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- An introduction to our Homestead, our CZcams and our family! We show you the land we purchased, what we plan on doing with it and WHY!
I'm a 68 yr old Aussie grandma and am delighted to find your channel.I was a single mother and I raised my kids out in the country ( picking spuds, and then sorting them). My kids went to school on the school bus. I made a large vege garden, and owned a goat ...those were the best time of our lives. It's so great to see youngsters doing what you are. I am now a minimalist...got rid of pretty much everything I didn't NEED. It was like a weight off my shoulders. I truly wish you all the best!
love this.
Feel blessed to read this and to find Homestead On The Rock channel! I am sure the channel would love to grow up alongside Koah!
You’ve got this! I’m 62 and have just built … on my own … a tiny house on wheels to live in, in the Victorian High Country, to live as self sufficiently as I can.
If I can start this lifestyle at 62 your little family can most definitely achieve your dreams. I’m so looking forward to following your journey. - Donna
That is so cool :)
Praise God it’s rare to see young Aussie’s together happily married at a young age and with children.
Well listening to you all towards the end I then realised that you place your faith and trust in Christ which makes a massive difference.
Good on you both for stepping out of the system and making it out on your own.
Amen, Christ is the first thing in our life's. Everything else will follow when God is put first with everything in our lifes ❤
Oh it’s so good to see Australians doing a homestead building CZcams channel, I look forward to watching you build 🙂
We agree! thanks heaps for the support
Yes I agree. I’ve been following a lot of homesteaders from America, so nice to see one from my home country 😊
Lovely to see more Aussies homesteaders. We move to our land 2 years ago and love it. ❤
I'm so glad I found your video so happy for you both we are watching your videos from Srilanka I've seen homsteds in the USA Canada but this is the first time one in Australia I'm happy I can see all your doing from the start wishing you all the very best of luck. We have chickens ducks Turkeys dog's in a small scale lot of fruit trees some vegetables I enjoy my garden very much both of you are right to start small as you need to learn before going farming in a big place. God blees you both and the sweet little one. ❤👍👍👍
I am African based in Australia. I have subscribed because i love living with nature and simple natural life. As a Palliative Care Nurse, I have been visiting Australian who live in Small plots of Sydney and i really love it.
Well done guys. Young and wise
I like the feels of this. I am sensing a value system and a way of thinking close to my own. I have subscribed, Just remember your values are always more important than views, don’t let the comments section deter you from calling a spade a spade. You will find your village here stay true. Looking forward to following your journey and wishing you incredible success.
Oh wow we really appreciate this comment ❤❤ already finding everything you have said to be true! very glad to have you supporting us and our journey x
Great comment. I'm here to basically say the same.
Well done so far so good little steps, we are eighty and have a quarter acre with fruit trees veggies chickens keeps you healthy too out in the fresh air.we have solar panels and water tanks also .
As well as your faith you are giving you children a great gift of learning alongside you,and strengthening your marriage by working for the same goals.look forward to seeing your progress.
You can begin with seeds in a sunny window and pop them in bigger pots while your getting organized.
Blessings Nana D
Well done, we need more Aussie homesteaders on CZcams. Hopefully you can start your veggie garden as your building.
Thank you!! We agree, it seems there isn't many big channels in Australia but we're hopeful we can grow into one! And yes im trying to keep the build simple and quick so I can get started in the garden straight away haha!
@@Homestead_OnTheRock_hello, may I ask which suburbs of Victoria is this? I am looking for land of that price too. Thanks in advance 😊
Its easy to grow your own food. Eating what you have grown yourself is absolute Joy.
I’m at the opposite end of the spectrum in that I have sold the farm now and retired to a lovely little beach town in central Queensland. I love to see young people having a go and trying to be as self sufficient as they can these days. I have subscribed and will offer any suggestions that I think may be helpful for you. The best way to learn about growing food is to just get started. Dig a patch and plant some seeds. You will be surprised at how quickly you will learn. Having a worm farm is a great idea because it will keep your plants strong and healthy and they will thrive with some worm juice. We never used any chemicals in our garden. We just used the worm juice and we had such an abundance of food. Smaller houses are a great choice because it will free up more time to spend in the garden. 😊😊 You youngsters have a great philosophy. You are very wise to get started now because this system is on the verge of collapse.
Yes thank you for this thoughtful comment ❤.
Thanks for supporting us and we’ll happily take any advice from people who know more than us! We have a lot to learn 🙌🏼
Are you in Yeppoon?
I'd suggest checking with your local council guidelines. 1/4acre is usually zoned as residential, not "land" or rural like you seem to be desiring. Which means they impose restrictions like no roosters, no livestock (goats) etc. A residential block, means neighbours close by who complain about noise, smells etc so even if you try to sneak in the rooster or goat or whatever, someone will dob you in. Same as the tree you think might need removing, it didn't look like it was within your fence line so you probably wont have any say in removing or even pruning it. Some councils wont let you collect rain water for consumption. You can collect for irrigation but not for drinking. Again, council specific. Hopefully you were aware of this and did some of these checks before purchasing the block. Good luck to you all :) You've started and that's more than many people ever do.
Have they got 1000sqm? They can do a fair bit on that. Maybe not a rooster. But they’re horribly noisy anyway.
This is so true about neighbours and councils, but do what you want until you can't. The goat will be trouble, they eat everything, but if you keep it enclosed in an area with a very strong and high fence it's doable. Don't let others stop you, you might be the first person who figures out a solution. Do it the Aussie way, have a go mate! Sending you all lots of love, so happy to see young people doing this instead of succumbing to the conveniences of the matrix system.
Just be super friendly with your neighbours and gift them eggs, fruit, veg, honey. They will be more forgiving and you might even inspire some to make some sustainability changes
Hey Thanks for your comment! You're correct this is residential land and we do have neighbors which will limit some of our options! We still believe 1/4 acre is a great start for us as we have little to no experience and can use this land as a great stepping stone in our homesteading journey! We will be sure to keep things neighbor & council friendly while we hope to inspire a lot of other people who only have a smaller block that Homesteading is a way of life and not just the size and location of your land! Really appreciate your comment/advice! xx
@@Homestead_OnTheRock_ in our council, as we're surrounded by dairy farm land, we're allowed roosters.
Guinea fowl are noisy & fly. Turkeys are big.
Start with chooks.
Focus on planting fruit trees & designing your garden beds to be self sufficient.
We're 4yrs on our block & just starting to get fruit off our trees.
Daley's fruit trees is a great place to buy foods. Also Bush Tucker native plants
I’m so excited to be here at the beginning! My husband and I live in the US and we are both retired and both disabled. I watched the birth video first and it was astonishing. We aren’t going to be starting a homestead but I feel like I could get a lot of uplifting and educational content and that’s hugely better than most of what the US has going on right now especially! So happy to be here at the beginning of your journey on You Tube. Sending love and peace to your family from mine! Jesus is helping me through some intense times in my life and I hope to learn more about Him as well! ❤️💫🌸💫❤️
Oh wow this is such a wholesome comment! thank you and im hopeful we can provide the Uplifting and educational content you will enjoy! Hope things get better for you over there soon! Bless ya sister xx
Just found your channel. We’re currently owner/builder on a 2.5 acre block in regional SA for many of the reasons you’ve stated.
Some tips that we’ve learnt along the way. Get a permaculture designer involved ASAP. They can help you maximise the production value of your land, whilst minimising the amount of work you have to do to maintain it as things will be working in harmony. You ideally want to do this before you plant trees/build infrastructure as it makes it easier to have it all in the right place to start with. Living with the land for at least every season will help with that process too.
Self sufficiency sounds ideal, but community and redundancy is even better. No man is an island, and you want to build up a supportive community you can rely on for advice and support in the difficult seasons. This especially includes producers of things you can’t grow yourself, as well as other local gardeners who can give you hints and help.
While going off grid sounds great, the reality in Oz is that if the water/sewer runs past your block you’ll have to pay regardless. So don’t be too dismissive of that, especially on a budget. We don’t have water to our block, and the infrastructure cost to be completely off grid, especially when growing your own food isn’t small. It’s also built in redundancy in a drought to have mains water to keep growing your food.
A small house sounds great, but if you plan to expand your family further whilst growing and storing your own food, it might be wiser to build a bit bigger house so that you don’t outgrow it too quickly. Food storage takes up a lot more room than you realise, especially if you start to factor in meat as well as fruits and vegetables, so you need to make sure you have sufficient space for that. A years supply of vegetables is a lot, especially for a growing family.
Whilst a wood fire sounds good, it’s a lot of upkeep and possible expense when you don’t have land of your own to cut the wood from. We have instead designed our house using as many passive haus principles as possible, so we have low energy usage for heating/cooling. This in turn means we can eventually use a solar system with batteries to provide that free of charge, and it won’t need any inputs from us to keep us warm/cool. So that’s something to consider, especially as you’re trying to do things lower cost, and a good wood fire isn’t cheap.
I look forward to following along and seeing your homestead progress!
100% Great advice
Whereabouts in SA are you? Much of it is so arid, but I guess if you've got mains water, that makes it less difficult.
WOW thank you! there is so much great advice in this comment and I agree with everything you have said! Beautiful thing about documenting our journey is that people like yourself who take the time to help actually are a part of story and help build our homestead! Thank you x
@@Homestead_OnTheRock_ This is all great advice here! I would add that you can still build small but design it so you can easily extend or add an additional “pod” or two. Build what you need & add as you need & can afford. So think of a possible future extension footprint when planning your garden.
I’m curious what you do for jobs. Do you have a tradie background? Best of luck to you 👍👍
@@rebeccasnell2953 I don’t have mains water to my block, so we’re off grid for water as the cost to put in 135,000L of rainwater storage was less than the cost to run a trickle feed to my block (which would still require a storage tank, just smaller). Plus it doesn’t have quarterly supply charges.
We’re on the YP within prime farming land so rainfall is reasonable, although this year has been drier. We’re not ready to move in yet, but the tank is full, and it’s calculated to be almost 2 year of water at our current usage without the garden factored in. Once we have a shed we’ll put more tanks off that for further redundancy, with the aim of 2 years of house and garden usage in storage.
We’ll also focus on permaculture methods combined with water wise gardening to minimise the water needed to grow our food.
This 70 year old applauds your ambition ❤
I have lived in the country all my life....living natural and self reliant, is always the best.
Glad to have your support! We’re so excited to learn and live like this 🙌🏼
It is refreshing to see an Aussie family, make they're journey through building a home and a life for yourselves, I've subscribed can't wait to follow your journey ❤😊
I'm so glad to hear you guys are Biblical Christians - which we are too and have the same views. I'd love to connect with you guys in future God willing. I'll be praying for you until our fateful meeting. If anyone else is a believer in the Central QLD area (or intending on moving there) please let me know as we would desire to open our block up to others who are looking to escape. We have 50 "cleared" (regrowth) acres at the front on a 6.5km dead end dirt road the council never visits. The other 200 acres are conservation-grade dry eucalypt woodlands.
“Having a mortgage” also means working, away from said home, to pay for it
Your away 90% of the time slaving away to pay for something you are not enjoying
It doesn’t make sense
Yes, we are in a position where we have debt, but are both lucky enough to work from home so get to enjoy it all day everyday.
I’m going to sound old here (47) but I’m so impressed with your family’s conscious decision to live within your means, not have some big fancy house, and to want to improve your health and self reliance
So refreshing! looking forward to binge watching your other episodes!
If you 2 are still together after 6 months of doing this you’ll be together forever. Good luck
Especially with 2 young kids!
Great to see another Aussie CZcams channel doing a budget build, we are excited to watch your journey it’s good to see a young family living on a budget within their means.
It is so refreshing to come across a young family wanting to live this lifestyle I wish you all the best on this journey and I have subscribed to follow along
Well done guys. I’m at the other end, 62, so I can understand your excitement. A couple of tips: get your fruit trees in now, July, to give them time to mature asap. You have more than enough space to be self sufficient especially if you plan it properly. It would be nice to give that gum tree a good trim to about half its size rather than remove it. Your goal to be debt free, or as close to as possible, is about the best goal you can have. Growing your own food can be labour intensive at the beginning but it will save you a ton of money and once your beds are producing it’s much easier. Being debt free will mean you probably won’t waste money on smokes, gambling, clubbing, drinking or expensive cars which not only will save a ton of money but give you the time to spend growing your own food. Speaking from experience, eating food you have grown seems to taste better and makes your wallet smile. Don’t be frightened to spend good money on quality items, believe me it pays off in the end. Together, you have set your goals and you have each other when it gets tough so please don’t listen to negative people or comments, there’s always those that will try and tear you down to make themselves feel better. A quote you may find inspiration from: The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered "Man! Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”
Sorry about the lecture. Cheers and good luck from a very happy, debt free retiree. Stuart.
Re the gumtree, what about falling limbs? That might be why they want to remove it.
Wise words❤
No apology needed mate we appreciate the advice!
Thanks heaps for the detailed comment and all your suggestions! We have a lot to learn so we're going to be building our dreams with the help of people like yourself!
thanks mate and all the best !
@@rebeccasnell2953 If you trim it back hard, the remaining limbs will be strong so won’t fall.
@@Homestead_OnTheRock_ Thanks guys👍
Good luck to you all. Victoria is a wonderful state to live in. The kindness of the people is so heart warming. I’m in central vic and we were going to build a straw bale. Well stuff happened & we had to quickly change plans. I’m glad we did as we have a lovely home we owner built. We went from having a design with stumps to a concrete waffle slab. I’m so glad we did. On these beautiful sunny days (which are often) the sun hits the slab warming our home. The temp in winter sun inside is 21-23c. I light the fire around 4-4.30pm. So only burn wood until 9.30 pm. With all the insulation it’s good. Yes we built a north facing house to capture the rays and had 900ml eaves. Wish we went a bit wider as the sun is still hitting the double glazed windows in the summer. We put louvre windows though on the south side which brings cool breezes in the summer. I get the feeling of not wanting concrete but once laid it is an amazing energy source & cooling system if you can keep the sun off it in the summer. Walk your land, get to know the winds and what time they flow mostly. Understand the frosts. They are mighty cold and can destroy your plants quickly if you don’t work with them. Citrus bushes are best placed on north side of a wall for protection from frosts. I used to grow onions but decided it wasn’t worth the effort for the cost of store bought. I focus on things I want to enjoy & grows easily. Love your attitude with debt. Just remember there’s good debt & bad debt. Building your own home is stressful so ensure you have gifts to yourself along the way. Don’t compromise on the important things that help you build the life you want.
This is such a great comment! thank you xx
Plant fruit trees along the front fence, they will help act as a bit of a sound barrier once grown, and then you have the benefits of eating and preserving the fruits.
So good to see another young aussie couple who love Jesus moving foward in life and making well informed decisions after doing their own research on things such as chemicals and nutritional values of store bought un organic products, food self reliance and sustainability as well as jaby jabs. Yes my wife and I (35 weeks pregnant) just watched your birth vlog too!
Keep it up 😊
Jesus is king ❤
THANK YOU ❤ we have a lot to learn but obviously believe we’re on the right track as well!!
Oh wow all the best for your birth as well ❤
Amen 🙏
Glad to have you supporting us x
So much to love here. Faith in Jesus to direct your path! Confidence. Optimism. Youthful enthusiasm. Openness to new experiences. Eagerness to learn. Practicality. Self-sufficiency. Love. Family. Finding a community. I could go on and on but I'm here to follow your story. As someone who is coming up 2 years on land, thank you for sharing your aspirations and how you overcome the challenges with us.
Good to see young people having a go and trying to be self sufficient and getting out of the debt trap. Good luck to you and family.
Fruit trees are worth it but put them where they’ll get watered. And only a couple of what you eat. Peach, apple, lemon, orange or mandarin etc. A mini orchard. You can get dwarf trees. But get them in because you probably need 5 years on them.
Apricot is also a good one.
Remember that many need pollination by another one!
I'd say start thinking about large shade trees for the hot weather. Start looking now and watch where the sun moves over your property over the seasons.
My trees are at the back which is West.
My brother and sister-in-law had 16 perches 13 km from Brisbane CBD and they had a 100 year old workers cottage and they had bees, chickens and nearly all of their food growing on their little patch of paradise. You guys are going to crush it and I’m so happy CZcams sent you my way. Can’t wait to keep up with your journey from my little house in rural Toowoomba, Queensland 💗🇦🇺🙏
I love you guys. This is what the world needs. Get back to simplicity. You give me hope for the next generation. God bless you. You are amazing.
Aw thank you so much xx God bless you Sue
New subscriber here. So encouraging to see this in Australia. Australia needs more young families choosing this wholesome lifestyle, and sharing on You Tube.
Good on you, and greetings from Western Australia! 🇦🇺
Hi, I suggest animals and chickens be placed on the side where the gums are, cause vegetables would struggle near them cause they will suck up all the water. Enjoy your dream
Agree...we had similar situation, where the gums thrived at the expense of the garden/ veggies. Even raised beds had gum roots invading.
Congratulations on becoming as self sufficient as possible...if one thing ' covid' taught us, was that growing our own fruit and veg was the best choice ever.
Our veg patch is 'out front' because that's where the sun is ( and it becomes a talking point for passing neighbours 😅).
Good on you !
Thanks heaps for these comments!
We will definitely be getting rid of one of those trees and we’re planning to not start any “permanent” garden beds until we know exactly where the best spots are!
Appreciate having you guys share advice for us ❤
100 this! We tried our veggies 2 years in a row near our gums & finally realised the roots of the gums weren't helping. Moved all the veggies & the following year were reaping the rewards. 🍅🎃🌽🌿
The best adventure is your own piece of land. Sometimes observation is the best first step of rain, drainage, sun, wind etc followed by carefully designing all the elements. Permaculture is a great system to plan with. I’ve been self sufficient in fruit and vege before but due to our drying climate think my main growing season is now autumn to spring to avoid summer watering. All the best guys !!
Love the reasons why you called it Homestead on the Rock. God bless your family and I look forward to seeing you thrive.
Welcome to our little town 🎉 it’s full of lovely kind people. We will try to say hello next time we are in town (we purchased a house there in 2021 with similar intentions to you but life had other plans). Good luck on the project and sing out if you want duck eggs for incubating (we always have excess in spring/summer). Council is pretty flexible with animals and has really clear guidelines on what you can and can’t do with your land.
Which town is it? 😃
Congratulations guys! 🎉🎉
Awesome job.
I had the same problems in WA…. Not much around for under $100,000…. Found somewhere for $69,000 an hours drive from Perth, 1800sm.
I found that the water corporation here would connect my property to the mains for only $200 to water my garden -IRRIGATION . Instead of the almost $2000 they want when you’re submitting house plans with your water application. Thought I’d let you know… as it’s a huge money saver. 😁
I also found that in the year I spent planting the garden out one set of neighbours were “Karen’s”… which was good to find out before I built. I ended up selling that block and buying slightly out of town.
I have a similar vision.. I live off grid and every day is an adventure… it’s heaps of work…. But it’s the work that we as humans were designed to do pre-industrialisation. Is good for the soul.
100% agree with being debt free over a mortgage slave. I’d rather live in a small cabin debt free than a house with a fat mortgage.
I’ve subscribed.. and look forward to seeing your journey. ❤️
Oh that is a great tip I will look into it!
Thanks heaps for your comment, advice and support!
Glad to have people like you supporting our journey and we appreciate you reaching out x
@@Homestead_OnTheRock_ you’re very welcome-think u guys have got the right idea going mortgage free and as sustainable as possible. Too many people end up in miserable jobs being slaves to mortgages or other debts. Saving until u can afford is the old fashioned way-before all this easy credit-credit which further enslaves you.
Looking forward to seeing your adventures. ❤️
Hey we just bought a small block too 1hr out in Toodyay, are you by any chance in the wheatbelt area?
@@rangaroo6385 hey-yes I am-I’m close to York. On 2.5 acres. I had to ditch the York block due to the “Karen’s” next door. lol.
And being in town was still too close to people.
How long have u had ur block? I’m 7mths in. lol and I absolutely LOVE it. 😁
It makes sense to prioritize the kitchen, in a homesteading scenario. You can never have too much counter space, when it comes down to harvesting and processing. A sizable covered deck/porch with a large table and a ceiling fan, where you can use a large canner(gas or electric), would be a good thing if you don't want your small cottage to be steamed out and be overpowered with large scale canning smells or chicken soup/broth production. Also, don't forget a large chest freezer.
Don't even think about goats. They are the hardest animals to keep. They eat everything and are escape artists. You have to know how much chicken feed costs in your area and plan for that cost to go up.
Good for sharing about Jesus! Keep doing that! Great name and be blessed on your new place.🌿🌸
This is so exciting. When you chop the tree down don't throw it away, cut them into smaller pieces and use the logs and twigs for the garden ( do hugelkultur).
Make sure that when you plan your house, you do it in such a way that you can extend in the future if you need to. Small & cosy is fine when the kids are small but as they grow they'll need more room.
Bravo. Nice to hear young ones with such good values etc.
As a 16 yo man I was lucky to meet an old man. He seemed very content to me so I listened with great interest to him.
One of his tips was to never get a loan.
I'm now 52. I've never been in debt.
I worked and saved hard and went without.
I own (caretaker) my own land. Live off grid. And love it.
It's a humble home yet to me it's a great way to live.
Go well
The weedy gardener has some great gardening tips ❤
He is fabulous and Geoff Lawton
Well done mate, we all start from the bottom, but it feels so much better when you accomplish your goals knowing it was all from your own hard work.
Some friendly advice, if you are starting gardening as I have recently, the CZcams channel "selfsufficientme" is awesome, good Aussie guy with a wealth of knowledge over there, and the guy grows so many fruits and vegetables.
Also with those big trees close to your property be sure to build your home with adequate termite protection in mind, I would recommend to go out and inspect those trees and look for any evidence of termites living in them.
Good luck on your journey.
@@vzgsxr thanks mate I appreciate your comment!
I watch his CZcams channel, he’s great isn’t he!
Yes we will do that!!
Cheers buddy
Good work brother - we're also doing the same thing on our 250 acre block, the future site of Goodly Greening in Golden Fleece. I've made many efforts to recording progress and perspective views from my first and until-now-only 8 months on The Land behind Childers, Central Queensland near to Bundaberg) I had been instrumental in design implemention from Japan over messenger to my 75 year old father (who suffered a mad concussion from falling timber).
With my pregnant-from-2nd-Feb-to-2-Oct Japanese wife and our 2 year old born-in-Yokohama-Kanagawa-Prefecture boy, Sunny; we remained in a shipping container without a door - but our family time was so precious (only I working 3 days a week at the Quarry in Biggenden).
We went from growing organic, hand planted, no-till, channel irrigated and managed rice and veges doing Japanese carpentry on 240 year old traditional thatched roof buildings.
Us too haven't come to the time of compiling our footage quite yet. It's been spread throughout formats, folders and devices (one broken to the degree of 3.2Tb but currently having a data recovery done at a cost).
I now run the Cairns Botanic Gardens while I work to complete my newly purchased PDC and Permaculture Teacher Certificate by Morag Gamble (only other Bill Mollison pioneers next to Geoff Lawton who was given that authority).
I've only now had my own computer for the first time in 2 years - since Japan - to be able to handle and arrange my files and folders for preparing content.
I'd really, very strongly, recommend you put some type of syntropic consortium with a strata of 4 (min) or 5 with 4 species of canopy trees to 15m at the front of your property. Native and exotic - they all have an ecosystem service. Choose what grows best around you, to establish noise and pollution barrier between yourselves and that main road. Plan to have a kink in your driveway to accommodate better protection. If you have a more frequently used route (think of directions delivery trucks are more likely travel from to your property) - direct your driveway to receive traffic from that side. We never go south of our gate (because it's a 14km dead end) so our road side gates will actually be oriented (at the post) to allow for the least amount of turning and the most amount of clearance.
Do very dense planting of everything you can find seeds for. Use fruit whose seed won't be true to type (cut the bad performers down and still have ample). Grow your veg in the gaps in the meanwhile as your placenta plants (with cassave and banana). If you plant densely enough, your inner micro-habitat will be protected from frost. You'll probably be able to grow everything and more with good design.
If you would like to get in contact through our Instagram page at Goodly Greening.
I'd love to provide as much assistance as possible to you guys.
Much love and many blessings. This journey is worthy of the destination.
Jaiden.
Very excited for your growing family.... doing things "outside the system" is my favourite kind of content :)
You’re on the right track. Take nano steps and realise that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Don’t be hard on yourselves when the wheels take a long time to turn around, because turn around they will. The Universe has opened a door and provided a platform where you can make a real difference for others keen to follow your example. Accept advice gracefully, but stay true to your dreams and do what’s right for you and your growing family going forward. I’m looking forward to following your weekly journey.🙏👩🌾
Absolutely big debts that we have these days is detrimental to health.
For quite a few decades many of us were born into financial entrapment. Its a conditioning of society created by corporates and corrupt politicians.
Love what you guys are doing and definitely you will have better quality of life.
100%! Thanks mate we to take agree!!
Not easy to start but it’s already very rewarding!
Guinea fowl are a bit challenging, noisey and like to roam. Quail are fantastic crazy fast growing and easy and fast to process. Learn how to espalier your fruit trees so you can grow them against your fences and in rows. Research forage trees that grow in your area for your goat. Join a local permaculture group and visit their gardens ask for cuttings they will probably give you loads and especially comfrey for your soil. Herbs give you the best bang for buck start them in pots ready to plant near the kitchen. Learn how to compost and get working on your soil asap. Put the word out to family members all Christmas and birthdays presents to be seeds, tools, or plants. Good luck you are going to have a fantastic time.
How cool!
I’ve got the same size block and just starting my build now as an owner builder.
It’s been a lot of work but you can design what you want to suit your budget and needs.
Looking forward to seeing your build/ block development come to fruition😊
Saw your video for the first time. Really enjoyed it. I subscribed. Looking forward to being with you from the start of the build. I am a born again Christian, lovely to hear of your faith in Jesus. Love from Western Australia.
You have heaps of gardening space. As when you landscape / design gardens your land will open up more visually giving it debth and height and length.
You could build multiple large gardens ; small special trees, bushes, flower & rose garden diversity & food. Trees that feed! Rose petals are full of vit C to eat.
I saw the mug at 1:40 and immediately liked and subscribed 😉 ✝️
Spot on brother haha appreciate the support
Have your soil tested. Until you get to doing it proper, throw down heaps of sunflower seeds. Certain varieties clean the soil.
Radishes are easier/quicker to grow than carrots and are similar to potatoes when roasted, but much healthier
Hi! So glad to see another Aussie homesteader. Congratulations on your land purchase.
I would highly recommend Heritage Fruit tree nursery and their wide selection of dwarf fruit trees so you can have a larger selection of fruits on your size block. The great benefit of going that way is you can grow them in large pots so they can be moved until after your home build is complete. Eden seeds and Happy Valey seeds are good sources for heirloom seeds.
Aussie Mushroom supplies are a fantastic, affordable Aussie company to get your preserving jars and pressure canning needs. Forjars canning lids are the best quality.
I love this! And yes your block is definitely enough to have a house and all the fruit and vegetables you can eat. My grandparents grew ALL their fresh produce for decades. He had fruit trees too, because some fruits and veg needed some shade.
I’d have chickens, bees, goats and quails. Quails are really easy to look after and cheap to raise. They sell for $$$$.
You can sell produce at a local farmers market too. Honey sells really well
Honestly if I could rewind the clock and relive my life, I would buy a block and build a humble home, grow my own food etc. I lost decades just working to build a home…Priorities were wrong and societal expectations made me think that was what I had to do
You probably already know this, but before you get your goats and rabbits, make sure you have good containment pens to prevent them getting out and into your gardens. You will be surprised how destructive they can be although very cute and I adore them. Being able to tether a "lawnmower" is a great help and they give you lovely fertilizer for your garden. Prepare the soil well organically, to keep it producing good quality food. I like the self sufficient style of life, but I am not in the position to do it. All the best to you. It is going to be nice to see how you build your lifestyle on this block. 😀
I love your vision and dream and to own animals etc. I’m not sure how much chicken meat you will get from a small space but homegrown are delicious.🤤 I live off grid Nth NSW on 5 acres. It’s a long learning curve that never ceases. It’s hard to be in the system (wages, insurance, mechanics etc) and be off grid/homestead living. The more you can make money from the land and these videos the better for you all. I’m wishing you all the very best on your adventure. It’s tough but gratitude for your life you are creating always wins.
Well done. Being debt free is amazing. Look into syntropic gardening. It's absolutely fantastic. Especially if you want to be self-sufficient.
Absolutely 😊
Thanks for sharing your dream and that you found affordable land too. A small homestead is my dream I’m moving towards. Right now I’m practicing on a 590m2 suburban Melbourne block with chickens and big gardens. This year I’m hoping to produce all the tomatoes, chillies, pumpkins/squash, potatoes, relishes, jams and pickles we’d use in a year and work on onions. It’s definitely possible to produce loads in a small space. This is my second year coming in this home. Take a look at Roots and Refuge if you’re interested in dairy goats. Jess has breeds which she kills (apparently a sweet milk) and makes farmers cheese etc with it.
Good luck, be sure to familiarise yourselves with bushfire construction requirements for your block and the energy efficiency requirements for new builds.
I think I’m going to really love this channel🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
You can place cattle panels along your entire fence line for tomatoes, beans, cucs, butternuts, etc and free up the ground for potatoes, greens, brassicas, capsicums etc. pay attention to the northern exposure fence lines
Here in Aussie land we need to be aware of the southern fence lines for shadows. But your advice is good in a small area.
Exactly right. The cattle panels are great for climbers and I find the butternuts are bigger growing off the ground and no rotting when it's rains. I put my zucchini the in ground under them, it's great for pollination of flowers of both plants. A good Aussie gardening channel to follow is "self sufficient me" Good luck😊
Great philosophy. We have been indocrinated to rely on corporations. Well done for taking the lead. Look forward to the journey. Keep manifesting your reality. xx
WOW I love what you guys are doing and I can’t wait to see your progress!
My partner and I did the same thing. Got out of Sydney and travelled around for a bit, but we always wanted to buy some land and build our own house.
It took us 5 years to find our ‘block’, 5 hours north of Sydney. We got 3 acres with a dam and a building entitlement. Bought it while living in Darwin! When we arrived we also camped on our block for a week, before we got more long term accommodation. That was back in 2012/13.
Took us wayyyy longer to build than expected, but we moved in at lockup stage in 2016, and finally finished the house in 2019/20.
I studied horticulture in 2019, plus also did The Healthy Patch Formula online course (highly recommended) so I’m growing my own produce and I’ve just started my food forest. I love every second I spend in the garden.
We ended up building using a shed kit, but framed it out inside like a house, and made a beautiful little cottage. We are on stand alone solar so no power bills, we have rainwater tanks totalling over 80,000 litres so no water bills, and we have a reed bed system to deal with our black water. Our grey water is diverted to our garden. We are debt free and loving life!
You will also love your life too, you are definitely on the right track, I wish you all happiness and good luck for your future - I can’t wait to watch your progress
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Excellent decision. There will be viewers who have a lot of helpful info to share about the "self-suffish" (partly) lifestyle.
Haha I haven’t heard that yet but I’m going to steal it!!
“Self- suffish” 😂
Exactly what we’re all aiming for haha
Great work guys, you cant have 1 goat, two min to keep them happy. look forward to seeing how you get on, good luck
Whoohoo, sounds fantastic. Congratulations on the purchase of land. Sending so much love, peace and abundance. I look forward to watching your progress ✨🌿💖🌿✨
Lovely to find you guys!
We bought 20ac old home 3 yrs ago, homesteading, homelearning..life is good! Look forward to following your journey ❤
This is such a great find today!
Thank you CZcams algorithms😆
We are doing the same with our family. It’s certainly not fast or easy, but I know the long term gain will be worth the short term pain. The last 4 years have shown us what kind of a system we have been in and we also didn’t like it and made moves to get out of it.
I pray the Lord gives you wisdom in all of your decision making and really guides every step. I look forward to watching your journey and knowing we’re not the only beginners out there in Oz who also love the Lord!
Wow! God bless you! Now I wish I lived in Australia. Hard finding community and fellow believers with these convictions!
This was my dream 40 years ago. You can do this. It will take time, and you'll make mistakes, but you will learn from the mistakes. I wish you all the best in your new lifestyle.
Good luck you will make it happen we have just done the same started 4 years ago get your garden going soon as you can
Yes building the house at the back of the block will give you privacy at the front and the fruit trees will deaden the street noise. I have an abandoned cottage with a 1/4 acre overgrown block, 6 months in, lots of work but loving it.
That's it guys, you have worked it OUT! I have known this for years but have only started to act on it waiting for retirement to do it.this has cost me decades of stress and anxiety and now my health. I'm looking for land now to do the same thing. Your right finding the land is the start and what you can afford. I'm looking in nsw so is even harder but I need to be close to my family. My body is now broken from decades of manual labor and abusive business owners or corporations that got rich from their staff breaking their backs, stealing their penalty rates and superannuation etc. I was a single mother trapped in menial jobs paying rent for decades. my health is poor from relying on poor food products or worse from supermarkets. Teach yourselves permiculture principals and source heritage seeds that are non gmo etc. Look into your water catchment too. The days are gone that rainwater is a healthier option. You are on the right path for your beautiful baby to have a better healthier life. I will try to keep watching your posts. Good luck.
I’m west Australian but lived in Melbourne for three years about 11 years ago. I just Love Victorians. I love their vibe, they are so nice and relaxed. Enjoy the journey. Love how you’ve set goals and taking sensible steps toward achieving them. Well done gorgeous people x
Good on you guys. Best place to start would be a permaculture design. You can do a course or get someone to do a design for you. Join a permaculture group with like minded people and you can learn from them and not have to make the mistakes they made and make all your dreams come true, have a wonderful life and heal our planet all at the same time. People like you are the future.
I'm just checking out your videos. We started our homestead in 2015 in Arizona. Last year, we started building our main home and it's been an exciting journey...still learning from a good friend helping.
Just startedJan 24 plant what you won’t to eat and I job at a time
Good luck
Good to see Aussie homesteaders
Hey I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting this. Timing is perfect, may your path be blessed!
Awesome praise Yah , it's so nice to hear a young Australian family wanting to homestead.
We just purchased 2.5 acres in Tasmania and are going to be doing the same...we are going to do hydroponics so can grow year round and don't have to worry about pests and weather!
I am 57 and have never had a mortgage.....for all of the reasons. Thankyou for sharing with the younger generations. xx
I'm new to your channel, Im a single homesteader. I have a few acres and a tiny home. I'm at the process of building my veg gardens. And i have some fruit trees and a few chooks. I'm in country Victoria . I wish you and your family aĺl the best. After 6 years, i can say it's a huge commitment but very worthwhile. All the best cheers.
Growing your own veggies and having chickens are the best. We love the homesteading life in Australian ❤
You will definitely be able to grow all your veg and fruit trees.
You will be so excited to pick your first carrots, to watch your pumpkins grow, to dig your potatoes. I wish you well, and much success in your future. There will be many fun times, and there will be stressful times ( especially living in the van with babies - I’ve been there!) , but persevere and you will be so glad, have something to look back on with much pride. God bless.
Great approach. Well done for allowing people out there to know that a dream of a home is possible if they are open to alternative towns.
Good onyas. Congrats on ur purchase, and good luck for the future.👍🍻🎯🇦🇺
I too am really excited to follow along on your quest for self reliance. Couldn’t agree more about our food system being broken, it seems to coincide with a health system that is becoming overwhelmed, it’s the food people that’s making us sick. Whilst I’m not in a position to do what you lovely people are doing i did vow never to eat processed food again, making everything I eat from scratch. I’m looking forward to getting to know you better through your channel and watching your little family grow. All the best to you both.
So excited for this Aussie homesteading channel!
I’m a new subscriber in 2024 😊. Looking forward to seeing you going forward . Keep it real darlins . I’m in Western Australia 🇦🇺.
This is something I've dreamt of. I personally don't think I'd ever be self-sufficient, to this extent. However, I would like to have at least my own garden where I can get my own fruit and veg. I wish you guys the best of luck with building your home and I hope that your garden will flourish. I also love the meaning behind your channel name!
Sending support from QLD and looking forward to following your journey. I'm so pleased to have stumbled across a Christian homestead Chanel based on Australia! 🇦🇺🌻🧡
4 minutes in and it's already such a comfy vibe! Thanks to the almighty CZcams algo for recommending you guys!
EDIT: And now after watching the full video, I am so impressed and inspired by your vision and unity in partnership together! Wishing you guys all the best on your journey!
I love seeing a young family well aware of what is going on around them and doing something about it! Can’t wait to watch your journey, good luck!👍
Following. Former full-time travellers and homesteaders - tiny house dwellers for the past 4 years. Subscribed.
Hey legends great episode 1, congrats to you both on the block and the new little addition. Keep it up and don't let hurdles stop you
Congratulations 🥳
I did the same thing 4 years ago when I was 65. From living in my van for 2 years to now living in a timber yurt on 1/2 acre with chooks, veggie gardens and 50 fruit and nut trees.
When I bought there was nothing!! Not even a blade of grass.
You’ll get there.
How exciting 😊
You got 50 trees in in just 4 years?!!!
Where in Australia are you that allows for yurts to be built?
Looking forward to watching your progress. Congrats on the land.
Congrats on getting your block. You can definitely grow a heap of food on a quarter acre. We did for years. We regularly had omelets, backed chicken dinners, stir frys, and salads that were completely grow on our quarter acres. We bought 25 acres a few years ago so we are slowly ramping things up to grow more. I have heaps of earlier videos of what we did on our little quarter acre of on this channel when it used to be called The Productive Garden.
I look forward to seeing your dreams come true.
Thanks heaps for the comment and support mate! I’ll check your channel when I get some time!! Appreciate it
@@Homestead_OnTheRock_ I also have a bit of beekeeping stuff on there and plan to do heaps more once the weather warms up here.
Bless your hearts, I wish I had this mindset 20 years ago, but we start when we can start. I’ll be following along and subscribing. Best of luck with this adventure! Love to see this attitude is young adults, gives me hope 💞!
You guys are starting my literal dream, just need the partner and babies haha 🙏🕊️
Thank you for filming your journey, you are inspiring me to keep working towards homesteading in the future. I pray you succeed in your journey, you are a beautiful family. God bless ✝️❤️
I can't wait to see what you guys do, wishing you all the best 🎉