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Back in the fall we built ourselves some diy poly tunnels to protect our fall garden from frost and freezing weather. These mini greenhouses were surprisingly simple to make, with easy to find supplies at most hardware stores, and only took a couple hours to put together, including the building of our own homemade hoop…
Ian’s off to work tomorrow, and we haven’t made a video in a while due to family visiting, so we jumped on to say hi. Sorry about the video cutting out, my phone died 🙁 Want to learn more about Ian’s work? Here’s about how we deal with him working away and lots of old…
It is a beautiful fall day on the farm, which we are all enjoying, until we hit a major roadblock in our barn reno project. Disaster! We are working on the galvanized steel siding for the barn renovation and are really excited how it is looking. We hope you enjoy the garden tour and pretty…
What is the draw to farmlife and the idea of living off the land? For us, it’s mostly about food. And not just having some of the best and freshest food for our table, but our beliefs about a sustainable food system, and philosophies about the kind of world we would like to live in…
No Farmhouse is complete without a real Christmas tree, so we decided to spend an afternoon driving up into the local hills to find a suitable tree to cut and bring home. Join us as we play in the snow, cutting down a Christmas tree, on this backcountry adventure, and experience a bit of the…
We woke up to the first snow at our new farm! We don’t normally get snow in the beginning of November like this, and I can’t say I was excited about this winter wonderland, but it was rather pretty. Hope you enjoy getting a sneak peak of what winter on the farm will look like.…
Come and join us for a day on the farm. We are receiving a bunch of wood chips, working on the chain link fence and barn renovation, and sharing an update on our garden. We also have some great zero waste tips from Ian, so come learn the Yukon blow and hang out with us.…
We have been living in our over 100 year old farmhouse for a few months now, and decided to give a tour since its too cold out to film anything in our garden today. There aren’t many old homes in Western Canada left, so having a place built in 1902 is rather unique. Hope you…
The walnut tree is dropping it’s nuts, and the race is on to beat the squirrels. So today we are outside enjoying the lovely day having a family nut collecting contest. We are so thankful to be able to be collecting walnuts for the homestead from our beautiful full sized tree. __________ Subscribe and JOIN…
There is a frost warning for tonight, so it is time to face the fact that summer is over, and prepare the garden. We are ripping out our tomatoes and saving the green tomatoes. And getting all our fall greens covered with tarps for the night. Does our protecting the garden from overnight frost damage…
The barn renovation continues! We are putting in our man door, and finally closing in the wall that we have been working on for over a month. Closing up the shop is really bringing together the garage into a finished product. We are getting close to just finishing work!
We are shocked to have achieved 500,000 views on our YouTube channel, and we would like to say a big thank you. Since Scott Hebert at Flavorful Farms nominated us to do the Roots and Refuge Challenge of “My Favorite Video I’ve Ever Made” we take this opportunity to speak to you about some of…
Can’t just one thing with this barn renovation be easy! Will everything go wrong for us? We ordered a special custom glass garage door for our outbuilding, paying more then we ideally would like, so that it could function as a window, but the door doesn’t have clear glass. Seriously? Now garage door drama! __________…
Things are coming together, slowly but surely. Come and join us for a farm tour as we show the small progresses on the barn renovation, and an update on the garden. The work is part of the fun, not just the final outcome, but it is still nice to see things progressing. __________ Subscribe and…
After all the work of transplanting all of our plants, and all the stress of selling our house, we are doing a final goodbye to our urban home, and giving you a before and after garden tour. A lot of people are concerned with building a food forest in a temporary home, but deconstructing a…
Ian is making progress on his chain link fence project, and today him and David get the mesh attached. It is really starting to come together, and more importantly, it now can function as an actual barrier to keep the kids in the yard!
Ian is playing lumberjack today, and fighting massive rotten stumps. In front of our house, along the road, is a space that we hope to use as a pull over for our future farmstand, but these massive stumps need to go. So Ian pulls out the chainsaw, and gets some work done.
Scott for Flavourful Farms is sharing 21 hot tips for new farmers with us today. As first time farmers, we needed all the advice we could get from an experienced market gardener. Make sure to go check out Scott’s channel for more great farming content: https://www.youtube.com/c/scotthebert604
We learned so much during our visit to Scott Hebert’s Flavourful Farms! Since we are deep in the process of getting started as new vegetable farmers, we are especially interested in where we should put our money first. During our visit, Scott stressed over and over again how important his walk in cooler had been…
Scott Hebert of Flavorful Farms was so generous and allowed us to come and pick his brain about being a professional farmer, and we want to share it with you. Join us for a farm tour of his 1/4 acre farm. And don’t forget to check out Scott’s channel https://www.youtube.com/c/scotthebert604
We are getting firewood for the winter. We didn’t have time to get firewood and season it ourselves, so this year we are buying firewood from someone local. We are buying 3 cords for the winter. Ian’s in charge of picking it up, and Serina is in charge of stacking firewood. We are excited for…
It’s quince season again, and I have baskets and baskets of the stuff. Last year I experimented with some new recipes, which I really enjoyed. But this year, I’m starting to process my quince with one of my favorite ways to enjoy it – homemade quince syrup! It’s a great way to enjoy the quince…
My dad came by to help out Ian. We are framing the new wall, and Ian wasn’t completely sure how to sandwich it into an already built roof and floor. The answer we learn is just do it, lol. The kids come out and help nail the walls into place, and I annoy Ian with…
I can’t promise you will learn much FROM Ian, but you can learn chain link fencing with Ian, lol. Stick around to the end to get all his HOT TIPS. Hope you enjoy this fencing vlog! __________ Subscribe and JOIN OUR JOURNEY! https://www.youtube.com/c/YouCantEatTheGrass?sub_confirmation=1. __________ SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/you.cant.eat.the.grass/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/you.cant.eat.the.grass/ Google+ | https://plus.google.com/u/0/+YouCantEatTheGrass…
We have to get our new trees into the ground, so today we are planting the backyard orchard. The plan with the trees is to continue them along the fence line with our orchardist neighbours to match the current trees on the property. Being beside a cherry orchard means our property is exposed to a…
Ian called and let me know he is bringing home a surprise for the new farm! It is a cool and windy day, so the kids and Serina are excited to see what it is. Join us for a slow day on the farm, in this family vlog. And get excited about all the fruit…
Are we getting wood chips? Look at those piles! Lots of people struggle with the back to eden gardening technique and we feel they are missing one important component – time! So today we are revealing the secret, and talking about our wood chips plan. __________ Subscribe and JOIN OUR JOURNEY! https://www.youtube.com/c/YouCantEatTheGrass?sub_confirmation=1. __________ SOCIAL MEDIA…
We need to put in a chain link fence to keep the kids in a safe yard space away from the dangerous shop and future farm area. We are doing something a little different with this fence, because it is also going to function as a grape trellis. But I make a few design changes,…
This is a complete Earthway Seeder Review, covering everything from unboxing, assembly, using the seeder, and how well it seeded in the later germination that I show. I discuss my initial impressions on this seeder completely unbiased and tell you the good and the bad. This was my first time using a seeder, and overall…
We are nearing the completion of Step 1 – pouring the concrete floor. This job was way outside our skill set, so we brought in the professionals, to give us a nice clean fancy smooth shop floor. While we wait, we are working on getting the freshly weeded garden ready for planting a fall garden.…
