Making Our Way Clearing Fence Line on 14 acres

Day 2 of clearing our fence line!
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[@swanbranch]

It's hard to take it one day at a time...we know from experience! But making these videos (thanks for taking the time to make and edit) is a great scrapbook for when you look back on it in the future. Love hearing about the home schooling too. I'd suggest have Penelope work on videoing and editing if she isn't already...that's going to be a big skill over the next decade. Keep up the good work, and stay steady.

[@dwighthires3163]

As I analyze what Billy at Perma Pastures Farm is doing, he seems to treat the chief value of a pig is to clear land. If you think of it this way, you can have more pigs than you need in the first years, so you get their chief value. Then you treat the meat as extra so you can sell it as long as you gain the value from them that they can contribute to the land.

[@twocooneys]

Be on the lookout for possible Christmas trees even if it's the top of a larger one. Pine or cedar would smell wonderfully.

[@SowtheLand]

👀

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Awesome job on the fence line. An hour a day sounds perfect 🍁😊🍁😊🍁😊

[@jackiesaylor2487]

I just ordered that book. I love the idea of Penelope making her own book. And of course if she doesn't feel comfortable drawing or sketching pictures, you can always get her a cheap camera and she can learn the art of photography which can lead to digital design???

[@Me-ov9nw]

You guys are a great family. I love how you take an evening walk together, enjoying nature. It's so good for the soul and to unwind. Also i LOVE the pigs, they are so adorable!

[@SasquatchBioacoustic]

This year the colors are brighter than they've been in more than a decade. Some folks attribute it to the extra dry summer we had.

[@stormy1363]

Just 2 days into the fence clearing and it looks SO much better! I think your goal of working on it an hour a day is an excellent idea !!

[@janetwithers7427]

I think there was a theme to this video......getting rid of........turkeys, pigs, cows, trees, brush, oh my. The leaves sure are beautiful. 🍂💕🌾🦃🍁💗

[@CS-bn4un]

Oh, so glad you are using Holden's book! I have two copies of it in our home. Yes, we were homeschoolers (now all grown children), and love what you are going to do with Penelope and her own book! p.s. Sorry, Jason, I got too wrapped up with homeschooling! Great job and yes, seeing the trees without the undergrowth makes you see your property in a whole new way. Beautiful!

[@alexcarrn28]

I love your videos and I love your family. You all work so well together. And you all work hard. Love the beefy boys to, and the kune kune pigs, they seem like they are always talking to you, and the chickens are pretty and great. All you animals love being on your homestead I'm sure. ❤️

[@pikehomestead]

It's totally overwhelming with big projects like clearing all that. But, any improvement makes it better, little by little, day by day. 1% each day adds up to a lot over time. Keep working at it!

[@DavidSmith-bw3bk]

Clearing the fence line and taming the trees is one of my husband's favorite outdoor chores. He's cleared lots of brush and felt very satisfied. Your property is looking great. I loved a glimpse into Penelope's schooling. As a retired teacher, I am always interested to see what children are learning. Years from now, you and Penelope will enjoy looking back at your journaling. Teaching Penelope is a priority for you. I wish that more homestead families were serious about academics and not just the experiences of caring for animals and collecting eggs, gardening too. Your videos are very enjoyable ; thank you. Lee S

[@positiveworld-view8677]

I could watch this Family everyday ! 💜🌱💜

[@whitestone4401]

What an amazing journaling project. I journal anyway so I may join you on your seasonal reviews. We need more teachers like you. Inspiring others to continue to learn all through life.

[@villagesteader3552]

That fence line is your Elephant…how do you eat an Elephant…one bite at a time. Love you guys! ♥️👍🙏🇺🇸🤓

[@dianewhite8950]

I feel a sun rise or set is a gift from God. Bless your family

[@antiowarr9467]

lol lol Jason you gotta stop looking at all the work at 1 time, just do todays cutting for today and tomorrow will look after itself just say i'm going to clear 20ft today and that is it or what ever number and stick to it. It's like eating an elephant 1 bite at a time.. Cheers

[@kinoaks4498]

Awesome job clearing the fence land. Maybe when it's all completed put together a longer version of the entire fence line being cleared. I'd watch two hours of that.

[@christinedehn3257]

When I was a teen, I worked in a deli, and brought home ham bones on Thurs. evenings. When I got home I would start up a big pot of "clean out the refrigerator soup". Friday we had fish, and Mom went grocery shopping on Sat. There was an empty-ish, clean frig for what she brought home. Made some darn good soup.

[@Warcity777]

I really wanna come clear fence line I love doing stuff like that soothes the soul just you and nature.

[@CTR6067]

Get a breeding pair of Guinea’s from the Holler’s.

[@debbiesmith851]

Wow, the fence line is looking amazing!! Great job 👏 Your diligence & persistence will be so rewarding, as you’re already experiencing 🤗

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi...... Jason and Lorraine and Penelope nice to see you all love watching your videos beautiful place, thank you for showing your video homestead chickens farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🦃🐕🐄🐖🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@Scipiogirl]

We raise grass fed beef. From experience, I will tell you that harvesting at 24-30 months will give you a better quality carcass. Have your processor hang it for at least 14 days, 21 days is better. Makes it so much more tender.

[@SowtheLand]

but we need beef now! lol

[@stephanieg5195]

You are doing a great job doing a little bit day by day it’s looking great! And I enjoyed seeing a little bit about the homeschooling part for your daughter!

[@JoelRiley7]

you got it man. I bought an overgrown property and working an hour on the brush a day is when im the most productive. You got it little by little. Thanks for loving your family and being a great example.

[@trenarexroad4083]

Good job on the clearing, it's looking awesome 😊 Love the journaling idea for Lorraine & Penelope 😊❤

[@ANDRESARKISSIAN]

Definitely do a home school vid. I bet you there are 100’s of families that are interested but don’t know where to begin. Love your channel guys! Andrè from New York 😎

[@silver_threads]

Haha!!! I rendered lard for the first time ever today. We don’t have pigs though, so I bought some pig fat from my neighbor. Three pounds of fat made 2 1/2 pints of beautiful creamy lard! Great minds think alike 👍🏼. Blessings, Marie

[@pjmoody]

Such a colourful time of year. Just stunning. Thanks for sharing.

[@missourigirl4101]

Looks,Ike a beautiful book to read and get inspired. Great fence line. Very pretty trees

[@rebeccamunoz4596]

One day at a time you'll get it done just don't overdue it stay safe !😊 the home school book / journal thing sounds awesome. I wish I had had the courage to home school my boys. Every person I know that did and the ones I see on these videos their kids learned so much more and enjoyed it. Kudos to you n thanks for sharing 🤗❤👍

[@joycebrown9430]

Oh, please keep us posted on yours and Penelope's diaries, using THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY as your guide. I LOVE that book! Not to have been using a chainsaw for long, you are doing a great job, Jason.

[@mousehousehomestead]

True commitment. Clearing fence line on 14 acres!

[@teenagefarmer]

Great video thanks for sharing. I'm 15 and I started KZbin channel about farming. Do you have any KZbin advice ? Keep up the good work.

[@janicew6222]

I think you are doing a great job. We moved to our property 30+ years ago, it looked like a jungle, but doing a little each day and we reclaimed it.

[@maddogminor306]

slow and steady will get it done.

[@janeenbreyman212]

I just received a copy of Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady from Amazon. A very popular book among homeschooling homesteaders. A rare find at a local thrift shop or used book store. This is my TBR for the following year.

[@davidmaynard2615]

Beautiful homestead! Happy to see y’all grow. Those cedar trees can make excellent fence posts😊

[@nandisaand5287]

Thank you for sharing the homeschooling curriculum and practice.

[@tireddad6541]

Slowly, Slowly. So what if you finish next fall. In five years.....so much improvement but this is why you are there. I love that Yeoman slogan

[@SowtheLand]

it would make my life easier moving larger animals. faster faster

[@heatherk8931]

I guess while cutting the fence line, ME, I'd consider the beautiful tree colors to admire from the house as well. Those cedar branches would be wonderful air fresheners in the house

[@promomm]

Love the mushrooms growing out of cow poop shot! Lol, 'signs of life, y'all, signs of life!'! Liking the look of that chicken coop too, looks like a chicken 'coup'! :D

[@rodmackinnon8497]

Great video, lots happening . . . it's a brush saw blade . . . I have the Honda, about ten years old now, still going and I cleared acres of land with it. I have a harness and handles with mine, much easier to carry and work long hours. Really like your new chicken coop, very fancy and modern. Cheers.

[@dtmc4509]

Great video as always and fall was dazzling this year for sure!

[@PatrickPoet]

Where I lived when I was a teenager the mushrooms growing out of cow poop were magical

[@secretgardenhomestead3251]

We really appreciate all your hard work Jason, thank you so much for making videos and sharing some amazing knowledge! Homestead looks beeeautiful!!

[@bonnieandclydeshomestead2477]

Something about watching a pig eat makes me feel better about myself

[@lararabb8888]

You can keep any cedar logs that are of the right size for fence posts.

[@gelwood99]

That size of cedar is perfect for posts or building projects. Very slow to rot!

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya you really can see the trees again yes good job take it step by step

[@denisebozung126]

I love to watch your progress. Maybe you need to also watch with an uncritical eye and appreciate all that you accomplish. remember that this property is so much larger than the old homestead so it is to be expected that accomplishing your goals will take longer.

[@elizabethtaylor4448]

I have that book. What a great thing to journal with Penelope. I think those mushrooms in the cow poo were shaggy inkcaps. You can make ink & use that to draw with. My son did it with the kids he teaches at his Forest School in Austria. They loved it as did he. Very tasty Shrooms too😃 Place is looking great. It's a bit like eating an elephant. You can only do it one bite at a time. X

[@peterrowellranson8649]

Amazing job with the fence line 🤠 take care Peter Cape town South Africa

[@cyndifoore7743]

I love Edith Warton’s books.

[@chasingwow4923]

So many uses for the cedar trees!!

[@jenedge5579]

Soo love the idea of the nature journal for education ♥️🌿

[@stoweman34]

Get yourself the 22HP DR Brush Mower! Saw your final clearing vid with the guy you hired. The brush mower will make it easy to maintain it.

[@lynnethebeautifulone4145]

Oh baby You did a great job.

[@beverleyspugsandhomestead.]

I would get some feeder pigs and use them over the winter then kill in the spring. Then you use the land they have cultivated. If you plant a crop of beets or potatoes first they’ll have more food. Put the cows in the freezer, and the turkeys and get new batch in the spring. Mow any grass that’s left and scatter the poops from the cows and leave it to be fresh growth in spring. Xxx😊

[@nancyseery2213]

Save some of the cedar trees for fence post. Cedar rust is the main reason apple trees do not produce good fruit and it can also kill off apple trees. God bless you'll and keep growing.

[@pollenhead]

Hi Lorraine, I love Edith Holden also. A KZbin channel you may find interesting is The Mindful Narrowboat. She ends each episode with her diary of daily observations along the canals much like Edith Holden. Hope your family has a wonderful holiday.

[@denisebrady6858]

Gret Job Jason- just amazing how little by little can get it done mate. Great video Loved it. Cheers Denise - Australia

[@stephaniebohn9002]

Doing a great job manicuring your land.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

looking forward to the chicken coop video and plans:) I need to get my girls outside next spring.

[@ronwolfwalker2526]

Female Kune Kune usually come into their first heat between 13 and 18 months in age. Most of the time it is closer to 18 months. I would have said something sooner as you said they were bought as bred, but now that you stated their age, breeding time, age wise is now approaching for the first time. Also I cringed each time you fell a tree towards the fence, even if it does not break it immediately it stresses it to the point it might only taker a hard freeze and a push and suddenly you have no fence. This happens most of the time in the middle of the night when you are asleep and then you have to spend time chasing them down.

[@Jack_of_1_Trade]

We are a CM family. With three young ones. 10 layers. On a quarter acre in the suburbs of New Jersey.

[@tobycatVA]

Prime farm country, sounds lovely.

[@makaylamarsh5868]

I wish was closer I would buy them they are adorable I also want kune kunes for our homestead.

[@lonniebroyles5785]

Now that you are clearing the fence line. Get you a product call RM 43 it will kill the samplings and briar. You can get it at 🚜 supply. It is designed for fence rows.

[@SowtheLand]

no poison allowed

[@DreamweaversHomestead]

We are plum out of meat! So thankful got the call beef will be ready Friday, pork in December and then it'll be time to butcher rabbits then right into chicken and turkey it got tight there for a minute!!

[@annakeen962]

The Edith Holden book has such lovely drawings, I love it! If you can find the book "The Edwardian Lady' by Ina Taylor- it's the story of her life. It has some glorious images as well. And one more book I recommend is 'A Colonial Nurseryman's Catalogue- Bulbous Flowers' by H. Budden. It's a smaller book, but has very nice plant sketches in watercolour as well :)

[@lailalyberth1926]

I wish home schooling was an option when My son was young... but its just now starting to be a Thing here in denmark ( I really wanna taste the bacon from a kune kune)

[@ourbeautifullife8976]

Please share more on what you use and how you homeschool :) It sounds wonderful

[@johnbrown9623]

Awesome View

[@mikac3123]

Safety first nice

[@barbaragarmon9518]

Those small "Cedars" make good fence posts.

[@teresaoftheandes6279]

I really like that auto chicken door. I need to get one.

[@wendy833]

Oh the pulling of the start cord. I swear they make those weed wackers to not start until 10 or more pulls.

[@theresafox4367]

You got this !

[@donaldauguston9740]

I so enjoy your videos. Thank you for posting them. BUT don't burn the wood - chip it. It will help your soil much and it won't pollute the air.

[@SowtheLand]

Glad you like them!

[@rodneyb7918]

Pumpkin seeds are great for chickens as a dewormer

[@robertlemoine3500]

Thankyou

[@janetestis1472]

Good job!

[@hlowens5780]

Jason, those cedar mak excellent fence posts!

[@pizzaguy3645]

Thems some of them Trippy Shrooms.

[@thifasmom]

I'm in the UK but those mushrooms in the loop look like shaggy inkcaps, a yummy edible 😋 but maybe not any in pool 😉

[@jocelynwade9458]

Oh my gosh! You cut a beautiful cypress tree! It gives lovely green all year amongst the deciduous trees. It can provide Christmas boughs, and make your home smell wonderful. So sad.

[@SowtheLand]

What you don’t see are the 100’s other cypress trees we have. Not sad at all.

[@thelkabibb3774]

We call our leftovers refrigerator review.

[@ToDoPOView]

Please protect your ears too to prevent hearing loss or tinnitus.

[@amandar7719]

Love your new chicken coop. A fantastic blank canvas for designs. Children in particular that could enhance their imagination during chores. A Thomas the Tank Engine or a white hedgehog, dove or bird of prey. Mouse, rabbit, piggy. Even a rainbow 🌈 for the alphabet community.

[@cindyhill5970]

I live in FC... I would love to buy a turkey!!

[@senorphipps4984]

Leave your brush piles for rabbit habitat

[@Kelleena1on1]

Beautiful … I love yr videos :-) ty

[@jenboyles5381]

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. You're doing great, stay motivated!

[@aprilgarrahan3245]

The mushrooms that grow out of cow patties are psychedelic 😮

[@unclev7075]

Would love to see more on homeschooling

[@lindahopkins4091]

Love your family and your videos. What are you using to clear the fence line? I need one too!

[@victorybeginsinthegarden]

The saga continues

[@MsCaterific]

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