Eric sent money for one of my VFD's annual wireless hole punch raffle, and I didn't want to sit on opening the box so he could pick his number if he wanted to. Thanks for watching. It was quite the box of loot.
I go through spurts on filming, but I watch everyone religiously and comment sometimes, lol! I just don't feel the getting behind the camera so much like I used to.
I sell these whole barrels as a side hustle in the spring. I don't remember how many this one guy got this year, but he made 4 trips to keep getting more to build a boat dock. I'm thinking about seeing how a "garden kit" like our garden would sell next year. Undecided.
She made me happy that she mustered up the courage to squeeze the trigger again on her hunting riffle after she scared herself a few years ago. If you listen closely after her first shot, you can hear her exhale quickly like a "Hmmm. I did it!" Now it's off to the deer blind in a few months... If she gets behind the riffle with one in her sights and freezes, I'll still take it as a Dad win...baby steps. She's been out with me as an "unlicensed observer" in PA. I got one the first day that she went back to school a few years ago, and she said "I wish I would have been there." She wanted to pray for the deer for giving his life for us when I brought him home, so we did. I do for every one when they fall anyway, but she wanted to pray for him so we did. She has known where the meat on her plate comes from since she was old enough to understand. Gen 9:3
No kidding!!! I feel like I just brought them home from the hospital last week. It won't be too long that I am sitting in the passenger seat teaching her how to drive. It may be before she's legal though ;-)
Good shooting! I always liked steel as it is encouraging to hear it ring. Or sticks and rocks on the backstop so you could see how you missed right away. Thank you for sharing this with us, Kevin. Stay safe and stay cool
This footage is her just getting comfortable behind it again. She squeezed her true first shot a few years ago, but the bigger bark than her 22 scared her until this day. It isn't even truly sighted in yet, but that's a good reason to go back to the range, lol!
Thank you. She likes shooting, but her 243 scared her a few years ago when she squeezed off her true first shot out of it. Now she wants to go hunting. Gen 9:3
It was a fun time. This is a re-upload for #LetFreedomRing, but the footage is from her first time shooting her 243 since her actual first shot a few years ago that scared her. Now she wants me to take her hunting so SHE can be the one behind the rifle. With her being a mentor hunter, I can't carry my own rifle too here in PA. She's been out with me a few seasons just as an observer, but I never got to harvest one on a day that she was with me.
Thank you. You can take most pallets that have the U-shaped side pockets cut out for forklifts to hold the barrels too, but I have a small yard and didn't want 2 barrel clusters scattered about, taking up more real estate and wanted to keep it as compact as I could.
Thanks for the visit. I watch and comment frequently, but I go through stints of not feeling uploading, so content may disappear frequently. I just do it for fun and to share. Returned the sub back to you too.
Yes I am. Been so since 1995 starting as a volunteer, and then jumping in career FT+. I'm still on our VFD's roster, but I don't do much with them anymore other than help work our gun raffle every year. Had a higher priority born going on 12 years ago now that needed my time. I may get back into it again, but now my age is telling me that there are younger guys that are more gungho than me, lol!
As I grow older, I am finding gratitude in grow/hunting and preserving our own food, knowing that our hands are the only hands to have touched it from "field to fork".
Gosh I so love those barrels! Your garden looks amazing! Oh darn sorry about the tomatoes. I used to have to put sugar in the sauce for the Boss. He’d get indigestion really bad otherwise.
We'll see how much the garden expands next year, lol! These barrels all had soy sauce in them, so no concerns of poison. I love a freshly picked tomato sandwich.
Thanks Michael. There is so much gratification in knowing that your hands are the only hands to have touched your food from "field" to plate whether herb or meat. Gen 9:3
Thanks Dan. I forged the railroad spike knife at the end of the video earlier in the day. All 3 of us were scheduled at that time, but LH woke up not feeling well, so I flew solo and went back to the room. She felt better later in the day, so we went back in hopes that they could squeeze her in, and they did. Not that I was glad that she didn't feel well that morning, but I am glad that it worked out that way so I could watch her, and not be making my knife at the same time and not able to watch.
It sure was, for me too. LH wasn't feeling well when we were all scheduled to make knives, so I flew solo. I got back to the room, and she felt better later, so we went to watch others forge their knives, and they worked her in as a "walk-in". Not that I'm glad that she didn't feel well, but I'm glad that it worked out that way, because I probably wouldn't have been able to watch her forge her own knife if I was making mine at the same time. As far as the experience, if anyone is vacationing in The Smokies, do this!!!
It sure was, for me too. LH wasn't feeling well when we were all scheduled to make knives, so I flew solo. I got back to the room, and she felt better later, so we went to watch others forge their knives, and they worked her in as a "walk-in". Not that I'm glad that she didn't feel well, but I'm glad that it worked out that way, because I probably wouldn't have been able to watch her forge her own knife if I was making mine at the same time. As far as the experience, if anyone is vacationing in The Smokies, do this!!!
It sure was. LH wasn't feeling well when we were all scheduled to make knives, so I flew solo. I got back to the room, and she felt better later, so we went to watch others forge their knives, and they worked her in as a "walk-in". Not that I'm glad that she didn't feel well, but I'm glad that it worked out that way, because I probably wouldn't have been able to watch her forge her own knife if I was making mine at the same time. As far as the experience, if anyone is vacationing in The Smokies, do this!!!
I'm not sure that I did. You are correct on one aspect. I was going to mention why we went with raised containers like this in a future update video. A few days later, I couldn't remember what I wanted to mention. Thanks for reminding me, lol!!! Stay tuned ;-)
Thank Dan. It's been a work in progress and learning experience. I think that I have it dialed in for me pretty good now. With the old system, I had to fully take it out of service and dismantle it before winter so it wouldn't freeze and break. Now I just leave that main valve open so it doesn't fill and drain what's in it. I still have storage in the basement, so if we get a warm stretch in the winter and it rains, I can just close the system up to catch and transfer it inside, and then drain what's left for when it gets cold again.
