With all the "homesteading" type of programs on Discovery and similar channels, your content easily rivals and in most cases is way better than those established shows that have been on for years. My wife and I love what you do and is so inspirational to a life we hope to have one day.

I understand your reluctance to travel into town. Great that you can now rely upon your wonderful garden as a major food source and reduce your dependency on the grocery store. Every video you produce is an eduction for me.

I find myself listening very carefully to every bit of knowledge and advice you have to offer, and my way of life is the total opposite of yours. That's how good your channel is mr. James.

favourites prob grow near the forest kitchen from food prep off cuts! break up and scatter a couple of them around the forest kitchen and the spores will grow plenty right there! always a pleasure shawn, the cellar looks grand! 😁👍🏻

Every dog deserves the freedom Cali has! 🐾😉🇨🇦

Broke out in laughter with Cali in the puddle. "Rain,isnt it great.."

Thanks for watching. FYI, I am not a mushroom expert and only harvest and eat mushrooms that I can 100% identify as safe for human consumption. If you are interested in wild foraging, please consult with an expert and/or attend a foraging workshop. One KZread channel worth watching for more information is kzread.info.

What is lovely about the wild morels, and tree oysters etc is you can dry them put them in a glass jar with a lid and winter put them in water and they fatten back up do not lose their taste and are great. Mom did it and taught me to do that.

I am watching this video for the second time. It's another boring day down here in northwest Georgia. I wish I could spend my day with Shawn James but he lives a couple thousand miles away so that is not possible. So I will just sit here and watch his videos over and over.

Cali is having a lovely spa time. This is a dog's paradise. Nature provides us with all the bounty we need. Gorgeous Shrooms ! 💚💛🧡

I’m not positive, but I believe I saw a most special giant golden mushroom moving about as you were picking others. It even jumped in a little waterhole!😯😉🤣🤣🤣 Sweet Cali💖💋💖

Thank you for sharing Cali with us. She always puts a smile on my face.

Love Cali and her water puddles. ❤️❤️

I am glad your mushroom season is going so well! Chicken of the woods is one of my favorites, enjoy.

I am all for free. I love hanging my clothes outside to dry......mostly because it's free! We have wild grapes, blackberries, and onions at my little homestead. Lots of fish in my little pond too. All free...lol... Great video on mushrooms. I will try harvesting mushrooms the coming spring. Thanks to Shawn! Take care. Regards to your family.

You study and you thrive! That cooler is going to be amazing! Thank you so much for all you share with us Shawn!

All the wild mushrooms look amazing, Shawn you're very fortunate to forage for something so organic. Cali is so crazy about her water and mud, she's too cute. Nice video, thanks Shawn and have a great week.

Wow! Nice shrooms, huge! Not familiar with many but know well chanterelles, bolets, shaggy mane(meh, mediocre!) morels, and a couple other unsure the names of. Many years ago a friend and I hit a bumper crop of chanterelles in the Olympic Mts. WA state and filled up 4 backpacks easily and could've gotten more but we grew too tired and it was rainy, wet, slippery. I picked many and passed them around to family and friends in a 250 mile radius. Everyone was happy! Great eating. Cali in the water hole; sweetest thing ever! Enjoying your videos, lovely garden. Thanks for sharing. Blessings!👵🌱🍃🌌🦉...exceptional night shot! A living poster! Beautiful.😁👍

The root cellars is taking shape and I will watching along as you build it ! Thanks Shawn !

Another great video - thankyou so much for all the effort you put in to get the videos to all of us. The last view of the evening sky was beautiful. Cheers.

A muddy Cali is a happy Cali. 💛

Thanks for the video's I be waiting patiently for them u I can't wait for you to build that building so I can see how it looks because you do great work

Cali is so entertaining and fun to watch, she adds a lot to your videos

Cali is a True water dog!

Good morning Shawn great to see your videos keep them coming. Very much enjoying them!

Cali made me laugh aloud again when you filmed her in that tiny water hole.

Wish we where friends. I would learn so much on how to deal with life and keep my depression in under control. You are the best , thank you for sharing you life

@anthonyeberling2291

3 жыл бұрын

Watch the jocko wilnik pod cast. It is super motivational and covers depression. Also, for me, exercise and church help tremendously. Don't be afraid to get professional help. Ill keep you in my prayers kev james.

Good Morning Shawn - You made quite a haul on the mushrooms. The only wild mushrooms I have had are the Morel, which were plentiful in Oregon where I used to live. I can hardly wait to see the finished cellar. Have a great week. Regards, Randy in Arizona, USA

@yolandatrullinger5461

3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the finished root cellar, hope to see what it’s used for. I could google it but I want to see the finished product! Googling would only be cheating!! Being from south Texas we don’t need a cellar!

Good morning. Thank you for sharing the build videos. The garden is doing well. ☝️☕

Went on a couple hikes with my wife over here in the Bruce Peninsula where we live and saw all those mushrooms you showed! Don't know anything about mushrooms, love eating them, but was pleasantly surprised how unbelievably plentiful they were around here. Seeing that you are enjoying them, and how bountiful it is this year, really tempted to get educated on what is edible and do some foraging ourselves. Thank you Shawn for the motivation.

The mushrooms are amazing. That Cali is a water dog , for sure. 😺💖

@lynnereed3677

3 жыл бұрын

I said goodbye to my 12 year old golden this weekend. Please give Cali a pat for me.

Your Blessed Shaun i got a feeling in a few weeks to 3 months when supply chains and food distribution becomes blatently obvious you will greatly appreciate being self reliant.

@johnhine8725

3 жыл бұрын

I am hearing radio ads for MRE food packages to buy. What a world, eh?

Good morning! Shawn The root seller is coming along. I see all kinds of mushrooms growing on our farm but I don’t know much about them. Always been scared to eat them. Thank you Shawn my research is beginning thanks to you. ❤️

@marley9904

3 жыл бұрын

Same here Kimberly, don't know much about mushrooms. Stay safe

@annotten7413

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know much about them either but I was told when I was a child that over 80% of mushrooms are poisonous so I have always been scared to pick them in the wild. I know they have books that explain them but what if I get a picture mixed up?

Ok, Shawn, I missed the video where you made that leather belt and rope! I’m sorry to have mentioned it. You’re way ahead of me! 😀

Cali amazes me how much she loves the water! Lol

You are absolutely right about it being a great year for Mushrooms 🍄 😀

That dog has a great life, I'm sure you are vigilant in checking inside ears and between toes for ticks and fleas, she's plowing through a lot of underbrush. I've had 3 senior rescue Dachshunds, all are buried in my yard in a special plot I made for them, I'll be getting another some day soon again too.☺

Mushroom picking is such a joy! Cheers Shawn!!

Hi again SHAWN Glorious mushrooms! Multi uses in recipes and are not only tasty but soo nutritious. What a bonus you have right there on your property! Mushroom identification would be a fascinating vid. Your cellar just might be one of your favs when completed. Looking forward to your stocking it up. Thx as always for sharing!

Tout est réfléchi !🙂...I remember my brothers and my father, After picking mushrooms, while the girls were cleaning ,marking préserves..omelet..etc..playing cards..they were bigs eveni ngs..I love it 😍👍

Shawn , I admire your ability & knowledge to mostly live OFF THE LAND... much like our ancestors !

After a long day and what has been a long week so far. Your videos are so calming and relaxing. Thank you for sharing your story.

Your last scene was just gorgeous!

Shawn, so far you have been focusing on foraging, self reliance through hunting, fishing, growing your own food; burning, heating and cooking using materials available from around your cabin. These are the obvious foundation and resources to live off. My opinion is that there would be added protection and long term assurance if you also stock up salt, sugar, coffee, flours, pasta, rice, grains, beans, freeze dried food etc (storing in bulk in Mylar bags that last for 20 , 30 years) and essential supplies. I would think that some storable canisters of butane or propane that allow indoor/outdoor cooking on portable stove and heating (like Little Buddy) still come handy as immediate back up, for emergencies and alternatives in unforeseen circumstances. Other situations to factor in and plan ahead are physical limitations with possible sickness and aging. It would be tough to go up and down the loft daily. My very best wishes that you enjoy your life and the fruits of your hard work in many decades to come!

@PLUM-rp9lt

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Hi Shawn.... Great to on your property & harvest your favorite food staples.... A lot better than going to a super market!...Luv watching the root cellar build! & my fav dog on you tube!...Stay healthy my friend!

I said goodbye to my 12 year old golden this weekend. Please give Cali a pat for me.

@earthangel8730

3 жыл бұрын

❤🧡❤🧡

@susanluffy

3 жыл бұрын

Feels like losing a family member. Im sorry. God bless!

@luca3938

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@Joy-qn7uv

3 жыл бұрын

We know the pain. Much love.

@bobobrien8968

3 жыл бұрын

Alex Kasacous My heart goes out to you, friend. Wish I could say I haven’t been there. We swpire we would never get another dog after a Daisey left us but we kept grieving so long that we finally succumbed. We were going to get a small dog, that’s it! Sitting beside me is the best chocolate lab in the world. It was the best medicine. But you can never replace what you had. Only add to the blessings these creatures bring. Condolences to you, friend.

Hi Shawn. I'm new to your channel. Found you by accident yesterday. .and I can't get enough watching what you're doing. Love the mushrooms. I've never harvested but I bet you could find truffles in that area. Yum. Be careful. In a past video, you mentioned insects and how bothersome they were to your wife. My daughter is allergic to misquitos and I wouldn't use harsh chemicals on her when she was young, but someone passed on to me that the orginal scented SKIN-SO-SOFT from Avon repels misquitos. I used it on my daughter for years and now she is 31 and still uses it seasonally and on her children too. Not one misquito bite when she wears it. We ordered the biggest bottle and it keeps forever. And you smell good. Oil scented candles repels flies---I've found the citronella candles do not work to repel anything. Just sharing tips for your wife's comfort. But i would use (some) of that bear fat, beeswax and spruce tips to make candles. Ty for sharing.

All the different types of mushrooms 🍄 ! Looking forward to seeing you prepare them for meals ! 😊👍💕💕💕

Thanks, Shawn! I love watching your videos at the end of a long day! Almost like meditation soothing to my mind. the user pic isn't my real face by the way I have more grey now lol

I love foraging for mushrooms. Oyster Mushrooms are my favorite but we've had a dry year here in Maine and haven't found any, but I have found some Lobster Mushrooms. Can't wait to see the root cellar finished. That will be utilized well I'm sure. I know we tell you this all the time but we really love what you're doing and we love all that you share.

I was up at Mikisew Provincial Park last week (presumably somewhere in your general area) and the mushrooms were more than abundant. Very good year.

Shawn, The mushrooms are a true blessing. Excellent, readily identifiable, tasteiness all around! Regards Stephen.

Your story gives inspiration to those who are planning to live in rural. We would love to share this with our customers who bought vacant land from us and planning to live away from the city. They will surely get awesome ideas from your videos.

Good morning Shawn, just waking up in California and was happy to see you put out a video. Thanks

Yea so happy to see another video pop up on my feed!! Always learn something from watching!! Blessings to you and your pup 😁

Glad you got a bunch of those yummy fungi! I usually go for Boletus Edulis around here, but this year was strange. Every patch I found was just riddled with some sort of larvae, even the youngest specimens. The purple spored puffballs usually in profusion were also mighty scarce as well. I always found it amazing the difference just a couple hundred km could have on weather. Some years the Great Lakes funnel the rainy weather north, sometimes south, and sometimes it splits the difference. This year was our drought year.

@wisconsinfarmer4742

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, the usual suspects did not fruit on my homestead.

Cali is the first and only dog I have fallen in love with. She is super sweet and well behaved

Shawn, you have to pick the zucchini flowers. Pan fry them for a snack! The mushrooms look delicious. I went camping last night to escape

@JamesJohnson-yh1oh

3 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth said, In an earlier video, Shawn does cook squash blossoms.

If you need larger stone for a project, I'd bet some of your neighbors have a stone pile that sits untouched. In farm country that is usually the case, especially in those areas where stone is prolific. I live at the edge of the ice age glacial till and every farmer spent hours clearing unwanted rock from fields and pastures. When I underpinned my basement, I was able to forage rock in any dimension to add to the new poured wall. Just a suggestion, my friend. I like your new root cellar. Thanks for posting!

delicious precious mushrooms...nature spoiling you in abundance.well done Shawn.

Mushrooms, what a terrific season presently. Not always such an abundant season. Good idea to dry for later when the years are more lean. I've read two versions of proliferation of mushrooms. 1 ) leave some in place to drop their spores and grow next season. 2 ) while the mushroom is in the ground, cut stem to remove mushroom. Leave stem in ground as it has fine strands in the ground that connects it to other mushrooms and its natural trees it belongs to. I don't know which is correct but I like both ideas, so I tend to do both.

Such wonderful mushrooms and interesting to see and hear about the progress on your rootceller. 👍

The inevitable Cali Photo BOMB! Love it!

Cali, the super cute water dog!!!

Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice vivid mushroom colors.

1:44 Cali behaves like me dear Flat Coat retriever. Sees water. Jumps in water. Lays down, and drinks it dry. Shawn, not trying to depress you. But what word from the family? God bless and keep you all safe.

OMG Beautiful Mushrooms. Hope to see names in future video. YOUV made me realize I've done alot of this and that in my life. I have awesome memories of being in the deep woods picking Chantal mushrooms. Thanks for reminding myself I've done so many great things. Your an Inspiration. Peace and Serenity to your family. 🎇

Really great. Thanks. By the way, keep an eye out for some construction pencils in the mail. Cheers.

We love watching you and your skills. It's tranquil with no music. When we leave home we put on your big playlist on for our two big beautiful Rottweilers as they love watching Cali. It keeps them entertained. Thank you.

I love both your channels. Thanks Shawn for all your hard work. Out.

We absolutely love living here where my wife and I are both born and raised. Here in NW Montana. Especially with the way the world is today. We are 5 miles from the Canadian border. Back in Our little town, Eureka, you don’t see many folks wearing mask. Folks despise them. And no one around here locked down back when so many was Nationwide. Our closet neighbor is across the state line over in Idaho. 8 miles. And it’s so good to have all 4 of our boys here close by living on the land they grew up on. I was raised here in a logging / sawmill family. Today, all the boys and there wives run everything. I go to our office which is here on our land, right about 678 acres away, put in about 5 to 6 hours a day. I have read so many comments online and so is my wife on her iPad out of people living in large cities, and listening to them how they live is just absolutely tragic. It’s sad. And so many live in fear, fear about being broke in on. My Lord. What so many of these people don’t even own a pistol. Two side arms stay in my pickup, and a shotgun and a rifle in my gun rack in my Pickup. I just don’t understand people that are scared living in the city yet they won’t even own a pistol. It makes no sense to me.

That summer oyster is the first edible I found on my property. Very nice 👍

Light batter and deep fry the chicken of the woods. I like to even season the batter. Great for you!!

Oh i see you dug a small hole lol your vods are great Shawn😃

Love it! Answered all my questions and made my day. Cheers

Cali love water so much its amazing how happy that dog looks

I was just in Muskoka and found chanterelles but also lots of boletes. The ones you can probably easily identify are the slippery jack which are great when you take the slimy top off... favourite of my wife's european relatives and if you find the Cep mushroom, it's amazing. You should also be able to find lots of birch boletes which also should be dried and used for soups. Oh and I was also really lucky to find 2 matsutake or Pine mushrooms worth several hundred $ a pound in Japan :)

Shaun, I’ve watched your videos since you first left the city and began your cabin. I’m impressed with your learned skill in construction. What I want to say is keep seeking your dreams, whatever they are. A suggestion though, if you don’t mind... in reference to pulling your winter sled, get a fat leather belt 5”-7” wide and hook the rope to each end, better yet, hook two ropes to the belt, one above the other on each end. Use this to pull the sled, by stepping inside and placing the leather band across your stomach or hips. This’ll free-up your arms and provide more power in pulling. Just a suggestion. You’re doing a great thing. In reference to the present situation in the world, with the plandemic, food shortages and economy, etc. you’re doing the right thing. I hope your wife and daughters will eventually understand and decide to join you. May the Lord continue to bless you. - George Spencer P.S.- I just had an additional thought: on each side, an arms length behind you, make a loop (a bite) on the rope heading to the sled, so if you want to, you can still grab the rope behind to use your arm strength as well. 😀 ok, additional: put a good sized hand loop at the end of the leather-strap so you can put the strap up on your chest and use your two hands at each end of the strap to help with an extra pull of your arms and lats and shoulder muscles.

@itsjustournature8045

3 жыл бұрын

Hi George. I was thinking something similar when I saw Shawn struggling with moving large heavy logs, which he eventually put the leading end in a plastic toboggan/skid (?) so the end wouldn't dig into the snow or into the dirt as he is dragging it along. I've seen Shawn work with sheet metal before and I was thinking he could fashion a slider a curler might use on their shoe or a metal fixture that a pirate that has lost his leg below the knee would put over his leg stub. The metal would stand up much better than the thin plastic. Perhaps fashion the metal to a point so it slides easily past the trees with an upturn so it doesn't dig into the snow/dirt. Kind of a cone with the seam riding on the top so it doesn't act as a dirt plow. Just a thought.

@ShawnJames1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I made one of those and used it last winter. You can probably see it in one of my ice fishing videos

Baby Bello mushrooms are my favorite..I forage for them at Walmart though...glad you can find them in the wild.

Great work! Thumbs from Gotland in Sweden!

Great video Shawn. You do a great job of explaining the details. Really interesting to hear your take on things!!

Hi Shawn nice harvest of the mushrooms . Looking forward to the root cellar build and how to keep the walls free of rot and mildew. I also understand you wanting to keep your eco footprint as small as possible. Would a french drain around the perimeter sloped away from the walls help with keeping the moisture at bay? A green house on top of the root cellar ? The location near the garden makes good sense. . With all the snow you receive I'm having a difficult time envisioning a dry root cellar. Not an easy solution specialy with the weight against the walls .Having said that you never fail to amaze me so I' m sure you have thought it out thoroughly All the best to you and your family

Shawn, so far you have been emphasizing on foraging, self reliance through hunting, fishing, growing your own food; burning, heating and cooking using materials available from around your cabin. These are the obvious foundation and resources to live off. My opinion is that there would be added protection and long term assurance if you also stock up salt, sugar, coffee, flours, pasta, rice, grains, beans, freeze dried food etc and essential supplies. I would think that some storable canisters of butane or propane that allow cooking on portable stove and heating still come handy as back up and alternative in unforeseen circumstances. Other situations to factor in and plan ahead are physical limitations with possible sickness and aging. It would be tough to climb up and down to bed after 60. My very best wishes that you will enjoy your life and the fruits of your hard work in many decades to come!

When we picked mushrooms in Oregon my mom always cut them off with a knife, leaving the root so they would grow back.

@ashwat2536

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, if you are harvesting all mushrooms from your nearby area, in subsequent years it be will hard to find mushrooms near your locality

@user-pn4uj6qj2f

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, you do more harm this way - they do not regenerate, leftovers only decaying and it spreads to the roots. Much more effective just to leave those too old so spores (microscopic seeds) can spread around and grow into new root system (often extends doesen or more yards around below ground surface). Mushrooms only a "fruit" above the ground. It's like an apple doesn't grow back if you left piece of it hanging on the tree.

@user-pn4uj6qj2f

3 жыл бұрын

Best way to pick mushrooms - just twist them around from their "nest" and clean the dirt afterwards with knife like potato.

As always its good to see you are still alive and maintaining a life you so lovingly enjoy and Cali was it bath time in that pool of freshly dripped water?

awesome knowledge of mushrooms. i like rooting around the woods looking for my favorites

I love to see his creative work, even better the cuisine ...

Great thinking on the build and placement for draining issues in the future.

I like that you have it able to drain another channel had theirs flood and they had to demo the whole thing. You could maybe attach metal supports to the top for a larger solar array just a thought

Hey Shawn If I’m out of line asking I apologize. Are folks leaving your property alone? Also are folks cool towards you when you are out and about occasionally? I sure hope so. Keep up the awesome work it is amazing!

Callie is the luckiest dog in the world 🌎

When I was in 8th grade, I still remember my teacher talking about her childhood when her relatives sent her foraging for mushrooms. She picked mushrooms, later as she went to college to become a teacher, she realized some mushrooms are poisonous. Her comment to us, never picked mushrooms unless you know what you are doing.

Mushrooms look delicious. A trug would be handy when you harvest them.

mushrooms look like coral..how pretty.

Just got back from KL cabin and the mushrooms were everywhere, especially Lobster mushrooms.🍄

It's been an amazing year for mushrooms down here in Indiana, too. Nice haul, especially those Bearshead Tooth. Aaaaand, of course Cali is in the mud puddle. 🤣 Other than Old Man of the Woods, I don't really mess with the Boletes much. Stay well up there.

Good looking mushrooms, Shawn. Sounds like you made the right decision on the new root cellar location. Another good video. I enjoy both of your channels. Keep the videos coming.

Wow Shawn you make it look so easy and l love mushrooms! Blessings! 👍👍👍💯💯💯

お疲れ様です🙋そちらの森はもう秋の気配なんですね🍄きのこ汁でいただきたい所、きのこご飯もいいですね😋🐶

@ryowausa5951

3 жыл бұрын

妄想でお代わり３杯いきました🍚

Thinking Cali is half otter! Always, always in the water! ❤

@wisconsinfarmer4742

3 жыл бұрын

Doin wutt she oughter.