Episode sixty-five, in which we get some help from Mathias brother, ponder on every day life on an off grid homestead, keep on working with different projects and cooling down in the stream
This is a vlog about our struggles and joys of living off the grid in the forests of Jämtland, Sweden.
We have to move here on this
side It still looks bad in the north
This is the pile that needs to be moved somewhere else
The farm is on the move
At least the plants are on the move
The things that must grow
I don't know
I have no idea
I have a bunch of flowers from my mom
So we planted them
I don't know if we'll get any flowers this year
But at least we have them
Until next year
I have also planted my marigold flowers So I
have to make my cream and
so on And also the linen
What do you say
then Linen flowers
Linen sides or flax sides
I don't know
What is correct behavior
They have such beautiful flowers
Oh a little salt
Oh
Cilantro
Carrots
But
They haven't shown up at all
So I don't know if I will get
any In the greenhouse I have tomatoes
Turmeric
Cheers
And chili
I have also received a plant of bell peppers and tomatoes
From my mother-in-law
So hopefully I will get something from them
For my plants it's really frightening And So this
year's garden and planting
is not a success so far
Men That's just
the way it is
And
We'll see if we get any
The only thing that seems to be growing here is weeds and grass
So if you're honest the garden is just because we like it
And I think it's really fun to grow plants
It's not possible to live off the garden
The climate here doesn't lose it
Not in any way that's sustainable
We get grass from here
So we take a small part at
a time So that's why it
looks like this It's quiet
This is where I grow my little carrots
And parsnips
But I think it's mostly grass here right now
It comes up from below
Oh Even
that Beautifulmovement
Because of Ivar I haven't had time to
Light up the farm as much as I want
I placed cardboard boxes at the bottom when I made these boxes
Then soil on top
It seems the grass has overgrown the cardboard boxes in the grass
So
We will have to do something about this very soon
The problem is that we don't just have the garden to light up
We also have all the other projects and jobs
So The farm is why we love it And if we don
't have time for it that's just how it is
We had a great summer vacation with our wonderful family from Tova's side plus my brother
Tova's brother has built and repaired a homemade drone
It's a special type that's harder to fly than usual
I'm in the process of building one too
I hope the pictures will come back in our videos
Here are some pictures from the farm that we have talked about so much
It's almost 11 at night and the sun hasn't set yet
It's near the end of June and I'm standing here having been eaten by mosquitoes
It's so beautiful here that I want to come here and film something for you
Even though I've been eaten up
We have been very busy the past few weeks We have
worked from morning until
night The usual necessary thing
The ski lift for next winter must be cleared
My brother is here on a visit
He has been here for a couple of weeks
He will be here for a few more weeks
All of his previous regular jobs have been suspended due to the virus
It's not so good economically for him
But it's very good for us with all the help we've received from him
When he came here we started building a new industry
A stone industry where we get water
It always falls in the winter
So now we have made it much stronger with larger stones
So hopefully we won't have to do it again next summer
We have also built a small bridge over the stream
So I don't need to go back and forth with the animals
I can ride around in a circle during morning and evening hours instead
We have been on our way to start working with the industry
The agriculture industry
But we haven't gone that far yet
For we also started with the industry
It is very important to have
The industry must be built every summer
Or perhaps we will do it in the spring
It is very important that it
is built It is necessary for
next winter Otherwise we would not be able to live here
We also spent time building an air vent in the cabin
For everything we don't use regularly
So we get more space
More storage space
Tuva is also a clear buyer of old things
I think I'm also interested
But Tuva is the one who finds all the old things that we hope to use
Old tools and old stock
Oh that sort of thing
She really finds cool deep and old things
At auctions and flea markets and such
He's really eating me up here right now
Should I throw them away here
Or should I throw them away
Should I throw them away
Should I throw them away
Look at this
I wish my workplace was always this thick
My brother and I have built a wind in our cabin
So now we have been able to take everything that
has been lying around on the street here And put it in the air
It feels really good to be able to use this place better
We have a lot of things that we use
Only in winter or only in summer
And even over the years we have collected things for future projects
I also have a stack of expensive training equipment
It's mostly trees there
But I also got a garden from my parents
We are almost done with this year's training materials as well
The plan is to build a garden house
Exclusive to the garden
So we don't need this
But we'll see if it gets done this summer or not
Now I just need to
put all these techniques and things back
in the right place And find places for everything
We have a lot of things here
Men mainly technicians who need to find their right place
And hopefully we will be able to use this better
Since every time I needed to use it
I had to first take it out
Take it out
I had nowhere to put everything
This old garden came into my hands
She is from a house where Tuva's parents live
We and our parent have built a better garden there
To build a new garden here
There are a lot of screws and nails here
And half-finished projects that I also need to complete
It feels really good to get this done now
Even though there are a lot of other things that also need to be done
We must continue building on the kitchen
And continue building on the house
But the garden must be done every year
We also need this place For
all construction projects
So this must also be done We
get comments here and there
We should focus on the
house And get it cleared
Soon Ivar will be bigger
I don't know
We get these types of comments now and then
And of course it feels the same for us too
We get up early every morning
And first we do morning rounds with all the animals
And then we continue with some projects
And also filming and equipment for these videos
Everything takes a bit longer when we film
The point I wanted to make is that we work from morning
until night every day Especially with what is most urgent
It often feels frustrating not being able to do what you're
convinced you should be able to Like building a kitchen and such
Things are as they are
And we live well
We don't particularly care about
anything It's always such things
It must be done as fuel
And it must be done as winter feed
These are the two most stressful tasks
I don't know how to say
it It's what takes time away from
all other projects Yes as I
said This feels really good
These have all been replaced
We still need to save some time sorting out all the tools and projects
We have had a fantastic summer so far
These last two weeks
Yes really hot
We have had to bathe in the stream several times
today So at least 30 degrees Celsius every day
Not in the stream
No not in the stream
But very warm in the water
We really liked it very much
Maybe a bit too warm when we work
But it's still good
Yes but we have done a couple of days of work in the head now
So it has been good to be without the sun
Ivar is sleeping in his pram
He has been asleep for a couple of days almost a week
He sleeps almost the entire day
I wake up maybe five times during the night
I'm a bit tired
He's in a developmental phase I think
He's talking about a four-month-old monster
He's not four months old yet but maybe
He is coming there
Unfortunately Mattias's brother Kevin is here and helping out
Yes it has been
really good We have
gotten many things done Extra hands
We are very happy that he is here and helping us out for a couple of weeks
Very much needed
We haven't started some of the bigger projects yet
We are prepared at least
So let's just get started
The wheel is almost finished but now comes the color
But when
Hopefully it will be a few weeks in July with good weather
It looks like it's going to rain a lot this coming week
Hopefully we have a few weeks of good weather so we have the color
It's always a delicate project if we want the color to blend in
In a good way so that it doesn't start to crack
We went to the town the big one
We were recognized by a woman on the parking lot
She had seen our videos
She said that she discovered them
I'm worried that we might seem a bit strange
For we are not used to being known I think
It was very nice that you approached us
Yes I'm worried we might seem strange
So that's all for this episode
Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time
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