We have WATER!! // Van Life on my Desert Property

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[@64maxpower]

Isnt it nice to be genuinely happy for someone who you never met?

[@BigV96220]

💯 yes I totally agree 👍 👏 👌 ❤🎉

[@HendersonJen]

This! Yes! Linnea and Chris are just good people and it shows. And I love seeing them accomplish what they set out to do! It motivates me a lot. Lol

[@donaldfrazier5244]

These guys are just cool people! Love to see what they can accomplish!

[@Brandon-bc5um]

is it?

[@64maxpower]

@Brandon-bc5um for me I can say it is. You are a different feelings from me.And if you don't that's fine too

[@blue8857]

Wild clay: Be careful with your firing temperatures. 20 years ago, I had a guy in my class who spent an entire weekend digging clay out of stream beds north of here. He went through all the steps to create a workable clay, spun it out on the wheel into a gorgeous pot, then fired it. It survived the bisque firing, but the final glaze firing, he ended up with a melted rock puddle which oozed into other projects done by other students and he had to replace the kiln shelf, financially, because his experiment was a bomb. Do a small sample project and see how it fires!!! Have fun!!! God bless!!!

[@singularityscan]

She could do a self made raku stoke, on her land and she would most likely not go above the temperature!

[@billinns7676]

you should make a little pavillion by the well... add a sink to it with your coffee station

[@Pjbuck55]

Wow what a great idea!

[@qaosqitty8098]

I was wondering how long before Chris grabbed the hose to drench you after your innocent "It's so cold" 😂🤣😂. Love how excited you get makes me smile to see it. Thank you for sharing your adventures

[@kathryncatlett3829]

How many horsepower is your well pump? I’m at 7500 ft off grid in mountains of Idaho. Have 4500w generator after generator fail in the winter. Have Eco flows in the house.that work great on our small solar system but hadn’t considered it for the well pump. BTW, been meaning to tell you, you and Chris are welcome anytime. Or just you if you are rambling. Stocked Alpine lake 3 miles up the mountain. Our Eco flow powers our 3 bedroom house. Been here 11 years, have a garden and starting a second home for just me. ❤

[@Lobo4ever]

Looks like you're off to a great start, but it ain't easy bein' green--not in the mountain west! I've been gardening here for 30 years, and feel compelled to throw in my two cents. The wildlife will find your garden if you do not protect it somehow, probably right before your first harvest. Do you have culinary hose for your drinking water? If left in the sun, carcinogenic chemicals can leach into the water especially as garden hose ages. And finally, start investing in bamboo stakes! I have 8', 6', 5' and 2' lengths, from which I can make trellises, temporary fencing, plant supports, and myriad other uses around the garden. They're relatively cheap, sustainable, and last through the dry summers and harsh winters. Good luck! Mountain gardeners need more than the average bear.

[@GBuds_RVremodel]

Build a well-house, bathroom, kitchen building...put trapdoor on the floor and grow the mushrooms under the building. Get some worms for your raised beds...use drip irrigation to water everything. Utilize water catchment on everything you build...even on garden shades. You can use billboard tarps to catch water and create shades off both sides of your container. Lease me a place and I'll buy another container and build a connecting covered area. I have a plasma cutter and welders, lots of aviation fabrication tools and seriously good diagnostic skills. My career was troubleshooter in aviation industry.

[@sundaychamberlain228]

I love you and Chris together, you let eachother be yourselfs its awesome.

[@donaldfrazier5244]

Anybody who treats their dog like you do just makes you the best human ever,the first thing that I check out when I come across the van living group! So awesome I found your channel ! Much success and light always!

[@JNYC-gb1pp]

Being that you're in a dry climate, you should build a taller bed as most plants need at least a foot or more and you'll have enough space for large root plants. Rather than spending a fortune on soil, fill up the first 2/3 of it with twigs and leaves and then put soil on the top 1/3. All the twigs/leaves will break down slowly into the soil and provide a lot of nutrition. Start to compost and incorporate it into the soil to built the nutritional value. Also, MULCH so you keep the soil moist.

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

This one retired couple in the high desert of Texas years ago made a system that channels their septic straight into these purforated underground tubes they were growing their garden directly on top of. They basically built a recycled human manure works that directly self-fertilized their food garden from underneath. And the whole thing was basically a set of toilet-fed leach lines buried under their outdoor garden. It was genius.

[@Joseph-cy3ns]

Watching van life videos is a great way to cure my depression.

[@willaharlatt4862]

keep all your egg shells and when you have enough make sure they are dry enough, i put mine in the dehydrator for a couple of minutes, and grind it all up - its great for the garden esp for crops that need a lot of calcium like tomatoes etc. I never throw egg shells away these days

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

What I do every morning is toos my egg shells out in the back yard right as I crack my eggs in the pan. The powerful nutrients of the fresh egg goop getting into the soil has made my back yard look like that dark forest tuime lapse scene on the Jupiter moon Europa at the end of the 1984 scifi film "2010: The Year we make Contact." It works.

[@teaberrywmn]

The critters will find you. You are creating a wonderful oasis for them.

[@joecool7165]

Most green water hoses contain lead you should get an RV type that’s white

[@Christina_Moss]

I did not know that! Thanks for the education. My dogs play and drink out of the green hose and play in the sprinkler 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@GBuds_RVremodel]

Food grade...they aren't always white, but it's food grade you need. Several lined hoses work ,too

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

Make sure it's BPA-free plastic though.

[@joecool7165]

@@Knight_Who_Says_Nee I’ll have to look into that. I know a few years ago. It had to be white with the blue stripe to be OK to drink out of things could’ve changed. Thanks for making me aware. I’ll check it out.

[@lizzard-gx5jd]

When you have enough used coffee grounds for the shrooms, save the rest to sprinkle in your garden . Plants love it.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

It's also a great hand scrub and in a tiny cold bag for putting on the eye area when needed. I have tons of more uses for coffee grounds.

[@user-yy7mw7ey2n]

crying tears of joy for you as I watch water come out of that hose, Linnea. amazing moment. thank you for sharing it with us and continuing to show me what's possible for my life too. xo ALSO! you cooling off Akela was so sweet and the best

[@jenniferwolford4646]

Usually, if the deer have plenty to eat, they'll leave you alone. It was a mild winter. They are probably doing okay.

[@user-eu7jb8ev8t]

A minimum of 2,000 gallons of water (20 casing volumes times 100 gallons) should be flushed from the well. In some cases, allowing water to discharge from a garden hose for 24 hours can correct contamination problems. Get the water tested before drinking: DOH recommends that private well owners test their drinking water every year for coliform bacteria and nitrate. These two contaminants rapidly could affect a person's health-possibly even with just one drink of water.

[@MichaelWilliams-ro9bm]

Her water is filtered automatically actually because it is mountain water. Not like back east water where it’s 20 feet down.

[@user-eu7jb8ev8t]

@@MichaelWilliams-ro9bm Hopefully, always good have it checked out, even deep wells can have issues with high levels of arsenic and other heavy metals. Many wells have issues from the drilling, it can introduce above ground bacteria like e coli, jardiance into the well and contamination of well, you'll need shock the well with bleach to fix it, then retest it.. My brother in law a well digger for over 30 years, he always tell folks to run the well, get the test sample from the water spigot, never use the hose, since hoses have bacteria in them, could give a false reading, why you should never drink off a garden/ outdoor hoses. Anyways looking forward to her project...

[@MichaelWilliams-ro9bm]

@@user-eu7jb8ev8t actually been and currently on a well as we speak. I live at 6100 feet in elevation. I’m guessing she is up there also. No issues, but did well check against drillers advice 24 years ago. He explained how the water flows at 600 feet down. I live in NM.

[@cls85]

I love that when you "lose control" it results in more plants. that's just adorable and i'm all for it ; ) I'm a little surprised Akela is still so timid about jumping into the truck I love that you have access to a river for fishing. i know from previous videos of yours that its a fun past time for you. I'm glad you get a chance to unwind and step away : )

[@davidlundy5007]

I saw a movie once where this homeless guy was left in the desert and he came across a hole in the ground full of water where there wasn’t any water to be got for 100 miles around. He ended up filling a homestead claim on the plot and he sold the water to wagons coming across the desert. He became wealthy selling water to travelers.

[@ruthiewrangler9864]

I drill a hole in the bottom of plastic pots, and grow tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers that grow out of the bottom, and in the top, I plant my snap peas. They grow up the chains that hold the pot. No weeds. 2 posts in the ground, and another across the top with hooks. I think that would work for you. Your garden looks great.

[@KevinThorne2000]

Drinking water from the hose…. I believe you have a little Gen X spirit in you.🙂

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

I'm Gen-X and I wouldn't have drank it yet without the full pallet of decontamination practices like Shock Chrorination and checking for things like arsenic, etc. lol

[@rhondamckinley4373]

I had a friend harvest clay and later found out it had a high lead content. She harvested in Illinois, but I just thought I would share.

[@uniquevanlife]

I know how to grow mushrooms. You need buckets. For a little while, you put no air in those buckets. Then you start taking the little red plugs. You put into the buckets to create air holes and put. Surtrical tape over the holes. Remember not a lot of air holes. You wanted to stay as contained as possible and you want to continue spraying it with water. You have to keep these buckets at a certain temperature. Or they will start to turn green. If they turn green moldy, they're no good. The temperature I usually keep my mushrooms would be at least 70 Degrees. They grow best between sixty eight degrees and seventy. I wanna do a video but I don't know if it's legal. Because sometimes people will think it's bad psychedelic mushrooms. And I don't no if I can get in trouble just for growing regular mushrooms on social media. Let me know and if you think I'll be okay, I'll make a video. ❤ Just know that your mushrooms cannot be hot. They have to be a bit on the cold side. Heat will make the mushrooms go bad. I would love to show you how this hole goes. I'm sure somebody on social media here. Nose headed, do this and probably has videos. Truly excited to see how it comes out.❤

[@latifaagius39]

In desert gardens inc the beds are sunken so sun has less surface to dry out. I'd also suggest you put a few trees in within your hose length& use that water first coming out. No wasted water.❤. Congratulations! That is truly a richness.🙏🏽🌎❤️🌎🙇🏻‍♀️

[@petertratechaud7277]

Few crazy suggestions and future ideas. Suggest putting a check valve at the top of the well to put less stress on your pump, keep the lift pipe full of water and have it easier to get water flowing. Eventually you will want a pressure tank setup with a pressure switch in a little pump house along with a GFCI to protect the well pump. Definitely agree with others a little pump shed or shelter at the well is a great idea for this. Also like the ideas to have an outdoor kitchen or sink with hardline water pipes to hookup hoses and a drip irrigation setup. If you have not seen his DIY off-grid solar videos, go check out Will Prowse. Definitely suggest you look into putting a ground-mount solar rack on top of your shipping container and an inverter/battery bank in it for more off-grid power. An EG4 6000XP all-in-one inverter/charger would be perfect for your future needs.

[@chrisdaniel1339]

You may consider sending a water sample to get tested just to make sure your water does not have any harmful bacteria or heavy metals. Was a check valve installed just above the screen on the end of the well pipe? If not, a check valve will keep the pipe inside the well full of water so when you turn on the well pump the water will come out almost instantly. Consider putting a 90° ball valve on the end of your hose so no contaminants, insects, bugs, etc can enter the well through the hose

[@MyVanMonty]

As you poured water out of your bluey I thought "OMG, she doesn't have to go anywhere to fill up her water!!!!" Amazing.

[@hipshikesandadventure9110]

I want to thank you. I live in the midwest in Evansville, Indiana, and we have been under a dang heat wave, and I was losing my plants! I used your tip of using straw around them, and now they are thriving. No one in my house believed me , but it worked ! You're teaching us all ❤

[@AnthonyFlores-vq9ji]

For the cucumbers you have at the end of your bed, you're going to need a trellis. The vines grow to 5 or 6 feet. I would just staple some chicken wire to the end of the bed and put in some supports to take it out about 6-8 feet. Then start training the plants to go to the trellis. they'll take off from there. So happy to see you got water! YAY!

[@huysman505]

Lennea I follow you with admiration and with respect for everything you do, you are a great woman who can be there and be seen, stay as you are.

[@LisaSmith-xm6re]

The GIFT of life congratulations there is no better feeling than seeing natural water from mother Earth

[@michelelynn1010]

You can even have a kiddie pool for the dogs to graze in and cool off whenever they get hot❤❤❤❤❤ since you have that fresh water!!!!!! Woohoo🎉

[@valeriefrench9405]

That’s so exciting. You should build a little pump house over it that can be locked and also protect it. Keeps people from tampering with it.

[@JayneW911]

I love your gardening out in the desert! Here in Florida, we have an abundance of coyotes, they eat everything we grow outside! They eat all my neighbors, tomatoes, her strawberries, the other things, and ran away with her pumpkins😅 that may be the only local wildlife you’ll have to worry about eating your food😂 if you want to plan, something truly beautiful, that will grow with barely any water….. grow sunflowers 🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻 they grow amazing in the heat❤❤👍🏻👍🏻

[@heartdawg]

I live off grid and I have the 180 and 240 they are worth every penny! Get one!

[@DawnykaH]

So very happy for you! I love watching you live your dream! Having accessible water will definitely be a HUGE gamechanger!! And I saw your eyes light up discovering the clay on your land! Can't wait to see you make pottery from clay on your own land! Exciting!

[@BigggRoss]

You have a guy with a lumber mill, I am guessing he has lots of bark for your mushroom garden, Woodchips, chipped branches. Chip Drop, power line chippers, all the scrap end-cuts that are not pressure treated, all the scrub brush around you, chop and drop. Oh and arbor day foundation usually has tree saplings for you reasonably

[@shelliebancroft4145]

To grow your mushroom in a plastic tote with a good lead that tightly closes. The darker the tote, the better. My friend grows mushrooms, and that's how she does it, and she lives in the desert of Arizona . So that should work for you. Also, keep it in a dark place as cool as you can get it.

[@hopefulhope9123]

You might have mentioned it and I might have missed it so my apologies if you already talked about it they sell cattle panels that are extremely flexible and you could put in between two raised beds and make like a arch to grow whatever you want up over it they make great trellises also

[@normak63]

What a great find! Clay pitchers keep water cool 😎 👌 ❤

[@janeholt8678]

I love watching your excitement over all of the treasures you’re finding on your land! You are so creative and energetic, enjoy all of it! 💕

[@iamgrowler]

I love how you carry around a pocketful of snackos for Akela.

[@BTQ410]

Get second hand aquariums to grow your mushrooms in. You can then keep the humidity in the aquarium/terrarium. I know nothing about mushrooms, so I don’t know how much space you need, but I had a similar problem with growing orchids and I needed some humidity. I used terrariums. I actually have miniature orchids, so I didn’t need big terrariums. If you can’t find second hand aquariums, Petco sells them for a $1 a gallon once a year (not sure when they have their sale, and I think it may now be a 50% off sale).

[@brosecoaching4912]

Wonderful to see you getting water to your land. I hope you are using drinkable water hose and not a regular garden hose. Garden hoses contain toxic materials that get into the water you drink. Any RV store will have them for sale.

[@PlantmomjoyMD]

Loved the water fight😂😂, too cute 🥰. Super congrats on the water. I surely was cheering and excited for that moment. Looking forward to upcoming art content. You have a lot going on. You're a one of a kind.

[@janetkoball44]

Wild clay....never heard of it. I hope to see something that you make of it. It looks like you will have a glass studio. See you next time.

[@tarynjimison7889]

Once again you literally have the best frickin neighbors man!!

[@jtdo1622]

Another great video! I'm enjoying watching your progress! Congrats on this new adventure ......please keep the videos coming!!!!

[@angelicadial7513]

Some seeds need light to germinate so you might pull the straw back for those until they start and get big enough to overcome the straw

[@GaryYoung-eq1ph]

A large metal storage building (not box) house, barn types, with doors ,windows, even porches, prices from 10,000 to 50,000 !! And up

[@brucel399]

Congratulations on your well. It will make an incredible difference in your life over there. CHEERS from Colorado

[@tamalamaland]

So happy for you 🥲🥳❤

[@tammyyoung8695]

How exciting to get your water . I can feel your excitement. Congrats

[@lunatune3714]

You should look at getting a collapsible dog pool....could leave it by the pump for the doggies and maybe other critters...

[@stacyjones-erickson3147]

Harden secret. Food for plants organic worm castings! They are MAGIC for gardens!

[@stephanielake8169]

Not sure if it matters to others, but your hose connectors are likely lead. You can get lead free

[@ResoluteRonin]

If you spread out some blood meal on your topsoil it will deter small animals from digging up your plants. I use it to keep the squirrels from digging up my plants.

[@j87waldo]

Grow a food forest ! You can put open ended bottles on sticks in such a way it collects the rain and goes down the stick ....

[@jten6632]

Wicking vege beds made out of plastic water tanks are very good in arid areas. Also when you need to net/cover your beds, wooden posts with some ag pipe to make arches are easy and cheap. Trust me other animals will soon discover a reliable food and water source. Harmony for you.

[@andreaewert7204]

Watching the anticipation for the pump to bring up water 💧 and seeing your joy was awesome 🎉❤

[@ghostfoxx3502]

for your garden you can try a hinged door on top and in the middle a mesh screen of it. My mother made these so animals won't ger to her plants.

[@edwardkoonce3060]

Love watching your adventures! Glad your well is up and going! Watching you Have fun with the adventure and your fur baby is a great part of my day!

[@kcharrison1022]

Love watching you when the water came through ❤️ pure joy thanks for sharing your story

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

Love the trellis! We have rented a spot for this winter & we both can’t wait to grow something (lived on boats & in RVs for 30+ years) - so fun. What a gorgeous fishing spot!

[@user-tz9xk4su7f]

Happy to see you’ve finally got cold water good for you young lady ❤

[@David_11111]

Fantastic not sure Linnea has ever screamed like a little Girl :) so cool both of you x. well all 4

[@user-tz9xk4su7f]

Yes and you did that your water bore hole is everything you want it to be so happy for you my dear ❤

[@shanleander6009]

Pulling water from a well feels like magic..I have a well I start each spring and run water out to the DNR land and 3 acres of irrigated land by my house ..every year I’m thinking “ I can’t believe water is actually coming out and every year I give a little whoop and dance…you know, you might enjoy “A River Runs Through It” if you haven’t read it..that books is my heart !!

[@Brandon-bc5um]

Grow your shroomies in a container. Like a storage container. Keep it sprayed frequently, you'll be goood

[@elizabethdesousa8290]

Big pop bottles are great to grow mushrooms in. Moisture because the plastic sweats.

[@loriscott1568]

You really need to protect your garden, trust me deer or bunnies will take it out in one night. Good luck, excited for your water.

[@cynthiadorsett3988]

Great ad lib trellis! But, remember your wind storms. Anchor that baby to avoid a blow down. 😀

[@lynellethompson5521]

So happy for you that you got your pump working!! Is there a sprinkler for your garden in your future?? Beautiful wild iris by your creek!!💜💜💜 Blessings to you and Chris and your puppies!!👫🐕🐕💚💚💚

[@Ecofriendly-tq1vn]

Water is where life began

[@beajbrow4230]

Wonderful video. Love the stream of water. Just beautiful to be out in nature. The garden looks wonderful ❤

[@annewinning9723]

Figures … only Linnea would find wild clay in random tire tracks ….Winning!

[@kimyoungblood6711]

Welcome to gardening we always want more lol. Buy cattle panels for beans and cucumbers they grow fast and tall.

[@joslinmorrison8527]

Amazing glad you found water on your property. I love how you started your garden. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.❤😊

[@dyanprice4397]

Coffee grounds and egg shells are good in the garden too....

[@TheDogsBox]

@3:45 What about a van deck you can pull up to? A place to cast a bit of shade and basically be an extension of the van living space. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJrNpIWceqqkb7csi=Ex_ew2bttn_FfTO4

[@eileen8433]

Wow great idea!

[@geminitwinstryanythinggtta6554]

I’m sure people have been on here to tell you that you can get something for your water pump that doesn’t require power and I would say you should look into that. That way you don’t need to carry a battery you’re hooking up to any power. Garden nets for shading

[@hayleeromrell3000]

Being able to source your own clay is such a neat opportunity. I follow a potter called Melissa Weiss from Asheville, NC. She sources her own clay and her entire process is so fascinating. Her finished product is beautiful.

[@starfire8221]

Fantastic cold water! You are a pro in building. Enjoy

[@michaelide9380]

Wood ash , coffee grounds , egg shells make the best fertilizer for garden

[@l.b.3148]

Cucumbers work well grown up with a mesh cage.

[@elaineconn7393]

Such a fun video. You never cease to amaze me Linnea. When you want or need something you just get right after it. It is fun to watch you building & creating. Your videos are one of my favorites to watch!!

[@edm5356]

Happy that your water pump is going. Visually stunning video again. Thank you for the video

[@arazoelove6703]

Now you have to build a Greenhouse on the homestead, which would be so freaking cool and necessary 🤟💯❤️

[@kathrynmilesfenton2755]

I see a lot of hoses in your future!!! 😂 And plants, trees, flowers (cactus flowers) and veggies! You need tomatoes! The trellis for the snap peas looks great!

[@user-si5hi7dk3p]

You two are so cute! That is amazing! I love seeing your joy, it is so inspiring!! ❤

[@InfamousShark]

Water!!! Such a resource in the desert.

[@KimSchierl]

Thanks for being an inspiration! Congrats on all your progress.

[@gypsygirl19]

Girl you work so hard! Oh to be young again...❤

[@justiceO8149]

Amazing water 💧 you will be able to use the cool water to cool your future abode one day ❤

[@1GoodmorningSurvivors]

So joyful! Your videos make my happy!♥️🪶

[@shannonm2689]

Love the updates and congrats been watching since you started filming awesome work

[@simply.leen.]

I remember the lights coming on and crying along with you. Seems like that was only yesterday. Equally stoked with you for this land and all it's opportunities for you, Akela, Chris, and Kobuk. Such exciting adventures.

[@dorlu510]

Young lady, you are killing it!

[@tammycruz8189]

That was so heart warming seeing that water come out of that hose ( brought tears to my eyes ) I am so happy n excited for U Linnea. God Bless Ya'll.

[@tammycruz8189]

Ps. Akela loves the water ,thanks for sharing this amazing journey n adventure with me, Linnea n Chris ❤️ ♥️ 💖 💕

[@Rachellovescheese]

What a completely beautiful life you have & are continuing to create ❤