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.

It’s no secret. This is my dream 🙏❤️ Homeschool groups would love tours

You guys are adorable. What a wonderful life you've built.

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!

Yes! Yes! More content - whatever you want to show us

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 :)

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.

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!

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!

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.

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 KZfaq as I'm sure I live nowhere near you two.

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❤️

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.

I look forward to watching your farm grow. And I love how much your lives have changed for the better!

You 2 make my heart happy. Thanks for sharing!

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.

Great video

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!

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!

Fabulous! New sub here. Can't wait for more videos. We are seniors too. Hugs♥️

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. :)

You two are so cute!

"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.

The step back looked like a different color. Blue then very dark gray..

We are retired and moved to Maine in 2022 to homestead... embrace the journey.

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! 😄

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)

Love all the videos. How do you have time to clean house ,

Don, here's a question off the grid....where did you purchase the coffee cup??

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!

Good thing you have a crazy daughter who thought outside the box. 😂

I'm interested in your jewelry business. Can you please send me a link?

That's funny. I bought my house believing it was circa 1800, come to understand it is closer to 1840.

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.