Farming is not an easy job.
It takes a lot of sacrifice, hard work, patience,
and years of salary-free life to keep it going. Worst, you may need to leave your lifestyle.
It is a risk to take.
For Danelle and Kevin, who once dreamed of having a bigger backyard back in 2009,
they need to make a bold move for their kids.
Welcome back to another episode of celebrity net worth and lifestyle. In today's episode, we will
get to know more about a channel established by passion and love - Weed ‘em and Reap.
The US-based channel Weed ‘em and Reap started in January 2014. The channel
is hosted mainly by Danelle Wolford, a blogger and aspiring farm girl who lovingly persuaded
her husband to buy some goats. If you are not following her on any social media account yet,
you might ask the same question that we’ve heard, “Why a goat?”
We don’t know what’s with the goats, but Danelle seems to fancy them a lot.
If you check their channel, you will see that their first video was their kid’s
tutorial on how to milk a goat. Weed ‘em and Reap Early Years
Back in 2009, Danelle suffered from a degenerative disease, and her kids had asthma. She has been
searching for the best cure until she sees an article about goats and their benefits.
In the early years, goats were one of the primary agricultural animals that man domesticated. But it
was just recently that man found out the benefits of a goat’s meat. It is high in protein and low
in saturated fat and cholesterol. And this is where it all started.
Danelle persuaded her husband to buy a one-acre urban farm in Phoenix, Arizona,
to change their lifestyle completely. Her mission is to heal herself from balance,
chronic disease, anxiety, and her kids from asthmas.
The couple found a ranch-style house in one acre of land
beautifully surrounded by large trees. They found it a perfect place for their family.
They started fixing the house. When everything was set, they purchased a goat.
Since Danelle is a blogger,
she started writing about their experiences as a new goat and farm owner.
She once thought that raising goats and managing a farm was easy
until she met some challenges. Danelle did a quick comb on the internet. She
was surprised to know that there was only a little information about goat raising and
farm management. This gives her the opportunity her to take her blogs seriously.
People started flocking to her site,
reading her real-to-life stories about goat ownership. Her blog views
then started climbing up after five years of successful blogging. She ventured to YouTube.
They were then known as a family who excelled at sharing their life stories very lightheartedly and
amusingly. Their video editing and great choice of music perfectly fit their life about farm videos.
They have mastered carefully crafting each video for the viewers to feel that they are with them.
Weed ‘em, and Reap's farm was initially designated for raising goats, chickens, ducks, lambs, geese,
and turkeys. And though they are city-born, this did not stop them from creating a sustainable
place for their family. They learned more about farming, raising animals, and gardening. It was
a perfect place to put all the theories they learned on properly raising farm animals.
Guess what? The family was able to manage their farm in a desert-like environment successfully.
They were able to beat the odds, which ultimately represents their channel name Weed ‘em & Reap.
You might wonder how on earth they were able to pull this name out.
Their channel name originated from the phrase Read 'em & weep,
which is most often used if someone has some advantage.
They must have played poker a lot, as this is the usual phrase you hear when
someone has a winning hand. Kidding aside, she thought that the "Weed 'em & Reap"
would be perfect for their channel. This refers to their new life at the farm,
where they do all the work, from raising the farm animals to cultivating and harvesting crops.
Weed ‘em and Reap, and Danelle is now living their mission,
to teach her viewers all kinds of farm activities.
They are putting value on every video that they post.
Now, let's get into their channel more as they enjoy
life together as a family on their urban farm.
Weed ‘em and Reap Lifestyle
Danelle then starts ticking off her bucket list,
including her dream of owning a farm and waking up with fresh air and fresh food for breakfast.
But this was not realized until Danelle suffered from a balance condition and degenerative
disc disease back in 2007. It was disabling for her, and her anxiety was killing her. Her health
and her family’s health made her decide to let go of her lifestyle. This became her turning point.
Indeed, they reaped what they sowed.
They've made an incredible transformation after switching their lifestyle,
changing their meals and snacks full of junk to healthy homemade meals. Their whole
family was healed. Her son's asthma was cured, and they were not quickly afflicted
with cold and flu. Plus, she dropped her weight and reversed her chronic disease!
After a couple of months, the family started learning how to cultivate and grow fruits,
vegetables, and trees in a desert-like climate.
They then started learning how to milk goats, and her kids started learning how to pick and
harvest fruits and vegetables correctly. These become part of their everyday routine. All food
that they put on the table comes from their farm. How nice would it be?
Your milk comes from your goats, your sunny side up comes from your hen,
and if you want some snacks, you can pick fresh fruits and veggies from your garden.
Oh, by the way, did we mention that they have a pond too? Yes, if they get tired of eating
beef wellington, they can get some fish from their pond. A perfect life, isn't it?
But in every perfect video they post is a failed behind-the-scenes cut.
The channel is so transparent that you will also see some of their methods or tutorials
fail. But they continue learning the perfect techniques to raise farm animals and cultivate
their crops. And that's why their viewers love them, they can picture out what will
happen next if a procedure fails. Though I think that viewers love the goats more.
In February 2014, when they initially launched their channel, their first video was their
daughter Lydia. She was eight-year-old when the tutorial video on how to milk a
goat was uploaded. In all fairness, she made a very good job milking the goat.
Their first video was pretty good. Currently it has a total of 164, 907 views and counting.
And in 2016, Weed 'em & Reap uploaded a video called “ baby
goat’s birth on the homestead,” which garnered a total views of 2,985,776
views and remains their most viewed video after five years.
See the trend? There must be something with goats. I think I should start looking for goats now.
Now that we have talked about their most viewed videos,
we will run through the channel’s earnings.
Weed ‘em and Reap Net Worth
Just like other YouTubers, Weed ‘em and Reap have a couple of sources of income. Though YouTube
comes as one of the significant contributors to their net worth, Danelle also has a blog website
that generates decent revenue from ads. They also have made partnerships with some brands.
And just like most of the YouTubers they also have merchandise that you can purchase through Amazon.
Currently, the channel has almost seven hundred (700) video uploads
for their growing community of roughly around seven hundred thousand (700,000)
subscribers. These subscribers were able to generate 162,476,359 views for their channel.
So, if you want to start a YouTube channel and generate a massive number of subscribers or
if you want to be healthy but don’t know where to start, look around you and check for goats.
We’ve been talking about goats here, so here are a few facts about them. Goats
are burpers, and just like dogs, they can give them a beautiful name and teach them
to come when called. Also, they are easy to care for, particularly the meat goats.
Their capacity to adapt to a wide range of environmental circumstances,
as well as their high production and fertility, make them perfect for anyone
wishing to rear farm animals for meat. And you will get free milk from them too.
Going back, their channel has an average monthly earning of almost $3,000.
And because of Danelle’s talent and skills, the videos dislike it just around 102 per month.
Now unto their yearly earnings.
Although their subscribers are just below a million,
Weed ‘em and Reap have a total estimated net worth of $900,000.
Indeed, Danelle made the right decision when she initiated the bold move to change their life.
Now, together with their adorable kids, Ethan and Lydia,
the family is happily living a dream life on an urban farm.
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