Messing with the Excavator & Planting the Garden
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- I'm getting better at running the excavator! In this video: morning chores with the animals, doing some digging with the mini-excavator & taking the bucket off to see what needs replacing, and beginning to plant the garden.
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My joints are like those bushings
Mine too!!!
Playing with the excavator and gardening are a refreshing bit of new content sprinkled amongst the usual. I enjoy seeing you do new things and seeing your take.
You are right about Spring being busy. It is also productive. I wouldn't have it any other way. Bring it on.
I love hearing your gardening tips and to see you and Hilary work in the garden 💚💛 Those laying hens are so colorful!
The last pass in the trench use the heel of the bucket to flatten the trench bottom, it mashes the rocks flat. I worked gas utility pipeline construction and maintenance for 38 years.
The chickens are saying "EAT MORE BEEF!! " again.. lol😄!!
Great day indeed. Thank you for sharing your wonderful life. So relaxing to watch first thing in the morning.
That's what I like to see, a chicken that knows it's job . Practicing the size of the pot.
❤ Awesome farmers are not only providing are food they are a inspiration to many generations 😊
Thank you for the gardening section. You make it looks so straightforward and doable. Not like some holy crusade filled with mystical jargon. Thank you!
You're welcome!
This was a full-flavored video, with all my favorite seasonings.
That excavator looks like fun. Bucket of Kentucky fried chicken takes on a new meaning
We were cracking up when Hillery called the chickens land sharks😂. That's what my husband calls our 16 year old grandson.
That clean up y'all did around the porch was well worth the effort. Looks so inviting and peaceful! 👍
It was super enjoyable, watching yourself and Hillary work! I enjoy your channel very much Pete, thank you!
Pete, the Dexter burgers, you’re killing me! Your videos remind me to have gratitude for the animals that nourish us and the farmers who do this incredibly important work. Thank you all!
Thanks again for another Sunday morning video. Nice garden tips too.
It's always a great day when just a few acres has posted love these folks
Good Morning you guys!!! You guys are awesome, I appreciate the effort in making your videos...
If you have a source of drywall manufacturing they often have end rolls of paper that you can usually barter with or get them for free. We lay it down and over lap by at least 6inches and only makes small holes for inserting your new plants. We had great success with this method.
great tip on the fence with tomatoes instead of cages
Great video Pete! I love love love working in the garden, it's so relaxing, except picking weeds, that's not as much fun 😂. Eating vegetables you grew your self is so rewarding. God bless you and your family 🙏
For parts for that excavator Check with the guy running Diesel Creek. He is rebuilding what was crap back to usable machinery all the time and has a wealth of knowledge regarding where to find what you might need.
Thanks for showcasing the chickens.
Pete, I just love your gardening segments! They’re so calm and peaceful. Thank you for your great videography as always!
Love the cows complaining. All of these different personalities to contend with.
Mini excavator videos are very popular.
Please do more of them.
Hi Pete, you are a kid with a new toy, enjoy. Living the dream Pete and Hillary. Take care.
Thanks again for the video Pete. I hope you and Hillarie are having a wonderful day too!
You are always welcome to put video up without sound I wouldn't be mad at all and miss hen was telling you an egg would top off the burgers ❤
You are spot on! I rented 3 sizes of tractors/buckets to see what I'd need for our property, while I was putting in French drains. We're on a foothill of the Blue Ridge, and I confirmed that we needed a 2' bucket to excavate (or shred up) the rocks, and that needed a BIG tractor to effectively run it. Ultimately, the decision was to buy a smaller tractor for all of our other needs, and then do a 1-2 rental for a big backhoe to take care of a whole list of projects. This was a much more cost effective plan.
The backhoe is working out for you. Lots of chickens. The garden is coming along real nice. I love seeing the cattle. Thanks for sharing this. ❤🙏🇨🇦
Thanks for sharing your day with another great video!
A nice cage for tomatoes is a concrete panel. Cut in half and with the 4 inch squares makes it easy to reach your hand inside and hold onto the tomato bringing it through the opening
A Manual, tools and a new Toy, Happy Days , Good garden advise , thanks , Burgers look great
Wonderful as always! I love seeing your garden.
Great lil short video, Pete. Nice start to my Sunday mornings, as always. See ya soon
I like your excavator, we bought one a few years ago to help on our farm.
They help out a lot and are fun to operate.
Thanks for sharing
Pete and Hilary, Thanks for the great video. Your really making progress learning to operate the Case Mini Excavator. It take time to experiment with controls and how the excavator reacts. There's so much good information on You Tube and etc. on how train a person to learn to operate the machine. Like anything else when you learn the basics. It just takes practice to perfect your skills. If you study an excavator's function. It's like a hydraulic arm . Which function similar to a human arm. Springtime is a busy time on the mixed farm with multiple chores between fencing , planting gardens and pasturing cattle , broiler chickens and pigs. The Burgers look delicious .
Home grown tomatoes are the best, but in my case living in the big city i'd only be able to grow *exhaust..ted* tomatoes! .. haha get it because ..
damn tough crowd!.
Great video pete nice to see you and your wife working together on your garden soon you will be harvesting fresh veggies thank you for sharing blessings to you and your family
Yes try to dig with the Blade in front over the non - Drive Wheels
Great video as always and thanks again hope you are all doing well mate
The comment to the lil bean plant made my morning. It's the simple things for me! Thanks Pete.
Thank you Pete for helping me with my garden plan watching you lay out the plants is much appreciated
Must be the cows are always expecting something when you and Hilary are doing something.. lol😅!!
pete, watching you charcoal grill and farm has made me jealous! a friend bought me a grill as a gift, and today is our first brisket! as i plant in our own garden. Good day sir!
We really enjoy you and Hillary and your knowledge is amazing.
I use a 15" wide bucket for drain tile. It makes a wide enough trench for you get down in and adjust the tile position. You will find the thumb extremely useful for working with rocks. Also it can be used to hold the dirt in the bucket in sandy soils. I made new pins and bushings from 4140 steel stock. Easy to machine and last pretty good. Lots cheaper. too. New bushings were $80.00 apiece 10 yrs ago. With a mini Ex the key is practice, practice, practice.
Love watching your videos, Pete
Good morning, Pete/Hilarie. Makin' me hongry for yard bird! Those meat chickens are lookin' delicious. Pops is a pretty handy feller to have nearby. The garden is looking nice thus far. God bless you two in your efforts.
Thanks Pete and Hillary. My usual Sunday morning, watching your video. A least there is someplace peaceful in this world. God Bless. Jim Robinson, Maine
Thanks Pete & Hil
Good day to all, peace.
Thanks for another great interesting video. I sure miss my growing things in a garden many many years back. It is a love of labour and to enjoy what grows from it.
Always a joy watching, the farm is shining, you guys have such a great life, thank you for sharing as always it is one of the highlights of my day when I get to watch a new video from just a few acres ❤
Thank you for the "feel good" episode, Hilarie and Pete! It's always a pleasure to see what's up on your farm. Those burgers sure looked yummy... it's too early to start drooling for dinner, but luckily I have a tissue handy! We hope we can see your Dad turning some stock into new bushings for the excavator. That will be a good fix - maybe make a few extra so when they wear out again... and they will, you'll be ready. I'll bet your grateful in so many ways to have family so close... and handy with metal as well! Keep the faith and thank you again!
I always enjoy watching your videos..I look forward for them.. thank you..I learn a lot from you Pete
Good morning Pete and Hillary as always another great video watching you plant your garden brought back fun memories when I was much younger nothing better than to watch all your work grow into some tasty food
So long as you're learning and having fun, bucket size makes no difference, Enjoy
Thank you keeping us all a bit more grounded in the things that matter most.
Man I can’t tell you how many times I’ve forgotten to turn my wireless mic on and lost videos. Great video regardless, and beautiful garden!
A very pleasant surprise to see you on here. I think, that you and the excavator will become one the longer you have it. Not a bad looking machine.
My Mother’s Day dinner request was burgers from the 1/4 cow we bought from a local farm. Nothing beats it
Thanks for the update Hillary and Pete.
P.S. Pete you’ll never regret purchasing the smaller bucket.
It's good to see you again Pete!
Just a simple thank you Pete. Keep it up
Hey Pete on a note of your raking practice with the excavator. Theres a sweet spot where you can just swing the stick & not need to move the boom, and youll pull a nice flat grade. Its about a 3 foot section @ 6:08 in your vid. If you can "rake" while staying in that 3 foot sweet spot, youll have a much easier time!
I always enjoy seeing your vlogs first thing in the morning. thanks for sharing them with us.
Pete, you’re a wealth of knowledge.
Yup, very filling. 😊
I really enjoy you taking us on a tour.
I was one of those who thought you should get a narrow bucket. At least I kept my big mouth closed. I like your logic for the wider bucket.
Thanks Dwight. I guess I'll see how it goes with the wider bucket for now.
Last year had some home improvements completed and my contractor had what I believe to be a roll of cardboard about 3 foot wide that he put down for them to walk on in the early stages of renovation. Maybe check with a contractor supply?
Gonna be fun to watch the excavator restoration!
You look like a natural on the mini. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. 👍🏻
I really enjoyed watching y'all garden. Beautiful sinister is and dogwood. The pink was so pretty...mine are wild dog wood and are white...they're lovely, too.
Great video as always. Thank you. I love that you are doing a garden this year.
I like the gardening method that you use to control the weeds. We just need to find the right paper.👍
💯 % A Narrow bucket is the ticket for drainage ditches
Another great video Pete! I'm glad you've started gardening again. I'm eager to see how it progresses as the summer rolls along.
Love to see how you gather, clean and pack your eggs. You have quite a few layers and it would be interesting to see how you handle the volume. Enjoy your videos.
Thanks for the very relaxing video Pete, Hilary.
Your discussion of no dig vegetable gardens was impressive. My dad put so much effort into cultivating between rows. A new vision is needed!
Pete I am envious of you. I hope you read our comments. Hell of a good guy.
Thanks Michael!
Nothing more to say.
Thanks for sharing your day with us have a great day .
To increase the size of peppers and tomatoes add table spoons of espousals to a gallon of water and pour 6 to 10 inches away from the plants . It works wonders!
Everything looks so nice cleaned up, the garden, around the barn, the beds around the house, etc. I know that makes you and Hillary feel good. Glad to see you rejuvenating the garden area. Thanks for sharing your life.
Good morning Pete & Hilarie !!!!
Miss Cassidy heard the cows & came running !!!
I had a hard time explaining the situation …..
😆
Bad day until I was finally able to convince her that even though this one didn’t have any cattle, there are plenty more that do !!!
Learning to deal with disappointment is just a part of life, even at her age.
Once she regained her composure, and a brief conversation, we spent a length of time watching previous videos of the cows …..
One good hug & life is good again !!!
C’mon COWS !!!!
P.S.
We are now getting ready to plant HER lil garden.
She informs me if I am good ….
She will let me have some food out of HER garden this year ……
As a full time excavator operator your doing great and can’t fault any of what your doing it all takes time only thing I could offer with your soft touch it move your hands higher up it gives you at least I found a more controlled touch
Awesome video. Love the diversity. I reserved a CAT 310 mini Excavator for us in three weeks. I need to trench for waterline, 6’ deep 200’, and drain tile 300’. I’m looking forward to learning a new tool. Hopefully, I take to it like you did. Only a few obstacles to avoid. Pete, it is a pleasure and relaxing to watch you. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, skills and desires. Have a wonderful day! I’m going to a farm action this afternoon.
Thanks Mark. Best of luck digging and at the auction.
You gave me some good hints on some of your plantings, thanks for that. I enjoy the variety that you give us, that's what a farm is about. We have been focusing on the garden too, but there are still cattle chores to attend to, such as fence mending, tree culling, barn and tool shed work. Thanks for sharing, have a wonderful day!
Thank you for sharing! Prayers for health and safety.🙏❤️🙏
Great tips on the Gardening, Started Garden, this year for first time in 20 years
Great content in the video. Your new toy....No excavator, tools can be fun, you are learning fast. One thing about you is you buy equipment because you need it. When done with it you can sell it or even restore it. You and Hillary have a great attitude . You get your money's worth from big purchases. Thank you for sharing!❤
You too great day Pete and Hillary love your posts
All your hard work has paid off, the Homestead is looking very organized and put together wonderfully.
I just love it when chicks go out to pasture the first time , on grass ,😜
Yes Case construction are very proud of the parts and pricing to match.
Yup...new pins, bushings, and seals: $1k from Case. Aftermarket: $200.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm had a case 360 trench with a back hoe on it and I needed a side to side cylinder for it. It cost 3700 back in the late 90s.
All the dealers are thieves
"...very filling..." See you interact with each other brings a smile to my face. Thank you for sharing