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Clearing Land for Farming or Homesteading - The Farm Hand's Companion Show, ep 2

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@lovemachining
@lovemachining Жыл бұрын
Your channel has to be the most fun on the entire internet. Keep up the amazing work!
@mattolson6718
@mattolson6718 5 жыл бұрын
I loved it! I love the history of pioneer agriculture and the “breaking” of the land. My family’s farm is still in operation today and I know they used all the techniques that was in this video...maybe not the bicycle!
@TheBbbobbby
@TheBbbobbby 4 жыл бұрын
I live on the Alberta prairies. When my Grampa settled here in 1904 with 2 of his brothers there wasn't a tree to be had for miles. They had a dugout shack near a spring to get them started. Now it seems there poplar and willow everywhere.
@Mikey-gy4gq
@Mikey-gy4gq 9 ай бұрын
I’m glad I found this channel. Can’t wait to watch them all.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 9 ай бұрын
I'm so glad to have you watchin'!
@ericjurgens372
@ericjurgens372 11 жыл бұрын
You make me laugh, and learn. I can think of no higher complement to give you.
@Angelaleeahava
@Angelaleeahava Жыл бұрын
I literally watch bush clearing videos to relax before bed. Thank you for the video 😊
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watchin', Angela
@stephenrice4554
@stephenrice4554 2 жыл бұрын
Stroke of genius using that van bonnet as a sled , brilliant 👍🇬🇧
@JurassicCat
@JurassicCat 10 жыл бұрын
You're hilarious to watch, an absolute joy. Making instructional videos all fun 'n stuff...!
@shaunamcvaysv
@shaunamcvaysv 11 жыл бұрын
Pretty cute video. I had trouble reading the words because I was watching the video from my phone, but still loved it. I am in the process of trying to clear my land so thank you as this helped.
@walkingnarrow8574
@walkingnarrow8574 9 жыл бұрын
I homeschool my child, and I will be adding this to his videos to watch. Thank you for taking the time to make an informative - and amusing - video!
@jamiejames1928
@jamiejames1928 7 жыл бұрын
Love your videos and also your way of working, I myself am starting a small amount of land on low budget with no tractor just a 4 wheeler.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 7 жыл бұрын
Keep your videos comin', Englishman! You live and farm in a beautiful spot of the world.
@extde
@extde 11 жыл бұрын
I would suggest another way. Start removing underbush. It will take time, so big trees will grow a little bit - this will be your profit. Then cut the trees after you finished with bush. Cut trees on winter time! Then remove stumps and plow same or next year. Otherwise bushes will take all the space you cleared. Your graduated forestry engineer. P.S. Chip the bush then use chips for heating your house.
@jamiejames1928
@jamiejames1928 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you I appreciate it, I'm inspired by you guys. Will tell my story how I got here. You keep making as well as love them.
@bkidd4234
@bkidd4234 10 жыл бұрын
I come from a long line of farmers on both sides, unfortunately my Parents moved from the hills and hollars of West Virginia to Ohio after WWII to follow work. My Dad was a bricklayer. Farming never left their blood as we had a few acres and raised cattle, three head at the most, chickens and a nice garden with plenty of canning going on in the fall. I too feel a connection with the past, in fact I long for it. I've watched your videos probably twice each and have had my wife and kids watch them too. They are a treat and brief glimpse into the past. Please keep them coming!
@Building_Bluebird
@Building_Bluebird 4 ай бұрын
A very entertaining and thought provoking video. I'm going to go through your playlist. We're about to close on 10 acres ourselves. And I'm almost 50. Lol
@redheavenrose
@redheavenrose Жыл бұрын
this is me starting 2023 in our new homestead.Awesome video, well edited and executed ❤
@jrfernandez04
@jrfernandez04 11 жыл бұрын
Wow these are cool. I had no idea you could make a saw mill like that. I would enjoy more videos
@serenityplantation7638
@serenityplantation7638 4 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. So much better than all the ones out there with the non stop annoying babbling. Yours are fun.
@FortnersFrontierLeather
@FortnersFrontierLeather 9 жыл бұрын
Im gonna be doing this real soon. My wife and I are about to build a little off-grid homestead in North Alabama. I got a lot of work ahead of me. Love all of your videos!!
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 9 жыл бұрын
Fortners Frontier I sure wish you and your wife the best, Fortners Frontier!
@lindabrown7374
@lindabrown7374 10 жыл бұрын
This is the second video I have watched of yours and I decided to subscribe. I love the history you include.
@EgaTehPro
@EgaTehPro Жыл бұрын
Love the editing of this video.
@cisc0disco
@cisc0disco Жыл бұрын
This is so nicely recorded, even though it's this old. I happened to inherit land from my father, so this awaits me now as well
@JonnaMartinezCrochet
@JonnaMartinezCrochet 7 жыл бұрын
This video was so fun to watch!
@Marbalpultrusion
@Marbalpultrusion 11 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this!
@johannesaxelsson3402
@johannesaxelsson3402 2 жыл бұрын
Lol this is hilarious! And educational at the same time! Love it!
@tontobasin4536
@tontobasin4536 10 жыл бұрын
Great video. I laughed out lout with the bicycle scene. :)
@josephlitto8672
@josephlitto8672 2 жыл бұрын
Very infomativde and I needed a good laugh! Funny!
@realoz9419
@realoz9419 7 жыл бұрын
great video!! thank you so much.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 7 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that, Real Oz!
@goosebeg
@goosebeg 10 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. I really like the text-only presentation.
@newbyfarms4867
@newbyfarms4867 9 жыл бұрын
Clever video! Im currently clearing much our 51 acres but I've employed a company to use a forestry mulcher for much of the work!
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 9 жыл бұрын
Eric Newby Those mulchin' machines are real tempting for me! I've got several acres I wouldn't mind seein' one of those forestry mulchin' teams out there chewin' up, but at the moment I've already got a forestry "munching" team working on it (3 goats). Thanks for watchin', Earl!
@jamescallaway6377
@jamescallaway6377 7 жыл бұрын
The trouble I see with just mulching brush into the ground is that it seems like it takes several years before anything you plant, hay for example, will actually grow. My understanding of this is that the soil is too busy breaking down all this new material. I have a good whack of brush to clear and have been pondering the project for a while now. Finally I came upon the "Jean Pain" method which uses all this brush to make a big hot compost pile. It can take a couple of years for the pile to break down and it is an extra step but the way I see it if you strip the brush and pile it you can plant several years earlier. The only thing I haven't really come up with is how best to clear the roots and level the land. Any thoughts you might have on the topic would be most welcome.
@davidthegood
@davidthegood 12 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Wish I lived nearby... I'd help chop. Another use for logs: hugelkultur. Rather than burning the "worthless" sticks, etc., then can be used for highly productive veggie beds that maintain fertility over time. Wish I'd done that with the oaks I cut on my property.
@tedmartin5402
@tedmartin5402 9 ай бұрын
Good stuff.
@banjoplayinbullfrog
@banjoplayinbullfrog 11 жыл бұрын
i seriously crack up during the opening when you throw the manure and the pig looks like its chasing it
@ElGatoLoco698
@ElGatoLoco698 11 жыл бұрын
Ha, that's pretty good. A homesteader comedian. Seriously, that was entertaining.
@Bullkie
@Bullkie 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, very funny
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 11 жыл бұрын
Hey there, Matthew, My mama says it's hard for her to read 'em, too. I told her to just do what Matt does and pause it. But the way I'm doin' it makes it much easier for me to change the words right up until I render the finished product ... which is a good thing 'cause I'm always thinking of one more thing to carry on about. I appreciate your thoughts on the voiceover though, and I really don't mind if you watch each show more than once. Thanks for commenting, Matthew! yours, Pa Mac
@indez23
@indez23 10 жыл бұрын
I love this stuff ! Great work ! (Happy Easter !)
@nicko9404
@nicko9404 9 жыл бұрын
great video
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 11 жыл бұрын
Well hello there Danny! Thanks for the good word. I don't have a chipper or GMO seedcorn(a chippers a bit too expensive for the value I'd get back from it)and I've already got lots of rotten trees here and there.As for my permaculture food forest I've had a bumper crop year of muscadines, hickory nuts, and squirrels.But be sure and write me back in 10 yrs with an update on your food forest, hugelkultur, and branch chippin!I look forward to hearing from you, and thanks for watchin! Yours Pa Mac
@no8592
@no8592 2 жыл бұрын
It's soon 10 years since you posted this comment
@charaayars4692
@charaayars4692 4 жыл бұрын
have you ever carved spoons with any of the harwood branches?
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 4 жыл бұрын
Maple, for one, makes good spoons, providing you carve em before they cure up hard.
@danielwilson2109
@danielwilson2109 10 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! :) Thank you very inspirational;for my own ideas ! ;)
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 10 жыл бұрын
Daniel Wilson Thank you, Daniel. I hope you end up doin' great things! Pa Mac
@wiheedotcom
@wiheedotcom 11 жыл бұрын
Really nice, I like very much the funny parts
@mommymayday
@mommymayday 2 жыл бұрын
Good Lord~! So much gold knowledge in just one video?! I'm now a lifetime subscriber.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watchin' and subscribing, Glenn Homestead. Keep up your fine videos as well. (Good mama's are the backbone of the nation and our hope for raising future patriots.)
@timpike4515
@timpike4515 10 ай бұрын
You're a hoot! And your land looks just like mine. Subscibing.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 9 ай бұрын
Thank you, Tim
@sjr7822
@sjr7822 4 жыл бұрын
It's very hard to find information on how to do things without modern equipment showing up, I was searching for the fast way to remove underbrush by hand, and I have yet to find text or video on methods without some type of modern machinery
@twobaysmorehay
@twobaysmorehay 5 жыл бұрын
I'm a new subscriber and loved watching the pole barn go up. We have 800 acres and a good portion is useable wood to build things. I was wondering, where did you get your milling attachment for the chainsaw? Just but a Husqvarna 450e and would like to get one so we could mill our own.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 5 жыл бұрын
Hey there, Amanda C, These tools are available at Northern Tool (The Beam Machine, and Granberg's Alaskan Mark III chainsaw mill). Thanks for watchin'!
@emmmmmmma92
@emmmmmmma92 3 ай бұрын
Ur so cool I'm obsessed
@mythco.3461
@mythco.3461 2 жыл бұрын
Sir, I am genuinely curious. I think it would be awesome to do this, but how does one sustain himself while clearing the land. Both financially and in living?
@georgepeters9381
@georgepeters9381 Жыл бұрын
What are the best type of hog to use for land clearing?
@SCBJQ
@SCBJQ 7 жыл бұрын
How long did it take you to cut down that big tree with just an axe?
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 7 жыл бұрын
About 7 minutes or so.
@richardbryant5773
@richardbryant5773 Жыл бұрын
Are your wooden wedges dry wood or doesn't it matter
@ProfessionalDad
@ProfessionalDad Жыл бұрын
John Hughes long lost brother
@mreisma
@mreisma 11 жыл бұрын
more videos please
@panchovilla2684
@panchovilla2684 Жыл бұрын
this video was hilarious. i liked how you put it together, with tunes and all. while im out here shopping for a used excavator to clear enough room for our garden, this got me thinking maybe i can do it by myself with a pick and a chainsaw. thanka for the inspiration. that being said, when "pioneers" stories are told, i also wish the whole story was told, colonialism, the theft of land, the killing of indigenous locals, the patriarchy, misogyny, the destruction and profit/conquest-driven of our environment.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion Жыл бұрын
It seems your wish has come true; the majority of stories told nowadays are the things you mentioned. I'm tryin' to bring balance by describing the truly good things that happened. We can't lump all our ancestors together and say they were all this or all that 'cause they were all different people. Thanks for watchin', Pancho Villa; I'm glad you enjoyed the show
@LibTarded-ez1
@LibTarded-ez1 2 жыл бұрын
Haha this guy is pretty funny.
@gwgaming8301
@gwgaming8301 Жыл бұрын
this reminded me a lot of bill nye the science guy what with all the skits and gags
@mrwombat24
@mrwombat24 11 жыл бұрын
Instead of burning off the trees and branches, you should chip them and use them as mulch, or bury them in a hugelkultur and let them break down to build the soil. Also, if you're going to be clearing that many trees, please PLEASE don't use the land to grow gmo corn...Consider growing a permaculture food forest instead.
@decolonizeEverywhere
@decolonizeEverywhere 8 жыл бұрын
please never burn your brush. only compost, shred/chip, and use for mulch and garden stakes, etc. return the carbon back into the soil instead of releasing it into the atmosphere.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 8 жыл бұрын
Hey Cheryl, You're right about the carbon. I'll never disagree with you that it's good to let things rot, when and if possible; but burnin' brush has benefits, too. Lots of mineral components of the tree are retained in the ashes, and act very similar to lime. And there'll always be plenty of things continuing to grow for carbon. God just built it in that way for us. Plus it's just real fun to burn things some times! Thanks for watchin'!
@decolonizeEverywhere
@decolonizeEverywhere 8 жыл бұрын
the problem is keeping it out of the atmosphere. we can't afford fun for some things any more if we want to survive. if you compost you have no need to add lime or any other amendments because your soil will have all it needs to support a healthy natural ecosystem.
@farmhandscompanion
@farmhandscompanion 8 жыл бұрын
Hey again, Cheryl! It really is okay to burn things, Cheryl; you really shouldn't worry about our survival. In fact, I'm burnin' wood almost 24 hours a day in my home right now to keep us all warm...and that for about 4 months of the year. And that's been the history of keepin' warm (not to mention cookin') since Adam discovered fire. If that were enough to end the earth it really would have happened by now. But there's a bigger issue here, and my greater concern is that I do believe you're falling prey to some modern (but false) notions about the earth's "fragility". Fragile it is not. It's a big place with a lot of complex systems. God in His sovereign wisdom created it as such, and even called it good. He's also promised us in His scripture that as long as the earth exists, the seasons will not fail to be (Genesis 8:22-which would argue against a "premature end" to the earth). To take any other view challenges His sovereign role as the Maintainer of the universe. In fact, it was immediately before He made this promise that Noah burnt a huge offering which God not only didn't stop him from burning...but He was pleased by the "sweet savor" of the act (Genesis 8:20-21). Now one day, the earth will end in fire (2 Peter 3:12)-but it won't happen a day before God would have it to, nor a day behind schedule. And rather than bein' a fearful thing, that's a great comfort to all who love the Lord. The earth is NOT our home, but the presence of Christ is-and each of us should be diligent to be "found of Him (Christ) in peace" (a turning to Him in repentance and faith; 2 Peter 3:14). I appreciate your willingness and eagerness to speak out, Cheryl; but make sure your zeal is traveling in truthful directions. I'm confident of your takin' these things to heart and becoming a solid and vocal advocate of the truth! Thank you so much for your comments, and my best to you!
@timcaudill8168
@timcaudill8168 8 жыл бұрын
she watches to much tv
@kluafoz
@kluafoz 7 ай бұрын
Geezus turn the music down or off
@olddawgdreaming5715
@olddawgdreaming5715 4 жыл бұрын
👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@lunerwerewolf
@lunerwerewolf 9 жыл бұрын
it wouldn't have been that kind of a mess back then. everyone seems to think this land was an empty wild mess when Europeans landed here. It wasn't! my ancestors maintained foot trails and paths. our societies thrived in harmony with the earth.
@JRRiel
@JRRiel 7 жыл бұрын
lunerwerewolf This is so true. I just read an article called “seeing the garden in the jungle” about exactly what you just said. Quote: More and more, it looks as if the Amazon, like much of the Americas, was a carefully cultivated garden before the Europeans showed up and abused it into a thicketed wilderness. It appears that our idea of wilderness-black forest so dense you can barely walk, where people “take only photographs and leave only footprints”-is a notion burned into our psyches during an anomalous blip: the first two centuries following the Mayflower, in which the gardeners who had tended the Americas for millennia were exterminated, leaving the hemisphere to descend into an neglected tangle of “primeval forest.” It’s likely that this so-called intact forest had never existed before, since humans arrived here as soon as the glaciers receded and began tending the entire landmass with fire and digging stick. The first white explorers describe North America’s forests as open enough to drive wagons through. Two centuries later these agroforests had deteriorated to the black tangles immortalized by Whitman and Thoreau. Wilderness may be merely a European concept imposed on a depopulated and abandoned landscape. The indigenous people of the Americas were master terraformers, using a hard-learned understanding of ecological processes to preserve the fundamental integrity of natural systems while utterly transforming the land into a place where humans belonged and could thrive. They were truly a part of nature, and likely did not make a distinction, as environmentalists do, between land where people belong and land where we do not. I’ll certainly agree that people carrying chainsaws and riding bulldozers don’t belong everywhere. But I’m beginning to think that gardeners, with gentle tools and sensitive spirits, have been and might again be the best planetary land managers the Earth can have. tobyhemenway.com/127-seeing-the-garden-in-the-jungle/
@no8592
@no8592 2 жыл бұрын
Cope and seethe, indians were living in the stone age while Europeans were on renaisancce.
@connerlee3744
@connerlee3744 9 ай бұрын
​@@no8592 Natives and many other Tribal based communities where in the copper age
@blessedisall6395
@blessedisall6395 2 жыл бұрын
I'm tryna learn how to clear land by hand. This guy playin hide n seek n the brush goofy
@maranda3764
@maranda3764 7 жыл бұрын
:)
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