14 - What Is The Next Step on Our Road to Self-Sufficiency and Off Grid Living?

This week's video showcases the removal of thorny hills and grass to create space for our solar panels - another step on our self-sufficiency journey. We're savoring the final days of our family's visit, while Philippe is headed to Belgium to fetch the last of our belongings, all while a storm is brewing on the horizon.
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[@alexslack8117]

There’s nothing this man can’t do in flip flops!

[@DomaineSauvage]

Ah the days of the flip flops are again approaching 👍

[@coolcpa3321]

Odin standing in his playpen! Soon he will be running around and, like his dad, playing fetch with June. Those panels will be so beneficial to your self-sufficiency. Very prudent making them a priority.

[@DomaineSauvage]

He is almost walking! The reason for the panels is with the energy crisis we had we want to be more secure and not be the playball of big corporations etc. 👍

[@GarlandAndersonJr]

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[@dotwillcoxson5352]

Loving your channel. Thanks from Australia

[@DomaineSauvage]

Thx!

[@mahanly]

Glad to see your new home is a place for both families to visit.

[@DomaineSauvage]

We have a big family and everyone is welcome 👍😅

[@FabienneRAME]

Impressive line of pannels! Are planning to install batteries to store the electricity?

[@DomaineSauvage]

Fabienne, yes in the future video you will see the install, not fully in detail as a lot of channels already show this and i don't know if people would like to see it more in depth. If you have any questions about them in the future you can always leave a comment and i will answer as best as i can! 😀

[@philippenoyeau5203]

so far i think the cat is the one who have more tiring days. He is always asleep ! :)

[@pauloandrade9094]

I’m also a sucker for a good thunderstorm. It energizes me….

[@DomaineSauvage]

Soon we will be able to enjoy them again, during the winter it was just a lot of rain 😅

[@patriciasmith9712]

Bravo, awesome to watch all of the progress and hard work

[@DomaineSauvage]

Thank you Patricia! 👍

[@janehavens3086]

My husband and I loved watching storms too. He passed away but I miss my storm watching partner!!

[@DomaineSauvage]

Hey Jane, sorry for your loss 😢hope you get too relive some of the good memories through the storms! ❤

[@crimpfrogglebum6559]

Simply brilliant, brilliant it is - I wonder if you considered fitting the solar panel to the new (old) walls? Fantastic is what it is. Surrey UK

[@DomaineSauvage]

Hey, after the digging works are done i want to use the solar panels as a roof for our wood storage, but we have more so maybe not a bad idea to use as a roof against the newer barn.

[@Neroli-Daydreaming-of-France]

Interesting watching this video today with a slide into autumn, as we are in autumn in NZ now. You’ll be very pleased to see the summer sun there I’m guessing x

[@DomaineSauvage]

Oh yes we are finally getting some great weather, i have had it with rain 😂

[@neutonrenda2303]

June's loving the space, she seems like quite the character. Sorry for the message overload today, spent today watching your content from the beginning.😂👍

[@DomaineSauvage]

It's ok, we can still manage the comments 😎

[@kareneby1914]

Enjoy watching your videos but I feel overwhelmed for you. 🤣 would a metal detector be good ?

[@DomaineSauvage]

It would certainly help, maybe in the future 👍

[@chantaln6843]

What language are you speaking? It sounds like German or perhaps Flemish…😊

[@jaeyoung3126]

Will it be a problem keeping animals from walking on the panels?

[@DomaineSauvage]

The panels are in a temporary place, they will be used on our wood storage. But the panels can handle even a person walking on them.

[@micheleboone464]

Het gaat goed vooruit. Top top❤ groetjes daar.

[@DomaineSauvage]

Merci! Beetje per beetje komen we er wel :)

[@cbrashsorensen]

Loving your work. Wondering if you could include some type of drawing/plan for the garden.

[@DomaineSauvage]

Hey! Thx! You want a plan of how we see the garden in the future or just a layout of the buildings and garden in general?

[@cathyblackhall5237]

@@DomaineSauvageBoth?To see where you are now and what you want for the future 😊

[@abigailgerlach5443]

Honestly, Odin is just the cutest thing on two legs! 💕 If there is one thing your property isn't short of it's stones. If you have a pipe bender, you can create some rebar anchors to pin down the frames. It isn't particularly beautiful, but they work in most any speed of wind. Have you built any perches for the chickens? They like to sit up high off the ground.

[@DomaineSauvage]

Yeah stones enough, we have a old quarry on the property which we will show in one of the upcoming episodes 😃. The stones are enough to keep the solar panels on the ground since they aren't 45 degrees they don't catch much wind. They have a perch in their coop, outside they have enough trees, we haven't clipped their wings!

[@brensearsjohnston4411]

Hello! I’m in the U.S. I just discovered your channel today and am enjoying your videos. I’ve seen two episodes. I would appreciate closed captions. They are available with most shows but don’t see a way to turn it on for yours. Is that something the creator enables? If so, could you enable them? Thanks! Your place is so pretty. Good luck with all your projects!

[@DomaineSauvage]

Hi Bren! Welcome and thank you for joining us! KZbin generates captions automatically on almost all our videos but strangely chooses not to include them for some. So I'll look into it and make sure the closed captions are enabled on all videos! Thank you for the lovely compliment! (Anicia)

[@lynnhamerlinck6676]

Nice work Ilian!!!

[@soniawoolley366]

Love your channel !

[@DomaineSauvage]

Thank you!!

[@petebartlett2229]

Be careful around the pine trees with the pine processional caterpillars,very dangerous to dogs,cats and humans

[@DomaineSauvage]

Hey Pete, Are those the ones with a lot of hair and who ball together?

[@JLHelik]

May i ask why you bought canadian solar ?

[@DomaineSauvage]

Because it is a good brand and this is what i could also get at a good price with my supplier!

[@markclemens3409]

Another video with no captions. That leaves many people out.

[@helenhall3705]

Please don’t be rude. You could ask nicely for CCs. If you looked, there is a previous comment and answer about this

[@DomaineSauvage]

Hello Mark, Anicia is adding the captions who are missing manually to the videos, it takes a bit of work so hang tight. Normally youtube does this automatically but sometimes it fails... 👍

[@dirkcoussement3217]

❤

[@joycepayne3505]

Working in his flip flops 😂😂

[@DomaineSauvage]

Ah how we long for the summer temperatures 😂

[@gruutx]

keep it up! groetjes bobo :)

[@DomaineSauvage]

Thx bobo!

[@Evehaesaert1989]

🥰

[@tommcl8548]

👍👊

[@DomaineSauvage]

Thx tom, always the first :)

[@fxdx68]

self sufficiency.... what a joke when you use all the modern tech.

[@DomaineSauvage]

Yes i will go back to the stone age with a fire 😂

[@lorrainefisk]

Thanks

[@DomaineSauvage]

Thank you Lorraine! Very generous of you and we will put it too good use! ❤