Jet with the piglets are almost as funny as the baby goats.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
She's a very good natured little dog with all but rats, rabbits and foxes.
@darling4713 Жыл бұрын
Your videos just make me happy. The joy of natural living is contagious. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
@libmananchannel Жыл бұрын
Hello "Free Range Living"! Thank you for showing us such a wonderful video! I feel so happy! I'm looking forward to your next work! Have a nice day!
@sittinandthinkin Жыл бұрын
Did that little marsupial have a smile on it's face?
@carenclemmons5002 Жыл бұрын
Interesting lil critter there at the end of the video. Flashy tail and all. Glad y’all are still taking care of the animals and land. Won’t be long until your lil human comes into play. Hope all goes well. So excited to see your new bi-ped addition. Take care.
@johnhanson5943 Жыл бұрын
Nice to find you again. Glad you’re doing so well.
@dougsrepair106011 ай бұрын
Always some educational knowledge here.
@richardp4544 Жыл бұрын
Just checking in to see if by chance there was anything new. It appears not, but, since it's mid August I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a baby in the next video. Take care both of you.
@10lauset Жыл бұрын
Cheers.
@ashtonjose Жыл бұрын
I love and appreciate these videos you make for us!
@justinstubbs2631 Жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure catching up with your adventures. Thank you
@richardp4544 Жыл бұрын
I see that Troy has now added landscaping to his skill set and it's a handy skill to have. The diversion ditch seems to be working fine. I had to chuckle just a bit when Troy talked about the likely cause of the little marsupial's demise, a one night stand with an unfortunate ending for him. I raise leaf cutter bees and the male bees suffer the same fate.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
I'm curious about your bees. Why leaf cutters?
@richardp4544 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving They are less work than honey bees, better natured, I don't need a suit, helmet, or smoke to work around them and more importantly they are much better pollinators. The leaf cutters are summer bees that live 4 to six weeks, well except the males which suffer the same fate as your marsupials. During that time the females do a great job pollinating and laying eggs to provide a new crop of bees to serve me next summer. I also raise Mayson Bees which are spring bees and as members of the same family of bees as the leaf cutters they share most of the same attributes and are the ones that pollinate my apple and cherry trees which blossom early.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
How interesting. Locally, I have heard of people using our native bees as pollinators, as they have a quite restricted range. This suits operations that want minimal hybridisation thru pollination. I guess the honey yield is less important to you than all of those other, very attractive traits.
@richardp4544 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving Correct. I have no interest in harvesting honey, but we seem to have a very low population of bees in my area. By keeping my own bees my gardens and fruit trees all benefit. These bees seldom range more than 300 yards from their nest which pretty much keeps them on my property. I lose a few but those losses are mostly made up for by the egg laying females using my nest.
@townsville69 Жыл бұрын
We found a short, bushy tea-tree species (about waist high) worked a treat for our dam run in. Shades out unwanted species, holds the soil, not too thirsty and the fairy wrens love it.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
I was hoping to plant out a bunch of Manuka with a similar idea. Very encouraging comment!
@percival3830 Жыл бұрын
All kinds of wonderful.
@Mr.Stacey-L-SCC Жыл бұрын
With the four legged supervisor you had, I don't know how your excavating could go wrong!
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
General manager, supervisor and swine liaison officer!
@Mr.Stacey-L-SCC Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving 🤣
@atiamuri101 Жыл бұрын
Hi guys,obviously i love your vlogs as i have followed you for ever.i just want to offer you some constructive criticism,we all enjoy watching your toil to create your amazing produce,coukd you please share more of you enjoying the spoils of your labors😊
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Yes we are a bit guilty of dropping the camera when it comes time to stuff our faces! 😄
@StevieB_Slowbart Жыл бұрын
Hi Troy and Pascale. It is always nice to check in with you guys and seeing what you are up to. We have some Feijoa trees in Hobart that we planted about forty years ago. They have been so bountiful over the years. Try making jam out of the pulp by using a teaspoon to scoop them out. The pulp is also worth freezing.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Jam we had seen, but for some reason, I hadn't thought of frozen pulp. Thanks.
@StevieB_Slowbart Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving The other thing I should have mentioned is stewing them and then freezing. The spooning out process is a bit tedious but my daughter and I have always worked together on this and teamwork makes it easier and fun. ( I am looking forward to seeing the baby. Good luck.)
@highvibe4839 Жыл бұрын
Hi Troy and Pascale, What a responsibility you have with all these happy little farm animals that rely solely on their owners, a good incite into traditional farming values, it has to be a two way street, everyone looks content so I’d say it’s a labour of love that’s a win win for all, well done.
@DanKiker Жыл бұрын
Seeing your red clay soil, I myself would want to look into possibly producing bricks for various uses around your lovely farm. Best Wishes, former sailing fan now following farm.
@bombadil776 Жыл бұрын
I never get tired of watching the pigs.
@markbernier8434 Жыл бұрын
really old school with an A frame and level. Was just watching about modern road building with high precision GPS on a 40 ton grader laying road out to a fraction of an inch. Huge difference in technique but the same result.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Modern machinery is all but miraculous but the fundamentals remain the same.
@pkshome123 Жыл бұрын
Very good presentation Sir. Thank you and the dame.
@edwardhazelden6424 Жыл бұрын
I come from Kenya and one of the tribes is called the Kikuyu, which I think is the name of the grass that you have planted along the edge of the dam ditch. In Kenya it is pronounced kick ooo you. Great episode guys
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Yes, we have many plants here from Africa. Thanks for the pronunciation lesson.
@marksierra667 Жыл бұрын
It looks like tory was ready to start painting 🎨.
@nooneanybodyknows7912 Жыл бұрын
I learn something new every week. Most times, several new things. I hope your pregnancy is going well. Thanks for sharing. See ya next week.😊
@davide7467 Жыл бұрын
Gotta say it’s entertaining the way you over complicate digging a simple trench. Don’t take it 😮personally Troy 👍 A simple string line and your level …. We all start somewhere your excavator skills improve with time as you know… Good content guys keep up the hard work . It’s gunna get harder when two turns to three, hang in there .
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
What is the secret to using a string line on a curving bit of terrain to follow contour? I've dug too many septic leach drains with one but a diversion drain on conture has me stumped.
@davide7467 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving All curves , radius or contours in construction/excavation are initially produced from a straight line . Retired plumber/builder/ excavation contractor. I’m feeling now if I explained that to you now you’d dismiss it. Not my intention to upset you Troy . My apologies..👍
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Not upset in the least, but if there's a better way, I'm all for it. Please bear in mind, I've only got a grader tractor- an excavator would be amazing.( and the knowledge to use it)
@jay_behr Жыл бұрын
What a superb episode! Never even heard of those fruit before :) Looks like it's all coming along beautifully! Our news is, we have finally moved! Mum, fiancé and I are now on our little place in the UK and biggest news of all is we're getting a dog ... a rescue dog so hopefully she'll be a bright one, we shall see :) Hope you're all doing well. PS: that's one crazy marsupial and no mistake :)
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Congratulations are in order! We do hope it's small trials and mostly tribulations with lots of learning by all. You seem very positive and kind, so I shouldn't worry at all about the outcome of your new dog- just mind your mum doesn't spoil her like mine does;)
@kimphilley621 Жыл бұрын
You all are doing fine.
@susankillian2805 Жыл бұрын
Makes me believe I could do it also! You guys are brilliant!
@lightprint348 Жыл бұрын
love the Phasogale or Tuan, as a though, you now have a dam side swale for a fruit tree planting....... happy farming
@timdunn2387 Жыл бұрын
Living off the land? Oh, that old chestnut!
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
People think we're nuts
@bradbusch9585 Жыл бұрын
Great job guys I thought the animal you were holding was alive You made the transition from boat to farm look easy but I know it wasn’t Cheers
@moonmountain_2841 Жыл бұрын
I guess I've figured out why I enjoy watching y'all so much...I feel like y'all are talking to me (and the rest of us me's😁) so kind and real and you're such a sweet couple, working together with a common goal.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Very kind, thank you
@alanrobinson5109 Жыл бұрын
Hi Troy & Pascale, love to hear your farm stories. It must be a great feeling to be pretty much self sufficient for your up-coming winter months. All the best to you from the UK.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
We just opened our first prosciutto crudo and it was an amazing feeling. The hard work does pay off.
@bobuncle8704 Жыл бұрын
Loving journeying along with you. That’s a great bit of landscaping Troy. Looking forward to some updates on the winter garden, and how the water collection goes. Is it worth potting in a water stick to track depth?
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
We still haven't determined the depth of that dam or worked out it's volume. I would like to slow down evaporation loss, but this new catch drain has given us a very full catchment now.
@bobuncle8704 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving there’s a lot of interesting technologies out there for evaporation loss. It’ll be interesting to see the future leads. There's aquafilm, a floating plant based solution which works well with a tree wind break, one with black balls floating on the surface, etc. Trees and a local floating plant would be interesting.
@darrylmcleman6456 Жыл бұрын
Looks like it CAN rain in Australia! The red soil is new to my eyes!Soil black here on westcoast Canada!CHEERS
@BillB23 Жыл бұрын
Not as red as the soil here in the piedmont of Georgia. It takes a bit of organic material to make it bear crops well.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
We also try to keep up soil material or the winter rain can leach away the goodness.
@mariemorrissey9378 Жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos!!
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sticking around Marie
@terratribefarm Жыл бұрын
To stabilise that bank an idea might be to use vetiver grass this will also help direct the water.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
I have some sets in the vege garden, I hope some will take. Frost may be an issue but that stuff is amazing.
@BoatDawg Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@briangilliland3620 Жыл бұрын
Looking good 😊
@gertboerman3666 Жыл бұрын
Hi guys. I followed you as a free range sailing channel. And, as you may notice, I still am. Absulotely great content. Still free range. And, thinking slightly bigger, your content should spread further than your viewers/subscribers. Your knowledge on how to grow/raise food and prepare/preserve/cook the same, is spot on. Both of you have incredible skills, which, I think, should be spread more widely. It could change the world into a better place. Your thoughts on that?
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Well we do hope for our audience to grow again as it did while we were sailing. We don't really fancy branching out to television if that is what you mean but we are always open to advice sent our way.
@gertboerman3666 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving No, didn't mean television. Not sure about you, but who today believes anything on television. However, what you two do might change the world. Especially in continents like Africa. I would hate to see your expertise wasted. UN, EU, African Union, World Food Program...etc. are the ones who should know. However, no pressure......just think about it. And...I am not a patreon.....saving for a sailboat.
@goodandgreen Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving write a book, make a course, teach people to learn the way you two do…. We need what you know to be out in the world. What a gift to follow along for free. ❤
@rolffigueiredo3786 Жыл бұрын
Your piglets are well looked after..❤
@rolandtb3 Жыл бұрын
Depending on water flow and volume, any plans for a gravel ditch drainage bed to the dam? Minimize silting, soil erosion and easier to maintain the grade.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
We hadn't thought of buying in that many meters of gravel, though there is a planting plan waiting for late winter. Happily, during the last heavy downpour, a quick walk out there in wet weather gear showed nice slow flow in and fairly clear. Which indicates erosion isn't too severe. The base of the ditch is showing some volunteer grass already.
@zzlee14 Жыл бұрын
Maybe add fruit tree and shrubs that bare fruit would be a good add to the farm. :)
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
At present, we have so much fruit we get from surrounding properties with excess, so we have held off. Blueberries might be a strong temptation though.
@zzlee14 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving It can take years fore some fruit trees and shrubs to bear. So think of it as paying it forward to yourself. :)
@-hopskinny5865 Жыл бұрын
As a Kiwi, it is really funny watching Aussies encountering feijoas for the first time! The next stage will be Aussies claiming them as their own, like Phar Lap, manuka honey, and pavlova!!! We don't mind if you claim Russell Crowe.
@luckymike3065 Жыл бұрын
Wow.. you can keep all that stuff. No problem.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
We thought feijoa to be a Brazilian fruit, though we do look to our kiwi bros to see how best to eat them. We are planning on manuka plantings to be fair cause bees reckon it's choice.
@-hopskinny5865 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving Yep, it is native to quite a lot of the continent of South America, but it is now extremely common in gardens in Aotearoa and is a very popular fruit here. There are a lot of varieties that have been bred here for size. A friend who went into feijoa growing commercially told me they are pollinated more by birds than bees. And birds like blackbirds seem to prefer diagonal flights than working their way along neat straight line rows! Re Manuka - I am not sure why the current obsession with manuka honey - it is touted for its medicinal qualities, but what other medicine would you voluntarily ingest every day unless you had a condition that requires it. I prefer honey for its taste, and kanuka tastes just as good as manuka, is much cheaper (until it becomes fashionable I guess), and the bush propogates just as well. You may be able to find something similar in Oz rather than planting manuka, which probably costs an arm and a leg for seedlings.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
We have lots of leptospermum varieties here and scoparium is just one lot of seeds I have stashed away to provide a large choice of bee forages. I always thought that manuka honey was good topically on infections for its peroxide content, then I think the marketing people went nuts with it.
@-hopskinny5865 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving Your latter point is true. Kanuka has similar qualities, and has been used in topical applications for some years.
@iansmith6086 Жыл бұрын
You can estimate the age of the chestnut by measuring its girth. and for every inch for an open growing tree, you can count as a year approximately. I would guess somewhere from a 100 to a 125 years old.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Fantastic, thanks for that.
@bradbusch9585 Жыл бұрын
I didn’t hear but why are you raising wabbits? Great video guys always learn from them Cheers
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Good food, rapid turn around and inexpensive to do. We also were given the cages and rabbits for free...
@sigmundfred251 Жыл бұрын
Hi Troy and Pascal, I've been a long time watchers of you guys. You did a detailed explanation of the "porta Bote". I've bought one. I need to know about the transom mod you did. Which Video was it?? Paul
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
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@gkeyman565 Жыл бұрын
great video, except the poor little guy at the end, maybe the was a little smile stuck on his face? have a great day, stop before the heart attack!!
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Lol. Will do.
@tlmoscow Жыл бұрын
If you ever wonder how the Egyptians built the pyramids, Athens built its Acropolis, or the Khmer whipped up Angkor Wat, the answer is simple: they had a guy like Troy in charge.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Over-time but under budget!
@americanbornwalkaway9110 Жыл бұрын
WOW!!!!! MATE AND DIE!!!!!! DAMN!!!!!! what a WAY to GO though Huh???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
New t-shirt design?
@sheerluckholmes5468 Жыл бұрын
He had the unique experience of coming and going at the same time. 😀
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
😂
@joycethorn2313 Жыл бұрын
Why would you stuff around with that A frame? Why not laser level? And do it properly.
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Because I had wood and a level. The nearest hire depot with laser level is 120km away.
@kasiakordys266 Жыл бұрын
hi Guys, I hope you check on your carbon monoxide levels.... greetings from Greece x
@marktaylor484 Жыл бұрын
I really don't understand your likes v. subscriber count...!?
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
We got a lot of subs as a sailing channel and views dropped as we changed our life direction. It's just that many remained subbed, perhaps from habit or maybe in the hope we go sailing again! Happily, our like to dislike ratio is around 99.8 % likes so that will have to do.
@marktaylor484 Жыл бұрын
@@FreeRangeLiving Well from a UK perspective you are a version of "Tom & Barbara" from a program called the good life. And from a fellow sailor I wish you all got things.
@lamarkeenum4529 Жыл бұрын
Promo>SM 😬
@ericandrusty9250 Жыл бұрын
I hope you guys paid the elders for permission before you graded that road.. 🤪
@FreeRangeLiving Жыл бұрын
Shhh..
@brettkirkpatrick8211 Жыл бұрын
Ok done before July,
@ericandrusty9250 Жыл бұрын
@@brettkirkpatrick8211 it’s an absolute joke. The world has gone crazy.