This episode feels like I'm in an RPG game.. Particularly when the truck picked you up and you helped carry supplies to the storage container and someone was sharpening an axe lol. Very fun
Just had a thought: Your fridges in the kitchen are working extra hard as they are circulating the rejected heat into the same room in summer months. Cut a vent in the wall behind them that you can close off, that way you can close it in winter to benefit from the heat and in summer leave it open so they run more efficiently and make the room more comfortable to work in.
@@ReviewRiderwell i would assume that they talked a little bit before the video in an attempt to make it run smoother but everything that they were actually doing in the video is stuff that they would normally be doing anyways
I literally Yay out loud when you say you bought the middle land. Congratulations! Really enjoy your contents. Also love to see you guys take a shift to take care the baby.
I also "Yay"ed out loud when they said they bought the center land. I knew they would, but it was a nice little announcement hidden in the video. My husband and I also used to own land with someone else's land in the middle. Alas, my husband sold our land to them, instead of the other way around.
My grandma who lived in Libya and Italy, advised us to put wet towels/ cloths on the back of the neck to keep the heat regulated on yourselves. I am 70 and I still do this x😊
Yes, to fight back elements this and many other options are preferred in all parts of my country also we have Himalayas, desert like Thar, Deccan platues and tropical forests. Everywhere covering your head is the must.
Aqui no Japão, também usamos toalhas úmidas no pescoço e quando estamos no tempo enrolamos uma toalha e amarramos na cabeça. Não esquecer da hidratação.
Liked the update. The sap is an attempt by the tree to rebark itself. You can drill a vertical hole through the stump into the heart root and it will kill the tree. When the heart root is breached(or cracked), water pressure can't be maintained and the tree dries out.
Be careful with the mimosa tree sap. It’s highly flammable and with it exposed it makes the tree a long burning torch. You can scrap the sap off and use it as an excellent fire starter. You could also build a sharpening stone mini table for the tool sharpening person to do it without cuts. You should never hold the stone while sharpening. Cheers!
Actually this species of Acacia is on the Fire Retardant Plants List of Australian Plants Society! They mention that Acacia dealbata (silver wattle) has a low flammability rating so is well suited for screening in fire prone areas. Acacias burn with catastrophic consequences in Portugal because there are no native predators and due to their tendency to sprout densely through runners after being cut or burned. It's also a tree that accumulates a thick combustible layer of leaves and seeds underneath. Its sap is water-soluble and is not flammable like that of eucalyptus, pine or most aromatic Mediterranean shrubs.
@@sergiovieira1053 they said they stripped mimosas not Acacia trees. They have explained non stop about the flammability of the mimosas. The trees leaking sap in the video were mimosas and it’s sap is flammable.
Aussie bush firefighter here. Love to hear what your fire plan is - how you will alert people, who will do what, are you planning to protect some assets or just evacuate? A practice drill is a good idea so you know how long it will take, and iron out any issues.
If they would have planted Kiri-trees they can cut the trees in 10 years having 15 meter tall and 40 cm trunks then. Carpenters love that light wood to make furniture of it.
I would move the version 1 of the tent to basecamp and use it as changing room or something next to the shower. In the vans or tents where people are staying there might not always be much room, but using the tent for this purpose would be a nice change. And could speed up the waiting time for the shower as wel. And is also more pleasant on rainy and/or cold days. And then version 2 of tent later on can be used for actual staying in project camp for some time.
This episode gave me a better understanding of the layout of the land! Really cool you took that in one shot! :) Keep safe during the hot weather and keep drinking enough water, guys!
Here is a suggestion to keep the heat off of the metal buildings/vehicles. Build a sperate roof over them about half a meter above, this keeps sunlight directly off the building itself as well as allow space for airflow beneath the 'roof' and above the structures. Do NOT do black roofing, black absorbs light and then radiates it. Do white on top to reflect light and maybe black under neither that to 'black out' remaining sunlight that might pass through the white (depending on thickness). There was a reason Native Americans had white teepees.
I thought the same thing. All the caravans should be under bigger roof. I've slept in car on summer day, and it is BIG difference car parked under tree vs direct sun.
Two things: that resin below the cuts on those mimosa trees is probably highly flammable. If you cut off a small log from the tree just below where the resin has flowed, it would make good fire starting material. (Guess.) And two: if you can, look below the old cork tree and other established native trees in the area. Look for seedlings from these trees and pot them up. Do this consistently and soon you will have plenty of materials to replant the native woodland.
I know you guys have said in the past that you don’t have a clearly defined goal. I want to point out an observation I’ve made though. Weather you’ve done it on purpose or not, you’ve attracted/created a community of people who love the idea of people just doing their own thing and being self sufficient and clean, living off the land and the generosity of the warm hearted communities you guys thrive in. As a group, you guys are doing something that is admirable on so many levels, something that screams to a place deep in my heart. With no labels or agendas you guys are living authentically in a world that is completely fake. And to top it off, you were smart enough to document the entire process. I don’t want to make this too long. I just want to finish off by saying I wish there was a project kamp style compound near me. Personally I lack the funds, support, knowledge, and the bravery to do something like this. As a source of revenue it would be amazing to see you guys set up a training program that teaches people how to live like this and how to survive with others like this, maybe even an extended course that teaches people how to start their own camp, and provide a platform for like minded individuals to link up in a safe space to collaborate and learn from each other.
@@dynamo1796 I live in the US. I love my country, but we’ve lost our way. Actually we sold it, but they lie about that too. Edit: I don’t mean to speak for the entire world, but I think a lot of people worldwide would agree that the scope of their reality is fairly “fake.” Definitely not everyone.
In regards to your resin, you can collect the resin in chunks then tamp it into a block, you can then use your tamp of resin to coat rope, to stop it drying out in the sun and fraying as well as tent cords and so forth. it will also somewhat waterproof screws that are not galvanised/stainless steel so you can put it on bolts and latches as a cheap rust displacer. if your block is getting too dry, you can simply put in on a hot pan or near a fire for a few seconds to soften the resin back up depending on species of tree.
I love this more vlog style format which reminds me of the early days of this channel. The other highly edited videos are fine too but somehow like this style better. Nice to hear Dave again too especially with his “coool”.
A Suggestion: Since your land is dry, it would be a good idea to add more rainwater harvesting infrastructure such as swales, continuous contour trenches (both shallow and deep) also loose boulder structures which slows water down (which you're already mimicking by piling the chopped down mimosa trees through the forest) and also recharge pits. Adding these throughout the land would massively help in sustainable living, would secure water availability for every person living on the land (recharging wells), and prevent forest fires by preventing the land from drying out. Plus the recharge pits could act as emergency water for if the forest were to catch on fire.
haha, great great job on the one-taker, shout-out to Javi for capturing it really well and Dave for keeping it exciting. It's really a nice creative summary on all projects done: wonderful!
Hello guys! I had some ideas that might help you with some things. So, I think that the first thing I would change is to stop cleaning off plants the surroundings of water bodies - I know it is more pleasent to our eyes, but it accelerates the erosion and can diminish its "lifespan". Second thing I'd do is to paint the outside of the containers and the black plastic being used as roof with non-toxic "thermal" white paint to ameliorate the temperature. Another thing is to use the Mimosa spp. branches as compost to other plants you can eat or grow - maybe, in the beginning, try to brake it into little pieces like you did in another video, I guess. About the area you have that is covered in "grass", you could try to start a agroforestry system and, with the right management, it would produce a lot, because you have a lot of water available during winter and water bodies distributed on the land. I also saw that you are very worried about fires too and you guys could have a brigade training to control the fire even after it is already on. I always think about solutions that involve water, but in your situation I don't know if it is possible or affordable. It might be possible to cover with native and appropriate grass the pathways you created so it don't erode either. Anyways, english is not my mother language and it may have some errors in this text, but I guess you'll get the point. Hopefully you see this. Nice job you're doing there, I got really excited about it. Watched the 1 year, 2 years and 2,5 years videos in a row!
Surrounding water bodies I disagree. They're planting grass to displace woody stem plants that are fouling the water supply. See the swamp. Low oxygen due to too much decaying carbon, still water, followed by perpetual algae blooms. I agree that painting white does help reflect UV and reduce heat sinks. Soil erosion: They're using decomposing bramble and mimosa to create swales and berms to redirect water distribution, improve aquifer/wells and soil amending compost for beneficial plants. I've noticed they leave stumps around for a few seasons to give the grasses a chance to lay down some roots before stump removal happens. Other uses for mimosa= Flowers are edible eaten raw as vegetables/ salad toppings. Leaves are edible eaten in stews or making tea. Bark is used medicinally as tinctures. The wood is used as wattle fencing, fence posts, wood chips for soil moisture retention, furniture, lathed wood turning, charcoal and firewood. The resin is used in essential oils/perfumes. Hope we get another "uses for mimosa" video in the future.
@ProjectKamp - Research solar chimneys. You could passively cool those containers by drawing air out of the top through a chimney-like structure. This will at least get the conductive heat removed by providing a continuous airflow.
I was sooo looking forward to Dave jumping into the lagoon at the end! I want to see a vid of that :) he was just suffering from the heat all the way through :D
THAT WAS AWESOME DAVE!!!! THANKS FOR THE WALK AND CANDID INYERVIEWS, ITS ALWAYS BUSY AT PROJECT KAMP!!! I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING ALL THE TASKS AND NEW ACTIVITIES YOU ALL ARE TACKLING, AND THE NEW KREW OF HELPERS ROCK!!! PLEASE SEND COMPLIMENTS TO EVERYONE, WORK WELL DONE.👍👍👍 . FROM CRATERS OF THE MOON IDAHO U.S.A. I HOPE IT COOLS OFF OVER THERE, WE ARE ALREADY FEELING WINTER TO DAY, RAINY, BREEZY, AND 50 DEGREES F TODAY BRRRR❄❄, I LOVE IT. WE ARE HIGH DESERT FARMLAND HERE, SO WE HAVE LONG COLD SNOWY WINTER. BE BLESSED EVERYONE, I LOVE PROJECT KAMP!!💙💙💙💯💯
It really feels so immersive, so cool. I know it might be hard to do videos like this in one shot but they are so worth it. I enjoyed every second of it!!!
I've had a hard time visualizing how big the place was and where exactly everything is so this is so amazing and please do this again in the future after you've had a lot of progress, this is amazing to see and experience as someone who would love to come visit but can't
you could definitly use the place where you said you would eventually have your party in order to plant and grow a few vegetables because having to water everyday wouldn't be a problem since you have the well and the creek close by and you can just take a bit of water from there.
Great to see you all again. I didn't appreciate before, how hilly the Kamp is. I can see it better now the minosa has been cut back. Good to see the pig trailer (I mean level 2 dwelling) coming on. So pleased you bought the middle land. And so pleased you have a lagoon to cool off in. Great work, Peace and Love. Pete
Acacia dealbata resin can be used like regular gum arabic. I'm not entirely sure it's 100% edible, but when used in arts and crafts, it perfectly replaces the more common varieties extracted from Acacia senegal and Acacia nilotica. I've been using it for almost thirty years! It can be used as paper glue; as a binder in watercolors and gouache; for certain engraving techniques and papié-maché. But be careful, once it dries it is not waterproof like acrylic paint! Let the resin exude from the trunks and branches until it forms large balls or manageable drips. Then, collect and soak it in a clean container with some warm or hot water. Leave it until all the resin dissolves and then filter it onto a tray lined with cling film. Place in a sheltered, warm place to evaporate. Note that the longer the soaking, the more the wood tannins will dye the solution, darkening the resulting gum.
Awesome episode y'all. Gave me a much better idea for how the land connects together. Also really inspiring to see you're making it work with a baby over there. Can't be easy, great props to the parents and everybody else. Would love to see a deeper dive on how they+you deal with those challenges. It's inspiring to see how you're balancing building a community, building actual infrastructure, doing research, keeping up a successful youtube channel and also have something of a personal life. I tend to want to do too many things at the same time and seeing the way you structure things at project kamp helps put my own challenges in perspective.
@ProjectKamp, regarding your question about the tree resin. It works great as a natural glue and burns a long time so can also be used as a natural fuel for tiki torches, maybe not a good idea with fire risk but still handy.
You should cultivate the land they have prepared for that, make a small greenhouse where they can grow some vegetables and do a study on what to plant outside of it, since you already have experience in harvesting potatoes and your own neighbors can help you, they would have a source of income from greening it, and also from food. Greetings, I love your videos
Useful seeing the relative distances. There's so much mimosa I wonder if you could process it for tannins as you fell it? - which apparently can be effective as anti-fungal wood preservative. Also hope you are able to collect native tree seeds (acorns) and start germinating your own forest (I've had a high success rate with oaks this way, but it's a slow process requiring stratification). Great to see such a hive of industry (and the first baby - who deserves the title of First Baby!)
Hello ProkectKampers ! That was a nice video ! I enjoyed seeing it in one shot. It helps figure out the distance and what different things people are doing at the same time.
Absolutely inspiring! Your dedication and the way you've shared your journey are truly motivating. I'm excited to follow along and learn from your experiences. Keep up the fantastic work!
You have done a great service to everyone who lives in the watershed by cleaning the sediment from the pool and repairing the sluice gate so it is operable. The ponded water is feeding the groundwater table for everyone who lives downstream. It is now clear that during the summer months, there is not enough flow to power a 500 watt hydro turbine downstream near the guest tent. So it remains that this water source could be 3 season power source to supplement your grid during the periods when their are more overcast days, the sun is lower on the horizon and the solar day is shorter. Add a 500 watt wind turbine located at the highest point of the land. Then you will have a true distributed generation grid. You will not be relying on one source of power and 2 of your 3 generators can operate 24/7. A great capability for charging batteries.
Micro hydro stepped in series within the creek could work well for 3 seasons. Just have it recharging batteries directly as a back up for the main grid or portable power supplies for other work areas with no electric availability. 10 hectares is a lot of land and swapping batteries around is easier & more economical than laying down wire and losing so much in transmission. Adds more flexibility to the existing system.
@@robertmoore1215 I imagined converting output to AC so the wire cost would be nominal and efficiency loss would be minimal given the distance traveled. Same for a low cost - high point [elevation] wind turbine. The potential charging contribution of these tiny systems are under-appreciated by the majority. 👍
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 I wrote a reply that got eaten by an error. The reply was basically this: We 100% agree on mixed basket power supplies. We disagree on AC wiring now vs stand alone DC satellites + AC in the future. Building up stand alone collections of (portable) battery banks and leaning harder into DC appliances will buy them time to save up for additional centralized stand alone AC inverter systems similar to what base camp has now. One location being the community center they plan on building in the future, for example. No one has indicated the plans for the other ruins. Your idea of AC wires serving the whole camp, whether it's a wiring circle or a wiring spoke design with central inverter at base camp, involves the radius of 10 hectares x 12 trenches (or a singular trench circling the property) + AC 3 strand wiring + piping, + arduous backhoe labor over variable rocky terrain. That's a costly suburban design that would pay for itself if were 12 modern dwellings and 12 rate payers, but will not work for the frugal rural one they're living out. By investing (a year ago & present tense) in new power streams and battery banks as the next step, they'll have the option to use the truck to swap out batteries to where generation is happening and where demand is most needful on a daily or seasonal basis. The creek dries up, relocate the batteries to solar panels elsewhere. Solar panels are idle during rainy season, redirect more batteries to creek and/or wind. They ran out of energy overnight, swap out the creek batteries long enough for the solar ones to recharge. They operate on a fundraising budget. The DC design grows at the pace they're comfortable growing, allows operational flexibility & It smooths out the feast or famine aspect of energy generation and consumption. It's also a cornerstone of the conversions to AC for future builds minus the outlay for all that 3 strand wiring/pipe/trenching. Dave has already rejected wind over wiring, terrain, and noise issues. Eliminating 2 of his 3 good reasons might offer cause for Project Kamp to reconsider adding wind somewhere that noise pollution is negligible. Closer to entrance the road? Beside the power lines that get cleared regularly? Somewhere else? They'd have to re-evaluate it on site. The prevalence of fallen trees in spring indicates gusty winters should indicate the appropriate wind design to choose.
@@robertmoore1215 I don't think they are paying attention to comments - so I suggest you don't invest to much energy. When a simple, sound suggestion like a 500 watt wind generator is rejected because of noise [ignorance], and a 500 watt hydro generator it's time to walk. The cherry on top of the stubbornness is that they now find they must cut power during the work day. 😉
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 priorities change as needs change. It's true of all no matter their age, lifestyle, or preferred locations. I will hold out and hope to find the community forum they're presently on. Even this old dog needs to adapt to this new fangled technology having graduated from rotary dials and party line operators. 😀
Congratulations on purchasing the land, now that you have enough space to accommodate all community members, you should consider starting gardening, it will provide you with lots of food all year around. Great video, now we can have a picture of everything that you have done so far. Thanks for that.👍
I know quitting coffee is hard... but instead you could try barley water. The taste is very similar to coffe and at least in spain, is typical and local grown. It was the coffee replacement for bad times as our civil war was. It actually does not replace coffe as energy booster, but to depend on coffe for being able to "do your stuff" is something everyone needs to look at and change. Also, in replace of chocolate we had carob, also locally grown. Of course those changes are not exactly the same as coffe or chocolate, but they're locally grown, and I think they were good replacements. And... what's more, we need to make little efforts for the revolution!
Turn the two large grass fields into a source of income. Make a contract with a local farmer to use no till farming and no chemical inputs on your two fields (seeds must be planted with a seed drill) up until the time you have a use for them. Plant two crops (one for each field and alternate each season). Plant one in corn and plant the second in soybeans. Soybeans and corn have a symbiotic relationship, the crops will not be stripping all of the nutrients out of the field and the chaff and roots that are left on the fields will enrich the soil. Corn and soybeans are the two highest value grain crops and the bottom land that makes up these two hay pastures is rich deep soil.
Loved this video! Hopefully this could be a more regular thing like every year or perhaps every few months to show all the changes with the passing seasons! Also well done Dave, he’s always been so good at presenting and to do what was probably close to an hour straight is pretty hard 😅
This was the first video I watched, and now, after binging the previous 92 at double speed, it's so nice to come back to and recognize all the different projects that I did not know about the first time. Not a second goes by where you can't see many different things you documented working on.
Congratulation on buying the middle part! The lagune looks really nice, i fully understand why the path is getting better and better towards it^^. Nice to see that you not only work and cut and build and research and plan but also actually live there. Sad to say the summer would be way to hot for me. Im impressed that you still work at 38+ degrees. Nice one shot episode - i watched back in the days a 2 or 3 hour one shot movie about the Emeritage - amazing.
The girls are always working hard. congratulations to the lady with the red t shirt. seeen her doing work on the house, the lagoon, well, clearing the land...always doing something. the stumps left behind seem like a hazard , always in danger to trip and fall.
if u trim the resin, heat it up, strain it, u have glue, in the old days you would sculpt it into a stick shape for an easy glue stick. (Damn strong glue)
this is for sure my favorite video I just like how chill it is and how sincere it feels. someone mentioned that it looks like a rpg game and that's also true lol. I hope one day I will be able to live in an environment like yours
Nifty video this week dudes. I will offer 3 observations. Why not put the recycled plastic pannels on the floor of your tent project and maybe a 100cm perpendicular around the edges for critter proofness. The mimosa resin, does it have a pleasant burning aroma? Harvest and blend it into an incence to market. Another tack would be to have an archeological dig along those older walls maybe as part of a kamp fest in the future.
Wow I was just thinking about Project Camp this morning because I heard about record temps in Europe. I was thinking you guys might hang out in that new pool area you created in the stream. Be careful out there, good luck 👍
I've been watching your videos to give me courage, as we're in the process of buying a rundown little ranch and I was feeling a little overwhelmed just by thinking about how much work there's gonna be. Gonna start with a camper van, an abandoned house, a grassy pasture, a tiny spring and a lot of ideas. Hope it turns out great like your place!
My favourite episode so far, loved the format, really could get a sense of the whole place. Well done on getting the piece of land. Beautiful lagoon and waterfall.
Great idea thank you. Two things I take away: 1. how much you have achieved since Day 1, amazing! I can hardly remember those first videos now, all the infrastructure is so impressive, must make a huge difference. 2. The oppressive density and ecological emptiness of the mimosa woods, feels so destructive. All the best to you.
Maybe you can build a house out of the materials to be found on the land. Mimosa trunks and clay, like in Africa. It would be a better climate inside than in metal structures, and also fire save.
really good one take! also the "gimbelt" camera was really a pleasure! alternative you could also say it was a really well rehearsed choreography some "encounters" was yet very perfectly "hit" (wink) but really great update video! And really good news gz to the new piece of land!
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A dog or two would be nice. What did I miss?
How do I contact you guys, I would like to speak to you.
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This episode feels like I'm in an RPG game.. Particularly when the truck picked you up and you helped carry supplies to the storage container and someone was sharpening an axe lol. Very fun
They should have added a minimap 😂
It's the continuous shot and video stabilization. Feels like being there. Amazing
Its red dead redemption 2..van kamp gang😅
Happy days A lifetime of memories being made 💕🕊️👍👍👍👍
Needed some NPCs.
Just had a thought:
Your fridges in the kitchen are working extra hard as they are circulating the rejected heat into the same room in summer months. Cut a vent in the wall behind them that you can close off, that way you can close it in winter to benefit from the heat and in summer leave it open so they run more efficiently and make the room more comfortable to work in.
genius
Good idea. I've always thought the hot loop should dump heat outside. And have extra insulation
This was one of my favorite episodes by far. Everyone just living and working around doing their thing. I would love another one like this!
It felt a little bit too staged sometimes to be honest, keep the honesty and natural behavior stand out. Still congrats for the state of the project
@@ReviewRiderwell i would assume that they talked a little bit before the video in an attempt to make it run smoother but everything that they were actually doing in the video is stuff that they would normally be doing anyways
I literally Yay out loud when you say you bought the middle land. Congratulations! Really enjoy your contents. Also love to see you guys take a shift to take care the baby.
OH YA!!!!! CONGRATS ON THE NEW LAND... HALLELUJAH.
Fantastic! I was worried the owners might renege and not sell to you...Congratulations!!
I also "Yay"ed out loud when they said they bought the center land. I knew they would, but it was a nice little announcement hidden in the video.
My husband and I also used to own land with someone else's land in the middle. Alas, my husband sold our land to them, instead of the other way around.
lmao so did I.
Ha, me too! Glad I wasn't the only one!
My grandma who lived in Libya and Italy, advised us to put wet towels/ cloths on the back of the neck to keep the heat regulated on yourselves. I am 70 and I still do this x😊
Yes, to fight back elements this and many other options are preferred in all parts of my country also we have Himalayas, desert like Thar, Deccan platues and tropical forests. Everywhere covering your head is the must.
Yep, wet cloth on the head/neck & keep turning over or rinsing in cold water if possible.
I’m 75 and I do this too when working outside!
Thanks madam
Aqui no Japão, também usamos toalhas úmidas no pescoço e quando estamos no tempo enrolamos uma toalha e amarramos na cabeça. Não esquecer da hidratação.
Liked the update. The sap is an attempt by the tree to rebark itself. You can drill a vertical hole through the stump into the heart root and it will kill the tree. When the heart root is breached(or cracked), water pressure can't be maintained and the tree dries out.
Be careful with the mimosa tree sap. It’s highly flammable and with it exposed it makes the tree a long burning torch.
You can scrap the sap off and use it as an excellent fire starter.
You could also build a sharpening stone mini table for the tool sharpening person to do it without cuts. You should never hold the stone while sharpening.
Cheers!
I wonder myself if the mimosa sap could be heated and used as a treatment for wood. The tree produces resin to protect from infection.
They should harvest the sap and make torches.
Actually this species of Acacia is on the Fire Retardant Plants List of Australian Plants Society! They mention that Acacia dealbata (silver wattle) has a low flammability rating so is well suited for screening in fire prone areas.
Acacias burn with catastrophic consequences in Portugal because there are no native predators and due to their tendency to sprout densely through runners after being cut or burned.
It's also a tree that accumulates a thick combustible layer of leaves and seeds underneath.
Its sap is water-soluble and is not flammable like that of eucalyptus, pine or most aromatic Mediterranean shrubs.
@@sergiovieira1053 they said they stripped mimosas not Acacia trees. They have explained non stop about the flammability of the mimosas. The trees leaking sap in the video were mimosas and it’s sap is flammable.
That type of stone needs water to efficiently sharpen a blade.
Robert “Don’t think about it” - just my favorite😂😂
Aussie bush firefighter here. Love to hear what your fire plan is - how you will alert people, who will do what, are you planning to protect some assets or just evacuate? A practice drill is a good idea so you know how long it will take, and iron out any issues.
Huge respect what you all did in these years. Imagine this place in 10 years
In ten years " Welcome to our 50 000 people festival and meet the team of 500 people! "
If they would have planted Kiri-trees they can cut the trees in 10 years having 15 meter tall and 40 cm trunks then. Carpenters love that light wood to make furniture of it.
I would move the version 1 of the tent to basecamp and use it as changing room or something next to the shower. In the vans or tents where people are staying there might not always be much room, but using the tent for this purpose would be a nice change. And could speed up the waiting time for the shower as wel. And is also more pleasant on rainy and/or cold days. And then version 2 of tent later on can be used for actual staying in project camp for some time.
This episode gave me a better understanding of the layout of the land! Really cool you took that in one shot! :)
Keep safe during the hot weather and keep drinking enough water, guys!
Here is a suggestion to keep the heat off of the metal buildings/vehicles.
Build a sperate roof over them about half a meter above, this keeps sunlight directly off the building itself as well as allow space for airflow beneath the 'roof' and above the structures. Do NOT do black roofing, black absorbs light and then radiates it. Do white on top to reflect light and maybe black under neither that to 'black out' remaining sunlight that might pass through the white (depending on thickness). There was a reason Native Americans had white teepees.
Thank you for the knowledge
I thought the same thing. All the caravans should be under bigger roof. I've slept in car on summer day, and it is BIG difference car parked under tree vs direct sun.
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I think they have learned that now regarding the black plastick roof😂😂
So strange there is no reaction from the Kamp people to those useful comments.
Two things: that resin below the cuts on those mimosa trees is probably highly flammable. If you cut off a small log from the tree just below where the resin has flowed, it would make good fire starting material. (Guess.) And two: if you can, look below the old cork tree and other established native trees in the area. Look for seedlings from these trees and pot them up. Do this consistently and soon you will have plenty of materials to replant the native woodland.
I know you guys have said in the past that you don’t have a clearly defined goal. I want to point out an observation I’ve made though. Weather you’ve done it on purpose or not, you’ve attracted/created a community of people who love the idea of people just doing their own thing and being self sufficient and clean, living off the land and the generosity of the warm hearted communities you guys thrive in. As a group, you guys are doing something that is admirable on so many levels, something that screams to a place deep in my heart. With no labels or agendas you guys are living authentically in a world that is completely fake. And to top it off, you were smart enough to document the entire process. I don’t want to make this too long. I just want to finish off by saying I wish there was a project kamp style compound near me. Personally I lack the funds, support, knowledge, and the bravery to do something like this. As a source of revenue it would be amazing to see you guys set up a training program that teaches people how to live like this and how to survive with others like this, maybe even an extended course that teaches people how to start their own camp, and provide a platform for like minded individuals to link up in a safe space to collaborate and learn from each other.
"Living in a world that is completely fake"... man, it must be depressing to live thinking like this
@@dynamo1796 I live in the US. I love my country, but we’ve lost our way. Actually we sold it, but they lie about that too.
Edit: I don’t mean to speak for the entire world, but I think a lot of people worldwide would agree that the scope of their reality is fairly “fake.” Definitely not everyone.
In regards to your resin, you can collect the resin in chunks then tamp it into a block, you can then use your tamp of resin to coat rope, to stop it drying out in the sun and fraying as well as tent cords and so forth. it will also somewhat waterproof screws that are not galvanised/stainless steel so you can put it on bolts and latches as a cheap rust displacer. if your block is getting too dry, you can simply put in on a hot pan or near a fire for a few seconds to soften the resin back up depending on species of tree.
Congrats on finalizing the land purchase! Really exciting to see your guys progression. Great to see so many people all working to help each other
I love this more vlog style format which reminds me of the early days of this channel. The other highly edited videos are fine too but somehow like this style better. Nice to hear Dave again too especially with his “coool”.
I love Roberts confidence (18:26). Had to laugh so hard!
A Suggestion:
Since your land is dry, it would be a good idea to add more rainwater harvesting infrastructure such as swales, continuous contour trenches (both shallow and deep) also loose boulder structures which slows water down (which you're already mimicking by piling the chopped down mimosa trees through the forest) and also recharge pits.
Adding these throughout the land would massively help in sustainable living, would secure water availability for every person living on the land (recharging wells), and prevent forest fires by preventing the land from drying out. Plus the recharge pits could act as emergency water for if the forest were to catch on fire.
Sharpening the tools with all those cuts reminds me of Ernest Goes to Camp when he pulls the blade across the stone and into his hand. lmao
So, everybody went fast to the lagoon after being recorded and waited there at the end. Loved it! 😂
haha, great great job on the one-taker, shout-out to Javi for capturing it really well and Dave for keeping it exciting. It's really a nice creative summary on all projects done: wonderful!
the way everyone you talked to made it to the lagoon before you make this feel like a movie lol
I love how you guys are practicing the 'it takes a village to raise a child' idea
Hello guys! I had some ideas that might help you with some things.
So, I think that the first thing I would change is to stop cleaning off plants the surroundings of water bodies - I know it is more pleasent to our eyes, but it accelerates the erosion and can diminish its "lifespan". Second thing I'd do is to paint the outside of the containers and the black plastic being used as roof with non-toxic "thermal" white paint to ameliorate the temperature. Another thing is to use the Mimosa spp. branches as compost to other plants you can eat or grow - maybe, in the beginning, try to brake it into little pieces like you did in another video, I guess. About the area you have that is covered in "grass", you could try to start a agroforestry system and, with the right management, it would produce a lot, because you have a lot of water available during winter and water bodies distributed on the land. I also saw that you are very worried about fires too and you guys could have a brigade training to control the fire even after it is already on. I always think about solutions that involve water, but in your situation I don't know if it is possible or affordable. It might be possible to cover with native and appropriate grass the pathways you created so it don't erode either.
Anyways, english is not my mother language and it may have some errors in this text, but I guess you'll get the point. Hopefully you see this.
Nice job you're doing there, I got really excited about it. Watched the 1 year, 2 years and 2,5 years videos in a row!
Surrounding water bodies I disagree. They're planting grass to displace woody stem plants that are fouling the water supply. See the swamp. Low oxygen due to too much decaying carbon, still water, followed by perpetual algae blooms. I agree that painting white does help reflect UV and reduce heat sinks.
Soil erosion: They're using decomposing bramble and mimosa to create swales and berms to redirect water distribution, improve aquifer/wells and soil amending compost for beneficial plants. I've noticed they leave stumps around for a few seasons to give the grasses a chance to lay down some roots before stump removal happens. Other uses for mimosa= Flowers are edible eaten raw as vegetables/ salad toppings. Leaves are edible eaten in stews or making tea. Bark is used medicinally as tinctures. The wood is used as wattle fencing, fence posts, wood chips for soil moisture retention, furniture, lathed wood turning, charcoal and firewood. The resin is used in essential oils/perfumes. Hope we get another "uses for mimosa" video in the future.
Open area suggestion = UFO landing strip. Thanks for another great video, it's always nice to have Dave on.
Very glad you've acquired that "land inside your land".
Its fantastic to watch videos from other Project Kamp team members, but always great to get back to seeing Dave
A very interesting overview. Congratulations on finally being able to buy the middle land. Amazing to watch things progress.
I love seeing Kevin. He always got that bright aura in him.
wait for next video. its awesome
You guys have a great layout for a few goats. They’re good for veg maintenance and milk and cheese.
@ProjectKamp - Research solar chimneys. You could passively cool those containers by drawing air out of the top through a chimney-like structure. This will at least get the conductive heat removed by providing a continuous airflow.
I was sooo looking forward to Dave jumping into the lagoon at the end! I want to see a vid of that :) he was just suffering from the heat all the way through :D
If Dave was a tv presenter for all programmes people would be 100 percent more relaxed in life.
What lovely filmmaking work! That took a lot of planning, I bet! It ended up really well done, so thanks!
THAT WAS AWESOME DAVE!!!! THANKS FOR THE WALK AND CANDID INYERVIEWS, ITS ALWAYS BUSY AT PROJECT KAMP!!! I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING ALL THE TASKS AND NEW ACTIVITIES YOU ALL ARE TACKLING, AND THE NEW KREW OF HELPERS ROCK!!! PLEASE SEND COMPLIMENTS TO EVERYONE, WORK WELL DONE.👍👍👍 . FROM CRATERS OF THE MOON IDAHO U.S.A. I HOPE IT COOLS OFF OVER THERE, WE ARE ALREADY FEELING WINTER TO DAY, RAINY, BREEZY, AND 50 DEGREES F TODAY BRRRR❄❄, I LOVE IT. WE ARE HIGH DESERT FARMLAND HERE, SO WE HAVE LONG COLD SNOWY WINTER. BE BLESSED EVERYONE, I LOVE PROJECT KAMP!!💙💙💙💯💯
Timo seems like a genuinely nice dude you would love to have as a friend.
It really feels so immersive, so cool.
I know it might be hard to do videos like this in one shot but they are so worth it.
I enjoyed every second of it!!!
I've had a hard time visualizing how big the place was and where exactly everything is so this is so amazing and please do this again in the future after you've had a lot of progress, this is amazing to see and experience as someone who would love to come visit but can't
you could definitly use the place where you said you would eventually have your party in order to plant and grow a few vegetables because having to water everyday wouldn't be a problem since you have the well and the creek close by and you can just take a bit of water from there.
happy to see yall installing biogas, I'd been thinking about how it would be a good idea to expand further into the winter and supply the stoves
Great to see you all again. I didn't appreciate before, how hilly the Kamp is. I can see it better now the minosa has been cut back. Good to see the pig trailer (I mean level 2 dwelling) coming on. So pleased you bought the middle land. And so pleased you have a lagoon to cool off in. Great work, Peace and Love. Pete
Acacia dealbata resin can be used like regular gum arabic. I'm not entirely sure it's 100% edible, but when used in arts and crafts, it perfectly replaces the more common varieties extracted from Acacia senegal and Acacia nilotica.
I've been using it for almost thirty years!
It can be used as paper glue; as a binder in watercolors and gouache; for certain engraving techniques and papié-maché. But be careful, once it dries it is not waterproof like acrylic paint!
Let the resin exude from the trunks and branches until it forms large balls or manageable drips. Then, collect and soak it in a clean container with some warm or hot water. Leave it until all the resin dissolves and then filter it onto a tray lined with cling film. Place in a sheltered, warm place to evaporate. Note that the longer the soaking, the more the wood tannins will dye the solution, darkening the resulting gum.
We need another chapter of what to do with Mimosa!
Awesome episode y'all. Gave me a much better idea for how the land connects together.
Also really inspiring to see you're making it work with a baby over there. Can't be easy, great props to the parents and everybody else. Would love to see a deeper dive on how they+you deal with those challenges.
It's inspiring to see how you're balancing building a community, building actual infrastructure, doing research, keeping up a successful youtube channel and also have something of a personal life.
I tend to want to do too many things at the same time and seeing the way you structure things at project kamp helps put my own challenges in perspective.
@ProjectKamp, regarding your question about the tree resin. It works great as a natural glue and burns a long time so can also be used as a natural fuel for tiki torches, maybe not a good idea with fire risk but still handy.
You should cultivate the land they have prepared for that, make a small greenhouse where they can grow some vegetables and do a study on what to plant outside of it, since you already have experience in harvesting potatoes and your own neighbors can help you, they would have a source of income from greening it, and also from food.
Greetings, I love your videos
This.
You’ve come so far! It looks amazing! My favorite was seeing the baby. Congratulations on the land.
Useful seeing the relative distances. There's so much mimosa I wonder if you could process it for tannins as you fell it? - which apparently can be effective as anti-fungal wood preservative. Also hope you are able to collect native tree seeds (acorns) and start germinating your own forest (I've had a high success rate with oaks this way, but it's a slow process requiring stratification). Great to see such a hive of industry (and the first baby - who deserves the title of First Baby!)
That's a great way to do a video occasionally. Really well done. Love your channel.
Hello ProkectKampers ! That was a nice video ! I enjoyed seeing it in one shot. It helps figure out the distance and what different things people are doing at the same time.
The tree sap can be used for burning( if it is suitable), but can be used for a polish( warm it up till melted and apply and polish after it cools )
Absolutely inspiring! Your dedication and the way you've shared your journey are truly motivating. I'm excited to follow along and learn from your experiences. Keep up the fantastic work!
This feels like an intro to a video game, lovely introduction part where you are screenlocked until something horrible happens and the game starts lol
You have done a great service to everyone who lives in the watershed by cleaning the sediment from the pool and repairing the sluice gate so it is operable. The ponded water is feeding the groundwater table for everyone who lives downstream.
It is now clear that during the summer months, there is not enough flow to power a 500 watt hydro turbine downstream near the guest tent. So it remains that this water source could be 3 season power source to supplement your grid during the periods when their are more overcast days, the sun is lower on the horizon and the solar day is shorter.
Add a 500 watt wind turbine located at the highest point of the land. Then you will have a true distributed generation grid. You will not be relying on one source of power and 2 of your 3 generators can operate 24/7. A great capability for charging batteries.
Micro hydro stepped in series within the creek could work well for 3 seasons. Just have it recharging batteries directly as a back up for the main grid or portable power supplies for other work areas with no electric availability. 10 hectares is a lot of land and swapping batteries around is easier & more economical than laying down wire and losing so much in transmission. Adds more flexibility to the existing system.
@@robertmoore1215 I imagined converting output to AC so the wire cost would be nominal and efficiency loss would be minimal given the distance traveled. Same for a low cost - high point [elevation] wind turbine. The potential charging contribution of these tiny systems are under-appreciated by the majority. 👍
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 I wrote a reply that got eaten by an error. The reply was basically this: We 100% agree on mixed basket power supplies. We disagree on AC wiring now vs stand alone DC satellites + AC in the future. Building up stand alone collections of (portable) battery banks and leaning harder into DC appliances will buy them time to save up for additional centralized stand alone AC inverter systems similar to what base camp has now. One location being the community center they plan on building in the future, for example. No one has indicated the plans for the other ruins. Your idea of AC wires serving the whole camp, whether it's a wiring circle or a wiring spoke design with central inverter at base camp, involves the radius of 10 hectares x 12 trenches (or a singular trench circling the property) + AC 3 strand wiring + piping, + arduous backhoe labor over variable rocky terrain. That's a costly suburban design that would pay for itself if were 12 modern dwellings and 12 rate payers, but will not work for the frugal rural one they're living out.
By investing (a year ago & present tense) in new power streams and battery banks as the next step, they'll have the option to use the truck to swap out batteries to where generation is happening and where demand is most needful on a daily or seasonal basis. The creek dries up, relocate the batteries to solar panels elsewhere. Solar panels are idle during rainy season, redirect more batteries to creek and/or wind. They ran out of energy overnight, swap out the creek batteries long enough for the solar ones to recharge. They operate on a fundraising budget. The DC design grows at the pace they're comfortable growing, allows operational flexibility & It smooths out the feast or famine aspect of energy generation and consumption. It's also a cornerstone of the conversions to AC for future builds minus the outlay for all that 3 strand wiring/pipe/trenching. Dave has already rejected wind over wiring, terrain, and noise issues. Eliminating 2 of his 3 good reasons might offer cause for Project Kamp to reconsider adding wind somewhere that noise pollution is negligible. Closer to entrance the road? Beside the power lines that get cleared regularly? Somewhere else? They'd have to re-evaluate it on site. The prevalence of fallen trees in spring indicates gusty winters should indicate the appropriate wind design to choose.
@@robertmoore1215 I don't think they are paying attention to comments - so I suggest you don't invest to much energy.
When a simple, sound suggestion like a 500 watt wind generator is rejected because of noise [ignorance], and a 500 watt hydro generator it's time to walk.
The cherry on top of the stubbornness is that they now find they must cut power during the work day. 😉
@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 priorities change as needs change. It's true of all no matter their age, lifestyle, or preferred locations. I will hold out and hope to find the community forum they're presently on. Even this old dog needs to adapt to this new fangled technology having graduated from rotary dials and party line operators. 😀
Congratulations on purchasing the land, now that you have enough space to accommodate all community members, you should consider starting gardening, it will provide you with lots of food all year around.
Great video, now we can have a picture of everything that you have done so far. Thanks for that.👍
I know quitting coffee is hard... but instead you could try barley water. The taste is very similar to coffe and at least in spain, is typical and local grown. It was the coffee replacement for bad times as our civil war was. It actually does not replace coffe as energy booster, but to depend on coffe for being able to "do your stuff" is something everyone needs to look at and change. Also, in replace of chocolate we had carob, also locally grown. Of course those changes are not exactly the same as coffe or chocolate, but they're locally grown, and I think they were good replacements. And... what's more, we need to make little efforts for the revolution!
Turn the two large grass fields into a source of income.
Make a contract with a local farmer to use no till farming and no chemical inputs on your two fields (seeds must be planted with a seed drill) up until the time you have a use for them.
Plant two crops (one for each field and alternate each season). Plant one in corn and plant the second in soybeans. Soybeans and corn have a symbiotic relationship, the crops will not be stripping all of the nutrients out of the field and the chaff and roots that are left on the fields will enrich the soil.
Corn and soybeans are the two highest value grain crops and the bottom land that makes up these two hay pastures is rich deep soil.
Hello folks, it's so great to see the whole area growing. Keep it up. I myself come from Germany, which is close to Hanover. Greetings to all George
That Lagoon must be one of the better quality of life additions to the Kamp!
You are so inspiring guys, I love you all, you make such an incredible work.
Thanks for all this fun & shared experiences.
Congratulations, landowners again - finally, what a thrill. Now the camp is to be expanded and developed further. Greetings from Sweden 🙂
I like how everyone is working throughout the video, but all end up at the lagoon within about 30 minutes.
When it gets rainier weather if you burn those mimosa trees you can burn them for biochar for your garden gives good nutrients for your garden
Loved this video! Hopefully this could be a more regular thing like every year or perhaps every few months to show all the changes with the passing seasons! Also well done Dave, he’s always been so good at presenting and to do what was probably close to an hour straight is pretty hard 😅
This was the first video I watched, and now, after binging the previous 92 at double speed, it's so nice to come back to and recognize all the different projects that I did not know about the first time. Not a second goes by where you can't see many different things you documented working on.
Hi guys! You could use the resin from the bare Mimossa tree trunks to fill the gaps in the canvas tent floor.
Keep up the good work!
love the tour! do this again when things have progressed, that would be so cool!
Congratulation on buying the middle part! The lagune looks really nice, i fully understand why the path is getting better and better towards it^^. Nice to see that you not only work and cut and build and research and plan but also actually live there. Sad to say the summer would be way to hot for me. Im impressed that you still work at 38+ degrees. Nice one shot episode - i watched back in the days a 2 or 3 hour one shot movie about the Emeritage - amazing.
I always enjoy your videos. So much going on but always seems nice.
The girls are always working hard. congratulations to the lady with the red t shirt. seeen her doing work on the house, the lagoon, well, clearing the land...always doing something. the stumps left behind seem like a hazard , always in danger to trip and fall.
I think she lives on the land now ! Her name is Julie, and yes she does seem hard at work
i have got a very good idea that you guys should do, you should challege your selves to build a building with using mostly mimosa trees
if u trim the resin, heat it up, strain it, u have glue, in the old days you would sculpt it into a stick shape for an easy glue stick. (Damn strong glue)
Awesome video as usual, Keep up the great content and keep on inspiring others to live better!
this is for sure my favorite video I just like how chill it is and how sincere it feels. someone mentioned that it looks like a rpg game and that's also true lol. I hope one day I will be able to live in an environment like yours
Best video yet! Good luck during this fire season. Can’t wait for more updates
Awesome video! it's nice to see people just working away and enjoying it too, you should all be very proud of yourselves with how far you have come 💙
I've been watching your updates for two and half years. Can't believe it. Keep up the good work
You can use the resin for making insect traps or glue for wood working or gap filler. Save it!
You could probably use an organic solvent to thin, filter and process the resin.
Nifty video this week dudes. I will offer 3 observations. Why not put the recycled plastic pannels on the floor of your tent project and maybe a 100cm perpendicular around the edges for critter proofness. The mimosa resin, does it have a pleasant burning aroma? Harvest and blend it into an incence to market. Another tack would be to have an archeological dig along those older walls maybe as part of a kamp fest in the future.
It's incredible that every 10 meters there anither people doing other project, really active community it's beautiful :))
this video makes me so excited to see what project kamp has in store for us regarding the updates !!! great video guys :)
Love how everyone you chatted to convened at the pool for the end shot.
It's great you finally got the middle part of the land!
Wauw! Congrats on buying the middelland!🎉
nice tour; you all have done a wonderful job caring for each other and the land.
Wow I was just thinking about Project Camp this morning because I heard about record temps in Europe. I was thinking you guys might hang out in that new pool area you created in the stream. Be careful out there, good luck 👍
I can’t wait to have my own space like this.
Great video guys, well done on securing the land!
Love the continuous shot. Really get a better idea of the space and distances.
I've been watching your videos to give me courage, as we're in the process of buying a rundown little ranch and I was feeling a little overwhelmed just by thinking about how much work there's gonna be. Gonna start with a camper van, an abandoned house, a grassy pasture, a tiny spring and a lot of ideas. Hope it turns out great like your place!
My favourite episode so far, loved the format, really could get a sense of the whole place. Well done on getting the piece of land. Beautiful lagoon and waterfall.
Great idea thank you. Two things I take away:
1. how much you have achieved since Day 1, amazing! I can hardly remember those first videos now, all the infrastructure is so impressive, must make a huge difference.
2. The oppressive density and ecological emptiness of the mimosa woods, feels so destructive.
All the best to you.
Man i love these types of videos.
Maybe you can build a house out of the materials to be found on the land. Mimosa trunks and clay, like in Africa. It would be a better climate inside than in metal structures, and also fire save.
i am so happy to see you guys have not had any forest fires! considering what's going on in Greece and the rest of the world.
Huge support and thank you for making our little Portugal a safer and more sustainable place! You guys rock! 🤟🤟
really good one take! also the "gimbelt" camera was really a pleasure!
alternative you could also say it was a really well rehearsed choreography some "encounters" was yet very perfectly "hit" (wink)
but really great update video! And really good news gz to the new piece of land!
Hello I would love to say you guys inspire me to live the same way as you guys