I grew up on a dead end road in a small rural town.There were pastures behind the house and oak forests just on the other side of our dirt and gravel driveway.When my father changed the oil on the family vehicles he just let oil run down the drive and the raked dirt and gravel over it,as he claimed he was making an asphalt drive. That driveway,house ,woods,pastures are long gone .covered in concrete. I miss my Dad and some of the crazy things he did.
Hey you are right. Homesteading is hard!! Lol thank you so much. I just found your channel two days ago and it’s unbelievable because I been watching videos in this way of life for years. You remind me that to be happy you really don’t need a whole lot. All this material stuff we chase around acquiring throughout our lives don’t actually make us happy in the end. The older I get, the more I come to believe I just want to focus on family, raise my own food, raise my own livestock, and just be left alone. I am trying my darnedest to get out of the rat race and start living. I don’t want to work for the man the rest of my life then die. Again I say thank you for your words and expression.
I bought solar battery packs for freezers, fridge, lights etc but I made my own for a window AC because of frequent storms in Louisiana. Solar is very useful if you learn to use it effectively and take full advantage of direct DC powered devices like lights, fans, water heaters, chargers, radios etc and 12v DC cookers. I use rice cookers that are matched to 100w 12v solar panels. You can easily heat a greenhouse to protect winter plants with 12-24v DC water heaters in barrels or 5 gallon buckets connected straight to proper panels to store heat.
You are so right about young people getting squeezed. Also my family is from KY and TN and moved to Ohio for economics and we traveled that same highway! 😊 I have been in corporate America since 1988 and moved from OH to GA to keep my job. Still traveling that hwy too!
Here in south Louisiana I generally sell okra every summer, this year it has been hard whether it is the economy or everyone had a good crop this year .I had to throw away a bushel of okra yesterday. Had a lady call last night and wanted okra, I told her I am letting my okra go to seed because of the low demand. I 've been teaching for 28 yrs making that 160 mile a day ride. So the summer time is when I plant my crops to sell to help supplement my income, true fully I generally go in the hole but I enjoy farming .I fill my freezers generally live off the land. The folks I work with have nothing in common, they are city folks that can't seem to figure me out. I always tell them when I hear gun shots at night it is usually someone shooting an armadillo or bull eyeing.Where these people live when they hear gun shots ,its people shooting one another, this why I drive 160 miles a day.
We moved to Detroit when I was little and lived there 7 1/2 yrs. I understand!! Gunshot around here is someone is target practicing or some varmint was a problem.
Well said my friend! We use to have real reporting, now we have campaign sponsored reporting. Chinese interest own 90% of the pork operations and about 75% of the poultry. What do you think they are going to do when things get tight....the food will go to China. The problem with out school system is the parents. If you take initiative to change the curriculum, it will never change. My parents also took an interest in our education and kept an eye on our learning.
It`s how Southerners were raised. If you have soil and space and don`t grow food and keep chickens or you refuse to prepare for storms in hurricane country you have serious issues in my opinion. I know someone who "doesn`t have time" to plant a garden because he`s "gaming" and watching movies for hours each day. To me that`s ridiculous!
Ah, the old oil dump/pit. Yep, granddad had one, and the sandy dirt there was rock hard! I wouldn't have one myself these days, unless I had no other disposal option. It just makes sense to me to not poop in my own nest. But there's no point in being mad at what our elders did back before they knew better, just do better yourself now if you can. I WISH I knew how to do all the hands-on gardening, farming and animal husbandry stuff those grandparents did! Also... thanks for skipping the politics while giving a great answer on the kinds of reasons people have for wanting to homestead. Even if someone's politics drives them towards it as an application of their beliefs, it certainly is by no means the case that everyone who is a certain way will want to do this, or that they are the only ones doing it.
I lost my business due to thefts and health issues caused by a car accident. Doctors advised me to go on disability in 2007. I refused, wound up homeless for years and nearly died. In 2020 I took their advice to save my own life. I live in a camper trailer, no car, and only have medical transportation. So my efforts to grow food and be prepared are because of necessity and the need to keep moving and thinking. If I want a fresh vegetable, berry or fruit I have to grow it. I haven`t been in a store since early 2021.
@@CollegeHillFarm I`ve lost a lot of weight. I eat sadines, salmon and tuna that I order. I order everything and it costs so much. My fresh vegetables keep me healthy but I rarely eat over 1000 calories each day....usually about 600.
the healthcare wouldnt be that bad if the insurance companies werent in bed with the doctors. the doctors raise the price up knowing they r going to get negotiated down by insurance so they get the money the wanted in the first place.but if you or me gotta pay were stuck with an artificaly inflated price though they do usually cut u a deal if your paying out of pocket. but i dont believe government funded healthcare is the answer either usually anything they stick there nose in they screw up and i hear people from canada complain about their healthcare all the time. its ok if you get a cold or break an arm but anything more in depth your waiting for ever nd not getting the care you need. ive seen a couple few canadian youtubers i watch complain about this and they say if someone has money in canada and they need good healthcare they fly down to the states to get it
@@CollegeHillFarm just had an uncle die waiting to see the doctor about a liver transplant I think they make older patients or ones that caused their own problem wait and to see if they die first so they don't have to worry about it.
I grew up on a dead end road in a small rural town.There were pastures behind the house and oak forests just on the other side of our dirt and gravel driveway.When my father changed the oil on the family vehicles he just let oil run down the drive and the raked dirt and gravel over it,as he claimed he was making an asphalt drive. That driveway,house ,woods,pastures are long gone .covered in concrete. I miss my Dad and some of the crazy things he did.
I miss mine too.
Hey you are right. Homesteading is hard!! Lol thank you so much. I just found your channel two days ago and it’s unbelievable because I been watching videos in this way of life for years. You remind me that to be happy you really don’t need a whole lot. All this material stuff we chase around acquiring throughout our lives don’t actually make us happy in the end. The older I get, the more I come to believe I just want to focus on family, raise my own food, raise my own livestock, and just be left alone. I am trying my darnedest to get out of the rat race and start living. I don’t want to work for the man the rest of my life then die. Again I say thank you for your words and expression.
I have found that in this life we make our peace and make our happiness. I ain't up to nobody else.
Thanks for sharing Joel. I enjoyed this.
thank you
Old Hippie! I love it. Great description. That's me too.
yep some people think that is derogatory term but not me.
Amen, brother.
Thank you
I bought solar battery packs for freezers, fridge, lights etc but I made my own for a window AC because of frequent storms in Louisiana. Solar is very useful if you learn to use it effectively and take full advantage of direct DC powered devices like lights, fans, water heaters, chargers, radios etc and 12v DC cookers. I use rice cookers that are matched to 100w 12v solar panels. You can easily heat a greenhouse to protect winter plants with 12-24v DC water heaters in barrels or 5 gallon buckets connected straight to proper panels to store heat.
I can't wait to get my solar hook up.
@@CollegeHillFarm Solar is really useful. Study about it and make full use of it. Panels put out 80% after 20 years!
Hello, from Tulsa. OK.
Welcome aboard!
You are so right about young people getting squeezed. Also my family is from KY and TN and moved to Ohio for economics and we traveled that same highway! 😊 I have been in corporate America since 1988 and moved from OH to GA to keep my job. Still traveling that hwy too!
I remember as a kid coming back to Kentucky at least every other month till we just moved back.
The first thing I do at the break of dawn is carry seeds and fresh water out to the wild birds and say hello to the bunny in my yard.
I like to go out to the barn and watch the sun rise.
Here in south Louisiana I generally sell okra every summer, this year it has been hard whether it is the economy or everyone had a good crop this year .I had to throw away a bushel of okra yesterday. Had a lady call last night and wanted okra, I told her I am letting my okra go to seed because of the low demand. I 've been teaching for 28 yrs making that 160 mile a day ride. So the summer time is when I plant my crops to sell to help supplement my income, true fully I generally go in the hole but I enjoy farming .I fill my freezers generally live off the land. The folks I work with have nothing in common, they are city folks that can't seem to figure me out. I always tell them when I hear gun shots at night it is usually someone shooting an armadillo or bull eyeing.Where these people live when they hear gun shots ,its people shooting one another, this why I drive 160 miles a day.
We moved to Detroit when I was little and lived there 7 1/2 yrs. I understand!! Gunshot around here is someone is target practicing or some varmint was a problem.
Thanks for keeping it neutral. I hate when people let politics become their personality.
It is not necessary. I hate identity politics. I am a policy man. I don't care which party. It is all about the policies to me.
Well said my friend! We use to have real reporting, now we have campaign sponsored reporting. Chinese interest own 90% of the pork operations and about 75% of the poultry. What do you think they are going to do when things get tight....the food will go to China. The problem with out school system is the parents. If you take initiative to change the curriculum, it will never change. My parents also took an interest in our education and kept an eye on our learning.
Mine too. I never meet a parent that surprised me.
It`s how Southerners were raised. If you have soil and space and don`t grow food and keep chickens or you refuse to prepare for storms in hurricane country you have serious issues in my opinion. I know someone who "doesn`t have time" to plant a garden because he`s "gaming" and watching movies for hours each day. To me that`s ridiculous!
Yes, our southern ancestors operated in an agrarian society. It was one’s duty to till the soil. We’ve long forgotten that.
Yep most of the time it is the lifestyle they were raised in. I like video games but don't let them rule.
Homesteading is a way of life for individuals who choose to live on their own terms and independent from most of the commercial crud
Ah, the old oil dump/pit. Yep, granddad had one, and the sandy dirt there was rock hard! I wouldn't have one myself these days, unless I had no other disposal option. It just makes sense to me to not poop in my own nest. But there's no point in being mad at what our elders did back before they knew better, just do better yourself now if you can. I WISH I knew how to do all the hands-on gardening, farming and animal husbandry stuff those grandparents did!
Also... thanks for skipping the politics while giving a great answer on the kinds of reasons people have for wanting to homestead. Even if someone's politics drives them towards it as an application of their beliefs, it certainly is by no means the case that everyone who is a certain way will want to do this, or that they are the only ones doing it.
Nothing I would ever say would change anyone's political mind.
I lost my business due to thefts and health issues caused by a car accident. Doctors advised me to go on disability in 2007. I refused, wound up homeless for years and nearly died. In 2020 I took their advice to save my own life. I live in a camper trailer, no car, and only have medical transportation. So my efforts to grow food and be prepared are because of necessity and the need to keep moving and thinking. If I want a fresh vegetable, berry or fruit I have to grow it. I haven`t been in a store since early 2021.
Another failing of our system.
@@CollegeHillFarm I`ve lost a lot of weight. I eat sadines, salmon and tuna that I order. I order everything and it costs so much. My fresh vegetables keep me healthy but I rarely eat over 1000 calories each day....usually about 600.
the healthcare wouldnt be that bad if the insurance companies werent in bed with the doctors. the doctors raise the price up knowing they r going to get negotiated down by insurance so they get the money the wanted in the first place.but if you or me gotta pay were stuck with an artificaly inflated price though they do usually cut u a deal if your paying out of pocket. but i dont believe government funded healthcare is the answer either usually anything they stick there nose in they screw up and i hear people from canada complain about their healthcare all the time. its ok if you get a cold or break an arm but anything more in depth your waiting for ever nd not getting the care you need. ive seen a couple few canadian youtubers i watch complain about this and they say if someone has money in canada and they need good healthcare they fly down to the states to get it
Took me 6 months to get in to see a rheumatologist. Our healthcare system is fubar. Only the wealthy say lets go to down to the states.
You are spot on my friend. Love that you shared your pearls of wisdom.
@@CollegeHillFarm just had an uncle die waiting to see the doctor about a liver transplant I think they make older patients or ones that caused their own problem wait and to see if they die first so they don't have to worry about it.
@windzer I feel the same way.