grandma hobbies are SO back!

[@arena8778]

“Bill G is probably involved, he always is” I died laughing! You’re definitely my type of people 😂

[@HopewellHeights]

lol its always the same culprits!

[@Anna-t7l]

​@HopewellHeights Always yes 🤨 Gates and Larry Fink were mooching around Downing St, meeting with our utterly appalling pm here in UK. Probably about land, and their insane net zero agenda 😡 Our government here are truly corrupt, and we the people are working to get rid of them. We do have some members of parliament who have integrity, and we want their newly formed party to be our government. A good man called Rupert Lowe is one of those mp's, and he is pushing hard for a full independent investigation into why the grooming/rape gangs were covered up! We are demanding that justice be done, for all those women who were groomed and raped when they were as young as 12 😢 Our disgusting prime minister was head of prosecution previously, and has been involved in no end of cover ups of appalling crimes 😡 Everything is being uncovered now and it is truly evil !

[@kourtneyjean6526]

You have no idea how valuable your videos are to me. My husband and I are saving up to buy land (should reach our goal by May 2025!) and we plan on having gardens, babies, and milk cows. I literally take notes on advice you give in your videos. I’ve been watching you for over a year now since I started my stay at home wife journey, and you’ve been my #1 teacher. Thank you so much for your real, no nonsense content. 💗 you are definitely a role model to me.

[@HopewellHeights]

May!! That is so close, so excited for you!!

[@lorianderson2008]

You might like More Than Farmers and Hollar Homestead, too. Like this channel, they are very down to earth, old style homesteaders.

[@AmyHatch-x1c]

I love that you’re showing all the farm chores now. Puts all of it into perspective

[@AmyHatch-x1c]

My husband and I are now just starting a gaps diet similar to yours. He has major gut issues. I’m really hoping that all of us can get some healing from doing it.

[@katush80]

I'm right there with you. I can't stand all the cheap dollar store trinkets and junk candy my kids get. 😵‍💫I'm always throwing them away. My husband tries to tell me I'm taking their "joy" away and I always say there's an abundance of the wrong kind of joy in America. This isn't joy. 😂

[@HopewellHeights]

Truly it's the opposite of joy for a mom with lots of kids and a full plate!

[@michelleneubauer5099]

Please don’t throw it away. Try to donate it if possible, Theres already enough waste as is 😢

[@katush80]

@ agreed!

[@Janieblueyes]

You reminded me of myself , walking with kids, dog cats, chicken and wild birds, cows mooing . I love these moments, so calming to my soul. 🐨💗

[@ssnure111]

Just a thought: do you and Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone know each other? You guys have similar content, yet you both have such uniqueness in your homekeeper/motherhood styles. I would love to hear you talk in more of a podcast form- it would be cool for you to be on her podcast Simple Farmhouse Life!

[@kimwood6632]

They already have done an episode on the podcast.

[@Sarah-vl4mq]

I think they're real life friends as well.

[@nursediane]

100% Agee with you! Lisa is one of my favorites too. I am just thrilled to watch real content with real people that I can relate to on so many levels!!

[@crazydoxylady7169]

OH and the black kitten.....You have the BEST life girly!!!!

[@inacecilia]

I love those cows and your attitude about homesteading, cooking, motherhood... all the things!

[@Mel-vu9ss]

Re breeding. One piece of advice I can offer is when the puppies are about 3-4 days old, begin touching their paws often. It helps desensitize them to having their feet handled as adults. Daily just take a q tip and rub their tiny pads, between toes etc. Use a damp cloth or dry cloth alternating textures and mild temps of water. Also, expose them to crates beginning young, again to desensitize them to them in case the need ever arrive for the need of one. Gate open gate closed. Etc. I did things like this with my litters. Little things like this can help tons when they’re adults.

[@ndigoalchemist]

I just love ya but when you said "Bill Gates is probably involved" I was like oh yeah she my kind of gal! Wish we were real life friends ❤

[@Miss.Denise94]

Yay for grandma hobbies!

[@crazydoxylady7169]

OMG....LUV LUV LUV Charlotte. She is so stinkin cute! She looks like a stuffed animal!

[@candacemurphy7347]

Love your videos! They’re so insightful!

[@lisamerrell9475]

Omg girl we could be best friends! Fellow tinfoil hatter. 😂

[@christazarza887]

Don't get me started on the fog. Lol I live in a desert and though it's not completely unheard-of, it is extremely rare to get fog. However lately there have been more than a few foggy evenings this winter. Suspicious 🤔 Anyway another lovely informative video. Have a blessed New Year!

[@HopewellHeights]

So strange!

[@KILO-uv2wi]

Thank you for addressing the fog straight away, as that was my first thought Lol

[@DarleneDeSilva]

I leave the leaves, it insulates the herbs and I have herbs all winter in NH. Love your channel.

[@HopewellHeights]

If I wouldn't have let the weeds get so bad I would have left them!

[@rhondac5452]

Have a grain mill ordered. Thank you for the tips and sharing your like with us. Appreciate your videos!!!

[@KristaL1983]

Do you have a how to compost video??? I love all your content!!! Getting ready to move into our forever farmhouse, city girl slowly trying to learn this way of living/thriving in the world!!

[@HopewellHeights]

I don't, we just feed all of our scraps to our chickens and pigs and then spread their manure on our fields!

[@kimwood6632]

Hollar homestead's channel has quite a few on their way of doing it. Most feed scraps to the animals. He just does a ring of leaves, grass and the scraps in the chicken run and let's them dovthe work then scrapes it out when it's done. Multiple ways to do it.

[@VagabondBird]

Such a calming video to watch! Loved it! ❤😊

[@backdoor5993]

Good post, thanks! I did not know about turning your loaf over, good tip. Thanks for sharing!

[@southernlychelsee]

You are so right! Store bought bread tastes like cardboard, it’s just so blah. I also love adding Kamut into Hard Red/Hard White. It adds even more nutty flavor. After eating breads made with Fresh flour you can’t go back. ❤

[@HopewellHeights]

Ohh I'll have to try that!

[@cindymoore9380]

Great information as usual hopeful to dive into bread making this year as well

[@iamcharlottefaith]

I just love your videos! I look forward to them every week

[@izabela914]

Wow, tilting the bread to cool down is new to me!! I’ve never heard of it before 😮 will start doing this 👍

[@DanielleConner6]

The kitten 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@caballefam]

Ohh my i didn't know the last tip at all about the bread. I'll do it on my next bread-making session

[@tsilbaugh5314]

Can’t wait to see your food storage! I love those ideas!!!

[@lindacook9300]

Oh how I wish I can do life over again. I'd be like you! 😉 But watching your videos takes me there just a bit so I'm living vicariously through you!

[@Jmarie738]

You should build a ramp for your milking station and the cow can be higher up so you don’t strain yourself while milking ❤❤❤

[@traciesimons4028]

Loved this video. Yes, I did know to turn my bread on its side to cool. Someone told me years ago when I was first married but I can’t remember who, nor what the reason they gave me for doing it was …. but I’ve been doing it for over 20 years now. 😅 There is nothing quite like fresh raw grass fed milk and cream. I use mine in my coffee and tea everyday. 🤤

[@nancyleejoyce5855]

I used your 20% discount code to purchase my Nutrimill "Harvest" grain mill, last month. I was able to apply your code, on top of its current sale price, for even more savings! THANK YOU so much for that, it really helped! (Especially since I have now set my sights on an Ankorsrum bread mixer to go with my grain mill!))

[@lindasmith5190]

Enjoyed.

[@magen2271]

Loving seeing you milking again! Those loaves look beautiful. May I ask where you purchase the wheat berries from?

[@nursediane]

You are incredibly informative! Thank you for real raw content. Can I ask you what type of wheat berries you milled to bake your wheat sourdough Amish bread? I have been making my own sourdough bread for a year now and want to try my hand at your Amish bread recipe. I am also wanting to mill my own flour. Where do you recommend buying the wheat to mill? Love your channel!

[@tsilbaugh5314]

I never k ew that about cooling the bread!

[@Rdnckgrl77]

Looking forward to seeing all of your progresss on the farm this year! Random question but how tall are you? I always wondered lol

[@roschelle4648]

What kind of bag did you take your loaf of bread out of?

[@kimberlyscrivner9373]

I am 67 and I have never heard of tipping your bread on its side to cool. I will be trying that.

[@caseypie]

How did you end up liking your metal raised beds? Could you link them? I’m wanting to put in a garden this year but spare my husband his precious weekends having to build them

[@HopewellHeights]

So far so food but we have only had them just shy of a year, they still look brand new - we will see how they hold up in years to come!

[@barbaramarsanico2552]

Love all your videos. I just bought a grain mill. I don’t know how fine I should mill the wheat berries. I have a nutrimill harvest mill. Could you tell me how fine the flour should me for a loaf of sourdough bread.

[@tiffanybean2848]

Yep, I just went to the website too and the mill is sold out. I have a Kitchenaid. Anyone have any experiences using a mill attachment on the Kitchenaid?

[@susiemccoy7]

I just love the fog. Is the cat going to have kittens?

[@SeniorMomentsHomestead]

Do you mind if I ask what kind of counter oven you are using? I have been looking for one that is electric and big enough for my bread to bake. All I have found do not have enough room heighth wise for my loaves. They rise a bit during baking. Thank you. 😊

[@narrowwaysfarm3318]

Curious - I watched another video of someone who has family milk cows. They were urging to disease test the cows for BLV and some other things before drinking their raw milk. They also said to never introduce new cows to the herd before isolating and disease testing. I was just curious on your take on that. Love your channel!

[@HopewellHeights]

Fancy is registered so she was vet checked before we completed the purchase and picked her up, we got a copy of the vet record which is something you should always ask for if you're purchasing a cow from a farm you don't know or if the cow is registered and you want to keep up on her paperwork!

[@GARDENOFLIFE2024]

L❤VE all your videos.

[@HopewellHeights]

Thank you!

[@FoodFreedomUSA]

It’s not grandma… it’s just bro g a woman. This is what women do and we should all be happy about it!!

[@ramonawhisenant2045]

Love your videos. Which state do you live in?

[@EmJang7]

Grain mill link isn't working.

[@ariannafree]

:( aww, its sold out.

[@masquitaful]

Umm, if it is homogenized, you CANNOT separate it, no way no how. You can put raw goat milk through a cream separator and separate the milk from the cream. The proper way to say it is that the goat milk is the same weight as the goat cream and does not separate itself.

[@stephaniebloodworth7990]

No I don’t know that . What what kind of berry do I get to make a white loaf of bread?

[@HopewellHeights]

Hard white!

[@JoeTeti-ie6ox]

You would have to sift out the bran and germ to have white bread

[@stephaniebloodworth7990]

@@JoeTeti-ie6ox I don’t like wheat bread