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[@alexandercage2500]

We are here for you Evan. Keep on growing that good life !

[@teresaclark5465]

I spent over half of my life teaching the inner city how to grow their own food, I'm in my 60's now and it delights me to see, young, knowledgeable folks as yourselves putting out the info!

[@LR-xx5ig]

Hi Rebecca. We love seeing you on with Evan. It’s nice to see a husband and wife helping one another. You really do a lot of work on the farm besides the hard job of being a nurse.

[@StevesBeyondRepair]

Hard for yall to see all the comments, but I speak for a ton of us when I say, we love to see both of you on camera!!

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Evan and Rebecca nice to see you both Love watching your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@Dudleydidright]

Wow, that's so satisfying. Your work has paid off well. Let's see some happy livestock!!😊

[@shawn5928]

How about using some “extra” oil field pipe to build a pipe rack to hold the “good” pipe? Just a thought.

[@jan-johannes-bosman]

Stop timing yourself. Enjoy the work as much as we do watching. It motivates me as I am disabled and limited to a small Poly tunnel, flower garden and grass patch, but enjoying every minute. My favorite time to talk to God is when weeding and caring for the garden. Just so thankful that I can.🤗🙏🏽

[@GinaLarsen-xe9cr]

Evan, you could make a giant windchime, out of the cut off pieces of pipe, and paint it.

[@bushdog64]

Rebeca I enjoy seeing you and listening to your voice. Stay in the videos. 🎉

[@davewilson8308]

Love the names sausage biscuits and gravy! Um Um!

[@ssfoste]

Yeah Rebecca, you are awesome, we love seeing you with Evan and your support at crucial times is just awesome. NO need to be shy with us we love ya.

[@cue881-yo7kz]

I love watching your videos. As a 'city boy" I always wanted to be on a farm. American farmers=the backbone of America!

[@larryhattrup5756]

It's so great that your on the farm full time Really enjoy your videos

[@alanvaleandthelazyfarmer1930]

Just a small suggestion. Try putting bullodog clips on your jumper wire so you don't have to worry with knots.

[@markpriddy1]

You too are doing just great being yourself on the program. Don’t change a thing. 🙂

[@namzat000]

Love the pigs names😂😂

[@navarrohillsranch]

Keep an eye on your livestock while grazing Sorghum Sudan grasses. Pull them before the grass gets below 12 to 18 inches to avoid Nitrate issues.Also in times of stress you need to be careful with Prussic Acid. In Texas we plant Sorghum Sudan every year for making hay. The grass will make them fat quick.

[@jzeck2]

I was going to write the same comment. Mostly we never grazed this combo but cut it for hay. I also worry a bit about the potential of excess nitrogen fertilizer and the nitrate issues? Be careful.

[@frrapp2366]

yes i wrote when he planted and again when he fertilized to be careful !!! they make a crystal that you mix( dont remember what chems it is) that will neutralize the poisons in a drench

[@daleficklin1607]

Yes and you can’t give them too much area at a time.

[@southtexashay777]

I posted the same without seeing your post. Hope you and the family are doing well. How's your haying, we have had a severe drought and my hay is minimal after they cut our irrigation water.

[@navarrohillsranch]

@@southtexashay777 Thanks. Those droughts are tough. The last 2 1/2 years were brutal in north Texas but looks like we are out of it for now. That irrigation setup you have is awesome, sad to hear they are rationing already. We should get 2nd cut in early August. Hope all is well with you and your family.

[@thomasgreene5750]

You might cut a swale just uphill of the garden to divert water around it. Also, a couple of cross-grade swales in the garden might distribute and hold up some of the water and give it more time to soak into the soil. If the hardpan under the garden is mostly low-permeability clay, you might consider drilling some vertical holes on a pattern using your post-hole auger and fill them with porous, sandy soil up to the level of the hard pan. That would capture more of the water and give it time to soak into the surrounding soil.

[@carolyn6081]

I just learned a new word, swale. I looked it up, that’s exactly what he needs, but the grass may overtake his garden.

[@daleficklin1607]

A diversion above your garden would do wonders.

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Evan Rebecca enjoyed your video. Thats alot water not good. Have a great day.

[@gerthholm1220]

You should try to look up grazing fense tumbeling wheel... it would be a smart fence solution

[@thomasgabriel2213]

Rebecca is awsome! She should not be camera shy. It is great you have a wife who will work along side you! Loving the longer and more frequent videos. Keep up the good work.

[@joerodrigues3816]

Again nice to see you back maté great video and like I always say all the best to you all. You two are so amazing together what a team it’s just like my Wife and I as she looks after me with my medicine as I’m peg feed and all my medicine too as I’ve gone through the Big (C) can I say we would be lost without a great Woman to look after us Men…

[@garybannack1823]

I think it’s the first time I’ve seen Rebecca without her MOAB cap on!!!!!

[@waderue]

Hi Rebecca we love see you on camera and I Don't judge anything now some people might but please do not take them fools to heart ok and get ready for a lot rain soon

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

JudithB I checked the garden this am after Beryl blew thru last night. It looks fine, and I am leaning toward not planting until July except for the transplants. Seems to be less bug issues!!! I have a few branches down and a big empty rabbit cage blew over. I plan to salvage the hardware and mesh wire as I take the cages apart. May repair the quail cage tho. Your farm is lookng great and you ought to smoke some of those turkeys!!!! YUM!!

[@stevenmckeane3646]

Hi Evan, how about a swale along the top part of the garden to drain the water away, or to hold the water to slowly feed down through the ground.

[@johnmiller-kr4jy]

i enjoy all the vids u 2 make thx guys cheers from alberta

[@ourv9603]

I worked on a sheep ranch out west some years ago. I enjoyed it except for roundup time because we would gather all the sheep together in a giant pen then let them out a gate one by one and we had to count them to know how big our flock was, except every time I started to count them, I would fall asleep. !

[@ljjames7604]

Put some straw bales on the outside high side of your garden fence to keep it from washing

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Can you somehow line up the cut ends and create raised flower beds? Seems like they would last forever. Or weld five together of varying heights and create flower displays? 👍👍👍

[@gilbertlane4522]

Rebecca, you may be camera shy, but it is such a joy watching both of you work together on your beautiful farm. ❤

[@marymigliore3396]

It's nice seeing You 2 working together ! Those pastures are very nice for grazing !! I LOVE YOU BOTH !!! 🥰 🥰

[@baldmaggots]

Love to see those happy cows, thanks.

[@eliazarshaw2213]

2:14 next season you can instead plant it by blocks and leave the paths for the electric fences.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Any time we introduced water to a fridge/freezer the result was rust. Hope you are luckier. You sure seem relaxed with no time constraints on work. You're adjust well. 👍👍👍

[@richardhoover9837]

Might consider putting vegetable oil in your one gallon sprayer instead of water when you mix your spray. It will last longer, smell better to them and actually make their coats shine.

[@bobmoroney3643]

You are so well equipped. Looking very good.

[@dee2busy]

Love the pig names. Rebecca, it's nice seeing you helping out!

[@BridgetBatchelor-m1i]

I love the piggy's names. Of course I love sausage gravy and biscuits just about any time.😊

[@elliekennedy2952]

You can dig a nice hole and line it with straw to put root crops in and then cover with a burlap bag and a good layer of straw. Just dig open one little place and get the veggies out and cover up good again. Cover the straw with a layer of dirt.

[@Cobalt135]

wow, that crop is crazy. Looks like corn growing. But corn is just a variety of grass so....

[@Bowhunters6go8xz6x]

Maybe use the short pieces of pipe to weld together to make a pipe storage rack off the end of the work garage.

[@jahn9960]

On your garden from your last video, make the fencing into panels, then drill holes, place bigger pvc pipe in holes and place your post in the pvc pipe. Then screw you fence panels to the post. Same look as before and removable. Looking good as a retiree!!!! Thanks for you journey.

[@robyntaylor7476]

If you dig a small gulley just outside of the fence at the top of your garden you'll prevent any future washout. Only needs to be about a spade depth and width. Partly fill it with gravel and your veggies should be safe from heavy rain falls.

[@kathleenwons4995]

Yes, we love you Rebecca. Don't be shy. Your a huge help to your hubby ❤

[@hpritchard1000]

It is nice to see people enjoying their work. One request. You had a video a few days ago that caught the beauty of one of the fields. Why not just for aesthetics make a video of the farm showing the beauty of the place?

[@skipstein744]

Sand bags for the garden. Onward!

[@rancancookcanoy9768]

Enjoyed watching you and Rebecca in this video. Thank you for sharing. Have a great rest of your week.

[@russse2793]

Your cows seemed to be enjoying the new food sources. MMMM, Biscuits and gravy, Getting my plate and utensils ready. LOL.

[@jimbecker5675]

Put a small swale at the top of the garden to redirect ground water away to the side. It will not take you long with the "power tools" on wheels you have.

[@bolong5701]

some of my best sheep were born in Dec. an Jan

[@bobflores]

Divert the rainwater until you can regrade the garden. Working out a new daily schedule for chores is part of the change.

[@AJ_ghdhejsien]

Hottest summer we've had in awhile here too PA.

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Ohio as well, 90° today

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

We came through the storm here in Broaddus TX in good shape. Had some great rain and the power went out 3 or 4 times but we are through with the storms hopefully and will have a peaceful night. Really enjoy your videos and especially when Rebecca is home and helping you. Your homestead surely is beautiful and we enjoy watching you all interact with the animals. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and the fun you share with us. Fred.

[@mikesmodscustoms]

Breakfast pigs! Sausage, biscuit and gravy... LOL...

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Nice job with the animals , team work makes the dream work ! Awesome looking pasture too 😊🙏👍❤️

[@frankwilliams1157]

Love the pigs names.

[@pjklawitter7398]

Watch my babies with the sudan grass forage. Great video!

[@isaacwalker7863]

You should make some giant wind chimes with the scrap pipe😂

[@PtHough]

You are getting into a routine now you are full time. Well done.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thank you Evan and Rebekah! Your farm is beautiful! Always enjoy your channel!

[@joansmith3492]

pretty good argument for no--till but i doubt that will convince you

[@coyotiess]

I need some forage its called SASAFRAS ROOTS!

[@jerrystout3032]

Great Job guys!!

[@Biggskye]

Wonder if a future project maybe extending the garage/workshop roof to cover the cement pad where you seem to do a lot of your projects? Maybe even a portable canopy to protect you from the sun and/or rain.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Love the names. Love that the animals are co-inhabiting the pasture. We always enjoy seeing both of you. I understand the camera shyness though. And I always used to help my husband do things too. Although usually because I knew he was taking on too much for himself and unfortunately he isn't like you guys. He very seldom clears a path before trying to move something through it. Well, now I come to think about it, maybe he does this on purpose to get help. Anyway, take care. This might be a dumb idea to protect the garden from water flowing towards it. Prop planks (temporarily), perhaps in a V pattern so that the run off would be diverted and flow around the outside of the garden. It wouldn't stop any heavy rain in the garden, but could protect it from further up the incline.

[@kd5inm]

Yay! Good to see Rebekah on video! All of us Rebekah fans miss her lol.

[@georgedavidson1221]

Evan you should cut the horns back so they are not so dangerous. Or I remember. Dad had weight balls that would fit on the end of the horn and the horns would turn down. Worked good

[@Deedee-qf1pm]

Just an idea for the scrap pipes you could make a cathedral sounding wind chime. Just a thought 🥰love yours videos Thanks for sharing😊

[@chrishoneycutt9839]

Hey Evan, great video. I was keeping an eye out for Moe making sure he wasn’t gonna ram you from behind and knock you over like he did that one video. Hope you’re enjoying your summer. Stay cool.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Your Sorghum-Sudan grass looks good, at least where you fertilized it good, you'll have a lot of eating there. We had a garden like yours when we first bought our land, we had to run the rows across the hill to minimize erosion, just a suggestion you may want to give a try. Looking good on your place, you and Rebekah are doing a great job. Thanks for sharing, I hope you have a good week.

[@jimmieusaf-pol5818]

That plasma cutter makes short work of cutting that pipe. I was thinking as your sheep flock grows, if it wouldn't be easier to have some border collies, that are trained to round them up for you, and maybe be watch dogs as well. Having retired from your other full time job, it has got to be easier to get things done around the farm, and not feel like you're always behind on things around the farm, but with so much to do, that probably comes with the farming life I'm thinking. I love me some lamb chops, and learned to like them after spending some time on several occasions over in the Middle East, since they seem to have more of that than beef. I miss seeing you all fishing in the pond, but guess with that duck weed and the fish kill, it makes it harder to fish and there aren't many in there and those that are still in there are probably not very big. I always liked fishing in farm ponds for big bass and blue gill, unless the pond had some crappie in it.

[@RBB73]

What about building up a diversion berm around the top end of the garden to help divert that water flow?

[@ZanGypsyQueen]

Evan ! You can make a 2 ft tall pipe rack! Using scraps. It can hold the pipes at easy reach height. Or even lumber.

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Oliver the duck is a great name for such a handsome duck. I don't know if you follow Sow the Land, but Jason had a couple of steers last year that he just called "beefy boys". That about covers as many as you want. LOL. Your farm is becoming a real haven for your animals. They are so well cared for. Thanks for sharing. Y'all stay cool and have a Blessed day.

[@petealberda6307]

When we plant sorghum, we plant no more than an acre a week. We start grazing when it is knee high and it still often gets away from us. Great forage! We drive a tractor across the field and put the fence in a tire track.

[@jimnaz5267]

YAY. REBECCA IS WEARING BOOTS. Are they the right size/ or did you give her yours Evan? GREAT Video, animals, fences, pastures, pipes, Rebecca, Evan,... well done!

[@Innercityoutdoorsman]

I think you should build a car port or a canopy over your driveway of your work shop to help with the sun and rain

[@k11111234l]

Have you considered throwing straw bales in the washout?

[@daleredmond6449]

Another great and interesting video Evan and loved seeing Rebecca.

[@shoutingatclouds1050]

In the new pasture have the electric fence ready to pull across and quarter the pasture when the (first) bovine stops grazing. If you don't have time to watch the cows grazing you could probably use a trail cam to see how fast the cows are moving for more pasture but please don't let them get bloated. Your sheep look really good, really above average.

[@tommychew6544]

I've seen other people worried about that sorghum as well, sounds like something to keep an eye on.

[@marilynwitherell186]

Great job, and good to see you both.

[@tommychew6544]

Looking forward to seeing how it goes throughout the year!

[@aafarm1652]

My wife is shy as well and doesn’t make any appearances on my KZbin channel as well!

[@tonycosta3302]

You can probably make a pipe rack with some of this scraps to keep the good pipes off the ground.

[@Thuy_Dailylife]

❤❤❤ greetings from Viet Nam ❤❤❤❤

[@outdoorstudios2022]

Hello Evan and Rebekah

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Is there a way to shield the fence where the ladies stare at the other sheep and cows? We have friends who bought from BillboardVinyls but it was to cover a roof under repair. 👍👍👍

[@suecrothers9041]

Enjoy your videos. Love pig's names😊

[@AmandaDoll-hi4dr]

Hi Evan, your crop looks nice

[@irhusker6569]

Looked nice.

[@AmandaDoll-hi4dr]

You are welcome evan

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks for posting Evan

[@JimHerman-o3q]

Sudan grass.... I lost 10 springers overnight grazing Sudan grass. Nitrate poisoning ! Prime time for nitrate poisoning ? 2 foot to 4 foot tall. And you applied nitrogen also.....upping the risk ! Yup.....I grazed it for 9 years until it caught up with me ! Dont even consider grazing it !

[@mikeh5896]

Great choice of names for the feeders!

[@carolschultz6195]

You guys are so sweet. I love watching your videos... Beautiful farm ♥

[@leolarocque-h4e]

Thanks love the video Guy's and love Animals too .

[@johnsandell4501]

Outstanding teamwork 👍👍👍

[@hschultz123]

We like Rebecca on video! And we like how your place is coming together

[@glengillis7775]

Busy day on the farm