I bought 84 acres with my wife and our 4 kids and we absolutely love the peace of paradise we have but I am in awe every time ii watch your channel. It inspires me and motivates me. I love staring my mornings with a coffee and a new video from the Flock crew 😁

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear you're enjoying a piece of paradise with your family and thrilled to hear that our own journey can be motivating to your own. Thank you for taking the time to watch and learn with us!

Good morning… I remember all these projects you started… how much has changed, how much you are dedicated, very inspiring , keep going no seeing back other than just to enjoy 😊

@EliCrousey

Жыл бұрын

Wow!! It’s been 2 years already!! 👍👍

@FlockFingerLakes

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Thank you so much. And yes, no turning back now!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

@@EliCrousey Time seriously flies!

What a great summary of all the hard work you have put into your homestead. I love that you are focused on restoring native ecosystems on the land and repairing the forest. Too often on KZread I see channels focused on clearing the land for homesteads without any acknowledgement of the indigenous plants and people that have inhabited those places. Keep up the good work!!!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thrilled that you're enjoying some of what we're doing. Being initially trained in restoration ecology, this place is a wonderful canvas to start to practice some of what I've learned along the way. Hopefully we'll all be able to learn together.

Reflecting on one’s own hard work and growth is so important. What a wonderful thing it is to have the videos to go back to and watch the journey unfold.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

It's easy to become dissatisfied if one doesn't take the time to reflect. And aside for being able to share the videos, which is cool, as you mentioned-it's incredible to have the documentation. It's really helpful to see how far one has come, how the land changes through time. Memory gets hazy and these older videos help crystallize the moments.

I'm so happy this showed up in my feed again. I loved rewatching again. All your hard work shows and it's beautiful!❤

I hope that you guys are warm and safe. My brother once rented a secluded farmhouse on a hill, far from the highway. It was like a place which we had talked about, as kids, every night before sleeping. I asked him then, 'how will you clear the long driveway of snow?' He answered as a 6 year old..... 'I' ll just put a plow on the front of my truck! ' Amazingly, he fulfilled a lot of his dreams and at that farmhouse, he did just that. He bought a home later and is living happily ever after, with lots of all-year bird feeders, a nearby lake, summer mosquitoes and self-made home improvements.This includes lifting the house and putting it back on a basement, decorative wood accents on the front porch, a raised bed garden and bushes etc. and the raising of the roof to a new height. Plants vine along the beams. The truck is parked outside. He finds old lamps and other old metal pieces and changes them into beautiful indoor plant holders for his wife. She sold and bought homes, had a plant channel but is now confined to home, but its a nice one. She says that the fast Christmas winds and snow are still blowing sideways, just as it did when we were kids. 🌨️❄️⛄🏡 Hope you had a good Christmas, wherever you are. 🎄🎄🎄🎄

I love it, I love you 😍.. wish I could come visit, to help a little bit. I can't wait to see how it all comes together. Blessings 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

It'll definitely be a process of coming together and let's be honest-it'll never be done. A lifetime of work! But we knew we were signing up for that and we love it! Happiest Holidays to you! Wishing you the best New Year.

I can’t even articulate the admiration and respect that I have for each of you. Even though I’ve been faithfully witnessing your progress, I’m completely awestruck with just the highlights of all you’ve accomplished in in the last two years. It’s been a fabulous journey and I’m grateful for all the knowledge and inspiration. Looking forward to 2023!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Well that is just the sweetest comment. Thanks so much for the good vibes and for joining in on the progress. Have a lovely holiday and new year!

Lovely to see it all come alive! For that new roof, consider a metal roof. The cost for mine was only about 30% more, but it will not need replacing for possibly as long as this house will remain standing. Also to prepare for it, the old tar tiles were removed, strapping was installed and it was ready for the metal. Fast, efficient, and no downside.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the roof tips. It's going to be a BIG job even though the roof is not complicated in structure. We found that there are two layers of asphalt tiles, which we found is quite common for folks to do. We have some ice dams that form in the winter; and the skylights can be leaky depending on which direction the rain falls, so we'll definitely be doing an overhaul up there-roof, skylights, gutters.

I'm so impressed and inspired by how much you've accomplished so far!🙌 This land is in good hands 💚

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a lovely comment. Have a wonderful holiday and new year!

So much synergy ❤ my love of plants made me find you, Summer, then when you found Saunder and Joey and the Flock Finger Lakes channel … that’s the somewhere over the rainbow ❤ and been following your beautiful journey and progress over the years. Thank you thank you for your channels full of Love Joy Inspiration (A to Z) thoroughly sharing all you can to help someone anyone listening to your well put together videos including well sounded selected music. Admiration for your caring hearts of goodwill so well communicated in your forever videos. ❤

Thoroughly enjoyed this recap. I have enjoyed the individual episodes immensely. I love how you utilize your plant knowledge to create incredible scenes/vistas. I imagine special strategically placed benches throughout your landscape for reflection, meditation and just enjoying the beauty of it all!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind note Clarence. We actually recently picked up some old benches at the local auction here and in the fall started to place them in the landscape where we think we would use them. We brought them into the barns for the winter months to help prolong their life, but will begin moving them out again come spring/summer. We look forward to landscaping more and more so the land starts to really come into its own!

Ahhh, analysis paralysis - as a scientist, I suffer from it greatly in all areas of my life. And I also have delayed so long that opportunities passed me by. Tis both a blessing and a curse. Loved this recap.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Yes, out of all of us, Sander may be the most who suffers from this, but it's because he's thoughtful and methodic and research-oriented, which you probably are too. Not bad qualities to have! It's good to pair up with a person or people who can be quicker in making decisions. Not necessarily impulsive, but someone who at least can pull the trigger, so to speak. We've found that to be mutually beneficial, especially in bigger decisions.

I burst out laughing a few times - what a great sense of humour you both have! I particularly liked the "WTF is he talking about" comment; I worked in IT for 25 yrs ...

What amazing transformations, and it's been, so nice, this past year watching the results of the fruits of your labour. What beautiful property, and I really love that stone gazebo and all your fabulous ideas for that 'structure'. When the meadow house is complete, what another big accomplishment to the land. Wow, is all I can say! Take care. You were chosen, I feel, to run this land. Many blessings!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Teri for such a lovely comment of support. Have a lovely holiday and New Year.

Thank you for your honest reflections and summary of all of your accomplishments over the past 2 years. I have been following your incredibly inspiring journey on this amazing property since your first video. You have been nothing but uplifting and inspiring to all of us. Thank you for sharing, and I can't wait for your next one. Greetings from ON Canada.

your videos are my favorite. I cant put into words the peace they bring me. im stuck in a big city, so i dont get to experience much nature in my day to day, but i can be happy knowing somewhere in new york a little bit of the earth is being restored to its full potential through the hard work of a dedicated community. I wish I could close my eyes and let five years pass by to see the fruits of your labor, but for now I will happily follow along. thank you!

I've been watching your adventures at Flock since you started this channel and look forward to each new episode, and so it was really fun to look back with you at all the projects you've worked on and all the things you've accomplished. Here's to another year of chipping away at projects big and small, and seeing all the plantings you've made begin to settle in and mature.

It's amazing how much work young people can accomplish in two years. I'm incredibly impressed, and what I've seen has inspired an interest in finding a plot of land for a house in that area.

That's a beautiful place! Small tip: Instead of burning trees, you can buy a branch shredder. It's more nature friendly, and you can reuse the final result as a fertilizer. Cheers from Poland!

The Love that you two have for one another is really beautiful.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Solid friendship through and through.

This was a great episode showing how all your planning and hard work is starting to take shape. I only hope you can preserve this place after it's all said and done.. For future generations. And protect from development.. thanks for inviting us along ...great work keep it up

This is love for life, congratulations for all your efforts to create this little paradise that you will pass on to the next generations. I wish all people had the same zeal as you to create. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your good will and enthusiasm! Happiest Holidays.

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What a great summary of all the hard work you've put in. Can't wait to see everything grow, bloom and evolve in the next year.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Us too. Looking forward to turning this into a botanical wonderland!

i'm so happy for you guys! I witnessed your journey from looking for the property up to this time! I've watched almost all your episodes! i pray that soon I'll be able to visit your place. Love from the Philippines!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

We hope eventually we'll be able to get out to the Philippines too! Good plant stuff out there. Thanks for tuning in and writing in.

@JeraldBaliteTV

Жыл бұрын

Yes visit our forest

I've enjoyed watching you create a dream homestead, in part because I have a similar dream (not likely to be realized) and in part because my paternal grandmother, her parents and grandparents lived in the Finger Lakes. Seeing the construction of the vegetable garden raised beds reminded me that her father and uncles were stonemasons.

Thank you so much! For showing the journey and esp. the beauty!

Wow!! 2 years already!! 👍👍🎄⛄️🎁 Love this adventure you’re all on and thankful you’re taking us along!! 🎄🙏

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

I know right? Time seriously FLIES.

@EliCrousey

Жыл бұрын

@@FlockFingerLakes Do you ever have volunteer days to help with the work? Wishing you all a wonderful Holiday Season and a Very Happy & Healthy New Years!! 🎄⛄️🎁🍾 ❄️

I’ve got 1/2 an acre in the city of Los Angeles, it’s hard enough to get my ideas implemented. You’ve done well to get as much done as you have at that level of acreage so far, especially with limited time and resources!

Great job and vision, Summer and Saunder and Joey! I really enjoyed your video of the progression along your dream. I have similar plans here in NC for land I have. I liked that you used a drone to survey the land and help see the bigger picture in your planning. Summer, you sure shine in thinking and explaining your ideas and methods which are great. Your channel is a wealth of inspiration. Thanks.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Thrilled that this serves as a source of inspiration for your own journey. And yes, definitely recommend the investment in a drone. It doesn't even need to be a fancy one. You can get decent enough results with an overhead, and if you can find software that overlays it orthographically, that becomes really useful for overlaying and drawing on top of.

You completely left out Saunder and I getting married lololololololololol. Great work! I can't believe it's been two years!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Everyone wants a Sander on their team!

This is sooo beautiful! Thanks for sharing this wonderful journey with us, it is also very nice to look back on this project in the future for yourselves. Great job and happy new year 🎉

Wow so interesting! Please keep sharing the progress videos! Can't wait to hear about the grounds when warmer weather approaches!

When I saw HOMESTEAD in the title, I thought to myself, I wonder when they will get some animals. Now we know! Can’t wait!

@1337farm

Жыл бұрын

When does Summer plan to be there full time?!?

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

@@1337farm Not sure. It depends on the renovations, and my situation in Brooklyn, and all that good life stuff.

Thanks guys! This was so fascinating! Y’all have done so much work!

Holy Cow! I just saw your video over at the other place telling us about this one. It was nice to see you pop up. You guys have your hands full! Lots of great work going on! Best of luck!

Wow...recapping all the projects done the past two years....you both did a lot! It looks great and am really looking forward to the progress in the future. It's a gorgeous property. It seems like an adventure...and it's a vicarious experience for me. I really enjoy your videos. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you, Summer and Sanders. 😊🎄

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

No doubt this is an adventure! A lifetime adventure now. We feel so so grateful. Thanks for sharing in the progress. Happiest Holidays and New Years to you as well.

You guys are an inspiration. I'm not that far from you if I was younger I would definitely want to be part of your community. I love the idea of it.

Love the whole thing, the relationships, the energy ,vibe and creativity.. Everything flows beautifully🌱🌿🌾

You folks are machines! You’ve done so much in a short time. It all look wonderful.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

The work really sparks joy and brings us to life!

Deeply grateful for the amount of work you put into this amazing video. Thank you for sharing 💜💜💜

Great recap....Merry Christmas and looking forward to your 2023 videos!❤❤❤❤❤

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Happy Holidays to you too!

Just heavenly. Merry Christmas

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

You too. Happiest Holidays to you.

This is so inspiring to watch. My family purchased land in 2021 and it's only 2 acres. We are still working on getting running water and haven't built any structures, but it'll be a nice project to work on for years to come. Im stealing so many amazing ideas from your channel and downsizing them to fit the space lol.

So beautiful to see the care and thought you put into developing the landscape. Everything is of high quality and extremely precise, looks amazing!

Such a beautiful place and story!

Awesome synopsis! Would be cool to hear from Sander his perspective on learning all the new skills we've seen displayed in terms of building and landscaping etc. How do you justify the tools you buy and those that you don't/what you hire out and what you don't.

Amazing progress!

I’ve enjoyed watching the progress and have been inspired!

hayao miyazaki meets the shire and I can't get enough of it! such a wonderful result!

Every once in a while I remember that I get to see the meadow's second bloom later this year and I get so exited :) so inspired and impressed by all of your work, but the bulb lawns and meadow have me giddy with anticipation for summer

Ya'll have some AWESOME neighbors. I wish I could learn more about how you build such great relationships with folks. Seems like a huge part of the success of your INSANELY INSPIRING project.

Amazing what you’ve done so far congratulations!! 👏 👏 👏

When you started this channel I didn't expect the content would be so inspiring, peaceful and informative. I now save your videos as they are my favourite things to watch. Much luck with your future projects and thanks so much for bringing us along. Would love to see a video describing a day in your lives while on the property, if you think that's good content of course.

Amazing and it looks great. Good job!

Fantastic!!🤗🤗🤗

Nice conversation of Recap. Merry Christmas and looking forward to 2023!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Happy Holidays to you too!

Extraordinary video coming out of North America this last few days of the extreme cold, snow and winds! I trust you guys are all well hunkered down wherever you currently are and are managing to keep warm. Hopefully you still have electricity and a food supply

genuinely didn't fully realize the monumental amount of work you've done there, i followed before you made videos on this channel because i was so excited to learn from it. and BOY have i learned so many things, gone on month long tangents of research, and unearthed an abundance of information of nature around me that i didn't even know i didn't know, and so much stuff that i'll be thinking about long into the future for my own goals. this channel is such a gift, thank you. (also i hafta say i did chuckle at the bit about the trenches becoming water filled canals, like hmm Dutch person vs water? where have i heard that before?)

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Wonderful that these have been so informative for you in your life. Sometimes we just need that spark of information to go down that rabbit hole of information. Lifelong learning all the way! (And yes, there is a running joke here of Sander digging his canals!)

unbelieveable amount of work. amazing work.

I’m local to the Fingerlakes area as well, and have acreage… one of the biggest challenges I’ve found in clearing space for planting a vegetable garden is the tenacious weeds such as: goldenrod, thistles, pokeweed, and multiflora roses, as well as the Japanese honeysuckle. All of these are determined to reclaim any rehabbed soil and foil my efforts… I empathize with your work! I’m interested to see your progress on this project, so please keep posting…

Amazing progress

It's incredible watching all of you're hard work in a summary!!! All that you have accomplished is beautiful 😍😍😍😍😍, I dream of the day I can take care of a pice of land, thanks for the videos

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Begin planning and putting the ball in motion. It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day. It took Joey to snap us out of our dreams and start to put things in motion. We're so grateful for that. Wishing you the best. Thanks for writing in such a sweet note. Happiest Holidays.

Well, I can't give you another thumbs up because I already did. Imspiring!

Even though we are in the burbs, we do have a decent sized lot and this is really inspiring me to think of native plants and creating an outdoor space that is thoughtfully designed! Thank you for such excellent content and beautifully videography!

This recap is inspiring, seeing how much you have done in a short time. Sorry, however, because I can't help focusing more on how much you both have matured, maybe because you have taken on so much responsibility for the land and what you want to achieve with it. Saunder looks so manly now, than before when he started filming episodes of Plant one on me.😉 And Summer is so relaxed and cool, as always.🥰

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Haha, read that one to Sander. He enjoyed it! Thanks very much and happy new year!

@noradimagiba1954

Жыл бұрын

@@FlockFingerLakes 🥰 bountiful new year for Flock!

Hope Santa brings you a cushion for Christmas, Sander. ☃️

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

He just needs more cushion on his bum!

@cefcat5733

Жыл бұрын

@@FlockFingerLakes 😂 but til then, maybe at least a woven lined basket. ❄️⛄🎁💠

Your dedication and progress are beyond impressive! Love your Beauty+Functionality philosophy! I wish I could live and create in a community of people like you. Meanwhile I am replacing my lawn with flower beds and native plants and shrubs alone, and neighbors think I am a bit crazy. Good luck to you guys! You chose a wonderful land to live on. Maybe at some point you will do open days for visits, that would be lovely!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Some neighbors find us crazy too, but you know what, they really start to turn around when they see the results. Beauty in landscape and building is undeniable. It's a universal language. Let's hope that your neighbors being seeing the same with your results! Happy planting and holidays!

You have definitely accomplished much more than one would expect in just two years. Awesome and quite frankly, it is amazing that you both have other work commitments (i.e. KZread channels and graphic design, etc). Oh, to be young, capable and committed! No need to go to the gym to work out - Both of you have probably gotten physically stronger! Landscape is looking beautiful, as are the buildings!

You guys have accomplished so much, you should be proud of yourselves. I would love for you to visit a property that cares about conservation and biodiversity but also needs the land for a small amount of livestock (horses and goats for instance). I recently purchased 10 acres of corn field and am trying to make it wildlife friendly and appropriate for my horses. Thank you and love your channels.

You guys should consider prescribed fires occasionally to maintain the meadow. You can do it in accordance with the NY D.E.C. You might need to bring a person with the forestry dept. to help. Usually want to do it before growth begins in like Winter, also when colder and wet, so it doesn't explode into a wildfire. There's many videos showing how to maintain them safely. Definitely make a mowed fire break, and burn from one side to the other, so wildlife can escape, don't enclose them in. And depending on the size of meadow, you could do it in a couple sections over a couple years. Just a thought:) Also, it helps create baby quail habitat. They're just so minute, they need bare ground below tunnels of native grasses and wildflowers. Them trying to wade through years of accumulated detritus is like us trying to run through a pile of logs.

Haha, you are awesome! You have accomplished so much, I look forward to see what you will do next. Also, your face at 48:10... that must of been exhausting, but we're glad we can laugh about it now. 💛💛💛

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

That pulling the cord through 1,000 feet of piping was definitely NOT my favorite job in the whole world. But it DID save us a lot of money. And definitely gave us a good laugh after the fact...haha. Face doesn't lie! ;)

@erinmoore9681

Жыл бұрын

You gotta stay away from the poker tables, Summer 😂

First of all I subscribed to your Channel, how can't you if you love to see passion and Dreams come True, Absolutely incredible to keep a positive outlook on such a massive undertaking, what I've think I've learned from watching and listening to this video is first of all you better be sure you all get along and know one person Dominates over the next, when you have a resentment things get very Complicated and people become very unhappy, anyway enough with the philosophy babble lol, Beautiful vision and work you've accomplished in 2 years omg incredible, Thank you for sharing your experiences, loved every minute of this Breakdown of what you've accomplished!! Best of Luck with moving forward in what has to be a passionate and Heart felt Dream!!

I swear I’ve subbed before yet I saw I wasn’t. So of course I subbed again. I’ll always enjoy watching your content. Thank you 🙏.

Beautiful

Saunder loves Summer Rayne😍

My heart sank when you said you planted jerusalem artichoke. I have not been able to eradicate it from my Michigan yard. You're right it bullies and chokes out other plants under the ground and sprouting up into the center of other plants! Those tuber roots go on forever. The birds spread seeds from the innocent looking sunflower heads it produces. Talk about invasive! It's up there with canadian thistle! The property is gorgeous, you've worked so hard and it shows!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I love Jerusaleum artichokes (even though they give me such gas! haha) but I want to be mindful as to where they get planted, as you suggest. I'm hoping the raised bed will contain them some, but it's good caution to hear you talk about the birds spreading seed. I can imagine they would do that! They are native here (and probably native to where you are), but they can be more like Solidago canadensis, Canada goldenrod, where if left unchecked, they become a monoculture.

Particular good video. Nice to have some overview over de past two years. I like how you look at the land and develop things over time in places where they “naturally” feel good, like the shapes of the paths, the orchard, the garden beds. Just great. Looking forward to the greenhouse as i have one myself. Also, did you ever thougt about flowing water, like a stream? You seem to have two ponds on different levels so the place would come naturally again. The way to do it energy neutral is with a solar powered pump. From my own expirience i can say it brings soo much birds an wildlife when you have flowing water. I can send you some pics or video if you want. Anyway. Keep it up. I will be watching all your viedeos. 👍🏻

I bought a house in DC at the same time you guys bought your 90 acres. Have been doing a home reno and urban permaculture yard. If you ever need help on building related stuff I'd be happy to come help!

Awesome

Just finished watching a previous video of yours all about creating a massive eco-friendly garden. In this video when talking about Japanese Honeysuckle, I was surprise to hear a comment about needing to use POISON to kill their large roots. Most of those products are highly toxic to both the wildlife and humans. Perhaps you could mark the large roots needing to be taken out and bring in that mini excavator to do the job.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

In some cases, we could not use even an excavator. You'll see examples where the honeysuckle roots were wrapped around other tree roots-trees that we wanted to keep. Or close to electrical pipes, etc. In those cases-unless you want to take out the other trees or the electricity, you need to come up with another strategy. When speaking to the extension office and folks in the field, the technique they use is drilling a small hole (q-tip size) down through the honeysuckle root/stem, and just applying a dab of the stuff into that hole, so it's really directional, as opposed to tearing up the entire soil matrix around the plant's root and rhizome. We're not talking about spraying this stuff like broadcast. It's very minute, very directional. Happy to entertain other options in scenarios like that, but in some cases, excavation is just not an option.

You should think about registering that big tree in your forest with the NY Big Tree Registry.

Thank you both for filming the recap of your two years thus far. Very exciting and great progress in that time frame.I so agree that some work must be contracted out and I also feel many ruminate too long whilst missing opportunities. But this is how we learn , especially when trying to keep a lower cost profile. Do you have a sugar bush on your land ? Also have you declared tree farm status as this greatly helps with taxation. Well I feel you are moving beautifully through your bioregion and taking time as mentioned before is wise. Thank you again for a very well presented overview of your newfound land stewardship. Keep well and stay toasty! K from the sea

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

It's fun to have the videos on file because even we forget what the work has resulted in! In regards to your query on sugar bush, do you mean Cephalanthus occidentalis, or button bush? If so, we did plant two bushes around Half Lake when we first arrived here. It's an excellent native and tremendous insect plant. There are a couple options here in New York state for landowners with trees to get some tax benefits. We reviewed them early on and we decided not to go with them for various reasons. We *did* apply for a state grant, as we shared, in this film, which was focused on restoring forest ecosystems, but we did not receive it. The grant specifications was, in our opinion, written very vaguely. We applied to protect the forest we have-with the idea of letting regeneration happen by cordoning off an area away from deer, but what the grant essentially wanted was turning vacant land into forest, which wasn't specified. (They have now switched the language of the 2nd year grant based on probably our experience and I'd imagine others). Terrible waste of time, unfortunately. But that's govt grants for you! I think it's best sometimes to just suck it up and fund it yourself if you can do faster. We were considering another grant for the native meadow, but they told us it would be 3 years out (with no guaranteed you'd even get it), so we were like, "nah...." We feel grateful we could move fast in some of those regards. Though the cost bites.

It's become a beautiful Fairy Land💚

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Walking out into a Monet painting....that's what we want it to feel like :)

Love your videos! Don’t get rid of all of the honeysuckle! It cures colds and respiratory issues.

Saunder is a beast!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

For sure!

At around 23:00 there is a discussion around the deer fence quote and not pulling the trigger. In lean manufacturing the saying we use is paralysis by analysis". Where "fail fast fail often" moto needs to be more of the direction.

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Yes! couldn't think of the term when I was chatting, but that's exactly it.

Homesteading is the simple life, but never easy.

Loved this,, inspiring and interesting as always!!!

I should have said, my son , Sean Armstrong, is a zero net energy specialist all over the US and just was awarded one of three California energy activist awards by the Gov. so my information is accurate. Redwood Energy

Never heard about any of this!!!

That's man's boys are cold!!!!!

What a wonderful place and amazing project. I am curious though, what is the ultimate aim, how will it sustain itself, why would planting borders be a priority? (Just to be clear, planting the borders would definitely be my priority but in the scheme of the overall plan for the project with multiple investors I don't understand why they are a priority).

In Wisconsin, the deer herd is managed by the DNR. If the deer is consuming your farm crop the DNR will provide free fence materials. They are responsible!

@FlockFingerLakes

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's awesome. Nice to hear your state has that program.

Go all electric with heat pumps and induction stove top. Add solar and a backup generator or solar storage. Lots and lots of info to back that up.

I feel your pain on that material pull up....we had some put down and regretted it badly...ruins water flow, soil retention, erosion, pollution...the ironic thing is it even gives you MORE weeds, since it prevents succession. Only thing that grows on top of crap materials like that is weeds/grasses you don't want

@FlockFingerLakes

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Yeah, we aren't total absolutionists about the geotextile. We think it can have its place in certain applications. For instance, one of our friends uses it in annual crop farming (e.g., under the strawberry plants or squash plants) so it's easier to manage weeds over the course of one season and easier to pick the fruits/vegetables (they then fold up and reuse it next season). Or it's often used to hold back soil from tile drainage so it doesn't get gunked up. But yeah, within the soil ecosystems on such a large scale ... it seems a bit much. Definitely for our purposes, it needed to be removed. Thanks for sharing your story and experience as well.

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It maybe too late, but make sure to leave some deep, open earth around the footing of the gazebo if you want to gorw stuff over it. Don't go for containers with bases. ---- Looking back, do you really think you needed to disturb the soil so much and grade the land - flattening it out?

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We're going to attempt to keep the walkways around the raised beds clear at this stage. Right now they are wide enough for a larger wheelbarrow to come through for when we need to top off stuff or collect veggies. Plus we want to keep as much of the stone top clear so they can be seating for groups of people. Inevitably we think that some things will seed in the gravel below...maybe roman chamomile or the like, which would like that kind of droughty, dry, well-draining environment. If anything, we may have a plant cascade from the raised bed down (like a prostrate rosemary). In regards to grading and prepping the land to do the gazebo and the raised beds, that process, as we found out from the sage instruction of the stone masons, is the "most important part." We have a running joke with Dave O'Brien from O'Brien Masonry because he always says, "It's all about the base." (cue Meghan Trainor song here...haha)... If you don't have a compressed, firm base-over time the area can sag and then the masonry work will crack and fall over. You see that a lot around old farmsteads here and in PA. Or even on the base of some barns. When they don't have a solid, compressed base, parts can morph and sag or water can get underneath and begin to create gaps and divots. It's one of the reasons we didn't get around to laying our stone path in the front yard this year. We just ran out of time to create that firm base before laying the stone. Thanks for asking! Hopefully the "It's all about the base" tip will come in handy for others thinking of doing stone structures.