Category: The Dutch Farmer

In this timelapse you’ll see the entire process of how we built a new garden on our off grid homestead.

It’s been our family’s dream to build a homestead and live a simple life. Somewhere secluded, immersed in nature, and appreciating the slow days reconnected to our roots.

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In this video I share 5 mistakes new no dig gardeners make and how you can avoid them. Watch this video next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aNOPuXHCLQ&t=1124s 0:00 Intro 0:42 Mistake 1 3:07 Mistake 2 6:00 Mistake 3 7:34 Mistake 4 9:27 Mistake 5

How to start a homestead food garden that can provide you with year-round homegrown vegetables? Let’s find out! Year-Round Vegetables at Home Guide: https://www.rootsreconnected.com/

In this video I share my 5-step process for designing a homestead garden. You can download the free gardening guide “Year-Round Vegetables at Home” here: https://www.rootsreconnected.com/ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:03 Step 1 4:40 Step 2 7:19 Step 3 8:42 Step 4 11:20 Step 5

Buying raw, off-grid land to start your homestead is extremely exciting. BUT there are many things to consider and costly mistakes to avoid when looking for land to start your journey to create a simpler life on the land. In this video I cover 10 mistakes/considerations to avoid and think about before you decide on…

In this video I’m planting, harvesting and cooking potatoes from start to finish. With summer in full swing and temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius for 2 weeks straight, we take a break from the homestead and enjoy lunch at a quiet spot next to a big lake. Enjoy!

In this video we’re going to build a fire pit with patio on our off grid homestead. Enjoy!

In this video we clean up an old olive tree and make an easy no dig plant border around it. In this new no dig garden bed we planted some of the following plants to create a guild with the existing olive tree: Feijoa Bay leaf Blackberry Blueberry Redcurrant Grape Strawberry Canna Indica Many different…

In this video I’m going to show you how I installed an irrigation system and running water on our off grid land. Last week we had extremely warm weather blowing in from North Africa with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius. We just planted close to 400 new trees and want to give them…

Ever since we got introduced to Permaculture some 10 years ago we had a dream to start and grow a beautifully productive food forest. We’ve made the first steps on our new off grid homestead in Portugal to realize this dream and planted close to 400 productive and support species. We built 5 new swales…

We just finished building a pond and introduced our new Muscovy ducks to them. This feature surely will improve the biodiversity and increase the resilience of our homestead. Make sure to subscribe to follow our journey of building an off grid homestead from the ground up.

Using an excavator to remove vegetation, clear the road, and trucking in gravel to make a new driveway on abandoned land. Make sure to subscribe and follow along as we convert this neglected property into our dream off grid homestead.

Can’t believe it finally happened. We bought abandoned land to start our homestead! It was a long journey to get to this point, but we’ve finally been able to get a small piece of land to continue our journey and follow our dreams. Make sure to subscribe and follow along as we convert this abandoned…

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