CHEATING in the Survival GARDEN

[@justme-uw6bz]

The lovely proud face on Justice planting his spuds. What a beautiful life.

[@katnip2u]

Indeed!

[@rosaanderson8824]

I luv your channel. Cute family. I just had to subscribe. Thank you for sharing your story with us

[@jeannel1065]

Nice to get new chickens and a handsome rooster. It’s not cheating to buy starts and your helping out a new friend.

[@loissouthard5619]

Your garden is amazing your kids are too. Your videos make my day. I watch them early then go back and watch them in the evening, God bless your family.

[@claireisacamel]

The long neck feathers on the rooster are called Hackles! Great for fly fishing!

[@heatherd.9390]

Your channel never ceases to put a smile on my face and warm my heart. In my opinion, one of the many reasons you have such lovely kiddos is because of the way the two of you speak to each other with both respect and admiration and because you genuinely enjoy being together. It is one thing to put on a smile for the camera, but it is clear that there is a lot of love between the two of you and your children. xo Heather🇨🇦

[@MilkAndHoneyAcreage]

Heather D. I agree so super sweet! Those kids will grow up to be great people!

[@jch1965]

Film your day. We don’t care what it is lol. I love the closeup shots of the chickens scratching, the creek, the kids playing, and the beautiful music in the background. So soothing. Love your country life! ❤️

[@michaelhyde641]

Your little one Wilder makes my heart swell every time I see his eagerness to garden or work beside you two with the animals, his wanting to help is the cutest and the best part of my mornings

[@tonimitchell9930]

Thank you for getting that copperhead................I HATE THEM!!! I hate snakes.......That is a beautiful Too. Wilder is such a doll.

[@sharonthomas8983]

Art and Bri- Everything on your homestead is looking so good. The children are so sweet. God Bless You All❣️🤓

[@flyingpigpreserve8562]

Very nice Chickens and Rooster you added to your flock. I like both you weeding tools. Thinking of getting one or other depending on cost. Sometimes you have to get plant starts do get the food you want. Wilder is getting so big and saying full sentences. Stay Safe God Bless and Peace Be With You All ☮️🙏❣️

[@janetwithers7427]

I smiled a lot. The new chickens, the rooster, potato planting, kale planting, kids helping and learning, ahhh sweet life on the homestead. :-)

[@cherylemaybury9967]

I often plant seedlings to get things moving quickly and I don’t think of it as cheating. I think it’s really smart. I have put seeds in those little pots that can be planted in the garden later. When I am a bit late getting things into the ground then I will cheat every time because it’s all about the harvest at my house. Love your garden, it’s excellent.

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

The look on Justice's face planting those potatoes says all is right in the world.

[@Rowdymotmot]

I never see planting plants as cheating. Sometimes weather conditions do not cooperate. I hope everything you plant grows well. It is so much fun to watch your kids planting in the garden. I do like the little short handle weeder. I think I will get one of those for myself.

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

Bri and Art....sometimes you just have to cheat a little and support a friend. Planting seedling over seeds is a good thing. Love the new tools. Our local university coop made tools, bought an awesome steel hoe two years back, use it often. Garden beds look good!

[@deborahtoohey814]

Art and Bri .. you can pop the spurs off with a pocket knife .. whole spur slides right off.. work knife around the base and move around slowly and pry up going slow .. then the kids can make a necklace with the spur 😃

[@deborahtoohey814]

If you give it a try ..can you post a video 🥰

[@stormybryant5841]

Aww... little man is so cute. My kids used to fight over who is going to help me in the garden and now I can't barely get them to help me. I love seeing kids excited and wanting to help and be in the garden. Its good for our kids to be outside and learn from us.

[@FarmerC.J.]

Roosters spurs can be trimmed.....I use a dog nail trimmer then round the tip so it’s not sharp..... Bri that’s an “action hoe”! I was introduced to mine a couple of decades ago....it also saves the soil in your garden... your garden looks fabulous!❤️

[@ciaobella8963]

Your overdub/voiceover on the new rooster in the chicken pen was VERY funny.

[@farookbanian3304]

Art, the rooster feathers you were looking at are called Saddle. You were showing us the lower saddle. Another great show on your homestead.

[@sherrybacon8041]

Beautiful gardens!!! Wonderful family😊 Justice was so proud🥰

[@metoo3821]

Am really glad to see Bri wearing gloves. My neighbor contracted a type of bacteria from the soil in her garden through a cut in her hand. She experienced fevers, swelling and other odd symptoms before her medical professional finally diagnosed it. She had several rounds of antibiotics and finally after a year was well enough to garden again. Never handle soil, especially that which has had feces mixed in, with your bare hands. Art should also be wearing work gloves during all his choring.

[@laurietinto5211]

Folks, when I plant out transplants, I like do dig out the holes then fill them with water once the water has soaked into the ground I plant the plants directly on top cover them and water again once only. The heat of the sun draws the water up past the roots keeping them moist until they have settled in and are sending new roots deeper finding there own moisture.i have been doing this for over 50yrs with great success and very rarely have to water them again regardless of how hot or dry the weather gets. Good luck with the garden,the amount of work you are putting into it deserves a great harvest in return

[@veracampbell9583]

Your garden looks amazing. We’re supposed to get cold weather here. I’m praying that it misses us. I can’t cover all my plants. So I’ll have to just trust the Lord to keep my garden frost free. It’s so nice y’all teaching your children how to garden. Y’all are amazing parents. God bless y’all and your precious family.

[@Lori-mm6fg]

Bri you seem to be so much happier, The Sun is shining, you are smiling the world is right.

[@margaretbedwell58]

This was a great video....love the new chickens you got, they are so pretty. The feathering on the rooster was so delicate looking. Thanks for showing that up close Art. Justis is getting to be quite the little gardener. You're teaching him well Bri. I didn't even know the term triangle, but he did and showed that skill right away. Now I know for future planting. Thank y'all so much for sharing your busy day and have a Blessed day also.

[@mstiffanyr1]

It does not matter to me what you are doing. It a joy just to watch your journey. And make me feel like I am there too.

[@1sotobklyn]

Hi Art and Bri, have you ever tried a ram pump to bring water anywhere on your farm? I've seen the Little Brook you have it should work. Might be a good experiment for the kids. You're Garden is looking really nice. Good luck with the new rooster.

[@annettemclaughlin6834]

Delightful!! Mornings, anytime - y'all make the day better. Thank you.

[@bonniewooters6796]

Some call it a “hola” hoe but my gramps called it a “stirrup” hoe which I still have. Back when Martha Stewart was new she had a similar triangle shaped hand tool that is the best weeder and cultivator I’ve ever had. Different sizes for the job. One thing Art is teaching your son how to lay down garden tools especially his hoe. My gramps shared his scars from stepping on a hoe a shovel and a pitch fork so that we’d not be injured so badly. Of course we’d forget but not for long. My sister lost 2 adult teeth when hoe smashed her mouth and broke her nose. Lessons learned and he’d call it respect for all tools. We’ve had 100+ weather very fast especially for young plants. So many scorched cus who believes the weatherman any more. So cheating is what I have to do now cus impossible to find more seeds and it’s too late to do all over again. Got shade cloth out now but can’t imagine if so hot now what’s summer going to be like. Water and water is daily here and then a drought schedule will begin very soon as we struggle for one drop of rain. When our climate was better I’d hurry to plant seedlings before the rain. Nothing better for plants than pure liquid gold from the heavens ....... I still can hear those words from my gram. We would trim the roosters spurs just for protection to flock cus there’s always one that has no fear. One rooster hated men so would attack and jump on their back....got pretty bloody. But those are gorgeous chickens and their eggs will be like Easter every day. Hard working layers too. Well another super video filled with so much and lots of fun with the kids. Doesn’t get much better than another day with your family. AND today seeing a berry bush being saved just in time. Like the snake kids got to learn difference between a weed and food plants cus we all know they love to chop anything with their trusty tools. Best planned videos are great BUT the unplanned ones even better. See ya next time ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@willthegamer6224]

“Yes you have that snake” I couldn’t stop laughing

[@heatherd.9390]

Yes, that was so funny! The look on Art's face too was priceless. As if to say "you got me there, Justice".

[@katnip2u]

That gave me a chuckle too lol

[@teresahansen101]

Your garden is soooo .... beautiful ! I love watching the kids helping. They are getting so big !

[@pepperbasenji1425]

I don't call it cheating. I call it intant gardening. I do start a lot of plant in my little green house. We can get frost into June. We get a short time for gardens here. Zone 3.

[@dianecharles881]

The best part of waking up is having you to watch first thing ! Before I hit my chores ! 😂

[@cocobolyn3167]

Bri, the tool is called a " Hola Hoe". They do work well. Have fun. We love you guys. You're like part of our family. God bless you all. 😘🤗💖🌹🎉🎉🙏🙏

[@GHumpty1965]

You should be able to plant those left over potato's outside your fence. Deer will not eat the greens that sprout out so should be safe.

[@angelacross2216]

Looking good. Weeding is so satisfying.

[@02271953me]

Another beautiful day on the homestead!! Blessings to all.

[@tbrown2302]

Nothing wrong with buying starts. I did this year for my garden boxes to get a jump start. Buying them locally and supporting a home grower is a great idea! Love your gardening videos and the short takes at the end.

[@carolwhite6979]

lovely chickens! Have you thought about setting up a greenhouse or a hoop house to get a jump on your spring sowing and extending the season? maybe once the house is sorted out, then you could sell your extra starters 😃❤️❤️❤️

[@Brifromscratch]

Yes! It’s a dream of mine. 😍

[@AfterTheRains]

Good safety precaution with the snake. Bri, you always look like you are in your happy place when you are in the garden.

[@missza98]

Ok so the feathers on the rooster near the tail are called sickle feathers. You can trim spurs by popping a hot potato on them. Then grab pliers and an outer layer will slide off. It’s probably one of the easiest friendliest method

[@bearrivermama6414]

That young man is a master gardener in the making!! Such a beautiful family! I'm envious of your gardens! It's still getting down into the teens and twenties at night 😤 where I live. Had to chip 1/2 inch ice out of the chickens water bowls this morning and I would not be surprised if it's an inch tomorrow morning! Ugh! Back to hauling water in buckets because my hose will be frozen!

[@bethhubbs9937]

Justus - GREAT JOB caring for your garden area and planting potatoes with your Dad!!! You will really enjoy making those delicious fries and sharing them with your family. :) You all are doing a great job keeping up with the weeding - just like you planned. Good job. :) The garden looks great. Those rows with straw and wood chips are SO GREAT! I like to see moving wood chips videos - it never gets old. We can feel some sense of accomplishment right along with you as each row fills up. I wish you well in all your projects!

[@ldg2655]

I SO envy that you get so much rain that you don’t really need to water your garden. Here in south Texas, ... if you don’t water nearly DAILY, they will shut down or just die..

[@mcohen8025]

I moved from TX to VA and the difference in gardening is amazing, even though they’re both warm climates. TX was basically 2 growing seasons (feb-June then sept-oct) separated by a killing summer heat/drought where only the toughest plants struggled through. Here, the garden gets started later in the spring but *keeps going* all summer into the fall!

[@gerrymarmee3054]

I hear you. Here in the Phoenix area it is hard to time everything because of the harsh heat.

[@kathycagg6531]

Love you guys! Thanks for sharing your beautiful life!

[@lesleyharris3198]

Hi, don't worry about roses and frost they are fine, a lot of roses ars planted in the depths of winter, if you can dig a hole you can plant roses.

[@tinahoward5931]

Listening to the way y’all talk to your kids with so much respect and love makes my heart ache. It reminds me of a guy named Justin Rhodes. I don’t know his wife’s name, I only know he calls her beautiful and they are amazing with their kids like y’all are. It’s such a joy to watch y’all interact with each other. May God bless everything you plant and grow. Oh yeah, before I forget, have you checked out the Ruth stoutt method of growing a garden? It’s pretty cool!

[@fridomsnowbird5398]

Those long, thin reddish brown feathers near the tail are called "saddle hackles ."

[@toothaching]

So much fun. You are making me miss being policed by little ones. They sure do a good job at keeping us on our toes. Don’t they? Can’t wait for tomorrow’s video. Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@user-re7eu9hq6r]

That’s a beautiful chicken! I love how you treat your chickens, like family! ❤️ 🐓

[@cimarronpasshomestead5998]

🌱It’s called improvising and perseverance 🌱

[@zinnialady5153]

Glad that I’m not the only one that talks to the bees.

[@blookieblay]

Bri you are looking so pretty! You are in your element and you just glow! It is amazing how magnificent our relationship is with the earth an all her bounty and wonders.

[@darci12u]

We love whatever y'all vlog It is wonderful to forget lockdown 54th day So when I heard the childrens laughter That is healing .Thanks Again.

[@gratituderanch9406]

I have no experience- but I’ve heard about people trimming spurs. We have chickens- but no rooster. Those are a stirrup or scuffle hoe. I love it for annuals. I have a hand held one too.

[@Jerryshipping12]

Another AWSOME video!

[@thehomeschoolhive2109]

Omgosh yes@ we bought a wedding hoe for the first time this year. It makes weeding so much easier. Wish we had bought one years ago!

[@patshhi4620]

Art, thanks for explaining about the green potatoes. I knew green potatoes were bad for you, but I never knew what caused them to get green. Have a good rest of the day. Pat

[@demetrashelton1688]

Nice to see kids interested in gardening

[@bumblebee7922]

I ADORE your videos!!!! SO FUN!!! Oh, I love those new weeding tools Bri! Looks very easy to use!! Beautiful garden..... It always melts my heart when I see how loving you are to your animals... LOVE you all!!!!

[@sherriekemper1828]

Love the short handled weeding tool--perfect for my raised beds. Thanks for another wonderful video.

[@aegrl4ever]

Look forward to seeing it in the next video! Love your channel and the garden. 😊 Also, black copper marans are awesome, and mine lays about 5 or 6 eggs a week.

[@jasminaalm]

Thank you all so much for your family vlogs. They remind me when my kids grew up in the garden memories for a lifetime.

[@Vereynique]

My brother has BCM hens and rooster and they have been handled and held and even the roosters are gentle.

[@sharoncochran8508]

Love, love, love the way you teach your children!

[@Zinnias2go]

Great savings on the poultry...one person’s culls are another’s persons colored eggs ☺️🐓🥚❤️🐓🥚❤️🐓🥚❤️🐓🥚❤️

[@skyepollard5951]

The lovely pointy feathers are called saddle feathers on a rooster. The pointy ones on the neck are called the cape

[@georgettewood8894]

Totally agree with your wise comments. Art and BRI have a lovely family. Continued success and take care and wear that mask whilst at work.

[@apsutton336]

Wow u r so confident with your planting now good to see!!! Very blessed!!! 🙋💟👍

[@missmartpants2269]

The end was great. God bless!

[@JanetWilham]

one thing I use here on my raspberry farm is the white clothes line that has the nylon inside.....I have rows planted alone fences then I run the line on the opposite side to hold the berry plants up as they grow, not only does this help them but makes it soo much easier when I am picking them. Also I have put up a lot of purple martin houses as they eat the bugs so I use no sprays on my berries at all and they do great. God bless.

[@denisewilson8367]

I love your garden this year. I "cheat" too. I fall for the beautiful colored eggs too. Nice looking ladies, and that rooster is gorgeous!

[@joanneganon7157]

It all eats good! Nice addition to the Farm👍

[@danamama6766]

Happy Mother's Day Bri....hugs and love

[@kitzcat]

I love watching the whole family participating in the garden and seeing all the various things you grow.

[@scuzzbecuzz]

Love the little guy. He’s so eager, it’s endearing!

[@marybrown5904]

Bri, I have only had chickens for 11months. One of my goals after getting seeing your black Maran eggs from last year was to get a couple of those. I was able to get 2 in the fall. They are so friendly. Love that you got more. I would love to get some cream leg bars. I just yesterday for the first time bought some hatching eggs to stick under my first broody hen an olive egger. Art the really neat feathers on the rooster are called the hackle feathers.

[@chelemichele1524]

Beautiful day on the homestead for sure.... that's some nice looking kale starter.. love the pride he took in planting his potatoes... Have a wonderful evening 🌻🌻🌻

[@butterflySmiles2]

Here in East Tennessee, Knoxville this weekend we getting a freeze, sometimes it don't pay to put a garden out early. Lots of luck!

[@Brifromscratch]

The crops we have planted are all cold hardy

[@777dotster]

Look up hot water germination. It will be your new best friend.

[@angelasheppard7197]

Funny, Wilder knows not to let out the chickens and telling you. Sorry I didn't catch your son's name but he was trying to help with the weeding and didn't know they were raspberries. So sweet. Good catch tho. He sure likes helping plant those potatoes. And learning along the way I don't think it's cheating using transplants, it's smart. The cheating I think you were talking about was getting them from somebody else😁

[@carolsouthers9900]

Oh gosh how I love your family, I smile so much watching you all so please keep up all the videos. God bless

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi...... Art and Bri nice to see you both and your daughter and your children to and you both are doing a good job, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐕🐖🐈🌱🐐🐄🎥👍👍👍

[@katepowell1051]

I love colored chicken eggs, they are like beautiful jewels in the egg basket! Is the goose still laying on the eggs? Your garden is looking very lush, loved Brighton wanting to weed the raspberries lol Justice did an excellent job planting spuds - such eagerness!! Are you going to plant corn 🌽

[@loraineleuschke4186]

Good luck and stay well.

[@peggymcthompson261]

Yes you can trim a roosters spurs. We had an old boy that had his clipped and they just grow back.

[@paulrice1918]

You two are good teachers. Your children will benefit greatly later on. I agree about not killing snakes but if a venomous snake is just too close to the house it must go but in the woods let it be.

[@juneenver9854]

Your garden is beautiful this year

[@rsoubiea]

I always use prestarted plants, i never have luck with starting my own from seed. Also I’m only planting for two people. ❤️👍 except potatoes. Hey, have you ever tried to start plants from the veggies you buy at the grocery store? you know the roots from the green onions, yellow onions etc? I thought that was an urban legend? lol.

[@reginagibson1908]

Wilder is the cutest. Don’t let the chickens out.🐥🐥🐥

[@Hcollingwoodfoxy]

I literally just picked up a weeding hoe yesterday and had a blast weeding yesterday evening... I love it so much! Y'alls garden looks so awesome... Can't wait to see it all green and pretty!!

[@theresathreadgill1386]

I've grown potatos from store potatos many times. You let them sprout, cut, dry, plant. I did this for years,the one year I used seed potatos the bugs got them, lol.

[@MM36577]

Ohh your gorgeous rooster looks like our Penguin, who we sadly lost last year, but he was beautiful and friendly and our house pet! He used to beg like a dog😄

[@francesbolen257]

Loving seeing the garden! Miss seeing Bri' s chicken buddy!

[@carolynwise9308]

#artandbri the spurs can be trimmed on roosters. You can either use a file and file them down or a pet nail trimmer.

[@kirstenwhitworth8079]

*Yes, you can trim chick spurs. Look up "hot potato spur removal"* Those beautiful pointy neck feathers on a rooster are called *hackles.* They are beautiful new chickens. I'm glad your new roo is getting down to business; more potential dark olive egger chicks! One name for those hoes is *"stirrup hoe",* but I have also hear things like *"oscillating hoe", "scuffle hoe"* or even *"hula hoe".*

[@robynvandenarend2142]

You can trim spurs with a rotary Dremel tool it cauteriZes it at the same time as it cuts it

[@ibelisieotero2478]

Love your family. God bless you all. 😊

[@alittlesouthwindfarm3074]

Could be a spreader Adder or hog nose Adder. They are aggressive. They some times can resemble a copper head.