We bought a farm with our friends!

[@saraherber1887]

What wealth you have .... Land and water. There is no limit to what you can do. My family has been on our land for generations. Our tradition is to plant a food bearing tree or bush for each of us every year. You will have your own traditions and make your own history. Congratulations to you and your friends. Sunshine and happiness to you.

[@superthevibe]

That’s such a beautiful and meaningful tradition, so special 🥹

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We actually had a very similar tradition back at our old place where we inoculated new shiitake and lion’s mane logs every year as well as planting some new perennial fruit trees. We’ll definitely keep that going at the new land 😊

[@siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzig]

Please more videos like this! I would love to see the process of expanding upon the land, building the home, etc. Looks wonderful ❤

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We'll definitely be filming some of the projects so keep an eye out :)

[@GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn]

So happy for you young folks! Life passes by much too quickly, so seize the day and take advantage of everything you can. ♥🌱🍂

[@AlisaDickson-kw4ek]

Y'all are living my dreams I'm going to enjoy watching everything y'all do I'm a old lady and I pray that my grandchildren learn from y'all videos Being in nature you will feel GOD alot more

[@poodledaddles1091]

Well I bet everyone is losing sleep, just planning what to do the property! The dream is part of the fun! It’s going to be great!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Haha yea we've actually all been planning our future "friend farm" for years so there's a lot of ideas that we're finally able to start working on!

[@bushpushersdaughter]

Please feel my words when I say I am Thrilled for you and your friends! What a blessing for you all! Looking forward to all the new adventures you will share with us. Sending all the best wishes and so much love.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you so much!

[@FrogCities]

Definitely save that clay! I don’t know if any of your or your friends are interested in ceramics, but it could be a great experiment to see if the clay is viable for making vessels! Eating off tableware made from clay on your own land sounds incredible

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We were actually collecting it to use as the plaster for our walls, but there’s a strip of even purer clay that we found by the creek that we’re gonna use to throw some ceramics 🙂

[@garfield7-7-7]

I’m hoping to find friends who will buy a farm with me! Congratulations!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

I hope you find them too. Hey people who want to farm together, become friends with this person!👆🏼😊

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

You okay with the cold? I'm hoping to buy land, but way up north probably.

[@stravaganza7616]

I'm trying to form a group of all ages! (Currently still short on people under 40, there are only 3, myself included... 😅)

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

@@stravaganza7616 I'm under forty! Though, again, I'm pretty set on going someplace pretty cold. I want to set up someplace that's going to be more inhabitable in the future, not less :[]

[@tarawatterson4188]

Me too. Anyone interested in land in Appalachian mountains in southwest Virginia area?

[@isimerias]

It sounds like you guys are basically starting a real life stardew valley game 😂 Your plans sound incredible! I wish you all the best of luck with this big step. I have to admit I’m going to miss the homey ambiance of your old place!! As far as content creators, I strongly feel that you two align most strongly with my values and what I want to prioritize in life. Homegrown and home cooked food, foraging, respect for ecology, natural materials and most of all love and community. I hope you guys can bring a new vision to youtube for what “homesteading” is about, which is so focused on independence and self sufficiency to a toxic degree.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

So many people have said the Stardew valley comment that I feel like we need to try playing it this winter! And yea there’s definitely a lot of the hyper-individualistic, antisocial homestead accounts on social media, but the other folks that live like us that we know in real life aren’t like that at all. I think it’s yet another weird social media distortion of humanity. Glad you’re enjoying it here though 😊

[@isimerias]

@ It definitely must be a result of taking the lifestyle to an extreme imo. From what I’ve heard, being ideologically committed to weaning yourself off of depending on society + have content to produce sounds good until it makes you realize *why* humans have developed communities to share labour, resources, and time in the first place ☺️ I don’t watch much homesteading content anymore but I’ve heard of people realizing that they can never have any time off and their entire “independent” system falls apart the moment they get a bit sick and have nobody to lean on.

[@kelleenbrx6649]

@@isimerias I've started watching Anne of all trades and she talks about this exact thing. She ended up moving to a community in Tennessee so she wasn't doing 'all the things' herself.

[@ecoworld417]

When you found that spring, it brought childhood memories when we found a spring while spending time with my grandparents over a summer. The joy I felt. Congrats!

[@fivetimesyo]

Congratulations. There's so much humanity in this. All the best to you. Tame it and make it bear beautiful fruits.

[@abhishekshah509]

Congratulations! I have been a viewer and well-wisher of this channel for over a year now. Really happy for this milestone of yours! :)

[@chocohalick]

I would LOVE to see more of fixing up the barn/apartment!

[@rubygray7749]

How wonderful to see you spreading your wings on a beautiful patch of earth all your own. The amount you will be able to achieve here will amaze us all. No commuting time lost between several properties, unlimited size beds for all your gardens and crops, just step out of your door and into the abundance. I'm just worried, if you get a cow, what you will call her. The cow name is already taken!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you! And that’s a very good point about what we would name the cow 🤣 Maybe we’d have to call her “Bark bark”?

[@beck1393]

What a blessed and beautiful life. Best wishes on this new and exciting journey!! Looking forward to following along with you😊

[@MaryKateFrank]

MooMoo seems like a very competent overseer. ❤

[@tarawatterson4188]

Im overjoyed at this news - this is a dream of mine too. Wishing you and your co-landers much richness in community and food. So excited to see the first projects you are undertaking - deeply satisfying. I'm filled with hope for the possibilities on your land and the meaning + life you will cultivate 🙏💪🌿🦄

[@12gramtalon8]

So fire is a great way to go, if you’re looking to use it I’d suggest looking at patch burning. You’ll have plots that you burn in cycles 2 or 3 years long. Ideally a spring burn one plot and a summer burn on another as well to increase forage quality going into the winter but that takes a fair amount of property. Letting it rest between burn/graze cycles helps increase diversity in plant life and yields better burns due to more fuel. If you’re already planning this ignore me. All the best.

[@LaineyBug2020]

Once you get everything going you could probably sell tickets for tours and run workshops! Congratulations!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thanks! I don't know about selling tickets for tours, but we'll definitely be doing workshops and community dinners once we get things established :)

[@jomicheleseidl2033]

I'm so happy for you and your friends. it will be so interesting to see the projects you undertake and the way you develop this space for 3 families. You did a great job on narrating this video! And the light falling on you face makes your look luminous and perfect! I'm hoping for all good things for you and the others.

[@battlearmanda]

Thank you for sharing your new land! I've been so excited to watch this journey!!

[@andreahorsch286]

I actually am interested in what buildings were already on the land as well. Awesome content. Thanks for showing the seeder.

[@cppower1]

Would love to do this someday with friends!! Such a fan. Not to be super cynical, but one of the main things that worries me about doing something similar is what it might look like if relations deteriorate between groups on a shared property. You hear stories where everyone is of course all good friends when it starts (and we always hope it will be like that of course) but things happen and it can be a legal mess if things turn sour. If it's not too much info, do you guys all own the plot together or are they separate plots all in the same place owned independently? How much did you have to think about all that legal stuff? Again sorry for the cynicism!! This is a fantastic video and I look forward to watching everything you guys do with this blessing of a property moving forward!!

[@brandynash1409]

I’ve seen this fail miserably and I’ve seen this work beautifully! The key to the success I’ve seen is everyone’s core values are the same and they have become more family than friends. They also, in every situation of success, have their own home and space. But come together for the big projects. So, they are more neighbors.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yea that’s actually exactly what we’re doing. We’re subdividing the land so we can each build and own our homes and then farming together, sharing resources and working together on projects just like we have been for years, but on rented land in the city

[@ruut1448]

Yes, open meadows are really important part of ecosystems!

[@capucinefrenchgirl]

So excited to follow this new journey. I like homesteading videos but doing it with friends and creating a community is awesome . I hope you make a straw bale home 😊❤

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Haha well as a matter of fact that's exactly what kind of homes we're building! Silvan and our friend Annie have been doing strawbale building workshops for the past year and that's actually what we were collecting that clay for :)

[@CrowShadow]

How lovely and fortunate that you found a spring on the property.

[@chrispy804]

Wow what a dream come true! Please document as much of the "taming" of the land please. Would love to see how the process goes

[@Renessa47]

Living the dream! So excited to see all the new adventures you guys can get up to out there. 💙

[@agatagorecka1654]

Huge congratulations guys! I'm looking forward seeing how you make it your own heaven, because I'm sure you will 😍

[@emmah5739]

Thank you for the longer video! This is so very exciting. Congratulations! Congratualations to Ethan on his new album, also.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you! And we'll pass your message along to Ethan

[@qualqui]

Congratulations Jordan,Sylvan and friends on buying this piece of Heaven on Earth! Deer, rabbits, squirrels, songbirds and you three families living in peace and harmony, COOL how you finish the growing season 2024 with planting garlic and winter wheat.😊👍

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you! 🙂

[@risamateo8003]

Congratulations! Looking forward to see your process and methods

[@amberafonso2903]

Im so excited to see how the wheat turns out. So often i see people shy away from growing grains but grains are amazing. I recommend growing hull less barley and hull less oats as well, it really cuts down on the post harvest processing and makes hand threshing a breeze. Sorghum, amaranth and quinoa are other grains that are easy to thresh. Good luck!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Us too! And yea we usually grow a little patch of hulless oats every year and we'll definitely be doing a little field of them this year. We've never grown barley before since we don't really use it that much. What do people typically use it for other than beer?

[@eh2657]

@@HomegrownHandgatheredbarley: soups and Buddha bowls. Delicious.

[@amberafonso2903]

@@HomegrownHandgatheredyou can use it in tonnes of ways, its by far the most filling feeling grain to me i think due to its fibre content. I use it whole like farro, in soups, a sweet porridge i just takes longer to cook then oatmeal, it can make a savoury porridge sort of like risotto, and i make a cold barley and lentil salad. You can also grind it into flour thats similar to other lower gluten wheat relatives like spelt and rye.

[@simonereiter5845]

Wow so cool! I am so much looking forward on all the work happening on the land

[@hayligeffen3296]

So happy to see a long video again! ❤

[@OrWhatWeHave]

What an accomplishment! (Also first 🎉)

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you!

[@moony-_-.]

A dream! so excited to see what you guys make of the land!

[@minyasx]

this is wonderful, congratulations!! you guys are living the dream

[@yuliablatter]

You guys are always so inspiring! Thank you for the great content!

[@laurap6274]

Thank you so much for your incredible videos! Congratulations on this new chapter :-)

[@justinweaver7543]

I'm so happy for you! Sending you all the best vibes.❤

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you!

[@AlgiereRanch]

Congratulations on the farm!!!!

[@alicianneboyle2443]

Congratulations friends on your new home. Great that you found a spring on the property just don't let that spring go dry on a drought. My husband and I experienced the drought this year and it sure was not fun at all. We are looking more into next year for a secondary water source which will probably be a rain water set up. But anyways congratulations 🎉🎉 Peace ✌️ & God bless

[@neme7725]

Love this idea! Its really inspiring for someone that doesnt live far out from the city and would like to create a collective space. I always feel like i need to be in q perfect condition and place to farm garden and forage, but i dont. Thansk for all you do!

[@coljar100]

congrats.... can't wait to watch this adventure

[@pjn7136]

Wow, very exciting. As someone who gardens in a yard which struggles to get sunlight I was confused why you tilled in a shady space. I wish you all the best.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

It’s actually not that shady. The sun just happened to be behind a tree when we were filming because it’s low in the sky this time of year. During the growing season that spot is in the sun all day

[@Twitterhelpercreator]

Congratulations

[@ElisandeWalters]

can't wait to see what you make of it. it is amazing to have the sort of friend group that one can envision something like this with.

[@wendyharper8930]

I love watching you work together. You're such a great team with well matched skills

[@nanchesca3950]

So exciting!! Congrats on your new farm!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you! 🙂

[@SarahS-em1dv]

First of all, congratulations! I only found the channel a few months ago, but I've had an interest in homesteading for a while now. This is largely inspiring! While there's a good chance something like this will only ever be a pipe dream for me, I have loosely discussed a similar goal with a friend of mine. Wouldn't be feasible for a while, but this gives me hope it could happen one day with the right planning. Looking forward to seeing what you all make of this new life for yourselves!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Hey, all dreams start as a loosely discussed goal! I hope it can happen for y’all one day 😊

[@BackyardBerry]

I am so excited for you all. I know the land will be stewarded well for years to come. Cheers and congratulations.

[@Moss-ne8wi]

As someone who grew up in a wheat farming family in the West Australian wheatbelt (I still live on a farm, I'm just not farming), watching the two of you work on, and with, your new farm is eye opening. Congratulations, I am hopeful and grateful for your stewardship of such beautiful land.

[@statisticallysound]

Such a beautiful piece of land, congratulations to your families!! Reminds me of a piece of land my parents bought with 2 of their friends near Ozark, Arkansas. It brought my brother and I so much joy to grow up and spend weekends there learning about nature and how to take care of it

[@selinaboyd1806]

congratulations ❤❤

[@RebeccaEWebber]

I'm really excited for this! It's been womderful leaning how you all manage to make it work even without access to land like this, but this next era seems amazing.

[@makilahduncan556]

Hoping you get goats 🐐 i love goat cheese and I can't wait til I have my own little herd. Stay safe and take your time ❤ enjoy each project with it's ups and downs and slow spots. Very happy for you all

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We plan to! Our friends that we borrowed the tractor from have milk goats so we’re gonna get some of the same breed from a different farm and then we can breed ours back and forth without inbreeding

[@JensOdense]

Glad you found a great space for your ambitions, that also fits the friend group. Good luck and I look forward following along with your projects 😊

[@mr.darkheart2979]

Wow, Congratulations

[@literallytraeger8222]

This is incredible news!! So happy for you all!!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you!

[@deborahmcsweeney3349]

So glad you shared! Hope is the most wonderful energy! I remember starting our little homestead! That's been about 19 years ago! That land looks like it could grow some beautiful corn!!!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Couldn't agree more! Hope keeps things moving forward in the best way

[@saracheung96]

This is wonderful! Can’t wait to see how you grow it over the years

[@eves7733]

Can't wait to do this with my community

[@mollycorder4892]

Congratulations!! Looking forward to hearing more about your farm community.

[@junewrogg6137]

This is so exciting!!!!! I'm so thrilled for you both!!!!!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you!

[@Sandras12374]

Congratulations! Land and water, that is the ultimate wealth. I wish you success and happiness on your journey! 🌱💦

[@murockey]

Im so happy for yall. You must be so excited for everything that is to come! Love from Berlin

[@nessavee2205]

Congratulations!!! Im so happy for you!!! I cant wait to see what you all accomplish in the future. I know it's gonna be great!!! Much love from Oregon ❤.

[@danross1219]

Congratulations, so happy for yall! Love your content

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you! So glad you're enjoying it

[@no.1belleandsebastianfan]

This is my dream! Happy for you guys ❤

[@Kimodell-2024]

Congrats! beautiful land! look forward to some great things to happen 🙂

[@mnossy11]

Ugh, gorgeous, love it!! ❤ so excited for you guys, what a fabulous homestead plan!

[@prettyflower999]

I cant wait to see what you do with this new place!

[@kimsome8334]

I’m beyond excited for you guys!!! I’ve dreamt of doing something like this (but I’m too old now) so I’m extra happy to be living it through your videos! Big congratulations on your fabulous adventure!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you so much! 🙂

[@MrSinisterLaugh]

Thank you for the inspiration, I love your journey and hope mine finds that path.

[@tereclemmer7923]

Such an interesting adventure! Sending best wishes for all your plans to come true.

[@adirtysock9720]

So excited for you all! Can't wait to see the content that comes as a result!

[@paleoanonymous9026]

Congratulations ❤

[@shirleysparks1148]

You're living my dream . Hopefully, one day, I can live it as well. ✌️

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

I hope you can too!

[@MsChocolatyChocolate]

Congratulations!

[@Infinitepossibilitiesat56plus]

Congrats! So exciting!!

[@clare3178]

Huge congratulations on this new chapter! Just wanted to also say thank you for your videos, not only are they wonderful to watch but they've given me the confidence to grow flint corn and make masa, which I've always wanted to do, but felt too daunted by the process. All the best from (very hot) Australia.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

That’s so awesome! What kind of flint corn are you growing?

[@amilawstudent]

Congratulations!!!! 🎉🎊 🎉 🎊 🎉

[@kryptik0]

Did you get the soil composition and pH checked on your new property? Congratulations!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yea, we did a soil test before finalizing the offer. Came back great. And thanks! 🙂

[@villagecharminglife]

Amazing farm❤❤❤❤

[@sillymonger]

Congrats!!!

[@grannyanniesfarm4972]

I so want to do this with my off grid 8 acres, but have never been able to find anyone else that wants to.

[@trudy285]

Congratulations! 👏👏 ☺️✌️❤️🦋🙏

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thank you!

[@jasonbradley7710]

Please give the deer a few years to mature before beginning harvesting. One of my best friends had a similar property in West Tennessee. They began with 3-4 point bucks, but now, 15 years on, there are many +10 plus bucks. Be thoughtful on the harvesting, and you'll be set for the years beyond!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yea we always hunt with a conservation mindset. We’re not as worried about big antlers although there are some massive bucks out there already

[@kellybryson7754]

Wow! Hard work.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Fun work though 🙂

[@lindamon5101]

Congrats! ✊

[@EcologicalOne80]

I’m so excited for you guys!! What are the details; parcel sizes, co-op organization, climate type, zone, bio region?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thanks! We’re subdividing the parcels where our homes will be so we can each own our home and yard and then a 3rd parcel we’re gonna collectively own through an LLC where we can do farm dinners and community events. We’re in zone 6b in Appalachia

[@tarawatterson4188]

​@@HomegrownHandgatheredthis is how I've considered doing it if I ever find folks with shared interest/values. Any thoughts about how to handle it if/when one family wants to sell their property down the line? Maybe a clause with first opportunity going to the other owners to buy them out.

[@codyleeser392]

get your fruit & nut trees in this fall if possible and perhaps cage them from the four footed munchers.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

That’s what we were planting in the beginning 🙂 Persimmons, serviceberries, native plums, pawpaws, chestnuts, etc

[@ritugarg2625]

Who's taking care of your other house, while you are working on the farm? Is working on the farm homestead a full time job?

[@clemdelaclem]

Did you move out of your old home already? What about winter, it sounds really cold in a barely furnished farm, hopefully you'll be safe until next season, then it will be amazing

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yea, we already insulated the barn and put on the doors and windows so it stays cozy in here even when it's freezing outside. We're installing a wood stove next week too and then we'll be toasty!

[@rebeckawoods6093]

This looks very peaceful. Though, I'm curious how you structured the land from a legal ownership perspective. Are you all tenants in common? Did you make it a collective? Or perhaps you were able to subdivide? Did you make a plan for if one of you has to move for any reason? or how heirs will eventually receive the property? I'm not trying to rain on your parade at all; I'm really curious how you set this up to maintain good feelings among friends if something happens that changes the plan.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We’re subdividing the land so each family owns their home, but then farming it together. It’s basically just our little neighborhood farm that we’ll work on collectively

[@minarijordan7990]

How much acreage are you all on? How much pasture versus wooded/unusable land?

[@brandynash1409]

Our wooded/unusable land brings in more calories and medicine. We hunt and forage.

[@minarijordan7990]

@brandynash1409 for sure, there's tons of value in uncleared land. Beyond forage and hunting, you can tap trees for sap, timber, grow choice mushrooms and so much more. I'm just curious about the farm layout.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

It’s about 70% pasture and 30% wooded

[@phiacraft338]

Will you collect some of the garlic while it’s still green? I’ve seen people make pesto from it and it looks delicious!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We usually make garlic scape pesto, but we’ll probably leave all the green garlic to mature for cloves

[@stravaganza7616]

Congratulations guys!! 🎉 I want to learn how to do this too! Is there any chance that you sell fysical books? Because I learn better from a book than a screen and I also like to have access to it even when there is no electricity (just incase 😊)

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thanks! And as a matter of fact yes, we have a gardening book coming out this Spring! You can preorder it at the link on our profile if your into that kinda thing 😊

[@stravaganza7616]

@HomegrownHandgathered thanks! That's awesome! Can't wait to get it! 😁🤓📚

[@lizbratcher2919]

The duck comments 😂😂😂

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

🤣🤣 had to leave that in

[@macaronmommy2030]

❤️❤️❤️