Summertime has hit Louisiana! | Time for Fun & Time to Add to the Homestead 

It's enjoyable to watch you work hard and play hard as y'all are living the American dream!

Comedy and homesteading, should be manadatory! I love you all keep me laughing.

It took me a couple weeks but I started at the first build episode and here I am. Y’all are amazing!

I like hearing about all your future plans, sounds like you will be keeping us all entertained for quite some time. Jim you are absolutely right that hat on the world's cutest goat herder is pretty awesome, think you need one for Ladly, so that would have the two best looking goat herders ever 😊.

A+ guys!!! And I don't know who come up with having both CCL and The Life in Pines both on the same day, but you won't hear me complain!!! ❤❤😎😎😎

Glad to see Ladly in the intro. Really missed see'n that little darling in recent videos. Property lookin real nice. y'all take care.

Good morning Lydia and Jim!! This video was a little different and extreemly enjoyable. The first 5 minutes drew me in to the summertime morning and activity and peaked with you both showing your fun and sense of humor as you both cut up and clowned around by the waters edge. It was a lot of fun and very enjoyable. Kudos on the music selection throughout the entire video. The songs were great and fit the activity going on perfectly - very well done. Thank you for the time and effort it took to assemble this video Lydia, it was great! I really like goat, especiall the small ones, so was delighted to hear you were now official "goat farmers". It was great timing that Jim's brother was changing up things over at his place so you had access to the great fencing material for "free 99 as Jim puts it, to repurpose. The way you set it up will work out perfectly to have the 7 + possible babies in, while you are working in the new barn area. You sure worked hard setting the fence posts in that heat and humidity. This week here, it's running 102 - 106 degrees but without the humidity (which I don't care much for 🤪) I'm excited that you are starting the animal area/barn project and look forward to following along as this proceeds ahead. It was nice seeing Ladly, she's so cute and is sure growing up quickly. Y'all have a great and productive week and be safe out there. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.

Hey y'all, Thanks for sharing another awesome video to breakup this rainy week we're having in s. Florida. It's nice you were able to pickup everything for the fence and a shelter. The goats will be very happy.

I just saw my first video. The dry pour concrete is a game changer! Cant wait to try it! Ty!

Love this video! It's amazing how much y'all get done in such a short span of time. I'm sure it doesn't feel like a short span in that heat! I wish I had half of y'alls energy!! Keep on truckin'! Y'all are gonna be self-sufficient before you know it. I love that you're sharing the ride with all of us! Thank you! 😘

It’s not how fast but how well. Working to do a good job and proud of what you see. It’s how long the project will last. Few will research the internet and ask questions and follow what they think is right

You guys are doing a fantastic job. Love you sense of humor and your videos.

Use the bucket on the front-end loader to push the tee posts in. I have 4 post drivers and they have been retired. 😅

I love how much fun you incorporate into your work. Being able to let go for a change is good for the soul 😜

Hey Lydia I see the new guy in the posh clothes didn't hang around long glad to see cc back in his natural habitat. Love the video makes me smile when I watch these doing my blood collection job I work for the NHS in England. National health service .Best wishes to you all

So you got your brother's hand me downs as a kid, and now you taking the fence hand me down...lol It's just a little brotherly love ❤️

Lydia, summertime in Louisiana sounds like a recipe for some good ol' Cajun Country Livin'! From savoring crawfish boils to soaking up the sun, there's no shortage of fun to be had. And what better time to add to the homestead than during these long, sunny days? With your zest for life and love for your homestead, each addition is sure to bring even more vibrancy to your corner of Cajun Country. Can't wait to see how you make the most of this summertime adventure!

Very cool. Goats are the best lawn care and weed control animal that you can have. Enjoyed the video. Good to see y'all got past all of those nasty storms. Now, if we can get past hurricane season we'll be in good shape.

Lydia can definitely hold her own it’s great Jim you have a strong partner to do this with

The goats are going to be so excited!!❤❤

Lydia you are one tough cookie! Can’t wait for the next video! ❤

your closing comments reminded me of this quote " a goal without a plan is just a dream"

Congratulations on your new Goats And Happy Father's Day Jim When zit Gets Here On Sunday

Great video,glad yall are getting some needed R&R! Yall r getting great with taping,Enjoy yalls videos!

Happy Fathers Day Jim and thank you Lydia great music thanks for sharing i loved it

Thanks guys good luck with your container shop and the goat pin! Kirk in Lake Charles sending prayers and positive vibes to yall and your families! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻 yall can always add a small cable and a small turnbuckle from about 2/3 down the gate going to the post in a eyebolt! That should adjust take up the weight on the gate so it doesn’t drag, but I’m not taking anything away from Jim because he’s probably already figured that out! Yall take care and stay safe, plenty water and please stay hydrated my friends! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙋🏼

You guys did an amazing job making short order of that job!

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Your homestead is looking amazing ❤

I love seeing all the different projects y'all do. The variety is great. Keep mixing it up. I'm old now but you remind me of me and my wife when we were young. My wife is still strong as an ox. But neither of us are as strong as we used to be. We had many adventures like you are having now. Enjoy every success, embrace every hardship, both will come, it's life, live it.

Yes! My favorite shorts… that camo is awesome😂 those other ones are nice too

Yall recall that TV show Sanford and Sons? Might be aging myself. Can only laugh thinking how anyone on your road looked at your haul as passed by. Been there done that back in the day. One man’s trash is another’s man’s treasure. 🤣. You guys are great!

The show was extreme home makeover!

Wow.... This video was great. Lydia, you look absolutely amazing and that tan had you glowing. wow 🥰

You two do great work always ❤

Yay!!! A beautiful area to put the goats in!!!!

You guys are lucky to be able to drill post holes in your soil. I tried that on my property with our hard clay, rocky soil and it just bounced around so much it looked like I used a backhoe to dig it.

Watching you have fun and being funny was a lot of fun to watch😊 Wishing you success with the goat setup.

Ahhhh love u guys!!! Your great!!! Love the dancing!!!

Nice work y'all. Looking good so far.

Moni lawn mowers. You all have a lot of fun and do some hard work. Keep those smiles bright.😊

that was Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. that was a cool show

Working in the heat is not fun but you make it look easy. I loved watching Ladly with the bird house. Have a great week.

Smokin good video!!

You guys are a trip 😅 ❤ love this channel 😊

I love the fact that y'all live the creed "One man's trash is another man's treasure." Way to upcycle!! I wish we had the soil you have. Driving t-posts on our land is an exercise in futility. There are so many rocks, not even a gas powered driver can sink them much of the time. Even a tractor auger can't dig in some places.

Just watching the gnats fly around the camera makes me want to start swatting at them. What do ya all use to try to keep them at bay? Another great video!! Love Lad's birdhouse and ya all's teamwork. It's such a pleasure to watch this homestead come together. Ya all are amazing. :)

Woohoo another build , I love ❤❤it!!!

Nice job guy you have come a long way. Love watching you and I never miss one. I was thinking if you were to put a wheel on the opening end of the gate at the bottom it may help with when you open it

GREAT song in beginning, running the boat

Jim has got some smooth moves.....lol. Great job you guys!!

It’s awesome that Lydia is willing to get in there and work right beside you Jim.

Extreme home makeover edition that’s the name been trying to think of

it's so much easier to push those T posts in with the loader.

Always enjoying your vlog you and your husband are amazing have a blessing day

just a quick TIP Me and my wife put in thousands of feet of fence together and we always push the T post in with the tractor bucket. when the soil is damp they slide in very easily without bending. before I found this out my shoulders were hurting. Give it a try so people can see how easy it is.

Thank you for making my Thursday mornings! I love to wake up to a new episode to watch with my morning cuppa ❤ them goats are so cute, I had 1 "normal" size and did he get up to mischief including getting out to enjoy the neighbours gardens 😂

Great music selection, again.

Agree that Lydia is the cutest goat farmer. You're a lucky, lucky man Jim.

The show is called Extreme makeover with Ty Pennington. I love that show. Can't wait to see the palace for the goats. Love all your videos.

Y’all wear me out just watching 😂 Great video ! Hard working folks 😊

Someone had already commented on this, but use the bucket on your loader to push those t posts into the ground.

Hi y'all. Y'all are really amazing.keep up the great work .👍👍❤🤠...

Love watching your ever changing videos

Those goats are going two the penthouse from a motel 6 ,and yes we will leave the light on...😂

Brillante ❤

Nice work ya'll! Have a great rest of your week! :)

Y'all need a couple of more projects. Let me do some thinkin'. I'll get back to you. 😁 Thanks for the update!

Love goats they have a lot of personality.

Great job. Self-sufficiency is it , the end game. Infrastructure is everything. I have 410 t-post to install for our perimeter fence. I think I am going to teach my wife how operate the front end loader to push the post in, while I hold them straight . Man, the nats are horrible. Y’all’s place is looking good.

Looking good. I have spend a lot of time on a t-post pounder. Recently my daughter rented a gas powered post pounder. I did not even know they existed but the work great. You can also push in t-post with the front end loader on a tractor or skid steer. When we built the hitching posts for my daughter we pushed in 3 1/2 inch pipe in with the hoe on a big Case back hoe.

This may be my favorite video of all time!! I guess I'm a sick old man but I have always loved building fence. We have 7 ac all fenced and cross fenced. I've even put fence where we didn't really need it.😁 As a former goat farmer, I look forward to seeing more of the goats and barn. I will say if ya'll have coyotes like we do here, you may want to include some "hotwire" around the top of that fence. And always remember, goats are escape artists but if your fence will hold water it should hold goats.🥰

Having worked in La and trawled I 10 many times from Ms border to Houston, I am glad that the only love bugs out were the 3 of you....plus What Hat?? )))

I'm impressed by you guys, Lydia is a hard worker... Be safe.

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing

Good job guys from Oklahoma.

You may be talking about Homestead Rescue. They get into some difficult homesteads

My Great Grandfather born in 1831 is buried at Vernon Parish. He had 37 kids. Folks here in Oklahoma don't understand that back then it was all about Cotton farming. No tractors. Just your kids. It's barely possible to grow a garden some years out here with droughts. But it's plenty warm and wet this year. 0:11 ❤❤

WAY back when I was a tiny youngster, my father had a 14 1/2' trihull with a 40 horsepower Merc on it. And back when I was considerably smaller, it would easily pull me out of the water on skis. Not sure if I would even be able to ski a few decades later, but I think the current weight would require a lot more horsepower. Thanks, y'all! Now I need a "goat rodeo" video!

6:19 That's a lot of kids.

Your daughter is having a good time. Plus you got a life vest cudios

Bravo les cousins cajuns. Maintenant lancement d’un élevage de chèvres 🐐. Je verrais bien Lydia traire dans sa laiterie et faire des fromages 🧀. Ladly grandit très vite , s’intéresse à tout. Jim tu es le roi pour manipuler les engins agricoles. Bon courage cousins cajuns 👍👏👏😘🐐🐏🚜

Part of the reason you live the lifestyle you do is so you can "LIVE" the lifestyle you do. You're not loafing you're building family bonds and memories. I have to say, Jim strikes me more as Cajun than "Goat Roper". BTW My cousin has around 300 Goats. He says the trick to having Goats is to know you can't build a fence that will keep goats in. You have to make where the goats are more appealing than anywhere else. Then they don't want to leave. Great Pyrenes and AkBash are great guardian dogs for them.

Jim you definitely have a gem!

Fun time👍🥰👍❣️👍😍🤩

Nothing beats a country store.😊. Never know what you might find…

Lydia is the BEST! A good, strong, and beautiful woman. I love your teamwork! Awesome role models for your daughter. ❤️

I just Love your can-do Spirit! You two, are Amazing. Thank you for sharing. DickB

Looks like we got a new outboard.

yep,,,that hat made Lydia look like a farmer girl goat roper. lov from south alabama

thank you guys great show

I'm definitely envious of folks that have soft soil and flat land. Putting up fencing on rolling land with a soil made up of rocks, boulders, and clay is NOT fun! You can keep your hurricanes and tornados though! 😬 Can't wait to see what you come up with for the goat shelter! What an incredible find!! When did ya'll put up a pool?

I often wondered how many gators you had around your little area. That one episode when your dog followed you into the water I was quite worried for him.. watch those male goats when they get older around the little one because they like to believe there mountain rams.. you could plant a bunch of lavender and lemon grass around your place it would cut down on the amount of Mosquitoes. Especially around your pond area. Great video loved the mixture of work and play. With the landing of the post hammer I give Jim 10 for the landing.😊

Awesome video. Goats rule and destroy what they can

Luv u people/ builders.

I'm sorry folks!! As someone that lives in E. Texas and completely understands the heat they are dealing with. I just don't think I'd be driving T-post by hand. Especially if I had access to a tractor such as the one they have!! Hydrologic's for the win!! But that's just me. I'm 50 with a blown out lower back, neck, and both knees. Just gotta be careful due to the T-post being used. You hit a hard spot in the dirt and you'll bend that T-post like a pretzel!! Y'all be safe out there!!

TNX 4 VID LOL

She is styling for sure

Now the goats can play "King of the Hill"! Nice thinking!

Yall always seem to be up to something. I dont know how you keep it all straight. Yall also give me tics with my OCD 🤣🤣 Yall seem to be starting something new every week, Id go crazy. Its always entertaining watching what yall get into though. c'mon Lydia... "poisonous" That nope rope was non-venomous. 🤣 I kid, I kid... Love all these shenanigans and looks like you put in great work again. Cant wait to see the lil goats enjoying their new pen. Have a fantastic week!!