I will fully support you if you make a separate channel for home and gardening!!! 😭😭😭 I already watch so many of your baking videos and support you in that too 💛💛💛
I really look forward to these updates and stuff. Everything you release is just so much fun and so cleanly edited and also it looks AMAZING SO FAR I can't imagine how excited you are!
@@PreppyKitchen by the way 7:19 had me really laughing, perfect segment. If I had some feedback I would really like to see more about the bees and flowers, honestly just more farming stuff when you feel like updating us, I love them! Thanks for sharing with us and take care
Excuse me if I ramble please, I have a bit of dementia. John's videos remind me of better days. I am an old woman in 🇨🇦. Back in the 1970s, we restored a beautiful brick home with fireplaces in all rooms built in 1817 in the charming town of Niagara-on-the Lake, ON, home of the Shaw Festival. It sat on a 1/2 acre of land with apple & pear trees, a birch grove, quince bushes, primula. We made a tiny kitchen garden where there once was a chicken run. Very fertile spot! We hedged it with lavender. It was on the migration route of spring warblers when flocks of them hung like Christmas tree ornaments from the branches of the trees. Our greatest joy was early spring when we harvested tiny peas that were so sweet & barely needed cooking. A few years ago, our grandsons visited. The town has become a tourist trap. The current owners of our house severed the lot & some horrible fake colonial was being built. I trust John's house is far enough in the country never to suffer this fate. Have a beautiful day, everyone 🙋❤️🇨🇦.
Having a farm and/or a piece of land to grow your own food is the smartest thing anyone can do right now these days. You'll know how it's grown, what's in it, what's on it, and you can feed your family with it. Smart
I am so excited to learn of your farm, have been following you for a few months now and have come to like your channel more and more, thank you for all your hard work! Wendy
Your momma did such a great job raising you. Your attention to detail is off the charts. You're so comforting to watch and listen to. Thank you for all the quality content you provide. You are indeed a top notch professional.
Oh my gosh how amazing. You can make a wonderful place for families to come over for a fall festival and take pictures with the pumpkins those are some of the most beloved pics I have of my boys . This is beautiful
Loved the tour! I can only imagine the untold hours of research and planning required to accomplish what you and Brian have brought about. Your beaming smile says it was worth all the effort. As my fave chef says, "Ah-mazing!"
I love the flowers for bees. Have you considered planting milkweed for butterflies??? Butterflies are on the decline as well due to loss of habitat, due to farming (so sorry). But if you plant milkweed you will encourage the monarchs to visit your beautiful farm and you will be blessed by their gorgeous colours. They will thrive in your space. :)
In times like these, you both are a role model for environmental- friendly Living and farming!!! You understand what it's about, and it makes me so happy to watch!!
What a beautiful and magical place. Your love of the land is so obvious; nothing fake at all and that is a JOY to see. You've thought out everything so well; those of us who grew up on/with a farm in our lives salute you. :)
My family has been farmers for 7 generations. Currently we do dairy (Holstein and Jersey), beef, hog, and grain farm. I personally have 17 Alpine goats and 28 assorted chickens. My boss lady has 14 Nigerian Dwarfs. Lol. Love your farm! Can't wait to watch it grow along with your family.
What a beautiful life you have! And well earned from your hard work. I just love it and I'm very jelly by the way!! So happy for you and your family John 💜
That’s a LOT of pumpkins! What a lovely farm…truly paradise! So happy for you and your family! Best wishes with all your new endeavors! PS we want to see more of the doggie!
Hi John !!! Wow this is so lovely 😊 I am Nigerian but now living in the U.S and I had never thought much of Nigerian dwarf goats and the milk they produce! In fact in Nigeria I dare say the more known milk (from livestock) is from cows. But it’s interesting to me that here goats milk and cheese are very popular and even more expensive than their cow counterparts . I recently tried a cheese cake recipe that combined both goat cheese and cream cheese and it was awesome! Well done to you for your forward thinking with the farm, I think that’s a very smart way to go.
As someone who gardens with an aesthetic touch and is homesteading for self sustainability I appreciate these videos! Had no idea you were into this lifestyle! I LOVE this content, feel much more connected with you. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Every year I asked my grandfather to plant flowers and he would always say Beck you can't eat flowers . Then one year he planted zinnias and he said they were just for me
The bees and flowers are so beautiful. I cant wait for the Barn tour. I feel so proud and happy for John😭 This seems like a dream. To be able to own your own farm with beautiful animals and flowers growing up along your side as you yourself grows as well❤️
Can't wait to visit on my next trip back to CT. If you haven't already visited Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, I totally recommend it. I used to work as a gardener over the summer months. A mansion, several gardens, ocean front. Dream job.
So much wonderfulness going on. Gorgeous barn! And happy bees with local honey. "Not today weeds!!" How's the apple orchard? Ooooo pumpkin spread and your amazing pumpkin roll cake too!!
I’m so excited for you!! What an amazing dream for you all, and a beautiful life. My husband was supportive of me getting sheep, so we rent a pasture and barn from my uncle. It’s been a dream come true for my mom and I (who has sheep with me, as well as having chickens on my parents’ property). Totally get your excitement! Would definitely love to see the horses!
Beautiful farm! I would love to come buy some honey from you someday. I’ve never been to New England, but it’s on my bucket list. So proud of you and your beautiful family and business. If there were more people like you in this world, there would be a lot more joy floating around. Thank you for your goodness and for teaching me so much with your cooking videos. 💗
Smitherman here … we have hives too so glad your saving this first honey for your bees we are in Texas and have bees wildflowers and a fruit orchard for our bees love the barn !
Love your videos you're living the dream!!! Congrats on your life accomplishments ! You are an inspiration to many! You're humble kind and funny hard traits to come by now days 😊
Oh i'm so happy you showed us the farm. It is stunning. Wow nice barn to. Some big dogs lol. Looking good with that hat. Keep up the good work, love love love seeing the farm Thanks buddy.
More content on Beau and Charlie! My parents and I rescued an abused Great Pyrénées from a shelter in Nevada that my paternal grandfather ran and brought him home to California with us. He was a wonderful dog; extremely protective, loyal, strong and sometimes too smart for his own good. He lived to be 16 years old. My dad still misses him every day, along with his old German Shepherd Sam as he was a K-9 handler with a local Sheriff's Department. Junior was was already named when we got him so we kept his name. Someone once tried to get into our backyard and they were taunting Junior through the wooden fence. Junior charged and snapped the 4" × 4" cement sunk fence post. Thank God we managed to catch him before he ate anybody. He was a larger than normal dog. We but up an electric fence around my mom's rose bushes because he kept eating them and tearing up his mouth with the thorns, and the corresponding collar would emit a warning beep when he got too close to the electric fence. That chump figured out that he if he stood just close enough to the electric fence to make his collar beep, then he could run down the batteries in his collar and once it died, then he wouldn't get shocked and he tore through the fence and ate the rose bushes again! Even after Junior went blind, he'd still put himself between my nieces when they came to visit and the fence or another time my mom's brother stopped by and poor blind Junior put himself between my mom and her brother because he didn't know this "intruder" in his house and he had to protect. We've met many people who have Great Pyrénées and we all say the same things and absolutely adore the breed. Be careful though with Anatolians and Anatolian cross breeds as I know they are commonly bred with Great Pyrénées. They are known to be aggressive towards people and young children and can be unpredictable. I'm not saying that Charlie would be that way, and hopefully his Great Pyrénées instincts will override the Anatolian tendencies, but just a word of caution. Anyhow, I really love your farm updates and wish you all the best!!! My degree is in ag business and my family has been farming in Madera, California since 1917 and I currently live in the same farmhouse (built in 1912) on the first piece of property that my Basque immigrant great-grandfather bought. Historically we've always grown grapes, generally for wine and/or for raisins, but sadly, we've had to switch entirely to almonds now. I cried the day our last vineyard that my late grandpa planted was ripped out. It marked the end of an era. Today is the first day of our almond harvest this year, so it's going to be pretty dusty and dirty around here as they shake, sweep, vacuum and load the almonds onto the trailers. Just, an FYI, and I'm sure that you are already educating yourself on the importance of managing the nutrition of your animals, but hay has very little nutrients, whereas alfalfa is much better. You may want to consult a dairy nutritionist, though it may be more difficult to find one who specializes in goats. I was an organic compliance manager of a 5,000 cow dairy, plus its many 1,000's of acres of croplands and I worked with a dairy nutritionist as a dairy cow's diet has very strict requirements. I am also a certified organic crop inspector and I can tell you with absolute certainty, that organic food is in no way nutritionally superior to conventional products. The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) is the government entity who is responsible for the regulations of the program. Organic labeling was created purely for marketing purposes. If it was an issue of quality or nutrition, then it would be regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). I worked for the USDA, Farm Service Agency for a while and I had a friend who worked for the USDA, AMS. One problem that I have with the whole organic certification process, is that the certifiers who perform the inspections, are paid quite handsomely for these inspections, so many will turn a blind eye to things that would cause their customers to loose their certification. While I was at that massive dairy, I noticed that on the truck clean-out certificates stating that the trailers had been thoroughly cleaned by sweeping in between conventional and organic loads of feed, that the supervisors signature was a photocopy, so I have no doubt that none of those trailers had been cleaned. The owners of that dairy bribed their outside vendors and government officials as well as certifiers. I was going to quit as soon as I could find a new job, as I'd only been there for four months, but they let me go as soon as they knew that I had figured out what they were doing. Eventually they came under a federal investigation, but I don't think it amounted to anything, so they have been free to get paid the big bucks, while messing with the food supply and tricking the consumer. There are so many places along the food supply chain where a product could be decertified and after what I witnessed in the industry, I will never trust an organic label again. I say save your money and if you truly want to know where your food comes from, then grow it yourself as you are beginning to do. It's funny how humans progressed from subsistence to such bountiful harvests, and now the social upper-middle class want to revert back to their idea of subsistence farming. I'm not criticizing. I wish more people would garden and try growing their own food, so then perhaps they might begin to understand the importance of the farmer and how much goes into putting food and drink on our tables and clothes on our backs and all of the other products that are made from byproducts of the industry. I encourage you to take a look at something called "My Job Depends On Ag", which was started here in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California. There is a television series now by the same name on Fresno's PBS station and episodes can be viewed online. It is produced in part by the Fresno County Farm Bureau. I think you might enjoy it as a native Californian who is starting up a hobby farm. It takes seven years of documentation to get a field certified as organic, so even if you haul in certified organic topsoil, apply certified organic chemicals, and your plants are certified organic, you still can't label it as organic. People tend to think that certified organic also means chemical free and that is absolutely not true. The chemicals just have to be on an approved list, referred to as an OMRI List and many of those chemicals are far worse than what a conventional farmer will use. Also, the permitting process to buy chemicals is very expensive and difficult to get here in California, not to mention the obscene costs of the chemicals themselves, plus no one likes having to handle these things, nor paying for the labor, fuel and equipment costs of the application, all of which take away from what precious profits are to be made, if a profit is to be made at all because sometimes there is no profit, so farmers absolutely hate and avoid using chemicals as much as possible, but sometimes it's the difference between losing your entire crop or being able to have something to harvest. You may want to check with your local USDA Farm Service Agency to see if you are eligible for funding or enrollment in government programs as a first-time farmer. You may also be able to increase your community contacts by joining the local Farm Bureau and the Young Farmer's and Ranchers Association, assuming that New England has these types of organizations. While in college I was a member of two professional Agricultural sororities/fraternities. My sorority was called Sigma Alpha, standing for Sisters in Agriculture and the other was a co-ed honors ag fraternity called Alpha Zeta. The mens agricultural fraternity is called Alpha Gamma Rho, or AGR for short. Perhaps your local university would have chapters and though you would not be able to join, you could certainly support them through their fundraising events and meet more like-minded people in the process (the students, their parents, professors, local ag business owners,, etc.) and perhaps hire an intern/assistant should you find that you need one as you continue to build your businesses. You may also enjoy a horticulture club/society or begin the process of becoming a Master Gardener. One of my uncles has both is B.S. and his M.S. in Plant Science with a focus on viticulture since that is what our family had always grown, so perhaps in New England there is a Pomology Club/Society with all of the wonderful apples. If you haven't already, then I hope that you might consider building a lovely greenhouse on your property. It would be wonderful to start your seedlings and perhaps allow you to grow some things year-round, or at least help save some of your outdoor potted plants from frost. Adding some potted plants to your fancy "farmstand" would be another source of revenue and could be done rather simply if you select plants which are easy to propagate, such as succulents, pothos, African Violets, hardy perennial herbs, etcetera and these won't wilt as cut flowers would. I apologize for my long comment, but I am truly happy and excited for you and your family as you are discovering the joys of agriculture. Agriculture and all that it encompasses, including cooking and caring for animals, though mine are all companions, is my passion. I wish you joy and much sucess!!!
Hola súper muestras el lado sensible que no conozcamos 👍me encantan tus recetas aunque entiendo muy poco inglés te deseó mucha suerte esperó que tengas una muy buena producción de miel 🐝🍯🐐🍦🎂🍀
This is utterly amazing, what you've achieved there since moving in is an inspiration, and your love of nature warms my heart. Thank you for such a wonderful and personal video ❤
Dahlias are edible, and quite tasty. I had crepes with bone marrow, raspberries and dahlias at a restaurant here in Sweden. The flower brought a really unique flavor to the dish. I would love to see you cook with some of your dahlias! Also I love your channel and your recipes, and this video makes me want to live on a farm when I’m older!
I love your farm! My husband and I bought a bunch of land and created our own farm almost ten years ago. We too have Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats and absolutely love them. Always wanted to start 🐝 keeping… congratulations on all your success. Your boys are adorable. Love all your recipes and can’t wait for my pre ordered book!
Omg!.I love your farm. Can't wait to see the pumpkins!! Pumpkin anything is my favorite!! You are so blessed!.Love your channel!.Love the bees and the animals too!
Not to mention too soon but you will love cooking up soap, which is almost as fun as cooking food You have such a variety of ingredients already for such a process,soap making is definitely something to look into
I needed this so much! Thank you for sharing a Hedge Hill Farm update! I love that you can speak goat so well! And the BEES! I am thrilled with your meadow! I finally got all my courage up and planted two pumpkin seeds. I have one pumpkin...maybe two! My plants produced mostly male flowers but with the bees and other beneficials in my yard, I guess things got done! Thank you again! Loved it!
Is it weird that I just feel so immensely proud of John? Nice garden, John!!
You are too sweet Carla! Thank you!!!
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Mommy And Me Just Moved Too :)
I will fully support you if you make a separate channel for home and gardening!!! 😭😭😭 I already watch so many of your baking videos and support you in that too 💛💛💛
That is so kind! Thank you!!!
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YES PLEASE!
Yes, yes, and yes!!!! That would be awesome!!!
@@PreppyKitchen I second this !
Gosh I love this guy he needs to be on TV. 😊❤
I like the pop of previews of what’s coming but I hope you know we love you and your videos aren’t boring 🥰
I really look forward to these updates and stuff. Everything you release is just so much fun and so cleanly edited and also it looks AMAZING SO FAR I can't imagine how excited you are!
Thank you!!! I've been so excited to share some out of the kitchen updates :)
@@PreppyKitchen by the way 7:19 had me really laughing, perfect segment.
If I had some feedback I would really like to see more about the bees and flowers, honestly just more farming stuff when you feel like updating us, I love them! Thanks for sharing with us and take care
Totally!
Excuse me if I ramble please, I have a bit of dementia. John's videos remind me of better days. I am an old woman in 🇨🇦. Back in the 1970s, we restored a beautiful brick home with fireplaces in all rooms built in 1817 in the charming town of Niagara-on-the Lake, ON, home of the Shaw Festival. It sat on a 1/2 acre of land with apple & pear trees, a birch grove, quince bushes, primula. We made a tiny kitchen garden where there once was a chicken run. Very fertile spot! We hedged it with lavender. It was on the migration route of spring warblers when flocks of them hung like Christmas tree ornaments from the branches of the trees. Our greatest joy was early spring when we harvested tiny peas that were so sweet & barely needed cooking. A few years ago, our grandsons visited. The town has become a tourist trap. The current owners of our house severed the lot & some horrible fake colonial was being built. I trust John's house is far enough in the country never to suffer this fate. Have a beautiful day, everyone 🙋❤️🇨🇦.
Sorry about your old home. You still have your memories. Younger people will remember it also.
Thank you for sharing your story of your home -- it sounds like it was gorgeous when you had it!
I wish the home had been named a historical sight. Not sure how that works in CA though. Thank you for sharing 💕
Having a farm and/or a piece of land to grow your own food is the smartest thing anyone can do right now these days. You'll know how it's grown, what's in it, what's on it, and you can feed your family with it. Smart
Through cosmos seed everywhere you won’t believe the bees and hummingbirds. A field of cosmos is a magical place in late evening.
Your property is my definition of heaven! ❤️ 😂😁
Try Maine, you can get $1000 an acre up there still, even with covid changing the rural areas.
Wow that’s one impressive farm! I can’t wait to see the inside of the office barn and to see all the good stuff you harvest!
Thank you Brigitte!
@@PreppyKitchen You're a good man, baker, and dad. 👍
You are the most purposeful person I've ever come across. Mother Earth needs more people like you. Thank you for all you do.
I am so excited to learn of your farm, have been following you for a few months now and have come to like your channel more and more, thank you for all your hard work! Wendy
Your momma did such a great job raising you. Your attention to detail is off the charts. You're so comforting to watch and listen to. Thank you for all the quality content you provide. You are indeed a top notch professional.
John , you are on the right track , I love love how you are aware of all the wild life and everything around you . Cheers
Absolutely stunning!!!
This is a Ralph Lauren commercial in real life. What a GORGEOUS farm! Really looking forward to following your journey.
That is too kind! Thanks so much for watching!
John, you have got to be one of the nicest persons around. Very happy for you!
Oh my gosh how amazing. You can make a wonderful place for families to come over for a fall festival and take pictures with the pumpkins those are some of the most beloved pics I have of my boys . This is beautiful
I’m literally in awe of how gorgeous the barn is. I am so excited and happy for you and your family!!!
Loved the tour! I can only imagine the untold hours of research and planning required to accomplish what you and Brian have brought about. Your beaming smile says it was worth all the effort. As my fave chef says, "Ah-mazing!"
Omg. I love garden tours. 🥰 It's so inspiring for my tiny beginner garden.
I'm so glad! Gardening is such a joy!
I've watched this Playlist multiple times and really enjoy it. Really hope we get an update this year to see how much more beautiful!!❤
I love the flowers for bees. Have you considered planting milkweed for butterflies??? Butterflies are on the decline as well due to loss of habitat, due to farming (so sorry). But if you plant milkweed you will encourage the monarchs to visit your beautiful farm and you will be blessed by their gorgeous colours. They will thrive in your space. :)
Since this is in the northeast though tropical milkweed should be avoided in this region.
In times like these, you both are a role model for environmental- friendly Living and farming!!! You understand what it's about, and it makes me so happy to watch!!
Wow!you don't only cook,you farm too.That's incredible
First I watched you kitchen garden, very beautiful and now your farm. You're simply amazing , keep it!
I have to admit that I'm quite jealous of that wonderful property and what you're doing with it. I couldn't be happier for you two and the boys.
"I'm real real bad at carving Jack O' lanterns" I would like to see what John considers "bad" carving.
Yeah I bet they are just show stoppers but to him it's rubbish hahahahahaha
He's so talented in...everything He does!
What a beautiful and magical place. Your love of the land is so obvious; nothing fake at all and that is a JOY to see. You've thought out everything so well; those of us who grew up on/with a farm in our lives salute you. :)
Its so inspiring that you are not only a baker but you are also a gardener and farmer!
My family has been farmers for 7 generations. Currently we do dairy (Holstein and Jersey), beef, hog, and grain farm. I personally have 17 Alpine goats and 28 assorted chickens. My boss lady has 14 Nigerian Dwarfs. Lol. Love your farm! Can't wait to watch it grow along with your family.
You are such a natural entertainer!
I enjoy watching anything that you present!
The farm looks great!!
Great job on providing for your family. Especially with the way things are now.
What a WONDERFUL farm. Please keep us updated.
What a beautiful life you have! And well earned from your hard work. I just love it and I'm very jelly by the way!! So happy for you and your family John 💜
John you’re living my dream!! So happy to see it come to life - it warms my heart immensely.
That’s a LOT of pumpkins! What a lovely farm…truly paradise! So happy for you and your family! Best wishes with all your new endeavors!
PS we want to see more of the doggie!
What a gorgeous garden you and your family have ! You are pretty lucky❤❤🌵
Will be waiting for your tour, John❤❤❤
Who agrees?
Hi John !!! Wow this is so lovely 😊 I am Nigerian but now living in the U.S and I had never thought much of Nigerian dwarf goats and the milk they produce! In fact in Nigeria I dare say the more known milk (from livestock) is from cows. But it’s interesting to me that here goats milk and cheese are very popular and even more expensive than their cow counterparts . I recently tried a cheese cake recipe that combined both goat cheese and cream cheese and it was awesome!
Well done to you for your forward thinking with the farm, I think that’s a very smart way to go.
As someone who gardens with an aesthetic touch and is homesteading for self sustainability I appreciate these videos! Had no idea you were into this lifestyle! I LOVE this content, feel much more connected with you. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Your videos just give me inspiration to live on a farm too!
Your lifestyle is so clean, crisp and beautiful!❤️❤️💋🥺💓
EXCELLENT!!!❤❤❤❤
I love how peaceful everything is! Your goats are the cutest they are my dad’s favourite animal💕
Every year I asked my grandfather to plant flowers and he would always say Beck you can't eat flowers . Then one year he planted zinnias and he said they were just for me
Very kind of you to show us your beautiful farm, thanks you.
OMG are you living the life!!! I am totally jealous! It's good to see someone so happy!
Proud of you john. Love you so much. I'm from Sri Lanka. I love to live in a place like yours. Good luck.💗
The bees and flowers are so beautiful. I cant wait for the Barn tour. I feel so proud and happy for John😭 This seems like a dream. To be able to own your own farm with beautiful animals and flowers growing up along your side as you yourself grows as well❤️
Love the farm! It is really coming out amazing!!!!
Georgina and Spencer are super cute! Keep making videos about the farm, pls!!!
You are the _most_ adorable man ever!! I can only dream to someday have such a nice piece of property. You're killing it!!
I've never thought a great chef/baker would make a barn tour and I am very excited for it.
This is right up my street! I was brought up on my grandmothers farm in Zimbabwe nearly 80 years ago. You are such a tonic for me. Thank you.
What a wonderful and magical place to live!! Enjoy!!!
Wow. You have such a beautiful life John. Many blessings to you and Brian and of course your cutie little boys. 🤗 💖
Can't wait to visit on my next trip back to CT. If you haven't already visited Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, I totally recommend it. I used to work as a gardener over the summer months. A mansion, several gardens, ocean front. Dream job.
You are truly Farmer John. Looks amazing. Cant wait to see all the pumpkins you've grown. What a wonderful life you and your family have. Love it!!!
So much wonderfulness going on. Gorgeous barn! And happy bees with local honey. "Not today weeds!!" How's the apple orchard? Ooooo pumpkin spread and your amazing pumpkin roll cake too!!
Thank you for your time and the farm tour. Love your channel - your very kind.
Pention for John to make his own cookbook :)
penchant?
Petition?
@@ruststar yep that makes more sense.
Surely there is one? I just wish he had his own line of cake strips. Would buy so many.
All his recipes are online
Wow congratulations to all your success! You and your family deserve it all. Can’t wait to see more content !
You are the best dressed farmer around, not to mention the cutest! Loved watching this video!
I’m so excited for you!! What an amazing dream for you all, and a beautiful life. My husband was supportive of me getting sheep, so we rent a pasture and barn from my uncle. It’s been a dream come true for my mom and I (who has sheep with me, as well as having chickens on my parents’ property). Totally get your excitement!
Would definitely love to see the horses!
Georgiana and Spencer are so big! Your farm is beautiful and so perfect that it suddenly reminded me of playing Farmville on FB years ago. 😅
I knowwww, thought exactly the same thing about Farmville
Beautiful farm! I would love to come buy some honey from you someday. I’ve never been to New England, but it’s on my bucket list.
So proud of you and your beautiful family and business. If there were more people like you in this world, there would be a lot more joy floating around. Thank you for your goodness and for teaching me so much with your cooking videos. 💗
Wonderful for you and your family. Lots of work but worth the efforts and such a great place for the kids!(and your mom).
My mother wanted to be a Farmer as a child. Too bad she was also always afraid of worms! This is so cool. I love it!
I love farm updates!! I can't believe it's been over two years already!
Smitherman here … we have hives too so glad your saving this first honey for your bees we are in Texas and have bees wildflowers and a fruit orchard for our bees love the barn !
John you are living the dream , what a wonderful life you your husband and children are living 💖
Love your videos you're living the dream!!! Congrats on your life accomplishments ! You are an inspiration to many! You're humble kind and funny hard traits to come by now days 😊
Your sense of humor never fails, John. You got very nice farm. Congrats on the renovations and expansions. Looking forward for your pumpkin carving😁
Oh i'm so happy you showed us the farm. It is stunning. Wow nice barn to. Some big dogs lol. Looking good with that hat. Keep up the good work, love love love seeing the farm Thanks buddy.
More content on Beau and Charlie! My parents and I rescued an abused Great Pyrénées from a shelter in Nevada that my paternal grandfather ran and brought him home to California with us. He was a wonderful dog; extremely protective, loyal, strong and sometimes too smart for his own good. He lived to be 16 years old. My dad still misses him every day, along with his old German Shepherd Sam as he was a K-9 handler with a local Sheriff's Department. Junior was was already named when we got him so we kept his name. Someone once tried to get into our backyard and they were taunting Junior through the wooden fence. Junior charged and snapped the 4" × 4" cement sunk fence post. Thank God we managed to catch him before he ate anybody. He was a larger than normal dog. We but up an electric fence around my mom's rose bushes because he kept eating them and tearing up his mouth with the thorns, and the corresponding collar would emit a warning beep when he got too close to the electric fence. That chump figured out that he if he stood just close enough to the electric fence to make his collar beep, then he could run down the batteries in his collar and once it died, then he wouldn't get shocked and he tore through the fence and ate the rose bushes again! Even after Junior went blind, he'd still put himself between my nieces when they came to visit and the fence or another time my mom's brother stopped by and poor blind Junior put himself between my mom and her brother because he didn't know this "intruder" in his house and he had to protect. We've met many people who have Great Pyrénées and we all say the same things and absolutely adore the breed. Be careful though with Anatolians and Anatolian cross breeds as I know they are commonly bred with Great Pyrénées. They are known to be aggressive towards people and young children and can be unpredictable. I'm not saying that Charlie would be that way, and hopefully his Great Pyrénées instincts will override the Anatolian tendencies, but just a word of caution. Anyhow, I really love your farm updates and wish you all the best!!! My degree is in ag business and my family has been farming in Madera, California since 1917 and I currently live in the same farmhouse (built in 1912) on the first piece of property that my Basque immigrant great-grandfather bought. Historically we've always grown grapes, generally for wine and/or for raisins, but sadly, we've had to switch entirely to almonds now. I cried the day our last vineyard that my late grandpa planted was ripped out. It marked the end of an era. Today is the first day of our almond harvest this year, so it's going to be pretty dusty and dirty around here as they shake, sweep, vacuum and load the almonds onto the trailers.
Just, an FYI, and I'm sure that you are already educating yourself on the importance of managing the nutrition of your animals, but hay has very little nutrients, whereas alfalfa is much better. You may want to consult a dairy nutritionist, though it may be more difficult to find one who specializes in goats. I was an organic compliance manager of a 5,000 cow dairy, plus its many 1,000's of acres of croplands and I worked with a dairy nutritionist as a dairy cow's diet has very strict requirements. I am also a certified organic crop inspector and I can tell you with absolute certainty, that organic food is in no way nutritionally superior to conventional products. The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) is the government entity who is responsible for the regulations of the program. Organic labeling was created purely for marketing purposes. If it was an issue of quality or nutrition, then it would be regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). I worked for the USDA, Farm Service Agency for a while and I had a friend who worked for the USDA, AMS. One problem that I have with the whole organic certification process, is that the certifiers who perform the inspections, are paid quite handsomely for these inspections, so many will turn a blind eye to things that would cause their customers to loose their certification. While I was at that massive dairy, I noticed that on the truck clean-out certificates stating that the trailers had been thoroughly cleaned by sweeping in between conventional and organic loads of feed, that the supervisors signature was a photocopy, so I have no doubt that none of those trailers had been cleaned. The owners of that dairy bribed their outside vendors and government officials as well as certifiers. I was going to quit as soon as I could find a new job, as I'd only been there for four months, but they let me go as soon as they knew that I had figured out what they were doing. Eventually they came under a federal investigation, but I don't think it amounted to anything, so they have been free to get paid the big bucks, while messing with the food supply and tricking the consumer. There are so many places along the food supply chain where a product could be decertified and after what I witnessed in the industry, I will never trust an organic label again. I say save your money and if you truly want to know where your food comes from, then grow it yourself as you are beginning to do. It's funny how humans progressed from subsistence to such bountiful harvests, and now the social upper-middle class want to revert back to their idea of subsistence farming. I'm not criticizing. I wish more people would garden and try growing their own food, so then perhaps they might begin to understand the importance of the farmer and how much goes into putting food and drink on our tables and clothes on our backs and all of the other products that are made from byproducts of the industry. I encourage you to take a look at something called "My Job Depends On Ag", which was started here in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California. There is a television series now by the same name on Fresno's PBS station and episodes can be viewed online. It is produced in part by the Fresno County Farm Bureau. I think you might enjoy it as a native Californian who is starting up a hobby farm.
It takes seven years of documentation to get a field certified as organic, so even if you haul in certified organic topsoil, apply certified organic chemicals, and your plants are certified organic, you still can't label it as organic. People tend to think that certified organic also means chemical free and that is absolutely not true. The chemicals just have to be on an approved list, referred to as an OMRI List and many of those chemicals are far worse than what a conventional farmer will use. Also, the permitting process to buy chemicals is very expensive and difficult to get here in California, not to mention the obscene costs of the chemicals themselves, plus no one likes having to handle these things, nor paying for the labor, fuel and equipment costs of the application, all of which take away from what precious profits are to be made, if a profit is to be made at all because sometimes there is no profit, so farmers absolutely hate and avoid using chemicals as much as possible, but sometimes it's the difference between losing your entire crop or being able to have something to harvest.
You may want to check with your local USDA Farm Service Agency to see if you are eligible for funding or enrollment in government programs as a first-time farmer. You may also be able to increase your community contacts by joining the local Farm Bureau and the Young Farmer's and Ranchers Association, assuming that New England has these types of organizations. While in college I was a member of two professional Agricultural sororities/fraternities. My sorority was called Sigma Alpha, standing for Sisters in Agriculture and the other was a co-ed honors ag fraternity called Alpha Zeta. The mens agricultural fraternity is called Alpha Gamma Rho, or AGR for short. Perhaps your local university would have chapters and though you would not be able to join, you could certainly support them through their fundraising events and meet more like-minded people in the process (the students, their parents, professors, local ag business owners,, etc.) and perhaps hire an intern/assistant should you find that you need one as you continue to build your businesses. You may also enjoy a horticulture club/society or begin the process of becoming a Master Gardener. One of my uncles has both is B.S. and his M.S. in Plant Science with a focus on viticulture since that is what our family had always grown, so perhaps in New England there is a Pomology Club/Society with all of the wonderful apples. If you haven't already, then I hope that you might consider building a lovely greenhouse on your property. It would be wonderful to start your seedlings and perhaps allow you to grow some things year-round, or at least help save some of your outdoor potted plants from frost. Adding some potted plants to your fancy "farmstand" would be another source of revenue and could be done rather simply if you select plants which are easy to propagate, such as succulents, pothos, African Violets, hardy perennial herbs, etcetera and these won't wilt as cut flowers would. I apologize for my long comment, but I am truly happy and excited for you and your family as you are discovering the joys of agriculture. Agriculture and all that it encompasses, including cooking and caring for animals, though mine are all companions, is my passion. I wish you joy and much sucess!!!
I'm so jealous (in a nice way) that you are really living my dream. I guess if it couldn't be me on Hedge Hill Farm, I'm glad its you.
Everything in your gardens and flower garden is so beautiful! I really love your updates, thank you for sharing!
Hola súper muestras el lado sensible que no conozcamos 👍me encantan tus recetas aunque entiendo muy poco inglés te deseó mucha suerte esperó que tengas una muy buena producción de miel 🐝🍯🐐🍦🎂🍀
Your farm is beautiful. Thanks for the tour. So happy for you & your family.
This is utterly amazing, what you've achieved there since moving in is an inspiration, and your love of nature warms my heart. Thank you for such a wonderful and personal video ❤
Dahlias are edible, and quite tasty. I had crepes with bone marrow, raspberries and dahlias at a restaurant here in Sweden. The flower brought a really unique flavor to the dish. I would love to see you cook with some of your dahlias!
Also I love your channel and your recipes, and this video makes me want to live on a farm when I’m older!
love the way you appreciate nature n enjoy your life... it's so pure n pretty... stay blessed John
I was born and raised in Connecticut, also in farm town. The progress on the farm looks great!
How Fun! This was great! Thank you for sharing your home!
I love your farm! My husband and I bought a bunch of land and created our own farm almost ten years ago. We too have Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats and absolutely love them. Always wanted to start 🐝 keeping… congratulations on all your success. Your boys are adorable. Love all your recipes and can’t wait for my pre ordered book!
Omg!.I love your farm. Can't wait to see the pumpkins!! Pumpkin anything is my favorite!! You are so blessed!.Love your channel!.Love the bees and the animals too!
This is a dream. Absolutely heavenly john 💖
I LOVE YOUR FARM OK
Love all of this. I need to see more as things progress. ❤
How very Blessed you all are ! So wonderful 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I absolutely love this! Living off the land is the best.
Not to mention too soon but you will love cooking up soap, which is almost as fun as cooking food
You have such a variety of ingredients already for such a process,soap making is definitely something to look into
Great looking farm PK!! Nothing beats living close to nature & growing your own food. 👍🏽🤩
I needed this so much! Thank you for sharing a Hedge Hill Farm update! I love that you can speak goat so well! And the BEES! I am thrilled with your meadow! I finally got all my courage up and planted two pumpkin seeds. I have one pumpkin...maybe two! My plants produced mostly male flowers but with the bees and other beneficials in my yard, I guess things got done! Thank you again! Loved it!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing. Dream big, be grateful and cook often.
_we just love your beautiful smile!_
Yay! more outdoor videos for us! 🥳 Congratulations!!!
John, I am so happy for you and it seems you are thriving and happy. This is honestly my dream, to own some land and have a small farm like this.
I love the goats!! And cant wait to see the honey. Beautiful farm
A wonderful farm! Enjoy every single minute!!!
I loved this video. I want to see every single detail about everything. Looking forward to the updates. Much love.
would love to see how the fruit trees have come on. good luck with all of your projects