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THE OLD SAYING APPLIES:" improvise ,adapt, overcome"! You got this!!!

How dare they mess up the concrete knowing that Erin is a concrete professional.😆

I just wanted to commend you Erin. You are a huge multitasker of so many things. First you are a wife and mother. That alone is a hard and worthy job. Second you are a teacher. Third you are a farmer (with help from your children). Fourth you are a cinematographer and editor. Fifth you are a organizer and also cement to hold it all together. Josh and the kids are lucky to have you. Keep smiling WWOG family!

You guys are the perfect example of what "correct thinking" is all about.

The fence may seem like a giant task but if you look back on the house build and where it is today it just doesn’t seem that big. I’m sure once done you’ll look back and say that wasn’t that bad. Love all the work you guys have done. It’s really hard to find good content these days. Awesome channel!

For future reference: when you contract for the concrete foundation "do-over" , write in your specifications that concrete samples are to be taken at time of pour. I've managed 1000's of yards of concrete in my career, and have ALWAYS required this!

you two are the perfect example of how every relationship should be whether we know about your bad and good days as a couple or not i can tell this is a solid genuine relationship

Ellie is such a ray of sunshine. God bless all of you. Family goals galore for all of us

Proud of you two for taking the right albeit difficult steps towards ensuring your property is built correctly. Also, looking forward to your channel hitting one million subscribers! Hard to believe I began watching this channel when you two had only been uploading for about six months.

for you, there is no such thing as difficult, you do it and that's it, I think it's really cool who isn't afraid of work, amazing really congratulations.

I hate that you have to start over at the Trout Pond house, but I do like the way you all tackle obstacles. Erin is all warm and fuzzy, making sure everyone is home and safe - then BAM! She knocks Josh out with one line. It's called balance. 😄😂

I can’t believe how big Ellie has gotten since I’ve been watching your channel. She’s such a sweet heart!

Josh- PLEASE wear a respirator when you cut stone. The dust in your lungs is deadly, leading to breathing problems that you most certainly don’t want.

Its been a REALLY cold spring here in MN too. We had one day of 60's in March then it's been cold. Yesterday it was 73* and today it's low 40's for a high... This winter was bitter and windy too

@18:18 "That's deeper than you normally get....." 🤣😂🤣😂 +1 Erin. 🔥

Carter and his animals!!! He was petting his pig like it was his dog. Soooo sweet. That boy will grow up and have a farm one day.

When I was a kid on the farm, I helped my dad put up a fence to replace one that was falling down. We used wood posts for the corners and for the gates. I'm old enough that we used creosote-treated posts.

I would suspend the post drive from the tractor bucket so as to not have to lift it off the ground every time I wanted to use it.

This video really underscores what a beautiful piece of property you folks have from every vantage point...just breathtaking. I don't recall seeing the view out the kitchen area starting at 3:05 where Erin and Ellie were preparing dinner. That is just so beautiful. Attitude is everything, no matter what life throughs our way. That is healthy thinking and good modeling for your kids. Good job WWOG!

The best ever couple and Family. An example for all of us. I wish you 7 billions of subscribers, but you deserve much more. Thank you.

Again, a great episode! Love how the kids totally appreciate and enjoy the animals and the varied forest/pasture lands. Towards the end, seeing your oldest boy kneeling down to pet and bond with the lowly pigs was the blue ribbon moment for me. It shows the best of upbringing.

You two are an inspiration, accept the disappointment, move on. Great life lessons for us all. Hope round 2 of the new property goes better.

"5 or 6 inches down ... That's more than you usually get!" Love it!

"Deeper than you normally get" These two crack me up.

Erin, the knowing where everybody is, is a Mom thing. 😍

God bless and thank you for keeping your KZfaq extended family updated with your excellent videos! Two of the hardest working young people I’ve ever seen. God be praised in and through you and your beautiful family!

Nothing more fulfilling in this life than seeing the reward and fruits of hard labour... so beautiful... everything

"Wait, we have to use a digging bar?" Lol😆

The stone cladding is awesome. A skill you developed and will never resent. Fantastic. Years ago I repaired dry walls in Scotland and do respect your results. Best from Laramie.

Erin....The production quality from the story line, cinematography, editing, intakes and outtakes are better than many channels...Our family enjoys your videos... We have a small farm, homeschool and I had to leave my career if 30 years due to corruption. Your family has inspired and encouraged us more than you will ever know....

It was great to see an ariel shot of what you guys are doing! Thanks!!!

Bill this is better than a tv show. You guys are the best.

You guy’s are so good together love watching you helping me through a grieving process.

Looks like you've turned the corner on the stonework!

Everything about this video is amazing.. Your camera work and editing, the scenery, the animals, and we even get some of the humor at Josh's expense...I love seeing all your animals as they know they are protected and loved...

You have proven why it’s so important to check other peoples work and to make sure things are done right. I absolutely Love this series

You two are absolutely amazing . Your children will have a great place to grow up and entertain their friends for years to come . The grandchildren will enjoy it too . Good luck with all your projects , stay safe .

Just wondering if you have calculated the time it's going to take with a grout bag to fill ALL the stone joints? That's gonna be FUUUNNN!!!!!! :) Word of caution - have plenty of gloves on hand because that grout and stone will eat your fingers up quickly! USE GLOVES if you plan to run your fingers through the joints when you grout! Looks awesome!!!

Of all the couples out on youtube...you guys are the most enjoyable and fun to watch. All the clowning around and you lovingness....great.

Hate all this for you guys!! its a tough pill to swallow, but you are 100% right to stop all work and redo it now. Way easier, and you will NEVER look back and think "What If'. As a contractor w/ 30 years experience, when i watched to original video, i was blown away that they ONLY built a 2x4 footer frame!! Here in NC its 8" Min and goes up to 12" thick and then 24" wide!! No vertical rebar inside the footer - connecting the wall, as you stated and the tiny baby 2x4 thick footer that is MAYBE ok for a tree house. I knew you'd have to take it down. So glad you started over. Only upward and onward from here. Best of luck moving forward. Keep It Up!! You got this.

You’re so smart to worry about the littlest details when starting a house project. When you are the boss and the investor every detail matters. Good luck in all future endeavors. We are all rooting for you❤

You guys showed up right on time...got my coffee n breakfast ready, now to sit down n enjoy it with your company😊

Not gonna lie, I am looking forward to surprising Mike with a visit to your BNB. With your news I told him that and we 100% agree with the plan to tear down and start again. Not just for our safety. Lol. But seriously, we're sorry y'all had to experience this. 😕 The stone looks amazing! Truly makes the house look old world charming and appealing.

Y'all come a long way since I started watching you when you first moved there living in your travel trailer.

I know you had yourselves mentally prepared for the news on the concrete foundation, but it still sucks, and I'm sure it gave you a knock emotionally. I hope there will be some way for you to get redress on this financially, unless of course the guy has skipped the country already. Keep going, you'll overcome this and be stronger for it ❤

Good thing you two followed your gut feelings. Now you can correct the problem and move forward. Foundation looks great, I enjoy watching and seeing the progress of your dreams and plans coming together. Great inspiration!

I admire how you treat your animals. I wish every animal owner was as conscientious.

Found your channel by accident, now I can't stop watching it and making plans to build something of my own in a few years.

The Stone looks so good now and when your done it will look fantastic.

I know it is a pain to redo things like that foundation, but you will be so glad you did it right. That may have been one of the worst foundations jobs ever. Brown soupy concrete that had way too high a slump, poorly done forms that burst open and were not even straight, no height control on the walls and the J bolts just plop into the walls. It is actually amazing the concrete tested as high as it did as bad as it looked. Not to mentions leaving out the rebar and mis-positioning all of the other piers and using junk gravel as base fill. Not sure how they could screw it up more.... But, hopefully you will find a good one this time.

Your family is so inspiring. When facing adversity, your positive attitude moves me. I’ve had a year of medical problems and the only way I’ve been able to deal is howI’ve seen your family handle things. Trust your gut, be honest with yourselves, move forward without recriminations, and love your family with all your heart. Dealing with the rental build has been a bitter pill repeatedly, but your joint goal and outlook wins the day always. Thanks for sharing your life from the littlest turkey to the massive projects you’ve undertaken. Impressed.

Josh has a degree in fencepost digging. A PHD (Post Hole Digging). A wise man for sure in building fences. You the Man.

I feel for you guys as I have been struggling to just get the materials to fence my 40 acres.

You've built a beautiful life and home for your family, I enjoy watching the progress. Thanks from Canada

You guys handle life well. I remember how disappointed with the stain from Ellie's artistry that spilled over to your bathroom counter. Erin was visibly concerned but buckled up and showed us how to deal with things that don't go well. Proves that theory of learning by example.

I never realized how beautiful your property is until today

Absolutely love the work that you guys are doing here. I have always wanted to build my own house (or at least envision it, as I don't have the skills). I've been watching this channel since the start and so in love with the result so far and cant wait to see the rest. keep up the good work. Also, sorry to hear that you have to tear the wall down, but your positivity around that, despite the bad news is amazing to see. Fan from the UK.

Love how all the family works together ❤️

You're simply the best on all levels in the homesteading league. You never fail to get me a smile on my face, even when there's an occasional onion-cutting going on. The concrete in the investment property looked extremely suspicious to me when they poured it and your lab confirmed it. The building/contracting industry is so inefficient that, in my country, local government rents public infrastructure out to the building company that does a repair or modification job. If they agree in the contract that the job can be done in a good way in two weeks then the contract says the contractor can charge the rent for those two weeks back to the municipality. No BS, no excuses, no small print. The problem with the pour, from the looks of it, was that it was way too wet. You need water to make the chemical bonding happen between parts of the concrete, but too much water triggers the chemical reaction without proper bonding and worst case, you end up with something that is like sand.

We have had freezing cold strong winds for a week beautiful sunshine too. Next week cold dry frosty weather again I hope it warmed up soon for the UK 🇬🇧 and for you too.

Your stone work on your home is looking awesome guy's love it all so keep on keeping on guy's and keep pumping out those videos for your viewers we love it and your to doing great 👍 guy's!! Peace ✌

I’m going to be starting work this week as a Walmart Personal Shopper. Excited to hear about Walmart Plus and see your support for Walmart. 😘😘 Love your videos.

You guys are CHAMPIONS. Don't forget that you are champions. Keep being champions.

"The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem", Captain Jack Sparrow. I have said it before and will continue to say it, Your kids are always watching, listening, learning. Watch them, see how much of you is in everything they do and say. They have great teachers. My first fulltime job, Putting up fence in south Florida. Did I say I hate fence......Fence on my friends.

Hard to imagine that a "concrete contractor" would pour such a soupy mix. Too much slump means very weakened concrete. Sorry you have experienced this failure.

Erin is a keeper. A cherished treasure. Giving it back to Josh is the funniest. My wife and I are the same way. Signs of a great relationship. Kudos.

Thanks for showing the Stars and Stripes so often in your videos. I am a 33 year disabled veteran. Old Glory always swells my chest. The stone work looks very nice. I am guessing you are going to fill all the joints with masonry mortar? So sorry to hear about the frog pond house fiasco. When a contractor doesn’t deliver it is a pain in the derrière!

When you guys are finished with the stone, you need a big family party to celebrate your achievements!

The stone looks great!! It so brings it all together. To bad the concrete is really that bad... and you have to tare it down. But as you say, better now than a few years in. Love and blessings from the Netherlands!

YOUR daughter is so active and I am sure a handful. Be sure that you have been blessed with beautiful child.

You guys and the kids are all awesome. I believe that telling all who the contractor involved is would never be considered vindictive by your family of viewers . You both have earned the respect of all of us who have watched your channel since you were living in the camper with 3 happy kids…. That alone shows everyone watching that unless they “MAKE THIS RIGHT, WITH MINIMUM STRESS to your fam … they should be exposed. I love watching and look forward to every new episode …THANKS , Michael

So very sorry that y'all had this happen to you. Love your attitude about it. Just fix it and move on.

Gotta know , Josh when you wired up under the deck , we're you planning on brooder bins being there in the future ? Or was it an after thought ? Cause it seems your mind sees things 2 steps ahead

I absolutely enjoy watching you guys. Your videos make my day complete!

They messed with the wrong Concrete Girl. You and Josh have the ability to bend but not break when set backs happen. I admire that strength in you. Bless you both and give Chuckie a scratch for me.

Quite a few holes still to make for the fence posts before you complete that red line on the sketch... Did you consider a fence post drill aggregate for the back of the tractor but ruled it out for the benefit of building biceps or something? :)

You guys are strong. Physically mentally and spiritually we love the updates...your lgbt followers in vegas hope to meet ya sometime!!

Great attitude and going with your gut on tearing down the new home concrete! You two are awesome and love your energy!

Stonework looks GREAT!!! Finishing touches are the icing on the cake. Hope that you can negotiate with the contractor to work things out. That you're taking it in stride is a great sign of maturity. I'm old and would probably throw a hissy fit. Best wishes to all!

Issues like the bad concrete are sent to try us, how we get past them shows our characters, you guys have all the character you need, onward and upward from now on, another great video.

You could build a second perimeter foundation with CMU and leave that one if it works with the structural layout of the house. Then you save yourself the demo and waste fees

FYI weather patterns are not unusual. 1987, 1993 and 1997 all had late April and 1 early may snow. In 1993 snow last for over a week. Before that I lived in Alabama but was snowed in with family once I remember in 1960. Thank goodness it does not happen every year. All your hard work is paying off your farm is turning out beautiful. Thank you for sharing you story with all of us

Oooh I love the sound of it ! Guardian dogs !. Keep people animals safe♥️

The deck stone is looking great. I am figuring the company that poured the foundation walls is not standing by their work.

Wow my heart fell to my feet hearing that news even though I felt it was definitely coming down and starting all over. What an awful experience for yall. I'm so sorry you've had to go through this disaster. Breaks my heart. It's just terrible there's people out there that will do these things to others like that and I pray nothing bad has happened with others that have used this guys business. Well now that yall know you can get the contractors back to work and get it rolling again and hopefully find a competent concrete company that will do the job right. Ellie always being warm when it's cold means she's going to have the immune system of a polar bear 🐻‍❄️ 😁😉 Well thats one way to get Mike & mellisa down to your place. You hit shale digging that post hole.Mike will be loading the excavator on his trailor and be up shortly to dig a huge pile of shale for future projects around the farm and for the kids to climb on haha Yes Erin I've had the same feelings about your animals and why I said in one post that I would fence the pasture in to keep them safe. So I agree even though it's not an easy thing to do. I didn't know yall had a pond.loved the drone shot of your property cuz I've always wondered what the rest looked like.thats cool surprised we've never see video of the kids down throwing flat stones across the pond or just playing around it. But maybe they've gotten orders not to be down there cuz someone could drown. Just me being the worry wart I am.runs in the family LOL. Yall be safe God bless 🙏

Excellent foto with the fence's red line. The impact of the stone facade is really fabulous!

You both along with your kids to me you all amazing people. I've loved all your videos since the start. I hated and felt so bad when you had your problem with your investment property, but after watching your family as you started your journey together with your beautiful home and how both of you overcome any challenges through the build. I believe without a doubt you will get through the issue with your investment property with flying colors because you all always work together to overcome any kind of obstacle. Keep up the awesome work. You all are awesome

I've been around concrete construction much of my life, and I have to say that was the worst looking pour I have ever seen. Sorry about you guys having to tear the wall down, but its absolute the right choice. I was surprised those cores even broke at 2400psi. Hopefully you will be able to get some of your money back from the contractor.

For the husband and wife team, live is not short, as they intent to bring their children to adult hood, they laugh because they have achieve alot, when they both started to build their A frame even while she carry her daughter on her back, good luck and god bless the whole family

You guys are just amazing. I’ve never been more proud of people I don’t know:)

THAT CORNER WALL AN CAP CAME OUT PERFECT,DAM YOU GUYS ARE GOOD.

Awesome guys good to see you back.

You guys are amazing and i appreciate your continuing to bless your viewers love you guys

This was such an enjoyable video to watch. Beautiful cinematography and your choice of music; spot on. I anxiously await each new video you upload. Your story is incredibly fascinating too. Thank you for allowing the world to look in on your life.

As always, a wonderful video and the editing is truly exceptional. Congratulations!

You guys are so awesome!! I wish I was local that I could come lend a hand. Really sorry to hear the rework needed for the new build. One consolation is that you know it will be done right next time. All the best.

Your going to have alot of people checking their cement 🤣 good for you tho!🤙 the stone looks amazing 👏

The stone wall is coming along beautifully. Watching you fit all of the pieces in perfectly is so therapeutic for my brain .. love your work Erin and Josh,. ❤️❤️❤️

Your twos optimism on any situation thrown at you, the faith you have in each other and the way you guys work together in unison is inspirational! I know we only see a small portion of your lives but it naturally shows in your videos and its a breath of fresh air knowing there are still role models such as yourselves in a world that most definitely needs them!