Setting Up the Perfect 1 Acre Pig Farm (in the woods)

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  • Опубліковано 17 кві 2022
  • It's time to move the woodlot pigs to the next paddock. We clear a path in the woods for the fence and get the pigs onto fresh ground. I reminisce about my late father and how I'm working the land now just as he and his father before him did.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 205

  • @GossMania
    @GossMania 2 роки тому +98

    “We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.” Many blessings from our homestead to yours.

  • @Carmencuriel74
    @Carmencuriel74 2 роки тому +15

    Josiah's face as he looks at the dirt..😆🤣honesty in his face is priceless

  • @gerry905
    @gerry905 2 роки тому +11

    Josiah's face after he sniffed the dirt " smells like dirt" dad's lost his mind.

  • @donnakenny9345
    @donnakenny9345 2 роки тому +41

    Jonah gets a lot of deserved attention as the oldest and he is so hard working, smart and inventive. BUT, there is something so adorable about Josiah. This is another kid to watch, the quiet one’s will always surprise you.

    • @19queenbee55
      @19queenbee55 2 роки тому +8

      I think he’ll do something else besides farming.

    • @MCNagStaR
      @MCNagStaR 2 роки тому

      @@19queenbee55 Never. Didn't you see the video. This is their family's land

    • @kenchappell2054
      @kenchappell2054 2 роки тому +3

      @@19queenbee55 - My prediction. Both boys are into heavy machinery and building so I predict they will go into construction, Jonah out on the job site and Josiah running the office.

    • @HollerGramma
      @HollerGramma 2 роки тому

      @@kenchappell2054 Yes ... Both love figuring out mechanical things! Such a blessing to have that ability when you live on the farm. ❤️

    • @arryserrano4373
      @arryserrano4373 2 роки тому

      Absolutely blessed with beautiful parents😘❤️✌️🦋

  • @Mindy56743
    @Mindy56743 2 роки тому +31

    You and The Beautiful One have done a wonderful job of raising the chitlers. This is what drew me to your channel from the beginning. Watch them play and explore and be real children. Was such a beautiful thing in the modern world. Now watching them grow up and be so inventive and hard working people. It really has been a inspiration to me in the ability of parents to teach and love their children naturally without all the craziness that the world says we need. God bless you and your family

    • @SheriLatulip
      @SheriLatulip 2 роки тому

      Sorry but this man has never given glory to God on this channel.

  • @jaketucker6803
    @jaketucker6803 2 роки тому +10

    Does anybody else miss the old style vlogs

  • @elizabethharttley4073
    @elizabethharttley4073 2 роки тому +6

    The best gift I received from my father was the love of gardening. He did veggies and flowers and even fruit trees.

  • @marybethsmarvellouslife4490
    @marybethsmarvellouslife4490 2 роки тому +16

    “They’ll get it.” 💜 Meanwhile, Jonah: Uh, there’s dirt on your nose..? 😁😁 Happy Spring, family!

  • @Bennettfarm
    @Bennettfarm 2 роки тому +14

    Miss seeing the burn it up cooking show and more of the family vlog style. So nice to see everyone today 💓

    • @katherinebragg9704
      @katherinebragg9704 2 роки тому +2

      It's springtime. That's outside busy time on a farm. Especially in a state that gets pretty hot most of the day.

  • @takeitslowhomestead5218
    @takeitslowhomestead5218 2 роки тому +6

    Thanks for sharing your heartfelt thoughts-the foundational, worthwhile meaning of it all. We are bound to family in many ways, this being one.

  • @8CSKN8
    @8CSKN8 2 роки тому +3

    8:38 Josiah's thinking "yeah I already smelled it Dad, and it smells like shit😂💩"

  • @bgmaple47232
    @bgmaple47232 2 роки тому +9

    My daddy had a saying about someone who was very happy: 'He's as happy as a pig in slop!" Gotta love those little piggies :)

    • @karenmc4592
      @karenmc4592 2 роки тому +1

      Ive heard that saying all my life. Im the only one born out of the hills of arkansas, but ive always loved those hills. Nothing like it.

    • @arryserrano4373
      @arryserrano4373 2 роки тому

      🤩👍❤️🦋

  • @aurimasb1732
    @aurimasb1732 2 роки тому +4

    8:37 I'm dying hahahahaha 🤣😂

  • @barbaral1486
    @barbaral1486 2 роки тому +1

    Wow ! All I can say you are one blessed man ! You are making a life few families have ! Your connection with your late father, and his dad is a wonderful thing ! I love watching you grow , and the way you engage your children in your decisions is amazing .

  • @siamakkitriplejack9527
    @siamakkitriplejack9527 2 роки тому +4

    Boots and Josiah, 2 drips of water. ( I don't know how you in America say this, but in dutch it means, they have the same looks)
    Greetings from the Netherlands

    • @StoneKathryn
      @StoneKathryn 2 роки тому +3

      They usually say something like "spitting image" of someone in the family. If they act the same way as someone in the family they say "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree".

    • @sararussell6182
      @sararussell6182 2 роки тому

      Two peas in a pod

    • @siamakkitriplejack9527
      @siamakkitriplejack9527 2 роки тому

      @@StoneKathryn thank you

    • @siamakkitriplejack9527
      @siamakkitriplejack9527 2 роки тому

      @@sararussell6182 thank you

  • @batpherlangkharkrang7976
    @batpherlangkharkrang7976 2 роки тому +1

    Hi..... Justin Rhodes, thank you for showing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🏡🎥👍👍👍

  • @laurieivanchuk5587
    @laurieivanchuk5587 2 роки тому

    you brought a tear to my eye yes some day kids will get it just like we are getting it

  • @Fatimasroots
    @Fatimasroots 2 роки тому

    They sure will get it once day and this will be that much more precious🌿 I am so thankful that I get to really see these things so early in life🌸

  • @akoffgrid676
    @akoffgrid676 2 роки тому +9

    Justin please address in a video why you choose to move eletric netting every day as opposed to building at least some permanent fencing to reduce work load while still being able to make daily rotations.
    Keep up the good work as I know your helping thousands of people

    • @katherinebragg9704
      @katherinebragg9704 2 роки тому +4

      I think he wants to run cattle in there after the pigs get thru. He'd have to take the permanent fence back down.

    • @ValeriaVincentSancisi
      @ValeriaVincentSancisi 2 роки тому +1

      part of regenerative farming methods.. the land gets a rest and the grazers who by nature poo and pee where they eat , so less parasite pressure on them if you mimic nature kee the grazers moving.. pasture is more productive from being fertilized and grazed and the animals are healthier.. way more cost effective...

    • @kathleenoverton3263
      @kathleenoverton3263 2 роки тому +2

      He d have to build 8 separate paddocks as that is how he envisions the rotation. All rotations happening as they’ve cleared the area but not dug it up as pigs will do. After each rotation he ll clear that area of old trees, fallen branches, trees and any brush the pigs don’t eat. As he does this it ll be easier to set the wire. The first setting takes the time because it’s wild land at that point. Once the pigs go through he wants to have that area for the cows also to rotate through. A permanent fence just isn’t feasible for the way he sees the future use. And he doesn t move the fencing every day. It’s every week or so. Today s video just showed that move

    • @akoffgrid676
      @akoffgrid676 2 роки тому

      I personally did this with perm fencing and use it for multiple different animals and find it alot less labor intensive while completely suitable for different animals . I see no way that this would restrict use .
      Time is the most precious commodity you have on homestead and with your kids. I see no benefit from. Repetitive work.

  • @darci12u
    @darci12u 2 роки тому

    Absolutely beautiful ❤️
    I loved your heart talk...
    Love to touch what my mother touched brings me comfort.

  • @dwaynejones1146
    @dwaynejones1146 2 роки тому

    Good work and good memories my brother...Bless Up to you and yours.

  • @darrylhayes9066
    @darrylhayes9066 2 роки тому +7

    I know you won't read this but you talk about cutting yourself and all them braches in there while your clearing. So you might want to think about carrying Henry through the woods. He doesn't understand ducks move while you walk through the woods

  • @WSOII
    @WSOII 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @baltazarmorais7903
    @baltazarmorais7903 2 роки тому +6

    It took me more than 30 years to accept my path, connected to the earth, and I'm about to fulfill my dream, the beginning of my destiny.. Thank you for your inspiration.. ❤️🇵🇹

  • @barbarkevin270
    @barbarkevin270 2 роки тому

    Hi Justin and the lovely family, I just love the great content you constantly put out. Continued blessings

  • @shadegarden7375
    @shadegarden7375 2 роки тому +1

    ❤️❤️ your openness and your heart!

  • @cashk100
    @cashk100 2 роки тому

    Hi Justin, I love your channel. It’s action straight away, that’s why I’ve been watching every single video in full from day one. This is how my vlogs will be like. Love you guys ♥️🇬🇧

  • @rebeccamunoz4596
    @rebeccamunoz4596 2 роки тому

    You Did It Again~Precious Memories~😢🤗❤👍

  • @georgebaker1418
    @georgebaker1418 2 роки тому

    Mr Justin you have an amazing family and you're an awesome daddy to your kids,teaching them what life is about on & off the farm,ya'll working together just amazes me,I say that because nowadays families working together on the farm is just about unheard of,especially with younger kids,ya'll have done & are doing a super fantastic job as a family,may the Lord continue to bless you and your family

  • @jillyd2807
    @jillyd2807 2 роки тому +2

    🇬🇧 I see Henry’s walking!! 🎊🧸

  • @dr.rev.lindabingham
    @dr.rev.lindabingham 2 роки тому +1

    Blessings to all!

  • @IgniteTransformationwithDrEcke
    @IgniteTransformationwithDrEcke 7 днів тому

    love the boys! I fixed it!!! and the humor and your positivity

  • @bonniestawski219
    @bonniestawski219 2 роки тому

    I love this video! I love the way that y'all work together as a family. That food really look good too! I love pigs I think they're beautiful! And I love the way that you talk and share things about your dad and Grandpa and one day your kids will get it about the smell of the dirt. I love in y'all from Paris Tennessee

  • @jmch7788
    @jmch7788 2 роки тому +1

    To me it's amazing to think about that your dad plowed the area you're now walking in. I think that's what you're saying. And now it's all covered by trees and Forest. That's very interesting to me

  • @pamelaevans4076
    @pamelaevans4076 2 роки тому

    Okay, that one made me teary eyed. Thanks

  • @karenladwig3856
    @karenladwig3856 2 роки тому

    Your children are just amazing!

  • @noahsizemore1275
    @noahsizemore1275 2 роки тому

    That prime rib looked amazing. That's the same thing we had for Easter smoked it on my smoker low and slow.

  • @twinmaples.carnivoreroad
    @twinmaples.carnivoreroad 2 роки тому

    Happy farmer with mini mechanics. Watching your young men grow into more valuable farmers has got to make you proud.

  • @shadegarden7375
    @shadegarden7375 2 роки тому +1

    That brush mower is sweet!

  • @Junkyard_Dog
    @Junkyard_Dog 2 роки тому

    You have excellent helpers 👍

  • @laurasimpson7211
    @laurasimpson7211 2 роки тому +1

    Josiah never Ceases to amaze me! Lord!!!!!

  • @diannemiller4754
    @diannemiller4754 2 роки тому

    Lol dog said I'm not sharing my food! Great job boy's so proud of your accomplishments.

  • @beckybox2596
    @beckybox2596 2 роки тому +1

    Jonah is very talented 🐄🐖🐂

  • @Jakesterrrr
    @Jakesterrrr 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome!

  • @laurelb1962
    @laurelb1962 2 роки тому

    Justin,
    I got your Book "Rooted" recently, great read. 👍 🙂

  • @kimkerley4218
    @kimkerley4218 2 роки тому +1

    Your kids are amazing ❤️❤️❤️

  • @BroadHeadedAK
    @BroadHeadedAK Рік тому

    Love it!

  • @stellaunger8568
    @stellaunger8568 2 роки тому

    Yup! One day they’ll get it ❤️😃

  • @cherylsmith-bell6509
    @cherylsmith-bell6509 2 роки тому

    As you get older your skin is thinner, and if you are on blood thinners or daily asprin, you will bleed easily. Lots of Vit C helps strengthen your blood vessels. Your pigs are improving the hill sides! Good work!

  • @janetwithers7427
    @janetwithers7427 2 роки тому

    I love smelling the dirt too. Minnesota farm dirt is so black and loamy. Smells soooo good. 💖

    • @StoneKathryn
      @StoneKathryn 2 роки тому +1

      I'm in Minnesota too but we have clay. We have a farm at the top of a bluff near the Mississippi River near Red Wing where they make Red Wing pottery because of the clay. I'm so glad you've got the good stuff.

  • @VulpesKitsune
    @VulpesKitsune 2 роки тому +5

    Love your videos as always. I have a question, Isn't Autumn suppose to replace one of your milking cows?

  • @marygordon3032
    @marygordon3032 2 роки тому

    Love your memories of Boots Justin and thanks for sharing! Blessings! 👏👏👏👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @jacobm1001
    @jacobm1001 2 роки тому

    A jiggle siphon might be helpful for the pig water . Happy trails

  • @kimkerley4218
    @kimkerley4218 2 роки тому +4

    I love you Justin kissing the dirt!!! We have something in common!!! ❤️

  • @beckytaul4355
    @beckytaul4355 2 роки тому

    Yes love my dads dirt 🙏🏻❤️

  • @cyndegruver6520
    @cyndegruver6520 2 роки тому +1

    As Josiah looks at the dirt and looks at you with wonder on his face.!!!!

    • @kingscairn
      @kingscairn 2 роки тому +1

      Somehow , I get the feeling he's not into farming

  • @ginadisalvo5186
    @ginadisalvo5186 2 роки тому

    Josiah's face HAHAHAHA love the realness

  • @sheilazangrilli1710
    @sheilazangrilli1710 2 роки тому

    My people lived in the Carolinas before the Europeans came to this continent. For thousands of years we lived the land. Grew the land. Raised families on the land. Land connects us to our ancestors. We , the Indigenous peoples of this land belive that we are just keeping it in trust for the next 7 generations. I like how you keep the memories of your ancestors/family but also plan for you children and children's children.

  • @trinareynolds8948
    @trinareynolds8948 2 роки тому

    You've come a long way from clearing with your old riding mower!!! 🥳

  • @gaylewatkins4685
    @gaylewatkins4685 2 роки тому

    💪 Mighty Men on the farm.

  • @whatsit101
    @whatsit101 2 роки тому

    made me cry

  • @70washington
    @70washington 2 роки тому

    Yep, one day they will get it! To understand takes a bit of time as we grow up, you are passing these things down to your children so they too will know how to survive.

  • @jona.7414
    @jona.7414 2 роки тому

    I truly admire the connection to the land in which you sow. That is something my family does not have, I grew up in town and always wanted to be on the land. Fortunately through some serious hard work and dedication I have raised my boys out of town on the land. Actually justin one day a couple years ago I stood to stretch my back from the fence repairs I was doing and watched what I believe to be your bus go by when you were on the great american farm tour.

    • @StoneKathryn
      @StoneKathryn 2 роки тому

      Thanks for sharing that. That would be really fun to have seen that!

  • @camicri4263
    @camicri4263 2 роки тому

    Yup, that's how we are connected! Interesting! I never had a chance to visit the land my grandma and grandpa were born and lived on....now I wish I knew....but that land is not in the family anymore some of it even before I was born. A little part they sold it the rest was taken away from them. 😞

  • @lcostantino7931
    @lcostantino7931 2 роки тому

    Love it when u have the baby on-board....

  • @teatimewithcbnw809
    @teatimewithcbnw809 2 роки тому

    Dude!!! Stop making me cry!! 😭💖😭💖😭💖😭💖

  • @JCZ2601NL
    @JCZ2601NL 2 роки тому +1

    🇳🇱great, let the pigs do the work and the advantage will be that the meat they produce is of excellent quality, greetings from the Netherlands, Hans.👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀

  • @jennifercrawford8208
    @jennifercrawford8208 2 роки тому +1

    Hi those piglets looks beautiful

  • @elgato894
    @elgato894 2 роки тому

    20 min ice cofee love it .thats kids a little gold-bricken time love em...

  • @Wildevis
    @Wildevis 2 роки тому +1

    A lovely legacy, though JOsiah did not look too impressed smelling dirt lol

  • @dusan19377
    @dusan19377 2 роки тому

    A place where we have a house, that is now a vacant home for holidays is in my father's family for over 200 years. It's not large like what you have, but when i smell it, I can't help but wonder about all these generations that lived there, used it for so many different crops and fruits. I will keep it, upgrade it and pass it on one day. I wouldn't sell it even if they offer me 1 million dollars. I'm that serious... :)

  • @kayashmore4296
    @kayashmore4296 2 роки тому

    Your boys gave you a look like is that pig Pooh? They did not look like oh it's dirt or compost. What a look! Yes someday they will get it!. Hard work and many generations of fulfillment.

  • @beckisublett7287
    @beckisublett7287 2 роки тому

    Omg that looked so yummy

  • @StoneKathryn
    @StoneKathryn 2 роки тому

    Funny Justin. You say we have 20 minutes and the boys think go back home or go make ice coffee! You think chainsaw or tractor mower deck to clear for the pig fence! Beautiful roast Rebekah! Piglets are so cute and none of them have died? So glad that Jonah could fix the pig feeder. He was using his Leatherman, cool! Great, put some of the animals up for sale. I know Polly is stunted in growth but what kind of milk will she give, A2A2? Autumn was Phyllis' calf right? Can she be your new milker? Phyllis is getting old. Autumn is Studmuffin's calf so I guess that would be a problem. That's cool that you feel close to your dad Boots when you are in the woods making the paddocks for the pigs. Now you're taking Boots' place! So wonderful Justin. Thanks for this.

  • @sergiothegrower
    @sergiothegrower 2 роки тому

    Good dirt does smell good

  • @kimmer2799
    @kimmer2799 2 роки тому +2

    Is the dog able to get any exercise at all or does he have to stay penned in that small enclosure?

    • @palmettopurist5549
      @palmettopurist5549 2 роки тому +1

      They just recently got her. She's being kept there until she's fully acclimated to the sheep and property.

  • @ashleylovepace1941
    @ashleylovepace1941 2 роки тому

    i wish these weren't so short

  • @Jane_Snow_
    @Jane_Snow_ 2 роки тому +1

    Justin, your kids think you're nuts with the dirt smelling. 😂

  • @diamondwfarm2238
    @diamondwfarm2238 2 роки тому

    Josiah is like what? Are you kidding me, my Dad has lost it, OK I’ll smell it

  • @fiendeng
    @fiendeng 2 роки тому

    One day they'll get it, and appreciate it for a lifetime. They will teach their children that appreciation, and that will last an eternity

  • @viviansmith1443
    @viviansmith1443 2 роки тому

    Your kids are smart Sir, listen them. They have great skills.🤔😇😎

  • @Zeke-yv3nw
    @Zeke-yv3nw 2 роки тому +1

    Justin there is no doubt in my mind that Mr Boots is calling our to the masses in heaven, he yall come look at this, that's my boy and his boys and girl making my farm into something amazing.

  • @paulbuckeljr8870
    @paulbuckeljr8870 2 роки тому

    Nice video but all I could think of when you kissed that dirt was "I hope this doesn't turn into a chicken liver episode" LOL.

  • @FrederickMc
    @FrederickMc 2 роки тому

    Good job trunky

  • @aseritabuawaiwai7966
    @aseritabuawaiwai7966 Рік тому

    What was the size for each of the 12 paddocks? do you have an aerial view of all 12 paddocks?

  • @johnbond506
    @johnbond506 2 роки тому

    Rebecca needs a channel of her own

  • @Kahtah
    @Kahtah 2 роки тому

    The price of land has skyrocketed this year, even an acre is getting to be out of reach. At least I can dream.

  • @KyleLeeWoyote
    @KyleLeeWoyote 2 роки тому

    What size paddocks did you divide the acre into? Sorry if you mentioned it in the video, I missed it.

  • @kadrilawrence3592
    @kadrilawrence3592 2 роки тому

    Hi Justin! Do you use two separate pig fences? How long is each one? Solar charger? I'm hoping to run pigs in my woods within the year, the logistics are just bogging me down! Love these videos, thank you

  • @davidfeatch1436
    @davidfeatch1436 2 роки тому +2

    You need a chipper in that old pig pen chip those old sticks and improve the soil from that.

  • @tireddad6541
    @tireddad6541 2 роки тому

    So about a 10th an acre per paddock,, 10 pigs. Plenty of food besides. And 2nd time through you may see some grass as the silvo pasture develops.
    Healthy, clean. Comfortable for the pigs.

  • @bethanyfields4706
    @bethanyfields4706 2 роки тому

    JOSIAH LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE YOUR DADDY!♥️

  • @salonisalvi3484
    @salonisalvi3484 2 роки тому

    The boys are gems and and Lily is a doll I love seeing her in her colourful clothes making a point,,, one can dress up and do your work!!!!!! My the piglets have grown up !!!!

  • @blackmonday738
    @blackmonday738 2 роки тому

    Thanks for a nice, relaxed video, shoot i would live out with them, it's way better than whom i live with!!🐷🐖🐷

  • @michaelmencer331
    @michaelmencer331 2 роки тому

    You need a chipper for all the wood.

  • @homesteadinggunsmith1474
    @homesteadinggunsmith1474 2 роки тому

    It's that missing connection that so many don't even know about that is likely the root of the world's problems. The feeling of belonging to something far greater than just the here and now, being a part of the workings of the earth itself.

  • @ripbobbyross
    @ripbobbyross 2 роки тому

    Winnie made sure to say thank you before she dug in

  • @Tiffycha1982
    @Tiffycha1982 2 роки тому

    I am a bit behind on the videos lately as we have been preparing for baby American Guinea Hogs to be born. I'd love to know where to get that feeder and waterer

    • @StoneKathryn
      @StoneKathryn 2 роки тому

      He bought them from the farm that was going out of business. He has a Vlog about it.

  • @pizzaguy3645
    @pizzaguy3645 2 роки тому

    The Boys are all thinkin', Dad's weird'n out again.

  • @ritawelch4949
    @ritawelch4949 2 роки тому

    One day they'll get it. I walk these 140 acres that my Daddy, Granddaddy, Great GrandFather & Great-Great grandfather walked and I pray that one day my child will get it. We don't farm the land anymore & everyone tells me I should just sell it but my feet are planted here. Now my brother, child and neice can do what they want when I'm 6 ft under but as for me this land is the very life that I breathe and as long as I can pay the taxes we're keeping it. I would love to do something with it but my husband & I both have physical health problems and can't put in any really hard work anymore.

    • @tireddad6541
      @tireddad6541 2 роки тому

      There are young people who would work it, if you could find them. I don't know how that might work, finding salt of the earth people. Ones that a 10 or twenty year lease would get them interested.
      It's a major problem over the next 20 years. The more small farms and ranches saved the better. Maybe Justin will be able to interview someone on that.