Very impressed with what you already have achieved in such a short period of time! As far as your new plants ans shrubs are concerned, for the first year they need watering once a week. About 2 liters for a plant and 5 liters for a shrub. The amount of rain is never enough because it only penetrates the topsoil. You can make a irrigation system by putting a pierced tube along the roots in which you pump water once a week. For your mint, please put it in a container so the roots don't run free. The are very invasive! For your blue berries to thrive, they need acid soil, like rhododendrons, which you can buy in the garden centre. Better put them in large containers. I love to garden myself and get most of my tips from BBC Gardeners World. Hope you don't take offence to my advice, it is with the best intentions that I send them because I realy want your wonderful project to be a huge succes and a source of inspiration. Lots of love, Mia
@@ProjectKamp Permaculture recommends cover the soil around the plants with mulch or woodchips as it helps maintain the moisture in the soil and reduces need for weeding. So woodchip is even more valuable than just for footpaths it will help grow the garden better. You can also recycle plastic bottles to use them as funnels you dig into the ground at the base of newly planted trees, which allows you to water directly into the root system of the tree.
When planting new plants , put a good amount of water into the hole before placing the plant / tree / bush... fill in with your soil and water in really well ... a tip I was given by an old Spanish guy ... apparently this encourages good strong, quick, deep roots which will more likely reach moisture in hot summer ... worked a treat ! This all makes sense, and is indeed a learning curve, as planting in hotter climates is different from Holland and where I’m originally from Ireland Hard work there, but good progress ... 🙏☘️😘
It is such a breath of fresh air watching these updates, seeing Project Kamp develop! Thank you for filming all this in a calm and entertaining way! Inspirative.
You literally can never have enough wood chips when doing this kind of thing. So many uses from mud control to fertilizing the soil. Wood chips, compost, decently straight logs, water, and small to medium round and flat stones. Also very smart getting some flowers in to bring around the local bee population. Flowers are very underrated in food gardening.
Have you heard of permaculture? It is a concept to do farming where the different plants (Bushes, Trees, vegetables, ... basically everything to survive) are layed out in a way where they support each other. Nice side effect is, once it is set up nature is doing its magic, so it is very low maintainance
Mate, get a few goats, or ask a neighborhood folks to use your land for few weeks as a pasture, mixed with sheep if landscape get to grassy :) animals will be happy and you will get free fertilizer for land.
Something I've recently learned about new land. Plant for the future. Some trees may not produce fruit for at least 5 years. Some longer. Plant as many varieties of fruits and vegetables as possible as soon as possible. You have a Kamp to feed!
I've only just found you guys and am enjoying binge-watching from the beginning! i can't wait to see what this space looks like now two years on....but I'm not going to peep!! 😉
Greetings from central Oregon coast. A person can find the most interesting projects on UA-cam and l am thrilled to find yours. When I was young l did something like this with my husband, but on a much, much smaller scale. There is lots to say about having a vision, committing body and soul to it and happily bring it to fruition. You are well on your way my friend. I wish you and your beautiful family great success and will be watching. Thank you for for taking me along.
Mint tends to overgrow your land. Growing new plants both from falling seeds but also from the rootsystem underground. I've always been advised to place it in a pot :)
all that garden work in 1 week?? amazing work! I enjoy working in my parent's garden regularly, so I have an idea of how much work that herb garden would have been. Especially with such compacted soil... But herbs love that environment, so smart choice. I hope it grows in well!
Hi there ! big fan of project Kamp, just a little pro tip from a fellow plant lover here (my grandma used to have an avocado farm), if one day you want to eat avocados from your avocado tree you'll probably want to be sure that it is a graft from an eatable avocado variety like maybe the HASS or the REED variety, because if all avocado trees does produce fruit eventualy when they get older, almost not a signle tree comming from a seed will produce good/tasty eatable fruits. This is what we call “true to seed ”,in general terms, a plant is “true to seed” if growing its seeds yields another plant with the same characteristics. But Avocado trees are not "true to seed". Instead, these plants are hybrids carefully selected. So if it's not a graft , I recommend to you geting yourself a true certified graft or even better you could do it yourself. FYI avocados like to be always wet at the base of the tree and have all the light they can get at the top, you should probably plant it near by the stream of water , and for the figue it likes almost the same growing conditions as the avocado trees. (Also make sure that the fig you got it's an autopolinating viarety of fig , if not you will have to get a second one ;) ), hope this info will be useful !!
Tip: if you want to make stakes out of trees, cut them to the side and not to the middle. the middle is soft while the sides are strong. And you can just cut them with a saw.
While that would work in this case, it will tend to make stakes that want to turn while going into the ground, so shouldn't be used where you need stakes to be upright.
Those cypress are too close from each other and to the road. Once they grow it's going to be difficult to pass through. Besides that, it looks amazing! Keep sharing :D
I LOVE cleanup/landscape projects !!!Trees are an AWESOME idea and look great !!Good job.Nothing like good hard labor coupled with imagination. You are both creating an incredible effect.
This is brilliant haha , so glad I found this Chanel today , as promised I’m binge watching all videos haha , you are great people, awesome ideas and also people forget very good on camera and video editing 😎
Amazing how quickly the space has changed. I mean it's pretty easy to see it on weekly updates, must be such a hard job for you guys! You really are nailing it! Beautiful space! Can't waiiit to see what's to come! 🤩 Sending lots of love to all those little plants to grow strong and delicious haha! Always happy about Mondays! Cheers from Costa Rica! 🇨🇷
You all are total badasses! I have so much respect for how hard all of you work to get your jobs done and dreams realized. I wish there were more people like you around the world who are actually willing to put in some real work to get a job done. Best wishes and best of luck. Keep up the fantastic work!
if you have prickley pear cactus (opuntia) you can plant several paddles in the bottom of the hole where you plant a tree and it will naturally irrigate the tree for long time in drought period. also use weed cloth or blank cardboard ( no ink) under wood chips to make for relatively no weeds.
Good Job! Woodchips are great but they rot and set free important nutrients for the plants to grow.. not the best to drive on... you should get some truckloads of gravel and put it to use for the paths and roads you will profit especially when loading and unloading infront of the workshop area ... once compacted you can easily move things on it... keep in mind to watch the water flow during the rain.... if you work smart you can drain directly into your plants... The leveling and ground work are the most important in the beginning an will set the stepstone for further projects! Rising the garden beds with natural stone instead of wood will give a good acclimation and safe warmth during the nights wich increases growth... great project
Brilliant Kitchen & Garden, Good Stuff! ;D They are selling electric garden equipment now without the expensive batteries, so theoretically you could just wired them up with a generic 20-40v adapters/outdoor plugs and use a generator .. then you have a dual fuel option/backup ...lol =D let the wood dry out until it's breakable/splittable with a maul, saves time cutting, hedge cutters are great for nibbling the base of the dead woody brambles, should be enough there to keep stove fires going for good bit! With all the water and humidity you should look into aquaponics,hydroponics even aeroponics systems, fast track some salad greens/spring onions etc.. even spuds in recycled plastic bags/housing/pipes/infrastructure! Have fun good luck!
wow really starting to take shape. Looks like you got a lot done in this video. Although the quick growing trees might be a issue, with Hight and maintains. Bushes could have done the job with maybe a temporary fence or netting to fence off the area. Also Mint needs too be in big pots. Looking forward to more videos.
I've just started to watch your video's from the beginning, love how you created your garden... I think the organic shapes look awesome even if they're not perfect circles! I wonder if you are going to plant vegetables too and where. Maybe I would've planted the fruit trees a bit further away from the kitchen and the vegetables and herbs that are used in daily cooking and all seasons, closer by. This is also a permaculture principle I believe, to plant/build things closer by that you need to attend to more often. That way you won't spend a lot of time/ energy walking from one place to another. But I realise this is 2 years ago and I need to catch up to see where you're at now ;)
Hi, I have been watching your project updates. Good on you both. Living in ahot climate, I just have a few thoughts that may come in useful: 1. The herbs and delicate plants may be scorched by the sun/ heat inJuly/ August - or when there are prolonged hot periods. You may want to get some perforated tarpaulins or mesh screens that may be placed over these plant areas to help them survive. Cut down some long straight (ish) trees (with a diameter of say 75mm or 2 inches) and after they are trimmed, they may be used as stantions (poles) fo rthe overhead mesh screens. 2. If you notice any boggy or really wet and sodden patches of soil after a period of rain, you may want to consider installing a culvert to help drain the soil from excess water and then have it collect in a waterproof lined pit (a little lower down). This pit an then be used to provide water for the herb and vegetable garden.
The pathways should always be at a higher level then the garden/plantation area so that the rain water flows to them and not the other way around leaving you a pathway of mud. Also, consider reusing plastic bags to cover the pathway under the wood chips, or at least some weed cloth, so it wont grow vegetation.
Great job on planting! I just can’t wait to visit you there and help this place to develop! 👍 P.S. I think you need one more path connecting directly the tent with a kitchen container ;>
If you want circles: 2 Sticks and a length of string. Put one Stick into the ground where you want the center to be. Tie string to that. Tie string to the other stick. Move out untill string is taut. Move sideways scraping the ground with the stick. Presto, a Circle with the Radius of one string length.
I agree with putting the blueberries in containers . Any way I wonder if the closeness with the trees is good, generally conifers are not good companions for small vegetation. Also remember avocados need companions for cross pollination and in winter think about protecting them, otherwise they may die. Research the variety and the temperature it is able to sustain.
Very impressed with what you already have achieved in such a short period of time!
As far as your new plants ans shrubs are concerned, for the first year they need watering once a week. About 2 liters for a plant and 5 liters for a shrub. The amount of rain is never enough because it only penetrates the topsoil. You can make a irrigation system by putting a pierced tube along the roots in which you pump water once a week.
For your mint, please put it in a container so the roots don't run free. The are very invasive!
For your blue berries to thrive, they need acid soil, like rhododendrons, which you can buy in the garden centre. Better put them in large containers.
I love to garden myself and get most of my tips from BBC Gardeners World.
Hope you don't take offence to my advice, it is with the best intentions that I send them because I realy want your wonderful project to be a huge succes and a source of inspiration.
Lots of love, Mia
thanks Mia. very useful :)
@@ProjectKamp Permaculture recommends cover the soil around the plants with mulch or woodchips as it helps maintain the moisture in the soil and reduces need for weeding. So woodchip is even more valuable than just for footpaths it will help grow the garden better. You can also recycle plastic bottles to use them as funnels you dig into the ground at the base of newly planted trees, which allows you to water directly into the root system of the tree.
you two are so lovely. and your voices are very calm I really love hearing you guys talk. Love from PH.❤
When planting new plants , put a good amount of water into the hole before placing the plant / tree / bush... fill in with your soil and water in really well ... a tip I was given by an old Spanish guy ... apparently this encourages good strong, quick, deep roots which will more likely reach moisture in hot summer ... worked a treat !
This all makes sense, and is indeed a learning curve, as planting in hotter climates is different from Holland and where I’m originally from Ireland
Hard work there, but good progress ... 🙏☘️😘
Maybe this differs per climate because I've also heard to actually not do that to prevent young roots from rotting.
It is such a breath of fresh air watching these updates, seeing Project Kamp develop! Thank you for filming all this in a calm and entertaining way! Inspirative.
You literally can never have enough wood chips when doing this kind of thing. So many uses from mud control to fertilizing the soil. Wood chips, compost, decently straight logs, water, and small to medium round and flat stones. Also very smart getting some flowers in to bring around the local bee population. Flowers are very underrated in food gardening.
Have you heard of permaculture? It is a concept to do farming where the different plants (Bushes, Trees, vegetables, ... basically everything to survive) are layed out in a way where they support each other. Nice side effect is, once it is set up nature is doing its magic, so it is very low maintainance
I was wondering the same thing.
No time for that right now. PRIORITIES !
@@bobjob3632No time to waste! Get permacultured!
@@bobjob3632 one of the main aspects of permaculture is actually to manage time and workload better... so your comment makes no sense
Honey bees They will love the changes your making Plus honey 🍯🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
like a princess of heaven👍👍
This is like a soap opera every Monday afternoon . Great stuff >>
Wow, such a huge transition in such a short time. Now you really have a beautiful place already.
Mate, get a few goats, or ask a neighborhood folks to use your land for few weeks as a pasture, mixed with sheep if landscape get to grassy :) animals will be happy and you will get free fertilizer for land.
Quite good idea but a little risky. Some vegan terr... ekhm, activists may want to liberate them😆
@@Pan_Borsuk nobody’s out here liberating goats and sheep wtf 🤣
Something I've recently learned about new land. Plant for the future. Some trees may not produce fruit for at least 5 years. Some longer.
Plant as many varieties of fruits and vegetables as possible as soon as possible. You have a Kamp to feed!
You want get some pallets in front of the container doors, so when it's wet you don't end up walking through puddles
Monday is becoming my favourite day of the week, cause I wait for your updates, that are always amazing
I've only just found you guys and am enjoying binge-watching from the beginning! i can't wait to see what this space looks like now two years on....but I'm not going to peep!! 😉
Greetings from central Oregon coast. A person can find the most interesting projects on UA-cam and l am thrilled to find yours. When I was young l did something like this with my husband, but on a much, much smaller scale. There is lots to say about having a vision, committing body and soul to it and happily bring it to fruition. You are well on your way my friend. I wish you and your beautiful family great success and will be watching. Thank you for for taking me along.
Mint tends to overgrow your land. Growing new plants both from falling seeds but also from the rootsystem underground. I've always been advised to place it in a pot :)
agreed, my grandmother use to have mint in her garden and it would overtake the entire garden and even went on the grass.
all that garden work in 1 week?? amazing work! I enjoy working in my parent's garden regularly, so I have an idea of how much work that herb garden would have been. Especially with such compacted soil... But herbs love that environment, so smart choice. I hope it grows in well!
Hi there ! big fan of project Kamp, just a little pro tip from a fellow plant lover here (my grandma used to have an avocado farm), if one day you want to eat avocados from your avocado tree you'll probably want to be sure that it is a graft from an eatable avocado variety like maybe the HASS or the REED variety, because if all avocado trees does produce fruit eventualy when they get older, almost not a signle tree comming from a seed will produce good/tasty eatable fruits. This is what we call “true to seed ”,in general terms, a plant is “true to seed” if growing its seeds yields another plant with the same characteristics. But Avocado trees are not "true to seed". Instead, these plants are hybrids carefully selected. So if it's not a graft , I recommend to you geting yourself a true certified graft or even better you could do it yourself. FYI avocados like to be always wet at the base of the tree and have all the light they can get at the top, you should probably plant it near by the stream of water , and for the figue it likes almost the same growing conditions as the avocado trees. (Also make sure that the fig you got it's an autopolinating viarety of fig , if not you will have to get a second one ;) ), hope this info will be useful !!
Tip: if you want to make stakes out of trees, cut them to the side and not to the middle. the middle is soft while the sides are strong. And you can just cut them with a saw.
While that would work in this case, it will tend to make stakes that want to turn while going into the ground, so shouldn't be used where you need stakes to be upright.
Also handy for vampires..😁
Those cypress are too close from each other and to the road. Once they grow it's going to be difficult to pass through.
Besides that, it looks amazing! Keep sharing :D
I LOVE cleanup/landscape projects !!!Trees are an AWESOME idea and look great !!Good job.Nothing like good hard labor coupled with imagination. You are both creating an incredible effect.
What an amazing transformation of the basecamp. This garden! Wonderful :)
Wow, what a change. Looking very good you two.
my favorite episode yet... its all coming together .well done
That big table was a wonderful workspace. I hope you find some good place to put it.
Craicing videol great watching Bio Merc van 😊👍🍀🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻 all the best of luck from Ireland 🍀🍀🍀🍻🍻
This is brilliant haha , so glad I found this Chanel today , as promised I’m binge watching all videos haha , you are great people, awesome ideas and also people forget very good on camera and video editing 😎
Wow, that was quite the visual change. Looks really gorgeous, can't wait to see what it looks like when all the stuff starts to grow.
Amazing how quickly the space has changed. I mean it's pretty easy to see it on weekly updates, must be such a hard job for you guys! You really are nailing it! Beautiful space! Can't waiiit to see what's to come! 🤩 Sending lots of love to all those little plants to grow strong and delicious haha! Always happy about Mondays! Cheers from Costa Rica! 🇨🇷
LOVE WATCHING YOU GUYS WORKING HARD ON THE LAND, i FREW UP IN AROOKSTOOK COUNTY WHERE FARMING AND GARDENING WAS PLANTED,
Use the woodships under the strawberry’s, don’t let them touch the sand. You get better strawberry’s.
Very nice how you work together to create this adventure. Much impressed!
Amazing video today! Loved watching all the planting going in. You guys make it looks so easy, but thats was alot of work. Cant wait to see more
Great transformation. Wishing you an abundance of fresh herbs and berries
Your family and nabours are so nice i wish I had a family and friends like yours 😪😪😪
Great work guys, looking
Really good , keep making the wood chips for compost as well
Oh my. My back hurts just watching. You two are amazingly hard workers!!
You all are total badasses! I have so much respect for how hard all of you work to get your jobs done and dreams realized. I wish there were more people like you around the world who are actually willing to put in some real work to get a job done. Best wishes and best of luck. Keep up the fantastic work!
U2 are working real hard........u2 are great
Your film making skills are excellent.. This is really well put together... And your project is great too
16:25 - Loved the "caquis" (persimons) which is a very tricky name to remember in English.
if you have prickley pear cactus (opuntia) you can plant several paddles in the bottom of the hole where you plant a tree and it will naturally irrigate the tree for long time in drought period. also use weed cloth or blank cardboard ( no ink) under wood chips to make for relatively no weeds.
Good Job! Woodchips are great but they rot and set free important nutrients for the plants to grow.. not the best to drive on... you should get some truckloads of gravel and put it to use for the paths and roads you will profit especially when loading and unloading infront of the workshop area ... once compacted you can easily move things on it... keep in mind to watch the water flow during the rain.... if you work smart you can drain directly into your plants... The leveling and ground work are the most important in the beginning an will set the stepstone for further projects! Rising the garden beds with natural stone instead of wood will give a good acclimation and safe warmth during the nights wich increases growth... great project
So cool to see everything start to come together
You seriously need to make some swales on that land to capture and hold rainfall at some point. Looking great!
Its all coming together now , your hard work is paying off and it's starting to look like a homestead , you work so well together , cheers .
It looks nice already! I am sure that you feel happier too…
Finally starting to see the fruits of all your labours up ‘til now.
Brilliant Kitchen & Garden, Good Stuff! ;D They are selling electric garden equipment now without the expensive batteries, so theoretically you could just wired them up with a generic 20-40v adapters/outdoor plugs and use a generator .. then you have a dual fuel option/backup ...lol =D let the wood dry out until it's breakable/splittable with a maul, saves time cutting, hedge cutters are great for nibbling the base of the dead woody brambles, should be enough there to keep stove fires going for good bit!
With all the water and humidity you should look into aquaponics,hydroponics even aeroponics systems, fast track some salad greens/spring onions etc.. even spuds in recycled plastic bags/housing/pipes/infrastructure! Have fun good luck!
Great job! Your base camp looks great!!!
If the avocado-tree grows fine, I'd like to bring you mine too. It would hopefully be a better home for them, than my windows in northern Germany ;D
Well done! I realize this comment is a bit delayed.. but I hope your herbs and blueberries are thriving!
Hi there. Can I suggest a small moat around the trees? That will help retain water around the roots instead of letting it run away.
Awesome work, looking great!
Great job. Timing, that rain will give the garden a good start.
I saw that caqui tree and thought yum!
it’s looking goooooood! proud of you guys!!!
.......and now --- Compost bins! --- 👍 😎
I love your garden! Excellent hard work!
You have created a wonderful space
wow really starting to take shape. Looks like you got a lot done in this video. Although the quick growing trees might be a issue, with Hight and maintains. Bushes could have done the job with maybe a temporary fence or netting to fence off the area. Also Mint needs too be in big pots. Looking forward to more videos.
Very inspiring and looks great.
I've just started to watch your video's from the beginning, love how you created your garden... I think the organic shapes look awesome even if they're not perfect circles! I wonder if you are going to plant vegetables too and where. Maybe I would've planted the fruit trees a bit further away from the kitchen and the vegetables and herbs that are used in daily cooking and all seasons, closer by. This is also a permaculture principle I believe, to plant/build things closer by that you need to attend to more often. That way you won't spend a lot of time/ energy walking from one place to another.
But I realise this is 2 years ago and I need to catch up to see where you're at now ;)
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Looks amazing, well done for doing this in such a short time!
Well done,big transformation.
I wish you much success!!! 👏👏👏😃😃👍👍👍
Wow!! Looks beautiful!!
Hi,
I have been watching your project updates. Good on you both.
Living in ahot climate, I just have a few thoughts that may come in useful:
1. The herbs and delicate plants may be scorched by the sun/ heat inJuly/ August - or when there are prolonged hot periods. You may want to get some perforated tarpaulins or mesh screens that may be placed over these plant areas to help them survive. Cut down some long straight (ish) trees (with a diameter of say 75mm or 2 inches) and after they are trimmed, they may be used as stantions (poles) fo rthe overhead mesh screens.
2. If you notice any boggy or really wet and sodden patches of soil after a period of rain, you may want to consider installing a culvert to help drain the soil from excess water and then have it collect in a waterproof lined pit (a little lower down). This pit an then be used to provide water for the herb and vegetable garden.
Nice garden...nice camp
Congrats ! This looks like a real camp now.
The wood chips would also make a good mulch to cover the planter beds
I think I could make a drinking game based on how many times you guys say “Boo-shes” on this channel ☺️❤
You make great strides every week, plant good resources right away, I'm sure you two will make it. Keep it up, the quality of the videos is good too.
The pathways should always be at a higher level then the garden/plantation area so that the rain water flows to them and not the other way around leaving you a pathway of mud. Also, consider reusing plastic bags to cover the pathway under the wood chips, or at least some weed cloth, so it wont grow vegetation.
The best video so far, good job !
Great job on planting!
I just can’t wait to visit you there and help this place to develop! 👍
P.S. I think you need one more path connecting directly the tent with a kitchen container ;>
Looks excellent! Progress seems much quicker than I anticipated. Keep up the good work!
greetings from Ireland its all looking great guys well done
Avocado as Grand finale in the middle :D amazing progress guys !
very cute garden, good work guys
Love to see the progress you make every day.
That looks amazing. Hope you have a successful growing season.
for the next time you plant something, water in the hole first :) and after planting water at the top of the root! Keep it up! I enjoy your updates!
If you want circles:
2 Sticks and a length of string.
Put one Stick into the ground where you want the center to be.
Tie string to that. Tie string to the other stick. Move out untill string is taut.
Move sideways scraping the ground with the stick. Presto, a Circle with the Radius of one string length.
Awesome progress Project Kamp suggest saving the wood chips for the garden and mulch and use stones for the pathways rather ?
New sub here. Very impressed by your project and looking for to your adventure.
Nice watching, going well
That's a so nice garden design!
Looks nice good job.
starting to look veeeery nice thats a big difrence shown in this video^^
great job! i love already the little avocado tree 🥑❤️
It would be nice to have a comparison now (2 years later) and in a future 5 years to see the changes in landscaping
Maybe some aerial view and just how much the orange and other trees have grown
Grew up on homestead :) Nice to see the progress. Would like to drop by some day if I decide to go on a cross Europe trip.
The cypress aren't planted deep enough and are too close together
And they are also very flammable, it was not a good choice because this region is suitable for large forest fires.
Looks terrific
I agree with putting the blueberries in containers . Any way I wonder if the closeness with the trees is good, generally conifers are not good companions for small vegetation. Also remember avocados need companions for cross pollination and in winter think about protecting them, otherwise they may die. Research the variety and the temperature it is able to sustain.
Wow! BIG update in this video, keep it up!
Did you draw a plan for the basecamp or is it just coming "organic"? Looks nice though!
Organic is the word.