To tips that have worked in another life of mine when I used to live in rural Australia. Goats are awesome at controlling blackberry thorns... and they are pretty tasty. And all of those mimosa tree fill a similar niche as wattle does in Australia. Fast growing nitrogen fixers. Leave patches of them in cleared areas for whatever you want to plant to have a lot of nitrogen leaching around them. Also, when you cut them down, chip them and mulch them into the ground for the organic material and carbon. It helps a lot with fungi species, water retention in sandier soils, and breaking up spots of compacted clay. Anyways, just my two cents, feel free to ignore me.
There is a gardening technique which stops weeds from growing which I saw practiced in Portugal. It works like this: 1. Get a heavy-duty black plastic tarp that can block out sunlight. 2. Cover the area that you plan to use as a herb/vegetable garden with the tarp. Secure it with stones or pegs. 3. Leave the tarp for 2-3 months in the summer. 4. Lift tarp and remove any slugs or perennial weeds that remain. Most or all should be dead, though. 5. Cover the area in compost and plant directly in the compost. This method kills off most weeds in the beds and leaves you with a relatively weed-maintenance-free planting bed.
@@ric_dk-9520 That's all well and good but it would be difficult to try and cover a large area with many different pieces of cardboard which might get blown away in the wind. You can also reuse a tarp again and again.
Heres the thing mate, Regardless of how "BORING" it seems for you, Its what homesteaders go through and even the little things entertain us. Regardless, I find it extremely educational. Your work shop and food containers are really amazing and well thought through & laid out. If I become a homesteader like you I am becoming prepared like you. I love the content mate. From Canada
That green muck on top of the water makes excellent compost! You can just start a compost pile in a convenient spot close to the pond and harvest that resource over and over again. Edit: it also makes excellent mulch when fresh. You can put a layer of it, fresh, around plants you want to keep. It’ll block some weeds from growing. If you add too much on a small fragile plant, it can also overwhelm the plant that you prefer to keep. So you have to figure out the balance.
Volkswagen Ferper has a point. ALSO, get some ear protection when cutting-down anything.. You may not care now but when you're my age, you will care a great deal.
Love your videos and projects .... boring and mundane chores are the ones you miss being able to do when you are caged by ill health and can't even weed the back garden or in fact do house work .. I also used to love walking but now can't even use the stairs without having a rest to get my breath back and stop my legs from hurting ... it's amazing what you miss when you can't do it ... so enjoy every little job while your body allows you too!! ... best wishes and good luck and health to you all!!
i love your content, keep it up! even seeing small things being fixed is very entertaining to watch. Everytime i see a new video being uploaded im very happy!! Big ups from Sweden!!!
Its good to put some fleece under the strings from the hammock to protect the bark. Specially such young trees need support. Cool video! Its nice to see your land evolve! ❤️
@Project Kamp production note for the video, I'm not sure how this section was recorded but the section of the video (starting at 11:12 and continuing through the sections where you are running google maps on screen, but not the interludes with other clips) the audio is only coming through the left speaker instead of both. Great job on the all the maintainance, always looking forwards to the weekly updates
💕Goats will eat all your weeds lower tree branches grass etc just place an electric fence around them & move them from one area to another💕PLUS you could milk females for goats milk & make goats cheese💕
Hi, the intention is to keep the surrounding in this condition where you need to keep cutting the brushes very often (high maintenance needs) or make things cleaner reducing the hard work needs? if you don't remove all these brushes roots it will continue growing.
Yeah. Somebody needs to develop an open source weedbot that can automatically dig up all the weeds in a defined area and removes their roots too. Redoing this manually every couple of months is a huge waste of precious human time & energy. (It would be so much better to "supervise" the weedbot from the new hammock.)
The continued growth is constantly harvesting carbon though, and that is an asset in the long run. All that mimosa timber adds up to a lot of fences and structures to grow plants over too. Resource-wise, that thriving snarl will continue to pay off as native trees come back. It could be an amazing vineyard/orchard soon- no shortage of wood chips to protect soils. I'm envious of the potential that place has! Cheers from beautiful Colorado! 🍻
I really love the clearing brambles and paths videos, just never boring to me - I literally dream, sleeping at night, on coming to there and just clearing the brambles and clearing out paths all day everyday.. But doesn't clearing your water sources from natural shade of the trees, also open them up to sun to dry them ? Maybe mark with different color the camp itself in the map - it is kinda difficult to find without you giving a dot :)
Sheep will keep the grass and weeds down and give wool. Definately get goats. They will eat the brambles, manure the land and give milk. Followed by pigs who will plow the ground manure it and eat the roots. Run chickens with the pigs, they will eat grubs, bugs and seeds. Manure and give eggs. Farm smart not hard.
Hello ProjectKamp, I am glad you choose this filed for your living. I strongly believes that it will be a future. I started watching your videos from last week. Though, I have something to say about the overgrown grass every time (In few weeks lets say) - "Unless and Until you cut the Grass from the roots, it will keep growing"... I know it will take too much time to work on it. But, I guarantee that you will save much of Gasoline, Electricity, Your blood from the wounds as well as your precious time which you can think in much greater sense ahead. I hope you will like it.
you have other cool stuff to do around that area: - Museu do Caramulo - Bussaco Palace Hotel - Drave, Arouca, Portugal - Passadiços do Paiva Trailhead (Areinho) - Castro de Romariz - Tongobriga - Castro of Monte Mozinho - Biblioteca Joanina - Conímbriga - Ruínas e Museu Monográfico - Candal - Aldeias do Xisto - Castle of Lousa - Serra da Pena - Parish Council of Sortelha - Coimbra, braga, guimaraes, porto, vizela, felgueiras, amarante, fafe, famalicao...
I have had weekends of nothing but small projects getting done and it is a great feeling to knock a bunch of them out. A great sense of accomplishment. Can I suggest making another bench down by the creek under the tree? Seems like a small project that will be very nice to have when you start cooling off in the creek.
To make the map easier to look at you could consider different colours of markers for the different categories. Great idea to create the map. Going to make one myself as well!
make sure when you hammock is to put something like a towel or blanket in between the tree and the rope or strap, its possible to damage and even kill your trees if youre not careful by rubbing and stripping away the bark. if it goes all the way around i believe thats what kills it? you can also just get straps that are made to not damage the tree but a cheap towel is the easiest option
Lots of those weedy trees and bushes you have there (and that are very commum most places around here) are very dificult to eliminate just by cutting it to the ground. You have to kill the roots by impeding it growing leafs. At least for 3 to 6 months in the growing season (some all year, some spring and summer). You have 4 options: Dig the ground and take off every root there. Probably need to do it again the year after. Completly cover the ground, leftting no sun light get throu, with some strong mulch. plastic tarps are better, but is only doable in small places. Less then 20 to 30 cm of woodchips dosent work for these mimosas, thorny brumbles, bambus, etc. Cut/ mowe to the ground every 2 months, for at least a year. Probably 2 years... Herbicide (glyphosate). Probably, at least, two aplications, during growing season, as new sprouts appear. Mix several above. The easier and less expensive (and probably better to the soil and to your body), is herbicide. It Will get better after a few years. Specially if you keep cleanning and covering the ground until new canopy shade start to happen. You are doing great work. Living on the land and taking CARE of it. All good for you.
I am watching youtube on my tv and i noticed that you are rounding the sharp edges on your chainsaw. You will need to replace that chain more often or get it machine sharpened. Best recommendation is to get a saw vice to keep the bar steady. Also, if you watch it back you will see that you are making a sweeping motion with the file. Keep it very strait and back and forth. No vice? Sit at a table. You will thank me for this advice. Thank you for your existence. You are a hard worker so i wish you luck where hard work isnt enough.
Might want to look into getting some goats to take care of those thorny bushes for you, they love chowing down on stuff like that. They will eat almost everything around them, which is cool plus free lawnmowers…lol
Don't know if you have a Vice but if can get one to hold the chainsaw by the blade while you sharpen it. land maintenance never ends. Put down waste cardboard to keep weeds down. and definitely remember to take time to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor!!
you had a rust spot on the roof inside the Tool container. Have you ever thought about putting a roof on top of the Shipping Containers to keep them from holding water and rusting out! A roof on top would also help keep the sun from heating the container up.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan among others control and clean the overgrown ground of roots, bramble, and other growth by securing an area using an Electric fence, and putting in Pigs. In Heligan's case Rare breed pigs. The pigs are very effective and afterwards ground maintenance is much easier. just a thought. Geo
Also think about moving your bus a bit. If you don't do that and leave the bus in one place for too long, you get "square wheels". Continue with this great project. I look forward to a new episode every week.
Get yourself a file guide for your file which gives you the correct angles and depth for filing saw chains. You will also need to file down the depth guage (the little shark fin in front of the cutter) to allow the blade to cut, so get yourself a depth guage guide and a flat file. Also hold the cutter bar in vice when you sharpen it. It can still slice your fingers even when the engine is off. Most important, always make sure the chain oiler is full and working. Just hold the cutter bar tip near the ground and rev the nuts off it. You should see a thin line of oil in the dirt. Your bar shows signs of overheating due to lack of oil. Good luck.
I am sure the camp base and garden maintenance does keep you busy … A great idea to do a map … it will be much appreciated by your guests … hopefully soon you’ll have helpers I hope you take some time off also … it is a big responsibility you have taken on and I am sure with the vlogs and maintenance time is limited … but you need slot in time to look after your physical and mental strength …🙏☘️😘
When you live and care (work) the land ... Its never done. It Will never finish. There s always more to be done. Usually the work is never enough and its late... Vegetables and animals are Living growing beings. The need management. All the time for a long time. Rural homesteading its a process, not a project. Its a marriage/family...its not part/short time dating .
There is a solution for your bush problem with the lake and paths. Turn all the small tree branches and other stuff you cut into a crude tree brunch/wooden path. Its simple , you can make it even with sticks - just place them horizontaly next to each other and they will create a clear path. Its the same about your watter stream bath. Use them to make small makeshift wier to rase the watter lvl and use tree brunches/sticks to improove the steps you made (this way they wont collapce).
No has pensado en un pequeño rebaño de cabras para mantener limpio de maleza el terreno ? Es una solución práctica , ecológica y te ahorra mucho tiempo y trabajo. Me gusta mucho tu proyecto !!! Un saludo desde Barcelona
One thing I have noticed is that when you cut the trees down, you tend to leave them 50 - 100 cm above the ground level. Why is that? Wouldn't it be more effective and practical to cut them at ground level? Or do you go back and do that at a later stage?
What a fun and smart thing to do the mapping out. This way a community could land more easily. And any local business who wants to be on the map.... who knows, can pay a little fee? Whatever... I thought it was really cool!
mount of oaks close to fundao is a great projekt. they are old friends. they have 15 years of experience with the land and project. they make natural building courses and stuff.
hi, why not buy a mini water pump and a long hose to water the plant, every time u did the job then it gets back again best to cut the lowest to the ground maybe it might help to stop it from growing too fast?
You guys should totally invest in some protective gear in order to clean the property safely. Im from Galicia; north of Portugal, in Spain, and the land maintenance issues you guys have are very similar, if not identical, to the ones we have here in Galicia. Thorns and overgrowth can be brutal, unreleting, and kind of dangerous if you arent catious; please be careful. Also, in the long term you should guys try to look into repopulating the property with native tree species in order to restore the native ecosystem. It will help you a lot to avoid both the overgrowth of thorns and other nasty species like acacias, and also it will help you defending against forest fires, which are, sadly, very common and incredibly destructive in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula due to the invasive species, such as Acacias and most importantly, Eucalyptus. Anyways, lots of luck and greetings from the other side of the border! :) Edit: typos and punctuation.
> in the long term you should guys try to look into repopulating the property with native tree species in order to restore the native ecosystem what are some good sources/places to find out what the native species are?
@@jeroenboom8 That is a very good question, and sadly I dont have a definitive, direct answer to it. On the other hand, I have hunches and reccomendations. A good place to start is asking the older folk arround the area who might remember how the region looked like when they were younger, before massive industralization of the rural areas of Portugal took place. Also, a good place to start looking for more concrete, scientifical info might be libraries, which might have books and information about the ecological situation of portugal and the NW Iberian peninsula. Its important to remember librarians are trained to help people find the information they need, so it might be wise to ask them too.
Just googled and it’s very limited 6 trees native 2 pines hill oaks olive cork etc not the array that most countries have have looked at the local tree that is called mimosa here in oz it’s acacia a type of wattle generally doesn’t take over like there the trouble is eucalyptus & Australian natives after fire dormant seeds sprout and saplings by the hundred come up taking years of competing with each other to thin and thus black berry has a chance to grow and a mess of impenetrable fire hazard /mess is the result a lot of native forest in mountain areas and high rainfall of Australia has huge blackberry problems though along road side where light is better than darker forested areas last year i in Tasmania very wet 6 jarss of jam in one pick at front driveway , a mix of triclopr & kerosene is painted on to cuts of both and will kill them have found the berry sprayed in flower has great results 👍
@@jeroenboom8 it's a bit difficult to identify the native species to this area of portugal because this land has been farmed for a long long time including the forests, so for instance many trees that we might consider native are actually really not that native. Mostly native portuguese forest revolves around various oak trees , chestnuts, elms, strawberry trees, poplar, ash, alder and willows. These are like the main ones that are native to that portuguese region. Other ones like the cork oak and holm oak are also present in this region but are way more prevelant in the south of portugal. Wild Pine trees I wouldn't consider them native to that region of portugal, although they are native to portugal as well, since it is more of a crop tree that was introduced in that region ages ago. I also wouldn't consider eucalyptus an invading species since that tree in specific does not spread by itself very well and if they are introduced to a mixed species forest they will not prevent other species from growing along side them , mostly I think it's the same situation as the wild pine trees, people are the ones that plant them as a crop because they grow really fast and can provide a good profit for a low investment. Acacias on the other hand are a completly diferent story, as well as being super invasive by them selfs they will prevent anything from growing underneth them, they also grow in a way that makes it very easy for fires to propagate and consume large areas without gaps for fires to stop.
@@do_3507 Im quite surprised by your statement about Eucalyptus not being that big of a deal arround that area, not because I dont think you are telling the truth but because I was under the impression that the invasive species problem was basically identical in Galicia and in the Northern half of Portugal; and on this side of the Minho River, Eucalyptus is a huge, huge hazard both for the enviroment and for human habitation. In 2017 we had some incredibly savage forest fires that ravaged the Southwest of Galicia, leabing some municipalities completely burned, like As Neves, just by the border. Anyways, details about specific invasive species aside, I think itd a good idea for the Project Kamp developers to look into the possibility of restoring the local ecosystem to thr best of their abilities, both for sustainability and for safety against forest fires.
I don’t care what anyone says, burn the excess thorn bushes. Burn the excess branches, burn anything that could potentially come back. Even a controlled fire on the bushes around the camp would save so much time and hassle. There’s a reason fire departments do controlled burns.
one thing you might want yto do is getting an earth revolving machine, to try and keep all those bushes from growing again. it's kinda like preparing soil for seeding
A tiller? That's silly to ruin the topsoil and ecology of the soil. Just keep chipping trees and pile the chips up for nice coverage. Also spoiled hay would work, if those neighbors have some of that.
Hi Guys, did you miss the Project Kamp location off on purpose, I am in Australia and it would be great to know where you are in relation to Portugal, cheers and love the VLOG
You could also build a biological, natural filter system for your water. You could get it tuned in so good that you could eventually make it drinkable...All the materials needed are already on your land. Would take you about a week to build it...
I don't know why, and I've noticed it once before in a previous video but forgot to mention it, but your voiceover audio for the map is only coming through one audio channel
Boring? This looks like a good time to me! Well maybe not the weeding personally, but everything else! When I magically find a million euros on the street I will join you and do the boring tasks 😀
Al die Varens bij de Swamp kun je die er er niet beter uitgraven? Ze maken wortelstokken ondergronds en zulln steeds weer terugkomen. Het is even een werkje, maar dan hoef je het niet steeds weer opnieuw te doen. En misschien de bodem afdekken met dik zwart plastic tot alles dood is er onder. Daarna wood chips er op en voilà! Klaar! Beetje bijhouden, beter dan steeds weer opnieuw beginnen….. misschien wat fruitboompjes…
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To tips that have worked in another life of mine when I used to live in rural Australia.
Goats are awesome at controlling blackberry thorns... and they are pretty tasty.
And all of those mimosa tree fill a similar niche as wattle does in Australia. Fast growing nitrogen fixers. Leave patches of them in cleared areas for whatever you want to plant to have a lot of nitrogen leaching around them. Also, when you cut them down, chip them and mulch them into the ground for the organic material and carbon. It helps a lot with fungi species, water retention in sandier soils, and breaking up spots of compacted clay.
Anyways, just my two cents, feel free to ignore me.
Absolutely great advice 🌿🕊️❤️
Just put cardboard underneath the woodchips
There is a gardening technique which stops weeds from growing which I saw practiced in Portugal. It works like this:
1. Get a heavy-duty black plastic tarp that can block out sunlight.
2. Cover the area that you plan to use as a herb/vegetable garden with the tarp. Secure it with stones or pegs.
3. Leave the tarp for 2-3 months in the summer.
4. Lift tarp and remove any slugs or perennial weeds that remain. Most or all should be dead, though.
5. Cover the area in compost and plant directly in the compost.
This method kills off most weeds in the beds and leaves you with a relatively weed-maintenance-free planting bed.
the more eco friendly solution, cover the ground with cardboard. same effect and don't need to be removed and looks a lot better than black plastic :D
@@ric_dk-9520 That's all well and good but it would be difficult to try and cover a large area with many different pieces of cardboard which might get blown away in the wind. You can also reuse a tarp again and again.
@@wuddadid no, you just pin the cardboard down with stages/pins .. or rocks/dirt ... The plastic needs to be secured the same way. No big difference.
Actually yeah, fair enough
@@ric_dk-9520 The only problem is if it rains, as cardboard doesn't do well if exposed to water
Heres the thing mate, Regardless of how "BORING" it seems for you, Its what homesteaders go through and even the little things entertain us. Regardless, I find it extremely educational. Your work shop and food containers are really amazing and well thought through & laid out. If I become a homesteader like you I am becoming prepared like you. I love the content mate. From Canada
That green muck on top of the water makes excellent compost! You can just start a compost pile in a convenient spot close to the pond and harvest that resource over and over again.
Edit: it also makes excellent mulch when fresh. You can put a layer of it, fresh, around plants you want to keep. It’ll block some weeds from growing. If you add too much on a small fragile plant, it can also overwhelm the plant that you prefer to keep. So you have to figure out the balance.
Volkswagen Ferper has a point. ALSO, get some ear protection when cutting-down anything.. You may not care now but when you're my age, you will care a great deal.
.. but without ear protection the highway noise won’t be a problem for long 😅😂
@@cobralyoner this made me chuckle 😂
They have ear protection….it’s hanging on door of the workshop container.
Thumbs up for the hammock. You can never have enough of these! Pro Tip position yourself slightly diagonal, gives better backsupport.
if those are the right kinds of ferns in your swamp area they'll be great for harvesting fiddleheads in the spring!
Love your videos and projects .... boring and mundane chores are the ones you miss being able to do when you are caged by ill health and can't even weed the back garden or in fact do house work .. I also used to love walking but now can't even use the stairs without having a rest to get my breath back and stop my legs from hurting ... it's amazing what you miss when you can't do it ... so enjoy every little job while your body allows you too!! ... best wishes and good luck and health to you all!!
Hope you are doing better ken! I definitely agree with what you've said. Sending love
Have you heard of Freecycling, there are communities listed in Coimbra & Covilha on the website
i love your content, keep it up! even seeing small things being fixed is very entertaining to watch. Everytime i see a new video being uploaded im very happy!!
Big ups from Sweden!!!
Be sure to keep the swimming area clean. Dutch mothers can be fearsome! Nice to have a place that supports life.
Its good to put some fleece under the strings from the hammock to protect the bark. Specially such young trees need support.
Cool video! Its nice to see your land evolve! ❤️
Chopping down all the weeds and thorns is making your property look so much better! You two are doing a great job and it shows!
You and your videos inspire me - thank you and keep up the good work !!
@Project Kamp production note for the video, I'm not sure how this section was recorded but the section of the video (starting at 11:12 and continuing through the sections where you are running google maps on screen, but not the interludes with other clips) the audio is only coming through the left speaker instead of both. Great job on the all the maintainance, always looking forwards to the weekly updates
This was a great video! Always enjoy seeing the progress on the site, big or small 👌
💕Goats will eat all your weeds lower tree branches grass etc just place an electric fence around them & move them from one area to another💕PLUS you could milk females for goats milk & make goats cheese💕
And fried goat, and goat in the oven... mmmm gooooaaat
Hi, the intention is to keep the surrounding in this condition where you need to keep cutting the brushes very often (high maintenance needs) or make things cleaner reducing the hard work needs? if you don't remove all these brushes roots it will continue growing.
Yeah. Somebody needs to develop an open source weedbot that can automatically dig up all the weeds in a defined area and removes their roots too. Redoing this manually every couple of months is a huge waste of precious human time & energy. (It would be so much better to "supervise" the weedbot from the new hammock.)
The continued growth is constantly harvesting carbon though, and that is an asset in the long run. All that mimosa timber adds up to a lot of fences and structures to grow plants over too. Resource-wise, that thriving snarl will continue to pay off as native trees come back. It could be an amazing vineyard/orchard soon- no shortage of wood chips to protect soils. I'm envious of the potential that place has! Cheers from beautiful Colorado! 🍻
I look at Portugal as the Oregon of Europe but not fucked up.
It is the small things that add up and make big difference … love what you guys are doing! 🌀❤️🌀
I really love the clearing brambles and paths videos, just never boring to me - I literally dream, sleeping at night, on coming to there and just clearing the brambles and clearing out paths all day everyday..
But doesn't clearing your water sources from natural shade of the trees, also open them up to sun to dry them ?
Maybe mark with different color the camp itself in the map - it is kinda difficult to find without you giving a dot :)
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
Get some sheep. That will keep the plants at bay, and you get menure too. Or goats .Goats will eat just about anything.
Sheep will keep the grass and weeds down and give wool. Definately get goats. They will eat the brambles, manure the land and give milk. Followed by pigs who will plow the ground manure it and eat the roots. Run chickens with the pigs, they will eat grubs, bugs and seeds. Manure and give eggs.
Farm smart not hard.
I was about to say that! Goats are great, and you can get milk which is very nutritious for you, also goats are easy to care for
Goats are assholes, get sheep
But with goats you have to pay close attention so they don't eat all the young trees. Good fencing is definitely needed.
Goats will solve the problem, sheep are picky ....
I like watching and exploring along with you guys and I like the fact that you keep your vids short enough to watch one quick or binge watch a few...
Hello ProjectKamp,
I am glad you choose this filed for your living. I strongly believes that it will be a future. I started watching your videos from last week.
Though, I have something to say about the overgrown grass every time (In few weeks lets say) -
"Unless and Until you cut the Grass from the roots, it will keep growing"...
I know it will take too much time to work on it. But, I guarantee that you will save much of Gasoline, Electricity, Your blood from the wounds as well as your precious time which you can think in much greater sense ahead.
I hope you will like it.
you have other cool stuff to do around that area:
- Museu do Caramulo
- Bussaco Palace Hotel
- Drave, Arouca, Portugal
- Passadiços do Paiva Trailhead (Areinho)
- Castro de Romariz
- Tongobriga
- Castro of Monte Mozinho
- Biblioteca Joanina
- Conímbriga - Ruínas e Museu Monográfico
- Candal - Aldeias do Xisto
- Castle of Lousa
- Serra da Pena
- Parish Council of Sortelha
- Coimbra, braga, guimaraes, porto, vizela, felgueiras, amarante, fafe, famalicao...
thanks. whats your top 5 from that list? :)
Go to amarante, to the river beaches in aboadela. Nice swimming in nature and great ideas to do with the lake and swamp in project kamp
Dude ! High power spinning tools shooting off slivers of metal ! Eye protection ! You know this !
I have had weekends of nothing but small projects getting done and it is a great feeling to knock a bunch of them out. A great sense of accomplishment.
Can I suggest making another bench down by the creek under the tree? Seems like a small project that will be very nice to have when you start cooling off in the creek.
Ah the little things … so true so true. can’t wait for the water hook up!
Nice, the violin playing while you are sharpening the chainsaw ✌️.
Thanks for the video and stay safe
To make the map easier to look at you could consider different colours of markers for the different categories. Great idea to create the map. Going to make one myself as well!
make sure when you hammock is to put something like a towel or blanket in between the tree and the rope or strap, its possible to damage and even kill your trees if youre not careful by rubbing and stripping away the bark. if it goes all the way around i believe thats what kills it? you can also just get straps that are made to not damage the tree but a cheap towel is the easiest option
May be redundant here, but you have a lot of large old timber that can be set in the ground to hook hammocks on until the trees get bigger.
Alle kringloopwinkels toevoegen aan de kaart. Als je borden of dergelijke nodig hebt is het een geweldige plek om ze te vinden.
Lots of those weedy trees and bushes you have there (and that are very commum most places around here) are very dificult to eliminate just by cutting it to the ground. You have to kill the roots by impeding it growing leafs. At least for 3 to 6 months in the growing season (some all year, some spring and summer).
You have 4 options:
Dig the ground and take off every root there. Probably need to do it again the year after.
Completly cover the ground, leftting no sun light get throu, with some strong mulch. plastic tarps are better, but is only doable in small places. Less then 20 to 30 cm of woodchips dosent work for these mimosas, thorny brumbles, bambus, etc.
Cut/ mowe to the ground every 2 months, for at least a year. Probably 2 years...
Herbicide (glyphosate). Probably, at least, two aplications, during growing season, as new sprouts appear.
Mix several above.
The easier and less expensive (and probably better to the soil and to your body), is herbicide.
It Will get better after a few years. Specially if you keep cleanning and covering the ground until new canopy shade start to happen.
You are doing great work. Living on the land and taking CARE of it. All good for you.
I am watching youtube on my tv and i noticed that you are rounding the sharp edges on your chainsaw. You will need to replace that chain more often or get it machine sharpened. Best recommendation is to get a saw vice to keep the bar steady. Also, if you watch it back you will see that you are making a sweeping motion with the file. Keep it very strait and back and forth. No vice? Sit at a table. You will thank me for this advice. Thank you for your existence. You are a hard worker so i wish you luck where hard work isnt enough.
Might want to look into getting some goats to take care of those thorny bushes for you, they love chowing down on stuff like that. They will eat almost everything around them, which is cool plus free lawnmowers…lol
Don't know if you have a Vice but if can get one to hold the chainsaw by the blade while you sharpen it. land maintenance never ends. Put down waste cardboard to keep weeds down. and definitely remember to take time to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor!!
I do so enjoy your vids...Keep them coming🤗....take care... From South Africa
you had a rust spot on the roof inside the Tool container.
Have you ever thought about putting a roof on top of the Shipping Containers to keep them from holding water and rusting out!
A roof on top would also help keep the sun from heating the container up.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan among others control and clean the overgrown ground of roots, bramble, and other growth by securing an area using an Electric fence, and putting in Pigs. In Heligan's case Rare breed pigs. The pigs are very effective and afterwards ground maintenance is much easier. just a thought. Geo
Also think about moving your bus a bit. If you don't do that and leave the bus in one place for too long, you get "square wheels".
Continue with this great project. I look forward to a new episode every week.
Get yourself a file guide for your file which gives you the correct angles and depth for filing saw chains. You will also need to file down the depth guage (the little shark fin in front of the cutter) to allow the blade to cut, so get yourself a depth guage guide and a flat file. Also hold the cutter bar in vice when you sharpen it. It can still slice your fingers even when the engine is off. Most important, always make sure the chain oiler is full and working. Just hold the cutter bar tip near the ground and rev the nuts off it. You should see a thin line of oil in the dirt. Your bar shows signs of overheating due to lack of oil. Good luck.
How did you become a Jack of All Trades??? Very impressive. It’s like you have a 100 years worth of experience!
I am sure the camp base and garden maintenance does keep you busy …
A great idea to do a map … it will be much appreciated by your guests … hopefully soon you’ll have helpers
I hope you take some time off also … it is a big responsibility you have taken on and I am sure with the vlogs and maintenance time is limited … but you need slot in time to look after your physical and mental strength …🙏☘️😘
im rlly interested to look how cool it will look like when its done!!
When you live and care (work) the land ... Its never done. It Will never finish. There s always more to be done. Usually the work is never enough and its late...
Vegetables and animals are Living growing beings. The need management. All the time for a long time.
Rural homesteading its a process, not a project. Its a marriage/family...its not part/short time dating .
There is a solution for your bush problem with the lake and paths. Turn all the small tree branches and other stuff you cut into a crude tree brunch/wooden path. Its simple , you can make it even with sticks - just place them horizontaly next to each other and they will create a clear path. Its the same about your watter stream bath. Use them to make small makeshift wier to rase the watter lvl and use tree brunches/sticks to improove the steps you made (this way they wont collapce).
No has pensado en un pequeño rebaño de cabras para mantener limpio de maleza el terreno ? Es una solución práctica , ecológica y te ahorra mucho tiempo y trabajo. Me gusta mucho tu proyecto !!! Un saludo desde Barcelona
For your map, walking tracks and bike tracks. I really enjoy your videos.
One thing I have noticed is that when you cut the trees down, you tend to leave them 50 - 100 cm above the ground level. Why is that? Wouldn't it be more effective and practical to cut them at ground level? Or do you go back and do that at a later stage?
Google map pins can have custom icons, way better than all blue!
What a fun and smart thing to do the mapping out. This way a community could land more easily. And any local business who wants to be on the map.... who knows, can pay a little fee? Whatever... I thought it was really cool!
mount of oaks close to fundao is a great projekt. they are old friends. they have 15 years of experience with the land and project. they make natural building courses and stuff.
Goats will definitly help with getting the bushes under control.
Put the Blade of the Chainsaw in the Vise ti sharpen it. Two strokes at most with the file are normally needed
At least set it on your work bench, it is right behind you.
If you can find a nearby source of waste glass bottles or any type of flat rock, those would be great to keep the paths from growing out of sight.
hi, why not buy a mini water pump and a long hose to water the plant, every time u did the job then it gets back again best to cut the lowest to the ground maybe it might help to stop it from growing too fast?
You guys should totally invest in some protective gear in order to clean the property safely. Im from Galicia; north of Portugal, in Spain, and the land maintenance issues you guys have are very similar, if not identical, to the ones we have here in Galicia. Thorns and overgrowth can be brutal, unreleting, and kind of dangerous if you arent catious; please be careful.
Also, in the long term you should guys try to look into repopulating the property with native tree species in order to restore the native ecosystem. It will help you a lot to avoid both the overgrowth of thorns and other nasty species like acacias, and also it will help you defending against forest fires, which are, sadly, very common and incredibly destructive in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula due to the invasive species, such as Acacias and most importantly, Eucalyptus.
Anyways, lots of luck and greetings from the other side of the border! :)
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> in the long term you should guys try to look into repopulating the property with native tree species in order to restore the native ecosystem
what are some good sources/places to find out what the native species are?
@@jeroenboom8 That is a very good question, and sadly I dont have a definitive, direct answer to it.
On the other hand, I have hunches and reccomendations. A good place to start is asking the older folk arround the area who might remember how the region looked like when they were younger, before massive industralization of the rural areas of Portugal took place. Also, a good place to start looking for more concrete, scientifical info might be libraries, which might have books and information about the ecological situation of portugal and the NW Iberian peninsula. Its important to remember librarians are trained to help people find the information they need, so it might be wise to ask them too.
Just googled and it’s very limited 6 trees native 2 pines hill oaks olive cork etc not the array that most countries have have looked at the local tree that is called mimosa here in oz it’s acacia a type of wattle generally doesn’t take over like there the trouble is eucalyptus & Australian natives after fire dormant seeds sprout and saplings by the hundred come up taking years of competing with each other to thin and thus black berry has a chance to grow and a mess of impenetrable fire hazard /mess is the result a lot of native forest in mountain areas and high rainfall of Australia has huge blackberry problems though along road side where light is better than darker forested areas last year i in Tasmania very wet 6 jarss of jam in one pick at front driveway , a mix of triclopr & kerosene is painted on to cuts of both and will kill them have found the berry sprayed in flower has great results 👍
@@jeroenboom8 it's a bit difficult to identify the native species to this area of portugal because this land has been farmed for a long long time including the forests, so for instance many trees that we might consider native are actually really not that native. Mostly native portuguese forest revolves around various oak trees , chestnuts, elms, strawberry trees, poplar, ash, alder and willows. These are like the main ones that are native to that portuguese region. Other ones like the cork oak and holm oak are also present in this region but are way more prevelant in the south of portugal. Wild Pine trees I wouldn't consider them native to that region of portugal, although they are native to portugal as well, since it is more of a crop tree that was introduced in that region ages ago. I also wouldn't consider eucalyptus an invading species since that tree in specific does not spread by itself very well and if they are introduced to a mixed species forest they will not prevent other species from growing along side them , mostly I think it's the same situation as the wild pine trees, people are the ones that plant them as a crop because they grow really fast and can provide a good profit for a low investment. Acacias on the other hand are a completly diferent story, as well as being super invasive by them selfs they will prevent anything from growing underneth them, they also grow in a way that makes it very easy for fires to propagate and consume large areas without gaps for fires to stop.
@@do_3507 Im quite surprised by your statement about Eucalyptus not being that big of a deal arround that area, not because I dont think you are telling the truth but because I was under the impression that the invasive species problem was basically identical in Galicia and in the Northern half of Portugal; and on this side of the Minho River, Eucalyptus is a huge, huge hazard both for the enviroment and for human habitation.
In 2017 we had some incredibly savage forest fires that ravaged the Southwest of Galicia, leabing some municipalities completely burned, like As Neves, just by the border.
Anyways, details about specific invasive species aside, I think itd a good idea for the Project Kamp developers to look into the possibility of restoring the local ecosystem to thr best of their abilities, both for sustainability and for safety against forest fires.
doing those small things before they become big things helps alot. Also makes for easy videos every now and then too ;)
Obrigado pelo vosso , verdadeiramente, maravilhoso trabalho. Força!
I don’t care what anyone says, burn the excess thorn bushes. Burn the excess branches, burn anything that could potentially come back. Even a controlled fire on the bushes around the camp would save so much time and hassle. There’s a reason fire departments do controlled burns.
what exactly is the plan with cutting down trees at water's edge? they control soil erosion
White vinegar for weeds .Used car oil to treat wood.
On welding repair may need to be redone because it leak if now but soon and if you put the chainsaw in vise will make it easier to do
I would use a hose to siphon water to your planted area instead of lugging a bucket of water.
Maybe checkout no dig gardening. Either for yourelf to eat or to make money.
one thing you might want yto do is getting an earth revolving machine, to try and keep all those bushes from growing again. it's kinda like preparing soil for seeding
A tiller? That's silly to ruin the topsoil and ecology of the soil. Just keep chipping trees and pile the chips up for nice coverage. Also spoiled hay would work, if those neighbors have some of that.
Nature really takes over quickly there, huh. Or that's just my warped perception from binging this series.
Hi Guys, did you miss the Project Kamp location off on purpose, I am in Australia and it would be great to know where you are in relation to Portugal, cheers and love the VLOG
Where did you buy your Makita String Trimmer? Can't find it in Portugal. Love your videos!
You could also build a biological, natural filter system for your water. You could get it tuned in so good that you could eventually make it drinkable...All the materials needed are already on your land. Would take you about a week to build it...
If they turned some of the trees into charcoal, that would work well.
Get some pigs, they'll remove the roots from the spikey plants + provide food when grown. Sheep could work as well for keeping plants low
Yes pigs will help with the root problems. After that let the land rest and continue with goats.
Good videos 👍👍 please turn down volym on music, have to turn up and down to hear when you talks
I don't know why, and I've noticed it once before in a previous video but forgot to mention it, but your voiceover audio for the map is only coming through one audio channel
Not boring at all!
Its the little things
PS if you water right before pulling weeds they come out easier
Love your work. Great channel!
Put the saw in a vice when you sharpen it
Good that the bushes aint carrying seeds, it eould be a nightmare spreading them with the machine over a huge are :)
Boy tractor and brush hog would sure be nice.
I want the story of how you and Rita met. And the new guy where did he came from? Intro video please
I think it could be useful to have your location on the map too, for reference...
Depending on local regulations it would wonderful to open up that creek at 5:47 and stock it with trout!
Boring? This looks like a good time to me! Well maybe not the weeding personally, but everything else! When I magically find a million euros on the street I will join you and do the boring tasks 😀
I'm also waiting for that kind of magical day too! What are the chances of that!?!
Al die Varens bij de Swamp kun je die er er niet beter uitgraven? Ze maken wortelstokken ondergronds en zulln steeds weer terugkomen. Het is even een werkje, maar dan hoef je het niet steeds weer opnieuw te doen. En misschien de bodem afdekken met dik zwart plastic tot alles dood is er onder. Daarna wood chips er op en voilà! Klaar! Beetje bijhouden, beter dan steeds weer opnieuw beginnen….. misschien wat fruitboompjes…
This is the most entertaining boring that I have ever seen.
So how do you feel about the electric chainsaw you talked about you would a make review video with conclusion at some point down the road?
why you do not buy some goats to take care of grass and bushes?
Would love to see this happen!
yes! goats are nature's lawn mowers
Goats eat blackberry brambles. And they’re very fast at it. You can also milk them and make cheese.
also love watching the small jobs...
man i like ur van... it's so cute and my type ❤
what about volunteering to work/ learn on your farm? didn't see this option on the web link. are you open to woofers?
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Waarom gebruiken jullie geen simpele bilgepomp voor het water geven van jullie planten? Ps heeeel leuk om jullie te volgen!
About every 5th chainsaw sharpening the rakers will need to be filed down too.
I was still watching past episodes when this video went public!
What about a low growing ground cover plant to wage botanical warfare on the brambles and grasses?
`can l make a suggestion goats will keep all those thorn brushes they will even kill the bush .
Goats would make short work of those brambles 🐐🐐🐐 👍😊👍
Another way to control weeds if you get cardboard and lay a thick layer in six weeks it will stop weed growing
Can't wait for water hookup. I am a drinking water operator!
That’s what life’s all about The little boring thing
Everything is interesting, thanks
With water close to the garden get a rampump and soaker hose