BUILDING OUR OFF-GRID PARADISE BY HAND: Italy OFF-GRID Homestead
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We’re continuing building our off-grid paradise homestead in Italy. This week we’re back to terracing (yay) and a big clearing of our abandoned land π. We’re planting new trees, building our permaculture food forest & clearing old abandoned trees.
Living off the grid in rural Italy means doing everything ourselves β the planning, the building & the problem-solving. This is the reality of off-grid life and restoring abandoned land from nothing.
πΏ In this episode:
πͺ¨ Building a new terrace wall by hand
π³ Planting a new tree
πͺ Clearing & pruning overgrown trees
π° Restoring a decade-neglected hazelnut tree
π± Levelling & reseeding grass on the terraces
πͺ΅ Land clearing & DIY homestead restoration
π Have you ever built a terrace or cleared land by hand? Tell us below, we’d love to know.
Emily & Robi π
π Southern Italy | π± Off-Grid Homestead | β‘οΈ Solar Powered
0:00 Welcome to our Off-grid Homestead
0:41 Preparing the Terrace | DIY Land Restoration
4:12 Levelling & Reseeding the Grass | Homestead Build
7:50 Terrace Building
8:41 Planting the Mulberry Tree | Off Grid Food Forest
10:00 Abandoned Land Restoration | Clearing Old Trees
13:11 Restoring Abandoned Land
14:19 Restoring Hazelnut Tree
18:08 Land Cleared
Watch Next: 9 month timelapse: https://youtu.be/-gtXydCDBec
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Rainy days won’t stop progress on our homestead! We’re tackling some exciting projects this week, including the construction of a new terrace. Join us as we continue to build and expand our garden, planting a new tree and shaping the landscape with our latest DIY efforts. This spring, we’re dedicated to improving our outdoor space, rain or shine!
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Hey everyone! This week we're back to terracing and land clearing! Any tips for the hazelnut tree? Would love to hear it below! Thanks for watching, Emily & Robi π
You 2 are fun π enjoyed watching the terrace making especially seeing the tree planted, looks beautiful xx thanks for sharing x
In the UK and Europe I have seen people use hazel for many things, the most common is making a "wattle" fence using all parts of the hazel. Posts, branches are apparently quite strong and sturdy.
To help when starting a new bed. You donβt have to remove the grass. Lay down cardboard and put wood mulch on top. Just have a hole for your tree or other plants but the cardboard will kill the grass.
I am glad you are back. ππππ
Hard work in the yard, peace in your mind β¨π₯°
Hello you two. Hazelnut bushes grow everywhere here (Ontario Canada). We find the squirrels and chipmunks get to them pretty quickly and the ones they miss are quite small. A hard pruning canβt be a bad thing, perhaps less competition from other shrubs, bushes etc will help it thrive. Your videos have a quirky touch which is entertaining.
Ooh another terrace and clearing the wood a great start back home eh see ya next time xxx
Your videos are great, because you don't do too much talking. π
Beautiful terrace work as always! I wonder if the hazelnut shoots can be coppaced for nice straight pieces of wood for fences, etc.
Anyone planning to start something like this?
Itβs looking beautiful. Going to be gorgeous in summer
Incredible how the land changed to it's positive since you put so much work in it!
For the haselnut i can just say that you probably have to cut down all the older parts of it to rejuvenate it. Over the time, if it's getting too old, it produces less nuts. A hard prune will change it β€
The hazelnut tree looks coppiceable for straight wood sticks if the nuts are no good and it's not infectious ?
π kangaroo Jeff – that's a hunting skill – I've seen foxes do it
Haha, loving the shout-out not sure who has the best moves π€Great episode this week some very nautical songs in there! You all (and Wood Chipper) have definitely grafted this week. Keep the episodes coming!
Terrazas necesarias, ΓΊtiles, y muy bonitas
Hope you save the elder trees. We had 5 trees at home and used to make flower and berry cordials as well as flower and berry wine. (both wines are great btw, try it). Berry cordial is great for colds and flu type symptoms. Stamps on symptoms fast.
Empty hazelnuts is sometimes related to drought. They love waterlogged clay soil. That bank looks as if it can dry out pretty fast in summer. As said previously, hazel makes great fencing. Solid round wands for the uprights and split or round wands for the lattice. Better looking than bamboo. Link to hazel wattle fencing below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2S8I7w0ALc
Hey, try seed balls to prevent animals eating them (Fukuoka way). Never tried, only seen it on YT. Cheers from Italia π
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Hola…tengo mucha curiosidad por saber si los perritos y gatitos que salen en los vΓdeos son de uds …y si lo son quien los cuido en su ausencia??
10 years of overgrowth… turns into 10 years-worth of firewood now!
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