After The Tent. Farmhouse cooking. Opening another pasture. Happy cows. More firewood. Homesteading.

[@davidferguson9213]

The homestead has really taken off Joe. I've been watching for years. I enjoy watching !!

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

The cows are so happy! Y’all really take great care of them. I never thought you would enjoy them like you do! Always enjoy your Channel! Thanks Joe!

[@helenkelly6444]

I love watching Mesa and Festus! They are so sweet! It was great seeing them have fun in the new field!❤ Mesa doing her happy dance and all. They look like pretty happy cows!❤ You got ahead pretty good with the wood! Fantastic video! 😊😊😊

[@michaeldyer4084]

Thanks very much for the video, You both work very hard to keep your farm going an all of us entertained! I love the content! Mike from Alberta Canada.

[@jmar665]

Great video. You both work so hard each day, but look at the amazing homestead you have created. The complete privacy is so cool. You are free to live your dream. Please clean that poopy door. God bless.❤

[@Ryaninthe906]

Love the farm vids. Thanks for taking us along!

[@JeffK1962]

Every time I watch one of your videos. I have to eat. You all don't go hungry, and it looks so good. I have been following you for years. Enjoyed every video i've ever watched. Keep it up, buddy.

[@THEGUYBOB1]

love seeing the cows so happy that is so cool

[@rogerpultz5597]

Really enjoyed watching 👍👍

[@MichaelKilby]

Wow! That’s a lot of work! Who knew? Thanks for sharing.

[@mississippioutpost2895]

Cows are really looking a lot healthier. Good Job 👍

[@MyAlaska12]

Thanks Joe

[@SuziPoozi]

Something to consider would be getting them the blanket coats like they have for horses to keep them cozy.

[@annfears1724]

Mesa&Festus is having a happy time; food looks delicious 😋; Thanks for sharing Joe & Melissa, 🐄🐄🐕🐕🐕.

[@ferraritrip]

LOVE seeing them run!!!

[@craignash4736]

Get that firewood off the ground. lol. Keep bringing awesome videos Thanks. Craig Pa.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us Joe and Melissa, it's going well around there and things are looking good. Just about ready for another load of wood to be hauled in too. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

[@johnl8996]

You need to sell merch with the Happy Cow Dance on them. I'd buy it!

[@PRShoup]

Hey Joe, I love acorn squash. I don't know how you fixed it, but tell Melissa to try this: I stab a bunch of deep holes in the halves with a heavy fork, then put a thick pad of butter in it with a heaping tablespoon of brown sugar on top the butter. The butter and brn sugar find their way down the stabed holes. It comes out sweet and buttery! Delicious!!

[@michaelmazgalis8883]

18:53 i GL

[@sandrasherritt9708]

That food looked extra yummy today!

[@AZJH8374]

Leerunyon, Joe ALWAYS keeps the engine running. I don't know why! But l agree with you! + you can't hear him, & it's usually LOUD!

[@suepeterson5675]

Joe & Melissa , your Christmas , Easter , Thanksgiving Cactus is beautiful. I have never seen one that big & nice looking. Take care . 👍👍😊

[@ginrose7203]

So much work -good thing you enjoy it all.

[@cosc137]

Love the wood stack, Joe. Although I wish you would raise the tractor bucket @4:35 so you can take it easier on your back.

[@stuartroland9605]

enjoyed the video,Joe as usual I get wore out watching you work so darn hard.🤩👍👍

[@johnklenzak1001]

Joe, you really know how to make a man hungry. Beautiful meals?

[@marygraczykowski1723]

I really enjoy watching your channel. Try butternut squash. Doesn't need anything but a little butter.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

We have 2 butternut squash sitting on the kitchen island that we grew this year. We may try them this weekend.

[@MikeZMonroe]

- Years ago they started selling remote devises to control Christmas tree lights with a clicker. Now these devises are sold and used everyday for obvious uses. Joe - you might consider using for your remote lights. - When unloading cut wood from your front end loader keep it elevated a few feet saves back with less bending over. Just a thought…

[@memecats5698]

Looks like that Tyvek that you put around the cottage your building is fraying from the weather and you can see it since you put up that metal around the bottom.

[@memecats5698]

I love the happy dance cows, I suppose that means they’re very content and happy where they’re living. 🐄👍🐄

[@elenamariarothenquijada71]

Que hermoso video abrazos Chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@Oregonadventure]

A nother awesome video.... Joe is i beast!

[@billsrq1788]

Hello from Siesta Key Florida

[@michaeldoyon2852]

O good - she liked it (the acorn squash)!! 😀 Cause you certainly harvested plenty of it!! 😯😃❤️

[@NorthernSeclusion]

We kept 3 of them, the other 20 or more we gave to my Mom and Dad. They love it.

[@MeredithVidman]

@@NorthernSeclusionhow do you prepare that squash? yum

[@seananson923]

Side note Joe you also should look into getting a commercial grade ice machine maker like the restaurant have

[@robertrockwell7581]

Happy Cows. stay safe.

[@billbray8797]

Joe looks like you are going to get your first snow Wednesday night thru Thursday.

[@akdonlh9924]

Ok ya gotta to hose the shit off the door 😂

[@jimmccormick6091]

I wanted to bring this up, but, just didn't quite know how.....😄 I am sur the moment he does, she spedoshes(yes, spedosh) the door again......

[@dianajones7999]

Hard working Joe !

[@Catalina58601]

I was just going to ask if Beauty was still on the planet! Your animals are so well cared for. Its refreshing to see. Mesas happy dance is sweet you can call it her butter maker move 😉

[@HabitualButtonPusher]

I think that’s how I would load my wood burner this year. Fill up the bucket, raise it to waist height, lay down a sheet of old ply wood and stack a couple of those oak rounds to rest the bucket on. Should be enough wood in the bucket to go 2 days or so before you would have to load it back up.

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

It looks like now that the workshop has become the milking parlor wood projects are a thing of the past

[@NorthernSeclusion]

It must be the next video, the one I am filming now, where I explain that the cream area will be moving for the exact reason you stated. I need to make dust in there. We are still just figuring things out. Things will change.

[@AZJH8374]

Maybe he likes the fumes. Lol.

[@jimmccormick6091]

Joe- not gonna comment on the door, seems like you have plenty of folks on that. Not gonna comment on the wood, seems like you are doing much better this year than last year. So, now I forgot what I was... oh yeah! The blue chair in the shop. Looks a bit done. Funny thing is, I don't think you ever sit down anyhow! Have a good one, you folks, and thanks for sharing....

[@roberthathaway7958]

Great job

[@seananson923]

Good video Joe I have a idea and a suggestion you should buy 2 bulk fuel tanks one for diesel and one for gasoline instead of going to the gas stations all the time

[@marygordon3032]

Thanks Joe and Melissa, y’all sure do know how to make a person hungry and Joe please slow down just a little bit! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

[@JL_10acres]

Joe you can get a plant identifier app and find out what kind of grass you have, then see if it is good forage or not.

[@Mary-yu3sn]

okok!!! i have never known a cow that held it's MUD PIES!!!! but she does wow

[@quentinknowles4356]

We grow alot of acorn squash they taste awesome little maple syrup butter yum

[@neildean7587]

You and Melisa are doing great with the cows. So me being a milk lover like yourself, does fresh milk taste different then store bought? I bet it's really good. I've never had the opportunity to try it. Great vid as always Joe!!

[@karolmolitor4675]

How did Melissa like the acorn squash .? Try Carnival or sweet dumpling squash so good !

[@NorthernSeclusion]

She really liked it a lot.

[@karolmolitor4675]

I think the door could use a spray down! ❤ Mesa and Festus are so pretty ❤

[@kayradford3793]

Oh yes please ,Evan the door 🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@oldgrumpy]

Y’all are having milk shakes tonight 😂

[@generost5435]

She is making a milkshake for that nights milking. LOL

[@ADSC2006]

You ever thought of putting pallets down or runner before stacking the wood in the shed?

[@NorthernSeclusion]

We could but it will all get burned this winter, every piece, so its not like it will start to rot.

[@steveengelbrecht7271]

Sounds like the M might need that spark plug cleaned again.

[@bradkoste1128]

new woodshed is being used for wood storage i figured you would have got more animals and needed to build another woodshed. lots of good storage like the lean to's

[@cndream1]

Get some plastic pallets. Stack the wood on it once when you split it. Stack the pallets in the shed with the pallet forks. Move the pallet to the boiler. Seems you are stacking or moving wood 3 or 4 times right now.

[@Robert-bt1bo]

Joe you and Melissa are always busy working feeding the cows milking the cow splitting firewood chopping off firewood bringing the firewood over stacking firewood I hope you get all the firewood moved over before winter hits can you get hit with lots of snow

[@pyewacketpeggy8329]

My mother made acorn squash. You split them in two. Put butter, salt and pepper. A little brown sugar and bake0.

[@osmadchlo]

Mesa is so pretty!

[@johnsnyder4143]

Joe you got to wash the shit of that door, I know you’re going to have manure, but people clean it up every so often lol

[@butlerdawgs78]

Once you've got all the sheds and lean tos filled with wood, will things shift to more replacing what you use each winter and then rotate through the different piles each year?

[@NorthernSeclusion]

What you see in this video is what happens every year. We will burn every piece of wood this season and replace it and do it again next season.

[@butlerdawgs78]

@NorthernSeclusion oh wow, I didn't realize you burned that much. Thanks for clarifying.

[@richardchayer6597]

Hello Joe

[@prepped_patriot459]

Don't let that bud hanging there get moldy! Lol

[@sheilaserpa3635]

Really? 😂

[@robmetcalfe8902]

Good video

[@larryw6149]

Hey yeah man, why don’t you make you some ice cream with that heavy cream from your cow? Good luck dear hunting this year love you, uncle Larry. God bless.

[@Lindblomfamily1973]

Try frost seeding the pastures. We've had good luck with that.

[@John-or4mn]

Mesa and Festus checking out the new pasture as they get to the new patch of grass.

[@anthonypatterson3824]

Hello joe, if you keep moving the cows, you really dont have to mess with the grass it will grow back

[@toddjohnston4788]

Hey Joe, i was wondering about the flies, do you get a lot hanging around the cows and do they die away with cold weather. Pretty cool to see the cows personalities and them having fun in the fields. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊

[@NorthernSeclusion]

Flies are not around in the winter months. We did start to have a fly problem and then it got colder. Next year that will be one of the things we are constantly fighting. Just like everyone else with cattle.

[@jamestoth1256]

We're getting snow in North East WYOMING. First moisture in more than a month.

[@tonyfox9151]

You mentioned you're hernia area when you were splitting wood. How is your hernias doing? They should be healed up by now.

[@sandyleonard1605]

I’m surprised when you’re stacking wood that you put it directly on the ground and not on pallets.

[@redcanoe9810]

I gotta go in and vacume! lol

[@taneesewilson8844]

Haha…yes, that was funny😂….maybe because it was so random.

[@mem7048]

Speaking from an observational point as someone who spent his formative years on a farm. the first time the cow dumps on Beauty will be the last time she goes to that part of the barn. It will most likely happen in the Spring after she gets on green grass.

[@landwater4388]

Looks like the cow performed some "artwork" on the barn door @ 7:50 of the video.

[@nojnoj3069]

Woohoo!

[@davidmoran1422]

Happy cows 😂

[@scotduckrow8524]

When will the Northern Seclusion brand cheese and pike flavored ice cream be available for sale?

[@calvinhakker5618]

Why don’t you use your outdoor kitchen you were making out there to do the separating and chilling the milk and all? Isn’t that kind of what it is for? Just my thought of trying to keep everything together and organized and keeping your regular work benches and space separate for your odd jobs and chores

[@karene9131]

You should play music for your cow when you’re milking her!😃

[@jimmccormick6091]

I think she is more of a talk radio cow......

[@cindybrown7884]

i kno yoow, that you like staying busy, joe do you ever take time for yourself?

[@stephano6793]

29:49 Shit. On the door. 😆

[@skittycats]

I bet the person on the other side of the door jumped. Appears there was some force based on the splatter 🤣

[@Chili453]

Think about all the cow fertilizer you will have now.

[@tomquinsler4227]

Do you plan on doing something so that you have hot water to the sink next to where you milk? Seems like it would be MUCH more convenient.

[@unclebrenton4530]

Peace

[@richardbrooks3569]

Did I miss the duck hunting video? You'll be playing with that door til the cows come home.

[@southernbelle6108]

Yes

[@janicekbritt534]

Divide up the pasture and let one half grow then cut and move cows to cut side and let the other side grow. Row tate pastures by letting it grow. You should be able to get some hay from your fields.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

We will be doing that next year but now, the grass is no longer growing, it has been froze a few times and it is all turning brown. Next spring we will start doing rotational grazing.

[@ralphempson2719]

Gooooooooo Joeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

[@robingreene8167]

Don't know when you made this video .but today is 10-29-24 and looks like you all might get some snow in a day or so.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

This video I finished filming on Sunday 10-27-24. Yes, some are forecasting a trace and others are forecasting up to 4 inches.

[@ellenfleury9015]

Boy them cows are spry. What do you feed them.

[@TonyGeneseo]

I know at some point you stop milking Mesa. What’s that timing or is it all temp related ?

[@NorthernSeclusion]

The beginning of December. She calves the beginning of March. You want her to dry up at least 2 months before giving birth. It gets cold here in December so we will dry her off 3 months prior. At least that is the plan right now. We start milking again right after she has her calf.

[@leerunyon]

why do you leave the tractor running when stacking the wood? Burns fuel and puts unproductive hours on the engine.

[@goodtimefolkrock]

diesel engines like to run, starting them puts more stress on them than keeping them idling. very oily engines that last forever

[@steveengelbrecht7271]

@@goodtimefolkrocknot a diesel.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

It is not a diesel. I let it run on the colder days to keep the hydraulic fluid.... Fluid.

[@kenhagen7718]

Seems pretty dangerous. I wouldn’t do it. What happens if the old girl jumps into gear?

[@peewee.3138]

Maybe try just plowing half next year

[@michaeldoyon2852]

What? Melissa has never eaten acorn squash? I LOVE ACORN SQUASH!! Hope she likes it??!!?? 🥰

[@jameswoody7905]

i think if melisa wanted the cows why is she not helping with any of the milk production????

[@RandyBlattner]

Your whizzing get it checked NOW no joke !!!!

[@SarahR5338]

Melk. Is this a midwest thing?

[@jimmccormick6091]

yes

[@SarahR5338]

I've been to the Midwest a million times, including Minnesota but I guess I've never had many conversations about milk! So I guess this is my first time noticing this. Haha ​@@jimmccormick6091