Putting In The Garden On Our New 18 Acre Homestead
I am sharing our experiences since we moved to the new homestead to the present. We are going off the grid and trying to become self sufficient on a budget.
When I get you caught up to the present, I will continue to share our daily videos and articles as we make them so you can follow us on our journey.
We hit the ground running and wanted to get a garden in. The soil is pure sand so I had to haul a lot of aged compost into the garden. I am also putting down mulch on the walkways and in between the plants to retain moisture.
When it rains here, the sand is soaked and the nutrients get washed out fast. Then when the sun rises up, within two hours the top of the soil is dry as dust.
The compost and mulch will help retain both moisture and nutrients.
Here is the first video of the day:
In the second video I am still hauling loads of compost for our garden. But I also started to work on an old wood chipper that was fully seized up due to sitting outside for many years.
The wood chipper was full of water and it is amazing that I even got the piston freed up without breaking the rings.
I had to free up the valves as well due to all the rust.
I hope to rebuild this entire engine during the winter and give it an overhaul. I will need a complete overhaul kit with new valves, rings and seals. But I think I can get this old machine running again.
Getting it all freed up and moving is a huge accomplishment in itself.
I am also experimenting with getting solar power to our home. We plan to become fully off the grid on a budget. This means that we hope to run our home entirely on solar power. I have some solar panels and an inverter I am going to use for now. I will run an extension cord to the house so we can directly power things on solar.
For now I am going to use the extension cord until I figure out the codes and laws about tying in solar power to my home.
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I'm confused with your title and the 18 acres. Video from your channel you say in the description you are on 16 acres.
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And the listing also said 16 acres
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How can you not know what acreage you bought?
Oh, that is simple. The paperwork said 15 and 1 acre in two plots. But we did a land survey and found that the front lot is 2.8 acres. Plus 15 acres.
So lets do the math:
2.8 + 15 = 17.8 or rounded off = 18 acres :)
Oh okay. How do you do a land survey or who does them? Was it expensive? My daughter is looking for land and this is stuff I'll pass on to her.
Don't take advise from this moron. He has never done anything legal in his life.
The minute the words off the grid comes spilling from Reids mouth you know he is lying.
Ask your local township for help.
actually you ask your realtor, dumbass
Oh they will you can bet on that.
Maybe you could do a video on how you did a survey. Many would find this valuable.
Do you really want to watch Troy outside with a yard stick measuring his land, he would not have a clue where to start.
I also do not understand why a deputy sheriff would advise a property owner to put up no trespassing signs.
Especially 85 signs on only 16 acres of land!
Deputy sheriff? 85 signs?
I recall a video Reid uploaded where he walks around the property and along the roads. I do not recall seeing any survey stakes or ribbons anywhere.
I don't understand why the long delay in correcting 16, to now 18 acres of land.
Oh. And that just proves everything huh? Well the marks are all over the place. I dont show everything on video. All you get is a tiny summary of my life.
Actually its not simple math after you get your survey you next have to go to your neighbors and adjoining properties owners and see what their surveys say, 2 acres don't just appear out of no where they came from somewhere.
Now your neighbors have to agree or contest so basically you still have 16 acres till till you figure out where the 2 acres came from.
If your mortgage says 16 acres then its 16 acres
Its all on the paper. When they wrote up the sale ad they mis calculated the land size. Its very simple. And my mortgage shows a lot of things that you dont need to know :)
You for get all your records are public and they all say 16 acres not 18, so it means your lying yet again.
Then you do the math and see for yourself.
Your county records say its 16 acres, so automatically if anyone looks it up they will see you made up the 2 acres.
Makes you look like you lied once again. and of course it make you look bad.
And you wonder why your reputation on steem it is going down and people are turning against you.
But were still friends right?
Well, thats because I have not yet changed it online. Who cares? So what if it is 16, 17 or 18.
I mean why is it such a big deal to you?
It has nothing to do with this video.
Yes his explanation seems odd. I don't see how the listing could be wrong since it comes from title work. And a survey on raw land would be expensive. One cannot just pull 2 acres out of thin air and 2 acres is massive. I wonder if his sheds are on an adjoining property? The houses it says sits on 1.05 acres. He should check on this. I wonder if his property taxes will be adjusted also? The government doesn't let anyone not pay their fare share.
Why did it take so long to correct this oversight?
none of your business really. This particular video is about us putting a garden in our off grid homestead.
You made it our business when you put your life on the internet, now you have to justify yourself, You should have prepared yourself when you started making youtube videos, now here we are and we question everything. Its not an invasion of privacy cause you invited everyone here.
Actually people are interested in how you went from 16 acres to 18 and what steps you took. You seem to get extremely upset if anyone asks a question.
I am confused with him Lying and saying he's 95% off Grid. There would be way to much voltage drop between the solar shed and the house.
I dont know what you are trying to prove here since this is a homestead gardening video.
I don't understand solar but this was very informative and I learned something! I'm not an electronics person but you did good explaining and showing load draws.
Let us know how the solar experiment goes. I have always had an interest in it, but am unsure of how the set-up will be.
Good luck!
@goldendawne, I would think at this point and time, having a solar electric set, should NOT be an "experiment". Watching these DIY videos more closely, Reid has not really shown a fully operational system powering his houses, one or both, 98% off grid. One shed is most likely powered by solar, but no proof of the houses. And now reading he said he is looking for "used batteries" for the garage, makes me even more suspicious. If a person was being truthful, they would have absolutely no problem showing it, without screen jumps,and double talk.
Best wishes to you.
I could put up a thousand videos about our solar system but you would deny it anyway. There is really no point in trying to talk to you. I will just keep doing my daily videos for the normal people to see.
You can go away.
@thediyworld, Actually it is very simple.
You take your camera, any camera, and record (without stopping the recording or editing) your solar set-up. You start at the panels, then film the wires Continuously to the charge controller, then to the batteries, then the extension cord plugged into the inverter going to the tiny house, and then to all the appliances being powered or charged in said tiny house. Again, all in one continuous recording session. Then show how much power is been manufactured and consumed throughout the day.
Simple.
I've also noticed you plug devices into the wall sockets in the tiny house. Please also show how these are being powered by your solar set-up.
You have yet to show how you light the interior of the tiny house during some episodes that appear to,be filmed at night. Please also show those lights and how they are being powered by your solar set-up.
I trust you will honor this request to clear any misconceptions you've made in those "thousands of videos" showing little to no actual proof of your claims.
An honest person with nothing to hide would have Absolutely no problem performing this.
I trust you will do the right thing.
Well now I have done that many times. But because the wire goes through the wall in my off grid electronics lab, you will still claim liar because I cannot prove to you where that wire leads. You will scream fake.
The absolutely crazy thing is that this is just FREE YouTube videos made for your entertainment. They dont cost YOU a thing.
So, if you dont believe me then leave!!!
You have no right to harass us like this.
@thediyworld, "Scream Fake"?
Please do not insult my intelligence.
Show PROOF that the "tiny house" as you refer to, is OFF GRID.
Otherwise upload a video stating that you lied and retract all your statements, and change the name of your channel to "ON GRID Project".
You will also need to change the logo on those t shirts too.
Demanding the truth is not harassment.
Its already on my videos. Take a chill and do something else with your time.
If you dont like my FREE videos made for your FREE entertainment, then leave.
@thediyworld One thing you do excel at is turning people against you. Watertower has been very reasonable with you and you might have gained an ally by answering his questions properly. I don’t know how you can live within this web of deception that you have weaved.
@thediyworld, "Scream Fake"?
Please do not insult my intelligence.
Show PROOF that the "tiny house" as you refer to, is OFF GRID.
Otherwise upload a video stating that you lied and retract all your statements, and change the name of your channel to "ON GRID Project".
You will also need to change the logo on those t shirts too.
Demanding the truth is not harassment.
Blah, blah, blah. Broken record. Its already on my videos. I do now bow to the demands of trolls.
actually you have not shown your complete solar setup in Michigan not yet, you did it in NY we want to see everything from the solar panels to the wiring to the batteries, show .sucks imagine all the views you'll get.
You cannot claim 95% off the grid if your still on the grid.
Most people that are off the grid are proud of their solar setup, are you not proud of yours?
We don't believe you and by the way were not leaving, were not harassing you were asking you questions which is what steemit is about.
Its already in my videos. I do not bow to the demand of trolls. Especially since I have shown and explained it all over and over again.
@thediyworld No, you’ve never explained or shown you alleged solar setup for the trailer and cabin. If you had done these things, then people on your channel wouldn’t be asking the same questions, questions that you either ignore or answer in the vaguest way possibly.
@thediyworld, No, I did not say your "off grid electronic lab", I said the HOUSE. Show the solar set up for the HOUSE you claim is off grid.
I already did that.
I do not bow down to the demands of trolls. My viewers will get another update when I am ready.
@thediyworld, Prove that the Sun is plugged into the house.
LIAR!!! You have never shown solar setup to your HOUSE, trailer or chalet. You are ON GRID and a liar!. You don't have the panels , charge controller, batteries or inverter to power the HOUSE. You can't show what doesn't exist.
@thediyworld The reason you don’t make a video clarifying your solar setup is because your claimed setup to the cabin wouldn’t work. With no batteries and no charge controller, you can’t run any appliances properly off just solar alone. You have to keep on perpetuating a lie instead.
troys system is exactly like mine. I have a 10 w panel and a AAA battery I use to power my entire house. Well except for the appliances and heat and air and lights and everything else, but I am .0000001 % off grid.
I have show many times and explained to you many times. I am done explaining to a rock.
You might have tried to explain it on Youtube and shortly there after blocked the person asking the question,
But you now get to answer the question to the steemit community, we are asking please answer, this community is a honest one, show us your honesty. answer the best you can, and we will allow you to ask your Mommy how to answer us the best way.
I dont block people asking questions. I block people for harassing others openly and clearly.
@thediyworld, It is obvious that you Block anyone that asks a question.
I am asking you to prove that your claim of the tiny house being off grid is true, and you wrote that this is harassing you down below on this thread.
So yes, if somebody is not agreeing with you or others, you block them.
Don't be a snowflake. Be a man.
That explains why there are all those people on the doityourself.sucks.com website forum.
You blocked all of them for one reason or another.
I think I'm understanding all of this now.
No you haven’t explained it at all. All you do is obfuscate incessantly. If you had explained it properly then why are you getting comments like this?
Why is it you never replied to Bubba’s last comment?
Well, maybe because I just first saw it right here. I was gone yesterday. Road trip.
What? That comment was made 2 days ago, you released 2 videos after that and were commenting in them, leaving that important question unanswered. If it had been a question about where to send a package, you would have replied. You still haven’t replied to him, hmm I wonder why. You really are dishonest in even the minutest things. You lie about big things and lie about the smallest things.
He is way past the experiment stage he is a professional installer according to his business contact info.
Big effin FRAUD and LIAR cause lies about everything. Only thing he is professional and expert at is SCAMMING and CONNING and absolutely refuses to stop and get a job to support his family.
For sure. I am going to document our entire journey here. Stay tuned...
nice post
Thank you
I just spotted this on the last post, someone made a poor attempt to hide it!
All that glitters is not gold as they say!
Don't be taken in by TR the monkey.
Troy Reid, better know as TR, Trog, Leatherhead (because of his dirty stinking greasy old hat that he wears every place he goes even in the house) Turkey Head, Fruit Loops and more, is a full time ebegger, scammer and a fraud.
He has a band of dedicated goons on his YouTube channel that send him their money because he refuses to get a job.
His 100k subs on YouTube, I believe are mostly bought hence the reason for only 2 or 3 thousand views of his no content video.
I think what has amazed me the most since he has been on here is just how nasty he is, throwing random accusations at everyone because he can't delete their comment.
Trogs story of scanning and stupidity is a long one, he is the only YouTuber I know that has a superb dedicated sucks site, it is definitely the best place to gen up on his evil doings.
Come on over, everyone is friendly, it's not the place Reids suckers make it out to be.
http://thedoityourselfworld.sucks
Oh, those "friendly" people who are hell bent on destroying our lives?
All we do is make a daily YouTube video of our daily lives. Its is FREE entertainment.
If you dont like our videos - or dont believe them. Just leave.
There is no need to harass us on this large scale.
I see the " Delete button " is getting a rest here...
Still here Troy. Cannot be homesteading and working at 1000MPH whilst sat on your lazy ass doing nothing all day.
Keep me entertained with your copy and pasted replies about free entertainment and daily videos zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Betty, I think he wants us to go so he can scam in peace!
Making YouTube videos for your FREE entertainment is not a scam.
Your are correct its only a scam when you sell T-shirts to bring your child wife to the country, when you lied the government and falsified your income taxes to say you make more than you the irs report, now thats fraud and against the law
Homesteading, making videos, writing articles and wood working for a living is certainly not lazy.
I worked yesterday from 4 am to 1 am the next morning with only one hour nap in the afternoon. Earning a living to pay my own way and care for my family.
@thediyworld Hey Troy, you forgot to provide the number for your patent on the first water cooled computer. Remember that? You were bragging about it the other day. I know you’re so busy with steemit, being on here most of the day when you aren’t napping or making your videos, so I thought I’d give you a reminder. Thanks.
This video is about homesteading, gardening and working on a wood chipper.
Dream on Troy you film all of your videos in one day. Working is not sat on your ass replying to comments trying to deflect people to believe you are homesteading and off grid. Go get a proper job and look after your family pays more than YT and no need for the ebegging. So you admit you were earning $3400 per month before you were evicted from Pine Bush wow you really are the lowest of the low.
I was never evicted from anywhere in my life. Your friends did ruin our lives there by harassing us all the time so we bought another property in Michigan.
@thediyworld You said you had been getting $3400 per month, I assume that was in 2016 when your views were double what you get now. By the time you fled the meadow, you claim you were down to only $1400 per month, not enough to pay your rent of $1500. You had also said recently that your youtube income had dropped to only 30% of what it was, so that would put it closer to now only $1000 per month. Either your arithmetic is wrong or you’re being loose with the truth, again. Either way, things aren’t looking too rosy, with a harsh winter approaching. Wouldn’t it just be easier to get a real job?
One of your first videos you said you were evicted from a apartment in the middle of a blizzard, so which lie was this the first lie or the lie now?
You said you moved because you could not make your land payments, then your wife got pregnant, then John Thayer said your parents helped you out of your mess. I do not believe you can blame Trolls for this. You created that life in New York on a property not zoned for residential living.
Youtube must be having trouble verifying your 100K subs. What a shock.
BTW is a person does not know how to change a blade on a table saw they should not be operating it.That means you.
Huh? I just wrote about gardening here.
Today's crap filler video.
Yup, we got pissed.
Are those two Table Saw blades vids supposed to be entertaining, get some heavy duty leather glove you thick turd!
How not to, flagged up as a dangerous practice!
This article is about homesteading, gardening and working on a wood chipper.
THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT!
Now that is what they call entertainment
But what about the videos where he was filming in the dark in the tiny shack because his batteries were dead?
Post it on your own channel then. Stop spamming my blog!!!!!!!!
don't cry now
Trolls are bad
thats my grandmother working on her black friday Christmas list. What are you doing with her pic? Peeping tom?
I will have to agree with you totally on your superb assessment of this scum sucking idiot.
I have visited this site and found it eye opening.
Get over to .sucks it will clear up any confusion you may have and there are a lot of fine people there that Reid has swindled and lied to in the past.
boy, if you consider a vipers nest full of hate and lies a "lot of fine people" then sure, go right on over.
Join in the wonderful criminal activities of setting me up for crimes I did not commit, turning me in for zoning violations that did not exist, stirring up people to come to our property and harass us - and much more.
Go right on in and join the fun
Now the IRS that will be so entertaining.
Have you ever heard anyone more in your life whine more than this Reid guy. His video's are nothing but a total whine fest and he likes the word free free this free that. In the comments sections same crap.
Whine Whine Whine. Free entertainment Whine. send me gifts Whine. Upvote me Whine. Trolls Whine. Jesus Whine. Harassment Whine. Tilapia Farm Whine. I'll do that later Whine..
I could build a cheese factory next door to him and I would not be able to keep up production with all his WHINE !
TR, for your documentation;
How much do you know about zoning and zoning laws, I’ve been having some very interesting conversations your Township this week.
Oh thank you for posting your harassment here for the World to see.
DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING THIS GUY TELLS YOU.
MR REID IS AFTER ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY, YOUR MONEY!
Don't be taken in by TR the monkey. Troy Reid, better known as TR, Trog, Leatherhead (because of his dirty stinking greasy old hat that he wears every place he goes even in the house) Turkey Head, Fruit Loops and more, is a full time ebegger, scammer and a fraud.
He has a band of dedicated goons on his YouTube channel that send him their money because he refuses to get a job.
His 100k subs on YouTube, I believe are mostly bought hence the reason for only 2 or 3 thousand views of his no content video.
I think what has amazed me the most since he has been on here is just how nasty he is, throwing random accusations at everyone because he can't delete their comment.
Trogs story of scanning and stupidity is a long one, he is the only YouTuber I know that has a superb dedicated sucks site, and it is definitely the best place to gen up on his evil doings.
Come on over, everyone is friendly, it's not the place Reid’s suckers make it out to be.
http://thedoityourselfworld.sucks
Trolls are ugly
but troy is even uglier
Well then, just look what you got for free!
Anyone on facebook,
Go see his latest, no action here!
You paying attention there boy?
TR, please don’t keep saying its free entertainment, it may be to you but to the cost of others that you have scammed!
Now then where are we up to?
Its FREE YouTube videos. Dont like it. Dont watch.
Boy I can just imagine you screaming at the TV watching some FAKE drama.
Or maybe you dont have a TV anymore because you smashed it in frustration. Its all a scam
Reid can you explain to the viewers your unique relationship and how the CAI and Jesus and bundshafting is all intertwined.
Its not. Go away.
One day we will all stand before the judgement seat of Christ and answer for what we did in our lives. Is this how you want to proceed with your Lord and Savior?
None of your business - in my opinion.
Looks like the bum is taking a nap before lunch!
Nah, he's running yellow!