After three years of Farming...
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- You guys have requested this one a lot, so here's a farm tour of our Vermont duck and goose farm. Enjoy!
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About Gold Shaw Farm: Gold Shaw Farm is more of a farm-in-progress than an honest-to-goodness farm. Our dream is that someday we are able to transform our 150+ acre parcel of land into a regenerative and productive homestead and farm.
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We're also selling really nifty goose quills. They make great old school writing instruments.
Bernadette banner would probably love those
Silly question? Will they be in the freezer?
@@AmazingJellyfish Yes! He should send some to her, and to Cathy Hay.
Build a cabin shed thing out of the trees you cut done. It could be fun and give you some kind of shortage way in the back part of the property. Also it would be a great conversation piece
If you end up selling beef jerky will you be able to ship it?
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Damn soldier man
Wonderful, wonderful sentiment. The Greeks knew what they were talking about and I only wish our society today would have the same values.
@@Creative-Chaos It's the fear that we won't have a future to worry about that keeps those values away. (Doomsday Clock) Plus, people are getting further and further away from the generations that had a farm and lived life by the seasonal almanac than by the neon alarm clock. Moved from a California city with over 200k people to a 37k town in another state and got hit with culture shock when people had different values about time well spent.
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@@Creative-Chaos It does, you just surround yourself with the wrong people and think everyone is like the people immediately around you.
When my partner, Ron, falls asleep in the living room. I wake him up with, "All Rons go to bed...Rons go to bed!" It cracks him up. He goes to bed happy instead of cranky for waking him up... 😅
That is hysterical!
I wonder how long it will stay funny
@@peter_801 for ever. It is their special joke.
Allison's smile at 16:27 is the greatest. She's (rightfully) proud of her green thumb and gardening effort!
You might consider a couple goats. Goats will eat the weeds cows won't.
oh yeah....
Yes totally agree the little critters really know how to clear the brush but you have to pen them in to small lots otherwise they have a habit of eating there favourite stufff first then leaving the chewy stuff until nothing’s left
Yep. Got a buddy who has a farm in MO. The goats eat all the nasty brush up to about six feet off the ground. Then he has a donkey that keeps the coyotes away.
That would be cool
And good meat
Perhaps you could release pigs just like Joel Salatin into the woodlands for a year (with movable fencing) before cutting down the trees. This will fertilize the land and you will get some fat pigs out of it (which you can eat/sell).
After that you can plant grass and it'll take about 4 months and you'll have a very lush pasture.
And true 👍
Then again. Your wife might think the pigs are too cute to be slaughtered...😭
id love to see pigs on the farn
Actually I think Joe runs the pigs after the area has been cut and they help to keep the regrowth brush down.Unless there are fruit and nut trees there is little for the hogs to eat.First thing is to bring in a registered state forester to evaluate the timber and decide what is good for what market and purpose. No sense ruining a thousand dollar log that is veneer quality just to let pigs ruin it by using it as a scratching post. Then since certain types of trees grow in acid or alkiline soil ,test the PH and fertility levels and get the ph at least to the range that wiwll grow grasses and legumes. You can plant oats or winter wheat or what grainis popular locally for the nurse crop for the pasture/hay crop You can either then combine the grain or graze it down. For the other established pasture/hay fields you can check with Pete from Justa Few Acres Farm and see if Irish Dexters a small multipurpose breed of cows will fit your farm or maybe watch Greg Judy's regenerative pasture ranch and look as his cows or sheep that perform well for him. Just remember he is in missouri.
@@timh9407 damn mate you know your farming techniques! Pretty sure most trees there are softwood given the fact that it used to be pasture, not sure if that's worth getting a forester, then again I don't know which types of wood are expensive and which aren't.
I'm disabled and can't go into a natural landscape anymore, as the terrain would be too rough for my wheelchair. It's one of the things I miss the most. These videos always make me feel like I've had a little taste of going for a walk in a pasture or a wood. Thank you! ❤
The tassels of corn consist of many "strings". Each string goes down to a corn kernel. If the tassel isn't fertilized, the corn kernel will not develop. Looking at your spotty corncobs, it looks like a fertilization problem. That problem is solved by planting corn close together so that the wind will carry the pollen to a nearby tassel. Pollen doesn't drop straight down much at all. Next year, don't plant one long row of corn, but plant several shorter rows close together. I've also found that corn needs fertilizer and water to grow the plant best. Then just wait for the wind and harvest time!
I just learned something new today! Awesome.
@@mitchmazerolle3168 me too.
Having a beehive close would help or not? I know very little about corn....
@ Joyce T ,
Yes , that is the way that I plant my corn. Instead of long rows , I plant in blocks of shorter rows that are closer together. That is instead of one 50 ft. row , I plant 5 , 10 ft. rows so that all of the corn is closer together. The corn will pollinate better. Corn is also primarily wind pollinated so being closer together it is pollinated more efficiently.
You do not need to count on the wind if your corn garden is fairly small. When the silks are ripe, cut a couple of tassels from the top of a stalk, and wipe down your exposed corn silks with the tassel full of pollen. Get a new tassel when that one is empty. You can pollinate all of the ears fairly quickly and greatly improve the quality of your harvest.
Love your channel, Fowls and esp Toby dog! I trained a female golden retriever in obedience competitions to level of UD (utility) even though she had cancer at 2, went into remission until 13. She had hip/elbow dysplasia and degenerate joint disease (bought from backyard breeder). But after working with her so closely, I loved her dearly. I retired her from show at 7. she won so many first prizes and ribbons. She attained her UD title in 3 shows in one weekend, which is almost unheard of. Right after that I retired her and just let her be a pet. She was also a therapy pet, and we visited rest homes, shelters etc. she also performed behaviors on hand signals alone. Keep your videos coming. I look for them everyday. I have 2 baby silkies now, 3 dogs and 3 large parrots that are 40 years old. They used to do tricks on command, but haven’t been handled in 30 years I raised baby lovebirds and potty trained them before they were sold.
I would like a trail camera inside of the duck house so that I can see what the ducks do when you are approaching in the morning ready to say "release the quackers "
What a wonderful and beautiful wife you have, besides working a full time job she made a garden to die for, you are one lucky man, God Bless you both
Advice with the corn if you save the seeds every year they will get used to the land
Depends on whether or not he's legally allowed to do that. Seed patents, after all. There's a lot of farmers that would love to save their seeds, but can't do it. And seed companies will go after them and have destroyed several farmers that way.
Better advice would be to contact the local cooperative extension and ask for recommendations on varieties that thrive in northern VT weather and the ratios of avian manure/old straw/mulch/compost he should fertilize or use to suppress weeds for corn. I suspect he would have better luck starting the corn in seed-trays or using row covers to jump start its growth over the hardier pasture weeds.
@@SadisticSenpai61 That is a myth. Don't believe the garbage the anti GMO nuts shovel.
Saving seeds is actually a lot of work and most farmers have never done it. Virtually all crops are harvested before the seeds are mature so it would take special effort to not do a full harvest to get viable seeds. Sweet corn, what he was growing, would need to stay on the plants for several more weeks until it fully matured and considering the weather he's having that isn't possible.
Also plants don't get used to the land. It is possible if you're a real expert and have the time and a wide variety of seeds to cross different varieties of a crop selecting for a new variety that will do better in a specific micro climate but that is an evolutionary process and even when done intentionally can take 10 or 15 years.
@@KenS1267 No, it's not a myth. As I said, it depends on what you buy and from whom. If you aren't buying in a ton of bulk, most will likely not be patented. Most of the garden seeds intended for small gardens aren't fancy patented seeds, nor would anyone really be paying much attention to your buying habits. When you buy in the quantities that the average farmer buys in, they pay attention. So if you don't buy seeds one year, they'll investigate.
@@SadisticSenpai61 Yes, it is a fucking myth.
Do you really think the guy planting 300 acres of corn has any interest in seed saving? I'm from a farm family. We never saved seeds, except for our own vegetable garden, and no farmer we knew did. And no none of the seeds were patented. Right now almost none of the seeds are patented. You can look into it yourself if you don't believe me. If you think farmers have been sued for replanting patented seeds then you should be able to present these civil suits. Go ahead present away.
I am sick and tired of people who have no idea how farms operate making these claims. I'll again point out that in almost all cases harvesting for use as food is not the same as harvesting for seed saving. So that means planting in a separate field. If its a f1 hybrid, by far the most common crop, then you can't do it at all as the plant will not breed true. So this isn't a matter of liking the crop and deciding to hold some back. This is planning ahead of time to save seeds and making a separate planting. This is choosing a true breeding variety over an f1. Anyone going to that much trouble is certainly not so stupid as to also choose one of the 4 o 5 patented crop seeds, that's all there are on the market total. This is a stupid dumbass myth spread by the utterly vile Vandana Shiva.
oh boy, this is no farm, this is an EMPIRE !! so much space, amazing what u could do with it.
a suggestion to consider
what about adding some berry hedges spread out on the permaculture slope.
blueberry's , blackberry's ,raspberry's
they are good at holding soil ,make a good low to mid level wind break ,and are pretty tasty
raspberries are a lot of work to keep getting good fruit and blackberries need a support otherwise they would make an impenetrable tangle on the ground. Blueberries might be a good idea if the winter is not too harsh for them, but they also need some work to keep getting fruit (less than raspberries for sure) mostly just some feed to keep the correct pH of the soil. Currants (black, red, white) and gooseberry would be my suggestion, those things are hardy and the bushes are easy to maintain.
@@horace6851 ,
I grow thornless upright growing blackberries that do not need supports. And I grow raspberries which do not require very much care. They are black raspberries if that makes a difference. The only thing that I do for them is cut them back in the fall to about 12 inches above the ground. And cover them with netting in the early summer so the birds do not get them all . Another one that I grow is Elderberries because they grow fast and produce early.
Harsh weather and blueberries ? Blueberries grow very well in Maine and Michigan as well .
Blueberries are the best plant change my mind and they probably be fine
@@donaldmiller8629 the raspberries my family used to grow were giving fruit on the 2-year shoots so we had to selectively cut old shoots but be careful not to cut young ones, it's a lot of work if you grow a lot of them. We also used to grow thornless blackberries but they needed support and cover in winter. Also blueberries (or what we called in Poland American blueberries as opposed to our native wild blueberries) needed to be covered for winter and I don't think it was colder there than N Vermont. But maybe we just had sensitive varieties. We also had to water them a lot to get good fruit. But again, it all depends on the soil and climate, I'm sure these days you can find a variety that works for the conditions you want them.
I find myself smiling when I watch your videos...even though I’ve seen them all now. I just love seeing the ducks waddle and watching Pablo and Toby dog. It’s crazy how watching them just make me smile so much.
Your 'release the quaken!' was very Mad Max today.
Three years of ducks and stuff! Oddly fascinating videos! It's very wholesome, and probably what people should watch more of.
My parents would be devastated that you fed Toby the tongue. They love tongue for Christmas.
It’s good meat, as it is used all the time the muscle is really tender.
Toby has more than earned that treat!
@@katemcpherson3492 Haha, yeah I fully agree! When other dogs get asked "who's a good boy?" I bet they think of Toby! 😁
Nope not on my plate!
@@JennyWinters That's what I thought, until I was fed it without knowing what it was. It was very tasty. The look can be altered via selective trimming, and you'd never know it wasn't a different cut of meat!
Kudos to Allison 's garden & orchard. Fruit trees and veggies can't be beat.
Holy cow, it's freezing in Vermont already! We still have 15dregrees Celsius during the night and 25-28 during the day in West Germany.
Cheers
Nik
Zum Glück nicht in Norddeutschland XD
@@brookselia652 Î honestly don't know what the weather is like in Northern Germany because I live 400-500km away in Koblenz.
Koblenz is the city where the Rhine and Mosel come together, it used to be a very popular touristspot for Americans and Asians.
@@nikleiser5888 I know where Koblenz is located. (I have some relatives down there in the south).
In Hamburg, it's "only" 18 degree Celsius during the day and 5 in the night.
@@brookselia652 But our friends from around the globe didn't know.
You may know that we have one of the warmest microclimates in the Neuwiederbecken, so its no surprise that it still is that warm.
Its still 90F in Florida (32C)
I just want to say how much I enjoy your channel. You are a natural storyteller in both words and pictures!
the department of agriculture locally always has a local tree expert and can tell you what to get rid of and what to plant for your area.
Or, the state university Ag extension service. Different states structure this differently, but they’re fantastic! Ours has home gardening to industrial Ag levels of assistance.
I have been bingewatching your Videos recently. I do not like people, but the way you act and cut your Videos, make me think you are a really humble likable person
It's officially fall and the water is frozen!? I can't even...
yeah its like that up here
@@davidwilson6221 It's 74 degrees where I am and I'm freezing.
Heck, we had a hard killing frost last week, which was technically still summer.
@@sherrybrissette1614 I plan to name my husky Frost, so I can laugh when people ask if Frost bites lol
@@The_Woof_Pack Lol! That's funny!
I'm a casual watcher of this channel and have been for about 1+ years now. I have to say what a fantastic job you've done! It's very inspiring and by documenting this journey, you're helping farming novices like me understand what a huge project, that is owning a farm, can entail!
Thin it out, keep a few lines and clusters on elevation breaks... make certain you keep it thicker in the bottoms and near any streams to thwart erosion.
Work with one of Vermont's Forestry/Ag departments at a nearby college/university...
Great projects 👍👍
Wow! Your farm has changed so much in such a shortime! It truly is amazing! I started watching your channel a few months before you got Toby. Hope the red rooster works out! It would nice if you could keep him. I didn't realize how large your farm was since we were kept closer towards the house and barn area in your videos. When you start to raise cattle, beef jerky is a good product to sell from your farm that you can mail out. I use to watch the channel Our Wyoming Life on UA-cam which is a family living on a small ranch stead with cattle that also raised pigs and chickens. They sold beef jerky which became a small part of their products. The wife raised vegetables and sold them at a local outdoor market but consumed too much of their time so later they got a small shack near the entrance of their property to sell the produce, some meat, jerky and eggs. Surprisingly they received a lot of visitors from UA-cam subscribers who wanted to visit the ranch as well as purchasing products. I'm telling you this as ideas in case in the future if you wanted to earn more money to support your farm. I thought it was so precious that in this video Pablo followed you around while you gave us the tour of the farm!
I can’t wait to see you seal in your pond! A workable pond will make such a difference for the ducks and geese! Good luck!.
Seeing Pablo the Cat and remembering what happened to Lil Barn Cat reminded me of this Cat joke from Mary Poppins:
Uncle Albert : Let me see... I have the very thing: Yesterday, when the lady next door answered the door, there was a man there, and the man said to the lady, "I'm terribly sorry, I just ran over your cat."
[Jane and Michael descend from being up in the air]
Jane : Oh, that is sad.
Michael : The poor cat.
Uncle Albert : And the man said, "I'd like to replace your cat." And the lady said, "That's all right with me, but how are you with catching mice?"
Scaredy Ducks: "We knew."
thats gotta be it. they realized it was a sausage fest and that wasnt gonna pan out.
Nah if they knew, there'd be no point being scared because they'd have known it wasn't their time yet, so they had nothing to fear
@@Berkeloid0 except the impending doom once the scary man finds out.
I Love how awesome Toby is!!! waits patiently as you meander around his Homestead talking to yourself holding that camera!! keeps doing his job like whatever Dude!!!! its not like I wanted to get a back rub or anything like that!!! I'm just here for the Birds I know!!! but when you finally gave him his treat!!! oh yeah!!!! and that Chicken!!! thinking it was going to get a piece of the action!!!! Back off !!! bird!!! this is real MEAT!!!! Can we adopt Toby? but you have to keep him on the Homestead? HAHA!!!!
Love how the Geese and Ducks stretch their wings and glide off when you release them in the morning, like angels going to meet those that have crossed over to the other side!!! Yeah the best time to plant a Tree is 20 years ago if you wanted to reap the rewards!! such is life!!!!
Glad its Not that cold in Utah yet!!!! stay Warm this Winter!!! its like Fall only gets to work a month a year and Winter stays six months to long!
Your woods and back pastures reminded me: as a youth, my scout troop benefited from the kindness of farmers who would allow us to utilize their woods and under-utilized pastures for camping and field training weekends. A good scout troop always tries to leave a site better than they found it. We'd not cut live trees for firewood. Instead we'd clear the deadwood on the forest floor. We helped in other ways as well, such as removing fallen trees from creeks, allowing for proper drainage, provided earth-packed wood steps on slippery slopes, etc. I wonder if such a symbiotic partnership might be worth exploring? Just a thought.
Absolutely love coming home from work to watch your videos every three days
Aaaah am glad the Parks n Rec gang are all spared XDD
Also well I dont think the Silkies will ever be in danger but always loved them and seeing them plop into the grass, when you open the door of their house XD.
Also get a goat first. At least a test run before the bigger and more maintenance heavy cattle. And to help eat the weeds and other grasses away.
Anybody else notice that Justin and his crew weren't talked about? Hmmm. Considering Morgan's comments about not liking his off spring earlier in the year, I suspect most are destined for the dinner table. If Justin survives from that group, you thought he was angry this year??
Sheep would be a better starter animal for Morgan. They won’t be escape artists, have a pleasant temperament and in my opinion they (and their milk) taste a whole lot better!
@@11matt11 Is that the snobby goose gang? Like the kids of the hoity toity geese?
I mean welll theyre technically fair game since theyre not the the breeding mains
@@delafe Come to think of it, that would also bring up the perfect excuse for Morgan to get a herding dog and a friend for Toby XD!
Also, about your pond, see if you can bring in a compactor to help seal in the clay.
Otherwise, maybe before you do that, is there any way for you to check to see how high the water table is? You might just have to dig down a bit more.
Source: I'm an MSc. Ecological Restoration student with experience building wetlands
@ Kathleen Cathcart ,
I was watching Polyface Farm and it was mentioned about using pigs to seal a pond. I have no idea of how it works. But , you could try it. Even if you don't get a sealed pond , you would still gain some ham and bacon which you could provide to another family if you don't eat it yourself.
About wetland. Since It's a farm do you consider to cover the base with geo textile like big ponds?
I love that Blanch and Dotty are like Toby's best friends.
I rarely comment on UA-cam, but I've been watching your videos for the last few months and I gotta say; I think this is one of your best. It looked as good as the storytelling! Keep up the good work man, your vids made my days much more bearable during quarantine. Best wishes from Quebec, Canada.
So glad to see you finally adding the clay.
Love from New York.
Me too!
I don't think there really was a point to doing so until it was bone dry anyways, as it'll keep the muckiness of the work down to do it without any water present.
Love from Florida and I was born in New York
Lol “release the quakens” good one. I’m excited to finally get some upgrades done on our small farm. The rooster is gorgeous.
I just love these farm tours they are the best!!!
Gold Shaw Farm is a noteworthy bright episode in my mornings twice a week. Hard work continues to pay off. You've fashioned an enviable life. We saw a flash of interaction between Toby and Pablo here. Has that relationship become detente? How has that evolved since Toby was first introduced? A mere thank you seems inadequate. you've given me something to look forward to twice a week. Thanks Morgan for your time, labor and persistence.
Thanks for the tour! My wife, kids and I are looking forward to raising ducks for eggs on our slice of land in Idaho Falls.
Khaki Campbell is the right duck rase you need
Get a forester to help with coming up with a management plan and to help supervise and advise any logging you do! They will easily pay for themselves with the reduction in risk and trouble that you may have otherwise. The Society of American Foresters has a certified foresters list.
What about a Gold Shaw Farms "Hard Times" Cider eventually when there are enough? Would love to have a real hard cider grown fresh from a farm, and distilled at a local distillery.
Hard cider isn't distilled it is brewed just like beer. You can take hard/brewed cider and distill that to make applejack.
@@russellegge9840 Or just let if freeze in the barrel and drill a hole through the "ice" to the center where the apple flavored ethanol will be quietly waiting.
I wonder if there is a bee shortage going on up there as to why the apples didn't come in this year? Get a bee hive.
@@russellegge9840 Good point, but wouldn't you love some?
@@Oldjohn52 Never heard of that method, you guys are giving good food for thought.
WOW!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU SHARED THAT DELICIOUS FRESH COW TONGUE WITH YOUR DOG! THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST PIECES OF MEAT ON THE COW! BAKE AND USE FOR SANDWICHES!
DOG WILL NO DOUBT ENJOY THIS SCORE!
Me: (quietly studying while listening to the video)
The video: SPEAKING OF THE FOREST
A bit of advice: If you get more apple trees for "eating apples", perhaps you should plant them with the two in the back pasture. You can have a small apple grove. :) Goats will eat a lot of the scrubby brush and weeds you have there too. ( just protect the apple trees) . I think - if you have two roosters, they will squabble - but Not bully the hens much. Only One rooster can become a problem. As for the corn, you Have to plant a "block" or at least 6 rows for them to pollenate well. That is why your ears of corn have almost no kernals - poor pollination. Try a Bigger corn patch next year, and see how it does.
Bielefeld is a city right next to where I live in Germany and people from/living there are called Bielefelder's. Not sure if that species of chicken originates from Bielefeld or not but wouldn't be surprised at how that guy was trying to pronounce the name. He's using a little to much inflection on the "IE" in the name but essentially he is saying it right.
Place is looking good. I have dropped into the 50's twice in the past week.
Pleaseeee call the other rooster Arron Burrd so that Hamilhen will have a great rival
YES
Great idea - Aaron Burrd made me smile.
Man, I love to hear you talk about permaculture, and planning for decades in the future. I try to explain to my kids and my husband (neither of which understand) about planning for the future. My trees, my heirloom flowers... I guess they all think I'm crazy, and it makes me sad. When I plant a tree, I hope to see it fruit, or I hope that it makes offspring and they fruit. My current thoughts are to bring a few pecan trees to my sister's place, and some persimmons. Both, once they get going, are marvelous producers. And they produce when many other things are done for the year. I don't know how to explain to anyone around me, other than my neighbor who is also all about nature. It's really important for land to be able to do its thing - too much ground turnover in the cities gives a septic feeling, like everything has been cleansed so much that only the hardiest or most prolific animals/insects can thrive. Anyway. Thanks for educating people. I hope you make a whole movement.
I saw a lot of white ash in the forest walk. Most of those are doomed. There is a pathogen known as "Ash Yellows" that has been killing most of the ash in the New England area. It's one of the reasons that baseball bats are made of maple now. I applaud the idea of keeping large mature trees for shade but you should be careful not to disturb the understory beneath the canopy out to the dripline. Skidders and heavy machinery will do considerable damage to that and may cause the mature tree to die. So, tread lightly under the big ones. If you don't mind me asking, why plant locust trees? The thorns on the branches are plentiful, sharp, and very strong. I know they used to be good for fenceposts. Is that what you will use them for? I was in the business of trimming trees away from power lines for 28 years and my memories of locust trees are less than favorable. I love watching you work with the animals. I spent more than fifty summers in Barton, just up the road from you. Cheers.
I know you laugh but cow tongue if cooked right is amazing. Glad Toby got something so good for his hard work.
oh really have you tasted one before
Your forest looks like perfect conditions for truffles ,might be worth looking into ,big money payed by chefs and restaurants 😎
Truffles only grow in NC/SC region
Cool idea Jim quinn
T V yes
Wow! That fence just adds to my happiness about the life your ducks and geese and chickens live. I’m a vegetarian, but I’m not interested in telling people what to eat. I just love your care and convictions about the kind of life you want for the feathered beings you are raising. And what a stunning property!
Would love to see you add a bee hive in the middle of the trees. Will really help.
You can plant a larger area with black locust and raise goats. Goats eat everything, but they absolutely love black locust. Black locust grows very fast, compared to most other trees. And, even if it grows very slowly in thickness, after 5-6 years of healthy growth you can cut it down and you get some extremely rot resistant poles. Those are always useful in any operation where you have to do a lot of fencing.
You must take care of apple trees, and fruit trees in general, not to carry too much fruit in any given year. Fruit trees go into a routine of one year fruiting excessively then the next one almost not at all. I'm almost 100% certain your harvest this year will be great again, provided there's no accidental frost during blooming.
Any plans to go into bee keeping? You'll have a lot of trees that'll need pollinating in the future.
You could rent bee hives too.
@@orangebpumpkin5676 True, but a Morgan seems to be all about eco diversity and sustainability so a hive or two seem to fit with his philosophy for the farm.
@@SQW0 with his allergies probably not a good idea.
if you keep bees you are going to get stung.
Or Dubai roach farming he could compost with them feed them to birds and just needs to get them and research with antscanada and yong yong tales
You can't imagine how much joy I get from watching your animals. It's so special and warming of the heart. I love to watch their feet. They waddle so cute! Amazing how God made them. Love Toby, Pablo, and Lil barn cat. I love all kinds of animals...wish I could be a Grizzly Adam's plus. God bless u and Allison for doing all u do.
RE: the fence hole. You may need a gate back there anyways for access.
If was definitely the better way to get them out. I grew up on a wooded hill and deer were very flighty, even with being semi-used to me hanging out with the goats. The springs have been notably dry the past few years so my Dad has been leaving water for the deer as they keep the land from being to cluttered now that they have sold off the goats.
Great video! For those who don't know, it's just as important to thin out your trees as it is to thin out garden plants. If they are too thick, none of them grow the way they are supposed to. You have a beautiful place thanks for the tour!
Yayyyyyy Parks ands Rec's get to stay! They are my fav ^_^
Much love from Nigeria
You could grow some hay for sale and for your cows too but goats can change the terrain
Man, I really want some land. It would be awesome just to see a dark sky at nighttime. It’s the little things.
Ah apples. They go in 2 year cycles apparently (nice spring weather helps) and this year we are harvesting for juicing. Last year we had very few, and the year before that we managed to make lots of apple juice but it was late in the season by the time we got the crusher. So fret ye not - you'll be getting a bumper crop next year. Thank you for the tour - it's a huuuuuuge spread! Hope Toby enjoyed his tongue - it looked like it was soon to become his preciousssss! Nicely done with the veggie patch Alison - never know if it is one L or two, so forgive me if I have it wrong! It's two!!! Allison - just seen the header! LOL!
The comedic timing of you cutting to you rapping Hamilton genuinely made me cackle outloud hahahaha amazing
I've been watching for 2 years and there's been huge improvements! I remember when part of the barn fell down! Before the pond was dug and the brooder was Toby's house.
I would check how many of the trees are maples and tape them for maple syrup for spring forest usage
Thanks for the tour, everything is really coming along!
HELLOOO FROMMM ENGLANDDD
dont know why I'm so hyper, you're doing great with you farm!
same
@Quacko Hello! Whereabouts? I'm in Wolverhampton
Salutitoins from Florida
@@sandyhill4081 holloo
Hi
If goldshaw farms ever decided to host a fall festival with pumpkin patches and corn mazes and a haunted hen house full of geese, ducks, and geese with Toby being the tour guide... you’d never get me to leave 😂 bye bye arizona, Vermont is my new home
Come on over!
Hey, how about turning that massive barn roof into a solar array...tax breaks, and power!
In Vermont solar isn't all that good of an idea, you'll get good output during the summer, fair output during the Spring and fall, and poor output during the winter. Only getting full power for 4 months out of the Year wouldn't be worth it. Installation on that super tall barn roof would be very expensive. I don't think they'd be able to pay for themselves by time they degrade after 20 odd years.
There's also no creeks near the house for a Watermill or hydroelectric power. I think the best they could get away with is wind turbines.
Sounds like the only way it would be practical is to use cheap second-hand panels and design your own system around the limitations of the panels. Where I am in Australia, second-hand solar panels are readily available with 250W panels going for around AU$20 / US$15 each. They're between 5-10 years old but still produce not far off their rated power. I guess the catch is that these cheap panels are only available in places where the demand for them is low, and by the time you ship them to where the demand is, they are no longer that cheap. It's a shame to see so many panels like this broken down for scrap when there's so much usable life left in them.
@@gtaguy105 this. Where solar truly shines and pays itself back in a timely manner is California and it’s neighbors.
I love the diverse collection of chickens you have now. They are so pretty.
Oh wow, I dont think I've ever gotten here so early!
Same
@@elliottbratten7632 shut up
Sorry man but I got to agree with Elliot, no one cares
@@romeroglori huh?
Really enjoyed your farm tour, new fencing looks great. The barn is so huge couldn’t you divide it up into pens for birds and keep them under one roof? The photos of Allison with her vegetables were lovely, she is a natural beauty.🇦🇺🐨🦘
When are bees coming into the mix?? I want to see spring bee videosss
I’ve been waiting all year for a video like this. That was an Amazing tour Morgan! Good luck with everything.
If you are open to ship Beef Jerky to Switzerland or Germany, I'm in!
Hi...... Morgan nice to see you beautiful Duck and Goose and beautiful places, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐩🌱🎥👍👍👍
That scene where the flock of geese rush towards the rising sun horizon always takes my breath away.
I love the name Scaredy Ducks . They probably new they were Freezer Ducks so they were on Scardy mode all there lives AHahahahaha
Wow, nice place... Beautiful! Friend here from the Philippines visiting and sending my support. God bless!
Tobi trying to play with Pablo, Pablo be like: MEH :/ hahaha poor Toobs
I absolutely adore these videos so much
Whoever suggested building a ramp clearly has watched too many cartoons.
Love the accordion background music, followed by the nice piano music.
Man how?! Why does it get so cold there fast?
Here in Missouri all we got is nice weather.
I never tire of seeing the Quacken get released!
The background music in the beginning sounds like the Beatles song "for the benefit of Mr. Kite" 0:01
Thank
Ditch the Mulberrys! Beautiful trees, but the berrys stain everything, even concrete. They also attract an asthonishing collection of annoying insects. There is such a thing as a "non-bearing" Mulberry, but produces an annoying kind of stunted, tightly rolled leaf that contains a couple of drops of very sticky viscous molasses that bores into anything with fur. Drives dogs crazy because they can't get it out. If left it will bore down and actually get under their skin like a worm and cause a sore. Insidious stuff.
Love your show and wish I was young enough to live out my days on our farm, stuck in the city for medical reasons. Thanks for what you do!
you beat me by 16 seconds
The editing and story telling was already high quality BUT THOSE MEME-Y INSERTS AND THAT HAMILTON RAP?!?!? SIR YOU ARE S-TIER.
Third time so fast!~
I always giggle watching the birds waddle down the ramp- they look so darn cute!! And Morgan- are you losing weight? Your handsome face is slimmer...
Does pablo know Lil's alive? Been wondering for sometime now
Yup...he’s come inside to visit her a few times.
@@GoldShawFarm cool thanks for the update
What Pablo's is a boy
So lovely ! I love your videos. It is a pure pleasure to be a part of Gold Farm Shaw . Thank you all! (Includet the poulettery )'
will you be growing maple syrup ? since you're in Vermont " Gold Shaw Maple Syrup"
And a few more roosters. Call them "Gold Shaw Cocks"
If you have Maple trees, you can tap them for the sap to make syrup.
now also add some beekeeping boxes you get everything
Your water is frozen while the high temperatures here are still like 105 : (
Same Here! Hello from the Mohave Desert!
@Tee Twetherlow It's 103F at 3:30pm. I've done Halloween in a t-shirt before. Having grown up in California I don't comprehend water bowls having frozen over. Such a difference between East and West coast!
Totally agree with silvopasture idea. My husband and I have been working on fixing up our property. Reclaiming it from wild roses, wild blackberry and pine trees. Some is wide open now, but poor soil and some is now lightly tree'd but ready for grass undergrowth. One year at a time we’re getting our land back.