Generating an Income Living on a Smallholding or Homestead
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
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One of the biggest obstacles preventing people following their dream and moving to a smallholding in the country is paying the bills. So here's 7 ideas, many of which I do, or have done myself, for generating a small income without having a mainstream job, however remotely you live.
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This must feel like heaven, just to look out of the window each morning and see your beautiful land with happy animals doing their own thing, it sure beats a street full of cars and exhaust fumes..may you have many happy days.
Or after 1 year "Crap, not this garden again" :P
@@steffNn or looking out the window while your wife says : "when are you going to finish all your half-done projects?" That aside,it beats living in the city!
My dream in life is to live on a smallholding where I can open a small second hand bookshop/cafe and sell food with some of the things I grow, and there are little bunches of flowers from the garden on the tables, and I’ll teach knitting and preserving classes and get to wake up looking forward to every day... but until then, your videos allow me to live vicariously through you 😊 thank you for making them and sharing what you do!
Sounds wonderful 👍
I used to live in Carmel by the Sea. There’s a bookstore/cafe called Thunderbird in Carmel Valley that I’d spend every after school day. It has a wall of books for cafe patrons to read. I discovered dog and cat breeds from some of the books I found (before internet was the source). Your dream is so adorable. I hope it happens sooner. And keep it small. Larger operation will always take owner loads of time on payroll, accounting, inventory, and personnel.
Sounds like you need to consider living in Wigtown, (South West) Scotland. It's a book town mainly, a couple with cafes combined, some gift shops in the area. Nice quiet country area, but has some writing workshop events during the year (in a normal year that is), and I have been there when they have market day, with appropriate plant stalls.
Sounds amazing keep at it you will get there❤️
I'll come and teach natural dyeing for your knitting classes!
This made me chuckle. I'm an alpaca farmer and garlic grower with 10k bulbs in the ground. 😄
Haha, I made this one just for you! :)
@@theclumsyprepper Great story. Adorable.
@@theclumsyprepper, what a wonderful story, thanks for sharing Moo's adventures. Love it. I had a cow once, a belted Galloway. She had such a great fun personality. I'm not sure where you are but I'm in the U.S. midwest. Me and my cow got so much flack. Put a Ms. O'Leary and a cow together and suddenly everyone is worried about their town burning down. 😄
Ms. OLeary was exonerated by the Chicago city council way late, in the 90's from any wrong doing. Although she was not alive to see it. Love cows!
@@matty6848 Mayhaps you should check out RED Gardens. He's another Irish bloke that has a few good videos here on YT growing carrots. Hopefully there's something useful in there. After watching him for awhile, it all comes down to your context that you're growing in. Surely there's a solution out there!
@@theclumsyprepper You are spoiling her.
I retired early and spend my days growing veg, flowers and chickens. My hubby gave up the 9-5 decades ago after his second redundancy. He runs a recording studio. He’s a guitarist. He doesn’t even make enough to pay tax but we just learnt to manage. Cars get run into the ground, no fancy cars for us. We are make and mend for most things and I’m a dab hand at cementing and basic carpentry. I wouldn’t want to go back to regular work.
Working here in Japan for almost 12 hours a day, and I'm just paid for eight. It's so unfair and I'm feeling like years are flying by too quickly, draining all my energy. I realized that if i work close with nature, my stress levels will get lower because i won't have to deal with all the hospital drama etc. It's good deed to help the sick but i think it will be more fulfilling to provide fresh produce to keep people healthy.
I heard a great tip recently, and I'm benefitting from it every time I think/do it, its so simple.... The first thing that should be on the top to everyone's To-do list is the word "ME". Be good to yourself, its too important to ignore, NOBODY can look after YOU as good as YOU can. Best of luck.
In life, you get what you accept.
There are alternatives mate. Dont regret not making choices.
I stay home as well, using several of the ideas that you mentioned as well as others. It works for me and my daughter. I love being home with her, following my homesteading dreams. My fixed bills come to $200 per month and so it doesn't take much for us to make it. It was a lot of work getting here, but worth every minute.
Love how the cat came at the end to say his goodbyes
Ideas that come to me: Selling greens, herbs, eggs, mushrooms small scale to a local restaurant, selling extra seedlings to a local nursery, a photographic book documenting the renovation of the cottage, being an online reader of books during the winter months w your great voice, cards using your own photos, a recipe book that tells how you cook your produce and eat simply and healthfully from the land, selling some flowers to a nursery or bouquets to sell through a market, another calendar, medicinal herbs. I love your philosophy of life and would definitely buy a book you wrote to hear what you have to say about anything in general, photos of things you make w your own hands. I love your videos.
What wonderfull ideas you have very impressive❤️
Yep he should really write a book 👍
Moss is the best dog ever, he loves you so much man
I'm still waiting on the stone cottage!
Daniel, it's always such a pleasure watching your videos. Your compassion for animals is heartwarming. I love that you're a "farmer", but that you don't exploit animals for profit like so many often do.
You should make a you tube channel reading children's story books to them, your voice is so soothing and calm, I bet it would blow up and you could monetize it somehow. And you seem like such a nice well spoken wholesome chap. Love this channel tho!
You are one of the most sympathetic persons that I have come accross. Everythng you say makes sense in an ideal future world. I bow deeply for your great commitmemt and hard work. 🙏🏼
We just bought our 15 acres of wooded and rolling hills with a natural spring dreamland - our journey is about to begin and I am blessed to come by your video- thank you for sharing. God Bless
I can listen to you talking 24/7. You have the most soothing voice. Thank you for uploading longer clips every time. And you are realistic about homesteading. Hopefully you also squirrel away extras for old age and raining days.
Less is the new more 💜💕❤️☘️
You’re a workin man , just NOT “ workin FOR the man “ 👍
With Love ❤️, from the USA 🇺🇸
You're definitely not isolated or socially excluded. You're creating another small city. Brave! you're surrounded by life.
The thought of being able to stay in a tiny home at mossy bottom sounds amazing.
Hello Daniel, they’re fine looking pigs you have there, they look so happy
I could happily watch a good fifteen minutes of those pigs having their tummies tickled
Love your gentle mannerism and calm tone. That plus the whole natural atmosphere make it feel very relaxing and comforting! - new fan from Cambodia (got to you from the UA-cam algorithm)
My goal/dream is this plus goats and possibly alpacas (for the fleece). I may be over 50 when I get the opportunity (just turned 40) but my gosh the wait will be worth it. Daniel, you are a constant source of inspiration and motivation.
At 69 I sold my lovely home and gardens in USA, in order to buy a fixer upper in Querétaro, a large, tech city in central Mexico, from which I can explore the ancient civilizations and pyramid cities of the Aztec Empire and the Mayan temples. So different from your daily routine, but please know how proud I am of you, and your spectacular little farm. I envy your creative energy.
Oh hey, that’s my Skillshare class you highlighted! Thank you so much for the kind words and the shoutout. It means a lot to me, and it’s all the more poetic that I actually watched it while in my brand new home garden.
I was briefly dating a multimillionaire a couple of years ago and all I could talk about as far as example of a future I wanted was you!
I'm living in my boat now as sustainable as possible. One day wil have my garden. Thank you for the continued inspiration ❤️
Nice 👌🏻
We call it self employed. And you work very hard, but it for you.
Greetings from a ‘new homesteader’ in Australia! You’ve got spuds, we’ve got African Yams. Keep up the good work!
Watching how much that beautiful dog loves you is just a total joy to see. Love your channel and your connection to nature and earth is just inspirational. Thank you so much.
Your homestead has looked particularly beautiful in the past two videos. I love the wide open views behind you and the new gravel paths. Also, I don't think a dog has ever looked happier than at 13:23.
Mossy Bottom has really grown and improved! The animals look so healthy and happy.
Dan this was your best video yet. So polished it was like watching a “proper” tv program. Well done, I’m very impressed and I enjoyed the subject too!
My favorite inspirational vlogger. Hope you are well.
You have riches beyond belief. You are doing what you love and your animals are safe, well taken care of and most of all,,, loved and cared for and happy. You and your animals. It's heavenly.
your pigs contented grunts are the sweetest thing, love it!!!
Spent 600 hours building a remote control boat.The move helped me to carry on.A bit too old to do what you do but I wish you the best of luck in your future.
Great dedication on the boat. by the way,How old is too old ?
Your dog is very well behaved around all your animals 😊
We are finally on our way! We are coming to Eire on the 19th of July to house hunt. Can't wait......
I'm selling a place up in the hills (corlough, cavan) small bungaow on 0.5 acres with 2 additional acres further up the lane.
@@Tinkerbelle610 Not enough land sadly. We had 3.5 acres here in the UK, looking for at least 5.
It feels so good to listen to your voice and messages.
I used to do art, crafts, writing and lots of sewing - until my eyes started to get weaker. Now close work is quite a strain, so it's just the gardening (mainly permaculture style with a few small well-dug borders to satisfy my addiction to digging).
However, that said, I am considering raising plants to sell once I have a varied and plentiful enough stock to cover my entire garden.
No, you don't crave holidays once you spend more and more time with the garden. I agree there. Besides, I don't like the hours and boredom of travelling that goes with holidays, and then the dread of leaving where I'm staying to then travel all the way home again (only to be tired for the next 2 days).
I'm happy with the occasional day out around my locality, where it usually turns into a foraging expedition anyway. Nothing like noting a new mushrooming spot on the map or finding another edible perennial growing at one of the local woods or beaches.
Only 3 days ago I came across something called Seablite - which tastes sort of salty-herby-fruity. It's a bit of a strange mixture, but research shows it contains some good minerals and I can see it would make an interesting alternative ingredient in sage and onion stuffing. So I took cuttings and if that doesn't work I'll go back later in the year and collect a few seeds instead.
I'm happier for finding a seedpod or cutting from a little treasure like that - than flying all the way to somewhere as artificial as Disneyland. I knew a family that went there every year - only to return home and complain bitterly about queues. I mean...why?
This is so calming to watch. Idyllic surounding. Just beautiful.
Add a guitar… perfect my friend 😄
Great video and some great options for creating some homesteading revenue streams. Just to put things in perspective, supposedly during medieval times, craftmen would only work between 15 and 20 hours per week to provide funds for the goods they couldn't grow or produce on their own homestead. So what you're proposing is just revisiting what was commonly done in the past.
Daniel, well done you! So much achieved in so short a time. Impressed. Love Moss himself. Can you tell us his origins? With 4G, will you be uploading more often? Have a Dutch lady nearby who's doing as you are and she leaves an Honesty box for people to pay. Her spuds and eggs are incomparable to anything. Like you, a really nice individual too. Please do a tour soon? Can't get enough of your gentle but incisive lessons. Skill share ought to have you on board!!!
One thing that I suggest to people who want to be free is to make the most of the income you do have. There's far better advice than mine out there but I'd suggest starting with someone like Dave Ramsey
Isn't amazing that when we have the right skills and relearn how to produce our food, how a small fixed income can be transformed into more than enough. It still amazes me to this day what my small urban garden produces every day. It can be a real tonic in these uncertain times.
I recently made a move to a completly new place and country to be able to homeschool my son. As I’ve always been telling stories in one or another way I started my own youtube channel and I really hope I’ll be able to grow my community over there. My plan and dream is to create a small homestead with animals and I will share that journey as well 🙏🏼
Congratulations on the move, and the UA-cam channel. I like the concept and I wish you every success with it. If it's what you love doing, you really can't fail. :)
With
Thank you for encouraging others. With lockdown and nobody calling, I decided to make my passion of gardening into an open space.At 84.I am blessed with good health and enthusiasm. My back garden is on show while what you fancy there will be in a pot to purchase and take.home.I make compost and take cuttings and grow plants all year round.Im never lonely or idle, and a whow from a client makes the day
Great video, as always... but my favourite moment was definitely your outtake at the very end. The side eye you give that wee bunny had me laughing! You should do a whole video of out takes, you know we'd all be watching!
Haha, I actually heard it, and then saw a white flash on my camera screen. It almost threw me off... almost! :)
I agree! The animal antics and outtakes are top notch! A whole video of them would be a tummy workout on steroids! 🤣😂🤣 Who wouldn’t want six pack abs??
Thanks for the mention of that article, "How to be gainfully unemployed"! It reminds me of a book titled Un-jobbing: The Adult Liberation Handbook. Also, a homesteading book titled The Good Life comes to mind. It is written by Scott and Helen Nearing. They're a successful homesteading couple that lived pre-Internet, and are basically the US version of John and Sally Seymour. Scott nearing wrote that they were about 70% self sufficient. They were vegetarians (or maybe totally plant based in their diet), and grew most of their food, but they said that they needed to work at least 4 hours a day on a cash crop to sell to pay for their truck, some grains, etc..... They produced maple syrup from their first homestead, then blueberries on their second homestead, which was in Maine.
We pursued a tree-change when we were 55 and 65 respectively. 120 acres, a small (rare breed) beef herd, two house cows, 6 sheepy grass mowers, 12 hens and a rooster, and much fruit and veg. The income is small but covers land tax and insurance but I explain that this is my livelihood. Some folks go out to bring home cash, I stay home and work hard to avoid spending it
Thank you, this is of great help to someone just starting out on their tiny house/homestead journey like me and seeing those happy pigs getting belly rubs, the bunny doing zoomies around the pen and the duck telling us all about how great their life is brings joy to my heart.
I have a small vegetable garden and though I don't use too much garlic, I plant it as it is about the easiest crop to grow. I plant in September and harvest in late June or later as it keeps quite well in the ground and requires almost no maintenance. Here in New Mexico, USA the winters are generally mild but usually with some quite cold spells and the garlic doesn't mind it. It would be an easy cash crop for early in the summer and my friends who do like garlic appreciate the fresh organic garlic as a gift now and then. I really enjoy your blog and have recommended it to a few like minded friends who also are now "hooked". Keep well!
What do you eat? Do you have time to cook?
My grandparents lived on a small holding and they were close to self sufficient but it involved neighbours helping each other, barter, a lot of hard work, etc. I don’t think they did it very efficiently at all and there were different circumstances (they lived in communism, no cars, no access to any relevant information, and so on). That life was sooo different, pretty primitive, but we remember it so fondly and it was magical, in a way ❤️
I can’t help but have a couple of raised beds and pots in my town house garden and growing vegetables every summer.
We hope to retire early in the previously mentioned ex-communist country and live a life more similar to yours soon.
Thank you so much! I’m now researching how to create a cut flower garden and I’ll be offering doggy vacations!🙂🙂🙂
It's truly miraculous how we can adapt as humans. Anything is possible! 🌿🕊️💕
I found your channel yesterday and I’ve already watched nearly a third of your videos, I have fallen in love with mossy bottom! It makes me feel so incredibly excited that a lifestyle like this is possible - to live in a field with animals and surrounded by nature is my dream. Thank you for uploading these and sharing what you get up to, seeing somebody else living in this way gives me even more drive and confidence in my ability to live like this too one day. I’m still at university, but I hope to start my own journey as soon as I can, so thank you again for inspiring and encouraging those of us who want to do the same. Also, the way you speak about things and your life philosophy is so calming and down to earth, thank you for making lockdown conditions more bearable. Please say hello to all your animals from me, they have such a good life and eee it just makes me so happy, you give me hope in humanity again. I instantly subscribed and I’m definitely not going anywhere. I hope you’re having an amazing day :))
Feel clam, gentle and peaceful.
No garlic no paradise
"Quality of life" that sums it all up right there.
You've had a hair cut! Most be coining it in! 🤣
Very interesting video, with heart. Loving your new ducks. Your male certainly loves you, given those sounds. Love, love, love that you make the point about not getting rich. Homesteading, small holding, whatever one wishes to call it, is about passion for what we do, and the rest is a bonus in support of what we love :-)
Love your channel mate, been wanting to get into this myself.
Get going! On your marks, etc.
@@matty6848 Cheers mate
The pigs are adorable. I hope they are his pets.
Do you know Ariel from Fy Nith? She moved now for a new property but the older videos showing a tiny mobile home are inspiring.
You looking good 👍
Don't give up on the garlic
you should not pump ads through your channel. you will be a lot more sucessul long term and credible if you stay true to your vision.
skill share fits the concept, though
A bit of advertising/sponsorship helps the world go round!
Idealists tend to be naieve and usually fail........!
A couple of 10 to 20 second ads won’t hurt the channel and would be understandable.
@@frankcoldwell4424 and letting them play out whilst you go make a cup of tea means more money for him, I believe
@@Ponkelina It does, but compared to mainstream pay per view tv, this is a bargain. Plus it costs us nothing.
I was taken aback by the flashback to you as a younger man. You looked like a teen-ager.
Daniel, you're the wealthiest person I know.
Looking forward to an update on the stone house.
Depend on your passion : sell product (plant, egg, pet) , online teaching (language), craft, create the tiny home, home-stay
Your lifestyle reminds me very much of the Irish monks of old, just without the religion bit.
@@perolagrande tell me more
@@perolagrande the fuck??
@@perolagrande I can't find your comment. Care to elaborate?
One of my neighbors growing up did the free range dog boarding. Those were some happy pooches!
This is great, I would like to live the way you do!
The “formula 1” racer bunny had me replaying over and over 🤣🤣🤣🐰. 💌from Cape Breton Canada.
Spots horse box in the background. Is that a coffee shop? Nope. A rare horse box that hasn’t been converted into a coffee outlet!
Excellent channel and shows to live in a ecological approach 👏
One day... Everything takes time. You have done a lot so far.
At 4:43 mins 🐰😂😃 I think whenever I hear the phrase " thinking outside the box" from now on I will see your white rabbit sprinting around the inside of his box ! 🤗
We just love what you are doing .We love Mossy the way he looks at you it's just lovely one man and his 🐕 dog just love.We love Ireland 🌈 so much.We would love to do what you are doing . Daniel your so passionate at what you do it's wonderful and beautiful.We can't wait to see you again.God Bless.🐴🐴🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕
Great video. Love the curving pathway you made, by the way. Nothing is more boring that a straight direct path. I like a path that weaves you through an adventure and is easier on the eye.
Wow your garden looks fabulous !
Greetings from subtropical Australia! I have started my Permaculture food forest with 38 fruit trees planted on a quarter of an acre and a section for my vegetables. Planning to keep my trees small where I can reach. I really resonate with what you are saying and you are a source of inspiration for our planet. Really enjoyed this video so very well done. Blessings to you and your animal family....
It looks better always. I missed the part about fruits.
You should narrate books... if you ever get that opportunity, please share what book, I am sure it would be amazing, just by listening to your voice.
Agree
I was thinking the same thing.
@@hisservants8003 me too
Seeing you give your pigs belly rubs gave me so much joy 💖
Glad I waited for the outtakes. That was hilarious!
The essence of creative capitalism is following ones passion and vision. So glad it's presented in the positive light it was intended to be viewed. Thank you!
Good to see you are not having the summer we are having on the west coast of ireland...rain,rain,rain..!
really good timing I think (I'm also in NW of Ireland), old saying, the sun always shines on TV? I posted a lovely photo of my slice of paradise last Sunday on FB, everybody loved it, 3 hours later it was raining and has been raining since, lol
Hi from Ohio. Just found your channel and I am enjoying it. You are living the best life. Enjoy every moment with your animals especially Mossy. 🖖✌️🥴
I like what you are doing. I also moved to the North West of Ireland. (County Mayo, but just 2 km from Sligo and Roscommon).
I, however, kept my job part time as an IT consultant. Now with the pandemic, I don't have to travel anymore, even though I am 10 minutes from the airport with flights to Liverpool. I am more cautious regarding the income side of things. Hence me continuing my job. But the 2 horses, 1 dog, 5 cats and a wife in a rural location where my house is surrounded by 34 acres of paddock and peat bog gives a lot of pleasure and I have more time to enjoy the lifestyle. But I do have 500mbs fibre internet. More than anyone in Dublin or London I know. I always aspired to be self sufficient. But in the end of the day, I am probably a bit of the lazy type. Working 2 days a week is enough to get by. Now I am trying to find the time to go fishing.
Been here for a couple of years now and it's great to see that you're getting sponsored 👌 keep up the good work!
hi from Co donegal next door to you i grew up in a cottage on 30 acres then wondered off to the town when i was in me 20,s moved back to the country again for another 20years allways had my own vergie garden nothing like it no nothing like it at all well done u
Love the video. Thank you. Your dog is so sweet
Your positivity and enthusiasm is really uplifting. And of course any video with an Indiana Jones reference is a good one... 😉
You are living the life
It just looks like a free and happy life would love to live life like this
Living as you are is a dream of mine. I live on about 1/3 acre, and still can grow huge amounts of food. Not quite ready for chickens or bees. Also want to support the growing movements for urban farming. I'm learning a lot from your video. Thank you!
I love listening to your words of wisdom, Daniel. Thank you for instilling inspiration in all of your followers.
P.S. I absolutely adore Moss and his love of attention. 🥰
I have a little market stand trailer that I built. I want use it to sell woodworking items and surplus.
I won't do preorder for future products. That's when the job quickly becomes the boss you hate!
As far as not making as much money as a mainstream job, working for a living is expensive!! Penny saved is a Penny earned.
I have the same idea for a tiny house!
You had me laughing at the puppet making comment, not because I didn't think it was a good idea, just because I imagined myself making puppets for a side hustle and it made me laugh a bit.
Your life would have been my dream a decade or two ago. I've found a good compromise in a very old flat with a huge garden and as someone that has had various animals over the years, I now enjoy the luxury of sleeping in. There are lots of ways to make changes towards a better life. We sometimes overlook the small things that add up to improved quality of life. Hug someone now, grow something (even on a windowsill) and get outside for a walk. I have a lot of admiration for people who do the hard yards on rough land turning it into a productive and beautiful home. I look forward to seeing your spot continue to grow over the seasons.
What a beautiful nook (or so it seems) you live in. I know the Sligo area very well. In the course of my working life I travelled all over the ROI, and even NI. May I propose that if you ever want to have a yen for an early season swim, the beach at Malin Beg (westermmost pomt of south Donegai is excellent. I have swum there at Easter on a sunny day.. Just don't count the steps down to the beach or exhaustion will soon take over.. And watch out for the jelly fish! It is the Atlantic!
I do so admire your enterprise and readiness to grapple with all the difficulties that would leave me struggling. So well done, Daniel.
It would be lovely to see your work, but, alas, live in Pyenean France, although I am Irish..
Perhaps on pne of my occasional visits to Ireland I might ask for an invittion to visit your wonderful holding. I would be willing to see, or even stay (another source of income?), stay in your caravan (if it still exists) for a fee, of course. From time to time what the Welsh call Hireath calls me back. We Celts are long-memoried but soppy., but the Welsh more than the rest of us. LOL
Your venture reminds me on WB Yeats's "
"I wil arise and go to Inisfree..." Do you know the poem?
This seems to encapslate what you are doing.
I wish you every success and joy in your venture
Go dté tú slán! from south west France.
Love to Dogie Moss too. Can I abduct him? Or al least play with him? What a darling companion he is!! Mind, though, that Isolda, (ann ancient Irish Princess that inspired Wagner)my cat mightg have her nose out of joint! LOL
Go dté gach rud ar aghaidh gan stró dhuit! -
Every success,!
David
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I'm living through my first summer on a small farm I bought last winter, and I work a conventional work where I can choose when I'm available for my employer. Gives me a chance to slowly adapt to working less for others and more for myself, and also get my initial purchases of tools and things I need to be self sufficient while getting to know my land before committing to specific plants or animals.
I want to get my fruit trees and whatnot going now that I'm still in mid twenties, so that I can have a sustainable retirement to look for. I definitely need to start generating income outside of the conventional job if I ever want to quit...
Great level headed advice well, seasoned with inspiration and showing by example...thank you...
I love this, this is the dream of my sleepless nights. Not seeing too many people, being in nature, animals. Beautiful :)
Great list! You explain the small income reasoning very well--I may steal when I talk about it for my own life! :)