See everything we built in our first YEAR on our homestead in Ireland. We have filmed our entire learning journey since we first moved onto the land with nothing here except a cottage and a shed.

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00:00 Intro
00:49 Day 1
01:22 First few weeks
02:25 Round wood timber frame
05:35 Building a 40ft polytunnel
07:45 Planting 2000 native trees
10:23 Building the workshop
12:48 Welding huge barn doors
16:27 All the rest


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We are- a family of four,
Mum- Annie,
Dad-Bruce
Two children Elsie and Betsy
One dog - Doug
2 Cats - McTat and Ash
2 Pygmy Goats - Treasure and Bell
1 Sheep - Luan
2 Budgies - Disco and Big Budge
and we decided to trade our busy life as home and business owners to chase the dream we’ve harboured for 10years.


How did we get here
After years of saying one day, we finally realised that these opportunities don’t just land in your lap and if we seriously wanted to make a difference to the Earth then we were going to have to stop talking about it and do it!

We sold all our stuff, got rid of the mortgage, sold our camper conversion business and landed in a dream come true. After traveling in our van we settled here in the west of Ireland. A place that has always been special to us. Annie is half Irish and since we met 12 years ago and she took me to meet her family i fell in love with Ireland too.

Now we’ve made this dream a reality there is no stopping us! our plan is to work hard, meet new people and learn new skills that will guide us on our journey of permaculture and creating a way of life that sings to us. One where we aren’t bound to the banks, working every hour and outsourcing all of our needs. A simple way of life, with connection to ourselves, each other, the earth and our community.

Vlogging with
iPhone 11
Insta360
Olympus OM-D 5 mk ii
Lens Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14 mm F2.8 PRO Lens
Lens Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40 mm F2.8 PRO Lens
Mic Rode VideoMicro Compact On Camera Microphone
Final Cut Pro
DJI Mavic Airport