Starting our off grid homestead | everything we built on our 6 acres | moving to Ireland

Published 2024-07-14
#offgridhomestead #selfsufficiency #movingtoireland
6 months ago we moved onto our 6 acres of abandoned land here in Ireland. Starting our off grid homestead has not been easy. Join us as we show you everything we've built so far as we turn this abandoned land into the homestead of our self-sufficiency dreams. And we'll share with you some of the emotional highs and lows of our journey so far.

We still have a TON to do, but through the mistakes, challenges and hardships we're learning and growing as we go.

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All Comments (21)
  • Looking forward to seeing your progress over the next 13months ….. Totally RAW AND HONEST VLOGS !!! Nothing been staged for the camera and telling us exactly how it’s been. Just make each other laugh every day and I know that you will turn this adventure into something TRULY SPECTACULAR ❤❤
  • @halfabee
    You need to purchase a tractor with a forklift attachment on the front and a digger bucket on the back to dig drains with etc. It will make your life so much easier.
  • @annapoole132
    Hello Cori and Kayvan! Watching from USA. Just found your channel and I think I am going to love it! Congratulations to all of you! I applaud your bravery and strength on forging a whole new life in a new country! I can't imagine the energy it took you guys to do everything you have done! God Bless you!! ❤🤗✨
  • @Flossy_tops
    Nobody said it would be easy … but bloody hell that’s been hard work. Well done you 👏 👏👏
  • Thanks for putting this together. I know it's a ton of work to do this type of compilation. Really fun to watch again, but also get excited for the possibilities that are to come for you all!! Enjoy the rest of your summer. Looking forward to seeing the progress. Stay safe!!
  • @cajsheen2594
    Well done Folks! A very brave move you've made! Now! Onwards and upwards we're all enjoying this and rooting for you! ❤ XXX
  • @siameseire
    💖 Bless you, dear Dandelion. 💛❤‍🩹💖 That is the dearest name for a little sheep angel.
  • @robine916
    Yay!! So happy you got the grant!🥳🥳 I've seen gardeners use either planks of wood or cardboard placed between the rows of veggies to control slugs. You wet the underside and lay them down, the next day when you pick them up, the slugs are attached to the underside. 💕💕
  • @davidu01
    Great adventure. It is so nice to hear from KAYVAN when given a rare chance to speak. You really need a 4x4 mule or tractor to move stuff up and down your steep hills. Backpacking your needs only goes so far with heavy materiel and changing weather. Good luck and have fun in your resettlement.
  • I really would consider terracing the land closest to the house ..it’s how they grow in Nepal and it is so much less work after you terrace
  • Great that you got the grant! Also be great to hear more from Kaven both in him trying to speak and also would have like more footage on his hauling stuff and creating the garden.
  • Go on YouTube about your slugs, 2 strips of copper wire not touching around either the inside or out side under a wee wood overhang to prevent water linking the wires, with a 9 volt battery attacked , the battery can be pot in a plastic sandwich container. When the slug crosses the wires…. Zap! I have mine on my allotment raised boxes, lasts all summer. If you have slug eggs in the dirt already an old can filled with beer will attract all the slugs, empty frequency… don’t drink said beer! When your funds can allow it an old Quad bike would be a great help for all the lugging, get some safety pointers from the locals who have them. Lovely spot.
  • something I learned the hard way since none of the books I read on about keeping chickens . chickens attract predators and rodents like rats arrgh one good hint is get a metal barrel with a lid and make sure you hide the chicken food everynight in that metal barrell ( plastic will not work because rats will eat their way through plastic... also bungee cord that lid securely on some animals can get the lid off if teh lid is not secure. HINt 2 for predators like hawks if you let the chickens free range ( they love to free range I usually only let them free range If I am going to be out and about with them now ) ... alos make some crow decoys to stick in the ground ... you can buy them or make them out of black plastic bags and wire hangers lots of tutorials on youtube or paint some pink flamingos black ( I bought some at the dollars store for a 1.25) you need at least 5 or more and move them around from day to day to make it looks like their is a murder of crows hanging around your property ... hawks hate crows because crow will gang up on one hawk and attack it . Also good ide to invest in a chicken health book
  • @siameseire
    oh, food-grade diatomaceous earth is good, spread around the slug-besieged crops. It desiccates the slugs i think.
  • @user-re5uk2ch1i
    Thank you for your vidio's. Love your family..you work so hard .. sending you good wishes ..and will continue watching.....I am 77yrs so you fill up my days.with joy ... Thank you....
  • @lesthiele4921
    Hi guys, congratulations on obtaining the grant, now the hard work starts but I know you both have the energy and the will power to get everything done, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia, Les
  • @leeann2226
    Hello from Oz I was just about to sleep then I spotted your on line so now I'm watching lol love from Blue Mountains Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
  • Well done guys!, you's are so hard working and brave!. Keep going n never give up!. Welcome to the Emerald Isle.
  • If you have problems with slugs you should consider getting some ducks or geese, they love earing slugs and snails. Indian running ducks should be especially fond of slugs, and they are less scary than geese 😉
  • @siameseire
    In time, you might want a summer shack (with a wide porch) on the top of Hilary. It would be lovely and make early morning puttering more fun; popping out of bed and wandering the garden barefoot, gazing at your views. (Then your land would be an estate! with a summerish home and a winterish home.) 😊 Maybe leveling the field closer to the house will become more possible in time. Oh, it was the lack of light wasn't it. Maybe over time you can find more shade loving crops and/or light magnifiers.