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[@sjfarish]

Just when you think you how amazing Gods creation is then you see fish like those you caught. What an amazing God we serve, thank you for sharing your life with us.

[@ritafirestone761]

I love your channel how the family loves to work and play together. You don't see nastiness or meanness which is so rare. You all are such hardworking people. Colin has been so helpful with stuff all summer.

[@statikondaweb]

House is looking great! Just became your neighbor a month ago. I grew up in Clark Fork and decided after 30 yrs of big city life, I was ready to get back to the simple life. Homesteading completely off-grid is such a wonderful feeling of accomplishment. You're family is killing it. Love watching your content because I know whatever works for you, I know will work for me as well since it's the same climate. Hope you've been weathering the heat ok this summer!

[@annamaybeekman5152]

I HAVE BEEN SUBBED TO SEAN FOR MANY YRS

[@suzeewills1249]

That’s how I found the Kuz We Kan ladies, Heather and Kim too. ❤

[@colleenbowman1399]

Good morning. Beautiful morning this morning! ☀️😀

[@juliejohnson9531]

Good morning! ☀️

[@lizregan1949]

Tux is so cute.. How nice you got to take a break and have such a camping trip.

[@-ray-h]

Your Fishing / Crab / vacation trip was cool too...! Thanks for recording it and sharing it with us...! I could almost taste the crab & fish too... Old Bay Seasoning is the best...!

[@sharronmiller451]

Idaho is so beautiful!

[@699hazard]

You should try making damper in the camp oven, Self raising flour, salt butter and milk. Yes you need your own merch.

[@mrsdutch8994]

Thanks so much! We always enjoy the time we get to spend with you guys! Sean's thinking we need to go crabbing together sometime 😊

[@ModernMountainLiving]

Rigid foam insulation on the cellar exterior walls before back fill will serve you well. Be Blessed

[@matteberry58]

Hard work and fun times makes life more enjoyable. Blessings

[@markholmes1346]

Footings turned out nice! Glad you and the Family had fun on the coast, beautiful scenery and boy you got a lot of crab and fish! Gotta love keeping it Dutch, I watch both of your channels! God loving Americans is what it’s all about! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@JohnThomas-gj2zg]

I just love how you and your family lives just like a lot of people are doing and I would give up the rest of my left leg 🦵 to live like you and your family is living .....

[@ModernMountainLiving]

1:40 Supervising is hard work

[@suzeewills1249]

Shawn and Brandy are the way I found your channel the first time they went to visit you in Idaho.

[@cjmcadams4817]

Ok next meet up you gotta cook cod...lol j/k It was so awesome meeting y'all. After the meeting my husband is full steam ahead on getting off grid. We actually started looking at land. Thank you so much for the meet up. All the speakers were great. I don't remember for sure but I think I got to your channel through watching Sean's channel. I didn't think I would ever have a chance to meet him and Brandie with them all the way down in Oklahoma.

[@georgeweast18]

So awesome to hear you sending people to Keeping it Dutch. As you were saying it, it reminded me that it was through their first trip to Idaho that I learned of your channel. Two excellent channels!!!

[@laruedouglas1064]

Good Morning 🌄 everyone 😊. Yes I have seen there videos on the damage it has done on Keeping it Dutch. The crab looks delicious 😋 and yummy cod.

[@kathylane5934]

Work and play. A good combination. Love seafood of all kinds. We live too far in mountains. Have fun

[@rebeccamunoz4596]

I found y'all from following Keepin it Dutch~love all you guys~ the addition is moving right along 👍👍👍🤗❤✌

[@CJ-tx8nu]

I'd really suggest getting an N95 or P100 or respirator when grinding concrete. That silica dust gets wet in your lungs and it is like having concrete form in your lungs.

[@sandrarandazzo5172]

Glad to see you having fun. Looks like the build is coming right along. Nice watching you guys. Sara’s laugh is priceless. 😊

[@BibleBikerChurch]

Hey friends, Pastor Fred here in Rockwood TN. I pass by the Bush's Been head quarters building often, about 40 miles from me

[@stephenoshaughnessy2279]

From that brief glimpse of your trip to the shore, the scenery reminded me of highway 101 south of Crescent City -- the redwoods plus the beach. If you get to the Crescent City area and want to see some fairy tale redwood scenery, from Highway 101, go east on Elk Valley Road, then veer right on Howland Hill Road. Keep following it. It will take you into the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. There are some redwood scenery that are straight from fairy tale illustrations.

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Good job Collin on the fishing..n the ties n rebar came out well Collin n Sarah!! Ya'll got this... don't worry,be happy!!

[@PaullaWells]

Fun vacation! I love crab and y'all's looked tasty!

[@1bturner]

I want to thank your family for the morales you show, it’s so great to see in todays times!!! I let us know that your Sarah and Her boyfriend are not sharing a tent and you put them apart. It does my heart good that that’s important for y’all and y’all share that detail with us. It doesn’t go Unnoticed. That’s one of the main reasons I love watching your family talking the talk and walking the walk! THANK YOU❤

[@billyhaddock5540]

Congrats Guy's on building the Foundation. looks awesome. Your Trip down south look like y'all had fun..

[@kathylane5934]

That fish looks soo good. We have rock fish in creeks here. It is delish

[@shonnbell7887]

You guys are blessing...

[@sylhunt8230]

My dad would take me bottom fishing every year growing up...we took my twins out when they were ten...a ling cod ate both their hooks at the same time....they fought it for about 15 minutes....23 pounder.

[@ilonakatalindako-tolman5545]

It has been very interesting .following your work and how well the team worked ...nothing better 💫

[@russellwatters5891]

Footers look fantastic! Looked like ya'll had a great time with your parents fishing and crabbing, it looked delish! Good luck with the stemwall at your home, I'm sure it'll turn out great as well. Love ya'll ❤️

[@karenspeer7378]

What a Wonderful Family Fishing Trip!! You Guys did an amazing job on the concrete!! God Bless and have a Wonderful Weekend!! 😀❤🌷

[@JimmyOverstreet]

Awesome job 👍. I see y'all wearing long sleeves, how cool is it there in August. I'm from Kentucky and you smother here in August.

[@bradbeckett3800]

Seems like a great time! Enjoy!

[@davebeachy6902]

Good job with all the do it yourself, but for others thinking about the how to ( obviously you can't go back and undo what's done) grinding the footing is a total waste of time and whatever you put on top of it (poured concrete or CMU) will not bond as well as it would to a rough surface. The top of your foundation needs to be level and flat for the wood framing, but a slightly rough surface on the footing is good.

[@joelink7665]

Your Pop has q dream place to live.....you guys should stay on the coast

[@gg349]

Safety Sally would be disappointed with your fishing trip. No one wore a life jacket

[@blissfulmomentsfarm3730]

It was wonderful getting to see you guys and Brandi and Sean again when I was visiting Heather and Kimmie. I’m so excited for your root cellar! The property is looking amazing 🙌🏼

[@dorothyallen3614]

Looks great family and your fishing trip with family and friends was awesome!

[@teddie_schaefer1963]

I always keep up with ya'll and Sean and Brandi. We are clearing land in Northeast Texas. Trying to get up there and out of Houston within the next 2 years. We are trying to decide just how off grid we want to be. We know some solar but.... sigh costs right now are killing the dream.

[@choirmom78]

Thanks for taking us along on your trip to the coast. Good job on the build. I bless you.

[@alysiachristensen5475]

It’s looking great! Awesome fish and crab! I’m jealous! God bless your whole family and friends that helped you out!!!

[@suzeewills1249]

Fun music and editing. ❤ God bless your family.

[@BreakingFreeOffGrid]

Hello to you beautiful people down there from our mountain lol! Looking great! Your fishing trip looked like a lot of fun!

[@juliejohnson9531]

Hi!

[@BreakingFreeOffGrid]

@@juliejohnson9531 HI again ! 😀

[@thomasbrown5005]

That’s funny, my cousins in Maryland use chicken or bull lips for crabbing also. Your place is looking great an thanks for another awesome video. Love from NY

[@doylerabjohn3435]

Your concrete job looks great. I need to try your fish in that part of the country. I am in the southeast.

[@annamaybeekman5152]

GOD BLESS

[@dahliatitolia3690]

Hello pak Martin dan keluarga sehat dan sukses selalu 😊

[@bobbydelcavallo7181]

As always... Absolutely Awesome 🥳🥳🥳

[@gsftom]

Awesome 😀. Loved watching.

[@annettepilgrim9626]

LOVE YOU GUYS. IT WAS SOO NICE TO SEE EVERYONE HAVING SOO MUCH FUN. LOOKING GOOD. GOD BLESS

[@moorelandhouse]

One of our viewers suggested checking you guys out after hearing some of our acapella singing and figuring out we went to the church of Christ. We love how you take care of the "safety Sallys". Looks like fun to always be building new instead of taking down and putting back up. Restoration work is fun but different. =)

[@juliejohnson9531]

Really? Very cool!

[@moorelandhouse]

@@juliejohnson9531 Saw the Freed shirt on your daughter. Our girls and Kerry went to Harding.

[@riccojames1]

Thanks for sharing the updates all. I am heading over to the other channel now as suggested :) Stay safe all, lots of love from Wales, UK.

[@loucinci3922]

Living the dream. wonderful family. Fantastic teamwork. Thanks for sharing

[@jacoboalamea717]

Good Job guys

[@Nic26482648]

Thinking about your use of gravel in the bottom of your root cellar, I understand that your use of “road base type gravel”, with the inclusion of fine grit, shall reduce the ability for water to travel through to the bottom of your pit, to then be able to pump the water out, if you ever get water down there.. I understand that it would be advisable to use a course grade of washed, screened, round gravel, with no fine crushed grit included. Water is able to travel through the empty spaces between the gravel. In road base gravel, the fine grit is designed to fill those spaces and “glue” the crushed gravel together, so that is does not move.

[@team19andcourtneymotorspor10]

Hey Martin Family really enjoy watching your progress and all that your learning and accomplishing along the way. Watching you all has really got me wanting to follow in your footsteps. The way things are goin these days a family is way better off. I live here in East Tennessee myself but have been out west quite a bit love it out there. The guy in this video that made the black berry cobbler was his name Jeff wolfe from Tennessee? He looked very familiar. Anyway keep up the good work and God Bless

[@danielsundberg1977]

In Australia when working with cement dust you have to wear an approved respirator to prevent silicosis of your lungs, is as bad as asbestos!

[@vickiemounts2962]

Ling cod is the best!

[@-ray-h]

Looks great guys...!👌👌

[@emilmills5913]

Hey Martin all that extra dirt that you dug out of the hole you can bevel the dirt on the back of your house with it bring it out where it's not so steep

[@emilmills5913]

I don't have Telegram

[@tamistone7344]

Hi everyone! Sorry I'm a day late watching! The edition is coming along nicely! 😃 Glad to see you all get away for some relaxation and time spent with family before coming back to it! I have a question for you, where did you go crabbing and fishing on the Oregon coast? We've vacationed in Seaside, Depoe Bay and Newport, so I know some of that coastline. Anyway, glad all of you made it back safely and had a great time! God bless you all!

[@charlesking9214]

old bay oil works better than the powder.i use the powders when im grilling.

[@donaldbrillhart8159]

i already subscribe to Keeping it Dutch , you sent me there a while back lol

[@ctbcubed]

Where I live (MI), building footings must be poured to a depth of 36" in consideration of the frost line. You must be in the part of Idaho with a 6" frost line. The frost line map I looked at shows parts of Idaho at 6" for about half the state and 36" for the rest. Bet you're glad you didn't have to dig and mix concrete for 36" footings.

[@ZrubekFamily]

The footer is well over 36" down.

[@ctbcubed]

@@ZrubekFamily Are you sure? The root cellar is for sure, but the rest appears to be 6-8" below grade. When he did the connector between the house and garage, the footing appeared to be 6- 8" thick. Then he did poured walls on top of that. If you look at the video where they time lapse the main house build in 15 minutes, the footings again appear to be 6-8" thick with poured walls formed above grade on top of those footings. To build that house where I live, those footings would have to be excavated to a minimum of 36" (typically 42") due to our frost table extending to 36". If he's in the part of Idaho with a 6" frost table, then all is well.

[@ZrubekFamily]

@@ctbcubed I think I was just looking at the root cellar part of it. They get so much snow that I wonder if the ground can freeze very deep there.

[@Deerhavenoffgridhomestead]

Great job guys. Looking forward to seeing it all done.

[@johndouglas1451]

Cabezòn is Spanish for big head.

[@dcranch4820]

That was fun to see! Just found your channel so looking forward to more!

[@glennbelldc1651]

I use to crab fish at a naval station Keyport Washington boat pier using chicken I think I might have tossed 2 in my 3 years there.

[@chrlsraines]

While it sounds all great, 5 kids here. When work needed to be done it WAS helpful, however the rest of the time they could be a hand full to deal w at times. They are all grown now.

[@waynekomprood7093]

I hope your footings are deep enough that you don't get frost heaves

[@suzeewills1249]

Great video

[@edbarcombjr5731]

Looking great as usual. I guess I have to make a suggestion - with all the concrete ya'll place you should really consider going to Harbor Freight and pick up either their small "drill power size" or larger motor powered concrete vibrator. I have one of each, and it has made pouring all my concrete projects around the house much easier, with far better results. They are not expensive. I think the "drill" powered one is around 100.00.

[@bncsmom1]

You definitely need your own merch. How do you like it up there in Idaho? I've tried to convince my husband that's where we need to retire, since his mother and sister both live up there, and he says he doesn't want to live where it snows. I think he just doesn't want to be that close to where his sister lives! LOL They don't get along. Heh. I've almost convinced him about the Appalachias, though, even with some snow there every year. Where did you go fishing? It looks similar to the area off the coast of Oregon where they filmed Goonies, with those large rocks.

[@aminadabselan3481]

Opsss !! Baru muncul nyonya sarah nihhhh....N apa kabar Mba canti....

[@tobomori9231]

Come to my lsland,ten to twenty pounders. They pull really hard.

[@petert24turner71]

Yes I fish but some of what you caught is not appetizing to me, as the fish around Australia is different. Any catfish type here is not generally appetizing. There so many other varieties.

[@aminadabselan3481]

Opsss !! Yg pake topi pasti nyonya Sarah Jonnson....

[@Blueyes21]

I thought the put a key slot on the footing? Cause the pour for wall goes into the key slot .

[@et5222]

When you got rebar in a hole on a DIY project please please cap it; falling onto rebar can be nasty, even if just a slip down the sides of the hole. Way way cheaper than even the insuranced deductibe for the ER

[@peterking1134]

‘Cabezon’ means fathead in Spanish.

[@Clutch7935]

Watching this video on my tv and I need to ask you - you went crabbing and fishing off the coast, what coast, where were you?

[@juliejohnson9531]

Pacific Coast

[@mikemmikem2758]

Are you going to brace the deck more? Looks a little shaky to me.

[@randywilson9611]

Salt water fish?

[@roberthillyard4234]

u should put top on them rebars so you not get hurt empty bottels the hurt bigb time if they go in you work safe ok

[@petert24turner71]

Do you have limits on how many you can catch of any species?

[@JohnThomas-gj2zg]

I would love to know is there any land for sale up there for sale that is going for a good price for someone like me that is disabled that can still by land for a good price to be able to build he's own home ....

[@miltoncastineiras2619]

I sure hope the people in church make you take a decision to give the word of God oh KZbin I think you guys are related to the good news Church

[@NORMANMORRISON1940]

You turn them upside down smack the V part not the back lol

[@jonisidabutar6644]

bikin kue martabak itu pak Martin.

[@Catweazle45]

In the early building video's was another girl: Britney. I thought she was a daughter also. But she isn't ??

[@billwelch3421]

I think Sarah's may have 3 lbs of Caviar.

[@wallykramer7566]

Was that the Oregon/Washington Pacific coast?

[@juliejohnson9531]

California

[@michaelchamberlain4618]

MGBYAIJNA ❤️

[@pearl3297]

May be we Will Made a house not from Wood but from the rock

[@koolkar55]

Safety Sally certainly would be furious if she saw no protectors on the tips of the reo bar. Someone falls on that & it's all over "Falling on the sword" Dangerous Plus+++