I had the pleasure of meeting Robert when he spoke at an event near Cincinnati 4 years ago. The effort that you have both made with physical work and good nutrition is so evident in the pictures. Thanks for all the work that you both put into writing this Substack.
Nature is amazing. I live 450 miles north of Toronto Canada. The carrots I haven't eaten in the fall stay in the ground through winter and are pulled up and eaten early the next summer. After having been covered with up to 6 feet of snow for almost 6 months with temperatures regularly 40 below zero, they are delicious and much sweeter for having been in the ground through the winter. I'm also amazed that I can eat wonderful lettuce even after the frost and snow of early winter. I just brush the snow off and it's in perfect condition.
I love the Camel.. riding in Israel. This has been a LONG MONTH..
No, you should not have a Camel on your farm.. I hope you kidding.. I think you both are kidding.
I met a man.. who had two Alpacas which produced wool years ago and he lived in Florida.
I don't have to tell you that HOMESTEADING a farm space. ALL THE ANIMALS AND PLANT should contribute to the FARM. I love the CAMELS too very brave of you.. but I have a feeling there may be a lot of DUNG around there. :) and clean up. rofl. and those camels are well trained. Camels can be really mean. I think the single hump.. and I did remember right is called Dromedary.. and those are Ok. I WOULD NEVER GET ON ONE. :) I love the other baking tips and the cross pollination.. THANK YOU. :)
I have read about camels too. They can be very mean...bad tempered. It could depend on the food they eat. In the desert they subsist on dates. They go from one date growing oasis to the next. Dates are very high in sugar...and this harms their teeth and affects their disposition.
Love this post. Brought back some memories as long ago, newly married in our first home, we accidentally grew pumpkins when we threw leftovers from pumpkin cuttings in a compost pile we had just started. At first, we didn’t know what was growing!
My son, who is “on the spectrum” still lives with us and is making sourdough bread about twice a week. We gave him a designated area in our kitchen for his bread making equipment and purchased a Brod & Taylor machine that keeps his sourdough at about 45 degrees Fahrenheit and also warms it up to around 75 when he is ready to make his bread. He doesn’t use the method with all the wasted flour. He created his own method with minimal flour and leaves only about a tablespoon behind in the machine for a few days before the next feeding for a new loaf. His bread is wonderful.
I only think the farm should have camels because I love the pictures and stories. I know you have the love and you'll surely have the particulars of being camel-parents down in no time! If I were closer, I'd volunteer to give the farm animals affection (be it a hug, a scratch, an apple, or space to be happy). If you're ever in Tampa again, feel free to bring your new camel by (or any of the animals) if they want to be showered with affection by me and my kids (while my husband tilts his head to the side and wonders if I love the animals more than the family)!!
Side note - your dedication to your audience and to human & animal-kind in general are inspiring. A sincere thank you from my family to yours. Your influence has been invaluable to our health and wellbeing.
I am always so happy to see a “homesteading” post! I don’t do any myself, but live vicariously through you two! And the camel postings were a bonus! Thank you, thank you thank you for all your postings - homesteading and political. I devour them all. Anxious to receive your new book. 📕
I so enjoy the homesteading. The fun stories. The videos and pics. I appreciate reading the upsides and the downsides. Successes and the misadventures. I have learned alot and so respect your wisdom. thank you.
You two are AMAZING! If I lived two lifetimes, I would not be able to accomplish what you do every day! Your farm looks so wonderful…..a lot of work…..but wonderful work. You both represent “Lives Well Lived.” God Bless you for sharing your lives with us…… 💕
I have learned so much from your site and it is so refreshing. Although I am envious of how you live you have accomplished to continue to live the way most of us were brought up. Kudos to you and Jill. My husband and I moved from the country where we had 25 acres to the suburbs to be near our daughter and grandchildren it has been a wonderful esperience but we have always missed the country.
Oh, my. You might be biting off more than you can chew with camels! I hear they can be mean, although there might be nice ones. And how will the horses get along with them? Might be interesting. Good luck if you try it.
For whatever reason I was not able to click on the poll for your camel, but why shouldn't you get a camel, besides VA may want to tax you yearly on it 🤷🏼♂️.
Cross pollination via bees is natures way of creating new things, instead of lab genetically modified.
I agree with the pain in the arse for sourdough bread; I quit, but my wife has picked it up. I also use hard white winter berries for flour, but hadn't tried the 50/50 with regular flour and I will. I have used vitamix grains blender to mill the flour as well as a KitchenAid grains mill; the KitchenAid doesn't heat the flour as much, but I haven't experimented difference in final results. Great essay today, thank you!
I had the pleasure of meeting Robert when he spoke at an event near Cincinnati 4 years ago. The effort that you have both made with physical work and good nutrition is so evident in the pictures. Thanks for all the work that you both put into writing this Substack.
I was thinking the same thing. You guys looks fabulous! Healthy and fit.
Nature is amazing. I live 450 miles north of Toronto Canada. The carrots I haven't eaten in the fall stay in the ground through winter and are pulled up and eaten early the next summer. After having been covered with up to 6 feet of snow for almost 6 months with temperatures regularly 40 below zero, they are delicious and much sweeter for having been in the ground through the winter. I'm also amazed that I can eat wonderful lettuce even after the frost and snow of early winter. I just brush the snow off and it's in perfect condition.
I love the Camel.. riding in Israel. This has been a LONG MONTH..
No, you should not have a Camel on your farm.. I hope you kidding.. I think you both are kidding.
I met a man.. who had two Alpacas which produced wool years ago and he lived in Florida.
I don't have to tell you that HOMESTEADING a farm space. ALL THE ANIMALS AND PLANT should contribute to the FARM. I love the CAMELS too very brave of you.. but I have a feeling there may be a lot of DUNG around there. :) and clean up. rofl. and those camels are well trained. Camels can be really mean. I think the single hump.. and I did remember right is called Dromedary.. and those are Ok. I WOULD NEVER GET ON ONE. :) I love the other baking tips and the cross pollination.. THANK YOU. :)
They can be mean.
Very and they spit
Llamas also spit...as do some humans...
I have read about camels too. They can be very mean...bad tempered. It could depend on the food they eat. In the desert they subsist on dates. They go from one date growing oasis to the next. Dates are very high in sugar...and this harms their teeth and affects their disposition.
Seem to recall the US army imported camels for use in the arid SW states. Might be worth researching as I seem to recall it posed some problems
Love this post. Brought back some memories as long ago, newly married in our first home, we accidentally grew pumpkins when we threw leftovers from pumpkin cuttings in a compost pile we had just started. At first, we didn’t know what was growing!
My son, who is “on the spectrum” still lives with us and is making sourdough bread about twice a week. We gave him a designated area in our kitchen for his bread making equipment and purchased a Brod & Taylor machine that keeps his sourdough at about 45 degrees Fahrenheit and also warms it up to around 75 when he is ready to make his bread. He doesn’t use the method with all the wasted flour. He created his own method with minimal flour and leaves only about a tablespoon behind in the machine for a few days before the next feeding for a new loaf. His bread is wonderful.
I purchased your book, can’t wait to read it.
I only think the farm should have camels because I love the pictures and stories. I know you have the love and you'll surely have the particulars of being camel-parents down in no time! If I were closer, I'd volunteer to give the farm animals affection (be it a hug, a scratch, an apple, or space to be happy). If you're ever in Tampa again, feel free to bring your new camel by (or any of the animals) if they want to be showered with affection by me and my kids (while my husband tilts his head to the side and wonders if I love the animals more than the family)!!
Side note - your dedication to your audience and to human & animal-kind in general are inspiring. A sincere thank you from my family to yours. Your influence has been invaluable to our health and wellbeing.
I am always so happy to see a “homesteading” post! I don’t do any myself, but live vicariously through you two! And the camel postings were a bonus! Thank you, thank you thank you for all your postings - homesteading and political. I devour them all. Anxious to receive your new book. 📕
I so enjoy the homesteading. The fun stories. The videos and pics. I appreciate reading the upsides and the downsides. Successes and the misadventures. I have learned alot and so respect your wisdom. thank you.
Quirks indeed. I've examined those fruit, Doctors, and in my layman's opinion, you have squumpkins. It's quazy.
Or maybe puashkins (pronounced poshkins).
Darn it, I have to admit that does sound more elegant than squumpkins.
Well, I have to admit that squumpkins sound more cute and cuddly!
You two are AMAZING! If I lived two lifetimes, I would not be able to accomplish what you do every day! Your farm looks so wonderful…..a lot of work…..but wonderful work. You both represent “Lives Well Lived.” God Bless you for sharing your lives with us…… 💕
Our own personal shooting range on the farm! A+
The right to keep and bear arms lives on in Virginia.
Practice indeed makes perfect.
I am a sucker for fresh baked artisan breads.
I know a heavenly loaf when I sees one.
Your Dutch oven delight pic with the awesome crust award winning!
I have learned so much from your site and it is so refreshing. Although I am envious of how you live you have accomplished to continue to live the way most of us were brought up. Kudos to you and Jill. My husband and I moved from the country where we had 25 acres to the suburbs to be near our daughter and grandchildren it has been a wonderful esperience but we have always missed the country.
Oh, my. You might be biting off more than you can chew with camels! I hear they can be mean, although there might be nice ones. And how will the horses get along with them? Might be interesting. Good luck if you try it.
One thing certain is that Dr. Robert Malone,
really looks the part of a Arabian seasoned desert camel jockey.....
Yes--Robert the Bedouin. Although Jill looks more natural on a horse.
Wish we were your neighbor. Thanks for the baking tips. Everything looks delicious. Safe journey home, Drs. Malone.
For whatever reason I was not able to click on the poll for your camel, but why shouldn't you get a camel, besides VA may want to tax you yearly on it 🤷🏼♂️.
Cross pollination via bees is natures way of creating new things, instead of lab genetically modified.
I agree with the pain in the arse for sourdough bread; I quit, but my wife has picked it up. I also use hard white winter berries for flour, but hadn't tried the 50/50 with regular flour and I will. I have used vitamix grains blender to mill the flour as well as a KitchenAid grains mill; the KitchenAid doesn't heat the flour as much, but I haven't experimented difference in final results. Great essay today, thank you!