Roots & Refuge Farm Chores Without Power (Post Helene Day 5) 

Hey Miah! Maybe the algorithm doesnt like it, but I, for one don't mind longer videos. I actually prefer the longer videos. I watch/listen while I'm working so longer videos means I have to find something to watch less.

I’m enjoying Miah’s Chanel and watching what you do on the other side of the farm. A different perspective for sure. 👍🏼

Miah, I’m perfectly happy with a long form video.

You go Miah. You do you and post what you can, when you can. New here, but glad to see you.

I like your think smarter not harder attitude. 👍👍

I’m so excited to see you so soon again Miah! Your perspective is very interesting and inspiring! It’s easy to see how you & Jess blend so beautifully together with Christ as your foundation. Please keep sharing your life with us! God bless you!❤

I enjoyed watching this and didn’t realize it had been almost 18 minutes and would be happy to watch even longer videos! I always learn several things and listening to your calm voice is very relaxing. Hope you have a blessed day! 🙏💕

I watched your video about “no excuses”. I am a business owner and just committed to something for my community that I’m not quite sure I’m ready to take on. I’ve been struggling with it because I felt like I had failed, like I was a disappointment. Your video gave me the confidence that it’s okay to be honest and vulnerable. My customers are very much like you and Jess’s followers. Kind and understanding.

Yay it’s Farm chores! Thank you for sharing so much useful information. For someone like me currently in my “classroom” I love not only getting see the daily operations of your well managed and established homestead all while taking mental notes for when it’s my time to steward a lil bit of land. I’ve learned so much from you and Jess over the years. Sending y’all Love from Texas

Thanks for letting us tag along with you, Miah 😊

Can't you just hear ancestors saying Oh, suck it up buttercup, we didn't have power lol?

I love how the sheep follow you around the pen.

Seems like things are harder but wiser. Good job thinking during this time without power.

I just now, after probably a year, notice that you are THE Miah from Roots And Refuge😂🤦🏼‍♀️ I've been following both channels and just now laid the connection🤭😂

I like this because understanding all the technical stuff about generators, water pumps, etc is not my specialty!❤

Thank you for the video. I like watching you do farm chores

What a great job on this video Mia.

Hello! 👋 It is nice to follow along with you on your chores. I am glad you are all doing well. Thank you for the update.

Interesting the thought processes and decisions on how to do things with the extended power outage. Given the fact that y'all do have a lot of livestock,have you thought about doing some rain water catchment systems like Jason with Sow the Land built? Sure came in clutch for them with this storm.

Thank you for explaining why you have made the decision to or not to do something. At times of adversity, you just have to make these types of choices until you can return to "normal". We continue to learn through you and Jessica. ❤

Loved the content. Glad you even thought about vlogging after Helene, my husband and I went through Micheal 10-10-2018. My brain was as scrambled as our yard was, no damage to speak of to our home, but lost 2 sheds, a pole-barn , our entire fence line and every tree on our property! My brother had to literally park almost a mile away, hike in carrying supplies to check on us. We had 3 trees across our driveway, and hundreds across our road leading us in and out. Cajun Army were the first non resident s we saw, they had their chain saws and was cutting us out!! Love those men!!!

Great video Maih. Thankyou. Great to see you back.

You rock. ❤ I have 0.000 judgements about how you make your videos. It’s OK. Also love the chickens.

We were put of power for 28 days when Isabelle hit us. We had evacuated and couldn't get home due to flooding for 7 days. But 21 days with no power was like adapting to a new life. We made it work. Made a lot of changes after that one in terms of hurricane preps. It was definitely a "before and after" event in our lives.

The kids are like cats when you get them a new toy... They'd rather play with the box it came in! 😅😅

Love the content!!! Thank for showing us around!

Thanks for sharing your message of wisdom. Great video, Miah!

❤ Great job showing you’ve created community and structure in SC! When we have power outages it feels like no one wants to help others except us, but that’s another reason I fill the freezer with baked items. Sharing a sweet or bread homemade food when we’re struggling gives a lift to a bad situation, even if just for a moment. 😊

It’s always great to see you working on the farm.

I love these types of videos! Thanks so much for sharing!

I am so excited to watch a new episode 😍 🤗

Thanks for posting this. And in case nobody has ever mentioned this, I love your choice of background music on all your videos.

Love a farm chore video! One thing I noticed as you were driving the hay bale down to the pasture was the amount of farm supplies you have lined up and all around. I think it would be cool to see a video on what all you guys have used and think is essential to keep around for your homestead. I imagine it can quickly turn into a junk yard if you’re not careful.

Its great to see and hear how you think about priorities in very tough times. Thanks for making more videos!!

Hi Miah! So good to see you. Thank you for this video. God bless.

I enjoyed the morning with you and your animals🌞. You did well getting water🎉. JO JO IN VT 💞🍁

GM Sweet Miah (so says Jess), please continue to do YOU - short or long or no videos - ias long as you are comfortable, passionate, and at peace🤗🤗🤗 We will love anyway you all feel led to include us in your lives, we will be satisfied❤❤❤❤

Hey Miah I'm sure y'all have considered this, but a couple large solar panels, a charge controller, and a few agm batteries at your well would run it forever. Solar systems and batteries for critical infrastructure is amazing. All of my exterior lights are solar with separate panels so I can have a light, even indoors, with the panel in the full sun. Good quality sets are inexpensive and you can put them almost anywhere. Most have a 16ft cord to allow easy placement. I have some lights that are still working perfectly after 15 years. Your barn is perfectly positioned for full solar and being independently powered. With you natural desire to maintain things properly, your systems would last for longer than their expected life. ...and a big diesel generator is very inexpensive (especially in a couple months from now) at government sales and lg equipment auctions. With the combo of the 2 systems, y'all would never have to worry about having this issue again. I embrace the grid for its benefits, however it has many shortcomings, including constant cost. Dropping things like your well and small buildings off that list is a significant savings on a farm. Much love to y'all

Maya, I have one thing to say to you about that I saw in the video that you did very smartly and made the right choice. What I have to say about that is because of the economy you knew that it was very good and you've got to buy where you had bought it for less money for it. And I think that you did the right thing when you bought the round bales of hay and saved considerably a lot of money and buying that many of round bales of hay Congratulations for thinking that way because of the economy and knowing that you were doing the right thing for your farm. Maya, congratulations for doing the right thing for your farm now, Maya❗❗❗

Love and prayers to your family and others that are having to redo their lives and properties .

Really enjoyed the video ❤ The farm is lovely I’m so happy you didn’t have more damage from the storm Love the music you added Looking forward to see how you rigged the water pump!

It’s good to have you back. I love seeing all the farm animals!

You are amazing! Thank you! You made my day with your get up n go mode! True heart! Love to you and Jesse n Family!

Always great to see your videos Miah! I had to laugh seeing Jess in the background of one of your videos, I am used to seeing the other way around. I have had to make do without power in the past but never more than for a few people, cats and a bunny to deal with. Sounds like you have made quite a great plan to care for all those animals in this situation.

Blessings and a speedy recovery for you all there.

Very interesting video Miah thanks!!

It's so good to see you in your element and pushing through.

Sweet Miah, good to see you making videos again, it's nice to see the other side of your farm, Jess is the grow stuff and you are the make stuff, between the two you can do anything and you do it so well. 😊

I am so happy to see you on here again I love watching you give us some good content

Thank you for sharing ❤

Always good to see you MIah. Thank you.

G'morning Sowards. ☀️

Thanks for taking us along to see how you manage your chores even when there is no power. I enjoyed seeing your farm from your perspective. How great that you have a polebarn for storing your hay. It would take up so much room in your other barn where you have so many activities going on. I look forward to seeing how you managed the watering for your animals during that time.

I'm so excited for your video! Great job, Miah!!

Good idea on saving power, during a time when you really need it, it will stretch what you do have. Didn't know chickens have a favorite box, this is funny to me. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for bringing the camera to the other side of your property. I always see it at a distance, but I don't remember Jess ever taking us there. Is Jess's dad still going to build a home in that area?

Great video. Can't wait to see the vid about how you fixed the water. Love Bev

Thank you Miah, God Bless, have a wonderful week.

Hi from Scotland hi miah I just love your vidios you are such a talented man keep the vidios coming cheers till next time anne from Scotland

Great to see you again! ❤️

Great job and thank you for posting what you do.

I thought I was subscribed but I wasn't getting notifications. I saw this video on RU-vid so I checked. I wasn't subscribed anymore. I changed that, but we'll see how long that lasts.

Miah, thank you for this video!!!! In catastrophic events where there are significant power outages, I get tunnel vision and only think about "me" and how I can survive. I really appreciated how you showed what it is like to live on a farm and have to manage that responsibility in addition to yourself/family. Appreciate you!!!!!

Well miah you sure get your walking workout enjoy your day

Thank you Miah great Video. God Bless you all.🙏❤

Thanks Miah :) Always enjoy your video's

Thanks for sharing the farm chore tour. Am looking forward to your well fix up.

The sky is sure pretty there! Hope your power is on by now.

Great job Mia!!!! ❤

Whatever works best for you - but a longer video wouldn’t be a bad thing😉😁 excited to see your generator to well set-up even unconventionally - we call those ingenious on the spot fixes the farmer way 👍🏼 most times it’s a better way🤓

Yeah really interested in the well pump , generator connecting thanks and good video looking foward to more drone footage when powers back.

God continue to bless you!❤❤❤

A few personal preferences and observations: I love the music, the time lapses were nice but wished they were a little longer as i dont have farm animals and it was interesting watching what they do as you were working and it would be neat to see how they go back to being "normal" once you are done, enjoyed the explanations and your thought processes (some good wisdom), and I giggled at the one haybail rolling away slightly as I don't know why I thought they didn't/couldn't do that! Overall, great video and looking forward to the next one! And again, I love you sharing your thought process not just on the chorse but on your thoughts while creating content. Most of the time, channels don't get suggested to me until they have lots of videos so it's been really cool to get to see how someone launches their channel and their ideas on how they are approaching it. I mean, I guess I could find other channels that are just starting but I kinda feel like I already have a report with you and I know I'll enjoy your content, so it's nice being along for the ride! Anyway, great job! God bless!

I know you will be planning more backups for anything youve found is difficult without power..great learning happening for lots of folks.

Great video, Miah. Thanks!

I feel so proud 😂like I contributed something lol. But seriously love this video. Love that ur finding ur voice. Look forward to seeing how far you take this. Stay Infinitely divinely blessed 🙌

❤ TFS

Loving this video.. Understanding it is so time consuming moving camera.

Aww C'mon Miah, bust out the majestic pond Miah to clean off after getting the limbs up... you know you wanna LOL

Very interesting. Thanks so much. ❤

I love y'alls farm

Thank you so much for sharing

And I'm very sorry Maya, Jess and the kids that you still don't have any electricity still after 5 days. I will pray for you so that you get your electricity back faster so that you don't have to use your generator all the time for your freezers then.

Good job. Sing God's Praise.

As someone with a well, I am VERY interested to see how you were able to get water without power for the well pump. We are new well owners and not well versed in what to do in case of emergency. Thank you for your videos Miah! ❤

Thanks for a great video!

Good morning

Blessings!

Go Miah 🎉❤😃

Interesting

The weather in South Carolina is forecast to be colder than normal this winter, especially in late January and in the month of February. I still think you will have enough hay. Sometimes we have to patch things together and find a work-around. If it work temporarily that's o.k.

Just sayin, I don't mind longer videos.... lol I have a question that doesn't need answering. It looked like you had to hold the coop flap open to get eggs and such. Why? Couldn't you just add a hook and eye so that you can kerp it open that way while you work? Anyhow, great video! Looking forward to the next! Blessed be!

1st, good morning ☀️

I dontmind a longer video, but it's probably better for going back and researching a different topic.

The music playing while you finished stacking that hay was awesome! Was that Daniel?

Hi Miah😊

Wait what barn or building is this that ur loading the hay into?

Miah Love what you have gotten done on this video. Loved watching you move the pen over. Do not apologize for having to stop this. It is as and you still have no power for right now. You do the best that you can. Tools and tool box and thumbs up coming your way.🛠️🧰👍

So, where are you storing all the hay? It looked like you were just leaving it outside. Wouldn't it get wet and rot/mold?

Where are those hay barns? Haven’t seen them before.