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Good Life Homestead
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Homesteading using permaculture principles in temperate Australia. From sheep paddock to ever increasing production, Kirstie and family share the journey.
You can see more of the Good Life Homestead on MeWe.com
You can see more of the Good Life Homestead on MeWe.com
Building a kit shed.
Building a DIY kit shed is less than half the price of having one professionally installed. Is it worth the cost saving? We erected a 4.5m x 2.25m shed as a group of novices, and I say that it was worth it in the end- with some frustrations and minor set backs. Plus, some new and useful skills were learned along the way.
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Don't wash your soil down the drain. Wash your vegetables in the garden.
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Washing your vegies is important-especially when they're freshly picked and covered in soil. Washing them before you leave the garden prevents your soil being washed down the drain. Literally. Here's a clever and simple way to wash your produce and have a secondary benefit too. For more information on how my worm farm in a bath works, watch my video "how to Harvest Worm Castings".
How do you blanch green beans and other vegetables?
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Blanching your fresh vegetables before freezing them has several benefits. It's not hard. Here's how to do it.
What to do when you can't braid garlic.
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Only softneck garlic can be braided (plaited). Hardneck garlic can still be formed into attractive bundles that can be hung up for curing and storing.
Can I keep the mildew out of my apple trees?
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Rain and humidity are back with our third La Nina in a row. Powdery mildew and grey mould got into the apple trees last season as a result. Can I keep it at bay without using harsh chemicals?
What's in the vegie garden in early summer?
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There is a lot happening in the vegie garden in the first month of summer. Some vegetables are going to seed, seeds are sprouting and all sorts of things in between. Come and take a look.
Ten years of permaculture
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We are celebrating 10 years of our permaculture property in temperate Australia. Join us on our journey from sheep paddock to abundance.
The broccoli is flowering. What can I do with it?
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When the broccoli starts to flower it's a sign that winter is nearing its end. Is that the end of broccoli season? Watch and see.
Raised garden bed design ideas.
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Making your own raised garden beds does not have to be expensive. You can re-purpose all sorts of things to make your raised garden beds out of-from simple house bricks to bed fames!
How to make tomato paste easily.
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Here's an easy way to make tomato paste on the stove top using fresh tomatoes.
How to fix a split tree.
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This apple tree split down the middle. It looks grim. Can the tree be salvaged? Update March 2024. The tree recovered very well. It is now about 4 times the height that it was trimmed to during the salvage operation. This year it has produced fruit again for the first time since it split. There are about 20 apples on the tree, which is currently netted against birds. We'll be harvesting then in...
Introducing 3 day old chicks to a broody hen
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None of my broody hen's eggs hatched and she wanted to keep sitting. I bought three day old chicks to put under her. The first attempt at introduction was unsuccessful, but it was really quite easy in the end.
Van Gogh Alive: Memories of the exhibition.
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Whether or not you're a fan of Vincent van Gogh's works, you can't go past the Van Gogh Alive exhibition if you can get to it. I flew from Tasmania to Victoria just to go see it, and it was worth every cent! After four hours of travel and four hours at the show, I was a bit over the N95 mask. Otherwise, I would have watched it for a fifth time! Nevertheless, I got enough video footage and photo...
NURS20158 video report
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NURS20158. Video report: Coroners Court of Queensland. Findings of Investigation. Created by Kirstie Young. USI; YEEFSKA9GX
Two broody hens on one nest.
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Two hens went broody within days of each other and wanted the same nest. An attempt was made to separate them, but it was unsuccessful. I decided to let it pan out and see what happened.
fixing a drainage problem next to the house.
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fixing a drainage problem next to the house.
Replacing a rusty rainwater storage tank.
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Replacing a rusty rainwater storage tank.
Winter on the homestead in a temperate climate.
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Winter on the homestead in a temperate climate.
Turning an old water tank into firewood storage.
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Turning an old water tank into firewood storage.
How to harvest blueberries at just the right time.
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How to harvest blueberries at just the right time.
Weeds in the garden. Are they all bad?
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Weeds in the garden. Are they all bad?
How to manage chicks in their first 24 hours.
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How to manage chicks in their first 24 hours.
That's exactly what has happened to my old 21 year old Juniper
@@MehranAshkanian I hope you can salvage it.
A little apple tree my sister planted more than 10 years ago split in multible places due to the weigth of the first year ithad big apples on it😢 i hope this video helps...
Looks great, well done!
It was very good. Thanks for making it. I really did not want to waste the flowers and mine went into flowering quite quickly, although in a very different climate. (U.K.) I've also never heard anyone pronouncing broccoli with an "eye" sounding 'i' in the end, rather than an ee-sounding 'i'. I guess that is the Australian pronunciation? Or is that New Zealand? Even the dictionary does not give that variation for pronunciation.
That’s what my tree looks like today:(
Poor you. Poor tree.
No info on what you used where to get it? Just had big peach branch snap & don’t know how to repair. Where to get what you used
I had some spare ratchet straps for bee hives hanging around, so used them. I reckon you could find ratchet straps at a hardware shop or similar.
You should use tie down straps to pull the tree together
That would work well I think. We don't need anything now as this video is a few years old now.
Can we get an update on how we'll it's doing I had a bad break on my plum tree and it's near the trunk and I want to know what my options are. Thank you do much very appreciated
@@monkeymike4269 the tree put out lots of new growth which had to mature before it flowered. We got our first crop albeit small, in April this year (2024). There is a fairly deep fissure in the trunk where we couldn't quite close it, but the tree doesn't seem to be any the worse for it.
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How long before you removed the bracing?
Don’t forget to take off the ratchet wraps. A better long-term solution to prevent girdling and suffocation is to drill through, place a threaded bolt, and have large washers and nuts on either side keeping the two halves together. Drill the hole a little diagonal for water shedding while the tree grows around the rod. You may need two since it looks like you have Tri-directional split. But definitely don’t leave straps or anything circling the bark since it will affect sap flow and eventually stop it/kill the tree over time. There are some other good videos on RUclips about fixing splits if you look up tree crotch splits, which are usually how these happen apart from weight/wind. Also if you really like this tree and it doesn’t look like it will continue to produce, look up air layering for options to clone the tree so you can start a new one. You could consider grafting onto your own tree’s root stock below the split, if you couldn’t save the top and it further seems to be dying after trying to save with rods. However I’d consider that a last resort since you’d have to cut down below the split and if the graft failed all you would have are whatever few budding sticks you were able to harvest in dormancy for preparation. Best to do the rod fix with sap flow though rather than dormancy.
This is an older video, but I wanted to tell folks what I just did last month and it worked great… #1…. Make sure your broody has sat on eggs at least 10 or so days, this has been really important in my experience. She has to be good and broody.. she will even sit on golf balls.. that will work if you don’t have eggs.. #2…. A lot of people say it has to be at night to add the chicks. But the main thing is…. The broody hen must not see you put the chicks in her area, they are much smarter than people give them credit for. Chickens can even recognize up to 100 human faces… they’re smart! If she see’s you…. She will think those are your babies and she will not want to care for them. #3…. What I did is I had a broody hen that hatched just 1 chick, the other eggs didn’t hatch and she is such a good broody hen. She worked so hard!!! … I was very blessed to be able to get 5 baby chicks at the same exact age as my little chick that hatched…. And I added them to the brooder…. I put a tea towel over mama hens face….. and added the baby chicks one at a time…. She was so, so happy…. She did happy mama sounds right away and her little baby chick that hatched alone was so happy to have siblings! The main thing is (in my experience) let her sit on eggs for at least 10 days… and add the chicks a few at a time, but she must not see you do so…if she pecks them more than a few times… take them out right away! Be sure to have a back up option… (where to put your chicks)…. Have a heat lamp and separate brooder ready to go if she doesn’t accept them! But in my experience… if she’s super broody and in that “trance” she will accept the babies…you just have to be patient! ❤️💕🙏🏼
Did the trunk heal over?
No. There is still a visible V-shaped scar, but the tree is coping with it OK.
And this is why you should prune your fruit trees. So they don’t produce more weight than they can support.
Alternatively, thin the fruit on the trees.
At first I wasn’t sure how about your channel, but now I’ve really grown to love it. The fact that we learn as you learn is a great idea.
Kia ora from NZ, thanks for the video. How has the experiment progressed?
I decided to put them in the ground the following year, where they did very well. I chose an area with pretty good frost protection.
Do the chooks contain the raspberry plants?
Too slow
Is it a apple tree?
Yes it is.
Thank you! A storm just causes our persimmon tree to snap like that
It's disheartening isn't it, but almost 2 years later the tree is doing well. We might get flowers this spring.
I have too broody hens that have been together for over a month, nothing hatched, so ive collected 7 eggs from others to seperate them, but they just wanto to be together on those eggs. Should I leave them or put apart.. the seem fine to me though.
I'd be inclined to leave them as they will just want to keep doing what they're doing and you might end up with broken eggs otherwise. Because they have already been sitting on eggs for a month it might be better to introduce little chicks. I have successfully done this with chicks up to 5 days old. I have another video which shows how we did that the first time. The trick is to put them under the mothers at night and remove all the eggs at the same time. Good luck.
@@goodlifehomestead6876 thank you very much
@@photographyandnatureobserv2092 you're welcome.
@@goodlifehomestead6876 hi, just put 4 eggs in bator too... lets see if at least 2 hatch since im certain 2 eggs are fertile, 1 not sure, blessings
Great video; I'm a new subscriber! BTW I also have a small gardening channel 🌽🌶🥒🍅🍆🥕🥦
Thank you. I will have a look.
How's the tree doing now?
It's doing well. There is lots of new growth several metres long. No flowers last spring, but that is not surprising. We might not get fruit for another 2 years yet when the new wood matures a bit.
@@goodlifehomestead6876 Thats great. Thanks for the response.
It's been 2 years since the tree split. This year it has its first fruit - about 20 apples.
That is great! Thanks for the update.
I had a peach tree snap recently that I know is salvageable. This was very helpful!
I'm glad. I'm happy to report that the tree is doing very well with lots of new growth. We might get fruit again next year-hopefully.
Wanting to do the same thing with an old tank and you have given me good ideas. Thanks. I also enjoyed watching the video and how the tank was moved.
You're welcome. Good luck with your job.
Lovely garden. Always interesting to see the different climates. Beautiful bird sounds too! New friend 👋 🙂
Thanks for visiting. What type of climate are you in?
My area in Newfoundland has snowy winters and short mild summers. Being on the ocean and up a cliff I think extreme wind is my challenge haha
@@gretasgarden I don't envy you the wind!
Hi mixing eggs between two moms always ends up same scenario . Stealing eggs from each other at break times and unnecessary movement of the eggs is the most causes possibly. You are doing great job. I like it.❤
Thank you. It's definitely a challenge. I have 2 hens sharing a nest again this year.
@@goodlifehomestead6876 just sharing my experiences with you and happy new year. Feeding them steam lentil for few days before lying them on the eggs.
Thank you
You're welcome.
Hi there. What a lovely video! I currently have 5 bantams that have all gone broody and I only have 4 nest boxes, hence finding your video. I think ill put carboard separators between them and give them a few eggs each. :)
Thank you, and good luck!
I have recently brought a few of these, can’t wait for my first harvest, what season can I expect them to fruit and how long does it take? Thanks
They're flowering and setting fruit now. Harvest time is autumn. They will keep well on the shrub for weeks if you're a bit slow getting to them. They could well give you flowers/fruit next season. In the meantime, you can use the leaves as pepper flavouring too. They're just not as strong as the berries. Don't be overzealous with leaf harvest though. You don't want to hinder the plant's growth.
What a wonderful journey ❤️ We started our homestead here in Eastern Victoria 6 years ago and its still a ongoing project in the garden, but we are producing an abundance of food already which we feel blessed about.
Thank you. Your climate would be similar to ours. I know we're both copping a lot of rain at present!
How do you use them?
Once they're dried out I put them in my pepper mill and use them just like shop pepper. They are very hard and my pepper mill isn't that robust, so I usually break them up a bit in my Thermomix first. (A blender would do the job too.) The only thing I don't use them on is cauliflower soup. The pepper makes the white soup go grey!
Thanks for sharing. Lovely scenery. I too use pine needles and pine mulch from under trees. Strawberries like the acidic conditions and I'll be using it on my new blueberry plants also. I hope to enjoy success with the blues as you have. Cheers
I reckon you will.
Thanks I was about to throw all the broccoli away because of the flowers.
Glad I could help.
My hen legit hatched her first cluck of 6 chicks out this weekend. I'm glad your hen accepted those cute babies.
Thank you, and isn't it exciting having chicks?
Your dinner looks delicious!
It was! Thank you.
Hi Kirsty, I live in cool temperate Aus on a small acreage where I’m doing my best to practice permaculture principals. I find your videos refreshing, no nonsense and interesting, please keep making them! We have a lot of wildlife here including possums and wallabies who like to eat (and smash) my trees and veggies, but my biggest frustration is rats. I wonder if I get hit so hard because I haven’t yet got enough abundance or maybe I’m providing a perfect habitat for them. We do have quolls, hawks and eagles and we haven’t put up boundary fences but rather just fenced the areas we are trying to grow in the hope that the predators have free access to the property. I’m a little disheartened I have to admit, do you have any suggestions for me?
Thank you for your kind comments Neika. I'm hearing you regarding your frustration with rats. Did you see my video on the sweetcorn which the rats got into right at harvest time? I was disheartened by the rats so didn't even try to grow corn last summer. At one point, mice got into my walls so I called in the pest man, and ended up with bait stations. I had to concede defeat and have used baits to control them. My efforts at mechanical trapping were inadequate-plus I had to get the vermin out of my wall spaces. It is the one and only use of non-organic methods I have had to stoop to.
Yes I saw that video and noted that you mentioned rats are an unfortunate accompaniment to poultry keeping. I did see a video about how to feed chickens so you don’t get rats. It involved putting down food in a tray and standing for 8 minutes while your chickens eat then taking it away, storing what’s left of the grain or pellets in a metal bin, then putting the tray of food back down for the chickens later in the day for another 8 minutes around 4pm. David Holmgren suggests putting a bale of hay or straw out in the open somewhere, making a hole in the middle and putting food inside for the rats. The theory behind this is that as the rats have to run to the bale from their nests they expose themselves to predators like hawks etc. I watched a movie recently called “The Biggest Little Farm” that demonstrated the permaculture principal of building abundance such that the wildlife become integrated into the system thus achieving a balance between predator and prey. I’m personally considering turning one of my chicken runs into a cat run, my only concern with doing this is that I have a resident tiger snake that frequents the chook pen during summer (probably because of the rat and mouse population). We have been using traps, but rats get too smart after awhile so they don’t really work. I’ve tried the new eco friendly ratsak, but I’m not sure it actually works and it’s more than twice the price of the normal ratsak.
@@neikabird1678 I feed the chickens only what I know they will eat at one go. After that they help themselves to food in the Grandpa's feeder, which they need to open themselves. That cut down on sparrow activity too. I have ducks now and the feeder is a bit beyond them, so I add water to their wheat. They will dip under the water for their food, but no one else will-including the chooks.
Good idea with the ducks food, I might try that myself. I also try to feed the chickens only what they’ll eat in one sitting. They are shut in at the moment since I just planted a load of fruit bushes around their pen so I’m feeding twice a day using the 8 minute method I mentioned.
@@neikabird1678 sounds great. There's always something new to learn or improve upon isn't there?
Handy information there. I had planned to cut a navy-style, round cornered hatch, thinking that would keep strength in the structure. But I hadn't thought about turning the door into flooring. Keep it simple eh.
Thanks Laurie.
Used to live in East Texas with pine trees and pine needles everywhere. I am amazed at how many people comment to tell you, you are doing it wrong. Your plants look very nice. Thank you :)
Thank you.
Isn’t it the case when pine needles dry out they don’t have any of the acidity left it makes em neutral?
I couldn't say one way or the other. It's not just the PH I am looking at. I also value to valuable soil micro-faunae etc that gets added.
@@goodlifehomestead6876 thank you for the reply
Pine needle work fine. Only if you shred them. Needles by themselves dont increase soil acid at all
Thank you John, but I use the needles to lower the pH-not increase it.
Just had 9 tiny bantam chicks hatch ❤️
How wonderful!
Dead pine is not acid...its a waste of time. Go get shredded wood chips and they will do 100% better
I did use wood chips the following year and it made no difference. The year after that I used stable hay. again, it made no difference. I am happy that the pH is just the way the plants like it.
Introduce the chicks at night when she is asleep and disoriented.
That's what we did-as per the video.
Not sure your doing good for your environment. Taking from the forest for your garden is questionable.
I could understand your concerns if I was doing broadscale harvesting. However, a few bags out of hundreds of acres is hardly going to make an impact. Besides, the health of the soil is being improved elsewhere.
you need to get your mind out of the contrived monetary system. people evolved with and off the land, not scraps of paper that a few megalomaniacs claim is worth something
You cut too much of the tube of the big one.You can still cut it up a little bit and it will still grow
It was very much an experiment. Like all experiments, we learn as we go along.
Good .
Thanks.
I tried doing this at night with one of my barred rocks and the mother just never really took them in as hers and just wanted to get out of the penned in nest area as soon as morning came. Im not sure if she just wasnt very broody or what the case was.
How disappointing!