1 Week On A 26 Acre Farm - What Is A Homestead?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Bread recipe! -1/4 cup butter -4 cups flour - 1/4 cup sugar - 1 1/2 cup milk - 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast -2 eggs - 1 1/2 tsp salt. Melt butter, add sugar and milk, warm the mixture, add yeast and let sit 8-10 minutes. Add eggs and salt to milk mixture. We like to add 1 cup whole wheat and 3 all purpose flour but you can do 4 cups all purpose flour instead. Rise dough for an hour or two. Divide into two pieces, roll into a log, place in bread pan and rise for about an hour or until the bread rises two inches above bread pan. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

[@Prove_ALL_Things]

I noticed you mentioned stomach issues. One of the things I do with bread is to presoak the flour with Apple Cider Vinegar, usually overnight or at least about six hours. I don't know how you could incorporate your current ingredients, but I am sure you could figure it out, as they seem like great additions. For one recipe, which is 2 large loaves or 3 small ones, you use 2 tablespoons of ACV and 3 cups of water, mixed with 6 ish cups of flour. So you have a sticky dough. Once soaked, then 2 teaspoons (I do heaping ones) of the active dry yeast, 2 teaspoons of salt and three table spoons of sugar. Mix it all and add flour to get a good dough texture, then rise (this rise sometimes does take longer due to not pre proofing the yeast, but it does work just fine), then punch down, shape and 2nd rise and then bake for 30 min for 350. From all I have researched Pre soaking the flour helps digestion to due some pre digesting of the flour, almost like sourdough, but with out the taste and working with sourdough starters. You can also use fresh lemon juice in stead. Our family loves this bread and it does seem to digest really well and does not sit heavy on ones stomach. I like you, I double this recipe and then freeze the loaves and thaw when needed. I have also learned that freezing bread actually reduces the glycemic index load of it. I though you might like this information. Hope it helps. Take care, Loved the videos!! Reminds me of my Grandmothers Farm.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

@@Prove_ALL_Things how interesting, I’ve never heard of this! I’ll have to try it out, thank you!

[@maliksadaqat-ii8gw]

Beautiful video

[@gwenannblondie1]

Just found your channel

[@nilmaribeiropereira2392]

I really enjoyed this video I love all this

[@MatthewM48]

Your living my dream of owning animals and being out in the country

[@lindajc123]

Homemade bread - yummmm!

[@katherinewhittenberg8919]

Chickens love people food too.

[@prismaticflowerfarm]

You should never put a fridge or freezer on its side because it disrupts the coolant. If it’s turned on its side, you should wait a few days to plug it in.

[@floraledet6973]

Its never a good idea to lay it on its side BUT when you absolutely have no other way of getting your needs met then you HAVE to and if thats the case ALWAYS leave it upright for a good while before plugging it in and running it. As long as he been doing this I would think he would know that but not everyone has been taught that in some cases.😊 God Bless, Have A Blessed Christmas

[@laykenheidt7643]

Its not the disruption of the coolant your worried about its tipping the oil out of the compressor.

[@mking5500]

Yeah at least wait for a day before plugging it in

[@elliotburbank1203]

I know refrigeration technicians that never wait a day but whatever floats your boat.

[@jcarlospr]

Today's video is very inspiring - thank you for sharing all those details - especially the bread.

[@philgower]

Excellent video, THANKS!

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed the video

[@ginalarsen4875]

Back in the seventies, I was in my twenties, and I made my own Kombucha. I don't recall why I stopped, but I wish I hadn't. You are an amazing young man, and a hard worker. Your homestead is lovely, and so are your animals.

[@suez5858]

Love this video, thank you for sharing!!!! 😍👍

[@glengillis7775]

Good one.

[@brendahaire8824]

Great video Zack. The bread sure looked good

[@jonheath3706]

Really enjoyable, and reminds me of when we had a cattle farm in Namibia. 5000 ha of sweet poll grass. Cattle ranching. Many cows, 3 main breeder bulls Hereford, Simmentaler, and Afrikander. The bull calves were castrated and eventually sent to market. The heifer calves were bred to a bull depending on how big their frame was. Best time of my life. We also had some sheep and Boer goats.

[@breesaves]

Lots of info for newbies. Thanks!! Nice to see a man in the kitchen doing some work as well!! I need to try kombucha.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

I love to cook!

[@durnhand9524]

A bread maker is definitely worth the price. Put everything in the night before and wake up to fresh bread in the morning!

[@danachoate5361]

16 days!!! Then we'll be moving onto our new homestead ❤ Love the info!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Congrats! It’s a wonderful life!

[@joenicoud5967]

Great keep them coming

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Hey, just found your channel - loving what you guys are doing! If you're looking at a protein source for animal feed (and yourself) look into sorghum! That's what we're going to be growing - it's great as a flour if you have a grain mill, as a cooked grain for yourself, and as feed for all animals! Look forward to watching more of your content.

[@dorothydavebritton3961]

Place is looking great! Thanks for sharing

[@curtweatherbee2523]

Thanks so much interesting video ❤️💯⛄️ South Jersey /o Merry Christmas 🎄

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Our pleasure! Merry Christmas

[@jodiebasye9798]

Right now, we are doing the best we can on less that 2 acres, Chickens (eggs and meat) We are looking at southeastern Oklahoma for more acreage and adding a few cows and a couple pigs.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thanks Wonderful! Congratulations!

[@Blindfaith77713]

Rosy! My girl! Love seeing her!

[@BlindFaith777]

I love cows and horses! Rosy is a gem.

[@kylejones2075]

That was very interesting thanks for sharing 😅😅😅

[@sholbleio8629]

Very happy to see that U are already so successful.......

[@stanleygallman7800]

Hello Pastured Homestead family thanks for sharing the updates for those things happening on the farm things appear to going well 👏. Hoping that you are able to provide us with more updates on a regular basis! Keep up the good work.

[@johnfarmer1691]

well done , better than working in a factorty , all that healthy fresh air ,god bless

[@miriammigliacci9427]

Really enjoying your videos!!

[@oliverjackson3461]

Great Homestead video.👍

[@morganvillas6436]

You should try sourdough if you have stomach issues it’s easier on your stomach. It is a labor of love.

[@AngelNarvaez]

Love your videos.❤ Happy Holidays.

[@spoolsandbobbins]

Doing awesome!!!!

[@farmyourbackyard2023]

We get food from the food bank once a week. We call it chicken groceries. LOL We don't have pigs yet, but the chickens love the greens.

[@danabe3220]

Great video. That's a busy week on the homestead. You got a lot done and you do it smart. That food bank is an amazing resource for free animal treats.The pigs are in hog heaven. I need to see if my local food pantry does the same. I ordered a Tesla Cybertruck so no more oil changes except for the tractor.. Homesteading is for me,.

[@bako9974]

again an amazing video! and good length whahaha. keep up the good work guys! kind regard from the netherlands

[@susanvaughn741]

Kitty litter sorting pans might make good screening tools for soy beans

[@Ann10999]

Enjoyed watching 😊

[@katelynnnguyen8787]

I love how you explain things. Your videos are great. Keep up the excellent work and give Rosie a hug for me…

[@jenniferhoaglin566]

Another Great Video! Thank you. Merry Christmas you guys!🤶❤🎅

[@danijelapejic9642]

Great Job. You are amazing young couple. I'm enjoying watching your videos, and I'm impressed with how much love and passion you are doing all this. This reminds me on time when I was younger and when my grandparents lived on farm and we went every weekend to help. I was so unhappy at the time but now I know how to appreciate hard work. We can all learn from you, and you should be example for all young generations today because lot of them just sitting and "crying" over life and you are so brave, ready to take risk, and learn something new. When is time to butcher your pigs you try to make your own lard (way better and healthier then oil), smoked bacon, smoked meat or even pork cracklings. I whish you all best in your future life and looking forward to all next videos.

[@maryegerton6848]

What a great video. I have just one little acre, but it’s kinda crazy how much food I get from it. I have no animals, but I do have honey bees, a small orchard and some gardens. I can go for long periods of time without going to the grocery store. Your place is fantastic. I love your critters. Especially that playful black cow❤ He’s darling.

[@SammyTheSituation]

Greetings from Nairobi, Kenya. I love how you explain the reasoning behind even the simplest actions you take no your homestead. For sure, a lot of urban and young viewers are learning so much for the 1st time, and I really appreciate that about your content style. Keep em' coming..

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Hello! Thank you!

[@Davide608]

Bread recipe: Mix of flours, water, your yeast. For the cows and those stinghy things, maybe consider a pole with a brush? They do them for cows and it looks like they love them in return. Cheers :P

[@GardenGal13]

We also really love holy basil tincture. Another name for it is Tulsi. It’s wonderful!

[@clintonbetters3801]

I absolutely love all your videos. Your homestead is coming along so well and you are so amazing with your animals. Absolutely love it. Happy holidays.

[@phtochk7]

Check out pressure canning meat to get it outta the freezer and a freeze dryer. Both are ways to still keep lots of meat on hand, but reduce the freezer space needed

[@donaldjones4120]

Your doing good still grazing in December

[@protofmaster]

Thank you for this, Zach. You are an encouragement!

[@guido0582]

We've stumbled across your channel a week or so ago and we are hooked. Absolutely love your content. Keep your the great work 👍

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@guido0582]

@ThePasturedHomestead Ohh and congratulations on the engagement 💍 Eciting times. The world needs more down to earth couples like yourselves

[@blk123]

I’m so impressed that you can even bake bread. Great job.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Haha why’s that? I love to cook!

[@BarlowRootsHomestead]

We love our local food bank as well! We only run pigs seasonally but stop weekly to grab stuff. In the winter when pigs are gone we just focus on greens and stuff our chickens will eat. I will say be a little cautious of the bread. One year we fed too much bread and the pigs had more fat than I would have liked. Lesson learned carbs aren't good for pigs or people! Thanks for sharing your week I subscribed and look forward to following along.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Haha good to know! Thank you! Welcome to the channel!

[@juliushartung1937]

Great videos, please keep them coming 😀 greetings from Germany!

[@steffaniepickering596]

That's what I call them, Pokie things. Love it

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

haha yes, darn pokie things!

[@Martz6782]

Happy New Year 🎉 I enjoyed seeing all that you have done this year 😊

[@floraledet6973]

Your channel came up on my feed and I LOVE homestead/farm channels especially those who are Godly ones and by the name of your animals I can tell you love the Lord and enjoy this life!!! Do you know God thinks highly of farmers? There are many scriptures in the Bible about farmers. I too am a SMALL homesteader I am praying in my farm and community garden. I just have two goats due any moment now and two ducks and overstocked pond with fish😂 but you gotta start somewhere. I do a big gardens but give a lot away because myself and my 16 year old daughter is the only bigger veggies eaters in the house but we working on those changes with the hubby and 7 year old son. I really enjoyed your content so I am now following your journey. God Bless You and Merry Christmas Friend

[@alittledrycreek]

Yall doing an amazing job .

[@michellebever7729]

Love all your videos. Have a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Merry Christmas!

[@karenr67]

Great bread making.

[@kellygeraghty6830]

As always your videos are the best. Wishing you and Ashlyn a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@JohnFrytag]

Great vid! New sub, John

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you, Welcome to the channel!

[@barbaramix1683]

A scoby is a symbiotic culture of good bacteria and yeast. It is what makes kombucha. The sugar feeds the scoby. I like Jerseys; they are my favorite cows.

[@ParrishFarm]

I used to have pigs and when they got lose they loved marshmallows. That’s how I got them to listen and follow me.

[@johnzink3309]

thx

[@Dee-wg1ni]

❤👍

[@jeannamaynard5037]

Just found your channel, and it is wonderful. You have quite the setup going on. Love how you are collecting food bank food for your pigs and chickens. However, don't throw away the individual packets of apples. Take them in the house and make apple cider vinegar that you can use in your animal water.

[@michelewhite1150]

So young but you are so knowledgeable 👍

[@luxurylolproductions5015]

the soy beans next time put it on a big plastic or material and hit it with a stick afterharvest and no need to peel it off , it easier that way.... great video by the way

[@LtColDaddy71]

I was watching a newer channel, “airtoground farms” and they used the most clever term to describe themselves. Not preppers, not quite homestead, not quite farmsteaders. They are “INSTEADERS.” Choosing a way with more self sufficiency, but they don’t mind selling products and do what they can in that regard. Choosing to live their own unique way, instead of the more common way. Which is being helpless and dependent

[@Nello353]

I,m new here and just subscribed. Love your content and know next to nothing about farming ,so everything you talk about is new to me and very interesting. I,m sure you have deer on your property but maybe not the time to hunt them. I have hunted much farm country over the years with good success. I,ve never hunted without asking permission and let them know before time when I,m coming, works for me.

[@TaylorParnell]

WHO ELSE DREAMS TO HAVE A HOMESTEAD LIKE THIS ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ LITERALLY MY DREAM ❤❤❤

[@Blindfaith77713]

Absolutely! If I were able to start over again and know then what I know now… oh boy- I’d choose this in a hot minute. I’m 51, my mind in still 38. My body is 79 lol. I worked as a Physical Therapist for 24 years specializing in geriatrics- my passion. I have never been a large person- small bone structure… I spent 24 years lifting- transferring patients , bending, etc. I was a fool to abuse my body that way for that long. (Sigh) but! I Loved My patients- my work, so going to “work” wasn’t hard to do most of the time. I can no longer work dt multiple diagnosis of essentially a crumbling lumbar spine. It’s all good tho- we all have our own paths and we all persevere through them if we choose. My advice to this adorable couple is- work your passion but use proper body mechanics and definitely REST on Sundays. (I was a bit of a workaholic and would work all days of the week if nec.- so silly of me, hindsight). Please, Ashlyn- especially if you decide to become pregnant- do not lift anything heavy- treat yourself with kid gloves, please. I never stopped lifting patients during my entire pregnancy- so so dumb. In 2005-2006, drs told me it was fine if it was something I did on the regular anyway. It’s NOT fine. Your joints become very lubricated and soft while you’re pregnant. Lifting the wrong way or just lifting heavy things period- can cause you to injure yourself so easily. I’d complain of pain to my drs re my pelvis and low back and hips… they all told me -meh- it’s just your “round ligaments”, that’s common. Nope! It wasn’t just that - anyway- such a sweet couple, love this channel.

[@Y-SHAVE]

First, my apologies for inserting a comment that is not related to the message above. Sorry, Taylor Parnell, I wasn't able to make a comment at the correct video site. My computer skills are very poor. This is my first ever comment to anyone, but I feel it is a necessary one. Yesterday I viewed Zach's 10 month old video about raising chickens. The video has something very wrong about the chick feed formula. Zach talks about his 30% protein chick formula which has corn, wheat, oats, and soybean meal (SBM). He says he uses 1 part corn, 1 part wheat, 1 part oats, and 1/3 part SBM. I interpret this to be 3 parts corn, 3 parts wheat, 3 parts oats, and 1 part SBM. If so, the protein level is only about 1/2 of what he says. This is not adequate for chicks. Zach, please recalculate your formula. If you come up with 30%, have someone with experience calculating feed rations double check your numbers. I would start with your county agent. Definitely, do this before you attempt to raise any more chicks. Hopefully, this will clear up some of your chick issues. Good Luck from Arkansas, Y-SHAVE

[@sheraeduncan2980]

I so here this I have a 5 acre farm but lost my partner suddenly in may and I am a severe pain spinal patient. Very hard to maintain by myself. Thank God it's paid for. I have my flock, donkeys and my dog. I grow in containers currently but have a hundred of them. Lol

[@mourbonaventure7475]

Do you have a video about setting up your cow paddock, cost of materials, approx how much space for each cow, how often you are seeing you need to rotate them, etc? Thanks!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

We don’t have a dedicated video but I have talked a decent amount about our paddocks, sizes and so on

[@Robin-j6i]

Hey try putting beans in a pillowcase. Then hit it on porch. The beans will come out. Might have to hit it more than once.

[@sherryacox65]

Just keep some scissors close and open all those apples!!! The pigs and chickens would love them!!

[@Christian-jx3nx]

Great video! Can you post your bread recipe please or tell me where to find it? My recipe is similar but I like the wheat aspect. I have a really good banana bread recipe i make with kefir or yogurt if you’d like one. It calls for sour cream originally. I didn’t have any so I experimented and it was so moist and good. 😊

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

I will have to get it out soon! I just substitute 1/4 of the flour for whole wheat

[@Christian-jx3nx]

@@ThePasturedHomestead thank u!

[@lorrainestafford3809]

You should put the chest freezer the box one back to the window and put the other one where that chest freezer is that way you'll have your window excess

[@claythelin4346]

Just put the whole hose in, plug the end with your thumb and it’ll stay full of water, move thumb and siphon starts lol

[@brandonious9060]

I hate chest freezers just because I feel like stuff gets lost at the bottom forever lol

[@elliotburbank1203]

cool video

[@patconner2638]

On kombucha: people occasionally refer to the scobi as "mom" jokingly, since it's also known as a kombucha mother. I'm not sure where the term scobi comes from entomologically, but i know that calling the fungus/bacteria puck that turns tea into kombucha a mother derives from vinegar making. Vinegar making is actually incredibly similar to making kombucha, just use wine/beer as your base and use a different type (but incredibly similar looking) of bacterial/fungal colony

[@kathleensmith4853]

If you soak your alfalfa pellets, it will stretch further.

[@cincyaquatics6378]

I would love to come tour your homestead I’m in Ohio and planning on moving to get more land so I can do more homesteading type of things than what I can do currently.

[@wendytatum5863]

You should talk to retirement places or hospitals and ask them to save you there scraps we save ours for a pig farm.we have a big retirement place in Hawaii.

[@russse2793]

Those ole Oink Oinks need to learn they don't bite the hand that puts gourmet salads their faces twice a day. Is there any way you can get rid of those cockleburs by mowing or anything, and also may I ask what sort of stand up freezers you use? I was looking for one that is a stand up, as you are right, the chest freezers are sort of awkward, since I have minimal space. God bless you and the Mrs, and your entire entourage. Russ

[@billcampbell2943]

Great video. How is ur leg healing?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Healed up great! These videos are a little delays from when they were shot so Ive had more time to heal!

[@prodigalsunshine1442]

Your bread pans are Anchor Hocking, not PYREX!! (At least the first two)

[@MarilynHill-f1l]

Could you please put the recipe on the description place?That is so nice.

[@mariaanderson6503]

😍😍😍😍

[@jerrystout3032]

Suggestion. The Chest Freezers are low maintaince and will last longer. Uprights have too many repairs. Fyi. !

[@Beverlyshillbillyhomestead]

Grow white mulberry. 28% protein.

[@hanaaalzohere5977]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@HuntANtrap]

Great video! What make is your grain mill and would you recommend it?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

It’s made by “everygrow”. I really like it so far! Haven’t had any issues. Great for a small scale

[@SixTwenty9ine]

I’d rather have a homestead than social media

[@mking5500]

With the Foodbank bread i personally wouldnt feed moldy bread, stale or dry shure but not moldy. Maybe it doesnt kill them but you poison your own food, by feeding them mold.

[@jesserahimzadeh4298]

Will the IPP’s till up the ground right away or only after they’re left in a paddock for a while?

[@AZJH8374]

The stickers on fruits & veggies are edible & bio degrading. BTW

[@jonescreekfarm9084]

Could you post your bread recipe?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Just posted and pinned it as the top comment of this video!

[@Bubba-23nineteen]

How do I do this or something similar on an even smaller scale. I live on 2 acres of wooded land in Georgia.