Things DON'T go as planned... Homesteading off-grid
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- We are building our off-grid homestead in Tennessee with no electricity, water or any other utility. Needless to say, things don't always go according to plan...
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Good things come to those who wait… I enjoy watching you young’ns do the things I did when I was younger. 65 now and living vicariously through your videos. ❤ your projection of life! Raised in the 60’s and 70’s with peace, love and harmony, how I miss those times! Good luck and many years of happiness ✌️
I call it a sliver too. Yes you can only do what you can each day. Homesteading is always working.
Sun up to sun down while trying to enjoy the little things like taking our little fur babies for a hike in the woods :)
I've always heard splinter. The only time I've ever heard sliver, was a type of creature card back when I played MTG.
Don't forget the worms. Worms are GREAT recyclers. Slivers are different from Splinters. Splinters are smallersand thinner. Hopefully the pine trees survive,
Reconsider how you plant the pines (or any tree for that matter), do not bury below the crown. It is okay for the crown to be above the ground, but below the surface will stunt its growth.
Others call it the root flair.
The short of it is your roots can handle being exposed and will grow a protective layer while your bark cannot handle being covered by dirt and your trees will suffer if you plant them too deep. It's very easy to add some dirt around a tree if you plant it so high that you are concerned but it is very hard to remove dirt from around a tree because then your tree is in a puddle.
Howard Garrett the Dirt Doctor has a great article on planting trees at his website.
A splinter is a small piece of wood or metal that has dislodged from its source. It becomes a sliver when it finds itself penetrating skin.
A sliver is a wee shard of glass and a splinter is wood, that's my recollection 😊😂. I just started watching your videos tonight and I'm hooked, I've been watching loads of your videos, the best, most honest and natural vids I've see with people off grid. You both have such a beautiful rapport too. I'm happy you are allowing us to be following your journey. Much luck for the future. I wish I'd done similar when I was younger now, especially after seeing the amount of land you've bought.
Namaste xx
Absolutely ❤your couch 🛋 and love the content on your channel ❤❤
Thanks :) we love our couch too, we are here for the vibes lol
Thanks for another great video y'all, see ya on the next one, have fun!
Thrilled to have you here with us friend :) See you later. Have a great week
You two are awesome! Love having my Sunday morning coffee with you! Keep on keeping on! God bless you!
We love having you here :) Thanks for supporting us and being apart of the wild ride.
I use the word sliver.
But I also use splinter.
Sliver is a small piece of wood. Splinter is the larger version of a sliver.
Like twig is to branch.
I hate getting slivers! I've never heard anyone call them splinter. Weird, must be what parts of the country your in, people call them different. You two make me smile
I think its because you were meant for each other, one can see your love. Plus the fact that you get excited with doing new things and your positively even when things don't go as planned. It's a learning experience so most the time it won't, trail and error. But it will all become second nature as time goes by. Blessings to you both.
Typically one gets a "sliver" with metal, and a "splinter" with wood... But I have used it when there's a loose, sharp piece of wood on lumber that has the potential of becoming a splinter...
Also use it in reference when answering someone about having a piece of pie or cake... I'll have a "sliver" rather than an entire slice...
My childhood was spent in western Mass., and we always called them slivers. Cass needs a garden cart to be carrying that compost from where it was to the bins. I did similar with pallets for my compost bins. Those two empty wooden boxes could make a couple of raised garden beds. Love watching your postings and all the energy you both have and easy for me in my late 70's to be able to sit down and enjoy them.
It's a splinter! A sliver is when you slice your finger with a grater while slicing potatoes and it doesn't bleed. 🙂
I also grew up calling it a sliver 😀 Love watching you guys on your homesteading journey!
The old term is, "Bubble gum and baling wire", but it can be modernized to, Duct tape and supper glue!!!
haha :) Love that.
@@RunawayMattCass I grew up with "duct tape and baling wire"
You need to build or buy a bicycle wheel cart to haul stuff instead of moving compost one shovel at a time! They are much easier than a wheel barrel. I used one for years until I could afford a zero turn mower and trailer.
Depending on the type, pine trees can dump very heavy limbs in wind, snow, or ice, which Tennessee can produce on a regular basis. I have no pine trees, however neighbor's had busted a picnic table, and privacy fence, and another neighbors AC unit and part of his garage.
I am past project age, but one thing I learned that I needed to do was to make a paper list and hang it on the refrigerator. I had to set priorities and work the one on the top of the list as many hours as I was able or as I had the materials for. Before I started setting priorities from most important down to future projects, I would work on four different things in one day and not make real noticeable progress on any of them. I built a 12' x 16' deck with a tin roof which remained a second priority for 2 summers. I would work on whatever was the top priority first every day, and if there wasn't one above it, I would work all day on it. My wife was working so I had to figure out ways to hold a board or upright in place so progress was slow at times, but now we love it.
We called them slivers too. I grew up in Connecticut. Glad you're getting a new shed. Sorry it will take so long.
Thank you for sharing all your thoughts for yourselves and on the homestead. It makes a lot of cense.You two are go getters. And want the same things it seems. A great team. Good luck in the future plans. Can't wait to see it all. Until your next video.😊
I had slivers all of my life, stickers had glue on them and splinters were very large slivers. Btw, I’m also in love my mid 60’s and grew up in northwest Oregon. It’s kind of like like my wool cap, stocking hat, tobaggon, beanie. I think it’s a different name for the same thing depending on where you you grew up and who you grew up with. I don’t think either one is wrong, it’s just a different way of naming it. I do like seeing you young couple taking on the challenges and doing what you’re doing. My wife and I have had the same dream since we were teenagers but didn’t find each other until 111/2 years ago and are almost in our second year
I look forward to Mondays to see your homestead progress. Even if the road to your final destination hasnt been smooth the results will be accepted by your hard work. Well DONE!
Jason at Coq Hill Farm said that you shouldn’t replant a tree or a bush too deep in the ground. It seems it’s best to not cover the base of the tree that has been above soil where it previously grew with soil.
'Duct tape and baling wire'...and a 'sliver' is a glass splinter. Glad Y'all are getting the missing shed! (Subscribed)
I can’t really read the comments my vision will not allow me to read that small print, but I would like to say it might be a good idea to put some sort of weed cloth on the bottom of your composting bins that would stop grass from growing up into your compost so that then when you transfer the dirt to your garden, you won’t transfer weeds that may cause you trouble with your vegetables
I would put a big heavy old blanket around the water storage tanks so that they won't freeze and dig a hole and set them down into it about half way and it will keep them even warmer to
64 years old and it has always been known as a sliver to me!
Bailing wire and duct tape is what my husband called while farming. When you are out in the field and trouble brews sometimes duct tape and/or bailing wire temporarily fix a problem.
Sometimes temporary fixes to make the near future days better is what you need at the time. Thanks for being here with us as we slowly form this raw land to a home.
Duct tape and a wish is what we always said growing up
Hello Matt & Cass. I think you've been having to do a lot of the old saying: hurry up & wait. But, you two take it all with grace. Proud of you for that. Even though some thiings are going slower than you would like, things are getting done and the homestead is is coming together. Cass, I too grew up saying, sliver. Awesome video. Take care.
Slowly but surely! sometimes it feels like we are making high progress, and sometimes it doesn't, but it is all a part of the journey! We appreciate your support so much! See you on the next one
Great video ! Guys I just have to say, Rome wasn't Built in one day :) each year you will still be building , changing , adding to the flock EXT... Work hard but remember we still have to make things fun, enjoy life , live free :))
YES I grew up calling them slivers! My folks were from East TN and that is who I learned it from 😂
Most of us Canadians call it a sliver & a splinter is something you use on your finger for a sprain or fracture 😁🤣🤣🤣
Save veggie scraps in a baggie in freezer. When collect enough make veggie stock and can.
i was raised on sliver or splinter or a hitchhiker at times. thank you for the comments on the timeframe. its amazing how quickly time goes by and how things always end up a interesting parody of the original plans. Keep up the great work and videos, you are inspiringly realistic
Thanks so much for the support this has been a wild ride but we are really looking forward to what is next for us here at the ranch :)
Cass, you are not alone. I call them slivers too.
I always feel good after watching your adventures Thanks
Can't explain how happy this comment makes us feel. Thanks for being here. We will see you on the next one.
I grew up using both words… splinters are small and slivers are large… hope that makes sense 😊
I thought we'd be in a house already too. 2 years in, and we're still clearing. Again. lol. Keep at it. we'll all get there eventually.
absolutely Slivers! Another grat video. Thanks so much. You two are so inspiring but you really do make us feel so lazy. Thanks!
This last year has taken some crazy turns in my life. I would have never thought I would be living in my own Astro Tiger this time last year. Finances and winter weather have made fixing things up a lil slower than I wish but things have been coming along. You guys have been quite the inspiration. (What you've done to Joleen is also a perfect template for me) Keep it up! Hopefully you will have a tiger den we can meet up in this year! 🐯❤😊
Here's you a story, I bought my storage building in July 2023. Moved November 2023. Had a major stroke Sunday after thanksgiving.. and I still hadn't started my house yet. But spring is coming. I know about unplanned circumstances
OMG, that's horrible. Hope you're doing well now. Please be sure to take enough time for your body to heal. All the work will still be there. But I know it's hard to rest, when so much needs to be done. Hope all goes well for you. Take care.
We are so sorry to hear that. Life definitely can be ups and downs sending nothing but good vibes and much needed rest your way :)
We have a similar story. My husband and I moved off grid to build a cabin in October 2021, 4 months later he had a major brain hemorrhage and stroke at just 44. Now he's 80% recovered and we're eagerly awaiting spring 🌼 ❤
@@HillsideHomesteadOG oh no! I'm so sorry. Yes, spring is the time for all new beginnings!
@lyndaabrahamson3244 I'm still resting alot. Sleep quite a bit. I'm taking things alot slower these days. ❤️, thanks 😊
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Another great video for us to see , thanks for sharing your life on starting a homestead.
Thank you from Tim & Theresa, Linden, TN. Your videos are very helpful.
My in-laws in Michigan call splinters, slivers. They were the first people I ever heard to call them that.
Love it ! And there is non-stop of what one can make with pallets..cheers you two From The Yukon Territory..hugz😊
I call it slivers too.
TEAM SLIVERS :)
Sliver, you have it correct!
New to your downloads. My wife and have been working on our dream cabin in the Ozarks. But only 6 weeks a year. 11 years later we're still working on it. Plus I seen your having trouble digging holes into rocky clay soil. Get a tanker bar for jabbing into the hole.
If one thing we have learned is things take 10X longer than you think and we work on our land everyday haha :) We love the Ozarks such an amazing place!
In Canada 🇨🇦 I call it slivers 😆 love❤hearing your ideas can’t wait to keep watching
Watching y’all work on the compost area makes me want to get started building mine
It’s a sliver!! I’m with you Cassie. It’s also pop and couch. We speak right in western New York! 😆
I absolutely loved this episode ❤you guys are rocking it, happy growing Noel xxx
I’ve personally had slivers and splinters. Just depends on the size and depth!
I've called it sliver, too. I called tree pitch and everyone was telling me it's sap
Just a thought on that - Sap would be runny, like the maple sap you gather for syrup. Pitch, on the other hand is usually from pine/fir/spruce trees that's sticky and smells like you're in the midst of a pine forest!!
Sliver, all the way. Splinter is a ninja turtle lol
Y’all please PLEASE dig a storm shelter big enough to take cover during storm season. We live in NW GA and have the same weather as y’all. You WILL experience tornado threats and definitely extreme wind conditions. Just the price we pay for living in what meteorologists call Dixie Alley. Prayers for safe and peaceful living for y’all 🙏
This. And PLEASE put the shelter close to where you're at, and clear away trees from around the tornado shelter. You don't wanna have downed trees trapping you in there.
Source? I spent the first 14 years of my life in Tennessee near Nashville, and the rest of my life, so far, in Colorado in and near Colorado Springs, Calhan, and Pueblo. At 37, I bought some land thats east of Pueblo, and I'm making my Escape to the Country.
Hey how you doing today I hope you guys are having a wonderful evening I hope you're just take it easy and one step at a time and I just hope you're able to get that cabin together one of these days all right take it easy
Was sliver for me too growing up. But nowadays I also call it a splinter.
Today was a really good show Alice and I really enjoy watching you young people and your cute little poochies thanks
I have been a homesteader ,, for decades, it takes 5 years to get going.. Love to you all .
we love you guys sadly we are to old now but man would this have been a thing for us , Love & Light to you two
Slivers are made of glass. Have a Great Day.
Hey guys ..you'd better put chicken wire with a t post around your Noel tree or next year it will become a rub post for a buck and ot will die...good luck !!
I'm another old (69) person living vicariously watching your videos. I don't have animals, but I do plant a veggie garden. Did you get your seed catalogs and your seed orders in yet!?
I grew up using both terms splinters and slivers 🦋🦋🦋
👍🏼 great way of life! Happy for you guys
You guys are so awesome! Watching you gets me so excited to start our own adventure on our 27 acres.
I guess it depends on where you’re from. I’m from the south and it’s always been a splinter when wood and a sliver when it’s glass. Y’all crack me up
Grew up in Michigan-they are slivers to me, too! 😂 Keep up the good videos.❤
Hey Cass! Don't you have a wheelbarrow somewhere? Moving dirt a shovel at a time?
And, as for transplanting evergreens .. they'll do better in the later spring. Cold dry winter wind will dry out the needles unless the roots are already established in the ground, sustaining internal moisture levels.
Thanks for the advice :) We can always go back to NY to take more from his dad if these don't stick and try what you suggested. Appreciate you. And ya I had a wheelbarrow but it was just as easy to do that haha the wheelbarrow was on the other side of the property lol
We called them slivers growing up. I grew up in Utah. We never called them splinters. Lol!
Y'all are survivors! I am too. It's in our nature... We like coming up with solutions and perfecting processes. Creation is mandatory. Peeps like us are all busy bodies.
i grew up in WA and we called them slivers!
It is definitely called a “sliver” 😁❤
Love how you used the spare wood to create a locking gate on the compost pile. As always, blessings from Oregon.
Thanks :) Use what you have. It is important to not overthink it sometimes and just have it working. See you on the next one
You guys are awesome. I love how creative you are with your videos. I give you a 10 lol.
Bubble gum and bailing wire is the term my Dad used 😊
I feel this message is for me and my hubby! I’m old enough to be Matt& Cass’s mama, and we are building our homestead from the ground up. Is it hard at our age? Yes! But we can do hard things. And it can be frustrating learning as we go, being exhausted, dealing with bad weather. But What an adventure for an old granny and papa! Never feel you are too old to do new things.
wood is a splinter, metal is a sliver.
I like that you chose Tito Puentas music!
So glad Atali and Stetson are enjoying their new dog coop. 😅Nobody at Lowe's knows what happened to the other half of your shed shipment, or it never arrived? We viewers also forget it's work to move your recording equipment, and then editing content. 🥰At least the baby pine trees survived your holiday returning home trip from hell. If projects are taking twice as long as you thought, then you're doing pretty well. Weather and supplies don't cooperate. I needed to do some roofing, and the supplier missed the ship date by one week, which was the last week of sunny and 50 before -10 and wet for the next two months. Will you seal your wood boxes with a food-safe oil so they last longer in the garden?
haha :) We finally have put wire around it and they are for sure not happy and now taking walks over to Blayne and Vanessa place to see if they can find their compost pile because mom and dad ruined the fun over at their ranch haha. Thanks so much for knowing how much these videos take to create, we appreciate the love more than you know :) The weather is always up and down just gotta change your plans depending on what it is deciding to do that day lol. We may had a food safe oil one day but there is a chance this compost bin is more temporary and we will update it to a better system before we need to actually do oil on th boxes. We will see. See you on the next one :)
I have always called them slivers too Cass 🙃
Things may go as planed . But they take longer than you think
As a 55 year old Oklahoma homesteader, you two bring fresh energy to my projects. You are on an excellent journey. Certainly worth all of the work. #rockycanyoncreekhomestead
Love this :) Thanks so much for supporting us from the beginning of this journey and looking forward to hearing more about your homestead and sharing our little slice of paradise here with ya'll #therunawayranch
they were always slivers on our farm.
Hey Guys you ever see Daniel's inventions they build a great off grid oil heater.
Things will progress faster for you this coming year I believe. One day at a time one project and determination! Y’all got this.
Thanks sir! We feel a good energy and big progress to come in this next year!
The couch is cool and it fits the trailer.
Thanks we dig it too!
Multiple projects ensure proof of progress!! Good job! ❤️
Thanks Val :) Little projects eventually turn into bigger projects. See you on the next one!
I say sliver too, 😂 I never heard the word slinter until I came to Texas. Im with Cass on this one. I'm 56 so its been around for a while....like a sliver of hope. All you need is a tiny piece. Xoxo
I really enjoy your videos because they motivate me to get my own stuff done (though I am not living off grid). I could imagine that your videos would be a great learning experience for anyone who plans to live off grid since they are honest and provide a lot of subjects that must be considered when living that way.
Keep on smiling and enjoying life. Thanks for another great video!
Thanks so much bud :) Your support really keeps us going. We try and keep it as real and fun here on our channel. Daily chores here to keep us up and running are the most important things here on the property.
In Idaho, grew up calling them "slivers" too!
YESSSS
We call them slivers too!
The ranch is looking good
I've been off the grid for 16 years and I can tell you will always half dozen projects going at once . And that never stops.
Fun
Thank you!
Put it on paper. Draw out your plans and where you want to place things. You can do this with your garden as well
I don't know the saying, but when I was in college, my car was held together with duck taped seats and headliner, and headliner and clothes hangers keeping the tail pipe and muffler off the ground. At age 77 I still use both on a regular basis...
It always seems like the less satisfying or obvious projects take the longest like a compost surround container.
👍👍👍💗👍👍👍way to go you two !!!
OMG, the puppy is huge!!! I'm glad you are showing the reality of things needing to be flexible. Especially the last few years with supply issues, one has to be flexible.