Off to GREENER PASTURES!! ...an unexpected sheep retirement, planting hay, and starting to stress.
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- As we patiently wait for Mother Nature to deal us a decent forecast, we've found jobs that still need done.
Mark is refreshing some strips he made last fall for our corn field prep, and I finally did a post wean evaluation of my December lambing group.
Unexpectedly, although not totally surprised, our ewe we had named 'Sister' ended up having a compromised udder and I wasn't able to keep her with this group.
So she got a different sort of retirement package.
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Watching Sandi, sitting in the pen with the babies climbing and loving all over her is an "Aaaaaawwww!" moment!
Orrr.. just looking for milk.🙄
That little "buttinski" was cute. Wonder if it was a boy? 😅
@@carolynchadwick7867 The one that was headbutting her hand? Yes, that is one of her 'pet' rams (extra special bottle baby boys). They somehow seem to turn out like that and always wind up having to be shipped. It may be cute when they are babies but as an adult that would be dangerous.
I think having some 'young blood' in the Golden Girls pen will be a good thing. Sister, being younger, may get the older arthritic ladies up and moving and that will help loosen up stiff joints.
I love how the new Golden Girl immediately started kicking up her heels and frolicking. Some of the older ones were kind of wary when they first went out on the grass, but she really took to it immediately.
I think …the farming side with Mark adds another dimension to this channel. You guys are such a great team!😊
I agree- like the land and sheep together
I, too, enjoy Mark’s addition. There’s so much that goes into farming that I wouldn’t have thought!
I love the farming side almost as much as the sheep.❤
Agreed. I like seeing Sandi and Mark working together.
I agree love it, learning so much
So happy sister is getting to join the retirement group. I remember as a baby how she'd always come whenever she heard your voice. ❤
I love when the golden girls make an appearance!! I feel like us regular watchers become just as attached to all your fluffy babies as you do. ❤️🐑❤️ also excited to see some more footage from your work in the fields. 😊
Love my mornings when Sandi posts a new video.
I love seeing the little black faced lamb with the heart on his bum
Hope you know how much of a Baaaaaaad @ss you are Sandi. ❤ You have raised lovely children, you raise beautiful sheep, you work on serious heavy equipment, you have a great memory even though you dont think so, you make videos, you can rock climb, I can keep going but just know EWE ARE AMAZING. Thanks for another wonderful video😊
Loving Mark's 5-minute tractor 🚜 talks!!
I love how Piper thinks she is a sheepdog!
Piper is s brat.
Tomatoes is looking more like a potato than a tomato 😂
Mark is really good at explaining what is going on out in the field, it was nice to hear that perspective.
hi sandi. i just wanted to say that i've been watching your videos for a little over a year now, and this past week i was diagnosed with leukemia. i never expected a cancer diagnosis-who does-but watching you and jess (and the rest of the fam) go through the process this past half year actually made me feel so much less scared when i got the diagnosis. thank you, and jess, for being willing to share so much with us.
If you feel up to it, start at #1 and work your way through all of them. It's fascinating to watch and learn with Sandi. I found myself saying out loud, "oh, where's the resuscitator " "gloves, Sandi, gloves". 😮 before she had those helpers. Blessings on you, your treatment, your family, and your medical team.❤
🙏prayers for your complete recovery (2-time breast cancer survivor) 💕💕
Prayers for a full healing. God bless you!
Thank you for shining the light on farming life. It’s the most stressful, hardworking life you will ever love. We all owe a debt of gratitude for our farmers. ❤ Love Little Sister.
I am laughing about the “Canadian tan”. We joke about how white our legs are in Oregon that the glow in the dark 🤣
Mark, I thought your description of why you were redressing the field very informative. Thank you.
Indeed! Slowly beginning to understand more and more of the agricultural half of the Brock farm!
LET MARK KNOW THAT HIS LESSON ON HIS INVENTION WITH THE PLANTING WAS INTERESTING. IT'S GREAT YOU SHARE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A FARMER/SHEPHARDESS. I ALWAYS HAD IN MY MIND IT WAS HARD WORK AND YOUR HEART HAD TO BE IN IT, YOUR SHOW DEFINATELY TELLS THAT STORY. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR SWEET FAMILY.
Please don’t use all CAPS. Hard to read, plus not considered polite. Thanks!
You and Mark ask for so little of life's "extras", I wish you could buy the cottage and keep the healing place. I guess we all dream.
I'm SO THANKFUL for our farmers all over the world!!!!
It's great to see Jess is strong enough to climb. I love the curly hair growing back.
I was devastated when my dad had to tear down my grandmother’s cottage in Michigan after she passed. It was such a wonderful place in Michigan. Especially since I grew up in South Texas. I loved ice skating on that lake when I was little every Christmas and fishing with my grandfather in the summers. Memories thankfully last forever.
0:04 I have a very similar experience. An old (1908) cottage in Wisconsin on a 550 acre lake.
Only 6 families had access to the lake and there were more fish than water.
I taught my girls how to sail, boat, canoe, and fish up there.
One winter about 4 years ago, the ice froze deeply, and then 3 days of strong winds drove the ice far up onto land and crushed the cottage to bits.
My brain calculated and understood the loss.
But I didn't anticipate how 60 years of living up there in summers would affect me.
@@user-dh6bj2me5p Ouch… sorry for your loss. ❤️🩹 Golden memories.
I'm so sorry. 💐🙏🧓
From one who has lost almost All of my decades of presumed safe "documented" memories; were lost, damaged, destroyed in various life events.
Please ID & label your memories, & keep them safe, for you progeny & yourself. 🙏💞
My grandparents had to sell the family farm too. I spent my summers there and learned to love the land, the growing things, and skills from my grandparents and great grandparents. To this day, I still dream of the farm and I'm always looking for something or someone I've lost. 😢
Watching lambs run around makes my heart happy!
I have watched your channel for over a year now and it has given me a fresh perspective and admiration for farmers and livestock breeders.
The full cycle of life with all its ups and downs is truly an education!
Thank you for taking us along with that journey!
❤❤❤❤
Me too. I keep wondering why they run around like that. At times, 😊it seems they run at the spur of the moment.
One of the lambs reminded me of a lamb we bottle fed some 70 years ago. Back then shepherds would let families foster orphan lambs, named him BaBa. Good memories.
How sweet
The girl from Australia that was on Sandy’s channel still does that with the orphans. I forget the name of her channel though…
@@kristineteall368 Tara Farms is her channel.
I just never get tired of watching those bouncy, bouncy, new little lambs!😊
Heading on a flight to say goodbye to my MIL, praise God for Sandi's video popping up, I need the smile ❤
Praying for comfort for you and all your family.
Babies! They are happiness running with you! Brings a smile to MY face, I can just imagine your heart is full!
Great video as always xx
The Golden Girls make my day for sure!! What a WONDERFUL LIFE you have given them!!❤
That was so great ! Mark answered all the questions that popped into my head when Sandi mentioned strip tilling ! This city kid really appreciates it !
You’re right Sandi, being close to water is calming for me just to sit and watch the birds and the rest of nature somehow calms the soul
I know I've told you that I'm a Southern Californian. My paternal grandfather built a cabin in the 1930s or so, on the Pacific coast just north of Ventura, CA. I spent many lovely summers there with my family. Eventually, my sister and I grew up and left home. The two couples that were business cronies with my Dad were also getting older so Dad bought them out and he and Mum decided they'd go ahead and put an end to an era and sell it. My sister and I, in hindsight, wish we still had the cabin so we could have an excuse to come home to California, but that era is now long gone.
It was every bit a cabin -- just a basic 2 X 4 frame (yes this was back when the wood was really 2 by 4 inches!) with basic tongue and groove siding. When Dad and his cronies bought the cabin from Grandpa, there was a single 120-volt, 30 amp fuse outside that was the whole cabin's electrical supply. Dad and his partners completely re-wired the cabin with modern wiring -- it was the original c. 1930s knob and tube wiring, and made some improvements to the plumbing. It was still rather a primitive structure, but with the modern electrical system it was a lot better.
So I can relate to Mark's and your sadness having to help your family sell a family home.
I love seeing the golden girls outside enjoying nature!
Big mama looked so chill lying in the barn, like body language wise she just seemed so relaxed and clearly trusts Sandi a lot. I know she’s getting old but she seems to have really enjoyed her retirement.
Pardon the horrible pun but Sandy you “rocked” rock climbing! I guess all the climbing to check the corn bins, camera and fight off the birds came in handy. It was great seeing the golden girls living their best life!
I was just about ready to go outside and work in my garden pulling weeds, this is a MUCH better option, always love a Sandi day ! 💐💚🙃
I was about to write the SAME comment! ❤
@@pennymazur7309 Great minds know what they like. 💐💚🙃
Thanks Sandi, it never gets old watching your videos. We SOOOOI enjoy it.
Good morning, so glad you have a special home for your elder ladies. You literally are as they say putting them out to pasture. They deserve this new life. You’re the best. ❤
Sometimes, I feel like I'm a golden girl . I'm now living in a retirement home 🏡 🙃 myself. Just wish I were having as much fun as they are. Sandi is truly a great person ❤❤love her to fleeces 😍lol 😆
Love her to fleeces unironically goes into my English vocabulary book ❤
Oh I love seeing all the bottle babies together, now they can all frolic in the big space
Lucy is determined to get a suntan on her belly😂
The innnocent and trusting way the lambs look at you!!! You can tell you take good care of them.
I think Lucy could have her own channel. She’s a character. I always enjoy your content.
Sandi, please remember to remind Lucy to put on her yellow polka dot bikini when she is sunbathing outside... Indecent exposure at its finest! 😮🫣🤣 Meanwhile, Piper is really trying to imitate Kinsey as a sheep herder... 🙄
I did learn something new this video. I never heard of strip tilling (I think that's what you called it) before. You and Mark did excellent jobs explaining the why, how and when it's done. Since I've been watching you, I salute all farmers! There is so much more to farming than hopping in a tractor and driving across a field. We should all be forever in your debt in keeping food on our tables! ❤️ No one would survive on this planet without you! 💖 I'm going to start praying for the Lord to give you great weather to begin planting.
The little lambs are graduating with ease. The creep feeder is doing its job in that they are really starting to grow. The little lambs you nursed back to health are gaining weight, too. The ewe lamb with the splint is still limping a bit, but I think that is because of the feeling without it on her. I got used to walking on my splint once.... It didn't end well as I took my first step without it. 🫣🙄 I thought I had that foot on the floor, but nope. Down I went onto the floor of the doctor's office. How embarrassing. Took me about a week before I could walk without issues.
I've been following your Instagram posts and know about Big Mama. She was a special lady that had a wonderful life thanks to you. That's why we follow you, Sandi. You love and care so much about the sheep in your care. Sometimes I wish I could turn off my reactions to things in life; that wouldn't be life. May peace surround your heart and mind. Thanks for being there for everyone! ❤️ Blessings from Alabama ❤️
It's so encouraging to watch your Vlog after watching the news in the U.S.. Thanks for bringing the positivity ❤❤
That lamb that's chocolate brown and white faced is SO cute
Thanks Mark! I really had no idea what strip tillage looked like until now. :)
Baby lamb was while I LOVE you mom I WAS HUNGRY ! 💐💚🙃
God bless our hard working farmers, we are so grateful for your dedication. Love watching your vlog! Sandi.
Omg, Please 🙏 buy the cottage to hand it down to the future generations. It is such a beautiful place for peace and ✨️ memories. & Omg, you worried me, rock climbing without a tether. I guess it's just the mom in me. Please 🙏 be safe 🙏, we don't want to see you hurt 😢. Love you guys ❤️
My daughter goes bouldering (as it's called in the UK) several times a week. She's always was an active and sporty kinda kid but bouldering is now her go to keep fit thing. It's been a massive boost to her mental health. She loves it!
My husband has the craziest stories about he and 5 of his brothers old school picking rock, they got paid per rock. He loves watching these new tractors and air seeders
I love seeing how the other sheep react when you add another sheep to the golden girls. It is not a good sign when any animal starts to get thin.
Love from Mike. ❤
Or human 💕💕
Oh good, a Sandi video to distract me from the tornado warnings. Thank you Sandi!
Love the Littles doing zoomies! And the drone shots are awesome!❤🐑🐏🌾🌾
I hadn't realized how long Sandi's legs were. I wish I could go rock climbing with my son, who is 6'6". I'm only 5'2" with short legs, I struggle to keep up with my son while walking. 😂 You're blessed, and I hope you all continue to be healthy and happy. 😊
I know how you feel. I’m the same height as you and wished I was 5”4/5”5 with longer legs and arms. Though, I do walk very fast but if I’m next to someone who’s over 6” with a longer stride, it’s very difficult to keep up at times. 😅 BUT! It’s true the old saying, that many great things and people come in great packages! ❤
Me too. I determined a while ago that I could never be a farmer. Nor a shepherd. Way too short to make it over any of the gates or railings.
@marieschlatter9245 well I'm a chicken farmer. I don't have any gates I can just walk over, lol. My son laughs that most of my crops are taller than I am.
The drone footage really gives a new perspective on how beautiful your property is.
Jess looks SOOOOO good!
The golden girls make my heart happy!
Good to see Jess...she looks amazing. The hair is cute. She could wear a pixie cut. Peace and blessings.
Love seeing Lucy tanning her tummy❣️
That little fellow sure recovered ……and he sure remembers you!
Your little Peanut is growing.
I love your videos. I especially needed this today. I work as a nurse and my relief didn't show up so I worked 19 hours yesterday. Your videos bring me great joy to watch when I am feeling sorry for myself.
Thank you Mark for the field update as it was very informative. Thank you Sandy for another great video ❤❤❤❤❤❤
🙏Stay healthy & strong. God bless you. Every politician should spend at least 24 hours on a gurney in a hallway!💕💕
Sandi and Mark, thank you for sharing your farm life with us. People need to learn how grain and sheep are truly raised. Nice to see Jess getting Mom & Dad out.😀🐑🚜❤
I just love your day to day way of life. Brings back certain memories I had growing up. Baby lambs grow up so quickly. Golden girls, so golden. Life is good.
Sandy I absolutely love your content even if it’s not lambing it’s still wonderful I really enjoy it!!!
So good to see the Golden Girls, even though I got misty when you chatted with Big Mama. Here’s hoping that Billy’s Mum feels better as she gets around more in the field.
I am so thankful you guys let us into your barn but into your lives. You teach us all so much. Each year might be kinda same old but there is so many new things too that I learn. ❤
Your videos are addictive , interesting and informative and fun .
Loved seeing Jess smiling and fast asleep on the ? Porch/camp? So tired …. But so relaxed…..
i hope you can keep Peanut as a pet...and she gets featured in more videos. You have a great on-screen chemistry!
I love love love this one. Thanks Mark for the narrative. It is so interesting. I guess I am a country old lady at heart.
My empathies on the cabin! We had to sell my grandma's lake cottage which my great grandfather had built. It was very hard emotionally to part with it -- so many happy memories there! Sister was blown away by her new digs!
Sandi you are amazing!!!! Thank you for the early retirement 😊. Love watching you. You make my day. You are everything you need to be and so is Mark. Thank you for continuing to grow crops for everyone. ❤
Some of those babies are massive!!
Oh Lucy, always waiting for a milk spill. ❤️💐💚🙃
I love hearing about Marks side of the farm! Always nice to see the different sides to farming. So glad to see the golden girls again. Sister is going to enjoy her retirement.
Thank you to Mark for explaining the process you are taking!!! ❤ from Bristol, Wisconsin ❤❤❤
Y’all should buy the Cottage and make it a Rental Property to make your money back and keep it in the family for your children and grandkids 😊❤❤❤
It's a lot of work to keep cleaning a rental property & summer is high season for Mark & Sandy. Unless they know a local they could trust to manage the rental.... I know - it's really hard to relinquish a cottage with so many happy childhood memories attached 💕💕
I love the drone footage 😊
She just like a child with the new doll. He got a pick him up and love on all of them. I absolutely love this woman. Her whole family is so sweet.❤❤❤❤
O I know u can’t keep all the sheepies but so glad when we see the golden girls get a new friend. Have a blessed day Sandy and the whole farm fam!
Mark & Sandi sitting in a tractor, preparing their fields, explaining the process, getting ready for planting, loving on their dogs and sheep, F-A-R-M-I-N-G! 🐑🐑🐑🐶🐶🐶🌽🌽🌽
Love the drone shots of the fields. Brings back memories
Just love seeing the golden girls! They just living their best lives!
Shes never been outside before, i bet shes so happy! A lot of wool that Big Mamma is carrying.
Getting that wool off her might help her arthritis. Just curious, do you give her anything for it? Such as aspirin like is given to dogs? Hope she perks up.
Sandi's said the Golden Girls will be sheared in spring, so any day now 💕💕
Oooohhhhhh! Here comes the creep feeders - can Cinnamon be far behind? 😄 I love seeing Cinnamon do her limbo!
I think Cinnamon's in a different pen because she didn't lamb this time 💕💕
@@elainerempel1613 ah, right
Big Mama, thank you for all the laughs you gave us with your side eye shade. You were our side eye queen, and we will never forget you. I'm glad your arthritis is no longer causing you pain. We love you and will miss your beautiful face! 💙
How do you know she is passed?
@sherimcmichael8535 Sandi has an Instagram that she posts to very regularly and she will usually announce when a favorite sheep passes.
I remember when Ruby passed Big Mama spent three days looking for her and now she has finally found Ruby and she is up there with her having a ton of fun. RIP Big Mama 2016-2024. I still remember the day she got stuck inside the hay loff thing.
@@sherimcmichael8535 she posted it on Instagram
Where in the video does it say big mama passed? Pretty sure that would get its own video because Big Mama has been a huge presence on this channel.
I think you may be confusing the one ewe lamb that was super skinny and wasting away. She did have to put that one down.
Always a pleasure watching the goings-on with your farm. ❤️
Loved the video today. Thank you for sharing. Sister was a hoot jumping around.😊
Love your videos Sandi. The good, the bad, the sad, the joys, the reality of farming livestock and crops. You showcase to regular people how finding life balance is so challenging for our farmers, whose job is 24/7/365 days a yr. Weather can make or break a year economically. The camera overview of babies with their moms is lovely. Your system is a fabulous setup. You are amazing, what a fabulous role model for women. I grew up on Apple orchard couple hrs from you, with family in your neck of woods. I tell people all the time, we need to be more appreciative of our hardworking farmers. Here's to lots of babies, good moms, a great growing season, and high yield crops.
Thank you for sharing your world. I know I say that all the time, but I mean it. I love seeing all the sheep, young and old, they bring me joy. Mark does such an amazing job explaining what he is doing in the fields. Try not to float away with all the rain. See you in the next one.
You are absolutely amazing ❤❤❤
Big Mama 😢
Every morning I check to see if Sandi has a new video. If she does I stop everything until I watch ! Makes me happy ! Thanks, Sandi !!
Sure would appreciate it if one of you long time viewers would tell me how to find Sandi's recent blogs and her newsletters.
@@KathrynHinote-el4eb if you go into the channel description, and click onto the website you can sign up for the newsletter there. I hope this helps you.
@@caram6251 thanks
I'll try that. Wish me luck!
@@KathrynHinote-el4eb I hope you managed to sign up to the newsletter.
Mark isn’t it wonderful to be able to say “it’s doing exactly what it’s supposed to.”?
Wow Mark something is doing what it is supposed to! Oh Sister happy retirement. I hope you keep Peanut!!! So adorable.
So sweet seeing "Sister" join the Girls Club! 🐑 ♥️ ,😊👍💕💕💕
Oh perfect, 'Sister' has been one of my fave's ❤
Mark and Sandi, farm and sheep. Love,love, love it.
I love seeing "Sun-bathing Puppies" ❤❤❤❤
I love Lucy just sunning herself bless her xx
Well, the GG will get plenty of exercise showing their new member all the amenities “Here’s the grass…you can eat it Stop laughing I’m serious!” “You’ll love appies in the field around 5ish” “ We also get corn and hay for those relaxed ‘breakfast-in-bed mornings’”
Little sister looks so at home straight away. Bouncing around as soon as she's on the grass. 😊
🩵🩵🩵 love watching the lambs.
You are a lovely and loving person. I came across your channel by accident. And now I'm a devoted viewer. Watching you take on the daily chores, trials, joys of daily life on the farm is educational and heart warming. Thank you