That’s How It’s Supposed To Be | Homestead Vlog | March 4, 2024

Today there is lots of work to be done, we are making butter, more road work, and training miss Candy who recently calved! We hope you enjoy the video and a little look into everyday life!
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[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

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[@luciabriseno4065]

Is your Cookbook out??? I wanted to buy one if there’s still plenty 👩‍🍳😋👌🏻

[@joynielson5610]

Louisiana here. I am bedridden and 71 years old. Addicted to your videos. Love you all. You bring me joy everyday!. God Bless!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you so much, it brings us joy knowing we bring you joy!

[@keithbrigman5179]

We get spoiled on those great farm products. When my girls started eating at college they realized how good farm food was. I’m retired now and high prices on everything is keeping me from doing any improvements to the farm just trying to tread water. My wife says my favorite saying is ( it’s always something)

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes there is always somethin’ 😂

[@luciabriseno4065]

Blessings to all your viewers as well ❤🙏🛐

[@craigwitte2943]

I love to see little Maggie helping! Learning skills young to last a lifetime !!! B e proud mom and dad raising those kids right.

[@tiktok11150]

Is is me or does Maggie's vocabulary and choice of words seem to be advanced for her age?

[@R.C.R.]

My Grandfather used to strain the milk through cheese cloth. These clothes would get boiled when washing them so that they were always spotless. The shop bought glass of Milk is like water in comparison to a glass of freshly milk from a cow. That bring back lovely memories of my Grandparents. Thank you for making the butter and milking your lovely cow. 🙏🕊️💚☘️🇮🇪

[@lavondadye8091]

Thank you for sharing your life with your subscribers! Maggie is the best and cutiest little helper ❤️

[@beckymoore2401]

Y’all are the hardest workers I have ever seen. Love your channel. You are wonderful teachers!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thanks so much 😊

[@prairiegirl9770]

Andy, you are spot on about inflation. It goes up quickly, but takes years to recover.

[@augustrain5500]

Love how you guys are teaching your littles the homestead ways. God bless!

[@bettymaddox8898]

I used to live like you do,but I'm 80 yrs. My husband passed on.All i got a cat .I live though you all. God bless❤❤❤🎉🎉

[@Jo-it5pc]

I love watching your content and have learned at lot from you all. It’s so nice watching wholesome programming. Many thumbs up🫶

[@oldchickenlady]

I sure enjoy the videos you folks share. You taught this old lady something new today.... making butter by your machine!!! It sure was a time saver😉

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Great video everyone, sure enjoyed the road work Andy and your helpers did a great job anchoring the ditch cloths. Sure hope it all holds for you. Great combination of tractors you have and they both serve their purpose well. Breaking in a new cow to the milk set up and handling is quite a chore that takes lot of patience and you two are doing a great job and really glad for the butter and milk and all you get from the milk. As a kid I remember we would strain the milk 3 times through cloth and set it on the table for breakfast and it was so good , seemed to help our systems work too. Stay safe around there any your helpers are really doing a great job around there. Fred.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you

[@francesrehnquist8846]

Maggie is so adorable! She is so smart and loves to help momma! ❤

[@MsRiley1956]

Just found you guys. What a blessing! Hello from Texas, you know how blessed you are. Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching

[@MsRiley1956]

Already got your cookbook. Looks nice

[@jennykiser2627]

Love watching you all. Good country people, best kind. Feel after watching you, just like family. That little Miss Maggie is the cutest, teaching her good learning life skills.

[@theresawhightsel7163]

"Thats the way its supposed to be." Quote from Andy.amen

[@backwoodshomestead482]

Y’all are my new favorite channel. Right along with what I’m doing, except my homestead is being built out of timberland with no infrastructure. Lots to do! And I’m a lot older too. BTW, I subscribed 3 days ago, and this morning I was unsubscribed. Might remind everyone to check that. Has happened on 3 or 4 channels I subscribe to.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you, you're not the first to tell us they had been un subscribed, I've heard other channels mention it too

[@KeithLittleAlabama]

My wife and I bought her grandparents 30 acre farm and farmhouse. She has the green thumb on gardening. We had good gardens when we lived in Dothan. Her granddaddy farmed the land and raised hogs. We have horses and chickens and cats lol . We enjoy watching your videos and thanks for letting us tag along. We are both retired and are enjoying it. I worked as a firefighter for 36 years.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Awesome thank you so much

[@user-su5jx5ch4i]

I love you guys!! Thank you for teaching us how to live off the land ❤

[@rbirkheimer59]

I love the fact that this way of life is being taught to your kids. I pray that others are also. Maggie is a sweetheart. She really loves to help her Momma. I was just floored when she jumped up there and knew already how ya make butter. The dream will go on in this family. Makes my heart happy. God Bless. HUgs, Rebekah

[@ednatrent-meyer5256]

Supper looked delicious. Enjoying your videos just came across your site. Now, I'm doing a binge watching, lol .

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you and welcome!

[@toneyjohnson8910]

Now that is a good meal after a long day of good honest work.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

absolutely

[@joylieu52]

Good bless y’all, and thank you for your videos. They do my heart good, giving me hope there’s still a fraction of normalcy in our country and that gives me such hope❤

[@ScottsLifeOffGrid]

You two are doing a great job with these videos!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thanks so much!

[@pauline-bc-com-missp]

LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND ARE SO DOWN TO EARTH, AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS. I LOVE YOUR ACCENTS, I LIVE IN VANCOUVER CANADA, AND TEACHING EVERYONE ABOUT YOUR CULTURE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT APPALACHA IS SO INTERESTING. WOULD LIKE TO CHECK OUT YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS SOME DAY. BEEN TRYING TO CATCH UP ON ALL THE VIDEOS, ENJOYING EVERY ONE OF EM

[@joyturner5720]

I got tickled watching Maegan turn into a milk ninja grabbing her bucket of milk and BOLT out of Candy’s way 😂😂😂 LOVE the channel and the homesteading way. Great job folks, we are blessed because you choose to share. Thank you 🙂

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Milk Ninja, haha!! I love it!

[@user-br2bf1hl6n]

Thanks for sharing the good life with us. Best wishes, D

[@elt.214]

Watching the gravel pile get smoothed out was very gratifying lol.

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

My grandmother use to put their milk in a churn to make butter and she would scoop out the butter and put it in her wooden molds and set it in her refrigerator and when it was cold enough to take it out and wrap it with Saran wrap and people would go to their house and buy it from her and my granddaddy would keep a bowl of butter on the table covered with a dish towel and when they sat down to eat he would spoon it out and put it on his food

[@jerrystout3032]

YOUR KIDS are doing a great job guys!😇!😇!😇!😇!

[@stevespangler6042]

Thank y'all for letting me come along.

[@Strudey66]

You have such a great family, and a nice life on the farm.

[@unitedstatesdale]

Another Fantastic Video ! Thanks ! 😊

[@user-qi4ks2cp3d]

The road looks great 👏 and that supper looks absolutely delicious😋

[@milesdozier6028]

Hey y’all from western Arkansas we enjoy y’all so much!! Have a great week ahead 🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@karentuthill8308]

Y'all's video's make my heart smile.❤ Good people, you are!!❤

[@genemyersmyers6710]

Productive day for you guys, I needed to see the road work especially the material.

[@luciabriseno4065]

WOW!!! Im SO IMPRESSED I Love how you work as a family,,, how the kids help make butter and work with dad outside. Good Job Kids!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Mom n Dad, I’m SO IMPRESSED ❤ GOD BLESS YA’LL🙏♥️🛐

[@jasonjohnson8052]

He’s got his PhD in Box blading. Great job

[@barbaranoel6118]

I agree about the butter when I was a kid, I am 71 now we had fresh milk, butter etc. delivered right to our front door. That stopped when they had to start pasturizing the milk. Put the small daries out of business. The butter is the thing that I missed the most.

[@nanettesilas6062]

Sweet little kiddos 👦🏿

[@annarusinyak8234]

Hey there from NE Arkansas. You are right Andy, times are getting tough and expensive. More worries now then before. I'm 68 so I can remember further back. But, when you can sit down to such a meal, home grown food and your loved ones around you. Life is good. Please keep your videos coming. Meagan, I just ordered your cookbook.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thats exactly right! , i think God everyday for the life he allows us to live and i wouldn't have it any other way

[@fionaworrell4535]

Boy my mouth was watering for that crispy streaky bacon!

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

Growing up, my mom would put cream in a quart mason jar and we’d sit and just turn it back n forth. Didn’t shake it, just turn it right to left. I guess a 180 you’d say. It made up butter in no time. That’s good idea with food processor, we didn’t have one of those. Lol this was in 1970s. They did the farmsteading thing back when the world was going to heck and interest rates 18% or more and gas lines, Carter was president, everything high. It was worse than now, in a lot of ways, but not many talk about it. So anyway, my dad bought a big piece of land 150 acres, had old stone foundation and hand dug well that was good. Built Log cabin like old days, i peeled logs with flat how, he even made wood shingles. Mom n I canned 800+quarts vegetables and meat that summer from our garden and what we raised. Had about every animal you can imagine, cut our hay, cut our firewood and cooked on woodstove only except summer. I mean, looking back, it was hard! So glad I know how to survive. Only problem Is I been a widow 11 years and no hope in sight and I sure miss doing all that. So… I get to through y’all! Thank you for your channel.

[@jackdunn7673]

Love your video's, reminds me a lot of when I was growing up in Cornwall, England 1950's/60's, lived on small holding, about 30 acres. Milked cows by hand, my foster mum made clotted cream, we kept pigs, chickens, ducks, geese & turkeys.

[@jewelmccurley4578]

Just found your channel! Enjoy watching your family ! Blessings to y’all!❤

[@jerrystout3032]

One great FAMILY!😇!!😇!😇!😇!

[@stacypotts6341]

When I was two years old I went to live with my nanie and papa. I might've been scrawny and half starved, but I was always wanting something to do. Worried nanie to death until she finally give in and set me up to churn buttermilk, and she said when it starts getting hard to churn would be enough, she actually thought I'd give it up before too long because I was so scrawny. Well I tore into it, after days of trying to do something productive, I wanted to show I could do all kinds of things, though that was my first time churning, because my other grandmother filled a gallon jar with milk and shook it by rocking back and forth in the rocking chair. She kept asking if it was getting hard to churn, and I kept saying not yet. That last time she asked, I said it was getting kinda harder to churn, so she opened up the lid and looked at papa and said, she's done made butter!! Papa didn't get no buttermilk to go with his cornbread that night for supper, and nanie took more care in giving me proper instructions on any farm chore after that, and I got to milk the cow a few days later. We had a boatload of butter neither one of them knowed what to do with, it was a big floor churn and in that house buttermilk didn't last long at all, so after talking it over, we washed the butter, salted some of it, formed it, wrapped it up in wax paper and gifted to folks on nearby farms.

[@paccur1252]

Butter looks good.... and that meal sure is making me hungry.. Much love and appreciation from Australia God bless you all

[@jerrystout3032]

Outstanding FAMILY!!😇!😇!😇!😇

[@jhutto3814]

Wow, I wish we could buy cashed concrete for 400 a load here in FL. I make a living (just barely) with a dump truck, and that mixture of concrete costs me 600 to put it on the truck. You're right. Things have sky rocketed with THIS administration. You won't have any trouble with wet when you finish THAT road. Concrete get hard and you can't give enough water. Good job.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you

[@kennetheasterly9455]

What time is supper? I’ve got a long drive LO😂😂😂😂😂. Love everything y’all do!!!!

[@alanadale4299]

I just discovered your channel. Hello from Canada. You are all down to earth and I enjoy that. Cheers!

[@joycejones4526]

I really like your kitchen. It's so nice. I'll bet your house smells so good. That's one thing about families that cook at home it smells so good. I miss that now that my family has left and I'm by myself. I always baked on Fridays and the kids loved it. Love to the family thank you for sharing.

[@barbaramccune9383]

You sound like my husband not enough money to buy that old tractor or pick up Love it

[@dmartin4295]

I'm a new subscriber and I'm enjoying your channel. 😊

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Welcome!

[@kevinfisk3762]

Man, your dinners sure look good. And saying hello from Brooklyn Michigan

[@Prepping_mimi]

That’ll be rock hard in no time. Looks good. And that butter looks yummy!

[@badatti2d]

Thank You...I could almost smell the food cooking...reminds me of when I was MUCH younger and would visit my grandparents house with my family...we always looked forward to this kind of meal cooked in much the same way as you do it. Respectful of doing things the right, 'old school' way.

[@MrBearbait75]

Thankk you for letting us tag along in your daily life. Sure brings backa lot of memories of growing up. We raised most of our food also. When I moved away, I said I'd never have a garden again. Was sonsick of all the work. It wasnt but 3 or 4 uears and guess what I did? Yep, started a garden!!! Lol. Blessings.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Awesome!

[@tracysteward604]

Andy you preach it! You speak nothing but the truth. Rock same here in KY. My husband is a-retired coal miner and I don’t know what we would do if he couldn’t do just about everything hisself including building our house and a good majority of our furniture and yes spread gravel. And praise the good Lord for showing me how to squeeze a dime from a nickle.

[@MartaRomano-u3h]

Your cooking looks so good .your are awesome cook.. I enjoy watching your videos. Thank you! Just love you guys!

[@kerriskitchen4747]

I just found y'all today!. I raise dairy goats, rabbits, chickens and a few horses. I have a fair sized garden too. You folks are right in tune with the life style I'm trying to get to. Thanks for sharing your life with us

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@rubytaylor4566]

Enjoyed the video and the food looked Delicious. 😊❤🙏 Ms. Ruby

[@waypoint3639]

Hello, I really appreciate your videos.

[@user-qi1vc5vd6h]

Love your channel, back to basics

[@donnasaylor2778]

You are a great person your family just so adorable in every thing God speed u like working things are going you do not put off nothing just a sweet family prayers to all loosing a Daddy. Father grand parent prayers to your mom Megan he a a hero to all bless

[@dianalittle7323]

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS! :)

[@susannmoreno1458]

Good morning from Apple Valley, So. California. Having my morning cup of coffee with Jesus and Ya'll.

[@vikkibyington3066]

Meagan, you can never be too careful. My great grandma many years ago was raising her family on Chimney Top Mtn not far from here in TN. She was pregnant and went to milk one day. The cow kicked her and killed the baby. She lost another baby while living on the mtn from stillbirth. Little Nellie and Polly are buried up there. Andy, your work on this video was awesome! The road will be so much better. Love watching your sweet kiddies helping you. My same ggrandma and grandpa left TN and moved to PA. they had a farm and when I visited she “let me” 😂 help her churn. I remember her straining her butter through cheese cloth. Then she made it into a ball like yours. The way you work reminds me of her. She died when I was about 12. Love your alls videos. ❤

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Wow, yes I don't think some folks understand how easily a cow can hurt you if you don't take proper precautions. Thank you for sharing that story and your kind words

[@tracysteward604]

Good morning. I’d like to make two comments. First of all you are precious with your children but especially how you interact with your little girl. It is precious. I did not have a mother like you. I had a mother who put me on prescription diet pills when I was four years old because I was just a chubby little baby. But I digress you are just precious and your little girl is truly blessed which I know your son is too but it is Darlene how you let her help you and it melts my heart. And second of all my husband is a Kabota man too. He just recently got an older small model kind of like when Andy was using about that size to restore.oh my gosh I don’t know why he wanted this thing because to me well, let’s just say I’m not able to see the diamond in the rough, lol. Thanks for another good video. God bless.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️

[@johnroberson7725]

Love the 4000 ford have always had one.

[@lindabyrne1645]

Enjoyed watching!

[@joejackson3415]

Never eat anything but real butter, worked on my mom's friend's dairy farm in my youth and he made all. Homemade ice-cream and thought it super fancy with electric butter churn .😊

[@ChristinemAlred-mn5if]

We are having chicken soup from the chicken dinner last night and biscuit bread. I would love fresh home-made butter to go on it. ❤😊

[@johndenoma6397]

My last gravel road material 3/4"- was $29/Ton and I got 32 ton (Two loads). The gravel at the Quary is $17.50/ ton so the most cost is trucking. My property boarders the Quary. Keep up the great videos.

[@lowespringacres7838]

I just found your channel a couple days ago and i just love you guys! ❤

[@the1plantguy]

Your lil’un is adorable! Just found your channel. So far I like what you guys are doing! Something I eventually want to do as soon as I can leave California. Blessings to you!

[@user-ud7zw2po5g]

Hi lovely family xx❤❤❤ 😊

[@sharonneal8096]

Hey Megan and Andy, thanks for another fun video!,great work on the road Andy,yea prices are crazy for gravel here too!, along with too many other things! My husband just spread some himself also. Megan, love to see that fresh butter,the best! Good work with Bell,she’ll come along with your patience.love your channel,thanks for sharing.

[@robertbates6057]

Y'all are amazing!

[@robynchote3208]

This Lady is outstanding great videos 🙋‍♀️texas

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you

[@tonistephens4068]

The butter is beautiful! I love the old Ford tractor. It may be old, but it doesn’t smoke, and it purrs like a kitten! Blessings to you all!

[@pamp5797]

I love how you have Maggie help in the kitchen. I used to use paddles to work the milk out of the butter. I had a big old wooden bowl and paddles from my mother in law. Good job training the milk cow. Looks like she eats fast or you don't give her enough to keep her occupied. I never had cows I had goats. That was back in the day. I'm 73 and in bad shape so I'm living vicariously through your videos.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

I am training her to milk without feed :)

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Home grown at it's best. That butter reminds me of tomatoes. When they give out in the garden, I'm done until next year's crop. Great job Maggie! That's a good looking road that will stay with you Andy. Y'all have a great evening!

[@billroberts3864]

It is nice to watch Maggie helping with the making of butter. She is making memories. Your smile as you are pouring the milk into the strainer says you are a good guesser of the quantity of milk. Blessings to you all.

[@jasonstefanuk3579]

Great video. Hi from Saskatchewan, Canada. Really enjoy your videos.

[@samcarter6267]

I love your video,s Ile definitely be using some of your ways in my garden

[@shirleyallen5180]

My mom used cheesecloth to strain the milk. Wish we had had that blender instead of a churn!

[@zeke1eod]

Awesome job! I have the same exact counter weight, love the ammo cans mounted on it. I filled mine with quickrete. I was under the impression that Jerseys gave 5-7 gallons a day. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe, and God bless

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

It all depends on the cow honestly, some are very high producers and some lower. Candy currently has her calf 24/7 so I’m getting around a gallon a day plus whatever the calf may be drinking. I’m guessing I’ll get around 2-3 gallons once the calf is weaned ☺️

[@zeke1eod]

@TrueGritAppalachianWays thanks, this changes my mind, possibly because we were thinking Dexter so as not to be "overwhelmed" with too much milk

[@MitzieTilley]

Looks sooo good !!!!

[@lindatornowski2421]

I have just subscribed to your channel. I had watched a few of your videos and really enjoyed what you were showing. Thank you for sharing all of your information with us. In the 90s I milked a jersey cow and currently have goats just about ready to kid so that I can milk them. I have a cream separator, so it’ll be easy to get cream for butter and all the good stuff. I have been binge watching all the videos and it looks like it’s gonna take a while to get them all done!

[@sherry3191]

Love your show 😊

[@marthahill1919]

Hello from the bootheel of Missouri . That supper looks awesome. My kind of cooking. God bless y'all.

[@lisabooker6405]

New Sub!! Just found your channel. Loving your videos. TFS. God bless you all. ~Lisa

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much and welcome!

[@johnfridley1122]

Looking good you all😀😀

[@ednamyers5760]

Great video.. really enjoy your channel...

[@lanettelawrence6308]

Great share.

[@jimmybishop-gi5ty]

My Grandma used to strain her milk through a old flour sack. I was about as old as your daughter when I first remember trying to help her.❤️