Putting the Animals to Work on My Garden

[@bncsmom1]

Rebekah You and I lost someone right around the same time. My aunt - who was more of a mother to me than my own mother - passed on October 1. I struggle with it, too. I've read that grief like this doesn't get easier, just gets more familiar and we become more capable of bearing it through our daily lives. I'm glad you have a wonderful support system. Hold tight to them all, as they help you through this. And hold tight to your dad; he's holding up just about as well as you are, you could really tell how much he's struggling when he appeared in Jonah's birthday episode. You need him and he needs you right now. Sending hugs though the interwebs.

[@19queenbee55]

Josiah cracks me up. “I don’t know.” Personally, I don’t like answering questions first thing in the morning either.

[@claudettehernandez3402]

I don’t talk to my husband in the morning because he’s on a mission to wake up, get dressed, get coffee and leave. He gets perturbed if you make him stray from his intentions. It’s worked for 36 years and unless it’s something we hadn’t talked about already we don’t change it

[@EHCBunny4real]

Josie is a man of few words. He's all action

[@jennifernebraska9728]

My grandfather always woke us with “rise and shine, rise and shine. Nighttimes yours but the daytimes mine. Up, up, up.”

[@eve2831]

My mother always woke us up singing to the tune of revile. “It’s time to get up, it’s time to get up, it’s time to get up in the morningggg. It time to get your britches on you dirty sons a guns.

[@TommieJean-l4c]

❤😊

[@knottymom88]

Josiahs Cow Milking Class would be a SILENT FILM ! ;) ❤

[@noe3578]

😅😅😅 veo el asfalto mojado pero no veo la coz de la vaca ...

[@colleenrodamer9497]

Justin, I raised five boys they need about 15 hours of sleep a day and a about a half a cow a week LOL many blessing from North Texas ❤ Becky the Grief never leave you and it comes in waves hold onto Justin. Things will get better in time you always, and I mean always miss your mom.

[@camicri4263]

Hahaha, that is right!

[@millerlisa1]

All truth!

[@tippyjo5850]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@sherihenderson9595]

🤗🤗🤗🤗Even after 11 years, the grief of the loss of my Mom, still overwhelms me!! 🙏🏻🤗♥️🤗🙏🏻♥️

[@LisaReynolds-e9u]

My mom has been gone for 34 years. I still miss her so much.

[@Coetzeefamilystead]

I love how the turkeys are like...hey we heard it's good here🦃

[@colleenrodamer9497]

Justin, I raised five boys they need about 15 hours of sleep a day and a about a half a cow a week LOL many blessing from North Texas ❤

[@brothernorb8586]

@@colleenrodamer9497 What a job! Bless you..

[@southernladywithmanyhats7428]

Justin, something I (an older lady here) have learned using our insert on the fireplace is this. Once you get a good set of coals those large pieces of wood NOT SPLIT will last MUCH longer than the split ones. This way you wouldn't have to fill it as often.

[@francineshea4723]

Jonah is extremely bright. I was in charge of a gifted and talented program and he definitely has the characteristics without being tested.

[@lajwantishahani1225]

He definitely tops the problem solving skills. Justin has the experience though which Jonah is wisely picking up from.

[@grizzly2772]

For Bekka on grief: You've made it this far and the worst is over.. Some cultures like Japan set aside a whole year for mourning the loss of a loved one. The put a black ribbon on their arm not just in remembrance, but to let everyone know that they are in a kind of "sacred process" that could cause them to be moody or depressed for no obvious reason, or even cause them to emotionally break down and need time to collect themselves. The idea is that over the next year you will naturally not put the ribbon on, know that the time for grieving is over and WANT to get back to the life of no grief. It's said the best commemoration of a lost love one is to grieve well, grieve fully, and then set the grief aside so the good memories can move in to fill that space. In psychology this is called the Normal Grief Process. If it lasts more than a year it becomes a Complicated Grief Process and needs professional help discover what is keeping the process from being successfully completed. There is no "shame or glory" in lapsing into a Complicated Grief Process -- or in fully and successfully grieving well the passing of a loved one. Grief is a messy business. Because of a complicated childhood I never properly grieved my mother or grandmother, several years apart. Then a few years later a beloved pet died and I was a frickin' mess -- because I'd not allowed the process of grief to successfully complete because of guilt in my case. It was like what I hadn't successfully completed, rose back up again asking to be completed. Then another pet died and I finally submitted to professional help. And with learning the successful closure of that loss it's like the other 3 lined up to "be completed". So I would say, make sure you grieve well. Recognize that the "messy parts" need to come and be worked through -- and not held onto. They are a natural process -- and their being over is a natural process too. I'm a lot like Josiah with my emotions, also being the 2nd-born boy -- so would have to intetionally set aside private time to watch sad movies and trigger the emotions -- so I could be done with them. My advice is to recognize the grief and "do it well" -- then look forward to setting it aside. If you don't set it aside, the beautiful memories and ongoing commemoration to them can't happen. I gave the grief extra meaning. I'm already artistic, my first gift being photography. With each passing loved one, I branch out and pick up another artistic expression. Once you are artistic and "know how to do it", it's easy to branch out into other forms of artistic expression. Sculpture. Verse. Painting. Drawing. Each is a commemoration of someone special. What if farming and homesteading -- the various aspects thereof -- were YOUR artistic expression? Grieve well.

[@sissyatkinson1296]

Beautifully spoken words. grizzly...

[@oxenrat]

beautiful life is back ... Becky, I lost my mum in 1991 when I was18 and my dad 5 years later. It never stops hurting, good mums are part of us. All my love from New Zealand x

[@SharonLee-q6l]

To Justin’s beautiful one I lost my mom July of 2023 Her last days were terrible to see Someone said “It was my honor to walk with my loved one into death” Those words resonated so much with me and gave me some peace (I already had the assurance and hope of heaven for her.) Since then the pain/sorrow has decreased and I even have occasional happy memory moments

[@lizgessnermcallister4884]

Fill a tire with the logs, it will hold them vertically so you can split them without having to keep them from falling

[@jfife4211]

My dad was born in 1917. He and his four brothers split wood all summer taking turns as well as other chores. Unfortunately, he lost his youngest brother when he stepped on an upturned rake and was infected with tetnus and died. My dad was a fanatic about tools left on the ground especially rakes. A hard life lesson.

[@silverfwn]

I feel so much for Rebekah. I lost my mom at 30 when my son (her only grandchild) was 9 mos. old and it was very tough; she will never know when the pain will hit her, unfortunately. Be grateful that she was around to see all of your babies grow up a little and that they were able to know their grandmother. My heart goes out to your family; losing a mother/grandmother can be devastating to the whole family. Hang in there

[@tinavandongen6206]

Nice job fixing that door handle. I wish I still had the motivation you strive to have. Thanks for good family programming ❤

[@pamelas1561]

I have found that by keeping my older hens, they are the ones who make good mammas. They are the ones who will sit on a nest of eggs for 21 days. The young gurls want to run around and aren't ready yet. This is how we get all our new baby chicks.

[@kerinicklaus564]

Hey gang! An idea for your potatoes, instead of doing rows, is to do a "barrel" not a wood barrel, but either a sack that will let water drain, or stacked old tires (We use tires) we still get a good yield and it doesn't take up nearly as much space. You can use the extra room to set up multiple "barrels" or grow something else. Food for thought! ❤

[@tdewtx]

I really like the longer videos. I miss them.

[@Flowers4Bees.Veggies4Me]

Happy Day💚

[@kentuckysurvival]

Might be a time to consider some solar panels for the green house and pump water out of the creek as well keep a decent amout of power to the intergizer

[@StudyBitcoinwtfhappenedin1971]

Your cabin looks great! On a related note, an educational and fun watch I highly recommend is a documentary called "alone in the wilderness" it's available on KZbin. It's about a man who builds a cabin in the remote Alaskan wilderness and lives there for decades. As always thanks for your videos, fun/interesting to watch and really nice learning from y'all! 🙏🤙

[@birdmadgrrrl]

Send the boys out to hunt those turkeys in season instead of raising turkeys, deer too. Y’all got lots of wooded acreage that could work for you as much as the pasture. 🦃 🦌

[@badassmother1426]

Yes, I don't know why they aren't bringing home ANY THING hunted or trapped. This Is just stupid!

[@deenottelling8492]

Giving kids the opportunity to be able to lead gives them opportunities to learn, grow and even teach us adults something new.

[@nan----]

I love your longer videos because by the time I stop what I am doing to watch your video and relax the 10 or 15 minute ones are over too fast, and I say gee I just sat down. 🤗❤

[@CabinRidge]

Can’t remember which video it was but you mentioned your water supply was wanting to run off to the right over the rocks after the storm, a good way to manipulate that is take a concrete saw and score the rock in the area you wish to lower , then hammer and chisel out the rock so you can actually make a sleuth to re direct. If you have a generator you could take a larger chipping hammer and make quick work out of it , hope this helps with your water flow up at the head

[@robledbetter4215]

My dad was raised on a dairy farm and is ready to work right when he wakes up…his famous line is also “we’re burning day light” 😅

[@camicri4263]

Blessings!

[@pathughes8221]

Love your relationship with your great kids, you do really well. I worked with adolescents and young adults for 20 years just for reference.

[@brothernorb8586]

@@pathughes8221 I agree

[@anneturner2018]

I used to wake my children up with the song ‘Good morning starshine, the earth says hello”….they still throw pillows at me…..😂

[@time4paws]

Happy New Year All!

[@chrisbrackett9779]

1:51 20 odd years ago an old timer I worked with told me during a very lengthy conversation about work. He told me if possible you should learn 1 new thing everyday, even if it’s just a different way to doing something than your used too. This new way may just save you time or incorporate it into your own way of doing a job to be more productive. Never be afraid to try never be afraid to take that chance.

[@ryanwendinger]

Need to plant some winter cover crops in part of that greenhouse and flip flop with the chickens letting them eat them!

[@kellyk7419]

Happy Day my friends!

[@wtillett243]

I love the sound of content chickens.

[@philip4588]

Jonah should look into Scandinavian/Norwegian old log houses/huts. Put Bryophyte between the logs and grass on the top of the roof.

[@Piratemitch]

Why don't you get a trencher and take a 3/4 PVC pipe to the greenhouse and put in a frost free hydrant. One time and you can water the greenhouse and garden with one job, it's not hard to do.

[@sherihenderson9595]

I did research sleep . . . Your body knows how much sleep you need. I allow my boys to sleep late on the weekend. They have to get up for school. I too sleep late on the weekends. 🥰😍💞💕❤️💖♥️🤗🙏🏻

[@snarky_farmer]

PPE= pre purchase exam. Smart move. 👍

[@TobyCatVA]

Josiah Rhodes presents "How to Adjust to Your Dad Being A Crazy Chicken Lady" seminar.

[@sarahbiermann5889]

How satisfying to have work for which you see the results, unlike office work, for instance.

[@LaurieChistine]

Justin just basically said...sh** rolls downhill. LOL

[@GetToTheFarm]

potatoes grow great up here thankfully, we plant 125+ pounds of seed potatoes each year- we get more than 400# of potatoes. Looking forward to freeze drying our harvest this year.

[@drhenderson40]

You can hook the hoses up to an air compressor and blow the water out each use.

[@TS-wb4xc]

I didn’t know your wife had her own channel, I’ll have to check it out ! 🎉😊

[@wildedibles819]

Hugs and love it's nice seeing all the channels combine to share real life with us the best you can 💞 It's made me smile and I've had a difficult holiday season but it's ok Thanks for helping in a little w anyway Much love

[@1sotobklyn]

The hardest part of letting go of loved ones is not knowing how much love you will feel on the last day. The day everyone who ever existed will be there, all together, in the presence of God, from where we all have been loved before we were. For He, the great I AM has loved us.

[@justanothermichele]

Everyone who ever existed will NOT be in heaven. Only some will go to heaven.

[@eve2831]

When patching hoses it’s always easier for future repairs to pull the longest piece the farthest from the water source. That way when a leak happens you don’t have to walk as far to make repairs or to find parts. Also when wanting to drain hoses for cold weather if you are using it throughout the winter you can put a T in the low spots. Then turn the water off and open the T’s to drain the hoes.

[@ShaneSwing]

One reservation I've always had with letting my chickens prep my garden areas is how they eat most of the worms in the area. So, you add their benefit to the garden, but you have to subtract all the loss of the worms. So I remove my chickens from the garden area a few months before I plant.

[@cassie5040]

The worms dig down…..I had my chickens in something like his compost corner and after awhile I would grab a shovel and dig a hole for them to get at the worms….there were always plenty there even with chickens being there for two years….

[@melissamartin31]

OMGOODNESS had no clue she had a cooking channel, so excited 🎉❤😊

[@fogums]

Pretty normal for teenagers to sleep 24hrs a day. Love your posts.

[@jordanhodnett5273]

You need to put the roosting bars in the high tunnel, also if you are ever looking at wood processors check out the halverston since you already have a skid loader

[@outdoorlorr122]

Now ya know when we were teens we needed extra sleep. Honey, I need to make sure that the boys are getting enough. You don’t want them out driving and being sleepy. Because you guys are so schedule oriented you might want to set up a online calendar separate for just chores that brings to in the house, monitoring alarm as well as your smart watches or cell phones. That way everyone’s on the same page. The wood burner seems to be one of your top issues that needs to be checked on a more regular basis. That way, whoever ends up doing that task can mark it off as being done, reducing the need to yell around asking if certain chores have been done. Well, that doesn’t reduce the need to still check in personally with the family. It just might give you more time to spend doing fun family stuff.

[@paulblankenship7865]

Jonah, when I was your age and younger my dad taught me how to split wood with a double bit axe. If you twist the axe right when the head hits the log it will help “throw” the two pieces apart. I never used a splitting mall, so I don’t know if it will help in your situation.

[@johnbertilson3370]

When i visited my grandmas homestead she would say come boss and the lead cow would come and the other cows followed that cow.

[@vivianzuniga8814]

Maybe try a corn husk blaster instead of a sand blaster to clean off the cabin in a day. Works great!!!

[@sissy8563]

lol I wake my kids up yelling get up we’re burning day light as well lol John Wayne “Cowboys” lol 😂 ❤

[@pmartin6759]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Hey that would make a great line for a movie....think they did make a movie with that line in it lol😂 HAPPY CHICKENS🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@bryonnewby5474]

Jonah, Put a car tire on its side on the splitting log. Put your log rounds inside the tire and when you hit it and it splits, the pieces stay in the tire, most the time. You will not have to chase pieces.

[@jeremyzaloum3443]

Burnin' Daylight classic dad

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Merry Christmas Justin Rhodes and Rebecca and your children to nice to see you all love watching your video homestead 🎄⛄🏡🐔🐓🐣🐤🦃🐑🐄🦮🐈‍⬛🦢🐖🐷🐎🐝🎥👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@keithprinn720]

so many jobs to be done can understand that losing a couple of hours in winter cant be easily undone.

[@trevorboyd6158]

Build a splitting head to fit the mini excavator.

[@kelliscarbrough9580]

Rebecca I still have good and bad days. My moms been gone 2 years New Year’s Day I miss her so much. She taught me so much except how to live without her. I completely understand how you feel.

[@GettingGoshen]

Justine I love they you Encourage your children to Make their decisions to do What's good❤

[@NaturesCadenceFarm]

I'm enjoying the longer vlogs without music and jumpy cuts.

[@tessjones5987]

Your fortitude is stupendous. Love watching. The new chicken arch house is so cool.

[@maryturner3534]

Justin I think a better analogy is more experience vs more agility 😊

[@kellygreen8255]

Definitely more experienced…not smarter. Jonah is incredibly smart!

[@bingo45373]

That’s one f my favorite Christmas movie and I had learned something I didn’t know about cows they only have one set of teeth they use there tongue to put the grass and that’s why the grass has to be higher up for cows then for horses and sheep

[@donnasmith575]

Hey Justin, ask a doctor. Growing boys need more sleep than normal because they are growing at a fast rate.

[@kristenbatlle3119]

They can go to bed earlier!

[@chamqual6480]

Teenagers have a problem going to bed... A problem parents can't fix.

[@upstatemamabear5470]

They need to go to bed earlier. He is teaching them a good work ethic.

[@Coetzeefamilystead]

A man that don't work - don't eat...

[@rongarrett1366]

Rhodes Family ♥♥♥♥♥👑👑👑👑👑 Critters ♥♥♥♥♥, treats and tummy rubs. Tonka sends a tail wag and a sniff to his fellow critters.

[@allnaturalhomesteaders]

Hey Justin, I know you don't like to use anything besides all natural products on your gardens. With this being said, and since it's winter, I highly highly suggest you put azomite down on your garden during the winter. Then all of the vitamins and nutrients that was removed from the soil because of the last harvest, will be replenished by something that's 125% all natural!! Atomite is from Utah, it's from an old under water volcano that erupted millions of years ago, when Utah was an ocean, we'll the volcano erupted and there was a entire ton of crill next to the volcano when it erupted, soo all of that crill died, and went into the ash of the underwater volcano, so it has a bunch of vitamins and minerals, that you can't get anywhere else, it's literally the only fertilizer I use on my plants! Besides fish plant food made with fish. 😆. But omg, you will notice a HUGE difference in your gardening when you purchase azomite. If it's not from Utah. Its not real azomite, and it should be an extremely light pink. Also helps your plants to not be affected by frost. Best fertilizer I've ever had, by far!! You have to try azomite brother. Seriously, give it a try. I've never steered you In the wrong direction, so give it a try, & it's super cheap. 45 bucks, should last you all year long!! Azomite is the best fertilizer ever!!

[@teresavoegele5114]

My Mom used to make her own soap from the ashes in our coal burning furnace. She called it "Grandma's Lye Soap."

[@sharper6577]

Thinking of what you said about Rebecca adjusting to life after her mom’s death. Yes there’s a missing person. But you will be able to function, Rebecca. Life is all around you. Children and adults who need you and nourish your heart. You have many memories of a wonderful mom. A wonderful mom is a huge blessing who because of that leaves a huge gap when gone into eternity. You have to adjust. Adjusting is a process. You will be fine. ♥️

[@maggiecraigie8114]

You’re a great father. I loved it when you said if anyone calls you a chicken be proud, that is so funny but true because chickens are awesome. Happy new year everyone, I’ve been a long time viewer from 🌏🇦🇺🐨🦘✌👍🏼

[@memanning5]

Osborn brush on big grinder for sanding the log cabin

[@cekfraun]

I've missed some content along the way. You used to milk your cow in a moveable milking stanchion. Then you were milking her/them in the field. Why are you now milking your cows in the middle of the road? Just curious. The new high tunnel is perfect for the chickens in winter!

[@chelseybonnett5139]

my husband and I want to build the chicksaw chicken tractors. Where do you find the tires at?

[@anneturner2018]

I love the KZbin shot of the video…pointing your finger at Jonah….and the title is “Putting My Animals to work….’😂

[@BenjaminKlahn]

14:15 Justin over here trying to recreate the John Henry story but forgetting that while John Henry does win he also dies from the attempt. 😅😅

[@GlenBeet]

Merry Christmas Rhodes family

[@HideyHoleOrg]

Chickens for Employee of the Month!

[@TheHomesteadProvider]

At 5:55 RC Grower? For the dairy cows. Where can I check this out?

[@earplugs23]

Hello from Mountain View, mo

[@Revtyme7]

Beware. Two horses get attached to each other. The horse left behind will go over or thru fences to stay with their buddy. It wont be right to lock a horse all day in a barn unless it is large enough for them to move around.

[@golommatthew899]

Only need to find an old book called blaze and Billy

[@claudettehernandez3402]

Well Now I Know you’ve got a channel Rebecca! I never knew before and I found Justin when you were having Gideon!

[@santryl]

Why don't you trench water out to the new high tunnel and put in a frost free faucet?

[@thebikerbee]

Vamonos!

[@surferbob9419]

I love Josiah’s I don’t know. He Man is a problem solver escape artist

[@t3dwards13]

Sooooooo...Put the trough away from the fence? Is that more difficult than getting everyone back in?

[@teresa-greeneyes3886]

How many laying hens do you have for your family?

[@7StandsFarm]

I have never had cows but i have lots of those devil eyes Kiko meat goats. I live in North Carolina also if you would like to have one check out 7 stands farm

[@ashleyjohnson247]

Sorry, Rest in peace momma

[@jaket8947]

I'll never understand why, particularly with a 'from the land' mentality, that no one hunts or forages. Resident NC tags are wildly accessible, that's a half-dozen deer and two turkeys for each of you. Thats absolutely wild.

[@steffensimmons2428]

What brand of boots do you all use?

[@sherihenderson9595]

GOD tells us not to worry about tomorrow, it will take care of itself!! 🙏🏻🤗🙏🏻🤗🤗🙏🏻♥️♥️🙏🏻🤗 It will take time for you to work thru your grief!! Be patient with yourself. Lean on your Husband, tgat is why God gave him to you!! 🤗🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗🙏🏻♥️🥰😘

[@loraypruitt5922]

😊😊

[@fredeerickbays]

if u r going to try t grow enough potato's dont look at rows look at lbs. On person can eat 50lb of them in a yr. So for the 7 of u figure 7 pf those big bag at least. Potatoes freeze dry will. Add milk and butter and mashed. Store a lot more of them

[@lilyivers3489]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@justinbecker325]

Is Josiah doing ok? It might be just his personality, but he has seemed really down lately. Wishing all of you a happy new year from WA State

[@shannonhenson609]

How can you tell? 🤷😆

[@tippyjo5850]

That is his personality he is just a low key kind of guy