Overcoming the Fear of Building Things on the Farm - Farm Hand's Companion Extra

[@JF-fx2qv]

“Did you treat that lumber: “ “I treated it with respect! “ response; loved it!

[@douglasvantassel8098]

All of life is one person building and two others watching saying, "I would have done it different." Great episode as they are all. Thank you for making these.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Thank YOU for watchin', Douglas

[@JohnDoe-zl6ph]

That was a great comment, it made my wife and I laugh.

[@kevinclayton2246]

This was enlightening sir.

[@joshuamcbride2000]

First! Great video, and to the neigh sayers on the rock post.....15 to 20 years is a great lifetime for a fence post.

[@HeikeWoolard]

I totally agree with you. Also, when you just go ahead and build what you need, you get the practice and can improve on your next building.

[@patrickcleburneuczjsxpmp9558]

I built a very small corn crib around about 2005 just for the corn I was hand picking and used untreated, green pine for the slats, and I didn't paint it or treat it in any other way. I remember people telling me that I was wasting my time building something that wouldn't last hardly any time at all. It's almost 20 years later now and that corn crib is continuing to serve me as well as the day I built it. I did replace one or two slats (out of a hundred or more in total) and change some things over the years, but the slats and the framing are still in perfectly functional condition, and they look like they could last for another couple decades or more. If that corn crib suddenly rotted away today it would have more than paid for the time and supplies I invested in it.

[@servicedoglydia503]

So true! Sadly so many people think this way. Even in this "throw away society" that we live in. Remember when appliances used to last 20-30 years? Now we are lucky to have them last 5-6 years. If settlers and homesteaders thought this way many years ago, there wouldn't have been any settlements. New homes being built today still require maintance, as do our vehicles, tractors, farm land and homesteads, right down to our everyday tools, require sharpening, oiling, lubricating etc.. I am so happy I broke into the homesteading life even after becoming disabled and in my mid 50's. I have created my own happiness despite of my physical challenges. Here I am 5 years later have a garden, a small orchard, chickens ,rabbits as well as just added a few sheep. Grateful for my sons who help with the heavy work. Rabbits and sheep provide the fertilizer for the garden. Sheep are maintaining the property. Why mow? You can't eat your grass, but sheep, rabbits and chickens can! So thankful I took the leap and kept the faith. I may move slower but, I'm still moving which I chalk up to taking that leap, not to mention I am HAPPY!

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

I am very happy for you. 💟

[@farmhandscompanion]

Way to live, servicedoglydia503!

[@SoloRenegade]

Appliances now lasting 5-6yrs? Try more like 1-3 at best.

[@Shotgunjones.3753]

Thank you Pa mac. I live in Western North Carolina, an area that was severely affected by Hurricane Helene with massive flooding. One thing I noticed earlier today which prompted me to look up some of your videos and make this comment was the fact that a lot of these Old Log tobacco barns were still standing in places where more modern structures had been completely washed away. Some of these barns were built in the 40s 50s and 60s using local rock for foundations and logs they cut off their. They used what they had. I'm sure when they were built nobody could ever imagine the water getting that high . The water on this particular property swept 40 head of cattle away, destroyed the metal garage along with several mobile homes and campers, tractors, trucks but that Old Log Tobacco Barn that still stands and what is now an empty field of mud and debris. I'll try to take a picture next time I'm down there and email it to you email it to you.

[@farmhandscompanion]

I would really appreciate a photo of that old barn standin' amid the debris; thank you, shotgunjones

[@dwilladsen4696]

Wonderful video! "Perfection is the enemy of good," for sure, so it's fantastic to address that paralysis people have about getting started. The other thing is that even "temporary" structures just won't die--built a "temporary" A-frame chicken coop for in town, that just had to last until we built and moved into this house. Had to move it, too, because it was still good. Finally, tore it apart once we build the Tri-Species Playhouse (barn cats, chickens, and goats). And a bitty little project is a learning curve, and can give confidence to bigger and bigger ones down the road. The other thing is that doing it yourself gives the possibility of customization that could never be affordable if hired out. Bless you and all the other KZbin folks helping people learn farming, masonry, metalworking, pottery, and all the rest!

[@victoryhomerepair7340]

I needed this talk. Thank you! I try to build everything to last forever and have been remodeling my great-grandfather's house that I purchased 7 years ago. I have been working on it the whole time, but it has made me closer with him. He died 20 years before I was born...

[@farmhandscompanion]

Wow. What a powerfully great experience for you- (and exactly what I'm talkin about!)

[@hollylaw8272]

THANK YOU! This world has turned into a perfectionist registered society and this will stop people from creating and building and it takes away freedoms. My daughter and I need to build a home on some raw land and it is our only place and we have to do something. We are both very limited income, so we have to do everything from scratch! Your videos always gives us hope that we can do it! Whenever I get discouraged, I pop on one of your videos. Keep us in your prayers!!!!

[@farmhandscompanion]

Prayed for yall just now. May God bless all your efforts.

[@darkrose-k1h]

It can be done. We lived in a 16' x35' wall tent for 3 years while becoming debt-free and building our own home.

[@youngguns1319]

Best wishes for you and your family.

[@kenthorsen4558]

I built a chicken coop in 2010 with 4x6 treated lumber with the idea of moving it around. Went to move it a few years ago and the treated skids were rotted. I tore down an old fence row that had hand split oak posts that were still standing, probably sixty years old.

[@gretafields4706]

I have an old carpentry manual. They were concerned with building so that the wood could breathe. I won't use cement in post holes. It wicks water to the wood. I read that some ranchers in Texas quit using cement. They said that those posts rotted out before posts set into dirt.

[@SIB1963]

You have the soul of a philosopher, my friend. I appreciate people who know not only what they're going to do and how they're going to do it, but why they're doing it that way.

[@lisanowakow3688]

Wahoo!! Clotheslines for everyone!! I used to love the way our sheets smelled after drying outdoors.😊

[@JohnDoe-pl8iv]

Thank you PaMac for everything you do. I hope to visit your Gap Mercantile one day and shake your callused hand.

[@Gnomoleon]

This is the definition of wisdom.....

[@davidjohanson8964]

I think I'm luckier than some where I had experience on a house framing crew as a young'un, and that knowledge has served me in so many things. Just knowing how to stay square and plumb applies to any construction method. I never saw a pole barn or shed until very recently, and having to add on or repair, I just copied what had been built. Since the Amish built it, I knew it was done right. One thing they do is they mill one side of the poles and then plumb that milled edge when the pole is planted, which faces the 2 by lumber to be fastened to it.

[@davidhougaard7238]

What a perfect video. Even though we’re in our 60’s we started with a homestead and what you are describing is so real. Thank you so much for addressing this topic

[@mrbllard]

I wrote a blog recently about our inability to be humble. There is probably little more arrogant than the idea at “I” could possibly provide any substantive contribution to anything “permanent”. Yet, I still get caught up in the quagmire of non-starting because my plans are so grand that it immediately devolves into fatalism. Perfectionism, a most imperfect word.

[@gpvaneron1584]

Certainly guilty of watching that wind too carefully. Sitting on a few larger projects atm that are long overdue on the homestead. Thank you, God bless.

[@rw8147]

Might as well have been speaking directly to me. We bought a few undeveloped rural acres and have been slowly developing it, and, wow, I worry about my building skills, how true the structure will be, how long it will last, etc, and it very much does induce analysis paralysis. Thank you for this video.

[@jhobbs8024]

You shucked the corn right off of the cob with this one. Felt like I was on the front pew and you were preaching straight to me. Thank you for the needed motivation to get in gear and get some of these projects knocked out!

[@farmhandscompanion]

You're very welcome, jhobbs8024

[@stime6472]

Nothing is permanent. Well said!

[@marker113]

Cool idea about sharing viewers projects! Thanks for another great video, and inspirational talk, cheers!

[@TheBeardedCarpenter]

Howdy Brother - good advice for those who perhaps haven’t ever tried to build something. Our fore fathers didn’t have any choice but to build whatever they built out of necessity for survival. I restored the Chism House which is a two story dodtrot style log house that was built around 1845. The craftsmanship was certainly not the best, but it had stood the test of time. I’ve also surveyed log structures that definitely had some craftsmanship in them that had deteriorated sadly. Hope all is well. God’s blessings to y’all

[@farmhandscompanion]

Sometimes there's no rhyme or reason, is there? Good word, Bearded Carpenter!

[@StuartMaynard-zb5tr]

Just the total scope of this topic is nearly overwhelming. The appreciation I have for Pa Mac in the simple realm of realistic accomplishment is pretty large. Necessity is the mother of invention. Pa Mac illustrates, in a common sense, logical, practical, and financially feasible approach. Personally, I have a preference to the old timey ways, and am a firm proponent of using what is available to me, meaning on hand, not at Lowes or Home Depot. Anyways, thanks Pa Mac. Your wisdom and gentle soul is appreciated.

[@glockholliday7490]

Happy to see more new videos

[@russtuff]

I get around this by considering everything as a prototype, unless it works.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Nice take. I like that.

[@richiefrizzell171]

Very well said Pa Mac.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Thank you, Richie; hope to see yall at the festival!

[@Building_Bluebird]

Wonderful conversation. It is a powerful spiritual practice to imagine the world without yourself in it... to feel one's mortality makes the present moments more special. Nothing is actually permanent. All things eventually turn to dust. And that is ok. The closest we can get to permanence is to leave a loving legacy. We're here to love, be loved, and have rich experiences of connection and union with one another and everything this divine beautiful world.

[@stellarbones]

I love this message. I've been preparing for longer-term homesteading over the last couple years, and I've run into that attitude of permanence/perfectionism way more than I would have thought. Meanwhile I'm finding tangible projects, especially with hand tools, has been a great way of learning how to deal with perfectionism in other areas of my life. It's so discouraging to be told that if something isn't [some optimal thing], then it isn't even worth trying. And it's not true. Recently I had a really nice time learning how to make natural cordage with some canadian thistle. Everything I looked up online said it wasn't strong enough to bother with, but I had a ton of it growing out of control and needed to pull it up anyway. And you know what, it makes a not-very-strong but very pretty cordage and I figured out some methods of making cordage that work well for me. It's going to make a beautiful decorative twine and it motivated me to pull the thistle up before it takes over. That IS perfect for what I needed it to be. And absolutely yes, nothing physical can be permanent (the second law of thermodynamics will always win). And the closer to "permanent" something is, often it means the more removed from the natural system it is. "Permanent" is often another way of saying "will never biodegrade or recycle," "cannot be returned to the system in a usable form," "must go to a landfill to be disposed of." There's a whole lot of factors to consider besides just how long something lasts in its current form, and that itself has its own downsides at times. So yeah, it's really nice to hear this message from someone else too, because it can be discouraging to try to learn how to do something only to be told that it's not worth doing.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Wow, some very excellent points in what you just said, stellarbones!

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

Thanks so much. I always get something from your videos, but this one has helped me the most. Thanks again. Good health and God bless

[@farmhandscompanion]

I'm so glad to hear that, houstonsheltonbees814

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

@@farmhandscompanion thank you

[@craigbennett47]

I really enjoyed your video today. I needed to hear it. Sometimes fear of not being good enough stops me from building. Or I get embarrassed about some of my constructions. I enjoy your channel. I'm an Australian homesteader. Time rich. Cash poor. And we use what we got.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Makes me happy to hear from you, Craig

[@patriots1needed]

I only know of One thing that is permanent. Everything else will rust and decay. Video is spot on.

[@stevesloat6544]

This video is full of words with wisdom

[@joatmonjoatmon8911]

Amen! Thank you brother.

[@aprescienceofhumor7977]

loved your vids for a years now and great to see evidences that as a saint, I'll get to know you better and forever. May God continue to bless your projects and family, Pa Mac.

[@farmhandscompanion]

thank you, aprescienceofhumor, and yes, we have much to look forward to and anticipate!

[@Andrew-y9q5s]

I've never written a comment before on anything online but I would very much like to Thank You you have been an inspiration to me and I greatly appreciate you and your videos. Thank you again for this video it came just in time I've been stuck and needed a push. Thanks again!!!

[@farmhandscompanion]

You're very welcome, user-ej5dm7th7v! (You are why I do videos) Thank you for commentin''.

[@jamesmathews6771]

Thank you for this video. I don't build farm buildings but your video really was useful to me. I am an old guy that sails and builds and repairs sailboats. I am not a professional shipwright but what I build works and brings me joy. I am now building are much more complex boat than I have before. I fear that I will make some mistakes. Your video reminds me that I will enjoy what I am building even if a Proffesional shipwright might frown at my work.

[@farmhandscompanion]

I think you got it, James. I'd love to see a photo of your boat when you're finished.

[@winterfar2814]

This is really good wisdom. I have struggled with this type of thing my whole life. I’ve been building a homestead for the past 2 years and have learned a lot about this concept of knowing when something is good enough for its purpose however, hearing you define this issue and give some practical advice is definitely something I needed to hear. Thanks for the video.

[@MrTabsley]

I just needed to hear that, thank you!

[@LolaBathory]

I got a lot out of this video. Thank you for these vital reminders sir.🙏🏼

[@butchortner6572]

Great video. I am looking forward to seeing more.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Thank you, butchortner6572

[@brandonnixon5484]

Thank you. I have land and have been slow to build the structures that could help. I’m on my land relaxing looking out and this video was recommended. I’ve been watching a while but needed to hear this perfect timing

[@ren2ski]

I so needed this….going to make a goat hay feeder tomorrow!!! Thank you

[@bonniehyden962]

I live in a rural area... so rural we're often asked if we have to pipe in sunshine. My husband grew up here; 6th generation on this Piney woods land. From his family in learned this: if you need it ... build it. And build it with what you have. My husband passed away this past June. We had moved to my inheritance: my dad's camp of 30 acres and an old, small, Shotgun House, 3 miles from the house & land we spent our previous 33 yrs raising our family. There are still many improvements that need to be made. My husband had tin and I beams ... so he built a chicken house. It ain't purty... but it held chickens. I've now had my boys move it and they brought the chain link dog kennel from the old place to make a chicken yard on the end of the chicken house. I'm in the middle of building a pigeon coop from free pallets and free rough cut lumber my Son-in-law procured. I've helped mu husband on many construction projects... butbive never tackled it on my own. I'm 60. If I let inexperience handicap me ... I might as well move in with one of the kids. ...and that >aint< happening! 🤨 As long as I eat right, get plenty of rest, and work my bootie off, I'll be fine. ...I had a dream of my Beloved a couple weeks ago. At the end, he turned and looked directly at me. "Little by little... just take your time. It'll be just fine." I take that as a message from God. He sees me. And that's how He's wanting me to approach my new life ... and my spiritual life. "Line upon line; precept upon precept." I'm not gonna worry if it's permanent. I'll do my best to do it right, but I'll learn from my mistakes. I'll do everything I can to the best of my ability on my end. God will take care of the rest. ...and it'll be ok.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Bonnie, everything you've just written embodies what I was tryin' to get across in this video. Thank you for takin' time to comment. It's meant the world to me to hear from you (and I know it's meant the world to others, too).

[@scrappynotcrappy]

I've build 2 barns using some of your methods. Big barns using old telephone poles instead of trees. Unfortunately I don't have appropriate trees to harvest for this project. Mostly just hackberry. I've had both these pole barns for 4-5yrs now. Awesome barns and enabled me to start my cattle farm and house my tools and chemicals etc etc. Keeping my atv and tractor out of the weather. Thank you so much for sharing your barn build. You have no idea how important it's been to my operation. Running over 30 head now and ready to expand.

[@farmhandscompanion]

I'd love to see photos of your barns and feature them in an upcoming show, if it's convenient. Just send 'em to [e-mail] and tell me what state you live in.

[@stevenfaber3896]

Thank you for this video! just started it but I can't wait to see your take on it! Thanks Pa Mac!

[@Dogonatree]

This was a great talk. Lots to think about.

[@brianmowers307]

Excellent topic! Like you, I have often built something as "tempoary" with the plans to replace it with something more "permanent" later, only to find I didn't have to replace it because my "temporary" thing kept working/lasting far beyond my expectations.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Great observation, Brian

[@jameskniskern2261]

There is nothing as permanent as a temporary project! 😊

[@mdm17146]

Most of the folks commenting negatively on your wire and stone posts overlooked the fact that you were using a free resource (stone). You had to remove the stone from the field or garden and therefore had to put it somewhere anyway. That to me was efficiency.

[@kalinoraf]

You made my day - Greetings from Poland!

[@pastorchrismullis]

Love this. Thank you for sharing and encouraging people to just try. Nothing lasts forever and it doesn't have to be perfect; it just has to be. I like that and will probably use it. It reminds me of what I often say about helping people in need or serving in your community. Don't let fear of doing the wrong thing or not doing it well paralyze you. Sometimes, it's better to do something than to do nothing. Just jump in there and do your best; you can always modify your plans after you get started. But the hardest part is just getting started. So jump in.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Well said, Brother Chris!

[@veresay82100]

beautifully said and at the same time sad.. 😞

[@perkinshomestead]

Well said. I love your videos. God bless you real good! (like my grandma in heaven always said).

[@farmhandscompanion]

Well, you too, perkinshomestead! Thank you so much for watchin'

[@slipperyorca8092]

Thanks Pamac, I have been wanting to build something with trees on my property. I think i'm going to cut down a couple small trees and build my own clothes line!

[@ciphercode2298]

Fantastic video,absolutely spot on. My dad wasn't a carpenter, plumber,or electrician,but grew up during the great depression on their family farm and he'd fix,repair,or build anything. Was it built or done correctly, no,but our home was always warm,dry,and safe. Im a bit of a scrounger and ill repurpose things to keep them out of a landfill and save money. My first little chicken coop and run are still goin strong after 10 years. The pen is repurposed fence from an abandoned home,the roof is an old truck bed tunnaue cover,and the henhouse is 2 small shipping crates that i screwed together with a broomstick as a roost bar. Only thing i bought was the fence staples and a few screws. Chickens are easy enough to please. Thanks for sharing

[@farmhandscompanion]

Great example, ciphercode!

[@Jacetheace95]

Wonderful, insightful video Pa Mac. Love how you incorporated a few bible verses into the video they hit the nail right on the head. I definitely struggle with getting started on building projects, questioning how to do it and what is best etc. I’ve built a a few chicken coops but it’s time to tackle the next biggest homestead project; an addition on our garage to store firewood & the tractor / other equipment. Please keep me in your prayers. Jace & Amanda in Central Maine.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Thank you for the note, Jace; please send photos of your work when done, if convenient!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

EXCELLENT ADVICE Pa Mac !!! Just do it and learn from what and how you did it. The school of hard knocks has been open forever and has many graduates from it daily. Stay safe and keep blessing us with your great videos. Fred.

[@josephkreamer3504]

Excellent advice! Thank you!!!

[@monster2804]

Thx for the great advice!

[@farmhandscompanion]

You betcha, monster

[@jamesjordan4051]

Appreciate your message. God Bless

[@farmhandscompanion]

Thank you, James

[@smtwnor]

Thank you. I needed to hear this today.

[@kalissahood7050]

Thank you for this video!

[@farmhandscompanion]

you bet, Kalissa

[@v01.]

Thank you ❤ .

[@loveandoneness.n.e.t]

A timely message❤

[@EZchzinpp]

Thank you.

[@anjaesmaeilpourzanjani1451]

Thank you for this topic, spot on for me ☺️

[@Dogonatree]

My great grandpa had buildings on his property that lasted well before him and throughout his lifetime and now still today. Not a lick of treated wood or screw one. He just took care of it

[@IveysFamilyFactotum]

We always say to take each day one day at a time and to enjoy the journey....we try to recycle also and yes build what we need when we need it to some extent. We "need" many things but still have to wait for many of those...haha. Right now we are trying to build a house pad since were getting a temporary home delivered coming very soon. This was a good video good sir and would love to get your book some day. Don't think we can make it to the store before the festival but doing our best to make it there next month.

[@farmhandscompanion]

I understand. Hope to see you there then

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

I used to raise tobacco here in North Carolina and one of the curing barns I used was supposed to have been built by slaves. It had huge logs that were hued down square as if they were sawed. I've seen many old farm structures that were built like yours and they outlasted their builders by many years. One of your first videos I saw was of the small log coop.

[@jamesonstalanthasyu]

I make most of my stuff with leftover wood and some heat treated pallets for the garden s. It's been 10yrs since I made the first one and I have to replace one side or another through the years, but so what, the gardens are still beautiful and changing. Ship of Theseus. The first bed has changed parts, but I enjoyed the continuity and experience of _me_ building things. Keep the ego in check.

[@farmhandscompanion]

Good word, James. That's what I'm talkin' about!

[@BrettCales-xi5bj]

Oddly enough I grew up around so many barns, sheds, chicken coops, and other things that my grandparents could always remember being there….

[@farmhandscompanion]

What a blessing

[@davidgreen5938]

Thanks for making me think. I'm the youngest of my generation, both sides of my family, a son of Arkansas! More than 5 generations, in Arkansas, the mid 1800 for sure and Native ancestors for who knows how long? All that's left to see are headstones in cemeteries... and cousins. Most of whom I've never met.

[@ThisWorldisNotOurHomestead]

Thank you for this video, I am a perfectionist. It is a struggle to "do" without letting my desire for perfection discourage me, but good inentions without action, do no good (and can actually do harm if shared verbally but never acted upon).

[@elizabethjohnson475]

Love the scripture!

[@farmhandscompanion]

Ecclesiastes has so much in it. Always feel like I'm only scratchin' at the crust.

[@FrozenDippedMushrooms]

Hi Pa Mac I like they way you do it and your mentality around this matter. How did people live and build back in the days when conventional ways were not much around...

[@longbowbanjoAL]

"Common sense is something that will keep you alive a lot longer than normal." - Pa Mac 2024

[@60oldmangrowing]

Here in central Kentucky, my grandfather had a patch of locust trees, of course the closer they stay together the straighter they grew. We would just cut one if we need a fence post or we was building an out building for something. And yes, sometimes we used cedar trees, as long as it had good red wood in the middle

[@farmhandscompanion]

Wish I had a patch of locust trees!

[@jerrywhite5770]

Thanks such a great lesson

[@beaubruce6033]

I built my house with modern materials but my outbuilding and horse barns were all built like my dad and grandfather built there stuff with cedar post and rough cut Lumber I use burnt motor oil to treat and keep drainage at a positive flow

[@micky8912]

a "temporary" building will help you can knowledge on what works and what doesn't. you will always gain some insight every time you do something.

[@jameshuggins4300]

Great topic? My wife and I came by the store last Saturday. Hate that we didn't get to see you. However did meet your lovely wife and daughter!

[@farmhandscompanion]

Well, shoot. Come back when I'm here! But in reality, it's more of a treat to meet THEM.

[@jameshuggins4300]

@@farmhandscompanion They were great 👍

[@Maytrx]

Kōsetsu- Snowfall in English is such a great example of beautiful impermanence. The Japanese build shrines and even a temple that is then dissembled and rebuilt just one year later.

[@rawbacon]

Had my treehouse from the 70s been built to last in the neighbors woods it would still be gone today. They sold that woods when they got older and needed money, the trees got cut down and houses built there........Oddly enough she died and the next day they started cutting the trees so she never had to see her beloved woods cut down.

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

Everything nowadays are so disposable. I have a little USB personal fan that stopped working. It hadn't been used much, so I was shocked that it stopped. I took it a part to repair it as I have done with many other fans or other electronics. I was disappointed that there were no serviceable parts. ☹ I agree about doing projects. I used to be afraid to try to build anything. Now I build whatever I want. If I can do it, you can too!

[@farmhandscompanion]

I appreciate your words of encouragement, FeralFarmgirl

[@youngguns1319]

A saying my dad told me was “ don’t be afraid of failing because that fear will make you fail before you have even failed” as a kid i didn’t really get that till I got in my teen years and I realized that nothing is perfect in life and I’m going to fail at things and that is called growing and learning and gaining knowledge. Now that I’m a little older people tell me wow you can fix or build anything. I always say back to them you can to if you just give it a try. Ps sorry for the bad grammar and punctuation lol

[@Ramser03]

Very nice thank you

[@Rottinrock]

I have a shed [ 16' X 16'] on my place ,been moved 3 or 4 times that started 'life' as a grainery, was repurpesed into a 3 room home, it is 60-70 years old, and is still a sound building

[@ScarletKnightmare]

As a perfectionist I've had to adopt the mentality "done is better than good", otherwise nothing gets done 🤷🏻

[@farmhandscompanion]

That's actually a "perfect" way to overcome perfectionism!

[@inotaarto8719]

Im your core audience 30ish homesteader with adhd and perfectionism. A ton of projects only some succeed. Never regreted what I did, only what i dident do.

[@inotaarto8719]

Also God bless you for spreading the word of God. May all you do, you and yours be blessed by the most High 🕊️

[@creepinglimongrass3276]

I got something to say on the pole barn can I make it with wooden nails, also is it possible to make it in to a elevated pole barn?

[@clevernamehere7559]

This video made me subscribe. I had seen your channel before and I liked your content, but this video made me feel like I wanted to hear more. Thanks for sharing. I think you cover some important topics in this video even if it is a bit nuanced or philosophical or ideological.

[@horseblinderson4747]

Cedar lasts outdoors because of it's oils, now like treated wood those oils and the volatiles in the treated lumber those don't last forever either. Generally speaking if you take any log strip away the bark and sap wood then char it to dry it out a bit but than oil that log wait a month or three and oil it again then let it set up over winter before putting it into the ground, every year for the first 5 on the solstice then every 5 after that fence post will last hundreds of years, big thing is retreating them after getting a good base on it. In particularly the end grain. The stuff you buy at a box store has a shelf life built into it. I don't care if it's trexdecking or even cedar you still need to do something with it. Difference between cedar, mahogany, teak and whatnot and plastic deck boards it's plastic cannot be retreated, whereas cellulose plasticizes oil over time and as it wears off can eventually take another coat.

[@PocketKanin]

i’ve been wanting to build a shelving/counter project for housing indoor plants and store dried herbs, but i’m anxious about how to go about the construction plans and if i’ll be strong enough to physically do it. i’m fearful of messing up 😞 i want to make sure the hardwork i’ll put in actually goes to something i can use daily.

[@royevans7793]

Thank you! Tonight I was restacking some lumber I had milled from some oak trees than I had milled from some oak trees from our property a couple of years ago. I've used some of it for different projects (mainly my dream work bench), and I want to use some of it to build a tool shed by the garden. I was thinking about how I should build it (along the lines of an out house), then I came in and saw your video. I'm going to do it! It won't be perfect, as I''m not a carpenter, and the lumber isn't perfect, but it'll definitely be "rustic" which is the look I'm after! I'm going to do it along with building a bird feeder station. Thanks Pa Mac!

[@farmhandscompanion]

Make double sure and send me photos of it when it's done, Roy! I'll use 'em on the show

[@randallmouser5609]

Sum it up with one word....... maintenance

[@darkrose-k1h]

We old feed sacks on any wooden post base that go in the ground to prevent rot and decay.

[@clintonbeckworth126]

Nothing is forever everything requires maintenance right down to your cars and trucks

[@sethmoking]

I have a personal wood chipper and leaf shredder, gas powered. I really appreciate the wood chips and leaf mulch I get out of it. I can't for the life of me figure out how to turn twigs and small branches into wood chips, or leaves into shredded leaf mulch without a gas powered appliance. Any way to do those things reasonably with a manual powered tool?

[@farmhandscompanion]

Without a gas powered something or 'nother, I've found that time is the only manual tool. I try and pile those unshredded materials in places that can wait for a while

[@Galfrid]

There are wood preservation methods (treating chemicals) comparison videos on KZbin. Turns out using NOTHING is often the best method for preservation. Most treatments actually accelerate wood decay!