His Secret Has Grown

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Lou, Dana, Max & Freja
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[karafolkerts]

I've been following/watching you guys for YEARS and I have to say, to this day you are still some of my favourite youtubers. You are so incredibly genuine! You inspire so many by truly staying true to yourselves. Whether it's travel, van life, homesteading, creative pursuits, vegan to non-vegan. I'm so inspired and have nothing but utter admiration for you both!! Sending you so much love!

[ode_to_you]

That was such a sweet moment when Lou prepared the bath and set candles out for you, wow the love between yall is so beautiful <3

[amiram]

You are absolutely right. Lou does a great job bringing so much calmness to the videos. Everytime a video is posted I get so excited, because I know how much peace watching your videos will bring me. Love you guys and always supporting you both <3

[ursamiklavcic]

Hey, I'm a biologist from Slovenia, where we also have a huge problem with the Japanese Knotweed, as the little bastard can propagate from any remaining twig you leave. The only solution we found was working in Ljubljana on the Castle hill was, first cutting the plant and covering the whole area with black plastic covering(so that the light can not get through) for I think it was more than a year. If you ever want to use this area and don't want the weed to spread to your other areas.
And just a p.s. I love the intro, it reminds me of your time or building and traveling in the van :D

[stephanielee]

I love how happy the discovery of the first blueberry made you! Lou made a lovely bath for you, so sweet!

[SarahHorner]

Knotweed is like an organic security system. Even a drone wouldn’t help someone spot what you’ve left in that field. 😂

[maheymans]

The Japanese weed, the more you touch it, the more it will grown. And just a little peace of it stuck in your machine can take anywhere else on your property ! Clean well your machines ! Here in Belgium it is the same. Very complicated plant. Thank you very much for your art and videos.

[Howulikethemapples]

Loved watching this video <3 So sweet all this homey and natural footage. About the Japanese Knotweed, I just wanted to add that what I read/learned is that you sometimes need to excavate the area where it grows, or put pigs there (probably a special breed) that dig up the roots. I dealt with them in a relatively smaller area in a garden and they brought me to tears.. the roots look like sweet potatoes! Anyway, I don't meen to sound discouraging, just wanted to share what I read and heard. Some ground covering plants may also help to keep them down, but maybe only in smaller areas. My neighbors said to keep pulling them out or mowing them, to wear them out. Whatever you do, as others said, don't accidentally spread them around or put them in the compost. We actually put them in the regular trash.

[laartjevanhorrik]

I knew I recognized your voice in the beginning of the video!! I always watched your vanlife videos about 5 years ago. Lovely to see how you have grown❤️

[kittin]

Hi there Dana, Lou & Max😍, loving seeing your journey, a little known help for Japanese Knotweed are blight susceptible potatoes!...they also deal with bindweed too, simply plant the blight susceptible potatoes in and around your Knotweed/bindweed at normal potato growing spacing & let them do their job!...I don't have the reference to hand but have used older heritage potatoes for this purpose on my allotment with great results, wherever there was a heritage potato, there was no bindweed! once you've weed wacked that knotweed get some blight susceptible potatoes & simply plant every few feet, don't worry too much about chitting them either.... there is something in the blight & potato that prevents Japanese Knotweed & regular bindweed from growing, & simply kills them deep in the earth at tiny root level, very similar to allium family or black walnut that puts out an inhibiting chemical that prevents other plants competing for food, worth a try for your Knotweed forest for a few spuds, you can still eat them afterwards so catch crop! Yeah 🎉💚..search organic non chemical options for them both, the references are out there! ..good luck with your homestead, hope you all have a good summer 🌤🌼🐝💚warmest greetings from a Yorkshire permaculture beekeeper in the uk 🇬🇧 💚🐝🌈🌼🌤

[tammyg]

Dana, Max is growing up so fast! His face is growing out of his baby face and into a little boy. He is so precious! Lou did a good job with the candles! So relaxing!

[JP-NL]

You are such a beautiful team! Lou brings his creativity and serenity while Dana brings the passion and joy. Wonderful video have a great week!😊

[dianamazzullo]

Such a lucky child to grow up like he is, so lucky for adults to experience this type of life ❤wishing your family the very best.

[jvlcixm]

This video gave me so much calmness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The next project sounds so exciting! Can't wait to see the process. And I'd be interested in hearing the food update!

[JDronePics]

It is incredibly inspiring to see how far y’all have come. I remember watching your van build videos and more. Even the video where you sold the van. It made me tear up a little as I have done the same. I love the life y’all are creating for yourselves! Living a dream!! 🎉❤

[lolosrainydays]

You are taking a big risk cutting that. In ireland we are told to never cut knotweed. If its found on public land the local council puts up signs saying "Japanese Knotweed Do Not Cut" and they inject the plant with herbicide. I know weed killers are bad but it wouod be worse if it took hold and affected native plants. Not sure what happens on private land.

[Cicadassound]

Would absolutely LOVE a food/diet update! So curious to hear about your thoughts and feelings about changes you’ve experienced!

[lynnemac]

Lou you are such a wonderful husband, you set up the bath area beautifully for Dana. When you have so many tasks to do you share the load so completely right that you dont know how to do everything Dana. Good luck with unwind x

[rebenaq]

The life you wanted , created and built takes courage and determination. It takes strength and faith in each other. Enjoy, you both deserve it. Your bath looked amazing, Lou did an awesome job ❤

[sofia_sarijn]

I currently watch your videos as a break from writing my thesis. So this jungle junk drawer situation made my day <3 and unwind comes at the perfect time... thanks for keeping me going (it is hard to stay sane)