FreeSong Farm
FreeSong Farm
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Greg Jeffers
Greg Jeffers
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Wood Stove Cooking 1
Просмотров 3383 года назад
Making Gyro, Pita bread and Tzatziki sauce from our yogurt ( plus making butter)
Making Sauerkraut at home.
Просмотров 3394 года назад
Fermenting homegrown cabbage into Sauerkraut in a 5-gallon crock.
Raising Chickens
Просмотров 3974 года назад
Raising poultry from one-day-old chicks to productive laying hens or meat birds requires a strategy for dealing with the birds as they go through their growth cycle. A laying flock needs new hens every year, and the first six months are critical you need containment and predator protection, a heat source, feed, feeders, waterers, fencing, and tools to handle the manure they produce while contai...
First Steps
Просмотров 5324 года назад
First Steps
Winter Is Over But Next Winter Is Coming
Просмотров 4104 года назад
Winter Is Over But Next Winter Is Coming
Weed-Free Organic Garden
Просмотров 4125 лет назад
Warm-weather field veggies like corn, beans, tomatoes, okra, and melons require a different weed control strategy than a cold weather garden like cabbage, broccoli, and onions (we use raised beds for these). Conscientiousness is at the top of that strategy. Weeds are easy to remove when they are small, so a daily pass with the hoes is in order, and tarps keep the weed-seed load in check.
Training Workhorses
Просмотров 10 тыс.5 лет назад
A real homestead needs traction: Tractors, oxen, or workhorses (and perhaps all three). Animal husbandry and livestock care are critical, as is growing their feed hay and field corn. With a team of well-trained and fed workhorses and the right equipment, a homestead can produce most of the family's food, and all of its firewood and mechanical energy (horse-powered turnstiles and treadmills). Bu...
Sweet Corn
Просмотров 4615 лет назад
Sweet Corn
Off-Grid Cooking in Warm Weather
Просмотров 8786 лет назад
In the summer, we don't want to heat up the house by cooking indoors (we don't have AC). We use this stainless steel, wood-fired oven/cook top/grill. It requires no electricity, propane, or charcoal just a little bit of firewood kindling will cook a full meal for our family, pasteurize two gallons of milk from the cow, and heat five gallons (or more) of water for washing dishes.
Homesteading: Harnessing a Buggy Horse and Driving a Buggy
Просмотров 51 тыс.6 лет назад
On a large homestead you need a conveyance to get you and your tools around Fixing fences, feeding cattle, checking on things and a horse and buggy is cheaper, less maintenance, and more fun than an ATV/UTV Prosperous Homesteading on Amazon www.amazon.com/Prosperous-Homesteading-Greg-Jeffers/dp/1543168663/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532287532&sr=8-1&keywords=Greg Jeffers Seven Years of Famine www.a...
Milking A Cow
Просмотров 4966 лет назад
Our eleven- year- old son just started milking a cow
Farming with Horses-Team of Belgian Workhorses pulling a potato plow to harvest potatoes
Просмотров 7 тыс.6 лет назад
Team of Belgian Workhorses, Bell and Rosie pulling a potato plow to harvest potatoes.
Mechanical Horse Power on the Homestead
Просмотров 1 тыс.6 лет назад
Our neighbors do not use internal combustion engines or electricity but they get it done.
Tedding hay with Bell ( draft horse) & Gracie (Mule)
Просмотров 8746 лет назад
Tedding hay with Bell ( draft horse) & Gracie (Mule)
Preparing ground for a homestead size garden
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Preparing ground for a homestead size garden
Horse Drawn Manure Spreader!
Просмотров 4 тыс.6 лет назад
Horse Drawn Manure Spreader!
Breaking a horse ( stallion) to work -First day in the lines
Просмотров 275 тыс.6 лет назад
Breaking a horse ( stallion) to work -First day in the lines
Early Summer Morning Chores
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Early Summer Morning Chores
After The Tornado 4/5/2017 Center, Kentucky
Просмотров 7677 лет назад
After The Tornado 4/5/2017 Center, Kentucky
Planting potatoes with a Horse-drawn cultivator
Просмотров 23 тыс.7 лет назад
Planting potatoes with a Horse-drawn cultivator
Planting Potatoes
Просмотров 3057 лет назад
Planting Potatoes
The Most Important Crop on a Homestead is Grass
Просмотров 6 тыс.7 лет назад
The Most Important Crop on a Homestead is Grass
"Prosperous, Debt Free, and Self-Sufficient Homesteading"
Просмотров 9 тыс.7 лет назад
"Prosperous, Debt Free, and Self-Sufficient Homesteading"
New Life on the farm
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New Life on the farm
Final Hay Cut of The Year
Просмотров 7227 лет назад
Final Hay Cut of The Year
Grinding Wheat By Hand (and Making Whole Wheat Cookies in Wood Stove)
Просмотров 8967 лет назад
Grinding Wheat By Hand (and Making Whole Wheat Cookies in Wood Stove)
Skidding firewood with Draft Horses.
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.7 лет назад
Skidding firewood with Draft Horses.
Most important crop on a Homestead is Grass/Hay
Просмотров 2537 лет назад
Most important crop on a Homestead is Grass/Hay
Early Spring on the Homestead
Просмотров 4437 лет назад
Early Spring on the Homestead

Комментарии

  • @solarbrianyvonne
    @solarbrianyvonne 3 года назад

    Great video ! Subscribed !

  • @peteantos-ketcham3493
    @peteantos-ketcham3493 3 года назад

    Great video Greg and family - keep them coming.

  • @westlakefarms
    @westlakefarms 3 года назад

    And you even make gyros from scratch? ♥️

  • @zaarkhananal7165
    @zaarkhananal7165 4 года назад

    Why must the wood chips be made of pine instead of cedar?

    • @FreeSongFarm
      @FreeSongFarm 4 года назад

      Cedar shavings release a gas that will kill all of the chicks. We learned this the hard way many years ago. Pine is safe. Other hardwood sawdust is safe.

  • @alida.negrette
    @alida.negrette 4 года назад

    Beautiful horses. But this is so wrong. Im sure there are better ways to break a horse and get so much better results.

  • @peteantos-ketcham3493
    @peteantos-ketcham3493 4 года назад

    Looks like you have an Ashland cookstove - how did you decide to go with that brand? Thanks for your videos.

  • @freebird1ification
    @freebird1ification 4 года назад

    there just like children if you dont teach them the way to be they will be the way that suits them

  • @donvoll2580
    @donvoll2580 4 года назад

    Good day from Ont. Canada . Back i n middle 80's we bought mare from Amish She was not broke either, but couple yrs later she had a colt we were going to hitch. We had played so much with colt that went we hitch mare took more of a fit that colt. Thanks that was quite funny when kicked out of side.

  • @jodyreeder4820
    @jodyreeder4820 4 года назад

    Never had that touch, horses & dogs aren't my strong point.

  • @jodyreeder4820
    @jodyreeder4820 4 года назад

    Was thst Bugs Bunny bathing in that kettle? XD

  • @jodyreeder4820
    @jodyreeder4820 4 года назад

    A lot quieter than tractors

  • @spartaeus
    @spartaeus 4 года назад

    The Amish and mennonites use those regularly.

  • @karakrantz1391
    @karakrantz1391 4 года назад

    I just LOVE those big horses. They are so BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Really neat to see you training Zeus, he is a gorgeous horse. take care!

  • @woodsgremlin9995
    @woodsgremlin9995 4 года назад

    I can't believe some people think you know what you're doing. You're a complete idiot. That's how people and horses get hurt or killed. If you don't have a better handle on you're horse you've got no business putting a harness on him.

    • @FreeSongFarm
      @FreeSongFarm 4 года назад

      We live in a community where everyone farms with horses. Do you farm with horses? Maybe you can stop by and show me how it is done. We have guest quarters for field hands. Bring your teams here too. I'd like to see you run a farm and feed a family for a year with horses.

  • @spartaeus
    @spartaeus 4 года назад

    That can get scary! I wouldn't want to be cranking that handle, hoping that horse doesn't decide to take off... No emergency brake!

  • @forstercattlecompany6553
    @forstercattlecompany6553 4 года назад

    I’ve never seen such a bad way to break a horse till now, by far the worst 🤦‍♂️

  • @WorkingHorsesWithJim
    @WorkingHorsesWithJim 4 года назад

    Thanks for the nice video of new life on the farm

  • @deborahchesser7375
    @deborahchesser7375 4 года назад

    A hard but simple and good life, God bless

  • @notsunkyet
    @notsunkyet 4 года назад

    He can't see what's beside nor behind and he hears a racket of metal clanging, I'd be a bit on edge as well.

  • @martinfrieling8860
    @martinfrieling8860 4 года назад

    In Deutschland Nennt man die Dinger " Wurstkessel" oder " Schlachtkessel"

  • @greencase
    @greencase 4 года назад

    Pffff only 2 hp.

    • @FreeSongFarm
      @FreeSongFarm 4 года назад

      HP was measured over a century ago with a 700lbs horse. My drafts are 2,000 pounds. They are 2.5 HP each. A draft cross is about 1.5/1.75. Maybe you forgot that physics lecture in college?

  • @jamesbrown-yy1qo
    @jamesbrown-yy1qo 4 года назад

    what about a garden hose ??????????????

  • @rafterh2181
    @rafterh2181 4 года назад

    Partner if you would put a horse like this in a pen and gently sack him with a lariat rope for 30 min he will stand for the harness. Safer for you , less stress for the horse.

  • @dftrfhgvjy317
    @dftrfhgvjy317 4 года назад

    Very cool, but how much of electric can make?

  • @the_kombat_wombat9472
    @the_kombat_wombat9472 4 года назад

    Great steed

  • @madeleine7729
    @madeleine7729 4 года назад

    I am puzzled as to why you have chosen to so strongly criticise a couple who completely walked the talk. The reason there are drawings in the book is because John's wife was an artist! John brought up his family on the land and ran his small holding successfully until he was almost 90.

  • @devondeaton2103
    @devondeaton2103 5 лет назад

    I grew up in the 80's on a 5ac attempted homestead. My parents learned the hard way exactly what you talk about in this video. Most books on the subject are theory not proven practices. Some of best books about being self sufficient and living off the land I've encountered are the Foxfire series thats been produced over the years. Check em out if youre not familar. Lots of great stuff in them on plain living. Full of pictures, not illustrations.

  • @nathanadrian7797
    @nathanadrian7797 5 лет назад

    Loved the video, but I would like to know why your harness is in pieces? The horsemen I have known keep the hames attached to the back pad, and place the entire harness on the horse all at once.(p.s., that tail piece is called a crupper)

  • @mickshomestead4844
    @mickshomestead4844 5 лет назад

    I have one also and love it.

  • @rebeccaulloa7774
    @rebeccaulloa7774 5 лет назад

    Beautiful video. Looking forward to the book.

  • @westlakefarms
    @westlakefarms 5 лет назад

    Looks like an awesome lifestyle

  • @EccentricNature
    @EccentricNature 5 лет назад

    Yeah! Take out those little suckers before they can even grow! :)

  • @Coolbindus
    @Coolbindus 5 лет назад

    tough one

  • @elizavetarosestone7876
    @elizavetarosestone7876 5 лет назад

    The other horse - NO! Go that way!!! Nooooo not that way!!!! Let me move stupid! The stallion - GET THIS DANG THING OFF ME. What am I supposed to do!!!???? WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE IMMA KILL YA ALL

  • @abecoulter18
    @abecoulter18 5 лет назад

    Hey kid..this is how you cheat when dad isn't looking....garden hose

  • @MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato
    @MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato 5 лет назад

    Looks like the same corn planter we had on our farm, and used every year without any troubles, well made equipment.

  • @keithjacobson335
    @keithjacobson335 5 лет назад

    That was enjoyable!

  • @Brian-gj5xm
    @Brian-gj5xm 5 лет назад

    I'd like to see someone design a rocket stove water heater. A 1000 gallon PE water tank at top of a 40 - 60' tower with a 300 sq' water collection roof, some tubing and we're ready to roll!

  • @klauskarbaumer6302
    @klauskarbaumer6302 5 лет назад

    While this method may have worked in this case, I wouldn't recommend it. Desensitizing the horse to the harness definitely should come before the hitching, he was relatively cooperative, but he could kick over the traces, jump over the pole, and cause a lot more trouble. Hitching up with an older experienced horse is, of course, a good approach. With a bit more patience we might get more dependable horses!

    • @FreeSongFarm
      @FreeSongFarm 4 года назад

      This was not Duke's first day in harness or in the lines. Please feel free to post videos of YOUR horse farming activities. Some horses are easy to break. Duke was the worst we've ever had, and the only safe place to place him was an Amish feed mill as a turnstile horse. It was that or the kill auction.

  • @kokopelli314
    @kokopelli314 5 лет назад

    That's how my mom and I used to do it. We also had a wood and glass washboard for single items.

  • @gailphillips4429
    @gailphillips4429 5 лет назад

    Questions, did you make this? can you buy something like this? if you made it how would one cost? can you drive the washing machine agitator with either a gas powered lawn mower motor or use a bicycle for people power?

  • @lisam9618
    @lisam9618 5 лет назад

    Where can I get the wood fired tank????

  • @duaneperry7064
    @duaneperry7064 5 лет назад

    What's the solution you're cleaning the potatoes in??

  • @duaneperry7064
    @duaneperry7064 5 лет назад

    Love it sir!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!!!!

  • @sissyboislut3839
    @sissyboislut3839 5 лет назад

    fire under a bathtub on bricks works too!

  • @ParttimePilgrim
    @ParttimePilgrim 5 лет назад

    Great tank but you should have your water catchment from roof going directly into it

  • @TheXigeneral
    @TheXigeneral 6 лет назад

    hmmmmmmmmmm i prefer my maytag?

  • @offgridinthepacificnorthwe3210
    @offgridinthepacificnorthwe3210 6 лет назад

    Greetings from off grid Oregon. You have a beautiful place. I like the wood stove. We are off grid and we do cook with wood but only in the winter. Right now there is a 200,000 acre wild fire 3 miles from our house. Needless to say nobody cooks with wood July through September around here. We get 100" of rain and 5 feet of snow in a normal year but no rain June through September. So we cook with our solar power on a daily basis and with propane if we need the oven. Our stove is wood and propane fired. We heat with wood 8 to 9 months a year. We have gravity feed water and a solar power. Are you off grid? Thanks for the beautiful video.

  • @ritarichardson3881
    @ritarichardson3881 6 лет назад

    Fantastic!