Hey Pete, Super C used to do the pasture and hay cutting. I used to walk some of'em chopping thistles with a shovel. And don't get too close to the elect fence when voiding. That's Cayuga off in the distance?
Pete and Hilary, My husband and I never miss a video. We look forward to watching and living vicariously through your farm life. We appreciate the extra work you do to put these videos together for folks like us while managing all the farm work that needs to be done. I have never posted a comment, but I thought this time I needed too, because of your recent experience with the viewer comments. You are good people...keep doing what works for you! We fans enjoy any videos you put out of a day and a life of farming. BE WELL!
To some, it’s a farmer going up and down a paddock on his tractor. To the rest of us, it’s a farmer mowing the pasture he created and nurtures every year to feed his stock. On a tractor he has lovingly restored. He is in his happy place. It gladdens my heart. Great vid Pete, thankyou. Oh and the man set on fire in your joke? His name is Ash-ley.
Belas e sábias palavras. Bom saber que muitos não estão seguindo rumo ao abismo como a grande maioria, mas sim estão vivendo a vida real e valorizando cada detalhe. 🙏
Pete I'm hoping that you never become dismayed with creating your quality of content for your TH-cam channel and I hope that there are many more people like myself who have come to appreciate as much as I do your Witt and sense of humor in addition to the level of Passion Commitment and thoughtfulness that you share about being small farmer. You, Hillary and all of the family take care until the next time 👍
Enjoyed the stories. I wish I could give you an audience of millions, so people could realize that being on the land is filled with joy, satisfaction and a lot of work. Most people are just burning through their lives trying to make it to the finish. All through gritted teeth. Pete and Hillary, you remind people that there are other options. I wish you well, always.
Love the aerial views. Like seeing all tree lines that break up the fields. Always love watching swallows catch bugs while I'm out mowing or cutting hay. Also it's sad that almost all those small Mom and Pop's business's are closing/retiring and no one to replace them.
Your channel is one of my families favorites. I get to see old tractors doing what they were meant to do and I enjoy the restoration videos and the storytelling. My wife enjoys the farmers market/homesteading aspect and my daughter's love the animals. Your videos are one of the few things that we can watch as a family without any complaints. I thank you for taking the time to put these together.
Love watching you cut with the sickle mower. And what makes it so enjoyable is how you are smiling and seeming to enjoy it! How could you not riding such a neat old tractor that doesn’t look a day over a year old!! Enjoy your videos so very much! Thanks for sharing your life with us!
Pete, watching you mow today with your sickle mower brings me back almost 65 years to a time sitting on my father's lap as he drove his old John Derre tractor with a belt driven PTO sickle bar. I can still smell the fresh cut hay, and feel his arms around me!...Thanks for bringing that memory to mind...keep up the great videos about life on a small farm
I’ve never seen anybody mow like that usually a sickle bar more. You just keep going around in circles until you’re done. That’s the way I grew up doing it. My dad did it. My grandpa did it and everybody else I know has ever done it.
Watching this one reminded me of my dad. He used to always say "eeny, meeny, miney and go mow" when he was heading out to cut the grass. He has been gone almost 44 years. Remembering him always makes me smile. Thanks Pete.
Hello Pete. I truly do not remember having left you a comment. I possibly have as I viewed your “channel” several years now. I admire your honesty and lifestyle. I’m probably your father’s age and also appreciate his skills. Why now, well I have been ill for a few days and your videos give me a desire to recover. I’m appreciative of your wife’s help as well. Priceless stuff. I think I understand the direction you are taking your channel, and concur. Best regards for you and your family.
It does me good to see this old equipment still being used, taken care of and preserved! Up until I began watching your videos, I did not realize that sickle bar mowing wasn't still being universally used. Every farm I ever worked on back in my youth (50-60 years ago) used 'em. Losing resources like the seed specialist makes for irreplaceable lost farming knowledge. Very sad to imagine what's been lost already and what's left to lose. Thanks for the lovely video, Pete!
Muito triste mesmo. Nossos sábios estão indo embora enlevando seu conhecimento, em seus lugares estão ficando mercadores vorazes sem escrúpulos. Muito triste!😢
Pete, the sound of your favorite tractor running perfectly is such a soothing sound to me! I am an old school guy (62yrs). I grew up in the era of hot rods, family times and lifelong memories of what seems be relics of the past. So happy I grew up in the60s ,70s. Thanks for keeping my memories alive with the rememberable times I had with the real old timers like my dad and grandpa's way of thinking and working!
The sound of that Farmall working takes me right back to my childhood. Something so satisfying about mowing a field on a summer day. Thanks for sharing Pete.
Brings me back to the days on the hobby farm when I was a little guy. Dad used to mow feed for the horses with my grandpa's 1951 John Deere MT. That tractor was in the family from 1951 - up until about 2019 when my parents sold their place and retired. Still had all the attachments for it, sickle mower, 2 point plow, and a front plow. Living the life Pete, thanks for all the vids!!
That brought back a lot of memories for me. When I was a kid I would have to mow the grass/weeds in the apple orchard. We had a sickle bar mower on a International Cub which was a very popular tractor for the family fruit farms that were in my area. Our farm grew mostly McIntosh apples. Your story of the seed store also reminded me of how you can't really get the apple varieties now that we had back in the 60's and early 70's. Our trees were the original large McIntosh trees. We would grow apples that were juicy and large. Typically you would only need 3 or 4 apples for a large pie. Today all you can find are the hybrid dwarf trees. The apples are much smaller and lack the juicy tart flavor of the originals.
Your story of the little local feed store reminded me of a small general store in the junction near our ranch. It was a walk back in time just entering the place---the smells of leather, soaps, fabric, metals, etc. was intoxicating to you younker like me. The top floor was a hotel and right next to the store was a silo where various grains and feed was stored and delivered. My dad and uncle used to tell a story of how they would ride the horse drawn wagon down and under the silo to get their portion of whatever. There was some sort of pit beneath where the wagon was to be placed and somehow when they were back the horses and wagon to be loaded, my dad managed to end up dangling over the edge and my grandpa's retribution was legendary. I do miss that old place.
Pete, the only thing your videos have that sets you apart from other videos, is no matter how many times you watch your videos it’s like always watching them for the first time so pure so real so incredible. Thank you for your great videos
Today, ole Jerry came in the store and said Lynn let me put a smile on your face. Do you know why the cow had bells? I said no. He said, horns didn't work. 😋❤
Nice to see Cayuga Lake only around 5 miles away... brings back pleasant memories from the best 4 years of my life when I went to Ithaca College back in the late 70's. Upstate New York is a very special place, and these videos remind me of that all the time. Thank you, Hilarie, Pete and the rest of the family, including Patty!
Reminds me of a saying my wife told me from when she attended Cornell. "High above Cayuga's waters there's an awful smell, some say it's Cayuga's waters, others say Cornell!😄
I love the sound of those old gas tractors , and watching the old sickle bar mower was great. Watching always brings back such great memories of my grandfather's farm, Thanks for bringing back those memories that I love so much !!!!!
That 84-year-old tractor is going strong because of all the work you put into it to restore it. It's going to be going for many years as a result. The pastures all look great. I've been trying to shred our place as we have so many weeds that have sprung up, but the Texas heat is real bad right now.
Whenever we go to our county fair I go straight to the old tractors There’s something about them that I just really enjoy. Watching your videos and when you talk about some of the history about the tractors or the experiences that you’ve gone through with them is fascinating.
The sickle bar is such a wonderful way to mow. The sound and whole experience is akin to listening to your favorite piece of classical music in concert with the bonus of being outside under bright blue skys.
Despite your misgivings, I am thrilled to hear you talk about your permanent pasture, an almost signature aspect of Just A Few Acres farm. Thank you, again, Peter.
Another advantage to cutting a field is the added organic material and more nitrogen! That’s how you get those drought tolerant super deep roots, enhance top soil and give the weeds some competition from extra strong field grasses. I like your idea of using the sickle-bar mower to better distribute the “goods”. I’ve always used a bush-hog on my pastures to cut, but find it doesn’t disperse well and leaves some drifts that actually smother sections. I think I’m going to switch on your recommendations! THANKS Pete!
The sound of that Farmall H sure brings a lot of memories flooding back. My Uncle had an H, an M, and an MD. But I always loved the H the best. Such a simple and yet efficient tractor.
Through your stunning Drone shots that captivates me. It helps me to embrace the beauty of your land, perserving through hard work and challenges, reaping the ultimate reward of seeing your efforts come to fruition. Plus, it reminds me of your dedication, resilence, and the love you embody everyday.
Hi Pete. Just want to say thank you very much for your videos. Always takes me back to old time values. Keep on doing what you are doing. Never doubt the value that you add to your viewers lives. Greetings from South Africa
You channel takes me back to the summer of 1956. As a teenager living in Washington D.C., I had secured a summer job through the Vermont Volunteer Farm Workers Program. To work on a dairy farm in Vermont, for $10.00 a week, plus room and board. That 3 months would turn into best, most memorable time of my life. At 83, your videos transport me back to that summer and all its memories. Thanks
Gosh Pete you sure did evoke some good memories for me with this video. In addition to finding mowing with a sickle mower relaxing and enjoyable you brought back the memory of going to the feed store in my tiny town in east Tennessee with my dad. Eddie, the proprietor, was a younger man but very knowledgeable and dad would go in with his list of seed, whether it be grass for pastures or tobacco seed, corn seed of a specific variety, potatoes, peanuts, whatever dad needed Eddie would go to the back of the store, and old 2 story grocery store, and fill the order. He also had another long gone feature which was the old round metal rotating bins chock full of all kinds of nails and fencing staples. You took the metal claw and dug out what you needed and paid for them by the pound paying only for exactly what you needed. Thanks for a great video Pete and thanks for reviving some pleasant times.
Love your content as always, Pete! Your channel is my favorite way to start my morning. I know it’s hard but maybe overlook the negative feedback. I’d almost consider to stop reading comments and to just be you! That is why were all here and always will be 💙
Pet thanks for keeping the farm mall tractors looking so new .most farms trade them in for new ones. watch the videos over and over I thank you and your wife for all the videos. you two work so hard. Thanks for just being pete and Hillary
Thanks for the video Pete. With all the stress on in my life lately, your video's are one of the things that help. Being able to hear bad jokes and watch farm life is good for the soul.
Watching you mow the field brings back memories of my days on the farm. The "Farmall" sound of a good running tractor brings back memories of my Farmall C, Super C, and M tractors in the late 1950's and early 60's while dairy farming in northern Pennsylvania.
I still enjoy a sickle bar mower. Haybines and Disc mowers may have replaced them in the field as a main hay mower, but I still find them very handy and useful. A well tuned Sickle mower is very fast and efficient.
@KevinJD2030 I believe that. I have a rotary mower, and it is very rough on the grass. I don't like to use it in a pasture or hay field unless it is to remove weeds and brush that is encroaching.
That H sounds great !!!! Mower is doing a pretty good job as well !!! I could watch this for days !!! I remember my grandfather coating the entire sickle bar with used motor oil and a paintbrush before & after each use. He had the same set up on an H. I can see him yet working on replacing the blades each spring and whistling as he riveted each one in place.
That was a good idea with the paint brush and the old motor oil... I imagine it might make dirt and stuff stick to the parts, but at least they'd be lubricated. One has to wonder what makes for longer life? A sickle bar that was oiled like your grandfather, or just leaving it dry?
Dad had a 1966 Ford 4000 3 cyl and a Ford 515 sickle bar mower with a 7 ft cut. Remember changing out broken/dull sections and beating those rivets down with a ball peen hammer. And so many grease fittings haha! Thanks for the memories Pete.
Thanks Pete for the few minutes of "H" listening. That sound was so familiar from my childhood days, and each of those familiar sounds of all the I H machinery of the day, early 40's 'til the later 50's. Yes I'm one of the few kids that grew up on their Experimental farm in the Chicago 'burbs where Dad worked. - We lived right on the farm. Of course it's all gone now, full of huge homes and industrial park. Jim Martin
I hate to say it and put a damper on this video, but watching this just reminds us how good life used to be instead of the rubbish times we now live in. Pete and his family know they have a good life, I have had a good life by working hard and honestly (66yo), but geez now nothing is made to last, food is generally produced by greedy disgusting huge corporations and governments just want us under their thumb. I have 2 kids that I love but boy do I worry about their futures. I'm an Aussie baby boomer and I KNOW the best is way behind me now .......... Thank goodness for these types of videos from these types of youtubers ....................
Enjoying the vid Pete here’s one for you you 😉 man goes to the doctor, doctor says to the man hello sir “you haven’t been here for ages” man answered sorry doc I’ve been ill” lol love te channel keep going Pete you have far far more lovers than haters and we all need you and your channel in our lives
I'm late in replying, so you may not see this. You are so right about good things of the past will never be again. Speaking for myself, I really miss the past . Times were physically harder without all the gadgets but they were real.
We are very blessed in our community over here in michigan. We have a great Amish community and they run a grain mill just as they used to. They are very knowledgeable and mix it for you.
Just about can’t beat the sound of an old sickle mower. I’ve spent many hours listening to it sing. It’s nice to see you still enjoy the vehicles of the past years and the memories of the old feed and seed stores.
I should have waited until I watched the whole video before commenting. The orbiting swallows are the most beautiful thing while haying. We also have red tail hawkes that will also wait on the fence posts of our pastures for the freshly cleared hunting ground. Your videos are wonderful. I never miss one. Bless you and your whole family!
Love the sound of an H. I mowed many acres with an M&M ZA, first with a semi mounted mower of unknown origin and later with a Case pull type. The Case was easier to hook up, but not nearly as maneuverable. The swallows kept me entertained swooping in to catch insects. Thanks for the memories.
In my younger years I would mow like you are doing. Grass really took off! I took a baggie of salt with me to pour on the thistle root after it was cut! No more thistle! I enjoyed the music!!!👍🏼
We had an H and a 350 with a front loader, just for doing work around the house and property. I also bought myself a little C just for puttering around. I miss those old tractors. They were so reliable. The only thing we needed to do once in a while is put on the battery charger during the winter. Eventually we sold the property so we didn't need the tractors anymore so we sold them all. I really understand your peaceful feeling when running your H. I have felt the same.
Hey Pete, we've seen you cut hayfields many times. We very seen most of your tractors. What we haven't seen is you cutting the grass. I have utmost confidence that you could make a great video on that!
What a great video ! It was the smile that came as you played , I mean worked. It had all the parts of a genius at work and was soooooo enjoyable to me. Thank you for sharing !😊
I love using my sickle mower. Mine is a NH 456. There is something about the process that just adds some peace to the day. Sure is great out your way. We haven’t had a good rain for almost 2 months. I just fenced my hay field to turn the cows into.
I remember using that mower on an H as well. Back in the day I used it to help the neighbor mow " Soil Bank " fields. Mower didn't have a fast hitch so it took a bit to mount it on the H and no live PTO. It was very relaxing when mowing . Maintenance not unlike what you were doing except all we had was rivets .Love this video . brings back memories.
Thank you for this video. I love seeing drone footage of your farm. And watching you mow is relaxing. I help my husband bush hog fields. It is really enjoyable and soothing. I love cycle bar mowing too. Cleaner cut and no clumps
I enjoy my older tractors, I don't have any Farmall's, but I do have a Massey Ferguson 65, which was my first purchase back in 1990. I'm in the process of attempting to get some of the problem issues resolved. Older equipment can be a challenge, but it's well worth the effort to fix them up. Love what you did with the fields, great advice. Thanks for sharing, I hope your day goes well.
I always have a great day when I get to see one of your videos. I never mind what it is. It's just great to watch and listen. My youngest son is going to love the joke. Sometimes he's a little twisted too. Lol. Thanks for sharing. See you later.
I waths more of your video's that you are working on the cormick. And i can say, you now a lot of these tractors ,a lot . And how you working to it ,great ,no hury, just take the time to make it . And thats Pete what make you so good . You have a the time and tel every thing what you are doing and why,and hoe its Works. The painting is great to see, wel done. I thing when you finised this tractor, he is better as new,better thats for sure. The love you had of these tractors, thats fine to see. Thanks Pete.
Hi Pete I live in the UK and I wouldn't miss seeing one of your video's, I love looking at all your old equipment even though I don't have much knowledge on farm machinery but your video's really make it so enjoyable. When I was a boy I remember Mr Turner used to plough the field at the back of our house with his two shore horses and they used them for all the work on the farm, then of course the tractors took over, but thanks again for all the time and effort you put into your video's. Kind regards Clive
Pete on the H with a sickle bar is like watching Monet with a fresh canvas.
You're old enough that you watched Monet paint back in the day? 😮
Hey Pete, Super C used to do the pasture and hay cutting. I used to walk some of'em chopping thistles with a shovel. And don't get too close to the elect fence when voiding.
That's Cayuga off in the distance?
Or Bob Ross paint happy little trees…
@@barrysimmons5489yes
An artist at work!!
Pete and Hilary,
My husband and I never miss a video. We look forward to watching and living vicariously through your farm life. We appreciate the extra work you do to put these videos together for folks like us while managing all the farm work that needs to be done. I have never posted a comment, but I thought this time I needed too, because of your recent experience with the viewer comments. You are good people...keep doing what works for you! We fans enjoy any videos you put out of a day and a life of farming. BE WELL!
Lindo comentário.
Comente mais, faz bem te ouvir.
To some, it’s a farmer going up and down a paddock on his tractor. To the rest of us, it’s a farmer mowing the pasture he created and nurtures every year to feed his stock. On a tractor he has lovingly restored. He is in his happy place. It gladdens my heart. Great vid Pete, thankyou. Oh and the man set on fire in your joke? His name is Ash-ley.
Belas e sábias palavras.
Bom saber que muitos não estão seguindo rumo ao abismo como a grande maioria, mas sim estão vivendo a vida real e valorizando cada detalhe.
🙏
Pete I'm hoping that you never become dismayed with creating your quality of content for your TH-cam channel and I hope that there are many more people like myself who have come to appreciate as much as I do your Witt and sense of humor in addition to the level of Passion Commitment and thoughtfulness that you share about being small farmer. You, Hillary and all of the family take care until the next time 👍
“If you do what you love, you'll never have to work a day in your life.”
Great to see these antique tractors still earning their keep
Heck, I still do but I am working on antique status too...@@dmark6699
When did work become easy?
Enjoyed the stories. I wish I could give you an audience of millions, so people could realize that being on the land is filled with joy, satisfaction and a lot of work. Most people are just burning through their lives trying to make it to the finish. All through gritted teeth. Pete and Hillary, you remind people that there are other options. I wish you well, always.
Belas e sábias palavras.
🙏
Love the aerial views. Like seeing all tree lines that break up the fields. Always love watching swallows catch bugs while I'm out mowing or cutting hay. Also it's sad that almost all those small Mom and Pop's business's are closing/retiring and no one to replace them.
Your channel is one of my families favorites. I get to see old tractors doing what they were meant to do and I enjoy the restoration videos and the storytelling. My wife enjoys the farmers market/homesteading aspect and my daughter's love the animals. Your videos are one of the few things that we can watch as a family without any complaints. I thank you for taking the time to put these together.
Love watching you cut with the sickle mower. And what makes it so enjoyable is how you are smiling and seeming to enjoy it! How could you not riding such a neat old tractor that doesn’t look a day over a year old!! Enjoy your videos so very much! Thanks for sharing your life with us!
There is nothing more soothing and more relaxing than clipping pasture and listening to an old iron pur.
Pete, watching you mow today with your sickle mower brings me back almost 65 years to a time sitting on my father's lap as he drove his old John Derre tractor with a belt driven PTO sickle bar. I can still smell the fresh cut hay, and feel his arms around me!...Thanks for bringing that memory to mind...keep up the great videos about life on a small farm
😢Emocionante!
Loved helping you mow. Your very special tractor and I are same age. I don't work as hard as she does though.
Loved the can at the end. Perfect pitch and placement. Awesome video, Pete.
Was it an empty can of Campbell’s tomato soup? Mmmm delicious...
That was so funny when it popped off and watching Pete's cheshire cat grin as it did.😂
I’ve never seen anybody mow like that usually a sickle bar more. You just keep going around in circles until you’re done. That’s the way I grew up doing it. My dad did it. My grandpa did it and everybody else I know has ever done it.
Also cutting the back swath first....we used go around 4 or 5 times ..and cut the backswath...
...then...
What a great sound the old H purring right along the old sickle chirping away. The drone footage was awesome.
Thanks Pete, great video and camera work.
Watching this one reminded me of my dad. He used to always say "eeny, meeny, miney and go mow" when he was heading out to cut the grass. He has been gone almost 44 years. Remembering him always makes me smile. Thanks Pete.
Do you leave the cuttings on top Pete?
Hello Pete. I truly do not remember having left you a comment. I possibly have as I viewed your “channel” several years now. I admire your honesty and lifestyle. I’m probably your father’s age and also appreciate his skills. Why now, well I have been ill for a few days and your videos give me a desire to recover. I’m appreciative of your wife’s help as well. Priceless stuff. I think I understand the direction you are taking your channel, and concur. Best regards for you and your family.
Love when you tell these old stories
Eu também!
Minha mente cria o ambiente conforme ele vai comentando.
Me vejo lá como um passe de mágica.
Easy like kicking back watching a camp fire. Pete mowing and a drone with good tunes playing.
It does me good to see this old equipment still being used, taken care of and preserved! Up until I began watching your videos, I did not realize that sickle bar mowing wasn't still being universally used. Every farm I ever worked on back in my youth (50-60 years ago) used 'em. Losing resources like the seed specialist makes for irreplaceable lost farming knowledge. Very sad to imagine what's been lost already and what's left to lose.
Thanks for the lovely video, Pete!
Muito triste mesmo.
Nossos sábios estão indo embora enlevando seu conhecimento, em seus lugares estão ficando mercadores vorazes sem escrúpulos.
Muito triste!😢
Pete, the sound of your favorite tractor running perfectly is such a soothing sound to me! I am an old school guy (62yrs). I grew up in the era of hot rods, family times and lifelong memories of what seems be relics of the past. So happy I grew up in the60s ,70s. Thanks for keeping my memories alive with the rememberable times I had with the real old timers like my dad and grandpa's way of thinking and working!
Fantastic! I just love watching you use those farmalls. They look great and I love the music they make.
Thanks Pete and Hillary,peace folks…
The flying can made me laugh!
... 0:50 and then the ending touch with Pete putting the can back... 18:42 for the next time!
it is such a rewarding feeling to work on and keep older equipment running like new.
The sound of that Farmall working takes me right back to my childhood. Something so satisfying about mowing a field on a summer day. Thanks for sharing Pete.
Brings me back to the days on the hobby farm when I was a little guy. Dad used to mow feed for the horses with my grandpa's 1951 John Deere MT. That tractor was in the family from 1951 - up until about 2019 when my parents sold their place and retired. Still had all the attachments for it, sickle mower, 2 point plow, and a front plow. Living the life Pete, thanks for all the vids!!
Pete, I can't tell you how relaxing it is to watch you hut hay. Listening to that old tractor just plugging away. Thank you
That brought back a lot of memories for me. When I was a kid I would have to mow the grass/weeds in the apple orchard. We had a sickle bar mower on a International Cub which was a very popular tractor for the family fruit farms that were in my area. Our farm grew mostly McIntosh apples. Your story of the seed store also reminded me of how you can't really get the apple varieties now that we had back in the 60's and early 70's. Our trees were the original large McIntosh trees. We would grow apples that were juicy and large. Typically you would only need 3 or 4 apples for a large pie. Today all you can find are the hybrid dwarf trees. The apples are much smaller and lack the juicy tart flavor of the originals.
Your story of the little local feed store reminded me of a small general store in the junction near our ranch. It was a walk back in time just entering the place---the smells of leather, soaps, fabric, metals, etc. was intoxicating to you younker like me. The top floor was a hotel and right next to the store was a silo where various grains and feed was stored and delivered. My dad and uncle used to tell a story of how they would ride the horse drawn wagon down and under the silo to get their portion of whatever. There was some sort of pit beneath where the wagon was to be placed and somehow when they were back the horses and wagon to be loaded, my dad managed to end up dangling over the edge and my grandpa's retribution was legendary. I do miss that old place.
I do need to remember to 'edit' my comments. . . . .sigh!
That smile on your face at the end of this video says it all. Good to see it. Thank you.
@@klazyy641Nice bit of nostalgia, reads good for me.
Pete, the only thing your videos have that sets you apart from other videos, is no matter how many times you watch your videos it’s like always watching them for the first time so pure so real so incredible. Thank you for your great videos
Today, ole Jerry came in the store and said Lynn let me put a smile on your face. Do you know why the cow had bells? I said no. He said, horns didn't work. 😋❤
Nice to see Cayuga Lake only around 5 miles away... brings back pleasant memories from the best 4 years of my life when I went to Ithaca College back in the late 70's. Upstate New York is a very special place, and these videos remind me of that all the time. Thank you, Hilarie, Pete and the rest of the family, including Patty!
Reminds me of a saying my wife told me from when she attended Cornell. "High above Cayuga's waters there's an awful smell, some say it's Cayuga's waters, others say Cornell!😄
What an intriguing and relaxing trip back to simpler times and simpler ways that nonetheless worked. Thanks for sharing!
Pete.
That H purs like a kitten. Good job bringing that tractor back to life.
I love the sound of those old gas tractors , and watching the old sickle bar mower was great. Watching always brings back such great memories of my grandfather's farm, Thanks for bringing back those memories that I love so much !!!!!
Same
That 84-year-old tractor is going strong because of all the work you put into it to restore it. It's going to be going for many years as a result. The pastures all look great. I've been trying to shred our place as we have so many weeds that have sprung up, but the Texas heat is real bad right now.
Whenever we go to our county fair I go straight to the old tractors There’s something about them that I just really enjoy. Watching your videos and when you talk about some of the history about the tractors or the experiences that you’ve gone through with them is fascinating.
The sickle bar is such a wonderful way to mow. The sound and whole experience is akin to listening to your favorite piece of classical music in concert with the bonus of being outside under bright blue skys.
Always love the sound of an H running a sickle bar mower! music to my ears
Despite your misgivings, I am thrilled to hear you talk about your permanent pasture, an almost signature aspect of Just A Few Acres farm. Thank you, again, Peter.
Another advantage to cutting a field is the added organic material and more nitrogen! That’s how you get those drought tolerant super deep roots, enhance top soil and give the weeds some competition from extra strong field grasses. I like your idea of using the sickle-bar mower to better distribute the “goods”. I’ve always used a bush-hog on my pastures to cut, but find it doesn’t disperse well and leaves some drifts that actually smother sections. I think I’m going to switch on your recommendations! THANKS Pete!
The sound of that Farmall H sure brings a lot of memories flooding back. My Uncle had an H, an M, and an MD. But I always loved the H the best. Such a simple and yet efficient tractor.
Your videos are interesting enough that 150,000 or so people watch each one of them. Good on ya! Peaceful and relaxing.
Love it. I go back and watch these when I need something calm and relaxing.
Through your stunning Drone shots that captivates me. It helps me to embrace the beauty of your land, perserving through hard work and challenges, reaping the ultimate reward of seeing your efforts come to fruition. Plus, it reminds me of your dedication, resilence, and the love you embody everyday.
First thing in the morning waking up watching Pete mowing, perfect!!! 😀
👍👍
Pete, the mowing videos are always among my favorites. Really enjoyed the stories as well, especially the one about buying the seeds.
Hi Pete. Just want to say thank you very much for your videos. Always takes me back to old time values. Keep on doing what you are doing. Never doubt the value that you add to your viewers lives. Greetings from South Africa
You channel takes me back to the summer of 1956. As a teenager living in Washington D.C., I had secured a summer job through the Vermont Volunteer Farm Workers Program. To work on a dairy farm in Vermont, for $10.00 a week, plus room and board. That 3 months would turn into best, most memorable time of my life. At 83, your videos transport me back to that summer and all its memories. Thanks
😢Emocionante.
Gosh Pete you sure did evoke some good memories for me with this video. In addition to finding mowing with a sickle mower relaxing and enjoyable you brought back the memory of going to the feed store in my tiny town in east Tennessee with my dad. Eddie, the proprietor, was a younger man but very knowledgeable and dad would go in with his list of seed, whether it be grass for pastures or tobacco seed, corn seed of a specific variety, potatoes, peanuts, whatever dad needed Eddie would go to the back of the store, and old 2 story grocery store, and fill the order. He also had another long gone feature which was the old round metal rotating bins chock full of all kinds of nails and fencing staples. You took the metal claw and dug out what you needed and paid for them by the pound paying only for exactly what you needed. Thanks for a great video Pete and thanks for reviving some pleasant times.
Love your content as always, Pete! Your channel is my favorite way to start my morning. I know it’s hard but maybe overlook the negative feedback. I’d almost consider to stop reading comments and to just be you! That is why were all here and always will be 💙
Pet thanks for keeping the farm mall tractors looking so new .most farms trade them in for new ones. watch the videos over and over I thank you and your wife for all the videos. you two work so hard. Thanks for just being pete and Hillary
Thanks for the video Pete. With all the stress on in my life lately, your video's are one of the things that help. Being able to hear bad jokes and watch farm life is good for the soul.
Watching you mow the field brings back memories of my days on the farm. The "Farmall" sound of a good running tractor brings back memories of my Farmall C, Super C, and M tractors in the late 1950's and early 60's while dairy farming in northern
Pennsylvania.
The sound of the H is wonderful. Thanks for the time taken to create a slightly different storyline.
Love the sound of the cutting and the Farm all. Thank you.
Nice day for a mow!
Keep it going Pete. Those old Farmalls are the best .
ALWAYS enjoy watching a good mowing video. Thx Pete for letting me ride along.
I still enjoy a sickle bar mower. Haybines and Disc mowers may have replaced them in the field as a main hay mower, but I still find them very handy and useful. A well tuned Sickle mower is very fast and efficient.
In the Netherlands they are making a little comeback because it benefits regrowth because it gets cut more cleanly
@KevinJD2030 I believe that. I have a rotary mower, and it is very rough on the grass. I don't like to use it in a pasture or hay field unless it is to remove weeds and brush that is encroaching.
That H sounds great !!!!
Mower is doing a pretty good job as well !!!
I could watch this for days !!!
I remember my grandfather coating the entire sickle bar with used motor oil and a paintbrush before & after each use.
He had the same set up on an H.
I can see him yet working on replacing the blades each spring and whistling as he riveted each one in place.
That was a good idea with the paint brush and the old motor oil... I imagine it might make dirt and stuff stick to the parts, but at least they'd be lubricated. One has to wonder what makes for longer life? A sickle bar that was oiled like your grandfather, or just leaving it dry?
Loved using the sickle bar mower!
It's so calming watching you using a sickle bar.
Dad had a 1966 Ford 4000 3 cyl and a Ford 515 sickle bar mower with a 7 ft cut. Remember changing out broken/dull sections and beating those rivets down with a ball peen hammer. And so many grease fittings haha! Thanks for the memories Pete.
Thanks Pete for the few minutes of "H" listening. That sound was so familiar from my childhood days, and each of those familiar sounds of all the I H machinery of the day, early 40's 'til the later 50's. Yes I'm one of the few kids that grew up on their Experimental farm in the Chicago 'burbs where Dad worked. - We lived right on the farm. Of course it's all gone now, full of huge homes and industrial park. Jim Martin
I hate to say it and put a damper on this video, but watching this just reminds us how good life used to be instead of the rubbish times we now live in.
Pete and his family know they have a good life, I have had a good life by working hard and honestly (66yo), but geez now nothing is made to last, food is generally produced by greedy disgusting huge corporations and governments just want us under their thumb.
I have 2 kids that I love but boy do I worry about their futures. I'm an Aussie baby boomer and I KNOW the best is way behind me now ..........
Thank goodness for these types of videos from these types of youtubers ....................
Love the farmall H well she can play with the farmall MD again, like I said in the last video when you would fit
Enjoying the vid Pete here’s one for you you 😉 man goes to the doctor, doctor says to the man hello sir “you haven’t been here for ages” man answered sorry doc I’ve been ill” lol love te channel keep going Pete you have far far more lovers than haters and we all need you and your channel in our lives
I'm late in replying, so you may not see this. You are so right about good things of the past will never be again. Speaking for myself, I really miss the past . Times were physically harder without all the gadgets but they were real.
Nothing better than story time on the farm ,have a Blessed day
We are very blessed in our community over here in michigan. We have a great Amish community and they run a grain mill just as they used to. They are very knowledgeable and mix it for you.
Just about can’t beat the sound of an old sickle mower. I’ve spent many hours listening to it sing. It’s nice to see you still enjoy the vehicles of the past years and the memories of the old feed and seed stores.
I should have waited until I watched the whole video before commenting. The orbiting swallows are the most beautiful thing while haying. We also have red tail hawkes that will also wait on the fence posts of our pastures for the freshly cleared hunting ground. Your videos are wonderful. I never miss one. Bless you and your whole family!
Love watching you and Hilary on the farm also your tractor collection is Brilliant love the red colour on them
Pete, did I hear Hillary say that she caught a squirrel? She seemed so pleased about that! What a beautiful video! So pleasant and relaxing.
Love the sound of an H. I mowed many acres with an M&M ZA, first with a semi mounted mower of unknown origin and later with a Case pull type. The Case was easier to hook up, but not nearly as maneuverable. The swallows kept me entertained swooping in to catch insects. Thanks for the memories.
Pete I could just listen to the pur of your tractor all day long
I think it could be used as white noise.
In my younger years I would mow like you are doing. Grass really took off! I took a baggie of salt with me to pour on the thistle root after it was cut! No more thistle!
I enjoyed the music!!!👍🏼
My Late Dads favorite tractor was the Farmall H.
He loved it.
We had an H and a 350 with a front loader, just for doing work around the house and property. I also bought myself a little C just for puttering around. I miss those old tractors. They were so reliable. The only thing we needed to do once in a while is put on the battery charger during the winter. Eventually we sold the property so we didn't need the tractors anymore so we sold them all.
I really understand your peaceful feeling when running your H. I have felt the same.
Another wonderful episode of tractor therapy. Thanks, Pete.
Very nice to see you enjoying that old red tractor.
Hey Pete, we've seen you cut hayfields many times. We very seen most of your tractors. What we haven't seen is you cutting the grass. I have utmost confidence that you could make a great video on that!
Thank you for such a pleasant video. I like watching those old sickle bar mowers.
What a great video ! It was the smile that came as you played , I mean worked. It had all the parts of a genius at work and was soooooo enjoyable to me. Thank you for sharing !😊
Great music! Great peaceful scenes in a crazy mixed up world!! Thanks, Pete and the lovely Mrs. Pete/ Hillary!
I love using my sickle mower. Mine is a NH 456. There is something about the process that just adds some peace to the day. Sure is great out your way. We haven’t had a good rain for almost 2 months. I just fenced my hay field to turn the cows into.
I loved the music and drone view towards the end! Great way to end the day. Ty Pete
Old time memories are always wonderful!
I love my sickle bar mower when it is adjusted correctly. Great video sir!
I remember using that mower on an H as well. Back in the day I used it to help the neighbor mow " Soil Bank " fields. Mower didn't have a fast hitch so it took a bit to mount it on the H and no live PTO. It was very relaxing when mowing . Maintenance not unlike what you were doing except all we had was rivets .Love this video . brings back memories.
Thanks Pete for taking us on your journey.
Pete, your wisdom puts Socrates in the shade!
Thank you for this video. I love seeing drone footage of your farm. And watching you mow is relaxing. I help my husband bush hog fields. It is really enjoyable and soothing. I love cycle bar mowing too. Cleaner cut and no clumps
I enjoy my older tractors, I don't have any Farmall's, but I do have a Massey Ferguson 65, which was my first purchase back in 1990. I'm in the process of attempting to get some of the problem issues resolved. Older equipment can be a challenge, but it's well worth the effort to fix them up. Love what you did with the fields, great advice. Thanks for sharing, I hope your day goes well.
I always have a great day when I get to see one of your videos. I never mind what it is. It's just great to watch and listen. My youngest son is going to love the joke. Sometimes he's a little twisted too. Lol. Thanks for sharing. See you later.
I waths more of your video's that you are working on the cormick.
And i can say, you now a lot of these tractors ,a lot .
And how you working to it ,great ,no hury, just take the time to make it .
And thats Pete what make you so good .
You have a the time and tel every thing what you are doing and why,and hoe its Works.
The painting is great to see, wel done.
I thing when you finised this tractor, he is better as new,better thats for sure.
The love you had of these tractors, thats fine to see.
Thanks Pete.
Hi Pete I live in the UK and I wouldn't miss seeing one of your video's, I love looking at all your old equipment even though I don't have much knowledge on farm machinery but your video's really make it so enjoyable. When I was a boy I remember Mr Turner used to plough the field at the back of our house with his two shore horses and they used them for all the work on the farm, then of course the tractors took over, but thanks again for all the time and effort you put into your video's. Kind regards Clive
I love the old Farm all H , I miss mine, they sound the best of all the Farm all's , In my opinion.