We have long wanted blueberry bushes as a form of edible landscaping that will easily provide us with a nutrient dense food. This video is about us planting our first row of blueberry bushes along our new front fence.
After thinking the bamboo shower project was completed for the summer, I ended up figuring out a way to make a $35 solar hot water tank for our outdoor bamboo shower. These three videos demonstrate the innovations and adjustments that we had to make to bring hot water to our shower.
After thinking the bamboo shower project was completed for the summer, I ended up figuring out a way to make a $35 solar hot water tank for our outdoor bamboo shower. These three videos demonstrate the innovations and adjustments that we had to make to bring hot water to our shower.
This is a set of 9 videos that chronicles a full day on our homestead from morning until night. This video contains Part 1 of the evening milking, including a duet sung while milking.
After transplanting the bamboo, we built the bamboo shower. This video gives details about how to build the shower. We are very happy with the result as it allows us to have a back-up system for bathing.We also enjoying showering outside. The bamboo will be a food source as well as a source for harvestable wood suitable for projects and crafts.
These 2 videos are about us harvesting and transplanting a bamboo grove in order to build an outdoor bamboo shower. Bamboo has many uses including food from shoots in the spring. The opportunity to obtain some mature bamboo came our way. Drawing upon our "Pockets of the Future" orientation (pocketsofthefutureD OTcom), we dropped everything to take advantage of this chance.
See the support beams and roof structure for the straw bale milking barn we are building. Explanation of poles, lumber and Ondura roofing used. See a special way to use a child's toy to help with roofing.
Two days before our move we shot some video of how we milked the cows at our old homestead.There are 4 parts of our milking routine in our straw-bale buildings and the various aspects of their up kept. There is a short video at the end of the last video our arrival at our new farm
This is a set of 9 videos that chronicles a full day at our homestead from morning until night. This video includes the gathering of eggs, chestnut harvesting and a couple of family haircuts.
We finally put this video together about how we make kefir on a daily basis. Leslie will post a follow up blog post on our POTF blog and there is a Kefir page on our POTF website. Dom's kefir website is a an excellent resource.
Two days before our move we shot some video of how we milked the cows at our old homestead.There are 4 parts of our milking routine in our straw-bale buildings and the various aspects of their up kept. There is a short video at the end of the last video our arrival at our new farm
We finally put this video together about how we make real kefir on a daily basis. Leslie will post a follow-up blog post on our POTF blog and there is a kefir page on our POTF website under "real food". Dom's kefir website is an excellent resource.
These 2 videos are about us harvesting and transplanting a bamboo grove in order to build an outdoor bamboo shower. Bamboo has many uses including food from shoots in the spring. The opportunity to obtain some mature bamboo came our way. Drawing upon our "Pockets of the Future" orientation (pocketsofthefutureD OTcom), we dropped everything to take advantage of this chance.
We finally put this video together about how we make kefir on a daily basis. Leslie will post a follow up blog post on our POTF blog and there is a Kefir page on our POTF website. Dom's kefir website is a an excellent resource.
Two days before our move we shot some video of how we milked the cows at our old homestead.There are 4 parts of our milking routine in our straw-bale buildings and the various aspects of their up kept. There is a short video at the end of the last video our arrival at our new farm
