Not a hawk, but it looks like you have a new rooster on the property! LOL. Not sure about the breed, but he sure is a funny looking guy! LOL. The dexter might be a good fit - good for meat and you could milk them as well...still the milk but not as much. One thing about failure, they are a learning opportunity that may lead to success. Good video!

Michelle, u said just plant the pepper plants. We’re same zone, was it plants u grew or bought … or just seeds in the bed, what time of year, ur wearing a T-shirt?

Whoah how cool is this! Great to see you guys thriving, it’s been ages.

A great part of gardening is the constant learning. Ive been gardening for 60 years, evey year you kearn something new. I love Thrive Market!

That big coop house would make a nice green house with some work.

Dexters are great for milk and many are A2A2 which is better for many people with milk problems... they were once used for plowing and pulling as well. Triple purpose... We love our girls

Shelly now we need a video on how to make the yogurt!

The chicken looks delicious. Did you fry it, if so which oil.😊

What do you use for milk now?

What l LOVE about ducks is their taste!! Crispy skin. Yum ✨️ 😇 🙏🏻 ✝️ 📖

I'm telling ya! Plant comfrey and rhubarb below your fruit trees. Especially apple trees 🌳 Little Mountain Ranch does it & has too many apples!! Please Michelle & Cody!!!❤❤❤

Nan King Cherry bushes are great fast-growing and heavy producing with sweet/sour fruit for your climate! Also, so glad you love your ducks ;)

How do you make your starter for your sourdough bread please love your show. Watch it daily. You guys are awesome. Keep up the good work.❤

You two did an amazing job with your family and doing your garden and everything that you had done this year I don't feel that you failed in any way possible, Michelle I have a small business here on our Homestead where I make heavenly dreams goat milk beauty products, soap, lotion, shampoo bars, bath salts, bath bombs, it's such a blessing to raise and grow all the living needs someone has to have. Thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless.

Everything is possible when you have a lot of land........ 5:20

Great Video Guys!!!

Thank you guys for being so transparent in talking about what went well and what things failed. I think you guys are inspirational in showing that just because something failed doesn't mean you should continue to do it. I believe it was Thomas Edison who when he was told he failed at creating a light bulb stated it was not a failure I just found 99 ways not to do it. I think we have to look at our failures in that way. I also think you are great at that. I can't help but remember when your cucumbers did do great you didn't give up you continued and this year I believe from what I saw was a great success. Again thank you for your transparency and your inspiration. Also, when you see Maddie again please tell her we all miss her but we know she is taking care of another family. :)

That cat lol😂

With the fruit trees, put cardboard all around the base and compost and mulch it. It eliminates competing grass roots and feeds the tree over time. Just re-mulch/fertilize with compost 1-2 times per year so that it is constantly being fed as the mulch and compost breaks down. Just don’t let the mulch cover too much of the base of the trunk because it can cause rot and disease.

Well… when you’re feeling down and failish think on this… I am on about a third of an acre and we are empty nesters. Because of you guys I decided to grow a few things… a few tomatoes and peppers and basil and thyme two years ago… Fast forward two years… My fall garden I in with 6 Brussel sprout plants, six broccoli, six cauliflower, lettuce spread all throughout the beds. Oh… did I mention the 2 12 foot rows of Danvers half carrots, two rows of multicolored carrots, a row of gold beets and a row of red beats. Oh and I am growing sugar snap peas and snow peas on a trellis. I have just put in my fall garlic and onions. Can’t forget the 20 foot by 2 foot bed of raspberries and strawberries which I may add another 10 feet depending on yield. And a have a dedicated herb bed for the spring… I will also be sinking containers for tea. AND let’s not forget that I have a plum tree with four varieties, a pear tree with four varieties and cherries with six varieties, orange, apple, lemon and lime trees and two avocados! I also have three dragon fruit species and 2 banana tree. AND I eked out a little room for an asparagus patch, two artichoke plants and two rhubarb plants. I have learned to work with sour dough starter. I use my instapot to make yogurt, beans, roasts and bone broth. On Monday I cook a complete chicken in my Dutch oven. It’s good for 2-3 meals for the week. I put the bones back into the Dutch oven, cover it in water and cook in the oven at 225 for several hours. The bone broth/chicken broth I use in soups, cook rice in it etc during the rest of the week. The grand finale is the apiary that I just set up! Pray for bees to find it! My spring garden is right around the corner and I have my Amish paste seeds and many others, pattipan squash, butternut seeds, potatoes, cucumbers, beans, peas, onions and garlic… From last year I went to a local farm and got raspberries, blackberries peaches and strawberries and canned about 60 jars of jam. I am about to make cranberry jam too! You are an inspiration so when you’re down think of the movement you have started which has created joy and health for those who follow you. Thank you for that! I will be forever grateful.❤❤❤😊 Jennifer

Hi Harvest Right freeze dryer has layaway, that is how I got mine. GOD BLESS

Hi Michelle - It has been so nice to get to know you on your KZbin Channel. My husband, Steve enjoys it too & as he is disabled with Huntington's Disease, he watches television a lot. You are one of his favourites. Back in April he asked me to set up a channel for him to reach out to other people suffering, to inspire them. When he was first diagnosed with Huntingtons Disease, I decided to go alternative as we felt this was God telling us this is the best now. Now we live almost off grid on our daughter's farm in Queensland, Australia. It has been a game changer for his disease. It's not curable but it has certainly slowed down the process quite a bit. We love growing most of our foods, & we are also breeding fish & have chickens. It's the best life. Anyway - bless your beautiful family & continue doing what you are doing. It's been very helpful to us😁🙏. In case you are interested in our channel as well, here is the link. www.youtube.com/@StevePositiveHuntingtonJourney

Did I see a chicken costume poke out from behind the chicken coop ???? 😂😂😂

Not sure it's on your to do list, but we always mulch our fall planted garlic to protect it over winter.

You guys are an amazing young family! I wish more young families would see the need for self-sufficiency. The children grow up with so much more growth. Our nation as lost this. And it is so much fun.

RETIRED IN FLORIDA BUT FROM OHIO, Love your videos!’

Look up smudge pots for under your fruit trees. They use these in Washington state for there apple trees.

Great job!

I just fell in love with you guys

I freeze all my fruit and make delicious shakes for breakfast with them. 😋

I love the random chicken. Also, I would recommend using a wire cutter on the soap. It prevents those streaks and you can get more consistent sizes. You can make one with a guitar string. Great way to simplify the 'gelling' stage circles. I would make sure your lye to oil ratio was correct on the calendula soap. Avocado oil will have to have different amounts than the tallow. I love watching you trying new things. Thank you for sharing the journey.

Yay Michelle!! Congrats on the soap!! Thank you all for sharing your lives with us. It gives me angst and peace...sorta simultaneously...lol Loved the video. Thank you

Your cat is so darn cute!!

Hello Hope all is well. Question I believe you shared a Carmel popcorn recipe in one of your videos and can’t remember which one Who you be kind and share that with me please

Haha, that chicken doll behind the chicken house👍🏼

I want to try apple mint tea but havent even seen apple mint plants to grow some

Real question--what is the difference between a market garden and a farmers market? Really, really love your videos.

Such an assortment of goodies on your Homestead. Maybe slice your soap slower with something a little sharper. Some of your so-called fails are not really fails , they are just a learning adjustment. It might not have earned you an A, but not a F as in fail. Just a thought. I sure enjoy all of your visits . Looks like your children learning a lot too. See ya

One of the things I have discovered (on accident) about fruit trees was that the higher they are pruned (and I was loathe to do this because I wanted easy picking) the less disease they have. So this spring (never prune in the fall as it invites disease/borers and fungus from an open wound all winter long) I will be pruning everything to my height 5'-6" minimum. This means the fungus and bacteria have a harder time 'splashing up' in a hard rain and hitting the tree leaves and branches and becoming established. If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. In the wild, grazers like deer, sheep and wild goats would naturally do this to the trees in the hunger gap (late winter/early spring) when there is nothing else to eat, they would eat all the lower branches of the fruit trees and shrubs they could find. This is why fruit trees were successful propagators in the wild without human care. Anyway, a few years ago, all the trees I pruned up to my height had fruit and all the ones I didn't, didn't have any. So, there you go... I am also going to follow old timers and paint a white paint on the trunk to protect them from UV/heat. When I was little everyone did this and had an amazing harvest. Now only a few old timers and pro orchards do this. I think it fools climbing insects into thinking it is not a 'tree' as well and encourages them to go elsewhere.

I love your cool soap!

My husband built tomato cages with calf panels but made cage into a square shape by using a 2x4 to bend into shape. First some of the bottom needs to be cut off. We use a fence post into the soil to secure the cage into. Has worked great for several years now. We too experiment a bit every year. Always learn something new. My husband a set aside a spot for heugelculture. Not sure if spelling is correct.

Clear the grass away from around the fruittrees and give firtilizer. Then you will see alot bigger harvest of apples. We did and it worked 🍎🍏

This video is so insightful! I just posted a deep dive into [related topic] at [06:22], would love for you to give it a watch!

13:45 😂

I wish i could add the screenshot I just took from your video. Cracked me up and had to keep rewinding to make sure I was seeing what I thought I was seeing! Too funny! 😂 It's at about 13:44.

The cat in the tree is the best!!!!🐾😻

Instead of looking at it as “fails” consider it learning experiences! It may not have been successful, but you learned something in the process. Nothing is ever a fail!! Love the transparency of you two. Keep doing what you’re doing!!

The Giant chicken was hilarious 🐔🤣 - You guys Rocked It!! 🤩🤩

Michelle, I'm pretty new to homesteading but have been homeschooling a large family for over 25 years now. You were homesteading through some of the most difficult days in motherhood - those days when all of your children are young. Those are sweet and precious times but they are difficult. You basically live in survival mode for years, so the fact that you didn't enjoy experimenting at the time and that growth suddenly seems much less overwhelming makes perfect sense to me. Do I wish I could have started homesteading sooner? Sure. But looking back I don't see how I could have squeezed it in. lol! All that is said to encourage you. You have chosen good things and are starting to reap the fruit of the some of the best things you have invested in. Once again, thank you for this channel. What a huge blessing y'all are to our family.