I watch a lot of YT homestead channels, and you guys are top 3. I love how simple it is. Not over produced and very thoughtful content. Thank you.

Y’all are a breath of fresh air! Keep the wonderful content coming! You underestimate what you guys give to us. So nice to see down to earth people being honest about the good and ‘bad”. Showing us we aren’t alone in our ways, learning and life/homesteading is so helpful. Please don’t let the haters online get to you. God Bless you all ❤

I think you guys make some of the best videos!!! Especially compared to all of the homesteading videos I watch routinely.

I really enjoy seeing how loving and uplifting he is to his beautiful wife 😍

As I wrote yesterday, I'm so glad I found your channel on youtube. You are such a sweet couple and I have already learned from you. We started running our small farm 10 years ago when we were both 50 years old. We have no regrets, We are fine, but we still have something to learn. You guys are amazing, I love your channel and am already spending so much time watching your videos. I always dreamed of homeschooling my kids, but that's not allowed in Germany. I still dream of homeschooling my grandchildren. I send you warm greetings from Germany and look forward to your videos. God protect you and your children.

You should contact Kaylee at The Honeystead. She is a real good bee keeper and I think she could help you very much.

I love your channel. I feel truly inspired and not talked “down to” during the videos. I love that you don’t know it all and share that with us. You’re always asking for suggestions. I think you’ll go far with this type of attitude. Also, I enjoy watching BOTH of you equally. You both have gifts for teaching and communicating. So fun to watch. Thank you!

Fellow Buckeye. It is great to see a young couple with good family values. Gives me hope for the future.

Listen guys, you are a success story. Your videos are really great and what’s very important to me, the respectful communication between you two. Sure we all miss targets, the amount of work you two are handling together with the parental responsibilities …….. wow, it’s ginormous. Thank you for sharing your household with us, it’s appreciated. Look after yourselves and god bless. Greetings from Germany

It's so interesting how many homesteading wives actually hate cooking. I was watching another farmer's wife saying how much she too hates cooking. It's such a huge part of farming that I do wonder how these ladies manage. Personally, I absolutely LOVE cooking and food preservation. The kitchen is my favorite place.

Hives: You have to insulate them for winter and put up a wind/snow guard. Add pollen Pattie’s or other food that won’t freeze:

I’ve just binge watched every episode on this channel and it truly has helped me on my homestead journey. Thank you for all that y’all do!

One thing that is important is I see you work together. You will accomplish more that way.

I've been impressed with your YT channel, specifically because you're not "perfect", whatever THAT is, so you're coming across as very real and human. I find many YT channels are boring not because of content, but because they don't show the real struggle we all go through. I have lived on my property for longer than I can even believe, since I was 7 years old (I am now 73), and I STILL struggle with meeting my goals, with the weeds, and getting my food preserved, all of it. This year, everything was hit by flooding in Vermont, so I won't even GO there. I'll just say that my garden has seen better years, ha ha! But your personalities shine through in your videos, and that is what will make people gravitate to your channel, I believe. By the way, I just subscribed to your channel, because it's real. Carry on, guys!

One thing to be very careful of. Walnut tree's. Nothing grows around an established walnut tree because of the tannins they put out. Love your channel!!!!

I’m very grateful to have found your channel. I’m a homeschooling, mini homesteader and I find the juggle with going out to homeschool activities versus being home to complete all the tasks to be full on. Hearing you say you don’t leave the property a lot during the week is refreshing!

Please do not stress so you are sure to enjoy each other and the journey....you both are doing Fantastic!!

I absolutely love your dynamic. There are very few homestead channels that include both husband and wife (especially in the same episode, rather than each doing their own) and I love the energy between the two of you. Even if I'm not interested in anything that you're doing at the time, even if you're preparing foods that aren't foods to me, the relationship between the two of you and the relationships between you and your children is such a fun, positive and lively thing to watch. I appreciate your transparency and your willingness to interrupt your life to share your family and your journey.

Any one who looks back can see all of the things they have not gotten done. The most important thing to do is to look back and give yourselves credit for all of the thing you HAVE gotten done. Just making it thru the week when you have so much to do is a great job done!!!! Keep doing what you are doing and being who you are. God bless y'all and keep growing. Spend time with the children, they grow up too fast.

When you have partners that are passionate about a sustainable lifestyle then the end result is truly amazing - Raajih from Hermanus South Africa❤

Love the dreamboard. And the overwhelmed feeling is mutual haha. We only got our property a few months ago so I have to keep telling myself that things happen slow and steady and celebrate the small wins. Remember to rest and chill every so often, especially in the winter!

Cool beans, I’m on our worship team as well. 🥁🥁🥁. You should do a vid on how you motivate each other. How HE is part of how your whole family makes it through everyday struggles. (Your testimony) Just like gardening, sometimes we have to prune the bad away and the good will flourish by HIS hand. Great job kids! 🐎🐎🦅🪶🕊

Hey guys! I think everyone knows the feeling of "I haven´t done enough". We only have 2 kids and a small balcony garden, two jobs and no pets. But we do feel overwhelmed sometimes, and there is always something to be improved upon. Or at least we all feel that way. Watching your videos makes me very happy and helps me dream of the garden I want to have some day. I´m in awe of all the things you do. Keep going, you are awesome! Much love

I just got tired from all your goals😂 But since I roll the same way I totally understand. Actually it made me feel that I am not alone with all the things I want to accomplish at my beginning stage of a hobby farm. Thanks for sharing!

You are doing a GREAT job on the editing and story telling. Love your videos...so much so that I am trying not to compare! You are spot on about why homesteading matters...keep up the good work!!! You guys are awesome!

I really like seeing you two laugh and giggle with each other

I think you’re a great KZfaqr! You have a creative skill. Keep it up!

You guys are my new fav. We just moved to a homestead that’s somewhat established and this is all new to us. We also live in Ohio so it’s cool to be able to relate :)

You are the most inspiring and beautiful family ever!! God blessed you so richly with one another, the wonderful way you work together, the obvious love for one another, and on top of it all ,- your faith!! God bless, bless, bless you!!

All that food! I need a course on that.

"We figured out this year that our kids are growing" 🤣🤣🤣 I spent the next few minutes laughing at this one so I actually had to rewind and re-listen to what came after it. As a mom of four kids who are also growing, I can completely relate and totally appreciate that revelation! 😉 My oldest turns 15 this year, my youngest is 6. It doesn't get any easier. 😁 💕 Brace yourselves now for new and exciting adventures!

I farmed for 45 years. (I'm 71 now and a useless eater. 🙂) Anyway, I just found your channel and it's top of the line stuff. Now I just 'farm' a big garden. If I can keep the grizzlies out, I'm doing good! A tip on planting young pine trees - water the hell out of them, and don't think snow will water them in winter, But my main tip is to kill all grass at least 3 feet all the way around them. When they are little, the grasses take up all the moisture and nutrients. If you notice big pine trees on lawns, the lawns are dead under them. Shade is a factor but that big tree takes all the moisture and nutrients from the grass. We can, root cellar, dehydrate, etc. One thing I haven't seen you guys do is a freeze dryer. I know - the EXPENSE!! I was the same - until I got one. Talk about making the dehydrator obsolete. The big advantage is not needing so much freezer space and even a root cellar. People are freeze drying stuff in their freezers before freezer burn gets it! A Christmas idea - one year Dad got Mom an engraved saddle for Christmas. She was so impressed that she got him a nice sewing machine for Fathers Day. Cheers! :-)

Guys l'm so proud of you, a young couple with so many ideas for a homesteads success. I'm a ex farmer and l just love your plans into the future..well done and God bless..

your mindset makes us feel this is achievable to anyone willing to put in the effort and be patient with the process.. i mostly love when you discuss the past errors and improvements youve made. These answer so many questions to those who are still planning in their heads.. Love your content and the whole purpose of your homestead. Well done!!

Your show is awesome. I watch it daily (or at least 4-5 times a week) and I've fallen in love with it. Super Great Show on the KZfaq.

The dream board is a great idea❤

I love the way you are meal planning. Today is 01/01/2024 and I’m really looking forward to following your Chanel this year!

Alot of people think they are lactose intolerant or allergic to milk who aren't. Thought my youngest son was one of those. The problem was he loved milk and would sneak it. Because his symptoms weren't anaphylactic and he refused to drink fake milks I still kept milk in the house (mostly very phlegmy coughing that lasted an hour or so after drinking. Annoying and not good for him but not deadly). Long story shorter, we found out that if he drank that nasty tasting, blue-tinged non fat milk he was symptom free. Was talking about with hospital coworkers when dietician at next table interjected that he might actually be allergic to an antibiotic instead because the antibiotics used in cattle remain in the fat in milk. Turned out he was allergic to penicillin. Later I began dating a dairy farmer and when I was at the farm learning how things worked I found out that he didn't throw out the milk from cows on antibiotics because it would be too costly for them as a business. Yes, it is a law that they have to throw it away. But the inspector would let mom know in advance when the inspections/testing of his milk would be and on those days only he would throw it away. He felt that the processing of the milk eliminated any problems. Don't know whether that was just one bad inspector willing to let a friend know or whether it's standard. But even if you have one bad dairyman and 100 who follow the rules all their milk gets mixed together at the processing plant and even though the bad milk is diluted you may still have non life threatening reactions leading you to believe you are lactose intolerant or allergic. We switched to organic milk and no more problems. Would have preferred raw milk like I grew up with but not available in our area. After kids moved out I went back to regular milk to save money. Even though I have milder allergies to antibiotics than my son I had never had an issue. Assumed that there just wasn't enough antibiotics to be an issue. In the last couple years I began having painful gut issues. When I returned to organic milk those gut issues cleared up.

I learned this summer from another KZfaqr that Neem oil is wonderful to keep on hand. It’s an organic product. At first sign of powdery mildew you spray both sides of the leaves and bam….it stops it in it’s tracks.

I really appreciate the realness of this video.

Love your videos! Just found your channel and love the simplicity and calmness in your videos! What an awesome place to raise your family!

Your content is great from what I've seen so far!

I'd love to see your process for building the bee hives.

The hoop house could grow the pine trees, lilacs, blueberries, strawberries, lemons, grapes, extras to sell to help pay off your home. Plus cucumbers. ;.)

I would definitely like to see more content about the property costs, growing specifically in ohio, things to do in your part of Ohio. As far as a mini course definitely more in depth of how you build your gardens stuff…. The raised beds the plantar boxes by the house the grape and raspberry trellis bee boxes

Hello from Australia. I watch alot of homestead channels and yours is by far my favourite. My husband and I brought a farm this year. We have 3 kids and look to your channel for homesteading information because we have a lot to learn . You always seems to have a video on what we need to know and explained in a way that’s always easy to understand. Keep up the excellent content. ❤

I am so happy I found your guys channel!! Love it so much

You guys are fantastic. Thanks so much for your videos. I’m learning a lot. You’ve really inspired me.

The fort is looking so good!!!!!

Thank you two for all your videos. You guys are doing a great job. Your showing me that I can do homesteading even in a small yard of a townhouse.

You're doing great on the videos, and the new plans will be fun to watch. I have so much planned for next year and its getting overwhelming so I feel what your feeling. Cowboy just need lots of attention and exercise. Keep up the good work.

I didn't spray my apple tree's. I planted comfry near them (at the base actually) I have beautiful apples and no bugs or ants.

We would like to learn to do bees. Can you do some videos on that please?

I'm surprised you didn't add getting your cow bred in this video! 😆 I'm in the midst of the AI fiasco with two of mine right now too. Love the recognition you gave your wife ❤️ you could use a cattle panel bent over to make a trellis secured on the four corners to t posts. I would just zip tie them or use bailing wire. Could even do grapes on the trellis 😊 love to see the video of jerky this year. Thanks for sharing.

Cody your YT channel is awesome 🎉🎉🎉

Just found your channel, We are so impressed with you and your family.

Homeschooling was a great experience for our family.

I just found your channel recently and came across this video. Making jerky is one of my favorites when we butcher rabbits. I make a salt brine and soak the belly meat and thinly slice the back strap unrolling it to make a large piece. After brining for half a day at least, I season to taste and put in the dehydrator overnight. Checking on it to see the consistency and flipping it over partway in the drying process.

New subscriber as of today! Love your content. I notice just since I have been watching you today, you have over 1,000 new subscribers!

Good Job Guys!! Thank you SO much for sharing with us🙏

I just found you all a couple days ago and really enjoying your channel and I hope you inspire more young people to get out there and grow things., I think you all would enjoy Three Rivers Homestead she has 8 children and seems to balance it all out with homeschooling and food preservation, she may inspire you to fire up that Canner more often. I live in the city but grow as much as I can with the space I have. I am a prepper but not for doomsday scenario's but for natural disasters and financial. I just lost my husband a month ago but am not at all worried about food while processing insurance claims. I have 3 freezers full and canned fruits veggies and meats. I could easily go without shopping for a year if I needed to. I love Broccoli and it's something I buy every week at the store just planted some for a fall crop first time just some generic dollar store seeds to learn how this year but growing it will save me money in the long run. Keep putting those videos out and keep inspiring people to learn. Anna In Ohio

You two r My favorite KZfaqrs right now❤😊

You both are amazing and very inspiring. Love your videos very much.❤

As a new KZfaqr, I am learning so much from your videos about how to create quality content. I have a long way to go to get to your level.

You both do a great job of making interesting and educational videos.

Crockpots are a Time saver for cooking. You can get one of those Light Timers and plug in your Morning Steal Cut oatmeal to turn on and off ! More than one Crockpot helps as well. To this day I love the Chili Recipe with the Chili powder and cumin powder. You can even just make a veggie and bean chili no meat. Dutch Oven Chicken is my favorite and I add the Sweet Potatos and celery in 1 hour befor done. Chicken is only done when the chicken leg bone comes out of socket " Effortlessly ! If you have to tug - It is not cooked. The oven roasting juices make excellent Chicken broth which in a refrigerated state should be like jello. Low temperature roasting in Dutch oven is fun. I love your channel !

I love watching you both on videos. Thanks for sharing. I really loved this one ❣

😆 I love the outtakes at the end. Those are some great goals. I was very overwhelmed this year and need to sit down and organize my thoughts as well. I can't imagine growing grapes will be very hard. They grow like weeds around here. We have some that were on a piece of property that didn't have any water for a very long time and they are still alive. They're probably 70-year-old plants. We got a couple hundred pounds of grapes off them this year.

Your transparency is so appreciated 🙌🏻🙏🏻

New to your channel. I really enjoy your gardening topics and all of your homesteading projects. I love all your videos.

I love your videos! Your home is beautiful! Did you build it? You all work so hard and good to see you are productive.

I love the digital dream board on your editing computer! This is something I will do for my farm and channel this year. Thank you for that

I am hooked on your channel, so I guess your a very good you tuber!!! 👍

Love you guys!😊

I’m enjoying your journeyings so much! Thank you for sharing! We live in Detroit and volunteer at a nearby Urban Farm. They have a lot of success with bees. I know you like building your own, but you may want to reach out to Rescue Michigan Nature Now for some tips. I’ll look for their website. Keep up the good work!!! Everything you put your hands to for the KOG prospers!!!

Love you guys!

Both of you are so inspiring accomplished more the most people I have the personality similar so I always spect more of me And I am in my late yesrs God bless you and keep going teach other houng people because computers will not fill Field anyones life

You guys are great!❤

GREAT VIDEOS!!! Very informative .

I love your videos!

Love your stuff kick on love it 👍 ❤

Dream board, great idea!!

I just found your channel and I have actually learned some new things. Especially appreciative about how to grow sturdier seedlings. I would like more info on this. I am in zone 7b and we go from winter/spring/90 degrees in a matter of a week sometimes. I liked the dream board idea and think I can use that to help me focus.

You guys are just so cool

Certainly you can trellis your cucumbers. That's the only way to go. I arch cattle panels for my cucumbers and pole beans. Then I put a row of lettuce under it so the lettuce can get a little shade during the hot summer days. It looks really cool too. I also use cattle panels in the row for my tomatos. I just tie them to it. It works better than anything I have ever used and they will last Forever. Just a few little tips. I've been gardeing for 40 years. Love to watch your channel!

I think your videos are really great!

Try Beit Aipha cukes. I grew them on a cattle panel arbor and they grew so well that I harvested so many cukes I had to give many away . They are so sweet and crunchy until the temps reach the 90's and then they turn bitter.

So encouraging guys!! Just found your channel and can’t wait to follow your content

You are the best ❤❤❤❤

You guys ate awesome and at the top of my watch list, 🤗

If your planting vines I would recommend a seedless grape why because we have a seeded one and it’s not pleasant too eat I’ve tried juicing them when we had a huge harvest but we needed to put the juice through a sieve twice to take out the seeds - to time consuming but the flavour once we did it wascamazing

Very informative. Job well done! Peace and joy,

You two are so sweet, thank you for sharing , love love your videos they are very informative. I very much appreciate all the info you share. God Bless you and yours always and forever.

This is a great idea. I only have a garden currently. One day hope to get chickens and expand the garden, so I can grow a years worth of veggies.

Very nice content, thanks for creating videos and the honesty within them is so enlighting. For myself i started this year by renting 700 square feet of gardening space, its nothing like a homestead but im trying to figure out slowly what my family likes to eat the most, specific varities of those vegetables, for example we eat beans once a week, but we love the yellowish beans[wax beans], so ill grow more of those. Just like you guys i to have a lot of work still to do but i also have a plan and that helps a bunch, planning on creating my own fruit forest by November.

I have been homesteading for 10+ years with my husband and young daughter. And I’ve watched a lot of youtube for inspiration on certain projects or skills we needed to learn. BUT finding you guys this past week was exactly what we needed. We are burned out. We don’t want to stop. And won’t. But this year has not had the same enthusiasm as before. And the very first video I saw if yours brought it back. Re inspired us. 🙌🏼 I love your channel JUST the way it is. Thank you.

Great video Codi, of your Personal and Homestead goals for 2023. I think the 2 of you make such a great team. One idea for a Mini course would be, from start to finish how to build Raised Beds for gardening. Like was said, they have a lot less weeding than a regular garden. If you are looking for good dog training videos on KZfaq, 2 channels I would recommend would be, Upstate Canine Academy and also Cesar Millan. I'm looking forward to seeing your videos for 2023 and forward. Best wishes for a great 2023.

I also have issues with my land getting soaked I live down hill so hard rains all flows down hill to me 🙄 but I put in 9 raised beds and put my free mineral tubs on free pallets I plant my tomatos and bell peppers in those 28 tomato plants and 20 bell peppers 😊 I grow as much as I can possibly deal with but now that I put my own irrigation in my life is soo much easier, the 20 grow bags will get replaced with more mineral tubs but they work for now. Now if I can keep the deer out I will do so much better.

I know this video was done a while back, but I was so excited to hear you talk about starting a home vineyard! I just started doing that this year ! I think you'll have a lot of fun with that project! I knew nothing about growing grapes, so it was You Tube and our county extension office, as well as lots of articles. Looking forward to seeing your progress! Blessings from Seattle!

this year we over extended ourselves, theres always the unplanned things that come up. I feel really busy and finally realized that we have taken on a lot of different projects and a few have come up unplanned, we are forgoing our usual camping trips. Turned out to be OK with all the good weather, better to stay home and maybe take more trips next year. I think you cant tell people enough dont stress love your vision board. I might have to try that.