I wonder why you didn’t place the shed closer to the house, to have the possibly of power for light, tools and other machinery.

Does he have a YT channel?

Just do gravel, way more than you did before. Compress it. Get new gravel every 2-3 years. After 10 years it will be so compressed through use it will be fine. Also you have to get up the last hill. If you don’t all the water from the rain will go into the gravel and sweep it away. Same with the end of the driveway.

I advise you to let the oil decant for several days in the large barrel before transferring it to the bottles, this way the "sludge" will sink to the bottom and you will have a lighter oil.

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Nice to see you wearing a t-shirt with the Aussie flash on it, and another very productive week. Wishing you a merry Christmas and a peaceful and productive 2025. Pauline, Melbourne, Australia

I don't know how many barrow loads of soil you've moved, or gravel - heavier and further to transfer - but your energy is amazing. I'm wondering, depending on the type of roof for your shed, would you consider attaching guttering to harvest the water, and direct it to a srorage tank?

HELLO. HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS

Você é muito esforçada, trabalha muito! A juventude te ajuda, torço por você. Uma vida saudável em contato com a natureza é maravilhoso.Beijo Silvia.

Go Iris!! The gravel is looking good and flat. When making the form for the concrete slab you can't have enough pegs in the ground, better too much as too little. Many people underestimate the weight and pressure from the concrete, which can result in crooked edges if the form is not solid enough. Also make sure to have some extra pegs at hand for emergency repairs from the form if the form fails anyway during the pouring from the concrete. It is better to be well prepared. Happy holidays !! 👍

This week's useful gardening "Hints and Tips" instalment. Firstly you must consider whether a whole hole is necessary, would half a whole hole be sufficient? Is half a hole even a hole you may wonder? It has been scientifically proven that half a whole hole is still a hole. We at the institute hope you found this useful. We had to write this in crayon of course, the nice nurse typed it for us.

Merry Xmas beautiful Iris

Go Iris go. You are such an inspiring woman.

Great Job Iris. It seems that you know what to do. Merry Christmas, by the way.

Go Iris!!!!! I wishing you a very 🌲🌲Merry Christmas 🌲🌲 from🇸🇪

You are doing amazing ❤ wishing you a very Merry Christmas 🧑‍🎄🎄🪅🥳🎉🎊🥂🍾

Hi Iris. Won’t you consider using some cement slabs (e.g. 60 x 60) for the base instead of pouring cement onto that lovely soil?

We admire you for wanting to do so much manually but it will take a toll on your back and shoulders, Simon has done manual work all his life and is like many others in a bad way now, take care, zoe and simon

Hi, i would do like layer cake, 3 in of soil you have mix with straw, then 3 in of wood chips till you use it all and cover it w black plastic. In a year you will have super rich soil to use anywhere in garden. Just my idea, good luck and i will follow how you do with your land transformation.

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As much as i see,and understand,you are making a very smart mooves. It is really pleasure to watch.

There is probably a lot of organic matter and microbiology in that top layer of soil. I'd be tempted to use it in my garden beds despite the weed seed issue.

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all that nice soil could b used to fill some awsome garden raised beds which will produce great veggies 🙂

If you’re gonna make a raised bed, lay down some kind of mesh to prevent moles. Once they get in, they don’t get out.

Looks good. It is always a bit surprising how big a pile of dirt can get when you dig it out from the ground. I think that the cheapest way to deal with it is to spread it evenly across the rest of the land. Then you will also keep the nutrients and the micro organisms on your land. Or you can rent a container and have it removed completely. When you spread it then it will look a bit chaotic during the winter. But soon enough the grass will grow and the rain will blend it in as well, and then you won't even see it anymore. Keep up the good spirit, and I am looking forward to the next video. 👍

Delighted to see you preparing the shed base by hand. Homesteading beats the gym hands down! I have seen other homesteaders grow food in raised beds, the walls lined to reduce evaporation and slow silt loss, and top-mulched to keep plant roots cool. But they do have to water more. What wonderful soil and easy digging! The previous owners have removed any rocks for you. 😊

EXCELLENT, BUT VERY COLD AND FROSTED. I'LL GIVE YOU 1 TIP, IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND HAVE TO DRIVE, DON'T DO IT TOO EARLY! YOU MUST WAIT 1 MORE HOUR AND DO IT LATER! OTHERS HAVE ALREADY DONE IT! THEY CLEANED THE ROAD AND BROKE THE ICE SO WE COULD PASS! IT'S BETTER TO ARRIVE 1 OR MORE HOURS LATER! I LEARNED FROM 1 OLD TRUCK DRIVER! IT'S LOGIC! CONTINUE, YOU CANNOT STOP. HUG (BIG)🤠🤠🤠

Nice work!! Looks realy good. Congratulation for the hard work :)

Minha…desculpa.

Vou voltar para a monha terra natal, vou encontrar a Iris e vou casar com ela. Depois, ela pode usar isto como um hobby somente.

A lot of a good looking woman also.

Olá não entendi a razão de fazer um galpão nu meio de um sucalco, mas enfim, podia fazer junto a 🏠 bom trabalho beijinhos 🌹

Try digging another hole somewhere out of the way then tip your unwanted soil in it. Look out for more useful hints & tips next week.😎🤣

A lot of good soil! 🇸🇪👏🌱

Great work in preparing for the shed, lot of work but very rewarding. An idea with the leftover soil is to mix it up with compost and make no-dig garden beds, a lot of people had great succes with this method in growing a wide variety summer and winter veggies and flowerbeds 🙏🏻💚

Good base readiness Iris Lisette.👌

Good luck with your propagation of your trees ❤

Hi Lisette, don't worry too much about the way you prune your vines. What is important is to prune because the vine will react to pruning by growing new branches. As you told in the video, you are not looking to sell perfect beautiful grapes and you will have more than enough fruits for your own use. Great job anyway!

That must be so rewarding to learn new skills, you did your research, and I think it will be fun to follow your progress next year, I have seen several groups of people that get together and harvest the grapes, that always looks so fun then they have big gatherings to make the wine, make yummy food and just enjoy the connection of friends and community, fascinating wish I were there!

some are newer than others. different qualities too. one is a 100 year old vine, the small ones 10-15. the older the vine, the better. because of the roots strength. the system of propagation you're trying to do is called cloning, but done the way you are doing some trees develop sterile stems, you'll have to "enxertar" (graft). did you know you can have oranges, mandarins, lemons and pomegranates on the same tree? stay strong 🤠😎

You did your research, so I think that it will be alright. Have you ever heard about air layering for propagating trees? It is a relative easy method, and you can do it on an existing tree with a branch that you would normally prune. But instead of pruning it you can let it grow a root system while it is still on the tree. You can do it with every tree. KZbin has specific examples for most if not all individual tree species, so it is easier to watch that than me trying to write an entire story. And if you have a branch that is close to the ground you can bend it a little more and bury it halfway and let the top stick out of the ground, and then it will also develop a root system. I once stuck a small twig from a hazelnut tree straight into the garden soil, and now it is a lush bush. But I never had a lot of nuts because I did the pruning wrong. This year I try to do it right and at the right time of the year, right after the winter frost. Thanks for sharing and I am looking forward to see how the results from the pruning are going to be 👍

Love your experiments!👏

LEGEND HAS THAT WHO TEACHED MAN TO PRUNE WAS A DONKEY! WHO LIVED IN A PLACE AND ONLY HAD 1 FRUIT TREE TO SHELTER HIM FROM THE SUN! WHEN HE WAS LACK OF FOOD, HE WOULD EAT THE BRANCHES! IT TURNS OUT THAT IT BROUGHT MORE AND BETTER FRUITS THAN OTHERS FURTHER AWAY! THEN THE OWNER STARTED CUTTING THE OTHERS AND SUCCESS BEGAN!🤓

HELLO. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED EATING ONE OF THESE GRAPES? IN PORTUGAL ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IT USUALLY EAT 12 RAISINS WHEN EVERY KING RINGS AND ASK FOR 1 TASTE FOR NEXT YEAR! SUPERMARKETS SELL THESE DRIED GRAPES! BUT THESE DON’T HAVE CHEMICALS! HUGS

Hi, as im planning to do the same thing im skipping around your videos and have so many questions, but as it seems you spend much time alone how do you find making connections with people in the area as i will be alone also but would be keen to get involved in community life also?

Nice work👌its so satisfyingly to eat what you have grown and to know its not been spayed with all types of nasties! Where are you originally from?

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Its a wine grape press ....have one .........also can be used for pressing fruit ........ or as you care to use it for compost pile ....S