We Ran Out | Homestead Vlog | March 8, 2024
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- Today we are busy getting MORE hay, helping out a friend, pruning the blackberry vines and little bit of everything in between . Always remember to be a good neighbor and friend, especially in this lifestyle, it takes a village. Community sufficiency not self sufficiency.
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Thank you for filming your day so that we could visit. I know it must be a pain to set up and take down the camera but I want you to know it is very much appreciated 😊
Thank you for watching
Love your homestead.Makes me really miss living on a farm and my big garden. You have a lovely family. Thank you.😊
It makes a strong community when everyone shares the load! Good neighbors are very important!
Great video! That calf is so cute. It's so nice grandma is close and is able to take care of her grandkids. Family is everything.
Meagan and Andy-Keep up the videos! Your channel is quickly becoming my favorite homesteading channel! I discovered your channel maybe 6 months ago and I love following just your everyday events. I live in Raleigh and we bought land in Oxford with intentions of building a homestead but that may never happen. I can live my dream by watching you. I may come someday and help you harvest your chickens.
You two are all ways busy at something. Never a dull moment with y'all. . I guess that's way I love your videos.
Thank you
Prayer, coffee and True Grit.... always makes for a good day!!
I got tickled at the cow in the back of the car.thats something me and my girlfriend would of done .Girl power where there's a will there's a way😂😂
I grew up on s blackberry farm. We had 13 rows 100 feet long and picked 400+ gallons a year. We put cross ties or 6x6 at each end and cedar posts about every 20 feet. We had boards about 3' wide around 5' high and 2-3' off the ground and ran high tensile wire thru the boards giving us something to tie the short and longer canes to and contain them. The rows were 5' apart so a small rider could get thru.
Im looking for land to farm and recreate it but I'd put at least 6' between the rows to get in there with a tractor to mulch easier. At our current place I'm thinking about just using cattle panels on 6' t-posts to tie them up because I only have 1 spot about 40' long for 1 row so 2 cattle panels and 4 tposts for a 32' span with plants every 4'.
Y’all are such an inspiration to a lot of people, hard work has it’s rewards for sure.❤
You want 1 main trunk to the top of your grapevine. Then trellis in 2 directions. Prune from the main horizontal vine. Everything from the main horizontal vines trim back to 4 knives. Your fruit comes from the new growth. Fertilize 1/4 cup of 10-10-10 for each years worth of growth. To know if the vine is getting enough water is to look at tentacles ( the part that twist around for support) long ones mean good supply of water. Short ones means needs more water
Thank you
@TrueGritAppalachianWays I didn't know either but I watched utube videos until I understood and got more than a couple of people saying the same way
Hello y'all are killing it with these videos that was another good one
I love watching your videos!! It is great seeing young people doing so well and helping friends and neighbors. ❤
Good morning, guys! Spring is here 🌱🌼
friend helping friend
You’re wonderful what ever you do we love ❤️ be safe beststeaders that on amen
As I watched this, it’s on Friday I think you and Meg are doing a great job for helping out and your blackberry patch is looking great if it works for you then keep it up🌱
Thank you
Looks like you’re family sure is blessed like mine
Love waking up with a cup of coffee and starting the day with one of your videos.
Hey y'all! Always look forward to your videos! Beautiful family, beautiful life! My blueberries and plum trees and much more are blooming! Baby chicks are getting big! Prayers for all for an abundant growing season!
Oh my gosh that calf is too cute! 😍 I'm dreaming of where I can put a berry patch in our yard. I've got two blueberry bushes in pots I planted last year, but I want to get them in the ground with black and red raspberries and strawberries. We only live on a little less than an acre and lots of trees, so I need to find a sunny spot
After the State of the Union last night it's nice to watch good people doing good honest work.
Hahaha we didn’t even watch it
Thank you for not being political on here we watch from Ireland and have noticed more and more of our favourite channels doing it, we have a saying here: your god and your political views are a family matter.
I love true grits homesteaders precious their some living off dime trying to get RICH Lol talking oh but true grids they hit it together 😮🎉
Great video Megan and Andy and the back up crew. Bartering usually works out great for everyone. Glad the lady was able to get the calf home and hopefully get it on a new momma cow. Really enjoyed the gardening and farming you all did. Those chickens helped prepare the ground and fertilized it well and the seeds Andy planted should really do well. It was good letting the two young ones have time with their cousins to play . Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and keep up the good works. Fred.
momma cow lost a cutie pie calf good ol dad lost 2 kids. what a day team TG~! 4985 things left to do!~ great editing. so fun and always a learning experience, thank yall~!
It's getting harder to find those good neighbours... you are so lucky to have a community minded area to live in...
I really enjoyed it watching y’all takes me back home for a little while.
Love watching your videos!! Thanks for taking time to share your farm and family life. Happy Spring!🌱🌼🌻
There will come a day when your children will be able to look back, and know that they had the best childhood any kid could ask for! I hope they will be able to pass it on to their future children.
Good morning from Apple So. California. Enjoying Jesus, Coffee and Ya'll at 4:30 am this morning. Blessings
Y’all have become mine and my husband’s favorite people to watch. We just bought our first meat chickens and can’t wait to get started with gardening and canning. Thank you for taking the time to teach us how to do these things. Y’all are truly a blessing.
Thank you! We have our first batch of chickens coming for the year this coming week
Nothing better than eatin straight off the grill, or the frying pan!
I have to agree, that chicken looked wonderful. I haven't had home grown chicken since 1992.what a bummer. We've been stuck in the city and so ready to get the heck out. Anyway love your video's, love y'all ❤. God bless
Hey Andy and Megan. Spring is just here. I’m excited y’al.
And the time changes Sunday!!! Yay!! My spirits will be lifted. This will leave more time to do outdoor jobs and more time for the children to play and work along side their amazing parents! ☀️☀️
HI! Thank You for showing us the blackberries and how to take care of them. Years ago many years ago we picked wild blackberries. We had containers we wired then wired to our belts to have both hands free. I'm like you Megan I think I ate more than I took home. :) I hope your sewing is comin along.? Love this channel and I'am so happy for your family.. God Bless. Hugs, Rebekah Say hi to the kids for me they are such a blessing.
Yes sewing is coming along, not much time for it this time of year ☺️
A friend of mine said…prune your muscadines like you are killing the😁. Pruning them are easy. It definitely time consuming.
❤ watching your videos! ❤ that you humbly appreciate your skills and your abundance! God bless you!
Good morning from Upstate SC!
Enjoyed the time with you guys. Our muskedine vines ,they run and go root,I didn't know what to do with them. God bless yall today, stay happy, the Lee family
Andy that burger sho looks good. From the bootheel of Missouri. God bless.
I love how your children run around barefoot 😊
❤Loved this video. Actually I love all your videos and I think you two young people are my heroes. Do you ever make grilled chicken salad? It is a meal in itself. Make a garden salad and add grilled chicken along with your favorite salad dressing. It is also delicious to add blueberries, strawberries . If you haven’t tried this, please do. For times when you are too wiped out to cook a big meal you can have your chicken grilled and frozen . Thaw and add to salad . God bless all of you in every way. Love n hugs from East Tennessee. ❤🙏🏻🐄 🐓
I love these videos you all are an amazing sort of comfort to me while I’m stuck in hospital love the kiddos and how much they love helping and learning
Blackberries are crazy all over here in Oregon, we have a huge wall of them in our yard, nice to pick buckets full for pies
I have 8 muscadine vines, both white and purple, all about 20 years old. I follow Ison's nursery method. Teach a single main leader up to 1 trellis wire about neck high. From there you want it to fork both left and right. On each side allow branches to grow no closer than a fist apart, cut anything closer. On each branch allow 2 to 3 sub branches no closer than a fist apart. I don't allow any further branching and they get pruned back to this every Feb. This method takes a bit to get it trained but it's for maximum production and based on an old UT agriculture dept. publication "Growing Grapes in TN". If left unpruned, muscadines are notorious for wasting energy on vegetative growth.
Thank you so much
Hot off the grid always best. Muscadines make the absolute best jelly.
What a great day. Looks like the blackberry vines are in great shape. Now I got a kick out of the calf in the back of the car. I have a jeep like that and haul everything in mine. Let down the back sets and it's almost as much room as a small truck. I enjoy every video. What a beautiful family and good life you are making. Be safe and God Bless.
HELLO!
I have been so sick for over a month.
Glad to see you again....
🐔🐔🐔
Hope you're recovering well.
@@vickiecrouch6041 Thank you. It's been challenging to say the least.
Hope you’re feeling better now!
@@TrueGritAppalachianWays I am still coughing, and it is a pain because this cough is hanging on. Thanks..
My mother and grandmother bought two small pigs put them in burlap sacks and drove thirty miles with the pigs in the truck of an old Chevelle .
That’s what we used to call a pig in a poke
I’ve heard grandpa talk about doing that
Oh my gosh!! That calf is soooo cute!!!
Coupe of weeks ago Y'all showed up on my U Tube feed ,My Lucky Day !!!! Thank You for all that you
Share with US . I enjoy watching Yall !!! 😊
Thank you!!
You guys are fantastic. My husband and I love to watch all your videos. We, too, are working on our ranch and have so much to do every day. Waiting on my garden to produce veggies so I can start canning and thanks for your help on canning.
I love your videos!
Love Andy’s sense of humor! Meagan, that little calf in the SUV was just too cute!
I had to laugh at you and Amelia cruising down the road with baby calf!! What a cutie ❤❤❤
Blackberries & Muscadines remind me of my childhood in N.C., live in Canada now & they don’t grow up here. Just came across your video & enjoyed watching it, thank you for sharing.
That’s what happens when you take your children to Mawmaw and Pawpaw‘s they stay. It’s a wonderful thing. I did the same thing.
I always laugh and think it’s something you’re Younghans always run around barefoot I don’t know how they do it. I can’t even walk barefoot in the house. I gotta use house slippers I guess my feet is too tender and they just go everywhere. So cute and yes, they’re having the time of their life. Their daddy is right. ❤
I will take your advice on the blackberry canes (we have rogue raspberry canes, galore). I don't care if it's the right way or not, lol...anything to clear up the chaos of the canes.
Love watching all of the things that you guys do. Where I live I don't have anyone to chat with about our lifestyle and seeing you guys and others on YT living a similar life to us makes me feel connected.
Thank you
Hello there, love the channel. In regards to muscadines, you might want to check out Mr Danny and Ms Wanda at deep south homestead. They seem to have a TON of info. Best of luck, Ms Karin
You can haul your whole estate on Mr. Lawson's trailer Andy. That's a very beautiful calf Megan. He might have smelled s little but he appeared to enjoy the ride. Y'all have a great weekend!
If it isn’t broken don’t fix it. I do my blackberries very similar to yours and it works great for me also.
@kinfolkfarms also has blackberries and tells how to trim them too.
I have to tie my goat's foot back too, oh and I've carried every kind of baby animal in the back of my SUV or pickup. Regular farm life, thanks for sharing.
You are such a hard working family. I appresiate what you do.
Thanks for bringin us along to see how it's done
I hate that when you run out of hay 😅😅😅 good time for dad to spend time with the supervisors 😅😅😅😅
I used to prune my blackberries with hand pruners. i got battery operated now. And it makes it so much easier. lol
Another awesome video thank you
Baby cow so cute
I'm glad I'm here today too, thank you! 🥰 one of y'alls best vids yet! Xoxo
Thank you
TH-cam channel Petals from the Past has videos on both grapes and blackberries
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who needs 3 different sets of keys and an hour lead time before I can even begin to get work done!
Hello from Oxford NC
I always train blackberry bushes to grow all along my back fence along the side of my house did the same thing at my dad's house years ago it makes the best fence because ain't no one going to climb over a bunch of BlackBerry bushes I find it really funny every time they're ripe there's no blackberries at least the foot off the ground because the chickens probably two feet cause the chickens jump up and pick them all the time and eat them chickens love blackberries just got to keep the Turkey out there because they're too soccer's tall you can pick as many but he don't seem to bother them unless I pick them and give them to to to them I've never had the plant back Blackberries they grow wild here and takes quite a few years if you're going to gradually keep letting them go along your fence but they're so good I'll probably get at least 10 1 gallon buckets off them every year my sister comes down and picks her blackberries too
Great way your doing! Everybody loves blackberries at least my family does!
Hope y’all have a blessed day and evening love the videos
Meghan, you should check out living traditions homestead of their milking machine. She makes it look so easy.
That calf was absolutely adorable. Megan, we love to buy plants too, you ever go to Beautiful Earth on 704 and 8? I love that your kids were running around barefoot, grounding is good for you. Another good video, love watching you guys.
We have before but a lot of our plants come from Pucketts greenhouse in Ararat Virginia, thank you for watching
@@TrueGritAppalachianWays we will definitely check out Pucketts, thanks for that info
Thanks you all! Learned a couple things😀
I just found yall about a week or so ago, I just love these videos. Oh yeah Megan I tried your quick yeast rolls. They are amazing Thanks from Ky.
Thank you
Hello from Georgia
Andy - all you want from the ground up is one trunk , possibly two ( depending upon how you traned it from the git go), one going right , one going left ( I have two wires upper & lower giving me two horizontal rows each way )- off of those you'll get the vines to trane along the wire in both directions ( horizontally of course ), from those you'll get canes - to keep it managable ( cuz it can get tangled rsal quick - especially muscadines & scuppernongs ) cut canes off leaving one every 6 inches ( I call em spikes which isn't correct but thats what I call em ) pointing up or out , never down - the grapes will grow off the year old canes - I prune in fall after harvest and leaves have fallen so I can see what I'm doin - keep lower trunks free of suckers an sprouts - hope thats clear ..😊
thank you
Just found your channel. So glad I did!! Be well and stay safe! Blessings!
Hi Megan. When I do my chicken and dumplins I cook chicken like you do. But I take my chicken out of the pot before I put in dumplins. Drop in dumplings in chic broth only. Then when dumplins are done you can put in chicken,slow stir and get all back hot and serve. I was raised on farm, east Tenn. I am 77. Make all kinds of dumplins. I learned to cook on a wood stove when I was little...lol.
Great video.
You’ll have to keep us up-to-date on the calf .
I'm so happy the calf was accepted by the cow and won't need to be bottle fed. I never minded bottle feeding calves but it sure was hard when a hand raised bull calf eventually went to auction as a steer. We raised open range beef cattle so bottle feeding was the only option for an orphaned or abandoned calf. Thank you both for a great video, and I hope the calf thrives with his new momma! 😊🙏
Loved this video! Thanks for sharing!
The calf is SO cute. It’s so good to have neighbors and friends to help each other out. Always something to do on the homestead… it’s such a good life! We are thinking about getting a milk cow after I retire in May. God bless you guys. Enjoy your videos.
That is the way I do my blackberries
I really enjoy watching y'all.
Hope you folks don't change so many hit it big and it all changes. God Bless Your Family. I really enjoy your channel...
We don’t plan on it
I come across y'all a couple weeks ago and I enjoy watching your videos. I live in Central Virginia on the in between Richmond and the East Coast
I hope we get to see another Meagan rodeo episode. Lol
A wonderful life for kids.
Haulin hay is sure different now a days. I would like to know how to do my musca dines, too. You cook like me, Andy. You have to taste it, right.
If you wanna clear some land, set some chickens loose on it, if you need more clearing, set some goats and hogs loose on it, saves a lot of hardship on your back, and fertilizes the soil.
It's aggravating to constantly have to move chickens, but they don't take no time to eat everything they can get to and need fresh grass, so there ain't really a choice, be happy y'all have a henhouse on wheels.
There's a lot of back scratching amongst farmers, it's how they get it all done.
That was a pretty calf!!!
Are them younguns homeschooled?
What part of Appalachia are y'all in?
Most folks consider blackberries a pain or a productive asset, it just depends on what time of year the subject is brought up.
Of course I agree that farm raised anything beats store bought everything, but all of the meats that are store bought are dry, bland and usually tougher, and the store bought vegetables are so tainted by miracle grow that they're huge, watery and bland or bitter.
Huh??
A man working the grill and eating what he's supposed to be cooking, I never heard of such a thing.
;-)
Love your videos.......Blessings !
❤ the videos! Reminds me of growing up visiting at my granny and granddaddy’s place in the mountains of NC.
I’m blessed to be on a small place in South Central FL Osowaw Junction we straddle 9b/10a yes it gets bug choking hot here in Aug and Sep
A good, productive day! Thank you for sharing
I ALWAYS enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing your homestead lives with us. Much love from our homestead in MO.❤
The kids get along so good. We love your videos. I had your alls energy a few years ago but getting old sucks and is so depressing 😢❤ I want a milk cow but afraid I can’t hold up to 2X a day milking 😂
We actually just milk ours once a day. Just really depends on if the cow is a heavy producer or not