This content was created by Victor Justin Rhodes. This content was uploaded by Victor Justin Rhodes. This is a YouTube video titled "Building a Homestead in 100 Days - Day 79" (created 2023-01-04). The excerpt is an informal, diarized farm vlog-style exchange between two people (labeled SPEAKER A and SPEAKER B) working on homestead chores: preparing for a large tractor‑trailer delivery of hay (about 56–57 800‑lb bales), moving and stacking pallets, clearing obstacles, checking equipment (tractor, air compressor, pig water), discussing mineral feeders and livestock feed quality, and observing animal responses. They mention family members (Lily, Jonah, Josiah, Henry, Grandma) and touch on minor illness and daily routines. The tone is conversational, practical, and documentary of daily progress on the homestead.
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Hey Winnie, got you something special. Oh, you tired, you night owl, you. Harder, harder, or you get shells in there. Good, good, good, good. Is All right, G, you ready?
No.
Come on, let's go.
I'm not ready.
Can you carry the tumbler or the pails?
I'll carry pails.
Tumbler's heavier, but the pails are bigger. Okay, let's come back to this and assess our damage. Damage is not the right word. Assess our progress. We have hay coming. Big old tractor trailer load of 56 800-pound bales are going to be coming down that road in 2.5 hours. We're not ready, and he said to be ready. We need to get junk out of the road. We got to get these pallets piled up and out of the way. We got to get more pallets over here. One-third of this gigantic pole barn is gonna be filled up pretty much to the roof with hay. We need to get the chickshaw out of the way, the fences out of the way, the old A-frame out of the way, the hairpin. The tractor has a flat. So I don't know how we're gonna move this. What about finishing our cleanup job? Did you lose your shoe? You got that lip out.
He puts it in. Can y'all keep working on this while Lily and I milk? What is there to do?
I just went over it all.
Well, I'll put all the pallets down.
No, I want it to sweat first. Okay, get in. Where's the tumbler? Wait, you brought it down, didn't you?
I did.
Well, you're supposed to. Go get it, please. No? Oh, okay, good. Is our mobile Everflow pig water still working? Hear that beautiful sound? It is. We have not stopped on that. We've had to order parts, and they should be here this week. I didn't get as far as we would like on yesterday's pole barn project. I was hoping to move on to clearing land by today, but we're gonna need to continue to get ready for this load of hay, which is very, very important. We overdid it yesterday. This old man overdid it. I am sore and creaky. Contractor's back and ready to work on, I think, covering the root cellar. The dirt's been frozen, but now it's warm enough. The floor is drying in there. We got lights, we got red lights in the root cellar. Can you guys help me stack these? If we stack these nice, then the hay guy can move them himself with his machine. How many is he gonna need? 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
What the heck?
So we need 19. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. So we need 12 more. You think we can get 12 on here?
Yeah, it'll just be a high load. It'd be pretty interesting.
Yeah. Jonah insists on unloading. I guess he's got a special trick. Yeah, that worked. We got 1 hour. Shall we go clear some while we wait on him? It's cleaned up. Hey, look who's out! You getting better?
A little bit. I feel better than I did yesterday, so that's good.
What do you think this was?
I'm starting to wonder if it was COVID, but it's kind of strange because nobody else got it. Um, only me and Henry.
I went through that depression for like 2 weeks before you got it. I was wondering if I had it. Low energy.
If I could have somebody to help me do minerals, I could do minerals.
Oh yes, we so need to do these minerals. The more I read that book, I'm like, okay, we have to do the minerals right now.
Just markering these right now.
Markering them until we get our, uh, yeah, I haven't ever ordered mailbox letters. Problem with this mineral feeder, it's a different program than ours, and sometimes it matches up like CU, but most time it doesn't. We don't have it. We don't have a ZT. We have ZN but not a ZT. We don't have an NA. As much as I want to go out and clear right now for this hour, this is really a must. They need their minerals.
The forage that they're eating, if it's lacking, which is kind of— then this allows them to make the changes that they need.
Well, it's gonna lack because, you know, they're just gonna hay it year after year. Oh, I know where we're getting it from. Those birds are going to think it's spring. It's going to be almost 70 degrees today Fahrenheit. This is lame. You know what will do this? The air compressor blower. It's just not a pleasure working with that thing. It's all about enjoying the work, isn't it? What happened to your hair, Mama?
Happened to my hair?
All right, let's see.
I want to do your hair.
That's a new style.
I suppose so. Feels wet. It does, it does feel wet. It feels good, I think.
Grandma's 22-year-old shop vac. You think the four-wheeler will pull this? Ah, we got no way to hook this up to this. And then I remembered about something you guys told me about. Actually, one of you guys— D-ring shackles. Have you ever seen that before, Josiah?
No.
The handy thing about these guys, look, you can unscrew that. That's super cool. We could just leave that on there for things like this.
Okay, they're going crazy for it. Look at this sheep underneath Stud's head.
That might make me more happy than clearing 1,200 feet. I love to see those animals happy. What are you afraid of? Look, that little show me sheep ain't scared. Lily, you want to clear life away so we can eat?
Sure.
You getting your appetite back?
Yeah, I am actually.
Good. Look, I got a tractor trailer load of hay. It looks good. That is 57 800-pound hay bales. We're going to get these 3 old ones out, put them on the outside because that's the ones we get to first. And then we're gonna move this, get the old hay out of the way first. This is the corn. We're gonna start burying it in this deep bedding. Well, does it pass the cow test? I don't know whether they like it or not. Oh, good idea. It looks like Stud's eating it. They ought to like it. It's half Timothy, half alfalfa. Look, the milk cows especially, they'll like this part. Let's go see. Hot dog, it passed the test! Look who likes it. You like it, Flossie? That ought to increase your milk production, some alfalfa. Honey likes it too. Had to step away for a second for supper. Short ribs. There it is! 56 hay bales. How much better do I feel? So much better. That's enough hay to last us to May.
