ALL The HOMESTEAD HAPPENINGS!

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Have you been wondering how the goats, chickens, cow and garden are doing on the homestead? This is the vlog for you!
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@laeeqahmed1980 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best channel on youtube. This is so calm and quite.

@batpherlangkharkrang7976 5 жыл бұрын

Wow you are great thanks for sharing your video homestead 🐔 🐓🐥🐂🐏🌱🎥👍👍👍

@dragonflygrandma 7 жыл бұрын

Another great video. I love seeing the animals and that garden is looking great! Oh, those zinnias how pretty. Bri, you are looking lovely as well. I loved when you were in the garden under the corn. All those honey bees. Thank you for sharing. Blessings

@keetrandling4530 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bri, i had a pretty disappointing day trapped in the city; you were balm to my soul.

@Emma-3010 7 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was little, standing in the corn rows while the bees were working the tassels, looking up at them and delighting in the sound of them....ah, memories! Thanks so much, Bri!

@PANTTERA1959 7 жыл бұрын

If you're just too busy to film sometimes just park a camera in the corn and just film bees pollinating. There's vids on YT that are just an hour of bees working. I've turned it on while preparing for a nap just to hear the bees buzzing,wind blowing and birds singing.

@debbieharlinger2548 7 жыл бұрын

I have recently found your vlog and I just love it! You all are such a sweet family and I feel like I know you! That's how real you are! I got excited with you when you showed the busy bees and to call the bean "so sweet" as it makes it way up the corn just made me smile. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and a little of your life with me/us!

@IngDebo 7 жыл бұрын

I use a hand vacuum to suck up the beetles.

@daniellesduckheadhomestead3127 7 жыл бұрын

Debo Ingram That's awesome. A great way to get rid of them without having to touch them :)

@anniegaddis5240 7 жыл бұрын

What a great idea. A little car vacuum! Then empty the bag in the chicken pen for a treat!

@tinamcloughlin8393 7 жыл бұрын

I love tne way you take us right around the homestead Bri. Showing us everything the livestock vegetables everything. Thank you.xx

@paulrice1918 5 жыл бұрын

So glad to see you in a positive attitude. Love your smile and the love you show to all at your homestead. A positive attitude makes the work go a bit better.

@diannasills217 7 жыл бұрын

You guys are a true inspiration. Raising 4 children and taking care of animals plus all the gardening and cooking is no easy task but I can see that you love it.

@debramurray5132 7 жыл бұрын

What a bountiful harvest you will have. Good to see all the bees. Love your channel. Have a great day.

@shwetamujumdar699 5 жыл бұрын

Your garden was bustling with activity...what a beautiful sight!!

@jch1965 7 жыл бұрын

Your whole homestead is jamming! :) What changes you've made in the past 6 months! Great job!

@laurieflores1107 7 жыл бұрын

Dolly udder looks like its filling up...and she looks like she's rounding out....wow love the GARDEN....

@thefranks8726 6 жыл бұрын

It was so cute when the goats answered you back after you called them :)

@RiverBirchFarm 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a wonderful video of what is going on at your homestead. Such a beautiful garden, a lot of work ahead of you in the next few weeks. Thank you for taking the time to show us all how everything and everybody is doing!

@homesteadwannabee4253 7 жыл бұрын

Busy, busy, busy.. loving life! Blessings ~

@robclippo1161 7 жыл бұрын

That little bug on the corn was a ladybug protecting its eggs and they are beneficial as they eat aphids and other small insects.

@dollyperry3020 7 жыл бұрын

Bri....make sure you take care of yourself too! Priorities! Sending love to one of my favorite channels!

@helen6466 7 жыл бұрын

Bri I enjoy your videos very much. Tip for your bean beetles. I have had to deal with them before. instead of dusting for them ( which doesn't really work) when you pull all your beans . Pull up all your plants and burn them... this will kill the eggs on the leaves and what ever is inside of the plant stem. Then this fall right after first freeze . Turn your garden dirt. This exposes the eggs in the ground and that will kill a bunch of them. next planting next year when you first notice beetles ... get a bucket of soapy water .... pick off the beetle and put in the water and them check the plant for beetle eggs. pick off that leaf and put in in the water. Check several times during the growing season. This is recommended by Organic Gardening and it works . Best of luck ... your garden and crops look GREAT!!!

@parthavipidaparthy5406 7 жыл бұрын

I liked the garden with ready to harvest some veggies. felt sorry for the bugs which are destroying bean plants. I know the pain.animals are doing good.

@cosettelewallen4281 6 жыл бұрын

Try companion planting for the beans...plant a plant nearby that deters the negative one. Maybe try to encourage more ladybugs to come to your garden and eat up the beetles.

@To_Live_Is_To_Suffer 7 жыл бұрын

Someone posted this on Justin Rhode's video yesterday... Figured it may help you salvage your bean crops... "A great way to keep the bugs (especially the dang Beatles off) is to: Boil 4 cups water with 2-3 diced jalapeños, turn off heat once at a boil let it simmer until cool. Put into spray bottles and spray around your plants the scent and flavor of the peppers will keep them at bay!"

@scienceoutthere 7 жыл бұрын

I've raised chickens starting in winter, and every summer...their second summer, they have gone through a "pause" in production in July August...with a big pick up in Sept-Oct before the molt. Then again, I often find hidden eggs at this time too. The broken broodies take a few weeks to start producing again also, might just be the perfect storm for you.

@robertnoraas2636 7 жыл бұрын

set out a swarm catch hive with a little lemon grass oil on the landing pad to attract a swarm

@1000sofroots 7 жыл бұрын

Such a fun update! What a blessing to have so much abundance in your garden. Our favorite way to preserve green beans is by lacto-fermentation. They are so easy and so yummy. Our chickens have slowed down on laying as well . . . probably the hot weather. Hope your's pick up again soon. Blessings - Carrie

@gardeningwithgabby8191 7 жыл бұрын

So many blessings!!! Just beautiful!! :-)

@number1mom 6 жыл бұрын

If you mix dawn dish soap and water together in a spray bottle and spray your beans that will help to get rid of the bugs but not harm your crops at all

@butterscotchgrove6151 7 жыл бұрын

Wow - so envious of your climate! Your garden looks great!

@scuzzbecuzz 7 жыл бұрын

Great update, Bri!!

@yromiszydejesus6980 6 жыл бұрын

Addicted to this beautiful family. Let's just say momma bear is super woman n absolutely beautiful.

@bobhale8325 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another homestead tour. It is always interesting to see how everything is coming along.

@zetlaw07 7 жыл бұрын

I am so excited to see what you plant in your fall garden! :-) I need to do that. You guys inspire me so much! Thanks for doing your videos.

@OutWestHomestead 7 жыл бұрын

Your place is looking beautiful. I love seeing all your animals.

@christiebetts4970 7 жыл бұрын

I was out trying to tie up tomatoes,when i came in to cool off and watch this.I have 2 squash plants that sprang up from my compost.I transpla ted them into my tiny garden,then had to wait and see what variety they were.My chiickens just went thru a period of not laying.I mixed so.e Dme in their food,put some in tbeir coup for them to dust bathe and co trol parasites,they seem to be laying a little better.It's so hot! I'm going to go give them fresh water now.Don't get too hot out there working.

@peewees6199 7 жыл бұрын

Everybody looks great including you. Keep it up. God bless!

@AQUABANA 7 жыл бұрын

Your doing a great job.

@tammys1607 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!!!

@itsjustmetomc4848 7 жыл бұрын

What an amazing video! Thank you for the update. BTW my 8 and 10 year old granddaughters just love to see your kiddos as well as Dolly updates too. :-)

@pamwalker7233 7 жыл бұрын

The baby chicks are so precious

@1994abbygirl 7 жыл бұрын

The place is looking awesome!! Blessings!

@warp9p659 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic looking garden!

@LindaPenney 7 жыл бұрын

lovely update thank you for sharing have a blessed day

@mick3805 7 жыл бұрын

The gardens looking great 👍🏼

@rsoubiea 7 жыл бұрын

my gosh you do have a lot going on! thanks for the update your garden looks great.

@Gojirella 7 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel and i LOVE it. I have always wanted my own homestead and this inspires me a lot. Thanks!

@CiecieNewson 7 жыл бұрын

What an amazing homestead you all have. ~Smile!

@nithterania7316 7 жыл бұрын

Wow I love your place..espicially you growing vegetables..and chicken

@meddler69 6 жыл бұрын

looking forward to videos like this.. this summer

@brjmomma9416 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Our grapes have been so ubundant this year too.

@yoli1342 6 жыл бұрын

you guys are awesome. love how funny in the end please share more cooking in recipies too and you

@AngiesPantry58 7 жыл бұрын

Bri your garden is awesome.. Thank you for the walk about.... Big hugs love your channel... :)

@daniellesduckheadhomestead3127 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great day on the homestead. Everything is looking amazing. Great job :)

@heatherwilliams4099 7 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, you guys have inspired me to plan a co-op with my friends. keep up the great work sending love from Cali

@dananelson3534 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brianna, the Ag colleges call it animal husbandry, but I think they missed you. Thanks for sharing.

@juliebeal8574 7 жыл бұрын

Your garden looks AMAZING! :) My garden was an almost total dud this year. :)

@HansQuistorff 7 жыл бұрын

I just harvested the last of my winter hardy kale seed. It is in feed bags waiting for all the pods to burst and release the seed.

@mathews238 7 жыл бұрын

I think late summer and early fall is the busiest time on a farm or homestead.

@janedelavictoria8577 6 жыл бұрын

Hello I'm waiting for new video every day. I love to watch your blog always

@mawpatti 7 жыл бұрын

Bri those silky chicks are soooo cute! Floppy would be due on my wedding anniversary 8-18 awe so sweet! :-) and finally yall garden is my dream garden!! OMG...what a wonderful harvest you guys will reap!! you guys sure has a BIG GREEN THUMB!!!!! Thanks for this awesome video!! God bless you guys! :-)

@dorascott8286 7 жыл бұрын

Great clip............

@imjustsayin109 7 жыл бұрын

My grandma had something she treated her beans with to kill the beetles. (Not sure which kind.) Blend about three cups of mint up with a full head of garlic then add two teaspoons of cyan pepper. Now add a quart of water and boil on the stove for about five minutes. After it cools strain it, add a couple of tablespoons of Dove and spray thoroughly on to the plants. That should do it. Also, you can get a short flat pan, fill it with water and a squirt of Dove, put it on the ground under your plant and shake the dickens out of them. The bugs and larvae can't survive in that mixture. It really looks like at least some of your plants may be gone for good. In that case, pull up the plants, strip all of the beans off and put the plants, bugs and all, in a black plastic trash bag. Set it out in the hot sun. This should help limit their number next year. Good Luck!

@stephaniesavoie657 7 жыл бұрын

paradise for sure...

@johngritman4840 6 жыл бұрын

Bri,Your garden is beautiful! Be careful with the honey bees in the summer. They get thirsty and love to land on a sweaty arm to get a drink. It tickles and there is an urge to swat them. Don't! Just stop and look at them; I've had probably as many as a 100 on my arms at one time. They are such wonderful creatures. May God bless you and your family.

@dianesullivan1047 7 жыл бұрын

I watched a vlog from Weed 'me and Reap dated 7/24. Your vlog is a favorite of the family and they gave you very nice compliments.

@susanwinslow9361 7 жыл бұрын

so enjoy your videos

@kirstenwhitworth8079 7 жыл бұрын

Bri, I suspect you are right about the chickens sneaking a nest somewhere. It's happened to me. One thing I did to minimize that was to keep my hens locked up until 9:00 to 9:30 am - I started getting many more eggs that way. I don't know if you can do that with the chick-shaw, though. It could be, though, that it's too hot to lay. When I lived in Central Texas, I seem to recall that my egg production rated dipped in the hottest part of the summer. They laid late into the winter, though - I even had a brood hatch out in late November one year. I do so hope Dolly is pregnant and due any day now. Any luck getting the vet to come out? Gardens are so magical! I'm discovering that homesteading is all about observing and refining every year. Many successes, and some... opportunities for improvement, especially on timing issues and choosing the best varieties of seeds for my area. E.g., my watermelon is failing to thrive - too cold here, but I am overflowing with eggs. Great video. Thanks for sharing!

@VictoriaWadsworth 7 жыл бұрын

You have ducks...they LOVE to eat beetles ;-) Problem solved. I only have 5 ducks. When my plants are full grown, I routinely let them into my squash/bean garden for bug patrol. They clean house!

@santryl 7 жыл бұрын

Also, to 'bump up' egg production feed the chickens insects = the beetles = protein

@charlottewillis9252 7 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful garden! All the hard work you and Art have done is beginning to pay off. Oh, the kids have helped a lot . :0) I don't have the Mexican Beans Beetle but Japanese Beetles are doing a number on us in Indiana. They seem to be worse on the heat we have been having. So good to see Ice Tea with the hens again. I don't 't have chickens but wonder if the heat could have anything to do with them not laying. See you tomorrow :0)

@williamchristopher1560 7 жыл бұрын

Buy a roll of concrete reenforcement wire,and cut it in 4ft lengths, and make tomato cages out of the hoops made from the wire.

@tara_a_santiago 7 жыл бұрын

Everything and everyone is looking so wonderful!!!!!! I'm envious of the size of your garden compared to mine, but I can barely keep up with my itty bitty 500sq ft

@mayhmmaydn 7 жыл бұрын

I agree. It very well could be heat induced egg reduction but..I do think you have some sneaky layers. Maybe do a history lesson about early exploration of a jungle or something having the kids prepare for journey and search for lost treasure.. aka eggs. Give them flashlights and canteens of water. Indiana Jones like... maybe even hats with bug netting? Let them search where you let the goats clear.

@anniegaddis5240 7 жыл бұрын

Let us know WHAT to plant in a Fall garden. I've ONLY grown cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, and brussels sprouts. Want to grow MORE this year, but don't know what!

@user-rq8lo2bd2s 7 жыл бұрын

My egg production is way down also -- nothing being laid in the yard as I have checked daily thoroughly!! I honestly think it is the hot, hot weather we have been having!! I did up their feed a bit thinking maybe they weren't getting enough food but did not seem to affect production. Otherwise everyone seems healthy and happy!! No mites, DE in case of parasites, cold water twice a day

@arnoldromppai5395 7 жыл бұрын

I only keep my layers for 2year from day of fist egg, I behead them an sell them off a 2 bucks each, an they gone in on day, I don't even clean them, as people come its off with the head an into a feed bag, I use leg bands to keep track of age, I will not feed none producers you ether give me eggs or set on eggs to hatch or off with your head, same with ex that cleaned me out

@MobileGameSeries 6 жыл бұрын

change your rooster :D

@beinamanien6895 6 жыл бұрын

Love you family

@bertie511pb 7 жыл бұрын

Hi. Just wanted to say if you don't know what to do with excess green beans, you could make leather britches with them. All it is is dried green beans. My former mother in law told me how to do them. You clean and cut them [or leave them whole] and string them on sting and put them in a cool, dark, dry place and leave them alone until they dry. When you are ready to use them you just cook them like any dry bean. My family liked them. I also wanted to say that I really enjoy watching ya'll. You are doing so well. Keep up the good work and God bless.

@Kitsapbeek 7 жыл бұрын

After you harvest your beans you should buy a weed burner from HD or Lowes, hook to propane tank and light um up, this way they wont burrow into the soil and comeback strong next year.

@Kitsapbeek 7 жыл бұрын

or amazon

@yoli1342 6 жыл бұрын

great videos

@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead 7 жыл бұрын

Depends on the age of the hens as well, if they're over 3 years old, their laying capability goes way down, and from the things I've seen with your eggs, it looks like you have an egg eater. Especially the day when you were looking to see who was laying in with your setting hens, one of the chickens was standing on the poles and pecking at sticky substance, implies an egg eater. When you have an egg eater, there's not much you can do but eat them.

@dlmudge1 7 жыл бұрын

in regards to you not knowing where the eggs may be because you are not getting as many as usual, our 2 chickens were giving minimal eggs then we found one day after cleaning up a mound of rubbish in our backyard, that they had placed about 24 eggs in places we didn't even think they could get too. So your's have probably have layed eggs deep down in in the roots etc.

@GaryHardin 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you return Donald and those hens back to the routine they were originally accustomed to, they might return to their laying cycle again.

@HomesteadyasIgo 7 жыл бұрын

Bri, I also live in north carolina, it amazes me that you are able to keep your chickens out, due to owls and hawks my chickens can no longer be out in the open., I will tell you that when I start not getting my normal eggs, i usually have to look for black snakes, even in my coop, they love my chicken eggs. I really enjoy watching your videos... Have you had any issues with squash bugs (stink bugs)?? my squash has all been killed by them,,,,ugh

@wildwoodsdog6871 7 жыл бұрын

use the sister method for planting I started it and I haven't had beetles in two years now knock on wood lol and if your ever in wv bring me some of them goats lol

@Eon69nc 7 жыл бұрын

Breaking up broody, the do not go right back to laying eggs, takes 2-3 weeks in order for them to lay again, Heat will drop egg production. Older hens stop sooner with stressors. Move the duck and duckling out, the should not be competing with adult chickens for any type of food. Dolly is most likely not with calf, It is not that hard to get vet to palpate. More forage and grain for the goat will increase the weight, but some remain slim.

@sherry1674w 7 жыл бұрын

Hi and was wondering if you had the altrasound for Dolly? wondering if you did and what the vet said...the goats are so so so adorable when you call them and they run toward you for they know that they are going to get into the forestered area...the corn looks great with all the honey bees, and all the other vegetables are looking wonderful, except for the bean plants...being attached by those bettles....you are doing such an awesome job...continued success with it all....God bless, Sherry :)

@FarmhouseTeas 7 жыл бұрын

Our chickens quit laying too. If you don't find hidden nests maybe try fermenting thier feed. Ours went from like 3 eggs a day to 20 eggs just after a few days of fermenting feed. I think it might be the summer heat. Not as many bugs or as much greens. Beeeaautiful garden 😍😍😍 Hopefully next year's ours is as wonderful!!! Do you get enough corn that it is worth the space to plant it?

@Hannahcode1 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@cherylwilliams2136 7 жыл бұрын

I heard that if you soak rags in vinegar and put around your garden it will keep the deer out.

@landendale3946 7 жыл бұрын

I love this channel been here since the first video

@thedomestikatedegg7378 7 жыл бұрын

The Farming Life was that the one about getting rid of the fleas? Not sure if that was the first but it sticks in my head lol 😂

@noneofbizorjuliejt6466 7 жыл бұрын

The Farming Life me too!

@YAYA-bv7po 7 жыл бұрын

Egg production slows with the heat as well

@pattymassey5357 7 жыл бұрын

Lovely to see those bees! Wonder if they are wild or if someone nearby has bee hives?

@helen6466 7 жыл бұрын

Oh Yes!!! Dollies tail looked higher and bonier today . Maybe soon!!!

@tracyl6988 7 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video on roughly how big your garden is and how many of each plant you have? I am wanting to start a garden for my family of 5 just not sure how big to make it :-/

@cosettelewallen4281 6 жыл бұрын

Before you begin canning do you plan on emptying the cans you already have?