Hi, Daniel! We grow for self-sufficiency about 80 km away from you. Next year: start leeks, celleriac and onion seeds inside in january, they do great outside then from may. All brassicas can be sown in your little coldframe in march, watered with snow and planted out despite nightfrost. And direct sowing of carrots and parsnips works well in march or april, on top of the snow and then covered with a little soil. I teach permaculture and you are welcome to contact us if you want to get tips for this climate.
@traveladdict7173
3 ай бұрын
Hi @rebeccainfinland do you have a website?
@rebeccainfinland
3 ай бұрын
@@traveladdict7173 nope, sorry.
@patriziapanetta2021
3 ай бұрын
❤Dear Daniel and family, thank you for your vedeos. It is such a pleasure to hear your stories. I have been following your contents from the beginning. Your work is so inspirational and I have learned a lot, hopefully I will put it into practice as soon as we get enough money to buy a small holding ourselves, and integrating it with what already known. Your determination, problem solving and enthusiasm are remarkable. Looking forward to your future vedeos and hopefully to folklore stories and local farytales as the ones you retold in your fantastic style from Ireland. Finland must have a rich traditions of those. Your folklore tales were so fascinating, I am surprised people didn't appreciate them.... what's wrong with you people!? Storytelling was so much interwoven with self-sufficient country living, it was as natural and essential as growing your own food ... anyhow I hope you will reconsider this possibility. Wishing you and Angela all the best as usual, love from Tuscany Italy.❤❤❤ P.S. thank you to all the kind Finland people who advise our Daniel on local tips and tricks.❤
@Korpitalo
3 ай бұрын
@@traveladdict7173 Growing food here near the Arctic Circle Finland 😁 66.3°C, our channel is @Korpitalo
@juanitaglenn9042
3 ай бұрын
Carrots in the snow?! How on earth?? I am intrigued. Never had carrots germinate properly in the cold...I tend to direct sow when I sow the tender plant seeds, like zucchini and beans. Sounds like we are similar in climate, except our winters get a bit colder at -42. Not all the time anymore tho. We had -8 still in May. Had a few plants die despite covering them. I planted early since we had a very mild spring up until then:)
@lizlorraine463
3 ай бұрын
Im a 77 yo granny living in 314’ Inter-Shelter Dome in backyard of my eldest daughters and family’s backyard in SE Alaska, originally from Seattle. I so enjoy your sharing your life’s journey with us. I’ve watched you from the very beginning. You have such a respect for yourself, those you love, and Mother Earth.❤ Thank you.
@Tetsaraku
3 ай бұрын
Regarding maintaining mechanical things: When something breaks, some of us actually see it as an opportunity to learn how to fix it. I mean, it’s not going to be any more broken if you take it apart, right? :) Most mechanical things are surpricingly easy to repair. And you can find a youtube video on fixing just about anything. :D
@ivans3806
3 ай бұрын
Marty T here on KZitem is an amazing New Zealander who goes around and fixes everything from old tractors to boats, while explaining his approach to troubleshooting...
@Phiyedough
3 ай бұрын
@@ivans3806 Mustie1 is another good one as he repairs anything with an engine.
@mariac4602
3 ай бұрын
I love that attitude "It's not going to be any more broken if you take it apart" :)
@edithmcewan958
3 ай бұрын
I garden in Shetland at 60degrees north. It's not as cold as Finland but on a hill by the sea and subject to gales and salt. I have a polycrub. A tunnel using recycled salmon farm tubes and double polycarbonate sheeting. It was developed by our north mainland community development company and withstands up to 120mph winds. They have sent kits as far as the Falkland isles. I love the joy of trial and error gardening as well as your videos. I too have wild strawberries from a plant gathered in Scotland in the 70s, when the blackbird leaves some.Wishing you a good summer.
@ItreboR63I
3 ай бұрын
@@mariac4602 challenge accepted ........... daily
@humppanen9130
3 ай бұрын
Those beautiful flowers are lupines, an invasive species's here in Finland! Land owners are obligated to remove them from their land's, although nobody really does. Lupine doesn't produce nectar for pollinators nor food for caterpillars, thus reducing insect numbers. Looking forward to your videos, greetings from your neighboring county.
@LaraHastings
3 ай бұрын
I was going to comment on the lupines as well. You have a little bit of extra work to do getting rid of them, they are highly invasive. But it is doable, we had some on our plot, a few years of pulling them out and the numbers should diminish to nothing if being consistent.
@pronty77
3 ай бұрын
I was just googling for lupines and I found a Finnish article about eco farmers who were using boiling hot water to kill lupines. They were using an Eco Weedkiller spray made in Finland.
@jarnolehtinen2269
3 ай бұрын
As for the lupines, it’s a lost battle, unfortunately. They are pretty but very invasive and where the country roads used to be lined with flowers natural to Finland in my childhood, Lupines have taken over and we will never get rid of them again.
@raapyna8544
3 ай бұрын
@@jarnolehtinen2269You may see a lost cause, I see a great opportunity for jobs. Those have to be pulled out sooner or later. They are invasive, hence they will invade all the places suitable to them if we give up. Biodiversity is at stake. It can be done, just enough resources will have to be poured into it. Again this summer, we are finding them and picking them out here in my municipality.
@niamhhopkins6368
3 ай бұрын
The seeds of lupins are edible, however. Either as small, dried beans or ground for flour. Eaten since the ancient Greeks!
@nickolay6277
3 ай бұрын
From the longest and coldest winter in 20 years to the hottest May ever recorded in Finland. You've already seen everything what comes to the weather in Finland. My friend built a two and half metre high fence around his back garden in his Helsinki suburb house to keep the roe deer out. Just to find three of them inside one morning. There was a 25 to 30 centimeters 'hole' in a corner where they had crawled from into the garden. Those clever bastards. Be sure the fence is tight all the way.
@glenysperry3421
3 ай бұрын
A family, pet, gardens, so lovely. What a beautiful part of the planet. Great ideas to share and inspire others. Well done.
@wilfwilliams
3 ай бұрын
Love this it’s the Bob Ross of horticulture. I have no intention of growing ( or painting!) but I love the soothing tones and pace of the video. Works very well for me as entertainment, and a welcome break from reality. Thanks ❤
@SlackHoffman
3 ай бұрын
Great 👍 Comment and fully represents my thoughts 💭 too . This dudes voice has a lovely lilting cadence 🤙☘️
@r2dezki
3 ай бұрын
Oh boy, there's so many things we can grow here in Finland. I would recommend potatoes, swedes, parsnips, carrots, peas, black currants, red currants, onions, chives, salad and spinach. Maybe even some grains. I wish you well in your gardening!
@ilfaitfroid9739
3 ай бұрын
I lived in Finland for a while. Potatoes grown there were some of the best I have ever eaten in my life. I don't know if its the soil or the long days of sun. Definitely worth planting some
@anneofgreengables1619
3 ай бұрын
They definitely are.
@TommiNummelin
3 ай бұрын
In my opinion it's mostly about long days, but some credit must go to the varieties grown. Smaller farms go for tasty ones even if they don't yield as much crop per hectare, and that's just lovely. I'm happy to pay a little extra for that!
@DNA350ppm
3 ай бұрын
You have almost built a "warm-bench" - a traditional way to start early vegetables. To encrease the warmth you put a layer of compost at the bottom, preferably with cow-dung. At the library you will find books describing the method. Until the 1960's many farmers used methods that remind of "high farming" as described in John Seymour's books. Many crops in Finland profit immensely from the short summer-nights in Finland. I'm glad you get wild strawberries to eat fresh.
@DNA350ppm
3 ай бұрын
Maybe a heritage-pig like the "Linderödssvin" as a pet-farm-animal would be as efficient as a tractor, to "pig the land" (Seymour's expression) not to butcher it. I'll try to find the right words in Finnish. 🙂
@DNA350ppm
3 ай бұрын
Information in Swedish on the Linderöds-pig from the preservation-initiative, below translated with the assistance of Google to English and Finnish (just as a first orientation, I'm not sure the terms are spot on.) "Välkommen till Föreningen Landtsvinet Linderödssvinet är en lantras som är anpassad till ett äldre huvudsakligen självhushållande bondesamhälle och passar bäst att även i dag användas i ett liknande sammanhang. Vill du vara med och bevara linderödssvinet så köp genbanksdjur och anslut dig till genbanken. Rätt använda blir linderödsgrisar en viktig del av ett naturligt kretslopp. De äter maskar och larver, ogräs och rötter, bearbetar jorden och gödslar den." (Denna gris är robust och trivs ute året runt.) *Welcome to the Landswine Association* The Linderöds pig is a land (rural?) breed that is adapted to an older mainly self-sustaining farming community and is best suited to be used even today in a similar context. If you want to help preserve the Linderöds-pig, buy gene bank animals and join the gene bank. Properly used, Linderöds-pigs become an important part of a natural cycle. They eat worms and grubs, weeds and roots, till the soil and fertilize it. (This hardy pig thrives out-doors all year round.) *Tervetuloa maarotu-yhdistykseen* Linderöds-sika on maarotu, joka on sopeutunut vanhempaan, pääosin omavaraiseen viljelijäyhteisöön ja soveltuu parhaiten käytettäväksi nykyäänkin vastaavassa ympäristössä. Jos haluat auttaa Linderöds-sian säilyttämisessä, osta geenipankkieläimiä ja liity geenipankkiin. Oikein käytettynä Linderöds-sioista tulee tärkeä osa luonnollista kiertokulkua. He syövät matoja ja tikkuja, rikkaruohoja ja juuria, viljelevät maaperää ja lannoittavat sitä. (Tämä sika viihtyy ulkona ympäri vuoden.)
@artoh2863
Ай бұрын
I don't know if you are vegetarian, but regarding food don't forget fishing. There are great fresh and salt water fish here, and you can fish year round
@SariJärvinen-c5c
3 ай бұрын
I live on an island 350 km north from you in Baltic sea. I grow most of my own food here in raised beds but also in the fields and in the greenhouse. Potatoes, onions, garlic, leeks, beans, beets, carrots, lettuce, white cabbage, red cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, peas, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, pumpkin, raspberries, strawberries, pears, apples, plums. Mushrooms, blueberries, lingonberries, raspberries, sea buckthorn, herbs from the forest and islands near by. I sow the cabbages in the heat bed outside. Cucumbers straight into the ground in june, tomatoes and aubergines, leeks inside the house. I store them in the cellar, i use the Slavic style.
@MikkoRantalainen
3 ай бұрын
At least here in Central Finland, hare is the biggest problem you have to consider when it comes to newly planted plants. Be warned that even a small gap under the fence will be enough for a hare.
@Marek-rg4zw
3 ай бұрын
Have you considered doing something about the lupines on your land? :) As they are one of the big invasive species just spreading. But of course understand that it is more important first to secure food.
@heli0ns
3 ай бұрын
I'm glad this summer has been a kind one to welcome your family here in Finland! It wouldn't be the first time we've seen snowfall as late as June. Hope you've had a pleasant midsummer, or juhannus, as well. :) Touching upon the tractor issue, my family and my father's family before him definitely needed one to keep the homestead up and running year round. Be it from plowing snow, fields or moving fallen trees after a storm. (And occasionally helping a neighbour get his stuck tractor out of a ditch.) It's definitely something worth one's time to get into knowing your way around, I would say.
@carolbulmer8253
3 ай бұрын
Hi, Daniel. I’m impressed with the grow light setup in your basement and in the outdoor growing mini greenhouse. I love your dog!
@hannikulju9990
3 ай бұрын
Outdoor low-greenhouse can also been protected against night-frost with candel-lights inside storm-lantern. They must be within a metre from each other and they work because greenhouse is not high. That's a tip if you have more frost. We do ude candels also inside bigger greenhouse if it is possible to have one or two gold nights later in August. You have a clever system already. I hope you avoid deers. Deer never eat lupins, so it's a pity you can't anymore grow them around your potato-field. That's a working "avoid-system". They smell that flower and avoid it.
@rosedespoina
3 ай бұрын
Amazing video as usual! I'm a small grower myself and every year is a new experince, like just this year I tried raddish for the first time. It grew so fast! Many things can be planted in the late fall already such as carrots. Sounds insane with the finnish winters, but every spring they still start to grow :) Remember to cut down all thos lupin flowers you have, they are very bad to the eco system and are considered an invasive speacies in Finland.
@denakelley4363
3 ай бұрын
This is basically how we do it in Anchorage, Alaska too. Here the accepted wisdom is to wait until the last week of May to plant outside so we start many of our seeds indoors under full spectrum grow lights. We also have a large greenhouse.
@NatureGirl1932
3 ай бұрын
I have battled Chronic Lyme Disease for years. Being that there are so many deer, mice, and rabbits in your area…be especially careful of ticks. It’s not just ticks, though. It’s ticks, fleas, mosquitos, spiders, mites, lice…basically anything that can bite an animal and then transfer to you. But I would say that ticks are definitely nature’s dirty needles. I’ve been watching your channel for a very long time. Love your videos! Can’t wait to see your garden flourish in Finland!
@akse
3 ай бұрын
That location where he is living is especially known for having a lot of ticks. They spread the brain fever disease which they have vaccine against but also the more devious is that bacteria that I believe can cause the Lyme Disease.
@NatureGirl1932
3 ай бұрын
@@akse That sounds terrible. In the Lyme Disease Community, they are now defining Chronic Lyme Disease as, “Poly microbial, multi systemic, chronic infections.” It’s never just Lyme Disease. It’s all of the co-infections that go along with it. It’s all of the infections. Because it’s never just Borrelia bacteria.
@UncleHam1337
3 ай бұрын
In Finland you get free vaccine for Lyme´s disease if you live in the risk areas.
@ihanba
2 ай бұрын
@@akse Yes, Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) is a nasty disease you don't want to get. Daniel and his family will be entitled to a free TBE vaccine if they live in one of the risk areas listed on THL's website. But of course you still have to be cautious of ticks and Lyme disease.
@Dave111009
3 ай бұрын
Happy midsummer!
@ApocalypseRider
3 ай бұрын
One option to buying your own tractor is to ask farmer from neighborhood to help cultivating and plowing. It may cost something, but definitely cheaper than buying and maintaining own equipment for such rather small plot of land
@turpasauna
3 ай бұрын
Most Finns do fix stuff by themselves or with the help of their family/friends. 😅 The roots of our old culture are showing here; one must be self-suffient and learn how to do things yourself. Maybe ask around in a local social media group or such? People will often offer help, even for free, but one needs to ask first.
@nonniperkl6273
3 ай бұрын
Much help can be brought with beer/chocolate/coffee but it is just important to ask help.
@LostInEurope
3 ай бұрын
Hi Daniel. We have a 70 year old Nuffield at our land for snow plowing and other tasks. Old stuff is pretty simple to work on with basic mechanical skills but you will have to buy a small selection of massive spanners... This is my first tractor and in the first weeks of ownership I had to remove the entire rear lift system to get it working with no prior knowledge. Cost nothing, only my time. They are great fun to drive and own 😊 Congrats on the crops by the way 👏
@Matu007
3 ай бұрын
Happy Juhannus from Estonia, I hope you celebrate it
@debbymorgan1499
3 ай бұрын
Good to see mossy bottom up and running again regards from n.z. Now's our winter time
@deehalpern8988
3 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness! You have been so busy. Everything is looking wonderful. ❤
@michaelmcclafferty3346
3 ай бұрын
Well done Daniel. Thanks for an interesting and entertaining video.
@jvalfin3359
3 ай бұрын
More extensive use of greenhouses/polytunnels go a long way here, even more so when comparing to warmer climates. The most important objective is to be ready for the big 3 months when plants are actually growing. The worst thing about short growing seasons is that there's not much room to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen to your crops is "Takatalvi", snow that can come up in the beginning of summer. It can devastate your crops
@ACorpseWithoutSoul
3 ай бұрын
It is very important your family wake up that place again. Beautiful house and nice plot. Enjoy there in your life with your family. ❤
@finowa
3 ай бұрын
You're such a positive, fun, wholesome dude that I can't help but yell "YAAY! I LOVE YOU!" whenever you end a scene. I'm a straight guy by the way, thought I'd put that out there, but your attitude is positively lovely!!!
@SamRostol
Ай бұрын
Thank you for this video, it's an excellent resource for others living in similar conditions. I live on the same latitude as you, and 780 meters altitude, and we have just shy of 6000m2 where a bit less than half is available as growing land. The winters here are ferocious, but during this first growing season (without previous experience growing food) we're seeing harvests of potatoes, garlic, beetroots, radishes, some carrots and onions, salads and some peas. We're extending and planning for next year already :D So thank you for sharing your journey, please do keep producing videos!
@MoebiusEffect
3 ай бұрын
We recently moved to South Estonia from the UK so your videos are both interesting and invaluable to us, thank you. Oh and our potatoes are coming along nicely, just got to keep an eye out for the beetles!! Best wishes.
@tiuhtiviuhti7998
3 ай бұрын
Glad to see you are well on your way with first crop in Finland. I absolutely loved the mini green house! It is definitely possible to grow food in Finland. As you mentioned we Finns have been doing that for a long time. I am fairly new with this food growing myself and I only have my fifth growing season on the way. I have almost everything deer protected with a fence but I have found few personal favourites that so far have been left alone by local roe deers. Although every individual seems to have a different taste so there are no guarantees. I have been growing blackberries (Siberian variety) and raspberries outside fencing without problems so far. Also Jerusalem artichoke has been giving huge crop every year with little effort and no fences. I had to protect rhubarb, gooseberries and currants for their unfortunate location at the edge of male deer territory. He likes to scent mark them with his horns. But they are never eaten so they would probably would have otherwise been ok without a fence.
@lesleywebb9615
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for another brilliant video. It is great to see the progress you are making. Love to you all.
@janewills3379
3 ай бұрын
I am in total agreement with you about the deer. We had 23 acres of prairie land in central/south Alberta, Canada. The very best way to keep the deer out of your garden is fencing. No harm done to anyone. We had problems with Richardson Ground Squirrels and voles but they were dealt with by burying wire mesh around the fencing. We loved the wild animals. Just a note of precaution, the wild animals bring wild fleas and ticks with them. Thanks for your videos! 😊🇨🇦
@harmlessgrey
3 ай бұрын
I'm sorry that people complain and criticize you in the comments. I find your content inspirational. Thank you for creating it.
@oldtimer7635
3 ай бұрын
Who's complaining?
@paularuotsalainen979
3 ай бұрын
Congratulations for the excellent results of your thorough planning and hard work, Daniel 😍 Wishing all the best to you, your lovely family, and your projects!
@BioGartenReich
3 ай бұрын
Love your video! I could listen to you for hours. You are so motivating and positive. Thank you for your videos und all the best for upcomming projects!
@smiller6925
3 ай бұрын
The length of daylight must go some distance in offsetting the shortness of growth time.
@carolined3058
3 ай бұрын
Very nice setup in the basement and I really like the cold box
@recyclop4058
14 күн бұрын
Welcome to Finland! Only just now YT decided to recommend this video to me. Really nice to see some well produced homesteading videos in our climate and environment. I'm doing bit of experimental lazy gardening in centrum of Parainen/Pargas. No stress, low investment, using mainly what I happen to have and so forth. Looking forward to learning some tricks from you and getting inspired early enough in the spring to start the seedlings :) Anyway, I hope you're doing good and enjoying the living. I suppose you're located somewhere near by. If so, please don't be hesitant to reach out. I'd be happy to help and build up social network. (Not that I'm that social person my self, but my wife in law is and knows absolutely everyone around:) ) So once again, welcome to Finland and the world's largest archipelago (by the number of islands (and rocks)).
@MrXA360
3 ай бұрын
Hi. You asked about investing in a tractor. I grow in finland some potatoes and courgette outside plus chillies in a small greenhouse. My handiest machine is a 2wheel tractor, or "sarvitraktori" in finnish. It's very simple and quite cheap. It can till my beds in summer and blow snow in the winter. Many also use it to tow a small trailer, they are rather nimble in small spaces. It might be also used for plowing snow if the area isn't particularly snowy and/or big. We get a lot of snow so I use a quad bike for plowing.
@clarkefountain2258
3 ай бұрын
The observation skills and puzzle solving skills are part of the reason farming and farmers have a skilled occupation. Of necessity, farmers are very smart!
@laugau9097
3 ай бұрын
Just for the free plum trees it is worth it living where you are now.😊
@mchlle94
Ай бұрын
So cool! Is it enough space for all the seedlings you'd like in the future? A tip: place some slats on both sides and the top back part of the greenhouse, connected to the wall, to close it off from birds and critters but still get the heat from the rock and the house.
@marieleopold1625
3 ай бұрын
You did it Daniel...this vid is both; entertaining and inspiring! Thanks 4 sharing you well-thought-out garden adventures...Good Luck!
@mfr58
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your irrepressible positivity, the amount of work to do with this kind of life feels a bit overwhelming sometimes to me, it's good to be reminded of why I'm doing it and how to appreciate the challenges. Cheers!
@Maani070
3 ай бұрын
I love the term"helsinkians" great video
@Rafu01
3 ай бұрын
Valmet 565 is a nice old machine and not too fancy. No cabin so you don't feel too much like you are doing it with a machine. Simple tech from 1965 and made in Finland. You do need a warm overall and karvalakki when using in winter but that is what still gives that handmade feel.
@elenabello138
3 ай бұрын
It's impossible to fall asleep watching your videos. Elena, Italy
@sarahcrooks6780
3 ай бұрын
I agree! I could easily watch a full hour of this.
@aenimanna6466
3 ай бұрын
This video brought up many fond memories of my childhood summers at my grandparents homestead. 💕 Wishing you a great crop this year! ✨🌱
@paulaniclinseach8672
3 ай бұрын
Im loving watching videos of your new life in Finland, I learnt so much from your videos in Sligo, im 2 years homesteading now & its the most happiest ive ever been, best wishes to you & your little family, looking forward to the next video already❤
@toffotin
3 ай бұрын
You have such a nice voice. I listened through this cooking a meal and doing other chores and it was just delightful! You should make audio books or radio or something. Thanks a lot for the video, really enjoyed it.
@PetraVivien
3 ай бұрын
Hello Daniel, it's always a pleasure and so inspirational to watch your videos, thank you! I see your channel grow - not only your food - since day one and it makes me happy. I always have a smile on my face at the end of each video and this is something special, a gift not everybody has.
@suzannestack7784
3 ай бұрын
I've been seeing more people go to double row fencing for deer rather than high fences. It seems that the deer can't see exactly what and where the fences are and their instincts of not getting trapped in them is what keeps them from going in. So two 5' mesh fences 1.5 m apart does the trick. They use this alley for other purposes like a dog run, or chicken/duck run ( which also happens to be a bug catch before the bugs migrate into the garden from outside). Stuff to think about.
@WildWoodlandsSW
3 ай бұрын
What a terrific set-up for growing your seedlings,and lots of great information. You said you are surmising about a tractor. Your space looks so well suited to a horse and cart,but im sure that would come with its own challenges. Great to see you looking so well set up after just one year. The clip at the end working with your dog was brilliant. Best wishes from Devon.
@veronicabalfourpaul2288
3 ай бұрын
I used my compost heap to get my seeds going. The steady heat made them grow well!
@Itslvle
3 ай бұрын
Just in case it's useful for the potting green house: they make gas pistons for automatically opening green houses if it gets too hot. No electricity, no fuss, just gas that expands inside the piston. I'm sure it's fairly common knowledge but blew me away with such a simple elegant solution. Automatic greenhouse opener or in Finnish "kasvihuone automaattiavaaja". Somewhere between 25-50 euros. Though I assume you're more of a hands-on type of person and it's only for spring use anyways. :)
@hextatik_sound
3 ай бұрын
Your project is wonderful and it is a privilege to follow it.
@smuil-c7u
Ай бұрын
We bought a 1962 Massey Ferguson tractor for our 5 acres in Wales. Old tractors do get issues but the engines are very simple compared to newer ones and are endlessly repairable. We had no mechanical abilities and are managing. There are Haynes manuals for all the vintage Fergie models. Plus all modern Massey Ferguson parts and attachments such as mowers will fit old Fergies. You may well find vintage tractor enthusiasts to advise you. Our tractor has proved to be worth its weight in gold and we couldn't manage without it.
@lynnelliot7256
3 ай бұрын
If you get time take a look at 'living traditions homestead' they made a deer fence that works. They put up 2 fences, about 6 feet apart around their orchard part of the homestead, the run chickens and ducks in that, they call it the chicken most. Love watching your videos🌻☺️
@lynnelliot7256
3 ай бұрын
Chicken moat
@meltemfahliogullari
3 ай бұрын
As always very inspiring✨ I would indulge another 30min if there was more, the video’s flow is amazing, I don’t think i would be bored if it was longer. (Just of our experience with your longer videos). Also the place has come a long way!😍
@ossian11
3 ай бұрын
Good to see that you're adapting and surviving well in this more extreme climate.
@fosterkennel649
3 ай бұрын
Wonderful seeing you again blessings to you and yours coming at you from Southern Oregon
@BernardDauphinais
2 ай бұрын
A very inspirational film. Thank you Daniel!
@DaisyDebs
3 ай бұрын
I love watching your self sufficiency adventures , yes , very inspiring . The cold frame/mini greenhouse is just fabulous ! 🌿🌿🐝🐝🐝🐝
@ronaldlucas5360
3 ай бұрын
It is good to see you again. Regarding old tractors other than oil changes and filters the next problem is leaks coming from hoses. Old tractor manufacturers make for your best choice. Buy from reputable people or dealers that stand behind the tractor. Especially the first year.
@debbiewood7718
3 ай бұрын
Great video Daniel. I learned lots and now want to make a potting on cold frame. If you took lots of footage making that would you consider making a video in the winter on how you made it? Regarding dear, my great nemesis as well, to save on fence costs for the next plot you can consider a lower fence with tall posts that give room to add a row or two of wire along the top. Cheers to long growing days.
@j.e.l2793
3 ай бұрын
So wonderful to see you live and grow both a family and a self sufficient garden at the same latitude as me just west across that litte pond of ours. Two thoughts of mine: Deer can jump quite a bit higher than one expects, but they don't jump if they can't see where they're going to land, so perhaps use those parts of the fence that faces open spaces on both sides as trellis for example rasberries, blackberries, roses, hops and the likes. Bushes like elderberries and sea buckthorn are also good at creating a dense wall which the deer won't jump over and at the same time they create food for you. Yes, the deer do enjoy snacking on the roses and berries, but that's better than snacking on your crop inside your garden. Secondly, those beautiful tall blue and pink flowers around your home, lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus), are an invasive spieces here in Scandinavia, which were introduces here in the late 19'th century from North America. Please be careful not to spread their seeds elsewhere, like with compost or such. It's fine to put leaves and flowers in your compost, but not the seeds or parts of the roots. Here in Sweden we have to send those parts away for special destruction, in an atempt to stop the spreading. Unfortunately it's a battle we're loosing.
@nature-nomads
3 ай бұрын
Hey Daniel. Wow, you have it all together. I have started 2 years ago, and it takes some energy not to give up, but to settle for learning something new every year. I love watching your (quiet) films. My piece of land (in the Netherlands) is 2.5 hectares, all nature including a frog pond and lots of wildlife. There I started a small food forest and a 10m2 vegetable garden, with more and more perennial species... Every tree or shrub and every plant is initially protected by a mesh around or over it. Not a tractor, but a battery wheelbarrow is what I am going to try now. No maintenance or noise and more comfort... but snow is no problem for us. Good luck with your young family! 💚
@clDTutube
3 ай бұрын
I'll be interested to see how the deer thing pans out for you. We have lots of deer and I was concerned when we moved here. But they are no problem in spring and summer. My guess is that they are staying away to protect their young. And/or have enough food elsewhere. The problem comes with the first frost. In the uk I would leave frost tolerant veggies in the ground til late in the year. Not here, because the deer are on to them as soon as the weather starts turning. As you say, it is all about learning about what works best in the locality.
@peterfrance702
3 ай бұрын
I tried a dead hedge to keep out the deer my first year - last year. Had to have chicken wire to stop the hare. It worked until late July. The dead hedge slowly settled and spread making the chicken wire fence unmaintainable. Weeds grew up and smothered the lot and acted as a convenient bridge for the hare. Dismantled it all and put up a 5 feet wire fence last winter. So far so good.
@marionbartley214
3 ай бұрын
Hello Daniel, it's good to see and hear your video's again. Very interesting the garden situation in Finland. I'm not familiar with a lot of things about farming, for planting food. But I do enjoy hearing you, tell all about this process. I wish you good luck on planting out your plants from the little greenhouse. And being able to install fencing to keep out the deer and rabbits. Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures in Finland. Thanks for creating this video. So until next time.
@thenodiggardener
3 ай бұрын
It's wonderful seeing your home in a new season, Dan. You may want to try chitting your pepper seeds in future to get ahead of the germination curve. Also, you'll know for sure they've definitely germinated. Since I grow everything outside in Yorkshire, I do this with a lot of my seeds to make sure I'm not loosing that vital pre-planning time. Like you, I can get hard frosts, and snow in to late May, so I need to constantly be watching the forecast. I have a cold-frame like yours, but a fraction of the size to harden off my plants when transferring them outside, and that's it. Also, not sure if you are aware of this, or how you'd feel about them, but the American Greenstalk vertical planter is available from a Swedish company called GrowTowers. I imported one in April this year giving me the ability to have thirty plants in 2 square feet. I'm wondering if this would give you a way to have something like beans, cherry tomatoes, lettuce etc. near the radiating warmth of the house, away from the deer, sooner than those in the main garden. I have a South facing garden, but mine has already proven to be worth its cost!
@DanKeeley
3 ай бұрын
If you make sure you get old as in age rather than hours that'll serve you well in terms of repairs. Old engines are much simpler and designed to be worked on. Great way to learn Excellent video very applicable!
@denisemarshall2432
3 ай бұрын
Your mindset is so inspiring! Thankyou for sharing! Best wishes to you and yours.
@KenSentMe-
2 ай бұрын
Better to get some air humidity meter to the basement, so you can see and control the humidity to prevent slowly coming moisture / mold issues. Wouldnt be the first house in Finland which had become unliveable due basement moisture issues. Usually that space is kept as dry as possible. One idea to keep pre-growings warm could be to build greenhouse outside and then to build big mass wood stove inside of it. On youtube can be found very interesting "rocket mass heater" type stove, which could be ideal also for greenhouse usage.
@kirjeitakannonnokasta
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your constant inspiration, Daniel. Can’t wait to learn about your composting system!
@neulasia
3 ай бұрын
i, too, would love to see the lupins gone and local oregano in its stead, great for bees & butterflies, looks as lovely in bloom and smells heavenly. if you get chickens the herb is a great pesticide in their nest boxes. and obviously it's tasty on pizza. 😊
@sentteri
3 ай бұрын
Congratulations on the plums! Make sure to preserve some by drying them so you can make kissel out of them during the winter. It's great with rice porridge especially. It was my grandmother's favorite Yule time dish.
@angelay1925
3 ай бұрын
Re the tractor, the older the better, they are simpler, then they are easier to maintain and mend yourself. An old Fordson or Ferguson would be good as they veey easy to look after and you can still get the original manuals for them, making it even easier. (If i can do it anyone can)
@harrybrandelius7816
3 ай бұрын
I have almost the same setup here at the 65th parallel in sweden. I tried building a polycarbonate nursery but it didn't work well for me. I put some more growlights in the basement and just carry everthing outside on good days. The polycarbonate box works incredibly well att warming/thawing the soil so it now moves around the garden in spring. The growroom is also usefull in summer to start things like spinach that otherwise just bolts from the heat and constant sun or get covered in snow before it's mature.
@fdk7014
3 ай бұрын
I'm not really into self sufficiency but I still find your channel interesting. I hope you will succeed and I will look forward to more updates on the progress. If you get homesick maybe you could grow some barley and hops and then brew yourself a proper Irish pint? I guess it's easier to buy the malt as the malting process seems a bit cumbersome but at least growing your own hops could be fun.
@anneosullivan4107
3 ай бұрын
Brilliant Daniel. Thanks for the update. Inspiring for sure. Hope you all have a beautiful summer. 🥰
@pilarjaenes
3 ай бұрын
Hello! I really understand your concern with back birds. I have the same struggle every spring when my cherish tree's fruits are ripening. I "litteraly" wrap it with fine net if I want to taste any 😂. Good luck with your future crop!!
@1TimBaugh
3 ай бұрын
Hi Daniel With regard to your concerns about getting a tractor, here's a brief summary of my thoughts. If you want to get in touch I'd be very happy to go into more detail, but I'm not going to post a very long comment that might not be read as time is a factor for me, as it is for most of us I guess. 1. You already do basic things so you're not phobic where mechanics is concerned. That's promising. 2. If you know little about such things, the most important thing to do is to commit yourself to learning in a more or less systematic, or at the very least continuous sense. Dont wait for things to break down. 3. I'm compltely self taught, and a good deal older than you. If I had had KZitem when I started out I reckon it would have been hundreds of times easier. The internet is a major, if not phenomenal, advantage. KZitem is amazing for mechanics. Where you used to have to find manuals, and advice from books, you've now got the greater part of all manuals online, KZitem vidoes by the dozen on vitually all vehcles and blogs and chat rooms and so on. So a great deal of the difficulty in idenfitying problems and repair strategies, and getting hold of the parts, is readily available and free (apart from the parts of course). 4. You may or may not sense this as yet, but you are slowing down and getting older. A small tractor can be an absolute god send when it comes to making life a bit easier for yourself, or, frankly, bearable. I spilt all my own firewood by hand, scythe my own meadow and orchard to make compost (I'm not in the UK), and do stacks of other things. This year I bought a wood splitter for my tractor. I should have done it 5 years ago. This will be my last season with the scythe, I will cut the grass with my tractor from now on. The back box alone is amazing, saving my poor back (no pun intended). I also have a harrow and roller which condition my meadow and orchard beautifully. 5. Lastly, with a tractor may make more things possible for you, because you have both more energy and greater capacity, for work, to use Physics speak. 6. Genuine lastly, get someone to help you think through what you want to use if for, what attachments you will want, and then to help you to find it. Good luck, and many thanks for all your videos.
@MossyBottom
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to write that. It was really useful. Unfortunately I do feel myself beginning to slow down when it comes to physical intensity. I've had back problems this year and I don't want to be hunched over in my 60s, so I think on this 2 hectare plot (5 acres) a tractor is a must. I'll take your advice and think it through in greater detail. :)
@crossercuss1
3 ай бұрын
on my smallholding i brought an old dumpertruck instead of a tractor as i use it as a tractor and also as my trailer for moving stuff around.. so much cheaper than a tractor and much simpler to maintain as its hand start so no battery or electrics to worry about...
@patriciaphillips6925
3 ай бұрын
The long summer days will yield good crops for northern growers. Indeed, the first few years when establishing a garden, orchard etc. is when you invest the most and year by year you add what you need. This investment does pay off abundantly overtime. There is always work to do at the homestead and is very rewarding if you love what you are doing. So happy to see your progress. I am so excited to see what you create of your property.
@charlottemcwhirter4990
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the inspiration and some ideas to try out in Scotland
@debbibowen
3 ай бұрын
A 2 meter fence will slow down white tails, but I've seen them jump it from a standing start, if they really want to. At least the US models!
@kati6025
3 ай бұрын
Us models 😂
@SpanishEclectic
3 ай бұрын
Well, the lupines are pretty. And I'm happy for you that the wild strawberries and plums are doing well. A good chop is just what they needed. It looks like you have a good plan in place, but yes, get on that deer fence!! I had some kind of bird pull out an entire row of sunflower seedlings while I was at work. Animals and birds are happy to take advantage of your hard work. I'm in Southern California, so the tomato plants are already at 2 ft, with tomatoes, and the Swiss Chard did fine over the winter. Always encouraging to see what you are doing, and as others have said, your voice is very soothing. Good luck with the Midnight sun; to get some sleep!
@JulieTremblay-mj9np
Ай бұрын
I recently learned about dead hedges, they seem to protect against deer and provide habitat for beneficial insects, birds and reptiles
@anttitmh
2 ай бұрын
Great job! Short season, but tons of light makes things a bit different.
@danyoutube7491
Ай бұрын
@17:06 How big is the ventilation gap? Might you have a bit of wire mesh, perhaps from the fencing for the vegetable garden, that you could cut to size and fix over the gap? In any case it's rather impressive that the blackbirds figured out how to get in there, though unfortunately the damage was probably all for nought as there is unlikely to be much insect/worm life in those potted on plants that started life in the cellar! In our little garden I find them a problem in searching through the woodchip mulch on the beds, tossing bits onto the gravel path and vice versa :)
@laidikirsta9122
2 ай бұрын
I really don't understand why people think it's impossible to grow things here in the North! I live outside of Dorotea in Northern Sweden, so quite a lot further North than you do. We actually have a sign just North of the village declaring that this it the limit for growing things. :) We're on our second season growing things here, and it works fine. Yes, you have to adapt, but that's the case no matter where you are. We don't have any problems with slugs or snails, for example, and berries tend to get sweeter and more flavourful here because they get sooo much sun light (since it doesn't get dark for more than a month :P). We're actually planning on doing pretty much what you've done, install grow lights in the basement so we can start growing things earlier and also to keep things like rosemary, oregano, and thyme happy during the winter months. I'm curious about your grow lamps, do you have any recommendations about which types and brands of lamps to get? I feel like it's such a jungle of lamps, and very difficult to make heads or tails out of which ones are actually worth it. Thank you for a lovely video and a lovely channel, you inspire me and I'm looking forward to your videos even more now, when your climate is closer to here. :)
@blechtic
3 ай бұрын
If you can find a perfectly ripened wild strawberry, it tastes almost exactly like the Moomin soda. That's difficult, though, because there are plenty of critters eating them.
@Toolo559
3 ай бұрын
My grandma had a old tractor but very prone to break so it got used almost every other year for crops and moving fire wood because my uncle did have expertise to fix that but didn't half of the time. My uncle then has own land he mostly hunts the food and freezes it for winter also he sells the meat to have money on the vegetables on winter time. What I have gathered is that 4x4 ATV is very handy to land owners from blowing the snow from drive way to moving hunt prey to a location to be butchered. Also there are some good low maintenance models of ATVs like Valmet and Honda for example. Hope this comment helps on your adventure to self sufficiency. I'll be following up your journey till the videos keep popping up. Maybe some day I have land and can utilize these methods what I have learned from your videos. Best from Northern Ostrobothnia, Oulu.
@cranberrybe
3 ай бұрын
wow, i just realised i could be using my basement for seedlings! thank you for the idea and good luck for this season!
@parkerposey788
3 ай бұрын
Great to see you again! You’ve been missed 🌟❤️
@richjones6469
3 ай бұрын
When choosing a tractor, ensure that you can choose to repair it yourself; an older one might be preferable for this reason. More modern tractors that rely on software may force owners to seek maintenance from dealerships and agents, denying owners rights to repair. Great video, as usual. Certainly didn't fall asleep watching it!
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