Blessed with an Abundance of Poop!
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- We are getting one step closer to moving all of our homesteading activities to our new property. Today we break ground on our new garden area.
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No one ever warned me about the change in mind set when I started a homestead. I don’t see a chore of cleaning poop. I see beautiful poop to put on my compost pile that will make my plant grow like crazy. I no longer see weeds but rabbit food and they can not grow fast enough. My kids help me clean up and when we are done I look back at my pile of compost and say “isn’t it beautiful how everything works together”.
So true! Isn't is amazing how chicken turn larvae and bugs into eggs?Amazing! Ingenious design!
Yes, it’s beautiful how God has provided everything that is needed to sustain us… if we would do our part to properly care for what He has provided for us… and do it with the right attitude.
I LOVE YOUR COMMENT! I don’t have livestock, but I enjoy seeing and hearing about how others are taking advantage of the beautiful blessings that are provided for us.
I’m sure that you are aware that there’s a rock hound attachment for a skid steer that could probably be rented for a day or two. It sifts the soil and picks up all the rocks - even the ones that you probably can’t see immediately below the surface. It’s a good way to begin the garden.
Exactly what I was thinking while watching, we've use one for years prepping for new lawn installation when we owned a landscape operation. The attachment not only picks up rocks but also leaves a beautiful seed bed. Wishing you and your family a very Blessed and Merry Christmas!
Rather than put linoleum on the floor, consider adding an angled tray between the bottom of the cage and the floor to catch the droppings. That way you don't have to bend over to clean up. You can even include a 'spout' at the center of the tray so you can scrape the droppings directly into your cart.
Yep yep yep!! So much easier gathering that precious poop. Lol!
That sounds like a good idea they may consider
Love watching n learning..... Best wishes...
I need to look into doing that.
We had a set up many years ago just like you are talking about. It worked great.
Still picking rocks at 60 for my 89 year old dad’s alfalfa field 😍. He tilled it last year and we replanted all with his restored antique ford tractors. Precious memories. He’s been eyeing the neighbor’s sheep manure pile and the sheep sh!t jokes keep us in stitches. Love that you are sharing your journey. It brightens my day. Merry Christmas. 🎄🎁
Attach a wooden pallet to the back of the tractor and drag it along to help get most of the rocks. It won’t get all of them but it will most. It will either pop the rocks up on the wood or drag them into a pile for easy picking up. Also, don’t forget to till the first snow into the soil. It has nutrients in it to help fertilize the soil.
The ground here in most of southern missouri is extremely rocky, there is no way to get them all, you can pick up the surface rocks but they will soon be back, you can't dig here without a rock in every scoop
Harley Rake works best but they'd have to rent one or buy but they aren't cheap.
We alway joke, that we were raising rocks. We picked them up twice a year. In Montana they are granite, and even the smalls were very heavy.
@@aardeng it’s the same in Kentucky. Every time we’d till we’d get a new crop of rocks.
@@reneeallen3569 my family is from Harlan ky, I'm familiar, my grannies soil was much better quality then ive found here on my properties in southern missouri and northern arkansas, I would trade in a heartbeat. My soil without amendments is atrocious, just red clay and rocks
When we moved here to Missouri from Wisconsin, we quickly learned what happens when picking rocks: For every rock you pick - 10 more will appear! The frost will push them up to the top surface. We've been here for over 33 yrs. and are still "Picking"!
Wow
Same at my bid homestead of 44 years. ugh.....
I talked myself out of homesteading when every bug would attack me everytime I go outside. Your information about how new rocks appear every year is just stunning to me. Thanks for sharing.
This reminds me of my childhood. Every summer I would walk my grandpa’s fields with him and pick up rocks. I would get a penny for every rock I picked up. I swear the rocks grew as good as his grain. Every year there were tons of new ones to collect.
When I was a kid most of my friends and I would work for local farmers. One of my main sources of income was earned "pickin rocks" we would do 30 acres a day until the whole tillable acres were done! I suggest finding 5-7 high school boys that need a job for a day and get that job done in a hurry. If that is an option for you!
Such a good sharing of basic text of home steading...
Both of you a powerful teachers of a simple life of hard work and values. Great job
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I would be careful around the dust during the manure clean outs. I know it seems minimal-but exposure over long term will add up. Maybe consider wearing a mask during clean out. Love watching your videos-
I was wondering about that, too.
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I wondered about that!!
It's absolutely hilarious how much I appreciate and enjoy these videos and the ideas I can implement in my tiny tiny suburban lot. I currently have only 9 starter quail that are 6 weeks old and I've been tossing their bedding! 😲 I need to get it over to the fence line where my beds are going next spring! 🌱 My 9 year old self who wanted a Miata and a Hummer would be the one laughing now. 😂 And yes I'm digging that bag out of the trash tonight. 😝 ✌
Is quail poop “Hot.”
@@elainekomara8555 Yes. It needs to be composted over several weeks.
Although inconvenient, rocks contain minerals. So happy to see you leave the small ones.
It would be a good idea to mix some of your rabbit manure with your quail manure. You’ll be able to see better where you’ve spread it.
Alternate rows !
Greenhouse looks awesome guys! I can't wait to get one on my farm!
You will love it! Merry Christmas!
Yes! Stoney, you need a greenhouse.
Will be watching that video. Stay safe up there and keep on growing 🤠
At 14.30 about seen a single chook running down the chook run. Looked so funny 👍🥰
Merry Christmas to you my friends
@@odonnellsaussiehomestead8257, I saw that too! I had to rewind it and watch it again. So cute.
Cow or horse manure really amends your garden well. The year we got horse manure it was the best garden we ever had!
I have a large stable 5 minutes away where I can get all the horse stall cleanout I want. It has definitely been a benefit for the garden and is great to mix into the compost bins.
I used to remove rocks from my friends' organic garden in upstate New York. They had a Reacher Grabber Tool so I could stand upright. Really saved my back. And it was therapeutic. But the more rocks I removed, the more rocks magically appeared.
Something like the nut pickup tool might work, too. Rocks slide between the springy wires. I have more issues getting up and down, so I would just crawl along. Or use a garden rake to rake the bigger ones up first, before bending over to pick up.
@@lynnbetts4332 Yes, I do the crawl thing too. At my age it's just easier
to stay down than get up and down. 😊 Good news bad news was when
crawling it seemed my knees found more rocks than I did visually. OW.
I got a pair of knee pads like tile setter's wear. Problem solved.
I have a wonderful mental picture of differing Gabion walls surrounding an outdoor kitchen / BBQ area. My biggest drawback here in South Central Kansas is NO rocks. One person's headache is another person's dream.
I love gabions too. I thought the very same thing. You can make great planters with them. I planted a Japanese Maple in one, and it was beautiful!
Good morning from Chandler Az
Good morning from New Jersey.
What a blessing to be able to do garden prep in the winter! We got about 7 inches of snow yesterday again 😆
Yes, our winters are pretty mild...especially this year so far. We are supposed to hit 70 tomorrow! Merry Christmas!
@@LivingTraditionsHomestead Merry Christmas to you all 🎄🎁❤
Morning Kevin and Sarah. Pray the new garden does great for you. Wonder what you decide to do with all those rocks. Lol. You will do something I know. God Bless you all and Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄💥🎁🎁🙏🙏🙏
Can you share with me where you purchased your rabbit cages? Planning on watching your rabbit series and raising them soon. Thank you!
Rocks, rocks, and more rocks! That is one thing that abounds here in SW MO. I admire your determination to pick them up. Of course, you know, next year there will be a new crop of them to be picked up! You will certainly grow in your appreciation of those who went before you on that old garden spot.
I have certainly gathered tons of them on my place over the years. We have a huge rock pile in one back corner of our place. The plan was to build a building with them. At 71 years old, I might not get that done.
God bless you and all who gather in your home this Christmas season!
Michigan here..Good Morning
Thanks for bringing us along today! Im sure you are aware that once you have more rabbit poo than you need there are people out here who will buy it. Package it up dry and list it and see!
Merry Christmas, Sarah, Kevin and the girls. May God continue to bless you with good health, a lovely garden and happy animals.
Wonder if you are related to me?? I am Melaney Mattson
Ahh the joy of picking rocks. We did that as kids on the 29acres of future pasture area at my parents house. Each person had a 5g bucket and my dad followed us with his truck. I swear we collected rocks forever. That pile of rocks is still there.
Good morning from the Adirondack mountains of upstate NY!
What a poopy day y’all had! Lol!
I can’t wait for more videos about the rabbits. I want to learn all I can about them since I have a couple, thanks to Bub at Getting Started on Homesteading.
I sure do appreciate you both for sharing your wisdom!!
I admire and respect your marriage and the way you two work together. I been watching the content for quit awhile now and it is motivating as well as educational. When I am blessed with land to homestead on I know i will be coming back to your channel for a start point. Stay Blessed
Good morning from Georgia. Thumbs up! I agree too with hand watering plants and rubber bowls for animals. Really looking forward to the success of your garden. The soil will be fantastic with how well you guys are preparing it. 🙏
Nice how the natural world all works together! Such harmony on your homestead farm -- it's wonderful!👍
I like her smile... always happy.
Excited to see the new garden spot grow. Be careful now that the chickens and ducks are out in a more open area for eagles and hawks.❤🙏Happy Holidays.
In my mother's childhood, (circa 1920s, Bitter Root Valley, Montana) she was one of many children who 'picked' rocks loading them onto a rock sled, pulled by the farm horse.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. God Bless
each year we pick out rocks after tilling. finally started using those grabbers so we don’t have to bend over so much.
Merry Christmas from Estonia! We had - 10 F (-23 C) abt 2 weeks ago 🙂
Hello from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Great 👍 job!!! I’m watching always your videos. Hard working people. I have a small garden and chickens 🐓. I love spending lots of time there. I’m 46 years here. Originally I came from Greece and I grow up in a farmhouse. Keep up the good work!!!! God bless your family. ❤️🇦🇺
Memories, 50+ years ago, picking up rocks on the farm. Loading a farm wagon pulled behind a tractor. All of us, 9 kids.
What a wonderful memory. I am one of 7 and my best memories is are when we helped dad outside. 🥀🌼🥀
My parents bought 17 acres of unimproved land when I was 12. Between my parents and us 3 girls, we cleared 5 acres BY HAND of trees, rocks, limbs, and everything else. Talk about work... And then Daddy and I built a fence across the front of that 5 acres by cutting down 6 inch or so diameter pine trees and cutting posts and tops. Some of my favorite memories are working side by side with him.
Your quail coop gave me a idea!!! So make a angled from the back to the front and then keep a wheel barrel at the front slop so then instead of bending over you can just pull it all down into the wheel barrel.
And we built long PVC RABBIT tractors for our Flemish giants that cover our garden rows the cage is 5'x3'. And we leave them out in the garden over the rows an just slowly move the tractors down ever week. loved our idea to build the tractor just big enough to cover the rows we will be moving our quails to this set up idea too so we don't have to do any shoveling of poop in the fall. HOPE THIS GIVEA YOU A IDEA.
Suggestion : I would probably have a 5 gal bucket to put the rocks in & take them to the wagon.
To help curb freezing rabbit and poultry waterers, try throwing in a plastic bottle with salt water in it. The salt water freezes lower and unless you’re in the teens, it will bob around and help keep the water in motion. We did that on our ranch this past February when the ice storms hit Texas and it kept the water drinkable more frequently for our livestock.
Thank you for the update videos I appreciate all of them
Self sustaining fertilizer is a must. The Quail & Rabbit look really healthy and happy.
Just before ya’ll walked us over to your new garden, I was thinking of typing in the question “so, show us where you’re planning to grow your garden”… LOL
Thank you Kevin & Sarah. God Bless you all in Love. ( shared to f/b )
Doing real good guys, for some reason I always enjoyed spreading the manure, it feels accomplished. 👍👍💚🌱🌱🌱
Morning! Hello from South Carolina.
Great stuff! I am closing on 6 acres of Texas County, MO woods in mid January 2022. Will be my off grid homestead by end of July (Lord willing). I plan to build a fence- moat similar to where you have your chickens. Just a great idea1👍🐔. Took a long time to find a property but should be worth the wait. Merry Christmas!!!
I dont even know you but I hope all your homestead dreams come true.
I am glad you were able to find land out there. It gets snatched up so fast!
Great set up for your quail and rabbits. So excited for you all on the farm. I can hear the ducks in the background.
K & S Hey there. I was in plumbing store today. I walk past the Drain Pans-These go under inside A/C units in the house. The ones I looked at were 30X60. Some metal or plastic-looks like to me they could go under home built rabbit or quail cages. Look like may be it is worth checking into. Drain Pans come in a lot of sizes. Have a great day, Kiddos. I love you. Dewayne Willis
Kevin you're so handy maybe you could put a wooden rail on the side of wooden quail cage and get some trays for it too, for easy clean up.
That black and white rooster has some HUGH spurs!
I loved how you put the chickens to work to till and spread everything out nicely! It's the one thing I really appreciate about my flock going into spread the compost ... Great video!! Thanks for sharing!
Cow and horse manure is the best to start to amend your garden. The year we had horse manure spread over our garden it was the best garden of all time.
It's good that have the manure for the garden. By spring you should be in good shape with it all being covered. I've said this before, but I think it's beautiful the way you work so well together. Merry Christmas to you both and to those you carry in your hearts❤
God Bless Your Family 👪 🙏 ❤️ ♥️ 💙
I’ve been using the rabbit poop mixed with pine shavings for years to build beds. We have 3 rabbits and clean the cage every 3 days. Over winter I just keep dumping the cage over various beds rotating and they break down GREAT over winter, even on top of onions and garlic. In the spring/summer when I’m growing vegetables I dump it around my flower beds, bushes and trees. The chickens make good manure, along with the goats and pig, but we use that to build up their outdoor fenced pen areas since the ground seems to wash away over time when there’s flooding due to major storms. Pumpkins grow great in those pens too!
If you have a riding lawn mower that you can put a trailer hitch on, there is a manure spreader that you can hook to it and transport your collection and spread it where you want. My husband and I used ours on three acres to spread horse manure and it worked really good.
Might look at doing a passive geothermal system for the greenhouse. Might keep it from getting freezing at nights and really extend the growing season.
Ooh, that would be rad. How far down would it be? Can you do that kind of thing by hand, or is it a bigger deal than that?
@@lisakukla459 that is going to depend on location. Have to get below the frost line. So up north you may have to go 8-10 ft. Might be a daunting task to dig by hand. Where as in Texas you might get away with a couple of feet. The key is to get to the even ground temps. The ones that don’t change much. If at up correctly it can become a thermal battery also. Store heat during the day and passively give it off at night. There are lots of you tube videos on it.
@@hackdlc Gotcha. I'm near Tulsa, where our frost line is at 20". That'd be totally doable by hand, especially on a new build before the slab goes down. Very encouraging!!
This was a beautiful inspiration! I so appreciate your orderly approach. It gives me hope for my own gardening future.
We put up a huge above ground pool in our yard. And as we started trying to level the ground we found rock and brick from when the house was built.... dumped and buried. My husband had a heavy iron bar that he hooked to the back of our lawnmower and as he did donuts in the area I would follow behind and pick up rocks and toss in wheel barrow
The best way to till up ground, fertilize and get rocks moved is fencing off the area and put hogs in there. The also will eat all the previous plant life. Grow your tomatoes and lettuce in the same place you grew your bacon for the best BLTs. 😊
Same with chickens, guys. Prolific poppers. I mix it with leaves which is giving me extra benefits of much lovely compost.
I enjoy your videos. I know the living conditions of your meat animals are a heck of alot better then factory "farmed" animals but I couldn't fathom having so many animals in such a small space (quail and rabbits) I can appreciate being able to grow your own food and wish you lots of success.
Love those quail cages. Can't wait to see the new garden when it's planted. Yiu and your family have a great Christmas. Stay safe up there and keep on growing 🤠.
Thanks for all your videos. It's literally changed my 45 year marriage for the better. We love your harmony in working together.
Merry Christmas and God Bless.
Your Rabbit manure is really good for plants as it doesn't burn anything.
I've never used quail manure but I have used rabbit manure and it is great. It's ready today. no waiting.
I lived in Diamond Mo In 80s & early 90s. I HAD to get a rock rake for the tractor to keep up with the rocks. They keep growing every time I tilled.
Hi, you both are so helpful
As soon as I realised that youbare teaching how to keep quail, I quickly checked to be sure I am subscribed! Happily I am!
Kevin maybe you could use a dedicated shop vac to make collecting the quail manure less time consuming.
Good for you both!! I couldn't imagine picking up all of those rocks by hand 😯 It's too bad there wasn't a tractor implement that you could hook up and it would get those pesky rocks right out for you. This was a great video! Thank you so much for sharing ❤️ Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy New Year to you all
God bless
Corpus Christi TX
As I have always said, working smarter rather than harder is fine, but sometimes there is NO substitute for hard work! You GO guys!
You could rent a sifter bucket for your tractor or bobcat that sifts the soil as you drive around and has a hopper to collect the rocks . Then you drive to an area you want your pile and dump them out …
I'm not sure where you're dumping your rocks after you pick them up, but I have a suggestion. We use big 5 gallon buckets to carry around and fill with the rocks until they're too heavy to carry, then we dump the buckets into the tractor loader bucket that's placed in the area of where we are picking up. Then you only have to handle the rocks once.
Pesky rocks... There is a machine that gathers rocks from soil. They use them to clean tourist beaches too. Picks up everything from paper waste to broken glass. Maybe hire one for a day? Also, it may take a few years to get the paddock in to full productivity but it'll be worth it.
All the best for Christmas you two. Love ya's.
Rabbit droppings are great for side dressing your veggies all growing season!
Baby bunnies are sooo cute!
I enjoy your videos SO much! Watching you work together in harmony, always finding a new tidbit of knowledge or tip to make things easier. Excellent content! Beautiful family!
After we built our house in MO I spent the first Memorial Day raking rocks so we could put grass seed. Home builders skip the fescue because it has no roots, perennial rye has roots that spread and keep your land from moving with the rain
Good Morning. A little late commenting. We are now moved to Missouri and are unpacking! God bless you guys!!
The baby rabbits are so cute. 💕🤗 Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and your family…blessings🙏🏻❤️
And the taste good ! mmm...
That is the circle of life .... you are sooo fortunate to have so many different sources of manure. You didn't even mention your cows and cattle (if you collect their manure - I would). Of course leaving it in the field helps with grass regeneration too. It's all a win-win-win-win situation. Take care & Merry Christmas to you guys.🌲☃🎅🥛🍪
Keep your eyes peeled for arrowheads when you work in the new garden!
lol First time I noticed the 'Chicken Run' really works 14:33 that Chicken is a Cheetah! Farm looks wonderful-
Great cages and so easy to clean and then use the manure
My grandfather always used chicken manure on his onion bed. He grew some strong-tasting Bermuda onions nearly as big as a saucer. The abundance of tears was worth it when you sliced his onions. Mild sweet onions do not impress me.
I live in Southwest Missouri and I and still picking up rocks from my garden spot. It seems like I am growing rocks every time it rains. There is a lot of rocks in these Missouri hills. Good luck in spring planting and Merry Christmas to your family.
Being from Vermont the best crop on any new ground was rocks! A neighbor used an old single row potato digger with a stone boat in tow behind it.
Talking about rabbit manure reminds me of OAG and his rabbit poop soup.
Merry Christmas up there OAG!
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Good morning! And a Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Just found your channel and I really enjoy watching your videos! If I were younger and in better health my wife and I would try to homestead on a smaller scale. We live in the Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina and land goes for a premium on this area but we have discussed getting a very small piece of land and getting out of town. Keep up the great work. It's so nice to see a married couple working together and so happy. Maranatha...
I like your set up. I received my instruction from the regional champion breeder/show woman in Arizona (back when I worked at ASU in the life science building in 1977 or 1978). I like your cages. We used Limeaway to clean the urine buildup off the metal.
Another great video, as usual. I wouldn't have minded seeing some of the tilling that went on before the rock gathering! Can't wait to see next year's garden go in. I hope you show the whole set up ... fencing, weed cloth etc. Us newbies learn a lot from you guys! Have a very Merry Christmas with your family.
If you are near a cotton gin, you might explore using cotton seed hulls as a soil amendment/mulch for your garden. It is almost as cheap as free manure and it is an excellent source of slow release nitrogen and other nutrients.
Also, when tilled in, it does a really good job of loosening heavy clay soil and leaving it much more hospitable to under ground vegetables and roots.
Happy to hear y'all are getting settled in the new place hope to see your videos for years ta come bless you both have a great day
Glad to see you already manage to grow something abundantly in your new garden even if it is just rock ..