Digging holes for the fence and creating better views (3)

Starting the works on the land. Its hot but the fence is important so i have to dig a lot of holes and have to work with cement, sand, gravel and stones. Also cutting brunches to get a better view to the sea. Tzakis comes with his tractor to tell me some helpful things with water...and the view is getting better and better...
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[@archimedesnation]

Good Job Casey. A few tips. 1. Buy a straw hat. You 're exposing yourself a lot to the summer sun. 2. Use the derelict stone house as a tool shed. With all these olive trees you 're gonna need a place for the harvesting equipment and you don't want all this stuff inside your house. 3. Wear garden boots. Vipers are rare but they are a thing, especially close to water and/or stone walls. 4. Make sure you put some effort in draining ditches. It can rain a lot in Pilion and you don't want streams appearing suddenly near your house. 5. The place is excellent for bee keeping. Maybe you wanna give it a try, especially if you plant fruit trees. 6. Plant a few plane trees. Pilion is full of them, they become huge and their shade (and sound) is amazing. 7. Collect rain water for watering but also as a readily reservoir against forest fires - they can be really nasty. Overall, congrats on your vision, effort and respect for the place. Pilion is one of the most beautiful places in Greece.

[@robrob9050]

#1 I would start working at sunrise and after the sunset, rest of the day stay in shade, no need to kiill yourself while chasing the dream. Get some chicken, they are deadly to snakes.

[@georgebakirtzis7108]

Solids tips @archimedesnation! Vipers and scorpions may nest under stockpiles of wood or rocks, so please beware if you are about to move something and always use gloves. You can recognize vipers by the horn on their forehead and their fat short body that leads to a thin tail, or the zig zag patter on the body (not all vipers have the zig zag pattern though). As for the water tank, you have to move the trapped air out of the hose by using water gravity and at the same time suck the trapped air out. As soon as the air is out, it is easy to use. You don't have to tie the hose tightly for leaks as soon as you keep the hose tip above the water level in the tank. Also please use a suncream along with the straw hat archimdesnation mentioned. You may also use a camouflage shading net for extra shadow (for you and your car). One last thing is that concrete and heat don't work together. Make sure you moist the concrete surface regularly for the first days and not let it dry to the environment temperature. This way it will get stronger than it would if it dried out. Can't wait for more content!

[@savvas1640]

Excellent list. Let’s clarify that the hat should be from natural straw, which is the best, because now the market is full with synthetic straw hats.

[@petarbacevic9127]

Brutal project! And also very brave one. Greetings from Serbia .

[@Henri377]

I admire your courage and love your dream . And thank you for sharing your journey Casey 🙏

[@Camilshka]

That final shot is gorgeous! I’m enjoying your journey, in awe of your adventurous spirit and how well you can handle the heat, I would melt!

[@corenko]

My mother had a hip replacement surgery recently, and she enjoys watching your videos

[@caseybachmeyer]

Hi there, thanks a lot for the comment! Please tell your mother many greetings from greece and hope she will get well as soon as possible!

[@aalleexz]

Your problem with the water hose has a simple answer. (The guy who brought the canister showed it to you.) To stop the water, you just have to raise the hose end above the water level in the cannister. In order to "start" the water again, lower the hose end level below the water level in the canister. No need to pinch and tie the hose like you do, just hang it somwehere higher. Gravity will do that for you. Also, i saw you tried to use the smaller and longer hose. It won't work with a hose that is not straight, and has loops on it. I really appreciate the courage you have to start this project all alone, off grid, in the middle of nowhere. Please keep posting vids!

[@jupite1888]

Well done Casey , thats the only way not get a lot of headaches in Greece do what work you can yourself and nicely filmed videos.

[@lindabrooks8242]

The beautiful Water is mesmerizing, and the view will never get old. You're getting started now, and that's all that matters. This will be awesome!❤

[@JohnMason-Hill]

Love your videos. Please don’t forget to put safety caps on your boundary rebar so you don’t trip and fatally fall on them. ❤

[@prostmahlzeit]

If you are ever going to build a house there use massive stone blocks with insulation on the outside to prevent the heat from entering your house. Just did some foundations recently and even doing it with a mixer is very time intensive. Consider using a tool to dig all the holes at once and hire some workers and cement truck for one day. This will cost money but saves a lot of time, construction is team work

[@warpspeed9877]

Υοu should NEVER prune olive trees in the summer! Unless you want to cut it down. All the tree juices will bleed of the cuts and the tree will probably die in the heat of the Greek summer.

[@mariamarneri4250]

Τι λυπηρό το όλο θέαμα! Κ καμαρώνει κιόλας, που είναι μέσα στο δάσος κ κατακρεουργεί ελιές! Ας έκοβε τουλάχιστον πεύκα!

[@user-bs2ni5pg3g]

​@@joeeigo9820No! Absolutely no! He is right. We never prune olive trees in the summer. Farmers may cut some branches for the goats. They don't do regular pruning. I grew up on an farm with olives and pistashio trees. My father, my grandfather, we now, never pruned olive trees in the summer. Especially in places where it doesn't rain enough, it shouldn't be done. This is something I am hearing for the first time. It would be good to be careful with the advices we give.🌺

[@user-bs2ni5pg3g]

@@joeeigo9820 The only trees that can be pruned in the summer in the Greek area and its climate, are citrus fruits. And we do this carefully. That is, in the case where there are sick citrus fruits trees and they must be removed from the rest of the healthy ones. However, olive trees do not produce fruit every year. If they are pruned in the summer and because the summer in Greece in the last decade reaches October, the new young shoots will be burned by the strong sun, as they are tender and sensitive to weather conditions. This has a high chance of happening. So we gain nothing, as we will have to wait next spring for new shoots. In addition, we may cause damage to the tree.The search for and replacement of the old varieties of olive trees, with new ones more resistant to the heat of the Greek summer, is already being discussed. "Therefore let us be careful, that we may have."

[@yianisgiannopoulos7814]

yes, im not watching anymore, its terrible to see cutting very old trees in the summer for a better sea view. It makes me wonder what has he done with the cuttings, it's a major fire hazard.

[@tolgaozkan8378]

@@yianisgiannopoulos7814 totally agree. im not greek but aegean turk, i think he doesnt know how old that olive tree is. Or he never plant a olive tree. its a holy tree. Most of the big city rich people comes and buys land in my city and they do the same. Cut some olive trees and bring a tiny house.

[@donniedjunior9059]

Buy a good pickup truck and a shit load of good tools. You'll need it. You can't make those wholes by hand. There is no time for that.

[@mijntjederouwe8700]

Geniet van je onderneming op deze adorbele plek

[@tonybjaaland8371]

Enjoy your process, best of luck. Regards from Norway 😊

[@nicarazzi]

Good on you for using your own hands and energy - it’s free. I recently bought a grubber tool like you’re using. Makes digging holes so much easier - I used to use shovels but they don’t work when the ground too hard. Enjoy your view.

[@thefruitgrower]

Πανέμορφο μέρος με θέα την θάλασσα, είσαι μερακλής μπραβο σου! Θέλει παρά πολυ Βέβαια αλλά σιγά σιγά όλα θα γίνουν!

[@olegbarbos3490]

Good job! Casey you don't need to secure the hose the way you do, it's much simpler to just fix the end of the hose above water level, the way the man who brought you this water showed initially. You can also search here on youtube "How to siphon (without sucking a hose)" to learn how to quickly remove any fluid from a container using a hose.

[@user-bx6dy2jq6i]

Wow, brilliant videography of the clouds and stunning view of the sparkling blue ocean from your place! A very challenging project for one person, particularly working in the heat, but hopefully you have resources to obtain some assistance and equipment. Looking forward to seeing how you transform the property and perhaps eventually manage to harvest olives too.

[@joannadrawe6654]

The water is gorgeous!!!

[@stijnt2377]

A new lamborghini tractor, that neighbor is doing pretty well financially :-) Agree with him to consider buying as large a tank as you can house, it'll be useful in any case, perhaps even put a small roof over it to protect it a bit from the sun and channel the rain water you capture on that roof to help keep the tank topped off in the long run.I would also look into buying a Silky Forester saw, you would be able to easily prune branches from the ground rather than having to climb into the tree which is a health and safety concern but also harmful to the tree. Lastly, I probably would have left the branches on there until later in the year because a lot more energy is currently stored in the branches and leaves than in the dormant winter period. We're also contemplating moving 3 or 4 olive trees so i'm particularly intrigued how that will turn out. We live in Italy and olive trees are protected so you need permit to move trees, even if within the same parcel or grove.

[@MrAllstar]

What a view 😍😍

[@panoreapan470]

I was here from the very beginning :)

[@angelikabatsis9631]

Viel Glück, Casey. mir ist es im augenblick viel zu heiss, um viel zu machen. ich giesse nur meine felder und lasse alles andere liegen. wenn es im september wieder kühler wird, dann geht es auch bei mir weiter. ich halte dir die daumen, dass alles halbwegs glatt verläuft und freue mich deinen fortschritt zu sehen.

[@kostapapa1989]

My family grew up at the Πήλιον Βόλος Μαγνησία area. I have vacationed there. Good luck with your project.

[@georgiosinfa7962]

I can see my self next year, after I retire..Leaving Texas for the south mainland in Greece.. Wish you all the best..

[@nickdemos8805]

Get yourself some power tools! It only going to get harder! Love the views! Olive trees with sea views🥰

[@caseybachmeyer]

Hello Nick, thanks for comment! this is just the beginning...step by step..now i am waiting for the caravan, than i need more storage room and than more tools. Greetings from Greece.

[@nickdemos8805]

@@caseybachmeyer Amazing! Keep up the work and the videos! I have a similar property near Thessaloniki with Olive trees and sea views too! I have built my house but the land needs a bit of work which I will be excited to do! Will be moving back in a few months! Greetings from Australia!

[@savvas1640]

I like to watch your journey. Tips for the fence poles : 1 - Keep the holes wide at a minimum. For example, around 10 to 15 centimeters wider than the pole diameter. 2 - Dig to at least half a meter deeper than the actual level of the ground. 3 - Use any tool that is able to dig vertically without a need for much room, for example an iron bar, there is also a special tool like that for digging holes in hard soil. 4 - Use a ladle shaped tool to drag the loose soil out. 5 - Pour first a layer of 5 centimeters of the cement mixture in the hole and place the pole to step on that layer, not on the soil below it, to prevent corrosion of the pole in the future, then fill the rest of the hole. It is not a bad idea to place a cap on the pole top. 6 - Generally speaking, keep the cement to be not above the ground level otherwise they'll start to tell that you need a permission for the fence.

[@savvas1640]

15:50 You forgot what the man, who brought this tank, showed you about the hose. As long as you have water running from the hose, in order to stop it and at the same time to keep it ready for next time to run, just lift the free end of the hose above the water level, leave the rest of the hose to hang below the water level.

[@truthymchurtsalot7188]

Beautiful view! For the love of God get a post hole digger. It’s painful watching you use handfuls to get the dirt out. Hang in there!

[@user-hk9un1gp3j]

Ότι και αν κάνετε θέλει μεγάλη προσοχή προ πάντων με την οξυγονοκόλληση για να μην γίνουν στάχτη όλο αυτό το πανέμορφο τοπίο. Οι άνθρωποι όπου πάνε αλιωνουν το περιβάλλον. Σου εύχομαι τα καλύτερα .

[@c.s.8315]

Great videos, thank you so much. You live my dream.

[@sammy6565]

First thing you need to do is build a big shed to put your tools in then build a bench in it & one outside. Buy a generator, some solar panels. Good luck

[@hayrettinankarali6946]

oude bus kopen in Duitsland vullen met spullen als accu hiltiboor met beitels en grondboor, spitschop, lange stootijzer etc .dat moet je hebben ,die buizen moet je door boren doe je ijzeren pen door zorgt voor verankering , je kan ook een uitkijkpost bouwen op die olijfboom ,en ik zie je weinig drinken 2-3 liter vocht hebben met die warmte ,en petje op je kop zetten ,zonnesteek mee oppassen je ben alleen dus

[@marthamaeda8257]

That is a million dollar view ❤❤

[@dimakisim1627]

Subscribed and liked to support you build your little heaven. Welcome to Greece :)

[@gamingbigfilipp]

those cement blocks keep in mind they atrack a lot of humidity so don't build with them your house

[@ridetofreedomf.e.3039]

Ánimo. Saludos desde Sitges ( Barcelona)

[@louisevereker5370]

I’m jealous kinda 😊

[@cchishere]

My goodness! The background noise sounds similar to our cicadas in the United States! So loud

[@archimedesnation]

This is the sound of Greece during the summer, even in Athens and the other major cities.

[@bbrock7]

very good efford but you need help maybe locals worker's , its to difficult for one person!! i'm glad that i find your channel. You have buy an excellent place Katigiorgi beach is one of the most beautiful places in Volos and very close to Skiathos.

[@angelikabatsis9631]

es gibt übrigens auch tanks it 10000 l. und wenn du das wasser nicht pumpen willst, dann ist es gut, wenn es höher steht und so mit druck in deinen wohnwagen fliessen kann. der anschluss vom dimo kann auch nochmal ein halbes jahr oder länger dauern.

[@EthnographybyKhadA]

Tell us a bit more about you on here Casey, have followed to see you progression, can’t wait

[@mijntjederouwe8700]

Woon 14 jaar op Kreta. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@gamingbigfilipp]

its very interesting to me to watch a youtube who lives close to my town xd, I've worked with my dad several times on construction on Germans building theirs houses etc

[@trapper-do1pi]

Casey I think you need some help or buy your self a cement mixer it will save a lot of work I wish I was there too help you.

[@nextforbest]

Μπραβο σου!

[@frankwachter.]

Hallo Casey, super zusehen wie es bei dir voran geht 👍 Wohnwagen sieht ebenfalls sehr gepflegt aus. Da wünsche ich dir mal schöne entspannte Tage in deiner Oase. Vergesse aber die Fotografie nicht ganz. LG Frank

[@caseybachmeyer]

Hi Frank! Vielen Dank. Wohnwagen steht..sieht Top aus..ohne vorher zu besichtigen einfach gekauft. Die Überraschung bei Lieferung war enorm, denn mit solch einem Schmuckstück hätte ich nicht gerechnet. Eigentlich mach ich zur Zeit genau das: Fotografieren, Timelapses, Video...ein Traum. Jetzt gleich geh ich raus um den Sternenhimmel einzufangen. Mach dich darauf gefasst, dass hier sehr schnell was brauchbares zum ernsthaft Wohnen steht :-)

[@frankwachter.]

@@caseybachmeyer super! Das freut mich zu hören. Dachte schon du wirst jetzt Landwirt. Was ich bei diesem Göttlichen Stück Landschaft verstehen kann. Beste Grüße an dich, und auf genussvolle Stunden am und im Wohnwagen.

[@mijntjederouwe8700]

correctie adorabele !!!

[@M1Y4MUS4SH1]

light color cloths..alot of water ..a fishermen hat(psathino)..energy drinks(very important)..and a pick up truck...and the most important...for anything u want ask ask ask ask ask...dont go blind to the first one to get something.

[@dimitrastavrou3761]

I M JUST SAYING HELLO ....I LINE IN ARTA ....IT IS PERFECT YOU CAN SEE THE SEA FROM YOUR FIELD .....

[@angelikabatsis9631]

und es gibt auch traktoren, die hinten einen art bohrer dran haben, die können dir all die löcher in die erde machen. normalerweise werden die für bäume zum pflanzen genommen. frag mal bei den bauern rum, wer sowas hat. so lange ein tractor hinkommt, macht er dir alle löcher , die du willst. kostet auch nicht die welt. hier bei mir in der gegend nehmen sie 0,30 euro pro loch.

[@pauloneill5465]

I hope once you start building a house they don't start selling land around you for other people to build once you've paid to bring the services in , that's the norm in Greece, good luck with the project

[@caseybachmeyer]

Hi Paul, thanks for the comment, but there is only forest around the land, which nobody can buy or sell.

[@MrMycoo]

First comment. 😊

[@gamingbigfilipp]

and a reminder the goverment has passed a law that if you live in a mountainous area you have to have a clear zone so that the fire cant come close to your house. *make an investment of placing a firehundrant

[@totos1100]

ΣΥΓΧΑΡΗΤΉΡΙΆ! ΠΟΣΟ ΤΟ ΠΉΡΑΤΕ, ΚΑΙ ΠΟΣΑ ΤΕΤΡΑΓΩΝΙΚΑ ΜΕΤΡΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ ΧΩΡΆΦΙ ΕΑΝ ΕΠΙΤΡΈΠΕΤΑΙ ΣΑΣ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩ;

[@beautyallaroundme724]

Beautiful time lapse in the beginning. How do you have internet there?

[@caseybachmeyer]

Hello, thanks for comment! In the next videos all questions will be answered..

[@ID-rd2zj]

How did you learn Greek? And what was the reasoning back then?

[@grandeto12]

Ελλάδα είσαι ότι θέλεις κάνεις

[@VictoriaC-sq2dk]

You understand greek well.! Were you living in Greece previously?

[@user-mp3rj7gi7m]

Whats the best way to get water in a place like that?

[@tasosmit]

φίλε δεν είμαι εκεί, θα σε βοηθούσα. 2 τόνους δεν φτάνουν για τίποτα. Πάρε μεγάλη δεξαμενή πχ 10-12 τόνους. Επίσης όλα αυτά θέλουν άδεια αν σου κάνουν καταγγελία θα πληρώνεις πρόστιμα και θα πρέπει να τα γκρεμίσεις!!! Προσοχή, ρώτα και ένα μηχανικό

[@GreenCroco1]

How much did you pay for the land?