Excavating Farm Transformation | Why I Spent So Much
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- Major excavating projects today. This is a major farm investment, but here’s why it makes sense for me (over the long run). Check out the Grass-fed Homestead, HERE: bit.ly/GrassFe...
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I'm so excited for y'all!!! Your place is comfortable, workable, definitely usable and beautiful 😍 what more can you do? I'm just going to keep watching and find out/learn. I do believe your doing the world a favor Justin, by teaching what can be done with what we have already. I thank you and your family for allowing us to follow along, love you and yours on your life journey and learn as we go too! God bless
No more you can add.
Wow Tawnie, so we'll said!
Just like your father did, you’re laying down the bricks for foundation that will end up helping and feeding your family for generations. You might not realize it but you are going to be a legend in your family from whet you have done for your family. Way to go.
I was sad when it ended! Somehow, this was one of the most inspiring videos you’ve made.
Agree completely! Great video.
I was hoping it would go on longer! Show more of the machinery digging and smoothifying the land! LOL
Maybe he is going to make a longer video later and this is just to "wet our appetite" so we will tune in for the longer version.
Such an abrupt ending, just when the transformation was getting started. Scratching my head a bit..
Maybe it was meant to be a cliffhanger? I sort of notice it to be a’ style’ here. Most videos have pretty quick endings. I hate to speak critically because there is always so much to love in the videos but a few seconds of music and a fade out would be sufficient to have the video seem complete. Regardless, I’ll continue to watch!
He busy homesteading can’t let you tube stop the hard work get it done
I GET IT! This year we sold off all our livestock and started a journey to find out exactly where our place is. We are still living on the same land that we've been on for 5 years, but now we are taking ownership of it. Investing our time, money and skills to make the house and land work for us instead of us make due with what we have. Hopefully, we can get livestock back in the future. But not before we are really ready for it. Thanks for being so open with us on your journey.
Well done the Rhodes family . The grandchildren are going to be blessed Justin , take care and keep safe love from the UK x
Gosh!! I learn so much from You All!! Hoping Our Beautiful Momma gets Rest & Recovers completely
My wife and I have been with y’all since day 1. Just want to say.....we could not be HAPPIER for all of your accomplishments and success. You have a lot to be proud of Justin. Self made and disciplined as an all pro linebacker. Watching for farm grow is really exciting. Thanks for being a fun part of our daily routine. Who needs tv to relax at night? Not us. God Bless!
Justin, this was one of your most inspiring videos. I don't know how you manage to inspire me more and more with every video.
Thank you for been such a great teacher and such an awesome husband, father and son in law. Sending all of you huge hugs! 🤗
"The greatest farm is where you are." Thank you Sir. What a reminder to be grateful to God wherever you are planted and to blossom there. God bless you and your family.
You make me so happy I only wish we had did homesteading way back when to old to start a homestead but live thru your home
It Is Never Too Late
Tote cages make great firewood totes.... Fill them and move them with the tractor. You can keep them in your other barn. The prairie homestead has a great firewood system!
Blessings Justin and Rebekah Rhodes Family , my family and I are extremely happy for you all. Truly inspiring 💗💗💗
Last night, I watched a video from 4 years ago. It was amazing to see the progress you have made PLUS seeing how much the children have grown. I can't imagine a more wonderful homestead anywhere in America! 🐄
I discovered a letter my Grandmother gave me 30 years ago and it was about her being a farmer! She was excited of driving the horses to lift the hay into the barn! She did not own the farm but work at the farm...so their is hope for me to work at a farm!!!! Great Idea!!! I cried when I saw you making a hay lifter thing... it reminded me of my Grandma's letter I found this week!!! Godsequence!!!!!!!!!! THANKS Rhodes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I came on board just after the Great American Farm Tour. I really enjoyed the scrappy nature of everything you did. One really could feel the hard work involved. I am glad the channel is getting more viewership and your other projects are doing well to allow you to "sink your roots in deep." Congrats on all the progress! But, as with anything, change is not always easy, so these big changes will take some getting used to for not only you, but for your viewers. Good luck and keep the great content coming!
If it's worth doing; it's worth doing well! I'm delighted to see the investments you are making in your legacy. Step by step. Day by day. Better and better. Glory to glory! Your great grandchildren will prosper because of the foundations that you have laid, and the conscientious way that you have stewarded the land. May God smile at the very thought of you!
So glad to hear your reasoning along the way....good to see your kiddos involved watching and offering suggestions to Dad....
You appear to have a number of positives associated with your homestead/farm: family heritage, beautiful scenery, abundant rainfall, a nice stream, and close proximity to Asheville.
Put in rain barrels of course it (water) could be used on the gardens.
Justin you have a very progressive mind,,, you think like a business person and farm plus business is a fantastic combo ,,, with Rebecca supporting you and the boys being such good learner’s ,,, who knows maybe you will at some point in the future start providing good organic food to the masses . We are all supporting you . Just do what you have to.
I am always excited to see your progress.
The Rhodes family Is owning their journey and inspiring a new generation of homesteaders
Your children are learning so much from all the things you’ve done at your homestead.
They’ll carry on your knowledge and work.
I envision Jonah doing great things, he would be a great mechanical engineer if he wants to. He has a problem solving type of thinking and that’s from you asking him how he would do/fix things.
A great project for you guys would be to build a little log cabin maybe for Lily to play in or to house some animals.
Looking forward to more videos on the progress looks like you are off to an amazing start
Kids must of loved having all that big equipment around.
Have a good evening ❄❄❄
The Rhodes Family is abundantly blessed! So happy to see all the progress! Keep up all the fruitful efforts! ❤️🤗
A Homestead is where you make it. Only love and hard work will sustain a family!
Wow. I didn't realize how young your homestead experience is. Amazing! Been watching (and celebrating) your vlogs for about 18 months now. Y'all have done SO MUCH in your time on this land. What an amazing opportunity to be stewards of your land and family. May you prosper!
It's awsome seeing all the progress that's happening! We're getting our first set of layer chickens in a couple months then in the summer our first meat chickens!! Then it's full speed ahead!!
We are on the similar timeline for late spring chickens, our first ones. I ordered last month and the breed i wanted wasn't avail till med April. I ordered more for July too. They were all sold out for earlier deliveries!
Very nice! Were just about done building our house so this spring is when we are starting all our actual farm related projects. We've got 30 egg chickens coming in March, and I just ordered a bunch of fruit trees so we'll get those in April.
So happy for y’all and I pray that the beautiful one is ok! 👏👍👍👍💯💯💯
Justin
You are an Inspiration to all of us., Thank you
God Bless you
Linda from Ct
Wow I can’t believe you guys are a 3 quarters the way to 1 million. Amazing. I remember finding you guys at 80,000. Your family is great. So proud of you guys.
Oh yay! Congratulations on progress! Hope the beautiful one & snowball feel better!
"We really dug deep with our roots" Great analogy. We will be moving to the Knoxville area in the next year. Hope to see you then. You have really inspired us. Thank you!
Did anyone else think that Dan, The Permaculture Shepard was Justin’s (younger) twin?!!! He looked, sounded and gestured, just like Justin! Wow!
Dan is a great guy. He’s always happy
This ‘reply’ brings up another characteristic they share!
Im excited for your family and expanding becuz u all are excited im excited for u all rhodes family💚
my parents used to shift 2000 sheep just by walking through paddock up next paddock and opening gate often accompanied by a cat !!!
Wow, when we built our processing shed, it made life so much easier for processing deer and birds...it's all good!!!
What about trucking in sand for your wet areas? I have had great luck with sand and how it provides a place for the water to go. The last thing that I would use is gravel. Have you ever tried to dig in gravel? They make special shovels for digging in gravel. Have you ever tried to clear gravel from an area you've had it dumped in? You will rue the day that you had that gravel dumped. I am no fan of wood chips either. They consume the nitrogen in the soil to break down. They do not return it to the now depleted soil. We are all a product of our experiences; I would like to think that I am learning my lessons. Be well, Tom.
Great Video. Those bull dozers and other machinery did an amazing job. Good for your family poly-phase.
Amazing progress y’all have made over the last few years... seriously seems like a job that’s never done. Same here on our farm. We’re constantly improving and soon as we think we’re getting ahead we start to improve something else it never ends.
Good job 👍 Hopefully your children carry on with your goals and adventure 🙂 after you. So blessed 😍
Add SAND under the GRAVEL...to fill in and help level the CONCRETE pad...put a cow grate over the strip of driveway where it's the wettest area...
Thanks for this message Justin.
Emerson said something like:" people travel the world to find out that what they're looking for is right in their own backyard.!!!
One of my favorite things to see in your winter videos, is the kid’s hair. Reminds me of my owns kids when they were that age. 🧡
Keep it up Justin. Am your number one follower back in Kenya and I swear you Inspire me alot.
Super exciting Justin!!!
You know I can’t understand all that’s happening but I can’t wait to see it! Love to see y’all succeed. 💕
Good job, feel good about your progress! So glad for Y’all!
Mr Justin Rhodes, your farm is absolutely amazingly beautiful, reminds me of back home in south Georgia,keep doing what y'all do, maybe think about becoming a tv series,primetime everyday of the week,1 hour episodes on the weekday,2 hour episodes on the weekends.
Excited to start some vegetable gardens in my folk's side yard this year to have our own food supply. Might not have room for chickens and cows but I think I've picked up an idea or two from y'all's videos. Thanks for the content, there's been a clean and steady progression in the quality of the content you create from a pure video production standpoint over the last couple of years. Looking forward to this summer's 100 days of food!
Everything is really coming together Justin. Nice job.
Sometimes you have to go away to realize what you had all along, a home.
Watching your channel from East Central IL 😁👍
So exciting to follow your journey. Thank you for letting us in!!
You all are so blessed :) and you do no slack at all taking care of your family. Excellent example to others -- much love from SC
Can’t wait for next week’s episodes! Have a good weekend.
Really great comments Justin - your best video ever - "Contentment with Godliness is great gain..."
I can’t wait to see how this turn out .I’m so excited
In Germany I noticed split wood was left where the tree fell. When it was ready it was cut and split then stacked in a little open front wood shelter....slanted roof and wall on three sides. 🤷♀️
Wonderful vlog!! So much love going into the homestead!!😍💜💜
Hey Justin,
I love your family friendly videos. This made me realize you are a farmer secondarily and an entertainer as your primary income source through TH-cam. There is no way you could be doing all the improvements on your property with just your farm based income. Most by far of your income is coming from your TH-cam content. Training the children through doing farm chores is definitely good for their physical and character growth but they also need to understand and be educated on how to make fun and interesting videos for TH-cam content. If they do not want to work on a farm when they grow older they would have the ability to do TH-cam videos on a world wide assortment of suitable content.
"A rebirth of Family Farm Land" Awesome!!
Thank you Justin for being so educational and entertaining. In this time of shut in you take us outdoors and on a vicarious trip building and improving the farm. Great videos!
What an amazing investment for generations of Rhodeses.
I was shocked when it ended.....MORE!
Tuesday.
You should put a Geo Ground Grid in first and then lay down your gravel. Otherwise you'll have to keep bringing in gravel because eventually it disappears into the soil.
Love the ideas! Always Inspiring! I'm doing a pumpkin patch in my front yard this spring too. Plus my solar installation starting monday, I'm gonna be the flashiest farmer of downtown Colorado springs hahahaha.
I love these videos keep up the good work mate ,wish they could be longer beaucause i watch u all day
Positive motivational guy
Your videos are always so good! Tearing up the place! Good for you guys!
Watching the cat climbing the rafters in the hay barn is pretty funny! love seeing all the animals and all the life that your land has. I'm so inspired by you and your family. soon I will have land of my own and I have your guidance to make it grow strong.
Wow It was great getting to see that all going on. I hope we get to see more of what they are doing to your farm. I love getting to see all the work going on. great job.
I would like to acknowledge the cat (looks like) jumping onto the feeder in the barn in the background at 11:55 in the video.
The black cat behind you at the end of the video is on another level. What are you feeding them? That's a ninja cat.
Happy New Day , to All !
Great Advice 👍 . You have to agree . We have it all , already . God's Blessings daily are sufficient .
You have so much information in your videos, I am excited to see it all come together. Good luck and stay safe!!
we love your channel here in New Zealand
We put our extra firewood on pallets then cover with tarps
Home is when you feel comfortable and were your family is its not were a building is
Very happy story you tell, you farm reinventing and readying for next generation. Good advise, look at what you already have, and improve it.
And that's the way it's done
it’s getting hard to keep up Justin ur helping others on what they can do how is Becky l hope that here an the baby are fine after she hurt her self make sure that snow ball is fine love you all god bless you and your family
You might consider gras paving blocks+structure below , to avoid sealing of the soil, considering the weight of the vehicles .
Grandmas come in handy, hope she’s in shape, I had great grands by the time I was 58., 62 I’m soon be 84 feel 104 lol 👍🏻
1 - It is realy interesting to watch your evolution and I guess it will encourage a lot of people.
We are lucky to have the occasion to follow and learn with you along the path.
2 - I realy love the free hairstyle of the boys (Lilly's style)
I could watch you all do Rhodes home improvement for HOURS!
I feel like I'm living the dream through your videos. Thank you for that. 💜
Did not want the video to stop so quickly
Good time to simplify things to make it easier before you are in your 80's. Organization helps things function so much better.. Rest up momma.
Hey Justin, Do you remember when you first started your channel. I asked you if you ever saw a Bigfoot? And Becky said maybe, LOL. I wrote a book and gave you a copy when we met at the Niagra falls Ontario side. Well now I have a TH-cam channel and I would love to hear your bigfoot story, if there is one.
So many exciting things happening for you guys this year!!
Coming along nicely.
Hey Justin I love seeing these construction videos can you please make your videos longer and Vlog the whole day that would be awesome and I think so many others would love the same
Hi Yule from U.K. I think amazing what u r doing what a life for the children growing up and to see where there food comes from .. I grow a lot of my own food ((organic)) great ...
Great Video! I was hoping it would be a little longer. Are you going to make a longer video showing all the work that was being done? I hope so.
So very true...be content! Love you guys🙏🏻💖
Nice to see things getting into shape, money is a problem when we can't dream what we want, money is the power that makes ur dream turning into reality? I mean it is a cost that most people can't afford. Give, thanks to God, pray first before u eat too, God comes first before anything else. Thanks for sharing.
Five years ago I was diving into dumpsters for our food. This is still the land of opportunity :)
I hear you Francis. Money talk is always glossed over in homesteading videos cuz it ruins the fantasy for us, the viewers. For the vast majority, these videos are about window shopping for a better life we'll never have. But to Justin's credit, he mentions buying the land from his dad's estate. So that's a sort of admission that you can do this too, as long as you have family wealth. For some realistic financial talk around permaculture, I would recommend Jake Takiff of Cedar Springs Farms in Hotchkiss, Colorado. Or of course the great Allen Savory. These guys are about large scale, world-saving, community building, regenerative agriculture projects. And in the end, a privately and nuclear family owned permaculture farm for building more intergenerational white family wealth is still at least also building soil. Pros and cons, ya know?
@@daveyd3734 Not to start an argument here, but I've been following this family for a very long time... not long after their first videos were posted. True, they had the opportunity to buy part of the land from his family, but it wasn't gifted to him, so how does that make it part of intergenerational wealth? I've seen and heard this family's struggles. I, too, used to dumpster dive and I still make every $ work. Money may or may not be there for many of us, but it if you prioritize it the right way you can build the dreams this family is. Cut out the cable, vacations, eating out, new clothes, alcohol/nicotine, the newest iPhone, and all the other nonessentials and grow some of your own food, and you will find that you can suddenly reach your financial goals. Not everyone can make these sacrifices and hustle like we can though. 💪🏼 I'm grateful that I am healthy and have no medical debt, which sadly ruins people's financial future.
Justin , I love you! New vlog and it hasn’t been 24hours since the last one! Brilliant 👍 stay safe 💫💫
I'm really glad you appreciate the hard work :)
If your expanding the pig operation maybe make a sow shed with stalls where they could birth their litters
How can anyone dislike this video. Weird. Love your work.
Its people who are either jealous, have a problem with the way Justin does things (which they shouldn’t its Justins homestead and he is paying the bills around there) or they watched it on a smartphone and accidentally hit dislike (Ive done that by mistake before, but i realised and corrected it).
So happy for y’all. Wish I knew the camera equipment y’all use so I could start my own little journey farming and be able to document it all and bring people along