Here's Hoping : Our Barley Combining Saga Continues
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Well, we finished combining barley this week. Watch to see how Gertie did. Next up is hay! Stay tuned, stay well and stay safe. Best to y'all! The Bernards
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I love the way so many people suggest buying this or that to improve things or make things easier. All of those suggestions are great-just send money with the suggestion.
Have a great day!!
It's an fair suggestion tho, the F2 is about 40 years (depending on production year) old and the prices arent eccentric (4k to 8k estimate). It's all a question about what the farms needs (not worth getting a class 9 or 10 combine for a tiny farm) vs the money & time cost of fixing something older (if you wanna get real fancy you can add efficiency on top of that question). :)
Why spend 20 grand on something that sits in the shed for 50-51 weeks ovf the year. No maka da sence to me. We have a 1644 Inter with a 25 ft front and we only harvest 500 acres. No point trying to keep up with the Joneses all the time, it just dont make sence. Your area looks beautiful.
@@stevenowen4150 I agree with your comment to a degree, but they are probably saying things like that, because old breaking down farm tools/equip does in fact cost TIME & MONEY. IF every year your spending 1,000 hours fixing broke down equipment weekly/monthly/yearly all of that TIME adds up to mean a great deal with production as an end result of farming, to some farmers. Don't get me lying I am not a farmer, but money is something almost anyone with a little effort applied can understand. That was just the time factor alone, now add those repair hours + the minor cost they have for fixing broken stuff, it could very well be staggering, almost hurting their farm in many ways, not to mention adding unneeded stress to everyone involved on the farm. Lot's of variables go into farming efficiently, not just Does this machine start up? They seem happy based on the videos, so that's what I go off, their happiness in the videos, because that is what we are technically being presented with, not just farming videos. I still get what your saying though totally, but what we see in videos isn't always the reality of real life for each farm, so hard to tell on some things.
Most of us Americans live by the motto "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", which is why we are so hard-headed. I'd probably be using those as well if they served their purpose daily, but the more time your repairing things the less time your being productive, so much of it makes sense with people's opinions. Would be nice though if every suggestion came with a donation, that'd be sweet XD.
Wow Wee !!! You have almost 60,000 subscribers !!! Bet when you started this channel you never thought you would have so many. Congratulations !!! You and your family are awesome.
Raise the Burley “Backer” done that a lot of year round work! I will say this You all have older equipment but Lawrence sure takes good care of it.
Wes couldn’t get near as good an education in a university as he is getting from his dad.
That’s for sure
I learned from my Father also and it still paying dividends today.
Wes is only about 13. In today's world it's almost a 'must' that he attend college and I feel sure he will - and suspect his mom wants him to. He may choose to major in Ag, or computer science or become a brain surgeon but regardless, the work ethic and character he is building by working on the farm and just what he is absorbing by helping and watching his dad and learning what a real man does will benefit him greatly in whatever field he chooses to pursue.
@@mikesims7886 I would encourage him not to go to college all they are now is over priced liberal indoctrination facilities. I did not go to college. I own my own heavy equipment repair business. I do not have any employees. It's just me and my Service truck. I bring home close to 100k a year. I learned on the job. You just have to have a marketable skill. Not a piece of overpriced paper. This idea that you MUST go to college is ruining this country.
You are gonna be so happy when the kids start running tractors and equipment for the farm , that will take a big load off of you and your husband.
Kids do the grunt work. Us older folks train them and then we sit in the a/c equipment. Come up hard...strong for life.
nothing made me happier then working on anything with my father , learned so much today at times i will be doing something and thank my father for teaching me it
Enjoy your videos. You allow us to see what you''ll do as farmers. I appreciate you letting us follow you along. Love you family, your work ethic, the kids, the dogs, and Mr. Farmer. He's quite a guy. And especially all the work you do to produce these videos and present them to us. Your a special lady!!
Y'all are more interesting than gunsmoke. I've got Gunsmoke turn down and y'all turned up. LB is better than matt dillon
Does anyone else watch these videos with there hearts in their throats? I’m just praying that everything holds together and comes together for this beautiful family.
We all do. My b.p. is 190/100. 😉
Yep. You can't help but love Meredith and her family! ❤
Me to in fact I think we all need to start praying for many blessings to come their way. In proverbs I have read how the power of life and death is in the power of the tongue. What we speak really matters. Speak blessings and not what you don't want. Look for the things you DO want and not what you don't want. Like what's next? Don't say what's next just say, thank You God for blessings that are coming our way and I am thanking You NOW for them because You did say ask and ye shall receive. I rebuke satan from our farm and praying that God helps things not to tear up so much. Blessings and thank You God because we know where they all come from!!!
Wesley is a quick learner it must make his daddy proud it is nice and important how you always acknowledge how he is doing a 👍 good job. ❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺
My grandfather wore long sleeved shirts all the time and he always said he was cooler than I was with no shirt.
Lawrence is right it keeps you cooler because of the perspiration. I labored outside all my life.
And the ole timers use to drink warm tea instead of ice tea. Use to say. Make you feel cooler. I ll. Take mine on ice
@@toddreynolds8875 Right, I've worked construction outside in humid, 95+ degree heat and we all drank hot coffee because we thought it kept us cooler. I guess I'm an old-timer now in my late 70's, but until your comment never thought about being in that category... pretty funny to hear (really hahaha).
absolutely! even on the boat here in SW FL, long sleeves and gaiter on the face and head.
Hi
Did you grow up on a farm? I love watching your videos We farm in SD yours reminds me do much of our farm.I grew up in town and didn't anything about farming(just have grain)
We farm about 1000 acres , I have farmed with him now a few years.still learning things.
I admire you for being able to keep a smile on your face when hard times usually wipe them off in an instant. You're living proof that a frown fixes nothing more than showing everyone else that you're upset. If upset made farmers frown, you'd never see a smile from any of them. Making a small farm work means you have to use older equipment that breaks down a lot and you have to fix it yourself.
Ya’ll are really good people. Thank you for filming what courage and persistence looks like. The four of you are an inspiration to me and hence my loved ones, too
That Wesley is one handy young Man ! The world would be a better place if we had a few more Lawrence's ! Your whole family is top notch ! You should be proud !
She is proud of her family and says so in almost every video - and rightfully so! Though I suspect that Meredith doesn't give herself enough credit for raising 2 young people that will both become outstanding adults ... and for showing them that hard work is not only men's work!
I love yer face when you're whispering around LB when he's grumpy.
Barley is done woohooo! I see the stress on both you and your husbands face disappear. Wesley is a great help, and a hard worker on your farm. Our boy, Dakota he's our helper. He works full time as a ranch hand at a well known horse ranch, and is going back to school for diesel mechanic. He still lives with us and helps immensely on the property. Hubby and I are so grateful for his help.
I’m praying that farmer is eaten some of that venison that’s eaten his hard work.
When that tank overflows it just means you washed the truck
You all look more like full time mechanics and part time farmers
In Desert places, where it cools off to the high 90s at night, the locals wear long sleeves to keep the sun off of them... Their own personal shade!
I was youngest out of 7 kids so I to had to go into all the small places, put nuts on in places only my hand would fit. Wesley I feel your pain but the experience is worth a lot.
Love you all
Wes , the valuable lessons he is learning daily with dad , mom he will always cherish , keep up the special knowledge you learn , it will pay off in the future ! Bob
It's called life skills and I think every kid should learn them. Get them off there dam phones and game systems or computers. Teach them real life and not fantasy. Can I get a bunch of thumbs up for this.
You're right Bob, Wes is learning valuable lessons. Hopefully he will someday take over the farm. keeping the Bernard Farm in the family for another generation.
Another Enjoyable Video Meredith , I Love The Positive Attitude ,Yes Indeed`Tis A Good Day To Be Alive,Happy 4th Of July ..
WOW!! 😘😘😘
I cooked hamburgers in a skillet, took your advice and used butter. That was yummy 😋 with cheese. I just had to have two!
Hi Meredith. Wesley is a great helper! L.B. and you must be proud of him. Will stay tuned for haying, and whatever comes along. Hi to family. Love & blessings from ~ Rick in N.H.
There is always something to do on a farm as y'all were demonstrating. Another great video Meredith which included you "sweating" in that 101 degree heat. Its about 99 here in Texas. Stay cool and safe and thanks for sharing your video.
My dad said the same thing about those shirts,he wore them all the time.
Great vid, Merdi! I love you guys! With me being a retired, disabled farmer, I wait anxiously for the next video. Tell LB to hang in there. He's my favorite farmer on YT. BTW, Merdi, you still remind me of my sister. You walk, talk, act, even use phrases just like she used too. Anyway, waiting for the next one.
Another great video, many jobs done, many more still to do, I remember those days well, of course, seeing Wesley helping Lawrence is always good, too, you all are busier than one armed paper hangers, thanks for sharing your story
The chaffers as you call them are adjustable as well as the wind from the fan. My dad would walk beside the combine with a grain shovel and catch the chaff coming out to see how many kernals we were loosing on the ground. I was a young man at the time and I remember those days with my dad very fondly. He's been gone now 36 yrs.
Battery operated grease guns r awesome I have a Milwaukee also
Love your videos it's just like here in Wi. EVERYTHING BREAKS HERE TO.
Yes long sleeves shirts are better than short sleeve shirts in the summer it acts like a ac when you sweat plus it protects your arms from scrapes and cuts if you rub up against something
I love her face period, when she says funny things, I say a lot of the same things you say. Do you say warsh for wash? God Bless you hard working farmers.
Wes deserves the big burger! What a cool little dude helping like he does!
When I was 7 years old my dad had me getting tools for him when he worked on the equipment. I learned how to mechanic on the tractors and the truck. He taught me how to use a stick welder to fix brackets and frames. We didn't have a lot of money to hire things fixed, so we did a lot ourselves. I still do a lot of work myself, but I am well aware of my limitations to only go as far as my knowledge and experience will take me. Your son is learning life skills he will never forget.
I think so, too! Thank you
@@ThisFarmWife_ did Lawrence build the log home himself or did he purchase a kit?
Wear long sleeve when it gets sweaty it acts like a cool off rags.
LB is a real John Wayne! He never gives up and he has always gets the work done! I love this man!
i hate hot weather i get really ratty and grumpy
Almost fell out of my chair seeing the grease gun ! Now all LB needs is a Lock & Lube end for it and LOOK OUT !!
Long sleeves work well when working and sweating...breeze cools you off
Not mention protects from over sun exposure " skin cancer".
Meredith, I really like your hair pulled up, shows how pretty you really are.
Just have the biggest smile on my face watching LB with the grease gun! Man what a time saver.. I know the feeling of having a new tool to do a job! Y'all guys are great!
Meredith you're going to love that grill. I bought one from Lowe's I thought I was going to pay 149,95 but it was on sale for 129.95, I know you will get your money's worth it of it. Happy Grilling Meredith
You can buy a grill mat that food don’t stick to they are great saves all the mess Burgers look yummy.
If you love those kids, which I know you do, put their seatbelts on.
They where their seatbelts on the road. We were in the field and farm lane. Thanks!
Wesley is a very smart Guy helping his Dad and I know Lawrence really appreciate his Sons Help omg watch out Bonnie get out of the way my prayers Gertie get finished 🙏🙏🇺🇸✨✨✨💥⚡️🇺🇸✨💥⚡️🇺🇸Apparently Lawrence knows Gertie like the back of his hand 🤚Gotta love 💕 Lawrence 🥰
He is a very smart man the desert dwellers wear clothes that fully cover their bodies to keep cool. ❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺👍👍👍
This is the first time in my life I have ever been proud of a piece of farm equipment. Go Gerty! I think she's got a new lease on life thanks to LB's loving hands. BTW, LB is a cool guy whether he has designer holes in his clothes or not. Matter of fact, they are more authentic of he put them there personally.
Love the driving backwards skills!😂
Girl, i don't know how ya do it everyday. be well.
Nice looking barbecue
I used to pip my horn on my truck at the wife lynne make her jump o it was funny great stuff again 👍🏴🇬🇧🆒🇺🇸👌🏼
Great to see Wesley learning so much mechanics from his dad. Hope he enjoys it, great skill. He should see cole the corn star's brother, Cooper.
Just remember to turn the tank knob first and when done, it gets turned off last or it will go into a "hobble" mode and will not get hot as you would like. It's a safety thing, they say.
Great video Meredith
When it comes to Gerty, cleanliness is next to Godliness.... I get the feeling y'all hold your fingers crossed a lot with Gerty!
A family that works together stays together in Farm Life.
Propane not gas
Try sweet potato Shepard pie, bottom layer fried onions and mushrooms . Top layer mashed sweet potato and of course BUTTER
Oh man that sounds good, any burger or no ?
Yes I for got the burger thanks for the reminder, what happens when you hit 70. Layer of onions and mushrooms, LAYER OF HAMBURGER, then sweet potato and butter
Add a layer of hamburger above the onions and 🍄, then sweet potato mashed. Sorry you get forgetfull when you hit 70
Your husband takes good care of his farm machines. Thats what it takes to be a good farmer ,PEACE GIRL,
24:25 , SEE I told you so Meredith and Husband FARMER .. Planting over an old crop , THATS NO TILL FARMING ..! NOW REALL WHY WOULD YOU TILL THAT , KILL THE EARTH WORMS THAT WILL TILL THAT LAND FOR YOU FOR FREE ..?
TOLD YOU SO, I SEEN YOU'ALL DOING THAT MEREDITH .! YUP ..!
if Wesley grows into his shoes he wont fit in the small spaces any more
another wonderful Vlog, well done it's winter here in NZ, and we just had our coldest couple of days for sometime
In our part of the country We call Allis Chalmers combines galvanize grinders...
You really need to buy you a Blackstone griddle.
Glad everything went well and barley is finished. As to those who were worried about long sleeves I used to have a neighbor he was in his 90s and would say...... If you don't like my fence don't swing on my gate. Great videos , Thank you !
I Have just recently discovered your channel. Love it, btw, I consider you a classic Southern Belle! Very very pretty, hard working, great mother, and great southern accent, which btw I love. :-) :-) :-)
I just caught your posts and what an amazing story you are sharing-- almost like the WALTONS ON TV-- the big difference is I only see the Older gentleman and your Son and you!! Where the heck is your Husband and any higher help???
You have a nack for saying what I was thinking. 🤔 must be years of reading comments. You know what’s coming. 😊
Awesome video,,,,so much I wanted to say,,,but clean as much as you can while it's hot...🤓🇺🇲
So you're saying your ShopVac literally "SUCKS" LOL
You're definitely not just raising a boy but your raising a young MAN! We need more if that in this country. You and Lawrence should be very proud!!!! As I'm sure you are. Have a Happy 4th.
I know you know to clean the filter, BUT check the hose to make sure there is nothing stuck in it. The motor sounds pretty strong. WILL WORK FOR STEAK.....LOL The long sleeves keeps the direct sun off of the arms which is a lot cooler. Have a safe 4th of July.
MY DAD WORE (Pendleton wool long sleeve shirts when he was baling hay during the spring and summer with a cotton T-shirt..
Your son needs to learn to wear safety glasses. Especially when working under equipment. Speaking from experience and not trying to be a smart A. thanks
I'm sure someone will want him to wear hi vis clothing and wrap him on bubble wrap
Gotta love watching Lawrence thrash on his equipment! He doesn’t call repair tech..
I love this channel yeah! Your narration is so funny & the facial expressions are so cute. Glad everything went well today but you were complaining quite a bit about the heat lol. Can I ask how many tillable acres do you have? You grow everything. Now I'm gonna check out that sweet tater salad.
I love the way you personify your equipment. I see Lawrence's hands and I see a man who has worked hard his entire life. You and Lawrence complete each other. Your kids are an added blessing to your union. The kids are being raised right. I thank God I found your videos! I ask this with complete respect...Can Lawrence be a bit stubborn? What a great man!
Remember breaking a StrawWalker on our Massey 410 combine replaced it by myself had to put a sheet of plywood on part of them to lie down on them. For comfort and esse...
I am no fan of summer either, but we are a few degrees cooler than where you are. It is "only" forecasted to be between 86 and 95 the next 10 days, add the humidity and we're getting up into the 100's too. It is so heart wrenching watching the break downs on Gerdie. I know she is your pride and joy, but it must be so frustrating and honestly, I don't know how LB keeps his cool in all this. Oh, and don't worry about the language police, I speak and sometimes write YankeeDutch, and don't care. If they don't understand, they'll ask again.
You are living THE LIFE. Good onyas. Im a small farmer in West Australia too. My Dad taught me everything i know and still learning off him. Never too old to learn and im 51. He 86 and still working everyday. Do you ever get harvest and vehicle movement bans over there when it gets hot or windy?
I am 54 years old, and I learned how to drive a combine on an F2 Gleaner here in Arkansas when I was 12 years old. That 40 year old combine is still getting the harvest out all over this country. They currently have a strong market in the Midwest and are still the best combines ever made. ua-cam.com/video/0B3o7p_e_bw/v-deo.html Meredith that being said, don't let Gertie get you down. Hold your head up because you and your husband own a legacy combine and I promise you they are very few 40 year old John Deere and Case combines that are still running and working the fields.
Hehehe you talk funny, but I betcha you're sticky sweet kinda like NC bbq. AIIIR.
Today sure was Wes's day to shine. No kidding what a great young man. Umm, about sweet potatoes anything, just can't get my tastes buds around any of it. I've tried, just can't do it. Must be the Yankee in me. Another great video, though.
You are the Barbra Eden, "I dream of Jeannie" of the country world, love your video's
Keep the good work you all,your husband is a hard worker and you are so supportive of him,gerdy is a good machine and its ok ,all farmers have the same thing what you all are going through.
God bless you and your family and may jesus Angeles protect you and your family what ever you guys are doing and may jesus bless you with more gifts
In jesus Christ mighty name Amen
I'll say this I still think that ya'll might need to start raising and breeding some heritage breed of hogs for Austin and Wesley for a FFA or 4-H project would just add to their education...
I grew up around farming as my uncles, on my mothers side, all had cows, horses, pigs, chickens, and they raised some of their own feed. My father was an engineer on the railroad and would pick up corn, wheat, and other grains that would spill out of the railcars in the switching yard, and give it to my uncles. Any time they butchered a pig or a bull, it was a family affair and we got part of it. They also had big gardens for vegetables, fields of watermelons, and groves of plumbs and pears. Planting and harvest was also a family affair and was shared with the rest of the family who also helped. We did not have any live stock but did board horses in the back part of our property. It was my job to see that they were fed and watered, which I got paid for by the owners. To us kids it was all fun, and later own I learned it was also educational. We did not have air conditioning and was use to working in the mid 90s with humidity also in the 90s. I learned to drive a tractor when I was around 10 years old. Even did some plowing in the small gardens with a single plow pulled by a horse. My grandfather, on my mothers side, came from Belgium in the early 1900s and brought over a bunch of sharecroppers to work his plantation in central Louisiana. We found out a few years ago that in the beginning it was over 10,000 acres. He sold a lot of it to the state for highways and my mother and her siblings inherited what was left. That is where I grew up. My mother always had a very small garden where she grew, corn and okra with green beans next to them, tomatoes, and squashes. To this day I can remember how much better fresh vegetables tasted than the ones bought in stores today. Today I’m only 30 minutes from the Louisiana Super Dome but my home borders about a 1,000 acres of sugarcane. Would not change any of it.
After farming for many years and literally repairing,building, adapting,inventing everything out of sheer necessity, lack of money, lack of actual parts or machines; I can say farmers are some of the most resourceful and intelligent people out there. It makes me fume when people say stupid farmer statements, as they have no idea of the investment in time, money, and heart that it takes. I gained such a broad educational experience that few even grasp the capacity of a farmer. Having a supportive family and wife is an absolute necessity and blessing. Never cuss a farmer, especially with your mouth full.
You should be proud of Wes. That is a very claustrophobic place. He went after it like a fox after a chicken.
Really hate it for all the bad luck, I know it’s very frustrating to have a chore to complete and having to work on equipment and you’re worn out by the time you need to complete the task....
It's actually cooler to wear long sleeves and pants in the summer. It keeps you cooler because you sweat and also, it keeps you from getting bug bites, scraps and cuts while working under a tractor.
The best way to fix the hydraulic hose fittings, So you can't get in wrong place is >>>> ( male to female ) one one side ( female to male ) on other side. Then there is no way to get them backwards!!
I don't know how old your other BBQ was but you will get good longevity from the Char-Broil you got -- mine lasted 12 years.
THE Joy's of of owning and running a combine. SO times you work more than you running
Trivia: The chemists were working on a solution to soften water when they discovered RoundUp. The "coagulation " you saw was the hardness of your water settling out . Trivia
I totally condemn the rest of the world because we don’t live in singlets Mare.
I used to take sweet potatoes and slice them as thin and safely as possible
Then deep fry them
Season with cinnamon and ground red pepper to taste!!! Good Saturday afternoon
Snack....
You need to put a check valve in Gerties fuel system. The fuel is draining back down to the tank, that’s why it’s hard to start.