Did you purchase that planer/thicknesser set up or did you rent it? I've wished you had one sooo many times when you've worked with the basketball floor boards, for example. It saved you so much work!
What was the thought process on the fridgebox? It seems that the idea to abandon the project was never considered, why is this? Do you feel that you have reduced the risk of mold and infections at this point? Props to Till for being so resilient and persevering, even if I think that it was a bad idea to continue. Thanks for answering and best of luck!
the old timers must be very happy to have a bunch of young people around who are interested to learn and eager to help. Living in harmony with the community is just as important as living in harmony with the land.
I often thing about how they must talk amongst themselves about "those crazy kids" with immense fondness. I can only imagine how seeing that abandoned land cared for by such eager new neighbors must feel.
Some might say the community is more important than the land, because a community can always work together to change the land. That's been proven time and again with the land that Project Kamp is on.
SUGGESTION..please continue to share information about the neighbors and farming techniques. That was very nice interviewing Ferdinada and having her explian the diff types of beans. Next time, add in some of her recipes. Nice vid
And as they seem to have been a little challenged to describe what they did with the beans, the process is called threshing, the same process used to harvest grain until the middle of the last century, or in some smaller scale still today. The tool with the heavy piece of wood connected to the stick is called a flail. In modern industrial level farming this all happens in a combine harvester. at the front the grain or wahtever is cut, which manually you would do with a scythe, inside something happens that does the same as this manual threshing.
It's literally my job to feed over a million worms compost on a regular basis and to harvest their castings as fertilizer. Worms are ABSOLUTELY your friend in this system. Would highly suggest looking into ordering yourselves some red wrigglers, and to occasionally moisten the compost, as worms thrive in higher humidity. At work I actually want to be able to squeeze a handful of the material and get a drop of water out of it. The worms and other bugs will make QUICK work of your compost if you keep them happy. Ideally you'd have an anaerobic system, but that would require a lot more effort and you don't really process the volumes where it would be beneficial lol
Earthworms are good but red wrigglers are not part of the local fauna. No need to add foreign organisms. They just have to attract the local earthworms even if they are not that efficient in composting.
@@pancakeplus9086 I started by taking a course on urban agriculture and this is actually the job placement I got through there. When I'm not wranglin' the worms I'm more of a landscaper, running around an 80 acre lot that's rented out to various businesses, going off lot to pick up coffee grounds from local coffee shops which we toss into the compost, or clean up the yard and weed gardens. I learned there are small home sized worm farms you can get while working here though, so you could maybe look into that also?
@@kateapple1 Huh? Why would I be a bot? Scepticism seems to manifest itself where it doesn't matter and in cases where scepticism would be appropriate it is ignored.
Lo que mas me gusta es veros ayudar a los vecinos, es una maravilla, aprendéis, os lleváis verduras y encima ayudáis, todo en uno! Que felicidad la vuestra y la de ellos!
To speed up composting, occasionally add a couple of forkfulls of the 'in process' compost to the 'current' bin. This kick starts the process of decomposition by adding the micro-organisms and worms etc much like making sourdough bread
I got to be honest with you guys. Seeing you interacting with the neighbors, helping them, trying to speak Portuguese and enjoying the time with them and the little but precious moments such as "bucha" really makes my day! As a Portuguese who had my grandparents living in the country side with very similar ages as your neighbors really makes me smile seeing young people getting along. Not only you're helping humble people, but you're also making their days less lonely. Thank you for that!
guys. Please. all u gotta do to the compost is to put a layer of soil on top of the stuff thats been thrown in, thats how you stop it from smelling and attracting flies this encourages earthworms to come and the decompose process quicker than without a layer of soil. so it will become a layers in the compost bin: -soil -waste -soil -waste -soil -waste
Here in the UK we do a 50/50 split of "Brown waste" aka cardboard/wood/dryleaves etc and "Green Waste" aka food/grass/greenleaves etc. This regulates the moisture, helps prevent mould and promotes earthworms. I'd imagine in a climate like portugal you might want a higher amount of green waste due to the heat.
These Portuguese farmers are really pulling at my heart strings. They have so much knowledge and experience to share that should be treasured and preserved. It seems like so much is being lost to modern industrial monoculture farming. 💙
another tip...torch the wood a little just to burn the surface of the wood...alllll surfaces please....the pallets will last longer, and bore insects will not touch them..
@@lolitabonita08 and it’s a great way to preserve the wood without nasty chemicals. I was only aware of it being used on cladding for structures. That’s a bit aesthetically faddish these days but a compost bin is a wonderfully practical use as well.
@@nurmihusa7780 no that can be used on fence posts, structural bins, flooring and so forth...specially in portugal with the problem of boring insects this method is perfect and cost effective...plus as u mention, chemical free...
Really love it when you help out the neighbours, reminds me of my dad who passed away a few years ago. He loved his huerta and explain all the varieties of plants and food he grew. Thank you all.
Hey @projectkamp, my favourite thing about your videos is watching you support the local community. I'm sure Fernanda really loves the company while doing the manual labor.
That tool you used to beat the beans is called “Malho” or “Mangual”, used in different regions of rural Portugal for threshing cereals and certain beans. Happy to see your engagement with the local community. Keep up with the great work you’re doing.
Appreciate how you are good with the ladies using all the powered equipment. Let Fernanda and her hubby know that sharing the old farming techniques is very interesting and I thank them for opening up their home and showing us what this type of farming is like.
Hey guys long time fan! You won’t get good compost without turning it over. You’ve built a beautiful system but I think the best way to use it is . Bin 1 - a pile you throw your compost garbage into and add wood chips Bin 2- first turn Bin 3 - second turn Bin 4- sifted finished compost Add just a wood chips pile by the side of the system If you can bring a pile of cow, chicken, goat or horse manure from a neighbor, you can add asa well.
You can get wonderful compost without turning it. It just takes longer, and the results are not obvious due to the dry uncompleted layer on top. These guys have the number of people to make the task easy enough, and maybe soon a digger too, but it really is optional unless you have industrial quantities that need to be turned to avoid overheating.
I'm amazed how the young people of project kamp are making a difference in the community as well. It makes me emotional as that is where my parents are from
Love seeing what you guys do. Helping the neighbors, cleaning the trees up for fire protection, exploring and cleaning the land.... all of it. Wish you had two videos a week or more....
I thought it was a lovely video. Love the new compost and how you always solve problems. Loved the learning from the neighbours and seeing the cultural experience ❤
This is so precious. Younger people helping out an older person and learning about something really important: harvesting crops. Sustainable living is probably going to be a wise mix of old & new ways of living in community with the land & the neighbors. Sure, one can grow food with huge pieces of modern farming equipment that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and maybe there is a machine that can harvest & thresh out the beans as well. But, on a small scale, humans helping humans is what is practical, and passing the torch of experienced knowledge is a big part of growing old in a society that actually cares. Posting the plans for workable solutions on the Research Module is a great way to inspire others to take a similar path. Kudos to all of you Project Kampers - you are 21st century sustainable community pioneers. Actually doing the hard work of evolution, not just lecturing or writing about it.
While I love the project, I think my favorite part of the channel is you all going out and helping people in the community. Is so kind, and as someone who's never been in any proximity to the actual process of farm, let alone farming done so simply.
I really loved to see whenever you guys engaged and helping the neighbors with the different tasks from time to time. Its always fascinating to see, especially for overseas people like us. We got to see a glimpse of how things work that we normally never saw it before
I think that it is great that you are working with the farmers around you and learning from them, and helping them out where you can. ... They have been living in that land for Generations and can help you in learning to live and work with the land, and to make a better future.
Brilliant work in the Farm fellas! We got a terrace garden as well - All made by my 82 year "Young" father - and we pick our own seasonal veggies almost the entire year round. Its good to see such good harvest every time!!
make sure you get a few pockets full of beans, they are easy to maintain, as long as they have a place to climb, and they produce an abundance of health food
Excellent video, I liked the visit to Fernanda's place and the help, learning and share. Beautiful to see you work with the local comunity ❤ Julie you are pure 🍯
The tool you were using to separate the beans from their husks is called a flail. "A tool for threshing grain: A flail is a hand-held tool with a wooden handle and a shorter, stouter stick attached at the end. It's used to separate grains from their husks by swinging the stick to strike a pile of grain." Merriam-Webster
Imagine her harvest, and prosess, that by herself. A community is good. Friends, family or neigbours. Good job doing that to help her. Assum you got some beans.
As a kid who grew up with 'victory gardens' and helping my mother can... this is a tremendous amount of work. It makes me very happy to see a small community of young people living close to nature. We butchered 1000 chickens one year. That was the MOST work I've ever done. And we couldn't stop because the feather plucker was rented so we worked 2 days straight. Morning and night.
What a way to learn another language, I lived in Germany as a child and learned to speak German, which came in useful when I was in the Army stationed in Germany, then when I was in my mid-50s I moved to Spain and lived inland so I could get involved in the local community I had to learn Spanish as not a lot of the locals spoke English I so value my experience and wish you all the best.
It’s so cool you guys talking about pure things about nature and living with nature as in the past. It’s so lovely seeing on you tube today what my mother taught me for my whole life in our house in the country side. Thank you all, I really appreciate your works in every part of them.
Here in Mexico, we but the beans in big grain sacks then get kids to sit and roll on the sacks. Once they are well crunched up on a windy day pour out on to a tarp, than the dry casings of the beans will blow away and the beans will fall to the tarp. It's a lot of fun.
Four years ago, we bought this piece of land... who's "we" 🧐 thank you for your amazing work, I especially like your interactions with the local community ❤
I love seeing the young generation interacting with the older generation, learning skills from the past still relevant. And SO much help with all that hard work.
Not that anyone will answer, but are you turning the compost? It has been in the shade which would slow down the composting process. General rule is every time you add scraps, you put a layer of leaves, chips, etc to cover. It needs light and some water to help the breakdown. And it should be turned a couple of times to finish. Takes the top to bottom and bring bottom up.
Fantastic results as always in fact im learning a lot of you guys on how to grow my food without chemicals im in my 50s thank you i love the way you guys do all these projects & fantastic to see you guys helping and learning from the older generation respect to you all.⚓👍☘️🇮🇪
Nice composting system. Well done! I would recommend a small enhancement: use chicken wire on the sides and the back of the composting system this either prevents small animals like mice and rats getting into it and also avoids falling compost between the bins
What incredible skills one can learn from older people. I have grown green beans to can and great white northern and pintos to dry and cook later, the process is the same all over the world! The new much evolved composting bins are as good as it gets! It will provide great soil to grow wonderful veggies and wonderful fragrant flowers. Yum! Til next time!
Absolutely LOVE the help you provide for your neighbors. Especially the older ones. I suspect a lot can be learned from them. There is really no reason to 'store' the finished compost. Should just spread that in garden areas, or around trees you think could use nutrients immediately It does no good just sitting in the bin. And likely will keep sitting there forgotten. Whoever is doing your garden care (should have a dedicated group), should be learning what plants need extra nutrients from compost and help, and focus putting it around them. Rather than just storing until you have a larger amount. Also, that one compost box is too full. You should really only have HALF as much as you have in it. You don't have enough compartments. It'll compost faster, easier to check and move. You should have built twice as many compartments.
27:00 Dualit, the finest toaster you can buy, is infinitely repairable. The same model has been produced for decades and all of the parts can be supplied
I had a few thoughts while watching your composting bins. First thought was that compost pile should be rotated periodically. Next thought was that it would help if there was manure added to the pile. Final thought was that it would be best to have biochar added to the pile.
Hej guys, hope you are not getting tired of tips. The moving part of the lid, should be on the higher end, so that it is easier, to open AND that not so much water runs in, if it's raining. Thanx for your entertainment, education and knowledge we receive from you!
That Tool you were using is a "threshing flail". It was used to sift (or separate) chaff from wheat. It was used in times before machines to do that became widely available. In my Grandfathers time, that was still very much so in use. So if you ever decide to plant wheat or beans or something the like, get yourself a threshing flail^^
To aid in a method by which the human element of any compost, lift your outhouse so you can store more underneath, and that way when it sits there, it starts composting (and vermicomposting) while in the outhouse itself. Should make the poo palace able to go in the first bin at the end of its cycle.
Looks great! You guys are obsessed with sanding and planing wood though - for outside projects it's not really necessary, although it does end up looking lovely! Hope you're collecting all the sawdust from the planer (solid woods only - no ply) to add in to your compost! Adding urine regularly will also help break down the larger woody chunks faster - it's so nitrogen rich.
If you have too much mass in your compost bins, turn them every month or two weeks to promote oxygen in the pile so it breaks down faster and reduces in size.
One way to solve this is to add a couple more sections to their system(5 bay plus one for wood chips) so they can go from the outer sections to eventually the middle section where the finished product is. They can work from both ends to the middle. What that will do is, as they transfer to the next section, the top material will go to the bottom and the older material wilI now be at the top and the compost will breakdown faster and more even. I am thinking that they will generate a lot of various compost materials so they can do the green layer/brown layer method. Along with that, an added option for oxygen is to put some tubes with holes in them, right in the compost to help bring oxygen down inside the piles. 🤔
I don’t consider myself an expert, but proces of making compost involves heat, moisture and soillife, like fungus, bacteria etc. Heat is not a problem at this time of year, moisture must be a challenge. Keeping it in. You could use cardboard or a cover.
Good improvement on the compost, but far too dry, keep it damp, some people even put urine on it to speed up the process, but can get smelly. Also try not to put too much large chunks of wood. All the best 👍
Compost needs more moisture. It shouldn’t be wet but it needs moisture. You need to add water weekly in the summer in the winter it gets plenty of rain.
I add water when emptying my bucket, that is: 1) empty the kitchen scraps bucket 2) add a layer of dried leaves 3) rinse the food scraps bucket upside down over the compost bin.
@@takix2007 that’s what I did in the summer in Oregon. In North Carolina I never need to add water because there’s so much rain. I also made a sifter that fit the top of my wheel barrow with 1/4 or 1/2 inch hardware cloth, which is a metal screen. When moving finished compost to the finished bin, I would sift it into the barrow. Stuff left in the sifter went back into the working bin to work some more. This adds microbes back to the working pile.
The compost you set aside so you can use it can help the rest of the compost bins. Whenever you add something to a compost bin, if you cover it with finished compost it inoculates it with the organisms it needs to compost, _and_ makes it not stink. Unfinished compost is shy, always keep it covered. I hope a hose is nearby because you don't want compost to dry--never sloppy or soggy, but moisture is needed to compost. If you can, get a compost thermometer so you'll know if some of the compost is getting dangerously hot and might start a fire! A little water and/or aeration will cool it down. The ideal temp is about 50°C to 70°C. Below those temperatures the composting is not happening and above that it can sterilize the good organisms or cause a fire.
In olden days the crop would be gathered and stored and then during the off-season the crop would be threshed in the barn, To keep from losing the product they would put a board across the barn door to hold the product inside. Hence the term threshold.
Seems like it would be easier to just pick and shell the beans. Also the wood chips will go on the fresh food scraps so might be a good idea to have them closer. Compost will break down faster if you keep it moist. Great compost bin.❤❤
My friend is very successful with his composting for his allotments. I don’t know all the details but I know some of the basics that he does. He uses used beer grains (hops) from a local brewery, rabbit bedding (from a local animal sanctuary), woodchips and food waste. I think he starts with a lot of hops and rabbit bedding and a bit of woodchip, he lets that get quite hot before adding food waste (so rats can’t get to the food). Like I said I don’t know nearly as much as him about it all but hopefully that should give you an idea. It would be worth getting some of Charles Dowding’s books as they would be very informative (both for composting and growing)
You need three bins twice as wide as you have - with NO cover. You MUST turn-over the contents of bin two into bin three and bin one into the second bin - every 3-6 months. Worms are a MUST and so is dirt/loam on top of each pile to prevent smell and flies. The final rule is to layer the compost with green and then brown materials. It should be lasagna like - even some wood ships would be ok. By turning it over, it allows air and water to mix and the worms/bugs will help break-down the compost. The heat of the green and brown materials will sterilize the new compost and it will smell fabulous.
We have a very similar compost set-up in my community, but there are no gaps on the front, back and sides. This prevents compost from spilling out of the sides, but also helps to prevent rats, possums and wild pigs from making a mess. Hay works well as a compost aid.
a quick thought about the compost signs, make it so they can be moved from one bin to another. it's easier to move a sign than all the compost from one bin to another.
Hey! Next video will be Challenges and Q&A. Drop your questions below👇and we will pick some to answer.
Did you purchase that planer/thicknesser set up or did you rent it?
I've wished you had one sooo many times when you've worked with the basketball floor boards, for example. It saved you so much work!
I hope Ingrid's okay. I haven't seen her in a while
What was the thought process on the fridgebox? It seems that the idea to abandon the project was never considered, why is this? Do you feel that you have reduced the risk of mold and infections at this point?
Props to Till for being so resilient and persevering, even if I think that it was a bad idea to continue. Thanks for answering and best of luck!
What are the middle land people up to ? Just chilling there ? Or working on other projects
Do people in Kamps still work for themselves besides their kamp jobs? What kind of jobs and when they do them?
the old timers must be very happy to have a bunch of young people around who are interested to learn and eager to help. Living in harmony with the community is just as important as living in harmony with the land.
I often thing about how they must talk amongst themselves about "those crazy kids" with immense fondness. I can only imagine how seeing that abandoned land cared for by such eager new neighbors must feel.
@@mordicaiknodeyou’ve got this in every generation.
Some might say the community is more important than the land, because a community can always work together to change the land. That's been proven time and again with the land that Project Kamp is on.
This is how a healthy society works, not everything is a monetary exchange
@@DesertJungleMan Lol, A healthy society procreates and has children to carry on the legacy.
SUGGESTION..please continue to share information about the neighbors and farming techniques. That was very nice interviewing Ferdinada and having her explian the diff types of beans. Next time, add in some of her recipes. Nice vid
And as they seem to have been a little challenged to describe what they did with the beans, the process is called threshing, the same process used to harvest grain until the middle of the last century, or in some smaller scale still today.
The tool with the heavy piece of wood connected to the stick is called a flail.
In modern industrial level farming this all happens in a combine harvester. at the front the grain or wahtever is cut, which manually you would do with a scythe, inside something happens that does the same as this manual threshing.
It's literally my job to feed over a million worms compost on a regular basis and to harvest their castings as fertilizer. Worms are ABSOLUTELY your friend in this system. Would highly suggest looking into ordering yourselves some red wrigglers, and to occasionally moisten the compost, as worms thrive in higher humidity. At work I actually want to be able to squeeze a handful of the material and get a drop of water out of it. The worms and other bugs will make QUICK work of your compost if you keep them happy. Ideally you'd have an anaerobic system, but that would require a lot more effort and you don't really process the volumes where it would be beneficial lol
Compost is awesome, I also have some wrongly made compost and plan to improve it. Thanks for more info and inspiration.
Earthworms are good but red wrigglers are not part of the local fauna. No need to add foreign organisms. They just have to attract the local earthworms even if they are not that efficient in composting.
genuine question as it interests me, how did you get into this line of work? I want to do stuff like that
@@pancakeplus9086 I started by taking a course on urban agriculture and this is actually the job placement I got through there. When I'm not wranglin' the worms I'm more of a landscaper, running around an 80 acre lot that's rented out to various businesses, going off lot to pick up coffee grounds from local coffee shops which we toss into the compost, or clean up the yard and weed gardens. I learned there are small home sized worm farms you can get while working here though, so you could maybe look into that also?
@@georgenikolakopoulos5115 no that's totally valid, if not local and would be considered invasive then I agree.
I am so glad you have this relationship with your neighbours; it seems to me that building community is the most important part of Project Kamp.
YOURE A BOT
@@kateapple1 Huh? Why would I be a bot? Scepticism seems to manifest itself where it doesn't matter and in cases where scepticism would be appropriate it is ignored.
@@kateapple1you sir, sound like a bot
that is known as "i scratch ur back and u scratch mine later on" lolol
I couldn't agree more 🙏
Lo que mas me gusta es veros ayudar a los vecinos, es una maravilla, aprendéis, os lleváis verduras y encima ayudáis, todo en uno! Que felicidad la vuestra y la de ellos!
To speed up composting, occasionally add a couple of forkfulls of the 'in process' compost to the 'current' bin. This kick starts the process of decomposition by adding the micro-organisms and worms etc much like making sourdough bread
I got to be honest with you guys. Seeing you interacting with the neighbors, helping them, trying to speak Portuguese and enjoying the time with them and the little but precious moments such as "bucha" really makes my day!
As a Portuguese who had my grandparents living in the country side with very similar ages as your neighbors really makes me smile seeing young people getting along. Not only you're helping humble people, but you're also making their days less lonely.
Thank you for that!
I love how you all help the neighbors with smiles on your face. We can learn so much while helping our elders.
guys. Please. all u gotta do to the compost is to put a layer of soil on top of the stuff thats been thrown in, thats how you stop it from smelling and attracting flies
this encourages earthworms to come and the decompose process quicker than without a layer of soil. so it will become a layers in the compost bin:
-soil
-waste
-soil
-waste
-soil
-waste
You can put a layer of dry leaves in place of soil.
Or wood chips @takix2007 here in Alaska we alternated wood chips, grass cuttings and leaves/ tree debris.
Just poop on my chest. Problem solved.
Why is it the first time I read or hear about this ? That's why my compost takes so long. I get it.
Here in the UK we do a 50/50 split of "Brown waste" aka cardboard/wood/dryleaves etc and "Green Waste" aka food/grass/greenleaves etc. This regulates the moisture, helps prevent mould and promotes earthworms. I'd imagine in a climate like portugal you might want a higher amount of green waste due to the heat.
These Portuguese farmers are really pulling at my heart strings. They have so much knowledge and experience to share that should be treasured and preserved. It seems like so much is being lost to modern industrial monoculture farming. 💙
another tip...torch the wood a little just to burn the surface of the wood...alllll surfaces please....the pallets will last longer, and bore insects will not touch them..
Torching every single side pretty much makes them water proof too.
Yaksugi!!!
@@nurmihusa7780 exactly...it is a very ancient way to preserve wood.
@@lolitabonita08 and it’s a great way to preserve the wood without nasty chemicals. I was only aware of it being used on cladding for structures. That’s a bit aesthetically faddish these days but a compost bin is a wonderfully practical use as well.
@@nurmihusa7780 no that can be used on fence posts, structural bins, flooring and so forth...specially in portugal with the problem of boring insects this method is perfect and cost effective...plus as u mention, chemical free...
The best part is your help and interaction with your sweet old neighbors!
It is very heartwarming to see young people helping the elderly!
Saúde
Really love it when you help out the neighbours, reminds me of my dad who passed away a few years ago. He loved his huerta and explain all the varieties of plants and food he grew. Thank you all.
Hey @projectkamp, my favourite thing about your videos is watching you support the local community. I'm sure Fernanda really loves the company while doing the manual labor.
That tool you used to beat the beans is called “Malho” or “Mangual”, used in different regions of rural Portugal for threshing cereals and certain beans. Happy to see your engagement with the local community. Keep up with the great work you’re doing.
I love how you integrated with the community and you do help the neighbors!!
You are such good neighbors, and you learn so much by working with the people who have farmed all their lives.
Appreciate how you are good with the ladies using all the powered equipment. Let Fernanda and her hubby know that sharing the old farming techniques is very interesting and I thank them for opening up their home and showing us what this type of farming is like.
I absolutely love it when you work with the local community!
Hey guys long time fan!
You won’t get good compost without turning it over.
You’ve built a beautiful system but I think the best way to use it is .
Bin 1 - a pile you throw your compost garbage into and add wood chips
Bin 2- first turn
Bin 3 - second turn
Bin 4- sifted finished compost
Add just a wood chips pile by the side of the system
If you can bring a pile of cow, chicken, goat or horse manure from a neighbor, you can add asa well.
You can get wonderful compost without turning it.
It just takes longer, and the results are not obvious due to the dry uncompleted layer on top.
These guys have the number of people to make the task easy enough, and maybe soon a digger too, but it really is optional unless you have industrial quantities that need to be turned to avoid overheating.
I'm amazed how the young people of project kamp are making a difference in the community as well. It makes me emotional as that is where my parents are from
I so love your neighbors and your beautiful relationship with them!!! Very cute episode ❤ obrigada
Love seeing what you guys do. Helping the neighbors, cleaning the trees up for fire protection, exploring and cleaning the land.... all of it. Wish you had two videos a week or more....
So lovely to see the mutually beneficial relationships with your neighbours. Brilliant.
I love watching you interact with your neighbours!
I thought it was a lovely video. Love the new compost and how you always solve problems. Loved the learning from the neighbours and seeing the cultural experience ❤
This is so precious. Younger people helping out an older person and learning about something really important: harvesting crops.
Sustainable living is probably going to be a wise mix of old & new ways of living in community with the land & the neighbors. Sure, one can grow food with huge pieces of modern farming equipment that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and maybe there is a machine that can harvest & thresh out the beans as well. But, on a small scale, humans helping humans is what is practical, and passing the torch of experienced knowledge is a big part of growing old in a society that actually cares.
Posting the plans for workable solutions on the Research Module is a great way to inspire others to take a similar path. Kudos to all of you Project Kampers - you are 21st century sustainable community pioneers. Actually doing the hard work of evolution, not just lecturing or writing about it.
Working with the older neighbours gives knowledge and experience of how to do things. Sustainable as what project camp stands for
While I love the project, I think my favorite part of the channel is you all going out and helping people in the community. Is so kind, and as someone who's never been in any proximity to the actual process of farm, let alone farming done so simply.
I really loved to see whenever you guys engaged and helping the neighbors with the different tasks from time to time.
Its always fascinating to see, especially for overseas people like us. We got to see a glimpse of how things work that we normally never saw it before
Julie!!! Your relentless positivity is like a glass of water for a man in the desert.
I think that it is great that you are working with the farmers around you and learning from them, and helping them out where you can. ... They have been living in that land for Generations and can help you in learning to live and work with the land, and to make a better future.
Awesome community, working on different projects rebuilding stuff and helping neighbours..Big Thumbs up guy's 👍✊
And I love how mannerly you guys are. Sometimes when you drink or eat something that isn't tasty, you still smile and act like you enjoy it. Lovely.
It is fantastic to see you guy's helping the neighbours and to see the interaction among all of you... You already speak a perfect portuguese!!!
Brilliant work in the Farm fellas! We got a terrace garden as well - All made by my 82 year "Young" father - and we pick our own seasonal veggies almost the entire year round. Its good to see such good harvest every time!!
One of your best. Showing community involvement, both ancient and modern. Bravo
make sure you get a few pockets full of beans, they are easy to maintain, as long as they have a place to climb, and they produce an abundance of health food
The bean lady was so sweet.
Excellent video, I liked the visit to Fernanda's place and the help, learning and share. Beautiful to see you work with the local comunity ❤
Julie you are pure 🍯
The tool you were using to separate the beans from their husks is called a flail. "A tool for threshing grain: A flail is a hand-held tool with a wooden handle and a shorter, stouter stick attached at the end. It's used to separate grains from their husks by swinging the stick to strike a pile of grain." Merriam-Webster
I love your interactions with the older generation.
Imagine her harvest, and prosess, that by herself. A community is good.
Friends, family or neigbours.
Good job doing that to help her. Assum you got some beans.
Hope you guys are staying safe the fires have gone nuts this week.
Ajudar os vizinhos mais velhos e ao mesmo tempo aprender é um gesto muito bonito da vossa parte
As a kid who grew up with 'victory gardens' and helping my mother can... this is a tremendous amount of work. It makes me very happy to see a small community of young people living close to nature.
We butchered 1000 chickens one year. That was the MOST work I've ever done. And we couldn't stop because the feather plucker was rented so we worked 2 days straight. Morning and night.
What a way to learn another language, I lived in Germany as a child and learned to speak German, which came in useful when I was in the Army stationed in Germany, then when I was in my mid-50s I moved to Spain and lived inland so I could get involved in the local community I had to learn Spanish as not a lot of the locals spoke English I so value my experience and wish you all the best.
It’s so cool you guys talking about pure things about nature and living with nature as in the past. It’s so lovely seeing on you tube today what my mother taught me for my whole life in our house in the country side. Thank you all, I really appreciate your works in every part of them.
Here in Mexico, we but the beans in big grain sacks then get kids to sit and roll on the sacks. Once they are well crunched up on a windy day pour out on to a tarp, than the dry casings of the beans will blow away and the beans will fall to the tarp. It's a lot of fun.
Four years ago, we bought this piece of land... who's "we" 🧐 thank you for your amazing work, I especially like your interactions with the local community ❤
It is nice to see that my fellow countryman is also part of this project. Also nice of you helping older people.
I love seeing the young generation interacting with the older generation, learning skills from the past still relevant. And SO much help with all that hard work.
This comment was already posted. You’re a bot.
Not that anyone will answer, but are you turning the compost? It has been in the shade which would slow down the composting process. General rule is every time you add scraps, you put a layer of leaves, chips, etc to cover. It needs light and some water to help the breakdown. And it should be turned a couple of times to finish. Takes the top to bottom and bring bottom up.
it is interesting seeing how the older neighbors raise their own food
I heard you say no rats, although you've created a great organised space to manage your composting, rats will most definitely be able to get in it.
I would close the sides with meshwire or wood so rats and birds cant access. Also such big holes try out the compost. It doesnt keep the moisture in.
really great to see how you integrate into the neighborhood and help people. really inspiring!
Love your happy smiling neighbours.
I hoped to see this week the final battle against tue pipe,but this will do good too
“Bucha” it’s the most important part of the day… nice to see that you guys try to learn the language as well… muito bem 👍🏽👌🏽👏🏽
Fantastic results as always in fact im learning a lot of you guys on how to grow my food without chemicals im in my 50s thank you i love the way you guys do all these projects & fantastic to see you guys helping and learning from the older generation respect to you all.⚓👍☘️🇮🇪
Wonderful to see that you also recycle and reuse the knowledge of your neighbors.
always a great video when the old neighbors are in it :)
so sweet that you help your older nabours it would have taken them several days to complete alone. love it
Nice composting system. Well done! I would recommend a small enhancement: use chicken wire on the sides and the back of the composting system this either prevents small animals like mice and rats getting into it and also avoids falling compost between the bins
What incredible skills one can learn from older people. I have grown green beans to can and great white northern and pintos to dry and cook later, the process is the same all over the world! The new much evolved composting bins are as good as it gets! It will provide great soil to grow wonderful veggies and wonderful fragrant flowers. Yum! Til next time!
Absolutely LOVE the help you provide for your neighbors. Especially the older ones. I suspect a lot can be learned from them.
There is really no reason to 'store' the finished compost. Should just spread that in garden areas, or around trees you think could use nutrients immediately It does no good just sitting in the bin. And likely will keep sitting there forgotten.
Whoever is doing your garden care (should have a dedicated group), should be learning what plants need extra nutrients from compost and help, and focus putting it around them. Rather than just storing until you have a larger amount.
Also, that one compost box is too full. You should really only have HALF as much as you have in it. You don't have enough compartments. It'll compost faster, easier to check and move. You should have built twice as many compartments.
Great work, editors! Loved to watch it again😊
Thinking of you as the fires get close.
27:00 Dualit, the finest toaster you can buy, is infinitely repairable. The same model has been produced for decades and all of the parts can be supplied
I had a few thoughts while watching your composting bins.
First thought was that compost pile should be rotated periodically.
Next thought was that it would help if there was manure added to the pile.
Final thought was that it would be best to have biochar added to the pile.
I Smile Big😁😁😁When i see you helping your Neighbors💚💚💚Project Kamp, Love thy neighbor as yourself , and peace comes. 🙏🙏🙏Be Blessed you All.
BOT BOT 🤖
Hope yyou guys are well with the fires so close to you(
Hej guys,
hope you are not getting tired of tips.
The moving part of the lid, should be on the higher end, so that it is easier, to open AND that not so much water runs in, if it's raining.
Thanx for your entertainment, education and knowledge we receive from you!
That Tool you were using is a "threshing flail". It was used to sift (or separate) chaff from wheat. It was used in times before machines to do that became widely available. In my Grandfathers time, that was still very much so in use. So if you ever decide to plant wheat or beans or something the like, get yourself a threshing flail^^
To aid in a method by which the human element of any compost, lift your outhouse so you can store more underneath, and that way when it sits there, it starts composting (and vermicomposting) while in the outhouse itself. Should make the poo palace able to go in the first bin at the end of its cycle.
Looks great! You guys are obsessed with sanding and planing wood though - for outside projects it's not really necessary, although it does end up looking lovely! Hope you're collecting all the sawdust from the planer (solid woods only - no ply) to add in to your compost! Adding urine regularly will also help break down the larger woody chunks faster - it's so nitrogen rich.
Love your neighbors activities!
If you have too much mass in your compost bins, turn them every month or two weeks to promote oxygen in the pile so it breaks down faster and reduces in size.
One way to solve this is to add a couple more sections to their system(5 bay plus one for wood chips) so they can go from the outer sections to eventually the middle section where the finished product is. They can work from both ends to the middle. What that will do is, as they transfer to the next section, the top material will go to the bottom and the older material wilI now be at the top and the compost will breakdown faster and more even. I am thinking that they will generate a lot of various compost materials so they can do the green layer/brown layer method. Along with that, an added option for oxygen is to put some tubes with holes in them, right in the compost to help bring oxygen down inside the piles. 🤔
I don’t consider myself an expert, but proces of making compost involves heat, moisture and soillife, like fungus, bacteria etc. Heat is not a problem at this time of year, moisture must be a challenge. Keeping it in. You could use cardboard or a cover.
Good improvement on the compost, but far too dry, keep it damp, some people even put urine on it to speed up the process, but can get smelly. Also try not to put too much large chunks of wood. All the best 👍
Amazing music in this episode. You had me dancing the whole time! Thank youuuuu
Compost needs more moisture. It shouldn’t be wet but it needs moisture. You need to add water weekly in the summer in the winter it gets plenty of rain.
I add water when emptying my bucket, that is:
1) empty the kitchen scraps bucket
2) add a layer of dried leaves
3) rinse the food scraps bucket upside down over the compost bin.
@@takix2007 that’s what I did in the summer in Oregon. In North Carolina I never need to add water because there’s so much rain. I also made a sifter that fit the top of my wheel barrow with 1/4 or 1/2 inch hardware cloth, which is a metal screen. When moving finished compost to the finished bin, I would sift it into the barrow. Stuff left in the sifter went back into the working bin to work some more. This adds microbes back to the working pile.
So many negative comments. Love what you do Project Kamp and all the wonderful personalities. Please don't be discouraged.
No beans emote so please enjoy these. 🥔🥕🥬🥦 ❤ your neighbors!
Great idea for your compost bins. Think we need to get some signs like yours at our community allotment!
The compost you set aside so you can use it can help the rest of the compost bins. Whenever you add something to a compost bin, if you cover it with finished compost it inoculates it with the organisms it needs to compost, _and_ makes it not stink. Unfinished compost is shy, always keep it covered. I hope a hose is nearby because you don't want compost to dry--never sloppy or soggy, but moisture is needed to compost.
If you can, get a compost thermometer so you'll know if some of the compost is getting dangerously hot and might start a fire! A little water and/or aeration will cool it down. The ideal temp is about 50°C to 70°C. Below those temperatures the composting is not happening and above that it can sterilize the good organisms or cause a fire.
In olden days the crop would be gathered and stored and then during the off-season the crop would be threshed in the barn, To keep from losing the product they would put a board across the barn door to hold the product inside. Hence the term threshold.
Seems like it would be easier to just pick and shell the beans. Also the wood chips will go on the fresh food scraps so might be a good idea to have them closer. Compost will break down faster if you keep it moist. Great compost bin.❤❤
8:11 that sound transition gave me goosebumps
I love ALL Project Kamp videos!
the neighbors are so sweet 🫶
Queremos mais Fernanda e a sabedoria dos métodos tradicionais!
My friend is very successful with his composting for his allotments.
I don’t know all the details but I know some of the basics that he does.
He uses used beer grains (hops) from a local brewery, rabbit bedding (from a local animal sanctuary), woodchips and food waste.
I think he starts with a lot of hops and rabbit bedding and a bit of woodchip, he lets that get quite hot before adding food waste (so rats can’t get to the food).
Like I said I don’t know nearly as much as him about it all but hopefully that should give you an idea.
It would be worth getting some of Charles Dowding’s books as they would be very informative (both for composting and growing)
Bom trabalho!
Love this episode. Greetings from Germany
You need three bins twice as wide as you have - with NO cover. You MUST turn-over the contents of bin two into bin three and bin one into the second bin - every 3-6 months. Worms are a MUST and so is dirt/loam on top of each pile to prevent smell and flies. The final rule is to layer the compost with green and then brown materials. It should be lasagna like - even some wood ships would be ok. By turning it over, it allows air and water to mix and the worms/bugs will help break-down the compost. The heat of the green and brown materials will sterilize the new compost and it will smell fabulous.
We have a very similar compost set-up in my community, but there are no gaps on the front, back and sides. This prevents compost from spilling out of the sides, but also helps to prevent rats, possums and wild pigs from making a mess. Hay works well as a compost aid.
a quick thought about the compost signs, make it so they can be moved from one bin to another. it's easier to move a sign than all the compost from one bin to another.
That wasn't the beans beating out of the bush I was expecting 😏
I hope you guys are doing well with all the fires going on in Portugal!!! ❤
fun music and nice dynamic in the editing. :)