Jason MESSED UP! This Didn't Go As Planned // Homestead // Farm // Ranch Life 

A suggestion you might want to put boards at the bottom of your tin because if a animal steps at the edge and pulls their foot out it could get cut pretty bad. I have seen where a horse has cut half their hoof off from the metal

You needed sand and clay and fill to level up to your baseboard at the lowest spot making the floor level from front to back. That mulch is just gonna hold water and sour .

You got to cut a channel to divert the water Before it gets to the barn. The mulch will turn into muck too without a rain ditch that goes around the barn.

All I can do when watching you is shake my head and laugh.

My guy that’s not mulch lol it’s brush and dirt

Jason and Danielle I love you guys to pieces but I have a bad feeling the wood is going to hold bacteria, fungus and mold.

I love y’alls idea and love how you’re not hiding the learning process. Because I know, I would have tried the same thing. Thanks again for sharing your adventures with us!

Give em cement floors you dnt have to worry about it or a wood floor raised up a few inches.

I think putting a french drain around the building would end the water issue in and around the building to drain the water toward that lower ground or, dig in a pond around that area, for when the dry weather comes

That pond seems to have more water than the ones you built. You might just need the pond where nature puts it? A gasoline powered garden tiller might help with all of your digging and soil work. Have fun! 👍

Guys you might need to install a drain to catch the water and divert it around.

Jason you need to put some block all around the barn , dig a little drainage all round and the water will run off

I love how Barley just prances in the water, he's so cute.

I like the way Jason lets Danielle try a couple of her ideas.😊

You two need a good wood chipper so you have a good deal of wood chips for your stalls for now call a tree service and have them deliver some loads of wood chips .

Trench around the entire barn, lay flexible perforated foundation drain pipe into the trench around the entire barn diverting the water away. Then pour yourself a nice concrete slab inside the barn to keep the animals high n dry. Easier to clean too.

I about died when Dale came running! 🤣🤣🤣

Danielle isn't afraid to help. You'll figure it out. Seems like the rain is your worst enemy. Keep on ,the finish line is closer.

OMH, don't use mulch in stalls! Use straw.

A+ for trying Danielle 👏 She's so stinking adorable! Awesome video guy's.

Great video, Jason and Danielle

I know someones that is having a BLAST in that Editing Room! Awesome+ Videography / Editing! Content is Exciting and Great J&D Thanks for sharing the Fun!

Jason and Danielle I loved 🥰 the skits in this video Jason how cold 🥶 was it it’s March and all it has done was rain 🌧️ Danielle you got this Ranch life I’m so proud and pumped for you guys I wish the rain 🌧️ would stop 🛑 for you guys so you can get the animals in the barn god bless from Ohio Irene

Barley says "I knew Dale was coming back but so many sticks so little time."!

OMG ,you two are the best morning entertainment. Watching Sat. Morn with my coffee. Have a great day💖

You can sign up for free mulch drop offs, most towns have them. Other homesteaders do it... Check into that.

Crushed stone floor would have helped. Going to be very difficult to clean out.

Yes, the mulch was made for a garden.

Lol 🤣🤣🤣 barley didn't know what hit him. You gotta have some fun in this crazy world

I love watching these videos for when I get my own homestead going. I can avoid these pitfalls and have a smoother time. Next time you move mulch, use the tractor and a wheel borrow. Less labor fast times to spread across a further area.

All the rain coming off the barn roof !!!!

Lol Jason you had me crying . How in the world did you jump in that water. did you hit a rock . Hope you didn't get hurt but it was funny . You are right I get mad when thing go wrong having a little fun help balance your mind .take care to both

If it were me I'd concrete the whole barn floor with built in drainage for ease of cleaning

Barn doors should be wider so can pass through with tractor when cleaning

Culvert pipe at the big box store, works everytime.. You'll have to build up the grade in the barn anyways, may as well be free, have Barley clean out the sticks...lol Love ya'll ❤️

I love seeing you guys having fun in your videos. I laughed so much when Jason took the polar plunge. I think you need to divert the water from around the barn. You need a ditch system.

Dig some trenches or ditches going away from barn to keep water from going in barn also blocks, brick or skirting around barn and gutters with downspouts diverting water away with extensions on spouts long enough to divert water into ditches draining away from barn. You can vdig a lot of these little trenches with tractor a

Here I was trying to make a good suggestion and you just dropped us like hot potatoes

Instead of mulch for the stalls, use sawdust. It's more absorbent, cleaner and easier to move and remove. Also sawdust can be obtained from local sawmills, usually for free. And the used sawdust makes excellent bedding for flower gardens. Just a suggestion from an old horse breeder.

I know you most of thought of this but Ill throw my two cents in just in case lol ....... It would be very beneficial to have a large tree mulcher for the homestead so you would have branch free mulch all the time .

oh the cliffhanger ending really got me ... looking forward to see what you'll do next! 💛🍀💛

Love seeing you guys have fun. Jumping in the mud looked so dam fun. Used to take my kids to play in the mud after we made a big dip in the middle of the field with our four wheelers and make lots of mud, we would all mud wrestling and throw mud at each other. So much fun. 🥰❤️

Nice job guys and good luck and be safe and God bless you guys

Have you thought of digging a trench around the barn to divert the water, something on the line of a french drain lined with gravel so it doesn’t fill in? Eventually, you could put a small berm around the one side of the barn to redirect it outward or regrade.

Learn as you go.

Gravel + sand then concrete = easy to clean.

Got some nice blisters , didn't you. That's a lot of hand work.

You will be fine.

I needed a good laugh. Jumping in pond

I've seen a few people in the comments say put a board at the bottom. In my opinion, it may be better to actually "wall up" the bottom 3ft of the walls. (Think shiplap style) I have horses and an old barn built the way y'all have your's (just bigger of course) and after how ever many years of the stalls being used, the ground itself has actually pushed the bottom of the tin out. And with goats this will happen a LOT faster... There should be a solid wall atleast as tall as the goats to help prevent this. Plywood may even work too but it may rot at the ground quicker than boards would. You guys are doing a great job so far!

Dude, you are so funny. Love watching you do you. When I have a bad day, I just watch one of your Video's and you bring me right back up. Keeping on doing you... Thanks

Find a local sawmill and get a few trailer loads of sawdust free or dirt cheap

You mise well throw cement in those post holes so the wood don't go bad

🤣🤣 Too funny! Jason you're a ticket❣Think fun was has with the water! Lol Just a thought, but have you thought of putting concrete floor in the barn once it dries out? It would be easier for mucking out in the future. You guys are sure working hard! Love your sense of humour❣💕💕🤗

Great effort!

You will figure it out that's how people learn good job.

You have done a great job on the pole barn. Congratulations you guys!

Jason and Danielle you guys got this keep it up ShootDang Ranch is coming along love 💗 from Ohio Irene and god bless

Try anything with what you have on the property, I used fine chat rock then put rubber mats on top… easy to clean…

Shavings for bedding. Divert the water getting in the barn, front end loader to cut the ditch. Keep it up I enjoy watching

Can you build a small frame around the bottom of the stalls.. bring in some of the free gravel you have then put concrete on the gravel to keep the stalls dry

USE YOUR TRACTOR TO REGRADE THE DIRT AWAY FROM THE BARN SO THE WATER DRAINS AWAY, NOT INTO THE BARN. VERY BASIC

Hope you can find the solution to keep the barn dry - & keep your animals healthy.... Good drainage is key...

HELLO 🤗 hope fence does the trick 👌 Lambo so cute 🥰

Kudos to you & Danielle for never giving up!!!! I just read all of the comments & I got a lot of laughs from them!! Thank you for being you & keep on keeping on with YOUR vision!! I love your other channels “Coffee With The Crockers” & “The Crocker Life”. The only way to feel the love from people!!! Blessings! 💜

Maybe consider curtain drain on outside of bar where it is Wet.

Oh my goodness, this was a fun-filled video. I really enjoy the silly stuff. If Danielle can't ramp she will play in the mud. I was wondering what Barley thought when you dive into the pond with him🤣🤣🤣🤣Thanks for this video. Love you both💕💕

Gravel is fine. But with water it sinks. Base rock first. Mats next. Have horses since 1976

In the summer the 🐍 will love that malch

Hi y’all 😊

You should look at putting in French drains to keep your barn floor dry

Sandy dirt would've been awesome for the drainage. The compost will work too just not drain as fast. Been there done that. Made the mistake of lining stalls with crushed limestone myself. That stuff don't drain,ugh! End up using more bedding when it won't drain good.

Jason doing the hillbilly polar plunge in the pond ....keeping it fun, silly, and stress release..plus soothing the muscles and some shrinkage ...Progress is going on.

We learn well from our mistakes, hopefully,I would think the critters might like the rustic,more natural ground cover?

There is a reason barns had a wide doorway on both ends! Lol

When I was little we used to have a potato fork & the tines were much heavier & the points had little balls on the ends so they didn't jab holes into the potatoes. I wish you had one of those.

A good idea would be to dump the mulch into two wheelbarrows side by side, then you could wheel it in the barn

You’ll figure it out. I think it’s good your trying to make a dryer bedding because of all the water. I still think straw or hay on top will be even better for the mama’s and baby goats. Keep up the good work guys!

I heard it! I replayed the run & jump a few times. That was great! Be awesome ya mudholes! ~Mary & fam in NJ

Great video!! Love seeing your fun personalities shine through! I know you will figure things out and the animals will be happy and safe..❤️

Schplaunch. Schplaunch. Schplaunch. Barley in the pond cracks me up. 🐕🐕. On another note, I have used mulch to build up low areas. It worked for a short term fix as it will decompose over a few months time.

Maybe you can find a hydrologist to help with grading the land around the barn so you won’t have muddy stalls. Wet feet are not good for cloven hoofed feet.

I mean, chipped wood makes your mulch easier and more consistent to work with, and wood chippers are very handy on farm land. Chipped wood also speeds up the decaying process in mulch. Trenching will help. Now, footers would have been nice with 2 rows of brick to block about 8 inches of water, but that's in retrospect. Hmm, footers make sense now, being the lowest part of a building. We live, and we learn.

Nice work you two!

Hey hey hey y’all!!

Love what you’ve both done! Just be careful of the raw metal under the barn sides. Small animals will try to get under or trap limbs and sever something. Can get nasty really quick. Just a thought. Best wishes to you both!

No storm is gunna take that beach down!!

I think you should have sorted through the mulch get rid of big sticks and let it sit for a few days to dry out and turn your mulch so that it all gets mix with dry and wet. I think it’s easier. But I wouldn’t of used that in the barn. That’s better for gardening. One of your other subscribers said to use clay and sand. I would have gone with that solution. Next time you need to make a concrete barrier or a foundation for barns. Good luck.

I think I would get a mattock pick to break up that compacted soil, but the side by side looks like y'all had to much fun haha. I personally love running shovels, digging bars and picks, I like having working man's hands instead of weak privileged hands haha.

The mud puddle moment was too funny. I needed that laugh, thank you.

Love the barn looks great.. that mulch would be great for garden beds save you a lot of money on soil.. get a load of saw shavings in the pins would help with water

Life is always a learning experience. There are no directions. Next time you will do things differently. All good! 👊🏻

Also the metal you used to fasten the fence should twist to the outer edge, lots of animals hurt themselves scratching up on it.... Save on vet bills, antibiotics and supplies to clean and heal the wounds

Don’t use cement b cause of the poor animals feet always having to stand on hard surface. They need more natural soft surface. Dirt sand eventually straw base. Fine wood chip saw dust.

You guys are so fun to watch, great video! 😂❤👍

Hi kiddos 🥰🥰 You're doing good keep on being you Love how your minds work 😘

I have used mulch from landscapers dumping their mulch on my property and it didn't work in the stalls because it stayed wet and the fire ants liked to live in it. But this was in SW Florida, a swamp climate. I really didn't find any solution to the problem except to move to NW Florida in rolling hills.

Tell Barley to go in and get the big sticks out of the way your getting there the barn is looking 👀 absolutely amazing love ❤️ you guys great job Danielle

Lol nice Jason like the polar plunge lol

maybe putting the mulch on the outside of the building it would stop the water from coming into the barn and the floor would not be wet, like a dam.