String of Bad Luck Continues. Setting more Corral Posts. The Orchard is Overloaded.

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[@chestypuller4591]

A bad day on the farm is better than a good day at a job!! Take a moment, pull up a chair beside your pond, have a drink, look around and say "this is all mine".

[@chaunceypullman3380]

I had that happened to me at my place, and like it happened to my dad, some 50 years ago. All he did, was bringing it back together and totally secured with regular wire till it healed itself, and propped up with boards. But you can control all that by pruning the tree in shape you want, and dead heading some of the blossoms when that happened. Those trees are almost 100 years old, still producing to this very day.

[@frankwilliams1157]

When I worked in the cherry and apple orchard, we "V" notched 2x4's to support the branches.

[@kd5inm]

Tie the branches back in place and wrap the branches so they grow back. Then trim back branches after harvest. You've had bad luck but also good luck. Your fence project went well, and the AC tractor is coming along. You and Rebekah are healthy. You are doing well.

[@jpeel2066]

Always remember if wasn't for bad luck we'd have no luck at all. Great video. All the best 🇬🇧.

[@ezrhino1803]

Note to self thin peaches in spring so that branches dont over load and break. That is amazing.

[@tommychew6544]

Thin or brace but, nobody really knows what the weather is going to do. Might come down to hybrid tree choice.

[@lp8197]

Agree, husband says they used to brace their trees.

[@jakeschisler7525]

My Dad's neighbor who lived behind him had Golden Delicious apple trees and when the apples would get big, she would prop up the branches with 2x4's so the branches wouldn't break. She had about 12 trees in her backyard. She would give them to the neighbors and I was allowed to pick my own. Our apple tree and peach tree got frost bit and so no fruit. One year the trees were loaded but the deer helped themselves.

[@knolltop314]

Ahhhhh, the temps, as of Wed and through Fri have been & will be soooooo nice!

[@hillbillyfranks]

When you're a farmer nothing ever goes as planned So have a good day my friend

[@timcritz3194]

I bought a property that was established 124 years ago ( house is 124 years old ) newest building is the shop which was built in 1973. Never a day when something isn't broke.

[@sandratalbert9578]

Interesting to see you configure and start the loading shoot . Watching you over the years this is nice progress from those loadings from muddy bankbarn yard.. 👍👍👍

[@peggylynndesigns]

I always thin my peach tree so the fruit has more air and space to grow. Propping up the branches is a good idea as well. I don't have any peaches this year, the frost got them. 😢

[@josetorres-garrido5665]

For peaches you have to take the little fruit off at the beginning of spring. In that way you will have bigger and healthier fruit in the summer. Don't worry that happened to all of us. Good luck from CA. Love your channel.

[@davidsimon4387]

You're a Hard worker....:) ❤ Your Pleasant about it at the same time....:) It's a Joy to watch 😊

[@janeanfunk9991]

At least the pump broke now and not dead of winter 😊

[@joerodrigues3816]

Many thanks as always to you both and your family and your friends mate thanks for sharing your experience on your journey to sort your farm and how you can help others in the process of getting it done great job

[@larrysmith2481]

We live in Northwest Alabama and it has been hot, hot and hotter here. I still get out and work in the yard. However,, yesterday I was building a bench for our garage and for the first time in my life I think I got over heated. I had to sit down and pour a bottle of cold water over my head. I finally cooled off and went back to work. I was never sick but it was hot yesterday. I feel your pain

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Wow, what a crop of peaches and apples. That just amazes me to see a tree so loaded, sometimes we have issues that give us difficulties, you handled them well, just hang in there. Good luck with the fence and corral. I hope you have a good night and rest of week.

[@jamesschramm4739]

Those few things that went wrong, just stand there and look around you and see what's going right. You should see how blessed you are to have what you have along with a wife who's willing to work at you side. You need to count your blessings and give yourself a BIG SMILE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sodapops408]

I grew up in an apple orchard in KY. Every year our trees produced fruit. Every other year our trees produced an abundance of fruit. You may find your fruit trees do the same. We would go to the woods and cut straight limbs and small trees, with a "Y", to support the heavily laden limbs. We enjoy your videos, thanks for your efforts.

[@erichillis3528]

It’s hot. God has a plan! Just remember that Evan. You are a wonderful person and a great role model for many people. God bless.

[@cynthiabohli-nelson1824]

I see a lot of cobblers, pies, & jams in the near future!

[@kingkong7617]

The US Marine Corp has a motto, "adapt and overcome" and you will do the same. I have watched just about all of your videos and I have never seen you quit and I don't think you will now and it will get better.

[@Ad_venture666]

Evan don't be frustrated, i wish you good luck 🤞🏻

[@janisa5678]

Evan this too shall pass! You will come out much better than before! We are rooting for you !

[@vonmikeore]

We used to call those unexpected events "opportunities to excel". You're doing great! Things will smooth out.

[@thebuckeyefarmallguy3548]

When it rains it pours sometimes it feels like I get stuck in a hurricane keep your head up and get stuff done and it will all work out

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Evan and Rebecca love watching your video beautiful great good job BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@margaretpervier8357]

Nothing happened that you were unable to handle or fix. What a blessing 😊❤❤❤

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks for posting Evan

[@mikeholland721]

I am about 1&1/2 years from retirement. I am really looking forward to be able to plan my day. I get a little frustrated now because it seems like I can not get much done cause I am still working full time. So be thankful you have the time to take care of all those things. I am also reminded to not be too anxious about tomorrow and not to focus too much on getting things done but remember to enjoy the each day as the Lord as given us. Keep up the videos, even if I don’t get much done I enjoy watching you get things done. Lol

[@user-kf9fv1qj9u]

Great video

[@rogerpittman6173]

Count you blessings brother, at least you didn’t have to use sick leave or use personal days off of work.

[@bigtime37ja]

Head down and keep moving forward is all anyone can do. Great job mister.

[@davidallen04]

"Murphy" shows up on my projects all of the time! 🤣

[@lori522]

We appreciate you and Rebecca sharing with us the ups and downs. We pray for you and are inspired by your channel ❤

[@DanaFoster-vl5os]

It will be okay Great job for fixing everything

[@user-jv7co6iq7t]

Like the song says..if i didnt have bad luck , i wouldn't have any luck at all...but you are retired or sometimes just tired .lol love your videos.

[@marjorieolson5371]

Life just tests your ability to roll with the punches. Chin up, Evan.

[@RobertMcCarty-zi1ww]

Evan good thing you are retired and can handle it. You got this

[@joerodrigues3816]

Thanks for sharing your experience and all the best to you all mate

[@joshclark4564]

"A series of unfortunate events" 😂 Great movie by the way, highly recommend

[@HenEstateHomestead]

Evan, my Dad is an 80 year old farmer, We drove by a pond today and he said, "they need to get some Rye straw and drop it to the bottom of the pond. It will clean that pond up". I thought interesting, I'm going to tell Evan about that.

[@DavidWade55]

Iv mentioned this to him 12 months ago,but said barley straw , same thing , hope he try’s this ,nice to here it from anther viewer ,

[@dancox5572]

Dusty @ cross timber bison used pouches of that in his watering tanks and it worked great. Smaller scale, but the videos are out there. Great comment.

[@sandyleonard1605]

If you have too much fruit on the trees, why don’t you take some of the small fruit off?

[@patriciamoser665]

@@DavidWade55

[@patriciamoser665]

I have no good advice but just let you know my thoughts are with you.

[@maiyetri]

Nice job rebuilding the auger!

[@Me-ov9nw]

Wow!! That orchard!!

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Evan, it happens at least yourself all in one piece , on 17 September 2018 I went to work and didn’t come home for four months one week and one day. I lost my right leg above the knee fractured skull brain damage 550 mm of my back fused up with two titanium rods, 15 multiple broke in my ribs. My left lung exploded. The doctors did keyhole surgery , six blood clots in the lung, one stage I’m going to remove it seven operations of tried to save my right leg last one to amputate, the leg died. Three times had to learn to eat drink and speak again, but other than that I’m okay so your little problems I’m not so bad after all day is always someone worse off than you you’re not injured. Just praise God every day you’re alive like I do from Australia

[@billmcmillen2307]

Amen.

[@chris3m98]

Bishopkinlyside8477, so glad you commented. I'm saying a prayer tonight and asking that you stay strong 🙏💪 from Chris USA

[@deborahsimmons2414]

I wanna cry…that peach tree, heavily laden with gorgeous peaches!!!! Just wow…to have such an amazingly beautiful, productive tree only to see it shattered in every direction!!! I deeply, truly, hope you can save it enough to be equally productive in its future. Clearly this tree was thriving like it was three trees!!! Good bless you Evan and Rebecca, you have a gold mine in peaches! Edit/addition…maybe y’all need to realize you have the secret to peach productivity where you all are and perhaps need to find a way to get the most out of your peach trees without them being over stressed and over loaded? IDK anything about such things but perhaps a new avenue of looking at things has presented itself….ultimately for the better? Country View Acres may become Peach View Acres? Looks possible to me. Maybe Georgia peach has given away ?

[@rancancookcanoy9768]

Evan enjoy your videos, having too much fruit is an issue but one you can manage. Things happen, but provide an opportunity to use your skill set to resolve them. We are in the middle of a kitchen remodel and I can relate to the day not going as planned. I take each of these as a challenge and know this is part of the process. One thing I do know, my days are a lot more full than it seems when I was working. You got this. Thanks for sharing.

[@ahnilatedahnilated7703]

Keep your chin up Evan, it will get better! I am fighting a battle of appliances breaking in my place and finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

[@STA_FARMS]

Great video, we have been following you for I guess over two years now and always like the videos with the orchard in them. Never had that problem with peaches but we do have that problem with our pear trees from time to time.

[@johnclancy9860]

Peaches look fantastic !

[@flossdaly8274]

Be a farmer they said, it'll be fun.

[@sroberts605]

Lol, endless problem solving, most decisions on your own shoulders, never any certainty, rarely any time off, it's all good!

[@Chris-jh3tg]

I'm on my 4th septic pump in the last 15 years. Lord's sake... I feel your pain.

[@jackiebinns6205]

It never goes the way we want ! But your getting it done and powering thru 😂🎉🎉 bravo ❤

[@bigofishbone]

Hang in there!!!…You guys are amazing!!!

[@ruadhscottygirl2480]

Granny and Grandpa always thinned their branches on their peach tree to get the weight off and get air to the middle. They took off a bunch of the early little fruit so as to end up with large fruit at maturity. They also cut off clothesline poles (younger generation probably don’t even know what those are!) and used those to prop up the lateral branches. If the birds got bad, Granny had an old lace tablecloth to throw over it all.

[@tonycosta3302]

I was thinking he might not be pruning the trees correctly. The core of the peach tree was empty with all the fruit at the branch tips. There must be someone watching that can advise on how to prune them so that doesn’t happen.

[@ruadhscottygirl2480]

@@tonycosta3302 I think it’s more that he didn’t thin the fruit. Fruit tree branches are never strong to begin with, and all that weight, plus all the rain water weight, was just too much.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

He may not have had the time to trim or thin the trees since he has had such large projects he has been putting his time into. But I remember clotheslines and seeing people propping trees that way.

[@raytremblay3200]

You have a good concept of life !!!!!

[@deborahsimmons2414]

I hope production companies see your bountiful trees and reach out to partner with you for production!!! OMG!!! You have created an amazing orchard!

[@beck42071]

Oh Dang, at first I thought that big bolt came OUT of the tiller and now that was broke down. Glad it was just something left behind by the previous owners.

[@michellepollino4986]

So sorry Evan. I hope things get better for you.

[@davidshengulette9522]

Hey Evan great seeing you working on the homestead...life has it's challenges..look at the good that you do...always a pleasure...God Bless

[@dougmcnattin386]

Even , that's the difference of a hobby farm and a real farmer.. A real farmer just goes and goes and goes. While a hobby farm saves things for a weekend..This bit of wisdom is not mine. It comes from my Grandfather. A farmer from the early 20th century ,.Fred Mohr. So glad to see you succeeding and trying to. grow and grow.

[@JimmyWilliams-b8v]

I have that same air pump. I buy a rebuild kit from Amazon for about $60.00 I rebuilt it and now have a spare for the next time it goes out.

[@anthonysmith-qz1xt]

I have worked on an orchard and we always thinned out the fruit so the trees could handle the weight also we would also support the branches with props . Also thinning out the fruit promotes larger fruit.

[@janeanfunk9991]

You really make nice fence !! Always neat ant tidy and very functional !!😊

[@timcritz3194]

For the really wide gates I use 3 hinges. One bottom , one middle ( both point up ) the top points down as normal. I also put gate wheels on them whenever possible. I make my own using the 8 inch solid rubber wheels from harbor freight.

[@briangrammer898]

I hope you’re doing well. I’m also retired. ❤

[@CountryViewAcres]

Thanks Brian

[@gophersk]

Good work. Look on the sunny side. Great growing conditions, plenty of feed for the livestock and everything you've fixed lately should be good for a good long while. Thanks for sharing your journey.

[@jimbertram2355]

May want to investigate how to thin your fruit……usually done when fruit is very small. Smaller harvest, but larger fruit. Also less stress on tree. And less propping the limbs will be required.

[@hombredeacero3131]

It is what it is but Hope you have better days ahead.

[@pjklawitter7398]

Those things are tough to overcome, but they will pass quickly, and you will be back on Easy Street soon. Rains are finding you, hay, and pastures are growing, and pigs look great. Hopefully, you are going to have two Jersey calves in the spring.

[@kevinschroeder3889]

You are due for some good luck, my friend. It'll change for the better.

[@pinhookfishingclub]

Great vid Evan! For our peach trees we think the peaches out early, I mean super early when they are tiny green. We staying doing that to prevent the breaks. We did tie up one broken limb and it healed back. But for sure it has helped us thinning the peaches, apricots, and apples. We also pick many of them before they are fully ripe. We let those slow ripe off the tree and are used for jam and pies. Good luck is headed your way…it’s going to be the peace of mind and smooth operation of the loading chute and all the other fencing things once they all work as intended over the next few years!

[@almamoore8446]

Don;t worry it will al work out. You two are good workers.

[@sherry2836]

You had a visit from Murphy! Also looks like you might want to research proper pruning of your fruit trees as well as how to thin the fruit early on in season to help prevent too heavy branches.

[@jamessteffens8337]

Evan I always say things happen in 3s, in your case they happen in 6s. I will say a prayer for You. Jim80

[@waynepike7278]

Hey Evan, It's not all going bad at the same time. It's you being on the farm all the time. Now that your on the farm you will find the little things that you have missed. Congratulations your a bonified farmer now lol. good luck.

[@billschmidt6556]

Evan, I grew up on a thousand tree peach farm and I don’t remember our trees breaking like that because we thinned them in the spring before the peaches got large enough to damage the tree.

[@kristy4619]

I live in NC and yesterday our heat index was 110°F. So we know exactly how your feeling. It's also very humid here.

[@garystlaske7703]

All in All looks like everything went well..Continued Good Luck..

[@mabloodhound]

We always had a bunch of poles to put under the large branches to prevent breakage. That broken branch may be able to be put back up and it might re-attach; I've had good luck with getting them grafted back in place, but don't wait or it will heel over.

[@DinSF]

One good thing is, now Farming and the property is your full-time job. Can you imagine trying to take care of all the things you talked about in this video and still be working your previous full-time job?

[@stevenorton3671]

white peaches look so good, that was my grandfather's favorite fruit. hey when you have a spare few hours thin the peaches next spring, haw who am i kidding you dont have any spare time.

[@hschultz123]

Good luck in the future 👍

[@ardurbin2]

Sounds like Father God is testin' you, stay strong! Positive attitudes always WIN.

[@user-hj2xy2vf3m]

One day at a time one problem at a time hang in there 👍👍🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@MyMeade12]

Hang in there Evan ! There'll be plenty of great days ahead to out weight the crappy ones 🙂 🙂

[@toms6213]

And putting that additional bolt in the fence will help give the time for a few more videos to get enough for the cattle gate you need. PS: love the fence.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Just like the old saying, 'If I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all'. Farming is not an easy life, because the more you do, the more you can have go wrong. I was going to say that maybe the excess rain we have had, could have something to do with your massive amounts of fruit, but I remembered at one time you were saying you hadn't had the rain we've had. We have had a wet year and then we got the remnants of Beryl and had 4+ inches of rain in in a day. But at least we didn't get any of the horrible storms like so many have had. I often watch a live youtuber who has good connections to radar and other equipment. He has a short time to go before receiving his meteorology degree and seems really well informed. Iowa, Illinois and several other states have had really bad stuff. I'm sure you will figure out a way to help your trees out, either trimming, supporting or even wrapping the trunks to help protect them. Hang in there. God doesn't give us an easy life, but he is there for us as I believe you know. Take Care.

[@jackreed3445]

It does seem like lots of problems happen at the same time. Hopefully you've had your streak and now things will smooth out. I hope the cattle don't damage the side of the barn there where you are putting in the alleyway. Maybe the weather will improve for you and give you some nice days to work in. Take care, jack

[@dalewallace3812]

I haven’t wanted to do anything after work in the evenings with it being as hot and humid as it’s been but I took a couple days off work since it’s going to be cooler. One time I was tilling and a crow bar flew out the back that I had dug up with the tiller. I got my tractor back today from getting front axle seals and new tie rods and new dust covers on the tie rods I’m glad to have my bigger tractor back I’ve been moving hay for my neighbors cows while his John Deere is broke down and it’s easier moving 2 bales at once I can only move one bale at a time with my 3pt on my smaller tractor

[@CareyCox-nr4tg]

Don’t get discouraged! Just stay at it!

[@JoeBJones]

Stuff happens, you can't predict it. The best you can do is put out fires and adjust on the fly! Great video!

[@blackbumble9988]

Beat some of the heat by doing some work in the night, Evaan

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Peaches are beautiful! Ready to start picking! Thanks for sharing!

[@user-ew9pc9pg5z]

Yep that’s just farming. Keep the faith my friend

[@ourv9603]

REMEMBER, In farming, everyday is an adventure. !

[@spacehonky6315]

Nothin' catastrophic, sounds like. Still kickin', brother.

[@tommychew6544]

Just accept the challenge and don't let yourself get too low, maybe you seeing this now getting you ready for tougher times to come. We never know what future times will bring. Staying strong and continuing to learn is always the right route to take. Wish you the best!

[@joconnor3567]

Never understood having to prune fruit trees in the winter. Didn’t make sense to me as a youngster. Now I see why.

[@robertduffy5805]

For a more accurate gate span/placement, you should install the hinge post first, mount your gate to it, and then place the latch post.