THE FARMHOUSE. Making it into a Homestead. Moving the chicks. Building a cattle shelter. Cooking.
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- Moving the "baby chicks" into the main chicken coop. Building the animal shelter for the upcoming cow and steer. Fence line work. Truck fix. Farmhouse cooking. Transforming the Farmhouse into a Homestead.
If Melissa will add water over top of the bacon before frying, it will keep the grease from spattering and will make the bacon super crispy.
I hate crispy bacon, I can not stand it. Melissa loves crispy bacon and cant stand when its not. Lol. I am not going to tell her your trick or I will have to eat crispy bacon. Haha.
Joe the best content on TH-cam. All the best to you and Melissa
Melissa is a woman after my own heart with the cook stove, the bakers island, hoosier and making the deals, can't wait for her cooking videos again.
Oh my Melissa making butter, cheese, and wine nice.
Blessings to you and your families. 😊🇺🇲
I hope you're doing alright. You sound tired. Thanks for all your hard work recording another video. Take care and God Bless you and your family.
One hell of a good carpenter
I'm really excited about the cows. What a nice addition to your homestead! Like the added poultry too!
Cow. Just make sure you are able to your tractor into pen and cow shelter. You will need to be able to fork up the cow patties and fork in some rolls of hay.
Well Joe you went out there and mowed that strip, things just escalated from there.😂😂😂
Everything is coming along great 👍
Looking good around there Joe. Get the kitchen set up for Momma's Video room. That will be so cool and she will have so much fun out there. We will be glad to see her in her videos once again. The gardens are really growing , you're going to be loaded at harvest time and canning time will be busy. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and the improvements around there. Fred.
That’s awesome Melissa’s going to start doing videos again, and that room with the items you bought reminds me of a frontier kitchen
Joe you have a lot going on,thanks for the great content!
I enjoy watching 👀 the videos, you teach me a lot of things that I need to know, and so do Melissa with her cooking 🍳. Your videos are serene, thanks 😊.
Looking forward to Milissa’s videos.Thanks your garden is doing really well.
Good for gardening
If I know Joe, that wood shed is going to end up being a massive barn complex lol
Awesome Joe I knew that you would figure it out because you like things done right the first time and a lot of people could learn from you! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩😎😎😎💯💯💯
For your cow shelter if possible make the paddock side open enough to get your tractor bucket in there for clean out... whole lot easier than a pitchfork lol
We are huge pottery and ceramic fans. My three granddaughters and I have a big barn ceramic studio. We are excited to see Melissa's ceramic studio up and going with all her.molds.
Me too
What a vision you two have for your farm!
It started as "The Farmhouse," as soon as we have the cattle here, I will be changing the video title to "The Homestead." Perhaps in the future it could become a "Farmstead." You can look up the difference in the last 2 terms. As "The Farmhouse" it is basically a hobby farm. Melissa wants to do her pottery and sell it, make soaps and stuff and do the same and also make videos on how she does it as well as her cooking videos. Once we get settled with the milk cow we can sell raw milk legally here (as long as you follow the loopholes in the rules) and we will probably do that. If that works we may get another milk cow, who knows. For all I know we will hate cows and get rid of them. Lol. Nothing is set in stone. I want pigs next spring because extra raw milk or the whey from making cheese is awesome pig feed. We want to grow our own pork and beef for the freezer. With the bigger garden and the added animals we will get closer to self sufficiency. All that said, it makes for good videos as well.
@@NorthernSeclusionI’m so glad that the antique kitchen will be used as a country kitchen for Melissa! I have been missing her cooking show for such a long time Joe. So excited to hear this news. The farmstead is coming along really well Joe, and is very nicely arranged for the garden, fruit trees, and now the upcoming cows. Lots of berries and garden veggie’s to harvest soon. Glad you decided to plant corn this year. There is so much you can do with corn. Remind Melissa that she wanted to plant some sunflowers as well. Wow the rhubarb has grown huge. We have lots of flooding here in Iowa as well as MN does. It’s just horrible. The tent seemingly was spared, that’s good. I can’t wait until Melissa can start her pottery, soaps, and maybe honey. I’m not sure what’s happening with any bees this year at your farmstead. Well, TC you two and keep on, keeping on! I wanted to tell you that I am glad that your surgery came off good Joe. Vicki from Iowa. 🌻🪵🐓🦃🦨🐂🐕🐣🐱🌻🚣🏼🎣🚜🛶🏕️🎏
love it@@NorthernSeclusion
Thanks Joe! You guys have really been getting the rain! Everything looks really good! Thanks for sharing!
Can't wait to see Melissa make that butter. You haven't had good butter until you've had fresh cow butter. Sooooo good. I haven't had any since I was a yungun lol but I've never forgotten what it taste like. Slather some on a homemade biscuit with some homemade apple butter, yum 😋😋. Great video Joe!!!! Tyfs God bless you
Love the videos. So interesting to watch. Keep up the great content
Great video, Joe. I see that you are all healed up by watching you lift those logs up on the splitter, digging the holes for the posts and getting that shelter built. This past week or two we have had a lot of heat here, up in the upper 80's to low 90's and humid weather. Heck our grass is turning brown!! Thanks for sharing all this. Appreciate you and all the hard work you do and sharing that. Juddie
Nice to see the coop again! You really have had the rain this year. The fowl look great. 👍😎🇨🇦
Joe,
If you can, have a way to get a skid steer into your shelter to easily clean out manure in the spring. If not you will be taking it out by hand tool and that is no small task.
The cattle will hang out in there more than you think from October to April.
My goodness Joe! I hope you do a thorough tick check every evening. Lymes disease is no joke. Be well.
Not many ticks this time of year. I saw a few earlier this spring but its been well over a month since I have encountered one. Free ranging the chickens helps with that.
watching you split those stumps, it was good to see you put that surgery further in the rear view mirror! Continued good health!
You are really expanding. Good for you guys.
We have just begun.
@@NorthernSeclusion
93 98 Here in NC No rain for June not yet anyways Thank you for your time And the video
8.67 inches of rain so far for the month of june and only 2 days made it to 80 here at the house. As I write this it is 38.7 degrees outside.
my next door neighbor has chickens. they spend half of their day over here in my yard. I did have ant hills . chicken power ants no more. and pesticide free solution at that
Our neighbor and us both free range our.chickens. They visit often but everyone goes back to their coops at night. We both share many eggs with our neighbors. :)
Really enjoyed watching 👍👍
you may like some of justin rhodes chicken coops no clean ,for grow outs also
Great video joe and mellisa sorry about spelling looking forward to your plans
A+
wow Joe, I've been a long time fan, had some misfortunes in the last year or so and haven't been on here but this place has come a long way. Sometimes watching you makes me feel tired on your behalf. What you do is exhausting. I don't know how you do it. I'm trying to downsize to keep my older life coming to get me and you're building it up and to me - I could not do that. I admire you. I also love your summer weather, not so much your snow below 0 winters. But i'm dealing with 96 degrees in what would normally be August weather for TN but it's hella hot and muggy. Mosquitos will eat you up no matter what the sun;/ rain/ clouds do.
sounds like a plan.
Looks like you have a couple of good mullien plants.
I need to transplant the one in the shelter area. We pick and dry the leaves and then crush them and put them in quart jars for tea.
@@NorthernSeclusion Good for a cold (mucus). I wish I could grow it, but have had no luck in Florida. Now, pineapples, we can do. Have 6 or 8 in different stages right now.
@@NorthernSeclusion
Wow cool spring. I'm in Southern California and it says 112* for Wednesday. 😮
Your cows will rub and scratch on anything they can and they will destroy whatever isn't rock solid...including walls and siding.
A cow back scratcher will take care of that
@@Fireball9394Neighbor made a DIY version of that with 4 of the stiffest push brooms he could find and bolted the heads to a post.
We like our fish net for catching foul. Can't wait to see the cows come home. Might need some shavings in the coop though.👍👍💚🐃🐃🍻
I always just use hay or straw in the coop. Shavings are too expensive.
@@NorthernSeclusion 👍🍻
I think it's time for a new coat😂
I have one but it was in the wash. This is not even my old coat, this one is my old old coat, the one I use when filling the wood boiler.
Heat index over 100 degrees several times this past month here in south central Texas. 😀❤ Some rain, but not nearly as much as MN.
Joe, you’re lucky, today, 6/29, it’s 109 degrees @ 4 pm here in Glendale, AZ.
To bad I'm in Canada my wife used to make wine but quit we have like 6 carboys a corker that sits on the floor plus everything you could think of that you need for making wine.
Woohoo!
Pick up plumbing supplies
I put h/d foil over my fish house vent after ice fishing,keeps water and wasps.
Joe, did you retire from your job to become a farmer? You do an incredible amount of work per video...
Joe you should cut some of that high grass cows can only eat so much grass you don't want to get snakes are poisonous snakes are mice and rats with all that high grass you're doing good work for one man I like how you get one project done at a time you need to go up to the tent and fix your road cut the grass up there can you cut some of those trees going into your tent for firewood
Very true
We have no poison snakes or spiders or anything here, We have at least 10 outside cats, I have not seen a mouse or a mole or a squirrel in 4 years. Lol.
Waited all week for that video.HUH
Joe a little info for future use close equ als 8mm=5/16 10mm=3/8 11mm=7/16 13mm=1/2 15mm=9/16 and so on these are close in fitting usually 1one size either way will get you by hope this helps for future reference have a nice day this is Sunday 6/30 24 i am seeing this post
An 11 mm wrench is about 7/16. .4331 vs. 4375 inches
I tried but it would slip off.
Mabey more eggs 🥚
Send us some rain to ky man my garden barely making it
We have had 8.67 inches this month alone.
@@NorthernSeclusion wow
do rods go through the top of that island block top? Perhaps as well as glueing, you can tighten them? Looking forward to that getting fixed up for 'As the rooster crows'
It does look like there are rods that go through, yes.
Those poor sausages
They looked Delicious
What are you going to do for the finished walls in the old kitchen ?
I will let you know when she decides.
Your truck is very high Joe!! Do you use a step ladder or what!
Joe do you & Melissa have a name the Cow? 🐮 Any plans on remodeling the chicken coop??
The pregnant cows name is Mesa and the steer that will eventually be in the freezers (one year after it gets here because it will be a year old at that time) name is Festus. That steer will get butchered at 2 years old.
Did you fix the pipe issue under the kitchen sink
I am early.
Where is the pottery going to be?
You need to go back on the videos, I have covered this topic in detail.
How u get n that truck jest jump or step ?? Climb
Any of your friends and family affected by what's happening down at the Rapidan dam? Been seeing a lot of updates about the flooding in MN lately.
I do not have family that lives that far south in the state. I do have subscribers that live down there but none that I have heard are directly affected that I have heard of.
is it your plan to milk with a machine or by hand?
No. I mean sometimes we will but we are going to get a milking machine. I see two milk cows eventually so we will buy a 2 cow milker or build one.
What makes it a homestead? Homesteading use to mean acquiring land from the federal government and developing it into a livable place. What does it mean to you?
Yes it did mean that 200 years ago. Here is the meaning of the two in todays world. This is copy and pasted:
Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craft work for household use or sale.
What is Farmsteading? Farmsteading as living on a homestead, but running a small business of the homestead where you raise your own food, but raise enough surplus to pay for what you eat yourself and possibly make some profit along the way. (Think farmers markets.)
@@NorthernSeclusion Well, I'm not quite 200 yet, but sometimes I feel like it. Your definition seems to fit your lifestyle quite closely, so happy homesteading.
Why do you have to wait to free range the chickens?
Idea for you why not make a Dutch door for that side entrance on the cow shelter two for one and done.
I hope you are using condition wood for your base and not regular wood
Yes I am, like I explained in this video.
why not build one very large barn to take care of everything? animals, etc.
I bought half a dozen ducks eggs at the farmers market last week. I enjoy them, but not sure how to bring flavor to the richness of the yolk. Do either of you have any suggestions. TY
😊
Duck eggs are surely rich. A.shake of white vinegar helps break it up.
@@beckyumphrey2626 good to know thank you.
I thought the "My Self Reliance" videos had the WORST when it came to OCD, NOT EVEN CLOSE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS, Take MELISSA ON A VACATION AND RELAX...
What about the mosquito traps I sent you info on?
Hello Joe and Melissa, Joe you are always busy.. You should slow down a bit cause your battery will slow you down. ( You work like the Energizer Bunny. That's the battery I'm talking about)
God bless🌹🙏❤️
will Melissa still be doing her bees??
I think when the hive departed she opted to not replace.them.
Joe plz cut ur hair. U look more handsome 😊
If it's not 360 electric fence you're just waisting your time. They will find a way out. Enjoy the repercussions. It'll make for good video.
Actually, that brand is not even in the top 10. It is hard to even find information on it. buyersguide.org/electric-fence-charger/t/best?Country=US&m=b&d=c&c=658376406934&p=&oid=kwd-17564756&lp=9019732&li=&nw=g&nts=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwp4m0BhBAEiwAsdc4aL9kbaB_CUjgkxjxR4U7ReoFk2hjfKnvZM51BXp80y6_PtoMh9IG9hoCtUoQAvD_BwE&tdid=10880494&gad_source=1
I thought you built the woodshed so you could move it with the tractor
I did and then we decided to get cows. Things change.
He he.
Having a Ford is already so embarassing!!! you have to grease the door hinges not to attract any attention !!! 🤣🤣🤣
Do you have space in your truck for a toolbox with the correct size tools to work on your truck, if you are away from home?
Your surgery is well over and I think you need to slow down and smell the roses
We just did, the whole rose bushes area is in full bloom. I gave them a sniff and got back to work.Lol.
Are you guys married?