I feel like the algorithm also pushes negative videos more. Can I offer some encouragement? Just the way you seem to live your life is HIGHLY positive. The fact that you share your lifestyle like this is you sharing more positivity than you may realize. I appreciate it.
Great video! We have been "homesteading" for 14 years but only took the plunge into RUclips 2.5 years ago and we can agree completely with you about the feeling you get when someone shares their story with you and how you have influenced it. Love this video for the fact that you spoke about so many of the things we find as well and its nice to hear the honesty from a bigger channel that's been doing it for a while.
People are absolutely awful no matter what you do. You guys were "my first" and remain my absolute favorite!!! I found you back when we were stuck in a townhouse, researching milk cow breeds and dying to get out (and out of state) to start a whole different life. 2020 happened and we ran with it in the best way possible and got to where we dreamed of. I look forward to every one of your videos, mostly because I just adore you two! I'm so excited to watch your new journey. And a little relieved to hear that K is not pregnant again. LOL!!!
My husband got me into your channel. He loved how you guys showed butchering and all. Got us started on butchering our own meat birds. My husband loves your processing turkeys long time ago. Crazy how you have grown and also how we have grown in our homestead journey. Thanks for all the knowledge we have gotten from you guys.
Your husband is a wise man 😁 It’s sad, the changes on YT over the years has meant I don’t do much Butcher videos anymore, might be good to try to sneak a few new ones in!
I'm so disappointed in the people who think it is ok to criticize creators. They need to shut up. And I am SO glad you get the people who appreciate what you do. I think you two and your adorable family are amazing.
20:53 I think the video where you are 1 wk postpartum & delivering a goat - you look incredible. Vital, centered, in that place of power (I’m serious. Not in any way throwing shade). As a mom of 3, grandma to 9, great grandma to 2… I recognize that energy. No matter how tired you may feel - it’s still there. We have 4 hens & a rooster because of your encouragement! Blessings to you all ❤
You guys were what got me into homesteading AND start a youtube channel! Those videos of your children are so precious. We are almost a year in and the footage we have now of our kids on the farm is priceless!!! We didn't have the funds for fancy equipment.. we run our channel with my cell phone and older laptop! This video is so encouraging. Thank you for choosing to share your lives to help educate others.
It's horrible how negative people can be in video comments. No wonder most tubers don't even read them or reply. It's important to remember those people are having issues in their life's and more than likely are lashing out to gain what little control they can derive. Keep up the positive, your family is amazing, and I hope it encourages more people to return to the American life style so long ago lost. I know I've been taking my own notes.
I have so much respect for you guys, even more so now that I know you’ve deliberately chosen to keep it real & low key, despite knowing you could make a lot more money by chasing the negativity. Kudos to you and thank you for not contributing to the cesspool the internet tends to be! Society is all the better for it. Now, #askhomesteady, I’d really love to hear more about how you plan to turn stripped forestry land into fertile pasture. Cheers : )
Thanks. You are one of my reasons I kept moving forward with our Homestead. I learned how to do so many new ventures by your open lifestyle. You are good. 👍Negative sells, and negative people just like to be negative. Glad you are real. Blessings. 🙏
I have enjoyed your journey. Thankyou. Kay is a big part of why I liked this channel. She was milking cows and taking care of babies. She is a hard working and Solid woman!!!! A treasure!
I've been watching you for years and I am grateful that you have stuck with it. It is a joy to watch your family grow and thrive, and I appreciate seeing how your farming has evolved as our own family's farming continually shifts and evolves. You are a family I relate to and I cheer you on from our Canadian wilderness homestead. (Also I love the mustache 😂 and think Aust has a great sense of humour.) Thanks for the openness and transparency.
Best video I have ever seen about reality of starting the youtube channel. I am having so many doubts about starting my own channel and you just help to compartmentalize my thoughts about it. Thank you !
I started watching you quite some time ago while I was getting ready to move to some acreage. You inspired me so much. I now have six laying hens, three Nubian goats, 3 beautiful Galloway girls cows (expecting anytime) and meat rabbits. I can hardly wait to start building my greenhouse and garden. I have a lovely little home, a shop and a nice barn on 10 acres in BC. I am so very happy to be here and I thank you, so much, for all you have done to help me. I enjoy your happiness and your honesty!!
Thanks for making this video. I've been watching you for a few years now. Through thick and thin. I don't think I could ever do You Tube videos but my husband and I have a Homestead in Saskatchewan, Canada. I love your kids and don't see mine enough. So it makes me feel good to watch you all and learn from you. We have been homesteading for only 4 years.
You’re so right how negative things sell. I figured that out when I kept seeing one of my homestead channels post “worst farming mistake ever” or “ All of my animals almost died, I’m quitting” that used to get me every time 😅😅 they literally say the same things every few weeks
That was very cool of y'all to be transparent about how much money you are making from RUclips. It really put things in perspective for us smaller channels and newbies.
I just discovered your channel, dear people. Y'all's relationship and communication style between each other has encouraged me in my marriage. I don't have a homestead... yet. March on!
I want to be one those people who are appreciative of all your efforts, good, bad or crazy. You have answered so many questions for me before I even asked 😊❤
I love that you say it took you time. I so appreciate that as a new RUclipsr. I’ve been homesteading for 20 years but RUclips alittle over a year. Also mentioning your videos making money years to come. Thank you for your openness and honesty! New sub
#askhomesteady YAAAAY!!! I am so excited you’re bringing back Ask Homesteady! Happy birthday to me!!! When you first said you had a big announcement I was hoping this was it! This was my favorite series, and I was sad to see it go! I learned a lot from all the questions and subsequent answers. Woot!
🥳 sad truth is we needed a break from it because Trolls. Ask Homesteady can attract a lot of trolling. So from time to time we just take a break. But it’s time to bring it back!!!
Thank you for this! It’s hard starting a homestead and trying to document it all with my phone. I have so much video I haven’t even edited and put up because it can be overwhelming work to build all this and have babies and take care of 5 kids. To see you guys doing it is encouraging! You guys are down to earth and that’s why we are confident about being a Homesteady pioneer. Our kids love watching your videos too. I’m a city girl myself, learning everything for the first time, changing my mindset on food (because growing up in the city we don’t know anything but the grocery store) This world needs more positivity and encouragement. Someone once told me there is room for everyone at the table and each person has their own unique perspective. That’s why the homesteading videos are so great, it’s not about competition but about community. It’s not about becoming famous, but for serving others. That’s the mindset I will keep as we go forward and start to put ourselves out there. Thank you! I needed this! We look forward to #askhomesteady coming back. Be encouraged, you are making a difference!
Me and my wife have been slowly been growing our 20 acres over the last 5 years. From buying it as bare land to now having the house and a barn and water lines back to different areas it’s been quite a journey. I’ve been making videos since the beginning of this documenting for outselves and also sending updates to my now 86 year old grandmother. Now with having more and more live stock every year we are going to start a channel and try to make better quality videos for her and our other relatives. Last week we purchased a bred jersey heifer due in march. You both have been so helpful and inspiring thank you and I hope to make my videos half as good as yours!!
YOU KNOW YOU CAN EDIT BY CLICKING ON THE FAR RT, IF YOU THING BEGGING NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED TO BEGINNING... BC IT'S A REALLY GOOD COMMENT. but i would like to say that u bypassed a few things in growing a Farmstead on video, the transformation of the earlier days! So if i say jump in & do it now , don't you think that might be a good idea? and 20 acres is big enough to really be interesting too!!
I have been watching you guys for about a year and I believe this is the first time I am commenting. There are a number of channels that I avoid because they seem to be "click batty". Reasons why I like your channel; You are currently in the area I was born, ... Central Pa... Lewistown. You seem to be honest about your homesteading journey and you seem to avoid the "click bate" titles..... I dig the mustache even though it reminds me of a guy I work with that I hate. I am trying to buy land and create a homestead and I enjoy your perspective. I am eagerly watching you create your new homestead. Thank you for what you do and putting your life out there for others to comment on and critique.
Ya'll are awesome, and you're accomplishments and how you've handled challenges are amazing. Keep doing what you do and thanks for letting us come along for the ride.
I love your energy and a subscriber of mine recommended your channel... I'm so glad they did. We are starting our homestead off grid journey and I'm loving the content. Thanks for being real... you all make me laugh at times too. I absolutely love it! ❤️ 😅
I love how kind, positive, and honest this video is. You showed real statistics, time and tracking, and that's really nice to see. It's difficult these days to get accurate information on youtube and to really LEARN new things is almost impossible. A lot of channels are pure entertainment that want to sell you on a vibe of farming, or cooking, homesteading, and not how to actually do it, especially when you have a question, or experience a failure. A lot of this stuff is easy to get started, but hard to master; at least that's been the case in my own journey. I came to your channel to look at pigs, but found this vid, and this is the one that gets me to subscribe. Plus, since you mentioned it, I just wanted to drop a little "Thank you, this really educated me." Stay fresh.
lol. You two are hilarious. Your conversation about whether or not someone should start a you tube channel sounds like exactly what goes on in my head about the same topic.
This was great. Loved hearing your pros and cons, I can identify with so many of them. When I started my channel I made a list of all the reasons I wanted to do it (what I thought would be pros) and what I thought could be cons. The reasons why I wanted to outweighed the potential negatives: documenting our journey back to the land, being able to look back on the footage of my child, see how I've learned over time, become a better communicator, encourage others to try the lifestyle, find community (I'm more of a private person too) and build some kind of income as well! Just found you guys and subscribed!
I started watching you guys over the summer after I fell in love with the idea of homesteading, fast forward to September we found our dream homestead and were able to purchase it and now we are slowly getting things set up and ready for some chickens, and a garden to start. I love love your videos thank you for the wealth of information and sharing your experiences!
I have been watching your videos regularly! It feels like you are my RUclips friends. Makes me wanna say “where are these negative Nancy’s??let me at em!” Love your content, what your doing, and you guys just being you.
This episode was very encouraging for me. I was encouraged by many people to start a channel because of 40 years of homesteading. If you do the math, yes I'm 61 and not afraid to work.I raise 80% of my food. I love to educate on gardening. Again, glad to come across your channel And thank you 😊
I’d want to start a RUclips channel but I know I’d give up because it’s so much work. Plus my property is always such a mess with half finished projects going on. But I love your alls channel and can tell Aust loves it. I subscribed on the one chicken video because of the humor with the mario brothers lol. It’s probably my favorite homesteading channel because I feel like I’m chilling with friends when I watch your videos and I laugh with all the little bits of humor thrown in. They aren’t just educational but also super enjoyable to watch, so I’m very happy y’all stuck with it!
Ya'll have great personalities. Kay is such a rock. The balance between you to is awesome. Keeping it real keeps viewers like me. I am too private to share on YT but really admire and appreciate the tons of work you guys do in sharing knowledge that you are learning on your journey.
Hey Homesteady Y’all are one of the channels that inspired me to start my channel over two years ago. Haven’t really watched much of the Channels I like since starting my own channel (just to busy now). Ive been a little discouraged of my channel growth here lately and this video of yours showed up this morning and really helped me see a better outcome for myself. Keep up the good work and im gonna make sure I watch the new homestead episodes. Thanks a lot y’all Myke Fowler
Myke, keep at it! But do change things to see what works. You have 300+ videos, that’s a good amount to judge what works better or not. Take some time to dive into your analytics and get an idea of the topics that do well, thumbnails that work, and what KEEPS people watching (like more percentage viewed) and double down on that!
I love your transparency, you guys are both so real and down to earth. Im also considering starting a youtube video ralking about homeschool and sharing cirriculum and what i do for my kids in our homeschool. Im extremely private so im struggling with this idea but feel God keeps putting it on my heart. God bless you both and your little ones and all your animals!❤
I love you guys and was so glad to get to talk with you both at HONE. Don't let the naysayers get you down. You have a beautiful family and I look forward to watching your future homesteading adventures.
We just moved to 33 acres of raw land. Starting a year long substance abuse program for young men ages 18-25. We are building a working farm and a trade school as well. It's such an AMAZING adventure.
Your cow video answering questions on getting a dairy cow for the first time really helped me calm the nerves about getting our dairy cow. She was 4 years past calf, and I was supposed to have time to bond with her before milking. Surprise, she's still giving a gallon a day four years after having her last calf!
People are just so mean sometimes. I tell my kids all the time that they need to mind their own..... and defend others when they are getting kicked when they are down. I totally enjoy your channel and as for the Negative-Nelly's....... just block them! Our kids just bought some acreage and have asked us to move along with them with the 'understanding' that I will babysit, garden and keep their flocks fed. I am stoked to be able to finally have a taste of homesteading life. Keep up the great content.
Agreed!! Thank you. Ignore the trolls!! They are just hiding under the Bridge!! I am so much more wise because of you guys. Which does not mean I have not failed..I started 7 years ago knowing nothing! A city girl (old lady)😉 And just jumped in. I now raise chickens, goats, sheep, and two cows, and this year will start milking. Trained her to a stanchion. I have raised ducks and turkeys. Last week I butchered my first larger animal. 😬😳 But..I did it and learned and provided. So yes, you were both part of my journey, and still are. Thank you for not letting the Trolls take away your gift!! 🙏🙏
Great channel. Just started watching a few of episodes. I love the fact that reality vs fiction based. How honest and real with a touch of sarcasm clips to lighten mood. With the amount of kids you have is intriguing how you guys coup compared to regular system. Like you guya said the we don't talk about. Thank you for your honesty.
Our channel is growing steadily, but it often feels very slowly! 😊 We didn't start our channel at the beginning of our homestead.. I think that can make for fun and clickable content, but it would have been a disaster for us to take on the stress of starting a homestead AND starting a channel. Both are a TON of work! We're now able to share what we've learned over the past 8 years of homesteading. Our biggest lesson is to not take on too much at one time 😉 Love y'alls channel though! Especially now that you got a Guernsey 😂
Your at 100ish videos. The hardest part is the next part, pushing through when it’s not new and it’s not big yet. Keep at it. When people ask me how to do RUclips full time I tell them to make 500 videos. Somewhere in there is where the magic happens (that’s my inner algorithm priest talking 😂)
Oh man I love seeing your kids at a young age as they have grown up so fast, I remember watching them when they were younger, it is really neat that you through that in.
We started 2-3 RUclips channels about 8 years ago. We were not consistent enough. We had too many channels and too many ideas. I used to be very super outgoing and now I’ve become much more private. I enjoy the purity of your content.
All, which you've said is totally true and valuable knowledge. If I weren't a million years old, I'd definitely be inspired by you guys to start homesteading. Great job!! But, ya know what part I loved the most?? Those squeaky, cracky, tiny voices on those beautiful, BEAUTIFUL babies. 🧓👶🧒👦💖♾
Thanks for this video! I love the positive vibes here. We just started our RUclips video documenting our journey from city to country. Thanks for inspiring us.
Well... I really DO appreciate your videos and have really committed to watching all the new ones as they come out (found you month ago on a mini jersey video). Homestead dreaming here. Since I started watching, I got 6 pullets, now laying hens and we are looking for land! Keep sharing. Most of us appreciate all you share!
I have Always Enjoyed your "realness"💞 your journey has been such a blessing to follow and love K she's such a Lil spit fire and strong willed Momma👩🏼🌾💖
There are people that love criticizing others for one reason or other. You ask 10 people to do the same simple thing and each of them will do it in a different way. Keep doing what you are doing, you guys are doing a great job. I love watching your Chanel, along with few others, to see how I could improve and find ways to get to closer to having my own ‘perfect’ homestead. (😂😂😂 is there even something like a perfect homestead? - but you do keep going and dreaming) keep doing what you are doing and don’t worry too much about others.
You look at yourself one way and then others see you differently. I saw you postpartum and almost cried cause I wish I could look that good. Just ask Aust--- he knows. You're so beautiful!!!
Great video! We’ve been on RUclips for a little over 2.5 years and have really enjoyed the experience. We love meeting people through the channel and it’s a great way for us to stay connected to family & friends who live all over the world! I’m pretty sure my grandparents are our #1 fans 🥰 Totally agree with the recommendation that you should only start a channel if you want to start one! It can be a lot of work but it’s a great learning experience and a way to share your passions with others ❤
You guys are growing a nice channel And doing an awesome build project! Keep it up, you are close to being able to go full full time than it might seem!
This is full of awesome information. I’m closing in on 1000 subscribers and nearing the 4000 watch hour mark but it feels like it’s taking forever. But it’s cool to hear your story of how long you’ve worked at your channel and how much work it takes to keep putting out videos year after year to get to the position you’re in. Thanks for the inspiration to keep moving forward!
@@Homesteadyshow I started posting back in 2019 but more as a hobby, documenting our journey. But lately I’ve started putting more effort into our videos and posting more consistently as I gained more subscribers.
I have a small youtube channel about our farm and cattery. I really appreciated this video(I'm not monitized yet😔) You both are so sweet and funny. I love your channel.
You know, you guys are just awesome. Thank you so much for sticking around even among the negative people. You guys are so enjoyable and wonderful and wish I could meet ya'll in real life. God bless you and the family!
Thanks for the honest advice guys. I enjoy your genuineness and you seem very humble and down to earth. We have just started our homesteading journey in Australia and can relate to your journey. Thank you for the inspiration to keep going!
I totally agree with the holistic approach here, I see other people growing at faster rates and look at their videos and think, I could do that... but it's not what I want it to be...
I found you guys and Im so glad BECAUSE yalls videos are so positive! haha! Even if its a negative title yall as humans are so positive that I know yall will put a positive spin on it lol Love you guys! Yall have also inspired me and my husband to consider documenting our future homesteading!
This was great! Funny, and honest, and real, and inspiring. Our channel was dormant for 5+ yrs and we were demonetized last year, which was a huge bummer....but we do appreciate all those old videos now that our kids are grown and our dogs have passed on. It feels SO much harder to qualify now than it was in 2009!! Spending hours filming/editing to get 46 views is soul crushing. 😂
Thank you! We moved to our homestead last February. I have wanted a farm for as long as can remember and finally I have it. Your videos on the new homestead have been great. Thanks Maria from @brunskillfarms
You guys definitely inspired me to take early retirement and follow my dream of having a homestead. So I bought an abandoned farm in Central Portugal and now breed kunekune pigs. I also have a RUclips channel documenting my journey. The trolls do get to you initially, but you are right - the encouraging positive messages overcome those and make it all worth it!
Love watching your channel and following your homestead! I have always been curious how you came up with your kids names, and also how to introduce children to homesteading and how they cab helping out in a safe and engaging way based on age. Thank you for all you guys do! #askhomesteady
I started homesteading, and I'm in the learning stages. I still don't have my property, but I am working on it. I am anxious to have chickens and goats someday very soon.
Y’all are making good content, keep it up. My favorite is the Mario chicken ones, Lol. My son now plays Mario with me on an old Wii. It’s so cool because I used to play the original Nintendo one. I told the kids the other day that when someone is being negative, remember what Luca says: Silencio Bruno! 😊
Found you guys in 2020, when I convinced my husband to get chickens 😂now we are buying land and looking forward to building our homestead. Trying to get the courage to appear on our channel for homesteading. Right now just getting my feet wet with other videos. I really appreciate this video and the honesty. :) keep up the awesome work
I started watching y'all about three years before we had our homestead. I learned about mini Jerseys and milking from your channel and I've loved watching you guys. Plus I'm from CT originally so that was cool! I have a youtube channel it's grown a bit but still under 1000. I'm very consistent then slack for a month and so on and so forth. But not giving up!!🙏
I feel like the algorithm also pushes negative videos more. Can I offer some encouragement? Just the way you seem to live your life is HIGHLY positive. The fact that you share your lifestyle like this is you sharing more positivity than you may realize. I appreciate it.
Yes!!! So true of this wholesome family!!!
What does that feel like?
Susan quit yesterday. RUclips could be seeing brighter days
I watch you guys because I learn from you, but mostly because you are down to earth.
You two are raising a beautiful family and are consistently good people!!!
Im impressed with how your marriage and family has stayed strong over the years. You are doing something right relationship wise!
Great video! We have been "homesteading" for 14 years but only took the plunge into RUclips 2.5 years ago and we can agree completely with you about the feeling you get when someone shares their story with you and how you have influenced it. Love this video for the fact that you spoke about so many of the things we find as well and its nice to hear the honesty from a bigger channel that's been doing it for a while.
😁 awesome to bring 14 years of experience to the platform! We’re heading into our 13th year!
People are absolutely awful no matter what you do. You guys were "my first" and remain my absolute favorite!!! I found you back when we were stuck in a townhouse, researching milk cow breeds and dying to get out (and out of state) to start a whole different life. 2020 happened and we ran with it in the best way possible and got to where we dreamed of. I look forward to every one of your videos, mostly because I just adore you two! I'm so excited to watch your new journey. And a little relieved to hear that K is not pregnant again. LOL!!!
I came for the numbers but left with some really good advise and the numbers! Thanks guys!!
My husband got me into your channel. He loved how you guys showed butchering and all. Got us started on butchering our own meat birds. My husband loves your processing turkeys long time ago. Crazy how you have grown and also how we have grown in our homestead journey. Thanks for all the knowledge we have gotten from you guys.
Your husband is a wise man 😁 It’s sad, the changes on YT over the years has meant I don’t do much Butcher videos anymore, might be good to try to sneak a few new ones in!
I'm so disappointed in the people who think it is ok to criticize creators. They need to shut up. And I am SO glad you get the people who appreciate what you do. I think you two and your adorable family are amazing.
20:53 I think the video where you are 1 wk postpartum & delivering a goat - you look incredible. Vital, centered, in that place of power (I’m serious. Not in any way throwing shade). As a mom of 3, grandma to 9, great grandma to 2… I recognize that energy.
No matter how tired you may feel - it’s still there.
We have 4 hens & a rooster because of your encouragement!
Blessings to you all ❤
I had to go back and watch that video!!! Accurate description!! Kay is something else!!!!
@@juliekooiker3408 Kay is a Force.
You guys were what got me into homesteading AND start a youtube channel! Those videos of your children are so precious. We are almost a year in and the footage we have now of our kids on the farm is priceless!!! We didn't have the funds for fancy equipment.. we run our channel with my cell phone and older laptop! This video is so encouraging. Thank you for choosing to share your lives to help educate others.
Y’all are so awesome being honest and transparent ❤
It's horrible how negative people can be in video comments. No wonder most tubers don't even read them or reply. It's important to remember those people are having issues in their life's and more than likely are lashing out to gain what little control they can derive. Keep up the positive, your family is amazing, and I hope it encourages more people to return to the American life style so long ago lost. I know I've been taking my own notes.
I have so much respect for you guys, even more so now that I know you’ve deliberately chosen to keep it real & low key, despite knowing you could make a lot more money by chasing the negativity. Kudos to you and thank you for not contributing to the cesspool the internet tends to be! Society is all the better for it. Now, #askhomesteady, I’d really love to hear more about how you plan to turn stripped forestry land into fertile pasture. Cheers : )
Thanks. You are one of my reasons I kept moving forward with our Homestead. I learned how to do so many new ventures by your open lifestyle. You are good. 👍Negative sells, and negative people just like to be negative. Glad you are real. Blessings. 🙏
I have enjoyed your journey. Thankyou. Kay is a big part of why I liked this channel. She was milking cows and taking care of babies. She is a hard working and Solid woman!!!! A treasure!
I've been watching you for years and I am grateful that you have stuck with it. It is a joy to watch your family grow and thrive, and I appreciate seeing how your farming has evolved as our own family's farming continually shifts and evolves. You are a family I relate to and I cheer you on from our Canadian wilderness homestead. (Also I love the mustache 😂 and think Aust has a great sense of humour.) Thanks for the openness and transparency.
I didn’t want to. But I made one and then never looked back. I love making videos.
Best video I have ever seen about reality of starting the youtube channel. I am having so many doubts about starting my own channel and you just help to compartmentalize my thoughts about it. Thank you !
I started watching you quite some time ago while I was getting ready to move to some acreage. You inspired me so much. I now have six laying hens, three Nubian goats, 3 beautiful Galloway girls cows (expecting anytime) and meat rabbits. I can hardly wait to start building my greenhouse and garden. I have a lovely little home, a shop and a nice barn on 10 acres in BC. I am so very happy to be here and I thank you, so much, for all you have done to help me. I enjoy your happiness and your honesty!!
Thanks for making this video. I've been watching you for a few years now. Through thick and thin. I don't think I could ever do You Tube videos but my husband and I have a Homestead in Saskatchewan, Canada. I love your kids and don't see mine enough. So it makes me feel good to watch you all and learn from you. We have been homesteading for only 4 years.
Hey! My husband and I are in Saskatchewan Canada and homestead too! I haven't found a lot of others, but I think it's our area! So hello 👋
You’re so right how negative things sell. I figured that out when I kept seeing one of my homestead channels post “worst farming mistake ever” or “ All of my animals almost died, I’m quitting” that used to get me every time 😅😅 they literally say the same things every few weeks
This is the best no nonsense "How much money I make on RUclips" ive seen. less than half way in and you have answered one question very well done
That was very cool of y'all to be transparent about how much money you are making from RUclips. It really put things in perspective for us smaller channels and newbies.
Happy to share and help the next big channel 😁
I just discovered your channel, dear people. Y'all's relationship and communication style between each other has encouraged me in my marriage. I don't have a homestead... yet. March on!
I really value Kay’s personality and authenticity
I want to be one those people who are appreciative of all your efforts, good, bad or crazy. You have answered so many questions for me before I even asked 😊❤
Love the transparency of this video.
You guys really look happy ..... and the clips of the kids is heart warming.
I love that you say it took you time. I so appreciate that as a new RUclipsr. I’ve been homesteading for 20 years but RUclips alittle over a year. Also mentioning your videos making money years to come. Thank you for your openness and honesty! New sub
#askhomesteady YAAAAY!!! I am so excited you’re bringing back Ask Homesteady! Happy birthday to me!!! When you first said you had a big announcement I was hoping this was it! This was my favorite series, and I was sad to see it go! I learned a lot from all the questions and subsequent answers. Woot!
🥳 sad truth is we needed a break from it because Trolls. Ask Homesteady can attract a lot of trolling. So from time to time we just take a break. But it’s time to bring it back!!!
Thank you for this! It’s hard starting a homestead and trying to document it all with my phone. I have so much video I haven’t even edited and put up because it can be overwhelming work to build all this and have babies and take care of 5 kids. To see you guys doing it is encouraging! You guys are down to earth and that’s why we are confident about being a Homesteady pioneer. Our kids love watching your videos too. I’m a city girl myself, learning everything for the first time, changing my mindset on food (because growing up in the city we don’t know anything but the grocery store) This world needs more positivity and encouragement. Someone once told me there is room for everyone at the table and each person has their own unique perspective. That’s why the homesteading videos are so great, it’s not about competition but about community. It’s not about becoming famous, but for serving others. That’s the mindset I will keep as we go forward and start to put ourselves out there. Thank you! I needed this! We look forward to #askhomesteady coming back. Be encouraged, you are making a difference!
Me and my wife have been slowly been growing our 20 acres over the last 5 years. From buying it as bare land to now having the house and a barn and water lines back to different areas it’s been quite a journey. I’ve been making videos since the beginning of this documenting for outselves and also sending updates to my now 86 year old grandmother. Now with having more and more live stock every year we are going to start a channel and try to make better quality videos for her and our other relatives. Last week we purchased a bred jersey heifer due in march. You both have been so helpful and inspiring thank you and I hope to make my videos half as good as yours!!
YOU KNOW YOU CAN EDIT BY CLICKING ON THE FAR RT, IF YOU THING BEGGING NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED TO BEGINNING... BC IT'S A REALLY GOOD COMMENT. but i would like to say that u bypassed a few things in growing a Farmstead on video, the transformation of the earlier days! So if i say jump in & do it now , don't you think that might be a good idea? and 20 acres is big enough to really be interesting too!!
What’s your yt?
Yay! I love seeing people Start sharing the fun!
Hey neighbor! You should start a channel. 💯
I have been watching you guys for about a year and I believe this is the first time I am commenting. There are a number of channels that I avoid because they seem to be "click batty". Reasons why I like your channel; You are currently in the area I was born, ... Central Pa... Lewistown. You seem to be honest about your homesteading journey and you seem to avoid the "click bate" titles..... I dig the mustache even though it reminds me of a guy I work with that I hate. I am trying to buy land and create a homestead and I enjoy your perspective. I am eagerly watching you create your new homestead. Thank you for what you do and putting your life out there for others to comment on and critique.
Ya'll are awesome, and you're accomplishments and how you've handled challenges are amazing. Keep doing what you do and thanks for letting us come along for the ride.
I love your energy and a subscriber of mine recommended your channel... I'm so glad they did. We are starting our homestead off grid journey and I'm loving the content. Thanks for being real... you all make me laugh at times too. I absolutely love it! ❤️ 😅
I love how kind, positive, and honest this video is. You showed real statistics, time and tracking, and that's really nice to see. It's difficult these days to get accurate information on youtube and to really LEARN new things is almost impossible. A lot of channels are pure entertainment that want to sell you on a vibe of farming, or cooking, homesteading, and not how to actually do it, especially when you have a question, or experience a failure. A lot of this stuff is easy to get started, but hard to master; at least that's been the case in my own journey. I came to your channel to look at pigs, but found this vid, and this is the one that gets me to subscribe. Plus, since you mentioned it, I just wanted to drop a little "Thank you, this really educated me." Stay fresh.
Soo glad this was helpful! 😁 you thinking of getting pigs!?
lol. You two are hilarious. Your conversation about whether or not someone should start a you tube channel sounds like exactly what goes on in my head about the same topic.
This was great. Loved hearing your pros and cons, I can identify with so many of them. When I started my channel I made a list of all the reasons I wanted to do it (what I thought would be pros) and what I thought could be cons. The reasons why I wanted to outweighed the potential negatives: documenting our journey back to the land, being able to look back on the footage of my child, see how I've learned over time, become a better communicator, encourage others to try the lifestyle, find community (I'm more of a private person too) and build some kind of income as well! Just found you guys and subscribed!
Real and honest. This is wholesome and sound advice.
I started watching you guys over the summer after I fell in love with the idea of homesteading, fast forward to September we found our dream homestead and were able to purchase it and now we are slowly getting things set up and ready for some chickens, and a garden to start. I love love your videos thank you for the wealth of information and sharing your experiences!
Best video I have seen in a long time. Well done for being objective. Good luck !
I have been watching your videos regularly! It feels like you are my RUclips friends. Makes me wanna say “where are these negative Nancy’s??let me at em!” Love your content, what your doing, and you guys just being you.
This episode was very encouraging for me. I was encouraged by many people to start a channel because of 40 years of homesteading. If you do the math, yes I'm 61 and not afraid to work.I raise 80% of my food. I love to educate on gardening. Again, glad to come across your channel And thank you 😊
I’d want to start a RUclips channel but I know I’d give up because it’s so much work. Plus my property is always such a mess with half finished projects going on. But I love your alls channel and can tell Aust loves it. I subscribed on the one chicken video because of the humor with the mario brothers lol. It’s probably my favorite homesteading channel because I feel like I’m chilling with friends when I watch your videos and I laugh with all the little bits of humor thrown in. They aren’t just educational but also super enjoyable to watch, so I’m very happy y’all stuck with it!
Ya'll have great personalities. Kay is such a rock. The balance between you to is awesome. Keeping it real keeps viewers like me. I am too private to share on YT but really admire and appreciate the tons of work you guys do in sharing knowledge that you are learning on your journey.
Hey Homesteady
Y’all are one of the channels that inspired me to start my channel over two years ago. Haven’t really watched much of the Channels I like since starting my own channel (just to busy now). Ive been a little discouraged of my channel growth here lately and this video of yours showed up this morning and really helped me see a better outcome for myself. Keep up the good work and im gonna make sure I watch the new homestead episodes.
Thanks a lot y’all
Myke Fowler
Myke, keep at it! But do change things to see what works. You have 300+ videos, that’s a good amount to judge what works better or not. Take some time to dive into your analytics and get an idea of the topics that do well, thumbnails that work, and what KEEPS people watching (like more percentage viewed) and double down on that!
@@Homesteadyshow ok I can certainly check into the analytics. Thanks for the advice really appreciate the reply.
For the record, it is a bad mustache ❤great video and I love you guys!
I’m pretty sure Toby would be rocking a police stache if he could…😝
Thanks for all you do! Continue to ignore the trolls. Love you two and your sweet family!
I love your transparency, you guys are both so real and down to earth. Im also considering starting a youtube video ralking about homeschool and sharing cirriculum and what i do for my kids in our homeschool. Im extremely private so im struggling with this idea but feel God keeps putting it on my heart. God bless you both and your little ones and all your animals!❤
Thank you both and your children for staying and inspiring me. Please don't ever give up! You make the world go round!
That stash is amazing.. thanks for your honesty guys.. me and my husband are thinking of starting a channel and this gave me a boost to start
Yay! Can’t wait to see your first video
I love you guys and was so glad to get to talk with you both at HONE. Don't let the naysayers get you down. You have a beautiful family and I look forward to watching your future homesteading adventures.
We just moved to 33 acres of raw land. Starting a year long substance abuse program for young men ages 18-25. We are building a working farm and a trade school as well. It's such an AMAZING adventure.
Your cow video answering questions on getting a dairy cow for the first time really helped me calm the nerves about getting our dairy cow. She was 4 years past calf, and I was supposed to have time to bond with her before milking. Surprise, she's still giving a gallon a day four years after having her last calf!
People are just so mean sometimes. I tell my kids all the time that they need to mind their own..... and defend others when they are getting kicked when they are down. I totally enjoy your channel and as for the Negative-Nelly's....... just block them! Our kids just bought some acreage and have asked us to move along with them with the 'understanding' that I will babysit, garden and keep their flocks fed. I am stoked to be able to finally have a taste of homesteading life. Keep up the great content.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm rollin Austin saying, "your an idiot, there I was the 1st one to tell you🤣" you are so funny. We love y'all
We just started a channel using our iPhones. If nothing we will have the memories. Thanks for the video guys
I did not realize that I got unsubscribed. I re-subscribed. Great to see you doing well!
As soon as I saw your stache,Austin, I said "Yes! That's perfect!"
Agreed!! Thank you. Ignore the trolls!! They are just hiding under the Bridge!! I am so much more wise because of you guys. Which does not mean I have not failed..I started 7 years ago knowing nothing! A city girl (old lady)😉 And just jumped in. I now raise chickens, goats, sheep, and two cows, and this year will start milking. Trained her to a stanchion. I have raised ducks and turkeys. Last week I butchered my first larger animal. 😬😳 But..I did it and learned and provided. So yes, you were both part of my journey, and still are. Thank you for not letting the Trolls take away your gift!! 🙏🙏
Great channel. Just started watching a few of episodes. I love the fact that reality vs fiction based. How honest and real with a touch of sarcasm clips to lighten mood.
With the amount of kids you have is intriguing how you guys coup compared to regular system. Like you guya said the we don't talk about.
Thank you for your honesty.
Our channel is growing steadily, but it often feels very slowly! 😊 We didn't start our channel at the beginning of our homestead.. I think that can make for fun and clickable content, but it would have been a disaster for us to take on the stress of starting a homestead AND starting a channel. Both are a TON of work! We're now able to share what we've learned over the past 8 years of homesteading. Our biggest lesson is to not take on too much at one time 😉 Love y'alls channel though! Especially now that you got a Guernsey 😂
Your at 100ish videos. The hardest part is the next part, pushing through when it’s not new and it’s not big yet. Keep at it. When people ask me how to do RUclips full time I tell them to make 500 videos. Somewhere in there is where the magic happens (that’s my inner algorithm priest talking 😂)
@@Homesteadyshow Haha thanks 😊
I just subscribed to you.
@@PineRidgeHomestead Awesome!
Oh man I love seeing your kids at a young age as they have grown up so fast, I remember watching them when they were younger, it is really neat that you through that in.
We started 2-3 RUclips channels about 8 years ago. We were not consistent enough. We had too many channels and too many ideas. I used to be very super outgoing and now I’ve become much more private. I enjoy the purity of your content.
All, which you've said is totally true and valuable knowledge. If I weren't a million years old, I'd definitely be inspired by you guys to start homesteading. Great job!!
But, ya know what part I loved the most?? Those squeaky, cracky, tiny voices on those beautiful, BEAUTIFUL babies. 🧓👶🧒👦💖♾
Thanks for this video! I love the positive vibes here. We just started our RUclips video documenting our journey from city to country. Thanks for inspiring us.
Well... I really DO appreciate your videos and have really committed to watching all the new ones as they come out (found you month ago on a mini jersey video). Homestead dreaming here. Since I started watching, I got 6 pullets, now laying hens and we are looking for land! Keep sharing. Most of us appreciate all you share!
Your no longer just a dreamer if you got Chooks!!! 🥳
I have Always Enjoyed your "realness"💞 your journey has been such a blessing to follow and love K she's such a Lil spit fire and strong willed Momma👩🏼🌾💖
Just recently stumbled upon your channel. Thanks for sharing the detailed information.
You two are amazing❤ i m also living at the plot with many fruit trees and cows. I love your life style. Sooo nice🎉🎉🎉
There are people that love criticizing others for one reason or other. You ask 10 people to do the same simple thing and each of them will do it in a different way. Keep doing what you are doing, you guys are doing a great job. I love watching your Chanel, along with few others, to see how I could improve and find ways to get to closer to having my own ‘perfect’ homestead. (😂😂😂 is there even something like a perfect homestead? - but you do keep going and dreaming) keep doing what you are doing and don’t worry too much about others.
You look at yourself one way and then others see you differently. I saw you postpartum and almost cried cause I wish I could look that good. Just ask Aust--- he knows. You're so beautiful!!!
Great video! We’ve been on RUclips for a little over 2.5 years and have really enjoyed the experience. We love meeting people through the channel and it’s a great way for us to stay connected to family & friends who live all over the world! I’m pretty sure my grandparents are our #1 fans 🥰
Totally agree with the recommendation that you should only start a channel if you want to start one! It can be a lot of work but it’s a great learning experience and a way to share your passions with others ❤
You guys are growing a nice channel
And doing an awesome build project! Keep it up, you are close to being able to go full
full time than it might seem!
This is full of awesome information. I’m closing in on 1000 subscribers and nearing the 4000 watch hour mark but it feels like it’s taking forever. But it’s cool to hear your story of how long you’ve worked at your channel and how much work it takes to keep putting out videos year after year to get to the position you’re in. Thanks for the inspiration to keep moving forward!
How long you been at it? Keep going 💪
@@Homesteadyshow I started posting back in 2019 but more as a hobby, documenting our journey. But lately I’ve started putting more effort into our videos and posting more consistently as I gained more subscribers.
I have a small youtube channel about our farm and cattery. I really appreciated this video(I'm not monitized yet😔) You both are so sweet and funny. I love your channel.
You know, you guys are just awesome. Thank you so much for sticking around even among the negative people. You guys are so enjoyable and wonderful and wish I could meet ya'll in real life. God bless you and the family!
Good video. Love how open and honest you guys are.
Love and blessings to you and your family! I pray you prosper greatly. We are getting a Jersey A2A2 milking cow in the spring because of your videos 😁
Thanks for the honest advice guys. I enjoy your genuineness and you seem very humble and down to earth. We have just started our homesteading journey in Australia and can relate to your journey. Thank you for the inspiration to keep going!
I totally agree with the holistic approach here, I see other people growing at faster rates and look at their videos and think, I could do that... but it's not what I want it to be...
We tried to start a RUclips channel, but it was a lot of work for no extra money! 😂 Love hearing the numbers, thanks!
I found you guys and Im so glad BECAUSE yalls videos are so positive! haha! Even if its a negative title yall as humans are so positive that I know yall will put a positive spin on it lol Love you guys! Yall have also inspired me and my husband to consider documenting our future homesteading!
Thanks Lexi! We always try to keep it fun! 98% of the time we can ;)
Fun fact you all were our first homesteading RUclips channel we ever viewed years ago.
Great video. It really encourages me to start making more videos on my channel.
Very interesting! Good for you!! I hope your channel continues to grow. You two are adorable!
This was great! Funny, and honest, and real, and inspiring. Our channel was dormant for 5+ yrs and we were demonetized last year, which was a huge bummer....but we do appreciate all those old videos now that our kids are grown and our dogs have passed on. It feels SO much harder to qualify now than it was in 2009!! Spending hours filming/editing to get 46 views is soul crushing. 😂
Thanks for being real. As a new channel this was appreciated.
Hey guys, keep on keeping on! Ya'll are super and I cannot wait to see the new homestead come together! God Bless!
Thank you! We moved to our homestead last February. I have wanted a farm for as long as can remember and finally I have it. Your videos on the new homestead have been great. Thanks Maria from @brunskillfarms
I Love you guys!..Love how real you are! And I'm very happy for you both!💕
You guys definitely inspired me to take early retirement and follow my dream of having a homestead. So I bought an abandoned farm in Central Portugal and now breed kunekune pigs. I also have a RUclips channel documenting my journey. The trolls do get to you initially, but you are right - the encouraging positive messages overcome those and make it all worth it!
Way to go Cindy! Your channels doing great! Happy to be a small bit of inspiration 😁
@@Homesteadyshow Definitely! Started following you with your camel train!
I like your realness. Subscribed!
Love watching your channel and following your homestead! I have always been curious how you came up with your kids names, and also how to introduce children to homesteading and how they cab helping out in a safe and engaging way based on age. Thank you for all you guys do! #askhomesteady
I started homesteading, and I'm in the learning stages. I still don't have my property, but I am working on it. I am anxious to have chickens and goats someday very soon.
You two are the best…your so honest 👍👍👍
Y’all are making good content, keep it up. My favorite is the Mario chicken ones, Lol. My son now plays Mario with me on an old Wii. It’s so cool because I used to play the original Nintendo one. I told the kids the other day that when someone is being negative, remember what Luca says: Silencio Bruno! 😊
Yall are real and i love that. Im 27 and trying i feel invain in this economy to buy some land even though currently that is a pipe dream.
The looking back and the family grows is the best part!!! We’re in PA are you from?? I am in the Scranton area
Found you guys in 2020, when I convinced my husband to get chickens 😂now we are buying land and looking forward to building our homestead. Trying to get the courage to appear on our channel for homesteading. Right now just getting my feet wet with other videos. I really appreciate this video and the honesty. :) keep up the awesome work
I started watching y'all about three years before we had our homestead. I learned about mini Jerseys and milking from your channel and I've loved watching you guys. Plus I'm from CT originally so that was cool! I have a youtube channel it's grown a bit but still under 1000. I'm very consistent then slack for a month and so on and so forth. But not giving up!!🙏