THIS is the homesteading i want to see. I used to LOVE channels like Justin Rhodes back when he was humble. Now he is blowing hundreds of thousands of dollars on house remodels and equipment and barns. He has an entire film crew now. It just doesn't feel real anymore with him.
@phyzix_phyzix actually it’s just us ♥️ I film most days by myself, then sometimes on weekends when friends come over we all film together and Brendin brings over his drone. It was just me and Brendin muckin about in the barn for the talking bits. Then Brendin edits evenings and weekend when he’s not at his 9-5. He’s a wizard with the edits! I really appreciate hearing that it feels like it’s done by a professional crew! 🥰
@phyzix_phyzix the crew on this project only consists of Emily and Brendin, a single camera, a couple mics, and a vision! When the weekend rolls around myself, Brendin and Emily take turns filming. It's a huge compliment that it looks as if we have a full crew behind us to create the Wilsons on Wilson - thank you!
LOL I feel what you said about the shorts. hahaha. I found that I am allergic to 90% of the vegetation at our farm and we figured that out when I was in shorts and a tank in it and then by the next morning I was covered in poison oak whelps. Every inch of me, not exaggerating, was covered in those whelps. Now I either don't venture into the mess or I wear long sleeves and my overalls.
I've just discovered your videos and I've fallen head over hills in love with you and your tribe!! Thank you for allowing us a glimpse into your world and community. It's a slice of beauty in this dark raw time we are living in. Blessings! Now I shall go binge on the rest of your videos!!
Today we took our kids and bonus kids to the run down property we are purchasing, and here you are living my dream, i was feeling overwhelmed but feel much more inspired, im so excited to follow you and grow along with you. Thank you❤
Sweet Emily. Just watched this last night, and then some of your other content. My goodness girl, you have more charisma in your right eyebrow than most will ever have. The camera just absolutely LOVES you. You're a natural. Given what was said in this video, it's clear you have a LOT of homestead experience to offer and a deep deep connection to mother earth and her plants. And incredible friendships. The cars lined up to move plants made me tear up a bit. All of that said, it would seem, based on your other content, some of which I watched last night, that you're still finding your footing. I would definitely watch more long form rather than the less than 10 minute videos (though I get it - I'm 57 and not on tiktok). My suggestion would be, do some visioning on what value you want to bring to your viewers. Is it that nature can heal trauma? Is it that hard work pays off (with before and after footage)? Is it just that the earth is beautiful and worth holding in high regard (with beautiful in the moment footage)? Any of those things are well worth watching, but have a "guiding light" in mind when you're figuring out content. I wish you all great success. Because so far, this story is amazing and you have the potential to have an absolutely HUGE following.
Wow! Thank you so much for the incredibly thoughtful feedback! It’s so funny that you bring up us “finding our footing” because that was the name of the game last year! With every episode we brainstormed and shifted. We tried new things from day to day to see what worked! Brendin would tweak film settings and audio, and buy new gadgets, trying to teach me how to utilize a bunch of gear I’d never worked with before! It was a massive learning curve! Plus I was terrified of being on camera! My fear of judgement and cruelty was a massive hurdle we had to climb many times in this process! And I’m sure we’ll continue to face that as I heal along the way. I think we’ve sort of found our grove now though. Creating something like this takes so much communication and understanding for one another and for the over all vision! It’s unlike anything I’ve ever done before! So thank you for looking at the whole picture and giving such sage advice. We think we’ve found our path, the documentary style, hard work, healing, friendship, taking care of the land for the greater good kinda feel..? But a good meal and some vision boarding never hurt anyone so who knows.. maybe we can solidify a clearer vision of who we are and what we share! So thanks again for the inspiration and for sharing your kind heart. We hope you have an amazing day! Emily and the Wilson’s team!
My gods how refreshing to find a channel with real people doing life while honestly imperfect. I heard you mention your circle, and my pagan heart fell in love. I've learned much from other channels, but there always seems to be a proselytizing moment on each video, and it gets old. "There was so much darkness chosen for me where i didn't have a choice. Now i do." I can't tell how this spoke to me. Thank you.
Thank you so much! It’s hard to open up and feel so vulnerable, but it feels like it’s worth it when I feel these moments of connection! Your words mean a lot!
New Subscriber! Light comes from darkness! I love you and your husband ❤️ ! Thank You both for doing the youtube, folks will be inspired, as well as educated! Look forward to traveling with you folks on Your Journey! " Build a bigger table, not a higher fence" 🏡🤝🙏🍁🕊🇨🇦
Fantastic 👍🏻 My wife and I are getting ready to takeover the Homestead I grew up on in New Mexico. So exciting. I'll share this on the Gram. I've got quite a few people that'll love this. Keep em coming
Such an inspiring film. My wife and I have just bought a small holding in South Africa. It's been a few months of hard slog work cleaning and removing dumped stuff all over, but we see the land breathing again.
You inspired me so much to take care of the land that I own. I am teaching little things to my grand-daughters every time they are with me. I will be following you because you have such a good soul to share your journey with us! ❤
Your geniuneness & passion for gardening comes across strongly. All this beauty of growing & tending plants grows our soul. I live in the Midwest suburbs. We all have to work with what we have. I am thankful to be retired & be able to play in soil. God is good.
This is a great representation of what homesteading is really like. Your story is so heartfelt. And the beauty you have uncovered on this little plot of ground. Not only the landscapes but the friends that have been involved, your soul finding comfort, and your heart at ease. The only thing that distracts from it's picture perfect essence, is the foul words. I hope that in the future you can find other words in your vocabulary to replace it, and carry this beauty forward so everyone can feel it. Good luck to a bright future and seeing your dreams come to life.
Wow, you all rock! What an amazing job you’ve done with your place. My husband and I truly believe if you give things out to flow the universe points you in the right direction. You all are proof of what can happen if you trust it. Isn’t it great how it just lined up boom, boom, boom as you said in this episode. So glad to be part of your community of subscribers at the beginning of your journey. You are amazing, thanks for keeping it real. Hello from the Sunshine Coast. Thank you for sharing!
You in front of the camera would be my inner dialogue whenever I think about doing any kind of vlog anything, lol. I have 7 kids (#8 is on the way) and one day PRAY that we can have a few acres for a homestead and some more for just woods and children to explore. Right now we’re employing our suburban backyard to try to get our hands dirty and get some skills developed. It’s a long, slow process, but better moving ahead than staying stagnant. Can’t wait to catch up on all that you’ve done so far. This is the kind of channel I love…REAL! Stay real!
Thank you so much! We appreciate your kind words. And wow! 8 kiddos, that’s amazing ♥️ it must be a lot of fun in your back yard getting your hands dirty!
@@TheWilsonsOnWilson that is the plan! We weren’t able to garden during some of my oldest kids’ youngest years, but our youngest kids love getting out there with me to dig in the dirt and especially to harvest the goods! It’s been a blast sharing the joy with them ❤️
That’s wonderful! I love playing with kids in the garden. We don’t have any kids of our own but we love to borrow everyone else’s! There’s something so special about nurturing kids curiosity, and when we get to do that outside it just brings so much joy! Thanks again for connecting with us and happy gardening!
You just made my day! This is the best, most honest journey! You just give me hope for humanity. ❤ Thank you for all of your hard work. I think mother earth (God) will be very happy with your accomplishments! Thanks for sharing and for your beautiful personality. All of you!
Emily and chosen family, I wanted to share something with you, so here I am. LOL Thank you for sharing your story with us. Your passion is heartwarming and I appreciate the feelings. Thank you. You make me feel strong and full of joy. Thank you!
Oh wow, I am obsessed with the show This Farming Life! They show the life of a husband and wife who raise Shetland cattle on the Outer Hebrides. It looks so beautiful.
Just found yall's channel, love your personality and goofiness with the f-off bloopers lol so I had to click the bell for all :) manifesting the life you want is the best way to get there with a lot of hard work and overcoming uncomfortable/difficult situations but you are right it's never done just build a bigger table and expand the circle!! Going to binge watch your channel now while sending good vibes from down here in the mountains of Virginia
Love love love you. You are clearly a very cool, humble, hardworking, talented interesting person. I’m looking forward to watching your homestead/TH-cam channel in the future. Keep the f bomb under wraps so that people can watch with kids. Kids can learn from you too! God bless you Emily! ♥️👩🌾♥️
I am obsessed! Thank you for providing such relateable, genuine and positive content and showing us the nitty gritty. I also have a brand new TH-cam channel and you guys have inspired me so much in showing the authenticity, the power of manifestation, and the rawness of what goes on behind the scenes. Can't wait to take this journey with you two and continue to be encouraged! 💜
this is awesome makes me wish i did videos before i started on my place to document. some times ya get lost in the day to day and don't realize how far its come.
Absolutely! That’s actually how this whole thing started. We didn’t plan on doing this as a doc or series. When we originally asked Brendin to give us a hand we just wanted to capture our progress so that in five or ten years we could look back and see where we began. We didn’t want to be so busy bustling in the day to day that we forgot see how amazing the journey is!Then he got us super excited about making into a documentary style piece, then it evolved into this crazy fun TH-cam adventure! It’s all evolved so quickly, it’s been a whirl wind of amazing!
This is a long video often on such a long video my mind wonders and I'm like...what did they say. Lol This was so beautifully perfectly done I've been hanging on the edge of my seat the whole time. What an inspiration!!!! One of these days I pray to be so courageous. Much love your biggest fan!!
Thank you so much for the incredibly thoughtful response. We are thrilled you enjoyed it! Brendin worked so hard on this edit and agonized over trying to piece it together in a compelling way. Season 2 is underway so stay tuned!
Just came across your channel today! Thank you - so refreshing to have people who truly love what they are doing. Tough times at times but then spring comes and we are all reminded of new things!
I just fell in love with this so much. Emily you are the cutest thing ever! I am so happy I randomly found you. I love what you are doing. So inspiring! I love the circle....everything has a center. Keep going!
You're lucky i live in Nova Scotia..because i would demand us to be bestfriends!!! ..lol Seriously, though, you guys are setting up one beautiful life!!! I can't wait to see this summers progress & tomatoes...
So inspiring love your channel , but the weather here in Perth Australia is going to be 46c or 113f so my plants are dying and sunburnt gardening is going to have to wait . Thanks for making me laugh
Just started watching your video and will definitely check out some of your other ones. Thanks for sharing the possibilities, it is encouraging to see what can be done with something too overgrown! This is my dream to have a big farm property, one day hopefully. Hello from Vancouver Island 😊
Congratulations on all the views! You’re doing a great job on your channel and on your homestead. We’re just getting started here on our homestead in Idaho and our TH-cam channel, Hidden Creek Family Ranch. Looking forward to following your journey 😁
I feel farming and raising your own meat and nutritional needs is a vital skill set. I believe we as a society wanted instant gratification that we stopped enjoying the slower much healthier ways of life. Im am so happy that we seem to be pushing back on the stereotypes and government. We are taking our lives back from the big machines.
I know this video isn't as recent but this is the first I've found of yours! Pretty much an instant sub from me xP I just instantly clicked with your energy! You seem like an absolutely amazing soul to be around! Though your husband seems awesome too of course lol I'm so excited I feel like I'm gonna learn so much from your channel until I have the resources to go help people and learn things hands on! I'm in Oregon so it's also nice being able to see a homstead that'll be a bit more similar to ours climate wise than say a midwestern or southern homestead would be. Also despite what someone else commented I personally appreciate hearing the "foul language" from time to time, it feels more realistic! There's plenty of evangelical or "family-friendly" homestead channels to go around lol Not that there's anything wrong with it of course, I just grew up in the church and left for a reason is all I really appreciate you touching on your personal experiences growing up, I may not know your exact story, but some of what you said resonated with me. I love what you've been able to do for yourself and your healing journey so far. Like another commenter mentioned, your circle also really speaks to my pagan heart as well! I absolutely love the idea and want to incorporate it whenever I'm able to get land some day despite being and organization freak lol, I can find a way to organise a circle! Or maybe that's part of the point is to not be able to organise it, and just plant things where they feel they should go? Hmmm... Either way, thank you! I'm excited to catch up and see what comes next!
Oooh thank you so much!!! I’m am absolutely delighted to hear how much you connected with our journey! That really makes my heart happy. We’ve done quite a few different styles of episodes since we started this project but I tell ya, the year one doc is something we’re all super proud of. ♥️ I can hardly wait to see how our year to shapes up. I love your honesty in this comment, it’s beautiful! We are so stoked to have you join our TH-cam farm-family! All the love ♥️Emily
I can’t tell you how much it means to us to get a comments like this! We put an incredible amount of time and effort into this project, and comments like this make it all worth it. We are very proud of what we are creating and are thrilled to hear from people like yourself that are moved and inspired ❤ So welcome to the channel! We’re happy to have you along for the journey! And tell your friends! 🤗 -b
@@BrendinPontinen Thank you! And of course! I'm glad to be able to help contribute towards a feeling of success! You guys definitely deserve it! I'll be sharing with anyone I can get to listen xP glad to be joining ^-^
You guys are absolute troopers! I have a question from Australia. With Wannock you did the renovations but didnt own it? Then you have to move after all your hard work.
Ya, we’ve always treated the places that we live in like our own. We fix em up and build gardens. It’s always been that way. It definitely made it a lot harder to leave, physically and emotionally, but it was worth it! We learned so much, and felt so grateful for our time there. Side note: thank you for reaching out! It amazes me that you’re all the way in Australia and we get to connect like this! Do you get to dig in the dirt where you are?
Hola! 👋🏻 fellow homesteader! We just started sharing our journey here on TH-cam. While watching your documentary I almost spit my coffee out hearing about you moving back to “Edson/Wildwood area” in Alberta! I was born and raised in Edson, our homestead is north of Wildwood! Can’t wait to follow your journey. I’m curious if you ever considered utilizing animals to assist in recovering your land from the black berries? We raise sheep, they are great tools. They clear our bush and mow our lawn!
Oh wow, that’s cool! We’ve spent lots of time in your neck of the woods! And yes, animals are definitely part of the plan! Unfortunately we don’t have adequate fencing for them yet. There are SO MANY predators through here on the daily. So we have a few safety measures we need to be able to fit in our budget before animals can happen!
@@TheWilsonsOnWilson it’s a great area, you are right however, it’s cold a lonely! I highly recommend semi permanent fencing systems. Safety first for sure. We will be staying tuned! Best of luck!
Great film! My husband and I are starting a homestead from scratch In Arizona and documenting our journey on TH-cam! This is such a well done video. Did you do all the editing yourself? We are in the very beginnings of our journey, so it’s inspiring to watch everything you guys managed in a year!
Thanks! Everything you see here is just us! We all kinda take turns filming and whatnot and Brendin does the editing end of things. We are really proud of how it turned out and so glad you enjoyed it! We are hard at work into our second season. Best of luck getting your project off the ground! 🤗
...sometimes, this how life happens. You're just going along, you have a hundred things on your list ... and suddenly, the only things on your list that matter? Are the things that make last month's "busy" look like you were sleeping til noon. Welcome to REALLY awake!
Hello! I’m starting a series on beginning homesteads and I am suggesting TH-cam channels to watch do you mind if I use a small snippet of this video to send people your way?
So happy I stumbled across this🥹 I resonated with you sooo much Emily! I’m grateful for you and your courage to show up with radical vulnerability✨ what a beautiful journey! Sending all the love to you and your family🤗❤️
My first thought for the brambles was goats until I seen all that garbage! What is wrong with people that is crazy! Also if the tarps weren’t working just put another one on top……? 😂
I know right?! People are strange. And yes, goats and pigs are actually a huge part of our plans for moving forward! We’ve got quite a few steps ahead of that though
We don’t have adequate fencing. Animals are definitely part of our future plans but we got quoted 20k just to fence in “zone one” so that’s WAY out of our budget right now!
We appreciate your feedback. We do, at times, use colorful language. A decision was made to represent our story unfiltered. We understand some may find our choice of words undesirable. However, in the context of a documentary, portraying our honest experiences is what feels right. Thank you for watching.
Hi for rats and mice put bundles of dried mints . I am in Surrey and I am in the process of becoming soil consultant and if you prefer I can offer my free help to you in terms of making biological compost and soil testing. If you are interested please let me know. Thanks A great story and best of luck.
Oh really? Dried mint! I will definitely give that a go! Thank you. And we are definitely open to working with people on fun projects so if you’d like to chat you can send us the details at wearethewilsonsonwilson@gmail.com And thanks for the mint tip!
Hi this is surinder I replied to your video about mint usage for rats and mice’s. So I am in the process of becoming soil consultant through soil food web (please check it out ). I have done all my theory requirements qualifications and now I am practicing what I learned and sharpening my skills ,so for this I need space to make biological compost and other stuff like teas and extract etc, also I will need a farmer who can let me use there land to put practice into work at no cost to farmer. It’s a win win situation for both sides I get the space to show how to grow organically and biologically without ANY chemicals and even better convert chemically used land into organic soil . The amount of land required is strictly based on what a farmer can let me use and prove my skills to them and myself and to my school . Once you read on what is soil food web school I am sure you will be thrilled to learn more . If it sounds good or to good to be true then you are right it is and if you are interested please let me know here or on my cell phone number at 6048084172. I would like to know where about you live so that it’s practical for me to travel on regular basis as it’s lot of hands on working. Thanks Surinder
This is the only one of your videos I’ve seen-it’s interesting but I have to say this and I don’t expect you to change anything for me-I’ll simply not watch because of the bad language. Who knows-possibly others feel the same. I do you wish you well!
You are not the only one thinking that! We’ve heard it a lot over the past year. But we have such a deep love and connection with the family that owns the property that we are doing this in faith. I know it sounds crazy. Very few people trust a handshake and a hug these days, and for good reason. But we believe in this so much that we’re willing to risk it!
I love watching you, my friend! You’re doing exactly what I want to do, yes, I can see the hard work it is! And yes, the peace of it coming and being in nature is awesome! That’s what we need in this world! Let’s get out there in nature with plants a garden, enjoy God’s creation 😀🙌❤️💯🎉💃🧑🌾You need help there? I seriously would come & help you. I’m in Airway Heights, Washington. I’m gonna see if I can send you my number on message otherwise
Thank you so much for your kindness and support. You can email if you’d like to speak directly or follow us on instagram if you want. Then we can chat 😊
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THIS is the homesteading i want to see. I used to LOVE channels like Justin Rhodes back when he was humble. Now he is blowing hundreds of thousands of dollars on house remodels and equipment and barns. He has an entire film crew now. It just doesn't feel real anymore with him.
This is homesteading. I agree.
What Rhodes does is not homesteading. He's always been in it for fame & fortune.
I agree about Rhodes but this video is professionally recorded with expensive equipment and a film crew.
@phyzix_phyzix actually it’s just us ♥️ I film most days by myself, then sometimes on weekends when friends come over we all film together and Brendin brings over his drone. It was just me and Brendin muckin about in the barn for the talking bits. Then Brendin edits evenings and weekend when he’s not at his 9-5. He’s a wizard with the edits! I really appreciate hearing that it feels like it’s done by a professional crew! 🥰
@phyzix_phyzix the crew on this project only consists of Emily and Brendin, a single camera, a couple mics, and a vision! When the weekend rolls around myself, Brendin and Emily take turns filming.
It's a huge compliment that it looks as if we have a full crew behind us to create the Wilsons on Wilson - thank you!
Exactly why I stopped watching him as well
LOL I feel what you said about the shorts. hahaha. I found that I am allergic to 90% of the vegetation at our farm and we figured that out when I was in shorts and a tank in it and then by the next morning I was covered in poison oak whelps. Every inch of me, not exaggerating, was covered in those whelps. Now I either don't venture into the mess or I wear long sleeves and my overalls.
Oh no that sounds terrible
I've just discovered your videos and I've fallen head over hills in love with you and your tribe!! Thank you for allowing us a glimpse into your world and community. It's a slice of beauty in this dark raw time we are living in. Blessings! Now I shall go binge on the rest of your videos!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Today we took our kids and bonus kids to the run down property we are purchasing, and here you are living my dream, i was feeling overwhelmed but feel much more inspired, im so excited to follow you and grow along with you. Thank you❤
Awe thanks! And congratulations on embarking on your own adventure!
Sweet Emily. Just watched this last night, and then some of your other content. My goodness girl, you have more charisma in your right eyebrow than most will ever have. The camera just absolutely LOVES you. You're a natural. Given what was said in this video, it's clear you have a LOT of homestead experience to offer and a deep deep connection to mother earth and her plants. And incredible friendships. The cars lined up to move plants made me tear up a bit.
All of that said, it would seem, based on your other content, some of which I watched last night, that you're still finding your footing. I would definitely watch more long form rather than the less than 10 minute videos (though I get it - I'm 57 and not on tiktok). My suggestion would be, do some visioning on what value you want to bring to your viewers. Is it that nature can heal trauma? Is it that hard work pays off (with before and after footage)? Is it just that the earth is beautiful and worth holding in high regard (with beautiful in the moment footage)? Any of those things are well worth watching, but have a "guiding light" in mind when you're figuring out content.
I wish you all great success. Because so far, this story is amazing and you have the potential to have an absolutely HUGE following.
Wow! Thank you so much for the incredibly thoughtful feedback!
It’s so funny that you bring up us “finding our footing” because that was the name of the game last year! With every episode we brainstormed and shifted. We tried new things from day to day to see what worked! Brendin would tweak film settings and audio, and buy new gadgets, trying to teach me how to utilize a bunch of gear I’d never worked with before! It was a massive learning curve! Plus I was terrified of being on camera! My fear of judgement and cruelty was a massive hurdle we had to climb many times in this process! And I’m sure we’ll continue to face that as I heal along the way.
I think we’ve sort of found our grove now though. Creating something like this takes so much communication and understanding for one another and for the over all vision! It’s unlike anything I’ve ever done before! So thank you for looking at the whole picture and giving such sage advice.
We think we’ve found our path, the documentary style, hard work, healing, friendship, taking care of the land for the greater good kinda feel..? But a good meal and some vision boarding never hurt anyone so who knows.. maybe we can solidify a clearer vision of who we are and what we share!
So thanks again for the inspiration and for sharing your kind heart. We hope you have an amazing day!
Emily and the Wilson’s team!
My gods how refreshing to find a channel with real people doing life while honestly imperfect. I heard you mention your circle, and my pagan heart fell in love. I've learned much from other channels, but there always seems to be a proselytizing moment on each video, and it gets old.
"There was so much darkness chosen for me where i didn't have a choice. Now i do." I can't tell how this spoke to me. Thank you.
Thank you so much! It’s hard to open up and feel so vulnerable, but it feels like it’s worth it when I feel these moments of connection! Your words mean a lot!
New Subscriber! Light comes from darkness!
I love you and your husband ❤️ !
Thank You both for doing the youtube, folks will be inspired, as well as educated!
Look forward to traveling with you folks on Your Journey!
" Build a bigger table,
not a higher fence"
🏡🤝🙏🍁🕊🇨🇦
Wow! Thank you so much ♥️
Fantastic 👍🏻
My wife and I are getting ready to takeover the Homestead I grew up on in New Mexico.
So exciting.
I'll share this on the Gram. I've got quite a few people that'll love this.
Keep em coming
Thank you so much!
Such an inspiring film. My wife and I have just bought a small holding in South Africa. It's been a few months of hard slog work cleaning and removing dumped stuff all over, but we see the land breathing again.
That is wonderful
You inspired me so much to take care of the land that I own. I am teaching little things to my grand-daughters every time they are with me. I will be following you because you have such a good soul to share your journey with us! ❤
Thank you so much! That’s so wonderful that you get to spend time with your grand babies!
Your geniuneness & passion for gardening comes across strongly. All this beauty of growing & tending plants grows our soul. I live in the Midwest suburbs. We all have to work with what we have. I am thankful to be retired & be able to play in soil. God is good.
Thank you for the kind words! Soil definitely heals the soul!
This is a great representation of what homesteading is really like. Your story is so heartfelt. And the beauty you have uncovered on this little plot of ground. Not only the landscapes but the friends that have been involved, your soul finding comfort, and your heart at ease.
The only thing that distracts from it's picture perfect essence, is the foul words. I hope that in the future you can find other words in your vocabulary to replace it, and carry this beauty forward so everyone can feel it. Good luck to a bright future and seeing your dreams come to life.
Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your honesty.
Wow, you all rock! What an amazing job you’ve done with your place. My husband and I truly believe if you give things out to flow the universe points you in the right direction. You all are proof of what can happen if you trust it. Isn’t it great how it just lined up boom, boom, boom as you said in this episode. So glad to be part of your community of subscribers at the beginning of your journey. You are amazing, thanks for keeping it real. Hello from the Sunshine Coast. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
You in front of the camera would be my inner dialogue whenever I think about doing any kind of vlog anything, lol. I have 7 kids (#8 is on the way) and one day PRAY that we can have a few acres for a homestead and some more for just woods and children to explore. Right now we’re employing our suburban backyard to try to get our hands dirty and get some skills developed. It’s a long, slow process, but better moving ahead than staying stagnant. Can’t wait to catch up on all that you’ve done so far. This is the kind of channel I love…REAL! Stay real!
Thank you so much! We appreciate your kind words. And wow! 8 kiddos, that’s amazing ♥️ it must be a lot of fun in your back yard getting your hands dirty!
@@TheWilsonsOnWilson that is the plan! We weren’t able to garden during some of my oldest kids’ youngest years, but our youngest kids love getting out there with me to dig in the dirt and especially to harvest the goods! It’s been a blast sharing the joy with them ❤️
That’s wonderful! I love playing with kids in the garden. We don’t have any kids of our own but we love to borrow everyone else’s! There’s something so special about nurturing kids curiosity, and when we get to do that outside it just brings so much joy!
Thanks again for connecting with us and happy gardening!
Wow! Just an amazing video featuring beautiful people!
This video was put together very well!!! I really enjoyed it!!
Thank you! That’s all Brendin! He edits everything with the support of his amazing girl Kirstie ♥️
I’m in love with the energy of this and with how much you’ve achieved. You’re growing a community here too. Hi from Australia 🇦🇺 !
Oh my gosh, Australia! That’s amazing thank you and hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦
You just made my day! This is the best, most honest journey! You just give me hope for humanity. ❤ Thank you for all of your hard work. I think mother earth (God) will be very happy with your accomplishments! Thanks for sharing and for your beautiful personality. All of you!
Wow, thank you! That’s so sweet!
You’re such a bright light. Love this!!!!!
Thank you!
Emily and chosen family, I wanted to share something with you, so here I am. LOL Thank you for sharing your story with us. Your passion is heartwarming and I appreciate the feelings. Thank you. You make me feel strong and full of joy. Thank you!
🥹 “strong and full of joy” thank you so much! We truly appreciate your kind words!
I love this channel .It has brought me so much joy today !
Making dreams real. So beautiful. Coming along on the adventure and sending love from the Outer Hebrides Scotland.
Wow! Scotland ♥️ amazing! Feelin the love and sending some right back!
Oh wow, I am obsessed with the show This Farming Life! They show the life of a husband and wife who raise Shetland cattle on the Outer Hebrides. It looks so beautiful.
Just found yall's channel, love your personality and goofiness with the f-off bloopers lol so I had to click the bell for all :) manifesting the life you want is the best way to get there with a lot of hard work and overcoming uncomfortable/difficult situations but you are right it's never done just build a bigger table and expand the circle!! Going to binge watch your channel now while sending good vibes from down here in the mountains of Virginia
Wow! Thank you so much 😊
What a beautifully compiled documentary! I LOVE your energy and care for nature.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you algorithm that sent me here!!!! This was absolutely amazing, great storytelling, great editing, congrats
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you
Excited to have found ya'll❤ I look forward to following along with your journey😊 such a beautiful piece of property ya'll have been blessed with🥰🫶🏽🙏🏼
Inspirational! Thank you for sharing your heart and life :)
Love love love you. You are clearly a very cool, humble, hardworking, talented interesting person. I’m looking forward to watching your homestead/TH-cam channel in the future. Keep the f bomb under wraps so that people can watch with kids. Kids can learn from you too! God bless you Emily! ♥️👩🌾♥️
Thank you!
I'll personally be sad if the fbombs go, but I do understand.
I find this so much more real too.
@thewilsonsonwilson did you guys buy this place or are you renting?
I am obsessed! Thank you for providing such relateable, genuine and positive content and showing us the nitty gritty. I also have a brand new TH-cam channel and you guys have inspired me so much in showing the authenticity, the power of manifestation, and the rawness of what goes on behind the scenes. Can't wait to take this journey with you two and continue to be encouraged! 💜
Thank you!!!!!
this is awesome makes me wish i did videos before i started on my place to document. some times ya get lost in the day to day and don't realize how far its come.
Absolutely! That’s actually how this whole thing started. We didn’t plan on doing this as a doc or series. When we originally asked Brendin to give us a hand we just wanted to capture our progress so that in five or ten years we could look back and see where we began. We didn’t want to be so busy bustling in the day to day that we forgot see how amazing the journey is!Then he got us super excited about making into a documentary style piece, then it evolved into this crazy fun TH-cam adventure! It’s all evolved so quickly, it’s been a whirl wind of amazing!
your such a gentel soul I found you and your husband very interesting keep it up you guys are great
Thank you so much!
You are the most real of anyone I have watched. You bring me hope
Thank you so much! 😊
This is a long video often on such a long video my mind wonders and I'm like...what did they say. Lol
This was so beautifully perfectly done I've been hanging on the edge of my seat the whole time.
What an inspiration!!!!
One of these days I pray to be so courageous.
Much love your biggest fan!!
Thank you so much for the incredibly thoughtful response. We are thrilled you enjoyed it! Brendin worked so hard on this edit and agonized over trying to piece it together in a compelling way. Season 2 is underway so stay tuned!
Awesome video. Definitely showed more of the reality of it all over the glamour. And I appreciate that.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I stumbled on this video this morning and have thoroughly enjoyed all of it! You are an inspiration! Good job sweet girl!! 👏👏👏❤
Thank you so much!!
Oh my! I just found your channel and I have goosebumps
We just stumbled on your channel through this video. Looking forward to watch all your videos. Already learned so much. Congratulations and goodluck!
Thank you so much!!
Just came across your channel today! Thank you - so refreshing to have people who truly love what they are doing. Tough times at times but then spring comes and we are all reminded of new things!
Thank you!
I'm going to remember that backing up tip 😂
Cheat code!
Stumbled across your channel because of another night of of insomnia. Love it...not only gardening but the laughter. Will not continue to watch
I just fell in love with this so much. Emily you are the cutest thing ever! I am so happy I randomly found you. I love what you are doing. So inspiring! I love the circle....everything has a center. Keep going!
Thank you so much!!
What a beautiful video, what beautiful lady x
Thank you 😊
Wow your whole being lights up in a way that my heart feels when I garden ❤❤❤❤❤ walking over to see more right now, we will sleep when we die
Thank you!!!!
Loved this guys! Amazing attitudes so positive and a joy to watch you, very inspiring ❤
Thank you so much! We release our first episode for season 2 tonight, join us!
Glad to see homesteads popping up near me, jealous! But can't wait to watch!
This is amazing. Well done all of you! ❤❤
😅 I like hearing about the true story, thx and blessing going forward
Thank you!
New subscriber here from Alberta! You guys are so inspiring. 😊
Congratulations on your incredible journey, and thank you for sharing with all of us! ❤
You're lucky i live in Nova Scotia..because i would demand us to be bestfriends!!! ..lol Seriously, though, you guys are setting up one beautiful life!!! I can't wait to see this summers progress & tomatoes...
Hey don’t you threaten me with a good time! Friends on! 🤣
So inspiring love your channel , but the weather here in Perth Australia is going to be 46c or 113f so my plants are dying and sunburnt gardening is going to have to wait . Thanks for making me laugh
Oh man! I could go for some sun right now but 46c is a little much for me! Thanks for joining along with us!
Just started watching your video and will definitely check out some of your other ones. Thanks for sharing the possibilities, it is encouraging to see what can be done with something too overgrown!
This is my dream to have a big farm property, one day hopefully. Hello from Vancouver Island 😊
Oh my god! I was in the same situation last year... had to move out of our beloved (rented) farmhouse and dig out all my plants and fruit trees!
Oh man, it’s such a crazy push hey! Did you wind up finding another place that you love?
Congratulations on all the views! You’re doing a great job on your channel and on your homestead. We’re just getting started here on our homestead in Idaho and our TH-cam channel, Hidden Creek Family Ranch. Looking forward to following your journey 😁
Thanks! Heck, we feel like we are just getting started ourselves! Best of luck on this crazy TH-cam journey. 😊
More dan RESPECT !
What a people
Gr, Joop
Super appreciate the authenticity guys❤. New sub
Thank you!! We appreciate that!
I feel farming and raising your own meat and nutritional needs is a vital skill set. I believe we as a society wanted instant gratification that we stopped enjoying the slower much healthier ways of life. Im am so happy that we seem to be pushing back on the stereotypes and government. We are taking our lives back from the big machines.
New subscriber here! Thank you for sharing your inspirational story.
Thank you for joining us!
I know this video isn't as recent but this is the first I've found of yours! Pretty much an instant sub from me xP I just instantly clicked with your energy! You seem like an absolutely amazing soul to be around! Though your husband seems awesome too of course lol I'm so excited I feel like I'm gonna learn so much from your channel until I have the resources to go help people and learn things hands on! I'm in Oregon so it's also nice being able to see a homstead that'll be a bit more similar to ours climate wise than say a midwestern or southern homestead would be. Also despite what someone else commented I personally appreciate hearing the "foul language" from time to time, it feels more realistic! There's plenty of evangelical or "family-friendly" homestead channels to go around lol Not that there's anything wrong with it of course, I just grew up in the church and left for a reason is all
I really appreciate you touching on your personal experiences growing up, I may not know your exact story, but some of what you said resonated with me. I love what you've been able to do for yourself and your healing journey so far. Like another commenter mentioned, your circle also really speaks to my pagan heart as well! I absolutely love the idea and want to incorporate it whenever I'm able to get land some day despite being and organization freak lol, I can find a way to organise a circle! Or maybe that's part of the point is to not be able to organise it, and just plant things where they feel they should go? Hmmm...
Either way, thank you! I'm excited to catch up and see what comes next!
Oooh thank you so much!!!
I’m am absolutely delighted to hear how much you connected with our journey! That really makes my heart happy. We’ve done quite a few different styles of episodes since we started this project but I tell ya, the year one doc is something we’re all super proud of. ♥️
I can hardly wait to see how our year to shapes up.
I love your honesty in this comment, it’s beautiful! We are so stoked to have you join our TH-cam farm-family!
All the love
♥️Emily
I can’t tell you how much it means to us to get a comments like this! We put an incredible amount of time and effort into this project, and comments like this make it all worth it. We are very proud of what we are creating and are thrilled to hear from people like yourself that are moved and inspired ❤
So welcome to the channel! We’re happy to have you along for the journey!
And tell your friends! 🤗
-b
@@TheWilsonsOnWilson Aw thank you so much! I'm excited to be joining in watching the journey! ^-^
@@BrendinPontinen Thank you! And of course! I'm glad to be able to help contribute towards a feeling of success! You guys definitely deserve it! I'll be sharing with anyone I can get to listen xP glad to be joining ^-^
You guys are absolute troopers! I have a question from Australia. With Wannock you did the renovations but didnt own it? Then you have to move after all your hard work.
Ya, we’ve always treated the places that we live in like our own. We fix em up and build gardens. It’s always been that way. It definitely made it a lot harder to leave, physically and emotionally, but it was worth it! We learned so much, and felt so grateful for our time there.
Side note: thank you for reaching out! It amazes me that you’re all the way in Australia and we get to connect like this! Do you get to dig in the dirt where you are?
Beautifully done 😊
Thank you! Brendin really agonized over trying to make this doc great 😊
LOL We hung our tree swing the exact same way ... but in an Oak!
Hola! 👋🏻 fellow homesteader! We just started sharing our journey here on TH-cam. While watching your documentary I almost spit my coffee out hearing about you moving back to “Edson/Wildwood area” in Alberta! I was born and raised in Edson, our homestead is north of Wildwood!
Can’t wait to follow your journey.
I’m curious if you ever considered utilizing animals to assist in recovering your land from the black berries?
We raise sheep, they are great tools. They clear our bush and mow our lawn!
Oh wow, that’s cool! We’ve spent lots of time in your neck of the woods!
And yes, animals are definitely part of the plan! Unfortunately we don’t have adequate fencing for them yet. There are SO MANY predators through here on the daily. So we have a few safety measures we need to be able to fit in our budget before animals can happen!
@@TheWilsonsOnWilson it’s a great area, you are right however, it’s cold a lonely!
I highly recommend semi permanent fencing systems. Safety first for sure.
We will be staying tuned! Best of luck!
Congrats guys awesome premiere can't wait to see more 😀
Great film! My husband and I are starting a homestead from scratch In Arizona and documenting our journey on TH-cam! This is such a well done video. Did you do all the editing yourself? We are in the very beginnings of our journey, so it’s inspiring to watch everything you guys managed in a year!
Thanks! Everything you see here is just us! We all kinda take turns filming and whatnot and Brendin does the editing end of things. We are really proud of how it turned out and so glad you enjoyed it! We are hard at work into our second season. Best of luck getting your project off the ground! 🤗
Amazing guys ❤❤❤.
Countdown to premier!!
You are such a beautiful person
Thank you ♥️
...sometimes, this how life happens. You're just going along, you have a hundred things on your list ... and suddenly, the only things on your list that matter? Are the things that make last month's "busy" look like you were sleeping til noon.
Welcome to REALLY awake!
Hello! I’m starting a series on beginning homesteads and I am suggesting TH-cam channels to watch do you mind if I use a small snippet of this video to send people your way?
Thanks for thinking of us! Send us an email and we can talk further 😊
So happy I stumbled across this🥹 I resonated with you sooo much Emily! I’m grateful for you and your courage to show up with radical vulnerability✨ what a beautiful journey! Sending all the love to you and your family🤗❤️
Thank you so much!!
WHERE DO YOU GET COMPHREY,?
You can get comfrey from seed, we got ours from root division from our previous property.
If you're anywhere near Northern Ontario Canada I've got a bunch you can have. Really.
Ps time to use a sifter on your tea!! Lol
My first thought for the brambles was goats until I seen all that garbage! What is wrong with people that is crazy! Also if the tarps weren’t working just put another one on top……? 😂
I know right?! People are strange. And yes, goats and pigs are actually a huge part of our plans for moving forward! We’ve got quite a few steps ahead of that though
i means it’s too late now, but you didn’t consider having goats/sheeps to eat all that vegetations up?
We don’t have adequate fencing. Animals are definitely part of our future plans but we got quoted 20k just to fence in “zone one” so that’s WAY out of our budget right now!
Pickle n can those tomatoes
We do every year!
This is beautiful! I love the video, what I didn’t love was your F word. How much more beautiful it would have been without that F word.
We appreciate your feedback. We do, at times, use colorful language. A decision was made to represent our story unfiltered. We understand some may find our choice of words undesirable. However, in the context of a documentary, portraying our honest experiences is what feels right.
Thank you for watching.
Hi for rats and mice put bundles of dried mints .
I am in Surrey and I am in the process of becoming soil consultant and if you prefer I can offer my free help to you in terms of making biological compost and soil testing.
If you are interested please let me know.
Thanks
A great story and best of luck.
Oh really? Dried mint! I will definitely give that a go! Thank you. And we are definitely open to working with people on fun projects so if you’d like to chat you can send us the details at wearethewilsonsonwilson@gmail.com
And thanks for the mint tip!
Hi this is surinder I replied to your video about mint usage for rats and mice’s.
So I am in the process of becoming soil consultant through soil food web (please check it out ).
I have done all my theory requirements qualifications and now I am practicing what I learned and sharpening my skills ,so for this I need space to make biological compost and other stuff like teas and extract etc, also I will need a farmer who can let me use there land to put practice into work at no cost to farmer.
It’s a win win situation for both sides I get the space to show how to grow organically and biologically without ANY chemicals and even better convert chemically used land into organic soil .
The amount of land required is strictly based on what a farmer can let me use and prove my skills to them and myself and to my school .
Once you read on what is soil food web school I am sure you will be thrilled to learn more .
If it sounds good or to good to be true then you are right it is and if you are interested please let me know here or on my cell phone number at 6048084172.
I would like to know where about you live so that it’s practical for me to travel on regular basis as it’s lot of hands on working.
Thanks
Surinder
You’re doing all this and you’re renting???
Yes! We know it’s kind of crazy, but the homeowners and their family are near and dear to our hearts so we are diving in, in faith!
Also I love your channel, and I love your honesty!! You guys are gonna be big TH-camrs 🎉❤
Thanks!
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I believe that Americans are going to have to 'wake up" and learn to garden simply to eat.
This is the only one of your videos I’ve seen-it’s interesting but I have to say this and I don’t expect you to change anything for me-I’ll simply not watch because of the bad language. Who knows-possibly others feel the same. I do you wish you well!
Praise God for your learning experience and ability to çhange yourself but work on your words of choose( Profanity) Please,
Sorry that offends you
I like where you have come from and what hard work you have done, however, the cussing ruins it for me! There is no need for that kind of language.
Sorry that bugs you!
All I keep thinking is “please tell me you bought this house and land and not renting.” I couldn’t imagine putting in that much work for someone else.
You are not the only one thinking that! We’ve heard it a lot over the past year. But we have such a deep love and connection with the family that owns the property that we are doing this in faith. I know it sounds crazy. Very few people trust a handshake and a hug these days, and for good reason. But we believe in this so much that we’re willing to risk it!
No one could afford to buy 25 acres in this area it will only costs you north of a few million
10 acre property in the area are listed for 3.5 million
I love watching you, my friend! You’re doing exactly what I want to do, yes, I can see the hard work it is! And yes, the peace of it coming and being in nature is awesome! That’s what we need in this world! Let’s get out there in nature with plants a garden, enjoy God’s creation 😀🙌❤️💯🎉💃🧑🌾You need help there? I seriously would come & help you. I’m in Airway Heights, Washington. I’m gonna see if I can send you my number on message otherwise
Thank you so much for your kindness and support. You can email if you’d like to speak directly or follow us on instagram if you want. Then we can chat 😊