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I accidentally cut out the clip when I shared the name of the movie. It’s called The Biggest Little Farm!
If it's about the result, you are always going to be frustrated. It has to be about the journey. Make the journey your destination and you can be satisfied.
Love Miah's suggestion to paint the lines.
Learning the difference between just putting things out there and pre-planning. Keeping sheep in orchards to eat the fallen fruit help cut down on warms in the fruit. Rotating pastures to stop the pest cycle. All things i have learned.
just take your time!!; I am thankfull that I can see and enjoy , but also can cry with you . G'D BLESS and greetings from Inge Noordam ( the Netherlands/Europe)
I love that movie!!! I watched it on a plane and cried. Inspiration seeps out of us in different ways. Your place looks amazing and your words are solidly rooted in love.
Can't wait to see what fun the kids find. Just to be young and let the Imagination go wild. Finding things on the property like rock and clothes pins❤
If you hang off the back of a 4-wheeler, i'm gonna need to see a video. hahahahah!!!
Such a good word! Maybe the most important message you’ve shared. Love y’all! We are about burned out after the first year of working full time job and learning how to grow food. It WAS survival mentality last year, but we have realized that education will allow us to thrive long-term.
This was refreshing to hear! We have just started our homestead journey! Bought 20 acres and a farm house. Painting that blank canvas is a DREAM! We’ll have the help, in the future at least! (We have 9 kids, ages 9 and under!) New to the channel & loving it! ❤️
Ok peaked my interest, what was the movie? I also i get discouraged sometimes over what I want for my garden and where it actually is. I just have to do one thing at a time and keep making small but steady progress. I know it will get there i just have to keep that in perspective but my brain also tells me no this should be done already, blah, blah but as long as it gets done the only time table is the one I put on myself. I know it will be good. Slow and steady does win the race.
I’m not trying to homestead, but I am trying to grow food. We splashed out a fair bit of money on some basic raised beds and a lot of compost and I’ve grown a mix of vegetables that I’d never tried growing before. This year wasn’t easy due to the weather problems, but I learned so much and have more confidence about growing vegetables (how and where etc) for next year. We’re also slowly expanding into unused areas of our roughly 250 M sq garden, planning on a greenhouse, a mini food forest area, developing the flower beds to attract more pollinators and the pond to attract more beneficial insects. Your channel is inspirational and calming to watch as well as something I learn from. I’m glad I get to share a part of your journey from all the way over in the U.K. x
You can use your Iris for dye
As the Bloom droops and gets soft the colors are captured In the liquid that drips from the blossoms it will stain millmack
my husband and I JUST bought a homestead. We are late bloomers. Married 30 years and 12 kids. He took an early retirement and we are leaving California for Ohio. 10 acres, log home and beautiful huge barn and a chicken coop..I can't wait to stand out there and start planning. Thanks for all the inspiration!
That movie is AMAZING! I cried pretty much the entire time – both sad and happy.
"and they learned they don't want to eat that many pickles." Made me laugh!
I was determined to grow tomatoes in Oklahoma City. I failed or had little success over a few years. An old farmer told me it was "too damn hot." I figured out the shade and sun patterns. I watched your channel and ordered seeds. I planted with the goal of "too many" tomatoes. LOL. I have been canning tomatoes for weeks. I think I will cut back on the plant numbers next year. Also, next year's goal is "too many" cucumbers. My little urban farm lot is the talk of the neighborhood. Thanks for the help.
Awww, this is so sweet, Jess!
And, you need help? You've got a friend in me!
Hey Jess, another great video! I have been gardening since the late 1970's. Strictly open pollinated vegetables. I use French intensive and Biodynamic practices. I also grow a lot of exotics as well.
I have seeds of over 500 different varieties of tomatoes. 100 + are heart varieties. I prefer acidic varieties rather than sweet. I grow Dr. Wyche's red tomato which I consider to be better than the yellow.
Last year the only isles that were empty at the grocery stores were the ones of toilet paper. Which of course made no sense. I grow my own food because I love gardening.
Since you live in the south you should consider growing greasey beans as they taste better and are way more productive. I have over 20 varieties that I got from Bill Best.
My two favorite varieties of Iris that I grow are Gnu's Flash and Wench.
I can't wait to see all the things that you do on your new homestead! I know that it will be spectacular!
I feel exactly where you’re coming from!
Thank you for being an inspiration to our family and homestead. God Bless!
I am a dichotomy of planning & winging it. I spend days sketching the yard to scale and plotting how large our trees could get (before we planted) and the gardens are carefully layed out squared and oriented north-south. And then shrubs and plants, annuals etc just get plugged in by intuition/feeling.
Such good advice you said: Don't be in a hurry. But with this in mind remember it take many years for fruit trees to yield a crop so maybe figuring a place for an orchard and put that in early on. Congrats on your new farm, will be watching what plans you come up with.
It’s like you knew just what I needed to hear. I’m over here stressing out because winter is going to be here in no time(in Maine) and we have sooooo much to do still. And I just want everything done over night…and I know it won’t happen and it’s very discouraging.