I can't believe I just FOUND THIS (a VLOG with June) 

Most dead opossums I've come across turned out to be 'playing 'possum!' When I went back to take care of the carcass they had run themselves off. My mum tossed a sad little dead junior possum in a bucket, and when my dad went to take care of it he found a little possum staring up at him, alive and well. I kept waiting for Jill to say she went back and the possum was gone!

Opossums are not aggressive and very rarely attack a chicken. Poor guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Doesn't everyone do chores in jammies?!? 😊

I’m in New Jersey and paused instantly to follow Angela! She’s 20 minutes from me!

We love opossums on our farm. Our chickens are in a predator proof run and coop so they never bother them. They mainly just want the eggs. Opossums are such handy creatures. They can't contract rabies and they eat their weight in ticks. And they help a tiny bit with the mice population that my free loading barn cats are slacking on.

So glad that you have a good crowd to sell the piglets to.

June cracks me up 🤣. Reminds me of my daughter. She’s now 33 and a stunt woman

Opossums are actually are a good animal they eat ticks and mice so very beneficial and they aren’t a mean animal …

I'm glad you're feeling better. Junie B. is precious.

💚 So glad you're feeling better! I love how Junie is so interested in the spider...That's so refreshing! 💚

Remember to give yourself some grace. She is so adorable. Be careful to not over do it.

Don't overdo it. My son got his kidney transplant on Thursday. He is already home. Silly boy talks about going to the gym. I told him he needs to give his body time to heal. Funny thing when I was talking to him and he was talking about what he cannot eat, I mention it was nice getting fresh food out of the garden, he says he is not allowed to work in a garden (said not that it matters.) June is so adorable.

When we have to add powders to our horses feed I just splash a little water on it. It usually dampens the nuts up just enough for the powder to stick, so they don't leave it at the bottom of the bowl.

And Good guarding dog! Possums are a threat and Simba knew it. GOOD BOY

I love how your pup looks after drinking like yup no prob no sweat love ya momma ✌🏼 😂. Glad you are doing so good after your surgery still praying no more issues and all healthy

It always makes me smile to see your daughter(s) join you. My son has been helping me build our homestead since he was 10 years old. It's wonderful to watch your daughter(s) do the same.

I'm so happy to see you today. You really look rested, happy and like yourself again. Earlier vlogs these two weeks one could see you were still healing and I'm so relieved you seem to be back to your old happy, bubbly self!

If you search on RU-vid for "Permaculture Oregon State University" there's an entire Permaculture Design Course available in video format from the OSU ECampus. About 50 videos full of great visual references and such. Super great resource! And totally free!! Oregon State is also who Jess was studying permaculture with.

June bug is your twin. Such a cute soul.

Normal day on the farm 😂 We both work full time away from home and goats/chickens were challenging to fencing. When one task is done there’s always another. Give yourself grace! If life isn’t dull, it’s full.

So many good permaculture recourses ! Parkrose Permaculture, Edible Acres, Discover Permaculture with Geoff Lawton, Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist.... these all on RU-vid

Oh, you should see my “hot mess” of a garden right now! 😂 August is hard! Fall is almost here… then we can clean things up without dying in the heat! Your farm and family is beautiful… you’re doing a great job, Momma💗

You have a nice little sidekick. I remember when that was Charlie. Now it’s IvyJune

I absolutely love, love those flower tattoos on your left arm. Would you ever consider photographing all your tattoos on that arm so I could see them all. Do your tattoos mean something extra special to you like a memory of someone or a special time in your life. Obviously you do love all flowers and you must have a really great tattoo person.

Perma pastures homestead also Geoff Lawton and Andrew Millison (he teaches the course at Oregon State, but also has a youtube channel) Jess took the Oregon State course I believe.

I loved the elderberry syrup so much (last year). I'm definitely ordering 3 bottles next time!

June is so precious ,and no fear of spiders ! That is impressive ❤️ take one task at a time so you heal proper ✌️😊🌻🙏

So glad to see you got your spunk back. I was so worried when I seen you after your surgery. I've never seen you like that. Of course it does happen to people but it was such a difference for you. So glad to see you back to yourself

Thanks for the fun video Jill! Question for you/Nate/WW fam: I’m in the Conway area visiting family this week! Hit me up with your favorite local shops/restaurants/garden centers. I’ve already been to blue sail, Squizito, bell urban farm and Zeteo.

Love your Farm I just want to mention I live in Paducah Ky we have 42 chickens including a rooster or 2 lol Two rabbits for breeding 2 Dogs for breeding and Just Super Smart Companions to play with... Im glad i found you!! Love it!!!

Glad you’re feeling better sweetheart 🌸💕🌸

The Opossum may be alive if you didn't see evidence of death. THey mostly go after chicken eggs and generally only go after Chickens if they're desperate. They eat ticks and act alot like cats. Their fur is super soft and they're big chickens. They're my favorite animal.

Beautiful ladies!!!!

Oh , we all get sideways ! Sometimes I am on it.Getting control of weeds , clipping and pruning etc.Then a project comes up or surgery ! or normal life things.Its totally alright like you say....I have gardened so long that I have gotton accustomed to getting derailed.I.dont let it bother me anymore.I.pick one thing everyday to fet fixed done etc...But you know what that's Life for sure.,but we're doing it ! It's our own journeys and life.So right now my garden is a.mess,Getting fall things planted,and going fishing 🎣 Glad your feeling better Jill. 😉❤️👍

You are in my prayers. I am believing for a positive outcome.

Love ya Jill. So glad that you’re back up and moving again able to take on all those feats. Junie Bee is just the splitting image of Mama. 💗💐🙏🏻 So precious and adorable. Love her little sneaks.

It is surprising what will grow well in a hot mess! You are doing well to be so active so soon. 💕💕🌻🌻

Perma Pastures Farm (YT) uses his pigs to clear his land in NC... He and his family have a LOT of good permaculture info.

Hi Jill!, Nate, Charlie and JuneyBee. You are so very inspiring to me. Thank you for sharing your family and talents with us You mentioned permaculture and resources. I assume that you know about Justin Rhodes. The Holler Homestead is diving into permaculture too. Side note Jill: I have had multiple surgeries and you remind me of myself and the challenges that I had being a mom and managing my duties. God will get you through this. There is a reason for your current situation. You may not know His reason right away but you ( and your sweet family) will in His time. Be gentle with yourself it really takes a long time to heal. In Faith: Beth

I always do my chores in my jammies..you go girlie Junie

Thank you LSGD 🌟Good job

Just watched this vlog and I just have to tell you I love you, and your family. You are a blessing to all of us.

Looks more like a party dress to me! ❤️

☺️ you know your a loving mama when you hold that little love flower from your babes the entire time 💕

I love watching your videos. You’re absolutely amazing. Sending you so much love and peace.

I can totally relate to Junie, doing chores in your nightgown!! I’ve been a lazy girl this past week, going out to the garden and chickens in my nightshirt! 😜 I’m so envious of your planning skills. I have wasted so much money on planners and notebooks trying to make detailed plans for projects. I always default to just make a rough outline in my head and fill in as I go. It’s not the best system I feel. However, I’m always pleasantly surprised when I get results from my haphazard methods!

Another great video ❤️🧡

Charlie does not want to get her dress dirty!

My turmeric took around 12 weeks to sprout!! Growing really well now.

We love our Dorper sheep. Just finished processing two lambs. Goats and sheep go well together. Hoping to bring some goats home this spring!

Obviously polyface Farm with Joel salatin is a great resource and Justin and Rebekah Rhodes of course!

Great guard dog! There’s a wonderful permaculture guy that the Tiny Shiny Home family have been following. I highly recommend.

I have had a very busy month, and my small garden has taken advantage of this by going wild. My fall seedlings which I planted before I went out of town for a week have turned leggy quickly, and the whole garden needs weeding! Just a little downtime can lead to a lot of recovery work. Glad to see you are feeling better!

Get you some diametreous earth (food grade only) and add to your feeds and mix it up well. Its like a daily wormer, kills off parasites, flies, mites, ants, etc. You can dust your coop grounds and your plant tops..it just has to remain dry. You can even dust your chicky babies like I do. (I put that stuff everywhere, even across the roosts and coop floor for chickies) I dont have flies, mites, or even strong coop smell In garden I dont have ants, aphids etc. I dust the tops of plants and bottom ground watering so I don't have to keep reapplying it. Also beckys homestead has more info Glad you are recovering well..make sure you keep rested and remember that nothing is worth your health deteriorating. So take time off when you need it.. Not everything has ro be done 'right now'

I love this video! I’m sorry about the possum, however your sweet puppy took care of it for you! (Although I like possums...that one just got into the wrong place)! The thing I liked most was how June was so careful to take good care of her favorite clothes! She had new shoes on at first and she decided she didn’t want to get them dirty, so I noticed she had gone back inside and put her boots on! Also, she held the skirt of her gown up to make sure it didn’t get soiled or picked on anything! She’s really a “girlie girl”! So sweet, too! The goats are going to be a challenge, it seems. They will make sure the fence is ship-shape! Glad you sold all the piglets except the two you want to keep. (Don’t work too hard; your surgery was only a short time ago)! You have a beautiful farm! Now that fall is almost here you will find it cooler to work outside and to do some fall planting! God bless!

I just made some natural goat wormer today, love that more people are getting into permiculture, it just makes sense!

I am interested in permaculture and while browsing I came across Mossy Bottom vlog, a permaculture homestead in Ireland. He had just put a vlog out called 12 permaculture principles and how he applies them. He is putting out a series of three vlogs explaining the Principles of Permaculture. This was the second. He is in Ireland but he shows very clearly how to apply the principles in whatever situation you are in wherever you are. 💕💕🌻🌻

Lol I’ve been known to do chicken chores in my jammies from time to time! 😊

Be careful the snakes will lay in the chicken coop.

Possums do look vicious, and maybe are a nuisance to chickens... but they eat lots of ticks.

Your lil June be looking identical to her mama!😜❣️ So cute & small. I've never seen a possom, but we do have gopher's (not sure of specific name) they dig holes in ground & live below (I think). But what a shock 😲!! Your dog is gr8 @guarding!!

Sometimes it is hard to work with others.

I am in Florida helping to car for my step father he is 94. I will be gone from home in Ohio for 3 weeks and i am so in a. Tissy my. Gardens are going to be such a mess. My. Husband does help. So i have to have faith. One day at a time

I am just starting to dig into permaculture so I don’t have many suggestions but of those suggested to me these 3 have been amazing. On RU-vid Edible acres, parkrose permaculture and Canadian Permaculture

Hey! Glad to see you're doing better and giving yourself grace for what is out of your control 💛 I did an in person PDC with Geoff Lawton and he is a WEALTH of knowledge, he worked and studied under Bill Mollison for many years and has so much experience and practical knowledge, he also runs an online PDC and has a really helpful RU-vid channel. Other RU-vid channels I find are good permaculture resources are Milkwood (they also run online courses) and EdibleAcres who have a permaculture nursery. Hope you have a great day! xK

Poor Junie trying to make sure her new shoes don't get wet. I think shes realizing that it was harder with her pjs and bag

Too bad for the opossum, they are good for the garden for pest control, but the chickens need safety. 💕❤️😘🌻🥰

That moment when the possum realized he made the fatal mistake of choosing to rob the wrong house. Good guardian dogs are worth several times their weight in gold, well, at least in livestock!

Perma Pasture Farms, Deepsouth Homestead, Jeff Lawton, Justin Rhodes, Hollar Homestead, Survival Gardening with David the Good and Honeybee Homestead.

With feeding the NATURAL WORMER for your goats, it would be interesting to do a fecal and see if it actually works.

Had a opossum try to come in the house last summer. It was at the door when I opened it to go into the garden.

Hi Jill! Have you tried putting turmeric roots in a carboard box? Just lay them in the box and cover so it's dark.I had tons of sprouts! I found this out by accident when I harvested mine and forgot about them! :D

This might be an overshare…my husband is from Scotland. He swears the best fertilizer is sheep dingle berries soaked in water with wool and all then added to the garden! It might be a fun experiment…well, as fun as collecting a dingleberry would be!

Have a great day

Check out The Macs. Colby uses permaculture. He has many videos on pasture rotation.

I'm a permaculture channel. Geoff Lawton is AWESOME! Andrew Millison is my go-to for water management.

Wow A plant based homesteader? I hope she does have a YT channel, I want to watch that!

Sorry June!

Opossum eat ticks! I know they're ugly, but God made em too!

O also i forgot to mention prob 10 blocks from me are prob 50 story buildings!!! Im in the City pretty Much???

Hi Jill&Nathan, "YAY!, SHEEP!" 🐑🐑🐑 That's O.K., I have Racoon's+Chipmunk's; hope's for a transformation period with a Heart Trap

Pait an owl on the fence of the chicken coup!

I certainly would not butcher the sheep unless old.

Our daughters look the same age ❤️so cute 🥰

Ummm it might not really be dead but playing opossum 🤣

Juney 😭🥰

Jesse Frost both blogger and author ( no till growing ). Jean Martin Fortier especially at his Four Seasons property where he serves as a overseer.

Hi 👋 Deep down south homestead - Danny King has a few good videos on permaculture.

My lab was the great possum hunter when she was younger. I had over 30 in one year! All sizes - adults to babies! She would leave them for me on the back door step 🤮 also a squirrel a bird and a mole 🤦🏼‍♀️

Gaia's Garden - A guide to home-scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway is an excellent book.

My dog used to kill the birds in the yard.

My dog just thought they were big mice, and would grab em break their necks and toss em. I was totally okay with that. Good Doggie!

I thought opossums ate bugs….not chickens. I could be wrong..,,

Gina from Lumnah Acres makes the med balls for her goats. They love them. 🙂 Check with her

Where’s the puppy (Daliah?)

It's so cute how June doesn't want her nightgown to get dirty so she's holding it up. She'll learn how high not to hike it as she gets older. 😉

But on a similar note Jeanna at “Lumnah Acres” also just had surgery you two girls have lots to talk about 😘

Try checking Perma Pastures Farm for more permaculture

Udemy has some permiculture course but seriously wait for a sale

I planted my tumeric in April & it didn’t sprout until July. I have heard of a lot of people who said the same thing. So maybe it just takes a long x????