Another great video. I love seeing the animals and that garden is looking great! Oh, those zinnias how pretty. Bri, you are looking lovely as well. I loved when you were in the garden under the corn. All those honey bees. Thank you for sharing. Blessings
I have recently found your vlog and I just love it! You all are such a sweet family and I feel like I know you! That's how real you are! I got excited with you when you showed the busy bees and to call the bean "so sweet" as it makes it way up the corn just made me smile. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and a little of your life with me/us!
I remember when I was little, standing in the corn rows while the bees were working the tassels, looking up at them and delighting in the sound of them....ah, memories! Thanks so much, Bri!
So glad to see you in a positive attitude. Love your smile and the love you show to all at your homestead. A positive attitude makes the work go a bit better.
You guys are a true inspiration. Raising 4 children and taking care of animals plus all the gardening and cooking is no easy task but I can see that you love it.
Wow, what a wonderful video of what is going on at your homestead. Such a beautiful garden, a lot of work ahead of you in the next few weeks. Thank you for taking the time to show us all how everything and everybody is doing!
If you're just too busy to film sometimes just park a camera in the corn and just film bees pollinating. There's vids on YT that are just an hour of bees working. I've turned it on while preparing for a nap just to hear the bees buzzing,wind blowing and birds singing.
Such a fun update! What a blessing to have so much abundance in your garden. Our favorite way to preserve green beans is by lacto-fermentation. They are so easy and so yummy. Our chickens have slowed down on laying as well . . . probably the hot weather. Hope your's pick up again soon. Blessings - Carrie
I've raised chickens starting in winter, and every summer...their second summer, they have gone through a "pause" in production in July August...with a big pick up in Sept-Oct before the molt. Then again, I often find hidden eggs at this time too. The broken broodies take a few weeks to start producing again also, might just be the perfect storm for you.
Bri, I suspect you are right about the chickens sneaking a nest somewhere. It's happened to me. One thing I did to minimize that was to keep my hens locked up until 9:00 to 9:30 am - I started getting many more eggs that way. I don't know if you can do that with the chick-shaw, though. It could be, though, that it's too hot to lay. When I lived in Central Texas, I seem to recall that my egg production rated dipped in the hottest part of the summer. They laid late into the winter, though - I even had a brood hatch out in late November one year. I do so hope Dolly is pregnant and due any day now. Any luck getting the vet to come out? Gardens are so magical! I'm discovering that homesteading is all about observing and refining every year. Many successes, and some... opportunities for improvement, especially on timing issues and choosing the best varieties of seeds for my area. E.g., my watermelon is failing to thrive - too cold here, but I am overflowing with eggs. Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Bri I enjoy your videos very much. Tip for your bean beetles. I have had to deal with them before. instead of dusting for them ( which doesn't really work) when you pull all your beans . Pull up all your plants and burn them... this will kill the eggs on the leaves and what ever is inside of the plant stem. Then this fall right after first freeze . Turn your garden dirt. This exposes the eggs in the ground and that will kill a bunch of them. next planting next year when you first notice beetles ... get a bucket of soapy water .... pick off the beetle and put in the water and them check the plant for beetle eggs. pick off that leaf and put in in the water. Check several times during the growing season. This is recommended by Organic Gardening and it works . Best of luck ... your garden and crops look GREAT!!!
I was out trying to tie up tomatoes,when i came in to cool off and watch this.I have 2 squash plants that sprang up from my compost.I transpla ted them into my tiny garden,then had to wait and see what variety they were.My chiickens just went thru a period of not laying.I mixed so.e Dme in their food,put some in tbeir coup for them to dust bathe and co trol parasites,they seem to be laying a little better.It's so hot! I'm going to go give them fresh water now.Don't get too hot out there working.
Try companion planting for the beans...plant a plant nearby that deters the negative one. Maybe try to encourage more ladybugs to come to your garden and eat up the beetles.
I liked the garden with ready to harvest some veggies. felt sorry for the bugs which are destroying bean plants. I know the pain.animals are doing good.
My grandma had something she treated her beans with to kill the beetles. (Not sure which kind.) Blend about three cups of mint up with a full head of garlic then add two teaspoons of cyan pepper. Now add a quart of water and boil on the stove for about five minutes. After it cools strain it, add a couple of tablespoons of Dove and spray thoroughly on to the plants. That should do it. Also, you can get a short flat pan, fill it with water and a squirt of Dove, put it on the ground under your plant and shake the dickens out of them. The bugs and larvae can't survive in that mixture. It really looks like at least some of your plants may be gone for good. In that case, pull up the plants, strip all of the beans off and put the plants, bugs and all, in a black plastic trash bag. Set it out in the hot sun. This should help limit their number next year. Good Luck!
If you mix dawn dish soap and water together in a spray bottle and spray your beans that will help to get rid of the bugs but not harm your crops at all
Hi. Just wanted to say if you don't know what to do with excess green beans, you could make leather britches with them. All it is is dried green beans. My former mother in law told me how to do them. You clean and cut them [or leave them whole] and string them on sting and put them in a cool, dark, dry place and leave them alone until they dry. When you are ready to use them you just cook them like any dry bean. My family liked them. I also wanted to say that I really enjoy watching ya'll. You are doing so well. Keep up the good work and God bless.
What an amazing video! Thank you for the update. BTW my 8 and 10 year old granddaughters just love to see your kiddos as well as Dolly updates too. :-)
Bri,Your garden is beautiful! Be careful with the honey bees in the summer. They get thirsty and love to land on a sweaty arm to get a drink. It tickles and there is an urge to swat them. Don't! Just stop and look at them; I've had probably as many as a 100 on my arms at one time. They are such wonderful creatures. May God bless you and your family.
You have ducks...they LOVE to eat beetles ;-) Problem solved. I only have 5 ducks. When my plants are full grown, I routinely let them into my squash/bean garden for bug patrol. They clean house!
After you harvest your beans you should buy a weed burner from HD or Lowes, hook to propane tank and light um up, this way they wont burrow into the soil and comeback strong next year.
What a beautiful garden! All the hard work you and Art have done is beginning to pay off. Oh, the kids have helped a lot . :0) I don't have the Mexican Beans Beetle but Japanese Beetles are doing a number on us in Indiana. They seem to be worse on the heat we have been having. So good to see Ice Tea with the hens again. I don't 't have chickens but wonder if the heat could have anything to do with them not laying. See you tomorrow :0)
Bri those silky chicks are soooo cute! Floppy would be due on my wedding anniversary 8-18 awe so sweet! :-) and finally yall garden is my dream garden!! OMG...what a wonderful harvest you guys will reap!! you guys sure has a BIG GREEN THUMB!!!!! Thanks for this awesome video!! God bless you guys! :-)
in regards to you not knowing where the eggs may be because you are not getting as many as usual, our 2 chickens were giving minimal eggs then we found one day after cleaning up a mound of rubbish in our backyard, that they had placed about 24 eggs in places we didn't even think they could get too. So your's have probably have layed eggs deep down in in the roots etc.
Let us know WHAT to plant in a Fall garden. I've ONLY grown cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, and brussels sprouts. Want to grow MORE this year, but don't know what!
Our chickens quit laying too. If you don't find hidden nests maybe try fermenting thier feed. Ours went from like 3 eggs a day to 20 eggs just after a few days of fermenting feed. I think it might be the summer heat. Not as many bugs or as much greens. Beeeaautiful garden 😍😍😍 Hopefully next year's ours is as wonderful!!! Do you get enough corn that it is worth the space to plant it?
Everything and everyone is looking so wonderful!!!!!! I'm envious of the size of your garden compared to mine, but I can barely keep up with my itty bitty 500sq ft
Bri, I also live in north carolina, it amazes me that you are able to keep your chickens out, due to owls and hawks my chickens can no longer be out in the open., I will tell you that when I start not getting my normal eggs, i usually have to look for black snakes, even in my coop, they love my chicken eggs. I really enjoy watching your videos... Have you had any issues with squash bugs (stink bugs)?? my squash has all been killed by them,,,,ugh
I agree. It very well could be heat induced egg reduction but..I do think you have some sneaky layers. Maybe do a history lesson about early exploration of a jungle or something having the kids prepare for journey and search for lost treasure.. aka eggs. Give them flashlights and canteens of water. Indiana Jones like... maybe even hats with bug netting? Let them search where you let the goats clear.
Hi and was wondering if you had the altrasound for Dolly? wondering if you did and what the vet said...the goats are so so so adorable when you call them and they run toward you for they know that they are going to get into the forestered area...the corn looks great with all the honey bees, and all the other vegetables are looking wonderful, except for the bean plants...being attached by those bettles....you are doing such an awesome job...continued success with it all....God bless, Sherry :)
Depends on the age of the hens as well, if they're over 3 years old, their laying capability goes way down, and from the things I've seen with your eggs, it looks like you have an egg eater. Especially the day when you were looking to see who was laying in with your setting hens, one of the chickens was standing on the poles and pecking at sticky substance, implies an egg eater. When you have an egg eater, there's not much you can do but eat them.
use the sister method for planting I started it and I haven't had beetles in two years now knock on wood lol and if your ever in wv bring me some of them goats lol
Breaking up broody, the do not go right back to laying eggs, takes 2-3 weeks in order for them to lay again, Heat will drop egg production. Older hens stop sooner with stressors. Move the duck and duckling out, the should not be competing with adult chickens for any type of food. Dolly is most likely not with calf, It is not that hard to get vet to palpate. More forage and grain for the goat will increase the weight, but some remain slim.
Can you make a video on roughly how big your garden is and how many of each plant you have? I am wanting to start a garden for my family of 5 just not sure how big to make it :-/
Wow you are great thanks for sharing your video homestead 🐔 🐓🐥🐂🐏🌱🎥👍👍👍
One of the best channel on youtube. This is so calm and quite.
Another great video. I love seeing the animals and that garden is looking great! Oh, those zinnias how pretty. Bri, you are looking lovely as well. I loved when you were in the garden under the corn. All those honey bees. Thank you for sharing. Blessings
I have recently found your vlog and I just love it! You all are such a sweet family and I feel like I know you! That's how real you are! I got excited with you when you showed the busy bees and to call the bean "so sweet" as it makes it way up the corn just made me smile. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and a little of your life with me/us!
I use a hand vacuum to suck up the beetles.
Debo Ingram That's awesome. A great way to get rid of them without having to touch them :)
What a great idea. A little car vacuum! Then empty the bag in the chicken pen for a treat!
I remember when I was little, standing in the corn rows while the bees were working the tassels, looking up at them and delighting in the sound of them....ah, memories! Thanks so much, Bri!
I love tne way you take us right around the homestead Bri. Showing us everything the livestock vegetables everything. Thank you.xx
Thanks, Bri, i had a pretty disappointing day trapped in the city; you were balm to my soul.
So glad to see you in a positive attitude. Love your smile and the love you show to all at your homestead. A positive attitude makes the work go a bit better.
You guys are a true inspiration. Raising 4 children and taking care of animals plus all the gardening and cooking is no easy task but I can see that you love it.
What a bountiful harvest you will have. Good to see all the bees. Love your channel. Have a great day.
Your whole homestead is jamming! :) What changes you've made in the past 6 months! Great job!
Your garden was bustling with activity...what a beautiful sight!!
Wow, what a wonderful video of what is going on at your homestead. Such a beautiful garden, a lot of work ahead of you in the next few weeks. Thank you for taking the time to show us all how everything and everybody is doing!
If you're just too busy to film sometimes just park a camera in the corn and just film bees pollinating. There's vids on YT that are just an hour of bees working. I've turned it on while preparing for a nap just to hear the bees buzzing,wind blowing and birds singing.
Such a fun update! What a blessing to have so much abundance in your garden. Our favorite way to preserve green beans is by lacto-fermentation. They are so easy and so yummy. Our chickens have slowed down on laying as well . . . probably the hot weather. Hope your's pick up again soon. Blessings - Carrie
Your place is looking beautiful. I love seeing all your animals.
Bri....make sure you take care of yourself too! Priorities! Sending love to one of my favorite channels!
I've raised chickens starting in winter, and every summer...their second summer, they have gone through a "pause" in production in July August...with a big pick up in Sept-Oct before the molt. Then again, I often find hidden eggs at this time too. The broken broodies take a few weeks to start producing again also, might just be the perfect storm for you.
Bri your garden is awesome.. Thank you for the walk about.... Big hugs love your channel... :)
Bri, I suspect you are right about the chickens sneaking a nest somewhere. It's happened to me. One thing I did to minimize that was to keep my hens locked up until 9:00 to 9:30 am - I started getting many more eggs that way. I don't know if you can do that with the chick-shaw, though.
It could be, though, that it's too hot to lay. When I lived in Central Texas, I seem to recall that my egg production rated dipped in the hottest part of the summer. They laid late into the winter, though - I even had a brood hatch out in late November one year.
I do so hope Dolly is pregnant and due any day now. Any luck getting the vet to come out?
Gardens are so magical!
I'm discovering that homesteading is all about observing and refining every year. Many successes, and some... opportunities for improvement, especially on timing issues and choosing the best varieties of seeds for my area. E.g., my watermelon is failing to thrive - too cold here, but I am overflowing with eggs.
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Wow - so envious of your climate! Your garden looks great!
Dolly udder looks like its filling up...and she looks like she's rounding out....wow love the GARDEN....
Thank you for another homestead tour. It is always interesting to see how everything is coming along.
Everybody looks great including you. Keep it up. God bless!
So many blessings!!! Just beautiful!! :-)
I am so excited to see what you plant in your fall garden! :-) I need to do that. You guys inspire me so much! Thanks for doing your videos.
Bri I enjoy your videos very much. Tip for your bean beetles. I have had to deal with them before. instead of dusting for them ( which doesn't really work) when you pull all your beans . Pull up all your plants and burn them... this will kill the eggs on the leaves and what ever is inside of the plant stem. Then this fall right after first freeze . Turn your garden dirt. This exposes the eggs in the ground and that will kill a bunch of them. next planting next year when you first notice beetles ... get a bucket of soapy water .... pick off the beetle and put in the water and them check the plant for beetle eggs. pick off that leaf and put in in the water. Check several times during the growing season. This is recommended by Organic Gardening and it works . Best of luck ... your garden and crops look GREAT!!!
Busy, busy, busy.. loving life!
Blessings ~
Thanks for another great day on the homestead. Everything is looking amazing. Great job :)
Just found your channel and i LOVE it. I have always wanted my own homestead and this inspires me a lot. Thanks!
Wow I love your place..espicially you growing vegetables..and chicken
Very cool. Our grapes have been so ubundant this year too.
What an amazing homestead you all have. ~Smile!
I was out trying to tie up tomatoes,when i came in to cool off and watch this.I have 2 squash plants that sprang up from my compost.I transpla ted them into my tiny garden,then had to wait and see what variety they were.My chiickens just went thru a period of not laying.I mixed so.e Dme in their food,put some in tbeir coup for them to dust bathe and co trol parasites,they seem to be laying a little better.It's so hot! I'm going to go give them fresh water now.Don't get too hot out there working.
The place is looking awesome!! Blessings!
Try companion planting for the beans...plant a plant nearby that deters the negative one. Maybe try to encourage more ladybugs to come to your garden and eat up the beetles.
I liked the garden with ready to harvest some veggies. felt sorry for the bugs which are destroying bean plants. I know the pain.animals are doing good.
my gosh you do have a lot going on! thanks for the update your garden looks great.
It was so cute when the goats answered you back after you called them :)
That little bug on the corn was a ladybug protecting its eggs and they are beneficial as they eat aphids and other small insects.
lovely update thank you for sharing have a blessed day
Fantastic looking garden!
The gardens looking great 👍🏼
set out a swarm catch hive with a little lemon grass oil on the landing pad to attract a swarm
The baby chicks are so precious
My grandma had something she treated her beans with to kill the beetles. (Not sure which kind.) Blend about three cups of mint up with a full head of garlic then add two teaspoons of cyan pepper. Now add a quart of water and boil on the stove for about five minutes. After it cools strain it, add a couple of tablespoons of Dove and spray thoroughly on to the plants. That should do it. Also, you can get a short flat pan, fill it with water and a squirt of Dove, put it on the ground under your plant and shake the dickens out of them. The bugs and larvae can't survive in that mixture. It really looks like at least some of your plants may be gone for good. In that case, pull up the plants, strip all of the beans off and put the plants, bugs and all, in a black plastic trash bag. Set it out in the hot sun. This should help limit their number next year. Good Luck!
If you mix dawn dish soap and water together in a spray bottle and spray your beans that will help to get rid of the bugs but not harm your crops at all
Hi. Just wanted to say if you don't know what to do with excess green beans, you could make leather britches with them. All it is is dried green beans. My former mother in law told me how to do them. You clean and cut them [or leave them whole] and string them on sting and put them in a cool, dark, dry place and leave them alone until they dry. When you are ready to use them you just cook them like any dry bean. My family liked them. I also wanted to say that I really enjoy watching ya'll. You are doing so well. Keep up the good work and God bless.
I just harvested the last of my winter hardy kale seed. It is in feed bags waiting for all the pods to burst and release the seed.
Buy a roll of concrete reenforcement wire,and cut it in 4ft lengths, and make tomato cages out of the hoops made from the wire.
Addicted to this beautiful family. Let's just say momma bear is super woman n absolutely beautiful.
What an amazing video! Thank you for the update. BTW my 8 and 10 year old granddaughters just love to see your kiddos as well as Dolly updates too. :-)
paradise for sure...
Your doing a great job.
Thank you Brianna, the Ag colleges call it animal husbandry, but I think they missed you. Thanks for sharing.
Great update, Bri!!
Your garden looks AMAZING! :) My garden was an almost total dud this year. :)
looking forward to videos like this.. this summer
Thank you for sharing!!!
I think late summer and early fall is the busiest time on a farm or homestead.
Bri,Your garden is beautiful! Be careful with the honey bees in the summer. They get thirsty and love to land on a sweaty arm to get a drink. It tickles and there is an urge to swat them. Don't! Just stop and look at them; I've had probably as many as a 100 on my arms at one time. They are such wonderful creatures. May God bless you and your family.
I watched a vlog from Weed 'me and Reap dated 7/24. Your vlog is a favorite of the family and they gave you very nice compliments.
You have ducks...they LOVE to eat beetles ;-) Problem solved. I only have 5 ducks. When my plants are full grown, I routinely let them into my squash/bean garden for bug patrol. They clean house!
you guys are awesome. love how funny in the end please share more cooking in recipies too and you
After you harvest your beans you should buy a weed burner from HD or Lowes, hook to propane tank and light um up, this way they wont burrow into the soil and comeback strong next year.
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What a beautiful garden! All the hard work you and Art have done is beginning to pay off. Oh, the kids have helped a lot . :0) I don't have the Mexican Beans Beetle but Japanese Beetles are doing a number on us in Indiana. They seem to be worse on the heat we have been having. So good to see Ice Tea with the hens again. I don't 't have chickens but wonder if the heat could have anything to do with them not laying. See you tomorrow :0)
Bri those silky chicks are soooo cute! Floppy would be due on my wedding anniversary 8-18 awe so sweet! :-) and finally yall garden is my dream garden!! OMG...what a wonderful harvest you guys will reap!! you guys sure has a BIG GREEN THUMB!!!!! Thanks for this awesome video!! God bless you guys! :-)
Also, to 'bump up' egg production feed the chickens insects = the beetles = protein
Love your channel, you guys have inspired me to plan a co-op with my friends. keep up the great work sending love from Cali
Great clip............
in regards to you not knowing where the eggs may be because you are not getting as many as usual, our 2 chickens were giving minimal eggs then we found one day after cleaning up a mound of rubbish in our backyard, that they had placed about 24 eggs in places we didn't even think they could get too. So your's have probably have layed eggs deep down in in the roots etc.
Hello I'm waiting for new video every day. I love to watch your blog always
Egg production slows with the heat as well
Let us know WHAT to plant in a Fall garden. I've ONLY grown cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, and brussels sprouts. Want to grow MORE this year, but don't know what!
Our chickens quit laying too. If you don't find hidden nests maybe try fermenting thier feed. Ours went from like 3 eggs a day to 20 eggs just after a few days of fermenting feed. I think it might be the summer heat. Not as many bugs or as much greens. Beeeaautiful garden 😍😍😍 Hopefully next year's ours is as wonderful!!! Do you get enough corn that it is worth the space to plant it?
Everything and everyone is looking so wonderful!!!!!! I'm envious of the size of your garden compared to mine, but I can barely keep up with my itty bitty 500sq ft
Bri, I also live in north carolina, it amazes me that you are able to keep your chickens out, due to owls and hawks my chickens can no longer be out in the open., I will tell you that when I start not getting my normal eggs, i usually have to look for black snakes, even in my coop, they love my chicken eggs. I really enjoy watching your videos... Have you had any issues with squash bugs (stink bugs)?? my squash has all been killed by them,,,,ugh
I agree. It very well could be heat induced egg reduction but..I do think you have some sneaky layers. Maybe do a history lesson about early exploration of a jungle or something having the kids prepare for journey and search for lost treasure.. aka eggs. Give them flashlights and canteens of water. Indiana Jones like... maybe even hats with bug netting? Let them search where you let the goats clear.
Hi and was wondering if you had the altrasound for Dolly? wondering if you did and what the vet said...the goats are so so so adorable when you call them and they run toward you for they know that they are going to get into the forestered area...the corn looks great with all the honey bees, and all the other vegetables are looking wonderful, except for the bean plants...being attached by those bettles....you are doing such an awesome job...continued success with it all....God bless, Sherry :)
Maybe if you return Donald and those hens back to the routine they were originally accustomed to, they might return to their laying cycle again.
so enjoy your videos
I heard that if you soak rags in vinegar and put around your garden it will keep the deer out.
Depends on the age of the hens as well, if they're over 3 years old, their laying capability goes way down, and from the things I've seen with your eggs, it looks like you have an egg eater. Especially the day when you were looking to see who was laying in with your setting hens, one of the chickens was standing on the poles and pecking at sticky substance, implies an egg eater. When you have an egg eater, there's not much you can do but eat them.
Love you family
Oh Yes!!! Dollies tail looked higher and bonier today . Maybe soon!!!
Lovely to see those bees! Wonder if they are wild or if someone nearby has bee hives?
use the sister method for planting I started it and I haven't had beetles in two years now knock on wood lol and if your ever in wv bring me some of them goats lol
i can see DOLLY'S bag filling up,, i would just let her go , she is looking good, go back and look at old videos at her bag she is bagging up ..
I was thinking that too. Also she has put on a little weight!
brenda roupp that's what I thought too but then I thought maybe it was my imagination lol. Glad to know it wasn't my imagination!
I agree, I was just about to make that comment when I saw this one... it's definitely filling up, compared to the older videos....
maybe she just had to start feeling comfortable in her new home? :)
great videos
Breaking up broody, the do not go right back to laying eggs, takes 2-3 weeks in order for them to lay again, Heat will drop egg production. Older hens stop sooner with stressors.
Move the duck and duckling out, the should not be competing with adult chickens for any type of food. Dolly is most likely not with calf, It is not that hard to get vet to palpate. More forage and grain for the goat will increase the weight, but some remain slim.
Do you plan on planting a bee garden for when you begin beekeeping?
I love this channel been here since the first video
The Farming Life was that the one about getting rid of the fleas? Not sure if that was the first but it sticks in my head lol 😂
The Farming Life me too!
Sure hope Dolly is expecting!
Nice video.
Dolly looks good, she is filling out and her udders are fuller. Get rid of the brush and the hens will not have anywhere else to lay eggs.
Can you make a video on roughly how big your garden is and how many of each plant you have? I am wanting to start a garden for my family of 5 just not sure how big to make it :-/
you forgot to show that broody hen under the chickshaw! or what happened to her? that silver laced Wyandotte..
Don't let the chickens out in woods till after ,say 9:30a
The homestead looks amazing garden is beautiful baby ducks so sweet.is the cow really going to give birth.