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I'm 64 and raising my 3 great grandchildren off grid in Saskatchewan Canada we have a wood cook stove wood heater solar panels though we use very little electricity....we grow a huge garden have lots of chickens for eggs and meat and as soon as the fence is up were getting goats and sheep for milk and meat...no running water though I do wish we had it we've a composting toilet system a pump shower rain barrels and we haul drinking water. It's hard with just the children and I but we're happy and they are learning what they need to to survive in this evil world..I also homeschool them as well so we're always busy but look forward to Sabbath every week.
Your heart always tells you where to go... But like for me, I never listen to it at first
I love the quiet life that I experience. Remember how grandma and mom were self sufficient. God was always near.
IS! ! ! ALWAYS NEAR 🔥✝️🔥❤
I was raised on a farm in Missouri through the 60’s. “Preparedness “. was just our way of life. Gardening, canning, foraging was what we did on the daily.
I didn't grow up on a farm, just the country, but we did the same.
I too grew up in farm country. Been living this way my whole life. Priced Jersey cows for decades and thought I would never find one I could afford. Husband came home talking about a sweet young thing. He had come across a 4 month old heifer for 500 dollars. Today I have a 3 day old Jersey heifer calf. Mama is perfect for us. Been hand milking to relieve pressure and prevent mastitis. She stands and doesn't kick. God provided exceedingly well.
Yes, that's what we did in Indiana also. I grew up without hot water. We heated water in 2 buckets on the gas range to wash dishes or dump water over us with a dipper in the shower. I had really long hair then.😅 We never foraged though, just huge garden for the year.
When I was a young teenager, my mother who was born in Eastern Europe, tried to show me how to garden and can. My response was, “we live in America, I don’t need to learn how to do that”. Now I say, “ I live in America, I HAVE to learn how to do that”. My mother knew hardship and food insecurity living through WWII in Poland, she would always give her adult children a bag of flour and a bag of sugar to take home with us, to have staples in the house.
In my mind being a prepper and being prepared are not necessarily the same thing. I like to be prepared, have enough to get you through a hard time. In 2021 I was hospitalized for 9 days and out of work for 2 1/2 months. Any money coming in from vacation and sick time went to pay mortgage, lights, car. I did not have to worry and stress about groceries because it was already in my house.
Thank you for your encouragement and sharing your wisdom.
Republicans and Democrats are just like the Bloods and the Crips...best analogy I've ever heard 😂
I stocked over the years, sales at the store when 4 kids were little was a bonus. Mostly 1 or 2 cans extra helped a lot. Forward 2018, now a grandmother, started dehydrating, the grandchildren love the fruits dehydrated, then taught myself to can, something my mother did, but never taught me. Then fresh herbs, the garden, last year was my first for growing garlic and suddenly it all come together rather quickly once you take this path, baby steps, before you know it you are in full swing
I was born in the 1930s and my parents always put up food for winter and hard times. Had a garden ,chickens and milk cow .the town we lived in had no electricity or running water in the house until middle 40s. I learned to serve the hard way.
Dear Heidi and everyone, I live in England. No one is prepared here. I totally agree. Prepping is what everyone used to do. During the Covid epidemic I went to our local store, there were just empty shelves. So now I have at least 6 months supply. Plus I have been making herbal remedies. My thought is that perhaps people will need them one day. ❤
God is good all the time. 🙏
I'm actually old enough to remember Y2K, but I was young enough that it wasn't something I worried about. I remember my parents both thinking that someone in the family was a crackpot because they had stocked enough food to feed everybody for... years. Now I'm turning into that person that has a back-stock storage.
The bug from 2020 opened a lot of eyes....like my husband's! Thanks, Heidi! 🥰
"they are just like the bloods and crips, just wearin' different colors.." Too right, and even too funnier!
Us indians always said left wing, right wing, same bird
My situation has always been for as long as I can remember with my parents always being stocked up, being self reliant and instilling in me the importance of it. So as my husband and I started growing our family 40 years ago, it became a concrete priority. So it's been an importance to me pretty much my entire life.
Yes, I agree that we have been being lied to by all politicians for a very long time. Bottom line is it's up to us to take care of us.
I'd never considered myself a prepare until somebody called me one. They said you're one of those preppers, like it was a dirty word. So many times I've been accused of this and I always ask what are you taking about; especially if it catches me off guard. They give me their definition of prepper, usually involving things like 25 years worth of freeze dried eggs and such. Depending on who it is and how much time I want to preach to a captive audience...Short version. I ask don't you like to be prepared? What if you broke your leg and didn't have grocery money for 6 weeks? Wouldn't it be nice to have some staples tucked away in the pantry? Long version is more like, that's the way I was raised. You grew a garden and put up enough food to last you until the next garden came in. Most of my childhood was off grid. We didn't go to the store and stock up week by week, bread, butter, cans of veggies and assorted cuts of meat. Until the mid 1900's most rural people all did this! My mother in law who had a two year disaster story in her family memories, wanted to have basics for two years! Knowing how to cook or heat the house, how to cool off in hot weather, etc, if your utilities are disrupted is as natural as breathing to me. My kids were taught and they taught their kids how to handle life and it's emergencies natural or unnatural.
I ask - do you have car, home and medical insurance - why ?
I recently heard the same thing from someone whose family were farmers - they learned that they always needed at least two years worth of expenses saved in case of crop failures two years in a row.
@@username00009 like this year early on drought and last years fall drought - having to feed cattle the winters hay in spring or fall while having pressures on the vegatable/ fruit gardens at the same time - rough - and emotionally taxing - speaking of taxes and bills too - rpugh .
@@lindachandler2293 city folks dont have a clue - but they will - they dont even know where the food comes from - produced behind the drocery store I guess ...
My mom and dad passed.
Cleaning out their home, was heartbreaking. My mom stock food, I threw so much food out, I wish instead of my mom going to the store everyday. Should have used what she had. Canned goods that were blackened food in the jars. Or jars with dry dust in them, so hard to get the jars open. She had the rings on so tight, rusted. It’s good to stock but when you get old and forget about them. Took us hours. To clean up.
I stock but seeing the mess my folks had, told me to use my stock food. First.
Yes, you need to rotate and use your oldest first. When my mom died I got 2 jars of her strawberry freezer jam out of her freezer from 1984. I used one and the other is still in my freezer. Perfect color and taste and it has been moved three different houses over that time.
Yeah jumping down that rabbit hole is an eye opener
Yup, a vast array of tunnels.
Very good to hear your story! Thank you Heidi!
I grew up on a farm and had always been taught to stock up for the hard time of year (we had snow storms that trapped us in our house for over a week, ice storms that did the same and caused an area wide power outage).
When I got serious about things, the first thing I did was eliminate almost the 'beautiful flowers' in my yard and put in perennial foodstuffs. Blueberries, with strawberries as a ground cover around them. Grapes, rhubarb, asparagus. It takes time for those things to establish themselves and start really producing but in the meantime they look like lovely green plants in my yard! The hardest part now is keeping them pruned back and not letting them overtake everything. I've gone much farther, much 'deeper down the rabbit hole' since I put those in, but just in case someone wanted an idea on where to start, that's a good jumping off place. This year, as my coworker lamented paying $40 for a case of strawberries (I think that's 8 or 10 quarts) my strawberries are starting to wind down, after giving me almost 30 quarts! I have been canning/dehydrating/freezing to get us through, plus making homemade strawberry ice cream! Once they finish, my blueberries and raspberries will be ready. Then it's on to the grapes!
Whoo-hoo, and good on you! 🏆🙂👍
Loving this conversation and content!! Thank you for being transparent and Honoring God and releasing TRUTH ❤
No matter our best intentions, there will always be something we did not anticipate. Not saying we shouldn't put forth our best efforts to be physically prepared, but the best preparedness is spiritual preparedness so we can walk through these times with His guidance. Everyone can afford that.
Amen!
It’s funny how they give it a name like prepping when I remember as a little girl everything that they call prepping was how we just lived back in the 70s and 80s my grandparents had a smoked cow. They had a where they smoked sausage and you know we had a house that we put potatoes in and sweet potatoes and onion and whatever else we got the garden for to save And butchering animals that we always had two cows and two calves and two hogs that were for butchering it’s just like homesteading or prepping when it was just way of life years of my life. It’s just funny and now I’m doing the same thing got garden going and all kinds of other stuffand just way of life anyway just wanted to tell you I love all your content put out great information and I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you so much.
Y2K is what woke my husband up. He bought a generator, and then promptly after nothing happened, he forgot. And honestly, I slacked off myself. Though I never stopped gardening and canning, I did sometimes only have a few things growing because our family was growing. I grew up with parents from "The Greatest Generation," who were young adults when the Depression hit. They were ALWAYS prepared! Dad raised our beef. And had a HUGE garden. Mom canned and froze food and taught me how. Now I advocate for people to do the same, but also to learn new skills. Skills can sometimes be used for bartering as well as products. And it's real important for yourself to have them, too.
My wife and I are both widowed. When we got married, I got rid of my house and moved into hers. She always kind of gave me the side eye because I moved all of my preps in. I’m half Indian, and I was taught to prepare for hard times, either man made or natural.
When the plandemic hit and everything shut down, she told me “I don’t think you’re crazy anymore” lol
I’m fairly sure we could not leave the house for a year. She’s on board now.
When the vacant lot next door came up for sale, we bought it. Now we have a huge garden and we can almost raise a years worth of veggies. Built a rainwater collection system last month.
I love looking through your old videos. There realy is a wealth of availabile learning there.
My husband was one of the computer engineers in the meeting where they decided that it was not yet necessary to upgrade business information systems to a 4-digit year, believing private businesses would surely upgrade when computers eventually increased capacity to do that and before the year 2000. Well, they didn't, and he freaked out as Y2K approached. We suddenly became preppers and never stopped.
We were also told by our power company if we have a bad storm or fire they are shutting our power off. They can’t tell us how long either. We have just entered severe drought so fire is inevitable. I have been preparing for this exact thing for 12 months. Soon I will be canning what’s in my freezers in preparation. Also I am doing the same with finances and debt and have off grid washing capabilities, put more insulation in my attic, and installed a wood stove. My wood is already ordered. I always have an evacuation plan.
Enjoyed the story of your journey to where you all are today. A good lesson for aspiring homesteaders. Thanks.
I bought in bulk more when we had the kids home but after the lock down we started getting a little better stocked up again the system was so fragile when people panicked and I didn't feel on top of being able to not have control of our needs being met . Off topic, but Heidi would you please pray for us here in Minnesota we have been getting rain for many many days and now have flooding , warnings and more rain coming pray that the rains will cease if you don't mind God bless and Thanks.
Although we have a water catchment system in place- 4 connecting 275 gallon crates, we were worried about water if power went out for an extended period of time. Our water pump is electric, so we are the proud owners of our first 2 solar panels, batteries… that will not only keep our well going, but will also help keep our freezers going. We will expand from here. We have spent the last few years building infrastructures for all our livestock and chickens, including fencing. It has been a gradual process and like you, we have cut out extras that really weren’t necessary.
This year, I’m up to my ears in tomatoes since I still have dehydrated tomatoes from last year, I’m canning these. I just read Psalm 128:1,2 yesterday and thanked Yahweh for His goodness and grace.
There is always something to do, and I think we work harder now than when we had full time jobs! 😂
Shalom, enjoy your Shabbat.
Think when you vote this November who profits from war? One of them don’t need the money but the other are rich from “serving the people” who kids are being sacrificed…not theirs. We need peace.
Thanks Heidi for your lessons. I’m moving soon and am planning the garden with my daughter. We’re both looking forward to putting up our harvest and cutting cost where we can. Hopefully we will start our other self reliant projects next year. Walking with Jesus by my side and relying on His wisdom.
I really enjoyed this video, thank you, I love your family stories and this one was history actually, not only about Rain Country but about centuries of humanity's ways of life, healthy ways of life. You are a good and wise teacher. Thank you gratefully for your videos! ❤️
I grew up on a farm as well. My parents and generations before them grew food, canned, had a couple freezers, and the basement always had bushels of potatoes and apples along with the shelves of canned goods. If the power went out, my mother got out the kerosene lantern, etc. Whenever some of these 'prepper' channels talk about a potato shortage or whatever, I just say, "Not at my house." I've always preferred animals to people and outdoors to indoors. I think weeding is relaxing, and it makes the huge garden look really nice when you're done, especially if you rototilled, too. And yes, I do not go out and build a box to grow something in - good golly I'd have a hundred boxes out there, and how would I till that up with the tractor pulled tiller? My Dad is looking down, as are my Irish and English ancestors who were all farmers, blacksmiths, carpenters, and going, "Wow! She even has a greenhouse! Good girl!"
Boxes come in very handy in small spaces😊 and most weeds are excellent eating!
@@kleineroteHex I wasn't talking about storing things in boxes, I was saying that I don't go out and build boxes for plants to grow in. No raised beds on my farm. And if I have to resort to eating weeds, I've done something very wrong. Just sayin'.
Thank you Heidi! Great as always!🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕
Thanks Heidi for this video. I live in an apartment with a small dark Kitchen. Doing as best I can under the circumstances. I enjoy watching your videos. They are very helpful and informative. 🤗
Enjoyed your journey. inspiring!..I'm at a smaller scale ,doing what I can..thank you!
Thank you for all your helpful information and I love how you share your faith.
I am the prepper not my husband he would always say I am crazy. Well we are in PA and got hit Friday with this tropical storm. The next town over from us got hit with a F1 tornado the building here are not built to take that and there is main water break, we had no water for a day and now we are now on a boil advisory until Monday. Glad I have bottled water on hand.
My husband and i started building up a food store in 2018 when our baby was born, everyone thought we were ridiculous ‘crazy 28 year old preppers’. Well, when 2020 happened, guess who wasnt rushing to the shops and stressing over food supplies. Not so ridiculous then. ‘Prepping’ is so taboo in Australia, we still get looked at like we are nuts, but we can cook from scratch, grow and raise food, and have food for 8-10 months now 😊
Hey there! Fellow Aussie here, and l know what you mean... copped a lot of flack for preparing for the Y2k threat, but soon learnt to be a bit more private about it... the same as now. I only discuss it with certain people, and we support each other. I was amazed at how frantic people became with the cv shutdowns, and many people's attitude that "the world owed them"! That opened my eyes to how folk you counted as friends could change overnight if a really big crisis happened! All the best with what you're doing. May God bless you and your family. 🙂❤🫂🦘
Thanks for a great video on this topic, Heidi. Yes, so many Ytubers demonstrate ideas that would cost my whole year's income... and that's just their pantry (or sometimes just their chook run! 😏) and at one point, l felt depressed and overwhelmed, like l used to at school, when bringing up the rear of a footrace! I have really appreciated your good advice over time. Now, I realise l can only do what l can do, to the best of my ability, with what l've got, and God will look after me anyway! God bless you and yours heaps! 🙂❤🫂🦘
We started preparedness post Covid. I made a few mistakes along the way listening to peppers that gave Costco shopping advice, by purchasing things we would never eat. But we’ve gotten much wiser in all this, now we purchasing things we use. Azure Standard has been one of my favorite things we added to our bulk items. I love the whole process of Azure Standard. I purchase meat from organic Ranches, I’ve done some canning. It’s all very exciting. Not gardening yet. We’re not rushing, but we are in a much better place than we were. Love your videos and have learned so much from you and others.
We have all made mistakes along the way but that is why with my videos I try to encourage people to buy and do what is best for them and for their pocket books. :)
Thank you Heidi!
Yep! All that! 🙂 I barely remember a time that I didn't buy an extra can of whatever which then became, 'Wait a minute! It's in a can! I can do that!' Off to the races! 😄
Blessings! 💜
Thanks for your testimony..we are definitely small time, but there’s just 2 of us. I don’t have a lot os skills & have issues with dexterity because of a childhood accident but I know how to bargain hunt, trade etc..going to pressure can for the first time. I’m not much of a cook but learning..
I also started shopping the sales cycles and things grew from there. Also my parents raised 6 children so we grew up making things stretch and wearing hand me downs. We always had home canned food in the basement and ate seasonally. As a child, as is normal, I wished we had more “things” but I didn’t expect things my parents couldn’t afford. We all started to make money as soon as we were old enough to and that’s the way it was. As an adult I was so thankful that I already knew how to “make do” because I had to at times when raising my own children. I think that’s usually the mind frame that co- exists with being prepared. Does for me anyway. Btw- we had lots of great fun entertaining each other and just being kids without all the extra “things”.
I so wish we had kids on the land with us! We already have a tree house, a pool, plenty of swings, and plenty of rocks in the creek to turn over and investigate.
Slow and steady. I started this journey in 2008 when I bought this place. Started with a 8'x8' garden. Now have a huge backyard garden and adding an orchard. Taught myself everything.
I used to read Koontz as well! Great vid as usual! Shalom and have a great Shabbat!🙏🙋🏻♀️💜
We have so much in common. I did that game to save money and get out of debt too, starting in early 80's. My inspiration was library books about cheap living. And it grows on you and becomes your way of life. You are so pleasant to listen to.
Weird...2010 was the catalyst for me too.... can't say I've ever had a negative experience prepping...just a few occasions when I was deeply grateful I did it. All the best 👍
When everyone bought frozen entrées beginning the "great test", I got extra cannimg jars, a lot of potatoes and carrots and canned. So nice to just pull out the jars on a busy day! Soon time to start over😊
Thank you. This morning I read Proverbs 22. Verse 3 is basically the same as 27:12. Tomorrow after worship service at our church I am having an introduction to food preservation meeting. I had been praying for months as to whether or not I should offer to teach this and in May I asked our pastor and his wife what they thought. They are enthusiastic. But, as Satan likes to do to us when we start a ministry, I have been battling doubt this week. Your thumbnail popped up this morning and from the opening of this video I was aligned with your thinking. When you made this video you didn’t know God intended for me to see it. ❤ I’ll be watching more.
We bought a bunch of someone else's stash because they were moving. At half the cost of doing it also several canners too. Be diligent people
Thanks for your video. It was fun to learn that someone else thinks like I do about the process of prepping. When I was young I really did not have an interest in politics. But now I’m paying attention.
Question: what kind of lamp oil do you like to use?
I am going to link to this video as I cover that in there and more: ruclips.net/video/pFKu7v6hmF8/видео.html
I used to stock up buying cases of veggies, Mac and cheese, canned beans etc because I hated grocery shopping. I would buy half a beef every year. Smaller quantities of pork and lamb. My husband doesn’t hunt and used to be an over the road truck driver, I was a nurse and we had four children. So I was basically a single parent most of the week. We’re empty nesters now and close to retirement. I started back up gardening a couple years ago and now want a good pantry started for retirement and emergency. A year of food is a goal. I feel in a serious emergency,nationwide, a year is about the max you’d be able to survive anyway. I like your channel and learning alternative medicine and making clothes is another goal. Plus making vinegar and other tips you give. Thanks
Prwparedness. You n Patrick have been a good team🐔 🐔🥚🥚, 🌿, solar power, no debt💸, wood stove, buying bulk (azure?)
We had a power outage last night that lasted for at least two or three hours. I was so tired yet unsettled over it🕯🔦 It reminds me how dependant we live in the burbs
Great video! And great scripture at end to sum it up!
Late start today . It's videos like this that I truly treasure. It's really cool hearing about your journey. God Bless
just found your channel, great video, cant wait to dig into your other videos!!!!, thank you!!!
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I was just talking to some friends yesterday whi said they go to the store every day. I can’t imagine doing that. Before moving to Idaho I lived on the Hook of Hood Cnal on a small lake. A trip to the grocery store was expensive so I planned well. I grew a garden, bartered for wild meat, and preserved my food.
With election issues be have two bad candidates and neither should be running for office. This election is about freedom or authoritarianism. Read Project 2025 if you haven’t yet done so. It is the blueprint for concentrating power in the executive branch which is so dangerous. I don’t like to get political either vut it is so important to know what’s coming down the pike and be prepared for it.
You are a woman of Valor Heidi 🤗 Thank you for sharing your incredible journey, Shalom!
Its good to be ahead of the game during these crazy times, its getting uglier by the minute.
Dean Koontz wrote TWILIGHT EYES.
Which tells about the duality of people and that really good vs evil…it’s God vs. Satan.
Is your 1/3 acre in a housing subdivision and if so you are allowed chickens? Many subdivisions will not allow chickens unfortunately. We had chickens when we had three acres and some goats. I miss them. We were on our three acres during the Y2K time and did many of the things you’re doing. We downsized in 2006 and have been in a fifth wheel since then. Currently we manage a small rv park in the hill country and have an 1/8 of an acre lot, grow many herbs in pots and some vegetables but would like to grow more. I still grind wheat berries and make bread, dehydrate, make many of my own personal products as well as cleaninproducts, lacto ferment, make herbal teas, herbal tinctures etc. about the only thing I don’t do is have chickens but get eggs from a lady who has chickens who is close to me.
Our biggest problem is storage space but I’m amazed at how we have managed with storage in a fifth wheel. I’m going to watch your video on storage in small spaces and hopefully get more ideas. ☺️
People have chickens in many neighborhoods all over our small town and it has become more common now than it once was.
.@@RainCountryHomestead I think it should be allowed i.
Amazing insight! I’d love to know which dean Koontz books you’re speaking of. I love his writing style
If you go back to the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis. You understood that Jacob had food to trade for grain. When his sons returned to Egypt. Also famine was used by pharaoh to enslave his own people.We see famine used as a weapon of war against their own population by Stalin and Mao. As far as politics are concerned, the problem is idolatry. Just like in first Samuel. The children of Israel wanted Saul to be king instead of Yahweh. 2 Chronicles. 7:14 is the only hope we have against the beast system they are trying to build! God bless your family. Shalom!
I forgot to add in my previous comment Heidi, that books by Dean Koontz and Steven King where people were prepared, or they weren't, like in The Stand, and something bad happened, were part of upping my pantry, etc. We've certainly seen a pandemic hit. Was I ready? You betcha. Also, when you have a job where injuries are common, and then you can't work, also make for a bigger pantry, and learning to be a freelance writer at home so I could make money even when hurt.
The Stand has always been one of King's very best books and my favorite of his work.
@@RainCountryHomestead I agree. I've read it more than once through the years, and listened to it on audio book. Especially after wrist surgery when I couldn't hold a book open. :)
Hello Heidi, been a while kinda step back a Lil from you tube world was getting over whelmed with all the downing was so depressing , i just needed too step away "...anyways I too forgot about yk2... but I finally did buy a place in Mountains got lucky it was a repo from the bank 2 homes n 5 acres 114,500...I'm going pay it off as quickly as I can also...fixing start catching up on this n that videos,... I've been watching Heidi Villegas @ Healing Harvest Homestead here last couple months going take some of her courses now that am in my own place n settling in what a awesome lady in shes a Christian ... I've learned so much from you n Stacy now that I've got my own place am going use my guest house for ferments n making tinctures, storage in ect.... anyways God bless you and your family...
I live near GloryBee and have always bought supplies for our wild hives through them, but the other day I noticed that the honey they sell is sourced from other countries. WTH??
This is so encouraging. I grew up on a farm with grandparents who grew and raised their own food. Going to the grocery store was very rare. So, one would think I would know and understand that process, and live by it myself. Nope - that did not happen, I am sad to admit. It was not until Covid that I started taking a serious look around me and all that was going on. Now, I live in a tiny one room apartment. I have one room and a full bathroom. No space outside to grow a garden at all. During Covid, I was still working and on my lunch our every day I had to go to the post office for work. On that daily trip, I passed a grocery store going and coming. I started stopping every day and I would buy one item. One. If something was on sale and I could afford it at the time, I would buy more. Always canned goods. I still do that today. In the mean time, I've learned how to water bath can. Sometime over the next few weeks, I will pressure can chicken for the first time. I'm scared, but I have to do it. Also, this year, I purchased a couple of plastic containers and I planted cilantro and green onions, non of which lived. I will not give up though. I'm researching what I can plant during these months in my region, and I will try again. I've had a lot of failures, but I've also had success. The one thing I do know is I cannot stop, no matter the failure. I have to dust myself off, learn from it, and try again. Do nothing is no longer an option. I live alone, so it does not take much for one person. I know approximately how many cans of tomatoes I need each year, how much corn, green beans, etc. to last a year. And I've gotten pretty creative with storage. I just always try to keep moving forward, and not let the failures stop me. Thank you for always inspiring us, and for helping us learn how to do things, what's important, etc. I appreciate all you do for us!!
What did you and hour husband do for work back when you became debt free by paying off your mortgage? Curious if you were both self-employed or had a 9-5 job?
Really enjoy your channel! Thankyou for all the encouragement 😊
Waving from East Texas! I remember my Grandparents having a “Hobby Farm”. Nice garden. Fruit trees. Chickens. Grandma’s Jam and Apple Butter was legendary. My Grands in Ohio and West Virginia also canned. My Dad was career Navy - so we moved every 3 years. Mom worked. I learned to cook at an early age (8). By 10 I was sewing my own clothes. Now at 68 I’m learning to can. Started container gardening. Wishing I could have some chickens! LOL. Life goes Full Circle
Thank you for sharing your story! Love listening to you.
Thank you for your message minus the fear mongering. It's candid, and also one filled with food for thought. Your story is very similar to mine, but I was taught by my father to keep debt low and don't spend unless you have the money for it, never forgetting to set aside a bit of savings. So it wasn't hard to pay off a 30 year mortgage in 10 years when it was drilled into your head and dad watched your savings and spending as a kid and always had some advice. Windfalls like tax refunds went straight to mortgage principal.
I didn't start prepping until recently. I was late to the tin foil hat party.
My message to people is: trust your gut, when things don't seem right, find out why you feel that way. Squirrel away a little when you can. Learn what you can get and store up that is free. Take advantage of those can can sales. Read labels. Many sales are not bargains.
And don't get depressed if you discover some hard truths. It's an opportunity to lean into Jesus, the Truth, the Way and the Life and to strengthen your resolve and determination to get ahead of the game with the help of God.
Thanks for addressing the fear mongering. There seems to be a lot of that on social media these days. I started with a patio garden when we lived in a subdivision. Now that we have 10 acres, space isn't a factor & I have a geblneral idea of how to plant & harvest food. Now, I just need to devote time to learning how to can.
Morning, new here. You got poked in front of my feed, and the first words I hear, God is good all the time. OK! There is something I need to hear. And there was! "It used to be called normal". I was blessed to have grandparents that gardened, canned, and my Granny was a frozen foods gal. But, reading my Great grands stories, sparked something in me that said- they didn't have Winn-Dixie, Kroger, Save A Lot! They had their hands, and whatever they had determined to do. Trusting the Lord all the way. I have 1 aunt right now, that is 99, and she had kept to the old ways. Keeping the old ways, is better than a bank full of cash, if there ever came a time, where there is no where to spend it.
I wasnt much into prepping but when I moved to my home in 2006 I decided to at least have a little food sed aside for emergencies. Go thing I did as I was out on short term leave in 2010 and that is what sustained me. Now I am into being prepared and learning more.
Y2K was the catalyst. I used to get a Christian magazine by Debi Pearl and her husband who really talked a lot about preparedness.
This made me laugh. My mother did use the gas range to dry clothes. In fact, she burned the legs off my favorite jammies. A few years later, she decided to dry my long hair. Yes, she did and burned off several inches. That was the end of that! My mother came to live with us when she was 100. I was exhausted by dinner time so the canned meals came in really handy.
Yes, I agree, that was just normal life, stocking up on supplies to get through the winter. And now so many people in our country (the Netherlands) no longer know how to do that and are dependent on what can be found in the supermarket. In my opinion, it is also reflected in the Bible that we can live from the products of our own garden, the blessings that He gives.
Great video, thank you! Speaking of bartering, recently on a RUclips homesteading discussion, it was mentioned that the term "bartering" was going to be judged by the govt as sources of income to be taxed. Yikes. Has anyone else heard about this? In the discussion they were referring to bartering with the terms "trading" or "sharing" instead. I found that quite interesting. Greetings from central Florida.
This is nothing new as they have been trying to tax people on garage sales, trade OR barter items (the word used does not matter, they will find a way to tax it) for years. We should not allow ourselves to be afraid of such things and just do what we know to be right and what wicked governments and their illegal laws have no right to force on us.
I just found your channel with this video in my feed. I enjoyed hearing how your homesteading progressed over the years. Freeze-dried/dehydrated foods seem like a great back-up since they don't need refrigeration and are very light-weight if you were to take some camping, etc. I think flavoring veggies like onion and peppers would be a terrific thing to keep on hand. I don't have any equipment, other than an oven, but would love to invest down the road.
God has TRULY blessed you guys!!! Thanks for sharing that fact along with all the other great stuff on your channel!
Ty rain country that’s how it’s done slow and steady, especially when funds are low. Have a blessed day
Great words of wisdom ❤❤❤🕊️ for me it was always a way of life to stay stocked up..an to this day even with my children grown I still do ❤❤❤ 🕊️
Two greatest skills I learned are canning and making bread using freshly milled flour.
Your story is much like ours and I think your beliefs are much like ours.
I was watching a livestream a few days ago and one of the ladies kept saying 'trade, swap; and other words besides barter. She said they were flagged/told the word barter was another word for selling and it was taxable.
They can flag any of them for taxing. Garage sales, yard sales, trade, any of it
What kind of grain mill does everyone have? I want to get one.
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Just found your channel, great information 👍
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Hello there Thank You for your time and sharing love from New Hampshire
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Was raised on a farm. Grew up without a dryer and so hang out laundry even in a foot of snow 😂.
If all else fails we look like the Clampetts with laundry hanging by the fireplace 😂
Thanks for this video ❤
Since I have been hanging laundry inside for at least 25 years, it is just the norm to see that here. Though we can take our two indoor clothes lines down, I think that has only happened twice since hanging them up
Thank you I am always so encouraged by your channel.
Good video, thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Question! I’m a 61 years old former truck driver that is partially disabled. I’m new to canning. And I’m on a fixed income. So is there an affordable alternative to the All American pressure canner? I assume at some point that I would have to learn to can over a wood fire. So would it be better to bit the bullet on a better canner? So if you were start over today. What water bath canner, lids and jars would you get and where would you get them. Have a blessed shabbat. Shalom!
I say get what you can afford and do not forget to shop second hand. We got two All American canners for $20 at a garage sale. Even though I already had my big one, I bought them both so I could give the larger of the two to my daughter in law and keep the smaller one for myself for doing small batches
What did you and hour husband do for work back when you became debt free by paying off your mortgage? Curious if you were both self-employed or had a 9-5 job?
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Great video! Thanks so much
Thank you so much for sharing with 😊us.
How do you keep your chickens from eating everything in you garden and your flowers etc?
Most of the time they are fenced off from the main garden areas