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Twin Tiers Homestead
United States
Приєднався 31 бер 2019
We are a young channel, but with help, hoping to grow.
Bucking the migration trend, we moved from sunny Florida to a small town in Western New York. We wanted to be close to family and have a good safe place to raise our family. We bought a horse farm with no intentions of having horses or other animals. However, after settling in we decided to start expanding. We have a lot to learn and will make mistakes along the way. It takes a lot of work to maintain a homestead. It's not always easy and the weather isn't always on our side. A big motivator now is to make sure our kids have the opportunity to learn and to keep busy, outside of school and appreciate that good things come with hard work. We grow together...
Bill, Karen, Billy, Alana and Lillyana
Bucking the migration trend, we moved from sunny Florida to a small town in Western New York. We wanted to be close to family and have a good safe place to raise our family. We bought a horse farm with no intentions of having horses or other animals. However, after settling in we decided to start expanding. We have a lot to learn and will make mistakes along the way. It takes a lot of work to maintain a homestead. It's not always easy and the weather isn't always on our side. A big motivator now is to make sure our kids have the opportunity to learn and to keep busy, outside of school and appreciate that good things come with hard work. We grow together...
Bill, Karen, Billy, Alana and Lillyana
Irrigation at last. I've been waiting to do this for a few years.
I've been wanting to drain extra water off the pond for years. Using a bunch or surplus equipment I had laying around, we put together a irrigation system or the garden. The nutrient rich water will really help.
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Відео
Extremely Nerve Wracking
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Turns out Kata and Eden were not the only ones that were expecting to have baby goats this kidding season. Myna had to join the party. However, she was much smaller than the other two and we weren't sure she'd be able to go through it. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/
It's Play Time!
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The baby goats are a few weeks old now. All seem very healthy and love to play. The beginning part of the video shows a spring winter snow storm. However, it didn't last. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/
Baby Goats
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Amid the Coronavirus mess, 2020 kidding season is here in late March to bring some joy. It started a week before we expected and did not unfold the way we thought it would. Lillyana did much of the filming and did a great job. I think the kids learned a thing or two from the experience. We hope you enjoy and if you do give us a like and share with others. Connect with us on Facebook! facebook.c...
It's so Yummy
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It started with a simple suggestion of wanting cinnamon rolls. Karen's were over the top. She created a masterpiece. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/ Music: Staying Positive by James Grant / Sweet Wave Audio We Are One by Vexento
New Goat Digs
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We've decided to put the goats into a different building for the winter. But, before we can do that, we have some work to do to prepare it. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/ Music: Staying Positive by James Grant / Sweet Wave Audio We Are One by Vexento
My Premier1 electric netting almost killed our young doeling Myna and now I'm done with it.
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Nearly one of the worst days on our homestead. I believe we were under a minute away from Myna dying. Going forward, I'm no longer using Premier netting for my goats. It's just not worth the risk. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/
Chips Anyone?
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We unexpectedly had a load of wood chips given to us. This was great because we like to use them for deep bedding in the chicken house. Unfortunately, a storm approached so we had to race and try and move what we needed into the checking house before it started to rain. Did we make it? Watch and fine out. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/ Music: Staying Positive by J...
Wood and Worms
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We generally have old lumber that has come from one project or another. A few years ago, we remodeled out kitchen and dinning room, removing the rustic looking wood planks from the walls. We are going to now use those to turn our screened porch into a sun room. This video is the first step in reclaiming those. At the end of the video, we check in on our composting worms. Connect with us on Face...
New and Improved Goat Feeder 2.0
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After seeing how much hay a traditional feeder allows the goats to waste, we decided to build a custom feeder. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/ Music: Staying Positive by James Grant / Sweet Wave Audio We Are One by Vexento
Goat Bunk Beds
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We finally had some time to build the goats some bunk beds. Everything we used, we re-purposed from material we already had on hand. The goats a really linking them. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/ Music: Staying Positive by James Grant / Sweet Wave Audio We Are One by Vexento
How did the homestead fare while we were on vacation?
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We were off to Hawaii for nearly the entire month of August visiting Karen's family. It was a great time as always, but it was good to get back home to cooler weather and to sleep in our own beds. We have a lot of things to get caught up on including more pool woes in this latest video. Will it ever end? Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/ Music: Staying Positive by Ja...
We are off on vacation to Hawaii
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We are off to Hawaii for vacation. Look forward to seeing family and eating local food. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/
Karen has gotten us into a pickle with this...
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We've gotten so many cucumbers from our garden, but we are getting ready to leave for Hawaii. Only one thing to do and that's make pickles. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiershomestead/ Music: Staying Positive by James Grant / Sweet Wave Audio We Are One by Vexento
New Stall Bedding
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We initially tried straw in our stalls, but it didn't really work out that well. The goats went to the bathroom on it a lot. The stalls have rubber padding over top of concrete. The straw, rubber padding and concrete all absorbed the smell and it was terrible. So, we looked around and decided to try pelletized bedding. Check out how it works. Connect with us on Facebook! twintiersh...
Have Tractor, Will Wreck Ground! (Ground Repair)
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Have Tractor, Will Wreck Ground! (Ground Repair)
Hummingbirds Are Hungry! Let's feed them...
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Hummingbirds Are Hungry! Let's feed them...
Too Many Eggs!! Here's what we did with the abundance.
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Too Many Eggs!! Here's what we did with the abundance.
What the Jicama?! Trying Jicama for the first time
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What the Jicama?! Trying Jicama for the first time
Installing the Red Brand Goat and Sheep Fencing
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Installing the Red Brand Goat and Sheep Fencing
Thanks so much for the input!
Yikes
Put cardboard down before you load.
Definitely a keeper!
you're supposed to peel it with a knife and the outside actually is edible but since its so hard people prefer not to
Hi
they are so cute.
Thankyou for sharing Im also from Western New York. And im starting to get into getting some goats. Hope to see more videos :-)
Good job guys
The netting didn't almost kill ur goat. The netting is an inanimate object It doesn't kill anything. . Your goat almost killed itself. . Perhaps you have a suicidal goat. . Cuz that explanation is just as stupid as saying that the netting tried to kill your goat
Did you fix the pickles after vacation?
Enjoyed your videos this afternoon. :)
Oh man, I love cinnamon rolls, but they are so involved, lol. These look so yummy!
I use tractor forks to get my fencing out
We have enjoyed binge watching your channel today! lol. Thank you so much for sharing such great content!
We have enjoyed playing your videos today!
Thank you, We are a young channel and still learning, but we are hoping to share our experiences with those interested.
Happy you got through it! lol.
What pretty feeders!
Looks like a fun project!
It is! I'm brainstorming on my next piece...
Lovely channel :)
Great soil blocks. I have found you have to be careful making soil with straight compost. I usually mix mine with potting soil.
Thanks! Our first time using a block maker. In some cases we mixed in potting soil and other times I simply forgot because of the quality of the soil. I'd agree we wouldn't want to use straight compost, but in our case, the compost had been broken down for about a year. The part I forgot to show was how I scooped it up from the ground in our garden and then sifted it. So far, everything has been growing great in it. If the weather is okay this weekend, or early next week, we should be ready to transplant to the garden.
@@twintiershomestead3097 Awesome!
Very cool. I freeze mine for the most part.
Do you freeze the entire egg including the shell or do you crack the egg and freeze the white and yoke? We've not tried to freeze eggs before but it might be something we are interested in to offset the lower production during the long winter. Do you happen to have a video where you step through it? Thanks for the tip!
I should do a video on it! No, I remove the shells. I usually scramble and freeze. You can also de-shell and then put an egg each into ice cube trays and freeze. Or just do the egg whites that way and scramble the yolks and freeze. But, for chickens, you probably want the shell.
Havent had jimaca before. Thanks for the review. Don't think I'll be trying it anytime soon.
Baking eggs? Huh. Why have I not heard of this before.
Yeah, you have to try it and let us know if you have the same luck. We believe it's definitely a better and cleaner options for farm fresh eggs that can have stronger shells. We were about 25 minutes for 2 doz eggs. So, that may work out to 1 minute per egg. However, there is probably a minimum time regardless of the number of eggs. Not sure what that number would be. Maybe 15 minutes. I'm curious to what your experience is.
@@twintiershomestead3097 what temperature do you use?
@@EccentricNature 350 degrees Fahrenheit or about 175 degrees Celcius
We get jicama every now and then. We usually julienne it and add it in our slaw or just eat it raw alongside peppers and carrots, but seasoned with salt, pepper, olive oil, and various herbs.
SLICE IT, OR DICE IT ADD LIMON OR LIME TAJIN , CHILE POWDER, OR HOT SAUCE GREAT SNACK
@@mikemagana2764 Hell yeah
Yum!
I see a lot of you guys using those soil block makers. They look so handy!
This was our first year using one. We've used seed trays in the past, but with mixed results. This was also the first year we had a good mix of compost to work with. I will say we bought the larger and small block maker from Amazon. We are satisfied with the large block maker, but haven't used the small one. We tried it, but the blocks didn't come out so nice. We believe you need to have really fine soil to use them, likely potting mix. The large block maker is about $33 on Amazon.
Very cool u guys keep it up👍
Thank you, Wyatts! <3