A Day in My Life | Self-sufficiency in a Storm
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- It's the day after Storm Eunice hit Irish shores, with 200kph winds causing devastation across the country. This video follows a day in my life, living on a smallholding in County Sligo, Ireland. I repair damaged fencing, fix tarps, clear fallen trees, as well as heading to the bog with Moss, and of course, cook basic meals from my produce.
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Hi. I am from Ukraine. Your video distracts from the reality we have now. And yet, you speak very clearly . I understand everything. You are my English teacher.
Stay safe my friend, praying for your people and country💓
Wishing you and your family much love. Irish smiles
Hearts
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Sending love and prayers for peace 💜
I just want to say thank you, for being an inspiration too my wife and I. We watch your videos regularly and it they have helped us to make our decision to get out of the city and move to upper peninsula michigan! Give moss and the cats some love for us!
As well as the content, I just love reading through the lovely comments on here.. Best of luck on your move dogdude24, I’m sure it will be a great success. 🙋🏻♂️🇬🇧❤️🙏🏻
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Thank you very much and I couldn't agree more about the positivity in the comment section!
@@dogdude2457 Have a nice move to your new choice of life :)
Hello from the GR area. The U.P. is beautiful, but too cold for us. But we are hoping to also slow down (somewhere warmer) soon.
@dogdude24 That's wonderful! Best wishes on your move. I love to visit the Upper Peninsula when I see family in Western Michigan.
I took a break from war news, and watching this, this is really amazing and giving hope for future and its relaxing.
“Television is a sewer in your livingroom”.
I lived in a cottage with an acre of land in Ireland(Offaly) for a few years and we adopted an abandoned new born feral kitten which we hand reared, he was a great mouser from 3 months old but always threw up the mouses fur after injesting, his record was 14 mice in a day, awesome cat who now lives in England aged 17
You’re a such a kind soul ❤️ I don’t even know you, but your animals show me how kind you really are.
It's impossible for me to overstate my admiration for you as a person and for the lifestyle you are pursuing. I thought this was one of your most enjoyable and interesting videos. A beacon of sanity, given what's happening elsewhere in Europe at the moment.
What’s happening??
And what is happening in the entire world... Daniel is teaching what we have to go back to ...basics of life.
Your videos are a welcome distraction to what’s happening in the world!
I hope small homesteads are left alone by the NWO. They do fit in with the whole sustainability agenda so fingers crossed.
What’s happening??
@@marleypumpkin4917 you're joking right!?!?
@@marleypumpkin4917 if you don’t know what’s taking place by now I’m afraid it’s too late
@@marleypumpkin4917 Ha Ha .. LOL
I love the old saying 'a tired dog is a happy dog'...and it's very true.
The cats in almost every shot of the video really made me smile. I love how they seem to be following you around as you're working.
Please do more videos like this. Im a medical doctor who loves your lifestyle. Greetings from Slovenija.
You are such an inspiration. The modern world is a chaotic place to live, and all the war on TV. You are such a peaceful man and your animals love you, especially that dog mossy. Your videos are a absolute delight to watch.
“Television is a sewer in your livingroom.”
@@marleypumpkin4917 very true, as tragic as the suffering on ordinary Ukrainians is, The media are vulture parasites who thrive on disaster... And over the last 2 years actively promote fear, anxiety and mental illness.
Really good to see that almost everything survived on Mossy Bottom, especially the polytunnel. I was really worried it might get blown away. Hope the next storm will not do more harm. Always nice to see you smile while talking about your life, your work, the animals and everything around you. And thank you for your positive attitude. That's really inspiring.
You're just so genuine, Daniel; that's a big part of the popularity of your channel. No fluff, just fascinating stories and information, and your obvious happiness with your chosen life. As someone else said below, your positive attitude toward challenges that discourage many of us - well, it's helped reset my own attitude many times, when I've had the grumpies, so thanks for that too! Glad your home and animals were all okay in the recent storm. Very excited about your writing (your earlier book is wonderful). I don't think you will have to worry much about retirement; you will find a way to have a good life, every minute of it, and enrich the lives of others as well.
Hi Daniel. Just want to say thanks. You are a true inspiration. Next month I am moving to a cottage in the countryside with a couple of acres of barren land in the hope of emulating what you do. I might even document my progress on RUclips.
Let us know here on a comment so we can follow from the start.
Id love that x
Same. Good luck Marc and do let us know where we can follow you.
@@maggiedoor6093 Thanks that's very kind. Hope to be there on the 19th.
an old man who grew fruit in ireland all his life shared with me about growing fruit trees, so he said watch out for where you plant them meaning if you get late frost and the sun shines on the blossom it burns them and you loose the fruit so always plant in an area with shade from early morning sunshine :) giving time to taw out before the sun shines on it and ruin your fruit - God bless from wexford
Hi Mossy!
A couple of ideas for getting an apple crop :-
Plant cordons or espalier trained trees against a south or west facing wall of your cottage or other outbuildings. You will get shelter, retained heat from the stone, and you can provide frost protection for the blossom easily!
Plant 'step-over' apples. If you don't know them, it's a training method with just one main branch trained horizontally opposed. A kind of horizontal double cordon! They can be planted along paths and so take up very little space. As they grow low to the ground they're much less susceptible to wind damage and also you can provide frost/bird etc protection easily....
Nice to see the smallholding in winter..
And in years to come, when you're windbreak has grown up, those first fruit trees will have had years putting all their energy into growth vs fruit so they will be bigger and stronger when you do get a crop from them.
I have a pear tree growing against a stucco wall here in New England and while you don’t get as much yield and fruits are bigger in a higher quality and in Springs when the flowers get nip by frost in the orchards the espaliered fruit comes through
More info on an apple crop: -
I live on the south west coastline in an exposed spot and got hit by the same storms you mentioned. We have a nice piece of sheltered land, with large trees providing shelter for large bushes, framing a protected orchard with productive apple trees. We also had a couple of trees and branches come down this year and also use it as firewood or for my workshop. Just keep planting!
Way back in the day before everyone blindly believed the telly we used to be kicked out to go and play in the weather. We just wrapped up and called it winter.
You might want to think about an electric bike in your situation..I live in a similar situation and it has truly been one of my best additions..I can charge it with solar from the sun, get an 80 mile range, save tons of money on gas, never get hemmed in by fallin trees and it's just great exercise, transportation and fun..I found a good used mountain bike and added the Bafang mid drive motor and 28 amp hr battery, have over 80, 000 miles on it, this is it's 9th year, with limited maintenance, built another one over the winter...I love your life..Not sure I would worry about retirement age, that's probably not in the cards for any of us, never know, but understanding our reality, it's extremely unlikely..Living in the moment, is what our times call for...
Would love to see a children’s illustrated ‘Adventures of Moss & friends at Mossy Bottom’ one day. Planting the seeds while young. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thankyou 🙏❤️.
Wouldn't that be wonderful?! Inspiring a new generation!
Happy March! It was nice to have Mossy’s cute face staring at me for a whole 31 days:)
Greetings from the hills south of Gurteen Co.Sligo. Great to see you going strong, 23yrs since we left England for our derelict cottage covered in brambles and yes our old caravan came with us. Same as you 1 acre and lot's done over the years and enjoying it is the most important thing.
I have only been watching your channel for the last 6 weeks and I finally caught up. My wife and I own a 100 year old house in Pittsburgh. Our primary heat source is boiler and radiator heat. Last year we ditched the window AC unit and put in a split ac unit with a heat pump. The unit has three modes, heating, cooling and dehumidifier. If you really wanted to use your granary to store crops and not have to deal with mold, you might look into getting a heat pump. Heat pumps are over 80% efficient, they run on electricity and can keep your food stores cool and dry. Probably for less money than running your freezers. You homestead looks great. You did a really nice job on the bunk house. Cheers.
I'm glad you survived the storms Daniel! I've been thinking for sometime now about trying to start a more self sufficient lifestyle and finally at the age of 48 this dream is becoming a reality, thanks for sharing all your videos I'm learning a great deal about what works and what doesn't here in the wild West of Ireland, glad to hear that rhubarb grows well, it's one of my favourites!
Beautiful... so glad you never suffered too much damage and are ok 👍
We had 14 ha of indigenous forest with a small wooden house. Very much off the beaten track . Unfortunately ( here in South Africa) , it became too much of A worry for our children with us being there alone. . Many places in the area were been broken into while the people were in their homes . I just can’t explain the sadness of having to have sold to the neighbouring farmer. While there, We cleared a piece of that forest, grew vegetables , and had 50 chickens . I watch your programs but I must say, it reminds me of the wonderful times back then , and , well , I do get sad . We are now in our 70’s and have to rely on just enjoying video’s like yours .
Your life of self sufficiency seems so idyllic to me. I know there is much work involved and am under no illusions it is not always positive and romantic appearing. However, you have brought peace and tranquility into my life for a little while for which I thank you greatly. God bless you and may the coming year be as bountiful as you may hope for.
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Hey Daniel--a few things. 1) I hear ya on how wet and wild Ireland is. I live in the west of Scotland and wet, wild and windy are de rigeur. Also, having spent a good chunk of my adult life in Georgia in the States, I don't get bothered about wind gusts until they hit 74mph (Category 1 hurricane level). 2) I may have missed this (watching too much regular news from the US instead of your lovely channel; my bad and lesson learned), but have you done any videos on the cottage itself and any reno going on there? 3) I really wanted to thank you for giving a shout out to that nice young man named Kyle a few weeks ago who is also chucking the city life and started smallholding. I noticed his foot traffic on his channel skyrocket after your interview with him and I just wanted to say how nice it was of you to help him out like that. I really wish the rest of the world would come on board with being decent human beings so we wouldn't have mad men invading other countries. I hope you two can catch up another time and do a 'year in review' video to see how far you both have come. Well done. 4) Lent is upon us and if I have to give up something it might as well be the horrible news channels; I am grateful you have your videos to restore my faith in humanity and that there are good souls out there. Hats off to you, my dear (hope that didn't sound too condescending; I'm probably old enough to be your grandmother, though...) and many blessings!!
This was one of my fave videos... but I may also say that all the time! This one felt cozy and just what was needed while the world rages on in unsettled times. Thank you.
I've been struggling with all the constant war talk so thank you for this and reminding me how beautiful the world still is
Rhubarb is great to have in any garden! Grows like a weed, and makes for some mighty fine jams and pie filling. :)
It is my birthday today and it was sooooo nice to see such a peaceful video! thank you for the excellent timing!
Happy birthday 🎈🎉🎂🎊
@@jacksg1809 Aww thank you so much 🙂
@@kierstenhoyal6572 I hope it was a great day 🙂
You`re brilliant, Daniel. Can`t wait for your book. Glad you survived the storms. In later life, you could also even give talks about growing food, etc - there`s many lovely venues around Ireland that would only love to have you share your deep and vast knowledge and experience. Your opportunities are endless. Boy, do we need you! You lift my spirit.
Your videos are like jewels, so precious and beautiful. I love how you take care of the animals, how you care for your home. I don't know what it is about your aesthetic that is so pleasing and calming but I love them. Please don't stop and please don't let your success change you, it is your authenticity that is what makes this channel what it is.
We’ve had stressful days so always love Daniel and Mossy and animals really love your channel make the world beautiful it’s in such a mess at the moment peace to you and all the World 🌍.🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️
Hi Daniel, I was walking my dog this morning in my local park and noted the Bluebells were out and flowering, the Daffodil chutes were up and the Woodpecker was hammering away at a rotting tree. Spring is on its way and I for one can't wait. Stay well my friend. Regards Jim UK.
Hope your camera recovers! The phone video looks fine to me. Thanks for showing all of the animals, it is great fun to watch Moss getting his exercise too! Spring is starting here in the PNW and I can't wait to get started in the garden (flowers). Looking forward to all of your project updates!
I love the videos and your outlook on life.
Have you considered keeping honey bees on your small holding? They are great for pollination, lovely to watch as the come and go about their business, which i find very relaxing. There can be the option and added bonus to take some honey off if the colony has had a good year. If this is something you have or would consider please reach out to me and i will help in what way i can.
"Well done, great video, inspiring me to get out there again. Just getting over cancer treatment, and looking out at an acre of overgrown garden. Time to go for it, Thank You"!
Daniel, your videos inspire me to do activities that I usually don’t have time to ever do. During the worst of COVID-19, I was very worried about the future. But as you said, “life is to short to worry about the future”.
Your videos gave me hope to one day start my own little small holding. My family is very rooted in Ireland, especially in Longford and Cavan. Thank you for making these amazing videos.
May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, may the rain fall soft upon your fields. And until I write again, may god hold you in the palm of his hand.
P.S. give moss a stick for me
Place is looking great Daniel.
Thank you, Daniel, for another brilliant episode. I love hearing how you and Moss are doing. Here in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, we have had a very snowy winter. It’s just Mother Nature telling us that she is still the boss😊
This was LOVELY Daniel You have a 'Blessed' attitude. When you can live and appreciate the 'present moment' ...it eliminates the 'fear' of the future and allows you to enjoy 'peace' in all things...both the good and the challenged. Besides, it takes the wind to strengthen the roots of a tree. Thank-you most kindly 4 sharing. Health and God Bless!
We really enjoyed watching your daily routine. Always love your vlogs. Your cats follow you around the garden for company, so sweet. Looking forward to the next one. Take care and keep safe
Such s pleasure to watch your videos, especially given the current world situation. Always happy to see a new video from you. Thank you
I miss Moss he was such a great dog..RIP Moss your running free in doggy heaven and i Hope Daniel is enjoying his New life in Finland
Being stuck in the rat race, the more I watch your videos the greater my desire within grows to live in this way. Hopefully I get the courage one day to take the plunge. Lovely video as always.
You really are an amazingly positive person and such an inspiration. You are so right. Eat what is in season and organic. Looking forward to the next video. !!!
Thank you Mossy Bottom. A welcome distraction here at the moment in the UK. Glad to see that storm damage was minimal and that the Polytunnel hasn't ended up in the next county...
Thank you for posting this delightful video. It is a welcome break from the stress of the war (am married to a Ukrainian who is stomping around like an angry Grizzly Bear) and I love The Witcher too! We are feeling the first days of Autumn here (NZ) and it is my favourite time of the year. Take care, lots of love to you and Moss, the Kunekunes, cats, ducks and hens.🥰
Hi hi, me and my partner are getting going on a derelict property in Scotland, and we regularly view your work. It's very inspiring. Thank you for taking the effort and I hope you keep on filming.
That first storm wrecked havock on my husband's family dairy down in Co.Cork. Lots of trees down! Be safe!
Thank you for this video. I’m grateful to be able to watch your channel.
I love watching your videos...wish I could live like that... if I sold my apartment I probably could , but I'm 67 and don't have all the knowledge of how to live like that.
Lovely to see you, I was worried for you in the storms and im glad youre ok:-) i am keenly waiting for more fairy tales and legends, i absolutely love listening to you.
Hi Daniel great to see u all survived the great Storms of Eunice and Franklin without too much damage to the homestead . We are all looking fwd to Spring now I think ,I know I am ! My poor horses lost their BIG 12'x6' barn without any injuries thank goodness . Look fwd as always to more of Ur videos this coming year . Stay safe and healthy🙏 . Jacks 🙂
Thank you Daniel! As always, I find encouragement in your videos. Blessings to all at Mossy Bottom! 💚
I think your blog is fantastic. I would love your life if I was not 80 . I only learned I was half Irish until I was 39. I moved from the city 40 years ago. The happiest years of my life.
Your winter in Ireland sound identical to our winter in Oregon, USA. I am now living in the Rocky's where winter is not so moderate and it is dry, being desert. About the rhubarb, when I lived in the state of Texas for four years and asked in the produce department of my store for rhubarb, the produce manager asked me "What does it look like?" Uhm...... red celery but not growing in a clump? He had never heard of it or eaten it. Good grief.
Loved this video especially. I love the chopping and clearing work. I’m lethal with loppers saw and secateurs. I’m too advanced in years to do what you do but I get absorbed in my garden with my animals and the wildlife, it’s the frogs who are providing the delightful entertainment at the moment. Lol the mating antics going on in my pond these days has been eye opening. I’m not sure if they didn’t know what to do or were experimenting but I now call them my kinky frogs. Thank you for sharing your day with us.
Hi from Oklahoma (US)!
We had a dust bowl here in my state in the 1930s that was so bad they started planting red cedar as a wind breaks. It grows incredibly quick so it was efficient, but they found out that not only does it cause terrible allergies, it can be invasive and a fire hazard (I wouldn't imagine it gets dry enough in Ireland for that problem though).
If it does start reseeding you might use the wood around the property for posts and fencing. Burning it might be risky if you do have any allergy troubles, especially asthma.
Best of luck and don't get blown away!
Hi Daniel,
I've came across your channel two weeks ago, and binged all your video. And to see the pictures from your farm have specially made an account on Instagram. I am loving your content and presentation and all your (animal) helpers. Moss is a cutie. Have not commented on any of the video before this, but am planning to watch it again cause it's so so beautiful.
Loving your videos. Keep them coming. Thank you.
God bless.🙏🙏
Welcome Sucheta! Videos are always great and Moss is so great.
I feel like I could watch an hour long video of just attending the animals. So wholesome
We are wild, wet and windy with lots of harsh winter storms here in Nova Scotia Canada. Hoping that your camera turns back on once it's had a chance to dry out! Wonderful to see you, Moss, and the menagerie in such good spirits, despite the punishing winter. Like you. dreaming of plans for the homestead keeps us content, anticipating spring and all the glory of another sunny, warm day. No matter what the weather, or mode of filming, we appreciate your excellent efforts keeping Mossy Bottom humming and happy❣🐝
Glad you missed the worst of Eunice, we regrettably had alot of power failures in the south east. Played merry hell with incubating on our small holding. Came across your channel a week ago, very enjoyable seeing your progress.
Very Glad to hear the storm/s didn't damage your set up much.
Thanks a lot for your videos!
Fantastic vid .....thankyou . Total escape from the devastation from the news x
Thank you for the lovely video. Moss is looking very happy.
Been waiting for this as needed the relaxed and happy feeling your videos produce in me. You’re a grower of food and a grower of happiness in your subscribers. 🥰
I'm obsessed with him boiling potatoes for the pigs 😍
Calming video and way of living. This is Walden mood.
...and I was just beginning to think that it had been a while since the last vid you posted. Thanks for the great videos always.
This is how we should all live our lives , the world would be a better place instead of forcing and changing seasons and nature
The planet woul fail in about five minutes!
Appealing though it is to many people (including me..!) It only works if most of us DON'T do it....!!!
Another masterpiece. Thanks Daniel.
This has to be one of Your Best Videos....Blessings To You, from CT, USA where the weather can also change in a heartbeat~
Thank you, Daniel. For 30 minutes, I forgot all about war, greed and destruction.
Great to see you , Moss and the cats are keeping well! Moss is looking stunning! Love how he runs in front of the bike. Was thinking I could suggest that to my neighbour who is 74 and is worried about his collie, Rag, not getting enough exercise. My neighbour lost his farm and then his job, and Rag is living in town now. But he has a big area to run and they walk 5kms once a week when there is very little traffic. Looking forward to see how you get on with the cottage. Take care with the storms!
Love traveling to Mossy Bottom vicariously through your wonderful videos! This was a glorious break from my Wisconsin winter morning, and just what I needed to help motivate me through March and April. Looking forward to Spring as well. May have to watch it a few more times. Loved the trip to the woods, and seeing the diversity. God Bless !
Hello from Brazil. I really enjoy getting to know about your routine. It's nice to compare to the work we encounter in a homestead here. The weather is, obviously mostly very different! You got a great place there, Daniel, by the way. I'm loking forward to that book!
Happy almost Spring! The birds came back where I live last week and the daffodils and hyacinth are blooming!
This video has answered the question why you don’t sleep in the cabin in the winter. Great content Daniel.
Wishing you and Moss many more years of contentment.
Happy days man.
I enjoy your videos and the interesting insights from your life.
Take care and stay safe and I look forward to more
A pleasure to see your videos, thank you for this weeks content. Great watching you masterful on the chainsaw. So lovely to see your care for your livestock and pets (employees lol ). May we always have Mossy Bottom videos to enjoy
Kibble has been shown by many pet food experts to be low-quality food. It’s easy and convenient for pet parents. Cats need much more moisture to prevent kidney issues. I always thought dry food helped keep dogs’ and cats’ good dental health.
My favorite holistic health vet said in a newsletter that advocating kibble is like humans eating granola (oats & dried fruit concoction) thinking it’s good to clean teeth.
Once you research kibble’s origins (waste product of human meat production) you might re-think dried kibble. And heated multiple times during process & synthetic vitamins/mineral added back in!
Carolyn (Vermont/USA/Cat Lady)
Holistic health vet? lol
You are so right. I recently researched feeding kibble to my cat and learned it removes water from their kidneys which isn’t good. Cats especially need moist food, I’m sure dogs too. They would have never found kibble in the wild. As much as possible we need to feed them what nature would have provided for them. I know in these times it’s not always possible. However, convenience doesn’t always mean better.
Watching you makes me feel atleast connected to the nature again, outside of my isolated day. Thank you for sharing Daniel!
Hi Daniel, great to see your video, always very interesting, be good to see work on the cottage. Take care 🙂
Greetings from Oaxaca Mexico. I retired here 35 years ago on a small income and have been very happy. I'm half Irish half Puerto Rican (A Yank of course). Love your channel, admire your hard work, and offer you whatever long distance assistance I can give. I'm a polyglot, gourmet cook, amateur gardiner, mathematician, philosophy and history student and a general bookworm. I adore animals and watching your ducks pigs chickens dog cats rabbits plus all the wild animals and plants in my ancestral homeland. It all brings me a smile. Your a great guy and I wish you all the best. hugs to you and all the bairns JIM 🐽
That was fun. We live in the high desert of Southern California. 7 days ago we had about 3 inches of snow , yesterday and today were 75F sunny with a light breeze, it was most enjoyable to be out & about. We have 4 seasons here but none of them include much in the way of moisture from the sky. One thing we do have in common is WIND! It's crazy but we love it.
Best channel on RUclips, just keeps getting better and better 😁
The mud, rain and wind gets me down in SWEngland , 4 months of year are difficult but much prefer it to being in a city.The damp affects my joints and mood but that’s a background thing which I do not resist and just embrace it all.
I have Taunton Dean kale all year and eat it roasted in olive oil.In summer it gets caterpillar damage but winter it’s great after it regrows.
Your videos are beautiful and inspiring☺.
BLESS your beautiful soul👍
Awesome Daniel!
Can’t wait to start my own self sufficient adventure.
Many thanks and god bless you.
Well done Daniel - thank you very much for another interesting and entertaining video in spite of the camera damage! So good to see you’ve survived (and very well too) the dreadful storms here in Ireland. Love how you spoil your pigs with boiled potatoes! Wishing you a happy spring!
Thanks for the content. Yes ,here in Donegal wind and rain and rain and wind. Yes humans have lost touch of any natural rhythms,which can only add to a sense of separation and contribute to feeling alienated from our ever ‘synthetic’ life.
I am in NL and it was really bad here with Eunice. I was thinking of your place a few times, glad to see things are relatively okay!
I sure wish I could live like you Daniel…🥰🇨🇦🙏🏼
Start one step at a time and above all have fun
Hey Dan! Love the pic of "Moss for March"Have recently acquired a taste for Kale. Here in.W Cumbria, we're quite lucky to miss the worst of the storms, but still have lots of rainy weather.
You're such an inspiration Dan... It's so scary at prez, with what's going on on in the Ukraine. Oh boy! let's stay positive, & safe. Wishing you well. ♡ x
Spring is actually the New Year . Great life.
I just love your positive outlook on life. Keep on keeping on 😉
Have another strawberry wine for me, loving the videos!!