How Much Does it Cost to Run The Epic Homestead? AMA #5
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- It's time for another Ask Me Anything, focused on questions about the homestead itself. My hope with this channel is to inspire you to start an epic homestead of your own, no matter how large or small. The simple act of producing your own food at home is an epic act in and of itself!
00:25 - What inspires you?
01:27 - Favorite recipes?
02:23 - Garden Burnout?
03:16 - How much $ does it cost?
04:22 - Neighbor relations?
04:58 - Chicken coop cost?
06:13 - Free range chickens?
06:45 - Where'd you learn all this?
07:29 - Adversities faced?
07:54 - Favorite project?
08:42 - Getting an EV?
09:20 - Water tank use?
09:54 - Order of homestead projects?
11:24 - Enough space?
12:12 - Best garden shoes?
12:56 - Sponsorships?
14:07 - Garden collabs?
14:47 - Raising crop fish?
15:10 - Greenhouse ideas?
15:40 - History of your home?
16:56 - How self-sufficient are you?
17:37 - Supply chain issues?
18:30 - Apocalypse grow challenge?
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Excited to see your collab with self sufficient me!! You are the only two gardeners I watch regularly, so cool that you connected and are collabing!
Same I love that they are gardener buddies because they are my garden buddies 😂
Urban Farmer Curtis Stone would make the trio complete
all these dudes should create a single channel so I can just sit on my couch and get bed sores watching other people garden
I'm not bothered my Jaques...but that Kevin guy, I'm not so sure about him.
Same!
I laughed a little too hard at this comment! LOL
😂😂 My kind of humour🍺🍺
I agree. Bring back Eric!
LOL!
Kitty is hilarious... fitting right in with the tomatoes 🍅🤣
James Prigioni is also one of my favorite channels!! I would love, love, love to see you, Jacque and James do a show together!!😍😍😍😍😍😍
Yes James has to be americas happiest CZcamsr gardener
@@downunderfulla6001 I know but you can’t blame him! Look at the food that man produces! It’s phenomenal!
@@southerncharmed4118 i know his yard is prime with life
That would be a thought if James and them were closer but James is gardening in New Jersey and Epic is in California . 1
SECONDED!
My Mom and I dipped our toes into the idea of growing our own food during the pandemic and then a year later we wanted to try our hand at homesteading. Your videos and Jacques’ videos have helped me a lot and I feel like I’ve learnt so much from the both of you and some of the other gardening CZcamsrs here and I’m beyond grateful for the sheer amount of inspiration and education you’ve given me. Lots of love from Jamaica and I bless you with exquisite and bountiful harvests till the end of time
The garden burnout comment was great. I live in Maine and I get excited about gardening in January, work pretty hard from May-July, then really look forward to August/Sept. when I can start putting beds to sleep and take a break. Down time is key for recharging and creativity, planning the next cool stuff in the garden and making important changes.
I also live in Maine and same. My gut tells me to grow less and build infrastructure for 2023 because it's needed and I need a break.
@@kdavis4910 The project backlog that isn't even gardening can get wild. I need a proper compost bin system, trellis system for 40 wine grape vines, another one for table grapes, 20' long raised strawberry bed....
It has been a blast to watch the homestead grow the last couple of years. And I agree we all need garden buddy to nerd out with. 😀
Appreciate you Nikki!
I know you're talking but I'm solely focused on your cat. How adorable!
I don't think she's his cat. She just likes to hang out in his garden 😄
My biggest surprise when I bought a suburban home with a huge yard: woodchucks expanding their burrow intersected a trash pit/burn pit from the 1920s-1930s and collapsing a good 6ft section of the ground. I came home from work and found a mound of glass, charcoal, and bone smack in the middle of the backyard. 😅
one of my favorite ways to eat eggplants is covered in panko and deep fried- I use a mandolin to slice the eggplant into circles and then dip in egg, flour, egg, and then panko, fry them up in vegetable oil until golden brown. Delicious!
Hi Kevin thanks for answering my question! The pond being a favourite totally makes sense to me. I think having water that provides both functionality and beauty is so important in the garden - and yours is particularly impressive!
We're going to be installing irrigation in our garden this year, can't wait to stop dragging the hose around lol 😁
Add some thinly sliced fennel bulb to your arugula salad to take it to the next level! (Credit to my wife - this is her go-to summer salad.)
I would love to see a collab with Acre Homestead now that Becky is moving to a bigger space.
I'll check her out!
Cooool she's so sweet 💚
Oh yeah! I love her no waste mentality.
I must admit, I have not been the best steward with my chickens' eggs. I am challenging myself right now to use, preserve or be a blessing to someone else.
Agree! My 2 fave channels colliding?! Dream!
I'm already too distracted by all these perfect tomatoes.
I love hearing other people admit to the burn out. It makes me feel better and oddly, knowing I’m not the only one who wants to go out in the garden in mid August makes it easier for me to do.
This channel has grown so much, I’m so glad to see all the progress and garden projects!
I could make jars of pasta sauces with all those tomatoes!! Yummy!
I have a packed small garden but I’m still planting veggies!! I can’t wait to plant tomatoes etc etc.
Babka is doing a great job guarding those tomatoes. 11/10
I'm in Goodyear, AZ I own 3 1/2 acres of 5 acre of family land and next door is 10 acres of empty land we had a ditch cut and are able to get irrigation! You can move next door to us we wont mind at all!
I’d love to watch/listen to your story Kevin! I love listening to peoples’ journeys, let alone when it comes to food and homesteading
thank you for answering my question!! I think it would be a fun video idea is "a day in the life of bobka" having a GoPro camera and seeing how she interacts with the garden
I think i got my garden started a bit late this year, I'm in zone 8b but hopefully i can get a decent harvest for the plants that I do have.
I'm in the same zone and same issue. My tomatoes aren't even changing colors yet :(
@@karasax39 I'm in 6b and I started late. My tomatoes haven't even put out fruit yet lol. Frost might hit my area early this year too.
I’m in 8b as well and my cherry tomatoes did good but it’s been so hot and things have been struggling
I can’t wait to see the Epic/MeatEater video(s). I’m a fan of the MeatEater channel’s shows and a regular podcast listener. I might just be their only vegetarian fan.
Then you dropped a Food52 collab on us too? I owe my new found pie crust making skills to Erin McDowell from Food52. Content like this is why I love your channel. You’re really hitting it out of the park Kevin!
I'll be doing all of these!!!
I can recall the first epic homestead episode where you revealed your plans; it was real exciting back then ; i've watched every video since! so you are clearly doing something right! :) Thank you and congratulations on your growth and success.
Thanks Kevin. This was very interesting. Also, those are the reddest most healthy tomatoes I’ve ever seen!
I’m sure you’ve gotten this suggestion before, but you should make baba ganoush with all those eggplants! I don’t like the texture of them and they usually don’t taste like anything normally, but baba ganoush is delicious. A nice, smokey dip and blending it gets rid of the bad texture.
Have a 93 4runner,got it for my dogs,still runs great after all these yrs.and yes I will get 500k miles on it.
Love it!
Looking forward to the MeatEater collab! Been a fan of their stuff for a while now.
My dad got a Rivian and it’s pretty fantastic! People stop him to ask about it all the time 😂
Tempting!
We'd LOVE to have you in North East Texas. The zoning is the same & I have the PERFECT little town for you. Just let me know. Pricing is amazing & the neighbors are wonderful. Several of our friends from NorCal came to visit & they ALL are moving here now. 😀
For the eggplant you could try making baba ganoush with them.
I am looking forward to your collab with Self Sufficient Me!
It is a nice coop though! I'm sure the chickens are happy girls living in that!
Yes, gardening and homesteading knowledge builds on itself for sure.
Thanks for answering my history question! It is really amazing that the home was in within one family from the time it was built to when it was flipped. Since they/their descendants are still around and they already contacted you, you should definitely ask if they have any old pictures of the house through the decades, especially exterior (but interior could be inspiring for your inside home design, I remember you saying that wasn’t your forte). You could have an early one or two framed, or if there’s a lot, you could put copies together in an album to show the home through the years. If the exterior is close to original, look into applying for historic designation and Mills Act; even if you don’t qualify now, you might in the future as the home gets more and more historic with time. 😂
Catfish and Koi👌🏻💯 perfect
I would love to live in San Diego's climate with a year round grow season. The lack of water is def. terrifying though.
I'm looking forward to your next Apocalypse challenge! I don't know about limiting yourself to just what you can produce on your property, but I'm here for it okay! 😆
I enjoyed the bartering, the foraging, the fishing (even though I thought you could do better than just anchovies), and the harvest meal with your friends.
As an Aussie, I love the fact that you love self sufficient me. He’s awesome.
I love the greenhouse series idea. I'm on a small urban lot, 6k sqft, and most of that is in the front yard. While I haven't had problems with a front yard garden (I've met so many neighbors while out gardening) I am concerned with having a greenhouse out there, plus I need a small option for a 40x60 foot area that has multiple raised beds within it. Love to see how you all at EG/EH can give guidance on those circumstances. Love watching you all! 😻
I personally started a gardening group chat with my gardening friends
you're definately inspiring me to garden, even more! geez, i wish i had neighbors like you and Jacques.
You, Kevin, have inspired me to start gardening this year and it's been a huge undertaking to turn my yards into a habitable growing area. Lot's of invasive pothos, skunkvine, goosefoot plants, and weeds! But so far i've got a bunch of little seedlings and some of them are even starting to flower! super excited. Thanks for your videos!
It's quite a journey, good luck w/ it!
You and your channel has definitely inspired me over the past 3 years and has broaden my horizons and I thank you for that.😊💐
Congratulations your business is growing so much. Enjoy watching you and your team.
You probably would like it curried. Dahl soup and maybe roti although rice is easier.
You should film a series called "Garden Eats" where you cook a meal just from the garden. Maybe once a week?
The people that lived in my mom's place long long ago apparently used to bury some of their garbage in the backyard. We found all kinds of old bottles and tins too.
Can't wait to see you and Mark! Keep on being epic!
YOOOOOOOOO you answered my question
Thank you for the video. Y'all have inspired me and given me so many ideas for my own garden. Was talking to my husband about building some raised beds for the front yard, adding some currants and tea bushes, and extending the main in ground garden in the back. I have to fence the back garden because of deer 🦌 but that's ok, that's why we plan. Thanks again for the wonderful video! 💜🔮🌱🐾
Good luck on your deer!!!
If you did raise a crop fish like tilapia, you should consider feeding it a diet that has omega-3's included, as there was research shown that it shows up in the 'end product', and without it, they are pretty omega-3 devoid (especially compared to wild-caught).
I can’t believe your neighbours haven’t been inspired to garden by you! I would absolutely love to have a neighbour like you, I would probably just stand at your fence and stare at your garden all day (probably best you don’t have me as a neighbour then 😄).
ok, babka looks like someone who took some pill :) it is amazing how calm and laid back that cat is!
Lovely to see Bobca in the frame.
I have a wild garden cat just like Bobka. His name is Gray because he's gray. Seven years with mine! He came with my house. Enjoyed the AMA.
I love these informative videos
glad to hear about an upcoming colab with Mark from Self Sufficient Me. love that bloke.
I'm stoked you're doing something with Mark! Self Sufficient Me is such a great channel!
Not sure if this was said already, but Tilapia is not legal to keep in california though they would probably do well personality wise with Koi. I'd probably say that you may want to look into some of the members of the US native sunfish family.
Hunting--Put your name n on the Humboldt County Roosevelt Moose hut. I you get a permit, one moose will fill most of your freezer space or the year!
I recently made my first Epic Gardening purchase and bought and built a Birdie's bed for my parents. They love it. Keep up the good work: my wife and I also started a business from scratch, and it's not easy.
Regarding the chickens, I got mine a few weeks before you did and it's interesting to see the mirrored experiences. Obviously they'll try to eat edibles directly, but there were two issues with free ranging that I wasn't initially expecting which I should warn about:
1. They will make any open mulch+dirt space a dust bath, including pots and raised beds. Every pot with an open square foot of space has been clawed out, even >2ft high pots containing dragonfruit. So I've had to put up hardware cloth and chicken wire in or around everything with open space. My wife complains that the garden looks like a prison (but she still loves the chickens).
I've found the least obtrusive mechanism to be hardware cloth flush with the mulch, followed by low rings of hardware cloth with pointy ends sticking up that can't be easily moved either by their size or with landscape staples. I built my coop, so I had a bunch of scrap sitting around. You don't have to cover it completely: just take away anything that's an open patch.
2. They really like to strip the leaves and stems off of fruit plants. At least a dozen strawberry plants have kicked the bucket, the lower 2 feet of my raspberry canes, and my blueberry bushes. Not so much the figs, maybe the latex sap makes it unappealing.
Truly appreciate you, Shane! Great comments on the chickens. I'll keep this in mind as we build an outdoor run!
Please get people from Canada where the hardiness is different like The Ripe Tomato Farms or any other in 5-6 zones in East. Thanks
Great video. It made me smile to hear you hunt and fish. I have been hunting since I was a young girl. Our freezer is always stocked with venison. It is the best! I have a stone patio that I container garden on. I have several 25 gallon tubs, an area for a chiminea and two fountains. We live on 45 acres in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. I love your channel. It was nice to get to know you a bit better.
I'm no pro, but working on it!
Oh sweet!! Epic greenhouse! I built one out of recycled windows from my house but they didn’t stand the rest of weather and time so I’m revising it.
Oooh, ooh. Tilapia/garden field trip!! Check out Abraxis high school in Poway. They raise and sell plants and more recently added Tilapia! I’m sure they would love to have you out there. Supports all the unique programs for transition students and gives them unique experiences.
You just perfectly described how my brain and memory work. I'm so glad to hear there are more like us! Whatever clicks just never goes away. Personally I really appreciate the way you structure and present information. I noticed you easily summarize and simply explain complex processes. Then you manage to boil theory down to practical guidelines that never feel like hard rules. I'm gardening in northern europe, a completely different climate, but just the way you approach the process, i feel, has been one of the most valuable resources for my past two years of experience. I'm a biologist and, even though you are not, the way you think makes sense to my from that perspective. Keep it up. I would love to keep learning from you.
Appreciate this comment, means a lot to hear this Pop
I love that Jacques and Kevin are always in a video with their antics. It makes gardening so much fun.
AMA for Bobka, what is his origins?
And for Kevin's AMA: Are you going to get a dog? Will you plant kiwifruit? Can you make videos about kiwis.
Yes, and yes!
I am definitely thankful that you woke up one day and decided to record your journey through CZcams. Your story is one that has and will help many! Stay Blessed
Thank you so much!
As you said, showing us the epic options and how you and Jacques talk about stuff inspires our creative thinking and trying stuff out in our own world. Thank you
Can't wait for the self-sufficient me collaboration!!!
I love your cat 😍 your voice is so soothing she just slept through most of it
Looking forward to the future of your channel.
Kevin,
Aquarium expert, here. Please, do not add tilapia, or any other large, aggressive cichlid, in w/ the koi. They will not play well together. If you wish to add something different &/or unusual, a catfish.might be a much better choice.
A couple suggestions: a mid-sized or smaller pleco, which will also help w/ maintenance by noshing on algae. You'll still need to feed it/them after dark (sobtge koi don't gobble up all their food), but they really do help w/ algae.
A native catfish such as a bullhead or madtom (Yellow & Brown bullheads stay reasonably sized @ about a foot long. I had a Brown bullhead for many years that even learned to come to the surface & feed from my hand. 😊
I would like to see an Epic Gardening collab video with James Prigioni about Food Forest. His excitement would go well in an Epic video... FYI, no ties to James haha.... just watch you both.
Id like to know from Bobka if she was confident all the enemies had been destroyed before her snooze. :) Im really excited youre doing collabs with James and Mark.
Kevin,
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Just remember, if you do decide to add more fish, be they koi or otherwise, please quarantine them 1st for A MINIMUM of 1 month. You can do this in a plastic/rubber stock tank (Rubbermaid makes ones all the way up to 300-gallon holding capacity, tho, for most people's purposes, their 100g or 150g is more than enough. All you'!l need is the tank, something to provide basic circulation (as long as you feed very lightly & do weekly 50% water changes, this can be as simple as an airpump/airline/bubbler), & some place for the fish to hide to provide them a sense of security (PVC pipes work great for this).
You don't even need to keep the quarantine tank set up @ all times. Just store it in your garage/shed, then pull it out & set it up when you need it. You can even pull H2O from the pond to fill it. Once the new fish have comp!eted their quarantine & been acclimated into their new forever home, just add/run some bleach thru the qarantine system to sterilize in in prep for the next quarantine inhabitant.
Btw, having a quarantine system on hand is also good should you ever find yourself in need of a fish hospital space for a sick or injured fin-buddy.
Our tilapia and koi coexist fine.
I would love to see a cost breakdown video. I am building a homestead currently
Meat Eater on Epic?! I'm stoked for that.
Great video Kevin! Lots of info.
You bet!
A video with Kevin, Jacque, James, Tuck and Bobca, now that would be epic😁❤️
Great AMA! It would be super great to see some videos on how you prepare for the apocalypse challenge!
Wow those tomatoes look great!
I ❤️ Jacques! And you’re pretty awesome yo, Kevin! 😍😍
It'd be interesting to get on your county website and see if you can pull up old arial footage of your property and find the site of that spring well. Going back through photos all the way to the 1930s really helped me understand some of the things about my property.
wow those tomatoes look AMAZING /kitty sticks her nose in them/
Love the way your homestead is growing . I’m in zone 9a/b in Texas, my main crops this year were tomatoes, eggplants, okra and peppers. My green beans, cucumbers and watermelon 🍉 didn’t do good at all. But then again we had a heatwave and drought. Looks like we’re finally getting some rain. Happy gardening Kevin and many blessings to you and Jacque.
Appreciate you!
In my part of Australia (and many more) if we don’t use shadecloth over the vegetables and plant pots, we run an 80% chance of losing all our hard work. Do you protect your investment (vegetables) or leave them to the elements
Wonderful video! I am looking forward to all the additions you mentioned, especially the greenhouse and cooking videos.
Your tomatoes are upside down! Sorry I couldn't help myself xD All the best buddy
while I completely understand not being able to share all the costs, even when channels receive product or services I think being transparent about the estimated values would be so helpful and educational for viewers. At this point most people know youtube is a business, sharing real world costs helps people make their own decisions and to that end, "expensive" isn't a word that means the same thing to everyone, I have worked in the luxury space for 20 years and what my clients consider "expensive" is unattainable for myself-it's relative to your budget, income and frankly values. You and likely your viewers value what their gardens bring to their lives much more than an average joe so buying a dream plant or tool isn't expensive-it's worth it. All the best!
For sure - I wasn't trying to be evasive, it's just I haven't actually tallied it up. If you start to include team salaries, etc. it gets even more confusing. I'll have to do a more expanded video!
Dude you need to tap back into that natural spring and do some cool stuff with it. Even if it has to be done on the hush-hush from the city or something lol.
I’m super excited about you collaborating with MeatEater! I can’t wait to see what you guys create.
With increasingly frequent water shortages, are you going to look into dry farming some suitable crops in the future? Extra collected rain water can be stored in the ground if your natural rainfall is not enough.
Yes!
Love your honesty. Thanks!
You mentioned the egg plant thing...Try Pasta Grammar
Try Moussaka with the egg plant. Then you don’t taste them too much. ☺️
Sooo with all the stuff I’ve purchased from Epic Gardening, I probably paid the salaries of at least 2 full-time employees. LOL! Worth it!
We appreciate you Anna! You keep us going!
I'll buy one of those extra broadforks from ya. I've been itching to get one soon & I think we're not too far from each other, neighbor (I live in Escondido)!
So funny, I was just listening to some of the older podcast episodes and you brought up the same arugula salad.
Tried and true!
Thank you for taking the time to answer viewers' questions. Just a suggestion to improve content...how about adding a picture window in a quadrant of the frame (think: news anchor) where you can add photos of the things you are describing? For example, this would've been helpful in the segment where you were talking about garden shoes. If you in the mood, it can also add a comedic element, too.
Great call!
I can't wait for the collabs!
In my gardening, I wish I had a longer growing season, I only have 150 average days in Eastern WA, zone 6
But, things seem to grow pretty well if I water. (Gets up into the 100s every summer and 110s sometimes) too hot, I wish I could move to a climate like Seattle. 😂