Is 35 Tons of Gravel Enough? Creating a Gravel Parking Area on a windy day & Freeze Dried Candy

[@stigmartinrnning6751]

Hi from Norway. Like the fact that you show when tings don't go as planned. A lot of channels make it look like everything is easy and that they never make a mistake.

[@PhyllisGentry-b8n]

Evan, thanks for the laughs! Praying for rain for all us that need it. Be safe.

[@jonathandelamarter9002]

Your farm is really taking shape. Your steady hard work is paying off. Love the fencing projects

[@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead]

Gotta love projects like this when you're working alone. I know the struggles!

[@coyotiess]

Did you loose the wind battle? NO you beat it down( great job!

[@leolarocque-v5v]

Like the video Evan and your parking lots too .

[@joebarnas6329]

If you put planter boxes along the fence then you'll never have any weeds trying to grow under the fence into the gravel. Good luck......looks good!

[@joerodrigues3816]

So happy to see you all back again and hope you are all doing well and staying safe thanks again for your video mate.

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great job putting the gravel down Evan

[@davidanderson2436]

Im sure it was not fun for you, but I certainly enjoyed watching you fight the wind! Thanks for another great video.

[@IvyTurnbull-wn5wn]

Morning Evan, Hello from New Zealand. Enjoy your videos

[@ledzepcleo]

I really love your honesty you're not afraid to show your struggles, like you're blowing fabric.

[@johnmarsh481]

Food for thought, it’s easier to complete this job with as much stone as necessary, if you wait you will have to move equipment stored there in order to finish it properly. Take the time to make it right now and you won’t have to redo it later

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Sir, Evan and Mam, Rebecca love watching your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@RaysBeesandHoney]

Hope you get some rain soon but would love to see the pond as you see it.

[@rancancookcanoy9768]

Evan. I know it never fails if you are putting down fabric the wind makes it more challenging. Enjoying your video with our coffee. Thank you.

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great job putting the fabric down Evan

[@harveystephens6115]

Few dry in Texas too! We didn’t get any hurricane water either.

[@Harley-k6h]

Allways enjoy the videos Evan keep up the hard work!

[@jpeel2066]

Great video. Hope you get some rain. All the best 🇬🇧.

[@rodfair5698]

Rebekah, Evan , 4:30 after about 6 months, in and out of hospital, I am more than delighted to try and catch up with “ Country View Acres “. But my you tube sent me back 4-5 years, and I found all sorts that I hadn’t seen. It is great for me to be back. I hope that the full time YT thing is going well! Sincerely, Rod

[@PhyllisGentry-b8n]

Glad you are out of hospital! Praying for you.

[@rodfair5698]

@@PhyllisGentry-b8n Thank you, much appreciated.

[@marvincombs1928]

Ever since seeing your garden videos using this fabric i purchased some for my garden and man it is a world of a difference that it makes. Whole lot less weed pulling around the garden beds and i can get in the garden and not get muddy. Love this stuff and i reccomend it to everyone i can.

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks for posting Evan

[@michelehumann811]

The freeze dry candy was pretty cool

[@margaretbedwell3211]

I really expected you to lay down on that fabric Evan, just to hold it in place. LOL. The area is looking good and a good thick layer may have less weeds pop up eventually. I would never have thought to freeze dry candy. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Y'all have a Blessed day.

[@jorgemrivera5973]

Guys you see why I recommend you watch this channel specifically after a day when not everything went according to plan from whatever you did during the day!!!!

[@gbentley8176]

Certainly buy you both a pint down the Pub; all that hard effort is really worth while. Great posts, thank you, best wishes from the UK.

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Enjoyed your video Evan. There is allways a wind when you dont need it lol. Have a great day.

[@garystlaske7703]

Nice job , well done. Really shaping up nicely...

[@chaunceypullman3380]

You guys are lucky. We haven't had any rain in 4 weeks straight, and this is our rainy season to send us to a cool fall. I live in northern Louisiana, and those hurricanes didn't produce any rain for us. There is over a 1000 square miles of no burning here. That's Eastern Teaxs, South East Oklahoma, South West Arkansas and All North western Lousiana.

[@michellepollino4986]

Love watching ❤.

[@LeroyWarfle]

i like listening to you tell about your farm

[@philipsmith229]

It's extremely dry here in northeast Texas also with high fire danger.

[@LesReinert]

When putting down the fabric, use 10 penny spikes and fender washers. Put the spike through a fender washer and push it down into the ground there by anchoring your fabric

[@davidwittmer8806]

One of my favorite channels, always entertaining (fabric and wind) to working your tractor 🚜

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thanks Evan! Always enjoy your channel!

[@stevemartinez6757]

Here in north/central Florida we were lucky when Helene hit. We did get a bunch of rain, but no major wind damage. The back part of our property is basically a swamp right now and a field that is usually just grass is now a "pond". The soil is more of a peat material that just soaks up water and doesn't drain very quickly. We can certainly use a break from the rain. With that being said, I hope that you all do get the rain that you need for your fields.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

How nice is it going to be for you to park equipment on gravel. It's a big accomplishment. 👍👍👍

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Thanks Evan!

[@robpierce4408]

I’ve learned the winds help a couple of times. Started keeping a few landscape staples on hand when working with woven fabric 😊

[@catskinner3254]

Have some fun some time by mixing Skittles and M&Ms together. Place them on your counter and watch the looks you get when someone puts a handful in there mouth.

[@oldiron4135]

A little tip next time you move a pile with your bucket, to save on wear and tear. I was taught to lower rpm's to just above an idle, keep front wheels on ground as their helping to push you into the pile and as the bucket starts to enter pile, while still moving forward, to slowly start raising bucket, slowly curl bucket towards you as it comes up out of the pile towards the top. If bucket wont enter like that because its compacted, back drag some off the top of pile to break it up a little. Youll be happier in 5 years when you dont have to bang pins and bushings out to replace. They call it stabbing and it's hard on pins and bushings. Just a tip.

[@MariaGerlinger]

That fabric sure provided entertainment. Sorry for laughing at your expense.

[@cathiwim]

I-love how you talk to inanimate objects and get it to do what you want! Lol

[@AveRage_Joe]

I feel your pain for that fabric in the wind lol. I wanted to test some bifacial solar panels with different reflective items. I used some thermal solar blankets to reflect light to the under side and of course... I had to pick a windy day to do it. Love you channel btw!!

[@charlieconnor1490]

Now would be a good time to put the bridge across the pond

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great video Evan

[@DrHoyt]

If you haven’t looked at Lumnah acres please do. They have the same work level and building projects. So many of the same ideas and cows. I think you would like them.

[@CountryViewAcres]

@@DrHoyt i have watched Al Lumnah for years.

[@DanaFoster-vl5os]

Great job

[@kyliepierson8718]

You did a good job! It was kinda weird watching your struggle I was rooting for you though the whole time

[@PineyGroveHomestead]

👊 Good work! Tractor Hard!🚜💪!

[@paulsanders1373]

Never heard of freeze drying candy before!

[@jimmysmith3440]

Carmal M&M are really good

[@kathycrook1913]

Hi guys!

[@mariesheppard3750]

You make great videos , And you show it like it is, this help other to see that laying cloth down is not easy, your so busy any more I bet some days you wonder how you use to go to a job site , Thanks Evan

[@tommychew6544]

Good one, yeah, we need the here in SW Missouri too! Keep seeing slight chances on the forecast that just disappear when the time comes. Hope you get the rain along with us!

[@timothysmith3697]

Yep we need the rain here in swmo. Last cut the yard labor day weekend. Guinea's kicking up dust like the Roadrunner cartoon, when running .Lol Central/eastern Taney Cty.

[@kevinwittstruck8764]

There always something else happens when you do this kind of stuff like you said

[@mikeharris2985]

Two things your road is compacted well and if the truck drives are any good you have them spread the next load or two of stone. They can start and go to the end and back up and spread another lane. Be easier on you

[@mikeross5927]

I Was fighting the wind like that and I got some welding rods and bent them at a 90 and used them to hold it down.

[@georgew.5639]

Looks like the fabric job is best done early in the morning before the wind begins blowing. 😊

[@jimkendall7522]

Greetings from Brisbane Australia. A builder friend of mine 45 years ago suggested when I was proposing to gravel my driveway ( in surbibia) that the best mixture, in his opinion, was half 3/4 inch, one quarter 3/8 inch, one quarter 3/16 inch gravels. He reasoned that all one grade doesn't really pack down whilst this mixture becomes a denser pack that doesn't result in large ruts This may give you a better parking area

[@markpashia7067]

His mix is just crusher run put through a one inch screen to get out the larger stone. So he has everything that went through from one inch down to dust and this stuff packs like no tomorrow. The only time it will get soft is with long time soaking like in spring snow melt. I made a driveway with three quarter inch minus and it lasted years until one early spring the snow melt busted one tiny spot in a curve. I just dug out that spot and repacked it deeper and never had a problem again. In dry season it is as hard as concrete once it gets damp and packs in.

[@Sleekfalcon]

We haven't had rain for a couple of months now. I cleared my land and haven't had any rain to grow grass back, just a big dust pad. I can't wait for rain again. Your new pad is looking great!

[@markpashia7067]

In my area they call it one inch minus. The minus means all sizes below the stated size down to dust. In other words it is crushed and run through one inch screens and not further screened or washed. When they are screening size for washed stones they do every size from largest (usually four inch) all they way down to three eighth chips and each batch gets washed of dust. Nice thing about one inch and also three quarter minus is that it packs in with all the smaller and dust to make almost a concrete hard surface until winter with soaking water from melting snow.

[@timlowery7156]

Sod staples work great to pin the fabric down as you go. They are cheap and eventually rust away. Use enough and you can drive on it and it will stay put.

[@karenchaney7709]

We are also still in drought conditions here in WV. Just checked our ten day forecast, no rain in sight. Ma y of our farmers have lost crops this summer and fall, we are definitely praying for some good soaking rain!!!

[@warrenarmstrong9215]

Hilarious, welcome to my world, gotta laugh

[@suecrothers9041]

Love your videos! Lot of hard work!

[@craigbrooks79731]

Find some bite size big hunks and freeze dry them they are great

[@lanalyons6873]

Try jolly ranchers and air heads in the harvest right

[@coyroberts8356]

Thanks 😊

[@markrice3502]

great video evan i hope you try other candy too thank you for sharing with us

[@richardduggar4665]

We have freeze dried fruit (apples, bananas, plums, and pairs. You should try it

[@markpashia7067]

Best thing you could get is about two inches of snow with cold temps to let it melt slow. Or four days of misty drizzle. Last thing you want is a downpour.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Nice job on the gravel parking area. Those freeze dried candies looks and sounds delicious. I'm on the same page as you, we need some rain, only 2" here in over a month. I hope we all can get a good amount of rain soon!

[@coyroberts8356]

Prayers 😊

[@mindym.1166]

I didn’t even know freeze dried candy was a thing!

[@BrianJoyce-dk2sg]

I'm liking the TYM tractor system so far. Hopefully they won't screw up like John Deere has.

[@1947maco]

What I've noticed is that Arm's family homestead has either the same enclosed cab model TYM tractor ...What I've seen on both channels is both homesteads have had problems with over heating (thru summer months) (Oaklahoma & Illinois states) This has to be a consistent problem ?? Also Daniel @ Arms has also broken 2 of the drawbar brackets on his tractors as well........ again maybe you get what you pay for ??

[@wrldvw1836]

They like that silage!

[@valeriedevereux5912]

I work at Walgreens, the freeze dried candy is $9.00 a bag. Which is about a theater box full of candy.

[@talktech1]

Filler music. Brutal.

[@annes.4410]

You could move again your rv car port to cover this new area. This way your future new wood shed can rebuilt. Just a thought.

[@peterkoster5053]

My wife and kid like freeze dried icecream.

[@rodneybalog4605]

You should move your round bale feeder around so that way you fertilize all the ground around

[@johnbudesa]

On a windy day ... Weight one end BEFORE rolling out. Weight as you go.

[@dalewallace3812]

There was a barn that burnt on the edge of town Monday evening I called 911 and the fire department was there most of the night. I always seem to find it takes more rock than you think anytime you start a rock job we had a path to our pavilion at church I scooped out all the old rock and hauled fresh in it took 7 tons 2 loads with my dump truck I was thinking it would only take 1 load

[@CountryViewAcres]

Rebekah saw the barn outside Marshall and a house a few miles south.

[@markdebano944]

Evan you must like to make a ton of trips to the pile! You just found out the dump trailer will handle a load but you still don’t use it

[@sharonwatkins9100]

We have a small store in our town that sells freeze dried candy. I love their malted milk balls. Give that a try.

[@VanLoweLawnCare]

We actually have a fire risk all the way out here in Maryland tomorrow as well!

[@PeterWenzel-yn7fn]

Waving a hand from texas

[@CountryViewAcres]

@@PeterWenzel-yn7fn 👋

[@kingkong7617]

Hi Evan from south Alabama and we have not had any rain either, so hope we all get some soon.

[@jakeschisler7525]

I'm beginning to think there is no rain. My yard is totally brown and the leaves are taking over the yard and eventually I will need to mow and chopped them up. I agree I have some of that material to lay down but the wind has blown everyday. The guy we called last year brought us the same rock, I think it was around 65 tons. This year I wanted the guy to just dump it but he misunderstood and tailgate it down, so I had to put on my box blade to put it back into a pile. I still have about a half load left. I've got a spot to put down the plastic and have him tailgate it but want bigger rock first.

[@crus5112]

YOU NEED TO TRY AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH IN THERE...... YUMMY ❤❤❤ they turn out good

[@rodneyhunt]

My back hurts just watching lol.

[@ryanjohnson1807]

Load up those Skittle trays, I do single layer. Milk Duds are another one that is fun.

[@randalljones137]

Here in Ga 20 tons is the max on a tandem axle dump truck

[@mgmmac36]

Hopefully you'll get some rain soon. Down here, south of Houston, Texas we're in a drought with no outdoor burning.

[@rcg3496]

You could use fabric spikes 🤔

[@terrycastor8299]

Rock never goes as far as one would like. It’s always better to put it on thick though. The biggest issue I’ve experienced with woven cloth is the dog gone weeds manage to grow through it in both directions which is a royal pain in the butt! I hope you have better luck.

[@keiths.6251]

crusher run is what it's called in my state.

[@annes.4410]

I'm surprised that you are not making this area a leanto something covered.