Something to consider...safe for tree, safe for predators to cross. The predators may find the area by the tree will allow them safe passage over the fence because of the hose.
I hope you will add some fresh straw bedding in the piggies' shelter, so they can have a soft place to snuggle while napping. I love your homesteading videos.
You work well together. Nice to see such a happy couple doing what they love best, planting, harvesting, and little pigs on the way, Nice life. Take Care. Until next time...….
I wish around here things were done as perfect as you do them. The way you installed the hog panels around the T Post, the way you made the gate and the way you’re starting out feeding the hogs is textbook. Remember when releasing the spring loaded handles; don’t grab the hot wire that hooks to the handle, insulate it or put on your gloves. Your Homestead is picture perfect!!!
Kevin and Sarah.....Have you ever thought of hosting visitors in your cabin? People could come learn from you while providing you some free labor to help you get things done. As someone who might be interested in understanding what it takes to be a homesteader, I would definitely find it interesting to help, especially during the canning season......I love to can and preserve things.
What will you use to press out the oil? For the Sunflower bed. Put a post at each end, one in the middle, a piece of wire connected to each. Tie colorful surveyor's tape along the wire. Leave it long so it will FLAP in the wind! Birds don't seem to like it. You could use rags, Walmart bags, whatever you can find! It works for my seed beds!
When making electric fence gates you need to make your hook into side right next to an insulator. That way you can hook your gate handle into it easily. Having a long wire and loop means you would need to use your hand to hold it steady to hook into, meaning either you get shocked, or have to turn off the fence.
Oh can't wait for the piglets - I love pigs & eating them too !!! Sarah you have convinced me to plant Sunflowers a you smile so much when you talk about them so cross your fingers for me. Cheers Denise - Australia
I SO ENJOY YOUR VIDEO'S YOU ARE BOTH SUCH GOOD TEACHERS. After watching one of your video's I think I could do it myself. Can not wait to see the sunflowers it will be BEAUTIFUL!
I planted sunflowers just for the seeds, but the birds got the seeds before i did. From now own I plant sunflowers for the birds and their really awesome to watch them grow. Hope you have good luck with your sunflowers and your garden's
That could very well happen to us also which is why I am not buying an oil press until after we see what kind of harvest we get. Either way it will be a fun experiment.
Excited! We are wanting to raise a pig...mostly likely one to begin...and yes, sunflowers! I planted 4 varieties...mostly for beauty when they bloom...but treats for our rabbits and chickens too!
I am so excited for the piglets!!! I have to tell you, I had a stroke this past August. My garden went to rot and I was unable to can anything!! I spent every day living thru you and your homestead. I do have some things planted but all in containers. With limited use of my right side these are easier. Also, two of my nieces are going to help me do some canning!! God bless your family and your homestead!!
Hi Kevin and Sarah! I wanted to share my experience with sunflowers so far. I plnted just a handful around my garden and over the past few days, deer have come and ate them down to a stalk! Beware of deer! Love your videos😍
I can't wait to see the sunflower hedge. I like your thinking on the smaller pigpen and taking down one side later. I was wondering if that is what you would do. Makes perfect sense. Great video. Thanks.
I hear it is good to plant sunflowers every two weeks so you have a long harvest. Also, if you are still considering doing the arrangement where you raise pigs for someone like me... let me now 🥰
We love growing sunflowers here in RI. Many heights and colors. You're problem will most likely be squirrels if you have them. They climb up the stalks and eat the seeds. We have actually watched 2 squirrels tag team and knock the sunflower stalk down and raid the seeds. I've woken many mornings to find another stalk/flower on the ground and raided. God Bless
that wire on the ceder tree will harm the tree in time. Many forget about it and the tree grows around it. Here in southeast Arkansas many old fences are through the middle of trees. Many times when you see field fence bunched up around a tree it's because the fence has become one with the tree. To save a chainsaw blade many leave fence to mark the tree.
You are an amazing family, you all work so hard. I’m in 64 and live in England, I’m not at all well , and I really love watching your channel. Thank you all so much xx
We absolutely love your vlogss ! You are so inspiring . I just had a knee replacement , but when I watch another of your videos , I just have to get out there and plant somthing. I go out there with my walker and manage as best I can. There only small gardens , but every one has something in it. Thank you for your inspiration 😊
Just an idea ...how about putting weed membrane down under the electric fence...you could do an area at a time...roll out and knock the posts through the membrane...would save having to keep trimming the weeds...and risking a failure of the power to the fence
My goodness you have a lot of ragweed around that hog pen.I put out sunflowers every year,the big heads and the small and every year I have to fight the birds,they will go after them before their even ripe.
I'm conflicted about your new format/release schedule. I love all the additional detail y'all are able to include in each video but I do miss having you as a part of my (almost) daily morning coffee. But you do what's best for you and I'll definitely be here watching!! You guys easily have the best homestead videos on TH-cam
I ALWAYS learn SOMETHING when I watch your channel! Love the nipple waterers. I'm seriously considering getting some pigs next year! I just got another hive of bees! How are your bees doing? GOD bless
LOL, you better shut the energizer off every time you go through the gate since you put the hook in the middle of the run. The loop to hook up to will flop down and you'll never be able to hook to it with it on. I put my loop at a solid point for that reason. Maybe that's what you planned all along.
Wow those sunflowers are going to be a beautiful hedge. Cant wait to se the piglets. How are your potatoe plants doing. I planted mine the same time you did and am also doing them like Art and Brie. Would love an update on them.
Hi Kevin. Great video. However, I am concerned that you do not have any insulated handle on the other side of the gate connection. If you grab that wire to unhook it, it'll get you.
I love that you call new projects experiments. I do the same. Trial and error. We started with potted veggie last year and this year a small garden. I learned that my placement of tomatoes needed to be in a different row. They were blocking the water from the peppers as they got bigger. My husband put the sprinklers on the other side of the garden and raised them with T post. All is well now. Lol. I am so enjoying our tomatoes. We planted Roma, cherries and one called sweeties. So yummy. We are trying to stay organic with the bug killer. It seems we have hornworm issues. We will stray sooner next time. Like I said trial and error. Love you guys. Keep em going. Oh and I love the longer videos. You can go into so much more detail now.
Connie Crites - For the hornworms, get a black light flashlight & go out at night. The hornworms glow in the black light & you can pick them off. Jess @Roots & Refuge did a video on it. They were able to see even the little ones & just pick them off. Those things are so hard to find & can do so much damage in just one day. Good luck. Love & Hugs from Ft. Worth, Texas
Just being a Safety Sally but, learn from my mistake. You should always wear a good pair of Safety Glasses when using any kind of weed eater. I really hurt my eye one year because they kept fogging up on me and I got frustrated and took them off. Now they have some that are like a metal mesh that don't fog.
I don't know if this will help keep critters away for you folks, but I use old cd discs on a bank line . particularly small critters and birds. about every 20 feet apart , HTHs !!!!
I totally thought you where going to put the gate the other way around! With the loops on the side of the T-post, so they don't fall down and touch (electrify) the hog panels when you open it! It's is absolutely useless to have spring loaded insulated gate handles if you have to shut the electricity off anyway. (You could just as well use a paperclip of whatever for that) It defeates the purpose of the things! To fix it you could put a T-post in at the side of the loops anyway, but you'll probably need insulaters for that.
I'll be following along the sunflower seed oil story with interest. I would like to be able to grow our own oil as well, and am wondering exactly how many sunflowers to plant to provide a year's worth of oil. This will be very informational for me. Thanks for taking us along on your homesteading adventures. :)
So happy for you guys I might not get to grow anything this summer cause of my hubby I can’t do tilling part so I am going to do what I can hubby is not to it this year but I just love it so I sit an watch u 2 do what I cant😭 good luck have a fantastic harvest.
I enjoy watching you explain things that I was doing b4 I was 10 years old. I have to keep reminding myself that I was a country boy with guns/ animals/the problems of country life not so much with thief/gang bangers. And keeping up with the Jones. Making do with what you have. I said this b4 if you want to cut your heating/cooling bill geothermal is the only way to go. You have a tractor with all the attachments needed to do the underground. You can heat/cool your home greenhouse or anything ealse you want for minimal cost then ounce set up the cost will be about $120.00 a year. You are talking about 50° year round. Your homestead your choice.
Pigs will enjoy their home for sure. Think you love that tiller as much as we love ❤️ ours. Saves time. Sunflowers are going to be really pretty also. Praying for all.
Oh so exciting. I'm excited to see the sunflowers. That's going to be beautiful. The squirrels love mine. I'm so happy for you being able to do this experiment. Good luck and God bless.
Kevin ur so smart and efficient
I didn't put a gate in because I didn't have one😂.... I'd just be concerned about feral dogs...your neighbors will smile seeing all those 🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻
Sunflowers and baby pigs, it's gonna be a really 'cute' farm!!
Love you guys. Please know that people will STOP once the sunflowers are in bloom for photos or to pick them.
Can't wait to see your little piggies on your farm.
Something to consider...safe for tree, safe for predators to cross. The predators may find the area by the tree will allow them safe passage over the fence because of the hose.
I hope you will add some fresh straw bedding in the piggies' shelter, so they can have a soft place to snuggle while napping. I love your homesteading videos.
Can’t wait to see the piglets!!!
I cannot wait to see all those sunflowers!
Wow! Can not wait to see the sunflowers!!!
Good luck with the sunflowers! Every year the birds take my seeds, but I really don't mind sharing.
You work well together. Nice to see such a happy couple doing what they love best, planting, harvesting, and little pigs on the way, Nice life. Take Care. Until next time...….
God Bless
Interesting and helpful. Lots of trees need trimming back. Look forward to seeing the piglets. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks.
Kevin your excitement is wonderful. What are you going to name your piggies?
Probably bacon, sausage, and ham.
I wish around here things were done as perfect as you do them. The way you installed the hog panels around the T Post, the way you made the gate and the way you’re starting out feeding the hogs is textbook. Remember when releasing the spring loaded handles; don’t grab the hot wire that hooks to the handle, insulate it or put on your gloves.
Your Homestead is picture perfect!!!
Good location for little pig pen. No chasing em this year huh.
A beautiful plan.
Kevin and Sarah.....Have you ever thought of hosting visitors in your cabin? People could come learn from you while providing you some free labor to help you get things done. As someone who might be interested in understanding what it takes to be a homesteader, I would definitely find it interesting to help, especially during the canning season......I love to can and preserve things.
What will you use to press out the oil? For the Sunflower bed. Put a post at each end, one in the middle, a piece of wire connected to each. Tie colorful surveyor's tape along the wire. Leave it long so it will FLAP in the wind! Birds don't seem to like it. You could use rags, Walmart bags, whatever you can find! It works for my seed beds!
Cant wait to see them i love pigs
When making electric fence gates you need to make your hook into side right next to an insulator. That way you can hook your gate handle into it easily. Having a long wire and loop means you would need to use your hand to hold it steady to hook into, meaning either you get shocked, or have to turn off the fence.
Oh can't wait for the piglets - I love pigs & eating them too !!!
Sarah you have convinced me to plant Sunflowers a you smile so much when you talk about them so cross your fingers for me. Cheers Denise - Australia
I SO ENJOY YOUR VIDEO'S YOU ARE BOTH SUCH GOOD TEACHERS. After watching one of your video's I think I could do it myself. Can not wait to see the sunflowers it will be BEAUTIFUL!
Great information video on pigs and their pen! We are learning alot!! -Amy
Awesome!!!
Great teaching!
CAN'T WAIT to see the pigs and the sunflowers. Did the baby ducks survive the meeting of adult ducks?
Really appreciate how you go into detail , it's such a learning experience. My dad always kept our hogs in a wooded area. My favorited memories !
Keep a close eye on the sunflower plants. Something ate all of my leaves. Possibly squirrels of rabbits.
I planted sunflowers just for the seeds, but the birds got the seeds before i did. From now own I plant sunflowers for the birds and their really awesome to watch them grow. Hope you have good luck with your sunflowers and your garden's
That could very well happen to us also which is why I am not buying an oil press until after we see what kind of harvest we get. Either way it will be a fun experiment.
Excited! We are wanting to raise a pig...mostly likely one to begin...and yes, sunflowers! I planted 4 varieties...mostly for beauty when they bloom...but treats for our rabbits and chickens too!
Nice to get a glimpse at your future fall garden 🤣🤣🤣🐷🐽
Oh... nice design having them in the area they will eventually grow up in... 💪 no fall garden, but make super sense!!
I am so excited for the piglets!!! I have to tell you, I had a stroke this past August. My garden went to rot and I was unable to can anything!! I spent every day living thru you and your homestead. I do have some things planted but all in containers. With limited use of my right side these are easier. Also, two of my nieces are going to help me do some canning!! God bless your family and your homestead!!
You and Sarah always explain things so clearly. Thanks for the video Kevin. 💕✌️🌱
I guess we'll miss a pig chasing video this year. :) Great set up!
Hi Kevin and Sarah! I wanted to share my experience with sunflowers so far. I plnted just a handful around my garden and over the past few days, deer have come and ate them down to a stalk! Beware of deer! Love your videos😍
I can't wait to see the sunflower hedge. I like your thinking on the smaller pigpen and taking down one side later. I was wondering if that is what you would do. Makes perfect sense. Great video. Thanks.
I hear it is good to plant sunflowers every two weeks so you have a long harvest. Also, if you are still considering doing the arrangement where you raise pigs for someone like me... let me now 🥰
We love growing sunflowers here in RI. Many heights and colors. You're problem will most likely be squirrels if you have them. They climb up the stalks and eat the seeds. We have actually watched 2 squirrels tag team and knock the sunflower stalk down and raid the seeds. I've woken many mornings to find another stalk/flower on the ground and raided. God Bless
Bacon!!! We thought you were going to touch the wire. Ben
that wire on the ceder tree will harm the tree in time. Many forget about it and the tree grows around it. Here in southeast Arkansas many old fences are through the middle of trees. Many times when you see field fence bunched up around a tree it's because the fence has become one with the tree. To save a chainsaw blade many leave fence to mark the tree.
Fun times!! I love the nice wooded are you have for your pigs. My woods are just overgrown with tons of brush although the goats love it!
You are an amazing family, you all work so hard. I’m in 64 and live in England, I’m not at all well , and I really love watching your channel. Thank you all so much xx
LOL I kept thinking you were gonna hit/touch that wire when testing it -
We absolutely love your vlogss ! You are so inspiring . I just had a knee replacement , but when I watch another of your videos , I just have to get out there and plant somthing. I go out there with my walker and manage as best I can. There only small gardens , but every one has something in it. Thank you for your inspiration 😊
Just an idea ...how about putting weed membrane down under the electric fence...you could do an area at a time...roll out and knock the posts through the membrane...would save having to keep trimming the weeds...and risking a failure of the power to the fence
FYI. Deer LOVE sunflowers.
That's why we planted them close to the house...HOPEFULLY they won't get them 😀
My goodness you have a lot of ragweed around that hog pen.I put out sunflowers every year,the big heads and the small and every year I have to fight the birds,they will go after them before their even ripe.
As always, guys...delightfully fun and highly informative.
So excited about the piggies and really excited about the sunflowers and especially making oil!!!
I'm conflicted about your new format/release schedule. I love all the additional detail y'all are able to include in each video but I do miss having you as a part of my (almost) daily morning coffee. But you do what's best for you and I'll definitely be here watching!! You guys easily have the best homestead videos on TH-cam
That sunflower hedge will be incredible!
Kind of similar to your sunflower experiment, we planted a plot of wheat to try and make our own flour. Fingers crossed for both of us! :)
Can't wait to see the progress on the sun flower plants.
Keep up the good work 👍
God bless you 🤗
I enjoy having my morning coffee watching you guy you always bring joy into my day. Have a blessed day!
Yea!!!! I always get excited when the piggies come.
This video was incredibly informative!
I ALWAYS learn SOMETHING when I watch your channel! Love the nipple waterers. I'm seriously considering getting some pigs next year! I just got another hive of bees! How are your bees doing? GOD bless
LOL, you better shut the energizer off every time you go through the gate since you put the hook in the middle of the run. The loop to hook up to will flop down and you'll never be able to hook to it with it on. I put my loop at a solid point for that reason. Maybe that's what you planned all along.
Love, Love, Love watching your videos!! God Bless You all!!
I really hope the sunflowers will grow untouched and be a spectacular fence and provide enough seeds to press for oil
Another fun, knowledge filled video. Thanks.
Wow those sunflowers are going to be a beautiful hedge. Cant wait to se the piglets. How are your potatoe plants doing. I planted mine the same time you did and am also doing them like Art and Brie. Would love an update on them.
I can’t wait for the cow 🐮
Hi Kevin. Great video. However, I am concerned that you do not have any insulated handle on the other side of the gate connection. If you grab that wire to unhook it, it'll get you.
Thats what I was thinking. Maybe the shut it off when they have to go in.
Wow you guys must have had a lot of pork this winter lol
I hope the pigs give you another garden this year that you don't have to plant.
I love that you call new projects experiments. I do the same. Trial and error. We started with potted veggie last year and this year a small garden. I learned that my placement of tomatoes needed to be in a different row. They were blocking the water from the peppers as they got bigger. My husband put the sprinklers on the other side of the garden and raised them with T post. All is well now. Lol. I am so enjoying our tomatoes. We planted Roma, cherries and one called sweeties. So yummy. We are trying to stay organic with the bug killer. It seems we have hornworm issues. We will stray sooner next time. Like I said trial and error. Love you guys. Keep em going. Oh and I love the longer videos. You can go into so much more detail now.
Connie Crites - For the hornworms, get a black light flashlight & go out at night. The hornworms glow in the black light & you can pick them off. Jess @Roots & Refuge did a video on it. They were able to see even the little ones & just pick them off. Those things are so hard to find & can do so much damage in just one day. Good luck. Love & Hugs from Ft. Worth, Texas
@@vmorganbogart thank you so much
Nothing goes better together than pork and sunflower seeds and oil. ;-) Thanks for sharing.
Time for pigs!!! Yay! Also, I can't wait to see that giant strip of SUNFLOWERS! That's gonna be sooo beautiful! Wow.
Love your sunflower project -- looking forward to their growth. Sunflowers are my favorite. They make me smile.
I thought maybe you'd put a training wire inside the beginning pen before releasing them
Just being a Safety Sally but, learn from my mistake. You should always wear a good pair of Safety Glasses when using any kind of weed eater. I really hurt my eye one year because they kept fogging up on me and I got frustrated and took them off. Now they have some that are like a metal mesh that don't fog.
um, Kevin, you will need to put some hose to insulate the gate on the hook side or Zapppp, oh love your channel
I'm pretty sure he always shot down the power before entering anyway.
New camera? Seems almost 3 D!
God bless you, both
I'm really waiting for the cute little piggies. ❤️😂
Hi, Nice to hear that the Pigs are coming like you Pigs are my number one animals. Love your blogs
thanks for the garden hose tip
Yeah, Pigs are coming. Can't wait. We have three that we got 5 weeks ago. LOVE LOVE LOVE them.
I don't know if this will help keep critters away for you folks, but I use old cd discs on a bank line . particularly small critters and birds. about every 20 feet apart , HTHs !!!!
I love you guy god bless i am always happy to see people work on what makes them happy
Can't wait to see the 'sea' of sunflowers! Good luck with it and the new piglets.
I totally thought you where going to put the gate the other way around! With the loops on the side of the T-post, so they don't fall down and touch (electrify) the hog panels when you open it! It's is absolutely useless to have spring loaded insulated gate handles if you have to shut the electricity off anyway. (You could just as well use a paperclip of whatever for that) It defeates the purpose of the things! To fix it you could put a T-post in at the side of the loops anyway, but you'll probably need insulaters for that.
So you will have to turn off the fence everytime you want to go in the pen.
Can't wait to see the sunflowers & cottage garden grow.🌻
Hooray for Sunflowers, Hooray for pigs!!!!!! Blessings to you all!!
I'll be following along the sunflower seed oil story with interest. I would like to be able to grow our own oil as well, and am wondering exactly how many sunflowers to plant to provide a year's worth of oil. This will be very informational for me. Thanks for taking us along on your homesteading adventures. :)
I love your channel! I have never been a very successful gardener, I have learned a lot watching you both! Thanks!!
So happy for you guys I might not get to grow anything this summer cause of my hubby I can’t do tilling part so I am going to do what I can hubby is not to it this year but I just love it so I sit an watch u 2 do what I cant😭 good luck have a fantastic harvest.
Looking forward to seeing your piglets. Good luck with your experiment and it will also be a treat for passing neighbours to see the flowers. 🌻
Good morning! The pigs are going to love their area. 😁 Have a great day. God bless
Great project, can't wait to see the piglets!
I enjoy watching you explain things that I was doing b4 I was 10 years old. I have to keep reminding myself that I was a country boy with guns/ animals/the problems of country life not so much with thief/gang bangers. And keeping up with the Jones.
Making do with what you have.
I said this b4 if you want to cut your heating/cooling bill geothermal is the only way to go.
You have a tractor with all the attachments needed to do the underground. You can heat/cool your home greenhouse or anything ealse you want for minimal cost then ounce set up the cost will be about $120.00 a year.
You are talking about 50° year round.
Your homestead your choice.
Ralph Gresham =. Love that idea. Have always said it should be done, but have a doubting problem.
Great video like always, you guys are awesome couple to watch 🌼🌹💞
Have a great and blessing Tuesday 😊
Pigs will enjoy their home for sure. Think you love that tiller as much as we love ❤️ ours. Saves time. Sunflowers are going to be really pretty also. Praying for all.
Well they always say... “pigs pay the rent” lol
Oh so exciting. I'm excited to see the sunflowers. That's going to be beautiful. The squirrels love mine. I'm so happy for you being able to do this experiment. Good luck and God bless.
Sunflowers! Will look so great, get pictures of then from the road when they are bigger! Super neat :)