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@@Ash-fd8ww Thanks, yes, I'm generally pretty good at growing potatoes, but we're still fairly new to this land and the soil is pretty much the opposite of what we had at our previous home. Our first year the potatoes were horrible, because we planted on flat ground - clay has no drainage, turns out! We will be using that same spot next year, and will be adding A LOT of organic matter!

@@AgnesMariaL I'm not familiar with clay but I can share what I've seen. Clay for generations was considered the most fertile soil, but I hear it has to be cottled or it can become too good at its job. Gary Matsuoka here on YT will say that turning too much compost DIRECTLY into a clay soil can create a "root rot" environment, where if you do it in sand it wouldn't be so bad, but to instead use it like a top dressing. The reasoning is that Oxygen in the soil is eaten up very fast in these conditions, as how potting soils seem to stress plants much faster now; holding onto too much water and nutrient in the wrong places, for way too long causes stagnation. I hope some of these tips may help you like they did for me. 🌹🌹

@@Ash-fd8ww Noted! Yes, I prefer to top-dress myself, but for other reasons. I think we'll be okay with mixing-in for next year's potato patch in the same location, because it is a slope so any deluges we get (which the few summer rains tend to be) will run off rather than overly-saturating the ground - this is my thought, anyway ;) We do experience extreme drought with extreme heat (high 30's/low 40's is normal for our microclimate) during the summers, so we plan for that when planting :)

@@Hikkikomorivlogger Thanks! Oh yes, we know and things are NOT looking good on any of the fronts! I'm actually surprised it hasn't gone nuclear yet, but the longer they hold off, the more time we all have to get ready :) Getting some solar is good, but might want to also get a gas generator for when the sun goes away for too long. You can then use an ordinary car charger to charge your battery bank ;)

The ratter did get a young bunny that had escaped once, but it was bolting like a flash - as soon as she caught it, I called her off, but the damage had been done. I thought it was a rat at first, and she may have had the same thought... But the ratter, believe it or not, has formed strong bonds to some of the livestock and has actually taken a guardian position with respect to those animals! The pigs, for example, are "hers" - particularly baby piggies! We had a couple bottle babies that we had to bring in last winter, and I had Stella babysit them/keep them warm in our bed. Well, Arya came into the room, just to check things out, and the little ratter went full-on devil towards Arya!!! I was aghast, to say the least! Stella has also taken ownership/protectorship of the bunnies. One day I drove down to meet a customer with a bin of bunnies, and Stella insisted on coming along... While we were waiting, her best friend (Shawn and Elisha's little dog) was curious about what was in the bin, and proceeded to jump up into the back of my car - Stella intervened, with a menacing growl, saying, "NO! MY babies!" Today I had to look after mama Rex, as her incisors had become overgrown again. The ratter investigated her gently, and even gave nose kisses :) While I worked on trimming the teeth, Stella just laid by :) Being that somehow she has the protective mama instinct, she also respects the mama chicken who is raising a couple of baby duckies :) Stella gets too close, tiny little 4# hen fluffs up and attacks, Stella goes running for the hills 🤣🤣🤣 Yet Stella stood off, and was prepared to attack, a 90# dog when she was mama to a couple piglets! 🤣🤣🤣

Yes, I love those coat colours, hence why I picked those for breeding stock ❤ I put the boring ones up for sale this evening. But yeah, if you caught the video on phase 1, Stella jumped right into the hutch and had no bother with the bunnies! She's definitely a really cool little doggy, and versatile! We're very surprised, as she was also purchased sight unseen from Ontario :)

@@mizliz9604 Noted, thanks!

@@mizliz9604 Thanks! I'm looking to do more practical/instructional videos in the future, but so many topics have already been covered to death by others. That being said, we do do things differently out here, so anything I can share that differs from or improves upon what one would otherwise learn from what currently exists I will definitely share!

@@CoastalGardening It partly comes down to the staples used. Staple-gun staples, like what I used on this project, apparently can be plucked out by raccoons! But the hammer-in fence staples are extremely secure. I've never had chickenwire itself fail (unless old, rusty, decrepit), merely the mode of attachment!

Turns out that pressure canners are really only a thing in North America. The rest of the world just water baths, and they don't get sick - and how did we do it in north America before the pressure canner was invented? 🤔 We'll be fine, after all the Amish populations are also all still alive and thriving, and they don't even know what pressure canners are, according to one lady I watched who learned her canning from them ☺️

@@AgnesMariaL Your reasoning is not sound. Following your reasoning, we should bleed people when they have a cold. The reason the FDA got into researching canning methods is because people were dying from botulism. Botulism is not a joke, it is a neurotoxin. It often times presents itself as a stroke. Also, if you get a "24 hour bug" is actually food poisoning. You are making a mistake, the only issue is how big a mistake. Do NOT feed this food to children. Food poisoning is more serious for young children.

Thank you, glad you like them!

Appreciate the concern :) I do wear them for certain jobs, but I don't feel their use is warranted when cutting wood. My face is never in line with the bar, and all the chips are expelled downward, well away from my face :) I do, however, wear my steel-toed boots, and when I am falling and bucking trees I also wear my safety chaps :)

Trust me if it was a spider she would halve run away. Tough as nails till it comes to small bugs 😂😅😂😅

There wasn't really any sand on the trunk. I'm actually surprised that I'm still on the original chain with how many hours I've already put on it! I do have four or five new chains and a new bar handy for when needed ;)

Thanks! Yeah, we have a big gas saw, too, but wanted a battery saw to deal with all the little stuff... Got this one, and we were quite surprised at what it can do!

I sure hope so! Thanks for watching :)

@@AgnesMariaL yes you will. Trust me, that's what we did when the unannounced tsunami happen. You're on the right track

Ha ha, thanks! I'm retired from that business now thanks to certain mandates that were introduced a few years ago. But, I don't really have time for it anymore anyway now that I'm building a farm :)

Yes! Our road gets that same ice on it, where the running water during spring thaw and rains melts the sheets from underneath. Eventually you wind up with suspended shelves of varying thicknesses (paper thin up to 12+"), and you never know when a tire will break through as you drive over!

Yes, it can be very beautiful at times! Thanks for watching 😊

That's definitely a possibility... I was thinking that the gradual slope away from that point may have been enough for the ice to slide away a bit when it got warmed, but who knows? 🤷

Thanks!

Ha ha, yes, the dogs here do love their ATV rides!

Thanks! She is a Kuvasz, German/Canadian lines, so a hint of great Pyrenees 🥰

Thanks! She is a Kuvasz, German/Canadian lines, so a hint of great Pyrenees 🥰