I was not offended in the least and truly welcomed the light hearted, a bit surprising, reminder for people to not be jerks when out in public. I have kids that work in the service industry and the general public's manners have plummeted. I would like to THANK you both for going out on a limb to make a memorable statement.
I went to the same Greg Judy beginners grazing school this year. I was able to answer specific questions to fill in the blanks. Greg was humble and mentioned others that were doing regenerative agriculture successfully. Ian Mitchell in south africa was a frequent reference. Teddy Gentry with the south poll cattle association also was mentioned. As my wife and I were driving away from the lush knee high grass of Greg Judy's farms, we drove past many fields that were not rotationally grazed where black angus huge cows were standing in feed lots or in overgrazed fields that were barely ankle high. It was such a stark difference compared to Greg's fields. The second thing that I noticed and appreciated was that greg had no heavy tractors. His main farm implement was a honda rubicon 4wd 4 wheeler. This is $10K to 12K new. I know he has a john deere utility tractor (which can run between 20 and 50 k based on age and condition), but that is not necessary for someone starting out. He buys in all of the hay he feeds in the winter. He hires out all of the heavy dozer work of clearing stumps and building ponds. He hires out the spreading of lime as necessary. The animals do most of the work. He doesn't need to spread fertilizer because the animals stay in the fields and get rotated even in winter. He doesn't need barns or winter sheds for ewes having lambs or cows having calves.He controls the breeding schedule so these are all born in the spring when the grass is thick. His time is spent building and moving temporary fences. As he gets more land, he can allow the herds to grow larger, but the labor to move the animals is essentially the same. The weakness to his process is training and controlling sheep protection dogs. It seemed to be difficult to breed and train dogs for others. A combined flock and herd is another option that can avoid the need for dogs that Ian Mitchell seems to have perfected, but Greg seemed to think that lambs could get stepped on by the cows. (Lambs are extremely fragile and its important to give the ewes space to let the lambs bond and suck when they are first born.) Another thing I noticed about Greg's farms...The land is extremely poor crop ground. It is hilly and wooded and is best suited to be pasture ground. I can see why the rent he pays is so cheep...because the alternative is that it is brambles or needs to be mowed at great expense every year. This is a good thing to look for when trying to rent out ground from others. If you are competing with grain farmers, then it will cost you. Finally, I will mention that his cows and sheep are bred to maintain high quality genetics. The animals that are culled out of the herds are a source of cash flow for the farm and food. The cows are super calm and gentle because the mean ones get sold or butchered. If the cows don't breed back, they are sold or butchered. If the sheep need to be wormed, they get sold at the sale barn or butchered. Nature is enhanced with selective breeding and electric fence. It was quite an operation.
There is nothing to forgive - you are an amazing teacher and REAL MAN - along with your beautiful wife and well mannered handsome married son now william . Im watching now & listening . God bless you all Josette Tharp Texas 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We haven't been commenting on many of your videos, but we have been watching! Yesterday I (Dana) binged on your videos while working in the kitchen. I told Michael that William had gotten married, which I only learned yesterday in my binge!! Congratulations!!! That's exciting!! In our house, when we say "Billy" or "William" in discussion, (i.e. Billy said.... or William said... or William got married!) everyone knows who we're talking about. With Michelle, it's a bit more tricky, because we know another Michelle. We really enjoy the content you put out. I appreciate your apology a lot. I appreciate your channel a lot, and all that your family does! May God continue to bless and direct you all!
Volunteering/Internship are great ways to get that experience everyone is looking for, and not just in homesteading. Great video, liked the before they went and after all in one video clip.
I forgive you my friend. I wasn’t offended, though quite surprised. I’m no saint and certainly no judge. My repentance list is long. All I can do is keep striving for righteousness in myself, keep my eyes on The Word, and my heart & soul on the Lord. Blessings to you.
I appreciate the opening you had here. Its always tougher to hold yourself to higher standards and your're doing that now. Thanks for what you offer to us on this channel, keep it up.
Just keep it down to earth and keep it real as you do and things will have a way of working itself out, dig? Pursue your dreams and always believe the best. ✌️
Another great video Billy! Very informative! Ben & Denise are some Awesome folks. Btw thanks for setting the record straight my friend. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. 👍🏻🙏🏻😇🙌🏻
I was surprised because I knew it wasn’t Michelle’s heart. I was not offended, but I knew it didn’t fit in with this channel. Thank you both for being God’s humble servant!!!
Don't sweat it Billy! It's all good in the hood 😎 and by the way thank you for your bone sauce maaaaan I've been outside at night with a spot light looking for deers and can't find one so happy!!
Really agree with doing it 1st thing in the morning because then you “happened “ to learn something that helps that days tasks! Ps I loved grazing school!!!! Definitely worth every penny and I would do it at least once a year!
Was not offended. But I understand about setting a higher bar for oneself. Ben and Denise though. Great information. Spring has just dumped a whole bunch of new chores on the farm and yes, great advice on letting some things go. We can't do everything in one day, so we are learning not to beat ourselves up trying to do everything. It's really hard because all of the chores are important. But we know that we just can't do them all daily.
Great feeedback and agree with their comments. Just got back from Greg's Advanced and had a lot of the same experience. You get to see how it really works and really works.Contacts withthe others at other levels to do what Denise is saying.. Great segment.
Just found your channel a few days ago. Absolutely LOVE you and your content. New subscriber. You mentioned Asheville. Not too far away. Would love to get in touch somehow. All the best!
Shakespeare! LOL Creeps in its petty pace from day to day.... I make a list for the day, and cross off when done. I never complete my list, but will feel good if I accomplish a few things.
Wow I was not offended, however, apology accepted and forgiven my brother. You have always said if you are wrong you will own it. It takes a real man or woman to follow thru on their word with action. Thank you brother. I'm sure you got right with wife. So here we are today fresh slate carry on with edumacation for this day
I’m not convinced that lampooning fools is something to apologize for. I often cite St. Paul and Elijah from the Bible as an example of righteous men mocking the foolish. And Creepy Joe is prolific in inviting scorn. I thought your joke was hilarious. Your channel is always high quality content.
Perhaps it's the heathen infidel in me, but I didn't notice anything "off" in that last video. I did however enjoy the insta garden demonstration and was planning something similar with my boy at his mom's house. 😎
ALRIGHTY! I'm all caught up! 🥳 Billy, your jokes have need in stitches, every time you crack one. It's sad to hear that some don't understand a true sense of humor. Y'all, I'm so excited to be able to get out that way! Just like everyone else sees, Billy (and everyone he's had on as guests) is 100% on point with what the food shortages are doing around the country! I'm in Utah for the moment, but before the end of the year, we will be finding our forever homestead in the Appalachians, somewhere. You all have given me so much information, and I'm so excited to be able to expand from just chickens, currently! We rent, and our landlord doesn't allow us to have a garden, but we can have chickens... 🤦🏻♂️ It's been hard finding time between, working to be debt free and fixing our old vehicles up, to be able to make the cross country trip possible on a budget, to use any other lands to farm on in the city we're in. So, I'm living vicariously through all of everyone's channels, until we get out of here. Keep on keeping on y'all! Hopefully we'll meet someday so I can soak up more of your knowledge one on one!
Do you have a place you can put large containers, either the “bag” ones or landscapers’ tree tubs? A patio or paved sidewalk where they won’t kill the grass?
@@OkTxSheepLady we do have some potted plants around the yard, potatoes, aloe vera, spearmint and such things that we've been able to get to grow in "local" compost from the green fill. But other than that, we haven't tried anything large scale yet, especially on the walk ways. That's not a bad idea.
Hi from Ga. I was looking at the spoons and wondering if you could make some kind of dipper . Reason being I have a lot of rain buckets with comfrey or kale for plant tea and it would be so cool to have a dipper that I could hang on the totes (container gardening in totes) . I could use dipper to water the plants because it don't take but a. Up of tea.. Just an idea maybe?
Hi there brother, I’m looking for a link to your next “conference” I’ve heard you speak about it but not sure if you are sponsoring/hosting/ or presenting any time soon. I’m a planner. Can you help me with that info?
You were having spontaneous fun with your spouse. It wasn’t disrespectful. What’s there to apologize about? If you feel it wasn’t appropriate than you don’t need to apologize to us. You need to apologize to your wife. But something tells me she wasn’t offended one bit. After all, you ARE her better then best friend, aren’t you? And why can’t you be a demonstration to the rest of us that fun with your spouse is also important? And I can hear Persimmon Phil trained his “cousins” proper: Jam the heck out of your videos with that sweet, sweet crowing 😂
One great thing about you is your high personal standards. I cannot think what event you are apologizing for. Glad to see you apologizing even if it was for something that did not offend me at all. As I remember you were wearing the T-shirt which read Make Men, Men Again. Apologizing is a manly thing to do. Good interviewing style. I know they wanted to go to this grazing school for months now.
Like most in here, I wasn't offended. Surprised, maybe! But not offended. You aren't expected to be perfect. Please keep the great content coming. And even if you did offend, of course: Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. - Colossians 3:13
If you’re apologizing about the Biden joke, I’m disappointed in you. I went back to try and fine what you were talking about and that’s all I could find lol
I’m guessing your talking about the spelling be joke I found it rather amusing myself that’s the problem with the world we live in today is instead of laughing at a joke or even being able to determine what a joke is people choose to get offended over it. I live Jerry clower god rest his soul and he said numerous times that laughter is the greatest medicine on earth and I believe that because it can’t be healthy going around with a negative outlook on everything and looking for the next offensive word. My rant is over you are a bigger man for apologizing for saying a joke that was meant as that and nothing else.
I wasn't offended in the slightest, but what a strong man to understand short comings and always aiming to be better!!! So impressed!
Thank you so much Victoria! The one thing I know I’m good at is repenting.
No need to apologize. Love you all and God bless you all too.
Thank you so much Connie!
You’re very welcome
I was not offended in the least and truly welcomed the light hearted, a bit surprising, reminder for people to not be jerks when out in public. I have kids that work in the service industry and the general public's manners have plummeted. I would like to THANK you both for going out on a limb to make a memorable statement.
You hit the nail on the head of exactly why I did it Suzanne. I would’ve done better to rephrase the whole thing.
I went to the same Greg Judy beginners grazing school this year. I was able to answer specific questions to fill in the blanks. Greg was humble and mentioned others that were doing regenerative agriculture successfully. Ian Mitchell in south africa was a frequent reference. Teddy Gentry with the south poll cattle association also was mentioned.
As my wife and I were driving away from the lush knee high grass of Greg Judy's farms, we drove past many fields that were not rotationally grazed where black angus huge cows were standing in feed lots or in overgrazed fields that were barely ankle high. It was such a stark difference compared to Greg's fields.
The second thing that I noticed and appreciated was that greg had no heavy tractors. His main farm implement was a honda rubicon 4wd 4 wheeler. This is $10K to 12K new. I know he has a john deere utility tractor (which can run between 20 and 50 k based on age and condition), but that is not necessary for someone starting out. He buys in all of the hay he feeds in the winter. He hires out all of the heavy dozer work of clearing stumps and building ponds. He hires out the spreading of lime as necessary. The animals do most of the work. He doesn't need to spread fertilizer because the animals stay in the fields and get rotated even in winter. He doesn't need barns or winter sheds for ewes having lambs or cows having calves.He controls the breeding schedule so these are all born in the spring when the grass is thick. His time is spent building and moving temporary fences. As he gets more land, he can allow the herds to grow larger, but the labor to move the animals is essentially the same.
The weakness to his process is training and controlling sheep protection dogs. It seemed to be difficult to breed and train dogs for others. A combined flock and herd is another option that can avoid the need for dogs that Ian Mitchell seems to have perfected, but Greg seemed to think that lambs could get stepped on by the cows. (Lambs are extremely fragile and its important to give the ewes space to let the lambs bond and suck when they are first born.)
Another thing I noticed about Greg's farms...The land is extremely poor crop ground. It is hilly and wooded and is best suited to be pasture ground. I can see why the rent he pays is so cheep...because the alternative is that it is brambles or needs to be mowed at great expense every year. This is a good thing to look for when trying to rent out ground from others. If you are competing with grain farmers, then it will cost you.
Finally, I will mention that his cows and sheep are bred to maintain high quality genetics. The animals that are culled out of the herds are a source of cash flow for the farm and food. The cows are super calm and gentle because the mean ones get sold or butchered. If the cows don't breed back, they are sold or butchered. If the sheep need to be wormed, they get sold at the sale barn or butchered. Nature is enhanced with selective breeding and electric fence.
It was quite an operation.
Love your channel. God bless you for your humble attitude. Keep on keeping on.
Thank you so much for that Jennifer
Love you brother...
Thank you so much my brother! Blessings
No idea what you’re apologizing for…
Great information as always!
Thank you my friend
Sure hope they show us all the right way of doing our fencing!
I’m sure they will my friend
Bless you
Thank you very much my friend
I found it funny and laughed out loud. You're wonderful and we really appreciate everything that you teach us
Thank you so much Carlene
Greg Judy Grazing School is wonderful!
Michelle said the same thing when she went
Awe Bily your ok. I know it's getting insane ,want to joke and laugh in troublesome situations. We love ya'll Have a great week.
Thank you so much for the vote of encouragement my friend
There is nothing to forgive - you are an amazing teacher and REAL MAN - along with your beautiful wife and well mannered handsome married son now william .
Im watching now & listening .
God bless you all
Josette Tharp
Texas 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you so much my friend
Billy all is forgiven. Thank you for the comfrey. Ordered on Monday and got it today.
Thank you Dallas… And thank you for your business
We love you and aren't worried about a slip up. I am not sure what it was 😉
Thank you very much Tim
Billy, offended I was not, actually enjoyed it. To many people get hurt feelings alot from thier own insecurities. Your channel and family ROCKS!
Thank you so much for the vote of confidence my friend
Your idea of visiting these folks are wonderful... Thank you for all the effort... !
We love you Billy. No need to apologize.
Thank you so much my friend!
Ah yeah- farming and Macbeth! My kind of channel. Keep up the good work guys.
Not many people would know that Michelle
We haven't been commenting on many of your videos, but we have been watching! Yesterday I (Dana) binged on your videos while working in the kitchen. I told Michael that William had gotten married, which I only learned yesterday in my binge!! Congratulations!!! That's exciting!! In our house, when we say "Billy" or "William" in discussion, (i.e. Billy said.... or William said... or William got married!) everyone knows who we're talking about. With Michelle, it's a bit more tricky, because we know another Michelle. We really enjoy the content you put out. I appreciate your apology a lot. I appreciate your channel a lot, and all that your family does! May God continue to bless and direct you all!
Thank you so much my friend! Where have you guys been!
Volunteering/Internship are great ways to get that experience everyone is looking for, and not just in homesteading. Great video, liked the before they went and after all in one video clip.
Love yr channel brother...blessings
Thank you so much John
I forgive you my friend. I wasn’t offended, though quite surprised. I’m no saint and certainly no judge. My repentance list is long. All I can do is keep striving for righteousness in myself, keep my eyes on The Word, and my heart & soul on the Lord. Blessings to you.
I’m trying to do the same thing brother
Thank you for quoting Macbeth. That was awesome.
I adore the fact that you recite Shakespeare……he’s one of my favorites.
I appreciate the opening you had here. Its always tougher to hold yourself to higher standards and your're doing that now. Thanks for what you offer to us on this channel, keep it up.
Thank you very much my friend
Cmon just be you. All is well and have fun. I practice having clean fun or I’m bored. Don’t apologize please. Love you guys
I have a lot of kids watching me. Plus I have more imagination.
Just keep it down to earth and keep it real as you do and things will have a way of working itself out, dig? Pursue your dreams and always believe the best. ✌️
Another great video Billy! Very informative! Ben & Denise are some Awesome folks. Btw thanks for setting the record straight my friend. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. 👍🏻🙏🏻😇🙌🏻
Thank you for the conviction in guidance Pastor!
I was surprised because I knew it wasn’t Michelle’s heart. I was not offended, but I knew it didn’t fit in with this channel. Thank you both for being God’s humble servant!!!
Thank you so much for your graciousness Susan
I would LOVE to go to Greg Judy’s farm! It’s a dream of mine!
Thanks for sharing this
Thank you very much my friend
Nothing like good advice from the best out there.
That’s what I’m talking about
No offense taken, but of course, it’s all forgiven. So glad your content is here to keep me thinking and trying new things!
Thank you very much Jan
Don't sweat it Billy! It's all good in the hood 😎 and by the way thank you for your bone sauce maaaaan I've been outside at night with a spot light looking for deers and can't find one so happy!!
I just made my day Melissa
Rich Dad Poor Dad book also speaks about the value of education.
Got this book after Billy recommended it on Patreon! 😁
It’s one of my favorite books
Really agree with doing it 1st thing in the morning because then you “happened “ to learn something that helps that days tasks! Ps I loved grazing school!!!! Definitely worth every penny and I would do it at least once a year!
Two videos one day 🥰
RUclips keeps screwing up for some reason
Thank you
Was not offended. But I understand about setting a higher bar for oneself.
Ben and Denise though. Great information. Spring has just dumped a whole bunch of new chores on the farm and yes, great advice on letting some things go. We can't do everything in one day, so we are learning not to beat ourselves up trying to do everything. It's really hard because all of the chores are important. But we know that we just can't do them all daily.
Thank you so much my friend
Great feeedback and agree with their comments. Just got back from Greg's Advanced and had a lot of the same experience. You get to see how it really works and really works.Contacts withthe others at other levels to do what Denise is saying.. Great segment.
Just found your channel a few days ago. Absolutely LOVE you and your content. New subscriber.
You mentioned Asheville. Not too far away. Would love to get in touch somehow.
All the best!
Shakespeare! LOL Creeps in its petty pace from day to day.... I make a list for the day, and cross off when done. I never complete my list, but will feel good if I accomplish a few things.
Wow I was not offended, however, apology accepted and forgiven my brother. You have always said if you are wrong you will own it. It takes a real man or woman to follow thru on their word with action. Thank you brother. I'm
sure you got right with wife. So here we are today fresh slate carry on with edumacation for this day
Thank you very much Tracy
Just have fun. No worries
Thank you so much Michelle
I’m not convinced that lampooning fools is something to apologize for. I often cite St. Paul and Elijah from the Bible as an example of righteous men mocking the foolish. And Creepy Joe is prolific in inviting scorn. I thought your joke was hilarious. Your channel is always high quality content.
Thank you so much James
Perhaps it's the heathen infidel in me, but I didn't notice anything "off" in that last video. I did however enjoy the insta garden demonstration and was planning something similar with my boy at his mom's house. 😎
Thank you very much Michael
Somehow I missed what was offensive! 🤣🤣🤣However, everybody knows you'd never intentionally offend anyone!
If’n I understand aright, rotational grazing best involves ruminants, non ruminants, and at least one kind of poultry to break the parasites cycles.
That’s how we roll
ALRIGHTY! I'm all caught up! 🥳 Billy, your jokes have need in stitches, every time you crack one. It's sad to hear that some don't understand a true sense of humor.
Y'all, I'm so excited to be able to get out that way! Just like everyone else sees, Billy (and everyone he's had on as guests) is 100% on point with what the food shortages are doing around the country! I'm in Utah for the moment, but before the end of the year, we will be finding our forever homestead in the Appalachians, somewhere.
You all have given me so much information, and I'm so excited to be able to expand from just chickens, currently!
We rent, and our landlord doesn't allow us to have a garden, but we can have chickens... 🤦🏻♂️ It's been hard finding time between, working to be debt free and fixing our old vehicles up, to be able to make the cross country trip possible on a budget, to use any other lands to farm on in the city we're in. So, I'm living vicariously through all of everyone's channels, until we get out of here.
Keep on keeping on y'all! Hopefully we'll meet someday so I can soak up more of your knowledge one on one!
Do you have a place you can put large containers, either the “bag” ones or landscapers’ tree tubs? A patio or paved sidewalk where they won’t kill the grass?
@@OkTxSheepLady we do have some potted plants around the yard, potatoes, aloe vera, spearmint and such things that we've been able to get to grow in "local" compost from the green fill. But other than that, we haven't tried anything large scale yet, especially on the walk ways. That's not a bad idea.
Hi from Ga. I was looking at the spoons and wondering if you could make some kind of dipper . Reason being I have a lot of rain buckets with comfrey or kale for plant tea and it would be so cool to have a dipper that I could hang on the totes (container gardening in totes) . I could use dipper to water the plants because it don't take but a. Up of tea.. Just an idea maybe?
Hi there brother, I’m looking for a link to your next “conference” I’ve heard you speak about it but not sure if you are sponsoring/hosting/ or presenting any time soon.
I’m a planner. Can you help me with that info?
From your lips to His ears that there’s no loss of livestock!
Everything turned out perfectly
You were having spontaneous fun with your spouse. It wasn’t disrespectful. What’s there to apologize about? If you feel it wasn’t appropriate than you don’t need to apologize to us. You need to apologize to your wife. But something tells me she wasn’t offended one bit. After all, you ARE her better then best friend, aren’t you? And why can’t you be a demonstration to the rest of us that fun with your spouse is also important? And I can hear Persimmon Phil trained his “cousins” proper: Jam the heck out of your videos with that sweet, sweet crowing 😂
Thank you so much for the wonderful thoughts
Boy am I dumb!! I don't know what you are apologizing for. I'll go back and look again.
It’s all good my friend.
Morning
Good morning Racheal!
I always prefer authenticity.
That’s exactly what we shoot for Lance
❤
One great thing about you is your high personal standards. I cannot think what event you are apologizing for. Glad to see you apologizing even if it was for something that did not offend me at all. As I remember you were wearing the T-shirt which read Make Men, Men Again. Apologizing is a manly thing to do.
Good interviewing style. I know they wanted to go to this grazing school for months now.
Thank you as always Dwight! I was truly excited for them to go there
Like most in here, I wasn't offended. Surprised, maybe! But not offended. You aren't expected to be perfect. Please keep the great content coming. And even if you did offend, of course:
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. - Colossians 3:13
Thank you so much for that my friend!
Hey that Joe Biden Joke was not bad , all is fair in love and war Billy . No need to apologize .
It was a video before that
She said mother scratcher lol
She actually did
😄
I enjoy your content. I’m hoping to find a woman who enjoys the lifestyle!
Sir I forgive you. I’ll go to war with you today! Drive on, Sir!
I think the humor was great. It is sad if others get offended so easy. Americans can be so soft these days. Smh.
If you’re apologizing about the Biden joke, I’m disappointed in you. I went back to try and fine what you were talking about and that’s all I could find lol
I’m guessing your talking about the spelling be joke I found it rather amusing myself that’s the problem with the world we live in today is instead of laughing at a joke or even being able to determine what a joke is people choose to get offended over it. I live Jerry clower god rest his soul and he said numerous times that laughter is the greatest medicine on earth and I believe that because it can’t be healthy going around with a negative outlook on everything and looking for the next offensive word. My rant is over you are a bigger man for apologizing for saying a joke that was meant as that and nothing else.
Be careful apologizing to the internet.
I totally understand Doug.
I thought it was funny.
Thank you very much Chris.