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Hey ya’ll, I’m Jess from Roots & Refuge Farm Welcome to a place that feels like home. A small farm with a big family. We hope you’ll pull up a chair, grab some coffee and visit awhile. There was a time that all I wanted in the world was a little farm where I could…
Squash bugs and cucumber beetles can be such a nuscence. In this episode we will be covering how to control them using a trick I learned from a local amish farmer.
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Ever wondered how to make maple syrup? Curious about why maple sap is sweet, or where it comes from? Then this is the video for you! Homemade maple syrup is a wonderful free treat and an excellent use of your property. It could even be a source of income if you have enough trees!
If we hope to someday become fully food self-sufficient, we are going to have to begin taking part in the process from seed to harvest. So check out how we built our germination station in our basement, to start our seedlings indoors.
One of our favourite ways to get Back to Reality is by getting Back to Nature. So we strapped on our snowshoes and went for a nice long walk in our woods. But while we were there, we also set up some trail cameras to try to catch a photo of some deer.
A full account of our cross-canada road trip, from the east coast to the west coast to the arctic coast. Plus, how this epic adventure convinced us to live in our van for 2 years and eventually start homesteading.
Nothing ever goes as planned, but everything always works out. 🙂 Happy New Year Everyone!
Though Hugelkultur is a very low maintenance method of permaculture gardening, there are a few things you have to do throughout the year. So right now, as autumn draws to an end, it’s about time we prepared our garden for the winter, using a simple technique called: Chop and Drop!
What better way to celebrate our first Christmas in our new home, then a Christmas tree from our own forest!
After spending our summer building labor-intensive hugelkultur mounds, we decided to try our hands at a MUCH simpler form of permaculture, using the Ruth Stout Method: Simply growing our food in hay!
We were a little late to harvest our corn, but we were able to salvage enough to cook. But instead of peeling the husks and dropping them in a pot of boiling water, we decided to show you our favorite method of cooking corn on the cob… IN THE CAMPFIRE!
We’ve received a lot of comments regarding the table we built in our camper van. So, we’ve finally put together a video which explains how it works, and exactly how we built it. If you have any questions, please let us know!
We’re finally settling in to our new cabin, and have begun homesteading! One of our first priorities this spring was to construct a vegetable garden. Hoping to work in harmony with nature, we decided to delve into the world of Permaculture, and built our very first Hugelkultur mound! So what’s Hugelkultur? Well, we’ll show you!…
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After nearly two years in our camper van, we’ve finally saved up enough money and bought ourselves a cabin with some property. In this video, we give a full tour of the cabin, explore the out-buildings, and even walk through the forest and fields where we will eventually start growing our own food.
After nearly two years traveling Canada and saving money by living full time in our camper van, we found our dream home: A small log cabin, with enough open space for huge vegetable gardens and enough forest to get lost in. 🙂
Hey Guys! Just a really quick update to let you all know that we’re still here! We’ve had some unexpected changes in our lives and can’t wait to tell you all about it. Plus, a shout out to Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives whom we met up with a couple of months ago to…
It’s -42°C outside today, so we decided to stay in and do some housework. Unfortunately, the second Paula began washing the floor, the water froze. Instantly. We thought you might find it amusing! 🙂
Now that we’ve settled in to a typically cold Canadian winter, we get asked a lot of questions about how we stay warm at night while living full time in our Camper Van. Here’s our top five tips on how to have a warm sleep in even the coldest of weather.
After a long week, we were too tire to cook. Solution? Let’s find out if we can convince a pizza shop to deliver to the Walmart parking lot! Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/aguyagirlandacampervan Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/guygirlvan
Part 24 of our road trip across Northern Quebec and Eastern Canada. We hooked up with Mark, a traveling photographer who we originally met a few months earlier, at a Walmart Parking lot in Ottawa, Ontario. He was nice enough to give us a tour of his self-converted stealth camper van.
Part 23 of our road trip across Northern Quebec and Eastern Canada. After driving around for 3 days with nothing but bailing wire holding our brakes together, we finally found the proper parts, and fixed them at a Truck Stop.
Part 22 of our road trip across Northern Quebec and Eastern Canada. We drove through Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and Labrador, and went for a hike on the Tablelands Trail. The Tablelands is an area of desert like rocky hills which were formed several hundred million years ago when plate tectonics forced the…
Part 17 of our road trip across Northern Quebec and Eastern Canada. The 600 kilometers of rough gravel road through the wilderness of Labrador finally took its toll. Right before reaching the Newfoundland ferry, our van broke-down on the side of the road overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Part 14 of our road trip across Northern Quebec and Eastern Canada. After a rainy start down the Trans-Labrador highway, the weather finally improved and we got a chance to explore Churchill River and the small northern community of Churchill Falls. Still no luck finding one of the satellite phones that the province provides free…
Part 12 of our road trip across Northern Quebec and Eastern Canada. We finally finish our drive up route 389 from Baie-Comeau to Labrador City, and in doing so, cross another province off our list: Newfoundland and Labrador! Along the way, we also saw a huge Iron Ore Mine in Fermont, Quebec.
