It's Time for The Rabbits to Go!
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- We are making some changes to the rabbits on the homestead by giving away part of our herd. There are also ALOT of new things happening. Let's take a walk around and see how things are going.
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I'm so envious of you both. You managed to escape corporate America and live such a beautiful and wholesome life off the land. I love seeing each of your new successes.
Thank u so much FOR letting me watch your Life. I might be able to do a small area ,there is just something about growing something you can eat . I have grown tomatoes,bell peppers onions. Qqin a few buckets snd the happiness
I felt watching them grow and then eating was such an amazing feeling and store bought is just not the same. Thanks again fot taking me along . God Bless your family Gayle
Looks like wild cherry to me
God bless
Sarah let me assure you that all Missouri rocks and stones come from New England stock, which is a very prolific grower. Every spring New England farmers harvest a bumper crop of rocks of 100's if not 1000's of tons. Look up New England stone walls, the colonial farmers were very creative as to what to do with them
I emailed this recipe to Kevin and Sarah but thought I'd put it in the comments in case any of you were interested in making it :) It's a recipe for Rhubarb Punch that's been in the family for decades. It's quite refreshing. Rhubarb Punch (recipe from 1973)
7-8 cups of rhubarb plus 3 cups of water/ simmer till tender/strain and chill
add: 12 oz can of frozen pink lemonade
12 oz can of water
1/2 cup of sugar (or to taste)
add large bottle of ginger ale just before serving
If making individual servings mix 1 part juice to 2 parts ginger ale.
Enjoy!!!
My husband just looked up the plum tree on internet...that’s the tree y’all have...leaves and blossoms matched. We had some and made delicious plum jam.
I believe you are correct. I live in East Texas and have that same looking tree. It wasn't producing plums so I trimmed it up and the next year it started producing plums. Love it.
You guys are our morning program routine for our family. Every time someone asks what shows my kids watch, y'all are at the top of the list. My kids love building things and learning about all the animals!
I love the way you guys live life.....
This is truly living!
God Bless you guys.
I only Wish i could get off the grid
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wanted to let you know that when you are making you're jelly, you can strain your juice and store them in the freezer and ice cream buckets. Then make your jelly in the winter time when you need the heat in the kitchen. It really works well that way. You really have a beautiful farmstead. I love to see people enjoy and thrive in thanksgiving in the Lord's gifts. Blessings and protection upon you guys.
So true about the rocks. When I was growing up, we had a garden and we had to remove each year's crop of them. Either more grew or the ones we had removed found their way back in. LOL 😂
Lol rocks are filled with minerals and you took out the minerals out of your garden
Sam Nikole yes but the plants won’t even be able to access those nutrients. And often rocks hinder the grow rate of the plants . That’s why they are removed
Laurie McLean we grow rocks way better than anything else.
They were removed to aid not damaging discs, machinery, ect
When it gets really hot you can freeze water in one gallon milk container and place it in their cage. They will lay next to it. Cools them off. FYI. My mom and I yesterday were looking at Dads sunset. She asked me if I still had her seeds. 😐I guess I have to buy more next year.
That tree appears to be a wild cherry. I have probably close to a hundred or so here on my Virginia farm that are in bloom now and yes, the bees absolutely love them! 🐝
Do they get any fruit on them?
Julie Mofle - yes, but here in Virginia, the cherries are very small. They are edible, but usually bitter. The pits contain cyanide, which is very toxic to humans.
@@juanitahaleyfrizzell2191 Wild cherry wine maybe? Made with plenty of sugar to supress the bitterness. I actually don't drink ...but I am old so may one day! 😂 The Bible says I can! 🤣 If they make Wild Cherry Wine, I would be honored to try it.
Definitely some sort of smaller fruit, cherry seems appropriate. On a guess.💗👏👏
That wood burns well - hot too. Sometimes the wild ones pop up and get spindly and brushy and not nice big thick trunk and limbs for all night burners. We get wild cherry trees in East Texas but they don’t grow well.
Hi Sarah. 3 of my ND does gave birth over the weekend. I ended up with 6 doelings and 2 bucklings. The mom rejected one of the bucklings and even though I started bottle feeding, he died. But the remaining 7 kids are doing great, even the little doeling that weighed in at 1.6 pounds. She is absolutely adorable. Just thought I’d share with you
I am so excited to add your rabbits to my rabbitry! Thank you so much for reaching out to me when you decided you weren’t going to keep them.
I loved when Sarah said “all rocks are from Missouri. They are grown here.” So funny and so true. 😂😂😂
My Grandma from MO once tried to convince us we shouldn't use her car because the state had run short on rocks for the asphalt and had to use crushed glass, which made the road too slippery when it rained. I said "Grandma, there's two things MO will NEVER run out of. Rocks and cow pies!"
Good morning! Thank you for sharing all the updates. So glad to see how well things are going. Have a great day. God bless!
Maybe add another bowl to the chicken yard, so they all get a chance to eat. I love how kind you and Sarah are to all the animals.
Congratulations on your Echinaceas! I noticed your Violets are doing great too! You are going to have an awesome medicinal/herb garden. Those Echinaceas and Violets will look amazing in your garden. I can't wait to see.
Oh I did laugh!! Our field grows an abundance of rocks too!! Hence why I went for raised beds for my veggie garden instead of a broken back 😂. I just love your videos and that greenhouse... WOW! Everything looks so incredibly healthy. Have a great weekend guys x
A very busy time of year...only going to get busier. When I visited my Uncle and Aunt, who had a beef cattle farm, the most fun of the day was feeding. They had chickens and raised hogs along with the cattle. My aunt had a huge garden. She canned or froze everything. Her claim to fame was pickling. Pickled peaches, pears, apples, 14 day lime, dill, watermelon rind. Grape..red and concord jelly, Apple, white grape. Strawberry preserves, blackberry, raspberry, bosenberry, plum, cherry, and Samson preserves. Plus canning tomatoes, lima beans, black eyed peas, green peas, snap beans, corn, yellow and zucchini squash, butternut squash,. Canned sausage balls, homemade sausage, bacon, hams, and she processed a whole grain fed steer for beef. Plus about 50 chickens a year. They would grind up some cornmeal, as they grew corn for the hogs. They only had to buy a few things from the grocery.
They rarely got sick...seldom a cold. They heated with wood. The home they built in 1948 was 2 story, huge kitchen, and 4 bedrooms. I expect it was near 3000 square feet. She loved doing it all. They sold the farm when my Uncle was about 75 and enjoyed the rest afterwards. Still a big garden...always. They're gone now, but fond memories fill my heart. I spent lots of time there up into my early thirties. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
All the plants and animals look great, fit for showing off...lol...!!! You guys are simply amazing.
Loved seeing all the animals coming out this morning to eat and get milked. Loved seeing the growth of the plants, especially the echinacea WOW!. I didn't realize you guys actually GROW rocks in Missouri, 😁😉. Of I also got a chuckle out of Kevin's shirt. Much love and God Bless!
Love this video. It really shows a sampling of all the different things we do on a daily basis on a homestead.
I really enjoyed this video for all the little updates on things. So inspiring, I would just love to build a little greenhouse to start my plants.
Thank you for the update I felt like it's been so long! So excited to see everything growing. God bless 🙏❤️🤗
The ducks are a riot.
G'day guys thanks for all the great up date's, love all your videos they are very inspiring can't wait to get started on my farm going out there tomorrow. God bless you guy's.
Good morning. Thanks for all of the updates. That Echinacea Wow! Awesome! Y’all have a great weekend. God bless ❤️
The automatic chicken door opener set me free!
Have you had any issues with the automatic door crushing your chickens? I really want one but I’m so afraid of killing my silly birds!
Nothing like walking an hear a hum of bees so amazing.
It all looks wonderful. Hard work but worth it! Thanks for the updates. Looking forward to following your bee adventure. 👍😊🐝
Congrats on the plants great job! Love your foraging info as well! We watch all your videos! Can’t wait to see them! Thank you Ttys Nancy
I think you are right about the wild cherry tree after I searched pictures. That would be awesome, I didnt know they even grew wild. What an amazing place you have. My little yard has alot of wild edibles but wow you guys have so much. God bless!
Enjoyed the video as always...farm life...it has it's challenges, but the payoff is much better! Good for the Body and Soul! We got too excited and were just sure that there would be no more frost...we planted all our cucumber, bell pepper and tomato plants, including the tall seedlings I planted out in our raised beds...then come the horrendous winds! Hubby moved his big truck, little truck and tractor in a v shape to keep the winds from shearing the tops off the plants...then we went from 90 down to 41 last night and next couple nites will be low 40's again and some next week...we jumped the gun by being so excited...hubby build hoops over top the raised beds with pvc and we struggled to get plastic over top in the winds and secure...it was a challenge and would have been good on America's Funniest Home Videos...but...we got it done...but will get warm, so off and then back on again...whew....had to re-breed our one doe that didn't take last time...hoping for some kits by 4/28 (at earliest)...our 8 broiler chicks will be ready for freezer camp on 29'th...we have a broody hen that has been sitting on 10 eggs in the coop...will see... our fruit trees are all leaving out, only 1 plum flowered and we have some fruit buds there...you guys are such an inspiration and give so much information - thanks for all you guys do!
This is my favourite video. I just love to watch all the animals get breakfast and be milked. So calming . The ducks are a hoot!
Awesome day on the homestead! Love hearing how everything is going and looking forward to the progress this season! Blessings from NE Missouri!
Rocks grow bigtime in NY too! Lol! The goats seem to love you so much and they seem to love your hoodie too. So cute, I really Love goats!!!
The plants in the greenhouse look so good. I love ❤️ seeing things grow. Glad to know the bees made it cause they sure play a big part. Have a great day Kevin and Sarah. Thanks for the update on the rabbits. May want to look into a Silver Fox myself. God bless
Sarah and Kevin, I just love how thoughtful you are with regards to your animals and the way you treat them. You always seem to find ways to make their "creature comforts" a priority. Love your channel!!
Rocks grow in Missouri!! Well yes they do as a matter of fact.. I had to use dynamite to plant my fruit trees.
Really! Rock's grow!
How funny!
LOL
George Vangordon jr I'm from Minnesota up in the prairies around North Dakota the actual rocks are actually come up from the center of the earth they work their way up we've got boulders what you takes huge tractors to move these boulders out so in the prairies in Minnesota. all that area that Earth is always moving. So before planting the fields all to Minnesota Farmers are moving these boulders at work their way up after the frost.
My Grandpa back in the 50's in Kansas City, Missouri would tell his son (my father) only thing that grew in the south part of Missouri was rocks so your comment makes me laugh.
Morning from MN.... Great to see your videos alott of us are without power up here, so nice to the green, we pulled our chicks into house do to no power no heat for them outside kinda cold out there yet, lucky we have wood heat. God bless.
Your green house is looking great.
Guys, really excited about all the stuff going on, I can't wait to see all those pepper plants when they are grown. I also can't wait to see some cooking shows?
It looks like a wild plum tree.We have lots of them in Minnesota on our farm, The bees love them and they are very fragrant.
Another great t-shirt Kevin. I always learn so much from you folks. Thanks for all your hard work!
Good Morning! So nice to see all the green. For me, it is a joy to see what it’s like in Ava, my grandparents were born there. Your plants look great!
I made the mistake of not letting the crows eat with the animals. Turns out they were keeping the hawks away. Now I'm working my butt off trying to get them back. :-(
Neat, I'm glad to read this comment now. Don't have any outdoor animals of my own yet, but I've been trying to befriend my local crows just because, you know, they're corvids, brilliant minds and all. But if ever I do get my own flock/herd of critters, I'll be sure to include crows in my feeding patterns!
@@paintedwings74 - I never lost a chicken while they were "sharing" my animals food......mostly my livestock guardians food, also chicken feed. We moved the dog bowls to keep the crows out of it, plus we were worried they might destroy the garden, but they never did. It worked, but within a few weeks we lost every chicken we had. :( Took me awhile to figure out why. I should say we live on top of a mountain so the hawks are pretty bad here. Some of the crows and ravens are back, but not nearly as many as we used to have. I'm considering hanging cups of dog kibble on the fence. That's how desperate I am to let my birds free range again. LOL
I've seen crows chasing an eagle away from their territory. Also saw a crow eating a snake,he carried the snake to the roof across the street &killed & ate it.
fascinating. i think it's funny the way owls dive bomb eagles all night. the eagles just sitting there they don't hear a thing. then BLAM! a night run.
@@katieblackmarketmarvel i think most birds have a touch of demon in them. ravens black birds and corvids are especially known for it. cockatiels, are always nice guys. parakeets are basically pirates, but they get away with murder because so small and cute. but still pirates all of them.
I’ve grown the Dad’s Sunset tomatoes from BK. Really loved them-a super productive plant with good flavor.
LOL Love the ROCKS reference lol. True though ! lol So great update ! Love seeing everything spring to life. Its so nice. thank you so much for sharing everything with us. Greatly appreciated ! Cant wait to start seeing the recipes with the garden veggies and fruits etc. :)
God bless and Keep on Growing ! :)
Stand back here come the chickens! Yow what a herd of turtles. The goats love you sarah and your hoodie, watch out for the braid. Fun on the farm. Ya'll really got it goin on.
WALK IN WISDOM :
Enjoying the video as always. Have a lovely day and God bless you always!
I thought those goats were going to chew your clothes off lol cute babies. See ya all tomorrow have a blessed day
"Rocks are from Missouri. They're ALL grown here." .... I had to play that part twice and then I died laughing
Good Morning! Loved the tour and like you so ready for spring!!
I think I liked this video more than others because all the animals were so happy to see them.
I hope you enjoy the Bee's. I got a hive last year in April and in October I extracted 12 pints of honey. It is so much better than store bought honey.
I grew up on a farm, and my husband and I used to do most of the things you are doing now when we were raising our family. We live in town now that we are older, but we will have a small garden this year and can what we get from it. I really enjoy your videos! Thank you so much for sharing your lives with us.
All the plants are looking great! Going to be a great year for your peppers Sarah!
I can’t wait!
Hi ! @6:40 Looks like a lot like my wild plum tree. It's the right season. Mine blossomed in France and its done now. Cherry petals have two small tips, plum only one. Your tree clearly has only one tip at the end of petals, so it's a plum tree !
Great tour, the place looks great. Thanks for sharing.
Crows are very intelligent I don't think they will forget.
Appreciate the tour of the homestead for updates on plants and animals.
I enjoy your channel, lots of variety. Thanks. Patty in Seattle
Thanks for the update! With this storm that swept across the country, I won't be planting anything for a few weeks yet. We were green, but since Wednesday we've gotten over a foot of snow and our trees are snapping, along with power poles from the ice and winds. It's nice to see you're doing so well!
Love the shirt Kevin, we’ll all have to compare notes on the silver fox. Kevin got the poultry watering system set up.
HaHaHa, I used to live in central Missouri and I would say the ground rained rocks!!! I had my first raised beds in my garden there.
Loved the update on the bees! I'm interested in learning about them for use at my farm. The tree looks like a plum tree but take a sprig to your county agent and they can tell you. Love the videos!
Cant wait to see more on the silver fox. A friend of mine raised them in northern Alberta canada. She says there really winter hardy and can live outside in extreme cold with out loosing any weight. I'm hoping to get a trio or quad from her this year.
I love how you guys work together so well!
It literally took you 2 secs to move the tractor-I agree, why mess with wheels when it works great already 😉
That's awesome about the echinacea. I bought some Boking 14 Comfrey roots Off Etsy this winter and out of the 20 I purchased 18 are thriving in pots. You could perhaps sell your root cuttings on Etsy if you know what variety they are.
Very nice to see you working together . Thank you for the video.
With your rabbits, when you get those hides off, the best thing to do is ... throw them into the freezer until you have time for them, lol! Vegetable tan = less soft and flexible, but less work. Soap-tan = soft and flexible, possibly more expensive, bit more work involved. Try all the different advice you get, see which way works best for you.
I make my own tannic acid from oak bark, oak leaves, and the leachate off of our acorns when we're making acorn flour. Then I'll add salt to that, and let the hides soak outside when it's cold enough, 40-50 degrees. Then stake the hide out flat and put a layer of salt on, and then cover that in a layer of kitty-litter. The salt drives the liquiud out of the flesh because of osmosis, but if salt is all you use, you'll have to change it out a couple of times over because it'll get so wet. The kitty-litter keeps the salt from being soggy too soon, makes everything dry out much faster, keeps germs from getting in there. Once it's totally dried out, I like to use a sanding block to knock off the fascia and bits of muscle that stick to the fur. If I try to scrape it the traditional way, I always seem to end up ripping the skin, and rabbit isn't the thickest stuff to start with. Sanding it off gently does the trick. Once that's gone, the softening is another trick entirely; my hides generally become part of educational displays, so they don't have to be wearable-soft.
We are life long Minnesotans but one year we got to live just southeast of Ava, we absolutely loved it!
Crows are so smart. My grandfather used to shoot at the crows in his corn and the crows figured out to only fly in and eat the corn when his truck was gone. As soon as he left a whole all the crows would fly into the field and eat his corn.
Thanks for the tour. Have a blessed day.
Yesss! I'm so happy that you've found Silver Fox. They are absolutely my favorite breed. We have them here in our "apartment nanofarm."
Of Little and Light, can you tell me how you keep your rabbits with the apartment set-up? Do you have a patch of ground outside where you keep them? Can you get them onto natural grassy areas often? I call our place the Apartment Research Farm, with oyster mushrooms grown on coffee grounds, vermiculture compost, a carrion beetle cleaning bin for display skulls, a duckweed tank, a large seed-starting set-up, and a mossery inside the apartment, and a balcony garden and bird-feeding station out on the fire-escape Catio. But when it comes to growing furbearing animals, or meat animals, that's not really an option unless I were to get my hands on some edible snails.
Baby goat bleats make my heart melt. I have a Nubian doeling. I wish they could stay that tiny forever! She looks like a baby deer with her long spindly legs. 🤣💜
Thanks for the tour this morning. God Bless you
Crazy how birds and animals are so smart! Right?
I love everything y’all do it’s vary inspiring. And ideas for around our farm.
Enjoyed. Get some rest Sarah. Plants look fantastic and so do your trees. Exciting.
Always love your vids....I used the same weed barrier you have and so far it's working great...thanks. Although I love and have used many of your tips, the best one is the second hand veg t shirt.haha
The seeds for the rocks are in Colorado.....we have sand. The sand grains blow from here and fall in Kansas and Missouri...where they take root and thrive....lmbo
AHAHA XD
We have rex rabbit mix. 4h winner at fair and great meat rabbits and great for tanning beautiful coloring..we also do not breed over winter..just bred my rabbits and will breed as much as possible until fall harvest..thanks for the update..
Hi from New Zealand. It looks like a plum tree to me. Dogwood has a bigger flower I think.
Prescription for crows:
12 ga with # 7 1/2 shot.
You might think I'm nuts, but crows are really good eating.
Don't scough until you've tried it.
Bacon wrapped crow breast grilled is really good.
I like it better than dove.
Great video! Have a good weekend!💕
I love watching all the birds and animals come out of their houses . The ducks are my favorite. They are so comical. Take care and God bless .
I can't wait to begin our homestead. We are now living in a homestead, but it isn't ours. We are leaning a lot here, but I am learning incredible amounts from you guys. Keep up the good work. You inspire all of us. 😊
Thanks again for another great video. Now I can start my day.
I thought rocks were grown in AZ. Lol. I’m so excited for this time of year. Hoping to make it to Baker Creek in May so I can finally meet you. Love you guys a bunch! 🙌🏼
Actually rocks do really well in Idaho too!
I did what you said - looked over YT at all the info on Usnea and decided to try a tincture. We live under so many oaks that I can pick a bucket of usnea a day and never run out. I think it tastes a bit like celery when it is fresh picked. I noticed that it is soft and tasty when the branches first come down then within a week, the usnea gets a bit brittle. They must be getting something from the branch that looks dead before it falls since they don't last as long once fallen. I have mine in a closet and can't wait to try it next week when it should be ready. We all have head colds here and have for about a month - the longest this has ever happened but maybe not for long. Now I need to look into echinacea . I'm enjoying your channel so much! I remember watching Euell Gibbons (sp) 50 years ago on TV talking about the benefits of this or and in the Organic Gardening magazine.
I feel that this is a wild plum. It looks as though the flower is very white where as my cherry flowers have a pinkish tent.
Just from the video I'd agree with you that it's either a cherry or plum. It reminds me of hogplum we have here in FL. Thanks for the homestead update, I've been wondering about your buns, I said TAMUK Composites and love them. My garden is overrun with cross stripped cabbage works right now, so bad I've had to use organic insecticide 😭
Your greenhouse is amazingly beautiful!
That's a wild cherry tree, I have several around here. The greenhouse looks awesome. Princess seems just fine now, good to know.
Kevin, awesome shirt...I haven't seen that one yet, I love it!!
Love watching all your videos ver and over again. Always learn and relearn so much. Y’all are always interesting and fun
I'm so excited we recently got a trio of Silver Fox Rabbits and one of my ladies just had her first litter with us. We've never raised rabbits before so this is really exciting.
Thank you for a tour of your homestead and all the things you are working on. I am a new sub so I am glad I found you in early Spring so I could have the advantage of a whole growing season. I am definitely not a gardener but I am going to try my luck this year wit some raised beds (on legs) because I am too old to be down in the dirt. Thanks for sharing your morning. have a Blessed Day.
Everything and everyone looks great!
City boy from Missouri here but I truly enjoy watching y'alls videos, glad to see hard work paying off for you!
Please update us on what Steve said about the gr8 finds in the pig garden..as always Fabulous video...TFS enjoy your weekend🤗👍🏼