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Raised beds in the polytunnel | LOW COST! grow your own vegetables
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- Опубликовано: 10 мар 2022
- This weeks vlog we build raised beds in the polytunnel for next to nothing using saw mill top slab off cuts. I think they look great and we now have freed up space on our propagator table!
Big thanks to @Quickcrop for the fleece, bottle top watering can ends and the bug hotel
and thanks to @polytunnels for making such good polytunnels!
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We are- a family of four,
Mum- Annie,
Dad-Bruce
Two children Elsie and Betsy
One dog - Doug
and we decided to trade our busy life as home and business owners to chase the dream we’ve harboured for 10years.
How did we get here
After years of saying one day, we finally realised that these opportunities don’t just land in your lap and if we seriously wanted to make a difference to the Earth then we were going to have to stop talking about it and do it!
We sold all our stuff, got rid of the mortgage, sold our camper conversion business and landed in a dream come true. After traveling in our van we settled here in the west of Ireland. A place that has always been special to us. Annie is half Irish and since we met 12 years ago and she took me to meet her family i fell in love with Ireland too.
Now we’ve made this dream a reality there is no stopping us! our plan is to work hard, meet new people and learn new skills that will guide us on our journey of permaculture and creating a way of life that sings to us. One where we aren’t bound to the banks, working every hour and outsourcing all of our needs. A simple way of life, with connection to ourselves, each other, the earth and our community.
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Very nice upload friend, thank you for sharing love it 😍✅
No worries 🙏
Another job out of the way all the best from john
Feels good to touch it off the list
Awesome edit love it 😂!!!
Thanks Louis 😊
Love ❤️ your green house,can’t wait to see the fresh produces . God blessed 💙💙❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thanks carol. Me too 😊
Two huge projects ticked off in one video! Great stuff, you'll be enjoying those veggies before long. I always like the idea of raised beds in a tunnel, you've done yourselves proud.
Thanks. I went for raised just because we have high clay content and in heavy rain it can even be wet in the polytunnel. I am happy with how they turned out. Looking forward to seeing how we get on this growing season
Wow great progress on the poly and the work shop you can see it all starting to come together. well done as a family everyone has got stuck in and done there bit, the girls helping out replanting the seedlings while you attend to the sheeting of the work shop. It will all pay off in the end as the hard work will get less and the benefits you get will be well worth the effort, Bruce you have a super Family there.
I can feel the easier days coming :) enjoying the journey to though. The kids are great aren’t they! Your comment today has reminded me to have deep gratitude for my lovely family. Thank you 🙏
Always so interesting great job whit the video.
Thanks Terry 🙏
Haha loved the two different vibes: workshop vs polytunnel 🛠 🌱 It’s looking so good!
I was going for a little comedy on that bit but if I’m really honest filming dropped off as had so much going on and gave any the camera while I left my phone on a Timelapse 😂
Ha ha! the change in music between the polytunnel and the workshop made me laugh out loud. Cheers all
Ah thanks 🙏 I was going for a little comedy on that bit
Two big projects at once !
And your getting your workshop done !
Good job ! You two are an inspiration !
It was satisfying getting it ticked off the list
I just watched this while putting off going out to clear our vege garden. Thanks for the distraction and motivation all in one.
You are most welcome 🤗
Very good progress, multi talented people 👍 I'd say a tonne of gravel on entrance to the polytunnel would make life easier.
Good 😭
Thank you 🙏 That’s the plan. I’m going to put a gravel path all round the tunnel and down the side of the shed too
Wow ! It's all happening !
Great progress this week all right. Loved the two interleaved montages. I could do with Rory here.
It is!
@@winterishere9828 I’ll let him know 😊
Great work in the Tunnel ..looks like the Shed is making progress..but not much you could do with all the Wind.and Squalls...but ..not a minute gone outa next week yet..love to all ✌ Peace ✌🙏
God working round the wind has been a challenge but finally have a sheltered workspace 😊
So enjoying your videos and wishing I was young again. I noticed you commented about your black clay, here we have red clay. My brother helped me wheel barrow 3 tons of river sand in to my beds made the biggest difference in breaking up the clay. Might be good when you start outdoor beds. Thanks for sharing your journey. And the best of luck to your sweet family.
Thank you 🙏 I hadn’t heard that before. I’m not sure where I could find some local river sand
Love the rustic look. Building with what you can get or have is more fun I think. Great video
Thanks. Yeah I get great satisfaction from getting creative with materials
Really great video, you guys are doing an awesome job 💚❤️💙💛🙏💫💫💫💫
Thanks 🙏
Wow looking great good job on the polytunnel its all going on well done gang !!
Thanks Gail 🙏
You have done so much. Its very exciting. I'm sat here feeling very poorly and sorry for myself, I cant go to my allotment 😮💨 But this video has cheered me up 😀 Thank you Bruce and family. Looking forward to the next one
Ah I hope you feel better soon. So exciting watching them all grow. Love the kids getting involved to :)
I would have done the polytunnel very similarly, I think many people can do it without spending too much. The only thing I can give you advice: I incorporated a superficial layer of earthworm humus in the seedbeds and crop beds. It has given me good results since doing organic farming! Thanks for sharing your channel.
Thanks for the tips. Since putting some card down for mulch I have finally started to see a few Earth worms which has made me very happy 😃
A very productive week, did fancy a bit of that lunch looked great 👍 Tony
It was yum!
polytunnel looks great guys, well done
Thanks 🙏
This might sound daft but bear with me - bubble wrap around the inside posts of your polytunnel will protect the plastic from contact with rough-hewn lumber, hopefully making it last longer in the Windy West.
That’s a good idea. Do you mean to protect from the timber on the beds? The plastic is very tight at the mo so it shouldn’t touch the beds but maybe in the years to come. The wood is from a sawmill in portumna he sells massive bails of top slabs
@@OffGridBruce Exactly. The wind can loosen the plastic over time just enough to snag any rough surface close by. It's no fun patching a tear with duct-tape, I know! Thanks for the lumber tip.
Your hard work as paid of its coming together its amazing what you have done in a short amount of time your have things that don't go right you learn from your mistakes and find a different ways of doing things that do work
It all feels very exciting at the moment. I have definitely made a fair few mistakes and I’m sure there’s more to come 😊
@@OffGridBruce when things go right I do a little dance I get so excited when my first lot of seeds come up even after20 years of doing plants when planting i say grow you buggers grow your own veg taste better eating the first tomato yummy
I think I might have used the tractor to move the topsoil bags to the front of the polytunnel so there would have been far less borrowing across the plot,, but it's a fabulous job you are all doing, keep up the good work and the videos,,,
Thanks Philip. I would if I could but the loader lifts 300kg and with no ballast those back wheels come off the ground. I did contemplate using the loader and driving into the polytunnel but thought better of it.
Fabulous job guy's, u are really flying, your hard work is paying off!👏👏👏 can i ask where u got your poly tunnel?
Thank you. I got the tunnel from first tunnels. They have a great website
@@OffGridBruce thanks!
Well done what a great job. Have you considered keeping honey bees, they are great pollinators and of course if you are lucky and have a good year you can take off some honey.
If it is something you are considering let me know.
I have. I actually used to have a few hives when I lived in suffolk. I had a great mentor to help me when I had issues. I’d love to do it again but don’t currently have any hives. Still have my suit though
@@OffGridBruce Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I don't have a spare hive i can give you but if you can make or mange to get your hands on a hive, I will be happy to provide you with a Nuc of bees to get you started. I will also be happy to be on hand to answer any question you have re the bees throughout the season. You have your suit so will just need a smoker, hive tool and you will be away. I will be happy to help in whatever way i can.
@@PinkettsHoney that’s amazing. Thanks very much. I’ll definitely take you up on that offer at some point. I have a friend coming to visit son who I used to keep bees with and hopefully she can give me a hive. I used National hives before. What hives do you use? I’m definitely an amateur bee keeper but very keen to improve my knowledge and skills. I really appreciate the offer of help as I wasn’t really sure where to start really
@@PinkettsHoney just called my friend and she’s bringing my old smoker and hive tool along with whatever hives she has about so I’ll let you know when they turn up
Great work and love the split video between metal workshop and calm polytunnel 🤣👍
Btw, did you just do a backflip on the trampoline?! 🤩
Dunno where you find the energy for it all! 😁
I tried but didn’t stick the landing. Think I’m getting too old and stiff. I am actually aching right now 😂
Still impressive though - I can barely stand up in those things! 🤣
Hi folks, brilliant as just moved to Mayo where did you get your compost from seems so expensive here ? Brilliant team work from your family. Take care folks
I got mine from Clare topsoil. Frank is lovely to deal with. It did cost but I won’t need that much again hopefully
The Poly tunnel is so nice! Looks like you will have lots of peas! Where do you get the topsoil( rich looking)... and compost? Is it from your property or do you buy it.
We bought in the topsoil and compost to start the tunnel off. Hopefully that should be it for a while but wanted to start off on the right foot. We may have planted too many peas 😂
I have to ask, did you get the log ends from a local mill? (Great idea, by the way).
What seeds are you using are they heritage plants? Where did you get them? Helen my partner got really good heritage/unmodifide seeds from The Real seed company. You can seed collect at the end of the year so no need to buy seeds year on year,
Most of the seeds we got were from seed savers in east Clare. They are a heritage seed provider who encourage seed saving. Hopefully we have a good first year
@@OffGridBruce OOOhhh might look into them. always looking out for new catalogs too view.
hi bruce, great vid, can you please tell me how much it costs in land and council tax on your small holding, and would it be any less or more , if you had more or less land?,
i might not be able to move in for 1-2 years ,so would i still need to pay this? even on a empty/ old cottage (with land) thats not being used,
thank you
Land property tax is paid annually on your dwelling and as far as I know that’s it. The only time you pay more is at the time of purchase. Anything over 1 acre is charged at 7.5% valuation. There is no council tax as such. You have to organise your own waste etc
@@OffGridBruce thanks, Land property tax is paid annually on your dwelling -- would that be the same annually if you had just 1 acre or 15 acres, for example do you think you pay the same annually now , that you would if you only had 1 or 2 acres?,
Hi Bruce, after watching this I guess you didn’t read my last comment from the previous video. I wrote about the no dig approach to vegetable growing which would have saved you a lot of time and effort in your polytunnel and you would have more space to grow. Check out Charles Dowding no dig. Love, peace and abundance 😉
Hey Brian thanks. We are doing no dig. There is card and mulch under those beds. The only thing we have dug so far is the well established brambles. It’s quite heavy clay underneath so thought it would be better to have slightly raised beds to stop roots getting to water logged. I haven’t filmed it but we have also made some no dig beds for our berry bushes :) I love Charles Dowding he’s great 😊
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