I am relieved to hear that you were able to process more roosters; it can't be easy or pleasant...but YOU DID IT!!! Thank you for posting; you are appreciated.
Nissa, so glad you were able to conquer the rooster problem. I am amazed at all the work you all do. You are very efficient and get things done. Way to go!
I'm so glad we were able to as well, we got all eight done in a matter of an hour or two and just got through the whole process and done and dusted, very happy that we can now add that skill as a regular thing, and whilst it still wasnt the most pleasant thing it was very doable! Slowly but surely! :D
I LOVE the website. You have set it up well. It was easy to navigate. It made sense. You could understand it. I loved the font you chose as well. It is pretty but not prissy if that makes sense. You’ve done a fantastic job putting it together. You can tell you have put a good bit of thought and work into it. I’m so excited for it to get done and use it!!!!
I really wanted something that resembled my handwriting, I created a font using my handwriting but it doesn't quite flow yet, I might replace it as I tweak it a little hehe, but for the moment, this one is very similar :D Thank you! Lots more work to go, but it will be so worth it once its all done! :D
So many good things going on! I appreciate your ability to find the good even in not-so-good situations. As for grease stained clothes, even if the grease has been washed/dried into place, just squirt some Dawn dish detergent (must be name brand) into the stain, let it sit and soak for a while (up to a week works 😂) then rewash. This has rescued many clothes that were destined for the bin! ❤🇨🇦
I actually think I've heard that, and I think Costco sells Dawn brand, I think it has SLS in it so we can't use it for everything, but as a stain remover that would prob be fine, I'll have to give it a go! :D Thank you :D
@@OurSmallFootprint I checked and sadly yes Dawn does contain SLS which is probably why it is so effective, and also SLES which is supposed to be less irritating. Hopefully your fam & water system can handle the small amount that would be needed as stain remover! Plus of course it goes in your regular wash after the stain soak so that should remove any traces of Dawn.
@@heatherbolichowski1910 yes I think as a stain remover it would be fine because it would then go through a wash and yes the sls is prob why it works so well heh! Darn family members with sensitive skin!
The link to the website worked well. Recipe looks lovely, all the things you need. I like the hints and tips. I also enjoy learning the reasons “why” in regards to cooking. Have always wondered the reasons of why certain things are done in cooking…and you explain them in your videos. Thank you for that!
I tried to add the tips and stuff that I would use in my voiceovers! Things I would normally say while cooking to you guys already and hope I cover those things that you wonder when you look at a recipe and just want to make sure! One day I'll have some fancier photos rather than ones I just take with my phone while I'm cooking, but meh heh
I had the same washing machine. I sold it after 1 use of it. Didnt like i couldnt set my own settings. Hubby got me a old school spin queen. Works a treat. Easy to work on and get parts for.
I'm so glad we got through it, we still have 4 more to do soon and then we need to catch some of the free rangers to be processed lol, then we're done for another 6 months, gonna get some eggs in the incubators shortly!
It’s such a nice time now weather wise. Not too hot and you feel energised to get stuff done. Good luck with the garden. Anything you can get to grow is a bonus for you. Lisa.
Yes, its still chilly in the morning, but its quite warm during the day! and the sun is setting that little bit later that we're not all in a rush to get dinner done and dusted and head inside!
Nyssa, thanks for the update. It looks to me like your chickens have very spacious pens. Glad you got yourself some bread baking items you wanted. AND your website looks great. I already have it bookmarked on my computer. Earl, Dave, Rainbow - love the Rooster names.
Hehe, the kids name most of them, other than Earl of course! :D I think there's a Karen somewhere, none of the kids like that one lol. Been a lot of work for the website and more to come, but I'm glad it is where it is at so far! :D
I love watching your face light up when you said about buying those beautiful bread pans.😍 Even though i try to be very frugal and consider every purchase, sometimes beauty is needed especially when we do the same job every day of every year. A little beauty keeps up turning out the great food . Im so happy youre on the mend . ❤Those chicken pens are so well designed and thought through. Plenty of space , im going to guess at least double what a "free range" commercial hen is allocated, at least! That U for practicality and bird safety, is fantastic . Our current front loader works fantastic, but the same problem, no 30 min wash and for a few of my fam , the 15 min doesn't do enough. Im sure i tried everything. The lowest temp setting is 30*c too. When we replace it , im going to have to be aware of that. Thanks for sharing lovely ❤❤
Mine has the ability to turn water temp off so it just runs at whatever temp comes out of the tank, I made sure of that one knowing how cold the water out of the tank is sometimes lol, I think i'll trial the 15mins on lightly soiled stuff and see how it goes, it will just be a matter of having to divide the washing a little more than we currently do! I have eyed off those pans for so long lol, but as you say, trying to validate that expense was just not happening, and then the sale and oh, I'm so glad I splurged, the bread out of them was so wonderful! and I think they'll be able to be put into my summer rhythm for fresh bread every day or two over summer! :D
One of the other you tubers that I watch left one of her freezers open and she got some kind of alarm for her freezers and they alarm on her phone. Maybe that is something you can look into. Just thought I would mention this since you have already had a problem with it. I really enjoy your videos and I’m happy that you are feeling better. Have a wonderful day.
I actually have a little monitor in the fridge, I use it for my hot house lol, and I've been using it in the fridge and it has bluetooth and it talks to my phone, but I didn't have any alarms set that were relevant, because the alarms were for things that made sense for the hot house lol.... But that might be a good idea, it would allow the kids to be aware too! Thank you :D
I missed this chat. This is really nice to hear from you again! And your voice sounds much better and you're looking much happier, so I'm glad you are feeling better. I didn't know you had a kitty!! (cats draw a LOT of traffic, use that beautiful cat in a few of your thumbnails!). And your WEBSITE! so well designed! I know you and Darryl WFH and I really hope that you guys offer your services as website designers, because this is beautiful!
We actually just got two new cats today too! We needed more mousers, and all three have been rescues/fosters so that's great, I will definitely try and get some more footage of them, Akio, the one in the video today, he has come along in leaps and bounds, he was almost feral when we first got him and now sleeps on the bed beside me most nights! lol The website has been a lot of work! But I'm so glad its almost there!
The bird village is looking good , big improvement, you're looking well rested and feeling better ❤️ I'm glad you finally treated yourself to something you wanted/needed.. praying hard your garden does fabulous this summer to make up for this past summer. As always looking forward to all your new videos
Thank you Christine, I'm really happy with the progress on the chicken pens! a few more tweaks to go and some aesthetics, moving that tarp and fixing the roof in a few places! But it feels so nice to have it closed in :D
Awww kitty caaaat 🥰. We need more of him! Fingers crossed for your garden this year. I don't think it always comes down to doing something wrong. Sometimes it's just a frustrating endeavour! I've lost count of how many plants I've binned in the last year 😔.
My front loader took 2 hours 20 mins per wash. You need 2 rinses. My neighbour has a Simpson washer that is about ten years old, it has a 30 min wash. So your washer has a good time.
My mums has a 30 min wash too! I wonder why they don't have any shorter cycles these days. I mean, its great, the clothes are lovely and clean, but urgh! lol
@@OurSmallFootprint The cotton cycle on ours takes ~3h20. You can put in around 9kg. There are shorter programmes available, too. Some are just over an hour but you can only wash 4kg then. There is a quick wash option. 15 or 30 minutes. I only use that for my bathing suit and pool towel after my trips to the pool, and then every now and then I give those a proper longer wash.
I'm so happy you are finished the chicken U!!!! Congratulations! You must be so happy! From what I've seen on TH-cam your chickens live in mansion sized pens compared to most!!!! Don't worry about the naysayers! You do you! I was away on vacation this past week. Today was my first day to be able to look at videos and you had so many new ones!!!! Thank you!!
Wow there are a lot of great things going on! I hope you will master a good cycle for the washing machine. I bet that just having the new one is a great stress relief. I had to make due with out one a few different times when my kids were all young. What a drag that was. It so great to have a choice between fridge or freezer on the new unit. Im thinking that you love that. The chickens are really hooked up nice now and plenty of free garden fertilizer will be available. Super great! Come on spring!!! Things definitely seem to be on the up-swing Nyssa. I am happy for you all. Keep up the great work and take care of you Nissa. Thank‐for a great Sunday chat!
We'll figure the machine out and what works, or we'll just have to deal with the 1hr 40 cycle, though I would like to find a shorter one because its hard to do two loads and dry them in a day and sometimes we need to be able to to keep on top of the washing! So excited for spring, FX I can get everything together and get it all working!
Your chicken pen look huge! They are alot larger than what we ever had for our flock,about 100. Nothing like freshly processed chicken and fresh eggs. Hope your garden does better this year.Last 2 years were a bust for me,but am getting few tomatoes, peppers ,2 zucchini, last year none!!
We really wanted lots of space, so we could spread them out and enjoy it, be out there with them and keep it nice and clean etc! We could totally just run them all in the one space hehe.
I'm running behind again on videos but I will catch up! Our tomatoes are finally coming in in groves so I've been busy processing those. So happy for you for doing the roosters! We are just getting into meat chickens so I'll be doing it next year! Loved the website and I'm making the dutch baby pancake tonight for supper. Thank you for all your hard work!!
They work really well! It was just a challenge to find some that were an appropriate size for the amount of dough I cook! :D. I may go and buy a couple more so I can have 4 loaves in teh fridge at a time hehe.
Hey Nyssa🥰 It’s such a beautiful property you live on, the backdrop was gorgeous that time of day. The Hamburgs are stunning chooks. Thank you for the update on the washing machine, game changer for Surreal in terms of jobs! Hopefully you can tweak the washing cycle to suit, two rinse cycles sounds a bit over the top. Mine takes just under an hour per wash but it’s Bosch. Have a great week 🌻🌞🌻
I was so happy with the bread! Definitely going to be working the process into the days as it starts warming up, having fresh bread on hand when busy is so handy!
Hi Nyssa…. I’m sorry to be a pain can you please point me to the supplies of your jar lids you mentioned I gone through a few videos with out hitting the with information… you know the ones for the store jars.. sorry again like you have nothing better to do!😬..
Yes, there are always unforeseen issues, that you don't think about when buying..it's just the same old, isn't it..they've got you!..everything now, covered to not cover the purchaser..disposable lifestyle..regards
Love the grey tiger kitty in the intro. We have had a rough garden season, too little rain, too many critters eating the plants (în US). It is what it is, beyond my control. We used to donate extras to the local food shelf, but we don't have it to give this year.
He has really warmed up to living here :D. We weren't sure he was going to, but we love having him around now! :D Yes the year before we had so much we had plenty of animal feed too! But this year, not even enough for us :S
Yay! I’m excited for the website! I was trying to make your pizza dough last week and I couldn’t find the recipe lol! I’m super excited to see the garden come along as well! I just planted cabbage, Brussels sprouts, lettuce and broccoli 🤞🏻hopefully I can grow something this fall too!
Oh that bread looks so good. And it seems like your to do list is coming along really well. The pens for the chickens and roosters looks great. Question, with the children at there ages can they help like raking the yards around the pens? It wouldn't take long if a few did it. Do your children have chores they do.? You are sounding g so much better. Glad your feeling better. Keep up the great work 👍
So happy with the bread! Yes, glad to be ticking things off! We definitely need to get the kids in there helping to tidy up more stuff, they do have chores and they do bring wheelbarrow loads of straw to the pens to stuff nesting boxes, they do all the food and water and egg collection as well (with supervision/checking) Other things that get spread between them is washing dishes and putting away, tidying up the main kitchen and the patio and their rooms etc, and the bathroom etc, and just generally helping out! :D
I'm going to give it a go, a few people have said they use it, and most of our stuff isn't heavily dirtied, its just worn, maybe we're just more careful to keep the heavily soiled stuff separate to run in a proper wash and see how it goes! :D
I was wondering how kitty (Ikio?) was going. Nice to see him. Washers. What an ado. You can do so much research b4 you buy but never know the realities until you go to use. I have my own disappointments with my washer. Some of the too many options takes hours. I use a 28 min wash option. But, overall happy. I keep telling myself the bigger load capacity, I am doing less loads and therefore really using less water overall. I do my spin at 1200 and don't use the 1400. Works well for me anyway. Glad you are dealing with the roosters, and the pen set up is looking great. A bit of my broccoli bolted :( I got a trailer of soil yesterday and will be out today moving and using :) You certainly are looking better.
Akio - he took a lot to warm up to us all, he was very distant for a long time, currently he's asleep beside me in arms reach though lol :D It definitely will use less water overall, but sometimes that trade off for the length of time and power, I dunno, urgh! I'm definitely going to have to keep persevering with testing out the settings. Argh no, hate when you grow something you wait and wait on and then it bolts! I'm still organising all our soil etc! Fx I can get it all done in time! :D
We use the 15 minute cycle and then do a 2nd spin cycle if need be. We load her up fully and sometimes it adds extra minutes, around 18-20 but it washes normal clothes! Im looking at going to twin tub though. 🤣 Ours is a combo dryer and washer and I hate it. Only thing I dont wash on that cycle is the other halfs work clothes. I didnt see what model you've got but most front loaders are similar.
I'll have to give the 15 min cycle a go and see what it does :D I love our twin tubs, but they are fairly labour intensive and they keep on carking it on us :S
Nyssa I am just like you my pants become a hand towel I have around the house clothes and going out clothes. Congrats on getting the some roosters done thats a hard thing to do. I want to get some more raised beds I was looking at some they were 2 ft × 4 ft for $64 i would like them to be 4 ×10 ft. Take care and stay safe.
In our hybrid fridge I put in a moisture absorber pack to try to keep the humidity even. I have a couple so I am thinking of swapping them out, rotating them so that one can dry out while the other is in the fridge. I also thought of putting a rack on the bottom so that the excess moisture doesnt seep into fruit boxes for instance. Since putting in the absorber pack, there is still some moisture pooling on the bottom but I have noticed that the brown paper grocery bags that are in there are no longer softening with damp like they had been.
Oh, the moisture absorber is a great idea, maybe even just some bicarb in there would work well! We have the plastic collapsible crates on the bottom and they have a open grid and seem to sit just up off the surface of the bottom, so I haven't found that to be too much of an issue with things getting sodden on the bottom or anything, works kinda like a rack I suppose!
Great job on the chicken pens... and so please to hear the harvesting is getting better...all the go with the garden now..yay...it to will settle in well...the bed are the way to go on your land....slowly it will all work out...
Definitely seem to have gotten over the hump that we had in place, there's still things we'll tweak as we go, we were a bit too far from the chicken pens and we had to keep chasing shade lol, so maybe we need a pop up shelter! But otherwise it went really well!
first time in this channel and i like the sound of the rooster in the background. I think is time to bring back the apron, it will clean your hands dry and clean and help with keep your clothing clean while working in the kitchen, another apron for working with the animals and/or garden.
Welcome Evelyn! :D I'd love to be an apron wearer, but I just don't reach to put them on, I'm always flicking between so many things that I hurry in to do something and out to do something else :S. But I think too I have trouble because of my belly, getting them to fit well without just making me look pregnant lol (because after 6 babies, I still look 6 months pregnant no matter what I do lol)
Someone else mentioned that too! I'll have to take a look :D. I do have a little temp monitor in there, but it is hooked up to bluetooth on my phone and I was most recently using it for the hot house lol, so the alarms are not quite set for fridge related things! :D
Hi, nice catch-up chat. I am looking for the link to those plastic oval 'banneton' style baskets. These would be good for my sourdough if I can find them.
Perfect. Thank you very much. I had been hunting for something like that. I found some similar ones on Ebay that were about forty dollars so didn't get them. @@OurSmallFootprint
i use that 15 min quick wash too ,get half load in so good bit ,but 4 loads done in a hour that's including the sheets on big wash day , normally have 2 loads , but soon has finish my morning cup tea its done and on the wash line . i cant be doing with them over hour wash's :) not sure what water it takes though i am not that clever but it only 15 minutes right so cant be loads lol
We recently moved rural in the uk and have hatched our own chickens :) our youngest hatch will be of age for processing in September and we have about 12 to do (depending on how many hens/cockerels we get) from 5 hatches in total.... We are beginners and i was wondering if you would consider a cockerel processing video to help us.... We are doing lots of research but its quite overwhelming. Between myself, my partner and our eldest son we are confident with the killing but its the processing im feeling overwhelmed with!
I wasn't comfortable doing the video on our 2nd/3rd go (which was the most recent) because we've had issues previously and I didn't feel comfortable, but I think next time I could share some of the things we've learned, we are still, by no means experts though! :D. I did watch a lot of different videos on here to see what methods I wanted to use etc!
Perseverance to be honest, and repeating it. We had lots of conversations about how it needed to be done, and the benefits of doing it and that we couldn't hatch more chicks if we couldn't manage to do the processing etc etc. Tried to have the set up in such a way to make it as smooth as possible, and we all got in and helped, someone held legs in the cone while someone else cut the throat and someone else was working on piecing the previous chook etc.
Their thighs/legs are very much a darker meat than a broiler style chicken, and there can be some toughness to it sometimes, but they're super tasty, I like to do things with them like make bone in chicken soups or I grind the breasts up, I'm going to actually make chicken kievs with some of the breasts tomorrow!
Nyssa looking and sounding so much better 👍👍 You have all been so busy and it shows 👏 Ah the joys of washing machines 😐 The hybrid fridge freezer sounds really good pleased for you ☺️☺️☺️ Love from the UK x
Feeling heaps better now, I only had to cut out one coughing fit lol! :D. Such a necessity and still a pain lol! I think its going to work really well, a bit of a learning curve as with any new appliance, but I do love the room!
I am relieved to hear that you were able to process more roosters; it can't be easy or pleasant...but YOU DID IT!!! Thank you for posting; you are appreciated.
We're very proud of ourselves :D. And we think it will get 'easier' the more we do it, we do need to tweak a few things, but it went quite well!
Nissa, so glad you were able to conquer the rooster problem. I am amazed at all the work you all do. You are very efficient and get things done. Way to go!
I'm so glad we were able to as well, we got all eight done in a matter of an hour or two and just got through the whole process and done and dusted, very happy that we can now add that skill as a regular thing, and whilst it still wasnt the most pleasant thing it was very doable! Slowly but surely! :D
I LOVE the website. You have set it up well. It was easy to navigate. It made sense. You could understand it. I loved the font you chose as well. It is pretty but not prissy if that makes sense. You’ve done a fantastic job putting it together. You can tell you have put a good bit of thought and work into it. I’m so excited for it to get done and use it!!!!
I really wanted something that resembled my handwriting, I created a font using my handwriting but it doesn't quite flow yet, I might replace it as I tweak it a little hehe, but for the moment, this one is very similar :D
Thank you! Lots more work to go, but it will be so worth it once its all done! :D
So many good things going on! I appreciate your ability to find the good even in not-so-good situations. As for grease stained clothes, even if the grease has been washed/dried into place, just squirt some Dawn dish detergent (must be name brand) into the stain, let it sit and soak for a while (up to a week works 😂) then rewash. This has rescued many clothes that were destined for the bin! ❤🇨🇦
I actually think I've heard that, and I think Costco sells Dawn brand, I think it has SLS in it so we can't use it for everything, but as a stain remover that would prob be fine, I'll have to give it a go! :D Thank you :D
@@OurSmallFootprint I checked and sadly yes Dawn does contain SLS which is probably why it is so effective, and also SLES which is supposed to be less irritating. Hopefully your fam & water system can handle the small amount that would be needed as stain remover! Plus of course it goes in your regular wash after the stain soak so that should remove any traces of Dawn.
@@heatherbolichowski1910 yes I think as a stain remover it would be fine because it would then go through a wash and yes the sls is prob why it works so well heh! Darn family members with sensitive skin!
The link to the website worked well. Recipe looks lovely, all the things you need. I like the hints and tips. I also enjoy learning the reasons “why” in regards to cooking. Have always wondered the reasons of why certain things are done in cooking…and you explain them in your videos. Thank you for that!
I tried to add the tips and stuff that I would use in my voiceovers! Things I would normally say while cooking to you guys already and hope I cover those things that you wonder when you look at a recipe and just want to make sure! One day I'll have some fancier photos rather than ones I just take with my phone while I'm cooking, but meh heh
I had the same washing machine. I sold it after 1 use of it. Didnt like i couldnt set my own settings. Hubby got me a old school spin queen. Works a treat. Easy to work on and get parts for.
It is annoying! Urgh, and I did so much research on it before we bought it, we'll deal with it, but it is annoying :S
Good grief. Your chickens have a ton of space! Palatial coup!
Yes, I was a little taken aback by the comment that they didn't have enough space hehe, I think they've got far more than a lot! :D
I'm so proud of you! Processing roosters is a tough job! Now your really a true off grid homesteaders! Go girl!
I'm so glad we got through it, we still have 4 more to do soon and then we need to catch some of the free rangers to be processed lol, then we're done for another 6 months, gonna get some eggs in the incubators shortly!
I had a quick peek at the website, looks great👍🏻 so glad you linked the self saucing apple pudding. I’m hoping to try and make that soon 👍🏻
Thank you! Oh, you'll love it, it is so good! I love that pudding type one bowl dish, it just makes for such a nice treat hehe :D
It’s such a nice time now weather wise. Not too hot and you feel energised to get stuff done. Good luck with the garden. Anything you can get to grow is a bonus for you. Lisa.
Yes, its still chilly in the morning, but its quite warm during the day! and the sun is setting that little bit later that we're not all in a rush to get dinner done and dusted and head inside!
Nyssa, thanks for the update. It looks to me like your chickens have very spacious pens. Glad you got yourself some bread baking items you wanted. AND your website looks great. I already have it bookmarked on my computer. Earl, Dave, Rainbow - love the Rooster names.
Hehe, the kids name most of them, other than Earl of course! :D I think there's a Karen somewhere, none of the kids like that one lol.
Been a lot of work for the website and more to come, but I'm glad it is where it is at so far! :D
I love watching your face light up when you said about buying those beautiful bread pans.😍 Even though i try to be very frugal and consider every purchase, sometimes beauty is needed especially when we do the same job every day of every year. A little beauty keeps up turning out the great food . Im so happy youre on the mend . ❤Those chicken pens are so well designed and thought through. Plenty of space , im going to guess at least double what a "free range" commercial hen is allocated, at least! That U for practicality and bird safety, is fantastic . Our current front loader works fantastic, but the same problem, no 30 min wash and for a few of my fam , the 15 min doesn't do enough. Im sure i tried everything. The lowest temp setting is 30*c too. When we replace it , im going to have to be aware of that. Thanks for sharing lovely ❤❤
Mine has the ability to turn water temp off so it just runs at whatever temp comes out of the tank, I made sure of that one knowing how cold the water out of the tank is sometimes lol, I think i'll trial the 15mins on lightly soiled stuff and see how it goes, it will just be a matter of having to divide the washing a little more than we currently do!
I have eyed off those pans for so long lol, but as you say, trying to validate that expense was just not happening, and then the sale and oh, I'm so glad I splurged, the bread out of them was so wonderful! and I think they'll be able to be put into my summer rhythm for fresh bread every day or two over summer! :D
One of the other you tubers that I watch left one of her freezers open and she got some kind of alarm for her freezers and they alarm on her phone. Maybe that is something you can look into. Just thought I would mention this since you have already had a problem with it. I really enjoy your videos and I’m happy that you are feeling better. Have a wonderful day.
I actually have a little monitor in the fridge, I use it for my hot house lol, and I've been using it in the fridge and it has bluetooth and it talks to my phone, but I didn't have any alarms set that were relevant, because the alarms were for things that made sense for the hot house lol.... But that might be a good idea, it would allow the kids to be aware too! Thank you :D
I missed this chat. This is really nice to hear from you again! And your voice sounds much better and you're looking much happier, so I'm glad you are feeling better. I didn't know you had a kitty!! (cats draw a LOT of traffic, use that beautiful cat in a few of your thumbnails!). And your WEBSITE! so well designed! I know you and Darryl WFH and I really hope that you guys offer your services as website designers, because this is beautiful!
We actually just got two new cats today too! We needed more mousers, and all three have been rescues/fosters so that's great, I will definitely try and get some more footage of them, Akio, the one in the video today, he has come along in leaps and bounds, he was almost feral when we first got him and now sleeps on the bed beside me most nights! lol
The website has been a lot of work! But I'm so glad its almost there!
We have some copper Marans. They do lay beautiful eggs.
I love seeing the colours when people post their rainbows and I know they all taste the same, but it just appeals to me lol
The bird village is looking good , big improvement, you're looking well rested and feeling better ❤️ I'm glad you finally treated yourself to something you wanted/needed.. praying hard your garden does fabulous this summer to make up for this past summer. As always looking forward to all your new videos
Thank you Christine, I'm really happy with the progress on the chicken pens! a few more tweaks to go and some aesthetics, moving that tarp and fixing the roof in a few places! But it feels so nice to have it closed in :D
Awww kitty caaaat 🥰. We need more of him!
Fingers crossed for your garden this year. I don't think it always comes down to doing something wrong. Sometimes it's just a frustrating endeavour! I've lost count of how many plants I've binned in the last year 😔.
Hehe, he wasn't much of one for coming out and joining me outside until recently! I'll have to make sure I get more footage of him hehe :D
My front loader took 2 hours 20 mins per wash. You need 2 rinses. My neighbour has a Simpson washer that is about ten years old, it has a 30 min wash. So your washer has a good time.
My mums has a 30 min wash too! I wonder why they don't have any shorter cycles these days. I mean, its great, the clothes are lovely and clean, but urgh! lol
@@OurSmallFootprint The cotton cycle on ours takes ~3h20. You can put in around 9kg. There are shorter programmes available, too. Some are just over an hour but you can only wash 4kg then. There is a quick wash option. 15 or 30 minutes. I only use that for my bathing suit and pool towel after my trips to the pool, and then every now and then I give those a proper longer wash.
@@OurSmallFootprintI use my 30 minute wash exclusively. Weird that yours doesn’t have a quick cycle.
I'm so happy you are finished the chicken U!!!! Congratulations! You must be so happy! From what I've seen on TH-cam your chickens live in mansion sized pens compared to most!!!! Don't worry about the naysayers! You do you!
I was away on vacation this past week. Today was my first day to be able to look at videos and you had so many new ones!!!! Thank you!!
Thank you Holley, yes, I think my chickens have fantastic housing hehe!
The bread looks so good and yummy. I also now have a chirping hamster too. Wow the chicken pens.
I was so happy with the bread :D and great to get the chicken pens nearly completely done :D
Wow there are a lot of great things going on! I hope you will master a good cycle for the washing machine. I bet that just having the new one is a great stress relief. I had to make due with out one a few different times when my kids were all young. What a drag that was. It so great to have a choice between fridge or freezer on the new unit. Im thinking that you love that. The chickens are really hooked up nice now and plenty of free garden fertilizer will be available. Super great! Come on spring!!! Things definitely seem to be on the up-swing Nyssa. I am happy for you all. Keep up the great work and take care of you Nissa. Thank‐for a great Sunday chat!
We'll figure the machine out and what works, or we'll just have to deal with the 1hr 40 cycle, though I would like to find a shorter one because its hard to do two loads and dry them in a day and sometimes we need to be able to to keep on top of the washing!
So excited for spring, FX I can get everything together and get it all working!
Your chicken pen look huge! They are alot larger than what we ever had for our flock,about 100. Nothing like freshly processed chicken and fresh eggs. Hope your garden does better this year.Last 2 years were a bust for me,but am getting few tomatoes, peppers ,2 zucchini, last year none!!
We really wanted lots of space, so we could spread them out and enjoy it, be out there with them and keep it nice and clean etc! We could totally just run them all in the one space hehe.
the last couple of years ive had trouble growing with mice and then hot and frost killed my seedlings.
Oh the mice! urgh! so bad, and yes, the weather and then unexpected rain *sigh* it has definitely been challenging hasn't it!
I'm running behind again on videos but I will catch up! Our tomatoes are finally coming in in groves so I've been busy processing those. So happy for you for doing the roosters! We are just getting into meat chickens so I'll be doing it next year! Loved the website and I'm making the dutch baby pancake tonight for supper. Thank you for all your hard work!!
I so hope I have the problem of abundance from the garden this year hehe :D
Oooh, I hope everyone loved it and it went well! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint thank you! I hope you do as well!!! Yes everyone loved it including my 10 month old!! No leftovers 😂
The oval plastic baskets are a great idea!
They work really well! It was just a challenge to find some that were an appropriate size for the amount of dough I cook! :D. I may go and buy a couple more so I can have 4 loaves in teh fridge at a time hehe.
Website looks great. Good on you dealing to the roosters. I need to learn how to process them too.
Thank you Lyndie, it went a lot smoother this time than last! I'm so grateful that we're managing to figure it out!
Glad you are feeling better 🤗
Me too, thank you Trudy :D
Hey Nyssa🥰 It’s such a beautiful property you live on, the backdrop was gorgeous that time of day. The Hamburgs are stunning chooks.
Thank you for the update on the washing machine, game changer for Surreal in terms of jobs! Hopefully you can tweak the washing cycle to suit, two rinse cycles sounds a bit over the top. Mine takes just under an hour per wash but it’s Bosch.
Have a great week 🌻🌞🌻
I love it out here, it has its cons, but I wouldn't change it! :D
We're just going to have to persevere for the moment! lol :D
Hi Nyssa, our vegetable garden was a complete failure last season too. I have heard that from a few people. So not just you.😊
Yeah, it seems there was a few issues across the board! FX for a better year this year for everyone! :D
Hello an wow ur bread looks so good. An yes fresh tomato soup with fresh bread... Yummy ❤😂. An nice set up for ur Chicky's n Ducky's...
I was so happy with the bread! Definitely going to be working the process into the days as it starts warming up, having fresh bread on hand when busy is so handy!
Hi Nyssa…. I’m sorry to be a pain can you please point me to the supplies of your jar lids you mentioned I gone through a few videos with out hitting the with information… you know the ones for the store jars.. sorry again like you have nothing better to do!😬..
Heh, all good! Plasdene, cospak, pack my products, green living Australia, they all sell them in varying quantities and prices! :)
Yes, there are always unforeseen issues, that you don't think about when buying..it's just the same old, isn't it..they've got you!..everything now, covered to not cover the purchaser..disposable lifestyle..regards
It makes it hard when shopping for appliances, wanting water efficiency, power efficiency, being able to cater for a larger family etc!
Pens look great
I'm so happy we're nearly finished them :D. Learned a lot from the first to the last pen :D
Love the grey tiger kitty in the intro. We have had a rough garden season, too little rain, too many critters eating the plants (în US). It is what it is, beyond my control. We used to donate extras to the local food shelf, but we don't have it to give this year.
He has really warmed up to living here :D. We weren't sure he was going to, but we love having him around now! :D
Yes the year before we had so much we had plenty of animal feed too! But this year, not even enough for us :S
Yay! I’m excited for the website! I was trying to make your pizza dough last week and I couldn’t find the recipe lol! I’m super excited to see the garden come along as well! I just planted cabbage, Brussels sprouts, lettuce and broccoli 🤞🏻hopefully I can grow something this fall too!
Oooh, I'll put pizza dough up next, I have photos for that one! :D
@@OurSmallFootprint awesome!
Oh that bread looks so good. And it seems like your to do list is coming along really well. The pens for the chickens and roosters looks great. Question, with the children at there ages can they help like raking the yards around the pens? It wouldn't take long if a few did it. Do your children have chores they do.? You are sounding g so much better. Glad your feeling better. Keep up the great work 👍
So happy with the bread!
Yes, glad to be ticking things off!
We definitely need to get the kids in there helping to tidy up more stuff, they do have chores and they do bring wheelbarrow loads of straw to the pens to stuff nesting boxes, they do all the food and water and egg collection as well (with supervision/checking) Other things that get spread between them is washing dishes and putting away, tidying up the main kitchen and the patio and their rooms etc, and the bathroom etc, and just generally helping out! :D
Hey Nyssa I also have a hisense and I agree it takes too long to wash. Consistently use the mix setting.
Gonna have to keep fiddling and figure out the best option, darn it! lol
Things are looking good.
Nice to see progress! :D
I’ve had front loaders for over 25 years and they’ve always had a quick wash which has been 30-35 mins. Hopefully your 15 min one will work.
I'm going to give it a go, a few people have said they use it, and most of our stuff isn't heavily dirtied, its just worn, maybe we're just more careful to keep the heavily soiled stuff separate to run in a proper wash and see how it goes! :D
I was wondering how kitty (Ikio?) was going. Nice to see him. Washers. What an ado. You can do so much research b4 you buy but never know the realities until you go to use. I have my own disappointments with my washer. Some of the too many options takes hours. I use a 28 min wash option. But, overall happy. I keep telling myself the bigger load capacity, I am doing less loads and therefore really using less water overall. I do my spin at 1200 and don't use the 1400. Works well for me anyway. Glad you are dealing with the roosters, and the pen set up is looking great. A bit of my broccoli bolted :( I got a trailer of soil yesterday and will be out today moving and using :) You certainly are looking better.
Akio - he took a lot to warm up to us all, he was very distant for a long time, currently he's asleep beside me in arms reach though lol :D
It definitely will use less water overall, but sometimes that trade off for the length of time and power, I dunno, urgh! I'm definitely going to have to keep persevering with testing out the settings.
Argh no, hate when you grow something you wait and wait on and then it bolts!
I'm still organising all our soil etc! Fx I can get it all done in time! :D
We use the 15 minute cycle and then do a 2nd spin cycle if need be. We load her up fully and sometimes it adds extra minutes, around 18-20 but it washes normal clothes!
Im looking at going to twin tub though. 🤣 Ours is a combo dryer and washer and I hate it. Only thing I dont wash on that cycle is the other halfs work clothes. I didnt see what model you've got but most front loaders are similar.
I'll have to give the 15 min cycle a go and see what it does :D
I love our twin tubs, but they are fairly labour intensive and they keep on carking it on us :S
I have a child lock for a refrigerator on my freezer just so we close it all the way every time.
We might have to find one that the smaller kids can still open if needed!
I used the cabinet latches on my freezer. nothing too complicated but enough to stop a toddler.
Nyssa I am just like you my pants become a hand towel I have around the house clothes and going out clothes. Congrats on getting the some roosters done thats a hard thing to do. I want to get some more raised beds I was looking at some they were 2 ft × 4 ft for $64 i would like them to be 4 ×10 ft. Take care and stay safe.
They're a significant investment aren't they, FX it all ends up worth it this year!
In our hybrid fridge I put in a moisture absorber pack to try to keep the humidity even. I have a couple so I am thinking of swapping them out, rotating them so that one can dry out while the other is in the fridge. I also thought of putting a rack on the bottom so that the excess moisture doesnt seep into fruit boxes for instance. Since putting in the absorber pack, there is still some moisture pooling on the bottom but I have noticed that the brown paper grocery bags that are in there are no longer softening with damp like they had been.
Oh, the moisture absorber is a great idea, maybe even just some bicarb in there would work well! We have the plastic collapsible crates on the bottom and they have a open grid and seem to sit just up off the surface of the bottom, so I haven't found that to be too much of an issue with things getting sodden on the bottom or anything, works kinda like a rack I suppose!
Great job on the chicken pens... and so please to hear the harvesting is getting better...all the go with the garden now..yay...it to will settle in well...the bed are the way to go on your land....slowly it will all work out...
Definitely seem to have gotten over the hump that we had in place, there's still things we'll tweak as we go, we were a bit too far from the chicken pens and we had to keep chasing shade lol, so maybe we need a pop up shelter! But otherwise it went really well!
Yes a pop up shelter works well.. mum did that before a processing area was built with a little pen at the side..
first time in this channel and i like the sound of the rooster in the background. I think is time to bring back the apron, it will clean your hands dry and clean and help with keep your clothing clean while working in the kitchen, another apron for working with the animals and/or garden.
Welcome Evelyn! :D
I'd love to be an apron wearer, but I just don't reach to put them on, I'm always flicking between so many things that I hurry in to do something and out to do something else :S. But I think too I have trouble because of my belly, getting them to fit well without just making me look pregnant lol (because after 6 babies, I still look 6 months pregnant no matter what I do lol)
Amazon has freezer door alarms.
Someone else mentioned that too! I'll have to take a look :D. I do have a little temp monitor in there, but it is hooked up to bluetooth on my phone and I was most recently using it for the hot house lol, so the alarms are not quite set for fridge related things! :D
Hi, nice catch-up chat. I am looking for the link to those plastic oval 'banneton' style baskets. These would be good for my sourdough if I can find them.
oooh, I forgot that one!
minimaru.com/products/oval-colander-bowl?_pos=1&_sid=2dbfaa78b&_ss=r
These are the ones I bought! :D
Perfect. Thank you very much. I had been hunting for something like that. I found some similar ones on Ebay that were about forty dollars so didn't get them. @@OurSmallFootprint
Pens looking good!! Oh yeah, website looks good too.
Thank you April :D
i use that 15 min quick wash too ,get half load in so good bit ,but 4 loads done in a hour that's including the sheets on big wash day , normally have 2 loads , but soon has finish my morning cup tea its done and on the wash line . i cant be doing with them over hour wash's :) not sure what water it takes though i am not that clever but it only 15 minutes right so cant be loads lol
I'll have to give it a go and test the water usage on that cycle! See if its enough for our standard not too dirty clothing etc :D. Thank you :D
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Thank for website
Thank you for your patience! I'm going to keep adding all the time and try and do some videos up to go with some of the recipes too :D
You sound like me a million ideas and things to do and never enough time LOL
Not enough hours in the day hehe
Wow you’ve got loads done!
So nice to see some projects finally feel like they're nearing completion lol
We recently moved rural in the uk and have hatched our own chickens :) our youngest hatch will be of age for processing in September and we have about 12 to do (depending on how many hens/cockerels we get) from 5 hatches in total.... We are beginners and i was wondering if you would consider a cockerel processing video to help us.... We are doing lots of research but its quite overwhelming.
Between myself, my partner and our eldest son we are confident with the killing but its the processing im feeling overwhelmed with!
I wasn't comfortable doing the video on our 2nd/3rd go (which was the most recent) because we've had issues previously and I didn't feel comfortable, but I think next time I could share some of the things we've learned, we are still, by no means experts though! :D. I did watch a lot of different videos on here to see what methods I wanted to use etc!
Children coops looking good, 😊 You doing a great job.
Thank you Jill :)
Lol @ children coops 😂😅
Whoa LOL! 🐔 Chicken
Last time you mentioned your aversion to processing the roosters, how did you overcome the reluctance to do so? It has always been my downfall.
Perseverance to be honest, and repeating it. We had lots of conversations about how it needed to be done, and the benefits of doing it and that we couldn't hatch more chicks if we couldn't manage to do the processing etc etc.
Tried to have the set up in such a way to make it as smooth as possible, and we all got in and helped, someone held legs in the cone while someone else cut the throat and someone else was working on piecing the previous chook etc.
Well done is rooster good eating?
Their thighs/legs are very much a darker meat than a broiler style chicken, and there can be some toughness to it sometimes, but they're super tasty, I like to do things with them like make bone in chicken soups or I grind the breasts up, I'm going to actually make chicken kievs with some of the breasts tomorrow!
@@OurSmallFootprint awesome
The webstite looks amazing!!
Thankyou! It's been a lot of work, but it will be so worth it when I get it all populated! :D
Nyssa looking and sounding so much better 👍👍 You have all been so busy and it shows 👏 Ah the joys of washing machines 😐 The hybrid fridge freezer sounds really good pleased for you ☺️☺️☺️ Love from the UK x
Feeling heaps better now, I only had to cut out one coughing fit lol! :D. Such a necessity and still a pain lol!
I think its going to work really well, a bit of a learning curve as with any new appliance, but I do love the room!
The Veggie Boys have a huge quantity of hens in a much smaller area than you, ignore the ignorant.
It was nice to measure it up and draw it out though and work out the square metreage etc heh :D
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