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How neat.

Poisonous?

This is a spring peeper frog 100% ❤ love it!

I’m guessing tree frog.

FIRST (Pin? 📌) SO CUTEEEEE

The dalmatian toad haha. love how she is just chilling there, no worries on her head. Hope you guys are great, if you ever decide to visit Romania hit me up we can go for a beer and show you around in Bucharest.

I love it it will last four ever bill

That’s what I use for tags! I use the vinyl ones; you can get a whole blind for a buck or two and I’ve never had to buy another! You can get literally hundreds of tags from one blind! And you can customize them! Long, short; I cut a V-shape at the bottom for easier insertion. Another thing I use is plastic spoons; I just write on them and put the handle in the soil. They’re EVERYWHERE! I have so many and friends give them to me.

I built a garage on my half-acre and I have resident garter snakes living underneath. Snakes are good! They eat rodents! They don’t bother me. I did find one in my basement! Don’t know how she got in but she was under my shelving units. And dead.

Your round garden is beautiful, by the way! I’ve been following you and just love the paper plan you drew up! Awesome! You could print that and sell it; or put it in a book you could write about your experiences!

Very interesting! I moved about eight years ago from the ‘city’ to a smaller town right next to the city! So, it’s getting noisier and more city-like here. Even though I moved from a townhouse to a single family 3- bedroom house on a half acre, it’s still not enough land! It’s noisy with traffic, trucks, motorcycles (the WORST!), horns, sirens, car radios blasting loud music, you get the idea. And I’m about two blocks from the trains. I thought it wouldn’t be an issue because it was far enough away but since there a crossing that close, they blow constantly! Sometimes there are seven or eight trains early on a Sunday morning! I’m talking 3am to 6am. Too freaking early to hear loud train whistles! It’s really starting to affect my sleep. I get stuck at the crossing more than not lately, too which is annoying when I have to be somewhere. The cross street about a half-block from my house is the only way over to the ‘city’ so I have to go over the railroad tracks. It’s a trap! Unfortunately, this might force me to move again. I’m alone so don’t have a partner to help with cutting acres of grass/weeds. I hire that done now and it’s very cheap but more land means more expense. I’m considering Europe at the moment just for much reduced cost of living, sane gun laws and friendlier people! Plus, instead of chain grocery store, there are farm markets only steps away from most places. I’m in PA and the quality of life is going down rapidly. Neighbors are not helpful; everyone sticks to themselves and are ‘so busy’! I thought when I moved here that folks would be friendlier, more helpful and they’re just not! Being alone is tough enough without the safety net of a partner. People were more helpful in the city! We all stuck together to shovel out the alleys and streets and parking spaces. Here, no one even offers to help with that even though they all have snow blowers (I do not). So, I don’t know! This was going to be my forever home but I’m re-thinking that. I love the house and yard/gardens. It’s just big enough to keep me active and stimulated but I spent so much $$ on making a backyard space to relax and enjoy the outdoors but I can’t even sit comfortably back there with the road noise.i want to wake up and hear the birds, not the traffic.

That's pretty much the barn of my dreams. 👍

If you have deer and coons, how are they not eating your garden? I put in my garden in about eight years ago and for about two years, fine. Then my neighbor put his gardens in and the deer discovered us! They even ate the tomatoes! I didn’t know deer even LIKED tomatoes! That was last year and it was a drought year so the poor things were starving AND went after anything with a good water content. They LOVE my hostas and Shasta daisies but will eat most anything! Even hanging baskets, ornamental flowers, you name it! How are you keeping the deer out? Maybe there is enough stuff in the woods gut there that they don’t need your vegetables. The deer here are coming every night from the mountain and eating out stuff. I see their scat every morning. I live in the CITY! Black bears have been known to roam right down the main streets!

I did research too about removing the suckers in the crotches of the stems. I did that for a few years but found that if you leave some, they actually produce fruit bearing stems in the crotch. So by pinching them out, you’re actually losing fruits!

My banana peppers don’t produce a ton of fruits. The plants stay small-ish but are a little more green. I get maybe two or three banana peppers a week from two plants. The poppers are very slow to fruit. And they stay green for weeks! I finally got some to red up this year the last few weeks.

Be careful with the side meat and pork, in general. My family was from eastern Europe and EVERYBODY ate pork and bacon. Many died of colon cancer! Most of them! My uncles, grandmother, cousins, a lot of them! Pork is not good food; too high in animal fat. Eat sparingly and not often. You’re young so won’t see the danger until it’s too late!

Loved this very entertaining and informative video! Now I know you’re in northern Ontario! I figured bc of how rural it is! We drove from PA to Bancroft many times and I have to say, the skeeters and black flies are brutal in the summer there! I had bug repellent on and they took it as a mere suggestion! They laughed at it and went right on biting! Never had so many bites all over my body! Loved the ‘fluffy butt hut’! What a hoot! I’m now officially hooked on your channel! Just met you last night and I’m a subscriber!

A very good worker.

I’ve watched three of your videos now and still don’t know where you are! You did say zone 3 so I figured Canada. Then in the next one you said you had lived in Toronto. So I figured you were somewhere near there. Am I right? Are you north of Toronto or south? It’s a little disorienting not knowing where your farm is in the most general way! It’s hard to figure in the climate, growing season and temperatures although you did say you had a very short growing season. Where are you?

Great work, NC USA 🇺🇸

1st) Good on You for trying ! All the below is to Help 'not' Hurt !! : ) No Criticism below etc : ) N.B. Use of CAPS below is '''not'' Yelling - it's just to Stress a Point : ) 2nd) its a lil' hard to comment as the video was a cut & splice meaning - hard for me follow your / the [entire] ''process'' 3rd) Problem #1 ... When I saw the Juice 4&1/2 cups to Sugar 4 cups '''Ratio''' I [literally said] Oh-oh, : ( you're gonna have 'runny Jelly' that's not gonna set properly ~ fyi, I've never [ever] seen in my Jam & Jelly Making 25 years - when the SUGAR would be Less than the JUICE aka [Ratio] ... Next time [If I were you] I would go for 4 & 1/2 - 5 Cups SUGAR 'and' 4 Cups Juice. I know that everyone gets upset about the amount of Sugar BUT : ) it's just life ''& ''part of Jam & Jelly Making 101 : ) aka Crucial to the ''setting'' Process !! : ) 4th) Problem # 2 ... I would have done '2'' full Boils and the Last, Yes, like you did for '1' minute 5th) You can / should do a 'plate TEST'' with your Jelly when / after the last step aka of the 1 minute. Take a saucer etc & place a teaspoon of your [finished product that's still in the pot} on the saucer and let 20 seconds-ish, slowly lift the saucer to a 45 degree angle .. IF it RUNS down the saucer slowly OR even better kinda stay where you put it, [meaning thicker / it's set more] then that's even BETTER & ''what'' you're realllly ''shooting for'' This Test is a HUGE INDICATOR of How ''well' your Jam or Jelly in this case will ''end up'' aka finish up : ) 6th) Use a Wooden spoon when yes, slowly but yes, continually stirring back & forth motion. A wooden spoon 'moves around more the the product' & in case of any splash ups, your hand won't get burned by sputtering product 7th) Not sure IF you de-bubbled your filled Jars 1st ? / to remove any AIR BUBBLES ? b/f placing on the lids ? 8th) One should NEVER tighten the RIMS of the Jars that were ''just processed'' [aka water bath canned] b/c a) Tightening them ''will'' not help the SEAL Nor Help it to Seal (if it's sealed correctly b/c of #7) then you be Good, if not, Tightening the Rims will not Seal them '''AND''' could actually (if tightened too much) actually ''bugger up'' the seal that TOOK PLACE In the WB (water bath canning) AND that actually ''still takes place AFTER they come out [as they sit for 24 hours etc] From the one Jar you opened : ) the def. looked Sealed Properly due to u needing to use a Knife to get off the Seal so Hubby could try it ! : ) AND looks like you know / have got down pat the ''finger tight'' strength only technique (that you did on them before putting in the water bath canner) : ) !! See #5 - IF your Jelly is way too runny ... you can ''re-do'' but adding more Sugar & sometimes more Pectin OR sometimes it [may] need BOTH : ) 9th) Personally, I would have Water Bathed them for 10 Minutes, I have never processed anything for only 5 minutes ... As for the Smell - wow ? that's really too Bad ... I have no clue about that : ( P.S I am a HORRIBLE GARDNER (not joking) so I'll be watching your Gardening Adventures Tips etc : ) I can also Help with ANY Baking question - I make 12 types of Bread from Scratch : ) We have SUBBED ! Any other questions, I will try & help you ! Sincerely, Cindy : ) P.S. My Hubby & I live in Ontario {Canada} as well : )

It was a great idea an money saving idea on the used tin. It added a touch of class an was a new style. Cooler look than cedar or 1 of my favorite, board an beaten. A great look an idea.

So very cool. Like a nice pair of distressed jeans.

paint the wood with iron vitriol mixed with water...it gets a grey/blue old feeling in some years.

If you ask me , l think the old tin added a touch of class. A very smart idea. Alabama here, l need that barn for my granddaughters horse Frisco!

Unique is good!

Nice Job

I got my cherry tomato ‘Sweet 100’s’ very early at a great price! Since our planting date is much earlier now by about two weeks, I had to hold them in the warm sunroom for about a month. They got so leggy and had fruits on them like yours! I had trouble planting them and sunk them pretty deeply. One top broke off and I fought it was done for. They looked really scraggly for a few weeks but now, mid to late July, they’re producing about 100 cherry tomatoes every two to three days! (Four plants). So the one that was topped did just fine! It’s actually doing better than one of the others that didn’t break off. They look tall and scraggly but still produce well. I just adore Sweet 100’s! Been growing them about 45 years. Winners in my garden!

Absolutely stunning gardens! So neat and tidy! Lots and lots of work. I only have 3 -4’ square raised beds and I’m busy with that.

Beautiful windows! Dutch roof; my house has a Dutch roof just like that! Love the wood battens that will weather to a gray and look great with the rusty siding! Awesome!

Wow! I love that! What a beautiful barn! Love the rusted corrugated metal pieces and glad you could recycle them for your barn! This is breathtaking! First time viewing the channel. I’ll be back!

I can Smell the Bacon,

That is my #1 Feel Good Video, Thank you for sharing

Woow...

Looks Great

thanks for sharing that. rested my soul a bit.

How cute is that little one? Don’t mess with mama!

Nice!

yay

Yay Squish!

What a wonderful story you have created with your husband. So lovely you can share this with others. I love these things of old the stories that goes with these old buildings.

Beautiful view, interesting narrative. However, please put on time stamps with topics! :)

Pretty good!!

He's like a little human!!

Myles eating a carrot is lovely! He's such a good boy, pet him for me please

I got about 50 of them in the wood pile. Left my patio umbrella on the ground one day and propped up it on the weekend and 2 of them fell out lol. I don't mind they keep the mice down

you will need to cut your weeds down or they can an will charge you an fine you, to pay there fire fighters!

thank God

it is a beautiful barn with endless stories held within its walls. I was sitting here wishing I had a picture of it and wondering why I have a love hate relationship with a tiny 700 sq foot place I purchased which seemed like the perfect place to retire. Yet, loving it and creating a home has been the biggest challenge. Yes it is not an aged tiny barn. How you cherish the character of this old creation speaks volumes to your character. My character, still holds on tightly to the misconceptions and misperceptions I cherished for much too long. The silence of the land in the beginning of this video was so profound, it is what I long for. Nature. To be healed. Nature allows for the birth, living and dying phases............I have been mistaken by holding onto the chaos of the past. I have a feeling I can make a home of this sweet small "cottage" if I listen and let the spirit of the four walls speak to me. I just wrote in my journal, my original attention was to make this a home,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if you can make an old tiny barn a home, I am in hopes that if I listen and let the walls speak, the creative juices will flow for me. I live in a city, I do have a sweet front garden and lawn I attend to, which brings me great joy, Traffice whirls by, yet at times it is quieter, and in my home itself, it is very quite. So recently I began to paint my walls, and it has lifted my spirits, I now believe the energy has been released from the old dark beige to lighter brighter more inviting colors. I think I will go and sit by the river and contemplate how I can love my tiny home just as you have done with this precious barn. Thank you for sharing you life, your tiny barn farm, and instilling some gratitude and awareness, I need to listen a bit more and let the wise, beautiful, strength of the past be raised to its full potential and glory. Much appreciation.

Love that countryside!