Josiah is doing an amazing job and has really taken Jonah's injury seriously, even down to reporting it to you in the first place. He is so quiet and serious that it is easy to take that as slacking, but it is so clear that is not the case. He really has the long range interest of your farm at heart and he is just a child. Good job Josiah. And yes, I'm encouraging you to get well soon Jonah.
Josiah knows he may have his own recoveries in the future. Rowdy boys have each other’s backs. Mine did - skiers, skateboarders, football players all. Many many injuries. lol 🤎🤎
The topography app on your phone of t h e outline high up on your land , how did you find it, and how 🤔 did you put it on your phone? My dad had years ago a plastic layout of our county, and we live in the middle of Pennsylvania. The Poconos and Appalachian Mountain ranges meet near us.
A survey is expensive, but extremely essential. I built a fence around my property and the survey pins were absolutely a must for me to know where to build my fence.
ABSOLUTELY! When we bought our property, we were told the line was at the ditch on one side. Then someone bought the property next door, and wanted to cut all the trees down at the ditch line. We got a survey done, and our property line actually goes about 10 feet PAST the ditch! We got lucky on that one.
Yep, tomato leaves are bad for chickens. They are toxic to people as well and that is why lots of people break out when working in the vines to pick the fruit. It might just be me but I would clear all those plants out of there.
@11:44 Justin is saying it's too steep and I see by his elbow on the ground is Lycopodium obscurum, commonly called "ground pine or club moss", which is endangered and protected in some states. It would be an interesting plant to conserve. If that's a north-facing slope you might not graze it, but grow some ginseng, goldenseal and other medicinal plants on it! What a wonderful venture you have started! Blessings Abound
Figure out where you want your house first. What view do you want from your home when the land is cleared? Work your zones from that starting point. Think of the remaining trees and the sun angle in the fall and winter if you want to do any planting near the house. Have fun & thanks for taking us along.
Your surveyor has gone by old deeds and plots. They use a directional system based on the north and east direction that are on those deeds. Then it tells them points that could be iron bars iron caps trees fence posts concrete monument that might in place. Then it’s all placed into a coordinate system that they can place points and get throws to your corners or markers. And once found they use GPS coordinates to locate them and then a topographic survey should be done to verify your GIS maps to see if it is the same.
When Lilly went in the hole and then you found bear poo! 😅🤣🤣 oh my word!! So brave! Living vicariously through you guys, watching all the homestead gatherings, dreaming away! It is Always encouraging to us watching you all. We have a small amount of fruit trees and a veggie garden, homeschool 6 kiddies. And it's so wonderful to see what can be achieved with commitment, hard work, and faith! Thanks for sharing your journeys! May the Lord almighty bless and keep you! Love from the Chapman tribe in perth, Australia! X
The starting a 10 acre homestead (on your property that already has a homestead) is a great idea. One it is good for the family as they grow Abundance+ and they gain more privacy. Also the content in building a homestead is great too.
With all those forests I am surprised you don't collect leaves and make leaf mold for your gardens . It is amazing and so easy to make. Leaves make great mulch too and you have lots of free leaves at your disposal .
As a registered land surveyor, appreciate your words on surveys. People don't seem to realize their homes/farms/homesteads are the one of the most expensive purchases they will make in life, and a survey is just one of many things they can do to protect their rights as a landowner.
Justin I am beyond excited for this thank you and your family so much for these awesome informational videos I’m 6 months in we have 9 goats and chickens /rabbits trying to clear land for our homestead
A lot of work, indeed, but something tells me that you are all up to it. What a great opportunity for Jonah, Josiah, Lily, Gideon and Henry. They have learned so much already, with the exception of Henry, about homesteading that they can see the potential in what you are planning to do with the rest of the property. I just feel bad that Jonah can't be right in the middle of it all right now.
I'm so excited to follow this journey!!! As I'll be taking my family to live in a RV while helping a ministry build their gardens and green house and save to build our own homestead in the near future.
Loving this. Just what I needed tonight. It was so soothing to be experiencing the overcast, indirect light the luminous, soft golden fall leaves you have in your area. You were taking us all exploring an uphill slope on your property. Hearing the children now & then, & lightly crunching footfalls on fallen leaves was so much like being there. Thanks for that. It was like I was transported for a bit. It's fall up here in New England too, but lots of trees around here are still green. Most of the fall colors have yet to develop. Most, like the Maples, Birch, & Oaks are still green.Then too there are the various greens of the Evergreens. I was trying to imagine seeing through your leaves. Soon they'll be shed & we can better see what you know is put there. Now I'm looking forward to virtually being there when you show us your future options of views from your options for your new homesite. What fun. You guys must be so psyched. This whole project will be amazing & all recorded for the whole family to have. So even the youngest of your son's & daughter's children's children some day could look back a few generations to watch you & your children grow throughout this project. Soon you can all look back & see when you broke ground & when the foundation was poured, & so on. As the boys & Lily grow older, they can look back & see more of what was happening & in what sequence, when they were so young. And sweet baby Henry is so young, otherwise he'd only know of these events through what others remembered & through what he'd be told. This way he can look back when he wants to & see the events around himself before he was old enough to consciously register events, given the somewhat limited understanding of a two year old or even a 5 year old. These kids are learning so much about life because of their parents living life genuinely, & creatively. It was lovey to see you all working together so naturally. It was very calming & those kids are learning this kind of life throughout this precious time with you. Look what baby Henry learned that day on Daddy's back. He saw the piglets escaping down the hill about to get into the field but his brother & dad worked it out. They pigs were finally all reunited. Maybe it was helped by the lure of the adults drinking skim milk. 🐄🐄 🐄 Henry saw the whole thing raised up on his dad's back, like watching a movie play out from his "crow's nest" perch. They were coordinating to gather up 12 baby Old Spot piglets. There was a camera on the ideal spot to get a wide view of the piglets scurrying back up the hill, with three sons & Dad, guiding them in together, like it was easy. I think once the piglets stopped feeling chased they were more open to understanding where they needed to be - with the adults. Now you're entering a new phase It's a beautiful thing to be witnessing. Thank you for taking us along & for recording everything so beautifully
Justin those areas where the slope is to steep to use for agriculther you can use for permaculture crops, Nuts ,fruits, etc. You can also begin planing your Lumber needs for the future planting Oak , Chesnut, White Pine, even Hazelnut on really steep slopes for Wildlive and nut harvasting. Hope we can meet in the future your an inspiration for the Young farmers.
I love Kristin Hannah’s books! I haven’t read “A Man Called Ove”, but I saw a film by that name. It was really good. You came at the potential home site from two or three angles and liked it every time. Sounds like it’s the place. So excited for you folks.
I am so excited for this new series! And so grateful you are taking all of us along for the ride, I admit I do watch other RUclipsrs, but I am always searching for yours to pop up in my feed every day! Love you guys, stay safe and let's do this 🐔
Same here! They are definitely one of the best! I’m trying to make my own homestead farming channel now including many other topics.. they have really inspired me to create, what a great family!
@@themaninjork actually we’ve been going in the wrong direction for many years.. when the grocery stories go under from a possible power grid shut down or any number of crisis there will be total chaos and no food for anyone unless you’re stocked . We should have Never left the family farm or at least allowed there to be so few in each of our communities. I think moving forward we need to look at the past in many ways.
@@Stevesworld80 deforesting has so many negative aspects. I never said anything about self sustainability - u dont need livestock or to deforest your land to take care of yourself though!
@@themaninjork I know you didn’t say anything thing about it, but in my opinion people never think anything bad could happen. I get what your saying.. I just mean that if there are areas that can be used on my own personal land it would definitely be used for fruit and nut trees, crops and animals. Im not saying everything needs to be cut down and replaced, I think they have enough acres that are open to have more food trees, and I’m not saying you couldn’t survive in a crisis with only a veggie garden but it would be pretty hard and risky. They should have never allowed homes to sit on less than one acre and should be encouraging and teaching homesteading in schools.
You and your family are so amazing. Right when you think you have shown us everything to be as a permaculture chicken master you document your fresh new home build off your raw land. Very appreciative for this. Besides all that you have shown us, very intimidating stuff. You're sharing your process of building a home. Happier then a 🐖 right now ! 😃 Make sure Jonah drinking 🚰, love how you all bring that up🙂...we all should be. Glad he's doing tons better. Rhodes family rock!
So exciting. Jonah must be chomping at the bit to be exploring with Papa. Your children are amazing, Gideon has really gotten into helping and what can I say about Lily, the boys have nothing on her. Josiah we’re all praying for you. Really looking forward to the building of the “new” homestead. Peace and love to all.
I went through this. It can destroy a family. In this case home is right there and they will be fine. Some go in with rose colored glasses and don't look far enough out. These guys will do great.
Watching the choices you have for a home site is exciting! Do you realize that the roof is the most expensive part of the build (since you can't grow it unless you use shakes). On the side of the hill you can go 3 stories deep with windows on the south side & decks off each floor. There are also reflector tubes you can use for lights. I'm excited for you guys!
@Justin Rhodes Remember in permaculture, for land on a slope you do not want to have your zone 0 at the top, but right in the middle of the slope. All roads lead to home, and you don't want that to always mean uphill. The view may not always be as good, but you'll be happy when you actually have to be active on your property each day, going with the flow rather than constantly fighting gravity.
the undiluted joy that the little guy experienced after successfully feeding his big bro at 21:45.. just another reminder to attempt something great (relatively challenging and worthwhile)
As I am getting over the flu, I am listening to your whole "Building Homestead in 100 Days" playlist while I slowly get my bearings as I move slowly but surely to get these projects finished before the years end. I am excited for you all! I am so proud of you and your families growth. #Keepupthegreatwork
You have done do well with what you have it makes sense that you continue to grow. Beautiful family! What a blessing for your children to work with them establishing their future. 🙂
You can pasture on the steep. Clear slowly to eliminate erosion, leave the big trees with the root systems and lean heavy towards deep rooting pasture grasses. Drive around on the TN side of the mountains- Cocke and Greene counties have numerous pastures on incredibly steep grade.
You’re really putting yourselves out there with this huge endeavor in 100 days. With Jonah being unable to physically give you a hand it might be wise to invest in a small backhoe that can move dirt and lift out tree trunks and move trees to a working zone for processing or fire wood. I think the manpower from a backhoe would give you much valued time.
Don’t forget you can use the steep unusual pasture land for tons and tons of fruit and nut trees!! That’s what I plan to do on my channel here one day! Can, Dehydrate, Freeze dry etc!
I think you need a lowland milking shed and a hillside milking station that's lighter and smaller. you won't need to provide as much shade in the hills
Just read book 1 of the "Beartown" Series and loved it! Looking forward to the next one! Also loved, "A Man Called Ove" and "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry". Love Fredrik Backman and Kristin Hannah.
Just finally sitting down to binge watch this series! So exciting! I have just two acres but I love the idea of getting to see you build from scratch!!
Tomato plants are from the nightshade family, so this will be what is making chickens sick. It's ok in small amounts of the fruit. But I think the plant leaves are poisonous in large quantities.
Great video! As others have suggested, the tomato leaves are probably killing your hens. If they have lots of other plants, they don't eat tomato or potato leaves on their own; but in this greenhouse, they probably unfortunately ate some :-(
Love this! So much work but a great blessing and learning opportunity to watch you take raw land and develop a homestead. Favorite part….Henry feeding ice cream to Gideon…Super cute!😁❤️May God bless the work of your hands.
It's important before you start building drill where you plan to build and see what type of soil is under you and what type of base you would have to put for your buildings.
I'm excited for you guys! It looks like you do have enough undeveloped land to make a whole new homestead. I'm going to really enjoy seeing you make this a reality. Be careful taking down the trees. A neighbor of a friend had cleared their homesite at the top of a hill and the next rain made a huge mudslide that went down the hill. The homesite was pretty much ruined. It was the best spot on their property to put a home. Kind of changed their plans a lot. Building a home on a slope is tricky. I can understand wanting to get away from the road though. I'll be watching. It looked fun for you and the kids to explore the acreage you don't get to as often. It is really pretty in there with all the pretty fallen leaves. Thanks for this Rhodes family.
Salutări din România! Nu am mai reușit să urmăresc clipuri de genul pentru că am fost aglomerat,dar acest proiect al vostru mă ține cu sufletul la gură.Vă doresc multă sănătate pentru a termina cu bine!
Be careful about biting off more rha can chew setting goals good but keep it real and do able so not to feel defeated if fall short of goals just dust self off and keep going
Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Your family inspires me & gives me hope for the future.! From my family to yours, love from Massachusetts. God Bless 💖🙏🏼🤗
It is time to learn to terrace the high ground, you have the equipment, the skills, and the time. Pigs and terrace paths. Just like a winding road, the just move up and down the terrace from the low ground the high ground.
The guy at Permapastures uses even 45* land by getting his pigs to cut in shelves into the land, when they have cut a shelf far enough he raises their electric fence higher and they start on another shelf.❤❤❤❤
This is awesome! Y'all are my new heroes! We are about to move from northern Utah to southern Missouri to buy a house and land, and do freestead ourselves. This is so cool to watch, and I'm sure as I get farther in, so much information to absorb! Thanks guys, and good luck! Can't wait to see the final product. Comments as I'm watching- -I wouldn't knock harbor freight too much. They have some pretty decent hand and power tools lately. In fact, most of the larger items, like shelving and such, has become better and comparable quality as of late. In my opinion of course.
This is cool!! I hope you're making a new homestead for one of your children! This would be so cool to get them involved with building their own house!
You could have more than one cow shade/milking station, too! Keeping two might be a good way to manage the hauling between the far edges of the property.
We bought our retirement property in July. I thought I walked a lot. 😂. Now I realize I need to do the entire perimeter. I see a lot of animal rotation in our future. I look forward to your 100 days. I‘ll be taking notes. 😁
Your plans sound wonderful, are you going to be able to manage your privacy on the other side since it is accessible from the main road, good luck and God bless you all
Gd work exploring! Bet Yall will sleep well tonight from all that effort. Excited about your plans & looking forward to the taming of wild land with promise of a new homestead expansion and view.
Tomato plants, not the fruit the leaves, are in the nightshade family. They are poisonous to chickens. Maybe not too bad in small quantities but it's probably affecting them in that jungle.
Justin, I recommended this new adventure to some friends….it’s a great place to jump in. But for awhile you might assume newbies and explain the “inside lingo” like who Big Daddy is, etc.; Sally; the Great American Farm Tour. New people won’t know all this stuff. It’s going to be exciting!
Can't wait to see tomorrows vlog! Hope Jonah's recovery goes well and fast, I'd like to see him up and having fun again, get well soon! Haven't you ever tought about hiring an editor? That will make you have loads of time that free up.
Don't plan a house based on wooded views. We put our new house to the tree line and our neighbor cleared all his trees. Now we see pasture, the road and neighbors. If you want woods and a tree line plant it or leave it on your side. It was shocking how much was on ours up high but started on their side and is now gone.
Josiah is doing an amazing job and has really taken Jonah's injury seriously, even down to reporting it to you in the first place. He is so quiet and serious that it is easy to take that as slacking, but it is so clear that is not the case. He really has the long range interest of your farm at heart and he is just a child. Good job Josiah. And yes, I'm encouraging you to get well soon Jonah.
Josiah knows he may have his own recoveries in the future. Rowdy boys have each other’s backs. Mine did - skiers, skateboarders, football players all. Many many injuries. lol 🤎🤎
I'm constantly impressed with the character of their kids. A while back Lilly said she doesn't have enough chores and my jaw hit the floor
Brother of the year? I think so...
The topography app on your phone of t h e outline high up on your land , how did you find it, and how 🤔 did you put it on your phone? My dad had years ago a plastic layout of our county, and we live in the middle of Pennsylvania. The Poconos and Appalachian Mountain ranges meet near us.
A survey is expensive, but extremely essential. I built a fence around my property and the survey pins were absolutely a must for me to know where to build my fence.
ABSOLUTELY! When we bought our property, we were told the line was at the ditch on one side. Then someone bought the property next door, and wanted to cut all the trees down at the ditch line. We got a survey done, and our property line actually goes about 10 feet PAST the ditch! We got lucky on that one.
P.s. We WANTED the trees there, so there they stayed😉
This is exactly what my husband and I are doing with our 19 y/o son.. this is all for his future and our one day grandchildren’s future!!
Seeing this comment and video a year late but how’s the progress? Hope it’s been good
Yep, tomato leaves are bad for chickens. They are toxic to people as well and that is why lots of people break out when working in the vines to pick the fruit. It might just be me but I would clear all those plants out of there.
Yeah it could be, solanine poisoning from the tomato plants.
@11:44 Justin is saying it's too steep and I see by his elbow on the ground is Lycopodium obscurum, commonly called "ground pine or club moss", which is endangered and protected in some states. It would be an interesting plant to conserve. If that's a north-facing slope you might not graze it, but grow some ginseng, goldenseal and other medicinal plants on it! What a wonderful venture you have started! Blessings Abound
Ginseng would also be a great financial opportunity to grow!
Figure out where you want your house first. What view do you want from your home when the land is cleared? Work your zones from that starting point. Think of the remaining trees and the sun angle in the fall and winter if you want to do any planting near the house. Have fun & thanks for taking us along.
that last shot of Henry was so good! looking forward to following you all along on this journey!
Your surveyor has gone by old deeds and plots. They use a directional system based on the north and east direction that are on those deeds. Then it tells them points that could be iron bars iron caps trees fence posts concrete monument that might in place. Then it’s all placed into a coordinate system that they can place points and get throws to your corners or markers. And once found they use GPS coordinates to locate them and then a topographic survey should be done to verify your GIS maps to see if it is the same.
When Lilly went in the hole and then you found bear poo! 😅🤣🤣 oh my word!! So brave!
Living vicariously through you guys, watching all the homestead gatherings, dreaming away! It is Always encouraging to us watching you all.
We have a small amount of fruit trees and a veggie garden, homeschool 6 kiddies. And it's so wonderful to see what can be achieved with commitment, hard work, and faith!
Thanks for sharing your journeys! May the Lord almighty bless and keep you!
Love from the Chapman tribe in perth, Australia! X
The starting a 10 acre homestead (on your property that already has a homestead) is a great idea. One it is good for the family as they grow Abundance+ and they gain more privacy. Also the content in building a homestead is great too.
With all those forests I am surprised you don't collect leaves and make leaf mold for your gardens . It is amazing and so easy to make. Leaves make great mulch too and you have lots of free leaves at your disposal .
As a registered land surveyor, appreciate your words on surveys. People don't seem to realize their homes/farms/homesteads are the one of the most expensive purchases they will make in life, and a survey is just one of many things they can do to protect their rights as a landowner.
Justin I am beyond excited for this thank you and your family so much for these awesome informational videos I’m 6 months in we have 9 goats and chickens /rabbits trying to clear land for our homestead
A lot of work, indeed, but something tells me that you are all up to it. What a great opportunity for Jonah, Josiah, Lily, Gideon and Henry. They have learned so much already, with the exception of Henry, about homesteading that they can see the potential in what you are planning to do with the rest of the property. I just feel bad that Jonah can't be right in the middle of it all right now.
I'm so excited to follow this journey!!! As I'll be taking my family to live in a RV while helping a ministry build their gardens and green house and save to build our own homestead in the near future.
Loving this. Just what I needed tonight. It was so soothing to be experiencing the overcast, indirect light the luminous, soft golden fall leaves you have in your area. You were taking us all exploring an uphill slope on your property.
Hearing the children now & then, & lightly crunching footfalls on fallen leaves was so much like being there. Thanks for that. It was like I was transported for a bit.
It's fall up here in New England too, but lots of trees around here are
still green. Most of the fall colors have yet to develop. Most, like the Maples, Birch, & Oaks are still green.Then too there are the various greens of the Evergreens.
I was trying to imagine seeing through your leaves. Soon they'll be shed & we can better see what you know is put there. Now I'm looking forward to virtually being there when you show us your future options of views from your options for your new homesite.
What fun. You guys must be so psyched.
This whole project will be amazing & all recorded for the whole family to have.
So even the youngest of your son's & daughter's children's children some day could look back a few generations to watch you & your children grow throughout this project.
Soon you can all look back & see when you broke ground & when the foundation was poured, & so on.
As the boys & Lily grow older, they can look back & see more of what was happening & in what sequence, when they were so young. And sweet baby Henry is so young, otherwise he'd only know of these events through what others remembered & through what he'd be told.
This way he can look back when he wants to & see the events around himself before he was old enough to consciously register events, given the somewhat limited understanding of a two year old or even a 5 year old.
These kids are learning so much about life because of their parents living life genuinely, & creatively.
It was lovey to see you all working together so naturally. It was very calming & those kids are learning this kind of life throughout this precious time with you.
Look what baby Henry learned that day on Daddy's back. He saw the piglets escaping down the hill about to get into the field but his brother & dad worked it out. They pigs were finally all reunited.
Maybe it was helped by the lure of the adults drinking skim milk. 🐄🐄 🐄 Henry saw the whole thing raised up on his dad's back, like watching a movie play out from his "crow's nest" perch.
They were coordinating to gather up 12 baby Old Spot piglets. There was a camera on the ideal spot to get a wide view of the piglets scurrying back up the hill, with three sons & Dad, guiding them in together, like it was easy.
I think once the piglets stopped feeling chased they were more open to understanding where they needed to be - with the adults.
Now you're entering a new phase It's a beautiful thing to be witnessing. Thank you for taking us along & for recording everything so beautifully
Justin those areas where the slope is to steep to use for agriculther you can use for permaculture crops, Nuts ,fruits, etc. You can also begin planing your Lumber needs for the future planting Oak , Chesnut, White Pine, even Hazelnut on really steep slopes for Wildlive and nut harvasting. Hope we can meet in the future your an inspiration for the Young farmers.
I love Kristin Hannah’s books! I haven’t read “A Man Called Ove”, but I saw a film by that name. It was really good.
You came at the potential home site from two or three angles and liked it every time. Sounds like it’s the place. So excited for you folks.
I am so excited for this new series! And so grateful you are taking all of us along for the ride, I admit I do watch other RUclipsrs, but I am always searching for yours to pop up in my feed every day! Love you guys, stay safe and let's do this 🐔
Same here! They are definitely one of the best! I’m trying to make my own homestead farming channel now including many other topics.. they have really inspired me to create, what a great family!
Deforesting for livestock is so 1950.. humans ain't learning.
@@themaninjork actually we’ve been going in the wrong direction for many years.. when the grocery stories go under from a possible power grid shut down or any number of crisis there will be total chaos and no food for anyone unless you’re stocked . We should have Never left the family farm or at least allowed there to be so few in each of our communities. I think moving forward we need to look at the past in many ways.
@@Stevesworld80 deforesting has so many negative aspects. I never said anything about self sustainability - u dont need livestock or to deforest your land to take care of yourself though!
@@themaninjork I know you didn’t say anything thing about it, but in my opinion people never think anything bad could happen. I get what your saying.. I just mean that if there are areas that can be used on my own personal land it would definitely be used for fruit and nut trees, crops and animals. Im not saying everything needs to be cut down and replaced, I think they have enough acres that are open to have more food trees, and I’m not saying you couldn’t survive in a crisis with only a veggie garden but it would be pretty hard and risky. They should have never allowed homes to sit on less than one acre and should be encouraging and teaching homesteading in schools.
You and your family are so amazing. Right when you think you have shown us everything to be as a permaculture chicken master you document your fresh new home build off your raw land. Very appreciative for this. Besides all that you have shown us, very intimidating stuff. You're sharing your process of building a home. Happier then a 🐖 right now ! 😃 Make sure Jonah drinking 🚰, love how you all bring that up🙂...we all should be. Glad he's doing tons better. Rhodes family rock!
So exciting. Jonah must be chomping at the bit to be exploring with Papa. Your children are amazing, Gideon has really gotten into helping and what can I say about Lily, the boys have nothing on her. Josiah we’re all praying for you. Really looking forward to the building of the “new” homestead. Peace and love to all.
Lots of excitement to come! I do hope though, that you plan on leaving some of the woodlands intact - I love a walk in the woods ❤️🍁🧡
Me too.
That slope would be a fantastic root cellar and/or basement for better insulation and bedrooms. Exciting!
This will be the best experience any family could go through & also have it videotaped for enjoying these moments for decades to come. 🤩
I went through this. It can destroy a family. In this case home is right there and they will be fine. Some go in with rose colored glasses and don't look far enough out. These guys will do great.
Watching the choices you have for a home site is exciting!
Do you realize that the roof is the most expensive part of the build (since you can't grow it unless you use shakes).
On the side of the hill you can go 3 stories deep with windows on the south side & decks off each floor. There are also reflector tubes you can use for lights.
I'm excited for you guys!
Love ❤️ the beautiful view,the fall foliage is so beautiful .💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾
Such a great new adventure!! Looking forward to the development of the new part of the property and the house spot, I agree with Rebecca
i love the family adventure exploring! so fun
I use heavy-duty garage utility shelves in my pantry because they are adjustable. They are strong enough to hold 5-gallon buckets.
Exciting day! Your kids are so awesome and bright.
@Justin Rhodes Remember in permaculture, for land on a slope you do not want to have your zone 0 at the top, but right in the middle of the slope. All roads lead to home, and you don't want that to always mean uphill. The view may not always be as good, but you'll be happy when you actually have to be active on your property each day, going with the flow rather than constantly fighting gravity.
the undiluted joy that the little guy experienced after successfully feeding his big bro at 21:45.. just another reminder to attempt something great (relatively challenging and worthwhile)
The aerial view of all the trees in the property is this beautiful fall is my favorite
As I am getting over the flu, I am listening to your whole "Building Homestead in 100 Days" playlist while I slowly get my bearings as I move slowly but surely to get these projects finished before the years end. I am excited for you all! I am so proud of you and your families growth. #Keepupthegreatwork
I so feel it I’m sick too
I'm doing the same while get over the flu (ha ha)
You have done do well with what you have it makes sense that you continue to grow. Beautiful family! What a blessing for your children to work with them establishing their future. 🙂
You can pasture on the steep. Clear slowly to eliminate erosion, leave the big trees with the root systems and lean heavy towards deep rooting pasture grasses. Drive around on the TN side of the mountains- Cocke and Greene counties have numerous pastures on incredibly steep grade.
and golden tip The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and good tree for feeding pigs 👌🏻
Can't wait to see how everything goes. Remember if you do any grading you will be moving what topsoil you have.
You’re really putting yourselves out there with this huge endeavor in 100 days. With Jonah being unable to physically give you a hand it might be wise to invest in a small backhoe that can move dirt and lift out tree trunks and move trees to a working zone for processing or fire wood. I think the manpower from a backhoe would give you much valued time.
Don’t forget you can use the steep unusual pasture land for tons and tons of fruit and nut trees!! That’s what I plan to do on my channel here one day! Can, Dehydrate, Freeze dry etc!
Your children are fearless!
Love the walkabout, fall colors are really beautiful. Once there's no leaves left on trees you'll be able to see the lay of your land much better!👋🤗❤😔
Except the Mountain laurel ( looks like Rhodadendrum) is evergreen!
This is just so awesome to watch you explore with your kids. And to see how your brain works.
What is the app you are using to check slopes?
I think you need a lowland milking shed and a hillside milking station that's lighter and smaller. you won't need to provide as much shade in the hills
Just read book 1 of the "Beartown" Series and loved it! Looking forward to the next one! Also loved, "A Man Called Ove" and "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry". Love Fredrik Backman and Kristin Hannah.
Just finally sitting down to binge watch this series! So exciting! I have just two acres but I love the idea of getting to see you build from scratch!!
Very excited and looking forward to following you on this journey!
Tomato plants are from the nightshade family, so this will be what is making chickens sick. It's ok in small amounts of the fruit. But I think the plant leaves are poisonous in large quantities.
I came here to say the exact same. The tomatoes plants and tomatoes are making the chicken sick.
Great video! As others have suggested, the tomato leaves are probably killing your hens. If they have lots of other plants, they don't eat tomato or potato leaves on their own; but in this greenhouse, they probably unfortunately ate some :-(
Hello wife of varg
Excited to see what you guys do tomorrow. Blessings🙂
Love this! So much work but a great blessing and learning opportunity to watch you take raw land and develop a homestead. Favorite part….Henry feeding ice cream to Gideon…Super cute!😁❤️May God bless the work of your hands.
It's important before you start building drill where you plan to build and see what type of soil is under you and what type of base you would have to put for your buildings.
I'm excited for you guys! It looks like you do have enough undeveloped land to make a whole new homestead. I'm going to really enjoy seeing you make this a reality. Be careful taking down the trees. A neighbor of a friend had cleared their homesite at the top of a hill and the next rain made a huge mudslide that went down the hill. The homesite was pretty much ruined. It was the best spot on their property to put a home. Kind of changed their plans a lot. Building a home on a slope is tricky. I can understand wanting to get away from the road though. I'll be watching. It looked fun for you and the kids to explore the acreage you don't get to as often. It is really pretty in there with all the pretty fallen leaves. Thanks for this Rhodes family.
This is exciting!!! So happy about this series.
Salutări din România! Nu am mai reușit să urmăresc clipuri de genul pentru că am fost aglomerat,dar acest proiect al vostru mă ține cu sufletul la gură.Vă doresc multă sănătate pentru a termina cu bine!
Be careful about biting off more rha can chew setting goals good but keep it real and do able so not to feel defeated if fall short of goals just dust self off and keep going
Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Your family inspires me & gives me hope for the future.! From my family to yours, love from Massachusetts. God Bless 💖🙏🏼🤗
Wow, their inheritance is incredible. You are an awesome father
It is time to learn to terrace the high ground, you have the equipment, the skills, and the time. Pigs and terrace paths. Just like a winding road, the just move up and down the terrace from the low ground the high ground.
No question you have the best homestead in your state. thanks for sharing.
Lilly is a brave girl, she has my heart perhaps because she is the only girl and keeping up with the boys! 💪🏾🥰
The guy at Permapastures uses even 45* land by getting his pigs to cut in shelves into the land, when they have cut a shelf far enough he raises their electric fence higher and they start on another shelf.❤❤❤❤
This is awesome! Y'all are my new heroes! We are about to move from northern Utah to southern Missouri to buy a house and land, and do freestead ourselves. This is so cool to watch, and I'm sure as I get farther in, so much information to absorb! Thanks guys, and good luck! Can't wait to see the final product.
Comments as I'm watching-
-I wouldn't knock harbor freight too much. They have some pretty decent hand and power tools lately. In fact, most of the larger items, like shelving and such, has become better and comparable quality as of late. In my opinion of course.
This is cool!! I hope you're making a new homestead for one of your children! This would be so cool to get them involved with building their own house!
You could have more than one cow shade/milking station, too! Keeping two might be a good way to manage the hauling between the far edges of the property.
We bought our retirement property in July. I thought I walked a lot. 😂. Now I realize I need to do the entire perimeter. I see a lot of animal rotation in our future. I look forward to your 100 days. I‘ll be taking notes. 😁
So exciting to watch you and the littles explore your property for future use 🥰
South-facing would be ideal for a passive solar house build. Saves a lot of energy in the winter!
I haven’t even watched it yet but I’m commenting because I’m so excited for you all!
Wow. Lots of work ahead as you say, but ah man! Such beautiful views for a home!!!
Your plans sound wonderful, are you going to be able to manage your privacy on the other side since it is accessible from the main road, good luck and God bless you all
Gd work exploring! Bet Yall will sleep well tonight from all that effort. Excited about your plans & looking forward to the taming of wild land with promise of a new homestead expansion and view.
Loved the Arial view with drone,all the gorgeous colors!
Tomato plants, not the fruit the leaves, are in the nightshade family. They are poisonous to chickens. Maybe not too bad in small quantities but it's probably affecting them in that jungle.
This is going to be amazing to watch
Those ravines look like great spots for possible ponds for the critters.
We are trying to restore our former farm land back into prairie …so interesting to learn about the many different uses for land
I'm excited to go on this journey
Is it possible to level some areas off, creating steppes for a home and pasture areas?
So cool, can't wait to explore with you guys!🤗💗🤗
Justin, I recommended this new adventure to some friends….it’s a great place to jump in. But for awhile you might assume newbies and explain the “inside lingo” like who Big Daddy is, etc.; Sally; the Great American Farm Tour. New people won’t know all this stuff.
It’s going to be exciting!
Even maybe introduce the family members!
Lowes on Airport Rd best place for good shelves.
Can't wait to see tomorrows vlog! Hope Jonah's recovery goes well and fast, I'd like to see him up and having fun again, get well soon! Haven't you ever tought about hiring an editor? That will make you have loads of time that free up.
Sheep live quite happily on very marginal land on windswept mountain sides in the UK.
I am so jealous of those leaves! I'm near the Gulf Coast, we don't get leaves like that here
Your helpers are sure great at surveying the terrain.
Looks a once reasonably productive den from the years of the prohibition! 😃
best of luck and everything you do in this endeavor I know everything is done with Love.
Blessings to all!
Wonderful to expand your pasture land for future use, but please save some of the forest for regeneration.!!
Super excited to see the progress:) God speed!
We own some property in TN, and all I can think about with you walking through the woods is SNAKES. LOL. Can't wait to watch the journey!
Mr. Brown is having a ball. The footage of the tree line is stunning, all those beautiful colours in the leaves. Blessings from Australia ❤️
Don't plan a house based on wooded views. We put our new house to the tree line and our neighbor cleared all his trees. Now we see pasture, the road and neighbors. If you want woods and a tree line plant it or leave it on your side. It was shocking how much was on ours up high but started on their side and is now gone.
TFS I’m loving the ride. Many blessings 🙏and much love💕from California🌴👍🏻🌞
Ravines came a great pond, pool, or even a sheltered area for tall fruit trees.
Good luck all! You can do it.
Those fall colors are magnificent
We gonna need a COST breakdown. Anyone can do anything in 100 days if they toss enough money at it.
Beautiful fall colors 🏵️😍