Thanks for sharing. My family would turn a chair upside down.

I love hearing your stories about the olden days. It's wonderful that your recording them for prosperity. I pray you're downloading all your episodes as backup in case something happens to this platform. I would love for you to have this wealth of knowledge and wisdom spoken in a calm, relaxed, and real Appalachian accent. I learned ways to rally the town in case of danger. Community is all we have now.

Being a good daddy is more important than anything you can do and enjoy them.

My father, uncles, and aunties used to leave a note when they went to visit and didn't find anyone at home. The note ALWAYS read... "I was here and you were not. Now you are here and I am not". More than a few times they missed each other because they both were going to visit the other. How they didn't pass on the road I don't know.

Enjoyed the beautiful sounds of the evening!

When We Used To Go Visiting With My Parents And Someone Wasn't Home We Would Leave A Note In The Door. So Sorry For Your Loss. Praying 🙏

Just do what you can and don't worry about them other ones

Thank you for sharing those nice memories.

Thanks for the shoutout Brother…Jerry is a fine man, very Godly! I was lucky to meet his daughter Linda 23 years ago…I married her… she is so much like her Dad. We enjoyed meeting your daughters…very precious

I would love to see more of your homesteading type videos and tales of old times 😊

Sometimes I wish we all could go back to the old ways, before cell phone, cable TV, and Internet. It’s sad that the only time we see a lot of relatives is when there is a death in the family. I’m glad you got to spend time with some of your kin recently. Take care and you and the girls have a great weekend!

Wonderful stories, we have lost so much in this modern busy world when it comes to community and being neighborly. Thank you for sharing.

Hi, I’ve watched a few of your stories. I really like them. Bushcraft sent us here and I’m glad. God Bless. ❤

Sorry for your loss my brother, but I enjoyed hearing those stories you shared with us. 😇🙏🏻 God bless you & the girls. 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇❤️👍🏻

Thank you Justin..I love all your stories, thanks for sharing….love to Virginia and Charlotte…❤️❤️❤️

They told me the reason for ringing the bell the person's age is so the community could figure out who had passed. If someone had been ailing about that age.

Thanks for sharing. God bless.

My Grandpaw didn't have a phone when I was young. I remember Grandmaw getting a letter from her sister telling her that her husband had to be in court and wanted Grandpaw to come to courthouse to be with him. Times have shore changed. I liked it better back then. Thanks for another great video

I had to look up your channel again. I thought you left KZfaq. They unsuscribed me. So glad I found you again. Sorry about your loss🌻

We still do it! We put something in front of the door. All the family does this!

Life will keep you Busy Justin.... People will understand that you are doing the best that you can. On top of all your Responsibilities, you try to keep all of Us entertained !!! You're doing a great job, just take it one Day at a time, one Prayer at a time ... We Appreciate You & all those people wanting the Mills up and running, well they have understand all the work that goes into one of them !!! Patience & Love is the hardest thing for people to Extend to others. Yet People want everything Right Now, fast food, fast lives & they forget a Product of a Man requires Love & Patience ... Because his Heart goes into it ... Don't let People trouble your Heart, keep it one day at a time...One Prayer at a time !!! We Appreciate you 🇺🇸

I look forward to buying one of your mills in the future!! God bless you and the girls and ❤ from Maryland!!

Love learning about the old ways from you. Truly a wealth of knowledge. Thank you!

Journey On My Friend! Love every story!❤😊

Howdy y’all- there’s a lot of customs that come from the old country that might have changed a bit over the years but still recognizable. I remember when people didn’t all have telephones here and the going and visiting. That was always a big treat for us. Hope y’all have a great weekend. God bless

Really enjoy the stories and all the information you convey! ❤

In my family, every funeral is a little family reunion...sad, but good too.

Sad but funeral viewings are usually reunions, but that’s ok! Never heard about the bell ringing or the chair against the well! Good neighbors in a community digging a grave, that’s exactly the way it was! Keep the videos coming. Blessings to you and the girls✝️

Thanks for sharing. Would love for a lot of that to come back around. Especially when people had patience.

Love the old day storys from my dad. very poor no phones, Hallelujah! I never had a phone growing up. we all helped each other. wish people were like that now days.

The way things are going, there wont be much appalachian culture in 50 years. Glad ur documenting it

Village churches in England used to ring out the number of years of someone who had just died. People could sometimes work out who had died from the number of rings particularly when they knew someone had not been well.

Thanks for sharing these stories with us Justro!

I was thinking about modern distractions yesterday while the pup was taking me for a walk on the mountain. We were just following his nose not doing much but wandering around. A bee bumped me and we moved over missing a nest. I can't tell you how many times I've been stung, and if I think back, something real small bumped me just before that. He had done all he could to say "Hey Bigfoot!" We do spend a good bit of time with the real stuff drowned out, there's a show going on all around us all the time. (Now his first ground bee nest, I was on the porch and saw him scampering and rubbing his face in the grass. But he was confused, he didn't know what was happening. I had to call him, and then the show began. An old man, a puppy, and a swarm of bees running a hundred yard dash!) I did take the mill truck to the county fair, we had a good time, I think folks enjoyed it. I've resupplied a few folks already. We headed down south and around your neighborhood a week or so ago heading for a wedding in Atlanta. The family had been seeing pictures and hearing about me building the mill truck, so, there's fresh cornmeal down south and on the west coast now :). Justro, the only thing I can do with rocks is make little 'uns out of big 'uns. I'm an old carpenter and sawmiller and I believe in what you are doing. I know about keeping stuff in house and appreciate what that does for making things right, but feel free to holler if those hands can lighten the load on your community mill project. We were rebuilding an apple grinder last week, apples are coming.

We should all be keepers of the old ways! These new ones do not impress me one bit! Gods blessings for you and your girls to have a great weekend!

Thank You. I love talking to my family, we are an old family. God Bless and stay safe.

Great story, I miss hearing the old Church bells ring, when I was growing up on Sunday mornings you would hear our church bell ring all over the valley, Letting the neighbors know it was almost Church time.

Good video

Whew. Where'd the week go. Can't believe it's Friday again. I enjoy fun fact Fridays. Take care.

So glad you got together with more family. So sorry for your losts. We used to call a neighbor in NY to ck on a Aunt the neighbor and her also had a thing if the front window blind or drapes wasn't open she was alling or something was wrong. Have a blessed weekend . ❤️🙏

What beautiful stories!! I love the olden ways, also, and have always lived that way, as you do. You just keep on being you. God first, daughters, second. I am in awe as to how well the three of you are doing. God and love go a long way.

Thank you for sharing the story! Keep up the good work

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When someone died, you “tolled” the bell.

Justro, I haven’t been on in quite a few months(been really busy myself). Still love your idea and your videos. Thanks:).

Hope you can get your mills goin soon. Life is full of responsibilities for sure!! Your girls are priority one and that’s just the way it should be. But you should consider doing updates on where your project is. Whether there’s change in it or not. Some considered it to be a project to support and for that alone should be given the respect of notification whether there’s change or not. You have a great Channel here and I for one enjoy your content, but asking about your project doesn’t always point to negativity, but may be just pure interest in where you are. Be Blessed Brother and keep up the good work!!

Sorry for your loss. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers. Great story

I enjoy watching your channel, by the the way i love your accent.

The porch rockers were up against the wall to keep the chickens off. There was nothing worse than coming home to find a neighbor waiting to visit only to find chicken poop in the rocker. When I was a child we always knew when someone wasn't home by the position of the porch rockers.

Hi Justin. In your planting sorghum video where you were cleaning your seed for planting, you mentioned a deglumer you built to remove the inner hulls. Did you ever make a video about the deglumer? I'd love to see it.

You just continue to be true to the Lord and your girls and everything else will fall into place. I love your videos and stories. And, you have the best smile! 😀 keep up the good work, leave the naysayers behind.

Thank you so much for sharing this story. It was such a blessing meeting you and the girls finally. Im so blessed to be a part of this family for 30 years. ❤❤❤ ps can you send a jar of the pickled banana peppers home with the girls tomorrow 😂 AND them maters are so pretty. ❤ yummm❤

Justin, I'm so sorry for your family's loss. But I'm glad y'all were able to spend time together. Those stories about the rocking chairs and church bells are great reminders about how life was slower and people were closer to each other before technology took off. I do remember as a child that sitting on the porch together on Sundays and visiting family and friends was just part of the fabric of life. Your story about the church bells reminds me of how blessed I am to live in a neighborhood with several churches and they ring their bells and chimes at certain times of the day every day of the week, as well as at weddings and funerals. For instance, the Catholic Church chimes a hymn every day at 3:00 pm, "The Hour of Divine Mercy", the hour Jesus died. It's so comforting and grounding in these crazy times. It not only feels grounding to the Lord in the present, but I also feel a little more grounded to the past and its traditions.There was a time in Europe when no building in a town was allowed to be higher than the church steeple. The church was always the tallest building in every town as a reminder. I always pause to listen when the bells and chimes go off if I can. It's so comforting. (Don't worry about the mill pressure.It will happen when it happens. I can see that it would be an absolute learning experience bringing all that together. People often project their own expectations with no understanding.)❤

Sure wish I had one of those tomatoes on some white bread and Duke's mayonnaise salt lot of pepper ❤ what kind of tomato are those

Hi Justin, thank you for those stories. I think Id be a bit crazy for wondering who had come to visit! Maybe just don't tip the chair when coming to my place, ha. Anyway, fun stuff hear about for sure:)

I'm new but so far your channel is great!

Enjoyed the video.... look at them Maters!!!

The mills project was always a when you had time kind of thing I thought, I reckon people just like asking the same thing over and over to pester people. Haven’t made a comment in awhile but sorry to hear about your grandmothers half sister but I do appreciate what you passed on from jerry. Thanks for the upload as always brother.

Really enjoy your videos! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and gifts.

On the Mills issue, I was wondering if you had been able to get the millstones, that had 18months backorder or something. Can't build mills without millstones.

Where are you? Haven’t see a video recently! Hope everything is going well!!

So sorry. Ptayers

Our family would put something in front of your door