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Hi. Congratulation ! It's still a nice garden even though you had less time to take care of the plants. In terms of irrigation, I would suggest drip irrigation rather than sprinkling. It saves a lot of water, not only because it uses less water, but also because the water evaporates less so it really beneficits the plants. I've also been looking into oyas, but haven't tried it. Good luck.

Great video. Love seeing how others do their early planting. I have yet to start, but it is a bit early in Nova Scotia. I am more focused on the new chciks and another batch of fertilized eggs coming in. I am not what we will grow this year for sure, but have planned on tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkin, and zucchini. Looking forward to the next video. PeterInHalifax

When I was young in the 1950s, homesteading was a term reserved for the program available in the 1800s for getting free land. We were poor and lived in a small Texas town and the driving force in our lives was hunger. Thus, at 10 years old, I became a gardener and chicken raiser. Our soil was a hard clay/chalice, so I had to improve the soil cheaply before planting. I got free cottonseed hulls from a local cotton gin that I carried home in burlap bags. A neighbor had a chicken coop that had not been used in five years; the coop had a foot of old, composted manure under the roost. I spread this all over the cottonseed hulls and then turned it all into the soil. I planted my garden from seeds given to me my my grandmother. That year we ate fresh vegetables and fried chicken raised with my first setting hen also gotten from my grandmother.

Arugula is a member of the Brassica family.

Nice!!! I love to see how far along you are and choosing finishes now. Woohoo and congrats Elaina!!!

Fantastic video…no wonder it took many hours! Try Sherman Williams “Creamy”. It seems similar to the bathroom tiles you love.

This is very good! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for trusting us enough to share!

When I was ten in a small Texas town, I raised my first chicks. We were poor and could buy nothing so I built my nest box, coop and pen from material I scrounged from abandoned houses. My grandmother gave me a setting Banham hen and ten eggs. Just before hatching, i found soda bottles and got enough money to buy 12 additional chicks from the feed store. During the night I placed the chicks under the Banham mom and she raised 22 chicks, some of them much larger than she was. She spent every day protecting them and the most important lesson that I learned was the love a mom had for her children.

So exciting brining new life to the farmstead. We just got 5 chicks, and have 5 eggs incubating, plus our Ayam Cemani breeding pair. Good luck that they are all viable!

This video style is a bit different than my previous videos - trying out new things to see what I like! I love filmmaking videos and am experimenting even though I don't have as good of a camera or lenses as most ❤

I was able to start my first garden on the vacant lot next to my rental in return for keeping the rest of the lot mowed.

Bless you dear one.

What breed is your rooster?

Hello Elaina, we actually have 2 roosters. Mr. Mr. Is 2 years old. Fred is his son he will be a year old on June 1. Hope he stays nice like Mr. Mr. I love your video. I too have rescued animals. I have a maternity coop and a broody coop and a baby grow out coop. Plus the main coop. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓

Why didn’t you just pick the roo up? They don’t hurt people ya know. He looks like a bantam roo. I’m glad you got him! Roosters are fun. They protect your hens while they scratch and dig for food.

my family loves when i make a French toast jumble/casserole type breakfast. Also, if it’s deep enough to hold a whole chicken, that is wonderful in a traditional Dutch oven.

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handsome boy! Looks like maybe an easter egger. Entirely possible he escaped transport, but you would think that they would double back and retrace their steps.

Never dumped an animal in my life and never will... But extra roosters do try to encourage it ugh... Seriously, thank you for saving that baby ❤

I love all of your use of small spaces. As it should be! Everyone should be thinking about those things when they build and its amazing that you have the opportunity to do so.

I had a Rooster just like yours, and he became very mean to all the hens. I had 37 hens and one boy, he was just evil and very jealous of me. When I would come out with them the girls would leave him and come to me to hang out. Well! he did not like that one bit. He would get so mad at the girls like a pimp would. He almost took my eye out, he damaged it badly. I have to wear glasses now just to see straight. I had him until he naturally died this winter when it got down to 9 degrees. Everyone kept asking me , "Do I still have that Rooster?" Well, I would say "Yes." Here is why, When he attacked me, while doing a CT scan in the ER they discovered I had a very large tumor the size of a grapefruit. So I made the statement he was my divine intervention, when anyone asked. He just died this year 2024. I am glad because I am no longer afraid to go out with the girls. I would like to say I would save the Rooster but I really can't say what I would do, because They are mean. at least the one I had was very mean.

We did something similar! We call it our Harage (house garage)

I am about to start this journey myself. Moving from the suburbs to the country.

Hello and congratulations on getting started with your new homestead. We homestead in the midlands of SC on the Savannah River. We are on 10 acres of land way back in the woods. We have been on our property for over 30 years. We love gardening. We can and preserve our foods.

2 WEEK UPDATE: I found a new home for the chicken! The new owner has lots of hens so I'm sure he will be happy there!

Chickenlandia is a good channel to learn about chickens. I have over 20 roosters and most can be together in a bachelor pen and super friendly. I love having roosters and the all have different personalities.

I'm in the excavating stage of the exact same workflow up in heavily wooded mountains, it's been..... interesting. Everything you're all into looks great, best of luck!

Just came across your video. Nice work!

An LGD is a blessing, keep your eyes open for a good Dog Buddy that knows to protect your animals, doesn't have to be a thoroughbred, dogs all have different personalities, look for one like you that wants to rescue everything. I think you'll know when you find the one.

Hi from Canada, New Brunswick. 😁 We're following you guys on your other channel as we're in the beginning stages of setting up our homestead. We bought a wooded property, going to clear it in the spring and will start building a house this year. Planning to do some works ourselves, so it might take some time. 😁 Good luck with your homestead and big dreams! ❤

God bless you for rescuing this poor little lost soul. He was extremely fortunate to be found by a compassionate person who knows about raising chickens. 🐥❤😍❤🐓

Looms like a great Sunday dinner

It's great that you rescued him before he died out there. Several years back I had two horses dumped on me. We have some property that's way out a dead end dirt road and they were left there. I kept them for a while and then found rescues for them.

I love that you rescued the rooster. I too love the animals and have rescued kittens. I have to be careful I don't over do it.

What a great job you have both done. I can only imagine the learning curve with that software. Looking forward to seeing more of this channel.

So glad to find you! My husband and I, are currently looking for property to start a homestead. Can’t wait to watch your process! Thanks for sharing your journey, about to watch the rest of your videos so I can catch up!

He is very cute. I feel the same about caring for the animals respecting them and appreciating where our food comes from. My husband calls me a critter magnet....your definitely safe with me lol

Well there ya go no more food scrapes 🤣 it is a bit sad that Roosters get discarded. From a sustainable perspective you can't keep them all obviously but I have found them to make great pets actually.

Living off grid for over 11 years now I can tell you that unwanted critters in your garden can be a challenge. Honestly deer were the easiest to keep out. The WORST are rabbits!! They will chew the base of your fruit trees. So do something to protect the base you'll be glad you did. Attracting critters with the compost pile might cause you trouble down the road. They could getbinto your gardens or attack your poultry. A small tumbler composter to put your food scraps in would be a good idea or feed it to poultry. We are self building also Many challenges strong desire and will required. Living a more self reliant life requires you to be an active participant so always something to do. We are in Tennessee and enjoy a long growing season which I'm so grateful for! Look forward to watching you grow

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Nice rescue from a kind heart. Hard to imagine 3X passing by in the car and this person is so dumb to expose him/herself. Just as well you came by. How about throwing your old drink water for the chickens out of the area of use and put straw on the snow to stop frostbite on the feet?

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That is a purebred blue Ameraucana cockerel

I had a rooster who was chilled for two years. T two he turned totally mean. I invited him in for dinner. I could not even have anyone enter the corral. He drew blood too many times on me.

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Coyotes come out when its daylight. I don't know if you have a LGD or if you have plans for one in the future but I think it would help with the predators.