Watching this video from my back deck overlooking my 35 acres of woods, gardens and chickens. There’s something embedded deep within us to grow/raise the food we consume. I’ve been doing it for years on my hobby farm in Arkansas, and I could never live any other way. There’s almost something spiritual about it. Thanks for sharing your story.
It’s a gift from God enjoy your portion 😊 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. - Ecclesiastes 2:24
Mi sueño es tener una tierra como Ud. Me parece un sueño grande, y a veces lejano. Pero como Ud lo escribe, me parece que es fácil. Gracias por compartir y describir lo que tiene y dónde vive. Dios le bendiga.
Your cows look so healthy and well cared for. Garden looks great too. Your hard work is paying off. Lots of work and smart land management. Well done. ❤️🙏🏻Val C
Its really nice seeing families that work together to raise their own food. I love to garden. Its just me and my husband and we are retired and live in SW Florida zone 11a. I'm the one that does all of the work. My husband is not into eating the way I like to eat and I think that's part of the reason he does not get involved in helping. I keep the garden manageable for myself I have 15 raised beds and I don't let his lack of interest deter me from gardening and growing my own food. Had I done this in my earlier years I definitely would have married a man who likes to eat healthy and likes to garden as well. 😊
This is what i call couple goals,well done for such hard work ,everything is paying off ,i hope one day i will on some land to grow my food and raise some animals
Wow. Carrot top pesto. What a great idea. I’ll be trying that for sure. I can’t eat nuts, so pine nuts are a no-go. Instead, I use seeds like sunflower and pumpkin seeds in my pesto. I grow several varieties of garlic, so I try to mix them to get great variety of flavor in my pesto batches.
This is truly inspiring! I love how you’ve managed to create a sustainable system for year-round food. The variety of crops and animals you raise is incredible, and the tips you shared are so helpful for anyone looking to live more self-sufficiently. Thanks for sharing such valuable information!
Man! I’m so jealous 😂 this is my dream. I want about 5 acres and grow my own food. I live in Long Island NY and I’ve been growing vegetables for a while now. But I want more room to grow other things. You’re growing everything I want to grow. God bless you guys. God I can’t wait to have my own homestead.
Chickens following behind cows in Chickens tractor would help reduce the cows fly problem and help your soil. Justin Rhodes or Sow the land have simple easy plans
Your property looks better than ever! Such a beautiful place and a beautiful life. A lot of hard work, but it seems to be happy work for you as it gives you the life you've wanted. It's so soul-satisfying to see you accomplishing your goals and working together to make your dreams come true. It's obvious that a lot of planning together goes into your success! And I wish you success even beyond your dreams! ❤
What a wonderful life you have created for yourselves! As someone who has struggled with complex medical issues most of my life, the one thing I have heard over and over again is to get as much morning sun as possible, no matter how badly I feel. I am still working on being more consistent, but this video really has inspired me to push myself outside daily. And, the past two years, we have dramatically improved our diet to mostly whole foods. The final blessing was finding a holistic doctor that we are so thankful for! All of this combined has improved my health dramatically. My husband and I were able to drive 13 hours to spend a week with our four grandchildren (and their parents!) I was able to participate in almost all the activities with them. Without a working immune system, I usually would get sick by the fourth day, but this time my body fought it off until we made it home. Maybe my immune system is working a bit? I wanted to share my story to emphasize how valuable it is to have a healthy lifestyle, as demonstrated in your videos!!
This was so great. You guys have the know how and the energy to keep it done. It's so great how you're able to grow your food. Your property is so beautiful. Your garden is abundant. I'm so happy for your family. You deserve great things. You're hard workers. Ty for sharing this.
I just how you folks work together to get things done. You make everything look so easy and simple. Then I sit back and acknowledge that you folks are so much younger than I am so it's not so much of a struggle. God Bless and keep on with the GOOD life.
On the point of disease and pest resistance ... look at John Kempf's videos. Pests physically cannot digest healthy plants and will only eat unhealthy ones. There's a great webinar on his channel from a bug guy about the fact that distressed plants send out different signals to pests - the equivalent of putting up a neon sign. There is no disease in a plant that cannot be treated with nutrition, they have an immune system just like us, and just like us, if the plant is weak, then disease will follow, where if the plant is healthy, even if the bacterium/virus/fungi is present, it doesn't get expressed.
One chicken per week may seem good for now but as the kids get older I could see that needing to be doubled, maybe even triple as they get to the older teen stage. But them helping out in the raising them will help out too
first minutes of this showed me these people's videos will help me sooo much. I'm retiring in Mexico in a year. Starting a farm with one of my employees who inherited about 70 acres. thanks. Do you teach what breed of cow and dog etc? Oaxacan corn?
I am watching and dreaming. My garden is 12x22 with a few things planted outside in mineral tubs. I have no productive animals here but someday I want a set up like yours. Blessings
I love it! My dream is to also have a homstead some day, i love gardening and i would love to have our own chickens and cows as well, thank you for the information on what you use for compost and how you add it to the garden, as a new gardener that is valuable information, I notice there are a lot of flies on your cows and they seem bothered by them, is there not something that can be done about that?
That's great! Glad it was helpful! We've tried a few different sprays and adding garlic to their minerals to help with flies. It's done a little but nothing has helped that much especially on the hottest summer days. Thankfully, it's cooled a bit now and they are much better. Thanks for watching!
Adorable. Baby is desperately trying to see what you are doing with the blueberries 🫐 cracked me up! Beautiful property & garden. I LOVE your content. I dont understand why you are not at 500,000 subscribers 😕 come on viewers. Hit subscribe. God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻 prayers for Ralph Doss having open heart surgery 🙏🏻
Livestock care and family dairy production: The video starts by describing the family’s daily routine on the farm, such as milking cows and caring for animals. The narrator also shares their journey from suburban life to deciding to keep dairy cows when they had the opportunity. This process plays an essential role in producing fresh and nutritious food for the family, highlighting the positive change in their lifestyle. Rotational grazing and sustainable animal husbandry: They use rotational grazing, moving livestock to different areas daily to protect pastures and maximize the nutritional value from the grass. The video explains how they create and maintain these small grazing sections, which help improve pasture quality and preserve the land. This method reduces overgrazing and creates a sustainable ecosystem for both animals and plants. Self-sustaining gardening and the "Three Sisters" model: The video goes in-depth on how they design and maintain their garden to supply food for the entire year. The "Three Sisters" garden (including corn, beans, and squash) is introduced as a crucial part of the farm, maximizing space and supporting the plants’ mutual growth. They also share their efforts to grow additional crops like potatoes and fruit trees to increase yield. Free-range chicken care and management: Their chickens are entirely free-range throughout the farm, allowing them to forage naturally. To maintain their health and increase egg production, they supplement the chickens’ diet with GrubTerra larvae, which improves egg quality and the chickens’ feathers. This approach optimizes natural nutrition and maximizes farm resources. Building and maintaining coops and mobile fencing systems: The video emphasizes cleaning the chicken coop and improving the soil with chicken and cow manure from the farm. Additionally, they use electric fencing to manage grazing areas easily, creating new pastures for the animals. This method not only facilitates efficient livestock management but also supports soil regeneration and protection. 3:50 6:59 11:24 19:30
Love your videos! So inspiring for me to keep going towards our goal. I noticed a ton of flies on the cows, do you fly spray them? I know sometimes it doesn’t help. Just curious
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We use a jug waterer. I’ll link a full post/review we did but it’s a life saver in the winter to avoid frozen water! fromscratchfarmstead.com/jug-waterer-review/
Hey there! The size of each individual paddock can change throughout the season depending on rain, heat, and how everything has been growing. But I'd say a typical paddock size is around 20'x125'. The larger perimeter fence sections with the premier 1 electronetting end up being around an acre each. We use 5 or 6 lengths of the 164' fence sections for that. Our back field is about 3.5 acres and we'll rotate them through that about 4, maybe 5 times during a season. Hope that helps!
Never heard of carrot top basil, interesting. My husband said he read some people passed away from gases formed from rotting potatoes. Have you ever heard of it? We leave ours downstairs and replant them. Now I'm thinking once they start sprouting take them to shed..idk How long does a whole head of cabbage keep in refrigerator? I have three and stuck them in, made one of them yesterday
I've heard that from someone else recently about rotting potatoes. Ours never seem to rot, they just dehydrate over time. It couldn't hurt though to move them to the shed I guess if they won't freeze there. I usually try to turn our cabbage into kraut within 3 ish months of harvesting. By that point it stores pretty well for a few months. Thanks for watching!
They have found a great piece of land there, so much space is a dream. But I would like to point out one thing, it is very dangerous to tie the dairy cow to the electric fence, even if she is very calm she can get scared and then gallop through the fence
How do you keep the grass down as the season goes on? My sprawling squash got overshadowed by tall grass that I couldn’t reach with a mower or weed eater.
Hi! Before filming this we carefully moved the squash into the rows and mowed then put the squash back out. It will probably get a little out of control as the season goes on here but then we'll just cut it all back after harvesting. Hope it's a great garden year for you!
Lay a piece of cardboard or plywood on a spot and leave it for a few days and you will have a piece of dirt very moist and that will attract worms and many other creatures the chicken will love it.
Where is your farm located, if I can ask? Like state/growing zone. We're hoping to buy a homestead this fall and I'm trying to better understand what's possible in different zones
What company do you buy your Michigan blueberries from. I'd be interested in ordering a couple of boxes. Probably less than buying a bag of frozen blueberries from local shopping plaza. Thank You.
this looks like a lot of work for someone like me. i'm 56 and partially disabled. would love to completely feed myself off what i grow, but how? it's just me in my household. any tips?
We do body sprays several times a week, Fly Predators, fly traps,and free range chickens. Ours looks the same. It's the time of year. Flies come with farming.
We've tried sprays, adding garlic with their minerals and other deterrents. None of it has worked all that well and we don't want to use more potent toxic sprays. Thanks for watching!
"I honestly don't understand the feeling of living close to nature at all. Can anyone share that feeling with me? Has anyone else experienced a deep or spiritual connection with growing and nurturing their own food? 🙏🌿"
We actually got them from a farm that was closing several years ago. I believe they got them from a grocery store. Might be worth asking around or looking on facebook marketplace. Thanks for watching!
Omg, could you buy an electric mosquito swatter to help these adorable cows repel the flies? I’m not sure, but are those flies sticking to them really okay?
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Watching this video from my back deck overlooking my 35 acres of woods, gardens and chickens. There’s something embedded deep within us to grow/raise the food we consume. I’ve been doing it for years on my hobby farm in Arkansas, and I could never live any other way. There’s almost something spiritual about it. Thanks for sharing your story.
It’s a gift from God enjoy your portion 😊
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24
@@cazdoodle7737 For real though. May God guide more to find this better way of living and put the will and want in their hearts. God Bless.
We absolutely agree. Your property sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing!
You don’t have to kill and eat anything that you respect
Mi sueño es tener una tierra como Ud. Me parece un sueño grande, y a veces lejano. Pero como Ud lo escribe, me parece que es fácil.
Gracias por compartir y describir lo que tiene y dónde vive.
Dios le bendiga.
If i were young again, i would like nothing more than to live this lifestyle. Kudos to everyone doing it!
Never too late man
Love this video! We just recently bought 7.5 acres and a jersey cow. I would love for our land to look like this some day!
Congratulations!! That's so exciting!! A little bit over time adds up to A LOT before you know it!
"Farming has come such a long way, and your videos capture that beautifully. Keep educating and inspiring us!"
Appreciate it! We’ll do our best! ❤️
@@FromScratchFarmstead ok
oh the scenery is so beautiful, the farm is well planned
Thank you!
Your cows look so healthy and well cared for. Garden looks great too. Your hard work is paying off. Lots of work and smart land management. Well done. ❤️🙏🏻Val C
Thank you, Val!!
I bet June isn't looking to healthy
"I appreciate the effort you put into your videos. They always look so professional!"
Thanks so much for the feedback!!
Its really nice seeing families that work together to raise their own food. I love to garden. Its just me and my husband and we are retired and live in SW Florida zone 11a. I'm the one that does all of the work. My husband is not into eating the way I like to eat and I think that's part of the reason he does not get involved in helping. I keep the garden manageable for myself I have 15 raised beds and I don't let his lack of interest deter me from gardening and growing my own food. Had I done this in my earlier years I definitely would have married a man who likes to eat healthy and likes to garden as well. 😊
Keep going! You never know what kind of impact you're having. Thanks for watching! :)
I wish you had married a man that is like you really! I sympathise with you!
This is what i call couple goals,well done for such hard work ,everything is paying off ,i hope one day i will on some land to grow my food and raise some animals
This channel has a very professional presentation, making it easy for viewers
to access and understand the lessons."
Thanks for the feedback and for watching!
Great great great!!!!❤❤❤❤ love it! God bless your family!!! ✨🎉🙏🏽
Thank you!!
I highly respect your work!
Thank you!!
Wow. Carrot top pesto. What a great idea. I’ll be trying that for sure. I can’t eat nuts, so pine nuts are a no-go. Instead, I use seeds like sunflower and pumpkin seeds in my pesto. I grow several varieties of garlic, so I try to mix them to get great variety of flavor in my pesto batches.
Love it! Sunflower or pumpkin seeds in pesto is a great idea, I've never thought of that!
This is truly inspiring! I love how you’ve managed to create a sustainable system for year-round food. The variety of crops and animals you raise is incredible, and the tips you shared are so helpful for anyone looking to live more self-sufficiently. Thanks for sharing such valuable information!
So glad this is helpful!! Really appreciate your kind and encouraging comment!
Never knew farm equipment could be so fascinating! 🔥
Man! I’m so jealous 😂 this is my dream. I want about 5 acres and grow my own food. I live in Long Island NY and I’ve been growing vegetables for a while now. But I want more room to grow other things. You’re growing everything I want to grow. God bless you guys.
God I can’t wait to have my own homestead.
Sounds like you are doing all the right things to be ready when that time comes! Keep it up!!
Nothing better than to find a nugget of info. In the market for more apple trees at a good cost that are resistant.
Glad this was helpful!!
Chickens following behind cows in Chickens tractor would help reduce the cows fly problem and help your soil. Justin Rhodes or Sow the land have simple easy plans
Thanks!! We are hoping to get a system like that set up in the next year or 2!
@@FromScratchFarmstead It's definitely a process 🥰🙏
Your property looks better than ever! Such a beautiful place and a beautiful life. A lot of hard work, but it seems to be happy work for you as it gives you the life you've wanted. It's so soul-satisfying to see you accomplishing your goals and working together to make your dreams come true. It's obvious that a lot of planning together goes into your success! And I wish you success even beyond your dreams! ❤
You're the best, Lucinda! Thank you!
What a wonderful life you have created for yourselves! As someone who has struggled with complex medical issues most of my life, the one thing I have heard over and over again is to get as much morning sun as possible, no matter how badly I feel. I am still working on being more consistent, but this video really has inspired me to push myself outside daily. And, the past two years, we have dramatically improved our diet to mostly whole foods. The final blessing was finding a holistic doctor that we are so thankful for!
All of this combined has improved my health dramatically. My husband and I were able to drive 13 hours to spend a week with our four grandchildren (and their parents!) I was able to participate in almost all the activities with them. Without a working immune system, I usually would get sick by the fourth day, but this time my body fought it off until we made it home. Maybe my immune system is working a bit?
I wanted to share my story to emphasize how valuable it is to have a healthy lifestyle, as demonstrated in your videos!!
Wow! That's amazing, Patti! So happy that you are experiencing healing. Thank you for sharing this!
You are so good at all of this. The editing was very enjoyable too. Great job. 😊
Thank you!!
This was so great. You guys have the know how and the energy to keep it done. It's so great how you're able to grow your food. Your property is so beautiful. Your garden is abundant. I'm so happy for your family. You deserve great things. You're hard workers. Ty for sharing this.
Thank you so much for your kindness and support!
How can I homestead . Do I need money ?
If you spray your cows with witch hazel it is a great natural fly repelent
Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE Sir 🥰♥️🥰
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You have a wonderful farm and I love it. Sending you best wishes ❤
Thank you!
Garlic scapes make amazing pesto too! Meg at holler homestead showed me and i tried ot and WOWZA! ❤
I just how you folks work together to get things done. You make everything look so easy and simple. Then I sit back and acknowledge that you folks are so much younger than I am so it's not so much of a struggle. God Bless and keep on with the GOOD life.
Thank you! We are so grateful to be all in together! It's definitely a team effort! Thanks for watching :)
On the point of disease and pest resistance ... look at John Kempf's videos. Pests physically cannot digest healthy plants and will only eat unhealthy ones. There's a great webinar on his channel from a bug guy about the fact that distressed plants send out different signals to pests - the equivalent of putting up a neon sign. There is no disease in a plant that cannot be treated with nutrition, they have an immune system just like us, and just like us, if the plant is weak, then disease will follow, where if the plant is healthy, even if the bacterium/virus/fungi is present, it doesn't get expressed.
Kempf has lots of great info
Thanks for sharing!
I love all kinds of tea!
One chicken per week may seem good for now but as the kids get older I could see that needing to be doubled, maybe even triple as they get to the older teen stage. But them helping out in the raising them will help out too
Yes, I'm sure you are right!! I've definitely noticed with each passing year needing to make more and more!
first minutes of this showed me these people's videos will help me sooo much. I'm retiring in Mexico in a year. Starting a farm with one of my employees who inherited about 70 acres.
thanks. Do you teach what breed of cow and dog etc? Oaxacan corn?
How exciting! Our livestock guardian dog is a maremma and our cows are jerseys! All the best!
Have you tried using grass clippings between your rows? The heat (in a pile of clippings) will reach. 110 degrees and will kill any weeds
We haven't but this is a great tip!
Great video. What a beautiful way of life.
Glad you liked this one! Thanks for watching!
I am watching and dreaming. My garden is 12x22 with a few things planted outside in mineral tubs. I have no productive animals here but someday I want a set up like yours. Blessings
So glad we could help to inspire you!
Your garden is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you!
I love it! My dream is to also have a homstead some day, i love gardening and i would love to have our own chickens and cows as well, thank you for the information on what you use for compost and how you add it to the garden, as a new gardener that is valuable information, I notice there are a lot of flies on your cows and they seem bothered by them, is there not something that can be done about that?
That's great! Glad it was helpful! We've tried a few different sprays and adding garlic to their minerals to help with flies. It's done a little but nothing has helped that much especially on the hottest summer days. Thankfully, it's cooled a bit now and they are much better. Thanks for watching!
It was so nice to meet you tonight at the Really Very Crunchy book signing!
SO fun talking with you, Kathryn! Basically you are what I hope my children grow up to be. Thanks for inspiring us!
Thật great, your garden is very beautiful, many delicious fruits.
Thank you!
Recently found your channel and I am really enjoying your content. Good info and so very informative.
Awesome! So glad to hear this. Thanks for sharing and watching!
6:36 I really like your style in this video!
Great insights, as always! I’d love your electric fence at [24:51]
Adorable. Baby is desperately trying to see what you are doing with the blueberries 🫐 cracked me up! Beautiful property & garden. I LOVE your content. I dont understand why you are not at 500,000 subscribers 😕 come on viewers. Hit subscribe. God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻 prayers for Ralph Doss having open heart surgery 🙏🏻
Thanks for the support!!
I want a homestead too❤
Love this video. I highly respect your work !
Thanks so much!
A wonderful channel. I love the way you farm!
Thank you!
I love that dog.
My favorite video yet!!
Aw! Thanks, Ciara!
I believe you shouldn't let grass grow around any of your productive plants. It uses the same nutrients that your plants need to thrive.
Good call. Thanks for watching!
❤it is a good part of your garden ❤
All those Flys though😮
It's a constant battle in the summer in spite of trying lots of things :(. Thanks for watching!
You got a farm? You got flies😅
Livestock care and family dairy production: The video starts by describing the family’s daily routine on the farm, such as milking cows and caring for animals. The narrator also shares their journey from suburban life to deciding to keep dairy cows when they had the opportunity. This process plays an essential role in producing fresh and nutritious food for the family, highlighting the positive change in their lifestyle.
Rotational grazing and sustainable animal husbandry: They use rotational grazing, moving livestock to different areas daily to protect pastures and maximize the nutritional value from the grass. The video explains how they create and maintain these small grazing sections, which help improve pasture quality and preserve the land. This method reduces overgrazing and creates a sustainable ecosystem for both animals and plants.
Self-sustaining gardening and the "Three Sisters" model: The video goes in-depth on how they design and maintain their garden to supply food for the entire year. The "Three Sisters" garden (including corn, beans, and squash) is introduced as a crucial part of the farm, maximizing space and supporting the plants’ mutual growth. They also share their efforts to grow additional crops like potatoes and fruit trees to increase yield.
Free-range chicken care and management: Their chickens are entirely free-range throughout the farm, allowing them to forage naturally. To maintain their health and increase egg production, they supplement the chickens’ diet with GrubTerra larvae, which improves egg quality and the chickens’ feathers. This approach optimizes natural nutrition and maximizes farm resources.
Building and maintaining coops and mobile fencing systems: The video emphasizes cleaning the chicken coop and improving the soil with chicken and cow manure from the farm. Additionally, they use electric fencing to manage grazing areas easily, creating new pastures for the animals. This method not only facilitates efficient livestock management but also supports soil regeneration and protection.
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I enjoyed your video. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Loved your video and learned a lot. God bless you.
Glad to hear! Thanks for watching!
lots of cool stuff on 5 acres. nice
You are very busy but happy family
Yes :) Thanks for watching!
Idk if you have seen the kiwitech foot pegs to add to the fiberglass posts. I recently got some and they make the posts go in so much easier
We haven't! We'll have to look into those! Thanks for sharing!
Great art of Farming ❤️
Great stuff
THAT'S CALLED A GOOD LIFE
Thanks for sharing this video! Do/did you guys prune your fruit tree in first couple years of getting established? Thanks!
Hi! We haven't yet but we should and hopefully it will happen this year!
Love your videos! So inspiring for me to keep going towards our goal. I noticed a ton of flies on the cows, do you fly spray them? I know sometimes it doesn’t help. Just curious
We’ve tried different sprays, which Hazel, adding garlic to their minerals…nothing had helped all that much unfortunately!
Loved this video❤❤❤
Please please plant rhubarb & comfrey below your fruit (especially apple) trees.
@@AZJH8374 What for ? Do they protect the trees somehow?
Thanks for sharing! We'll have to look into that.
@@renata-s5bthey draw up deep minerals from the soil that typically arent available with shallow rooted plants. The leaves are great for mulch
I love integrated farming
Love this video ❤
Looks like the perfect life! Do you mail order your blueberries or pick them up somewhere locally?
We get them locally. A local farmer drives to a friend's farm and picks up a bulk order for several people. Thanks for watching!
Love this video
Thank you and thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead 🐒
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What do you do for your hoses when watering cows in the winter with freezing temps?
We use a jug waterer. I’ll link a full post/review we did but it’s a life saver in the winter to avoid frozen water! fromscratchfarmstead.com/jug-waterer-review/
What a beautiful life and way to raise your family❤. Will you adopt me😊
Love it! ❤️
How many big of an area do you give the cows a day? How many premier1 fences did it require?
Hey there! The size of each individual paddock can change throughout the season depending on rain, heat, and how everything has been growing. But I'd say a typical paddock size is around 20'x125'. The larger perimeter fence sections with the premier 1 electronetting end up being around an acre each. We use 5 or 6 lengths of the 164' fence sections for that. Our back field is about 3.5 acres and we'll rotate them through that about 4, maybe 5 times during a season. Hope that helps!
I like your farm
Thank you!
Have you guys considered making an aquaponics system to get some fish in the mix?
Not at this point! Thanks for watching! :)
Putting sulphur in their feed will reduce the fly pressure. We're in Australia (THICK flies), and we have yet to tag them with the repellent poisons.
Thanks for sharing!
Never heard of carrot top basil, interesting.
My husband said he read some people passed away from gases formed from rotting potatoes. Have you ever heard of it? We leave ours downstairs and replant them. Now I'm thinking once they start sprouting take them to shed..idk
How long does a whole head of cabbage keep in refrigerator? I have three and stuck them in, made one of them yesterday
I've heard that from someone else recently about rotting potatoes. Ours never seem to rot, they just dehydrate over time. It couldn't hurt though to move them to the shed I guess if they won't freeze there. I usually try to turn our cabbage into kraut within 3 ish months of harvesting. By that point it stores pretty well for a few months. Thanks for watching!
Have y'all tried fried green tomatoes, or Chow-Chow?
I haven't actually tried either!
So I’ve been searching up ways to get experience on farming, do you guys take any people for hire for food or for shelter or something of the sort?
Hi! Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately we don’t do anything like that but lots of farms do apprenticeship programs like what you are describing!
I would love to have a homestead like this someday!
Is there a reason the meat chickens live in tractors instead of roaming like the egg chickens? x
Do you think that fencing would work well for goats?
Yes! I think electronetting would be a great option for goats. They are just more agile and sneaky than cows 😉.
The chicken poo on my porch and patio makes me threaten the birds with electric netting daily 😂
Ha! We feel the same!
They have found a great piece of land there, so much space is a dream. But I would like to point out one thing, it is very dangerous to tie the dairy cow to the electric fence, even if she is very calm she can get scared and then gallop through the fence
I believe they turn the power off on the fence before she goes inside the area. And turns it back on when she’s out of there.
Yes! The power is off when we milk!
Yes! The power is off when we milk!
How do you keep the grass down as the season goes on? My sprawling squash got overshadowed by tall grass that I couldn’t reach with a mower or weed eater.
Hi! Before filming this we carefully moved the squash into the rows and mowed then put the squash back out. It will probably get a little out of control as the season goes on here but then we'll just cut it all back after harvesting. Hope it's a great garden year for you!
Lay a piece of cardboard or plywood on a spot and leave it for a few days and you will have a piece of dirt very moist and that will attract worms and many other creatures the chicken will love it.
Great tip!! Thanks for sharing!
Its really amazing, where is this located...
Where is your farm located, if I can ask? Like state/growing zone. We're hoping to buy a homestead this fall and I'm trying to better understand what's possible in different zones
I think Illinois (I grew up next door in Indiana, so it sort of stuck!), but if I'm wrong, I'm they'll correct it! ❤
We are in Northern IL - zone 5b!
Gotta love those Cows brown Swiss? 😊
We have jerseys! ❤️
Sweet video! Maybe invest in some fly spray for your cows
Thanks! We’ve tried a few and they haven’t really made a difference. Anything you recommend?
What company do you buy your Michigan blueberries from. I'd be interested in ordering a couple of boxes. Probably less than buying a bag of frozen blueberries from local shopping plaza. Thank You.
I'm honestly not sure what the farm is. A friend always picks them up and know them personally. Thanks for watching!
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There's not much description about you 4. What State are you in? Can we have a home tour? ❤
Hi! You can learn more about us from our website. :) fromscratchfarmstead.com/about/
Love from india assam.
this looks like a lot of work for someone like me. i'm 56 and partially disabled. would love to completely feed myself off what i grow, but how? it's just me in my household. any tips?
Every little bit helps! Maybe start with potted herbs, veggies and buying locally? Thanks for watching!
Those poor cows are swarmed with flies even in their eyes! They do have sprays or liquids so put on them to help.😢❤
We do body sprays several times a week, Fly Predators, fly traps,and free range chickens. Ours looks the same. It's the time of year. Flies come with farming.
We've tried sprays, adding garlic with their minerals and other deterrents. None of it has worked all that well and we don't want to use more potent toxic sprays. Thanks for watching!
When the microbes are active in the soil, and minerals balanced, those fly larvae won’t hatch and will become a non nuisance.
It's great
Thank you!
"I honestly don't understand the feeling of living close to nature at all. Can anyone share that feeling with me? Has anyone else experienced a deep or spiritual connection with growing and nurturing their own food? 🙏🌿"
Is that a quote? Our experience is exactly the opposite 😊 Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead You guys have an amazing garden, and I wish I had one too and could experience what you guys are experiencing every day.
I can tell you, it's the most beautiful feeling ever
Could you put a link to net grazing fence please
Here you go! www.premier1supplies.com/?FromScratchFarmstead&
Where did you get the black storage bins that you use for garlic?
We actually got them from a farm that was closing several years ago. I believe they got them from a grocery store. Might be worth asking around or looking on facebook marketplace. Thanks for watching!
I really like your life ❤❤
Omg, could you buy an electric mosquito swatter to help these adorable cows repel the flies? I’m not sure, but are those flies sticking to them really okay?
Maybe so. Flies are tricky in spite of trying different sprays, witch Hazel, garlic, and other deterrents. Thanks for watching!
Ooohh... June... 😪💔
We feel the same way!
what are you doing about the flies
We've done different sprays, witch hazel, garlic in their mineral. It's all ok but the flies are just part of it. Thanks for watching!