I'm not a Mennonite, but I grew up on a farm in Central California doing basically the same things. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. My husband and I have a large garden that we love ❤️ to process after summer harvest. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Right off the bat, I'm so glad someone else is that particular about strawberry tops. I cringe when I watch everyone else chop big chunks off their strawberries.
My grandma would plop me down in the strawberry patch as a little one and just let me eat them right from the ground greens and all 😂 Still the best tasting strawberries in the world still warm from the sunshine.
Oh my goodness! The only thing that was disappointing was… I was not at your home!!! Everything looks delicious!!! I want to make that strawberry shortbread! Everything you cooked was absolutely delicious I’m sure! Ty for sharing the recipe and taking time out of your busy edit and post. Your son did an amazing job helping. It’s good to let the children help when it’s possible. Great training Mom!!
I’m still new to the channel and love that you show using ‘regular’ products from the store shelves with your homemade items. Keepin it real. Very encouraging. ❤❤❤
Hi Sweet family! I so enjoy your videos, it brings me back to when I was a child and was learning from my grandmother and mother. I’m not Mennonite, but did grow up on a farm and the simple way of living. I didn’t know what a hamburger was till I was a teenager, we only had homemade and never went to a diner or fast food place. I raised my children with a garden, our farm animals and would cull a hog or two every year. I’m too old now since my husband is gone, I’m not able to do it by myself. Your meals looked delicious. I hope you and your family have a blessed day!
I so enjoy your videos!!! We used to live down the road from some old order mennonites and they would give us fresh milk and my husband helped with his fields sometimes. He drove his tractor with metal wheels. He loved it!
I love watching your videos. The Children are a real treat. Thank you so much for sharing the life of your family with us. It truly brings joy to so many of us. 💐🙏🇺🇸
I am glad that you have family near you. I was thinking that you must be lonely for your family, if you lived in Iowa and they in Pennsylvania. I love hearing telling us about your teachings from your mother and grandmother, and I’ve incorporated some of your mindfulness into my own daily life.
OMGood Grief 🎉 THE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE is simply glorious! It's January as I watch this and my mouth can actually taste the June berries. Thanks so much for all you do! Saved this video, the Mountain Pies and Ham Salad .. Wowww.
Carrot seed sow 1/4 inch deep and rows15 inches apart,when seed is in ground and before the earth is drawn back over it ,pour boiling hot water over them from your tea kettle. Cover with the 1/2inch soil. I used this on my ground cherries it works and they germinated faster ,thick as well.
So glad I found you on utube!!! My grandpa and grandma from Lowe Farm, Manitoba were Mennonite, they were very resourceful and I have found as I get older I enjoy doing the same!!!
Ive only been able to save 5 strawberries so far, every other one has been ate. 😅 freshly picked fron the garden cause i know i dont use chemicals on them. My son loves them on a warm day when there still kinda warm from the sun. He says they are the best then. ❤
Thank you so much for your videos. It is so reminiscent of the way I grew up on a Minnesota dairy farm. I almost got teary eyed seeing the Bleeding Heart. We now live in Washington and I can’t seem to keep a BleedingHeart more than 2 years. A farm is a great place to raise kids.
I thank you and each of your family members for opening up your family life to me and each of us. You are reminding each of us what normalcy is during these bizarre times we live in. Blessings to each of you. Please continue in this Good work as I believe it is a powerful testimony of our Gracious GOD. Amen.
I am so happy you and your husband got saved and you chose to live for him but retain the good principles you learned all your life. You are a blessing.
Oh my goodness, Azure Standard is an *Oregon* company! Why have I not heard of them before!?! Even my little Oregon coastal town has an AS drop-off site, so I will be looking into it for future purchases for my own pantry :D It's so hard to find nut butters without sugar, salt and palm oil in our stores, for just one example. Love watching your stories about how you manage your home, I never had that kind of training in cooking, canning, preserving, or cleaning. What a great legacy of healthy living you are giving to your family! Blessings!!
Hello from southern Maryland. I'm a new subscriber, living in Amish country. I'm totally enjoying your show, love your precious family, and am enjoying your tutorials. You are a true teacher. Learning so much and feeling great regret for many wasted years and resources. Since we don't get do overs, Ill strive to do better with your inspiration. Already have some dried Comfrey steeping in almond oil anticipating making salve. Thanks for being so bold and brave and sharing real life with us. Thanks to Geandmom and mom too. Peace. 😊
I'm so glad that you talked about the need to rinse strawberries with vinegar water in order to get rid of as much pesticide as possible! I've always washed the outside of watermelons this way, but foolishly didn't think about doing the same with other fruit. THANK YOU!
Really enjoyed this video, I’m going to go over and get the recipe for the shortcake it looks really yummy. I often wish for a dairy cow, as I love all things dairy, perhaps one day things will work out. I love your simple but busy life. I did want share that if you make your own mayonnaise, because store bought has a horrible unhealthy trans fat as an emulsifier, that you could add a couple of Tbsp of a fermented liquid and by leaving it on the counter for 6-8 hour kicks of the ferment and will help the mayonnaise last about 2 months in the refrigerator. Thank you for your wonderful video today I will eagerly look forward to you next one ❣️
You are awesome!! We just moved to Burlington Junction MO and are starting a small farm. Yesterday we picked cherries from our cherry tree and today we are canning them! I first watched your video on that and am following what you did. I also watched more of your videos while I was putting the cherries. Love your channel!
Loved the video. I look forward to seeing your videos. Such a lovely family and farm life. So important to include children in chores. Thank you for sharing. God Bless you and the family.
Oh my gosh! I thought we were the only one who did pizza pies on the campfire!! They are SO delicious!!❤❤❤ Have you ever made the waffle cones with banana strawberry, mini marshmallow, chocolate chips and butterscotch chips?? You wtP them in foil and roast on the fire. They open up to hot gooey yummiest desert! Chop everything fine, it's a tight fit!
Ruth, You have a lot of deliouse recipes, thank you for all your recipes and hard work. Brenda Taylor Glenwood Springs, Colorado. ❤❤❤. God always provides ❤❤❤
I would love to know how you sun dried your tomatoes. Thank you for sharing your recipes and life with us. You brighten my days. Love you and your beautiful family.
Ruth, you are so amazing! Your down to earth, your expansive knowledge is IMPRESSIVE. Since finding your channel 2 days ago--have watched you for hours and hours and shared your channel w EVERYONE!
I love your videos, but this might be my favorite. Everything looks so delicious! My mouth is watering and I think I could eat half of that shortcake by myself. Just give me a couple of days! 😂😅
My toddler son loves to watch your videos with me, mostly for the farm animal content and the food. I lost count of how many times he shouted "Ummy!" (Yummy) during this video! ❤
Yum, yum, yum; thank you for this shortcake recipe! Strawberry pie, Strawberry angel food cake, and strawberry shortcake with whipped cream are my favorite desserts. Love a good strawberry cake w/frosting, too.
Ruthann, I just made this strawberry shortcake for dessert this evening. It was a huge hit. I personally think it is the best I've ever eaten. It actually tastes very much like my great grandma's tea cakes. Thank you for all your hard work and effort, and sharing it with us. You have inspired me to want a jersey milk cow, and to start canning food items. I'll have to wait on a cow though. I live in the Lookout Mountain area, but I do not have a place for a cow. Now, I will have to pray for a cow, with a barn, on a few acres for sale...😃😊
I made this and it is AWSOME! ❤❤❤❤❤ Quick comment, i have just begun watching you tube videos and love your channel. I noticed that I have difficulty hearing you. My volume is turned up all the way. I don't seem to have this issue with any other channel. Could you double check to make sure you are talking close enough to the microphone. I know you speak softer than most so I have to listen twice a carefully. Thank you!🤩I don't want to miss a word.😄
To protect potatoes and even brassicas you can put an old sheer curtains on top of it to stop all insects to attack your plants. You can even get some at second store for very cheap.
I couldn't believe how much schtuff left in the water after cleaning. I admire your coring/topping skills! Wow. But my chickens love my terrible knife skills. Hahahahahaha.
That must be so frustrating to have to depend on rain to grow your crops! I live I SW Idaho, which is a high desert. We could not grow anything but sagebrush without the snowmelt from the mountains that is stored in reservoirs and delivered via canals and ditches.
@@cynthiafisher9907 thanks Cynthia. It is frustrating. Started so many plants with the promise of spring/ early summer rains that never came. We are watering. Hopefully, our well will hold strong.
Thank you so much for sharing your recipes and glimpses of your life. I'm thoroughly enjoying your channel. As Summer is on its way, would you mind sharing how you make the sun-dried tomatoes, please?
I sliced them thin and sprinkled with a bit of salt and seasoning and put them at 250°F oven for about 3 hours on the air fry setting. You don’t have to use the air fry setting.
I made your Strawberry Shortcake for my family and it was DELICIOUS! Do me a favor and make the font on your recipe page a bit bigger. It's hard to read the amounts (1/4, 1/2, etc.) with the font you are using as it is so small. Thanks so much... and love, love, love your channel. :)
I'm not a Mennonite, but I grew up on a farm in Central California doing basically the same things. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. My husband and I have a large garden that we love ❤️ to process after summer harvest. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for sharing
I am from merced near a Mennonite community
@@compiledvile1862 I'm from Wasco, it's by Bakersfield.
I'm from Fresno/Escalon. Indiana now
Salinas, now Idaho! :)
Right off the bat, I'm so glad someone else is that particular about strawberry tops. I cringe when I watch everyone else chop big chunks off their strawberries.
Our grandmas would be appalled.
My grandma would plop me down in the strawberry patch as a little one and just let me eat them right from the ground greens and all 😂 Still the best tasting strawberries in the world still warm from the sunshine.
Oh my goodness! The only thing that was disappointing was… I was not at your home!!! Everything looks delicious!!! I want to make that strawberry shortbread! Everything you cooked was absolutely delicious I’m sure! Ty for sharing the recipe and taking time out of your busy edit and post. Your son did an amazing job helping. It’s good to let the children help when it’s possible. Great training Mom!!
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I agree. We just finished dinner: Salad, Salmon patties, Collards and Onion rings. That Strawberry Shortcake sure looks good! Yes, God Is Good! 💜🙏
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Another calm video of how life should be. Thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your style and content. You and your husband and family are such hard-working folk and an inspiration. Thank you.
I’m still new to the channel and love that you show using ‘regular’ products from the store shelves with your homemade items. Keepin it real. Very encouraging. ❤❤❤
Hi Sweet family! I so enjoy your videos, it brings me back to when I was a child and was learning from my grandmother and mother. I’m not Mennonite, but did grow up on a farm and the simple way of living. I didn’t know what a hamburger was till I was a teenager, we only had homemade and never went to a diner or fast food place. I raised my children with a garden, our farm animals and would cull a hog or two every year. I’m too old now since my husband is gone, I’m not able to do it by myself.
Your meals looked delicious.
I hope you and your family have a blessed day!
Thank you!!!!
I so enjoy your videos!!! We used to live down the road from some old order mennonites and they would give us fresh milk and my husband helped with his fields sometimes. He drove his tractor with metal wheels. He loved it!
GOD is good all the time! Thanks for the shortbread recipe
I love fresh picked local strawberries there is nothing like them so delicious! You make everything look so easy anything you do it’s amazing
I love watching your videos. The Children are a real treat. Thank you so much for sharing the life of your family with us. It truly brings joy to so many of us. 💐🙏🇺🇸
I am glad that you have family near you. I was thinking that you must be lonely for your family, if you lived in Iowa and they in Pennsylvania. I love hearing telling us about your teachings from your mother and grandmother, and I’ve incorporated some of your mindfulness into my own daily life.
OMGood Grief 🎉 THE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE is simply glorious! It's January as I watch this and my mouth can actually taste the June berries. Thanks so much for all you do! Saved this video, the Mountain Pies and Ham Salad .. Wowww.
Carrot seed sow 1/4 inch deep and rows15 inches apart,when seed is in ground and before the earth is drawn back over it ,pour boiling hot water over them from your tea kettle. Cover with the 1/2inch soil. I used this on my ground cherries it works and they germinated faster ,thick as well.
That shortcake looks delicious!
So glad I found you on utube!!! My grandpa and grandma from Lowe Farm, Manitoba were Mennonite, they were very resourceful and I have found as I get older I enjoy doing the same!!!
Yes, God is so good! I love all your wisdom you share and your sweet memories of your grandma! 💓
The mountain pies look so good! My family would enjoy that. I’ve really been enjoying seeing Uno and her babies on IG. Thank you for sharing! ❤ xo
Everything looks delicious, I always enjoy your videos Ruth. Thank you for sharing.
Ive only been able to save 5 strawberries so far, every other one has been ate. 😅 freshly picked fron the garden cause i know i dont use chemicals on them. My son loves them on a warm day when there still kinda warm from the sun. He says they are the best then. ❤
Warm from the sun has the best flavor of all!!!!
Thank you so much for your videos. It is so reminiscent of the way I grew up on a Minnesota dairy farm. I almost got teary eyed seeing the Bleeding Heart. We now live in Washington and I can’t seem to keep a BleedingHeart more than 2 years. A farm is a great place to raise kids.
I thank you and each of your family members for opening up your family life to me and each of us. You are reminding each of us what normalcy is during these bizarre times we live in. Blessings to each of you. Please continue in this Good work as I believe it is a powerful testimony of our Gracious GOD. Amen.
I am so happy you and your husband got saved and you chose to live for him but retain the good principles you learned all your life. You are a blessing.
I love watching your videos as I was raised in Central Iowa. I’m in PA now and miss Iowa so much! Great recipe for shortcake! Thank you.
All of it looks so scrumptious! Thanks for taking the time to make your videos-they’re a real blessing!!
You are amazing you have so much knowledge and energy! I don’t know how you do it all.
I just want you to know I’ve recently found your channel and I’m hooked! You have a wonderful family and lifestyle. Thanks for sharing with us.
Everything looked delicious. Thank you for sharing. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the post. The food all looked so delicious.
Our pleasure!
Oh my goodness, Azure Standard is an *Oregon* company! Why have I not heard of them before!?! Even my little Oregon coastal town has an AS drop-off site, so I will be looking into it for future purchases for my own pantry :D It's so hard to find nut butters without sugar, salt and palm oil in our stores, for just one example. Love watching your stories about how you manage your home, I never had that kind of training in cooking, canning, preserving, or cleaning. What a great legacy of healthy living you are giving to your family! Blessings!!
Hello from southern Maryland. I'm a new subscriber, living in Amish country. I'm totally enjoying your show, love your precious family, and am enjoying your tutorials. You are a true teacher. Learning so much and feeling great regret for many wasted years and resources. Since we don't get do overs, Ill strive to do better with your inspiration. Already have some dried Comfrey steeping in almond oil anticipating making salve. Thanks for being so bold and brave and sharing real life with us. Thanks to Geandmom and mom too. Peace. 😊
I made this for Easter and everyone told me it was the best strawberry shortcake they’ve ever had! Will definitely be saving this recipe. Thank you!
Thank you for such simple instructions, sharing your recipes, wisdom...and so enjoy seeing those boys!!😂❤
I'm very thankful to Jessica at Three Rivers Homestead for recommending your channel, I am addicted!!
I'm so glad that you talked about the need to rinse strawberries with vinegar water in order to get rid of as much pesticide as possible! I've always washed the outside of watermelons this way, but foolishly didn't think about doing the same with other fruit. THANK YOU!
God bless you. Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge.
Really enjoyed this video, I’m going to go over and get the recipe for the shortcake it looks really yummy. I often wish for a dairy cow, as I love all things dairy, perhaps one day things will work out. I love your simple but busy life. I did want share that if you make your own mayonnaise, because store bought has a horrible unhealthy trans fat as an emulsifier, that you could add a couple of Tbsp of a fermented liquid and by leaving it on the counter for 6-8 hour kicks of the ferment and will help the mayonnaise last about 2 months in the refrigerator. Thank you for your wonderful video today I will eagerly look forward to you next one ❣️
That was great. Thank you. Some great meal ideas and I will certainly try that salad dressing.
You are awesome!! We just moved to Burlington Junction MO and are starting a small farm. Yesterday we picked cherries from our cherry tree and today we are canning them! I first watched your video on that and am following what you did. I also watched more of your videos while I was putting the cherries. Love your channel!
You have such a beautiful smile. You look like such a happy person, and that makes me feel happy too. Thank you for the video.
That was interesting. Loved seeing what your meals were. Hearts and flowers coming your way. ❤💐
I think you are a blessing and a treasure to everyone you touch, thank you.
Love how the importance of family home normalicy honesty and love well worth watching
I really appreciate your down to earth and God loving videos! I look forward to watching your videos! God bless you and your family!
Thank you so much for always being so generous in sharing your recipes! I love your recipe printable card with your smiling face.
Thanks for sharing your week with us. Loved all the meals. I'm glad you are finally getting some rain beautiful garden.
You are so welcome
Loved the video. I look forward to seeing your videos. Such a lovely family and farm life. So important to include children in chores. Thank you for sharing. God Bless you and the family.
I absolutely love your content. Thank you for sharing ❤
Lovely!!!! I love this life. Very similar to ours!
Oh my gosh! I thought we were the only one who did pizza pies on the campfire!! They are SO delicious!!❤❤❤
Have you ever made the waffle cones with banana strawberry, mini marshmallow, chocolate chips and butterscotch chips?? You wtP them in foil and roast on the fire. They open up to hot gooey yummiest desert! Chop everything fine, it's a tight fit!
So enjoyable watching you folks! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing parts of your lives & teaching!
Love your channel and the way you do everything with your children .I love strawberries and all you can bake with them.
I am going to try a "pantry challenge " from my own freezer and small pantry. Thank you for the shortcake recipe. ❤❤❤
Yum. Those sandwiches look wonderful. You are blessed.
Thank You ❤ God bless you all ❤
I really like all of the meals that you made this week. 👏👏👏
Ruth,
You have a lot of deliouse recipes, thank you for all your recipes and hard work.
Brenda Taylor
Glenwood Springs, Colorado. ❤❤❤. God always provides ❤❤❤
I would love to know how you sun dried your tomatoes. Thank you for sharing your recipes and life with us. You brighten my days. Love you and your beautiful family.
Ruth, you are so amazing! Your down to earth, your expansive knowledge is IMPRESSIVE. Since finding your channel 2 days ago--have watched you for hours and hours and shared your channel w EVERYONE!
You are such a pretty lady and have a very sweet way about teaching. Thank you for sharing with us.
This looks absolutely delicious 💛 definitely trying this shortcake, thank you!
I love your videos, but this might be my favorite. Everything looks so delicious! My mouth is watering and I think I could eat half of that shortcake by myself. Just give me a couple of days! 😂😅
I can find the recipe
I just love watching your videos! I appreciate your tips and words of wisdom!
Love your smiling eyes.....I admire you so much......God bless you all..😊
Loved your hand pies and the idea of adding the chopped lemon to your salad, I’m going to try that.Have a great day!🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸
I love love this recipe. Thanks for sharing. 😊❤
You are amazing. Thank you for showing me how you do things. Love Bev from Oklahoma
Amen love watching your channel. God bless you and your family.
Very interesting. Our shortcake here in Vermont is very different, but your’s looks delicious too.
Those recipes look Absolutely Delicious! Can't wait to try them. I'm teaching myself how to cook, and your instruction really helps ❤
Would love some Puckle recipes!! Please & Thank you. Love the " bread & butter " ones my Mom & her sister used to make!
My toddler son loves to watch your videos with me, mostly for the farm animal content and the food. I lost count of how many times he shouted "Ummy!" (Yummy) during this video! ❤
Thanks for sharing your lovely recipe!!
Thank you for sharing. Love seeing your healthy meals.
Yum, yum, yum; thank you for this shortcake recipe! Strawberry pie, Strawberry angel food cake, and strawberry shortcake with whipped cream are my favorite desserts. Love a good strawberry cake w/frosting, too.
Ruthann, I just made this strawberry shortcake for dessert this evening. It was a huge hit. I personally think it is the best I've ever eaten. It actually tastes very much like my great grandma's tea cakes. Thank you for all your hard work and effort, and sharing it with us. You have inspired me to want a jersey milk cow, and to start canning food items. I'll have to wait on a cow though. I live in the Lookout Mountain area, but I do not have a place for a cow. Now, I will have to pray for a cow, with a barn, on a few acres for sale...😃😊
I made this and it is AWSOME! ❤❤❤❤❤ Quick comment, i have just begun watching you tube videos and love your channel. I noticed that I have difficulty hearing you. My volume is turned up all the way. I don't seem to have this issue with any other channel. Could you double check to make sure you are talking close enough to the microphone. I know you speak softer than most so I have to listen twice a carefully. Thank you!🤩I don't want to miss a word.😄
Thankyou for another great video. I can't wait to make your strawberry shortcake.
Amen!! Love your channel
Thank you so much!
You are an inspiration! Thank you for sharing simple ways to live and thrive.
❤Great vedio!!! I want to live like you. I love making food from scratch and having a homestead. God bless you and your wonderful family.
I always get excited when you have a kitchen/recipe video! They're my favorite, but all of your videos are great!
You have such a beautiful life. What a blessing ❤
Dessert mountain pies caught Sully's attention here. We must try that. Thanks for sharing so much inspiration, as always.
I made this today. So good! Thank you so much
All of you lunches looks wonderful!
To protect potatoes and even brassicas you can put an old sheer curtains on top of it to stop all insects to attack your plants. You can even get some at second store for very cheap.
Wow! This looks delicious!
I couldn't believe how much schtuff left in the water after cleaning. I admire your coring/topping skills! Wow. But my chickens love my terrible knife skills. Hahahahahaha.
Your meals make me hungry!!! They look so good! Love the pizza pies!!!!
This has been the most requested recipe all summer. We have had it with strawberries and peaches. Thank you so much.
You are just about the most adorable mom! I love your videos.❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing❤
You are so welcome
Oh my goodness! Your strawberry shortcake looks so so delicious! All the other meals look yummy too!
💚 Lovely and yummy-looking meals, especially the Strawberry Shortcake! Love seeing that Mamma turkey and her large brood! 💚
Enjoyed the video 😊
Encouraged me to trust God will provide, even during the hard drought we’re experiencing in MD.
Absolutely!!
That must be so frustrating to have to depend on rain to grow your crops! I live I SW Idaho, which is a high desert. We could not grow anything but sagebrush without the snowmelt from the mountains that is stored in reservoirs and delivered via canals and ditches.
@@cynthiafisher9907 thanks Cynthia. It is frustrating. Started so many plants with the promise of spring/ early summer rains that never came. We are watering. Hopefully, our well will hold strong.
But…. We’ve been blessed so many years… I know Our Lord will provide :)
I just made your strawberry shortcake ❤It’s so delicious!!! Thank you for sharing. I’ll never buy shortcake again!!🎉
Thank you so much for sharing your recipes and glimpses of your life. I'm thoroughly enjoying your channel. As Summer is on its way, would you mind sharing how you make the sun-dried tomatoes, please?
I sliced them thin and sprinkled with a bit of salt and seasoning and put them at 250°F oven for about 3 hours on the air fry setting. You don’t have to use the air fry setting.
@Homesteading with the Zimmermans Thank you! ♥️ That might make a great short.
I made your Strawberry Shortcake for my family and it was DELICIOUS! Do me a favor and make the font on your recipe page a bit bigger. It's hard to read the amounts (1/4, 1/2, etc.) with the font you are using as it is so small. Thanks so much... and love, love, love your channel. :)