Get to Know Your Land | Live Free or Die: How to Homestead

hello there hello there

hello there hello there hang on the forest garden being cool

hang on the forest garden being cool

hang on the forest garden being cool homesteaders so when I first came here I

homesteaders so when I first came here I

homesteaders so when I first came here I had this idea from looking at pictures

had this idea from looking at pictures

had this idea from looking at pictures and books of what my homestead was going

and books of what my homestead was going

and books of what my homestead was going to look like pictures that were taken in

to look like pictures that were taken in

to look like pictures that were taken in very different landscapes than Western

very different landscapes than Western

very different landscapes than Western North Carolina and I said well if it

North Carolina and I said well if it

North Carolina and I said well if it looks this way in the book it should

looks this way in the book it should

looks this way in the book it should look this way here right and that’s not

look this way here right and that’s not

look this way here right and that’s not at all the case the land already has

at all the case the land already has

at all the case the land already has momentum

momentum

momentum okay the land already has a direction

okay the land already has a direction

okay the land already has a direction that it’s headed in right so you can

that it’s headed in right so you can

that it’s headed in right so you can learn what the land is up to by just

learn what the land is up to by just

learn what the land is up to by just looking and listening and smelling and

looking and listening and smelling and

looking and listening and smelling and tasting so when I showed up here as I

tasting so when I showed up here as I

tasting so when I showed up here as I was clearing I was noticing a lot of

was clearing I was noticing a lot of

was clearing I was noticing a lot of pine trees so from that I figured that

pine trees so from that I figured that

pine trees so from that I figured that oh then I can grow pine nuts there’s

oh then I can grow pine nuts there’s

oh then I can grow pine nuts there’s also American Hazel’s growing here which

also American Hazel’s growing here which

also American Hazel’s growing here which don’t make too much food so if you

don’t make too much food so if you

don’t make too much food so if you replace those with European Hazel’s okay

replace those with European Hazel’s okay

replace those with European Hazel’s okay so if you intend on getting some land

so if you intend on getting some land

so if you intend on getting some land and growing some food don’t have an idea

and growing some food don’t have an idea

and growing some food don’t have an idea of what the land is supposed to be doing

of what the land is supposed to be doing

of what the land is supposed to be doing look at what it is doing and just help

look at what it is doing and just help

look at what it is doing and just help it to do that better

it to do that better

it to do that better so ask what you can do to help the land

so ask what you can do to help the land

so ask what you can do to help the land out to do a better job introducing food

out to do a better job introducing food

out to do a better job introducing food instead of demanding that it does

instead of demanding that it does

instead of demanding that it does something for you that might