Homesteading in South Africa 2020: The Tour Episode 1 presented by Tiny house South Africa
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Everything you need to know about successful homesteading in South Africa
This is my first Homesteading tour that I will be doing here in South Africa.
As I have been living in my tiny house for the last few years and striving for energy independence, I have unknowingly become a Micro homesteader. And love been learning about solar harvesting and water harvesting and building etc. So I have decided to start creating some content about homesteading in South Africa. I have so many friends who live similarly to myself and there is such a wealth of information there to harvest and share. So if you are planning on moving away from the cities and start living more off-grid or energy independent then please do follow me and share this video.
This is the first tour of my friend Daryl's homestead. I've mostly focused on the most interesting parts of his homestead and I have also created a conversational video podcast where we do a bit more of a deep dive into the finer details of homesteading life.
I hope to be able to find out from the people I visit all about what was most rewarding and where they could have saved money and what have they learnt from their time living this way.
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Happy to see a South African doing it, been following other countries. Keep doing more videos.
We are in the process of buying a property to homestead here in South Africa 😀 It is so helpful to see what other homesteaders are doing 😊 thank you for the great video!
thank you for your comment wishing you the best of luck on your journey
Homestead in South Africa love it❤❤❤
Yebo land a beautiful one indeed
This is amazing! So cool to see practical, organized, efficient systems implemented here in SA! Very inspiring! Looking forward to more episodes Garth!
I really love homesteading, I'm happy to see one here in our country doing I've been following other countries how they do #lovesteading
Goodwork guys well done
Thanks for the video. I am from South Africa and very interesting in going further into this. Currently growing lots of fruit trees in big containers and farm softer plants, veg and banana/papaya in the ground while I look for a perminent place to put my roots down
I follow a couple American Homesteaders and was pleasantly surprised at seeing this video!!
So glad l learned a lot. Even shared it in our group. Very informative. Thank you.
Watched tons of videos on the subject of sustainability, nice to see something South African with such good and well explained content. Please keep it up.
Would love to do what you doing - very fulfilling and rewarding - I really wish the government can make more land available for this type of lifestyle - a small 2 hectare homestead is all that a regular family would need ❤
That was a fantastic tour ! What we all need to do now...Keep up the good work from Australia 🇦🇺
Nice video, terrible audio. Cannot hear the questions at all. On your solar panel side ... I decided rather than all the expense and hassle of a moving panel array I simply added one more panel to make up any losses in winter. Of course the advantage is I gain in summer and basically get what I wanted during winter all for the price of one extra panel ... just my way of thinking ..
Thanks guys, this is amazing! I'm so happy to see this happening in South Africa. I'm inspired. Keep it up!
If possible, please could you do a video on indigenous medicinal plants. Thanks.
Fascinating! Excellent work.
I've recently become aware of the UN Agenda 21 & the devastating impact it has already had in South Africa. Looking forward I only see further erosion of our human rights & liberty which has sparked a keen interest in me for homesteading & creating a life where I'm totally independent and self reliant.
I am very interested to see more & learn more. Please keep the videos coming. You're doing important work that is going to be of enormous value to every South African.
Great video! Super educational and inspiring. I can't wait to get started on my rainwater collection system and biodigestor. Keep it up!
This guy’s awesome
Hi Garth, i am really glad to see that there are South Africans that really want to live off the land and provide for them self. I am one of these people and i am very inspired by seeing what other people do on their land and implementing it for myself.
Is it possible to provide us with the plan for the biodigestor or point us in the right direction for us to find some designs and concepts on how to implement it into our land.
Hi there Daryl is actually holding a workshop drop me an email @ garthensley@gmail.com and I'll pass on the info. Thaanx for the comment
i moved from the city to a small town and as we all are aware all infrastracture is colapsing so i have basicly gone offgrid with water and electricity supply have a hydroponic tunnel and busy with shade netting for other crops ,you don't have to move to the sticks to go offgrid but it is by no means a cheap operation even if you do everything yourself
good luck on your adventure , wishing you alot of learning
Since his focus is more geared to flower garden as opposed to vegetable gardening, my questions are how does he grow enough food for his family, and why the interest in flower gardening?
the flowers as far as i know sell to all the restaurants and guest houses in the area , so it brings in some revenue for the farm , the garden is more for their own personal use.
And flowers are part of the cycle, they bring pollinators and other beneficial insects to eat pests in a vegetable garden.
Very inspiring indeed as we're planning to go off grid. This has allayed some of my fears about water access. I'm interested to know know about the complete water system.
I have the same concern as me and my wife are also planning to go off grid soon...such videos as this one is very informative and motivating...
I would love to get some land, build a home, and begin home steading in South Africa. With the land situation and attacks on farmers though it makes it seem to be a scary leap to take if I ever were to.
Arm yourself. Secure your farm
Please post more! 🙏🏾
Simply fantastic. I wish Daryl and his friend all the best for their future endeavors.
Wow....omg...loving it
Where in SA 😍
Jip ... so plunder die Engelse ons land ...
200 jaar van Boerbashing ..solank die Afrikaner sy land veoor is die Engelsman happy ... Nabot se Wingerd meneer
Babot se Wingerd
Hi Garth love what you have done its amazing to see South Africans moving off grid and homesteading. Well done hopefully I can following in your foot steps soon. We are u located? It's beautiful part of the country that u have selected. Garth I've sent you an email regarding the Biodigestor. Thanks looking forward to hearing from you and seeing more videos. Keep up the great work!
That bio gas thing is probably key to world's energy problem. There is enough sht on this planet to sustain it for eons lol... very innovative. Xxx
Looks nice. Which area is this.
Inspirational! funny enough, my family and myself are embarking on a very similar journey. where about is this permaculture farm?
Crags Plettenberg Bay, Daryl is actually doing a 2 day workshop next month Going through all the systems in place
Thank you for the very informative video. :) A few questions; where is this homestead? How much does it cost to put the whole solar system in place, and the costs of the bio fuel setup. Did you start doing cut flowers as a business which arose from the neighbouring town or was it an existing business? How much does it cost per month to maintain your property?
A link to Darryl's website?
www.ecosunergy.com/ sorry for the late reply
Howzit - did you buy the property or your renting? Sorry for the asking questions - Really interrested in living off the grid. It's alot of work but your working for yourself - Living truely on home grown products & live stock...
Hi I just rent a small plot and I'm not farming . I work online and just keep the homestead as simple as possible
@@GarthEnsley very nice and I'm happy for you - envy you right now - hope we can share ideas on working online because i really need something to wrk
Do you provide training for this. Would love this system on my dads farm. I’m in South Africa
Hi there yes we are doing our first training in April just sorting the dates drop me an email if you are interested and ill keep u informed. tinyhousesouthafrica@gmail.com
Can a 45yr old house be converted to an off the grid home?
Did you need the councils permission for the gas or water tanks?
Is this place located near Rheenendal? Great video!
No it's in the crags
@@GarthEnsley Okay thanks Garth. Beautiful area..
is this bloke recycling his poo water?? why??