The Beautiful Ozarks in Winter - Hike with Us!

[@ozarkfamilyhomestead]

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[@jacquelinem6000]

Hello from Australia Shawn, Janice and Family. I grew up for 13 years on a small holding of 60 acres and watching this video took me back over 60 years to that time. We had a milking cow herd and sold the cream to a large emporium and 3000 laying hens that supplied several local grocers with eggs. Dad also had a fulltime job and us 4 children all worked daily on farm jobs before and after school. It was a good clean life and taught excellent work ethics and stamina that were valuable in later life. I wish all children could be blessed with such upbringings whatever country they live in. Congratulations Shawn, it is hard but very rewarding work. Warmest Good Wishes from 'Oz' !🌞💯

[@CheriGoodwin]

Wonderful video, Shawn! So calming. Enjoyed it and seeing the children. Cheri

[@lauramcwilliams9129]

Always enjoy when Shawn does these videos. He is very interesting and informative. I could see how he must be a wonderful teacher.

[@susangrote3633]

He’s a very nice man.

[@donadavis1178]

Very informative i love when shawn explains things i can see why he is a teacher

[@gerripacheco3149]

Great video! Love seeing your beautiful land! Shawn, you are the best teacher. Love your videos. 😊

[@Earthmothernaturelover]

When I was a child at the bottom of my garden we had a brook, reminiscent of the wilder part of your property. I spent a happy childhood at that brook, swimming, building dens, rope swings, bridges and dams. Thanks for the tour and my trip down memory lane.

[@kelliealley7418]

OMG! Such beautiful property! I would be in the woods so much I would never get any work done. How wonderful

[@joannemathews8394]

Beautiful land!!? I love listening to the running water❤❤❤

[@JustTheJesters]

Thanks Shawn for the tour!! ❤

[@dorothybentley6429]

I love my wood stove watching the fire is so relaxing.the heat is so much warmer than say electric or gas.❤️❤️❤️

[@MoniqueAO888]

Thanks Shawn, for sharing this interesting video !!!

[@alygerard3988]

Thank you for this video!!! I grew up with 30 acres of woods behind our house. This video brought back the memories of building forts, climbing trees, fishing and just goofing off like kids do. Thirteen boys and little old me the only girl!!!! Oh the fun!!!! I've been praying for you Janice!!! Up here in Connecticut the cruddy crud the is flourishing!!!! Not the flu but pretty close.

[@kimberleyweinert5292]

Thank you so much for the wood stove tutorial, I appreciate the information. I didn't have a dad around to teach me these things, but was always curious about the proper way to start a wood stove. Thanks.

[@Kara-e2y]

This video really relaxed me! Very nice calming voice :)

[@trishthedish2790]

Thanks Shawn reminds me growing up on the farm.

[@Intentionalliving66]

Loved this one!! The property is beautiful

[@KathyCrawford-s7f]

I love my wood stove. It's very calming to just sit and watch the fire and feel the heat on a cold evening. This was a wonderful video and really captured some of the joys of country living. I really enjoy Shawn's calm and grounding delivery of his Ozark life experiences. Prayers for Janice.

[@christineatherton1376]

I live in Montreal Canada very noisy compared to your beautiful spot.Thanks for sharing nice to see your sweet kids hi y'all ❤

[@kerrylewis8559]

Going to watch till end of my lunch and catch the rest when I get home. I love hiking my home area ( Central NC) in the winter

[@debbierowe5891]

Your homestead is beautiful all year round. You definitely have the 4 seasons. Thank you Shawn for showing us your beautiful homestead through your eyes.😊

[@hotpatootieblessmysoul]

Enjoyed your winter tour of the property outside and coming inside to light a warm fire. Great video!

[@shirleynetzel5461]

Shirley from BC Canada, I grew up in Manitoba Canada just a few hours North of Fargo ND with wood heat and seeing you make the fire brought back wonderful memories Loved the tour of the back property Great video Shawn

[@susaningram6360]

We have used a wood burning stove since 1999. It is so much nicer than central heat. Love seeing all of the creaks. Love the sound and watching the creeks running through the wooden area. Prayers that Janice gets better soon and can return to the camera. Shawn, we truly enjoyed this video. I love to can food. For Christmas, my husband bought me a Presto electric canner. I made Cowboy Candy today. We have several friends who love Cowboy Candy; but, they do not have the equipment to can it.

[@jbthomas2687]

thank you for sharing the video of your homestead. I have a wood burning stove, my house is all electric, so it can in handy when we lost power, we were able to cook our meals and heat the home during an extended power outage.

[@diannethornton38]

Thank you Shawn for an excellent and informative discussion of living on the homestead. You all are so blessed.

[@suz1017]

Thank you Shawn for the tour of your property beyond which we normally see. I wouldn't be wanting to spend too much time where there are a large number of snakes either! It is nice that you can still appreciate the beauty of that area in wintertime. What a difference the goats have made to the section of ground that you are reclaiming from the trees.They made quick work eating through all that undergrowth. The combination of watching the flames of the log burner and listening to your relaxing voice was the perfect ending. Keeping Janice in my prayers and for all of you too. Have a blessed day 🙏❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lesliewalker3601]

Shawn this video was very informative. I enjoyed seeing all of the areas of the homestead, the sound of running water in the creeks is so soothing. There is a sense of peacefulness as you are walking around, showing us each part of the homestead. Then you gave a second sense of comfort in lighting the fire for the evening. I live in a big city but I can understand your love of the land. Thank you

[@ozarkfamilyhomestead]

Leslie, this is Janice and not Shawn, but I wanted to thank you so much for the kind comment! Your words brought a smile to my face and I appreciate that! :)

[@carolynrandle5454]

I love this video.tell Janice to take care of her self

[@franchristman9402]

I really enjoyed this video! Beautiful property. Thanks for the lesson on the woodstove. Found that so interesting as a Floridian who has never had one. Have a happy new year!

[@crysdavis7815]

Thanks Shawn for showing us around...beautiful property indeed

[@vickymyprayergarden6846]

I lost be wood heat ! I also love walking around in nature . Yall have great looking property ! ? I enjoyed the walk with you guys !

[@christinabryant5725]

I really enjoyed this video!! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@GypsyDiamond]

I love this video i always wanted to see the ozarks what it looked like. Way back in the hills how the people live iwould love to see a video. Gypsy From Michigan.

[@helenmorgan4003]

I always keep the paper towels i drain fried food on to lighty fires. In winter I cook most of our food on the top of our stove that is similar to yours. Thankyou for the tourer of you back block.

[@lindascharf70]

I love this video ❤. The creeks are wonderful, I love the sound of a creek or river. So happy for your whole family, including the animals 😊. I live in the Tucson area of Arizona. It is beautiful in its own way. Thank you for your videos. 😊

[@Jverburgh]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful nature in the Ozarks. I really appreciate it. See you on the next video.

[@Niamhbuck8]

Janice, I do hope you are feeling better soon. I have been out of sorts myself, I had a stroke out of the blue on the 11th December aged 39, was so frightening but I have taken it as a sign to slow down and take better care of myself. I’m so grateful to still be here with my beautiful family. Love your videos x

[@susaningram6360]

Hope you make a full recovery. You’re so young. Get some rest, eat healthy, and prayers that you recover quickly.

[@kimberleyweinert5292]

🙏🩷🙏

[@sallydunbar1683]

Enjoyed the video and brought back many memories. Helping my Dad split wood & then he'd chop it, and we'd stack it together. He taught me how to vuild a fire in the fire insett we had and always put the Yule log in on Christmas eve. He's been gone 7 years ago on Christmas day. Thanks for helping me re-live some great times with him! ❤

[@faithlaw8516]

Nothing I like better than to clear my head with a relaxing fire!!

[@samanthamiller79]

I love the water. I was raised in the country and on the water. Watching this is so coming for me.

[@sherryleach2995]

Thank you, Shawn, for the tour and fire tutorial. I grew up with wood heat it was beneficial for my parents as they aged. Both had arthritis, and the wood heat seemed to soothe their arthritis. I hope Janice is feeling better. Please tell her I am keeping her in my prayers, I will add you to have a speedy recovery from your cold.

[@Jocelynsheyyab]

Great seeing the other part of the land an the water. Prayers that Janice is feeling better and all of you stay stay well and healthy. Watching from South Carolina.

[@maegardnermills4292]

WOW! Shawn, I enjoyed your video. I watch a lot of outdoors where people would build a cabin and NEVER HAVE, I SEEN ANYONE CLEARLY EXPLAIN BY TEACHING AS YOU DID. My daddy had a fireplace, and even he didn't do it correctly. He changed to gas. It is organized and not " maybe." Thank you so much. Andrew made the broken toy a useful tool. Congratulations Andrew. All of you are very creative. Janice, you take care, darling. You don't need to rush. We all love you. I walked for half an hour in my wooded yard. Nature walks. Do you notice old bird nest in how it is built? I find strings of pastic tarp and leaves, twigs. Today, I found one with those nest building materials plus a piece of plastic meat wrapper like from lunch meat. Humans learn from animals. I wonder if they made a fire. One time on a very cold night, years ago a mouse ran to the living room and sat near the heater. The floor was just right for his/ her body. I have shoulder problems and I asked God to help me kill it so as to not be in our home. On strick with the broom is all it took. It was amazing to see it come to a heat source.

[@Allison-h9o]

Hope Janice is feeling better

[@kellyhale2778]

I love hearing the water running across the rocks its so peaceful. Growing up in Ohio (lived in Alabama almost 40 yrs now) my parents had a Ben Franklin wood stove and that heat would put me right to sllep it was so warm I loved it.

[@sandilacey9794]

You property is Beautiful. I hope we find one as Beautiful.

[@Sandgee62]

What a nice informative video! Made me smile. Enjoy the warm fire and Janice feel better!

[@katyjobe]

Really enjoyable video, loved seeing more of your property, very peaceful place! thank you for sharing! 😊

[@smsalex64]

I love the winter..

[@justinesiemer201]

Thanks for a great Vlog Shawn. I am a winter lover and appreciate the beauty in every season. I'm from Australia though so we don't get beautiful snow like you! Your property is absolutely beautiful. As a child, i'd stay at my grandparents 6 acre property and I absolutely loved getting out in my gumboots! I have wonderful memories of learning to swim in the dam and catching yabbies with liver tied on a string and a net. We were never without something to do! A child's dream adventure. I live in rural Victoria and believe it or not, we also have a wood fire for the winter. It gets down to around minus 4c here in the winter and up to around 46c in the summer, which i find very unpleasant not being a lover of the heat! Thanks again for a great Vlog. Our family really enjoying watching :)

[@annamoody981]

Thank you so much!!!

[@cindylouc6210]

❤Aww, loved this. Where i live in Canada, we can have -50 below temps! In Celsius Shawn and Janice.. i know you dont like metric system any more than I. So in my 61 yrs, I've lit many a fires 🔥 in a wood stove. Good information to share ❤❤

[@jemreandeau3583]

Thanks for the lovely tour. We love our wood stove too, it keeps our house toasty warm. ❤

[@mirtagarcia3567]

Very interesting & educational video, Thanks for sharing Awesome

[@lindapeterson7166]

Hi Janice Shawn & family,beautiful property.Thank you for showing us around.❤️

[@anitawells3705]

Good video

[@marieb1952]

The Ozarks are beautiful. We have an outdoor wood stove. It's a pain to go out in the freezing cold, sweet, rain, snow, etc. and fill it. I'd love to convert to an indoor! How fortunate & blessed are we all though to have a heat source!

[@JenniferBatson-i3o]

Sean, you are soo blessed and your homestead is beautiful. Reminds me of my childhood and wading in the creek and my grandfather showing me and teaching me about salamanders. God bless you and your precious family ❤️

[@lindazelepugas1000]

Beautiful ♥️

[@ld200A]

You are blessed to be getting rain. So dry in Kansas. Love hearing and seeing the flowing streams..

[@MaryMartin-k9h]

Thank you Shawn good video I enjoy it xx

[@judykelly5358]

Thanks for a lovely video Shawn, hope all your family is well xx

[@ritaslade2989]

You all have a Beautiful Homestead ❤️ Shawn I enjoyed seeing it Awesome 💯

[@sandrabrentlinger7213]

Shawn Thank you for sharing this great video. I have learned alot from your well done videos.I hope you all feel better soon .You have beautiful property.Very peaceful!!God Bless you all !!Lyatt Sandee from Ohio 💜💜🙏😊

[@paulettedrake2972]

Very interesting hike and drainage for outdoors, and wood burning tips for wood stoves. Thanks

[@Natalie-ym8pj]

No wonder Sarah says she's a country girl/homebody!! I would never leave my property 😂.

[@faithlaw8516]

Very lovely!

[@RhondaRose5]

Enjoyed today's video, showing the land and nature. Was interesting listening about how the woodstove works, I've heard it is a warmer heat, especially if your home is insulated well. Hope Janice is feeling better,❤ Thanks for the video today!

[@carolynrandle5454]

I was born in northeast texas.my dad was born in Murfreesboro Arkansas .ilove being out in the country.

[@christinabryant5725]

Prayers continue for Janice and your family. I hope she is feeling better!

[@CathleenKushner]

I love the tour, thank you for sharing

[@tinahiggins5789]

❤

[@kel70]

Just wanted to suggest a topic for an episode. Being that the "what we eat in a week" videos are so popular what about showing how what you make, changes with the season of the year. For example some of your very favorite winter recipes/dinners.

[@Monique_Monigurumi_designs]

Thanks for the tour Shawn! Hope Janice is feeling better ❤

[@stephencameron1709]

Beautiful property and loved the fire/wood stove tutorial. Great video. ❤️🙏🏻Val C

[@VanessaPage-ic2bd]

Beautiful property! It reminds me a lot of my grandparents propert her in the foothills of North Carolina. There is nothing more beautiful than nature. Great video!

[@ceciliacalvin263]

I hope y’all had a great Christmas.

[@LindaDavis-hi2un]

Love your videos Shawn! Your voice is so soothing. I hope Janice is feeling better.🙏🏻❤😊

[@kittyrichards9915]

Nature is calming to the soul.

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

God created it just for us!💖

[@susangrote3633]

Very informative video. Thanks! How is Janice feeling?

[@ozarkfamilyhomestead]

Hi Susan! I'm happy to say that I'm finally getting back on my feet. I'm not at 100% yet, but I'm going the right direction. I do appreciate your concern so very much! :)

[@CathyRaines-c6v]

How do you heat the summer kitchen?

[@debrasnipes7431]

Thanks for a great winter tour of the Homestead lands! That fire in the stove surely looks cozy. One question I do have… do you use any type of fan or anything to help draw the heat back into the bedroom area of the house so the kitchen doesn’t get too uncomfortably warm? We had a fireplace when I was little, but we didn’t use it to heat the house unless we had a bad storm and the power went out. Then we just blocked off the living room (by hanging an old quilt up over the doorway) to heat that area and Daddy put potatoes wrapped in foil into the coals, to eat later. It was just bundle up and cover-up when we went to bed and that was pretty miserable at times! Praying that Janice continues to improve and that you all have a very Happy New Year to come! 🙏❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@melodyspoor3127]

What a great video! Nature is the most soothing thing. Hope all the family is feeling better❤❤❤

[@EdwanaCole]

Shawn have you checked your chimney the black I see it around the door. That isn’t safe. It could cause a fire

[@seventhdayissabbath8747]

Love to see the water flowing in the creeks, it reminds me of my brother and I playing in the creeks by our home in the PNW, we would make popsicle stick boats or boats out of twigs and let them float down the creek and even have "boat" races!! Those are good memories :)

[@sandilacey9794]

Best thing about winter ? No mosquitoes Shaun they are the worst.

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

Healing prayers for JC ! ❤

[@alicemurphy1683]

I enjoyed your video thank you.

[@alygerard3988]

Shawn does your wood stove a catalytic converter in it? My Vermont all nighter stove has one. Best feature ever

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Thanks for the video! Tell everyone hello ❤

[@Mary-s7w9g]

Wishing your family well

[@marthawalton8370]

Awesome video!!

[@margaretfiggs2606]

Great short video.

[@annamoody981]

Hello. I need to know where Janice gets those big bucket lids. I can’t find where to buy just the lids.

[@ozarkfamilyhomestead]

Hi Anna! I think you might be referring to the gamma lids that I use on my buckets of grain and such? If so, I found the best prices by buying them in bulk from Azure Standard. I have also seen them at farm stores like Orscheln and Tractor Supply in the past. If nothing else, they are also available on Amazon, but I've found that they cost quite a bit more there. :)

[@hannahfaithbear6290]

Can ask Questions? Do you celebrate Christmas, maybe I missed a video or something cuz I only been following you for a short period, I'm just curious if it's too personal sorry. Anyways thank you God bless you and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas🙏🙏

[@kristaaclark4342]

What does the future hold for Briscuit?

[@iphigeniakatsaridou9059]

Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🙏

[@janetrogers5429]

Im glad you let things grow back. But i hope the animals have nonmuddy dry place to graze. When i see only mud for the animals to stand in it breaks my heart.

[@JustTheJesters]

I truly wish I lived closer or there was a way for me to, because I’d seriously buy spruce. He’d be a breeder here.

[@shirleyperry8593]

Hi there❤

[@CheapsKate77]

Great video, Shawn! If my kids were younger I’d use it for homeschooling ❤ Instead, I’m homeschooling myself! I’ve never known how to use a wood stove, but now I do! I love all the different facets of your property. I’m curious how deep the spring is 🤔