Thank you, Billy, for the important information you are giving out for free. I just ordered The Independent Farmstead book and I should have my comfrey root cuttings from you in a few days. I'll be planting tromboncino squash as soon as I get seeds. My husband and I are making a ring tomorrow to start the chicken compost. We only have 3.25 acres, but are going to do the best that we can with it. And yes, this video has been a blessing to me.
Lucky you! As I'm living in a Van, I'm growing fruit, vege, herbs & living mulch & slowly expanding, a borrowed area. A total of 12m / 40' × 20' / 6m, including a huge pile of scrap metal + junk & very healthy weeds & weed trees. Big job! but loving every minute! I also have access to a huge pile of beautiful, well rotted woodchips, 5 min away. I also plant excess around a local beach / tourist walkway, where I stay. In east coast Australia.
For what it’s worth, The Independent Farmstead is available online as a pdf, either free or VERY inexpensive, but I will be ordering it in hardcopy for WHEN the grid fails. The Book has no little to say about the value of a multitude of counselors. We just got a bulldozer, a 350 with a 450 transmission, and it’s already proving its worth. Looking for a dump truck and a portable sawmill, which Higher Authority will provide at the right price in His good time, but we can start on swales, terraces, and damming the lower ravine for at least one pond, micro hydro power, and a mill for multiple uses. We have been accumulating supplies for at least one greenhouse and rainwater catchment for it. This year has been dedicated to developing infrastructure, like acquiring the resources to build a house; better to plan ahead and prepare than dive into the water without checking for depth and obstacles. Lumber isn’t CUT from acorns.
I watch a LOT of Vietnamese content. They feed their animals banana 'trees', sliced up and dices and mixed with anything from rice, rice bran, taro stalks and leaves, sweet potato vines, all sorts of other weeds. Kudzu is highly nutritious, roots, pods and vines. You (is a plural pronoun) could plant the hillside with sweet potato and Elephant ears and Upland rice..Pumpkins
In Africa we have farm yard hens that solely live off food scraps and scratching. They are not super productive egg wise however costs nothing to raise them. At the end of their life they make a tasty but tough meat bird ideal for slow cooking, sort of like game fowl
A fair source is pre-1900 farm journals. Agriculture was smaller holdings, there was no Tractor Supply so feed stocks were made right on the homestead. Look up a university that used to be a land grant college. Most likely back in the library stacks are compendiums to these journals. Pure gold.
The old folks used whatever they had,scratched and scrambled for everything and made a living doing it,lot to be relearning right alongside the new ways.
I used to work in kitchens at restaurants. The amount of food thrown out is sad. One place had a big barrel for all the food scraps and half eaten meals, grease etc. The owner used to take that to feed his pigs every weekend. Opportunities to feed your animals is there if you ask the restaurants.Thanks, Billy for another great video.
I worked as a banquet server for a while, and saw the same thing. Conferences, receptions and other events ordered extra food, just in case. For plated dinners, staff were allowed to have the leftover extra plates for free to eat during their breaks. We ate very well! Non plated food, however, had to be thrown out. No one was allowed to take any home. I asked one of my supervisors about it, when I worked a reception and saw things like an entire prime rib roast going untouched at the end of the event. She told me they'd worked something out with the local food bank, but regulations required them to have the staff package up all the food into take-out containers, get it all refrigerated, etc., leading to hours of overtime - only to have the food bank not show up to pick it up, and it all had to be thrown out anyway. It happened so often, they stopped working with the food bank. Years later, I had a chance to talk to someone from the food bank and found out that things had changed, and they were getting that leftover food. That was years ago, though, so I don't know if it's still working out. The biggest problem was the food regulations.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this brother Billy. Another great informative video. Another step back into the way our ancestors survived. Loved this. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. We serve a MIGHTY BIG GOD!!!! 😇🙏🏻 We appreciate you advertising our channel as well. GOD BLESS YALL 😇🙏🏻😇🙏🏻❤️❤️👍🏻🙌🏻👍🏻🙌🏻
I wish I had enough land to truly go permaculture on my property. I only have a 1/2 acre lot with my house on it . I do only feed my animals ( chickens and rabbits for now).from my property except I do feed my young chickens starter feed. But once the switch to laying mash I plan to feed strictly from my land. I raise mealworms and in the summer I grow out soldier flies to ensure they have plenty of protein and other nutrients. I also plant a garden especially for my animals so I know they have what they need. I have several fruit trees and they also get some fruits. And I just ordered 20 comfrey starts from you to grow around my new chicken coop
I fed my chickens Tromboncino squash today! My mom used it to make zucchini bread in place of the zucchini, she said it was better with the Tromboncino! I’m going to try and slice it and dehydrate it for chips and see how it does!
I remember vaguely that my grandma use to give her chickens scraps and what ever else she had available, I was little and don't remember a lot but here and there something will trigger my memory, like this video. The dog and cat would get the leftover food since I don't remember her having a fridge, I know she had a celler....never been in the celler but I know she had it. They did so much in the old days that people discover right now and write a book abot it. Well, I appreciate you sharing your experience with me. 🤗❤🤗
Best homesteading book ever written in my humble opinion. I was able to take a workshop they led last October, and man…I learned so much! They’re the nicest couple too! I felt very similar the other week at the homesteading life conference. Thank you for traveling all that way to teach what you’ve learned. I like your approach; feed them now with what you can get, while growing your own food to feed them from the homestead next year. You’re right, we’re all gonna need to be incorporating this wisdom quick bcuz it’s gonna get a whole lot harder to keep a family fed and a homestead thriving here not too far off in the future.
My grandchildren have gotten interested in doing a garden. We just lost my sister and her land is ours now. We have 40 acres and I want to help them know where to start. They are young and I want to help them any way I can. I appreciate so much you teaching us the right way garden and farm. I just love your family. Blessings to you all!
I just got two piglets one male one female keeping the female and when she’s old enough I will AI her and and have a pork supply. Our two cows are going to the butcher next month and replacing them with two more. So I love watching your videos and learning everything that I can between feeding my animals and using my chickens to make compost so I want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge with us and I will keep your Pastor and wife in my prayers. God bless you and your family Amen 🙏
Billy, another thought for chickens. I have 3 or 4 semi permanent sections with food forest alleys for my layers. They stay there for a few months, leave bare earth, and then I throw down cover crop seeds. I wonder if this could become a major source of food for them. There was an urban farm in Minnesota that did this.
In our province there is a free program several homesteaders I know are on, called Loop. They gather up all sorts of food items from grocery stores, restaurants, etc. that legally can no longer be used for human consumption for one reason or another, but can still be used for animals. This can be items that are past their expiry date, or perfectly good items that got mislabelled. People on the Loop program get deliveries every week or two (or meet at a pick up location, if they live too far out) and get whatever happens to be available. Bread products, eggs, dairy, honey, all sorts of fruits and vegetables - even meat! One homesteader I know found herself with a whole bunch of brisket that she prepped and froze as food for her cats and dogs. It's a great way to keep food waste out of the landfills, and help keep animals fed a huge variety of foods.
I bought the book and I am very grateful you suggested it. I also grow extra tomatoes and squash for my chickens. I have learned so much from your channel as well so Thank You!!
Billy somewhere I saw a video where the guy uses like a paint can with holes in the bottom...hangs it in the run and when he finds dead mice...puts it in the can ..it draws flys.fly lay eggs...ect...and it falls out of the holes into the run...free food...you think?
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I thought you'd like it and maybe see if if works...I absolutely love your videos...so many options of living simply...I was watching Hollars..Ben said make the problem the solution...I knew where he got that from
Great video Billy, very sound and proven information. Years ago when we didn't have any feed for the hogs I would rake up acorns for them or do just like you are doing and run them in the woods. Thanks!!
I love the way you address potential critics. I love how you just tell it likes it is! Practical education. I appreciate your informative videos! Thank you!
I had been wondering about the phasing out of feed from the store and from restaurants in case of even worse times. Thanks for another good video. God bless you and your family.
In worse times there will be no scrap from anything. That’s how you know right now things could still get worse. Much love and hope your animals are thriving.
We're doing a lot of the same things, and particularly planning on a lot more of our own livestock feed this spring. Right now more of our garden is planned for feeding the animals than 'us' lol ~ but I know what we did last year made a huge difference in what we've had to spend to feed them so far. The goal is to get back to feeding 100% without needing a feed store. I've recommended the same to everyone I know, as well as sharing your videos with them. Thank you for putting the info out there, and for making it easy for both new and old time homesteaders.
Good morning Billy I do this all the time I feed my pigs when I have them and the chickens and rabbits I go around three times a day cutting any kinds of green vegetation I go to my local stores for their food scraps almost 2to 3 time a week I even collect free food grade buckets for my dry goods I've been doing it for years it helps on the cost thank you for this video take care stay safe and God bless ❤
Hey Brother! Just ordered some Comfrey. Can't wait to throw it in the ground. We have a small suburban plot and are in the process of transitioning it from a typical suburban "grass-hole" haven to a productive suburban farm that'll serve my family and our neighbors! You and your family are an inspiration!
Prayers are on the wind for your Pastor & his wife & family. We use to get "livestock" feed from our bread store, but then someone set up their family or friend farm on a contract that us little guy's were out. Restaurants &/grocery store's won't give it away. So it can get hard.
Nice looking piggies and chicks! I've told several people about your bone sauce this summer. Deer and coons seem relentless! Yes, prayers for Pastor Lon and fam. God bless!
I had lots of cull apples one fall when I raised a couple pigs. I would cook down the apples into a lumpy applesauce and add oatmeal and feed them. They loved it and I loved the way the meat turned out.
I bought that book a few months ago, on the recommendation of Billy...Billy is not exaggerating. That is such a great book. Completely enlightened me and changed my perspective so much for the better. Thank you Billy! As always, keep up the great work!
Purchased, "The independent farmstead" from your site Billy. If you said to get it, that's all I need to know AIRBORNE. I've been building my library up, because I know this type of material will be the first to go, so to speak. I hope you can eventually find your way to Tennessee. Like to meet you some day. God bless you and your family.
Thank you, Billy! Just what I have been looking for. I am going to get into livestock in the spring. Being retired and on a fixed income, I don't want to have my livestock cost more than the grocery food I am trying to replace. I don't need a profit from them but don't want to spend much either. Thank you!
Hi Billy, great information. I am looking forwarded to learning more about this system for the chickens! I’m just starting my journey by purchasing a cherry farm in Portugal but I want to start a small live stock operation. What animals and plants would you suggest to start with. I love the fact that you support others in the physical and pray in the spiritual Well done 👏
I grew up the youngest of 6 on a subsistence farm where the majority of what we consumed was raised on the farm. If we had to purchase grain for our animals we wouldn't have been able to have animals. I'm now in the process of getting ready to retire to almost 6 acres where I do plan on having animals, starting with chickens and rabbits. The intention is to raise the animals the same way I experienced as a child.
Those squash are huge! I just harvested our first potatoes today. Need to figure out how to save them for seed potatoes for next year because it was a small crop
We've raised pigs three different times in the past 20 years and kept them no longer than 5 months of age because we didn't have the proper set up and we let them free roam. The most unique and best flavor came from the first set (we only did two at a time). Only those two were raised on cracked corn soaked in raw skim milk from our Jersey cow and some kelp thrown in. They also had plenty of acorns which the other pigs didn't get. Later, I learned that there's certain pigs in eastern Europe (or maybe Middle East?) that are raised exclusively on acorns and are free range. They grow much slower and takes two years to fully mature, but their meat was $70/lb which was a lot back then. Anyway, I always thought that was interesting and I couldn't help but wonder if it was all those acorns they ate, or the raw milk that gave it such good flavor.
Love this! I just got some cucuzi (sp) and another type of huge squash called Serpent (they were given to me so not sure of that’s correct), I plan to plant them next year for our hogs for sure! Nature gives us everything we need to feed our animals, we need to utilize that going forward, it will be the only way.
What I would really like to see is Michelle’s Crème Brûlée recipe for Cushaw squash. (Now that I have them close to ripening) Going to check with the local schools about composting food scraps, too. Thanks for the approach pitch. Finally got the compost piles flipped and the CToS cleaned. Trying to get hose long enough to reach the pile. Next spring I need to buy another good hose that doesn’t kink so easily when it is hot. I noticed what looks like squash bug damage in your trombocino vines. Do you have any solutions for those and the dreaded Squash Vine Borers? I’m going to try Kaolin clay wettable powder. (Surround WP)
Hey Billy! Went to check out your podcast but apparently the link is for Apple users only. Is your podcast also available for Android users? If so please share how I can find it. Thank you!
Would be real interested to know your take (pluses and minuses) on vertical farming containers used to grow small crops such as lettuce. Seems like a big up-front investment, and then on-going maintenance and nutrient costs. One advantage being you could grow food year-round, especially in harsher climates. Keep up the good work!
For now, we've got a deal with a local bakery to get 'chicken bread' - the ends from the sandwiches they make, and even day-old loaves that didn't sell. More than half our chicken feed is bread and whatever they forage from our small orchard, and we also help feed our local congregation, taking the day-old loaves to church to give away. Asking around, you can almost always find a restaurant manager who hates to see food waste or is willing to let you do the hard work of hauling their extras away.
God bless you Mr. Billy , We are trying to find a farmer as about 9 months ago ( my oldest Son 36 & US were gonna get a whole pig & split it up - they didn't have the room , Now we have 3 freezers, How would I find a good farmer to buy a pig , 9 months ago it was cheaper - now its $$$$$. God bless you for any help . Or where we could help pay To feed them then harvest it ??? Mrs Josette- Texas ( will drive )
Billy I been watching y'all for a good while and I appreciate all that yall do to help folks out I think that y'all are the very epitome of how Jesus loves us and wants us to do. You Michelle and William and Justro and his girls I pray for y'all to keep having an impact on people and that they listen to your wisdom. I raise oldline hogs and chickens trying to make sure I can feed my grandkids because their parents have their head in the sand. I am going to try to get this book and some comfrey at the end of the month I sell feeder pigs and have some ready then. It would sure help to grow what I feed them. I like when you and John and the lady from Tennessee do your podcast bit John brings all them army words out of the mothballs I try to leave them in but he is so full of energy and wisdom if he had that fire for Jesus we wouldn't leave nobody behind. Will be praying for your pastor as well. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
Greg Judy is only a few subs from 100 k it would be cool if the homestead you tubers would pool their resources together and get y’all above 100 k subs
Do you hand water your plants or have a irrigation system set up? I'd like to see some good videos on how to install irrigation. Dragging a hose around or lugging buckets for several hours a week is my most hated chore.
Just a suggestion for when you get seeds to give away, have those who want them to send you a self addressed stamped envelope to put seeds in. That will be a less time consuming process on your part. Farming of any kind is very time consuming. Let alone the process of saving seeds to become more self sufficient. Maybe even your subscribers could give you a heads up of the seeds they save and would be willing to bless someone else with. You could even do a blah blah blah about seed saving and the reals of passing it on to be a blessing to humans, animals, and the earth. Thanks so much for all your family does for us!
🙏Pastor 🙏 Reducing you food inputs and keeping food out of landfill, the chickens will enjoy and leave the peals for the compost pile with the stacks from the comfrey. Bye for now😀🇦🇺
A few years back a friend asked us if we wanted to share the cost of raising a pig. Definitely, but he didn’t want to feed the pig any scraps. No vegetable scraps, no fruit scraps, nothing. Just wanted to feed the pig bag food from the hardware store. That pig didn’t have any marble in the meat. Way too lean and the meat was tough.
I use to work in chickens when I was going threw high school a chicken will eat anything even there selfs thats the reason they are call a barn yard buzzard you could turn them chickens in the high grass they will take it down better than your weed eater they had farms that the chickens were free range it was amazing how they could take tall grass down to nothing but dirt
Tromboncino. It’s available online from several sources. When it’s young, it’s a particularly good summer squash that’s tastier than zucchini; it matures into a hard shelled winter squash that keeps well for months.
Why would it be GMO? Once the ingredients in the bread and pastries and anything else are cooked, there's no GMO left in it. So where would the GMO come from???
GMO means genetically modified organism. If an organism is genetically modified, then the genes don't just modify themselves back to something else if you cook it 🤣 you high or something? Bacteria die if you cook them though but that is a compleatley different topic.
@@HolyPineCone well that's what I figured. I know what GMO is, I'm an organic grower and studied biochemistry, that's why I asked the sarcastic question. For those who think that giving your animals GMO grown grains or plants doesn't make them organic. Once the matter is digested by the animal or cooked, the produce no longer carries genetically modified genes. So it's not like they will get into you nor is it transfered to the animals. I'd be more worried about pesticides. Those can definately cause some serious issues.
@@sappir26 that wasn't his claim though. His claim was, do you care? Since he thinks the shit will hit the fan for real next year or so, then all food is good food.
There are a lot of unethical business practices around GMO crops/monocultures. Both bad for people and soil. Also, GMO’s tend to use excessive pesticides (literally gene edited to tolerate high doses), so not exactly organic. This is why the topic conventionalization of organic is a topic lol.
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Thank you, Billy, for the important information you are giving out for free. I just ordered The Independent Farmstead book and I should have my comfrey root cuttings from you in a few days. I'll be planting tromboncino squash as soon as I get seeds. My husband and I are making a ring tomorrow to start the chicken compost. We only have 3.25 acres, but are going to do the best that we can with it. And yes, this video has been a blessing to me.
Thank you so much for your order my friend! 3.25 acres is more than enough my friend.
Lucky you! As I'm living in a Van, I'm growing fruit, vege, herbs & living mulch & slowly expanding, a borrowed area. A total of 12m / 40' × 20' / 6m, including a huge pile of scrap metal + junk & very healthy weeds & weed trees. Big job! but loving every minute! I also have access to a huge pile of beautiful, well rotted woodchips, 5 min away. I also plant excess around a local beach / tourist walkway, where I stay. In east coast Australia.
Also, being a permaculturist, It is part of the prerequisite to spread the word & offer others advice! Billy is going well beyond that!
I need to take notes 📝
You’re doing perfectly fine my friend!
For what it’s worth, The Independent Farmstead is available online as a pdf, either free or VERY inexpensive, but I will be ordering it in hardcopy for WHEN the grid fails. The Book has no little to say about the value of a multitude of counselors. We just got a bulldozer, a 350 with a 450 transmission, and it’s already proving its worth. Looking for a dump truck and a portable sawmill, which Higher Authority will provide at the right price in His good time, but we can start on swales, terraces, and damming the lower ravine for at least one pond, micro hydro power, and a mill for multiple uses. We have been accumulating supplies for at least one greenhouse and rainwater catchment for it. This year has been dedicated to developing infrastructure, like acquiring the resources to build a house; better to plan ahead and prepare than dive into the water without checking for depth and obstacles. Lumber isn’t CUT from acorns.
It’s definitely going to get tough.
I watch a LOT of Vietnamese content. They feed their animals banana 'trees', sliced up and dices and mixed with anything from rice, rice bran, taro stalks and leaves, sweet potato vines, all sorts of other weeds. Kudzu is highly nutritious, roots, pods and vines.
You (is a plural pronoun) could plant the hillside with sweet potato and Elephant ears and Upland rice..Pumpkins
I like the way you roll my friend!
Kudzu is great but keep it contained cause it will take over. The big roots can be dried and ground up to be used as starch also
Sweet potato leaves are ~30% protein. Harvest earlier than usual and you get two yields -- feed and potatoes. The tubers will be smaller but sweeter.
@@johnmcginnis5201 yes! was going to say the same thing!
@Heasaba Can you recommend some channels please?
In Africa we have farm yard hens that solely live off food scraps and scratching. They are not super productive egg wise however costs nothing to raise them. At the end of their life they make a tasty but tough meat bird ideal for slow cooking, sort of like game fowl
That sounds like a perfect bird to me!
When I was a kid it was very common for pig farmers to get the scraps from the school lunchrooms.
Tell them it's for compost, there are regulations in some areas that make people uneasy about donating
Plus once the pigs are done isn't it compost? 😂
Blessed thank you Lord!!
Thank you very much
A fair source is pre-1900 farm journals. Agriculture was smaller holdings, there was no Tractor Supply so feed stocks were made right on the homestead. Look up a university that used to be a land grant college. Most likely back in the library stacks are compendiums to these journals. Pure gold.
You make an awesome point there John
Tree fodder for rabbits is hybrid willow, hybrid poplar and white mulberry. Harvest in summer just like hay for winter feeding.
That’s what I’m talking about Victoria
The old folks used whatever they had,scratched and scrambled for everything and made a living doing it,lot to be relearning right alongside the new ways.
I totally agree Dennis!
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Blessings
Thank you and blessings to you and yours my friend
I used to work in kitchens at restaurants. The amount of food thrown out is sad. One place had a big barrel for all the food scraps and half eaten meals, grease etc. The owner used to take that to feed his pigs every weekend. Opportunities to feed your animals is there if you ask the restaurants.Thanks, Billy for another great video.
That sounds like my kind of restaurant!
I worked as a banquet server for a while, and saw the same thing. Conferences, receptions and other events ordered extra food, just in case. For plated dinners, staff were allowed to have the leftover extra plates for free to eat during their breaks. We ate very well! Non plated food, however, had to be thrown out. No one was allowed to take any home. I asked one of my supervisors about it, when I worked a reception and saw things like an entire prime rib roast going untouched at the end of the event. She told me they'd worked something out with the local food bank, but regulations required them to have the staff package up all the food into take-out containers, get it all refrigerated, etc., leading to hours of overtime - only to have the food bank not show up to pick it up, and it all had to be thrown out anyway. It happened so often, they stopped working with the food bank. Years later, I had a chance to talk to someone from the food bank and found out that things had changed, and they were getting that leftover food. That was years ago, though, so I don't know if it's still working out. The biggest problem was the food regulations.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this brother Billy. Another great informative video. Another step back into the way our ancestors survived. Loved this. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. We serve a MIGHTY BIG GOD!!!! 😇🙏🏻 We appreciate you advertising our channel as well. GOD BLESS YALL 😇🙏🏻😇🙏🏻❤️❤️👍🏻🙌🏻👍🏻🙌🏻
The pleasure was all mine Pastor Lon!
I wish I had enough land to truly go permaculture on my property. I only have a 1/2 acre lot with my house on it . I do only feed my animals ( chickens and rabbits for now).from my property except I do feed my young chickens starter feed. But once the switch to laying mash I plan to feed strictly from my land. I raise mealworms and in the summer I grow out soldier flies to ensure they have plenty of protein and other nutrients. I also plant a garden especially for my animals so I know they have what they need. I have several fruit trees and they also get some fruits. And I just ordered 20 comfrey starts from you to grow around my new chicken coop
Thank you so much for your business Renee! 1/2 acre is plenty of ground to work with my friend!
I fed my chickens Tromboncino squash today! My mom used it to make zucchini bread in place of the zucchini, she said it was better with the Tromboncino!
I’m going to try and slice it and dehydrate it for chips and see how it does!
That sounds awesome Valerie
Thank you!
Thank you for checking it out my friend
I remember vaguely that my grandma use to give her chickens scraps and what ever else she had available, I was little and don't remember a lot but here and there something will trigger my memory, like this video. The dog and cat would get the leftover food since I don't remember her having a fridge, I know she had a celler....never been in the celler but I know she had it. They did so much in the old days that people discover right now and write a book abot it. Well, I appreciate you sharing your experience with me. 🤗❤🤗
Thank you as always my friend
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I thank you my friend for all the good teachings! God bless you and your family!
Just ordered the book! God Bless!
We will be glad your day and Joanna!
Baker Creek has the tromatino seeds. They are winter squash
They are indeed my friend! Unfortunately, I’ve been hearing some bad things about their seeds lately.
Best homesteading book ever written in my humble opinion. I was able to take a workshop they led last October, and man…I learned so much! They’re the nicest couple too!
I felt very similar the other week at the homesteading life conference. Thank you for traveling all that way to teach what you’ve learned. I like your approach; feed them now with what you can get, while growing your own food to feed them from the homestead next year. You’re right, we’re all gonna need to be incorporating this wisdom quick bcuz it’s gonna get a whole lot harder to keep a family fed and a homestead thriving here not too far off in the future.
I definitely like the way you roll my friend!
Thank you
Thank you for watching and responding my friend!
Just ordered the book. Thanks gents. Blessings!
You will definitely be glad you did!
My grandchildren have gotten interested in doing a garden. We just lost my sister and her land is ours now. We have 40 acres and I want to help them know where to start. They are young and I want to help them any way I can. I appreciate so much you teaching us the right way garden and farm. I just love your family. Blessings to you all!
In addition to these ideas I am also researching fodder trees like Leucaena trees from Australia. It is all so fascinating!
It truly is Colleen!
I just got two piglets one male one female keeping the female and when she’s old enough I will AI her and and have a pork supply. Our two cows are going to the butcher next month and replacing them with two more. So I love watching your videos and learning everything that I can between feeding my animals and using my chickens to make compost so I want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge with us and I will keep your Pastor and wife in my prayers. God bless you and your family Amen 🙏
Thank you very much my friend
Billy, another thought for chickens. I have 3 or 4 semi permanent sections with food forest alleys for my layers. They stay there for a few months, leave bare earth, and then I throw down cover crop seeds. I wonder if this could become a major source of food for them.
There was an urban farm in Minnesota that did this.
That is definitely a fine method my friend!
In our province there is a free program several homesteaders I know are on, called Loop. They gather up all sorts of food items from grocery stores, restaurants, etc. that legally can no longer be used for human consumption for one reason or another, but can still be used for animals. This can be items that are past their expiry date, or perfectly good items that got mislabelled. People on the Loop program get deliveries every week or two (or meet at a pick up location, if they live too far out) and get whatever happens to be available. Bread products, eggs, dairy, honey, all sorts of fruits and vegetables - even meat! One homesteader I know found herself with a whole bunch of brisket that she prepped and froze as food for her cats and dogs.
It's a great way to keep food waste out of the landfills, and help keep animals fed a huge variety of foods.
I wish we hav a “loop” down here!
I bought the book and I am very grateful you suggested it. I also grow extra tomatoes and squash for my chickens. I have learned so much from your channel as well so Thank You!!
You are the best Cyndi!
Billy somewhere I saw a video where the guy uses like a paint can with holes in the bottom...hangs it in the run and when he finds dead mice...puts it in the can ..it draws flys.fly lay eggs...ect...and it falls out of the holes into the run...free food...you think?
That’s a pretty awesome technique
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I thought you'd like it and maybe see if if works...I absolutely love your videos...so many options of living simply...I was watching Hollars..Ben said make the problem the solution...I knew where he got that from
Can't wait to order the book,we get our baby pigs next month ,processing our own heifer this month .
That’s what I’m talking about Tina !
Great video Billy, very sound and proven information. Years ago when we didn't have any feed for the hogs I would rake up acorns for them or do just like you are doing and run them in the woods. Thanks!!
That’s exactly what I’m talking about Rick
Thanks Billy and Crew💜💜Please video the swale/guild demo at the Festival. Life has me on a short leash these days..
Your comfrey roots grow like mad, I took a little segment at the end of spring and now it is bigger than the crowns I planted two years ago!
I love the way you address potential critics. I love how you just tell it likes it is! Practical education. I appreciate your informative videos! Thank you!
Thank you so much Jonni!
I had been wondering about the phasing out of feed from the store and from restaurants in case of even worse times. Thanks for another good video.
God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much Lynn!
In worse times there will be no scrap from anything. That’s how you know right now things could still get worse. Much love and hope your animals are thriving.
Thanks for sharing. really thanks
Thank you so much Joan!
Great video! Thank you!!
Thank you very much my friend
Thanks so much for covering this the way you did!!! So many people aren’t thinking like you and I!! It’s scary that so few people Are aware!
Sadly, hard time so we’re waking people up
We're doing a lot of the same things, and particularly planning on a lot more of our own livestock feed this spring. Right now more of our garden is planned for feeding the animals than 'us' lol ~ but I know what we did last year made a huge difference in what we've had to spend to feed them so far. The goal is to get back to feeding 100% without needing a feed store. I've recommended the same to everyone I know, as well as sharing your videos with them. Thank you for putting the info out there, and for making it easy for both new and old time homesteaders.
beautiful garden
Thank you very much Jennifer
Good morning Billy I do this all the time I feed my pigs when I have them and the chickens and rabbits I go around three times a day cutting any kinds of green vegetation I go to my local stores for their food scraps almost 2to 3 time a week I even collect free food grade buckets for my dry goods I've been doing it for years it helps on the cost thank you for this video take care stay safe and God bless ❤
That’s what I’m talking about Lucy
Hey Brother! Just ordered some Comfrey. Can't wait to throw it in the ground. We have a small suburban plot and are in the process of transitioning it from a typical suburban "grass-hole" haven to a productive suburban farm that'll serve my family and our neighbors! You and your family are an inspiration!
You’re too kind my friend. Thank you so much for your purchase
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 Just got my comfrey in the mail! Thanks Again!
Prayers are on the wind for your Pastor & his wife & family.
We use to get "livestock" feed from our bread store, but then someone set up their family or friend farm on a contract that us little guy's were out. Restaurants &/grocery store's won't give it away. So it can get hard.
Keep thinking outside the box my friend!
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I will, I got a lot of mouth's to feed. 😁
Thank you Billy. We keep you all in our prayers
Thanks a million my friend!
Bought 4-5 weeks ago after your recommendation! Also got my hands on tromboncino seeds too! Thank you! Melissa
Nice looking piggies and chicks! I've told several people about your bone sauce this summer. Deer and coons seem relentless! Yes, prayers for Pastor Lon and fam. God bless!
I had lots of cull apples one fall when I raised a couple pigs. I would cook down the apples into a lumpy applesauce and add oatmeal and feed them. They loved it and I loved the way the meat turned out.
I bought that book a few months ago, on the recommendation of Billy...Billy is not exaggerating. That is such a great book. Completely enlightened me and changed my perspective so much for the better. Thank you Billy! As always, keep up the great work!
Purchased, "The independent farmstead" from your site Billy. If you said to get it, that's all I need to know AIRBORNE. I've been building my library up, because I know this type of material will be the first to go, so to speak. I hope you can eventually find your way to Tennessee. Like to meet you some day. God bless you and your family.
You’re not going to regret it my friend!
thank you
Thank you Jennifer!
Just ordered the book, thanks!
Right on my friend!
🎊Got my book coming. Yay. ❤️ now, where to get a rice knife like yours? Lol
I’m glad you ordered it my friend! We should have some rice knives up by the end of the weekend
Thank you I appreciate all your knowledge and you sharing it with us.
We was feeding grocery food waste our animals before, they feel now much more better when we feed only our own grown clean food.
I know exactly what you mean my friend
Shawn & Beth are incredible!
Thank you for the recommendation, just purchased their book!
I used to do dumpster diving. Either give it directly to livestock or use it as fertilizer.
Thank you, Billy! Just what I have been looking for. I am going to get into livestock in the spring. Being retired and on a fixed income, I don't want to have my livestock cost more than the grocery food I am trying to replace. I don't need a profit from them but don't want to spend much either. Thank you!
You are very welcome Nancy!
Way to demonstrate adaptability. Love your creative teaching style.
Thanks a million Dwight!
Hi Billy, great information. I am looking forwarded to learning more about this system for the chickens! I’m just starting my journey by purchasing a cherry farm in Portugal but I want to start a small live stock operation.
What animals and plants would you suggest to start with. I love the fact that you support others in the physical and pray in the spiritual
Well done 👏
I grew up the youngest of 6 on a subsistence farm where the majority of what we consumed was raised on the farm. If we had to purchase grain for our animals we wouldn't have been able to have animals. I'm now in the process of getting ready to retire to almost 6 acres where I do plan on having animals, starting with chickens and rabbits. The intention is to raise the animals the same way I experienced as a child.
I wonder if you planted ground vegetables, beets, potatoes radishes, and anything else. Set up in a rotation?
We do it all Robert.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 Sorry i didn't clarify. I meant to feed the hogs. Plant before and send the hogs in on rotation. Maybe the hogs feed themselves?
I just bought that book
Right on John!
Those squash are huge! I just harvested our first potatoes today. Need to figure out how to save them for seed potatoes for next year because it was a small crop
Congratulations on the potatoes!
We've raised pigs three different times in the past 20 years and kept them no longer than 5 months of age because we didn't have the proper set up and we let them free roam. The most unique and best flavor came from the first set (we only did two at a time). Only those two were raised on cracked corn soaked in raw skim milk from our Jersey cow and some kelp thrown in. They also had plenty of acorns which the other pigs didn't get. Later, I learned that there's certain pigs in eastern Europe (or maybe Middle East?) that are raised exclusively on acorns and are free range. They grow much slower and takes two years to fully mature, but their meat was $70/lb which was a lot back then. Anyway, I always thought that was interesting and I couldn't help but wonder if it was all those acorns they ate, or the raw milk that gave it such good flavor.
I’ll bet money it was the acorns!
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I hope so because it might be awhile before we get another milk cow. We just got two piglets last weekend.
Love this! I just got some cucuzi (sp) and another type of huge squash called Serpent (they were given to me so not sure of that’s correct), I plan to plant them next year for our hogs for sure! Nature gives us everything we need to feed our animals, we need to utilize that going forward, it will be the only way.
Right on my friend!
What I would really like to see is Michelle’s Crème Brûlée recipe for Cushaw squash. (Now that I have them close to ripening)
Going to check with the local schools about composting food scraps, too. Thanks for the approach pitch. Finally got the compost piles flipped and the CToS cleaned. Trying to get hose long enough to reach the pile. Next spring I need to buy another good hose that doesn’t kink so easily when it is hot.
I noticed what looks like squash bug damage in your trombocino vines. Do you have any solutions for those and the dreaded Squash Vine Borers? I’m going to try Kaolin clay wettable powder. (Surround WP)
They were affecting squash have another Friday.
You are on the same path if want to achieve, thank you
I seen a guy make a long tub line with plastic e to grow like duck weed to feed chickens and snails he crushed up to feed chickens
Hey Billy! Went to check out your podcast but apparently the link is for Apple users only. Is your podcast also available for Android users? If so please share how I can find it. Thank you!
Here you go my friend: fountain.fm/episode/9608453749
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 thank you! Listening now.
Would be real interested to know your take (pluses and minuses) on vertical farming containers used to grow small crops such as lettuce. Seems like a big up-front investment, and then on-going maintenance and nutrient costs. One advantage being you could grow food year-round, especially in harsher climates. Keep up the good work!
12:34 😂"Yeah, I was a little too robust with that."
For now, we've got a deal with a local bakery to get 'chicken bread' - the ends from the sandwiches they make, and even day-old loaves that didn't sell. More than half our chicken feed is bread and whatever they forage from our small orchard, and we also help feed our local congregation, taking the day-old loaves to church to give away. Asking around, you can almost always find a restaurant manager who hates to see food waste or is willing to let you do the hard work of hauling their extras away.
That’s what I’m talking about!
Y’all will have 100 k subs before Christmas if y’all keep it up
For me it’s about getting the right subscribers Mark.
God bless you Mr. Billy , We are trying to find a farmer as about 9 months ago ( my oldest Son 36 & US were gonna get a whole pig & split it up - they didn't have the room ,
Now we have 3 freezers,
How would I find a good farmer to buy a pig ,
9 months ago it was cheaper - now its $$$$$.
God bless you for any help .
Or where we could help pay To feed them then harvest it ???
Mrs Josette- Texas ( will drive )
I’m not sure my friend.
Billy I been watching y'all for a good while and I appreciate all that yall do to help folks out I think that y'all are the very epitome of how Jesus loves us and wants us to do. You Michelle and William and Justro and his girls I pray for y'all to keep having an impact on people and that they listen to your wisdom. I raise oldline hogs and chickens trying to make sure I can feed my grandkids because their parents have their head in the sand.
I am going to try to get this book and some comfrey at the end of the month I sell feeder pigs and have some ready then. It would sure help to grow what I feed them.
I like when you and John and the lady from Tennessee do your podcast bit John brings all them army words out of the mothballs I try to leave them in but he is so full of energy and wisdom if he had that fire for Jesus we wouldn't leave nobody behind.
Will be praying for your pastor as well. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
Thanks a million Kip!
thank you for all this real deal information based on your work 😍😍🖤🖤🖤❤❤❤
Such a good idea to go to local people for food scraps.
Thank you so much my friend
Awesome channel!
Greg Judy is only a few subs from 100 k it would be cool if the homestead you tubers would pool their resources together and get y’all above 100 k subs
I definitely appreciate the well wishes my friend but I just wait on the right people to find us.
I'd love to see ya do a video on butchering a goat. Thanks for the content.
Do you hand water your plants or have a irrigation system set up? I'd like to see some good videos on how to install irrigation. Dragging a hose around or lugging buckets for several hours a week is my most hated chore.
I think North Carolina gets a lot of rain throughout their growing season
We only water the greenhouse with hoses.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 when and where did y'all live in Texas. I've seen you mention the texas property.
Is there a way to start baby chicks with foods a small scale homestead can grow on site?
I’m sure there is but I haven’t done it.
What is the na.e of the very large squash?
Ever thought of comfrey?
where do you suggest to get seeds for the tropichino seeds ?? thaankyou to your family for ALL YOUR WISDOM
I’m not sure Renee.
Just a suggestion for when you get seeds to give away, have those who want them to send you a self addressed stamped envelope to put seeds in. That will be a less time consuming process on your part. Farming of any kind is very time consuming. Let alone the process of saving seeds to become more self sufficient. Maybe even your subscribers could give you a heads up of the seeds they save and would be willing to bless someone else with.
You could even do a blah blah blah about seed saving and the reals of passing it on to be a blessing to humans, animals, and the earth. Thanks so much for all your family does for us!
Healthy birds....
My birds say to tell you thank you Marcy!
Do you like trombocino or cushaw squash better and why? Do you plan on selling cushaw squash seed?
🙏Pastor 🙏
Reducing you food inputs and keeping food out of landfill, the chickens will enjoy and leave the peals for the compost pile with the stacks from the comfrey.
Bye for now😀🇦🇺
Thank you very much my friend
A few years back a friend asked us if we wanted to share the cost of raising a pig. Definitely, but he didn’t want to feed the pig any scraps. No vegetable scraps, no fruit scraps, nothing. Just wanted to feed the pig bag food from the hardware store. That pig didn’t have any marble in the meat. Way too lean and the meat was tough.
He passed up on a great opportunity!
Tropa…….? How to you spell that? The squash thing you fed the chickens.
they allow plastic in low quality pig feed… i bet whoever gets upset abt pigs eating sweet rolls eats sweet rolls
That is perfectly stated my friend!
Pumkin seeds are a natural dewormer for chickens
We use it on pigs as well.
I use to work in chickens when I was going threw high school a chicken will eat anything even there selfs thats the reason they are call a barn yard buzzard you could turn them chickens in the high grass they will take it down better than your weed eater they had farms that the chickens were free range it was amazing how they could take tall grass down to nothing but dirt
Where are you located?
North Carolina
Sadly, as far as I can tell, in the UK, you are not allowed/supposed to feed animals anything that's been through a kitchen :(
I definitely try not to obey unjust laws.
It’s only illegal if you get caught.
Are you saying "tropichino"? Or how is it spelled?
Tromboncino. It’s available online from several sources. When it’s young, it’s a particularly good summer squash that’s tastier than zucchini; it matures into a hard shelled winter squash that keeps well for months.
Why would it be GMO? Once the ingredients in the bread and pastries and anything else are cooked, there's no GMO left in it. So where would the GMO come from???
GMO means genetically modified organism. If an organism is genetically modified, then the genes don't just modify themselves back to something else if you cook it 🤣 you high or something? Bacteria die if you cook them though but that is a compleatley different topic.
@@HolyPineCone well that's what I figured. I know what GMO is, I'm an organic grower and studied biochemistry, that's why I asked the sarcastic question. For those who think that giving your animals GMO grown grains or plants doesn't make them organic. Once the matter is digested by the animal or cooked, the produce no longer carries genetically modified genes. So it's not like they will get into you nor is it transfered to the animals. I'd be more worried about pesticides. Those can definately cause some serious issues.
@@sappir26 that wasn't his claim though. His claim was, do you care? Since he thinks the shit will hit the fan for real next year or so, then all food is good food.
There are a lot of unethical business practices around GMO crops/monocultures. Both bad for people and soil. Also, GMO’s tend to use excessive pesticides (literally gene edited to tolerate high doses), so not exactly organic. This is why the topic conventionalization of organic is a topic lol.
Your mannerisms and style are very eighty deuce. Takes me back.
Right on bro!