I have a couple of Little Buddy heaters and my cat walked in front of one and brushed her tail against the guard and her tail caught on fire. Luckily I was right there and grabbed her and rubbed out the fire, I took a large guard off a kerosene heater and placed it in front of and a couple of inches away from the heater and there were no more issues. You might want to add some additional protection for the cats or place the heater where they can't get in front of it.
I commented on motorizing your solar panel positioning but also thought of RainX. It is a hydrophobic product and wonder if that would help them clear themselves? There is the original liquid and then there is a car windshield washer fluid.
It was so nice to see young Sarah's face! There are a couple reasons or so why you found squishy taters when harvesting. First and foremost it was the freeze they went through. Second it would be they stayed in the ground too long and were in the process of going to seed so to speak. And last, a very wet season can also cause the taters to rot. So, your fixes would be, to harvest before the first freeze, this would also take care of the second point above and last if your season is unusually wet just simply tarp the bed during the worst of the rain, but not for too long so the greens still receive light. Here in my climate of zone 5B I plant on St. Patrick's Day and harvest after the plants begin to die back. You would want to plant as soon as no frost/freeze is possible and harvest when the plants die back or right before the first freeze. Do these things and you should be golden. Also, keep in mind that the seed tater used could still be there, but it will be rotten and no good for eating.
Potatoes go bad if they get frozen Martin and when they thaw out they go soft and soggy you should lift your potatoes out of the ground well before frost or snow sets in they are not good to eat once soggy
I call that Strategic planning. You wait for a snow storm then do all your high work and if you fall off the latter it's just more fun. Love it! Love it! Love it!
Martin, I spent 2 years in Chicago back in the mid-80s and had the same trouble with finding reasonable snow-wear pricing. Keep in mind this was before online shopping! I found that a snowmobile suit worked GREAT for me! I just looked on Amazon and if you don't care about the name brands you can still get a suit for a reasonable price (not as reasonable as in the 80s, but then again, wages were less then too!). Good luck with that snow!
From my experience, when the potatoes freeze in the ground, they get mushy and can rot. I tend to use those as seed potatoes, and rotate where they are planted. Nightshades, like potatoes, and tomatoes, shouldn't be planted in the same spot year after year or planted one right after the other, like potatoes then in the same spot the same year tomatoes. They carry a fungus like blight that is transferred in the soil.
Interesting, the Back to Eden Garden guy, Paul Gauchi, always plants his potatoes in the exact same spot. He doesn't have the issues you mentioned. However, my sister has her tomatoes in the same spot & she is dealing with blossom end rot. So, I conclude the issue could be soil depletion issues.
Just a thought, my Grandmother taught us a special way to protect and harvest our potatoes. Just before the first snow, cover the potato garden area with @ 6 inches of straw (not hay). It will insulate the ground so it doesn’t freeze to hard. Then when you harvest, gently remove the straw. When done harvesting, put the straw back so the ground doesn’t freeze.
Hi Martin, this is Mike a fellow Christian pastor who watches your channel. I thought I should tell you that I found it interesting that you lay hands on the plane like I do…probably even the same kind of prayer….😊 LOL I too live in snow ❄️ country, the white mountains of Arizona.
Dulu saya nonton video Pak Martin yang off-grid tapi random. I'm currently binge-watching your videos on off-grid solar power’s playlist. I‘d like to build my own off-grid system. But I’m unsure since I'm probably the only one using it in my neighborhood😂 Sehat selalu Pak Martin dan keluarga! Salam juga untuk Sarah dan keluarga!🇮🇩
We have a large feral cat colony in my community but they all have places to go when there's snow on the ground a bunch of us have shelters set up for them
I spent a lot of days out in the winter running equipment and they were no cabs so I would wear a rain suit pants they helped me stay warm and dry maybe you could try that
So one of your future projects can be a car port so you don't have to rack snow off the cars/truck before driving off since your garage is always full of work supplies.
Dec.5 about 150 miles NW of you in the land of snow and ice Canada , we have 2 inches of snow where I live by Okanagan Lake. Elevation aprox 1300 ft. Please continue to keep the snow south of the border.
Those cats are spoiled rotten, healthy and are having a great time!! I didn't see Tux this time around; is he inside supervising the fire???? I seriously believe you are not going to get 8 feet of snow off the front verandah, it's going to be more than 10 feet. The potatoes I think were in the ground too long hence they started to go soft and rotten. Also great to see Sarah and yes you are all looking great!!
I found that when I grew potatoes in the same spot, they could develop a virus that liquified the inside of them. That may be your issue. You should rotate the crop next year.
that's how my garage gets, minus the snow. Our snow only lasts a few days, then melts away. I miss the snow, but don't miss having to shovel, scrape and otherwise put up with it. More power to you, keep up the good work. Be safe, Sally told on you.........
We quit wearing insulated coveralls a few years back and started wearing Ski pants. Waterproof and warm for scooping and plowing snow. It’s so much more comfortable and no bulky cloths! You can get them on Amazon for well under $100. Try a pair Marty😀
Martin, just wondering with wind on the solar panels along with snow and as the post age maybe additional steel should be added to prevent tear out since the bolts are at the very top of the posts. I really like the idea of the pipe as a mounting area just maybe more steel. Take care and keep the videos coming!!
Unfortunately the copper in the pressure treated posts will quickly eat away at the foil tape. A poly type tape would be better, but copper flashing would be best.
When I was kid at our off grid home would be shoveling snow against the house snow is an insulater and would pile the snow against foundation and up as high as possible add protection from wind and extreme cold made cabin that 2x4 and ship lap siding no insulation easier to heat cabin originally intended as summer cabin but eventually become 365 home
I laughed about the trash bags replacement to Gortex I was in a Light Infantry unit and we used black bin liners under our combats in winter when training or out on patrol ect. all I have to say is don't knock it until you've tried it. BTW loving the video's
Get some Snowboarding pants or even some ski bibs. I was working a UXO removal job in Denver one winter and there was a good foot of snow for a week, I wore my Snowboarding pants and boots and they worked AWESOME!!!
If you had shingled the roof, for grip, your grandchildren could jump off the roof into those big snow piles. Tunneling in them will be lots of fun too. Marty you are stacking dimes on those welds! Well done.
Cool has multiple implications when you use the word... 🙄 😃 I just ordered some gloves that have the ends of the fingers removed so I can fly my drone in the cold. I saw a Canadian fisherman and camper using them. Solar panels keep getting more efficient, and they hope to get to 50% efficiency soon which may be the best they can do harnessing sunlight. Would putting a hood or ledge on top of the panels help keep the snow off of them since the wind is likely from the north or NW? We live in Tennessee, however right now, I would prefer the Florida Keys, where we plan to camp in February.
We had outdoor cats at camp. They loved it. Spent their days hunting and sunning themselves. Animals tend to enjoy nature. Wait! Aren’t we animals, too?!😅
Here, in Moscow region, we use to plant potatoes by 9th of May (end of long holiday though) and harvest it by September. On bigger farms they harvest later, even in october. But nobody ever would wait for snow.
You can use an old cooler for a cat shelter make a big enough hole for them to go in and out use the grey pipe insulation to put around the hole so there are no sharp edges. The cooler is insulated.
Greetings from Spokane. I've used the Mr. Buddy attached to the bigger tank ( I saw you using one while cleaning the shed). As a word of warning, if it starts to sputter and won't stay lit you may have to disassemble the small interior piping as it picks up oil from those refilled tanks. Love watching you guys progressing.
Another homesteader I follow put the cat door up high with a perch that his farm cats can get to in order to prevent raccoons and other wild animals from using the cat door to come into the shed.
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Didn't answer my question! Quit being so video revenue greedy! Guess the answer is no, since they're all covered with snow!
did u put up the solar heating。
lol at the potatoes . You should of dug them all up and put them in a sack. They are frozen and no good when they are soggy 🤣
Good thing you all got the windows in
Martin, I have the sneaking suspicion that you love snow! Greetings from (so far, snowless) Switzerland!
Sorry I am watching from North Carolna
Great Job Guy's on getting almost the solar panels-up.. cats supervisors doing their job. u should wear eye wear when using the skilsaw..
I have a couple of Little Buddy heaters and my cat walked in front of one and brushed her tail against the guard and her tail caught on fire. Luckily I was right there and grabbed her and rubbed out the fire, I took a large guard off a kerosene heater and placed it in front of and a couple of inches away from the heater and there were no more issues. You might want to add some additional protection for the cats or place the heater where they can't get in front of it.
I commented on motorizing your solar panel positioning but also thought of RainX. It is a hydrophobic product and wonder if that would help them clear themselves? There is the original liquid and then there is a car windshield washer fluid.
In case I forget, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!🎄🎄🎄🎄
The little boy was the little racal
I love my overalls in North Idaho Winter! 2’ of snow at my place!!
It was so nice to see young Sarah's face!
There are a couple reasons or so why you found squishy taters when harvesting. First and foremost it was the freeze they went through. Second it would be they stayed in the ground too long and were in the process of going to seed so to speak. And last, a very wet season can also cause the taters to rot. So, your fixes would be, to harvest before the first freeze, this would also take care of the second point above and last if your season is unusually wet just simply tarp the bed during the worst of the rain, but not for too long so the greens still receive light. Here in my climate of zone 5B I plant on St. Patrick's Day and harvest after the plants begin to die back. You would want to plant as soon as no frost/freeze is possible and harvest when the plants die back or right before the first freeze. Do these things and you should be golden. Also, keep in mind that the seed tater used could still be there, but it will be rotten and no good for eating.
Wish u would share the snow
Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Potatoes go bad if they get frozen Martin and when they thaw out they go soft and soggy you should lift your potatoes out of the ground well before frost or snow sets in they are not good to eat once soggy
When I weld if you grind, I recommend adding more weld on top. The temp, speed and thickness of metal.
I call that Strategic planning. You wait for a snow storm then do all your high work and if you fall off the latter it's just more fun. Love it! Love it! Love it!
I am watching from Ecuador. Enjoy your channel.
Murthy from Malaysia, Merry Christmas to you and your family have a wonderful Christmas ⛄🎄.
Martin, I spent 2 years in Chicago back in the mid-80s and had the same trouble with finding reasonable snow-wear pricing. Keep in mind this was before online shopping! I found that a snowmobile suit worked GREAT for me! I just looked on Amazon and if you don't care about the name brands you can still get a suit for a reasonable price (not as reasonable as in the 80s, but then again, wages were less then too!). Good luck with that snow!
I spent a year in Chicago one winter!
We lived in Chicago 10 years, our children were born there. We have been in the PNW for 20 yrs.
Martin, back when I did snow removal on a open tracker, I used ski bib's which worked for me
@teteoteegmartinjohnsons YOU ARE A SCAMMER!!
From my experience, when the potatoes freeze in the ground, they get mushy and can rot. I tend to use those as seed potatoes, and rotate where they are planted. Nightshades, like potatoes, and tomatoes, shouldn't be planted in the same spot year after year or planted one right after the other, like potatoes then in the same spot the same year tomatoes. They carry a fungus like blight that is transferred in the soil.
Interesting, the Back to Eden Garden guy, Paul Gauchi, always plants his potatoes in the exact same spot. He doesn't have the issues you mentioned. However, my sister has her tomatoes in the same spot & she is dealing with blossom end rot. So, I conclude the issue could be soil depletion issues.
Just a thought, my Grandmother taught us a special way to protect and harvest our potatoes. Just before the first snow, cover the potato garden area with @ 6 inches of straw (not hay). It will insulate the ground so it doesn’t freeze to hard. Then when you harvest, gently remove the straw. When done harvesting, put the straw back so the ground doesn’t freeze.
Hi Martin, this is Mike a fellow Christian pastor who watches your channel.
I thought I should tell you that I found it interesting that you lay hands on the plane like I do…probably even the same kind of prayer….😊 LOL
I too live in snow ❄️ country, the white mountains of Arizona.
Hey friends, Pastor Fred here in Rockwood TN. Welcome back to TN!
Your wonderful daughter is SO much like your wife. Wonderful Family. I look forward to your videos. Thanks.
Good job...
But you moved there,you built there because you wanted that snow !! I'm happy for you!😀😀
Dulu saya nonton video Pak Martin yang off-grid tapi random.
I'm currently binge-watching your videos on off-grid solar power’s playlist. I‘d like to build my own off-grid system. But I’m unsure since I'm probably the only one using it in my neighborhood😂
Sehat selalu Pak Martin dan keluarga! Salam juga untuk Sarah dan keluarga!🇮🇩
We have a large feral cat colony in my community but they all have places to go when there's snow on the ground a bunch of us have shelters set up for them
Great episode!
Kami sangat merindukan Sarah dan video youtubenya. Semoga sarah sehat selalu. From indonesia fan here 😁😁😁
I spent a lot of days out in the winter running equipment and they were no cabs so I would wear a rain suit pants they helped me stay warm and dry maybe you could try that
So one of your future projects can be a car port so you don't have to rack snow off the cars/truck before driving off since your garage is always full of work supplies.
Good job. Well done. Hi Sarah good to see you. Enjoy the snow and keep warm.🙏❤
Ski pants are a good "cheap" solution, they are weatherproof and keep you warm at the same time even the ones not in GoreTex!
I use some cheap snowboard pants and use silicone spray to water proof them. much cheaper...
Pipe from Indonesia😊wow, 👍👍
I love you guys, I feel i am a member if your family since 2017.
reminded of the time I was on the roof removing snow and I fell off. I only fell two feet the snow was so deep.
Love to see you guys working with snow beautiful season.. love from India
You and your wife are blessed to have such fine upstanding daughter and son. You raise them both so good. Love your video 👍❗️
Why don’t you try and find a Carhartt winter overalls.
I wait for your videos each week. Thank you for sharing with us. Blessings to you all.
🇲🇨 Hi Martin & Julie. I start watching your video since you live in Indonesia. Great Life.
GBU all the time.
You will have power galore when all is done. I'm glad your getting your snow. Good to see Sarah.
@teteoteegmartinjohnsons SCAMMER!!!
Dec.5 about 150 miles NW of you in the land of snow and ice Canada , we have 2 inches of snow where I live by Okanagan Lake. Elevation aprox 1300 ft. Please continue to keep the snow south of the border.
Why didn't you paint the brackets?
I am not in Indonesia but my wife is from Indonesia we live in Michigan
I am very glad that snow is in YOUR yard Martin...
Great video as always! You are an inspiration to my family. We are looking to move out to our off grid property by the end of 2023.
Plant garlic before it snows cover with straw to set over winter boom garlic for summer
Those cats are spoiled rotten, healthy and are having a great time!! I didn't see Tux this time around; is he inside supervising the fire???? I seriously believe you are not going to get 8 feet of snow off the front verandah, it's going to be more than 10 feet.
The potatoes I think were in the ground too long hence they started to go soft and rotten.
Also great to see Sarah and yes you are all looking great!!
I wander if you have or consider having an Amateur radio setup with at least a 2 meter/ 70cm radio. For fun or emergency services.
That's a lot of Panels, the Place just keeps getting bigger and bigger, won't be long You'll have your own Solar Farm.. almost there already.. lol 👍👍🤠
I found that when I grew potatoes in the same spot, they could develop a virus that liquified the inside of them. That may be your issue. You should rotate the crop next year.
that's how my garage gets, minus the snow. Our snow only lasts a few days, then melts away. I miss the snow, but don't miss having to shovel, scrape and otherwise put up with it. More power to you, keep up the good work. Be safe, Sally told on you.........
I was born in Belgium, now live in the States for a long time. Where in Belgium is Sarah going for her semester abroad??
We quit wearing insulated coveralls a few years back and started wearing Ski pants. Waterproof and warm for scooping and plowing snow. It’s so much more comfortable and no bulky cloths! You can get them on Amazon for well under $100. Try a pair Marty😀
I am not from Indonesia, but love that you are using Indonesian pipe.
Use to use foil tape in my trade. You should staple the edges as the tape will curl up eventually. Just a tip.
Great to see Seth! Y'all enjoy that snow!
hows the solar heating 。do make it
Waah, ikut bangga juga nih ternyata ada product material dari Indonesia yg di jual di Amerika 😁👍🇮🇩
How many watts are each solar panel ?
That's some snow there!!!🤗❤👍 glad your solor is getting up there. You made a nice mount for them.
Martin, just wondering with wind on the solar panels along with snow and as the post age maybe additional steel should be added to prevent tear out since the bolts are at the very top of the posts. I really like the idea of the pipe as a mounting area just maybe more steel.
Take care and keep the videos coming!!
Harvest the spuds before the ground freezes so much easier
Unfortunately the copper in the pressure treated posts will quickly eat away at the foil tape. A poly type tape would be better, but copper flashing would be best.
GREAT JOB YOU GUYS
When I was kid at our off grid home would be shoveling snow against the house snow is an insulater and would pile the snow against foundation and up as high as possible add protection from wind and extreme cold made cabin that 2x4 and ship lap siding no insulation easier to heat cabin originally intended as summer cabin but eventually become 365 home
Potatoes you got squishy got the equivalent of freezer burn - does not effect health they give but temp changes can make them soft .
I laughed about the trash bags replacement to Gortex I was in a Light Infantry unit and we used black bin liners under our combats in winter when training or out on patrol ect. all I have to say is don't knock it until you've tried it. BTW loving the video's
Hi there when you going to put siding on, thank great view
From New Zealand.......not our pipe but still enjoy yr voyage mate's
Oh wow that’s so awesome I’m happy you guys got buttoned up just in time 😊
Get some Snowboarding pants or even some ski bibs. I was working a UXO removal job in Denver one winter and there was a good foot of snow for a week, I wore my Snowboarding pants and boots and they worked AWESOME!!!
Why plow vs getting a snow blower? What are the pros and cons of these units?
There are a lot of videos on about that.
I am from Indonesia.. I have been watching your videos so far
Have you ever tried the zippo hand warmer I wonder how practical they are?
Seasons Greetings! Fab channel. I enjoy watching the progress you make as a team! Are you going to paint the solar panel brackets?
good job
Hello Sarah !!!!
You need to dig potatoes before the ground freezes. Thats probably what made them mushy. But I'm surprised they weren't all that way.
If you had shingled the roof, for grip, your grandchildren could jump off the roof into those big snow piles. Tunneling in them will be lots of fun too. Marty you are stacking dimes on those welds! Well done.
Are you building sheds for your vehicles?
Cool has multiple implications when you use the word... 🙄 😃
I just ordered some gloves that have the ends of the fingers removed so I can fly my drone in the cold. I saw a Canadian fisherman and camper using them. Solar panels keep getting more efficient, and they hope to get to 50% efficiency soon which may be the best they can do harnessing sunlight. Would putting a hood or ledge on top of the panels help keep the snow off of them since the wind is likely from the north or NW? We live in Tennessee, however right now, I would prefer the Florida Keys, where we plan to camp in February.
Look for military surplus gore-tex pants. The desert camo pattern ones seem to be the most durable.
johnson family are you guys having a Classic snow removing Lament? Marty wouldn't ziptape be better to cap those poles?
We had outdoor cats at camp. They loved it. Spent their days hunting and sunning themselves. Animals tend to enjoy nature. Wait! Aren’t we animals, too?!😅
Here, in Moscow region, we use to plant potatoes by 9th of May (end of long holiday though) and harvest it by September. On bigger farms they harvest later, even in october. But nobody ever would wait for snow.
You can use an old cooler for a cat shelter make a big enough hole for them to go in and out use the grey pipe insulation to put around the hole so there are no sharp edges. The cooler is insulated.
Greetings from Spokane. I've used the Mr. Buddy attached to the bigger tank ( I saw you using one while cleaning the shed). As a word of warning, if it starts to sputter and won't stay lit you may have to disassemble the small interior piping as it picks up oil from those refilled tanks. Love watching you guys progressing.
Hey Marty, the solar posts you cut off , can you leave some in and utilise them into a bench , fence or some other idea ?
Snowmobile supply for winter wear instead. Thanks again.
Another homesteader I follow put the cat door up high with a perch that his farm cats can get to in order to prevent raccoons and other wild animals from using the cat door to come into the shed.
Hadir...d setiap video 🙂🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨
Hi Marty set a camera up so we can see the snow slide from the roof
From the wet uk
Fun stuff , I am in Mid Michigan and we have no snow yet. Guess we sent it to North Idaho.