In a civilization that has weaponized everything against us, we turn it around by weaponizing our own lives. Living sustainably, producing healthy food and learning new skills. Regenerative farming. Watch us make it work on a shoe string budget and live a life of hard work, healthy habits, food you cant buy and a lifestyle people would trade anything to live. We have dairy goats, chickens and working livestock guardian dogs, and many wild friends too!
I grow sometimes a dozen varieties in western canada as a hobby at my farm. Grasshoppers last few drought years eat it to the stalk. Trying some higher nicotine varieties to see if that has an effect on the hoppers next year. I recommend you try florida sumatra and little dutch varieties. Strongest growers ive seen.
@redneckregime6268 grasshoppers are the only thing that bothers my tobacco. They love it, and destroy such perfect leaves. Thanks for the recommendations, I'll give them a go next season. I'm trying to get better at curing this year, I lost a lot last season to mold.
@@goatsofwar7181 If you have a greenhouse just lay them inside hanging on strings for a month or 2 or even all winter and they will be the most beautiful brown you have ever seen. Spray them down sometimes and if you keep them in a greenhouse on a sunny day they will get real nice and hot and help some ammonia escape.
we use German Shepherd Dogs and Dobermann Dogs as SHEPHERDS to herd the goats. So I am CONFUSED with this person's statement where he said that Dogs should not mix with Goats. I know other farmers who mix Dogs with Goats, too.
Yes we tried some the first year we grew it. It was alright but not the same as the sweet corn variety we grew as well. We love hopi blue dried and used as corn meal.
Hmm, this is the first video of yours I've ever watched. Interesting your in a camper and the water and grey water is frozen. I honestly wouldn't know what I would do but just think if you cover the entire camper with a large tarp and run heaters around it, maybe you could warm it up enough to de-frost it to loosen all the blockages up. or de-frost only the underside of the camper closest to the drain and let the heat flow through the opposite side to generate a flow direction. Just spit balling a couple ideas. yeah its a cold one out here as well, all the best to you two! Stay safe and warm and best of luck.
Thanks for stopping in and watching. Also thank you for the tips, they are all good! My wife and I used to live in the interior of Alaska and we had less freeze ups than we have dealt with since moving to the lower 48. After Alaska we moved to Wyoming which also has brutal winters. Now that we are in Washington State, these winters are not as harsh. Thanks again, Keep warm and watch your top knot!
Such a great investment for anyone doing a reasonable number of chickens for their family and friends… they are a little pricy, but if you’ve ever hand plucked a couple (three or four dozen) chickens, it’s a huge increase in efficiency. Husband and I can only do 15-25 a day if we hand pluck.
Pro plucker who'd thunk it! Hey Rob was thinking about yall just the other day.I miss the live streams back when I had decent internet lol. Looks like everyone is doing well, and a congrats is in order! Keep living the dream brother and stay blessed! Dan-O
I tried to buy one of these from my local Northern Tool. Independence Mo.The manager wouldn't sell it to me. He demanded, "What are you going to use it for?" " I wanted to chip some wood." "What kind of wood?" Suddenly I felt intimidated as if I needed to justify my wanting to buy his product. "Do you not want to sell it to me?" "I just don't want you bringing it back! Besides, the only one I have is buried in the back room and I'm not going to dig it out right now! You should buy another brand!" With that he disappeared and never returned. ??? I'd still kinda like to buy one. Guess I'll have to drive to the other Northern Tool in Kansas.
It is true, this dam is on the short side. Size in general is something we are trying to increase in our herd. We do have taller longer lines. This particular doe is a very good working milker. Thank you for your comment.
I raise Nigerian Dwarf and a few mini crosses. They do grow differently than the large breeds. Mine seem to grow rapidly until 4-5 months and then plateau for a few months then have a growth spurt again around 8-12 months. I usually take ours away from does at 2 weeks to an inside my milking shed stall, 4x8 inside area with doggie door to a 4x8 outside play area, so I can milk the does. I allow the kids to nurse several times a day on the milking stand. This also seems to help them learn their names and like us more without bottle feeding. They get grain and have hay, they can also eat the grass in and through the outside fence. They have and automatic bowl style waterer hanging on the inside wall that is run off an ibc tote. We don't have water on that side of the property. I usually take the boys away to the bucks pen by 6-8 weeks depending on how obnoxious they get mounting the other kids and if they are extending. So they are weaned cold turkey then. I will usually band them around 8weeks for sale as pets but have been trying to wait a little longer to make sure the ureter and urethras grow big enough to not have stone issues layer. They all seem to be eating and drinking fine by then and being inside that inner stall they get frequent monitoring. I'll keep the doelings in that inner stall until I sell them or until the does are dried off to be rebred since the doelings don Not want to stop nursing and give themselves horrible scours. I'll incorporate your advice for my minis since sometimes the genetics favor the larger breed goats. Thanks.
Nice comment thank you! Its a fair point to bring up the differences in breeds. Alpines dont go into heat/rut until fall and the bucks will stay in the rut until all the girls are bred or spring comes along. The does go into heat every 21 days all winter long or until bred. I have always been fascinated at the difference. If I remember right the ND breed just goes into heat every 21 days year round, is that correct? I sure enjoy the break during the spring and summer months.
Simply everwhere the soil looks so thin and weak so anything to retain water without adding too much negative fungal or bacteria while a source of compost itself to grow more soil is desperately needed!
Amen! We haven't let our adult children bring their dogs to our house now that we have goats. Neighbor dogs are the worst and neighbors that don't understand. You definitely have to tell the owner that they have to keep their dogs away from our property. Dogs by nature want to eat goats and chickens, they are NORMAL DOGS. The abnormal dogs are the guardian dogs that we keep with the goats. :)
Wow, love this! I have thought about hugelkultur here, I love seeing the side by side difference with the sunflowers. This is inspiring! I love knowing that you are in my same exact climate! Apparently, you guys are Alaska transplants as am I, so I'm still trying to figure out how to garden here!!! Had it all figured out up there in Wasilla with my chickens, goats and garden and here I finally got animals to start helping my garden succeed!
