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Off Grid Rural Life
Добавлен 9 сен 2013
I live and work in Tiaty, Baringo-one of Kenya’s most remote and arid area, without tarmac roads or electricity. At Tiaty Farm, we're building a sustainable food forest, growing trees (apples, mangoes, oranges, moringa, leucaena, bananas) and vegetables.
Our projects include:
Ponds for Azolla, used to feed our chickens and cows, with plans for fish farming.
Aiming for self-sufficiency through sustainable farming techniques.
We also have side-hustle rural businesses:
-A cyber café
-A welding workshop for essential metal work
-A small fuel station (petrol only)
All using solar energy
Join us as we embrace off-grid living, rural entrepreneurship, and farming in Tiaty!
Our projects include:
Ponds for Azolla, used to feed our chickens and cows, with plans for fish farming.
Aiming for self-sufficiency through sustainable farming techniques.
We also have side-hustle rural businesses:
-A cyber café
-A welding workshop for essential metal work
-A small fuel station (petrol only)
All using solar energy
Join us as we embrace off-grid living, rural entrepreneurship, and farming in Tiaty!
Make Your Own Chicken Feed at HOME with This Special Mix!
In today’s video, we’re showing you how to make a powerful, nutrient-rich homemade feed for chickens using three incredible ingredients: maize, azolla, and moringa! This mix is packed with proteins, vitamins, and essential nutrients that promote growth, boost egg production, and keep your chickens healthy-all while saving you money!
Here’s what makes each ingredient special:
-Azolla: A protein powerhouse! Azolla supports rapid growth and better egg production in chickens. Plus, it's easy to grow at home with minimal space and water.
-Maize: The energy source your chickens need to stay active and healthy.
-Moringa: Loaded with vitamins and minerals, moringa strengthens your chickens’ immune sy...
Here’s what makes each ingredient special:
-Azolla: A protein powerhouse! Azolla supports rapid growth and better egg production in chickens. Plus, it's easy to grow at home with minimal space and water.
-Maize: The energy source your chickens need to stay active and healthy.
-Moringa: Loaded with vitamins and minerals, moringa strengthens your chickens’ immune sy...
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Surviving & Thriving Off-Grid in a Rural Semi-Arid Area
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In this video, I’ll show you how I use solar energy to power my off-grid home and small businesses in a semi-arid village. With limited access to electricity, solar panels have become a lifeline, allowing me to run essential systems and grow my ventures sustainably. Here’s a look at what solar power helps us achieve: 🛠️ Welding & Business Operations - Powering my village welding workshop, air c...
How to Build Chicken House and Raise Chicks for Beginners
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In this video, I show you how I built a simple chicken coop to house 150 chicks that are 3-4 weeks old. Watch step-by-step as I prepare the space, gather materials, and set up the coop to keep the chicks safe and healthy. I'll also take you through the process of buying and transporting the chicks to their new home. If you're thinking of raising chickens or building your own coop, this video wi...
5 Amazing Benefits of Using Azolla as Feed
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In today's video, we explore the benefits of using Azolla as an alternative, eco-friendly feed for cows and chickens on our farm in Tiaty, Baringo. Azolla, a fast-growing aquatic fern, is packed with nutrients that make it an excellent supplement for livestock. Watch as we harvest and feed this sustainable superfood to our animals! Advantages of Azolla: -High Protein Content: Azolla contains up...
Growing Food Forest in a SEMI ARID Area - Lessons Learned
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In this video we take you on a tour to our 5months food forest farm, we have new additions in the farm including: lemon grass bottle brush Pomegranate rosemary lavender english duranta Orange thyme lemon balm taragon mint pepper mint oregano min washington navael oranges grapes rose apple sweet yellow passion grafted purple passion grafted pixie oranges hass ovacado cherry guava
Bees Loving Leucaena Leucocephala flowers
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#leucena #beekeeping #forage #moringa Bees love Leucena white colorful flowers
Solar Energy Revolutionized My Businesses in The Village
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Imagine having no grid power, can you still run high power consuming operations like welding, air compressors and fuel motors? Yes you can very efficiently, In this video we demonstrate how we run welding with 5watts hybrid inverter, 2400watts solar panels and 600ah battery system. The system is efficient and has been running for 3 years now with occasional replacement of batteries, it is much ...
Wambungu Apple Seedlings - Watch This Before You Buy!
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Wambungu apples seedlings are being sold at ksh.1000 (10USD), what is the size of this seedling and is it worth buying? Watch this video to find out. #applefarming #wambunguapples #appleseedlings
We Tested 5 Azolla Pond Setups Here's What's Best for Beginners
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Azolla Being one of the best high protein rich fodder, with 25-30% crude protein. We hereby want to show step by step how you can start azolla farming: 1. Introduction 00:00:00 2. Siting pond location and digging 00:02:05 3. Putting the dam liner 00:03:35 4. Shade construction 00:05:20 5. Adding water and dry manure to the pond 00:07:25 6. Planting the azolla 00:10:31 7. Conclusion 00:20:00
Azolla Farming Struggles - Trials, Challenges & Successes @ Tiaty Farm
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Azolla Farming Struggles - Trials, Challenges & Successes @ Tiaty Farm
4 Months Old Food Forest From Scratch - Starting My Farming Journey
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4 Months Old Food Forest From Scratch - Starting My Farming Journey
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what is the size of the coop which houses the 150 chickens?
12feet long by 6feet wide
It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.😊🙏
Welcome to the channel, thanks for subscribing, your words are encouraging.
@@OffGridRuralLiving you are most welcome
Creative. How much of each ingredient did you add in the mixture? From calculations. What's the protein content of the mixed feed.
Still adjusting the ratios, but basically 50% maize, 40% Azolla and 10% moringa. Azolla once dried reduces weight drastically hence not easy to give exact ratio.
My chicken love azola fresh from the pond, no procedure
Yes they do, once they are used to it.
Milho d molho inteiro
sim como fonte de energia/carboidrato
You tree management is everything. Talking of manure, mulching but then you need to water Wambungu apples to get a better result. I am not saying water it everyday but water it thoroughly when you do. The other main factor if you use manure make show it’s old old manure from an abandoned kraal. Anything fresh will kill the tree or tart its growth. Never use chicken manure as it is too acidic the apple tree doesn’t like it. Don’t forget to turn/ cultivate the soil around the tree for airing and easy assimilation of water. Try those things sir if you are not already doing them. Remember the measurements are 60cm with, 60cm height and 60 everything for the home if the apple. Don’t plant it next to a mango either.
Thank you for the advice
Very creative.i enjoyed watching
Glad you enjoyed it!
Such a Beautiful❤ struggle
seeing the effort pay-off is indeed amazing
Who, which, company you purchased the solar panel and how much did it cost you?
The brand is solarpex but bought it from a reseller. Solar costs from 40-50shs per watt, so it costed 8000ksh.
The chicken coop outside only works in areas without thieves, try that in Luyia land you will find all your ingoho project stolen! The best one is to put them in a secured room under strong iron doors lock and key!
That depends, coincidentally the chicks I got from Bungoma the guy had a coop outside, but if you have a secure compound you can still do the same kind of coop. One thing about birds is that they need well ventilated rooms, which may also mean using materials which may not be very secure.
Great jop
Thanks
how do you grow them
it's Simple check my videos, I've shown how
How do you enter the new coop when you bring the drinkers and feeders inside?
No entering the coop, feeders and drinkers are done from the doors, the idea is to ensure the coop remains clean and minimize chances of diseases entering externally, droppings fall through the mesh so even sweeping is not needed.
@OffGridRuralLiving 🙏for clarity
The bottom of the coop is open how about during cold weather?
Yes that's bit of a concern, I should put a polythene or board to prevent direct wind entering the coop and also collect the chicken manure. Thanks, for action indeed.
I am interested to keep chicken how can I get the chicks I am in garissa
I am starting out, not yet a supplier My recommendation is to get chicks from reputable companies/farmers able to supply F1 chicks, Nairobi, Thika and even Mwingi you won't miss a supplier closer to you.
How much did you spend on chicken house
Roughly 30k ksh (250USD), I will be going bigger, this will be my rabbit house 😀
Kshs 1000 is very expensive. There is no justification for that high price. It is just greedy, dishonesty and lies. The good news is that there are many other genuine and honesty seedling apple growers in Kenya today. Please check them out and support them. I promise you that you will not be disappointed. God bless
Can the chicks be attacked by the predators like snake or rats from below the chicken wire mesh?
Rarely can this happen, sprinkling diesel once in a while on the posts ensure no snake gets near the chicken coop, rats can't even get through the wire net
How much is one day chicks ?
From ksh.100 to 115, though I am not selling coz sina, hope to someday.
Where can I buy azola seeds
Where are you located?
Am located at Joska machakos county
Your hardwork has paid off after setting up so many azolla ponds
Yes thanks, but I have encountered a minor setback, main pond has been infested with frogs currently has alot of tadpoles, I will be sharing a video of the same. I am fencing then starting over again.
How can l get that container
Got it from the person who sold me the chicks, he says they were imported, will let you know if I get another source locally.
Yes i nut Azolla as feed in Namibia
A great feed indeed
❤❤❤
Thanks for the 💕
How Can I get the Azola?
where are you located?
Amigo cómo está. Le habla Salomón desde Colombia. Estamos promoviendo el conocimiento y uso de Azolla como abono y como proteina para alimentar animales. Encuentro su video muy atractivo y muy bien comentado. Podría autorizarme para usarlo como evidencia en un material informativo con formato virtual. Estaré atento y muy agradecido de su aprobación.
Go ahead, glad you find the information useful, will be interested to know the use of azolla as fertilizer also.
@@OffGridRuralLiving muchas gracias amigo. Conoce usted los usos de azolla como fertilizante? Me gustaría saber más de ésto.
The price of mango at 500 is still expensive
Not really in my view, the mango is already well established, buying a 1year old tree at 500bob is better than buying 3 months old seedling at 100bob.
Just greedy and dishonesty. Just buy your seedlings from other genuine and honest sources. God bless
How much is a dam liner of that size 15x30 feet.
light dam liner (0.5mm) is about ksh. 200 per sq metre, 15 by 30 feet is equivalent to 4.5 by 9m, in sq mtrs 4.5*9= 40.5m2 , cost = 40.5*200 = ksh 8100, if your pond is of 15 by 30feet you will have to buy a larger dam liner of about 6m by 12m which will cost around ksh. 9600.
light dam liner (0.5mm) is about ksh. 200 per sq metre, 15 by 30 feet is equivalent to 4.5 by 9m, in sq mtrs 4.5*9= 40.5m2 , cost = 40.5*200 = ksh 8100, if your pond is of 15 by 30feet you will have to buy a larger dam liner of about 6m by 12m which will cost around ksh. 9600.
@@OffGridRuralLiving that you very much.
@@okothyoga welcome
Even before watching full video, 1k is expensive
yes, considering the size, it's on the high end.
Resilience beats Resistance🎉🎉🎉
sure 💯%
Hello i need the azola seed 3 kg am in Cameroon at west region
Hello, we are currently not exporting, hopefully we will some day
Good video, thank you for sharing your knowledge! What are you using the Azolla for? And how much Azolla can be harvested a day from a pond this size?
Thanks and good question, I have started feeding my few local chicken by mixing with maize jam (azolla as protein with vitamins and maize carbohydrates). I hope to start harvesting 15-20kg daily in two weeks time and start mixing with dairy meal to feed my two cows. I also want to bring in fish to my large pond and feed them using azolla. the plans are many watch my coming videos.
This is great and encouraging❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Thank you, next food forest video coming we've added over 20 crops
All the best, 1k ni expensive, hope they grow in hot areas
Thanks Moses, doing our best
Apple is a cool weather plant
Soon joining
You're welcome, get in touch for the seeds when ready
Good insights
Thank you
Keep up 👍👍
Thanks
Azolla Cleans water, is high protein feed for poultry and livestock, add fertilizer when water turns clean to ensure optimal growth of azolla.