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[@freespirit9892]

This is our favorite channel. You are now gaining about 1,000 subscribers per day...keep doing what you do Lumnah family!

[@edsautter51]

Al watched you rework those feeders. Like the new idea of the metal grate. An even better solution I think would have been to also make the feeder narrower at the bottom so the hay would all be accessible to the goats. As it is now the feeder will fill will hay that they can't reach. Most mangers I've seen have this angle to them. Just a thought. Enjoying your videos and look forward to seeing them every time. Keep up the good job.

[@alwaysteatime489]

Love the sound of rain on a tin roof. Getting lots of things done, Its looking really good keep up the great work and keep the videos coming. THANKS

[@largolarry]

I would think that if you put a angled floor in them it would bring the uneaten hay towards the front

[@melissajarvis4829]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@scottneusen9601]

Oh that's a really good idea.

[@Lani911]

Cooking up a storm on a rainy day...sweet. Seasons change and the colors are glorious. Olivia, you are such a great helper... keep it up.

[@wrinklesandsprinkles]

Adding the 4x4 panels to the feeders is genius Al! 💭

[@rsoubiea]

Al I have to say kudos to you for doing all the work on your farm yourself. You don’t get volunteers or friends to do your planting, build your cold room, greenhouse, remodel your kitchen etc for you! Respect! 👍👍👏🏼👏🏼 woot!

[@sissydewoody8717]

Rhonna - l agree - PLUS Al doesn't talk down to us, either.

[@ellenvirgillo6716]

Another great week of Lumnah videos.Animals,eggs,shed build,car port,cooking,prayer and good food and family.What more can you ask for.Thank you for another week of sharing all you do with us.Bless you all.

[@joolwing]

How great is that to have a dry barn to work in while its raining? Family time in the kitchen, what a blessing.

[@mylifesjourney...sharonkar7802]

Oh yum! That beef stew looks amazing!!!! And homemade crescent rolls!😋🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐💜🙏💙

[@danstirm4333]

I love that you openly pray over your meals.

[@haroldmarsh716]

Thankyou for showing such us a wholesome, family endeavor. Heartwarming to watch ya'll working together making the meal. Keep up the good works!

[@margaretbedwell58]

Nice fix on the hay feeders, that works very well. Your dinner looked delicious. I love the foods we eat mostly in the fall & winter time, stews, chili, soups and hearty casseroles. Thanks for sharing your day. Have a Blessed day.

[@rsoubiea]

Margaret Bedwell agreed those are my favorite dinners as well. I’m sick of bbq and salads.

[@sandravanlankvelt7975]

I am surprised you didn't use your Instant Pot for your beef stew it does a fantastic JOB and I love it for sure.

[@pearldunn6672]

You two have a real partnership. Parenting, building, cooking, baking, editing and creating Loving Lives! Your family is awesome... Twenty-nine years for my husband and I so we know what it takes to make a really good one.

[@mikestrothotte467]

You need a roof extension over the outside hay feeder so the goats will be able to come out at least that far out on a rainy day.

[@davidmtwigg]

I'm sure they'd appreciate the protection from snow as well.

[@gelwood99]

Al said on a previous volg that he has plans to cover the whole backside of the barn with a slanted shed roof for the goats to have a dry area and semi-free from snow.

[@recoveringsoul755]

It would cut down on the pee smell inside during the wet and snowy months also.

[@marilyngodfrey868]

Great idea, and the panel was perfect...no waste at all. Stew sounds good and it will warm you up! I love that Gina gets to be at home with you now. How is Olivia liking school this year? May you be blessed with a wonderful family weekend.

[@violantederojas6188]

Neatly done, Al & Gina! And the stew & crescent rolls sounded yummy! Have a great weekend, folks!

[@digarcia1890]

How wonderful Gina can be home helping on all projects including yummy looking meals. I can tell Olivia is loving it. God Bless you dear family!

[@LindaB651]

My grandfather used to cook (boil) a lot of the garden fodder that his pigs were reluctant to eat raw (celery, potatoes, onion skin trimmings, beet greens, etc,) along with other tasty things plus a bit of feed, and once cool enough, serve it in their trough as a mash. They loved having a tasty warm stew!

[@tangowhisky14]

That stew looks absolutely delicious. I’ll give it a go. Many thanks to you all for your excellent videos.

[@barbarabarnes674]

I am addicted to your videos. I stay up until I get to watch you.

[@rachelm7525]

The old hay would make great mulch on the garden, if you have any fall crops 🙂

[@mimiso2522]

Save the old hay that the goats waste and feed it to the pigs

[@pjd3028]

Another great day on the homestead, minus the rain. Nice job on the hay waste solution. Looks like it's working well. Dinner looked amazing too! Blessings from NE Missouri!

[@tworley210]

Egg wash would've browned those beautiful crescent rolls. I love your menu planning. Simple and good.

[@theholytoast]

I've noticed it in a couple videos now, your mixer needs some attention/maintenance. A little deconstruction and some food grade grease will quiet it down, protect it from overheating damage and extend the life of it's gears. It would make a great rainy day indoor project, and you could film it and teach everyone.

[@fishindude72]

Dinner locked amazing having one of those days here dark, chilly, rainy. Have a great weekend.

[@cherylemaybury9967]

Your rolls look awesome. I love beef stew in the cool weather. I always enjoy your cooking and eating dinner segments. I think it’s the reward for working hard all day, coming together as a family and sharing a meal and sharing our day with our loved ones.

[@jeannemariebizeaujohnson8717]

Congratulations on all your accomplishments this summer! 🎉Good job!🎉🎈🎉

[@brianyoung5648]

Hi there. Just wanted to say I love watching your videos and seeing how happy your family is. They bring me a little more hope every time I watch. Keep up the great work God bless your family.

[@Meachamacres]

Al and Gina, once again another great job on the video. I look forward to watching every morning. Thanks.

[@DocMcGinnis]

I love the 'boys' ... they are so chill

[@caroldorsett8170]

Your videos are the sunshine in my mornings so I save some of one or two to watch on Sunday and Wednesday, but since you had a Wednesday one this week I have more to watch today Sunday . Thank you both again and again 💕💕

[@Wendyisawitch]

Oh my gosh... those rolls are beautiful. I can't wait to try them. Thanks!!!

[@ljcl1859]

Genious!!! Love the feeder fix. Way to think outside the box.

[@lauriebosworth5325]

Love watching you and your sweet family...Keep up the great work...Your farm and food looks wonderful..God Bless❤

[@NancyfromCanada]

You guys are hard workers.. great job. Love watching. Nancy from Canada

[@cynthiat6505]

The sped up pieces are funny! You are ingenious. You don’t waste anything! I really enjoy watching you. You’re a lovely family.🤟🏻. LOVE the music while you were preparing dinner! Yay!

[@recoveringsoul755]

Nice to see another cooking video. That is a LOT of crescent rolls. Looks great. I just love your kitchen.

[@cherylwilliams81]

Loved the video! Hope the feeders work! The beef stew and rolls really looked yummy 😋! Have a great weekend!💕

[@teardropadventures]

Great video. Not sure which I enjoy more; the farm growing/improving or the cooking videos. Both inspire me. Keep it up.

[@whiskeyandcigarettes6011]

I’m so jealous of your weather. Where I live in North Scottsdale, we haven’t had any rain since May. The wild animals have eaten all of my plants down to nothing. Last year we had so much rain, and we actually got almost a foot of snow in the winter. This summer has been mostly watching wildfires from my porch.

[@nathanielsizemore8594]

Good morning Al, Gina and Olivia. Good upcycling of the palette material. I hope the holes are large enough. This will also help keep next year's kids from climbing in the hay rack. The stew looks great. Have a nice weekend.

[@gypsyrhodescovers]

Good morning folks! I'm getting my Lumnah fix early today! Sweet!

[@michelealmanza5219]

Goooood morning!! Hope y'all have a blessed and beautiful weekend!!⚘

[@cpnotill9264]

Great improvements Al & Gina. Shavings! So happy to see them and they will work for you so well! Pallet racking racks are some sturdy steel for sure and you must have loved working inside! 👍🌱🏡❣️

[@AmericanAdventuresTJ]

Leaves are changing down here too, even noticed a few on the ground this morning. We use a wire hamper for the goats hay feeder, was cheap and easy to install. I really like the tractor port......

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Great job guys!! Food looked awesome.

[@lorypeterson5502]

Love y'all! Thanks for sharing!

[@tinamariegregory3130]

Looks like a very productive day ! God bless you all !

[@loraineleuschke4186]

You guys rock, you guys means you two, daughter, cat & dogs. Give me a call when the stew is ready. We love beef stew.

[@elfwoodadventures2103]

Jill Winger has some amazing and simple recipes,...oh, and did I say YUMMY!! Love the idea cattle panel/mesh for the hayfeeder. That's one I'm going to remember. It's a carport..."happy wife, happy life"...

[@cmc7106]

Now I am craving Beef Stew!! Looked delicious!!

[@LumnahAcres]

Time to make some.

[@glendaruff125]

@@LumnahAcres Still in the 90's here during the day. Good to see the hint of fall colors today. NC here.

[@gelwood99]

@@glendaruff125, I am NC too and although it looks delish, I'm with you on waiting a bit for soups and stews! 😊

[@CreatingFamilyMoments]

You're killing me Al! I thought there was going to be a surprise today. Dinner looked delicious ❣❣

[@eileenpalumbo6578]

Looks yummy! Thanks for sharing.

[@danielletushka8636]

That looks sooo good my mouth turned into a waterfall when she pulled the lid off!!! I didnt expect it to look like that.

[@candidethirtythree4324]

I think the reason that they did not waste in the old feeder was because they left their heads in it the whole time they were eating. I think the new feeders were not deep enough for them to put their whole head in and still see out the other side. Like it is too close to the wall. I hope the wire helps.

[@chris3m98]

I thought the same thing when they 1st built them.

[@davidmtwigg]

I think that they also might be so used to eating in the natural head down position in the old feeder that they are pulling it out so they can drop their heads while they eat.

[@travelingbadger]

That stew looked amazing, and those homemade croissants had my mouth watering. Keep on homesteading.

[@joanneganon7157]

That's a great idea! I love to see you two back in the kitchen. Enjoy your hot meal. Pretty chilly here this morning too! Have a great weekend. Jo Jo in VT

[@kaisenji]

We purchased a metal one for power goats with this exact same design. Does a great job keeping them from just pulling it out randomly and it has her bottom that holds their extra goodies and extra hay. I love do-it-yourself stuff but no need to reinvent the wheel.

[@loriehabel1552]

Morning Al and Gina. Stews 👍. Hope that works for the feeders. Have a wonderful weekend.

[@johnaustin6649]

Great looking beef stew. Have a blessed weekend Lumnah's.

[@rsoubiea]

John Austin Looking forward to cooler weather for stews and soups, pot roasts and such. 👍

[@BlindSniper999]

Loved it … beautiful family … you guys are awesome

[@annamaybeekman5152]

I grew up on Long Island.I love the fall and winter and spring.

[@robertlafollette8931]

I haven't even had breakfast yet and now I'm ready for supper, thanks a lot. HaHa. It all looks so good. God Bless

[@independentcontractor1633]

Nice, the stew looks awesome! Love the quote!

[@francesbruno8445]

watching Olivia buyer the croissants... She seems to have grown over the summer. Love how she like to feed the animals

[@131dyana]

You are good at recycling everything. Wish we had some rain.

[@GenuinelyJodi]

I literally laughed out loud when you looked into barn and the goats were all staring back at you! So cute!!

[@nancylitton390]

Beef stew...Yummy!! I'm waiting for our weather to cool down ,it been in the 80's, so I can make stew. The goat seem to have grown-up over night... Wow! Your meat birds are big too! Thank you for sharing your journey. God bless.

[@melissalucero9239]

I really love to see how much smaller Moose is compared to his ladies. Lol I am still partial to Hope as my favorite goat, she's got so much personality and is super sweet. I'm also so impressed with the way you guys come up with creative and low cost solutions to things like this lowering hay waste project! I can't believe that Little Man is almost bigger than Hope already.

[@CCRider5312]

AL Great idea to save hay from getting pulled out on the ground! ❤️👍

[@HarborHon1]

Projects even during rain. I applaud your gumption as I would feel too lazy. What spices did Gina use for the second set of crescent rolls? They turned out looking so good. And don't get me started on the beef stew. Oh my goodness, my mouth was watering. Bless you all.

[@Vinces618]

THAT STEW LOOK SO GOOD

[@Bamaman14k]

Great job on the hay feeders. The boys are always chillaxing, they seem well settled in. I haven't been watching you all for all that long but it looks like Olivia has grown a foot. Quite jealous of your weather this morning it started out at 85 degrees with 80% relative humidity, it was 97 degrees by noon, heat index 107 in the shade. Brisk mornings don't happen for us until November. Great video thanks for sharing your homestead with us, Jimmy

[@melissajarvis4829]

Sounds like Phoenix!

[@canterlilyfarm]

I love no-waste feeders! I use the 2 x 4 field fencing that I had purposely left over from fencing.

[@genevievegreene1595]

Red leaves already! That 'wasted' hay will do wonders for your garden. Meat birds look about ready. Now to look up a recipe for those crescent rolls. Yum.

[@recoveringsoul755]

There is a link to the cookbook in the description

[@jjo5375]

Loved watching all the smarts you've employed around your homestead, and look forward to watching as days unfold there. (Just subscribed). God bless your Homestead and everything with feet! : )

[@sissydewoody8717]

J J - OMG you've got some great video-watching ahead. Watching Al build anything is hypnotic. My fav's: building the kitchen island - NYC - Making a wooden spoon.

[@shannongnazzio6844]

You always have great ideas! The stew and rolls made me hungry 😉👍🏻😁

[@debbymost8548]

The mesh seems way too small for the goats to get their head inside to eat . The hay will not 'feed or fall' to the front of the feeders, it will need to be pulled forward manually.

[@thelyingscotsman7993]

Agreed I don't think it will be in there long.

[@backusfarmstead4610]

I think the idea is for their mouths to get in there not their heads. It’s the same concept as a hay bag or net except it doesn’t give. Trial and error I’m sure though :)

[@CassarolesDad]

Is thinking that if the mesh was installed with the bottom at back of.bin and leaned forward at top at a 45 the hay would always be accessible. Just drop hay on backside of mesh and gravity would make all of it available

[@jasonepstein6930]

@@CassarolesDad That's what we do. I used this 4x4 and put it at an angle with a trough at the bottom to still catch what they pull out. Works really well.

[@geoffreyjones2000]

Best rainy day ever sir :)

[@bernadettemanning649]

I'm jealous of your weather it's still 104 degrees here in Mesa where Hope is from

[@neehughes]

I hope this design works but here is another possibility. We use a similar design for our horses, except the grate is put on top of the hay. Then it simply lowers as the hay is eaten. In your case, the goats could still put their heads fully in the feeder but would have to work to get the hay through the grate. An idea worth considering if there is too much hay left at the back of the feeders that the goats can't reach.

[@alexandrunicorici1952]

Nice family, Nice farm, Nice animals!

[@ANGEL77762]

Good Morning Al, It's raining here too~! We need it though. Have a blessed day.

[@notyourgrammascrafts]

I love to see how everybody works together even with dinner everyone had a hand in making the rolls

[@suemitchell8641]

Moose is the Man! Moose says it is pouring rain,too much and it will be over my little head!

[@michaellinahan7740]

While the old cuts seem to go out of fashion I still get ox tail and give it 24hours in the slow cooker to make the most delicious, unctuous stew packed with flavour from the bones just what you need on a cold day.

[@dollyc4314]

A 'Bakers Doen' of Eggs today. Like the idea of the wire in teh hay feeders. Love beef Stew weather.

[@jimfberry]

LOL Today I cooked a pot of beef stew, turned the computer on & here you are doing the same. For you, the weather is getting cooler, and for me the weather is staying the same here in Thailand.

[@LOTRLewis]

Nice seeing Gina smile!

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

Aha! I remember advising the welded mesh tip a while back! Always worked well for us. 👍🏻

[@sissydewoody8717]

Al seems to have subscribers with lots of experienced-based suggestions.

[@mdevery8894]

Hi - I grew zucchini this year. I saw that you grow it as well. I was looking for something new to make from it and found a delicious soup recipe for it. I added quinoa to it to give it an extra nutritional boost. It makes a great lunch especially with a homemade crescent roll. Love your videos.

[@donaldhill2972]

Love your vlogs! Will buy a hoodie, hat and some shirts. You and your whole family, including the animals are fun to watch!

[@DisabledUKPrepper]

Gina really is the goat whisperer. I love seeing how the herd interacts with her. 🐐

[@anashomestead5919]

Hope that helps you save some hay! It looks good!

[@shannonstephens4245]

Great Idea AL!!!!!!!!!!

[@RAYOFSONLITE]

Great improvement on the feeders. So glad you have begun saying gall is on thr way rathet thsn winter. Fall is just right. Or at least it used to be. We will see what it brings this year.😁

[@kevinbaker6168]

I don't know if your feed store carries it, but if they do, get a bag of dehydrated sugar best pulp. It is left from the sugar extraction process and can be added to feed and grain to increase pallet ability and caloric content.