Summer on the Homestead! | Building a Sheep Shanty + Shearing our Sheep for the 1st Time!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
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One week ago we invested in a flock of SHEEP for our homestead in Alaska! Pursuing our passion to live a life as self sufficient as possible, adding this flock to our homestead will provide dairy products & meat for our family for years to come. Our sheep are icelandic/shetland cross. They are a wool breed so today we'll be shearing them for the very 1st time!
We plan to shear the sheep once a year each spring to help keep them cool in the warm summer months & allow them to grow a new coat to keep warm during the Alaskan winters. We are also building a sheep shelter so the flock can keep dry & warm from the elements. Thanks for joining us for another video! Cheers...
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I love it when kids use their imagination
The boys are so lucky to be growing up in Alaska. The freedom they can have there is awesome. Love your life✌️🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! 😊
OMGosh, those kids are a trip. They really think they're making stuff....so cute. You know what? The best thing you can do with that wool is make your own pure, priceless, lanolin. Start an outdoor fire, if you can grab a big heavy pot, or half of a burn barrel, you can put water in it, and the wool, sir, stir, stir, like a witches brew...lol They have videos on line. Have a great day
Tina I'm so sorry to hear about your grandfather. I'm a year behind but I still wanted to give you my condolences. It's the memories that will put a smile on your face everytime he is thought about.
The boys are really enjoying the homestead…. Swimming, biking, fishing, tree house, mud cooking… their imagination is thriving.
Your homestead is coming along nicely. Y’all are awesome.
Thank you!
So sorry for the loss of your grandfather ! May He rest in peace … hugs to all of you … Beautiful Words of Wisdom … the boys looks so happy … ❤💋🙏
The first few minutes of this video is the way life should be ……pure heaven….
Parker and Kellen having the time of their line and Joe feeling like a kid again , boys swimming in a pond with the dogs just having fun
So wonderful seeing the boys playing outside using their imaginations. Sheep look good. 🐑😍
Yes i love to see this too. Kids don't use their imaginations anymore or play outside. They want someone to entertain them instead.
So nice to see how the boys are enjoying themselves outdoors. Swimming in the pond, biking and just wonderful to see their imagination.
So nice for your sheep to get rid of that thick fur. You have projects going on all the time. 🙌👍👏
Take care and have fun! ✨🌺🌼💖 Looking so forward to your next video! 😍
You guys did awesome shearing the sheep !! Your boys are so blessed to be raised on the Alaska homestead . Love your videos, may God continue to bless you all with everything you do . 💕🙂
You can see the natural instincts of your dogs as the Malinois is a herding dog! They are marking and checking the perimeters to protect the herd! Good work boys!
You are both doing a fantastic job for your first time,looking so good. I'm sure there happy to be cooler.
It is so refreshing to see these boys using their imagination and having fun. They certainly are thriving .
Would be nice to read the minds of the sheep after shearing……! Kellen is rocking the good life. 😍🇨🇦
Good job homesteaders,sheep wranglers!!!!!!!!!!!🐑👍👏😊
My thoughts are with you and you will have many fond memories. ❤️❤️❤️🌻🎶🥰🦋 What a great sheep shed!!! 🐑 🐑🐑❤️
Joe was very patient and kind sheering the sheep. Lol Tina, put the sheep's head in your crutch. Hilarious. Anyway, your family is kind to the animals you have 💯
That ram had horns LOL!🤣 Wasn’t too thrilled about that position hahaha!
I know it is just the beginning of the video, but Kudos to the parents for following our young adventurers to ensure their safety!!! You are amazing caring for the kids and teaching them all they will need in life to succeed!!!😊😊😊
Thank you! Absolutely, I could never let them ride alone at their age.❤️❤️ Crazy world we’re loving in, especially out here…the bears are awake now!
@@HomeFreeAlaska 😳😳 I forgot about the bears...I was worried about the moose.
@@d.martinez-rodriguez333 yeah lol. Sometimes I forget too & then I’m like oh…yeah…they’re awake now.🙈
Nice job sheering. Love the boy’s imagination. I wish I was young again. Perfect spot to raise the boys away from all the craziness going on in this world right now.
I think you did an amazing job sheering the sheep. The dogs are protecting those sheep for sure. Love how the boys use their imagination.
You've done an amazing job, those babies are going to be so much happier and cooler. Gold Star ⭐😊
Thank you! 😊
Nice to see kids with imagination rather than an electronic device. Enjoy your time being kids boys xx
Thank you 🤗
I bet that was such a relief for the sheep to get rid of all that wool- it's has to feel so much better. I can't believe how much you all have accomplished from Spring until now- so busy. Great job on the Kellan Cam. Fun to see the boys outside enjoy the Alaskan nature 😊
Are you going to card the wool, spin it and make wool?
Joe you did a good job shearing.It’s not easy.Well done to the young camera man.👍
One thing I can say about both of you. You take real good care of your four-legged babies as well your two-legged. I enjoy and I love watching your show.
Thank you so much!
It ended to soon!!! Thanks for sharing Tina, that was some good times. Those boys are growing so fast. Hey Joe!!!!
Thank you!❤️❤️
Good job giving the sheep's there hair cut, Condolence to the family love and blessings.
I couldn’t wait for the next video to come, and here it is! 😊 You and Joe did a great job shearing the sheep! The little sheep shed is coming along nicely! Joe always does a great job whatever he’s building or creating! Tina, I love watching your videos all the time! Can’t wait for the next one to arrive!😊❤
Awww! Thank you SO much!❤️❤️
Tina, you and Joe did a great job shearing the sheep. They will definitely feel so much better now. They will not, hopefully, keep picking up so many twigs and pine needles. They seem to have settled in quite nicely.
The sheep shearing looked more time consuming than I thought it would take, but you have to be careful with their bodies! I enjoyed watching it! The boys swimming and making mud pies was great! Thank YOU!
Laugh with you! Girl you are intertwining! Joe is still a doll!
The 🐑 look good & they will be happy to have the wool coat off! Love seeing the boys outside playing & using their imagination! It's rare now a days for kids to be kids with all this technology. ❤ you guys!
Joe slammin’ the ram 🤪 😆 😂 that was a good laugh
Am so sorry to hear of the loss of your nampa,your family have my sincerest condolences.🙏🏽
Amazing you all did fantastic even though u have never done it. I love to see the boys with great imaginations. They are hard at play learning and growing and doing what kids should be doing. God bless and once again so sorry bout your grandpas passing.
EXCELLENT JOB on shearing the sheep. They look 200% better and surely have to be 1000% cooler. God bless you all.
I think that he did a wonderful job for the first time of sharing them sheep, and he had a lot of guts to try and do it. But good for you both you're gotta done
Sorry for your loss prayer for the family🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
“So you guys can laugh at us.” 😂
We enjoy EVERY second of your videos, Ms. Tina.
What a Paradise!
Breathtaking in Winter and now in Summer!
So well deserved!
Samson is still strong, regardless of the “haircut.”
Rusty be like “don’t you dare do 😅they to me.”
Great job, Ms. Tina!
You and Mr. Joe did an amazing job!
They must feel so relieved.
I love the biblical names, Ms. Tina!
Esther is my favorite Bible story. 💪🏼💝
God bless you all!
We always pray for you, Ms. Tina.
For health, happiness and safety.
Bradley “repurposing” stuff. 😂
I too LOVE the story of Esther! Thanks for watching!❤️❤️
Thank you for the peacefulness you brought to my day. I needed it today! God Bless you!
So glad!❤️❤️ Thank you for watching.☺️
Love seeing the boys making mud meatballs! I think the sheep approve and are going to like the new shelter. Great job Tina and Joe.
Loved when my boys were young so good to comment on this
This is a great set up. Two boys two dogs two siblings two parents sheep.
Wow! It is sure starting to look like a homestead with all the animals. Love her creative the boys are 👍👍
Wild birds will also use the wool for their nests. Love your family. Love your blogs. Go Joe!
True!☺️
I did not envy y'all shearing them sheep. That was a job for sure. The boys are so creative, just like kids should be. I love it.
I think y’all did a great job for your first time sheering sheep. They sure look like they felt better. Next time they may not fight so much.
God you guys really put in a full day G whizz I know you guys sleep good at night☮️❤️
Y'all so funny, lol! "Put his head where!!? 🤣😂 ( so good to see this happy family) ...Oh and the kids making dirt lunch, is a riot 🥰
😊 thank you
Thank-you both for your services in military
Thank you!☺️
Welcome back Watson Family You have been in my thoughts and prayers 🤗🙏
Joe is GREAT, he can do anything.
God job kellan working hard❤❤❤
Only thing about the shears is they get hot 🥵 and you have to let the shears cool down ever so often. 😊
They got a little warm, but I chanced the blade and oiled them frequently. Thanks for watching! 😊
Wow, for never shearing sheep before, Joe did a fabulous job! He reminds me so much of my Dad. He could do just about anything like Joe. You and your family stay safe especially over the next few months.
Wow! I can’t believe how industrious the two of you are. Great job on shearing the sheep. I think they look great! Love the way Parker and Kellen are spending time together and they both have great imaginations!
Thanks so much!
Wow beautiful ❤. Joe does so many things he’s a great husband and father a great role model thanks for sharing 💕
Absolutely!!❤️❤️
The boys play so well together,bless there little hearts.😊
So sweet 💕 the says to the other one ba ba ba I don't get hot you do 😂😂😂😂
🌞 wonderful job with the sheep. They must feel just amazing with all that wool gone for the summer months. And the shelter is looking great. Happy Sheep 🐏🐑 🖐🇨🇦
The little baby sheep is so cute. Good job Joe 👍
Aren't you glad you only have to shear the sheep once a year? 🐏 🐑
The dogs & shheep seem to be liking each other.
And Tina, I remember sitting in my sandbox with a spoon. I just remember it being grainy.
Kellen did a great job running the camera and using different angles. Fun to see.
Well done, guys! Loved watching settling the sheep in today. Of course, you know sheep's fleece is perfect for insulation. Thank you for the entertainment. Yxx (UK)
Another fantastic job on bringing joy, laughter and imagination into this video!!! I get the biggest kick out of the boys imaginations and those dogs keep me laughing as well as you 2 with what you will go through to get the job done!!!! Wahoooo!!!
Praying in Jesus name for peace of mind and complete healing for you and your family. ❤from Texas ❤
That’s a good job sheering the sheep Joe, your a natural!! They sure look refreshed with the hair cut. Hey there Kellan your pretty good with the camera, good for you. That’s a pretty nice sheep shelter Joe, your sure the man of all trades👍👍. See you next video. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
Joe you really are superman!!!!
Another great vlog on your homestead. Joe and you did a fantastic job on the sheep shearing they look so much better without all that heavy wool hanging on them. The boys playing I love watching them and the dogs too. I saw Rusty outside where is the black kitty Asher? Now I will have withdrawals awaiting your next vlog. Have a blessed and wonderful weekend!❤🙏🏼🇺🇸 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐕🐕🐈💁♂️💁🏽♂️
Hi 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hello 😊
You guys killed it on shearing the sheep ! Take a bow. Lol
Great job, first-time time shearing. They look, and I'm sure, feel so much better!
My condolences and prayers to your family.
My sister and I, and cousins made mud pies and made pretend houses in the woods when we were kids. We live in the south so it was hot in the summer. The piney woods in Louisiana was perfect for it! We never noticed the heat until we got older. So happy to see kids using their imagination.
As an ex-sheep farmer you guys did pretty well shearing the sheep, it’s hard to deal with long matted wool!
Of course as an Aussie farmer we had merinos so the wool was finer and softer and shorn every 12 months.
You guys are really doing great, thanks for sharing your lives with us all, we (wife and I) admire the way you tackle such a variety of jobs, you both are so capable, well done. Great videoing/editing as well.
God bless you and your little family.
They look so much better. All that weight off. I bet they are much happier.
Tina I would like to send along my deepest condolences to you and your family for the passing of your grandfather. You guys also did a fabulous job on shearing the sheep. The boys seem to be so happy with one another having all kinds of fun. God Bless you all. From Newfoundland 🇨🇦❤️
Thank you so much Tammy! 🤍
Thanks guys yet another great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!❤️
Loved the mudpies boys 😊 took me way back to when i made mudpies as a wee kid.
The sheep shed will be an amazing shelter when its completed ❤️
Looks like y’all are really settling into retirement! ❤
I enjoyed watching the boys use their imagination. And great job shearing the sheep. Enjoy your video ls and you're my favorite one.
THANK YOU TINA AND JO FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF YOUR ENCHANTED LIFE AND RELATIONSHIP I MUST SAID JO IS THE REAL DEAL IAM GLAD TO SAY
I KNOW NOW I CAN SHIRE A SHEEP I JUST NEED A SHEEP LOL EVERY THING IS ROSES THE SUN IS SHINING THE SKY IS BLUE AND I LOVE YOU ALL HUGS TO EVERY ONES BUT ESPECIALLY TO YOU TINA FOR YOUR GOOD HEART AND ALL THAT YOU ARE A BIENTOT
Yesss new video , I’ve been looking out for new video , the boys on dirt bikes so cool 😊 wow you guys did amazing job with the sheep,
Thank you 🤗
❤ Hobart Tasmania Australia watching this beautiful family ❣️
Build pole barn Joe simple and easy . Put pot belly stove for the winter to stay warm.
Sheep wrangler Joe & Tina! good job guys.
Wow! What can you guys not do? You're awesome! Great job shearing sheep for the first time! Love your videos!
You may need to incorporate a “Boys Food Class” into your curriculum in the Fall, I’d say the boys are more than ready😊
The boys are enjoying life!
My dad was a Shearer for about 40 years and i never seen him shear a sheep while it was standing up😂.... You did a great job❤
Thank you!❤️❤️
I love the boys playing in the dirt and making “meatballs”, when I was a kid I loved making mud pies too. So nice to see kiddos out playing and using their imagination to entertain themselves.
Outstanding editing Tina!! Your nature shots and angles are so interesting/beautiful. I love to spend time with your family ❤
Thank you so much!❤️❤️
Nai is showing off her newly found phycic
You're too young having so much fun 😊
You are so blessed to be living your dream. I envy you.
Those boys gonna have the food so seasoned the bears might smell it and come for supper .
Good job shearing the sheep! I bought the raw wool to mulch the garden beds. It's good for the soil and the slugs don't like it. It's the only thing that keeps them away from my vegetables. It was nice to see the boys swimming in the pond and enjoying themselves!
Not be “that lady” but my hunky hubby and I love watching your channel. Hunky is deaf and uses closed captions and this one doesn’t have them again. He said you speak clearly and it’s easy for him to read your lips, but not when you’re off camera. Thank you for all you do! Have a great and fun summer! ❤
You’ll need to wait longer after she posts a video if you want closed captions. Within a few hours to a day, TH-cam will automatically create captions for videos using machine-driven speech recognition.
TH-cam takes 24-48 hrs to translate closed captions, I can’t turn them on until this process is done.☺️
I didn’t know that. Thank you for explaining this. So you’re saying, I have to be patient! That’s almost impossible when a new video comes out! 😃
@@susanhansen4453 LOL! Yeah…and especially because my videos tend to be “longer” it takes TH-cam extra long to translate.🤷🏼♀️ As soon as I post a vid, I check back consistently tho & just as soon as it’s ready, I do it! Thank you for your patience, I wish it was automatic!😘
I love you all so fun and relaxing to watch ❤❤❤❤God bless ❤ hope you all feel better soon and your daughter too ❤❤❤
Thanks so much!