This house is self sustaining! A zero-waste home that feeds and provides energy for its inhabitants

[@ommanipadmehung3014]

This guy is truly brilliant. I wonder how I can take at least one thing from this into my house?

[@phillee2814]

My grandparents fed themselves, 3 children and grandad's mother (in the other half of the semi-detached home) from their combined gardens through WW2, and barely used their ration except to use their egg ration for chicken feed and for butter. They had a couple of pigs (piglets bought at intervals, so it was a smaller but more frequent supply of meat), many chickens, and my father bred rabbits for the pot. They only had a couple of apple trees (both apparently kept well if individually wrapped in newspaper and stored in a cool place) so did fruit picking for a share of what they picked, with which they made jam to last the year. It wasn't all that huge a plot, but with pigs & chickens getting kitchen scraps and garden waste, they did well. All this while grandad was both a schoolteacher and ARP (Air Raid Precautions) warden and gas officer for the district, cycling to any unexploded bomb in a 15-mile radius to test for noxious substances as the sappers unearthed it for him to swab and test before the thing was defused by the disposal experts. For this, the ministry installed a telephone for him at home - a rare privilege for a civvy during WW2 and the first in their street. 3 digit number which I still remember (261) which shows how few there were back then. People traded surplus in the immediate area, and although not beekeepers themselves, they hosted a hive for a local one and got a share of the honey in return. They were not going to let Hitler starve them!

[@FlowHive]

Wow quite amazing, thank for sharing this insight into your family history. -Kieran

[@TheMarkvq]

This is really awesome.

[@FlowHive]

It really is!

[@cpturrini]

Great vid that garden and house are beautiful!!!!

[@FlowHive]

Very amazing! -Kieran

[@bunkerliving]

Love it!

[@wolfywinks4192]

My first hive which was a one 10 frame 1 super

[@FlowHive]

Nice!

[@Douglas-1994]

Is the brood box for the bees to consume in the floor frames for us to consume?

[@FlowHive]

The Flow Frames in the top box are the surplus of honey the bees are bringing in, learning about your season is important and how much honey your bees will need for themselves. It might be that they have enough stores in the brood box, or they might need an additional box full of honey in the colder months. Either way honey is only harvested from the surplus they bring in, and you can leave as much honey for the bees as they need, they will have reserves in the brood box also. -Kieran

[@abisupriadi2842]

Where location hip?

[@FlowHive]

Hey there :) Joost's place is in Victoria, Australia. - Danika

[@AnthonyCassidy50]

Stopped watching as soon as the introduction was spoken next to a roll of rusted fence wire hanging from the ceiling.