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So, the best advice i got from your video is: don't jump in and try to do everything together with mew equipment, just because you have space big enough. Plan, learn, dream big, start small.

household leftovers for the snack

What a beautiful first snow of 2025

Happy hens!

They look so happy to finally have some snow to play in (and eat)!

The sheep had a dusting of snow on them from laying outside last night

Very relaxing

Turn up the volume

I can't wait for spring. Have been working hard at keeping the chickens warm and out of the wind in their coop.

You are so spot on. I went overnight on a farm run actually in 2020 June. And then my sister came and stayed here in August 22 husband was home. So the both of them took care of what I do daily and they were at witts end. It is so much work and repetitive. You get up whether you want to or not.

Very chilly winter day

a beautiful evening

how can you be this old and so. willing to throw away all your money. you have animals but don't even know why. 1 year raising goats and sheep. wool? are they a wool producing breed or milking. breed or meat. don't raise an animal unless you know it's purpose and your purpose for raising it. if they are meat producing then raise them and get them to market weight efficienctly and slaughter them. you bought a tractor but most small farms don't need that. just waste of money. stop learning how to farm on TH-cam farming isn't a new knowledge, there's a wealth of knowledge but it's not coming from hipster TH-camrs making homestead and farming channels. it's like farmers retiring and going to the city trying to be investment bankers. I feel empathy for you, but you should just get out now before you lose everything

Can’t wait to see the transformation! The different handsets are almost like a timeline! So cool

thank you for watching the beginning of the project

They're very beautiful!

Goats and sheep in the first snow

January 11 2025

It was a little chilly this morning so they stayed inside

These guys and girls wanted nothing to do with me while they were eating

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If animals are not earning their keep, they gotta go. This includes any cats or dogs. Farming costs an incredible amount of money. To succeed, everything has to be paying. 40 year farmer...

I really appreciate the honesty here. As someone who has built a fairly large garden over the past 15 years, I can certainly relate to how much time, effort and money are dedicated to such an endeavor and can only imagine what it takes to do this on the scale of several acres of farm land. Salute to you Sir, and keep on pushing. You will be surprised what you've built in the next 5 years.

This is half the coop

Hi Ron! Just found your channel. Great content, looks like a wonderful challenge. I wish I had the skills and confidence you have for my little budding farm. My name is Jill and I live in Leominster. Wondering if you get your sheep shorn professionally? If so I may be able to buy some wool come shearing time. I just started quail (they're 8 weeks now). Have 6 chickens now but am hoping to double both the chickens and quail come this spring. In addition to gardening I take care of my 89 year old mother. Oh and I have a full time job in Marlboro, LOL! Am looking to change the name of my channel, was originally to talk about taking care of the elderly, now I talk more about homesteading. I wish I had a barn and a tractor! 🙂Jill

Looking forward to seeing how the paper and theme all come together!

Here is a video about a UP sheep farmer and how he markets his wool. "906 Outdoors - Lake Superior" Woolen.

I am 74, bought 5 acres of wooded land. I had about 3 acres cleared, built a house, a pole barn, a storage shed and set up my farm. First a vegetable garden then some rabbits. Rabbits are incredibly easy to take care of, provide a small income and give me meat. Next I set up 3 goat paddocks. One big one for the does, a small one for a buck and a wether and a small paddock for the kids. I use portable fencing and turn the goats loose a few days a week to clear underbrush. I also have an eggmobile that I move every 3 days and a portable fence so the chickens can free range. I have no smelly paddocks, i welcome poop because i use it for the garden and my feed cost are cut by allowing the goats to graze and the chickens to scrounge for bugs. My rabbits benefit from the garden and provide excellent fertilizer with their poop. Get your animals to work for you, not against you. Look up Joel Salatin and his farming methods. Good luck

Lots of repairs and still so much more

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Thank you for this. I'm 52 and feeling like time's running out to get a farm, so this gives me hope.

The beginning of a long process

It has been an interesting experience

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How are the bees doing?

I can’t believe a car hit sweet girl!! 🐈‍⬛ that’s awful!! I’m so glad shes ok❤

These all al look great! Love the new green fence and the new nesting boxes for the young ladies!!

So many projects for the chickens! Got to keep the girls happy!

It is getting chilly doing these projects

We bought ours three and a half years ago when I was 59. Three surprises. 1) how much there was to learn. 2) how much it cost to build infrastructure and buy equipment. And 3) how much it’s improved physical condition.

Beautiful winter morning at about 20 degrees

Just found your channel - In the process of moving to the Scottish Highlands with 8 acres of land - Im 57, what you said is what we are expecting but it's refreshing to hear someone saying it as it us!

I have a small homestead in the country. I had to learn when you try to just jump in and do everything all at once its way harder then taking a year to learn each thing and acclimating yourself to have to do these things everyday. After a year its way more easy because it becomes routine, then you can add something else the next year. Ive been on my homestead for 3 years. Year one i wanted all the things. By the end of the first year i was burnt out and pretty unhappy. Year two i focused on animal husbandry and building my infrastructure (by hand) . This year i allowed myself to have a small garden. In the summer i dont do much building or repairs unless its unsafe for the animals or they can escape. I make a list of building and repairs that i want to get done for the fall/winter. In the fall and winter i only work on project when the weather is decent. After feb i stop working on project and start seed starting. Everything i add to our homestead i make sure its not going to overwhelm me. I also automated my chicken and turkeys feeders so i dont have to lug heavy feed out every day. I fill up there container twice a month. Now the pigs i havent figured out how to ration feed them but im moving in the direction of a automatic deer feeder. I can leave for 4 days and all the animals would ve automatically feed and watered but not more then that. Also i got in good with my neighbor and he comes and feeds the pigs when we're out of town. I try to remember to pace myself and not take on to much at once. It will get better ☺️

First I think: 8 degrees is warm... than I realize he means Fahrenheit, not Celsius 😅

To solve the "muck" problem is to rotate the animals through paddocks and not keep in a central location. *Chicken tractors for the birds.

It was an experience

Chilly morning on the tractor

One inch of snow to start the year

❤the music, yodeling is almost a lost art!!

Glad your cat is ok. I just purchased a Stihl FS 461 I used to clear a large area that may be helpful to you. I have a video on my channel showing how well it works. Good luck!!