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HOT HOT Homesteading! ☀️🐓 Follow us as we try and keep the Chickens alive, protect our Veggie Garden and make some Icy Treats + Lunch that is PERFECT for a Hot day :) ☀️ SUPERBEE 15% Discount Code: ONTHEROCK Shop for Beeswax wraps here: https://www.superbee-australia.com.au/?utm_source=superbee.me&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=redirect In this video: 🍦 Healthy homemade ice creams & electrolyte icy poles. 🐓 Heatwave chicken care - shade cloth & Ice water 🌿 Summer garden check-in (Whats growing) 🌳 Learning which plants need more or less sun (Why afternoon shade is GREAT) 🍎 Young fruit trees, sunburnt apples & why we’re not eating this year’s fruit 🙏 A bit of faith, a lot of learning, and real family homestead moments ⏱ Chapters: 0:00 Intro (Watering the Garden) 0:43 Homemade Icy-Poles & Ice-Cream! 4:11 Keeping chickens alive in the HEAT 5:05 Chicken Water Mistake 5:44 Shading the Chicken Run 9:18 Good meals for Hot days 9:43 Superbee beeswax wrap challenge 10:47 Making Rice Paper Roles 12:18 Small harvest big progress 15:24 First Garlic harvest. 17:43 Saving seedlings 19:13 Chicken treat (Compost machine) 19:43 What needs "Full Sun" 21:05 Fruit tree Commandment 23:33 Fixing the shade cloth 24:20 Enjoy Creation ❓ How do YOU keep your chickens and garden safe in a heat?☀️ Drop your tips in the comments – I love learning from other homesteaders and gardeners. 💬 Visit our Website: https://www.homesteadontherock.com 📧 Work with us: homestead.otr@gmail.com The song used at the end of the video is "Psalm 104, Anthem to the Creator" by Mathew Janzen Link For song: https://youtu.be/U1DMXIbblQo?si=n4WeeQ0uiUzOV7mv 👉 Make sure you SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss next week’s video! #homesteadingaustralia #backyardchickens #heatwave #gardeningaustralia #summergarden #chickencoop #shadecloth #familyvlog #naturalparenting #healthyrecipes #electrolyteiceypoles #beeswaxwraps

I’m giving my entire garden watering system a much-needed upgrade 🌱💦 No more dragging old, kinked & sun-baked hoses around the yard… it was time for something faster, cleaner, and way easier. I’ll take you through the whole project step-by-step! From digging trenches and running underground poly pipe, to installing two new garden taps, connecting mains water, making a garden post out of an old log with a Chainsaw.....AND a brand new Hose Reel + DRIP Irrigation for my Tomatoes! 🍅✨ Upgrade your Garden with some Gear from HOSELINK!! 🔧 Hoselink Evolve Retractable Reel: https://www.hoselink.com.au/collections/retractable-reels 💧 Hoselink Adjustable Drip Irrigation Kit: https://www.hoselink.com.au/products/drip-irrigation-kit-adjustable?variant=42233114361952 ⏱ Chapters: 0:00 Why I Need an Upgrade 0:35 The System Plan 1:19 Digging the Trench 2:18 Running Poly Pipe 2:58 Garden Tap Install 4:04 Hoselink Retractable Reel 4:27 Making/Milling a Post 7:09 Fixing a Garden Post 7:56 Installing a Hose Reel 10:20 Copper Tap in (Mains Water) 11:03 Installing a 2nd Tap 13:36 Family Time 15:52 Drip Irrigation Setup 22:10 The Finished Product ❓ What upgrade does YOUR garden need next? Drop a comment below I love hearing from other Gardeners :) Visit our Website: https://www.homesteadontherock.com 📧 Work with us: homestead.otr@gmail.com 👉 Make sure you SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss next week’s video! #homesteadingaustralia #gardeningaustralia #irrigation #gardentapinstall #hosereel #dripirrigation #gardenwatersystems

Building a homestead from Scratch! No experience, no house, and two little kids in tow. In this video we share how we went from Van life in Australia to buying the “Cheapest we could find” bush block, learning to grow food, raising chickens, and finally finding a way to get a house on the land as budget-conscious, faith-led owner Builders! . This is our real, imperfect story of Biblical homesteading, waiting on God’s timing, and choosing to build our home on the Rock. You’ll see our: 🏕 Caravan days, travelling Australia + deciding to buy land 🏡 Why we chose a small, budget block & how “Homestead on the Rock” got its name 👶 Home birth, moving in with family, and learning about homesteading 🐔 First chickens, compost, worm farm & our very first garden and harvests 🌳 Planting fruit trees, building a chicken coop & the tomato house 📋 The reality of permits, septic, power, water & owner-builder overwhelm 💸 Why we paused the new-build plans (budget + exhaustion) 🏠 The answer to prayer: finding an old house to relocate that actually fits our budget This video isn’t sponsored — just our honest journey as beginner homesteaders in Australia trying to follow Jesus, grow food, and build a home without losing sight of what really matters. Buy our COOKBOOK: https://www.homesteadontherock.com/category/cookbooks 💬 Question for you: Where are you in your homesteading journey — dreaming, planning, or already on the land? Work with us: homestead.otr@gmail.com CHAPTERS: 0:00 Why we started building a homestead 0:33 Caravan life & buying a small bush block 1:43 First day on the land 3:01 Home birth, moving in with family 4:01 First chickens, compost & tiny garden 8:38 Learning permits, septic & house plans 14:13 Moving from the city to the country 20:01 Making a start on the Build 20:30 Fruit trees, chicken coop & daily homestead life 30:56 Starting Gardens & Tomato House 34:59 Pushing on & Garden Harvests 36:04 Finding a relocatable house (answer to prayer) #homesteading #christianhomesteading #homesteadontherock #simpleliving #homesteadfromscratch #australia #familyvlog #faithandfamily #ownerbuilder #relocatedhouse

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Welcome to my FULL Pantry + Fridge Tour ✨ I’m sharing everything we stock as a from-scratch, whole-food family — a healthy 95% ingredient household after years of learning, experimenting, and simplifying our real-food kitchen. Try my Cookbook: https://www.homesteadontherock.com/category/cookbooks You'll See my; 🌾 Daily pantry staples (grains, flours, rice, legumes, baking basics) 🏷️ Brand recommendations we genuinely use and repurchase 🥬 What I buy organic vs non-organic (and why) 🚫 Ingredients I avoid (additives, oils in dried fruit, “natural flavour,” acidity regulators) 🫙 Cans & jars I keep on hand (BPA-free, clean ingredients) 🧀 Fridge essentials (dairy, bone broth, fruit & veg) 🧈 Oils & fats I cook with and why 🥩 Freezer staples + how we source better quality meat (pasture-raised, no chlorine-treated options) I also share practical, real-life tips like: - Why I prefer oat groats over rolled oats - Brown vs white rice (bran & germ explained) - How to choose clean honey, dried fruit, chocolate & snacks - How I balance health, budget, and convenience as a mum This video isn’t sponsored — these are just the brands we genuinely like to use: Sovereign Foods • Honest to Goodness • The Source Bulk Foods • Goodness Me • Love Ya Guts Box • Cere's Organics • Barambah Organics • Westgold • The Stock Merchant • Mingle • Zoetic • Nutra Organics • Paddock to Table • Stockman Steaks • Pana Organic • Isaac Snacks . Blue Dinosaur 💬 Question for you: What’s ONE pantry staple you always keep stocked? Work with us: homestead.otr@gmail.com CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro + what you’ll learn 0:18 Pantry staples (grains, rice, baking basics) 11:34 Cans & jars (BPA-free, clean ingredients) 16:08 Fridge tour (dairy, broth, fruit & veg) 25:13 Oils & fats 26:43 Freezer staples + meat sourcing 31:26 Supplements cupboard (quick peek) 32:08 Teas + coffee picks 34:51 “Secret box” (cleaner convenience snacks) 36:58 Extra freezer tour 38:30 Wrap up + what to watch next #pantrytour #fromscratch #wholefoods #realfood #homesteading #healthyhome #ingredienthousehold #fridgetour