AN IMPROVEMENT! You should put the water line across entire the field, in both directions, and put T's in the line for when you make separate pasture plots with your premiere fencing.

I appreciate that you're working on systems that will be more sustainable for you to manage as you age. We are grappling with that right now. We bought a little hundred year old homestead a few years ago, and have been clearing and rehabilitating the old pastures, etc. Then, a spinal cord surgery damaged my husband's nerves. We have been trying to make the property easier to manage, and it's disheartening at times.

@lieuwina

2 жыл бұрын

So sorry about your husband. I hope all will get better for you and your family and that you achieve your goal on making the property easier to manage. I know how it can be so disheartening and daunting sometimes but you have got it just go a little bit at a time .

@orchidlife9482

2 жыл бұрын

Sending you guys much love, strength and healing ❤️‍🩹 energy!!

Give God the glory great things He has accomplished in your life,

I bet your Dad is smiling down from Heaven 🙏❤️

Justin your dad would he so proud of you . Well done to you all for not being afraid of hard work and putting in the milage when it's needed . You are all very inspirational ❤️

Usually those feeders are used on flat level ground and has a cover on it so water doesn't get causing it to clog. It works well then. May have to put 2 T-Post in the side and out rachet strap around so Pigs can't knock it over. You could leave the T-Post in at each paddock so when you come back around they're there. Just a thought. Congratulations on completion of the Water Project. Makes life so much easier. Peace from WV

@locustvalleyfarms7241

2 жыл бұрын

Were wv to and I wrote the same comment lol

@flyingpigpreserve8562

2 жыл бұрын

@@locustvalleyfarms7241 WV Minds think alike lol. I'm in Mineral County where are you all located

@locustvalleyfarms7241

2 жыл бұрын

@@flyingpigpreserve8562 wood county

@flyingpigpreserve8562

2 жыл бұрын

@@locustvalleyfarms7241 yeah about 3 hours away but it's still Wild Wonderful West Virginia Enjoy Your Day

@locustvalleyfarms7241

2 жыл бұрын

@@flyingpigpreserve8562 you too

Small Gravity fed Hydroelectric!!! And solar, no desiel generator needed..Pete from "a few acres farm" screwed a peice of square plywood to the bottom of his pig feeder to stop it from tipping over..

Congratulations on getting your mountain fed spring water down to the pigs!

The children will remember the days you all worked so hard to finish the gravity fed h2o. bravo

Very proud moment when you get water the first time

That is so awesome you were able to direct gravity fed spring water to your animals/property! The possibilities are inspiring. Not to mention the fact you have water security you can rely on now. You guys are doing well! No pun intended

Thank you for sharing this journey about getting the water to your pigs, with us. Blessings from Australia ❤️

Those are actually pupae on the caterpillar. The wasp lays her eggs on the caterpillar. The larvae enter the caterpillar and feed on it. At a certain stage the larva emerge and pupate on the caterpillar's surface. They then emerge as adult wasps. Love your family and all you do. Thanks, Daniel

Ric and I just finished watching your Endless Water. How beautiful!!! So excited for y’all. In the past couple of weeks we finally got a comfrey plant and divided it, and have been watching it grow. Then today we got our first truck load of wood chips. So exciting. We thank God. And Thank y’all for sharing and for all you do. God’s blessings on you.

I understand your feeling. We live on the mountain and have water gravity running from above. We have a pond that it runs into. Our hose is even hanging from trees to go across the road. Only issues at times is when a bear gets into to the stream it comes from and causes it to clog up since we have a screen at the beginning so other stuff does not flow through. My cousin has been doing this for about 15 years now. We can add a hose at the end to water the gardens, etc. He and his brother dug trenches that more hose run so his brother's pond is also kept full from the same runoff.

For future hose work, if you take a thermos of boiling water and heat the pipe ends before you push the joiners in its much easier, then as they cool they will harden tighter 👍

Freedom! No electricity! Great work! Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations on the springfed water solution.

Corny definitely needs a whole bunch of ladies to entertain. Show those Geese who the real big guy on campus is. He is grumpy but he is also molting and that can make birds sassy or depressed so that definitely isn't helping. Corny is probably one of my favorites. Normal people understand you are doing what you have to do with the eggs. I always float mine even though I have a coop. Just to be safe. I was going to say those ducks are climbing in a tunnel into the pile of hay bales so it would be fun if you did an egg hunt in there. I will say about the feathers, other then more turkeys, I would like to.see a couple more geese of different breeds or colors. We have never got to watch them raise a baby yet, cauae the pigs bully their way to the eggs, and it sure is precious. I have a soft spot for geese though. I have a hand raised brown Chinese goose and she is the sweetest although very loud but that is her job. I also have a Sebastopol goose and that is my favorite kind of geese look wise. Just waiting for the time when you finally bring little feathers to LHL and break down your population at ISS big time. I will say you might have some problems cause your rooster count seems to be getting to be a bit high. I am a crazy chicken lady so no such thing as to many hen's but definitely with everyone free ranging you can have to many roosters. The rotten egg is always the worst. Once a person has smelled a truly rotten egg it burns a place in your brain and sticks with you. I don't know how Peggy did it. I mean she is a pig but a rotten egg? Maybe next time.crack Corny a egg. Birds love to eat eggs. Especially if you have one that has.been broody for a while and is lacking nutrients, you can scramble them eggs and it really helps them.

You guys raising some great kids there, well done to you both, god bless.

Yeah! That's awesome! Those accomplishments sure do feel good. Great job you guys.

Wow fresh spring water would be amazing!

Big day!!! Well done! Big hug you guys, it made me thouroughly tear up! Thank you for blazing our trail...atleast mine. May God continue to use your family as a lighthouse to the world! You guys rock!!! 🤗🌻

Congratulations Justin, this is a big deal getting water to the pigs. Speaking of water we are at day58 no rain and temps well over 100. We love the channel and enjoy watching your family working hard and living a great life. God Bless!!!!

@orchidlife9482

2 жыл бұрын

Sending prayers for 🌧

The last time I priced out the black pipe, it was more expensive than buying PEX. PEX has many more available fittings, easier to work with too.

Maybe Ben Hollar can design a "fix" for the pig feeder and weld a new frame.

Hi Mr. Rhodes family, great you are a modern farmers....

Wow that is such a milestone and well done and your dad and granpa will be so proud! Fantastic pressure there as well wow

Your family has grown so quickly. It seems no time when they were small. Jonah looks like a young man.!

Ooh, and if you have any pipe left over, you can make a family set of hula hoops!! Hooray for getting this dream to come true.

Congratulations Arnold water and I'm tickle for y'all

Another epic milestone @ the Rhodes Homestead.

Super good Job! Congratulations!

Congratulations Congratulations!

One day, that will be grandpa Justin's water works

Whoohoo!! Lots of water!! So happy with you!!

Totally awesome job Justin that us so incredibly amazing. Another way to be sustainable that will help you spread the family around the farm in the future. I know Boots would be proud.

I haven't seen the video yet, but I love the cover!

We had gravity fed water all the life I was young. Very small spring. Fed two houses and animals. Tasted good too. We built big cement reservoir. Never ran out. We cleaned box every year. We had cork at bottom which was really stick in hole. Bury line real deep. sometimes ours froze. Ps we put strainer in spring. Got at auto store. Dont know exactly what it was called. About size of hose around 3 or 4 inches long. Screen on all

That was awesome. Congratulations. Good looks and hard work does pay off 😀

Congratulations Rhodes family. Check one more task off your list of things to do. Praying for your continued success. God bless you and your family Justin,

just make sure you have enough buffer tanks - good overall solution get all sources tested regularly - consider an automated water trough to make even less work which is always a good idea on the farm - hope you can do some clearing - build a big pile(s) and then rent a chipper for the day - good compost material - get the carbide blade on the saw - you can do and don't be in a rush

I am very proud of all of you, your an amazing family ❤️

Cheers! So happy for your sweet family!

So happy for your family. To think it all started with a "what if". Keep dreaming Justin.

I would love to have a spring!!! Fortunate you!

I can tell you have never had a water tank hooked to a spring. You seem to think to water is endless, the way you walk around with no end on the hose. It's a bad day when you turn on the water and nothing comes out. You have to keep check on the water level everyday and don't waste it. We have been on gravity spring water to our house for 9 years offgrid.

That's an amazing step for the farm!

Bolt that small pig feeder to a larger platform. Maybe an old pallet or something...

Hi.... Justin Rhodes, thank you for showing your video homestead chickens duck goose farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐩🐕🐈🐑🐄🐖🐇🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

Yeahhhh! 💪🏼 Teamwork makes the dream work. 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻 Blessings.

Justin it makes my heart jump for joy seeing you interact your children farming! Gods Blessings for you and your family

Congratulations Justin, your dad would be so proud of you.

Yay. You're so fortunate to have so much water.

Awesome way to go! As someone who drags hoses all over my property this looks awesome! 😀😀😀

I think I had as mush as a grin on my face as you did

Greetings from the kingdom of Morocco 🌻

How awesome!!! 🤗👍❤

How exciting!

That’s outstanding!

I just had one of those hornworms and did read not to kill them because you want the wasps

Congratulations Justin to you and your family the years of hard work and dedication are paying off in amazing ways with you having been a student all of your mentors are probably also very proud of you! Because have taken so much of what has been shared with you over the years and applied in the daily functions of your own Farm and in lives of your family members! You have proven yourself to be a thoughtful business minded family Man. Congratulations 👏🎉🎉🎉

How great to have gravity fed water from the spring! I totally get why you're so stoked. Awesome!

Yey! So happy for you guys! Bravo!

Congratulations! This is huge!

congratulations!!!

We used a black pipe from well and had problems with moles eating on pipe. Hope you don’t have any.

Wasn't your white chicken waterer gravity fed from the pond to the pond? Love your mountain water.

Blessings to all!

Wasps also eat flies, they are a benefit

Amazing, what a wonderful gift to the farm and your animals (and family!).

Congratulations! How exciting for your family.

Wash! Amazing achievement. Congrats! Job well done.

Wonderful !

This is a really exciting development for you guys. Im very happy for you! We have lots of spring water ger that is glacier fed. There is nothing like it!!

Awesome

Hi Justin. I've been watching your vlog for years. I appreciate all the things you and your family have shared with us over the years. I heard you might be considering bringing your spring water into the house and I wanted to mention a way to pump water over a distance and UPHILL without electricity. Depending how high up your mountain your spring is located using a ram pump (basically a series of valves and a gauge and a sealed PVC PIPE filled with air that builds up pressure from incoming water you can pump water vertically upward 7ft for every 1ft of drop from the spring allowing you to pump your water into an elevated tank near the house which would give you gravity pressurized water to your home. You probably already know about this but I thought I'd mention it anyway. A sturdy ram pump set up with brass check valves and some PVC for potable water would likely be around $200. A elevated water tower by the house is the other cost factor, but you would be dependent on a well pump failing or if the electrical grid failed not having power to pressurize your water. Here in Nebraska, at my acreage, when the power goes out or the snow plow driver severs the power lines, we lose our jet pump and can't even flush the toilets.

sohapy you have water!

awesomeness!!

So cool! It’s our dream to have land and do gravity fed water

congrats!

I was wondering how the retained water under pressure would last and how long it would take to go down to more of a trickle... I was thinking maybe you could buy a portable water tank with a top fill and a bottom exit and put it in line as a reservoir.... Maybe a 200 or 300 gallon tank would do and recharge during the night. The other option would be to have used a 2" pipe up top To act as the reservoir volume and to add more hydrosthetic pressure downline

You did it! 💧

@veronicajean3612

2 жыл бұрын

With some help from an old guy

So cool!!!!

That’s cool can’t do that on my flat land

Those feeders work great on flat land under cover. I guess their not ment for slopes😀

I love the kids being able to enjoy space, in the tree on the bike. So many kids have no concept of what it would be like to live in this kind of green natural space. Concrete and crowded buildings are all they know. Your kids are so blessed. Our kids were raised in rural mountains of Colorado. They are pretty awesome adults who contribute to their families and society so well.

Wonderfully done🎊🎊🎊👌👌👌

keep it up from FL

So cool. 👍

Love it❤️

Nice! We are working on our water lines now too. The problem I'm having is all my connections leak. I've tried plastic and brass fittings and I've tried 2 different style clamps and they all leak. Not sure what to do. -Mike

I think you should put the calf into the barn at nights.

You can call those calfs hungry hungry hippos 😋

So cool! Happy for you guys! It’s our dream to have land and do gravity fed water.

5:52....walks by chantrel mushrooms right in the trail. (Guessing

Shout out from the Philippines ❤️

Hi Justin, love your videos, we look forward to them every evening. Do you or Eric have any idea of what amount of pressure or volume , gallons per minute you are getting at the end of the pipe? It really looked like a great stream comeing out of the hose. Take Care, H

Thats so so cool :D

Bury that sucker for the winter my man. Probably no pigs then but run it to the barn