“Mmmm… this is awesome chicken.” . . . Hens clucking nervously in the background. ;)

The chicken looked amazing! As the hen walked in the background of the grill, I said " girl, you better keep on walking " 😀

The joys of electric fence and hauling hay!! $40 a bale is great. I am working on my gas 656 with loader this week. The exhaust manifold was cracked. I got a new one from Steiner. Ordered on Monday, came on Wednesday. For a week, I shot penetrating oil on the bolts twice a day. They came out fairly easily. But the new manifold had a 2 1/2 inch outlet, and no hardware store carries this size, so I had to drive 20 miles to a plumbing supply store and then they didn't have the 2 1/2 to 2 adapter to get into the muffler, so two trips. I put the last 66 bales in the barn last night after hauling them to the farm Sunday. Thought I would take the rest of the day off, but my son in law needed help, so I hauled 12 semi loads of corn from the field to the bins, taking an empty truck back each time. Three steps up and down out of the truck is great fun as we age. Of course the roads are single lane gravel with steep ditches and telephone poles just aching to catch a semi trailer. Farming sure is fun.

One of the things I love about being on a farm Pete is that you really have to know a bit about everything otherwise you’ll spend a fortune on repairs. Carpentry, fencing, plumbing, mechanical, horticulture, livestock the list goes on of things that happen on a farm. Like you I have a good base of knowledge and am not shy about having to learn something new. Thank god for KZfaq and now we get to share our experiences on KZfaq too. Chad.

You have no right making me this hungry for dinner this early in the morning. That is a bird suitable for a Christmas dinner.

I would imagine that having a barn full of hay gives the same good vibes as having a pantry fully stocked of food.

Hi Pete. I really enjoy your videos, keep 'em coming! I'm very interested in your comment about how you would change the farm layout if you could do it all over again. Maybe you could expand your farmer/architect thoughts on what you would change in the next rainy day video?

never stops making me grin to hear your tractor start and run. LOVE that sound!

Spent hours and hours over the years walking the pasture fence for our dairy herd. Chopping weeds and brush off the wire with the hedge clippers, cutting the grass with a gas powered weed wacker, dragging limbs off the fence every time time the wind blew, and cutting downed tress off with the chainsaw. Generally got Poison Ivy as a bonus. The cows have a designated fence checker who alerts the rest of the herd when the fence is not working.

Warm and fussy memory with thawing of the chicken. That's how my Mom did it 5 decades ago. Wow! Mmmmmm... feels good!

Simple way to find a short in an electric fence is to use an old am radio, the static will get worse the closer you get to the short, you can actually hear it pop through the radio when you get close

Iv been a farmer most of my life and it’s still addicting to watch you teach the basics

So glad I found this channel. This guy is funny

Pete, you are an anchor of peace in a world of hurt.

Oh my.... That chicken looks divine.... I'll be right over... :) Thanks for sharing...

I sure did need this farm detail today. Uplifts my Spirit😊

I always look forward to each video you put out Pete, thank you. One of our beautiful cats, Angie, a gorgeous and sweet calico, mostly white with markings on her face and tail only, she had green eyes that were just so lovely, well she got out the other night and wouldn’t you know it a coyote got her and we discovered her on the front lawn. She was really gorgeous like Ezra. We live in suburban SoCal, lived here 7 years and never once saw a coyote, but apparently they are here. We do have a pair of hawks that were displaced here when the Calabasas fire broke out 3 years ago… have seen raccoons, an occasional possum and of course reddish grey squirrels…but never a coyote. She’ll always be in our hearts though, just one unlucky night.

Pete, thanks again for letting us farm with you, I do miss driving tractors on our old farm, the way you edit (or who ever does it) makes it feel like we are starting the tractors up too. Thought it was ironic to see you eating chicken while future meals are watching you unknowingly having a glimpse at their own future.

Glad you help your wife by preparing the protein for dinner nightly. 👍

Lol..... Taking that chicken out of the grill with its brothers and sisters walking around in the back ground was pretty darn funny....

Thank you Pete thank you Hillary you're my scape Sundays some days I must shut him God bless you

I was checking the electric fence and it was for hogs so they tend to root dirt on it. I cleared the short and as I did I brushed my forehead on the feeder line. The path to ground was my central nervous system and it hit like a jackhammer. I’m flopping around on the ground and hoping that no one witnessed my flailing. “Ho Ho Ho, Ha Hah Ho!” My buddy Randy was nearly in convulsions of laughter at my predicament.

Chickens in the background: awww sheeeit

The best birthday present I could ask for is to spend a week on the farm lord it would bring back memories from my grandpa farm in ga

Thanks Pete! This morning we got introduced to the Nitrogen cycle in class and their lights came on when I mentioned you hauling out the manure to the fields and spreading it! It only made it better when they got to see this video and you bringing in outside nutrients in the bought hay, thereby raising the N level in your Just A Few Acres Nitrogen pool. Thanks again!

Hi Peter. Your cows will appreciate the bales of hay next winter! What you cut and what you needed to buy. Eat up guys & girls. And that chicken and how you cooked it! Looked yummy.

Barn full of hay..makes happy days

That’s a great looking chicken.

I like your videos when you cook! On the downside,it always makes me hungry 😁😁

Love your video's Pete. You always show us a little about everything. God bless.

Thanks for sharing my friend god bless you and your family

Ha Ha, eating a chicken in front of another chicken. That chicken was thinking "Wait! We're safe, that was a broiler chicken."

Eating chicken in front of chickens lol you're a savage 🤣

I hit play just after putting one of our Cornish cross chickens in the crock pot. Great minds think alike! 😁

I'm checking back every morning for a new video. I can't wait to find out the problem with the fence.

That chicken walking by when you were cutting and eating that chicken! Lol she was like WTHello is that Auntie????? Your eating Auntie!!!!!! Lol

Another great video! Now to get back reading your book; 100 pages completed and gets more interesting each chapter. Good day to sit back to read.. it’s raining here on the east coast of south Florida. God Bless the Larson family!

Hay there Pete !

Pete, another great video. When I was growing up spent a lot of time in the hay loft. Built a lot of forts with hay bales, even would spend some nights reading and sleeping in the hay loft. Good times.

I wish all recipes were as simple as that! I guess it's easy when you put in the hard work to grow a great product first. Wish we had taste-o-vision!

Thinking ahead about what's for dinner makes the day go by faster in anticipation of what you grilled.

Great video as always! You mentioned that if you knew it would be a working farm you would have set things up differently. I think we’d all be very interested in hearing how a farmer/architect would set up things to maximize productivity, privacy and general happy farm - family life!

Love Boise State! You’re over there and I’m here. Thanks for flying the colors!

LOVE the Florida State t-shirt!!! Looks good on you Pete

Time flies watching these videos.

Good morning Pete thanks for the video have a great day

Hay is like firewood....You can never have enough...

Great Video...So relaxing to watch. THANKS !!!!

Love the sound of the tractor as it changes over to diesel

Looks like a beautiful day for you. Loved the drone shots. Btw, hold off dinner for 15 minutes...I’m on my way! 😂🤣😝🥰

You make great videos. Thanks so much - in a crazy world you are a peaceful watch.

The last thing you want to feed your animals is some moldy ass hay! Now Im remembering all the things grandpa told me when I was little. I guess: the memory remains..

glad to see you wearing an FSU shirt on your daily chores wife and daughter are alumni. I was born in Syracuse lived in both So. Onondaga and Skaneateles now living in central Fl for 54 yrs I love watching your u tube and the old farmalls

Your comment about the chicken at the end made me think of something. We wouldn't need 10M condiments on the shelves at the store if the meat & other foods didn't taste like slurry. Regards!

Like watching your videos, and your common sense comments, take care , and have a great day. Brenda Summers USA.

Beautiful chicken! Another great video Pete. Thanks.

Riding the fence line just like a cowboy 🐂

13:42 Anyone notice the morbid irony of roasting and carving up chicken in view of its friends? :O

I realize it is none of my business, but have you thought of putting some boards up on the inside of your posts in your tool shed where you stack your rolls of hay to keep from accidentally pushing against the metal siding? It makes me cringe everytime I see it. Ha ha ha. I love your down to earth videos.

My first thought about the short in the electric fence is that it's caused by tall grass, alfalfa or weeds out in the field touching the fence. When I was young my dad would send us out with corn knives to cut the weeds along the electric fence. We had to do that every few weeks to keep up with the weeds.

Thanks for the great videos. We have 3 miles of electric fence. We installed insulated gate hooks which makes isolating specific areas faster with no shock. We use the same tester as you.

I lived in the burbs if Philly in the 60's One of the best memories I had was working for a farmer Bailing Hay. The great improvement was getting a Bail launcher that would CACHUNK! launch the bail to the wagon, then it would just need to be stacked. NOT picked up or dragged from the chute to the Wagon. We were lining high. Great Vid and Great way of life. Respects!

What a great day

Another great video. I learn so much from you. Thank you!

Thanks for the video Pete 👍

Ha! I have the same fence tester and stick it to my face to see the lights as well !

Thank you for sharing your chores with us today. I enjoyed that.

That was mouth watering 😋.... Here is Joke for you ... what does Farmer Pete do for recreation? RE PETE yesterday.. hope you have a wonderful day

Great electric lesson thanks..

Pete, your a good guy. Thanks for your time. Chicken looks wonderful.

I absolutely adore your little farm! You are so kind to your animals and that is wonderful to see 😊 Wish I didn’t live all the way across the country so I could be a customer 🤭

Your videos are a breath of fresh (farm fresh!) air! God bless!

Hello Pete THANKS for the videos its a motivator for all of us that Homestead or Farm

Thank you for the video

Thanks. We started using electric net fencing with a set up similar to yours, so this helps me understand a bit better how to trouble shoot.

Hey Pete! Sure enjoy your visits! Love from SC!

You sure know how to make someone hungry!

Again thanks for sharing your farm life. Makes me feel proud to be a farmer like you. Your business practices are excellent along with your farming.

We are on the same page about storing hay. It's green gold the old neighbors used to say.

This is awesome! I hope to be a farmer like you sooner , thanks.

Here in New Zealand our handheld fence testers tell you the direction of the current flow, helps narrow down the shorts.

It's great that you have inside storage for your hay.

Pete thats what dad and I do what leftover we got we put that for next winter

Very smart and wise...

Great video thanks for sharing

Thank you, Pete, for sharing! We always learn so much from you! We are young farm girls learning the ropes! It seems the hard lessons learned are the ones we remember! Diagnosing the electric fencing problems is not a fun job! Thank you for the inspiration! Blessings!

Very nice of you to unload the hay in a way to keep the driver from waiting.

Really enjoy your videos!

Eating the chicken in front of the chickens? HA I love your videos!

Thank you!

That crispy skin on that chicken.. darn i want it all :D

Well done you are a hard worker keep it up

awesome video Pete. Keep it up

Glad you got lots of hay this year. I know you were having a hard time with hay over the winter. I stocked up on as much hay as I could this year as well.

You my friend are a great farmer and great at you tube as well! Great personality for it! Greatest you tube entertainer for the year😉

Your chicken looked wonderful and your life is hard work but well worth the effort. Great video

Hopefully you take us along to finish the fence !! Your chicken looks awesome !! The 🐄 should eat well this winter .. miss the wife..

Winner winner chicken dinner.

Almost makes a feller ask if you can grow your own hay for less than $40/bale with a nice big/tight bale like that? Makes a feller feel good to have it stored up, AND a smokey/tasty yard bird on a platter too !

The expression on the rooster at the end was interesting.