Prepping the Barn for a BIG Surprise!

[00:00:03][music] [music] [music] [music] All right.

[00:00:52][music] Morning girl.

[00:01:14]>> Huh?

[00:01:15]>> I love you, little mom.

[00:01:17]>> I know. Isn't it so [music] sweet?

[00:01:18]>> Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry.

[00:01:23]Heat. Heat.

[00:01:29][music] [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> We'll bring your grain. Don't worry.

[00:02:03][music] You want to take the stairs?

[00:02:09]Wrong way.

[00:02:17]trying to escape prison for him right now.

[00:02:22]>> Good morning, babies.

[00:02:26]Go [music] see mama.

[00:02:33][music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat.

[00:03:13]Well, Joe was checking out the potato patch yesterday, and it looks like we have those little sprouts starting to push up through that soil. So, I'm really excited. We let we let our seed potatoes go a little bit longer than they should have. You guys remember that funny picture? Uh, but they seem to be doing well. So, I'm very hopeful that we'll get a great harvest this year. The rest of the garden is doing great. All of our lettuce have already sprouted up.

[00:03:33]They're so cute. little clusters of lettuce in the garden beds. Carrots have yet to come up, but everybody else is looking great, the cabbage and the onions. So, I'm so hopeful that this is going to be a great garden season. And it's so funny. The other night, Joe and I were sitting there and it's like, what are we going to do tomorrow? Like, the garden is basically done. That was a huge thing that we wanted to get done this summer. Um, we had a little bit of a garden last year, but not much because we had just moved in here and we just didn't have time to really prepare a space. So now that everything is in and everything is done, we can really like turn our attention to other things that we want to continue working on like the barn build. And then I think Joe is working on an impromptu project that he's decided to do. Have you guys ever seen the metal grading that people have in front of like their front door? You see it a lot in like businesses. Um we have it a lot up here in Alaska. So, uh, basically it's metal grading and it's got pretty wide, you know, uh, spaces.

[00:04:30]And so, the idea is before you step into the home or into a business, you can scrape off the mud and rocks off your boots or even the snow, which is what Joe really wants it for in the winter time. Uh, but you have to dig down, dig a big hole in front of the front door and you do like a cement block mold to put in that space and then you put the metal grading over it. So, the idea is that you come scrape your shoes off and I think it's really going to help out with like cuz the boys be tracking in some snow in the winter time for sure.

[00:05:00]This is one of those things Joe has his heart set on doing this and he has been talking about it for actual months now and so he finally started building his mold and he's got the rebar and all the things and so I guess he's going to knock it out on this video.

[00:05:17][music] Well, we got all the meat birds moved out to the chicken tractor a couple days ago and they're loving it.

[00:05:39]As you can see, we've already had to move it. That is all chicken poop. These little things.

[00:05:47]It's crazy how much they poop, but they're having a blast.

[00:05:52]Joe moved them over with the boys the other day and they were just so excited to get some fresh grass. Look at them pecking around. Just pecking around.

[00:06:02]It's super awesome. They've already like quadrupled in size. Look at these things. They're starting to get their feathers.

[00:06:10]So, we still have the heat lamp in the back because they don't have their adult feathers yet. Not all of them. though.

[00:06:15]And the the evenings get a little chilly, so they huddle up under that light. But so far so good.

[00:06:24]Kellen is our meat bird keeper.

[00:06:28]He volunteered to take care of the meat birds.

[00:06:30]>> Yeah.

[00:06:31]>> What do you think about these guys, Kellen?

[00:06:33]>> They're cute.

[00:06:34]>> They're cute.

[00:06:35]>> Yeah. So, but when they're when they get older, they're kind of ugly.

[00:06:39]>> Yeah. Yeah. They are kind of ugly when they get older. [laughter] Why are you stealing the bird's water?

[00:06:50]All right.

[00:06:53]Gunner.

[00:06:57]No. [laughter] Grab the gunner.

[00:07:00]>> A They think you got it for them.

[00:07:04]>> That smells so good.

[00:07:07]>> They smell good.

[00:07:08]>> Yeah.

[00:07:09]>> Yeah. The other thing we got them, sit.

[00:07:12]Sit. Can you show off your new collar, too? The other thing we got them was these collars. Uh, these are flea and tick and mosquito repellent collars. Um, so I'll link these for you guys, too.

[00:07:25]They've got like essential oils um and some other stuff in it. And it's supposedly supposed to repel ticks and fleas for 4 months and mosquitoes for 1 month. So, we've got about four solid months here in Alaska where we're dealing with these dang mosquitoes. Uh, but I'm just we're interested to see how they work. You know, I do put cedarwood essential oil on the dogs like I shared with you guys in the last video and that does help them, but the mosquitoes are so bad right now and the dogs are coming in with like welts on their face because with essential oils, you have to apply constantly. Um, so if we're out here working and we forget and we don't reapply for the dogs, the mosquitoes are getting at them. So, I'll keep you guys posted on those collars and let you know how they work. We do have ticks here in Alaska. I get this question all the time, especially because you guys know what our family went through with Lyme disease that we contracted in Virginia, being bitten by infected ticks. Uh, we do have ticks here, but because Alaska is colder and it's a very short season that is warm, you don't typically see them on grass and trees and bushes the way you would in somewhere like on the east coast. In Virginia, we couldn't even walk through the woods without our legs brushing on bushes, and we would come in with ticks all up our legs. It was It was horrifying. No wonder we got Lyme disease. Um, but up here you typically, not all the time. I know someone's going to be like, "No, that's not true." [laughter] I'm just saying most of the time, you will find them on wild animals like squirrels, rabbits, um, fox, and things like that. So, we have never in the almost four years that we've been back in Alaska this time seen a tick. Not one single time. Not on our cats, not on our dogs, not on us, not anywhere. Uh, but they do exist. So, mainly we got those collars for the mosquitoes to help the dogs out.

[00:09:29]Okay, so I have several things going in the kitchen right now. This is my kombucha scobby. I need to feed it. This is This needs to get going. But these ones are on their second ferment. And I've been just doing like apples. This one is apples and cinnamon. And this is just apples. The apples and cinnamon is delicious. It's almost like it tastes like apple cider, almost like Christmas in a bottle. It is so so good. So, I let the first ferment go for about 5 to 7 days. When that's done, I put it in these jars with some kind of fruit uh for about five more days. And then it turns into this, a beautiful bottle of apple kombucha.

[00:10:10]And me and the boys are really, really loving this lately. Side note, I got these new milk jugs and I'm loving them.

[00:10:18]Look how cute they are. They're completely glass. So Bella gives me 3/4 of a half gallon every day, every milking. And so these are like 48 oz milk jars and they're pretty perfect.

[00:10:34]You know, some days she gives me a little bit more, but I just love the glass handles and they're so easy for the boys to pour and they just look cute. I really like them. I'll link those too for you guys.

[00:10:54]That's really good. It's like tangy but sweet at the same time. It's really, really good. I love it. I used to drink water kefir, which water kefir is wonderful. You know, the live bacterias, the cultures, it's all really good for your your gut and your microbiome and all the things. But yeah, kombucha, kombucha is fermented tea for those of you that don't know. And we usually buy this bottled and it's just been really fun. I have a friend that gave me a scobby and uh it's just been really fun making our own and the boys really love it. So, this one is like an apple cider flavor and I'm just really digging it on these warm summer days. The other thing I have going on the counter is some clabber which is nothing but raw milk from the goats that is allowed to set out on the counter and thicken. It's almost like a natural yogurt. You don't have to do anything to it. You can't do this with storebought milk obviously because it'll go rancid on the counter and just sour. But this is really really good. Has a lot of um probiotics, things like that that are good for the gut as well. And so every once in a while I like to take about a quart and just put it on the counter and let it clabber naturally. And then after a few days I feed this to the chickens and they go absolutely nuts over it. They love it.

[00:12:09]So this is ready to go. So I'm going to go give it to the chickens. The last thing I have going, my little project that I started, is an eorn starter for sourdough.

[00:12:22]So, you guys know I'm gluten intolerant.

[00:12:24]And so, I make a gluten-free sourdough, and I've shared that with you guys many times. Um, it's delicious. The problem with the gluten-free sourdough is you don't get those, you know, classic iconic holes in the bread like you do with regular sourdough that has gluten in it because those holes are caused by gluten. So, it tastes delicious and it's perfectly functional for eating, making sandwiches, toast, all the things. But we do, Joe and I were talking and we're like, we miss the the airy holy sourdough. And so, I've shared with you guys before that for um many reasons. I can eat eorn flour that is from Italy that is processed differently than the wheat here in America. And so any eorn wheat products that I eat, I do not have any digestive issues from that or any consequences. So I make regular sandwich bread with eorn flour. I grind it here in my mill in the kitchen and I'm like, you know what? Let me make an eorn sourdough starter and then I can just make eorn sourdough bread. So I'm I'm giving it a try. We are on like what day is this? 1 2 3 I'm on like day six or seven of this guy. It's nice and sour. I just fed it this morning. Um, and so right now I'm feeding it twice a day until it gets good and strong uh before I can try it in a loaf of bread. But that's that's my new project. So I'll keep you guys posted on that as well.

[00:13:45]Bradley and Gunnar got in trouble.

[00:13:48]They're taunting Rhonda the squirrel.

[00:13:50]They have her cornered. So Joe put him in the house. Really? Leave Rhonda alone. What' she ever do to you? Hm. You know, in Virginia when we had a Jersey cow, we had so much milk it was like coming out of our ears. And I was even sharing it with the neighbors and making cheese and yogurt and butter and all the things. Thank God for extra farm animals. You know, we used to feed all the excess milk that we couldn't keep up with to the pigs. And we're on a much smaller scale right now with the goats, but we still have all this milk, tons of milk that I can't even use. Uh, and the chickens love it. So, it's just a great alternative.

[00:14:48]Look at everything blooming.

[00:14:51]Oh, it's such a wonderful time of year.

[00:14:54]All the rose bushes are blooming. These are wild rose bushes. So pretty. We have them all over the property.

[00:15:07]So, here is Joe's cement mold. He has informed me that this is not a cement mold. It is a cement form.

[00:15:17]I guess I'm thinking about homemade goats milk soap, Joe. I call it my soap molds. But yeah, so he's building the form where he can put the the cement in there to let it set.

[00:15:29]And we are going to be putting this in front of the front door.

[00:15:37]So, he's going to be removing these cement pavers and digging a big hole.

[00:15:42]And once that cement sets the way it's supposed to in the form, we're going to be putting that down in the hole. And then that grading will go over the top of it.

[00:16:24]Hello.

[00:16:29]>> So, he's not building this in the ground. And so, I don't know if you could hear him. Basically, he's putting those PVC pipes through there so that the cement when the cement hardens, there will be holes. And that way he plans on lifting this up with the tractor and putting it down in the hole in the in front of the front door when it's ready.

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[00:19:00]Not a big smile for coffee.

[00:19:04]>> How's it going? I had to go get a sweater on. Joe, the clouds done rolled in. Alaska playing with me today.

[00:19:10]>> Good.

[00:19:11]>> I mean, it the temperature is nice, but that breeze is not. It's chilly. Need the sun to come back out.

[00:19:17]>> It's perfect.

[00:19:18]>> Sun makes me happy.

[00:19:22]Is this your cement forming factory shop?

[00:19:27]>> Yeah shop.

[00:19:29][snorts] >> Cement shop.

[00:19:32]>> This is the fourth bay to the woodshed we built.

[00:19:38]This is the one Joe's closing in cuz he's going to put all of his work woodworking equipment in here. The log splitter, chainsaw, all that good stuff will be housed in here. And we're going to put some doors on the front of it eventually. Some dos.

[00:19:51]>> Some doe's.

[00:19:54]So, he is working on putting some rebar in here.

[00:19:58]>> Might just go get my welder >> and positioning it just so [music] Oh, see what you got, Kellen. Don't disappoint. Oh. Oh, [screaming] catch some air, Parker. Catch some air.

[00:20:28]Oh, you got to pull up. Don't make Dad show you what's up. We'll go Arizona on you.

[00:20:32]>> All right, let me show you.

[00:20:34]>> Huh, Joe?

[00:20:35]>> Yeah.

[00:20:35]>> Go show him, Joe.

[00:20:37]>> Show him how to get that air. Joe. Joey from the block.

[00:20:40]>> Let me start.

[00:20:41]>> Joey from AZ. What?

[00:20:44]Oh, yeah. There you go. Let's go, P.

[00:20:49]Pop it. Pop it. Yeah.

[00:20:52]>> Oh, I think I talked him into doing it.

[00:20:54]Oh.

[00:20:55]>> Oh, he said I got to practice real quick. You got it, Joe. You got it.

[00:21:01]Oh. Whoa.

[00:21:03][laughter] [gasps] Joseph, your boys are showing you up.

[00:21:10]>> Oh, dang. Oh. Oh. Oh. Bunny rabbit.

[00:21:12]Bunny rabbit. He's lubing up his joints.

[00:21:19]Get it, Joe. Get it, Joe.

[00:21:22][laughter] >> Y'all know the story. And for those of you that don't, let me just tell you real quick. I was 15 years old in Arizona. Joey lived down the street from me and he rode up on his bicycle with his friend.

[00:21:39]Was it Shane or Willie?

[00:21:41]>> It was Willie. With Willie. And I was with my friend. And we was just chilling, hanging out in the middle of the street.

[00:21:48]>> There's Billy that side. Tina.

[00:21:51]>> Yeah. My dad My dad had a friend that lived across the street and Billy is his name.

[00:21:56]>> That's Willy's dad. Billy is Willy's dad. And he was trying to introduce Joe and I. And so he called me outside into the middle of the street and I met him in the middle of the street on his bicycle. And I was like, "Oh, he's kind of cute." You know? Yeah. That's how Joe and I met. I was 15. I think Joe was 17 cuz he's 2 years older than me. Uh, and the rest is history, guys. August of this year is going to be 27 years. 27 years married and we've been together about a year and a half more than that.

[00:22:30]So, it been a long time. Oh my gosh, Joe. We're pushing 30 years together.

[00:22:36]>> That's half my life.

[00:22:39]Wow. How do you feel about that?

[00:22:41]>> Disgusting. [laughter] Can you give us your thoughts on that, Joseph?

[00:22:46]>> No comment.

[00:22:47]>> No. [laughter] >> Somebody in the comment section, a meanie head was like, "Joe doesn't even like you. That's why he spends all his time outside." She's like, "Why do you always make that ugly face when you talk about your commenters?

[00:23:01]Because Gina, this is how I think you look when you leave those kind of comments." Okay, clearly the man adores me cuz we're going on 27 years, but I don't remember how to do it. So, Babe, I feel like you're a little excited about this little project.

[00:23:24]>> Babe, what?

[00:23:25]>> I mean, I dream of like barns and beautiful goats milk soap. And you've been dreaming of of foot grading at the front door?

[00:23:38]>> It's functional. That makes sense. I could I could understand that.

[00:23:42]I mean, I don't know if I would get excited about it, but you know what, Joe? I'm excited because you're excited. Okay.

[00:23:53]>> We had this whole discussion last week with our viewers about being excited.

[00:23:58]>> Life is too short not to be excited.

[00:24:01]>> Too short.

[00:24:02]>> So, I'm excited. Woo! About this foot thing. Yeah, baby. Let's get the foot thing in the cement in the ground. Yeah.

[00:24:09]your mouth.

[00:24:11]>> See, Kellen, you're lucky you have me.

[00:24:15]I'm so fun.

[00:24:16]>> Yeah, fun. Awesome.

[00:24:17]>> Don't you think I'm fun?

[00:24:18]>> Yeah.

[00:24:19]>> Come here.

[00:24:20]>> Come here.

[00:24:21]>> No, I'm good.

[00:24:21]>> Come get a HuggyWuggy. [laughter] >> Hey, Mom.

[00:24:26]>> How about you, Parker?

[00:24:28]>> What? Are you excited that I'm your mother?

[00:24:34]I'm going to need an answer, son.

[00:24:36]>> Sure. A. Well, give me a huggy wuggy.

[00:24:40]Give me a huggy wuggy. [screaming] They think all the water's for them.

[00:24:58]They stole Ken's chicken water this morning.

[00:25:08]Joe is demonstrating what not to do.

[00:25:11]>> Yeah. Don't walk away from the dust.

[00:25:14]Stay there and breathe it in.

[00:25:16]>> No. Walk away from the dust, Joe.

[00:25:18]>> Yeah.

[00:25:19]>> You should wear a mask.

[00:25:22]It is not good to breathe these particles.

[00:25:29]So, Joe's holding his breath. Aren't you Joe?

[00:25:33]Did I just make you lose your breath?

[00:25:35]>> Yeah.

[00:25:36]So now it's your fault getting some right and walk away. That's how you do it, folks. Right there. Walk away. Let it breathe.

[00:25:58]Return when it has dissipated.

[00:26:02]or knock it down.

[00:26:02]>> Knock it down with the water.

[00:26:05]Just like so.

[00:26:51]Okay, The cement form is forming.

[00:26:58]Good job, Joe.

[00:27:01]>> So, we're going to let this sit. How long do you think it's going to set? A few days.

[00:27:05]>> Yeah.

[00:27:14]>> Uh, Gunner, that's a pretty big chew toy, buddy.

[00:27:22]Wow.

[00:27:45][music] Huh?

[00:27:52]>> [music] [music] >> So Joe and I are popping into the garden really quick. We're going to put some uh plastic over some of these garden beds.

[00:28:26]Probably these three carrot beds.

[00:28:28]Cucumbers. Those were starts that I put in. The lettuce are already germinated.

[00:28:33]Um I do have zucchini and squash in these carrot beds that have not germinated. And it's been so warm and sunny that the soil is drying super fast. So, just until they germinate and get themselves going, we're going to water them and we're going to cover them. It'll give it kind of like a greenhouse effect, keep it nice and warm in there, which the seeds like for germination, and then also keep the soil from drying too fast, which can also dry out the seeds, and we don't want that.

[00:29:20]Are you there?

[00:29:20]>> Yep, I'm there.

[00:29:25]So, we are actually going to pop up both sides of each of the the garden beds.

[00:29:32]Yeah, that's good.

[00:29:34]That way some airflow can get in there because with the Alaska sun shining down on these beds, it might get a little too hot under the plastic. So, we definitely want some ventilation cuz while we want the warmth for the carrots, we don't want them to get too hot under there.

[00:30:08]Take the step.

[00:30:13]You don't have to wait.

[00:30:21]Lose [music] that bread.

[00:30:26]You don't got to change.

[00:30:34]Stay on the road, won't you? Stay on the road. You're doing fine.

[00:30:43][music] Stay [singing] on the road. Won't you stay [music] on the road? It'll work in time.

[00:30:59]Don't trust that voice.

[00:31:04]Just let her speak.

[00:31:12]You got [music and singing] a choice.

[00:31:17]Just let it be.

[00:31:25]Stay on the road.

[00:32:02]So big.

[00:32:05]Heat. Heat.

[00:32:52]I'm not going to be Uhoh.

[00:33:48]Good morning. Welcome back for another day here with the Watsons. We are all just tinkering around the property. I am super happy that I saved my pepper plants. Jalapeno and bell peppers. You guys know I scorched these almost to death last week. But as you can see, they are vibrant and green. Some of the leaves are still a little curled. Um, but they are starting to grow leaves back and they get really good sunshine here in this under deck greenhouse almost the entire day. But what's really nice is it's like significantly cooler in here because it is an under deck greenhouse that we're temporarily using as like our garden shed. So it's like shaded under here except for right in front of the windows. So it's like the temperature is just perfect for the peppers in here. They did not like that other greenhouse at all. So I'm really excited. Today we're doing barn work. We are finally getting started on that left side, that left wing of the barn. You guys know we have pretty much closed in the right side. That's where the livestock have been living all winter long. It's nowhere near completed, but it was completed enough to give them a house to live in. And then we've done a lot of work on the hay loft portion recently with the roof and then trying out some of that new beautiful log siding um that we are going to be doing on the barn just to kind of see what it looks like. You know, the vision, the dream. I'm so excited to see it all coming together. I have to say I have really big news to share with you guys in next week's video. And I I can't tell you yet because you know how things are.

[00:35:13]Nothing is done until it's done. Nothing is for sure until it's for sure. But we have some really exciting news to share with you guys next week. I'm so excited about this. I am like a little kid the night before Christmas. Excited. Just put it that way. This is something that I have been working on for months and months and months and it is finally going to happen. So stay tuned for that.

[00:35:35]Cannot wait to share that adventure with you guys next week in our video. But today we are working on that barn.

[00:35:40]Trucking right along. One step at a time. That much closer to getting that barn done.

[00:36:02]So Joe's been working this morning on cleaning out this whole uh left side of the barn. We've kind of used this for storage this winter to uh park things in and also my milking stand has been in here so I can have cover from the elements when I'm milking the goats. So Joe was cleaning this out because what we're going to be working on today is the center support beams in this left side of the barn. This winter the ground was frozen of course and so we couldn't do that. We had to wait until everything thought out. So basically what we're doing on the other side is what we have here. this center beam that Joe did or beams I should say that goes all through the center. Uh that's what we're working on. Plus these posts. We got to get these posts in first before we can get those support beams put up there. But that is much needed because these roofs are so big that in order to really withhold the weight of the snow load that we get in the winter, we really need that support beam down the center.

[00:37:02]And this side does not have that at all.

[00:37:05]So, it's going to be a task, but that is what we're working on today.

[00:37:18]These kids always scheming. We got a little fire going cuz we had a bunch of scrap wood that Joe was burning and they're like, "Can we do s'mores?" I'm like, "This ain't a campfire. Ain't a bonfire." But they're so cute. you know, most of the time. Like, how do you tell them no? So, I was like, um, yes, you can have one. Only if you bring me a couple gluten-free crackers so I can have one, too. So, before we start on the center beams, Joe has this one little tiny corner to finish.

[00:37:54]So, he's going to put wood on there, stain it, and then put the metal flashing on there.

[00:38:00]Okay. Okay. So, the only way to make a proper s'more is with Reese's Pieces.

[00:38:06]Uh-uh. Peanut butter cups.

[00:38:08]>> Not me.

[00:38:08]>> Yes. You just like the regular Hershey's?

[00:38:11]>> Yeah.

[00:38:12]>> Oh, no. Reese's are the way to go. Look at that.

[00:38:15]>> Are you having Reesei?

[00:38:16]>> Uh, yeah.

[00:38:19]This is a treat. Anytime we go to the remote cabin or we have like a bonfire with the kids, cuz I do not typically eat garbage food like this. I just don't. I don't eat candy. I don't eat anything like that unless it's a special occasion like someone's birthday and we're doing like cake and ice cream. So, this is going to be really fun. Thanks for talking me into it because I really didn't want to do it. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> Is that good?

[00:38:58]>> Mhm.

[00:39:03]>> Little uh energy for your barn work, Joe.

[00:39:13]>> Oh, look at this guy.

[00:39:16]He's just flying right over the cabin doing circles.

[00:39:20]>> Hi, Mr. Airplane Man.

[00:39:23]>> We're trying to film a video, sir.

[00:39:26]Okay, so one of you guys sent us a bunch of s'mores sticks. Woo! Like actual s'more sticks, and we have them, but we took them out to the remote cabin and left all of them out there. And you gave us a bunch of them. So, just in case you're wondering, that's why we're using sticks.

[00:39:47]>> And they work good, too.

[00:39:49]>> Yeah, they work really good. They have like the double >> and they stretch out far.

[00:39:54]>> They're good for like hot dogs and s'mores.

[00:39:59]M.

[00:40:03]Mhm.

[00:40:05]The peanut butter. Yeah.

[00:40:07]>> We should do a vote and see who in the comments thinks is better.

[00:40:10]>> Okay. Let us know in the comment section.

[00:40:12]>> Yeah.

[00:40:14]>> Hershey's chocolate.

[00:40:15]>> Yeah.

[00:40:17]>> Ain't nobody asking you, Joe.

[00:40:19]>> Yeah.

[00:40:20]>> Or Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

[00:40:21]>> Yeah.

[00:40:22]>> Or let me know if you have something else that you use that we haven't thought of because [snorts] it's one of you guys that gave us the idea for the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup >> and I never looked back.

[00:40:34]>> I know. Look at him.

[00:40:35]>> It's his third time coming over here.

[00:40:42]Guess he's just out for an afternoon stroll.

[00:40:52]There's Gunner laying in the compost pile again.

[00:40:56]It's like his favorite spot to lay in.

[00:40:58]He's so weird.

[00:40:59]>> It's probably cool, huh?

[00:41:00]>> Maybe. I mean, it's shady over there, so Heat. Heat.

[00:41:42]All right, now come back.

[00:41:47]All right, >> good.

[00:41:51]>> I'm going to um They're big.

[00:42:21]Just a whole bunch of these ones.

[00:42:24]Heat.

[00:42:50]Hey, heat. Hey, heat.

[00:43:04]Oh gosh. [gasps] >> Come here.

[00:43:07]>> Oh, Kellen made it.

[00:43:10]Oh. Oh, Parker.

[00:43:14]>> Whoa. Whoa. What are you doing? We're supposed to be working on the barn, Joe.

[00:43:21]Oh, wow. Oh, Joey from the block trying to show y'all up. Okay.

[00:43:29]>> Oh, Joe, please don't hurt yourself.

[00:43:32]Oh gosh. Okay.

[00:43:34]Smooth.

[00:43:37]Joe, cool. Joe Cool.

[00:43:45]This is This is what we do.

[00:43:49]Grabbing a gunner. [laughter] Woo! All right. Knew we got that dirt delivered for something.

[00:44:00]Okay, P.

[00:44:15]See, you just got to break it up a little bit, you know?

[00:44:19]Once you break it up, just come right out.

[00:44:24]You know what's funny, babe?

[00:44:28]Babe, this is one of those tools that the tool itself is heavy. It's kind of like when I try to use a chainsaw.

[00:44:40]The chainsaw is so heavy that I hit muscle failure just holding it, not even trying to cut a tree.

[00:44:49]So, you may notice when we are all done here putting these poles in today that we are only putting in three support beams on this side of the barn. Whereas on that side of the barn, what do we have, Joe? Five total. Four, five.

[00:45:02]>> Five. Five total. Uh, so the two ends and then three in the center. On this side of the barn, we're gonna have the two end support poles and then one in the center. So, the reason we're doing that is because that side of the barn where the livestock is right now, we eventually plan on making that to where we have four individual livestock stalls over there. They're going to have gates in between each one. So, we have the option to open the gate and make it into a bigger stall if needed. But for birthing season and things like that, we would like to be able to have different stalls to put the use and the goats in.

[00:45:36]So, this side of the barn is going to have two larger stalls.

[00:45:59]All right. So, I popped inside. I'm going to make Joe and I an afternoon cup of coffee. A lot of you guys have been asking me about my new coffee maker.

[00:46:23]You've seen it in our videos recently.

[00:46:25]Um, I'm not sponsored by this company. I just have fallen in love with this coffee maker. So, for those that are wondering, it is called the Simply Good Coffee brand. Uh 100% plastic free.

[00:46:37]Everything is either glass, the kettle is glass, and everything else is stainless steel. So, anything that your water and your coffee touches is either glass or stainless steel. And then we also went on Amazon and they came, this coffee maker came with those like paper coffee filters, but you can go on Amazon and get a reusable stainless steel coffee filter. So, it's just awesome.

[00:47:02]You don't have to keep rebying filters and it's delicious. It's got the bloom feature, which really makes for a nice robust cup of coffee. But for those that are wondering, that's what this is. It's the Simply Good Coffee brand, and it's a 100% plastic free coffee maker. And I just love it. It's It's been awesome.

[00:47:18]So, I will link it in the video description because they do carry it on Amazon. Um, a lot of times it is on back order though because it's really popular.

[00:47:33]>> Whoa.

[00:47:36]Getting excited now. Joe, you want to sit outside on the deck?

[00:47:43]>> It's nice and sunny.

[00:47:45]Cuz what you [music] said made sense.

[00:47:46]Now that the roof is on it, it's not going to be getting rain.

[00:47:49]>> Am I ever going to get [music] >> I don't think that was all from rain though. It's from snow melt too, right?

[00:47:55]>> Yeah.

[00:47:56]>> Am I ever going to get this [music and singing] tractor?

[00:48:03]>> I guess we'll see. [music] >> Yeah, we should move that chicken tractor. It's pretty gross in there.

[00:48:09]>> Yeah.

[00:48:10]>> Am I ever going [music] to get there?

[00:48:12]Yeah, it's like >> it's pretty much covered in chicken boot.

[00:48:24]>> Am [music] I ever going to get there?

[00:48:26]>> Am I ever going to get there?

[00:48:31]I guess we'll see.

[00:48:38]Well, sadly coffee time is over.

[00:48:41]We have two poles done. We're working on the third one, which is the last one for today. And I think we're going to call it good.

[00:48:49]Also, sadly, looks like there's some really big thunderstorms rolling in. So, there's that. Guys, look at this thing.

[00:48:57]This is Emily. Let me get you more comfortable. You don't like your arms like that. [clears throat] Look at this girl. Look how big she's gotten.

[00:49:07]They're only like a month and a half old, but getting that good milk. Getting that good milk. Nice and fat and healthy. Huh, sweet Emily. Yeah. Oh my gosh. She is still such a lover. And she is still my favorite. I don't know what it is. She's just got a super sweet soul. And she's so beautiful. Look at these markings. Look at that.

[00:49:33]E.

[00:50:05]You hear that thunder rolling, Joe?

[00:50:08]It's >> a thunderstorm.

[00:50:10]>> I have a roof now, too.

[00:50:12]>> We got a roof for good. I remember in Virginia when we would have storms rolling. Oh, I was just terrified because we always had like tornadoes and y'all know how I feel about tornadoes.

[00:50:23]Now, we rarely get thunderstorms or we actually have thunder in our part of Alaska. And now when I hear it, I'm just like, "Oh, that sounds lovely." Because we don't have tornadoes up here. So, I think there has like in the history of Alaska been a few tornadoes, but they're very, very rare. Whereas in Virginia and the East Coast where we were at before, they were quite common and they were very scary. Not a soul in sight.

[00:50:48]>> City's looking like a ghost town on a lonely summer night.

[00:50:54]Yeah.

[00:50:57]There's a stone rolling in.

[00:51:04]Then over here it looks so pretty.

[00:51:08]Oh my goodness.

[00:51:26]Okay, we got all the support beams in the center. So, this is awesome.

[00:51:34]This is going to be one big stall right here. And then on the other side of this beam will eventually be a whole other stall.

[00:51:45]So, two big stalls on this side compared to the four smaller stalls that we will eventually have on this side. Ooh, Joey is coming down.

[00:52:00]Okay, so psych. Just kidding about the boards. We actually have some, but they're the wrong size and they do not match the boards that are in the other side. And you know me and Joe, everything has to matchy matchy or like makes my eyeballs twitch. So these are >> 10.

[00:52:16]>> Yeah, those are 2 by10s. These are 2 by 12's. So >> they wouldn't work, but we just >> Yeah, they would work. But that would No, they have to match. So we're You know what? We're just going to call it.

[00:52:27]We did We did enough today, Joseph. And it's raining and the Lord said it is time to go inside.

[00:52:43]Take the step.

[00:52:48]You don't have to wait.

[00:52:55]Lose that breath.

[00:53:01]You don't got to change.

[00:53:07]She is passed out.

[00:53:11]She got [music] her eyes flickering.

[00:53:14]She is dreaming sweet little goat dreams.

[00:53:19][music] Rusty, you are not a lion.

[00:53:24]Rusty [music] can hardly even see him.

[00:53:29]>> Kiki, he thinks he's a lion.

[00:53:41]So creepy.

[00:53:44]Are you waiting [music] for a bird or something? No eating birds, Rusty.

[00:53:50]Oo, look at his big old Mufasa eyeball.

[00:53:55]>> Huh?

[00:53:56]>> I said obviously you're just weak.

[00:53:58]>> He said I'm weak.

[00:54:01]Wow.

[00:54:02]Hey, you know what? Someone said in the comment section last week, >> what?

[00:54:08]>> That you can call me weak all day long, but you couldn't handle child birth.

[00:54:15]>> Babe.

[00:54:17]Babe, you don't understand. It's not like you're constipated. It's much much worse than that. [music] Are you comparing child birth to constipation? [music] >> Look at dudes in war. getting legs and arms blown off.

[00:54:35]>> That's not pushing a human through your hoo-ha. I don't care.

[00:54:40]>> I mean, both of them hurt.

[00:54:43]Definitely not downplaying losing a leg or something, but I'm just saying between the two of us, Joe, [music] you didn't lose a leg, and I did push two humans out.

[00:54:56]Well, >> if God gave me a I'd probably be able to push one out, huh?

[00:55:03]Go.

[00:55:04]>> I can't believe you just said that.

[00:55:05]>> Come on.

[00:55:08]>> Oh, let me guess. You could push five of them out, Joe, because you're Joe.

[00:55:12]>> Oh god, you are so arrogant.

[00:55:18]Inappropriate conversation. [music] Okay, my little arms need to break. You won't.

[00:55:23]>> My shoulders hurt. Yeah, >> push through it.

[00:55:27]>> Push through it.

[00:55:27]>> Yeah, you can have a baby when you can't look through the dirt.

[00:55:34]What?

[00:55:36]>> You got that crooked little smile you do.

[00:55:38]>> What' you say?

[00:55:39]>> Huh?

[00:55:40]>> What' you say?

[00:55:40]>> I said it must not be that bad. You can't quit having a baby, but you can quit lifting some dirt.

[00:55:46]>> You're comparing my little noodle arm strength to pushing out a baby. There's no comparison.

[00:55:53]And in my defense, that thing's coming out whether I try to make it come out or not. you know, has nothing to do with like muscle strength.

[00:56:01]>> I feel like you have to do it.

[00:56:04]Okay.

[00:56:07]Joey, do you want afternoon coffee?

[00:56:12]>> Yeah. I can feel the rain on the roof of this empty house. That don't bother me.

[00:56:21]Uh just just do a country country music festival right here in the barn. Joe, what's your best country music song, babe?

[00:56:31]>> What you got? What you got?

[00:56:33]>> Country.

[00:56:34]>> Hey, good looking.

[00:56:37]What she got cooking?

[00:56:40]How's about cooking? Something up with me, Dolly Parton. [laughter] How does it go, Joey? How did it go?

[00:56:52]>> Oh, what song was it though? You did it, Joey. Joey just sh to sh to sh to sh to sh to sh to sh to sh to sh to sh to shook his butt and said I work 925.

[00:57:00]You like Dolly Parton, Joe?

[00:57:03]>> I like Dolly Parton. [laughter] >> Let's Let's end this before we say things we cannot undo.

[00:57:11]>> Stop. Joey.

[00:57:15]>> Hey, you show yours all the time.

[00:57:17]>> Wait, you a plumber now? Yeah, I'm Tina the plumber.

[00:57:22]Hold on my business card.

[00:57:28]Are you serious? Is that funny to you?

[00:57:32]Did you do that on purpose? You're like, "Oh, when you're done, get that pole."

[00:57:37][music] Oh.

[00:57:42]Yeah, baby. Oh my gosh.

[00:57:47]He said boop boop. Ew.

[00:57:53][laughter] Excuse me, sir. [music] Are you the parking police?

[00:58:00]Parking enforcements are us. [music] Don't ever drive with your lights on like that again. [laughter]