As a senior that is severely physically limited, I know how right you are about not being able to work as hard as you age. Another consideration is as time goes on there can be more mouths to feed! With Kevin's parents moving close and the girls eventually marrying and having families, more food becomes necessary so better ways to preserve it for lean or drought years is smart. When my wife and I planted our 1st garden 49 years ago we never considered the enjoyment we would have teaching care of livestock, construction, gardening and preservation of our foods to our children, grandchildren and now our great grandchildren. Our 5th great grand child (our 1st girl) will be arriving in about a month! I so much enjoy your podcasts! Yes, I still can learn from you and our younger generations as well. I had never seen a freeze dryer work and keeping food for up to 30 years excited me as a way to aid future family that I will likely never meet! Please continue to keep us updated an God bless you and yours!
Without any shame, I bought a cheesecake today to run through my freeze dryer. My husband saw it in the fridge when he got home from work, and said "someone had a sweet tooth"... I said "someone is going to freeze dry cheesecake!" 😁
Me too and I did buy the freeze dryer, lol. I had been considering the purchase and this video then seeing the cheesecake sold me on it. No shame, cheesecake will be appreciated in the apocalypse, lol.
Would like to see a pre-cooked whole meal (roast & veg or lasagne), freeze dried then re-constituted to see if it is possible & how it turns out. Freeze dried home made MRE's. Interesting.
Linda's Pantry is a youtube channel that does just that. She was doing Thrive years ago for hunting meals/prep meals and buying their freeze dried foods a making meals in a jar. Bet she's bought one of these now.
I was a cook in the Air Force. We used alot of freeze dried food when deployed. When reconstituting the seasonings in the water infuses through the food, which is amazing! My favorite of all was cottage cheese, because I can control the moisture (im not a fan of really moist cottage cheese).
exactly.... like the carrots, peppers, and maybe mushrooms? dehydrating and freezing usually are good enough for soups and stews. I would imagine some meats would have a better texture than dehydrating. Please do a follow up .... using some of these foods for cooking.
"Not being able to work as hard as we do now in food production effort as when we are older" was a Lightbulb comment for me. That put a lot of things into perspective when considering having enough to eat when you're older, due to health or economic circumstances, by putting in the effort NOW, you can secure your future food needs if and when you might not have the means or health in 20+ years to do so. Brilliant and effective use of time and resources more-so than canning. Just from the Ice Cream sandwich analogy, you saved $44 if you were buying them to store. I bet over a very short period of time it would pay for itself. I do a lot of hiking and backpacking, and freeze dried or dehydrated meals are very expensive when you buy them one meal at a time. Great informative video, Thank you!
I am so excited that you 2 will be sharing your experience with the freeze drier. We have grown to trust you and give us the real truth. So many RUclipsrs have fallen into an advertisement that you have to wonder on their honesty. I just went through my list of subscribers and drop several because I felt they were only following making a dollar. It will be interesting to see the electrical cost, but it cost to run a regular freezer or the cost of canning. Keep up the good work.
I like that you bring up the cost in comparison to canning, freezing or dehydrating. I wonder with the freezer running 24/7 and the risk of an electric outage. The canning process let's off alot of heat and so does dehydrating (at least mine does) so I'm wondering if there is a temp difference in the room when using it.
Looking forward to some nerdy freeze dryer math! When I looked into it quickly, it seemed to be too expensive compared to canning. I don’t do as good a job as you guys do on the analysis though...
@@SuperMzjames There would be if you used the dehydrator or canners in the home as opposed to, in a screened room out in the elements..I never operate my AC when canning...Freezing is dependent on environment too, depending on your location.....But on the others side of that equation would you be storing your freeze dried in a controlled zone or open to the fluctuation of weather in an uncontrolled storage facility..Freeze dried take up about half much room as canned goods and are more flexible in storage requirements
Lol 😆 Dollar Tree has freeze dried mango 🥭 and pineapple 🍍 for $1.25. 99 Cent Only Store has a huge variety of freeze dried fruits for $1/each. Between jars and a nice variety I spent around $50. Freeze dried apples 🍎 Freeze dried cinnamon apples Freeze dried banana 🍌 Freeze dried Peach 🍑 Freeze dried cantaloupe Freeze dried pear 🍐 Freeze dried mango 🥭 Yup. Q
On my "if I win the lotto" list. I'd love to have one, just cant justify the cost. I need a new roof first...and remodel my bathroom, and... But if I could, I'd love one!!
I hope you update us on this product for many months to come. On every thing from cooking with the freeze dryed food to maintenance and any glitches that may come along. Thank you for Sharing this with us. I love the idea.
"Wet" canning can't be beat. That's when you wash your fruits and vegetables first, put them in canning jars like Ball, do the water process and you have food that taste fresh when you go to cook and serve your family. Can't beat the tastes. My mother canned tomatoes, beans, peaches, pears, applesauce, jams, jellies, pickles.etc. excellent!!
Lately I’ve gotten the impression I’m the only one in my boat. I don’t even buy organic food right now because it costs more. It seems all of the homesteaders are updating to huge farms, and buying all kinds of expensive equipment. RUclips must really pay well because I don’t have any friends or family that can expand like RUclipsrs. I hope some shows actually show the rest of us how to become debt-free and stick with things we can afford. Patreon, ad revenue and donations from companies are not available to most of us. I apologize to anyone that’s offended but I want other people to know they’re not alone if they can’t do what you guys are doing
I’m not offended at all and agree with your statement- though I try to grow as much ‘organic’ stuff as I can so I don’t have to pay those outrageous prices charged at the shops. But yes, some of these expensive gadgets are well out of the reach of us frugal-living folk.
@@sowgrowandcook We bought 1 acre of property five months ago. The monthly payments are the same as the trailer we were living in minus paying for water. We have wild pigs and no fence. Trying to do everything on social security at 65+ years old. Not seeing a way to get it done at this point. Maybe I’ll win the lottery LOL
I love this soooooo much! Thank you! I'm getting one and freeze-drying Everything ! . LOL ... What fun !!! and your goodies last near forever! No more freezing and freezer burn. NO more having to toss out all your food when the power goes down! ( and the generator won't start ) I LOVE the fact that it holds 98% of the nutrition. That is most important to me... I Can't-Wait To Get One!
I just had another thought! My wife says that that was a surprise lol. Freeze drying, what a great way to stock your tornado shelter! Now you won't need to rotate your food supplies every year or so. Less work so you can better apply your time and your quality food lasts so long? A big win all around!
I feel that Freezer Drying is safer than having food in liquid stored for any length of time. The Freeze dried products are so easy to reconstitute and they taste good also, if you have to travel with them you don't have the worry of breakage or seepage, some stored jars might have a hair line crack, so yes this is the safest way to store food, thank you for sharing this product. A couple of days ago I actually entered into a contest for a free Medium Freeze Dryer I am so excited!
I've freeze dried dozens and dozens of eggs and raw is the best way I've found. Letting the powder sit with water for a few minutes is best and they scramble up perfect.
@@trump2q2qandbeyonddixieand34 then add a thin film of olive oil to prevent the water from evaporating, so the eggs don't become exposed to air. The floating egg test works to make sure one isn't going to crack open a rotten egg and the lime needs to be rinsed from the eggs before use anyway, so it's a great opportunity to do that. I freeze-dried eggs by dozen for my home-made custard (small HR mylar bags were perfect) and by 18 for scrambled & baking. For all other purposes (I'd be totally happy w/only scrambled eggs for breakfast, but they are my husband's least favorite, while my favorite), then I limed 3 5-gallon buckets of eggs. I keep thinking our chickens are done for the year, but we're still getting 1-4 eggs daily...soon though...soon.
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That’s incredible! I would love to see the kids’ reaction. Bet they will love it. Nice purchase for the homestead. Kevin, this is so good to give to your parents, as well. Healthy snacks. ❣️♥️❣️
im 57 and everything i own is paid off , i spent my life paying intrest on houses , cars , trucks , i dont owe anyone anything except the tax office on my property , very good advice !!!!!!!!!
Hi. You guys work so well together; almost on cue!👍The freeze dryer is definitely a game changer especially since you process so much food for storage. Less work too🤗🤗🤗
I love watching the face of newbies! I have been freeze drying for about 3 years & ours runs probably 6 days a week (older model takes longer) In that time I have had a few (very few) failures but am still shocked at all we can do with it. Congratulations! I am actually saving up for a second unit LOL
Thank you so much for explaining freeze-dried foods and how it works and what it is. I have been wanting to learn about freeze drying for quite some time. You explained it very nicely!
This was a great video,, for many fun reasons. My wife and I would love to see you cook with freeze dried food and speak about the experience. Does it change the flavor and texture of your recipes? Do you have to do anything differently? Thanks for sharing.
How incredible and amazing! Everything looked so good. Was curious if those gasses gas off or is there a drainage hose to maintain? Also wondered if pungent items (onions, peppers) can be processed w other items at the same time? Sorry questions. So interesting!!
I would like to see a complete freeze dryed meal prepared. Thank you for demonstrating the product. It was so interesting and operation was a lot easier than I had ever thought.
I know you guys didn't get to show the vacuum sealing, but does one have to vacuum seal both bag and jars after each opening? Maybe an instructional video in the near future. 😁 Enjoyed 👍
I can help with this. Firstly, after seeing this video, a freeze dryer is on the top five of my bucket list. A freeze dryer fits perfectly with a vacuum sealing technique I developed a few years ago. The problem I had with regular vacuum sealers that are available at the big box stores is that the vacuum bags are so expensive. I was producing sausages and selling them to bars and restaurants. $10 worth of sausages cost me $1.50 worth of vacuum bags. Unacceptable! I had to cut my vacuum sealing costs down. So after trial and error I managed to cut my vacuum sealing costs down to about $0.15 per $10 worth of sausages. Here is how I did it. I bought regular, food grade, clear plastic bags. Not the vacuum bags, just regular bags. You can get them in any size: 4" x8", 6" x 8", whatever. I bought them by the kilo but I think the suppliers in North America sell them by the thousand. I used a hot wire bag sealer to seal the bags. It is a very simple machine that seals plastic bags. Any dealer who sells bags also sells the sealers, which cost about $100. I also used a small, hand held vacuum cleaner (like the kind you would use to vacuum your car). I modified the vacuum cleaner by attaching a drinking straw to the suction end of the vacuum cleaner. I realize this may seem complicated, but it really is not. Just duct tape a straw to the end of the vacuum cleaner. Here comes the hard part to understand. Put the food in the bag and seal the top of the bag leaving only enough room to insert the straw of your vacuum cleaner. Position the bag on the sealer again, insert the straw into the small opening you left and turn on the vacuum. When all the air is sucked out seal the bag. Congratulations, you just saved 90% of vacuum sealing costs!
I have had my freeze drier 3 1/2 years. Great investment. I love it. You will too. Rehydrate with different liquids to create new flavors. Add a little sherry to water when rehydrating steak. Yum
You can get a really good deal on 1 gal mylar bags from LDS stores at a great price......also oxygen absorbers the best price i could find anywhere.....
When you talked about preserving for the long term -as when "your older and can't work as hard" that really hit home for me. I'm 28 and was raised by my grand parents and they worked hard in the garden. But now as they are unable to do so us grand kids do - but no where near what we use to as health in the family over the last 2 hears have made it very difficult to keep up with. Still have a garden but just not at the same level. This would of been an awesome for thought for them to be able to have the same amount of quality that they had before. I as well live a debt free life and working towards a smaller scale home stead life- looking for property that is not outrageous in price- at least 5acers but of course the more then better. ❤️ My hubby and I raise pigs and chickens threw highschool for FFA and I just miss it so much and can't wait to be able to raise them for ourselves once again.
I learn so much from your videos! I’ve never really thought about a freeze drier but now it’s on the bucket list! I’d love to see how you cook with the freeze dried food, especially your bone broth! Also, it would be neat to see Sarah’s idea of freeze drying left overs and compare that to the same meal freshly made. God bless you and your family!
I leave near the ocean. Since our kids are grown and moved away, I no longer go fishing as much since there's always more fish than we consume. Any thoughts about freezedrying fish and meats vs vacuum packed?
Thank you for the info. Seems very doable. Never really thought about being able to freeze dry food by myself! We get so much usable info from you - blessings to you!
I’m thinking about meals in a jar, how fun! I think if I had found this in my 30s or 40s I would definitely be interested in this. 65, hmmmm still a possibility.
Kevin and Sarah, I am so happy you decided to take the plunge and get one of these amazing machines. We have been freeze drying for years and absolutely LOVE it. I hope you will share your freeze dry experiences with us as you go along on your journey. Your canning videos are so informative, and I’m sure your freeze dry ones will be , too! Happy freeze drying!
Wow, I have purchased freeze dried foods for my storage, but have never seen an in home use before. This was a very interesting and informative video! Thank you so much! I’d like to see how you do liquids..the bone broth, milk etc. thanks again!
@@Christa-tl8jb if reconstituted, drinking plenty of water isn’t an issue, however, many of the foods we freeze dry are best as snacks or eaten in their freeze dry state, which is when drinking LOTS of water becomes an important issue.
Hi, I'm not a Homesteader, I'm a city gal, but I still love your video's!!!!! The freeze dryer looks like a very practical purchase for your Homestead. I hope now that your garden is asleep for it's Winter nap, you will be doing more cooking and baking video's. Please!!!!!! Have a Great day.
And for you Kevin, maybe you could do a little extra work for the dry freezer. Make a few new plates for Vegetable and fruits with a bunch of holes in it like a sieve, about 3 mm, so you get a better airflow in the system, which should shorten up the time in the freezer. Greetings from Germany
I've been looking at the Harvest Right for some time. Those strawberries need to be dipped in a dark chocolate sauce that dries hard. They used to have whole, freeze-dried, chocolate-covered strawberries. Very hard to find now.
I would love to see a video on freeze drying meat. Would you be able to show us that. Thank you so much. You are great people love your show. Love learning about preserving food. L
I just ordered a freeze dryer. I decided to buy one because of how much it costs to buy freeze dried foods. I found your channel and I am excited now! I cant wait to get it set up! Now I will have a way to grow and process my food like I want to.
I watched Jess and Miah purchase one but loved how you walked through the process in this video. This may be my next goal to add to my preservation toolbox. Thx for sharing.
@@dianaclark996 we can do meals from scratch.. we grow all year round where I am.. I’ve canned a lot which is in a second fridge because it gets like Vegas here during summer & we don’t have cellars/basements here.. we normally eat fresh from the garden & can the excess ..no point in spending 5 grand on a freeze dryer over here...
@@vivien3150 yeah same though here. I’ll stick with canning, I even though about getting a dehydration machine, see one at Jb, but the reviews are bad. 🤷♀️
This is really cool! I would definitely like to see how you use different things to cook with and if you feel the reconstituted texture isn't off-putting.
I have one ordered and my friend has one... He says that for a 24-36 hour load it costs about $2-3 a load..... Actually not bad for what you're benefiting from it...
About $2.00 per batch. We can get about 2 pounds of food on each shelf - which totals to 8 pounds per batch that takes 24 to 30 hours to dry. We then put our "freeze dryed" food into either quart or 1/2 gallon Mason canning jars with a 500cc Oxygen absorber . We also purchased the "oil-less" vacuum pump which is wonderful. Ours has now been used since the summer of 2018 (2 1/2 years) with zero maintenance.
That's just amazing! Funny thing after the video the very first advertisement was about freeze dried prepackaged food. LOL. The expense was insane. Thanks for sharing and showing this to us. Its definitely worth looking into. Could you show how you did the broth after it was dried. Does it just turn into powder? Thanks. God bless 🙏🏻💗🙏🏻💗
We’ve had one for about 4 months and we love it. I’ve wondered why more homesteaders didn’t do more of this. Have fun, it’s great! I hear mini marshmallow do great. Do you know about Betty’s Harvest Right FReeze Dryers Group on FB...check it out. Lots of trouble shooting info.
Thank you for this Kevin and Sarah, we keep going back and forth on if we should make this investment. Your videos on this topic have me thinking on it again.
Good morning, love that you guys obtained a freeze dryer. I have had one for awhile now and love it. When I vacuum in canning jars I use a brake bleeder pump and can get up to 20 inch pounds of vacuum on the jars and seems to have a better seal than the vacuum sealer gets. Give it a try. Thanks 👍 love your channel.
I would like to see what some of it looks like reconstituted and how it tastes and is the texture the same. Also when you eat it in the dried state does it fill you up like if it were in the original state? What a great video. Thank you.
Since it's missing all the water you'll need to drink plenty of water with dried food. It will take up less space in your stomach and dehydrate you if you don't.
when has the company tasted 20 year old product. Having had the stuff the military started giving us years ago ....just add water and cook....did taste better then the old C rats but not like a fresh meal...LOL I am just apprehensive about these gadgets that produce greatness and have not tasted it yet. glad to see your excited about your new machine and best of luck to you with it....
Freeze drying has been known since the late 1800's (1890 if i remember right) and has been used by the industry (medicine and food) since the 60's. During WW2 they started to freeze dry blood plasma and medicine for example. It is not some new fangled thing. The new "greatness" is that now companies are able to make them small enough and to prices that private persons can afford one (even if still expensive) and even use them. I remember the huge ones we had in medicine production, to use these.. i would not trust every person to use them, they are complicated and can be quite dangerous.
Enjoy the videos. We’re just south of you in NW AR. We appreciate your work, advice and motivation. It encourages us immensely. Thank you and bless your family!
Is the freeze dryer energy efficient? What’s the estimated cost of running it ? Thank you so much for sharing with us. I can’t wait to see freeze dried meat.... God Bless Y’all ...
Mine averages about two dollars a day while running. "Retired at 40 " did a breakdown on energy cost for different items in them. His research matched my utility bills.
@@helpme7479 if you are preserving 97% of the nutrients in a batch of home grown food that costs you say a conservative $3 a pound... and your SMALL machine can handle 7# of food...$3 to save what would have gone bad in a generous 3 years canned.... 50% nutrition is now WORTH $1.50 a pound times 7# 10.50 minus the three bucks in electricity to save it and the $.50 in bags to vacuum seal it... your still $7 ahead. IF you do one batch a day ... $7 x 365 = $2555 essentially the cost of the small Harvest Right. Pays for itself in a years worth of steady use. Knowing my family will have healthy organic from my yard food to consume without the worry of what's on it??? Will we have food if shtf? Will we have what we LIKE to eat? PRICELESS.
Your instructional presentation is wonderful! The company that manufactures the freeze dryers needs to send you a large one for promoting their product!!!
Hey Kevin & Sara, What is the power supply on the freeze drier? Can it be used in an off grid situation? And how much would it cost for the operations. We love your channel so keep up the great work.
There’s a guy on RUclips who has a meter attached to his freeze dryer and at his electricity cost it’s about $2.50 to run a 24 hr-ish batch (start to finish).
I can think of another type of person who would love/use a freeze dryer - singles. There are so many times I don't cook or grow food or buy large quantities of anything on sale because how would I ever eat it all? A freeze dryer would allow me to do all of those things and save the rest for a long period of time. I'm 62 now and have gotten to the point where I don't find it worth the time or effort to cook and can for just one. A freeze dryer would allow me to do that and save the results for years later, if I wish. I've always hesitated to buy large quantities of food to freeze - because what if we have a long term power outage? A freeze dryer solves that issue. Please post more videos as you use it and show us how you're using the foods you freeze dry. Heck, Kevin, you had me when you talked about the bone broth. I currently have a dozen jars of it in a freezer that I always forget about. Just the thought of being able to spoon some up in hot water and enjoy it... hot damn! I think I'll see if I can fit one of these in my budget. ❤😍
I have been looking at the Harvest Right freeze dryer for years and have not taken the plunge to getting one yet. I'm so glad you have one now because I have been following you for some time now and do trust that you will give real and honest reviews with the pros and cons. I do a little gardening but my son and his partner do a lot of gardening so I think together we will have so many wonderful things to freeze dry that I may be buying one in March when I get my bonus. By the way, I tell everyone I know about your channel, I just love watching.
I loved how excited Sarah was when she taste tested the fruit & veggies for us. Especially the ice cream. I've got to get one. Is it easy to get it hooked up and operational?
Please do a review of this freeze drier after one year. I really want one, but they are so expensive, I want to see how well you like it. Can you show us the set up? What is the pump and the drain? Where could you put this inside the house? Thank you.
Had to watch this again. My freeze dryer should be here in a few weeks. Went through your link to get it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Could you do some videos showing freeze drying meals, meats, and then re hydrating. Am so wanting to buy one of these even though we don't have a garden( live in an apartment right now) but thinking we could by produce on sale and process it.
I do the same thing.. but I call my efforts a "working" CD Ladder..I don't keep much over $100.00 in typical savings because of the horrid rates, .05% when I can instead get 1.65% (32 times) I even have some CDs earning 3% from before the "virus crisis".. More people should consider this savings option because I found one institution that would let me "add on" the short terms (12 mo.) earning 1.49%
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I see a lot of freeze-dried okra in Kevin's future. :D
Absolutely!
So...we have had one of these for a few years and love it. A real game changer for us. We love ours.
Maybe reconstitute some foods
Lovr to try one .i have wanted to freez dry for years i will.check the sight out thanks for the info .ps glad to see the family moving in close
As a senior that is severely physically limited, I know how right you are about not being able to work as hard as you age. Another consideration is as time goes on there can be more mouths to feed! With Kevin's parents moving close and the girls eventually marrying and having families, more food becomes necessary so better ways to preserve it for lean or drought years is smart. When my wife and I planted our 1st garden 49 years ago we never considered the enjoyment we would have teaching care of livestock, construction, gardening and preservation of our foods to our children, grandchildren and now our great grandchildren. Our 5th great grand child (our 1st girl) will be arriving in about a month! I so much enjoy your podcasts! Yes, I still can learn from you and our younger generations as well. I had never seen a freeze dryer work and keeping food for up to 30 years excited me as a way to aid future family that I will likely never meet! Please continue to keep us updated an God bless you and yours!
While surfing for freeze dryers I found a reference and then a picture that will probably cause me to buy one. FREEZE DRIED CHEESECAKE
That did it for me, too. Yum!
Without any shame, I bought a cheesecake today to run through my freeze dryer. My husband saw it in the fridge when he got home from work, and said "someone had a sweet tooth"... I said "someone is going to freeze dry cheesecake!" 😁
@@kcfamilyfarm939 😀👍💕💕💕
Me too and I did buy the freeze dryer, lol. I had been considering the purchase and this video then seeing the cheesecake sold me on it.
No shame, cheesecake will be appreciated in the apocalypse, lol.
@@kcfamilyfarm939 did you rehydrate it?! How was it?
Would like to see a pre-cooked whole meal (roast & veg or lasagne), freeze dried then re-constituted to see if it is possible & how it turns out.
Freeze dried home made MRE's. Interesting.
the manufacturer web site has informative videos that show alot if you cant wait like me...lol
Sounds like an interesting idea... home made MRE
@@Vana007 With better quality ingredients
Linda's Pantry is a youtube channel that does just that. She was doing Thrive years ago for hunting meals/prep meals and buying their freeze dried foods a making meals in a jar. Bet she's bought one of these now.
I was a cook in the Air Force. We used alot of freeze dried food when deployed. When reconstituting the seasonings in the water infuses through the food, which is amazing! My favorite of all was cottage cheese, because I can control the moisture (im not a fan of really moist cottage cheese).
So happy for y’all! Anxious to see how they reconstitute ... flavor, texture, etc., and hoping you’ll make a video! God bless!!
exactly.... like the carrots, peppers, and maybe mushrooms? dehydrating and freezing usually are good enough for soups and stews. I would imagine some meats would have a better texture than dehydrating. Please do a follow up .... using some of these foods for cooking.
@@robynmize4713 the manufacturer web site has informative videos that show alot if you cant wait like me...lol
I had freeze dried peaches in my mre in the Army. It looks like a rock and melts in your mouth. I loved them.
Check out thrive life to try before you buy , Thrive Life foods out of Utah they are good
@@minnesotagal507 Get out of my state! Minnesota doesn't need people like you living here, I just hope you don't live in Minneapolis.
"Not being able to work as hard as we do now in food production effort as when we are older" was a Lightbulb comment for me. That put a lot of things into perspective when considering having enough to eat when you're older, due to health or economic circumstances, by putting in the effort NOW, you can secure your future food needs if and when you might not have the means or health in 20+ years to do so.
Brilliant and effective use of time and resources more-so than canning. Just from the Ice Cream sandwich analogy, you saved $44 if you were buying them to store. I bet over a very short period of time it would pay for itself.
I do a lot of hiking and backpacking, and freeze dried or dehydrated meals are very expensive when you buy them one meal at a time. Great informative video, Thank you!
I am so excited that you 2 will be sharing your experience with the freeze drier. We have grown to trust you and give us the real truth. So many RUclipsrs have fallen into an advertisement that you have to wonder on their honesty. I just went through my list of subscribers and drop several because I felt they were only following making a dollar. It will be interesting to see the electrical cost, but it cost to run a regular freezer or the cost of canning. Keep up the good work.
I like that you bring up the cost in comparison to canning, freezing or dehydrating. I wonder with the freezer running 24/7 and the risk of an electric outage. The canning process let's off alot of heat and so does dehydrating (at least mine does) so I'm wondering if there is a temp difference in the room when using it.
@@SuperMzjames Yes, there is. Heats up the room.
Looking forward to some nerdy freeze dryer math! When I looked into it quickly, it seemed to be too expensive compared to canning. I don’t do as good a job as you guys do on the analysis though...
@@SuperMzjames There would be if you used the dehydrator or canners in the home as opposed to, in a screened room out in the elements..I never operate my AC when canning...Freezing is dependent on environment too, depending on your location.....But on the others side of that equation would you be storing your freeze dried in a controlled zone or open to the fluctuation of weather in an uncontrolled storage facility..Freeze dried take up about half much room as canned goods and are more flexible in storage requirements
I'd like to see you freeze dry grapes, pineapple, cooked beans, and meats!
So excited for Y'all! Love your videos!
Lol 😆
Dollar Tree has freeze dried mango 🥭 and pineapple 🍍 for $1.25.
99 Cent Only Store has a huge variety of freeze dried fruits for $1/each.
Between jars and a nice variety I spent around $50.
Freeze dried apples 🍎
Freeze dried cinnamon apples
Freeze dried banana 🍌
Freeze dried Peach 🍑
Freeze dried cantaloupe
Freeze dried pear 🍐
Freeze dried mango 🥭
Yup.
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On my "if I win the lotto" list. I'd love to have one, just cant justify the cost. I need a new roof first...and remodel my bathroom, and...
But if I could, I'd love one!!
Yes same with me...roof, insulate house, remodeling bathroom upstairs now lol
I just got one. They take interest free payments and when you pay it off they send it to you. This is how I got mine. Also shipping is 10+ weeks out.
@@flunewz awesome!
I hope you update us on this product for many months to come. On every thing from cooking with the freeze dryed food to maintenance and any glitches that may come along. Thank you for Sharing this with us. I love the idea.
I'd love to see a video on how well these freeze dried foods rehydrate.
Berries r delicious apples n bananas r nasty
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@The Pervy Prepper yes, I watched it. It was inspiring & looks like a lot of fun.
"Wet" canning can't be beat. That's when you wash your fruits and vegetables first, put them in canning jars like Ball, do the water process and you have food that taste fresh when you go to cook and serve your family. Can't beat the tastes. My mother canned tomatoes, beans, peaches, pears, applesauce, jams, jellies, pickles.etc. excellent!!
I love how passionate you 2 are about both food and each other ! Pure gold.
Lately I’ve gotten the impression I’m the only one in my boat. I don’t even buy organic food right now because it costs more. It seems all of the homesteaders are updating to huge farms, and buying all kinds of expensive equipment. RUclips must really pay well because I don’t have any friends or family that can expand like RUclipsrs. I hope some shows actually show the rest of us how to become debt-free and stick with things we can afford. Patreon, ad revenue and donations from companies are not available to most of us. I apologize to anyone that’s offended but I want other people to know they’re not alone if they can’t do what you guys are doing
Good simple living had many videos about how to become debt free.
I’m not offended at all and agree with your statement- though I try to grow as much ‘organic’ stuff as I can so I don’t have to pay those outrageous prices charged at the shops. But yes, some of these expensive gadgets are well out of the reach of us frugal-living folk.
@@sowgrowandcook We bought 1 acre of property five months ago. The monthly payments are the same as the trailer we were living in minus paying for water. We have wild pigs and no fence. Trying to do everything on social security at 65+ years old. Not seeing a way to get it done at this point. Maybe I’ll win the lottery LOL
I love this soooooo much! Thank you! I'm getting one and freeze-drying Everything ! . LOL ... What fun !!! and your goodies last near forever! No more freezing and freezer burn. NO more having to toss out all your food when the power goes down! ( and the generator won't start ) I LOVE the fact that it holds 98% of the nutrition. That is most important to me... I Can't-Wait To Get One!
I just had another thought! My wife says that that was a surprise lol. Freeze drying, what a great way to stock your tornado shelter! Now you won't need to rotate your food supplies every year or so. Less work so you can better apply your time and your quality food lasts so long? A big win all around!
Blessings to you guys from Colorado Springs! May we all be ready, but also humane to each other tomorrow. Let’s cultivate a new love for humanity.
I feel that Freezer Drying is safer than having food in liquid stored for any length of time. The Freeze dried products are so easy to reconstitute and they taste good also, if you have to travel with them you don't have the worry of breakage or seepage, some stored jars might have a hair line crack, so yes this is the safest way to store food, thank you for sharing this product. A couple of days ago I actually entered into a contest for a free Medium Freeze Dryer I am so excited!
Wow, this is great. Can’t wait for Living Traditions cooking videos. Soup in a jar...all home grown. Mom & Dad are going to love that!
I'm interested in seeing the freeze dried eggs and how things are reconstituted!
I've freeze dried dozens and dozens of eggs and raw is the best way I've found. Letting the powder sit with water for a few minutes is best and they scramble up perfect.
USE DEHYDRATED LIME AND A PAIL WITH WATER!! MAKING SURE EEGS ARE FRESH CLEAN AND UNWASHED BEFORE STICKING THEM IN WATER LIME MIXTURE!
@@trump2q2qandbeyonddixieand34 then add a thin film of olive oil to prevent the water from evaporating, so the eggs don't become exposed to air. The floating egg test works to make sure one isn't going to crack open a rotten egg and the lime needs to be rinsed from the eggs before use anyway, so it's a great opportunity to do that.
I freeze-dried eggs by dozen for my home-made custard (small HR mylar bags were perfect) and by 18 for scrambled & baking. For all other purposes (I'd be totally happy w/only scrambled eggs for breakfast, but they are my husband's least favorite, while my favorite), then I limed 3 5-gallon buckets of eggs. I keep thinking our chickens are done for the year, but we're still getting 1-4 eggs daily...soon though...soon.
There's a lady "apron strings" who demonstrates eggs here in youtube
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That’s incredible! I would love to see the kids’ reaction. Bet they will love it. Nice purchase for the homestead. Kevin, this is so good to give to your parents, as well. Healthy snacks. ❣️♥️❣️
Can't wait to see you cook with the freeze dried foods!! Much Love and Blessings
im 57 and everything i own is paid off , i spent my life paying intrest on houses , cars , trucks , i dont owe anyone anything except the tax office on my property , very good advice !!!!!!!!!
Hi. You guys work so well together; almost on cue!👍The freeze dryer is definitely a game changer especially since you process so much food for storage. Less work too🤗🤗🤗
I love watching the face of newbies! I have been freeze drying for about 3 years & ours runs probably 6 days a week (older model takes longer) In that time I have had a few (very few) failures but am still shocked at all we can do with it. Congratulations! I am actually saving up for a second unit LOL
Thank you so much for explaining freeze-dried foods and how it works and what it is. I have been wanting to learn about freeze drying for quite some time. You explained it very nicely!
These two are brilliant and unselfish in the way they share always watch when I can cheers*
When you showed the ice cream sandwiches. I started thinking about astronaut food you get in the science museums! 😁
Would like to see doing meats i assume have to cook first ?
See meats in survival and MRE s
You can freeze dry raw meat as well...reconstitutes and cooks up well!
Reminded of the little ice cream balls that the zoo in San Antonio has. I guess they are freeze dried also.
Laura Flaherty I was thinking the same thing as you about astronaut food.
Your excitement is contagious! Oh, the possibilities!(cream?) The layaway plan that the company offers is a great incentive!
This was a great video,, for many fun reasons. My wife and I would love to see you cook with freeze dried food and speak about the experience. Does it change the flavor and texture of your recipes? Do you have to do anything differently? Thanks for sharing.
Oh my this is a winner!!! And to have a lay away is awesome!! Thanks ❤️ Kristy in West Plains 😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
How incredible and amazing! Everything looked so good. Was curious if those gasses gas off or is there a drainage hose to maintain? Also wondered if pungent items (onions, peppers) can be processed w other items at the same time? Sorry questions. So interesting!!
I would like to see a complete freeze dryed meal prepared. Thank you for demonstrating the product. It was so interesting and operation was a lot easier than I had ever thought.
I know you guys didn't get to show the vacuum sealing, but does one have to vacuum seal both bag and jars after each opening? Maybe an instructional video in the near future. 😁 Enjoyed 👍
I can help with this. Firstly, after seeing this video, a freeze dryer is on the top five of my bucket list. A freeze dryer fits perfectly with a vacuum sealing technique I developed a few years ago. The problem I had with regular vacuum sealers that are available at the big box stores is that the vacuum bags are so expensive. I was producing sausages and selling them to bars and restaurants. $10 worth of sausages cost me $1.50 worth of vacuum bags. Unacceptable! I had to cut my vacuum sealing costs down. So after trial and error I managed to cut my vacuum sealing costs down to about $0.15 per $10 worth of sausages. Here is how I did it.
I bought regular, food grade, clear plastic bags. Not the vacuum bags, just regular bags. You can get them in any size: 4" x8", 6" x 8", whatever. I bought them by the kilo but I think the suppliers in North America sell them by the thousand. I used a hot wire bag sealer to seal the bags. It is a very simple machine that seals plastic bags. Any dealer who sells bags also sells the sealers, which cost about $100. I also used a small, hand held vacuum cleaner (like the kind you would use to vacuum your car). I modified the vacuum cleaner by attaching a drinking straw to the suction end of the vacuum cleaner. I realize this may seem complicated, but it really is not. Just duct tape a straw to the end of the vacuum cleaner. Here comes the hard part to understand.
Put the food in the bag and seal the top of the bag leaving only enough room to insert the straw of your vacuum cleaner. Position the bag on the sealer again, insert the straw into the small opening you left and turn on the vacuum. When all the air is sucked out seal the bag. Congratulations, you just saved 90% of vacuum sealing costs!
Wow, can’t wait for you guys to teach us this new adventure of preserving your fresh foods and keeping them fresh!
I have had my freeze drier 3 1/2 years. Great investment. I love it. You will too. Rehydrate with different liquids to create new flavors. Add a little sherry to water when rehydrating steak. Yum
Got my Harvest Right yesterday. I have the second batch processing now. Thanks for the good info. It helped,me decide to do it.
You can get a really good deal on 1 gal mylar bags from LDS stores at a great price......also oxygen absorbers the best price i could find anywhere.....
Bought a large stainless freeze dryer tonight... used your referral link. You guys inspire and entertain a lot of people. Thanks for that.
When you talked about preserving for the long term -as when "your older and can't work as hard" that really hit home for me. I'm 28 and was raised by my grand parents and they worked hard in the garden. But now as they are unable to do so us grand kids do - but no where near what we use to as health in the family over the last 2 hears have made it very difficult to keep up with. Still have a garden but just not at the same level. This would of been an awesome for thought for them to be able to have the same amount of quality that they had before.
I as well live a debt free life and working towards a smaller scale home stead life- looking for property that is not outrageous in price- at least 5acers but of course the more then better. ❤️ My hubby and I raise pigs and chickens threw highschool for FFA and I just miss it so much and can't wait to be able to raise them for ourselves once again.
Great family and Channel too that you can learn a lot on recipes and freezing food with freeze drying. The cute animals and beautiful garden ! 😄😄
I learn so much from your videos! I’ve never really thought about a freeze drier but now it’s on the bucket list! I’d love to see how you cook with the freeze dried food, especially your bone broth! Also, it would be neat to see Sarah’s idea of freeze drying left overs and compare that to the same meal freshly made. God bless you and your family!
I leave near the ocean. Since our kids are grown and moved away, I no longer go fishing as much since there's always more fish than we consume.
Any thoughts about freezedrying fish and meats vs vacuum packed?
OK my mind is jumping in a million directions. Wow!
Thank you for the info. Seems very doable. Never really thought about being able to freeze dry food by myself! We get so much usable info from you - blessings to you!
Can’t wait to see how water does in the freeze dryer!! And tomatoes
Watermelon
Someone already mentioned it, but I’d like to see full meals like a casserole freeze dried then reconstituted. (And your opinion of it)
Amazing! Thank you for sharing. You both look so excited with your new toy.
I’m thinking about meals in a jar, how fun! I think if I had found this in my 30s or 40s I would definitely be interested in this. 65, hmmmm still a possibility.
Kevin and Sarah, I am so happy you decided to take the plunge and get one of these amazing machines. We have been freeze drying for years and absolutely LOVE it. I hope you will share your freeze dry experiences with us as you go along on your journey. Your canning videos are so informative, and I’m sure your freeze dry ones will be , too! Happy freeze drying!
Wow, I have purchased freeze dried foods for my storage, but have never seen an in home use before. This was a very interesting and informative video! Thank you so much! I’d like to see how you do liquids..the bone broth, milk etc. thanks again!
Very interesting and so useful for homesteaders like yourselves 👍
Suggestion: If you are going to eat freeze dried food, Drink LOTS of Water. You'll thank me later! ;)
Thanks for the heads up. I would never have thought about that!
Absolute TRUTH! ...although if one has the opposite problem, they can help bind them up. ;-)
Hah, been there, done that!
Thanks for that info. I figured I once the food was rehydrated and cooked it would be like normal again
@@Christa-tl8jb if reconstituted, drinking plenty of water isn’t an issue, however, many of the foods we freeze dry are best as snacks or eaten in their freeze dry state, which is when drinking LOTS of water becomes an important issue.
I like the puzzle pieces idea. A homestead can be like putting together a complex puzzle. The freeze dryer is a big piece. New sub!
Hi, I'm not a Homesteader, I'm a city gal, but I still love your video's!!!!! The freeze dryer looks like a very practical purchase for your Homestead. I hope now that your garden is asleep for it's Winter nap, you will be doing more cooking and baking video's. Please!!!!!! Have a Great day.
FANTASTIC ❣️❣️❣️❣️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. I’m SO EXCITED! What a blessing you guys have been for my family and I know, many many others!!!
Do some sweet corn! It's like eating candy when they are freeze dried!😋
Y'all were both so excited
And for you Kevin, maybe you could do a little extra work for the dry freezer. Make a few new plates for Vegetable and fruits with a bunch of holes in it like a sieve, about 3 mm, so you get a better airflow in the system, which should shorten up the time in the freezer.
Greetings from Germany
That’s quite an interesting investment! Thank you for sharing new ways of food preservation. We learn so much from you! God bless.
I've been looking at the Harvest Right for some time. Those strawberries need to be dipped in a dark chocolate sauce that dries hard. They used to have whole, freeze-dried, chocolate-covered strawberries. Very hard to find now.
Great and Wonderful Video , and Lovely Family i will always remember! God Bless You , everyone stay safe.
I would love to see a video on freeze drying meat. Would you be able to show us that. Thank you so much. You are great people love your show. Love learning about preserving food.
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I just ordered a freeze dryer. I decided to buy one because of how much it costs to buy freeze dried foods. I found your channel and I am excited now! I cant wait to get it set up! Now I will have a way to grow and process my food like I want to.
story's. Would love to see how you freeze dry meat. Love getting ideas from the two of you. Thanks
I watched Jess and Miah purchase one but loved how you walked through the process in this video. This may be my next goal to add to my preservation toolbox. Thx for sharing.
We’re lucky in Australia being able to grow all year round...
Can you do meals? That can be rehydrated in emergency situations.
@@dianaclark996 we can do meals from scratch.. we grow all year round where I am.. I’ve canned a lot which is in a second fridge because it gets like Vegas here during summer & we don’t have cellars/basements here.. we normally eat fresh from the garden & can the excess ..no point in spending 5 grand on a freeze dryer over here...
@@vivien3150 yeah same though here. I’ll stick with canning, I even though about getting a dehydration machine, see one at Jb, but the reviews are bad. 🤷♀️
@@DLRyoung dehydrators are great
The heat is there but many farmers in Australia don't have enough water because it is sold to china for their nut trees.
I appreciate all of your knowledge on so many different topics.
This is really cool! I would definitely like to see how you use different things to cook with and if you feel the reconstituted texture isn't off-putting.
Loved it awesome glad to see you get something you've wanted ,to preserve your hard work harvest.God Bless and let's see them animals
I would like to see how it is after rehydrating that food also! Does it go back to the same consistency? Keep up the interesting videos!!
So enjoy watching you guys have been watching for a very long time you guys do it right!
Please speak on how much electricity the freeze dryer takes when you get your next electric bill.
That was my first thought as well.
Yep, that's THE most important thing for me. 😁
I have one ordered and my friend has one... He says that for a 24-36 hour load it costs about $2-3 a load..... Actually not bad for what you're benefiting from it...
About $2.00 per batch. We can get about 2 pounds of food on each shelf - which totals to 8 pounds per batch that takes 24 to 30 hours to dry. We then put our "freeze dryed" food into either quart or 1/2 gallon Mason canning jars with a 500cc Oxygen absorber . We also purchased the "oil-less" vacuum pump which is wonderful. Ours has now been used since the summer of 2018 (2 1/2 years) with zero maintenance.
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Search retired at forty and find his channel. He has a video breaking down the electricity costs of his freeze dryer.
You're going to love it!! There are some very helpful Facebook groups! Lots of helpful tips and great ideas!
That's just amazing! Funny thing after the video the very first advertisement was about freeze dried prepackaged food. LOL. The expense was insane. Thanks for sharing and showing this to us. Its definitely worth looking into. Could you show how you did the broth after it was dried. Does it just turn into powder? Thanks. God bless 🙏🏻💗🙏🏻💗
Big Brother is watching and listening. Pay attention it happens a lot
@@lindafoster8182 Maybe I’m fatalistic, but I think we’re already very far down that road and can’t do much about it.
I got a kick out of how excited you two were🤣
We’ve had one for about 4 months and we love it. I’ve wondered why more homesteaders didn’t do more of this. Have fun, it’s great!
I hear mini marshmallow do great.
Do you know about Betty’s Harvest Right FReeze Dryers Group on FB...check it out. Lots of trouble shooting info.
Terrible reviews on Amazon
A lot of homesteaders can’t afford it, just like most of the rest of us.
Thank you for this Kevin and Sarah, we keep going back and forth on if we should make this investment. Your videos on this topic have me thinking on it again.
Good morning, love that you guys obtained a freeze dryer. I have had one for awhile now and love it. When I vacuum in canning jars I use a brake bleeder pump and can get up to 20 inch pounds of vacuum on the jars and seems to have a better seal than the vacuum sealer gets. Give it a try. Thanks 👍 love your channel.
Thank you for explaining how this process works will have to start saving for one of these
I would like to see what some of it looks like reconstituted and how it tastes and is the texture the same. Also when you eat it in the dried state does it fill you up like if it were in the original state? What a great video. Thank you.
Since it's missing all the water you'll need to drink plenty of water with dried food. It will take up less space in your stomach and dehydrate you if you don't.
Looks like a great investment. I'm gonna.tell my husband about it. Thank you for showing it to us.
when has the company tasted 20 year old product. Having had the stuff the military started giving us years ago ....just add water and cook....did taste better then the old C rats but not like a fresh meal...LOL I am just apprehensive about these gadgets that produce greatness and have not tasted it yet.
glad to see your excited about your new machine and best of luck to you with it....
Tom Riblett try a few products from Thrive Life , same process and delicious
I liked C-rations better than MREs. Matter of preference.
Freeze drying has been known since the late 1800's (1890 if i remember right) and has been used by the industry (medicine and food) since the 60's. During WW2 they started to freeze dry blood plasma and medicine for example.
It is not some new fangled thing. The new "greatness" is that now companies are able to make them small enough and to prices that private persons can afford one (even if still expensive) and even use them. I remember the huge ones we had in medicine production, to use these.. i would not trust every person to use them, they are complicated and can be quite dangerous.
@@kathrinekerns8398 the C rations we had were from the Korean war time frame and I am here to to tell ya they were better then nothing but no by much
@@minnesotagal507 Get out of my state cultist!
Enjoy the videos. We’re just south of you in NW AR. We appreciate your work, advice and motivation. It encourages us immensely. Thank you and bless your family!
Is the freeze dryer energy efficient? What’s the estimated cost of running it ?
Thank you so much for sharing with us. I can’t wait to see freeze dried meat.... God Bless Y’all ...
Great video on RUclips by user Retired At 40 breaking down the energy cost per run. In each example, under $5.
Thrive Life sells excellent freeze dried meats, fruits and veggies and more !!!
Mine averages about two dollars a day while running. "Retired at 40 " did a breakdown on energy cost for different items in them. His research matched my utility bills.
No they not energy efficient. Cost me about $2.50 to $3.00 dollars a day to use it. But the machine are awesome to have!
@@helpme7479 if you are preserving 97% of the nutrients in a batch of home grown food that costs you say a conservative $3 a pound... and your SMALL machine can handle 7# of food...$3 to save what would have gone bad in a generous 3 years canned.... 50% nutrition is now WORTH $1.50 a pound times 7# 10.50 minus the three bucks in electricity to save it and the $.50 in bags to vacuum seal it... your still $7 ahead. IF you do one batch a day ... $7 x 365 = $2555 essentially the cost of the small Harvest Right. Pays for itself in a years worth of steady use. Knowing my family will have healthy organic from my yard food to consume without the worry of what's on it??? Will we have food if shtf? Will we have what we LIKE to eat? PRICELESS.
Your instructional presentation is wonderful! The company that manufactures the freeze dryers needs to send you a large one for promoting their product!!!
We just put a generac in the house in June, since my hubby has wanyed one forever. Maybe I will get a freeze drier. It is only fair lol
I have been wanting to buy a greeze drier for a while but never realized it could be bought on layaway!! Thank you!
Hey Kevin & Sara, What is the power supply on the freeze drier? Can it be used in an off grid situation? And how much would it cost for the operations. We love your channel so keep up the great work.
There’s a guy on RUclips who has a meter attached to his freeze dryer and at his electricity cost it’s about $2.50 to run a
24 hr-ish batch (start to finish).
There you guys go again. Working together, side by side. 😊
I can think of another type of person who would love/use a freeze dryer - singles. There are so many times I don't cook or grow food or buy large quantities of anything on sale because how would I ever eat it all? A freeze dryer would allow me to do all of those things and save the rest for a long period of time. I'm 62 now and have gotten to the point where I don't find it worth the time or effort to cook and can for just one. A freeze dryer would allow me to do that and save the results for years later, if I wish. I've always hesitated to buy large quantities of food to freeze - because what if we have a long term power outage? A freeze dryer solves that issue.
Please post more videos as you use it and show us how you're using the foods you freeze dry. Heck, Kevin, you had me when you talked about the bone broth. I currently have a dozen jars of it in a freezer that I always forget about. Just the thought of being able to spoon some up in hot water and enjoy it... hot damn! I think I'll see if I can fit one of these in my budget. ❤😍
I have been looking at the Harvest Right freeze dryer for years and have not taken the plunge to getting one yet. I'm so glad you have one now because I have been following you for some time now and do trust that you will give real and honest reviews with the pros and cons. I do a little gardening but my son and his partner do a lot of gardening so I think together we will have so many wonderful things to freeze dry that I may be buying one in March when I get my bonus. By the way, I tell everyone I know about your channel, I just love watching.
I loved how excited Sarah was when she taste tested the fruit & veggies for us. Especially the ice cream. I've got to get one. Is it easy to get it hooked up and operational?
Not hard at all.
This freeze dryer would be a game changer and a complete blessing to someone. Thank you for your generosity. I love your videos.
"Kinda like styrofoam. Really delicious!" LOLOL
That's been my exact thought any time I've ever eaten anything that was freeze dried...lol
Kinda like a packing peanut 🥜 lol 🤣
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lol...that was funny. I've always said really intense flavor...like *insert food of choice* on steroids!
I love you guys and this video.
You two are like kids at Christmas telling us about your new toy.
Please do a review of this freeze drier after one year. I really want one, but they are so expensive, I want to see how well you like it. Can you show us the set up? What is the pump and the drain? Where could you put this inside the house? Thank you.
Had to watch this again. My freeze dryer should be here in a few weeks. Went through your link to get it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Could you do some videos showing freeze drying meals, meats, and then re hydrating. Am so wanting to buy one of these even though we don't have a garden( live in an apartment right now) but thinking we could by produce on sale and process it.
I few of my friends and I are all going in together to get a harvest right. We will take turns using it. Pretty excited about this.
For us, we save for a larger purchase by making payments to ourselves into a savings account BEFORE purchasing the item. Then we pay cash.
I do the same thing.. but I call my efforts a "working" CD Ladder..I don't keep much over $100.00 in typical savings because of the horrid rates, .05% when I can instead get 1.65% (32 times) I even have some CDs earning 3% from before the "virus crisis".. More people should consider this savings option because I found one institution that would let me "add on" the short terms (12 mo.) earning 1.49%
@@kevinrehberg8758 I have one at 3%, but can't find another - who are you using?
@@marthaadams8326 FYI... even this tool is limited, get to know your local institutions and you will have to "hunt a bit"
@@kevinrehberg8758 I did that a year ago and have 4 years left on it, but sure wish I could find another one for savings. Nonexistent