He even made sure his videos being caption! Once in a while missed. Mostly by UA-cam, short story is missing the features but Morgan had made his short story also captioned!! I love this guy and his wife, plus all of his animals. Such inspiring channel for me!
I am vegan, and I'm like, "Ew animal meat," 😅 but I freaking love his channel. He is exactly how farmers should be. He gives me hope to animal welfare and proper farming. I may not take part in the consumption, but at least these animals aren't tormented before death and have a compassionate person caring for them properly. I also own a lot of critters he does, too. Just they are "pets" on my property. I have learned so much about my farm fowl from him. I have so much respect for him as a farmer and caregiver of animals.
I think that your success is down to one major factor and that is you, Morgan Gold. Your business acumen, your thoughtful pursuit of your dream and most importantly your personality and ability to story tell. You have taken us along on your fascinating journey and have made us feel invested in your life and your success not to mention the lives of your animals. From the livestock guardian dogs to the weird chickens speaking for me I love them all. Thank you for the care you take in the every thing you do. Watching your videos is a joy
@@kathleendodds5309 You posted such a lovely comment about Morgan's videos! I so agree that his intelligence plus hard work is special. I thank him too for all he shares, including the little friends he takes care of. I just happened to post about the name before you posted about it.😊 (PS: you can edit your posted comments by clicking on the 3 dots next to it on the right)
Great advice, Morgan.. one of the reason your channel was such a hit was because,you have a great talent for telling a good story. Also your compassion and caring nature. Some of these Home stead channels take themselves to serious, while others try to make it a comedy. Some want to cry about everything and really need some metal help. You,on the other hand,mix it all together in a wonderful blend of your life! The honesty shows. Thank you Morgan for being real.God bless you.
I have stayed with this channel because Morgan is just a genuinely nice guy and nit at all afraid to show his mistakes and how he learns. This is the best homesteading channel I have found so far
@@marleneclough3173 - Gold Shaw Farm is one of my favorite channels. Another homestead channel I really like features a family with five children, The Hollar Homestead. Ben can design and make about any contraption he needs, and Meg is a marvel in the kitchen cooking and canning. They raise and butcher their meat - chicken, pork and now beef - in addition to maintaining a large-scale food garden and an orchard. Fy Nyth is a channel that I find to be exceptionally informative about anything to do with homesteading, including being off grid. Ariel had a tiny home in the woods on a mountain in Wyoming for 7-8 years parked on land she rented by doing seasonal work for the owners. She married about two years ago. The couple bought several acres of flat land that has allowed them to have animals (chickens, then ducks plus dogs and cats) and start an orchard, in addition to continuing a large garden. They are living in the tiny house (moved from the woods) until they are ready to build a small home. However, building a greenhouse will probably take precedence over the small house. Go to the Kris Harbour Natural Building channel if you want to watch a person who has designed and constructed buildings using different techniques (cob, earth bag, round lumber, mortise-and-tenon) that are practical, works of art and will last generations. Kris built his own wind turbine and hydroelectric power system, in addition to a solar system. In addition, Kris built a machinery to mill his own lumber. He is from England and has about 20 acres in Wales. Over time Kris has expanded his garden plus acquired chickens, geese and sheep.
"Wherever you go - there you are". Sometimes we forget that the only friend we 100% have from birth and to our final moments is ourselves. Things get easier if we treat ourselves like a dear friend - honest, understanding and caring. Good on you, Morgan, there's so much more to come, I'm wishing you all the best with it and looking forward to you sharing some of it with us😊
Your timing in starting this channel was great for both of us. You have helped me through the toughest part of my life - more than you can ever know! As far as I’m concerned even the things you think of as mistakes have been successes! ❤️
Ditto. 👩🦽🤞👩🦯👍🧘🏼♀️👌🦸♀️🙌 My bad patch began in Jan '18, and along came Morgan, right on time, to help me remain philosophical and encourage me to plot my way out of the abyss created by an emergent physical disability and the accompanying depression. Good on ya, Gold. Grateful!
Might be a cliche, but slow and steady wins the race! Working at a pace where you work hard yet enjoy the demands of a working farm! I'm always curious as to what the next video will bring! Thank you for sharing! Blessing to the Gold clan!
Morgan’s ability to tell a story, and to relate it to things beyond a duck and goose farm in Vermont, is a big part of his UA-cam success in my opinion. I’m not a homesteader never will be, but I love watching and listening to Morgan as he works through the challenges he faces.
One of the main reasons I continue to watch you is the love you show your animals and your 'ordinary guy' approach to the things you talk about. You don't know it all, and you never pretend to :)
Your thoughtfulness on you and the farm is such a blessing and helps me and others think about what happens in life. And what is most important. Thank you.
As someone in the military who's currently in a foreign country, your wholesome videos give me a little taste of home and motivation to keep doing my best, because look how far you have come!
I normally don't comment on the sponsor section of videos but Magic Spoon is fire. Been doing keto for like 8 years and all these new breads/cereals/etc really changed the game.
Morgan, I admire you and Allison so much. Your resilience and perseverance are notable. Your videos are educational as well as entertaining. Your humility and willingness to recognize mistakes AND being open enough to share your learning experiences with us. Your a good man Charlie Brown!
Abbys reaction to you chilling in her house was hilarious 😂 . I think you made her day when you did that. Thanks for putting this video out there and hopefully it helps people out that are planning to do the same thing in the future.
I don’t have a dream to start a farm or move to rural area or anything similar. But I enjoy watching your video/s to see stories about your dogs and cats, your wife and her gardening, even annoying experiences like bear hunters. Thank you for being not only smart but also sincere and kind. Good luck to all of you in Gold Shaw farm. 👍
A Gold Shaw Farm video to go with my morning tea? Really spoiling us all. Love it! Also I love your orchard, one of the main things I want to be able to do is grow an orchard whether I’m on 30 acres or 1/8th acre ❤
You might think it is Okay for Pablo to sample the product 12:31, but we all know what happened to a few other Pablos that sampled their addictive product and it got away from them.
I found this channel by accident, I think the hound hunting problems were the first ones I watched. I was intrigued by the whole story, as I’ve often considered going off the grid but I’m too old and my health is not good enough to do farm work anymore. It brings me a great deal of peace to watch someone achieve their goals the way Morgan does.
@ 9:50 To paraphrase what Norman said, a Spotify teacher once said; " It is Not that you Sell people " What You Want to Sell to them ! " It's that that " you Sell to them What " They " Want to Buy " !
The way that you reflect on your mistakes and improve them is really admirable. Quite frankly, I need to do that more. Thank you for inspiring me to improve myself, too!
Thank you so much for being open with your mental health journey. Too many people treat it like a taboo subject or like something that can be dealt with by just changing your attitude about life. Using your platform to remind people how important mental health is, and that there is help out there is one of the reason I love your channel so much. It takes courage to admit you need help, and even more to admit to others that you are getting help. So good on you and good luck on continuing journey. :)
❤ Thank you, Morgan, for creating a new moment of Zen with the Scottish Highlanders. I especially love Abby and Beatrix Potter playing and interacting with each other.
You have such a great personality. I really appreciate how good you are to your animals and how truthful you are with us about the positives and the negatives. 💖
Wow! Even better than the “moment of zen” with the weird chickens was for me today’s moments in the ungrazed pasture. Such beauty & peacefulness. Thank you Morgan.
I love this, and especially your last point. Everyone uses products from farms but many (if not most) of us city dwellers really have no idea how it works. Using social media to show how you're doing it is so helpful. Obviously most of the products in supermarkets do not come from operations like yours but it's great to see that it can work and that good folks are still making it work.
This vlog is a must-see for all those contemplating taking up the farming/homesteading life. I think that many go into it with stars in their eyes. Then they discover how much work it is, and how much money it takes, to get started and keep going through the self-inflicted mistakes and the natural disasters we have no control over. It is nice that there are more channels now that seem more honest about the realities of this lifestyle. And as far as social media goes, the channels that are most successful have people or families at their core that folks want to get to know and follow. I am a pretty great gardener, but my personality and voice would not translate to a successful UA-cam Channel, that is just a reality. So I wouldn't discourage trying out social media, but so few actually make it in a big way, in a way that can finance some of the stuff you see online. It's great that it works for them, it is a gift they have that most of us don't have - most of us are never going to star in a movie or play in the NHL, either. Be realistic, have a plan, expect the unexpected, be willing to pivot - but don't stop dreaming. Even if only a part of it comes to fruition, that is something to hold on to and be proud of.
You're gonna regret those black locust. Very invasive. They send thick roots underground and pop up new trees all along it for hundreds of feet. You can't pull those out by hand and chopping them off doesn't stop them. And since you don't use wooden fence posts you don't need them.
Thank you so much, Morgan, for sharing and talking about your eating disorder and getting mental health help. You don't know how much that means to all of us who suffer. It is also educational for the general population. I have great respect and appreciation for you. In addition, Your honesty in sharing the mistakes and struggles you made when starting your farm in so enlightening and refreshing that it will help you maintain and grow your viewers.
Best video to date. Now you being honest. You would have survived without youtube, due to your Hard work in the past. But I just wanted you to be clear about That it is an important income. Wish you and your family the Best here from Denmark.
Always enjoy a heart to heart, and yours are rich with detail. It's been quite a journey to date, and it's fun thinking back to events and lessons you've taken on through the years. Please keep growing and sharing you are a part of the American dream. Thanks Morgan, see you soon!
As a young man 21 i really do want a farm, thank you for your insights and thoughts :) I feel better everyday chasing the dream keep the little details and extras I love it!
Your a very wise farmer at such an early stage of the game!! I remember when my aunt and uncle took over the family farm from our grandparents. First couple of years were rough.. I stayed 3.or 4 summers with them full time they had daughter my age we were a good team. But the 2nd year was the hardest. There was a drought. And then all those crazy grasshoppers! They would crop dust.and no joke they would literally fall out of the trees. And in one veggie garden when you went to pick tomatoes ...all you heard was the crunches of dead grasshoppers under your shoes!!! Lol. Yes folks there is a whole world of things morgan doesn't speak of that happens on the farm!! But there are so many things that show your hard work too quickly that you can see right off!! Morgan never 2nd guess your choices. They are not really mistakes when something positive no mater what' it is comes of your choices!! Keep up the good work !!!we love your videos!!!
Both the worst mistakes and best decisions have one thing in common - they are all attempts to grow. And without the attempts, there would be no failures, nor any success. So kudos to you for the courage to try out all the things you do, and putting it out here for the harsh judgement of the people from the internet!
Great video about lessons and lessons learned. The comment about patience rang true for me. I retired and moved to a different part of the state...bought a house and immediately wanted to do ALL the upgrades and make it just as I wanted. That was a mistake. Some patience would have saved me not only money but I would have made better decisions about what I wanted in the house.
I don't think this was a negative video at all! I think it's one of the most helpful videos you've made, along with the breakdown videos of costs and income. This is as positive as it gets!!! This gives people a realistic view of what it takes to start a successful farm, marketing, to plan, to build a farm, avoid burnout, and to learn the market as you go, etc. What could be more positive than that???😊 The health benefits of exercise, fresh air, health of the animals by multifarming, the health of the land, and so on are perhaps even more important in the long-term. Gold-Shaw Farm's is coming along quite nicely. The improvements you've made are amazing! 👏 👏 👏 I remember chatting with you when all this was a dream, on 50 Ducks in a Hot Tub (Matt's channel), several years ago (has it been 7 or 8 years now? Time flies!) Anyhow, I've been watching, and I don't chime in a lot, but the growth you've created on the farm is remarkable. You've built an amazing farm that is beautiful! It's awesome to see how far you, the farm, and the business have come. God bless! I look forward to many more years of Gold-Shaw Farm on UA-cam! Well done, Morgan, Allison, Toby, Abby, Pablo, Lil' Barn Cat, the cattle, the ducks, geese, chickens, and everyone else. Awesome job!!!
My husband and I LOVE duck eggs! We used to buy them all the time from a local woman, but then we moved two hours away. We moved in October of 2022. We’ve been back to our old town four times since then and three of those times we purchased four dozen duck eggs to bring back home. We now have five, young ducks of our own; four hens and one drake. We’re looking forward to having our own duck eggs soon.
Your videos came up on my feed this year and I didn't watch them, at first (stupid me!!). However, once I did, I was hooked. I get a lot of farm videos that come up. but most of them are kind of boring. Yours are not! I love the names you give your animals and my daughter (she is 47) loves the reference to Letter Kenny which I had no clue about. Keep up the intelligent dialog as to me, it is very refreshing!
2:09 in the forest the trees don’t need to grow in swales and Burms, you can even see trees growing on the sides of mountains and cliffs without problems at all, so even you plant those trees in a really straight line which I may say will look better in air and will make your drone shots more satisfying to watch,
Hey. Thanks for what you do. I’m in my 30s and going back to school for an agriculture production management degree and just wanted to let you know that you are part of my inspiration. I’ve had 3 years to experiment and practice on my parents 5 acres in the upper Midwest with a goal of using some sweet state grant money for beginner farmers to build a similar business as yourself. Thanks again!
This is one of my favorite videos. It details the struggles and offers some good advice on how to jump into this kind of thing. Thank you for the amazing content and showing us what's possible!
Really enjoyed this video and will be watching your others. Thank you. I appreciate the magic spoon sponsor as well. My husband is always looking for cereal like that.
Some valuable lessons well explained. I'm highly biased toward burrows and surely missing some key downsides but they can make superb farm guardians and live off the land to a large degree.
I agree wholeheartedly with your approach to farming in today's world! I love listening to what you have to teach and love watching your videos. Keep doing and growing!❤
It's wonderful seeing Abby developing a bond with the younger cattle like Belinda and Beatrix. By the time those ladies are older and we're onto the C and D generations, Abbydog may have matured enough to become a real member of the herd. She's still pretty excitable, but the fact she and the cows like each other is very encouraging
About to embark on my own homestead journey. Your videos are very informative and motivating. Thanks for all the tips and tricks. You've inspired me to keep up with planning for the future and having patience during the process . Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Cheers from Eastern Ontario Canada
Addressing the mental health aspect is much needed. Farming (any kind) is a stress filled worrisome endeavor. It effects the individual, the marriage, the kids & all family involved. That is alot of balls to juggle.
Great ep. I have been watching since nearly the begining. Nonetheless the moment you uttered the thowing vs shooting a bullet Larry Miller was instantly in my mind, so props to you for recognizing him!
There was a lot of great information. It is always good to learn from mistakes. Seeing Abby play with the cows was cute. I'm glad that she likes the doghouse, it is kinda cute.
Morgan are you able to do a video on like how you sell/ more so package your farms products. Would love to see the process of what actually went on behind the scenes when you sell beef, eggs and your bird meat. Would also like to see the difference from how you sell it online to customers vs doing it locally.
May be cliche' but in your case Morgan very true: You come a Long way Baby! And it's been so enjoyable to watch and listen. I will never do what you're doing and there are a few channels that in the past I've taken a mild interest in, but you are such a fine human being, care so much about the way you are traeting people, animals, the land + spin a wonderful ongoing story...you're a Delight! When it's good and and happy and when it's hard, I respect so much that you are Real about it All! From the beautiful, currently hot and draught stricken lands at altitude, just below the Rockies...I Thank You and I wish you continuing success, health and thriving farm life
I like Abby's summer house. I think it was wonderful you sat in it with her and spent time with her because I think that is why she likes it and probably feels comfort there because of that. I think she sits by the area she does by that fence to watch the farm toward your house because she is looking for you and Toby and maybe Allison and the barn cats. I think she wonders where you are and when you are coming to visit her and let her come back home. Morgan a lot of what you say in this video also applies to people who want to retire to a small homestead and be debt free. In 2021 I bought a 80+ year old house that needs a lot of TLC. I also wanted to have a large garden to help with food costs and better food quality. I did what you said you should have done, I waited and lived in the house and I'm still living in the house two years later with not much more than bare essentials completed but I'm glad I did that because it has kept me from doing renovations that I would have wanted to change if I would have been able to do them in the beginning. I have drawn many sketches and changed those sketches multiple times. I am doing everything myself so most of my procrastination is actually due to the fact I have to wait until I can afford it. I sold my longtime homestead and paid cash for this place where I am now and I am doing everything as I can afford it because I want to stay debt free. I have a big garden and that has been more of a priority to me than the house because I like to eat and social security doesn't provide all that I would like to have but a garden really does help me eat better and is good exercise.
You are one of my all-time favorite "Tubers." You are an excellent storyteller, a brutally honest person, and a very respectful farmer who has much love for all creatures around you, and that includes the wild, predatory ones. I admire you and Alison, and consider you more than interesting and full of integrity. Thanks for giving me much entertainment and teaching me so much about everything that you are doing at Gold Shaw Farm. Be well.
I’m so scared of making mistakes when my husband and I finally get land to start farming in 5 years or so. I have livestock experience and am experimenting with how to grow crops in my garden on a really small scale. I’ve lost a lot of plants, couldn’t get my brussels sprouts to grow, and I just lost three tomato bushes without any yield due to blossom rot. Seeing you document and admit mistakes makes me feel a little less stressed by the idea of having a hobby/quasi-sustenance farm later on in life. Thank you Morgan.
Morgan, I love your channel, it is so informative & while I'm never going to be a real farmer, because I'm a city girl, I have thrilled in growing my own food crops out back in stacked gardens & would love to have just enough chickens, goats, bees, guard dogs & cats to keep me eating organic, pasture-raised healthy meats more affordably, making even just enough from excess eggs to cover expenses. Honestly, Organic Pasture Raised Eggs (OPREs) are nearly $8 a dozen here. Goat milk is over $5 per *quart.* 😱 There is no comparison between Grand Ol' OPRES and the $1.22 variety. I can go most of the day (to 3 or 4pm) on a orange yolk egg of bug-eating chickens. The pale yellows of factory hens? If I eat at 8AM, I'm "hangry" by 10. And goat milk? No belly bloat! And it naturally contains nutrients that aid brain function and weightloss. So, yeah...I need my own goats. Little ones. We're allowed 5 animals in the city per property. So the goal is making use of these two properties next door to each other: 2 goats, 3 chickens, 2 dogs, 2 cats and (get this) an indoor beehive - the double-brick wall of the old house has a hive known to have been active for 20-30 years and you can hear them loudly in an unused hall in the basement by the back door. So the plan is to put outside doors sealing in that section, create a contained bee-expansion space with manageable frames connected to a hole in the wall using plumbing pipes with screen "valves" that can be shut so sections can be removed & worked on independently, without disturbing the whole mega-hive. A one way funnel would allow any escaped bees that don't go out the outside door to re-enter the hive or be caught & released to the outside hive entrance. Still working on the plan, and a lot will depend on whether this 200 year old, built-on-a-steep-slope house's foundation can be stabilized. But it's so perfect because the outside entrace is a wild hive, 25 feet off the ground, cutting liability issues, and it makes use of the overgrown street's knotweed (which adds natural anti-aging nutrients to the honey - and no, is not poisonous to humans or animals, including goats, who find it delicious).
Thank you lMorgan, for helping to decrease the stigma of seeking help for your mental health.... It is another challenge in itself when you choose to address your inner self. When we address those things like why we are having issues in an area of life, digging deep is also hard work. Striving to be the best person you can be, and understanding that no matter where you go or what you do will change that inner struggle until you work on yourself and acknowledge the fact that we could all benefit from Therapy.
Thank you so much for this! I grew up on a farm but at 17 moved out thinking I knew everything, that I would get an office job and make all my money that way but I realized how unhappy I am there. I’m now 34 and I just accepted a part time position at my local cooperative extension service to further my dreams as a flower farmer (I also drive DoorDash on the side) it’s so scary because I have for years been the breadwinner and only worked worked worked, but ultimately I’m going to be happier.
Really fascinating. Thank you Morgan. Working on your mental health when you are successful is so wise. We see problems when success is equated with everything being perfect. People forget about mental health and often struggle deeply through their success.
Abby proves her value with those Highland cattle more & more every day. 🐮 And thankseverso for being so honest about how you achieve the success of your farm since 2017, inc. acknowledging that your success s based greatly on the success of your YT channel.
🫣🙈🙀✋️ Lordy! Do something about that raggedy old shade cart tarp. Trashy, trashy, trashy! Rember Jeff Foxworthy's "You Might be a Redneck if..." jokes? I am reminded of my personal favorite: "Cut the grass--find a car." 😂😂😂
This is very interesting! Thanks for sharing. BTW- I adore duck eggs (mine come from Flatlander Farm in Starksboro, VT) where one can get other wonderful food items, including raw milk. If anyone reading this is weirded out about duck eggs, try them, they are yummy!
Morgan your looking awesome! Appreciate your honest approach to giving information, it’s a tough job. A big undertaking. Thanks for all you do, get to live the farm life though you.
Morgan’s thoughtfulness and integrity are an under appreciated factor in the success of his farm and channel.
Absolutely without a doubt!
He even made sure his videos being caption! Once in a while missed. Mostly by UA-cam, short story is missing the features but Morgan had made his short story also captioned!! I love this guy and his wife, plus all of his animals. Such inspiring channel for me!
@@glorioussierraI am right there with you 100%.
I appreciate that he's down to earth.
I am vegan, and I'm like, "Ew animal meat," 😅 but I freaking love his channel. He is exactly how farmers should be. He gives me hope to animal welfare and proper farming. I may not take part in the consumption, but at least these animals aren't tormented before death and have a compassionate person caring for them properly.
I also own a lot of critters he does, too. Just they are "pets" on my property. I have learned so much about my farm fowl from him. I have so much respect for him as a farmer and caregiver of animals.
I think that your success is down to one major factor and that is you, Morgan Gold. Your business acumen, your thoughtful pursuit of your dream and most importantly your personality and ability to story tell. You have taken us along on your fascinating journey and have made us feel invested in your life and your success not to mention the lives of your animals. From the livestock guardian dogs to the weird chickens speaking for me I love them all. Thank you for the care you take in the every thing you do. Watching your videos is a joy
I totally agree..
Morgan uses good instincts & Animal husbandry..
He indeed loves what he does..
Morgan GOLD is unique and real. I love his stories, I always learn something here.
In addition to being a joy, it's relaxing to watch. Thanks, Morgan.
Bottom line, he played to his strengths. And that's why what worked for him may not work for someone else.
@@kathleendodds5309 You posted such a lovely comment about Morgan's videos! I so agree that his intelligence plus hard work is special. I thank him too for all he shares, including the little friends he takes care of. I just happened to post about the name before you posted about it.😊 (PS: you can edit your posted comments by clicking on the 3 dots next to it on the right)
I love the different vibes we get from Morgan’s storytelling. That’s one very unique aspect of Gold Shaw Farm! (The thick fog is a nice added bonus)
he's a natural story teller
Great advice, Morgan.. one of the reason your channel was such a hit was because,you have a great talent for telling a good story. Also your compassion and caring nature.
Some of these Home stead channels take themselves to serious, while others try to make it a comedy. Some want to cry about everything and really need some metal help. You,on the other hand,mix it all together in a wonderful blend of your life! The honesty shows.
Thank you Morgan for being real.God bless you.
I have stayed with this channel because Morgan is just a genuinely nice guy and nit at all afraid to show his mistakes and how he learns. This is the best homesteading channel I have found so far
@@marleneclough3173 - Gold Shaw Farm is one of my favorite channels.
Another homestead channel I really like features a family with five children, The Hollar Homestead. Ben can design and make about any contraption he needs, and Meg is a marvel in the kitchen cooking and canning. They raise and butcher their meat - chicken, pork and now beef - in addition to maintaining a large-scale food garden and an orchard.
Fy Nyth is a channel that I find to be exceptionally informative about anything to do with homesteading, including being off grid. Ariel had a tiny home in the woods on a mountain in Wyoming for 7-8 years parked on land she rented by doing seasonal work for the owners. She married about two years ago. The couple bought several acres of flat land that has allowed them to have animals (chickens, then ducks plus dogs and cats) and start an orchard, in addition to continuing a large garden. They are living in the tiny house (moved from the woods) until they are ready to build a small home. However, building a greenhouse will probably take precedence over the small house.
Go to the Kris Harbour Natural Building channel if you want to watch a person who has designed and constructed buildings using different techniques (cob, earth bag, round lumber, mortise-and-tenon) that are practical, works of art and will last generations. Kris built his own wind turbine and hydroelectric power system, in addition to a solar system. In addition, Kris built a machinery to mill his own lumber. He is from England and has about 20 acres in Wales. Over time Kris has expanded his garden plus acquired chickens, geese and sheep.
"Wherever you go - there you are". Sometimes we forget that the only friend we 100% have from birth and to our final moments is ourselves. Things get easier if we treat ourselves like a dear friend - honest, understanding and caring.
Good on you, Morgan, there's so much more to come, I'm wishing you all the best with it and looking forward to you sharing some of it with us😊
Your timing in starting this channel was great for both of us. You have helped me through the toughest part of my life - more than you can ever know! As far as I’m concerned even the things you think of as mistakes have been successes! ❤️
Ditto. 👩🦽🤞👩🦯👍🧘🏼♀️👌🦸♀️🙌 My bad patch began in Jan '18, and along came Morgan, right on time, to help me remain philosophical and encourage me to plot my way out of the abyss created by an emergent physical disability and the accompanying depression. Good on ya, Gold. Grateful!
Might be a cliche, but slow and steady wins the race! Working at a pace where you work hard yet enjoy the demands of a working farm! I'm always curious as to what the next video will bring! Thank you for sharing! Blessing to the Gold clan!
Morgan’s ability to tell a story, and to relate it to things beyond a duck and goose farm in Vermont, is a big part of his UA-cam success in my opinion. I’m not a homesteader never will be, but I love watching and listening to Morgan as he works through the challenges he faces.
And you can def take these lessons and apply them to not farming or not yt
One of the main reasons I continue to watch you is the love you show your animals and your 'ordinary guy' approach to the things you talk about. You don't know it all, and you never pretend to :)
Your thoughtfulness on you and the farm is such a blessing and helps me and others think about what happens in life. And what is most important. Thank you.
A very nice synopsis of how life requires balance and that one needs to learn from errors to grow and develop into something greater.
Your videos are educational, motivational, and fun. Your animals are so happy and well loved for sure.
DAMN, home boy is getting some definition in his arms. Respect.
As someone in the military who's currently in a foreign country, your wholesome videos give me a little taste of home and motivation to keep doing my best, because look how far you have come!
I normally don't comment on the sponsor section of videos but Magic Spoon is fire. Been doing keto for like 8 years and all these new breads/cereals/etc really changed the game.
Alfred is such a godsend of a man
Morgan, I admire you and Allison so much. Your resilience and perseverance are notable. Your videos are educational as well as entertaining. Your humility and willingness to recognize mistakes AND being open enough to share your learning experiences with us. Your a good man Charlie Brown!
Abbys reaction to you chilling in her house was hilarious 😂 . I think you made her day when you did that. Thanks for putting this video out there and hopefully it helps people out that are planning to do the same thing in the future.
I don’t have a dream to start a farm or move to rural area or anything similar. But I enjoy watching your video/s to see stories about your dogs and cats, your wife and her gardening, even annoying experiences like bear hunters. Thank you for being not only smart but also sincere and kind. Good luck to all of you in Gold Shaw farm. 👍
A Gold Shaw Farm video to go with my morning tea? Really spoiling us all. Love it!
Also I love your orchard, one of the main things I want to be able to do is grow an orchard whether I’m on 30 acres or 1/8th acre ❤
You might think it is Okay for Pablo to sample the product 12:31, but we all know what happened to a few other Pablos that sampled their addictive product and it got away from them.
I found this channel by accident, I think the hound hunting problems were the first ones I watched. I was intrigued by the whole story, as I’ve often considered going off the grid but I’m too old and my health is not good enough to do farm work anymore. It brings me a great deal of peace to watch someone achieve their goals the way Morgan does.
There's nothing wrong with making mistakes as long as you learn from them, and you, Morgan, have learned from them. You're an inspiration!
Morgan. This is why I support and understand where you’re coming from an assessment of myself as well. Never stop being MORGAN GOLD.
That's a beautiful barn. It's pure Vermont charm.
This kind of video is critically important. Thank you.
@ 9:50 To paraphrase what Norman said, a Spotify teacher once said; " It is Not that you Sell people " What You Want to Sell
to them ! " It's that that " you Sell to them What " They " Want to Buy " !
I liked the ‘Zen with cows’ at 19:34. Great episode. I really appreciate your ability and willingness to process your experience.
The way that you reflect on your mistakes and improve them is really admirable. Quite frankly, I need to do that more. Thank you for inspiring me to improve myself, too!
Thank you so much for being open with your mental health journey. Too many people treat it like a taboo subject or like something that can be dealt with by just changing your attitude about life. Using your platform to remind people how important mental health is, and that there is help out there is one of the reason I love your channel so much. It takes courage to admit you need help, and even more to admit to others that you are getting help. So good on you and good luck on continuing journey. :)
Hello Morgan. How are you even posting 30+ min, high quality well edited videos in addition to the daily farm chores and family life?
I have editing help and I love making videos
❤ Thank you, Morgan, for creating a new moment of Zen with the Scottish Highlanders. I especially love Abby and Beatrix Potter playing and interacting with each other.
You have such a great personality. I really appreciate how good you are to your animals and how truthful you are with us about the positives and the negatives. 💖
Wow! Even better than the “moment of zen” with the weird chickens was for me today’s moments in the ungrazed pasture. Such beauty & peacefulness. Thank you Morgan.
"Alfred" is a real sweetheart!
I love this, and especially your last point. Everyone uses products from farms but many (if not most) of us city dwellers really have no idea how it works. Using social media to show how you're doing it is so helpful. Obviously most of the products in supermarkets do not come from operations like yours but it's great to see that it can work and that good folks are still making it work.
This vlog is a must-see for all those contemplating taking up the farming/homesteading life. I think that many go into it with stars in their eyes. Then they discover how much work it is, and how much money it takes, to get started and keep going through the self-inflicted mistakes and the natural disasters we have no control over. It is nice that there are more channels now that seem more honest about the realities of this lifestyle. And as far as social media goes, the channels that are most successful have people or families at their core that folks want to get to know and follow. I am a pretty great gardener, but my personality and voice would not translate to a successful UA-cam Channel, that is just a reality. So I wouldn't discourage trying out social media, but so few actually make it in a big way, in a way that can finance some of the stuff you see online. It's great that it works for them, it is a gift they have that most of us don't have - most of us are never going to star in a movie or play in the NHL, either. Be realistic, have a plan, expect the unexpected, be willing to pivot - but don't stop dreaming. Even if only a part of it comes to fruition, that is something to hold on to and be proud of.
Beatrix Potter calf is adorable with her curly hair. Abby is so cute in her new doghouse.
Love your farm videos. Thank you for another terrific video about farm life.
You're gonna regret those black locust. Very invasive. They send thick roots underground and pop up new trees all along it for hundreds of feet. You can't pull those out by hand and chopping them off doesn't stop them. And since you don't use wooden fence posts you don't need them.
That and they are toxic for many animals, including cattle.
Loving these longer videos! PLUS that live stream!😲🤯 We are spoiled.
That was some of the nicest fresh grass I have ever seen
Thank you so much, Morgan, for sharing and talking about your eating disorder and getting mental health help. You don't know how much that means to all of us who suffer. It is also educational for the general population. I have great respect and appreciation for you.
In addition, Your honesty in sharing the mistakes and struggles you made when starting your farm in so enlightening and refreshing that it will help you maintain and grow your viewers.
Best video to date. Now you being honest. You would have survived without youtube, due to your Hard work in the past. But I just wanted you to be clear about That it is an important income.
Wish you and your family the Best here from Denmark.
Always enjoy a heart to heart, and yours are rich with detail. It's been quite a journey to date, and it's fun thinking back to events and lessons you've taken on through the years. Please keep growing and sharing you are a part of the American dream. Thanks Morgan, see you soon!
As a young man 21 i really do want a farm, thank you for your insights and thoughts :) I feel better everyday chasing the dream keep the little details and extras I love it!
Your a very wise farmer at such an early stage of the game!! I remember when my aunt and uncle took over the family farm from our grandparents. First couple of years were rough.. I stayed 3.or 4 summers with them full time they had daughter my age we were a good team. But the 2nd year was the hardest. There was a drought. And then all those crazy grasshoppers! They would crop dust.and no joke they would literally fall out of the trees. And in one veggie garden when you went to pick tomatoes ...all you heard was the crunches of dead grasshoppers under your shoes!!! Lol. Yes folks there is a whole world of things morgan doesn't speak of that happens on the farm!! But there are so many things that show your hard work too quickly that you can see right off!! Morgan never 2nd guess your choices. They are not really mistakes when something positive no mater what' it is comes of your choices!! Keep up the good work !!!we love your videos!!!
your honest personality is what brings me to watch your videos.
i feel like we would be friends.
The pasture is so pretty at this time of year, with all the plants and the flowers :)
Love the way the cows ’come’ when you call them. Abby dog is really growing in her job ❣️
Your OCD of needing to mow in a straight line vs wasting water is precious.
He is a bean counter to the core
@FreezyAbitKT7A might I add... it is laser leveled contour
Both the worst mistakes and best decisions have one thing in common - they are all attempts to grow. And without the attempts, there would be no failures, nor any success. So kudos to you for the courage to try out all the things you do, and putting it out here for the harsh judgement of the people from the internet!
i just love watching the geeselings & other farm babys ~ it puts the biggest smile in my mug ~
Good stuff, like getting into the details and sharing “good/bad” helps others with their plans. Even if it’s one thing
Great video about lessons and lessons learned. The comment about patience rang true for me. I retired and moved to a different part of the state...bought a house and immediately wanted to do ALL the upgrades and make it just as I wanted. That was a mistake. Some patience would have saved me not only money but I would have made better decisions about what I wanted in the house.
So much excellent advice! Also, don't go into debt. Another excellent piece of advice.
I don't think this was a negative video at all! I think it's one of the most helpful videos you've made, along with the breakdown videos of costs and income. This is as positive as it gets!!!
This gives people a realistic view of what it takes to start a successful farm, marketing, to plan, to build a farm, avoid burnout, and to learn the market as you go, etc.
What could be more positive than that???😊
The health benefits of exercise, fresh air, health of the animals by multifarming, the health of the land, and so on are perhaps even more important in the long-term.
Gold-Shaw Farm's is coming along quite nicely. The improvements you've made are amazing! 👏 👏 👏
I remember chatting with you when all this was a dream, on 50 Ducks in a Hot Tub (Matt's channel), several years ago (has it been 7 or 8 years now? Time flies!)
Anyhow, I've been watching, and I don't chime in a lot, but the growth you've created on the farm is remarkable.
You've built an amazing farm that is beautiful!
It's awesome to see how far you, the farm, and the business have come.
God bless! I look forward to many more years of Gold-Shaw Farm on UA-cam!
Well done, Morgan, Allison, Toby, Abby, Pablo, Lil' Barn Cat, the cattle, the ducks, geese, chickens, and everyone else.
Awesome job!!!
My husband and I LOVE duck eggs! We used to buy them all the time from a local woman, but then we moved two hours away. We moved in October of 2022. We’ve been back to our old town four times since then and three of those times we purchased four dozen duck eggs to bring back home. We now have five, young ducks of our own; four hens and one drake. We’re looking forward to having our own duck eggs soon.
Your videos came up on my feed this year and I didn't watch them, at first (stupid me!!). However, once I did, I was hooked. I get a lot of farm videos that come up. but most of them are kind of boring. Yours are not! I love the names you give your animals and my daughter (she is 47) loves the reference to Letter Kenny which I had no clue about. Keep up the intelligent dialog as to me, it is very refreshing!
2:09 in the forest the trees don’t need to grow in swales and Burms, you can even see trees growing on the sides of mountains and cliffs without problems at all, so even you plant those trees in a really straight line which I may say will look better in air and will make your drone shots more satisfying to watch,
Hey. Thanks for what you do. I’m in my 30s and going back to school for an agriculture production management degree and just wanted to let you know that you are part of my inspiration. I’ve had 3 years to experiment and practice on my parents 5 acres in the upper Midwest with a goal of using some sweet state grant money for beginner farmers to build a similar business as yourself. Thanks again!
This is one of my favorite videos. It details the struggles and offers some good advice on how to jump into this kind of thing. Thank you for the amazing content and showing us what's possible!
Really enjoyed this video and will be watching your others. Thank you. I appreciate the magic spoon sponsor as well. My husband is always looking for cereal like that.
Very good points Mr Morgan
Your grass looking like litteral heaven for cattle they look happy aswell
Some valuable lessons well explained.
I'm highly biased toward burrows and surely missing some key downsides but they can make superb farm guardians and live off the land to a large degree.
I don't think your video is negative, you're being transparent.🥰👍
I agree wholeheartedly with your approach to farming in today's world!
I love listening to what you have to teach and love watching your videos. Keep doing and growing!❤
It's wonderful seeing Abby developing a bond with the younger cattle like Belinda and Beatrix. By the time those ladies are older and we're onto the C and D generations, Abbydog may have matured enough to become a real member of the herd. She's still pretty excitable, but the fact she and the cows like each other is very encouraging
About to embark on my own homestead journey. Your videos are very informative and motivating. Thanks for all the tips and tricks. You've inspired me to keep up with planning for the future and having patience during the process . Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Cheers from Eastern Ontario Canada
Addressing the mental health aspect is much needed. Farming (any kind) is a stress filled worrisome endeavor. It effects the individual, the marriage, the kids & all family involved. That is alot of balls to juggle.
Hey Morgan!! My favorite channel and still💓 the weird chickens.
Great ep. I have been watching since nearly the begining. Nonetheless the moment you uttered the thowing vs shooting a bullet Larry Miller was instantly in my mind, so props to you for recognizing him!
There was a lot of great information. It is always good to learn from mistakes. Seeing Abby play with the cows was cute. I'm glad that she likes the doghouse, it is kinda cute.
Thank you Morgan, very simply, you are a grand story teller and we love it.
Omg so cute!!! How do you get all of your cats to cooperate at the same time like that!?
Morgan are you able to do a video on like how you sell/ more so package your farms products. Would love to see the process of what actually went on behind the scenes when you sell beef, eggs and your bird meat. Would also like to see the difference from how you sell it online to customers vs doing it locally.
Great video, Morgan, especially the excellent discussion on prioritising ones mental and of course although you didn't say it , ones physical health.
What's the update on the baby ducks and the flooding?
Yeah, I looked into that cereal. It's SUPER expensive for a very small amount.
Morgan - the philosopher farmer. Well done!.
May be cliche' but in your case Morgan very true: You come a Long way Baby! And it's been so enjoyable to watch and listen. I will never do what you're doing and there are a few channels that in the past I've taken a mild interest in, but you are such a fine human being, care so much about the way you are traeting people, animals, the land + spin a wonderful ongoing story...you're a Delight! When it's good and and happy and when it's hard, I respect so much that you are Real about it All! From the beautiful, currently hot and draught stricken lands at altitude, just below the Rockies...I Thank You and I wish you continuing success, health and thriving farm life
I like Abby's summer house. I think it was wonderful you sat in it with her and spent time with her because I think that is why she likes it and probably feels comfort there because of that. I think she sits by the area she does by that fence to watch the farm toward your house because she is looking for you and Toby and maybe Allison and the barn cats. I think she wonders where you are and when you are coming to visit her and let her come back home.
Morgan a lot of what you say in this video also applies to people who want to retire to a small homestead and be debt free. In 2021 I bought a 80+ year old house that needs a lot of TLC. I also wanted to have a large garden to help with food costs and better food quality. I did what you said you should have done, I waited and lived in the house and I'm still living in the house two years later with not much more than bare essentials completed but I'm glad I did that because it has kept me from doing renovations that I would have wanted to change if I would have been able to do them in the beginning. I have drawn many sketches and changed those sketches multiple times. I am doing everything myself so most of my procrastination is actually due to the fact I have to wait until I can afford it. I sold my longtime homestead and paid cash for this place where I am now and I am doing everything as I can afford it because I want to stay debt free. I have a big garden and that has been more of a priority to me than the house because I like to eat and social security doesn't provide all that I would like to have but a garden really does help me eat better and is good exercise.
love your farm and channel!
I love the noise and chaos of the goslings in the background!
You are one of my all-time favorite "Tubers." You are an excellent storyteller, a brutally honest person, and a very respectful farmer who has much love for all creatures around you, and that includes the wild, predatory ones. I admire you and Alison, and consider you more than interesting and full of integrity. Thanks for giving me much entertainment and teaching me so much about everything that you are doing at Gold Shaw Farm. Be well.
I’m so scared of making mistakes when my husband and I finally get land to start farming in 5 years or so. I have livestock experience and am experimenting with how to grow crops in my garden on a really small scale. I’ve lost a lot of plants, couldn’t get my brussels sprouts to grow, and I just lost three tomato bushes without any yield due to blossom rot.
Seeing you document and admit mistakes makes me feel a little less stressed by the idea of having a hobby/quasi-sustenance farm later on in life.
Thank you Morgan.
Morgan, I love your channel, it is so informative & while I'm never going to be a real farmer, because I'm a city girl, I have thrilled in growing my own food crops out back in stacked gardens & would love to have just enough chickens, goats, bees, guard dogs & cats to keep me eating organic, pasture-raised healthy meats more affordably, making even just enough from excess eggs to cover expenses. Honestly, Organic Pasture Raised Eggs (OPREs) are nearly $8 a dozen here. Goat milk is over $5 per *quart.* 😱 There is no comparison between Grand Ol' OPRES and the $1.22 variety. I can go most of the day (to 3 or 4pm) on a orange yolk egg of bug-eating chickens. The pale yellows of factory hens? If I eat at 8AM, I'm "hangry" by 10. And goat milk? No belly bloat! And it naturally contains nutrients that aid brain function and weightloss. So, yeah...I need my own goats. Little ones. We're allowed 5 animals in the city per property. So the goal is making use of these two properties next door to each other: 2 goats, 3 chickens, 2 dogs, 2 cats and (get this) an indoor beehive - the double-brick wall of the old house has a hive known to have been active for 20-30 years and you can hear them loudly in an unused hall in the basement by the back door. So the plan is to put outside doors sealing in that section, create a contained bee-expansion space with manageable frames connected to a hole in the wall using plumbing pipes with screen "valves" that can be shut so sections can be removed & worked on independently, without disturbing the whole mega-hive. A one way funnel would allow any escaped bees that don't go out the outside door to re-enter the hive or be caught & released to the outside hive entrance. Still working on the plan, and a lot will depend on whether this 200 year old, built-on-a-steep-slope house's foundation can be stabilized. But it's so perfect because the outside entrace is a wild hive, 25 feet off the ground, cutting liability issues, and it makes use of the overgrown street's knotweed (which adds natural anti-aging nutrients to the honey - and no, is not poisonous to humans or animals, including goats, who find it delicious).
Wonderful!!!
Thinking of sheep as a value added product behind cattle
Thank you lMorgan, for helping to decrease the stigma of seeking help for your mental health....
It is another challenge in itself when you choose to address your inner self. When we address those things like why we are having issues in an area of life, digging deep is also hard work. Striving to be the best person you can be, and understanding that no matter where you go or what you do will change that inner struggle until you work on yourself and acknowledge the fact that we could all benefit from Therapy.
Thank you so much for this! I grew up on a farm but at 17 moved out thinking I knew everything, that I would get an office job and make all my money that way but I realized how unhappy I am there. I’m now 34 and I just accepted a part time position at my local cooperative extension service to further my dreams as a flower farmer (I also drive DoorDash on the side) it’s so scary because I have for years been the breadwinner and only worked worked worked, but ultimately I’m going to be happier.
😂😂😂😂 the clips on his shirt cracked me up 17:23
Really fascinating. Thank you Morgan. Working on your mental health when you are successful is so wise. We see problems when success is equated with everything being perfect. People forget about mental health and often struggle deeply through their success.
Thank you for being you. Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. You and your wife are amazing. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜♥️
Morgan, you're such an inspiration. Really rate how enterprising you are with your product offerings and approach to farming.
Enjoy your videos ! Canadian fan 🇨🇦
Abby proves her value with those Highland cattle more & more every day. 🐮 And thankseverso for being so honest about how you achieve the success of your farm since 2017, inc. acknowledging that your success s based greatly on the success of your YT channel.
🫣🙈🙀✋️ Lordy! Do something about that raggedy old shade cart tarp. Trashy, trashy, trashy! Rember Jeff Foxworthy's "You Might be a Redneck if..." jokes? I am reminded of my personal favorite: "Cut the grass--find a car." 😂😂😂
One of your best videos and lots of competition
This is very interesting! Thanks for sharing. BTW- I adore duck eggs (mine come from Flatlander Farm in Starksboro, VT) where one can get other wonderful food items, including raw milk. If anyone reading this is weirded out about duck eggs, try them, they are yummy!
Morgan your looking awesome! Appreciate your honest approach to giving information, it’s a tough job. A big undertaking. Thanks for all you do, get to live the farm life though you.