When Old-Fashioned Makes More Sense (How Vintage Ideas Can Make Modern Life Better) | Jill Winger
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- In our modern world, it is easy to accept all of the latest conveniences and innovations that are offered to us. At face value, they may seem to make our lives easier or better, but at what cost? Jill Winger has been asking these kinds of critical questions for many years, and this questioning is the basis for her upcoming book on how many of the old-fashioned ways may actually be superior. Our discussion is nuanced (we don’t throw out all modernity!) and serves as an interesting conversation starter as you weigh the costs and benefits of modern ways in your own life.
In this episode, we cover:
- A historical perspective on the recent popularity of homesteading
- Weighing the long-term costs and benefits of convenience
- Factoring in the unexpected benefits of doing things the old-fashioned way
- Deciding which conveniences to embrace and which old-fashioned ways to preserve
- How to begin learning new skills when you feel overwhelmed
- Looking with hindsight at the history of modernization and its impact
- What modern conveniences we choose to live without
- Learning new skills and pursuing goals with children at home
- How to prioritize when your plate is full
- Our perspectives on the rise of aesthetically focused homesteading content
ABOUT JILL
Jill is the founder of The Prairie Homestead, one of the foremost homesteading websites since 2010. She is dedicated to helping others learn how to grow their own food and live a more fulfilling, old-fashioned life.
Her practical and authentic style of teaching and storytelling has won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of homesteaders across social media and through the top-ranked Old Fashioned on Purpose podcast and best-selling The Prairie Homestead Cookbook.
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Episodes of Jill’s podcast:
My Long Road Back to Whole Wheat Flours: www.theprairiehomestead.com/t...
Down and Dirty Meal Planning with Lisa Bass: www.theprairiehomestead.com/t...
The Rise of the Farmfluencer: www.theprairiehomestead.com/t...
Cheesemaking resources:
Venison for Dinner: venisonfordinner.com/
Cheese from Scratch: cheesefromscratch.com/
Pre-order Old Fashioned on Purpose by Jill Winger: oldfashionedbook.com
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It doesn't get past me the irony of a podcast about old fashioned living...lol. Grateful for all the info!
I LOVE grocery delivery! And, in my mind, it's bringing back an old-fashioned practice. My 70-yr old mother remembers early morning milk deliveries. Milk, butter, eggs, bread used to be delivered on a regular basis. Grocery lists could be left with the shop keeper and would be brought by the delivery boy later in the day. I love this practice. And I'm happy to give a delivery driver a job and a generous tip for something that is so time saving for me. I'm all about the old fashioned lifestyle. I'm the one that receives joy from washing the laundry outdoors and hanging everything on the wash line. I've begun eliminating everything artificial/ disposable from our lifestyle/ diet/ routine. I think I was born in the wrong century...
yes!!!
I have dairy delivered as well as mushrooms, local chicken and i use to have locally roasted coffee delivered before we started roasting at home. many farmers at the farmers market in my area have subscription boxes for delivery as well. I agree with you 100%. I tried doing Walmart delivery/ pickup 3 times, I believe, but they definitely used that opportunity to off load over ripe, about to expire, expired food as well as really dented cans which was unfortunate. If you see this ( old post so maybe you won’t) Have a Merry Christmas 😀
I adore a good amalgamation of old-fashioned and modern. 😊 I enjoy my heated seats, instant pot, and freezers- I also enjoy the simplicity of not everything being automated and electronic and connected. We have mini homestead on 1/4 acre in our small town. There is a small orchard that is still immature, and lots of other rotating crops. Our milk, yogurt, and most of our cheese and meat is delivered weekly by a local farm. It's great, and we have developed a pretty good relationship with our delivery guy. If you would look at our house, it doesn't have the farmhouse/homestead aesthetic. It's more global nerdy eclectic, which is something I just made up, lol. I have Jill's cookbook, and I'm excited about her new book!
After several failed starters and loafs, I FINALLY baked a successful (and delicious) sourdough loaf this week! Yeah, I nearly cried, lol :)
Yay you! Congratulations! 🎉
@@deliciouscolours Thanks!
congratulations!!!
@@Simplefarmhouselife Thanks!
Congrats!🎉
I still cannot get yeast to rise, so I broke down and got a 2nd hand bread machine to do that for me.
Thank you girls! This was very good for this Gramma homesteader to listen to. You are both about my daughter's age. That last part you are talking about, which is to not worry about what everything looks like, is so true! It bothers me that the barn is a mess with all kinds of junk that my husband keeps and other things here. After all, we have lived here 30 years and have been married for 40! I love listening to both of you gals. You have so much to offer, especially women. Even more seasoned women can learn from you both. Thank you again and the next time I look at the junk in the barn, I will remember what you said!
Oh my gosh, the two of you together, couldn't be better.❤
The smart phone is where I learn about these things ! Like this podcast!
I like the down and dirty real life stuff, but I especially LOVE the aesthetic. Great conversation.
It's 1 of the reasons I like this one. It's REAL talk. So thank you.😊
My take on grocery delivery. That’s how it use to be. Milk and groceries being delivered but for me I have extreme trust issues and tons of allergies I just can’t do it. I love the idea of it. And I don’t think it’s any different than ordering something from amazon but I’m a little funny about someone picking out my food.
I am SO with you ladies on appreciating many modern advancements....BUT being really put off at too much of it. We have to learn self-control. Great interview!
I am one of those people who have always been interested in living this way and it makes me so happy to see others jumping on board. I think it’s good for the soul to live a more simple life. ❤ I really get a chance to think and reflect and just be in the routines of daily simple living on our homestead.
So agree about the lab created foods. As far as the food system, I think many people need to start trying to create their own food. A long time ago there was a video where this family lived on a standard large plot in California and grew all their food and even sold to near by restaurants. It's a matter of priority ad desire. I have the aesthetic, but it's always dirty, lol.
Yes!!! I love this convo- I’m actually at the beginning of my journey feeling pulled toward a more old fashion way (i say as I’m watching this on my phone🙈😂)think it’s going to be electronics/EMFs (phones, computers, 5G with a 10G plan in place, microwaves, etc)
I've got a sourdough starter in development, am using cast iron pans, and researching water bath canning everything like we used to and the rest of the world still does...
It's always the pain points that cause us to grow! Even in personal maturity. Having children was one of those things. You have to start giving up your own selfishness. Things which I never would have considered giving up otherwise. Sleeping in on weekends, for instance, lol! 😂
“Learning one big thing at a time and then building on that “ I do tend to try to focus on too many areas at once and I am so encouraged to hear this advice. Thanks so much! I’m new to your channel.
The cruise control thing is probably a setting you can change. A lot of vehicles will slow down when they get closer to another car ahead of them. But they always seem ridiculously sensitive, and slow down way before they need to. You should be able to change a setting on this distance.
AI I believe it will be more dangerous than we realize and we need to realize where it will take us.
On the grocery delivery topic, my great aunt Who is in her ninties had seven children and only got a car after her fourth kid, so I ask her how did you got all this grocerie back home? And she explained that she had she was going in the store, choose and pay and later that Day a delivery Boy would come delivering at her home, everithing nicely packed! As a stay a home mom this make si Much sense!
My local groceries still do that 😂😂
I've always wanted to live this way. I loved reading books set in pioneer times. Always interested in antiques and practical everyday life from "back in the day." How did they use these items in their everyday life. But I married a very technologically minded man who loves to travel and loves new things. So I kinda drifted away from it. Though I still dabbled in canning, sourdough, etc. now with more people putting out this kind of content, I'm trying to learn more and get into it more.
I feel like the way that grocery shopping is changing is a new take on how it was done in the past. Going to the supermarket and walking the isles is a pretty new way to shop in the grand scheme. In urban areas delivery was common possibly in smaller cities or towns too. Making an order and picking up was the way you purchased if you did go to the store, every thing was behind the counter. The milk man delivered to houses that needed milk too.
I still do a fair amount f in store shopping. I have a 2 hour window on Mondays that I use for shopping. But I also love ordering for pick up or delivery, it saves me tons of time.
I reside in the nuance with you gals. Our polar pulls may be respectively opposite, but I am so glad to meet in the middle and experience our similarities. I appreciate you both.
What a informative, encouraging chat. Lots of helpful information. Thank you, ladies! 😊
I think deciding what to choose to do vs outsourcing, a lot depends on season of life too..babies season is wayyy different than the teen season
Hearing you two together makes me so very happy 😊
I'm 63 and was always the weird wife and mom because I was old fashioned since 1981❤
Also, your kids seeing you learn new things will pay off in their lives. They will be adults who learn new adventures
There was a period when my kids were little..... their Dad and I had split, but they shopped when kids were with me, and I shopped when they were with them..... they didnt go to the store for like 5 years. I started taking them when I realized, but then we shifted to Instacart. We talk to the drivers, we still hit a small local grocery for water refills, but they are almost immune to impulse purchases when I send them with a card and a list to get water. Hopefully that holds up when it is their own money, but they are so used to us getting the same things that they don't even really look.
Excellent conversation. Thank you both. My take away is common sence and personal balance. I can see that my expectations may be set too high and too many. I appreciate the deep breath and reevaluating. Thanks again.
Ignore the AI!!!! Lol, I’m seeing lawyers saying you need to disclose your use of it in business, and unless you are very specific with input you won’t be the only one getting similar responses😮
With some of the things that came along with the industrial revolution is good and it makes our lives easier. It’s like we humans just didn’t know when to stop and we had to push it and push it to where it’s just about done us in.And now with the AI revolution coming along and man not having any control over themselves and not knowing when to stop and we’re not to push a good thing. I’m usually an optimist and I really want to be now. But I wonder where this is going to take the world. I don’t think it’s going to end good.
Love Instacart . If I run to the grocery store it’s early morning week day only ☺️
Great podcast! Both of you women are certainly the best for this topic!
Homesteading, on a small scale, without having the land to support your animals is very expensive. And while we want to raise our own eggs, meat and dairy, it is very expensive to buy all the feed needed every year to raise them. It’s a struggle to know what to do.
Thank you so much!
Love listening to both of you! Always great content and will look for your book. 😊
Love jill winger, great podcast!
Great interview; thanks for sharing! You’re both amazing women that create a template for ways to be better & learn! Blessings to all 🤗💜🇨🇦
This was very helpful thanks.
Thank you for the goodness here.
Great podcast! Thank you both!! We drive an NV, also and I absolutely love it…. Sounds like you got the S model instead of the SL. I knew there was less bells and whistles on the S, but didn’t know how different it was!! Though the SL isn’t the most fancy either… turning on my headlights still makes me chuckle at times. Coming from a 2003 suburban that had auto lights… 😆
Loved this! You girls might find the show through the decades on Netflix interesting, shows how they changed cooking and stuff. I think I’ve reverted back to the 50’s 😂
What a serious guest!😮
What show?
@@carinthiamontana7069 it’s called through the decades
Ha, Jill! I quit using cruise control when I got my used 2006 Toyota Siena because it has that weird cruise control! I just haven't repaired features that die the seat heaters, the CD player, etc.
Oh! Also the doors don't assist slide any more and the tailgate lift doesn't work. Not repairing them.
Love this!
My Alexa “perplexed.. why did she just get told to close drapes?” 😂
That was enjoyable and interesting.
New subscriber. All I can say is 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Great show! Asking JILL questions, how cool! Plus she does cheese. Where are those videos? Making cheese is cool. There's 2 alchemy points: Getting the curds to be firm enough. And heating it to make it melt and stretchy, like cheese!
Do a cheese making video. Butter would be cool too. It's SO expensive!
Why are you guys holding out on us?
I actually have a video on how I make butter in a blender...so easy!
www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-make-raw-milk-butter-in-a-blender
Ai seems ominous to me. De-valuing human beings even more. Plus it could definitely have a strict agenda.
Hello, can you elaborate??
Amen. Complete agree.
It dies have a strict agenda. People assume that it is speaking the truth because why would a robot lie? The people who programmed it lie and so it will as well.
AI is already here. You are using it everyday. RUclips, Alexa etc.
@@Lina-dv5emI googled AI to see what it meant, but I still don’t understand, sadly.
Fantastic episode. I love both you and Jill. Thanks so much for having her on.
Hahahaha, I am all about doing my own grocery shopping.
Well, it’s a trend, it’s cool, it’s the new thing, something my ex-vegan friend does. It’s different until it’s common again. Then there will be something new. Also, it’s something you can sell and make money with. Here in Europe, people have never stopped being „old-fashioned“ really.
I live in France and I have to disagree. It's very rare to see someone living a traditional life here.
@@deliciouscolours here it is pretty common. At least parts of it. Many people I know bake their own bread, grow some tomatoes and kale and stuff like that in their garden. I know some people who have chickens.
@@whatsthestorymorningglory61 where do you live?
@@deliciouscolours France is very different when it comes to sourcing food. You won't find in a French supermarket even 10% of the so called "foods" they sell in American supermarkets. The people still have A LOT if respect for fresh, local, unprocessed food. It is common to do your shopping almost daily, go to the market and support small producers. I live in Belgium right on the border with France (And I'm in France on a weekly basis). There is a difference when speaking about tradition when it comes to religion. In the US religion is still very very present and part of many people's life- unlike in Europe. Here most of the people who still go to church are older (more than 60-70 years old).
@@deliciouscolours Germany
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Hi, great show! Did you through to interview this girl Williams who promote traditional wife's trend?
Great chat and informative 😊
The current free AI is as Biblically and politically neutral as the public school system.
I would NEVER use this tool - far too dangerous.
I asked AI to write a romantic poem to my husband, and it was really good!😂 i didnt use it but it made for really good laughs
„Get rid of it or dry it out“. Well, nice.
Can you please give me the name of the makeup you use. Thank you!
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Just remember, humans are cleaver but not necessarily wise.
I prefere vlogs that are real life happening in and around the message. On the grounds during chore time etc. To me that's more worth watching than someone showing off their accomplishments and putting on an act for followers. Ya know?
Does Redmond salt have iodine added? If not, how do you get iodine for your family? I need a good source and I'm sure you have investigated the best way to make sure you all get enough.
I would be interested to know this as well
Fish (such as cod and tuna), seaweed, shrimp, and other seafood, which are generally rich in iodine. Dairy products (such as milk, yogurt, and cheese) and eggs, which are also good sources of iodine. Strawberries, cranberries, pineapple.
Also, seaweed is the best source of iodine available. Lima beans. Plenty of places to get it naturally vs fortified foods.
Thank you! I didn't know iodine was found naturally in so many foods that I eat already.
Kelp is a good source of iodine.
Humans are going to loose alot, mentally, when AI comes in full swing.
We watch you lady’s bake,grow your own food,sew,etc! But on the other hand you use the most modern technology? Grocery delivery,your equipment,so you can never really get away from the modern world! It’s a balancing act from one end of the spectrum to the other end and without that we’d never get your content! So you can never be 100 percent old fashioned! And we’re the opposite living in this advanced world trying to go back to yours!
They get the best of both worlds❤
@@judystennett6020 yes and so do we!
Grocery delivery is actually not new, just revived. One hundred years ago a housewife could place an order with her local shopkeeper and it would be delivered to her home. I’m 60 and even in my childhood I remember the milkman delivering milk and cheese to our home. There were also fruit and vegetable peddlers who came around selling their produce which my mom and other ladies in the neighborhood purchased.
Lisa, could you sell the extra milk?
I share it with friends and family.
This one sound more realistic woman. this is imspiring.
Ah yes the AI movement 😅
As far as AI have you seen Terminator not a fan
Oh AI. Please don’t use it. We need humans.
I seriously love listening to both of you ladies🩷 I am newer to this old fashioned lifestyle, just started about 2 years ago due to moving somewhere..that convenience just wasn't really a thing😂 I seriously love it though! Which is funny coming from someone born a city girl🩷