Goodbye Grass, Hello Food! | Building our favourite Spring garden - Free Range Homestead Ep. 52

Our favourite way to welcome Spring on the Ramshackle Ranch, is to build a new productive garden where there was once just a bunch of weeds, surrounded by the songs of birds. That sounds pretty good on its own, but this time, we experiment with some free materials and clean up our bush a little.
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[@lorrainecostanzo9092]

Yeah so happy I found another Aussie doing a fantastic job, well done

[@dougsrepair1060]

The bird life around your gardens is amazing. What a great environment to wake up to each day.

[@amyfaith2350]

Australia is blessed with amazing birds!

[@carenclemmons5002]

Thanks for including the birds and their songs. Their ovely background sounds help increase the hues of color in the landscape and my mind.

[@townsville69]

All that food growing has made me hungry ! :)

[@JeffTouzet]

Wife & I are waiting news of the baby, r really enjoy the videos and the love you have for each other and the land/animals thanks

[@davidmontgomery1016]

I am jealous of the quality of food that you are producing. Every now and then I get hold of vegetables grown similar to the way you are doing it and I am blown away by the flavors. So much better than the grocery store. Also, love the way you are treating your animals. They look so well cared for.

[@johnsmit5516]

The number of garden beds you need is always one less than you have

[@FreeRangeLiving]

We need another one for the goats!

[@Joel-we2gg]

Okay Troy. That breakfast wasn't big enough to feed a bird 😮

[@timdunn2387]

Troy, flano, wellies, tracky daks and beanie! Full Dress Uniform.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

We do it right round these parts.

[@SuperDawn1959]

congratulations on your sweet baby girl!

[@christianestories]

You‘ve got a lot of birds there…nice😊

[@blue1991flhs]

Thanks for sharing! Beautiful beginning to the video!

[@inabates8919]

Spring 🌼 has sprung, and it’s beautiful to see and hear. 💐

[@jamesstovich9724]

I kinda got chewed up on the job! I'd like to see my daughter before I pass.

[@alangummery9250]

Love you guys. You are so multi skilled. Watched your sailing videos and thought you were so capable there, and now this. Thanks for the very interesting videos. Alan.

[@davewilliams639]

That was an excellent intro!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Spring mornings are worth sharing with you all. They are lovely here.

[@iainlyall6475]

@1:33 no hash browns, no onions, no 'shrooms, NO TOAST even! you call that a breakfast?OMG's what is the world coming to :-( :-))

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

Very beautiful 🍀🌼🌺🌸

[@victorbitter583]

Awesome garden and loved seeing the birds. Did you just go all Salt Bae there Troy? lol. I was saving this bit thinking I'd see more of that steak but as it seems not likely I'll tell you now. Any night you pan fry any of those steaks, don't wash the pan up. Put it in the fridge and fry your eggs in it in the morning and thank me later. cheers.

[@elderedwards771]

Thanks!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Thank you very much.

[@AshMichelle914]

Saving these tips for my future property in the great southern ♥️

[@davidsears5576]

Great information

[@richardp4544]

Your explanation of the technical aspects of your gardening system, Troy, is both interesting and helpful. Thanks. The birds and animals in the video however seemed like they had the same question on their minds that I did. I couldn't help but notice that Pascale was absent from the video and that combined with the fact that she was due in late August and it's now mid September leads me to think that she might not be feeling on top of the world right now. I do hope, as I'm sure many others do, that she is doing OK and that we will soon be seeing the announcement of the family addition. You are all three in my thoughts and prayers. I hope she has an easy delivery.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

We will do an update very soon. Everything is going great.

[@darrylmcleman6456]

GREAT STUFF! And amazing to see those birds out in the wild! CHEERS from HERE! PS. Right where you zoomed in on the dandelion I was picking up my bowl of lightly steamed dandelion greens!

[@tsurdyk]

Amazing transformation of the farm, since the two of you arrived. Best to you both.

[@MikeBanks2003]

Useful instruction as well as entertainment!! Well done both of you--so inspiring!!

[@seanhanlon5867]

yeah the photography on here is really amazing, thanks for showing all your wonderful wildlife

[@Quarry4x4]

That rabbit poo will have the garden really hop along.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

A better pun than some of the hare-brained ones we come up with.

[@alanrobinson5109]

Hi Troy & Pascale, hope everything is well with you. Very interesting garden building techniques, explained beautifully. All the best to you both from the UK.

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

The morning song of birds fills the air with joyous beauty on the Ramshackle Ranch. I hope you are doing well, Pascale. 🤰❤ Thanks for sharing. 🏡

[@thomasspainhour1112]

Thanks for sharing this, NC USA 🇺🇸

[@jeffslaven]

Spring garden is off to a good start. Nice video guys!

[@bryanbadger6841]

Thank you for that. Hey guys, I know there's been a tonne of gardening books written, plus small scale farming books, particularly in the late 60's onwards, but I would love to see a book written by you guys. Yes you are busy. Yes you have a bubba on the way, yes you need to find a publisher etc etc...but I for one would buy a copy, and add it to my library of similar books. Again thank you for sharing your knowledge and thank you for taking the time to upload. Atb from across the ditch here in Nz.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

We'll take that as a compliment! We have talked about a combined garden, livestock, cook book. It would be hard to top the River Cottage Cookbook in that respect, but probably a pretty good resource. Now, we just need to shoehorn a few more hours into our day!

[@shockwavegaming1376]

I miss my homestead so much. Nice to see you enjoying yours. 👍

[@FreeRangeLiving]

If we left it, I'd be very sad without my morning goat and pig conferences.

[@shockwavegaming1376]

@@FreeRangeLiving Yes, I've never had pigs, but I've had dairy goats, sheep, chickens, peacocks, rabbits, and horses. There's something special and sweet about living things.

[@mmoore102]

Really informative video. Great job

[@percival3830]

Rocket surgery, only Troy knows how.

[@jay_behr]

Another cracking video, guys - even the B-roll, which I confess normally leaves me cold with most channels, is just plain charming when it's Free Range B-Roll! :) So we're starting to get to grips with our new garden and high on the list is going to be a few raised beds to grow veggies in so your videos are proving instructional as well as entertaining, coz what I know about gardening can be written on a stamp after the Lord's Prayer :) Our rescue dog's arrival got put back to next month (October) so we're counting the days on that too, so all the best and hope all's going well for you all. PS: Loved the WA birds! Amazing colours and markings! Looked like various finches to me but of course I'm not big on birdwatching so couldn't say for sure ... looked lovely though :)

[@FreeRangeLiving]

That technique is as easy as falling out of a dinghy (I know) so I'm sure you will have every success if you decide to experiment with that style. The small bird at the very beginning is called a Silvereye here, and they are the scourge of people who like unblemished fruit. They have a bit of a sweet tooth (beak?) The other two black and white birds are our version of Robin Red Breasts. Very bold and charming little creatures.

[@jay_behr]

We will indeed be trying the "no dig" method, primarily because a) I'm a cripple and b) who wants to dig anything if a tractor isn't involved? The birds were utterly charming although if they were eating my fruit and/or veggies I'd probably feel differently :) And yes, properly bold :) @@FreeRangeLiving

[@americanbornwalkaway9110]

VERY COOL!!! I have been using his method PART way...I do not have the Rabbit Poo and I have not used Alfalfa hay YET!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Seaweed also makes for a very successful base layer. In fact, that garden can be made on concrete if seaweed is layed down a few inches thick, then the rest as shown. I'll have to make one for the camera and record the results.

[@bake162]

The opening shots with the animals was awesome

[@hamish9917]

When can you plant in the new "prepped" garden?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

With finished compost, the bed can be planted immediately, either seed if large, or seedlings for finer seeds.

[@absmith666]

Great video mate. Will this system of garden establishment cover straight over lawn?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Yes. give it a mow and cover it with plain cardboard. Some people also use newspaper, 4 sheets thick, which is probably better than reading them. One think- lawn will try and invade from the edges of the garden over time, so some edge strategy is required. Remember, not to dig and give each layer a soak as you build it.

[@absmith666]

@@FreeRangeLiving thanks mate

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

use pork as fruit or vegetables plant fertilizer

[@bud1971]

Everything is looking amazing. And the ASMR beginning was really good. But only 2 slices of bacon? Seems like 3 would have been more Feng Shui. BTW, those bacon slices looked perfect and uniform thickness, I'm assuming you used a slicer?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

A slicer made the short list of priorities when we stocked the kitchen!

[@jamesstovich9724]

Christmas is Coming?

[@susannahns]

I’m curious, you appear to go to lengths to give other livestock as natural an environment as possible but not for the rabbits. It’s not particularly difficult to build a run with chicken wire base to prevent escapees. Why not give them a healthier, happier, more natural life too?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

We are building a rabbit tractor for our newborn kits, but over here it is healthier to keep breeders high off the ground because of some pretty diabolical viruses released here to control rabbits. Morants are off limited success here- I checked it out. The cages they are in give the best ventilation and keep them free of excrement, which is why they are the most widespread rabbit housing. All of those rabbits were born on wire and when we let them out, they crouch frozen, very nervous.

[@bjorntorfason6721]