November 5, 2024

VIDEO: Abandoned Land to Starting Homestead in 6 Months: Everything We Built So Far


6 months ago, we bought an abandoned land and started converting it into an off-grid homestead. In this video we cover everything we built in the past six months, including a new access road, swales, food forests, wildlife pond, a home base, irrigation system and other projects.

Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
1:58 – Building a new road & planting a food forest
5:48 – Building terraces for the home base
7:17 – Building a new pond & ducks
9:40 – Building swales and new food forests
12:34 – Installing a new irrigation system
13:36 – Patio with Fire Pit
14:50 – No dig raised garden bed
15:18 – Outro

26 thoughts on “VIDEO: Abandoned Land to Starting Homestead in 6 Months: Everything We Built So Far

  1. For those setting out on their own journey into homesteading, I wish you all the best! It's not an easy journey, but with a simple dream, hard work and a passion, everything is possible. Remember, every small step counts. What may seem like small steps in the beginning, can lead to great results in the future. And the more people get successful with this lifestyle, the better it will be for all of us. To help with this I'd love to make the best content I possibly can for you, so if you can spare a minute I'd love to know… What is your biggest struggle with starting your own homestead lifestyle?

    Thank you so much!

  2. bravo. Vous avez beaucoup de qualités, courageux, travailleur, intelligent et surtout trés rationnel. Il faudrait beaucoup de "dutch farmer" pour réparer un peu la planète.
    Félicitations, je vais suivre assidument la suite de votre projet.
    cordialement
    dominique

  3. Thank you for sharing your adventure with us! I am so enjoying your hard work. I love all the logical lists you make that set a clear path to building a little slice of paradise.

  4. Thank you for sharing!
    We’ve loved following your family’s journey through the market garden and now into the homestead. This video is perfect! We loving seeing the progression and how your land has evolved. Not only that, but the How’s and Why’s are insightful and help to viewers like us to get an idea of the work that goes into making dreams a reality. This longer format video is wonderful – I’m sure it takes more to create, but it’s just what we’re hoping to see! Thank you for the thorough explanation and bringing us along for the journey! Nog vele jaren!

  5. Great video and very inspiring, I left the USA some yrs ago and moved here to Tavira, the trouble is I live on my own and in my 60s and my dream was to create a similar project to yours but now I worry that its too late as without any help how on earth am I meant to do it. I am not afraid of hard work and very stubborn but I wish there was some way too connect similar individuals with help and resources, any ideas.

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