Reviving A Community Gristmill

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6 ай бұрын

Checking out an old gristmill and learning some history. Hope you enjoy!
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In the olden days the grain mill was most often the “Heart” of a community. Here at Metcalf Mills our goal is not only the preservation and education of the grain milling process, but also to help provide a service and products that help make good, healthy, fresh milled goods more available to individuals and communities. And hopefully bring back some of that “Heart” and maybe a little more Love.
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@SolaceForTheSoul123 6 ай бұрын

Love to see folks carrying on the traditional ways. Thanks Justro!

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Me too! Thank you🙂

@TheBeardedCarpenter 6 ай бұрын

Howdy Brother- man, that was an interesting video! Glad that feller is going to keep the family tradition going. Too many younger people just don’t have any interest in keeping the old skills and traditions alive. I’m thankful you are doing what you do with the mills and good, clean country living. We need more like you. God’s blessings to you and your girls

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Howdy my brother, glad you enjoyed it. It is an encouragement to a lot of us. I humbly thank you and know I appreciate all that you do to share and help keep things alive. Appreciate you. God bless you all as well

@lindaarmstrong4661 6 ай бұрын

What a great video! Wonderful to see the milling tradition continuing! You are such a resource and great encourager. Thank you and God bless you for all you do to make this world a better place. My love to Virgibia and Charlotte! Hope they're doing great!🙏 💜🙏💜🙏

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hey Mrs Linda, so glad to hear from you. I am glad you enjoyed it. It is an encouragement to a lot of folks. God bless you for the light you shine…oh yes🙂 I will pass it along to them and they are doing well❤️🙏🏻

@dmartin4295 6 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this video, Justro! It's great to see you doing what you love and sharing it with all of us. I didn't know anything about white squirrels before today so thanks for the fun fact! 😊

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hey thank you for that. Glad you enjoyed and we appreciate you watching.

@donnahawkinsharper8344 6 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this. It’s so wonderful seeing someone your age so passionate about the old ways. Looking forward to watching them run their mill. Really enjoyed seeing the white squirrel. I knew about them, but I’ve never seen one. See ya soon. Stay warm, was 2 here in Scaly Mountain this morning. 😊❤😊🙏🥶❄️

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that Donna. It was a blessing to help with it. Ouch, at least its not zero🙂. Thank you so much, stay warm❤️🙏🏻

@tennesseesawmillguy1590 6 ай бұрын

Hey, good stuff. We run a water powered grist mill occasionally. Nothing like old machinery getting the job done.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hey glad you enjoyed. How old is your mill?

@marielg9143 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful pan Great video

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Mariel🙂

@flanneryfarmandgenealogy 6 ай бұрын

Good to see this video brother. Love to see someone doing what they love and sharing that with others. Lifes been busy here in KY but need to take time for life if ya know what I mean. God Bless you brother

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hey brother, good to hear from you. Glad you enjoyed and I understand. God bless you as well. Stay warm!

@nelseshaver2679 6 ай бұрын

We are still watching Justin. Thanks for the video.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Nelse! Good to hear from you

@johnbrown9988 6 ай бұрын

Love them videos can't wait until the next one,I hope you and the girls are doing good.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thanks brother, we appreciate you. We are doing pretty good staying warm. Hope yall are as well

@lawsonlawnandfarm8073 6 ай бұрын

Cool! We were just in Bryson city last week and walked across the Fontana damn. That’s a heck of a pan

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Bet that was fun!

@dannyjackson4661 6 ай бұрын

Good evening Justin,again I really enjoyed this video and hearing the history and memories surrounding that ole mill I community was a big part of life in those days we’ve lost that but it’s being revived thank The Lord,I also found your previous video on the seed I’ll be sending you my order and money for some of the Jimmy Red,Hickory King,and some of the sorghum if you have some thanks again I appreciate you.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hello and thank you. Yes it is a good thing to see happening. I will get seed out in the next month or so. You are welcome.

@kkeenan536 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting and I bet his grampa is smiling down & thrilled he’s keeping a tradition going 😇 Look forward to the grinding (that corn is beautiful & the favorite of Hoss Tools)

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed. Me too! Thank you

@kysilverhawk 6 ай бұрын

it is very good to see a new video my friend tell you another thing i'm looking forward on spring i'm looking forward to spring as i'm going to have a big garden a can and i know you'll have a big garden that can for the winter months i tell you my mama she showed me a way you can can vegetables without using jars like with tomato juice is instead of putting the tomato juice in a jar a gallon size ziploc bag and you can freeze it and let it thaw and you got homemade tomato juice that you can in a ziploc bag just wanted to share that with you let the young man know my condolence to his family on on his grandpa no i didn't know the man but i can honestly say we lose a lot of our elders every day and it's sad😢

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us. And I will pass that along. You are appreciated

@kysilverhawk 6 ай бұрын

thank you how's the weather and the temperature where you're at my best friend

@kysilverhawk 6 ай бұрын

you can find me as bud cooper my profile picture is of an old cabin with a hole in the roof

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

It is cold here, single digits tonight. Thank you

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Ok, thank you

@ronbass8136 6 ай бұрын

Good video Justro, i always learn from them. Glad to see Andrew is carrying on his grandfather's grinding. Thats a good thing.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

I appreciate that Ron. Yes I am always excited to see that.

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 4 ай бұрын

Great video !!!

@metcalfmills5679 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@elizabethfclark03 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting stuff. Hope you and the girls have a good weekend and stay warm.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed. We appreciate that and hope that you do as well.

@midwayfarms 6 ай бұрын

Good video God bless you and your family

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. God bless you as well

@Butterbugs 5 ай бұрын

That is THE BIGGEST frying pan Ive ever seen!!!

@metcalfmills5679 5 ай бұрын

Me too!

@vickiejoyner4631 6 ай бұрын

Hi Justro, so good to see you. Loved the background in the beginning of all the fall colors and the snow. I knew much of nothing about gristmils till I watched your video. Thank you for sharing with us!

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hey Vickie! So glad to hear that and thank you for watching

@charlieo.farmer2468 6 ай бұрын

I live in northern Indiana today and am a transplant from Grundy Virginia . At one time we had nothing but red fox squirrels but north of us in Michigan were nothing but black squirrels and they started to move south into Indiana and crossbreed with our reds and over just a few years almost all of our squirrels have started to turn gray . At this time red or black squirrels are a lot harder to find here .

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hey Charlie, thank you for sharing this with us. Very interesting

@melissawinburn1099 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful 😊

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@debbiewilson6527 6 ай бұрын

Love ❤️ it!

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thank you❤️

@rickyb2200 6 ай бұрын

Great video thanks Justin

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Ricky!

@LeaC816 6 ай бұрын

Good to see you! I think it’s safe to say you made that fellas day by looking over his mill!! I hope his cornmeal and grits turned out even better than he’d hoped!! Very interesting about the squirrels. The loss of pigment in spots on animals but not the eyes is sometimes called a leucistic trait or gene . It is often bred for in some species in the pet trade. Looks like nature decided that area just needed some fancy squirrels on its own! Thanks for sharing with us and I hope y’all have a great weekend! 😊

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Lea! I hope so too. I will share that with you all. Thanks for sharing about the squirrels. I hope that you all have a great weekend as well! 🙂

@tammy5590 6 ай бұрын

Well we know this is not recent. lol with all the snow. Still so good to see you in your element. How’s that wood stove working out? Love you son.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

No it was back in the fall. It was a joy to help. It is a blessing, doing real good. Love you too

@andrewlittlefield3425 6 ай бұрын

I love this Justro, the great content of your passion…finding others out there with the same passion. Great video 😊

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Andrew, we appreciate you!

@ricksmith-iw2op 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Very interesting.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed, thank you

@died4us590 6 ай бұрын

Hey Justro, good to see a video, love these old mill's, and that more people are grinding their own corn. Hope everyone's doing okay, you all have been in my prayers. You should watch revelation now, you will be amazed. G-d bless.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hey thank you for sharing. We appreciate you. God bless you as well

@marytice9234 6 ай бұрын

Justin, we have white squires in Hendersonville too.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Hey Mary, thank you for sharing

@LouY778 6 ай бұрын

I could have watched your entire process with your conversations. Everything was so interesting. Very much enjoyed this video.❤😊

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

It was going to be very long. Next time I will leave more. Thank you!

@donnaraxter5094 6 ай бұрын

My dad is from Brevard.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Donna

@mtpockets5007 6 ай бұрын

💕💕

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

@died4us590 6 ай бұрын

Will you do a video about growing thing's by the moon and the signs, i know a little about it, but them video's you did were really interesting. On that other comment i made, it's a channel here, and there's a website with a pdf library that is something people need to know, but i have a hard time even getting the name of it in my comment without it vanishing. The dates are so perfect, and i think if you check it out, you will see it's in the great book and it unlocks so much. Much love to y'all.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

I am going to do a revised on my planting by the signs video that will be easier understood. Thank you for sharing. Much love to yall too❤️

@died4us590 6 ай бұрын

If you check out that channel, can you let me know what you think, just a yes or no is good. I read that other book they talk about 14 year's ago, and then i feel like i was led to spread the awareness of it because i had prayed about it, and now it's like something i feel i have to share.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

If I get a chance I will, thank you

@jboyer1028 6 ай бұрын

I'd rather have some stone dust instead of steel dust from a steel burr mill

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Yes thats for sure brother

@apiecemaker1163 6 ай бұрын

Any plans on getting your mill out for the public still or has that dream been dismissed? I was very interested when you was building that.

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Nothing has changed, we don’t dismiss dreams around here🙂. Stay tuned!

@apiecemaker1163 6 ай бұрын

@@metcalfmills5679 sounds great. It wasn’t meant as a bad thing, just a question. Sometimes dreams change and we adapt, reroute, and move forward. I’ve learned as I’m getting older that life and dreams change sometimes as we age, go thru different seasons, and stages in our lives. I will stay tuned and hope this dream comes to fruition for you and the many who will benefit from it. God’s blessings to you and your family. Almost seed starting time here in AL. 👩‍🌾💚🪴👍

@metcalfmills5679 5 ай бұрын

Hey thank you, I understand. Developments are taking place. I appreciate you

@apiecemaker1163 5 ай бұрын

@@metcalfmills5679 that’s wonderful. Have a great weekend. I will definitely be watching with anticipation.

@metcalfmills5679 5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@kysilverhawk 6 ай бұрын

do you have facebook

@metcalfmills5679 6 ай бұрын

Yes