Deleting My Social Media for Mental Health Reasons
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- In this video we prepare for the filming of our class with School of Traditional Skills. Plus deleting my social media for mental health reasons, And I'm not regretting it so far.
your cow needs a larger halter, it is digging into her muzzle
Just looks that way
He has SHOWN THAT IT ISNT in every single video.
@@littlehomesteadbigdreams you’re gonna have to show the dumb thing is too tight and she’s just fluffy every single time 🙈🙉🙊
No it's not, mind your business jeez
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Being off of Facebook & Instagram is like having a weight lifted from your chest... They are no longer social places. They are just filled with negativity, judgment& divisiveness. Best decision & definitely don't regret it. No "news" is peace for me!!
And ads by the ton...
I couldn't agree more! I banned Facebook and Insta vor 9 years.. best decission ever! ❤
I totally agree. All my kids had Instagram and so on. And more so the girls were filled with so much crazy Jerry Springer type drama. They are now much happier with out it!!
The only time I get on FB is to see who's birthday I missed.
Yes!
Daisy following u was so cute. You frightened me. I thought trolls got to you and you were giving up your channel. Happy to hear that isn't the case.
I deleted FB and Instagram 4 years ago and haven't gone back. I've never regretted it and it makes me be more conscious to call friends instead of just looking at posts!! I support you 💯
I quit television and smoking when I turned 40...gonna be 23 yrs yay! Proud of you guys ~
Your headline had me concerned for a minute that you were ending your channel! So glad that’s not what you meant! Your garden looks great!!!
Thank you
Showing the dead gopher is just fine. It’s real life. My phone is very distracting. Social media but also games lately.
I didn’t mind, I was wondering how that trap worked and seeing that now I more or less know. Glad I don’t have those irritating critters!
I'm glad he did show the dead Gopher because it gave me an idea of what I would see when I pulled the tool up
You are wonderfully human and thankfully candid! You are a voice for so many of us! Carry on McDuff was a phrase I grew up with! Carry on, Brian!
Thank you
I am so happy to hear you you deleted social media off your phone. You are going to be so much happier, spend time with your family, and not feel so stressed! I have never done FB, Tick Tock, or twitter. I sit with my morning cup of coffee with my laptop, check toutube, my email, and when my coffee is done I get up and start my day.
Brian you will do fine for the shoot next week. Everything doesn’t have to be perfect, nothings ever perfect in this life we were given. Don’t fret it will be fine. 💐💚🙃You’ve come so far creating your gardens in the short amount of time that you’ve been on this new property, there was A LOT of work to be done and you’ve done an amazing job ! Yes there’s still more work to do but Rome wasn’t built in a day ! 💐💚🙃 I guess I’m getting tried of that saying but it’s appropriate. 💐💚🙃
So agree. And I understand where Brian is coming from. It will all work out in the end. We can’t fight all of Mother Nature.
You do you & we’ll be here.
Love all your fur babied 💖
Have a great day 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Don’t forget Rome was also taken down from INSIDE just like America has been.
Thank you
Good for you, to make your life easy, I am so proud of your son and his class, to teach them how real life works.❤ Grandma life style is the best❤
It’s comforting to know there are others out there who experience little to no fruit on their trees & have to buy plants after months of planting & babying seedlings that refuse to grow. My goats got out & ate all my strawberries. Yet we dream & hope & do it all again year after year.
YES! Removing social media from your phone is a must. I did it 5 years ago and lose my phone all the time. What is amazing is how you will see other people who are sucked into the matrix no matter where they are. WARNING: Having conversations with these people will begin to increasingly annoy you.
I was raised on a farm in Canada. There is no problem with whatever you show. I live in the US now, but I don't think there is much difference where you were born and raised. Farm life is an everyday similarity. Your videos are amazing, and add rest periods for me. Recovering from a surgery that saved my life, I can't think of a better way of filling in time out for resting throughout my day ❤
I am only on you tube and I try to even limit my time for that. Some days are more difficult than others, but I really like being challenged to avoid social media. Hearing you talk of your experience is more motivation for me.
You made my day! I laughed so hard at the Daisy comments and the wheelbarrow antics. Thank you!
I took FB off my phone long ago. I don't regret it for the most part.
Your garden is looking great considering the weather issues. Cold here in BC, too. Patience!!🙄🤞
I made it a point years ago to forego social media and cell phones. Nothing is more annoying to me than people who are so addicted to their cell phones that they have to be on them constantly. I truly feel sorry for people who have such pathetic lives that they have to be connected constantly. I truly believe there is something seriously lacking in a person's life who has to have that cell phone like another appendage. Solitude is a blessing. A constantly ringing cell phone, be it calls or texts, is a nightmare.
I deleted Facebook off my phone and I moved the icon to the last screen page of my iPad so I don’t notice it as much. I love it!! It’s the best thing I’ve done for my productivity and just myself in general. I’m much happier too. UA-cam for me is just like you, my tv time.
My husband has had internet since it came out. I didn't use a computer until 10 years ago and I've never owned a cell phone. My husband = computer programmer/IT aficionado. It used to drive me nuts to see my him sitting 24hrs a day in front of a computer/ laptop, Meanwhile I'd be doing housework, painting, yardwork, shopping, etc. 10yrs ago our son introduced me to You tube. I put on 20 lbs. I could not believe how easy it was for me to sit on my ass for hours and hours. My entire life I've never been a couch potato. Huge time suck. I'm aware of it and have made adjustments. The first step in recovery process is admitting you have a problem.
I recommend getting some earbuds and using your phone to listen to UA-cam while doing chores. Save gardening videos for when you get a break to sit down and relax.
I'm glad you have made adjustments to prevent that progression. I need to make those same adjustments, too. But regarding not owning a cell phone... How do you do banking? Banking requires the use of a phone line to receive SMS messages for two factor authentication. I would love to be able to get away from having a cell phone but without it I can't have a bank account and can't have any kind of income.
I have never banked online. I just call them if I need to check on my accounts and have my statements and checks mailed to me. My hubby orders things online on occasion from his phone. Once in awhile I go to the bank in person when I'm out and about. 😊
@@20NewJourney23 My husband logs into our checking account daily. I don't know what SMS messages are?! WE have a land line with the same phone number for the last 37 yrs😁 I have never once wanted or needed a cell phone for anything.
@@tamararoberts9307 Same! We get a statement in the mail monthly.
I pay bills from my laptop.
Why stage anything? Weather will always affect gardening. OWN IT! "Camera ready"? There should always be a plan B and maybe C. One that doesn't require you to stress (and spend money). Reschedule. This is not meant to be mean. I'm glad that see that you have issues JUST LIKE the rest of us. Everything in gardening is a risk. This is an opportunity to educate us and jump on it! You are doing great!
Thank you
I agree with you, Brian. Social media can be a huge time-suck/brain-drain, especially for ADHD peeps. I ignore most of it, too. Regarding the beetles and pill bugs, have you tried dusting diatomaceous earth around the base of your strawberries and cucumbers? We started using it around ours, as well as other seedlings, and it made an immediate difference. We use Sluggo for the snalils and slugs. And showing the dead gopher is fine with me and the hubby. Keep up the good work and have a great day! ☺️
“She looks a little agitated.” 🐮 She may be mad at you, crave chocolate, and want to lie around and watch rom-coms. Call it a hunch.
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We have no doubt your video for the class will be a huge success. No pressure, we get it. Please, nobody film me as I walk around trying to make sense of my own little garden. Your book gives me confidence. We will all be able to look back at our successes and know we are able to handle ups and downs.
The reality of wonky weather, gophers, stuff not going as planned- that’s education. Seeing things as they are is much more important than seeing them as they “ should be”. Relax- you are all doing great. I learn something new every video. And- between Daisy chasing after you and the little guy in the wheelbarrow, oh my, what a chuckle. Thank you!
You could let the cilantro flower and seed and collect the coriander seeds. And save some to sow next year. That could be part of the story of gardening. I do that with parsley all the time and had a ton of parsley this year. The pollinators love the tiny flowers and I'm pretty sure cilantro is much the same? I love your sweet animals and all the info you do selflessly offer. Thank you!!!!
Brian, I understand getting everything camera-ready as much as possible. Here are a few suggestions so it's not so overwhelming. 1) Make a list of what you need completed 2) Recruit your small group/life group to do the grunt work and specific things you need done that you don't have to do (like mulch) 3) Frees you up to do what only you can do 4) Have it be a work day or two and feed them lunch or dinner. Group projects make it doable and they would be happy to help. Many hands make a job easier.
Thank you
I've been off Facebook for about 10 years now, and off of Instagram for 2 years now and I can say with total confidence, I dont miss it one bit! I think the more time that passes without you having easy access to social media the more you won't even think about it.
Yes social media does take you away from what needs to be done.....I have a problem with it... I agree with you on that 😊
What a great episode! The garden looks great, all of that clean up is paid off. Hopefully you’ll get some warmer, sunnier weather in the days before the class, and the cilantro doesn’t bolt. The class is gonna be great because you keep it real, and one of those realities is nature is going to take her own course in her own time.
In general most of us take food availability for granted, seeing a real garden in real time is a great reminder how blessed we are with bounty.
My avocado tree was also completely covered w blossoms then fruit but a few rain storms and 95 degree FL heat caused several to drop prematurely. Like you, we'll be grateful to get what we get!
Our zucchini, squash & cucumbers were also beautiful & thriving then white flies took over. I have a newfound appreciation for FT gardeners fighting the good fight.
I haven’t used social media in years. I gave up the news for Lent and my mental health got better. I live to be present with my family and God now and I’m much much much happier.
Amen! ❤
YES! THE NEWS! I gave up the doom and gloom horror/ fake shows called "the news" years ago. Then I took a job where it was on at work. It was awful! I became so agitated when I was there. I will NEVER go back.
I gave up FB in 2018 and it was the best thing I ever did. I couldn’t handle all of the thoughts and opinions from everyone- all the time. It was such a burden lifted. I was born in 1970 and grew up in the 80s before phones and technology changed how people live and interact with each other. I think better of people now because I don’t know their every thought. Plus, it allowed me to unplug and just ENJOY life’s precious moments so much more.
I got off of Facebook a decade or so ago, and don't have any other social media besides UA-cam. I saw early on just how much time I was losing, plus dealing with rude people and trolls was more than I wanted to waste my time with anyways! 😁 It's a much more peaceful existence without them, so I commend you for limiting your exposure!
I echo quite a few of the comments. I completely deleted Facebook and Instagram a few years ago after reading about digital minimalism, and my quality of life improved greatly. Keep up the good work Brian! May God bless you and your family. 🙏
Thank you!
The school of traditional skills doesn't need to know how to garden in a perfect year. We really do need to know info on how to grow during a cold, or hot, or dry or any other crazy kind of year. That is the only time you really do learn anything. It feels better when you see someone else learning that way too. Please keep showing us truth. That is why we appreciate you so much!
Thank you
Omg! Daisy in heat and a single cherry on a tree. I’m laughing so hard, I’m in tears. You’re killing me!
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I feel the same way when there's so much to do out in the garden that it's so overwhelming that you don't know where to start and end up doing so much of nothing!
In terms of social media, I still have the accounts active but I am not actively on it since 2020, when I got into gardening and learning/classes/theology and it's been glorious!! My phone is never close by and honestly, do miss home phones you'd to run to answer.
I do believe that the internet has made us more isolated and vulnerable to fake everything from education to politics.
Your video has made my Sunday! My little garden is behind however I'm hopeful. Picked strawberries to add to my fruit bowl breakfast. Have a blessed week.
I absolutely agree with you, I got rid of my Facebook account altogether in 2021 and it was absolutely freeing. I kept checking it and wasting time. I too kept checking my phone and Facebook wasn't there. At that point I also got rid if Instagram and two others. The only social media I have is now UA-cam and that's more than enough.
Those sheep are just the cutest ever!!!!
Thank you
Enjoyed the video Brian. I i love Daisy following you and when you turn the camera and the little black Lamb, sorry I forgot the name, was standing in the wheelbarrow, I had to smile. Thank you for making me smile today Brian. I needed that. I personally think because of all the social media platforms, people don’t sit and visit, or go outside and be productive, or sit outside and just watch the sunset, because they’re on their phones, I just feel like they’re missing “real” life, “real” interactions with their own family, their neighbors, their world. I think you made a good choice. I even have to limit my time on UA-cam, watching other peoples lives and be deliberate to spend time doing things that affect my life and the lives of my family and friends. ❤️
Thank you. The lambs are Ollie (black one) and Ottis (white one)
I left fb and Twitter 4 years ago! We also don't watch mainstream media aka fake news.😂 It was such a relief and we have not missed any of it for a second!!! Its amazing how negatively it all affects a person. UA-cam is my alternative news source and entertainment. Love gardening and homesteading vids. You'll not regret it! It's truly freeing! Everything looks great!!!❤
Thank you!
Great to see your animals doing so well and getting very comfortable with you and each other.
Do what you need to!!!!!
I do not have a cell phone, no face book or none of the other stuff. You Tube is my only social media and Email. My laptop and my cheap tablet(used only to film videos), only electronics. It is a foreign idea for me to be attached to a phone. Most people need a third hand for "it" in order to function properly. Landline and loving it!
I'm in Texas .. we've had way too much rain for good growth, and fungus is becoming an issue. The bugs are bad this year for us too. Have to watch the weather like a hawk to cover things because the storms have been bringing hail. Nearly everyone here is frustrated 👌
Enjoy your newfound freedom! I quit almost all social media about 6 years ago, and the first week or so was just a matter of telling myself no. After that, it was easy to avoid, and not only did it free up a ton of time, but almost immediately started to feel better. It's also pretty neat that your son's teacher is having them do that. Almost nothing but drama and pointless garbage on there anyway.
I used to be a UA-camr and Instagram/TikTok content creator for years, so I was ALWAYS on social media and on my phone. In 2022, I felt a call from God to release the social media from my life, and it was such a relief! I was afraid to do it at first, because I thought I wouldn't have a life without it, but it was so freeing. Since then, I've taken on gardening and baking (way more productive hobbies). Now, that I don't use Instagram or Tiktok, I'm finding myself mainly watching UA-cam videos which are far more educational. I'm so glad I got off of social media. (P. S. - I usually cringe at seeing dead animals, and I was n't expecting you to show the dead gopher, BUT it actually wasn't too bad seeing the gopher. It wasn't up close nor was it gory.)
I applaud your awareness of social media and making changes that fit with your intentions. Regarding the gophers, thanks for showing a bit of gopher so we understand how that type of trap works. And I think you’ll find HUGE success with burying the dead gopher in the hole. About 20 years ago, we felt like we were playing whack a mole with one gopher after another until we finally buried it in the tunnel rather than putting it in the trash. This was my mom’s suggestion. It totally ended the goober issue at that house. We used that technique at our next home and it worked again.
And Daisy following you is adorable. ❤
i cant blame you i don’t use either platforms just utube and the channels i choose to follow that add a positive aspect to my life ( like yours has always) your wellbeing is the most important thing .
Your garden beds have never looked better! Really beautiful and clean!❤ I couldn’t even see the gopher!
Thank you so much!
Concerning your social media vacation. Around 2005 a class I was taking required that we go off the media for a week. At that time it meant tv, radio, newspaper and so on. Very quickly it became apparent to me that much of my usage was mindless time expenditure. I suspect that Noah's teacher was trying to get that across to the students. I wonder how many students actually completed the assignment and how many claimed to go off their social media.
Hi Brian, im definitely in agreement with you. I learned UA-cam from my three grandsons during the pandemic school year. It's my vice, and im conscious of time spent watching it. Ive learned a great deal from you and so many others. As far as Facebook, i cant stand it. No Instagram ever. Family knows to personally tell me if there's something they would like me to know. I'm sooooo much happier.
I can't wait for you to be able to look back on this project with the pride you'll deserve after facing so many challenges. We're with you!
Thank you
I love how Daisy follows you. She is so adorable ❤
Oh ya! Love your show. I can get quite overwhelmed with my garden but watching you, helps keep me grounded. I am just now hardening off tomatoes and peppers which I won’t plant out until the first week of June, depending on night temps. My plants were really really slow this year. I only belong to FB because of some private groups like NLG, which, after seeing someone else having slow plant starts helped me to make some changes that helped. I may only get on FB once every couple weeks to scan but I don’t spend much time. And, no social media on my phone. I’m 75. I was 8 when my family got our first black and white tv with 3 channels. Lol. Great show Brian, Thanks for your time.
Thank you
actually, the class should be about reality as well. our weather just cooled this week but as our climate destabilizes, we are going to see more of this so everyone needs to plan for it. one of the problems, especially for new gardeners, is expectations. so many people start gardening for a season or two then get discouraged because their expectations were not met. like all things, it takes time to get experience and get in the flow. as for social media, i got rid of them all shortly after i tried them when they began. i only have youtube and that is because it is about learning for me. love the animals 😍
I’m doing the same thing! Having time and more quiet is healthy and social media frequently brings me down. Love your you tube videos!
It truly is a weight lifted off ones shoulders when getting off of social media. I left Facebook and Instagram July 2023. It has been wonderfully liberating! I don't plan on ever returning to either one. I like my freedom too much! Like you, I continue to have UA-cam because I like watching movies. Three years ago we discontinued satellite for television. Now we watch all movies via UA-cam, Amazon, Hallmark or DVDs. It's wonderful to have entertainment at your fingertips. But, freedom from bondage to social media is priceless!
I enjoy your channels. Hang in there, and thank you for all the work it takes to make them possible.
Until you get rid of the snails and other things eating your strawberries, here's a suggestion, I bag my strawberries with those bags for seed starting. They're like a cloth bag. I put a clip on the top of the stem to keep the critters out. So far it has worked.
That is a mole tunneling under the surface of the soil. We have them here in Florida.
I also don't do social media, I have enough problems of my own, I don't need to be reading about everyone else and their problems. I do have my y tube videos that I watch. I can watch or not watch certain videos. Thanks for sharing your farm animals with us. They are very entertaining.🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
I really love your patience with the animals, and your garden, I hope for your success in everything you just putting in the ground!
Good luck with everything.
Thank you so much!
Good for you, Brian, for mastering your contact with social media instead of letting it master you. Btw, I'm also frustrated with all the gray, cool weather we've been having. No problem with seeing the dead gopher, either. Glad you caught the sucker!
Same here Bryan. I live in Los Angeles zone 10b and it's cool and overcast almost every day
My tomatoes are doing fantastic. Squash and melons are at a stand still. 😢 My blackberries are doing pretty good.
I’m with you!!! Going off social media is true self-care!!! The whole thing is designed to be negative and addictive, even though some of the stuff seems harmless enough on the surface. Congratulations!!!
Regarding filming for the class, try to stay calm and just do your best, it’s going to turn out in a wonderful way, like all the other things that you do!!! Really appreciate everything you share Brian, all your soulful (and educational!) gardening and life stuff! Love it!!!
Glad to see all the animals getting more comfortable in their surroundings.
I gave up Facebook and Instagram 2 years ago after I realized how much time I was wasting. Haven’t missed it, spend more time in the garden and watching garden uTube that teaches me something useful, like Next Level Homestead. You wont be sorry.
Brian, do you know about using little wedding favour, gauze bags on your tree fruits as they are ripening? The bags come with a ribbon to tie around the fruit. Use on strawberries too to keep all sorts of critters from going after your”stuff just when you think you’ll go get some to eat. Your cottage and English Flower garden are beautiful. Make me quite nostalgic for my old country!
Thank you. Yes, I’ve used those bags or bags tulle with a clothespin works too
Love Bella, Daisy and the lambs!!! 😍
I got off of social media over a year ago (and here I am commenting on your TouTube channel 😂). No social media is EXTREMELY freeing!!! I did set up, recently, a FB account for only my groups (chickens, canning, freeze drying, etc). I’m hardly on at all but it’s nice to have that resource if you need help.
Your video will be absolutely fine for School of Traditional Skills ! Remember, it’s “real life” and the weather does its own thing! I live at 6,300’ in Western Colorado. We had a pretty hard freeze just last week, which isn’t typical. I’m a member of School of Traditional Skills and look forward to your class.
A tip about freeze drying your cilantro………move your warming tray temp down to 90 degrees and don’t pre-freeze your herbs. They come out almost the same color they were when you put them in (no browning) and the taste is phenomenal!!!
Thank you
I am right there with you on the social media on the phone. I just don't do it. And even on my computer I try to limit my FB time - it can be a real black hole for me. You guys did amazing work on the garden, it looks really nice. Love seeing all the animals hanging out together - especially Daisy chasing after you. You're gonna do great with the film crew for the class next week!
Thank you!
Thank you for your videos. We are not able to have cows and sheep so it is so nice to see them on your farm! Your videos help me relax!
Thank you
I deleted FB/IG a few years ago!
The most freeing thing I’d done in years!
My mental health is top of game. 😊
You will be amazing for your class, so try not to stress too much over how it looks. You are such a wonderful "garden teacher " that your students will be more interested in what you're saying than in, if your garden is filled in more. You have taught me more in the last couple of years than anyone else on UA-cam put together! I understand the social media thing. I canceled my cable tv almost 2yrs ago and only watch UA-cam videos on my tablet or read. I don't miss tv or the news which was so stressful. What a waste of time fb, Instagram and Pinterest can be! I'd rather be gardening or learning about gardening.
Loved seeing Daisy, Bella and boys! The cutie pie in wheelbarrow eating made me lol! 😂😂😅
Thank you
❤ Daisy looks so young still. I remember cats in heat and keeping them in the house. They drove me crazy.
I have to stay off Facebook and Instagram for the most part. I sign on once or twice a month to check in on friends and family but the negativity just eats me up. Even on UA-cam I avoid reading comments. So many people delight in criticizing and stirring up trouble. My sister lives on social media so she lets me know if I’m missing something important. 😉
As always sending love and hugs to you and your sweet family. ❤️🤗❤️🌹
Thank you. Sending hugs back 🩷
You made a good decision doing that. I completely deleted all my accounts except for UA-cam in December, I missed it for a week or two but now I feel so much better. I’m like you and don’t even have my phone near me 1/2 the time.
Interesting facts about avocados. Avocados DO NOT RIPEN on the tree. They only reach maturation once they are cut off from the tree !
Best options for small immature trees - pick off all the flowers - so they concentrate on further growth - and later fruiting.
Daisy is just too cute, and I think she has you wrapped around her little finger/hoof. Had to laugh at the little stinker in the cart full of munchies. Glad you’re getting the gophers under control. Nothing as irritating as having hard garden work undone by demonic quadrupeds.
I think you did the right thing getting off social media. There are positive aspects to it, but I think it is more bad than good. I was on FB for about a month 8 or 9 years ago. Saw it as a huge waste of time, (for me), and deleted it. I will admit I watch too much YT though.
I feel your class will be a big success. Your knowledge and presentation style is awesome. (my garden is proof of that) And you can highlight the reality of things outside of your control, i.e. weather. You can turn the lack of 'perfection' into a positive. We all have to deal with something we didn't plan on.
First... your garden is absolutely beautiful! Those flowers are stunning (nasturtium?)! Have you tried zoning your spaces by days of the week? It doesn't take care of the everyday stuff like watering and pest control... but it gives you a focus area for the day. I give myself Saturdays off to rest. But I have Seedling Sundays (which is all my potted and shed areas), Raised bed Mondays, Perimeter Tuesday, Wild Space Wednesdays, Orchard Thursday, Food forest Fridays. It's really helped me with the perfectionist paralysis. I do it inside for household cleaning too.
I logged out before Christmas and haven't been back on. I do not miss it whatsoever! I'm so proud of you. Focusing on the Lord and not social media is the best thing anyone could do! ❤
I agree! I deleted my FB in 2013 and Instagram in 2021. Like you said UA-cam is different because it has Movies and Informative Videos. Homestead looks amazing!
Thank you
I think your weather is here by me. We have had high 80s and high humidity which is not typical for us this early. I feel your pain with the garden issues.
Your Nasturtiums look amazing. I'm inspired to put some in my garden. I live in southern PA so our outside growing seasin is just now ramping up. I'm getting ready to put my tomato and pepper starts outside.
You may be in freak out mode, but you made me chuckle out loud a couple times. ❤
Daisy following you is the cutest. A close up of a gory, dead anything doesn’t sound fun, but yours was fine.
I had moles and gophers 7+ years ago when I moved to the mountains. I put cat poop in the hole and covered it over. No gophers or moles since. lol
I truly feel. Your frustration on the pest taking the strawberries. I had squirrels get into my tower, that’s like yours and they killed all my strawberries dug them out so now it’s too late to get new one so next year I’m going to have to go and buy all new plants and start over, luckily I’m growing in containers because my entire yard is infested with gopher moles whatever the heck they’re called. I got those hills everywhere my yard is destroyed. Also it’s so hot here I’ve had to already put up my shade cloth.
That was the most Beautiful sight seeing that thing ended I wish my traps would work they get tripped but nothing in them.
Brian,
The garden looks great! Way to go--to both you & your family! 😊
Thanks so much!
UA-cam is bad enough. I've not been on a "social media" deal since AOL in the 90's. I love your content and skill! Stay strong brother.
Thank you!
Thank you for showing the gopher, my husband was near and he came right over to see how your trap worked. We will be interested in wether leaving the body in the whole helps.
Gardening results vary from year to year even if you do the same thing. We are not in control. I have enjoyed your informative videos. Wishing you the best.
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Thank you
My daughter and I deleted all social media a few years ago and we have never looked back! We enjoy real relationships by spending time together rather than reading someone's description of what they are doing. We also have found time to get things done and are more connected to our family. What a Godsend!
Now I just have to get my Moms face out of her phone!!! HAHAHAHA!! Never thought I'd say that about my 84 yr old Mom
My parents are the same way loo
Re: gophers. We had 3 acres and a big barn and a horse and chickens and dogs. They tore down a long line if really old trees across the street and when they did we were suddenly over run with big rats. We tried everything;d-con, sticky traps, big snap traps, everything. Walked into the barn one night and saw 16 just sitting in the rafters watching us. If we saw 16, there were probably 60 more hiding. And then a little yellow female cat came to live with us. She could come in the house whenever she wanted but she preferred outside. She walked into that barn and started killing rats. In less than a month she had killed every rat and mouse and then she started on the gophers out in the pasture. Once she took care of those, she went next door into the acres of almond orchard and killed their gophers. She was a killing machine and she didn’t cost us a dime. Moral of this story. Get some cats. Rescue a female and spay her-get a short haired cat. Also that cat woukd go out and sleep with our chickens. She never bothered them. Now I can’t swear she wouldn’t catch and eat a baby chick, but if they had a good mom, she would never have faced off with an angry hen.
It's hard watching your babies grow up isn't it? Sigh, new life experiences :O) So neat Daisy's following you around, hearing her bellowing, the sheep baaing (How do you spell that anyway?) Boy, you sure have a lot of crop-eating critters. I get annoyed with just our squirrels and occasional skunks, a few earwigs......spoilt? We're across Lake Huron from Tawas City, Michigan - would love to be able to share some of our unseasonable heat - 77F w/humidex 86F this afternoon, and next couple of days, 86/93humidex and 84/97humidex. Dead gopher - you got the li'le sucker!! .....and hey what's with the teaser? :) You have a good day as well 🇨🇦
You need a small riding mower (with or without the mowing deck) and a little trailer to ramble around your property lol!
Weird weather we are having. I live in Vermont,our last frost date is last week of may. I haven’t had a frost all may.it’s going to be 80 degrees here this week.you are having my weather and I am having yours . I still am not planting squash,cucumbers or tomatoes and peppers yet. I don’t trust the weather
Here in the SF Bay Area, we have had a mostly grey May heading into June gloom and 45-49* nights and barely 70* after three days of upper 70’s. Stalled most of the veggies but the first two tiny zucchini needed hand pollinating today. It is an area that traps heat better than the others areas. All are in containers just bc of the orientation of the house has sun in the front rather than the backyard. All we can do is improvise around the vagaries of the weather…
Social media is a great tool for things like this, education, how to and many many other positive reasons, however the downside of social media is tremendous as it can destroy relationships and families.
The beneficial insects LOVE cilantro blossoms! Let it go. It looks wonderful, like white foam.
I got off social media 3 years ago and have been so much happier. I was so tired of the fakes, phonies and creepers.
It is amazing the changes you have made to this property in such a short time of owning it.
Thank you