Everything starts with a thought 💭 😷 I have more than enough for this & my love ones Thank you!!!! You might wanna find your love one that thinks like me 😊💭. We have we did we will keep on keeping on 😊
Rule #1 You can never have too many beans, too much water, ammo or firearms. Like the Boy Scout’s Motto. Be prepared. This guy’s a former Army Ranger. Don’t think for a minute he’s showing everything. Much respect!
The home was not shown other than the kitchen and mech room. The outside of it is a designer's conformation they are in a worthy profession. But good on them. They have a good life.
Talking to a lot of other veterans I’ve found that many of them have seen just how bad a country can get. We have a great country and hopefully can keep it that way. There is a lot at stake.
DUDE! That is what I have been saying! If you see the trend, a lot of military veterans, especially special operators, have some sort of Prepping in their household.
Wow way out of reach. For most. It's nice he definitely deserves it. No doubt. . Tks for your service. Us poor folk we can get a little info. In between . All the fancy stuff... hats off....
Thank you, it has been a lifelong dream fulfilled! Hopefully a few of the techniques that we use here can be helpful to others that are working on their own set up. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Hello neighbor, I’m originally from Illinois and really appreciate all of the freedoms we enjoy in Missouri. I finished my career in the Army Engineer Corps and have massive respect for the Seabees!
That is a huge compliment from someone with so much experience, thank you!! This was the first year that we used neem on the corn and it was a resounding success 😊
Nice to see the younger generations " getting back to a more self sustained lifestyle". It certainly will wake some folks up, especially in these days of continuous upheaval... in many different ways. I'm so proud of what you, your wife, and the children continue to do... staying true to your core beliefs and reasons, will assure that you all will benefit as much as anyone... and the next generation downline from you... will continue the legacy! Here's to the closeness and you nurturing your family, and the continuous freedoms we so gratefully live within in OUR COUNTRY MY FRIEND! Respectfully, Seth
@@melinda5777 I think for preppers just starting out, a warmer climate will make things easier especially if you are short on resources. A warm climate with water resources and away from low-lying hurricane prone areas will make survival much easier.
Always happy to meet a fellow veteran! I’ve linked up with a lot of other veterans through Farmer Veteran Coalition and especially after writing my book. Did a veteran farm tour in June also, it was awesome!
He doesn't care, he'd probably gladly take care of business if needed. He might even save some meat in the freezer for the apocalypse:) Dude is a legend.
I think that’s a very good point to keep in mind. A lot of people might get discouraged trying to take on a project this big. But scaling it down or doing it in pieces is what makes it really possible and accessible for more people. When we built the original piece, it was so small that the whole family slept in the living room because the bedrooms were a later addition. Sort of like all the big problems, you have to divide them up into small manageable pieces.😊
@HomesteadRanger : We've managed to get most of these things on our 30 acre homestead, on a smaller scale, minus the livestock . Took 20 years, and it was still pretty expensive . I'm really glad I purchased the land before things went nuts .
I'm glad I've seen this tonight and thank you for sharing your inspiration with all of us. Most important thank you for your service. You have an amazing family. God bless!.
I am slowly establishing my little homestead and I want to introduce boer goats for meat. Could you suggest books or resources to help me on my journey? And what type of animal do you raise for milk? Ty@@HomesteadRanger
@@BNM-b7t I like la mancha goats for milk. The Tennessee meat goat website is a really good reference and I’m starting to build more content on the Homestead Ranger website and channel
What a awesome family. I see he picked up a spouse in Italy, classic Army. They all seem to be happy and living their best life. Great info from a true steward of the land. All love and respect from a 10Mountain brother.
Thanks so much, we modeled it after someplace that we stayed in the Alps. I lived over in that area for four years, off and on between deployments. One of my favorite places in the world!
Thank you very much for your service that helps keep us all safe. Fantastic video with much practical info and advice. You seem to be a wonderful, happy couple with a lovely family. I can't believe you have daughters of driving age. You both look so young and fit.
That’s so nice of you!!😊 This lifestyle has been great for our family and it’s nice to be at the point where we can start sharing the knowledge with our books and videos. It’s a great time to be more self-sufficient 😅!
Use the three sisters technique with your corn for the best yields; put your beans on the arches next door, letting them run over to the corn too and plant squash or pumpkin right between the rows of corn. All three will be super happy together.
Joshua Morris, congratulations on the homestead. I appreciate the knowledge you shared about the livestock and the land. You and family created an awesome homestead. I watched the vid on Stefano Creatini channel YT. I attempted to post this comment on Veteran Farmer Coalition website. I was unsuccessful bc i do not use facebook. *Stefano please share this comment with Joshua. Thank You.
My father-in-law has an inground tank he heats with firewood in a burner and that water is used for his in-floor heating system and for hot water in the faucets.
This would be the number one thing on my list that I would like to add to our Homestead. I designed and built a survival retreat for another family in our area and that was one of the centerpieces of there Homestead. The difference was they had more money when they started out and were able to plan for that added infra structure
I’m buying your book. I’ll buy the next one too if it’s called “how to find the right woman.” You’re both amazing. I’m a homesteader and you’re my new hero. Now I can dream.
Awesome, thanks for buying the book! 😎 That’s a good idea for the next book, but you might also like my homesteading fiction book, SAECULUM: Collapse. It actually does delve into the realm of relationships a bit. 😄
Unless you're extremely wealthy or have an inheritance coming, buying this kind of property is pretty much completely out of reach for most people right now. A few years ago you could get 30 acres in a remote area Missouri / Arkansas for $1000 - $2500 an acre. Now people are asking $10,000 per acre of totally undeveloped land.... we're talking land with no clearings, no rural water, electricity or anything else. I was lucky to get 30 acres and a house an hour from town before everything went up astronomically....but unless you're a multimillionaire, you're not gonna be homesteading on anything more than a couple of acres. My closest neighbors (about a mile down the road) bought their property right next to me in 2000 for $300 an acre!
It is very true That land prices have really skyrocketed. We were fortunate to have bought before Covid which in our area was the factor that caused everything to triple or quadruple in price as far as land goes. That being said, I would still go after most of the projects that we have completed, even if our land was much smaller. One to 45 acres of land has a lot of potential depending on the types of agriculture that somebody wants to practice. And I think raised bed gardening should be practiced by everyone, it really produces a lot of food in a small amount of space.😊
@@HomesteadRanger I agree that smaller tracts of land can have just as much potential - however even those tracts are priced much too high. For instance, I'm in a remote area of the Ozarks where a year ago raw land could be had for $1500 or less per acres. Until recently this was where you came to find cheap raw land, mostly for hunting. Now we're seeing remote land-locked parcels with no deeded access going for $5000 an acre, with land anywhere close to a county road going for at least $10,000 an acre. This is an area that is down 8 miles of ROUGH dirt road, far from the nearest 2-lane rural highway. The land has no improvements and in almost every case would require vast financial resources to improve. Just recently a 200 acre piece of raw land sold for nearly $1,000,000. A few years ago that same parcel would have maybe gone for $150 - $200k. I personally have experienced out-of-state "developers" who purchased a 40 acre parcel adjacent to me for $1k an acre, then tried to sell back a 10 acre parcel on my northern property border for $100,000! We're talking land that's basically on the side of mountain, heavily wooded and useless to anyone but myself as a "buffer". Lucky for me, my county has new subdivision laws that kept this particular developer from splitting his tract and ruining the lifestyle of existing rural landowners - but in many other areas this is a regular occurrence. Anyway - I'm just voicing my disappointment. Hopefully I'll be able to purchase more property adjacent to mine. For now I'm focused on making improvements to my (log) home, and tending to the 30 acres that I feel very lucky to have.
@@GuitarGunner that is for sure! We are seeing pretty much those exact numbers in our area. I would predict that these prices will level out for about six months and then go up again.
Oh boy, yes I can’t say enough good things about these! It’s a must have for gardening. Ours are around 3 feet tall. There’s a video of how I built them on the Homestead Ranger channel.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! My goal is often for people to try one or two of these things, maybe the raised beds or maybe a little solar. Every little bit helps!😊
@@HomesteadRanger I'm going in the direction of a windcatcher tower on the center of the north face, drawing from a buried evap ditch, fed by the outlet of my water treatment setup off my septic. Ionization of the air via the process kills any viruses and weighs down the dust in the air supplied to the house, which also passes out of the tower, and into the house, by passing through an indirect evap unit of my own design (using a gyroid pattern) at each main vent to each floor's main hallway. All room heating and cooling is done off this main hall. The center of the front south face has a windowed, trombe solar tower, which is used to heat in the winter when closed, and passes air through direct evap units at each floor, adding humidity (unlike the cooling tower units). Only one set of evap units, on one side of the house, are active at a time. In the summer, it acts as the outlet for the cross breeze created by the windcatcher tower at the other end, causing convection. There are also windows along the whole north face, using trombe wall/floor design to heat the home, along with the solar tower. The rooms heat up a lot, so they are of limited use, admittedly. The rest of the house is buried, using solatubes for light. This eliminates much of our former gas and electric bills for light, heating, and cooling. A hill top rain water cistern eliminates our water bill. My water heater idea is similar to yours...using sand as the heating medium, in a backup brick furnace I designed (which heats the front face of the house, to disperse the heat as it would normally via the trombe system), which has sand as a thermal mass layer/"insulator". Any leftover needs for electric, we will install a small solar setup, probably more than we need. I am planning not to mount them to the roof, to increase thermal efficiency of the panels, reduce wear and tear therefore. This also reduces installation costs. We plan to buy small hybrid turbodiesel indirect injection engines (3-4 cylinders), drop them in donor vehicles in fairly good shape, and produce our own biodiesel via corn ethanol and rapeseed oil (canola), and getting the additional ingredient from tree ash. That eliminates fuel costs, except on long trips. Further hybridization of a vehicle these engines are dropped into can be achieved as well. Our backup genset on the current home we're in is propane, just in case...so that will remain, and be used to create an uninterrupted power supply if power shuts off, whether grid or solar system. None of our lights or devices will cut off at all. We decided to go with a natural pool/pond to avoid most of the maintenance costs, although the upfront is more expensive (although nowhere near having someone else do all the work). I designed a brick oven wood heated hot tub and sauna set up..lol. I have been toying with the idea of a sand battery, as in using part of my oven sand layer to store heat, and perhaps a steam turbine to convert it to electricity, but it's very inefficient, and turbine can be expensive. I might be better off with regular batteries, as you have done. I like your reasoning for why you chose the batteries you did. I am trying to keep it as stone age as possible, to avoid need of replacement things that i cannot make myself. Obviously hinges do me in...lol. Before our design is finalized with our architect and engineer, we will be buying your book, and making sure I didn't miss anything. I have learned a lot about sustainable living over the last few years, and although we do not have the land to be self sustaining with food or wood, we have plenty of land around us, public, private, and corporate, to make just scavenging possible for wood, and hunting and gathering pretty assured. I even lead deer through an area to create a trail for them, and then slowly remove the salt licks, to get them to travel past my ideal hunting spot. I never hunt it. It's just in case...lol. Thanks again.
Thanks so much, efficiency really needs to be the goal when building homes. Then, rolling the savings back into something positive, that’s the real trick!
Liked the video, bought a hard cover book using your link, and just subscribed. It's nice to see someone else in the army when woodland was the in thing. My first squad leader in the 82 nd was SSG Morris.
Pumicecrete is by far the best building material on the planet Pumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water mixed and poured into a set of reusable forms walls are poured from 12"to 25" thick pumicecrete is fireproof termite proof rust rot and mold proof non toxic and has a high R value and good sound attenuation solid poured walls means no critters can live in your walls Pumicecrete can be built for a fraction of the cost and time and pumice is one of the few building materials that can go directly from the mine to the job site ready to use without any additional possessing and zero waste Take care Ray
Google pumice and concrete pumicecrete structures That's one of my builds and All the walls of my house are made of pumicecrete I've been a pumicecrete home builder for 30 years Take care Ray
That's great info but please, use punctuation and break up that long ass run on sentence. That was so difficult to read. Had to read it 3 times for it to make sense.
As much as I enjoy the idea of being like this guy, I just don't think I have the competence and drive to achieve such heights. Got some great ideas to implement though, and I very much appreciate this being shared.
That’s exactly what I hope for when sharing this, inspiring some ideas for those who’ve are searching for them! Thanks so much and enjoy your adventure!
10:01 We toss chard in the processor with sprouted nuts and seeds. After blending, we roll the muck thinly on parchment, score in 'inch' squares, and dehydrate for a couple-three days. . Part-way through, we drizzle a tiny dash of olive oil or coconut oil. We add a shake or three of smoked sea-salt. We sometimes sprinkle Italian seasoning, cinnamon and vanilla, or Five Spice. . [edited to add] Nutmeg?
@@HomesteadRanger being a veteran myself when I see such ingenuity and passion for your choices it gives me and many others guidance and encouragement. Thanks for sharing your homestead it’s amazing what you and your family have created .
Nice view from the yard. You have a nice creek. I only have 20 acres in the national forest. In south central Missouri I get to watch the loggers rape the surrounding forest currently. I am building all that right now on a much smaller scale. But there is only me and my sweetheart heading into retirement. I am jealous and impressed. Peace to you and yours.
Hello neighbor! South central Missouri is a great place to be. Those loggers can be hard on a place, especially if the soil is wet. We’ve found that the goats help rejuvenate those logged areas by keeping the undergrowth down 🐐 😊
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Such a great video Stefano! We love the way you tell this story and share this information! Very pertinent to our current times!
thank you for your wealth of knowledge. I am going to be applying lots of aspects to my own homestead!
@@HomesteadRanger Archaix channel will inform you on other things. phoenix reset for one. thanks your info. i just subbed to ya.
@@marshallz4thanks, contact me anytime!!😊
Everything starts with a thought 💭
😷 I have more than enough for this & my love ones Thank you!!!!
You might wanna find your love one that thinks like me 😊💭.
We have we did we will keep on keeping on 😊
@@alfredgales4834 never stop creating 😊
His appreciation for the land and history and safety of his family is so refreshing.
Like our frontier ancestors.
@@AvaGld2309 we really do have a culture deeply shaped by our frontier history 🙂
Rule #1 You can never have too many beans, too much water, ammo or firearms. Like the Boy Scout’s Motto. Be prepared. This guy’s a former Army Ranger. Don’t think for a minute he’s showing everything. Much respect!
100%
dude has won in life , beautiful wife , nice family , nice house , what more could you want
No doubt😅
The home was not shown other than the kitchen and mech room. The outside of it is a designer's conformation they are in a worthy profession. But good on them. They have a good life.
Jesus Christ and eternal life.
@@bogusienombre355 most definitely 😎
@@badger519 yes sir ☺️
The stone-work alone is amazing. This is what many years of dedication looks like. Congratulations!
Thanks so much, that’s exactly right, many many years!!😊
Someone with his experience and knowledge knows what may be coming.
Talking to a lot of other veterans I’ve found that many of them have seen just how bad a country can get. We have a great country and hopefully can keep it that way. There is a lot at stake.
DUDE! That is what I have been saying! If you see the trend, a lot of military veterans, especially special operators, have some sort of Prepping in their household.
@@matthewnguyen5829 literally every veteran that I know. Not in a hostile way, just general preparedness.
Wow way out of reach. For most. It's nice he definitely deserves it. No doubt. . Tks for your service. Us poor folk we can get a little info. In between . All the fancy stuff... hats off....
Thank you, it has been a lifelong dream fulfilled! Hopefully a few of the techniques that we use here can be helpful to others that are working on their own set up. Thanks so much for watching!!!
I live in Ozark mo.....so glad to see someone somewhere near me that is doing things right.... navy seabee here
Hello neighbor, I’m originally from Illinois and really appreciate all of the freedoms we enjoy in Missouri. I finished my career in the Army Engineer Corps and have massive respect for the Seabees!
Salute Brother. Gas Turbines here ..Peace
@@macmacdonald4996 nice, peace!
My man, you are living the life.
That sure is the truth!!
“IF YOU DON’T HAVE PEACE, YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHING.” --Joshua Morris. Love that quote.
Best Answer!!!! Thanks so much peace is so important!!😊
One of the best!!!
If you have your health, you have everything. Boy, am I finding this out, now age 67.
Some people love war.
@@elizabethjohnson475so important for everyone to remember 😊
As a grower for 20 years! That’s an amazing looking garden! Props to you and the wife! And neem oil is key! Happy growing 🙏🏻
That is a huge compliment from someone with so much experience, thank you!! This was the first year that we used neem on the corn and it was a resounding success 😊
I love everything you and the wife have done in your property. The house the animals the garden everything looks so perfect
Thanks so much! The amount of work has been tremendous but very much worth it!
Very nice love when 2 people come together and compliment each other so well looks like a great place to grow up
So true, this place has been amazing for the family!😊
Nice to see the younger generations " getting back to a more self sustained lifestyle". It certainly will wake some folks up, especially in these days of continuous upheaval... in many different ways. I'm so proud of what you, your wife, and the children continue to do... staying true to your core beliefs and reasons, will assure that you all will benefit as much as anyone... and the next generation downline from you... will continue the legacy!
Here's to the closeness and you nurturing your family, and the continuous freedoms we so gratefully live within in OUR COUNTRY MY FRIEND!
Respectfully, Seth
THanks so much for the encouragement, those next generations are so important and we need to always keep them in mind 😊
The most important part of this whole thing is having a supporting wife. Without her this could not be possible.
Very important observation and fact! The whole family has to work together to really succeed!
It could def be possible without her but she makes it much better , on the other hand it wouldn’t be possible without him
@@rootstriker1618 you’ve got to have the team 😀
@@rootstriker1618 not really. Trust me on this one. I know from experience.
This is the kinda homestead.That I dream of! This guy is definitely living my dream!
This is definitely a dream fulfilled 😅. I would do it all again!
It all up to you. You can do it
@@myurbangarden7695 that’s the spirit exactly, it’s the only way!!
@@myurbangarden7695 bingo, that’s the correct mindset 💯
5:15 Excellent to create your vacation fun things right into your home! Perfect for stay at home farmers lives.
Very nice feature as travel costs seem to just go up and up 😅
Very impressive. Thanks to Joshua Miller for his service on so many levels. Great work!
That’s so nice of you😊! It’s been my pleasure!!
Love love. This is the kind of life we should live-in harmony with nature, naturally.
@@startingoverbygraceevery day, all the time😊
What you have done for your family is such an inspiration to me. God bless you all!!
Thanks so much, it has been a lifelong calling, God bless you as well!
That 6 week, raised bed garden update is very impressive! You must have amazing soil!
Thank you, lots of 2 year old compost from the barn and also lots of coffee grounds. Plus, the best rains of any summer since we have been here.
Great house! Be glad you started young and pray your children will keep it up. Their very survival may need it! ✝️🙏❤🇺🇸 US Navy Veteran!
Lots of Navy veterans in my family, thank you for serving!! Having this experience and the resources for the children is definitely #1 😀!!
@HomesteadRanger I am looking for a place to go. My family has no clue and don't see what's going on. I feel bad for my Great Nephew and Nieces.
@@melinda5777 I think for preppers just starting out, a warmer climate will make things easier especially if you are short on resources. A warm climate with water resources and away from low-lying hurricane prone areas will make survival much easier.
You're a blessed man for sure.
Very cool homestead.
Thanks! We’ve been talking about what type of video to do next 🤔
I love this content! I'm a retired Marine and fellow homesteader in Tennessee and I love what this family has done for themselves.
Always happy to meet a fellow veteran! I’ve linked up with a lot of other veterans through Farmer Veteran Coalition and especially after writing my book. Did a veteran farm tour in June also, it was awesome!
Thank you for your service!
@@jmarley3839 it was an honor!!
This Squid salutes you Brother from Northern Maine. Peace and God Bless
@@macmacdonald4996 thank you and bless you also Brother!
Now this is living the dream
Doesn’t get any better!!!
First rule of having something like this, don’t tell anybody about it…
Oops 🤫
He doesn't care, he'd probably gladly take care of business if needed. He might even save some meat in the freezer for the apocalypse:)
Dude is a legend.
Second rule,, Never forget rule 1
@@RandyRaz1correct sir
Right! Shit popping off left and right
Even doing lots of the work yourself this is a multi million dollar homstead .
Much of this can be accomplished on a smaller scale .
I think that’s a very good point to keep in mind. A lot of people might get discouraged trying to take on a project this big. But scaling it down or doing it in pieces is what makes it really possible and accessible for more people. When we built the original piece, it was so small that the whole family slept in the living room because the bedrooms were a later addition. Sort of like all the big problems, you have to divide them up into small manageable pieces.😊
@HomesteadRanger : We've managed to get most of these things on our 30 acre homestead, on a smaller scale, minus the livestock .
Took 20 years, and it was still pretty expensive . I'm really glad I purchased the land before things went nuts .
@HomesteadRanger Thanks for sharing the tips and experience. Stay blessed
You’re welcome, thanks for watching this channel 😊
I'm glad I've seen this tonight and thank you for sharing your inspiration with all of us. Most important thank you for your service. You have an amazing family. God bless!.
Thanks so much! Such a great homesteading community out there and I appreciate you all!!
For some reason, this video hit me different. You are ALWAYS excellent, but this was just an awesome video. Can’t explain it. I LOVE your content.
Thank you, I appreciate it!!
Stefano has an eye for this kind of content, I’m always excited to see more from this channel 😁
Thank you!
What a safe place to live..I wanna live there..wonderful video..
Absolutely, safety is priceless! Unfortunately there are so many dangerous places in the world these days 🌍
As soon as She started Talking I Knew she was Italian ! Choi Bella !
Unmistakable ❤
Beautiful thank you for inviting us in
Thanks for watching ☺️
I enjoyed watching your video.
So happy for your beautiful family 😅
Thanks, I highly recommend the homestead lifestyle 😎
Thank you!!
Thank you ao much for sharing the Homestead Rangers off grid home. It was fantastic!
Stefano has a real gift for making these videos!
I am slowly establishing my little homestead and I want to introduce boer goats for meat. Could you suggest books or resources to help me on my journey? And what type of animal do you raise for milk? Ty@@HomesteadRanger
@@BNM-b7t I like la mancha goats for milk. The Tennessee meat goat website is a really good reference and I’m starting to build more content on the Homestead Ranger website and channel
My pleasure! Im glad you enjoyed it
The house is for sure cool, but the garden and livestock operations are amazing. They make it look easy.
Thank you so much for recognizing that! Everyone wants to focus on the home but personally, I am much more proud of our food production😊😊
Probably one of the healthiest gardens I've seen.
Thanks, having it at countertop height is really the main trick. Definitely enjoying that!
11:05 ‼️‼️😳🤯I can’t believe how much all those plants 🌱 in the raised beds grew! Especially the corn 🌽! 💪👍👏👌😁
Once we made the 6 week video, I couldn’t believe it myself😊. Rainiest summer that we’ve had in many years, it has been wonderful 😁
What a awesome family. I see he picked up a spouse in Italy, classic Army. They all seem to be happy and living their best life. Great info from a true steward of the land.
All love and respect from a 10Mountain brother.
Thanks so much brother, it means the world!! We have to live our best lives to honor those who didn’t make it. Stay strong!!😎
Not a ranger, but an afsoc retiree who has done essentially the same -- in Thailand. Started in 2006. Comfortably independent -- mostly. Good vid.
Awesome, good choice! Any expat groups or pages that you would recommend for others looking to do the same in Thailand?
They have done one of the best jobs I've ever seen, and I've watched a lot of videos.
I appreciate it, it means a lot to get such positive feedback!
Lovely family, wife seems solid and your building style is like my style. Love the quality of the video and I believe God favors you 🙏
Thanks so much! I hope you’re right about God, that’s the goal 🙏🏻
i have never wanted something so much in my life.
Bingo, that’s exactly it, I want what other men want, I just want it more.
Me too
The raised beds are lined up on the windows of the house to provide some cover. Recommended in some of the home hardening videos.
Can you recommend your favorite home hardening videos? I’d like to take a look
A lot of excellent though went into making this the way it’s been done. Thanks for sharing! 💪🏽😎🥇👍🏽
Thanks. It’s true, I like planning almost more than doing 😂. But we got it done 😅
The interior of the chalet looks beautiful.
Thanks so much, we modeled it after someplace that we stayed in the Alps. I lived over in that area for four years, off and on between deployments. One of my favorite places in the world!
How fantastic and clever these people are ❤
So happy to share a few ideas 😊
Thank you very much for your service that helps keep us all safe. Fantastic video with much practical info and advice. You seem to be a wonderful, happy couple with a lovely family. I can't believe you have daughters of driving age. You both look so young and fit.
That’s so nice of you!!😊 This lifestyle has been great for our family and it’s nice to be at the point where we can start sharing the knowledge with our books and videos. It’s a great time to be more self-sufficient 😅!
Use the three sisters technique with your corn for the best yields; put your beans on the arches next door, letting them run over to the corn too and plant squash or pumpkin right between the rows of corn. All three will be super happy together.
Best suggestion so far! I recognize this piece of native wisdom from our area, excellent advice!!
Amazing journey, I love being able to watch it. Thanks for including the world
Happy to help, there’s a great group of wonderful people with these interests; very inspiring!!
WOW.....OUTSTANDING.
Joshua Morris,
congratulations on the homestead. I appreciate the knowledge you shared about the livestock and the land. You and family created an awesome homestead.
I watched the vid on Stefano Creatini channel YT.
I attempted to post this comment on Veteran Farmer Coalition website. I was unsuccessful bc i do not use facebook.
*Stefano please share this comment with Joshua. Thank You.
Thanks so much, I’m a big fan of the farmer veteran coalition 😊
My father-in-law has an inground tank he heats with firewood in a burner and that water is used for his in-floor heating system and for hot water in the faucets.
This would be the number one thing on my list that I would like to add to our Homestead. I designed and built a survival retreat for another family in our area and that was one of the centerpieces of there Homestead. The difference was they had more money when they started out and were able to plan for that added infra structure
I wish I was younger and married to such a remarkable knowledgeable man.
That’s such a nice thing to say!
When you were younger you were interested in some jive turkey who could dance and belittle others you weren't interested in a guy like this
This is the first time I've ever seen a compliment like this towards a man.
Was thinking the same thing.
I’m buying your book. I’ll buy the next one too if it’s called “how to find the right woman.” You’re both amazing. I’m a homesteader and you’re my new hero. Now I can dream.
Awesome, thanks for buying the book! 😎 That’s a good idea for the next book, but you might also like my homesteading fiction book, SAECULUM: Collapse. It actually does delve into the realm of relationships a bit. 😄
Unless you're extremely wealthy or have an inheritance coming, buying this kind of property is pretty much completely out of reach for most people right now. A few years ago you could get 30 acres in a remote area Missouri / Arkansas for $1000 - $2500 an acre. Now people are asking $10,000 per acre of totally undeveloped land.... we're talking land with no clearings, no rural water, electricity or anything else. I was lucky to get 30 acres and a house an hour from town before everything went up astronomically....but unless you're a multimillionaire, you're not gonna be homesteading on anything more than a couple of acres. My closest neighbors (about a mile down the road) bought their property right next to me in 2000 for $300 an acre!
It is very true That land prices have really skyrocketed. We were fortunate to have bought before Covid which in our area was the factor that caused everything to triple or quadruple in price as far as land goes. That being said, I would still go after most of the projects that we have completed, even if our land was much smaller. One to 45 acres of land has a lot of potential depending on the types of agriculture that somebody wants to practice. And I think raised bed gardening should be practiced by everyone, it really produces a lot of food in a small amount of space.😊
@@HomesteadRanger I agree that smaller tracts of land can have just as much potential - however even those tracts are priced much too high. For instance, I'm in a remote area of the Ozarks where a year ago raw land could be had for $1500 or less per acres. Until recently this was where you came to find cheap raw land, mostly for hunting. Now we're seeing remote land-locked parcels with no deeded access going for $5000 an acre, with land anywhere close to a county road going for at least $10,000 an acre. This is an area that is down 8 miles of ROUGH dirt road, far from the nearest 2-lane rural highway. The land has no improvements and in almost every case would require vast financial resources to improve. Just recently a 200 acre piece of raw land sold for nearly $1,000,000. A few years ago that same parcel would have maybe gone for $150 - $200k. I personally have experienced out-of-state "developers" who purchased a 40 acre parcel adjacent to me for $1k an acre, then tried to sell back a 10 acre parcel on my northern property border for $100,000! We're talking land that's basically on the side of mountain, heavily wooded and useless to anyone but myself as a "buffer". Lucky for me, my county has new subdivision laws that kept this particular developer from splitting his tract and ruining the lifestyle of existing rural landowners - but in many other areas this is a regular occurrence.
Anyway - I'm just voicing my disappointment. Hopefully I'll be able to purchase more property adjacent to mine. For now I'm focused on making improvements to my (log) home, and tending to the 30 acres that I feel very lucky to have.
@@GuitarGunner that is for sure! We are seeing pretty much those exact numbers in our area. I would predict that these prices will level out for about six months and then go up again.
Real Estate prices go thru cycles...just like Economies
There is land in Oregon/wa that is still in 1k or less an acre. I’m sure that is not the only place.
Love the super tall raised beds....I am tall with a bad back
Oh boy, yes I can’t say enough good things about these! It’s a must have for gardening. Ours are around 3 feet tall. There’s a video of how I built them on the Homestead Ranger channel.
@@HomesteadRanger Your look taller than 3 feet...I have a 3x12 ft one....My dog jumps in and eats all my broccoli
@@JohnDoe-xu2vx😂yeah we had a corgi that would climb so he had to move to a relatives house
God, I would love a place like that. I've watched videos about earthship homes, dobb homes, etc. I'm in NW Missouri. Love it
Missouri is a wonderful state, so glad you enjoyed the video 😊! Keep an eye on this and also the homestead Ranger channel 😉
Great job! I’ve been prepping for years and now with my youngest daughter just graduating high school I think im ready. I love the castle/stone look
That’s such a great moment when you can finally say, I think I’m ready. Thanks so much, and congratulations on your success as well!
I am also a Morris from Georgetown, S.C. I just started looking at your video.
The Morris family is a good one😊. My ancestors got bounty lands in Missouri after the war of 1812, but spent generations in Illinois after that.
Really great video. Nice to know someone else is putting so much thought into these things, as I dip my toes in as well.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! My goal is often for people to try one or two of these things, maybe the raised beds or maybe a little solar. Every little bit helps!😊
@@HomesteadRanger I'm going in the direction of a windcatcher tower on the center of the north face, drawing from a buried evap ditch, fed by the outlet of my water treatment setup off my septic. Ionization of the air via the process kills any viruses and weighs down the dust in the air supplied to the house, which also passes out of the tower, and into the house, by passing through an indirect evap unit of my own design (using a gyroid pattern) at each main vent to each floor's main hallway. All room heating and cooling is done off this main hall.
The center of the front south face has a windowed, trombe solar tower, which is used to heat in the winter when closed, and passes air through direct evap units at each floor, adding humidity (unlike the cooling tower units). Only one set of evap units, on one side of the house, are active at a time. In the summer, it acts as the outlet for the cross breeze created by the windcatcher tower at the other end, causing convection.
There are also windows along the whole north face, using trombe wall/floor design to heat the home, along with the solar tower. The rooms heat up a lot, so they are of limited use, admittedly.
The rest of the house is buried, using solatubes for light.
This eliminates much of our former gas and electric bills for light, heating, and cooling. A hill top rain water cistern eliminates our water bill. My water heater idea is similar to yours...using sand as the heating medium, in a backup brick furnace I designed (which heats the front face of the house, to disperse the heat as it would normally via the trombe system), which has sand as a thermal mass layer/"insulator". Any leftover needs for electric, we will install a small solar setup, probably more than we need. I am planning not to mount them to the roof, to increase thermal efficiency of the panels, reduce wear and tear therefore. This also reduces installation costs.
We plan to buy small hybrid turbodiesel indirect injection engines (3-4 cylinders), drop them in donor vehicles in fairly good shape, and produce our own biodiesel via corn ethanol and rapeseed oil (canola), and getting the additional ingredient from tree ash. That eliminates fuel costs, except on long trips. Further hybridization of a vehicle these engines are dropped into can be achieved as well.
Our backup genset on the current home we're in is propane, just in case...so that will remain, and be used to create an uninterrupted power supply if power shuts off, whether grid or solar system. None of our lights or devices will cut off at all.
We decided to go with a natural pool/pond to avoid most of the maintenance costs, although the upfront is more expensive (although nowhere near having someone else do all the work). I designed a brick oven wood heated hot tub and sauna set up..lol.
I have been toying with the idea of a sand battery, as in using part of my oven sand layer to store heat, and perhaps a steam turbine to convert it to electricity, but it's very inefficient, and turbine can be expensive. I might be better off with regular batteries, as you have done. I like your reasoning for why you chose the batteries you did. I am trying to keep it as stone age as possible, to avoid need of replacement things that i cannot make myself. Obviously hinges do me in...lol.
Before our design is finalized with our architect and engineer, we will be buying your book, and making sure I didn't miss anything. I have learned a lot about sustainable living over the last few years, and although we do not have the land to be self sustaining with food or wood, we have plenty of land around us, public, private, and corporate, to make just scavenging possible for wood, and hunting and gathering pretty assured. I even lead deer through an area to create a trail for them, and then slowly remove the salt licks, to get them to travel past my ideal hunting spot. I never hunt it. It's just in case...lol.
Thanks again.
This is amazing! Us Morris folks are quite creative. HAHA.
Good stock😅!!
Looks like a PERFECT PARADISE!
It’s hard to imagine anything better 😁, except maybe without the ticks
THANK YOU,,, BLESSINGS
I appreciate it!!
Wow! Very impressive!
Thanks, I love the way Stefano Creatini does his videos!
Amazing. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome, the response has been great, we appreciate it!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video, they've thought of everything. So well done
So glad youliked it, can’t wait to make the next one!
So well done!!!
Thanks so much, viewers on this channel have been very encouraging 😊
That was incredible!
This really was well made!
Amazing video, thank you for sharing!
This channel is awesome!!
beautiful Homestead
Thanks so much, I have a feeling that there is going to be a lot more beautiful and innovative content on this channel!
Beautiful and very efficient place! Excellent. 👍
Thanks so much, efficiency really needs to be the goal when building homes. Then, rolling the savings back into something positive, that’s the real trick!
Salute excellence respect the sacrifice stay safe
Thanks so much, very important to keep up morale 😊
This is dope!! This is my wife and I dream.
Really has been a dream, I can’t believe we made this happen, never ever give up!!😅
Thanks for This video I actually needed some encouragement
Awesome, you’re so welcome! That’s what it’s all about 😊
What an impressive garden😮
Thank you so much, I am so glad we built tall raised beds because they are so easy on my back and there are a lot less weeds to pull 😊
Liked the video, bought a hard cover book using your link, and just subscribed. It's nice to see someone else in the army when woodland was the in thing. My first squad leader in the 82 nd was SSG Morris.
Small world! Thanks for all of your support. Veterans have to stick together, stay in touch 😊
@@HomesteadRanger it really is a small world. Since I left my first comment I did find your channel and subscribe to the correct one. Take care.
@@donaldmatthies6026thanks, it’s been fun making these videos, expect more in the near future
Awesome video love what you guys are doing. We are located near Gravette not too far from you guys. Do you have a video on your pond build?
Hi neighbors!! I describe building the pond in the book but wasn’t making any videos back then. The most important thing is finding the right spot
Pumicecrete is by far the best building material on the planet Pumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water mixed and poured into a set of reusable forms walls are poured from 12"to 25" thick pumicecrete is fireproof termite proof rust rot and mold proof non toxic and has a high R value and good sound attenuation solid poured walls means no critters can live in your walls Pumicecrete can be built for a fraction of the cost and time and pumice is one of the few building materials that can go directly from the mine to the job site ready to use without any additional possessing and zero waste Take care Ray
I’m fascinated by this! Where can I find more information?
Google pumice and concrete pumicecrete structures
That's one of my builds and
All the walls of my house are made of pumicecrete
I've been a pumicecrete home builder for 30 years
Take care Ray
@@HomesteadRangerI’m going to Google to find out more. Never heard of it before. 😊
Fascinating! Thanks for the info!😊
That's great info but please, use punctuation and break up that long ass run on sentence. That was so difficult to read. Had to read it 3 times for it to make sense.
Excellent video - Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for the video and the book!
We are happy for your homestead and wish you continued success and God’s blessings!
Thanks so much, many blessings to you as well!
@@HomesteadRanger Thank you! Will I be able to funds your book on Amazon?
Yeah, link in the video
Great video and good to see you thriving in such a wonderful place
Thanks so much, we love 🇺🇸
Guys my hero!
Thanks Mr. Brock, don’t forget to subscribe to this and the homestead Ranger channel 😎
Great video and informative.
So glad you liked it! Sharing the knowledge and experience is what it’s all about 😊
As much as I enjoy the idea of being like this guy, I just don't think I have the competence and drive to achieve such heights. Got some great ideas to implement though, and I very much appreciate this being shared.
That’s exactly what I hope for when sharing this, inspiring some ideas for those who’ve are searching for them! Thanks so much and enjoy your adventure!
Thank you Stefano, the video looks great !! Love sharing our homestead story with others 😀
thank you for sharing your story, I learned a lot from your homestead.
Good,job guys !
Thanks, this lifestyle has been wonderful!
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We toss chard in the processor with sprouted nuts and seeds.
After blending, we roll the muck thinly on parchment, score in 'inch' squares, and dehydrate for a couple-three days.
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Part-way through, we drizzle a tiny dash of olive oil or coconut oil.
We add a shake or three of smoked sea-salt.
We sometimes sprinkle Italian seasoning, cinnamon and vanilla, or Five Spice.
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Nutmeg?
Oh yes, that’s good stuff!!
Sounds really tasty, I might have to try it. Thanks for sharing!!😊
I just love this stuff
I’m always excited for the next video on this channel!
wonderful place you have there sir and wish you the very best
Thank you so much, I love hearing the positive feedback! Hopefully others can become more self-sufficient soon!
@@HomesteadRanger being a veteran myself when I see such ingenuity and passion for your choices it gives me and many others guidance and encouragement. Thanks for sharing your homestead it’s amazing what you and your family have created .
@@lewisgarland4025 thanks brother, you might like to check out the farmer veteran coalition, it’s a great organization for vets with similar interests
Just happened across this video. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!
It’s great to see how much interest there is in this type of lifestyle!
Very cool video! Thanks for sharing
I’m so glad you enjoyed, thank you for watching!
Fantastic, bravo!
Thanks, the lifestyle has been worth it 😊
This guy is a genius!
Thanks, very grateful for all of the blessings 😊
Living the dream. Much love from South Australia.
Thanks so much, lots of love to all of our cousins down under!!!
Nicely done, such a beautiful property!
We agree!
As a prepper this setup is my wet dream.
Of course it is😂
A former army ranger, alone in his homestead bunker house, in the middle of nowhere. Sounds like the start of a Hollywood movie.
Thanks for sharing this. 🐐
So happy you enjoyed it 😊
Nice view from the yard. You have a nice creek. I only have 20 acres in the national forest. In south central Missouri I get to watch the loggers rape the surrounding forest currently. I am building all that right now on a much smaller scale. But there is only me and my sweetheart heading into retirement. I am jealous and impressed.
Peace to you and yours.
Hello neighbor! South central Missouri is a great place to be. Those loggers can be hard on a place, especially if the soil is wet. We’ve found that the goats help rejuvenate those logged areas by keeping the undergrowth down 🐐 😊