THE FARMHOUSE. New 4wheeler Trail. Checking the garden. Checking the potatoes. Farmhouse Cooking.

Cutting the first part of the new 4wheeler trail. Taking a good look at this years garden and how it is doing. I dig up one potato plant so we can have some new potatoes with lunch and see how they are doing. Exploring the other side of the property for the next trail. Lots of awesome Farmhouse Cooking.

[@brucegurney3365]

Thank you Joe for showing us some the work that you do! I love to see this in real time videos. I don’t think you realize how talented you are! I think many people would would like to see your craftsmanship! I would rather watch your videos than TV anytime!! Thank you very much Joe!!

[@debbieconrad962]

I agree Joe “you can fix anything”. Another great video. Keep em coming !

[@mso-ink]

Figures, Joe decides to crack open a laptop "just to make sure" things are good.....and proceeds to fix it. You really can fix anything. Take care and thanks for sharing.

[@rollinlowford]

A good trail management tool is some old tires bolted together and drag them through the bush once in a while, also works great in the winter to smooth a trail down like a groomer.

[@HabitualButtonPusher]

We used an old fence dragged behind with tires for weights. At leas the tires wouldn’t get as many snags as a fence, so probably a much better option

[@livingsurvival]

I was going to say just run the loader close to the ground and run the brush hog behind.

[@ddbronco1873]

An old box spring works great also

[@livingsurvival]

@@ddbronco1873 yes sir.

[@coldspring624]

Eternabond hands down the best sealer.When you replace those vents do yourself a big favor and look into their products. Clean and prep and apply and its good to go for a long long time. I have used both the tape and caulk ( the caulk is not silicone) and it has lasted at least 12 to 14 years now.

[@richardpayne9249]

Joe, pick the green tomatoes before losing to frost...place them in a paper bag with an apple and they'll ripen

[@HannadayFLO]

Great tip

[@annek1226]

Just as something to consider, if those cucumbers and zucchini from the garden grow too large to eat, don’t just throw them away! Years ago I planted a huge garden and it just got away from me and out of control! We lived in a dairy community and the farmer down the road would chuckle over my attempts! At any rate he took them back with him and fed them to his cows! They had quite the healthy diet that year! That might help you!

[@NorthernSeclusion]

We feed everything we can not eat to the chickens. They love them. Good advice Anne. Thank You.

[@annek1226]

@@NorthernSeclusion You are entirely welcome!

[@denisemacdonald2062]

The lil tomatoes that reseeded themselves look and sound like ground cherry tomatoes…they are delicious!

[@tylersontag9717]

Thank you for your videos, as an avid do it yourselfer your videos always inspire me to do more! Long time viewer, better than anything on t.v anyday.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

Thank you Tyler.

[@marjorieschultz5735]

My daughter wraps brussel sprouts with bacon and cooks them on the grill. Yummy

[@timbennett7211]

dry the gourds, cut a small hole in the sides and hang them up for bird houses on a pole or from a tree...work great

[@kevinlane9049]

i live back in the mountains of virginia and sometimes we get an early frost also.we use to take our green tomatoes wrap them in newspaper put them in a cardboard box with a top and put them in a cool dark area usally a closet you have to check them regulary{couple times a month}if any of the newspaper is wet tale those out and dispose of them.other wise fresh tomatoes all winter long.when you take tomatoes out set them on window seal in the sun they will rippen.hope this helps.

[@jserkiz06]

great video shot of you on the quaddie pulling up to camera. creative shots are more than just aiming the camera thanks for your efforts.

[@trutsieo5430]

Hope Melissa feels better soon!

[@vickiconley3638]

I've said it before Joe, I like it best when you just do your day to day stuff for us. No big projects, but just life's events. I like how the trail is coming a long as well. Everything is looking so good at the farm. Tell Melissa hi, and both of you have a good week. TC Vicki from Iowa. 🐦

[@parnellbeth]

Those log size zucchini make good chicken food, just chop in 4 pieces.

[@erikacooper8348]

So look forward to your video's, hope Melissa feels better soon, have a good week, best wishes from the UK.

[@chrisdolezal4071]

Hi Joe. The little tomato looking plants that grow the pods with the fruit inside of them we called "Ground Cherries". I grew them when I was a kid. They were a tasty snack when we went out to pull weeds.

[@alanparadise3139]

It would be a lot easier to rent a brush mower for a weekend. For cutting out those long trails. We love watching you work in your gardens. Take care.

[@kevinsimpson7114]

Great selection of content in this video - thoroughly enjoyed it all. Thanks, Joe.

[@wirisingstar]

The ones with the paper like husk on the outside I believe are called ground cherries

[@craignash4736]

Hey Joe Loved the pics from work. Always wanted to see some of your work. Thanks again. Craig pa.

[@royclemo8744]

Both the new trail and the garden look fantastic. Yes it appears to be a good year for zucchinis here in New Brunswick also as we have an over abundance of them also. Good video Joe, very entertaining.

[@keywrecker]

Hey Joe, thanks for another vid. Those husk tomatoes make a great jelly, really easy ,lots of good recipes on the web.

[@ltlhoss1117]

We already harvested our potato patch (I'm in Virginia) and it was a good year for potatoes.

[@christopher-2414]

Joe you need to get your self one of them self propelled walk behind mower deck that can cut down up to 2’’ saplings or maybe one of them other ones that’s like a reciprocating blade mower..

[@FrugalFarmerChannel]

Nice work! Thanks for sharing!

[@lockedin60]

Joe you are the great multitasker! I know the get together was fun. The work to get there may not have been all fun. Now you can just do normal stuff around the farmhouse. What a relief. Glad you have had decent temps. We are on the tail end of the "Dog Days" and temps this week have been in the 90's. It looks like you all are going to have a bountiful garden haul. That is great.

[@colin8532]

Love the little pause there you made just to make sure everyone saw you put a quarter pound of butter in with those potatoes! They must have been SO good!

[@chrisis9030]

Very healthy for his wife to be, too.

[@masterofthehiten]

For future reference, if you ever open a laptop like that, the very, very first thing you should do is disconnect the battery from the motherboard before you start disconnecting anything else. If one of those screws fell off the driver onto the motherboard, it could have fried the whole machine.

[@HannadayFLO]

Wow, what great advice!

[@lorencolt]

Have a King Of the Road 32'er and had to replace those same vent covers.They are the most common and cheapest one you can find. Just need an extra long square and phillips drivers. Dewalt has a long shaft kit that works the best. Put a new polly carb dome over the shower then went around them with a sticky backed rubber roofing that you can get from Knects. Use a heat gun and it is better than the roofing on the camper.There is a part number inside on the vent frame and also in the info packet that came with the camper.

[@thtadthtshldntbe]

when confronted with a hard drive problem on a computer, one thing that is really useful for determining the status of a hard drive is to keep a USB external hard drive enclosure, pull the drive out of that laptop, put it in the enclosure and see if your other computer will even recognize the drive.

[@redhauscreator146]

I was taught that when I wanted to beat a trail to bring two things with me. A machete and a walking stick. You could go through the thickest brush that way. That was in the forest of the Appalachian mountains.

[@ByrdMann2010]

The "little green things that look like tomatoes and grow in a husk" are tomatillos. They're great in salsa.

[@MommaOG]

I think those are drop cherry tomatoes

[@leepepin2073]

Great Video Joe! Been watching since the beginning. I don't normally comment but my brain wouldn't let me not comment. I have owned several campers and still do own one, Replaced the whole roof last summer in brother-in-law barn. The 'Lap Siding caulk" that comes on the roof from factory (or that you put on to reseal) is complete "JUNK". It will fail again in a very short time. As I said before I replaced the whole roof on a 2006 Jayco 29' bunkhouse camper. I found a product named "EternaBond Tape" this is by far the best product to use on a camper when trying to prevent water from infiltrating into camper. Like the name says. You better have it lined up the first time because once it goes down it's down. It is very expensive ($1.00 a foot for 6" wide roll) but how much is your time worth, having to get onto roof every year and reseal caulking. Not to mention, how much damage was done with water infiltrating before it was resealed. I basically had 10' of my roof rafters and studding in the front of the camper rotted out and didn't even know it. (couldn't tell from the inside). Anyway, just thought you or someone else might be interested in another alternative to lap siding caulk.

[@HannadayFLO]

What a brilliant and very informative post - great forward advice for all the readers here.

[@bobkd5fjd823]

Time to get her an iPad Pro, I think she would love it. I went from my laptop to the iPad Pro and have never looked back. It is sooooo much easier than MicroSoft plus graphics and photos gives you much better resolution it’s amazing! I did buy the Mac Book Pro lap top but it was extremely hard to get use to. Paid over $4,000 fully loaded and after 3-6 months turned it off an put it in the closet. Check the iPad Pro out.

[@nancybrown2700]

Well Joe I have been thinking this for some time, you could really use a good chipper around there. Much better than burning slash and you can use the chips for mulch or trail cover. I could not get along without mine here on my seven acres.

[@TeeVeeZed123]

Cut Brussels Sprouts in half and fry them with butter and olive oil, add in some bacon, yum yum!

[@joannegerrard9414]

Interesting fact... my neighbor ( I live in Scotland now) uses Sunflower oil in his chainsaws . He is a retired forestry guy. Says it makes him hungry when running the chainsaw because it smells like chips (Scotland's name for french fries) .

[@MrLangDog]

Such a great variety video. Really loved the woods/ trail footage. We also really appreciate the pace of the last few uploads...such a PITA. Thanks!!!!!

[@elmermason9685]

Hi Joe and Melissa. Joe I know you have limited space at places on the trail you're cutting but maybe you could use the brush hog/ bush hog at some of the more open areas and cut the underbrush. Maybe it wouldn't be worth your while but something to consider. The garden is looking great. Should have a good harvest this year. Thanks for letting us come along with your adventures. Stay healthy, stay safe. See you guys.

[@24carrotgold8]

This was fun! Enjoyed the photos of the windows remodel, creating the trail and fixing the laptop! Yummy 😋 food on the grill and barbecue too!🤗👍

[@sandrasherritt9708]

Joe! I love it when I here you say, "I'm headin' to the farmhouse" ..... Camarillo Grammy

[@peterangel6104]

I started watching your videos about 2 year ago and am hooked I really appreciate the videos especially when you go to the tent ⛺ keep it up thanks

[@jenniebarrow812]

Hi Joe and Melissa. EXCELLENT VIDEO! Thank you for sharing!!

[@mariannesouza8326]

You CAN fix anything! 😀

[@marygordon3032]

Hey Joe l like the trails and the greenery all along the trails. Thanks for the beautiful scenery! 🤩👏👏👏👍👍👍💯💯💯

[@jeffwagner8068]

I like ur method of folding clothes, screw the wrinkles they'll work themselves out.

[@paulwaldrop]

Man Joe, saw the pics of the bear damage at the tent. He tore it up pretty good. No rest for you, but we get an extra tent video. :D

[@connieo3618]

One of the motors on my husband's recliner stopped working. We can't fix it! I told him YOU could have fixed it! You can fix anything! Garden looks great!

[@thizizliz]

Good job on fixing the computer. Could have been crumbs & dust but also cat hair used to cause me issues. Your gardens are amazing. I will see if I can pick up some of the wild rabbit poop 💩 to dig in. Thx for the tips.

[@JohnDoe-xm9ql]

Joe and Melissa, Really enjoy your videos. Inspirational Thank you. 👍

[@kevinscheibner5973]

I'm a real farmer and rancher they are doing things right. Keep it up we had a day from the devil push forward.

[@johntossing624]

Wow, Joe’s also an IT pro! Make sure you back up the data on Melissa’s laptop while you still can. When, not if, it eventually fails, you can always reinstall the programs to a new system. Once you lose the data on, or access to, the hard drive, it’s much harder to recover. I’m sure you know this but, hey, here’s my 2 cents!

[@richardhill1682]

Purple sprouting broccoli is picked in the spring it won't make it through your winter I make a crustless quiche with zucchini carrot and onion its really tasty hot or cold take care

[@MommaOG]

Those drop cherry tomatoes are so good 🥰

[@bigatruckingandhuskies5976]

You basically have a brush hog on your tractor. In my opinion. If you run your tractor slow with the bucket low, your mower should be able to cut those small trees down and, boom nice wide new trail.

[@HannadayFLO]

I watch lawn care juggernaught and the "mower" he uses crushes everything in its path and I mean everything - growth that's over 6/7' tall!!!

[@pamelar5868]

What a relaxing video! I am hungry now though! 😄

[@williamleinster8759]

Hey Joe be awesome when you open up that trail. You need to rent a tracked skid steer and a brush cutter it woukd very light work of that thick brush.

[@debbiemcclure2874]

Great video Joe as always. Tyfs God bless you

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

The red potatoes looked inviting going on the grill. I liked boiling mine 'til tender, drain water off. I would have a casserole dish ready with a block of butter, a diced onion over top of the butter, with fresh parsley chopped up on top of the onion. I pored the potatoes on top of the pile, put lid on, let it steep, then, toss & serve. "Parsley'd Potatoes". I'm glad they did well. The whole garden did look really nice. Lamb is a rare find here in Independence, Va. Have a nice week at work. I hope Melissa gets to feeling better. The trail will be a lot of work, but will be worth it.

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Really cool to see ya work in the woods in August. Here in Ga that is taboo. Freaking snakes are nuts on my property.

[@marianfrances4959]

Very nice trail! I do love your farm. All the best to you and Melissa 👍😎✨🇨🇦

[@wendycarlson35]

Ground cherry. Love them!

[@lynnsenger9950]

Moon grapes are AWESOME! And, I also feel like I can fix any computer glitch, although, only after many searches and cursewords. Great video, as always!

[@beckiblack859]

We have a joke around here: Make sure you lock your car doors at church in August or you'll come out to find a big sack of zucchini in your car.

[@pjr7754]

Get a little Mantis rototiller, much smaller than the larger ones. It will allow you to get into narrow spaces between plants to keep the weeds down. If you keep after it before the grass and weeds get huge it will make your life a bit easier. Also, you can make "cow tongue" pickles out of the large/huge zucchinis by slicing them thin longways (to look like a cow's tongue). Use a mandolin to do the slicing for uniformity. There are many recipes on line for you to follow.

[@porter_richard]

Time to get a greenhouse polytunnel Joe

[@w.a.stewart3191]

The trail is looking fantastic.

[@robertparker3580]

hello i'm from Tuscaloosa,Al. i enjoy your videoes,keep up the great work!

[@bosse641]

You are not bothered by ticks in that forest ? Very nice forest. So lovely when you clear out the brush and just leave the bigger trees. Makes it park-like. Beautiful.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

We have ticks up here but this year I have not had one on me this whole warm season.

[@algigirl]

You'd need to build see through plastic green house to cover the straw garden. So it will prolong the maturity of the fruit n veg..before temperature starts changing. Watermelon need at least another few more weeks.

[@RunsWithKnives]

Looking good my friend. Heading up to Cambridge tomorrow to meet my new grandson.

[@janicehellzen8765]

Congratulations!

[@TaralgaBushAdventure]

Melissa mentioned Brussel Sprouts - I'd recommend getting fresh ones, tidy them up and them cut in half, fry or grill on both sides to get a little color or char on them and the green to get a little brighter. We also add a little balsamic, pepper and salt, or just great with a little butter. Much better than boiling them. Even my kids love them this way! Great with strong meats, beef and venson.

[@JD-iu3vi]

I like them better steamed. Then add the balsamic etc...

[@FrugalFarmerChannel]

That sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@lewislinzy3437]

Boy, you have more fancy gadgets than Heins has little liver pills. Pretty nice garden too. I found weeds area lot easier killed when very small and they grow very fast compared to the vegetables.

[@isisheggs8065]

Garden looks great amazing

[@bigtom3422]

I need to hire you to come to West Virginia, I have a bunch of remodeling needing done but cannot find anyone who wants to work

[@nfoster9877]

Maybe you could attract him with stories of white water rafting on New River or Gauley River. I sure do miss living there. Wonder if he would like eating slaw dogs? I believe you could get him to be at least a part time Mountaineer.

[@HannadayFLO]

I ll come! I know nothing about remodelling though. 😅

[@patriciaherman6499]

Have you tried tressing your raspberries like grapes in rows. Learn the trick from the Amish and works awesome and picking & weeding is easy. And yes, I mowed down the bushes every year and the berries were bigger, but then it depends on how much water they have.

[@markschumacher4172]

I see a large covered porch at the farm in your future Joe….

[@NorthernSeclusion]

When we remodel the house and add the big addition on it I am wanting a full wrap around the house covered "porch".

[@shawni321]

I will do that too, go get more meat if I haven't got it thawed. I just hate to microwave-thaw meat, it just seems wrong!

[@suzisaintjames]

32:54 in that thick area... Mark what you are thinking with flags and get a better view come winter. It might the case that come spring that you can run the mower over everything. 💖🌞🌵😷

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us Joe and Melissa, enjoyed your videos and the cooking. Stay safe. Fred.

[@jwr07]

Make rows wide enough apart so you can run a lawn mower through. Never have to pull weeds again. (or very many anyway.)

[@johnberryhill8106]

I love the thought of tasting all that BBQ.!......great video !

[@tammyrodems7078]

I would name your trails and at that fork put a sign with arrows and the names of the trails, make your trail names kinda crazy would be cute.

[@jillbritton2676]

We did that

[@SuperBamamama]

I loved it when you fixed Melissa's computer but I bet she loved it more!

[@karstencreekfarm5258]

Your new trails are coming along very good. Thanks for taking us along.

[@williambridges6742]

For the amount of time you spend in the woods, garden and mowing the fields, how often do you check yourself for ticks?

[@toddjohnston4788]

Japanese beetles wiped my green beans out, yours look great 👍 everything in your garden has done well

[@sf98]

Maybe make some hoops with pvc pipe and plastic to give the tomato's a better chance.

[@melissamiracle1313]

Those little green tomatoes in the pods are tomatillos. You make salsa verde with them.

[@luisolivero423]

This video had it all....lots of fun to watch.

[@dorisjory35]

Have a Blessed week Joe and Melissa. Scratches Joanie and Chunky.

[@nancykay6318]

I'd love to see you build a screened outside patio area, kinda like the area for the chickens, for the trailer cats. I'd think they would enjoy the fresh air and sight stimulation a lot.

[@Keachybean]

The cats are allowed to free roam. They don’t stay in the trailer all the time.

[@claytonandrus399]

Those little green chinese lanthern are ground or husk cherries and are really good as pie or preserves.

[@claytonandrus399]

Garden itself looks fantastic.

[@chucksmith5002]

That Fog is terrible . Nice looking Garden enjoyed it Joe

[@emilysaul2129]

Love your videos! Liked before I even watched cause I know it’ll be good!

[@shastagreen8866]

Joe, you need a machete for all the brush.

[@barryabbott7016]

Joe I was going to mention to you that if you like rubub have Melissa make you a strberry rubub pie it's awesome the top of the pie need to be like a french apple pie

[@davidswezene1102]

Joe is a one man road crew! Don't know how you do it bud, but I sure love watching it though.