The 3rd year on the homestead, from October ’23 to October ’24. Most of the outside work on the first cabin is done and I am focussing on the work inside. The goal is to pack the tent and be inside before snowfall. The first night I spend on a few floorboards that are just installed. It’s a heavy winter but working inside makes things easy. Some extra heavy snow falls in March, and even in April when the trees are already green. In summer the work outside starts. I’m building a greenhouse where the tent was before and make a start with the work shop and the second cabin.
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0:00 Intro
1:06 New battery box
3:17 Apple pie (1)
4:52 New windows
5:51 Start masonry stove
10:21 Core finished
14:07 Start building stairs
22:28 Dinner at Johannes
24:08 Chimney pipe
24:29 First snow
25:31 Oven door
28:11 Picking up floor boards
30:31 First fire
32:51 Walk with Ollie
34:21 Chickens attacked
35:11 Roof of the stove
35:51 Pointing stove wall
37:04 Salvaged kitchen
37:54 Building the floor
38:54 Packing the tent
40:24 Looking back at living in the tent
53:46 First real snow pack
44:56 Finishing the floor boards
45:19 Kitchen part 2
46:31 Start building kitchen
47:01 Connecting water
48:55 Fire wood
49:55 Lunch at Johannes
51:25 A walk
52:26 Building door
53:16 First bread in the oven
53:56 Fire wood
54:36 Red morning
56:16 Sanding and oiling floor
56:43 A walk
58:41 Sanding and staining kitchen
59:01 Backsplash
1:01:05 Sewing curtain
1:07:43 Stove lid
1:09:56 Wolves
1:12:00 Paving the basement floor
1:12:40 Design new workshop
1:17:10 Big snow pack
1:18:57 Grouting floor
1:20:48 Biggest snow pack of the year
1:22:38 Walk in the valley
1:24:48 Finishing floor
1:25:38 Taking down tent deck
1:26:48 Threshold
1:28:08 Bathroom vanity
1:31:58 Door frame
1:34:28 A walk
1:35:28 Copper shower
1:36:31 Hair cut
1:37:12 Birch sap and potatoes
1:39:22 Walk with the neighbours
1:40:43 Fire pit
1:41:33 Dinner with neighbours
1:42:13 Finishing door
1:43:33 Sewing curtains
1:44:54 Flower box
1:45:44 Finishing fire pit
1:45:54 Apple pie (2) and granola
1:46:17 A walk
1:48:27 Wood paneling
1:52:37 Chiara visits
2:03:20 Finishing vanity
2:04:35 Finishing woodpaneling
2:04:45 A walk
2:05:35 Making drawers
2:06:15 Installing tap
2:07:45 Last finishes cabin 1
2:08:16 Cabin 1 finished
2:09:45 Tour cabin 1
2:14:50 Looking back
2:16:43 New chickens
2:18:03 Greenhouse
2:18:24 Family visiting
2:21:37 Planting greens
2:23:07 Glass in the gree2nhouse
2:23:37 A walk
2:25:57 First greens in the greenhouse
2:28:17 Roof greenhouse
2:30:17 Bike ride
2:31:17 Building fences
2:33:17 Brother visiting
2:36:17 Making a bench
2:37:57 Bike ride
2:41:07 Start second cabin
2:45:06 Trenching
2:47:07 Start levelling workshop area
2:52:28 Dinner and moonwalk
2:54:09 Driveway and seeding grass
2:55:29 Threshold
2:58:39 First mushrooms
2:59:19 Land Rover
3:02:11 Apple Raspberry pie (3)
3:03:08 Drawings cabin 2
3:03:58 Land Rover ride
27 Comments
Ciao ti seguo da sempre .molto impegno molto lavoro sei veramente bravo tanti auguri .non vedo l'ora di vedere il laboratorio .
overdoose !
Il riassunto di un'ora delle mie Domeniche è il tuo anno di vita e un sogno che per me forse sarà solo un sogno. Alcuni momenti li ricordavo bene altri meno. Grazie Martijn mi fai sognare con i tuoi video e mi sembra di essere li con te a tagliare assi di legna o piantare chiodi. Questo riassunto è stato una gradita sorpresa ciao buona continuazione, da parte mia non smetterò di seguirti. Buon 2025. Roberto.
How did you fund this project?
Excelente recopilación, gracias y saludos
Danke!
Bravissimo Martin. Ti sto seguendo dall'inizio del tuo lavoro.
An oasis of excellence and peace in a time that seems filled with recklessness and turbulence.
Uso anch'io il tuo metodo di accensione della legna nel camino aperto ed anche per la stufa. Good job Martin . Sei d'ispirazione per la mia casa in Casentino
You amaze me for 365/365 days! Wouldn't I be a little jealous? Nooo 🥹! Very nice recap, a lot of fun to watch! A very good job Sir …
see you next week, 🐾tyfs🐾
Brilliant video. Amazing scenery. I am sure the life style and tranquility make up for the harder times, in the snow. You have drive, that's for sure. 🤗
Wow Martijn, dit is professionele documentaire. Naast al het werk gedurende jaar drie, is dit ook een behoorlijke klus geweest. Respect! Wat een mooie video. Dankjewel!
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Hi Martijn, 😃 I did Write on Live Chat, but it`s Not there…Sorry, saying I couldn`t watch till today!!
I have watched You from the very 1st time & it`s been the Best 3 Yrs, of Your Homestead & will continue to watch You!!
I Love Everything You do…Your Extremely Talented & Not 1 Man in the USA Can Do Everything Like You!!
Love Your drawing with pen, paintings, greenhouse, chimney, stove, & steps inside!! Love you explaining every step You
do, hikes, bike rides, your rock cliff, feeding & taking care of your chickens & 1 rooster!!
Your Done Shots are Exceptional, plus filming & editing!! Your Finished Cabin is So Impressive & Gorgeous!!
You do everyday with knowledge & wisdom a Gift, like no other person I know!! You are Like a Super Hero!!
All Your hard work- from early morning to late at night– turns Your Job into a Masterpiece!!
Plus, being a neighbor to Johannes is Great Too!!😉
Thank You for Sharing Your Beautiful Life with All of Us & Your Family Too!!❤
Take Care & have a Wonderful Day & All Week, Martijn!!❤ Love Barb from Rantoul, Illinois USA❣
I Will Share Your Video on Facebook/Newsfeed
Cool work and cool video editing, too
it's the best video I have seen this year
Well done : )
Mate! I hope you got to date her. Please give a man hope 😪🤞🙏
Good morning ! Thank you for sharing your adventure between work and a moment of fullness, of beauty, and calm!
Always like your video's ❤
Your place is so similar to Vermont and Maine it's really impossible to tell the difference, even the evening colors in the sky, there are differences such as we have many different evergreen trees and millions of them❤
After seeing everything, I still ask my self, what job did he had before moving into the alps or did I overheard it at some point 😁?
What an artist, in every way. And what a nice global community. Here since day 1 too, and I enjoy watching the videos as much as reading all your comments. Greetings and love to all of you.❤
Thanks Martijn! First I thought I did not need to watch this as I saw all episodes but then it got me again. The Tent, Jimny, all the work, the dog… somehow you plant your life in my memory. And it’s a pleasure. Bedankt en op naar jaar 4, groet uit Overijssel.
So beautifull, healthful and lovely these videos! Thank you Martijn 👌👍🔥❤️
Fine summary of your fist three years. Enjoyed it all.