Simple Free Garden Path

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Those cuts were quality man, impressed with the accuracy!

[@kimjunejohnson]

The kids and the dog are very entertaining.

[@JebGardener]

It's great to see you back in your garden. Awesome times!

[@SSLFamilyDad]

it is great to be back in the garden!

[@mikek7193]

Looks really nice! Wish I'd done that 3 years ago when we took down two pines in our yard. Thanks for sharing. Mike

[@avg1712]

Love this idea. Cant wait to try it. We have 6 acres and a wood chip walkway on the side of our house. I have to redo it every year and it is a pain in the rear. Many big downed trees to pick from at our place.

[@salmonhunter7414]

I use old motor oil on my fence post and all wood that is in contact with the ground. I also like using used transmission oil it soaks in the wood better. Thanks for your time and taking us along on your new homestead.

[@chronotis]

How does it look like now? Please send an update. :) I am about to make one, but oils sadly dont last long, so i am looking for a cheap but reliable alternative, hard oils or boiled wax maybe. Dunno. Any tips?

[@rbrivers64]

Great idea! I'm sure I'll steal this idea in the future!

[@ps18919]

Great job. I'm inspired, dad. 😃 We used motor oil for brushing our teeth, mouthwash, and as a hearty disinfectant for athlete's foot fungus.

[@offthehook4u]

Looks great! Love the natural feel to it.

[@TheASTrader]

Really well done! I think it looks better than stepping pavers.

[@brentderksen]

Love the path! Wood is my go to, as well. I've been looking at 2x4 boardwalks, with used oil, that looks nice too.

[@hollandspinehaven2634]

brilliant idea, we just picked up two loads of huge oak rounds that would make great stepping pads...

[@BluesandVR]

Never knew motor oil was the trick for wood slices! Thanks soooo much!!!!

[@angelalock403]

Great path. I was able to see you used linseed for the top but could you confirm what product you used on the underside of the wood slices please

[@onfarm6521]

I am all for using motor oil! Use it on the property all the time! I support your decision completely!!!

[@mamat8832]

Like the use of wood for the walkway. Really nice looking

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

Been using used Diesel sump oil to paint my hardwood posts(often set in concrete), softwood beams and trusses under sheds in a effort to ward off white ants (termites) for years...seems to work so far. Preserves the lumber AND recycles rather than dump it into expensive industrial cleaning depots. Also stops weeds and ants along building lines when necessary.

[@housetohomestead8628]

Love the path! Looks great!

[@sylviavega-ortiz3006]

Great idea. It's a work of art.

[@shahilasiddiqui8131]

U have wonderful idea !looking great !👍

[@BenjasUberHobby]

Really cool path there! Thanks for sharing :)

[@simplyimpish1055]

I did the same thing in Hawaii, where it is really wet and we kept slipping and falling on the wood...took it out for safety. Just be careful when it’s wet. Especially with the little ones

[@grosseileracingteam]

KZbinr Sixtyfiveford used motor oil to treat his shed he built from free pallet wood.Looks great and was free.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Tad A I have watched his series on that, he did an awesome job!

[@gabrelibre]

Hey, nice idea. I thought of making something similar, but I'm afraid that whenever these wood steps get wet, they get real slippery...

[@Gayle.M]

If you have a critter chewing on your board fence, paint it with motor oil. - said every old timer everywhere

[@swirlydesignherrera5284]

Great idea

[@PaulOtis]

that is a great idea! Thanks for sharing it.

[@DavesBoomBoomRoom1]

Next week I expect a "10 ways you can RE-USE motor oil". I like your style man. :)

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+David H lol, i was actually thinking about that

[@DillysADV]

Kinda cool. I like the idea. I admit, I did not even think about the motor oil issue but it may be because over the years I am sure I have ingested more from working with it that you ever could from it leaching into the garden soil. Looking forward to seeing the project at it pinnacle of production.

[@jinisteffani8035]

I just had a tree cut down, and the tree guy cut it up, to save me money having him haul it away...so now I got about 30 beautiful slices that I really want to make a path with...I think I might try the motor oil b/c the other stuff is really expensive...

[@fatimanunez753]

Great idea!!

[@craig.barker]

Thanks for sharing! In the end did you edge the path with any specific?

[@craig.barker]

A follow up video on how it looks now would be awesome!

[@paladin252]

Used motor oil is how homemade pressure treating. It's probably safer too.

[@ronkway]

I love the path. 😉

[@davidjacobs6500]

What a great walk way

[@Jarvis30]

Good video. You did beg the haters to comment, i think you enjoyed that! I was going to put in some walkways with the molds from the big box stores with a mix of cement, sand, and re-purposed cat litter (minus the lumps). having 12 cats i'd like to do something constructive with it. I wonder what comments I would get on that?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+joe wehrwein lol, cat pee walkway, I love it!

[@KA-wf6rg]

Curious to get your thoughts on a similar project I'm doing. I'm building some "stepping stumps" for my kids ... various heights/sizes of tree stumps, some of which will need to be buried slightly to stabilize. I've been worrying about it rotting though. So lindseed oil around the parts of the stump that are buried/in contact with the soil should be okay?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Soak the bottoms on used motor oil or linseed oil and it will be fine

[@KA-wf6rg]

@@SSLFamilyDad Many thanks my friend

[@KayNolte]

Love it!!!!

[@karlenrose]

Is that linseed oil you're painting on? I've paused numerous times so as to try to read your label...but it gets grainier the more I try....(maybe speak this part next time...?) Otherwise, congrats on a beautiful job.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Yes linseed oil

[@davidcrowson4745]

thanks for sharing great video!

[@thomasshaw9441]

You already know that you offended someone. Too bad people try and mind others business and can't control their own. Great video

[@dixsigns1717]

Loved it Thomas Shaw!

[@subee21]

I like the motor oil idea!

[@xanadu1jw]

My husband told me that his dad used motor oil on any dog that came around that had mange. Said it cured them. I would be afraid to try it but they said it worked.

[@Cre8edtoshine]

Brillant!!!

[@soldtobediers]

5:30 "Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it that often." 53117

[@dollyperry3020]

I personally wouldn't use motor oil need where I was growing food. I also don't use tires to grow food in. But I understand your decision.

[@thecynic807]

I thought you would have put the motor oil side down

[@TK-qu1ht]

You did well.

[@beth6085]

might want to keep the mulch away from the house.. it attracts termites.

[@n1ck3l51]

Hey! I thought this was a really good idea, I sent you guys a DM on Instagram about a TV show I'm helping cast that I think you would be interested in!

[@IMadeThis123]

You need a horse tiller to do this

[@argentumtaibhsear621]

Won't the oil poison your soil?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+argentum taibhsear yes and we will all most likely die this summer, but what better way to go?:)

[@argentumtaibhsear621]

I was furiously typing before you pointed that in the video. Editing that part in earlier would have saved you some emails, lol.

[@jonny_mazerati9410]

Yum

[@slatelambert4535]

You are not supposed to seal or stain bark it will make it fall off

[@SSLFamilyDad]

interesting, I have never heard of that. I guess I will let you know what happens with these but I assume the bark would fall off eventually anyway

[@35ABSTRACT]

I enjoy your videos; they provide lots of inspiration and motivation. As I'm aware you put a lot of stock into Christianity, I'll go easy. But...1. "easy" relative to what? Aren't you only one 5x7 cell and bad food away from hard as f*** prison labor?(rhetorical questions) 2. "Free"?? Eh, not so much. How much do the following items cost: chainsaw? Blade sharpener? Fuel/oil/personal protection? Wood chipper and/or wood chips? Motor oil? Two cans Boiled Linseed Oil? Brush? Line? *Okay, I get it. I'm assuming that you're assuming we, your viewership, have all the tools and resources on-hand and readily available. Even so, unless your homested is snack dab in the middle of the Sahara or Death Valley, any accumulation of H2O - be it dew or persistent rain - you'll have better traction/footing on polished ice. Considering you have little minions running around with little legs and the spacing of some of your slabs being what they are... (I did the exact thing as you but with only one transition piece from maple and both myself and my girlfriend can attest, through really sore asses and elbows, that this material/method will make any OSHA employee cringe). Rant done. Just be careful, but DEFINITELY keep doing what you're doing. Great stuff, brother.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

I will reply here because I find this comment amusing. I suppose easy is relative even for prisoners so if you are 90 years old this would be fairly hard, for me, and I would think most other men out there, this is a fairly easy task that took about 2 hours to put together. As far as tools, well shoot, I only used one tool, a dead tree, and some used motor oil to build this and you could leave the linseed oil right out and just go with motor oil all the way around if you wanted. If you don't have a chainsaw use your prison chains to saw back and forth until you have some nice discs of wood:)

[@35ABSTRACT]

SSLFamilyDad Well, relative to having a more ubiquitous, budget-friendly assortment of hand tools at my disposal such as a hand saw, hoe, shovel, and pickaxe vs engine driven chainsaws/tillers. (side note: please accept the following ideas as fodder for your channel's future videos... "natural air-conditioning" "compost generated water/air heating" "all house gray water diverting for outside uses" "rainwater harvesting" "hydroponically grown veggies" "flush your crap with rainwater not city/well water")

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+35ABSTRACT great ideas, I hope to tackle at least two of those topics this summer

[@jonathansalgado9194]

While I like the idea, I would hardly call it simple or free.

[@TheB2]

When the haters comment, YT picks it up as interest in the video and suggests the video to more people. Let em hate!

[@jonathansalgado9194]

TheB2 Hardly "hating". Clearly, unless you have a tiller laying around, a chainsaw, a truck load of mulch and a downed tree, then it's far from free.

[@TheB2]

wasn't referring to you...just saying overall.

[@marrerochica]

Most cities have listings for free mulch. Tilling can be done with a shovel and rake. He didn't say it was labor free. He had the wood , it was free for him 🤷🏾‍♀️.

[@TheMarkbarron]

Can't believe your going to grow food nearby where you have a know carcinogen that will leach. Just cause they did it in the old days isn't an arguement. I suppose you think smoking is good for you too?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Well, I expected a few comments such as this. I am pretty sure my argument consisted of a few different points than just "they used to do it". I suppose if I were to have sprayed them with lacquer or varnish you would have thought that was ok?

[@TheMarkbarron]

From what i just googled Lacquer come from shellac (bug secretions) disolved in alcohol, so doesn't sound that bad. A lot of toxins in the motor oil come from wear in the engine such as lead, zinc and arsenic. So new oil would be less toxic. I heard of people use wood chips as pathways, the tradition flag stone or crushed rock would be a better way to go. Not to mention that the wood can be slippery when wet, especially if it has oil on it.

[@TheMarkbarron]

Lacquer is made from shellac (from a bug) dissolved in alcohol so it sounds like a better option. Used oil has more toxins than new from wear in the engine such as lead, zinc and arsenic. Not to mention that wood gets slippery when wet especially when it has oil on it. I would go with a wood chip pathway, traditional flagstone or crushed rock.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Mark Barron fair point but I still think smoking is good for me:)