My kids and grandkids are all grown now, but when I had littles at home, I sewed, baked, cooked, canned and learned every possible thing I could to stretch hubbys meager paycheck. Felt quite smug when friends would say, we could never afford that. And I knew they had a larger income.
Good for you! I live off-grid, and have a business where I buy used stuff and resell it on eBay, the consignment store, and also the flea market. A large percent of everything I own was 'used' (including my home which was a reposessed 'tiny house', and my solar array which I bought ala carte and hooked up myself), and even paint and other building materials (surplus) which I often get for free (or, pretty close). Growing and canning are next on my list. Yes, I feel 'smug' when I hear people talking about struggling to keep up with expenses. I'm shooting for near zero$ and am pretty darn close.
@@futurekronif you don't mind, does the business involve much paperwork/ uncle sam red tape? We are trying to work out a way to have our land bring in income bit I'm disabled and my partner is allergic to paperwork lol. Some well meaning folks suggest incorporating but that seems like it would be worse. Love your ingenuity. We too look for free/cheap but focus on quality. We got hardwood flooring for the price of just removing it from the home or was in. Love those win-wins.
I was a stay at home mom for about 30 yrs. My husband and I both felt that having a mom at home and present for the kids at all times was the best thing for our family of 9 and society in general. My husband worked but was available for the kids also. I budgeted, cooked,😊 canned and dehydrated. I also sewed. Our children grew up to be good and productive human beings. You are doing a great job with your family! 😊 keep up the good work
I was a stay at home mom for my one and only child for the same reason as you!…my husband was only home maybe three month’s a year as he was a merchant seaman so I had no help with anything basically and I,was fortunate that he made a good living and I didnt need to work….but quit my job after being at a pharmaceutical plant for 17 years when my son was born…yup didnt have him til 34!
I am 75 years old and live by myself, and I am going to try a pantry challenge. It may be on my own, but it will be fun to try. Thank you for the inspiration, Ruthann! It's all to easy to run to the store so I'll see how I can manage to cut that back. Unfortunately I am allergic to all dairy and can't eat beef, so I look for recipes that don't include those items. I try to be vegan because it's easier to find menus/recipes in that category, but I do eat eggs and honey. Thank you again for all you share so generously. Many blessings to you and your loved ones.
If ur not allergic you need to eat beef and other red meat, ruminants. Goat, lamb/mutton, bison, venison, etc Fatty fish is also dense nutrients. Red meat is soooo good for u, esp when fatty meat. Eggs very imp, even if just the yolks-daily ingestion! Honey barely has actual nutrients unless it’s raw, unprocessed and even then theres quite little (ignore the sensationalizers who think it’s a healthfood; it’s a sugar). Even poultry if u must, is better than rice & beans. Plants need to stay side dish at most and condiment usage at best. We are designed for animal foods at optimum. Everything the govt says do opposite, right? Invert the food pyramid! 😀
You may not consider yourself educated, however as a farmer, mother, cook, gardner, you possess more skills and knowledge than most women. Just because you don't have a degree doesn't mean you're uneducated. The skills and knowledge you share is a saleable degree. Love your site.
I found you from watching the ThreeRivers Homestead videos. Although I am not on a homestead, I am a Christian mother and wife and I love learning how other Christians live out their faith. Thank you for sharing your love of God on RUclips. I'm off to watch your deep cleaning video to help me get up my courage to face my kitchen. Pray for me, I'm gonna need it!
Thank You so very much for sharing this with information and the videos and potato’s salad,My Grandma put cucumbers green onion and sour cream along with hard boiled egg mayonnaise and yellow mustard. She passed in 1985 , Thank You for the good memory thank you
I actually love you because you’re so absolutely human and honest about your lifestyle…. everybody forgets something every once in a while you actually may learn something from that❤..
Thank you for another inspiring video…I have Pennsylvania Dutch roots on my mothers side of the family. Mom passed away last year at age 92..Your videos remind me of her. She taught me how to sew and bake and cook simple foods…It’s so refreshing to see your family living the simple lifestyle. You are an inspiration. ❤
My mom always hid the chocolate chips in the washing machine. She did all of the laundry because she loved to do it. So the washing machine was the best place to hide them. We never figured that out until she told us when we grew up!
Kendrick had me laughing so hard 😂 Such a beautiful family you have. My kids are always poking around in the kitchen being silly while I’m cooking too ❤
Thank you for your granola recipe. Im going to make it for my son and me. You are an amazing woman with all you do. I love the way you are so organized. God bless you sister in Christ!
I just stumbled on your RUclips channel by accident. You are one of the best teachers I have ever come across. I have been interested in canning for awhile now. However, I never found any other videos that I could really learn from. But yours were taught well, easy to understand, and so none judgmental. Thank you. You have a very good style. I teach in Los Angeles, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. I teach agriculture classes, animal science, horticulture, floriculture, and landscape. We are all about hands on, learn by doing. So, I find your videos to be the same. I am now making my way through all your videos. Please keep them coming. Paul
Min 7:22 Hello!! Here a subscriber from Buenos Aires, Argentina!! The apple cider is better if it comes in glass, and not in a plastic bottle. And, as for me, I do my own apple cider vinegar, with a very cheap recipe, using the apples core and peelings with water and sugar, and you let them rest and sit for a couple of weeks, then you get cider, and a few days later, that cider becomes vinegar!!!🎉😊
I just found your channel this week and am loving it. Although I am a senior citizen, learning new things is always inspiring. Your lifestyle is so much the way I lived when raising my children. God bless you and your family.
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE your channel. I wish YT and your channel was around when my boys were little. I had no idea about self sufficiency, gardening, farming and all of the amazing things you do. You are so inspiring! Thank you for sharing all of this with us!
Ruthann, thank you so much. I’ve learned so much from your channel and I love watching you and your family. You and your family are a joy to watch. I pray for great blessings for you and your family because you have blessed me because I’ve learned so much about canning and about growing, thank you so much
Thank you for the granola recipe. . . and the idea of chili over twice baked potatoes. Here’s a quick recipe I got from Lumnah Acres channel for easy mayo- if you have a stick blender. 1 c. Avocado oil, 1egg, 1TBS apple cider vinegar, 1/2 tsp each of salt & gr. Mustard seed, black pepper to taste. Put all in a container and blend with immersion blender for half a minute or so until thickened. Store in the fridge. Super easy especially when the store is 45 mins away and you just realized you’re out of mayo and supper is in 15 mins! Sending hugs and blessings to you and your beautiful family.
I recently found your channel and am thoroughly loving each beautiful video. I’m also doing the Three Rivers challenge. I’m watching your old videos and look forward to many more. Have a great week!
What a great pantry! I also can pineapple zucchini, and I have a video to show how! I actually wanted something sweet last night, and I opened a can, and had it as a "dessert". It was delicious! I have made Zapple and Peach pie filling from zucchini as well! So many ways to use up all of that Zucchini, since it is one of the things that grows in abundance in our Midwest! I am happy to have found another homesteader in the "area"!
Your channel just came up on my feed for canning potatoes. I am smitten with your channel as you are a gift to the Kingdom of God and as priceless as rubies. I have never been domestic as I’ve always been in the profession world , I am married with 3 grown children. My husband has done most of the cooking and grocery buying in the time we had children at home. The Lord blessed me in business so I could afford to retire at 54 . We now live on 19 acres in a tiny home and this is my time to learn these practical life skills and I must say I am enjoyed it all. I am also doing an online herbal program to learn medicinal medicine. I am learning to garden, learning botanical medicine and cooking and canning. I look forward to going through your videos to learn. Bless you for your incredible gift of mothering and most importantly the job of keeping your home. ♥️ from British Columbia 🇨🇦. ♥️✝️🙏🏼🌟.
I'm now disabled but, when our kids were still at home, I sewed, shopped thrift shops, gardened, cooked from scratch, canned, baked, knitted, and crocheted. I did everything possible to stretch every penny we got.
You are a blessing to all of those who are able to watch your channel, what a delight you are in sharing your life and family as well as your challenges, talents and recipes with us. Blessings to you always!
I am loving your videos. We do not have room for a dairy cow but have bought a share in a dairy cow. A young woman who I attend church with is so gracious to do that. You have inspired this 64 year old homemaker and grandma! Blessings to you my sweet sister in Jesus Christ.
It is good and very comforting to watch your videos. Showing your skills, experience, knowledge in raising a big family and running a homestead is very educational. Nowadays, we need to learn from the experts and the experienced homemakers to help us develop those skills passed on from our ancestors. It's never too late to learn how to make things from scratch. You're in the right path. New subscriber. Watching you from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
We took on 5 children when I was 42 and my husband was 44 they were 2 3 5 7 and 11 I went from feeding just my husband and myself to feeding 7 people then my two daughters moved home that ended up being 9 well over the last 15 years it was from 7 to 12 people eating at my house everyday, I remember the things that you are doing in fact They are all grown and living on their on or in college and I still make my own bread I still have a garden I can and freeze my veggies from my garden even tho garden isn't so big anymore for 2 I have started to dehydrate I am really enjoying that Not sure how I stumbled on to your page a few weeks back but I am so enjoying watching, Be Blessed my new friend
I love that you shared this! Thank you so much! I feel this so strong as a stay at home mom that doesn’t bring home money. The value I bring to my family the way God wants me to.
I found you on your cream chicken soup video, shared it with my mom and since then I’ve had several of your videos come across my feed. I subscribed. I can not believe you only have 38k subscribers. But I suspect that will grow quickly as people find out about you. You have some amazing content. Thank you! I wish you and your family well!
If anyone thinks a stay at home mom is watching soap operas and eating BonBons is how it’s done needs to see one of your videos!! 😂😂. I can’t do what you do at 74 but there was a time I did, not as well as you do but similarly. I’m amazed at your reasoning for the things you do and how you relate to each child. Great family and those children will repeat what they’ve learned and that’s awesome!
Dear Mrs. Zimmermann I really don't know why but when I watch you I think I know her! Real true, authentic and right out of my heart that you are. Thank you for being you and sharing with us. Greetings from Cologne Germany . Lydia a mother of three and thank god a grandmom right now to too wonderful and magic boys! Love L.
Here showing my support and appreciation for your channel. Lots of wonderful content. I live on a 31 acre goat farm in a very rural one red light Town. Your channel has definitely helped tremendously in making trips to Wal-Mart less for our families needs. The nearest store is over an hour away so the less trips that have to be made the better. Wishing you a Wonderful June and Very Happy Summer.
Enjoyed your channel so far! You showed you own canned cherry pie filling, and I thought I'd tell you about a quick dessert, using it. Just roll the pie filling up in flour tortillias, in a baking dish like an enchalada. After you have your dish as full as you want, melt a stick of butter in a cup of sugar and a cup of water, and pore over the tortillias, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 till bubbly and starting to brown. It is very good and so quick. You can add more sugar if you like it sweeter if your cherries are not very sweet. Great cereal recipe, and love that walnut chopper!
I love watching your viseos. I line in Northeast Ohio and am so blessed to have several Amish Salvage stores less than 45 minutes away. That is how we survive our food budget of 200 a month for 3 people. As a mom of a college student who does cook for himeself,he too loves to Salvage shop to stock up for his return to college. I cannot imagine what I would do without these wonderful stores and the produce slowly coming from our garden. Blessings to you all.
I had to laugh a little at the chocolate hiding 😂 even though I have older children I still do the same… but In the vegetable drawer in my refrigerator. Thank you for another great vid, and another yummy recipe, blessings to you and your family.
My grandma shared a good trick. Divide the chocolate in two and hide it in two places. That way, if one of the kids find it, you still have some chocolate left.
Thank you for this wonderful video! I enjoyed it so very much! I’m new to watching & so glad I found you! I also think your children are very sweet & I’m impressed by how they do their chores without complaining. You give your children much more advanced chores than I expected! You are giving them such good habits which will allow them to become very capable adults! It’s great (& quite unusual!) to see such an outstanding group of children. I haven’t seen your husband yet because I’ve only watched a couple of your videos. But I love seeing the interaction between you & your children. You are an amazing mom!!!
Look into using a Sun Oven for the baking you do in the warmer months. Its a win win for reducing utilities and doesn't heat your kitchen up.. plus you can leave it and not have to worry about things burning. Your channel is a joy to learn from. Thank you.
This is fabulous!!! We love to do the same using food we have and grow and keeping purchased food costs as low as possible. I LOVE the food prep ideas and recipes. Thank you so much!! We ended the boxed cereal and went to a granola recipe I created that we love. You have me intrigued with the Azure rice krispies!! I'm looking forward to trying your granola recipe too!! Thank you so much for sharing your hope in the Lord and your life with us. We look forward to each video!!
I love homemade granola, and yours looks so good. I never knew one could purchase rice krispies made with brown rice!😱. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe….😊 ❤-Brenda
I live in Canada and this would have cost closer to $1000 for us. You’re so fortunate in the states! I remember spending 300 and getting a lot more. Now I may get two crates of food.
I LOVE to watch your channel! I have 4 grown children, but I am still learning from you on things I wish I knew when my children were growing up! I am from Maine
I appreciate your videos very much for a few big reasons. One. You are not afraid to talk about God!! I also just agree with you on a lot of subjects. Thank you for putting out useful information! It has helped me!!! Keep putting it out there!
I love how you manage the smores chocolate! I have a shelf in a cupboard that is off limits because the ingredients are designated for something special!
Hi RuthAnn and sweet family! I love watching your videos, they are so inspiring. I will try your granola recipe, it looks delicious. Thank you for sharing and have a blessed day!
I went back several times and even checked the transcript. Did she really say “for the Baltimore Orioles”? (The grape jelly). I just found her page this morning and now I’m binging all the videos! 10:42
Im in my 70’s too and notice Im not alone! We lived this way with young children 50 years ago… trying to live and teach our children much like you! I admire you and want to encourage you! You are an inspiration and have a Beautiful Spirit & Family! You are now in many of our Prayers, Im sure… God Bless you! This is a Wonderful Channel and you are helping so many, including the Grandmas & Great-Grandmas out here who are cheering you on! Thanks for the Memories too… and the whisper that “it was not all in vain..” 🙏✝️💖
GOD is good, all the time! I made your bread recipe, and your grandmas mint tea. Both are delicious. Thank you for sharing the recipes. I already make a granola we call muesli and instead of sugar I use maple syrup.
Long time viewer, first time commenter. Fellow Iowan here that grew up in a small dairy farm and am seeking a homestead for my own family now. Just want to say I love seeing your videos getting so many views. Love your beautiful smile and all your helpful content (also one of Jessica’s biggest fan) 😊
Thanks for sharing your granola recipe. I've never used crispy rice; I use rolled oats. If we had that much milk, it would be ice cream all the way! We freeze milk and that works good too. 💯❣️
I love your videos on all things canning and preservation. You are so correct on all the botulism fear. I even use arrow root to thicken pie filling before I can it up. Thank you for your work. It helps me so much 😂
Hi RuthAnn , I recently discovered your channel. Absolutely love your channel! I look forward to you posting more videos in the future. I grew up on a 100 acre dairy farm. By watching you and your wonderful family, it brings me back to my childhood of living in the country with all the farm animals.Thank you for sharing your made from scratch recipes. Great job making your videos.Have a blessed day! God is good.
Just started watching your Channel. You've got me hooked, 😊. Sure enjoyed watching your little one helping you cut up potatoes. Excellent how you handled your children with learning new skills!!!
I just love your channel. Im a mom of 1, work very part time, and live in a city. We couldn’t be more different on paper… but I squeeze every ounce of these homestead and incredible techniques into my life as i can. When my daughter was younger and I was home full time I spent hours every day prepping and learning and doing all that I could to make what we had go farther! And it let me stay home for almost 2 years! Now my daughter is just over 2 and everytime I tell her I’m making us lunch, or breakfast, she pulls her toddler stool next to me and says “I can help you” and I know I’m passing down a love of health, skill, and passion to live better. Life looks different now, and I used to spend an hour or more preparing dinner because I loved it. My new way is I plan out my entire week and then I pull from the freezer, I slow cook meat, parcook vegetables, marinate, pickle, and make sauces… everything I could possibly need on Sunday night. Tomorrow when we have dinner we’ll have pulled pork from a huge cut of pig I bought and broke down myself, slaw, pickled onions from a local farmer I did in summer, tortillas I made myself, guacamole and cheese. All I need to do tomorrow is warm tortillas and meat. I can’t say I do ALL of it how you do, and I one day hope to, but I think it’s miles ahead of where most people are now, and ingredient wise - it’s simple.😊
I love homemade granola, and make it often for my homemade yogurt. I've never put rice cereal in mine but think I will now after watching you! You have such good ideas. I love how you parent your children! So many need to take notice! Thanks for your channel!
Hello. I do recommend the Bobby Approved App. It’s free and you can scan the bard code and it tells you what bad ingredients the groceries have. Also give you better options to buy. Works in any store.
I just found your channel. I love to cook, bake, can, frement, and dry food. I suggest you look for Middle Eastern grocery stores the tahini and olive oil are usually higher quality and more afforable.
On Bragg vinegar…they sold out to a different company and that company uses apples that are sprayed with Apeel on the apples. Apeel lists the ingredients in the spray and at least 90% of the ingredients are “other ingredients” so we have no way of knowing if it’s toxic or not. Apeel is a spray many growers are using because it makes the apples last longer but may or may not be organic
I like the way you say.. that's canned but it's no good. Move it to the side for the animals or compost. It hasn't sealed or has mould. Too many get too concerned about "no fail". I fail, you fail, it's ok!!
Remembering my children had breakfast there would be half boxes of this and that so I poured all into jar and called it surprise breakfast. They liked that. 😊😊
Im a fairly new subscriber, and wondered if you would mind telling us the ages of the kids? They are all so cute and well behaved. You and your husband are doing such a great job preparing them to meet the world. I know they will be productive, hard working, loving adults. God bless
Good job my sister, I grew up in small village and my parents did everything from scratch, same me, I try to do every mill by myself at home, this is hard work, but I am thankful to God we can do it!
Ruth Anne. Hi from Lancaster, Texas. You have inspired me to grow a larger garden, raised gardens. I have 4 3’X5’ and 1 16’X 2 1/5’. I’m going to use the 16’ for onions, leeks, and elephant garlic. There are two of us and this is a first try to grow any quantity from seed. I’ve been saving seed from the squash and tomatoes, and a black dining watermelon. Thank you for inspiring me!
Jessica at Roots and Refuge sent me over for your pineapple zucchini video. I will be trying that for sure! Now I have twice baked potatoes on my mind. 😂 Liked and subscribed.
Making mayo is super easy if you have an immersion blender. 1 egg, a squirter of mustard, a squirt of lemon juice, salt to taste, and a cup of chosen oil. Put everything in a pint mason jar except oil. Then put oil on top. Stick immersion blender all the way to the bottom. Start blending and slowly move upward as it starts to thicken. All done.
I love these challenges. I don't tape what I do for mine. But I do get a lot of Ideas from others. Being it's only me most of the time unless the G-kids come and G-Pa is here I do a lot of eating alone. I have thought a lot about doing this challenge for people like myself. Cooking for one or two people is a challenge on its own. All my life I have cooked for 5-15 people and never had that much trouble. I don't like to make big meals that I have to eat for a week. But We are learning and adjusting to a much smaller meal. I hope to use the freeze dryer to save on waist. but really nothing goes to waste because the animals eat what I can't. LOL
Im surprised you don’t make your own powdered sugar because it’s so easy to make. You make everything else. .😜😜 Love, love, love your videos and your beautiful family!
Love your channel Ruth Anne, I too am a homesteader, alone now, but raised two great boys, now 23 and 27. But I have a 20x60 high tunnel and just can't stop growing my own. I also have 26 chickens, two dogs and a kitty, lol. I make cat and dog food daily and have not stopped cooking in large batches, just have to be creative when wrapping and freezing single meals for myself later. Makes it easier to share good quality food, when a neighbor or someone is sick also.
I made a batch of granola tonight $.31 a serving. Took 3 hours but it was worth it. Thank you for sharing. I did half butter half creamy peanut butter. I love watching you. You are teaching me so much.
My kids and grandkids are all grown now, but when I had littles at home, I sewed, baked, cooked, canned and learned every possible thing I could to stretch hubbys meager paycheck. Felt quite smug when friends would say, we could never afford that. And I knew they had a larger income.
Good for you! I live off-grid, and have a business where I buy used stuff and resell it on eBay, the consignment store, and also the flea market. A large percent of everything I own was 'used' (including my home which was a reposessed 'tiny house', and my solar array which I bought ala carte and hooked up myself), and even paint and other building materials (surplus) which I often get for free (or, pretty close). Growing and canning are next on my list. Yes, I feel 'smug' when I hear people talking about struggling to keep up with expenses. I'm shooting for near zero$ and am pretty darn close.
Me too!
dora; Yes, so many then say. 'You are so lucky:. As if work and sacrifice had NOTHING to do with success. Good job.
@@futurekronif you don't mind, does the business involve much paperwork/ uncle sam red tape? We are trying to work out a way to have our land bring in income bit I'm disabled and my partner is allergic to paperwork lol. Some well meaning folks suggest incorporating but that seems like it would be worse.
Love your ingenuity. We too look for free/cheap but focus on quality. We got hardwood flooring for the price of just removing it from the home or was in. Love those win-wins.
@@vinlago-Yes. Starting this year, eBay will issuing 1099 income forms for anyone who sells $600 or more.
I was a stay at home mom for about 30 yrs. My husband and I both felt that having a mom at home and present for the kids at all times was the best thing for our family of 9 and society in general. My husband worked but was available for the kids also. I budgeted, cooked,😊 canned and dehydrated. I also sewed. Our children grew up to be good and productive human beings. You are doing a great job with your family! 😊 keep up the good work
I was a stay at home mom for my one and only child for the same reason as you!…my husband was only home maybe three month’s a year as he was a merchant seaman so I had no help with anything basically and I,was fortunate that he made a good living and I didnt need to work….but quit my job after being at a pharmaceutical plant for 17 years when my son was born…yup didnt have him til 34!
I hid our goodies in 'Yucky' cereal boxes.😂😂
Genius!
😂😂
Oh I’m stealing that! Something with a toothless guy winking!
I am 75 years old and live by myself, and I am going to try a pantry challenge. It may be on my own, but it will be fun to try. Thank you for the inspiration, Ruthann! It's all to easy to run to the store so I'll see how I can manage to cut that back. Unfortunately I am allergic to all dairy and can't eat beef, so I look for recipes that don't include those items. I try to be vegan because it's easier to find menus/recipes in that category, but I do eat eggs and honey.
Thank you again for all you share so generously. Many blessings to you and your loved ones.
If ur not allergic you need to eat beef and other red meat, ruminants. Goat, lamb/mutton, bison, venison, etc
Fatty fish is also dense nutrients. Red meat is soooo good for u, esp when fatty meat.
Eggs very imp, even if just the yolks-daily ingestion!
Honey barely has actual nutrients unless it’s raw, unprocessed and even then theres quite little (ignore the sensationalizers who think it’s a healthfood; it’s a sugar).
Even poultry if u must, is better than rice & beans. Plants need to stay side dish at most and condiment usage at best.
We are designed for animal foods at optimum.
Everything the govt says do opposite, right? Invert the food pyramid! 😀
You may not consider yourself educated, however as a farmer, mother, cook, gardner, you possess more skills and knowledge than most women. Just because you don't have a degree doesn't mean you're uneducated. The skills and knowledge you share is a saleable degree. Love your site.
Well said!
100%
I found you from watching the ThreeRivers Homestead videos. Although I am not on a homestead, I am a Christian mother and wife and I love learning how other Christians live out their faith. Thank you for sharing your love of God on RUclips. I'm off to watch your deep cleaning video to help me get up my courage to face my kitchen. Pray for me, I'm gonna need it!
Es hermoso el lugar donde vive, thanks por las recetas, donde vive .
Thank You so very much for sharing this with information and the videos and potato’s salad,My Grandma put cucumbers green onion and sour cream along with hard boiled egg mayonnaise and yellow mustard. She passed in 1985 , Thank You for the good memory thank you
More families should learn how to live off the land and preserve food as you do. Love to watch how you preserve the food.
I actually love you because you’re so absolutely human and honest about your lifestyle…. everybody forgets something every once in a while you actually may learn something from that❤..
Thank you for another inspiring video…I have Pennsylvania Dutch roots on my mothers side of the family. Mom passed away last year at age 92..Your videos remind me of her. She taught me how to sew and bake and cook simple foods…It’s so refreshing to see your family living the simple lifestyle. You are an inspiration. ❤
Thank you!!!
Simple? Looks pretty complicated to me…
I’m green with envy!
Love your videos!! Had to laugh when you hid the chocolate. As a mom of 10 I have to get creative too!
I don't know how you get so much food cooked & all those chores every day. Wow !
RIGHT?! It's so admirable!!
My mom always hid the chocolate chips in the washing machine. She did all of the laundry because she loved to do it. So the washing machine was the best place to hide them. We never figured that out until she told us when we grew up!
😂😂😂 that’s another great spot
Kendrick is so funny! What a little character😂❤ God Bless!!!
Kendrick had me laughing so hard 😂 Such a beautiful family you have. My kids are always poking around in the kitchen being silly while I’m cooking too ❤
Thank you for your granola recipe. Im going to make it for my son and me. You are an amazing woman with all you do. I love the way you are so organized. God bless you sister in Christ!
I just stumbled on your RUclips channel by accident. You are one of the best teachers I have ever come across. I have been interested in canning for awhile now. However, I never found any other videos that I could really learn from. But yours were taught well, easy to understand, and so none judgmental. Thank you. You have a very good style. I teach in Los Angeles, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. I teach agriculture classes, animal science, horticulture, floriculture, and landscape. We are all about hands on, learn by doing. So, I find your videos to be the same. I am now making my way through all your videos. Please keep them coming. Paul
Min 7:22 Hello!! Here a subscriber from Buenos Aires, Argentina!! The apple cider is better if it comes in glass, and not in a plastic bottle. And, as for me, I do my own apple cider vinegar, with a very cheap recipe, using the apples core and peelings with water and sugar, and you let them rest and sit for a couple of weeks, then you get cider, and a few days later, that cider becomes vinegar!!!🎉😊
Your what the English would call a Home Economic Teacher based on your years of family experience and years of experience. Bravo 🙌🏽
I just found your channel this week and am loving it. Although I am a senior citizen, learning new things is always inspiring. Your lifestyle is so much the way I lived when raising my children. God bless you and your family.
I laughed at your video today... The little boys crack me up. We don't go to Walmart unless there is no other identifiable option!
Yes!!!
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE your channel. I wish YT and your channel was around when my boys were little. I had no idea about self sufficiency, gardening, farming and all of the amazing things you do. You are so inspiring! Thank you for sharing all of this with us!
Ruthann, thank you so much. I’ve learned so much from your channel and I love watching you and your family. You and your family are a joy to watch. I pray for great blessings for you and your family because you have blessed me because I’ve learned so much about canning and about growing, thank you so much
Thank you for the granola recipe. . . and the idea of chili over twice baked potatoes. Here’s a quick recipe I got from Lumnah Acres channel for easy mayo- if you have a stick blender. 1 c. Avocado oil, 1egg, 1TBS apple cider vinegar, 1/2 tsp each of salt & gr. Mustard seed, black pepper to taste. Put all in a container and blend with immersion blender for half a minute or so until thickened. Store in the fridge. Super easy especially when the store is 45 mins away and you just realized you’re out of mayo and supper is in 15 mins! Sending hugs and blessings to you and your beautiful family.
I recently found your channel and am thoroughly loving each beautiful video. I’m also doing the Three Rivers challenge. I’m watching your old videos and look forward to many more. Have a great week!
Thank you for being here!!
What a great pantry! I also can pineapple zucchini, and I have a video to show how! I actually wanted something sweet last night, and I opened a can, and had it as a "dessert". It was delicious! I have made Zapple and Peach pie filling from zucchini as well! So many ways to use up all of that Zucchini, since it is one of the things that grows in abundance in our Midwest! I am happy to have found another homesteader in the "area"!
So u use zucchini to bulk up the fruits?
Some apple in with mostly zucchini, etc?
@@YeshuaKingMessiah I actually used only zucchini in this. The zuccini took on the flavor of the apple juice. You sure can use apples with it though.
Your channel just came up on my feed for canning potatoes. I am smitten with your channel as you are a gift to the Kingdom of God and as priceless as rubies. I have never been domestic as I’ve always been in the profession world , I am married with 3 grown children. My husband has done most of the cooking and grocery buying in the time we had children at home. The Lord blessed me in business so I could afford to retire at 54 . We now live on 19 acres in a tiny home and this is my time to learn these practical life skills and I must say I am enjoyed it all. I am also doing an online herbal program to learn medicinal medicine. I am learning to garden, learning botanical medicine and cooking and canning. I look forward to going through your videos to learn. Bless you for your incredible gift of mothering and most importantly the job of keeping your home. ♥️ from British Columbia 🇨🇦. ♥️✝️🙏🏼🌟.
I'm now disabled but, when our kids were still at home, I sewed, shopped thrift shops, gardened, cooked from scratch, canned, baked, knitted, and crocheted. I did everything possible to stretch every penny we got.
I wish I could hide in your cupboard & sneak out when everyone was asleep to snack on your delicious looking food. Everything looks yummy.
You are a blessing to all of those who are able to watch your channel, what a delight you are in sharing your life and family as well as your challenges, talents and recipes with us. Blessings to you always!
I am loving your videos. We do not have room for a dairy cow but have bought a share in a dairy cow. A young woman who I attend church with is so gracious to do that. You have inspired this 64 year old homemaker and grandma! Blessings to you my sweet sister in Jesus Christ.
Your son cracked me up admiring himself in the camera : ) Adorable ! I am trying the challenge along with you
Bahahaha I laughed when I was editing and saw that!!!
It is good and very comforting to watch your videos. Showing your skills, experience, knowledge in raising a big family and running a homestead is very educational. Nowadays, we need to learn from the experts and the experienced homemakers to help us develop those skills passed on from our ancestors. It's never too late to learn how to make things from scratch. You're in the right path. New subscriber. Watching you from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
We took on 5 children when I was 42 and my husband was 44 they were 2 3 5 7 and 11 I went from feeding just my husband and myself to feeding 7 people then my two daughters moved home that ended up being 9 well over the last 15 years it was from 7 to 12 people eating at my house everyday, I remember the things that you are doing in fact They are all grown and living on their on or in college and I still make my own bread I still have a garden I can and freeze my veggies from my garden even tho garden isn't so big anymore for 2 I have started to dehydrate I am really enjoying that Not sure how I stumbled on to your page a few weeks back but I am so enjoying watching, Be Blessed my new friend
I love that you shared this! Thank you so much! I feel this so strong as a stay at home mom that doesn’t bring home money. The value I bring to my family the way God wants me to.
I found you on your cream chicken soup video, shared it with my mom and since then I’ve had several of your videos come across my feed. I subscribed. I can not believe you only have 38k subscribers. But I suspect that will grow quickly as people find out about you. You have some amazing content. Thank you! I wish you and your family well!
Thank you!!!!
If anyone thinks a stay at home mom is watching soap operas and eating BonBons is how it’s done needs to see one of your videos!! 😂😂. I can’t do what you do at 74 but there was a time I did, not as well as you do but similarly. I’m amazed at your reasoning for the things you do and how you relate to each child. Great family and those children will repeat what they’ve learned and that’s awesome!
Dear Mrs. Zimmermann I really don't know why but when I watch you I think I know her! Real true, authentic and right out of my heart that you are. Thank you for being you and sharing with us. Greetings from Cologne Germany . Lydia a mother of three and thank god a grandmom right now to too wonderful and magic boys! Love L.
Wow, thank you!
Like to see how you make butter…😊
Here showing my support and appreciation for your channel. Lots of wonderful content. I live on a 31 acre goat farm in a very rural one red light Town. Your channel has definitely helped tremendously in making trips to Wal-Mart less for our families needs. The nearest store is over an hour away so the less trips that have to be made the better. Wishing you a Wonderful June and Very Happy Summer.
😍😍 thank you!!!
Someone needs to make a compilation video of Kendrick's little on-screen antics. He's such a ham bone. ❤
Enjoyed your channel so far! You showed you own canned cherry pie filling, and I thought I'd tell you about a quick dessert, using it. Just roll the pie filling up in flour tortillias, in a baking dish like an enchalada. After you have your dish as full as you want, melt a stick of butter in a cup of sugar and a cup of water, and pore over the tortillias, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 till bubbly and starting to brown. It is very good and so quick. You can add more sugar if you like it sweeter if your cherries are not very sweet. Great cereal recipe, and love that walnut chopper!
I love watching your viseos. I line in Northeast Ohio and am so blessed to have several Amish Salvage stores less than 45 minutes away. That is how we survive our food budget of 200 a month for 3 people. As a mom of a college student who does cook for himeself,he too loves to Salvage shop to stock up for his return to college. I cannot imagine what I would do without these wonderful stores and the produce slowly coming from our garden. Blessings to you all.
I loved the kids running around and showing off for the camera while you were making the granola 😂
Yes, it was hilarious the one son's fingers at his eyes saying "I'm watching you". 🤣
I had to laugh a little at the chocolate hiding 😂 even though I have older children I still do the same… but In the vegetable drawer in my refrigerator. Thank you for another great vid, and another yummy recipe, blessings to you and your family.
My grandma shared a good trick. Divide the chocolate in two and hide it in two places. That way, if one of the kids find it, you still have some chocolate left.
It would be great to see a video on your chili base and your homemade baked beans. Thank you for sharing your journey!
Thank you for this wonderful video! I enjoyed it so very much! I’m new to watching & so glad I found you! I also think your children are very sweet & I’m impressed by how they do their chores without complaining. You give your children much more advanced chores than I expected! You are giving them such good habits which will allow them to become very capable adults!
It’s great (& quite unusual!) to see such an outstanding group of children. I haven’t seen your husband yet because I’ve only watched a couple of your videos. But I love seeing the interaction between you & your children.
You are an amazing mom!!!
I live alone and I have to hide the peanut butter cups in the back of the fridge!! Otherwise well it ain't pretty LOL
Look into using a Sun Oven for the baking you do in the warmer months. Its a win win for reducing utilities and doesn't heat your kitchen up.. plus you can leave it
and not have to worry about things burning. Your channel is a joy to learn from. Thank you.
Braggs was bought out and additives are now in their ACV. Making apple cider vinegar yourself is super easy! I have 2 gallons brewing right now.
This is fabulous!!! We love to do the same using food we have and grow and keeping purchased food costs as low as possible. I LOVE the food prep ideas and recipes. Thank you so much!! We ended the boxed cereal and went to a granola recipe I created that we love. You have me intrigued with the Azure rice krispies!! I'm looking forward to trying your granola recipe too!! Thank you so much for sharing your hope in the Lord and your life with us. We look forward to each video!!
I love homemade granola, and yours looks so good. I never knew one could purchase rice krispies made with brown rice!😱. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe….😊
❤-Brenda
I live in Canada and this would have cost closer to $1000 for us. You’re so fortunate in the states! I remember spending 300 and getting a lot more. Now I may get two crates of food.
I just absolutely adore you and your sweet family
I LOVE to watch your channel! I have 4 grown children, but I am still learning from you on things I wish I knew when my children were growing up! I am from Maine
I appreciate your videos very much for a few big reasons. One. You are not afraid to talk about God!! I also just agree with you on a lot of subjects. Thank you for putting out useful information! It has helped me!!! Keep putting it out there!
I love how you manage the smores chocolate! I have a shelf in a cupboard that is off limits because the ingredients are designated for something special!
Min 28:38 jajajajajaja! So cute!! 😂🎉❤
Your youngest is a little mini you!😊 Granola looks so yummy!
Hi RuthAnn and sweet family! I love watching your videos, they are so inspiring. I will try your granola recipe, it looks delicious.
Thank you for sharing and have a blessed day!
I went back several times and even checked the transcript. Did she really say “for the Baltimore Orioles”? (The grape jelly). I just found her page this morning and now I’m binging all the videos! 10:42
Im in my 70’s too and notice Im not alone! We lived this way with young children 50 years ago… trying to live and teach our children much like you! I admire you and want to encourage you! You are an inspiration and have a Beautiful Spirit & Family!
You are now in many of our Prayers, Im sure… God Bless you!
This is a Wonderful Channel and you are helping so many, including the Grandmas & Great-Grandmas out here who are cheering you on!
Thanks for the Memories too… and the whisper that “it was not all in vain..” 🙏✝️💖
GOD is good, all the time! I made your bread recipe, and your grandmas mint tea. Both are delicious. Thank you for sharing the recipes. I already make a granola we call muesli and instead of sugar I use maple syrup.
I have to let you know that when i watch your channel i always have a SMILE on my face 😊. Love your channel
Kendrick.....28:35......PRICELESS!! 😆😆😆😆😆😆
Long time viewer, first time commenter. Fellow Iowan here that grew up in a small dairy farm and am seeking a homestead for my own family now. Just want to say I love seeing your videos getting so many views. Love your beautiful smile and all your helpful content (also one of Jessica’s biggest fan) 😊
I had to smile at Kendrick checking himself out in the camera😊
I loved that too
Thanks for sharing your granola recipe. I've never used crispy rice; I use rolled oats. If we had that much milk, it would be ice cream all the way! We freeze milk and that works good too. 💯❣️
I love your videos on all things canning and preservation. You are so correct on all the botulism fear. I even use arrow root to thicken pie filling before I can it up. Thank you for your work. It helps me so much 😂
Hi RuthAnn , I recently discovered your channel. Absolutely love your channel! I look forward to you posting more videos in the future. I grew up on a 100 acre dairy farm. By watching you and your wonderful family, it brings me back to my childhood of living in the country with all the farm animals.Thank you for sharing your made from scratch recipes. Great job making your videos.Have a blessed day! God is good.
You are a great teacher of simple ways. Appreciate the knowledge.
Thank you so very much. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Just started watching your Channel. You've got me hooked, 😊. Sure enjoyed watching your little one helping you cut up potatoes. Excellent how you handled your children with learning new skills!!!
You are such a blessing Ruthann. I've only just found your videos, but you are just a blessing.
I just love your channel. Im a mom of 1, work very part time, and live in a city. We couldn’t be more different on paper… but I squeeze every ounce of these homestead and incredible techniques into my life as i can. When my daughter was younger and I was home full time I spent hours every day prepping and learning and doing all that I could to make what we had go farther! And it let me stay home for almost 2 years! Now my daughter is just over 2 and everytime I tell her I’m making us lunch, or breakfast, she pulls her toddler stool next to me and says “I can help you” and I know I’m passing down a love of health, skill, and passion to live better. Life looks different now, and I used to spend an hour or more preparing dinner because I loved it. My new way is I plan out my entire week and then I pull from the freezer, I slow cook meat, parcook vegetables, marinate, pickle, and make sauces… everything I could possibly need on Sunday night. Tomorrow when we have dinner we’ll have pulled pork from a huge cut of pig I bought and broke down myself, slaw, pickled onions from a local farmer I did in summer, tortillas I made myself, guacamole and cheese. All I need to do tomorrow is warm tortillas and meat. I can’t say I do ALL of it how you do, and I one day hope to, but I think it’s miles ahead of where most people are now, and ingredient wise - it’s simple.😊
I love homemade granola, and make it often for my homemade yogurt. I've never put rice cereal in mine but think I will now after watching you! You have such good ideas. I love how you parent your children! So many need to take notice! Thanks for your channel!
Hello. I do recommend the Bobby Approved App. It’s free and you can scan the bard code and it tells you what bad ingredients the groceries have. Also give you better options to buy. Works in any store.
I so love your channel. You have a warm, kind presence, and you are so nurturing. Thank you for all you do and share. You are greatly appreciated.✨🧡✨
Beautiful family! Thank you for showing us how you and your husband run your family.
I just found your channel. I love to cook, bake, can, frement, and dry food. I suggest you look for Middle Eastern grocery stores the tahini and olive oil are usually higher quality and more afforable.
We absolutely love the granola recipe! Thank you for sharing it with us. I am on my 2nd batch and know i will be making it 2x a month.
On Bragg vinegar…they sold out to a different company and that company uses apples that are sprayed with Apeel on the apples. Apeel lists the ingredients in the spray and at least 90% of the ingredients are “other ingredients” so we have no way of knowing if it’s toxic or not. Apeel is a spray many growers are using because it makes the apples last longer but may or may not be organic
I like the way you say.. that's canned but it's no good. Move it to the side for the animals or compost. It hasn't sealed or has mould. Too many get too concerned about "no fail".
I fail, you fail, it's ok!!
Remembering my children had breakfast there would be half boxes of this and that so I poured all into jar and called it surprise breakfast. They liked that. 😊😊
I am on a fix income, this would really help me out for catching things on sale. Thank you.I like watching you guys on RUclips.
I have the dry ingredients mixed up ready to finish in the morning! .. I love the season grilled cheese idea!!
Im a fairly new subscriber, and wondered if you would mind telling us the ages of the kids? They are all so cute and well behaved. You and your husband are doing such a great job preparing them to meet the world. I know they will be productive, hard working, loving adults. God bless
Our children are 21,20,15,13,10,8,7
@@Ruthannzimmyou have 7 children? My family is 7 as well. 6 girls, 1 brother
I love the affection that Harrison shows his Mum x
You are such a amazing loving & caring person. I love your videos, your voice is so soothing. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Good job my sister, I grew up in small village and my parents did everything from scratch, same me, I try to do every mill by myself at home, this is hard work, but I am thankful to God we can do it!
Ruth Anne. Hi from Lancaster, Texas. You have inspired me to grow a larger garden, raised gardens. I have 4 3’X5’ and 1 16’X 2 1/5’. I’m going to use the 16’ for onions, leeks, and elephant garlic. There are two of us and this is a first try to grow any quantity from seed. I’ve been saving seed from the squash and tomatoes, and a black dining watermelon. Thank you for inspiring me!
That chilli over the baked potatoes looked great ❤
Hi Ruthann; would you show us how you make your baked beans to can ; with your navy beans please 💕
Jessica at Roots and Refuge sent me over for your pineapple zucchini video. I will be trying that for sure! Now I have twice baked potatoes on my mind. 😂
Liked and subscribed.
Welcome!!
Making mayo is super easy if you have an immersion blender. 1 egg, a squirter of mustard, a squirt of lemon juice, salt to taste, and a cup of chosen oil. Put everything in a pint mason jar except oil. Then put oil on top. Stick immersion blender all the way to the bottom. Start blending and slowly move upward as it starts to thicken. All done.
Hendrick is so adorable ♡ I see you too buddy. Wonderful video as always RuthAnn ♡
I love these challenges. I don't tape what I do for mine. But I do get a lot of Ideas from others. Being it's only me most of the time unless the G-kids come and G-Pa is here I do a lot of eating alone. I have thought a lot about doing this challenge for people like myself. Cooking for one or two people is a challenge on its own. All my life I have cooked for 5-15 people and never had that much trouble. I don't like to make big meals that I have to eat for a week. But We are learning and adjusting to a much smaller meal. I hope to use the freeze dryer to save on waist. but really nothing goes to waste because the animals eat what I can't. LOL
Im surprised you don’t make your own powdered sugar because it’s so easy to make. You make everything else. .😜😜 Love, love, love your videos and your beautiful family!
Love your channel Ruth Anne, I too am a homesteader, alone now, but raised two great boys, now 23 and 27. But I have a 20x60 high tunnel and just can't stop growing my own. I also have 26 chickens, two dogs and a kitty, lol. I make cat and dog food daily and have not stopped cooking in large batches, just have to be creative when wrapping and freezing single meals for myself later. Makes it easier to share good quality food, when a neighbor or someone is sick also.
you are such a wonderful mother !!! love your channel and videos.... you are an inspiration
I made a batch of granola tonight $.31 a serving. Took 3 hours but it was worth it. Thank you for sharing. I did half butter half creamy peanut butter. I love watching you. You are teaching me so much.