Today's Vlog

[@hoppas77]

You guys have been through so much... Living in a small cabin with 7 people, the cabin fire, the move back into the big house, the hurricane damage and Grandama sickness through it all. Then dealing with the passing of grandma as you pull your life back together and finish moving in...I dont know how you do it and keep upbeat and positive but it's very inspiring. You all are still in my prayers.

[@jeanettesheldon8694]

I got your book either late last month or early this month. I'm really impressed at how detailed all of the projects are. Thank you for taking the time to record every detail for each project.

[@Wildevis]

That pingpong table brings back so many childhood memories. When it got too noisy in the house my mom booted us outside under the trees, table and all lol

[@tammydialgray2835]

Justin, you did a great job communicating with the boys today. It makes such a big difference and I know how hard stopping to listen and explain is when in pain and in a hurry. I hope the inflammation continues to improve.

[@SDCourage27]

Power Naps are my life saver. I have adrenal insufficiency and I don’t know how I went so many years without help. I love watching you all on the farm.

[@jf1a8x1]

Thanks for showing real life…I so appreciate you tubers who show real life..

[@edieboudreau9637]

Nice. You got time with each of your boys, chipper branches sorted & ready to go, plan for compost area and fill, plan for pasture repair before spring, "found" the neighbors bridge, food prepped, office egress cleared ( with most of it put away), closet shelf top sorted, ( need a shelf still), bed/ mattress sorted and bedroom reset... All while the beautiful one got all day shopping done... And the lamb roast going ... From experience, I can tell you that getting that sorted relieved a lot of the weighty exhaustion from that day of shopping. Happy day, indeed!

[@surferbob9419]

Yeah you got the bed right Justin. Shear dumb luck my friend. Great seeing things coming together at the house.

[@Nancelot13]

Justin, If you do not waste all those beautiful trees, and have them milled into lumber... I'd be willing to bet that Jonah could build you the most beautiful book shelves, and many other things as well. If you got a cheap log mill, Jonah could do all of it right on your property and you would have incredible lumber, from your own land, for all kinds of projects. Cut your own flooring for Jonah's place...etc What a wonderful way for Jonah to start his own business and channel.

[@1hollig1]

I love that idea.

[@timwolters1969]

That turned out good. Just cutting up the tree looks so good.

[@jillyd2807]

Good to see you talking through ideas on plans for the homestead with Jonah 👏👏👏

[@belieftransformation]

Lots of accomplishments! Thanks or sharing tidbits of your busy days! Christmas blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦🌲

[@AlpacaMade]

Now is a bit of a patch for father & son. It reminds me of two extended family membets who were high level competition fencers. Thrust and parry, a respectful bow at the end. A wise man once said, "Iron sharpens iron." This grandma-age gal is rooting for both 😉👍

[@camicri4263]

Blessings!

[@NoOneUKnow-c3y]

Fasting is the gift that keeps on giving.

[@michelleh5727]

Ok Austin.. all these little snippets of past Justin is just so awesome and I know must add a lot to the editing process Thank you for what your doing here for Justin's channel... I'll be honest I fell off watching every single video and now I'm back enjoying the content..

[@Awenda18]

My “Love Language” is Acts of Kindness” 🙏 I appreciate your organization and new mattress efforts for Rebecca and the fam, Justin 💕 I know they love it too 🙏

[@reginagibson1908]

Justin you are just showing how life goes when you have family and chores and health issues.

[@albrightfs]

Ping pong in the house! Fun!!! On another note please get a gun safe.. On a shelf is not a way to store guns. God Bless and Merry Christmas

[@dottiegyles1119]

Happy Day to you too!

[@struykfamilyfarm9587]

You should scrape the sand to one spot for Lily's riding ring

[@shelleypoole6415]

Maybe the boys can cement some of the area by the door so dirt doesn’t keep getting tracked in. The kids and parents and grandpa too can put the hand prints in the cement. 😊

[@cindyfleer2248]

In regards to your compost pile, you don’t want heavy rains washing your precious compost down into the creek. Just a thought.

[@LB-gr7gu]

Hodge Podge .. LOL reminds me of the cottage we used to own.. we called it Hodge Podge.. the kids loved the place.. at least you are fixing up your Hodge Podge.. we sold ours .. ❤ 👍 blessings Family!!

[@jeanettesheldon8694]

My husband and I moved into our new home a year ago and we're still unpacking.😂😂😂

[@aprilgowins9849]

I bet Jonah could build you some beautiful shelves out of scrap wood that you have laying around the farm for your bookshelves.

[@robertbates5537]

You do realize all those extras - hyperbaric chamber, etc, are all about selling people products. Also let your kids live their lives and don't make them always do the things you want done to live your lifestyle

[@VickyYoung-qg7fd]

Sweet surprice

[@karaleeann1211]

The sunroom needs a little seating area for tea and devotions. ❤

[@Me-ov9nw]

Love your home, but the echo!🙉

[@shephusted2714]

I would say do plan on composition of the fill in area - you do want some more gravel and sand plus compost - do add compost to chips and hay to speed things along - you have a lot of damage to repair and you can keep clearing for a couple mos here just chipping away (pardon the pun). i think you will be on track for spring if you just keep poking away - have a sense of urgency but also be relaxed about it

[@NA-kg5vo]

Consider watching your sugars to reduce inflammation. That bar of chocolate has 27grams.

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

I think you’re underestimating the volume of fill it’s going to take next to the creek. That’s a massive space.

[@lindasmith5190]

Making progress!

[@Shonnasstuff]

Don't stress yourself out. Schedule the chipper for a full week. You'll find more to run through it

[@miraleatardiff8543]

'Y'all can sleep in my room now.' LOL

[@sherrycurp6555]

Maybe put some reflective tape on that support beam where the side by side gets parked. If it is easier to see it will be easier to miss!

[@BarbaraKeefauver]

Justin, why don't you check out Ruth Ann Zimmerman and see how she separates her calf from birth. She has it down without a lot of separation anxiety to mom and calf.

[@jordantrottier3882]

I fast sometimes, but I allow myself black coffee, or tea with nothing in it. It really takes the edge off the hunger. Also I only ever fast for 1-2 days. Not 3 like you do. I find it really helps my joint pain in my bad ankle. Also I carb load the day before a fast. I will eat an Italian meal for supper the night before I start the following morning. By doing that I don't even feel hungry until evening, and I just go to bed. It's easier that way.

[@agent8082]

😍 Metal detector! There's gold in them there hills!

[@linnsoltwedel]

Did all the stuff from under the pole barn just shipped down the creek? Nature is insanely powerful!

[@phyrewillow6463]

First here! Thanks for the daily inspiration to just keep going forward!

[@GrannyBee-w8k]

Did anyone else notice something black under the new mattress as they rolled it out? Henry laid it on the frame and Gideon grabbed it and put it further under the mattress. LOL Looks like a stuffed animal. 13:13

[@AgentTrust]

❤

[@queenbee3647]

Voice of reason here - the person youre advising Justin to just let take over, only just turned 17 last week. Jonah is still a child. Almost grown but not quite done. You dont magically get treated like an adult because someone says you are. You grow into it, one day at a time. Its not that time.

[@dragonflysky11]

That child can run machines that many of us don't have the skills to make them move. Jonah runs the homestead when the parents went on business trips and is about to remodel a cabin to live in. From a young age, Justin has let them make decisions and learn from their mistakes. By doing so they are responsible and have excellant problem solving skills. He is teaching him how to be an adult and doing a good job at it.

[@shelleypoole6415]

In Elders, you have to earn the right to become one. You have to have lived and experienced life to be able to teach the young. Wise and to be able to tell stories that teach about the past. 17 is still young. Men don’t stop growing till 23, that’s what I heard… 😊

[@Coffeeismyhappyplace]

The only problem was the way Jonah was speaking to his father. Like an aggravated know it all. I notice him doing much better in this video. I believe they read & learn from the comments. That’s humility & maturity.

[@BarBeeHoney]

I think the Amish would disagree with you about age (it’s just a number!) I was married & had a baby at 17. In addition to caring for our child, I handled the family finances, paid the bills, took care of the house, shopped, cooked, cleaned etc. I was very mature bc of how I was raised. A number is just a number.

[@jamiecoley833]

Love watching your vlogs. I am originally from Waynesville NC but live in Austin TX. Love what you’re doing for homesteading. As with your inflammation I have PsA and have inflammation I am in process of losing weight and finding ways to get healthier than what I am. Happy Day back to y’all

[@ameliacatlover1985]

Several comments how comes he has to remind us every single solitary video that he's on a fast.... Yes actually fasting is excellent for you and instead of eating carbs or sugar you should eat protein which means you need to eat meat. No potatoes, no pastas. No cakes, pies cookies. None of that stuff but you obviously don't pay attention to what they tell you. You do this every couple of months. Flip-flopping first, you're on a fast then you're not and you feel great when you are. But then when you're not, you're miserable and you can't help out on the farm. You're the one that wanted to do this farm but yet you're dragging these kids around doing it with you. Also, when the oldest boys have ideas you second-guess them. They're young men and most of the time they're right, but you have to let them experiment and make mistakes if it's the wrong thing to do. Oh well they should try again. Also, who teaches these kids to put stuff away? You always have the dishwashers hanging open and there's no dishes in the cupboards. How does that happen when you have? THREE DISHWASHERS? 🤔😳😳

[@marialeach8960]

You folks are such hardworkers. And, Justin love your capitalist spirit. Some people don't do anything but sit on their "buts" expecting the taxpayers to provide for their every need and existence....UGH!!!! Yep, you guys are amazing! May the Lord continue to bless you.

[@janeanndavis1187]

FYI…..try Goalz Chocolate. They have dark and milk chocolate with allulose instead of sugar. 3 dark chocolate disks = 1 net carb.

[@adanur642]

❤❤❤❤

[@imbroken2631]

Happy Birthday Jonah, forget the vanilla sauce for your party you want to have good memories not the ones where you're bent over feeding the compost pile

[@charlesebrown7808]

WHAT BRAND OF MATTERASS IS THAT PLEASE, JUSTIN. GOD BLESS YOU ALL IN YOUR JOURNEY.

[@BigGanderRanch]

I would make your creek look just like the spillway above your house. A long straight rocky ditch to get the water away asap.

[@mountainsagegarden9214]

In Montana it's illegal to cut wood within twenty or thirty feet of a creek. All that dead wood helps to prevent erosion when the floods or high water comes and gives the fishes nooks and crevices to hide out in. Mother nature at her finest 🙂. Kinda is a bummer though when you want to float the river and have to haul your boat around all the log jams 😅

[@lorellstoneman74]

Johna has a dream too...but you may never see his beautiful ideas...remember he may inherit the farm...its his dream too...What will it hurt to give him room to show you his vision.......He has good judgement but it feels like it usually gets squashed. Because it's not Dads vision...But the things he has done turned out beautifuly....Let him show you his dreams...he's spent a lot of time thinking about how to do them....he is trying to help.....release your doubt...allow him room to grow..hes not enthusiastic because his ideas are always put down....If you release him to do it his way, he would feel better about himself....and you will be amazed...what if his dream is better than the one you had. And you never gave him the opportunity to share it...Hugs...Its not easy to let go of control but it is a giant sign of trust...and it will be the easiest , most rewarding thing, you ever did, once you do it. Free yourself of duties...give them away to those with a dream...

[@leeanneg7247]

Not what I’ve observed.

[@dragonflysky11]

I've seen the complete opposite. From a young age, Justin has let them make decisions and learn from their mistakes.

[@JoeTeti-ie6ox]

What are you talking about?!? Justin has always let them make decisions and try things their way!!!

[@johnbrosseau8590]

Hi Justin what do you use for a Hyperbaric Chamber? Do you have a specific video on the kind you have?

[@foragingandurbanfarmingatt4745]

My daughter has a real slide whistle. She tries to get me with it on the phone. I just hang up

[@craigdeneendewitt1421]

How are the people left homeless in your area surviving in these cold temps

[@kfowler193]

There are good people donating campers, building tiny homes. SO many good people from different areas of the Country helping! The people in WNC and ET TN would be lost without them all! This will be a long term recovery!

[@cherylbertolini3140]

what brand mattress did you buy??

[@kathylane5934]

Get better Becky. Have you tried honey. Love your house

[@1hollig1]

The “shepherd boy” was really cute! Can you please explain why you “hay bomb” the pasture?

[@GenerousLife]

Do not keep the old mattress.

[@GrannyBee-w8k]

AUSTIN: CHECK THIS OUT LOL LOOK WHAT HENRY AND GIDEON DID. PLAY IT BACK AT SLOW SPEED. 13:13

[@1hollig1]

Stop worrying about the unpacking. Set a timer every other day for 30 minutes, go hard and quit when the alarm goes off.

[@Thørkil84]

beautiful one with no voice

[@fredeerickbays]

inflammation is a physical thing. It has matter and so it has weight. Mine is Arthritis, Bursitis and PAD. Yes u I fined fast helps but I cant for very long with out eating sugar b/c I am diabetic. I have have had these for almost 30 yr now. Ya they set in early. I had a Doc back in mid 90's who loaned me a book on it. Wish I could remember title but it is one of those things age has put in long turn stooge where access is not longer easy or I would give it to u. I only had her with the VA for one Pir Care but I worked with her by phone in figuring out how I could fast and for how long as a diabetic. Yes after just an 18hr fast my body feels better. When I do these 5 in row I lose as much as 8lbs and feel a hwll of a lot better. I do them the fist 5 days of every no. Maybe u need to set one up so that ur one meal a day thing can work. U see ur joints and nerves hurt b/c fluid has built up on and around them thus causing pain. Remove some of that fluid an some of the pain goes with it. It is not the fluid itself that causes the pain but the pressure it put on ur body that is the cause. Fasting the first thing u lose is water weight. U must get rid of it before fat will be converted to sugar and burned. Me right now have a little My weight is at 198. I am reduce water intake today I am carry to much. In summer time when out side sweeting I dont worry so much b/c water weight is being controlled by sweet pretty much. I have to make sure I drink enough then Have u noted any seasonal reaction in ur pain. Mine is worse with temp drop. Colder worse. So in winter time I may do such things as i will do over the next few days is reduce water and salts intake. My pain has gotten very bad with the years and today with temp around 30 I will stay inside and try to be warm and play here. Had to go to VA this morning for test. The walk out to the car hurt and those front steps of the VA. well lets say I almost died form my leg pain. Ya it gets that bad if I walk over 100 yrs. But like u I work through it knowing that if I dont it will get worse a lot faster. Doc at VA thought they would have me in wheel chair there by this time but No still going strong b/c I want to and no other reson.

[@timpetersfarmgarden9792]

Fix y'all a trout pond

[@jamesjessee4064]

😊

[@Thørkil84]

Jonah come on men^^ wake up and produce ^^ then rest

[@Thørkil84]

my only wish is to come help you guys one day...with God's help one day

[@karolmolitor4675]

I thought FEMA was buying you a wood chipper. What happened to that? Government at its finest. ❤

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Justin have you ever tried Physical Therapy for your feet?? It helps me and for your back pain?:

[@MONTANAchickenlady]

Oh yikes, throw out that mattress no need to store or save, it is really past its prime.

[@jenthrasher5056]

Justine built the wall with shelves for all your books. The house is too nice to just put up cheap made shelves.

[@JamesSmith-x1r]

What happened to the women that were gonna buy you guys a wood chipper?

[@Thørkil84]

yes thats it Justin you need to trust your son he is born on this land and he knows what to do. trust Jonah the builder ^^ love you

[@maddogair]

Why are you still on X?

[@pmartin6759]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄👋

[@kayluster7671]

You are becoming obsessed! Be careful...pretty soon you will rivel Michael Jackson with plastic surgery!!

[@fredeerickbays]

Did u give that book to someone to do form ur plains or did u do it urself, I ask b/c of the pics I could see r very good and there seems to be enough of them. Most such things u need to intuitive some things. U apiary to have done it as i would: leave nothing to the imagination. Show a thing form more then one angle. Dont be afraid to have to many good pics. The old bit a one pic is wroth how much. I wont be buying ur book b/c I was doing this 30 yr ago. and yet every so often one of u kids will fined something that I did not know and now i do. Mine are a lot bigger then urs but then I make a living off them. You need a little tracker to move my 200 bird things. Ya build them on old hay wagon frames. Got us 23 of them now.

[@sharonhaas8503]

💝🛌💓🎋💖

[@ricktanner6968]

Seems like cruel irony - put all that effort in to growing your own food --- and you have to fast so often and not eat it!

[@lauriesmith7517]

On X? Good God, no!

[@Big-Government-Is-The-Problem]

how could jumping on a trampoline be good for your brain? isnt it the exact opposite? even repeated bouncing from jet skiing for example can lead to CTE brain damage over time. i doubt jumping up and down is good for your brain. i think the consensus is that you pretty much should try to minimize the amount you bounce around your brain.

[@lizregan1949]

Good to see you, I refuse to use X to support Musk in any way.

[@BrendaHewitt-y1w]

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