The Last Market - The Payoff of Farmers Market
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- Regular season of farmers market has ended, join us as we take you through the last market of the season and how we transition into winter market. In addition, we get to talk about about the payoffs from farmers market, who benefits and by how much.
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Join us on our journey as we leave a life in corporate america to come back to Wyoming and help on the family ranch.
Our Wyoming Life features our Wyoming ranch and our ranch family. Giving you a look into the workings of ranching from raising cattle to raising and harvesting crops. Erin will join you weekly out of the garden, showing you how she helps provide for our family through farming and growing produce and selling at local farmers markets, and Mike will take you along for a day in the life of a Wyoming rancher as he tends to the animals and land of ranch, from calving to fencing to planting and harvesting hay.
“I already have a couple of full time jobs”. LMAO-literally! You kill me Mike. I love your humor. Erin, your gardens are so beautiful from the aerial shot. Looks like the cover of a gardening book or farm to table cookbook. You are such an inspiration for me. Those were excellent words of wisdom, to start slow so you don’t get overwhelmed. But it’s difficult when there are so many things you want to do lol. Thanks guys and have a great day!
You guy's narrate so beautifully. I'm addicted. Hope to shake your hand someday Mike.
Anytime. Thank you very much -Mike
Great video guys....so much hard work and education for us all.....very kind of you to take us along the journey of farmer's market life....wonderful video! Thanks Mike and Erin!
Thanks Josh, our pleasure! - Mike
Yes thank you!!!
i dont mean to be off topic but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the account password. I would appreciate any help you can give me.
@Timothy Ira instablaster :)
@Nicolas Abraham i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Your family is sure making the ranch a success.
We sure are giving it a try :) - Mike
Speaking as someone that is on staff for north of 10 conventions and running a department or 2 at 3. The number of hours that goes into a event are unimaginable. With all the blood sweat, tears and sometimes very colorful words are all worth it when you see all the happy faces.
That spread looks amazing. What a service you provide the community!
Hey Jim! Do they have you on the night shift or something? Thanks Man - Mike
@@OurWyomingLife yep working nights again. It's not ideal
Thanks for all your work providing us with fresh veggies, delicious baked goods and home grown beef and pork. We're lucky to have such a great farmers market in our city. See you in a month.
I love the way you both support each other's jobs on the ranch/farm. You are such a good example of how to work together to succeed.
Erin, congratulations on your success. You are smart to grow your business via controlled growth. Growth is really important, but keeping your business from falling into chaos keeps you focused and makes it rewarding at the end of the day. I look forward to seeing more videos on your success!
Yes Ma’am it is easy to burn out!
"Rolliin' rollin' rollin', keep them doggies rollin', rawhide. Wind and rain and water, we'll all stay together, keeping them doggies by our side..." Every time I watch your channel, I can't help but start singing this... Wow, quite amazing! I wondered how y'all (aka, you's guys) grew stuff up there in cold Wyoming! Vinyl house, eh? Stands up to winds too, impressive. You know Mike, you gave a good description of farm/ranch life. It's really about the ranch. Keeping it going and providing food for people. Of course, I should have know that, but you describe it great for a city slicker like me. Born and raised in the city, I was. But coming from an old fashioned farming family, I think it's in my blood!
"Behind every fence there is a story"....not just a good looking guy but more than that very talented !
Mike, I gotta tell you, I was introduced to your channel through Stoney Ridge Farmer. You are a great narrator and story teller. Congratulations on a good summer farmers market.
Thank you very much Ron, we are excited to have you along. Keep in touch - Mike
Ron h
Wow u have a very nice display. U r doing it right . The main thing is to have everything nice and clean . And always take fresh stuff to the market . I'm from alberta . Edmonton . Good luck guys .
Great job guys ...Pile it high and watch it fly...You can keep the snow out there...
I'm trying :) - Mike
Since watching your channel I look at farms and ranches I drive past differently. I look at the livestock more closely....and look at the barn and wonder, how is this family doing?? It has made me very aware of my agriculture neighbourhoods ......thanks OWL and continue on with the education, it's working!
Parents will be flying into Gillette tomorrow; week of sight seeing & then dad heads to Broadus for a mule deer hunt. He started going out in 1987, I've been out twice. Beautiful country you live in, dream to live in Montana.
Nice to see hard work pay off. Thanks Mike
Thank you very much Sir! - Mike
Glad to see that you help the underprivileged people
Tell a bit of the history. I enjoyed listen to my grandad talk of his life on the farm and things that happened and his dad.
Good idea thanks Charley - Mike
To Anyone That Reads This!
May You And Your Family Always Be Blessed With Good Fortune!!
Thank you very much - Mike
Zenmasterme what about the ones with no family!?
I just found your channel today, but in watching several of your videos, I have to say I really, really like your content. What especially hit home are the farmers market ones. My wife and I started selling at our local farmers market this year. We had no expectations, but have been amazed at how well we have done. My wife does baked goods also, and sold over 100 peach and wild blackberry cobblers, along with many others offerings. We live in a very small town with only about 5 vendors at our market so we thought that was really good. Our biggest draw though is our homemade jams and jellies, pie fillings, and syrups (we tap our maple trees and have maple syrup, Shagbark Hickory syrup, and fresh fruit syrups). We grow a lot of the fruit here on our small farm, and get what we don’t have locally when possible. We have sold over 900 jars this year! We are still going to market each week in a nearby town who has an indoor winter market also. So, your videos were very interesting to us and we have learned from watching them today. Thank you for making such great videos and I look forward to watching many more! God bless!
I love that you guys are always looking to, and learning to, improve your lives in all aspects of it! So many people(including myself.....) are quick to settle, when they get the point of surviving decently. It's quite awesome to see y'all going after everything, it's very inspiring!
Great family, that shows we need farmer's .
I just find it amazing what you have accomplished. I built 2 horse farm with 3 horses. And have destroyed my health.
I shared. I'm not really techy so I hope it worked. I love your story. It's America at its core. Thanks for being brave enough to share. God, Country, Family that's what life is all about.
Bless you’all
I'm loving your channel!! I'm a successful business owner. With 3 kids, there's never enough money!!! I have a booth at an antique mall that does very well (most months) and adds $$$ to our families budget. My point is, like you, it's critically important to make $$$ anyway you can!! By the way, your Farmers Market "spread" looked amazing...now I'm hungry!!!
Have you ever thought of aquaponics? It's a really cool way to grow plants and produce fish in an indoor greenhouse. For you, I think the biggest problem would be in heating the greenhouse since you're also heating water but you can produce vegetables in the off-season if you figure it out. It gives whatever you put into it-if you work on it full time you can make a living off of it and if you just do it as a hobby you can make enough to put food on the table every once in a while that doesn't typically grow in Wyoming. If you're interested I've got a playlist about it. It's at least something that's cool to learn about
Erin, what an awesome job on the farmers market portion. You have some amazing looking food to sell. So glad that you help with WIC since these people need good food but usually can't afford it. God bless you and your family. Hope everyone is doing well and I wish you all a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Great video, as always! I'm always interested to see other Farmer's Markets and how they run. Glad you had a good season! I really love how you guys never lose focus on "The Ranch" and it's importance, history and your heritage. Bravo! Oh yeah, I'm sitting here in Alabama watching this in shorts, t shirt and flip flops.....:)
its good to talk to others to pick up ideas , land and stuff on the market
49k subscribers! That's great!
Thank you very much - Mike
I love the farmers market videos! Along with videos of the animals and such. Seeing the farm market videos inspire me to want to do farmers market even more. Your displays are beautiful. Look forward to more from Our Wyoming life.
Thank you very much - Mike
There is gold in these old videos
Hi Mike and Eirn a great video i have nothing but admiration for you guys
Thank you very much sir - Mike
This is truly amazing HOW MUCH WORK y'all both do and share AND HAVE a GREAT TIME doing it AND making a little to boot!!!! Good luck guys!
Oh how I miss the Wyoming snow and winter storms!!! Here in the Seattle WA area once winter comes in it seems like you never see a sunny day until next summer! Wyoming is blessed with winter storms that blow in (and out) but the leave sunny skies and ‘creaky’ snow ... not endless gray and mush if it snows!!!!
Great video. We were in the Black Hills near Custer and got four inches of snow.
Thats what we ended up with too. about 4.5 inches - Mike
Nice.. Farmers Market is in my future next year. Today I'm fixing fences and gathering wood for the outside furnace.
I absolutely love your videos keep them coming and god bless
Thank you Roger - Mike
Watching on youtube ALL the many things yall do & how HARD yall WORK to make it as farmers. Yall do a GREAT JOB! Very Impressive! May yall be blessed with Good Fortune and Success!
You sales tables are beautiful Erin. Thanks for the market overview, it was very enjoyable. Have a great week and stay warm!
You're both good in business fundamentals. I like that pumpkin painting idea. Mike that truck should do more then 55 check to see if there is a governor on it.
So I see you got the snow I sent from the GWN, I like sharing.
Snow falling, indoors farmer’s market and pumpkin painting, what could make a better day. Great video, on to more cold weather activities to come can’t wait. 👍🏻
It was a great few days, long but good! - Mike
Erin, you had become my hero and role model. As I'm working on my first high tunnel and learn the curbs. This video is SO inspiring!!!
My oldest daughter name is Erin 😁
Wow! Those vegetables are amazing.
Mike and Erin, Congrats on another successful gardening season! Something to be proud of!! I've got seven inches of fresh, wet snow this am. Hoping for a little Indian Summer around the corner!
This was a fun video to watch and you provided some great information about what it takes to be successful at the farmers market. One of the big pluses of the farmers market is that it can be an excellent pathway for a beginning farmer/rancher. I was lucky to be invited to set up a stand at a large and very popular market a few years back in Anchorage Ak. We had amazing success and usually sold everything we brought with us that day. Every week it was not uncommon to get into a lengthy conversation with a young adult with questions about how to get into gardening, micro-farming, selling locally, soil, organics etc etc. But just like you pointed out, there are no free ride or short cuts and I am always happy when the snow comes and I can take a break. haha
Thank again Mike see you in the next one
Kyle, if you show up, I'll be there! - Mike
Our Wyoming Life all way do see ya then
I will be missing your farmers market videos too. Erin the veggies, baked goods and everything looks so delicious. When we were younger we did craft shows and I know that feeling of it being over for a while, but like planting a garden by spring your ready to get back to it.
You have great hearts, bursting with goodness. Happy to see all that hard labour reaps rewards for you and that you don't forget the needy. Great to be here and thanks for sharing. Wyoming looks so different to how it was portrayed on TV back in the day but I'm so excited to travel the ranges from the other side of the planet.
haha, well Wyoming differs alot from area to area, we are only an hour from some fine mountains :) Thank you - Mike
Fun to watch, brings me to when I was a kid playing simfarm on my PC. Sure would like to get out of LA sometime and see Wyoming farm live for a week.
As always. ..fantastic!
Hey, you figured out how to comment!!! Good job! Thanks Man - Mike
Great thing you guys did with the local economy. I need to actively go to our local farmers market more often!
I get that, I hope you get time to - Mike
God bless u n ur family sir.
Thank you very much Elias - Mike
It's neat that you list every ingredient on the market labels.
Wow so impressed with you guys, Erin and Mike I am so jealous of your sustained energy level, you must have the EVERREADY SYNDROME. Really enjoyed this video, but heck I enjoy ALL of them. I wouldn't miss a single one.
Every ready that crashes hard everynight :) Thanks Brenda - Erin
That is some good looking food. I shop at our Farmers Market ever week it is open (early April through late November). You do pay a premium for fruit and vegetables but the real cot of that premium is less than a "premium" bottle of wine a week and the payoff is better food and support for our local growers.
Very impressive! I'm exhausted watching you both. Thanks for the video.
You guys are awesome! Hard working people.
Another great Video See ya next week
We will be there! - Mike
I am so totally impressed with you and your wife. I really enjoy being given the chance to watch your video's. Thanks for all your work. From a silent friend and a thankful consumer....................
Dont be so silent! lol Thanks Grant! - Mike
Now that's a spread on your tables! Wow.
U guys should b very proud of farmers market, n everything u do to, helping ppl eat healthy to donating to the needy.. all the work u guys put in it, is very hard work n time, so I say thank u to showing ppl working hard does pay off.. thanks
I know the feeling you have of the season coming to an end and winter coming. It makes you realize that you have a short time to do a long list. I just planted some more hay ground yesterday, a month later than I wanted to.
Oh wow, I hope it all comes up for you. Thanks Keith - Mike
In the westernslope of Colorado farms are able to rotate each of the small towns. They have a market on different days. Your booth is very nice and looks perfect. I'll be honest it looks better than 95% of booths in Co.
Wow, helluva price on that Box-truck, especially, with it having a liftgate on it!
You can send the snow on down here to Bisbee Arizona anytime I’m originally from North Dakota and I missed the snow
Maybe I can send you a snowball :) - Mike
Another great video by Our Wyoming Life. Thanks so much glad to here how successful the farmers market is. Not only for the Ranch but for the local economy as well. Hope its not to cold out the Its raining here today with temps in the mid 60's. Have a great day. God Bless!!!
haha, we have a friend that is visiting nashville this week, I'm sure that he is glad he's there and not here :) - Mike
If he needs anything or needs any info about what to do or anything have him get a hold of me
You folks have grown the market business, and more importantly, the goodness through hard work and dedication. Your kids are lucky to have such good examples! Best wishes from Ohio!
What a fantastic video Mike some real heartwarming sentiments and the closeness of the farmers and the town is so evident please keep it up and I look forward to another year of watching your videos...God bless you Erin and the kids and a thought to all the people that you support and the people who support you.....
Good job with pumpkin painting
They did great! - Mike
Very professional merchandising of your produce.
Hats off to the both of you. You are very hard working fine people that any community would be blessed to have. Gillette is richer because of folks like you, and how this country needs a couple hundred thousand more teams like you. Thanks for the effort and leading by example. Dean Hofsommer
Great video. She sure does have some really good looking market goods.
Ahh that white stuff I just swept off the stairs this morning, again! You and Erin are very fortunate to have your farmer's market outlet, perhaps not so much for the income stream, but for the more important community aspect of life on a family farm Mike! Hope the weather tempers a bit to make sorting a little easier, give Erin a bit of a garden break, and grow your family farm in Wyoming just a little bit too. -Bob ...
My hubby & I enjoyed this video! Beautiful products at your booth!
Thank you Lisa - Mike
Thanks for sharing another page of your story.
Thanks for another great video.
Thank you very much for watching - Mike
Thank you for all you do. 🥩
Mike n Erin thank you very much for all the hard work u put in both on the ranch n the Farmers Market. Wish I was closer to enjoy it myself. Cinnamon rolls looked good by the way.
Oh they are so good, I have to keep Mike and the kids out of them! - Erin
@@OurWyomingLife one day when I get to WY I'd like to stop n say hi to u all
I really enjoy your market videos.
good vid guys. wish I was closer to buy some of your goodies
Thank you Sergio - Mike
AWSOME!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Oh my Erin is a amazing baker they all look so yummy it sad to alot of people I want to see some snow already you guy produce alot of amazing produce you are a much better grower than we are
I’m not a farmer or a rancher but I love watching and learning from you and your videos
Thanks Mike and Erin!!!
Awesome video!
Mike 🙋
Thanks for sharing
Great video mike
Thank you Pete - Mike
I agree, very informative, well done video!
Thank you very much - Mike
another good video Mike and Erin you guys may have inspired us to try some chickens in the spring we eat alot of eggs
Hey there ya go, Erin loves her chickens but she says to warn you. Chickens are the gateway animal! - Mike
well I grew up on a dairy so I don't think i will let it get very far
Amazing work.👍🇨🇦
More power to you guys. I don't have the patience for Farmers Market, or to tend to the high tunnels as well as Erin does. My Philosophy is if a few weeks at the end of the season don't hurt anything. But I'm not growing stuff like you guys are. That table at Farmers Market was gorgeous!
Sometimes I wonder how we keep up. Thanks Melissa, hope all is well - Erin
Wonder if Mike and Erin get any sleep from Thursday to Saturday Farmers Markets days lol... Seem like all they do is go-go-go
The hardest part sometimes is slowing down but when we crash we do it hard, and up the next morning - Mike
I love your videos. I hope you realize how blessed you are to have a spot of land in the skills and determination to work on it
That we do, thanks - mike
Great video !
Thank you Maria - Mike
I'm in love with your channel and I wish I can hit like on every video but I use my liked video list as a short cut to find them
6:24 what a scene! Great video!
Thank you - Mike
We have been binge watching your videos and this one is a favorite! Erin is AMAZING!!!!