I wanted you to know I am single and in a wheelchair and had beat cancer three times shattered my spine and fractured my neck but watching your videos I try every day to get up in my wheelchair and built me a garden this year! And expecting to do the same next year! I am not able to use a lot of tools but know how to use them my land is paid for and I’m am going to do my best to work it till my time comes I’m only 48 my kids are grown and I don’t want them to take care of me thank you for sharing what you do!

@BusterABrown

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Butterfly, You are amazing. Do not give up. You are young enough to heal. Look into the benefits of intermittent fasting and eating in a time restricted eating window of eight hours.

@butterflykisses4085

4 жыл бұрын

Buster Brown yes I do have other health issues I am unable to eat but once a day!

@barbibutton9619

4 жыл бұрын

Awww. Good for you. I too have back and neck injuries, though not to your extent. I try to Pace myself with my garden and some nights, I am HURTing but I feel so good growing my own food. 3 yrs now. Good luck. Hope to hear how this growing season panned out for u

@uuuuutube987

4 жыл бұрын

So inspiring!!! Prayers and best wishes for all the greatest things in life and the life after!!!

@butterflykisses4085

4 жыл бұрын

Barbi Button I will keep you updated so far so good! 🙌🏻♥️🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 for you with your pain I understand 🌹🌹🌹

I am Taiwanese Today I lost someone very close I think i'm broken Then I saw this video After I finish watching, I will continue to find other videos of you I feel much better now thank you

@sbaker3426

4 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss🙏

I've said this numerous times, but must say it again: The sounds and nuances in these videos are exquisite. Crunch, snap, crackle and pop. The chirping birds and crickets, Wood Peckers pecking, babbling brooks and roaring falls; the meandering rivers, food frying/boiling...I could go on and on...

@jacquelinecyr7182

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@SJC49

2 жыл бұрын

…..and the odd squeaky toy sound!😍

As a kid growing up in New England, I watched my next door neighbor bury fish heads and innards in his various gardens and flower beds. He was retired old gentleman that in summer time, rain or shine, went fishing every morning in the upper Narragansett Bay. He had the most gorgeous rose bushes that actually formed a hedge between our yards. They were his pride and joy and the envy of the street. All kinds of flowers too that I couldn't identify, but all beautiful. He also grew the most delicious "Native Tomatoes" and would give my mom baskets full when they were ripe. YUM! To this day I've never had better! Ole Mister Gunther swore by the fish head's and a little cow manure as the secret to his success. Man I still miss those tomatoes with a chunk of Italian bread! You'll do great Shawn. Mister Gunther would approve!

@MrVercetti1990

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you like tomatoes with italian bread, sound strange for an italian guy like me hear that from outsider 🙂. If you like tomatoes with bread and if you will visit Neaples, the city under Vesuvius, try "pomodori del piennolo co cuzzetiell e pane" you will no regret!😀

Kali girl is so sweet! What a great companion while you do what you choose to do each day. Keep on.

I am amazed by this man. He genuinely knows everything from building a log cabin, to sauna bath, to rocket stove, fishing, cooking, preserving, gardening and a lot more. You are great, may GOD bless you more and an inspiration to all.

Not only do I watch because I love the lifestyle, I watch for the amazing camera shots. Beautiful.

You remind me of Milt. My first love. When I was in my teens . He did all that you do. I loved watching him. Instead I married a Doctor and moved to Ireland. I still love Milt.

@4philipp

4 жыл бұрын

Careful, Milt is likely to watch this

@Kriss_L

4 жыл бұрын

Or Shawn's wife.

@oliviarackley1503

3 жыл бұрын

ooooohhhhh....survival just got naughty!

Thank you for your continued efforts of creating content and sharing your life with us.

I love your lack of commentary. It's so interesting not knowing what exactly you're doing until we see it and finally understand. Not to name any names, but other channels always have to explain every little thing that they're doing and it makes it a lot less interesting.

@onegmsgmailcom

4 жыл бұрын

I agree in theres days many channels they just talk too much and you cant enjoy the nature and natural surrounding sounds, thats why this channel is my favorite :)

@Kelleena1on1

4 жыл бұрын

I also like this man style just work i ride my mobile bike while i watch his channel , ty Jesus wholesome good content

Ohh WOW was that red sky gorgeous!! Thank you for all the work you put into the videos! God Bless you & your family! ♥️♥️♥️

I remember my grandfather telling me he rotated the crops gown in his fields and some fields were to fallow...I also have been throwing my fireplace charcoal/ashes, egg shells, banana peels, coffee grounds, etc. in my garden for years, really works, just takes time

that is real work, cutting up roots is never an easy job.

When planting and staking saplings, it's best to tie them no higher than a couple of feet from the ground. That way they have a chance to bend and sway in the wind and have a stronger main trunk. If they are tied too high up, the trunk will remain weak and spindly and may snap in strong winds. That's been my unfortunate experience. Excellent work, though.

@johncourtneidge

4 жыл бұрын

Ps are the pear and apples self fertile. Pears often need another compatible pollinator variety.

@lg7276

2 жыл бұрын

@@johncourtneidge 2

I, who live in Korea, planted a field crop last week. As if dealing with a baby, it was done with every effort. Like you know it well. ^O^

I’ve been following you from the walk out of the city...the distance that you’ve come from and to now unbelievable,,,I wouldn’t trade the life your living for the life of a millionaire ,what you’ve built and carved out is what our ancestors did,you should be the proudest man on earth,and as many have told you ...your not alone tens of thousands are with you,,I’m from Kentucky and Daniel Boone would easily call you brother 😎

What a beautiful life. Thank you for sharing!

You mentioned that you were concerned you don't explain enough of what (and why) you are doing a certain task, but that is one of the neat things about your videos I like very much. We learn and figure it out as you move through your tasks. I really love what you are doing. Your energy is unreal. Thanks so much.

I learned to garden over 40 years ago from an old mountain man in Blowing Rock NC. He let me use his garden plot which was very rich. We used show horse manure which was very rich due to the diet of the horses. Everything was organic before organic became a thing. I had the most beautiful garden and it set the fire of gardening in me. I am 78 and have gardened all over the US since then. I am in TN and most of my food will go to the food bank as I live alone but I am still gardening.

building this garden is much like when you were originally building the cabin. You've built your living space now you're building your food source.

I have followed you since day one. Thought you, intelligent,strong physically and independently wealthy enough to be successful in your endeavors. You have a beautiful wife and lovely daughters. I was beginning to question your sanity when it came to the garden. I still do but, if you live long enough and stick with it, you will win. 🤗 Best of luck.

Sweet, nearly a hour of serenity and entertainment. Thanks so much for your effort!!

Without knowing it you are helping people remember old times and thoughts, simpler living through honest hard work, thank you I just love all your vids

I'm really excited so see how your garden does this year! It's so awesome so many people have started gardening this year, definitely a blessing in all the craziness!!

I believe work and activity are the best exercise in the world but I couldn’t do in a week what you do in a day and then I’d have to take the next week off to recover. You’re and inspiration and my vicarious exercise. Love to watch 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I love how Cali decides she needs to include herself in some tasks :) Catching wood shavings? Got it. Smelling dirt piles? On it. What a good pup!!!

Thank you for sharing natural methods of soil enrichments.

50 minute video, aaaaw yeah!!

Your Hugleculture garden has inspired my myself 70 yrs old and my wife 60 yrs. old to make a 4" wide by 24" long by 36" tall one in our side yard in the city of Pensacola, Fl. We were able to top it with a truck load of free horse manure mixed with straw and dirt, and finish it off with a truck load of rich compost that cost us $40. The rest of the structure was free from gathered materials. Thanks for the inspiration.

Shawn, please talk more. I am often puzzled by what you are doing in this garden. Your insights into your thought process and why you do what you do are greatly appreciated!

The red sunset was beautiful...

That is one dirt loving dog! Cali is so awesome

So glad you’re planting fruit trees as well as a garden. Many people start with a garden, figuring they’ll get to the trees in a couple of years, forgetting that it’ll take an additional three or four years to get any fruit from those trees. As soon as you started with the shovel, Cali came running over-I think she was hoping to chase dirt the way she chases shovels-full of snow. I love to see her hauling around that orange throw thing!!

Thank you Shwan James, it's always of interest.

Great, that's exactly what i wanted to try and here are the instructions.

Outstanding! You are living the life we can only dream of. Kudos, Brother!! KEEP ROCKING!

Dear Shawn, your ability to achieve your goal is amazing! I pray to God that you had enough time and energy for everything! If you have the opportunity to fill this pile with 30-40 liters of silt from the bottom of the river, you will get an amazing effect. Sludge dries slowly and promotes active humus.

Doing a great job teaching people to grow without artificial fertilization. Stay safe.

👍 = there is nothing left to say! Everything perfect!

Being a slipped disc patient, I refused to go for surgical solution. Whenever I see you handling everything by hands, so independently and confidently, it gives me strength and energy to stay strong to fight against the pain that is sending through my spine. Life can be happy when one find peace and satisfaction in whatever we are doing, while many people are chasing after material stuff in the busy cities so full of stress, I think its better to be simple and carefree like you!

Hi, thank you for sharing your experience. I am in the Caribbean, Trinidad. I am 72, yrs, my husband and I just purchased a small piece of land in the country, will be doing a little gardening to keep us busy and healthy, I enjoy watching, and I am leaning a lot from how you make the compost. You have a good friend at your side, the dog..

Good Friday Shawn & Cali! Yay! Cali is back! 👍😍🐕

Thanks Shawn I found Terra preta and biochar very helpful

Still cant believe how much time and effort you put in to your work & films. Wonderful to watch. I’m exhausted just watching. Thank you 🌈

Sean’s life allows us to dream about it, but most of us are not physically fit enough to do the hard work that Mr. James is doing. However if you are or are capable of becoming so, then I believe this is one of the best way to remain independent. Be prepared to get use to giving up many luxuries we take for granted now!🇺🇸👍🤠🙏✝️

I remember I used to have a book about farming that was written around the early 1900s, and I lost it. I do remember it had a part about taking care of stumps. Apparently they used to take a old stump, make a hole on the top and put something flammable in the hole in the wood; the stump would burn down to the roots. I don't know, I'm a lobsterman not a farmer, just trying to help. It's looking great!

@4philipp

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like how they build dugout canoes in the old days. Cut a center channel, fill with branches and start a fire. Often multiple fires were needed to burn off enough wood. I’m sure early native fishermen used that to get their lobster.

@daniels5780

4 жыл бұрын

Or make some holes at the base and have pigs dig up the stump for you once they know there is food in them holes.

more than ever, you can be glad you've chosen a path outside our system.. rough times ahead

Yes! I've been on the same path regarding sustainability and how to lessen my dependence on commercially manufactured products like this. I've read up on this biochar and thanks to you and your demo of the process I think I'll give it a go with my own compost pile and garden. Thank you Shawn. Best wishes to you. ❤

Thanks Shawn and family

The old stove sitting there like the eye of Sauron, overseeing everything with its oppressive gaze. :)

@deltanovember1672

4 жыл бұрын

“I see you!” Ha ha ha.

@user-pn4uj6qj2f

4 жыл бұрын

And asking: "Why not to use me to produce char by regulating how big chimney hole is". It's so easier to get a smoldering effect with little to no oxigen in the stove. Let it burn bright then choke it. Easy to recharge, no digging needed.

@normajackson4496

3 жыл бұрын

I like gardening and I am learning from you lot when I was a young girl I learn some from my grandpa I am 70 now so I do some planting like flowers not to much gardening my legs don’t a loud me but I love doing gardening if I could I planted one tomato 🍅 plant and I got a few tomatoes and I ate them as they got ripe

@normajackson4496

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I forgot to tell you I plant flowers in pots I use to do. In the ground but I am getting old so have slow down because I have RA but I do what I can well keep the good job I joy your videos

@AhmadAhmad-ht2ly

3 жыл бұрын

@2ضض

GREAT VIDEO SHAWN. I LEARNED SOME NEW APPLICATIONS ON GARDENING AGAIN!! GOOD TO HEAR ALL THE GOOD PROJETS YOU HAVE COMING UP. ALL OF THEM ARE POSITIVE! FANTASTIC VIDEO

Thank you for sharing your day with us.

This video answers exactly my questions of how to help my garden and compost naturally. Thankyou!

I'm Brazilian and certify this speech of black soils. Here we do this to black the soil to this day!

@NashvilleMonkey1000

4 жыл бұрын

We left a composter filled with material over winter and this spring some of the straw near the bottom had turned into charcoal, along with a good amount of dirt. It's interesting that under certain circumstances a forest is able to make it's own charcoal without fire, I heard it was possible long ago, but didn't understand until it happened in my composter by itself.

@edh7492

4 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that how the ancient people’s like the Maya were able to cultivate the jungle land and build their huge civilisations? I’ve heard of these black soils from that region...

@luizgabriel3388

4 жыл бұрын

@@edh7492 mayans weren't brazilian natives

@johnnya1717

4 жыл бұрын

@@edh7492 terra pretta

@katerh3198

3 жыл бұрын

@@luizgabriel3388 He didn't say they were

Thank you so much! I'm making my own charcoal for sure!

Wow finally cute Cali is here.. 🐶 Nice inspirational video

Trên đời này , chú là người đàn ông quá tốt , mặt chú phúc hậu , rất giỏi .rất xứng đáng là đấng nam . cô có phước mới được hưởng cái phúc này .hãy trân trọng hạnh phúc này . Chúc cô chú trăm năm an vui .😊😊. Cuộc đời này là thiên đường .🌹🌹😇😇

beautiful

The trash can will work great. You need to get it hot enough so that a flame will actually shoot out like a torch. Then keep the fire going until the flame from the hole slows down. At that point simply let the fire die on its own. No need to doss the fire. It will not burn to ash but give you perfect bio char. I’ve been making it like that for about a year now and it turns out perfect every time. PM me if you want more detail.

Mr. James, I hope you continue showing us all those video you have showed us till now, about all your knowing and challeng in gardenning, planting trees, building in the wild, fishing and hunting. I really enjoy every week. Thank you for sharing, I know it's must be hard to prepare, sometime. Wishing you and family a nice summer, a productive season growing foods garden. Thank you.

I've never seen anything like that before. That was an education. Thank you Shawn.

Love what you are doing and enjoying watching you.

I reckon there’s a tremendous feeling of accomplishment after a long hard day of dirt work in the woods. I find that a physically exhausted body yields the calmest mind. I hope all the hard work pays off.

there he is the world most lovable dog, still like to see doggie day once a month

Thank you , Shawn and Thank you Mrs Shawn ,

The sounds through out are wonderful in the forest, including your talk. Hard work clearing the land and enriching the soil.

Another very educational video thank you Shawn. Thank you. God bless and be safe. Jim

Vous allez avoir un super jardin avec votre préparation de la terre, bravo monsieur,🇫🇷❤️

You are a man after my own heart this year making a bigger garden and getting things ready for hunting and fishing to put up for the days ahead thank you

Looking good Shawn!

Thank you for sharing Shawn, I learned a lot because of this video. Nicely done. Cheers

Love your dog what a companion 😊

You approach each task with a focused mind. You don't think about short cuts. You just do each rask for its own sake, a shovel at a time. Im thinking, "bring in the tiller". But you do everything the old way, a shovel at a time. You use your wagon as a sifter. All this to create a garden place by starting with one big hole in the ground. I sure would not have approved it this way. I bet my grandfather did. Still, I think he used a mule and a plow. I admire you so much. Thank you. You show us all what can be done.

your garden is amazing. in addition to the creativity and ingenuity i am inspired by the sheer (Herculean) physical effort you have put into it. I vaguely recall doing similar gardening things in my 20s. You are making me think a middle-aged guy (namely me) might actually have some manual soil building left in me. Thank you so much.

@4philipp

4 жыл бұрын

You can do it.

A few years from now the growing will be much easier. Most the roots an rocks will be gone ? Much better soil all this hard work will be worth it. Its obvious your a hard worker . Dont ya just love it when a plan comes together. I hope you have a great growing season this year. Makes it easier to continue next year. A great deal of satisfaction will be yours.

Yes! Your compo pile is enormous! Now i understand better what my grandmother said about fires being good in the long term for our desert & at higher elevation, forests. Thank you for the detailed explanation.

Really enjoying watching the progress in the gardens. Thank you for taking the time to share you life.

Shawn...you’re determination is amazing. I keep thinking to myself how appealing it would be to order a couple of dump trucks of quality topsoil. Thanks for being true!

@barbibutton9619

4 жыл бұрын

Can't find it. After 3 yrs of trying to create decent soil out of rock and clay, I've looked. Thought I found some last week but it had rocks and right now, I loathe rocks. So, I stopped on my way back home, bought more manure from a farmer and more potting soil from Lowe's, bone meal, blood meal etc. It looks good right now but I haven't tested it yet this week.

Great video !!! I first heard of Terra Pretta from Graham Hancock when he was talking about ancient Amazonian cultures they were uncovering evidence of in the south American rain forests. I need to make a whole whack of that for my property in Florida. Its all sugar sand.

Yes, by all means hands on experience and research are key to success.

I just want to say your hard work, is showing much progress, Shawn. Do take care!!!!

I bet those fruit trees jump right up from the heated soil from your fires. I don't do the char as my garden beds are developed and get renewed with compost. Biochar holds nutrients and ash provides potassium. You'll also get some tilth. Cover crops, especially legumes will improve soil quickly. A guy can't get enough compost. It is the singular improvement that works for any plant. You seem to have the recipe and method well thought out.

Just wanted to say I love your work and videos. You make youtube a happy place to be. Keep up the had work! Can't wait to see what your home turns into in the next few years

My wife and i are learning so much from you with these gardening vids which we will definitely put to good use when we move back home to the bush

Your videos are such a comfort on a friday night, i love watching every time. I even learn a thing or thirty along the way. Bio Char simply is the same thing that is done as a controlled burn in the forest, it makes for an amazing new forest bed and clears away the overabundance of dead material.

Shawn, hope you have in mind using ALL RAINWATER possible (when it rains) - you have got plenty of ROOFS around. Just need to build small platforms near each roof and INSTALL big cubic containers on them (in doing so you don't need water pump to water your garden - just the GRAVITATION FORCE - water runs downhill). Then attach thin rubber pipe with a switch to the bottom of containers (switch on the free end of the pipe) and you have watering devise for your gardening and composting - water under gravitation force will go without you caring buckets around. If you don't like the look of containers it is easy to cover them with shields or boxes made from lumber. If water containers not enough - it is possible to use big tarps for collecting rain water - just put a little fence - stakes about feet high in line repeeding square shape of a tarp, attach thin rope to the tops of stics - this will be perimeter to wich perimeter of the tarp needs to be attached. Tarp needs to lay on the ground loose, only perimeter lifted - fast way to collect much rainwater. If you do this on some natural elevation on the ground - it's easy to use rubber pipe to water garden nearby with the help of gravitation.

Funny took me a while to get the proper perspective. Watched you build a cabin, then the Forest kitchen, then the Suana. Now I get it you are building the lifeforce garden. Yoda would be proud.

I want this life... I have 10 acres in the foothills of mt. Spokane. I’ve been doing it for 5 years. I just don’t have the skills you do, god, you are so freaking talented, just in case nobody has told you that recently ;) I am 50 now. I can only imagine if we had met 30 years ago. What a dream. I’m also an introvert. I bet ya love your dog... they truly are mans best friend. What a dream... thank whoever gave you those skills. So freaking talented...

My brother went to a fish hatcher and brought home a truck load of dry fish remains and built up his soil. Wow! What a difference.

So interesting. And now you have motivated me to persevere. Thank for that and a long video. Good luck.

I track from the moment of creation, so I can tell when the need will force you to learn everything, but this will not be enough if you do not have the desire and you have an abundance of I understand Dic Prenek was very interesting to you and played a small role in your choice. Your hands are growing from where you need good luck. With greetings and a subscription from Russia.I am not friends with English purely self-translation, please excuse me if something is not quite clear.

@theborderer1302

4 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid, although your post may be very well intentioned, it's simply gibberish.

@davidnoseworthy4540

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent to read your comments (from Canada)

@joshs3499

4 жыл бұрын

I've been watching your channel since it began. Necessity seems to have played a role in you pursuing and learning new things, but it's not enough unless you have the drive and desire to persist, which I see you have in abundance. Dick Proenneke must have been a small influence to you. "Your hands are growing from where you need good luck. " that part is incomprehensible

@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer

4 жыл бұрын

We can tell the good will

@captainburdock2220

4 жыл бұрын

Great effort! Even though there is a language barrier, we are still human beings and I loved your comments. There is a global movement to divide us all and take us away from the nature that God created. We all need to stick our hands in some dirt! And hug one another! Step forward 6 feet, remove the mask, take a breath, expose your identity! Stick out our tongues at the NWO!!! We were created not manufactured in a lab!!!!

Each time I sit to do needlework or having a lazy day, your Videos are very inspiring to me. The scenery, Nature sounds, Cali with her great personality, and watching your projects, not to mention the wonderful food that is cooked! Words cannot describe this Channel and the effort put into it for us to enjoy. Idea..when you finish all your work, relax and start an Outside Cooking Video! Blessings from Middle Georgia!

When I feel a bit of stress, I come here to watch you and find the nature comforting. Thanks for not adding music! I find myself wanting to cook over an open flame and building up hügelkulturs.

Coloque uma tela ao redor do seu chapéu,proteja dos mosquitos.Abraços Brasil.E viva a amazônia.

So effing nice that Cali is always there to help. Bravo Cali!

First I want to say on your last video don’t worry about what some people say you don’t have to prove anything to any one you’re living the life you’ve always wanted to do and if you want to do it you’re self more power to you and your doing a great job job of everything you do so the way best to you

Shawn, you are the hardest working man I know. 💪💪💪💪💪💪🤗

Awesome Shawn, I learn new stuff every time I watch.....! =)

I always wonder why there are people (200 at this moment) that thumbs down your videos! Who are you people that don't understand what this great man is doing? Grow up and PLEASE just go away!

@MichaelRamak

4 жыл бұрын

It's just 200+ people who went for the Thumbs Up button and missed.

@arcar66

4 жыл бұрын

All you need to do is to look at society today and your question should be answered Some folks just can't help bring ignorant.

@grahamtotte7133

4 жыл бұрын

It's probably because he's cutting down trees. people in cities who live in wooden houses and sit on wooden furniture and wipe their asses with toilet paper get all upset and judgey when they witness a tree get cut down.

@johncamp7679

3 жыл бұрын

There’s people paid to watch social media, and cause conflict. I watched another channel. His video just came out. It was 14 minutes long. Before anyone had time to watch it ,11 thumbs down.

سبحان الله انت تعمل بجد ونشاط في كل الاوقات 🌷🌷🌷