Homestead Update: New Property & Garden Tour

We've been in our new homestead for nearly 2 months now, so come take a look around! Here's a full tour of the property, including the existing gardens, orchard, and outbuildings - plus hear our ideas for future plans and projects to come. Thank you so much for tuning in!
For more homestead updates or tutorials, please visit homesteadandchill.com/ or follow / deannacat3
This video was made to accompany a Homestead Update blog post, which includes more details and photos: homesteadandchill.com/new-hom...
Finally, here is a list of resources or articles that I mentioned in the video:
- Hummingbird Feeders 101: DIY Nectar Recipe & Feeder Care: homesteadandchill.com/humming...
- Growing Fig Trees: Varieties, Planting, Care & More: homesteadandchill.com/how-to-...
- How to Build a Raised Garden Bed (this includes steps for gopher-proofing too): homesteadandchill.com/how-to-...
- How to Grow Avocado Trees: homesteadandchill.com/how-to-...
- Composting 101: What, Why and How to Compost at Home: homesteadandchill.com/how-to-...
- How to Kill or Remove Grass (and Grow Food, Not Lawns!): homesteadandchill.com/remove-...
- How to Turn You Yard into a Certified Wildlife Habitat: homesteadandchill.com/garden-...
- Mulching 101 + Pros and Cons of 8 Different Types of Mulch: homesteadandchill.com/garden-...

[@courtneyp5963]

So happy for you guys and your new place! Have you considered starting a podcast? You’re so knowledgeable about homesteading and environmental issues

[@Nicolas22283]

So happy for you guys!!! Thank you for all the videos and great info. Super excited to see the transformation to make it yours!

[@MairIsabell]

I got so excited to see this uploaded!! 🥳

[@msassi]

So much space!! Can't wait to see the evolution!

[@lizetteswitzer8663]

Happy to see you back!! Congrats on the new hope and beautiful property. So lovely ❤️

[@summerfun20111]

What a beautiful place you have! So happy for you!

[@digsindirt4490]

Yea!!! I’ve missed your videos. Welcome back! Absolutely love the new property! I can’t wait to see what you do with it. Thanks for bringing us along. :)

[@kylesgarden8725]

Wow this is so beautiful !!! I found tour blogs and am so happy u are uploading here!

[@candyjaeger6176]

AMAZING!!! Great tour and beautiful; property .. Can't wait to watch you do your thing!!! Love your home and all your decorating ideas!

[@ahlfgatsby4605]

This place is beautiful and wholesome. Good find!

[@Dranma51]

Such beautiful property and so much potential!

[@juliekrilich7031]

Those Live Coastal Oaks are so beautiful! Your new property is so amazing!!

[@castleofcostamesa8291]

What a dream! Thank you Deanna for sharing your beauty and vision! I pray for your success! Love from us on Costa Mesa, Southern California

[@kimwalter1269]

Absolutely beautiful! Cannot wait for all the new content you are going to be able to come up with now that you have so much more space!

[@SpookyCreepyJay]

The trip shack is amazing, lol. :) Beautiful new place!

[@lisalightfoot1344]

Stunning, congratulations and good luck in your new home. I envy the people who moved into your last property ❤️

[@prisoner_of_hope8386]

Wow! Beautiful property!! So excited for vision for the future. I can see an AirBnB cottage for sure. Great tour!!

[@gaylerichards7409]

Awesome tour!

[@Naneve1970]

what a beautiful new homestead!

[@HomesteadandChill]

Thank you so much!

[@artc8368]

You do a good job investigating, reporting and bringing to light issues that would otherwise be swept under the rug. Puerto Rico is such a special place with such a unique culture that should be preserved at all costs.

[@bobbeduran9277]

Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your new home. I can't wait to see your progress. Those grapes vines are amazing.

[@HomesteadandChill]

The vine produces very delicious grapes as well!

[@carlaminga7159]

Great video

[@martyhobbs3680]

Fun to see you in front of the camera 😊 The lighting is beautiful & a perfect time of day for a tour! Wishing you guys all the best in this new venture 🐈🌿🌼

[@HomesteadandChill]

Thank you Marty! Yes, golden hour is best IMHO - especially with the sun shining through those trees! Thanks so much for tuning in!

[@joysmymiddlename]

How lovely and exciting! Congratulations, I am excited to follow along!

[@joysmymiddlename]

PS we loved the fermented hot sauce recipe!

[@HomesteadandChill]

@@joysmymiddlename That's so great! Can't wait to make more this summer!

[@pugwodo889]

Bruh this is literally my dream. So awesome

[@HealthyLivingWithWendy]

Beautiful 💟

[@Wakeywhodat]

What a beautiful property, congratulations! I saw the live oaks immediately. I’m sure they are related to the ones that are in New Orleans and also on the gulf coast and in South Georgia. LOVE those trees! Thanks for the tour.

[@HomesteadandChill]

We love our oak trees! Thanks for watching!

[@inthegarden1917]

Your property looks nice. It is really awesome that you have land that has fencing and other structures on the property. Look forward to how you use your space. Have a blessed day!

[@HomesteadandChill]

Thank you so much, we are definitely grateful for our country fencing that lines our property.

[@nothingtoseehere5760]

Holy Garden of Eden it's amazing!

[@mycrazyfamilyid]

That is so exciting! We're going up from 0.17 acres to 1 acre next week! :)

[@HomesteadandChill]

Congratulations!! Enjoy the journey - and added space!!

[@TheMoodyHouse]

I'm so glad to see you back. I love the new property. I can't wait to what create over the years. How do you plan to harvest rain water?

[@HomesteadandChill]

Hi Pamela, thanks for the kind words. We are still looking for a place to put a rain tank.

[@moomoocho1196]

Thank you for moving into my growing zone, someone to grow along with!

[@moomoocho1196]

Where did you get your solar lights from love them…😄

[@HomesteadandChill]

@@moomoocho1196 You can find them here: www.amazon.com/dp/B07BHH2R76?ref=exp_deannacat3_dp_vv_d

[@hdubbs9174]

Filming in landscape? You’re spoiling us! ;) Congratulations again you two! Many blessings to you and Aaron as you start your new garden!

[@HomesteadandChill]

Haha, I've learned my lesson I guess ;) Thanks for the love!

[@prisoner_of_hope8386]

lol I was thinking the same 🙂

[@lreavis2]

There are some great apps for plant identification. You just take a picture and the app reveals the specific name. I’ve been able to use a couple with great success. New subscriber.

[@jasminkunze8023]

I love it❤️ best wisches from germany

[@TheIsabellakirra]

Good call on gravel for fire. I think gravel and a few sprinkles we threw up on our roof saved our house when we evacuated. Lost most our neighbors. We’re 9b too in SantaCruz- grateful for your content.

[@HomesteadandChill]

So glad to hear your house was safe in that fire, we had close friends and family that had to evacuate. Thank you for sharing.

[@josephcirilli]

Back on KZbin!

[@heidicarlson7889]

Always love seeing your gardens, super excited to see all the projects to come! I have kind of a silly question, with the outdoor cats where do they typically go to the bathroom? Asking because one of the outdoor kitties I'm friends with has a bad habit of spraying on cars and everything else even though he's fixed, so I was curious if that has been a problem at all for you

[@HomesteadandChill]

We haven't noticed the cats spraying anywhere and we have a lot of open and sandy soil where they seem to like to go to the bathroom.

[@mckallcuffel7801]

Love your property!! Congratulations!!

[@anndean965]

Hi Deanna. I love the new property! I also live in an Oak Tree area of SLO about 6 miles from the coast. Where do you get you volcanic rock to put in your raised vegetable beds! Thanks

[@HomesteadandChill]

Hi Anne, we find the volcanic rock at AirVol Block in SLO. They also carry pumice in the same size which can be used the same way and it weighs less, but it does cost a little bit more.

[@PlantGuild]

Trip Shed!!

[@jasalyndittmar3529]

Question about the last project you mentioned for the fence line along the raised bed space. The fence line is quite spacious; I would assume it would take a large quantity of the different plants (guava, salvia, etc.) you had mentioned wanting to put in, which could become quite expensive if you purchased mature plants from a nursery. My question is, are you/ can you propagate, raise from seed or divide plants to help get the linear coverage needed without breaking the bank?

[@HomesteadandChill]

Absolutely you can propagate plants to cut down on cost. We can typically find salvia, lavender, or other perennials in one gallon or less containers so the cost isn't that much.

[@adventuresofalycat]

Yesss

[@inchwormgardens]

I just found you guys through your Passion Fruit / Maypop growing guide. That was super helpful and informative so thank you! Your garden is absolutely gorgeous! Look forward to following along!

[@HomesteadandChill]

We're glad you found the information helpful and thanks for watching!

[@humanbeing1168]

Any tips with the redwood shortage? We were almost in the middle of a raised bed project (11 beds total), and haven’t been able to get any useable redwood in Southern California in months. Your new property is amazing! 🌞

[@HomesteadandChill]

Ugh, I haven't even seriously started to look or material shop yet (except for gravel). I knew the prices went way up, but I'd heard they were gradually coming back down. Didn't think we may not be able to get any at all... I'll have to call tomorrow I guess. Though we don't plan to break ground for many months still. Sorry your plans got interrupted!

[@humanbeing1168]

@@HomesteadandChill Prices going down?!! I hope that’s true! Good luck on your search when the time does come for you to build beds, for us, were it not for your channel we wouldn’t have the 5 beds we have now, and I can’t imagine where we’d be without those. Significantly changed in just a few months how we experience our home and garden after having lived here 11 years! Thank you for the inspiration! ❤️

[@anndean965]

Hi Deanna. Would you please share where you get your 3/8” volcanic rock. I also live in San Luis Obispo and have been looking. Thanks PS - I am a big fan!!!

[@HomesteadandChill]

So sorry to be so late with the responses we find the volcanic rock at AirVol Block in SLO. They also carry pumice in the same size which can be used the same way and it weighs less, but it does cost a little bit more.

[@louisejakobsson9324]

Yes more KZbin pleas 🙏💐

[@andrewhammill6148]

You need to get a couple goats pretty quick. Move them around to different areas and keep everything chewed down. Or ya'll will be out cutting weeds for hours. Just a thought.

[@livingonthedelta7068]

i set a bottle of mole repel in the yard and they are gone.i didnt spray it,i just set the bottle there

[@HomesteadandChill]

Haha, that's funny.

[@meganlynn3778]

Are the chickens going to get a garden space again or stay in that run?

[@HomesteadandChill]

There are a lot of hawks and other birds of prey around here so we have opted to keep them in the run thus far.

[@kimthomas5430]

Do you have a video of you installing the stone?

[@HomesteadandChill]

Thanks for watching, this tour was made shortly after we purchased the property, we have since transformed much of the yard space but this brick walkway was already here.

[@kimthomas5430]

@@HomesteadandChill I’m sorry. I meant the fire /weed barrier you made with gravel?

[@HomesteadandChill]

@@kimthomas5430 We don't have any videos on us adding the gravel and constructing our garden space but we do have an article or two on our website that shows the transformation if you would like to check it out. homesteadandchill.com/homestead-update-new-garden/ homesteadandchill.com/new-garden-reveal/

[@kimthomas5430]

@@HomesteadandChill thank you so much

[@nutritionfacts727]

How about establishing asparagus and blueberries on those metal raised beds ?

[@HomesteadandChill]

Great suggestions! We had actually talked about blueberries there a while back and then I spaced about it 😅 We loved our old 'Sunshine Blue' bushes! I like the idea of asparagus too since I want to keep it fairly short/low-growing there 👍🏼

[@nutritionfacts727]

With nice space meadow garden would be so dreamy !!

[@angelicaangelica6897]

per favore puoi aggiungere sottotitoli in italiano grazie❤

[@mylittletropicgardenflorid9877]

Wow! Just watched your raised garden bed video and what a transformation of that area! You and Aaron are my inspiration for gardening! I would love to see a video of chicken care one day! Been watching the girls 🐓🐓🐓 on Instagram. ❤️