#86 There is a "hole" in our land, we went exploring it

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0:00 Recap
0:15 Intro
2:30 Exploring from above
3:15 First person explore
12:31 Clearing the wall
16:29 Well overflow and basin
19:21 Cleaning the field
20:05 Clearing and exploring the stone ruin
23:31 Brick ruin and another stone ruin
27:24 Outro

[@ProjectKamp]

Watch the next video were we make a road on this land and park our new house: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXipn5xsedyto7c

[@koningbolo4700]

I bet the old road to this part of the land used to be the sandy bit where the young eucalyptus tree are growing...

[@ZabZabou]

❤ eu nasci aí 😊 Quantas saudades de pescas e pic Nic no rio...❤

[@ZabZabou]

❤ En contrebas dans le village, il y a encore une pierre servant de pressoir a olives, datant de l'époque romaine... Sur les berges du dão on peut voir d'autres pierres creusées ayant servi de fouloir a vin...et stockage Ainsi que d'autres disposées en habitat celte !

[@james_the_darklord]

So your neighbor let you clear vegetation on their land?

[@davemi00]

@@ZabZabouWhere is this ? Watching from Michigan 🇺🇸

[@Tugedhel]

When my grandmother was 78 years old she would go out in both the cool of the morning and the cool of the evening and cut blackberry plants. She took time to make sure the spring holes were deep enough to catch water and easy for both sheep and cattle to drink. She didn't think about reading all day or watching television. She enjoyed knowing she was taking care of her property. She kept it optimized for food plants for both her cattle and sheep. It was what would be considered the perfect balance of silviculture today. It was beautiful with half on the hills and half on the flats. People would say, "Margaret, why do you work so hard every day? Your place is beautiful." She would just smile, shrug her shoulders, and say she liked to. She knew that if she stopped nurturing the trees, water flow, and cutting back the aggressive brambles and invasives her place would be overrun in a year. I compliment and applaud a group of people, and this guy specifically, who have found the joy of putting some intentional sweat in to make something beautiful, productive and healthy. Grandmother had 300 acres (121 Hectares). She worked long enough each day to completely go over it once each year. She lived until she was 99 and worked at this pace even to her last year when cancer got her. This kept her spry and nobody in the area had a better animal production than she did in what constantly looked like paradise. Did you read this entire thing... this monologue is just a thanks for reminding me of a tough kind old lady who changed my life for the better. Keep it up Kamp people.

[@Rosesraspberries72]

What became of her property?

[@kittin9018]

It's a lovely monologue and wonderful ode to your Grandmother..💚🌿☘🌼...thanks for sharing her story too!🌱

[@Sublime_1]

Grandmother sounds like a great woman.

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

A kiss for Grandma 💋

[@Tugedhel]

It was sold in the mid 1980s. She had the opportunity to transition with money to live on without the burden of managing animals to keep the taxes paid. She was able to purchase about 15 acres in the community where she was born to live out her last years with my mom taking care of her (without her realizing she was being taken care of). She lived until she was 99. She was about 90 when she moved to the 15 acre property and spent her last 9 years making much smaller rounds twice a day. Another comment about this lady. She was not my mother's natural mom. She was hired as a nanny to my mom and her siblings when my natural grandmother died of the Spanish Flu during the world wide plague in 1920. She was married to my natural grandfather when she was 16 (her boss) after taking care of his children for three years. When the depression hit in 1929 my grandfather abandoned them to strike it rich in the gold fields of Washington and then floated off to California on his own leaving his children with this girl now just 21. They traveled in a truck doing field work in the Yakima valley for about seven years before finding a place to plant. She continued to be the only stable thing my mom and her siblings ever knew. Her hard working and indomitable spirit attracted a rugged but kind man who later was the only grandfather I knew. I had no idea he was my "step-step" grandpa or that she was not my mom's natural mother. He died about 10 years before she sold that property they had purchased together.

[@kenjohnson5498]

I would start using goats to get rid of brambles and unwanted vegetation just fence off small areas and it will be clean in no time. It would save the whole camp time to use for other projects. The added land has so much to offer with the dwellings and open fields good luck on the purchase.

[@micaelagutierrez373]

such a great idea

[@susanrybak7192]

I agree, goats would be a big help in clearing and maintaining spaces. If you don't want to get your own goats perhaps there is a neighbour who would bring them over to graze in exchange for something you could do for them.

[@glyndevonport7802]

I was thinking the the same but follow up with pigs who will get a lot of the roots out, help to turn the soil and fertilise as they go.

[@snakey319]

the last time, maybe 2 weeks ago, I said to get goats I was blasted, the best was goats make deserts. but I agree, borrow or barter for a couple from a farm.

[@kenjohnson5498]

@@snakey319 those people don't know how to clear vegetation with goats lol. If left to long yes they will eat everything, but if moved in intervals around the property they have free lawn service :)

[@backpages1]

Just for grins, when you begin clearing, especially around the older stone ruins, go around the outside with a metal detector for any possible coins, etc., paying special attention to doorways, pathways, and such. People in the 1800’s, early 1900’s didn’t trust banks very much and frequently buried money, coins, and forgot where they buried it. Just a thought.

[@StaceNyourFace]

I was thinking the same thing!! 👍😉

[@backpages1]

@@StaceNyourFace Thanks for your comment!

[@StaceNyourFace]

@@backpages1 👍

[@hectororellana3397]

I suggested exactly the same thing.

[@santiagoporroprofe2745]

This video had strong "kid wandering in the woods being amazed by everything" energy and I loved that. Dave really climbed on everything just because he could

[@paulbombardier8722]

Looks like a very interesting piece of property. I hope that the sale goes through quickly and the team can get to clearing out around the ruins and get rid of the invasive species. If it would be practical, fence the place in and get a herd of goats to clear out the underbrush.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

DId you not watch the whole video? 🤣

[@yamuna5585]

Tell me more this video is the only one since a while I stopped in the middle.. like the paranormal activity shooting is not for me 🙆🏻‍♀️🤭🤣

[@JapanUnfiltered]

@@yamuna5585 Just watch on x2 speed.

[@yamuna5585]

@@JapanUnfiltered even worse 🤣🤣🤣

[@Lastrealmusician]

Bro, its not for sale at all

[@interrupted102]

Love the idea of using goats to help with landscaping. Keep up the great content!

[@codydody]

Yeah, the three room ruin would be a great shelter for goats

[@framegrace1]

If they are prepared for keeping them, is a good option. They will need (good) fencing, which is not cheap, and someone to take care of them almost exclusively. A better option is to ask someone to do it. I have a friend that works on this, he used to had to ask for permission to graze, but people nowadays even pay him to take the goats to their properties regularly. I'm sure there's someone near base camp that can do it. Keeping goats have some unpleasant tasks included (Sacrificing, milking, medications ...) better let that to the professionals.

[@guilherme20004]

@@framegrace1 they dont need to be fenced, they will probably eat only the good grass they find around. Usually you just dig a hole, put some kind of iron pipe and just tie a rope to them, they eat big round areas , then you just need to keep spreding then trough the land. My family has a big land here in portugal, madeira island, and we do that, then in the afternoon we put them in their stockyard. That way they only go to the a new area after eating all they possibly can.

[@hillbournesian]

I kept goats for 15 years, love goats but they are a huge hassle and delight in eating what you don't want them to. It's much easier using a brush cutter than it is owning goats. Borrowed goats might be ok.

[@Bencrackers]

🐐🐐🐐

[@davidwilson1043]

Not long ago people lived in that land. They worked, loved, laughed and cried. As you were clearing the area I could imagine all this taking place once again.

[@Rosesraspberries72]

Where about s is this?

[@williamsstephens]

​@@Rosesraspberries72 Everywhere those open fields were, I'd guess. I'm surprised to find them still so clear; I would have expected to see all kinds of invasives there. I'm wondering what kind of grass that is. Cultivated forage, maybe?

[@walshesworkshop]

It’s great to see ‘Papa Kamp’ working the land like a boss!

[@sshaw4429]

Like a boss!!! Yes!

[@bartek6330]

those three rooms were probbably a stable for horses, given that every one of those has a window and theyre sepaarted only by a half wall, also the size is horse-stable-like ;)

[@martinwyke]

Too small, more likely farrowing.

[@ritualmule854]

that was my first thought but the only entrance for each of the sections is a small door so a stable wouldnt make sense. stables i've seen usually have a wide opening with a gate.

[@redgoliath]

Maybe they were a bit smaller than horse stables, because they were for donkeys, or bulls? For pulling the carts, since they said the rock used to be for drying corn, as the other room looked like it was for storage space, any of the above is possible and as likely, but in Portugal and Spain, using bulls for pulling carts was much more usual, and the brick stables seemed to be very low for horses.

[@guilherme20004]

@@redgoliath it could be, but has a portuguese i dont think thats the case. Maybe some spare rooms for gardening tools or to keep the animal food sheltered.

[@norwaypete]

def some type of animals but probably not horses I saw it and was like oh those little rooms would make perfect like workers rooms for people who visit in season

[@PutiTheCat]

This is like playing minecraft in real life love your content bro

[@tychobotter]

Just what i was going to say!

[@norkhairudinalibidin1376]

exactly what i thought...this is irl minecraft server

[@polfloch4535]

Those ruin that you can renovate can be usefull to store fruits, old ruins are great to keep the cold inside and to be able to store lot of things protected !

[@JoffJk]

Season one vibes in this episode, great to see a solo Dave video again. The land is worth buying just for the well everything else is just bonus. Its fun to see the potential for you guys owning all the complete piece of land

[@stevendebreet369]

I have an Idea, after already 3 seasons of project kamp maybe it would be an nice idea to make a new map illustration that shows how you guys see the future of the land. as a reaction to the first one on where dave explains that project Kamp actually is. would love to see that!

[@TS-kt3nf]

That would be nice :)

[@opdmin]

Seeing the new meadow I thought wouldn't it be great if you could start keeping some honey bee hives there to aid the flora. It would be great project to aid in the development of even more biodiversity on the land and provide honey to the camp.

[@stschubs]

I could see that fora long term plan, but bees are expensive, and they aren't easy. They'd definitely need someone with expertise to come and teach them all the ins and outs of bee keeping :)

[@zabmcauley5647]

Native wildflowers are better at feeding native pollinators which better support the native ecosystem instead of bringing in honey bees.

[@thegrinderman1090]

I've read that introducing honey bees can actually reduce biodiversity, because they outcompete the native bee populations.

[@opdmin]

@@thegrinderman1090 That's an interesting point. But I'm sure that the local bees would be the choice rather than importing bees from elsewhere. The Portuguese ministry of agriculture has a comprehensive guide that's freely available to any budding bee keepers. fnap.pt/web/wp-content/uploads/APINFO_Manual-de-Apicultura.pdf

[@michaelhernandez1530]

Bee keepers, do not relocate or bring in tons of bees from somewhere else when setting up these hives. The only bee they add to the hive is the queen bee and naturally the queen bee attracts tons of local native bees to make the hive their home.

[@philosoraptor777]

Back in the 2000s I bought a farm in Portugal using inheritance money, and RE/MAX stole it from me. One day I will buy the company just to dissolve it.

[@MoRoKeiFrOd]

Please do it

[@lilo4000]

i suppoorrttttt

[@VitorMadeira]

So fantastic! Knowing how to deal with neighbours is one of the major arts in human existence. You deserve. Hope the price paid is economical. Greetings from the Algarve.

[@martinwyke]

The brick block building looks like it was probably three farrowing pens for sows and piglets. Brambles produce a lot of fruit in late August and September so I suggest keeping some areas and wait until after that before cutting down the others.

[@09conrado]

Yeah I once thought that tto in July in Portugal: let's go pick some brambles. We had brought a few planks. After a lot of hard sweaty work we ended up with half a bucket of dry tasteless blackberries. Brambles need a lot of water to yield good fruit

[@MennoJanssen]

What I loved about this episode is that you have found another basin! A look into the water architecture of the ancestors. Hope you can expand it, with innovation store much much more water, and that will bring in so much ecological opportunities! Thanks much for the video and for what you guys do!

[@SilverGoth]

It was very satisfying, watching you clear brush in the hole of your doughnut! So glad you were able to buy it!

[@Natercakes]

The 3 room ruin looks like it would make a perfect community shower spot, 3 private showers/changing rooms and right next to base camp

[@GodOfBiscuits66]

That is cool you will be able to buy it. Not only do you have a place to turn into a living area, you have the peace of mind of being able to get rid of all that mimosa to help with fire control. Here is hoping you get to buy it soon!

[@diogor420]

I think it could be interesting to see a small interview with the previous owners

[@gooszwanikken5029]

I agree @diogor420

[@MrMambott]

They can't as they have long been gone living at the bottom of that Tank

[@bbb8182]

I want to cry at 63, can barely walk. At your age I too loved physical challenges and improved the world for my family and other's with my strong body and will. CHERISH YOUR YOUTH YOUNG MEN! You cant imagine how limited, humiliated and dispirited you may become in old age

[@misst1586]

Same. Glad i did what i could when i was younger.

[@smoothbrain8519]

That first person explore portion was so much fun to watch! Must have been exciting to get to explore like that - adventures are everywhere at project kamp !

[@martin_mue]

Quite a view young oaks there. Looks like if you create open spaces they come back strong.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

WHere ever that mother tree is, I would be harvesting every acorn I could get my hands on this fall for planting in a tree nursery. They are extraordinarily hardy, site specific champion trees in the making.

[@lomalinke5042]

The next level 2 house is coming! This is like LOST where they kept finding ruins and strange stuff, too. Maybe Project Kamp is more than meets the eye … 😊😊😊

[@snakey319]

Our penninsula was invaded, setlled, whatever from the north, south, and east over and over again, it's full of cool history. and leave cousin Omar in the cave alone, Neanderthals came as well.

[@Hertog101]

smoke monster?

[@norwaypete]

I can not wait for the next ruin rebuild probably one of my fav thing. got me down a rabbit hole of people who got property in the mountains and rebuilt stone homes lol

[@ReneTobe86]

Nice Dave to see you again. It feels like one of the first episodes, hard work by yourself and explorer the land :)

[@fozzyami]

A solo Dave adventure! Looks like a lot of hard work and fun was had. Can't wait to see how the heart land develops.

[@sadjaxx]

What a nice phrase! Much better than "middle land" - its the Heartland!

[@doughntworry]

That pieco of land is probably super valuable for the team. 3 more structures that can be renovated without needing an expensive building permit and a lot of interesting locations. Congrats

[@metal-toilet7999]

Dave, that knife flip was amazing!

[@darlingicarus]

I must admit as someone who loves history, watching the Project Kamp team uncover and explore the ruins on their property is one of my favourite parts of the project! so cool to see what's survived the wildfires and the passing of time. great job on clearing all those brambles!

[@fposmith]

That brick ruins were quarters for seasonal farm hands. We used to see these type quarters in Florida years ago. Some can still be found up in central Florida scattered among the orange groves. Just enough room for the workers to sleep. Sometimes two to a room in bunk beds. They would have a separate structure for washing and cooking. You should start looking at this property from that perspective.

[@RaraAvis1138]

I sure do appreciate how you make all your videos. Giving us an overview of where you are and locations of important points. I see so many possibilities with that piece of land. I hope very much you are able to acquire it. I also see many good young trees and plants! Not just all bramble and mimosas 😄🌱 I bet some goats could keep things clear. They are such lovely creatures - cats with horns!😂

[@toufofun]

I can't wait to see this land after it is been renovated, very happy for you. Good luck.

[@darylmorse7337]

I must admit that seeing all of the brush removal was satisfying

[@tonyde6423]

Got chills watching thick bush high grass kept look ing out for snakes but realised it's Netherland should be safe cheers ✌

[@jasonb.2098]

The new piece of land i think is a big improvement especially because it is so close. The field and ruins looks really beautiful and provide much space for new projects. I am thrilled to see what you are going to make of it. Very nice work!

[@avb96]

An updated map on the website that shows all the walls, water structures, ruins, new structures, and your paths would be great. It could help crowd source ideas for Project Kamp as well. Personally i think it would be great to see some dedicated workshops in these new buildings. Things where people could come for a long term stay to do things like blacksmithing, tile manufacturing, weaving, and pottery. Items that can be used at Kamp but also sold to help fund the project.

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

Good neighbors are priceless. Growing up, we would just walk into our neighbors house and vice versa. My parents still live next to that same family, it’s very comforting knowing that in an emergency they’re right next door.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The three bay building made out of structural clay tiles (close to base Kamp) would be a relatively easy conversion to a 3 unit living space. The gable ends and partition walls seem to be in good condition, so all you need is a roof, windows and doors and likely a floor. This roof structure can be built entirely from mimosa selected for size and straightness. Good experiment to judge the suitability of mimosa round wood harvested on site for future projects. If you have fears of flammability of mimosa, paint it with intumescent paint for fire retardancy.

[@martinuso7446]

Fire retardant stuff is mostly not environment friendly.. Could be a toilet/shower building too.

[@mfr58]

One thing to check out is that if the under laying rock is mostly granite, there may be a radon gas issue in any building you renovate or build.....Also something else to note is that in Cornwall, UK, the granite substrate contains high levels of lithium that are about to be mined....maybe your granite contains lithium too....

[@EmileChamonard]

Buy the land before you let a geologist near it as if it is found the value of the land will be so high you wont be able to afford the price and you could end up with mining co owning it and an open cast mine in the middle of your land.

[@huntakilla1234]

I'm glad the neighbor agreed to sell you guys the land. It's really weird owning a piece of property, without owning the donut hole in the middle. I'm excited to see what you guys will do with, after the paperwork has been finalized. Groetjes uit Nederland 👍

[@kathybell4878]

Did I miss WHY they didn't want to sell that land to them originally? So bizarre.

[@maximumjongs]

@@kathybell4878 Probably because it had a well on it and now that they know Kamp needs it, they have more leverage.

[@johnclements6614]

Most likely was a small farm. When they got too old etc sold the fields apart from the immediate area around the farm house. Maybe then kept on as summer house until fire twenty or so years ago.

[@JSLEnterprises]

the land looks to have housed a large old home, probably been in that neighbours family for many many generations which is why they sold all the land around it but kept the original land. that first grass patch he went to looks to have actually been the home's front terrace. the 'ruins' is an actual cold cellar that were used before fridges existed, and makes sense as its tied into what could have been considered the homes foundation. you can picture it better when you look at the later picture of exploration and where he's walked knowing what and where each thing was located.

[@NeroTheDuke]

I love the sped up brumble cutting

[@pixelgraphica]

That second ruin looks like it is in worse shape than the smaller first ruin. Maybe you can use the rocks from the second ruin to repair and expand the first ruin. Interesting exploration. I hope you can buy the small piece of land in the middle of your land.

[@antoniodasilva1230]

It's three acres not as small as it looks

[@phyllisanngodfrey6137]

Wow……Project Kamp just keeps getting better and better 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@diogoaraujo2885]

I don't know if have already thought about it, but having goats and sheeps might help a lot in controling the growth of rumbles, grassroots and other green bushes/ herbaceous. They in Portugal are also called "Cabras/Ovelhas Sapadoras" because of the role they have in keeping controled the growth of this species and at the same time decreasing the fire-risk. I guess it should be a cheaper and ecological investment. 😊

[@teresahiggs4896]

In the USA there are goat ranchers that “rent” their herds . They put the herd of goats on a piece of land , for a specific time or until the land had been cleared to the owners specifications,. The goats do a great job of clean up, . My family owned goats when I was a child and speaking from experience, goats eat plants no other farm animal will eat! And they have HUGE appetites. You’d be shocked at how much a small herd of goats will eat in just a week! These goat ranchers even clear land for cities, parks and large businesses. It’s recognized as an economic and ecologically sound way to keep down overgrowth of plants, help prevent fires by cleaning up the plant growth before it dies and create a fire hazard. The goat rancher gets the money for renting his goat herd and the milk from the goats and the landowner gets cleared land that hasn’t been sprayed with pesticides and the clearing down by goats is cheaper than having men come and cut all the overgrowth.

[@katouneful]

Amazing videos guys! As an idea and also by experience of living in the country myself. The best would be investing in few goats and they will clean pieces of lands that you want to clear. The goats will eat the bad weeds and all the rambles that are invading your land. I had goats for years and they are very reliable animals especially they eat everything and can do the hard work for you. All the best to you guys!!

[@NotaDutchGuy]

Such a wonderful piece of land to add to the rest! So much potential, and such a cool spot to set up the permanent living area. Love this exploration video :)

[@micaelagutierrez373]

i love seeing all the ruins they really show the history of the land. i'm excited to see what project camp does with this new purchase

[@Barbaralee1205]

This was magical! Love watching Dave explore. I know his head is exploding with ideas. All the best to all of you!

[@hemlock40]

Fun exploration of long-abandoned agriculture space. Portugal is filled with overgrown small farms and interesting stuff to find and ask what was this or that used for. That small ruin with the burned clothing seems like a barn of some kind. The remains of that aluminum pot with holes in it is used for roasting chestnuts. Our local old folks have a long disagreement on whether or not metal blades on brush cutters is allowed this time of year due to spark risk. The tijolo brick ruin could have housed animals or stored feed or grains. Nice.

[@kasper3na]

Great to see the boss getting to do some handy work! Love the content. Great episode!

[@MarksGoneWicked]

I see a lot of exciting content in the future. The amount of usefulness of has endless possibilities. The research modules will be many.

[@StenAsk]

You have earned a thumbs up for not having the heart to cut the blossoming roses. ;)

[@ginapereira2301]

That metal chain hanging from the wall was probably the kitchen area. I remember how my grandmother, in Portugal, cooked over the fireplace with a cast iron pot hanging by a long cast iron chain coming from up high in the chimney. The food cooked in those pots was beyond delicious and nutritious. :)

[@tullinadaly]

Congrats on the latest project. Always wondered what that tiny ruin was from drone shots.

[@Dispo030]

For the ever lasting issue with the Mimosas - wouldn't it be more viable to rent a small harvesting machine and annihilate them in a short period over using so much labor and time to slowly chop them? they keep draining the land and prevent reforestation with natives, so I was wondering... Keep up the great work!

[@matcheer9909]

Peeling back that jungle reveals some nice additions to Kamp. Nice video. 🏆

[@chrisdavis7617]

This is great, thank you. I love the Rose Tower and the giant boulder. The scoop in the top of the boulder looks 'used' for something. It feels like a castle with a moat and surrounding outbuildings.

[@DarrenLaMarr]

Have you considered getting goats - even a few - to help graze your bramble areas and provide nutrition to the soil? A few goats can go a long ways towards helping keep things cleared back... plus they can provide milk/cheese

[@tspaulding3845]

The brick rooms look like they may have been for animals. Good exploring p👍😀

[@tobyspeeks3793]

Stalls for horses or mules?

[@ianturvey3894]

Look like the building was for pigs?

[@barbthequietwatcher7069]

It's all so interesting. You should call the ruin with the roses, sleeping beauty house. Lol. Love what you and your friends are doing here. Keep up the good work. Thank you for sharing your journey.😊👍

[@eyeonit469]

My first priority would be to chop out all the broom before it goes to seed. Even then it takes a few years to eradicate it . Every spring we had to go on a broom hunt and pull out new growth.

[@Darx97]

so awesome yall will manage to get that piece of land and complete the land area

[@BagOfEyebrows]

I love that you wanted to save the oak tree and didn't cut down the roses - excellent video, new subscribe -

[@yasin1245]

I hope that the sale goes through quickly. Keep up the good work

[@aaturauhala3367]

Maybe nab some of those pine cones and grow em into a sapling(s) and plant them where you remove the mimosas. After the native trees take root and start shading out the mimosas, controlling the unwanted species becomes much easier

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Identifying the native trees, releasing them from the overgrowth that surrounds them and protecting them from goats is a great next step (this must be done before the goats are released). It looks like there may be some champion trees in the area that you can use as a source of seeds this fall for your native tree nursery. Hopefully you will find a chestnut (Castanea sativa) or two around this old homestead. It should be possible to fly a low altitude grid of the land for the purpose of locating tree crowns that are not mimosa or eucalyptus. The first ID is color. And I'm sure you can take it from there. That is how I would begin to identify the remaining champion trees. Anytime you are walking along a narrow track with a string trimmer in your hands I suggest you turn the trimmer on and cut one side of the path as you go. A trim to 20 cm is perfect. If everyone observed this guidance you would have nice wide tracks with healthy grasses. The limp oak tree should be corrected with three stake's approximately 1.5 meters away from the trunk. But first, find a nice straight mimosa about the same diameter and tie it to the trunk of the oak with natural twine. Not too tight, just enough for support. Then use the three stakes to pull the oak and it's support upright. There are many many oak seedlings in the area of the two ruins. Look for a champion oak tree in that area for acorn collection.

[@hansbrugman]

What's so special about chestnut trees? Just wondering

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@hansbrugman Fair question and I'm glad you asked. Chestnut nuts have been considered a staple carbohydrates for thousands of years. The origin of the species is China. Most evolutionary biologists now agree that they traveled eastward to North America via the land bridge across the Bering sea and westward via traditional migration patterns. In the process, at least seven different species evolved, Castanea mollissima being the origin species. Chestnut is called the "cradle to grave tree" because back before blight issues, your cradle was made of chestnut, the chestnut feed you, gave you something to trade or sell, produced your rot resistant fence posts, built your house, and was the wood of your coffin. Culturally, in temperate growing areas in the northern hemisphere around the world, it was an important species. Today, in the developed world, culinary use is the big draw. For the subsistence farmer, nothing has changed. There is much more information online - this is just a quick "off the top of my head " response.

[@hansbrugman]

@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 Thanks a lot for the detailed response. You learn something new on the internet every day!

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@hansbrugman You bet Hans! I travel around the world most every day on KZbin. Sure beats getting on an airplane 😅

[@teresahiggs4896]

@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171and I’ve seen a hybrid chestnut ( Chinese and American chestnut) that is resistant to Chestnut blight that killed Americas chestnuts. I’m from the Applachian Mountains , in East Tennesse , and the chestnut was extremely important for the people in that area. It built the back ons, made hood fences , and As you said, provided food for humans and animals, and wood for just about everything you need a good long lasting hardwood for! It was devastating to see our Chestnut trees slowly dying, ridge by ridge, holler by holler, mountain by mountain as the Blight spread. I’m hoping to plant some of these hybrids myself.

[@annetjievz]

The 3 room ruin looks like some sort of animal pen.

[@nickfosterxx]

Once upon a time some people loved this place. It must have been wonderful, I wonder if any of the local people remember how it was. Cool project, hot work!

[@leonardohansen8065]

Love this video, it's like the firsts videos of Dave and his camera! But now recharged with knowledge, really cool to see the progress you made 💪🏻

[@sberkbayram]

7:14 that ruin can be use as bathroom

[@Zailgllgmin]

I love this series and i have been waiting for the next vid ❤🎉

[@InconvenienceToday]

Oh man. You really nailed it when you said that about hoping for the best with neighbors. We got lucky... bought 40 acres without even visiting the property. Could have been a bunch of trouble with neighbors with us camping on our land in our bus... but turns out that we've gotten along quite well with everyone we've met that has property nearby. But you really just are taking a gamble!

[@InquisitiveBaldMan]

It is a tactic with land to keep a piece in the centre... It makes it much more likely a future neighbour will want to buy it to add to their land (when prices are higher)... It can be difficult to sell random small pieces otherwise.

[@annihilategreatcake]

This lifestyle is literally my dream.

[@Rimkassem_]

Love the videos keep up the good work

[@cdayperry2701]

Much interest in your project from Washington state in USA. I would metal detect and find previous occupants through census. Fascinating ruins you’ve worked so hard to expose. Gratitude!

[@H8FULL1]

It is satisfying to watch, I can only imagine how good it feels to be doing it and seeing the results of your own effort. Am jealous of the excitement of exploration and imagining what you can do with it.

[@noeraldinkabam]

I’m looking at an older google map and it looks like the circle land is formed of three terraces going down from nnw to sse.

[@KiMoKo9787]

Probably an easy way to accumulate water and grow and access the land easily

[@WxngsYT]

I love this project

[@seawitch77]

Great video! Such beautiful land, seems like an ancient place. Mother nature is so awesome! 🌲🌱🌿💚💚💚

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The circular parcel is the perfect place for a goat herd (yes, goats will clear brambles) to do the preliminary clearing. Simply Google "VEVOR Electric Fence Netting, 42.5" H x 164' Lectro Net" to get started. You will need to buy a solar energizer to send the electrical charge through the fence unless one of your folks can build one. Goats will eat everything below four feet. You can also start taking down mimosa around the perimeter and using the poles to build a fence around this area to contain the goats. Save an appropriate stump at 1.5 meters high and nail the poles to it. In combo with the Lectro Net you can make good parcels for clearing. WHen the goats are ready to be moved off a section, the feeder pigs come in to prepare the ground and eat the tops off the mimosa trees you chop and drop. WHen the pigs are done you collect the worthwhile mimosa poles and overseed the soil with local meadow mix.😊

[@americanmeteoritefan9670]

Always been impressed by herders, you sir are a genius. Here in the low desert of California we have a herder who takes a few dozen goats around clearing as a business, eating and seeding the desert...it's amazing to see the results. 😎

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@americanmeteoritefan9670 THank you for the king words 😊

[@stschubs]

it's neat to see the new land vs the land you guys have worked so hard on, shows how far you've come!

[@chilltime7989]

Hello guys! I've commented in a previous video, but I can't stress this enough. Please don't destroy all of the brambles, their flowers are a super important source of food for quite a number of polinators and also birds in Portugal, you may take some out where they give you the most trouble, but don't destroy them all as they are a native species and actually give some pretty tasty and edible berries

[@jclover3344]

It might not be a bad idea to trim the oak tree back to make it less top heavy. I'm pretty sure you can cut off 30% at least so it has less bulk, to minimize wind damage.

[@lizabetbenink9591]

what a wonderful project!!! And some hard work, but that also seems to me really nice to do. I've been following you for a while and I have a lot of respect and admiration for the work you've done and what beautiful things you make of it! Keep doing this you’re heroes!

[@ianmcdonald6598]

You've got a lot of work which seems to be well underway ; I notice several Bushes that are so equally spaced they must be something special. The buildings seem to offer a perfect opportunity for some metal detection inside and out, to determine their origins etc - who knows what lies hidden in those old walls too. Good Luck!

[@uribove]

This episode feels like an IRL Valheim remake 😅😅

[@persateas]

Lol true

[@Goodellsam]

If it's not yours, aren't you trespassing? Evidently they can't trust you.

[@evpinvestigates]

So crazy looking! Great video, thank you for sharing! Had a neighboring christmas tree farm shut down and over grow across the street from my place in Oregon some long time before I moved in. There was a tiny house in the middle of this little forest so dark you couldn't see in past a few feet and just trunk after trunk in a wall of scary.

[@mreroots]

just watching the brush cutter at work, gives me hay fever LOL

[@american_dane]

Holy moly Dave way to take control of that overrun property. Soo much opportunity Keep up the solid work you amazing souls

[@tsnia57]

Dude you're so lucky to have the opportunity to own that type of property hard to find something like that in the US not old enough you might want to be careful wandering around you'll fall into a well I knew a reservation guy who was out looking for marijuana he fell into a well but luckily he let people know where he was going things happen in a moment instant

[@azlittlebear]

In the 90s i was honored to uncover a 111 year old cemetery some of the stuff had not been seen in 30 or 40 years, my boss to this day still lives and takes care of it Pineview Cemetery Beach Park Ill. interestingly enough some friends from HS are buried there, i stayed in the business for over a decade, i would do this if i lived next door, Peace from High Rock House Arizona,

[@vavindra421]

one thing commendable about you guys is that.........humanity is what you people nourish......much love and kudos

[@nicolebouchez5307]

The ruin with the roses was almost certainly inhabited at some point: one doesn't plan roses next to an agricultural building. How wonderful that you will be able to buy the land.

[@mtgcardzandreview2756]

Very impressive work on cleaning up the overgrown areas. Hard work.

[@cookie4me5555]

Thanks for sharing. It's fun to watch as people explore and find interesting things on their property.😊