My parents were Depression Era babies who were teens during the food rationing of WWII. They always practiced putting away some foods, although they weren't into canning. I have continued the tradition and added vacuum sealing. I've been through two medical incidents that prevented me from going to the supermarket, and my pantry really helped out! Recently I purchased a Greenstalk planter and next spring I will start a small garden; focusing on green beans, collards, spinach and herbs. That will supplement my pantry stores that include canned corn, string beans and beans 🫘 Looking forward to it. 😊
It's great to have the pantry as backup! Glad to hear it's helped you! I love to hear stories like yours as both my parents were also too. We are working on our gardens now and it's a challenge on top of this mountain. We had great soil in Wisconsin and here it's something (mostly rock and sand). I'm curious how that Greenstalk planter works out for you. We are tying modified Hügelkultur for the garden. Not sure if it will work. Thanks again!
Great video very nice pantry well stocked, we have been on our homestead for over 45 years. Your exactly right about everyone’s pantry being different .We stock a lot of flour, wheat, rolled oats, barley, rice, salt, sugar, sorghums, lots of beans, nonfat milk powder, whole milk powder, canned milk, cream.No freeze dryer yet. I wish. For your meat I learned many years ago if you brown pork or beef just cook it 1/2-2/3 done it gives it a much better smell look and the taste and texture is more like fresh. I do pork loins in medallions and cubes for different meals. One other thing that has saved us thousands of dollars is going through our grocery receipts each January deciding what we won’t buy but grow and make ourselves . We make all of our condiments now and can them or dehydrate the ingredients if it can’t be canned safely. I also make all of our yeast bread items from scratch.we raise our popcorn, dent corn for grinding, peanuts, dried beans. I can a lot of our beans like chili beans, pork n beans, baked beans. We also keep storebought cans of meats, veg, fruits for longer term storage. We believe in backups for our backups just to be safe. We have severe ice storms the last one left us 31 days without electricity and water roads impassable for over a week. I grew up here raised by parents on a farm who were both born in the 1929’s went through the Great Depression and ww2 food rationing my dad was away in the war mom had to feed my oldest brother. They taught us to be as self reliant as possible. I love watching others to get new ideas. I believe that I can learn even though I’ve been doing it for near 50 years. Thank you for the video it was great.
Thanks so much for this great comment! I love hearing things like this. I'm having my wife read this too as she does all the canning. I love the idea of doing our own condiments someday. They are putting high fructose corn syrup in everything. We originally bought the freeze dryer only for the goat milk as my wife did not like the texture of canned milk. It does so much more. I always tell people find a neighbor or a friend with one and they will help you out. The price is still pretty high for one. I hope someday being self reliant is normal again. People like us who were raised with it are not the normal nowadays. I tool love watching others to learn. Thanks again!
Excellent tour, my wife and I do a similar type of storing of food, you are very meticulous and that is appreciated, as we watch several other RUclips-ers doing this and not very many are this well organized!! Thanks for the info
Thanks for watching! I am glad you appreciate the organization. My wife was a little upset as she thinks it's still a bit of a mess and someday we will have the new pantry and a root cellar too. Thanks again for the support.
Thank you for the tour and the tips and info. My husband was in construction all his working years. We were preppers long ago before it is what it is today. Winter months, every year, had less income. Summer months, we had extra income. Summer months, I would stock our Pantry. Back then (80s & 90s) we did not think I think of it, we just did it. Fast forward to husband being diagnosed diabetic in late 90s, having a mild heart attack in '15, then retiring in '17. I ramped up our prepping and tweeked for our dietary changes. Then March 2020. We were fine. No running around like the sky is falling. Also, I will share we do not homestead. We live in a very heavy agricultural area. We have farms all around us. We purchase from local farmers.
Sounds like you've had a lot of experience prepping over the years! It used to be such a normal thing. We too were find during 2020 (except I had to commute over an hour the whole pandemic) You also had some setbacks that it sounds like you overcame too. Purchasing local is the way to go if you can. Thanks again so much for watching and commenting!
@HomesteadReliance We know our farmers personally. All out children went to school together. For 30 years we've watched as they struggle through year after year. I can not look them in the eye knowing I am nit supporting them. We get everything from a pig (share with our daughter & her family), 1/2 a cow at a time, veggies and homemade soaps or breads. Literally, all within less than 10 miles from our home. And 1 farm directly across the street from us.
Excellent pantry tour.👍 Home canning has lost popularity today, but it used to be what people had to do if they wanted to eat things out of season. Today we just grab it from the store shelf.🤷♂ Which is not going to do us much good in hard times.
I am a firm believer in preserving food year round for when you can’t go to the store. I agree it used to be normal and just a regular thing. People need to remember hard times are historically common. Thanks again!
I agree, to a point! With the cost of living and inflation, folks are rediscovering the importance of buying in bulk and preserving! Homesteading is becoming quite popular!
Great pantry tour and recommendations! I found your channel and started watching regularly with the video where you quit your job! I was so curious to see how it would work out and it looks like you guys are thriving! So happy for you and love your content! Merry Christmas.
Thank you! We have been working hard to make sure the homestead is thriving and we really appreciate your support! So much more to do, but we are making progress. Thanks again so much and Merry Christmas to you too!
What a great subject to speak on. I've "preached" on this to my entire family and so far, we're the only ones who have one. I've always canned just like my mom and grandmothers so "prepping" is second nature. We never know when there could be a trucker or dock workers strike, or a "pandemic" or a flood etc and that could be the only food we have access to for a while. I started out by just adding 3 or 4 cans of food to my shopping cart each time I went shopping. if I found stuff on sale, I'd buy several. We have some comfort items too and some stuff we think of as "trade items". (just in case) Every harvest season I add home grown/canned food. A couple years ago Mike surprised me with a freeze dryer for my birthday (YaY!). I went nuts and was freeze drying everything. I've slowed down since then and have started learning which herbs heal/treat which problems and I grow and freeze dry those herbs. My herbal pantry would have gotten me burned at the stake in the 1700's. Ha! I have a meal worm farm for my chickens and have been considering freeze drying some of them just to see what happens. To your point on the MRE's, Mike watches a guy on you tube who finds Really old MRE's, (even some from the 1800's), and tries them. He's alive and still making videos but I bet he's had some stomach aches.
I'm right there with you! I have "preached" this to so many. It is the way our ancestors did it too. It used to be normal. And like you stated it's really easy to start one. We also have some trade items too. We were the same with the freeze dryer and went crazy with it at first and now also slowed down. There used to be a place in Wisconsin that had commercial freeze dried stuff on clearance all the time and we bought those too. Very cool with the Meal worm farm! That is a great idea. I thought about making dog treats that are freeze dried and people spend more on their dogs then themselves. I may have watched that MRE guy. I have seen a few like that. Yea I bet he had a stomach ache as I used to get a stomach ache from the issued ones!
This is next level. You sir, are well prepared for almost anything. Great timing of the video as well..especially with the unexplained spy drones everywhere.
I hope We are prepared! We are working hard to build this homestead and you never know what will come next. My early retirement hit us a little hard and this pantry really helped!
I would take the screw lids off your canned jars. The screw lids can give a false closure. I saw you had a metal sheet on top of your lids. I won't stack jars on jars. Again false closure.
Thanks for the Tips on false closures and the need to take the screw lids off! As to the other ones ,those were not metals sheets. They are the thin plastic sheets made for the shelves. We have another metal shelf in storage and didn't have the space to store them yet when I filmed (working on that today). Putting that other shelf together today.
I’ve been improving my pantry over the past 5-6 years. My problem in moving to Arkansas is storage. My new place has no basement. So, I lost my storage space.
That’s a bummer to lose the basement space! We know all about that! Ours is now that temperature controlled insulated shed. We are making a much more robust storage in the 2nd building once it's finished. I'm still waiting on the spray foam insulation company. I plan on building a root cellar too to move a lot of this to.
We do have black out curtains (took them down for filming to get better light) actually! The lighting in there films really yellow with the windows closed. My old camera I could adjust the color balance and this one not sure yet how to lol.
My parents were Depression Era babies who were teens during the food rationing of WWII. They always practiced putting away some foods, although they weren't into canning. I have continued the tradition and added vacuum sealing. I've been through two medical incidents that prevented me from going to the supermarket, and my pantry really helped out! Recently I purchased a Greenstalk planter and next spring I will start a small garden; focusing on green beans, collards, spinach and herbs. That will supplement my pantry stores that include canned corn, string beans and beans 🫘 Looking forward to it. 😊
It's great to have the pantry as backup! Glad to hear it's helped you! I love to hear stories like yours as both my parents were also too. We are working on our gardens now and it's a challenge on top of this mountain. We had great soil in Wisconsin and here it's something (mostly rock and sand). I'm curious how that Greenstalk planter works out for you. We are tying modified Hügelkultur for the garden. Not sure if it will work. Thanks again!
🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸👷🏻♂️Great Tour of your pantry. Here, at The Ole Church, we are actually constructing a Pantry! Stay tuned!
I just subscribed and can't wait to see your pantry!
Love your pantry tour.
Glad you liked it! It's still a work in progress. Thanks again!
🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸👷🏻♂️Hey Brother, Prepping is so IMPORTANT! Like you we made the Big Move too!
Prepping is important and a way of life for us (and probably you too) Yes the big move was rough but worth it!
Great video very nice pantry well stocked, we have been on our homestead for over 45 years. Your exactly right about everyone’s pantry being different .We stock a lot of flour, wheat, rolled oats, barley, rice, salt, sugar, sorghums, lots of beans, nonfat milk powder, whole milk powder, canned milk, cream.No freeze dryer yet. I wish. For your meat I learned many years ago if you brown pork or beef just cook it 1/2-2/3 done it gives it a much better smell look and the taste and texture is more like fresh. I do pork loins in medallions and cubes for different meals. One other thing that has saved us thousands of dollars is going through our grocery receipts each January deciding what we won’t buy but grow and make ourselves . We make all of our condiments now and can them or dehydrate the ingredients if it can’t be canned safely. I also make all of our yeast bread items from scratch.we raise our popcorn, dent corn for grinding, peanuts, dried beans. I can a lot of our beans like chili beans, pork n beans, baked beans. We also keep storebought cans of meats, veg, fruits for longer term storage. We believe in backups for our backups just to be safe. We have severe ice storms the last one left us 31 days without electricity and water roads impassable for over a week. I grew up here raised by parents on a farm who were both born in the 1929’s went through the Great Depression and ww2 food rationing my dad was away in the war mom had to feed my oldest brother. They taught us to be as self reliant as possible. I love watching others to get new ideas. I believe that I can learn even though I’ve been doing it for near 50 years. Thank you for the video it was great.
Thanks so much for this great comment! I love hearing things like this. I'm having my wife read this too as she does all the canning. I love the idea of doing our own condiments someday. They are putting high fructose corn syrup in everything. We originally bought the freeze dryer only for the goat milk as my wife did not like the texture of canned milk. It does so much more. I always tell people find a neighbor or a friend with one and they will help you out. The price is still pretty high for one. I hope someday being self reliant is normal again. People like us who were raised with it are not the normal nowadays. I tool love watching others to learn. Thanks again!
Nice pantry, great tips.
Thank you, It's a work in progress, but we are happy with it! Thanks again for watching!
Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome! We are still prepping and learning! Thanks again for watching!
Great pantry and video! And I love to see what people cook with their canned food. Subscribed!
Thank you for subscribing! Glad you liked the food content! Thanks!
This was my favorite video so far! Very impressive pantry! Loved the tips and cooking demo :)
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the pantry and the tacos too! I’m trying to improve!
Stunningly beautiful canning and grocery pantry!❤Awesome video,Filipino-Canadians watching here from BC Canada!
Glad you liked the pantry! We love BC Canada too!
Excellent tour, my wife and I do a similar type of storing of food, you are very meticulous and that is appreciated, as we watch several other RUclips-ers doing this and not very many are this well organized!! Thanks for the info
Thanks for watching! I am glad you appreciate the organization. My wife was a little upset as she thinks it's still a bit of a mess and someday we will have the new pantry and a root cellar too. Thanks again for the support.
Yep, really like your channel and yall keep up the great work!!
Thanks again so much
Thank you for the tour and the tips and info. My husband was in construction all his working years. We were preppers long ago before it is what it is today. Winter months, every year, had less income. Summer months, we had extra income. Summer months, I would stock our Pantry. Back then (80s & 90s) we did not think I think of it, we just did it. Fast forward to husband being diagnosed diabetic in late 90s, having a mild heart attack in '15, then retiring in '17. I ramped up our prepping and tweeked for our dietary changes. Then March 2020. We were fine. No running around like the sky is falling. Also, I will share we do not homestead. We live in a very heavy agricultural area. We have farms all around us. We purchase from local farmers.
Sounds like you've had a lot of experience prepping over the years! It used to be such a normal thing. We too were find during 2020 (except I had to commute over an hour the whole pandemic) You also had some setbacks that it sounds like you overcame too. Purchasing local is the way to go if you can. Thanks again so much for watching and commenting!
@HomesteadReliance We know our farmers personally. All out children went to school together. For 30 years we've watched as they struggle through year after year. I can not look them in the eye knowing I am nit supporting them. We get everything from a pig (share with our daughter & her family), 1/2 a cow at a time, veggies and homemade soaps or breads. Literally, all within less than 10 miles from our home. And 1 farm directly across the street from us.
that is great to hear! It's great to know the whole story of the food we eat and the products we use.
Excellent pantry tour.👍
Home canning has lost popularity today, but it used to be what people had to do if they wanted to eat things out of season. Today we just grab it from the store shelf.🤷♂ Which is not going to do us much good in hard times.
I am a firm believer in preserving food year round for when you can’t go to the store. I agree it used to be normal and just a regular thing. People need to remember hard times are historically common. Thanks again!
I agree, to a point! With the cost of living and inflation, folks are rediscovering the importance of buying in bulk and preserving! Homesteading is becoming quite popular!
@@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead It is gaining popularity, that is for sure.👍
Yes it is!
You have that down to a science!
Thanks! It's a work in progress
Great pantry tour and recommendations! I found your channel and started watching regularly with the video where you quit your job! I was so curious to see how it would work out and it looks like you guys are thriving! So happy for you and love your content! Merry Christmas.
Thank you! We have been working hard to make sure the homestead is thriving and we really appreciate your support! So much more to do, but we are making progress. Thanks again so much and Merry Christmas to you too!
What a great subject to speak on. I've "preached" on this to my entire family and so far, we're the only ones who have one. I've always canned just like my mom and grandmothers so "prepping" is second nature. We never know when there could be a trucker or dock workers strike, or a "pandemic" or a flood etc and that could be the only food we have access to for a while. I started out by just adding 3 or 4 cans of food to my shopping cart each time I went shopping. if I found stuff on sale, I'd buy several. We have some comfort items too and some stuff we think of as "trade items". (just in case) Every harvest season I add home grown/canned food. A couple years ago Mike surprised me with a freeze dryer for my birthday (YaY!). I went nuts and was freeze drying everything. I've slowed down since then and have started learning which herbs heal/treat which problems and I grow and freeze dry those herbs. My herbal pantry would have gotten me burned at the stake in the 1700's. Ha! I have a meal worm farm for my chickens and have been considering freeze drying some of them just to see what happens. To your point on the MRE's, Mike watches a guy on you tube who finds Really old MRE's, (even some from the 1800's), and tries them. He's alive and still making videos but I bet he's had some stomach aches.
I'm right there with you! I have "preached" this to so many. It is the way our ancestors did it too. It used to be normal. And like you stated it's really easy to start one. We also have some trade items too. We were the same with the freeze dryer and went crazy with it at first and now also slowed down. There used to be a place in Wisconsin that had commercial freeze dried stuff on clearance all the time and we bought those too. Very cool with the Meal worm farm! That is a great idea. I thought about making dog treats that are freeze dried and people spend more on their dogs then themselves. I may have watched that MRE guy. I have seen a few like that. Yea I bet he had a stomach ache as I used to get a stomach ache from the issued ones!
This is next level. You sir, are well prepared for almost anything. Great timing of the video as well..especially with the unexplained spy drones everywhere.
I hope We are prepared! We are working hard to build this homestead and you never know what will come next. My early retirement hit us a little hard and this pantry really helped!
I would take the screw lids off your canned jars. The screw lids can give a false closure. I saw you had a metal sheet on top of your lids. I won't stack jars on jars. Again false closure.
Thanks for the Tips on false closures and the need to take the screw lids off! As to the other ones ,those were not metals sheets. They are the thin plastic sheets made for the shelves. We have another metal shelf in storage and didn't have the space to store them yet when I filmed (working on that today). Putting that other shelf together today.
Sorry to say this but jarred food MUST BE KEPT IN THE DARK. You can hang thick curtains on the windows that do not let the light through.
We do have black out curtains (took them down for filming to get better light) We try to control light and temp as best we can. Thanks
I’ve been improving my pantry over the past 5-6 years. My problem in moving to Arkansas is storage. My new place has no basement. So, I lost my storage space.
That’s a bummer to lose the basement space! We know all about that! Ours is now that temperature controlled insulated shed. We are making a much more robust storage in the 2nd building once it's finished. I'm still waiting on the spray foam insulation company. I plan on building a root cellar too to move a lot of this to.
Maybe some black out curtains or pull-down ones would help with the light disintegrating the foods. Can open the curtains as needed.
We do have black out curtains (took them down for filming to get better light) actually! The lighting in there films really yellow with the windows closed. My old camera I could adjust the color balance and this one not sure yet how to lol.