She Finally Named the Baby Donkey.... Well MAYBE!

Or Jimmy or John or George. There were a lot of comments about naming him Eeyore and I just feel like that's kind of What's the word I'm looking for? Stereotypical. Yes. Yes. That was a big word Well, what's up guys? This is Daniel from Arms Family Homestead. And as you can see, we're back out in the garden Fall gardening season is upon us But what you guys really want to see is the baby donkey, but just hold tight I promise you we will go see the brand new baby donkey in this video But it's kind of like it's kind of like your mama always said when you were a kid You got to eat your vegetables before the dessert. So There's your vegetables so We're back out in the greenhouse gonna get some more seed started. I have been doing a lot of seed starting so fall is Probably I don't know I would say falls probably my favorite gardening season don't getting seed started in the fall and growing through the winter is Super easy. There's not a lot to it and When you start things in the spring It's amazing things grow fast and they blow up and they just do incredible in the fall It's a lot slower, but the things you can grow in the fall are a little bit different than summer obviously, we're not trying to grow, you know tomatoes and squash and Watermelons and all that stuff, but my wife and I do a ton of juicing in the winter time it's a good way to get our greens or That one had a grasshopper on it, but our greens in in the winter time to stay healthy Juicing is a is not like something we do all the time But we juice a ton of greens and the most you know when you're when you're making juice in a juicer, it takes a lot of vegetables to produce something and Really? the most expensive part is buying the greens to get the green juice because apples and oranges and pineapples and all that stuff cucumbers are Our big and full of lots of water where the greens it takes a huge pile of greens to make a little bit of juice So we grow tons of things through the winter time and a lot like kale swiss chard Spinach beets all that stuff makes awesome juice and You don't have to have something like this. You don't have to have a high tunnel or tubs or anything like that In most parts of the country you can grow a ton of greens through the winter time You just have to get them started in the fall and get them up and going because when you get those short days and cold nights Things don't grow very well in the winter time, but they'll survive the cold There's a lot of cold hardy greens like spinach. I've watched spinach get completely frozen in the morning Come out here the leaves be frozen and two hours later They thaw out and they perk back up and they're good. So spinach kale swiss chard Broccoli stuff like that can take a lot of cold. You can put a put up a small row cover over it so take you some like half-inch PVC pipe put it in the ground and put you know a piece of plastic or a piece of fabric over it and It works great. You can grow greens through the winter time throughout much of the United States, but let's get some seeds started I always always fall back on my soil blocks. I've tried starting seeds Every way you can imagine directs I mean, there's a lot of people that just direct so all their greens and that works But I always fall back on the soil block maker, you know Another thing I've tried several times is the the plug trays the big like like I'll show you real quick the big heavy-duty Soil plug trays these work, but it's such a small plug they dry out really fast and then a lot of times I have a hard time getting those small seedlings out of there and Planted and it just takes a lot longer for me to plant this whole flat here digging those out individually then it does like My soil blocks like this. So each one of those little soil blocks will just break off And show you each one of those and then that's needs to be thinned out but that's got several beet Plants in it and then we can throw each one of those plugs in the ground and that works great So if you've watched my channel for any length of time at all, you've probably seen me use the soil block maker But I'm gonna say it again I bought this on Amazon and there's all different sizes so you can start small and pot things up but I just used the four block I think they're a Two inch square don't quote me on that. I'd have to look but there's several different brands on Amazon I'll leave a link in the description box You can check it out But if you're gonna be using a soil block maker the most important thing is starting off with the right potting mix You don't want something that's got huge particles in it. This is a brand that I use quite a bit 30 loam Ultimate potting mix if you have something that has like big clumps or big chunks of bark in it You could sift it out get you a small sifter some kind of screen or something But as you can see This is a very fine mix and it's not gonna do anything dry because when you squeeze it, it just comes apart We want to block that's gonna hold together So we're gonna add, you know a gallon or two of water and get it all mixed up Just take that soil block maker push it down into the soil and compress it into those little squares As tight as you can Scrape it off and then Just squeeze them out on the tray And there's what you end up with little soil blocks that have a perfect little divot in the top to set your seeds in Then just repeat about a thousand times This tray is going to be some spinach from in my gardener. This is a Bloomsdale long-standing spinach Usually plant either this variety or a giant noble The majority of my seeds come from in my gardener and we are an affiliate there if you want to get a little discount you can use a coupon code arms 10 to save 10% but the main thing about Luke is He's an expert gardener has an amazing YouTube channel that has just has more gardening information than you could imagine But his seeds are 99 cents a pack and that's just hard to beat Anywhere else and I really really like supporting Luke in his business and his channel and everything. He's just a good guy So if you're not familiar with in my gardener go check him out on YouTube Facebook all the places and in my gardener Calm to get you some seeds And the next thing I'm going to do is cover my seeds just a little bit You can pinch these and but I really don't like to do that I take a little bit of my potting mix and my little wire sifter and Just cover those seeds lightly just so you have good seed the soil contact and when you water them, you know That soil is just gonna close in around those little divots on top. You like my little repurposed fish cooking basket. I use it as a sifter. So All right. Let's move it to our little germination spot So we'll give you a quick rundown of everything. We've got planted so far now I didn't buy any new seeds this fall. So a lot of these are older seed packets and I can see some that weren't any good. Now you this was this is kale. I planted two different varieties of kale. So the backside Barely got any germination. The front side did pretty good a couple trays of beets Because beet greens make an amazing salad and we juice them and then of course we juice the beets Spinach that's why I planted another tray of spinach because that's just not enough. We can never have too much This tray did really well that variety not so much and I'm not sure what those two are Hmm interesting, but this variety did really really well. So we planted some more. We'll probably do a couple more trays of Spinach before it's all done Then I've got some collard greens that are just starting to sprout here. That varieties already up bok choy not up yet Another tray of green onions, I like to start these little green onions from seed, but it looks like I've got a mouse Getting into some seeds. So I put out a couple of these little sticky glue traps Every once while we catch a mouse eating our seeds But this is the same variety of green onions. These have been in this tub gosh Since early early spring and we we just pick the tops put them in our food You know cut the tops off every once in a while. I'll pull one just to thin them out, but they're not a bulbing onion They're just a green onion, but you can cut them off and they just keep on growing Let's see. So Swiss chard Nothing is up yet some bok choy and tatsoi You can see where something has stolen a few seeds but some of these trays were just started a couple days ago some of them like a week ago and We do have some seeds planted in some self-wicking tubs These are beets. I just like to compare, you know, see what's gonna do better from year to year So beets are starting to pop up there a couple tubs of spinach coming up doing pretty well and apparently a Looks like a Swiss chard seed that didn't germinate in the spring because I did not plant Swiss chard in there in the fall And some late late late probably not gonna do us any good cucumbers We'll see I planted a few All right. I had to get out of the high tunnel for a while. Well, it's only like 75 78 degrees outside It's been gorgeous. Oklahoma weather has been Amazing the last few days. I didn't quite get out here early enough this morning to beat the Sun hitting the high tunnel If I can get out here before about nine o'clock Before the Sun gets over the trees back there man. It's amazing to work in there Once the Sun hits that thing it warms up quickly, but you know I had things going on this morning went to the gym and got a good workout in and did a few other things got some work done around the house and Wanted to show you guys how we get our fall garden started. So I love the soil block maker I mean to me it's the easiest most effective way to get a lot of greens growing quickly, I Promised everyone some baby donkey time today Trying trying trying so in our last video when we separated Steve a lot of folks were like Donkeys are herd animals. You can't separate them like that. They got to be able to build to get close to each other well They can absolutely be close to each other, but we are separating old Steve here Because we don't want freedom bread just yet. We want to at least give her a little bit of break from being pregnant and So we got him separated Just a little over 24 hours from her giving birth. So I really highly doubt He got her bred back. I mean, it's possible She was she was not into it. So I don't think so. So I have a question Do we have a name for the baby donkey yet? still can't decide I'm like, I mean, where is this? I don't I don't even see baby don't get We come out here to show the baby You don't know what you're gonna name me no, I'm still torn I like cane I mentioned that one earlier I Like Kenny, you know like chestnut. I don't know. We'll see. I mean what kind of music do you listen to G's? Yeah, I know Oh Matt. That was the other one Matt Matt I was I had to go to the dentist today. And so I'm laying there listening to you know, my Christian music and I Love Matt Maher. I think it's Maher Mayer Maher. I don't know. Yeah, he's one of my faves. So I'm trying to decide what he looks like. Does he look like a Matt or a cane or a Kenny? Jeff Or Jimmy or John or George? There were a lot of Comments about naming him Eeyore and I just feel like that's kind of What's the word I'm looking for? Stereotypical. Yes. Yes. I'm not a big word Yeah, see that was a big fancy word for me Yeah, so she can't decide on a name apparently I thought she had it pretty much narrowed down but Mom is being extremely protective. The baby has gotten much faster. Yes and Harder to catch so we're gonna give it a shot You go. I Don't think he's interested in your treats yet Good luck with that. I mean the much smaller pin Tina you just walked right in the way Look at mama. I see you posturing it. Mm-hmm. I see you posturing up on me Watch it Watch it. Oh You had a little convulsion mama Come on So This guy's getting a lot more Athletic yes, he is agile fast quick. I don't know. Yeah Mama is definitely Not a fan of us. She's making it worse for sure She does not like us trying to catch the baby. Look at her. She's a I see you I'll kick you right in the shin boy what she tells me. Oh Yep, that's her favorite spot. Would you believe that? So I'm gonna keep asking Did you come up with a name? Have you settled on a name for the baby? Let's have a vote a vote a vote. Okay, we're gonna vote Cain Kenny That's a lot of options. I'm Cain Cain Kenny Jimmy John Joe George Matt Matt Matt Matt, I know why you want to name me Matt Cuz you like to watch Matt Carriker. Oh my gosh. Are you a demo ranch donkey? Are you a demo donkey? That's all we could just just call a demo That's pretty cute. I mean, it's kind of copying somebody else, you know Matt Matt has a dog named demo and he's you know, a YouTube channel named demolition ranch. Let's not copy them. Hmm Where'd she go? It's your awful strange names. You're sure worried about mom. Yeah, she doesn't come after you when you have the baby She just doesn't like you getting in between them Okay, so Cain or Kenny? Those are my thoughts. Hmm Kenny Kenny Can you don't I just don't I'm not feeling Kenny I Mean Cain was your first one Cain was my first choice. I still like Cain. I think Cain's pretty cute Yeah, Cain Brown So, I'm sure everybody's probably still gonna leave a thousand comments in the comment section about possible name options we're not Obviously sold on anything just yet. I don't guess I'm really liking Cain. I am He looks like a Cain especially the one I know So there is a backstory it's not just Cain Brown we have a really good friend named Cain and he's a federal park ranger for the National Park Service and Quit panicking mom So our friend Cain Is a federal park ranger and he stopped some people one time I think he was on the lake and I don't know they were all drunk or something but anyways, one of the guys got on Facebook and had a certain name for Cain that has Something to do with these guys if you know what I'm saying, they're a Jack blank and So on Facebook, they called him blank sites and his name's Cain. Yeah, so I Mean I feel like it's appropriate. So it's a it's kind of appropriate and and fitting. He's just like our buddy I mean if you're I don't know that seems kind of kind of mean the name Cain liked it. Oh, he liked it Yeah, I text him and he liked it He said MBD Little mother and daughter twins there they couldn't look any more alike, you know So I Don't know what we're gonna do in a few more days cuz this guy let's see we he was born on Saturday morning Today is Wednesday. So he's just over half a week old. Yeah, I'm not gonna be able holding much longer Well catching him with that too. Catching him is the hardest part right now And it's not even that he's wild. He just goes where his mama goes and she knows what we're doing. So she avoids us Yeah So you think it's Cain? I think it's Cain Cain it is What about Abel? Are you gonna have an Abel around here? Hey, if we have a boy pack his name might have to be Abel No pressure Dolly no pressure at all. We're just waiting on Abel Okay Yeah, she's like I'm not even listening to you Maybe I'm not speaking loud enough because she is kind of old, you know You have to talk loud to Dolly Hey, what are you doing? You got to tell us what your game plan is That was kind of impromptu I just opened the gate and mama walked in here Perfect. Why are you breathing hard? Oh, he's really warm So I think we're gonna do I didn't say it on video because I just Ran Whopper out of there and opened the gate and then mama walks right in but we've got this this pin here That's kind of just off one side of the barn and we can lock it up. It's you know, we're Whopper and Rufus and Steve over there have to get in the barn right now. They won't be able to get in the barn, but it's perfect time of year and What's the deal don't look at Steve right now Why I can't look at Steve he's just hanging out So the three stooges the bro guys here the bro pin dudes won't be able to get in the barn Steve wants some camera time You said no barn and he's like that Anyways with the way the weather is right now. They won't need to be in the barn I've got to go to town later and I may grab a couple bags of wood shavings because Whopper spends a lot of time in here and Whopper does his business and it's it's kind of ugly and dirty But we'll get some water and some feed in here Least in theory we can come in here and be a lot easier than chasing them down Yeah, we don't have to chase them all over the pasture and probably won't keep them locked up like this for too long Obviously, they're bonded together. That's not a problem. We're not worried about her being a bad mom. It's just She's such a protective mom. She doesn't like us to get close to the baby and we want the baby to Like people like us more than she does. That's right. So we're gonna lock them up I'm gonna get some feed and some water and put in here and The bro pin just have to rough it out there under the shade of the trees All right freedoms got water freedoms got grain I don't have any small square bales of hay so I may pick up a couple of those while we're in town And some wood shavings to pretty this up. So they're not laying in nastiness so I'm gonna finish all the feeding chores get all the rest of animals taken care of and then get out here and run to Town and get all the supplies we need and hopefully this will give us a place to where we can actually come down here and Pet the baby Rufus dude Stay out of the water man You're getting it all dirty Back up, bro Just like a teenager. Yeah, he's he's just like a teenager. So there you have it I don't know. I mean it is what it is. The baby's getting fast. Mom was getting mean Not you. You're not So there's you an update on the baby donkey I promised you at the beginning of the video I'd get out here and let you guys see the baby donkey. This thing is so cute. It's really it's really pretty Yeah, someone asked Or well, lots of someone's I have asked why in the previous video we said we I said We're probably not gonna be keeping the baby. Don't know. I mean We yeah, so we don't need two jacks we could gild the baby and have a gilding But how many miniature donkeys do we really need on in a small area because we don't we do have 110 acres But we don't turn them out to roam the whole property. They just stay here close and small pin I say small several acres, but still a smaller pin and plus we have all the other animals that we keep Including the alpacas and you know, we always raise one steer to process plus all the goats We raise those to process and to sell and things so We just don't have any need to keep that many. I mean, I feel like I feel like two Two's plenty three's three's a crowd and if it was a Jenny, maybe keep it till they got bigger. I don't know Yeah, Steve's the best one I'm gonna get rid of Steve so we can keep a baby. So anyways, if you're looking for a miniature donkey It's gonna be a little while. Obviously, we're not talking right now It's like six eight months or something maybe but eventually I need him to stay local So, I don't know what we should throw this out there If you're local if you're local and close to where DJ can still go see him. Yeah, we might be interested in Letting the baby go live somewhere else. Yeah All right, so I gotta do the rest of chores and get out of here. So guys, that's all I've got for today Thanks for watching. We hope you enjoyed it. Y'all have a great day. And as always we'll see you on the next video