Maintaining an Unmaintained Road Off-Grid in Maine | Zucchini Chips

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Jason works on our unmaintained road while Jen makes a special garden treat.
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@davemcavene Месяц назад

Great video man! The road leading into our camp in Jackman Maine that my parents use to own was discontinued and un-maintained. We didn’t always have it in the budget to keep up the road so some years the road got beat up pretty good from water and frost heaving, it naturally kept people away lol. Miss those days and would love to live back on an un-maintained road again.

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Thanks!👍 Being on an unmaintained road does keep the visitors away! We do what we can when we can.

@robertbates5537 Месяц назад

Nice job. Work never ends on a Homestead or a private road. Keep it up

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Thanks! You got that right! 👍

@dfoltz268 Месяц назад

Nice work Jason! I lived on an unmaintained dirt road all my childhood and still remember going out and mending our part of it. Hated it as a kid, miss it as I age and look forward to doing it in the future!

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Thanks!👍 Being on an unmaintained road adds to our list of things to do but we wouldn’t want it any other way!

@hippiechickoffgridmaine8625 Месяц назад

I can very much relate to this video. With 3 backhoe in here, a gravel pit, 5 houses = 5 weed hackers and 8 people, im the one (without a backhoe) who maintains 80% of over a mile long road with loppers, a shovel a wheelbarrow and a lawn mower. Aggravating when they will hug one side of the road because branches are encroaching their driving lane but wont take 2 seconds to cut the limbs.

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

We feel your pain!! 😊

@bearofme Месяц назад

got a kick of how ya handled the no hammer problem. them chips looked good, nice Jen.

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Gotta use what you got if you forget what you need!!😂 Thanks…they turned out good! Another way to use up all the zucchini!!🤣

@robertbates5537 Месяц назад

You need a small toolkit always on the machine. Hammer, work gloves, couple of crescent wrenchs, adjustable pliers

@robertbates5537 Месяц назад

Couple of screwdrivers

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Agreed! Have a box on the tractor but not the side by side…need to put one together. 👍

@leekent3325 Месяц назад

Looks like a pretty good road, better than my laneway. Beautiful property!

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Thank you! Appreciate your kind words!!👍

@Downeastwaves Месяц назад

Great job! Glad you like the zucchini chips! Hopefully you will like the dehydrated cukes! 🎉

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Thanks! First batch of cukes done!! They are good!! ♥️

@Downeastwaves Месяц назад

Grinning and remembering@@HanbleceyaRanch

@Traveler1965 Месяц назад

I had a brainstorm, on that road near the culvert, if you could get the barriers to stop cars from driving down a road that could be out near the culvert. I’ll try and attach a pic. My second thought was, if you saw a baseball game and saw the device they have on the back of a tractor to grate the infield, looks like a piece of chain link, that would grate the road well and easy for you.

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

I’ve thought about putting a barrier up…it would do the trick for sure. A neighbor of ours built something similar to what you’re referring to. We’ll see how that goes. 😊

@Traveler1965 Месяц назад

@@HanbleceyaRanch I can’t figure out how to upload a pic but I think you know what I mean.

@TomTammyOffGridHomestead Месяц назад

Good video. Off Grid is not all glamor. Requires yearly maintenance. Our road is also not maintained, other than us.

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Hi!👋 Off grid is not glamorous…it’s hard work!! There’s always something to be maintained on the homestead!!😊

@sblauss Месяц назад

We’ve been on our land in Maine 3 weeks tomorrow… house frame starting to go up already! The unmaintained road is one of the things that made me hesitate as it’s a mile long and about 6 families in theory are supposed to maintain it. So far it’s really fallen to just one family. So we will definitely be pitching in.

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Welcome to Maine!! 👋 The unmaintained road is a job! It is helpful when everyone pitches in to maintain it. Good luck with the house! 👍

@sblauss Месяц назад

@@HanbleceyaRanch thanks. it’s been so crazy because husband and our livestock have been up here since May but I’ve been finishing my teaching year and selling our MA house… so it’s crazy. I have no idea where any of our stuff is. We are sleeping in a camper and I’m trying to find a teaching job up here. But we are together. We are finally here.

@sblauss Месяц назад

We’ve homesteaded on our almost acre in MA for over 30 years so at least I come Up here with lots of Skills. But as you know there is still learning curve. Your channel really helped when all last winter and spring we weren’t sure if this whole thing was going to happen or fall thru. So thank you and Jen for reducing stress and distracting me lol.

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

That must have been rough being apart!! So glad to hear it’s finally falling into place for you!!♥️

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Good you have lots of experience. We had none!!😂 There is definitely a learning curve. Just the other day I was making plans for next years garden to help with the issues I’ve been having this year!! So happy we could help with the stress and distractions!!🤣 We are so happy your journey here in Maine has finally begun. As you know…now is when the fun begins (and the hard work!!)♥️

@HensOnly Месяц назад

Do you harrow your gravel roads? I've seen several videos some farmers would take a rake or harrow to their gravel roads, to "freshen" up the gravel and cutting down weeds. I'm sure you do mow the shoulders once or twice a year?

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Our neighbor has a rake that he uses. We used a box blade we borrowed earlier this year for a bad spot we had. We do cut down the shoulders by us and the neighbors do by their places.

@purpledragondc7532 Месяц назад

Incredible transformation & increased safety!

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Thank you for the support and kind words! 😊

@cedricgates9976 Месяц назад

how far are you in there?

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

We have about a mile and a half of unmaintained road.

@jessihansen1375 13 дней назад

I kind of wonder if we're on the same road lol!

@HanbleceyaRanch 13 дней назад

🤣 There are quite a few roads like ours! 😉

@sherryhumphrey3868 Месяц назад

how did Jen make the zucchini chips

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Hi Sherry!! I thin sliced the zucchini. Layed the slices on a paper towel and covered them with another paper towel. Press down on them to try and get as much moisture out. Lay them single layer on parchment paper on cookie sheet. Brush lightly with olive oil. Add salt or any other seasonings you want. Bake in oven at 235° F for 1 1/2-2 hrs. Lay them on paper towel to absorb any excess oil and enjoy. 😊

@sherryhumphrey3868 Месяц назад

@@HanbleceyaRanch thank you can't wait to try

@HanbleceyaRanch Месяц назад

Hope you like them!!😊