Cloudy & 100% Chance of Mud - Our Typical Winter Forecast

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[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Evan and Rebecca thanks you for showing your video homestead bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@marymigliore3396]

Have I told You lately ,,,, I LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!! 🥰🥰

[@kristy4619]

You could put gutters on the barn that lead to a rain barrel that's on a pallet for moving. This could be done sooner than having to run out way out.

[@MrBubbahunt9]

Yep, even 6" PVC cut in half and screwed up

[@Jackson-ls7yf]

That’s what I was thinking too.

[@redcook4929]

Hello from Mississippi

[@suzienc3591]

I had the same idea. Have a great day!!!

[@LloydJarvis]

all that rain coming off that roof.

[@chrischisholm4800]

Your camera work sure is improving. I like the fade out, fade in. Well done. 👏🏻

[@jasontaylor9871]

That green spot where the turkeys were tells you that you need to save your chicken and turkey litter to spread on the pasture

[@joerodrigues3816]

Hopefully you are all doing well maté take care of yourself

[@georgedavidson1221]

Put gutters on the barn

[@karenmiller6088]

My exact thoughts

[@kerrybuchanan8422]

Turn your volume up. Thanks for watching

[@christruax270]

A commercial sized gutter on that barn should handle the amount of water you have coming off that roof and would divert the water to the end of the barn away from the barnyard

[@funnyfarmdad9997]

@@christruax270that’s what I was thinking. Put on 6” gutters, have it slope to the far side and get four or five IBC totes to use for rain catchment.

[@MillfieldWheels]

It'll take a couple of hours to put up the gutter and the area will dry out within a few weeks. Priorities!!!

[@cayetanososa7836]

Thank God, no burning, something more expensive or you barn hello from santa Fe nuevo México usa

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Piping that water off the roof and away from the barnyard is the only solution that is going to give you immediate results at the lowest cost. Your going to need a 6 inch gutter for sure. Don't know if one drop will handle it. Can you direct the flow toward the lake? Over time, You can take a scoop of muck (appears to be less than 12" to clean soil) and add it to your compost pile. It's loaded with nutrients and your compost will dry it up so you can spread it this spring. Do you have any shale on the farm where you can dig a spoil pit? Take a scoop of muck and replace with a scoop of shale. Slow and steady wins the race. 😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Maybe all that work you did trying to clear the barn underfloor drain actually worked better than you expected! 😊 I clearly remember that ponding. I'm shocked to see it's dry. That water is going somewhere. Maybe it is leaking all the time into the barnyard too? I think where the underfloor drain was left, you were going to hook up your new backhoe and dig an exploratory trench right across the face of the slab focusing on the area where you think the drain runs. If you get a good freeze up, that would be a worthwhile job - especially if you can find some shale to backfill the trench and haul the muck to your compost pile.

[@ronaldlee2376]

For what its worth, i keep a couple old non functioning refrigerators in barn to store: seed, shop manuals, battery/antifreeze testers, etc. in. As long as gaskets are good, seed will last 2 or 3 years.

[@isaiahraimondo6083]

Like everyone else in the comment section has said, gutters in the barn would take care of the issue, everywhere you are on a hill already so once that constant water is gone, it will dry up rather fast.

[@jadr3123]

Hi Evan. We all the viewers agree you need to install now the gutters on the barn roof. That part is a muddy mess in your beautiful and clean farm.

[@Nick-nw6zg]

Rebecca has happy eyes

[@mabloodhound]

Gutters a fairly cheap and fast fix for all the rain water. The drain line will take a bit more time. When you do the gutter, have one of the companies make up a full seamless length for you.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Great suggestion! One piece - no joints 👍

[@DPW55]

Even, can you try and make it a quest to sit dawn and reply in short any questions your viewers have asked you , this then shows that youv taken the time to read them ,thanks buddy.

[@mikeharris2985]

Could put gutters on both roofs and run plastic pipe under ground away from the born

[@jagosselin24]

I would put multiple levels of gutters on the barn and extension all directed to a 2000 to 5000 gallon underground storage tank that’s at least 4 feet down and use that water to supplement your livestock water. Good luck!

[@jahn9960]

CONGRATULATIONS on the 150k !!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Great start to a new year!! Keep up the amazing work Evan and Rebecca!!!

[@graydonturner]

We've been feeding hay on pasture. Unrolling round bales on pasture or spreading square bale flakes. It takes pressure off the barn yard, reduces the number of barn clean outs, and the hay "waste" feeds the soil directly in the spring making better grass.

[@dennishayes65]

Evan, you should put a wheel on that long gate to take the stress off of the gate and post.

[@lesterjohnson5816]

Learned in Boy Scouts...kindling,then tinder,then fuel.The anatomy of fire wood.Keep the vids coming,you are doing a great job.

[@chaunceypullman3380]

Well Evan, you're gonna have the same problem no matter where you place them if you don't have a plan to channel the rain run off from your roofs period. That's even the workshop barn due to erosion. Remember that fiasco. Then that adds to your snowfall problem of them getting overwhelmed with weight of snow and possibly ice come melting time.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Hopefully you all won't get too bad in the up and coming days of snow and colder temps. Good luck, stay safe and have a good day!

[@theodorelease8477]

You need to dig that out and then get a couple big truck loads of ag lime or screenings and put it about 8-12 inches thick. After it gets wet it will get is hard as concrete. A place I used to work at had it in their truck shed and it worked great.

[@greggandjanetprice3851]

Or raise and level that slope next to barn with excess dirt and mix with screenings/rock with what you already have there and just let it set for awhile with no animals there.

[@theodorelease8477]

@@greggandjanetprice3851 need the slope for run off. I don’t know if I would use rock unless it’s very small. It can get caught in the hoofs. We just use screenings in our feed lot.

[@greggandjanetprice3851]

That is why I mentioned using screenings in my text.

[@greggandjanetprice3851]

The purpose of fill is to help give a more solid surface regardless of slope , yes it needs to drain. Wet lots are typical in the winter time.

[@waynejones5239]

Gutters and base fill will just give him same problem he has will need two sets of Gutters to fix the issue the first one for the main roof and a second one for the lower roof then would eliminate the problem in the corner of the the water in the loafing area or at least be less of a problem

[@LorraineDennison1960]

Oh yuck. What a muddy mess. You did well to get the tractor in and back out of there. Hope it doesn't snow too much next weekend.

[@billydeesullivan537]

You should look into a 6" gutter the length of the barn

[@Fellgla]

Hello Evan, the county conservation office advised me to remove the mud. Then haul sand in and put geotextile fabric, with a layer of Crush and run. That solved my mud problem.

[@littlemogocreek]

Maybe when the guttering goes in on the livestock barn Evan, you could run it to a water tank first then the overflow to the ditch? That way you have a free supply of water there for the animals.

[@garystlaske7703]

Great Video.

[@user-bc3ql8jv4b]

We store all our seeds in the deep freeze . Never have had a problem. Some are 3 or 4 years old and still germinate just as well as new seeds. Just a thought.

[@stefflus08]

A muddy pen like that was exactly what I had in mind in one of the last videos when I commented that I don't see the point in animals even being outside if that's what they're in. They get bad feet, you lose the manure and slurry, part of the feed is lost etc.

[@mrbilky]

Those Jersey's are just so sweet almost like a dog

[@FloydBlack-xi8fh]

That ash is good for the ground. It's called potash. When we burned wood that's what we would do is spread it out over the yard and garden areas. Just a thought.

[@daleficklin1607]

You need a gutter and a gravel pack feeding area. Contact your local NRCS office for designs and possible cost share. Had a 40 year career there, designed several of them.

[@AfterTheRains]

Congratulations on 150K subscribers guys.

[@_Rick_S]

That TYM is pretty impressive in the mud, I didn't think it stood a chance of backing away from that bail 😂

[@theakouwenberg9404]

Je kunt ook een goot aan brengen. En het water afvoeren

[@jrgenstender2659]

Hello Evan, currius on what type of work you have out from your beatyfull farm?

[@greybear3090]

got my coffee, congratulations on 150k

[@CountryViewAcres]

Thanks

[@neilconner7895]

To help the muddy barnyard, why not put up some spouting along the roof to help divert the water away from the animal area?

[@teenagefarmer]

Looks like it's going to get brutally cold here these next couple of days. Stay warm and safe. Great video!

[@user-dn6ij6lm2g]

Gutters cery good ideas that will stop the mude .

[@tonygough8713]

Gutters and pipe the downspouts away from the barn will help tremendously Evan. Take care and thanks for your videos.

[@bgengler30]

We had the same problem with our chickens laying all over the place. One day I found about 4 dozen on top of our hay stacks.

[@douglasgatian1401]

thanks y'all looking forward to the next one

[@deehooper1025]

Gutter on that side of the barn directed away from the muddy area. Then consider putting hay/straw into the mud to make it less gooey and more like cement … just a couple of thoughts.

[@edwindegroot3235]

Gutters and a frenchdrain will definitely solve most of the problems.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Splitting to smaller wood was smart. This was a nice video. 👍👍👍

[@markpriddy1]

Love the old wood shed. Nice video thanks.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Got to apologise about the comment about the Mud behind the barn. Thought all the water was coming from the drains in the barn. Took a better look when you said something about the rain from the roof. Yup you definetly need to do something with that water. Gonna do the trenching from the creek to the barn first and then the gutters I hope. You can get a lot of good soil out of the yard and put in some clay and pack it back there with some of that soil just enough to help the grass grow. It's looking good around there and we enjoy watching how the animals react to your gates being opened for moving all around and then coming back in.Stay safe around there and keep up the great videos. Fred.

[@dgnorts]

When are you going to rebuild the firewood bin ! 🤗

[@patriciamorlan6487]

I always order my meat birds from "The Chick Hatchery" we have never been disappointed in the quality of their Cornish cross. I just ordered mine for the first part of March, I don't believe they are having those issues yet. They have always been cheaper than other suppliers and have free shipping for the amount that we get which we've gotten anywhere from 50-80 straight run over the last 5 years.

[@frrapp2366]

trick on the twine pull off-- cut as LOW on one side as possible go to other side and pull loose across THEN pull out from underneath if you have to you can roll up a wad and then pull each individual string out with a nice hand grip of the wad . i forget is there concrete under ALL the lean to of the barn or just a foundation?? now that you have a backhoe it should be a lot easier to dig and fix a drain for the barn . AH porch side delivery of wood, maybe make a tote carrier that you can just set it off like the shop wood storage. we like to get our seed from BAKER SEEDs started by a teenager in his bedroom !!! he has now purchased a couple of heirloom seed companies ( comstock and ferre & co) And started a " village " where you can come see old time ag located in Missouri helping preserve the OLD stocks of seeds!! have fun and have a good week from Oklahoma

[@brucerazor5202]

Wish I had a farm like yours, enjoy life while you can 😊

[@farmcentralohio]

Maybe try moving your hay feeder. We move hay rings around in the pastures every feeding. Spreads out the manure and keeps from making a mud hole in one spot all winter,

[@francisbarbeau1862]

How about looking into installing Gutters on the Backside of the barn? Or a system of French Drains! Then you can direct the water where you want it! Never mind. I wrote mt comment before I got to the part where you explained what you May do!

[@stefflus08]

That ash hasn't cooled enough, I'm sure it'll catch fire.

[@billybike57]

Always enjoy your channel, the two of you make a great team 👍🏼

[@sethmiller1189]

Every Farm has a mud problem

[@Steve-ee3mq]

You can move the hay feeder in the little pasture or the big pasture

[@billyhaddock5540]

Evan and Rebecca, as u know, farm work is a 6-6pm job. sometimes more. lv from sunny butt cold florida. 40deg.

[@badcat50gaming91]

I think you should clear out some of that mud and dirt and everything back there once you put the animals in the up in the other area and spread that out over the pasture like put it in a minute spreader or just haul it out there and then put some like wood chips down or plant some new grass back there and leave the cows off until late spring

[@RightwayFarms]

Hey Evan, Have you considered putting up gutters into a water collection tank for the barn? It wont completely fix the issue, but it would mitigate a bunch of the moisture on the ground

[@RightwayFarms]

I commented before you explained what your improvement plans are 😅. Love the content from you guys!

[@brianmilliard6998]

Put a French drain in, and add rain gutters to your barn.

[@larrysmith8406]

hope you fill the wood bin at the house. I am not far from you and this weekend will be below 0. stay warm

[@winterhorse290]

I had to do the same thing with the hay. The bulls had a habit of trying to tear up the bale before I got it in the hay rigs. Far as the mud, have you thought about putting a gutter and downcomer on the barn?

[@johnmeeks9618]

You’d be surprised how much of your pile will compost during the winter, the decomposition generates a good amount of heat and will work fine throughout the cold season.

[@cathymuehring893]

Evan , I have the same wood splitter with Briggs engine. the other day it kicked back and yanked the rope out of my hand and broke the little lever that shuts off the gas. Wish it had a Koler engin.

[@lorimecikalski3079]

OK, so you have a sheep named Larry and one named Mo. Is there a Curly in the herd? HAHA

[@kerryhannifey]

also shift your water drums to the lower side of the yard so its not running across the yard as well

[@coreyholder4745]

I've found it easier when taking twine off to cut it on the side like you did and take 4 or 5 strings at a time and throw over the top of bale which makes it in my opinion easier to pull from under (less tension). But all my bales sit out in the weather. Glad to see the farms doing good. Prayers for this weeks weather. I gotta bed the cows down good today.

[@GarrisonFleischauer]

Hey, im 15 and just enjoy your videos so much. Been watching for a couple years and have learned a lot from you two. Thanks, and happy 150K!! By the way, can you share with us what your day jobs are?

[@normangarrand1106]

You go a bigger problem than the mud .That big gate WILL be sagging so bad by spring that youll have to lift onmit to open it mark my words! Been there did that . Take a look at Pete's gates on just a few acres, his addition has 2 gates and he knows that you need to put a support cable on them to keep them from sagging !

[@LukeOrlando-mo1fi]

Yes put a gutters on the barn

[@CaptainHDY]

Yea was gonna say that too, rain Gutters

[@lifeondiamondroad5138]

Add a gutter then a cement drain.

[@annabellagreen6326]

Evan, I understand that cows wrap their tongues around the grass to pull it and eat whereas sheep bite the grass all the way to the ground and pull it. Those cows may be having a tough time finding grass tall enough to pull and eat.

[@johnzink3309]

thx

[@paulsanders1373]

You need a different head for the splitter one that splits the log into 4ths +

[@dwightl5863]

Not sure it would have the power to do that.

[@robingreene8167]

Ok now looks like more bad weather is going to come your way in a few days. Rain gutters might do wonders.

[@michellegerrard6623]

It might be best to move the hay feeder away from the muddy puddles.

[@edsecorr7812]

Keep up the great work love your videos thank you

[@coyotiess]

Come on out to Texas!

[@drk218]

Would a gutter across the back of the barn help? Maybe one of those larger gutters?

[@jasontaylor9871]

Any kind of real gutter would get wiped out by the snow and ice 1st time it snows but maybe build a wooden trough about a foot wide and nail it to the header fascia, carry it past the end of the building

[@kristy4619]

Have the water run into a rain barrel on a pallet for easy moving

[@nickmastroianni5557]

Everybody has a solution to your mud problem. Here's mine. Until you get some gutters up, you might try spreading your compost pile on top of the mud and let the animals work it in. Should help quite a bit. All of that concrete rubble you disposed of after knocking down the bank barn wall had a use after all.

[@johngastineau653]

Watch out for the cold snap. I predict you will be burning the fire extra long.

[@jakeschisler7525]

Snow and bitter cold

[@wkwa2]

you already useyou already use a counterweight every time and a brush cutter idea with us we take an old oil barrel, cut the top off, burn holes in it for the lifting arm and fill it with gravel cement so that you have enough weight to lift with the front arm a counterweight every time and a brush cutter idea with us we take an old oil barrel, cut the top off, burn holes in it for the lifting arm and fill it with gravel cement so that you have enough weight to lift with the front arm

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thanks guys!

[@joebarrett9830]

1:05 Gutters to carry the water away from the entire width of the barn and discharge into a tile under the ground to the further lot downhill and then discharge to the surface would probably help out that horrific mud problem. I have done this for my house and put tile under my driveway which was higher than the yard was a huge improvement to keep my yard from flooding because it couldn't get away being trapped by higher elevation with house, driveway, deck. I think if you take the time to do this, you will take care of your water issue as well. Not to mention getting water away from the barn foundation might help. Just an idea. Good luck. 7:02 you were just talking about doing what I had just suggested. Great minds. As far as the other drainage issues, you can put in tile with holes in it to allow water to collect around the entire barn and then drain it away like you were talking. The water will take the path of least resistance, so it will flow into the perforated pipe and flow away. You won't have to bust out cement to place the french drain. Putting the perforated pipe around the barn will do the same thing...unless the water is coming from inside of the barn through water leaks or roof leaks. Definitely put gutters on though and see if this stops your water issue first before doing the perforated pipe around the entire barn. This will probably take care of 90% of your water issues. Gutters on both sides, then have the water flow away from the building. Less likely to have water coming onto the slab where the animals are staying if it's moved away instead of coming off the roof and saturating the ground on both sides of the barn. Again, good luck.

[@chrishoneycutt9839]

Great video Evan always love watching your channel. Be safe out there.

[@jimnaz5267]

with all the money you have spent on various upgrades to your property, I think for a pretty low price, you could put in oversized rain gutters and downspouts to catch all the rain and snow from the barn rooves, then a quickly buried pipe to carry all the water out of the barnyard and further down the hill. You might even think of how you could capture all the water to feed the livestock. I enjoy every one of your and Becca's vids .

[@conservativeprodigy2604]

Very impressive homestead. I have used your videos for our own development. We have 40 acres in Wisconsin

[@carlthor91]

Congratulations on the 150k, hope you don't get too clobbered by the storm, coming your way. Probably already there, or a bit North of you.

[@vdpeer]

French drain

[@donkndave7811]

Enjoyed the video, Evan. When you mentioned the mud I told my gf that you should have a gutter system on that barn. Then you mentioned having one later in the video. I've put gutters up on my barn. Works well. You should, too!

[@tonycosta3302]

Put some angle iron or diverters on the roof to redirect the rain to the back side of the barn.

[@jerrywoodlee2345]

Gutters with definitely solve the problem with the mud. You could also put fill dirt in the low spot and then slap it away from the barn.

[@joebarnas6329]

Put in a french drain wide enough to catch any run off. Use gravel only - no top cover of dirt. gravel only.