Homestead Q&A | Answering Our Most Asked Questions For the Month of May 2024

Today we are doing our monthly Q&A, answering our most asked questions for the month of May. We are talking chickens, KZbin and so much more. Hope yall will come sit a spell and enjoy the video!
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[@user-ow1iu2wz1x]

Scarecrows end up being a perch. I can understand your accent perfectly. Maybe cause we’re in Tn just ‘over the hill’ from y’all. Love the channel. You guys work really hard and are setting a good example for your children. That’s priceless. Seem so down to earth. That’s what we love about y’all.

[@johnayers8990]

With the garbage "they" are teaching our kids today, homeschooling was a smart decision on your part. 💯

[@stevehoover16]

Truth and honesty why I watch you videos Thank you for the update

[@Last_Chance.]

You truly are the perfect woman. I hope one day I can find a queen like you to give my heart to, share my life and grow old with. I desperately need a woman that has the kind of work ethic and values, and aspirations as you Meagan. I wish you all the love and happiness that life can bring and I hope you have a beautiful day sweetheart.

[@donnakittrell547]

My husband and I absolutely love watching your videos. Thank you for keeping it clean and family oriented. It is awesome to watch and not listen to awful language. We love the relationship you guys have. We just love everything about your videos. Thank you from South Mississippi ❤

[@ashleynorman7814]

Please don’t feel guilty about selling merch. You are not asking for money. It is our way of supporting you! Because you help everyone so much with y’all’s videos! Keep it up sis ❤

[@2fish_tacos814]

Howdy Meagan, enjoyed the Q and A. I like hearing the questions folks ask and I find myself that I agree and understand pretty much everything y’all say. I just enjoy you guys because it feels like we’re neighbors and can understand y’all’s way of thinking so it’s nice to watch the channel because of that. Plus I relearn some things that I’ve forgotten since I was a kid helping papaw and dad growing up…Andy speaks my language lol Y’all have a good weekend!

[@user-lt2yy1oc8n]

Tipper over at Celebrating Appalachia brought out a book of her recipes, I'm sure she would be able to point you in the right direction x

[@kennetheasterly9455]

Pure country!!! That’s why I watch y’all’s videos! ❤

[@creative1877]

As far as selling your merchandise and not wanting to take people's money; just look at it from a different perspective. You and your whole family have been a blessing to so many by sharing parts of your life here on KZbin. You like to be a blessing as well as do some of your subscribers. Not all can bless you like Hoss Tools or Perry Hill Farm (I hope I got the name correct). Please allow your subscribers to bless you by purchasing shirts and mugs. That's how we, your subscribers can say we appreciate you Lawson family. Be blessed and trust in Jesus

[@amybartley4592]

Girl your cookbook is great!! Got mine a few weeks ago after finding your channel!!

[@beckycook5844]

Your black bull (?) heard Momma talking and came to the fence and is watching! That is adorable 😍

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

I was wondering myself how the bird tape was working. This as been a hay making week for sure. Thank you and Andy for sharing your life with us!

[@miephoex]

With success come rewards but also intrusion. Some people believe that by supporting your channel, they have earned a right to your time. But just keep doing what you do! God Bless!

[@delphine88313]

I hope they gently put them in their place, lol .I get tired of folks DEMANDING and being outright rude.I think if you nip that crap in the beginning, you won't have any trouble later.A lot of these creators depend on the money they get from KZbin and won't address these demanding and rude folks.If it was ME I would warn them and if they don't stop block their behinds 😅😅

[@JamesJones-rn1bf]

No place like home for sure.😀

[@Laura95000]

Meagan, I love it that you are authentically ‘you’! You are just precious!💛

[@lavondadye8091]

Miss Lori from Whippoorwill Hollar put out a cookbook a couple years ago. Maybe reach out to her. She has a video talking about it so hopefully you ate able to find a way😊

[@williamkennedy6423]

Hey ya'll it's Meagan. :)

[@johnmoore2555]

Love the honesty I feel from these videos

[@janemj3467]

My accent is very similar to yalls and i am from Florida, i grew up in tobacco fields, corn fields, boiling cane syrup grinding corn for grits n meal, killing hogs smoke house meat , milken cows I enjoy your channel reminds me of of the good ole days❤

[@paccur1252]

The energy of your souls are in the earth there, which is a beautiful thing... People have lost that true grounding and love of country

[@kennethvaughan8195]

You mentioned how the roots runs deep. For me and I’m sure a lot of folks. The old dirt road I ran down trying to get far far away is the same one I come “ crawling “ back home too ! And loving being back. The yard chickens I know exactly what your saying. When I got out on my own I could not eat store bought chicken. The merch,please don’t feel bad for putting it out for people to buy. We all will do one of 2 things. Buy it or not. If it’s to time consuming that’s understandable but I’m sure lots of other people feel the same. Would love to wear it with pride. Enjoyed you video. Love y’all.

[@tinaconner8235]

Maggie's garden looks amazing! Good job!

[@mrs.americanmade7452]

Celebrating Appalachia did a cookbook and she can tell ya.....Her name is Tipper

[@nerd.outside]

Yes definitely!!! I agree!

[@GinaPitzer-tp3cc]

Happy Fathers Day to Andy! You’re a fantastic dad!

[@freesianlover]

😂I’m with you scarecrows don’t work- love the look but they don’t scare my birds- good to know the tape works 👍. Maggie’s flower garden is beautiful - well done 🎉

[@user-ns8zt1ym6x]

Thank you for not pushing your te shirts and cups I really enjoyed you and your family

[@carolynl5362]

Sure enjoy your videos…love your cookbook and would like another one too! I don’t know anything about putting out cookbooks but have seen some that publish their own…one is “Mountain Cookin with Missy” she does face book by that name…love your Q&A videos too! Bless you and see you on the next one…haha!

[@freesianlover]

😂I’m with you scarecrows don’t work- love the look but they don’t scare my birds- good to know the tape works 👍

[@user-ik1ls4pu1i]

I love what y'all do and have learned things by watching y'all

[@caseyscarrotpatch]

I'm super excited!! I just ordered your cookbook! I didn't know you had one. I love your channel and especially love it when you cook and can food. Also, I bet the crows were having a dance party outside of your disco garden. 😂😅😅❤❤

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you 🙏 ❤️

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good morning Megan and family. Thanks for sharing with us on questions, comments and answers. You did a great job and Ms Maggie's Flower Garden was a great choice for the setting. You all stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

[@lucindasutt7365]

Maggie's Garden really filled out and last I saw Jacob's it was well on it's way. Please relay my Congratulations. Your Farm is a special place, and I look forward to spending time there. The pull you feel from your land is Ancestral ROOTS. So many of us do not have that blessing. Plus the added blessing of your extended families being close by as well.❤

[@barbaraweber3084]

You might want to ask Tipper Presley for cookbook advice she has a channel celebrating Appalachia.

[@vahlla78]

I love y’all’s accent. I thought I had a strong southern accent till I watched this channel. I’m from Lumberton NC. I think the drawl is a bit different there. Really enjoy your videos. So happy your channel is growing ❤

[@sissylou1973]

Hey yaw ! From here in Candler NC . And yes I have that accent too ! lol At work nobody can’t not know it’s me on the walkie talkies!

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

We have crow trouble and your tape suggestion seems to be working for us! Thanks!

[@marilynwitherell186]

I love each and every one of your videos, thank you.

[@alemack689]

A woman's work is never done. God bless you, honey. Love watching you all. ❤

[@anncox4445]

Good morning 😊 I love listening to the birds in the morning with my coffee. Have a nice weekend.

[@mrs.americanmade7452]

Just ordered Shirt and Cookbook! Love you all from Indiana

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you 🙏 ❤️

[@Prepping_mimi]

We had to leave. Lived in the gorgeous mountains of the Catskills in NY. We miss it terrible but east TN has been good to us. We have more than 10 generations back in NY. But we are making new roots here. Just haven’t made friends 😂. That’s what happens when you stay home and garden all the time.

[@2fish_tacos814]

And my hometown in East Tn is not the same place it was just 5 years ago let alone my 50 years of living here. Walls have closed in fast because of the influx of people moving here. Sure miss the slower pace and less crowded roads.

[@monicaheskin4439]

I have it the cookbook and I actually love it 🥰

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

[@lindasaum9577]

I just love love watching and listening to you guys. Thank you for sharing all the information to help us. Have a blessed day.❤

[@brendabumgarner5278]

I enjoyed this video. Thank you! By the way, I am doing the Florida Weave (sounds like a square dance) after watching your video. Thanks!

[@tammielawson6543]

Great video❤ Maggies flower garden is beautiful🌻

[@jameslocke3069]

Do you guys keep bees? Just one double deep hive off at the edge of your property can really up the produce you get. And after babying them that first year, they only require a monthly check-in. Although in very dry years they'll always appreciate some sugar syrup lol.

[@miephoex]

Meghan, give Chelsea from Little Mountain Ranch a hello! She has published and has great communication skills and love for other womens success. 😊

[@user-bb7lo7yn2x]

Good morning from Oregon! I hear we may get another atmospheric river coming to us? Gonna have to put life jackets on my garden plants, shoulda planted RICE!!!

[@davidcanaday]

Scarecrows don't work ? I guess I better go tell my mother inlaw she can come in now 😒

[@anncox4445]

😅

[@pamjohnson2783]

I love y’all’s videos, wish I had started like y’all did when I was a lot younger, love gardening with my dad and realize how much it saved on groceries. Now I’m older and trying to start over with it all is tough on the body. Hopefully one day I ll be able to say I’m self sustainable. Thank you

[@tiktok11150]

Your California Poppies look really good.

[@annmarieharris4471]

I love the cow that photo bombed you in the beginning of this video.

[@beverlylutrell6420]

The cow in the back is to precious..it heard you talking and come running!! lol love y’all

[@rowan2u380]

KZbin is definitely like a second job for both you and Andy!

[@teresahix5658]

Meagan you are so right about a beautiful place. Maggie’s flower garden is looking great. I too understand you, I’m from GA. ❤❤

[@thehomegrownhomestead285]

We can two legs and two thighs from roosters and sometimes cornish and man its a game changer! Makes the best! I add no broth but I add a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of italian seasoning to each wide mouth quart jar and pressure can accordingly. It falls off the bone

[@johnnysharpe3812]

Garden's looking really good up your way. We love keeping up with guys and enjoy everything you put up here. Take care and hope we can get together again sometime soon.

[@user-qi4ks2cp3d]

I love your videos. They’re so honest you tell it like it is the truth. Love your videos and homeschooling your kids much safer. Thank you for another good video. ❤

[@francesgannon8990]

Your kindness and experience warms my heart, especially when you expressed your devotion to the legacy of living in the same place as your ancestors ❤️. Thank you for all the time you take on these videos you make that teach us while you share your hard work and loving family 💕✝️❤️

[@marthabirchfield664]

I love watching your videos. Watching your daughter reminds me so much of me running around chasing my daddy helping him with the garden. My daddy passed away in 07 so your videos bring me so many memories ❤

[@user-ly7pe5me5p]

rhanks for the Q&A today, answered a question I had also, Ive got a lot in common with yas, Like Andy I was a landscaper, my partner is a PT nurse, we live in WV now homesteading , great to hear ya anytime!

[@ajrichardson3871]

Love the idea of end of the month questions answered. We truly enjoy your channel! Great job!!

[@laurarowland7926]

I love your cookbook..I have been buying extra to give as gifts..the reason I love it cause it's plain and simple.to the point❤❤

[@loveneenchannel]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video and sitting drinking coffee with you🌸😊

[@katrinagarland5219]

Greetings from Virginia... Love your channel - I get that homey feeling when I watch your videos... like we're friends or something. You have a great family and a great life. Lucky you and lucky us that you share it with us. Thanks much! 🙂

[@melissaedwards8974]

Glad I watched. Learned a few things. Enjoy ya'll.

[@vickeypierce293]

Im with you on the chicken parts lol lol

[@rubytaylor4566]

Enjoyed the Q & A.😊❤🙏 Ms. Ruby

[@chicodillon]

Your videos are often the highlight of my day! They just make me feel better about this world we live in! Love seeing you, Andy and the kiddos!

[@cheryllamb8831]

Enjoyed today's video. Beautiful and peaceful spot for your morning coffee & chat! Speaking of "fresh" chicken, how long after butchering before you cook them? A day, a week? All your meals look so good Meagan. My momma was from Georgia, even though I was raised on the west coast we ate very similar to y'all (except deer or home processed meats). I moved to WNC about 4 years ago from Oregon. Have a good weekend and blessings 🕊

[@Donna592]

I enjoy watching you and your family. God bless you all

[@mjjohnst123]

I am from Michigan but have lived in Northern Florida for 15 years. I have absolutely no problem understanding you. Then again my Granny was from Tennessee.

[@terricoe7766]

Everything is looking so beautiful there, have a Blessed Day my dear ❤.

[@judypilkington7452]

Love question and answer videos. Have a great weekend, bless y'all.♥️

[@fionaworrell4535]

Put it on the to do list..to do before i die..my list is endless of things i want to get done,but just like you,what needs to get done takes priority. I just started my channel a few weeks ago, theres a lot to filming stuff,learning to edit,having things to talk about etc,its fun,but takes a good bit of organisation..not my strong suit lol😂 hope to post something up twice a week..really just doing it to track our progress,wins losses and keep me motivated. We are in Portugal

[@fredfeldt5329]

As for your canning mats, you could commission some young girls that want to get into sewing, check their work and give them a cut of your profit ! Further helping your community and your followers that want it ❤not just the young ones, but anyone 😊

[@perrywollam8981]

Like this much more than live broadcast that others do

[@naomiminnick6416]

From tn. Love your videos

[@Aleata67]

Good morning … enjoy your videos and country lifestyle.. keep doing what you’re doing!

[@Mark_Media]

Per your cookbook, Talk to the lady from the youtube channel "Celebrating Appalachia" SHe has done a book herself.

[@OurSmallTownLife]

I dont think scarecrows work either. We saved livers hearts and gizzards the first time we processed and we haven't since. I ain't taking up that freezer space for something we don't enjoy. Well Justin would, but maybe just once a year.

[@ritasnider2998]

Love you guys. Praying for your precious family. God bless and keep you

[@FarmLifeAlabama]

We planted Jimmy Red and Hickory King for the first time time this year ❤

[@user-mf3jc1ze9r]

I love where you live I love your applalachian ways I was born and I have lived in West Virginia all my life

[@debc8402]

good morning blessing to you all

[@LillieToomey]

I know you are a busy girl but I love your videos. Y'all have a

[@lesterwicklein717]

Good Morning!

[@lizmiller2341]

Maggie's garden looks great. Enjoyed this video a bunch.

[@user-xv2mc6jf3v]

Enjoy watching your videos ❤

[@pingwin466]

You all are entitled to make money from the stream because cameras and time and computers and the editing time is a job all by itself. Can't wait for the live tonight always fun

[@lisacornett9364]

I would gladly buy a tshirt but I need a 4 or 5x. I would love to have one.

[@welchfarmnc]

great Q and A

[@tarag6616]

Ever since I learned how to cook in a Romentopft stoneware dish I don't use anything else to cook my roosters in. It could make shoe leather edible!😂

[@delphine88313]

I found that pot at the flea market for 20.00 dollars . Mine isn't the glazed one.

[@kimhayden5244]

Love your channel, reminds me of my youth. I was wondering if you put back extra in case times get tough and crips fail. The world is so crazy….. God bless🤗. I’m down by the coast Southport caring for my 91 yr old daddy.

[@elizabethturner2315]

thank you guys for your videos

[@barbaramelchert8621]

Hi Meagan, farm cooking with Nan on KZbin just put out a new cook book but people order from her. Also, another one is Coffee Time with John and Mamma they send theirs out also. Hope that helps! Maybe contact them . I love watching you and your family. I'm from the Appalachian mountains in Kentucky. So I can appreciate living off the land. Your daughter is the cutest ever walking around in gravel barefoot!! Love her to pieces!

[@karenr67]

Certainly enjoy all your videos.

[@ingridholt1676]

Hi.. I've looked several times for 'Old Mansion Sausage Seasoning.' The site comes up with spices listed, but not sausage seasoning as a choice. Can you show a picture of package? 😊

[@fredfeldt5329]

The same way that a farmer that only farms to make a living, with that being their only income, if they started to grow something else for additional income, your merch can bring income just like that 👍 no shame in helping the family ❤