Cleaning out the barnyard and Filling up the Compost Bin. Preparing for Thanksgiving Meals.

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[@pampilgrim2274]

Hi, Evan! I watched an older video yesterday from five or six years ago where you gave a tour of your property and showed where the buildings, pastures, and gardens were planned to be. I am going back and watch all your older videos. My curiosity is killing me. I can binge on Country View Acres this winter!!!!!

[@ericwendysheriff]

I did that a year ago. It is amazing the transformation his farm has gone through already.

[@jeffcarnes7015]

Your bread looks fabulous, and I bet the taste is out of this world! That looks like a German loaf, great job!

[@eveeastteam7518]

My husband and I binged a year or two ago! Lots of fun watching the transformation of your farm! ❤

[@richnusser6079]

Between the two of you, you guys can do anything. Great Channel to watch folks.

[@sherry2836]

I love watching you guys doing homestead chores and taking care of your animals. Rebekah, your bread is/was beautiful. Looks like a lot of time went into it. Will make a lovely festive setting on the food table! Happy Thanksgiving

[@daleh645]

Rebekah the things you make always look delicious, I think you should every now and then make a “Rebekah Cooks with a Country View” video, it would be interesting, educational and entertaining! 😎 Evan may be use some duck tape to hold them panels on! 🤣 God bless and Happy Thanksgiving! 🙏🏼🦃

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Oh I would love to see Rebekah do some cooking shows.

[@eveeastteam7518]

I want her to post the recipe for the bread and “brookies”(?) they both look delicious!

[@margaretbedwell3211]

@@eveeastteam7518 They really did. I wonder if the brookies were choc. chip cookie dough put into a 9 x 12 pan or if they were blond brownies balked on a cookie sheet to make them thinner.

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Stainless steel hose clamps have worked for us before. Won't rust out and last much longer than zip ties !!!!!

[@patrichardson7481]

Evan , you create more work for yourself than needed ! Get some used bailing wire and double up on it and wire the stock pannels to the gate. If done right it will last 100 years . You could weld all you want and the first time a 1000 lbs animal hits it the wrong way your gonna be welding it again repairing it ! Plus if your going to spray paint it after , its not gonna look any different wired or welded !

[@coyotiess]

I can't believe that beautiful cake, WOW! CONGRATS!

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Hello Evan! I've got a suggestion; Forget the bins and make a compost pile direct on the soil where you can get at it from all directions with your big tractor and grapple. You will be amazed at the quality of the compost you get if you can get in there with your tractor several times a year and toss the pile. With the new animals, you've no doubt outgrown the bins. 👍 What's the condition of your manure spreader? That would be a good project to work on over the winter (good content). Your manure spreader is an important piece of equipment now that you have the additional pasture and the increasing manure production.

[@MRcrem1]

Looked like another opportunity to turn the compost

[@stevenvogel6234]

What this guy said!

[@MassiveMortigan]

Just wondering if you guys would be interested in going back and revisiting a video you made about 5/6 years ago where you showed the plans you had, and compare it to where you are now.

[@warrenarmstrong9215]

You guys are really in tune with this self sufficient life style. Love it!

[@davidshay4773]

The bread is beautiful, and tasty too I bet 👍

[@billybike57]

Your work is always so neat and tidy!

[@vanmiles6979]

We use a cooler to brine the turkey. You just need the right size cooler.

[@sunkissed5889]

That star chocolate bread was amazingly beautiful! Great work Rebecca ! 😊❤❤❤

[@rodfair5698]

Rebekah has a smile that would light up a room !! Both of you need to rent yourselves out as party liveners. !

[@cajunnathan4586]

VERY SMART IDEA FOR YOUR GATE! Wire stock panels welded to your gates Always works BEST!

[@cajunnathan4586]

When the weld is cooling down but still a little warm you can spray some aerosol paint over it and the warm welded area will soak up the paint

[@copper1083]

I love your journey and evolution of your peoperty. One suggestion. the gate you are placing the stock panel on, could be used to make your bigger opening by the barn,. at fleet farm up im wisconsin, they make a a variety of gates, with the stock panel already welded to the gate so smaller animals cant get out. They have them painted in green, brown and red. They have different widths, up to 20 ft wide.

[@leol1682]

Evan your compost pill dosent need wood around it .we put it wiht in pill and steer it once wild .Like the video .

[@shelleyennis4489]

That bread was amazing. All the goodies looked yummy. 😋🇨🇦

[@AmandaDoll-hi4dr]

Hi Evan i like your 🚜 and your cows 🐄 🐖 🐷 🐽 🐗 and have a nice day and your chickens 🐔 and goats and turkeys and sheep 🐑 nice truck

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

JudithB That bread is gorgeous!!!! I spent lots of time washing pots n bowls as the next generations take over the tradition. I have been doing it for 57yrs. I put a strand of barbwire at butt high on my chainlink gates to keep the horses and cows from scratching on them. I did put a post in a convenient place with metal bottle caps screwed on for a scratching post, also attached the bug thing to it over to the fence so the cows could walk under it. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

[@MotorsandMetals]

You should get a quick hitch for the tractor saves a lot of time and way easier to hook up attachments

[@greghamann2099]

That bread, WOW!

[@carlustownsend7588]

Rebecca that star cake or whatever you called it looks delicious and it look so great that it should put in a show case. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@timboslice3755]

Happy Thanksgiving Evan and Rebekah!

[@Dan-qy1rg]

I hope your Thanksgiving was good! There are a lot of fences and gates I had to redo to accommodate changes in our cattle operation, so that's something we all go through. Rebekah did a lot of cooking there, looks delicious and that fancy star brioche bread sound great. I hope you all have a great weekend and meals too!

[@cyrilhudak4568]

Alton Brown hack for brining turkey. Use a 5 gallon insulated water cooler and replace some of the water for brine with ice cubes usually a 10lb bag will suffice. Use a gallon zip lock bag filled with water on top of bird to hold it down. No need now to use up precious refrigerator space.

[@cynthialewis7080]

That bread is lovely.

[@sandypratt8951]

That star bread looks amazing.❤️👍

[@HaroldReece]

Barnyard looks good. That loaf of bread is really unique. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy you holiday weekend.

[@randybutler4772]

I really like kitchen time. Can almost smell the holiday table. Thank you for sharing.

[@bobwollard9105]

What a wonderful couple. Rebecca, you are so incredibly creative. Thanks, Evan, for sharing your farm life with us. Hope your Thanksgiving weekend is going well. God bless.

[@dragonfarm2texas518]

I cut my panels lengthwise in half so I could cover 2 gates with one panel. I have goats and they have never attempted to go up and over the next opening.

[@coyotiess]

Back at yall have a great dinner with Families!

[@patkappes6140]

Hope you enjoy your Families for Thanksgiving, 😍

[@janetlutter9925]

My dad never wasted hay he tried to hold over some he said in case of a drought you need to he prepared he went through the depression we had around 20O cows to feed

[@dickdavidson3616]

You’re a star Rebekah! ❤

[@walterchapman2884]

As a man that screws up more than his fair share it's nice to see I'm not alone, thanks for being honest😊 Rebecca looks like a great .

[@mmanut]

DAMN, THAT BREAD LOOKS DELICIOUS ‼️ VERY IMPRESSIVE ‼️‼️ Vinny 🇺🇸

[@joerodrigues3816]

Happy to c u are doing well hope all your family is too great video mate all the best and thanks for sharing your video. And also hope you have a great family day on this holiday that you have hope it all goes well for you and your family and your friends mate.

[@jason27swg]

Evan, Use condut clams with u bolts to hold your panels in place to the gates. Has worked very well for us over the years

[@stevensaxon8888]

Plumbers strapping will work too.

[@marvincombs1928]

We brined our turkey this year for over 24 hours using the kinders brine and seasoning which is buttery poultry blend. We also did one for a friend of ours and when they were done brining I put them in my pit boss pellet smoker. Let me tell ya I smoked a turkey last year and it was awesome but this year was 10 times better and juicy as can be. The one we smoked for a friend she said that everyone said it was the best turkey they had ever tasted. So brining and smoking it the way to go for me from now on and I don't care much for turkey.😊

[@Void_And_Absent]

She could sell the Bread, it's better than I have ever seen.

[@harleyschmydlapp704]

Hope ya'll had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[@Roger-gs5ew]

Rebekah the Nutella Bread looked great and am sure will taste good. Happy Thanksgiving to you both and your Family, you both work so hard and deserve a couple of days off (if you manage to at least get a few hours off).

[@kater.7563]

That brioche star looks amazing!!! Drooling here. Hoping you shared the recipe in comments.

[@arnievandenberg5275]

You could have left the hay in it's big round bale for the pigs next yr. They would have LOVE IT. Still it's your hay, keep it up, I enjoy watching.

[@allenferry9632]

A clean kitchen is a sign of a sick mind especially on Thanksgiving. Hope you have a good one.

[@toddforhetz]

Happy Thanksgiving to you two ! I am crazy about your videos ! One of the things I am thankful for this year is finding your channel.

[@andrewmaiden3738]

Hi Evan,I wouldn't compromise the gate by removing coating/galvanising etc by welding, just buy some stainless steel pipe clamps and secure the meshing top, middle and bottom. Quick fix, no messing, strong and removable if ever needed. Just a thought.

[@edwardsco2360]

I would suggest using a Metal Cable Tie Gun/stainless steel ties for attaching fence panels to your gates. They have many other applications in the Farm life.

[@johngastineau653]

Rebekah needs to do a cooking segment. With the gated entry to the barn lot, if you don't wish to purchase a larger gate, replace the post with a PVC pipe with the top at ground level and a gravel base down the bottom of the hole. This will allow you to have a removable post where the two gates overlap. Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels.

[@marcamp5450]

That bread is stunning! Too pretty to eat!! ❤

[@rich-mp6dm]

The bread looks too nice to eat. Happy belated Thanksgiving.

[@jpeel2066]

Hope you have a great weekend with your families. All the best 🇬🇧.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us, the food looked fantastic too. Stay safe and have a great weekend. Fred.

[@fu2or]

OK I'm a little off today but those are some cute pigs I never in my life thought I would say that about a pig but those are different than other pigs I've seen! those pigs look like pets I don't think I could eat them on the dinner table

[@Marcus1954s]

Good job there is a mobile welder living so close, with generator and stick welder. I would cut out some strips of 1/8th metal, bend them in half and use them as clips for hooking around the panel wire, but only weld the clips to the gate frame (not trying to weld the thin wire of the fencing panel, to avoid cutting through wire during welding).

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Rebecca brings love to everything she does.

[@coyotiess]

Well Iam glad to be here!

[@theodoreparkin982]

Happy Thanksgiving

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Ivan, I used to work as a fencing contract , whenever we used additional peace of panel like you’re doing you should never use it where the opening is, because you draw that your eye to that every time you open the gate. If you put the spare bed up the other end, you won’t notice it as much and if anyone is walking through the gate is a visitor they will not understanding what’s happening anyway just of food for thought, I know sometimes people don’t want to have device like this. Keep up the good work. Love your Videos , Cliff from Logan City, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺🧑🏾‍🦽

[@wrldvw1836]

That star bread is gorgeous. Terrific job

[@stephanieedmonds1667]

Good show thank you All

[@jamessteffens8337]

Happy thanksgiving. Always enjoy your videos. Jim80

[@pinhookfishingclub]

Great job! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@robertlusnia506]

The star bread she made looks delicious

[@scottbarnwell512]

That star bread was very creative

[@DavidSunshineAquaWash]

That bread with Nutella looks delicious

[@marymigliore3396]

I LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!!🥰🥰

[@stevenvogel6234]

Nice job on the bread Beautiful job,Rebeka!

[@richardhodkinson1275]

Happy Thanks Giving! Fantastic Content. First real frost in the UK.

[@captcnduit]

#9 wire and bend it like you would around a T post

[@davep5972]

Omg that chocolate star looks amazing wow well done Rebekah

[@dpgoodall]

That star bread was beautiful!

[@user-fe1hw3ke7m]

its a perfect time brush hog is just big enough to do the job ,, go for it

[@christopheraston2845]

Evan, you have such an amazing wife. I thought I was the only man with the perfect woman, but you have one too . Love you both from England 😘

[@jimputnam2044]

Wow set an extra place. I am on my way over for dinner. 😁

[@johnhamilton3987]

On stonyridge he unrolls his hey bails on the trouble spots on the land he says that each bail has seeds that go back to the land and also the animals will trample it breaking up the hay putting nutrient into the land as well.

[@greybear3090]

Got my coffee,,,hope you have a great weekend, Happy Thanksgiving to the both of you ,,,Go Bucks!

[@shaniaa9287]

You guys are so good together ❤❤

[@terrywalker9904]

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you both...

[@tomlee7966]

use stainless steel zip ties to mount the panel to the gate permenant fix, gate will rust in no time if you weld on it they are also very thin gauge steel

[@DUEYZ4U]

That bread looks amazing. 👍👍

[@michelehumann811]

YUMMY!!!! ... you need to make a video on how you made the bread

[@verajamieson8020]

Happy Thanksgiving from Ireland.🙏🏻🙏🏻🇮🇪

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks Evan

[@jeffreydye181]

That bread was amazing looking!’

[@elainedegoede6276]

Happy thanksgiving💕🙏

[@stephensr.c.5390]

Hose Clamps would be best way to do that

[@gregorywatts-wv3mh]

that bread looks awesome

[@ianhaggart1438]

Another fantastic vid from you pair... well done.. your stock gate from my perspective if you stopped one bar down youll save your hands extra when handling the gate. And steel banding strap would be excellent for holding that eire on permanently 😊. Cracking cooking to... was making me real hungry 😮😂.. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Rebekah, that star brioche will be the star of the table. It is beautiful. I hope y'all are having great celebrations with each family. Have a Blessed weekend.

[@dinavoutour7796]

That bread looks amazing! I am guessing you are a very accomplished baker.

[@murielmartin6533]

Well now you know make wider bar ways😊 looks good now.

[@charlescarriere76]

Happy Thanksgiving. Love you guys

[@briangrammer898]

❤Great Video ❤ I also watched old videos of yours ❤ your solar videos ❤ I also suggested you getting a propane generator easy to run a line. ❤ you and your wife have a great day ❤

[@donmedford2563]

I would suggest stainless steel tie wire to attach your fence panel to the gate.

[@markrice3502]

happy thanksgiving to you and rebekah hope your day was a good one .thanks for shareing with us .god bless

[@terrycastor8299]

Evan, those piggies can eat shelled corn just fine. We fed ours ear corn and they did fine. Our feeder pigs also had access to ground feed, but not the sows. My grandfather soaked corn for his pigs. I recall that sour smell. It was nasty. Lol. I used to enjoy shelling corn for him using his sheller though. Rebekah is quiet the baker. She should enter the county fair if it has an open class. They make outdoor zip ties that are really strong. I'm not sure of the top rating, but I think they would hold up. Just seems a lot of time and effectively that panel on your gate and chance a blow through on those tubes. But, bottom line, it's your gate and I'm just an outsider looking in and thankful for that. Happy Thanksgiving!