This is such an awesome YT channel. Well done Kris and Dot. You are an amazing team.

@KrisHarbour

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

Hello, to avoid and prevent infections of the feet of sheep, there is a trick that is effective: putting a tray with lime in the entrance to the sheepfold like this when he walks in it, it treats the feet. Good luck for the assembly of your barn cordially

I have watched your videos for many years now and deeply enjoy them! I appreciate it takes a lot of effort to film as you go but you have a real skill for documenting... I know i am just one of many folk who are inspired by you. I have to agree your last video was wonderful to watch! Thanks for sharing and educating 😊 🌱

Its nice to see how far its come in all this time. The big projects are cool, but its really good to get a chance to see everything else that is going on. Its come a long way since you started camping in a tent and building your house.

@garrysekelli6776

11 ай бұрын

Shearing sheep is basically the macro version of using the electric shaver thingy i use to manscape deez nutz.

@ShipCreek

11 ай бұрын

​@@garrysekelli6776🤣😂

Kris, you and Dot make a formidable team...

Shearing is not as easy as it looks. The fact you guys make it look so easy (and leave the animals so clean without nicks and cuts) even though its evidently not what you do every day.... is incredible! Fantastic clip!

@Vanosphere

11 ай бұрын

You mean fantastic clip....pers

@hughcampbell6023

11 ай бұрын

​@@Vanosphere you got it 😉

@jonnafry

11 ай бұрын

See what you did there lol!

@EgoShredder

11 ай бұрын

@@Vanosphere What a cutting remark! I think ewe really meant it too! 🙄😁😂

I enjoy your big projects, they are interesting and educational. But What I really enjoy is watching you as a couple working together, also I do not often see a guy commenting on how much he respects and appreciates his partner. You are very gentle. In a troubled world that is very comforting.

I used to think that Dot was Mother Goose but now she’s Little Bo Peep! Loving the video.

@jamesadams893

11 ай бұрын

Dot doesn't seem that keen about being on camera, I wonder why

@anotherbrickoutthewall9237

11 ай бұрын

​@@jamesadams893 majority of people don't...it just looks like it's normal because we watch UT

@rowanhard

11 ай бұрын

@@jamesadams893 Dot doesn’t have to be on camera to be a star.

I moved away from the UK a few years ago. Love hearing things like "leging it". Puts a smile on my face 😊

I've been watching for years, you never cease to amaze me with your fountain of knowledge and your courage to try new things. Love your content keep up the good work.

Wow! Sheep are a whole lot more maintenance than cattle. Can you imagine how much more difficult it was back when the shears were just hand powered.

@KrisHarbour

11 ай бұрын

you would need some serious forearms for that.

I just love watching everything you both do you are an incredible couple and to allow us all into your lives is a privaledge for us, thank you so much

@KrisHarbour

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching :) and for the nice comment

@sroberts605

11 ай бұрын

It is, pure pleasure, much appreciated, and very educational.

It's heartwarming to see how you and Dot treat all your animals. I like the way you go about things. If you don't know how to do it, you take a course. Well done. Jane, Philadelphia

You two continue to amaze me. You're fearless when it comes to tackling new projects. Love the way you all work together❤.😊

I think you two did an admirable job for only having done it once before. In a few years you’ll both be old hands at it. Thanks for letting us tag along❤️🤗🐝

Watching you and Dot work together makes me so incredibly happy, and them just following her along was the cutest thing. Love that we’re getting to see a little more of her 🥰 looking forward to the next one mate. Cheers xx

Awesome! You both did a great job! Would love to see Dot spinning the wool! Is that a possibility? Thanks for sharing with us! ❤️

@markanon5581

11 ай бұрын

There are a couple of wool-themed videos of the making of a carding machine, and it's its later upgrade, made for Dot. Mostly the construction of the machine, but some carding and a bit of spinning from Dot. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y5qH3JeCpaq6fso.html and kzread.info/dash/bejne/c3ep0Zeqo7m7eKg.html

@Bunefoo401

10 ай бұрын

Agree … would LOVE to see wool processing

You both did an amazing job especially for beginners well done guys 😁👏

I visited Australia in the 70's aboard a US Navy ship. Several of us went to a shearing muster and I was so amazed at the speed and the process in general. They made it look easy to me, and so did you two. You folks work hard but smart, and you are living the dream!

I first watched your videos because of the Hydro. But I really enjoy the daily life stuff. I think you and Dot work really hard, and put time and max effort in to everything you do!

As usual Kris, your level of what constitutes competency far exceeds anything us mere mortals could achieve.

Once again I really take my hat off to you and Dot for your gung-ho attitude. I find it hard to believe what you have achieved. It’s always a pleasure to logon and see the next episode. All the best for the future.

I really enjoy all of your videos. It's great to have a mix of the day to day along with the big projects. You and Dot make a great team

I love all of your building projects but I must admit, I like watching you and Dot doing farm chores equally well

Full respect to you both . I've caught many sheep .. but not learnt to shear ... good on you both

Brilliant video. Love to see the daily tasks (as well as the big builds) and a small insight into yours and the lively Dots life. Nice to see Dot in the video too. Well done both on shearing and doing an amazing job. More vids like this pls! ❤😊

Irrational emotion. Crushed my heart during the sped-up portion to hear the baa become a kitten’s mew.

You are doing a great job. If you had more to do each year you would get a lot better but the sheep don't care if they look good or not. You got the wool off them - that's the main thing and you did it yourselves. I would say you are way better than average for a beginner. Thanks for these great honest videos

It’s nice to see your daily life. Shearing reminded me of my childhood on a farm in South Africa. Keep up building your dreams wether big or small. God bless

Love to see you got your energy back. Loved your every day video very much. Happy shearing! ;-)

Your a lucky boy having such an awesome girl like Dot !

I like the way you are incorporating all aspects of work on your homestead Kris... Thanks for the upload mate.

It's great to see a partnership in work and together well done

Having been with you since you were slogging in the mud setting up the tire foundation, I'd say that its your view of things that brings me back. Your editing skills and story telling keeps getting better. I live in the city, and have seen large projects before, but what I don't see is the slower off grid life which is why I come here. So yeah, more of these please.

I once helped on a sheep farm during shearing time. I was only stuffing bags with sheared wool and I was knackered at the end of the day. The lads doing the shearing did hundreds of sheep. I’ve no idea how they were still standing at the end of the day. I’m impressed how calm and confident you are with your animals. Makes for much happier animals! Great video!

@kdenyer1

11 ай бұрын

Love to see your small holding life as well as all the other stuff.😊

I have always been amazed I watching professionals shearing they are so fast

Would love an update on the trees you planted and the wild area.

@KrisHarbour

11 ай бұрын

I will try and do that. most of them around getting up to 4m now

Thanks Kris, Dot! Appreciate you both taking the time to show life on your farm! How are your trees you planted a couple years back doing From what I get a glimpse at your water wheels a beast! I’m really surprised that Bluetti has not sponsored you one of there battery packs! Then maybe you don’t want to deal with that! Thanks again Always a pleasure to see you and Dot!

Sheep owner here from Swiss Alps! You two did an amazing job! Well done

I grew up on a sheep farm and this takes me back. I miss the lambs but I don’t miss shearing the sheep, that’s sweaty dirty work!

Just like the nursery rhyme. Black sheep and 3 bags full of wool. It's always interesting to see the amount of effort behind the final 'harvest', from cleaning to trimming to spraying to doctoring. There's more to it than most realize. Farming of any sort is a lot of hard work. Well done. Next year your shearing will be better for having done it this year.

Thank you for sharing! You two are wonderful!

I think you did fine guys. I mean I thought changing a child’s nappy was difficult. The sheep are happy, healthy and cooler for summer.

Like rubbing your tummy, patting your head, hopping on one leg, and juggling knives. Great job; very impressive.

When we watch your videos for a long time, we like everything you offer us ;)

I admire you on the way you have developed. But I will say, "Behi d every successful man stands a woman" You my friend have a rock in Dot. Keep going you two. Being a semi-invalid, I luvit and your site brings me much happiness. I live in Tanzania, East Africa - so your site brings joy far and wide

Kris love it. Lots of folks around us and us included have been buying the butt wool to line raised garden beds. It breaks down and has the poo with it. Helps a lot in container gardens. Might be able to off load some of the wool that you just can't spin. Keep up the great work :)

Good job Kris and Dot! A KZreadr you might enjoy is Right Choice Shearing in the US with 2m subscribers.

‘Meanwhile back at Uncle Kris’s sheep shearing shed shearing sheep’. Try saying that after a bottle of beer tonight. You’ve well earned it. What a brill video, as you say, varied and very interesting. Certainly got some fine skills Kris/Dot. A pleasure to watch. Well done both. Stay well.

Thank you Kris and Dot. Very enjoyable video.

They turned out quite well especially given the year gap from when you took the course! I think you'll be happy to have the skill of shearing if your flock grows over the years, and also now you can just do it when it needs doing instead of waiting on someone else.

A really hard job he says! As he makes it look like spreading butter!!! You guys did a great job 👏

I find e verything you do almost equally interesting so I'm happy any time a new video is posted. A quick request. We have not seen muc about the progress of your tree planting and wildlife pond progress recently. Could you post a short update on those for us?

That sheep shearing looks like trying to dress a toddler for playing in the snow - I'm reminded of the scene in A Christmas Story with Ralphie lol

Well done Kris and Dot - I take my hat off to you undertaking your own shearing and your consideration for the animals in your care. Thanks for the video.

A good job well done. I think you're both incredible and your video content is always enjoyable and a pleasure to watch. Keep up the good work 😃

New Cut = Poodle Sheep! You guys are awesome! I'll watch whatever you chose to share! Thanks for sharing!

It’s great how you both get stuck in together.

Your YT channel popped up on my home screen about a month ago, and I must say, you show your many talents for building, gardening, milling, and all the other task that go along with maintaining a homestead. I especially enjoy your many methods of getting power from wind, sun, and hydroelectric. When I start watching them, I just can't stop! The passion you put into any task you attempt is extremely enjoyable too me. I can't wait to see your hydroelectric business videos in the future, and I wish you all the best. The things you, and Dot do is so very inspiring, you are blessed in so many ways. I realize all of this is so very hard work, but seems you get through it all with a feeling of acheivement. Be safe, and God bless you both! Thanks for sharing these videos, and I must say I love the smile on your face when you start the videos, and the pleasant attitude you convey.

Sounded like the last one had a few choice words to say to Dot.....he bears watching as an upstart!

You and Dot are the real deal. Nicely Done. From 🇨🇦

Fantastic video Kris and Dot, I could see you really were not looking forward to shearing the sheep, so to actually video it - you deserve a medal bless your hearts. I was wondering if Dot was going to use the fleeces and you answered my thoughts 😊 it would be an interesting video watching Dot go through the processes of how she uses the fleeces, I did also wonder if you would maybe process them as insulation for areas in the new barn. I noticed in your last 2 videos that you have had to trim the sheep and lambs hooves, I don't know if you feed them corn but feeding sheep grain does cause their hooves to become overgrown, it can be fed to them but literally only as a treat in very limited amounts. I love watching all your videos Kris, I marvel at your knowledge and how you are able to explain things in a way even I can understand, I do get a bit lost in the hydro stuff but I still watch the videos because they are so interesting and I love your passion for everything you do. I was hoping now the hotter weather is here if we could get more videos on the garden and the animals, so thank you to you and Dot for sharing your lives with us. Love to you both and of Tiger 😺 xxx

Hey Kris, just had an idea: when you have a scene that is complicated or 'dynamic' such as rounding up the sheep and you actually want to record footage -- just set your drone camera well up above the scene and have it hover there with the controls locked. Hope this helps! Love the videos and the progress you've made over 4 years of watching this channel.

Kris very nice. I cannot believe the sheep are so calm during the process. God luck with the build and remember we do not care how long it takes, we care that you are having fun. We enjoy the honest look at life of your channel. Always move forward don't sweat the small stuff.

Your new name is now Shawn.

I love this homesteading videos Kris, it's what your channel is all about ! thank you ! you live a life many of us want but are too afraid to.

Fantastic, well done with the sheering. maybe not the prettiest finish, but you got the job done and that’s what counts. Geese, awww they are so cute. Geese grow so fast. So do ducks, must be something about water foul.

Kris your such a tease starting the video next to the water wheel. Loved this video anyhow.

fantastic kris and dot, love to see you shearing

Looking forward to seeing your barn go up.

I like to see Dot in the videos. Not asking for more. It's just cool seeing the family working together.

I love these types of videos 😊 loved the last one too.

Awesome video! My two year old loved watching the sheep!

I also really love the daily life videos! The self-sufficiency and learning the farm skills. I also like the big projects and business matters but you living YOUR life is what drew me to the channel so very long ago. You have come so very far from that wet, cold tent.

Used to run sheep myself, shearing the job I dreaded most, bad back, sweating fit to bust, wrestling with the drive line, stressing over cutting the ewes, wool prices, wormer costs, anti septic spray costs. Worry worry worry.I think you did well and It was good to see Dot participating seen too many women abdicate responsibility over the years and bugger off to hide in the kitchen or down the shops. I would recommend you get a good second hand worm dosing gun, much easier than pratting about with hypodermic syringes.

Would really like to see, the wool processing. Olready seen it when you built a machine for it, but steel interested)

I liked it! If you're getting the lanolin out of the wool, I'd be interested to see the process!

Think Dot made it look easy.Great vid as always.

Never ever thought i will watch something like this wits thrue interest. you are great human being ;)

Interesting process, Would like to see a video about the processing and spinning of the wool, Thanks for the video.

I worked for a Sheep farmer back in high school, the shearing day was a long hot day since he had over 100 head of sheep. I was amazed at how fast the shearer could process each sheep. The farmer and I would trim hooves and worm at the same time. I think you did a great job for your second time around. it will get better with time an experience.

You could leave some of that wool in bird feeders as they use it to make their nests, chances are they will have a second hatch due to this hot weather

Agree about the general stuff Kris, it's all part of your daily routine and is interesting for us mortals! Keep it up!

fascinating to watch - the adult sheep were pretty docile - seemed they liked being sheared.... well done!

You’re right Kris about us long termers enjoying the variety of your content. Just loving the couples thing and the other sides of your life over there, you’re so much more relaxed 👍. That girl of yours is extraordinary Kris. The way she is with the animals and around the property…..you seriously need to lock that girl in ❤️ my minds working overtime looking at your workshop, can hardly wait. Good luck and congratulations with your amazing progress.

I've been watching since you put a little tent up in an empty field, I've watched everything :D

You and Dot are doing the right thing , what your doing is keeping the sheep in good health witch is good to see .

You got the job done and you care for your animals which does show. Well done you two

Another goodun for the faithful. Really enjoys these slice of life episodes in addition to the major project videos. If Jackery doesn't get in touch with you after seeing this episode, they are not doing their due diligence.

Shame your so far away Kris, I'd have snuck in with the flock for a quick trim. You two certainly did a better job of the sheep than I do with my hair 🤣

Ideal girlfriend DOT to have when shearing sheep, not everyone would give it a go. Great job done my two amateurs .🔔🗣💕

It's 5 am and I'm chilling watching you and Dot shear your sheep. I can't think of a better way to wake up guys. 😂 Really looking forward to the barn going up.hope you have good weather Kris. Everything you two guys do makes me so envious lol.

Well done you two good teamwork we need more people like you two thanks.

Miss Dot is brilliant at shearing, well done you two.

All your videos are great. You guys are an inspiration with your hard work and ingenuity. The daily life stuff is awesome, as well as the big projects. I started watching because I was interested in what you were doing with your off-grid electric system and your first building projects. I keep watching because I enjoy the way you approach life. Keep doing whatever feels right for you and I'm sure you'll keep getting people finding joy and education in watching your videos.

Nice teamwork on a hard job. You two are building something great. Thanks

Super nice video. I enjoy the woodworking most of all but these farm duties are so important for the sheep to keep them healthy and germ free. You and Dot are really a great team and I have enjoyed your videos and I will continue to do so. Thank you

Dot did a brilliant job

You both did a lot better than me when I groom my Newfoundland. Good Job.

Good job on the 🐑🐑🐑🐑 Bet they are happy in this heat 🌞