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How wonderful and peaceful

Looks cozy and lovely 😊

We always planted potatoes on ground to clean it up and create structure. Pigs went on afterwards to till the ground. Watch out for build ups of eel worm. Horse nut beans would be a good follow on crop to lock in the nitrogen.

Can you imagine not fearing crime? I can't. 😢

Great work guys. As an FYI the famed American “Log Cabin” was introduced by your ancestors in New Sweden (present day Southern New Jersey and Delaware). Thank you!

I like your tool shed, a place for everything and everything in it's place 😉💪🍁🤝

Someone save these people, they don't look happy!

No mosquitoes? Jealous of the breakfast outside! We're in a mosquito breeding village in the Pajala kommun.

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You are in my thoughts every day! May the spring and warmth of the season bring you renewed strength and vitality ....May you be able to take the time to enjoy the new lambs and start further work on your house. Don't work to the point of exhaustion....take the necessary time to rest. Your videos and life are so inspirational.....(a friend in the U.S.)

I so enjoy learning about the regeneration land work that you are doing. It’s so interesting to see how each one of the animals affected in a different different way. Thank you so much for educating us.

Do you have the ability to have liquified cow manure from a local dairy farm sprayed upon your fields? That will change the grass from mossy to lush green grass!

Am I seeing making the horizontal hive?

It seems there are no mosquitos up there yet during daytime. Do you manage to keep those outside, or is there some repellant system in the cabin (citronella or other)?

What about putting an automatic feeder witht heir favourite food inside which you time to open a few minutes before the hatch closes?

The pair of you are doing a great job for not knowing what you are doing!

These are challenges, not complaints. Life is rarely easy

Take no notice of people complaining i know how hard you work because i have a small farm as well and it is extremely hard work. I have 3 cows, sheep, goats , chickens,ducks and geese and Bees i grow all are veg . My husband works full time but helps at weekends but other than that im on my own. Lets just say i sleep very well. Good luck with the rest of your summer. Su from Wales UK.x

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I love your videos, thank you so much for sharing your life. One question about the regenerative experiment: wouldn’t it be possible to let the cows of your village friend eat these pastures in the way you described? Could be a win win, no? Then you don’t need to worry about winter feed and it’s probably nice for the farmer too. Just a thought ;)

To each his own

I there, been thinking about your potato garden, could you grow them as hydroponics

You're not complaining, just stating how tired you are after a hard day's physical work. It's the best kind of tired there is and this time of year is super busy. I hope you soon get to take some time off to play as well. I love your videos! Very calming to watch.

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I enjoy your honesty and love your family ❤️

I really enjoy your content. You do however seem quite overwhelmed with the many tasks you have to do therefore may I make a suggestion? Why not ask for a little help in the form of volunteers. You could offer this as an opportunity for some of your followers to experience your way of life, provide some well earned meals and in return you could benefit from extra pairs of hands. I subscribe to one other CZcamsr based in the Italian Alps who does this and has really benefitted from this plus he has gained some new good friends! I hope you consider this suggestion. Take care xxxx

Love your channel thanks

Always appreciate what your day to day life. Thanks

Magic ,😊

I agree every minute after chores are finished I think the home should be a priority Goodness your little boy will be full grown soon Believe me a Mom of 8 children the years fly by would be so comforting to have a home.

I'm so sorry people say things that are derogatory. We can see how hard you work and can understand frustration when everything you have to do doesn't get accomplished. You are 2 people doing the jobs of more than 2. You are doing an amazing job including raising such a precious child. God bless you all.

We grow our potatoes in large feed tubs for cows and horses-always have had success

I’m learning so much. Land management is important and we can all learn from your techniques. I know that your plate is full, I wish there was someway to give you more encouragement . I always ask myself what will I be remembered for, what legacy will I leave. It’s not monetary or possessions it’s how I instilled values in my children and how they carry it forward.

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We did no till potatoes. We have done it with straw (not hay). We have also done it with grass clippings from the lawn mower, and I bet you could do it with wood chips. The idea of any cover is that it keeps the light from the soil so that the weeds don't thrive. What we did was cardboard or newspaper, then 6" or more of compost hills (that are rows of 6"+ tall compost). Or you could skip the newspaper and just do 2-3" hills on top of the rows of potatoes you just put on the ground in rows, then lots of straw or wood chips. Sawdust could work also. Mix them or do different rows of different coverings for a nice science experiment. We did not hill (add more dirt) them every week. We never had to add more and got lots of potatoes.

You have a fantastic life. Many blessings

Potato field is looking great

All in good time

Thanks for sharing, hardworking!

You’re not complaining…you’re being real, and I appreciate that! Thank you for sharing your daily life with all its beauty and struggles.

I have planted a "lazy bed" for potatoes. Place potatoes on top of the soil and cover with thick layer of leaves. Water the bed. They grow well.

On the potatoes, no dig without old straw or hay i have not heard of. But a horse would be great to use for the potatofield! They do eat a lot of hay thou.. and you should have a friend for it, so two horses is necessary. But they are the best for " hyppe" because they won't compact the soil as a tractor will. Potatoes is quite hungry, did you fertilize it? A con for using hay to cover it, or hay- you just need a material to cover the soil to keep the potatoes out of the soil. Hay, leaves any carbon rich material there is plenty of. Fresh manure is to strong and pine needles to low pH. Other than that grain husks, sheepwool.. I don't know what materials could be around were you are? Is there any production we're there is a waste product? Anyways, the con with using a carbon ground cover on potatoes is reducing moisture evaporation, feeding the worms and building carbon in the soil. Reducing rain runoff and yeah, I guess you know this. Where I live its 100's of horses and soil rats who eat into the big haybales making them go bad, so I get a few delivered when I need. If you find some, use a mask when spreading it out, mold spores is no fun, but they get composted quick when in touch with soil. Your channel is lovely and so inspiring to get my ass of the couch and continue on my own projects. I have followed you for a couple of years and now have my own meat rabbits 😄

I feel overwhelmed sometimes living the homestead life. I find forcing myself to stop work for a few minutes and look around and appreciate the landscape helps. I haven’t found a great alternative to tilling for large crops of potatoes. I’ll be watching to see if you find any!

You have gorgeous scenery with forests and mountains. You all work so very hard. Your chickens are beautiful but stubborn. 😊❇️💞❇️

Sólo faltaría no poder quejarse un poco del cansancio de tanto trabajo diario, háganlo están en su derecho de expresar lo que quieran, los comprendemos perfectamente Lo que desearíamos es que tuvieran algo de ayuda para no acabar exhaustos Gracias por el trabajo extra de editar y mostrar tanto 🌱🌿🌻💛✨️

Hej, i dont think you are complaining. The life you live is not the easiest way but i can understand why you live this way, and for me you are much happier than most other people who have a 9 to 5 job. The other thing is living selfsufficient is hard work and a continious learning process, you can read so many books but what counts is experience. So keep going and thank you for sharing your lifestyle with us.

Why didn't you collect the stones in the potato field? Or is it useless, the stones will appear again,

I bought Italion 3 banded bees once and they were so tame you didn`t need all that bee attire. I never got stung once with just normal clothing. Don`t buy russian 5 banded bees, they are mean. I don`t know what species of bees you bought but some are tame and some are not. Three banded Itallion bees are tamest of all. You can identify them by the three black stripes on their abdonems.