Shawn James
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Garden Maintenance in a Rain Storm | Repairing Deer Fencing
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My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times.
You can expect to hear more about the way I live, how I got into massive debt, how I got out of it, what drove me to live the outdoor lifestyle and how I'm more prepared than ever to weather the storms of 2024 and beyond. I answer your questions, I interview people who are living unconventional lives, I try to inspire and motivate you to pursue the life of your dreams, I give you the tips I used to live my dream life and I reflect on my own life - past, present and future.
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Farming Wildlife in the Forest
zhlédnutí 76KPřed 19 hodinami
Go to drinkag1.com/shawnjames to get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3 K2 and 5 AG1 travel packs with your first purchase. Thanks to AG1 for sponsoring today's video! Since recording this video, my Dad has lost another 3 pounds. On Mother's Day, my Dad told my sisters and me that he could no longer walk any distance because of poor circulation in his legs. I suggested he and my mother change t...
Making Biochar Inoculated with Fermented Weeds
zhlédnutí 45KPřed dnem
I make charcoal in small batches and inoculate it in a garbage can with fermented weeds and chicken manure. Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more about the way I live, how I got into massive debt, how I got out of it,...
What is a Food Forest?
zhlédnutí 46KPřed dnem
Using permaculture principles, food production should mimic nature, which is always in a state of progression. A disturbed landscape such a major modification to the ecosystem by forces like forest fires or human interference, regenerates successionally, with pioneer species (grasses, forbes, sedges, etc) that require direct sunlight emerging first and progresses for decades or centuries to bec...
Fermenting and Sprouting Grains for my Laying Chickens
zhlédnutí 66KPřed 14 dny
Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more about the way I live, how I got into massive debt, how I got out of it, what drove me to live the outdoor lifestyle and how I'm more prepared than ever to weather the storms of 20...
Survival Garden: Creating Abundance with Biodiversity in the Garden, Comfrey and Other Useful Plants
zhlédnutí 47KPřed 14 dny
Four years ago I cleared a 1/4 acre of forest to grow food for my family of four, and after many modifications and changes in philosophy, my food forest is starting to produce an abundance of food. The secret to its success is biodiversity, above and below ground, and includes not only the plants that feed us, but also many support plants like comfrey, yarrow, lupine, sea buckthorn, fungi and m...
Designing my Open Air Chicken Coop | Fresh Air Poultry House in a Cold Climate
zhlédnutí 138KPřed 21 dnem
Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code SHAWNJAMES for an extra 4 months free at surfshark.deals/SHAWNJAMES Thanks for Watching! I based the design of my chicken coop on a 100 year old book, Fresh Air Poultry Houses by Prince T. Woods, M.D. My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepa...
What Changed?
zhlédnutí 125KPřed měsícem
Go to drinkag1.com/shawnjames to get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3 K2 and 5 AG1 travel packs with your first purchase. Thanks to AG1 for sponsoring today's video! I said I wouldn't get chickens again, so what changed?! Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for ch...
Let it Burn or Cut it Down
zhlédnutí 60KPřed měsícem
Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more about the way I live, how I got into massive debt, how I got out of it, what drove me to live the outdoor lifestyle and how I'm more prepared than ever to weather the storms of 20...
Why I Quit Facebook and Instagram
zhlédnutí 108KPřed měsícem
Why I'm going offline (one step at a time). Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code SHAWNJAMES at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: incogni.com/shawnjames Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more...
How did my root cellar work 1st full winter?
zhlédnutí 79KPřed měsícem
This was the first full winter storing potatoes and carrots in my off grid root cellar. Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more about the way I live, how I got into massive debt, how I got out of it, what drove me to li...
My Dog Was Attacked by a Pitbull in Texas
zhlédnutí 161KPřed 2 měsíci
Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code SHAWNJAMES for an extra 3 months free at surfshark.deals/SHAWNJAMES Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more about the way I live, how I got into massive debt, how I ...
How I Lost 10 lbs and Fixed my High Blood Pressure in 30 Days
zhlédnutí 125KPřed 2 měsíci
Go to drinkag1.com/shawnjames to get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3 K2 and 5 AG1 travel packs with your first purchase. Thanks to AG1 for sponsoring today's video!" Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more about the ...
A Small Tractor to Log my Forest and Build My Homestead
zhlédnutí 136KPřed 2 měsíci
I'm using a 35 HP tractor to help me manage my forest and build my homestead. Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more about the way I live, how I got into massive debt, how I got out of it, what drove me to live the out...
What Am I Going to do with This?
zhlédnutí 109KPřed 3 měsíci
Thanks for Watching! My mission on this channel is to help YOU and your family live your dream life so you can become more self reliant, happy, fulfilled and prepared for challenging times. You can expect to hear more about the way I live, how I got into massive debt, how I got out of it, what drove me to live the outdoor lifestyle and how I'm more prepared than ever to weather the storms of 20...
The Most Important Survival Skill?
zhlédnutí 79KPřed 3 měsíci
The Most Important Survival Skill?
Cutting Down my Maple Sugar Bush to Make it Better
zhlédnutí 55KPřed 3 měsíci
Cutting Down my Maple Sugar Bush to Make it Better
2 More Weeks!
zhlédnutí 100KPřed 3 měsíci
2 More Weeks!
I'm Back at the Cabin! Almost 2 Months on the Road and I Return to This!
zhlédnutí 204KPřed 3 měsíci
I'm Back at the Cabin! Almost 2 Months on the Road and I Return to This!
How to Start Gardening for Self-Sufficiency with Huw Richards and Shawn James
zhlédnutí 35KPřed 4 měsíci
How to Start Gardening for Self-Sufficiency with Huw Richards and Shawn James
Where Am I? | Living in the Ultimate Off Grid Home on Wheels, Full Truck Camper Tour
zhlédnutí 165KPřed 4 měsíci
Where Am I? | Living in the Ultimate Off Grid Home on Wheels, Full Truck Camper Tour
What I Look for When Buying Homestead Property
zhlédnutí 55KPřed 5 měsíci
What I Look for When Buying Homestead Property
Buying Cheap Land - You Need Way Less (or More) Than You Think
zhlédnutí 111KPřed 5 měsíci
Buying Cheap Land - You Need Way Less (or More) Than You Think
15. Woodworking, Airbnb, Art and Living Nomadically
zhlédnutí 28KPřed 5 měsíci
15. Woodworking, Airbnb, Art and Living Nomadically
You Can Afford to Be Prepared and This is One of the 1st Steps
zhlédnutí 136KPřed 5 měsíci
You Can Afford to Be Prepared and This is One of the 1st Steps
98% of You Won't Do Any of This! Shawn James Confronts Canadian Prepper
zhlédnutí 154KPřed 5 měsíci
98% of You Won't Do Any of This! Shawn James Confronts Canadian Prepper
Why I Have 2 Homesteads | HAPPY NEW YEAR!
zhlédnutí 206KPřed 5 měsíci
Why I Have 2 Homesteads | HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Clearing Forest for New Buildings, The Chainsaws I Use and Preparing for Maple Sugar Season
zhlédnutí 154KPřed 5 měsíci
Clearing Forest for New Buildings, The Chainsaws I Use and Preparing for Maple Sugar Season
It's Cali's 7th Birthday Today | A Dog's Best Life
zhlédnutí 102KPřed 6 měsíci
It's Cali's 7th Birthday Today | A Dog's Best Life
A Bull Moose Attacked my Deer Target | My Freezer is Full, Details of my Last Deer Hunt
zhlédnutí 196KPřed 6 měsíci
A Bull Moose Attacked my Deer Target | My Freezer is Full, Details of my Last Deer Hunt

Komentáře

  • @free2bemebarbie345
    @free2bemebarbie345 Před 7 hodinami

    Shawn do you freeze dry anything ? I Saw where if you freeze dry your fruits and herbs 🌿 that can last for years in glass sealed jars 🫙

  • @normajonesLPN
    @normajonesLPN Před 8 hodinami

    Sorry you are sick . Make sure it is not a tick disease

  • @lrhogusa
    @lrhogusa Před 8 hodinami

    How does your truck start up without a block heater?

  • @lrhogusa
    @lrhogusa Před 8 hodinami

    Only once I went hunting where it was so cold, the trees were exploding. Sitting next to an abandoned cemetery made it more interesting.

  • @lrhogusa
    @lrhogusa Před 9 hodinami

    Yuppers! Have to please yourself before you can please others.

  • @cindyblair1283
    @cindyblair1283 Před 10 hodinami

    The garden just looks beautiful and delicious! That’s a all day job within itself. Your my favorite you and Cali on these videos. Thank you for sharing love from 🇺🇸

  • @lrhogusa
    @lrhogusa Před 10 hodinami

    I was thinking linen which us 18th century reenactors wear a lot.

  • @murrayandru7527
    @murrayandru7527 Před 11 hodinami

    No Social media for me , CZcams is BAD enough at trying to play GOD !!!

  • @normajonesLPN
    @normajonesLPN Před 11 hodinami

    You are the same age as my son. I love your video’s.

  • @sandratweedale2579
    @sandratweedale2579 Před 14 hodinami

    Your face is looking thin bud! Maybe your new food regime is really kicking in, to say nothing of all the hard work you do. What a lovely Eden you’ve created. A huge admirer from the outset, just love this paradise developing. Thank you for allowing us to watch. Ottawa fan 👵👋🐕

  • @intercessoraeuripeapaula5448

    🙏🌿🍂🍁Não vivemos na natureza como ele e Calli, mas a natureza vem até nós, através da live. A natureza é maravilhosa, especial, Deus deixou tudo para os animais e humanos. Tudo harmonioso, tudo sincronizado com as estações, com o tempo, lugar.🧄🧅🌶🥔🍅🇧🇷

  • @loragunning5394
    @loragunning5394 Před 18 hodinami

    Shawn, perhaps you've already covered this but if so I missed it. I think all your regular viewers are aware of your fairly recent change in diet and while you've spoken some about what the changes entail and the benefits you've experienced, I'd be very interested to learn WHY you changed your diet and what processes you went through via researching nutrition to settle on the new diet you've embraced, especially any medical studies you may have found that you could share. I ask because I am considering a change in diet myself and the hundreds of options are a little bewildering and overwhelming. Which is not to say that I would change my diet based on any one person's say so, but being pointed in the direction to find solid science based research regarding ONE of the many dietary regimes could be helpful not only to me but to your other viewers, as well. Speaking only for myself, I am not looking for help with weight loss or even correcting existing (perhaps) diet-related issues, just thinking I may be able to eat better to be able to sustain my overall good health going forward, as a 70 yr old female. Seems all my age-related health issues are, at this point in time anyway, genetic.

    • @ShawnJames1
      @ShawnJames1 Před 17 hodinami

      Look up Paul Saladino here on CZcams. Initially it was to cure my high blood pressure and now it’s for overall health and muscle retention.

  • @H4JI
    @H4JI Před 19 hodinami

    I tell my dog move when they’re tryin to play and I’m swinging a bladed tool.

  • @regnor166
    @regnor166 Před 21 hodinou

    Tired of ads

  • @franzsupan4907
    @franzsupan4907 Před 22 hodinami

    I always waching you James hello to your family

  • @threewins3
    @threewins3 Před dnem

    This video was so beautiful, the beautiful greenery and the sound of the rain. Please excuse me if my comment is too personal or inappropriate, your face looks thin, your cheekbone’s so sharp. I hope you are healthy and feeling well. Thank you for this information and beautiful video.

  • @jerrytalley802
    @jerrytalley802 Před dnem

    How big is your garden, and does it provide enough to eat, can, freeze, for the family? Thanks Shawn

  • @RigTheJig
    @RigTheJig Před dnem

    Hi Shawn, Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪, I really like your channel and so does my 88 year old parents. You’re inspiring for sure and a wonderful life plan that the governments of the world should take on board and teach in every school, watch your channel themselves perhaps, they would learn so much, you create amazing things instead of destroying stuff, you recycle and plan, we really need more people like you to help us to get back to basics, I wish you well, fantastic ❤🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🎶

  • @robcondit8488
    @robcondit8488 Před dnem

    Curious if you did blood work before starting this diet. The book Undo It by Dean Ornish has really good science behind the benefits of a plant based diet. Not against sustainable harvested meat nor wild so most who do the carnivore diet don't have access like you.

  • @user-vx5rw1gs1r
    @user-vx5rw1gs1r Před dnem

    Wegot over 3 1/2 inches of rain just yesterday. Iowa is experiencing a lot of flooding. Myself, I love rain. Calming. MY son Rob put up berms to protect the barn and garden. Husband cannot help due to a stroke he just had. Your garden and orchards coming along o.k.

  • @loismcmillan5464
    @loismcmillan5464 Před dnem

    This man is a phoney - no way he lives in these buildings - so full of it !!!!

  • @marygordon3032
    @marygordon3032 Před dnem

    Just so amazing Shawn and I’m not living out in the forest but by example I’m eating better and thanks so much for sharing! 🌱🌱🌱🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯😎😎😎

  • @kaatteey
    @kaatteey Před dnem

    The best soundtrack ❤ 🌧

  • @mkllove
    @mkllove Před dnem

    Maybe diet wise you're onto something Shawn, I was skinny as hell as a kid eating as few vegetables as Mom would let me get away with.. loved fruit meat and raw veg/salads but hated cooked vegetables ! Garden is continuing to thrive, are the deer trying to jump existing fence or push through ? Can't blame 'em for trying !

  • @helenbrown6194
    @helenbrown6194 Před dnem

    What’s wrong with eating asparagus?

  • @TheBelizeanborn
    @TheBelizeanborn Před dnem

    I'm laughing at Cali not letting you dig. 😂😅

  • @cynthiataylor2092
    @cynthiataylor2092 Před dnem

    Are you going to buy a Flohive for honey? You have pollinators, bees, and 🦋 butterflies. Cindy 👋

  • @cynthiataylor2092
    @cynthiataylor2092 Před dnem

    Shawn, I found using texting today. I downloaded Zoom for a meeting, and it was filled with 100 at the meeting, so it was closed. So when I called the phone number, there were over 1,000 on the call, and I could not hear the call. So the host sent me a message with her phone number and finally sent her a text. Months ago, you wanted me to text you, but I didn't know how to do it. Well, anyway, I did buy a solar generator with solar panels and a Faraday bag. I forgot your text number. Otherwise, I would finally text you. Your forest garden is beautiful just as you are with Cali and your family. Cindy 👋 Thank you for all of your joyful work. 🌧 🌦 🌂

  • @carleverett7539
    @carleverett7539 Před dnem

    Garden envy here Shawn.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 Před dnem

    Thank you , Shawn . 🐺Loupis Canis .

  • @normamimosa5991
    @normamimosa5991 Před dnem

    Strange that you are not eating vegetables but are eating fruit. Berries are great, but many fruits are loaded with sugar. Other than potatoes and similar vegetables (starch turns into sugar in our bodies), vegetables have much less sugar. Animal protein or animal protein with relevant vegetables to lose weight. To maintain weight, vegetables, other than high starch/glycemic vegetables, and fruit, but easy on the fruit, depending on sugar load. Berries always good.

  • @dedwin8930
    @dedwin8930 Před dnem

    Why little vegetables?

  • @iris1501
    @iris1501 Před dnem

    HELLO JAMES...the abondance of your beautiful garden seams to same whit PARADISE...BRAVOOO IT IS AL YOUR DESIRVE🤗🤗🤗 WE ALL LAVE YOU JAMES...and me more than alll...JUST FISEL if you need me 🥰😉🤗

  • @kated9914
    @kated9914 Před dnem

    Life the Jungle is still posting your videos. One just posted 19 hours ago. Not sure if it helps but reported it as misleading.

  • @nmsvdaf
    @nmsvdaf Před dnem

    How will you store fruits and vegetables during the winter? The storage in the basement will work for some time but not all winter long! How do you set that in advance? Thank you! Great content!

  • @patricaibalca2626
    @patricaibalca2626 Před dnem

    Deer do not like rosemary. You can get winter hardy varieties that will not die in sub zero.. i have some in my garden and i planted with a nice rock or 2 on the north side of the plant to nestle it into a "southern" corner, mulch and even cover with burlap in winter..do not cut back in winter, wait til spring or summer if you need to shape it.. make a hedge of it outside your deer fence and it will work even better to keep deer away.. they don't like it and will just keep on walking instead of looking for a way to get in. Also, is good to dry and use in kitchen as herb.. so double benefit from it.

  • @BraxxJuventa
    @BraxxJuventa Před dnem

    😁👍🏼

  • @betty27246
    @betty27246 Před dnem

    This should be on national geograpics....

  • @murrayandru7527
    @murrayandru7527 Před dnem

    Canadian's Need to get Rid of the Coalition . FIGHT for FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY ..

  • @timothygazda9441
    @timothygazda9441 Před dnem

    Love your garden videos!👍👍👍

  • @stephenabril7084
    @stephenabril7084 Před dnem

    I have an apricot tree I planted many years ago and it’s never produced any fruit. What am I doing wrong Shawn?

  • @Smalfry47
    @Smalfry47 Před dnem

    I love horseradish! Yum……

  • @remystraub6990
    @remystraub6990 Před dnem

    merci JAIMES

  • @alnilam2151
    @alnilam2151 Před dnem

    Oh look, kno midgees: one E just or mosquitoss... Good day Shawn; SeamoreTheory says hello2 Ireland; nice day fot it! {/}

  • @evalynchuran8684
    @evalynchuran8684 Před dnem

    You are strong like a bull, I can barely move one cedar post here on my land. I have to hire out for everything here.

  • @noiseosoutros
    @noiseosoutros Před dnem

    Very good my friend.

  • @daveyjoweaver6282
    @daveyjoweaver6282 Před dnem

    I have so much enjoyed watching the James projects developing over these years. And your garden aside from being a necessity, is a beautiful garden of Spirit as well! Kind Thanks and Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

  • @susenmorris9702
    @susenmorris9702 Před dnem

    I'm sorry but everything in moderation, don't have to give up carbs and vegetables and all the good stuff that we enjoy, the world is going crazy with all these diets my mom is 89 and is slim but eats it all in moderation and she is fit, so sorry im not giving up what I enjoy to eat, you only live once,

  • @XaLoiVlog
    @XaLoiVlog Před dnem

    You raise more pets, chickens, ducks to add food sources.

  • @4316rodney
    @4316rodney Před dnem

    Just eliminating the alcohol was probably a huge part of this. That stuff is foul.