Finally! DRONE FOOTAGE of our FARM (+ a big change to spring plans)

[@mamaj8810]

coffee, warm fire, future planning, mama cooking, daddy getting the kale in the cold....just do it! Love your skillet, love your plates, food looks so good.The sound of the milk hitting the bucket- that never gets old.Beautiful cow, chickens, and sheep.Love your place, love your life, love you all!

[@naturzbasixfarm8138]

I love the way y’all romance words. So calming and nostalgic. Smart but gentle.

[@Ainennke]

The sit-down chat spliced with the drone footage works brilliantly as a video format; it's not something I've ever really seen before, and I really enjoyed.

[@1870s]

It's about finding what your management capacity is. Maybe you could sow a good cover crop where the meadow garden will be, put the chickens in there to fertilize the ground and it will be even more healthy when your ready to plant.

[@hollykelley2295]

Every single shot you get with the camera is magazine worthy. Beautiful vlog beautiful family beautiful life

[@tbrown2302]

I save our egg shells all year and every now and then hubby grinds them up. Come garden season we use the ground shells for a boost of calcium in the soil. Tomatoes love it and I haven’t had blossom rot for three years now.

[@dickybirdsnest]

"overexert yourself, things suffer" - no truer words spoken by any homesteader! You've reached a mature decision! From this old mama hen who has been scratching at my homesteading "dirt" - you came to this epiphany at the right age! It took me longer....Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.

[@Manoa2molokai]

Mahalo 💕 for sharing your mornings🌨️🌥️, before the keiki and morning breakfast. As a couple whether farmers or homesteaders the morning routine and briefings (time together) is so vital about getting it right. I love watching your videos, your talks on the bones and sustainable subsistence and what it takes towards the work and thoughts that's put into on the farm. Keep it coming those decisions and talking through it! 🌺

[@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY]

Hows it... loved Hawaii 🤠👍

[@charaayars4692]

what skills have you just had to say " i guess I'll never have time for that" and let it go? I mean, there are SO many interesting things to do and learn in this life. I want to do them all! Homestead, make soap, grow herbs, cook really well, bake really well, sew/quilt/mend, knit the socks, homeschool etc. how do you choose??

[@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319]

Beautiful homestead. I am impressed with your video editing. Thank you for sharing.

[@valeriemelanson4131]

Thank you! I never get tired of your videos. They are works of art.

[@itsreallyhothere]

I always get so hungry when Shaye cooks.

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

I was watching a video of Off Grid with Doug and Stacy and he was talking about developing their homestead with the mindset of aging in place. I'm moving to a new property, raw land. So excited to bring all of the lessons learned over the years to the new project. Loved hearing you guys talking it all out 👍

[@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY]

🤠👍

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

@@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY love you guys ♥

[@lindybridgman9319]

Your channel has such a calm nature to it. 💗💗

[@ellawilson4487]

Our furnace’s motor burned out last week when we went through the vortex’s very very cold weather settled over central KY. We were blessed to get it fixed within one day prayer 🙏 are answered.

[@carolbaswell5019]

784 views and only 99 Likes??? What's up wih that? Come on people---this is some BEAUTIFUL stuff!!

[@growingforbroke1072]

I really enjoyed this video today. We are snowed in and everyone has cabin fever here. I stoked the wood stove and had coffee with the wife this morning spit balling Greenhouse plans and maybe not doing 3k starts this year. Maybe 1k of speciality things lol. Great peaceful vid of real life on the homestead. These little talks are why I am here :) Cheers Elliot’s !!

[@thebilkurrahomestead3065]

I’m so obsessed with your channel. Honestly, I can’t wait to see more. 😍 Love from Australia 🇦🇺.

[@sonalibarve7231]

Love the light n sound of ur videos... so warm n nice... love ur videos

[@cjaracz2757]

Sooo GOOD! Always love the time spent with your household. Like a warm bubble bath on a cold day!

[@jeanneamato5525]

Love the Dickens references. Love you guys. Peace, contentment and prosperity to you

[@rebeccawoodbixler9536]

These kinds of videos are my favorites!

[@asubstantiallife7557]

Revisiting some of your vid's and this one was done REALLY REALLY well, y'all! Would LOVE more drone footage! It's great inspo for those of us working towards our own homesteading dreams, and to see how you guys lay out the homestead. Also LOVED hearing the discussions on how you are planning it all out AND lessons you're learning! Monty Don is ALWAYS full of wisdom I find! ;) More videos like this, please!!! xoxo

[@thepitouthomestead1542]

love this one... - i so look forward to your weekly shares. you give me so much inspiration! thanks for sharing your space here on Earth with us. xx

[@karincusick187]

You guys are so sweet! Love conquers all. Awesome family!

[@rhondawelker6742]

Good decision. We moved to our current location in 1989, 30 yrs ago. We’re 64 & 65 now and the way I landscaped then requires more work now than I want to do. It has become more work than joy. Should we decide to sell and move, our new place will be landscaped very differently. When you talked of your plans earlier, I could envision the beauty, but also thought of all the work and am so happy to hear you’ve decided to slow down the pace, so you don’t burn out. We planted a bee meadow last year for our bees. We were so very disappointed. We prepped and prepped and put down a lot of seeds only to have few germinate. We’ve been talking about just sowing grass seed, but may give it another go. Sometimes it’s hard to completely let go of something. By slowing down, you have time to think things through and Lord knows, designing the exterior is just like the interior. We make changes all the time. That’s our prerogative isn’t it? 😉. Thanks for another lovely video and sharing with us. 😃

[@cjaracz2757]

At 66, I can so very relate to what you are saying. I had so many plans for our 6 acres; but then LIFE happens and so little of what I planned came to be. Now I am trying to figure out ways to par it all down; pulling out the landscaping stones and having hubby begin to mow the flower beds that have gotten away from me. Just trying to make a way so that I am not overwhelmed all the time. God bless us all as we age gracefully into 'old age homesteading!'

[@blueskyeranch6495]

I just don’t understand how there could be a single thumbs down for this video. Or any of your videos! I enjoyed every single moment of this, thank you for sharing

[@DansonforJoy]

Such a cozy video! Love the drone footage, too. 👌

[@gailann7813]

Absolutely love all your videos!

[@gothextramile8644]

Enjoy the journey!!

[@blueskyeranch6495]

I just love the music you edit with.... any chance you might recommend a playlist or suggestions for where to find such cool videos. I feel like I’d get a lot more done outside around my place if I had this music dialed in on my playlists :)

[@mmmmgoodlife4571]

I just love watching your videos.

[@charaayars4692]

our new house has a fireplace and we are so excited for it!!

[@VanBelleNZ]

“Decrease the surplus population” 🐀 Dickens would’ve smiled at your reference 😉 Lovin’ you guys and thankful for how and what you share. God bless you and yours exponentially this year!

[@beverleeglasgow1194]

I love this You guys I’ve wondered watching myself how you could keep up with so much going on at once so i love your rawness your humanness (ha is that even a word) i know this video will help me to refocus on the long term of my projects. Thank you for not being perfect but real. Thats why i started following you 👍🏻😎🥦🍆🍎🥬

[@erinnkemp]

It never comes out "perfect ". That's the way nature works.

[@TheBarefootMama]

I love watching your videos so nostalgic and endearing. Hope you survived the snow storms. I know we got buried here in Leavenworth.

[@BasedPhilosophyMom]

I can't get over how CALM your children are compared to mine in the mornings! I'm so jealous! 😂

[@northstarprepsteader]

Always a quality video! Thanks for sharing once again. Smart to keep your work load manageable.

[@SuffolkSusie]

Such great footage and topics. Loved the drone shots.

[@tracygarns9611]

"The sound of the milk hitting the bucket. That never gets old." I think we're kindred spirits!

[@dionjones6740]

It is so calming and relaxing to listen to you two talk. And your way of cooking is any one's dream. I am still trying to figure out how to get invited over for a lunch or dinner with you guys. Best Wishes. Grandpa Jones.

[@asubstantiallife7557]

I looooove that you know Monty Don, too!!! And, isn't this subject SOOO a lesson in EVERY subject of life??? SLOW DOWN....everything's a process. I need to remember this for my dT biz, too! LOVE THIS! xoxo @The Elliott Homestead

[@mariajgarciadvictoria5738]

ohhhhhh bellísimo video!

[@annadavis6361]

Don't you just wish that all people could be as peaceful and gentle towards each other as they are, one can wish.

[@maryforrester5270]

You are living the life I wanted and still want but life is just too short to do everything the right way. Did a lot,more than most but I still want to do more.

[@jrfrmem]

You guys are rockin’ this homesteading thing! You’re an inspiration...I just want to jump up and get my bean soup going (been sprouting my beans for three days and they are ready to go)! Thank you for sharing your energy!🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@amenhomestead6583]

wise decisions guys :) The blessings have been poured on you guys sit back perfect and enjoy :)

[@lachute01]

Just love this....will be following 😊

[@pequenabutterfly1668]

I said it In Another video : Hire help so that you don’t get burned out and it doesn’t take its toll on your relationships.. love your videos, love your recipes, love your homestead

[@michaeldemetriou3043]

Fabulous video guys

[@athisasapriina2982]

I love the way u cook..

[@schaefercofarm2584]

Thats Love man! The kale didn't even bend when you held it up. Ha! Ha! Ha!

[@deborahcrutchfield5022]

My three boys would not eat what you made with the eggs. They like there egg, ham or bacon or sausage, biscuits, fried potatoes and country gravy. We live in West Tennessee. We eat hearty stick to your ribs food. Oatmeal , Grits. My family and kids would have starved lol . But I enjoy watching you cook.

[@littleneedlesfarm6387]

so Shaye, are your plans to be a lot more active in posting videos than last year? I feel like you've been posting more lately and I LOVE IT!!! Let's develop this channel! Let's (you) do that! LOL!

[@pinklemonade1300]

Could you do a video of the drone footage with an explanation of what's yours and how it all fits together?

[@theelliotthomestead]

Ashlyn_streer Yes! It’s hard to tell with white everywhere!

[@HiddenMeadowFarm]

I LOVE YOUR FARM!

[@theelliotthomestead]

Thank you! Promise me there's still a farm under that snow!!! Ha.

[@HiddenMeadowFarm]

@@theelliotthomestead It's like a bear hibernating; it will roar to life in a few weeks!!!

[@bodilheleneskumsrud6491]

This is,for me,the good life!...in an esthetic,real and human frame.Thank you!🙌

[@jingles1963]

Love the drone footage. Is the orchard on your property? You have such a beautiful place and a beautiful family. As someone said; I love to watch the process. Can’t wait to see what you guys do with your gardens in the spring when the weather gets warm.

[@theresadavis1834]

It nice to see your planning to scale back and improve what you have. Way to go with the two dead rats.

[@dirtpatcheaven]

It is the crunch of the snow that tells you how cold it is

[@donovanavi8608]

i know it is pretty randomly asking but does anyone know a good site to stream newly released movies online?

[@traviskyson296]

@Donovan Avi i would suggest flixzone. You can find it on google =)

[@westinbenton7047]

@Travis Kyson definitely, I've been using FlixZone for since april myself :D

[@donovanavi8608]

@Travis Kyson Thanks, I signed up and it seems like a nice service =) Appreciate it!!

[@traviskyson296]

@Donovan Avi Happy to help :D

[@tommathews3964]

"We should start a fire, cause it's about 5 degrees in here...." Priorities! Love your videos so much.

[@lisaporch8922]

Question.... Are their any perennial flowers that are dangerous to plant near vegetables plants or fruit trees?? Love the early morning when you can drink your coffee while everyone is still asleep ❤️

[@dougwilliams8602]

I think I saw both an apple orchard and some grape vines? Do you make cider as well as your own wine? You could turn your farm into an apple orchard and winery and sell your own label of wine

[@RiverPlaid]

Lovely 🌸

[@NS-pf2zc]

I'm curious, when you are planning, do you tend towards production for family needs over beauty? I'm all for beauty and happiness, but I find that my focus tends more towards needs vs wants. It drives me nuts at times, because I want peace and beauty, but I keep feeling a push from the inside to meet our needs vs my aesthetic wants. How do you approach that and prioritize these sometimes conflicting interests?

[@MrsThebault]

My husband uses that quote all the time too! “Just do it and decrease the surplus population!”

[@jenniferdennis7090]

Are all the tree patches yours, wow. That's beautiful how did you guys start all that or was it there. I'm wanting to plant fruit tree grove this fall and next spring. Would love to here about yours.

[@jaynemar1]

Stu is every woman’s dream husband. He’s all that.. And a bag of chips As they say! Lucky woman, lucky man...

[@lavendercrowl5695]

He's so mellow and does just about anything she ask. Mu hubby is the boss around here. I must b doing something wrong! Lol I just wish he'd trim his beard thinner. Too much dark hair on his face. She must like it though or he would tone it down.

[@NS-pf2zc]

@@lavendercrowl5695 May I make gentle suggestion? Sometimes we have to see our husband through different eyes, and then again as the woman in their life. Sometimes we have to understand that we also are not perfect wives, and that each brings their own imperfections, but we love in spite and because of it. It took nearly losing my husband once, to realize the depth of the gift I had in him. It really cemented my love for him not as just a lover from those wildly emotionally charged beginnings, but as a man and friend I truly cherished...flaws and all. Just a gentle thought from my own experience. ❤

[@brittanyash8340]

Lady, look into Permaculture if you already haven't. It works With the Natural Symbiosis found in Nature, it produces more, and is also less work after establishing certain things, because it becomes a functioning ecosystem. Each plant is supportive of the others. Some deter pests, others shade, other plants add nutrients to the soil, some block wind, others act as trellises-- the list of benefits gets lengthy. There are two different types of relationships that you see in nature: symbiotic and parasitic. Parasitic relations deplete one source of life force, by taking from it. Symbiotic relations support one another. Monoculture is a parasitic relationship not only to the environment, but to you. It's more work, less yield, and more issues because it depletes the soil of nutrients, and it destroys the natural environments which deter certain pests that tend to plague monocrops. I originally pulled back from this dream because of the sheer amount of work. I didn't want to feel enslaved to my land and do the same dang thing every year. I pretty much wanted the food with the freedom of most of my days. And then I found Permaculture. It's work at first, but it maintains itself in the long run as a forest maintains itself-- only a Permaculture forest would be centered around edible food, and plants which provide nourishment for others, and nourishment for beneficial little creatures like bees to do their jobs. It's a short term investment of time and effort for long term results which benefit us, the animals, and also the environment. It even creates an ecosystem for wildlife. Win-win-win, on every level. Thanks for sharing. I hope you all can find a way to balance everything. Awesome job at just being real with where you all are/were, and making choices in your own best interest. 💜

[@utuberme1]

Does it work when it snows heavily every year?

[@lavendercrowl5695]

How long have you been on KZbin with yr homestead? Your style of intro into the videos is unique. Yr such a beautiful lady. Should be an actress. I've been following 3 or 4 other homes and found you. Have only watched about a dozen so have some catching up to do. Very nice piece of property. Still haven't figured out where u live yet but c the snow in this video and brrrr u must be in zone 5 or 6? We r in zone 5 b but surrounded by salt water so we haven't got any snow right now where we live but a storm coming 2morrow but only minus 5 C. We never got that Polar Vortex that alot of the Eastern and upper central part of the States got... thank goodness! So now that I have hit yr subscribed I will be able 2 follow u into spring planting. Sorry 4 the long comment. Kind of my intro to u. But have a quick question. Why is yr cow tagged on her ear? Thought only those who r going to be slaughtered for meat get tagged? 😒

[@luckychicav7981]

Beautiful Life!! ;)

[@jazminbennett4410]

I don’t like how the video in the beginning looks dark and muddy. The past couple of videos this year have been like that. I like the lighting in your earlier videos.

[@tippystreats]

Loving the videos and appreciate all you do. Just a little sad that the music was as loud as it was - might just be me but wanted to turn up your speaking and down the music - was struggling to hear what you were saying.

[@itsreallyhothere]

Shared on Facebook.

[@charaayars4692]

do you have thoughts on how beauty in the home effects children? (and I don't mean HGTV styled beauty, but real, earthy, natural beauty)

[@ibraheemali9541]

Lesson : " When you over exert urself.....things suffer"

[@cindyfleer2248]

Maybe hire a teenager from the area to help on the big planting and harvesting days?

[@CoconutBlueG]

❤️

[@charlesbale8376]

A lot to think about,

[@kathycoblentz4852]

Love

[@samanthaB7712]

OMG, that's what I do to my hubby....lol!

[@michaelhogan9053]

OK, I'm a little upset you didn't contact me for management skilz, WHHAATTEVERR! First, get that man a broadhead axe for making kindling, 100% better. Now, I know you think you should cut back...NOOOOOOOOOOO! You need 6 more kids, 20 more acres and sooooo many more plants!! lol While I sit here and watch the Elliotts. Shaye honestly scares me when she talks about what she wants to do, overwhelming.

[@charaayars4692]

are the acres of trees/vines your land too??

[@earthlovingmomma1703]

Are all of those fruit trees and vines yours?? I dont remember seeing them in any videos before.

[@theelliotthomestead]

Megan Dickey Our house is surrounded by cherry and pear orchards that aren’t ours. We love them!

[@earthlovingmomma1703]

@@theelliotthomestead They look amazing!!

[@terriefriday2462]

What type of trap are you using to kill the rats?

[@charaayars4692]

how do you blend utility AND beauty?

[@CJ-rb7li]

What state are you in? It's beautiful!

[@pnwester2697]

Cathy Joiner north central Washington.

[@OILME651]

Do you not refrigerate your eggs?

[@twistedgoats8305]

👍

[@annasophia7977]

How do you guys finance this lifestyle?

[@theelliotthomestead]

AnnaSophia Balbuena We lead a thriving dōTERRA business and homesteading blog 💗

[@annasophia7977]

@@theelliotthomestead thanks for the reply... We're trying to start farm but the numbers are insane. Is the blog and doTERRA the only income in the household?

[@theelliotthomestead]

@@annasophia7977 It is now. My husband was a teacher when we started. We have been very blessed by doTERRA - it was worth the hard work.

[@charaayars4692]

that ad was creepy... did you know that there was a creepy ad??

[@shannonhammond9382]

Does anyone know what state they live in?

[@mandythislovelypath3740]

Eastern Washington

[@pnwester2697]

North central Washington to be more precise

[@jaynemar1]

50 👍🏻

[@navarroluz9392]

Why worry so much with the garden?

[@DH-qz2so]

...those little feet way too close to the stovetop....

[@D90-BELL]

Like you video.... romantic

[@MsCaterific]

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