WHY REMOVE AMARANTH? Clearing the Fence Line (Maintenance Week Day 4) 

I think these are the first sheep I’ve ever seen without their tails docked. They are beautiful!!! I am also a fan of @Sandi Brock, who raises sheep in Canada and @The Sheep Game, who raises sheep in Scotland. I enjoy watching sheep - birthing, being sheared, and especially the babies jumping around on their mamas when mama is lying down. While Sandi raises her sheep in a barn (except for just a few retirees that have been put out to pasture), the sheep in Scotland are mostly kept in the pastures. Thanks for sharing your life with us, who can only dream. Your videos are always enjoyable and I look forward to each and every one!!

In my opinion you both are setting great examples for your kids, in planning , hard work, determination, and sharing skills that will stay with them for the rest of their lives, showing them the importance of stewardship of the the land you are all working hard to improve, you both are so great at sharing tasks that will give them their own vision and skills that are priceless. Great video thanks for sharing!!👍👍👍👍

Having that much grass is a GOOD problem to have! Get a lot more sheep and some cows and more premier one netting. soon you will convert sunshine into meat in the freezer. We use that netting that is 164 feet long and put 2 of them 164 feet apart parallel to each other and use 3 more nets perpendicular to leap frog paddocks one pole at a time making 11ftx164ft paddocks moving them once a day. works great.

YEE HAW. Another prosperous day. Love the kids senses of humor. Hard work BUT also play. Have a great day and see you tomorrow. So far maintenance week has accomplished much and it was entertaining to watch 😁😃😎

You have a wonderful family and have been doing a good job so far.

Loved seeing the cute goats and the sheep idea is great! Really fun day ♡ thank you

Having sheep is a great plan I have friends in the area that have goats and sheep maintaining the grass! It’s good for you and for them. Sheep milk makes wonderful cheese! Yay!!!

I watched y’all all day today!! I have COPD and today was one those yucky days! I started at the end. Lol I watched it backward yesterday but that me anyways. Hugs you guys are my heroes if only I’d done this years ago!!

To watch your channel is more like a beautiful love story of kindness and working together in everything you do I only see love. You 2 make me smile. God bless you.

The Club Cadet push string trimmer with .155 line is a good unit to have. That Bobcat ToolCat would be a nice property maintenance vehicle if you can find one used. The Mecalac is a nice all in one unit. If you could mulch up your mesquite trimmings into woodchips and put them along the fence line would keep down the weeds.

Good morning from Tucson

I absolutely love the way you have been starting your videos seeing your Animals. ❤

Looking good guys!!!

Woot 93k you are getting so close! 7k more subscribers… bet Nine is excited too!

Hello from Alaska! You guys are awesome!!

Thank you for that answer

Looking good mum

What you are did is great.. Big big big love

Love the music, you and your family seem great. I just found your channel, love what you guys are striving for, beautiful and inspiring.

Good morning from South Carolina.

Here in nc they cut and bail the grass for hay to feed the cows and horses in the winter when the grass don't grow.

I do really like your videos you speack so clear and I can practice my eanglish, also de musick is great!

Good work family! I like watching you guys first thing in the morning before I go fill bags of dirt for our greenhouse 😘

That's what I'm talking about!!

Good morning from Türkiye.

Bonjour la famille. forgive me for being late to the vidéo. unfortunately, there's been a sad event that preventing me from being present for the vidéo. the queen of england, has passed. i'm a dual citizen, my mum was born in Liverpool, and a profound sadness has crept over me that i'll not be able to share with her. that being said, watching the introduction of your vidéo with the new members of your clan made me smile. sheep with long tails. Lady Adlai burning weeds and the glow of the flames on her face. the tale of two countries: the dusty desert wind of Arizona and carrying an umbrella in the rain in Europe.

If you cut the amaranth before it blooms it will slow down the spreading immensely. So much work and your rocking it. Much love.

What you burn is ash and good for the compost.

Jonathan! Get the Rino tuff cutting head-metal blades for your trimmer!! You’ll never go back to sting trimming again!!

It is ur property..do what you want..it is the USA. Love watching and of course I would adopt nine today..we had sheep,but never saw any with tails..they look like mountain dogs from behind..

SHEEP. Love the cute fluffies.

“We don’t have time for that!” 😃 👍🏻EXACTLY what I thought when I saw comments asking why were you getting rid of all that amaranth. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’d be doing the same! Down the road, when you do have more time, you can explore other uses! I will be tackling weeds in my own yard today… It’s a never-ending task in the summer. Have a great day! See you tomorrow!!! ❤️

Getting closer to 100,000 😉

You all have things looking great. Thanks for sharing.

Another great day of work and accomplishing stuff! Love to watch Ada and Jax playing together!

Totally understand the time also the allergies and the huge amounts that are on your property. I am lucky to be able to eat just about anything that doesn't bite me first isn't always to my advantage I'm just saying don't let a little plant that's doing what God intended to do steal your joy. It's always nice to have good spirit about your work but you guys work so much and so hard I don't even judge you for just getting tired because I get tired watching you so I'm sorry if I offended you by any of my comments I'm sitting out here in the middle of nowhere around the forest in a creek with everything I need at my fingertips without too much effort I'm retired my kids are grown up I have grandkids and I grow meat rabbits my dog is a great watchdog my barn cats kill all the mice what more can I ask for no one thing I could ask for is the neighbor would be kindly nice if he would keep his cows fenced in but it is a free range area so that's the way it works have a great day and video content was really uplifting today thank you and keep on trucking don't work yourself to death your young only once and if you cut it both directions when you get my age you'll be all wore out take time to smell the roses in your case take time to smell the desert Floral Aroma that pleasures your senses

I think you guys are a cool family, and I really like your videos!

Love the sheep. They are SO tame! 🐑🐏 do they get shorn for the heat?

Nice You wanted a lawn mower there's 2 of them right there lol lawn mower luv em (:oh good plan (: as always 💕

An option is to run an add for a specific period of time. Say for instance, the month of May and in the ad you a request, someone who’s willing to bring say 30 or 40 head of sheep and goats for say a dollar a day they would pay you for the 30 days to graze off your property now by doing this, you would have to have all things you would not want Eaton. Protected and Ben stuff I’m not sure with all your mesquite trees if that’s an option, but nonetheless people will pay to grade your land with their animals

It’s looking great guys 😘👍🏻💕

A milk cow!!! That is the answer. Think of all the benefits….butter, cheese, ice cream . Yummy 😋 and grass gone too.

Your homestead is looking great. Way to go in maintaining the land.

New subscriber to your channel and I love what you folks are doing. We are slowly (as we can afford) doing the same thing on our property. Thank you for all the good info about solar systems, turning shelter logic into a proper structure, and the like. You are all such hard workers. Great smiles, music, people and furry friends. ❤️

Good night nine nine

Always nice when you get the yard all cleaned up? Love watching your journey!

I wonder if your goat heads are the same ones we had up in the Texas panhandle when I was a kid. They'd flat a bike tire or even a car tire if it didn't have tread left. An annual Summer right of passage was being able to run through them about two weeks into Summer when we had put off all shoes. There was a peculiar flat footed gait that was required, but all of us could do it once our feet toughened up. Since we ran everywhere it was a useful skill to have.

Really cool looking sheep 🐑 So cute how curious the goats were.

I absolutely 💯 ♥️ your videos Jonathan and Ashley Your are raising some excellent humans 👏 👍

Thank you for answering my amaranth question. I love your videos. You’ve got some hard working teenagers. That’s awesome. What’s your secret for motivating them to work so hard?

Good luck with the sheep🙏🤞🤞🤞The land looks great😎 I see what hard work it is to keep things in check😯😳 See ya tomorrow👋👋👋

OMGosh, no wonder things get out of hand. Everything you do is a FULL TIME JOB. Please take care and be safe

I swear amaranth is the devil! That stuff gives me the worst allergies out of anything else! Cheers to y'all for getting rid of as much as you can!🤸

Soooo much ground cover to maintain. Riding lawn tracker, cup holder, sun shade attachment, utility cart hitch, did I mention cup holder??

I live in Northern Virginia, California transplant. I lived in Moreno Valley, very dry and dessert like. I had a homestead there for 17 years. I know what goat heads are. 😬 ouch!!! I also planted some California pepper trees 🌳 and they grew like weed! Providing shade and privacy. Hope you all can get a good mower!!! An old zero turn can do way more than mow…. Pull a cart pull a log to level roads…. Necessity the mother of invention. Good luck and May God bless all of your hard work❣️

I still think you need a riding lawnmower, of course that wouldn't help along the fence lines. It's amazing how fast it all grows when you get 4 inches of rain all at the same time. Just add water. LOL I have some RU-vid friends in Panama that have some goats and what they do is stake them out in the middle of where they want them to eat the grass and all they do is give them water. If they don't eat the grass they don't eat. You might want to watch their videos and you might get some ideas. Their RU-vid channel is;the nomadic movement. They are a young couple and the people around them. She had a baby earlier this year so they are learning about how to have a little one to take care for.

Y'all could definitely use something like a big wheel trimmer or a DR brush cutter. I have both, bought them used for not much and have used them for years.

Yay Joy at the campfire completing a task and a job well done

WOW..what a picture for the thumbnail...

Hi Ashley and Jonathan have you ever thought of getting a riding mower with a grass box collector and making a biogas digester it would make lots of free gas and the best liquid fertiliser you can get and you could run all your machinery on the gas you make

You guys have such a beautiful life ❤. Good work tiny shiny family 💪👍😊.

Ohh, there was a comment made ( don’t remember who) about cloves in your had to keep bugs away. My dear Lady, thank you Soo much👍😃. Only E.O. Clove so on my hat & a few dabs here & there. IT WORKS FOR ME!!!!! I’m a Holman bug magnet 🧲🐜🪰🪲🦟🪳 Have a great day …. I’m pulling big green goatheads 😡😡. 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

GM Hoomans 😃. Love the entro & song 😍. I’m the same with tumbleweed, sage & rabbitbush. I know it’s all around us but my dogs don’t bring the pollen in the house…. 3 big ones 🐕🐕🐕. It may be a waste to some but life saving to others. Such family teamwork & yes, balance is the key 🔑😌 So glad I marathoned my way to today 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

Mulch❣ The cows 🐮 are hungry Critters and they make you massive amounts of fertilizer LOL

you are all amazing - one thing that helped me was walking my lab the fence line - our bounds were clear to her - walked on weeds - and some leash time - and a bit of pee too to let the coyotes know - the lack of weed wacking was a bonus thank you for sharing

Good job on teaching the youth to be more kind , loving

Could you make hay for the winter out off your grass cutting from the fence line and cactus garden?

Thanks so very much for this video. I learned a lot from you as well as reading all the comments. I live in Cochise county and my yard is in need of mowing. My neighbor to the east has 5 cows and he rotates them around his property. My neighbor to the north has two horses and they also help so much with mowing. I usually hire someone with a tractor to take care of it but $$$$.

You guys have done a lot this week!

Raisin' a few steers for the freezer is a great idea! :)

Haven't seen a video of using Kubota equipment in a dessert area. If they make equipment that can be used in a dessert area, then come on Kubota sponsor this channel and show us how it can handle it.

Put your wish list on your RU-vid I hear that works.

What a sweet episode. :)

Yea 2 sheep will eat grass but they need to be a mob to clear property. But it lets you get to know sheep on a small scale.

Don't get me wrong, I love the earthbag builds, but I have really been enjoying maintenance week.

I was looking at the prices for Zero Turn Mowers, good lord they are expensive!!!!! 😳😮

LOL, I guess I should've waited til further in the video to see the answer. LOL

Jonathan this may sound a little strange. If you soak your weedeater string in warm water for 15 minutes it won't break as guick. I know it sounds weird but it works for me.

Not only is amaranth triggering to allergies, it also has very painfully spikey seed heads. They are sometimes called sand spurs. Amaranth, goat heads, and nightshade are better off far from human dwellings. They have their place in the ecosystem, but that place isn't in daily contact!

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Looks great ! A DR Trimmer would really do that job nicely. Y'all a have a great day 🤗👍❤

I Love all you!" Give you lots of credit. Go at your own speed. You will get it all done. Yes there is a lot to cover and to get done.Love your videos.😊

Kunekune pigs is a decent pig for grass and weeds they are a little smaller pig that graze on pasture. Try looking into them see if they would work for you easy to move with some pig panels and a small shelter

You started my day off with a wonderful laughing out loud session ........Jonathan's face surrounded by amaranth LOVED IT!😂😂 PRICELESS! btw sorry about your allergies , you are a trooper...

a riding mower would make that job SO much easier and faster

Several different plants from different families can be called pigweed. Amaranthus retroflexus is known to be poisonous to livestock (perhaps including chickens, the article referencing pigweed failed to give the Latin name) You need to be sure of the type you have, then consult with a vet as to what parts may or may not ge edible. At least two types of pigweed are edible to humans. Some edible pigweed can cause calcium to not be absorbed, and this can only be eaten occasionally. Except for the tails and that yours are taller, your sheep look like mine,

Have you considered a walk behind DR Trimmer Mower? You have so much trimming to do, this machine could be a great investment.

I watched Justin Rhodes permaculture channel use a flame torch on the weeds and they were gone for the year and grow back slowly. This might work for you. Sheep or goats are a great idea.

I'm a little far away,..... but I've got a cow or two or three. LOL

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If you guys ever want to clean up a skull or just a bone put it on your anthill for a week then some beauty quality peroxide for three or four days. Comes out really white.

Goats aren’t grazers they eat brush and undergrowth. That’s why we are considering adding a few milking sheep to the herd.

Thanks for sharing another great day's work !! 🙏💚👍🇬🇧....

I can't tell if the kids work seriously with fun or if they have fun with working.

We raised sheep when I was growing up and sheared them and sold the wool. They are great animals for a small farm 👍

First time watcher and subscriber!! Cool stuff!! Goats 🐐 are finicky aren't they? What about a sickle bar mower or attachment (I gotta keep watching to see what implements you have). But they're perfect for fence line and ditches. They don't require high HP to run, like 15hp or less. You could probably even Redneck-engineer a long hedge trimmer (electric , like Ryobi) and run it along the fence line and underneath.

DR Trimmer Mower

You need to buy a high wheel trimmer Johnathan. .basicly a weedeater on wheels . brushcutter

Question will u have to shear the sheep? Understandable with keeping the pen cleared of weeds do to their wool and getting intwined in their wool and getting matted up. Looks like work.