In this vlog, the narrator (Speaker A) and Jonah chronicle a rain‑soaked day on their farm, beginning with reflections on the unprecedented 80 inches of precipitation the region has received. They tackle a series of farm maintenance projects, including clearing wire and trees, setting post holes for a new cattle lane, installing insulators, and dealing with missing tools like a measuring wheel. Mid‑day they manage the milking routine, adjusting cow habits to accommodate the weather and limited milking time. The pair also prepares a GAPS diet snack (peanut‑butter, honey, sea‑salt balls) and checks Amazon Prime for the Great American Farm Tour series. Later, they conduct a brief training session with a horse named Laurel, issuing commands and noting the animal’s mood. The vlog concludes with troubleshooting an Everflow waterer intake filter to prevent minnows and debris from clogging the system, demonstrating a successful fix. Throughout, the tone remains informal, conversational, and pragmatic, highlighting the challenges and small victories of farm life under relentless rain.
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When I woke up this morning, it was dark. That means rain. That means rain again. That's nothing new to us. Us. Last year we got 80 inches of rain to the normal 40 inches. Now don't get me wrong, I would rather have more rain than too little rain, so I'm not complaining. The rain is our means to an end but also our obstacle to an end. It's quite ironic, rain. You want to go start prepping it to bring the cows in? Yesterday afternoon we were able to continue working on our veins, our cattle lanes, to get up into the other pasture. Holy smokes, Jonah, what you been doing this afternoon? Okay, you took out the big one.
Yeah.
All right, and you got wire cutters? Was that able to cut the— oh yeah, tin snips were able to cut that wire. Yeah, we got to get that large wire. Okay, is that what you want to do is clear out this area right now? Maybe we should wait till we have the chainsaw then.
I got a saw.
Oh, that's a good attitude.
I cut those two trees down.
Oh my, wow. You cut all these limbs off. Good job. But it will probably come at no surprise to you that we got rained or sleeted or snowed out. Oh snap. We're doing so good. Have about 25 more minutes, but it's gonna— it's like sleeting, sleeting, snowing, something like that. So we called it quits. When you're doing a project like this, it's one of those things that you can put off if it sleets. But this morning, this weather is supposed to last all week. It's supposed to be wet all week, so we must go on. Now we have a problem. Aunt Flossie, she's ready to go in. I mean, it's not a problem problem, but you know what, Jonah, the thing is we don't need milk for an hour. She wants to go in and get in the stanchion, that's fine, but I don't want her sitting in the stanchion for an hour.
But I know what to do.
What?
Set her in the stall and put the calf in with this other calf in the stall.
That's my problem, she's She— this— that's not her habit, and I don't really want to change up Aunt Flossie's habit after we've gotten it going so smooth, especially since we're going to start putting the calf up pretty soon. We're going to change the habit pretty soon anyway, so let's just leave it. We'll sacrifice some milk. They're not even together. Maybe they haven't nursed. Does that sound okay?
Yeah, it's up there. I remember what is The postal driver's up there.
All right, we got postal driver. What about splicers? You got some splicers?
This is the last one.
Oh, we only have one more?
Yeah.
Oh no, post hole driver. But you know what we forgot? Should have brought the measuring wheel.
I told you we needed it.
Were you going to get it?
Well, you go.
Okay, you gonna start setting up?
What do I start setting up?
That's what I'm talking about. Maybe I should stay and set up.
We can't measure T-posts.
All right, I know what else we forgot— headphones. You get the headphones, I'll get the measuring wheel. The plan is we're back over here, we've got the lane post set up all the way up to connect, connect to that northern field. We've got to have a lane here. From here to the road and then a couple across the street. Thank you, buddy. And now we're at the insulators. I don't know if we didn't think we were going to get this far or what, but we got to go get the insulators. No, we brought them up. All right, good man. Let's get with it. We got as far as we could with insulators. We lack a bunch. We lack a bunch. But we did get this one side done, Jonah. We could do this one section of rope unless we have more insulators. Do we? You sure? Okay then, let's do rope. We got our two lines up. This is— yeah, yeah, technically we have 11 minutes till we have to milk. By the time we put the— I had the umbrella hung in the tree to protect you guys. Um, by the time we put all this stuff away It'll be practically time to milk. You want to carry that or the camera, buddy? Okay, you have to hold the umbrella too to protect them. All right, milking time. Oh, look at that! Come on, come on, look, look at this. These are creatures of habit. Come on, Miss Thing, come on, come on, they're coming. Come on, get in your stall. And this one's gonna be a pain. Hold on. Hey, no, you need to go in your stall. Come on, there you go. There you go. Come on, come on, I'll get you something. Come on, I'll get you it. On days like today, I look forward to the milking time. Like, putting up a lane, it's just so unpredictable. You don't know what's going to go right, you don't know what's going to go wrong. These guys are creatures of habit. We've gotten into the routine, and there's comfort in that. It's not as unpredictable as it was in the beginning. It's smooth. Done with the milking for the day. Totally forgot to halter train, um, Aunt Bessie. But she's younger, it's not quite as critical. We got some time. Nellie though, I don't want to miss. She's getting big. She's gonna be too big for me to be able to move around. So, come on. Good girl. All right, you're good. She's great.
Oh, now she's gonna get moving. Look at Laura.
GAPS stage 4. GAPS diet stage 4 has been good to us, especially today. Look, peanut butter balls. Peanut butter ball. Cheers. Peanut butter, honey, and sea salt. Half a tablespoon of honey. Half teaspoon. Half teaspoon of honey. Sea salt. You're gonna like them dying on the head. Oh my gosh.
Mm-hmm.
That's what I was gonna say. You put chocolate on this, this kills Butterfinger, man. This is so much better than a Butterfinger.
I know. That one should be Butterfinger. Dude, that's, it feels like.
It feels like a Butterfinger minus the chocolate.
It's so amazing.
Coat that in chocolate. Or mix it in.
Mmm.
Okay, while we're at it, let's see if the Great American Farm Tour is on Amazon. It's supposed to be on Amazon Prime, guys. It's gonna be free to you guys with Prime. It's supposed to be on there. This is the 4th day.
This was like when we started like eating paleo.
Are you serious? It's still publishing. Supposed to be done in 4 days. I wonder if something went wrong. I guess we'll just keep checking. All right, for today's training, get him, Laurel, come. Good, Laurel, come. Good, Laurel, come. Good. Good. She's kind of— you in no mood? Hold on, let her get a hold of that.
Okay, I got it.
Laurel, come. Laurel, sit. Sit.
Papa, you want me to put it on?
No, no, no, no, no, I didn't say lay down. That'll do, that'll do. Laurel, good. Sit. Good job. Laurel, sit.
Up and down, I can see you.
All right, that'll do.
I see my hands.
Good job. Laurel, sit. She is not gonna sit today. Sit. Are you in some mood? Sit. Okay, good job. That's as far as I'm gonna go with her today. Some good days, some bad days. This is our first bad day, Laurel. You are not— you don't seem yourself.
Because I'm going wild.
Is it the rain? Is it all the rain? Okay, goodbye. Look what came from Amazon today. I think we have a solution for the Everflow waterer, the intake. This will be an intake filter so minnows quit getting stuck inside the pipe. Mud, dirt, leaves, you name it. I'm hoping one of these two things works. What a beautiful color there. This is what I have. I need to shut that off. If I just pull that out, all the water draining out of it and we won't have any suction. But if I turn it off right here at this first one, so water will be trapped in here. That water all went down, but water will be trapped in here. When we open it, the gravity will make it fall and it'll start pulling other water through. Uh-oh, uh-oh, no way! Yeah, it worked! It worked! No more minnows getting hung up in here. All right, Everflow waterer, it works! Turn this on. I hear it running. Let's go make sure it's gonna have a continual suction. It's sucking. Yes!
