Winter on a Small Farm
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- As winter settles on our small farm, we concentrate on keeping our animals provided with feed, water, and appropriate shelter through the cold and snow. This is made more challenging by the extended "mud season" we experience in Central New York. We take care of our farm animals in winter quite differently than we do in the summer: the Dexter cattle move into their winter pasture, the young pigs move into a large space in the barn, and our flock of laying chickens move into their winter house. Join me as I give a tour of our small pasture-based livestock farm in winter, and talk about the methods we've developed to keep our animals happy through the cold months.
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I can’t tell you how much you inspire me, Pete. You seem like a genuinely great guy. My wife and I moved to Texas from California after retirement in 2019. I had no intention of raising farm animals, but here I am, starting my own small herd of White Faced Angus. Like you, I get great satisfaction out of caring for my animals. You have unknowingly passed along some great tips. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks Craig. Hilarie might say otherwise ;)
Greetings from Germany! Really like your videos. They help me to learn English.
Also from Germany.
My englisch is ok, but i love these videos.
He puts love in his work, nice old machines & he repairs everything by himself. I appreciate that!
thats cool my great grandmother grew up in Germany and moved to here in the US after WW2
Cool! Most of my family is from Germany, Poland and Austria and came to the US before WWII. Any good German farm channels you recommend?
Real world experience combined with common sense that's why I like watching this guy don't forget to add it in the happiness nice job buddy
I am Australian,my youngest son lives in Germany.
I always enjoy your farmm tours and updates on the animals. Pete your right about bulls and their temperaments. Most important part is how they are raised from birth. My uncle had a bull and we all rode him as he walked through the pasture. Don't get me wrong we still had full respect for him.
I heard a good one the other day: "Turns out someone really was putting topsoil on my garden - the plot thickens..."
Enjoy seeing the farm in all the seasons. Thanks Pete
Happy mud season from beautiful Ohio.
The "season of mud" as we refer to it. Great videos, really appreciate your wisdom and willingness to share. Like the Steiner Tractor Parts Hat! Best.
You're a small farm with big hearts, Great stuff Pete. Another great video.
I have started watching some of your videos with my 93 year old dad. It sparks some good conversations! Thanks!
A very interesting and informative video, living here in England you always presume that all farms in America are massive , but its good see that your farm is a similar size to a lot farmers over here who have small holdings..And I love all the stuff you do on restoring the old tractors..
A lot of the farmers in America consist of a man who works a full-time job all week and comes home after work to take care of the animals and to grow his crops.
It’s amazing that our host is able to make a full-time living with what he has. He’s a very intelligent thoughtful individual.
@@todphillips3935 ehh that’s more of a homestead. I feel like that’s a difference. Atleast in my opinion.
@@washedupwarvet2027 yes small scale, yet he’s feeding people.
Pete, this was a wonderful overview of your farming plan. I'm with you everyday when you make your rounds.
What a great video and really beautiful closing statement. I have to admit my whole life I’ve felt the call to live and work on a farm but here I sit with my “good, safe job” trapped in a way. So I really enjoy these kinds of videos.
Love love live watching your videos. I’ll be sending you pix of a fence we built. I think it’ll look familiar! Keep up the good work.
Another fantastic video. Thanks Pete
Hello from Northern Ireland. I've just come across this video and enjoyed watching so have subscribed and look forward to more videos. I'm not a farmer but I do love to grow in my garden and have a lovely black and white Springer spaniel who is great company and surprisingly to most people also a very good guard dog. My brother William helps me with the garden as I have some mobility and health issues and if it were not for his support I could no longer manage my favourite hobby by myself. The only 'predators' on our horizon are slugs and snails and the squirrels and pigeons from the nearby woods. Our little cat died at the age of 22 last year and we are not just ready to have another yet. We have strict lockdown at present and count our blessings that we have each other and a garden to go out in. Stay safe and God bless.v
i found your channel a few days ago ,and now i can't seem to let go of you videos,amazing stuff. Thank you
Here's a Dad joke you've probably heard: Did you hear they're going to outlaw round bales of hay? ~~ The cows aren't getting a square meal. :)
Love your videos! God bless!
Farming is a lot of work. I give mass respect and credit to farmers. Without them, no eggs, chicken, or meat to eat.
This is my favorite type of video. I love breaking down some of the realities of the industry for people (like me) who have generally just enjoyed the pretty side of seeing farms on the side of the road while driving along a gorgeous road.
Another awesome video, Aloha from Honolulu, Hawaii
Recently discovered your channel and I’m really enjoying it. Thanks for sharing.
One of my favorite videos. Thanks Pete.
Pete, I stumbled on your channel a few months ago and I just wanted to say thanks. You are a great teacher and communicator. My family and I are diving into broilers and laying hens this year and thanks to you I feel ready!!!
Hi Nick, best of luck with your farm!
Hello Pete. Happy new year! My wife and watch your videos. You guys seem so nice, I even checked for small farms in your area that we could purchase. Property tax made it a short search. My brothers in law do the farmers markets in Pa. Green dragon, kutztown etc. They were into poultry. We're all getting older now and everyone has moved off the farm. So, they've sold the business. Well, I really enjoy your videos. They're good quality. Excellent job Pete! You have my dream job man! I'll see you soon 🎅
Thanks Paul!
I watch crime and trial videos , I watch this program because it calms me down.
Pete,welcome to our new year,you and yours.
Pete, we also own a small farm and love all of the content you post !!
It's all part of running a farm, thanks !!
Practical and effective farming. Can't beat it. Thank you.
Thank you for the tour and information all about your farm. Newer subscriber from South Texas.
Nice video! Very informative and down to earth! Keep it up. We wish you a beautiful and healthy 2021. Greetings from the Netherlands.
I love your videos so much, great mixture of fun, farm work and work ethic.
I worked at the former Lancaster, PA stockyards, and we had a very docile Texas longhorn bull that we could pet. A friend's grandkids love petting him.
I’m from Lancaster county pa, good to see another local on here
Pete, this is a great video. Never have I seen so much information covered so concisely and understandably. I was raised on a small/medium size farm in Indiana in the 50's with both crops and animals, so can relate to most things you do. I am a regular fan and look forward to your videos.
Well done. Enjoyed another trip around the farm. Your videos are very soothing for my soul
Yes what a nice video. Engine engine engine farm. Made a nice mix. Maybe a few shots of a farmers market your selling at sometime would make a nice shot or as you talk about selling at a market have some voice over video. You are important part of life for us the people in lock down or in states that nothing is open in. You are a life line to normalcy. I do have my hobbies I sew and design embroidery and do machine embroidery making patches sometime and embroidery direct to garments. The one thing that makes your channel grow is your a natural story teller. Gold Shaw Farm, saskdutchkid, and Justin’s Roads family homestead all of you are good story tellers. I forget how to spell his last name at 65 years old it will come to me around 230 this afternoon. What support you have it was amazing to see your viewers stand up and donate money to your tractor restore. That send you and your family the message how much we viewers value your content.
I always enjoy your videos ! Hope you all have a Happy New Year!
What a great video sir. This is my first time watching your videos and I really like them. I love the farm live and you are doing an awesome job. I live in the south part of the country, I wish I were closer to your farm to taste your products. I bet they’re the best in the area. When you do farming with love the results are just simply amazing.
Very neat, thanks for sharing with us! 🇺🇸🚜👍❄️☃️
What a great overview of your setup and life in general. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for making these videos! Really appreciate the way you present your farm and yourself.
Happy New Year from west central ALABAMA. It’s great to see you doing the things my grand parents did and my father grew up doing.
Pete, you are an amazing narator! Great job! You explain things so well and I applaud your ways of Farm and Family life! (tractors too) : ) cant have too many!
Hello Pete, new to your channel. Looking into starting a couple Dexter's. Soaking up the great information. Subscribed to keep up on how you're doing.
Bad Dad joke.... We were contacted by some distant relatives that asked if they could stop in and spend a day visiting as they pass through the area. We were excited at the prospect of reconnecting with them as it was a coon's age since we had seen them in person. When they arrived and we were showing them our small farm, we came across Oink, our 3 legged pig. Our guests inquired about Oink's story. We told them Oink was very special to us, he saved our family's lives by waking us during a house fire last year, we all escaped alive because of him. "Is that how he lost his leg, in the fire?" they asked. "Heavens no", I responded, "nothing that drastic, Oink's a hero, you just don't eat a pig like that all at once."
I know, I know, that was bad 😁
Great video,, we have 100 acres and run British Blue's, and Limousin..
Here in the UK its about (Derbyshire) its about 1 degree.. With abit of snow... Keep these video's coming.. 👌👍🚜🚜
I appreciate your detail conversations! You are very good
Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed the detailed explanation of livestock management.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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Another great farm tour Pete! Always enjoy them. Mud season is a pain.
Great video, Pete!! I grew up on a truck farm here in Eastern Iowa, so your type of farm is new and very interesting to me!!
This was another great video! I really enjoyed it!! Thanks
great videos i just bought a place in pa equinunk area so i understand the weather we got more snow last night. i can tell the farm keeps you busy which is great i love the outdoors also i just might start with some chickens soon thanks again keep these videos coming they are always interesting ps: i also just picked up a 1958 international utility 240 nice little gas tractor
Truly aweseome!>. thank you so much for the tour!>>>>5 stars!
Excellent video. Very informative. Very diverse. Need to be organized. And have a good schedule.
I love that you can handle your Bulls like you do. It's inspirational to my wife and I. We are a small livestock farm as well. I grew up on our farm when my grandpa ran it and he had Black Angus Beef cattle and he had one bull for breeding and I was always warned never to go near him "he'll kill you" Grandpa would say. One night when it was almost dark I was walking out to the barn yard and he came out of the stable door as I walked past. He came up behind me and pushed his head into my back knocking me down on my knees. I rolled into my back and had my ams against his forehead to try with all might hold his head back. I thought I was going to die. Then my younger brother came around the corner and smacked the bull with a herding stick and he moved his head just enough for me to scramble back to my feet and run for the hog pen. The next day Grandpa called the livestock man to come for the bull. I now have steers of my own and can walk up and pet them like an old hound dog. Most of that was inspired by your videos. I'm 32 now. I was about 23 when this horror story took place.
You farm is amazing. Everything looks very engineer. Congrats.
Happy New Year from Republic of Croatia!
All the best! :D
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I return to my youth and our Minnesota family farm each time I enjoy your sharing here!! Like you've shared here, winter was a much more peaceful and re-generating time for us, too. Dad worked on projects in his shop, etc.. So impressed with you, your family and your passion for preserving the agrarian lifestyle that was once a beautiful cominality for much of rural America!! Blessings and keep up the grand channel here!!!👨🌾😀👨🌾😀👨🌾
That's a thumbs up !
Great video. Smart man. Thanks for sharing.
I really appreciate and respect your philosophy and outlook....like finding a new friend. I live on Kauai in an area known as the "Homesteads" which is basically up against Mt. Wai'ale'ale in a valley where pineapple was once king. Now, we have cattle ranches, sheep, and goats which are grass-fed year-round. The meat and cheese are beyond belief but still not without expense. We also have an overabundance of feral chickens and pigs....not really edible but country nonetheless. I hope all is well with you...best wishes for a happy and healthier new year.
Yay I love tour videos!
Happy New Year from south Georgia. Weather is a lot different down hear. I really enjoy you channel and look forward to each and every show.
Fascinating! Thank you.
good job!
hello from Romania!
Well thought out Pete Thanks
Thank you!
I did not realize how busy you keep yourself. Great to see.
Thank you for the education
Nice one Pete, love the videos, keep them coming. Watching and following from Tasmania, Australia.
I like your videos. I have a dream. Manage a farm as yours. I would like to wish you a happy, healthy year. Greeting from Hungary.
Thanks Pete.....
Like the way you care for your animals......
Happy New Year to you and your family. Hi Pete I'm Eric I'm a cattle rancher on 1000 acres in eastern Colorado. I have been watching your videos for a long time now i think you are doing a great job with your videos. When I'm having a bad day on the ranch or a cow did something that makes me mad I think of your words of wisdom and it seems to make problems easier to deal with ( thanks ) . I have a 2500 pound Angus bull and his name is now Titus. Lol. Love the videos keep up the good work.
Happy new year to you and your family from North Lincolnshire U.K., enjoyed the video.
It seems like during the pandemic more people are growing more food at home and some have started raising chickens too with all the portable chickens houses Rural King and Tractor Supply are selling . So watching your video's bring back the memories of raising chickens and rabbits during my childhood for the meat. Thank you for that, keep up the good work...
You can learn alot of knowledge from you with your great delivery of your farming your animals are very friendly
Another great video. It's good to see your channel growing.Your farm is beautiful and you and your family are very sweet. Happy New Year keep up the great work.☺
Thank for another great video and for sharing your day... and your life. I remember, very well, the seasonal changes on a farm. I spent a whole lot of hours doing farm chores... and when I look back now I am always reminded that even on those days I was dead tired... it was a "good tired"....ya know. What you and your family have made on your "small farm"... in my eyes is perfection! You keep moving... physically, mentally and spiritually through the very best kind of life I know. I hope and pray that the new year brings you joy... and that you take advantage of every chance you have to enjoy the "little things" that make the best memories.
Thanks Herb! I wouldn't choose any other life!
Thanks 😊
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Thank you Pete.
Happy New Year from Mexico, Pete! Saludos desde Tamaulipas!
👋 Good morning.
What an interesting tour of your farm. 👏👏👏💞 Thank you. God bless the family. 🙏☝️👍 Be well and stay warm.
All cattle names are classy!
That was very informative. Never heard of mud season.
That was a real nice video! I grew up on a farm like yours! Why I joined the navy.and did a career at sea! Ha
Good show lived on a farm ...
Love your work……also from NY…..The Bronx! LOL. Just found this, I’m gonna enjoy it, Thanks👍
Pete really love your channel i to am a farmall nut I currently only have a h and cub but always have a eye out for more I laugh though when u say upstate New York ur three hours south of Norwood ny
Respectfully...I think mixing in a bit more footage without narration would be more effective. You are a natural speaker in your presentations for sure. I hope you find this feedback helpful.
I use cow manure for my flower beds instead of fertilizer. Have for years. Doesn’t smell if it has already started to dry. Never burns my plants.
...great video pete..........
Ive missed that intro Pete! Happy new year to you and family
We used to have chickens, we alway’s gave them some carrots
when ever we had them, gives a nice color to the egg yoke
Ever since watching your video about haying, I’ve been enjoying watching all of your videos. Being from Binghamton N.Y. an hour south of your farm we don’t enjoy the mud season either. I always wanted to have a small farm like yours. Your videos have really inspired me to do that once I leave the Air Force
You are really great at this UA-cam thing. THANKS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Like the Steiner hat! Its about 30 min from me! Order from there often!!
You are so lucky...most of us have to order it on the internet and wait for shopping
There's a story behind that hat...about 10 years ago Steiner called me and said I had won a drawing of all their customers. They gave me the hat along with a $500 store credit, and wrote an article about our tractor collection for their catalog.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm That awesome!! Great people to work with!
Nice operation Pete my grand mother always said idle hands is the devils workshop, you surely wont be getting into any trouble.
Thank you Pete an awesome video as always. I do so hope this new year brings your family prosperity wishing you the best and never forget it is families like yours that is the backbone of our nation.
Thanks Willy! Happy New Year to you!
Excellent, clear concise info'. This type of, 'How to farm" video is why i watch your channel.
I am originally from outside of Rochester New York I have moved to Murrells inlet South Carolina I enjoy your channel the area a come from back in western New York was all farms so I’m very familiar what you’re doing keep up the good work
Awesome videos and awesome farm setup! My family of 5 live on a small homestead we started a few years ago raising and selling eggs, chickens, turkey, pigs, beef cows and seasonal vegetables. All word of mouth sales for now but we want to try Farmers market. Maybe I'll get down to Ithaca one of these weekends and check it out!
Cheers from the other side of Cayuga lake!!😂