Whenever I start a big project, I make a serious estimate of how long it will take to do. Then I multiple by four or five, and that's how long it really takes....

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

😂 I do that and I’m still wrong

Annie - the trick with Jerusalems it to eat them regularly. Your body will adapt and you don't have the gas problem anymore. They are related to sunflowers and give you beautiful flowers as well.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Perseverance! I will let her know

Great vlog as always. Annie is becoming an awesome logger in her own right. I know this is a year late, but I am binge watching, doing a catch up, so I don’t expect a response - just helping the algorithm.

@OffGridBruce

3 ай бұрын

That’s for the algorithm push :)

Thank you Annie for the lovely garden tour... your work has paid off; everything is growing well! You did a wonderful job as videographer and commentator. Poor Bruce stuck up in the attic while you and the girls enjoyed the fresh air....oh well, that's how you get things done. Kudos to all of you for working together as a team.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathleen. I thought she did a great job too :)

House is flying together now, won't be long before you're plastering and painting. Garden looks great, pity about the dogs munching the canes but they might survive yet.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

They might but they had another go today 😂 might need to fence it off

Annie, you did a fantastic job with the garden tour.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t she just :)

@patrickbeamish8480

Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridBruce Yes, and she smiled, too.

You should have called it Off grid Jack as you sure are a Jack of all trades 😂

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

😂 I may change the name :)

Love the piggies! Thanks, Annie! Great tour.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Those pigs are brilliant

More Annie please ! Great tour, the place is looking incredible 🎉

@OffGridBruce

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. I will try an get her on the camera

Hi all, hope ur all doing well, attic will be a lovely space when finished!!! Loved the garden tour Annie ur a breath of fresh air, did my first foraging workshop couple of weeks ago got to try a pig nut , we had soup with nettles in it delicious 😋 have a good week🤗

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

We are good 😊 I enjoyed the pig nut. Wasn’t sure what to expect

I understand it can be difficult at times to be off grid, but I love your family’s attitude and style ❤ I’d really love to be neighbors.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sarah

Yes. Thinking, oh, this'll be quick, has never ever panned out well for me lol.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

I will never learn

Well done Annie, the land looks amazing, the girls rooms are getting there, they must be excited, well done Bruce.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

That they are :)

Love seeing you on screen, Annie! Though this video is a bit of a deja vu with my real life experience with you, today! Ha! And yeah, no more Jerusalem artichokes! x)

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Are you sure :) 💨

I bet you will be awash in eggs soon. This morning I offloaded 3 dozen eggs on my unsuspecting neighbors! I have 9 hens; 6 young ones and 3 older. Home made eggs are so much tastier! Your homestead is brilliant. We built our own house (still not done but very livable) and have done the gardening and self reliant stuff since the 1980s. It's a really cool way to raise your kids. More power to you! It's not the easiest but very rewarding.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. I love hearing about people further along than we are. I am wondering what state the house will be in a couple of years

A lovely chilled out and definitely non dorky tour from Annie ❤

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

😂 thanks Jules

Great to see your plants doing well. Have to admit, the mark on the lens throughout was a bit distracting - apart from when it was having a dance on Bruce’s forehead 😆

@maeveskelly4686

Жыл бұрын

Getting the pigs to sit- genius pig trainer Annie!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

It was driving me mad in edit. Can’t see a scratch but I may have to send my camera and lens off for repair again

Love seeing Annie and her tour. Spring has definitely sprung there, it’s all looking pretty lush here in Suffolk too 😊

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

It’s a lovely time of year :)

I can't wait till we get to see the polly tunnel potatoe harvest or any harvest. Good job Bruce 🙂💐

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

We actually had a few potatoes from the tunnel tonight and they were delicious. Will try and film some next week

Hi it took my new chickens over a month to settle in before laying..Just remember they need a lille sand pit or buy bag of ground oyster shells from local farmers coop or online and mix with feeding as it gives them what they need to form shells on eggs I had trouble with chickens laying also due to this only found out online so worth looking up

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. They seem to have started laying now. I think they are still fairly young

One thought for your chooks... Annie mentioned they're on layer feed. Perhaps they should still be on grower? We feed our chickens grower feed while they're young (it has more protein). They transition to layer only after they start laying. 👍🥚

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

That makes sense. Do you think they get enough protein from the bugs etc on the pasture?

@catbot6733

Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridBruce That's a tough one :) Especially while they're little and learning. I treat the forage like a wonderful supplement, without relying on it. More that it's great that they'll eat less feed overall when they're foraging a lot, if they're finding what they need. But the feed guarantees everyone always has access to what they need. Even those who had a no-bug day, or who aren't good foragers (by age or breed). I think there may be other differences too, like layer has some minerals etc mixed in that their growing bodies aren't ready for till they start laying. Keeping chickens is quite an adventure, but so worth it. Good luck!

Annie great video job on all the gardens!! Bruce the attic looks great! 🎉

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Carol

Awww how cute are those pigs! 💓

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Extremely!! 😂

I honestly feel so privileged to get to experience this on your channel, it brings me such joy because it is my dream to do this too. It's so surreal especially living in Ireland too! Thank you :)

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

No worries :) thanks for watching

You can really see the loft room take shape and visualise how it will turn out. Girls will be excited and Annie doing deadly on the garden video 😊

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks David

Green house is looking good

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joanne

Suggesting you place that mint in a pot or two , if you leave it in the bed it will completely take over and out compete everything in the area . Cheers

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

That whole bed is a mess. Think pigs and chickens may need to reset it for us in the future

@wadeschwartz6281

Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridBruce yes pigs would be a great method /cure 🙂

Had to comment again lol! The garden tour was brilliant when added to Annie's own perspective on things - A real treat to watch. Thank you for sharing that.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Annie always adds great stuff to the vlog when she picks up the camera.

lovely to see the garden come along

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊 it’s going well so far

The land looks great, in what feels like such a short time. More time on the house now 😊

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Yes hopefully I can get my head down and crack on!

👍

Great tour!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Loved the garden tour thanks Annie!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Nice garden tour 😊 👌

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks you :)

sucess forever my friend ❤

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Great tour. Are you gonna make storage nooks under the eaves?

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

We are definitely going to do something with them

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How old are your hens? If they are six to eight months old, they should be laying. I've had free range hens that decided my beautifully appointed laying boxes were not acceptable but the garbage can full of old baling twine tucked into a shed was perfect! You might check to see if your hens have found an alternative to your beautiful nesting boxes!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

They are fairly young. Their combs are still small at the mo. The white one I filmed is laying occasionally and she looks the oldest

Two comments don’t take it negatively just trying to help. Before put up the stuffing would it not have been better to fit the insulation colotex or king span sheets first to the ceiling. Between the rafters and the sheet over the whole thing. Do it from the wall plat to the ridge line and tape up all the seams to stop air escaping. Easier to do and a good job. The second thing the beam u cut at the roof window is a supporting beam both ends of this will need supported and the joists either side of the windows beefed up with steel to carry the ends. A load of snow on the roof could be an issue. U still a long way to go up there yet but stay positive and keep at it and u will get there. Sorry if I sound negative

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Hey Marcus. Not negative at all. I like getting other people’s perspectives as it has helped a lot in the past. The original framing of the roof was non existent and the purlins you refer to hve been cut like that since the mid 90s way before we got the place. Completely wrong as you say but mad that the roof never sagged in all that time. Since then I didn’t film but it but I have fitted ridge beams between the chimney breasts and gable ends and moved and secured the mid purlins properly. The partitions I put in are to add support for the rafter span which is now back in tolerance (under 2m between purlins). I’m fitting 50mm insulation between and a further 50mm over the rafters so I don’t think I could secure the top plate to the rafters properly after insulating unless I’m misunderstanding what you are saying?

@marcusd2380

Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridBruce just trying to say get the roof air tight fill gaps with foam when fitting the insulation and tape all the seam with silver foil tape. But it nsulate from wall plate to ridge and that way any Eve stage u have will in insulated as well. I wish I did mine that way but no and it was more time consuming and more expensive and not as good a job

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

@@marcusd2380 thanks for the advice on the insulation. It’s going to make a huge difference once in. Does it need a vapour barrier seal as it’s vented the other side?

@marcusd2380

Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridBruce I don’t do mine but should have done to me regs at the time. But if u tape all the joints with 100mm foil tape or wider ur going to be air tight. Robyn clevit has a few good video on you tube on how to do it. The taping is pain full but worth it for air tightness. Drafts kill and insulation u put in

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

I’ll check him out. Thanks 🙏

Sorry if this is a silly question, but why did you double up on the partition floor plates? Great video as always!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

The floors have been framed in the wrong direction (lengthwise) so it’s just to add strength to the the joist underneath the partition. Maybe over kill but wanted to be sure. My only other option was to rip the entire floor out and reframe it and I really didn’t fancy it

@phelimoneill2813

Жыл бұрын

Prevention is always better than a cure! Thank you for explaining and I'm impressed you did all the cuts by hand with a skill-saw rather than a mitre cut chop-saw! I remain inspired as always!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

@@phelimoneill2813 Probably laziness on my part not wanting to lug the chopsaw and transformer up the ladder lol

Pardon my ignorance. Why do you do the string and chalk thing? Is it to mark pipes/wires?

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

It was just to show the level line before I fixed the top plate to the rafters. I didn’t bother with it the 2nd time as it seemed close enough

Iv herd if you cant get your chickens to lay eggs try goat feed

@OffGridBruce

9 ай бұрын

We get an egg a day from each hen at the moment

Why dont you put the pigs in another place where you want to remove the brambles, and use the place where the pigs are now, for another great garden location?

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

That’s basically what’s happening there except instead of veggies we are bringing back pasture. We are keeping them on small over grown parts of the old hay field to bring it back to its former glory

My 13 year old complains at me paying him £6 an hour , tell dad you need a raise

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Shh 🤫 😂