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Laid Back Homesteader
United Kingdom
Registrace 6. 04. 2022
My name is Peter. I live in Northern Ireland. In February 2022 I purchased 4.25 acres of rural land. I hope to create a more self-reliant lifestyle for my family. I aim to have birds for both and meat and eggs to grow vegetables in a no-dig market garden using regenerative agricultural practices. Eventually I would like to own pigs, sheep and even a cow!
The first section of work entails making an entrance onto the land and converting an area into a yard. I will then develop the site further with fencing, farm buildings etc.
This is not going to happen over a few videos. All infrastructure needed to make this lifestyle a reality is self-funded. My goal, to create a place where my wife and I can make lots of memories with our kids aged 8, 4 and 2 to watch their personalities develop having lots of fun experiences on the farm.
I will document the homestead transformation and place it on CZcams. Maybe inspiring you to do the same...
You can support me by subscribing to my channel.
The first section of work entails making an entrance onto the land and converting an area into a yard. I will then develop the site further with fencing, farm buildings etc.
This is not going to happen over a few videos. All infrastructure needed to make this lifestyle a reality is self-funded. My goal, to create a place where my wife and I can make lots of memories with our kids aged 8, 4 and 2 to watch their personalities develop having lots of fun experiences on the farm.
I will document the homestead transformation and place it on CZcams. Maybe inspiring you to do the same...
You can support me by subscribing to my channel.
Chicken Drinker - Removing Forms - Control cuts
I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my family with chemical free and full of nutrients-packed food on a daily basis. I want to create a healthy lifestyle that my three kids will look back on fondly and to a place they will eventually call home.
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'SOLO' 5 CUBIC CONCRETE POUR
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I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my family with chemical free and full of nutrients-packed food on a daily basis. I want to create a healthy lifestyle that my three kids will look back on fondly and to a place they will eventually call home.
FIRST Concrete Slab 30x12 Preparation
zhlédnutí 430Před 14 dny
I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my family with chemical free and full of nutrients-packed food on a daily basis. I want to create a healthy lifestyle that my three kids will look back on fondly and to a place they will eventually call home.
Brown bin compost - plants not growing - chicken tractor wheel set
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I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my family with chemical free and full of nutrients-packed food on a daily basis. I want to create a healthy lifestyle that my three kids will look back on fondly and to a place they will eventually call home.
Weening lambs / build a compost bin
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I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my family with chemical free and full of nutrients-packed food on a daily basis. I want to create a healthy lifestyle that my three kids will look back on fondly and to a place they will eventually call home.
Moving meat birds onto pasture
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I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my family with chemical free and full of nutrients-packed food on a daily basis. I want to create a healthy lifestyle that my three kids will look back on fondly and to a place they will eventually call home.
Starting the forms for my concrete base / building nipple drinker for chickens
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I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my family with chemical free and full of nutrients-packed food on a daily basis. I want to create a healthy lifestyle that my three kids will look back on fondly and to a place they will eventually call home.
We're rolling the pasture
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Rolling pasture to crimp the grass and feed the soil. We're doing this because the grass is growing too fast and going to seed. An update on the chunky chicks, meat birds. Nugget is going strong but had to be separated from the flock due to pecking order and him being so small, but he's hanging in there. I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my fam...
BABY CHICKS ARE HATCHING.....It's GO time!
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BABY CHICKS ARE HATCHING.....It's GO time!
BURNING HOLES in my SHIPPING CONTAINER
zhlédnutí 436Před 2 měsíci
BURNING HOLES in my SHIPPING CONTAINER
We're finally getting started with meat birds
zhlédnutí 373Před 2 měsíci
We're finally getting started with meat birds
SHEEP ARE HOME - Rings on lambs, FIX electric fence, LOOK for holes & I TRY to hang a gate!
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SHEEP ARE HOME - Rings on lambs, FIX electric fence, LOOK for holes & I TRY to hang a gate!
BUILDING A LIVESTOCK FENCE WITH A 13 TON DIGGER
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BUILDING A LIVESTOCK FENCE WITH A 13 TON DIGGER
Start to Finish Stock Field Fencing Build, well almost!
zhlédnutí 895Před 4 měsíci
Start to Finish Stock Field Fencing Build, well almost!
FIRST veg PLANTING & RASPBERRY canes + EZRA on the quad
zhlédnutí 348Před 4 měsíci
FIRST veg PLANTING & RASPBERRY canes EZRA on the quad
Starting to build my Veg Garden - My American Brother - Pond build pt 3
zhlédnutí 405Před 5 měsíci
Starting to build my Veg Garden - My American Brother - Pond build pt 3
SHEEP HAVE NO GRASS !!! My first video 2024
zhlédnutí 385Před 6 měsíci
SHEEP HAVE NO GRASS !!! My first video 2024
install solar kit to charge 12v electric fencer
zhlédnutí 437Před 9 měsíci
install solar kit to charge 12v electric fencer
ELECTRIC FENCE POST HOLSTER! / Separating the lamb's from the ewe's / It's weaning time
zhlédnutí 531Před 9 měsíci
ELECTRIC FENCE POST HOLSTER! / Separating the lamb's from the ewe's / It's weaning time
SETTLEMENT TANK LEAKS - using k-post fast acting concrete mix
zhlédnutí 552Před 10 měsíci
SETTLEMENT TANK LEAKS - using k-post fast acting concrete mix
It's so nice seeing an Irishman that isn't a gypsy. Top stuff
Very handy. Good idea.
That drinker was only £20 from the Internet. My mates mum said they cost them £75. Although there's are better quality the cheaper one does the same job for animals that are gentle 😀
Whats with the puddle of water on it?
Hydraulic conductivity test lol
Way close enough. Dude passes the check
Too late to fix
Check your CHECK 😂
Lol
ROLLERS!!
We didn't even have shackles lol
Good man
Thanks
Interesting info... Thank you.
You're welcome. It's was over a short period with so many variables but in the end wood roots 👍
You need a new hammer.
Pure horse of a man 💪
Lol
Brilliant 👏👏👏👏💪💪💪
Thanks William 😊
Didn't take much rocking to put ye over to sleep after that
Definitely not. It was a tough going alright 👍
The slab turned out great. Too bad your mate turned up a day late.😅 The meat birds are looking good!
Hi Gregg, I shouldn't have told him what i had planned. He knew not to answer the day before lol
you don’t stop lad 👍🏻
To be fair I didn't do much after that. Still hadn't recovered from the pour.
Awesome work. My husband and I only poured a slab for a cattle crush. All mixed by hand. Muscles I didnt know I had were sore for days. You did amazing doing that much on your own.
Thanks Elizabeth the lorry driver said when he got out of the lorry. Where's everyone else. The look on his face when I said I'm it 😆 🤣
@@LaidBackHomesteader 🤣🤣🤣 I can imagine.
Another great video peter😊
I'm glad you enjoyed it William. I going to increase the upload rate from one video to two per week. Watch this.space lol
Good job, Pete. That looked like a 3 man job to me. Even though your title said ‘solo’, I kept waiting for your helpers to show up. Didn’t happen. To bad your sons weren’t able to put their names in the slab!
I would have liked that too but there wasn't time because they were getting ready to go to a birthday party. It would have been too hard for them to mark it anyway. I'll get their hand prints in the concrete when I'm pouring around the pig slot. 👍
When the driver arrives he said "where's everyone else at?" I told him I was some worker lol
Great video mate. Love the content. Next time maybe turn down the background music a bit, would be easier to understand what you say.
Thanks, will do!
Well done looks great
Thanks Ruth I'm going to try and double the rate to 2 videos per week
Really brilliant progress 👍 👍Bet you slept well that night zzz !! 😄 Great to see this next step taking shape in the field !
Thanks Claire 😊 Building the dream!
With all those new tools, what could possibly go wrong? 😎 I guess we’ll find out!
24 hrs later than usual but I'm currently working on it 👍
This one I already had so brand new 😅😅😅
Not many people would take that job on on there own fair fu--s.😮
LOL its not concreted yet lol
Great wee video 😊
Thanks William. Pouring the slab next weeks video
Hey, Pete That’s going to be one beautiful concrete slab when it gets finished! Did you really start your generator on the first pull or did you edit that part? 😎
Yes I did. Ive kinda got the hang of it now. I also like showing the muscles when she fires up. feel the power lol
@@LaidBackHomesteader 👍💪💪
See ud a few cattle 1 day
There was far more farmers running around my field than cattle 😆 🤣 😂 I'm glad there were no shotguns handy Repairs will feature in an upcoming video. Shouldn't be a big job 👍
Get a mic please
Will a mic improve sound quality? I have one but didn't really know how to use it
🤢🤮🤣🤣🤣
Could hardly talk smell was soo bad
What an amazing difference the compost made in your garden! Too bad about Nugget. Shoveling that ‘stuff’ from the brown container did not look pleasant! I could almost smell it myself. Great video, Pete.
Thanks gregg. I'm glad it didn't splash onto me. Watching it back is so funny I'm trying to talk and can't get a breath lol
Great video 😀, amazing to see the difference in the vegetable garden! 🌱🌿 Sorry about wee Nugget, but you gave him the best chance possible in the circumstances🐥 and letting the other bird 🐔 toddle along in the meantime 👍 Felt for you emptying that brown bin 😨 Your dedication to good compost does you proud 😂 !! See you in the field 🌳🌳
Thanks Claire. That bin was stinking!!
👍👍👍.
Your going well peter
Thanks Jim. I hope all is well at your end. I'm in my element at this crack. No time for bikes tho! Did you see I purchased a quad? The GS 1200 is gone
When weaning lambs. Ewes @ lambs will yell for 2 - 3 days. Will gradually stop. Keep the ewes on a bair field to dry them up. It's to try to stop mastitis.
Do you think a lick bucket is needed?
That’s a great looking compost bin. I’ve got quite a few batteries for my tools also. Of course when you forget to plug in the charger, it doesn’t matter! Have a good weekend, Pete.
lol I was watching the video thinking I own 7 batteries but I've lost two 😅 Did you see last week's video. I talked about the rush plant
@@LaidBackHomesteader Yes, I did. I heard you speak of it. Interesting.
@gregganderson1454 as you know I'm getting busier on the homestead. I'm thinking of doing shorter videos but doing more of them focusing on a single task. Do you think this would be a good idea?
@@LaidBackHomesteader Absolutely. I think 12 to 15 minute videos are great. More people are likely to watch them than 30 plus minute videos. I’d like to see your channel keep growing!
Sounds like a plan then. I'll get right on it
Another great video, no practicing needed ! All looking terrific and big 👍👍 to Ivor. Was hoping for update on wee Nugget🐥so was great to see him in his new home 🙂 🐤
Thanks Claire
The set up is bang on mate, you’ve come a long way in a short space of time, really enjoying the videos.
Thanks Ian. Two years ago it was still a green field. Building the dream👍
I have attempted to post twice. Fine.
What do you think of the mobile chicken tractor?
What paints or brands of paints you used for the container
I used oxide primer and cheap single pack opaque topcoat.
Are you going to paint a shipping container?
Lots of projects going on there. I’m sorry your plumber friend didn’t get wet. So you’re going to build a wooden deck on top of a concrete slab? Did I understand that correctly?
Looks like it could work. Have the chickens tried it yet?
Mostly organised for the big move now. I hope to move them up tomorrow morning. 11.07.24 🤞
Add 20 - 25 Ltd drums of water to add wieght to roller.
Yes and if that doesn't work I'm thinking of welding angle iron onto the rollers to crimp the grass. Good or bad idea?
Yeah, Nugget! The birds are looking good. The paint job on your container is still looking great. I didn’t know people rolled their fields. When you say ‘rush’, are those shrubs or some kind of weeds? Great video.
Gregg, the rush is a weed found in heavy damp ground. My two fields are full of it. I strim it so it doesn't go to seed but I'm hoping the roller will crimp the stem in turn feed the soil. At the base there is big clumps of vegetation because its not being managed. In time it shouldn't be much of a problem if I stay on top of it. Nugget will soon be moving to nanny's house and ill get another batch in the incubator.
@@LaidBackHomesteader You were saying the well had dried up.There,s water there were the rushes are.Make a pond.
@@LaidBackHomesteader Thanks for the information, Pete. I hope Nugget enjoys his new home.
Happy to help. Cheers
The rush plants are there because the soil is of poor quality. When I say i'm feeding the soil its with the plan to enrich the soil quality creating habitat for worms etc. Not enough area for a pond. I'm going to catch water from the roof of my shipping container within the next 12 months. It will water animals and the garden. If I put the proper filters on it I'll be able to drink it!
Ach,wat did I say about Nugget and hen pecking order last week? Ger some Bach Flower Rescue Remedy and ma can put a wee drop in his drinking water as he,ll be traumatised and that,ll aid his recovery. Get a sheep dog rather than stressing the pregnant ewe with your big boy toy. Make hay from the grass rather than rolling it.That,ll feed the cows. You have so many assets. ❤.
If I had a use for hay i'd already of had it mowed Lara. You were right about nugget. He was only starting to get moving when I seen them pecking at his wing so I had to intervene. I'm keeping him in beside the others so he can here them. When he goes to nanny's house there are other chickens, laying hens that will keep him right. Thanks
@@LaidBackHomesteader what will the sheep eat in winter if not hay?
@@laraquatelli3506 They will be on grass all year. Last winter they went to a friends land for two months because I ran out of grass. Dam Suffolk's (5 sheep) kept breaking threw the poly wire and walked what grass i'd left into the soil! The reason he had grass is that they farm cows and they are too heavy for the fields during winter. This makes too much mud so they be held in a barn for a bit.
@@LaidBackHomesteader Aye,we,d have the cow,s in the barn over winter,laying on the straw,eating the hay.We,d sing to them at Christmas,rig the barn up with wee light,s .Muck outs are for the brave. Beautiful Suffolk 😍 Will they have shelter then this winter at yours. Meat Birds 🐦 That term is brutal.I know one has to remain objective towards them,however 😆. Great update. Thank you ☆
@laraquatelli3506 I got rid of the Suffolk's. Got a good price for them as well 🤑 I told my friend, if they don't sell at market I'll set them free lol meaning they weren't coming back to the homestead. Don't need the hassle just. I think meat birds is a fitting name. Nugget got his name because I said if he survived I had every intention of turning him into nuggets 😆
All in all, I think the hatch was very successful. Come on, Nugget! On the other hand, Pete, I wouldn’t quit my day job to become a professional dancer! 😅😅
Nugget is hanging in there getting stronger by the day. I don't think I'll do much dancing either Gregg, I'm the wrong body type!!! 🤣😂😅
@@LaidBackHomesteader 😆
Loving the Home schooling for the lads.Thank you Mom Jane for keeping an eye on the chicks,especially wee nugget.Careful the other chicks don,t attack him.Pecking order,as they say.Some straw in the pen.well done on that and so much more.😊We,re Rooting for Ya,ll ❤🎉
Pecking order is right. Nugget was the weakest link I had to remove him from the group. The chick's are soo funny to watch. I watch the chunky chicks so so much I can't see them growing! lol
@@LaidBackHomesteader lol nugget in eastenders messing with the steroids. We all need the chance to live our best lives.Sunday blessings 🙏 in advance.
Power to nugget the chick!🐥 Good job Pete! Can tell the heart of a man by how he treats animals and you sir have a good heart. The laidback ranch is coming together nicely maybe get the supper from the garden this year brother! Hehe Thanks for the video man and thanks for your time have a peaceful weekend see ye in the field! ✌️❤️🌲🪵🪓🐝
Always positive vibes from the Matt-Man. It's great to here from you again. Nugget is getting stronger evey day. It won't be long until the chick's are in the field too! lololol
Brilliant video. Have been waiting to see how the little chicks were going.
Glad you enjoyed it
Super progress! Arlo's wee slip with the egg still not forgotten I see 😂 😅 Hope the slugs are leaving the veg alone 🥦🥬🥕 !! Keep up the great work 👍 😃
Arlo will still be remembered about that day when he's 18. It's in the archives, lol. Slugs are under control now that we have plenty ty of baby frogs hopping around hehe. Thanks Claire see you in the field!!!
😂 Absolutely! It's on record 🥚🐣 lol. Very glad to hear the wee frogs are getting their fill ! Eat up boys 🐸 🐸🐸 See you in the field 🌳😃
That is one noisy generator. I hope it doesn’t drive you crazy. Looking forward to those baby chicks!
The genie might drive you guys crazy 🤪 We will just have to persevere for now until I get the off solar kit. Chick's are cute. I'll have a video uploaded next Saturday! Cheers Gregg
Here.🎉 Great Craic 🎉 Even the one,s that don,t make it won,t go waste. You were mentioning magic so look into egg rituals. Alistair Crawley and negative energy cleansing rituals. I know this out there...but..😊❤
I'll have a look later on Lara. Thanks.