We're Jon & Emilie James, a husband and wife, living in West-Wales with our dog Maggie. It's always been our dream to live within our means and be mortgage free, so we just sold our home and used all of our life savings to buy an old, abandoned caravan park, so we can self build a tiny home. Join us as we start this new adventure, living mortgage free!
If anybody deserves to succeed you two do. What an amazing amount of hard work you’ve put in. It would be nice if you could number each episode so we don’t miss out. Subscribed!
Hi, when you painted your caravan walls, how did you prep them please? We have a static caravan and we are looking to add some colour to the walls? Thanks 😊
Caught a glimpse of your laundry hanging to dry. 👏🧺 Also, you will figure out ways to deal with the pine trees. I agree with you, they deserve to stay. 🌲🌲🌲
Gotta say though for the amount of landyou have this is a tiny run lol. My girls had 5 times this size and I was living in a town with just a big garden. More space the better. Trust me I had less money than you - I travelled to all the outskirt farmers in area who were selling the wod and mesh far cheaper than say any big stores like B n Q My technique was to dig a trench cpl of foot deep for the outer mesh on perimeter which stops foxes digging under the edge
Ibuilt a huge run for my hens but as for the coop I was working at B n Q at the time and was privvy to staff disconts. What I did was adapted a plastic bin shelter unit. This meant you could open the roof in hot weather but open the front-side doors to clean and obv being plastci a good hosing dispelled any mite population build up
Hens...my first choice - smart - loyal - productive - and prolific weed and pest grazers! Leme know if you eed any tips on the chicks - I kept 12 at a time. And yes plastic is THE best option bar none for mite/tick free and healthy chickos
Just got to end of vid - well done! You prove that if your mindset is right we can achieve way more than we belive or than others tell us we can. A long time ago I dabbled with wadoru - a type of karate. I'll never forget the words of my sensei when he was forcing us to go through these gruelling exercise routines - he'd say "mind over matter" when we are holding say a press-up position for ages then he'd add "if YOU don't mind - it doesn't matter" that was his take on that lol. My point is -is that there will be some that see these vids and be filled with doubt and although yes finance is yur obvious and first concern the fact of the matter is if you really want to achieve something and your heart and mond is SET on it - there isnt really much that can stop you achieving it! Another great vid by the way :)
For the pine needles - yeh as previous commenter sid if they are "browned off" theyre useful however they dont break down quickly compare to other tree -fall - personally I would look at either moving the bed or trimming the tree branches or cuting down - I know these arent optons you wanna hear but they are the best fixes Alternatively - build a roof over the bedding - the plastic corrugated type to let the light in but minimise/catch the needles. It means sweeeping them off the roofing regular but easier than cutting or trimming the tree plus should provide a partial greenhouse effect especially on duller days :)
Hi guys just discovered you today. First vid I watched really filled me with inspiration - its good to see good old fashioned mindset achieving purpose with hard graft and effort so well done! This is a dream of mine and several friends too so I will be keeping up to speed with your videos and sharing - you deserve more attention and subs no question Keep it up because this kind of thing really inspires others (and believe me we are gonna see a lot more people looking forthis kind of life style as society collapses lol). Been a while since I lived in Wales but it is probably one of my favourite places Ive been (North mostly). Once again well done!
Just binged watched your journey very jealous of you. What a fabulous job you're doing for the guttering maybe you could make some kind of trap and collect the rubbish and separate the water into a few barrels near the grow patch
Another great video, I seem to start all my comments with that.....Great to see you using the safety equipment Jon, I would invest in some knee pads as you will suffer when you get older...like I do.......the dewallt nailer has certainly earned its keep, I have a Paslode nailer but other tools are dewallt......recognised where you were at the local builders merchants.....great job as always you have both picked up some great skills......
Here's what I do when there's a glut of courgettes; Courgette and brie soup. No frying, put chopped onion, courgettes and a spud or two into a pan with stock and herbs of choice. Bubble away until cooked, add brie, then blitz. Done! Like a creamier version of broccolli and stilton. 👍
The pine trees and the sound of the wind whooshing though them is worth keeping! In Australia we have products called Leaf Guard, or Gutter Guard that prevents the debris from blocking gutters and lets the water through to the downpipes/tanks
I used to get free school meals at school as a child, due to being from a low income family, so it feels special to be able to return the favour and donate food to other families in need 🧡
I can't stress this enough, 15 plants of courgette is a hell of a lot 😅 We had 3 Plants that grew quite well and I still have frozen zucchinis in my fteezer. Its been 3 years 😂 Don't you know the saying, "Show me someone who grows zucchinis and I will show you someone you has too much zucchini" 😂❤ Wish you the best of luck though 😊
If your pine trees are Scotch Pine, then the needles are hard to deal with. My neighbour has many (not native here in Canada). The needles cover your roof (bad if it's shingles), plug your eavestroughs and prohibit growth, even grass. They don't break down and are a general pain in the neck to deal with. Cones too. Maybe Scotch Pine are nice in Scotland, but they are bad here. My advice, chop them down and save yourself a lot of grief :)
Re: tree debris in your gutters, not much you can do other than clean them out a couple of times a year, especially after wind storms. You can cover the gutters with a screen (e.g. leaf guard, etc) but in heavy rain the water just flows over the top of the gutters defeating the purpose of the gutter.
Obsessed with watching you guys. I love the care and attention you take with every step and seem to have so much gong on and yet you "Keep those plates spinning" cannot wait to see how everything turns out especially that Cabin. I wish you both every success because you deserve it.
"Riddle" the debris.... Is the use of riddle over screen (or sift) Welch or UK community n practice? Here in North East USA, My Grand Mother (c.1914) would call the flour sifter a riddler or have us riddle the debris out of gravel. She picked it up somewhere or it was generational. Thanks Great Progress- garden beds look delightful.
From Australia I love watching you videos. They are well presented not in your face talking heads. A simple few words on what you are about to do then your into it. Wonderful.🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺🦘
Get gutters (aluminum) that have a perforated cover so that only water flows through. Mine are called Smart Screen (🇨🇦). There is no getting up on a ladder to clean them out. I just brush them off every fall. 🙂👍👍🇨🇦
Great video, as always. Loved the video and with the crew filming you advertising their product and incorporating it into the video which felt part of the video. Lovely.
