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[@tamaragonzalez2227]

The corn is as high as an elephants eye and it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky...Oh what a beautiful morning...Oh what a beautiful day. I've got a🌞wonderful feeling every things going my way. Remember that song?🌞

[@ws775]

Oklahoma with Gordon McCrae and Shirley Jones.

[@trisho.8331]

I sure do remember that song. Sing it when I start to get down in this crazy new world. 😉🙏🏻

[@MrCopper039]

best way to spend a sunday afternoon by watching your videos

[@NotBR]

I agree! For my day of rest, I enjoy the contentment of your beautiful creations. Thank you so much!!

[@jetkipetki]

I worked in a tomato greenhouse at one time and we pollinated with the flat side of an electric toothbrush. Just hold it against the stem near the flowers and the vibration will start the pollen falling on the flowers

[@malelpn37]

This trick actually triples tomato production

[@JD-sy7kb]

What you’re reaping now, is a reward for all the hard work you left behind building your old homestead. I was sad to see you have to leave your last place, but anyone can plainly see this homestead will be so much better and more productive. You’re garden is spectacular. It seems everything you touch turns to gold, also known as determination and perseverance.

[@JP-bv7bf]

What a great garden. Who knew you could have such a wonderful garden deep in the woods. However you have put a huge amount of work into the land to get it that way. Well done.

[@judy8117]

SHAWN, The close ups of your early harvest was very nice,So much of nature and farming has been destroyed to fires,VERY SERIOUS, SO stay well and safe ❤🐾❤🐾❤🐾❤🐾❤☘☘☘☘☘

[@jalfmeister]

may I suggest installing a beehive in the greenhouse with a portal to be able to exit/re-enter the greenhouse. A trick for local farmers in the Midwest/ southern farmers.

[@greenergenes]

Alfalfa leaf-cutter bees are a good choice for pollination inside your greenhouse

[@dianegallagher5017]

And in Vt. Too

[@irisviolet8815]

Thank you Lord for that you send good sun shine weather for this great man. Bravo James...the vegetables are just perfects.Good job James you desirve all the best

[@karenettmcfrazier5577]

Shaun you are such a force on Earth.

[@mikedelrizzo9871]

Thanks for sharing! Your veggie production is looking good! And nice to see the cabin going up - I definitely enjoy the construction aspect of your videos, that along with the wind blowing through the trees and birds chirping, Cali playing, it's nice to watch.

[@donnaknight7922]

I love your vast knowledge of all things natural. You remind me of my Great Uncle Ted. Always look forward to your next episodes and living my dream through you. Thank you so much. 💕

[@Mulberrysmile]

Tomatoes do stop flowering when nighttime temps are warm and daytimes are hot. If I recall, it is 70 degrees F for night temp. If you keep the indeterminate plants alive and healthy, you’ll get a second flush of fruiting when the temps start dropping again. Cherry tomatoes and plum tomatoes do the best because they ripen so much faster than the big fruits. Don’t forget that it is the time to start your seeds for your fall and winter crops. I love watching the harvesting! You’ve done so much in such a short time, especially with how busy you are with construction!! Just an idea…you will very likely need supplemental heat in the winter: When you have your fires going elsewhere, heat up rocks, and put them in front of the air intake for the soil heating system. You could also boil water to slowly raise the tank temperature when there are cloudy days that inhibit solar heating.

[@joannhenderson7395]

With what is happening in the world, one almost has to go back in time to live a life like this where you didn't have to worry about the other shoe dropping. The vegies are so beautiful. It is always a pleasure to watch. Perhaps, you are an artist or writer. I feel there is more to you than what we are allowed to see. Creativity is a powerful force when you are surrounded by so much beauty.

[@gardenia24sugarfoot.36]

from chance to perseverance to growth, wonderful abundance of foodstuff that you have been blessed with inclusive of many hours of constant hard work - a pleasing result to behold. Cheers Shawn James

[@sharonyarnell8263]

Pepper plants are perennial. You could bring them in and have fresh peppers all winter. Your doing a great, great job

[@ws775]

I've so enjoyed watching the seasons change and your activities during each one over the years. The new cabin site is just as nice for that. Thanks for all the videos. It will be exciting to see those walls go up!

[@johnandmariainmindanao]

The footing of your cabin is coming along great. Wow, beans, corn in the garden. It reminds me to find seeds and plant some in our yard. Amaze at how good these plants thrive there.

[@RARORA10]

A fruitful garden, Shawn shows how satisfying this is. Enjoyed watching it.

[@countrybluecountry1609]

Can't wait for another Cooking with Shawn episode.

[@traifarm]

Hi. very interesting video, I am doing the journey of living in the forest alone, growing vegetables, raising fish, raising chickens....

[@trisho.8331]

Well done on all fronts!! Seeing you work SO hard makes me feel guilty for watching you ALL Sunday afternoon. ☺️

[@tammaragill9347]

The greenhouse and outdoor garden look great! You're doing an amazing job! I look forward to each of your videos to see the progress. I can hardly wait to see the walls go up!

[@sharonrhoads2461]

Nothing better than home grown veggies. Those peppers look great!

[@167curly]

It's good to see you harvesting fresh veggies now.. Wedges of fried green tomatoes are really delicious, Shawn. Cut a green tomato into four quarter, cut out the eye, dredge in seasoned flour, and fry in hot oil. Yummy with bacon.

[@danaceven]

Nice job Shawn! I was surprised at the amount of harvest you've gotten already, awesome. It's amazing the amount of relaxation I get from watching another man work. Thank you for documenting this, it's extremely enjoyable and inspiring.

[@brendastroman3219]

iam always watching you and listening because God forbid i may have need a cabin with all the mess going on in the world you are more lucky than you know right now

[@stephenriley9084]

Shawn, Anything we get from our allotments is a bonus. This year we have had the wrong weather at crucial times. That and my neglect hasn't helped. Nevertheless, there are plenty of potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cabbage and beets, beans, garlic and Chard. There's also a reasonable amount of fruit, apples, pears and plums. I never got the last five fruit trees planted. They are in their delivery soil in a bucket of water in the back garden. They are looking really healthy in the shade. Two I did plant got scorched out yet four more next to them thrived. Admiring your energy through summer, which pretty much finishes me off. August is always rainy here like right now! But my time is coming September to April! Will be continuing to remodel the allotment to make it more manageable. Have returned to work after the pandemic in a limited way. The foundation for the cabin is looking really well. Regards Stephen.

[@nickburke5263]

Hello Shawn, long time viewer, first time commentator. I am a geotechnical professional. Regarding settlement of the soils, you have a few things working for you on the site. 1) You are founding on sand - which as you probably are already aware, means that almost all settlement will occur instantaneously with the load applied (ie the house). This means you could stage your construction if you wished so that you hung the door and framed the windows toward the end of the project. The biggest load will be the roof so once that is on you will have for all purposes reached total settlement. 2) the additional weight associated with the cellar and all associated walls etc. will be largely offset by the weight removed from digging the hole in the first place. This will help to minimise possible differential settlements between the cellar joists and the wider ground floor footprint. All the best. Enjoying watching the building coming along, really inspiring. I hope to go off grid like this one day myself. Edit - the settlement above does not account for the shrinkage of the green-ish wood you have noted previously.

[@martyevans8162]

Hopefully you will deviate (briefly) from your impressive resource consciousness & splurge on a large triple pane floor to ceiling plate glass window on the wall with what you believe is the best view. Also, a horizontal line of windows bordering along your sink & counter top - so relaxing to have great views in the kitchen as one works & both of these give the impression of more space & great natural light, The “female trio” in your family won’t be able to stay away! The progress on all you are getting done is exciting & educational to watch. Stay safe.

[@aubieal0878]

That’s what I had said months ago Marty. 😃. I had suggested making/ constructing a bow shape similar to a bay window based on part of the “bowing” of the greenhouse. I even sketched it out from one of the greenhouse diagrams to see if it would look right…only I was thinking the entire front of the cabin. It would look great to me, used in the middle of the cabin, then have 2 wings on either side, bedrooms for girls on one side, Master suite with a storage room behind that, it could be converted to a bedroom for grandchildren 😁. Put large windows of Shawn or rather Mrs. Shawn’s…(when will we have a real name for the lady?) choice in the middle section. Kitchen and dining area can be behind Living Room, with pantry/lauder, another storage room to one side of kitchen, then there should be room across the back for a screened in porch. I could see a kitchen herb garden (especially hardier perennials) or some seasonal plants (tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, etc. or perennial flowers- Shasta Daisies, Coneflowers, Roses, Irises, Day Lilies, etc.), maybe a few dwarf (nana) or mini evergreens to brighten the area in the off season. Gardens that are good for making that late night BLT, or putting a pretty bouquet on the table for someone’s birthday. It would be up to you and Mrs. Shawn to research the perennials that would survive there, since you won’t messenger me to look them up 😜. But, as you said Marty, a row of paned windows with a ledge, in the kitchen to sit herbs, or starts, or African Violets (provided someone puts a thermometer 🌡 in the window and see if the windows have a high enough R Factor so plants don’t freeze.) would look pretty with kitchen lace curtains and the sunshining in would add a cheerfulness to dark interiors. 🤙🏼😬🤩🧡😆🤧😷

[@steel7302]

the only female in his life is cali

[@rconger384]

@@steel7302 you must be new to Shawn's channel.

[@dandaniels4558]

@@steel7302 he's got 4 females including Cali. Just don't see the other 3 very often Cali is a big star on his channel

[@patriciabarnes7034]

@@steel7302 There's Shawn's gorgeous wife and two lovely daughters. So, I hope you are just been jovial, and not being downright rude?

[@leeprism9564]

That foundation securing makes sense. Hope it works. I know you’re busy enough, but before I moved 1000 miles to stay near my kids and grandkids, I thought it would be cool to build a tower about 40 ft high, attached to the cabin so it wouldn’t topple over, with a platform at the top about ten ft square, with a railing, so I could climb up it and look around, watch the stars, free from bears, etc.. maybe you can think about that, when your cabin is finished. Those longer days up there really speed up your garden! I’d plant a load of root crops in your greenhouse, like beets, carrots etc., and see if you can just leave them in the soil, till u need them. There’s some that don’t get woody. Godspeed with your flooring and walls!

[@likearockcm]

I personally find these narrated videos far more enjoyable than just watching a guy work.

[@barbarabrown7960]

Winter's coming, so much to do! Cabin, kitchen, outhouse, food storage, winter wood. I know you're independent and a perfectionist, but you need some help from friends and family. And yes, use a steel tape for measurements. String and soft tapes give different readings every time due to temperature and warmth. Just about drove my kids crazy when they were trying to true up their home. Good job, Shawn. Praying for you 🙏🙂.

[@jimgriffiths9071]

You're right, but no one knows it better than Shawn. But at least the outhouse is finished. That was first.

[@devonseamoor]

Wonderful, I'm enjoying all the positive comments here, and I agree with all of them, learning as much from your explanations, Shawn, as from some of the commenters. Your dry remark at the start, about checking that the basement of the wooden structure is square and that when it wasn't the cabin would end up in the form of a parallelogram, that made me laugh. Imagine, what novelty it is to actually create a parallelogram home, where you need a whole different set of measurement tools, with non-90 degree angles, etc. That would be a whole new challenge for a builder who is so well seasoned with "square" buildings, that he's welcoming such a challenge. All jokingly said, of course, my imagination is vivid. It's such a joy to see all the steps of building your homestead, with your explanations of the why, what, where, and what for, at times. And the satisfaction of harvesting, filling that basket, how well it's all growing, so lush and scrumptious. It makes me long for the day I'll start with a small vegetable garden near my home, in Britain, hopefully with a lovely and robust little shed, and a similar glasshouse. On the Isle of Wight, preferably, where living conditions aren't so touched by modern lifestyles, with many homes of proper old fashioned build, many thatched roofs, and walls made of the stone found in this island's solid grounds. It's truly the first time for me, to witness such a creation of a homestead, and see it done in this way. I appreciate this very much, and it's also a comfort to witness something being built, in contrast with what's demolished due to a global pandemic. Thank you, Shawn, for being alive right now, creating a safe haven for you and your family, Cali included, wagging tail and all.

[@millerruiz2948]

Hi there Marian B. I am Miller El Ruiz.. I have to be honest I really am looking for someone to have a long term relationship with but not real interested in marriage if you are picking up what I am putting down. If you are interested in having fun satisfying each other then message me back I saw your profile on here and i think we definitely are on the same page on many levels. Trust, communication, loving, honoring, God-fearing, understanding, patience and respecting your partner. So crucial to provide balance. This is what creates such great chemistry between two people that are committed to one another. Well, I am not antisocial due to the nature of my job. Either I don’t mostly get & have the chance to travel sometimes. Well I’ve had to overcome many things in my life and would not be where I’m at today if I did not speak my mind. So the answer is NO, I have no problem speaking my mind. To be an advocate for myself and my kids. There is a right and wrong way to approach every situation so I am very careful when I do need to stand up for myself keeping others in mind. Best wishes 💚🍀💫 Yours Faithfully Mate xx From Springhill, FL.

[@mariamkinen8036]

Gardening lengthens /adds to life-expectancy ... mum loved her garden...👍🏻💭

[@anthonyturner6533]

This house is going to be awesome. Can’t wait to see it finished.

[@johnrwhite4479]

[@angelitaabrematea3013]

What you sow is what you reap, good harvest, 🍓🍅🌶thanks for sharing, didn't see much Cali. Keep safe, God bless🙏

[@susanbarbar1557]

Amazing how much you have achieved in a short space of time,Shawn.

[@hellshade2]

that foundation is probably the hardest part of his build. i mean digging all that out by himself by hand is a bit of work by itself but then cutting and preparing large timber like that before even beginning it's construction. it is an ambitious project and Shawn just goes out and gets it done, you just have to be impressed and admire the man.

[@marianfrances4959]

Yay on the garden abundance! Your tomatoes blow my mind...👍😎🌲🇨🇦🌎✨👌🐾🍅

[@davidbailey6350]

You know, with the massive work load ahead of you, you seem more relaxed, more on target so to speak… Greta job…. Thank you…

[@denisemeredith2436]

The greenhouse and garden are doing well considering you only planted it in spring. The homestead is coming along and being able to mill your own wood is a bonus considering the way wood has shot up in price. I am looking forward to more videos.

[@junkname9983]

when I first started watching your videos, I thought, you need to eat more vegetables. Now, it looks like you have more than one family can ever eat in just one season. This is going to be so good.

[@carrieturner414]

Shawn, it's all looking good, the view 😎🌲, the river runs by🏞️and a beautiful garden plus outside One, it's a nice spot, the other cabin was was nice but this is by far The Best spot. You have a lot of great ideas for this cabin. Cali seams to like it very much. And you have more sun light and the 🐠 fishing is. Closer. God bless you.. Amen enjoy your coffee ☕ near the campfires🔥.

[@jayheinrich5207]

Thanks Shawn, may your days be better than you hope! U deserve that and more!

[@catherineshiddengarden2596]

When you came to the point of showing us the fig. I said, “ don’t pick it yet!” And then you did. Let it drop from the stem. No sap should be seen when you pick it. Also hold off watering it just before picking it so it doesn’t water the taste down.

[@albanymountainhomestead]

@Shawn James just give your tomatoes a gentle shake and that will be all you need for tomatoes to pollinate. Garden looks beautiful!

[@larrymaxwell5535]

To keep flies out of your green house and your cabin, fill and hang large gallon clear baggies or any clear plastic bags sturdy enough to hold water above the doors and in the greenhouse it will keep the flies away! You can use sturdy thumb tac's to hold them up! I do that and the flies stay away! I guess they see themselves bigger but don't know why it works, but it does!

[@regular-joe]

I saw that the other day and didn't know what they were for. They also had a couple of coins in each of the bags - what do you suppose those were for?

[@larrymaxwell5535]

@@regular-joe maybe for weight, Idon'tknow, I just use water in 1 gallon baggies and it works!

[@laurafedora5385]

Ok, Shawn looks like a younger version of my dad, it freaks me out a bit! My dad passed away in 2015, so it always gives me pause 😂

[@scarletletter68]

Mmmmm....all the fresh veggies and herbs!

[@trishelwood7151]

Absolutely fascinated by this stage of your journey, especially the Geodome!

[@patpfeiffer3517]

Your a amazing person Shawn . You really love what your doing . Thats what life is about . We all need to start taking care of ourselves. Your really making progress its just amazing🤗💯🌲

[@arcticacres]

Great feedback about how the greenhouse is performing in summer. We’ll take a closer look at passive heat regulation, and possible solutions for greenhouse pollination. 🌱

[@trisho.8331]

Yes Jim @ Arctic Acres, that would be awesome! Shawn works SO hard you’d be doing him and us viewers a HUGE favor!! Bless you!! 🙏🏻👌👍

[@algigirl]

Have a barn door so it keeps the temp regulates and at the same time have a bee keeping box in the green house. So bee can fly in and out.. from the top barn door open. Shut in winter. Also in between plants pollinating flowers in between the garden boxes.

[@TheBoydTV]

You can purchase automatic, temperature regulated, pneumatic arms that open/close windows for around $30. They work well, that's what I use. Also, I plan on building a walipini or deep winter greenhouse for passive solar winter growing in our northern climate. It can be tough to properly utilize a greenhouse in summer in extreme north zones

[@arcticacres]

@@TheBoydTV Great insights and that sounds like an exciting project! Our US partner Growing Spaces uses that sort of system with pneumatic pressurize-sensitive vents. Overall we found fans to be more reliable and efficient (and sometimes necessary in windy areas), however, if something can be done passively it's something we'll continue to explore and refine.

[@sandranokes7443]

I have been watching you get your buildings built, but can't quite figure out what the house is going to look like. I think it's going to be bigger, not counting the cellar. I think that's a good idea for a few reasons. After the pandemic and having your whole family living with you, I imagine that small cabin you had was a little too tight of a space. Also, you seem to be saying this is your forever home. You are not moving from here, so I can see that building a bigger cabin so everyone will be comfortable is a good thing. I love that you have added the water tank in the cellar. We are in August now and I really hope you can get the roof on the place before the rain and winter hits. Maybe you can let some of your friends and family come out and have a "house raising". They could help with the heavy logs and roof beams. I really want to see you and Callie inside a properly heated house for winter this year. Last winter you were living in the tool shed, which you are still doing and I don't know how you two did that in all that snow and cold. Love watching the buildings get built. Love that you put a green house in. Thank you for sharing all of this with us.

[@leannemori9688]

He had a wood burning stove in his workshop. Nice set up for just him and Cali, I think

[@jonathanhall7903]

Something pure, genuine and authentic about all this.

[@Esther-1914]

Last year we had extreme rainfall. Our tomatoes rotted on the vine, we had so much rain in BC Canada. So this year I planted them under the eaves of our home and spend some time watering them, but the rains don't rot them. Lots of good tomatoes coming.🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅😀😁

[@nightsong28540]

You're doing a magnificent job. Everything is coming along great. Stay safe, be careful,take it easy and keep dry and cool.

[@janetwalmsley-heron]

I have been following you for a very while and I rarely comment and now you are doing a new Build it is going very well for you and your Gardening and growing is even better and I find your videos so relaxing glad to see your lovely dog has recovered from the sunstroke Cally is so beautiful. I watched you build your other home this one looks as if it is going to be bigger. God Bless you and your family. Thank you for sharing your dreams

[@jamesfrommanitoba.1992]

That veggie basket looked better then Oprah’s. Everything is looking fantastic!

[@odoroussmegma2191]

Oprah's basket stinks like famunda. Not even a fair comparison.

[@algigirl]

Haha basket case

[@johntatum8088]

I think this cabin will be more solid and probably more comfortable. Nice building and glad your garden is doing well. Healthy organic food is so important for our bodies.

[@the_pagan_poet]

Hey Shawn, tapping the tomato plant with your hand a couple of times each morning helps with the pollination.

[@esmeesme7666]

Hello Shawn. A little while ago, I recall your dog had heat stroke. Our dog had same.....it seemed..... He was collapsing and it happened again more frequently. Vet exam said low thyroid. Next day our dog was worse......x ray determined water on lungs.....affects heart.... He passed away during the night. Please get you dog examined for heart / lung issues if you have not already. I have to catch up with all your fantastic videos. Take care. Thank you.

[@kangacrew540]

When you grow peppers like you did it's an amazing feeling. Difficult in cold climates even with warm summers. Season is too short.

[@Jim-si7wz]

Thank you Shawn, the videography is awesome I hope you forgive me but I have pinched so many of your scenery shots for my backgrounds they are fantastic, I am disabled so you help me to keep going to the point I have bought a Seahawk 4 and a small trawling motor so I can get out on the local canal and see where it goes from there, so you have made an old man very happy, may your god go with you and your family.

[@JDK45ACP]

Really appreciate the greenhouse update.

[@Eowynna]

Bonjour from France, I am fascinated by your beautiful garden in green housse 👌🏻 and i still like autany watching your videos. Thank you. Merci

[@patriciabeyer7824]

Lovely. That basket of veggies looks so delicious. The rain drops hitting the water is beautiful. Thanks.

[@patriciabarnes7034]

Funny, I was having a conversation with myself earlier... 😂 It went like this, 'umm, Shawn should have posted on his second channel by now, shouldn't he? Or, is it on Mondays he post? So I ckecked my phone and...Hey presto. Wow, a monster harvest from the greenhouse already... How blessed you are, Shawn. Wonderful.

[@hellshade2]

yeah it is about this time of year things will start ripening. if his luck holds with the weather he will probably be able to harvest thru September. but October can be a funny month the further north you go and nights in September could get a frost in late in the month or early October. i remember at least one year when he had gotten snow in October. now i live in southern New York state and the earliest i remember seeing a first snowfall was mid to late November.

[@TheFishingMommy]

@@hellshade2 I live in Southern NY too and we had a pretty big blizzard, like 20”, on the day before Halloween about 10 years ago!

[@hellshade2]

@@TheFishingMommy well i never said my memory was perfect! 😀😂😂👍😎

[@patriciabarnes7034]

@@hellshade2 No one is perfect, we are all flawed. I couldn't remember, for the life of me, which day of the week Shawn post on his second channel and I've been following him for the last 4&1/2 years. It comes to us all I'm afraid.

[@hellshade2]

@@patriciabarnes7034 well i am not so young anymore and they say one of the first things that starts to go is your memory. but as long as i remember the important stuff it's all good! 😉👍

[@janelinley3624]

Good Morning to All🙋🏼‍♀️🥰🇺🇸

[@pieterlabuschagne6143]

First off, nicely done Shawn James! Living my dream.. Watched all you videos, must be complimented, your endurance and perseverance is admirable. I am a artisan, and noticed your hand skills, and the speed at which you do the small tasks. And from your strength (forearms) I can see that you have been doing this for a while. While you building the new cabin ( which is going to be perfect in every way, judging from your past experience and builds) with all the bells and whistles. where do sleep? Don't know if I missed that part. You are growing trees under which your next generation will sit. Blessings from South Africa.

[@olledahlquist3784]

I know I have suggested it before, but now that you are starting to work on the walls and the roofing I want to recommend making wall-ladders. They are much safer than plain ladders, very mobile and sturdy. The "top"-platform is perfect to have as a shelf when lifting heavy items. I have made both tall and short wall ladders when I renovated an timbered outhouse and also re-shingled the roof. The short ones I use when cleaning windows (outside) and working on the ceiling indoors.

[@guppy2129]

What a wonderful bounty of vegetables! Awesome video Shawn! Love hearing your thoughts & plans. The homestead is going th o be fantastic!!

[@01splitpea]

My husband says, "Watching Shawn James work is like watching a fish tank, or watching cows grazing in an open field." I couldn't agree more. Thank you for creating such excellent, educational content, Shawn James. We love your channel.

[@CoyoteSticksbyWILEY]

Hello Shawn - You are doing quite well with your gardening. I can see you becoming self-sufficient very quickly. The cranes at the end of the video were a real treat. I become more impressed with each of your videos. Thank you for bringing us along on this Journey of Self Reliance. Regards, Randy in Arizona

[@johnshanker82]

Thanks for the update Shawn. 2 more months, then the best month of the year arrives!! Can't wait for the October foliage videos.😁 also, make sure you get some time to go get some walleyes. Great job as usual. 👍👍

[@janetwithers7427]

You have a beautiful basket of fresh veggies. Great harvest. Enjoy the fruits of your labor.

[@deniseschlueter2613]

Garden is beautiful. Love your progress. Enjoy watching the build. Great job!

[@jackaffleck427]

Shawn, really enjoy watching your videos! I'm impressed with your progress so far this year. Your lifestyle leaves me envious! Such hard work but so very rewarding.

[@PPYTAO]

What a beautiful basket of vegetables, you must be pretty pleased with the greenhouse right about now 👌

[@josannefromin7750]

really wonderful ever with thw garden........................God/Goddess are with U

[@algigirl]

Once you've completed the basics foundation, hopefully all will be smooth sailing then on. Whilst at that, you have very nice impressive 360°views for the building. Hope you'd design your cabin with loads of wide/large windows on all four walls. To incorporate the oblong top windows for the top walls too. It should be very impressive... When looking up you'd see trees and trunks.. or sky or clouds or at the large windows the view down hills. Or the wild animals etc. That would be very nice to spend time drinking tea and enjoying the surroundings on all weather. It's like having your outside inside..in all four seasons. Like a massive giant picturesque frames changing on all four seasons... Beautiful.(been to center Parcs cabin..beautiful...) Then on the outside nice to have a wood shutter.....etc.. Also on the floor above have a nice size windows and a balcony or verandah ...nice to view the stars.. and see the surroundings from a height.👍 That is priceless... Anyway nice harvest you have there... Well done.. take care of your health too 🙏🙏🙏

[@lexistapleton687]

Always grateful for the videos on wildlife!, and drone shots

[@jamesfraizer9455]

Your Doing A Wonderful Homestead Living!

[@annettemillette4091]

Shawn you're such a great loner a lovely example showing that man was born to succeed

[@Philhoppermiller]

I admire your work effort and knowledge.

[@Ddrhl]

As a retired math teacher, I thank you for teaching geometry and measurements to your viewers.

[@shirleydickey6140]

You have one of the best channels if not the best, would NEVER think of not watching your contribution to living a different way. Thanks for sharing

[@cynthia9144]

Shawn, I shake the branches of my tomato 🍅 plants to pollinate...It might sound silly but My 4 plants have produced way over 60 tomatoes... You have a very beautiful & bountiful garden...the cabin & the cellar is coming along quickly...I like the way you are doing the cellar... Thanks 4 sharing... especially, with all you're doing... BTW....give Cali a hug for me 🤗

[@reneebrown2968]

Elderberries may be some shrubs that you want to plant. The birds and the bees love them and they are super healthy for you. They are nature's flu shot

[@davidcramb5793]

What an investment that greenhouse has been. It's so good to see you harvesting so much in your 1st season. With some improvements, you'll be pretty much self sufficient in 3 years. Thanks for sharing your journey, Shaun 👍

[@jeanblythe1595]

Hand pollination in the greenhouse will probably be the way to go, and planting anything outside that will attract birds and flowers to attract bees to come visit without having a colony. There may eventually be a native colony on your lands, and that is more likely to happen if it has a stable variety of flowers to visit. You can improve the soil with anything like clovers and other legumes, nitrogen fixers. That was a nice broccoli! Nice garden in general. Love hearing all those bird songs.

[@carolynjoiner1602]

Beautiful garden. Homestead looking awesome. Great work.

[@reneecannon1250]

Shawn good job, your veggie and flowers are so fresh and pretty 😍

[@_SunRa_]

I'm always amazed how much you get done and lots of plants going already ! what, ! a fig too hahaha

[@lexistapleton687]

When I built a cabin for my daughter I was surprised how a quarter inch out of square turned into so much more when I Finnish’s the roof.

[@jannibal9273]

I can't believe how quickly the veggies grew for you! It seems nearly like yesterday I was watching the episodes where you were constructing the green house! Have you thought about constructing a solar drying structure for your wood? It can drastically cut drying time, especially on cut wood.

[@hellshade2]

i never heard of that before but it sounds like something Shawn could use. build it near the work shop so the wood for projects would be nearby.

[@tattoolars87]

Yeah, I am agreeing in that is something he would benefit from. my "consern" is timber shrink and twisting after building when using Greenwood. I don't know much about Greenwood, here in Norway all of the timber you buy are dry enough for Construction use that they don't shrink. I believe its 10-13% moisture in construction timber. Edit: I really love your channels Shawn:D

[@paulsillence3]

Hey Shawn, as a professional builder I'd strongly recommend you use a steel tape when checking over long distances for square. I've made the mistake of using other measuring aids that can stretch and give you false readings. (Laser digital readers are the more modern method) Love you work.

[@jeanadamsick9854]

You've done much as for the time frame! Nice to see the progress of ALL started there, Shawn. Do take care. Fl., USA

[@Dano69891]

I have never seen a man mark so many lines with chisels rocks stick whatever is handy but never a pencil. We might have to start a fund to get you some carpentry pencils. Have a good day and thanks for yet another good video.

[@mikewood8680]

Love both of Shawns channels. But I do like this one better cuz it’s nice to hear him chat about what he’s doing. Feel more connected I guess. Maybe he can blend a bit of chat in the long version vids? 😍. Also I hope you know Shawn you set a fine example to so many of what a person can accomplish with the work of their hands. I so respect and admire that. Proud to walk with you through KZbin.

[@luilu9167]

Amazing to see your plants. Most of my tomatoes died or look horrible, maybe due to the amount of rain this year in Germany. I somehow feel ashamed, when I see your progress within this year and the little progress I made. Thank you for sharing your life, work an knowledge with us :)