ICF Mountain Homestead: Playing With a Mini Excavator

[@sovereigns1grace]

Glad you're back. Worried about y'all with the storms. Glad to see not much got messed up. 💕

[@kmaynor16]

Glad to see that you are OK! I completely understand needing some time off and dealing with bad weather - I'm just happy that you didn't have some sort of emergency or storm damage. Looking forward to seeing the porch go in!

[@watavuemountain481]

Those mini excavators are a blast to use for sure. We were starting to wonder what happened to y'all, glad to see you back at it. Love the build series.

[@mneff69]

We used to plant potatoes in a stack of old tires filled up with dirt. When they was done just kick the tires around then your potatoes fall out! 👍❤✌🙏🇺🇸

[@ericday2072]

My garden is overgrown with weeds now. I worry about snakes and probe the garden area I'm about to enter to play it safe. We also have ground squirrels. I decided to dig potatoes about a week ago. Everything was fine until I was about six feet from the squirrel hole. I pressed the spade fork into the ground, lifted the soil to expose the potatoes, only to find that I had pierced a three foot snake that had been underground. That was a first for me. I think it was a bull snake. It caught me by surprise, and was a little unsettling.

[@dumanhieu]

I'm gonna hire you as long as you always run my excavator at that speed. I have plenty of work for you so I can relax, sit back and enjoy watching my jobs getting finished in record time. Place looks awesome. It has been a while since I have been around. Looking awesome.

[@slump7071]

Someone was having way too much fun with the mini-ex. Once you know how to operate those things, you see work for it everywhere, LOL. Good to see you guys back.

[@sonnyblack9905]

My contribution to the wall. “No matter what, do what matters” keep on trucking !

[@mikecox3659]

Enjoyed the video as always, looking forward to to you rock'in the valley ... all the best!

[@nettie3485]

Nice to see/hear from you guys again.🙋‍♀️☀️

[@ubetchya78]

Glad to see you back. Definitely a million dollar view!

[@Sciayam]

Thanks for this video - I was waiting, happy you are ok, though you do sound very, very tired, which is understandable. This morning I saw (TV) a young couple build a Dome house in Norway, but, in contrast to you, they build in area of family and friends, still took 8 months and drained a lot, they ended up happy :) May you all have a happy ending with this house !!

[@hisimagenme]

Glad to see you back! Smiles and blessings...

[@Beecozz7]

Hooray, you're back!!!

[@Cecibug1]

Missed you guys!

[@SWITCH7425]

Nice to see you back....was worried something was wrong..... watching from Ndola Zambia 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲

[@were_all_fact6026]

Hey, ZCBC still in business? Miss my mealie meal.

[@SWITCH7425]

@@were_all_fact6026 no Zcbc died after being privatised 25yrs ago....we now have ShopRite and picknpay

[@ruthietube]

Welcome back, you've been missed 🤗

[@blackpackhomesteadchrisand7337]

Imagine how fast you can dig taters with that excavator. That would be impressive.

[@foreverfaithfulingodwetrus9130]

You folks are Awesome!!!

[@brianweilnau]

I've,we've been missing you guys. Don't make us wait so long. I'm not working right now, you need any help around the homestead, I'll work for free. You guys are good people. I love what you're doing.

[@joeyhardin1288]

Good job with the machine, love running them. Timing on the video; this time of year is SO busy. Kind of glad it has been raining so I can get some canning done. And yes, I am digging "taters" and picking green beans too. Waiting for the okra to come on. Thanks for the video. God bless, stay safe

[@jahzen67]

Glad your putting family before youtube! I did miss ya😉

[@sonyagregory5711]

Yay! Your back! Can't wait to see these decks finished, cause you have some seriously gorgeous views to be seen!😊❤🙏

[@jimmme5880]

You guys are working so hard with so many challenges and some frustrations, I hope you take more breaks to do other things. A total diet of one thing is never the best idea. We can suffer a little while you're doing other things. But, so glad you're back.

[@WendyK656]

Glad to see you again! missed y'all.

[@redlanternhomesteadcathym105]

Great to see you uploading!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!

[@duanevanwinkle3488]

Love watching excavators work!!!!!

[@vmorganbogart]

So glad to see y’all are back! I’ve been wondering about y’all. KZbin has really been messing with notifications lately, so thought maybe I just wasn’t getting notified. That was one heck of a hugelkultur bed you made there. Hehehe. You are just having too much fun on that excavator. It sure makes digging holes a breeze. The house & property are looking great! Keep up the great work & videos. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@JL4ever]

Your channel is one of my favorite channels! Y'all inspire the heck out of me! Thank youuuuu!

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

Great progress! Love the excavator, that thing is amazing, and cuts work time substantially.

[@Shanistudios]

This has nothing to do with this video but I wanted to comment somewhere that I am so glad I recently found you! I am beginning to prep and didnt know anyone who was GF and a prepper. Stumbled on your pantry video and was SO PLEASANTLY SURPRISED to see gluten free pasta hear about gluten free flour etc. So thank you. Looking forward to absorbing all the information I can from you!

[@colleenrodamer6230]

It’s looking fantastic

[@belvadalidowich5314]

I'm finally back on You Tube. I can now subscribe and like etc. But I have been watching all of the home being built since the beginning. I just couldn't like or comment. I'm so proud of you guys. This is going to be a fantastic home.

[@robynmize4713]

I was just thinking about you guys and glad to see you were just busy with other things and back. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. I love to see building projects.... yours is amazing.

[@PaulyOutdoors]

Looks like the rain didn't wash you guys away! haha Great to see you back at it Jeremy! Looks like you've got that Mini all dialed in.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Yeah so far so good. 👍🏻

[@Sjackson2369]

New episode! Woo!

[@adelacoburn1396]

Yaahooo! a video..thanks for this little update. Happy all is well with you guys, missed you

[@I_Am_Michael]

potatoes. can bake them, mash them, fry them, makes chips, make vodka. it is like the other vegetables are not even trying.

[@cdayperry2701]

Nice to see the progress. God bless.

[@deniseackermann7116]

Ya'll have the neatest toys... and yummy purple potatoes as well... WOW

[@mimib6955]

Hey!! Glad to see y'all and know you are all doing ok. I understand, the to do list never ends and we all have a squirrel moments. Lol! I always say it's ok cause a little bit of everything getting done is sometimes more rewarding then fully completing just one.

[@KatInTheNorth]

It’s good to see you both, I was beginning to worry!

[@tmackie1694]

Wohoo! Welcome back! 😃

[@carolsuesamuelson7935]

Good to see you!

[@citymoons]

Love that Atmosphere quote!

[@joannereinauer7532]

Glad all is well. We buried tree stumps and around 15 years later---sinkholes, so please be careful.

[@terminalvelocity6398]

Glad to see you guys are alive and well. I figured the killer heat was one reason you stopped putting out videos. Looking forward to the deck construction.

[@TF856]

I would love to run that Takeuchi mini excavator. 🥰 It's one of my favorites to run.

[@chelemichele1524]

Nice to see you guys... Have a good evening 🌻🌻🌻

[@livesoutdoors1708]

Nice to see y’all! The garden looks great! Amend that clay with some compost!

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

Glad to see you, been a while.

[@PaullaWells]

Welcome back! No worries or apologies necessary. Everyone is entitled to break. No shame or wrong in that. The heat has been brutal here too. Not nearly the same rainfall though. It looked like you had perhaps a little too much fun with this excavator. I can see a tractor coming in your future. 🤣

[@lint2023]

Peter Marshal quote - great! Share often.

[@johniac7078]

FUN!!

[@marshacannon1021]

Exciting to see your progress, but take care of you first.

[@Jonzuber]

Make sure that the grease fittings on the excavator have been checked and refilled if necessary every 30 hours.

[@ikigai47]

Now that's what I call a power couple

[@terrylewis_]

The Heritage Knee patch Breeches & Boots are too cute!

[@katde4921]

Where have you been? We’ve missed you!

[@jazfarm5726]

Idea. Potatoes dig best with a trowel and your hands. Requires hands and knees and time but you will skewer far less.

[@Carol_Pearson]

My garden keeps getting choked out by weeds, and the little chicken wire fence I have around it is falling apart. I think next year I'm going to invest in raised beds and place them throughout my yard. Also need to get some items to use for trellising because I think that will help with some of my veggies.

[@prubroughton2327]

Put your fork in vertically as far as you can get it ( I jump on it) a little bit out from where you expect the potatoes to be and lever the fork which should get most of them unharmed.

[@carolavant3778]

Y'all might want to add some gypsum to that clay garden soil - It will soften it right up.

[@smoochmcguire5291]

Great video thanks again

[@jujuandwamwams165]

I’ve been waiting forever for new video.

[@jimmelder889]

Digging holes sure has come a long way over the years😂

[@southernwanderer7912]

Looking good.

[@rootsrocksfeathers1975]

Ack, I am so over this rain! Every dang day for over a month here. It's wearing on me and I'm not even trying to get a house completed. I need one of those cool toys, I have to say. And that potato fork...you'll laugh. My husband came home today from buying a new water bath canner and said, "I got a present for you." He pulled out from the back seat a used potato fork he bought at a local flea market and handed it to me. I said, "Wow, thank you! And its not even our anniversary!", LOL. We need to dig sweet potatoes soon so it will be a great tool to have. ~Cynthia

[@Guildbrookfarm]

😂👍🏻

[@ladyinthemountains2527]

We're just the opposite here. We hadn't had rain in almost 6 weeks! Finally broke the drought on Tuesday 👏

[@court2379]

If you dig well under the potatoes and lift, few get damaged.

[@rickjanicki3705]

Old english saying for when you hit fifty "Never turn down a Beer, sit down when ever you can, never trust a fart"

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

Nice to see you guys again! I was afraid you got blown off your mountain. 😜

[@Madskills-hw2ox]

Great show Crappy soil unfortunately lol

[@jazfarm5726]

I put an auger straight through the main power lines to the house while putting in a critter fence. Kinds ruins your day. When you coming out to dig my root cellar?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Ouch

[@trondhansen9896]

shocking experience.

[@cindyfinn4845]

Sure missed your videos

[@Bex-rg8pj]

I’ve been wondering about you kids 👋

[@ohske]

👍👍👍👌♥️♥️♥️

[@FirstSuiGeneris]

_I'm heading over to your house, taters and green beans, I'm in! If you hear a knock at the door, it's only me and NOT the Jehovah's witnesses, so open the door, please! : ) I'm only having a little fun, if there any Jehovahs reading my comment, relax!_

[@augustreil]

Using a post hole digger on a skid steer wouldn't work ? Thanks. Place looks great !

[@marjodye1]

I hope with the victory garden there will be some canning videos coming up??? Are you guys hoping to be in the house before winter hits?

[@PaullaWells]

Before I even watch, I have to say I was so glad to see your channel at the top of the list this evening! I have been getting worried about you guys. I haven't watched yet so maybe you already answer this, but has everything been ok?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Yep. All good. 👍🏻

[@PaullaWells]

@@Guildbrookfarm - Oh good! I was nearing sending an email or something. Finishing watching your video now. I'll be sure to leave a separate comment about the video. I am super relieved everything has been ok for the most part. Stupid rain. 🤣

[@rhonda8101]

You guys are such an inspiration to me! I'm hoping that in the future I can have a homestead just like yours! My husband and I are slowly getting there, working on building up the pantry! Just used your video on canning ground beef as a teaching tool (it was the second thing I've ever canned) and it worked out great! Is there somewhere I can buy a guildbrook farm tshirt??

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Yep there are links in the description of every video. Thanks! ❤️

[@robertjones7023]

Hello, I have been following your channel on and off over a few years now. Thanks for all the great info on homesteading! We are pseudo-homesteading in suburban hell in Upstate NY. I started getting interviews in Charlotte NC and was wondering if you could recommend some towns to look into for land/homesteading within 45 min or so from downtown if that exists. Thanks!!!

[@daisygirl111975]

Look into Lexington, NC or Asheboro. There are areas of land around there and it’s fairly safe. The main issue you will have is commuting to Charlotte. The traffic is awful. Good luck.

[@jtownscrapper]

Always manage to stab a few taters no matter how careful I am! I think I bought a tater seeking fork!

[@cdayperry2701]

Found any artifacts while digging?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Not yet

[@hvnfun8601]

Yes, dig a burn pit, start a fire, get a hot spot, keep adding wood.

[@FrontierPreppers]

Toys for grown-ups... Anything over 1200 lbs 😆

[@chasviaud4123]

They say burring logs could cause termites to build colonies and they do bore thru ICF structures.

[@johnriggs7994]

Where will you place your garden up at the house and the chicken coop and if you have goats? Thanks.

[@mikeholland8968]

Why not drill holes with an auger and pour concrete into sonotube forms? Quick, easy and less concrete!

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Not big enough

[@mikeholland8968]

It will be interesting to see your deck build! It must be one heck of a deck to need piers like that! Thanks for the reply.

[@MsCaterific]

💙

[@angelabryant4517]

🎉🎉🎉

[@selador11]

I was waiting for you to strike oil with that thing! =0)

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Me too

[@johnroos5807]

Number 2!:) Great to hear from you guys! Semper Fidelis

[@lindahibbs8044]

Are you going to be moved in your new house by winter??

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Hope so but don’t know.

[@texgem]

Why didn't you keep those logs for a fire pit ?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

They’re trash

[@ohske]

😯👍👍👍👌♥️♥️♥️

[@locksbog4270]

👍😃✌️

[@nicolem.2682]

Do you hope to be in the house by winter?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

That would sure be nice. 👍🏻

[@hangingwiththewolfmanwolfm7737]

Dang y’all went heavy on the commercials

[@Guildbrookfarm]

That’s KZbin. We don’t pick the ads or how many they insert.

[@hangingwiththewolfmanwolfm7737]

Guildbrook Farm I figure that. I love the channel

[@That1ufo]

@@Guildbrookfarm Have you lost the ability to set how many? I know they automatically set it to a crazy number every 2min a month ago but most youtubers reset it back to normal.

[@tmackie1694]

#excavatorenvy Did you buy? I’m sooooooo jealous 😊

[@carlinkay1151]

👍🇦🇺🥰