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It's been awhile! Here's a look at the second farm I live on occasionally, and some thoughts regarding my possible future on the internet. #life #survival #minimalism
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 Cahlen is selling out, he even has a not completely functional sink now 😂. Looks like a great place to be, certainly more green than the last place you were in.  
 Yes, the green is the nicest change. Very different energy in the air. 
 I dropped you a little monies 
 Much appreciated! 
 Hi Cahlen, good to see a video. Was wondering your nostr feed looked quiet last few weeks. Enjoyed the video. Nice work finding the new land rv, having option to stay in doors bed roof I imagine is nice.

Have you thought about making your own compost, I did this a few years ago with good results. It will help grow food thats more resilient to pest, more nutritious veg etc.
Soilfoodweb is excellent resource

 https://www.soilfoodweb.com/

You can make compost as quick 6 weeks, I've done in 8 weeks. I've even made compost in the UK during the winter. Once compost is made it ms usually good for 6 months.
Its about having the mix of correct raw material, greens / leaves / woodchips / manure /  etc. if you interested let me know i can help explain how it works. And soilfoodweb encourages no dig method principle. Basically the more we dig and disturb the soil, the more damage it does to fertility of soil long term. Try growing foods that grows every year with little or no tilling/digging. 
Beans have to be planted every year, so can't avoid some disturbance of soil.

Jerusalem artichokes are excellent, food in ground you can harvest when required.

The key is too have a variety of veg you are growing. If one harvest fails, then another will most likely flourish. Its rare, I'd say next to impossible for everything to fail at once.

Eg. If you grow potatoes, grow variety of different potatoes, if blight gets one variety, it won't get the other variety and so you will always have food. Irish potatoe famine happened because they became reliant on a few types of potatoes and when blight hit their food source was wiped out. With planning you can mitigate effects of poor harvest and its never a problem.

Not sure water system you use, pipe you showed. Is the water rain water or water from ground? Or are you using water thats been  treated? Ideally rainwater or ground water is good. Don't want to use tap water treated with chemicals. Etc. This will effect long term quality of soil.

Good luck with it, I hope you do continue making videos. 

Unfortunately I think it can feel abit unforgiving making so many videos and not get back. Its time consuming and takes alot of energy, but don't underestimate it takes only a handful of connections with the right people, the impact this will have on others and how others will affect you makes it all worth it. Sometimes can be difficult to measure usefulness. 

Hang in there man. 💛