Why I let you in on my thought process (A busy Saturday Farm Morning) | VLOG

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[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

We've received a lot of comments of concern after the recent horrific storms moved through Arkansas. Thankfully, all of our family is safe and accounted for, but we are and will be continuing to pray for everyone who suffered loss.

[@beulahacreshomestead1927]

Can you tell us the name of a reputable charity we can give too? Id like to announce it on my channel. thanks

[@TheSzachuey]

Happy Birthday!✝️🙏❤🥰💯👍🎂🎊

[@Coastal.Redwood.Homestead]

Amen 🙏

[@shamancarmichael5305]

So glad to hear that. Thoughts and prayers for all those affected. ❤🙏

[@clucktowerarkansas8172]

Haven't seen anything from Whispering Willow...I think they were in the path...It just missed us in Harvey, AR

[@toledotaz]

The hens coming out of the chickshaw was like watching Best Buy on Black Friday. "Eggscuse me! Eggscuse me!"

[@JA-mt3lm]

😂😂😂

[@pennybarrett9462]

'The earth wants to heal us'....absolutely!! I think we were 'placed here with everything we need in the natural world

[@divinehomesteaddesign5844]

It is such an honor that you have entrusted me with your dream of your family's forever home!!!

[@judifarrington9461]

What a blessing you must be to them! It is difficult sometimes imagining what your needs may be 20 years down the road as family and friends age or become disabled. It hurts when your dad can't climb the stairs or a wheelchair doesn't fit through the bathroom door. You are a blessing!

[@jessicashive3836]

@@judifarrington9461 would you be willing to come fix my home for a wheelchair? Disabled veteran who’s loosing the ability to walk more and more

[@saperez46]

Mr. Haggard, my husband and I are in the process of starting our homestead and will be in the market for a homestead home. Please let me know he to each you. Looking forward to hearing from you.

[@divinehomesteaddesign5844]

@@saperez46 how exciting!! You can contact me via email, the address is listed in the video description.

[@marysee6134]

It's interesting to hear the thought process. Since this will be your forever home, consider accessibility. You never know what age and time will bring.

[@lindamickel8545]

Love seeing Ben in his Carhartt bibs. Stinking cute. I see him one day taking over the homestead.

[@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens]

I absolutely loved that you mentioned how our own places provide the medicinal plants we need... God always answers💙🌱before we even ask!

[@JA-mt3lm]

There’s a reason that some studied and excelled in natural medicinal treatments throughout the centuries. It takes lifetimes and lifetimes to learn what works, how and when, what part of the season each one works best in. How to maximize strength to maximize appropriate portions. Medical community may have some knowledge too. The university’s. Just can’t cut into pharmaceutical profits. 😂💕actually not funny, but true.

[@thegoddessandthegeekhomest2880]

So glad the Honeystead was highlighted!! She studied herbs at Green Comfort where I have been studying too! She’s so amazing! I got literal chill bumps when you said that weeds/plants grow around you that you need for survival or an illness. I’ve believed that for so many years and have seen it many times. So grateful for you and many others who are stewards to the Earth and listening to Her. She needs us right now. 💚🌿🌱🍃

[@amywahl5644]

More storms rolling in, I will keep you all in my Prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@maureenswan5726]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jess!!!!!!! I love watching you and your family's daily lives. You all rock!!!

[@chcnsac]

It's always a pleasure to watch your channel. Not only are you and Mia educating everyone, but your smiles, laughter and excitement is contagious! I found myself with a big smile again after watching this vlog. How refreshing!

[@pennybarrett9462]

I love to watch Ben help!! I always enjoyed it when my own kids helped out on the farm :)

[@blueminutes4686]

Having a "commercial" kitchen in one of the outbuildings would give you a place to deal with milk and cheese, etc, and would give you the flexibility to sell your products. Check with your local city office to find guidlines.

[@amoore0713]

Cheers to starting plans for your forever home!❤

[@annettecarolherbst]

Ben is the cutest ever! You can’t help but smile when he comes on. My Grandparents had a cabin in Oregon where they mined for gold. They took me for weeks every summer. Thank you for reminding me of that. God bless your family and it is good to hear everyone is ok after those terrible storms. My prayers are with everyone

[@gailwatkins8843]

Watching those chickens come out reminded me of a clown car at the circus. They are a bunch of beautiful chickens. Blessings always, g.

[@pattyriley9662]

My son opened our coop once and commented that our chickens came out like a "chicken cannon" 😂

[@breannadunk4269]

I am so thankful for your generosity in sharing your thought process with us. Some want to keep their knowledge to themselves because it took a lot of time and effort to learn what they did and maybe don't want to give a free pass. On this platform you open yourself up to others opinions, critiques, etc. But you still share. I don't take it for granted! Thank you!!

[@kooplala1]

Easy on those tender places, Ben! That’s a great life lesson! 😂

[@HighPriestessSteph]

“Sometimes I think the Earth just wants to fix you” 😍 Jessica Sowers, if your third book isn’t a poetry book… 🥰❤️🙌

[@GettingGoundedwithJenna]

I loved your interview with your good friend. We will look up her channel. Y'all spoke such truth.. We have had the same experience with our land with finding weeds that have helped us with health issues. Pokeweed is one we have here all over. The earth does want to heal us. Thank you for sharing.. We always look forward to your videos. Take care.

[@amytheamateurherbalist]

I always say the Power of the Plants!!! My first go to is always the plants in whatever form that maybe. I love how herbalism has strengthened my connection to Mother Nature

[@mjhomestead-livingourdream4436]

Oh my goodness!!! Ben is such a big helper!! And he looks absolutely ADORABLE in those little over-alls!!!

[@angelagreer4670]

Happy birthday, Jess from one December baby to another!! Love watching and learning everything you have to share.

[@ameliainpdx1775]

Happy Birthday, Jess, may your day & week be full of unexpected blessings.

[@terrihubbard3741]

Oh My goodness! Listening to you, Jessica, talk about your forever home, even though I am a single person at this time, I just thought about having TWO KITCHENS in my dream home!! One kitchen for daily cooking, etc. the other for food preservation and seasonal baking, etc! I would rather have more storage and a 2nd kitchen than extra bathrooms!! You can totally steal this idea Jessica if you wish! I think it would be "perfect" for your large family as well!

[@chatswithdonna6030]

Speaking as a Realtor, if you want this to be your forever home, make sure there's a bedroom/bathroom suite on the main floor that would be appropriate for "aging in place". :) Also, thank you for sharing your thought processes with us. As a newbie to gardening, etc, I find it incredibly helpful.

[@auntieverasbackyardgarden4152]

Happy Birthday week Jess!! Thank you for sharing your journey with us!! ❤️

[@laverneepperson-harp1464]

Having a root cellar will be such a blessing too if you have a problem of a hurricane too.

[@sharoncardenas5447]

Happy Birthday Jess!!! Noticed they're NO dislikes on your blog. That makes me happy! I BLESS Y'ALL 🙏❤

[@RainyJo715]

Happy Birthday week, Jess!!! Hope it’s your best Birthday yet!! xoxo 🙏🏼🎂🍾🍰🥂🧁🍭

[@l.e.fallon8220]

Hi Jess & Jeremiah, I love your channel. I love all the things you've done with your new property. In the beginning, when you first got it you took drone footage, I thought now that you have built things and have new buildings and pastures in, if you could take some aerial shots again? Love all you do, Blessings to you!

[@mio.giardino]

As I think about my dream house, the storage space is a prime factor. I want to be out in the country so having enough put back when there is the distinct possibility of being cut off from a store for weeks. I also want dedicated guest bedrooms because having friends over would be a joy to me. Blessings to everyone.

[@Michelle-ky8tn]

Aw look at Bennie in his little Carharts ❤️ and how exciting to get started on the house design!

[@plentifulprairie]

Seeing you milk your cow and see the milk makes me miss fresh milk, nothing compares to it. I worked on a dairy farm in highschool and they had a few cows that had to be hand milked and I'd do those (I never asked why they had to be hand milk nor do I even remember why if I was told). They milked once at 4am and again at 6pm. they didn't pay me much but I'd get a gallon of fresh milk every shift and I loved doing the work.

[@WillowRavenzMysticHealing]

I like how you talk things out, you have to see it from many different angles outside of just the visualizing part.

[@advancedrescue4083]

Ben is too cute! I’m so glad to see that Hope is getting better with somebody on her left side. I noticed Miah with his hand on her left hip while you were milking! Very cool! You guys are treating her so well that she is putting a lot of trust in you ❤️ 🐄

[@mariettawilliford3987]

Happy happy early birthday, blessings to you on your special day 🎂🎉🥰🌱

[@johnnycharles319]

Hi 👋 Marietta how are you doing?

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

I went over to Honeystead vlog and started following it. I'm looking forward to learning more about your friends vlog. Happy Birthday Jess, May All Your Dreams Come True🎂

[@sarahgoninan3124]

Jess, in planning your forever home, please consider some features to help you all age in place. This means making the house functional for you as you age and possibly lose mobility. A ground floor master suite with a walk in shower is going to be a wonderful feature that can serve as a guest space or office space now and be refurnished later for your needs

[@susanmolnar7323]

We two years to build our present new home. It was a very well thought out process for us. The home we just moved out of was what we thought was our forever home however after living there we found that there were things we loved and hated about it. So this one is a combination of what we loved… We do love our house!

[@White.Dove.]

Happy Birthday Jess! Thank you for introducing us to your friends.

[@eviletts3]

Have been missing homestead adventures with Benny!! Good helping little man

[@dancnluc1]

I started following Honeystead. I love growing Herbs and want to learn so much more. Ben is so adorable.

[@julie-annepineau4022]

Friends visiting sounds like the perfect gift for you! So many mental gymnastics to farm management. Love hearing the process without having to make the decisions!

[@jillwright8196]

I just LOVE seeing Farmer Boy Bens curiosity and desire to learn on the farm! It is such a breath of fresh air to see children so happily learning such important skills. Amazing job Jess and Miah, all of your children are wonderful 😍 Thanks so much for sharing! Be blessed

[@lorimanis825]

Dang, I’ve been thinking lately, “I miss Jess’ curly hair so much!” And then BAM, editing Jess breaks through the door!

[@sondrad1839]

Happy Birthday week, Jess! May be strange to hear from an old lady stranger but love you! You are a special young lady with a beautiful family and you brighten my days.

[@tracystuder5910]

"Typical" breeding age for a heifer is 13 to 15 months. So no need to wait until 18 months if the timing is better to breed a bit sooner. I would though, seriously consider breeding any of them so that they either calve in the late winter (Feb/Mar or earlier given your location.) or later in the fall. Heat stress isn't something to screw with. And baby calves do much better dealing with the cold than they do with the heat.

[@LifeonHeltonCreekFarm]

Also, that heat and humidity make the perfect storm for flies and maggots which can happen within hours of birth!

[@robingreany899]

So glad you are all safe from the tornados. ❤️stay safe and healthy.

[@masunshine2970]

Prayers for all the people who lost loved ones and also lost everything. GOD BLESS, Prayers for everyone. 💗💗💗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@masunshine2970]

I'm Portuguese and a man that we used to go to for adjustments used to have us go out and find this certain weed and boil it, then soak a cloth in it and apply it to the area that was hurting or swolen and it would draw out the inflammation. It really did help a lot. I just can't remember the name of the weed. God Bless and you and your family stay safe. We have another storm coming here California today and one more this week and next out of Canada they said. It feels like its out of Alaska. Be safe, I pray it doesn't bring all of you in the South bad weather. 💗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sheilaholmquist6648]

With her mixed breed heritage, Honey will probably be a great milk producer. The Red Poll is a cross of the Norfolk Red beef cattle and Suffolk Dun dairy cattle breeds.

[@mfarmer2112]

Hello beautiful family, I love to follow your blog, ever since I saw the dock to your magnificent pond, I can't help but worry, it's so old and there is no life jackets, I worry someone could fall through the old dock, God forbid, other than that your homestead is heaven on earth, stay blessed

[@JA-mt3lm]

Thank you for sharing, thank you for your encouragement. When you share mistakes, and show no judgment of others mistakes. Thank you for encouraging others to have compassion towards us who are starting this for first time, some are new at this and may make poor choices that are very hard to get over, thank you for encouraging masters to remember those who are just starting, thank you for sharing that there are so many different ways to get to the same goal. ☺️☺️💕💕☺️☺️

[@mattsara2802]

Happy early Birthday! So excited for your new building adventure. As always I love watching the passion you have for your Hope, the Earth, your family and their health! Sending love from Minnesota! Glad to hear you are all doing well! 💚Sara

[@fareebug8439]

Love that you help lift other channels while growing yours! 💕🙏💕 🥳Happy Birthday!!!! 🥳

[@BradfordHomestead]

Ben’s voice has changed some - he’s such a good young man!

[@sabrinachalupiak2759]

It must be so exciting to be planning your forever dream home. I hope you are forward planning also in the sense that you never know when your mobility might become compromised as you get older. Building in accessibility now means your forever home can be forever. Have fun dreaming and happy birthday!

[@loribaca9065]

My husband is the hardest person to Christmas shop for. So I turned to garden stuff I wanted but that I knew he would enjoy too. His 3 tier Greenstalk gets delivered today.

[@GinasBeautyReviews]

It cracks me up how the chickens come out like they’re escaping jail

[@marycountry]

Hey Jess, I pray for all the victims of this latest storm, ❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sarahslovely08]

🎉Happy Early Birthday Jess 🎉 God Bless you each day. May THE Lord bless you and keep you. ❤️🙏

[@Rjmaaske]

We’re about to embark on a journey moving from my home state of AZ to southern GA and the humidity is the thing that me terrifies me the most.

[@babyboomersue4250]

Happy birthday Jess. So excited about you planning your house on your homestead. Just a thought, plan a walk-in shower. We have one in each bathroom. If anyone gets injured and it's hard to climb into a tub, you will be grateful for the walk-in shower. Have fun.

[@maryedmo7798]

I just want to say how much I love how you relate to your children. The nurture and admonition of the Lord is so evident! Bless your family.

[@helenpenner9899]

Oooh the love ❤ the beauty 😍the warmth 🥰 God is sooo good!

[@sdole9448]

We have seven people, cook a lot at home, and run a dishwasher 3-4 times/day. If we didn't have two dishwashers, I would have lost my mind. There is a third one downstairs that runs every 2-3 days with cups of tea, silverware, and snack plates for just two of us. You probably need 3 dishwashers. Maybe two in your farm food prep kitchen and two in your main kitchen.

[@brendadillon7783]

Jess and Sweet Miah will have a pantry designed for cooking gods! I really liked rachel rays pantry… A space for food etc and another room for contraptions! Its going to be so much fun to see the process!

[@redinthethevalley]

Jess I realize that there’s a sea of comments here but hopefully somehow you will see this!! There’s a channel here called “Row and Co Farm” she’s relatively new but my point is you have to see her kitchen and her side pantry!! It stores up all her things and I mean it’s beautiful yet simply designed!! It runs parallel to the kitchen via a glass door almost thinking it would be a small pantry but nope it’s like a long walk in closet lol how she’s designed it is like I said simple yet very practical. Hope this helps y’all out some🕊

[@jessicabennett852]

I started following The Honeystead a while back. I love what she’s doing! Hoping to become a certified herbalist as well!

[@lesliemcdaniel5845]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A JOY OF A PERSON!

Happy Birthday Jess 🎈🎂♥️ Ben warms my heart & makes me smile 🙂

[@abutton2777]

It means a lot to me to hear some of the things that you say about your house needing so much shelving and all for all the milking equipment. 😆 I have a small kitchen and a relatively small house and yet we turn the milk from two cows into all kinds of cheese every week. It's just nice to know somebody shares in what you're going through and what you value. 🐮❤️

[@sarahslovely08]

That sounds like a sold milking plan. Very helpful to hear that process. Thankful that plans for the house are being talked up. ❤️🙏🥰😀

[@melaniejenkins109]

As avid beekeeper the honeystead is one of my favourites

[@joannedonovan9489]

I'm really proud of ya'll for the way you make plans deliberately. I started following you last year (I think) for gardening. Now I'm enjoying all of the different things you're teaching us! My porches are full of Summer Crops (In pots), & now I bought a Greenstalk Planter to put my Winter Crops in (because my Summer Crops aren't done, yet)! I love your talks & teaching! Keep up the good work!!

[@k.c.8535]

the shot of the chickens coming out of the chick shaw was really good

[@WheelinWaylon]

It is so funny to me how the chickens can’t wait for the door to open all the way before they all trying to run out! 🤣 I’m gonna need to see this more! 🤪

[@choirmom78]

Love Kaylee and her mom on Honeystead...following their finishing the apothecary. Always enjoy your posts.

[@jaynemar1]

Plan a main floor master suite for your old age! It will sneak right up on you when you’re not looking!

[@trinaholland9749]

Jess I love listening to your thought processes on what you want to do xx

[@alimajoy1]

Have a wonderful birthday week!! Blessings to you and your family.

[@ForestsEdge]

I love hearing you dream and plan! I’m the same way. Praying your plans get established!

[@paulahughes6031]

So pleased all your loved ones an animals are safe. Jess wishing you a fabulous birthday 🎉🎂🎈

[@Flanuora]

Absolutely amazing even the small things are to be celebrated. Happy birthday beautiful lady. Thank you for spending your light!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Such a lovely time Jess planning your forever home! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@tarieannfrazier515]

Love Dan's vids as well. They are in my neck of the woods. So cool when some of your fav tubers connect.

[@BradfordHomestead]

I pray all of your friends and family back in Arkansas are not impacted by that horrible storm.

[@anne-mareescott5918]

We had a Jersey cross Charolais as our milk cow. Great milk production even though she was a crossbreed. We had her AI’d with a Dexter for her first calf so it would be a bit smaller for her, then Angus after that. Fantastic meat from her calves.

[@humphreyhomestead]

The girls running out of the coop is totally me when I get off work on a Friday! Lol

[@fittobelive]

Happy Birthday Jess!!! Much love and blessings to you for a year of health, peace, and rewarding homesteading ❤️🎂

[@advancedrescue4083]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 I hope you feel extremely loved on your birthday!

[@borealliving5859]

I loved watching your last Wilder Still episode and would definately love to see more cooking Jess!! In one of the podcasts in your course, you mentionned that you end up mixing all your tomatoes and canning them. This is something that would be amazing to watch, as someone who is still scared of canning and measuring acidity and stuff, id love to see how you proceed! Have a nice birthday week! Let yourself be celebrated :)

[@lunachic03dh]

You’re plan with getting a pregnant cow sounds PERFECT!!! Good timing for steady milk.

[@loriswain8140]

I really enjoy watching your videos and I never fail to learn something every time. Looking forward to watching this new homestead become everything you want it to be. Happy birthday!

[@augustagootee6254]

Glad ur family safe and accounted for

[@laverneepperson-harp1464]

I love how you share the information about the chickens. My daughter raises chickens for FFA and we learned so much with hands on but I've enjoyed learning more from you!

[@virginiajorda4226]

I have so many people tell me my Jersey is thin. She is ideal and perfect for a Jersey!! She just had a Jersey/Holstein, and I must say she a beautiful little calf!! If I could build a home from scratch....small bedrooms, huge kitchen and lots of storage. Our current home has no storage and oversized rooms. 2400sq feet with nowhere to put farm stuff. Someday I'll fix that! Just love your channel, keep up the great work!

[@maureenbrophy7852]

So glad you are safe🙏

[@kathrynrodlun8514]

I'm glad you are alright.