Highland cattle will do all that tree and brush clearing. The clearing will go faster with a bull or two and ten or more cows. The boys like to compete and show off to the girls and so they push trees and brush over faster. They also head all the trees up to about five feet above the snow pack. I’ve had them for about 18 years and they really improved the landscape and built good soils. Now light gets in among the trees and grasses grow under the forest trees. I never had to use heavy equipment and had time for other projects while the cattle did the heavy work. Love to watch your progress.
I enjoy the video coul watch it all day appie tree shaking making cider all the trees and brush cleaning building your work shop well I he Whole Families love how front jumps in Yall Are A Specal Family 😊💖😇🇮🇱🇺🇲
Very nice seeing the creek. If you build a pond and have a drop in elevation you could have a game changer as far as power production with a small water wheel.
I've been following your journey since you left the valley 3 years ago. When you was at Bear Mountain you worked on my Mathews Z7 and HALON a few times and We would discuss your family's dream to homestead. I'm very happy to see that the dream has come true and I hope your shoulder/arm is doing much better now. Doug
Wow, removing all that brush made a big difference! I understand now why you are cutting back to where the mountain starts, for a fire break!!!! It is already looking so pretty!!! Best to get those views now so next year all you have do is enjoy!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing a little bit of a day and life of the Busted Wagon Ranch!!!
I am amazed by the way you move machinery around. I've never seen anybody that can maneuver a backhoe the way you do. I'm 73 years old, and I've been around those things for a long time. Stay safe and well!
That was fun watching the creek emerge. There must be some way those rocks and boulders can be utilized. Some of the landscaping places here charge a lot for large rocks for decorate their clients' yards. !!!
One thing you can do to make those rocks much more manageable. Is drill in to them in lines like a cross. Then fill with water and let the winter freeze do the work. God bless
Wow, the land is looking awesome! Use them big rocks as part of your dam for the pond. Get a box blade to smooth out the ground and get some grass seed down before that brush sprouts again. You've got the start of a beautiful little park there.
We made apple cider every year back home, no auto everything was muscle power. When I was about 15 everybody had gone fishing at the coast. I decided to make cider, picked up, grind, pressed and then started to can. About 3 in the morning I had 30, 1 gallon jars of cider caned, finished time for bed. That was 1960, a very good time in life. Y’all are doing great, the best way, pay as you go. I’m proud of your entire family. Stay safe
Looking good on the homestead! Lots of progress and it’s all going to be worth the effort. Thanks for bringing us along on your journey. Your house/shop Is amazing, your dedication is awesome to watch. Thanks again, waiting for your next video anxiously. God bless, be safe and have an awesome week. 🤓👍🇺🇸
You should consider building a front section like the section you made where the mill is and you could use the space for a kiln you could on the roof put those see threw panels to let the sun in add some fans good way to dry out your lumber or just a place to put your lumber under a shelter this way you could also utilize the upper space or attic for something else! suppose something to consider down the road.
I would love to have some big rocks! I will be looking forward to your rock wall. The yard to the creek will be beautiful. You live in a very pretty place. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome work on a mammoth job. Lots of apples. Who were crushing the apples with? Sticky job. Hopefully it was too cool to draw bees and other flying varmints. Love watching whatever you are doing. God bless and keep safe.
I think that the saliel brush you refer to, to be the bain of our trying to fight with nature. As a kid, I fell off my horse sleeping in the saddle and fell into one of those brush piles and I was near nakkid when I got out of them a good ten to fifteen feet.
Now I’m wanting some apple cider! Lived watching you make it. There’s a lot of work involved in the process. A pond sounds good for that one area. You’ll have a lot of burning to do first though! Great video.
those tall plants near the willow is called Aaron's Rod or mullien, and the flowers can be used to create mullien oil. The oil is a fantastic rememdy for ear pain. It takes 2 years for it to grow.
Pigs that think they are cows...gotta love it :) If you have to deal with those rocks a lot...maybe check if you can pickup a good used hydraulic jack-hammer attachment for the backhoe...maybe a thumb too. The property looks great...you really did a good job on clearing all that!
I would hate to clear all that with a Kaiser Blade and a Ax!!! That's some Big Rocks... Y'all Take Care & Stay Safe. ~ Carl & Judy, Lamar County, ALABAMA. ~
You have to make a mess to make it look good, and your pigs wanted to have a slumber party with the cows and turkey lol, love and blessings from Scotland :) :)
Don't forget next time you are picking fruit that even the waste fruit on the ground can still help you as animal feed. I know horses and pigs love apples and not sure about the cows but even if you haul too much back the piles of fermenting fruit will attract fly's and wasps that the chickens can snack on.
Have you thought about getting a set of feathers and wedges to let you split the bigger rocks into sizes you can move? A cordless hammer drill or a corded one and generator to drill the holes and then it is simply load the holes and hit along the line with a hammer till the rock breaks. Could even put the kids on it to turn the boulders into stone blocks to start a castle with or to use in retaining walls as you create more flat land for easier use. Don't forget clover as a lawn alternative. Naturally shorter then grass, flowers bees like and it will double as grazing area for livestock or attract deer. Why put in something you need to mow weekly when you can use a different plant for similar green coverage with a lower labor input. Do you think Red Poppy's mini excavator would have an easier time getting up into the spring area to clear it and help tap it? Is the spring high enough to be worth tapping for garden/livestock water separate from the creek and house supply? An independent water system for automatic watering of plants and animals separate from the home supply gives you a good backup in case something happens and lets you move the animals from the creek area for water. Would it be worth the effort to get the neighbors chipper to turn some of those piles into mulch/animal bedding? 12-24 inches of wood chips under the chickens will see you with some nice soil in a year or two for a future garden spot.
Those are some great ideas. I plan on using all the boulders for a 300 ft retaining wall behind the house and shop. I plan on using the spring water, I'm just not sure for what yet.
Creek⁉️ Don't see any water‼️‼️ You could use a thumb for that machine. Make clean up much easier and faster. PS, WRAP A CHAIN AROUND THOSE LARGE ROCKS AND DRAG THEM OUT OF THERE. JUST A THOUGHT‼️👍👍. GOOD LUCK GUYS,. Vinny 🇺🇸
I still have our tractor. I plan on chipping alot of it maybe sooner than later I also will bury alot in the holes left by tearing out trees and flattening the yard
Burn in spring time? Surely this winter with an area cleared and snow on the ground, you could burn. You do have a few places for a pond and your spring area is prime. You might be able to clear a narrow channel on the downhill slope to drain the swamp. As for clearing, yup clear as much as you can - useful spaces An a Firebreak.
With those huge Boulder's if you're not going to use them , try drilling holes in it and inserting rock wedges and split it into moveable chunks it's getting winter drill holes n fill with water let nature split them
To bad you couldn't let your pigs help you clear most of that brush and weeds but you've got that creek and you don't want to contaminate it but maybe one day you could fence off the creek where the hogs won't get into it and have them clear the other side for you, just a suggestion. Larry
The MORE brush you clear away from your Home and out buildings , the LESS fire danger , IF and\OR when it gets started in your area ! Do you have a plan to exit the area with your RV , if that time ever materializes ?
Might be easier if you dug a hole in front of the rock and then roll it into it? Then just cover it over, so long as it's a ft or so under the surface you'll never know it's there unless you're wanting them for something?
My grandfather always kept pigs, cows and chickens. In the same pastor. Never had any issues. God bless
Highland cattle will do all that tree and brush clearing. The clearing will go faster with a bull or two and ten or more cows. The boys like to compete and show off to the girls and so they push trees and brush over faster. They also head all the trees up to about five feet above the snow pack. I’ve had them for about 18 years and they really improved the landscape and built good soils. Now light gets in among the trees and grasses grow under the forest trees. I never had to use heavy equipment and had time for other projects while the cattle did the heavy work. Love to watch your progress.
I enjoy the video coul watch it all day appie tree shaking making cider all the trees and brush cleaning building your work shop well I he Whole Families love how front jumps in Yall Are A Specal Family 😊💖😇🇮🇱🇺🇲
Lots of great Spring and Fall firewood there!!
Like you say, “ Solid bush, Jungle-like”. The clearing out of the tightly packed trees is making a big difference!
Loving these videos with all the detail and variety.
You certainly puts that backhoe through its paces lol. Good operating.
Nice job on the cleanup a big job but it will look great when you are done thanks for sharing
Very nice seeing the creek. If you build a pond and have a drop in elevation you could have a game changer as far as power production with a small water wheel.
I've been following your journey since you left the valley 3 years ago. When you was at Bear Mountain you worked on my Mathews Z7 and HALON a few times and We would discuss your family's dream to homestead. I'm very happy to see that the dream has come true and I hope your shoulder/arm is doing much better now.
Doug
Wow, removing all that brush made a big difference! I understand now why you are cutting back to where the mountain starts, for a fire break!!!! It is already looking so pretty!!! Best to get those views now so next year all you have do is enjoy!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing a little bit of a day and life of the Busted Wagon Ranch!!!
I am amazed by the way you move machinery around. I've never seen anybody that can maneuver a backhoe the way you do. I'm 73 years old, and I've been around those things for a long time. Stay safe and well!
Peacock! Red Poppy lost a peacock, grass must be greener on the other side of the road lol 😆
That was fun watching the creek emerge. There must be some way those rocks and boulders can be utilized. Some of the landscaping places here charge a lot for large rocks for decorate their clients' yards. !!!
One thing you can do to make those rocks much more manageable. Is drill in to them in lines like a cross. Then fill with water and let the winter freeze do the work. God bless
Another great video!
Wow, the land is looking awesome! Use them big rocks as part of your dam for the pond. Get a box blade to smooth out the ground and get some grass seed down before that brush sprouts again. You've got the start of a beautiful little park there.
You should have many more subscribers. Enjoy all your videos. Thank you for sharing.
looking good my friend, the family is doing a great job.
Them chickens are loving that fresh dirt and debris! All you can eat bugs and worms buffet!
We made apple cider every year back home, no auto everything was muscle power. When I was about 15 everybody had gone fishing at the coast.
I decided to make cider, picked up, grind, pressed and then started to can. About 3 in the morning I had 30, 1 gallon jars of cider caned, finished time for bed. That was 1960, a very good time in life. Y’all are doing great, the best way, pay as you go. I’m proud of your entire family. Stay safe
Fantastic that you do the apple cider. And the clearing looks great. Good job
Looking good on the homestead! Lots of progress and it’s all going to be worth the effort. Thanks for bringing us along on your journey. Your house/shop Is amazing, your dedication is awesome to watch. Thanks again, waiting for your next video anxiously.
God bless, be safe and have an awesome week. 🤓👍🇺🇸
What a beautiful place.
Clearing the land always makes a big improvement. Your pigs are cute, having a mind of their own
The pigs have been brainwashed by the cows!🤣🤣
That's where the phrase"pig headed" originated
You should consider building a front section like the section you made where the mill is and you could use the space for a kiln you could on the roof put those see threw panels to let the sun in add some fans good way to dry out your lumber or just a place to put your lumber under a shelter this way you could also utilize the upper space or attic for something else! suppose something to consider down the road.
Some animals are more equal than others. Others just like to hang with the cows 🐷 ❤️ 🐮
Gonna look beautiful in a year or so, really like the longer videos. Keep em coming.
Excellent work. Nice to see other jobs yall got going on. More vids like this. Thumbs up from me!
...good one, can almost taste the cider..lol..stay safe and enjoy...
Great job. If you r not using the brush as compost, pile it on your borders and burn baby burn, add some water to the hot rocks and fracture them .
I would love to have some big rocks! I will be looking forward to your rock wall. The yard to the creek will be beautiful. You live in a very pretty place. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome work on a mammoth job. Lots of apples. Who were crushing the apples with? Sticky job. Hopefully it was too cool to draw bees and other flying varmints. Love watching whatever you are doing. God bless and keep safe.
That's a big pet rock.. A statue.. Xxoo
I think that the saliel brush you refer to, to be the bain of our trying to fight with nature. As a kid, I fell off my horse sleeping in the saddle and fell into one of those brush piles and I was near nakkid when I got out of them a good ten to fifteen feet.
Great video
Now I’m wanting some apple cider! Lived watching you make it. There’s a lot of work involved in the process. A pond sounds good for that one area. You’ll have a lot of burning to do first though! Great video.
those tall plants near the willow is called Aaron's Rod or mullien, and the flowers can be used to create mullien oil. The oil is a fantastic rememdy for ear pain. It takes 2 years for it to grow.
I love your music.
That bench beside the creek with the spring might make a good orchard site?
Beautiful cider
That was a lot of clearing. Might be able to burn some of the brush this winter. It is going to be so nice when you finish.
10:45 never seen a dog walk backward like yhat before!
Looking great.
Awesome looks great
Pigs that think they are cows...gotta love it :)
If you have to deal with those rocks a lot...maybe check if you can pickup a good used hydraulic jack-hammer attachment for the backhoe...maybe a thumb too.
The property looks great...you really did a good job on clearing all that!
I'm going to build a huge 300 foot long rock retaining wall
I would hate to clear all that with a Kaiser Blade and a Ax!!! That's some Big Rocks...
Y'all Take Care & Stay Safe. ~ Carl & Judy, Lamar County, ALABAMA. ~
You have to make a mess to make it look good, and your pigs wanted to have a slumber party with the cows and turkey lol, love and blessings from Scotland :) :)
Nice work . should try and pan for gold :)
Lots of cleanup you've done those rocks are huge! You've got lots to burn try before snow.
That cider looks so good! Gonna be some big fires once you burn them!
They should leave the piles or chip them for better water holding soils.
You should dog out a swimming hole at the creek. Oops just as I wrote this I heard you mention s pond. That would be awesome!
Hey you have a bumper crop this year. Be sure to replant the small ones (rocks) so they can continue to "grow" LOL
You sure grow awesome boulders, but they are stubborn.
Don't forget next time you are picking fruit that even the waste fruit on the ground can still help you as animal feed. I know horses and pigs love apples and not sure about the cows but even if you haul too much back the piles of fermenting fruit will attract fly's and wasps that the chickens can snack on.
Don't feed apples to cows if you want milk
That's what we did with all the scraps from pressing the apples. My animals love it
That's what we did with all the scraps from pressing the apples. My animals love it
Is that part of your property where you got the apples? Beautiful!
Have you thought about getting a set of feathers and wedges to let you split the bigger rocks into sizes you can move? A cordless hammer drill or a corded one and generator to drill the holes and then it is simply load the holes and hit along the line with a hammer till the rock breaks. Could even put the kids on it to turn the boulders into stone blocks to start a castle with or to use in retaining walls as you create more flat land for easier use.
Don't forget clover as a lawn alternative. Naturally shorter then grass, flowers bees like and it will double as grazing area for livestock or attract deer. Why put in something you need to mow weekly when you can use a different plant for similar green coverage with a lower labor input.
Do you think Red Poppy's mini excavator would have an easier time getting up into the spring area to clear it and help tap it? Is the spring high enough to be worth tapping for garden/livestock water separate from the creek and house supply? An independent water system for automatic watering of plants and animals separate from the home supply gives you a good backup in case something happens and lets you move the animals from the creek area for water.
Would it be worth the effort to get the neighbors chipper to turn some of those piles into mulch/animal bedding? 12-24 inches of wood chips under the chickens will see you with some nice soil in a year or two for a future garden spot.
Those are some great ideas. I plan on using all the boulders for a 300 ft retaining wall behind the house and shop. I plan on using the spring water, I'm just not sure for what yet.
Make little rocks out of big rocks with and electric jack hammer !
Is it harvest time for the cows and pigs ?
The cows I kept are all for breeding stock to increase and better my herd. The pigs time is up here in another week or 2.
Creek⁉️ Don't see any water‼️‼️ You could use a thumb for that machine. Make clean up much easier and faster. PS, WRAP A CHAIN AROUND THOSE LARGE ROCKS AND DRAG THEM OUT OF THERE. JUST A THOUGHT‼️👍👍. GOOD LUCK GUYS,. Vinny 🇺🇸
Did you guys get rid of the Wood chipper? I can't remember if you still have the tractor or not. I wouldn't burn something you could use.
I still have our tractor. I plan on chipping alot of it maybe sooner than later
I also will bury alot in the holes left by tearing out trees and flattening the yard
Love the pond idea. Will it have micro hydro, since your already making the pond?
Burn in spring time? Surely this winter with an area cleared and snow on the ground, you could burn. You do have a few places for a pond and your spring area is prime. You might be able to clear a narrow channel on the downhill slope to drain the swamp. As for clearing, yup clear as much as you can - useful spaces An a Firebreak.
With those huge Boulder's if you're not going to use them , try drilling holes in it and inserting rock wedges and split it into moveable chunks it's getting winter drill holes n fill with water let nature split them
Old timers wedged whittled wood tightly into holes, made a dam around then, filled them with water to split them.
Where we live wild hogs are a real problem. Hopefully yours will stick close to home 🏡.
Our pigs are on borrowed time
They will be moving from the pasture to the freezer soon
@@bustedwagonranch4546 great plan 😊
To bad you couldn't let your pigs help you clear most of that brush and weeds but you've got that creek and you don't want to contaminate it but maybe one day you could fence off the creek where the hogs won't get into it and have them clear the other side for you, just a suggestion. Larry
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Hello! Love the video's. Is that the Red Poppy Ranch peacock? Lol
That’s a lot of burning to do,but it would look great
The MORE brush you clear away from your Home and out buildings , the LESS fire danger , IF and\OR when it gets started in your area ! Do you have a plan to exit the area with your RV , if that time ever materializes ?
Terrell are you allowed to burn now ? Or y'all have a burn ban in effect ?
We cannot burn now it's way too dry
@@bustedwagonranch4546 Can you burn this winter?
Big Rocks plus dynamite = little rocks?? 🙏😜
"baby, i can shake that thing".........................g
Hiya
Is that peacock from Red Poppy Ranch?
It is theirs
But it's only been to their place one time. It lives at my place
@@bustedwagonranch4546 You need to send a thank you note to Heath for the Peacock. LOL
@@bustedwagonranch4546 Probably thinks he is a pig !
Might be easier if you dug a hole in front of the rock and then roll it into it? Then just cover it over, so long as it's a ft or so under the surface you'll never know it's there unless you're wanting them for something?
You can clear that area but no way to maintain it.