Homesteads Are Not Build In A Day! First Things To Do On A Homestead!

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[sharilynfritz]

You weren't kidding! Your dog made half a dozen laps around the chicken coop. So funny!

[mosbysmen]

plant fruit tree's your years from your first harvest . i was planting grape vines as soon as the land was cleared

[mmxieru]

Closing on a five acre property next month. First thing is driveway, large out building, house site cleared, septic, well and temp power. Now I can move the camper and start the garden, chicken coop and house.

[judymiller]

" start as big as you can start..." This is SUCH good advice. Our culture is pretty impatient~ (i've been guilty of this, esp with my central FL garden). What you said about standing back and observing the arc of the sun, in all seasons, is important when planning a garden. Such a good video, Eric, thank you.

[tjmooney]

Trailer/rv/shed, Well, septic, solar, garden, chicken coup

[carriejensen]

Best newbie info video I've ever seen. 100% agree on all of that. I wish I'd seen this 4 years ago and would have put together a better plan... but I'm getting settled in my tx homestead and starting my garden this season. Prepped up with 3 years stored. 4 cats. 2 guard dogs. Well. Creek. Pond. Water storage. And no debt! I'm blessed and thankful.
Would love to see your list. I kept my Things DONE... IT FEELS GOOD TO READ!

[PraxisPrepper]

Great way to break it down - doing it in layers.

[HappyRunMe]

I’m in east Texas zone 8b and we moved here about a year and a few months ago. You’re not kidding about prioritizing infrastructure. We are living in our RV while we build our home. Last year we built our off grid solar shed, got hooked up to water (had to trench 1200 ft!) and set up a rain water collection and automatic irrigation for our garden beds. I was able to grow lots of fun foods for us while building. Summer was the hardest though. It was just too hot for us (which is funny since we moved here from the NV desert, but it’s a dry heat lol). We spent lots of time inside w/the AC. I’ve never sweat so much in my life. Lots of plants didn’t grow. It was too hot. My tomatoes were phenomenal though but got only one solitary squash the whole year! Lots of green beans and peppers and lettuces/chard/collards etc and boy I learned a lot about gardening in zone 8b sandy soil.😮 This year is fun so far. That freeze in Dec killed every single plant (including fruit trees) except my garlic and one parsley plant. 😮 I am starting over! Nice to see another homesteader nearby! I’m in the piney woods though. 😁We love it! What a journey. I am learning to be patient and wait for things like building my chicken coop and getting chickens. It is especially hard right now with the egg situation. 😏Still, the house is the main priority and the garden needs to be a side project or side hobby (on autopilot) while we build. We just started the foundation and it’s so exciting! We formed a FB group with other land owners in our little neck of the woods and it’s so cool. Our neighbors next door have been helping out and sharing some of the work and cost to get the water to both our properties. They also found out who provided water to our area as well (we tried having a well dug but several thousands of $$ later they found no water in two places we tried) so that was a huge help. They also helped us figure out the power situation as well which will be important later on.

[bryanbogasky]

Love. My first and immediate thought is water and energy.

[nommindymple]

If you hook a harness up to that dog and hook that up to some kind of driveshaft in the middle of your chicken coop, you could generate power or pump water or something. :)

[wilsonshanty]

Great info! Your pup was entertaining! 😂 God Bless!

[Lori-qkuo]

Perfect advice. This is what I was looking for.

[jpage]

💯 I have spent last couple of years doing all this.. still trying to just get the property infrastructure set up.. main issues and still learning… water purity, pest/ disease and preserving..

[juliebarnett]

Great advice. Thanks so much. I'm like you. I make lists and I like to draw things out. 👍🏼

[thisorthat]

Starting on a new to me property. 2 acres with house, two stalls, and a coop and run onsite. Need to learn how the sun moves and where the snow stays on the ground. Will build a greenhouse next to the house to extend my growing season. First time dealing with deer so I will have things to learn. I will take it slow with animals besides chickens. Mainly I want to build community in my new area. Thanks for the ideas about drawing things out as I have to deal with slopes.

[sarawheeldon]

That's one hyper dog!😂 Thank you for the great advice!

[zuzax]

When planning out a homestead, or even the layout of a highrise apartment, you should mentally picture what you want it to look like when it is finished.
Or, as the saying goes, imagine what you want written on your tombstone or in your obituary, and work backwards from there to make it happen. Same goes with planning the layout of your property.
One problem with Google Earth is that many of the images are, or can be rather old. I often use it to find a shipper or receiver's layout to know where the truck entrance is, if I've never been there before. About 10% of the time, it shows a cornfield. Find a friend with a drone that can take video and have them fly around the perimeter of the property, if there isn't a recent view. It might help if you know where the utilities are buried. You can get different colored carpenter's chalk (for plumb lines) to mark where they are, then get pics and transfer that to a plot plan.
As always, great advice.

[carolewarner]

Glad I found your channel the other day. We're pretty much on the same page!

[clarencewiles]

On a farm or home stead it’s always a work in progress.

[thepressedpig]

We are moving to our cabin that we have been building thru the years oct 1st, even though it’s not quite finished yet but high rent is forcing us out! Thank you for your video!🥰🥰