I know you cannot make a vlog everyday, but I look for them everyday. Your youtube channel is my favorite thing to watch..there is nothing better than your vlog on youtube, tv, or netflix in my opinion. I just love your channel- so thank you for all the work that goes into making these vlogs. Many blessings to you and your beautiful family. (PS I loved the music at the beginning of the video as well)
Super excited that you are planning to get a heifer. I would personally love to donate towards the new cow. Another suggestion after you purchase your future milk cow is, if its not breed yet, you could use stud muffins ( Justin Rhodes bull ) for breeding. I know Justin and Rebecca wouldn't mind having another cow with the bull.looking forward to it.
So sorry about your little duckling. Good thing you caught it before losing both. Good luck with momma and baby duck. They're so tiny and fragile, everyone that makes it is a blessing. 🐣💕
Thank you for having this channel and letting us see parts of your life. I can't help but watch every video because I know they will be beautiful wholesome and calming. I currently don't have a farm of my own, rather a bunch of pots in my backyard. This channel gives me hope. Thank you
I'm sitting here, watching your video, and before I know it, it's the end of the video, and say Awwww, already? I so enjoy your videos. Thanks for another one. Pat
So sorry for your duckling. I always have a nursery area for baby chick mommas and ducklings with their mommas...less stress.. So excited you all are getting another cow!
It was the same here outside of Nashville in terms of tobacco . A couple of the farms ended up selling to developers once the tobacco crops were no longer lucrative. I love the area that you live in. It’s gorgeous.
It is so beautiful there! I enjoy your videos. Everyone is calm. Your children are so sweet. The baby is so loved. You are loving, kind, smart parents, and are wonderful examples for their children to model after. God bless you.
Ive been away over a year. Im glad to see you all are still growing...ive been very sick. I last saw you all when you lost your cow. I wanred to send $50.00 @ the time but end up on hospital... so much haschappened. Im stll bed ridden. But watch i hope again...
Thanks for showing the tobacco field. I grew up on a tobacco farm in Person County, NC . Then you're right it was the central crop back in the 60's when I was a teen. Never chewed it right out of the field, but yep after it had been cured. I can close my eyes and smell that unique aroma of a barn just opened up after its curing time to air so the leaves would moisten so they could be handled. Back then miles of those could be seen. Thanks for sharing that.
Good evening beautiful family thanks for always sharing these wonderful videos with us all in subscribers land. Have yourselves a wonderful weekend. Till the next video God bless 👋 bye. ⛅☁🏡.
I am so sorry you lost your ducks...I hope that next year will be a better one for the ducks...and getting a new cow sounds great too. Just stay well..both of you and your beautiful family too!
Tobacco used to be a big cash crop in the CT river valley here in Massachusetts..I actually worked in a tobacco field one summer while in high school. We would work tieing up the plants as they grew , then the would be chopped down and hung in the layered rafters of the tobacco barns to dry before being shipped off ..tobacco is gone and after the fields rested for many years they have become productive veggie producers..so much nicer..thx for sharing your experience as well...blessings to you all...
I love that Grace was cooking. She has certainly learned from watching Mom. I look forward to finding out if you are able to get the Heifer. Sorry about the duckling. Sometimes we need to be thankful for that one who survived. Ahhhh, if one step behind, is one too many, then hubby & I are in trouble. Just keep on keeping on & do the best you can. You are behind because of a baby, we are behind because of surgery. You do what you can & that is good.
Awww... so sorry for the loss of the poor little ducking... How exciting about a new cow for the family! How sweet of you to share your favorite places with us.. How beautiful up there where the little tobacco field is. Love you guys.... XOX
Thanks for sharing the ups and downs of farming. The dead duckling is kind of tragic when you consider it was baby, no threat really. I do admire how green it is there. Thanks for showing us the tobacco. I found an old cigarette of my dad's. No one was home so I lit it off the gas stove, stepped out of the kitchen door and took a puff. Of course I got sick, think I turned green. That was the first and last.
I don't comment very often. My grandson says it will help your channel if I did. Not much of a talker but I love listening to you talk. I watch for notifications everyday. I am restlessly eager waiting on the next vlog.
Always sad when that happens :( We've never had ducks, but we've had chicks hatched by broody hens. It can be a challenge to keep them all alive to maturity! You were able to set up a new fencing area so quickly! Good luck on the cow search.
They're still growing tobacco. There are fields of it just down the street from our daughter's house in Willow Springs, NC. I was really surprised to see so much of it. The same field was planted with soy beans when I was there at Christmas and sweet potatoes before that. I loved being able to pick up sweet potatoes after the initial pick was done. Your yard and garden are so beautiful. I miss NC so much. I'm sitting in the house because it's 106° here in CA today and it will be hot and dry for the next few days.
I just love that you all share the good and the bad. It’s so authentic and refreshing! I hope to have some land one to day even if it’s just a vegetable garden and some chickens.
Wonderful vlog 👍🏼 I also like the music🎶 you pick and that beautiful mountain side shot. We hope to buy land in N.C in the next few yrs. excited for a shyth lesson & meeting the new cow 🐮 Mama 🐻
We were growing some beautiful cukes, cantaloupe, watermelon onions and tomatoes went to my mother in laws funeral and came back EVERYTHING was gone including the cherries and peaches!! My heart was broken because we share with everyone!! Great looking produce Art and Bri!!
It has to be somebody that knows you were going to be gone. If you find out who it was, shame them for their greed....and ban them from your garden. They didn't just steal your food, they stole your ability to share as you choose. They are entitled thieves.
inarainyplace Nobody knew we were leaving. My husbands mom died and we left the next day.Whoever did it left bags and buckets on our patio and smoked cigs because they left behind the butts coke cans and McDonald's food wrappers and drank some beers too! Im surprised they didnt use our grill and they mightve swam in our pool
Maybe you could bring cigarette butts and coke cans to police to get finger prints or DNA. Besides stealing all of your produce, leaving all that garbage on your property is vandalism.
Dean's milk is closing a lot other facilities in Kentucky. There is going to be farmers selling off some of their milk cows. How close to Kentucky are you is it a possibility you can buy a milk cow from there? It is just a thought, I have been praying for you to get a call or a calf.
So sorry about the duck...the way of raising animals is sometimes harsh. Love Joyful's hair cut....she looks so sweet. Thanks again for all that you share. Have a Blessed day.
Awww..poor duckling...yet..active live wisdom is often revealed in a hard way...lesson learned...won t happen again. I Just love your country views...I am thankful also that a beautiful part of creation stirs a yearning in my heart ..awestruct. I have to discern and be cautious to NOT worship creation but the creator only! I So glad to hear a tidbit re a new cow. Thank you for sharing your lives with us all. May the God of mercy continue his blessings of hope, peace and love.
Are you accepting donations for the new cow's purchase? I think the idea of getting a heifer is great. A bottle fed calf will be very gentle. If bred, pick a smaller variety so there will be no problems in her first birth. Year's ago it was not uncommon to breed Hereford heifers to Angus bulls.Look forward to your progress!
Be sure to check out the hooves when you go look at a cow. The hoof wall should NOT be rolled under the hoof. Between the hooves should be semi clean, they should not be thrushy or really bad smelling. A cow can go lame just as well as a horse. There shouldn't be any sores. A happy healthy cow makes good milk. If you can find a farrier that trims cows, it might be worth finding out if the farrier can eather go with you or meet you there.
I'm glad Tobacco is so scarce now. Its nice to actually see and hear how little of it is left compared to the years before. Having a grandparent pass from complications, due to its use, has made me not the fondest of the crop (understatement). And sadly I know I am not alone on these feelings. Wasn't expecting to see this in your video, I am pleasantly surprised and happy with this video (and here I thought I'd be horribly upset with the ducklings passing on and such).
While tobacco consumption IS down in the US since the 80's (maybe 60's) part of the reason for less being grown here is because of the shift away from domestic tobacco to cheaper imported tobacco especially from brazil.
That is life on the farm Art; one day it is up the next you're feeling the blues. Things will get better, you'll see. Q: What is your price line/limit for a new cow?
Love the care you show to everything you should do a t-shirt with Dolly on, we all miss dear dolly, I got your homestead t-shirt and love it. Why would Donald kill the duckling isn't he the protector? Xx
I already said that your videos are POETRY, and they are. You're very skillful and artful with filming and editing (my interest, so I know what it takes ..)!! Thank you so very much for what you do on your home sweet homestead, inspiring so many of us, charting the way for what can be .. .. Blessings to you and your beautiful young family, health and prosperity always !!
I agree with everything you said in your comment, katnip2u! I love Art and Bri's videos!!! The way they make the videos is so masterful, beautiful and inspirational. And it's not just about capturing the moment, which they do so very well, but mixing it up, long shots with close-ups, interspersed with other situational shots and moments, making it into a story, creating suspense, ETC. Truly a piece of "Art" and Bri and the FAMILY! So lovely on so many levels. My soul gets elevated and my heart sings every time I watch their videos. I'm so so grateful that they let us participate in their life's adventures, challenges, ups and downs, and everything else, WOW!!!
Dee Nova - Thanks for confirming! I appreciate this family's life and their cool videography, the love, dedication and effort they put into everything they do, just amazing. I hope they know they're loved and cherished by many !! I work in landscaping in Toronto now, also have a great urban "community" garden (on the condo grounds, very lucky the management lets me cultivate some of the ground around our condo building with veggies, herbs, non-typical landscaping flowers like sunflowers, hollyhocks, etc.), just in waiting to purchase my own land and have a home sweet homestead of my own! Much love your way too :)
katnip2u, that's great that you get to do that around your condo building. Is that normal for people to do community gardening around condo buildings in Toronto? I'm also saving to have my own homestead, hopefully next year! It makes such a difference to one's life to grow your own veggies, have your own eggs, meat, and to raise kids with the awareness of where your food comes from. And so much more! It's educational and spiritual also, at least that's how I see it. Blessings to you in whatever you're up to!!!
Art, if you and Bri put some of those herbs in a paper bag, fold over the top about and inch and put the PAPER bag in your car for a few days, the herbs will dry well and can be saved for winter. Use a snap close pin to close the top. The herbs will not fade and will stay in great condition. I am surprised you were able to still buy a scythe. Forget Tabasco. North Carolina is nearly as pretty as upstate New York. I live in not so pretty Texas. I know Bri is missing Dolly. God bless American. I have had the drake attack my ducklings. I had to learn the hard way. Mama and babies, no drakes.
Dang brotha....gotta make sure you separate mom and babies from big boys and girls....good idea with chickens....best to take them eggs way off away from the house to not draw in predators....take them off farm and throw them in a ditch somewhere....if ya want advice lol....enjoyed the video.......I've learned the hard way too
It will be interesting how the new scythe works. It looks lighter than wood but that may cause it to loose momentum when it strikes weeds (with the same bite as with a wood version). If I used one of those I'd need a Motrin sandwich for lunch.
When we either take up eggs from a hen that's been setting or if we have been incubating, we throw the unhatched eggs to the hogs. By throwing those eggs into the edge of your woods you've invited predators that might then come looking for more into your chicken/duck pens. I don't know much about ducks but if we put biddies into the chicken pen after hatching them in the incubator, we always wait until they're at least a month old. Then, we watch them carefully to make sure the other chickens aren't pecking them. It does take a couple days for them to assimilate into the flock. I know if we allow a hen to set, when she hatches out her brood she tends to keep to herself instead of going straight back to her flock. But gradually, as her biddies get older, she start easing herself and her brood back in. I've never heard of drakes killing the babies before. That makes me curious.
I hope that heifer works out for u guys! Also, my family too raised tobacco among many Farmers in our area here in WI. As u says, it was definitely a cash crop when I was young and I don't know very many people that grow it any more. Although, we do c some tobacco at our county Fair every year. Haha. Also, sorry to hear about ur ducklings. Hopefully, this last little one will make it.
I'm sorry that duckling died. How's Gracie taking it? Thank you for the video. I once visited my cousins when they lived in Winston-Salem several decades ago. The whole town smelled like honey. I said something about it and learned that it was (curing?) tobacco I smelled.
If you buy a 14month old cow you will probably have less milk than usual because she surtently didnt had calf... i think that is better to buy a older cow ( 2 or 3 years)
Today July 8 2018 I received a video from someone I watch "A chick named Albert". His channel is about saving and hatching all kinds of birds. You might like to see his latest about hatching some rare ducks. I don't think you can participate in that project but perhaps you can get some tips about hatching baby ducks like Grace wants. He candles eggs with his smart phone light. Just a thought.I really love your channel too.
That's true, If he was bread he would never be able to rise to the occasion. At yeast that's what I think. I wonder what happened with the other broody duck???
I'm so sorry about the other duckling. Same thing just happened to me with a hen and her two chicks. Fine for two days then dead in the pen. I suspect one of the hens got them. They didn't bother other chicks I had in there before. Live and learn. :-( I lost them both. Next time I'll build a pen in a pen like you did.
Bless the little duckling :/ good job you noticed before the other one was attacked, Is Donald a jealous duck? and do they only protect the chickens as they see them not as a threat? Fabulous cucumbers by the way, I have some growing in a washing up bowl out on a table in my garden lol Keep safe all ad until ext time, peace to all :D
wendy drennan I believe the common practice is to keep chicks/ducklings from the main flock till 8 weeks of age before integrating with adult flocks. Even at 8 weeks fatalities can happen. Most commonly from establishing pecking order.
Thank you Art and Bri for sharing your video homestead farmer chicken, I love to watch your video it's so amazing 🐔🐓🐥🐈🐕🐂🐖🐏🌱🎥👍👍👍
I know you cannot make a vlog everyday, but I look for them everyday. Your youtube channel is my favorite thing to watch..there is nothing better than your vlog on youtube, tv, or netflix in my opinion. I just love your channel- so thank you for all the work that goes into making these vlogs. Many blessings to you and your beautiful family. (PS I loved the music at the beginning of the video as well)
Super excited that you are planning to get a heifer. I would personally love to donate towards the new cow. Another suggestion after you purchase your future milk cow is, if its not breed yet, you could use stud muffins ( Justin Rhodes bull ) for breeding. I know Justin and Rebecca wouldn't mind having another cow with the bull.looking forward to it.
Mahfoud Ahmed Great Tip good on you love from Australia 🇦🇺🌈🇦🇺🌈
Mahfoud Ahmed I suggested him to buy water buffalo. They are better than cows.
So sorry for your loss. Hope Gracie is doing ok, I know she's wanted more baby ducks so long.
So sorry about your little duckling. Good thing you caught it before losing both. Good luck with momma and baby duck. They're so tiny and fragile, everyone that makes it is a blessing. 🐣💕
Thank you for having this channel and letting us see parts of your life. I can't help but watch every video because I know they will be beautiful wholesome and calming. I currently don't have a farm of my own, rather a bunch of pots in my backyard. This channel gives me hope. Thank you
I'm sitting here, watching your video, and before I know it, it's the end of the video, and say Awwww, already? I so enjoy your videos. Thanks for another one. Pat
I am so sorry to hear about your duckling. RIP little one. Great video.
So sorry for your duckling. I always have a nursery area for baby chick mommas and ducklings with their mommas...less stress..
So excited you all are getting another cow!
It was the same here outside of Nashville in terms of tobacco . A couple of the farms ended up selling to developers once the tobacco crops were no longer lucrative. I love the area that you live in. It’s gorgeous.
I absolutely love Joyful's haircut. She looks so so adorable.
It is so beautiful there! I enjoy your videos. Everyone is calm. Your children are so sweet. The baby is so loved. You are loving, kind, smart parents, and are wonderful examples for their children to model after. God bless you.
Ive been away over a year. Im glad to see you all are still growing...ive been very sick. I last saw you all when you lost your cow. I wanred to send $50.00 @ the time but end up on hospital... so much haschappened. Im stll bed ridden. But watch i hope again...
So sorry about the duckling. 😔 You’ve taken care of the other now so it’ll be safe. It’s all you guys can do. God Bless you all!
Thanks for showing the tobacco field. I grew up on a tobacco farm in Person County, NC . Then you're right it was the central crop back in the 60's when I was a teen. Never chewed it right out of the field, but yep after it had been cured. I can close my eyes and smell that unique aroma of a barn just opened up after its curing time to air so the leaves would moisten so they could be handled. Back then miles of those could be seen. Thanks for sharing that.
☹sorry about your baby duck..
I hope all goes well with the heifer Bri has found.
🌻you all have a wonderful weekend🌻
NEVER change this channel. perfect.
Good evening beautiful family thanks for always sharing these wonderful videos with us all in subscribers land. Have yourselves a wonderful weekend. Till the next video God bless 👋 bye. ⛅☁🏡.
I Love to see your Loving tender care that your Whole family has!!
You have a calm, easy-going way about you. Makes for nice videos.
I am so sorry you lost your ducks...I hope that next year will be a better one for the ducks...and getting a new cow sounds great too. Just stay well..both of you and your beautiful family too!
Poor duckling. Some day Grace will have her some ducks to take care of. Have a Blessed Day!
Mamma duck didn't appreciate all your work....so I'm saying thanks for her... for saving the one duckling :)
Tobacco used to be a big cash crop in the CT river valley here in Massachusetts..I actually worked in a tobacco field one summer while in high school. We would work tieing up the plants as they grew , then the would be chopped down and hung in the layered rafters of the tobacco barns to dry before being shipped off ..tobacco is gone and after the fields rested for many years they have become productive veggie producers..so much nicer..thx for sharing your experience as well...blessings to you all...
Never a dull moment on the homestead right?! I can’t wait to see a cow there again. Good luck with whichever one you choose!
I appreciate you and your family ! 💗
I love that Grace was cooking. She has certainly learned from watching Mom. I look forward to finding out if you are able to get the Heifer. Sorry about the duckling. Sometimes we need to be thankful for that one who survived. Ahhhh, if one step behind, is one too many, then hubby & I are in trouble. Just keep on keeping on & do the best you can. You are behind because of a baby, we are behind because of surgery. You do what you can & that is good.
So sad about your duckling. It is so beautiful where you all live! I enjoy your videos so much.
Beautiful scenery!
Awww... so sorry for the loss of the poor little ducking... How exciting about a new cow for the family! How sweet of you to share your favorite places with us.. How beautiful up there where the little tobacco field is. Love you guys.... XOX
Thanks for sharing the ups and downs of farming. The dead duckling is kind of tragic when you consider it was baby, no threat really. I do admire how green it is there. Thanks for showing us the tobacco. I found an old cigarette of my dad's. No one was home so I lit it off the gas stove, stepped out of the kitchen door and took a puff. Of course I got sick, think I turned green. That was the first and last.
I purchased a t-shirt for the husband. It does look like very beautiful country.
I don't comment very often. My grandson says it will help your channel if I did. Not much of a talker but I love listening to you talk. I watch for notifications everyday. I am restlessly eager waiting on the next vlog.
Always sad when that happens :( We've never had ducks, but we've had chicks hatched by broody hens. It can be a challenge to keep them all alive to maturity! You were able to set up a new fencing area so quickly! Good luck on the cow search.
They're still growing tobacco. There are fields of it just down the street from our daughter's house in Willow Springs, NC. I was really surprised to see so much of it. The same field was planted with soy beans when I was there at Christmas and sweet potatoes before that. I loved being able to pick up sweet potatoes after the initial pick was done. Your yard and garden are so beautiful. I miss NC so much. I'm sitting in the house because it's 106° here in CA today and it will be hot and dry for the next few days.
I just love that you all share the good and the bad. It’s so authentic and refreshing! I hope to have some land one to day even if it’s just a vegetable garden and some chickens.
Wonderful vlog 👍🏼 I also like the music🎶 you pick and that beautiful mountain side shot. We hope to buy land in N.C in the next few yrs. excited for a shyth lesson & meeting the new cow 🐮
Mama 🐻
Thanks for sharing another great video!! Love you guys!!
That heifer sounds amazing. I hope you can get her if she is all that they promise.
We were growing some beautiful cukes, cantaloupe, watermelon onions and tomatoes went to my mother in laws funeral and came back EVERYTHING was gone including the cherries and peaches!! My heart was broken because we share with everyone!! Great looking produce Art and Bri!!
Somebody came onto your property and just took all your produce and fruit???
inarainyplace YES!! They didnt even leave a green bean!!
It has to be somebody that knows you were going to be gone. If you find out who it was, shame them for their greed....and ban them from your garden. They didn't just steal your food, they stole your ability to share as you choose. They are entitled thieves.
inarainyplace Nobody knew we were leaving. My husbands mom died and we left the next day.Whoever did it left bags and buckets on our patio and smoked cigs because they left behind the butts coke cans and McDonald's food wrappers and drank some beers too! Im surprised they didnt use our grill and they mightve swam in our pool
Maybe you could bring cigarette butts and coke cans to police to get finger prints or DNA. Besides stealing all of your produce, leaving all that garbage on your property is vandalism.
Awww... One lonely little duckling. I hope it does well. Thanks for sharing. See you on the next video
Awwww, sorry about the loss of the baby duck. 😢❤️
I wasn't 'spectin that (cucumber). SO precious.
That is so sad that only one duckling survived!! But I can't wait to see what kind of cow you will get for a milking cow!
Dean's milk is closing a lot other facilities in Kentucky. There is going to be farmers selling off some of their milk cows. How close to Kentucky are you is it a possibility you can buy a milk cow from there? It is just a thought, I have been praying for you to get a call or a calf.
So sorry about the duck...the way of raising animals is sometimes harsh. Love Joyful's hair cut....she looks so sweet. Thanks again for all that you share. Have a Blessed day.
So sorry about the duckling. You can't be everywhere and do everything. It's just not possible. Peace 🌱
Awww..poor duckling...yet..active live wisdom is often revealed in a hard way...lesson learned...won t happen again. I
Just love your country views...I am thankful also that a beautiful part of creation stirs a yearning in my heart ..awestruct. I have to discern and be cautious to NOT worship creation but the creator only! I
So glad to hear a tidbit re a new cow.
Thank you for sharing your lives with us all.
May the God of mercy continue his blessings of hope, peace and love.
So glad you all have had such a successful tee campaign so far!
Are you accepting donations for the new cow's purchase? I think the idea of getting a heifer is great. A bottle fed calf will be very gentle. If bred, pick a smaller variety so there will be no problems in her first birth. Year's ago it was not uncommon to breed Hereford heifers to Angus bulls.Look forward to your progress!
Be sure to check out the hooves when you go look at a cow. The hoof wall should NOT be rolled under the hoof. Between the hooves should be semi clean, they should not be thrushy or really bad smelling. A cow can go lame just as well as a horse. There shouldn't be any sores. A happy healthy cow makes good milk. If you can find a farrier that trims cows, it might be worth finding out if the farrier can eather go with you or meet you there.
As always...enjoy your videos....good luck with the cow search
Very nice and green up there.
So enjoy each new video.
I love my tee shirt. Taking it on vacation to Jacksonville. I agree with Kate Powell, let’s get a Dolly shirt
2 words: Welsh Harlequin (prolific ducks) (and happy ducks, I might add.)
Hey from Algeria ,
I really love your youtube channel, just keep going and may God bless you!! .
I'm glad Tobacco is so scarce now. Its nice to actually see and hear how little of it is left compared to the years before. Having a grandparent pass from complications, due to its use, has made me not the fondest of the crop (understatement). And sadly I know I am not alone on these feelings. Wasn't expecting to see this in your video, I am pleasantly surprised and happy with this video (and here I thought I'd be horribly upset with the ducklings passing on and such).
While tobacco consumption IS down in the US since the 80's (maybe 60's) part of the reason for less being grown here is because of the shift away from domestic tobacco to cheaper imported tobacco especially from brazil.
Sorry to hear about the duckling. Xx
That is life on the farm Art; one day it is up the next you're feeling the blues. Things will get better, you'll see. Q: What is your price line/limit for a new cow?
Love the video excited to see what is next on the homestead, thanks.
I’m from Florida
Every summer when school let out great numbers of students would spend the summer picking tobacco- that was the 60’s. ;)
Great clip....Job well done...
Good luck in the cow and the duckling!
Tobacco was grown big time in CT too. Didn't know that about deer not eating it.
Love the care you show to everything you should do a t-shirt with Dolly on, we all miss dear dolly, I got your homestead t-shirt and love it. Why would Donald kill the duckling isn't he the protector? Xx
Kate Powell Donald could view the duckling as a threat because it is a new bird, especially if the familiar momma duck wasn't with the duckling.
Jeannie Collins Thank you Jeannie that makes sense -
I had to let someone know!I'm leaving Boston at 10 am to go to Hemingway, SC . I can't wait to leave.
I already said that your videos are POETRY, and they are. You're very skillful and artful with filming and editing (my interest, so I know what it takes ..)!! Thank you so very much for what you do on your home sweet homestead, inspiring so many of us, charting the way for what can be .. .. Blessings to you and your beautiful young family, health and prosperity always !!
Quick question: Is the music in your videos your own? It's very beautiful and fitting!
I agree with everything you said in your comment, katnip2u! I love Art and Bri's videos!!! The way they make the videos is so masterful, beautiful and inspirational. And it's not just about capturing the moment, which they do so very well, but mixing it up, long shots with close-ups, interspersed with other situational shots and moments, making it into a story, creating suspense, ETC. Truly a piece of "Art" and Bri and the FAMILY! So lovely on so many levels. My soul gets elevated and my heart sings every time I watch their videos. I'm so so grateful that they let us participate in their life's adventures, challenges, ups and downs, and everything else, WOW!!!
Dee Nova - Thanks for confirming! I appreciate this family's life and their cool videography, the love, dedication and effort they put into everything they do, just amazing. I hope they know they're loved and cherished by many !! I work in landscaping in Toronto now, also have a great urban "community" garden (on the condo grounds, very lucky the management lets me cultivate some of the ground around our condo building with veggies, herbs, non-typical landscaping flowers like sunflowers, hollyhocks, etc.), just in waiting to purchase my own land and have a home sweet homestead of my own! Much love your way too :)
katnip2u, that's great that you get to do that around your condo building. Is that normal for people to do community gardening around condo buildings in Toronto? I'm also saving to have my own homestead, hopefully next year! It makes such a difference to one's life to grow your own veggies, have your own eggs, meat, and to raise kids with the awareness of where your food comes from. And so much more! It's educational and spiritual also, at least that's how I see it. Blessings to you in whatever you're up to!!!
Most of our music comes from an online library of music we subscribe to.
Art, if you and Bri put some of those herbs in a paper bag, fold over the top about and inch and put the PAPER bag in your car for a few days, the herbs will dry well and can be saved for winter. Use a snap close pin to close the top. The herbs will not fade and will stay in great condition. I am surprised you were able to still buy a scythe. Forget Tabasco. North Carolina is nearly as pretty as upstate New York. I live in not so pretty Texas. I know Bri is missing Dolly. God bless American. I have had the drake attack my ducklings. I had to learn the hard way. Mama and babies, no drakes.
So sorry about your duckling, i never had luck with momma ducks but good sucess hatching my own eggs
Loss is always, always hard. I’m so sorry.
I'm in the central/western area of NC and there are tobacco fields everywhere, also RJ Reynolds is right here too.
Dang brotha....gotta make sure you separate mom and babies from big boys and girls....good idea with chickens....best to take them eggs way off away from the house to not draw in predators....take them off farm and throw them in a ditch somewhere....if ya want advice lol....enjoyed the video.......I've learned the hard way too
It will be interesting how the new scythe works. It looks lighter than wood but that may cause it to loose momentum when it strikes weeds (with the same bite as with a wood version). If I used one of those I'd need a Motrin sandwich for lunch.
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Another great video you guys i absolutely enjoy your vlogs poor duckling but sometimes it happens god bless
When we either take up eggs from a hen that's been setting or if we have been incubating, we throw the unhatched eggs to the hogs. By throwing those eggs into the edge of your woods you've invited predators that might then come looking for more into your chicken/duck pens. I don't know much about ducks but if we put biddies into the chicken pen after hatching them in the incubator, we always wait until they're at least a month old. Then, we watch them carefully to make sure the other chickens aren't pecking them. It does take a couple days for them to assimilate into the flock. I know if we allow a hen to set, when she hatches out her brood she tends to keep to herself instead of going straight back to her flock. But gradually, as her biddies get older, she start easing herself and her brood back in. I've never heard of drakes killing the babies before. That makes me curious.
I hope that heifer works out for u guys! Also, my family too raised tobacco among many Farmers in our area here in WI. As u says, it was definitely a cash crop when I was young and I don't know very many people that grow it any more. Although, we do c some tobacco at our county Fair every year. Haha. Also, sorry to hear about ur ducklings. Hopefully, this last little one will make it.
Sorry to hear about the baby duck 😞
I'm sorry that duckling died. How's Gracie taking it?
Thank you for the video.
I once visited my cousins when they lived in Winston-Salem several decades ago. The whole town smelled like honey. I said something about it and learned that it was (curing?) tobacco I smelled.
Thanks for the side trip on the tobacco history.
Tobacco helped shape America :D
The smell of dill is the smell of summer.
This is part of farm life.
I actually buy tabacco that comes from Eastern North Carolina 😁
So sorry for your duckling loss 🐾💕
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If you buy a 14month old cow you will probably have less milk than usual because she surtently didnt had calf... i think that is better to buy a older cow ( 2 or 3 years)
Pleas please make a t shirt with ”it’s been another great day in the homestead” on it. PLEASE!
Hey Joy Joy just wanted to say love you’re new hair cut you are rocking the BOB 🙏👍❤️🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🇦🇺🇦🇺
I am sorry about the duckling 😞
That was a bit of naughty driving Art
i still think you should have "another great day on the homestead" on your t-shirt
"My Eggs MY EGGS!"
i want to be a farmer, it has a lot fun, but I have no land. the earth gives everything we need.
Is the other mama duck still sitting on her eggs? Is she in the new enclosure as well! xoxo ❤ from sunny 🌅 Arizona 🌵
Today July 8 2018 I received a video from someone I watch "A chick named Albert". His channel is about saving and hatching all kinds of birds. You might like to see his latest about hatching some rare ducks. I don't think you can participate in that project but perhaps you can get some tips about hatching baby ducks like Grace wants. He candles eggs with his smart phone light. Just a thought.I really love your channel too.
Hey if she's not bread maybe she can visit Studmuffin for a while... just a thought
B Havens they castrated him
that was the calf, Bear, not the bull. Studmuffin fully functional, until they eat him.
and darn it that should be bred, not bread! sigh!
Isn't he a beef breed though?
That's true, If he was bread he would never be able to rise to the occasion. At yeast that's what I think. I wonder what happened with the other broody duck???
I'm so sorry about the other duckling. Same thing just happened to me with a hen and her two chicks. Fine for two days then dead in the pen. I suspect one of the hens got them. They didn't bother other chicks I had in there before. Live and learn. :-( I lost them both. Next time I'll build a pen in a pen like you did.
Bless the little duckling :/ good job you noticed before the other one was attacked, Is Donald a jealous duck? and do they only protect the chickens as they see them not as a threat? Fabulous cucumbers by the way, I have some growing in a washing up bowl out on a table in my garden lol Keep safe all ad until ext time, peace to all :D
Donald is a guard goose. Most likely will never know absolutely what happened to the duckling. They are so fragile when first hatched. Good question
wendy drennan I believe the common practice is to keep chicks/ducklings from the main flock till 8 weeks of age before integrating with adult flocks. Even at 8 weeks fatalities can happen. Most commonly from establishing pecking order.
those are Japanese Beadles
Joyful looks so beautiful😍😍