Couple turns NEGLECTED 60 ACRES into their DREAM HOMESTEAD // 4 Months in 30 Minutes
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- Couple begins to turns a neglected 60 acre East Tennessee property into their dream homestead. Their first 4 months in 30 minutes.
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I really love the way the wife looks at him. Good for him. I can tell that she loves him
I do, I do!
There's nothing more attractive than a man who works with his hands and can build you a home...
@@kittenbrave1003he abandoned his kids from a previous marriage
Impressive how you’ve cleared & cleaned the land. You’ve done your homework.
Hello how are you doing?
What progress, a dream. Enjoy it, you look so happy. 😊😊
From the chickens, to the pigs, to the snake, to the sheep haha, the way you both have mastered to learn & adapt is truly inspiring 🤗
Congratulations on your new homestead. You guys have done an amazing amount of work. I grew up on a horse and cattle farm, and now, at 73 and many years removed from the farm, I have the fondest memories of my years spent there. Should you have children, rest assured that there is NO better way to grow up. I'll be watching.
Our kids are already grown but I agree as I grew up like this too.
Congratulations how awesome you sure have your work cut out for you.at least you seem to enjoy it. God bless u on your journey.
Just came across your channel.
I enjoy watching what you both have been doing.
Fantastic hardwork, great team work... Blessed with good harvesting result..such wholesome happy lifestyle...
Well done!!!
God bless!
Keep it up!
Its amazing what two young healthy people can accomplish when they love what they do. Bravo
Its going to be a lot of hard work for many years to come but you have a great start.
Can't wait to follow your journey.
Thank you so much! It is a lot of hard work but we are getting there.
When a couple works and plays together, there is nothing that can't be accomplished.... God bless....
I am in France for the summer and I just stumbled upon this video. First let me say that you both seem to be such warm and kind people. It makes me happy to see two people who have so much joy and love for animals and living a simple way. This is why I try to spend so much time in France, but I do have a tiny house in Upstate SC not too far from where you likely have your homestead. I do drive through a little stretch of TN often when driving down to SC. People like you are hard to come by. Keep working towards your goal to get your homestead exactly where you want it. You’re off to a great start.
Thank you so much, we appreciate it!
Where in France did you go? Nice to hear. Would u consider moving to another Country? Do what you feel you should do TRUST YOUR INSTINCS. PEACE GIRLS
I have spent all my life in Tennessee, I couldn't and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Welcome to Tennessee!
We know some people that live in Tennessee and there’s several TH-cam stations from Tennessee and everybody loves it there. The people are all nice, so I hope you guys have a great time building your empire.
How exciting, and how fortunate to have each other to put in effort on the homestead together. Cheers!
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
This is my 1st time coming across one of your videos and I found myself smiling through most of the video. You guys are living my dream, so cool!
Thank you so much!!
You guys are so cute! Happy, genuine people, just living!
I'm absolutely loving this video. You two look like such a happy couple it's so beautiful to watch. I dream of having a life like this someday.
What you have achieved in 4 months is quite remarkable, congratulations. I wish I could do this much work but I am a disabled former Senior Master of Art in South Australia. I am nearly 82 & have been retired as disabled from the age of 47. Given the start you have made I am sure that your property will only go from strength to strength. I wish you well, Don from South Aust.
You are an inspiring couple, working hard together to create your dream.
Thanks for inviting us in , it’s a joy to share your triumphs and disappointments . Looking forward to seeing your progress over the next few months , good luck 👍
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YOU GIES MAKE SUCH A SWEET AND CUTE COUPLE AND HARD WORKING AND FUN HOPE THE BEST FOR YOU'RE FARM LIFE.
Welcome to East Tennessee. I moved here 7 years ago and haven't regretted it one bit. I admire all the work you're doing! Homesteading is rough living but worth it if you can do it.
Hello Marcy 👋 how are you doing today
I've been looking at properties in East Tennessee for a couple years. Just not sure what part i want to end up in.
Love watching you two! Y'all are such a joyful and cute Couple!! Y'all are doing great!!
And zip thought hubby & I were taking on a lot with just 19 acres as 50+ yr olds. You guys are killin' it. Very inspiring to us to keep pressing forward.
Not many channels I come across for the first time are able to keep my attention for a whole 10 min video let alone a 30 min one. This one did just that. Not sure how I have not found y'all before this point, but glad I did. Love y'alls energy. Y'all got a new subscriber here from North Texas. :) Congrats on the new 60 acres! It's lovely.
This was wonderful, looking back at all that y'all have accomplished. You have done a great job. I had to laugh again at Nate getting those sheep out of the truck. That was a hoot. Thanks so much for the look back at the past. Now let's giddyap and go into the future. Stay cool and have a Blessed day.
Glad you enjoyed it! We have so much to work through but it is nice to take a minute and look back to see how far we have come. In the moment it doesn't seem like that much so reflection helps us not get discouraged with how much more we have to do.
@@TheKraemerLife I know that must seem true, but imagine what it will be like this time next year and so on. Y'all have more acres then a lot of the you tube homesteaders, so that is a Blessing. You might even consider boarding horses or perhaps renting a field for someone to plant hay for some extra income. Or maybe raise some more pigs to sell (remember how hard it was to find piglets this year for both you and Sean). You are doing a great job...and the big things will come in time.
Y'all are amazing!!! I just found y'all last week. What y'all just did is nothing short of incredible. Reclaiming a home is hard work and y'all handled it beautifully. I can't wait to watch more of your journey.
Thank you so much!!
Oh wow, that's beautiful. That entryway with the gravel road and the fence in front of it with the trees and nature all around, wow, that's the best. That's a dream come true for anyone who loves the nature. I'm so glad for you all, that is the best. So much privacy too...love it.
Lovely and hardworking couple ❤
Awwww that was So Wonderful to see how far you both have come.... I enjoyed every minute of it... If I were younger I would do the same... Been following you both for the past few years and Loved Finally seeing you find your homestead.... thanks for sharing your story with us all... Much Love
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching and your support over the past two years.
@@TheKraemerLife Me and my husband would like to move from the state of PA down downstairs to have the same living as use. How did you go about and finding such a special place. I'm so happy for The both of yous and the happiness you share. 💗
My favorite venue in the morning is TH-cam where I watch real people instead of news. You two are such a delight and I've subscribed so I can watch your journey. God Bless
Wow, thank you!
Hello 👋 Kathy how are you doing today
Wow I really love what the two of you have done😃😍😍 I am still dreaming about it too I love to have my own farm one day...I love animals I love plants and I love nature's ❤️ I want a simple and piece full life like you both have,God blessed you both I really enjoy watching your video .
Hi , I just finished watching this for the first time, wow, that is the way I was raised on a 40 acre ranch, best memories of my life. we started just like you are starting, thanks for sharing, God bless you both
Yes, it is an amazing way to live.
I just started watching you both as you were moving your trailer onto this property and I will continue to watch your journey is very interesting one in those poor poor chickens I hope everything has been good with them lately
The chickens have been good, they are back to fully producing eggs and seem to be thriving as a new flock.
First off you have a beautiful place! 2nd you have accomplished much more than other homesteaders I watch. You deserve many accolades for what you have accomplished in 5 months. CONGRATULATIONS to both of you for all of the hard work.
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
Wow, thank you!
You all accomplished so much within 4 months. Looks great
It looks like the house is set low if in heavy rain you might be having flooding, so happy you found all that land
Hello how are you doing?
It sits a little lower but still not a low point on the property, thankfully
First time viewer from Australia 🇦🇺. This is a great channel lots of variety and really happy and fun. Looking forward to all of the homestead projects. I love all the animals.
And killed animals.
This had been an amazing transformation....Mr Kramer is a very very very hard worker !! Very impressive ....can't wait to see the progress
It is very, very nice to see people doing as you are, repairing the bad and not throwing away everything in the process. pigs, yes you need pigs.
I’m a new subscriber and you two are great. I think I’ll come along on the journey And live vicariously on your farm. I’ll binge watch your videos to kinda catch up with the latest. Best of luck to you.
Love watching you and your homestead grow together. A lot of us are 'living the life' through you two! Wish we started ours when we were young - we're 77 & 81 now, but we do garden and raise chickens on 4 mostly wooded acres.
We are fortunate to have been able to make our dream a reality.
I totally agree with you. That life looks so enjoyable and rewarding. My husband and I are 70 and 68 and our bodies couldn’t take it now but if we had started young, it looks like it would have really been such a wonderful experience to share!
@@TheKraemerLife 7:00 he doesn't have a shovel or a rain hat
Lli
@Chickenmom don't sell yourselves short. You ARE doing the dang thing🤩👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. Like you, I watched this & wished I'd thought of this when my grown ones were younger. More help lol, & a learned love of the land. Self sufficiency instead of Door Dash lol. And maybe a little family compound as they built their own somewhere on their land. Would've been sweet😍.
Favorite moments.. 1- Using a claw hammer to divert rain water
2- catching the snake.
I about died when I looked outside and he was digging a trench with a hammer...it had been raining for hours.
Heavy winds? Hmm, wait till the straight winds blow in, you’ll know you’re in East TN when that happens. Welcome to TN, y’all! Oh and I feel the same about snakes.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉CONGRATULATIONS 🎊 And blessings from NY!
I love the kind of life you guys have (People are more happy before all these technologies). Imagine eating nutritious and fresh food everyday, no toxic food around(a guaranteed long and healthy life ahead). I guess life is more peaceful this way. I really love the progress you do everydsy
I really loved watching your journey ❤️ I give you guys an A+💗💙❤️ I also love all of the animals except the snake!
I think NAte would agree with you on the snake :)
Believe me snakes go great on the BBQ taste similar to chicken
I just wanted to give you a tip.... Grass seed and light soil over instead of hay or straw, if you do not pick up the straw or hay you will open yourself up to more weed germination than grass, believe me, been in the lawn business for over 20 years.. Birds do not eat grass seed they actually help you get rid of weed seeds and if you are laying it for drainage then to let you know it absorbs the moisture from the grass..so you will have to water more often.
In the end, a happy family has a yard that everyone is interested in
So proud of y'all keep the great work
Y’all are so sweet and real. Husband and I are planning a retirement adventure and, while I don’t think we would take on the degree of challenge you guys did, the fact we get excited watching your video tells me we are ready for some mini homesteading adventures of our own. (I don’t really know if mini homesteading is a thing, but…)
Welcome to Tennessee! You have moved to the most beautiful state in the USA! You have the most wonderful and amazing 60 acres. I wish you a magical and awesome life ahead. Fran
Thank you so much!
These guys are the most like the hard working people that worked hard and finally got thier dream this is what we all want in one way or another everyone what's thier prefect place
Hello Amy 👋 How are you doing today?
I've loved watching your journey from property search to property found and what an interesting place where you will continue to discover stories while making your own along the way. Thanks for sharing your homesteading life with us, it is appreciated. A place where we can pop in and feel some very positive vibes.
We try to keep the light-hearted humor in there because this is a lot of work and can be frustrating and sad. We try not to gloss over that either because we are learning and growing together. It has been a journey.
Hi Katie and Nate I love watching your journey from looking and finding your homestead and now to the making and growing of your homestead. Love all the animals you have started to bring onto the homestead and the marvelous job they are doing clearing all the brush and poison ivy. Thanks you for sharing your journey with us.
Thank you for joining us on our journey and with each new milestone.
First time I’ve seen you. I subscribed! You guys are working so well together to build a beautiful life. I look forward to watching as time rolls on. God bless you both!
Awesome! Thank you!
I have been watching since the beginning and this video is my favorite!! what an amazing change in so short a time!! congratulations! I always look for new videos from you kids. ✌
Thank you so much! It has been quite the transformation for sure and we have barely made a dent. We are having fun learning and growing with each project.
Hello Maria how are you doing?
The quote that hit home for me
"I only have a hammer"
❤️ the video!
Hello Rose 🌹 how are you doing today?
My ForEver dream is this, living in a homestead..! Thanks for helping me to visualise this 😊❤ Love from India
So nice to see a recap and the happiness on your faces. You"re living your dream and it"s just the beginning. Blessings to you both and all animals !!
Thank you!
Omg! I absolutely LOVE you guys! Hubby and I are currently setting plans in motion for a move and buy our acreage to homestead! I’m sure we will be much like you two! Can’t wait! Thank you!
That is awesome, I am excited for the two of you. This has been such an amazing adventure and we couldn't be more blessed to be able to live our dream.
You need a few geese to protect your chickens, just move around a plastic pond for the geese to swim in.
We have 5 geese now :)
So inspiring. I LOVE TENNESSEE. We moved to the Atlanta area from Concord near Oak ridge in 1979 and it's taken decades to get used to Georgia, but I'm finally there. I only have a home on 1/4 acre, but I still want to grow food.
Hello Wendy how are you doing today
Love the tours thru the library..... Too bad the collector never found out how much u treasure thier collection.... Best wishes....
You and me both! Thank you so much!
Your energy and positivity is absolutely life-affirming. Thank you for showing your dream and the things that excite you. This property is gonna be stunning in a few years! Good luck!
Thank you so much! We couldn't be more excited to transform it and make it our forever home.
So happy for y'all!!! Congratulations!!! The two of you have inspired me to keep going more than you could ever imagine during the past couple of years!
You can do it!
Congratulations absolutely
Your video just arrived on my feed I am so glad thank You
Hi Kathy how are you doing today
Just came across your video and couldn't stop watching! You guys work so well together, with love for the land and the animals. Made me smile big time, how he's out in the pouring rain with a hamer 'cause he hasn't got a shovel and kept a smile👏! Amazing job what you guys did in 4months!! Subcribed and looking forward to join your journey, love from the Netherlands🤗😘
I admire you both SO much! Really enjoy watching your homestead grow. God Bless You both!!
Hello Debby how are you doing today I
Thank you so much!
I'm incredibly happy for you guys. Great job creating freedom for yourselves.
Hi! I'm glad I found your videos. You are fun to watch. I hope everything works out well for you. You are doing great clearing land, making animal pens, and acquiring a good variety of animals. Also, you're doing well gardening. Keep up the good work, and it will be fun to see the progress. My husband and I have five acres, several goats, and chickens. We did have a wonderful great Pyrenees guard dog, but old age took him recently. Can't bear to go through that again, so we probably won't get another one. He did keep predators run off. We have a medium-sized garden. I can, freeze, dehydrate lots of veggies. It's a lot of work but very rewarding. Janice from Arkansas USA
Love watching all the Improvements you have made - definitely enjoying the journey! 💕
Thank you, it is cool to see it all magically transformed.
You both are doing a wonderful job transforming the property. I've enjoyed watching you from the beginning and can't wait to see all that you will accomplish.
Thank you so much! We have plenty more to tackle.
Very interesting and intense project. Very, very, very nice! Kudos
Nice find and good work on it. I don’t know where you’re from originally, but I hope you fully embrace Tennessee life and values (if you’re from Oregon or California, pls don’t vote like them). Good luck.
I started watching y’all when you were searching for land. I have to tell you, I sure enjoyed this compilation of your homesteading journey. Y’all are absolutely adorable! Please never change into someone that we don’t recognize any longer. Nate’s eagerness to learn, his fun quirkiness and transparency in the face of mistakes is so enjoyable. Katie’s sweetness, her nurturing attitude with the animals, her working alongside Nate and her encouraging nature are super neat. Y’all are just so real and there’s so many of us out here that really appreciate that. Blessings as you continue your journey. Rest assured, so many of us will be right here watching and continuing to cheer you on!💝💝 Love y’all bunches, Angel from Texas😊
Thank you, you are too kind.
You guys are so much fun. Glad I found you. It's a good time for homesteading. The more you can grow your own food... the better your life will be. It's hard work but so rewarding. You're pooped by the end of the day which means you'll sleep well. Healthy living. New sub here.
Agreed! We are enjoying our journey and learning so much with each new adventure.
This showed up in my feed today. I have copd and use oxygen and only leave the house about once a month. I have all my groceries and anything I need delivered. I absolutely enjoyed this video. It brings the outside world in when I can't get out. I had to quit my job after 32 years because it literally just hit me. One night, I could barely breathe. Went to the emergency room and they said "you have copd" and gave me some inhalers and put me on oxygen. Wow, overnight, everything you thought was life was now gone. I can walk up the stairs and have to sit down for 3 or 4 minutes so my chest quits pounding. But, I am very fortunate to be financially secure and I am alive.
I love watching homestead videos seeing people take basically abandoned property and converting it to their homestead. (I would have gotten goats lol). I got clean 5 gallon buckets and planted tomatoes, red bell peppers and a few other things. All I do was walk out and water them every few days and they all came out bursting in size and flavor. I used to garden. One year I got 100 vidalia onion sets and planted them and they came out great.... growing in Ohio. The guy who sold me those sets closed his store and that's about the time I got sick so quit planting except for buckets.
Biden says that this year he will make anyone who wants solar available and affordable for anyone that wants it for their home. So watch out for that because I am. My electric bill runs about $250 a month, so even if I spent $15k after 5 years it's all free. But we'll see what the affordable prices that will be coming out soon. (sorry I talk a lot sometimes)
Again, what a great video for a time lapse. I could have watched that for 2 hours, good luck.
Thank you for watching and commenting. It is great you are container gardening, we haven't mastered the art of that yet :)
@@TheKraemerLife I've been on the internet since 1993. I don't use a lot of "apps". venmo, facebook pay, zelle, etc. etc. etc. I've used paypal about 11 years I think. I trust it. Do you give out your paypal email address?
Let me explain something about my opinion about giving a gift versus a present. (I talk a lot, as I said before).
I've helped out family members for over 30 years. Come the holidays, etc. I bought present for all kinds of relatives. Relatives I only see on a holiday and they don't come over or even call. One day, I just decided the hell with it. Why was I following into the old school history of buying for cousin Zeke, Aunt Martha,, even brother John, when I only see them about 3 times a year when they have their hand out for a present. I stopped giving presents out about 8 years ago.I should clarify that. I still buy my mother, sister and 2 nephews and a niece presents at the holidays because they are "family" and not just relatives. I give them money so they can buy what they want.
A gift is something unexpected, totally out of the blue. It could be helping someone out at the grocery store when they are $12 short on their order. It could be giving someone $100 on a Walmart gift card when a neighbor told me someone is truly struggling.
I think more youtube casters should put their paypal info in their "show more" column. I don't do patreon either. For some, they can give $3 or more a month but that's not for me. I like giving a set amount when I think someone deserves a gift to help out, for sharing their content, It's my unexpected gift they see show up to let them know they were at least appreciated and good people. If you would post yours, I think others along the way would donate. Maybe someone wants to donate $5. That means just as much to them as someone who would donate $500 or more. They fell they are interacting yet not "locked in" by patreon or the cups of coffee, which also takes a cut of the donation. Even youtube. I googled that "thanks" button and they keep 30% out of every dollar donated. WOW, that's absolute greed. Again, with paypal, Someone gives you $10 you get $10! It's just something you can think about.
Hi I'm 84yrs old, and today I watched your video for the first time!! I intend to keep watching you guys, is there a good way I can go back, and see you guys from the beginning???❤😊
Have loved following your journey from the beginning. This recap was very enjoyable. Ethan is doing a great job editing!
Thanks so much!! I cannot wait until it is ready for you to come see it in person, it is beautiful here.
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
I love what you guys have been able to achieve these past few months. I think I have an idea of what you might grow on that large expanse of land.
Hello newby here fro, Tasmania, Australia. I love country living. Used to live on a sheep/cattle farm, but now I live in the Country town of Deloraine in the Western Tiers. Love this Island paradise. There is no better way to live than the Country, being part of Gods Artwork. Looking forward to watching your videos. God bless you with Love, Joy and peace and fill your quiver with lots of farm animals.
Hello Christine 👋 How are you doing today?
What a nice and hardworking people! Amazing video, thank you!
This was fun! Thanks Kraemers!
Thank you!
This was brilliant. It’s amazing how much you’ve accomplished.
Thank you so much!
I have a dozen cattle on my farm & they go out to graze in the paddocks every day & come back to the house area at night. The kids have trained them to come when they shout 'Girly-wirlies!' So now, every time I get the cattle all I have to do is shout that & they'll come running from half a mile away🤣🤣🤣...love your video!...much love & respect from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
You folks are doing great things , Hope you keep up your Hope and Faith. You are A livens Couple , look forward for Moore of your Happieness
Been watching your progress, great job . Lost 10 chickens ,to a skunk. Just bought 12more ,will fortyfy them more .keep up the videos. You inspire me ,maybe I'll get pigs in the future.
It is so hard losing animals but making it safer is a great plan. We haven't lost any more since, hope you do not lose any more either.
10 chickens? I had no idea skunks hunted chickens for food....
I watched for the first time tonight and I am sooo impressed with what you two have done! My wife and I plan on doing what you two are doing in the very near future somewhere in southern Alabama and you have given us some insight as to what it’s gonna take. You’re resourceful and committed which is more than half the battle. We’ll be watching to learn more believe me! All the best to you both. Stay safe and God speed!
Awesome, I hope that you two love it as much as we have. We have learned so much and come so far since taking this plunge.
Is there a drought in south Alabama? Make sure you have a deep well. People plants and animals all need water.
@@kathymc234 thanks! It won’t be for a while…so hopefully thing will change in that regard.
@@TheKraemerLife i see that! All the best!
Hello…neighbor… sort of… maybe!!! I live in southeastern Tenn also, have farmed since I was small. We raise mostly cattle. Chickens a little harder. I love watching your place grow and get lovelier and lovelier. It’s also love to see a young couple willing to work as hard as you guys do, and use some good ole common sense with it!!! 25:34 You have probably been told this.. but I’ll yep some more!!😁There are a lot of fox and coyotes in these parts. Where I live, there is also lots of bears. And it can’t be that far from you!! Careful with those lovely chickens and lambs!! We had our chickens in a sturdy barn, turned one of the stalls into a chicken coop. Thought we had it wild animal proof, we thought wrong. It took awhile for the fox and coyotes to discover our chickens, but when they did, we lost them. They dug underneath the walls of the barn. They find a way if there is one! My nephew built a small chicken coop with no way the animals can get to their chickens. If you haven’t yet, think about it. God bless you, and I’ll be a watchin you two!!! I’m a fan!!! An old fan!!!😂❣️🙏🙏🙏
😳😱 the black snake. Awesone teamwork building your homestead. 👏
Love watching your homestead transformation! Congratulations on everything you have done so far! Looking forward to more exciting vlogs!
Thanks so much! We hope to have some "exciting" vlogs for you.
You've made it a wonderful home and a place that is very special with you too and your extended family. It's great when both partners are committed to the same lifestyle and work well together. Congratulations on your beautiful Homestead 60 Acres plenty of room for your animals pets and to just enjoy the land
It’s so inspiring to see young ppl go back to the way life was meant to be lived. I have had the mini farm years ago homeschooled my kids and canned our own food raised animals and loved it. Ppl have went away from that and I’m so glad it is starting to pick up and more and more ppl are learning to be independent again. Bravo !!
I hatch chicks under my pigeons and when it first happened, I could hear the chirps and it was the most exciting thing ever to see its little peeping head come up from under its "mom" lol.
We thoroughly enjoyed this recap video! Y’all are doing a great job!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Aww, you guys are so sweet, upbeat, and positive! East TN is beautiful! I lived there for 5 years, worked a sneeze west of Knoxville, and have been trying to get back there ever since we had to leave 26 yrs ago. That part of TN has more than Black Snakes, We would encounter rattle snakes and copperheads in our yard and around the archery tournament trails we would compete at throughout east TN. Adding a goose and guinea hens to the chickens will help protect the chickens. The guineas will feast on all the ticks (well, so will the chickens) but they do not tear up the yard like chickens do, and they and the goose are great alarm systems. They will announce nice and loud if a predator or a stranger comes anywhere near your property. Well worth the investment. The ticks are a serious issue in your parts. We lived in the country, and had a big yard, but still had neighbors fairly close. The ticks were really bad, our poor dogs were infested all the time. We were doing daily inspections, and removal, but they still suffered a lot of tick bites. They also carry Rocky Mt Spotted Fever, things to be familiar with living there. One of our dogs, despite our best efforts, she had a super dense fur, ended up pretty sick and the fur on the top of her head between her ears peeled off like a toupee. We had her under vet care for a long while to get her healthy again. There are also see-ticks. Not sure if that is the proper name for them or not. We had a go with them when we went hunting one day. We are used to hunting in the north eastern states, so we had the right clothes, and bug repellent, etc. never gave ticks a thought, as we did not see any of them on each other when we got out of the woods. Later, I was in the shower, and noticed a black spot where I never had a freckle or mole, upon closer inspection it was a tiny little tick, then I seen another, and another. I guess this is how they get their name see ticks, because if you see one on you you see a hundred, or you wade through a sea of them. I freaked out and basically scratched my whole body head to toe in order to get these critters off of me, even though I could see very well. (I am very nearsighted and do not shower with my glasses on). I then woke hubby up in my freaked out state looking like I was mauled by a cat covered in scratches, telling him about these see-ticks. Turns out he was covered with them also; lesson learned, invest in heavy duty DEET! There are also a lot of black widow spiders in east TN, be careful in your crawl space, and in the corners of your chicken tractor.
Happy to see new viewers. I love you guys. Take care of yourselves.
Great results and great people ! I packed up city life and headed to the country, best move ever !!!
Just found your channel as it popped up in my feed and I’m so glad it did! You guys are the cutest couple and although I don’t know your whole story yet, the fact that you purchased a 60 acre parcel just has me in AWE. That’s my dream and is something I’m seriously working towards but I have to admit…I’m a little 😱.
I’m only 7:40 in, and I’m already commenting, lol. Your property is beautiful, has a really nice, cozy feel. Love your new driveway and rooster Lucky! (That was my dogs name) ha!
Off to watch the rest of your video! Stay positive and motivated. I’m sure there will be bumps in the road (I don’t have to tell you that), but by the looks of it, you both have what it takes and have done you homework. Good luck and much Aloha from a new subscriber!
Welcome to the channel! Thank you for your kind comments we really appreciate it!
Hey there guys! New subscriber. :) I love your homestead. Awesome! Y'all are adorable! The huge grin and excitement over having baby chicks was so sweet and just precious. I am so sorry you lost some of them, so sad. Hopefully, all of your lines of defense will protect them from here on out. I'm not sure where you guys are in East Tennessee, but one day I hope to move to Newport, in Tiny Town USA. Been following them for a long time on YT, and I just love their tiny homes and communities. Love Tennessee! Looking forward to your next video. From Melissa, in the mountains of Virginia. :)
Hi and welcome! Newport is a lovely town.
Welcome to Tennessee, my Native home for 68 years and counting, ( middle Tn. ). I love East Tn.
Congrats on the homestead. I have to tell you we have chickens and ducks and Hawks. They will get them if you don't have bird netting up. Ours is completely enclosed with fencing and netting above and those buggers find a way in. The only saving grace is they are so freaked out about being stuck they spend all their time trying to figure out how to get out. We usually catch them and get them out. We have not lost one bird. We tried owls, everything, the netting is what worked. If you have crows around feed them peanuts, they will attack the hawks. I put up 8ft 4x4s and added 4ft fencing and attached the netting to the top of that with string criss crossing to hold the netting up so we could walk under it. I used string to weave the netting together where I needed more. We have a very large area for them.
Just a joy watching you all transform and grow your land, K r a e m e r s.
My first time watching you guys. Thank you. You've help make me feel a bit more confident that husband and I can do this too. We don't have 60 acres. Only 12 wooded acres. No house yet. I'm looking forward to more videos for ideas. Thanks again!
You got this!