Yes I agree you are very inspiring. I have to tell you I am a total failure when it comes to growing anything but flowers. However, this year I am determined to try growing veggies. Also, my homesteader bestie has been guiding me to start practicing homesteading techniques before we jump into that lifestyle. So I have started to order some things and am going to try some of your ideas and recipes. I'm determined and with God's help and blessing, I should be able to get it like others have. Can't wait to find a property of our own (hubby and me and son and pup) to get growing a garden. Thank you for being so honest in your approach and keeping Jesus 1st in all you do. You are a blessing and I am learning lots....even at 58 years of age! Hugs and God bless you!
Hello I don't know if anyone else is watching this video due to the Coronavirus and food shortages. Your videos are right on time. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
I sure can see why he married you. You have such a delightful personality! I love the way you giggle when you are tickled. Thanks for sharing this with us.
STARRY !!!! OMG !!! I DID IT !!!! My better half made me a solar dehydrator , almost the same size as yours and it worked ! We now have some dried celery for this winter . I'm so proud of us . We grew our own veggies and they did pretty good . some better than others and the celery was perfect . I just want to say Thank You . Every year we're doing a little better with the garden and storing away for winter . Thanks again ! xoxo
Starry, I look forward to your videos so much. They bring me such joy. I appreciate how positive, upbeat, and energetic you always are. You're so down to earth and I easily relate to you and what you are doing. Thanks so much!
Love these older videos (as well as new ones!) Starry. I've got 4 electric dehydrators for the big summer harvesting crush but being in arid Eastern Washington it would make sense to have a Mr. Hilder-style dehydrator too. No BTE garden here so my one-time growing celery was delicious...what little the humans got of it. The slugs made a feast of it. Apparently I've been wasting resources blanching celery before dehydrating it, I'll be cutting out that step now thank you! Have a great week!
Lol. Starry you are so cute and bubbly. You're infectious with your joy! And your pronunciation of "celery" is adorable. Loving the videos! Learning lots that is helping me on my own journey of growing my own food! Keep it up!
+Krystal Everett Thank you..too sweet...Im glad your not irritated by my pronunciation of some words..had a speech impairment from childhood...my husband laves and corrects me EVERYTIME!!!
I just found you a couple weeks ago . . love you!! Learning so much and we are trying to be more resourceful and trying the BTE garden, this our first year! We've always canned, freeze and use the (electric) dehydrator but we're going to make one of your solar ones!! Thank you so so much for all of your information. We're in Michigan so definitely our earth is different but we're going to be so blessed I can feel it already! Thank you so much Starry!!
Hi Starry, I must say that I just found u and completely hooked not only on your beautiful personally and up lifting spirit, but also on your and your husband's skills. I have learned so much and know I have much more to learn. Thanks so much and keep it up. love love love your video's
Starry! I have one of those old fashioned colanders as you call them. I saved it from my mom's stuff when she died. I never thought about using it with the celery leaves. Kudos to the mister for making the dehydrator for you. I really like the design of the smaller one you showed us. I'd vote for a bigger version of that since its more enclosed and would protect the food more from insects and birds. 4 days to dry huh? I'm in SE TN so with the humidity here would probably take longer. I do have the All American Sun oven but like you said not much room. Great video on a must have skill.
Starry, I love watching your videos! I absolutely love this one as I am an herb freak! I loved the old colander(gonna find me one)! I love to see people use items in different and unique ways! Just a lot of really great ideas and inspiration for me in this video! And I love the music and always love the scriptures at the end of the video. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach what you have learned!!!
Fantastic Praise the Lord. Love the dehydrator. Preserving health food with what the Good lord has provided for us. Very good useful information. I am going to build me one right away. Just love it! Thank you so much.
I have two of those colanders they were my Grandmas I love using them. I always look forward to you next video and bring the LORD along for the ride we all need him in our life to help us along the way in this crazy world we live in not like the 50s and 60s. Thank You and God Bless you both until your next video.
Lol! My grandmother did have the very same colander set up which she used for canning. Although celery is a staple for me I never considered growing it because of things my mother had said. She tried to grow it when I was a child and said it was too difficult because you had to use tile tubes for it to grow tall and it never worked for her. I suppose I had always taken her word for it therefore I never tried. But this next year because I do luv celery so, the promise to myself I make is it will be in my own garden. Really enjoyed this video. I have dried products on screens outdoors for years, but I surely liked the one that the Mister made for you. Thank you for sharing.
I love dehydrating, and have wanted an additional outdoor dehydrator for some time now, and this is it! This is the one I want. Nice size, plenty of protection, and works just right. Thank you so much for the video, I'm getting the materials for this one next week. I can even use it inside in the winter too! Hair dryer or fan in winter, and sunshine in summer! LOL I just love a "machine" that does double duty! Bless, Sheila
I love dehydrated celery! drying it intensifies the flavor somehow. I think it adds more flavor than fresh celery to soups, stews, and hotdishes. Here in AZ it's so dry that all we have to do with the celery leaves (and other herbs too) is just lay them on the table on a paper towel. In a couple hours they're nice and crispy.
Great video. And such enthusiasm that it rubs off on the watcher. The number of times I’ve thrown surplus celery, especially the leaves onto the compost heap, I could’ve been doing this instead. And the way things are going, we will not be able to use our fancy electrical appliances and gadgets.
starry, I did celery like that without blanching, and it is awful! it stays tough and doesn't rehydrate...maybe homegrown works better but I thought I would let you know that blanching before dehydrating from now on for me...PS...LOVE the solar dehydrator! thanks for sharing as usual =)
Thanks again Starry for sharing this. I am so excited to try this. I feel like God brought me to your channel. We serve an awesome God. Your sister in Christian Jesus.
Thanks---I hope to learn and practice dehydrating things---but I have to learn to garden successfully first. Again--thank you for caring enough to share what you know.
wow that's the most informative thing ive ever heard and Im a hillbilly/Cherokee. using the colander was stroke of genius thanks a ton Starry ya awesome
I'm so happy I found your channel Star :) Can't wait to learn about your BTE! Absolutely beautiful that you give God Glory!! May He continually bless you and yours :)
Starry. Thanks so much for this video and your detailed information. It gives me a good idea that I don't need an expensive dehydrator. I have the perfect place. Thanks.
I think that i am going to try this back to Eden method. I had a lot of bug problems here in NC. I had a great watermelon patch but the bugs got to it ;-( I got a few cantaloupes. Any ways, I have a good space in my back yard where I can try this. I loved seeing how much you were growing in your garden. Awesome. I'd be canning and dehydrating things too!
I love your dehydrated. Told my husband I'd like one like multi shelf one. It would work great outback on patio.I live in Florida and have a lot of sun. We live in a mobile home park so I do the best I can.
I love your stuff! so relaxing just watching. Makes me want to be able to do it. I want to quit the corporate world and wish I could live simpler (although I know it is hard work.
Great idea with the collander. I've got one of those. Never would have thought you could grind dry leaves down to powder with one of those. One less requirement for electricity. Thanks.
Hello former Wisconsinites,(John Szewczyk here)who guys have some awesome videos here of your new life in and around Bonners Ferry,Idaho ,what a beautiful mountain country! Did Shep and you do all the building/carpentry on your new home? It looks great! I like that acid stain compass you were working on for your concrete. Cheers,and God Bless ! John
+John Szewczyk Wow a blast from the past!! funny how small the word really is!!! We are actually more towards the border towards Montana..Bonners Ferry moyie Springs Porthill are neighbors...we live right on the side of the Seilkirk mountains which im sure you can see from the video!! We love it and wil Never go back to Wisconsin...(sorry wisco:)) We had the shell put up but thats it. ALOT of labor to finish it off..man lots of labor! We had built a log home in LCD outside of Woodruff about 7 years ago all by hand...we did EVERYthing..from the building to the electrical ( had hydro,) the plumbing, shower building...you name it. so from that project we learned well!! We still have more to do on this homestead but we are busy living life and enjoying. TOO MUCH fun!!! Hope all is well with you!! God bless you to and so glad you found us in t his big world!!!
Hahaaaa! Thanks. You know, I do better in the winter here (indoor garden) than summer. Gonna make a DIY planter with casters, grow-lighting, and drainage. It will be unique. Last year I devised some storage tubs with dirt. It worked, but I can do better.
God it looks nice where you live I'm from the UK and I have just started to put the heating on in our house but at least I have great uploads coming from Starry thanks mate
Starry , you are one awesome chick!! Love your channel! Starry i had some own growed sellery and i dried it in my food dehydrator ! Than i did grind it extra fine in my coffeebeangrinder, and now its like powder! good for soup!! all the best Jack!
Great info Starry as usual I'm gonna start dehydrating some veggies or try to maybe ill show my husband this video & when i come home one day ill have a homemade dehydrator too! Lol! Hey it might work who knows!😃
I use my colander to sift dehydrated Kale too! Gets the tough stems out. I am enjoying your channel. We are set to go off grid this summer! 2018 is build year.
I'm sorry for all the questions! I'm learning so much about homesteading. Newbie here! Is there any way that you or Mr. Hilder can do a tutorial on how to build either one of your solar dehydrators? I've seen a lot online, but they look way too complex for me.
Love all of your videos. You are an inspiration! I dehydrate food all the time with an electric dehydrator but have been wanting a solar one. I do wonder how the food would dehydrate in all the hot, humid weather that the Deep South has though. I would not want the food to mold or mildew! I am only about 80 miles from the gulf and we hardly ever get weather that isn't hot and humid.
always great info Starry I have one of the sive's you use but it didn't come with the wood crusher I still have to find one of those. can't wait for next year's garden.
Love your videos, grand baby just love to watch your videos, she love your hair, said again nana . Ask a lot of questions. about what you are doing. Then tell papa you make that for nana, then papa said what ,then she points and said watch her.. I just laugh because it priceless. See my granddaughter is very small and has red hair she 3 and has papa around her finger.haha. Great video, make one this spring.thank you
Smell o vision please lol. That celery looks great. I have never tried growing celery. Never had any celery besides from the store. I'm going to have to try that.
why not the sun? I remember my dad tell us that they would even use the metal roofing for dehydrating, we so enjoy your common sense, ring our bell approach to things we have forgotten about in life. THANK YOU
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Yeah. I've been thinking about that. I might have to get my Sam to make me one. She is good at that sort of think. But I think I would like to have grass above it so it will be the critters and bugs of of it. Just one of my health things. I think I do have a design I like around here somewhere.
fair enough. prob why I like watching you then. my family and friends think I'm wierd. I made my own almond milk today. never done anything like that before, and so easy lol
i meant 2 say this sooner, but came bck 2 show my partner ur 'small' dehydrator, lol- so, will tell u now! your small dehydrator is pretty much an exact replica of the fridge my folks used when i was a little girl- it was in r dark pantry on the north n east walls corner- circa 1960- there was a screened vent 4 cool air intake next 2 the floor, n another one up by the ceiling 4 hot air outlet, no fans- had sorta like rabbit wire screening over the vents n fridge 2, then fine screening over all, 2 keep out fruity flies 2 lol- n y'know, it'd work these days the same way- food 4 thot- thnx 4 sharin, brot bck nice memories, n good ideas- tc n GB!
I enjoy the videos and learning how to use the produce from the garden, Thank You, what does the celery look like when it is rehydrated and how's the taste and texture ?
+Donna Reeves I just cut the celery stalk bottom and plant it directly into the ground. My celery reproduces every year. It even makes it through the SC Piedmont winters. I cover it up really good when fall comes. I do container gardening. No need to put it in water first.
How are you chopping the celery without eating half of it!! You have inspired me to try growing some myself. I have 20 good sprouts so far. Wish me luck.
thank you I learned a lot. I have a few questions. Do you vacuum seal your jars of dehydrated food? How do you keep bugs (ants flies etc) out of your outdoor dehydrator? What did you use for the bottom (the part you laid the celery on?
Hey Starry; My wife saw your canning video and were Impressed with your caned butter. The only problem is that She would like to know how to can butter. if you have a video on this can you tell us where? We have tried to find it but have not been able to. If you have not made the video could you please do so. We both enjoy your videos especially the cow chips ! We both had a good laugh , thanks , and keep up the good work! Also the wife wants to know if you have a cook book. If so where can we get a copy? Thanks again. John and Lu.
She has a video. Go to her channel, that will be only her videos showing. If unsure how to do this type in Starry Hilder channel in the search box and you'll get there. Click on the videos word at top and scroll way down to 8 months ago and you'll see Canning Butter : off grid kitchen. Hope this helps you
canned celery is also awesome, especially in potato salads n stuffing, yum! thnx 4 posting! i take it y'all must not have any critter probs, 2 be able 2 leave your food in the open while drying? tc n GB sweetie!
I love celery but have yet to be able to get it to grow here in the desert. did you see our half acre homestead's video? she canned celery! I didn't even know you could do that! next season I would like to try the back to Eden method here and see how it works for me.
+It's A Mom Blog You could try celery in pots..might work better for you! and that little missy from our half acre..she is cool..cans everything love it!!
hi...when you put your dehydrated products in a jar, do you vacuum it? If not, Is there any dehydrated foods that need to be vacuumed? I love your new dehydrator...I'm gona get my hubby busy...lol I do have one in the house I dehydrate frozen vegies or canned fruit even eggs but I put them in a paper bag, then in a vacuum bag...For single-family portions. Then I put them all in a food grade bucket. I'm not too good at the garden yet...didn't do good at all this year. Thanks for the inspiration...😁
+Donna Reeves Well your welcome for the inspiration. I dont vacuum seal my dehydrated veggies BUT I do put them in a ball jar with a sealed lid and they keep well!! I use them quite often so its not for long long term storage.. I have had some dehydrated veggies for three years in a jar and are ok....others might not think thats to good..but it has worked for us!!
+Starry Hilder Thanks so much...The ones I vacuum in bags are for long storage, and doesn't cost much to do it this way. But herbs I would keep in a jar...not that I've planted any yet but im getting there. Trying to do as much as I can to be ready for SHTF so for now, its frozen vegies. Next project...Solar. 😁. A small set up for now...so I'll be watching you. Thanks!
Hey Starry Like your Chanel and info you provide Can we ask was the house a kit home or built from ground up from you guys. Do you have any videos of the house and your setup Thanks
This is my 2nd time watching - finally got what I need to make dehydrator :o) But I had a question...what do you use the ground celery leaves for? Do you use it if you just want celery flavor, like garlic powder? I can't think of anything that needs the flavor without the actual celery, so I thought I'd ask. Thanks - have a blessed day!
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Yes I agree you are very inspiring. I have to tell you I am a total failure when it comes to growing anything but flowers. However, this year I am determined to try growing veggies. Also, my homesteader bestie has been guiding me to start practicing homesteading techniques before we jump into that lifestyle. So I have started to order some things and am going to try some of your ideas and recipes. I'm determined and with God's help and blessing, I should be able to get it like others have. Can't wait to find a property of our own (hubby and me and son and pup) to get growing a garden. Thank you for being so honest in your approach and keeping Jesus 1st in all you do. You are a blessing and I am learning lots....even at 58 years of age! Hugs and God bless you!
Hello I don't know if anyone else is watching this video due to the Coronavirus and food shortages. Your videos are right on time. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
I sure can see why he married you. You have such a delightful personality! I love the way you giggle when you are tickled. Thanks for sharing this with us.
STARRY !!!! OMG !!! I DID IT !!!! My better half made me a solar dehydrator , almost the same size as yours and it worked ! We now have some dried celery for this winter . I'm so proud of us . We grew our own veggies and they did pretty good . some better than others and the celery was perfect . I just want to say Thank You . Every year we're doing a little better with the garden and storing away for winter . Thanks again ! xoxo
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Starry, I look forward to your videos so much. They bring me such joy. I appreciate how positive, upbeat, and energetic you always are. You're so down to earth and I easily relate to you and what you are doing. Thanks so much!
+Jami Scroggins Wow God Bless you for the kind comment!! Love it!!!
Love these older videos (as well as new ones!) Starry. I've got 4 electric dehydrators for the big summer harvesting crush but being in arid Eastern Washington it would make sense to have a Mr. Hilder-style dehydrator too. No BTE garden here so my one-time growing celery was delicious...what little the humans got of it. The slugs made a feast of it. Apparently I've been wasting resources blanching celery before dehydrating it, I'll be cutting out that step now thank you! Have a great week!
The crunch of the celery when you cut it is awesome. So fresh! Also we love the way you say celery! Thanks for sharing
Lol. Starry you are so cute and bubbly. You're infectious with your joy! And your pronunciation of "celery" is adorable. Loving the videos! Learning lots that is helping me on my own journey of growing my own food! Keep it up!
+Krystal Everett Thank you..too sweet...Im glad your not irritated by my pronunciation of some words..had a speech impairment from childhood...my husband laves and corrects me EVERYTIME!!!
I just found you a couple weeks ago . . love you!! Learning so much and we are trying to be more resourceful and trying the BTE garden, this our first year! We've always canned, freeze and use the (electric) dehydrator but we're going to make one of your solar ones!! Thank you so so much for all of your information. We're in Michigan so definitely our earth is different but we're going to be so blessed I can feel it already! Thank you so much Starry!!
Hi Starry, I must say that I just found u and completely hooked not only on your beautiful personally and up lifting spirit, but also on your and your husband's skills. I have learned so much and know I have much more to learn. Thanks so much and keep it up. love love love your video's
+Melinda Rose So sweet!! Thank you for your kind words!!
Starry! I have one of those old fashioned colanders as you call them. I saved it from my mom's stuff when she died. I never thought about using it with the celery leaves. Kudos to the mister for making the dehydrator for you. I really like the design of the smaller one you showed us. I'd vote for a bigger version of that since its more enclosed and would protect the food more from insects and birds. 4 days to dry huh? I'm in SE TN so with the humidity here would probably take longer. I do have the All American Sun oven but like you said not much room. Great video on a must have skill.
Starry, I love watching your videos! I absolutely love this one as I am an herb freak! I loved the old colander(gonna find me one)! I love to see people use items in different and unique ways! Just a lot of really great ideas and inspiration for me in this video! And I love the music and always love the scriptures at the end of the video. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach what you have learned!!!
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Fantastic Praise the Lord. Love the dehydrator. Preserving health food with what the Good lord has provided for us. Very good useful information. I am going to build me one right away. Just love it! Thank you so much.
I have two of those colanders they were my Grandmas I love using them. I always look forward to you next video and bring the LORD along for the ride we all need him in our life to help us along the way in this crazy world we live in not like the 50s and 60s. Thank You and God Bless you both until your next video.
+dragonflyneb Thank you so much and May God bless you to!!!
Thank you Starry for all you do to teach us/me of a way to chance to a better live.
Lol! My grandmother did have the very same colander set up which she used for canning. Although celery is a staple for me I never considered growing it because of things my mother had said. She tried to grow it when I was a child and said it was too difficult because you had to use tile tubes for it to grow tall and it never worked for her. I suppose I had always taken her word for it therefore I never tried. But this next year because I do luv celery so, the promise to myself I make is it will be in my own garden. Really enjoyed this video. I have dried products on screens outdoors for years, but I surely liked the one that the Mister made for you. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome vid, you really swayed me to use the dehydration method to preserve. Definitely a no worry method as opposed to freezing off grid.
I love dehydrating, and have wanted an additional outdoor dehydrator for some time now, and this is it! This is the one I want. Nice size, plenty of protection, and works just right. Thank you so much for the video, I'm getting the materials for this one next week. I can even use it inside in the winter too! Hair dryer or fan in winter, and sunshine in summer! LOL I just love a "machine" that does double duty! Bless, Sheila
Well done Little Lady!! Love your sense of humor.
I love dehydrated celery! drying it intensifies the flavor somehow. I think it adds more flavor than fresh celery to soups, stews, and hotdishes. Here in AZ it's so dry that all we have to do with the celery leaves (and other herbs too) is just lay them on the table on a paper towel. In a couple hours they're nice and crispy.
+momz13 Your so right..SUCH intense flavor!!
Great video. And such enthusiasm that it rubs off on the watcher. The number of times I’ve thrown surplus celery, especially the leaves onto the compost heap, I could’ve been doing this instead. And the way things are going, we will not be able to use our fancy electrical appliances and gadgets.
Awesome tutorial! Celery is now on my grow and preserve list :) Thank you Starry!
starry, I did celery like that without blanching, and it is awful! it stays tough and doesn't rehydrate...maybe homegrown works better but I thought I would let you know that blanching before dehydrating from now on for me...PS...LOVE the solar dehydrator! thanks for sharing as usual =)
Your homegrown celery is so much greener than that you buy in the store. I can only imagine the smell and taste. I love it!
Thanks again Starry for sharing this. I am so excited to try this. I feel like God brought me to your channel. We serve an awesome God. Your sister in Christian Jesus.
Thanks---I hope to learn and practice dehydrating things---but I have to learn to garden successfully first. Again--thank you for caring enough to share what you know.
+shirley lyons AND thank you kindly for letting me know your appreciation!!! God Bless
wow that's the most informative thing ive ever heard and Im a hillbilly/Cherokee. using the colander was stroke of genius thanks a ton Starry ya awesome
I'm so happy I found your channel Star :) Can't wait to learn about your BTE! Absolutely beautiful that you give God Glory!! May He continually bless you and yours :)
My dad said that my grandmother would lay apples and peaches on sheets on top of the house to dehydrate them to make pies in the winter
Starry. Thanks so much for this video and your detailed information. It gives me a good idea that I don't need an expensive dehydrator. I have the perfect place. Thanks.
+itsa goodlife Always a way around most things if we just think outside the box!!
LOL Starry life lessons... "Just wing it man!" Love you!
I think that i am going to try this back to Eden method. I had a lot of bug problems here in NC. I had a great watermelon patch but the bugs got to it ;-( I got a few cantaloupes. Any ways, I have a good space in my back yard where I can try this. I loved seeing how much you were growing in your garden. Awesome. I'd be canning and dehydrating things too!
I love your dehydrated. Told my husband I'd like one like multi shelf one. It would work great outback on patio.I live in Florida and have a lot of sun. We live in a mobile home park so I do the best I can.
+Rhonda Bowdy Sounds like a great idea
I love your stuff! so relaxing just watching. Makes me want to be able to do it. I want to quit the corporate world and wish I could live simpler (although I know it is hard work.
+AllisonBaby1 Simplier isnt hard...does this look like work??haha!!
Thank you Starry! I love your sunshine personality and I learn something new here! I would love to make my own solar dehydrator like yours!
Man I love you’re energy!
I definitely love living on the Homestead it's a good life
Great idea with the collander. I've got one of those. Never would have thought you could grind dry leaves down to powder with one of those. One less requirement for electricity. Thanks.
Oh my gosh, that looks good! I never thought to put the leaves through a colander, I usually only dry the stalks! Great video, Thank You & God Bless.
Hello former Wisconsinites,(John Szewczyk here)who guys have some awesome videos here of your new life in and around Bonners Ferry,Idaho ,what a beautiful mountain country! Did Shep and you do all the building/carpentry on your new home? It looks great! I like that acid stain compass you were working on for your concrete.
Cheers,and God Bless !
John
+John Szewczyk Wow a blast from the past!! funny how small the word really is!!! We are actually more towards the border towards Montana..Bonners Ferry moyie Springs Porthill are neighbors...we live right on the side of the Seilkirk mountains which im sure you can see from the video!! We love it and wil Never go back to Wisconsin...(sorry wisco:)) We had the shell put up but thats it. ALOT of labor to finish it off..man lots of labor! We had built a log home in LCD outside of Woodruff about 7 years ago all by hand...we did EVERYthing..from the building to the electrical ( had hydro,) the plumbing, shower building...you name it. so from that project we learned well!! We still have more to do on this homestead but we are busy living life and enjoying. TOO MUCH fun!!! Hope all is well with you!! God bless you to and so glad you found us in t his big world!!!
Awesome video, thanks! I've learned a lot. I love when you say 'hello' to the sun and to objects, it's so sweet :) hehe
Wow! That colander brings back memories. The only thing I was able to grow to fruition were some peppers...like six.
+ChrisDIYerOklahoma Haha...six??? I shouid box mine up and send you some!!
Hahaaaa! Thanks. You know, I do better in the winter here (indoor garden) than summer. Gonna make a DIY planter with casters, grow-lighting, and drainage. It will be unique. Last year I devised some storage tubs with dirt. It worked, but I can do better.
God,bless you Starry,and Mr.Hillder. LOL...✨👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
God it looks nice where you live I'm from the UK and I have just started to put the heating on in our house but at least I have great uploads coming from Starry thanks mate
+nirvana paul allotment gardener / bushcraft survival UK You are so so welcome MATE!!
I was admiring your fresh celery leaves! You could also make Celery Leaf Pesto Sauce!!! So delicious!
Starry , you are one awesome chick!! Love your channel! Starry i had some own growed sellery and i dried it in my food dehydrator ! Than i did grind it extra fine in my coffeebeangrinder, and now its like powder! good for soup!! all the best Jack!
+steinderbush love it..thanks for sharing!!!
I love Starry's take on life .... " just wing it " made me smile.
+loch ness Im glad you like it...life is to short!!
I am learning so much from you. Thank you, Ms. Starry!
Great info Starry as usual I'm gonna start dehydrating some veggies or try to maybe ill show my husband this video & when i come home one day ill have a homemade dehydrator too! Lol! Hey it might work who knows!😃
+Cheryl cummings Leave it up on the computer screen as a hint!!
maybe you could get Mr. Hilder to do a video tutorial on the dehydrator ;-) LOVe your videos! GOD bless!
great idea! We could use a tutorial and Starry would get another dehydrator!
I use my colander to sift dehydrated Kale too! Gets the tough stems out. I am enjoying your channel. We are set to go off grid this summer! 2018 is build year.
Starry you rock!!.. I'm learning so much from you. Thank you.
+Ketanya Burke God Bless you!!
This was posted on my birthday, and 'twas the day I heard about Starry too ^_^
Very nice we are so glad you shared how to do this keep up the good work!!!
Blessings ,
Sharon
You're awesome! :D I love your personality... it's like it gives joy when around you :)
You are so amazing!! And inspiring!! I am going to have to try this!
You just gave me a wonderful Idea on your smaller version of the dehydrator. Thank you.
I'm sorry for all the questions! I'm learning so much about homesteading. Newbie here! Is there any way that you or Mr. Hilder can do a tutorial on how to build either one of your solar dehydrators? I've seen a lot online, but they look way too complex for me.
It looks great girl! Oh good you did do the leaves!
Im so jealous. I bet the aroma must be amazing.
Love all of your videos. You are an inspiration! I dehydrate food all the time with an electric dehydrator but have been wanting a solar one. I do wonder how the food would dehydrate in all the hot, humid weather that the Deep South has though. I would not want the food to mold or mildew! I am only about 80 miles from the gulf and we hardly ever get weather that isn't hot and humid.
+mtw0523 If you dont want to do it in a homemade oven I have a All season solar oven that works well..AND you can use your car believe it or not!!
always great info Starry I have one of the sive's you use but it didn't come with the wood crusher I still have to find one of those. can't wait for next year's garden.
Imagine how fast I can dehydrate outside in the middle of summer in Las Vegas....woohoo I’m all over this idea ☀️😎
Nice video thanks ! It is pity we cant relay on weather in UK not sure if outdoor drier would ever work in here.
Love your videos, grand baby just love to watch your videos, she love your hair, said again nana . Ask a lot of questions. about what you are doing. Then tell papa you make that for nana, then papa said what ,then she points and said watch her.. I just laugh because it priceless. See my granddaughter is very small and has red hair she 3 and has papa around her finger.haha. Great video, make one this spring.thank you
HI Stary, wow thank you for that video. I wondering how that was going to look at the end. great video God bless sister
Nice little set up ,but I think I like your other dehydrator better (gotta make me one)...As always I really enjoy watching your videos.
Awesome that was the video that topped my day. thanks, and GOD Bless.
Smell o vision please lol. That celery looks great. I have never tried growing celery. Never had any celery besides from the store. I'm going to have to try that.
why not the sun? I remember my dad tell us that they would even use the metal roofing for dehydrating, we so enjoy your common sense, ring our bell approach to things we have forgotten about in life. THANK YOU
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Yeah. I've been thinking about that. I might have to get my Sam to make me one. She is good at that sort of think. But I think I would like to have grass above it so it will be the critters and bugs of of it. Just one of my health things. I think I do have a design I like around here somewhere.
fair enough. prob why I like watching you then. my family and friends think I'm wierd. I made my own almond milk today. never done anything like that before, and so easy lol
she is definitely inspiring me to try new things too
Oat milk, yum. :-)
Beautiful crop!
How do you utilize the leaves?
Seems like a way to preserve veggies.
Thank you
i meant 2 say this sooner, but came bck 2 show my partner ur 'small' dehydrator, lol- so, will tell u now! your small dehydrator is pretty much an exact replica of the fridge my folks used when i was a little girl- it was in r dark pantry on the north n east walls corner- circa 1960- there was a screened vent 4 cool air intake next 2 the floor, n another one up by the ceiling 4 hot air outlet, no fans- had sorta like rabbit wire screening over the vents n fridge 2, then fine screening over all, 2 keep out fruity flies 2 lol- n y'know, it'd work these days the same way- food 4 thot- thnx 4 sharin, brot bck nice memories, n good ideas- tc n GB!
+wymtnsage haha wow thats so interesting!!!! You must have had one cool childhood...!!
Awesome!!! Love it... That will be my next project. Thank you very much!!
+Stacia Henry Your welcome!!!
I enjoy the videos and learning how to use the produce from the garden, Thank You, what does the celery look like when it is rehydrated and how's the taste and texture ?
+Brandon Peters The taste is good..use it for my soups alot...Cooks up very similar..well worth the effort!
I never new that celery regrew like that. I should grow some next summer for my rabbits and me.
you can actually buy some, cut it off...the stalks and put rest in water. root and plant.
+Donna Reeves I just cut the celery stalk bottom and plant it directly into the ground. My celery reproduces every year. It even makes it through the SC Piedmont winters. I cover it up really good when fall comes. I do container gardening. No need to put it in water first.
beautiful celery thanks for sharing.
How are you chopping the celery without eating half of it!! You have inspired me to try growing some myself. I have 20 good sprouts so far. Wish me luck.
thank you I learned a lot. I have a few questions. Do you vacuum seal your jars of dehydrated food? How do you keep bugs (ants flies etc) out of your outdoor dehydrator? What did you use for the bottom (the part you laid the celery on?
Love your tutorial!! You are great Star!!! :)
Love it , I will be doing this in the future , thank you for sharing .
Crazy AWESOME as always!!
Thank you so much for sharing!! 😊
+kansasfox :)) your welcome
Very cool , thank you for the knowledge . 😀
Awesome tutorial. Thank you! Love your channel.
+Kristin Espinasse Glad you enjoyed and found it helpful!! THANKYOU!!!
Beautiful! Thank you so much! ❤
Hey Starry; My wife saw your canning video and were Impressed with your caned butter. The only problem is that She would like to know how to can butter. if you have a video on this can you tell us where? We have tried to find it but have not been able to. If you have not made the video could you please do so. We both enjoy your videos especially the cow chips ! We both had a good laugh , thanks , and keep up the good work! Also the wife wants to know if you have a cook book. If so where can we get a copy? Thanks again. John and Lu.
She has a video. Go to her channel, that will be only her videos showing. If unsure how to do this type in Starry Hilder channel in the search box and you'll get there. Click on the videos word at top and scroll way down to 8 months ago and you'll see Canning Butter : off grid kitchen. Hope this helps you
Cool!! Looks a lot like the one I made with the sliding glass door screens. Just stack 'em, hang 'em an let the sun work its magic :)
+She Wolf I, too, use the screens from my sliding doors. Works great.
It's amazing the things you can dream up to get the job done and spend no money :)
canned celery is also awesome, especially in potato salads n stuffing, yum! thnx 4 posting! i take it y'all must not have any critter probs, 2 be able 2 leave your food in the open while drying? tc n GB sweetie!
+wymtnsage I also thought about the critters. Like birds flying over, POOP. Or pecking at the veggies.
you're awesome... love watching your vlogs....
I love, love, love celery !
Wonderful info☀️Ty starry☀️
I love celery but have yet to be able to get it to grow here in the desert. did you see our half acre homestead's video? she canned celery! I didn't even know you could do that! next season I would like to try the back to Eden method here and see how it works for me.
+It's A Mom Blog You could try celery in pots..might work better for you! and that little missy from our half acre..she is cool..cans everything love it!!
I might attempt it in pots again now that the weather is cooler, the sun won't fry them!
"It's raining salary" :)
Love you Starry!
You are so wonderful! God bless you! How do you seal up your herb jars?
Also curious why you aren’t drying your celery leaves ? I use those in making soups and most anything. Hope y’all didn’t waste those
hi...when you put your dehydrated products in a jar, do you vacuum it? If not, Is there any dehydrated foods that need to be vacuumed? I love your new dehydrator...I'm gona get my hubby busy...lol
I do have one in the house I dehydrate frozen vegies or canned fruit even eggs but I put them in a paper bag, then in a vacuum bag...For single-family portions. Then I put them all in a food grade bucket. I'm not too good at the garden yet...didn't do good at all this year. Thanks for the inspiration...😁
BTW...I do my dehydration like this to save room.
+Donna Reeves Well your welcome for the inspiration. I dont vacuum seal my dehydrated veggies BUT I do put them in a ball jar with a sealed lid and they keep well!! I use them quite often so its not for long long term storage.. I have had some dehydrated veggies for three years in a jar and are ok....others might not think thats to good..but it has worked for us!!
+Starry Hilder Thanks so much...The ones I vacuum in bags are for long storage, and doesn't cost much to do it this way. But herbs I would keep in a jar...not that I've planted any yet but im getting there. Trying to do as much as I can to be ready for SHTF so for now, its frozen vegies. Next project...Solar. 😁. A small set up for now...so I'll be watching you. Thanks!
Hey Starry
Like your Chanel and info you provide
Can we ask was the house a kit home or built from ground up from you guys. Do you have any videos of the house and your setup
Thanks
+Carbon Acreage I am actually making that video as we speak and hopefully will be up this month!!
I loved your video 🙏🏻😀
This is my 2nd time watching - finally got what I need to make dehydrator :o) But I had a question...what do you use the ground celery leaves for? Do you use it if you just want celery flavor, like garlic powder? I can't think of anything that needs the flavor without the actual celery, so I thought I'd ask. Thanks - have a blessed day!