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Goats of War
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 19 พ.ย. 2018
In a civilization that has weaponized everything against us, we turn it around by weaponizing our own lives. Living sustainably, producing healthy food and learning new skills. Regenerative farming. Watch us make it work on a shoe string budget and live a life of hard work, healthy habits, food you cant buy and a lifestyle people would trade anything to live.
We have dairy goats, chickens and working livestock guardian dogs, and many wild friends too!
We have dairy goats, chickens and working livestock guardian dogs, and many wild friends too!
Tobacco Harvesting and Color Curing
So you grew a bunch of tobacco, now what? This is how I dry and cure my tobacco and what I look for while doing it. I do most of it in a cattle panel hoop green house that we made, nothing fancy.
fairtradetobacco.com/
We got our tobacco seeds from
trueleafmarket.com/
seedsavers.org/
#tobacco #tobaccopipes
#farming #homesteading #selfsufficiency
#gardening #growfoodathome #chemicalfree
fairtradetobacco.com/
We got our tobacco seeds from
trueleafmarket.com/
seedsavers.org/
#tobacco #tobaccopipes
#farming #homesteading #selfsufficiency
#gardening #growfoodathome #chemicalfree
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What's going on in the Garden 9-26-24
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Just checking in with a garden update. Things are almost done for the season. Last season we hit a saturation point on growing our own food and once that was achieved we planned on starting to sell the excess, and this is our first year doing this. We have done very well at the markets and this is what is left of our garden here in the end of September. #farmfamily #homesteading #PNWhomesteadin...
Corn Mounds
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Making mounds to plant our Hopi Blue Corn in this season. Back To The Wood by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ #growyourownfood #farming #homestead #organicgardening #plantanimalsynergy #familyfarm #foodproduction #pasturedpoultry #covercrops #chickens
More Chickens
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15 chickens lay just enough eggs for just our small family. That is until they started to free range, and now we have trouble gathering all of them. We did not want to stop the free ranging however, since what they did when they wondered is valuable too. So what if the dogs and ravens get some of the eggs, right? Well, not so much actually, so we supplemented our egg producers with 15 new Austr...
Arctic Blast Makes Everything Harder
มุมมอง 115ปีที่แล้ว
Big arctic blast hits the US from coast to coast. Frozen water lines, burst pipes, blocked drains. But the show must go on. For those of us with livestock there are no snow days or cold days. No sick days, no vacations. But do you think we are crazy for loving our lives? We dont. We think those soft people who outsource everything are the crazy ones.
Flashback E1: Garden Prep 2023
มุมมอง 49ปีที่แล้ว
We start to work through our backlog of footage from this past growing season. THis video shows the condition of the ground and beds before we started what would be a harvest that blew our minds. Working with and rehabilitating packed clay soil has been a challenge for us but also rewarding. Music (thank you): Back To The Wood by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ...
Dryshod Arctic Storm Extreme Cold Conditions Boot Review
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If you didnt know, we have had to become minimalist in order to achieve the life we really wanted. One big thing with being a minimalist is we like to find clothing and gear that will endure the abuse and still function in its role for as long as possible. Annual boot budgets on the farm is a real thing, and finding the right boot is essential. Here Naomi reviews her favorite winter/muck boot t...
Rite Farm Products - XL Pro Plucker Review
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We ordered the Rite Farm XL Pro Plucker from Coops&More. We review this machine after 2 seasons of use. This thing is a beast and we are very happy to have it. We would not process meat chickens on our farm without one of these. Powerful, sturdy and reliable are synonymous with this plucker. coopsnmore.com/collections/chicken-duck-goose-pheasant-supplies/products/rite-farm-products-extra-large-...
Goats of War pack goat available!
มุมมอง 99ปีที่แล้ว
This full alpine buck/wether is finally old enough to go to his new pack herd. He is the last of our boys from this season, which was very doe heavy for us. This boy has horns and since this video has been banded and is now a wether. As it says in the video, bottle raised and very friendly, stays on the right ide of the fence, and will follow his humans around anywhere.
Oct 1 Vlog- Catching up and hatching little tiny humans...
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A super busy summer is winding down and into a busy fall as well. More videos on the way including one on feeding dairy goats, our summer and fall harvests, and chicken processing.
Weaning & Castration. When we do it and why.
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Weaning & Castration. When we do it and why.
Candid drip system review...pros and cons of switching to drip watering
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Candid drip system review...pros and cons of switching to drip watering
How to do a dairy birth with a dairy goat
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How to do a dairy birth with a dairy goat
Birth Checks with the Goats of War- This is what you are looking for.
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Birth Checks with the Goats of War- This is what you are looking for.
Lost Footage Episode 1 - 6 year old takes camera and makes a vlog!
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Lost Footage Episode 1 - 6 year old takes camera and makes a vlog!
Doe in Heat- Is my goat ready to breed? This is the behavior you are looking for!
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Doe in Heat- Is my goat ready to breed? This is the behavior you are looking for!
Interesting vid. I’m going to try it next season as well. Your greenhouse looks awesome. Never seen such design before
Hi,I'm growing Virginia gold and in my second season and about halve way through.Today I noticed 3 big leaves in the middle of 1 plant has lots of little dark freakles as small as the seeds.would you know what this is thanks Gerry
I can not remember what that is called but I do remember reading about it in the forums on fairtradetobacco.com.
Thanks
What kind of soil do I use
I just used dirt from my place and added organics from the farm. I think any good soil would work.
How do you get seeds?
Most of the major seed dealers have them but you can hit up True Leaf Market or Seed Savers Exchange...I think even Baker Creek has some. Many different varieties.
Great review thanks! I would buy the unit for shredding leaves. I have learned from experience it is much easier to burn branches than to chip them up. I do realize that local regs do not always allow you to have a burn, but we are in the Virginia countryside and are allowed to do so.
Great video. Curing is just a controlled drying, they are the same process essentially but with curing the rate is controlled.
In my short experience growing tobacco, I experimented with different curing methods, from steam curing to fermenting in stacked piles, but the one i found the best, was to sun cure, and after the green is out, to rehydrate, remove the stems and rolling them in thick rolls. To smoke I would slice it very very thin and oh god, it tasted wonderful, fruity and sweet notes. By far the best tobacco I have ever smoked. btw, great video!
I tried sun curing and it worked for the 509 burley, but the other 2 varieties would flash dry green so I would end up rehydrating and stacking and storing. It took a really long time for the Prilep.
Thank you for the helpful information. We already grow our own cannabis. Next Spring we plant tobacco to use as our own blunt wrappers. Cheers.
Blunt wraps are my favorite reason to grow our own tobacco. Nothing is more satisfying to me than consuming something that was entirely created at home by our family. Have a good one!
So, harvest while it's green, dry it until it's dry and cure it until it's darkish brown?
100%. I think each tobacco variety will behave a little differently. Also, the temperature, air flow and humidity of the drying/curing space will determine how fast or slow it dries and cures.
really funny that you dont have to be 21 to buy the seeds.
You want to wear long sleeves and gloves when you work with that stuff - it can literally poison you through contact. To avoid mold, run a small fan in your curing shed.
Very cool video! Your little helper in the background is a cutie 🥰 well wishes to your family and happy holidays!
Omg😮 i never seen this
Im a grower also of tobacco its best homegrown knowing what is in it.
does John the Good have videos or a website? thanks
Yes here is the link to David the Good's youtube channel- www.youtube.com/@davidthegood-. you can also go to fair trade tobacco forums for in depth growing and curing information, and even share seeds with other members. I plan on doing more videos about tobacco growing soon, including harvesting and curing.
Where do you buy seeds?
Most major seed sellers have some but we got ours from True Leaf Market. Seed Savers Exchange also carries some good ones. There is a good tobacco forum called Fair Trade Tobacco where you can get seeds from members and tons of info.
I grow sometimes a dozen varieties in western canada as a hobby at my farm. Grasshoppers last few drought years eat it to the stalk. Trying some higher nicotine varieties to see if that has an effect on the hoppers next year. I recommend you try florida sumatra and little dutch varieties. Strongest growers ive seen.
@redneckregime6268 grasshoppers are the only thing that bothers my tobacco. They love it, and destroy such perfect leaves. Thanks for the recommendations, I'll give them a go next season. I'm trying to get better at curing this year, I lost a lot last season to mold.
@@goatsofwar7181 If you have a greenhouse just lay them inside hanging on strings for a month or 2 or even all winter and they will be the most beautiful brown you have ever seen. Spray them down sometimes and if you keep them in a greenhouse on a sunny day they will get real nice and hot and help some ammonia escape.
Treat the plants with permethrin or pyrethrin. It’s not toxic to us, but remove the flower heads, because it will kill all insects, including bees.
we use German Shepherd Dogs and Dobermann Dogs as SHEPHERDS to herd the goats. So I am CONFUSED with this person's statement where he said that Dogs should not mix with Goats. I know other farmers who mix Dogs with Goats, too.
I did say in the video that people do it and it works fine. I dont recommend it for your beginning dairy goat people. Even the herding dogs will nip and bite and the goats should not be forced into living with them all of the time. I stand on the principal that if you want happy goats that produce good milk with low stress, they need to feel comfortable in their environment. I also note the difference between a herding dog and a guardian dog THe herding dog has heavy prey drive, while the guardian has almost no prey drive. People who work dogs know how to work them appropriately. That is far different from a house hold mixing various breeds that are not working around the homestead. Some people dont think its a big deal if a goat gets an ear torn by a nip, but we have a zero fang policy with our goats and we recommend the same to anyone who buys our goats.
Nice! Have you ever ate it as a sweet corn?
Yes we tried some the first year we grew it. It was alright but not the same as the sweet corn variety we grew as well. We love hopi blue dried and used as corn meal.
When I die, I want to be buried in a mini Kurgan with corn growing on top of it.
When I die, I want to be buried in a mini Kurgan with corn growing on top of it.
It's Beautiful 😮
I love your videos. May I share on my garden site, “Land Art”?
Absolutely.
Thanks for sharing
Tiny seeds. I’m starting some today. Thanks Goats. Subbed up too.
What breed is in this stillshot icon? Leaves in the hundreds!??
Prilep. It is the aromatic variety I use for the pipe mix.
@@goatsofwar7181 excellent thanks!! Pipes my thing.
They seem happy
How. How do people think they're flees. Oh stupidity 😂
They are not always purple. Sometimes they are dark colored, so I guess I can understand. They see them jumping and assume.
GREAT VIDEO! A straight up guy telling you and I what we want to know. Many thanks!
Keep on going, you're doing great.
Thank you!
Hmm, this is the first video of yours I've ever watched. Interesting your in a camper and the water and grey water is frozen. I honestly wouldn't know what I would do but just think if you cover the entire camper with a large tarp and run heaters around it, maybe you could warm it up enough to de-frost it to loosen all the blockages up. or de-frost only the underside of the camper closest to the drain and let the heat flow through the opposite side to generate a flow direction. Just spit balling a couple ideas. yeah its a cold one out here as well, all the best to you two! Stay safe and warm and best of luck.
and I forgot to remind you to air out the camper if need be and don't asphyxiate by the carbon monoxide fumes.
Thanks for stopping in and watching. Also thank you for the tips, they are all good! My wife and I used to live in the interior of Alaska and we had less freeze ups than we have dealt with since moving to the lower 48. After Alaska we moved to Wyoming which also has brutal winters. Now that we are in Washington State, these winters are not as harsh. Thanks again, Keep warm and watch your top knot!
*promo sm* 🤭
Such a great investment for anyone doing a reasonable number of chickens for their family and friends… they are a little pricy, but if you’ve ever hand plucked a couple (three or four dozen) chickens, it’s a huge increase in efficiency. Husband and I can only do 15-25 a day if we hand pluck.
Pro plucker who'd thunk it! Hey Rob was thinking about yall just the other day.I miss the live streams back when I had decent internet lol. Looks like everyone is doing well, and a congrats is in order! Keep living the dream brother and stay blessed! Dan-O
I tried to buy one of these from my local Northern Tool. Independence Mo.The manager wouldn't sell it to me. He demanded, "What are you going to use it for?" " I wanted to chip some wood." "What kind of wood?" Suddenly I felt intimidated as if I needed to justify my wanting to buy his product. "Do you not want to sell it to me?" "I just don't want you bringing it back! Besides, the only one I have is buried in the back room and I'm not going to dig it out right now! You should buy another brand!" With that he disappeared and never returned. ??? I'd still kinda like to buy one. Guess I'll have to drive to the other Northern Tool in Kansas.
I ordered mine from Northern Tool online.
Cambia mestiere
For a goat, Jasper seemed to be a dud!
Finally... somone how knows whats he s talking about
Beautiful!!
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It is true, this dam is on the short side. Size in general is something we are trying to increase in our herd. We do have taller longer lines. This particular doe is a very good working milker. Thank you for your comment.
Great video, informative, very helpful 👍
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Hey, great review. I agree with your intro. Most people don’t get to the point and show it’s capability. Best vid I have found yet on chippers.
The homestead is looking great Rob! Hoping you and the fam are doing well brother! Ripping that one wheeler 👊😎
I raise Nigerian Dwarf and a few mini crosses. They do grow differently than the large breeds. Mine seem to grow rapidly until 4-5 months and then plateau for a few months then have a growth spurt again around 8-12 months. I usually take ours away from does at 2 weeks to an inside my milking shed stall, 4x8 inside area with doggie door to a 4x8 outside play area, so I can milk the does. I allow the kids to nurse several times a day on the milking stand. This also seems to help them learn their names and like us more without bottle feeding. They get grain and have hay, they can also eat the grass in and through the outside fence. They have and automatic bowl style waterer hanging on the inside wall that is run off an ibc tote. We don't have water on that side of the property. I usually take the boys away to the bucks pen by 6-8 weeks depending on how obnoxious they get mounting the other kids and if they are extending. So they are weaned cold turkey then. I will usually band them around 8weeks for sale as pets but have been trying to wait a little longer to make sure the ureter and urethras grow big enough to not have stone issues layer. They all seem to be eating and drinking fine by then and being inside that inner stall they get frequent monitoring. I'll keep the doelings in that inner stall until I sell them or until the does are dried off to be rebred since the doelings don Not want to stop nursing and give themselves horrible scours. I'll incorporate your advice for my minis since sometimes the genetics favor the larger breed goats. Thanks.
Nice comment thank you! Its a fair point to bring up the differences in breeds. Alpines dont go into heat/rut until fall and the bucks will stay in the rut until all the girls are bred or spring comes along. The does go into heat every 21 days all winter long or until bred. I have always been fascinated at the difference. If I remember right the ND breed just goes into heat every 21 days year round, is that correct? I sure enjoy the break during the spring and summer months.
make bio-char from that
THat is a great idea, I will have a bunch of corn plants this season too.
Simply everwhere the soil looks so thin and weak so anything to retain water without adding too much negative fungal or bacteria while a source of compost itself to grow more soil is desperately needed!
Poor little fella 😢
I can't agree more