Fantail Valley Homestead
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Best thing we have done in a long time!
Adding a rain water catchment gutter system to our polytunnel has totally changed the garden. This simple solution will help you capture free rain water from your tunnel house roof even if you are drought prone or off grid. Build your homestead garden resilience
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Dairy Cow Dreams Dashed!
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disaster strikes when our new dairy cow tests positive for Johnes disease (MAP, BJD, Yonies). Where to from here? Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can find my ebooks here: piwakawakavalley.co.nz/shop/ or on Amazon here (we earn a little commission): Check out our kune kune book here: amzn.to/3tVibZY Raising meat rabbits in colonies: amzn.to/...
Surprise Success! Failures and Future Hopes
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Our 2023-2024 garden season is nearly over, what were the best successes, some surprises, and what failed epically in the garden this year? This garden tour and homestead tour will update you with where we are at. Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can find my ebooks here: piwakawakavalley.co.nz/shop/ or on Amazon here (we earn a little commis...
NEVER buy onions or seed AGAIN
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Are you keen to become self sufficient in the garden? Onions are a brilliant crop to learn to grow from seed, store, and then grow your own seeds, improving the crop quality and yield every year! Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can find my ebooks here: piwakawakavalley.co.nz/shop/ or on Amazon here (we earn a little commission): Check out o...
One Step that SUPERCHARGED my Food Forest GROWTH
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We have had our food forest planted for 18 months, at a year and a half of progress some of my fruit trees are growing much better than others. What was it in my food forest design that made all the difference in the health of my trees? Join me in this till vs no till debate. Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can find my ebooks here: piwakawa...
Growing a years worth of veggies for a family of 7
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We have an aim for this year to grow all the vegetables we need to feed our family of 7. One of the key components is using succession planting in a tunnel house so we can grow fresh veggies all winter long. Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can find my ebooks here: piwakawakavalley.co.nz/shop/ or on Amazon here (we earn a little commission):...
Homesteading with small children (harvest onions with me) VLOG
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I often get asked how I manage what I do with 5 kids. Here are my top tips on homesteading with small children. Today I am harvesting my onion bed with the help of a 4 year old and a 6 week old. How do you know when onions are ready to harvest and how do you dry onions - let me show you what I do. Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can find my...
How I get free plants
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Starting our off grid homestead from scratch isn't a cheap endeavor, so anything we can do to save money is always welcome. In this video I show you how I get very cheap or even free plants. Join me as I propagate hebe plants by cloning cuttings and plant up my strawberries grown from strawberry seeds. Matthews youtube channels : www.youtube.com/@UCYlxgOjUET_zaizZzCOmcyQ www.youtube.com/@UCRhba...
Off Grid Baking Is HARD but this might be the solution
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Baking while off grid is really tricky without a gas oven. So this might just be the solution to baking food over fire without using propane or other gas options. Tonight we are having baked chicken in the free slow cooker outside. Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can find my ebooks here: piwakawakavalley.co.nz/shop/ or on Amazon here (we ea...
Is this really a good idea? (what are we thinking?) VLOG
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We weren't planning on getting a house cow for a long time on the new off grid homestead. And yet here we are, building a cow milking shed. I have decided to attempt to do more vlogging style videos because life is pretty busy with a new baby, but I am missing my CZcams community! #offgridlife #homesteading #nz Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ Y...
This design survived hurricane winds
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We have been inundated with heavy gale force and hurricane strength winds in the last month, and I have managed to come up with a low tunnel design for the garden that not only keeps the birds off the garden and keeps them away from the seedlings, but it is a windproof low tunnel as well. This simple and cheap garden hoop tunnel is easy to put together and it really does work. This is where I g...
BIG Family Changes
zhlédnutí 826Před 9 měsíci
We have finally moved to the new homestead and life has been crazy over the last 2 months, but I finally have a moment to give y'all and update of where we are up to and all the big changes happening for our family! Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can find my ebooks here: piwakawakavalley.co.nz/shop/ or on Amazon here (we earn a little comm...
BEST Strategies to Grow a WHOLE YEAR'S worth of food
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Being self sufficient from your own backyard can be possible! We eat from our homestead all year round. Here are 8 strategies to increase the production of your garden and to increase your food security, and find ways to eat from your own backyard. Homesteaders guide to seasonal gardening: amzn.to/2WJF3wy Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can...
Why we bring home ROADKILL
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Road kill is probably one of the worlds most wasted resources. Apart from feeding those other animals that prefer to eat carrion rather than catch something themselves, it usually just goes to waste. We have a great way to use this waste stream, while also feeding and improving your garden production! Buy Merch (and support our channel) here: www.redbubble.com/people/Fantail-Valley/ You can fin...
ELECTROCULTURE Fascinating Results! GOOD + BAD
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After the results of my previous electroculture gardening experiments, I have conducted another very interesting one. Does the direction of your antenna matter, does it matter if you wind clockwise or anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere or the northern hemisphere? Does the tensor ring, Lakhovsky coil, or simple bamboo and copper aerial work better? Here I have done a simple experiment usin...
ELECTROCULTURE UPDATE - 10 days later
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ELECTROCULTURE UPDATE - 10 days later
ELECTROCULTURE WORKS?! testing 3 types of antenna
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ELECTROCULTURE WORKS?! testing 3 types of antenna
What happens when you put a magnet under a seed?!
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What happens when you put a magnet under a seed?!
Want seedlings that THRIVE? Try this!
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Want seedlings that THRIVE? Try this!
Are home saved seeds better?
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Are home saved seeds better?
Seed Starting Tips: 12 Pro Hacks that WORK
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Seed Starting Tips: 12 Pro Hacks that WORK
A cheap + surprising way to keep chickens healthy
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A cheap surprising way to keep chickens healthy
Is there anything to this electroculture thing?
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Is there anything to this electroculture thing?
How I bought these plants back from the brink of death
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How I bought these plants back from the brink of death
Easy Quick Canned Tomato Sauce (passata)
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Easy Quick Canned Tomato Sauce (passata)
Look how much it changed! Garden tour Jan 2023
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Look how much it changed! Garden tour Jan 2023
How I Won Against Aphids
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How I Won Against Aphids
The killer compost Nightmare (and my solution)
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The killer compost Nightmare (and my solution)
4 Months Progress! Building an OFF GRID Homestead from BARE DIRT
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4 Months Progress! Building an OFF GRID Homestead from BARE DIRT
Building Our Food Forest from the Bare Ground
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Building Our Food Forest from the Bare Ground

Komentáře

  • @AriesSupertramp
    @AriesSupertramp Před dnem

    In what area you prounopunce it eeeeeggs and not eggs? Just curious.

  • @cowboy2180
    @cowboy2180 Před 3 dny

    That was really helpful, thanks

  • @Cexi-y8b
    @Cexi-y8b Před 4 dny

    I am from ChILE, south america, and I PUTS SOME WIRES on my garden .... now, we are on winter time . Much love for you, DANA

  • @FristadHomestead
    @FristadHomestead Před 10 dny

    Hiya Dana, where abouts did you source your large tunnel from? 😊

    • @FantailValleyHomestead
      @FantailValleyHomestead Před 10 dny

      From Hunkin.co.nz they were great to deal with and it was waaaay easier to put up that our Redpath at the old place

    • @FristadHomestead
      @FristadHomestead Před 9 dny

      @FantailValleyHomestead Thankyou!!

  • @NORMANMORRISON1940
    @NORMANMORRISON1940 Před 10 dny

    The hardest thing with the RV tape is it likes to wrinkle so I cut mine into 5 foot chunks and just overlapped it a little bit

  • @holdonasec6196
    @holdonasec6196 Před 12 dny

    Why are you showing bad unsunlit plants in shallow pots and asking why?

  • @tylermyers6920
    @tylermyers6920 Před 13 dny

    Great video! Thank you. We have two pregnant Kune sows. I believe they are not first time mammas but it's our first! We're excited and nervous at the same time. Thank you for taking the time to share what you've learned.

  • @razzer49
    @razzer49 Před 16 dny

    ELECTRO CULTURE SECRET revealed-woman sings to plants with guitar,,,probbably key ofA 444 or 440...eh?

  • @Marwafoodreview
    @Marwafoodreview Před 18 dny

    I love in Morocco And weather here is moderate sometimes it could be hot sometimes cold you never know but I'm still a beginner in gardening I don't know much but my tomato's are not tall 😅

  • @richbrooks1776
    @richbrooks1776 Před 18 dny

    Looks like a good system... I'll try it!

  • @donthegardener8670
    @donthegardener8670 Před 19 dny

    Love your experiments! When it comes to C/W or Counter/C/W you want your wires to be wound the same direction water spins down your kitchen sink drain. Southern Hemisphere - C/W Northern Hemisphere - C/CW. - Regarding "Lakoskis coils" try pointing the open/receiving coil ends towards Jerusalem. To center-view all the rainbows in my neighborhood I have to face in the same direction as Jerusalem!

  • @gearsandtears7643
    @gearsandtears7643 Před 20 dny

    10 years growing in my Polly tunnel and this year is my first herbicide poisoning Im growing heirloom tomatoes 8 varieties and some are more affected than others I worked out how i stupidly added leaves that were from a yard that had been sprayed with weedkiller I never even thought about it but now i know so hoping the plants fight through it They are looking amazing but developed thick stems and the top leaves went like pigtails or curly fries and the flowers were deformed Ive removed the deformed flowers as they will be deformed fruit and im letting some suckers grow till the problem is visibly over and picking a new leader stem then i can cut the deformed affected leader back to where the new leader is established I'm wondering now if i compost the leaves and everything else off the plant will the herbicide be in my compost?

  • @cfoley6489
    @cfoley6489 Před 20 dny

    I have an egg-eater in quarantine right now, in an unused coop/run. After trying multiple tricks to get her to stop, I caught her eating her own egg first thing this morning. After watching this, I'll try the mustard trick. If that doesn't work, she will be next Sunday's roast.

  • @NeptuneAlpheccaChild
    @NeptuneAlpheccaChild Před 21 dnem

    God Bless the Nerds !!! (wait while i push my glasses up) just amazing... BTW your CW from top down is the correct direction - the theory is "counter clockwise from the base up" for Southern Hemis and CW from the base up for Northern Hemis... Good Show !!! there is some evidence out there that the taller the spiral wound wooden antenna (aerial) the stronger the effect - so that a 20ft (6meter) antenna can cover 225 square feet (21sqmeters) -- just crazy, but i'm gonna try it

  • @SolaFide802
    @SolaFide802 Před 21 dnem

    Aluminum is toxic

  • @cryptopeter1
    @cryptopeter1 Před 22 dny

    Thank you and bless you. I've got hot full sun and my gorgeous plants are growing and i think getting burned the sun and spreading with water

  • @johnmak9836
    @johnmak9836 Před 22 dny

    Mother used empty cooked shrimps shells in garden for plants…plant grew but a life cycle came about during the couple of weeks the shells were there…flies came and layed eggs ….dragon flies came and ate all the flies eating shrimp shells…birds came and ate all the maggots that grew after the flies Layed their eggs…

  • @Rue747
    @Rue747 Před 24 dny

    Is there any other kind of natural resin that can be used? I have edible resin at home.

  • @Godisincontrol325
    @Godisincontrol325 Před 25 dny

    We shall see 😁🙏

  • @Godisincontrol325
    @Godisincontrol325 Před 25 dny

    😃🎉 Excellent I subscribed to your channel 🙏

  • @MrSimoesrui
    @MrSimoesrui Před 26 dny

    Yannick isn't a teorian, in fact it's a fact.

  • @AliAhmed-bv2fw
    @AliAhmed-bv2fw Před 29 dny

    Lovely can i visit your farm?

  • @Nightowl5454
    @Nightowl5454 Před měsícem

    You're leaving them in 1 spot for too long and need to put fencing around the trees to keep them from destroying the trees.

  • @rodduncan1183
    @rodduncan1183 Před měsícem

    From JAFA land, Hi Dana When doing my yearly fridge clean out I found some OCA that had enough indication that they wanted to start growing so I have thrown them both in a large pot & they have thrown up a load of shoots so I guess this could be called a early start LOL I know some bulbs & tubers need a chill before planting out, Oca ??? We all have missed your smiley face & just you being you. Kiwi Rod

  • @1bojaq
    @1bojaq Před měsícem

    Gypsum will help draw this out of your soil. Spread it thick and water it in real good.

  • @IAMGiftbearer
    @IAMGiftbearer Před měsícem

    I have seedling tomato plants whose leaves are disintegrating. The stem is left. Strangely they were fine until I put them outside on the porch to harden off. I have been giving them LAB and also a molasses product called Sassy Lass to try to revive them but I don't know if they can grow more leaves after most are gone. It remains to be seen.

  • @stepheneyclark4971
    @stepheneyclark4971 Před měsícem

    This video has helped me so much! Thank you x

  • @noahriding5780
    @noahriding5780 Před měsícem

    I'm curious if you have other videos about that to describe those other nitrogen fixers besides legumes? (You did go into this a bit in the 2nd half though...) And have you done any experiments with potash for fertilizer (like campfire ash)? Do you have any advise on how to keep potatoes from getting glued into compact (clay) soil also when trying to grow those? I can grow potatoes but ...I'm not seeing the tubers expand very much, such that the gains work but are low. It seems like that's partly related to the soil not being able to expand well(?) I didn't quite understand what you said about the chop and drop method for the nitrogen fixing... Are you chopping and dropping green material and just laying it on the ground around the garden plants? Or are you inserting it in the soil? And are you doing that before the gardening season or while the garden plants are there? Thank you for the video.

  • @penpadolma2605
    @penpadolma2605 Před měsícem

    It worked. Recipe 4 ml oil : 1 ml soap dish In 1 litre water

  • @dandeleona4760
    @dandeleona4760 Před měsícem

    Today I planted onions, dahlias, asparagus, potato slips, roses. I went to the grocery and came back to find the neighbor's chickens back kicked everything out of containers and urns onto the ground and were still standing in the pots when I drove up. It's my fault tho because I let my guard down. This is a one acre property shared with my landlord next door and their free range coop. I mulched most of the sunny areas and installed trellises and greenhouses loosely draped with black chicken wire until I get around to securing them. The chickens would follow the brick border and back kick all my red mulch onto the lawn, so I buried 21 gauge fencing (very thin black coated) under the mulch at 15 inches deep from the bricks. They eventually stopped kicking at the brick line and started digging deeper back but I didn't mind. I just kick the mulch back in the holes. But they started to get around that by digging UNDER the fencing ...peeling it up and then scratching underneath. They left my pots and urns alone until today. My last and really effective method is using that black teflon bird mesh, with 1 inch squares, and buried that. They HATE that stuff. They kick and their toes get yanked, and the local area moves underneath the mulch like a stirring animal that scares the beejeezus out of them. It doesn't take long for them stay out of the buried bird netting. Now, I'll have to put it in my urns and pots and around my roses and haskaps that they're eating still green. It's such a chore to handle it, but it's usually effective behavior mod to keep them out.

  • @bervella5866
    @bervella5866 Před měsícem

    Hi i have dwarf buns and 1 keeps having lose cecotropes and bouts of diarrhea and we give antibiotics, then probiotics and after 3 weeks it starts again. He eats only pellets, no hay at all. Do you know whether i can give him some pellets which help his gut be healthy? I m desperate with him. He likes fresh greens but for now we eliminated them

  • @TashMcMillan
    @TashMcMillan Před měsícem

    So helpful, thanks! I'm off to try seeds now 😁

  • @itsyaboiitrump2939
    @itsyaboiitrump2939 Před měsícem

    How is the electro culture doing

  • @jrgreatwhite
    @jrgreatwhite Před měsícem

    Mine like mustard

  • @Sara_Rockafella
    @Sara_Rockafella Před měsícem

    You have a hard job ahead of you as the pines they use for plantation poisons the land and surrounding waterways. Theres abit more going on with no growth than just dry conditions. Flax is a filter though. Really the best thing is to let nature rejuvenate itself.... but that takes time. Buy flax will cleanse all land and water.

  • @sararockafella
    @sararockafella Před měsícem

    Can you tellbke why you keep deleting my comment. I'm only trying to give you some advice

    • @sararockafella
      @sararockafella Před měsícem

      For early seeding onions you cut back the stem that seeds once its curved round. And your onions woll carry on growing. Just cut ut where it exits the plant.

  • @makingiteasywithliz
    @makingiteasywithliz Před měsícem

    Nothing looks healthy and your backdrop looks like a junk yard. I'm sorry, but...

  • @derekgordon2498
    @derekgordon2498 Před měsícem

    Thanks for the informative.

  • @GeorgeLaFavor
    @GeorgeLaFavor Před měsícem

    Thank you for the time and effort you put into this. It is the only kind of video that holds weight in my personal opinion. So many ppl post and say, there garden is so much better then last year; Those are useless video's. You have done a supurb job to show specific real results and I am grateful for someone like you, thank you again! G

  • @salvatorelivreri
    @salvatorelivreri Před měsícem

    Thank you. I recently ordered Tree Lucerne seeds. Do you think that grow outs could not be grown on grass and weeds? Albeit slowly (yet freely)?

  • @bwkennard1
    @bwkennard1 Před 2 měsíci

    I am surprised that YT let this truth be posted.

  • @DocSinghTing
    @DocSinghTing Před 2 měsíci

    brilliant brilliant brilliant - thank you so much!

  • @alicia-fo3fx
    @alicia-fo3fx Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you. Everything I see is getting rid of rabbits. I have one in my Y yard (young) that I would like to help

  • @johnanderson7988
    @johnanderson7988 Před 2 měsíci

    When my wife and I visited Aus and NZ we learned a lot about the Maoris and Kunes they raised. So fast forward to about 5 years ago we got 3 Kunes which we wanted to breed but they never took and ended up getting very fat. They went in the freezer. Today, May 16, 2024 I brought home 1 boy and two girls just weaned. Here's hoping I do it better this time and thank you for your advise! Cheers from Staple Station in Muskegon, MI

  • @user-cq3qm4ps3z
    @user-cq3qm4ps3z Před 2 měsíci

    There was zero control over the experimental process and selectively choosing larger plants while ignoring the smaller ones right next to them. It would be an interesting experiment if you could maintain the exact same conditions for each antenna type, in addition to a control group. Better yet, it should be a blind test.

  • @kimberlybontrager3436
    @kimberlybontrager3436 Před 2 měsíci

    I have seed for most of those, I am excited to try them

  • @samdooley82
    @samdooley82 Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks for all your content. We are starting a home stead In Cornwall, SW. uk. Have bought your book on Kune’s! S

  • @j.j.oliphant9794
    @j.j.oliphant9794 Před 2 měsíci

    Proud to be the 1k like on this video! Great info, I’m looking forward to watching more

  • @baddogcustoms7496
    @baddogcustoms7496 Před 2 měsíci

    Btw you can’t feed pigs everything either like people may think. You know pigs can’t release gas right? Meaning if you feed them sauerkraut, they will not fart meaning they will explode… you definitely do not want to do this. It is not fun. It’s not funny. It’s not cool, my Aunt learned this the hard way 🤦🏻‍♂️. This isn’t no hearsay this is something you better believe because if you have pigs and you feed them sauerkraut, you won’t have pigs for long

  • @thierryboissiere3343
    @thierryboissiere3343 Před 2 měsíci

    It's definitely the water from the washing machine haha