The recipes look lovely, we don't have any of them in the UK. The buttermilk pie looks a bit like our egg custard tart. Could you tell me how much a cube of butter is as I don't know that unit of measurement. I prefer the 20 min videos rather than the shorts but anything you folks do is fab Merry Yule
Hey guys, shorts are fine but PLEASE DON’T STOP the regular length videos 🙏🏻🍀 so much more information and awesome content! One more time. PLEASE???!!!
Love seeing you all in this way. I am one of the 30% NOT iooking for shorts from you, so please keep the longer form videos coming. I do not know what magic bars are either so now I'll have to look em up. Thanks for all you do bringing joy and gentleness into our lives. God Bless!
I raised rabbits and the best thing to do when using the cement mixing boxes, its to put the drain holes only on 1 end of the box and slant the box so that the urine will drain to the back where the holes are. Be sure the holes are in the back not facing the front where you would be walking to prevent having a wet mess. You will need to check to be sure the poo isn't blocking the holes. And thank you for sharing your baking and family recipes, such a special and loving touch. I love that you are sharing your family and holiday traditions with us, it makes me feel like part of your family! ❤ P.S. Noah is growing into such a handsome young man~
For those who was wondering about a "Cube" of butter, it is equal to one stick or 1/2 cup. It sounds delicious. Shorts are cute every now and then, but really prefer the longer videos where I get to learn things from you.
Shorts are fine but I could sit and watch you chatting to Bella and Daisy for a long time and never get bored. Lol. Loved seeing Noah and you guys cooking. It makes me feel good to see you at home doing home stuff. Glad you had a good Christmas. May the new year be even better. 🎉
I watch you wherever you are. Always postive. No ranting at viewers etc no bad language. You rock. Look forward to all your videos can’t believe everything you have accomplished this year!!
Not a fan of shorts but watch them when necessary. Bella will get the hang of the ball when a reward is included in the return of the ball. Daisy still reminds me of a puppy. Hope you all had a great Christmas, and have a wonderful New Year.
My daughter-in-law brought them and called the Magic Bars. . . They were called 7 layer cookies when I was growing up. 7 layers of ingredients. Yummy by any name!
How did you get Noah to be in a video? I thought he didn't like the camera. But it was really nice seeing him and seeing how much he has grown. Tell him hello from all of us. Love your Christmas cooking. Would love to see more of that. Personally I do not like to watch shorts. I would rather watch your full-length video. Happy New Year to you and your family!
My dog plays "fetch" the same way. We've finally admitted defeat and now just call it "keep away" I love the holiday season from Thanksgiving to Christmas. All the traditions and decorations and time with family. But I'm really ready for a new gardening season! Best wishes to you and your family for the new year.
And also. Please don’t let any entity sway your own feeling of what you want to do when you feel like it. As far as yt. Great videos with great vibes 😎👍🏻
Wow! So good to see Noah again! He is so handsome. But he's almost as tall as you, Brian!! He's growing up fast!!! God bless you and your wonderful family!! Thank you for all you bring to us! 😊
I'll watch your shorts cuz I like ya! but definitely prefer the longer more thorough and in depth videos. thank you for all you teach and share and encourage and thank you for your down to earth honestly about successes and "failures", and challenges and of course goals. AND.... I never heard of the magic bar cookies. They look amazing!!! would love that recipe. tee hee. :)
Hello, reindeer chow is what i have seen it called! What a fantastic spread of cookies!! I have never heard of buttermilk pie but will be giving that a try. I was very surprised to see Daisy interested in the ball you got her! Love her little jumps that she does! The ever elusive Willie Coyote gopher! Have a wonderful day! Enjoy the thunderstorm!
Funny thing, I don’t like shorts. When TH-cam suggests shorts to me I turn them off. But I’m not the typical age of those who watch shorts, being older than Brian. Yours was cute though.
Don’t like the shorts. It was great to see everyone. Please have Emily share the recipes. Wow those cookies look yummy. Hope your Christmas was filled with joy and laughter. Blessings ❤️🌺
I prefer the longer versions, too. Loved watching the Christmas video. I enjoyed seeing what you enjoy baking for Christmas, and thanks for sharing the recipes!
Noah seems relaxed and fits right in. Nice to see him. Lots of wonderful treats. I like cookie cut cookies, but no longer have the energy to make them. My wife's co-worker should own a bakery because she does such a fabulous job. I wear shorts a lot but don't really enjoy watching them. I have a problem viewing videos longer than 20 minutes because it takes to much time. Another excellent video Brian. May the Lord keep blessing you and yours. I sure do love you like family.
That was a great video! It had everything in it that I love seeing! Bella and Daisy, of course, the cute little bunnies, your whole family, and some yummy looking baking. Very enjoyable☺️ Just my opinion, but I much prefer longer videos to the shorts. A few shorts sprinkled in here and there sounds good but there’s just not enough to them and they’re well, too short😂
I have watched and LEARNED so much from your videos overs the years….I was surprised by the SHORTS video but enjoyed the addition immensely! As long as you ‘add’ in the SHORTS from your regular videos I’m sure you will find more ppl will watch AND move over to your channel to learn more and increase your subscriber base. I’m in my 70’s now and sleep habits change greatly, there are times where tossing and turning at night I realize I’m not able to get back to sleep and I pick up the iPad….not always wanting to concentrate on longer videos (as I’m hoping I will drift off into sleep again) but I go through many SHORTS videos, and I enjoy when I watch the longer version of someone’s video and I see where they cut the SHORTS from, or they add ‘bloopers’ So, I’m a fan of your regular videos, love the cooking additions and loved seeing that handsome young Noah in this video! God Bless and may you and your family enjoy a prosperous New Year!
A Jolly Ball!! We have a Busy Ball for our pig, and it got lost in the yard for awhile so I was looking to buy another, but they don't make them any more. It is very much like the Jolly Ball but without a handle. I am so glad to know this. We also have a Bob-A-Lot that he likes too. That is a dog toy but pigs like it too. I like the longer videos too, shorts show up in my feed and I can't avoid them, I think that is why they are getting more views. Well a lot of us guessed a goat for Daisy, myself too. So looks like that is not the answer. We have ducks to be companions for our pig... I really have no clue, it will be a wonderful surprise. (hopefully not a pig, they are a lot of work!) Great video, thanks so much!
The jolly ball is what I have several of. I’ve tied a short rope on some. All of my animals love em. I even have a couple tied to tree limbs. The horses love em. My dog has one she plays with all the time, she’ll grab it by the rope n sling it around just spinning n a circle n running with it. She loves it. Another inexpensive toy Daisy might like is just a plain blowup exercise ball. Things that will move if they butt n kick it. Love the family video. Merry Christmas 🎄
I have been following your channel(s) since before the move a couple years ago but have not commented. It has been fun to watch you learn animals like you continue to learn plants. We had a Great Pyr/Lab Cross guardian dog for years. Bella is White. Our Gary was brown but the mannerisms are exactly the same. Fetch was a no go for Gary and shelters were out of the question. He wanted to be on the tallest space, well, to guard. I chuckled when folks asked about you keeping the halter on Daisy. Wise move on your part as a first time livestock owner. Being able to catch and control her with the halter will allow for easier behavior management and vet/health care in the future. I love your channels and have watched daily to catch up and I am about there. Thank you so much and I love the recent Christmas video. Looking forward to the coming month plantings! I am in North Idaho, so, it is going to be awhile.
Nice video with the family. Noah is just getting more handsome by the day. I think Daisy really likes her ball. The buttermilk pie is perhaps like our Chess pie. My favorite is a lemon chess pie. The shorts are cute but I like the full episodes more. I am so curious about the new addition to the homestead. Please keep making your great videos.
It was nice seeing you all bake. I've never heard of any of those treats (except Buttermilk pie). I believe my mom told me that my grandma (who was from the south) used to make it when she was younger. I think I might try to make one myself. Thank you for sharing the recipes. Seeing Bella and Daisy both playing with their toys was so cute (and funny) 🥰😄 My sister bought your "Companion Planting for Beginners" book for my mom for Christmas. It was such a nice surprise because my sister had no clue that me and my mom watch your Next Level Gardening channel. I hope you, Emilie, Noah, and all the girls (🐕🐄🐇🐔) had a Merry Christmas and wishing you all a Happy New Year!
Brian you know Christmas has 12 days ? It is bad luck if you take down your decorations before the Epiphany!! I am so sick of eating sugar at this point I can’t wait to get back to my regular diet!! And my favorite Christmas cookie is the Pheffernusse.
Love, love love your videos, thank you so much. Love Daisy and Bella, and your family is lovely Brian. I’m guessing a miniature goat or a miniature donkey to be the new companion for Daisy. Hopefully we don’t have to wait too long! Happy New Year to you all.
Buttermilk pie is awesome. Daisy is so cute trying to play with her new ball. I've seen cows on video playing with stuff. Makes me not want to ever eat another hamburger. Hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas. Today is my birthday so enjoying my day relaxing.
Thank you for this warm and feel good video. Glad you guys had a great Christmas. I did also. Loved the short afterwards was funny. Daisy was cute with the ball. Bella will learn soon how to bring the ball back.
The short is hilarious, but I also love the long-form vids, so please don't be in a rush to move entirely to shorts. Your buttermilk pie brings back memories of one my family used to make called sugar pie. Haven't had it since I was a kid, but I have my great-grandmother's recipe, and I may have to make it soon! I'm with you, Brian, about the run-up to Christmas. The anticipation is everything. Daisy is absolutely adorable with her ball!
My grandmother used to make icebox cake! And buttermilk pie is awesome! I think you are right-it’s a southern thing. I’m from the north and I never ate it until we came down to Savannah Georgia!
‘Glad to hear you had a great Christmas with your beautiful family and Bella, Daisy, the bunnies and chick chicks! Have a wonderful New Year full of joy and good health. Regular or short videos…I have time for it all ! 😊
The needed post for the cow salt lick is easy. Just find a spare fence post pile. Cut to length ~10-12+ inches pounded into the ground (measure the length from bottom of post, pound into ground to that line. Measure what the inside depth of the salt lick, and cut off extra. Then Daisy, if properly installed, can't push over the salt lick. But, from what you mention is that BOTH ends have their indents - then outsmart both the salt lick sellers and Daisy. Drill out a massive (closet dowel rod diameter) hole in "2" wooden fence posts. Install this in an accessible - but non-pushable area inside the shelter. Pound in the posts (as said above). Raise up the salt lick and pound in 2 closet dowels from either side of the "2" posts. Then let Daisy try and push it over, or roll it around the shelter. What happens (and far better than just a sitting salt lick) is that it rotates, like toilet paper on its dowels. Daisy gets to lick and push the salt lick with her nose, wile the toilet roller salt lick turns over and over. Good fun for Daisy as a salt lick, but also a basic attention toy ! One also needs to put in the top cross bar to the "2" posts so that they remain all stable and firm - against any of Daisy's pushing.
Hahaha I had a dog that played fetch the same way. Daisy was so cute with that ball ! Wishing your entire family the best for the Christmas season and throughout the next year.
Not sure why Noah is camera shy. He is such a handsome young man. I am sure Bella will get the Fetch thing down soon. Bella was definitely jolly about that ball! she was bouncing around like a puppy. Too Cute. I cant wait to try the Buttermilk Pie recipe. Thanks for sharing
So lovely, to see your family celebrating Christmas was a treat! I'll be making that buttermilk pie! Never heard of it but looked delicious 🎉 Looking forward to THE SOURDOUGH recipe some day😊❤😊❤😊❤
I am from New Jersey, and I have never heard of a Buttermilk Pie. I couldn't imagine what it would look like, but I am going to make it because it looked so good in the video. Thanks for the recipe!
Merry Christmas! Don’t ditch your son’s bike… it’ll be a blink and you’ll have a grandchild that your hearts will swell over when you pass that bike on to him/her! Keep it!
Nice to see Noah. He’s a handsome young man. Love those bunnies. Give Daisy time and I bet she’ll be tossing that ball. Give Bella a treat to come back with ball. Maybe ?
We in Melbourne Australia are experiencing weird weather. We had lightning, thunder, wind and 60 ml of rain in 2 days. Rest of the country had more rain flooding actually. Haven’t heard of any of your cookie recipes but we make a delicious slice called a Mars Bar slice, I’ll swap the recipe if you like. Really nice to see Noah. Your fur babies are gorgeous. Great hearing about all the different American recipes.
How many times have I mentioned SanFran KSFO nursery-orchardist Bob Tannem RIP (Bob in the Garden) in the Sunday AM talk radio show talking about his gopher/mole problem child solver. Mix oatmeal, peanut butter, (one could also add in a couple droplets of honey) - and plaster of paris. Roll these into small round balls the size of your pointer finger fingernail. Put these down all of the many holes. The critter eats these. The oatmeal and plaster of paris sucks up the stomach fluids in the body creating the plaster block in the stomach - dehydrating the animal. The critter goes into an ~eternal~ sleep for a full stomach and lack of further foods, water, and energy. No other critter eats the safely dispatched critter - except worms - leaving the plaster stomach cast in the ground (calcium is good for the soil).
Bella just needs to get trained-up on what a ball launcher is all about. Bring Bella up here to our SanFran dog park, and many owners have launchers and their dogs chase the flying balls up to 200-300 feet distance - and bring it back - and enjoy doing so many times (especially if they get a treat for doing so ... ahem!)
Love your videos as is. Maybe shorts for things like "behind the scenes", that was fun! As for the longer videos, you demonstrate and explain things, beginning to end. It is vital to be longer for the awesome things you share!
Yup - as expected. Bella didn't like the rain noise (and windiness) on the metal sheeting. So only 2 (3) areas in which she hid out. Under the rafters of the protected patio deck roofing, within the cottage in the protected rabbit hutchery area, or down with Daisy in her semi wind-and-rain protected shelter. Which leads to the 2 previous statements of having 2 Bella dog bed locations in the cottage and down at Daisy's shelter - Bella can make her seasonal choices. Inside the warm cottage for Fall and Winter, while cooling down in the shade at Daisy's shelter in the Spring and Summer.
Never heard of buttermilk pie but I love buttermilk so that is one recipe I will have to try. Looks like you and the family had a lovely Christmas and Bella and Daisy got some nice gifts. Happy New Year 🎉
I'm way behind on some of the videos. However, the buttermilk pie reminds me a lot of chess pie which is also Southern. I'm originally from the south and absolutely love my chess pie especially the lemon version. I will be trying the refrigerator cookies! Sound yummy. We always make cutout sugar cookies, peanut blossoms (have to try it with almond butter), magic cookies, and butter pecan turtle cookies which are amazing! Then also a couple kinds of fudge. :) Thanks for sharing your traditions, Brian, Emily, and Noah!
Glad you all had a wonderful Christmas.. ❤❤ Thanks for sharing, this & so many gardening & homesteading ideas & advice.. your positive attitude is such a blessing 😊😊 .. warts & all.. I'm looking forward to watching in 2024.. 😊
Don't know why TH-cam is telling you that 70 percent of your audience wants shorts from you. I would certainly beg to differ on that. I think it's just TH-cam trying to get more short form content from creators rather than ppl actually wanting it. 🤔 Certainly interesting they would say that though
BELLA IS ONE BIG FURY FLIRT! who loves her PAPA LOL! I had no idea that cows could be so hard to get to know and become friends with! I think you should sing to her or play her some music they seem to enjoy that... THANKS FOR THE SUGAR HIGH til the morrow! be blessed.
The recipes look lovely, we don't have any of them in the UK. The buttermilk pie looks a bit like our egg custard tart. Could you tell me how much a cube of butter is as I don't know that unit of measurement.
I prefer the 20 min videos rather than the shorts but anything you folks do is fab
Merry Yule
Ok. We changed it... 1/2 cup butter
Hey guys, shorts are fine but PLEASE DON’T STOP the regular length videos 🙏🏻🍀 so much more information and awesome content! One more time. PLEASE???!!!
I totally agree!
I much prefer the longer versions. Not shorts!
Love the baking segment. Actually love all the segments. ❤️
Thank you!
@@littlehomesteadbigdreamsI especially don’t like shorts in the Winter!!
Totally agree, I like the videos just the way they are , maybe shorts in addition to what you’re already doing
No shorts!
i definitely prefer the longer version over shorts.
Love seeing you all in this way. I am one of the 30% NOT iooking for shorts from you, so please keep the longer form videos coming. I do not know what magic bars are either so now I'll have to look em up. Thanks for all you do bringing joy and gentleness into our lives. God Bless!
Just so you know, Brian, I hate shorts! It’s like reading the jacket leaflet instead of the book!🧑🏻🎄🎄💖💕💞💓💝❣️
I love your videos the way they are now😊not crazy about the shorts.
I raised rabbits and the best thing to do when using the cement mixing boxes, its to put the drain holes only on 1 end of the box and slant the box so that the urine will drain to the back where the holes are. Be sure the holes are in the back not facing the front where you would be walking to prevent having a wet mess. You will need to check to be sure the poo isn't blocking the holes. And thank you for sharing your baking and family recipes, such a special and loving touch. I love that you are sharing your family and holiday traditions with us, it makes me feel like part of your family! ❤ P.S. Noah is growing into such a handsome young man~
No no one likes shorts..but YT is pushing them to compeat with TT and other sites..don't fall for it..keep doing what your doing
For those who was wondering about a "Cube" of butter, it is equal to one stick or 1/2 cup. It sounds delicious. Shorts are cute every now and then, but really prefer the longer videos where I get to learn things from you.
Noah has grown into a handsome young man! And I love your long videos!
Thank you!
Shorts are fine but I could sit and watch you chatting to Bella and Daisy for a long time and never get bored. Lol. Loved seeing Noah and you guys cooking. It makes me feel good to see you at home doing home stuff. Glad you had a good Christmas. May the new year be even better. 🎉
I watch you wherever you are. Always postive. No ranting at viewers etc no bad language. You rock. Look forward to all your videos can’t believe everything you have accomplished this year!!
Not a fan of shorts but watch them when necessary.
Bella will get the hang of the ball when a reward is included in the return of the ball.
Daisy still reminds me of a puppy. Hope you all had a great Christmas, and have a wonderful New Year.
I think its the algorithm that wants shorts. Not us! We love the long form videos!!
No shorts please prefer the longer version. Thanks for sharing delicous recipes.
I prefer the regular videos instead of the short.
Who else has no clue what magic bar cookies are and wanted Brian to post the recipe? I know I can Google it,, but c'mon, Brian!😅
We call them 7 layer bars. A family favorite of ours too.
My daughter-in-law brought them and called the Magic Bars. . . They were called 7 layer cookies when I was growing up. 7 layers of ingredients. Yummy by any name!
Yup Brian never heard of magic cookies. Please post recipe
@@barbarakarman8427google 7layer magic bars
I have no clue what that is either.
So happy to see Noah again. He’s grown up quite a bit since your previous home and garden days!
How did you get Noah to be in a video? I thought he didn't like the camera. But it was really nice seeing him and seeing how much he has grown. Tell him hello from all of us. Love your Christmas cooking. Would love to see more of that. Personally I do not like to watch shorts. I would rather watch your full-length video. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Thank you! Noah goes through phases with being in videos. Luckily he is in the phase where he isn’t opposed to it lol
It was nice seeing Noah. What a handsome young man he is!
Buttermilk Pie is delicious. I like your videos as is. Don’t change much please.
My dog plays "fetch" the same way. We've finally admitted defeat and now just call it "keep away" I love the holiday season from Thanksgiving to Christmas. All the traditions and decorations and time with family. But I'm really ready for a new gardening season! Best wishes to you and your family for the new year.
Bella is under the rabbit cage eating your fertilizer. lol
I know!
And also. Please don’t let any entity sway your own feeling of what you want to do when you feel like it. As far as yt. Great videos with great vibes 😎👍🏻
I like your channel to even be LONGER not shorter!!!!❤️
Wow! So good to see Noah again! He is so handsome. But he's almost as tall as you, Brian!! He's growing up fast!!! God bless you and your wonderful family!! Thank you for all you bring to us! 😊
Daisy is just so stinking cute. Love watching her.
Noah looks about the age of my sons (14 & 16). I think daisy is gonna like that jolly ball! Looking forward to seeing new content!
Thank you! Noah is 15 :)
I really don't like shorts to much it's a waste of time to me because you can't get a point on in such a short time!
Merry Christmas! Blessings 💞🙏💞
I'll watch your shorts cuz I like ya! but definitely prefer the longer more thorough and in depth videos. thank you for all you teach and share and encourage and thank you for your down to earth honestly about successes and "failures", and challenges and of course goals.
AND.... I never heard of the magic bar cookies. They look amazing!!! would love that recipe. tee hee. :)
Hello, reindeer chow is what i have seen it called! What a fantastic spread of cookies!! I have never heard of buttermilk pie but will be giving that a try. I was very surprised to see Daisy interested in the ball you got her! Love her little jumps that she does! The ever elusive Willie Coyote gopher! Have a wonderful day! Enjoy the thunderstorm!
Funny thing, I don’t like shorts. When TH-cam suggests shorts to me I turn them off. But I’m not the typical age of those who watch shorts, being older than Brian. Yours was cute though.
Don’t like the shorts. It was great to see everyone. Please have Emily share the recipes. Wow those cookies look yummy. Hope your Christmas was filled with joy and laughter. Blessings ❤️🌺
I loved this family video. It was fun to see Noah. We need more of he and your wife. Love all your videos.
I prefer the longer versions, too. Loved watching the Christmas video. I enjoyed seeing what you enjoy baking for Christmas, and thanks for sharing the recipes!
Noah seems relaxed and fits right in. Nice to see him. Lots of wonderful treats. I like cookie cut cookies, but no longer have the energy to make them. My wife's co-worker should own a bakery because she does such a fabulous job. I wear shorts a lot but don't really enjoy watching them. I have a problem viewing videos longer than 20 minutes because it takes to much time. Another excellent video Brian. May the Lord keep blessing you and yours. I sure do love you like family.
Oh my gosh I love Buttermilk pie!!!!!!
That was a great video! It had everything in it that I love seeing! Bella and Daisy, of course, the cute little bunnies, your whole family, and some yummy looking baking. Very enjoyable☺️
Just my opinion, but I much prefer longer videos to the shorts. A few shorts sprinkled in here and there sounds good but there’s just not enough to them and they’re well, too short😂
Texas panhandle here, my mother baked buttermilk pies every Thanksgiving and Christmas, so good! Definitely a southern tradition.
That’s awesome!
Buttermilk pie is AWEsome! Looking forward to 2024 with you!
It’s fun to see Noah grow up. He’s about a year older than my son. It’s crazy how much they change in only a few years. Merry Christmas 🎄
I have watched and LEARNED so much from your videos overs the years….I was surprised by the SHORTS video but enjoyed the addition immensely! As long as you ‘add’ in the SHORTS from your regular videos I’m sure you will find more ppl will watch AND move over to your channel to learn more and increase your subscriber base. I’m in my 70’s now and sleep habits change greatly, there are times where tossing and turning at night I realize I’m not able to get back to sleep and I pick up the iPad….not always wanting to concentrate on longer videos (as I’m hoping I will drift off into sleep again) but I go through many SHORTS videos, and I enjoy when I watch the longer version of someone’s video and I see where they cut the SHORTS from, or they add ‘bloopers’ So, I’m a fan of your regular videos, love the cooking additions and loved seeing that handsome young Noah in this video! God Bless and may you and your family enjoy a prosperous New Year!
Really enjoyed watching Daisy shake her head at her new Jollyball and goofy Bella. Thanks for the recipes!!! Happy New Year!
A Jolly Ball!! We have a Busy Ball for our pig, and it got lost in the yard for awhile so I was looking to buy another, but they don't make them any more. It is very much like the Jolly Ball but without a handle. I am so glad to know this. We also have a Bob-A-Lot that he likes too. That is a dog toy but pigs like it too. I like the longer videos too, shorts show up in my feed and I can't avoid them, I think that is why they are getting more views. Well a lot of us guessed a goat for Daisy, myself too. So looks like that is not the answer. We have ducks to be companions for our pig... I really have no clue, it will be a wonderful surprise. (hopefully not a pig, they are a lot of work!) Great video, thanks so much!
The jolly ball is what I have several of. I’ve tied a short rope on some. All of my animals love em. I even have a couple tied to tree limbs. The horses love em. My dog has one she plays with all the time, she’ll grab it by the rope n sling it around just spinning n a circle n running with it. She loves it. Another inexpensive toy Daisy might like is just a plain blowup exercise ball. Things that will move if they butt n kick it. Love the family video. Merry Christmas 🎄
I have been following your channel(s) since before the move a couple years ago but have not commented. It has been fun to watch you learn animals like you continue to learn plants. We had a Great Pyr/Lab Cross guardian dog for years. Bella is White. Our Gary was brown but the mannerisms are exactly the same. Fetch was a no go for Gary and shelters were out of the question. He wanted to be on the tallest space, well, to guard. I chuckled when folks asked about you keeping the halter on Daisy. Wise move on your part as a first time livestock owner. Being able to catch and control her with the halter will allow for easier behavior management and vet/health care in the future. I love your channels and have watched daily to catch up and I am about there. Thank you so much and I love the recent Christmas video. Looking forward to the coming month plantings! I am in North Idaho, so, it is going to be awhile.
Nice video with the family. Noah is just getting more handsome by the day. I think Daisy really likes her ball. The buttermilk pie is perhaps like our Chess pie. My favorite is a lemon chess pie. The shorts are cute but I like the full episodes more. I am so curious about the new addition to the homestead. Please keep making your great videos.
It was nice seeing you all bake. I've never heard of any of those treats (except Buttermilk pie). I believe my mom told me that my grandma (who was from the south) used to make it when she was younger. I think I might try to make one myself. Thank you for sharing the recipes. Seeing Bella and Daisy both playing with their toys was so cute (and funny) 🥰😄 My sister bought your "Companion Planting for Beginners" book for my mom for Christmas. It was such a nice surprise because my sister had no clue that me and my mom watch your Next Level Gardening channel. I hope you, Emilie, Noah, and all the girls (🐕🐄🐇🐔) had a Merry Christmas and wishing you all a Happy New Year!
Thank you so much!
I hate shorts- I don’t watch them.
Brian you know Christmas has 12 days ? It is bad luck if you take down your decorations before the Epiphany!! I am so sick of eating sugar at this point I can’t wait to get back to my regular diet!! And my favorite Christmas cookie is the Pheffernusse.
I've had buttermilk pie every year for years, it's my favorite pie that my mother would make!!! My family lives in North Alabama.
Good to see the whole family together in this video.
Love, love love your videos, thank you so much. Love Daisy and Bella, and your family is lovely Brian. I’m guessing a miniature goat or a miniature donkey to be the new companion for Daisy. Hopefully we don’t have to wait too long! Happy New Year to you all.
All your cookies are new to me thank you. I live in Switzerland
Thank you Brian. 🌲💚🙃
You are so welcome
The short was so funny.....I loved it.
Buttermilk pie is most definitely a southern pie, not to be confused with a custard pie. I had my first buttermilk pie in Mississippi. SO good!!
Yep. Buttermilk pie is definitely a Southern thing! I haven't had it in years. ❤ -TN
I can’t wait to see you guys in the new year and all the fun with Daisy and Bella!!!!
Making me miss my aunt. She would bake me a buttermilk pie for my birthday every year, down here in Mississippi.
I prefer the longer videos... don't forget us in favour of shorts... I guess advert watchers like the shorts as they are used to them.
I watch a lot of shorts, but prefer yours as longs....?
Buttermilk pie is awesome. Daisy is so cute trying to play with her new ball. I've seen cows on video playing with stuff. Makes me not want to ever eat another hamburger. Hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas. Today is my birthday so enjoying my day relaxing.
Happy belated birthday! I hope you’re still relaxing and celebrating. What a perfect time of year for a birthday-a brand new year to look forward to!
Thank you so much. Happy New Year !@@ruthannap6446
Thank you for sharing some of your Christmas with us😊
Glad you all had a nice Christmas and wishing you a huge 2024😊
Thank you for this warm and feel good video. Glad you guys had a great Christmas. I did also. Loved the short afterwards was funny. Daisy was cute with the ball. Bella will learn soon how to bring the ball back.
The short is hilarious, but I also love the long-form vids, so please don't be in a rush to move entirely to shorts. Your buttermilk pie brings back memories of one my family used to make called sugar pie. Haven't had it since I was a kid, but I have my great-grandmother's recipe, and I may have to make it soon! I'm with you, Brian, about the run-up to Christmas. The anticipation is everything. Daisy is absolutely adorable with her ball!
My grandmother used to make icebox cake! And buttermilk pie is awesome! I think you are right-it’s a southern thing. I’m from the north and I never ate it until we came down to Savannah Georgia!
‘Glad to hear you had a great Christmas with your beautiful family and Bella, Daisy, the bunnies and chick chicks! Have a wonderful New Year full of joy and good health. Regular or short videos…I have time for it all ! 😊
The needed post for the cow salt lick is easy. Just find a spare fence post pile. Cut to length ~10-12+ inches pounded into the ground (measure the length from bottom of post, pound into ground to that line. Measure what the inside depth of the salt lick, and cut off extra. Then Daisy, if properly installed, can't push over the salt lick. But, from what you mention is that BOTH ends have their indents - then outsmart both the salt lick sellers and Daisy. Drill out a massive (closet dowel rod diameter) hole in "2" wooden fence posts. Install this in an accessible - but non-pushable area inside the shelter. Pound in the posts (as said above). Raise up the salt lick and pound in 2 closet dowels from either side of the "2" posts. Then let Daisy try and push it over, or roll it around the shelter. What happens (and far better than just a sitting salt lick) is that it rotates, like toilet paper on its dowels. Daisy gets to lick and push the salt lick with her nose, wile the toilet roller salt lick turns over and over. Good fun for Daisy as a salt lick, but also a basic attention toy ! One also needs to put in the top cross bar to the "2" posts so that they remain all stable and firm - against any of Daisy's pushing.
Hahaha I had a dog that played fetch the same way. Daisy was so cute with that ball ! Wishing your entire family the best for the Christmas season and throughout the next year.
I much prefer the longer videos. I rarely watch shorts on any of the channels I follow.
Not sure why Noah is camera shy. He is such a handsome young man. I am sure Bella will get the Fetch thing down soon. Bella was definitely jolly about that ball! she was bouncing around like a puppy. Too Cute. I cant wait to try the Buttermilk Pie recipe. Thanks for sharing
😊 thank you
I watch shorts but love the long form videos!!
I LOVE buttermilk pie.
Noah is very handsome. 🌲💚🙃
Thank you 😊
So lovely, to see your family celebrating Christmas was a treat!
I'll be making that buttermilk pie! Never heard of it but looked delicious 🎉
Looking forward to THE SOURDOUGH recipe some day😊❤😊❤😊❤
I recommend Christmas Crack and lemon chess pie to add to your recipes file. We really enjoyed them this holiday. Yes, buttermilk pie is delicious!
Darn, you’re making me hungry! lol!❤
I am from New Jersey, and I have never heard of a Buttermilk Pie. I couldn't imagine what it would look like, but I am going to make it because it looked so good in the video. Thanks for the recipe!
Merry Christmas! Don’t ditch your son’s bike… it’ll be a blink and you’ll have a grandchild that your hearts will swell over when you pass that bike on to him/her! Keep it!
Nice to see Noah. He’s a handsome young man. Love those bunnies. Give Daisy time and I bet she’ll be tossing that ball. Give Bella a treat to come back with ball. Maybe ?
I would love a Christmas card of your thumbnail of Bella and Daisy with hats on
My mom’s mom would make refrigerator cookies in the old metal icecube tray, minus the ice cube cutter.
Looks like you all had a great Christmas. I prefer the long version so hope you keep the longs too. Thanks for another great video.
We in Melbourne Australia are experiencing weird weather. We had lightning, thunder, wind and 60 ml of rain in 2 days. Rest of the country had more rain flooding actually. Haven’t heard of any of your cookie recipes but we make a delicious slice called a Mars Bar slice, I’ll swap the recipe if you like. Really nice to see Noah. Your fur babies are gorgeous. Great hearing about all the different American recipes.
How many times have I mentioned SanFran KSFO nursery-orchardist Bob Tannem RIP (Bob in the Garden) in the Sunday AM talk radio show talking about his gopher/mole problem child solver. Mix oatmeal, peanut butter, (one could also add in a couple droplets of honey) - and plaster of paris. Roll these into small round balls the size of your pointer finger fingernail. Put these down all of the many holes. The critter eats these. The oatmeal and plaster of paris sucks up the stomach fluids in the body creating the plaster block in the stomach - dehydrating the animal. The critter goes into an ~eternal~ sleep for a full stomach and lack of further foods, water, and energy. No other critter eats the safely dispatched critter - except worms - leaving the plaster stomach cast in the ground (calcium is good for the soil).
Bella just needs to get trained-up on what a ball launcher is all about. Bring Bella up here to our SanFran dog park, and many owners have launchers and their dogs chase the flying balls up to 200-300 feet distance - and bring it back - and enjoy doing so many times (especially if they get a treat for doing so ... ahem!)
Never had buttermilk pie. 🌲💚🙃
It’s so good!
Lookes to me as Bella has bonded to the rabbit poop.
Love your videos as is. Maybe shorts for things like "behind the scenes", that was fun! As for the longer videos, you demonstrate and explain things, beginning to end. It is vital to be longer for the awesome things you share!
Noah has grown up so much. Merry Christmas! I hope you & your family have a spectacular holiday!!
I love, love, love your long format videos
Omg, Daisy and Bella are super cute!❤
Yup - as expected. Bella didn't like the rain noise (and windiness) on the metal sheeting. So only 2 (3) areas in which she hid out. Under the rafters of the protected patio deck roofing, within the cottage in the protected rabbit hutchery area, or down with Daisy in her semi wind-and-rain protected shelter. Which leads to the 2 previous statements of having 2 Bella dog bed locations in the cottage and down at Daisy's shelter - Bella can make her seasonal choices. Inside the warm cottage for Fall and Winter, while cooling down in the shade at Daisy's shelter in the Spring and Summer.
Never heard of buttermilk pie but I love buttermilk so that is one recipe I will have to try. Looks like you and the family had a lovely Christmas and Bella and Daisy got some nice gifts. Happy New Year 🎉
I'm way behind on some of the videos. However, the buttermilk pie reminds me a lot of chess pie which is also Southern. I'm originally from the south and absolutely love my chess pie especially the lemon version. I will be trying the refrigerator cookies! Sound yummy. We always make cutout sugar cookies, peanut blossoms (have to try it with almond butter), magic cookies, and butter pecan turtle cookies which are amazing! Then also a couple kinds of fudge. :) Thanks for sharing your traditions, Brian, Emily, and Noah!
Glad you all had a wonderful Christmas.. ❤❤
Thanks for sharing, this & so many gardening & homesteading ideas & advice.. your positive attitude is such a blessing 😊😊 .. warts & all..
I'm looking forward to watching in 2024.. 😊
Don't know why TH-cam is telling you that 70 percent of your audience wants shorts from you. I would certainly beg to differ on that. I think it's just TH-cam trying to get more short form content from creators rather than ppl actually wanting it. 🤔 Certainly interesting they would say that though
BELLA IS ONE BIG FURY FLIRT! who loves her PAPA LOL! I had no idea that cows could be so hard to get to know and become friends with! I think you should sing to her or play her some music they seem to enjoy that... THANKS FOR THE SUGAR HIGH til the morrow! be blessed.
Thank you!
Hey from Georgia, it surprises me that you know something about buttermilk pie. ❤ 😊 They are very delicious. And very popular here.