Grazing Sorghum Sudan grass. Weaning Lambs. Pigs Learn about Electricity ⚡

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@teresaclark5465 5 күн бұрын

I spent over half of my life teaching the inner city how to grow their own food, I'm in my 60's now and it delights me to see, young, knowledgeable folks as yourselves putting out the info!

@LR-xx5ig 12 күн бұрын

Hi Rebecca. We love seeing you on with Evan. It’s nice to see a husband and wife helping one another. You really do a lot of work on the farm besides the hard job of being a nurse.

@StevesBeyondRepair 12 күн бұрын

Hard for yall to see all the comments, but I speak for a ton of us when I say, we love to see both of you on camera!!

@jan-johannes-bosman 12 күн бұрын

Stop timing yourself. Enjoy the work as much as we do watching. It motivates me as I am disabled and limited to a small Poly tunnel, flower garden and grass patch, but enjoying every minute. My favorite time to talk to God is when weeding and caring for the garden. Just so thankful that I can.🤗🙏🏽

@shawn5928 12 күн бұрын

How about using some “extra” oil field pipe to build a pipe rack to hold the “good” pipe? Just a thought.

@cue881-yo7kz 12 күн бұрын

I love watching your videos. As a 'city boy" I always wanted to be on a farm. American farmers=the backbone of America!

@batpherlangkharkrang7976 8 күн бұрын

Hi.... Evan and Rebecca nice to see you both Love watching your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

@alexandercage2500 9 күн бұрын

We are here for you Evan. Keep on growing that good life !

@GinaLarsen-xe9cr 12 күн бұрын

Evan, you could make a giant windchime, out of the cut off pieces of pipe, and paint it.

@bushdog64 12 күн бұрын

Rebeca I enjoy seeing you and listening to your voice. Stay in the videos. 🎉

@ourv9603 12 күн бұрын

I worked on a sheep ranch out west some years ago. I enjoyed it except for roundup time because we would gather all the sheep together in a giant pen then let them out a gate one by one and we had to count them to know how big our flock was, except every time I started to count them, I would fall asleep. !

@larryhattrup5756 12 күн бұрын

It's so great that your on the farm full time Really enjoy your videos

@ssfoste 12 күн бұрын

Yeah Rebecca, you are awesome, we love seeing you with Evan and your support at crucial times is just awesome. NO need to be shy with us we love ya.

@Dudleydidright 9 күн бұрын

Wow, that's so satisfying. Your work has paid off well. Let's see some happy livestock!!😊

@joerodrigues3816 12 күн бұрын

Again nice to see you back maté great video and like I always say all the best to you all. You two are so amazing together what a team it’s just like my Wife and I as she looks after me with my medicine as I’m peg feed and all my medicine too as I’ve gone through the Big (C) can I say we would be lost without a great Woman to look after us Men…

@thomasgreene5750 12 күн бұрын

You might cut a swale just uphill of the garden to divert water around it. Also, a couple of cross-grade swales in the garden might distribute and hold up some of the water and give it more time to soak into the soil. If the hardpan under the garden is mostly low-permeability clay, you might consider drilling some vertical holes on a pattern using your post-hole auger and fill them with porous, sandy soil up to the level of the hard pan. That would capture more of the water and give it time to soak into the surrounding soil.

@carolyn6081 12 күн бұрын

I just learned a new word, swale. I looked it up, that’s exactly what he needs, but the grass may overtake his garden.

@waderue 12 күн бұрын

Hi Rebecca we love see you on camera and I Don't judge anything now some people might but please do not take them fools to heart ok and get ready for a lot rain soon

@alanvaleandthelazyfarmer1930 12 күн бұрын

Just a small suggestion. Try putting bullodog clips on your jumper wire so you don't have to worry with knots.

@navarrohillsranch 12 күн бұрын

Keep an eye on your livestock while grazing Sorghum Sudan grasses. Pull them before the grass gets below 12 to 18 inches to avoid Nitrate issues.Also in times of stress you need to be careful with Prussic Acid. In Texas we plant Sorghum Sudan every year for making hay. The grass will make them fat quick.

@jzeck2 12 күн бұрын

I was going to write the same comment. Mostly we never grazed this combo but cut it for hay. I also worry a bit about the potential of excess nitrogen fertilizer and the nitrate issues? Be careful.

@frrapp2366 12 күн бұрын

yes i wrote when he planted and again when he fertilized to be careful !!! they make a crystal that you mix( dont remember what chems it is) that will neutralize the poisons in a drench

@daleficklin1607 12 күн бұрын

Yes and you can’t give them too much area at a time.

@southtexashay777 12 күн бұрын

I posted the same without seeing your post. Hope you and the family are doing well. How's your haying, we have had a severe drought and my hay is minimal after they cut our irrigation water.

@navarrohillsranch 11 күн бұрын

@@southtexashay777 Thanks. Those droughts are tough. The last 2 1/2 years were brutal in north Texas but looks like we are out of it for now. That irrigation setup you have is awesome, sad to hear they are rationing already. We should get 2nd cut in early August. Hope all is well with you and your family.

@davewilson8308 12 күн бұрын

Love the names sausage biscuits and gravy! Um Um!

@thomasgabriel2213 12 күн бұрын

Rebecca is awsome! She should not be camera shy. It is great you have a wife who will work along side you! Loving the longer and more frequent videos. Keep up the good work.

@josephbrown-ut9ty 11 күн бұрын

JudithB I checked the garden this am after Beryl blew thru last night. It looks fine, and I am leaning toward not planting until July except for the transplants. Seems to be less bug issues!!! I have a few branches down and a big empty rabbit cage blew over. I plan to salvage the hardware and mesh wire as I take the cages apart. May repair the quail cage tho. Your farm is lookng great and you ought to smoke some of those turkeys!!!! YUM!!

@stevenmckeane3646 11 күн бұрын

Hi Evan, how about a swale along the top part of the garden to drain the water away, or to hold the water to slowly feed down through the ground.

@garybannack1823 11 күн бұрын

I think it’s the first time I’ve seen Rebecca without her MOAB cap on!!!!!

@marymigliore3396 12 күн бұрын

It's nice seeing You 2 working together ! Those pastures are very nice for grazing !! I LOVE YOU BOTH !!! 🥰 🥰

@daleficklin1607 12 күн бұрын

A diversion above your garden would do wonders.

@jahn9960 12 күн бұрын

On your garden from your last video, make the fencing into panels, then drill holes, place bigger pvc pipe in holes and place your post in the pvc pipe. Then screw you fence panels to the post. Same look as before and removable. Looking good as a retiree!!!! Thanks for you journey.

@bobmoroney3643 12 күн бұрын

You are so well equipped. Looking very good.

@jamesmorrison1884 12 күн бұрын

Hello Evan Rebecca enjoyed your video. Thats alot water not good. Have a great day.

@gerthholm1220 11 күн бұрын

You should try to look up grazing fense tumbeling wheel... it would be a smart fence solution

@eliazarshaw2213 12 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a> next season you can instead plant it by blocks and leave the paths for the electric fences.

@johnmiller-kr4jy 11 күн бұрын

i enjoy all the vids u 2 make thx guys cheers from alberta

@wileycoyotesr8623 11 күн бұрын

Any time we introduced water to a fridge/freezer the result was rust. Hope you are luckier. You sure seem relaxed with no time constraints on work. You're adjust well. 👍👍👍

@ljjames7604 11 күн бұрын

Put some straw bales on the outside high side of your garden fence to keep it from washing

@skipstein744 11 күн бұрын

Sand bags for the garden. Onward!

@wileycoyotesr8623 11 күн бұрын

Can you somehow line up the cut ends and create raised flower beds? Seems like they would last forever. Or weld five together of varying heights and create flower displays? 👍👍👍

@markpriddy1 12 күн бұрын

You too are doing just great being yourself on the program. Don’t change a thing. 🙂

@robyntaylor7476 12 күн бұрын

If you dig a small gulley just outside of the fence at the top of your garden you'll prevent any future washout. Only needs to be about a spade depth and width. Partly fill it with gravel and your veggies should be safe from heavy rain falls.

@jerrystout3032 12 күн бұрын

Great Job guys!!

@bolong5701 12 күн бұрын

some of my best sheep were born in Dec. an Jan

@mikesmodscustoms 12 күн бұрын

Breakfast pigs! Sausage, biscuit and gravy... LOL...

@bobflores 12 күн бұрын

Divert the rainwater until you can regrade the garden. Working out a new daily schedule for chores is part of the change.

@richardhoover9837 11 күн бұрын

Might consider putting vegetable oil in your one gallon sprayer instead of water when you mix your spray. It will last longer, smell better to them and actually make their coats shine.

@georgedavidson1221 12 күн бұрын

Evans. Research Prussic acid. You have to be careful with sorghum

@CountryViewAcres 11 күн бұрын

from my understanding prussic acid moves up from the roots of the plant into the leaves when it frosts or freezes. I don't plant to graze it when it gets cold.

@Cobalt135 12 күн бұрын

wow, that crop is crazy. Looks like corn growing. But corn is just a variety of grass so....

@jimnaz5267 12 күн бұрын

YAY. REBECCA IS WEARING BOOTS. Are they the right size/ or did you give her yours Evan? GREAT Video, animals, fences, pastures, pipes, Rebecca, Evan,... well done!

@Misty45-kx3bz 12 күн бұрын

💖💖💖💖🙏🙏

@Retiredfarmer-pb9rb 12 күн бұрын

Make. Sure that you have a dry grass hay available to them to help them balance their diet

@frankwilliams1157 12 күн бұрын

Love the pigs names.

@danielheartsill4269 12 күн бұрын

Take the pipe not fit for fence post and make a pipe rack.you will always be using pipe so it would be nice to have a good place to keep it off the ground.

@AJ_ghdhejsien 12 күн бұрын

Hottest summer we've had in awhile here too PA.

@alfredomarotta6604 12 күн бұрын

Ohio as well, 90° today

@user-uj7nb2bo4y 12 күн бұрын

I love the piggy's names. Of course I love sausage gravy and biscuits just about any time.😊

@southtexashay777 12 күн бұрын

Its the nutritional value you added by fertilizing. Watch out for your sheep when there's excess nitrogen in the soil.

@gilbertlane4522 12 күн бұрын

Rebecca, you may be camera shy, but it is such a joy watching both of you work together on your beautiful farm. ❤

@Bass2010 12 күн бұрын

Was thinking last time you put them in the ground it was hard so if you make it a pointed end by cutting two sides off it would be like a stake and go in easier just a thought

@dee2busy 12 күн бұрын

Love the pig names. Rebecca, it's nice seeing you helping out!

@cutlow1383 12 күн бұрын

Maybe you could provide an update and stats on the solar system performance.

@russse2793 12 күн бұрын

Your cows seemed to be enjoying the new food sources. MMMM, Biscuits and gravy, Getting my plate and utensils ready. LOL.

@BrianMcNeese 11 күн бұрын

If your garden is on an incline your garden should be perpendicular to the incline and should have a ditch above it to slow down excessive excessive rainfall. At the least, if you have washout, it will only take out a few plants and not a whole row.

@tampajan1790 12 күн бұрын

Sorry, Evan, but your videos WITH Rebecca are just better. LOL ❤

@ChristopherBermudez-qo5un 12 күн бұрын

Call him 8 ball

@plumberlance 12 күн бұрын

Rain is coming.

@GunClingingPalin 12 күн бұрын

I had to put 9 joules on my fence to keep my pigs in... anything less and they get used to it.

@needXC90 12 күн бұрын

Use the scrap for a metal stock storage rack.

@aafarm1652 11 күн бұрын

My wife is shy as well and doesn’t make any appearances on my KZfaq channel as well!

@kathleenwons4995 12 күн бұрын

Yes, we love you Rebecca. Don't be shy. Your a huge help to your hubby ❤

@harveystephens6115 12 күн бұрын

Hope u built burm to deter water out of garden

@AmandaDoll-hi4dr 12 күн бұрын

Hi Evan, your crop looks nice

@irhusker6569 12 күн бұрын

Looked nice.

@AmandaDoll-hi4dr 12 күн бұрын

You are welcome evan

@RBB73 11 күн бұрын

What about building up a diversion berm around the top end of the garden to help divert that water flow?

@donmartin7728 11 күн бұрын

If you find extra time on your hands, you could try and forge something out of the smaller pieces of pipe and sell it for extra income. Doesn’t have to be anything extravagant, something simple or find someone local and partner with them to forge something out of the pipe.

@coyotiess 10 күн бұрын

I need some forage its called SASAFRAS ROOTS!

@lewisgardner1660 12 күн бұрын

You could turn some of those pipe off cuts into a steel rack in your shop

@sickler22002 12 күн бұрын

Call them ribeye and t-bone

@farmcentralohio 12 күн бұрын

Be cautious grazing that sudan grass, can get yourself and your cows into a heap of trouble

@user-tc3ou6sy5f 11 күн бұрын

Sudan grass.... I lost 10 springers overnight grazing Sudan grass. Nitrate poisoning ! Prime time for nitrate poisoning ? 2 foot to 4 foot tall. And you applied nitrogen also.....upping the risk ! Yup.....I grazed it for 9 years until it caught up with me ! Dont even consider grazing it !

@Bowhunters6go8xz6x 12 күн бұрын

Maybe use the short pieces of pipe to weld together to make a pipe storage rack off the end of the work garage.

@rladner96 12 күн бұрын

How about Larry, curley and Moe?

@williamwhite882 11 күн бұрын

I swear, if Armageddon ever hits, you guys are set for sure!

@jimcooksey4150 12 күн бұрын

They use to clean the pipe out with high pressure steam or hot water, so there is no liability when they sell it and someone blows themselves up or catches themselves on fire. Don't know about today.

@OutDoorAdventures_1907 12 күн бұрын

Evan, at the <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="480">8:00</a> mark when you are in with the sheep, is that "tree of heaven" over your right shoulder? I just learned I have some on my property. I'm now learning how to get rid of it. Tree of heaven is a nasty one!

@rick-s6y 9 күн бұрын

make a rack 3 vertical with les sticking out keep your good pipe off the ground

@stangaston9033 11 күн бұрын

You need a cheap drain valve on the pool. Maybe PVC with a ball valve.

@lexi4693 12 күн бұрын

Need to get you a field donkey. They are great keeping predators out their spaces.

@pjklawitter7398 12 күн бұрын

Watch my babies with the sudan grass forage. Great video!

@shannons1301 12 күн бұрын

You could try a trash can root cellar for your potatoes it works very well, just get a large trash can , drill holes in the bottom to allow humidity and air flow, then dig a hole and burry it to the lid, and layer the potatoes in layers with wood chips to the top, i had some to the top in below zero temps and none of them froze, keeps them fresh for a long time, can find videos on KZfaq

@CountryViewAcres 11 күн бұрын

yes, I have considered doing that too.

@kd5inm 12 күн бұрын

Yay! Good to see Rebekah on video! All of us Rebekah fans miss her lol.

@shoutingatclouds1050 12 күн бұрын

In the new pasture have the electric fence ready to pull across and quarter the pasture when the (first) bovine stops grazing. If you don't have time to watch the cows grazing you could probably use a trail cam to see how fast the cows are moving for more pasture but please don't let them get bloated. Your sheep look really good, really above average.

@tommychew6544 12 күн бұрын

I've seen other people worried about that sorghum as well, sounds like something to keep an eye on.

@ronatwell5379 12 күн бұрын

Suggestion for a steer name Firecracker.

@jimmieusaf-pol5818 11 күн бұрын

That plasma cutter makes short work of cutting that pipe. I was thinking as your sheep flock grows, if it wouldn't be easier to have some border collies, that are trained to round them up for you, and maybe be watch dogs as well. Having retired from your other full time job, it has got to be easier to get things done around the farm, and not feel like you're always behind on things around the farm, but with so much to do, that probably comes with the farming life I'm thinking. I love me some lamb chops, and learned to like them after spending some time on several occasions over in the Middle East, since they seem to have more of that than beef. I miss seeing you all fishing in the pond, but guess with that duck weed and the fish kill, it makes it harder to fish and there aren't many in there and those that are still in there are probably not very big. I always liked fishing in farm ponds for big bass and blue gill, unless the pond had some crappie in it.

@rossnolan2883 12 күн бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊

@raulsalinas7364 12 күн бұрын

Is that a special socket for the fence tie down wire. I enjoy your videos

@CountryViewAcres 11 күн бұрын

here are links to the clips and tool www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/bekaert-fence-t-post-clips-500-ct-658869 www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/bekaert-drill-chuck-for-fence-clips-658870-1634850

@user-dk2wv4eh8u 12 күн бұрын

Plenty of time to replant those beans

@DavidRobinson-mx6cl 12 күн бұрын

Nice job with the animals , team work makes the dream work ! Awesome looking pasture too 😊🙏👍❤️

@loulauer5853 12 күн бұрын

Nice work on that forage field! Looks like good eats for quite a while. Could you share the make/model of that fridge/freezer unit? I could sure use one just like that.

@CountryViewAcres 11 күн бұрын

www.lowes.com/pd/Midea-17-cu-ft-Frost-Free-Convertible-Upright-Freezer-Re/1001272580

@loulauer5853 11 күн бұрын

@@CountryViewAcres Thank you sir!

@PtHough 12 күн бұрын

You are getting into a routine now you are full time. Well done.

@dalewallace3812 12 күн бұрын

From past scrapping experience if you are going to haul any oil field pipe for scrap most junk yards will run a Geiger counter over the pipe because they say pipe that has had oil ran through it, it will have traces of radioactivity if it reads on their Geiger counter they will reject the whole load

@denp54z 12 күн бұрын

Radon exposure