I COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER! // First Plow of the Season

[@edsheffield9718]

Brenda is a very good sport,be good Jim.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Actually, I didn’t even know that she fell until I watched the video footage. I was asking her what she was doing with the fence post. It gave me a good laugh when I came upon it!

[@jimkruszka3817]

I think Brenda is getting the biggest workout keeping ahead of horses for filming.

[@royolstad8532]

My Dad grew up on a N Dakota homestead, and his speech was sprinkled with farm language. When he wanted to go fishing, or dink around, he'd say "it's too wet to plow!"

[@charlottecampbell4327]

I like the expression "don't let perfection get in the way of good."

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

That’s a good one

[@maupinmaupin1472]

Beautiful camera work, Brenda, as always. You are a hard working, and cheerful woman. Jim is lucky to have you working with him.

[@caroleswain6802]

It was good to hear that you have kept your horses until the end of there lives and that you have buried them on your land, I have seen some of the videos on you tube were so many of the horses have ended up in the slaughter pipe line in America, it's sad that such a faithful animal ends that way. 😒 shame that there's not more people like you!

[@donbennington677]

When I was learning to plough, my dad said "There is no such thing as a free run across the field, you need to be straightening every time." I think he was right until we got satellite guidance. I thought I was a fair hand but not as good as that eye in the sky. UK subscriber .

[@daviddraper7364]

Brenda sure us a good worker!😊

[@michaelchippington7784]

Great video, Brenda you are doing a great job with filming on the move 👍

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks

[@marybausch2885]

That would be a never ending job here in northern Arkansas. We have millions of rocks every where.

[@mijyadoc5374]

Brenda, thank you for the work that goes into the finished product which we so very much enjoy.

[@ronharrison1776]

My dear father in law would say " you can get more seed or plants in a curved row anyhow " . He had some really good sayings.

[@Elizabeth-arb22]

What beautiful, dark earth. Brenda, you do get quite a workout with filming and walking. There's something peaceful about watching the horses moving ahead of the plow. Congratulations on 50K subscribers! I'm not surprised because your postings are so enjoyable.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thank you so much!

[@ronniemusic898]

Im 79 years old , i would love to be there to plow with , my grandpa had two draft horse weplowed with in 1947 threw 1956 when he passed away, He called hoss, great man taught me alot. love your work, sure do like those horses i miss my horses.

[@johnkomosa4089]

Happy 80th coming up.

[@flawlessfluidity7771]

"Stay focused on what's ahead" thank you Jim. I really needed that one 😇 That will be my motivational quote for the rest of the year 💕

[@joycehennequin8469]

Could we see some pictures of your past horses if that's possible 😊 all the very best 🌱🌱🌱💕

[@territn8871]

I would enjoy seeing their pictures too!!🥰

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

We will try to keep that in mind, thanks for the suggestion!

[@jeffjahns1974]

Plowing straight is an art. That I have yet to master at 50 yo. Grandpa was still plowing at 90. Couldn't see the other end of the field but he could still plow straight as an arrow. Started in the 1920s just like you- behind a team. He always said he plowed straighter with horses than tractors. I can't imagine any straighter than he did with a tractor and 4 - 14 plow. Yours looks good too. Thank you for this video.

[@sueupham2519]

So perfect today ,,great lines too,love all of it,. Super team of horses...corn cobs treat...xx

[@sueupham2519]

Awesome50!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks Sue

[@chrislittlefarm]

Brenda looks so happy all the time since she's been working on the farm, even when she is falling down! On your stoneboat I guess it was between half a ton and a ton of weight!? You are right when you get a horse you have to be clear that one day you have to say goodbye, but still this is a very sad moment in life as our horses are such faithful companions to us. -- Looking forward to the next plowing videos - hoping to seeing your girls plow 😊 - Wish you a very beautiful week! Chris

[@frankmillett]

So good to see you and the horses back in the field plowing. Brenda, my hat is off to you for doing all the walking doing the videos. I hope your ok after taking that fall . I Guess you bounced right back. Anyway , great job 👏.

[@joycehennequin8469]

CONGRATULATIONS you did it 👏👏👏👏👏🌱🌱🌱💕

[@dennisrockeysr4167]

Brenda I didn’t think you fell down, I thought you was taking a much-needed rest after picking up most of the rocks. Have a great day, I enjoy all you two do.

[@johnking8679]

Dennis Rocket Sr. - You're funny !! Likewise, I really enjoy this channel !! Such nice folk and their daughters are, too !! Have a good day !!

[@johnking8679]

Sorry, Dennis I hate the auto correct that's on UTube !! Got your last name misspelled !!

[@iffykidmn8170]

At first I thought maybe she was trying to get artsy with her camera angle giving a view from the ground looking upward.

[@jamescox8233]

jim and brenda thank you both for taking me around the farm today doing work.again i wish i was there to help, and brenda i hope you are o.k. when you fell . nice to see, ken,buck,and bill work together so good. jim ,brenda please stay safe, and god bless. hi to the girls ... jim, dartmouth nova scotia, canada

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hi, thanks for watching. Yes I’m fine, thanks for asking!

[@johnkomosa4089]

That's good to hear, the scarry part can be falling on a pole and poking yourself, that's why I was taught to cut brush at ground level when logging or like falling on an arrow. Glad your ok.

[@olddave4833]

plowed corn stubble seldon looks all that great.. sod plowed with a walking plow and an old experienced teamster is something to be admired.

[@willbass2869]

I'd like to see Jim broadcast some rye into the corn after his last cultivation. Then use a roller crimper on it next May as it heads out so he can no till in next year's corn.

[@BartvanDooren1989]

Congrats on the 50.000! You ve got a follower in me!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks Bart! We appreciate it!

[@mervjb809]

Brenda, I appreciate all the angles you get when videoing. You even went so far, as to get an, on the ground perspective!!. That was funny that Jim never knew you fell until he watched the video. It's good you didn't splash down in one of those mudholes!

[@jimkewley3790]

Nice work Brenda- you’re a trooper😊

[@SeattlePioneer]

Heh, heh! I like it that the horse gets to rest while the two humans are working moving stones!

[@davidmunro1469]

Thank you jim and Brenda. That stone picking will save your machines. Bill sure calmed down when he felt the stone. HA HA HA

[@1striperon]

Brenda, you are wonderful. Hard working, sense of humor, and a smart helper.

[@pamelawoodall5891]

I think it’s so cute that Buck keeps trying to get into the furrow !

[@kswaynes7569]

Not sure Jim had mentioned in the "training" video BUT at 8:12 of the video, Jim approached the rear of a possibly unaware standing Bill but Jim reached out and touched Bill's hind leg before he bent down to grab a rock. Important for new and careless horse owner the importance of making animals aware of your presence.

[@Cornishaich]

Lovely to watch you opening up a field like that and as you say difficult not to look back. (Don't look back, you're not going that way anyhow)

[@johnking8679]

Enjoying your plowing for the first time !! Pretty straight forward - when you know how !! 30 years experience will give you that, hey Jim and Brenda !! I do have to comment on Brenda's multi-talents !! Not only is she an excellent videographer, but the fact she has to keep up with Jim and presumably run alongside the plow as Jim moves along !! I said it before and I'll say it again, " Jim, you are blessed to have a hard-working multi-talented wife like Brenda !! She's tough and doesn't complain much !! Blessings to you ALL !!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks John

[@gloriajones231]

Jim an Brenda I enjoy your channel VERY MUCH you both come across as wholesome individuals, an couple. I love watching the horses, seeing the country side. Brenda you appear as a wonderful helpmate to Jim.you do a wonderful job with the camera. I hope Jim realizes that. THANKYOU both of you

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks so much, Gloria!

[@JimKalinowski]

Enjoy your show ! Used to work with horses when I was younger ! I’m 77 now to old but I forgot more than I remembered. Your show harnessing horses like we did! Keep up the good work !

[@steves.7872]

Congratulations on the 50K. Glad to see you're OK Brenda after the little tumble.

[@sueupham2519]

She's a little stuff old girl,,they make the best...right Brenda 💞?

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks!

[@stanhensley3082]

It doesn't take that many rocks to get 1000 pounds.The fun part of picking rock using a stone boat is you get to load and unload the rocks 🪨 by hand. Weeee so much fun!!! If you have lots of rocks 🪨 your not going to have dead straight furrows. Striking out new lands was always hard for me to do.The crops you grow really don't care if the furrows are straight or not.It just looks better. Guess it's a farmer thing.I spent many hundreds of hours on a John Deere tractor 🚜 pulling a plow. Kind of a lonely job. Still miss it.Plowing not picking rocks!! Jim,your furrows look just as good as your 50,000 subs!! Thanks 😊.

[@russellpowell9314]

Used to line the muffler on old john deere to a tree or fence post at other end of field pick ed a lot of rocks with a stone boat and a john deere b

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes so much fun! Sounds like you spent lots of time behind a plow!

[@willbass2869]

More corn plants in a crooked row....lol!

[@brendahogue5487]

Enjoy your videos and enjoy watching them horses be worked

[@malcolmthomas9953]

Good video thanks to you both , 👍 good to start plowing , Jim love the 3 🐎 🐎 🐎 working together, good work out Brenda , good to see things happing on the farm

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thanks for watching

[@4PeTe2]

Thanks for taking us along, your discussion of plowing really hit home in lots of ways. Always look ahead, pick a goal and keep your eye on it. Thanks, I needed a reminder and an example!.

[@richardsurber8226]

good job jim & horses

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thanks!

[@clairestaffieri4398]

Jim, great video. Me too, I couldn't wait for the plowing to begin. Brenda, when you went down and Jim wondered what you were doing.... I was thinking you might have told him it was your nap time. xo Claire p.s. Jim your soil looks so healthy, dark and rich. Beautiful to see. Looks like some of the Earth's best growing soil.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes, that’s what I should’ve said😀. In his defense, he didn’t even realize I had fallen down. He was asking me what I was doing regarding the fence post. He lol when he watched the footage

[@joepond9587]

Brenda, Nice work with the camera. Nice vids showing what is going on. :-)

[@meltcmelinda4012]

Fall plowing makes more sense. As for the flies in spring, there is something called fly spray for the horses. Yes, agree, Brenda and the horse are doing all the work. Enjoyed watching. Keep your Horses safe and happy. God Bless

[@SWAMPHUNTER644]

Some people call stone piles snake pits. It is ideal habitat where they can hide, find mice and voles, and keep warm as the sun heats the rocks. In the 1930's, my grandfather had a farm next to the Cicero Swamp, home to the Massasauga or Pygmy rattlesnake. My uncle went to call my grandfather, who was mowing hay with his team of horses, in for lunch. He wasn't quite finished so my uncle sat on a pile of rocks in the pasture to wait. After a short time, my uncle heard a buzzing sound and realized he was sitting on a nest of rattlesnakes. Now that pasture is a subdivision.

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Wow very cool operation you have Jim! Love the way you Roll! I wish we had more farmers like you!

[@lspthrattan]

Bill looks to me like he's handling that weight just fine, Brenda, Jim's just teasing you a little. Your Bill is one stout fella! In my youth we used a tractor and the stones were really mostly petrified wood. How wonderful to spend your day with the sky overhead...

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching

[@parnold-mora8924]

This was such an interesting video. Lots of hard work for all involved. So glad you bury your horses on your property. Way too many drafts are sent to slaughter here in Wisconsin once they can no longer work. Congrats on the 50k Jim and Brenda!!!

[@patriciawilhite7038]

Another awesome video! Brenda, you are a a real trooper as you manage to continue filming and falling down. I hope you’re ok! Great job Jim explaining your plowing techniques! Congratulations on reaching 50k! Well deserved!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thank you so much!

[@karenatha7890]

Gee and Haw! Love it. Put a newbie at the tiller of my little sailboat once. She went perfectly straight. She told me she grew up farming with her dad. I also have a great appreciation for your good horsemanship. And your lovely wife. And! Natural farming is indeed right living.

[@territn8871]

I don't blame you for wanting to get some plowing done even though it was a little too wet in some spots. It looked like a lovely day to be out prepping the cornfield! I must say that dirt looks so good and rich! Where I live in northeast Tennessee, it's all red clay and hard as concrete to dig. BTW, I hope the ointment for Duke's eye is helping!🥰

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Duke’s eye is doing well. We have to put the ointment in for 2 weeks so we will update you later. Thanks for asking!

[@patpower5239]

I like the pace at which you work Jim, Brenda on the other hand, great video job and burning lots of calories. and the horses as majestic as ever.

[@caroledwards3465]

Wow 50,000 subscribers that's wonderful news, you deserve it all of you 😀🐎😀🐎🇬🇧

[@daleevans4261]

Oh my goodness. I laughed when I saw the stone boat again. It reminded me of my Dad teasing me about how my Ford pick up truck rides. He says my Ford rides like an ole' stone boat. I learn so much from your videos. It's awesome. Learning about all the different things that the horses wear or pull behind is fascinating. Thank you for sharing your world with us. Love those gorgeous horses.

[@ellisc.foleyjr9778]

Great video and reminder of my youth. picking up rocks. Here in the Berkshires. as a fellow commenter remarked they mix a little dirt in with the rocks. As an early adolescent I often wondered where all the stone walls came from. then I got loaned out to my two uncles farms and i found out the hard way. and built a few walls myself along with many rock piles. As you would say Jim just another day on the farm. ECF

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kingtut5923]

What a nice trained and gentle horse you have.

[@henrydeyoung7689]

What a wonderful video! Amazing how you handled those three horses. That is real horsemanship. Those furrows look pretty straight to me. My dad was as fussy as you are, having a straight furrow even when he started using tractors. He said a straight furrow is a sign of a good farmer. I always use tractors and my furrows were never vary straight. It didn’t seem to matter much when you were pulling a 4 or 6 bottom plow. To me, having straight furrows, using horses, was and is a real sign of horsemanship. Seeing what it took to make that back furrow was amazing. You really had to talk to Buck.

[@kswaynes7569]

Pretty straight plowing there, as good or better than most tractor plowing jobs. I really struggled with plowing straight, I loved watching the soil roll with a nice plow behind my tractor.

[@donbrutcher4501]

My father's side originally settled up on Tug Hill. High Market topsoil, there was some dirt mixed in with the rocks.

[@Navet63]

Jim, you and Brenda are beautiful people. You made a good point about being perfect. I think that applies in life itself. Strive to be perfect, but if you fail, continue as best as you can. God Bless you and your family.

[@rodewen6081]

Thanks for the video as always love watching and appreciate all your hard work

[@sueheaman7186]

Congratulations on the 50,000🎉. Good job to you all🙌🏼( 👨🏻‍🌾👩🏻‍🌾🐴🐴🐴)

[@timothymoore2672]

Super job Jim and Brenda, busy busy busy you all are. whoever says farming is ez needs to digest what Jim and Brenda do everyday. Thank you again and GOD s Best.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks 👍

[@suiksnigelet]

E vamos ajudar que chegue aos 100.000 inscritos!!! Jim, Brenda e família vocês merecem todo apoio e carinho, encantada sempre pelos conteúdos de seus vídeos! 😍😍❤️🍀🍀🇧🇷🍀🍀

[@krystynamcilroy5837]

Good job, helped a neighbor load hay when I was 15 with his grandkids there's a story about that day almost dumped the wagon putting it in the barn

[@lucinaramsey4705]

I love both your humor in the beginning of the video, humor is a good thing… great video!

[@dawidvandyk296]

Good Evening from South Africa.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Good evening!

[@ljs6446]

Love watching you and horses plow like how they work as a team no pun intended !

[@catladynj]

Learning a lot from your videos

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

So great to hear!!!

[@johnkomosa4089]

Wow, the soil is turning, great start, great start and I love what you said about timing and stopping for a bit, that dwell does so good , if even for a day, or 1 drying day can help alot. Thanks for sharing, owe the spring smell so nice, to smell the dirt again, congrats on 50 k. My hat too is off. Salute.

[@Nordic_Mechanic]

I couldnt wait for spring either. Last weekend I finally saddle mounted 2 shires which had never been ridden or driven before. Ground work was almost, but not done. I was prepared for a wild ride but both horse did AWESOME and only walked for a few second before stopping and listening. We could hardly believe it. Fantastic creatures those drafts. I never rode a green draft for the first time, pleasently surprised. Makes me like them even more.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Wow, that is great!!! Good for you!

[@bhensel100]

We had a 2 bottom John Deere trip plow, similar to yours. We always used a piece of bailing wire to attach the rope to the seat using only 1/2 twist. That way, if the plow hit something and disconnected, the rope would break away easily rather than tearing the seat off the tractor.

[@kevintengvall4642]

Thank you, that was great to watch, as we would say Brenda must be as fit as a Mallee bull ( a very Australian saying, lol) moving stones or rocks is the bain of farmers all over the world, we call it rock picking and we chuck the rocks into the front bucket of the tractor ( which makes unloading pretty easy). Keep up the good work, I love watching how things are done on the other side of the world. regards from Oz.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching from down under!

[@kimfleury]

Oh my dear Brenda! You poor thing! I hope you didn't get hurt! I must say that you rolled so smoothly that I thought you planned it. I don't know why you'd do that, but it looked professional, anyway 😆 I did have to chuckle at Jim asking what you're doing. Maybe he thought you did it on purpose, too. That's just how classy and athletic you are. It's not many people who can pull off a trip and fall and a jump back up all in one smooth roll like that. I also had to chuckle when Jim said, "Half the time it's crooked as anything and the other half of the time it's not straight." I enjoyed this video as always 💕🐎

[@jerryjarrell206]

Congratulations on the 50,000 you deserve it looking forward to the next video

[@tomjotley7775]

I as young teenager used to go during school vacations to work on Farm and been thought how to plow the field while walking behind horses. Older Farmer thought me how to hold the plow and not to tilt it one way or other. If not holding plow properly, cut would go zig-zag. I am 69 years old now and still remember it.

[@steveluepke9654]

my uncle said he lowered his farm 2 feet picking rocks over the years. 😂

[@johnjohnjohnjohn2000]

Now that’s a Stoney farm

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

😀😀😀

[@bruceshearer1719]

Oooh YES....Brenda is a very GOOD sport....❤️

[@marekszczesny5654]

I dare to guess : I think first load till 12:57 was more than 2000pounds with Jim standing on it? :) Good exercise for Bill , and it's also showing us how good condition in, he is. Points for Jim cos like horse like owner :). I like it!

[@margaretwarner8118]

As my folks would have said, reference anything not 'perfect" "A blind man would be very pleased to see it" Your furrow, "furrough" in Suffolk dialect looked pretty good to us. QUESTION 1: What seed do you intend sowing? QUESTION 2: What benefit do the corn stalks add to the (Suffolk) soil you have over there. Yes we have 'clods' and cracks in dry times!

[@cathiwim]

Oh, to have that much land!! I am satisfied with my 5 acres, but so enjoy seeing your fields all spread out there!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching!

[@denniswagner9713]

Congratulations on 50,000 subscribers. You furrows look not bad at all.brenda can probably do it now that's its startled. Great video

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thank you so much!

[@jeffpearson5581]

In 1968 my father made a stone boat from a car roof, the car's engine had blown so it was considered junk and my father had towed it to the back of our 40 acre property. Later he took his torches back and cut the roof off where the four corner post of the roof meet the body, we turned it over and we used that as our stone boat for the next ten years. That car was a 1956 Chevy Belair. In hindsight maybe we should not have done that. Also picking stones was by far the worst job on the farm bar none and we were never told ahead of time when this chore was to be performed as we would all disappear lol.

[@plainsimple442]

I used a truck hood for a stone boat.

[@cadehillman9704]

Love watching horses work

[@davidaarons2488]

I heard Ken give his 2 cents on the subject ha ha. Jim, ya gotta ask when Brenda falls are ya ok dear. Happy wife Happy life. God Bless Ya

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

I actually didn’t know she fell until I looked at the footage, then I laughed😀

[@toms641]

I used to have a pic of 5 or 6 fully grown Irish Setters sitting peacefully under the Christmas Tree. (The pic originally was from an Irish Setter calendar.) That visual image is so improbable. Irish Setters don't like to sit still. And then I saw Jim telling his draft horses not to move. Same thing. Wow.

[@mithall4198]

That sounds like me with building projects. Most of the time they're crooked and the rest aren't square. lol Horses are the way to go. You're cooking right along with that single bottom while my 25hp Massey Harris can't even budge an 8 bottom.

[@johnalexander8589]

Sorry to see you fall Brenda hope you’re OK

[@daleevans4261]

Woo Hoo ! You made it to 50,000 subscribers. I'm very happy for you. This is wonderful.

[@mickholroyd2190]

I think this is the best video..Ive not done any ploughing..loved the explanation on the first run..really understood it thank you..

[@scottwilke3966]

Thank you for the rembers i worked a cattle ranch in montana feeding cows with a team and sleigh 3 horse hitch as sno got deeper changed the toung for side by side to 4 then 6 up to 8 horse ? They are amazing animals so much personality it was a great experience some time we had a runaway that was fun head out to deep sno they would play out just let them go !!! Yehaw nice to see horses still working

[@ingeborgm6147]

Congratulation on your 50 000 ; great job! Moe and more do people these days appreciate your life-style. Humans are meant to live with nature; it is our way since the beginning.

[@rodneywroten2994]

What a great video. Horses are so powerful.

[@robertjennings397]

What if Brenda had a horse to ride? Plus a bottle of water, first aid kit and a cell phone.

[@resistancechickschurch8908]

Brenda, Loved seeing you work horses with Jim. You both make it look so easy. We do a lot of hard work around here too, one job after another. Dentist, drivers license, off to get some Peat moss which is next to impossible to fine, transplanted 3 trays of tomato seedlings, Snapdragons, watermelon, potting up fancy hanging baskets and other pretty flower arrangements for the deck. Our Day was Noon to 10 pm then start dinner, walk dogs, then eating dinner bedtime is usually around 1 or 2 am. Pet sitters. The fall? I'd say it was God's comedy relief, plus your response, where's Brenda's mic? Relieving the stress of plowing so late in the season, and it's still wet!

[@stanklein6014]

Remember to leave the small stones for seed

[@firecaptaintom1977]

😆

[@gerhardwidmann5016]

Hallo meine lieben toles video tole arbeit ein super Furman und natürlich tole Pferte. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️

[@larrylegg8245]

Good job plowman. Keep it up.

[@dougminnis192]

Yes Jim the first furrow is very important. My Grandpa told me to never plow or plant corn perpendicular to the road, always parallel to the road. HaHa. If you want to know if your neighbors are paying attention to your work, just plow or plant perpendicular to the road so they can view every row as they drive by. Next time you go to town you will hear some well intentioned critique. I have always felt that the best plow job was the completed one and a crooked row has more corn. Good job to you both. Brenda, you must be a world class marathoner.

[@arlodewald5378]

I remember ours stone boat to bring a two horse wide , also used to move all kinds of different things on the farm .