British Farming with quirks

[@lionelmarytravels6003]

That's quite right. We farmers/gardeners never throw anything away, because you'll probably want it next week. Buckets have a multitude of uses for feeding animals. Back in the 60s, we used to mix the food with shovels, turning the back and forth several times before bagging it up for the animals. Never been a more dusty job. Thanks for the video Rufus.

[@mtozzy11]

I think every farm has it's quirks. I get the bucket thing you can never have enough buckets.

[@flankfarm]

Haha, amazing. Glad to have your bucket support Michael

[@adamfontana537]

I mix all my own feeds in an old beaten up cement mixer. I also have a big old hummer mill that I can run off the pto off the tractor to crush all the grain. Can’t have enough buckets!! Looks to me everything is working smoothly on Sarah’s farm

[@flankfarm]

Hahah, absolutely perfect Adam! Glad we’re not alone. Cement mixer is surely a great idea… might have to pitch that to the lady in charge

[@norwalfarm]

I literally laughed out loud!! Great video, love your mom!!

[@flankfarm]

Hahah, love to hear that! Please tell us that you can relate to a few quirks 😂

[@norwalfarm]

@Flank Farm I absolutely relate to the farm quirks! I was raised on a farm in Indiana, USA and I remember the buckets, makeshift gates, and the twine. Oh........the twine!!! No farm can survive without it!! 😀😀 Thanks for the memories!!

[@george7672]

Always great to see!

[@flankfarm]

Thanks George

[@annaosbournehellard2993]

(Terry of KY . USA) I Love You Mom. Every thing you throw away you might need the next day. Keep it all and you will find a purpose if not now ,a year from now.

[@Leoforever79]

Both of are quirky and fantastic... love it.

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Jason! Got to love the quirks

[@carolmcc59]

Ever thought of Dexters? Grass raised, only need hay and mineral blocks instead of all that expensive feed? Anything to make life easier for your wonderful quirky Mum :)

[@flankfarm]

Mum loves Dexters, and I’d like to see her go more that way too! Perhaps we’ll have to start moving more in that direction 😊

[@FifeFarm]

Super fun video! 😄 I love your mom! You two together are a perfect mix of fun and education. Would love to see more videos from you in general. Beautifully done!

[@flankfarm]

Thank you so much Fife Farm, doing our best with more videos!!

[@marilynnooroa1975]

I love the farm and all the quirks make total sense. I lived my childhood on a farm and understand everything may come in handy one day. Now I live on a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific and you should see how I have constructed some of my pig pens.

[@flankfarm]

Hahah! We’d love to see Marilyn!!

[@laurieheyman195]

Great video! Thanks for the laughs! Love what you are doing!

[@flankfarm]

Thanks so much Laurie

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Love the hedge roe.

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Nancy

[@dazb7197]

You can never have enough stuff on a farm.... stuff is well good.....all the best...

[@flankfarm]

Haha, thanks Daz

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Really interesting . I keep everything too . Didn't find farming till the last few years . I am just a fan of farmers . Love .

[@flankfarm]

Hahah, thanks so much Nancy. Glad you found us again! Hope you’re well 😊

[@margaretburns2635]

Yes... very normal!loved this Ru 😂

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Margaret!

[@paulhayday8212]

Just one extra quirk….it’s “Oh my gosh” or “oh my goodness” that your mum uses in every chat! Lovely!! Your home finished yet Ru?? Paul WW Village

[@flankfarm]

Oh my goodness… So true Paul! 😂 nearly there thank you, a week of tiling next week. Great for the back

[@paulhayday8212]

@@flankfarm oh enjoy! I’m sure it will do wonders for your (young) back!

[@paulthompson8467]

Your mum's way of farming to me isn't quirky it's sort of normal as it's so similar to lots of farms including ours here in Ni I've really enjoyed the video 👍

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Paul, and that’s great to hear 😊 all the best from our farm

[@offgridibht2059]

It's afuf even disastrous that you ur mun and you channel only has 15k don't let that let ye down it's the algorithm that's against ye for whatever reason ye are great and Ru your a legend much love from Ireland on my 20th channel at this stage but been ere fr the start keep it up ye are all great

[@flankfarm]

Heheh, thanks a bunch. What a huge compliment. So proud to have 15,000 subscribers, thankful for everyone 🙌

[@patriciafranklin803]

So Much Fun and Infomational, too! These are awesome quirks! I totally understand your mom (mum) in her thinking. Not sure what that makes me. But to add to her apparent hoarding (as we call it here in the colonies), one never knows when one will need just this item ... or ... if one needs the item but hasn't hung on to all the ones one has had and suddenly now cannot afford to buy the item! That last one is why I clung to stuff I never used for years and years. Always afraid I'd need it and wouldn't be able to afford to buy it, especially as I aged. But now I realize I don't need it and am stuck with stuff I have to get rid of anyway! I loved the one shed full of things that could come in handy, the shed that wasn't visited often, the one with the bottom half of a liquid dispenser shaped like a trophy, because it reminded me of my drawers (furniture ones, not clothing ones) where I find forgotten treasures every time I'm looking for something else I'm sure is in that drawer but never is. So Mom is quirky, her accent making it hard for this yank to understand so am happy for captions, her delightfulness and laughter and flitting from subject to subject (like me), her energy (not like me unfortunately) and her love of the farm, her animals (like me except I'm only blessed with 6 cats and not a farm full of preciousness), and her son! Love the video's flitting from items to items to items to prove your point of so many of the same items. And, finally, totally agree with Mom that as we get older, we love buckets! Love from this side of the pond!😻

[@flankfarm]

Hahaha, thank you Patricia! So lovely to hear from you. Also of course, everything is more expensive when you need it 'right now'... it's often best to have it already just in case. I always find the 'rainy day' mentality a hard one to work out which side of the fence I'm on.

[@sesfx3]

Sarah - definitely the number one quirk 🙃😉

[@flankfarm]

Hahaha, agreed. We celebrate those quirks

[@nicholascummins4430]

RU your mam is a hoarder ,so is my wife it wrecks my head.loved the video keep them comming

[@flankfarm]

Hahahahha, thanks Nicholas!

[@stevemathews9488]

Hi Great video Ru it shows how the old Country ways are still around my sheds are crammed with bits that come in useful as the weeks go by, being country born and bred its the way i was brought up.

[@flankfarm]

Haha, glad to hear it Steve! Thanks so much for the comment 🙌

[@verwonderingalom]

Quirky people are the best farmers❤

[@flankfarm]

I’m biased… but YEAH

[@verwonderingalom]

@@flankfarm me too… Got that kind of a farmer husband

[@bs4444]

My dad once told me to “run out and grab that piece of wire hanging on the corner post in the north pasture”. It was the exact length he needed, 2 ft long…in a 40 acre field! 😁

[@flankfarm]

That's incredible, hahah.

[@cassieoz1702]

Quirky folks can't see quirky. Of course an ex-bathtub is a livestock water trough, silly Ru!. I bubble wrap my young fruit trees in winter to protect them from deep frost for their first couple of years. I use old carpet to lay under my woodchip paths between rows of berry canes and on the floor of our machinery shed, which is a dirt floor. I have multiple empty molasses drums, IBCs and not-enough pallets. I have pallet envy🤣

[@flankfarm]

Silly me indeed 😂 love this & I had no idea about the bubble wrap. Great to hear from you Cassie

[@zoebeard5941]

Brilliant video and I can relate to all three quirks on my own farm. I have buckets for everything and everywhere. My fences are mismatched, bits of wire, wood, string and whatever I can find and I have a collection of feed bags for feed and animal waste and carrying hay and stay around. I also mix my own feeds to. Visitors to my farm also find them quirky. Love the video Ru and Sarah. Keep up the great work 😊

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Zoe! Keep on quirking on !!

[@terricotter6545]

You guys are just too funny .Iam the same and have a smile on my face the whole video,love it

[@flankfarm]

Hahaha, thanks, Terri! Nice to know people can relate 😊

[@baldybaldwin2825]

I do all of the on my farm in America, I don’t see them as quarks but necessities!

[@flankfarm]

Brilliant. Love to learn thus

[@alastairwallis9499]

Great video. Think you should get your mum to record a intro and exit song for the videos.

[@flankfarm]

Hahah, great idea!! song suggestions?

[@conniecashion6901]

lol lol love this video and yes yes yes love love Quirky for sure

[@flankfarm]

Haha, thanks Connie! We’ll keep up the quirks

[@PAfarmboy]

Ru, you are your mother's son. You two are too much. 🤣

[@flankfarm]

Hahahah! I’ll take it as the compliment you intended 😂

[@martinjames3950]

I never buy plastic scoops an old saucepan does the job

[@flankfarm]

Does the job perfectly, and moulds to you of course ;)

[@dangarlakha6259]

Nice video friends

[@flankfarm]

Thank you

[@maxinedurling3425]

WHERE was the ball of baling twin. I own horses and the pallets, buckets, fencing and old feed bags all looked normal to me😂😂😂

[@flankfarm]

Oh Maxine! We have to make another video about baler twine… love it

[@emilyalexander8450]

😂 Hilarious!!!

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Emily, glad it made you smile

[@lailaal-rushaid7751]

Hehe loved this video... Very triggering 😅

[@flankfarm]

Haha, thanks Laila 😊

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍

[@helenel4126]

Mixing your own feed isn't a quirk! Many farmers do it! Many farmers save "stuff" too, for the same reason as your Mum does - why buy an x when you can make do (even if it has to be mended) with a y?

[@flankfarm]

Love to hear it Helene + from you :)

[@dangarlakha6259]

I am Indian farmers