Spring Thaw, Prepping for Summer | Chapter 3

[@CopperIslandHomestead]

What a beautiful homestead ❤❤❤

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Thank you so much!!! ❤️✨🫶🏻

[@30yrsanddone94]

GM: Your channel was recommended this morning. I’ve never been to your area. This sounds silly - but my eyes became blurry watching this one in particular. I realized I had tears in my eyes. The beauty of your land and home, your resilience and strength as a young family - breath taking. No matter the crazy stuff - you represent the real America. Thanks for sharing. ✝️🩷

[@Michael-fk1lq]

My last frost date is April 15. I can only imagine how stir crazy you go over your winter. My growing season is long enough to go without fertilizer and watering much of the time. I can buy 25cent tomatoes in August, do nothing to them and harvest in November. Creative solutions are necessary wherever you garden. I like your homemade fences and coups. I like your style and can learn from you, even in a very different environment. You probably don't need dirt on that spot. many plants can be planted directly into moist ground. You could use a cup of sand for sunflower. And wouldn't have to cover the entire area. Or make some really messy and quick hugel beds and throw in some corn.

[@carlyvoss1956]

Maybe a video on how to find a homestead. We have been in Montana for a long time. We out grow our current two acres

[@marcushavland9316]

Maybe a video on small grains harvesting and processing?

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

That’s a great idea! I can do that one this fall 😁

[@dhingus6699]

Living the dream. Good on ya. 😊

[@bemore6349]

I’m a new subscriber and I love your videos ❤ awesome stuff 😊

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Yay! Thank you!

[@williammacintosh1742]

Great video. Thanks for making these. :D

[@carmiezaya9849]

I love seeing your beautiful land! Id be interested in hearing more on your animal husbandry, particularly for your rabbits. 😊

[@pammiegalloway4061]

Beautiful. Pammie from Chicago Illinois

[@titusmarius8718]

Im doing rabbits and still unsure of breeding schedules, that would be a great help

[@SavvyGirl515]

A video on your native predator prevention methods. Or something of the sort. 😅❤ i love your videos, and I've been wanting to move to an area like you are and build a homestead for as long as I can remember, and I'm 28 now 😅

[@bemore6349]

This is absolutely gorgeous. What landmark is near by? Campaign ground or a smaller town? My wife and I work from home and can appreciate your life choices 😊 greetings from NC

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

We’re 40 miles west of Glacier National Park 😊

[@YanboSolutions]

@@CedarHillsHomestead Awesome! Thank you for your reply :)

[@YanboSolutions]

The Glacier National Park is just STUNNING! Lost for words!

[@ThundertrodPermaculture-mo8xe]

I would like to hear about what you grow with such a short growing session I am looking at my seed packets now many have grow times in over 90 days

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

A lot of cool loving crops that can take some frost like spinach, lettuce, arugula. My peppers and tomatoes do okay but they stay in the house until late June, then I cover them as needed in July and August. There are some cold climate-based seeds I just bought through Snake River Seed Cooperative I’m excited to try. Also I do a lot of planting a bunch and just hoping one or two survives so I can seed-save from those. Lastly, we’re building a 500 sq ft greenhouse that is loosely based on Arkopia (he is on KZbin, highly recommend checking his channel out) that will let us grow tropical plants and fish year round with a wood stove to heat it.

[@angiecway3482]

Do you have specific trees that you look for to use for firewood?

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Yes, larch/tamarack and Douglas fir are our two favorites. We occasionally burn cedar if it’s down and in our way but it’s a very small minority, probably under 5% of our firewood is cedar.

[@shayhansen5431]

Could I ask why your flowers didn’t turn out? Thanks!

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Very poor soil quality. We have 1/4 to 1/2 inch of topsoil at the most, it doesn’t hold water and it’s full of rocks so it’s hard to put roots down. 😅