The REAL Reason We Homestead
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- Homesteading is hard work. But it’s one of the most fulfilling things you can do. There is so much joy and romance in this lifestyle. We want to share that with you.
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We want to share our passion for efficient, sustainable homesteading that brings the family together. On our homestead we do chemical-free gardening, grass-fed milk and beef, pastured eggs and broiler chickens, and free range children :) We love to go on adventures as a family, so if we're not workin on the farm, we're probably hiking or out getting ice cream. We're all into DIY, and being inventive and creative. We believe in homesteading that's sustainable, not just sustainable homesteading. In other words, we want to show you that homesteading doesn't have to wear you out to the point that you give it up. We've seen it happen, and almost came to that point ourselves. So go ahead and take a whack at that subscribe button if you'd like to join us on this crazy ride. Get ready to learn and be inspired! - บันเทิง
This is a great video. I live on just one acre and I retired a little early, four years ago. Shortly after that I moved to my version of a homestead and have been chipping away at feeding myself and sharing my abundance as well with my family. I live alone, so it isn’t always easy, but I love most of it. I love my bees the most. I put a small orchard in, and I am praying for some fruit this year. I get so much joy from growing and preserving and foraging all the yummy things. It’s winter here now🇨🇦 and I haven’t been to the grocery store since October and I only buy what I can’t grow. I love your videos. Have a wonderful productive weekend 😊
That’s really cool! Keep it up!
Inspiring!
Totally agree Mary, I also live alone and try to start homestead.
So glad you grabbed your dream 😊 I also have a small homestead I paid mine off and I am still working but look forward to taking early retirement but trying to work 5 more years but with economy like it is if I get laid off at 61 I will be taking retirement once unemployment runs out. Hoping that doesn’t happen since I have this stupid high car payment 🙄
You're a warrior! 😊 I hope to have my own little homestead someday. I'm very very ill so I doubt it will happen but a girl can dream!! 😊
This video was beautiful! As Michelle said, "Partnering with God ." to put food on your table is the most amazing way to raise children. The way you are raising your children is what produces grateful adult people. All countries need that! Cody and Michelle, you are a great example of humility, hard work, and God-fearing.
Yes! Thank you for the kind words 😊
Totally agree with you. I cry several times during the video because it touched me so much.
I was the kid who grow up without knowing any of this and my whole life is a “non-appreciation” moment until one day I choose to live in a farm and my whole new world change.
This is what children- the new generation should be taught and raised. Thank you for already making first steps
Love this video,so touched my heart. At 71 living in my RV full time. Spent most of my life growing my own food and heating with wood and self employed. Watching your videos,gives much pleasure and raies my mental health. This one was really special.
So good to hear! Blessings.
Your point about growing and valuing food is so so important. I always wondered "why is the cabbage so expensive at the farmers market? or carrots?"... until I tried growing them myself and failed miserably. It made me appreciate those farmers and food so much more. We go out to eat once or twice a week (mostly for dinner) but I ALWAYS take leftovers home. Many reheat well and we simply have seconds the following day. Sometimes I get creative and add some of my own food and create a second dinner. I never understood why people don't take the food they ordered and paid for home.... loved this video (as always).
You got it! Makes a difference when you grow it yourself 😊
"Partner with God and nature to put food in front of my family."..... I've never thought of it like that. "Partnering" with God through His creation. I love it.
Yes 😊 It was a lightbulb moment for us as well.
Congratulations on the new calf ❤
I love that feeling of being spoiled with an abundance of clean, healthy food that is so rare otherwise! We have dairy goats and also enjoy fresh milk products when the girls are freshened. What a nice positive video!
When we had a minimum pay job, we celebrated by going to a restaurant for dinner. I calculated that our meal cost us each one and a half hours of job time. Crazy. We now have some acreage, but no animals yet. Just garden which, thank God, was abundant this year. Love your videos.
Love it!
You two are fantastic! Spreading such an important message, and adorable to watch. Keep up the great work! 💜
You are such an inspiration for me to start a homestead 😊 This is real wealth.
Glad to hear it 😊 Go for it!
I really admire what you two have done for yourselves. I’ve been growing our food for about 10 yrs now but I’m also 65 yrs.old. It’s more of a hobby for my husband and I but boy do I regret not taking this on 40yrs ago. I wish both of you much joy and happiness. You’re my kind of people.. good job!
I have tons of blackberries, just drop a line if you would like some as I need to thin and move mine. You have come a long way from your first apartment. God bless y'all and keep growing. Merry Christmas and have a very Happy, healthy New Year
Thank you! 😊
Wow, you are generous.
If you care to share, I'd take a plant or 2.
Holly the calf is a big W for the homestead 🙌 love the videos
I am also the gardener in my family. I did my first green house garden when I was 10. I have always had a garden at all my houses. I finally have a little over an acre. Will have my first garden next Spring. I put in garlic, Everbearing Strawberries, grapes, greens and radishes this Fall. Spring is going to be fun.
That's awesome! Good luck!
I love your lifestyle so much Living with mother, nature and lovely animal, and homegrown organic vegetable I definitely subscribe your channel 🙏🍀
Awesome! Thank you!
You are so right. It's so worth the effort. I have always been so thankful I grew up in this homestead lifestyle. I'm 66 now and still doing all I can to grow and steward our food as much as possible. Our children don't want to put in the effort but now our teenage grandchildren are wanting to learn as much about it from us as they can. That makes me happy.
Love it!
❤ I love that tou ate teaching your children team work and self sufficiency
I am here for all of this 😊 recently stumbled upon your channel and subscribed ❤ love what y’all have taught me about cows and root cellars!
Wish you were able to do daily posts because I could watch the content all day! lol your channel is really taking off and I wish your family the best 😊😊😊
Thank you so much 😊 Glad you’re here! Maybe someday we can do more content.
Hi Codi and Michelle, what an awesome video and congratulations on the birth of Holly. I think it was extra special to discover her arrival at night and the Headlamp footage of meeting her for the first time. It is wonderful that Maddie has such a good relationship with you that she trusts you with her calf and she doesn't seem to mind you interacting with her. I like how you and Michelle switch off sections to narrate in each video.
Hope your thinking of what you want to do for a video when you reach 100,000 subs, as the way your channel is growing it won't be long.
I'm glad for you and your family that all of the Blood, Sweat and Tears that you put into your Homestead has paid off with much success.
Thank you for the kind words Ben! It's funny because she is fine with me being out with the calf, but gets really annoyed when the kids get too close 😂 Yes, I've been thinkin about what to do for 100k, but haven't decided yet. Exciting!
Loved the video! Cody, your editing skills are top notch! Loved what you are all doing on the Homestead! Much love, xo
Thank you so much 😊 Glad you enjoyed!
New sub, much like you we lived in our little camper and built. It's definitely all been a labour of love!
Welcome here!
Holly is beautiful. You did a great job of explaining the reasons why you homestead, while showing the inspiring scenes of what it looks like. I wonder how many new homesteaders this video will "birth".
Thank you 😊 Our hope is to inspire and build confidence!
Just found your videos and oh my goodness, SO Impressed. Love how well you explain and share. Really well done videos. I have been enjoying binging on your videos the last two days. Bravo to you both!
Thank you so much 😁
Great video I can relate, indeed the joy and sense of accomplishment from working on the land and nurturing the living is unique. Also the gratitude we feel from receiving a bounty of fruit, veggies, seeds etc. from generous mother nature is humbling. Our modern wasteful Western societies are disconnected of the land and food production, sadly it is a symptom of declining empires seen throughout human history.
For sure!
❤Amazing Life❤🐮GOD Bless this Family🙏
Holly is a great name! I´m really inspired by your video. And Michelle, I think people will always have something to criticize, no matter what anyone does. Keep doing what helps, you´re doing amazing!
Thank you 😊
Giving stuff away and sharing is my favorite part!
Homesteading is hard! But the rewards is what keeps me going! I chose to raise my meat chickens, had rabbits but they got to big for me to handle alone, I grow as much as I can possibly do on my 10-12 hr day work weeks in spring summer fall. It keeps me busy and sometimes I feel overwhelmed … but filling my pantry with foods I couldn’t do on my paychecks , I so wish I had bought a bigger property back in 2001 but for so long I had been just me and didn’t ever think I would be so into raising and growing my food so I just bought .68 of a acre I use my whole back of my property for my garden and it’s plenty growing verticals , I share gods bounty with fellow Christian’s like the Lord wants me to give eggs out also, the Lord gives me what I need and to store up and the rest I help others, the feeling is awesome. Thank you so much for your vids and showing people you don’t need huge plot of land to provide well for your family
That’s really awesome. So cool that you’re utilizing even a small plot of land.
Love watching you and your family
I agree with you completely on teaching children responsibilities. We have 5 chickens and my twins begged for them. I love seeing them out in the coop talking with them and giving them snuggles. I hope this coming year will be our best year yet for our garden. Your videos give me so much hope!
Glad to hear it!
I just love you guys so much! Thank you for making these inspiring videos. God is so good, I pray that He continues to bless your beautiful family!
You guys are amazing! Hang on to the commitment you have started in this life. You will grow old gracefully .🙏Blessings
What a fantastic intro video to your channel! I just was introduced to you on Farmhouse of Boone podcast.
I’m going to subscribe even though I don’t plan to be a homesteader. My husband & I lived on east coast for most of our lives but now retired from our professional lives, have downsized and moved west to be closer to family and the outdoor activities we most enjoy. Congratulations on your homesteading lifestyle.
Thank you! So glad you’ve joined us 😊
I'm 67 and have been urban gardening for 30+ years. My husband is the heavy lifter and I do all the propagation, planting, weeding, etc. Yup, I give away lots! And, yup, I keep trying new veggies to grow every year - this year it was corn, strawberries, amaranth, and butternut squash....all winners! However, no one else who I know in my area gardens; which is why it so lovely to have your channel to help with inspiration!!! Keep up the good work! And, yup my favorites on my urban patch are raspberries and strawberries!
Sounds great! Glad you’re here 😊
Congratulations on the new birth on the farm! Holly is adorable!
I've been binging your videos for a few weeks now and now that I've seen (and love) All of them, I wanted to give you guys a shout out that your skill level with these videos has improved over the years and you guys are doing great work! Please keep them coming. I look forward to these each week.
Thank you so much! Our old videos are embarrassing 😳 I'll probably say the same thing about these in a year or so 😊 Glad you're here and enjoying the videos!
Fairly new to your channel and loved this video! We had been homesteading on our suburban yard as much ad we could and 2 months ago moved to 5 acres so we're starting from scratch again which is a bit overwhelming again. This video inspired us with what we have the ability to do here again!
Glad to hear it! Good luck with the new homestead 😊 Enjoy the process!
I loved what you said it brought tears to my eyes … you partner with God to grow healthy food for your family. There are so many bible messages in sowing and reaping.
I'm loving all the baby cow footage. 😍
I really liked this video . We are doing the same life with my husband, so I can totally relate. And it is hard, but very rewarding.
I think you could sell some raspberries or strawberries to help with expenses on the homestead. Don't know if you've thought of that.Nancy from Nebraska
God bless you all. You are living my dream life. Keep doing what you're doing and inspiring others. ❤
I Love EACH OF YOUR VIDEOS, I HOPE PEOPLE START TO SEE THAT YOU CAN CUT DOWN THE GROSERY STORES. THANK YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL
It may not be traditionally short, but this would be an excellent trailer for your channel 😉
True! Hadn’t thought of that.
We make a valiant effort to grow as much of our food as possible too. You aren't wrong about how some folks excessively waste food. I work at way too many remote work camps and people throw away so much all the time. Enough to likely feed a small village everyday without exaggerating.
Holly is absolutely adorable. She has a really cute pattern. My husband and I feel as if we are starting to be abnormal in this day and age. We absolutely hate to waste or throw food away and our younger siblings and friends are those people leaving half or more of a plate of food at a restaurant or at someone's house. Drives us crazy. If we're getting sick of something I will find some way to preserve it and finish it later. You should both be proud of the way you're bringing up your children. I mentioned in a comment in one of your other videos that our 3.5 year old daughter helps us with our hay business and she loves helping me in the garden no matter the task. I no longer have my horses and any animals right now but someday I'm hopefully we will be doing a bit more of what you're doing. For the time being we visit friends with a dairy farm quite often. It's amazing how children who live the farm life or some of the farm life thrive. God has truly blessed us. Merry Christmas to your family and wishing you all a blessed new year.
You got it 😊 Merry Christmas!
That first "milk", yellow stuff, I remember in our house we would make sweets from it. It tasted very-very good
Your videos are incredible! Michelle's sourdough bread making got me to get my own starter, hope my bread comes out ok! Holly is beautiful, how exciting to have new life on your farm! God bless you and your family.
Love your channel. I grew up this way on a small farm it's so much healthier for you and an amazing way to live. Congratulations to you and your family.
Thank you! We love it.
After growing my own potatoes for a few years...I ran out this last spring and ohhhh my goodness I was shocked at the price for organic potatoes. The money gardening saves is substantial. The taste of the freshness is off the charts.
You got it!
Thank you for sharing this. We live in an an appartment and try to produce as much food as possible on our outdoor space. It is berries and tomatoes, peppers and that kind of stuff. Every bit counts right? Greetings from Berlin Germany
Yeah that’s way cool! I get tired of hearing the victim mindset.. people making excuses that they can’t do anything because they don’t have what what somebody else has. The homesteading spirit is about learning to work with what you have, and building on it. Great job!
Michelle, how I wish you have also video on how to make butter or cheese, the way you learn from your mom, with steps by step, not sure if you have videos specifically for these already, love watching your videos, you and your family.
We don’t have anything on cheese, but here is one about butter: th-cam.com/video/o-1rGC-s_YI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=L0PxsO5Y2VRkzXl8
Great video guys. I have been wanting to homestead since I was a child and I have done all that I can with our current tiny homestead. The feeling of satisfaction in the work you mentioned is exactly how I feel. Knowing my family, my children, and people we share our bounty with are going to reap all the benefit from our family’s labor is what makes it rewarding for me. Of course delicious fruit is the cherry on top.
We can’t afford to buy most fruit, so we grow our own and like you said, the abundance is incredible. We can’t have animals beyond chickens/ducks where we are, but next year when we buy our big homestead I already know the cow and the cream will be my favorite part…..also the alpacas for wool 😊
I'm right there with you. I'm using every inch I have. We have 9 chickens, large garden and about 10 fruit trees. I want a large place so I can have cows and pigs and a high tunnel. Hope your dream and mine come true soon. Keep growing!
Love it! ❤️
Very nice work, thanks for sharing my friend ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
New subscriber here!
We had a great use for extra colostrum by making pancakes with it. they were super yummy!!!
Be safe & healthy!!
Thank you so much!! Welcome here 😊 That does sound like a good way to use it!
Thank you for your videos. You have motivated me to put in a garden and preserve what I grow (and grow sprouts!). I grew food for my family for years, then ended up as one person and moved to a small house with a small yard. But I can grow beets, green beans and tomatoes to eat when they are in season and to preserve (make sauce out of the tomatoes). I will have enough cucumbers to share with my neighbors. Got a cold frame to grow lettuce in the winter (I am a Texan). If I can manage to have a pest free garden and cold frame, I will have healthy food and have some degree of food freedom. No more pesticides!
Awesome! You go!
Love this video ! Your passion and love of what you do shines through! Love your channel!
Amazing video as always! Thank you for making content for those of us who are in the middle of our homesteading journey. Sharing your success and failures, what you like and what you’d do different helps those in the midst of homesteading and those who are still dreaming more than you know! Holly is a beauty 🥰
So many homesteaders I see online have huge farm equipment that cost lots of money. For those of us doing things by human effort, your videos are the best. Thanks.
You’re very welcome 😊
I absolutely love this! So important for kids to know where food comes from!
The best part of this video is that you two share the same interests and passion as a couple and as parents of 4 kids. Not all the couples share this much of same passion and same values of parenting and life. That is why I love watching your videos. ❤️
Thank you 😊 Glad you enjoy!
My favorite video yet! Congratulations on your success!
I respect the way your living your lives and raising your family with hard work and values. I grew up on a farm and know first hand it taught me many things. Love your videos. Keep up the great work.
Quite enjoyed the messages in this video. Makes me ill to see the food waste as well. I have been checking out your other video's as I was not sure I needed yet another channel to watch but because I am liking what I have seen thus far, I have decided to subscribe. I am 26 hours NW of you...little different climate but some similarities too.
That's great! Welcome here!
You need to remove those wrappings from the round bales. The cows can ingest them and it can strangulate their bowels killing them.
Thank all farmers for all their work. It is disgusting how much food is wasted in this country. People should be made to do an internship on a farm for a week during peak gardening season. Having each person assist in farm to table meals. When you put in the sweat equity, you begin to understand why it shouldn't be wasted.
Amen!
Thank you very much for reminding me that I need to hurry and develop the 2 acres I just bought.
Baby calves are our favorite too! Our milk cow had twin heifers 16 days ago and they are the sweetest ever!
That’s great! Congrats!
We have a small homestead and I can so resonate with the feelings of joy, value, abundance and satisfaction. You guys are so inspiring! Keep up the good work!
In another video you guys had said something about trying to find different ways to eat oatmeal. My family had been making overnight baked oatmeal for years and we love it and its so easy. Here's our recipe in case you want to try it.
At night, mix together in glass measuring cup,
2 cups Kiefer
3 cups oats
3/4 cups evaporated cane or coconut sugar or sucanot
1 tsp cinnamon
1 stick melted butter
Cover and let sit on counter overnight. in the morning, add,
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup raisins
Pour into greased 9x13 pan and bake in preheated oven at 350 for 25-30 minutes.
We serve it with homemade yogurt, agave, and ground flaxseed. Soooo good!
Hey thanks for that!
Great video and I think it's great the values you are teaching your children. No you are not being wasteful by any means concerning tomato water or buttermilk. People just don't understand ALL the aspects of a homestead. God bless and take care
You speak from my heart - may god bless you for sharing your way of living to the world! It is so exemplary. Nature is everything - hope to get close to this kind of life one day and having a good partner who shars these values. xoxo from Germany
Your new calf is gorgeous. I get told when I talk about the garden. That we can see that your passionate about it cause your whole face just shows the love you have for it. Being as self sufficient as possible has been my dream for years
Keep chasin that dream 😀
I too love milk. It's just so delicious. I hardly ever hear anyone declare their love for creamy, sweet cow's milk. It's fallen out of favor with a lot of folks but give me a nice, tall ice cold glass of milk and I'm in heaven. 😊😋
In one of your videos you talked about different gadgets you use on your farm. One thing was some kind of a tool you used to suck up bugs from the plants in your garden. What was it called and can you explain a little more about it?
It’s a DeWalt battery operated vacuum: amzn.to/3tcJNz7 I use other DeWalt tools so the batteries are interchangeable.
That is a beautiful cow. Great video. I'm new to you, looking forward to this!
U are the Great Family. I love to watched you rs videos.Good Luck .🎉
i love this im continuing my family homestead and you guys really help us out. Thank you so much. God Bless
So good to hear! Blessings.
Awesome video!👍
Amen! God bless.😊
Holly, an appropriate name for this time of the year :=) Love your videos.
thank you very much for this video. You are so amazing, I love your channel. Greetings from Munich.
You’re so welcome! Glad to see you in the comments 😊
Oh man, to make my own buttermilk one day would be amazing. It's hard to find organic buttermilk and I love to use it for making pancakes, waffles and biscuits.
Holly is just beautiful. Congratulations ❤❤❤❤❤ great video
This has nothing to do with homesteading but I'd like to say you are looking so pretty today, Michelle. I love your hair like that. (And I loved all the beautiful comments too.)
Oh thank you!
Love watching your videos even though I do not homestead, I just think it is amazing watching others. I live vicariously through your videos😊
Hey that's great! So glad you can join us 😊
"Partner with God and nature." Love it! That's exactly what gardening is
❤❤This is real life, it's how life should be!
I don't understand why you don't have at least over 500k subscribers.
Thanks 😊 We’re headed that way! 😁
We absolutely ADORE your channel! Thank you guys for sharing the good, bad and all between! We learn SOOO much from you guys!
Good to hear. You're very welcome 😊
Just found your channel and subscribed. After living in Ohio for over 70 years, we are pulling up roots and moving to south Texas. You will be a way for me to stay in touch with Ohio.
I, too, have gardened most my life, learning from my mom. Now I have to learn all over again moving from zone 6a to 10a! Merry Christmas!
Wow, big move! Merry Christmas!
We are just starting out on our homesteading journey so I love watching all of your honest, thoughtful and educational videos. Thank you for that. May your hard work continue to bless your family with success.
I struggle watching your wife shuffle those herb garden windows around everytime she goes in there. Put them on hinges so they can be pinned to the house when needed to be open.
Love your videos, take care ❤❤
I loved this video! Your family is learning valuable things living on a farm! You both are so grounded & I appreciate that so much! I don’t have a lot of land but in my small yard I’ve been gardening for years & making my own bread & cooking from scratch. We also can & freeze dry stuff too to preserve what I grow. Thanks for the inspiration! 🫶🏻
That's great! The homesteading spirit is all about learning to use what you have.
I agree with you on the abundance!! I get so much why from the dairy products I make that there is no way I’d be able to can or freeze it AND store it for later use. But it does go to the animals or composts 🙌🏼. I’m so glad for you about the healthy birth!! That’s a good feeling when nature “does it right” and you don’t have to intervene 😊. Excellent reasons and video!!
Yes totally! Thank you 😊
That was so good! I’ve been continuously smiling and will for a while yet :) thank you!
Glad to hear it 😊
Food waste like the restraunt example makes me sick too. So much waste, even the excessive un-neccesary packaging. As a homesteader you are preventing Sooo much waste and repurposing the excess abundance
Hi All
Great video, fantastic job as usual. You’re both so inspirational. Look after yourselves.
Thanks so much!
We hold on to our goat colostrum. It’s helps goats in case newborns don’t latch on after birth. We gave some to friends in emergency situations. Does Cody play drums? I saw some. 🤘
Right on. I (Codi) I'm trying to learn, along with our oldest son.. he's ahead of me now 😊 I play bass on the worship team at church.
Just got an estimate to fence in my 3 acres and working on my growing calendar. I love what you said about partnering with God. ❤🎉
That's awesome! Blessings.
I just luv watching your videos which I find so inspirational and gaining so much knowledge in how you guys run a homestead. I find it so fascinating and most of all I luv your beautiful brown and white calf. She is so adorable. All the best to you both and keep up the good work.
Thank you! So glad you enjoy 😊
Great vido you guys! Precious upbringing you give your kids, I hope that they will appreciated always! Blessings!
Thank you so much!
Yall are amazing! Can’t wait to see more of Holly and all of your family adventures 🥰