The next time someone has the nerve to ask you “what are you ranchin?”, tell him decent children. You are doing more good for your kids than most realize. I love your channel. You are both informative and inspiring. May The Lord bless you all.
Why "The nerve"? You name your place a ranch and talk about it, then people are curious as to what you're doing. This goes for farms as well or any such label you put. And if you're still working on it and setting up the foundations, ain't no shame in that. Even if his great grandfather had left him a 2000 acre ranch, guess what? His great grandfather would've had to answer that question at one time too!
Growing up in Colorado, I have such fond memories of drying my long hair by the heat of our large potbelly wood stove. My sisters and I would flank that stove with our backs toward it drying our hair. It would warm you to your soul. Underneath that beautiful old antique stove were 5 bricks. One for each of us. When our hair dried, my mother would wrap a brick with newspapers and she would carry it to my bed and place it under my covers at the bottom of my bed. I was never cold in those long Colorado winter nights. Thank you so much for graciously sharing so much of your lives with us all.
You guys are living like royalty compared to what it was when our grandparents were out on the ranch or farmers because they had to do without electricity or running water or septic system or solar power so if anyone wants to say something about Cedar having to plug in to the genny then they were never taught how to make do with what you have! You guys are doing great!
That is too true. my great grandmother raised her 4 kids in the mountains of Eastern ky all by herself after her husband died, in a corn mill accident. Not only did Granny Barb, do without electric and running water, she did the farming mostly by herself along with her oldest son who wasn't even a teenager yet. She cooked and cleaned, washed laundry by hand, and had to walk to well for water, everyday and then boil it for baths, and whatever else she needed it for. To go on, she raised her own food and because she was a nice looking woman she had to scare away drunken male trespassers with a shotgun. One time she actually shot a guy in his buttocks as he was jumping over her fence, running from her. After that incident no man bothered her again. True Story, I swear.
Right, quite simply living on a ranch isnt about living life in the hardest way ever, its about being outdoors and connecting with nature, it's not a competition about "who lives the hardest life" seriously grow a set as you are clearly talking about something you know nothing about
For now you’re ranching a debt free, more simple way of life and raising wonderful children. A homestead/ ranch is a journey. You aren’t in competition with anybody. One day at a time. I’m very proud of you guys. I look forward to the day when you never mention stockpiling firewood in a video! 😂😂😂😂. Thoroughly enjoyed this video. A change of pace. Nice to have cedar join you. I would love A day in the life of Cedar video! That would be fun. What she does from sun up til sun down vlog style.
@@RedPoppyRanch Oh come on Cedar?! Lets get a video of you in your element and sharing a story or two in narration. Love how far you guys have come. Haven't missed a video in 2 years now.
Nice chat. Thanks for letting us hang out in your truck. Looking forward to pushing, shoveling, cursing at, or just plain admiring the snow with your shirts on.
What u are ranching.... Kids, generators and everything with wheels on it... 😂 Like it the 2 of you sitting in the truck and talking about struggles and problems. Everybody can see how you both fit together. Great relationship. Thanks for sharing this with us!
You both have the best attitude in life. Be proud of yourselves. The world would be a better place if there were more people like yourselves!! Take care.
Thanks for showing a shot of Ruger at the end. He holds a special place in my heart. You guys are doing so well for such a short time living on the ranch. Much joy and success is ahead of you. And, to the question, "What are you ranching?" I say, you are ranching your children and your selves. The important product of your ranch you YOU! A profitable life!
I am not sure I want to get involved in this discussion, but here I go anyway. I am 46 years old and raised in the mountains on a farm. I have had a beard most of my adult life but I always kept it short until 3 years ago. I have grown it long and if I do not blow dry my beard it is wild and untamed. My beard is curly and needs persuaded to stay down. I found that a blow dryer works great. If I don't do this it will look like I stuck my finger in a light socket. Love the channel.
If a man is not hard core “rough and tough”, he is not a sissy. Be gracious, this can be seen as unkind to men who have been beaten down by “tough guys”.
I wish my wife and I were young again and we could do the things that you were doing however at our age we just don’t have the energy! A great partner in life like you have makes the world of difference in achieving your goals. We always look forward to your videos keep up the great work!
Just starting watching your channel a few days ago and I tried to watch all the episodes. I think you have done an amazing job..I lived in Alaska and watched several cabins and homes built...I really enjoy everything about it..Listening to you is like E-books...I hope you do decide to write a book as it is so interesting and so many young folks are trying to do what you have done...A miracle! Bless your home and I know it will be a reminder forever of the dreams you and your family have worked so hard for...There is another channel, My self reliance...it about a man who builds an off grid cabin up on his property in NW Canada...He is amazing...
Cedar is the cool chic!! I get the "need" to have dry hair. And it would be the same for a man needing a dry beard. Its all good. Being dry and warm is not sissy stuff, it is survival!
Everyday I come home from work the first thing I do is go straight to UA-cam Red poppy ranch I'm addicted to it there a lovely couple lots of respect from Ireland
Love you guys, it's cool how you meet in your truck to discuss, how everything is going , your wants and needs etc. I so appreciate you both sharing your life's journey with us. Again thank you for your time and I'm sure the money it's costs you to do that. Have a great week.
@@daneatherton7886 The "poor quality" is not the brand of truck but the beat up old klunker that you think has the potential to be a "fixer upper" so you buy it cheap and all it does is drain your wallet; drain your time when you have more pressing responsibilites like cutting firewood for winter; ( or spending time with your family,) and wastes time when the snow is coming down hard and you arent plowing because something broke in the driveway or if you do get out of the gate, you end up having to get a tow or roadside repair cuz it quit a few miles down the road. In a few hours its buried under a snow drift and you still havent gotten the road cleared either. And if your road is barely wide enough once the snow flies for one vehicle to pass you just obstructed your neighbor's ability to get home too. Thats just plain stupid. Penny smart and pound foolish. Something for nothing means you still have nothing. There are situations when reliability and quality are the most crucial aspect of your need and you have to invest the money into it. Heath did this many times in his decisions on how he constructed redundancy and quality in the water system which he knew he would be using every day. But even if it was only needed three months a year, if it means clearing the road so you can get a sick kid to the hospital he wouldnt hesitate to see its value.
@@seriouslyreally5413 tha proverb that you are attempting to support has nothing to do with this situation. Buying a poor quality chainsaw (harbor frieght) verses buying a high quality chainsaw (Stihl) is the truism. A used Stihl verses a new Stihl is not what this proverb reveals. Balancing his mechanical skill to repair and maintain used equipment against its low price is what his channel is all about. I doubt you will see this, but the insulting break down of your proveb us "stop making bad decisions" and "I told you so"
Yay! I'm early! When I received the notification Red Poppy Ranch had uploaded another video. Stopped what I was doing and went straight to the new video. Love you guys awesome channel.
Heath, I know I have said this before, you should look into converting your generator to dual fuel. You won't have to worry about running out of gas, you have a years supply of propane on hand, and the problem of fuel going bad on you will not happen either. Just checked, The latest prices on Amazon are around the $25 mark, that's with a brand new carb' and the propane conversion ready to go. OK I won't say it again !
I've got a herd of vehicles, trucks, 4 wheelers, a couple of cars, and I'm working on a small covey of generators. When I get time I want to get 8-10 cords of wood. I would love to see that, their nice to look at and keep us warm in the winter. I may get some animals later on, keep watching.
It's like your preaching to the choir. My wife and I don't take out loans for vehicles either and hate to spend money and have always bought cheap to save money but most times ends up costing more then if we had just bought new or nicer but we are slowly learning to spend a little more and it has been a blessing and has saved us time and money spending more money lol 😂. God bless you and your family! Keep pushing forward!
Agree with your wife; after living and enjoying life a little, the shop may be the next best thing. Then fencing....but relax, take care of yourself and family, and finally enjoy!!
I love your videos and the fact that y'all are sharing your journey! Negative, unhappy people will always be hateful. Keep living your dream!! I admire all of the hard work that has gone into building red poppy ranch. Love and prayers from Mississippi!
All in good time as far as getting each and everything worked out. Y’all have done extremely well and the hard work invested is paying off. Not to mention the beauty that surrounds you day in and day out. I can’t wait until that road is no longer such an issue in the winter snow. Good to see y’all!!!
You guys are doing great. Next years work will make it much more comfortable. My 2001 dodge cummings started at "0" deg F in Colorado after the red light went out. They are very good engines. Time available might put a comings in your preferred Ford. Just a friend Ron
We are 100% off grid and our inverters handle the blow dryers without a problem. We even use a 220 electric dryer on occasion. Hope you can figure it out! Thanks for the video!!
Oh I hear that - - we try to save and end up costing ourselves precious time and additional money. First used garden tractor I bought here on the homestead lasted only a week, the motor was garbage and blew up; went and bought a new one which I should have done in the first place. Thankfully you have lots of experience on engines - I marvel at your 'wrenching'. I can do it, but not doing much of it so I end up spending too much time head scratching and figuring things out - so its slow work for me. I've slowly been learning my propensity in this 'saving money' direction. And I have the added problem that I want stuff to not only work well, ...but to look good. Often I buy some cheap used implement, ...then end up spending tons of hours restoring it to new. Counting the cost of my time (since I'm still working) usually throws the equation well over to the side of buying a very good unit in the FIRST place. And also sometimes you win and sometimes you lose - its always a gamble - and I'm getting to like sure things more and more. LOL
One of the things I have been recently looking into is how to use a parcel of land for multiple purposes. For example growing an orchard, but also rotating chickens/sheep/cattle, through that same area to fertilize, cull the pest population, and keep the grass & weeds down. I'm not suggesting you should do things this way, but I thought I would throw the idea out there.
We lived at the southern end of Idaho.. filer and twin falls.. where abouts are you all. We moved back to California to take care of my aging parents, when this ends we will get our own property again. Love the channel
I really enjoy your heart to heart chats... You two are a wonderful couple and you have a great family. Don't ever lose touch of yourselves, and communications is the key to a happy family. I hope that you and your oldest daughter are communicating. You are so blessed to have each other.... God Bless you all and Red Poppy Ranch....
Your learning and adjusting as you go. Everyone's circumstances are different. Luckily there is not just one way to do things. It would make for a very boring world. The white truck was still a good deal. It just needs more of your time.
good luck on the truck, When you do get livestock would recommend getting two llamas as guardians. They are effective against coyotes and other predators. we raised sheep for many years and while we have now sold off most our flock still have a few left. In any case never had any trouble with coyotes although we hear them yipping at night. I will mention we also have high tensile electric as well but I still attribute the effective protection to the llamas. Snow is coming here soon and I also will be plowing soon.
It may take a couple if years to get your 40 acres exactly the way you want. We're been on our 20 acres, 2 1/2 years. We've finished many projects, and have more to go. It doesn't help when you have emergencies, surgeries, or a situation arise causing you to stop what your working on to do something else (i.e. put out the fires). I will say we're blessed to have property out in the country 😊👍 life is good!
When you get that shop up you should invest in a 90s screen printing machine screen print your own shirts takes a lil time but you cut out the middle man save a few bucks.
We did this years ago. My dad drew the picture for the shirt & took it in & had the screen made. There's 6 kids in the family so we'd get an assembly line going & in no time we'd crank out 50 to 100 shirts of all different sizes! The screen was the big expense. Good luck to you on all your endeavours! By the way I still have the screen and it's over 30yrs old! I have it as a remembrance of my dad's artwork! Thanks for sharing your update about your common every day issues and the solutions to most of them! God Bless you and stay safe on the snowy icy roads!
Dude, you have such an amazing family and lovely wife, and most of the people are not from money background, but looking at you taking care of your family, its just so beautiful. Cedar is amazing, and you are like the coolest guy , very genuine. hard to find people like you. you guys are awesome!!
Love these “dates” in the truck. Love seeing and hearing more of Cedar. Glad the school run is going well. Yes, I know the more challenging part is yet to come. Just as long as there is a Plan B if they get stuck in town with a blizzard or something similar. Bet they’d get a kick of booking into a motel for the night! Yes, life is challenging. But you just need to think of what you have achieved in just the last 6 months. Have lots of suggestions re animals but I am not familiar with your extreme winters so I await your choices with interest. I wonder if having a barn is the most realistic option over the winter months? As always the vlog is well paced, entertaining and informative. Also very thought provoking. Red Poppy vlogs get viewed as soon as they hit the inbox and are never long enough. Take care. Best wishes to you all.
Note to Ceadar, I live in a colder climate and what helps me is waiting for the top layer to dry and then doing a french braid while the undetrneath is still wet. It stops the chill and it is healthy for your hair because you are not putting heat on it. I do this a couple times a month. It also makes your hair shinny and wavy for a couple of days. Do you have any tips on moisturizing your face? I get real dry in the winter.
You know you can have more than one inverter hooked up to your batteries at one time. My xantrax 1800 watt 24volt prosine dont shut down with a hair dryer. Unless too much other stuff is going too. So that is why I have many inverters. I have 3 xantrex inverters 1800 watt and one 1,000 watt xantrax and 1500 watt gopower. Three of them are actually in use. Others for back up sitting in storage.
We have a dairy goat farm in south Texas. Plenty of predators would be an understatement. Among our goats we added two standard size donkeys which ended predator problems on our farm. Deer cross our fence but coyotes stop at the wire along with unleashed dogs, bobcat, and feral hogs. NONE of them want to tangle with a donkey. God didn't call them asses without reason. Even our barn cats shadow the donkeys in the pasture.
You also need to get an orchard netting. It s like a fish net, but it is for protecting fruit trees from birds. I had a large chicken pen and put the net over the top of the pen. Down to the fence. I held it up with 1/2" EMT with over 90 degree bends. Used several. At 6'3" I could not touch the net. Bottom line it captured two possums and one hawk in a two month span. Predators can climb the fence. But with a net over the top, they cannot get in.
Got burned many times going the cheap route. Unfortunately, more often than not, you get what you pay for. Good luck on the red truck, I hope you get many plows out of her. God bless.
I would be looking for another inverter supplier, if they said what you said they are saying, they aren't any good... (If you are having low voltage drop out, then the inverter is too small for the job, your batteries are too small for the job, or your wiring is undersized...) Inverters are old tech, and have been around literally for decades, and people quite successfully use them to drive entire houses, up to the 10's of kilowatts at a time- one little hairdryer shouldn't cause issues (I have been using them literally for over 30 years with minimal trouble, in fact I still own my very first inverter, bought back in the eighties...
My wife and I watch your UA-cam all the time. We love all of the hard work you and your family do. I apologize if you’ve already answered this question somewhere along the way but we are curious what you do for a living. You never seem to talk about it.
Yours is the best channel on UA-cam. I admire your tenacity and perseverance to build your ranch from scratch with your own hands. Your children are learning life lessons that will serve them well throughout their lives. I look forward to your videos each week.
Heyyy! I may be a city girl, but I’m no wimpy city slicker! I camped for 23 days on the Colorado River while white water rafting through the Grand Canyon - no showers, washed my hair once - with hand soap in the Phantom Ranch ladies room sink.
That is strange about the blow dryer. I am completely solar also and I have not had any problem with any of my appliances. I use the curling iron once in awhile and it works great. You are doing so well there and your place is beautiful!
Always enjoy your videos, one thing I learned as a penny pincher myself, some things are worth buying a good brand, higher quality, something we know will serve us well, my wish for you is you get a great deal but something dependable for many years.
I have enjoyed your journey to independence. When we were first married, we read Mother Earth News constantly, and talked about being independent, eventually. At long last, we retired and moved to the mountains of California to be near family. We could not afford to pay the cost of being on the grid, thus we chose solar. My husband designed and build our solar system. I was and am very proud of what he did. Because of the bears, he raised it up on a pole, with the ability to rotate and elevate it. He made a small simple building to house the batteries and the inverters. We had a generator for back-up as well. I learned a lot about solar in those years, and did learn what to look for when buying appliances. I will tell you, that LG has a beautiful refrigerator (freezer on the bottom) that only uses 3.5 amps of power, as opposed to some advertised as made to be used for solar! LG also makes a set of front load washer and dryer that takes only 15 watts to use. We had the computer, printer, monitor, cell phones, wi-if receiver, microwave, and all the other “mod-cons” that people want. Our system was a 2Kw system, and we had all the power we needed. We could have used more, but we watched what we did. The one thing we regretted not doing was buying fork-lift batteries when we first started! We bought 2 used ones the last year and they were much better than the L16’s we had before. We only left there because of the Camp Fire, (lost everything), and, because of our age, will probably not try to develop fresh ground again. One thing you might consider, only a thought because it worked so well for us, is an outdoor wood fired hot water furnace. Never a problem, and no dust, chips, bark, smoke, etc. inside. My husband also did welding, etc. using the solar system and his portable generator. At our age, though, we will “make do” with on grid now, sigh!
Plug in a low energy fan in front of your fireplace, have a seat while you read a chapter of your current book, and your hair will be nice and dry. :) :)
Heath,,,, Essential Mountain Homestead is looking to get rid of some logs/firewood.... May be worth your while to reach out.... I also left him a comment telling him you need some
My $1000 Escape has proved this to me. As far a money goes maybe $500 more but the labor has killed me. If I was charging $100 an hour I'd say I have $3000 in labor. Most of it is because of the rust the bolts just don't want to come out. I got so burned out I have driven it with a stuck rear caliper metal on metal grinding for over a month. Until I got my Dakota going again, then I just parked it and forgot it.
I spent four years rebuilding my truck, about 20 months of that pretty intensive work on a frame-up restoration. When it got to the transmission, it was an old automatic and was missing second gear for the past three years prior to the rebuild starting. I could have sourced the parts and started to learn and try to rebuild it myself. But then I thought about doing 65 down the highway and needing to stomp on it to get ahead of something in order to ease traffic and did I want the transmission to have a challenge or a hiccup. I took it to a pro and had to spend $900 to have it fully rebuilt including a torque converter rebuild. It was expensive (to me at the time given some other budget challenges at the moment as I was trying to get paint done and other parts sourced) but it's been perfect since then. There are certain things that just have to be right the first and every time - don't ever worry about or apologize for making sure your family is safe and your lifestyle is protected!
@@Beandiptheredneck 900 was the tranny rebuild. It is a '66 Ford Truck. I have a stack of videos (if you follow my name to my channel) reviewing it as I worked on it.
About the hair dryer, why not get one that will operate on 240-volt rather than 120-volt. At 240-volt the appliance will operate at the same power but use half the current as compared to 120-volt operation. I did a quick search on amazon and there were a few available. Even the ones with the European plug could be changed (rewired) for a standard 3-prong American style plug. Or, You could use a 12-volt DC hair dryer (some available on Amazon) through a DC "switching supply". A typical DC switching supply will provide 20-amp DC output at just under 6-amp AC input @120-volt operation. The switching supplies are light weight with a small footprint. Anyway, just thought that might help.
Adam Ton here here, you need a bite to eat or place to stay let me know! Followed you from day one and offered you advice on your pump, not sure if you remember that when you were digging your well
#redpoppyranch for the predators bothering your chickens, get a solar electric fence charger and run a couple of strands of wire around the outer perimeter of the fence about 6-8" off the fence and 2 high at ~ 6 & 12" high. Poles w/insulators are cheap @ Tractor Supply. If you have a permanent place for the chickens and want to invest a few hours, run a small scale high tensile fence and it'll be basically maintenance free from there on out.
You got this , good money , is money not spent , and if spent , then well thought out . But sometimes we miss . All good in the long run !!! it all come even . you guys will do so awesome once you get the kinks worked out ! Nice lookin truck !!!
All coming along nicely.... sorting out the actual living day to day questions. Love the snow it's a beautiful place. So sorry about your chickens ..little minxes!
New subscriber here, somebody for my channel said that I would like your channel. Said we have a lot in common. Looks like I’ll have to go on a binge. Love your wife’s name if the Lord blesses me with the fifth daughter, (we have five children and they are all boys except four of them.) I am going to suggest strongly Siter be the name. Men do blow dry their beards on occasion like on their wedding day or something. But I guess I don’t know too many ranchers that blow dry their beards. Looks like we have a lot in common. Happy trails Luke
Slow and steady wins the race. I would look deeper into that 460 head gasket issue, as a as a retired auto light truck tech that saw a high volume of trucks from the mining area here I never saw one 460 with a head gasket problem and few 460s with any problems it was one of their tried and true base engines from the old days. LOL frozen hair, I went to school with frozen hair before it got dried more days than I could count. My great grandmother never used a hair dryer I guess she got used to the old ways she had pretty grey hair down to her knees and would pull it around in front of her and sit in front of the fireplace and heat a dry towel up and towel dry it in no time. Time takes all away from us.
Hi, guys! You two are on the adventure of a lifetime. Take the days as they come and enjoy the great times, and try and forget the bad. Life is way to short. Cedar, your hair look great, we all love to wash, dry and curl. Now, for me that isn’t an option lol I have a very short hair cut. I hope this truck works out and lasts a long long time. Buying a vehicle is something I just hate to do, if I look at it an I feel sick, it isn’t the car we should get, twice we had lemons an I know better now...lol
There is a big difference between being frugal and being cheap. Cheap nearly always costs more in the end by having to replace an item. The time and money wasted never come back. Frugal purchases often cost more up front, but last longer and require less work and continued input. Always buy the best you can afford. It wiill pay in the end. 200 subs coming up! Congrats!
You drove right through my old stomping grounds in S.L.C, utah. Good to see you guys are getting some big things fixed. Best of luck you beautiful family.
Red, you're doing swell. I have some friendly advice. Don't get hot. You would do really well with a small dump truck 4wd ; Like a chevy c30 or a Ford F350 superduty. You would get some great utility use out of it; plowing snow, picking up hay or a couple yards of gravel cement, seed bags, cement blocks , etc.....think about it. When a friend bought one he told me he got more use out of it than he ever thought he would.....Just a thought, think about it.....
The next time someone has the nerve to ask you “what are you ranchin?”, tell him decent children. You are doing more good for your kids than most realize. I love your channel. You are both informative and inspiring. May The Lord bless you all.
You are precious people...anything worth having is hard to work for ....my prayers are for you
Why "The nerve"? You name your place a ranch and talk about it, then people are curious as to what you're doing. This goes for farms as well or any such label you put. And if you're still working on it and setting up the foundations, ain't no shame in that. Even if his great grandfather had left him a 2000 acre ranch, guess what? His great grandfather would've had to answer that question at one time too!
Growing up in Colorado, I have such fond memories of drying my long hair by the heat of our large potbelly wood stove. My sisters and I would flank that stove with our backs toward it drying our hair. It would warm you to your soul. Underneath that beautiful old antique stove were 5 bricks. One for each of us. When our hair dried, my mother would wrap a brick with newspapers and she would carry it to my bed and place it under my covers at the bottom of my bed. I was never cold in those long Colorado winter nights. Thank you so much for graciously sharing so much of your lives with us all.
You guys are living like royalty compared to what it was when our grandparents were out on the ranch or farmers because they had to do without electricity or running water or septic system or solar power so if anyone wants to say something about Cedar having to plug in to the genny then they were never taught how to make do with what you have! You guys are doing great!
That is too true. my great grandmother raised her 4 kids in the mountains of Eastern ky all by herself after her husband died, in a corn mill accident. Not only did Granny Barb, do without electric and running water, she did the farming mostly by herself along with her oldest son who wasn't even a teenager yet. She cooked and cleaned, washed laundry by hand, and had to walk to well for water, everyday and then boil it for baths, and whatever else she needed it for. To go on, she raised her own food and because she was a nice looking woman she had to scare away drunken male trespassers with a shotgun. One time she actually shot a guy in his buttocks as he was jumping over her fence, running from her. After that incident no man bothered her again. True Story, I swear.
@@taotuhao5969 Hey, my ma shot a guy in the buttocks too. That must be a thing. I'll have to practice on my aim... a bit lower😏
Right, quite simply living on a ranch isnt about living life in the hardest way ever, its about being outdoors and connecting with nature, it's not a competition about "who lives the hardest life" seriously grow a set as you are clearly talking about something you know nothing about
For now you’re ranching a debt free, more simple way of life and raising wonderful children. A homestead/ ranch is a journey. You aren’t in competition with anybody. One day at a time. I’m very proud of you guys. I look forward to the day when you never mention stockpiling firewood in a video! 😂😂😂😂. Thoroughly enjoyed this video. A change of pace. Nice to have cedar join you. I would love A day in the life of Cedar video! That would be fun. What she does from sun up til sun down vlog style.
Carol Love Dishes and laundry are not as fun to watch! 😁
@@RedPoppyRanch Oh come on Cedar?! Lets get a video of you in your element and sharing a story or two in narration. Love how far you guys have come. Haven't missed a video in 2 years now.
Red Poppy Ranch doing your makeup, styling your hair and making a meal and doing a couple errands in town could be fun though! 🤷♀️😆
Nice chat.
Thanks for letting us hang out in your truck.
Looking forward to pushing, shoveling, cursing at, or just plain admiring the snow with your shirts on.
What u are ranching.... Kids, generators and everything with wheels on it... 😂
Like it the 2 of you sitting in the truck and talking about struggles and problems. Everybody can see how you both fit together. Great relationship. Thanks for sharing this with us!
You both have the best attitude in life. Be proud of yourselves. The world would be a better place if there were more people like yourselves!! Take care.
Thanks for showing a shot of Ruger at the end. He holds a special place in my heart. You guys are doing so well for such a short time living on the ranch. Much joy and success is ahead of you.
And, to the question, "What are you ranching?" I say, you are ranching your children and your selves. The important product of your ranch you YOU! A profitable life!
I am not sure I want to get involved in this discussion, but here I go anyway. I am 46 years old and raised in the mountains on a farm. I have had a beard most of my adult life but I always kept it short until 3 years ago. I have grown it long and if I do not blow dry my beard it is wild and untamed. My beard is curly and needs persuaded to stay down. I found that a blow dryer works great. If I don't do this it will look like I stuck my finger in a light socket. Love the channel.
The man sure has a lot of opinions. I like what he's doing, but boy.. That ego is unstoppable.
A mans got to do what a mans got to do🤣👍🏽🤗
If a man is not hard core “rough and tough”, he is not a sissy. Be gracious, this can be seen as unkind to men who have been beaten down by “tough guys”.
You heard him Mister John, this life isn't for you. ; )
will m he’s just an opinionated man, like 99% of us. And it’s just a joke, no need to take it anything but very lightly
Ahhhhh....adult conversation in the truck away from interruptions.....good idea.
"Somebody asked us, 'What are you ranching?'"
Vehicles!
Yes. They are excellent at breeding spare parts.
For a while they were ranching “mud!”
I wish my wife and I were young again and we could do the things that you were doing however at our age we just don’t have the energy! A great partner in life like you have makes the world of difference in achieving your goals. We always look forward to your videos keep up the great work!
Heath you're approaching 200K subscriber's congratulations , always enjoy your videos looking forward to next video
Just starting watching your channel a few days ago and I tried to watch all the episodes. I think you have done an amazing job..I lived in Alaska and watched several cabins and homes built...I really enjoy everything about it..Listening to you is like E-books...I hope you do decide to write a book as it is so interesting and so many young folks are trying to do what you have done...A miracle! Bless your home and I know it will be a reminder forever of the dreams you and your family have worked so hard for...There is another channel, My self reliance...it about a man who builds an off grid cabin up on his property in NW Canada...He is amazing...
Cedar is the cool chic!! I get the "need" to have dry hair. And it would be the same for a man needing a dry beard. Its all good. Being dry and warm is not sissy stuff, it is survival!
Everyday I come home from work the first thing I do is go straight to UA-cam Red poppy ranch I'm addicted to it there a lovely couple lots of respect from Ireland
Love you guys, it's cool how you meet in your truck to discuss, how everything is going , your wants and needs etc. I so appreciate you both sharing your life's journey with us. Again thank you for your time and I'm sure the money it's costs you to do that. Have a great week.
The Bitterness of Poor Quality Remains Long After the Sweetness of Low Price is Forgotten.
Absolutely
Good one
How does this apply? Is Ford poor quality? Are Chevys poor quality. Tired equipment is not poor quality.
@@daneatherton7886
The "poor quality" is not the brand of truck but the beat up old klunker that you think has the potential to be a "fixer upper" so you buy it cheap and all it does is drain your wallet; drain your time when you have more pressing responsibilites like cutting firewood for winter; ( or spending time with your family,) and wastes time when the snow is coming down hard and you arent plowing because something broke in the driveway or if you do get out of the gate, you end up having to get a tow or roadside repair cuz it quit a few miles down the road. In a few hours its buried under a snow drift and you still havent gotten the road cleared either. And if your road is barely wide enough once the snow flies for one vehicle to pass you just obstructed your neighbor's ability to get home too. Thats just plain stupid. Penny smart and pound foolish. Something for nothing means you still have nothing. There are situations when reliability and quality are the most crucial aspect of your need and you have to invest the money into it. Heath did this many times in his decisions on how he constructed redundancy and quality in the water system which he knew he would be using every day. But even if it was only needed three months a year, if it means clearing the road so you can get a sick kid to the hospital he wouldnt hesitate to see its value.
@@seriouslyreally5413 tha proverb that you are attempting to support has nothing to do with this situation. Buying a poor quality chainsaw (harbor frieght) verses buying a high quality chainsaw (Stihl) is the truism. A used Stihl verses a new Stihl is not what this proverb reveals. Balancing his mechanical skill to repair and maintain used equipment against its low price is what his channel is all about. I doubt you will see this, but the insulting break down of your proveb us "stop making bad decisions" and "I told you so"
Yay! I'm early! When I received the notification Red Poppy Ranch had uploaded another video. Stopped what I was doing and went straight to the new video. Love you guys awesome channel.
Heath, I know I have said this before, you should look into converting your generator to dual fuel. You won't have to worry about running out of gas, you have a years supply of propane on hand, and the problem of fuel going bad on you will not happen either.
Just checked, The latest prices on Amazon are around the $25 mark, that's with a brand new carb' and the propane conversion ready to go.
OK I won't say it again !
cant wait to see the shop you will build.
People: What are you ranching?
Red Poppy Ranch: UA-cam videos and somber anecdotes!
Its awesome having Cedar more in the videos!
I've got a herd of vehicles, trucks, 4 wheelers, a couple of cars, and I'm working on a small covey of generators. When I get time I want to get
8-10 cords of wood. I would love to see that, their nice to look at and keep us warm in the winter. I may get some animals later on, keep watching.
Cedar and Heath, looks like you have been able to take some deep breath's. Congrats on the progress and good luck with the plow truck.👍
My Grandparents and Parents were Depression era farmers and always were frugal. God's blessing to you guys.
It's like your preaching to the choir. My wife and I don't take out loans for vehicles either and hate to spend money and have always bought cheap to save money but most times ends up costing more then if we had just bought new or nicer but we are slowly learning to spend a little more and it has been a blessing and has saved us time and money spending more money lol 😂. God bless you and your family! Keep pushing forward!
Agree with your wife; after living and enjoying life a little, the shop may be the next best thing. Then fencing....but relax, take care of yourself and family, and finally enjoy!!
I am waiting patiently for my shirt ♡ I wouldn't expect anything to be rushed from Red Poppy Ranch. Thank y'all for lighting up my evenings. ♡
Boom! Notification alert, off goes football, on goes UA-cam and RPR!!!
Such humble people. Stay that way.
I love your videos and the fact that y'all are sharing your journey! Negative, unhappy people will always be hateful. Keep living your dream!! I admire all of the hard work that has gone into building red poppy ranch. Love and prayers from Mississippi!
All in good time as far as getting each and everything worked out. Y’all have done extremely well and the hard work invested is paying off. Not to mention the beauty that surrounds you day in and day out. I can’t wait until that road is no longer such an issue in the winter snow. Good to see y’all!!!
You guys are doing great. Next years work will make it much more comfortable. My 2001 dodge cummings started at "0" deg F in Colorado after the red light went out. They are very good engines. Time available might put a comings in your preferred Ford. Just a friend Ron
We are 100% off grid and our inverters handle the blow dryers without a problem. We even use a 220 electric dryer on occasion. Hope you can figure it out! Thanks for the video!!
Good points. Life’s a balance. We all try to juggle making the right decisions.
You need that shop!!!enjoy the journey to get the plow truck home
Oh I hear that - - we try to save and end up costing ourselves precious time and additional money. First used garden tractor I bought here on the homestead lasted only a week, the motor was garbage and blew up; went and bought a new one which I should have done in the first place. Thankfully you have lots of experience on engines - I marvel at your 'wrenching'. I can do it, but not doing much of it so I end up spending too much time head scratching and figuring things out - so its slow work for me.
I've slowly been learning my propensity in this 'saving money' direction. And I have the added problem that I want stuff to not only work well, ...but to look good.
Often I buy some cheap used implement, ...then end up spending tons of hours restoring it to new. Counting the cost of my time (since I'm still working) usually throws the equation well over to the side of buying a very good unit in the FIRST place.
And also sometimes you win and sometimes you lose - its always a gamble - and I'm getting to like sure things more and more. LOL
A Mink killed our cats one time .So careful with the kitty .
My dad grew up in Firth, ID, between Blackfoot and Shelley. Spent a lot of summers there. Beautiful country.
As the saying goes, if it was easy everyone would be doing it , best wishes to you and your family. Steve on the farm in Thailand.
One of the things I have been recently looking into is how to use a parcel of land for multiple purposes. For example growing an orchard, but also rotating chickens/sheep/cattle, through that same area to fertilize, cull the pest population, and keep the grass & weeds down. I'm not suggesting you should do things this way, but I thought I would throw the idea out there.
We lived at the southern end of Idaho.. filer and twin falls.. where abouts are you all. We moved back to California to take care of my aging parents, when this ends we will get our own property again. Love the channel
Glad you figured out the Generator issue, I wish I could have said hi when you came through Layton!
This video was at the beginning or end of a lunch date. It was nice to just see the two in the truck giving a update!
I really enjoy your heart to heart chats... You two are a wonderful couple and you have a great family. Don't ever lose touch of yourselves, and communications is the key to a happy family. I hope that you and your oldest daughter are communicating. You are so blessed to have each other.... God Bless you all and Red Poppy Ranch....
Your learning and adjusting as you go. Everyone's circumstances are different. Luckily there is not just one way to do things. It would make for a very boring world. The white truck was still a good deal. It just needs more of your time.
my Dad always claimed that quality is never over priced but jink is overpriced. I enjoy your videos thank you
good luck on the truck, When you do get livestock would recommend getting two llamas as guardians. They are effective against coyotes and other predators. we raised sheep for many years and while we have now sold off most our flock still have a few left. In any case never had any trouble with coyotes although we hear them yipping at night. I will mention we also have high tensile electric as well but I still attribute the effective protection to the llamas. Snow is coming here soon and I also will be plowing soon.
It may take a couple if years to get your 40 acres exactly the way you want. We're been on our 20 acres, 2 1/2 years. We've finished many projects, and have more to go. It doesn't help when you have emergencies, surgeries, or a situation arise causing you to stop what your working on to do something else (i.e. put out the fires). I will say we're blessed to have property out in the country 😊👍 life is good!
When you get that shop up you should invest in a 90s screen printing machine screen print your own shirts takes a lil time but you cut out the middle man save a few bucks.
We did this years ago. My dad drew the picture for the shirt & took it in & had the screen made. There's 6 kids in the family so we'd get an assembly line going & in no time we'd crank out 50 to 100 shirts of all different sizes! The screen was the big expense. Good luck to you on all your endeavours! By the way I still have the screen and it's over 30yrs old! I have it as a remembrance of my dad's artwork! Thanks for sharing your update about your common every day issues and the solutions to most of them! God Bless you and stay safe on the snowy icy roads!
It is important for her to feel good about herself. You do a great job!
if they are in a hurry for yall to to have livestock tell them to buy them for yall
Had 2 Cubs and a momma bobcat in my back yard this week. Glad to hear you are getting the gen situation handled.
Dude, you have such an amazing family and lovely wife, and most of the people are not from money background, but looking at you taking care of your family, its just so beautiful. Cedar is amazing, and you are like the coolest guy , very genuine. hard to find people like you. you guys are awesome!!
Love these “dates” in the truck. Love seeing and hearing more of Cedar. Glad the school run is going well. Yes, I know the more challenging part is yet to come. Just as long as there is a Plan B if they get stuck in town with a blizzard or something similar. Bet they’d get a kick of booking into a motel for the night!
Yes, life is challenging. But you just need to think of what you have achieved in just the last 6 months.
Have lots of suggestions re animals but I am not familiar with your extreme winters so I await your choices with interest. I wonder if having a barn is the most realistic option over the winter months?
As always the vlog is well paced, entertaining and informative. Also very thought provoking.
Red Poppy vlogs get viewed as soon as they hit the inbox and are never long enough. Take care. Best wishes to you all.
Note to Ceadar, I live in a colder climate and what helps me is waiting for the top layer to dry and then doing a french braid while the undetrneath is still wet. It stops the chill and it is healthy for your hair because you are not putting heat on it. I do this a couple times a month. It also makes your hair shinny and wavy for a couple of days. Do you have any tips on moisturizing your face? I get real dry in the winter.
You know you can have more than one inverter hooked up to your batteries at one time. My xantrax 1800 watt 24volt prosine dont shut down with a hair dryer. Unless too much other stuff is going too. So that is why I have many inverters. I have 3 xantrex inverters 1800 watt and one 1,000 watt xantrax and 1500 watt gopower. Three of them are actually in use. Others for back up sitting in storage.
Can you have them plugged is series? Some do and is not a bad idea if one goes awol!
@@Freetheworldnow No! plug them all in parallel. Pos on pos and neg on neg.
We have a dairy goat farm in south Texas. Plenty of predators would be an understatement. Among our goats we added two standard size donkeys which ended predator problems on our farm. Deer cross our fence but coyotes stop at the wire along with unleashed dogs, bobcat, and feral hogs. NONE of them want to tangle with a donkey. God didn't call them asses without reason. Even our barn cats shadow the donkeys in the pasture.
You also need to get an orchard netting. It s like a fish net, but it is for protecting fruit trees from birds. I had a large chicken pen and put the net over the top of the pen. Down to the fence. I held it up with 1/2" EMT with over 90 degree bends. Used several. At 6'3" I could not touch the net.
Bottom line it captured two possums and one hawk in a two month span. Predators can climb the fence. But with a net over the top, they cannot get in.
Got burned many times going the cheap route. Unfortunately, more often than not, you get what you pay for. Good luck on the red truck, I hope you get many plows out of her. God bless.
I would be looking for another inverter supplier, if they said what you said they are saying, they aren't any good...
(If you are having low voltage drop out, then the inverter is too small for the job, your batteries are too small for the job, or your wiring is undersized...)
Inverters are old tech, and have been around literally for decades, and people quite successfully use them to drive entire houses, up to the 10's of kilowatts at a time- one little hairdryer shouldn't cause issues (I have been using them literally for over 30 years with minimal trouble, in fact I still own my very first inverter, bought back in the eighties...
Batterys are toast lol
Never mind he must have had search mode enabled i disable it on every system.
My wife and I watch your UA-cam all the time. We love all of the hard work you and your family do. I apologize if you’ve already answered this question somewhere along the way but we are curious what you do for a living. You never seem to talk about it.
Lol my beard is about a foot long and I have NEVER blow dried it lol. That’s just a funny thought to me. Love your channel!
Yours is the best channel on UA-cam. I admire your tenacity and perseverance to build your ranch from scratch with your own hands. Your children are learning life lessons that will serve them well throughout their lives. I look forward to your videos each week.
Heyyy! I may be a city girl, but I’m no wimpy city slicker! I camped for 23 days on the Colorado River while white water rafting through the Grand Canyon - no showers, washed my hair once - with hand soap in the Phantom Ranch ladies room sink.
That is strange about the blow dryer. I am completely solar also and I have not had any problem with any of my appliances. I use the curling iron once in awhile and it works great. You are doing so well there and your place is beautiful!
So sorry to hear that a mink got a bunch of your chickens on Red Poppy Ranch . I hope the red plow truck works & runs well for you this winter .
Always enjoy your videos, one thing I learned as a penny pincher myself, some things are worth buying a good brand, higher quality, something we know will serve us well, my wish for you is you get a great deal but something dependable for many years.
I have enjoyed your journey to independence. When we were first married, we read Mother Earth News constantly, and talked about being independent, eventually. At long last, we retired and moved to the mountains of California to be near family. We could not afford to pay the cost of being on the grid, thus we chose solar. My husband designed and build our solar system. I was and am very proud of what he did. Because of the bears, he raised it up on a pole, with the ability to rotate and elevate it. He made a small simple building to house the batteries and the inverters. We had a generator for back-up as well. I learned a lot about solar in those years, and did learn what to look for when buying appliances. I will tell you, that LG has a beautiful refrigerator (freezer on the bottom) that only uses 3.5 amps of power, as opposed to some advertised as made to be used for solar! LG also makes a set of front load washer and dryer that takes only 15 watts to use. We had the computer, printer, monitor, cell phones, wi-if receiver, microwave, and all the other “mod-cons” that people want. Our system was a 2Kw system, and we had all the power we needed. We could have used more, but we watched what we did. The one thing we regretted not doing was buying fork-lift batteries when we first started! We bought 2 used ones the last year and they were much better than the L16’s we had before. We only left there because of the Camp Fire, (lost everything), and, because of our age, will probably not try to develop fresh ground again. One thing you might consider, only a thought because it worked so well for us, is an outdoor wood fired hot water furnace. Never a problem, and no dust, chips, bark, smoke, etc. inside. My husband also did welding, etc. using the solar system and his portable generator. At our age, though, we will “make do” with on grid now, sigh!
Plug in a low energy fan in front of your fireplace, have a seat while you read a chapter of your current book, and your hair will be nice and dry. :) :)
Could you get a fan that sits on top of the stove and uses the heat to power the fan blades?
@@luct3368 YES!
Blanket it in a towel at first!
@@luct3368 yep, we have one and they work great!
Heath,,,, Essential Mountain Homestead is looking to get rid of some logs/firewood.... May be worth your while to reach out.... I also left him a comment telling him you need some
Denis Richer wonder why they haven’t collaborated in awhile
May the Lord keep you guys safe and blessed.
Cedar should look into the blow dryers that are designed for RV use. They talk a little longer to dry, but they work and have a more reasonable draw.
Hey your like my family down to earth and honest that’s why I enjoy your videos.
Sometimes the cheapest way is to pay more to start with. Cheap does not always work.
So true for a generator, a plow truck and so on...
My $1000 Escape has proved this to me. As far a money goes maybe $500 more but the labor has killed me. If I was charging $100 an hour I'd say I have $3000 in labor. Most of it is because of the rust the bolts just don't want to come out. I got so burned out I have driven it with a stuck rear caliper metal on metal grinding for over a month. Until I got my Dakota going again, then I just parked it and forgot it.
I spent four years rebuilding my truck, about 20 months of that pretty intensive work on a frame-up restoration. When it got to the transmission, it was an old automatic and was missing second gear for the past three years prior to the rebuild starting. I could have sourced the parts and started to learn and try to rebuild it myself. But then I thought about doing 65 down the highway and needing to stomp on it to get ahead of something in order to ease traffic and did I want the transmission to have a challenge or a hiccup.
I took it to a pro and had to spend $900 to have it fully rebuilt including a torque converter rebuild. It was expensive (to me at the time given some other budget challenges at the moment as I was trying to get paint done and other parts sourced) but it's been perfect since then.
There are certain things that just have to be right the first and every time - don't ever worry about or apologize for making sure your family is safe and your lifestyle is protected!
Jason Kraus what kind of truck did you build? 900$ for a full rebuild is cheap!
@@Beandiptheredneck 900 was the tranny rebuild. It is a '66 Ford Truck. I have a stack of videos (if you follow my name to my channel) reviewing it as I worked on it.
About the hair dryer, why not get one that will operate on 240-volt rather than 120-volt. At 240-volt the appliance will operate at the same power but use half the current as compared to 120-volt operation. I did a quick search on amazon and there were a few available. Even the ones with the European plug could be changed (rewired) for a standard 3-prong American style plug.
Or,
You could use a 12-volt DC hair dryer (some available on Amazon) through a DC "switching supply". A typical DC switching supply will provide 20-amp DC output at just under 6-amp AC input @120-volt operation. The switching supplies are light weight with a small footprint.
Anyway, just thought that might help.
You’re building something special together. Thanks for sharing.
Salt Lake city is my home! if you ever need a rest stop or need anything let me know I'm right off I15 and I80
Adam Ton here here, you need a bite to eat or place to stay let me know! Followed you from day one and offered you advice on your pump, not sure if you remember that when you were digging your well
RPR is just what I needed on this stressful night
#redpoppyranch for the predators bothering your chickens, get a solar electric fence charger and run a couple of strands of wire around the outer perimeter of the fence about 6-8" off the fence and 2 high at ~ 6 & 12" high. Poles w/insulators are cheap @ Tractor Supply. If you have a permanent place for the chickens and want to invest a few hours, run a small scale high tensile fence and it'll be basically maintenance free from there on out.
I could not live without my tractor mounted snow blower, maybe that is something you should look at.
I love the ranching part. The only thing i ranch is "sockeye salmon". Animals will come soon enough. Great job guys. Theresa & Jason.
Your trucks have certainly evolved in your time on the Ranch.
I can only say that you folks are are true inspiration!
Enjoy the projects, thats why we do this!
You got this , good money , is money not spent , and if spent , then well thought out . But sometimes we miss . All good in the long run !!! it all come even . you guys will do so awesome once you get the kinks worked out ! Nice lookin truck !!!
All coming along nicely.... sorting out the actual living day to day questions. Love the snow it's a beautiful place. So sorry about your chickens ..little minxes!
New subscriber here, somebody for my channel said that I would like your channel. Said we have a lot in common. Looks like I’ll have to go on a binge.
Love your wife’s name if the Lord blesses me with the fifth daughter, (we have five children and they are all boys except four of them.) I am going to suggest strongly Siter be the name.
Men do blow dry their beards on occasion like on their wedding day or something. But I guess I don’t know too many ranchers that blow dry their beards. Looks like we have a lot in common.
Happy trails
Luke
Slow and steady wins the race. I would look deeper into that 460 head gasket issue, as a as a retired auto light truck tech that saw a high volume of trucks from the mining area here I never saw one 460 with a head gasket problem and few 460s with any problems it was one of their tried and true base engines from the old days.
LOL frozen hair, I went to school with frozen hair before it got dried more days than I could count.
My great grandmother never used a hair dryer I guess she got used to the old ways she had pretty grey hair down to her knees and would pull it around in front of her and sit in front of the fireplace and heat a dry towel up and towel dry it in no time. Time takes all away from us.
What do you call a chicken eating mink? The start of a nice winter coat.
That's right.
I really love seeing more of Cedar. 💕 😙 Adore you both!
Hi, guys! You two are on the adventure of a lifetime. Take the days as they come and enjoy the great times, and try and forget the bad.
Life is way to short. Cedar, your hair look great, we all love to wash, dry and curl. Now, for me that isn’t an option lol I have a very short hair cut.
I hope this truck works out and lasts a long long time. Buying a vehicle is something I just hate to do, if I look at it an I feel sick, it isn’t the car we should get, twice we had lemons an I know better now...lol
Slow and steady wins the homesteading / ranching race. Let's you make better decisions with less do-over!
I've watched a few of your posts and believe me I've been there. Anyone who never had a problem or something go wrong never tried to do anything.
There is a big difference between being frugal and being cheap. Cheap nearly always costs more in the end by having to replace an item. The time and money wasted never come back. Frugal purchases often cost more up front, but last longer and require less work and continued input. Always buy the best you can afford. It wiill pay in the end. 200 subs coming up! Congrats!
You drove right through my old stomping grounds in S.L.C, utah. Good to see you guys are getting some big things fixed. Best of luck you beautiful family.
You built the house single-handed! You will get anything else done that needs doing. All in good time.
Red, you're doing swell. I have some friendly advice. Don't get hot. You would do really well with a small dump truck 4wd ; Like a chevy c30 or a Ford F350 superduty. You would get some great utility use out of it; plowing snow, picking up hay or a couple yards of gravel cement, seed bags, cement blocks , etc.....think about it. When a friend bought one he told me he got more use out of it than he ever thought he would.....Just a thought, think about it.....