The Struggle is Real! 🥺

[@mackpeteno]

I was a diesel and truck mechanic over 40 years.For 30 of those years my wife worked right along beside me.To this day she has trouble with fractions but can identify wrenches.We are now 81 married 66 years.Love love your videos.

[@augustreil]

That's awesome. Congratulations.

[@larss592]

Thats fantastic buddy. Taught my wife to do fractions and percentages with a cpl tricks i learned in school as well as an easy method to balance her checkbook. 26 years and she has never been off. Win win.

[@ireneturner2944]

Lars S -- how do you do that ?? What is your secret for school?? Could you Share Please !!❤

[@larss592]

@@ireneturner2944 Well Irene i don't know if i can explain all. The simple conversion of fractions to decimal are easy( no tricks there) at least none that i use. Percentages as in for tips, sales and markups is well known. 10% move decimal, 15% move decimal and add half result. 18% same with half again rounded up. Etc. ( Some are estimates but on tips and sales close is sufficient) Fractions for tools is to multiply each nom and denom x 2 bigger top usually wins size. Checkbook use process described on back of book or statement for reconciling but slightly diff order. Subtract outstanding( no check marks for coinciding numbers, book v statement ) after and result should be current balance not the balance at end of their statement date. Less confusing. School? I attended public school in michigan but not inner city. Started there but moved further away as i got older. I was an exceptional student but bad kid. Only bcuz i was bored. Math was easy for me. Slept in class a lot and yet would ace tests. Was accused of cheating multiples of times. Took additional impromptu tests and usually aced those as well. Ticked them off. My schools taught all history not only agenda based. So my knowledge of overall history was generally more thorough. I was reading and spelling as well as defining on a college level in 6th grade. Played that down alot to lessen the bullying. Redheaded frecklefaced stepchild with a temper. Not sure if any of that helps but you asked. Lol

[@kls816]

@@larss592 he's right! It works and I still use the tricks he taught me today!

[@allanhover5008]

96.8 thousand subscribers outstanding Meredith and Lawrence and your wonderful kids and all the animals and puppies too and especially the moomoos and your wonderful smile Meredith

[@SusieQ450]

Tell the kids your viewers are proud of them. They help out a lot and really contribute to the family's success.

[@findinglela]

Me too didn't expect kids help out in US. Am in Kenya

[@almalockett7162]

O my goodness Meredith, you model excellent patience, respect, and helpfulness. God Bless married folks who work together. Both of you!

[@georgebowns7363]

Lots of respect for the farmers of the USA..way it should b..living off the land ..u guys have a beautiful and very hard working family..from this little guy in the woods ..ty for growing

[@bay9876]

Lots of respect for the Farmer's Wife

[@jacksak]

Nothin' says happy family as much as one that fills corn bags together. Thanks for another great video!

[@jonathanshrewsberry8507]

Really enjoy all your videos Meredith! Hope you and your wonderful family are having a great day!❤️

[@peterbaylis2111]

Great to c a Nice Happy Smiling Farmers Wife that Helps around the Farm

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

I really like how you and Lawrence are teaching your children that firearms and knives are tools to be used if ness are and not to be afraid of them. 👍👍😀👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✌🏻🙏🏽

[@bigcliffadventures]

Well the mule is much smarter than a horse your husband knows that too. And they love people too . God bless y'all

[@rodgerarmstrong2464]

Farmer on the phone, on his tractor...that was cute ...than to supper...and now dove hunting...another amazing pun filled video...lovely family...

[@kevinlee6731]

He’s gonna get you for picking at him about his ferrules! 😂

[@roberthillyer2888]

Oh dear, you are the one who holds everything together. No matter how much you have to be quiet and grit your teeth. I am sure there is a delightful, talkative, humorous side to Lawrence. I love to work with him. He would come out of his moods or be so pissed off at me he would be throwing stones at me. Either way we would have fun. Keep praying constantly! God Bless!

[@fisherus]

I've been farming for years and my friends do also. We were talking about our tool organization skills and one said his wife and kids went into his shop and organized his tools for Father's Day and he can't find half of them anymore. I have a habit of going back to the last thing I used them for to find the ones I need.

[@MegaBait1616]

No one in your family worries about getting a lil dirty...........Ya all pull together as a team.

[@miltonchavez1262]

This is a hard working family. Wishing you all long and happy lives.

[@lrpcreations4016]

Did you see Elmo is a daddy to a baby girl! So awesome! I so much love watching your videos! It reminds me so much of growing up on the farm as a little girl! God bless you all and love you 😍 all

[@jonrigby8047]

Wow! Just discovered your channel and I love it! I grew up in west Texas working on farms and miss it so much. I followed a different route and am now a U.S. Navy Captain in Command of a U.S. Naval Base in Romania in charge of ballistic missile defense for Europe and NATO. Please allow me to live vicariously through your videos for my first love…..farming! You guys are the salt of the earth! Keep posting!

[@davemetcalfe3388]

Your young lady seems to be getting taller by the video. At the start of her horseback riding this summer, she could barely straddle her horse's back. Now she's growing into longer stirrups. And your little boy has sprouted up so much, He's not struggling up the corn grinder, he's driving machinery with authority, he's almost as tall as you. He also has his Dad's way of just talking yer ear off. Hahahhahahaha. Neat kids. Youse gotta be real proud of them!

[@dcw1540]

So funny to see you pick up those big wrench’s looking for3/8.all worked out. Thanks

[@stephenoliver958]

Love your videos, the best farming video on KZbin in my humble opinion, I look forward to the next one and I am never disappointed, thank you so much for sharing your life with us and stay safe , God Bless from England

[@robertwomack9830]

That bagging corn looks like what Chet Larson calls, "Riding the struggle bus."

[@augustreil]

A loaded one as Dougo says !

[@terrynichols7199]

I feel your frustration in finding wrenches. I think I would go on strike for more tool organization

[@fisherus]

Meredith, for winging it on the doves, they look pretty wingless to me! I like to skewer them with water chestnuts and mushrooms, then wrap them in bacon and marinade in Kraft Italian salad dressing for 2 hours. Heat my grill to 425F and put them on for 2 minutes and turn off the grill. When the grill cools to 300F or 15 minutes later, I remove. Walaa!

[@TheStuport]

WOW...Sweet Little Jingo is A Big Boy now!! He recognized All The Fans and leaned in to give us a Kiss @ 1:30! You all work so hard and yet still enjoy each other's company and it is so refreshing to see HAPPY coming from somewhere! Love how Rusty and Reba hang close to their Pawrents and siblings! Thank you for making room so we ALL could hang out! Cheers from Ohio

[@davidturk6301]

A bagging tip (for the corn). They make metal frames for filling sand bags (in various sizes and numbers). You attach the bag(s), then shovel the corn into a semi-hopper top. Impact wrench (gun) is used a lot on motorcycles (obviously used in a lot of places).

[@frankmassey1368]

Thanks Lawrence for your inspiration and hard work I recently rebuilt my Rhino brush cutter rebuild my desk cutters, at 65 arthritis a bad knee and diabetes I don't have the get-up-and-go like I did but watching you I have no excuse you are such a hard worker truly an inspiration for an old country boy like myself. I know the joy you felt when the combine worked I would love to spend time with you Lawrence on the Family Farm Thank YOu

[@daniellachowitzer4216]

It truly make my heart happy to watch your family and how you all work together. The one thing I learned from growing up on a farm is how to work together with family members. You are truly an inspirational family, thank you for sharing 🙂

[@ThisFarmWife_]

Thanks for watching Daniel!!

[@larrykeener7900]

A rubber tarp strap (bungee cord) works great for keeping the lift arms from swinging around too. Thanks for the video Meredith. I always look forward to seeing the next one.

[@waltstovall372]

What a wonderful hard working Family 👍

[@kennithompson2398]

My granddaddy once sent me to his shop to get a phillips screw driver. I could barely carry all of them. My daddy was unhappy with me, but granddaddy was laughing because they all had phillips on the handles! Oh well live and learn. I help my husband all the time and he is very serious about his tools. The drawers on the big red tool box are labeled! Goodness, but your kids are growing up so fast! You all work so well together. It is refreshing to see how all of you work for the betterment of your farm. Congratulations!

[@karl6989]

I'm new to your channel and love it your family are hard working Americans 💪what a great life, I'm stuck in California for now, God bless and wishing you good health and happiness

[@ThisFarmWife_]

Thanks for joining and watching along, Karl!

[@karl6989]

@@ThisFarmWife_ Thanks Meredith, hang in there and God bless

[@markmeredith5521]

This sums up This Farm Wife videos for me: You know LB can fix the bearing/baler belts/combine sprocket/tractor diesel pipes/solenoid ( and you are correct, no one knows what a solenoid is 🤔.... I certainly don’t. But we love Merdie trapsing back and forth to the shop and struggling to locate the spanner/wrench/cable ties etc. The struggle is real and we all do it.....and we love ya for it 🤗

[@demetriaofthe813]

You need Sandi Brock's daughter, Jess, to sort those wrenches out for you! It's a thing of art when she organizes a tool box!

[@jerrywalker2699]

My wife and I did hay until we were older and she was the best helper I had..helped go to another field to bring a piece of equipment, grease it and did all the raking.. love watching you guys..

[@Coolseason18]

Great idea for Farmer’s next birthday, you and the kids organize his tool boxes so you can find what’s needed quickly, but the farmer might not be happy! Lol

[@timbow50]

Amen! Bambi. I've never seen a guy with such a mess for a barn and work shop area. I can not understand this way of living and trying to work on machines as much as he does. I would have the kids round up every tool they can find and put them in one place. Then organize them on a wall and some in a tool box. It's fricking nuts to me. Whatever

[@ItsjustChris95]

@@timbow50 I totally agree with you.

[@garypickering974]

The farm/repair tasks just keep coming. Thank you for sharing your real. Glad to see the "T"s replaced, that will save fuel and be safer. Great to see Austin riding again. Great work by the whole family to get the corn bagged for sale. I suppose this year's corn crop will go into one of the recently installed bins, making it easier to handle in the future. Stay safe, hydrated, and well.

[@cassrailroad5358]

You are good gopher 😂😂😂😂. Getting better at getting tools. Austin is going good with horses.

[@williambrown5763]

I think he needs to arrange his tools so you can find the tool he needs

[@joycegandy1495]

I watched this video on TV and had to get on my Computer to make a comment!! Really enjoy watching your family farming:-)

[@jeffferanec4526]

Great video, U had me smiling thru it all. Bagging shell corn... my kids could sure share stories of that. LB = a clever Farmer. Meredith, U are a Saint for getting the tools, keeping everyone fed, & the support to keep it all together. Bless U all!

[@monicap1717]

I'm digging the round pen Austin. Can see the growth you have made in the saddle honey. To get your gelding more supple, gently pull his face around while he continues forward movement. Going both directions. Works in all his gears. REALLY love the bittless halter. It's great guyz!! Your boy is greatful and softer for it💞💯💪🏻🤠

[@davebiggers3150]

Your tool runs are very entertaining 😊

[@johndodge2188]

Good job good show, I new A WW2 veteran and farmer had he did a lot of his work in the night

[@earlshaner4441]

I miss riding a mule which I rode on the wagon train in my younger days and mules are very loyal

[@jerryspratt4078]

I loved riding a hinny years ago. It would put its front feet inches from the edge of a cliff to look over. If you were going uphill all it wanted to do was graze, might as well get off and drag it up. I was forewarned about the quirks. Mule next to one field I work is sure a friendly cuss.

[@Alfred..E..Neuman]

I'm starting to sing!!..Green Acres Is The Place To Be...Farm Livin' Is The Life For Me!....🌽🐎🐑🐓🦆🚜🐒

[@louisviher7008]

You sure have great kids and your husband is a great man he sure works hard and you are not afraid to do hard work wow I have you all on my prayer list God bless all of you.

[@sallydickinson1408]

Great video loved it love how the family works together is like taking a job and turn it into fun thank you for sharing and your time be blessed Meredith so beautiful.

[@kurtdold3706]

Walton's sells a hog ring pliers that holds about 25 hog rings in the handle. Use it like a stapler on your bags of corn. I use it on my summer sausage.

[@timothygarland8380]

I really enjoye your channel. Hard working family lots of love. God bless you and your family.

[@ThisFarmWife_]

Thank you so much!

[@bohhica1]

Hang in there young lady, it will all be alright !keep the man up stairs in your heart, he can and always help!🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🙏🙏

[@jacklisiecki2389]

You had me laughing with the "ferrules." Thanks for a great video.

[@lukagiltrap77]

Meredith, can you please tell Lawrence that I'm from Ireland, and I can understand him just fine!

[@geneimdieke5073]

Surprises down on the farm are sure cute!!! Yup I like little Brownie too!!! We are short on hay in our area and the corn crop on the lighter soils in the area is not gonna yield due to droughts conditions this summer. Large dairies are scrambling to chop this corn to supply enough winter feed. Wow that is one fine quilt and a great keepsake!!! Ok till next time......

[@bigal7991]

Love watching your videos, I grew up on a dairy farm myself. Love the family farm thing and you teaching your kids to work on the farm. Always have to chuckle when you are having a conversation with the animals. Keep up the good work!!!!!

[@douglasarmstrong2748]

Another enjoyable episode of family, fun, food, feed, ferrules, fetch, fix, fuel and fields. ;) Blessings all!

[@roywagoner4364]

You should fix your tool box put all the wrench's in one drew all the sockets in one would be easy to fine later on...

[@JamesTyreeII]

That’s so wonderful with the turtle wax label and sticker remover worked! Hooray!

[@kennethconnors5316]

watching a family work together is great

[@ash7700]

Ah, the tedium of equipment maintenance! But then, who should come to lift our spirits? The sheep! I just can't get enough of them; they never fail to make me smile and chuckle! Thank you!

[@marywhitfield7553]

You are amazing and funny. You make a great go-pher (go for this go for that). Lawrence takes suggestions from viewers, that is terrific.

[@barrygrant2907]

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger with the tool ID problem. When we got our first ladies in our Air Force maintenance shop, they had learned well in tech school, knew their basic troubleshooting, and would work as hard as any of the guys, The one shortcoming was--almost none of then had ever handled hand tools before, neither prior to joining nor even at tech school. So a basic "This is a #2 Phillip's screwdriver, this is a 3/8 socket, this is a 7/16 wrench" class was called for. They caught on quickly.

[@larss592]

I always tried to make a point of including my wife when working on something so that she could learn for any potential problems in the future. She resusted quite a bit but once she started to learn more i would hear her tell her triumphs to others and feel good that she had learned. I also taught her to cook. Ex chef. Now she has prowess in the kitchen and grill. When we met she was a swanson dinner gal.

[@johnsadler8637]

Howdy neighbor! Looks as dry there as here. Your search for the right wrench reminds us all of being the go-fer for our dads. He could pick out the right size without even reading the markings. I, on the other hand, went to the same wrench-fetching school you did! I’ll find all the other sizes at least twice before the right one shows up. Keep the faith!

[@shaunalexanderjames.647]

Love the way this lady is so hands-on within this farm, from someone who never set out to become a farmer, she has adapted very well.

[@earlshaner4441]

Hi from Syracuse NY everyone and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures in farming and chores

[@dennisbailey4296]

These discussions that you have with your husband and getting Tools are are just absolutely priceless. Its just a common process in working on Any mechanical project!! All the best from Canada

[@roypeavy3542]

Never get caught up with your work on the farm. Enjoyed your farming video.

[@ghorner11]

You're a great assistant/tool runner. 🤣

[@group447]

OK everyone, let's get This Farm Wife to over 100K subscribers. Share to your friends.

[@russmcelreath5623]

Meredi, I need to try your dove...💕💕 The Unit displayed the epitome of farm work fillin corn bags...A real real of farming...💕💕

[@chucklane6380]

It's a hard life, but a good life

[@ThisFarmWife_]

Absolutely!

[@richardtaylor6300]

You tickle the stickle out of me Ms. Merdi. I have trouble with words too. LOL

[@stevenbeauchamp1320]

I feel your pain. I hate not being able to find what I'm looking for but for Lawrence it's probably organized chaos. He knows where everything is I'm sure. Great video. Take care!!

[@pitbullgator]

Good evening Merdie and Family Hope Y’all have a Blessed week 🙏🙏🙏 As always another awesome video around the farm ❤️ Y’all take care 🤠🇺🇸❤️ Love Y’all

[@dennispeake1877]

Meredith, good morning I am wondering if you could make a board up with 7/16 3/8 9/16 etc., so you can get your spanner straight away, just saying you all. Cheers from sunny Queensland AUSTALIA. Love your video, God BLESS you and your family.

[@mikemcguire8351]

Enjoyed. Thanks for letting me hang around for a bit.

[@codymitchell6238]

Mineral spirits works great for sticker glue removal. Safe on just about any surface. Good parts cleaner too!

[@dalevanremortel5409]

I saw something used in Asia for filling 50 pound bags of Sand or corn. Three foot wide wok with an 8 inch hole in the bottom with a 12x8 inch pipe attached. Fast filling.👍

[@chrysanthepaxinos2839]

Zippo fluid with a soft rag, will remove any petroleum based glue without damaging the surface. My late husband said that every tool box needs a can of WD40, and I expanded that to, a can of WD40 and Zippo Fluid.

[@lynpostlethwait3083]

Have a great day at the farm 🚜and 🏕should be around the corner

[@janetlavoie2441]

You have such a great family!

[@johnparker7874]

You are doing a good job as a GO-FER. That was my job until I was 16 or so, and then my dad just told me to fix it. God, I miss him so

[@jackfairweather199]

As an ex-Eastern Canadian who grew up eating it; it is "sammon". Way to go Wesley!

[@briangodbey5511]

Fried with mac n cheese mmmm

[@larss592]

Same here with us eastern Yanks. Got relatives in Ontario. So we heard that word a lot in jest.

[@TheStuport]

Po-Tay-Toe...Po-Tat-Toe....Toe-May-Toe...Toe-Ma-Toe...Sa-mom...Sal-Man...Pronounce anyway that's comfortable, JUST save me a seat at the table! Bon Appetit From Ohio....or...Oh-Hi-Ya LOLOLOL

[@patrickgrandy6665]

The easiest way to bag corn is to cut the bottom out of a 5 gallon bucket and pull the bag over the bucket

[@dirtyroofer3678]

I have a construction cone , cut top a bit flipped over screwed to wall , works well .

[@larrymayberry2312]

Made it through the hurricane last night relatively unscathed. Quite a bit of rice blown down, but it is the second crop so we should be good. Farm hard

[@drddianesbryant]

You should consider getting a horse from either Farm on Route 66 or Ten Barn Farm. They “rescue” some of their horses from the Indian Reservation and some are registered quarter horses. Good Simple Living just purchased two horses, one from each family. I know it is a great distance, but what a series of videos!!

[@teekay1785]

Yep I have replaced this injector fuel return lines several times. Finally found some different clamp pliers that helped a lot.

[@williammatthews2948]

Yeah I'll give Lawrence proper respect for backing that tractor with two attachments up because I would have taken off the side of the house. Lol.

[@46rambo49]

not that I'm anal about my tool box BUT I've been in maintenance for years and years. ALL my wrenches have either slotted or magnetic holders in order by size, SAE and METRIC in separate drawers and or tool boxes. it speed things up when a woman, who has better manual dexterity than most men by the way, comes to help. it ain't having your toolbox organized it's having the gumption to keep it that way.

[@charlesstevens1140]

Have you all recieved any rain for the beans? Talked to my cousin she said they are combining corn, kinda wet so putting in dryers. Thank's for the video. Kids and family did great job on the corn, team work. Glad to see Austin riding Hope you have a great day.

[@ricksoto8126]

Always enjoy your videos it's nice to see how your family all works together to keep the farm running God bless

[@24Mossberg]

I see Dad is pack’in…smart man.

[@robertoobregon3750]

Saw this about a month ago, when I first started watching he was not. Wonder what has changed, but I'm also packing as South Texas has changed.

[@ItsjustChris95]

It's in case a pesky uninvited KZbinr trespasses and causes trouble. lol

[@robertoobregon3750]

@@pnwlife8593 People have migrating through S.Texas about as long as the Monarchs and ducks and geese have. There has been a significant increase in human and drug trafficking. While this has also been around for quite sometime, now you find that it is more of an organized crime in nature. It used to be mostly people from Mexico, but now its people from all over the world. These traffickers are ramming through your gates and fences. So when you go put to your property you never know who is wondering around. Some of the guides for all this trafficking are armed. The old pump action shotgun and the revolver are not match for what these traffickers are carrying. So now most people have a semi auto pistol and rifle.

[@wandagetz966]

@@robertoobregon3750 The drug and human trafficking has gotten so bad. It used to be mainly people trying to come work, they weren't usually armed, now it's a all organized crime gangs competing with each other., Be safe.

[@jameslester3861]

Toolbox tray looks like mine, I never organize my wrenches I just mix them all together and when I can’t find what I’m looking for I go buy more wrenches!

[@billyhinton9155]

Meredith you are just so much fun to see I like you a lot and the kids are great and dad is a little grumpy but maybe not just fun...just so fun...

[@noelkeane5603]

Thanks to you and your wonderful cast, 28 minutes of a dark Autumn evening here, has just been entertainingly zapped into about two minutes, such was the enjoyment that I experienced, watching this week’s episode. 👏👏👏 Ye are so blessed with such pleasant weather. Long may it last, now that ye have hay cut.

[@jaygee999]

You gotta give Laurence credit ! -- The man never sweats on camera !

[@JamesTyreeII]

“I really just.. wing it! When it comes to supper… hahahahahahHha

[@Mikael.formermilitary]

Former military. I really like your shirt. God Bless.

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Very coooooool video. Thanks for sharing. Blessings

[@leol1682]

Thanks love the video Mrs Bernard