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When my husband and I moved to the country we lost friends due to distance. When we had children we lost friends who said we were too many people visiting. 35 years later we have no friends, distant relations with relatives and find ourselves lonely. But our children are adults now telling people their childhood was amazing filled with animals, reading books, going on adventures, playing outside and eating homemade meals. THIS was all worth it! Our homestead will be passed down, great grandma’s cookbook will be shared and the love of our family will be a testament of how we chose to intentionally expose God’s love to all who witness.
I wish that I had found these YT when I was younger. I could have been growing my own food for a long time. Now that I am a 68 year old woman I dont have the stamina to do what I want to do. But I do have 3 raised beds and 35 chickens for eggs....
JUSTIN...SOME OF US JUST FIND SHELTER in your life
My concerns is run off from barn/ stable area into the stream pollution
next time Justin, empty out the water first and use the still water( as if the rain lets it) in the trough, to was the concrete. then after a wash with the hose the concrete would be nice and clean - and you are ready to fill the trough with fresh clean water no straws, flung poo and so on. best of wishes from Denmark
We have watched you for a while now. We call you our you tube friends!! Thank you!!
a fabulous channel 💜
I joined premium. How can I access the free e book?
Intensive management way better than animal and human med bills.
Snowball is still snowballing.
When is ur due date???
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Stop thinking of yourself your wife needs you to boost her moral and be quiet you talk too much
I have had to fight loneliness. My husband works mostly nights and sleeps during the day. So I have learned how to be alone. My family all live far away. My dogs are great companions. We have no social life because I hate going places alone because he is sleeping. I read and work in my garden and watch people like you and others.
I’m 23 and have 30 something chickens. I feel lonely sometimes because all the people my age I know aren’t even interested in chickens or farming. It makes me feel lonely but then I find older people who love and keep chickens. I learn from them and find friendships with them. Also, having 190 eggs every 3 weeks doesn’t make me feel so lonely lol
I follow many homesteads on YT and when I get an answer to my question or words of encouragement in the comment section by other viewers - or the RUclipsr - it helps me keep going because I feel validated in my decision to homestead. My family isn't convinced I can do it, but my community does, and sometimes that is all it takes.
Lonely is when you are in a bad relationship drowning in despair....lonely is when you have no one that understands your quest to live off the grid...lonely is when your children are too busy to give you a little time even thou you’re always there for them....lonely is when your golden years are tarnished with no hope....🥲
We need community. We are herd animals. I am 61 and disabled but I always wanted to do what you folks do. This platform allows me to dream.
What would make a few great short videos, asking each of your kiddos how they envision their homestead in the future, what would they 'add', what would they 'change' or eliminate (animals, grounds, trees, water, plants, machinery, etc.)....... & what they envision 'their' future on/at the homestead. Just a thought.
To add to my comment yesterday, your Grandpa built that barn. You paid someone to build the one you are leaving to your kids. Its different and I hope you are understanding. Don't insulate yourself from the process. If you don't have the necessary experience learn it. People have enjoyed your previous content because it was you doing the work. When you can say "look what I'm building" and not "look what I'm having someone else build." You would also be teaching your kids trade skills they will use all of their lives. See you tomorrow.
We read to know we are not alone. C.S. Lewis.
As an introvert who has small social batteries, this still seems extremely appealing. 😅 I'm not confident I could deal with larger livestock like sheep and cows, but being busy at home caring for our food and property really does seem like a better more meaningful lifestyle. Thank you for sharing with us!
Homesteading is very lovely, and finding true community is challenging. My husband grew up in an Amish Mennonite community where people help each other out.
I actually like the lonely homesteading life. Unfortunately, my husband doesn't. I like being home & doing projects around here so much that if/when we have to go anywhere, I get bummed. I'm not a social person but I do what I must to keep my hubby happy.
When you devote your life to anything the friends that aren't into that same thing somewhat lose touch. You lose that connection because you no longer share the same interests.
Watching the early days of Justin gave me the confidence of getting chickens and using what I had to house and feed them.
Watching Jessica is why I started growing food in containers while living at a rental.
You guys have encouraged me (while those around me thought I was crazy) even tho I have never met you.
Be careful letting cows in the water upstream from your wading pool. 😁😁
Good job!! The eldest had a really good idea!! Thinking about the cows comfort.
I’m getting worried that the creek will be contaminated with all the manure and water being dump near the creek. I hope it doesn’t go to where you are swimming.
I love hearing you speak about community that is built online. This is different but feels so similar to me: I have a chronic illness and am home most of the time other than for appointments. Being able to connect online with other people who have similar issues has been incredibly helpful in making me feel less lonely and more understood than i have felt in a long time. i love that we can help each other by providing support & sharing information within a community of people that just *get it*.
" we like intensive management instead of intensive health care". Very well said.
Omg this is exactly how me and my husband been feeling we got our home year and half ago .. add pandemic too that we got so depressed but we our pulling our way out of it and getting back on track to being self sufficient thank you so much for your guidance definitely my hero
should try a floor squeegee on the concrete slab looks like it would make the job easier
Been coming on all day to check if snowball has arrived xx
I'm having my 5th baby too. Midwife at home. Been having contractions on and off... no progress... looks like baby is posterior. We also nicknamed baby snowball lol. So funny.
I hope everyone is okay during these crazy times. I pray that everything goes well with Baby Rhodes #5!
I love how real you are and are willing to talk about the not so rosey things
I appreciate how you embrace the past generations' achievements and plan ahead for future generations.
Prayers for Rebekah to have a safe and speedy delivery! 🌻
Go Justin Go! Impressive infrastructure going on at the Rhodes homestead! I love it! Blessings from a western NC neighbor💖🙏🏻
2 barns and a bathroom renovation when does Lily get her own bedroom??
Some of us are so busy, there's no time to be lonely. The you tube community is a blessing when it comes to developing community by sharing knowledge with each other..
Our eldest son was naturally very solitary. He automatically thrived in the homesteading life. Our youngest son had a very rough time. We definitely reached out to different groups and activities to feed his need to be around people, which our eldest will begrudgingly participate in. Our youngest daughter doesn’t remember not being on our land, and just kind of goes with the flow.
I love that your son is right by your side learning with you! I agree community is everything!
This year we've all lost in-person community. Maybe that's why my favorite goat (Becky) lives in Arizona while I live in Delaware.
Having lived this rural farm/homesteading life my whole life(50+years) I have seen the shift from large families and communities where you live to a virtual experience as families become smaller and more spread out and community has dwindled. It just proves that connectedness is a need that humanity must have to thrive. Personally I feel this new rendition of community is better in many ways because you can choose to have contact with like minded folks verses just being stuck with who you’re born with.
I don’t think it would ever be lonely with all the Childers around you!!
His idea to plant trees on stream bank was a great one. It will Help to keep the soil that you are working hard to build.
I really like your sidekick...Jonah! He gets excited as you and also comes up with great ideas!!🙂💜💜
Loneliness is a big topic. At 73, I turned that on the 13th, I get lonely once or twice a day. Now I am content with myself. Yes, I have a husband, we don't like the same things and since our daughter died we don't talk much. It is lonely. Here, on RUclips, I find like-minded people with whom I can share and learn. That, is important, very important. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.
PS: I want to snuggle with Stud Muffin. I love bulls folks. I have since I was 8 or so.
Justin, You're channel has grown so much over the 5 plus years, when I first started following you're journey. You motivate so many people to do great things and are so inspirational. Thank you for showing me and others the day to day life that you live in. (In the beginning and still to this day ) :)
Yes trees help keep soil in place..... Plant fruit trees... Or elderberry that loves water n can make syrup from the berries....
There is a vibrant, busy online homesteading community here in eastern Canada. I am so thankful for the knowledge and skills shared by so many people that I otherwise would likely not have met! You are right- a lot of people, while fascinated, don't understand why we do what we do!
You might want to be careful with going so close to the creek with your animals if you mow it down too low it may cause erosion I know this might sound like I am being a know it all and and I am sorry if I am. But I just am trying to help
Community is big reason I enjoy creating videos on RUclips. It's great to have a connection with like minded people.
I mean I have gotten to be a part of your community too. I have a photo on my wall of us together at the Sweethome meetup. I even won a copy of Permaculture Chickens for coming out there to meet you.
Smart young lady right there! Love watching Justin and the beautiful one :P
I really love watching!
You are my inspiration! I have been following your channel many years now, and I have finally bought my own farm at the age of 23 😄 I’m from Norway and I hope to bring some of your ideas over here! I have lived here 4 months and the cows and pigs are coming this spring 👏🏼🐮 lots of love!
This channel gives me nostalgia from when I was a kid growing up on a hobby farm. Happy times.
Great message. Things are looking incredible over there. So glad you started somewhere and it’s incredible to see where you are today 🎉
Apple trees and dog woods would look good on creek and good for 🐝 and apples to eat
This is so good!! And I LOVE Jess Sowards!! Been following her for about two years now 💗 And I love the conversation about community- I think when i start out in anything i tend to feel awkward and like the weird odd-ball-out. Almost like “there’s no way there’s anybody else who loves what I love and aspires to what I aspire to. Hopefully I can click into this type of community in the near future- the inspiration of actual conversation is SO vital.
isnt it bad to have the creek near lots of poop? you get inside the creek dont you are you not worried?
I follow many you tubers. You all put so much information of raising critter to growing food. Thank you all so much
Jess is so amazing and knowledgeable! Love learning from her! She truly loves what she does, her animals and sharing with everyone. Thank you Jess!
Protect you creek\stream from the cows. I could not tell where you were. Jhona had a good idea with the trees!
Jessica says (and I'm paraphrasing) "They may not have the ability to leave their living room, but when we share and open this up, there's a place at this table for them to learn all these things". OH MY DARLING, you hit the nail on the head!!! THIS is exactly why I subscribe to you and Justin, and to a few others that I see interacting on this channel. I feel like I'm right there with you all. I learn so much, and enjoy what I'm watching and learning with every video. I wish I was able to homestead, but I do not have the means, land wise or physically, but through you all, I can enjoy it. I have a small plot of garden outside that I grow flowers for infusing oils for my upcoming soap making. I also grow some sweet peppers inside in my spare bedroom... we call it my indoor garden, LOL. Being disable, I have to do what I can while my body allows it, right???
THANK YOU, Justin, Rebekah and Jessica for this!! I needed this message today!!
Church is the best way to no be lonely
Get a squegy atleast I think that's the proper name. It's a rubber ended brush thatll sweep that water and dung away better
Our homestead was built in 1885, the house and an old pegged barn are made from the yellow poplar on the farm. We have lived here 30 years, my husband passed this year, I plan to leave it to our children/grandchildren.
We moved March 2020 to a new state to a bigger farm, following a job. Then the job quit. Then everything shut down with the virus. We've visited the few churches open but no one tries to connect though we keep trying. We homeschool our last kid also and haven't found a group to join because again, they shut down with the virus and stopped advertising get-togethers. Hubby works long hours away from our farm with whatever new job comes along. And we all are incredibly lonely and isolated. We can't seem to find anyone to connect with in our area. We're rural enough evidently that there's not even much of an online community that we've been able to find. It's extra hard as hubby and daughter are very extroverted and can usually make friends with everyone. Lol? One of our prayer requests for the last year has been to make good Godly friends at our new home, but so far it's gone unanswered. Lonely, isolated.... Yep, we understand all too well.
Justin, if you like to talk about things other people don't, tell us about eggs. You collect the eggs, and then what? Do you "candle" them? How is it that there are no chicks? Do you have a particular way of washing or cleaning eggs? I've seen videos about preserving eggs - do you do that?
How do you make sure your kids are getting the socialization they need too?
You are absolutely right! As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! You are doing a great job managing every expectation. Blessings to all!
Good topic.
Are your hay bales baled with twine or plastic or wire? Please make sure to take off whatever holds them together as although the twine will decompose it can cause injury (all of them).
Pull the plug on fake TV👍🤠🥳
I have found community through twitch which has lead to me actually starting a podcast that I've always wanted.
What has been discouraging me is that your wife as been in labor for days now, I hope she's okay. There's no room there for the midwife to stay 24/7 to make sure everything is okay?
You may be ready to strip the membrane. My heart is with you all as you welcome your new little homesteader. ❤️
Sending your great family love from South Africa ♥️
When you clean the slab, does the runoff go in the steam?
finally thinking about foresting the pastures, I told ya, plan it strategicly for the animals, do trees that give food, apples, nuts, etc. Why nut trees? Pigs will eat them, don't have to run pigs in those pastures, just have the kids gather up buckets of nuts and give it to them as treats. When the apple trees start to produce u could look into bees and get a little honey out of it too.
Praying for an easy delivery! My last gave me contractions for the last two weeks straight before she finally arrived.
Prodromal labor is the worst! Maybe he’ll come fast!? 🙏
Y’all have blessed my life so much in many different ways!! Thanks 🙏
Beauty.....hoo hee hoo hee push push...and repeat as needed ;) good luck, love yall
DNR will help with trees and shrubbery for water conservation along private creak beds to improve oxygenation of water ways. It's an idea.
Manure Tea for the veggie gardens!
Why isn't the water draining off???? Thought concrete company would have sloped it...
What an incredible generous gift... Rodale an original...!!!!
I have an idea, take Rebbeca rides around the farm in Sally,dont go fast.
The saying here and maybe other places that I use to hear was, take her on a ride down a bumpy road she'll have that baby for sure.
For some it worked and some it didnt!
I love being at home, gardening, yard work, dogs, birds, and rabbits, especially in warmer weather. But, I am now working with dogs part time away from home. Guess I am doing what I love. Next thing is buying land.
Is the run off from the animal barn going into the water for your plunge pool
Gutted baby hasn't arrived for you both, pray you don't have to wait much longer
Are you really lonely?
You have a large and interesting family.
You are part of the growing world of homesteading.
Your son had a good idea today to plant trees ( fruits ) on one side ( the tree house side ?) of your water stream.
I guess he caught you at the wrong time, ( you were talking to the camera.)
Think of all the fruits you could be feeding your animals ( pig biz )
oh yes this is a huge deal. right now and most times I am alone. with covid i work alone from home...blessing...all of my family and some friends say they are going to show up at my house when the zombies come....but no one ever...hardly ever...offers to come and help. One little coworker offered to drive the icy roads to come and help me haul buckets of water to my livestock during this Texas ice apocalyps
Good afternoon from Coastal Georgia!
I love how you’re taking such good care of The Beautiful One.
I love Rodale publications. I have some of their books and they are excellent.
I’m always alone. Not fun.
Grab ur selfs a Chameleon for all those horn worms. Lol our Chameleon lives horn worms.
Your family is so loved and appreciated
I think that my uncle lives within 8 miles either direction on that road. He lives on the uphill side and you are on the down hill side. He’s a great guy.... Eldon Wilmot. He’s a semi retired contractor... and an overall very great guy