6 Families, 3 Homesteads | Regenerating an Abandoned Pasture | My Mentor

My sister Coreen and I walk her homestead property and discuss where the fences should go, the location of a food forest and the existing flora on the future pasture that will have to be replaced over time with forage for livestock.
Welcome to our self reliant homestead! Join us, Shawn and Dervla, as we create a resilient, abundant and sustainable ecosystem that feeds our families from the land in Ontario Canada. Using permaculture as our guide, we strive to become independent in water, food, energy and shelter, focused on beauty in form and efficiency in function.
Our Self Reliance is a life of compromise between my two daughters and my wife's preference for culture, comfort and formality, and I, with my love of chaotic and beautiful but challenging and often uncomfortable wilderness living. The resulting homesteads are an eclectic blend of modern with traditional, whimsical with practical, formal with informal, civilized with rustic.
Over the last five years, my wife and I designed and built our dream homesteads from scratch with very little outside help; from undeveloped, declining forest to a comfortable home and cabin with a prolific edible landscape for people and wildlife equally. For many years, we have strived to lessen our burden on others by taking full responsibility for the health and welfare of our immediate family while building a strong community around us, both online and offline. Now that the infrastructure is in place here, we will be spending more time working cooperatively with community members, including extended family, to collectively become more resilient while living a deeply satisfying and meaningful life. Thank you for being part of that!

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[Alone-in-a-dessert]

Texas here! THIS WAS THE CALI SHOW 🐕😆. Shawn this is amazing. You teach so many of us! Thank you! Great video! LOVE this newer channel! Just came from your other channel. Been watching since you built the first Homestead ( with the crazy neighbor ) . This is a fantastic thing to do for the family. Back to the days of the settlers. We have really messed this part of world up. Thank you for sharing with us! ( I do love the Cali show portion 💕) I have often wanted to ask if it is 1 or 2 L’s . Does anyone know? Thanks

[jerryfischer]

Thanks for starting this channel. This is more centered on how our families will be living ❤

[jlotoo]

So nice seeing Calli having fun with some other dogs. ♥

[sgrvtl]

This will be a wonderful journey to watch. I have enjoyed your other channels for several years. Beautiful land~! I can see the vision~!

[sandimatthews]

I have been watching your channels for years. I’m 71 and am enjoying your new content immensely. I am as self sufficient as I can be and grateful for what I and my adult children can provide for ourselves. Hunting, fishing and canning whether our own produce or purchasing from other small farms. Skills needed for such a time as this. May God continue to bless you and your family. Rock on

[constancemccrary]

Callie's presence is very meaningful and fun. She's such a sweet character and I love your relationship. She's not disrupting ever in my opinion. Your great admirer and fan.

[simply_lisa_lisa]

Wow!!! I see a field full of medicine. Goldenrod is one of my favorite go to crops for medicine. Callie's a good girl. It makes me happy to see her living her best life. I can't wait to see what you do with the newest homestead and look forward to meeting your sister. Peace, love and light.

[dellazoe]

Love seeing this new "whole family" channel. I am a fan and have followd your other 2 utube channels but this one really, REALLY interests me. Thank you for sharing all this!

[DorisGronewold]

Your sister's homestead is absolutely nostalgic. She made a great decision. You are good for yor family Shawn. My family thinks I crazy for my love of simple country living. They do not offer any assistance. Your work ethics are fantastic.

[mildredmorine]

My mother told me my sisters that something good could come from the bad if you allowed it to happen. I have lived my life applying her wisdom I have benefited from it. Shawn that philosophy has certainly came true for you your family from what you have said you are in a much better place than you were . I am so happy for you your family. You are living your life learning more as you go that is what makes life exciting, so enjoyable. I love your life what you are doing with your life, it is exciting enjoyable to watch. Thank you for sharing.❤

[johndunbar]

Fantastic plan. Glad it's all coming to fruition for you and your families. And if there's ever a background noise worth listening to, it's Cali.

[carolexo]

Sounds like you know what you're doing. How exciting to watch that pasture regenerate. If a pasture had thoughts, I bet it would be thinking, "Finally! Someone who will care for me"
You will be rewarded. 👍

[homeschoolontheCroft]

This is way forward - families working together, and then in the next layer, the wider community. First comment… all the way from Scotland!

[ryanmcn]

Shawn - your message is really important, and it amazes me how much evolution your channel, you and your family have gone through since I started watching back in 2017! Always humbling, and a great reminder to get back to work!

[deborahplyler]

Your values in life is so wonderful and working together with family is Great, helping each other what a blessing.

[Sue-ecun]

It's a good plan! I'm glad you and your family have decided to work together for the future. It's a tried and true way to manage good, healthy lifestyles.
And yes, goats are good to start, they are the first step in clearing or keeping clear and fertilizing fields. And I've heard there are certain breeds of pigs that are good for this also. I'm looking forward to watching how this all plays out.

[sadieme]

You and your extended family are amazing. The Discovery Channel or an HBO special of some sort would be another great opportunity to spread awareness about what humans can do to become self-reliant again, I am in awe of your intelligence, dedication and love for family, humanity, nature and community. Continued good health and give that beautiful golden dog a hug for me.

[jackfanning]

Shelter, water, food, energy - good plan to go. Next - security. Keep the government and other marauders at bay.

[CorkyMak]

I love this vision like The Kilcher Family Homestead in Alaska! Their entire family generations have been there since the 40’s

[juditate]

I am super interested in the future of your family and the farmsteads that are going to be restored. Looking forward to watching every one of the videos.