WHY did they do this! Our homestead journey

[@rosecromhout5892]

A great community you have there. I couldn't believe my eyes. No regard for farmland discarding rubbish like that. It does make one think about what you buy and what you can rather refill in your own containers at shops.

[@OffGridBruce]

I have a fantastic community around me already and I’m so grateful for their help. I think I would have been overwhelmed without them

[@michelecarroll8168]

Maybe if you put the dolls on a post along the edge of the ditch people will not throw their rubbish there. Lol they will be too scared🤣

[@OffGridBruce]

😂

[@edwinfarquhar7000]

Well said Bruce. You're actions and insights provide perspective.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Ed. Hope you guys are well

[@annetjievz]

I think your wife might just be my new spirit animal. She's delightful! 😁👌

[@OffGridBruce]

That she is!!

[@debbietodd8547]

OH to be back to a world where neighbours pitch in and help each other! I have missed this for a long time. People don't even make eye contact let alone talk to each other these days.......Sad Community is so vitally important and we've lost that.

[@OffGridBruce]

I feel back in that world and very lucky to have such great neighbours

[@Yaketyyak21]

It’s very important to have good neighbours.

[@OffGridBruce]

Totally. I’m very grateful

[@livingoffgridinscotland]

We’ve been clearing rubbish too, all week, but out of rental properties, 6 transit van loads over the weigh bridge, a lot of it is because people can’t be bothered to sort their rubbish properly, then their bins don’t get emptied, so it just accumulates in their back yards…. To a certain extent the council’s are to blame as it’s so difficult for people to dispose of domestic waste properly these days and it’s so easy to fly tip or pay some guy off Facebook £20 to fly tip it for them!! - Rant over 😂

[@OffGridBruce]

I know what you mean but for me I kind of think why do we have half this stuff in the first place. Feel despair over this subject really

[@livingoffgridinscotland]

@@OffGridBruce because society has changed, everything is now disposable, no one gets a fridge, washing machine or cooker repaired anymore, they just buy new, no one buys a secondhand buggy, pram or sofa, they just buy one on tick, out of the catalogue or put it on a credit card. The amount of takeaway boxes I’ve bagged this week because people are too lazy to cook or can’t cook is unreal….. I’ve got a house in Hartlepool to empty soon and I’m debating putting the video on KZbin, it’s full of pizza boxes

[@OffGridBruce]

@@livingoffgridinscotland you should

[@banzy3]

5:12 I chuckled a little as I'd just been watching a previous video where the first thing you installed was a trampoline. I got one the same for my kids, and one thing I'd recommend is bringing any of the blue plastic bits that cover the poles or springs, indoors during the winter. I didn't and three years later the cold weather just disintegrated it, and now I have tiny bits of blue material everywhere. On the plus side the metal frame can be recycled into useful things for the garden.

[@OffGridBruce]

😂 I know after Cearbhuil had said that I was like ooops but I felt it needed to go in as food for thought. The kids have had that trampoline for about 5 years so far and it’s been used all year every year apart from our time living in the van. That blue stuff as you said has completely deteriorated now. It was very confronting to collect all the rubbish and seeing everything I have ever owned/used in my life so far dumped. Part of me would like to go full Mark Boyle and turn it all off and go to a more simple life

[@banzy3]

@@OffGridBruce I'd say it was a worthy investment for your kids. I understand where you're coming from. We're a family of four (two youngish kids), we grow our own, cook on outdoor wood stoves, heat with wood and very rarely buy anything that isn't essential. It's easier to do when you have land, resources and experience, and not so easy if you're in a town or city. The simple life is not so simple in practice, but it does have its rewards. :) Like yourself, I have worries about what might happen if the money runs out, but I've been doing it for years now, and things seem to work themselves out. It does get easier, and after the initial outlays you can live on less.

[@FabbedFun]

"Rubbish" sounds so much more classy than "trash" or "waste." There are a lot of places within a few miles where people just throw things out of their cars. I sometimes find empty bottles or cans in my front yard from people who can't find their own trash can at home. Good video! Keep making things around you better, and you'll find a sense of accomplishment. Great work.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks. I actually thought about my subscribers from the other side of the Atlantic and wondered if the term rubbish would stick out. Thanks for the encouragement

[@FabbedFun]

​@@OffGridBruce Just be you! A fresh vocabulary lesson could help us out over here haha!

[@johngreene3376]

Trampolines make a very good chicken pen also wen properly wire meshed and roofed

[@geraldineteggart3627]

Well done to you all for cleaning up the land, so sad that others are very inconsiderate of nature and not thinking of other people have to live beside that, I wish your family all the best in your new home may your home and your hearts be over flowing with great peace love joy hope ,good health good friends God Bless❤❤

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you 🙏

[@JK-gr4jr]

You folks are doing great job. Its such a shame some people are horrendous fly tippers and its worldwide problems?! Have a great weekend.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏 I’m not sure what the long term solution is really

[@JK-gr4jr]

Its all about educating specially young people. I teach my grandchildren to pick up rubbish and put it to bin. Im very sure your children will never do and can educate their school mates. Thank you for fantastic and inspiring videos you do.

[@marcusd2380]

Get a few signs up for cctv in areas where the tipping is happening. There’s a lot of work and expense in clearing it all up. Ur right we all add to that cycle of generating rubbish. There has to be a better way. Grow ur own be as self sufficient as you can. Buy eulogy that will last and can be repaired.

[@OffGridBruce]

@@marcusd2380 my neighbour has a similar idea

[@janonthemtn]

Some people just refuse to take responsibility for their trash. They don't want to pay to get rid of it. They used that place for their personal dump, disgusting.

[@rathfarnhamD14]

What a piece of Work. I just love what you and your family are doing, it was a dream of mine when I was your age to do this and you guys are doing it as I could only have hoped for. All the Best Quill

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏

[@batyushki]

When we bought our little place there were refrigerators floating in the pond and all sorts of rubbish lying around. Nothing to the amount you had to clean up but it is amazing what people will dump in the most sensitive areas. Great job cleaning up.

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s crazy what people leave behind

[@NashipurSinha]

This is one of the best video I've recently seen. May we all recognize our hypocrisy and do better so that we leave a cleaner, kinder world behind.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏 it’s a hard pill to swallow when I saw my own failings but a good lesson for me to learn

[@acelticmiscellany]

Been watching for ages, first comment: Good Going Guys!!!!!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you 🙏

[@christinamontano11]

When we moved into our house in Maine there were old dumps all over the property...mostly with old bottles and dishes. I think bc they were mostly used in a time before plastic. And there were old cars everywhere too...I loved the young boy in the beginning of the video with the camel blazer ...helping with the rubbish. Its almost spring in Maine. Can't wit to get into the garden!

[@OffGridBruce]

Good luck with this years gardening. Getting rid of rubbish is very expensive so I guess it encourages fly tipping

[@sidninewton5377]

Well you are getting the place cleaned up. They have probably duping stuff there for years before you moved there. The place is occupied now sooo Mabe they won’t dump any longer on your land. But anyways it’s your land now ! I’m enjoying your blogs. I wish your family well -

[@OffGridBruce]

I think it was dumped a long time ago judging some of the things we recovered. Thanks for watching the videos 🙏

[@Lamhan_Scotland]

You and your very eloquent friend are so right; we’ve really all got to take more accountability. So glad to have found your channel :-)

[@OffGridBruce]

I’m glad you found my channel to. It was very confronting dealing with so much rubbish that I recognise as things I have used myself

[@mikebourke1185]

Great Job the Clean up. Nice When Friends lend a helping hand.. A BBQ later n music 🎶 to round off a Perfect Day. 🥰 Peace ✌and healthy life .

[@OffGridBruce]

I have great friends and neighbours here. I am extremely grateful

[@Starlight22215]

Why can’t my neighbours be like yours? Mine are sooo materialistic. They think I’m the mad one.

[@jembo1959]

Well done Bruce and Family excellent job done there, most of it could have been recycled by the people that dumped it, why o why I ask myself I'll never understand. but again well done to you all.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks jimmy

[@FreeBirdUKVanLife]

Great job clearing all that rubbish. Not sure what the alternative is other than taking it to the dump, but I hear ya. I spent the last 2 years clearing up a river bed up in Cyprus on my own and there was still a ton to clear when I left in Feb. It all went to the dump too unfortunately 😕 love the tyres, they would make a great raised bed or two.

[@OffGridBruce]

That’s my thoughts exactly! Well done for clearing that river bed

[@roberthales4267]

Thank you for sharing

[@davidfennell5124]

Great work by you all Bruce on the clean up. You are all great custodians of the land you are on 👍

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks David. It’s looking so much better but lots more to sort out

[@CrustyLees_engineeringish]

Might be worth installing a trail cam or two just in case the flytippers return

[@OffGridBruce]

I am going to invest in some cameras definitely

[@joobrien]

Very honest and poignant for our modern society.

[@sheelaghomalley5459]

You're so right Bruce. We need to think about sustainability and I think (on a positive note), more and more of us are. Sorry yourself and Annie had to deal with all that rubbish. But it looks like you have a strong tribe around you x

[@OffGridBruce]

Ah we have some great people round here

[@1956vern]

Wow! Good job!

[@leigh7776]

Great job 💜🧡👍🏻

[@j2darod655]

Hi Bruce and famalam I am a new subscriber and I am a serial bulk watcher currently going threw all your videos from start to finish I am on day 2 and this is where I am up to. Keep up the good work 👍

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks for subscribing I appreciate the support

[@Jeffrey.shorts64]

A very meaningful video Bruce, sending out a great message to the world. We all need to be more mindful, about how we treat the Planet. We can all do better, thanks for sharing. Love to you and all the family (Community) 💚❤️💜🙏💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you 🙏 it was a very eye opening experience for me that’s for sure

[@guitargirl7452]

What a job! Well done on all that hard work. I don't understand the mentality of the flytippers either.

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s maddening

[@johnmcnichol8330]

Good question….what a piece of work is man….

[@robscoble1579]

Another good thought-provoking video (you were 'on a roll' during the first part 😜), although I am now questioning my subscription to your channel after your friends hesitancy to endorse it! 🤣 Seriously though, great job tidying up there like hardcore Wombles. It reminds me that some of the rubbish left on our land is nothing in comparison! It is sad however that someone has actually gone to the trouble of sorting out the recycling only for some numpty to just go and fly tip it?! I do also question how much of our recycling actually really gets recycled though...

[@OffGridBruce]

It was unreal the amount we pulled out. There is still more to get to. I think it’s accumulated over a few years and some time ago. It’s looking so much better anyway

[@TheFarminskis]

Where do people think their rubbish will go if they do that?? Well they don't do they I suppose, or they don't care. At least they were courteous by separating it up 😅 I think Annie's song should be the new theme song 🎵😄 And I couldn't agree more with what your friend said about remembering why we're here. Every time I wash out a jar or tin I think...where will you end up...so I know what you mean. You and your family are doing great, just keep going 👍 p.s. I've moved from my personal account (BroniaK) to this one since me and my partner are starting our adventure over to Ireland in May, so if you still need help clearing then, we're down for it!

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s a strange world we live in right now. That song is actually from a childrens show we saw years ago but has always stuck in our memories. Send me a message on Instagram when you are around if you like.

[@BroniaK]

@@OffGridBruce oh maybe not then 🎵😅😅 Amazing, will do 😁

[@kateburk2168]

It's a good feeling to see a job like that completed. But 40 + yrs back, I found myself with trash bag in hand walking the property along side of a dirt road that lead to 3 more holdings. Discovered the young folk still at home would toss out their beer & bottles, (plus empty bags of snack food,) hiding evidence from their parents, I would guess. Some people would have rather buried their rubbish than to go & pay for landfill. After a another 50 yrs or so, one could invite archeologists from the university to come & dig it.😊🤭😸

[@OffGridBruce]

I think that’s actually common in some farms burying rubbish. I remember getting severely told off by my mum when I was little for dropping litter. I never forgot 😂

[@dreadedscotslass]

Well done guys! That was really shocking to see how lazy/cheap other people are.

[@OffGridBruce]

It was a very surreal experience. The dump is very expensive so unfortunately I think it encourages fly tipping. This stuff has been there a while though I think

[@dreadedscotslass]

@@OffGridBruce some people disgust me. Where I live its starting to look like a tip at the sides of the roads. Totally shameful of people x

[@eoinrogan8478]

Always inspiring vids. Keep it up folks.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you 🙏

[@janeyeadon4954]

Well done for that super display of helping our planet breathe and great that you've found further use for what people have thought as just rubbish.

[@OffGridBruce]

I’m thinking raised beds with those tyres

[@kategreen-adarkcarnival6747]

Well done all of you and really important comment Bruce! Kx

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you Kate 🙏

[@ElisandeWalters]

it is so difficult to make truly informed decisions for any given individual. GOod on you, for thinking ahead. Also, that looked like a lot of hard work

[@OffGridBruce]

It was a crazy amount of work. And there is still more to do

[@cclose8007]

Love you Annie you’re so funny and wise x

[@OffGridBruce]

She is isn’t she

[@SDugan52]

I hope you and your family are well. I was looking for a video of your progress. 😊❤️👍

[@OffGridBruce]

We are great! Thank you 🙏

[@mosbysmen]

great job cleaning up the land , you could bury those tires standing up in the ground and make a play ground for the goats

[@OffGridBruce]

They would love that but I move the goats every week

[@janonthemtn]

I make my own soap now to avoid plastic bottles.

[@OffGridBruce]

Nice

[@effygram8159]

Great videos! I am currently living in Dublin but have had it in my mind to go off grid for some time now. It’s a shame that prices in my native county, Wicklow, are so crazy.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks. The last year has just been crazy for prices. I hope you manage to find something

[@LiLBitsDK]

wise words, we don't need all the junk we buy, people want it because they want to distract for their sad lives and think they need it to be up with the joneses... but they don't

[@OffGridBruce]

Consumerism is a great sedative

[@johnmooney3258]

Hi Bruce, discovered your channel recently.love all your videos.its amazing looking at the progress you and your family have made, the last year.love what your about,and what your trying to achieve with your property.your a great inspiration,and role model,for people,who want to do the same. I've a similar way of life to you,and I know the time and effort,it takes to achieve your goal,but it will be worth it.in a couple of years time,you will be able to see all you achieved.the world needs more people like you.all my regards to you and your family,and all the best for the future.you deserve to have,what you have.bye for now👍.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks John. What a lovely comment. I feel incredibly lucky to be here and to have such good friends already and lovely neighbours. I feel like I am seeing rewards for the work already 😊

[@louisbloomfield4819]

Just a suggestion but u guys should build a massive pond ✌🏼

[@OffGridBruce]

I’d love a big pond

[@Jesus-hk7cq]

I thought it was a good initiative to collect garbage and keep the environment in good condition. I have participated in cleaning up the seabed in my country, and you are aware that it would have There must be a greater habit of recycling and caring for the environment. Very good idea to make videos with this theme!

[@OffGridBruce]

Well done on looking after this beautiful planet!

[@wardy5555]

Seen a man on youtube that makes diesel from disregarded plastics.. that can run any diesel engines.

[@OffGridBruce]

He must be popular at the moment with the price of diesel

[@oxymom2002]

I really appreciate your comments at the end of the video. I’m going to do a better job, too.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏 I’m definitely wanting to do better

[@kevindarke2744]

Keep an eye out for Stig in that rubbish dump.

[@OffGridBruce]

😂 I’m still looking

[@alvaalvarado2587]

I still think that we are too unsupportive throwing those things in the field, in my country it happens the same

[@OffGridBruce]

It was very confronting that’s for sure

[@shaneconnick5030]

Make a pond out of one the tractor tires

[@OffGridBruce]

I’d be interested to see what that looks like

[@shaneconnick5030]

@@OffGridBruce ya look them up there deadly looking

[@kierancotter2382]

All illegal dumping is completwpy unacceptable.. but this is a frightening amount of bruscair..... i appreciate your effort

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s maddening isn’t it. I’m not sure what the answer is though

[@leestimis9264]

Yes yes yes!! Humans??? What and why....

[@magcurran100]

An awful lot of hard work. You are being very charitable to the fly tippers.... they should be jailed.

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s a level of unconsciousness I can’t imagine

[@lazycarper7925]

hi please can you tell me what you pay in council tax a year, for a holding this size, im looking at something exactly like yours and i cant move in for 2 years so ill need some idea of what ill be paying while its empty and when living there , thank you!!!!

[@OffGridBruce]

There is no council tax. Just land property tax which you pay each year. Mine is just over €100

[@lazycarper7925]

@@OffGridBruce bingo, thanks thats great

[@lazycarper7925]

was all this dumped before you moved on to the land, or do people still dump now you live there?, seems like alot of stuff

[@OffGridBruce]

It was before we moved in

[@luisaleonardi666]

Do you think that the nasty people who threw everything into your property will come again. Will you consider to protect your land somehow? You'll continue..to clear the property with your faithful team that will make il a dream work, as you said..

[@OffGridBruce]

No the stuff is old. There was a time in Ireland that they didn’t have waste facilities and there was also a long period of time when the place was uninhabited. Now there is lots of activity here it’s not a good place for people to dump

[@angelabyrne154]

Christ, how much did that cost you to get rid off? Heartbreaking reality of overconsumption.

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s €240 a tonne 😳

[@sshaw4429]

For shame!!!! How/what/why would people just dump waste! My house, discovered the family prior had buried diapers!!! A mountain of diapers. And we HAVE trash pick up. I’m dumb founded.

[@OffGridBruce]

it is mad isn't it

[@jacksg1809]

Jealousy probably ... What a load of s that is 😡

[@OffGridBruce]

There was a fair but there

[@tonieveritt7045]

Morning bruce why do people flytip its just a joke mind you they dumped loads the trouble is you can never catch em be nice if you could neally all done anyway untill next time keep safe

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Toni. It’s an unconsciousness that’s beyond my understanding.

[@grainnedalton3448]

not that it makes any difference but that rubbish has been there for a few years

[@OffGridBruce]

I’d say you’re definitely right there. I think it’s accumulated over a few years

[@vivalaleta]

Fishwife.

[@connmallon]

just started watching your channel, how is there so much rubbish you need to clear ? Otherwise, you seem to be doing something interesting

[@OffGridBruce]

Hi Conn. a lot of the rubbish will have been from back in the day when there was no dump to take it too and the rest I think was from fly tippers from when the house was empty for years

[@Corfine]

traffic wardens or litter warden go through bags looking for letters with names address some times if the see car they take number of car find out off motor tax offices owner of car

[@OffGridBruce]

We literally just had more dumped while we were away but this time my neighbour found an address inside

[@diratlion1664]

that amount of rubbish give an illusion to me, it was the previous owners

[@OffGridBruce]

I’m sure it’s not the last people who owned the place. I think it’s a mix of fly tipping

[@linajackson4545]

Terrible

[@danielscullion3422]

Thankfully no bodies.

[@OffGridBruce]

Definitely 😳

[@johngreene3376]

Their dumping rubbish in all rural areas unfortunately, very very disgusting. In my property i removed years n years of nylon rope and netting that was dumped by a farmer. Type of rope nd stuff that holds bales of hay and sileage together. I mean it was buried under loads of stones and stuck to tree roots for a good 40 metres. Since i moved into the property ive removed as much as i can see and the farmer also saw me one day rooting it all out. Ive messed a small but with the river (small stream) nd mae quiet big pools that now holds about 40 or 50 trout. Its amazing the way all these fish have been breeding nd its beautiful to watch how a tiny shallow narrow river can now hold wild trout again.

[@OffGridBruce]

Wow that’s amazing about the trout!

[@emmetnolan7081]

Some people just don’t care.

[@OffGridBruce]

True