoker even for large game. I know you said you were interested in hunting a while back, are you still considering it? Also with projectiles, you mentioned flint knapping, but have you considered ceramic arrowheads? I suspect you could make a cylindrical type of pointed arrowhead quite easily. And considering the shattering effect might be good, similar to how a hollow point bullet performs, perhaps. 12:41 this is what I mean about making a dedicated smoker. There is direct heat from the fire that's also cooking the meat as well as the smoke. if you built a firebox seperate, and used a clay pipe to direct the smoke off to the side, then you could cold smoke the meat. Something else I saw that would aid in smoking, you should select several branches, and cut them up and soak them in water. That way they will smoke a lot and also keep the heat of the fire lower. Is there Mesquite in the area? That has a good flavor.
I've experimented with clay projectiles before. They are difficult to make sharp. Flintknapping is definitely better.
Smoking meat actually requires "cold smoke" not hot. Heating the meat is best for cooking (think mesquite-smoked barbecue), but it can also cause "case hardening" if it's not done either hot enough OR cold enough. In the middling-warm grounds, the outermost portions of the meat can get dry and hard, but because it does so too quickly due to the heat, the innermost parts of the meat can remain quite moist, and cause a buildup of bad bacteria deep inside.
(Example: listeria, will happily multiply in conditions where other bacteria won't, such as improperly smoked/dried meats, same as within raw dairy and other raw foods; a healthy adult may be able to survive a listeria infection, but it is recommended that elderly folk, children, anyone with a weakened or stressed immune system, and people who are trying to get pregnant or know they're pregnant should avoid improperly smoked meats & raw dairy, among other things. In short, if you're not absolutely sure, cook all meats and unpasteurized dairy products first. And yes, listeria will survive in a salt brine solution, as will some strands of salmonella & E.coli! Acidification will help the preservation efforts in those cases, as it destroys such bacteria when it's strong enough...but I don't know if prickly pear juice is acidic enough or not.)
Temperatures must remain below a certain range, ideally below 110F (or considerably cooler for smoking fish; feel free to do some research on the details) during the smoking process to avoid case hardening. Very thinly cut meats also help reduce the chance of the outside hardening too fast to remove all the moisture from the innermost depths. And the best way to do a cold smoke process is to create a long tunnel for the smoke to travel through, between fire source and smoked meats. This way, it can lose most of its heat before it gets to the chamber where the meat is to be smoked.
Ironically, a mass heater *almost* works for this--basically, the fireplace that Chad has created actually reduces the heat of the exiting smoke if the thermal battery chamber is long enough (aka the bench part). You could hang the meat in the vertical chimney and presume it would be cool enough to get smoked. Unfortunately, the high heat of a true rocket mass heater tends to burn up the volatiles, the stuff in the smoke that give the nitrites & nitrates to the meat during the smoking process, which help preserve that meat. If the chimney gives off smoke throughout the whole process, the temperatures are low enough to preserve the preservatives (pun intended, lol).
Only Chad knows whether or not his chimney constantly smokes enough, and whether it's cool enough to smoke his meat inside the stack. And it'll help if the fires are kept low and slow. Or he can thoroughly cook it, and then dry it post-cooking through more long-term smoke-cooking in the chimney (this is how it was done in the chimneys of our ancestors.) But on the bright side, he literally has mesquite on hand to impart its delicious flavor to the smoking process!
I know he's done a lot of reading and research on the subject, and I encourage others to do their own.
**All of this refers to long-term preservation of meat, by the way. You can do a hot smoke for a short-term preservation, and the more smoke you give it, the more the nitrites & nitrates (as well as other preserving agents in the smoke) will penetrate the meat and help kill bacteria, etc.
@@ladyofthemasque Wow! This is an incredibly well written piece of advice. I really appreciate this. I actually have not done any research about this. I just did it and tried it and was happy with the results. It is totally possible and easy to produce a lot of smoke at a low temperature in this burner. I don't know what the temperature of the meat was but it was definitely cool enough to easily handle. The information you wrote gives me a good general understanding that I can continue to research. Thank you so much for your insight. Blessings to you!
Saludos cordiales desde Valencia Venezuela.
Congratulaciones muy buenos video, creo qué sus videos nos enseñan qué se puede vivir de otras maneras, y no al consumismo, al cual nos an enseñado, y nos prepara para la hora de una catástrofe. Gracias muy agradecido por sus esfuerzos por enseñarnos.....
Muchos saludos para ti! Tengo un amigo en Venezuela. Él va mucho al campo a cazar venado. Tiene amigos que viven en una casa de adobe allá. Siempre comparte sus aventuras conmigo.
Your videos are very inspiring, they make me feel like I could live out in nature like we're meant to. Thanks for sharing what you know with us.
Thanks a lot! Yeah, we all could live out in nature. It's just a matter of learning how.
I'm such a big fan of your show 🥰...Wishing you all the best and the success you deserve 👩🌾🤗 Please continue to share your culture with us, loves from france 🇲🇫♥️
Thank you my friend! Blessings to you too!
Got scared for you when you used your bare hands in the sand to get the thorns off lol my first time with prickly pears I made the mistake of picking one off by hand and dropping it in my bag. I got thorns all over my hand and inside the bag. I was bothered by thorns for days after that lol
I've had them all over my hands too in the past. I've had the glochids in my lips. That's really annoying.
I love your videos Chad, they inspire me every day, and I can't wait for each episode! As an aside, your hair is gorgeous x
Hahaha, thanks a lot!
Очень своеобразный контент, зашёл буквально с первого просмотренного видео. Одно тут осталось загадкой чем так хорошо вымыты волосы Чада, что так и пышут чистотой и здоровьем))
Луковым шампунем. был видос на канале.
Т.е. вопрос вызвали именно волосы, а не качество постановки, которое требует нескольких камер и штативов? Или хотя бы кто всё это монтирует и заливает в интернет? ))
Great video as always, Chad! You put the opuntia peel aside. Is it no longer edible, or can it be used to make a drink? For example, boil it to make a decoction.
The peel could be used to make a beverage, similar to how tepache is made in Mexico with pineapple skins.
You're such an inspiration, thank you for your awesome content, as always. I wonder if it would be usefull to craft some leather gloves or something like that for harvesting and processing the prickly pear.
Anyway, keep going, you're worth it !
The only problem with using leather gloves to harvest prickly pear is that the glochids would get stuck in the leather and could be transferred to other places that way.
Im gonna have to try the prickly pear marinade! We have an abundance here in Az right now
Yes, time to harvest those prickly pears! They are so good!
"Excuse me, I have to get something from the hardware store".....your sense of humor is MEGA xD
It was so real too.
Dang man i love nature i hope one day i can live like this
"Mhmm," Chad says as my jealous self wishes I could get my hands on prickly pear fruit and juniper wood...
It's heavenly
That was a genius way to remove the cactus fruit! :D
I'm not sure why I didn't think of using the yucca leaf before.
hi mr chad, do u have any plan to do video about primitive/medieval seasoning in cooking?
well as usual im so grateful when u drop new video 🤩🙏
I will add seasoning to some of my meals. You will see.
In the past, I used a branch of a tree that split into two branches, so this time it looked like I had to use more tools. I was baking it) I feel that the level of civilization has risen.
Love it. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful scenery! New subscriber here ❤️
Thanks for subbing!
Wooo love these videos :) Family and myself watch them as soon as they go live
Glad you like them!
привет из России))) мира всем и покоя не смотря на то что творится на Украине.
Wow very nice food chad! Keep it up and take care alwys
0:30 the leaves of this plant are edible and sour in taste. I am pretty sure that it is that very leaf. But, if you eat it be causious of the thorns on the plant and leaf itself. I generally found them in hilly regions here in India.
This plant is scrub oak. It has no distinctive flavor and the leaves are very tough.
@@ChadZuberAdventures oh then it must be the different one sorry
@@indian_shreyansh626 no problem
13:31 hahahaha chad bro
Not long ago I was in an abandoned overgrown hotel, and one of the wild plants that i found was a species of opuntia. I opted to eat one of the fruits. It felt like a certified Chad moment.
That's so awesome! For years I've collected and eaten wild foods and cactus fruits. A few times while in Las Vegas several years ago I collected and ate barrel cactus fruits I found growing along the sidewalks.
La ferretería se llama el árbol seco verdad 😂😂😂😂😂 excelente ferretería la ferretería natural te brinda todo tipo de erramientas bendiciones gigantes
Jajaja, exacto! La naturaleza nos provee todo.
YAY I'm so happy! a new video!
Next time try brushing them with branches from a tree with the leafs intact or tall grass / weeds. This will help you not get any prickly needles. Also if you boil them and smash them you can make a hot tea or cool tea. Love your skills and videos keep doing what you do.
Yes, I use that method too when there are bunches of dry grass nearby.
Chad estoy asombrado ver tus utensilios como han mejorado den calidad y diseño. Tus cerámicas son de mejor tamaño y terminación, sin duda más funcionales como tambien tus cestas antes eran demasiados pequeñas apenas eran ejercicios de aprendizaje. Tengo entendido que si pasas los frutos de las nopaleras sobre una llama el fuego eliminará las molestas espinillas que poseen. Por cierto no he visto ningún vídeo donde prepares y consumas las hojas de nopal que tradicionalmente se consumen en México y según dice es un alimento vegetal muy apreciado.
Pues sí, poco a poco todo va mejorando. Y lo que me falta..... El fuego no funciona tan bien como la arena para quitar los gloquidios y espinas de las tunas. He empleado las dos técnicas y me gusta más usar la arena. He comido nopales muchas veces. Aquí están tiernos solamente en abril y mayo. Después se ponen densas y con fibras gruesas adentro. Esta especie de opuntia es diferente a la que se compra en la tienda. Yo como este nopal solamente en la primavera.
....I actually wish I could just live out there with you
Another great video brother with great skills and info.Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Prickly pear fruit was my favourite one . I am an INDIAN South Indian (TAMILNADU-CHENNAI) and also tamil is a oldest language in the world we called the plant name is CHAPPATHI KALLI (சப்பாத்தி கள்ளி) i am an educated farmer S.gowsick M.Sc information technology. Today AUG 15 india indipendents day And we love you too keep rocking bro❣️💯🔥....
Happy Independence Day India!
@@ChadZuberAdventures thank u my dear brother ❣️
5:24 I wonder if you can replant all those seeds? I know youlove the prickly pear fruits. Why not grow more of them? You know they will survive in the climate.
I thought of that. It would be easier and quicker to just cut off a leaf and plant it. They are very easy to root. I'm going to be planting around the hut eventually. I think I may be able to save the seeds and grind them into flour as well. I'm not sure yet because I haven't tried but it's a thought.
Hey Chad,
I was wondering what your self imposed rules are about using non locally sourced food and materials at your hut (for example the meat).
Amazing video as always! Happy to see prickly pears are back on the menu!
With all the time I spend shooting and editing I had to abandon the rules. At least for now until I fully learn the secrets to survival in this land. When more than half my time is spent behind the camera and editing on a computer and reading and replying to comments, there's just not enough time to really do true survival.
Do you edit in your Hut / do you get Energy from solar Panels?
Or do you leave the Hut every niw and then and live a few Days in civilization?
Love this Series! Thanks!
Siempre veo tus videos y quiero decir q tus métodos son impresionantes , saludos
oo that meat that was soaked with the prickly pare looks so good!
It was really good too
Chad this video is so great man!!! I saw your eating part, now I'm really hungry!!! That's what I'm talking about 😀😍😍😍😍 Thank you THE GREAT CHAD
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Now go smoke some meat!
@@ChadZuberAdventures sir yes sir! I will do it! 😍😍😍 please take care of yourself, we need you for teaching and inspiring man!
@@ashengrayer3660 I try!
Hardware store haha, glad one was close!
This place is basically surrounded by hardware
Wooooow carne aunada me provoca hacerlo gracias por compartir esto de la carne ahumada
Felicitaciones por el vídeo 👌🏽 el paisaje lindo Pura Vida Chad
Saludos 🇨🇷🌎🌴
Fue deliciosa Grace! Pura Vida!
У вас сразу будет понос😃😄😂
There is a reason why archaeologists here in the southwest US , discover more stone and obsidian flakes , than knapped stone knives.
Thanks for your excellent video.
Why exactly?
@@ChadZuberAdventures Myself and others have used large and small flakes for butchering and skinning animals of various sizes. Pressure flaking the edge of a stone knife designed to be hafted, produces a "good" edge . Proper percussion flaking , produces an excellent sharp edge ,without the need for pressure flaking ... in my experience. ATB
@QuantumMechanic_88 Yeah I find the flakes and simply broken stones are very useful.
I see Matty’s visit got you inspired. Nice. 👍
Haahhaha, yeah. I thought of smoking meat here before that but he definitely inspired me to just do it. He said it would work.
Все понятно-сказка до взрослых.Просто шоу-сериал
Thank you for this episode! Quick question: Can a flowing river/stream remove glochids as well?
No, at least not quickly. I'm sure after several hours or days they will be removed.
Чад, ты прав. Сок опунции кислый , он размягчает мясо. Приятного аппетита!
His name is Chad I love it, if life wasn't in the way I would totally live like this.
I love your primitive hut, so so durable & handmade by a very skilled man like
you.
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Me too. It turned out so great.
13:28 GOOD BIT!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You ahould make a watee wheel at the stream with a tumbler to roll the prickly pear around. I think that would effortlessly clean off the glochids. You could also use it scoop up fish.
There aren’t many prickly pears around the stream so that would be a trip out of my way to do that.
Gracias por otro video Chad ❤️
Gracias por esta aqui conmigo!
สวัดดี.ยอดเยี่อม.และขอบคุณมาก.ในอุดมการณ์.อุดมคตื.เป็นวิดีโอที่ยอดเยี่อม.ทักทาย.ที่ผึ้งคนไกล.
Given your experience at that location for a while now, how difficult do you think it would be to fully survive there with a small nuclear family? Maybe two adults and two children?
I would really have to think long and hard to properly answer that question. I'm still learning. I think that after I gain enough skills and experience here then it would totally be possible. With agriculture it would probably even be easy.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Very honest answer. I'm also thinking on how they could help in the process. Would it be more of a hindrance at this point?
@@bloodyhell574 It depends on the skill level of them. If the members of the family are lazy and afraid of being dirty, etc. then they would definitely just be a hindrance and another mouth to feed. Everyone must work together for a society to function properly.
Thanks for the reply . No matter what happens in the world , you would survive ! Nice skills!
Not necessarily. It's still difficult.
Everyone who's reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, the doubt exit your mind right now. May replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life ❤
Can I get some followers please? 😊🙂🙏
Khi thu hoạch quả của cây xương rồng , bạn nên đặt nó lên trên than hồng hoặc bếp lửa … lăn qua lăn lại … cho cháy hết gai , đảo nhanh và đều tay để không bị cháy quả … khi đã cháy hết gai bạn ăn sẽ thấy 1 hương vị khác lạ . Chắc chắn mùi vị của nó sẽ ngon & ngọt hơn …. Nhớ đừng làm quả bị cháy , nhiệt độ vừa đủ để cháy hết gai thôi nhé 😊
Chad i really put high saluut for your dedication, persistence and endurance for this Adventure of earth lifestyle..
Hope you always Healthy n creative
Bravo Primal Tendency
Obrigado por compartilhar teu precioso conhecimento! É indispensável que que venhamos a ter acesso a estes projetos.
A todos que assistem: visto que o bambú é uma planta importantíssima para a sobrevivência humana, sempre que possível, colha algumas mudas e plante em outro lugar para que outros tenham acesso.
Felicidades!
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Pois é, o bambu é muito útil
Hi Chad, now you can have Matty by for taco tuesday where you provide the meat instead....very cool. If you cut your chunks against the grain when dried it chews easier. Love the marinade idea. Also how you got the stickers off the prickly pear fruit and how you picked it, brilliant way to use the yucca. I use tongs then scorch them over the fire to get stickers off The heat makes em seem juicier too.. luv your piece of obsidian, just right to do the job, pretty piece. Luv, luv, your channel, keep em coming. Any interest in javalina hunting, or rabbit snaring? Also one more question, do you own the land your building on....just curious, don;t want to know where it is.
I remember you sprouted palo verde seeds....have you tried mesquite seed sprouts? Keep on keeping on, its coming together very nicely.
Yes, great tip about cutting the meat against the grain. Totally makes sense. I don't like scorching the prickly pears over the fire. In my experience it takes longer and isn't as effective. I'm totally interested in javelina and rabbit hunting. I can't reveal more about that land though. I haven't tried mesquite seed sprouts. Have you???
@@ChadZuberAdventures lol...actually my horses eat mesquite beans, saw sprouts in their poo! Since they are the only seeds they eat....then I thought of your palo verde sprouts. Maybeeeee?? And, no, needless to say, I haven't picked thru and tried them :-) I'm not even sure how much moisture or time to get them to sprout, but, interesting anyway. Take care, thanx for the reply.
Watching from Cambodia 🇰🇭
Greetings to you in Cambodia!
Loved the hardware joke 🤣
Hahahaha!
Chad had you ever thought in collecting some sea salt, whit the primitive manner obviously. It would be gorgeous both for us to watch and for you to taste, ( isn't everything a little tasteless whiteout a gram of salt?)
Thank you a lot for what you do.
We are so used to salt everything that we think unsalted food is tasteless. But after some time without salt the taste will come back.
Yeah, I actually have some salt that I collected the primitive way. It's a really cool method too. I have to make a video about this. You will like it.
انا ايضا فكرت في ذلك جمع ملح البحر
Chad collected salt from seaweeds, cool video, look it up!
@@troobix_s How did you know? Oh yeah, I did show that a little in a video from two years ago. Yeah, it is basically done the same way but a certain kind of seaweed produces a lot more salt.
You're a Legend 😎
Dear Chad
I am very grateful for your work and passion to nature. You are hero for me, and my family, especially for my sister, she is 5 years old. She love's you and you are the most brave heroe for she. When we play outsied with other kids. They want to be like Bear Grylls but not my sister she want to be like Chad !!!
Gretings from Eurpoe from Poland. Take care
Oh, thanks for sharing this with me! I am humbled... That is so cool!
You are great, sir. I think this is how our ancestors lived in Göbeklitepe 12000 years ago.
FC from Thailand 🇹🇭🇹🇭
Tienes el cabello largo 😂😂... Muy buen contenido 😊👌
You are awesome man, you are the living proof that we dont need fancy things to live, the land and knowledge of the land is far more valuable than any mansion and sports car so keep it up.
Yeah, but most people would rather have a big house with servants and a Lamborghini to cruise the strip in.
@@ChadZuberAdventures yeah, its sad to see how people are distancing themselves from nature.
@@rome2021 All kinds of problems result from distancing ourselves from nature.
@@ChadZuberAdventures indeed, you are truly an inspiration and i think you have a bountifull future ahead so stay strong👍
every episode is very interesting 👍
Great video Chad, thank you. One question, that soot built up on the outside of your oven isn't a sign of draft problem? CO / CO2 may build up inside the hut when the doors and windows will be covered during winter. Just a safety concern. Cheers
Yeah, some smoke at times (particularly before the fire get burning hot) comes out the front. I don't know how to fix it though, except to just cover the opening with a brick. Making making an adaptation to the opening to reduce the size of it will help. The hut will never be completely sealed. Juniper bark roof breathes. Only when it's covered with snow will it be sealed. However, I'm always going to have some vents open at the top of the walls.
It wasn't a problem last winter so I'm sure it will be fine.
Could be that the chimney is to small and create not enough air pull. You could test it by increasing the size of the chimney.
@@dominikgrab8274 People have said that I need to make the chimney taller. I've already incrementally increased the height by at least two bricks but I haven't noticed any difference. I'm going to make it a little higher but I doubt that's going to help.