Nice set up. Thanks for the details in the description. You could make a longer vid explaining your major systems, or put this info in the description. Thanks for sharing.
First video I have watched of your's. Very nice I thought. Great idea to enclose the RV. just one thing, cold air falls, In saying that will you be putting some kind of insulated skirt right down to ground level on your RV Shack at some stage????
A friend of mine and I did that several years ago, but we had it completely enclosed with a rocket mass heater in the front , long wall, and the end wall where the trailer hitch was attached to the rest of the structure with bolts so that in the future, we could unbolt that wall with the gable remove it hitch up the trailer, pull it out, and we would still have the structure intact with a magnificent rocket mass heater installed no matter how cold it got outside we could easily keep that outside structure above freezing inside which meant it was much more easier to keep the camper comfortable inside
I've been thinking about this kind of set up for years as a more affordable way to live outside of our government tax structure. Basically, park my van in a barn with lower property tax. Thanks for the vid
Nice speedy tour, minus the music soundtrack, philosophical reasonings and watching you make coffee and cook a meal. That seems to occupy 99% of most of the off grid videos.
Very nice. We lived out of our tt while completing our cabin. Antifatigue Matts from Harbor Frieght are greatlow cost alternative floor insulation. Easier to maintain.
That’s a nice setup! Uniquely precise to your needs. I do like the idea of putting the camper inside like that. If it goes to the ground. Blocking the wind and snow will certainly make it easier to keep the pipes from freezing. The rustic look makes it blend in nicely. You could stay there all winter long
so WHEN IS the best time to harvest black walnuts? other videos say when theyre green, others say when they turn black....green is very difficult, black is very easy and time consuming. so which is correct? I harvested mine by hand when most were black, with just a knife and a bucket/running water. it was successful but VERY time consuming, and my back hates me. also, does the age of the tree determine the size of black walnuts (shells and husks)? I have trees at work and they drop HUGE husks about 3x larger than the ones by the house (which are about as big as the ones in your video). the difference in size was so noticeable that I thought they were a different species of walnut. The nuts were also alot bigger than the ones at home. if so thats wild because my home with the small black walnuts was built in 1910 and those trees were likely there ever since
I have an 80ft black walnut that has 1 inch nuts, less yield, but they already sound like gun shots hitting the roof of my garage. To husk mine, I find rolling them between bricks while still green, not only husks them but moves the husks away allowing you to put in the next nut. Takes about 3 seconds per nut, in my experience.
That hull and it's contents are pure tannic acid. Great for tanning hides when boiled. Basically, that brown solution you just poured out on the ground....
The hull can be dried and stored as powder, or made into an alcohol extracted tincture. Both have been traditionally used in folk medicine as remedies for purging the body of parasites. The juglone from the hulls (and leaves) has also been tested and clinically found to be cytotoxic and antiproliferative against various cancer cell lines.
@@worknmanslife juglone is also an excellent weed killer, though it's effectiveness is broad with a number of resistant exceptions of course like hosta, yarrow, and bee balm to name a few. Will kill tomatoes, I should note, I've had to be mindful when growing them.
