I recently found your channel. We purchased a 42 acre farm in September. Too funny the similarities I am realizing as I listen to you two talk. We plan our little family compound. We are semi retired. We have 5 adult kids and are planning some log cabins… gardens, high tunnels, 😂. And no we didn’t always want to do it either but when we set foot in the property to view it we knew we were home.
I totally hear you! We bought a 33 acres farms with 3 big barns and a very old horse stable … 1 year ago now (we are early retirees and I have a side business, selling digitals online) and we never worked as hard in our life but somehow, it doesn’t feel like working! We are still at the structure setup (we just finished the new place for the horses and in the next weeks, we will get the chicken coop (hens) bigger. We say that we bought a potential! It’s a fixer Upper for sure here … lots of work ahead. Like you, we enjoy our morning and bedtime routine of taking care of the animals, locking or unlocking their space for the night. We move around with the golf kart and enjoy having a morning coffee close to the garden. We feel we are blessed! That was now our dream neither … life just brought us to find that place and we embraced this new lifestyle with excitement. As you, we are learning everything and I can’t wait to see where we will be into our projects (and all those we don’t even imagine) in 3-5 years :) I love your basement and cellar … oh yes! I would totally be that kind of person who enjoys visiting it. I am just a bit disappointed that my house is not that old so it is missing some character! But I will add some over time :)
Wow, you are so much like us. 🙂. It's exciting to be having so much fun in our "golden years". I hope you keep enjoying all of the aspects of your new life.
I would sign up for homesteading/gardening/bee keeping workshops. Also intro to raising cows/pigs etc if you ever decide to put those together. You guys are amazing and inspiring!
That is an interesting story about you two. You never know where life is going to lead you. My husband and I have a similar story. We found our old farmhouse six years ago after our kids went away to college. We went from a small lot to a 6 acre little farm. We are so much happier. Wouldn’t change a thing.
Have so enjoyed your channel! You're living my dream of finding a old farmhouse on acreage and making a living from it! Thank you for graciously sharing your life and dreams for the future!
This was a nice video, hearing how you started together in this journey on the 42 acre farm. It is so great, that you are looking into building more community, and teaching others the skills you have learned. Wow, what a blessing to be able to spend time with your family and grandchildren on your property, and see them each day. That is such a blessing! My family, and I would love to do this one day. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, we feel blessed and sometimes we feel tired. We enjoy having family and guests on the farm. This is all so unexpected. E had a funny moment the other day ....honey, did you feed the cows? Wow, that was something I thought I would never say! Thank you for watching.
@@waardenburgfamilyfarm4764 Your so welcome. I can just imagine what you mean about feeling blessed and tired at the same time, but what a wonderful thing to be worn out from. I was just working on our garden today and telling my husband what a blessing it is to be able to work with our hands outside, feel physically drained, but so happy to come back, and do it all again the next day. Especially when we get to provide the fruits of our labor to family and friends. Yes, that is a pretty funny moment about the cows! It must be amazing to just reflect on how far you all have come, and what you are all doing now! I hope to have that same moment one day too :-) Thank you for all you do and how you inspire.
The part about y’all waving to your granddaughters every morning got me 🥹💕 And I love that you call the foster children your grandchildren too, we were foster parents for a few years too!
Yes, it's a true gift to be able to see them every morning before school. Those foster kids are part of our family. So far none have become permanent, but my son and daughter-in-law are open to adopting when/if it works out that way. Even ones that go back to their parents are still in our hears as grandchildren. Fostering can be very difficult...and heart-breaking at times.
Oh my goodness, you folks have completely mirrored what my wife and I of 42 years are doing on 23 acres ! No you tube for us, but keep up the good work. My wife retires this April and wants to restore the log cabin living room. We are in Ontario, Canada but would love to venture to one of your workshops as we still also enjoy travelling in our trailer.
So glad to hear from a kindred spirit!! It's an unusual retirement plan, but a WONDERFUL one. Let us know if you find yourself near Pennsylvania....we'd love to show you around.
Us too! We bought a 46 acre farm this year in Upstate NY wanting to move up from our more suburban downstate 3.5 acre “yolkette.” Now we can be more self sufficient, off grid and all that in the near future. You both are just such lovely people.
I just found your channel and LOVE it! I’m now binge watching it. You are both so inspiring! Keep sharing your adventures. And I’m making your granola recipe tomorrow❤️
I'm so glad you found us. Enjoy your granola. We've been eating so much of that batch that I'll need to make it again soon. I LOVE that stuff. I'm going to be trying some of the other combinations people suggested. :)
Your beautiful pictures remind me of our farm (SW Virginia - Appalachian Mountains). I absolutely love the sunsets over the mountains, the births and baby animals, children riding their bikes in the gravel driveways and hills, first berries and tomatoes, the smell of freshly cut hay and tandem tractors and balers riding in field. A few times a year, we have friends and family over for a large cookout with bonfires that are the size of small houses. My favorite is sleeping in a sleeping bag on a lawn chair under the stars in the fall/winter listening to coyotes, hoot owls, curious fox, and the occasional crackling wood on the fire. It is a crazy life, for sure. Wouldn't have it any other way.
SW Virginia is beautiful. I love the way you describe all of the wonderful, everyday joys. We haven't slept outside with the grandkids yet, but that sounds like a great summer activity. I'm already longing for summer.
I love that this wasn't your original plan but has become the best thing you did (in retirement years). How beautiful to have your daughter and grandchildren so close. To appreciate how beautiful this world really is, to slow down and enjoy each day sounds like the best way to live. Best of luck in continuing to learn and living your new dream. I would love a tour of your place or come learn from you, but I will do it through TH-cam as I'm sure I live nowhere near you two.
Yes, it is AMAZING to have family so close...especially grandchildren. Thanks for the well wishes. We hope to do more videos showing aspects of the farm/homesteading. Thanks for joining us on the adventure.
It is more than I could have dreamed of...having my kids/grandkids close by. Some of the granchildren are now at an age that they can help and the little ones will learn as well. Thanks for watching!
"I am happy with crazy." Hum... It will be a transition for me, but I will use that as my 2023 mantra. Our lives are beyond nuts and crazy. Too many events have happened in the last three years and has turned our lives upside down and all around like a horrible roller coaster gone mad. But, learning and transitioning to be happy in the crazy is enlightening.
I LOVE IT that I provided a mantra for you. 😁 It is refreshing to just accept that life can be crazy quite often. I hope you enjoy your wonderful and crazy 2023. Thanks for watching!
Great meeting you all. 42 acres can be a handful but makes so many good memories. I grew up on ~40 and along the way have farmed on a larger place. You are blessed!
Thanks! I'm glad you found us. We are definitely blessed and are very thankful that we are on the farm. It sounds like you had a great childhood. I'm hoping our grandkids experience that kind of life as children.
Happy Thursday Don and BrendaWow.....41 Years Together ~ now that is a real Blessing. I totally agree with you Brenda being a "Senior Citizen" does have it's advantages. Oh my goodness your wedding photo....absolutely beautiful. I'm getting ready to relocate back to California the end of July. I am PRAYING God will Bless me with a little Urban Homestead. The power of Prayer is a beautiful thing. So therefore, I am going to Pray my Urban Homestead into existence in Jesus Name AMEN. I'm with you Brenda, I want a few chickens and a garden so, I can have FRESH EGGS for breakfast and FRESH VEGGIES for dinner. I agree Don, Retirement is great. WE are never to old to learn something new. Your Sunsets are stunning. What an awesome video. Thank you for sharing your old and NEW adventures. Darn you Brenda and Don......Now I really want a little farm. Guess I better start Praying a little harder LOL. Be Blessed and have an amazing day you two🙏🏽🙏🏽Ms. J and Sophie (my beagle)
Just ran across your channel. My wife and I are in a very similar situation, we've got more sunrises behind us than we do ahead of us, and we really hadn't had any specific dream to live on a farm, it just kind of happened. When we got this hair brained idea, we looked for over year before our daughter-in-law found this 91-acre piece of land which we ended up buying a little over a year ago. So, I've spent the past year working on a building, that will eventually be my shop, that we moved into a couple of months ago after selling our home of 26+ years (many tears were shed). We are currently designing our new forever home and hope to start work on it the next month or so. We're also hoping to have our kids/grandkids move out here with us in the near future. Of course, a lot of questions come to mind but I'm sure you guys get too many of those to answer already. We have a lot of work ahead of us and I'm sure we'll struggle through some of the same "adventures" (lol) you guys have and will live and learn as well. I'll browse through the rest of your videos and hopefully find some that will give us a leg up on some of the mistakes you guys made! Oh, and one of the first things my wife wants... chickens! 🙄 Wish me luck! 😄
How exciting!!! Congratulations on your new adventure. I hope your family is able to join you on the farm. We love having the grandkids close by. We've definitely made mistakes. If you have any specific questions, we could tell you if we've learned anything in that area. Best of luck with your homestead.
We found it at a local arts and crafts show. We used to sell Brenda's handcrafted jewelry at local fairs and festivals and we found all kinds of unique things.
Glad you found us! Who says I clean the house?....HAHA. I do clean more during the cold months, but sometimes during the busiest garden season, the house takes a back burner and get pretty messy.
@@debrastimson602 Much of the time I feel like I'm not keeping up. I try to just let go of what I can't get done. Luckily my husband chips in and helps where needed. (when he's not super busy with other farm stuff)
I want to be just like you two! I'm 69, retired and want to move out into the country or near a smaller town. Your story sounds just like my life. I'm saving your video for my husband. Is there a place near you to park an RV where we could see what you do in person? Your basement and root cellar make me jealous!
Do it! My husband and I bought 25 acres and a cabin with some out buildings in 2021, we moved to the property permanently in 2022, we are setting up homesteading, I am now 63 and he is 65. We love it! He gets to use up all that energy and I get to grow nutritious food... chickens for us this year!
There are several RV parks within 10 miles of us. Here's a link with some more info. Yes, I LOVE my basement and root cellar. campgrounds.rvlife.com/regions/pennsylvania/mechanicsburg
no not a farmhouse. But I do have a tiny enjoyable veggie garden (the infrastructure established by the prior owners). yes, I believe the exact age is not known. It is in pretty good condition, thankfully.@@waardenburgfamilyfarm4764
I have a good-sized granite stone basement foundation that impressed me before I bought the house- and guests seem to get a kick out of it (had my peruvian uncles laud it when they visited).
Ahh, I just found your channel, it showed up in my feed and I decided to click on, what a pleasant surprise!! I had a dream, five years ago at the age of 53, and my journey is still in the beginning stages. I love your story, it's so similar to mine; however, mine is a slower process 🥰I'm subbing, there's a lot to be gleaned from your channel.
I'm so glad you found us. I hope you are able to live your dream at some point. Even though it wasn't our dream I'm SO thankful we wound up here. It's a truly amazing lifestyle. Thanks for watching!
I recently found your channel. We purchased a 42 acre farm in September. Too funny the similarities I am realizing as I listen to you two talk. We plan our little family compound. We are semi retired. We have 5 adult kids and are planning some log cabins… gardens, high tunnels, 😂. And no we didn’t always want to do it either but when we set foot in the property to view it we knew we were home.
That's so cool! I hope you're having as much fun as we are. It is wonderful having the kids/grandkids close. Enjoy your wonderful future.
I totally hear you! We bought a 33 acres farms with 3 big barns and a very old horse stable … 1 year ago now (we are early retirees and I have a side business, selling digitals online) and we never worked as hard in our life but somehow, it doesn’t feel like working! We are still at the structure setup (we just finished the new place for the horses and in the next weeks, we will get the chicken coop (hens) bigger. We say that we bought a potential! It’s a fixer Upper for sure here … lots of work ahead. Like you, we enjoy our morning and bedtime routine of taking care of the animals, locking or unlocking their space for the night. We move around with the golf kart and enjoy having a morning coffee close to the garden. We feel we are blessed! That was now our dream neither … life just brought us to find that place and we embraced this new lifestyle with excitement. As you, we are learning everything and I can’t wait to see where we will be into our projects (and all those we don’t even imagine) in 3-5 years :) I love your basement and cellar … oh yes! I would totally be that kind of person who enjoys visiting it. I am just a bit disappointed that my house is not that old so it is missing some character! But I will add some over time :)
Wow, you are so much like us. 🙂. It's exciting to be having so much fun in our "golden years". I hope you keep enjoying all of the aspects of your new life.
Yes you ARE nuts 😂🥰 and yes I adore you two. I had to stop the video at the part where you start holding hands just so I could fangirl here. Lol!
It's kinda fun being NUTS. lol. Luckily we're both a bit crazy... makes life interesting.
You 2 make my heart happy. Thanks for sharing!
Awww...thanks so much. Our hearts are happy too. :)
It’s no secret. This is my dream 🙏❤️
Homeschool groups would love tours
Maybe someday you'll get your dream. 😁
You guys are adorable. What a wonderful life you've built.
THANKS! We are definitely enjoying our 'golden years' on the farm.
Thank you for sharing, it's very much appreciated I love it!!! 💖😊💖
Thanks for watching! We're glad you got something out of it.
Yes! Yes! More content - whatever you want to show us
Thanks!!! We hope to do a lot more this year. 😁
I would sign up for homesteading/gardening/bee keeping workshops. Also intro to raising cows/pigs etc if you ever decide to put those together. You guys are amazing and inspiring!
I'll let you know what we set up this spring/summer. 🙂
That is an interesting story about you two. You never know where life is going to lead you. My husband and I have a similar story. We found our old farmhouse six years ago after our kids went away to college. We went from a small lot to a 6 acre little farm. We are so much happier. Wouldn’t change a thing.
That's wonderful to hear. I'm so happy to hear of other people finding happiness on a farm. Enjoy!
Have so enjoyed your channel! You're living my dream of finding a old farmhouse on acreage and making a living from it! Thank you for graciously sharing your life and dreams for the future!
Thanks! I'm so gald you found us. I hope your dream comes true!! It's a great dream to have.
This was a nice video, hearing how you started together in this journey on the 42 acre farm. It is so great, that you are looking into building more community, and teaching others the skills you have learned. Wow, what a blessing to be able to spend time with your family and grandchildren on your property, and see them each day. That is such a blessing! My family, and I would love to do this one day. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, we feel blessed and sometimes we feel tired. We enjoy having family and guests on the farm. This is all so unexpected. E had a funny moment the other day ....honey, did you feed the cows? Wow, that was something I thought I would never say! Thank you for watching.
@@waardenburgfamilyfarm4764 Your so welcome. I can just imagine what you mean about feeling blessed and tired at the same time, but what a wonderful thing to be worn out from. I was just working on our garden today and telling my husband what a blessing it is to be able to work with our hands outside, feel physically drained, but so happy to come back, and do it all again the next day. Especially when we get to provide the fruits of our labor to family and friends. Yes, that is a pretty funny moment about the cows! It must be amazing to just reflect on how far you all have come, and what you are all doing now! I hope to have that same moment one day too :-)
Thank you for all you do and how you inspire.
The part about y’all waving to your granddaughters every morning got me 🥹💕 And I love that you call the foster children your grandchildren too, we were foster parents for a few years too!
Yes, it's a true gift to be able to see them every morning before school. Those foster kids are part of our family. So far none have become permanent, but my son and daughter-in-law are open to adopting when/if it works out that way. Even ones that go back to their parents are still in our hears as grandchildren. Fostering can be very difficult...and heart-breaking at times.
Oh my goodness, you folks have completely mirrored what my wife and I of 42 years are doing on 23 acres ! No you tube for us, but keep up the good work. My wife retires this April and wants to restore the log cabin living room. We are in Ontario, Canada but would love to venture to one of your workshops as we still also enjoy travelling in our trailer.
So glad to hear from a kindred spirit!! It's an unusual retirement plan, but a WONDERFUL one. Let us know if you find yourself near Pennsylvania....we'd love to show you around.
Us too! We bought a 46 acre farm this year in Upstate NY wanting to move up from our more suburban downstate 3.5 acre “yolkette.” Now we can be more self sufficient, off grid and all that in the near future. You both are just such lovely people.
Congratulations!!! Best of luck in your new adventure...it's a wonderful way to live. Thanks for watching!!!
I look forward to watching your farm grow. And I love how much your lives have changed for the better!
Thanks for watching. We are definitely enjoying life. :)
I just found your channel and LOVE it! I’m now binge watching it. You are both so inspiring! Keep sharing your adventures. And I’m making your granola recipe tomorrow❤️
I'm so glad you found us. Enjoy your granola. We've been eating so much of that batch that I'll need to make it again soon. I LOVE that stuff. I'm going to be trying some of the other combinations people suggested. :)
Your beautiful pictures remind me of our farm (SW Virginia - Appalachian Mountains). I absolutely love the sunsets over the mountains, the births and baby animals, children riding their bikes in the gravel driveways and hills, first berries and tomatoes, the smell of freshly cut hay and tandem tractors and balers riding in field. A few times a year, we have friends and family over for a large cookout with bonfires that are the size of small houses. My favorite is sleeping in a sleeping bag on a lawn chair under the stars in the fall/winter listening to coyotes, hoot owls, curious fox, and the occasional crackling wood on the fire. It is a crazy life, for sure. Wouldn't have it any other way.
SW Virginia is beautiful. I love the way you describe all of the wonderful, everyday joys. We haven't slept outside with the grandkids yet, but that sounds like a great summer activity. I'm already longing for summer.
I love that this wasn't your original plan but has become the best thing you did (in retirement years). How beautiful to have your daughter and grandchildren so close. To appreciate how beautiful this world really is, to slow down and enjoy each day sounds like the best way to live. Best of luck in continuing to learn and living your new dream. I would love a tour of your place or come learn from you, but I will do it through TH-cam as I'm sure I live nowhere near you two.
Yes, it is AMAZING to have family so close...especially grandchildren. Thanks for the well wishes. We hope to do more videos showing aspects of the farm/homesteading. Thanks for joining us on the adventure.
So lucky to bring your family onto the farm and to build a family business. future generations can work there and really have all of you together. :)
It is more than I could have dreamed of...having my kids/grandkids close by. Some of the granchildren are now at an age that they can help and the little ones will learn as well. Thanks for watching!
"I am happy with crazy." Hum... It will be a transition for me, but I will use that as my 2023 mantra. Our lives are beyond nuts and crazy. Too many events have happened in the last three years and has turned our lives upside down and all around like a horrible roller coaster gone mad. But, learning and transitioning to be happy in the crazy is enlightening.
I LOVE IT that I provided a mantra for you. 😁 It is refreshing to just accept that life can be crazy quite often. I hope you enjoy your wonderful and crazy 2023. Thanks for watching!
We are retired and moved to Maine in 2022 to homestead... embrace the journey.
Congratulations! We are all living a wonerful lifestyle for retired folks.
Great video
Thanks for watching!
Great meeting you all. 42 acres can be a handful but makes so many good memories. I grew up on ~40 and along the way have farmed on a larger place. You are blessed!
Thanks! I'm glad you found us. We are definitely blessed and are very thankful that we are on the farm. It sounds like you had a great childhood. I'm hoping our grandkids experience that kind of life as children.
You two are so cute!
You are so sweet......Thanks for watching. :)
Fabulous! New sub here. Can't wait for more videos. We are seniors too. Hugs♥️
I'm so glad you found us. Hello to fellow seniors.....I'm loving this phase of life.
Happy Thursday Don and BrendaWow.....41 Years Together ~ now that is a real Blessing. I totally agree with you Brenda being a "Senior Citizen" does have it's advantages. Oh my goodness your wedding photo....absolutely beautiful. I'm getting ready to relocate back to California the end of July. I am PRAYING God will Bless me with a little Urban Homestead. The power of Prayer is a beautiful thing. So therefore, I am going to Pray my Urban Homestead into existence in Jesus Name AMEN. I'm with you Brenda, I want a few chickens and a garden so, I can have FRESH EGGS for breakfast and FRESH VEGGIES for dinner. I agree Don, Retirement is great. WE are never to old to learn something new. Your Sunsets are stunning. What an awesome video. Thank you for sharing your old and NEW adventures. Darn you Brenda and Don......Now I really want a little farm. Guess I better start Praying a little harder LOL. Be Blessed and have an amazing day you two🙏🏽🙏🏽Ms. J and Sophie (my beagle)
You are so sweet! Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, prayer is powerful. I hope you are blessed with the perfect homestead.
@@waardenburgfamilyfarm4764 Thank You, my next chapter in life will happen all according to God's Plan🙏🏽🙏🏽
The step back looked like a different color. Blue then very dark gray..
The paint color is a blue gray, so depending on the light it can look either more blue or more gray.
Just ran across your channel. My wife and I are in a very similar situation, we've got more sunrises behind us than we do ahead of us, and we really hadn't had any specific dream to live on a farm, it just kind of happened. When we got this hair brained idea, we looked for over year before our daughter-in-law found this 91-acre piece of land which we ended up buying a little over a year ago. So, I've spent the past year working on a building, that will eventually be my shop, that we moved into a couple of months ago after selling our home of 26+ years (many tears were shed). We are currently designing our new forever home and hope to start work on it the next month or so. We're also hoping to have our kids/grandkids move out here with us in the near future.
Of course, a lot of questions come to mind but I'm sure you guys get too many of those to answer already. We have a lot of work ahead of us and I'm sure we'll struggle through some of the same "adventures" (lol) you guys have and will live and learn as well. I'll browse through the rest of your videos and hopefully find some that will give us a leg up on some of the mistakes you guys made! Oh, and one of the first things my wife wants... chickens! 🙄 Wish me luck! 😄
How exciting!!! Congratulations on your new adventure. I hope your family is able to join you on the farm. We love having the grandkids close by. We've definitely made mistakes. If you have any specific questions, we could tell you if we've learned anything in that area. Best of luck with your homestead.
Don, here's a question off the grid....where did you purchase the coffee cup??
We found it at a local arts and crafts show. We used to sell Brenda's handcrafted jewelry at local fairs and festivals and we found all kinds of unique things.
Good thing you have a crazy daughter who thought outside the box. 😂
VERY Good thing!!! Thanks!!!!!
Love all the videos. How do you have time to clean house ,
Glad you found us! Who says I clean the house?....HAHA. I do clean more during the cold months, but sometimes during the busiest garden season, the house takes a back burner and get pretty messy.
@@waardenburgfamilyfarm4764 I find if I’m outside working the inside suffers and my yard is small . How do you keep up .
@@debrastimson602 Much of the time I feel like I'm not keeping up. I try to just let go of what I can't get done. Luckily my husband chips in and helps where needed. (when he's not super busy with other farm stuff)
I want to be just like you two! I'm 69, retired and want to move out into the country or near a smaller town. Your story sounds just like my life. I'm saving your video for my husband. Is there a place near you to park an RV where we could see what you do in person? Your basement and root cellar make me jealous!
I'm so glad you found us. I hope you are able to find the perfect place in the country. I highly recommend this way of life. Thanks for watching!
Do it! My husband and I bought 25 acres and a cabin with some out buildings in 2021, we moved to the property permanently in 2022, we are setting up homesteading, I am now 63 and he is 65. We love it! He gets to use up all that energy and I get to grow nutritious food... chickens for us this year!
@@DisneyRunner It's definitely a wonderful way to live. You are gonna LOVE having chickens and all of the YUMMY eggs. 😀
There are several RV parks within 10 miles of us. Here's a link with some more info. Yes, I LOVE my basement and root cellar. campgrounds.rvlife.com/regions/pennsylvania/mechanicsburg
I'm interested in your jewelry business. Can you please send me a link?
Hi. My jewelry is on Etsy. www.etsy.com/shop/byBrendaElaine
That's funny. I bought my house believing it was circa 1800, come to understand it is closer to 1840.
I think they sometimes don't know enough of the history of the houses. Is yours in fairly good condition? Is it a farmhouse?
no not a farmhouse. But I do have a tiny enjoyable veggie garden (the infrastructure established by the prior owners). yes, I believe the exact age is not known. It is in pretty good condition, thankfully.@@waardenburgfamilyfarm4764
I have a good-sized granite stone basement foundation that impressed me before I bought the house- and guests seem to get a kick out of it (had my peruvian uncles laud it when they visited).
Ahh, I just found your channel, it showed up in my feed and I decided to click on, what a pleasant surprise!! I had a dream, five years ago at the age of 53, and my journey is still in the beginning stages. I love your story, it's so similar to mine; however, mine is a slower process 🥰I'm subbing, there's a lot to be gleaned from your channel.
I'm so glad you found us. I hope you are able to live your dream at some point. Even though it wasn't our dream I'm SO thankful we wound up here. It's a truly amazing lifestyle. Thanks for watching!