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My favourite part of a vacation is coming home. I love how taking a break helps to refresh and reenergize so that when I come back even my mundane chores are enjoyable to do.
Exactly!
When you go away you really appreciate what you have when you come back.
There is no place like home !!!!!!!
"Rest is just really underrated" is such a GREAT comment. Thank you Michelle! We should all abide by this.
Totally agree.
I believe it is one of the main necessities for good health !!
You two are wise beyond your years. I’m 65 and I think you all are doing great!!! Enjoy your trip, and family. Relax and have a great time.
Thanks!
I know it will be difficult to take your mind off the farm but while away please take enough time to relax, live in the moment and enjoy yourselves. You deserve it
That's the plan!
I take that quote as in you have the ability to do what you want when u want to and not be chained to a job or restricted by financial stress. I think vacation is part of a life well lived!
Agreed.
You two are so enjoyable to watch. Your rhythms and editing and routine is a smooth beautiful dance. And I learn a Lot💜
Glad to hear it, Tamara. Thanks for watching!
You two make really good videos. Solid info, interesting topics, and you're very likable. Practical, no nonsense, realistic approach. And no click bait, which is admirable.
Glad you're enjoying it!
Enjoy your vacation and have lots of fun. We will all be here when you get back!
Dear ones, I can't tell you how excited I am for your vacation. Wonderful, relaxing and eventful holidays. Enjoy yourself as a family and trust in your help on the farm. Everything is good because you are good. All the best to you, arrive safely and return safely.
Thanks Claudia!
Very wise to take time away. I was a Dahlia Farmer and we had Celebrating Gardens where we did many events. Although I loved my work it was refreshing to get away even it it was just two days. How’s about planting a few Dahlia’s to add beauty and lots of cut 🌺 . You are a great team and can see Gods mighty hand in your marriage and homestead. God bless you. You have a great platform to praise his name❤
I was thinking : how can they work every every every days whithout burn out ? Vacation is so good for having new energy ! Enjoy
I love your way of thinking about taking a break from what you love, so it can still be a love or passion for a long time.
I never knew what to do with the crazy amounts of leftover whey, but then we started using it all in our rice in 1:1 substitute for the water! Makes the rice SO YUMMY!! The whey gives the rice a slightly cheesy taste too, which is always a hit with us!
Enjoy your vacation!
It's always hard to go away when you have animals. I was so blessed when I had my 3 horses my parents came over everyday to feed them twice a day when I'd travel from new England to Kentucky for a week.
Michelle is so right that you need a break from things every so often.. You come back with fresh eyes and a fresh attitude.
It really does make such a difference.
I love your channel ❤ would you please leave up any words you put on the screen a little bit longer? I can't read that fast. Thank you! ❤
I end up back tracking a lot to read those too.
Thanks for the feedback!
Vlog💡 idea: A fairly easy cheese is a wisconsin cheese curd. The kids love it and it would look good on camera as a step to hard cheese.
Soooo true!!! Your favorite food might be Pizza but could you eat it every day? NO!!! It is important to take a vacation or two each year just like people that work in Corporate America.
Our thoughts exactly.
Soil in the kitchen sink!! I love it! ❤ My high tunnel has to be recovered later this spring so I’m planting my starts in my house this year. Haven’t done this in a decade. Okay I’m going to finish your video now. 😊
You don't really have to feel guilty about going on a vacation 😊 You deserve it. You must really enjoy it. Please take us along to the vacation 😊
Definitely planning to enjoy it.
What Company did you buy your Jimmy Nardello peppers 🌶 🤔 from? Cody talks about how great they are, & I'd like to pass it along to Acre Homestead, etc. You all deserve a vacation 👏 you have never taken one. I love your channel! Cooking, harvesting all of it. God bless and safe travels. 🙏🏻 many 💙 prayers daily 🙏🏻 ❤️. Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻
Hi Judi. We get all of our seeds from Berlin Seeds. You can download a PDF of their catalog online (or request a paper one). They are Amish so they only take call in or mail orders.
I hope you all have/had an epic vacation! You work so hard, and I am so happy you are taking a break, you and the kids deserve it!
We're definitely going to enjoy it.
Good for you. Enjoy your vacation! Nice to get a peek into the " more than farmers" aspect.
Our neighbors will take care of the chickens and collect the eggs for payment.
I like that!
Thanks for your videos. I love them and find them helpful and relaxing. God bless you and your family.
Do you guys ever worry about the quality of the water in Ohio? Thanks for the great content and inspiration.
soooo many good things in this video!
I absolutely agree ! I agree with you . I have also learned much of what you said concerning the children and how they see your life . Well said , thank you !😃
Enjoy your vacation 👍
Have a lovely vacation!
And I have that life...my dog/cat rescues and my gardens and church. Don't need a break...I'm very blessed!
Thank y’all for your reply. Love y’all’s videos. Good luck on your continued success with your homestead.
That's my favorite chocolate too! Have a great vacation! Blessings!
Have a great vacation !
Thanks! 😃
I’m blessed you’re going on holiday as it brings a healthy balance to life! I pray that you guys have fun and rest as a family - take care ❤
Thanks Kimberly!
I can't wait to see your videos on your vacation,,,,, love you so much
Have a great time on your vacation!
I love how you guys show daily life and teach skills!
Thanks so much.
I love the real life way of working that work for you vs "the right way"
Thanks from southern Ohio for the info on seed looked them up and ordering
Glad to help.
We will be sharing a homestead with my mom, so we are planning on taking turns vacationing. I think it will work out.
That sounds like a workable system!
You guys are so wonderful! You both are so young but yet have more organized then a family in their 40's and 50's. You have so much to be responsible for! I am so proud of you, and I know the lord is also! You deserve a vacation and I am praying all goes well for you so you can relax and also relax when you get home. Michelle i want you to know ive learned alot from you. I am so happy today I checked my mail and got my Berlin seed catalog! I have alot of my own seeds, but I want to get a few, and also see what kind they have and how good their seed grow so I can come back to them to re supply my seeds. Also I am using the pectin you use now for my jams.
I cant believe how many jars you all have. I learned from you how to pull off the eyes from my potatoes in my pantry so they will last longer. Its cool in my pantry but not that cool. I also make alot of herbal infused oils, lotion and facial moisturizes. Im learning, but have made alot of medicinal tinctures and medical remedies for my parents and I. I live alone, but my parents stay on my land and I take care of them. I have about 6 acres and have fruit trees and a full garden. Its alot of work and I do it all my self. I do get a garden every now and then and a tree faller.
Hope you have a safe trip! Thanks for sharing!❤❤🙏
Happy to hear you're enjoying the channel! It sounds like you have your hands full.
Glad to see that you're getting sponsors. You have a great channel and it keeps getting better.
Thanks Linda, we appreciate that.
we put salt to our butter too. usually use it for cooking, for baking we leave it as unsalted.
I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel about a month ago.. no drama and just FUN ! I've learned ALOT from watching ya'll by way of planting my own garden. I'm ready to expand (nervously) this year😊
One of the few channels where you don't "militantly focus" on your kids.. amazing parents, you both are ❤
On another note (absolutely NO intention to be offensive 💯) I think I could give some amazing suggestions on how to up your game with some of those recipes and give you some wonderful quick and easy options you've probably not even thought of 😉 I'm an old school cook.. my Great G'ma had me rolling pie crusts at 4 years old ! Most people don't cook "old school" anymore, but since you have an old school homestead, why not have some amazing recipes and suggestions to go with it 😊
Good luck with your garden! So glad to hear cooking old school is something you enjoy.
@morethanfarmers I 💯 missed my calling.. lol
Again, I really hope I didn't offend ya'll, but when I see you in the kitchen, I always think about the amazing possibilities I can share 😊
(I started a new kid friendly Fire Cider that I'd love to share, but only if it's worth sharing as you requested.. stay tuned 😉
Btw.. I always get stumped about making the sourdough starter 🤦♀️ me making that, and making any sort of aisan food is definitely NOT my strong point, and ya'll 💯 look easy 😫 jealous !
Enjoyed.
Is there an episode that you talk about homeschooling? What's the schedule like for the kids, what do they do, progress, etc. How do you wash those milk containers? Seems hard to clean oily containers by hand.
We've mentioned it in a couple of our "day in the life" videos. They get washed by hand 😏 They melt in the dishwasher.
I love how honest and open minded you are about homesteading! I hope you get to enjoy your vacations!
Thank you!
Love your Book Tree!
Thanks!
This was such a good video
Thanks for watching!
Have fun!’ 🌞🌞🏖️🏝️🌞🌞
We will!
something to think about find yourself a jug that has a spout in the bottom put your milk in cream rises to top easy to skim off milk then jar up just the milk have fun on vacation
When do you plant your winter crops? When will you harvest that crop? What will grow in our state in the winter?
Those are very open ended questions! We'll try to answer those in future videos.
Such a great YT channel. 🙂
I grew up on a farm, and I couldn't agree with you more!! I watched a homesteading video the other day and the kids had to do 1.5 hrs of intense chores before they went off to school. All they were given for breakfast was a bowl of cereal. Then when they got home from school their evenings were again filled with chores. I felt really bad for them. Teaching kids to work is important, but teaching them to rest is just as much so!! I was never taught this, and as an adult, I have experienced many burnouts and health problems because I don't take breaks. I'm now in my 40s and finally learning to say no, and prioritize rest. And, yes, I'm one of those people who had no desire to take over the farm, as watching miserable parents work themselves for 15 hours a day and be totally depressed and angry most of the time did not make me want that lifestyle.
I am new here but I love your videos so much,,,,,,lots of love from Zimbabwe
Welcome!
Would love to know more about your homeschooling journey do you think you will do vlogs on homeschooling?
We mention it here and there, but we don't wanna end up with a homeschooling channel 😏
Everyone deserves a periodic vacation!
Before you leave for vacation ,let me keep that cap safe for you. hahahahaha. I can't wait to leave the city and start my farm. Learning a lot from this channel.
Glad to hear it.
I have my chickens with a feeder that lasts easily a week and the same with the waterer. My winter waterer is smaller, but the summer one holds enough for 10 days as long as it isn't triple digits outside. I put frozen gallons of water in the waterer on those days. I enjoy my little trips.
Chickens are refreshingly simple once you've got your system down. Sounds like you have it figured out.
Maddie is sooo cute ❤
I have just found your channel and am just in awe !!! Myself and my husband just absolutely adore you both!
I have so many thoughts , questions and comments I don’t even k ow where to begin ❤
I’m originally from Newfoundland but now live in New Brunswick Canada .
At 56 I am still learning so sooo much ESP from the both of you!!
I was lucky to be raised canning foods (no fear)😊
However now over the past 10 years nut self and husband have done chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigs, rabbits, sheeps this year we attempted cows OMG😢 it’s really hard and we felt like complete failures because we lost 2. Now we’re struggling with a runt Holstein… I so badly want to add milk… I refuse to give up but my goodness it’s hard, we don’t have any farm equipment so it’s hard but so satisfying. This winter we saved up and got heated water bowls .
I’m sorry now I’m rambling but I just wanted mostly to say how much I RESPECT you both and the approach you are taking. It’s truly helping us along our ever learning journey !
So much more I would like to ask and tell you but we’ll now I’m off sick .
MUCH love and respect from Canada!! ❤
Wow, sounds like you've had a lot of awesome experience. Hang in there with the cows. It's worth it.
What are the dimensions on your chicken coop? Love how it's laid out!
Assuming you're talking about the winter coop.. It's 14'x31'.
I wish I lived close to you to get extra butter and milk. We had when little. We have a farmer commercial close but I usually buy amish
17:35 Hey if there was pepper in your salt that's your choice. I eat a lot of different combinations of foods that my friends think are weird. But I don't care. As well as it's not making anyone sick.😂
P.S. Enjoy your vacation! I'm happy for you guys!
Quiche and bread pudding are my go-to when the kids are sick of fried eggs.
4:11 yes. When I was growing up, I had so many dang chores that I had absolutely no down time as a child growing up. It has caused issues for me over the years. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with chores for kids, but, let me take you through my week as a kid. 5 am wake up, take dogs out, feed inside dogs, check on outside dogs make sure they had water. We had about 10 dogs in total. Same with cats. We had indoor and outdoor. 6am - I'd get myself ready then start waking up my two sisters 630am fix them breakfast which was pop tarts or toast most of the time. 7am wake up my dad and step mom. Yes, it was part of my job to wake them up even though they had an alarm and if I didn't I got in trouble. 715am we would head to the school bus stop. Then after school - 430pm do homework, 530pm cook supper. Yes, I cooked supper... most of the time it was hamburger helper. After supper, it was time to check on all the animals again, after that it was bath time for both me and my sisters, yes I gave them baths. 9pm bedtime. The weekends? Saturday was work out in the yard with dad most of the time. Sunday was car wash day and dog wash day. That was my week, rinse and repeat. As an adult with 3 kids of my own I greatly believe in kids doing SOME chores and having fun being kids.
That sounds like way too much for anyone, let alone a kid 😔 I'm sure your kids appreciate you taking a different approach.
I homestead in Florida ❤️
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I was thinking about soil microbiology, and how you do your compost, and how you have problems with some of your plants and I thought that because your compost is too anaerobic, but that might be causing you to have an excess amount of the bad bacteria causing these issues. It’s also bad for the environment to do the compost the way that you do being anaerobic just something to consider maybe look into how to do your compost better to eliminate those issues
Guess I'm lucky,I love what I do and don't need a break, a few hours to take care of business is enough then back to where id rather be.
I just started watching your videos, I love them. Do you ever encounter wild life on your homestead like bears, coyotes, foxes? How do you handle it if you do. I live on 4 acres and I'm up in years so I'm not interested in making a homestead or farm, but I think you guys are really doing great. ♥️
Thanks for watching! Ohio is a little out of the way for bears, but we do have coyotes and the occasional fox.
Try poached eggs in simmering water in a greased skillet, cook a minute or so, turn and remove after a minute or so. Chop up in a bowl, salt and pepper. So much more flavorful than fried. Scrambled eggs in very hot bacon grease are fluffy and flavorful, too.
Sounds delicious 😋
Thank you for such great videos! Do you use the buttermilk for anything ?
You do you with butter... and all other things as well.
So excited for you guys to go on vacation! But how do you find a farm hand to take over? Do you just know people or is there somewhere you can find help? Haha I totally hear you about the sunscreen! We live at a high altitude and the sun is soooo intense and we are extremely white so we have to use some sunscreen. Enjoy your time away!
We happen to have some friends and neighbors who are willing to pitch in. With some people we trade chores.
I've been watching your videos for a while. I love everything you both are doing, and you're such a lovely couple . Really hope you all have a great holiday. There is one thing I disagree with 😢😢 the suncream you should always wear a spf even in winter. Yes the sun is good for us but it's about protecting yourself from uv.😊
It's very hard to get unsalted butter here in Ireland and it's a lot more expensive
Sunblocks have dangerous chemicals in them.
Thanks Elaine! Welcome to the channel.
Well I’m back with another comment 😭😭😭 my baby lamb must have been stepped on and didn’t survive 😢😭😭😭today I truly am feeling like a complete failure and this is one of the times I want to chuck it all in..
My husband was really seriously sick for the past 2 weeks and I was doing all the chores and well like I said we don’t have eqp and are still learning g things. It’s our first time lambing and we’ll I just feel awful 😭😭😭😭😭
That's a rough time, Leesa. It sounds like you're going through a hard season. Hang in there, and don't be afraid to let go of some things if you find yourself with too much on your plate. You're allowed to rest, and make mistakes.
How did you FIND someone to come farm sit? We can't even find someone responsible to take care of our chickens, barn cat, and LGD.
We're blessed to have willing friends and neighbors.
Make sure you are consistently checking your mead with a hydrometer, it isn't weird for it to be done fermenting in a couple weeks and you don't want to let it sit too long after it has finished fermenting as this opens you up to higher risk of infection as well as creating off flavours by having it sit on the lees. While bubling can imply fermentation, it is not an accurate way to determine whether or not fermentation is still active as even after fermentation your mead will continue to release gasses.
A bit unrelated but a mistake that is potentially dangerous and done by a lot of beginner brewers, make sure you have 2 consistent hydrometer readings at least week apart before bottling. If you plan to back-sweeten but not stabalize, it is common for fermentation to kick up again and you do not want this happening inside a corked bottle as it can explode. Even if your mead is crystal clear, fermentation can still start up.
The channel you're using is notorious for having some incorrect information, I highly reccomend checking out etiher Doing The Most Brewing or Man Made Mead! The r/mead subreddit has some good information as well and most people there are open to helping people out.
I don't mean for any of this to come off as rude and I am by no means an expert on this! Just trying to give some info based off mistakes I have made or have almost made. Good luck :)
Thanks for sharing your experience, Emily. We're always learning more.
I actually don't like traveling much I'm not big on vacations. We go out for a couple days here and there and right now and even that is pretty hard especially during garden season. I have a good friend that used to be able to come help but he moved last year so we're going vacationless for a while lol.
Hope you get a chance to rest soon.
I use Hungryroot, I get that same chocolate.
Homestead sitters!!
I feel that my life is well balanced, I work every day, & the only break was a family reunion that was about 60 years in the making... now, don't get me wrong. I have not been working for the last 60 years... I started working in my dad's factory when I was 14, on my school break - made $16 that summer. The next summer, $2/ shift, 2 7 hour shifts for an experienced person, $4 per day... not too bad for a 15 year old in 1975. That was the start of a 30 year career in printed circuit production. Single sided, double sided, Multilayer, Flex-ridged... we did it all, including Bondable Gold. Put your IC right on the board, need a cavity, we did that too -) The last company I worked for then told me they were closing. They could not buy raw material for what Asia could make the whole board for, so we did prototype for a bit... The U.S. has lost manufacturing at a reasonable cost. I am now down to my last U.S. made Parker Pen. I love it, but what I find now is light weight U.K. made - junk. Not the quality the U.S. Had made. Look at the Car industry. Buy U.S. made & it falls apart in less that 10 years. Same for Europe. they have expensive fall apart stuff... now, the Japanese got it right, & some of their older stuff you can see 500K miles or even 2x that, but not any more :-( Quality has been on the decline like family values. Push Jesue out of your home, the world has gone to hell in my lifetime. I worked at a company in the '90-'s, & The slogan was, In God we Trust, all other's have their data - to show what is going on in their department. In God, I trust, but I know the worst is still yet to come. Wars, mobs... I hope that is still a few years away... Thank you for your videos...
Good to hear from you Nicholas. Thanks for the comment.
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I’m not a fan of fried eggs either, YET devil eggs, egg salad(different seasoning,veggies,and sauces change the flavor😍), egg sandwich, egg and beef or bacon cups🤤 are good alternatives that I can eat everyday back to back n never tire of it. For that reason alone ion like pets but I’d risk all my peace for my own chicken. Ion even eat the meat
Anything with bacon 👌
Your page is growing so fast, and I’m so happy for y’all!
My son has a baseball tournament by the beach in a couple months. Last year my husband took all the kids to it and I stayed home to milk and do chores. It sort of made me sad to miss out on that family time with everyone. How do you teach a chore boy/person all the little nuances of your routine and feel like you can relax when you leave?
It can be helpful to have them shadow you a couple times as you do the chores, and answer any questions that come up. Hope you get some time to recharge with your family soon.
Does Cody grind the chicken feed or buy it? We are looking to start grinding our mixture and are looking for a good grinder for homesteading.
We buy it 😊
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I think the big problem is that we have this nuclear family model of how we should live. A homestead would be a lot easier with three or four times as many people sharing the tasks. Then any individual, couple, or sub-family could take a week off and there would be enough people left behind to manage everything without them.
That definitely seems to be the way it was done historically.
Chore boy is such a strange thing to hear as a non American,sounds like some kind of servant. We would say farm sitter or helper,or animal sitter. Hope you guys have a great vacation.
😂 a rose by any other name is still a rose.
@a.p.5429 to be fair most sitters are females around here anyway so chore gal would be the term perhaps?
What is the purpose of the covers over your nesting boxes?
Hens like a dark place to lay their eggs. They will lay better!
Another great video!! What was in the jug?
Mead.
Hello, More Than Farmers. Welcome from Arkansas. Regarding your mead/honey wine. I think you are going to be disappointed in your end product. For a nice mild flavored wine, you need to start with a mild flavored honey. Wild honey, which you are using, will probably be too strong. I suggest you use a mild honey such as clover for your wine. Also, aging the wine is supposed to help mellow the wine. I suggest you buy a gallon or two of clover wine for a better result. Then after using clover, you can branch out with orange blossom, apple blossom, or some other kind of distinctive honey. Granted the honeys will be more expensive; but, oh, so much better than wildflower honey. As for the wildflower honey, you should not have any difficulty using it. Good Luck.
Cheers, Y.Shave
Thanks for the tips!
Do you know how long you cooked your egg bake for?
When you get someone else to do the chores, do they also strain the milk for you, or do they just gather it?
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You can buy salted butter at the store so I don't understand why people have issues with you making it at home. I guess some people just have to complain about something.
What brand countertop water filter do y’all have?
It's a Berkey.
How can I order that catalog
berlinseeds.life/
You guys could think about having a Homestead school teaching techniques to those interested in doing what you do it will be amazing take it to the Lord in prayer 🙏
So glad you're along for the ride.