There's MUD and “Stuff” Everywhere! 4K

[@mysticdiana4402]

So many YT channels put out content of homesteading in a romanticized fashion. Thank you for keeping it real with content like this. I love watching your ducks as it brings back so many memories for me. I grew up on a farm and the ducks were my favorite. As a little girl, I could spend hours with them. When mom didn't know where I had gone to play, she always knew she'd find me at the duck pen. My parents hand milked up to 10 cows a season. My least favorite chore was washing the cream separator. Those were the days when the cream truck would come and pick up the cream cans. Mom had gallons and gallons of cream. The pigs always got a good feed of milk every day with their chop. Have a blessed day!

[@jafrompa1555]

I live in farm country in PA but I have never seen anyone take such good care of their animals like you two. It’s a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@Jennifer35678]

I agree! 😊

[@Ender1zero1]

One good thing about a deep freeze is it will knock down the bugs come summer, a bit.

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great video

[@juliaweatherford9269]

I’ve been trekking through ankle deep mud and poo from my cows. It’s only in certain areas that it gets that bad but it’s enough for your feet to get stuck! You guys always keep things real and that’s why you have so many followers. Be proud of your videos.

[@idahohoosier8989]

Nothing more beautiful than a mother nursing a baby, human, or critter. Love yalls videos Blessings, julie

[@lorrieshigley3625]

Kevin & Sara, just appreciate you guys more than you can imagine 🙏🏻. You do a really lovely job with your animals and your entire farm! Thank you for sharing your lives with us! I’ve been with you from the beginning of your channel, it’s been so informative and inspiring and entertaining too! Love to you both, my brother and sister in Christ 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

Thank you so much!

[@ladyfortunaadams8836]

Most farmers spray round up on grains before harvesting but not on hay. So straw has chemicals on it So that might be what bothers you.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

"Mud and poop, everywhere". Welcome to farm life.

[@jeffhatmaker817]

The ducks must have stomachs of steel (drinking out of the mud puddles)...

[@Peachy08]

​@@jeffhatmaker817ducks in the wild do it everyday.

[@amyking3236]

Thanks for keeping it real. Homesteading and being as self-sufficient as possible is HARD WORK! Too many people think they will just throw down some seeds or feeding a few animals is easy. Well, it's not. I have a small homestead which I love BUT it is a lot of work and I LOVE IT. Always lots of POOP!!! God bless.

[@dianacollinson2424]

Lucky 🐄's . Good job making a dry stall for them!

[@j.l.emerson592]

Been there, done that... I have about a 300 foot caliche driveway. When we have a slow steady rain that doesn't run off, the driveway is undriveable. Seriously. If we attempt to drive on it wet, the vehicles get stuck. (also, driving on wet caliche causes deep ruts that need to be repaired) So rain will usually keep us stuck on the property. If we have sufficient notice of bad weather we go into town & stock up on a few necessary staples, then ride the weather out. It's one of the few downsides of rural living.

[@dtmc4509]

So cute jumping for joy 😊

[@rogerpultz5597]

Great video 👍👍 Really enjoyed watching

[@kay.hthrkc9302]

I had to chuckle when Sarah hollered “come on Babe” and Kevin comes following behind…Love your channel

[@jackieforestieri3010]

The cows are so cute and furry!

[@dianelefever3961]

Ralphy's mama is so beautiful.

[@xpurg8d]

Fifty years ago I entertained the idea of living as you do, but for this city girl, it didn't come to pass. I thoroughly enjoy watching all your videos, and especially the ones like today's, where you do a great job of showing the daily reality of just how much hard work it is to homestead successfully. It's clearly good for you and your enjoyment of this life you've chosen comes through, but these doses of the real work involved must surely be helpful to people young enough to want to try it. It's also a joy to see how well cared for all your animals are, and how they respond to such good treatment. Love watching all of you.

[@kellybryson7754]

Thank you guys for the ducks. I didn't know I needed their joy in my life.

[@sherryswift1660]

I like your choice of music! 🎸 🎸 🎸 🤗

[@brendabrenda413]

lol. Our horses do that too. They stand looking at the house and as soon as they see or hear a human, they start “talking”, telling us they want new food.

[@joyarnett6570]

They are a beautiful herd of cows...😊

[@flintstonegirl3372]

The ducks were living their best life! And the cows letting you know they needed hay...too funny❤

[@nadinestutterheim7950]

Great view over the landscape around your property while feeding the cows outside. Peaceful and beautiful ❤ greetings from Berlin Germany

[@susanchristensen1500]

Oh my gosh, the cows were getting a little frisky when new they had fresh hay. Love it

[@Vote4Pedro211]

As an owner & boarder of horses on a homestead, I know all about the not so glamorous life lol I can totally appreciate your video.

[@chrismoore9686]

Despite the mud and poo, your farm looks beautiful in the fog.

[@debbiecole7005]

I love happy cows!

[@gailrothermund9209]

Your sweet calf is beautiful.. nice work on the farm! ❤❤

[@krickette5569]

I cleaned my chicken and duck houses out yesterday too and was it ever nasty! I kept reminding myself that after composting it would make Great garden soil. Kevin, I feed Alfalfa and am allergic to it so I feel your pain. If I don't wear a mask and gloves while feeding the cows, I spend the rest of my day sneezing and itching! I don't know about you all, but I've had Enough gloom and I am ready for some Sunshine!

[@JeanneKinland]

You guys take good care of your animals. It's obvious they appreciate all you do for them. This was fun to watch.

[@jafleetwood9714]

Fun to watch how excited they get

[@janicetwitty8521]

This is why Homesteading is not for everyone. Hard work but must be so rewarding.

[@debbiethompson9853]

Even your cows look like they have a happy life.

[@michaelkane6530]

Hello kiddo's God Bless Y'All The old Marine.

[@tildars]

Ralphie didn't want to leave the fresh straw bedding ❤

[@sondrajohnson1605]

Ilove watching, true farming. Loved the dancing cows, so excited to have a new bale of hay.

[@sherrymull1728]

My Dad was a dairy farmer. He milked 150 cows. Watching you milk brought me back to that time.I remember how the milk taste before they took everything out of the milk.We had a big milk cooler , when it sat overnight the cream would be on the top. Dad would turn on the dasher to mix the cream. No milk at the store has taste.

[@arleengarcia2629]

Thought? if u have a saw mill sometime they give u the sawdust for free for ur chicken and duck bedding .😊

[@msmyramorgan751]

Thanks for making and sharing "real" homestead life. I appreciate your hard work and dedication to your animals. Good job.😊😊💜

[@anitabush3630]

They were so happy to see the new roll of hay.

[@tammymarple5347]

Good morning 🙏😊 I love it! I, like Kevin, tell myself it’s just mud and keep telling the grandkids when they come around the chicken run in “mud” season “it’s just mud”. Enjoy the warm weather. I’m sure we will still have some cold before spring is actually here. Last Monday we were at -1 and yesterday we had temperatures of 64! What a change! Have a blessed week and thank you as always for sharing 🙏

[@juliabrown1495]

They are so cute with there straw bed wow

[@kcs.farm09]

Good Morning! Love seeing all the animals on your homestead!!

[@Keiths1234]

🙏🙏🙏🙂🕊👍. Happy animals Happy Farmer

[@chriswinger7881]

I would love to live like that it's so rewarding and satisfying for the soul and heart ❤️ 😊.

[@anneo3754]

We had shallow cement trenches around the barn and outbuildings to help channel the water away. And open ends on the feeder sides of the barn so you could get through with the tractor to scrape all the manure out. Every year the fields flooded so the cattle lived in the barn and barnyard.

[@philipmailman9995]

That baby calf is so adorable

[@loripretti843]

The two of you work together like a way oiled machine!!! I love that you two work so good together!!! God Bless both of you!!! God Bless Us All!!!

[@merleewing1331]

In Canada 🇨🇦 we call your "stocking cap" a Toque. Pronounced - Too k.

[@Chickenlady17]

I love this video! Look how happy the cows are for that new bale of hay ❤ What great parents they have!

[@lorenstribling6096]

You are going to have some fine compost in a few months, just in time to top those raised beds.

[@darlajohnson2020]

I enjoyed the ducks and geese playing in the puddles! I'm glad someone enjoys "mud season"!

[@kathylyon8509]

That all happened at my little farm today. We had 8-10 inches of snow melt down with over 3 inches of rain this past few days. “Mud” isn’t fun at all, especially when you have water standing as well. It will be a muddy mess for awhile. Rebedded cows, calves, goats, chicken barns this morning. Got to keep the bottom layers for a few more months, just adding clean dry bedding is so important. Not a glamorous job, but the animals appreciate having a dry clean bed for the next few days. Amazing how a week can change with this crazy weather. Negative temperature’s to 40 plus this week. Have a good week!

[@jafleetwood9714]

This video really sheds some light on how hard you work on your homestead. Gl Love how you do so many chores as a team.

[@marycountry]

Good Morning🙂

[@californiadreamer2580]

LOL when I had my ranch the weather was just as fickle. Goat going to give birth? That will be the day we have the snow that we never had before. Time to plant the garden? We'll have inches of rain for that week. Time to harvest? It's 110F out. Used to tell people "we have two seasons, mud and dust". Thanks for keeping it real 🤠

[@AngelaM-y4e]

Good morning! This brought back memories from when i was a very young child and on my grandma's farm. Most people think of being in an exotic country on the beach. Well i live very close to the beach but on a day like today, i would rather be on a place like this! Thank you for giving me a wonderful memory! The smell of fresh hay and straw, fresh coffee and bread baking, now when it is pouring rain outside like it is here, what would be better than that!

[@sherylm777]

❤HAPPY COWS!!!❤🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄

[@laddieokelley6095]

Grew up with grandparents on dairy farm in the 1950s/60s and wondered why grandmother was not crocheting, knitting, making beautiful quilts and sumptuous meals like other ladies in the community. Like Sarah, she was out working in mud and poop, managing caged laying house, helping fill our 40' silo with sorghum silage in summer. She lived to be almost 98. You have a healthy lifestyle. I know Ava, lived in Springfield in the 1970s.

[@cecwintonyk8228]

Loved this video but it confirmed for me that I am and always will be a city gal. My Grandfather went to Saskatchewan in 1912 as a 19 year-old and got one of the homesteads being offered. He started out with one ox and lived in a sod shack so daily life was pretty miserable but he managed to turn that into 3000 acres with wheat and cattle. I never saw the farm and my Mother who was born during the last pandemic came east in 1936 at the age of 18 and became a city gal too but she had lots of interesting stories to tell about daily life on the farm and the hard and often dirty work that goes into it. Her Mother died from the Spanish Flu three weeks after she was born and my Grandfather, who was left with a newborn and a five year-old to raise said he gave one of his dairy cows to a neighbour so she could get milk to feed "his motherless child". Every time I watch you milk Babe it reminds me of the start my Mother got in life.

[@beth5863]

I would love to see you making farmer cheese.

[@emilielalonde3825]

Music 👌 chef kiss

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks Kevin and Sarah for sharing with us today. Always enjoy seeing you folks take such good care of your farm and food animals. They enjoy the way you take care of them and in return they feed you all well. Stay safe and keep up the fun around there. Fred.

[@davidsutton4436]

I've moved to Mo. (after watching your blog for years . . . though that wasn't my only motivation). Forty acres about 150 mi. North of you. Landed here barely able to hop, unable to walk at 77. Too many years of combat, martial arts, and anything else to degenerate my issued body. Now, with a (second) new hip and a couple of lenses, I'm looking at raised beds, livestock, and being out in the gunk a lot more. of course your joint efforts are an example, but contemplating work without a partner, I'm thinking a LOT about methodology. My ground is shaped like God's own rollercoaster, I've many acres of oaks and hickories. And my forty is split by a county road. Looking for local mentors as to vegetation, etc. Only so much can be pulled out of books. I do apprciate your blog, and the extra work it must cost to produce it on top of actual homesteading. Hope to meet you folks, and maybe buy my Bresse chicken start, rabbits, etc. from you.

[@Jan-ob7zf]

Love watching you!

[@wdwtx2.0]

Gotta love winter.

[@elizabethlink3993]

💚 Mucky, messy winter mess, but no drought! Your animals are so well taken care of, thanks for all you do!💚

[@grannyrsh5553]

Love your videos. Seeing the animals and your beautiful property makes my day. God bless! 💕

[@jenniferrescott1149]

😂ducks are hilarious, it always amazes me how they will play or swim in frigid water in freezing temps acting like there at the fun party.thats how they were made though😂

[@laurajanyoung3187]

Kevin & Sarah, you guys are aging in reverse! You look like a couple of kids! You have always been such an inspiration and even more so now to become healthy! Thanks so sharing your lives!!!

[@singncarpenter6270]

I'm surprised that you don't have any barn cats that have moved in. There's bound to be varmints around there for them to eat. When I saw that Sarah had a little too much milk to fit in the tank, it reminded me of all the cats at my uncle's dairy farm ( He gave a little milk from time to time) and how the cats hunted the mice in the hay mow. Thanks for another great video. I made your Kizza recipe the other night . It was pretty good.

[@Christian-jx3nx]

“Green Acres is the place to be” 🎶 your intro picture

[@michaelwebb4833]

That’s the life you have chosen make the best of it

[@theresatyree3904]

Yep, even after all of that, I would still love to live your life

[@nancyfahey7518]

Makes me kinda appreciate my sandy sand in Florida.

[@lindamele5005]

Being a city girl all my life, it is so cool to watch all your animals so thank you!

[@carolbush6775]

Grew up on a Midwest farm… it’s what makes me watch you guys, even though I’ve been a city gal for decades 😉 Keep up the good work!

[@maryvanulzen3414]

Enjoyed the video. God bless.

[@jeffreyrhine1956]

Hi Kevin and Sarah, as always enjoy your videos. Our chickens were happy when the snow melted they didn't like going out in the snow.

[@jlrbhj]

Making the animals more comfortable is my favorite thing to do on my homestead. They are always so happy.

[@julienasett499]

I look forward to seeing your videos. You really treat your animals well. I enjoy watching the animals as you do the chores. God bless you two!

[@christymartin9404]

Ralphy was too cute in the new straw 😍

[@ruthmcewuen2086]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@VickyLynn3]

Way to keep it real! “This is a farm.”😊

[@loribaca9065]

I've missed the duck run from your previous homestead. 💚

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

Us too!

[@cindyburst]

Love this video! Go guys!

[@ruby71975]

Such an excellent video. Real life. Farming/Homesteading is work. Thank you for awesome content.

[@littleflockontheprairie4871]

PTL!! I will take mud season! Around here, we had not had a mud season for a long time....big drought, empty pond for over a year. Now the pond is overflowing, and I'm thankful for my mud boots for the chicken pens and around the greenhouse.

[@scentsbyemebathbody3161]

That looks like our yard …. Gotta love Winter farm life…I feel ya !! 🏡😊

[@Willene1950]

Loved watching y'all take care of the animals today. Great Music too

[@cr8108]

I really enjoy your music choices!

[@jetman258]

You should wear a mask around straw. If it affects you that much.

[@LiveAboard]

HAHAHA! Sarah called for the cow Babe, "Come on Babe".... Kevin shows up on camera following her! 🤣

[@Sherrysbcs]

Love to see the good, bad, and ugly part of farming. I am a small homesteader myself. I totally understand. And yes, where I am we have MUD also, lots!! Comes with anxiety for me and dirty animals. But you push forward and put a smile on your face. God bless..

[@sharonloomis5264]

Good your composting.

[@anafredbrutout3648]

Loved your work ethic! I enjoyed watching your video. I grew up on an old farm and I remember the cows and mucking things out, You take such good care of your animals.!

[@janetjones7880]

Lots of cleanup. I'm in N. Miss and we had 7" snow, single digits for several nights, kids missed 6 days of school and now lots of rain. Chicken house needs a major cleaning. Just can't wait!

[@tonydelgado1708]

God bless🙏

[@tbone9194]

I enjoy your videos so much. Thanks for sharing.