Everything We Built on Our 7 ACRE HOMESTEAD (1 YEAR in 20mins!)

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  • @sounditout34
    @sounditout34 11 місяців тому +25

    I love this year in review. Sorry about Pumpkin but Goldie is such a great momma. I have been watching you guys since living in the suburbs. Watching your family grow and thrive is so inspirational.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh no way, that feels like a long time ago!! Haha. Those were the rabbit and Finley days! 🤣🤣
      THANK YOU for sticking with us! We hope to have a great year of CONSISTENCY!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @kekiplus1andonly
    @kekiplus1andonly 10 місяців тому +6

    Not the mother Cow pooping on the hungry babies 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lucindajasso2011
    @lucindajasso2011 10 місяців тому +4

    If you wrote a book I would love to hear it you talk so clear and maybe sounds weird but your voice is comforting and calming
    I absolutely love what your family has done in the past year I am going after this lifestyle

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  8 місяців тому

      I’ve been telling Kelly that! Trying to talk her into it. Haha

  • @deltorres2100
    @deltorres2100 11 місяців тому +3

    Hi Texans, I just found yawls channel so excited. I watch a lot of Texan channels on UA-cam. I am a four year gardener. so I feel that heat I feel that freeze everything. Are y’all doing rain catching this year in case we get another drought I’ve been doing barrels with me and the city I’m in Houston we had got that water restriction. We were only able to use water twice a week so I filled up plenty of 55 gallon barrels, so I can water water in those odd days…

  • @paulsmith8356
    @paulsmith8356 11 місяців тому +6

    Great Video!! I'm 83, raised on a post depression homestead on the Palouse, Eastern Washington/Northern Idaho.
    Our farming techniques have destroyed the once abundant top soil; which at one time was as much as 50 feet thick. The, mostly, large corporate farms on the Palouse have been forced to adopt better farming techniques just to maintain the crop yield. Of course, as farming families, they are just as dependent upon the, "just in time," food supplies are we are in the city. All of that land and few gardens.
    In Your raised beds, I suggest You use the hugelkultur technique of filling Your beds.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! This is such a fantastic comment. We are definitely planning on hugelkultur beds.

  • @Bluebird-farm
    @Bluebird-farm 9 місяців тому +1

    Just found your channel and i have to say girl, you are one hell of a story teller, from script to the voice!! Loved it. My wife and I have a 20 acre homestead here in East Tx and we can def appreciate all the hard work you show here, we are 62 and do it on our own, have the pigs, milk cows, chickens, meat chickens. Love seeing people go back to the basic good life. I just subscribed, love what your family is doing and especially your story telling gift!!! God Bless you and your family and keep up the hard work, will soon pay huge dividends!

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  8 місяців тому

      Sorry we are just responding to you comment, WOW THANK YOU!!! You are too kind!!!
      Yup, Texas can be tough for sure.
      THANK YOU for joining us, it means more than you know!!!!

  • @debbiemorris2514
    @debbiemorris2514 6 днів тому

    I just found your channel yesterday and I love it. You have put a lot of work in to it. You have the prettiest smile.

  • @nancyseery2213
    @nancyseery2213 11 місяців тому +5

    Rain is a good thing! Nice looking calf, sorry to hear you lost her. Yeap, bough all of my seed already and can't wait until Spring. God bless y'all and keep growing

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +1

      Nice!!! We are behind on the seeds. But hopefully are starting this week!
      Thank you Nancy!!

  • @hannahhensley8497
    @hannahhensley8497 8 місяців тому +2

    This was the first video of yours I’ve watched, and your narrative skills are INCREDIBLE. Obviously the videography was great too! I felt like I was on the farm with you for all 12 months.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  8 місяців тому +1

      Oh wow THANK YOU so so much!!!! That is so kind of you to say. Thank you for joining us!!

  • @books6000
    @books6000 9 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations on another great year of homesteading. You guys are amazing. Blessings and love to your family.

  • @kekiplus1andonly
    @kekiplus1andonly 10 місяців тому +1

    Wooow this is beautiful, job welldone family,🎉

  • @lisahause8705
    @lisahause8705 10 місяців тому +2

    I pray you all have more wonderful times ahead w/family, your beautiful small home & homestead! May God be w/you all …shining His light & love upon you two & your children! Keep well & stay vigilant!🙏🏻👏🏻😊

  • @gertmolder791
    @gertmolder791 11 місяців тому +3

    Have to say that i truly love homestead year in review videos alot more than the regular content .

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣
      I totally agree!! Which probably is why “Timelapse build videos” typically perform better than normal ones.
      We are happy to try and make as many of both as possible this year!!

  • @SmithsdaleFarm
    @SmithsdaleFarm 11 місяців тому +3

    Great stuff guys, a busy year! Have you ever thought about key line ploughing to help hydrate the land a bit better? Richard Perkins is a good guy to watch about it. All the best from Spain 🎉

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +1

      Yes yes YES!!!!!!! Just need to park up a lot of our brush here, and then find the key line plow.

  • @PhilipKrauss
    @PhilipKrauss 10 місяців тому +1

    I have subscribed to your channel after hearing your story. Your story is like ours. I will wait patiently for new videos. What a great way to teach your children and others. We have these memories with our older children. We now walk our younger children through it

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  10 місяців тому

      Thank you so much!!! And well, the good news is we have A LOT of videos to binge if you ever want to. So you don’t have to wait too long. Haha

  • @gilliangrace22
    @gilliangrace22 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you so much for sharing your story! Your videos are incredibly inspirational and motivational! My boyfriend and I are hoping to start our own homestead, will definitely reference your videos! 💕 God Bless ✝️

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much Gillian! That just made our day!!
      You can totally do this!!

  • @terianthony525
    @terianthony525 11 місяців тому +2

    Your words and narration are beautiful. I look forward to your videos.

  • @nohandle23
    @nohandle23 10 місяців тому +4

    The presence of the leech is an indication of the good quality of the water

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  10 місяців тому +2

      Oh really?? Well that’s good news! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

    • @nohandle23
      @nohandle23 10 місяців тому +2

      @@BetterTogetherLife leeches usually live in fresh water sources like rivers and lakes. But once the source is contaminated by pesticides they move away. We had plenty of them in waterlogged paddy fields. Once they started spraying pesticides, u don't c them any more.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  9 місяців тому

      Awesome!!

  • @7sicklerstrekkingtribe945
    @7sicklerstrekkingtribe945 14 днів тому +1

    When you buy 2 steers, best thing to do is raise them to 18 months old, take then both to the butcher, sale one to pay for the butchering of the other and have beef for a year or 2 for free in your freezer.

  • @anitastamm7350
    @anitastamm7350 8 місяців тому

    You are the absolute best story teller!! And your narration voice is so perfect!!!

  • @debbiemize2269
    @debbiemize2269 11 місяців тому +2

    I am amazed at what all y’all do with 7 acres!

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh wow, THANK YOU Debbie!!!! Well, next week’s video should be even better!!!

  • @emmavik-fredriksson640
    @emmavik-fredriksson640 10 місяців тому +1

    Just found your channel, can't wait to see more! Especially your grazing plan and soil building. Yay!

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  10 місяців тому +1

      Awesome! Thank you!
      YES!!! Planning on soil building AS MUCH AS WE CAN!!!!!

  • @camicri4263
    @camicri4263 11 місяців тому +2

    Sorry about Pumpkin! I am glad that Goldie got another baby to love! Blessings!

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому

      Thank you so so much!! She has really taken to Bebe. And hoping to get her pregnant again later this summer for another try! ♥️

  • @mercynthemba59
    @mercynthemba59 3 місяці тому +1

    Hello , just found your channel today
    In my home, all new born calves are housed indoors where they can be warm and released in the morning, or better both mom and daughter, stay indoors at night.
    Rest well Pumpkin

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  3 місяці тому

      That is a great idea! We certainly need a barn. Although, we don't really get cold here in Texas. There is only about two months that we have colder weather in the 40s. And only a few weeks in the 30s or 20s at night. And we usually calf in the nicer weather.
      Little Pumpkin was doing so great up until month 3. Still hurts for sure.

  • @AdventureFamMom
    @AdventureFamMom 11 місяців тому +2

    You are a great story teller! No surprise you were in theater!

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому

      haha, well thank you so so much!!!! We are just glad to have some fun stories to tell!

  • @CreativeMoments92
    @CreativeMoments92 6 місяців тому

    Great story and lovely family. I loved watching him calling the pigs to eat. As a retired homeschooling mom, I wish I had a farm then. Now we have a small farm (cattle, fish, and dogs only) and are loving educating the grandkids although they are very young they do enjoy it and recently started capturing some of it on my new you tube.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  6 місяців тому

      What an awesome life to live! I love nothing more than generations doing life together. I think it’s exactly what the Lord intended 🥰. That’s such a beautiful gift to give your grand babies!

  • @denisehaynes1885
    @denisehaynes1885 10 місяців тому +1

    You are doing such a great job! Keep on keepin on!

  • @laymanhomestead4711
    @laymanhomestead4711 11 місяців тому +1

    I love this! You all are amazing and have done such a great job!

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому

      Wow thank you so much!!! Are you new here? First time seeing you in the comments.
      THANK YOU so much for watching and commenting. We do our best to reply to as many comments as we can!

  • @totlandgard
    @totlandgard 9 місяців тому +1

    Very inspiring for us to see all that you managed to do and all that you learned trough only one year.
    All the best from a smal farm in Norway :)

  • @GoodluckBanda-gy7gh
    @GoodluckBanda-gy7gh 10 місяців тому +2

    I just like the farm life 😊

  • @renata-s5b
    @renata-s5b 11 місяців тому

    It was fun and joy to watch your kids help 😊

  • @indiefolk101
    @indiefolk101 11 місяців тому

    Great vid. Hope this year is filled with many blessings

  • @JaeBurke
    @JaeBurke 10 місяців тому

    You’re such a fantastic storyteller!

  • @wildlivinwatsons
    @wildlivinwatsons 11 місяців тому +6

    Omg she was pooping on there heads 😆 🤣. This was a great video thanks for sharing.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому

      Hahaha!!!! Yyyyyup!! That’s our Goldie! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @cathykillion6544
    @cathykillion6544 11 місяців тому

    Excited to follow your journey this year ❤

  • @manojsuradkar9209
    @manojsuradkar9209 9 місяців тому +3

    You got a sub from India ❤

  • @brendawerner5425
    @brendawerner5425 6 місяців тому +1

    That first rain was smazing

  • @DJSCRIP
    @DJSCRIP 11 місяців тому +1

    I love your beautiful land and this channel hopefully one day our family can have land like y’all too. 🤠🇨🇱

    • @DJSCRIP
      @DJSCRIP 11 місяців тому +1

      God bless yall

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh THANK YOU so much!!! You absolutely can!!! Just keep moving a little bit forward every day!

  • @davidnw0
    @davidnw0 11 місяців тому +1

    the narrating is excellent

  • @Homestead-ish
    @Homestead-ish 11 місяців тому +2

    Haha oh yes! As a Northern California (the true northern Cali) we do the same… we go 4-5 months without rain and hit 110-115 for weeks on end. One thing that’s nice about our heat though is it’s dry and not humid like y’all’s. 15:39 But man is it one of the most exciting things when it rains after months on nothing!

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому

      YES!!!! So so exciting when it finally does rain!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @ninirossau2304
    @ninirossau2304 11 місяців тому

    I love Goldie. she is so beautiful a personality. and Jerseys are the prettiest cows. yes spring is on all our minds, come quickly please.

  • @DonnaLane-pw4rg
    @DonnaLane-pw4rg 5 місяців тому

    You should have lined the pond with a liner so to make sure you don't have ground absorbiion of the ponds water ❤❤❤

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  5 місяців тому

      It is lined with our naturally compact red clay

    • @DonnaLane-pw4rg
      @DonnaLane-pw4rg 5 місяців тому

      @@BetterTogetherLife
      Only reason I was saying that is most people don't realize that unless they line a pond during the Hot summer months the ground will absorb the water faster.
      And I have another tip for you as well,
      Since you have Clay in your soil there when planning trees and shrubs on your property before you insert them in the ground put gypsum into the hole first.
      The gypsum helps The roots get past the Clay and established In the ground better..
      Trees such as Elms and pines need this or they will form a root Ball and could later become a serious problem.
      Respectfully yours,
      Donna Lane
      Kingman Az
      (I was born and raised in Pittsburg TX and the soil there is also a lot of clay as we'll I'm giving To you some advice that came from My paternal Grandfather and My Great -uncle who worked For camp country maintaining country roads)

  • @brendawerner5425
    @brendawerner5425 6 місяців тому +1

    Welcome to central Texas

  • @Zizzyyzz
    @Zizzyyzz 11 місяців тому +2

    Beautifully done. 💜🍓🐮🌞

  • @lanterncreekfarm
    @lanterncreekfarm 11 місяців тому +1

    Loved this!! Just subscribed! ❤

  • @sathwickborugadda4744
    @sathwickborugadda4744 11 місяців тому +1

    Great narration

  • @valerieforsyth8278
    @valerieforsyth8278 10 місяців тому +1

    Very enjoyable.

  • @phumlamyataza8527
    @phumlamyataza8527 11 місяців тому

    You are such a beautiful family ❤😊

  • @FinanciallyLitFathersMovement
    @FinanciallyLitFathersMovement 9 місяців тому

    Theater background...now the narration makes sense lol Amazing story telling 😅

  • @nkraemer
    @nkraemer 11 місяців тому +1

    awesome.

  • @jerrystout3032
    @jerrystout3032 10 місяців тому

    Great Job guys!😇!😇!😇!😇!

  • @ToddHayes-c1w
    @ToddHayes-c1w 11 місяців тому +1

    Where is that hand going Beau!!!! Those long gloves are disposable I hope :-)

  • @connorbanyon5361
    @connorbanyon5361 8 місяців тому +1

    Ay, don't talk about experiencing all the seasons in a week until you've lived in Michigan.

  • @melvinjackson68
    @melvinjackson68 10 місяців тому +1

    What model tractor do yawl have

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  10 місяців тому

      Its the Kubota L2501. Basically the smallest compact tractor that Kubota makes, but there isn't a tractor company that can beat its size/price.

    • @melvinjackson68
      @melvinjackson68 10 місяців тому +1

      @BetterTogetherLife OK thank you I have 7 acres also and I'm shopping around for one

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  10 місяців тому

      Nice!!! It’s equally a little too big for my property and yet too small for some of the tasks I want to accomplish.
      Which means, it’s probably the perfect size for us! 🤣🤣

  • @natchathananguanchairak2711
    @natchathananguanchairak2711 11 місяців тому

    I ❤ it

  • @golamrabbany6646
    @golamrabbany6646 4 місяці тому +1

    Hi ,
    I am MD Golam Rabbany from Bangladesh. I am so much interested about farming and regenerated agriculture.
    I alsow wanted to migrait with my family to Europe or any other peace loveing and well democratic country.
    Can you tell me about land cost for 1acar in USA.
    With best regards,
    You're loving fan.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  4 місяці тому +1

      The US land prices vary massively across the nation. Even across states. Smaller acreage is typically more expensive per acre in our state than the per acre price for a larger plot of land. In our county, land under 20 acres is currently being sold at 31,000 per acre !

  • @LBRS2nd
    @LBRS2nd 11 місяців тому +1

    Order is one of the transcendentals leading to its source, the divine Logos - Christ, the "King of the kings." ❤

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому

      I like that!

    • @LBRS2nd
      @LBRS2nd 11 місяців тому

      @BetterTogetherLife
      Transcendentals are perceived and applied, from the lesser to the greater by all creatures made in God's likeness and image. We even know and use them (sadly) to reject God. They nudge us to a relational awareness so-as-to live out our lives according to God's prescribed order.
      - Beauty
      - Goodness
      - Order
      - Truth
      Thanks for doing the videos that I see from both a metaphysicl and practical perspective in doing the above. ❤️

  • @answatkins4677
    @answatkins4677 11 місяців тому

    The turtles will eat your fish 🐟 Blessings

  • @kevin.graham.andreisupport1926
    @kevin.graham.andreisupport1926 11 місяців тому

    That is a lot of lattes.

  • @TXDHC
    @TXDHC 11 місяців тому +2

    Did y’all get the Noah’s flood last week like we got in ET? Last yrs drought was resolved in 1 week. Welcome to Texas; Feast or Famine,All or Nothing!

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому

      We did get A LOT!!!!!
      How did yall fair with all of the rain? Everyone ok?

  • @MaxVenous
    @MaxVenous 4 місяці тому

    0:34 Bro wants to get cooked into beef to early, i guess

  • @Revelation22-13
    @Revelation22-13 11 місяців тому

    Isaiah 65:24-25
    King James Version
    24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
    25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. Gods blessings over you .

  • @SadamHussain-cr9yl
    @SadamHussain-cr9yl 11 місяців тому +1

    First view

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому

      Haha, I always love when someone tells us about the first view!!! Thanks!

  • @dart336
    @dart336 11 місяців тому +1

    "This year of the Lord" you sound old timey and incorrect. Jesus is not a Georgorian or Justinian. He doesn't follow your calendar.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +2

      Who cares?

    • @dart336
      @dart336 11 місяців тому +1

      @@BetterTogetherLife not you apparently. There are many phrases and euphemisms we grew up with that we take for granted and don't look into. This one not so much these days, fell out of favor. Maybe one day you'll remember this. After all, you just did your year in perspective. Perhaps your perspective of what time is might change. We have been told it's the 2020s, but on Jesus' calendar we're somewhere in the 5780s.

    • @BetterTogetherLife
      @BetterTogetherLife  11 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for the input. 👍🏻

    • @HingleMcKringleberry128
      @HingleMcKringleberry128 11 місяців тому

      Why be rude?

    • @dart336
      @dart336 11 місяців тому +2

      @@HingleMcKringleberry128 in this complete arbitrary year, why keep accrediting to Jesus what is not Jesus'? People in the Church are waking up and reevaluating what we have been taught. Render unto Caeser and such. I felt lead to tell the truth, you view it as rude.

  • @pizzapuffankles
    @pizzapuffankles 10 місяців тому

    Can’t wait to start mine :) thanks for the awesome videos