I hate crispy bacon, I can not stand it. Melissa loves crispy bacon and cant stand when its not. Lol. I am not going to tell her your trick or I will have to eat crispy bacon. Haha.

Me too

It started as "The Farmhouse," as soon as we have the cattle here, I will be changing the video title to "The Homestead." Perhaps in the future it could become a "Farmstead." You can look up the difference in the last 2 terms. As "The Farmhouse" it is basically a hobby farm. Melissa wants to do her pottery and sell it, make soaps and stuff and do the same and also make videos on how she does it as well as her cooking videos. Once we get settled with the milk cow we can sell raw milk legally here (as long as you follow the loopholes in the rules) and we will probably do that. If that works we may get another milk cow, who knows. For all I know we will hate cows and get rid of them. Lol. Nothing is set in stone. I want pigs next spring because extra raw milk or the whey from making cheese is awesome pig feed. We want to grow our own pork and beef for the freezer. With the bigger garden and the added animals we will get closer to self sufficiency. All that said, it makes for good videos as well.

@@NorthernSeclusionI’m so glad that the antique kitchen will be used as a country kitchen for Melissa! I have been missing her cooking show for such a long time Joe. So excited to hear this news. The farmstead is coming along really well Joe, and is very nicely arranged for the garden, fruit trees, and now the upcoming cows. Lots of berries and garden veggie’s to harvest soon. Glad you decided to plant corn this year. There is so much you can do with corn. Remind Melissa that she wanted to plant some sunflowers as well. Wow the rhubarb has grown huge. We have lots of flooding here in Iowa as well as MN does. It’s just horrible. The tent seemingly was spared, that’s good. I can’t wait until Melissa can start her pottery, soaps, and maybe honey. I’m not sure what’s happening with any bees this year at your farmstead. Well, TC you two and keep on, keeping on! I wanted to tell you that I am glad that your surgery came off good Joe. Vicki from Iowa. 🌻🪵🐓🦃🦨🐂🐕🐣🐱🌻🚣🏼🎣🚜🛶🏕️🎏

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We have just begun.

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Not many ticks this time of year. I saw a few earlier this spring but its been well over a month since I have encountered one. Free ranging the chickens helps with that.

I always just use hay or straw in the coop. Shavings are too expensive.

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Our neighbor and us both free range our.chickens. They visit often but everyone goes back to their coops at night. We both share many eggs with our neighbors. :)

8.67 inches of rain so far for the month of june and only 2 days made it to 80 here at the house. As I write this it is 38.7 degrees outside.

A cow back scratcher will take care of that

@@Fireball9394Neighbor made a DIY version of that with 4 of the stiffest push brooms he could find and bolted the heads to a post.

Very true

We have no poison snakes or spiders or anything here, We have at least 10 outside cats, I have not seen a mouse or a mole or a squirrel in 4 years. Lol.

I need to transplant the one in the shelter area. We pick and dry the leaves and then crush them and put them in quart jars for tea.

@@NorthernSeclusion Good for a cold (mucus). I wish I could grow it, but have had no luck in Florida. Now, pineapples, we can do. Have 6 or 8 in different stages right now.

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It does look like there are rods that go through, yes.

I have one but it was in the wash. This is not even my old coat, this one is my old old coat, the one I use when filling the wood boiler.

The pregnant cows name is Mesa and the steer that will eventually be in the freezers (one year after it gets here because it will be a year old at that time) name is Festus. That steer will get butchered at 2 years old.

We have had 8.67 inches this month alone.

@@NorthernSeclusion wow

Duck eggs are surely rich. A.shake of white vinegar helps break it up.

@@beckyumphrey2626 good to know thank you.

I will let you know when she decides.

I do not have family that lives that far south in the state. I do have subscribers that live down there but none that I have heard are directly affected that I have heard of.

I tried but it would slip off.

No. I mean sometimes we will but we are going to get a milking machine. I see two milk cows eventually so we will buy a 2 cow milker or build one.

You need to go back on the videos, I have covered this topic in detail.

I think when the hive departed she opted to not replace.them.

I did and then we decided to get cows. Things change.

They looked Delicious

Yes I am, like I explained in this video.

Yes it did mean that 200 years ago. Here is the meaning of the two in todays world. This is copy and pasted: Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craft work for household use or sale. What is Farmsteading? Farmsteading as living on a homestead, but running a small business of the homestead where you raise your own food, but raise enough surplus to pay for what you eat yourself and possibly make some profit along the way. (Think farmers markets.)

@@NorthernSeclusion Well, I'm not quite 200 yet, but sometimes I feel like it. Your definition seems to fit your lifestyle quite closely, so happy homesteading.

Actually, that brand is not even in the top 10. It is hard to even find information on it. buyersguide.org/electric-fence-charger/t/best?Country=US&m=b&d=c&c=658376406934&p=&oid=kwd-17564756&lp=9019732&li=&nw=g&nts=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwp4m0BhBAEiwAsdc4aL9kbaB_CUjgkxjxR4U7ReoFk2hjfKnvZM51BXp80y6_PtoMh9IG9hoCtUoQAvD_BwE&tdid=10880494&gad_source=1

We just did, the whole rose bushes area is in full bloom. I gave them a sniff and got back to work.Lol.