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I hauled about 2.5 cords of fire wood in the last two days. We have another freeze coming so I had to prepare the garden. We are having a garage sale this weekend. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

Some friends came over and helped me find the damaged wires in the truck. We got it running and I started hauling loads of logs for fire wood. Melanie is canning our garden harvest. The truck has been down for a while now because it was not getting fuel to the engine. Some friends came over and were messing with the wires. They had found some damaged wires but after three people were pawing around in the wires, we are not sure which ones they were. But the truck runs now. It may have been a loose harness. But I cannot be sure. The truck was also running rough and stalling out a lot so there was something wrong with the fuel. I had just filled it the last time I drove it so it was fresh gas when I parked the truck. We put some additives and cleaners in the tank and filled it up to the top which only took 4 gallons. The truck smoothed out and ran well after that. So there was something in the gas tank which the truck did not like. A neighbor had cut down a bunch of trees and a friend and I hauled three loads of the logs home and stacked them up. These will be good for next year because they are green. But they are cleaned and prepped so the wood is worth picking up I think. It took us all day though with the three loads of wood and working on the truck in between. It was 5 pm by the time we were finished. Then we fixed the mini bikes to go for a ride. Melanie was busy all day canning produce from our garden harvest out in the porch kitchen. She had quite a setup out there. She canned a mess of green beans and blueberries so far. You can find the video of Melanie's day on her channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ/videos Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

Melanie and I are putting together a garage sale to raise money and make room for the baby who is coming soon. We cleaned out the garage and both houses. When we bought this property both houses and the garage were loaded. I mean fully loaded. We had to clean them out before we could move our own things into them. The garage was the worst for me because there was a lot of garbage to dispose of. Rodents had made nests all through the garage. I finally got it cleaned out enough for us to sell some of the extra stuff that we do not need. We are setting up for the big sales this weekend during the holiday. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

I am getting a lot of comments about the weather here and the condition of my meat birds so here is yet another attempt at clearing things up. The weather here is going to be different than in town where they have a weather center. When I check my two weather aps on my phone, I will see the weather report for Lewiston about 5 miles away. But Lewiston has a couple large lakes which stabilize the weather and reduce temperature swings from night and day. Out here we have sandy soil. The sand does not absorb the heat of the sun as well as the lake does. Therefore we get hotter day temperatures and colder night temperatures. The other night the weather ap told us Lewiston would get 42 degrees F. I figured it would be colder here but not freezing. I was wrong. It froze here. The second night it said Lewiston would be 42 again. So I covered my plants to protect them from further damage. My meat birds are very strong and healthy. They only go into the cage at night to sleep. Only to sleep. Meat birds do not have many feathers. They huddle together to sleep at night for warmth. Giving the birds a larger area to sleep would most likely cause them to die of exposure. The birds get a lot of free range during the day to eat and scratch. I move the birds every two days or as needed (2x per day with larger birds). I repeat, the birds would die of exposure with a larger space at night. They huddle together to warmth. During the day on the other hand the birds get a lot of space. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

We harvested our larger group of meat birds today. I spent most of the other half of the day digging the greenhouse until a bad thunderstorm hit, ending my work day outside. Melanie harvested the fallen green tomatoes. We had a killer frost recently which wiped out a lot of our garden just before the harvest season. Many green tomatoes fell off the vine. I found an easy and fast way to move the meat bird chicken tractor around each time. I move the birds every two days. This gives them fresh grass and bugs and keeps them cleaner. They live in the chicken tractor now full time. Later we harvested the larger meat chickens. This took us quite some time. We are not experts so we are not very fast at the job. After that I worked in the greenhouse. I am digging a large hole in the ground where we will grow vegetables all year round. At about 6 feet deep the ground is always 50 degrees F. By putting the greenhouse in the ground we can take advantage of that warmer temperature. The sun can then further heat the earth down there to extend our growing season. I got all the topsoil and grass off the surface of the work area before a very powerful storm hit. The rain was very intense, flooding the land immediately. There was also thunder and lightning so I could not safely work anymore outside. Later the rain let up a lot so I dug more but the earth was wet and heavy. After three wheel barrow loads I had to call it a night. Plus the mosquitoes were out in force now. A package arrived containing a bunch of Mother Earth News magazines and some screws. Melanie and I both browsed the magazines during the heavy rain. There are many good articles for homesteading in them. Thank you. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

We had a friend over for the week and then more joined us for the weekend. They actually helped us on the homestead over the weekend. It was not all work though. We had to cover the tomato plants to prevent them from freezing on the second night. I had no idea about the first freeze but was determined to prevent the second freeze. We also went out into the woods and cut about a half cord of fire wood. We split and stacked the wood out in front of the fire pit. This will allow the wood to get maximum sunlight and air flow to fully dry out. This was all dead standing timber so it is cured but wet. I plan to cut more wood each week until winter sets in. We plan to heat our home with fire wood for the most part this winter. Melanie was not alone or in danger when Sam and I went out to a cabin in the woods for an adventure. We did a lot of videos during this time to please check out TR Tech Tactical and Survival on YouTube to see. We cut away the dead tomato foliage to save what was left of the good growth. We still hope to have some tomatoes from our garden this year. The chili plants look like a total loss though. And we lost most of our pumpkins, squash and cukes to the freeze. Two of the guys helped Melanie move around some furniture to get ready for the arrival of our new baby. Some people are doubting me when I talk about the weather because just 5 miles away in town they have milder weather with less temperature swings. But this is because in town they have a large lake which affects the weather a lot. And the weather station for us is in town. We have different weather due to the sandy soil which does not retain the heat of the day. So like in the desert we get hotter days and colder nights. We are going to need a greenhouse for next year for sure. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

We are now harvesting food every day from our garden. The tomatoes are about to turn soon. Then we got a killing frost this very night. Melanie and I are now harvesting food just about every day now from our homestead garden. This is just past the middle of August and our tomatoes are about to turn ripe in a few days. Our herb garden is growing nicely and filling out as well. Melanie harvested some onions and potatoes today. We are now eating zucchini, peas and beans as often as we want. Melanie has been cooking entire meals from our herbs, vegetables and chickens. But in the very night after I did this update we got a killing freeze. This was not expected. This never happens in August, even here. The weather was saying it would be down to the low 40s but that is a far cry from 30 degrees in the night. This area never sees early frost until mid September normally. But we got a freeze which killed at least half of our garden, if not more. We will find out as the day progresses and we see the extent of the damage as the plants die down. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

The garden is going to start to really produce food very soon now. Our tomatoes are starting to turn color and we have been eating a lot from the garden already the past weeks. We are going to be able to make our own sauces and salsas this year from the tomatoes and peppers. We have the most fruit on our bell peppers that I ever say. The most I have ever had is 2 to 3 peppers per plant. But here in our new homestead garden we are going to get over 10 peppers per plant. Sam and I have been working in the woods in an undisclosed location to prepare for hunting season. The meat chickens are now happy in their new home with a real door on their home and a free range open grass area for daytime use. I got some huge garden tractor tires which I will use to make the chicken tractor easier to move. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

We went on a road trip to get our new (used) wood stove. It was nearly a full day round trip but it was worth the time at only $40 for a catalytic wood stove which burns cleanly. We got hundreds of dollars in accessories as well. The stove came with new door glass, two blowers, stove pipes and a brand new catalytic burner. This thing is very heavy though and took three guys to move it off the truck. I will replace the gaskets and bolts all around the stove. I will scrape off the rust and loose particles and then paint the stove. It will look like new when I am done with it. We will do a test burn outside to cure the paint and try it out before moving it into the house. This wood stove takes us even further off the grid. The only thing that now uses any power is the water pump. We hope to cover that as well soon. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

Our guest and I have been quite busy but mostly off camera. We first rode our bikes off road for quite some time. The next day we were shooting paintball. Some packages arrived during the weekend. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

I picked up a friend the other day and we took the bikes out for a ride. It was raining out all day. The perfect weather for a ride on the Baja Warrior mini bikes. We had multiple cameras and tried different angles for special effects. We had a fun day riding the mini bikes through water, mud, trails and cross country through the forest. The one mud hole we went through was about a foot deep. We got some good slow motion footage of this. The Baja Warrior mini bike is nearly unstoppable. I have taken these bikes through mud, snow and off road many times through the years. It keeps on going and going. We are surrounded by forest trails, mud trails, off road courses and more. Its an off road paradise. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

Fixing machines, mowing lawn, outdoor cooking and more on the homestead. I got my old Snapper riding lawn mower out and did some maintenance. I paid $20 for this back in New York and brought it back with me. I hope to keep the engine going for this season and then during the winter I will rebuild the mower. I used a rotary tool to sharpen the mower blade. I had used this as a brush hog earlier this week so the blade needed some work. The muffler was loose as well and had to be tightened. it is simple maintenance jobs like this that keep a machine going for many years. Melanie has been cooking outside in the porch kitchen a lot recently. She prepares entire meals on this now. It saves us gas and also reduces the heat in the house during summer days. We have been eating more and more from our own supplies this year. We now eat only our own home raised chickens. And we only eat fish that we caught ourselves. This saves us a lot of food already. Plus now we are eating a lot from out own garden and herbs. The garden is providing more and more all the time so we are saving money on groceries. I cut the grass today with my Snapper. I really love this thing. It saves me a lot of time and is very comfortable to ride. I spent a lot of time working on my old computer. I am trying to get all my work files off the old computer still after all this time. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

I pruned some bushes, dropped some trees and cleared a path through the woods to expand the electric fence due to some deer attacks on our food. I first pruned the bushes over our herb and flower bed by the garden. I had wanted to do this for a while now. This gives the plants more sunlight and air flow. I also cut some smaller trees on a path between the chicken coop and the greenhouse. I always wanted to put a path in there. I also thinned out the growth to allow more sunlight to reach the blackberries that grow there. Then I mowed the path from the chickens to the greenhouse. This will allow me to walk through when I want. In the future I will probably be feeding the birds from the garden and greenhouse. This also freed up the path for the electric fence to run through. Now the fence wire will be out of the way of our back yard. I trimmed some tree branches behind the greenhouse and ran the electric fence wire through there and around behind the orchard. Then I cleared the brush and dead trees in the woods behind the garden area. Now I was able to put up the electric fence wire through there. This expands the protected area and clears up the apple orchard. Previously I had been running electric fence wire as I went along. It became quite a mess back there. Now I got the orchard cleared out and looking much nicer. I can also mow the lawn easier back there now. It was raining on and off during the day so please forgive the blurriness on the camera at times. Some packages arrived for the baby. Thank you to everyone who sent us something so far. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

There is a lot of wildlife out here on the homestead. I went out to show you some animal tracks and end up seeing wildlife on as well. At night there is a lot of action out here. There is a skunk that tries to get into the chicken coop every night. He also tears things up around the house every night. The noises keep me awake a lot. So far I have not been able to get rid of him. There are three coyote dens nearby. Two are just across the road from us although I have not yet seen them myself. We can hear them in the evening hours when they first come out. And a neighbor found one of the dens while walking a little dog. Last night a bear was walking right along our property edge, behind the house. You can clearly see the tracks. I have seen blueberry filled droppings from the bear all over the place as well. It must live right here because I see a lot of prints from it. There are also a lot of deer running through our land. But it appears that we have one less after last night. There are scuff marks across the road mixed in with deer and bear tracks. I saw two female turkeys with their young crossing the road into our land on the way to show the bear tracks. Back at the house I found a snake slithering across the land. We have a lot of wild animals here on our new homestead. Most of it is good news for us. We hope to hunt and provide our own meat this year. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

I am rebuilding the chicken tractor to use it as a permanent home for the meat birds. I was working in the yard today but lightning put an end to that. In the morning I immediately went out and put some boards on the bottom of the chicken tractor for strength. Then I put on some heavy gauge wire to cover the bottom. This will stop predators from getting to the birds at night. I plan to put on some handles and wheels as well. I am looking for wheels right now. I hope to keep the meat birds in the chicken tractor full time and move them around the yard twice a day. This will give them free food from grass and bugs every day and cut down on food costs for us. I put some no smoke in the old Snapper lawn mower to see if it helps compression. It is a very old machine and badly in need of a rebuild. I hope to get it through this summer and rebuild the engine this winter during the down season. I hope to reduce oil burning and fouling of the spark plug. I got the machine running and started to mow the lawn. I cut along the road sides and into the woods on our pathways that we walk on. But it started to rain and then we had heavy thunderstorms while we were having lunch. I was not able to safely go back outside to put the lawn mower away. The lightning was very bad. The strikes were many and close by. I did not dare risk moving the lawn mower during this storm so it sat there waiting. I often wash the mower anyway to prevent dirt buildup which leads to rust so I guess this was a natural wash in a way. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

Melanie and I made our own homemade pasta using a pasta making machine we got for our wedding. Read the full article: http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com/articles/article.php?id=11464 This is a very simple project. Melanie mixed flour and water in the kitchen as I was setting up the machine and a work space. You will need a lot of space to make pasta because the strips of dough will need to dry a while before you can cut it. After the dough ball is mixed up you let it rest a few minutes. This hand crank pasta maker is very simple. There are two stages. First you roll out the dough. Then you cut the pasta into strips. We put a piece of dough into the machine and cranked the handle to roll it out flat. You start on the widest setting and then move to the smallest one click at a time. I used a lot of flour in between each step to keep the dough from sticking. Once the dough is flat, you let it rest and dry for 10 minutes. Then we put on the pasta cutting attachment. Now we took a sheet of dough and run it through the cutter. As you cut the pasta, you can use your other hand to catch it and pull it out straight. This allows you to put it onto the drying racks easier. The pasta sits on the drying racks for a day or two depending on the humidity and temperature in your home. When it is dry you can put it in containers to store it. It is easy to break up into the sizes you want. Later Melanie made a batch of pasta for us using the wider noodles. It turned out very good. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

This massive alien looking worm thing crawled out of a dead rabbit. I saw this moving mass inside the neck of the animal and poked it with a stick. Then it very slowly crawled out of the animal. It looks like some alien creature from a scifi movie rather than something found in the woods in Michigan. Reminds me of the sand worms in the movies. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

A bunch of packages arrived for the baby so Melanie wanted to open them now. So we made a short "baby shower" video for you. We got a huge delivery all at one time on this day. Most of the packages were from Amazon. We want to thank every one of you who sent a package, or are sending one. Thank you. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

This is part 2 of the video for the day. I worked on the chicken coop for a while but then it rained later on so I had to pack it all up. I cleaned out the chicken coop and then put in some roosting bars for the chickens to sleep on. I put one across in front of the nesting boxes and then another across the window. This will allow the birds to get into the nesting boxes and to sleep off the ground at night. It rained during the mid day so I had to pack up my tools for a while. Later I loaded up the moss that I had removed from behind the wood shop and hauled it over to the second garden bed. I put it around the cabbage plants as a mulch to retain moisture and to keep the soil from getting to hot during the day. I read that this is the cause of cabbage type plants bolting. We are setting up an outdoor kitchen so that we can cook outside during hot summer days. Melanie baked dinner in our outdoor oven already today. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

It was a very busy day at the nearly off grid homestead with both Melanie and I working on various things. Melanie has been harvesting herbs from our own herb garden and using them for cooking. We have been eating salads from our own garden as well. We no longer have to buy any herbs or seasonings for our food. We simply go out back and pick what we need at the time. Melanie uses the sun to dry out her herbs each day as needed. We are also using the sun to heat our shower water each day using solar camp showers. This is free energy. The solar panels are powering everything in our home but the water pump. We hope to be able to expand our solar panel output to include even that soon. I cleaned up the wood scraps out back by the chicken coop. I am getting the construction zone back there cleaned up now that I have a dry wood storage area. I will do all my cutting and work back by the wood shop from now on and keep the building materials dry. I burnt all the wood scraps in our bonfire pit to get rid of them. I was going to keep them for kindling wood but we have many acres of land so we dont have to save wood scraps now. A few little odd shaped pieces I do keep for projects. If I find a piece of wood that is unique I will save it for the off grid wood shop. We received a package in the mail containing a camo uniform for our little girl. We cant wait to see her in it. Thank you. We put the chickens outside every day to get free food and vitamins. Our chickens are very happy and love to go outside each morning. Even the tiny little chicks got out today for the first time ever. They were too small until now to handle the outside temperatures. They were very happy eating grass and weeds. I am cleaning out the chicken coop today as well. The entire chicken coop needs a thorough cleaning today. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

We found a 15.2 cf freezer which we got for food storage. I am putting all my building materials under the new awning. While on our walk in the morning we found a huge freezer for only $25. We immediately paid for it but our truck is still not running so I called a friend to help bring it home. While he was here he also helped me bring my wood trailer over to the wood shop. I then unloaded the wood under the awning where it can fully dry out. Many people are critical of me for not finishing my projects. But weather, finances or materials affect what I do and when I do it. In this case we had 3 weeks straight of rain. By the time I got a trailer and got the wood off the pallets on the ground, it was fully soaked through. It never did dry out although I had it uncovered during sunny periods and covered during rain. Finally I hope it will dry out nicely under the awning. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

I planted some hazelnuts and blackberries along the road as an edible hedgerow. Later I stacked up my wood under the new shelter. We are starting to eat from our garden now. We got our third harvest of peas today. Each harvest gives us two meals. We got our first zucchini today as well. We had a couple peppers early in the season but due to cold nights the plants went dormant and so far have never recovered. And we have been eating salads from our own garden all along. Plus herbs from our own herb garden. I got some free hazelnut shrubs nearby and planted five of them in the hedgerow by the road. This will give us a bit of a privacy barrier and some food each year. I also have grapes in the next section followed by raspberries and then blackberries. We hope to have an edible privacy barrier along the entire edge of the property. I raked off the moss from the ground behind the wood shop. This will allow the ground to dry out back there. I am wondering what I can use the moss for. Maybe as a living mulch in the garden or walkways. I have to research and see if the moss can hurt our plants. I later put some cement blocks down and then pallets on top of them. This gives me a raised platform to store my wood. Next I stacked up my wood piles. I put two rows of wood down and then a spacer. Then two rows and then a spacer and so on until I was finished cleaning up my wood piles. I used some pallets as spacers. This gives a lot of air flow under the boards to let them dry out faster. When the wood is dry I will build shelving in the new wood storage shed to hold the wood neatly and take up less space. I may put a pallet wood picket fence between the two sheds so I can store things back there or work on wood projects. This will hide the mess while I work. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

https://www.amazon.com/baby-reg/melanie-reid---september-2017-lewiston/32F3P3ZWLKAOL A lot of people have asked us if we could post a baby registry. We had to wait till after the baby shower with our family. Thank you to those who asked us and thanks for thinking about us. Our baby will be named Michelle Cuevas Reid and is due on Sept 20, 2017. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

Melanie and I went fishing in the morning for a "few hours" and did not come back till evening. We are using the energy of the sun all over our homestead this year. In the morning we put out solar water heaters for our showers. We prefer to save energy by using the sun to heat our water. Melanie is drying herbs in the sun each day now. Our herb garden is producing nicely and we are stocking up for winter. I dug up some worms in the compost bin for fishing. It is nice to be able to just dig up some free worms for fishing rather than go to the store for them. We are saving a lot of money this way. We headed off to the cabin to go out on the lake with our boat. We took a lot of gear but we are happy that we did. We ended up fishing all day. We only got 7 good fish in the end but it helps put food on the table. We caught a lot of fish during the day but only the 7 were worth keeping. We hope to offset our food costs by fishing, hunting and raising our own chickens. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.

Sharing some of our experience with raising semi free ranged meat birds. We cut costs and have healthier birds. Read the full article: http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com/articles/article.php?id=11463 We have been raising our own meat birds this year. These are cornish cross broiler chickens. They are bred to grow very fast. These birds go from egg to dinner plate in just 8 weeks. We kept ours for 12 weeks though but that is due to the following. We put our chickens out every day to get fresh grass and bugs. This gives them exercise, fresh air and reduces feed cost. Our first 6 chickens were eating about 6 quarts of feed per day when left in the chicken coop. But when outside all day they only ate 1 to 2 quarts of feed per day. The fresh air and exercise also made the birds stronger. These birds were quite healthy when we processed them. Broiler meat birds will sit around by the food container and eat all day and night if you pen them up. But when semi free ranging they run and play a lot during the day. They are also foraging for food. This makes them much healthier. Generally they say you should process meat birds when their legs break. They grow so fast that their bodies cannot keep up with the weight. But our birds were still very strong when we processed them. I think this is very much due to the fresh air and semi free ranging. Thanks for watching. Please Subscribe & follow my daily videos. Troy http://www.thedoityourselfworld.com http://www.theoffgridproject.com Check out our other channels: Off Grid Homesteading With Melanie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRwlShDuXP5WXdtXV15rAQ The Do It Yourself World Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIqpFAOBkppGkgrSC11p6Q TR Tech Tactical & Survival: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChPdsvwahC2wh8lvWs6ud4g Note: Copying this video, in part or in full, is a violation of copyright unless the user has express permission from the owner. Violation of this copyright will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.