We actually do the same thing! I take care of the animals and gardening and if I need something built or need some muscle he will happily step in. My husband is so tolerable of all my projects. Lucky to have him. ❤️❤️
I needed to watch this! My hubby, best friend of 22 yrs is in technology. Myself, well I’m a career Firefighter/EMT but long for a homesteading life since a young age. I’m known as the hippy dippy around work and a Gardner/outdoors momma at home.
Was searching for answers and found this perfect video. You described my husband and I. He’s a self proclaimed computer nerd and likes building things. I enjoy growing food, cooking it, preserving it and raising animals. He already told me he’s not going to garden or take care of chickens so I do it myself. I want to take my homesteading to the next level by getting more land but he’s hesitant about the extra work this would require. Not sure if he’d ever help me butcher animals, for example, and it’s not really a one person job. Lost as to whether I should give up my dream.
@@eringoldman4010 Funny you should respond now because it's been 9 months since then and my husband is now looking for land for garcening, our chickens as well as for horses and cows perhaps (his animals of interest)...or any other animals we decide to get. He's still not majorly into the gardening but supports me in my desire to grow food. Only time will tell for us and for you and your significant other!
There is so much about your homesteading journey that reminds my of my husband and I. We are getting ready to pay off our house. We live in the middle of town and cannot live the way we want to. We are doing what we can to make it work here for now. I worked as a bankruptcy paralegal and he owned a production company. We were not happy. We agree on the lifestyle we are trying to build. So like you, we are gardening on a larger scale, watching money, making cuts and learning how to can, preserve food and be self sufficient.. We hope to buy property in the country here in West Virginia and live a different life but until then we will do what we can here and continue to learn from others. Thank- you again for sharing your journey and experiences!
You guys sound a lot like us! Mark isn't really a farm animal guy, though he is an outdoorsman. I take on the animals husbandry, buying and selling, and he takes on the building of fences, coop, hutches, raised beds, etc. it works! ❤️❤️ great video
Same situation here, I'm the homesteading type and he is complete opposite. That being said, we both like the idea of having coffee in the morning together before he goes to work vs when I left home for work at 3 a.m. and didnt get home until 8 or so at night. He only has to help with the icky stuff on weekends, lol!
We aren't "homesteaders", but we are survivalist. A lot of what you do is of interest to us. We are in our 60's, but we are fairly healthy, and we are self reliant. My good wife to be calls me "Scotty" after the character in Star Trek, cause I can fix anything. But, I'm a terrible cook and despise washing dishes, so we sort of divide our responsibilities around those things. Right now, I am rebuilding the back porch roof while she is cleaning the inside up for the holiday season. This works for us OK and we get along with each other patiently and lovingly. I admire both of you in what you do, and what you have divided the labor between yourselves. Somebody has to be tech oriented, and somebody has to be home oriented in each relationship, or you spend too much money on basic things.One thing, I'm surprised that one of you haven't taken the ham radio operator licenses to keep in touch with others if the 'net goes down. It is easy, and you have worldwide communications at your fingertips. I'd love to talk to you "on the air" when you have to "hunker down" during the winters, or during the hurricanes we all experience on occasion. I live in East Central Alabama, retired, on five acres of land on the top of a tall hill which used to have two artesian wells above us on the ridge until an uncooperative neighbor insisted on digging up the land on the other side of my hill - destroying the water table and my artesian wells. I had to hook up to county water ( foul tasting stuff), and sue him because he chewed into my land (a "mistake"as he called it). I'm too old to pull up roots and move again, but how can I stop his offensive actions? Anyone can offer suggestions on this irritating problem.Love your videos, keep them up as you have time!
Hello, I stumbled across your channel looking for ideas on making a goat stand, and then watched a couple more of your videos, and really enjoyed both of your presenting styles and content. So thank you from a very soggy Wales, UK.x
You both constantly amaze me! How down to earth you both are is so incredable. The honesty and warm comes through the camera and makes you feel like your having a conversation over coffee:)
Ah, I so relate to this. My husband loves the chickens as fun "pets", but has a hard time with the poop and regular cleaning that comes along with it. But he's an incredible builder and has other strengths. It definitely takes team work to figure things out so everyone is happy in the yard and in the marriage. I really appreciated your transparency and your honesty in this video. :)
Excellent point of view Jaime ! It's all about complimenting each other's individuality and strengths.There is another ASPECT to this mix. I am younger than my husband. I'm in my 60s and he is in his 70s. He is a farmer, who views farming as a job, not a passion. And as the aches and pains of working extremely hard catch up to him, I fully appreciate his wanting to slow down and take a break..So I have lowered my expectations of his building a coop, etc. or jumping onto my bandwagon. There are other folks in our community who are willing to barter work/goods or work on a project at a reasonable cost. And I do help out In his arena as well. I will be cutting wood for the kitchen wood stove this Saturday. We saw the 4' lengths off the back of a tractor. It takes three people. My brother-in-law also has a kitchen wood stove. So we TEAM UP :-)And I will drive the tractor for haying, once a PREVENTATIVE shot for poison ivy comes back onto the market. None so far.. Used to get Spring poison ivy shots in the 70s, but they were taken off the market.They worked great...so you do what you can..
I grew up in town and am not a farm girl at all. I recently married a homesteader. I am so nervous about all these new things I'm learning. My husband says it's okay...that all homesteaders are constantly learning. Your video was really helpful to me. I subscribed to your channel. I'll be binge watching! My biggest fears are using a pressure cooker and working with chickens. I think they're gross.
Yes we are in the same boat as you and your husband. I actually do all the outdoor work, cooking, cleaning, paying bills, taking care of all the family needs and my husband works outside the home. We are both very comfortable in our rolls in the family. I love gardening and my husband could care less but he loves the meals made from the garden. : ) We love and respect each others abilities and make it work every day. Marriage makes you stronger.
Same here, my husband is a big city gamer and builder and I’m small town outdoorsy type. I would love to go off grid and have a self sufficient homestead but my husband has no interest in it. So I add animals as out budget allows, my husband builds their containment systems and is very supportive of everything as long as he doesn’t have to give up his grid and we aren’t broke. I’ve finally gotten him to agree to solar power and wind power as a back up and to supplement our power and keep our monthly costs lower but it’s also my Plan B. He is in the military and a lot of things could happen, if something were to happen to him it gets me set up to unplug from the grid and turn my home into an off the grid homestead and he is supportive of this. But who knows I’m a few years maybe he will like the idea of unplugging too. 🤷♀️
I think you nailed the key to a healthy relationship in homestead or everyday life my wife is a city girl and I am pure country and strangely enough we appreciate the opposites in each other
I want to buy land and homestead, husband does not. So, i do what I can here in the suburbs. Hate the HOA B.S. but, I work around it, have a small garden but, I am planing on expanding it this spring. Hope I can do good so husband gets to know that it is possible. Learning and researching how to store food and canning and preserving now. Just doing what I can with what I have, on top of maintaining a full time job and a small part time job on the side. Thanks for sharring this video. It was helpful to know I am not the only one with the issue. God bless you 🤗
Great subject. Would love to hear the subject tackled on all homesteading channels. Typically homesteaders who are serious about this life build a true, loving relationship first. You have to know yourselves. And if being a good steward is natural it will encourage and engage your spouse. Love and respect each other and abundance follows. Happy New Year. With Love in 2018.
I love that you are sharing this! Ray isn't much of an animal man other than horses (he grew up with them), so he's my "homestead fuel" for now. He works a regular 40 hour week and funds our dreams and I do all the homesteady stuff except for when I need more muscle. He drives posts, lugs dirt, and cuts trees for me without a complaint, after work and on weekends. Now that we had an actual garden season and the chickens are laying eggs, he is much more on board but we still have an understanding that most of the critter stuff other than our cat Charlie will depend on me. He too, will also put the chickens in if I am otherwise occupied (we are lucky to have such great husbands!). I WISH he did my video editing and such, but that task falls on me, which is why my vids are pretty delinquent/infrequent. I am lucky that he will take care of our little ones while I am editing, though :) It's ALL a labor of love, and however our loved ones labor with us is ok, as long as we all work together. I feel like I know you, J. Thanks for sharing life with us.
Thanks Jeremy for doing the editing. I know it is far from easy and takes up a lot of time to make a good one. Not shure my spouce would have been into homesteading, but I think I would have gotten him interested in getting prepaired for small and larger emergency events. He was a hands on man, digging in everything live trew at him and thats how we met. He was on the fast track, no quite bone in his body, on the move, multitasking. While my body and brain reach turtlespeed at a good day. One day I heared him com done with the vacumecleaner and started moving furniture out of the way and put it back when he had done the space. We both were surpriced that 2 very different pases combined that well. I only have known him for a year, but his death took me over my fear of starting to get as selfrelient as possible. So in a way he is still helpeing me.
I am already homesteading. Hoping to someday find a man/husband who will be willing to support me in this journey. Currently relying on a handyman for building/fixing things. Thankful for that!
This is a great video, hubby and I are working on this, we are both doing it together, but hubby still needs to work, I don't, but he helps me on weekends to do the things I need a little man power, but he does do a lot with the chickens through the week as well, he loves our fluffy bums ( chickens) 😀❤️
Oh I hear yuh beautiful!!! My wife does not have my back what so ever when it comes to what I'm trying to do with being more self sustaining !!some just don't get it I guess. Peace from Canada !!
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 oh don’t worry about that wonderful ,I love my wife dearly!!! She’s a wonderful wife and an even better mother to our three children !! And actually since covid ,and now Russia in the Ukraine she’s come right around and fully understands me trying to put my loved ones first.god bless and stay safe!
My husband was totally against my plans for homesteading and becoming as self reliant as possible was very derogatory, I just went right on with my plans (have separate bank accounts) while building my rabbit shed 8x26 he actually sat in a lawn chair watching 🤨 I figured he was learning. My brother came over and helped me finish in screening and my husband helped latter started asking how much I planed to do and what was next project guess it was to much because he wanted once again to become derogatory at that point I informed him I don’t ask for your money , time or opinion so let me be clear you can’t belly up to the table after all my hard work and eat what I grown or raise 😁 it’s funny as his attitude has changed he stated he won’t mind picking veggies or feeding but butchering and cooking is my deal 😁 we are planning our above ground veggie garden together and where the chicken coup and goats will be I agreed to help him build a garage but THAT is after our sustainable development is done. Comprising works great 👍
Great topic, When we bought our land our chores seemed to divide themselves naturally as he works in the city and I take care of the garden and animals at home, when fencing or building needs arise we do it together on weekends.
You each have your own strengths and that is great. It is good to be flexible, my husband helps with everything and I am very grateful, even though he would rather do other things he still helps as necessary. Enjoying your videos.
This definitely gives me hope that I could some day quit my 9-5 job & have more time to do what I love. My husband is similar to Jeremy in being very techie & a gamer. & I'm more into gardening, cooking, natural living etc... Nice to know that u were able to make it work. I'm new to your channel & am loving your videos! Keepem coming! 😄
Sounds like how my husband and I have worked things out :) Also, marriage is a partnership where we should help each other grow and rely on each other when we need help...its wonderful you have that. I am fortunate to as well!
going through some of the same stuff atm. you got me thinking differently atm, need to play to each others strengths and not try to change the other person. thank you for sharing
Thank you for your video and sharing your thoughts and experiences. I appreciate all the work you and your family go through to allow the subscribers to travel along on your journeys. Rob S. (Rockford MI)
I absolutely love how you both complement each other. this IS the point, to be life-partner does not require to have SIMILARITIES, its about complementing each other. best wishes
Hi Jamie! I am so glad you commented by our channel this morning as it gave me the opportunity to check into yours! This title was very catchy as we have had our own discussions and different ideas and thoughts on homesteading Scott and I! Thank you and I will be following you. I think that your calm energy is great and you seamed to be very talented and knowledgeable not to mention a real sweet heart! Take care ;-) Stef
I suspect maintenance around your place , bigger chicken coop in time, fencing , compost bins, maybe a storage barn type thing when you need to keep your ( later on ) goats in side out of the weather or for milking times.. all this and more your hubby can help with ...You go girl...
I am hoping we will be able to get some goats this spring. We will see if we can work it out! If so, Jeremy will be doing vids on the fencing and housing for them.
This seems to come up a lot. I need to look around, but if it could be a challenge between the YT homesteaders to each say their piece on this topic, that'd be awesome. Our family had a house fire almost 2 yrs ago. We're about to move into our off grid country home(stead potential). But when we were looking at our future, we weren't just not on the same page, we were in 2 totally different books! We knew we wanted to move back near family. My hubby wanted not only a different job, but a different career. The only thing is, he tends to enjoy spending money, and accruing debt. We paid debts off at that time. Then, he took a pay cut, (out of choice...) Which lent to more debt...anyway...we find the land of our dreams. He really wanted to hunt again, I just didn't want neighbors. Tho we have a tight knit community. This all worked out wonderfully. He wanted electric. I wanted solar. He drug me to the co-op. He decided on solar and turbine. (The interview didn't go well and would've cost too much lol) I wanted to use our money, and stay debt free, he wanted things ready made. So, we will have a modest mortgage. I want chickens and rabbits now, he wants to wait until next year. I want to save on grocery bills, he just spent $150 on cheese from work, "cause it was cheap". We've been married going on 21 yrs, and sometimes I want to throttle him. Other times, I'm sure he wants me off his back. Right now, he's building on our house. I got him a farm truck last year, and he was to build our house. His father has helped and this been a HUGE blessing to him. I think if we could keep projects going for the old man, they'd both be on cloud nine.
I would like to start off by saying, you guys are so awesome and I personally appreciate how you are so open about so many different thing! I know this is an older video but I am slowly working my way through your whole channel lol. The first video I say was the canning 101 because I want to learn so bad and the only person I have around me that some what knows how to won’t share the knowledge (she’s fun like that). So I came to RUclips praying that there would be someone that knew what they were talking about and I found you! I love everything that you are doing I have read the entire website of nchfp and cannot ever thank you enough. You are one of those people that (from what I’ve gathered) says “well if I don’t have the answer, we can find it!” We’ve been through a major job loss that has really opened my eyes. I never want to worry like that again (when it comes to food.) I’m rambling but in conclusion please never stop sharing your story. I wanna be just like you when I grow up🤗. Thank you Jamie!!!
Sounds like my husband and I, he's the gamer/tech head lol and very good at construction :) and I do all the garden, prepping, homestead type things. When i tell him I'm going to do this or that I get "whatever makes you happy babe" :) it's great because I just do my thing and he's slowly showing more interest in what I'm doing and coming up with other things we could try on our property :)
I think that is the go-to saying for some hubbies LOL! Based on how he will "visit with the chickens" several times a day, I think this lifestyle is slowly growing on him :0)
LOL strange creatures husbands are :) when i first started, i decided to do a container garden, just in case my thumb is black and not green lol hubby just kind of rolled he's eyes and did the "whatever makes you happy" line, now I'll catch him watering or he'll let me know when things are growing or nearly ready to be harvested, lot's of interest for something that he rolled he's eye's at lol :)
Excellent topic. Thanks. An open discussion between spouses before the fact to ensure you are both wired together in homesteading is a must. You don't have to be equally talented, knowledgeable or even always physically able; you just need to have a foundation that you are both committed to the plan.
wow, apart from the woodworking, our husbands sound the same! loves technology and gaming! I love cooking, attempting to garden lol, prepping. id love to get some chickens too soon. I want to start homesteading when we buy a house.
Thank you for the tips. My wife likes the city. I think I could be a hardcore off Gridder. 😜 the only thing that keeps me sane in las vegas is my 60 square foot garden. Maybe when the kids are out of high school we can make a move to homesteading. We own 20 acres in Utah witn power, a well and septic. Right now i just do alot of dreamimg and live vicariously through peoples videos like yours. Thank You!
Great video. Similar to this, we think, is moving with your children and changing their lives radically with a sudden transition to homesteading. Thanks for posting.
You could have been speaking about me and my hubby .. he is just like yours , indoorsy, tech, gamer and wood working .. i am just getting started doing a lot of this stuff .. this will be my first year with a garden .. im learning to bake breads and saving for my canners .. i know i will be doing it mostly alone but he will help if i need him too and thats all i ask
3:24 hahahaha...vodoo witch tower shrine..LOLLOLOLO...I think it is pretty cool.. I am into the prepping, building, doing research about how to diy a project..loving the food storage, cooking, and working 14 hours shifts, always looking for new things to try out, whether that is in Training in self reliance or self improvment, gardening, etc.. The wife is into all things Cultural, helping the community, keeping the culture going, and business adventures, she does all the shopping, bill management, and inner home management...(My compromise is, she does her community work, with her gazillion friends, I stay in the background and support her activities...while she leaves me alone at the homestead to do my projects....it works out great, for the past 22 yrs or so we been together..)
It wasn't always easy coasting...we had our potholes to get out of...but the wife was strong in her training program. She trained me well, with her amazing patience. LOL
Helpful video indeed.........I´m the outdoors guy, wife is the indoors one........ the correct way to connect both worlds is to produce fresh organic veggies.........and she loves cooking them...............producing organic eggs ............and she loves baking pies and cakes......................doing some gardening .......and she loves butterflies and colorful birds in the garden........................doing some shovelling and composting.......... and she likes the kids to give a hand and became aware of hard work . NEVER force someone into your own world, slowly but surely BOTH WORLDS will connect.
That’s not always the case. In our marriage, we found it’s healthier to have our own interests and support them even if we don’t like them. I never liked country living and gardening and being outdoors dealing with bad weather, isolation, animals, etc - it was putting a tremendous strain on our marriage. Eventually, God answered my prayers and we agreed to do what interests us. My husband prefers not being in the city, whereas I relax in the city and have my hobbies there. We both take care of our home and we respect our differences, and it’s been a blessing. Sometimes, to compromise, I will go with my husband and do something I don’t like and other times, he will do the same. It’s called learning to compromise. We rely on God and remain humble and honest, and it works for us.
It's true. The best way to make things work is work on your partner weakness. Your partner strength is your weakness. My wife hates farming and garden. She was yelling at me for 3 straight months last year on how I am wasting my time. When I sold my first harvest. She saw the potential money. She's not yelling anymore. Now she's out on the field and work on the crop with me. All you need to do is show your partner their favorite interest. They automatically do it for you.
Not sure if what we are doing is the definition of homesteading. We have chickens and a garden and I can and freeze what I grow. I have in storage pumpkins and squash and as the winter rolls in we have that to eat. I also paint and if need be can sell the paintings for a few bucks. I am a Mechanical Technician, have been a Cosmetologist, and he is an Industrial Engineer so we can fix anything. That saves us on almost everything. Having skills is the key to success in my opinion.
I would love to get into homesteading, but at 62 it probably would not work for me. I do try to bring some of the homesteading lifestyle here in the city like a small garden, Burning wood for heat, dry canning for short term storage.As far as a spouse on the same page, I found two other channels that the spouse enjoys helping when they can. One is Appalachia's homestead, other is Wranglerstar
+Mike Griffin I don't think it's too late. Homesteading is what you make it and can be as hard or easy as you want. I watch a lot of channels and some people really take on a lot. Kudos to them! But I plan on taking it slow and setting up systems with retirement in mind. But you know your situation best. Good luck to you in whatever you decide!
I am in the same situation. My hubs is a very good carpenter and he built my chicken coop.When I went to visit my sister across country he helped by taking care of the chickens. He thinks I'm nuts for prepping(as much as I can) but I make sure I point out how prepping helps when we run out of say: toilet paper or paper towels and I can just go to The Room" and get what we need.It works out. If you know of any other ideas to help encourage hubby into prepping I am all ears. Thanks for the video.
+spazz momma I think there really is no "convincing". People either get it or they don't (just like most things). Unfortunately, prepping is usually one of those things adopted in hindsight AFTER an event. At least one of you is prepping!
It breaks my heart because at this point in life my husband could actually quit working and not have to do a job he hates every day. We could go get a small piece of land and live on it for much less than what we live on here in the city in Florida. But even when I say to him you never have to go back and work those two jobs again he says no way in hell would he be happy if he had to go and work in the garden or work in the heat outside on a piece of property. He says he’s not good at anything physical. I’m the one that does all the physical work in the house. And I’m the one that works the garden plot I have in the park in our community garden. And I’m the one with all the tools. So strange is that our roles are reversed. And I guess I will never live in the country since I’m becoming an old lady and still have not had my dream. So you’re lucky . I’m glad you have such a good life and I can watch you on RUclips and imagine what it would have been like.
My husband wants nothing to do with it. My hobby has turned into a lifestyle. Yet my husband runs the other way whenever I mention anything about it. So, I try not to discuss it with him. I feel one it hS really torn us apart. I know he would love it if it gave it a try. But, it's not going to happen. It's not fair if me to make him. I just have to wait and see if he ever will come around to liking it. At this point I have no expectations, and only ask him for help if I really can't do something myself. Even then I feel bad asking him.
Guildbrook Farm | Simple Sustainable Living best of luck on your homestead. I'm glad I found your channel and I can't wait until have a minute to find more videos. 😊
Its a compromise for sure. I do love technology but I also love to build and create outdoors. Plus I do have a good green thumb so I am the grower for the vegetables. Sound very alike in the homesteading situation but it somehow works out. My wife def wants to do the chicken coup thing. So I am willing to make it happen.
Opposites attract (they say). As long as the goal is the same ~Happy life together~, and you each bring your different skills to said goal, however different they may be, it is acomplishable. (《-- not a real word, but ya know what I mean lol) Blessings ~
For us, the roles are flipped. I enjoy the outdoors, and am into prepping but I don’t garden. My wife, on the other hand, does not enjoy the outdoors and she is definitely not into prepping. Even with hurricane Florence showing us how unprepared we truly were, she is still making off comments about me canning rice. I’m only trying to get us a 3 week - 1 month reserve. By the way, thanks for the videos, I’ve never canned before and have learned a lot over the past couple days.
I am about ready to go back in the wild and out of the city. My problem is not having anyone to go with. Wondering if I should go and hope to find someone out there ( which I think the chances are small) or try to find a gal in the city and take her out. The problem there is once you get out and if she doesn't like it at all then what. Guess I'll just keep saving and wait. I have enough for land but saving for sawmills and such now. Would be nice to cash out comfortably and have an income source when I get there. I used to raise all my own meat and had chickens big garden etc. If nothing else I miss that kind of food. You just can't buy it in the store. Your words make me think I'll be able to drag a gal back to my cave someday and teach her how to love it :
Sounds like a good start to a great homestead! If he is good at building what you need and making it user friendly and the work easier.....he is a definite asset to farm life! Did I hear a hawk in the background? yikes!
We have them too....that is why I love crows.... they will fight them and drive them away! My husband says the best way ti keep them away from the birds is some kind of top netting .....maybe you hubby and come up with something :)
we r kind of in the same situation here. he just reads about homesteading while I do the chickens, shop for prepping, I have been Canning for 10yrs now. he loves what i do and is very supportive (hes a truck driver and gone during the week). we are in a tough spot as we rent our home so there are only so much we can do here:/ I need solar, more self sufficient, more animals, more acreage, rain barrels. I really need to know how and where to start doing more.
Guildbrook Farm | Simple Sustainable Living yes it has been a Rollercoaster for sure, thank you! I'm getting so much from your channel as we will expand in the near future. we also want goats. the kiddos are amazingly into what I so it does help;)
My not-really-a-homesteader wife is now my ex-wife. Turns out she's "not" a lot of other things too, including 'honest' or 'faithful'. So that happens too...
Getting a spouse to get excited about homesteading would be a lot more difficult is I had a spouse. Being in technology, I understand where your husband is coming from, but they just do not make women in Minnesota that want to homestead -- I think it may have to do with negative 40 F and high winds. I would love to homestead and live off grid, do you have any single sisters? :-)
what if you have different ideas about the same thing? Like I want to do the garden one way and he wants to do it another way...what do you do in that situation? Any advice would be appreciated.
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If you need extra income, consider becoming a marriage counselor. Very mature words spoken. Thanks for vid. thumbs up!
+Doodley Squat Thanks for watching!
We actually do the same thing! I take care of the animals and gardening and if I need something built or need some muscle he will happily step in. My husband is so tolerable of all my projects. Lucky to have him. ❤️❤️
I needed to watch this! My hubby, best friend of 22 yrs is in technology. Myself, well I’m a career Firefighter/EMT but long for a homesteading life since a young age. I’m known as the hippy dippy around work and a Gardner/outdoors momma at home.
Was searching for answers and found this perfect video. You described my husband and I. He’s a self proclaimed computer nerd and likes building things. I enjoy growing food, cooking it, preserving it and raising animals. He already told me he’s not going to garden or take care of chickens so I do it myself. I want to take my homesteading to the next level by getting more land but he’s hesitant about the extra work this would require. Not sure if he’d ever help me butcher animals, for example, and it’s not really a one person job. Lost as to whether I should give up my dream.
I could have written this, it's so similar to my situation. I hope we both achieve our dreams.
@@eringoldman4010 Funny you should respond now because it's been 9 months since then and my husband is now looking for land for garcening, our chickens as well as for horses and cows perhaps (his animals of interest)...or any other animals we decide to get. He's still not majorly into the gardening but supports me in my desire to grow food. Only time will tell for us and for you and your significant other!
There is so much about your homesteading journey that reminds my of my husband and I. We are getting ready to pay off our house. We live in the middle of town and cannot live the way we want to. We are doing what we can to make it work here for now. I worked as a bankruptcy paralegal and he owned a production company. We were not happy. We agree on the lifestyle we are trying to build. So like you, we are gardening on a larger scale, watching money, making cuts and learning how to can, preserve food and be self sufficient.. We hope to buy property in the country here in West Virginia and live a different life but until then we will do what we can here and continue to learn from others. Thank- you again for sharing your journey and experiences!
Compromise by all parties involved is key in all relationships, homesteading or not, love this video, key elements of being a family ❤️
Those sorts of compromise are what you need in a marriage let alone a lifestyle
You guys sound a lot like us! Mark isn't really a farm animal guy, though he is an outdoorsman. I take on the animals husbandry, buying and selling, and he takes on the building of fences, coop, hutches, raised beds, etc. it works! ❤️❤️ great video
Complimentary personalities and skills. It works! Thanks for watching
Same situation here, I'm the homesteading type and he is complete opposite. That being said, we both like the idea of having coffee in the morning together before he goes to work vs when I left home for work at 3 a.m. and didnt get home until 8 or so at night. He only has to help with the icky stuff on weekends, lol!
We aren't "homesteaders", but we are survivalist. A lot of what you do is of interest to us. We are in our 60's, but we are fairly healthy, and we are self reliant. My good wife to be calls me "Scotty" after the character in Star Trek, cause I can fix anything. But, I'm a terrible cook and despise washing dishes, so we sort of divide our responsibilities around those things. Right now, I am rebuilding the back porch roof while she is cleaning the inside up for the holiday season. This works for us OK and we get along with each other patiently and lovingly. I admire both of you in what you do, and what you have divided the labor between yourselves. Somebody has to be tech oriented, and somebody has to be home oriented in each relationship, or you spend too much money on basic things.One thing, I'm surprised that one of you haven't taken the ham radio operator licenses to keep in touch with others if the 'net goes down. It is easy, and you have worldwide communications at your fingertips. I'd love to talk to you "on the air" when you have to "hunker down" during the winters, or during the hurricanes we all experience on occasion. I live in East Central Alabama, retired, on five acres of land on the top of a tall hill which used to have two artesian wells above us on the ridge until an uncooperative neighbor insisted on digging up the land on the other side of my hill - destroying the water table and my artesian wells. I had to hook up to county water ( foul tasting stuff), and sue him because he chewed into my land (a "mistake"as he called it). I'm too old to pull up roots and move again, but how can I stop his offensive actions? Anyone can offer suggestions on this irritating problem.Love your videos, keep them up as you have time!
Hello, I stumbled across your channel looking for ideas on making a goat stand, and then watched a couple more of your videos, and really enjoyed both of your presenting styles and content. So thank you from a very soggy Wales, UK.x
You both constantly amaze me! How down to earth you both are is so incredable. The honesty and warm comes through the camera and makes you feel like your having a conversation over coffee:)
Ah, I so relate to this. My husband loves the chickens as fun "pets", but has a hard time with the poop and regular cleaning that comes along with it. But he's an incredible builder and has other strengths. It definitely takes team work to figure things out so everyone is happy in the yard and in the marriage. I really appreciated your transparency and your honesty in this video. :)
Excellent point of view Jaime ! It's all about complimenting each other's individuality and strengths.There is another ASPECT to this mix. I am younger than my husband. I'm in my 60s and he is in his 70s. He is a farmer, who views farming as a job, not a passion. And as the aches and pains of working extremely hard catch up to him, I fully appreciate his wanting to slow down and take a break..So I have lowered my expectations of his building a coop, etc. or jumping onto my bandwagon. There are other folks in our community who are willing to barter work/goods or work on a project at a reasonable cost. And I do help out In his arena as well. I will be cutting wood for the kitchen wood stove this Saturday. We saw the 4' lengths off the back of a tractor. It takes three people. My brother-in-law also has a kitchen wood stove. So we TEAM UP :-)And I will drive the tractor for haying, once a PREVENTATIVE shot for poison ivy comes back onto the market. None so far.. Used to get Spring poison ivy shots in the 70s, but they were taken off the market.They worked great...so you do what you can..
Thank you Mam, this is actually quite a bit more of a hot topic than folks realize.
Yes it is which is why I wanted to address it. I hope it helped
I grew up in town and am not a farm girl at all. I recently married a homesteader. I am so nervous about all these new things I'm learning. My husband says it's okay...that all homesteaders are constantly learning. Your video was really helpful to me. I subscribed to your channel. I'll be binge watching! My biggest fears are using a pressure cooker and working with chickens. I think they're gross.
Pressure cooker or canner? Two different things 😉 As for chickens, they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Me, I hate pigs lol. But I do love my birds
Also...Welcome! We are all learning here 😊
Yes we are in the same boat as you and your husband. I actually do all the outdoor work, cooking, cleaning, paying bills, taking care of all the family needs and my husband works outside the home. We are both very comfortable in our rolls in the family. I love gardening and my husband could care less but he loves the meals made from the garden. : ) We love and respect each others abilities and make it work every day. Marriage makes you stronger.
+angela lowe Sounds like a good match :0)
Same here, my husband is a big city gamer and builder and I’m small town outdoorsy type. I would love to go off grid and have a self sufficient homestead but my husband has no interest in it. So I add animals as out budget allows, my husband builds their containment systems and is very supportive of everything as long as he doesn’t have to give up his grid and we aren’t broke. I’ve finally gotten him to agree to solar power and wind power as a back up and to supplement our power and keep our monthly costs lower but it’s also my Plan B. He is in the military and a lot of things could happen, if something were to happen to him it gets me set up to unplug from the grid and turn my home into an off the grid homestead and he is supportive of this. But who knows I’m a few years maybe he will like the idea of unplugging too. 🤷♀️
looking forward to watching your homestead grow
+ILBackyardFarm thanks!
I think you nailed the key to a healthy relationship in homestead or everyday life my wife is a city girl and I am pure country and strangely enough we appreciate the opposites in each other
I want to buy land and homestead, husband does not. So, i do what I can here in the suburbs. Hate the HOA B.S. but, I work around it, have a small garden but, I am planing on expanding it this spring. Hope I can do good so husband gets to know that it is possible. Learning and researching how to store food and canning and preserving now. Just doing what I can with what I have, on top of maintaining a full time job and a small part time job on the side. Thanks for sharring this video. It was helpful to know I am not the only one with the issue.
God bless you 🤗
Great subject. Would love to hear the subject tackled on all homesteading channels. Typically homesteaders who are serious about this life build a true, loving relationship first. You have to know yourselves. And if being a good steward is natural it will encourage and engage your spouse. Love and respect each other and abundance follows. Happy New Year. With Love in 2018.
I really love your channel thanks for all your great work
I love that you are sharing this! Ray isn't much of an animal man other than horses (he grew up with them), so he's my "homestead fuel" for now. He works a regular 40 hour week and funds our dreams and I do all the homesteady stuff except for when I need more muscle. He drives posts, lugs dirt, and cuts trees for me without a complaint, after work and on weekends. Now that we had an actual garden season and the chickens are laying eggs, he is much more on board but we still have an understanding that most of the critter stuff other than our cat Charlie will depend on me. He too, will also put the chickens in if I am otherwise occupied (we are lucky to have such great husbands!). I WISH he did my video editing and such, but that task falls on me, which is why my vids are pretty delinquent/infrequent. I am lucky that he will take care of our little ones while I am editing, though :) It's ALL a labor of love, and however our loved ones labor with us is ok, as long as we all work together. I feel like I know you, J. Thanks for sharing life with us.
Sounds like some great teamwork on your end as well. That is really the key to making anything work. Thanks for sharing and watching :0)
Thanks Jeremy for doing the editing. I know it is far from easy and takes up a lot of time to make a good one.
Not shure my spouce would have been into homesteading, but I think I would have gotten him interested in getting prepaired for small and larger emergency events. He was a hands on man, digging in everything live trew at him and thats how we met. He was on the fast track, no quite bone in his body, on the move, multitasking. While my body and brain reach turtlespeed at a good day. One day I heared him com done with the vacumecleaner and started moving furniture out of the way and put it back when he had done the space. We both were surpriced that 2 very different pases combined that well.
I only have known him for a year, but his death took me over my fear of starting to get as selfrelient as possible. So in a way he is still helpeing me.
+Marica Plasmans I am terribly sorry to hear that. I am glad you got to know him. We never know how much time we are going to get with those we love.
After posting this his youngest one dropped by. A tiny moment that made my day. :D
I am already homesteading. Hoping to someday find a man/husband who will be willing to support me in this journey. Currently relying on a handyman for building/fixing things. Thankful for that!
This is a great video, hubby and I are working on this, we are both doing it together, but hubby still needs to work, I don't, but he helps me on weekends to do the things I need a little man power, but he does do a lot with the chickens through the week as well, he loves our fluffy bums ( chickens) 😀❤️
Oh I hear yuh beautiful!!! My wife does not have my back what so ever when it comes to what I'm trying to do with being more self sustaining !!some just don't get it I guess. Peace from Canada !!
At least I hope you still support and love and are faithful to your wife.
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 oh don’t worry about that wonderful ,I love my wife dearly!!! She’s a wonderful wife and an even better mother to our three children !! And actually since covid ,and now Russia in the Ukraine she’s come right around and fully understands me trying to put my loved ones first.god bless and stay safe!
My husband was totally against my plans for homesteading and becoming as self reliant as possible was very derogatory, I just went right on with my plans (have separate bank accounts) while building my rabbit shed 8x26 he actually sat in a lawn chair watching 🤨 I figured he was learning. My brother came over and helped me finish in screening and my husband helped latter started asking how much I planed to do and what was next project guess it was to much because he wanted once again to become derogatory at that point I informed him I don’t ask for your money , time or opinion so let me be clear you can’t belly up to the table after all my hard work and eat what I grown or raise 😁 it’s funny as his attitude has changed he stated he won’t mind picking veggies or feeding but butchering and cooking is my deal 😁 we are planning our above ground veggie garden together and where the chicken coup and goats will be I agreed to help him build a garage but THAT is after our sustainable development is done. Comprising works great 👍
Great topic, When we bought our land our chores seemed to divide themselves naturally as he works in the city and I take care of the garden and animals at home, when fencing or building needs arise we do it together on weekends.
Great teamwork :0)
So very glad I found your channel!
You each have your own strengths and that is great. It is good to be flexible, my husband helps with everything and I am very grateful, even though he would rather do other things he still helps as necessary. Enjoying your videos.
+Workin On It Sounds like a very nice man. We are both lucky in that :0)
This definitely gives me hope that I could some day quit my 9-5 job & have more time to do what I love. My husband is similar to Jeremy in being very techie & a gamer. & I'm more into gardening, cooking, natural living etc... Nice to know that u were able to make it work. I'm new to your channel & am loving your videos! Keepem coming! 😄
Sounds like how my husband and I have worked things out :) Also, marriage is a partnership where we should help each other grow and rely on each other when we need help...its wonderful you have that. I am fortunate to as well!
Thank you so much for your thoughts on this topic! Its comforting to hear how others deal with it and helps to not feel so alone!
Wow! Now I know why your videos are so good!!! ❤️
This is so my wife and I. Love yalls videos. So very interesting. Hopefully to add more to our chickens and garden. Keep it up. The Holley Homestead
+Kevin Holley - Thanks for watching!
Please do a video on canning dried beans.. thank you.. I love watching your family. Your very informative.
going through some of the same stuff atm. you got me thinking differently atm, need to play to each others strengths and not try to change the other person. thank you for sharing
Thank you for your video and sharing your thoughts and experiences. I appreciate all the work you and your family go through to allow the subscribers to travel along on your journeys.
Rob S. (Rockford MI)
I absolutely love how you both complement each other. this IS the point, to be life-partner does not require to have SIMILARITIES, its about complementing each other. best wishes
We agree. Thank you for watching Sumaira :0)
Hi Jamie!
I am so glad you commented by our channel this morning as it gave me the opportunity to check into yours! This title was very catchy as we have had our own discussions and different ideas and thoughts on homesteading Scott and I!
Thank you and I will be following you. I think that your calm energy is great and you seamed to be very talented and knowledgeable not to mention a real sweet heart! Take care ;-)
Stef
+LetsHomesteadInstead Thanks for checking us out Stef!
I suspect maintenance around your place , bigger chicken coop in time, fencing , compost bins, maybe a storage barn type thing when you need to keep your ( later on ) goats in side out of the weather or for milking times.. all this and more your hubby can help with ...You go girl...
I am hoping we will be able to get some goats this spring. We will see if we can work it out! If so, Jeremy will be doing vids on the fencing and housing for them.
This seems to come up a lot. I need to look around, but if it could be a challenge between the YT homesteaders to each say their piece on this topic, that'd be awesome.
Our family had a house fire almost 2 yrs ago. We're about to move into our off grid country home(stead potential).
But when we were looking at our future, we weren't just not on the same page, we were in 2 totally different books!
We knew we wanted to move back near family. My hubby wanted not only a different job, but a different career. The only thing is, he tends to enjoy spending money, and accruing debt. We paid debts off at that time. Then, he took a pay cut, (out of choice...) Which lent to more debt...anyway...we find the land of our dreams. He really wanted to hunt again, I just didn't want neighbors. Tho we have a tight knit community. This all worked out wonderfully. He wanted electric. I wanted solar. He drug me to the co-op. He decided on solar and turbine. (The interview didn't go well and would've cost too much lol)
I wanted to use our money, and stay debt free, he wanted things ready made. So, we will have a modest mortgage. I want chickens and rabbits now, he wants to wait until next year. I want to save on grocery bills, he just spent $150 on cheese from work, "cause it was cheap".
We've been married going on 21 yrs, and sometimes I want to throttle him. Other times, I'm sure he wants me off his back. Right now, he's building on our house. I got him a farm truck last year, and he was to build our house. His father has helped and this been a HUGE blessing to him. I think if we could keep projects going for the old man, they'd both be on cloud nine.
This is sooooo my husband and I. So glad you shared!!
+Mesia thanks for watching
I would like to start off by saying, you guys are so awesome and I personally appreciate how you are so open about so many different thing! I know this is an older video but I am slowly working my way through your whole channel lol. The first video I say was the canning 101 because I want to learn so bad and the only person I have around me that some what knows how to won’t share the knowledge (she’s fun like that). So I came to RUclips praying that there would be someone that knew what they were talking about and I found you! I love everything that you are doing I have read the entire website of nchfp and cannot ever thank you enough. You are one of those people that (from what I’ve gathered) says “well if I don’t have the answer, we can find it!” We’ve been through a major job loss that has really opened my eyes. I never want to worry like that again (when it comes to food.) I’m rambling but in conclusion please never stop sharing your story. I wanna be just like you when I grow up🤗. Thank you Jamie!!!
Sounds like my husband and I, he's the gamer/tech head lol and very good at construction :) and I do all the garden, prepping, homestead type things. When i tell him I'm going to do this or that I get "whatever makes you happy babe" :) it's great because I just do my thing and he's slowly showing more interest in what I'm doing and coming up with other things we could try on our property :)
I think that is the go-to saying for some hubbies LOL! Based on how he will "visit with the chickens" several times a day, I think this lifestyle is slowly growing on him :0)
LOL strange creatures husbands are :) when i first started, i decided to do a container garden, just in case my thumb is black and not green lol hubby just kind of rolled he's eyes and did the "whatever makes you happy" line, now I'll catch him watering or he'll let me know when things are growing or nearly ready to be harvested, lot's of interest for something that he rolled he's eye's at lol :)
Excellent topic. Thanks. An open discussion between spouses before the fact to ensure you are both wired together in homesteading is a must. You don't have to be equally talented, knowledgeable or even always physically able; you just need to have a foundation that you are both committed to the plan.
Exactly
wow, apart from the woodworking, our husbands sound the same! loves technology and gaming! I love cooking, attempting to garden lol, prepping. id love to get some chickens too soon. I want to start homesteading when we buy a house.
The chickens were the best part so far! Best of luck!
East Texas G-ma; Thanks for sharing.....It is helpful to hear others problems and finding a common ground. I love your videos.
Thank you for the tips. My wife likes the city. I think I could be a hardcore off Gridder. 😜 the only thing that keeps me sane in las vegas is my 60 square foot garden. Maybe when the kids are out of high school we can make a move to homesteading. We own 20 acres in Utah witn power, a well and septic. Right now i just do alot of dreamimg and live vicariously through peoples videos like yours. Thank You!
Wow, if I had 20 acres in Utah I'd be on it right now. lol
Good solid advice 👍
I'm going thru this now!! I'm so glad I found you!!
I hope it helps!
Great video. Similar to this, we think, is moving with your children and changing their lives radically with a sudden transition to homesteading. Thanks for posting.
+St. Isidore's Farm Yes it is much better to go slow when possible
You could have been speaking about me and my hubby .. he is just like yours , indoorsy, tech, gamer and wood working .. i am just getting started doing a lot of this stuff .. this will be my first year with a garden .. im learning to bake breads and saving for my canners .. i know i will be doing it mostly alone but he will help if i need him too and thats all i ask
Support is the most important part. Enjoy the learning, to me, it is the BEST part!
3:24 hahahaha...vodoo witch tower shrine..LOLLOLOLO...I think it is pretty cool..
I am into the prepping, building, doing research about how to diy a project..loving the food storage, cooking, and working 14 hours shifts, always looking for new things to try out, whether that is in Training in self reliance or self improvment, gardening, etc..
The wife is into all things Cultural, helping the community, keeping the culture going, and business adventures, she does all the shopping, bill management, and inner home management...(My compromise is, she does her community work, with her gazillion friends, I stay in the background and support her activities...while she leaves me alone at the homestead to do my projects....it works out great, for the past 22 yrs or so we been together..)
You guys must have something worked out or you wouldn't be together 22 years. Congrats! Thanks for sharing
It wasn't always easy coasting...we had our potholes to get out of...but the wife was strong in her training program. She trained me well, with her amazing patience.
LOL
Nice, candid video. Subscribed...
I thought you were describing my husband and I lol! Thanks for the encouragement :)
It's very common :0) Good luck guys!
I totally relate to this. I love "playing in the dirt" and my husband does not. He does want some of the same things though
Helpful video indeed.........I´m the outdoors guy, wife is the indoors one........ the correct way to connect both worlds is to produce fresh organic veggies.........and she loves cooking them...............producing organic eggs ............and she loves baking pies and cakes......................doing some gardening .......and she loves butterflies and colorful birds in the garden........................doing some shovelling and composting.......... and she likes the kids to give a hand and became aware of hard work . NEVER force someone into your own world, slowly but surely BOTH WORLDS will connect.
Exactly :0)
That’s not always the case. In our marriage, we found it’s healthier to have our own interests and support them even if we don’t like them. I never liked country living and gardening and being outdoors dealing with bad weather, isolation, animals, etc - it was putting a tremendous strain on our marriage. Eventually, God answered my prayers and we agreed to do what interests us. My husband prefers not being in the city, whereas I relax in the city and have my hobbies there. We both take care of our home and we respect our differences, and it’s been a blessing. Sometimes, to compromise, I will go with my husband and do something I don’t like and other times, he will do the same. It’s called learning to compromise. We rely on God and remain humble and honest, and it works for us.
It's true. The best way to make things work is work on your partner weakness. Your partner strength is your weakness. My wife hates farming and garden. She was yelling at me for 3 straight months last year on how I am wasting my time. When I sold my first harvest. She saw the potential money. She's not yelling anymore. Now she's out on the field and work on the crop with me. All you need to do is show your partner their favorite interest. They automatically do it for you.
Not sure if what we are doing is the definition of homesteading. We have chickens and a garden and I can and freeze what I grow. I have in storage pumpkins and squash and as the winter rolls in we have that to eat. I also paint and if need be can sell the paintings for a few bucks. I am a Mechanical Technician, have been a Cosmetologist, and he is an Industrial Engineer so we can fix anything. That saves us on almost everything. Having skills is the key to success in my opinion.
Certainly sounds like homesteading to me. :-) If you can use skills and ingenuity to be more self reliant, you are winning.
Nice video, thank you for sharing.
Thank you :0)
I would love to get into homesteading, but at 62 it probably would not work for me. I do try to bring some of the homesteading lifestyle here in the city like a small garden, Burning wood for heat, dry canning for short term storage.As far as a spouse on the same page, I found two other channels that the spouse enjoys helping when they can. One is Appalachia's homestead, other is Wranglerstar
+Mike Griffin I don't think it's too late. Homesteading is what you make it and can be as hard or easy as you want. I watch a lot of channels and some people really take on a lot. Kudos to them! But I plan on taking it slow and setting up systems with retirement in mind. But you know your situation best. Good luck to you in whatever you decide!
I am in the same situation. My hubs is a very good carpenter and he built my chicken coop.When I went to visit my sister across country he helped by taking care of the chickens. He thinks I'm nuts for prepping(as much as I can) but I make sure I point out how prepping helps when we run out of say: toilet paper or paper towels and I can just go to The Room" and get what we need.It works out. If you know of any other ideas to help encourage hubby into prepping I am all ears. Thanks for the video.
+spazz momma I think there really is no "convincing". People either get it or they don't (just like most things). Unfortunately, prepping is usually one of those things adopted in hindsight AFTER an event. At least one of you is prepping!
You need a plan B if plan A doesn’t fly. Good going Jamie
It breaks my heart because at this point in life my husband could actually quit working and not have to do a job he hates every day. We could go get a small piece of land and live on it for much less than what we live on here in the city in Florida. But even when I say to him you never have to go back and work those two jobs again he says no way in hell would he be happy if he had to go and work in the garden or work in the heat outside on a piece of property. He says he’s not good at anything physical. I’m the one that does all the physical work in the house. And I’m the one that works the garden plot I have in the park in our community garden. And I’m the one with all the tools. So strange is that our roles are reversed. And I guess I will never live in the country since I’m becoming an old lady and still have not had my dream. So you’re lucky . I’m glad you have such a good life and I can watch you on RUclips and imagine what it would have been like.
Luv ya Jamie. Keep going..
I'm in the same boat!
My husband wants nothing to do with it. My hobby has turned into a lifestyle. Yet my husband runs the other way whenever I mention anything about it. So, I try not to discuss it with him. I feel one it hS really torn us apart. I know he would love it if it gave it a try. But, it's not going to happen. It's not fair if me to make him. I just have to wait and see if he ever will come around to liking it. At this point I have no expectations, and only ask him for help if I really can't do something myself. Even then I feel bad asking him.
+Kyla Salvatori You are right, you can't make him do something he doesn't want to do. Unfortunately, it's not for everyone.
Guildbrook Farm | Simple Sustainable Living best of luck on your homestead. I'm glad I found your channel and I can't wait until have a minute to find more videos. 😊
Idky my hub is reluctant. He grew up in the country. He said we could, but he won’t go cold turkey from our home. 🤣
Thanks for the videos, I've seen a few and you have good advice and interesting topics.
cheers...
Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel
Almost forgot. Again, nice backdrop for the video.
Its a compromise for sure. I do love technology but I also love to build and create outdoors. Plus I do have a good green thumb so I am the grower for the vegetables. Sound very alike in the homesteading situation but it somehow works out. My wife def wants to do the chicken coup thing. So I am willing to make it happen.
Opposites attract (they say). As long as the goal is the same
~Happy life together~,
and you each bring your different skills to said goal, however different they may be, it is acomplishable. (《-- not a real word, but ya know what I mean lol)
Blessings ~
For us, the roles are flipped. I enjoy the outdoors, and am into prepping but I don’t garden. My wife, on the other hand, does not enjoy the outdoors and she is definitely not into prepping. Even with hurricane Florence showing us how unprepared we truly were, she is still making off comments about me canning rice. I’m only trying to get us a 3 week - 1 month reserve. By the way, thanks for the videos, I’ve never canned before and have learned a lot over the past couple days.
I am about ready to go back in the wild and out of the city. My problem is not having anyone to go with. Wondering if I should go and hope to find someone out there ( which I think the chances are small) or try to find a gal in the city and take her out. The problem there is once you get out and if she doesn't like it at all then what. Guess I'll just keep saving and wait. I have enough for land but saving for sawmills and such now. Would be nice to cash out comfortably and have an income source when I get there. I used to raise all my own meat and had chickens big garden etc. If nothing else I miss that kind of food. You just can't buy it in the store. Your words make me think I'll be able to drag a gal back to my cave someday and teach her how to love it :
Great video!
Sounds like a good start to a great homestead! If he is good at building what you need and making it user friendly and the work easier.....he is a definite asset to farm life! Did I hear a hawk in the background? yikes!
+Mrssoappeddler's Homestead yes we have hawks. One attacked my Silkie and my Buff. Both are ok but hawks are an issue
We have them too....that is why I love crows.... they will fight them and drive them away! My husband says the best way ti keep them away from the birds is some kind of top netting .....maybe you hubby and come up with something :)
Absolutely
we r kind of in the same situation here. he just reads about homesteading while I do the chickens, shop for prepping, I have been Canning for 10yrs now. he loves what i do and is very supportive (hes a truck driver and gone during the week). we are in a tough spot as we rent our home so there are only so much we can do here:/ I need solar, more self sufficient, more animals, more acreage, rain barrels. I really need to know how and where to start doing more.
That is a tough spot, when you want to expand but cannot. I hope you guys find a solution. Best of luck to you both
Guildbrook Farm | Simple Sustainable Living yes it has been a Rollercoaster for sure, thank you! I'm getting so much from your channel as we will expand in the near future. we also want goats. the kiddos are amazingly into what I so it does help;)
Thank you..
My not-really-a-homesteader wife is now my ex-wife. Turns out she's "not" a lot of other things too, including 'honest' or 'faithful'. So that happens too...
Getting a spouse to get excited about homesteading would be a lot more difficult is I had a spouse. Being in technology, I understand where your husband is coming from, but they just do not make women in Minnesota that want to homestead -- I think it may have to do with negative 40 F and high winds. I would love to homestead and live off grid, do you have any single sisters? :-)
Yes..That kind of looks like a voo-doo witch tower...lol..:)
Just found this video, sweet sweet sweet Lady, and even possibly smarter than Sweet
My husband wants chickens and he wants me to help take care of them but I'm terrified of chickens 😂 they always try to chase me and peck me
My God you are beautiful!
+Pathfinder georgia My husband is brilliant at video editing
you are so cool
Trying to get my husband to see the need for a self sustaining life style. Thats step #1 😜
what if you have different ideas about the same thing? Like I want to do the garden one way and he wants to do it another way...what do you do in that situation? Any advice would be appreciated.
Just wondering, besides how to handle homesteading with your spouse, how does that work for prepping in your case?
+Peter le Grand - We're both preppers first. Since making this video we're both homesteaders as well.
With me it is the other way around. I love the outdoors and working the land. My wife does not.
How do you get internet access living off grid?
It just isn’t wont work with me and mine she will not go off grid
Otherwise we do homestead just on grid
Song?
I am glad you both have respect for the others interests. I am with your husband, would much rather build something than milk goats-
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And that is perfectly fine! It's magic if you can find complimentary interests to make this lifestyle a reality. Thanks for watching
I'm not a "guy".
who gets the fun job of butchering the chickens?
Long term you both have to be on board or you are going to burn out.
+rain coast To a certain extent, this is very true. That's why it's important to only take on what you can handle and always have an "out"