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Homestead Dreamers
Registrace 21. 10. 2023
Welcome to Homestead Dreamers! We are a young couple with big dreams for our new homestead and we are sharing the journey of building our homestead from scratch. We hope you'll join us and share your own homestead dreams with us too so that we can grow together and build a community of like-minded people who are passionate about self-sufficiency and sustainability ❤️
Thanks so much for being a part of our journey. We are so happy to have you!
Thanks so much for being a part of our journey. We are so happy to have you!
GARDEN TOUR - groundhogs are eating EVERYTHING 😅
We had a late start with planting our garden this year with our wedding being in May. I wasn't even sure if I'd have a garden to give a tour of this year! The June summer heat has been intense but thankfully with some shade cloth and regular watering, the garden still continues to grow 🙏🏻 Groundhogs have been a challenge and we're hoping we solved that issue for the time being - we need to do some building repairs to prevent it from happening in the future.
The garden continues to be a place of peace, joy, and learning.. can't wait to see what the rest of the season holds.
Thanks for joining me ❤️
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The garden continues to be a place of peace, joy, and learning.. can't wait to see what the rest of the season holds.
Thanks for joining me ❤️
✧ Subscribe to join the community of dreamers ✨
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Caring for my growing seedlings 🌱 | Fertilizing, Lighting, Transplanting
zhlédnutí 141Před 5 měsíci
Growing plants from seed can be cost effective and fun! Join me for a seed starting vlog at the homestead 💕 🌱 My seed starting set-up ⬇️ Fertilizer - urlgeni.us/amzn/iaX8 Grow Lights - urlgeni.us/amzn/qB06 4-cell pots - collabs.shop/nfw8q8 1020 trays multicolor - collabs.shop/erdqly 1020 trays black - collabs.shop/rzuhas 6-cell pots - collabs.shop/5r9lzt 3.3" pots - collabs.shop/ilyy0t ABOUT US...
Update on the Homestead & Where I've Been
zhlédnutí 980Před 5 měsíci
Things have been a bit chaotic lately.. a lot of unfinished projects but also a LOT of progress! Our house is slowly starting to feel like a home, seeds are started, and the tree cleanup has begun. Can't wait to share more of the journey with you 💕 ABOUT US: Welcome to Homestead Dreamers! We are a young couple with big dreams for our new homestead and we are sharing the journey of building our ...
Bringing New Life to the Homestead
zhlédnutí 152Před 5 měsíci
Trying out a new style of video this week. Excited to continue experimenting with the camera and editing. Let me know what you think! ABOUT US: Welcome to Homestead Dreamers! We are a young couple with big dreams for our new homestead and we are sharing the journey of building our homestead from scratch. We hope you'll join us and share your own homestead dreams with us too so that we can grow ...
Don't Wait to Start Homesteading
zhlédnutí 601Před 6 měsíci
We don't need hundreds of people homesteading perfectly, we need thousands of people homesteading imperfectly 💕 ✨ Full Blog: Homesteading Skills to Learn that Don't Require Land bit.ly/homesteadingskills ✨ Garage Apartment Tour - Before Drywall: czcams.com/video/KfsbBm1zF8E/video.html ABOUT US: Welcome to Homestead Dreamers! We are a young couple with big dreams for our new homestead and we are...
A Homestead Starts with a Home
zhlédnutí 832Před 6 měsíci
Almost 2 years of hard work and our home still isn't finished! Enjoy this tour of our self-build home in it's current state. We still have a ways to go but we are slowly getting there. 🐥 Our chickens favorite feed: Organic Layer Mash: bit.ly/organiclayermash (get 15% off with code homesteaddreamers15) ABOUT US: Welcome to Homestead Dreamers! We are a young couple with big dreams for our new hom...
Planting Onion Seeds
zhlédnutí 585Před 7 měsíci
This is my first year planting onions from seed! I'm excited to see how this goes 🥰 🗺️ US Map of for Onion Daylengths: www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/vegetables/onions/onion-bulbing-daylength-latitude-map.html 🧅 Dakota Onion Seeds: shrsl.com/4e58z 🌱 Seed Starting Equipment: 3.3" Pots: collabs.shop/ilyy0t Insert Tray for 3.3" Pots: collabs.shop/xsuolf Colorful 1020 Trays: collabs.shop/erdql...
I found a stranded rooster on the side of the road..
zhlédnutí 9KPřed 7 měsíci
It's been an interesting and busy week! I'm glad I found this rooster when I did because of the snow and cold temperatures expected over this next week ❤️ 🔥 Keep chicken water from freezing ⬇️ urlgeni.us/amzn/heateddogbowl 🐥 Our chickens favorite feed: Organic Layer Mash: bit.ly/organiclayermash (get 15% off with code homesteaddreamers15) ABOUT US: Welcome to Homestead Dreamers! We are a young ...
Planning a Spring Garden
zhlédnutí 426Před 7 měsíci
January is here which means it's time to start planning for your spring garden! In this video I share the steps I go through when choosing and purchasing my seeds. ⬇️ Farmers Almanac Garden Planting Calendar www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar ⬇️ Sliding Garden Planner: Clydes Garden Planner: urlgeni.us/amzn/ClydesGardenPlanner ⬇️ Waterproof Journal: Rite in Rain Journal: urlgeni.us/amz...
10 reasons you should start a garden in 2024
zhlédnutí 504Před 7 měsíci
If you've been thinking about starting a garden, don't wait! It is such a rewarding hobby and valuable life skill ❤️ I filmed this video in my garden that is located at Alex's mom's house. I'll be gardening in this space again this year while we build our new homestead from scratch on our new property. 🐥 Our chickens favorite feed: Organic Layer Mash: bit.ly/organiclayermash (get 15% off with c...
Outdoor Cast Iron Cooking
zhlédnutí 3,4KPřed 7 měsíci
We can't believe we've been living in a camper for 7 months! 🤯 Cooking in the camper has been one of our biggest challenges with camper life. The space is pretty small and we have only a few inches of counter space. I prefer cooking over the fire with a cast iron. I typically use the cast iron as a dutch oven but it’s fun to experiment with a new ways of cooking. In this video I experiment usin...
Decorating for the Holidays (sustainably)
zhlédnutí 126Před 7 měsíci
Sustainable holiday decor doesn't have to be complicated! I like to keep things simple and use evergreen cuttings and things from my garden. Plan in advance so that you can sow plants such as popcorn or pumpkins in your garden in 2024! ABOUT US: Welcome to Homestead Dreamers! We are a young couple with big dreams for our new homestead and we are sharing the journey of building our homestead fro...
Why We Homestead
zhlédnutí 722Před 8 měsíci
Everyone has a different way that they find homesteading and homesteading looks different for most people! For us, homesteading started in 2019. We started with a garden and then purchased our first round of baby chicks shortly after.This journey has been so beautiful and we can’t wait to share more with you ❤️ How did you find homesteading? What drives you to continue this lifestyle? 🐥 Our chi...
Building a Homestead from Scratch
zhlédnutí 10KPřed 8 měsíci
Welcome to Homestead Dreamers! Alex and I are building our homestead from scratch and can't wait to share the journey with you 🥰 Here are the trees and products mentioned in the video: //Sprouting Jar Lid Seeds: 🔹 Sprout Jar Lid: shrsl.com/4ck6s 🔹 Alfalfa Sprouting Seeds: shrsl.com/4ck6y //Fruit Trees: 🔹 Stark GrandGala Apple Tree: stark-bros-nurseries-and-orchards-co.pxf.io/grandgala 🔹 Bartlet...
Good video….enjoyed….thank you
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Hi. Congratulation ! It's still a nice garden even though you had less time to take care of the plants. In terms of irrigation, I would suggest drip irrigation rather than sprinkling. It saves a lot of water, not only because it uses less water, but also because the water evaporates less so it really beneficits the plants. I've also been looking into oyas, but haven't tried it. Good luck.
Thank you so much for the compliment and suggestion! I was thinking that too.. drip would definitely use less water. I was thinking about trying oyas too! Maybe I'll try that this month and report back 😊
Great video. Love seeing how others do their early planting. I have yet to start, but it is a bit early in Nova Scotia. I am more focused on the new chciks and another batch of fertilized eggs coming in. I am not what we will grow this year for sure, but have planned on tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkin, and zucchini. Looking forward to the next video. PeterInHalifax
I agree! I love seeing how everyone raises their seedlings. Its slightly different for everyone and it's fun to try different techniques. You have your hands full with the new chicks and fertilized eggs. Ours are hatching today! I could sit there and watch them the entire day, it's so interesting! Do you start your cucumbers and squash inside? We usually direct sow those!
When I was young in the 1950s, homesteading was a term reserved for the program available in the 1800s for getting free land. We were poor and lived in a small Texas town and the driving force in our lives was hunger. Thus, at 10 years old, I became a gardener and chicken raiser. Our soil was a hard clay/chalice, so I had to improve the soil cheaply before planting. I got free cottonseed hulls from a local cotton gin that I carried home in burlap bags. A neighbor had a chicken coop that had not been used in five years; the coop had a foot of old, composted manure under the roost. I spread this all over the cottonseed hulls and then turned it all into the soil. I planted my garden from seeds given to me my my grandmother. That year we ate fresh vegetables and fried chicken raised with my first setting hen also gotten from my grandmother.
I love that you were resourceful and found a variety of sources to help amend your beds. The idea of using cottonseed hulls is a great idea. I'll have to do some brainstorming to think about where we might be able to get more raw, bulk fillers for garden beds or to add to our compost. We have super clay soil that is full of rocks at the new place. We will need to amend the soil or garden in raised beds!
Arugula is a member of the Brassica family.
Nice!!! I love to see how far along you are and choosing finishes now. Woohoo and congrats Elaina!!!
Fantastic video…no wonder it took many hours! Try Sherman Williams “Creamy”. It seems similar to the bathroom tiles you love.
Don't compare it to my first videos 😅 They aren't very good compared to this! Always learning and striving to get better! Okay, I'll look into that! I think we are going back to the store early this week. Appreciate the suggestion!
This is very good! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for trusting us enough to share!
Thanks for coming over to say hi and supporting me! I really appreciate it ❤️
When I was ten in a small Texas town, I raised my first chicks. We were poor and could buy nothing so I built my nest box, coop and pen from material I scrounged from abandoned houses. My grandmother gave me a setting Banham hen and ten eggs. Just before hatching, i found soda bottles and got enough money to buy 12 additional chicks from the feed store. During the night I placed the chicks under the Banham mom and she raised 22 chicks, some of them much larger than she was. She spent every day protecting them and the most important lesson that I learned was the love a mom had for her children.
Wow what a special story! Thanks for sharing. That's incredible that the Banham mom raised all 22 chicks!
So exciting brining new life to the farmstead. We just got 5 chicks, and have 5 eggs incubating, plus our Ayam Cemani breeding pair. Good luck that they are all viable!
Ahh yay so exciting! I went into the feed store to pick up cover crop and saw all the chicks. I had to contain myself so that I didn't end up with more even before the eggs we have hatch!
This video style is a bit different than my previous videos - trying out new things to see what I like! I love filmmaking videos and am experimenting even though I don't have as good of a camera or lenses as most ❤
I was able to start my first garden on the vacant lot next to my rental in return for keeping the rest of the lot mowed.
wow that's a great deal! love that idea of offering to maintain a yard to have a garden space on someone elses property
Bless you dear one.
What breed is your rooster?
Hello Elaina, we actually have 2 roosters. Mr. Mr. Is 2 years old. Fred is his son he will be a year old on June 1. Hope he stays nice like Mr. Mr. I love your video. I too have rescued animals. I have a maternity coop and a broody coop and a baby grow out coop. Plus the main coop. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓
Why didn’t you just pick the roo up? They don’t hurt people ya know. He looks like a bantam roo. I’m glad you got him! Roosters are fun. They protect your hens while they scratch and dig for food.
I tried to but he was really flighty and I didn't want him to run away! The treats worked great 🥰
my family loves when i make a French toast jumble/casserole type breakfast. Also, if it’s deep enough to hold a whole chicken, that is wonderful in a traditional Dutch oven.
Hi im your 1000th.sub 🎉❤ love the content 🎉🎉🎉
handsome boy! Looks like maybe an easter egger. Entirely possible he escaped transport, but you would think that they would double back and retrace their steps.
I would hope so! I found him a new home!
Never dumped an animal in my life and never will... But extra roosters do try to encourage it ugh... Seriously, thank you for saving that baby ❤
ugh I know! It's so sad! I was able to find him a new home ❤️
I love all of your use of small spaces. As it should be! Everyone should be thinking about those things when they build and its amazing that you have the opportunity to do so.
I had a Rooster just like yours, and he became very mean to all the hens. I had 37 hens and one boy, he was just evil and very jealous of me. When I would come out with them the girls would leave him and come to me to hang out. Well! he did not like that one bit. He would get so mad at the girls like a pimp would. He almost took my eye out, he damaged it badly. I have to wear glasses now just to see straight. I had him until he naturally died this winter when it got down to 9 degrees. Everyone kept asking me , "Do I still have that Rooster?" Well, I would say "Yes." Here is why, When he attacked me, while doing a CT scan in the ER they discovered I had a very large tumor the size of a grapefruit. So I made the statement he was my divine intervention, when anyone asked. He just died this year 2024. I am glad because I am no longer afraid to go out with the girls. I would like to say I would save the Rooster but I really can't say what I would do, because They are mean. at least the one I had was very mean.
We did something similar! We call it our Harage (house garage)
no way!! Do you plan to put an addition on yours as well? That's fun, we thought about naming ours but just ended up being boring and calling it a "garage-apartment" lol
Yes we are saving up to build "the big house". You've inspired me to share a tour of our home, once I finally have it clean enough to invite CZcams inside it lol.
I am about to start this journey myself. Moving from the suburbs to the country.
That's awesome! Congrats!
Hello and congratulations on getting started with your new homestead. We homestead in the midlands of SC on the Savannah River. We are on 10 acres of land way back in the woods. We have been on our property for over 30 years. We love gardening. We can and preserve our foods.
2 WEEK UPDATE: I found a new home for the chicken! The new owner has lots of hens so I'm sure he will be happy there!
Chickenlandia is a good channel to learn about chickens. I have over 20 roosters and most can be together in a bachelor pen and super friendly. I love having roosters and the all have different personalities.
Wow that's crazy! Do they fight at all?
I'm in the excavating stage of the exact same workflow up in heavily wooded mountains, it's been..... interesting. Everything you're all into looks great, best of luck!
That is probably a lot harder with being in the mountains. Do you plan to be on-grid or off-grid?
@@HomesteadDreamers Having a two year old in the 5th wheel is the real challenge! We’re shooting for net zero for independence with power tied as the only utility for ease of mind.
Sounds similar to us! We are also in an RV - Having kids would make it much more challenging. We are only tied to the power grid for similar reasons. We are hoping to install solar in the future once we can afford it!
Just came across your video. Nice work!
An LGD is a blessing, keep your eyes open for a good Dog Buddy that knows to protect your animals, doesn't have to be a thoroughbred, dogs all have different personalities, look for one like you that wants to rescue everything. I think you'll know when you find the one.
Hi from Canada, New Brunswick. 😁 We're following you guys on your other channel as we're in the beginning stages of setting up our homestead. We bought a wooded property, going to clear it in the spring and will start building a house this year. Planning to do some works ourselves, so it might take some time. 😁 Good luck with your homestead and big dreams! ❤
So glad to have you following on both channels! Love to hear about another fellow homesteader starting their journey from the beginning. Definitely look into hiring a forestry consultant to see if you can get some money for the timber! We have a video on that on Mason Dixon Acres. The self-build definitely takes a long time but it's been totally worth it. We have learned so many valuable skills from the process. Ours took a bit longer since we have been filming everything but I still think self-builds typically take quite a bit longer than if you were hiring a builder. Best of luck to you both! Would love to hear updates as you get further along in the project 🙂
God bless you for rescuing this poor little lost soul. He was extremely fortunate to be found by a compassionate person who knows about raising chickens. 🐥❤😍❤🐓
Looms like a great Sunday dinner
It's great that you rescued him before he died out there. Several years back I had two horses dumped on me. We have some property that's way out a dead end dirt road and they were left there. I kept them for a while and then found rescues for them.
Oh my goodness.. Two horses!! I wouldn't even know what to do.. I'm glad you were able to keep them until you could find them a new home. Thank you for doing that ❤️
I love that you rescued the rooster. I too love the animals and have rescued kittens. I have to be careful I don't over do it.
What a great job you have both done. I can only imagine the learning curve with that software. Looking forward to seeing more of this channel.
So glad to find you! My husband and I, are currently looking for property to start a homestead. Can’t wait to watch your process! Thanks for sharing your journey, about to watch the rest of your videos so I can catch up!
Thanks so much for coming along for the journey. It took us a little over a year to find the right piece of land so if you don't find what you're looking for right away, don't be discouraged. I'm sure the perfect piece will eventually surface. Wishing the best for you both!
He is very cute. I feel the same about caring for the animals respecting them and appreciating where our food comes from. My husband calls me a critter magnet....your definitely safe with me lol
I like that nickname, "Critter Magnet".. that definitely applies to me as well! Yes, caring and respecting them is so important ❤️
Well there ya go no more food scrapes 🤣 it is a bit sad that Roosters get discarded. From a sustainable perspective you can't keep them all obviously but I have found them to make great pets actually.
Living off grid for over 11 years now I can tell you that unwanted critters in your garden can be a challenge. Honestly deer were the easiest to keep out. The WORST are rabbits!! They will chew the base of your fruit trees. So do something to protect the base you'll be glad you did. Attracting critters with the compost pile might cause you trouble down the road. They could getbinto your gardens or attack your poultry. A small tumbler composter to put your food scraps in would be a good idea or feed it to poultry. We are self building also Many challenges strong desire and will required. Living a more self reliant life requires you to be an active participant so always something to do. We are in Tennessee and enjoy a long growing season which I'm so grateful for! Look forward to watching you grow
You have a good ❤️.
Nice rescue from a kind heart. Hard to imagine 3X passing by in the car and this person is so dumb to expose him/herself. Just as well you came by. How about throwing your old drink water for the chickens out of the area of use and put straw on the snow to stop frostbite on the feet?
893rd Sub. Excited to watch your journey - living vicariously through channels like yours.🥳🥰
That is a purebred blue Ameraucana cockerel
I had a rooster who was chilled for two years. T two he turned totally mean. I invited him in for dinner. I could not even have anyone enter the corral. He drew blood too many times on me.
I just found your channel… I love it
Coyotes come out when its daylight. I don't know if you have a LGD or if you have plans for one in the future but I think it would help with the predators.