#45 Free The Oaks! - to prevent fires 

You can turn the bare power line area to a wildflower meadow to help the local bee population if you're looking for ways to clean it up.

Hey forestry contractor here. I've said it before and I'll say it again please please please get a pair of chainsaw trousers or chaps and chainsaw boots. Jeans and normal safety boots aren't going to do anything to stop a saw going through your leg

Like many others I was drawn in by your big recap video a while back, and ended up watching a bunch of the old videos as well. And I'm really digging it so far. The first new videos of the new season, with the new set up led to a bit of a decision making time for me though. I genuinly didn't like the new style as (to me) it seemed to just be a bunch of beauty shots rather than seeing the people, getting the information and witnessing the actual jobs being done. But as the old community already started voicing their opinions about that, I figured I would just wait and see before deciding whether to stay or go. Give you all some time to find your new footing for this season with the changes behind the scenes and all. And I was very happily surprised to find that today's video was so much more like the old videos again. Something I was hoping would happen and was looking forward to. So thanks for listening to your community! It's amazing to see how quickly you responded to their opinions. I'm surely gonna stay and follow along this season to see everything else you do this year :D Long story short, I really like the set up of the video :D

Don't sell short the ash and char left over from the burn. Yes the wood chipper will produce a good ground cover/mulch. But the ash and char will make very good soil amendments for more productive gardens.

100% better video- thanks for taking feedback from comments. Videographer added value this time- no banjo, no more zooming in on nature shots. Lots of improvement. The things I am interested in…. Who are these new people, where do they sleep, how are you handling increased demands on the land from more full time residents- energy and refuse (septic). Great job!

Make the free the oaks/cork a weekly event and serve wine and cheese after. Make it a tourist event

General safety advice when working with oils like linseed oil: Do NOT throw the rags or other materials in the bin. When linseed oil is exposed to air, it combines with oxygen, which creates heat. If the rag is in a garbage bin, surrounded by other material, or even closed off with a lid, it can quickly become hot enough to self-ignite. The best way to get rid of those things is probably to burn them, or let them dry laid out flat in a place where a small fire wouldn't hurt, like a stone or dirt outside surface (while obviously making sure the rag won't blow away into the woods). When the rag has completely dried, it's safe to throw away like regular garbage. Like often, it takes quite a bit of circumstances to come together for a disastrous fire to happen, but it can happen, and seeing your work burn down sucks, so preventing even a small chance is worth it.

Suggestions for the editor : 1. give any new helper 30 sec to intdroduce himself for us! 2. after each clip please write if its the next day or after two days like this so we can follow along. 3. make the videos litlle longer we luv u guys :"(

South African here, mimosa (Wattle Trees for us) make great fences! We cut many equal lengths and the thread wire through them push the cut poles close together. Very nice for privacy and wind breaks in our gardens. I hope everything that gets cut is cleared before the dry season (fire season). Love this channel. Wish you guys were closer to my country.

I think you've almost nailed it. It was much more interesting to watch. I had to laugh when I saw the tools being passed from person to person to person and put in the wheelbarrow, though. wouldn't it have been easier to bring the wheelbarrow closer to the shed? LOL

The thing that Rottens the fastest will be the OSB plat the samples are mounted on.

Here some suggestions: 1. At first but bushcutter scissors. They look like boltcutters but made for cutting wood and bushes. It isn't very costy but help to deal with bushes and branches. 2. You could cut thick dead trees not to just burning in pile but become a firewood. Bushcutter scissors can help to sort thin wood from thick enough for burning. Firewood can be converted to charcoal easily or can be used in heat furnaces or ovens. Having them isn't bad idea due the fact you have alot of trees and bushes to be cut. 3. Think about starting woodgas projects. It's promising substitute for oil fuel. With pyrolysis you get charcoal, tar, smoke which can be separated by water to woodgas and co2 H2O solution(which can be used to watering plants) and woodgas. This tar can be used as another wood protector. 4. Wood ash is best when it's created from bark and leaves. As it has alot calcium in it. This ash also can be used as primitive mortar. Hope these advices will be handy to you. BTW did you know that corn normally should be processed through wood ash solution to become more nutritious?

I binge watched last season faster then any Netflix series, really cool stuff 👍

A good method against bushes is getting goats to eat everything. They free the trees naturally and it helps against the fires. I heard that this method is used in New Zealands forests a lot, because they also were suffering from bushfires.

What an admirable group of individuals you are. Respect. 👍

You could put the wheelbarrow faraway so that all of you could join in line to load it. 🙂

As a portuguese person, I'm really worried about possible fires. Portugal has a big problem when it comes to man-made fires. Wish you the best, please be careful

Scary to use engine oil for treating wood in any significant capacity. You would just have really gross and toxic stuff constantly leaking into the soil.

I did not know that the Multiplex Tree is endemic in Portugal. 🙂

Hoi, afgelopen jaren heb ik ervaring opgedaan mbt het omvormen van Mimosa bossen. Zelf heb ik bosgrond in Vila Nova de Poiares en werk samen met ecologen uit de buurt die mij wegwijs hebben gemaakt. Bij deze enkele tips die jullie wellicht kunnen helpen: Voor de bosmaaier zijn er speciale messen die je herkent aan twee 90 graden hoeken aan de uiteinden. Dit zorgt ervoor dat de takken van de braam versnipperen en dat gaat echt vele malen sneller. Laat de grootste mimosa bomen vooral nog even staan. Die kan je later makkelijk doden door ze te schillen. De schaduw heb je nodig om niet eeuwig tegen de bramen en brandbare varens te strijden. Ik ben benieuwd of de Mimosa niet erg gaat spruiten bij jullie komende periode. Mijn ervaring is dat ze makkelijk doodgaan door ze voor het regenseizoen vlak bij de grond af te zagen. De schimmels doen dan het werk voor je:) De grote stukken hout kan je makkelijk gebruiken voor van alles en nog wat. De kleine stukken leg ik zelf horizontaal in rijen op schuine stukken land. Dit voorkomt erosie en houd bladeren en aarde tegen. Zo verhoog je feitelijk de grond waar je dat wilt en je maakt de insecten blij. Verder is een stok met een zeis eraan erg handig. Je trekt de braam dan dichtbij de grond door en na een paar weken is deze opgedroogd. Dan sla je deze zo kapot. Zonder machines kan je daarmee toch vrij snel werken. We hebben veel contacten met ecologen in de buurt en kunnen jullie gerust eens met wat ecologen in contact brengen of elkaar bv eens een dagje helpen. Gr. Roel

I point to remember when using the Shou Sugi Ban method, the charred wood needs to be brushed back and oiled for it's full benefits to present itself.

I really like how you are living in harmony with nature to bring out the best from the land and make it a better place. It is the kind of thing I would like to do if I was on that side of the ocean. Bravo! You are doing a great thing! This is from an old, retired, helicopter pilot by the US Army, living in Alabama, USA.

You guys are the heroes this country needs.

I really admire watching what Project Kemp is doing with the land and the tree management to regenerate the native trees and remove the invasive non native ones

You can use the ash from the burnt stuff as a great fertilizer for your garden. :)

BEST VIDEO YET!! Great engaging content, with a fluid pace and even some narration from Dave! Looking forward to the next one! Great work and thanks for listening to the community :)

I’ve been watching your channel from the beginning. So many improvements on the land and video making. I definitely like when you narrate the videos best.

Woodchipping would be a better option, but be mindful of the highly resistent and very invasive mimosa seeds. The seeds are pyrogenic, activated to germinate once burned. Chose the right timing season to chip or burn to avoid spreading the seeds. Great progress. Have you tried striping a band of outer cortex of the mimosa all around and let them dry off. Some people has reported that the technique kills the tree and the root spreading

Amigos, episódio bacana, porém notei que as amostras de madeira estão muito próximas umas das outras, e os diferentes tipos de tratamento aplicados estão dispostos em linhas, na horizontal, ou seja, um tratamento diferente posicionado acima pode contaminar o de baixo por conta do escorrimento natural da água da chuva, alterando o resultado do experimento pois a amostra abaixo pode se beneficiar com o acúmulo de tratamentos decorrentes do escorrimento natural. Sugiro que disponham as amostras com o mesmo tratamento na vertical, e, se possível, espacem mais as amostras. Boa Sorte!

The fires in Portugal each year are no joke. As of course they aren’t a joke anywhere! We never know where or when it will happen, but it’s as much of a certainty as the coming of summer. You are taking excellent precautions already, great job! If you can, be sure to keep the forest floor as clear as possible. All it takes is a spark and dry, anything. 😣 I loved to learn about your durability project on wood. Stay safe. 👍

Releasing the native seedlings from the invasives is SO important to you rmission of rehabilitating the land. I hope you can find a way to sustain this initiative. You pointed out the rate at which mimosa grows, so maintenance clearing would have to be done at least once a year. I would encourage you to plant a nursery of chestnuts ASAP. Mix up the species for best disease resistance. There are some really great culinary Chinese cultivars. Great source of low fat protein and the nuts can be ground for flour.

Project Kamp, Honestly I think you could probably get a tractor company like say John Deere be a channel sponsor. I watch a few farming channels that are in the US and it's not uncommon for them to loan new equipment out to a channel for either a certain amount of hours or a summer or sometimes longer. I'm not talking about cheap equipment either. I've seen more than one channel be loaned a $750k tractor for a summer.

I am finally up to date with the Kamp videos. Had some catching up to do. So I am now part of the happy "every monday something new" crew. Hope you all have fine days and awesome nights. Wonderful project. Cheers*

Well done, custodians of the land. Good to see "real" greenies!

I live in a desert and i watch this video and i get a little jealous of what you have green nature i wish we have rivers and trees

First I saw the recap from the past year and now i'm binge watching a bunch of euro hippies build a lot of shit, keep going I love this videos

*Some ideas:* -Linseed oil is used to coat adobe. It creates a *polymer* layer which is waterproof, it will work with wood as well. If you want to make very hard, abrasion proof, water proof adobe surfaces, try *tadelakt.* It is time consuming to make but lasts a very long time. -Using *wood ash* you can create lye which is used as electrolyte in concrete tubs to make a cheap battery. -You can clean and wash clothes with *lye* too. -I'd try building *hugelkultur* mounds from the abundant supply of dead wood to grow food.

Great job guys. Much better editing and matching a bit the older style. Great to see many projects in one video and a relief to see you tackle forest/fire management at the same time. I hope you can put the mimosas and the eucalyptus to good use in construction. Wood chipper will come with time. A tractos is definitely needed, and you can add a wood chipper to the tractor itself and move it around the land and work locally by areas of work. Amazing result what so many people can do when getting together. Curious to see what you will make with the buildings. I think a bigger town center makes sense, and development/research center. Eager to see the next video! Cheers

I can’t wait to see what y’all are able to do with all the willow! Raised garden beds, baskets, so many things!

The sample board is a great idea. Very visual thank you from England

I really like today's video. Professional yet it still has the raw vibe. The music and the integration of sounds😍. Good work. Love from Kenya.

this video is the perfect middle ground, i love seeing the new people, but having Dave do the intros just makes it familiar

Hi guys I've stick with you over the winter, best thing I ever did. Project worth ever penny it only gets better. I am now in my later years and carnt help but the world is in a better place because of your community xxxxx

You can use the ash as a natural fertilizer for the trees.

Nice! Doing the same here on my land in Aljezur. Can confirm it is a struggle;)

in Australia they had similar problems with brambles growing everything and up to 2m high. They used goats to vote them back and open up the ground cover. Great results. Maybe you should look at that kind of lawnmower as well.

Super cool Thumbnail!! You are doing a great job there’s so much abandoned land in my country and it’s fantastic to see the effort you putting in! Some people are just being borderline rude in the comments, stay positive!! 💙💜💚

Nailed it again…. All done fellas! ( in the end could put the names all of those people helping, it would be really nice)

Project Kamp Community is growing day to day ! Nice to see so many people interested in the project! Keep it up

I really liked the style in that video. Especially you gave In overview in the beginning, middle and end whats going on. Perfect

Good job guys!

Terrific! Go Project Kamp

Great job! 🌱 Really nice to see you having so many helpers, much easy like that. 💪

Great video! Feels classic and high quality.

Definitely go with shou sugi. Here in Japan it is doing a really good job against humidity and pests!

Awesome work guys, must be so satisfying.

Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice to see how the local trees are being taken care of.

Just want to say I really enjoyed the research part! Love the educational parts you guys put out :)

Keep up the good work I get so exited when you all post a new video

Love the new videos. Thanks for sharing

Boiled linseed oil is the way to go when combined with light charring. Charring itself protects but using hardening oil which penetrates deep gives you long term protection. Any oil which won't harden, in example (or more likely especially) old motor oil will soften the wood and after time it fails. It does penetrate deep, in time fully but it will also dissolve natural resins in the wood and make it really soft. Many gun stocks have been broken in two because of that.

i love it, good luck with your progress ~

Enjoyed from Texas!

I love the stuff you are doing. As with anything it's not perfect, it's called life. Glad you get info and make best choice

For big mimosas, what you want to do is strip their bark from chest height to as far down to the roots as you can pull. This will kill them slowly without triggering their stress response of releasing the seeds! So you don't have the cycle of removing them, they grow back (and so on..) Just found you guys (from the year recap video), loving your videos!! Would love to swing by and help out once I come back to Portugal Boa sorte com o projecto :)

This time the video is better!🖤 Thanks😁 keeps on improving.. much love. Cheers

bio char and ash for gardens and more. releasing those oaks and corks is outstanding. hope you find or plant some chestnut.keep up the good work !

You are amazing. What you are doing is amazing. The way you are bringing people together is amazing. 💛

Love this

I like how you guys are doing experiments as well! Helpful for the society but also really interesting to watch :))

you are so awesome.

Love your videos and please keep it up

The video making is 🔥 !!

learning a lot of english with this magnific videos, thank u from spain!!!

For the invasive trees that you burnt, keep the coals and ash to improve the vegetable and herb gardens? Charcoal is good (biochar would be better but we don't have space to make a charcoal pit now that we're in town, and also smoke would not be welcome with neighbours) and in the damp soil we have here it's been the secret weapon for our little vegetable beds, sweet.

most moisture gets in via the end grain, be sure to put it there aswell or it'll rot from the inside ;) also be sure to do every side of it. or it can crack easily

The experiments! Omg, I love it And you've even made the whole, literal chart. Keep going, this is amazing😍

A lot of work done in this video, nice job. Im happy to see tha Safety is now normal :)

Great times you guys are having The different projects are so interesting Wish I was younger I’d be down there giving you some help with various things Better video this time btw 👍💕🕊👍

Really nice Video!!! ❤

Great video. Love the research!

YAY I LOVE when you guys upload. I cant donate so ima just try to watch all of your videos to support you guys.

Lookin good!

I love te new video style! I mean, I did love the old one too, but I know how much more convenient it is this way for you.

Looking so much more homie!

New video style is great, keep it up 👍🏽

Very happy to see you guys find the flow of documenting everything that's going on while using the strengths of the new members and staying close to the season one content. I'm looking forward to the Q & A and challenges episode. I suggestion would be when someone new starts talking to the camera have them quickly introduce themselves or maybe in post have names written on the screen.

What a progressive team... I start watching this chanel 6 days ago and I watched all of them so far. This is so beautiful and inspirational to me in many ways. Planet is beet with ppl like ya'll. Sending love from Austria ❤️🌎🌏🌍🙌

Great job everyone! Wish I was there to volunteer my services.

Awesome 👍👍👍😻😻😻

I enjoy the new videos very much! I don't understand why others don't like them. I think you are doing a great job! Keep it up! So much amazing progress.

All very good happy to work taking place. I have been there not as big as you guys. One point burn the brambles as one branch or root will start again also where the fire is important as bramble often have big system in the soil which can also catch fire. But the resulting ash try to collect place in the holes for new trees. Good job 👍

really great content i am realy in love with this videos I found your channel yerstaday and watched all your videos, lots of love from india

This is an awesome channel!

really nice content this week would love to see some more cooking content and quality time with people near the pizza oven thank you for this video

It will be interesting to see the plywood age alongside all the other treated samples. This will be an excellent reference point for what to build with and how to treat it. Even just a few weeks or months may reveal some things.

Improvement, good music, similar vibes as starting videos .

yeahh ik zat al te wachten voor een nieuwe aflevering 😊groetjes uit Nijmegen

Hey Dave (and the rest of the team) I have heard about your ecology issues, I know with you and the team planting oaks really helps but to increase biodiversity i would recommend a plant and animal scientist come over (or have a photographer take pictures of all the animals they can find in the span of a few weeks. Then email it to them) and see what animals live on your land and then have them research the tree that would help your wild animal population and the overall wellness to the reaction between the animal and plant environment, if you read this please take this into consideration, if not that’s ok. Thanks for you and the team giving me and everybody else who watches a good experience this past year and a half with all your updates.

Awesome experiment! I work a lot with wooden structures outside, building pergolas gazebos etc, but im never around 10 years later to see how the wood (sometimes untreated sometimes treated) has withstood the test of time and the elements. Very interesting, lets check back in a few years :D in the meantime i love your videos, i had this same dream of moving to portugal and transforming a piece of land with permaculture methods years ago, just never took the plunge. Kudos to you all, keep up the enthusiasm!!