Merry Xmas Danou, to you the family and the boys, have a cold drink for me here in Australia. I have a funny story about Namibia, some soldiers, a goat and a mine field that I might tell you one day 😂
Glad you all arrived safely 😊 seeing the ocean video made me smile, it reminds me of my childhood holidays in December. Thank you for the drive through the desert, perhaps one day the government will hire you to create oasis in the desert. Have a wonderful time with your family and enjoy the rest/break. It’s cold and grey in the Uk. 🌧️
I don't think I had ever heard of Namibia prior to finding your channel. Thanks for bringing us on your trip to learn a little bit more about your country!
seeing all that dry, eroded land... makes me wish i was rich and could buy a swale/trench digging machine and just run it all along that stretch next to the highway for miles and miles to help lock up water
In 1994 my hike mate & myself hitchhiked from Johannesburg to Hobas in the Fish River Canyon. Once completed the hike we separated & I carried on to Windhoek & Swakopmund & Walvis bay. My return journey I branched off at Keetmanshoop to visit Luderitz & Kolmanskop. My final return journey back through Keetmanshoop once again & through Grunau, Karasburg to Ariamsvlei & returning to Johannesburg. Remarkable my trek from Grunau to Johannesburg took 17 hours! Not sure if that was any record but I thought it was pretty fast since I was in long haul truck. Your family’s journey & your travels showing off the desert brought back so many memories for me.
Is your family going to try to grow a food forest, too? It makes me think of a youtuber yhat used to libr in Phoenix, Arizona in the US that had a food forest in his back yard while all his neighbors had gravel yards. If your family ised fog nets. I bet they could get a good canapy pretty quickly and in the understory they could have plenty of other food plants and trees. It just got me thinking what could be done at your family's home in the desert when you mentioned seeing swales as solutions in the desert. Speaking of the flash flooding that happens when it does rain in the desert, is the Namibian government planning any projects to stop the flooding? Large bolders to slow the wayer, swales, beaver dams, etc. could make such a hige difference. Thanks for thr video. Love the daily updates! Enjoy the time with your family!
My father even though he is ofgrid with his house recycling his water gigs out on passive solar design for housesetc he doesn't feel the need to do anything like a food forest. My mother loves plants and has got very green fingers. Very wel qualified in natural healing and medicinal plants. I did have a conversation with my father this morning where he told me he started following me on youtube and he is extremely impressed by the way my land looks. Also mentioned how things could be different if all my neighbors did the same thing.. So the seeds have been planted.
if Lucas or one of the others is on the farm this week, any chance they can record how it's doing, if you got rain, etc? Even a 1 min youtube short would be cool =]
❤ it! Gorgeous stones. I liked the gemsbok figurines. All that copper leaving the country makes me feel sad. Enjoy your glorious family reunion. I find it amazing that humans can exist in deserts. El9n Musk should get pioneers for Mars from you lot! Cheers 🥂 🇿🇦
Thankyou danou and your family such a harsh country and the section where things were dead was heartbreaking I loved the crystal shop and the animal carvings and the seaside with the mist enjoy your family break and thankyou for what you are doing you bring hope
Just came across a very interesting crop while watching Weird Explorer on RUclips, highly recommend his channel ( s ) good for people interested in fruiting crops. Bambara Nut. Have you heard of it? Drought tolerant and very nutritious. Off to watch your Namibia tour now. I’m sure l will enjoy it. Thanks. Hills are covered with snow here. So I’m enjoying the warmth of your country under several duvets. 1
I hope that the future of your project (and this channel) includes adding some Merchandising, perhaps to include some items from your local merchants. Happy Holidays!
@@thefoodforestnamibia Your chivalry is notable but getting "Merch" online for fans will certainly increase your possibilities. Let people think what they will. Keep making a difference!!
I'm trying to work out what kind of merch. Danou would need a logo before he could print t-shirts or tote bags. I'd happily buy some of the gemstone stuff but it's not that related to what he's doing and obvs we'd want that profit to go to the gemstone lady. It's probably better if we just make sure we watch the youtube ads on his videos all through and make sure we're liking and commenting on each video.
@@thefoodforestnamibia paid promotions might be better - you need to set up so much stuff like logo design, suppliers etc etc before you even start selling. As you get more subscribers you might be able to persuade a US or British company to send you garden equipment you could then promote.
With the time away and potential rains at home, when you get back the change may surprise you. I'm sure you need to set up some swales outside your farm where wildlife would benefit from it eventually. Perhaps where you go to hunt you could show them some swales to help improve the game.
Danou ! I don't know about the road rules in Namibia, but PLEASE ensure that everyone wears their seatbelt "properly" when you are driving on the roads and at normal around-town, and open-road / highway, speeds. If driving on private property, your farmland etc, and at speeds under 20 kmh / 12 mph then yes seatbelts can be considered optional (unless in steep hilly ground where vehicle rollovers are a risk). Twice in my life seatbelts have saved me from nasty injuries or worse, in car crashes. Neither of them were my fault. I look forward to future videos. cheers from New Zealand and Australia.
Thin air water harvester can be useful also (search) , but guys that is not the problem, the problem is there is no big water reserviors, what you've recieved you gotta save
Was the dried meat you showed us Biltong? If so it's getting more popular over here in the UK and you can even get your own drying machines now. I remember living outside of Durban when I was younger and almost living off Bilton, but it was cheap meat way back then. Thanks for taking us on your travels and I hope that you can get your family onboard with perhaps digging a few swales in the desert.
Dude! I just finished this video and realised you were literally in my street!! At the Van Rensburg Plot! We are a little further up around the corner opposite the horse stables in that same street! Man! I wish I was around!!
Omaruru, it reminds me of my travels from Windhoek to Uis and back. The roads look much better. Lekker terrain. Before he passed, I used to be friends with Sid Pieters of Pietersite fame. Lovely Namibian stones.
It amused me to see tarmac roads. I don’t remember too many when I visited. Just a short distance north of Windhoek and then south to SA. BUT it’s a most wonderful country to visit and I want to drive those desert roads again.
@ next time maybe. I want to go back to africat again. Last time we drove from there to CT … BUT via the “pretty route” … brandenberg, cape cross, walvis bay, aus, solitaire, fish river canyon, sossusvlei etc … fur seals, elephants, war graves, and all the usual holiday sights. I just loved the deserts, the people, the food.
Beautiful wife 😅 she’s gunna have you when she finds out you recorded her sleeping, must be so nice seeing your extended family and having a break from the farm and small businesses, you are probably stressing but kasarah everything will be alright, happy holidays
When you talked about speciality meats I wondered - are there any vegetarians in Namibia? Very nice rocks and wooden animals, probably still carved locally not imported from China? Oh, you had the longest day in the year a day ago! Enjoy the time with your family!
We do have some vegetarians but they are looked down upon. We have a joke that says "vegetarian" is a old bushman word for "bad hunter" I is deeply ingrained in our traditions to eat meat and to hunt and fish. That you loose allot of your social sircle if you don't do those things.
It’s a pity Namibia is so dry having so much coast line. There’s a lot research going on about cultivating crops that are saline tolerant, would benefit Namibians immensely. Think Salicornia is one of the few you can use as animal feed when it’s green in colour.
Love the content, but would also like to gently ask about what the seatbelt rules are in Namibia. It has been the law for such a long time in the UK it feels really wrong not to wear them. I remember maybe 40 years ago when I was little we didn't, but when the law came in we had lots of public information films about what can happen if you have to stop at speed (e.g. if a warthog jumps out in front of you) and a child either catapults into the front seat and the force kills the driver, or the child flies through the windscreen. Scared the pants off us!
@@marilynmcconnell-twiss3046 there’s a time and place for everything, we grew up in the bush riding in the back of a Ute was normal until the mid 90’s then the fun police put an end to that
Thanks
Thank you so much!!
You have no idea how much this helps the project! Thank you from the bottom of my hart!
@thefoodforestnamibia It really is my pleasure Danou, you're doing great work and I'm glad you didn't go to the city. Enjoy the beach.
Merry Xmas Danou, to you the family and the boys, have a cold drink for me here in Australia.
I have a funny story about Namibia, some soldiers, a goat and a mine field that I might tell you one day 😂
Wow thank you so much! Would love to hear that story!
Glad you all arrived safely 😊 seeing the ocean video made me smile, it reminds me of my childhood holidays in December. Thank you for the drive through the desert, perhaps one day the government will hire you to create oasis in the desert. Have a wonderful time with your family and enjoy the rest/break. It’s cold and grey in the Uk. 🌧️
Biltong is sold at every petrol station in Australia, delicious stuff
I don't think I had ever heard of Namibia prior to finding your channel. Thanks for bringing us on your trip to learn a little bit more about your country!
seeing all that dry, eroded land... makes me wish i was rich and could buy a swale/trench digging machine and just run it all along that stretch next to the highway for miles and miles to help lock up water
oooh! as an amateur rockhound, that mineral market looked so cool!
Wow, no wonder you have the urge to green your place.
In 1994 my hike mate & myself hitchhiked from Johannesburg to Hobas in the Fish River Canyon. Once completed the hike we separated & I carried on to Windhoek & Swakopmund & Walvis bay. My return journey I branched off at Keetmanshoop to visit Luderitz & Kolmanskop. My final return journey back through Keetmanshoop once again & through Grunau, Karasburg to Ariamsvlei & returning to Johannesburg. Remarkable my trek from Grunau to Johannesburg took 17 hours! Not sure if that was any record but I thought it was pretty fast since I was in long haul truck.
Your family’s journey & your travels showing off the desert brought back so many memories for me.
Is your family going to try to grow a food forest, too? It makes me think of a youtuber yhat used to libr in Phoenix, Arizona in the US that had a food forest in his back yard while all his neighbors had gravel yards. If your family ised fog nets. I bet they could get a good canapy pretty quickly and in the understory they could have plenty of other food plants and trees. It just got me thinking what could be done at your family's home in the desert when you mentioned seeing swales as solutions in the desert.
Speaking of the flash flooding that happens when it does rain in the desert, is the Namibian government planning any projects to stop the flooding? Large bolders to slow the wayer, swales, beaver dams, etc. could make such a hige difference.
Thanks for thr video. Love the daily updates! Enjoy the time with your family!
My father even though he is ofgrid with his house recycling his water gigs out on passive solar design for housesetc he doesn't feel the need to do anything like a food forest. My mother loves plants and has got very green fingers. Very wel qualified in natural healing and medicinal plants. I did have a conversation with my father this morning where he told me he started following me on youtube and he is extremely impressed by the way my land looks. Also mentioned how things could be different if all my neighbors did the same thing.. So the seeds have been planted.
Thus reminds me a lot of outback South Australia. Mining and wildlife on the road included!
"And children fighting in the back" made me laugh. That's got to be worldwide when traveling with children.
if Lucas or one of the others is on the farm this week, any chance they can record how it's doing, if you got rain, etc? Even a 1 min youtube short would be cool =]
I agree ☝️
I posted some pictures I got from home
❤ it! Gorgeous stones. I liked the gemsbok figurines. All that copper leaving the country makes me feel sad. Enjoy your glorious family reunion. I find it amazing that humans can exist in deserts. El9n Musk should get pioneers for Mars from you lot! Cheers 🥂 🇿🇦
I collect rocks, those were some nice specimens! Thanks for showing us!
Thanks Danou, absolutely awesome to see more of the Namibian landscape.
Thankyou danou and your family such a harsh country and the section where things were dead was heartbreaking I loved the crystal shop and the animal carvings and the seaside with the mist enjoy your family break and thankyou for what you are doing you bring hope
Namibia needs to do what you are doing. The whole country would benefit. Keep showing by examples .
Just came across a very interesting crop while watching Weird Explorer on RUclips, highly recommend his channel ( s ) good for people interested in fruiting crops. Bambara Nut. Have you heard of it? Drought tolerant and very nutritious.
Off to watch your Namibia tour now. I’m sure l will enjoy it. Thanks. Hills are covered with snow here. So I’m enjoying the warmth of your country under several duvets. 1
Love that channel ❤
@ Merry Christmas from N.Ireland fellow bee keeper and permaculturalist .
I hope that the future of your project (and this channel) includes adding some Merchandising, perhaps to include some items from your local merchants. Happy Holidays!
I think the cost to post would be prohibitive in his circumstance, as the majority of viewers are international ❤ the idea though
I have been thinking of ways to make of making it profitable. Just never want to be salesy
@@thefoodforestnamibia Your chivalry is notable but getting "Merch" online for fans will certainly increase your possibilities. Let people think what they will. Keep making a difference!!
I'm trying to work out what kind of merch. Danou would need a logo before he could print t-shirts or tote bags. I'd happily buy some of the gemstone stuff but it's not that related to what he's doing and obvs we'd want that profit to go to the gemstone lady. It's probably better if we just make sure we watch the youtube ads on his videos all through and make sure we're liking and commenting on each video.
@@thefoodforestnamibia paid promotions might be better - you need to set up so much stuff like logo design, suppliers etc etc before you even start selling. As you get more subscribers you might be able to persuade a US or British company to send you garden equipment you could then promote.
With the time away and potential rains at home, when you get back the change may surprise you. I'm sure you need to set up some swales outside your farm where wildlife would benefit from it eventually. Perhaps where you go to hunt you could show them some swales to help improve the game.
The carvings are beautiful.
Danou ! I don't know about the road rules in Namibia, but PLEASE ensure that everyone wears their seatbelt "properly" when you are driving on the roads and at normal around-town, and open-road / highway, speeds. If driving on private property, your farmland etc, and at speeds under 20 kmh / 12 mph then yes seatbelts can be considered optional (unless in steep hilly ground where vehicle rollovers are a risk). Twice in my life seatbelts have saved me from nasty injuries or worse, in car crashes. Neither of them were my fault. I look forward to future videos. cheers from New Zealand and Australia.
At least it is possible to harvest a lot of water from mist.
It can truly do wonders here.
Fog nets with gutters to collect water.
Thin air water harvester can be useful also (search) , but guys that is not the problem, the problem is there is no big water reserviors, what you've recieved you gotta save
@@zxtsf They need cisterns or storage ponds with ball cover then.
Ai, hoe trek my hart met 'n punt soontoe. My man het my 46 jaar terug op Swakopmund gevra om met hom te trou.
Kom teruch. Wi mis ya❤️
great content once again❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As always thanks for sharing!
Was the dried meat you showed us Biltong? If so it's getting more popular over here in the UK and you can even get your own drying machines now. I remember living outside of Durban when I was younger and almost living off Bilton, but it was cheap meat way back then.
Thanks for taking us on your travels and I hope that you can get your family onboard with perhaps digging a few swales in the desert.
Yes it is biltong. I absolutely love it
Dude! I just finished this video and realised you were literally in my street!! At the Van Rensburg Plot! We are a little further up around the corner opposite the horse stables in that same street! Man! I wish I was around!!
Hahaha now you know where my surname comes from :) but we wil meet next time
Gorgious thank you for sharing 💚
Omaruru, it reminds me of my travels from Windhoek to Uis and back. The roads look much better. Lekker terrain. Before he passed, I used to be friends with Sid Pieters of Pietersite fame. Lovely Namibian stones.
How long ago have you been in Namibia?
@thefoodforestnamibia 1997 to 2000, I lived in Uis. Almost 25 years, since I've been back. Best time of my life. Lekker mooi channel!
Gits ou, ek het onlangs begin kyk na jou stasie. My seun is bedot met die tipe videos. Ek is mal oor die familie en Namibia. Baie oulik.
Fantasties! Van waar is julle?
Welcome to Swakopmund. They're having big events/parties here at the moment. Lots of action at the beach as well. Enjoy!
It amused me to see tarmac roads. I don’t remember too many when I visited. Just a short distance north of Windhoek and then south to SA. BUT it’s a most wonderful country to visit and I want to drive those desert roads again.
You should come and visit
@ next time maybe. I want to go back to africat again. Last time we drove from there to CT … BUT via the “pretty route” … brandenberg, cape cross, walvis bay, aus, solitaire, fish river canyon, sossusvlei etc … fur seals, elephants, war graves, and all the usual holiday sights. I just loved the deserts, the people, the food.
Enjoy your family time..love the mud brick construction there we are waiting for building approval to build mud brick
Great crystals
Beautiful wife 😅 she’s gunna have you when she finds out you recorded her sleeping, must be so nice seeing your extended family and having a break from the farm and small businesses, you are probably stressing but kasarah everything will be alright, happy holidays
When you talked about speciality meats I wondered - are there any vegetarians in Namibia?
Very nice rocks and wooden animals, probably still carved locally not imported from China?
Oh, you had the longest day in the year a day ago! Enjoy the time with your family!
We do have some vegetarians but they are looked down upon. We have a joke that says "vegetarian" is a old bushman word for "bad hunter" I is deeply ingrained in our traditions to eat meat and to hunt and fish. That you loose allot of your social sircle if you don't do those things.
Cool story 👍🍻
I am curious what is freezing cold, water temperatures to a Nambian? Otherwise have a wonderful Christmas with your family!
Thanx for share ❤
In NZ you would risk being fined for the children not being belted in. Your smaller children would be required to be in booster seats.
The lady with crystals needs to add a few indoor plants
The one with the open mouth in the back😂
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It’s a pity Namibia is so dry having so much coast line. There’s a lot research going on about cultivating crops that are saline tolerant, would benefit Namibians immensely. Think Salicornia is one of the few you can use as animal feed when it’s green in colour.
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Early in the lip was a feature of a pinnacle, very reminiscent of Monument Valley, But, it looked volcanic?
Lekker man! Catching up now with all the vids... Where are you getting game hunting prices of NAD27/kg from? That's very cheap...
Last hunt there was at kanona farm. But must admit it has been to long. Prices could have gone up
Ty for showing us atound
beatifull
Love the content, but would also like to gently ask about what the seatbelt rules are in Namibia. It has been the law for such a long time in the UK it feels really wrong not to wear them. I remember maybe 40 years ago when I was little we didn't, but when the law came in we had lots of public information films about what can happen if you have to stop at speed (e.g. if a warthog jumps out in front of you) and a child either catapults into the front seat and the force kills the driver, or the child flies through the windscreen. Scared the pants off us!
You are right. It would be better to do the seatbelts up. Regardless of the laws
Couldn't help noticing the children not wearing their seatbelts in the back seats even though the driver was.
No one wearing seatbelts, TIA (THIS IS AFRICA) safety is only a suggestion
@BESHYSBEES Crikey. Life is an adventure anyway, isn't it?
@@marilynmcconnell-twiss3046 there’s a time and place for everything, we grew up in the bush riding in the back of a Ute was normal until the mid 90’s then the fun police put an end to that
WOW