Coming back and seeing Jack as a little kid and you guys working on your previous property made me realize the time that has passed. Crazy to think that he's now a young man, you guys have moved and you have your baby girl in just these few short years. These types of videos make me happy that I found the channel.
I love these videos, it brings a feeling of warmth into my heart. I'm a paramedic living in London just now, day in day out I deal with violence, vehicle collisions and the deceased. I love my job buy your heart gets colder as the days go on. Coming here and seeing these videos reminds me of home (Scottish Highlands),things like creeks and streams i've not seen in months. Not being able to see people as far as the eye can roam. Working with mother nature. Hearing quotes from the Bible. Fathers teaching there kids survival and skills. All my stress washes away when watching your videos. I can't wait till my stationing is up and i get to go home. Thank You Cody, Mrs Wranglerstar and Jack.
it really makes me happy to watch your family. jack is a really lucky kid to have such awesome parents, i would have given anything to grow up like that. you all are wonderful folks.
I've been watching your channel for a long time and this video, start to finish, was one of the most enjoyable ones ever. When I watch a video like this, I see what real wildlife stewardship looks like, I see how a father raises a son and honours his wife, and I can just watch without feeling like I'm being led through a big production. I think this type of honest down-to-earth content is what drew me to your channel in the first place. PS: Keep the "gentleman" segments going for a while. You are right, we all need a reminder now and then.
The Wrangler Star family is great! I enjoy seeing and hearing what you do in the endeavor of building and growing your home and family. Please continue your good work.
I remember as a early teenager damming up a irrigation creek between fields where it came to a wye from a "waterfall" in Michigan where I am from. Made a great little swimming hole for the summer. Amazing how mast some water can collect. I watch your channel because like you I consider myself a doer, or a maker. Not just someone who watches and thinks its cool that all this stuff can be done. And believe me, working in what I do and the fact that there are so many places that require desalination facilities to get enough fresh water for the over populated coastal regions, you are right that it is a commodity to be concerned with. Keep on Making!
Tyler Pool Whoops, sorry--slipped up there! 187000 miles. I'm ashamed...sorry to bring that filthy metric measurement to this peaceful non-metric channel!
I will thank you Cody for twisting my mind a bit as of late. first the used motor oil impregnation video and burning house. one of the biggest reasons i love to watch your videos is because i feel like i am learning and your analogies is some of the best. i remember when i was about 14 and starting to get into moped's and scooters i wanted to buy a Honda sfx because ive heard about it's reliability but the problem was that the engine was so reliable that they could not sell any spare part's so they totally stopped making them. this sfx thing got me into the whole planned obsollecence thing and you for me is one of the flagship's in the fight against it. Thanks !
Having fun as a family while working hard to improve your surroundings! Doesn't get much better! This really is what homesteading is all about! Thumbs Up !!
Excellent video. I could not agree more with your sentiments at the end. Priceless!! I have driven old vehicles my whole life. That is why I wanted to be a mechanic. I can fix anything. Do not have to go out and buy new, almost never. Very well done on the wetland restore!
Beavers are hugely abundant in my area and in the driest summers there is always water in the bush. Beavers build dams triggered by the sound of running water, they instinctively go to the water flowing sound and build their dam in that location. The biggest down side of beavers is the ponds make for more mosquitoes and without natural predators they can become over populated. I would say you have a long way to go for that problem but keep in mind you need all elements of nature to keep it in check. One day the coyote and wolf may be your friend. Also plant poplar trees, aspens, birch and willow. A beaver's favourite menu.
you are correct. They do need a few trees. I suppose if you started the process by planting the trees they like and let them reproduce along the creek eventually there would be enough to support a beaver or two. The trees they like are faster growing trees.
To speed up the creation of your riparian habitat and make it beaver friendly planting native willows will help. Harvest them before the buds break in the spring. Cut them into pencil length sections and push them into the moist soil. Many will take root and survive.
Hi Cody. Great video. We live in an agricultural area, and flooding is a problem. Arguably, this is in large part down to the way agricultural land has been managed. Great to see new ideas, ref dams and water management. You finished by talking about environmentalism, consumerism and consumption. I'm currently finishing a Master's degree in International Political Economy: one of the modules was Critical Environmental Studies. Corporations do this thing called 'greenwashing' where they pretend to be eco-friendly to sell us more products. As consumers we buy the eco-products, so we can continue consuming, while at the same feeling less guilty, because we are being 'green'. What we need to do is consume less, and maintaining/repairing old vehicles, household appliances, etc plays an important part in reducing our consumption. Many modern products are sold with planned obsolescence built-in. You might like this video about cultural capitalism, which mentions Starbucks and environmental consumers. ruclips.net/video/GRvRm19UKdA/видео.html
Im gunna love watching the progress you guys make on this project and i hope you guys get them beavers. Living in Australia means i've never really seen a real beaver. I think that when you guys finally get them beavers ill be just as excited as you to see what they'll do.
Love the thought of reintroducing beaver back into the environment. Love the thought of increasing wet lands where there are none now, but were 100 years ago. Love the fact that you are working together as a family to take on this project. I appreciate the comments at the end of the video about new cars vs old. I makes me feel better about driving a 13 year old truck with 190,000+ miles. I just put a set of 50,000 mile tires on it. Not thinking of getting rid of it any time soon. Also, new vs old, I think that new cars and trucks have so much tech stuff on them that we sometimes forget how to use are brains. What would happen to people if one day all of this just stopped and no longer existed. Best Regards Dave
Amen brother right on point. My Volvo just turned 35 years old with 502000 miles...yes that's a half million its amazing how long something will last with proper maintenance
You have all those slash piles you made. Something you might consider is placing some logs in the stream. Not tons of them but a few. This will help to slow the stream energy and reduce erosion as well. Also beavers can be a great thing. They build riparian areas but they can also cause more damage than you want. It depends on your goals for your property and the stream itself.
Just wanted to say thank you for all the videos. I have a bunch of my Grandfather and Great Grandfathers tools which I have enjoyed restoring and using as well. I also just built a dam yesterday in order to stock up enough water for a ram pump, which I will use for my food forest. I am curious if you plan on putting in fruit trees also? We have the same theory of keeping water on the landscape as long as possible. And use the older well built tools and cars and take care of them. We own a 93 ford with a 7.3L diesel and a 82 VW Rabbit diesel. One is a little more eco then the other but its paid for. Lol You and a few others have inspired me to put our story on youtube as well. Thank you for sharing what you are passionate about.
a very gentle rant. thanks for sharing. and i agree with you whole heartedly, the energy and resorces consumed to manufacture one battery pack for a hydrid car is more than you could consume running your old car for 50000 miles. reduce reuse recycle. it makes perfect sence.
Nice Dam Building. We Have lots of Beavers here in Canada. I am sure we could loan you some. Sisyphus was the guy who was condemned to roll the Boulder for eternity. Nice Video. Thanks for posting.
I love the rock dam!! My dream is to manage a watershed property. Awesome job! I just had this same conversation on environmentalism last night at a forest stewardship class.
I built a dam as a kid in the early 80's. It made a huge lake, a few 100 ft on a side. In the 90's it became a wetland and in the early 2000's it became a park. The city improved the dam, and its now all packed sod with grass and trees growing in it. Its in Oklahoma near a latke called Thunderbird near Moore and Norman.
Great video love all your videos I have great amount of respect for you and your family too for what y'all do I'm a volunteer firefighter I own my own Remolding company as well and I'm olny 26 I drive a 89 GMC Suburban with 450 thousand miles all original I take very good care of it I use to work as a mechanic and I seen more new cars In the shop than old ones for major work love watching your videos keep up the great work and don't stop making videos like you do I have learned so much from the god bless
I completely agree with you end of video comments about environmentalism. I drive a 93 Ford Ranger that came from the east coast with salt damage. Its always been maintained and parts fixed, waxing, washing, and polishing have preserved the paint and clear coat in the boiling desert sun (being original coat and not even lifting from the truck). The local Pull-a-part junkyard is my best friend when it comes to replacing rusted parts and very little cost to me.
the outro rant really pushed across the point that I've been trying to tell people for years! I'm proud to own a 1994 Land Rover Defender, even if people constantly hound me about it's "damage on the Earth". if only you had a rant video I could link them haha
Another good rant Cody. You're right, it's all a sales pitch to motivate people to buy their products. Long before the green movement there were earth conscious people that planted their own gardens and recycled things. We made our things last and last rather than buying new at the first sign of problems. I know for many that commute long distance that a newer car has a good enough gas mileage improvement to make it worth while. I only drive a few miles a day, so it is cheaper for me to keep the old ones going. The old ones were not built with as much of a throw away mentality and parts are cheaper too. They also tend to be easier to work on. My vehicles range between 30-40 years old and still going strong. If you think about it we don't scrap our houses every few years, we maintain them, why wouldn't we use the same mentality for our other things. It never made sense to me.
Somehow I got out of order on the construction of the dam, no matter, its coming along just fine! Love your rant at the end, so true about keeping and maintaining vehicles for along time. I have not had to many in my 62 1/2 years because I will run them until they are completely worn out. All my cars and trucks were sold to junk yards except one that was lost due to an accident. I always buy used older vehicles because I can't see paying those high personal property taxes. But with that being said, they are always kept in good mechanical order,and when that's not possible, off to the junk yard. That's my ranting for now. Take care
Great project, look forward to seeing it develop, quick question if you could spare a moment, what is the bird singing in the background of both "beaver" videos?
I look forward to seeing the pond and loved the rant! I have several people very close to me that falls into that 'pseudo environmentalist' , and violate their ethics on the issue frequently.
Sisyphus, king of Ephyra (Corinth) was a deceitful man and his punishment was the rock up a hill. I love Greek mythology/Hellenic Paganism.. Also I love that you play death cab for cutie and of monsters and men and others, your music choice suits my tastes perfectly!
Cody, what are you going to do if the EPA comes to you and says your pond violates their standards. Not only will you not be allowed to manage your own land as you see fit but will have to stop diverting water to your garden and orchard?
Awesome wetland you are making Cody. Thank you for sharing it. wranglerstar
Coming back and seeing Jack as a little kid and you guys working on your previous property made me realize the time that has passed. Crazy to think that he's now a young man, you guys have moved and you have your baby girl in just these few short years. These types of videos make me happy that I found the channel.
Cody, the look of pride you gave Jack when he pushed that big rock just in the right place was the best part of the whole video.
Love the rants at the end
It was Sisyphus who had to roll a rock for eternity :)
I love these videos, it brings a feeling of warmth into my heart. I'm a paramedic living in London just now, day in day out I deal with violence, vehicle collisions and the deceased. I love my job buy your heart gets colder as the days go on. Coming here and seeing these videos reminds me of home (Scottish Highlands),things like creeks and streams i've not seen in months. Not being able to see people as far as the eye can roam. Working with mother nature. Hearing quotes from the Bible. Fathers teaching there kids survival and skills. All my stress washes away when watching your videos. I can't wait till my stationing is up and i get to go home. Thank You Cody, Mrs Wranglerstar and Jack.
"hey jack,wheres waldo? *jack gives glare*" lol that got me
Jack is growing up so fast. It's cool to watch him grow up!
I can't wait for more updates on this project. Keep being awesome guys.
it really makes me happy to watch your family. jack is a really lucky kid to have such awesome parents, i would have given anything to grow up like that. you all are wonderful folks.
Second time watching this among my favorite.
You guys were not just working on a dam, you were working on the health of your family both physically and spiritually. Well done as always.
best part of these videos is watching Jack Grow into a great young man, on top of the skills you teach
I've been watching your channel for a long time and this video, start to finish, was one of the most enjoyable ones ever. When I watch a video like this, I see what real wildlife stewardship looks like, I see how a father raises a son and honours his wife, and I can just watch without feeling like I'm being led through a big production. I think this type of honest down-to-earth content is what drew me to your channel in the first place.
PS: Keep the "gentleman" segments going for a while. You are right, we all need a reminder now and then.
The Wrangler Star family is great! I enjoy seeing and hearing what you do in the endeavor of building and growing your home and family. Please continue your good work.
Love the rant! Loved the video. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
I remember as a early teenager damming up a irrigation creek between fields where it came to a wye from a "waterfall" in Michigan where I am from. Made a great little swimming hole for the summer. Amazing how mast some water can collect. I watch your channel because like you I consider myself a doer, or a maker. Not just someone who watches and thinks its cool that all this stuff can be done. And believe me, working in what I do and the fact that there are so many places that require desalination facilities to get enough fresh water for the over populated coastal regions, you are right that it is a commodity to be concerned with. Keep on Making!
Its very inspiring to watch you with your family.
Good rant, thanks Cody. Proud owner of a 2003 F150 running strong with 300000 km on it.
E. Lectricity whats a KM? some metric lingo or something? ha
E. Lectricity We're pretty close, 2003 f150 with a little over 175,000 miles on it
Tyler Pool Whoops, sorry--slipped up there! 187000 miles. I'm ashamed...sorry to bring that filthy metric measurement to this peaceful non-metric channel!
99 f150 with 184, so it says ( odo discrepancy) , former roll over too :) so proud lol
E. Lectricity 1997 f150 with 189,000 miles! I put love into her and she still runs like a champ!
A family that rolls rocks together stays together. Another great video. your land will be happy land.
Wow, Jack is growing so much!
I will thank you Cody for twisting my mind a bit as of late. first the used motor oil impregnation video and burning house. one of the biggest reasons i love to watch your videos is because i feel like i am learning and your analogies is some of the best. i remember when i was about 14 and starting to get into moped's and scooters i wanted to buy a Honda sfx because ive heard about it's reliability but the problem was that the engine was so reliable that they could not sell any spare part's so they totally stopped making them. this sfx thing got me into the whole planned obsollecence thing and you for me is one of the flagship's in the fight against it. Thanks !
Great advice at the end of the video! Very true
Cody I love all of your videos but the produced ones are awesome! You do a good job of mixing it up. Thanks for what you do.
Having fun as a family while working hard to improve your surroundings! Doesn't get much better! This really is what homesteading is all about! Thumbs Up !!
You are such a wonderful father. Jack's a lucky boy
Excellent video. I could not agree more with your sentiments at the end. Priceless!! I have driven old vehicles my whole life. That is why I wanted to be a mechanic. I can fix anything. Do not have to go out and buy new, almost never. Very well done on the wetland restore!
The Climb of Sisyphus!!
Beavers are hugely abundant in my area and in the driest summers there is always water in the bush. Beavers build dams triggered by the sound of running water, they instinctively go to the water flowing sound and build their dam in that location. The biggest down side of beavers is the ponds make for more mosquitoes and without natural predators they can become over populated. I would say you have a long way to go for that problem but keep in mind you need all elements of nature to keep it in check. One day the coyote and wolf may be your friend. Also plant poplar trees, aspens, birch and willow. A beaver's favourite menu.
John Elliot One man could not plant enough trees to feed one beaver.
you are correct. They do need a few trees. I suppose if you started the process by planting the trees they like and let them reproduce along the creek eventually there would be enough to support a beaver or two. The trees they like are faster growing trees.
To speed up the creation of your riparian habitat and make it beaver friendly planting native willows will help. Harvest them before the buds break in the spring. Cut them into pencil length sections and push them into the moist soil. Many will take root and survive.
You took the words right out of my mouth Cody. And one more thing you are not ranting you are educating thank you very much. 👌
Hi Cody. Great video. We live in an agricultural area, and flooding is a problem. Arguably, this is in large part down to the way agricultural land has been managed. Great to see new ideas, ref dams and water management.
You finished by talking about environmentalism, consumerism and consumption. I'm currently finishing a Master's degree in International Political Economy: one of the modules was Critical Environmental Studies. Corporations do this thing called 'greenwashing' where they pretend to be eco-friendly to sell us more products. As consumers we buy the eco-products, so we can continue consuming, while at the same feeling less guilty, because we are being 'green'. What we need to do is consume less, and maintaining/repairing old vehicles, household appliances, etc plays an important part in reducing our consumption. Many modern products are sold with planned obsolescence built-in.
You might like this video about cultural capitalism, which mentions Starbucks and environmental consumers. ruclips.net/video/GRvRm19UKdA/видео.html
Me having a factory job, am truly jealous of the wranglerstar's. It's a wonderful thing to see you working together as a family.
Oh, my kids would love a project like this! No ditches here, though. Great video -- I'd love to see an update.
I’m an auto mechanic and I studied hybrid technology for vehicles and I love the way you explain this
Very cool! Can't wait to see more of the transition
Wetlands form such unique ecosystems, it'll be interesting to see how this project grows. Love the videos. Keep us posted!
Im gunna love watching the progress you guys make on this project and i hope you guys get them beavers. Living in Australia means i've never really seen a real beaver. I think that when you guys finally get them beavers ill be just as excited as you to see what they'll do.
Jack, your growing along well young man.
7:45 what it means to be a kid. The little things.
Love the thought of reintroducing beaver back into the environment. Love the thought of increasing wet lands where there are none now, but were 100 years ago. Love the fact that you are working together as a family to take on this project.
I appreciate the comments at the end of the video about new cars vs old. I makes me feel better about driving a 13 year old truck with 190,000+ miles. I just put a set of 50,000 mile tires on it. Not thinking of getting rid of it any time soon. Also, new vs old, I think that new cars and trucks have so much tech stuff on them that we sometimes forget how to use are brains. What would happen to people if one day all of this just stopped and no longer existed.
Best Regards
Dave
I like the 'day in the life of...' videos. They are a good counterpoint of the excellent multi episode project videos.
End thoughts were spot on! Very well said.
Amen brother right on point. My Volvo just turned 35 years old with 502000 miles...yes that's a half million its amazing how long something will last with proper maintenance
What a *FUN* time - I always loved to build dams when I was a kid and this dam is actually doing something
Cool project, thanks for sharing. Hope you give us an update on the dam and the water levels.
Totally agree with your ending statement.
You have all those slash piles you made. Something you might consider is placing some logs in the stream. Not tons of them but a few. This will help to slow the stream energy and reduce erosion as well. Also beavers can be a great thing. They build riparian areas but they can also cause more damage than you want. It depends on your goals for your property and the stream itself.
Great video as usual. But the end was the best. Your a very inspiring person
Just wanted to say thank you for all the videos. I have a bunch of my Grandfather and Great Grandfathers tools which I have enjoyed restoring and using as well. I also just built a dam yesterday in order to stock up enough water for a ram pump, which I will use for my food forest. I am curious if you plan on putting in fruit trees also? We have the same theory of keeping water on the landscape as long as possible. And use the older well built tools and cars and take care of them. We own a 93 ford with a 7.3L diesel and a 82 VW Rabbit diesel. One is a little more eco then the other but its paid for. Lol
You and a few others have inspired me to put our story on youtube as well. Thank you for sharing what you are passionate about.
great work, love the sound
Good message at the end ,thanks
a very gentle rant. thanks for sharing. and i agree with you whole heartedly, the energy and resorces consumed to manufacture one battery pack for a hydrid car is more than you could consume running your old car for 50000 miles. reduce reuse recycle. it makes perfect sence.
I would just say watch out for the EPA.
www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/14/wyoming-welder-faces-fine-for-building-pond-on-his-own-property/
Nice Dam Building. We Have lots of Beavers here in Canada. I am sure we could loan you some. Sisyphus was the guy who was condemned to roll the Boulder for eternity.
Nice Video. Thanks for posting.
The end of the video was well said thanks Cody
Good information as always! Plus a good song selection, Black sun by death cab for cutie.
your Family moments and stewardship videos never get old... I adore them! I can only hope to have a family of my own just like it someday!
Another great video. Thanks.
I love the rock dam!! My dream is to manage a watershed property. Awesome job! I just had this same conversation on environmentalism last night at a forest stewardship class.
I built a dam as a kid in the early 80's. It made a huge lake, a few 100 ft on a side. In the 90's it became a wetland and in the early 2000's it became a park. The city improved the dam, and its now all packed sod with grass and trees growing in it. Its in Oklahoma near a latke called Thunderbird near Moore and Norman.
great song at the end
I love your rants.
Great video love all your videos I have great amount of respect for you and your family too for what y'all do I'm a volunteer firefighter I own my own Remolding company as well and I'm olny 26 I drive a 89 GMC Suburban with 450 thousand miles all original I take very good care of it I use to work as a mechanic and I seen more new cars In the shop than old ones for major work love watching your videos keep up the great work and don't stop making videos like you do I have learned so much from the god bless
i really love these type of videos, keep it up.
Couldn't of said it better myself, it is most certainly more environmentally friendly to maintain things and keep them going.
Wow, the stuff you said in the end of the video: wow. Just exactly what I think.
Enjoyed the video and the great rant. Look forward to the Beaver's.
Looks good. Increasing the wetland is good for lots of various wildlife.
I completely agree with you end of video comments about environmentalism. I drive a 93 Ford Ranger that came from the east coast with salt damage. Its always been maintained and parts fixed, waxing, washing, and polishing have preserved the paint and clear coat in the boiling desert sun (being original coat and not even lifting from the truck). The local Pull-a-part junkyard is my best friend when it comes to replacing rusted parts and very little cost to me.
How poor a soul must I be to feel pain whilst viewing such happiness. Love eludes me.
the outro rant really pushed across the point that I've been trying to tell people for years! I'm proud to own a 1994 Land Rover Defender, even if people constantly hound me about it's "damage on the Earth".
if only you had a rant video I could link them haha
Hoping this leads to some hydro powered projects in the future. That would be a great series I'm sure.
Another good rant Cody. You're right, it's all a sales pitch to motivate people to buy their products. Long before the green movement there were earth conscious people that planted their own gardens and recycled things. We made our things last and last rather than buying new at the first sign of problems. I know for many that commute long distance that a newer car has a good enough gas mileage improvement to make it worth while. I only drive a few miles a day, so it is cheaper for me to keep the old ones going. The old ones were not built with as much of a throw away mentality and parts are cheaper too. They also tend to be easier to work on. My vehicles range between 30-40 years old and still going strong. If you think about it we don't scrap our houses every few years, we maintain them, why wouldn't we use the same mentality for our other things. It never made sense to me.
Regarding the last part of the vid about the pseudo environmentalists, always remember,.. "Empty barrels make the loudest noises"!
love your end words !
Somehow I got out of order on the construction of the dam, no matter, its coming along just fine! Love your rant at the end, so true about keeping and maintaining vehicles for along time. I have not had to many in my 62 1/2 years because I will run them until they are completely worn out. All my cars and trucks were sold to junk yards except one that was lost due to an accident. I always buy used older vehicles because I can't see paying those high personal property taxes. But with that being said, they are always kept in good mechanical order,and when that's not possible, off to the junk yard. That's my ranting for now. Take care
That boy needs a pair of boots!
It was nice to see the trusty inexpensive D6 in this series.
we need to start a kickstarter to get cody a tractor or skid steer! just the things that he will do with one would be worth the cost!!!
I would like to see more videos about this subject and to see how the water level rises.
Love it, thank you.
Great project, look forward to seeing it develop, quick question if you could spare a moment, what is the bird singing in the background of both "beaver" videos?
I agree so much with your end statement! It really made me think about how the world is trying to be sustainable
Your poiny of veiw on many subjects is very interesting to me
The last part of the video, about environmentalists, is something I've never thought of before.. very interesting and very true. Thanks for the video.
I think, I mentioned it before. The people who represent the extreme on both sides are the people who prevent any sort of dialogue.
You have created Wranglestar falls...a new tourist attraction!
Jack should have quite the time playing in the soon to be deeper water. Have you guys ever found crawdads in that creek?
I look forward to seeing the pond and loved the rant! I have several people very close to me that falls into that 'pseudo environmentalist' , and violate their ethics on the issue frequently.
Like the comments at the end of this video.......awesome truth that's hard to ignore....stay safe !
Damn good rant and a damn good dam.
Sisyphus, king of Ephyra (Corinth) was a deceitful man and his punishment was the rock up a hill. I love Greek mythology/Hellenic Paganism..
Also I love that you play death cab for cutie and of monsters and men and others, your music choice suits my tastes perfectly!
This is something that really needs to be done where I'm living but they have bounties out on beavers
It's ridiculous how much we think a like. I can't even take it. Keep up the great work.
Great work!
A good rant, nonetheless! Thank you.
Sisyphus- this looks fun
TreeHouse video or RIOT!!!!
Love the vidz Cody :D
Cody, what are you going to do if the EPA comes to you and says your pond violates their standards. Not only will you not be allowed to manage your own land as you see fit but will have to stop diverting water to your garden and orchard?