Step One To Our Homestead Renovation
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- There are certain systems that are important when living on a farm.... Like water. Today we start to tackle our messed up water situation, and then talk about our plans for the places we have uncovered with mowing.
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Taking command:
Purchase two colors of engineer's tape.
Tie this tape as markers of things [plants, the best berries, trees in need of thinning]. This will help you find stuff when the season changes, and it becomes time to dig up, cut down, or build protection from live stock.
Flour, better yet lime [the kind that makes white wash] can be used [as in the marking of athletic fields] to layout where you picture this or that building, and this helps you define your traffic patterns. [No dumb turns, please]
Next think , and study where the air flows. This is the invisible river flowing over your place. It will tell you where the cool lettuce hollow is, or the last place to freeze.
A couple of years ago I watched a homesteader who said you needed you own homestead store. He had a small outbuilding that was noting but supplies (very organized) things like; nuts and bolts of all sizes hinges and other hardware, wire of all kinds, plumbing supplies, lumber and all kinds of odds and ends. He lived far out and it was an hour to any town which seldom had what he needed. It sounds like you could benefit from your own little homestead store!
That is a super idea...just as saving all the stuff (that isn't just garbage) that you find. You never know when you will need it or perhaps a part of it. Lots of kuck with for sure.
Great idea having a homestead store with extra supplies.
Sad tale:
I grew up in the military, with having to move just about every year.
My farther explained our poverty was that we could not accumulate the wealth of "a can of rusty nails", thus if stuff broke, we had few means or materials to fix it.
Old saying:
Four moves is like a fire.
That’s called homestead hoarding but in a good way.....I have three barns Incase my husband needs this or that...LOL
@@carriem7832 I love it! In our case I would need all the barns full of stuff and my husband would be asking why. I was the one with a garage full of tools and stuff he only had a small amount.
Elderberries!!! What a prize. You can't hide hard work! It gets better every day!
I wish we had some elderberries on our property. We live in Blueberry country.
@@Rebel38chelle blueberries have good antioxidants also!
Betsy Oman very true!😊
Re: for the boys
Elderberries make the best pea shooters.
My daughter makes elderberry syrup and we drink a tablespoon each day for a antioxidant.....if my bottle somehow makes it to being somewhat fermented....makes a great wine, but of coarse that accidental....🤪
Elderberry, blackberry, grape, and so much more. You have such a gold mine in food. Amazing.
There is a joke about "gallons to the acre" yield. Lol
You know what can be food, can also be cosmetic.
Wow I love watch you two walking and talking about your homestead your just glowing and you can see the wheel turning.its so exciting.. you have done alot already. I think you are the perfect people to get sponsored by an equipment company as a demo on your project. Hope they see this . Thanks again for sharing your life with us. 😀👍
Yes, when you need something, think "sponsorship", and product placement.
That's true ! I've seen where someone was sponsored by a company that sales smoke detectors . That would be a great idea for them !!
@Karen Younger why not? A lot of homesteaders do. The revenue is amazing for them and should never be discounted.
I keep going back to what a beautiful chemistry there is between y’all. It’s so awesome, so much fun, and it draws people in to you. Much love guys! 😊💯💕
Their chemistry was what made me stop and listen. They are just so...in tune with each other.
@@kathrynblodgett1969My thoughts exactly.
Yes!! Them fixing the water spout drew me in and I will be watching more!!
@@kathrynblodgett1969 what we all wish for! Had it with my first husband but he couldn't be faithful its what i miss the most was him reading me so well! New husband is fantastic but we take a little more effort to communicate and connect well if that makes since..
Always remember: its a marathon, not a race. Slow and steady and things will shape up! Congrats again on the property purchase.
Beware, our ideas of how fast things should happen have been poisoned by television .
What a talented, handy, clever man, fixing the pump house! LOVE watching the beginning of this wonderful project. Remember: inch by inch it's a cinch . . . yard by yard it's hard. Just take it a step at a time so you don't get too overwhelmed.
If you are at all a person of good smarts, you will always think up more stuff to do, than is humanly possible.
Congrats on checking off the two big first steps.. Electricity and Water...
I share your enthusiasm, after moving to East Texas (not too far from Better Together Life) from California a few years ago and buying a few acres with woods and a creek. It still amazes me that food grows right out of the ground, and water falls from the skies on a regular basis, and my creek fills up after it rains.. People who grew up in this area just take the rain and Oak trees for granted.. Compared to growing up in Southern California where everything has to be planted and regularly watered, this is just amazing.
Two tips for clearing overgrown property..
1. Spend the money on a really good Chainsaw (Stihl or Husqvarna).. you'll be using it a lot... trees grow really fast where it rains..every springs I'm back at the trees to keep them trimmed..
2. The best way to clear all those climbing vines with thorns is to buy a pair of Welding gloves (harbour frieght) that are thick and go to your elbows.. and even then wear a regular pair of leather gloves inside them.. otherwise your hands will end up full of holes..
Keep it up,.. love how much enthusiasm you have..
When the holes show up, mend them with rubber glue. Rubber glue reinforcement before use is smart.
Thanks for sharing! So interesting as I’m from Manitoba where participation is plenty - especially in winter ( ❄️) ! And yes I agree with the jumanji comment -grass and weeds grow so fast!!
I laughed out loud when you panned over to the hammer. Ben, you rock on the fix it stuff.
hey congrats!! lovely piece of property. I haven't ran across a vlog that says how big your property is?
Same ..lol
@@Dimongrl88 6 acres! Lol. They want 20.
@Cody Leeser it's 6 acres :)
@lory peterson we DID want 20... now we're glad we didn't get it lol!
What an adventure! When my hubby and I were your age, we built a 2 story house on 6 acres. I can feel your excitement and it's just like we felt. BTW....I am 68 and hubby is 70. We had many good years on the homestead but now down to 1.3 acres and a ranch house.
I felt the same way.....watching them, It reminded me of those long ago days when I started out with our very first home and garden. But now days, it's just my flower garden and lots of love from my grown kids and all their babies. Isn't funny how life changes and keeps growing you up!
delores ochoa - We can relate.. Getting older and knowing we are the thirteenth owners on our old house built in 1865, you can’t help but think that we are just passing through and our house will go on to have more owners and families who will love this place and property.
Mark & Tammy
I love how homesteading women know the names of tools and how they are used. I have spent most of my life only knowing a few beside myself. One of my favorite things to do is sweating copper pipe I am not fond of PVC. We have rehabbed 4 homes.
Your boys will be gigging frogs in no time. What a beautiful place you've got there.
Frog leg harvest?
@@gcg7074 Yes
@@goin2green Yep, ol Eule Gibbons can tell them how.
Get this for your boys from the public library.
Thanks for the tour of your property, such potential, but so much hard work ahead. It will all be worth it. So glad that Ben is well-equipped with just the right tools and skillful knowledge to DIY. You have surely been blessed!
When I seen your post I couldn't wait to watch. I'M addicted. I cant wait to see what happening next. Gods blessings!
Way better than TV. Love these 2
This is the most chatty I've ever seen the hubby! He seems to be really loving this!
Ben loves to work and be busy with his hands :) And what he's got is a project full of working with his hands and setting up a beautiful home(stead)
Im envious, really XD
We have 17 plus acres and it is alot to take care of. Now the real work begins.
Water is a good first step! I seriously recommend replacing all of your water lines. Saves you headaches along the way....
Also, you know exactly what sizes everything is!
Important for your septic tank. Have used this for forty eight years. Had it pumped out after twenty four years and the bottom was clean, no build up. I put one half gallon of butter milk and two packages of yeast about once a month. Some times I forget. The man who pumped it out said to keep on doing what I was doing because there was no build up. Have no problems after all these years. Hope you try this. You two are truly blessed with four fantastic young men.
Whoa! That's a crazy great tip! Ya learn something new everyday!
You’re very smart to leave California. Now you are living your life to the fullest. Many happy years.
I absolutely love your channel! You guys are great! I’m excited to follow your journey as well.
Im so excited for you guys I find myself so impatient waiting for the next video lol like I could watch your journey all day so many endless possibilities and cant wait to see how you transform the jungle into a beautiful paradise I could so binge watch it
That nice swamp area might make a great pond.....save the clearing until winter when you can see the ground. :)
And the snakes are hibernating
Check out if the Soil Conservation Service has advice, services, and grants for improvements.
That s[ring could be wter for your garden
When I first found your vlog I thought you were going to be in way over your heads, but nevertheless I was confident you would succeed. Then I went back to an earlier vlog and found out more about you and that you were homeschooled, so now I know you are not only going to succeed but that you are going to have a blast doing it. Thanks for allowing us to join you on your journey.
Gotta tell you, you two attract people ~ you are upbeat, genuinely happy, no feeling over-whelmed, " can do" attitudes, whatever comes - take it in stride ~ a pleasure to pop onto your channel and get refreshed!
Continue as you always are - appreciative, happy and grateful.
Beautiful property. Look for local recyclers for all the metal. The pipe wrench was in the truck because you were going to need it. God bless.
So happy you found your place. Berries are sweeter if they get more sunshine.
In fruit farming, the south side of the hill is fabored.
The muscadines/scuppernongs make delicious jelly, it's my husband's favorite.
To learn the flavor, buy a bottle of muscadine wine. Any old dead half rotten fruit makes vinegar. If it taste horrible, it is good for cleaning. If it is passable tasting, use it as a base for Carolina Barbecue.
Scuppernongs never heard that before, you learn something new every day!
Look progress, no more floods. Spigot. Shut off. Looking great. One day at a time and it will start coming together in no time.
I just wanted to stop and tell you how much I have enjoyed your channel. I just happened on it.
Thank you for showing us your life. Your travels, your ups and downs. I love your attitudes.
Keep up the great job!!!
Beth from east of Atlanta.
Isn't it nice to have a handy husband? I have one and I HIGHLY recommend them.
Lolol.
You wouldn't buy a fixer upper like this without a handy husband!
😂 nice way to put it👍
I somehow get the feeling that Meg is pretty darn handy, also, just behind the camera when recording the projects, but seems to know what is needed and when.
Lordy... My husband and I have been marry for 30 yrs and he can build a house from ground ... up , but to get him to fix anything around our house is like pulling teeth . I would have loved if he and I could've had this kind of relationship . Every time I get excited about things like this .... he just crushes my dreams . Anyway.... I'm so glad for them and It gets me excited for them . I love their energy that they have together . ❤😘
How exciting...all the things you are finding from food to building supplies. This is going to be a true adventure for your family and I am very happy such a nice young couple is able to do this. Have a Blessed day.
Your experience is much the same as in the book "Little House on the Prairie".
As an audio book, it makes a blessing on house cleaning days.
Your boys will enjoy.
All those berries, so good.
I'm not sure how NC is but here we can get some DIY spray for the house, etc. I use something called "Talstar". It comes in a small bottle and about $15. Mix up 1 ounce to 1 gallon. It's pet and kid friendly and odorless. I use it for everything, especially fireants. Anyway, spray the inside of the wellhouse and you won't have to worry about it. I'd spray the outside parimeter of the house and well and inside house too. If works for pretty much everything.
I love how many videos you have coming out 💜 Keep them coming!!
I agree 100%
We have a name for people that do plumbing like they left it....
Bodgit Bodgit and Scarper....
Fabulous firm...never leaves just one leak...we had them in our house...4 leaks behind the sink alone lol
Property looks good, I would clear all the underbrush from around and off of the trailer before you start remodeling so you can get rid of any surprises that my be lurking there. Hogs and goats will be your best workers in the brushey and wet areas. Those are definitely muscadine, great find! Changing out all the piping from the well to pex is a good move. Can’t wait to see more!
You should watch their trip to Jim and Rhendas lol :) (Heartiness Approach
6 acres doesn't sound like a lot but wait till you max it out. We have lambs,cows,goats, chickens, hogs, meat birds, and garden and orchard and we are out of room. I would love more land that we just leave wooded.-Shammah
Review the Permaculture idea of "stacking".
Examples:
Chickens behind cattle, rabbits over chickens.
The key is rotation.
@@lindapolle1665 oh we do! But one full acre is market garden, another full acre is orchard, that's leaves three acres for a small herd of 4 miniature jerseys, 2 lambs, 50 egg layers, 300 meat birds, 9 hogs, 4 fainting goats, and soon a heritage Long Horn, for super lean grassfed beef. I run a market garden and sell pastured poultry, and forest raised hogs. We have a lot going on and we keep everyone moving to keep parasite load down. We vlog about it on the channel holistic homestead/living faith farms.
@@SergioGarcia-ro6rp Amen, good job!
Looking good! It's amazing how fast the new farm starts looking transformed from the state it was left in from the prior slobs.
Careful not to judge so hastily. Those "prior slobs" may have been a family or elderly/disabled person who fell on hard times and possibly newly ill and just not able to care for their home any longer. Bad things happen to good people. I became disabled at just 49, single mom with 3 acres. No family to help with 2 high needs kids. It was hard and my property suffered. Not to this extent but my barn is deteriorating and fences need replaced. Trees and brush grown up, pond overgrown. It can get hard. I'm slowly coming back and occasionally getting help from others. I'm no longer able to work and can't do too much. I have a good son-in-law now who helps out as much as possible. He's no Ben, but he can mow and do some things. Just sayin, things aren't all they seem to be just based on appearances. It's possible but there's a story there in all that mess. I'm excited to see what THIS wonderful family is going to dream and build it into. There are miracles just starting to bloom all over that place. The Hollar Homestead is just getting established 2019.
Hello Hollar family . It's 2am here in Adelaide south Australia and I am looking forward to joining you in your journey . Watching you all tame your farm, getting it in order and yourselfs settling into your new home. All the best.
Aussie Aussie
Oy! Oy! Oy!
I love it that you two work so well together. We have been married 34 years, and we would have had a huge fight while fixing the plumbing. Lol. He farms the new way, and I farm the old way. Mostly, we just do our own thing, and try to stay out if each other's way. 👍😲
A good trench would help drain some of the swamp and check soil depth. Possible to plant thirsty nut trees if good water and deep enough soil
Yes, it is more homework, but wetlands are a resource. A conservation payment could beef up the boy's college fund.
Yes, trees are big suckers, that is they will effect your water table level. Get expert advice, because land is an interconnected system. Thus you may be able to drain one area in such a way as to raise the water table elsewhere.
Dumb old California [ I am a native] lets fresh water pour into the ocean.
Goats and pigs will kill the roots of kudzu . Yes it grows 1 foot a day
Kudzu is also edible if you get the newest growth. The bane of the South. If your swamp is sulfur water, you could drain it by spraying onto your crops/trees. Just a thought. Looking good, guys! When is the POD coming?
Check out the history of Kudzu. Yes it was imported as animal feed!
@Cathy Blasco Once the dumpster is gone!
Loved seeing your plans and dreams! Could almost see the fruit trees in bloom! It will be a beautiful homestead! Love you!💕
More Doc Grannie's advice:
Start shopping for bare root trees.
Plan a trip to your local land grant university's arboritum to learn what trees love your neighborhood.
Rule of thumb, it takes about four years for a tree to get tall enough to stand under, but check out Back to Eden trees, which are pruned [like bonsai] bent to the ground for easy harvesting.
Franken trees are fun.
Another kind of tree growing is called a "step-over tree". Not sure but I think it is an English garden practice, where in the tree's second year you cut the main leader near down to the ground [ about one foot] In the third year, you train the side branches in the same manner as grape vines on stout wires strung down rows. The idea here is to open the tree to light, force two leaders, and support what can be heavy fruit laden branches.
Next spring, when you see your fruit trees in bud, you can cut a few branches, bring them in doors, and they will bloom!
“You only use the hammer when your sweaty and angry” such a true statement! 😂 Love seeing the progress.
If Ben's middle name is not Jack (of all trades), it should be. 😁
Susan Strong, both of those names fit! He is a jack of all trades and a master of none!
Congratulations on finding such an amazing property. I am so excited to watch how you transform it into a beautiful productive homestead.
Install a shut off under the house at the inlet.
Should have been one there to begin with.
@Rico's Homestead Amen, I insisted on having floor drains in kitchen and bath. The day the washer hose blew up, I could praise the Lord, and I did get a clean floor out of the disaster. Lol
You guys inspire my fiance and I so much. We've always wanted to do something like this, always. We will be (Hopefully) starting our journey to homesteading in about a year or so. We love you guys!
Loving seeing your journey. Thank you for sharing. Please continue to share. Would love to see your visions come to life. Blessings to you n yours
R u getting pigs?
I would be remodeling the old farm house to live in and use the mobile as an out building. There is a certain beauty to the original house and location.
You certainly have your work cut out for you. One step at a time and your dreams can become a reality.
Hello
Before well test I would turn the water on and let it run for 1 hour to flush system. Could make a difference in the test results.
agree
We always poured a few bottles of bleach into the well and then ran the pump for a day to draw all the chlorine through the system and kill off the bacteria. I’m sure once a water test comes back they’ll be doing the same.
absolutely. We had to test our well before our commercial kitchen was approved and they told us to bleach the inside and outside of the spigot first, as well, then run the water for a while, then collect the sample (we collected our own sample and brought it in for testing).
@@jeremygourde9880 that's exactly what we do to our well and pipes is run bleach through it. And then we flush it for quite a few hours. We have a well I love our well but many years ago someone half mile north of us got iron bacteria not harmful but it can make your water stink so now every few years we have to sanitize our well with bleach
@@annwithaplan9766 we use 2 gallons, we take the two gallons of bleach and mix it with water in a 5 gallon bucket and pour it down the well pipe. Using a funnel. Then with the hose or buckets of water poured on water down there to rinse the bleach down. Turn on all the faucets in the house even the garden hose until you smell strong bleach smell turn them off you even want to flush your toilet. Let the bleach water sit in your system a minimum of eight hours preferably 12. Then I run the water in the house but I have learned if I turn on my garden hose pull the hose away from any plants and I let it run away from everything and let the bleach water out do that first before you turn on all your faucets and let it run to get the bleach water out it works better. I'm not sure if it's making sense. But we use two gallons of bleach. Also remember to run the bleach water before you let it sit through your shower heads your bathtub every faucet. If you have a water softener you want to turn the bypass.
Yes. In Texas we have saddles for the spiders. 😂
Spiders? Chicken fast food, cookies with eight legs.
Be happy you are bigger than they are. Lol
GREAT video! I am really enjoying watching you clear and establish your longed-for homestead! Thanks for the frequent videos. More please. :)
Looks like a beautiful piece of land. Our land in Bryson City didn’t have any kudzu, so we were lucky, My sisters land had it and it is a constant battle. It grows a foot per day. You have to fight it daily or it very quickly takes over everything. . Good luck 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
good day to you guys !! thanks for sharing another awesome update and adventures on & off the homestead !! 👨🌾🎥👍✝
Proud of you guys .You are moving right in to your promise land.
Love it! I know on our place “band aids” can become permanent lol😂. I’m a Mississippi girl born and raised and still here. Thank you for the kind words about our beautiful state. My husband and I laughed when you talked about the food. Yep! We love to cook that good ole country cooking. Can’t wait to see the greenhouse! God bless y’all❤️
This video takes me back to when I bought my 1st homestead. I, we, really enjoyed the cleanup n installation process of everything. The progress was so exciting! Sadly our home burned down 5yrs into living there. That was in 2006. Things have never been the same.
Thank you for sharing your progress. Love seeing you reclaim the land and the joy as you find new things!
Run that well a lot to flush everything before the inspection
Grape could be muscadine or fox grape both edible and good for jelly , also kudzu can be eaten as well look it up you will find recipes , elderberry is great to have . Remember in NC you say hill not swell , swell is referring to something the body does not the land.
We are saying "Swale", not swell. It's a permaculture term, meaning the lower place between each berm or hill. It's designed to catch and use water strategically for irrigation and to prevent erosion.
@@TheHollarHomestead I was just saying its not a word you hear around here and may give you away as not being from around here . As a farmer I know what you meant but often terms as hill , ditch, gulley, and some others are mostly used just kind of listen around to others for words and terms used and you will pick it up pretty quick. Btw lots of Y'ALLs, here and yonder those are kind of used a good bit and after a while you'll pick up on some more of it. Btw people are gonna ask where you go to church at or are y'all this or that get used to it. Sweet tea takes atleast a cup of sugar to a gallon , and I have never had homemade tater salad with celery that's a store thing where somebody from up north made a recipe and screwed it up.
also, check out Edible Landscapes near Crozet ,VA
Wow that is only 6 acres! We have 10 acres. Lots of trees and low land. All sand. Pond in woods I really love your videos. Thank you so much.
Love seeing the progress yall are making. Yaaay for no leaks
I absolutely love your passion for this homestead and for not giving up on each other and seeing hope for your life together. God will reward y’all well.
Might consider PEC piping/tubing, lot more freeze resistant & flexible.
Hey guys, those swells are called terisis's. They are purposely made to keep water from cutting holes through the property. Great job finding the perfect piece of land for homesteading.
You need to worry about black mold. It can be very dangerous leading to neurological problems. So make sure you replace anything with water damage. Love you guys. Happy for you. God Bless.
Yes, it will literally ruin the rest of your life. Should never breathe or touch it, without full respirator and body covering
Underground greenhouse is a good idea. Dont get rid of the tires then! stack them on the ends of the greenhouse and fill them with dirt to provide insulation. You could espalier some fruit trees in the greenhouse to grow along the back wall to maximize use of your space. Kudzu can be eaten, "The leaves, vine tips, flowers, and roots are edible; the vines are not. The leaves can be used like spinach and eaten raw, chopped up and baked in quiches, cooked like collards, or deep fried. Young kudzu shoots are tender and taste similar to snow peas." And you can use the younger, softer vines to make baskets. If you find some good shaped older vines, you can use them for handles of cabinets, and baskets. The red in the water is from high mineral content of iron or manganese. Might improve if the water in the creek can run properly. Early owners probably had a springhouse down there, and the rocks were placed so crocks could be mostly submerged in the water to cool the contents to extend the life of the food/drinks. Your swamp area would be great for willows and cattails. You could do so much with those when they mature. Yall have found such a great piece of property with so many prospects of how you can use it. I am quite jealous and also excited to watch how your ideas come to fruition!
The fun thing about NC is there are so many different bugs. Just when you thought you saw it all, there's a new one lol
Yes, buy a bug book [insect field guide]. [Make your boys so smart.]
You need to know where the free chicken food is.
Some smart Ausie made "chicken tunnels " for his garden, to put his chucks on bug patrol.
I can't wait to see your place really become Hollar Homestead. Please be careful around the swamp. My grandson lives in NC and told me that copperheads are in the swampy woodlands.
Did you know you can eat kudzu? Young leaves can be used like greens and blossoms can be used for jelly!
@Heritageoaks . treefarm ,
If pigs will eat kudzu , you can turn it into pork .
I am going back through the videos from three years ago to enjoy all of the huge progress you have made. The whole family is amazing.
Wonder if they are wolf spiders?,they are pretty big and leggy,watch out for Brown recluse spiders,careful guys.
I moved to the mountains of NC in 2010 from CO and the magic of the forest and plant life, the creeks, the fireflies, the moss and rocks, it never stops thrilling me with that same childlike wonder you describe. It’s a beautiful place.
Great Video! What was that blooming in the trash pile? Also, why not rent goats to clear the swamp area or borrow some from friends that have some near you. Those are some big blackberries!
The berry bushes you like, can be "captured" by burying the branch ends in pots, thus getting them to root.
Chech out the English practice of laying a hedge. It is sort of a DIY grow your own fencing.
Good job, guys! The spring is probably artesian water if it smells like sulphur...great water, if it is! There's a spring near the river where I live, and it's cold and clear, with just a hint of boiled eggs! Kudzu was brought from China to grow for animal food, but they turned their backs for a minute, and it got away! One thing about kudzu...a lot of animals like it, and a lot of people too! The leaves, vine tips, flowers, and roots are edible; the vines are not. The leaves can be used like spinach and eaten raw, chopped up and baked in quiches, cooked like collards, or deep fried. Young kudzu shoots are tender and taste similar to snow peas. The kudzu plant also produces fragrant, purple blossoms which you can make into jelly, syrup and candy. It's everywhere here in lower 'Bama, too!👍🏻
Hey you get pigs they will eat the snakes too a very good animal for multiple usses
My uncle raised pigs in a rattlesnake infested area. They never saw snakes near the house or pig pens. After they stopped raising pigs, the snakes got so bad that they had to move away because the rattlesnakes were coming right up to the house.
Kathy Jones 😮😮😮
So amazing to look back at these old videos and the longggg journey yall have been on. Give me so much inspiration on my own path with the farmstead!
You've got some really great idea's for your homestead. Very impressive.
Now that you have water and electricity, Ben needs a shop set up in the barn. You're on your way to a life of pleasure and frustrations. Praying that when frustrations come God will give you the wisdom to attack the problem gracefully. Bless you all.
Loved the tour of your property! You all seem so happy! 💜
My husband and I both grew up in the country. We are both in our 50’s and disabled as well. We love watching your videos because you’re doing what we can only dream about doing. You both are so cute together. Keep the videos coming and God bless you all!
So loving watching you two work together
You'll are too cute. Love your personalities and flow with each other.
Looking good!
I did read one time that kudzu makes good baskets...
And good tea!
@@trinareynolds8948 but just the newest growth, I heard...
Tea? Hmm. I never knew that. Thank you!
Super servant to help you find out stuff, [like kudzu] is the Reference Librarian at your public library. By library subscription, they have access to special data bases.
Brother , you do the best you can with what you have at the time. Theresa and I have just found your channel and we love your energy and joy for your new homestead. One project at a time and one heartache at a time. It will all come together and best wishes to your beautiful family. From Alaska , Jason & Theresa.
Your property looks amazing can’t wait to see what you do with it tfs xx
When the greenhouse is done, I will come bearing Meyer lemon trees.
One thing I wish I had done on my property early on was get nut trees in the ground. We got fruit trees in, but never thought about nuts. You may want to think about getting some bare-root stock this fall. I believe that is the most economical way to buy trees. Definitely need some hickory nuts for those pigs! 🤣
Don't bother messing with the undergrowth in the woods. You only need to fence the perimeter of the woods and turn loose 4-5 pigs and they will clean it up.
Yes, but before you do, get a plant ID app on your phone. This will alert you to what plants are worth capturing.
Loving this journey with you! It is a far cry from Baksfld Ca......LOL from desert to lush green and water flowing! Loving the videos, keep them coming. You are both so complimentary to each other and the work never stops. Love that you have a good balance with it all and the set backs have only made you more tolerant and patient and relaxed, if that makes sense........life gives us "stuff" to handle and God's telling you to chill a day or so and mend what needs mending then it's full bore ahead. So so excited to see the progression. Loving it! The boys are such good helpers and so laid back and sweet........you two are amazing! God bless you in all you do!
I see a vineyard by the old farmhouse. Not sure if it works in that part of the country but it would be nice.
It feels so great to be able to walk and dream with real property and not just what if’s! Keep on working and dreaming, it’s going to be awesome! God bless y’all ❤️
Be careful of the placement of your fruit trees and nut trees, they can kill each other in stressful situations, like a drought, they attack via the root systems. Walnut vs apple, etc.
I’m having fun going back to revisit your start on the property. It has come such a long way. The boys have grown up so much. I have followed you since to started the homestead search.
kudzu is a constant supply of chicken food and a good source to make compost with since its so fast growing.
@@Jj-gi2uv i wouldn't think so,since its a green and not a starch/sugar like corn per say. not many animals in nature eat corn normally anyway, its especially bad for cows. Chickens were originally jungle fowl so they got their sugars/carbs from fruit and such i think.
Cut off valves at every toilet, sink and whole house!! You guys are getting it done! GOD bless
I'm so happy for y'all living vicariously through yall until we get ours. We are still in the saving stages for our place hoping in the next 5 years to be getting ours.
I'm enjoying hearing more from Ben in this video. He has a vision that's fun to "see" through his eyes.
Good job guys. Shut off valves is always a good idea on all your waterlines especially in a mobile home, I learned that from experience. I live in one myself. Hit it with a hammer she says 😂😂 hand me the hammer he says 😁. Great water pressure. Elderberries yum. Wild grape makes really good jelly and juice. Great video.
Love hearing about all of your dreams for the future on your homestead, you will be rewarded tenfold for all of your hard work and what a great experience it will be for your sons! 👏🏼