Regenerating an Old Homestead, Building a Cedar Rail Fence | These Dogs are Driving me Crazy!

Using permaculture methods, I'm helping my sister regenerate an old, neglected homestead, starting with restoring the pasture and building old fashioned fences to contain livestock - cows, goats, pigs and chickens. 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!

#homestead #sustainability #farming #offgrid #selfreliance

[SeatoSky]

I'm cracking up about the dogs. Especially, when you start laughing too. You are a patient soul, those pups love you! Thanks for sharing so much beauty and info with us.

[ccccarriemchardy]

Cali is having a blast with her friends. Best dog life ever!.

[MyLevelheaded]

dogs huffing sneezing and snorting is dog laughter they are very happy! You are the new alpha playmate

[Gardendreamsforme]

I love those wonderful old style fences! They’re just picture perfect

[dannypalmer]

I watched your last two cabin builds enjoyed them very much looking forward to this series as much

[stephenabril]

Nice to see Callie getting along with other dogs. The three of them are funny

[sherryfillmore]

Love the playful dogs, training encouragement and laughter!😂 Retrievers are the best❤

[PopEyed]

Who let the dawgs out? Who? Who?! Loved your laughter, Shawn! Your sister's homestead is ultimately a labor of love which will provide. Excellent.

[MSjackiesaunders]

Cali looks like she is really enjoying being with her buddies!

[CorkyMak]

lol Toby is young and hardheaded I love it

[Esoj.]

Gonna have to rewatch this one I couldn't stop laughing at the dogs and their exaggerated toy squeaking 😂. I've heard that "goat proof" is based more on the goat's determination than the type of fencing used. Those things can teleport at will

[pirkkojohnes]

Great to see an old homestead being renovated! That will be many years work, but with all the help you have there, let us see what happens!

[brianpesci]

You definitely have your hands full with the dogs!

[timepasses]

Awesome dogs, fun to watch. Good to see Cali getting on well with them.

[susanhamilton]

Those dogs just don't take your talk seriously. LOL Great video and had a good laugh.

[gregmason]

I think the dogs want to on you tube full time. So funny. Beautiful animals.

[walkingstickwoman]

I enjoyed the dogs. Thy are just fine.

[jntd]

You all have a lot of work ahead....I'm 54 but if you adopt me as another sister, my husband, three adult children and I can come help out!😁👍Don't I wish! 🤣
I'm excited to be able to watch all of this come together from the beginning.
Thank you for all that you do and for sharing so much with all of us!🙏Saline, Michigan🤟💞

[Offgridlee]

Very cool fence! The dogs are keeping you busy. Thanks for sharing.

[tomheckroth]

Love this new channel. I do hope you will engage us with more construction as well as the farming and ranching techniques. Good stuff and cool choice to split time between the channels.