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Simple & Happy Life in Finland
Finland
Registrace 8. 07. 2023
Living a simple and sustainable way of life in a small homestead in Southern Finland 🇫🇮 (Scandinavia, Europe). We live in an over 100 years old log house in a countryside. Small property and piece of land, electricity but no running water. First this was just a summer cottage but turn out to be our home were our heart is. We started gardening and growing our food, got animals. We like to grow veggies, preserve food, recycle, compost, and do gardening and renovation projects using mostly recycled materials. Finnish beautiful nature and 4 season is what we love. Homesteading with full time jobs.
Br,
Henni & Henri and 🐶🐶🐈
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simplehappylifeinfinland@gmail.com
simplehappylife_infinland
Br,
Henni & Henri and 🐶🐶🐈
#youtubevideos, #youtubechannel, #CZcams #youtuber, #homestead, #smallholding, #smallholdinglife, #homesteading, #homesteadinglife, #4seasons, #farm #farmlife, #gardening, #growingyourfood, #vegetablegarden, #countryside , #countrylife, #simplelife , #simpleliving
simplehappylifeinfinland@gmail.com
simplehappylife_infinland
DIY Project: Painting a Wood-Fired Oven with Clay Paint & Front Door with Oil Paint
Welcome to our latest DIY adventure! In this video, we tackle two exciting projects: painting our wood-fired oven with traditional clay paint and giving our front door a fresh new look with durable oil paint.
What You’ll See:
• Painting process using clay and oil paints
• Real-life challenges we faced during the process and how we overcame them.
• Final reveal and our thoughts on the results.
00:00 Intro to projects
01:15 Painting Front doors with oil paint
02:27 Mixing clay paint
03:22 Let’s start painting with clay paint
07:27 1st layer is done
09:53 After 2nd layer
10:17 Discover my mistake with the color & re-do
11:03 Finally result
#WoodFired #Oven #ClayPaint #FrontDoorPainting #OilPaint #DIY #HomeImprovement #Painting #Tips #HomeMakeover #paintingtechniques
Please comment, like, share and subscribe our channel 🤗
Welcome along with us❣️
SUBSCRIBE and JOIN whether you dream of creating your own homestead, seeking inspiration and simple living for eco-conscious practices, gardening, homesteading, preserving and growing food, renovating, living in a old house, farming, or embracing a more sustainable and self-sufficiency way of living - Welcome! We have common interests 🤗
Let's connect also on Instagram ( simplehappylife_infinland)
We post a lot about our daily life🤗 Feel free to follow us and drop a comment to say hello!
We are living a simple and sustainable way of life in a small homestead in Finland 🇫🇮. We live in an over 115 years old log house in a countryside of southern Finland. We have a small property and piece of land, electricity but no running water. First this was just a summer cottage but turn out to be our home were our heart is. We started gardening and growing our food, got animals. We like to grow veggies, preserve food, recycle, compost, and do many kind of gardening and building projects using mostly recycled materials. Finnish beautiful nature and four seasons is what we love. Homesteading with full time jobs (partly/mostly remote).
Please comment, like, share and subscribe our channel 🤗
Welcome to simple & happy life in Finland with us,
Henni & Henri and 🐶🐶🐈
What You’ll See:
• Painting process using clay and oil paints
• Real-life challenges we faced during the process and how we overcame them.
• Final reveal and our thoughts on the results.
00:00 Intro to projects
01:15 Painting Front doors with oil paint
02:27 Mixing clay paint
03:22 Let’s start painting with clay paint
07:27 1st layer is done
09:53 After 2nd layer
10:17 Discover my mistake with the color & re-do
11:03 Finally result
#WoodFired #Oven #ClayPaint #FrontDoorPainting #OilPaint #DIY #HomeImprovement #Painting #Tips #HomeMakeover #paintingtechniques
Please comment, like, share and subscribe our channel 🤗
Welcome along with us❣️
SUBSCRIBE and JOIN whether you dream of creating your own homestead, seeking inspiration and simple living for eco-conscious practices, gardening, homesteading, preserving and growing food, renovating, living in a old house, farming, or embracing a more sustainable and self-sufficiency way of living - Welcome! We have common interests 🤗
Let's connect also on Instagram ( simplehappylife_infinland)
We post a lot about our daily life🤗 Feel free to follow us and drop a comment to say hello!
We are living a simple and sustainable way of life in a small homestead in Finland 🇫🇮. We live in an over 115 years old log house in a countryside of southern Finland. We have a small property and piece of land, electricity but no running water. First this was just a summer cottage but turn out to be our home were our heart is. We started gardening and growing our food, got animals. We like to grow veggies, preserve food, recycle, compost, and do many kind of gardening and building projects using mostly recycled materials. Finnish beautiful nature and four seasons is what we love. Homesteading with full time jobs (partly/mostly remote).
Please comment, like, share and subscribe our channel 🤗
Welcome to simple & happy life in Finland with us,
Henni & Henri and 🐶🐶🐈
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Hard work pays off in gardening
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In gardening, the harvest brings that satisfying feeling that all the effort has been worth it! The beans are giving a huge harvest, and you can check out how we set up a mushroom bed (oyster mushrooms). Plus, you’ll get the latest updates on our animal news too! 00:00 Trellises are in place 03:11 Growing Oyster Mushrooms 08:21 Beans 19:19 New Muscovy duck male 20:12 The end Please comment, lik...
Didn´t we promise ourselves a rose garden?
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The beginning of July and the warm summer so far have made the roses in our garden bloom magnificently. Many of the roses are now flowering more abundantly than ever. The harsh and cold winter was challenging, but the roses mostly survived. We have gradually added more roses to our garden, and indeed, didn’t we promise ourselves a rose garden? It is starting to take shape! #July #Summer #Garden...
Herbs & our feathered friends
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Finnish summer is full of light, and it has been warm. Great time to harvest herbs and chives and enjoy companion of our feathered friends: chickens & muscovy ducks. Please comment, like, share and subscribe our channel 🤗 Welcome along with us❣️ SUBSCRIBE and JOIN whether you dream of creating your own homestead, seeking inspiration and simple living for eco-conscious practices, gardening, home...
Vegetable garden tour in mid June
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It is time to have a tour in our raised bed garden area. It is mid June now and almost all are growing well. #gardentour #vegetablegarden Please comment, like, share and subscribe our channel 🤗 Welcome along with us❣️ SUBSCRIBE and JOIN whether you dream of creating your own homestead, seeking inspiration and simple living for eco-conscious practices, gardening, homesteading, preserving and gro...
Too hot for gardening⁉️
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Start for this summer has been really hot, even too hot‼️ Apple trees are blooming, Mediterranean plants are growing, and roses needs to be cut. Quick update tour to vegetable garden and some chores to do to be ready for winter times as well. Please comment, like, share and subscribe our channel 🤗 Welcome along with us❣️ SUBSCRIBE and JOIN whether you dream of creating your own homestead, seeki...
Vegetable Garden Kickoff: Planting Seeds and Transplants in New Raised Beds
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Vegetable growing has started in our new raised bed garden area. Come along as we kick off our vegetable garden adventure with brand new raised beds. We're thrilled to share the excitement of planting seeds and transplanting seedlings to get our garden growing. It's all about fresh veggies and fun times in the dirt! Let's put seeds and plants in the soil. At the end, we'll give you a tour of wh...
Eggs from Muscovy ducks and chickens I Raised bed garden area finished
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One of our Muscovy duck is brooding and we are collecting fresh eggs from Muscovy ducks and chickens. Days of hard work is done and our raised bed garden area is finished and frames filled using Hugelcultur method. #muscovyducklings #muscovyduck #chickens #eggs #raisedbedgardening #raisedbedgarden #hugelkultur #countrylife #homestead #farmlife Please comment, like, share and subscribe our chann...
Raised bed garden & Hugelkultur method
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Let's put the Hugelkultur method into action! In this video, we're diving into the world of raised bed gardening and exploring the innovative Hugelkultur method. Follow along as we fill our large raised beds using this technique, ultimately minimizing the need for store-bought soil. Hugelkultur is a German gardening technique that's been gaining popularity worldwide for its sustainability and e...
Everything looks SO dirty!
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As the snow bids its farewell and melts away, it leaves behind a scene that's both enchanting and messy. Ah, the thaw - that magical time when winter loosens its icy grip and the promise of spring hangs in the air. But let's be real for a moment, folks. Have you ever stepped into your garden after the snow has melted away, only to find that everything looks... well, dirty? 🌱 So, grab your garde...
Two methods to treat wooden raised bed garden boxes: charring and iron sulfate treatment.
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Welcome to our latest CZcams video, where we dive into the fascinating world of raised bed gardening! 🌱 Today, we're exploring two distinct methods to treat your wooden raised bed garden boxes: charring and iron sulfate treatment. Are you tired of your wooden garden boxes deteriorating faster than you'd like? Well, fear not! We've got you covered with easy, budget-friendly solutions that will n...
More seeds to pre-grow & sprout potatoes
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Early spring is here and it is time to pre-growing seedlings and sprout potatoes. So glad we can do it already outdoors. Sunflower, Cales, Onions and few others will be sown to soil. After that they need love and care, heating mats and grow lights. #seedlingtrays #seeds #pregrow #seedling #garden Please comment, like, share and subscribe our channel 🤗 Welcome along with us❣️ SUBSCRIBE and JOIN ...
Snowy March I Muscovy duck and garden planning
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Snowy March I Muscovy duck and garden planning
Seeds for this garden year I Seeds we bought
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Seeds for this garden year I Seeds we bought
Raised Bed Garden Project I Building Frames
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Raised Bed Garden Project I Building Frames
Growing season has started I Sowing the first seeds of the year
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Growing season has started I Sowing the first seeds of the year
So FREEZING 🥶 coldness in here. How to keep our house warm?
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So FREEZING 🥶 coldness in here. How to keep our house warm?
No running water I How to run a home & homestead without
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No running water I How to run a home & homestead without
Winter Wonderland in Finland: Crafting a Festive Christmas Wreath ❄️
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Winter Wonderland in Finland: Crafting a Festive Christmas Wreath ❄️
Old house renovation: #3 Revamping Our Kitchen: Installing Wallpaper & Recycled Cabinets!
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Old house renovation: #3 Revamping Our Kitchen: Installing Wallpaper & Recycled Cabinets!
Old house renovation: #2 Traditional Wallpapers & DIY Homemade Wallpaper Paste
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Old house renovation: #2 Traditional Wallpapers & DIY Homemade Wallpaper Paste
The Fascinating Story of an Old Log House: A shoemaker used to live & work in this old house
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The Fascinating Story of an Old Log House: A shoemaker used to live & work in this old house
Old house renovation - #1 kitchen insulation project
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Old house renovation - #1 kitchen insulation project
Free as a bird - roaming free finally again! I Chicken life From Coops to Freedom
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Free as a bird - roaming free finally again! I Chicken life From Coops to Freedom
Winter Homestead: Animal Care, Snowy Mornings, and Garden Surprises.
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Winter Homestead: Animal Care, Snowy Mornings, and Garden Surprises.
Traditional Finnish Sauna I The Best Off Grid Sauna
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Traditional Finnish Sauna I The Best Off Grid Sauna
My congratulations. Your garden is so full of veggies. You guys did a great job. ❤
Thank you 😍
I watched the video on buying wallpapers and it was great to see it on the walls. You did a good job. Thank you for sharing. To me the most intetesting was to see how do you apply the wallpaper and strive to make it smooth. Thank you 😊
Thanks. Wallpapering is easier than many thinks, great to share how to do it.
I loved this episode ❤ thank you
Thanks for telling, nice to have such a feedback🤩🤗
I love the natural paint you used. I painted with calcium this year. No future alergy for sure 😊
Thanks. Yes, these natural paints are fantactic and so safe since no extra chemicals.
@@SimplehappylifeinFinland Ot was great to see your stove, too. Love for these real good job doing kitchen parts 🌸
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What a beautiful abundant garden!
Thank you 🫶🤗
Chickens always help make the flowers and gardens so beautiful. You both put so much hard work in your property and it shows. Beautiful ❤️
Thank you 🤗
Beautiful flowers. Roses are all beautiful, from the most elegant to the most resistant. I also see beautiful, huge hosta..i love them, I should find a place in shadow to put some. Greetings from Italy 😊
Hi Alberto 🤗 Thank you, always wanted roses, the ground here in countryside seems to finally please roses 😀
Hey, how about the winter? Do they manage the cold like other ducks? And how many eggs are they laying? I've read that not as many as chickens. But I'm considering raising them for meat.
Hi, thanks for asking. They stayed rather outside than went to their coop even it was -25 degrees in celsius in the winter. 😁 Known for their hardiness and tolerance for cold even comparing to the other duck breeds.
They lay 1 egg per each per day in spring-summer season, if they are not brooding. In autumn and winter at least in here they were having an egg break (which is good and well needed), we don´t give them any extra light so that might also affect to that.
@@SimplehappylifeinFinland That's good. I live in Poland so it is definitely warmer climate, but sometimes we have cold winters. I'm considering raising them close to chickens in different coop but in the same run and foraging yard.
Yes, that should work - you can see in our videos that they and chickens get along well in the garden roaming freely.
Beautiful roses! Thanks for sharing
Greetings from Fev in England. Your clip just popped up randomly in my feed and I really enjoyed watching you both potter about in your garden. Your English is excellent, I am trying to learn French at the moment. What do you do with your herb oil? I'd be interested in how you make it
Many thanks 🤗 we’ll make a short video of how to make it 👌🏻.
Hello from Arkansas. Enjoyed you video. Thank you
Thanks, great to hear 🫶
Good tour of the garden, really love your raised beds. Smart, don't just grow food to be growing, plant food that you love to eat.
Read your comment over at Wale&Me and thought I would come over and checkout your channel. Also yes, it is beautiful in Finland and I look forward to watching more of your channels content.
Thank you so much and welcome 🤗 Hope you enjoy 🌼
Great video, do you have any tips on how to keep mosquitoes away?
Thanks 🤗 Mint has a mosquito-repellent effect and can be planted in pots on the terrace or similar places. We are used to them, and we have a very reasonable amount that we do not use any repellents.
Hi guys love the vids!I’m sitting here with Alli and we cannot for the life us work out what noise geese make in Finnish?
Thanks 🤗 Maby the word ”kaakattaa” could be best to say it in Finnish.
Always love watching your videos. Fig tree is great. Olives in Italy usually are picked between September and October( it depends a little bit if it's in the south or north). Actually in Northern Italy you can find them but more for ornamental purpose, there are few. They are not traditional. P.s Alberto-mökilla here 😊
Hi Alberto 🫶🏻 Thanks for your lovely comments. I don´t think we can get olives yet in September, but I do hope I am wrong 😁 Would be surprised if we could get even some. But let´s see. Gardening is trying 🤩
Wonderful video, thank you.
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Your property is so beautiful! Love all the different colors.You can tell you both work really hard. I love your videos ❤️😊
Thank you so much 🤗😍
Hello from Kansas, the smack middle of the US. I planted fava beans today and I still need to get the okra in the soil. Looking forward to seeing how you trellis between the raised beds.
Hi, great to hear and thanks for commenting🤗. Never grown okra - baby even not possible here in our climate in Finland.
I really learn alot from your channel. Which part of Southern Finland. Beautiful🎉🎉🎉
Thank you💚🤗. We are in Lounais-Häme area.
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Looks fantastic. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for commenting 🌼🫶🏻
Your planter boxes are looking good. Ready for the spring planting
Yeap. Next week should be really warm, so we are hoping to get rid of snow finally 🤩 and welcome spring 🌞🌱
In my area Rhubarb is perennial and I have only ever started it from crowns; now I will be on the look out for seeds to economically add to my patch! For now I only have herbs started inside and have cabbage and carrots outside but those are a risk as we still have a chance of more or deeper freeze than they can tolerate. The early warm weather has me gambling. Happy to be growing!
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You are very lucky to have sauna on your homestead. How is the other tank of 80 liter heated? Seems to have no fire to be warmed up? Thanks for sharing ❤😊
Thanks. That 80 liter tank is warmed with fire also. You can see it here in this video (points to time stamp we you can see): czcams.com/video/Bh4KIKHMbjg/video.htmlsi=z1Mu4orHkyp72Mfr&t=299 Thank kind of water tank heated with wood is really common in Finnish saunas.
@@SimplehappylifeinFinland I shall watch it. Best regards 🌸🌸🌸
I wish i was your neighbour guys haha
Would it be good or bad 😄?
We are being taunted by a false spring in the middle of the US, 64F today but I can't really put plants in the ground until May 10!
Very interesting to watch you! Greetings from Tuusula🎉im also waiting for spring
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I’m excited to see how your garden turns out. ❤️
I'm looking forward to seeing how these work out for you. I'm planning on doing something very similar this summer. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, this will be great project - can´t wait for the spring to come. All the best ☀️
Great video. Nice canner and burner. Thank you
Thanks for your nice comment 🤗
Hi from Florida. Thank you for the video.
Thanks and regards from Finland 🌼
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Beautiful choice.
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Enjoyed your video. Renovations can get messy. Thank goodness the mess is temporary. I bet this project has brought you comfort. My husband and I will be insulating and finishing one of our cabins in the near future. Thank you for the video.
Yes, they sure can 😀. And like you said thank god temporary. Good luck with your renovation💪
@@SimplehappylifeinFinland Thank you
Lovely to see you guys the beautiful simple life of by gone days for many but still lives on. Simple life is so so wonderful
Thank you for your kind words. All the best and regards from Finland 🤗🫶🏻
Thank you for a 'heart-warming' video. We have -13C now. I'd love to ask a question - do you bake in the kitchen oven. I have a very similar and have found that the temperature is not so high in mine. Cooking - yes but baking not so good.
Hi, thank you very much for the nice comment. We cook a lot on the wood stove, but I haven't done baking with it yet. It would require focusing on the matter and the temperatures, and it is something I would like to focus on and learn. We have an electric oven, and so far I've done the baking with it. I have baked gingerbread, pizzas and the like with a wood-burning oven earlier and it worked very well - each oven is of course different, and requires learning how to operate your "own oven".
@@SimplehappylifeinFinland Sure. Thank you and I wish you a warmer weather 🏝
@@SimplehappylifeinFinland Thank for reply 🙂 I should give my oven more trials.
Wow it looks so beautiful there but also very cold too. At least you are bundled up warm when you go outside. I know the animals are excited to see you with the food and new bedding. Do the chickens still lay eggs when it's so cold outside? I know you showed in one of you video's that is stays warm in the coop but that was before it got really cold there. Do you eat the duck eggs too or just the chicken eggs? What do you do in your break times - Read books - watch video's - watch TV. I like to crochet and listen to music when I'm not busy with house chores or shopping chores. Be safe and take care. Blessings to you
Yes they do but not so much than in spring-summer. Their coop is insulated and we use deep litter method in there, so they have +7 degrees in Celsius at the moment, even when it is so cold outside. We do eat duck eggs also, but they are not laying in winter and probably will start again in spring. We do normal things, like reading books, watch movies and other CZcams channels from our laptop (we don´t have TV, no need for that) and also normal chores takes a lot more time in this kind of coldness, and it it constant work keeping the house warm. Also dogs needs love & attention and our junior dog training. Take care and thanks for asking. Best regards.
I would visit my Great Grandmother in West Virginia where she had only a hand pump in the house for water and no electricity. She lived that way all her life so it was not so hard for her but it would take some time for me to be able to work with no running water in the house. I think it's awesome how you can make this home work for you and your family. Be safe and Blessing to you.
I love the Wreath. Thank you for taking us along for the ride to see the beauty of the snow. Do you have special tires for winter so you can drive in the snow? If the snow gets to high can you still get out to go to the store? Be safe and Blessings to you.
Thank you. And thanks for asking. Yes we do have special winter tires in Finland, and you need to use them from November till snow and ice is gone. Snow is a normal thing here and it doesn't stop any normal things here. The roads are plowed regularly, so visits to the store etc. go without any problems. All the best for you too.
That wall paper looks so good on the walls. Thanks for letting us see this small glance of your home. Be safe and Blessings to you
That wall paper is very pretty. I can't wait to see it on the walls.
How warm does the house get in the Summer time. I live where it's mostly milder temps (20 F (-6 C) to 105 F (40 C)) compared to where you live. Summer's here are HOT and Winters are very cool/cold and WINDY.
Finnish summers are usually around + 20 degrees in celcius. Of course, it can be hotter, but still below +30 degrees. The temperatures are at pleasant readings, and in winter it is normally around up to -10 in celsius. Sometimes short colder periods are normal. It's not particularly windy here. The climate is nice. Summer in Finland is wonderful!