Homesteading a Small Farm From the Beginning - The Farm Hand's Companion Show, ep 1

Pa Mac develops a small, traditional farm from an undeveloped tract of land in the hills of Arkansas.

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[myaccountishacked]

These episodes are prime time, cable television quality; You deserve many more views.

Thank you for being a youtuber and letting us into your hardworking, humble, heartfelt, honest living.

[rhondam]

"The difference between my grandparents and me is that I'm not doing all this out of a need to make a living, but out of a need to enjoy living." How truly profound is that?! I love how so many have come full circle. Many in our generation find a genuine yearning to get back to the land that our forefathers tilled...and I am so thankful that their hard work and perseverance has not been lost! Wonderful video, thank you! *hugs*

[farmhandscompanion]

The song throughout most of the video is one I made up and called "A New Day".
The theme song at the end is an old fiddle tune called "Keep Your Skillet Good & Greasy".
Thanks for the compliment and for watchin', ImuluKazuko!
Pa Mac

[elbert]

This is my new favorite show to learn from, thanks Pa Mac!

[Marialla.]

I like your sense of humor.  You're kind of sparkly in your little smile, twinkling with a sort of inner wit that you know the joke is just in the living of life, and you enjoy it!  I like that a lot.  Looking forward to seeing all your videos and watching your farm grow for years to come!

[SWAMPHUNTER]

That old homestead must be a snake heaven. Gives me the willies just looking at it. My grandfather and G-grandfather had a muck truck farm near a swamp in Central NY. My uncles used to catch pygmy or Massasauga rattlesnakes and keep them in gallon milk jugs. They are endangered now. One uncle sat on a rockpile in the pasture waiting for my grandfather to finish mowing. He heard a buzzing noise and soon realized he was sitting on a rattlesnake den.

[Brifromscratch]

I have learned so much from the folks who built all the buildings on the old farm I bought last year.

[farmhandscompanion]

Thanks Matt!
Great to be back!
Pa Mac

[Eigenjagd]

Nice to see you honored your grandparents with these videos.

[dontbeadrone]

Dear sir...you, as your grandparents and parents before you, are a great American. Hopefully, more of the younger generation will develop a passion and a work ethic like the previous generations, then, perhaps, not "all is lost."

[Grizzydan]

Thank you for this video. 10 years ago I was a city boy thrown into the woods and didn't know what to do with myself. If I had known then that gardening was the best act of rebellion a man can do.. well.. I'd have turned this place into one heck of a farm. As it is, after 10 years of bouncing between jobs, ignoring the land, and dreaming of "some day" I have finally come to the realization that is the best quote here. It's the doing, friend, it's the doing.

[ArtistryBranson]

From fellow Hillbillies beginning a new chapter in the Arkansas Ozarks ourselves, "welcome home!" My bride and I really enjoyed this one and we're looking forward to watching the rest and more to come (hopefully). God bless!

[blessingfarm]

We sure do like your videos. They are great for our homeschool study about farms. We'd love to see more. Then you could compile them into a dvd you can market to educators. You are doing a great job...they are funny, interesting, homey, and reflective of the hard work that goes into a farm. I am hoping they will inspire my kids to chop a few trees down on our land this summer, and to just get it done, and not need to have "just the right tool" to do it. Thanks!

[GloriaBerrisch]

I enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing the beautiful story.

[Barbarra]

My Grandpa died before I was a year old. As a kid I wandered that big old barn and found so many things of his, the biggest treasure was a flip calendar he made with a piece of wood, some cut paper and two big square nails bent over and through two punch holes in the paper. I read and re-read every entry, some very simple things and some bigger projects but it made me feel like I knew him a little more. From what everyone has told me about him he was a great guy and always had jellybeans in his overall pockets to give to kids and of course himself. :)

[serenityplantation]

Your videos crack me up. Love the music too. Very catchy tunes. Lol

[outdoorcountryboyforlife]

Hi, Im trying to start the same life as you have done. Im constantly looking for videos with good points of view. I just found this one. I hope the rest are as impressive and attention getting as this one has been. Ill be checking them out in the following days. Thanks for the hard word of putting this video together. Im 53 and just purchased about a year ago, 55 acres to start my new homestead.God willing Im on my way. Just started cutting some trees in Nov to build a log cabin for my family. Life is good. Thanks again for your video. 

[mleonard]

Your videos are great and I've watched many of them already, especially since you really make use of the abundance of trees on your land and I've got an over-abundance of trees myself! I just need to work with a steep slope as well. I think of my own grandpa when I watch your stuff. He passed when I was 5 and I only met him once when I was about 2. He too built everything himself and I loved being on the farm he left behind. Unfortunately it's no longer in the family but last I heard it's being well-loved and cared for by a new family. I'm now doing my best to follow in my grandaddy's footsteps and have my own homestead (4 times larger than his was!). I look to the stories of him and the things he left behind for inspiration. I've got one of his hammers, with a handle he made himself. A small cast iron pot-belly stove from his workshop that will never hold fire again but with a wire brush, lots of elbow grease and a coat of paint will look nice in my home. My skills will probably never be equal to his but I'm trying!

[sandman]

I am very proud to subscribe to The Farm Hand's Companion. Truly inspiring

[arfarms]

Love love love the chancel my silent friend