(Family Life) Father and Son working together to spread compost on pasture

Here at Riverbend we're producing all of our own homemade compost. This is a rich, nutrient-dense fertilizer for our gardens and pastures to promote fertility and help our land thrive. Check out the video in this post as I teach the next generation how to manage a large compost pile and work the machinery on the farm.
For more information, visit the blog post here: homesteadingfamily.com/spread...
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WELCOME! We're so glad you're here! We are Josh and Carolyn Thomas. Together with our eleven children, we are The Homesteading Family where we’re living a self-sustainable life in beautiful North Idaho. Let us welcome you and show you a bit about us here: bit.ly/HFWelcomeVideo
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- 5 Steps to a More Self-Sufficient Life - Simple steps anyone can take wherever they are to start a more self-sufficient lifestyle. homesteadingfamily.com/5StepsYT
- Thrive Wellness Checklist - A simple guide for healthy living: homesteadingfamily.com/TWC_YT
- Permaculture for Your Homestead- An introduction to permaculture with some strategies for applying it to one’s homestead and garden.
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- Save the Crumbs- Several Recipes for using bread leftovers, a less committal entry to bread than the workshop. homesteadingfamily.com/STC_YT
- Fearless Fermenting- A simple guide on basic lacto-ferments. homesteadingfamily.com/FF_YT
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[@celianewman4809]

The way Dad looks so proud when his son speaks, I love that!

[@jimmyjonesshipman9454]

Glad to see some things in life are not lost, young ones learning from older generations. values that will last a lifetime and more.

[@cindyholcomb2159]

Wow! Such a contrast to the " kids" on these campuses. A nice and polite young man.good job mom and dad

[@juliabrown5948]

💯

[@vivb.7161]

I think this family is living in a little slice of heaven!

[@staciwilliams1604]

Family life is the best life. Love this video - having three teenage boys, it resonates with me. Precious time.

[@californiadreamer2580]

No matter what careers your kids choose as they enter adulthood, living a homestead/ farm life teaches so many valuable skills that can be transferred to other fields ( no pun intended). Planning, time management, estimating, accounting, health care, team work, etc . are all skills that some are kids are never taught.

[@mattspencer9538]

Agreed. I wish I had paid more attention to how my parents did this stuff when I was young. Oh well, I'm learning now.

[@ceraroberts2691]

I agree 💯! I left the city and moved rural after I retired. The kids down here are amazing and they know how to work. It's wonderful watching high school aged young men running big farm equipment and helping farm. These farm kids are leeps and bounds ahead of the city slickers I was raised around.

[@loisbruce]

It's so lovely to see the special bond between a father and son.

[@marcusburns4377]

Love your generational legacy you're focusing on.

[@mariaallevato6121]

Connor looks like a fine young man and a huge help on your homestead!

[@mattspencer9538]

It's good to see Josh and Conner working together. It definitely does take a lot of patience to teach, but it's so worth it!

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Conner is doing great. As a father/teacher, being a perfectionist (as stated), patience is key. There's more than one way to do something in life. My way, Your way & Someone elses way. Goal: project gets done. 😊

[@douglasdoyle1027]

Great video! You're working with and teaching your son with respect for him. You're doing a great job as his role model. Who ever thought that watching a video on manure-spreading could be that interesting. It was...

[@christinasmith1116]

What great Joy! What satisfaction! So much that you as a family, with the Lord's help, have accomplished. It's not just the end result, but the Journey! God Bless You! Thank you for sharing!!

[@MichelleTech]

Great filming and editing guys, stepping it up a notch!

[@laurasilvey2723]

I absolutely loved watching this video. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@sherriclearlake1611]

The rewards for teaching with patience are just so great!

[@jeffboothe2102]

Love the poop design from the air. 😆

[@adelegower834]

YOU MEAN MANURE/FECES?

[@emmaleman1100]

Great video content - well done to the filming and editing team too, there was some really great work done here also. I really enjoyed seeing a little slice of life on your homestead.

[@nicoleheppner4397]

I always love it when you share the kids with us. I am also enjoying Josh getting greyer in the beard this year. He's wearing it well.

[@juliabrown5948]

I agree, I could watch Josh and Carolyn parent all day long! It's so encouraging to me. And I agree about the beard, so distinguished

[@sheliaheverin8822]

I can't believe how big the children are getting. I think Connor is taller than Josh. And the baby out on the tractor, too cute.

[@robertwindisch394]

Watching you spread with the loader up, made think back to my childhood with my dad telling me how dangerous it's to drive around with the loader up and your wheel hit sink hole or a ground hog hole and flip the tractor over.

[@kathleenredick275]

Some of us are just more connected to the land. ❤

[@stephencameron1709]

Great job Connor! You two are a great team. Love seeing the baby. Val C ❤️🙏🏻

[@joanreid2804]

Such a wonderful life you are living!

[@megmcginnis239]

Great video. Love that spreader❤. I've been hand spreading my sheep manure/straw all winter. Every time I get a wheelbarrow load out to the field it goes. We're in a rain shadow Whidbey so we tend to dry out in the summer. Hoping this will help. I also got a hold of Gallagher step in fence so I can take my rotational grazing to a new level.Been praying for rain and finally came the later part of April. Love seeing the father -sons team. Thank you for the for the teaching.😊

[@DaraRich]

Nice to have the son helping and enjoying in what the father loves. Wished, it was the same at my brothers little farm (who gets their 10th child soon)

[@jackgraham3393]

Nice video. Glad you have good equipment to work with. Life is good on your farm. Only one comment, hate so folks running around with the tractor loader raised all the way up in the air. Makes them more prone to over turning. A city slicker/gentleman farmer was killed last year in our area, cause, loader raised and traveling too fast when turning. Have a great week, hope you get some rain and not spring snow showers. It's time for things to warm up. Blessings to you folks.

[@kimberlybenienministries2715]

Great job, Connor! When you do what you love you’ll never work a day in your life. May God richly blessed you, young man!

[@juliabrown5948]

I agree great job Connor! But I disagree about never working a day in your life...kids need to learn that life IS WORK, and we can't try to get out of that. That's a big cause of where our younger generation went wrong. No one thinks they should have to "work". But doing work you enjoy is so much more rewarding and satisfying than doing work you don't enjoy or find pleasure in

[@snowymountainmama]

What a great video! Thank you for sharing your lifestyle with all of us.

[@user-gk2ut8mc5e]

What a beautiful example of how YAHUAH teaches us. '...precept upon precept; Line upon line, line upon line; here a little and there a little' Isaiah 28:10 Very low stress with great love. HalleluYAH!

[@juliabrown5948]

Praise Yah! 😊

[@ericarigler8892]

This was really great. Love this little surprise with your kiddos!

[@johnnacrist8715]

Great advice! Bless the work of your hands!

[@user-nw5cr1tl6j]

Love watching your videos and learning. I love that you take Nathaniel with you too

[@lloydmarchant4912]

If your spreader tractor has a quick attach bucket, I would take the bucket off when not needed. Will reduce unnecessary wear on the tractor front end.

[@teresapotter2714]

You are living a blessed life! God bless you and your family.

[@KatySimpsonLive]

So so lovely!

[@sherri1523]

I'm surprised y'all don't have a car sear strapped on the tractor fender! 😊

[@robertadunaway7030]

You could rent your equipment out or yourselves with the equipment to your neighbors.

[@ellendavis9940]

Fantastic video

[@HARVIELL1]

The nure tractor .........🤠

[@johnparkhurst825]

👍

[@HardearnedAcresHomestead-qk3wk]

Had soil survey done...came back with no nitrogen. The farmer I was leasing the field to didn't fertilize the four years I was leasing to him.....out of the blue he decided he didn't want to lease any longer. I now know why. I'm fortunate that I was able to get some help converting from field to grass from the NCRS. I'll be on my homestead in two days that we've been working on for a few years. have a shipping container build, house build, running all utilities 1500 ft to the house. Come check us out!!!!

[@Vigfast]

That new spreader looks like the sice i need seams all i find is to big. Whats the name and or where did you get it ?

[@wendyhoff]

Where do you get your bedding from? How much does it cost on average per year?

[@adelegower834]

How old is Connor?

[@karenweidauer6861]

Connor looks like his mother