Building a Retaining Wall for our Rural Bulgaria Home #17

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

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  • @DeoCross16
    @DeoCross16 4 месяца назад +3

    As a bulgarian I am so amazed by your family. Thank you for choosing our country, hope you are feeling welcomed here! Благодаря и успех! ❤

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  4 месяца назад +1

      Благодаря! We feel very blessed to be here and treasure every moment ❤️🇧🇬

  • @bhawnanegig
    @bhawnanegig 5 месяцев назад +16

    хубаво е да видиш красиво семейство и техните усилия, които винаги носят щастие и посока, какво можем да направим и винаги има начин да стигнем до целта, а целта е щастието..

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +8

      Благодаря ти много. работим здраво, защото знаем, че така мечтите ни ще се сбъднат. ❤️

  • @FreeSpeech-q7v
    @FreeSpeech-q7v 3 месяца назад +1

    Loved your project!

  • @A.1986.
    @A.1986. 5 месяцев назад +5

    Absolutely brilliant video as always. Wish they a bit longer 😁

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +5

      Ah thanks very much. It's a very fine balancing act juggling work/productivity on the land and having quality time as a family. 😊

  • @hristohristov2258
    @hristohristov2258 3 месяца назад

    Lovely family! And amazing work you have putting there! There are some people, just like my wife, that think things are popping up with a simple clap 👏, and do not understand the hard work men are putting. Your lil Harry Potter amazing and blond just like mine. Everything for the kids

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  3 месяца назад

      Thank you. This has been a long journey for us and we are still only in the early stages of this project. We have some big plans but these will take time, as we work together to get them completed.

  • @rvnomading6326
    @rvnomading6326 5 месяцев назад +7

    Omg Just seeing the tiny drop the first barrel made, oh man... You have a lot of concrete to mix 💪

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +7

      Oh it was back breaking.. but hard work makes the dreams happen 💪

  • @suesavage9278
    @suesavage9278 4 месяца назад +2

    Hi guys just found your channel and have watched all your episodes you guys have done a fantastic jobs it all looking great keep up the amazing work 😊

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks so much! We've had to take a bit of time off but we will be back very soon ❤️🙂

  • @ErikaMagyarneDebreceni
    @ErikaMagyarneDebreceni 5 месяцев назад +2

    Sziasztok. Nagyon tetszik a videótok. Szívesen nézem. Tündérek a gyerekek.

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  4 месяца назад +1

      Köszönöm szépen ez sokat jelent. Örülök, hogy szereted nézni őket.

  • @gjsgames7910
    @gjsgames7910 5 месяцев назад +4

    Stick a bucket under one of the drippers, then set a timer for 10mins. Check how much water is in the bucket when timer ends. Then you know how much water runs per 10 mins. Then decide how long to water based on that

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      Brilliant idea! We will blame the heat for not thinking of that ourselves 🫣🫣🫣

  • @Leed216
    @Leed216 5 месяцев назад +3

    Crazy lightening ⚡️

  • @fl0rinescu
    @fl0rinescu 5 месяцев назад +4

    wow really good value for money the improvised irrigation system.

  • @deehalpern8988
    @deehalpern8988 5 месяцев назад +1

    Haha ! I always love the out takes. 😂

  • @ivanarnaudov294
    @ivanarnaudov294 3 месяца назад

    Успех готини хора 😊🎉

  • @dieselbushcraft1299
    @dieselbushcraft1299 5 месяцев назад +1

    Oh wow beautiful footage of the lightening

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks very much - really pleased we managed to capture it. ⚡

  • @michaelbbb2271
    @michaelbbb2271 5 месяцев назад +2

    Good footings laid looking good , makes sense to lay the pipe to water garden etc . Time saved is blissful . Garden looking better 😊

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +1

      It's made a huge difference! Thanks very much - most appreciated 👍

  • @martinw8921
    @martinw8921 5 месяцев назад +4

    How are you guys coping with the heat? I just managed to get my pill filled up today before the extreme heat which is forecast next week. 'm just sitting up in my barn / home cinema trying to keep cool in the 35 degree heat and thought, I haven't seen an update from the Udens in a while. Flicked on to RUclips and there you were, posted only a few minutes ago.

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      It's been intense but the covered decking area has been SUCH an improvement on last year. 🙂 We're trying to bring out weekly videos but may have a break every now and then. 👍

  • @anthonytaylor1439
    @anthonytaylor1439 5 месяцев назад +1

    Well done 👍 brilliant job x

  • @lifeiswhatyoumakeit5505
    @lifeiswhatyoumakeit5505 5 месяцев назад +3

    The Great Wall of Uden. 😁

  • @gw6056
    @gw6056 5 месяцев назад +3

    Applaudable work, cement work....is not for whimps well done

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      No but then we knew it was never going to be easy.. still so much more work to go 🫣

  • @elizabethdunn2992
    @elizabethdunn2992 5 месяцев назад +3

    Excellent as always. 😊

  • @TeresaAllen-z9y
    @TeresaAllen-z9y 4 месяца назад

    Living in Australia, we have many bad bushfires. A big hinderance in Bulgaria would be all the broken glass everywhere. Scary stuff those fires. Stay safe.

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  4 месяца назад

      Yes you guys suffer badly over there! It seems that the fires are getting worse every year from what we understand and it certainly is pretty scary. Thanks for the comment.

  • @jeanettebarns1024
    @jeanettebarns1024 4 месяца назад +1

    hope your all OK haven't seen you for a while missing your videos

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  3 месяца назад +1

      Yes we're ok thank you. We're taking some time out to rest and recoup as well as trying to juggle 'life' we'll be back really soon... Thank you for your patience and support. ❤️

  • @Firebreath1988
    @Firebreath1988 5 месяцев назад +3

    Hey, dont know iff you want more off my opinions on the build/growing but build wise, cocrete was overkill on it ;) you couldve went the oldstyle way with just stones/lime mixture and perhaps the rebar u put in to be sure.. Fruit trees take about 1000L a day iff fully grown but the roots will go deeper once they are bigger but yea you would need to water them plenty in hot season when stil young for good grow but in the beginning dont overwater either as the roots wont have a reason to grow deeper like most plants iff you overwater them. Would suggest once in 2 days maybe 3 to water to avoid overwatering can also check the leafs iff they want more or not iff they start to hang fully green they need it iff not you will see brown spots on the leafs , on the piping the connecting points regardles wich one glue special one and heat is recommended for sealing it fully with your current weather the sun might do it for you haha ;) And indeed very bargain the price you paid Thanks for the weather looks from the lightning i love it

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      Hey! Thanks for commenting again this week - of course we are interested in your opinions 🙂 Kayleigh doing really well with her hip, she still struggles with some mobility but she's a hard worker! Great advice about watering the trees - really interesting to hear about encouraging the roots to grow deeper too. We can't wait for the wall to be complete - poor Alex has been desperate for the pool since his birthday last month 🫣

    • @Firebreath1988
      @Firebreath1988 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@OffGridWithTheUdens Good to hear that Kayleigh is doing good with her new hip, recovery takes long for that i have heard from others. Yeah Roots are important but iff spoiled on water they have no reason to do so ;) ANd i can imagine alex cant wait for the pool in the heat you been having over there :) Hope you manage to finish it soon and cant wait to see how it will become :) Stay healthy and till next time :)

  • @mindle4
    @mindle4 5 месяцев назад +1

    As usual, fantastic job and overkill on the footer. Leaves one suspecting an in ground pool may find itself being built on that spot one day, with the deck and roof serving as a poolside lounge.
    On the topic of fires, green grass does burn, not as fast as dead or dry grass of course, but it will go up if a flame front is hot enough. The break you have is an excellent idea and will shorten the flame height and slow down the spread, but it will not stop or cool the flame front. My two suggestions are first to either mow your fire break so short that you've got almost nothing left but dirt. Get the mower deck to almost scrape the ground or if you're strimming it then just buzz it to dirt. Or, if you can get your hands on a power tiller to turn over the soil in the break that would be even better because dirt doesn't burn. A tiller could come in useful for gardening later on, then you can till up a fresh fire break every year. Make it as wide as you have time and fuel for. Or, of course, if a mini digger happens to take up residence on your property, that'd make quick work to scrape a break as well. Second, since irrigation supplies and water are so cheap in Bulgaria, I would set up some sprinkler heads around the caravan instead of the drip line. Enough 360 spray heads and you could soak the area enough to help keep a field fire back. Keep in mind though, sprinklers are best effective if they've been watering for days before a fire so that the ground is soaked. Stay safe and keep up the great work!

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for the comment. We're working on getting some kind of machine on the land so watch this space. Love the poolside lounge idea that sounds awesome 😁

  • @numptyadventures9207
    @numptyadventures9207 5 месяцев назад +3

    How much was the cost of concrete, did you get any quote s from company's ..ready mix etc etc .. Hard labour on the mixed &barrow ..well done

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      No we didn't get quotes from companies as we are on a very tight budget. We already had the sand, 3 tonnes of gravel was 45lev and then the cement is 7leva a bag 👍

  • @rvnomading6326
    @rvnomading6326 5 месяцев назад +2

    You have welding equipment! I'm jealous. But might when you visit here bring that along, I have gates to make 😉

  • @krissky4835
    @krissky4835 5 месяцев назад +2

    Cool episode ❤ well done with the concrete, that was a lot 😮

  • @writerlass5924
    @writerlass5924 5 месяцев назад +2

    Woweee - amazing progress and that irrigation system is just what I am looking for - was it from a DIY store or just the local hardware shop? BG storms are amazing aren’t they - great footage!😊

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah we just went into the local DIY store and asked for their advice with irrigation and they showed us what they had. The storms are INCREDIBLE 😍

    • @writerlass5924
      @writerlass5924 5 месяцев назад +2

      BG local hardware stores are the best😀 - an irrigation system would probably have cost £100s in the U.K.!!!

  • @dobrinkrastev6889
    @dobrinkrastev6889 5 месяцев назад +2

    Nice. Building such a wall by yourself is a challange. Good job.
    I have the same mixer and when I add grease between the cogwheels it is running much smoother and quieter. Plus keeps the machine working better

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah I've done the same but it's still pretty noisy and now I get covered in grease 😂🤣

    • @dobrinkrastev6889
      @dobrinkrastev6889 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@OffGridWithTheUdens the risks of being in constructions. Anyway really good job with the concrete. So many rounds for 2 people is really a lot :)

  • @konstantinlozev2272
    @konstantinlozev2272 5 месяцев назад +2

    Jees, you almost built a house foundation 😂

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +2

      🫣🤣 hahaha I know! It was never our intention for it to be this big of a project..

  • @NewBulgarians
    @NewBulgarians 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wow you worked so hard on that retaining wall, it will surely work! Did you connect the hose to a well or mains tap? It looks great and very cheap to make watering so many trees and the veggie garden easier, especially after a hard day or a day out when you may not feel like watering them.

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  4 месяца назад +2

      Yes exactly! The irrigation is all set up on a timer from the tap, very sadly we don't have a well on our property....yet. Thanks the wall is incredibly slow going but it does look quite good so far! 😀

    • @NewBulgarians
      @NewBulgarians 4 месяца назад +1

      @@OffGridWithTheUdens Oh no, I thought you must have a well being 'off grid' - that's a shame, but maybe you are planning a borehole in the future. Can't wait to see the progress on the wall.

  • @paulturner2045
    @paulturner2045 5 месяцев назад +2

    How are you going to cut the Grass now you have the water pipes down ?

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  4 месяца назад +2

      Thanks for the comment. I just move them to the side cut the grass and move them back seems to work ok for now. 👍

  • @Grigor65
    @Grigor65 4 месяца назад

    Dankeschön !

  • @marionalexander4108
    @marionalexander4108 4 месяца назад +1

    The ants may be farming the aphids not eating them

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  4 месяца назад +2

      Yes you are absolutely right they were! We had some quick comments to tell us this and have been able to sort the issue ☺️

  • @blairmarriott3737
    @blairmarriott3737 5 месяцев назад +5

    The ants on your fruit trees are not good they are farming the aphids and spreading them around the growing shoots . You need to spray the aphids . See what the agro shop recommends . Some people paint the trunks of the fruit trees white with special paint . The idea is the ants wont cross the white lines because they feel exposed . I don't know how successful this is but many do this . Another thing is we had a field fire in our village a huge fire entire field went up out of control fire brigade were called and lucky the fire did stop exactly where the grass was strimmed short around the garden walls so keeping the grass short is a effective fire break I've photos of it .

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +4

      Ah bother.. we had really hoped the ants were a good thing. Thanks for taking the time to comment - I've just researched more and it looks like we'll be doing more fruit trees treatments in the next few days 🫣 Yes we were hit with some fires last year and we are trying our best with preventative measures, we can only do our best and I agree - keeping the grass as surrounding us as short as possible is a great start. 👍

    • @blairmarriott3737
      @blairmarriott3737 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@OffGridWithTheUdens Ive got the same problem with the ants and aphids they are persistent . I find insecticides don't work very well you got to keep spraying . If you got good water pressure you could just try blasting them of with a hose that way you don't use chemicals . The ants are the real problem

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +5

      @@blairmarriott3737 thanks very much - we really are trying hard not to use pesticides etc unless we have to. I'll give it a try in the morning 👍🙂

    • @M25Republic
      @M25Republic 5 месяцев назад +3

      It's not special paint. It is lime.

  • @jolihole
    @jolihole 5 месяцев назад +2

    Ants don't eating aphid, they farming and defending it.

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes so we have discovered! 🫣 The next thing to be treated it seems..

  • @InquisitiveBaldMan
    @InquisitiveBaldMan 5 месяцев назад +3

    Surely this is into real pool territory now?

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      ...yes we were thinking the same but we have so many other projects we are desperate to get started with 🫣

  • @derekbilston9290
    @derekbilston9290 5 месяцев назад

    👍

  • @gw6056
    @gw6056 5 месяцев назад +1

    We had marble sized hail....for 30 minutes wasn't sure the roof tiles would survive

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +1

      Oh wow! Luckily no hail here.. not sure how our solar panels would cope in hail 😔

  • @gordonbrown1087
    @gordonbrown1087 5 месяцев назад +2

    What shop did you get the hard piping from just what we need for a garden it's just dirt at the moment 😢

    • @chellelanoie700
      @chellelanoie700 5 месяцев назад +2

      I'd like to know as well and the 100m of perforated hose, please add a link if you ordered it on line

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      Just went to the local DIY shop and asked for their help with irrigation. We always try to shop local where we can 👍🙂

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +2

      Local DIY shop - just go in and ask 🙂

  • @iosilver9920
    @iosilver9920 5 месяцев назад +2

    Was that the storm on Thursday afternoon?
    It was bonkers.

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +3

      It was crazy! Absolutely spectacular to watch ❤️

    • @iosilver9920
      @iosilver9920 5 месяцев назад +1

      BTW, are you after a cat?
      I have some kittens.
      No worries if not but if they're anything like their mum then they will be absolute weapons at vermin control!

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +2

      @@iosilver9920 hmmm.. not sure we are ready for any animals just yet but thank you for the offer 😊🐾

  • @Albrecht_von_Preussen
    @Albrecht_von_Preussen 5 месяцев назад +1

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @ellyboos177
    @ellyboos177 5 месяцев назад +1

    Where abouts did you get the hard line from?
    Many thanks

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +2

      Just from the local DIY store. Just ask for irrigation hose/pipe 😊

  • @konstantinlozev2272
    @konstantinlozev2272 5 месяцев назад +2

    Green grass will not save a wildfire.
    You will need a moat for that.

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  5 месяцев назад +2

      Yes absolutely - but it's one of many things we are putting in place to prevent 👍

  • @Jesus-Histler
    @Jesus-Histler 5 месяцев назад +2

    First

  • @sawo1337
    @sawo1337 Месяц назад

    1m3 concrete costs about 120levs, why don't just get concrete truck out there? :)

    • @OffGridWithTheUdens
      @OffGridWithTheUdens  Месяц назад

      Due to our access (at the moment) it isn't possible, but, we're solving this at the moment 😊

    • @sawo1337
      @sawo1337 Месяц назад

      @@OffGridWithTheUdens semi-wet concrete is also an option, it can be delivered with a small truck to difficult locations, then you just add a bit if water and you're ready to pour :) Price is the same about 120 leva for 1m3