What Works And What Doesnt| WHOLE LOTTA Cabin Homestead Updates
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- What Works And What Doesnt| WHOLE LOTTA Cabin Homestead Updates
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I loved it when Gary says maybe i caught some of you fast forward people! 😂 don’t comment much but do love watching your homesteading progress, this was my dream too but got old! I watch all of your framly tubers also CRC, C’mon, DD5, goodness I’m retired and this fills my time! Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you for the zupdstes. The Homestead is growing and growing. I want you to know I am satisfied with whatever you put out. Your Life if full of Adventure, Fun snd all the things that make z life Wonderful and sometimes a Trial. However, you never give up and you always Overcome. Keep doing it your way, it is your Dream and love watching it happen. Blessings and Love
I remember when you guys pulled up to the property. And there was no road and the first night the road was cut. You were driving around on the road and just tickled pink. I don't think some people realize how far you have come. I'm proud of you. I wish when I was younger I would have had. The courage and the vision to try and create my own life instead of live the life I was dealt.
Same here. One of the firsts I saw was finding your 31.36, stopping to visit Bobble Head as you were headed back to AZ to remodel your camper, selling your things, painting the inside walls on the house before you put it on the market. I watch most all the framily too. But I never commented on videos. I wish I had known you would make more $ on YT. But now I do. ❤❤
Having grown up in a countryside village setting here in the UK, I know where you are coming from, I now live on the outskirts of a large town, Mum and Dad raised Chickens to Hens for eggs and at the end of their laying days they were killed and eaten although they had to be boiled first to make the flesh soft enough to eat, we also bred Rabbits, and one Turkey every year for Christmas, and we once raised a Pig, she was the runt of the litter and would not have survived, dad asked the farmer for it, we named her Suzie and bottle fed her baby powder milk every few hours (mam & dad that is) till she was big enough to feed herself, she was a bacon pig, not a pork one, they are fed differently with special meal type feeds, to produce the best bacon, this we got from the farmer, who by the way was one of the best bacon producers in the UK, My dad was a skiller joiner (woodworker) and was called on many times by the farmers and other villagers in his spare time to do work for them, so there was always a free animals/birds supply, plus money payments, for his work done, that's the way it was back in those days after WW2.
Gary, you made that shed into a perfect barn and the goats have a really large area to move around and play.😮😊👍
It's really nice. Those are the cutest goats!
Goats will like to climb on the tires too l know you plan to make a playground for them 😅😅😅
A neighbor grows his strawberries in a piece of 6 inch pvc with slots cut into it, about a 4x4 hole and has it mounted on the fence. He gets a lot of strawberries from it.
I helped a buddy do the same thing on his goat shed. Only we took the pieces we cut out and put hinges along the tops. So now he can lock them in at night/bad weather. He just pulls them up and hand has a hook that keeps them at 90°, so they have a little "porch" to lay under.
Hi Gary and Mel, I have been following you since you first moved to the 41.36 and I have to say that I am amazed at what you have been able to accomplished. Good Job!!! Your hard work and determination is admirable. May God bless you and your dear Family and wishing you continued success and many blessings. 🧑🏻🦰😊😊🐥🐐🐇🐓🦋👍🏻and sending much love from Southern California.❤
Summer heat is hard on the lettuce, install a garden shade over the area of the lettuce and this will extend your growing season. However a greenhouse will extend the season even further into the year. It's nice to see how well the homestead is progressing
you could use the slopes between the terrasses to grow your strawberries :) some black fabric, burned out holes for planting in, and some woodchips to hold the slopes "in line" when it rains, and you will have pleassure for years to come ;)
Good Morning Mel & Gary! What a lovely walk through your garden & animals. I think you are building a beautiful homestead, and yes that means more then a house, it's everything. You have come such a long way. I just love your place and think your doing an awesome job!
Gotta say the house building is fun and interesting but all the other bits are great too!
I love how you explain things so we can actually see what you are doing.
Here for the entire homesteading family journey! So proud of all the new skills you have both learned & execute daily! Roots & Refuge added a shade cloth & showed how & I bet that would help the garden in the future Such an amazing Beautiful Family🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
Try a raised garden bed on you hill to deter bunnies. They do make a shade screen for over the strawberries...it will let the light through but not the scorching sun. Ballet tutu netting from the fabric store will let the rain in but keeps the birds (and larger bugs) out.
Have been here from the beginning. Have loved every minute. Feel honoured to be invited into your life, whatever you are doing. Especially love the walkabouts. It is all so interesting. God bless you and your community. It is the kind of life we all wish for. We live it through you. Thankyou.
Everything is looking great!
Blue spray - animal wound spray - Chickens will peck a bloody red area on other chickens. Use the blue spray so the others don't peck at wounded chickens.
Or a apron for her back
Jeff @ Bobblehead would know where to get some.
Might even need to separate it from the other chickens until it heals some.
@@barbarahopkins5239 most feed stores, farm stores carry it
I would build a fence with a gate in the barn. That you way have access to both sides. And when you want them to mate, you can just leave the gate open.
Nice work guys on letting people know what is happening
Hi guys, those strawberries can be put into 13 gallon drums and really well . Your environment is the same as mine in northern AUSTRALIAN east coast . The drum just needs some 4 inch tiers cut in them and bent outward so it looks like a round sky scraper with 4 inch balconies then fill the barrel with compost and good quality SOIL then plant the runners on each balcony also you can move the drums about for best growing conditions; sun ,rain ,storms etc . I put mine in a dish of shallow water to keep crawling insects off them . Always had good crops off mine ,I have 6 drums. Just a thought . Have fun guys. You could probably find the same thing on the internet. 😊😊 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Gary, I know you really love strawberries maybe get a 5 gallon bucket and put some soil in it and take it up on the deck or put it somewhere in the garden there by itself and plant a couple strawberry plants in there and that would probably give you a few to try and see how they work there.🍓🍓🍓🍓😊 I live in a small town and a lot of people take the 5 gallon white tubs and plant them close by so you can baby them as their little treat. I do that with a couple of tomato plants each year I put them on the porch where they can get full sun and I get nice tomato plants just for me is all that I need🍅🍅🍅 I see where you can get strawberry strawberry plants and hang them down from a deck like he would a fern or a house plant. Mel the garden, so I’m pretty well for the hot weather. you are having I would be happy with that garden.😊
Looks like your peppers, strawberries even tomatoes need more water. All the veggies are so much water when mature, the veggies need lots of water during growing season. Its been soooo hot--- turn up the amount of water and have a great finish to your garden!!!
I recall Japanese gardeners raising strawberries using a mint tea in a spray bottle that drives the insects away from the menthol.
Y'all don't have to buy solar panels. When y'all can just buy on for a electric fence at tractor supply. All it is just a box that has the solar panel built-in and the positive and negative terminal for your fence wiring. And believe me it will give ya a electrical shock. And it would be cheaper then what Gary was thinking and planning on doing. The electric fence chargers are only about 30 to 50 bucks for the electric fence.
@@TimothyTate-tc5yk what about at night or a cloudy day. Is there a battery and charge controller. I made a set up I bought a smaller panel for 40 or 50, charge controller for like 15$ on line, battery was the expensive part, and a rubber made and 12v fencer
@@flyinryan1986 all solar electric fence chargers has lithium batteries in them. Ya can buy one that day charging or day and night charging. Everything that one needs for charging a electric fence is already built into the solar powered electric fence charger that evening includes the lithium battery. And they range in different prices depending on what which electric fence charger you want. I don't want to be rude but however you either don't know anything about electric fence chargers or you're just asking a stupid question.
Do you fertilize your garden? That may be why your peppers are small. We fertilize our garden every other week.
thanks for the updates on your very busy lifestyle, I hope the weather improves and the cabins roof gets completed before winter so you have a nice dry area to do the internal fit out over the colder season .
Awesome job on the road. Hopefully the baby rabbits that are left will make it just fine. Goats look to be happy with there new digs. Nothing like fresh farm eggs. Enjoyed watching and thanks. Love y'all
You can use the diatomaceous earth for the chickens. Just hang onto the neem oil for other uses.
Thank you both.your so busy.bless you. Your doing great. Take care.
Seldom comment, but I hardly ever miss a video. You guys are killin' it! Excited to see the front porch/entry done, and the interior work begin!
Strawberries take at least 2 yrs to establish a good root system. So if you move them, then you just lost a year.
Tomato -u can make katsup- bq sauce- just tomato sauce- diced tomato - tomato soup- canned whole tomatoes - can for use for 2 yrs- They keep-
We are here for the whole journey so keep those videos coming. Love the goat pen.
Isolating the injured chicken for a week works really well, have to do it every now and then
Cute top Mel.. Haven’t been able to watch daily.. it’s nice to see all you two have built for the animals. ❤
My mam used to use to spray old dish water on her plants to stop the bugs they don't like the soap. Doesn't need to be suds just the dirty water I forgot use eggshells around the plant bases aswell most slugs and snail don't like them because they have Sharpe edges crushed and placed in garden around all plants especially cabbages lettuces etc or try comanion planting to keep bugs away
Companion planting is one of the best ways to keep bugs away from your favorite vegetables or flowers. It is an old-age practice that involves growing certain plants together to maximize their benefits and deter pests. This works because some plants naturally repel bugs while others attract beneficial insects.
Here are some popular companion plants and tips on how to use them,
Marigolds: Keep destructive insects away, particularly aphids. French Marigolds even kill the harmful nematodes in the soil. Plant them near potatoes, root vegetables, or other plants that may attract aphids. Furthermore, the bright hues of marigold flowers attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies, which promotes overall garden health.
Alliums: Onions, garlic, and chives repel most insects due to their potent odor. Plant them around high-value flowers and crops to keep pests at bay.
Mint: Catnip, spearmint, peppermint, and other mint plants emit a strong scent that repels flies, beetles, ants, mealybugs, and other pests.
Herbs: Basil, oregano, rosemary, and other strongly scented herbs keep mosquitoes, flies, aphids, tomato hornworms, and spider mites away from your garden.
Lavender: This plant has a strong odor and is known for repelling fleas and mosquitoes.
However, you should find companion planting combinations suitable for your region and include them in your garden layout for effective pest control.
Great job with the boxblade!
Everything looks GREAT!!! ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I think the goat barn and the fencing looks fantastic. The goat pin,barn feed shed, chicken pin and chicken coop all look pland out awesome. Great plans work out great
You guys are an inspiration! I prey when I start my channel back up i can be an inspiration just like you guys!
When it's that hot strawberrys sometimes need partial shade because they will sunburn. You can put them in special pots
designed for strawberrys and grow them on say a porch environment.
Some lettuce will go to seed like yours have done because lettuce (some varieties) are a ""winter" crop type vegetable.
Good job on the road Gary. Me southern AZ.
Thanks for sharing your life and work that you both do it's very interesting
Thanks for the update! With this lifestyle, you’ve got to do what you can, when you can. Much love. ❤️
try some 7dust on your plants, we use it here on the Central Coast of N.C. to control the bugs in the garden
Hi guys, I love all of your content. One of my favourite channels, much love from London England ❤
The things that are bolting be sure you save your seeds. Doing great
Yall have explained the 2 doors situation on 2 videos prior to this one. I don't skippity skip 😇😅
Exactly 💯😂
I'm here for the journey!! 🙌🙌🙌 Thank you for sharing it!
The progress is amazing.. happy for you and all your family.. Mel, that sun dress looks good on you! It has style and looks comfortable!
Love watching your whole journey thank you for sharing what your day can consist of
Put a cloth over now to see if garden may recover some
Everything is looking great. Egg plant parm is awesome but you can cut them up like green tomatoes and fry them up like fried green tomatoes and there awesome
Luckily, I've never had a bad momma rabbit. I have had some not pull much fur the first time but always took care of their babies. A doe that doesn't take care of her kits more than once, needs to be rabbits stew.
We agree Tim. It sucks but this is her 4th little and she just ain't gettin with it unfortunately.. that's okay though! 💚
About your strawberries, early next spring try giving them a good fertilizing, I have always been told the first year that you plant strawberries that you are to pick off the blooms so that they put more energy into getting established
per Gary's idea about the slope, my eyes have seldom see strawberries planted on flat ground. the frequent planting is that strawberries are hanging so that the strawberries do not touch the soil. 2 facts must exist: position each plant 12 inches apart and B sure the soil is acidic.
If you know of a turkey farm around your location, try getting some turkey manure for your garden. I’ve seen amazing results in gardens with that stuff.
We raise meat rabbits in Tucson. Always give her 2 changes then she's stew!
We have 4 does and 2 bucks. Family of 8 and eat rabbit 1 to 2 times a week. We love making ground rabbit for tacos, Italian sausage for spaghetti, burgers and the front legs make amazing "wings" on the smoker
You guys are doing great. As a problem arises you are there to solve it. Good job. The road looks great.
Wow those weeds be gone.. Haha..
Oh by the way I am here for the whole Burrito..
Grow the 🍓s in pots hanging they grow good tht way
We had a mama rabbit do the same thing with two litters so we never bred her again. We have five rabbits and they are only for poop fertilizer.
I built a goat farm years ago and one thing goats love is to climp high. We added a massive treetrunk in the pen and loads of rocks. They loved it. also it helps to keep thier hooves short. I sudjest also you build some sort of platforms for them to to climb inside the hut.
Our family had billy goats 🐐 and our grandfather used the goats on a long lead and would tie them individually to a tree 🌳 and leave them be to keep the grass down the each had tin dog kennel type huts 🛖 to get out of the rain. The goats would always always climb on the roof of there little house 🏠 to be higher than each other. The nanny goats were kept separate in a grassed field. We had to dodge the Billy's to collect the 🥚 eggs or go down the drive.
It's HOT EVERY YEAR IN THE SOUTH! Only the DEGREE OF HOW HOT varies at times along with the HUMIDITY which has been 100% down here in Alabama for the past 5 days. 100% humidity DOES NOT mean its raining, only means the clouds are at 100% capacity and can't hold any more moisture or else it will drop the excess as sprinkles, etc.
“Drop excess as sprinkles” sounds like my bladder! lol
The road looks great, Gary! Enjoyed the garden update, as well as the rabbits and goats!
I'd try giving the strawberries plants some potassium ground up dried banana peel works well and calcium you can get from your egg shells
l do enjoy watching the cabin build. l also enjoy all the other things you do, sorry about the baby bunnies hopefully Nora will do better. Have a great day. x
Hi I use dish soap and warm water in a sprayer to tackle bugs and found it effective. Worth a try. Love watching video’s.
WHAT A AWSOME VIDEO!!! KEEK IT UP!!
Suggest using shade cloths for those plants that are burning in the sun. Regarding the strawberries the first year take off the flowers as they bloom.
To get rid of bugs mix 2 cups of water an 1 top of cayenne pepper and spray on plants reapplyafter rain
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You might want to amend your soil. See if you can test your soil it will tell you what your deficient in... O st a seed suggestion it changes year to year
Hello Mel and Gary, love what you guys do. Good video!! 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
God Bless from your Canadian Friend.
Really really enjoyed the video guys, have you ever thought about letting the chickens out to free range? I always let mine was just wondering, enjoy the rest of your weekend
Looking fabulous!! I’ve grown my strawberry’s in a long piece of guttering attached to the fence as they love to hang down apparantkey!! It’s my first year growing my own foods take care xxx
The people that have grown peppers for years said the heat made them small and a lot spicer
Get some "PDZ" refresher at Tractor Supply it neutralizes ammonia in stalls and chicken coops.
Great suggestion! Thank you 🤗💚
Hi there and congratulations on your progress so far. For overgrown grass & weeds in areas you wouldn’t want it, having the goats graze there in a controlled fashion might be a good idea (if practical w/ temporary fencing). Saving on labor, time & on lawnmower fuel/exhaust, while providing a joyful pasture & pastime for the goats.
Cover over the wires for the solar panels. Goats love to chew on wires.
For your strawberries, i used to grow them a while back in plant pots, 5litre/10 litre pots. They were the best strawberries i ever grew. Just put a couple of plants in each pot, they don't over crowd the pot, so have plenty of room to grow. I could honestly highly recommend that method.
I will add, that they usually take 2 or 3 years before you start getting bumper yields.
Hi 👋. I think the goat barn is perfect 👍❤️... That sucks that momma won't take care of her babies, it happens sometimes 😞... The garden looks good, I've heard several people saying their peppers didn't do well this year 🤷♀️.. instead of transplanting all of the strawberries, I think I would thin them and move only the new shoots. Strawberries produce the second year after planting 👍... Wow Gary, the driveway looks awesome 💪❤️❤️
Great advice Auntie Ann! I think that's what we're gonna do too (with the strawberry plants) I'll pull that sage and bolted lettuce and spread them that way maybe 🤔
@@SimpleLifeReclaimed sounds like a good plan 😃👍❤️
try making the area deep go up a level in the blocks and make the soil deeper
Your homestead looks awesome guys! Great job !👍👏❤️god i m jealous !😆😜love you guys!🤗
Don’t forget the goats love the stuff that has bolted and the weeds. Don’t waste it.
I really like how the goat shed is turning out. The coolest part for me, is all the live edge wood that you used to frame it out. Road looks great and I'm sure is a pleasure to drive on now It is good you did it now, with school starting, the bus will have no problem in the afternoons. Wishing you a good work week ahead, and that it is real productive with no snags for a change...right?
Sorry guys I have been so busy too. Trying to Catching up to my youtube friends. Nice job guys. Take care. Tell the little guy I happy birthday. Later guys❤❤.
Your garden is looking great. I have been watching some channels that are in Amish country and the use of different natural things for pest control. I came from Southern California to Texas, and gardening is totally different. I would encourage you to watch, NOT JUST FARMERS, and SEED AND SPARROW. They have some great insight on a lot of things. I also like ONE ACRE HOMESTEAD (WA) and CALICO ACRES (NC). Everyone is so unique how they go about resolving issues. Once again, I always enjoy watching your channel. Keep up the great work!
My grandparents lived in Arkansas for years until they passed away !!
The strawberries need to be in their on bed in rows so that they can spread out. Also use a mixture of fish emulsion and water on your garden, but water in the morning with it.
The roasway DOES LOOK GREAT!!! ❤️❤️❤️🥰🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😊
Good Afternoon Guys!! 🦋 ✨️
Good evening, if you pick your peppers it may help them to produce more and maybe feed them. It may help with making bigger peppers! The strawberries may need some runners cut and feed to help them!! Great blessings to you all!!!
Great job. I have learned a lot just watching the both of you. One day when your house is finished you will be able to lean back and pet yourselves and say “Job well done=ne”
Keep up the good work I love your channel, I watch all your content. Keep your heads up and do what you do. I will be here. ……Tiny ( Len Price ) Houston MS
Research companion plants to see which vegetables benefit from planting next to each other. They do better when they have the right companions. Looking amazing and love your channel!
Goats 🐐 look very happy 😊! Love watching you 😊❤
Surprised the goats havent tried to eat the chargers and wiring :)
Mel I think you have the right idea to try the garden bed netting, for both shade and bug deterrent- maybe try it on one bed at a time? Your garden is really doing fine, with the beds being so new and as you figure out what you can grow, etc. it is a process! I just wanted to mention, sometimes I miss something you all may have explained in a video- something strikes me from your video and my mind wanders or the dog wants in so maybe half those questions you’ve already explained may be from folks like me- squirrel- !! Lol. Just hang with us, we ain’t perfect viewers all the time we forget to pause, don’t rewind and yeah sometimes need to skip forward to get through the video so we can make our dentist appt on time 😂
Hi Mel & Gary!! I wanted to mention that at least here in PA strawberries are a seasonal crop. Check what it says about your local area. Our Strawberry season is mainly May & June. Actually I was surprised by your crop as I thought you wouldn’t get many this first year. Just don’t pull them out. They will produce for years. Also all of your hot peppers look so pretty!! You could can them and just eat as a snack. Everything is looking amazing and like everyone else I am anticipating the next step on your home. Take care and stay hydrated!! 💜
Been watching long enough to know Mel will need a bigger pen. LOL