Preparing for Winter in a Remote Mountain Village

​Autumn is in full swing, and winter is just around the corner, which means it’s time for crucial preparations on our mountain homestead. In this episode, we tackle traditional fall chores, harvest seasonal produce, and work the land to ensure everything is ready for the upcoming cold months and the next farming season. ​In this video: ​Restoring an Old Cabbage Shredder & Fermenting: Restoring a traditional vintage cabbage slicer to prepare half a barrel of shredded cabbage for winter fermentation. ​Forest Foraging: Hiking into the mountain forest to pick wild cowberries (lingonberries), encountering a snake, and finding beautiful wild porcini mushrooms. ​Mountain Pear Harvest: Riding motorbikes high into the mountains to an abandoned old family homestead to harvest pears from ancient fruit trees. ​Autumn Fieldwork & Sowing: Sowing winter rye, followed by harrowing with a tractor. ​Firewood & Homestead Chores: Clearing tree branches with a quad bike and chopping firewood for winter heating. ​Soil Preparation & Plowing: Spreading manure with help from friends and plowing the potato plot for next spring. ​Apple Picking: Harvesting fresh autumn apples from our orchard. ​Sit back, enjoy the peaceful mountain scenery, authentic village life, and traditional autumn tasks! ​ 00:00 - Intro / Preview 01:10 - Sharpening blades & preparing the cabbage shredder 04:16 - Shredding & fermenting cabbage for winter 08:50 - Forest hike: Picking wild lingonberries 09:40 - Snake encounter in the woods 10:30 - Finding wild porcini mushrooms 12:30 - Motorbike trip up the mountain to pick wild pears 15:40 - Scenic autumn mountain views 16:35 - Sowing winter rye 17:20 - Hauling sycamore branches on a quad bike 18:13 - Harrowing the rye field with a tractor 19:15 - Loading & hauling manure to the field 23:35 - Plowing the potato field with a tractor 28:05 - Cat Barsik relaxing in the hammock 28:10 - Harvesting autumn apples 31:38 - Final thoughts & wrap-up ​#OffGridLiving #MountainHomestead #VillageLife #WinterPrep #AutumnHarvest #SlowLiving #TraditionalFarming #Homesteading