This Is What Makes Farming Interesting!

Today we're doing lots of different jobs with the animals, and this is what makes farming interesting! We have to move the laying chickens on pasture, move the Dexter cattle into the heifer yard, move a batch of piglets out to pasture, and bring in round bales from the fields. In between, I'm smoking some delicious pork belly for dinner.
Note:
-We do not offer farm tours or accept visitors
-We do not ship our farm's products
-We do not sell live animals
Facebook: / just-a-few-acres-farm-...
Instagram: justafewacr...
To order Pete's book; "A Year and a Day on Just a Few Acres:" www.amazon.com/Year-Day-Just-...

Пікірлер: 503

  • @markgoodman6249
    @markgoodman62492 жыл бұрын

    As someone with no knowledge or background in farming I really appreciate that you explain the “why “ behind what you are doing. It’s truly educational and interesting, thanks for the care you take with these videos Pete.

  • @sambockman5718
    @sambockman57182 жыл бұрын

    You should see if Hilary would want to post a video on what she does in a day. If she wants to

  • @mcthomann73
    @mcthomann732 жыл бұрын

    Pete - I really appreciate you taking the time to explain what is going on in your farm. It looks like a lot of hard work but work that is of great value. As an American History Professor, the small family farm was what made America exceptional. We need to make sure the small farmer has the ability to thrive and prosper. Keep up the good work and I look forward to many future videos!

  • @chad9899

    @chad9899

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very true in your statement, but billionaires like bill gates are swooping up lots of fertile soil across the grain belt..., And some day sell it to China as our government watches it happen

  • @karenw9996
    @karenw99962 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for bringing back a ton of fond memories from my GREAT childhood on the farm! I didn't realize how much I'd forgotten; now that Mom & Dad are gone, more memories means more that I can share with my 14-years-younger sister, who also grew up on the farm, but after Mom & Dad stopped farming. We sold the acreage (sad day) but she bought the farmstead, and it's fun to be able to tell her stories of life on 'her farm' from ten years before she was born. Dad used the older equipment too, and continued with livestock when everyone around went to strictly crops, so your channel is absolutely wonderful - I'm encouraging her to start watching your channel once winter sets in (too much to do outside right now). God bless!

  • @jimbeamairstreams8455
    @jimbeamairstreams84552 жыл бұрын

    Pete, you are a good representative of all things that are good in this life.

  • @kieranleopold9115
    @kieranleopold91152 жыл бұрын

    Pete - I love the editing on starting the tractor: Guy Ritchie would be impressed!

  • @RockinRob69
    @RockinRob692 жыл бұрын

    *Love when the chickens make a mad dash outside for "recess."*

  • @katieandkevinsears7724
    @katieandkevinsears77242 жыл бұрын

    Having a hobby farm is what's keeping me sane with the insanity of the world these days...and Bob Ross too.

  • @lilly3628

    @lilly3628

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've started coloring again at the age of 60. Keeps me sane right now.

  • @geraldschrader8511

    @geraldschrader8511

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tonyioannoni4951 Episodes available on KZread.

  • @grimsonforce7504

    @grimsonforce7504

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup I have a 4 acre lot, I find doing morning and evening chores relaxing. Interacting with the critters really helps on those stressful days. Also everyone should start and end their day with Bob Ross. Remember watching the program as a kid really inspired me to paint/draw. Wish I had the time now.

  • @TRINITY-ks6nw

    @TRINITY-ks6nw

    2 жыл бұрын

    My 6 year old knows Bob Ross et Randolph Scott

  • @yeahnahyeah3883

    @yeahnahyeah3883

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lilly3628 glad you found something

  • @Undeadno9
    @Undeadno92 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite sequences in all of the chore videos is the different sounds leading up to the Super C firing up, love it!

  • @jacob6string
    @jacob6string Жыл бұрын

    I just watched your 10 month old video of how to change your life. I’m not sure I heard you say it was worth it. You and your wife look so happy. To me it seems like a genuine happiness.

  • @donjennings7544
    @donjennings75442 жыл бұрын

    I can't tell you how much I love watching your videos! Thank you for all of your hard working and for sharing it with us!

  • @JustaFewAcresFarm

    @JustaFewAcresFarm

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Don!!

  • @Boingfish1
    @Boingfish12 жыл бұрын

    First time we moved piglets the experience made us laugh harder than any other experience in memory. The laughing was so wonderfully extreme, I think my ribs were sore for a week.

  • @BillTheTractorMan
    @BillTheTractorMan2 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love your methods Pete, My grandpa taught me many of the same ideals while I farmed with him. This is farming he believed in, being regenerative to the earth, and feeding your local community. He would set aside some of his produce and meat for the less fortunate as well. I live vicariously through your videos as I build up my equipment, repair it to working order, and am saving up to buy land of my own to move onto. For now, I rent land, which does not really pay but it keeps me in the farming community and building allies for when I make the big step into owning land.

  • @BillTheTractorMan

    @BillTheTractorMan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Transplanted1 I have posted videos here on my channel in the past of farming, the animals, machinery, etc. Maybe in the future I can make more videos.

  • @eatportchops
    @eatportchops2 жыл бұрын

    The layers coming out remind me of the Black Friday opening rush.

  • @jimtaylor2725
    @jimtaylor27252 жыл бұрын

    These are best videos. This is real life and a welcome relief from all the stings going on these days. Thank you Pete for everything you do. Hey Pete, Why do piggy banks give the best advice? Because like you, they're filled with so much common cents.

  • @berrysweet2321
    @berrysweet23212 жыл бұрын

    I am not a farmer but I really enjoy watching your videos. Chasing those piglets are so funny to me and how stubborn those pigs are is hilarious😂

  • @magzfarms357
    @magzfarms3572 жыл бұрын

    So grateful I found this channel. Really love your content and your delivery. We have learned and continue to learn such a great deal from your videos. Entertaining and informative, best family TV entertainment I’ve ever come across. Thank you, we very much appreciate the time and effort you put into the videos. Blessings to you and yours!

  • @jeanhall4499
    @jeanhall44992 жыл бұрын

    You are so kind and gentle to the animals in your care. This is what farming should be. Thank you for being how you are.

  • @grammybear4226
    @grammybear42262 жыл бұрын

    🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤️

  • @kirbyholton1082
    @kirbyholton10822 жыл бұрын

    That pork belly looked really good. In all my years of cooking and smoking I have never smoked a pork belly, I'm going to have to try that.

  • @wayneclarke1727
    @wayneclarke17272 жыл бұрын

    That was an Excellent awareness point Pete about the manure burn. It all depends on the original soil content and PH as to whether it can handle the heat of poultry manure. So it's wise of you to compost first, because you learned your soil! Trial and error. Others will learn from this and save valuable time and energy! Thank you for pointing this out!Great job friend!

  • @GladysRWhite

    @GladysRWhite

    2 жыл бұрын

    When we move the chicken tractors daily, that doesn't damage the soil. That's how many do it and it works for them.

  • @kater.7563
    @kater.7563 Жыл бұрын

    A colleague, who had a hobby farm, named his animals after what they were to become. Pigs were named sausage, bacon, pork chop etc. Cows were named tenderloin, sirloin, tbone etc. I thought it was cleaver that he used cake pellets, like a trail of bread crumbs, to get the cows to go where he wanted them to go. The pigs skipped dinner, the night before being transported to the cold locker. Then he laid out food, again like a trail of bread crumbs, to get the pig into the trailer.

  • @kevinflatness1725
    @kevinflatness17252 жыл бұрын

    We went to the Threshermen &Collectors show in Albert City,Iowa on Sunday,featured IH tractors this year. It was the 50th year for the show. I thought about you and your IH tractors,fun show!

  • @jchazelwood1937
    @jchazelwood1937 Жыл бұрын

    JUST A FEW MORE ACRES, I DID ENJOY THIS ADVENTURE, IVE WORKED DIFFERENT FARMING JOBS ,A BIG PART OF MY LIFE, STARTED GREEN ,BUT BECAME ,A HAND TO HELP IN MOST ,CASES ,ITS A GOOD LIFE ,BUT ITS NOT EASZY ,WORK IS THE BEST FOUR LETTER WORD INVENTED , THESE FOLKS ARE A TRUE TRIBUTE YALL ASPECTS OF THE FARMING LIFE , THK YOU N GOD BLESS YOU N YOURS SIR ✝️🛐🇺🇲🏆☮️☮️💖🌹🌹🌹

  • @p0ky
    @p0ky2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Pete! If you move a small sandbox/child's swimming pool with sand in it, the chickens will use that to dust themselves rather than tear up your pasture! Just a tip! Cheers.

  • @jayhutchins6224
    @jayhutchins62242 жыл бұрын

    We've been trying to contact you about your tires extended warranty.

  • @ElsaInCa

    @ElsaInCa

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂🤣

  • @nicohellmuth5275

    @nicohellmuth5275

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice one

  • @wayneclarke1727

    @wayneclarke1727

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh!!! That's hilarious 😂😂😂😆

  • @wayneclarke1727

    @wayneclarke1727

    2 жыл бұрын

    You beat me to it Jay!

  • @charlieodonnell9673

    @charlieodonnell9673

    2 жыл бұрын

    👌

  • @beirnefarm8988
    @beirnefarm89882 жыл бұрын

    Wow, talk about Pavlov’s law, my mouth started to water when you cut into the pork!

  • @carlworthy8847
    @carlworthy88472 жыл бұрын

    Every time I watch your videos I cannot stop watching I enjoyed them so much keep up the good work

  • @J2BoglinBoy
    @J2BoglinBoy Жыл бұрын

    9:59 I love how the pigs knocked the camera over

  • @pdrphil8159
    @pdrphil81592 жыл бұрын

    Growing up I always dreaded haying. We square bailed all our hay & there were no conveyors or mechanized systems. It was always my dad on the tractor & my brother & myself handleing the hay. Im allergic to grass , so it was especially tough on me. We loaded the wagon & hauled it to the barn where we had stacked it in the loft.. It was easily 110-115 degrees up near the roof & my brother & I traded off that position every few minutes. The one thing I always liked was the smell of fresh mown hay . And, come winter seeing all that hard work feed our herd.

  • @TbassIS42
    @TbassIS422 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know, Pete, I’ve never been inclined to use the word “sophisticated” for anything with turkeys! I love raising them, but a box of rocks makes mine look smart! Maybe it’s a different genetic line! 😄 Thanks for another great video!

  • @Cyara248
    @Cyara2482 жыл бұрын

    Joel Salatin is excellent in the way he pastures his birds

  • @claytonspann8032
    @claytonspann80322 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Pete, for another great video, Jealous of dinner. Was great to see the next group of piglets moving outside. Again, much appreciate your efforts for sharing a day in the life of a farmer

  • @beerkegbob6952
    @beerkegbob69522 жыл бұрын

    That Pork Belly looks awesome..... Nothing like a few good cold beers and bacon

  • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
    @MarkWYoung-ky4uc2 жыл бұрын

    I swear Mr. Pete your videos are better than a dose of tonic!😁

  • @michigantler5046
    @michigantler50462 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see Hilarie in her new hat

  • @Prairie7777
    @Prairie77772 жыл бұрын

    I love the way you go in depth explaining things! It is very helpful and informative. It's a great learning experience. You can teach an old dog new tricks. I'm 75 years young as of yesterday. I know a lot about a lot BUT am learning a LOT more from watching your videos. Keep up the great work. It's appreciated!!!

  • @mikemarley2389
    @mikemarley2389 Жыл бұрын

    You should watch "Talking Turkey"a guy finds a clutch of turkey eggs .He hatches them and raises them like a mother turkey in the wild.Turkeys are very smart.

  • @markballard9300
    @markballard93002 жыл бұрын

    That smoked pork belly looked superb.

  • @waltobringer2928
    @waltobringer2928Ай бұрын

    Pete! It's always good to see you! Thank you for what you do.

  • @renmcnamara6743
    @renmcnamara67432 жыл бұрын

    Hi Pete, thoroughly enjoy your videos. I happened upon your channel a few weeks back and now I’m hooked. Working on your book now. My husband and I moved from the City to the Sullivan Co. Catskills 3 years ago. The corporate life was zapping our life force/health. We’ve spent the last few years renovating the farmhouse and bringing the land back (it was fallow for 20 years)... still a ways to go, but getting there! Just wanted to thank you for your valuable content and insight. We hope to start a small farm business within the next year or two and the information you provide is invaluable. Again, thank you!

  • @TheDougday
    @TheDougday2 жыл бұрын

    Pete You are the new Farmall "go to " guy. I have watched many of your MD videos. You are extremely well versed in Farmall equipment as well as a great historian of McCormick-Deering. It is interesting how they did things back then...and they actually worked, and still do. I am not a farmer but they are the best engineers in the world...they see what they are doing and design and make something to do it better. Doug

  • @Classifiedreality
    @Classifiedreality2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking us along...busy folks...😉😉😎

  • @maryalexander4091
    @maryalexander40912 жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness my mouth is watering after seeing that pork belly.... yummy!

  • @tractorcounty7522
    @tractorcounty75222 жыл бұрын

    Run run run!!!!!!!

  • @sweetteame6814
    @sweetteame68142 жыл бұрын

    Omg I love these videos. Need to show us your table all dressed up with homegrown food and family. 🙏🏼♥️

  • @chetsicinski9787
    @chetsicinski97872 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Thanks For showing a regular old day and narrating all the way through it. Mmmm on the belly.

  • @jondaniel540
    @jondaniel5402 жыл бұрын

    Hi Pete. I like the way you video your engine starts. Enjoying your videos as always. Have a great day.

  • @sgrvtl7183
    @sgrvtl71832 жыл бұрын

    I love the daily chores,,,,,moving the chickens to a fresh pasture, so perfect!

  • @karapate2341
    @karapate23412 жыл бұрын

    Such a hard working couple nothing but admiration for both of you. I wonder if you ancestors were farmers too.

  • @ClaudeDiamond
    @ClaudeDiamond Жыл бұрын

    we will miss "Missy" 😄 really enjoy your videos of true farm life-thank you.

  • @dieseldoctor2221
    @dieseldoctor22212 жыл бұрын

    Yum Yum Pork chops and fresh ground breakfast sausage!!!

  • @erindinneen9653
    @erindinneen96532 жыл бұрын

    I have only just discovered your channel and I love it. It's so organic, natural and real.

  • @marzymarrz5172
    @marzymarrz5172 Жыл бұрын

    Those movable chicken arcs are such a great idea.

  • @markvittorini5163
    @markvittorini51632 жыл бұрын

    Dinner AND a farming update!

  • @johnpowercrassus2957
    @johnpowercrassus29572 жыл бұрын

    What a nice dinner. Enjoy!!!

  • @ulasbolan4528
    @ulasbolan45282 жыл бұрын

    I truly enjoy your life videos. The slow and steady rhythm is a wonderful way lost to many. Thank you.

  • @dblair1247
    @dblair12472 жыл бұрын

    In the 60's we live in England. My youngest son put a finger near a pigs mouth and was bit. They will eat anything that gets near their mouth. The older son still calls him a WerePig.

  • @robertmoore6700
    @robertmoore67002 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Pete, I loved every second of it.

  • @evaarnim
    @evaarnim2 жыл бұрын

    Just found you today. Couldn't quit watching.

  • @RH-pt9ro
    @RH-pt9ro Жыл бұрын

    We’d like to see Pete cook more often

  • @cheesefreaksmokeface8132
    @cheesefreaksmokeface81322 жыл бұрын

    Pete I love watching these videos I live on a ranch myself that me and my lady just bought last year and this is our first time doing farming eight Dexter cow 50 chicken 12 turkeys for pigs 50 ducks or more . Messing around with the pigs when they start screaming is a job in itself to take that sound but I love the way we live we don’t sell army or anything like that so I don’t have to bring anything to market but your videos have definitely helped thank you .

  • @iancrespo7148
    @iancrespo71482 жыл бұрын

    Hard work really pays off.

  • @scrotiemcboogerballs1981
    @scrotiemcboogerballs19812 жыл бұрын

    I was going to say that pork belly was huge then you found it was really two lol 😂 eating good that night yummy wish I was eating with you guys thanks for sharing buddy very informative video god bless everyone

  • @t.diddle7998
    @t.diddle79982 жыл бұрын

    Just earlier I watched a video where a farmer was talking about improving the soil cows had been on, and he went over the field with a box...something, I can't remember...furrow maybe, but it looked like a box spring for a bed with spikes coming out of the bottom it. He said it broke up the manure added oxygen to the manure and to the soil, and caused the manure to compost on the field very quickly. He was working with cow manure, but I would say that chicken manure would be similar.

  • @Prairie7777
    @Prairie77772 жыл бұрын

    I JUST found your site here and I am totally impressed. I totally enjoy all of this and I will be watching a whole lot more of this. Thank you for posting. I "liked and subscribed" also!

  • @ovidiualexandru9407
    @ovidiualexandru94072 жыл бұрын

    you are really living the life...good for you.greeting from half a world away.Romania

  • @ej1597
    @ej15972 жыл бұрын

    brings back memories from my childhood... hogs, heifers and chickens

  • @jeannedigennaro6484
    @jeannedigennaro64842 жыл бұрын

    Great to see you enjoying your own product! Make nutritious meats your primary food.

  • @davidsmith-hb1jx
    @davidsmith-hb1jx2 жыл бұрын

    Pete's probably making the best dinner in three counties and he's doing it on a Weber grill you can buy for $8 at a garage sale.

  • @Hoyts_Hillside_Farm
    @Hoyts_Hillside_Farm2 жыл бұрын

    You're the Mr. Roger's of farming! That's a compliment BTW. Farming ain't easy and neither is filming/editing. You're doing both. Bravo.

  • @lukemathison4149
    @lukemathison41492 жыл бұрын

    Hey pete. For our chickens we use ashes for their dust baths. We burn lots of wood and when we empty the wood burner we save the ashes and put some in a tub just like your water tubs

  • @jerlee620
    @jerlee6202 жыл бұрын

    Of all the college-themed shirts I’ve seen so far, this is by far the best looking 🤘🏻

  • @annmittelstadt2938
    @annmittelstadt29382 жыл бұрын

    Hi Pete, that Pork Belly sure looks yummy. Great job..

  • @davem5370
    @davem53702 жыл бұрын

    You have a great helper in Hilary on the gate 😊

  • @benjaminsagau
    @benjaminsagau2 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed seeing your cooking! Thanks for upload!

  • @markkaes3144
    @markkaes31442 жыл бұрын

    City boy learns new tricks. Thanks Pete, I really enjoy these especially learning the why and what goes into it all. Very much envy you being able to do something you’re clearly passionate about every day. God bless

  • @MCNagStaR
    @MCNagStaR2 жыл бұрын

    I like how he holds the piglets lol

  • @pixaxeprepper384
    @pixaxeprepper3842 жыл бұрын

    Like the laying hens trailer on the interstate. It would be better than a lot of RVs out there. I like watching turkeys and rosters. Interesting details of raising them. Moving that bail of hay means to me the hard work in cutting, raking, thinning, and finally bailing. Great video Pete and Hillary.

  • @oldguy4833
    @oldguy48332 жыл бұрын

    Ain't nothing like the good farm life!

  • @sonyamcnamara46
    @sonyamcnamara462 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos! Highlight of all are the Dad jokes!! Love them! (Also, "run, run, run!"🤣 )

  • @charlesowen501
    @charlesowen5012 жыл бұрын

    Saw you had in a Peru State tee today! I’m a proud alumni thanks for supporting all of the universities on your videos. I really enjoy watching you and the how’s and why’s of what you do!!

  • @rancancookcanoy9768
    @rancancookcanoy97682 жыл бұрын

    Pete love you videos. Thank you.

  • @AbidAli-bv2gl
    @AbidAli-bv2gl2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Tractor too

  • @doug1883
    @doug18832 жыл бұрын

    Another top produced video with a ton of actually GOOD content!! Thank you for taking the time out to do this!

  • @RickJones222
    @RickJones2222 жыл бұрын

    Pete, you're amazing. Great work!

  • @luckyshamrock7241
    @luckyshamrock7241 Жыл бұрын

    That pork belly🐖 looked so mouthwatering good, great video sir glad i found your channel 😊👍

  • @kevinschroeder3889
    @kevinschroeder38892 жыл бұрын

    Breakfast is at 7, Dinner is at noon, lunch is at 3pm (especially when you we were bailing hay) and supper is at 6 oh and don't forget ice cream 8-9 pm LOL At least that's the way it was on our farm.

  • @ryanwaege7251
    @ryanwaege72512 жыл бұрын

    Oh baby! You got a like the second I saw Missy's belly! My favorite meat tied with a massive porter. Some permaculture folks swear by giving their fowl access to a compost heap. They say the birds will tend it by pooping mostly on the mound as they farm it for insects.

  • @josephbrown6269
    @josephbrown62692 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel. I check back most evenings, hoping for a new video. Educational, inspiring, and funny… awesome content!

  • @simonsalisbury7606
    @simonsalisbury76062 жыл бұрын

    That is a fantastic pig enclosure

  • @bobmcbeer3053
    @bobmcbeer3053 Жыл бұрын

    we let our crosses out of the tractors during the day, they go back on their own at night . it spreads the dung and leaves them a clean coop at night. the biggest reason's is that it's more humane than leaving them penned up 24/7. we also plant forage just for them

  • @armandosantos8861
    @armandosantos88612 жыл бұрын

    nice yummy belly dinner,it's make me hungry....

  • @doghairdontcarelindaniel7531
    @doghairdontcarelindaniel75312 жыл бұрын

    Go Texas Longhorns!!!! Love seein* all the shirts but today is my team. You look nice in burnt orange. Pork belly……I can smell it.

  • @mpking7565
    @mpking75652 жыл бұрын

    My grandma said chickenpoop needs 3years of compost before being beneficial and as she got rid of chickens it took 2 years until gras could grow

  • @Drew-gj1es
    @Drew-gj1es2 жыл бұрын

    Love the UCM shirt there at the end! Nice to know there are other Mules and Jennies out there that follow you. That pork belly looked awesome!

  • @Mtbambeno

    @Mtbambeno

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice seeing it! Hello from over by Sweet Springs!

  • @DesertRat269

    @DesertRat269

    2 жыл бұрын

    UCM Grad here too!

  • @giovannir9947
    @giovannir99472 жыл бұрын

    He’s like the Mr.Rodgers of farming lol

  • @funfarmfolks1879
    @funfarmfolks18792 жыл бұрын

    I remember one winter that one of our at that time two cows where chewing on the green twine stuff that holds the bales together so we went to cut the twine but forgot a knife so we managed to use a hot-wheels car and we used the front right wheel well to hook the twine and pull on the car witch would break the twine and we would move the twine away and go back to the house! Have a good day!

  • @davidconaway2830
    @davidconaway28302 жыл бұрын

    You should have a "Saint Hillary" shirt.......'cause she certainly is. You two make a great team and I look forward to all of your videos.

  • @bigcountry4900
    @bigcountry49002 жыл бұрын

    What did the Buffalo say to his son on his first day of school? Bison.

  • @anthonyhengst2908

    @anthonyhengst2908

    2 жыл бұрын

    My daughter goes to North Dakota State this weekend. Bison to her too. 😊