Let’s Show You Our FULL HOMESTEAD on 7 Acres

[@AZJH8374]

New subscriber. Looking forward to your channel and journey 😊❤❤

[@AZJH8374]

Julie, I'm an AZ nurse. Born & raised. I get it totally. Born at St. Joes hospital, 4 decades of nursing, LOVE AZ, moved from a beautiful property in the Arcadia area. Bought on my own. Single mom. Moved to Old Town Scottsdale 15 years ago. Big mistake! I miss my property & fruit trees. WHERE WAS KZbin 30 years ago? I'm still a nurse & Eucharistic Minister. I take Communion to patients at hospitals & rehab. I wish l could help you! All my funds went to my son & raising him. Its hard, but l dont want hurricanes, bugs, mosquitoes, snow. We just have to deal. Huh sister! God bless you 🙏🏻 and many prayers 🙏🏻 ❤️

[@J3nn3mac]

Give your corn stalks a Shakey shake to get those silks pollinated! That few stalks will have a hard time getting pollinated if you don't.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

YYYYYEEEEESSSSS!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 We just learned this from Epic Gardener yesterday. Haha. So we self pollinated the silks….. so excited to see if it works!!

[@gailjohnson2106]

I heard the top silks are boys, and the cor silks are the girls.

[@ronnisimmons9992]

You kids are SO fun and funny and real!!! I'm blessed that I found you. Thanks for visiting the girls for Meg's shower!!!!! I think I'm gonna love you, too

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh Ronni, THANK YOU!!!! We are a crazy bunch for sure! 🤣🤣 We couldn’t be more grateful for all of our new friends!!

[@Kamalranawat72]

So amazing architecture beautifully made❤❤

[@juliechlarson9660]

I just found you. I watch Justin and Rebecca, Jess from Roots and Refuge, and many other similar sites. I used to live in a house with a yard south of Tucson but the owners raised my rent and priced me out. I ended up homeless for a few months and struggled to find a new place. Now I’m in Phoenix in a senior apt complex, but they’ve raised the rent four time in two years. So I’m continuing to search for affordable housing and looking for ways to get food and keep me afloat. My apt complex has no porch or back patio so no place to grow food. I love to find ways to get food and build a storage plan to be prepared for all circumstances. I am a senior (76 years old) and don’t know people here. I love to follow people and feel like I have some “friends” that I care about. I do have friends and family in California, but it costs too much to live there. I pray that you and your family continue to be healthy and happy. Blessings come your way. Julie

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Julie, I’m so glad your heart. Your heart sounds so genuine. Thanks for caring and for being here with us!

[@lesleywatkins1172]

I love your enthusiasm! If I was only 30 years younger I’d be doing the same as you! 😊

[@BetterTogetherLife]

I hope I’m still doing it 30 years from now! Thank you for watching, Lesley!

[@nancyewan9685]

I agree at 70 I just garden with what I have. In the suburbs with my front yard as the berm gardens for veggies & flowers. Less sun in backyard b/c of neighbor's trees. No problems from the city.

[@rachelfrees1268]

You have a true homestead. How smart you two are . All your plans and ways to continually rotate your animals is genius. Bet it cuts down on your feed bills. So glad I found this channel.Blessings.🎉

[@BetterTogetherLife]

So glad you’re here, Rachel! Thank you!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Wow THANK YOU Rachel!!!! We are certainly doing our best. And we will absolutely let you know when the summer comes around because that is when we will really see if it works. Come this fall will be a full year of intensively rotating the cows. 😁👍🏻👍🏻 THANK YOU so so much Rachel for being with us!!! We can’t express how much it means!!

[@danajessop2835]

Thank you. That was an amazing look at your life and, not only what you've done, but why you did it. The absolute joy you show is truly a beautiful thing.

[@cathykillion6544]

God’s beautiful nature is plentiful on your property

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Amen to that Cathy!!! We are blessed, and just trying to do what we can with this property for as long as God wants us to be here. 😁😁😁

[@thewaywardirishícan]

You’re great. I’m here for your personality, and whatever else you share is extra. Happy Sunday!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you so much!! I’m really grateful you took time to watch AND comment

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh THANK YOU!!!!! Love it you are too kind!!

[@samanthahoffman4647]

Hello from California....which we would love to leave someday and follow in your footsteps! I found you because I follow many of the people you just visited for Meg's baby shower! I am continuously inspired by all that these channels provide for the true grit of homesteading. I'm hoping that my husband and I can be able someday in the NEAR future to do the same. You are so down to earth and positive! I'm glad I found your channel!!

[@gingiegirl6963]

That is exactly what I feel when I watch. I find you all very inspiring and I love you show us all the things you are trying to do whether they succeed, or you learn something instead.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you so much Gingie Girl!!!! Yyyyup!!!! We feel like showing it all is the best thing we can do for people instead of only showing the good stuff. Our failures are always more interesting!

[@GratitudeHomestead]

We are in NE Texas on 6 acres! We moved here in October of ‘23 and started following you summer of ‘22 (from the beginning) while we were still in suburbia. Y’all were the first people my husband said, “Ok I can relate to them.” Thank you for your contribution in souring us on to our dream property.

[@GratitudeHomestead]

*spurring us on. We look forward to your TX homesteaders gathering.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

No way??? Wow that is such a HUGE compliment!!!! We are just a normal family trying to stay on the homestead. The struggle is real for all of us….but that’s the fun part, right? Haha!!! Thank you sooooooo much!!!!!

[@pamjohnson2783]

Potatoes themselves grow under the dirt

[@BetterTogetherLife]

This is true. Haha.

[@christinaturner3845]

Potatoes are in the nightshade family, dont feed very many to any animals!!!

[@RustyW.-mo1sk]

You guys are hilarious! Love what you're doing.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Hahaha, thank you Rusty!! Thank you!!

[@Troupe112]

It is nice to watch fellow Texans enjoy homesteading! Thanks for a tour of your lovely homestead.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yay!!! We are loving all of our new Texas homesteading friends!!! 😁😁😁

[@thenodiggardener]

Thanks for the tour, you have a beautiful place. Here in the UK we have an association called 'Pasture for life' that farmers can become accredited to when they pasture raise their livestock. It's not just about pasture feeding stock though, it's also about regenerating the land, and encouraging wildlife back to it. It thrilled my heart to see such a diverse mix in your pasture for this reason. I think for too long the word 'pasture' has meant just grass to people, and it's why our soils are dying. Many of them have stopped feeding those large round bales in one place too, and now roll them out to take advantage of fallen seed, and left hay being mulch. It makes so much good sense. Your milk has to be so much better for it too. As for mess; no-one is ever going to lie on their death bed and wish they'd swept the porch lol

[@BetterTogetherLife]

How wonderful! 🥰

[@nancyschwartz5665]

Thank you for the update! And the reality...

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Awesome, thank you Nancy!!!!

[@missouribroad978]

You guys are great! I feel like you would easily be in my friend group back home that we left when we moved to the ozarks. So glad that you showed up in my algorithm!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

I Love that! I think there are a lot of cons to social media. But THIS this will always be a pro! Here’s to the internet helping us find new friends 🥰

[@nancyseery2213]

I love the fact that your family is doing things your way and you have made it work. Live the life you love and let the rest roll of your back, just like water off your cute ducks! God bless y'all and keep on growing!!!!!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Amen, Nancy!

[@LanaiDebbie]

It is so fun to have found your channel through Jess. I am living on a very small lot on the small island of Lāna’i. My husband has no interest in homesteading, but through watching homesteaders like you, Jess and Miah, Art and Bri, Justin and Rebecca, and the Hollards, I have been gardening, making food from scratch and buying eggs from our local egg farmer.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

I’m so glad you’re here! How absolutely lovely to do all those simple and fulfilling acts! A garden and a kitchen is such a beautiful thing!

[@lindaparshall9276]

Need to plant corn in 4x4 ft area so u get better pollution

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh great advice!!!! Love that!

[@pandywilson9076]

Love your enthusiasm. Glad I found you through R&R.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

I’m so glad you did too! Thank you for being here!

[@thefrugalmomma]

I absolutely love that you upsized and downsized at the same time 😃 As long as you have a solid roof over your head, it does not matter what it was to start with, if I could I would love to live in a mobile home or refurbished shed! 3 of us live in a 5 bed home, but only because we have been here 24 years and our mortgage is almost paid and we wouldn't save much by downsizing and would not find a nicer area! New Subscriber, looking forward to following your journey! Lx

[@BetterTogetherLife]

So sorry we never saw your comment! So glad to meet you!!! I totally agree, a roof over our heads and we are SUPER BLESSED!!! 😁😁

[@colleenrodamer9497]

Ducks r good gardeners so let them into ur garden I understand ur Enthusiasm about gardening many blessings from North Texas❤

[@BetterTogetherLife]

They ARE great gardeners!!!!! We actually had them in the garden while we were doing all of the renovation. But you are so so right! We need to get them back in there! 😁😁😁

[@nutritionfacts727]

I am Texan!! So nice to find you

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh yay!!!! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!! We are so glad to find you as well!

[@debbiemize2269]

I am not a homesteader, but have watched this channel since about the time y’all were preparing for the shed to house to be delivered to your property. And I have learned a lot from watching! I am a prepper, not necessarily for a SHTF situation, but more of a whatever comes. During the Pandemic we didn’t suffer from not having toilet paper or anything else! Same during Snowmagadden. We are an older couple (I’m 72, hubby is 82), and although he still works part time, we don’t know how much longer he can. But whatever comes our way, we will survive! (At least we pray through God’s Grace we will!) Thank you both for sharing your journey and being so open about it. May God bless your family abundantly. ♥️ from a fellow Texan

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yes ma’am! We felt that same thing… being prepared and not stressed. I’m so glad y’all have been able to set that up. It’s a mercy!

[@brandilynauntb]

Beautiful video. I love your excitement over the "little" things in nature and your homestead. You've got spunk, girl! And, I like it. I seem to have missed a video or some thing about that wall of fence. ❤❤❤

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh man! That WALL! There is a whole story there. I’ll find a way to show it and share it 🥰

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Hahahaha!!! Yea, that is a legit and weird 8ft wall that our previous neighbor put up. There is a bizarre and long story with that one. But THANK YOU Brandi for your kind words and joining us! It means so much for us to have gained new friends from all of the Carolina ladies! Thank you thank you!!! 😁😁

[@DisneyRunner]

Do you have a video about the rain catchers, the type, where you purchased them from, how you use the water, do you have to treat the water, how you catch it from your roofs...etc

[@christinaward161]

Hi from the UK.As a newcomer to your channel (i also watch Jess and Jill etc) it is lovely to hear your story and how its grown since you arrived. You have done some amazing things to improve your land and how it works for you. We rented a small plot of land about 3yrs ago, put up a polytunnel and started to grow. We soon realised we had a water problem and have spent alot of time finding ways to collect and use water. We put drain pipes off the polytunnel which runs into big IBC containers. We also have to use water bottle/wick methods for some smaller areas. We still have so much to learn but are enjoying the journey. This year we have alot of high wind and no sunshine issues, so its going to be another learning curve for us. It is my happy place and just love to watch each seed sprout and so look forward to the growing season ahead. I am going back over some of your older videos, but i look forward to your new videos. I learn so much from every video i watch. xx

[@BetterTogetherLife]

We share that same happy place 🥰

[@christinaward161]

@@BetterTogetherLife Yes we so do! mother nature is all over, no matter where we live 😁

[@lesleywilliams323]

Ducks also love to eat snails……& slugs🤗

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh yes they do!!!! They are the homestead clean up crew!!!! 😁😁😁

[@daunesmith6859]

It's NOT super nerdy! I am in Seguin, TX, and am excited to see another Texan. But I see pine trees and we DO NOT have those. Glad I found you!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

So glad you’re here. We do t have pine trees. But we do have cedar and oak!

[@colleenmckeeman1342]

It is called capillary action. The water is whipped up.

[@lindamitchell3332]

Nice to meet you I live in central Texas. In a very small town. I’m a little too old to garden but I do grow things in pots. It thrills me to watch you young people homesteading. Love that you love gardening. I do too.

[@CreatorInTrng]

Yes, I am one those new people to your site and am glad I'm here. So, yes, thank you for the Welcome Newcomers Tour. The wit that just seems to naturally flow from you two is infectious. Make a plan; work the plan; and plan for change.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Beau makes that so easy. This tour was all his idea. Thanks for sharing! And thanks for being here!

[@btrano1212]

Not positive, but i think Doug and stacey had their rain water filtered into their cabin.

[@denisevadnais3889]

Thank you for the tour. I am also in Texas and looking forward to owning my own piece of property to homestead. It is good to see someone that lives in our area to glean advise from. I look forward to seeing more.

[@Yardsteadinginjamaica]

This is such an awesome video.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you!!!!!! 😁😁

[@velmad5dilbert344]

Thanks for sharing your awesome property. I love it great job guys.😊

[@thegoodfight426]

You guys are so rad!!! I love nerding out with you!!! 🤓❤

[@BetterTogetherLife]

🤣🤣🤣 We feel that SAME WAY! We feel like SUPER garden and homesteading nerds this spring!! Now come the 110 degree summers, we might be more “Eeyore” than “excited nerds”. But that’s ok we are loving it for now!!! Haha. THANK YOU for joining us as always!!! Love chatting with you here in the comments!!! 😁😁

[@Yardsteadinginjamaica]

In Jamaica we call that plant shama macka or shame oldlady. We always use our feet to brush the leaves and watch them close up.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Ooooooo!!!! We need to look THAT UP!!!!! Thank you!!!

[@lucismith1880]

This encourages me. “May have to do it the hard way, instead of most expedient.” Thanks! So needed to hear this.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

You can do it!

[@miekmiek83]

Hi! I'm one of the many new followers, saw your video on R&R and really liked it. I live in the Netherlands and it is so interesting to watch the lives of homesteaders in the US. So thanks for sharing! ❤

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Welcome! Isn’t it amazing that we get this window into cultures and practices. So cool! Thank you for being here!

[@evalinawarne1337]

I feel like, we should keep water storage in each state. It helps the environment. Rhodes Family uses a lot of water for the animals. Great for gardens, etc. First time watchi g you from SE MICHIGAN GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🏡🙏🙏

[@BetterTogetherLife]

I’m with you!

[@cindyflinchbaugh7155]

You have a beautiful homestead and I really enjoyed your tour. Thank you for sharing. I watch Bri from Scratch also.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

That’s so kind of you Cindy, THANK YOU!!!!! Yay about you watching Bri! May I ask how you found us? Just KZbin or from Bri’s channel? Thanks again!!

[@cindyflinchbaugh7155]

@@BetterTogetherLife I found you after watching Bri's channel. She was talking about you and your Homestead. I am going to enjoy watching you and your adventures.

[@carriecreates1207]

We got 8 feet of water in our house, when Harvey Hit. We lost everything on the first floor. A flood or weather challenge, really can humble you.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Carrie you are so so right! That was a very crazy and sad and wake up call for us. We were lucky and didn’t flood, but so many of our friends weren’t so lucky. We spent a lot of time trying to clean up for other friends. Such a sad sad time.

[@atxgurl00]

Your homestead and shed to house conversion have been such a huge inspiration to me and hoping to be able to purchase my own acreage in the very near future! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and journey with us all here on KZbin!

[@lisahause8705]

I’m happy for the two of you & your family! May God continue to be w/your family & homestead! Enjoy your summer & keep hydrated! Cheers!!!👏🏻🫶🙏🏻

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you SOOO MUCH Lisa!!!!! 😁😁

[@jamesseltenreich652]

Thanks for sharing your land and lifestyle, really enjoyed the visit, your friend from Alaska, God Bless you all 🙏❤️

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for being here!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you James! How is Alaska right now?

[@ericataylor1708]

Thanks for sharing your journey 😊

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Erica thank YOU for joining us along the ride! It is so fun having all of your new friends! 😁😁

[@sounditout34]

I love you guys. Your channel is so amazing.❤❤

[@BetterTogetherLife]

We are so happy to get to share!

[@pennywillis8895]

🇦🇺When my parents lived in Papua New Guinea (PNG), we lived in raised houses with 2x 25,000 gallon water tanks under the house. That was our only water. We had a steep back yard in Mt Hagen full of 100’s of pineapples.

[@MaggyMondo]

Wow, am from Papua New Guinea...glad you've been in my country...

[@pennywillis8895]

@@MaggyMondo I love my time there and in Port Moresby. I was definitely strange coming back to Australia.

[@kcconaty5270]

Beautiful land🥰 Many blessings 🙏🏼

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you!!!!!

[@shanahtovah3247]

DONT FEED NIGHTSHADE FOLAGE TO HUMANS OR PEOPLE! POTATOES ARE IN THE NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. SO ARE THE LEAVES FROM 17:58 EGGPLANT, TOMATOE , PEPPERS, AND EGGPLANT. Yams and sweet potatoes are technically not from the nightshade family.

[@binamom2797]

I so need rain tanks in my little backyard to help ….San Antonio

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yes!!! If San Antonio will begin to incentivize rainwater harvesting it will help so much of the water problem there. Yes yes YES!!!

[@gailkrings2029]

hello from central Wisconsin! so happy I found your channel! I follow Roots and Refuge and thee Hollar’s also

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Hi Gail! Thank you sooooo much for joining us! Yup, those amazing families are THE BEST!!! We are honored to even be mentioned with them as homesteaders. They are far beyond us…..but we are trying to improve EVERYDAY!!! 😁😁😁

[@DavidGlendinning]

A humble suggestion to make a stupendous meal: When the corn is mature and ready to pick for dinner, fill up a stockpot with a couple gallons of water and put it on the boil. You'll need at least two people to go to the corn patch -- one to pick & shuck the ears, and the other(s) to run them into the kitchen to get them in the pot ASAP. Serve with a tossed salad, or whatever the family's in the mood for that will keep them from wanting to have all the corn for themselves. (OK, I'm exaggerating, _but not too much._ )

[@BetterTogetherLife]

This sounds amazing!

[@patriceg1100]

Love your love of nature & can do attitude!!!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

I do REALLY love nature. I don’t want to camp in her or anything, but like to walk and wonder… my favorite thing!

[@maggienixon1312]

Just a quick hello from here in Willis , down the road

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Hello! ❤️

[@deltorres2100]

y’all are on the right track and every day is a learning experiences…🌱🌱🌱

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yes ma’am!

[@mariadiaz3906]

Love the video the flowers love from Hartford Ct 💐🌹👍

[@BetterTogetherLife]

The flowers are giving me LIFE! Thanks, Maria!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you Maria!!! Yup, SO MANY FLOWERS!!

[@Yardsteadinginjamaica]

Well hello again from sunny Jamaica. I have been a subscriber and viewer for a while. I watched the entire build process and am still enjoying your videos. I too have a youtube channel and am learning ti grow food in adverse co dition inbeds because the soil we have is lime stone. I'm inviting you to take a peek.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you so awesome! I just went to your channel and subscribed! Thank you so much for joining us as well!!!! Can't wait to learn from each other!

[@theaeroponictowerchannel]

All the food I'm growing in small spaces is for the same reason.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Absolutely!!

[@Michelle-mr8ip]

Y’all are awesome and it’s so great to see fellow Texas homesteaders figuring out how to thrive (and keep things alive) in some less than desirable summer conditions.👊🏼💚🌱☀️

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yes, Michelle! I’m so glad we get to connect here! Texans need that moral support since it’s already in the 90s!

[@Michelle-mr8ip]

@@BetterTogetherLife I know! 🫤 And I’m so very not ready for 90+ degrees already…My plants don’t know whether to give up and bolt or wait for a different season tomorrow lol These temperature swings are what we Texas gardeners live for (ahem… dread), but we’re doing it! And these plants are warriors.💚👊🏼🌱

[@MilitantPatriot]

I'm an ICU travel nurse. I no longer trust our government or healthcare system. I'm looking for sustainability. Have a couple of properties. Hopefully I can buy some land next. Keep motivating us because you really are living the dream. This is what God intended!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

👏👏👏 go go go!

[@WendysWorldTX]

I'm sure the garden has changed! We've had SOOO much rain in Central TX the past week. My garden is like a soggy jungle today.

[@milliethemillinator3154]

Definitely! Loving all this rain! I haven't planted out all my seed starts, I have to pour out the trays I have them in after a hard rain. Poor plants.

[@WendysWorldTX]

@@milliethemillinator3154 me too!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

YEEEESSSSS!!!!! So so so much rain! We are loving it, but just wish it would spread out a little bit and rain a few times during the summer. But that’s not what we usually get here. 😂 🥵

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yea it’s even hard monsoon rain where seeds are getting washed out! Boo

[@jessicameyer4135]

Here from Roots and Refuge! ❤

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yay!!!! I’m so glad you ARE!

[@wendygonzalez2532]

Oh my goodness so happy I ran into your channel. I am also in central TX BUT I am new to gardening in this climate. I will be checking out ALL your videos to get some tips. Thank you and I would love to get to know you guys better if possible. (Not to be creepy or anything lol) I am originally from the east cost so my gardening skill there were 100% but here lol 40% maybe 60% this year lol. Just keeping it real. I will email you, in hopes to connect. God bless.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Welcome! We can learn together!

[@ericataylor1708]

I love those vevo beds😊

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you Erica!!! These Vego beds have absolutely changed our garden. They make us WANT to garden and give us so much joy looking at them and everything growing! Couldn’t recommend them more!

[@milliethemillinator3154]

We're in central Texas too! We're about 30 mins North of Austin. Hoping we do have a meet up! Please 🙏, let us know if you're having a chicken processing day or pig processing day that y'all want help with. I have 53 years of life experience but no homesteading experience and I'm anxious to learn before we do these things ourselves. What a beautiful property y'all have.🥰 Hoping for something just as beautiful, y'all worked really hard.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

We have been talking about a fall meet up. If we get that off the ground, I’ll be sure to announce it! Thanks for being here!

[@DaniHagan]

Loved seeing your ducks! You should try defrosted frozen peas. My duckies love them and it gets them niacin, something young ducks need.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh my gosh! Aren’t they so fun! I’ll be sure to do that.

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝Thanks for the great video🌻

[@chezj4]

Screen your porch in and no bugs!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

That would be amazing. But with this many kids, I think we’d be repairing the screen more than enjoying the space 😂

[@denisewiebrimmer454]

Potato is a night shade so are peppers I'm not sure it'd be good for any of the animals.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yea that’s what we thought.

[@deltorres2100]

Please post if you got the real bad rain, your pond might be really flooded now hopefully not over the Bank It’s raining pretty hard right now here in Houston, but I feel bad for everybody in Kingwood in Conroe that are been flooded out. Prayers to them all. 🙏🏽🌱

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Full pond! But no terrible flooding. We’ll take all the spring rains we can get!

[@gaylaskates8831]

Cypress TX here - retired and living on a 1 1/3 acre unrestricted rare property find in Cypress

[@BetterTogetherLife]

That IS rare! How awesome!

[@JennRoss-rq1pd]

Hey we're from Katy , Texas too ❤

[@BetterTogetherLife]

So cool! WE LOVE KATY!

[@elisaturse4777]

No nightshade leaves for animals or people. That includes potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants. Sweet potato leaves are good to consume. Cook down like spinach with garlic for a side dish. Animals eat them as is.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thanks for the info! So helpful!

[@staceyhiggins1231]

Are you still near Katy? I live in Spring! I just found you guys and I'm binge watching ❤ Thanks for your content!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh yay! Hello, Texas friend! We aren’t in Katy, we are east of Austin now.

[@marieparks5674]

Shake your corn stalks so they pollinate, corn needs a lot of corn to do really well

[@BetterTogetherLife]

I feel like there’s gotta be a 90s rap song with this lyric 😍

[@deltorres2100]

Plant some clover I hear the cows love clover deep south DANNY from deep south you need to watch him. He’s really great with his cows.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Absolutely! Clover is so good for cows. Although with our droughts here in central Texas Bermuda grass is usually the go to that is able to better survive out insane summers. But yes yes YES we’ve had success here with crimson clover. Plus the flowers are super fun!

[@shervin6711]

Roofing question: what do you use/ recommend for materials if you want to catch rainwater? We have a Victorian so our roof has many levels.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Metal roof! Always for rainwater harvesting. 😁👍🏻👍🏻

[@shervin6711]

@@BetterTogetherLifeSteel? Aluminum?Painted? Treatments? So glad I found you before we replaced it!

[@charlacarson473]

I'm a Texan too! Huffman, Texas.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yassssssss

[@pamjohnson2783]

So I’m in North Zulch, between Madisonville and Bryan College station, how close are you to me? I love what y’all are doing

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Thank you Pam!!! We are in Central Texas. So yea not too far. 😁 And we moved from Katy.

[@kcconaty5270]

Love Goldie💗

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Saaaaaame 🥰

[@jamesbrown8718]

Cows love potatoes, they can eat them and it will not hurt them. The KZbin channel the veggie boys actually feed their cows their left over potatoes from their harvest just not allot at one time. But yes they can eat them and they love them.

[@heidigendron3638]

If she was referring to the greens, potatoes are in the nightshade family. I've always heard to never feed foliage from members of the nightshade family to any of your livestock.

[@jamesbrown8718]

@@heidigendron3638 you are correct but she was talking about the actual potatoes itself.

[@parentingdecolonized]

I appreciate seeing this tour. I just bought 3.19 acres of raw land in Arkansas, literally in the same city as Jess from Roots and Refuge. It is shaped like a football field and sometimes that rectangular shape feels restrictive. Do you all have an aerial shot of the land?

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh wow! Yes! That’s exactly the look of ours. In some of our previous top videos, you’ll see tours which have aerial drone shots. We try to include them once a quarter so you can see how the land changes seasonally.

[@parentingdecolonized]

@@BetterTogetherLife thank you!

[@cindy-ki8ex]

I have started to harvest water from my subpump in the basement. The potato leaves i believe are poisinous. I know they are fot humans. Don't know for cows.

[@btrano1212]

Is the white fence by your pond yours? What ki d of material is it?

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Our former neighbors actually put it up. We got the ugly side. Their side is dark grey galvanized metal sheeting.

[@bearridgefarm]

Hey I love the fodder ideas. But I believe all solanacae leaves (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers) are toxic to animals (and humans!). Love your place!

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Correct, we don’t feed pepper, tomato, or regular potato leaves to the animals. But sweet potato leaves are edible for animals and people. Sweet potatoes everywhere!!! Haha! THANK YOU so so much for this amazing comment!!!!

[@bearridgefarm]

@@BetterTogetherLife I wish I could get sweet potatoes to grow up here in Oregon! But I keep trying anyway!!!

[@claregibert2939]

Your cows could get sick and die from potato leaves. On top of that, there’s no way normal white potatoes can grow in your hot summer, so I hope you got that mixed up. The cows can eat sweet potato leaves, as can your family.

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Correct, we were meaning sweet potatoes! Thank you so much for that add! 😁😁

[@deltorres2100]

We are empty nesters and I have two people here very sick with their immune so I buy plenty so we don’t have to go to the stores even now in 2024 if we go go to the stores, I take my own sanitizers and I sanitize all the buggies All the handles all that all the things that you would touch on the buggy because I don’t wanna risk my love wants to get sick or catch an infection from the we try not to go to the stores so I am a boat buyer. I buy cases of corn cases of green beans, but I’m hoping to can my own green beans this year, and as far as produce, I’ve been successful not having to produce while I’m growing a small backyard garden and a little bit in the front you can think of garlic onions, potatoes herb every I’m already on my third batch of potatoes. I do a lot of succession plans and so I’ve gotten sometimes the cucumbers are so, I’m gonna make pickles, but I always give my neighbors some all my neighbors have some kind of tree or plans that we all share to start making mayonnaise prices at the store outrageous. We just hit the Joeys, which is related to H-E-B‘s and we stocked up on so much you get more bang for the buck and Jovi the point or the trick is you gotta go super early in the morning so you don’t get the crowdbut you get a whole bunch of stuff for not much money there🌱🌱🌱 There is a Hispanic suit called Caldo and the other day I had almost every vegetable from my garden in the soup 🥘

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Yum!!!!

[@SpringdaleHomesteadNWFL]

I’ve been told it is illegal to harvest rainwater in Florida. 😢

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Oh what a terrible law?

[@gwendolynmallett7594]

Hi! Great journey! What are your property taxes like?

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Hi Gwen! Thank you! Taxes, they aren’t too bad here. But like everywhere in Texas they have gone up A LOT! Way too much. But we were able to get them lowered a little last year. And then this year hopefully we will get our Ag Exemption to lower them in half I think.

[@tst1200]

How fo you get on vegos list? To try out get free? I love the idea of the tomato planters but on limited income are just to high priced for me even if worth it. Too bad vego and greenstalk and harvest right dont have a income based price :) program

[@SOFIAnav]

This is like a mobile home? Or does it have foundation? Is it ok for storms or hurricane season ? ❤

[@BetterTogetherLife]

It’s a Shed to House Conversion. We have several videos here on our channel. 😁

[@nonsensefarm]

Can you please direct me to a link for your fuzzy microphone?

[@BetterTogetherLife]

Sure! Here you go, its just called the DJI Mic: amzn.to/4dLUn2t

[@williamsims9845]

Land Herr in waco got expensive since chip and joanna came