Y'all cracking me up this morning with those "mysterious" reasons and then the monogamous udder cowboy! AND THEN, Jess got "stung" by the fence and..... This whole video made me laugh big time! By the way, love your shirt Jess! Thanks for the laughter - hugs and love to you and your family!
Everything she said.... *grin* I love watching before bed and falling asleep smiling and dreaming... Real life comes dirty too - and laughter washes it away.
Miah has the sweetest face. Love his expressions when he's talking to you - the love and the humor just shines through. OMG - just got to the cow/bull footage. Laughing out loud. Live and learn and ignore the haters.
Really enjoyed seeing you guys joking and laughing about the bovine adventure ❤ Miah has such a witty way with his humor and you Jess have an infectious giggle 🤣 Wonderful video ❤
"What others think of me is none of my business" has become my life guiding quote. Being authentic and true to yourself is the best way to live. And we all love you for that.
Share your mistakes without fear of other’s comments! You are helping others learn I love watching y’all!!! Keep doing what your doing I bless you!!!!😊
Don't worry.The farming mishaps are funny and balance out the great gardening success.Learning from and with you guys is awesome.Share the ups and downs and pray for the haters
"It's not funny!" It's TOTALLY funny, haha. I know it hurts, but I'm just glad it didn't finish you off! and the pups on the sandhill? so cute. You guys are such a cute couple. I love watching you interact with one another. Just sayin' As for the rude, negative and critical comments. It happens. Don't let it get to you. You're not accountable to them. Your animals are all obviously happy and healthy and your stuff is growing crazy, you are hard working and lovely, living your dream and that's all that matters. Thanks for sharing your life with us. I worked my way through high school and college on farms and love watching you all.
I love to watch your videos! So much to learn from you! Plants, soil-even the bad soil issues, farm animals, use the correct Canning jars-no the cheap ones, also the love of family, friends, & your community. Too many haters out there, don't worry about them!
If a lesson's learned, there is no overwhelming mistake involved imho. Life-long learners know this, and over time they can even laugh about it. Right? Peace, love and blessings to you!
when u said your heifers were in RAGING heat and you brought a bull onto the farm- I could see where this story was headed! Bless your heart..you two are soooo cute!
Jess, when you looked at Maya and told him that your dreams had come true because of him. I feel that so much with my husband. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be living on our little homestead with my growing chicken flock and my starter garden. He does everything he can to see that I get what I have always dreamed for and I hope that I am able to do the same for him. Bless you and your family. You have made me smile this morning
Oh my days! Of all the funny bits in this video, Raff claiming the hill charmed me even more than Miah's wit. Loved the horses running up to ya'll too. Was nice to have the different perspective of the farm showing the greenhouses in the background. An 11-acre pasture, amazing! We learn best by doing, and Roots and Refuge Farm is definitely doing lots! Thanks for taking us along.
When you giggle, it makes me smile. Your sooo pretty, sweet, and I love how you two share your knowledge and say it’s ok not to know how to do something . Nobody is born knowing everything. Your so inspiring to everyone. Thank yous and may god bless your family.
Horse butts are just as beautiful as the sunset! Thank you for sharing mistakes and growth and learning with us. I so appreciate it. We are all learning, blessings💕
Ohhh come on Jess, a chuck wagon would be perfect. Lol. One time I was out in the horse pasture and one of the horses got in the barn feed room, so I was running to get him out and I straddled the hot wire, that my hubby was supposed to have turned off, and let me just say, that truly set me free. I grew up Pentecostal, and I promise I was jumping around like a hot summer tent revival. Love you guys.
I had no idea there were certain lines that could and couldn't be grass fed. I live in cattle country and all the cattle are open range almost year round.
All cattle can be grass fed, but the special genetics come into play when you “finish” (feed to slaughter weight) on only grass, no grain and still have tender, tasty beef.
Yes, it has to do with the finishing. Because beef cattle require so many more calories to produce good meat, it takes a really long time to bring traditional meat breeds, like Angus, to finish weight on grass. Usually they are grass fed and “grain finished”, which really isn’t bad since they are usually only fed grain for the last two-three weeks. With these “dual purpose” breeds, like the American Devon, they aren’t as big or dense as a straight meat breed and can more easily be brought to a good slaughter weight on grass. My dad raised Angus for years that were grass fed and grain finished. Our family milk cow was a Hereford/Jersey mix and she gave around 4-5 gallons of milk. Crossbreeds like this can also be “homesteading” cows.
@@lajohnson1967 We also raised Angus on grass and grain-finished but way back then there was no worry about GMO or nasty additives to the grains. They were 5 weeks on grain with molasses and prime hay and made the best, tender, tasty beef I have ever put in my mouth. We as kids used to grab a mouthful of the grains and chew it because it tasted so good. I miss the old days!
it's not that they can't. but some lines will not gain weight as well on grass only, or maintain their weight. then you would need to supplement with protein which could become quite costly and possibly undermine your management goals.
Miah should imagine the feeling of that cowboy hat on his head, the sound, smell, and movement of the horse beneath him... envisioning slowly moving the cows along... and enjoying that moment. That's when it will FEEL real. He has to feel it. 😇
Life itself is about learning, making “mistakes” is all part of it. Don’t listen to the ones that criticize instead of teach. You all are doing great!!! I have learned so much from you all not just with homesteading and gardening but just in how you view life. Thank you for all you do to teach us!!!
I so appreciate that you are real and don't leave out your mistakes in your videos. We learn from our mistakes, and because of your transparency, we can learn from yours, too. I have a new understanding of what an electric fence can do. 😆
Love your transparency. We are all learning on our journeys. If you are not making mistakes you are not learning. What I always tell me team as a Director
I just love y'all, I been watching you guys from the small start and I think y'all are amazing. Being able to watch your farm grow and to be on that Journey with you I'm just happy for you. To take us along the journey has showed it can be done for anyone. With hard work and dedication.
The very reason I'm drawn to your channel is that you are so willing to become vulnerable to share openly and honestly. I can see when you do this you are well aware of the firing of mean, know it all comments to come your way but you choose to be brave still and share for all of those that are inspired by you being real and honest and imperfect like everyone else on the planet. Thanks Jess... for being you! I cannot wait to see more of the new herd.
Miah mooning on Halley! He’s so sweet Jessica! Ouch! That fence bump pain looked awful! One thing I love about you and Miah is your honesty and the ability to laugh at yourselves! Don’t pay attention to the naysayers. There will always be trolls trolling around looking to criticize. Just bless their hearts! They’ll move on! Blessings to you both and your beautiful family!
I really enjoyed "hanging out with you guys" today. You have no idea how much sharing this time with you has warmed my heart. Especially loved the ending and Jessica's word painting of Mia's future moment of "realization", This is my life, and I love it! Just needed the music to go with it as he rides off into the sunset.... With his wagon😊. Blessings on you and yours. Maranatha.
A pool, how nice! We had a pool for many years and some of the best moments with my teenagers happened while hanging out in there. Somehow they found it easier to open up and share their hearts with me while floating around in the cool water. Could make a great place for an affirmation circle someday 😀
The way Miah’s eyes and face lit up with complete love and adoration when his horses ran up, made me tear up ❤️ So beautiful that you’re both living your dreams. God bless you Both and your entire family!
I kept watching you guys BECAUSE you're human! 🥰❤️🙏🤗 I discovered a few years ago that I was merely human too and since then I don't hold anyone else to higher standards than that. LOVE YOU GUYS!! Thank you for having Miah in a video. "We all need a Miah in our lives" - Love Grow Live Free channel 🤣
You guys are so cute! 🥰 I personally like when you share the slip ups b/c even though I don’t have my homestead/farm YET I file it away for later. You can’t grow without mistakes! Man, that shock looked like it crazy hurt 😵💫 So excited for you all and love watching your farm grow.
Roots & Refuge, Jovial Jess, Monogamous Miah, fits! Reckless - NO, gaining exerience - YES, sharing experience with unexperience - YES, needing to be criticized - not unless you've NEVER done dumb things - Hey Jess, God is posting a comment - LOL.I agree with Miah - a chuckwagon would be wonderful - just imagine the new recipes that could come, the new ideas for living rough, the cute hats and boots, you definitely NEED a chuckwagon!!!!
I have been watching your channel from the beginning. I started watching when I could binge all your videos in one day. I have to say I am over joyed at how your dreams are coming to fruition and your hard work is paying off. I love how transparent y’all have always been on the mistakes and can tell you that you have spared me a great deal of heart ache in doing so. We moved out to our two acre homestead from the suburbs last year at the same time y’all moved to your new farm. You made the announcement the day we accepted an offer on our suburb house. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Sometimes we say oops, sometimes, oh, no and sometimes we laugh. This was definitely a laugh. BUT these mistakes are not life and death and they are not caused by recklessness. They are the same kind all of us make every day. The important part of your group here and the VAST majority are thankful for your openness and honesty and being true to life. Thank you so much for life as it happens. Miah, get that hat!
Cowboy Miah happy to hear your dreams are coming to reality. Chuckwagon and all. This has got to be the best video ever! Total laughter, no one is perfect. Your funny mistakes teaches us. What a wake up jolt !!!
Thank you for all your stories. I think telling people your thoughts, your mistakes, your hopes is more than fine. How else are people supposed to try and learn? There will, of course, always be people who know better and are always perfect. I say just ignore those types. They can go on living their perfect lives. I am totally NOT perfect and I can be extremely dense. You are doing way better than I am and learning much, much faster! The good thing? Everybody has mistakes and accidents and misunderstandings. It happens, even to experts and 50th generation farmers. Keep going, living, growing and doing your thing, you two.
Loving the growth of your farm. It’s your farm and you are truly blessed to have found such a perfect property for learning and teaching. Oh to be young again. Sorry about the shocking development.
You are such a sweet couple and family! It makes my heart so happy to see your dreams come true. May you have many continued blessings, as we are blessed to learn from you!
I'm a 65 year old woman, have spent many years living in many places thanks to the Marine Corps. Have always loved gardening and had tried to have something growing at all times. You have ignited that fire in me again. ❣ Y'all always make me smile! God bless you!!
Y'all are such a hoot, and such a blessing! One time I got bit by my fence on my forehead, oh boy did that ever light me up! I gotta say that the horses running through the pasture at sunset made my heart sing, there's not many hings more beautiful than that!
I’ve been following y’all for years and I have to say that it fills my heart to bursting levels to see your hopes and dreams coming to fruition one by one. Thanks for sharing your momentous occasions with us!!! I bless you until next time 💜. Your friend in NC. I just started my homestead dream. No chickens yet but I’m working on it 👩🌾🌱🌻
What a beautiful color those new cows. They look so healthy, oh and meaty. You were talking about learning new things on the farm, if I already knew everything this is to know I'd be pretty bored by now. I hope and pray that your Jersey's take and both calves are healthy, beautiful milkers. I liked when Miah asked if we could get a chuck wagon. Sounds pretty cool Jeremiah. Maybe something more modern like a taco truck would work for now. God bless your beautiful homestead. We love you guys.
So happy for you guys! ❤️ In early 2020, we bought 32 acres out in the country near my family. We worked and went without to make that happen. Even now, I’ll stop and look at my handsome hubby and say, “Hey. We own this.” Blessed to be living the dream with my best friend.
Thank you for EVERY mistake that u share with us. Every mistake that u share on here with ur laughter and ur willingness to fail and get right back up, and even in the face of thousands of people watching. Thank u for getting back up every time. Because there are thousands of people u saved from making the same mistakes. Thousands of crops and animals SAVED because of the information that u share. Never stop being you, Jess. U really shine light into so many peoples lives, myself included. Ur a real REAL good soul. Love you so much❤️
So good to learn that there are cows genetically raised to just eat grass. Here in UK farmers are quitting sayingthey cannot afford the grain for their cattle. Love Miahs love affair with Helen.....sooo funny😆
I’ve never heard of genetically raised grass fed only cows. My experience was that cows are grazers first and foremost. My mixed breed beef herd was pasture fed, with hay in winter. They got the occasional grain snack to encourage them to come up to the barn when needed, and garden scraps like corn stalks and such. The only time I grain fed was the steer I would fatten up in the barn for my personal consumption (grain feeding creates the fat marbling that is desirable in good cuts of beef).
I think it’s more to do with the final product. Some breeds will weigh out just fine grass fed and finished, where others will not reach goal weights finished on grass only.
I think you two are brilliant! Getting ready for the grow your own/sustainable shift and having it all ironed out is going to be a lifesaver for so many people. Thank you & the whole family for pioneering and sharing all the ups/downs/inbetweens 💚😊🍀
This is hilarious to me! I love that you were responsibly breeding your cows and getting ready for this heard and it just never crossed your mind that you could use it 🤭😂🤣 I love it! This is why my hubby, father-in-law and myself talked through things ahead of time. (We are beef farmers) Because sometimes one or even two people can miss something super obvious. But with three of us we usually catch stuff like that 🙃
It just brings a tear of joy to my eyes to see you two living your dreams. You deserve this season. I know it's been a long time coming. What a wonderful adventure.
Jess you and Miah are good for my emotional wellbeing... I had such a rough time lately and watching you makes me laugh and even more important makes me happy! I have been a silent spectater to you fulfilling your dreams, what a journey! I love that you can laugh about mistakes being made, life is hard and laughter is good for the soul! You are definitely not stupid!! It's not just you guys learning, we learn with you. Lots of love from a cold South Africa 🤗❤🌻
Ah, Miah needs a chuck wagon for his classroom! Miah, check out Cowboy Kent Rollins' RUclips channel if you haven't come across him yet. He has some great videos on chuck wagon cooking and outdoor cooking. Lots of recipes to practice for dutch ovens and cast iron skillets. Jess, I hope you're doing okay since getting shocked. I love how you guys roll with the punches and adjust plans on the fly when needed.
Thanks for the multiple laughs! Totally sounds like what would happen to me down to touching the wire! I didn't want to laugh at you, but then your editing was on point for the moment! Such a great idea to start the breeding for new homesteaders! Brilliant 👏.
We are in our 60’s and we took over our family farm about 14 years ago. My husband’s family farm. We still make mistakes and I can’t tell you how many times we laugh 😂 over farm life! You both are great! I love that you share! Our cattle are in pastures from May to October or November. Then they come home here in South Dakota. We calve from the middle of April to the beginning of June. We moved the time to avoid late snowstorms.
Wonderful, funny, sweet video. So glad the “ladies” were safe in the end and Miah DOES need a chuck wagon!!! 😂🤣😂 It would be so cool to offer students and visitors refreshments from one! 😁👍🏻💗
Your dog is SO pretty. Loved seeing him laying on HIS mountain! Girl, please be careful around that wire. Love seeing Miah walking with the cow, too. She's such a beautiful cow! So tame. So Calm. So gentle.
Sometimes, the best learning comes from stumbling into the circumstances naturally. No foul on learning organically. I somewhat detest peoples expectations that you should have learned everything ahead of time. Like you said, we cautiously try and make many attempts to learn from others experiences, but our own lightbulb experiences are just as valuable.
People who leap into the unknown are different from people who push at the edges of their known lives. We prepare as best we can, leap, and adjust. If you want something very different from your starting point, it’s necessary, not reckless. People whose dreams are right next door to where they are, can push cautiously at their boundaries and still achieve their dreams.
Jess you and Miah are real! You are the real deal! This is why we love you guys. You make mistakes so what thats how we all learn. Love how you both make each other laugh and keep it real! You both keep it real this is Roots and Refuge at its finest! Thank you for sharing laughing at each other. That’s what its all about! If people comment who cares! They have nothing better to do. I cannot wait for the next video. I hope with more of the both of you! 😃
I am glad to see a little bit of your Live Stock Guardian Puppy > Raf. I was so excited when you first got him. He is so big now and we haven't got to watch him grow-up. A Report of how he is doing with your animals... etc. would be nice to see. Or just some 'cute' videos of him living on the farm! I love Gardening / Farming, but.... I first subscribed to your channel, because I was interested in LGD's.
I’ve asked multiple times on here if they’d do a full farm tour not just garden. I love seeing all of the animals!! Hopefully they do it once so I can’t get all caught up 🙏🏻
I love that you are so honest about your mistakes as well as your successes. You are helping us all learn as you go. So sorry, Jess, that you got popped by that fence. Sounds like Miah really had it souped up big time! Love that you are getting more cattle, and Miah's dreams are coming true, too! ❤🐮🐂🐴🐎
Jess I love when you ask Jeremiah if his dreams have come true. These little intimate moments is why I love this channel. I kept telling my Husband, "They truly love each other". It is such a joy to see. Everything that is "Good Coming" comes from that Love. I love you got a pool for the Boys. Nothing like a Farm Pool. God's Blessings upon your Family
I was just thinking how much your kids are loving their above ground pool in the summer! We didnt have too many snakes, but lots of snapping turtles in our pond growing up on our farm! We did swim in the ponds (with the cows!) and our parents didn't put in an above ground pool until we had mostly all left home...to draw the kids and Grand kids back home I reckon!
No human is perfect. The fact that you share your imperfections as a lesson to others is what’s impressive and people who try to call you out for it could be jealous that they don’t have that courage.
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Y'all cracking me up this morning with those "mysterious" reasons and then the monogamous udder cowboy! AND THEN, Jess got "stung" by the fence and..... This whole video made me laugh big time! By the way, love your shirt Jess! Thanks for the laughter - hugs and love to you and your family!
Everything she said.... *grin*
I love watching before bed and falling asleep smiling and dreaming...
Real life comes dirty too - and laughter washes it away.
Miah has the sweetest face. Love his expressions when he's talking to you - the love and the humor just shines through. OMG - just got to the cow/bull footage. Laughing out loud. Live and learn and ignore the haters.
Diana, I Agree ☝️
Amen to this!! Ever so true!
Really enjoyed seeing you guys joking and laughing about the bovine adventure ❤ Miah has such a witty way with his humor and you Jess have an infectious giggle 🤣 Wonderful video ❤
Don’t give attention to those who bring you negativity. Everyone is learning so pay them no mind or attention…❤️❤️❤️
OMG, if Miah wears a cowboy hat while astride his horse and looks at the camera and winks, I'm done for. 🤗💗
Miah!!!! Monogamous udder kinda guy......thanks for making me spit out my coffee! 😁
"What others think of me is none of my business" has become my life guiding quote. Being authentic and true to yourself is the best way to live. And we all love you for that.
Love that wisdom!
Jess. Everybody has a starting point. Perfect is never and you and Miah are good stewards and your labors have nor will go unnoticed❣️❤️
Anyone else see Miah's smile when he saw the horses? So great seeing you both fulfill your dreams!
I have always LOVED that you guys stay true! You have this immense following because of that. Keep doing you boo. ❤️
That moment at the end with Jeremiah really brought tears to my eyes. It's amazing to have dreams fulfilled.
same
Good morning friends, sweet Miah you are hysterical with your love of the favorite cow, monogamous 😂😂😂, love you all, GOD Bless
Share your mistakes without fear of other’s comments! You are helping others learn I love watching y’all!!! Keep doing what your doing I bless you!!!!😊
Don't worry.The farming mishaps are funny and balance out the great gardening success.Learning from and with you guys is awesome.Share the ups and downs and pray for the haters
"It's not funny!" It's TOTALLY funny, haha. I know it hurts, but I'm just glad it didn't finish you off! and the pups on the sandhill? so cute. You guys are such a cute couple. I love watching you interact with one another. Just sayin' As for the rude, negative and critical comments. It happens. Don't let it get to you. You're not accountable to them. Your animals are all obviously happy and healthy and your stuff is growing crazy, you are hard working and lovely, living your dream and that's all that matters. Thanks for sharing your life with us. I worked my way through high school and college on farms and love watching you all.
I love to watch your videos! So much to learn from you! Plants, soil-even the bad soil issues, farm animals, use the correct Canning jars-no the cheap ones, also the love of family, friends, & your community. Too many haters out there, don't worry about them!
If a lesson's learned, there is no overwhelming mistake involved imho. Life-long learners know this, and over time they can even laugh about it. Right? Peace, love and blessings to you!
when u said your heifers were in RAGING heat and you brought a bull onto the farm- I could see where this story was headed! Bless your heart..you two are soooo cute!
Jess, when you looked at Maya and told him that your dreams had come true because of him. I feel that so much with my husband. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be living on our little homestead with my growing chicken flock and my starter garden. He does everything he can to see that I get what I have always dreamed for and I hope that I am able to do the same for him. Bless you and your family. You have made me smile this morning
Oh my days! Of all the funny bits in this video, Raff claiming the hill charmed me even more than Miah's wit. Loved the horses running up to ya'll too. Was nice to have the different perspective of the farm showing the greenhouses in the background. An 11-acre pasture, amazing! We learn best by doing, and Roots and Refuge Farm is definitely doing lots! Thanks for taking us along.
When you giggle, it makes me smile. Your sooo pretty, sweet, and I love how you two share your knowledge and say it’s ok not to know how to do something . Nobody is born knowing everything. Your so inspiring to everyone. Thank yous and may god bless your family.
Miah is so funny! I love his sense of humor, funny and real.
I am always smiling wide when I watch your videos!! May God richly bless you.
So many of your videos put a huge smile on my face, and this was one of them. Your happiness is infectious.
Horse butts are just as beautiful as the sunset! Thank you for sharing mistakes and growth and learning with us. I so appreciate it. We are all learning, blessings💕
Ohhh come on Jess, a chuck wagon would be perfect. Lol. One time I was out in the horse pasture and one of the horses got in the barn feed room, so I was running to get him out and I straddled the hot wire, that my hubby was supposed to have turned off, and let me just say, that truly set me free. I grew up Pentecostal, and I promise I was jumping around like a hot summer tent revival. Love you guys.
Miah's face when the horses came running is pure joy!
Love Jeremiah's sense of humour!
I had no idea there were certain lines that could and couldn't be grass fed. I live in cattle country and all the cattle are open range almost year round.
All cattle can be grass fed, but the special genetics come into play when you “finish” (feed to slaughter weight) on only grass, no grain and still have tender, tasty beef.
Me, too! Lol. I think more accurate would be grass-raised And grass-finished too.
Yes, it has to do with the finishing. Because beef cattle require so many more calories to produce good meat, it takes a really long time to bring traditional meat breeds, like Angus, to finish weight on grass. Usually they are grass fed and “grain finished”, which really isn’t bad since they are usually only fed grain for the last two-three weeks. With these “dual purpose” breeds, like the American Devon, they aren’t as big or dense as a straight meat breed and can more easily be brought to a good slaughter weight on grass. My dad raised Angus for years that were grass fed and grain finished. Our family milk cow was a Hereford/Jersey mix and she gave around 4-5 gallons of milk. Crossbreeds like this can also be “homesteading” cows.
@@lajohnson1967 We also raised Angus on grass and grain-finished but way back then there was no worry about GMO or nasty additives to the grains. They were 5 weeks on grain with molasses and prime hay and made the best, tender, tasty beef I have ever put in my mouth. We as kids used to grab a mouthful of the grains and chew it because it tasted so good. I miss the old days!
it's not that they can't. but some lines will not gain weight as well on grass only, or maintain their weight. then you would need to supplement with protein which could become quite costly and possibly undermine your management goals.
Miah should imagine the feeling of that cowboy hat on his head, the sound, smell, and movement of the horse beneath him... envisioning slowly moving the cows along... and enjoying that moment. That's when it will FEEL real. He has to feel it. 😇
The way Miah and you talk to eachother makes my heart full for you both!
Omg when you hit that fence! Ouch! 🤣 And then Raph laying on the pile!!! So sweet!
Life itself is about learning, making “mistakes” is all part of it. Don’t listen to the ones that criticize instead of teach. You all are doing great!!! I have learned so much from you all not just with homesteading and gardening but just in how you view life. Thank you for all you do to teach us!!!
Couldn't agree more!
We know that life where nothing is close by!! It's so worth it though.
I so appreciate that you are real and don't leave out your mistakes in your videos. We learn from our mistakes, and because of your transparency, we can learn from yours, too. I have a new understanding of what an electric fence can do. 😆
I always appreciate that you share your mistakes as well as your success. You’re truly an inspiring teacher.
Love your transparency. We are all learning on our journeys. If you are not making mistakes you are not learning. What I always tell me team as a Director
I just love y'all, I been watching you guys from the small start and I think y'all are amazing. Being able to watch your farm grow and to be on that Journey with you I'm just happy for you. To take us along the journey has showed it can be done for anyone. With hard work and dedication.
The very reason I'm drawn to your channel is that you are so willing to become vulnerable to share openly and honestly. I can see when you do this you are well aware of the firing of mean, know it all comments to come your way but you choose to be brave still and share for all of those that are inspired by you being real and honest and imperfect like everyone else on the planet. Thanks Jess... for being you! I cannot wait to see more of the new herd.
Miah mooning on Halley! He’s so sweet Jessica! Ouch! That fence bump pain looked awful! One thing I love about you and Miah is your honesty and the ability to laugh at yourselves! Don’t pay attention to the naysayers. There will always be trolls trolling around looking to criticize. Just bless their hearts! They’ll move on!
Blessings to you both and your beautiful family!
Oh for cryin' out loud, let him get his chuckwagon! I would love to watch him work out of it. It would be great fun for him and the boys!
I really enjoyed "hanging out with you guys" today. You have no idea how much sharing this time with you has warmed my heart. Especially loved the ending and Jessica's word painting of Mia's future moment of "realization", This is my life, and I love it! Just needed the music to go with it as he rides off into the sunset.... With his wagon😊. Blessings on you and yours. Maranatha.
I agree that Miah needs a chuckwagon, with all those guys working, they gunna get HUNGRY 😂
Sweet Jess and Sweet Miah, I say follow your dreams, and don't forget to reach for the stars. Life is truly good, blessing to y'all 😊
You guys are truly wonderful! I love being a part of your “family”! You bring so much joy to my life. 💕💕💕💕💕
Congratulations on your new herd! Grace, grace to all of our farming blunders, yours, mine, and everyone else’s.
A pool, how nice! We had a pool for many years and some of the best moments with my teenagers happened while hanging out in there. Somehow they found it easier to open up and share their hearts with me while floating around in the cool water. Could make a great place for an affirmation circle someday 😀
I agree. I had some of my most special moments and conversations outside in the pool with my kiddos when they were younger.
The way Miah’s eyes and face lit up with complete love and adoration when his horses ran up, made me tear up ❤️
So beautiful that you’re both living your dreams. God bless you Both and your entire family!
I kept watching you guys BECAUSE you're human! 🥰❤️🙏🤗 I discovered a few years ago that I was merely human too and since then I don't hold anyone else to higher standards than that. LOVE YOU GUYS!! Thank you for having Miah in a video. "We all need a Miah in our lives" - Love Grow Live Free channel 🤣
You guys are so cute! 🥰 I personally like when you share the slip ups b/c even though I don’t have my homestead/farm YET I file it away for later. You can’t grow without mistakes! Man, that shock looked like it crazy hurt 😵💫 So excited for you all and love watching your farm grow.
Thank you for sharing the missteps as well as success. It's what makes you real. I appreciate the laugh.
The look on Miahs face when he noticed the horses coming over the hill gave me chills. Such beautiful animals!
Oh my gosh! Y'all are the cutest couple! I'm so proud and happy for you guys and your Family 👪
May the light always shine upon you!🙏
Roots & Refuge, Jovial Jess, Monogamous Miah, fits! Reckless - NO, gaining exerience - YES, sharing experience with unexperience - YES, needing to be criticized - not unless you've NEVER done dumb things - Hey Jess, God is posting a comment - LOL.I agree with Miah - a chuckwagon would be wonderful - just imagine the new recipes that could come, the new ideas for living rough, the cute hats and boots, you definitely NEED a chuckwagon!!!!
I have been watching your channel from the beginning. I started watching when I could binge all your videos in one day. I have to say I am over joyed at how your dreams are coming to fruition and your hard work is paying off. I love how transparent y’all have always been on the mistakes and can tell you that you have spared me a great deal of heart ache in doing so. We moved out to our two acre homestead from the suburbs last year at the same time y’all moved to your new farm. You made the announcement the day we accepted an offer on our suburb house. Thank you for sharing your journey.
That ending touched my heart!!! Sweet Miah....I can't wait for it to sink in for him! What a gift!
Milking devons, YES!! I was going to be looking for some in a couple years. I'm buying 10 acres now and have to build it first.
I can't wait until our dreams of this come true until then I'm living through this. Congratulations on your new herd.
Sometimes we say oops, sometimes, oh, no and sometimes we laugh. This was definitely a laugh. BUT these mistakes are not life and death and they are not caused by recklessness. They are the same kind all of us make every day. The important part of your group here and the VAST majority are thankful for your openness and honesty and being true to life. Thank you so much for life as it happens. Miah, get that hat!
You and Miah were just what I needed today. A good laugh about cows and yes, I think the Jerseys are beautiful cows! God bless y'all and keep growing
I love this vlog...so blessed this Saturday morning. Congrats on all the new stock and the plans for mooving towards feeling the dreams. 🤗
A chuck wagon is absolutely 💯 the next obvious step. 😉🤠🌻
Cowboy Miah happy to hear your dreams are coming to reality. Chuckwagon and all. This has got to be the best video ever! Total laughter, no one is perfect. Your funny mistakes teaches us. What a wake up jolt !!!
Thank you for all your stories. I think telling people your thoughts, your mistakes, your hopes is more than fine. How else are people supposed to try and learn?
There will, of course, always be people who know better and are always perfect. I say just ignore those types. They can go on living their perfect lives. I am totally NOT perfect and I can be extremely dense. You are doing way better than I am and learning much, much faster!
The good thing? Everybody has mistakes and accidents and misunderstandings. It happens, even to experts and 50th generation farmers.
Keep going, living, growing and doing your thing, you two.
Loving the growth of your farm. It’s your farm and you are truly blessed to have found such a perfect property for learning and teaching. Oh to be young again. Sorry about the shocking development.
You are such a sweet couple and family! It makes my heart so happy to see your dreams come true. May
you have many continued blessings, as we are blessed to learn from you!
you two are hilarious. so glad you have FUN with all the work homesteading takes. I love watching you guys. thank you for sharing all you do.
I'm a 65 year old woman, have spent many years living in many places thanks to the Marine Corps.
Have always loved gardening and had tried to have something growing at all times.
You have ignited that fire in me again. ❣
Y'all always make me smile! God bless you!!
Y'all are such a hoot, and such a blessing! One time I got bit by my fence on my forehead, oh boy did that ever light me up!
I gotta say that the horses running through the pasture at sunset made my heart sing, there's not many hings more beautiful than that!
I’ve been following y’all for years and I have to say that it fills my heart to bursting levels to see your hopes and dreams coming to fruition one by one. Thanks for sharing your momentous occasions with us!!! I bless you until next time 💜. Your friend in NC. I just started my homestead dream. No chickens yet but I’m working on it 👩🌾🌱🌻
What a beautiful color those new cows. They look so healthy, oh and meaty. You were talking about learning new things on the farm, if I already knew everything this is to know I'd be pretty bored by now. I hope and pray that your Jersey's take and both calves are healthy, beautiful milkers. I liked when Miah asked if we could get a chuck wagon. Sounds pretty cool Jeremiah. Maybe something more modern like a taco truck would work for now. God bless your beautiful homestead. We love you guys.
You could certainly have a fall flat trailer hooked to your tractor with hay bales sq ones. Have a hay ride for the kids,!
So happy for you guys! ❤️
In early 2020, we bought 32 acres out in the country near my family. We worked and went without to make that happen. Even now, I’ll stop and look at my handsome hubby and say, “Hey. We own this.” Blessed to be living the dream with my best friend.
Woooo I am living for this daily content 😁 so beautiful on the farm today
Thank you for showing others how to give yourself grace! Love that you’re not just showing “the perfect” on your journey.
The view of your homestead from this angle ♥️
Thank you for EVERY mistake that u share with us. Every mistake that u share on here with ur laughter and ur willingness to fail and get right back up, and even in the face of thousands of people watching. Thank u for getting back up every time. Because there are thousands of people u saved from making the same mistakes. Thousands of crops and animals SAVED because of the information that u share. Never stop being you, Jess. U really shine light into so many peoples lives, myself included. Ur a real REAL good soul. Love you so much❤️
So good to learn that there are cows genetically raised to just eat grass. Here in UK farmers are quitting sayingthey cannot afford the grain for their cattle.
Love Miahs love affair with Helen.....sooo funny😆
All cows can be raised on strictly grass. You just have to have enough grass that they never run out of graze.
He'll never forget his first Jersey Love. LOL! Y'all are SO fun. I love walking your path with you!
I’ve never heard of genetically raised grass fed only cows. My experience was that cows are grazers first and foremost. My mixed breed beef herd was pasture fed, with hay in winter. They got the occasional grain snack to encourage them to come up to the barn when needed, and garden scraps like corn stalks and such. The only time I grain fed was the steer I would fatten up in the barn for my personal consumption (grain feeding creates the fat marbling that is desirable in good cuts of beef).
@@ERAforALL Agree, that sounds like a sales pitch for people that know nothing about cattle.
I think it’s more to do with the final product. Some breeds will weigh out just fine grass fed and finished, where others will not reach goal weights finished on grass only.
I think you two are brilliant! Getting ready for the grow your own/sustainable shift and having it all ironed out is going to be a lifesaver for so many people. Thank you & the whole family for pioneering and sharing all the ups/downs/inbetweens 💚😊🍀
This is hilarious to me! I love that you were responsibly breeding your cows and getting ready for this heard and it just never crossed your mind that you could use it 🤭😂🤣 I love it! This is why my hubby, father-in-law and myself talked through things ahead of time. (We are beef farmers) Because sometimes one or even two people can miss something super obvious. But with three of us we usually catch stuff like that 🙃
It just brings a tear of joy to my eyes to see you two living your dreams. You deserve this season. I know it's been a long time coming. What a wonderful adventure.
From a farm girl. You guys are super cute. I stared laughing before you got to your punch line. Thank you for the giggles. 💕
Jess you and Miah are good for my emotional wellbeing... I had such a rough time lately and watching you makes me laugh and even more important makes me happy! I have been a silent spectater to you fulfilling your dreams, what a journey! I love that you can laugh about mistakes being made, life is hard and laughter is good for the soul! You are definitely not stupid!! It's not just you guys learning, we learn with you. Lots of love from a cold South Africa 🤗❤🌻
Ah, Miah needs a chuck wagon for his classroom! Miah, check out Cowboy Kent Rollins' RUclips channel if you haven't come across him yet. He has some great videos on chuck wagon cooking and outdoor cooking. Lots of recipes to practice for dutch ovens and cast iron skillets.
Jess, I hope you're doing okay since getting shocked. I love how you guys roll with the punches and adjust plans on the fly when needed.
There is always a learning curve with any new adventure. Everyone goes through it and comes out ok in the end. Keep smiling and enjoy the new herd.
Thanks for the multiple laughs! Totally sounds like what would happen to me down to touching the wire! I didn't want to laugh at you, but then your editing was on point for the moment! Such a great idea to start the breeding for new homesteaders! Brilliant 👏.
We are in our 60’s and we took over our family farm about 14 years ago. My husband’s family farm. We still make mistakes and I can’t tell you how many times we laugh 😂 over farm life! You both are great! I love that you share! Our cattle are in pastures from May to October or November. Then they come home here in South Dakota. We calve from the middle of April to the beginning of June. We moved the time to avoid late snowstorms.
Wonderful, funny, sweet video. So glad the “ladies” were safe in the end and Miah DOES need a chuck wagon!!! 😂🤣😂 It would be so cool to offer students and visitors refreshments from one! 😁👍🏻💗
Your dog is SO pretty. Loved seeing him laying on HIS mountain! Girl, please be careful around that wire. Love seeing Miah walking with the cow, too. She's such a beautiful cow! So tame. So Calm. So gentle.
Sometimes, the best learning comes from stumbling into the circumstances naturally. No foul on learning organically. I somewhat detest peoples expectations that you should have learned everything ahead of time. Like you said, we cautiously try and make many attempts to learn from others experiences, but our own lightbulb experiences are just as valuable.
That was so much fun -- the cow story, the electric fence moment, the vision of the future chuck wagon
People who leap into the unknown are different from people who push at the edges of their known lives. We prepare as best we can, leap, and adjust. If you want something very different from your starting point, it’s necessary, not reckless. People whose dreams are right next door to where they are, can push cautiously at their boundaries and still achieve their dreams.
Jess you and Miah are real! You are the real deal! This is why we love you guys. You make mistakes so what thats how we all learn. Love how you both make each other laugh and keep it real! You both keep it real this is Roots and Refuge at its finest! Thank you for sharing laughing at each other. That’s what its all about! If people comment who cares! They have nothing better to do. I cannot wait for the next video. I hope with more of the both of you! 😃
I am glad to see a little bit of your Live Stock Guardian Puppy > Raf. I was so excited when you first got him. He is so big now and we haven't got to watch him grow-up.
A Report of how he is doing with your animals... etc. would be nice to see. Or just some 'cute' videos of him living on the farm!
I love Gardening / Farming, but.... I first subscribed to your channel, because I was interested in LGD's.
I’ve asked multiple times on here if they’d do a full farm tour not just garden. I love seeing all of the animals!! Hopefully they do it once so I can’t get all caught up 🙏🏻
I love that you are so honest about your mistakes as well as your successes. You are helping us all learn as you go. So sorry, Jess, that you got popped by that fence. Sounds like Miah really had it souped up big time! Love that you are getting more cattle, and Miah's dreams are coming true, too! ❤🐮🐂🐴🐎
go girl congrats on learning lifes lessons stay strong and stay blessed
Jess I love when you ask Jeremiah if his dreams have come true. These little intimate moments is why I love this channel. I kept telling my Husband, "They truly love each other". It is such a joy to see. Everything that is "Good Coming" comes from that Love. I love you got a pool for the Boys. Nothing like a Farm Pool. God's Blessings upon your Family
I was just thinking how much your kids are loving their above ground pool in the summer! We didnt have too many snakes, but lots of snapping turtles in our pond growing up on our farm! We did swim in the ponds (with the cows!) and our parents didn't put in an above ground pool until we had mostly all left home...to draw the kids and Grand kids back home I reckon!
The last two minutes of this video made me want to cry. It’s so wonderful seeing y’all’s dreams come true ❤️
Everyone makes mistakes. I enjoy hearing some of life’s little blunders. Y’all are wonderful well intended people
No human is perfect. The fact that you share your imperfections as a lesson to others is what’s impressive and people who try to call you out for it could be jealous that they don’t have that courage.
Good one Jeremiah……udderly only eyes for Helen 😂
Don't let "perfect" get in the way of "good". It is hard to progress and learn if Perfect is the expectations - keep doing what you are doing.