Just to be honest with you, I love every project you do on your homestead. You amaze me that you can turn scraps into jellies, jams, or whatever. Thank you for taking time out of your busy week and sharing it with us. May God richly bless all of you.
Hannah is almost walking!!! They grow up sooooo fast! I love how Benjamin helped you in the garden & kitchen. You are wise to get your children involved & make it fun❤
Oh, I love how proud the young man is, carrying that single piece of firewood, he's helpful, providing for family:))) For me pickling peppers, making ajvar, fermenting sauerkraut and quinces in all forms are dearest memories of fall. Love whatever you do:)))
Jessica your content always has a relaxing vibe as a viewer watching in the evenings. It clearly shows that you enjoy homesteading and raising your children. For the winter months baking is a treat as it not only fills the house with beautiful aromas it allows one to incorporate the preserved & fresh produce. Hannah is clearly eager to walk. Take care
I love watching your videos, i come from a family of 9 children, & your dedication to your family reminds me so much of my Mom. She worked what seemed like around the clock to take care of us. She was a strong Christian woman/Mom & you remind me of her dedication to us. God sees every moment of your hard work & your heart for your family. God bless you & your family.
Hello there Jessica!!! I saw your story on IG ... CONGRATULATIONS TO GABRIEL EARNING HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 What an awesome accomplishment! Happy Home Church Day 😊 Your Michigan Fan and Friend Araminta ❤❤❤
Everything you do interest me! Girls sewing. David cooking. Gabe working his outside chores. Pantry in the basement. I enjoy it all. Plus the baby crawling and the 3 little boys playing!
I completely agree Jessica, freeze dried herbs are incredibly superior to dehydrated, there’s just no comparison. Freeze drying them is worth every cent. I grind mine into a powder and add to salt to make different seasoned salts, give them away as gifts and everyone loves them.
Honestly everything you already do, I love. I get so much inspiration from you. From the clean eating, the pantry challenge, and the everything counts challenge. My own canning skills have greatly improved because of you. I have made some of your recipes, and my husband’s A1C went from a 10 to a 7.8. If I keep cooking like you, he will be able to get off of insulin. That will be one less bill to pay. God bless you and your family.
I’d love to see some more dairy free cheeses and how you use them. I’m gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, and grain free. I love how you’re raising your family and how well you and your husband interact. You’re so calm and patient. Thanks for sharing your lovely life with us. You are a gigantic inspiration to all of us. I hope you’ll always live happily ever after. You’re a beautiful human being and you’re teaching your kids by example how to be. Love you Jessica.
Jessica, what you said about fitting in your projects between schoolwork really spoke to me. I’m in my sixties and have been fighting a bacterial infection off and on for nearly a year. I’m alone and so bringing in even my smaller than usual bounty has been very difficult this year. Everything has to be done in my brief hours of energy, before I give up and return to bed. I ended up bagging some tomato sauce in ziplock sandwich bags, I’m dehydrating a few shelves of yellow tomato halves in the dehydrator for “sun dried” toms in olive oil with some of my garlic harvest from June. I gave up on growing herbs outside this year and moved them into my spare bathroom and put them under the grow lights I use for seed starts and have fresh heaps of herbs! I’m going to try indoor lettuce for the winter this way. We have to do what we need to do with the resources we have and currently my most scarce resource is my energy and health. Put it to wise use. God bless!
I just planted a transcendence crab apple tree, both for the fruit and they help with pollination of the other apple trees. We lived in Canada 15 years and my favorite was to can crab apple juice. You allow the cooked mixture to sit overnight with cream of tartar. The juice becomes perfectly clear.
Thanks for another video. Mom of three here. I’d love to see how you boost your kiddos immunity going into the winter, and I’d also enjoy seeing how you make your lavender bar soap. Id also love to see bedtime routine at your house. Sending greetings from the PNW.
How fabulous to see Baby Hannah starting to take her first steps. So beautiful. I love watching your channel, whatever you are doing.The log carrier was impressive!
Last Sunday I woke to 39 degrees, two days later we almost reached 90. This weekend we've gotten 2 3/4" of rain, roughly half of total rainfall for the past five months, and we have a chance of rain through tomorrow yet. Our average first frost date has come & gone, thankfully no sign of frost yet. I've cleared about half the garden & put down dry leaves/grass clippings/sifted compost in readiness for next year. I still have tomatoes, a few root veg, a few salad greens, pumpkins & apples still to harvest. Over the winter I would love to see videos about super simple meals, what I call "one-pot wonders", since I don't really like to cook - love to garden, don't mind preserving, but risk wasting my abundance through lack of cooking. You all take care, and God bless.
Watching you little boys is bittersweet for me. Mine are now 19, 17 and 15 (one 11yo girl). This makes me miss that stage so much. The little guy with the bag on his back is so my kids, or costumes for months just fun little guy stuff. Almost got a tear in my eye, but big guys are fun in different ways and I enjoy that too.
I just love to watch you all getting through the week, watching you all doing your jobs, school and watching you cooking and eating and sorting out the washing.
Aweee Hannah brought me to tears at the end!!! My baby just turned 2 months on Friday and I just can't believe how fast they grow 😭🥺😭 Have a beautiful day Jessica, all my love! ❤
Morning Jessica! I wish you put out a video every morning lol I know that is impossible but every time I watch your video I get so inspired to get up and do! Sometimes I get so stressed with working and trying to get everything preserved but then I watch you and I know I can do it. It's just me. I don't have a big family to take care of so I definitely have more time even though it doesn't seem like it lol God bless and thank you for being you!!
Here’s a hack I do for an easy meal. I use a crockpot, but given your family size you’ll use the toaster. Pole your potatoes w a fork. Rub some oil on them. Rub salt. Put in roaster to bake. It takes me 4 hours on crockpot. Not sure about larger volume. I do in afternoon. Then we do deluxe potatoes for dinner. Great way to use up leftover chili that’s not enough for a meal or bbq chicken. I also put them in the summer and grill my protein and my side is done. Quick steam/heat a veggie. It also works for baking sweet potatoes. Great in the summer when you don’t want to heat the oven. I know you harvest potatoes but never see you serve baked potatoes. Maybe your family just doesn’t like them? Granted, the cheese, butter and sour cream make them. So I can see with no dairy, they aren’t as good. But w chili or shredded bbq pork or chicken it’s give some moisture. Anyway, just an idea. We need a pantry tour! How you store. Summer recap. We love those!
That's a great question Jessica. You cover so much. I actually love watching your week of meals and honestly just seeing the kids pottering around being a family is so precious and a blessing to see. Would love to see another chat with Adam, its so lovely seeing you guys hangin' together, talking life. Or give the camera to the kids for the week, that would be great, they are all such charactersin their own way. My kids are young adults, so its lovely seeing things from the perspective of young eyes Be blessed. 🪻
I enjoy watching your canning process and seeing you harvest from your garden. I didn't do so well with my little garden this year, but I thank God for what I've gotten so far and we enjoyed the harvest. I love to bake and I'm baking at least once per week, so I'm already excited about the Fall and Winter baking. Thanks for sharing such wonderful blessings from the Lord.💖💖
It was so awesome to see Benjamin help you in the garden and be along side the family helping with the wood. I am always grateful for your time put into these videos. Thank you! I would be interested in seeing more cooking and homeschooling videos if possible. Have a beautiful blessed day!
I love your day in life, week in the life! I love the different seasons that homesteading brings. I love homeschool content or how you fit homeschool and everything in! Seriously your channel feeds my soul from one sister in Christ to another. Hannah is so adorable! God Bless
Your videos are my favourite entertainment of the week. You are such an inspiration and your videos are so relaxing; I would watch anything you make. I have some health issues and struggle to get food on the table, clean the house, and homeschool. I have learned a ton from you and would love to hear more about how you get it all done.
Even though I'm a long time homesteader, I so enjoy the peaceful presence you bring to your videos, and enjoy seeing what you are up to. I would love to see videos on non-dairy cheese making. I've found a cashew based Parmesan I love, but have not found a feta or any others I care for. Thanks for all you do.
TY Jessica, I love watching you prepare your harvest! It's amazing! Can't believe Hannah is almost walking. She's beautiful as well as all your children! Such blessings! 😊❤
Really appreciate your channel. Love watching you homeschool. (I homeschooled my children a long time ago. They are 41 and 38 now. Both quite accomplished in their own ways.) Anyway, it brings a smile to my face of such sweet times in my life when I see your family. Thank you for sharing a peek into your life. PS. My oldest is homeschooling and I help in their program for my youngest granddaughter. It is such a blessing to be able to help, especially since I am retired from being a nurse. Oh the blessing of simpler days.
I love all your videos but my most favorite are the every bit counts and the pantry challenge videos. I am amazed at the variety of foods you come up with during the pantry challenge. ❤️
I love all your content and look forward to having breakfast on Sunday morning as I'm watching your video. Did love seeing your giant dogs playing like puppies😄
I look forward to your videos no matter what it is you are doing in your kitchen. Say, I like David's haircut and lovely smile. And Hannah, almost walking, so cute. *Hugs*
Jessica I look forward to your videos, and it doesn't matter the content. Whether you are canning, freeze drying, cooking, or gardening it is you that we all tune in for. Your amazing drive, inner strength and perpetual grace is an inspiration for all of us. I agree that having all of those tools makes the preservation process easier by far. I got a freeze dryer last year, I am well past my child rearing days, but I love the fact that I can buy in season fruits and vegetables in bulk and freeze dry them for later use, while keeping nearly all of their nutrients. I do freeze dry my celery tops and bag them in quantity for a large pot of stock, it works great. I find that my freeze dryer helps me to keep my grocery budget in check in the winter months. I also freeze dry milk when I find it for $2 or less a gallon. And I buy lots of eggs when they are $1 a dozen and freeze dry those, then when they hit $4-$6 a dozen, I don't have to pay that. I miss having my own chickens, but living in the woods and being older, just isn't worth the predator fight. So we get them fresh from other people. Have a blessed week, and may God bless and keep you and your family safe.
We went to a friends house a few weeks ago and I discovered their neighbor had a large crabapple tree with tons of tiny apples hanging onto my friends property. So I asked if I could pick some. No one has been collecting apples from this tree for years. They were also the little ones like you have. I picked about half a grocery sack full. I could have gotten alot more! But, that amount turned out to be perfect. I'd never made crabapple jelly, but, couldn't let this opportunity pass me by. It is delicious!
Another great video. I had to listen first as working. Today, I watched. Little Benjamin and his bag on his back . He's like his mommy. I enjoy videos of your family. I would like to see David in the kitchen doing something special for the family. The girls and their projects. It's so nice watching all the children grow. Beautiful baby Hannah. It doesn't seem possible to walk ! But there she is 😊 . Thanks for sharing. God bless you and Adam .
I want to see whatever you do. I love all your videos. Day in the life and any cooking and to see your kids helping. It doesn't matter to me. It's all just so sweet and precious
Your knowledge of preservation is impeccable. I enjoy learning so much from you & you sharing your family. Thank you Jessica & may God bless all the fruits of your labor;
You have such a lovely family! So amazed at the amount of canning you do. I would love to see a video on making non-dairy cheese. Thank you again for your videos!❤
Hi Jessica, I very rarely comment but I have been watching your videos for a long time now and always learn something, or get inspired to try something new. Watching you and how you utilize every scrap of food has totally changed my mindset with regard to not wasting what I have,... I now get annoyed with myself if something has to be thrown away, but that is happening very rarely now since I started using your ideas of menu planning and putting leftovers or small batches of things in the freezer for future use, so just wanted to say a huge thank you for helping me to be more frugal and be more mindful with everything i grow or buy. I am happy to watch whatever you care to share!
As I was sat watching I was wondering how much it must cost in electric to do all your food preservation and then as if by telepathy you mentioned the running cost of your freeze dryer ❤ watching your children playing together in the sunshine ☀️ was heart warming and brought back memories of my childhood .. you truly have a lovely family a credit to you both . Keep doing what your doing I love every video and look forward to watching them ..
Please share any/all projects throughout the winter that you do and see fit to share. I'm continuing to live the life I've loved for over 60 years through your videos. The RA and UCTD that I was told would put me in a wheelchair by age 25 is finally catching up and I'm using a wheel chair more, so this summer I was unable to even have a small container garden. ❤
I can’t believe I overlooked the tiny crabapples on the tree for over 20 years! I thought it was an ornamental flowering tree. I made a batch of jelly today and wow is it tasty!!! Thank you for teaching me this!
My current season of life revolves around trying to get my house decluttered (an ongoing task, but sometimes there is a greater need), and reorganizing spaces that need it. We are a family of 7 in a small house with virtually no storage, so I’d love to see how you organize your home, how you set it up to function really well, and what you forgo, or maybe do differently to accommodate your daily rhythms.
I’m in a season of life when I would like to be home more…you and your family’s “doings” bring me such peace…thank you as always for you all sharing your life with us…so grateful for y’all and have many thongs to be thankful for in my life, and y’all remind me of these things too❤. Hope everyone has a Blessed week!
My husband said the other day that watching your videos gives me baby fever 😂 after watching Hannah and Gracie at the end of the video i think he is right 😂 i would love videos about baking, homeschooling, your favorites read alouds, advices for new/young moms, parenting.
Love all your content and especially love how you turn scraps of things into delicious meals. Would like to see any cooking videos. Your videos are amazing. I learn so much from you and you are so encouraging to me. Thank you for sharing with us.
Good afternoon my dear friend, any video you put out is always amazing!! Oh my, Hannah walking?!! Congratulations to Gabriel for getting his driver's license, they sure grow up fast. Crab apple jelly - you are amazing with all of your ideas for preserving! Enjoy your Sunday and look forward to seeing you next week.
I love all of your videos, but I especially love your last DITL video where you put the rough time of when you did each of the tasks. It made everything seem more manageable and was very inspirational to have it more from your perspective of just your tasks. Thanks for all you do, Jessica. You are a huge blessing. God Bless you and your family. ♥️
I think my grandma had a crab apple tree here, all the way on the equator!!!! I tried the apples once and concluded they were tart and sour because we didn't have the correct weather for apples to grow properly 😂 Never realised it was an entirely different type of apple.
I'd LOVE to see more of your dairy free videos, and maybe videos on your baking with freshly milled grains? We have an anaphylactic dairy allergy, and all 4 teens are dairy intolerant (I'm allergic), and would love to see your cheese alternatives! Thank you for blessing us all with your experience, wisdom and grace. You have inspired me SO often in the past 6 months. Much love.
I love it all too. It will be good to see you all nestling inside for the winter, love your canning and baking videos, and I would love for you to make some plant based cheeses for your family to enjoy. Unless for some reason it that doesn't agree with your system. I also would love to see your soap making too. You are such a blessing to me. I've watched your children grow thru your videos for years now, I love seeing the actions of your 3 little funny boys. Makes me laugh. And awesome, Miss Hannah. will be walking soon. Bless you and family Jessica, Love you all so much.
I love learning from you no matter what the topic is! I would like videos on soapmaking and other homemade skin care, herbal remedies, knitting/crocheting/sewing, and bread baking, as those are the things I'm hoping to focus on this winter.
Thanks Jessica I am a teacher on term break Today I cooked for five hours and feel ready for the term with a freezer full of home cooked yummies Love your content, whatever it is 💗
I would like to see dairy-free cheese making, hard or soft. Thank you for your videos and the time you put in, I enjoy your gentle and supportive nature with your kids.
I love your channel! So excited to see some new content. As a mom of 3 littles in the thick of the tinies phase of parenting, I love watching how you mother. I’ve learned so much from watching you! I love your day in the life, comments on discipline, sleep, homeschooling. We’d love to see more of that!
Hi Jessica. I love all your videos. I especially love the cooking, and seeing all you and Adam do with the children. I've never seen a bad video from you. Grace is beautiful. She's a mini Jessica. You are truly a blessed woman! Ty for sharing with lives with us.
I especially love how your family worships together. It is so important and will have a lasting impact on your children. It is awesome to see everyone stacking the wood. I use wood also usually about 2 cords. My Mother would put put some kind of small sour apple in her strawberry jam to get it to set, not sure if it was crab apples or not. I got my freeze dryer on Friday and so excited to start using it. You definitely inspired me to get one so I used your link. I want to freeze dry some herbs as well, I think freeze dried taste better than dried. I used my roaster to can my tomatoes into sauce and juice. I also used it for pear butter and apple butter, made it so easy! Your children are growing so fast. Loved seeing the boys playing and Hannah is precious. My daughter walked at 9 months, and hasn't stopped, she's now 30, lol. I am interested in how you can kale, I have never done that. My shoulder issues have slowed me down quite a bit but hopefully the freeze dryer will help me preserve a lot of my garden instead of canning so much. Thanks for sharing your beautiful family and all of the work that you and your husband do to make it FAMILY! ❤
Thank you so much for your videos. I love seeing the children and they are all growing up soooo fast. Little Benjamin, the little helper, and little miss Hannah are really growing fast. Love the cooking and canning videos. Hugs to all. ❤
Whatever you do, I seem to enjoy it! And I learn from it. I’m finally making your applesauce bread today for the first time. Last year we ate all our applesauce before I had a chance to try the recipe. Lol
I truly enjoy your videos! No matter what the content, I glean so much knowledge from you. Thank you for sharing so honestly. I just began watching your videos earlier this year during the pantry challenge. This is the first every bit counts challenge that I have watched, and it really changed the way I looked at preserving my harvest. I used to try to tackle it all in a huge canning day while my husband was home to help with the kiddos. And it was getting to be such a struggle. It seemed we always had some other project that him and the boys were working on during that time, my produce wasn't ready on the weekends, or just other plans would derail my big canning plans. I found, with your suggestion, that doing little bits each day was actually much better! It was amazing how just a small shift in my own mindset made all the difference in the world. Thank you! Also, in the video you mentioned possible doing more apple pie filling. I came upon a recipe for Mock Apple Pie filling this year that uses zucchini instead of apples. I was skeptical, but had a ton of zucchini to use. So I gave it a try. My family really enjoyed it! So much that I did a second batch. I would love to see how you do soap making or any housekeeping tips/cleaners you use in your home.
Thank you Jessica for your little preserving features! I love how much a little goes. So you have inspired me to not waste any time or produce that I otherwise overlooked! ❤
Blessings to you and your beautiful family! You’re an inspiration with everything you do. Thank you for taking your busy time to show us how much you are still able to accomplish despite having 8 children. You amazed me every single video ❤. May God continue to richly bless you and your family 🙏❤️!
I’m running low on canning jars too!! I’ve been to Walmart, Target & Costco….none to be found. Lol…I can hear the canners going off now in homes around me. I’m happy for the people who have jars. 😊❤
I love the color of crabapple jelly. When I was little my neighbor would make some with the crabapple trees on our street and give us some . It was so good and had this beautiful pink color .
Thank you for sharing your beautiful family. I can’t believe Hannah is trying to walk time flys by so fast. My garden is pretty much done for the year I do have a few fall crops but nothing I’ll be canning. So I’m looking in my canning books for something to can this fall and winter. God bless you and yours
I love all your videos. I am in Australia and love waking up to your sunset pictures and good morning. I would love to still have a good morning picture of you starting the day 😊
I love seeing your food preservation videos!! I would LOVE to see more about how you organize your freezers and what you preserve via freezing. I’d also love to see how you make your own soap (which you mentioned in this video). I’m amazed by how much you’re able to accomplish every day!! 😊❤️
I can't believe that Hannah is almost walking!!! I enjoy all your content but especially cooking! I love watching you make soups and one pot meals and breads for the winter lunches. Your spaghetti and chili looks so good. Your pies !!!
You can easily test the pectin content in a fruit juice by mixing 1 tsp of the juice with a tablespoon of rubbing alcohol. If the juice clumps up, there is enough pectin. (But don't taste test the clumped juice because that kind of alcohol is poisonous.) If I want to make jelly with a low pectin fruit, sometimes I'll just add peels and cores from apples to help boost the pectin.
Last year I made my first crabapple jelly. Ours are small like yours, but I love the floral quality in the jelly, and actually it was my first ever jelly. It was so beautiful. I used a piece of muslin in a colander. I love your videos.♥️👍🙏🤓
I love to see you cooking. Right now we have no real food allergies but I love to know how to handle them. You also add some different things to meals that I hadn't ever thought of. Love your soups on Sundays with all kings of things in them.
Just to be honest with you, I love every project you do on your homestead. You amaze me that you can turn scraps into jellies, jams, or whatever. Thank you for taking time out of your busy week and sharing it with us. May God richly bless all of you.
Hannah is almost walking!!! They grow up sooooo fast! I love how Benjamin helped you in the garden & kitchen. You are wise to get your children involved & make it fun❤
Oh, I love how proud the young man is, carrying that single piece of firewood, he's helpful, providing for family:))) For me pickling peppers, making ajvar, fermenting sauerkraut and quinces in all forms are dearest memories of fall. Love whatever you do:)))
Jessica your content always has a relaxing vibe as a viewer watching in the evenings. It clearly shows that you enjoy homesteading and raising your children. For the winter months baking is a treat as it not only fills the house with beautiful aromas it allows one to incorporate the preserved & fresh produce. Hannah is clearly eager to walk. Take care
Do you make things with pumpkin? I would love to see that.
I love watching your videos, i come from a family of 9 children, & your dedication to your family reminds me so much of my Mom. She worked what seemed like around the clock to take care of us. She was a strong Christian woman/Mom & you remind me of her dedication to us. God sees every moment of your hard work & your heart for your family. God bless you & your family.
Hello there Jessica!!! I saw your story on IG ... CONGRATULATIONS TO GABRIEL EARNING HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 What an awesome accomplishment! Happy Home Church Day 😊 Your Michigan Fan and Friend Araminta ❤❤❤
Little Benjamin is just too sweet. He never seems to complain and just follows his bigger brothers around helping wherever he can.
Everything you do interest me! Girls sewing. David cooking. Gabe working his outside chores. Pantry in the basement. I enjoy it all. Plus the baby crawling and the 3 little boys playing!
I completely agree Jessica, freeze dried herbs are incredibly superior to dehydrated, there’s just no comparison. Freeze drying them is worth every cent. I grind mine into a powder and add to salt to make different seasoned salts, give them away as gifts and everyone loves them.
What a thoughtful gift!
@@EE-hi4re especially being home grown, they mean more sentimentally and people appreciate it
Honestly everything you already do, I love. I get so much inspiration from you. From the clean eating, the pantry challenge, and the everything counts challenge. My own canning skills have greatly improved because of you.
I have made some of your recipes, and my husband’s A1C went from a 10 to a 7.8. If I keep cooking like you, he will be able to get off of insulin. That will be one less bill to pay.
God bless you and your family.
Your little garden helper is just precious. He's still so little!❤
I’d love to see some more dairy free cheeses and how you use them. I’m gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, and grain free. I love how you’re raising your family and how well you and your husband interact. You’re so calm and patient. Thanks for sharing your lovely life with us. You are a gigantic inspiration to all of us. I hope you’ll always live happily ever after. You’re a beautiful human being and you’re teaching your kids by example how to be. Love you Jessica.
You have been a tremendous inspiration on how a homestead can be dairy free and any meals you want to share would be wonderful ❤
Jessica, what you said about fitting in your projects between schoolwork really spoke to me. I’m in my sixties and have been fighting a bacterial infection off and on for nearly a year. I’m alone and so bringing in even my smaller than usual bounty has been very difficult this year. Everything has to be done in my brief hours of energy, before I give up and return to bed. I ended up bagging some tomato sauce in ziplock sandwich bags, I’m dehydrating a few shelves of yellow tomato halves in the dehydrator for “sun dried” toms in olive oil with some of my garlic harvest from June. I gave up on growing herbs outside this year and moved them into my spare bathroom and put them under the grow lights I use for seed starts and have fresh heaps of herbs! I’m going to try indoor lettuce for the winter this way.
We have to do what we need to do with the resources we have and currently my most scarce resource is my energy and health. Put it to wise use. God bless!
I just planted a
transcendence crab apple tree, both for the fruit and they help with pollination of the other apple trees. We lived in Canada 15 years and my favorite was to can crab apple juice. You allow the cooked mixture to sit overnight with cream of tartar. The juice becomes perfectly clear.
I would love to see more about medicinals and non food items you create!
Thanks for another video. Mom of three here. I’d love to see how you boost your kiddos immunity going into the winter, and I’d also enjoy seeing how you make your lavender bar soap. Id also love to see bedtime routine at your house. Sending greetings from the PNW.
How fabulous to see Baby Hannah starting to take her first steps. So beautiful. I love watching your channel, whatever you are doing.The log carrier was impressive!
Last Sunday I woke to 39 degrees, two days later we almost reached 90. This weekend we've gotten 2 3/4" of rain, roughly half of total rainfall for the past five months, and we have a chance of rain through tomorrow yet. Our average first frost date has come & gone, thankfully no sign of frost yet. I've cleared about half the garden & put down dry leaves/grass clippings/sifted compost in readiness for next year. I still have tomatoes, a few root veg, a few salad greens, pumpkins & apples still to harvest. Over the winter I would love to see videos about super simple meals, what I call "one-pot wonders", since I don't really like to cook - love to garden, don't mind preserving, but risk wasting my abundance through lack of cooking. You all take care, and God bless.
Watching you little boys is bittersweet for me. Mine are now 19, 17 and 15 (one 11yo girl). This makes me miss that stage so much. The little guy with the bag on his back is so my kids, or costumes for months just fun little guy stuff. Almost got a tear in my eye, but big guys are fun in different ways and I enjoy that too.
I just love to watch you all getting through the week, watching you all doing your jobs, school and watching you cooking and eating and sorting out the washing.
Aweee Hannah brought me to tears at the end!!! My baby just turned 2 months on Friday and I just can't believe how fast they grow 😭🥺😭
Have a beautiful day Jessica, all my love! ❤
I can’t believe last year Hannah was born. Wow. Time flies.
Cooking! I love cooking videos
Morning Jessica! I wish you put out a video every morning lol I know that is impossible but every time I watch your video I get so inspired to get up and do! Sometimes I get so stressed with working and trying to get everything preserved but then I watch you and I know I can do it. It's just me. I don't have a big family to take care of so I definitely have more time even though it doesn't seem like it lol God bless and thank you for being you!!
Here’s a hack I do for an easy meal. I use a crockpot, but given your family size you’ll use the toaster. Pole your potatoes w a fork. Rub some oil on them. Rub salt. Put in roaster to bake. It takes me 4 hours on crockpot. Not sure about larger volume. I do in afternoon. Then we do deluxe potatoes for dinner. Great way to use up leftover chili that’s not enough for a meal or bbq chicken. I also put them in the summer and grill my protein and my side is done. Quick steam/heat a veggie. It also works for baking sweet potatoes. Great in the summer when you don’t want to heat the oven. I know you harvest potatoes but never see you serve baked potatoes. Maybe your family just doesn’t like them? Granted, the cheese, butter and sour cream make them. So I can see with no dairy, they aren’t as good. But w chili or shredded bbq pork or chicken it’s give some moisture. Anyway, just an idea.
We need a pantry tour! How you store. Summer recap. We love those!
That BEAUTIFUL SMILE of his…I’m a mama of 5 grown sons…
That's a great question Jessica. You cover so much.
I actually love watching your week of meals and honestly just seeing the kids pottering around being a family is so precious and a blessing to see.
Would love to see another chat with Adam, its so lovely seeing you guys hangin' together, talking life.
Or give the camera to the kids for the week, that would be great, they are all such charactersin their own way. My kids are young adults, so its lovely seeing things from the perspective of young eyes
Be blessed. 🪻
I enjoy watching your canning process and seeing you harvest from your garden. I didn't do so well with my little garden this year, but I thank God for what I've gotten so far and we enjoyed the harvest.
I love to bake and I'm baking at least once per week, so I'm already excited about the Fall and Winter baking.
Thanks for sharing such wonderful blessings from the Lord.💖💖
It was so awesome to see Benjamin help you in the garden and be along side the family helping with the wood. I am always grateful for your time put into these videos. Thank you! I would be interested in seeing more cooking and homeschooling videos if possible. Have a beautiful blessed day!
I love your day in life, week in the life! I love the different seasons that homesteading brings. I love homeschool content or how you fit homeschool and everything in! Seriously your channel feeds my soul from one sister in Christ to another. Hannah is so adorable! God Bless
Your videos are my favourite entertainment of the week. You are such an inspiration and your videos are so relaxing; I would watch anything you make. I have some health issues and struggle to get food on the table, clean the house, and homeschool. I have learned a ton from you and would love to hear more about how you get it all done.
Even though I'm a long time homesteader, I so enjoy the peaceful presence you bring to your videos, and enjoy seeing what you are up to. I would love to see videos on non-dairy cheese making. I've found a cashew based Parmesan I love, but have not found a feta or any others I care for. Thanks for all you do.
Oh my gosh, I didn’t know crab apples could be that teeny tiny! They are so cute 🍎 🍏
Little John John is so precious… that smile!! I can’t wait to watch him grow. He will be an amazing young man!!❤❤❤
TY Jessica, I love watching you prepare your harvest! It's amazing! Can't believe Hannah is almost walking. She's beautiful as well as all your children! Such blessings! 😊❤
Really appreciate your channel. Love watching you homeschool. (I homeschooled my children a long time ago. They are 41 and 38 now. Both quite accomplished in their own ways.) Anyway, it brings a smile to my face of such sweet times in my life when I see your family. Thank you for sharing a peek into your life. PS. My oldest is homeschooling and I help in their program for my youngest granddaughter. It is such a blessing to be able to help, especially since I am retired from being a nurse. Oh the blessing of simpler days.
I love all your videos but my most favorite are the every bit counts and the pantry challenge videos. I am amazed at the variety of foods you come up with during the pantry challenge. ❤️
I love all your content and look forward to having breakfast on Sunday morning as I'm watching your video. Did love seeing your giant dogs playing like puppies😄
I look forward to your videos no matter what it is you are doing in your kitchen. Say, I like David's haircut and lovely smile. And Hannah, almost walking, so cute. *Hugs*
Jessica I look forward to your videos, and it doesn't matter the content. Whether you are canning, freeze drying, cooking, or gardening it is you that we all tune in for. Your amazing drive, inner strength and perpetual grace is an inspiration for all of us. I agree that having all of those tools makes the preservation process easier by far. I got a freeze dryer last year, I am well past my child rearing days, but I love the fact that I can buy in season fruits and vegetables in bulk and freeze dry them for later use, while keeping nearly all of their nutrients. I do freeze dry my celery tops and bag them in quantity for a large pot of stock, it works great. I find that my freeze dryer helps me to keep my grocery budget in check in the winter months. I also freeze dry milk when I find it for $2 or less a gallon. And I buy lots of eggs when they are $1 a dozen and freeze dry those, then when they hit $4-$6 a dozen, I don't have to pay that. I miss having my own chickens, but living in the woods and being older, just isn't worth the predator fight. So we get them fresh from other people. Have a blessed week, and may God bless and keep you and your family safe.
We went to a friends house a few weeks ago and I discovered their neighbor had a large crabapple tree with tons of tiny apples hanging onto my friends property. So I asked if I could pick some. No one has been collecting apples from this tree for years. They were also the little ones like you have. I picked about half a grocery sack full. I could have gotten alot more! But, that amount turned out to be perfect. I'd never made crabapple jelly, but, couldn't let this opportunity pass me by. It is delicious!
Hannah is growing up so fast she is a little cutie. I love all the videos I do like the canning ones and the work you do outside like gardening
Another great video. I had to listen first as working. Today, I watched. Little Benjamin and his bag on his back . He's like his mommy. I enjoy videos of your family. I would like to see David in the kitchen doing something special for the family. The girls and their projects. It's so nice watching all the children grow. Beautiful baby Hannah. It doesn't seem possible to walk ! But there she is 😊 . Thanks for sharing. God bless you and Adam .
I want to see whatever you do. I love all your videos. Day in the life and any cooking and to see your kids helping. It doesn't matter to me. It's all just so sweet and precious
Your knowledge of preservation is impeccable. I enjoy learning so much from you & you sharing your family. Thank you Jessica & may God bless all the fruits of your labor;
You have such a lovely family! So amazed at the amount of canning you do. I would love to see a video on making non-dairy cheese. Thank you again for your videos!❤
Oh Jessica, you are such a blessed Mama! Your kids are all so precious! Thank you for allowing us to watch them grow❤
So endearing to see the youngest boy helping with logs his own size❤❤❤
Hi Jessica, I very rarely comment but I have been watching your videos for a long time now and always learn something, or get inspired to try something new. Watching you and how you utilize every scrap of food has totally changed my mindset with regard to not wasting what I have,... I now get annoyed with myself if something has to be thrown away, but that is happening very rarely now since I started using your ideas of menu planning and putting leftovers or small batches of things in the freezer for future use, so just wanted to say a huge thank you for helping me to be more frugal and be more mindful with everything i grow or buy. I am happy to watch whatever you care to share!
As I was sat watching I was wondering how much it must cost in electric to do all your food preservation and then as if by telepathy you mentioned the running cost of your freeze dryer ❤ watching your children playing together in the sunshine ☀️ was heart warming and brought back memories of my childhood .. you truly have a lovely family a credit to you both . Keep doing what your doing I love every video and look forward to watching them ..
Please share any/all projects throughout the winter that you do and see fit to share. I'm continuing to live the life I've loved for over 60 years through your videos. The RA and UCTD that I was told would put me in a wheelchair by age 25 is finally catching up and I'm using a wheel chair more, so this summer I was unable to even have a small container garden. ❤
I can’t believe I overlooked the tiny crabapples on the tree for over 20 years! I thought it was an ornamental flowering tree. I made a batch of jelly today and wow is it tasty!!! Thank you for teaching me this!
My current season of life revolves around trying to get my house decluttered (an ongoing task, but sometimes there is a greater need), and reorganizing spaces that need it. We are a family of 7 in a small house with virtually no storage, so I’d love to see how you organize your home, how you set it up to function really well, and what you forgo, or maybe do differently to accommodate your daily rhythms.
I’m in a season of life when I would like to be home more…you and your family’s “doings” bring me such peace…thank you as always for you all sharing your life with us…so grateful for y’all and have many thongs to be thankful for in my life, and y’all remind me of these things too❤. Hope everyone has a Blessed week!
My husband said the other day that watching your videos gives me baby fever 😂 after watching Hannah and Gracie at the end of the video i think he is right 😂 i would love videos about baking, homeschooling, your favorites read alouds, advices for new/young moms, parenting.
Love all your content and especially love how you turn scraps of things into delicious meals. Would like to see any cooking videos. Your videos are amazing. I learn so much from you and you are so encouraging to me. Thank you for sharing with us.
Good afternoon my dear friend, any video you put out is always amazing!! Oh my, Hannah walking?!! Congratulations to Gabriel for getting his driver's license, they sure grow up fast. Crab apple jelly - you are amazing with all of your ideas for preserving! Enjoy your Sunday and look forward to seeing you next week.
Would love to see more homeschool and homemade goodies content. But anything you do is enjoyable. Thank you!
I love all of your videos, but I especially love your last DITL video where you put the rough time of when you did each of the tasks. It made everything seem more manageable and was very inspirational to have it more from your perspective of just your tasks.
Thanks for all you do, Jessica. You are a huge blessing. God Bless you and your family. ♥️
I think my grandma had a crab apple tree here, all the way on the equator!!!!
I tried the apples once and concluded they were tart and sour because we didn't have the correct weather for apples to grow properly 😂 Never realised it was an entirely different type of apple.
I look forward to you vlogs. I don't want them to end. Many, many thanks for sharing your experience.
I'd LOVE to see more of your dairy free videos, and maybe videos on your baking with freshly milled grains? We have an anaphylactic dairy allergy, and all 4 teens are dairy intolerant (I'm allergic), and would love to see your cheese alternatives! Thank you for blessing us all with your experience, wisdom and grace. You have inspired me SO often in the past 6 months. Much love.
I love it all too. It will be good to see you all nestling inside for the winter, love your canning and baking videos, and I would love for you to make some plant based cheeses for your family to enjoy. Unless for some reason it that doesn't agree with your system. I also would love to see your soap making too. You are such a blessing to me. I've watched your children grow thru your videos for years now, I love seeing the actions of your 3 little funny boys. Makes me laugh. And awesome, Miss Hannah. will be walking soon. Bless you and family Jessica, Love you all so much.
I love learning from you no matter what the topic is! I would like videos on soapmaking and other homemade skin care, herbal remedies, knitting/crocheting/sewing, and bread baking, as those are the things I'm hoping to focus on this winter.
Thanks Jessica
I am a teacher on term break
Today I cooked for five hours and feel ready for the term with a freezer full of home cooked yummies
Love your content, whatever it is 💗
I would like to see dairy-free cheese making, hard or soft. Thank you for your videos and the time you put in, I enjoy your gentle and supportive nature with your kids.
I love your channel! So excited to see some new content. As a mom of 3 littles in the thick of the tinies phase of parenting, I love watching how you mother. I’ve learned so much from watching you! I love your day in the life, comments on discipline, sleep, homeschooling. We’d love to see more of that!
You and Adam have created such a beautiful life for you and your family!
Wow, little Benjamin is a great garden and kitchen helper! Thank you for sharing your life with us, Jessica.🇨🇦❤️🇺🇲
I love your videos so much. I would love to see your soap making and dairy free cheese videos. :)
Hi Jessica. I love all your videos. I especially love the cooking, and seeing all you and Adam do with the children. I've never seen a bad video from you. Grace is beautiful. She's a mini Jessica. You are truly a blessed woman! Ty for sharing with lives with us.
Love watching your family working together preserving. Very wholesome living 😊
I actually like them all. More baking, Day in the Life, meal planning and preparing. Thank you. Greetings from Scotland!
I'd love to see videos on soap making, candle making, and other "off season" homestead things.
I especially love how your family worships together. It is so important and will have a lasting impact on your children. It is awesome to see everyone stacking the wood. I use wood also usually about 2 cords. My Mother would put put some kind of small sour apple in her strawberry jam to get it to set, not sure if it was crab apples or not. I got my freeze dryer on Friday and so excited to start using it. You definitely inspired me to get one so I used your link. I want to freeze dry some herbs as well, I think freeze dried taste better than dried. I used my roaster to can my tomatoes into sauce and juice. I also used it for pear butter and apple butter, made it so easy! Your children are growing so fast. Loved seeing the boys playing and Hannah is precious. My daughter walked at 9 months, and hasn't stopped, she's now 30, lol. I am interested in how you can kale, I have never done that. My shoulder issues have slowed me down quite a bit but hopefully the freeze dryer will help me preserve a lot of my garden instead of canning so much. Thanks for sharing your beautiful family and all of the work that you and your husband do to make it FAMILY! ❤
Thank you so much for your videos. I love seeing the children and they are all growing up soooo fast. Little Benjamin, the little helper, and little miss Hannah are really growing fast. Love the cooking and canning videos. Hugs to all. ❤
Boy the time gone so fast she is so sweet I just love watching you cook or any things you like
Whatever you do, I seem to enjoy it! And I learn from it. I’m finally making your applesauce bread today for the first time. Last year we ate all our applesauce before I had a chance to try the recipe. Lol
She's so sweet helping him!
All of your videos are inspiring! Thank you for carving time out of your busy schedule to share them!
Baking and meals would be wonderful to see. I enjoy all your videos love seeing the kids helping you it's a family affair
I truly enjoy your videos! No matter what the content, I glean so much knowledge from you. Thank you for sharing so honestly. I just began watching your videos earlier this year during the pantry challenge. This is the first every bit counts challenge that I have watched, and it really changed the way I looked at preserving my harvest. I used to try to tackle it all in a huge canning day while my husband was home to help with the kiddos. And it was getting to be such a struggle. It seemed we always had some other project that him and the boys were working on during that time, my produce wasn't ready on the weekends, or just other plans would derail my big canning plans. I found, with your suggestion, that doing little bits each day was actually much better! It was amazing how just a small shift in my own mindset made all the difference in the world. Thank you! Also, in the video you mentioned possible doing more apple pie filling. I came upon a recipe for Mock Apple Pie filling this year that uses zucchini instead of apples. I was skeptical, but had a ton of zucchini to use. So I gave it a try. My family really enjoyed it! So much that I did a second batch.
I would love to see how you do soap making or any housekeeping tips/cleaners you use in your home.
Thank you Jessica for your little preserving features! I love how much a little goes. So you have inspired me to not waste any time or produce that I otherwise overlooked! ❤
Blessings to you and your beautiful family! You’re an inspiration with everything you do. Thank you for taking your busy time to show us how much you are still able to accomplish despite having 8 children. You amazed me every single video ❤. May God continue to richly bless you and your family 🙏❤️!
I’m running low on canning jars too!! I’ve been to Walmart, Target & Costco….none to be found. Lol…I can hear the canners going off now in homes around me. I’m happy for the people who have jars. 😊❤
Let's see some soap making, salves and the like!!
I love the color of crabapple jelly. When I was little my neighbor would make some with the crabapple trees on our street and give us some . It was so good and had this beautiful pink color .
Little Hanah is so adorable! I love seeing babies take their first steps. Sorry if I spelled her name wrong. Love your videos!
Love this! I would love to see things on your personal hobbies and homeschooling.
God bless this family. So much joy. Thank you sharing Jessica.
I like to see your kids playing, and meals and baking that you do.
I would love to see more videos of you cooking with your harvest ❤
Thank you for sharing your beautiful family. I can’t believe Hannah is trying to walk time flys by so fast. My garden is pretty much done for the year I do have a few fall crops but nothing I’ll be canning. So I’m looking in my canning books for something to can this fall and winter. God bless you and yours
I love all your videos. I am in Australia and love waking up to your sunset pictures and good morning.
I would love to still have a good morning picture of you starting the day 😊
I love seeing your food preservation videos!! I would LOVE to see more about how you organize your freezers and what you preserve via freezing. I’d also love to see how you make your own soap (which you mentioned in this video). I’m amazed by how much you’re able to accomplish every day!! 😊❤️
I can't believe that Hannah is almost walking!!! I enjoy all your content but especially cooking! I love watching you make soups and one pot meals and breads for the winter lunches. Your spaghetti and chili looks so good. Your pies !!!
You can easily test the pectin content in a fruit juice by mixing 1 tsp of the juice with a tablespoon of rubbing alcohol. If the juice clumps up, there is enough pectin. (But don't taste test the clumped juice because that kind of alcohol is poisonous.) If I want to make jelly with a low pectin fruit, sometimes I'll just add peels and cores from apples to help boost the pectin.
Last year I made my first crabapple jelly. Ours are small like yours, but I love the floral quality in the jelly, and actually it was my first ever jelly. It was so beautiful.
I used a piece of muslin in a colander.
I love your videos.♥️👍🙏🤓
I love to see you cooking. Right now we have no real food allergies but I love to know how to handle them. You also add some different things to meals that I hadn't ever thought of. Love your soups on Sundays with all kings of things in them.
I love seeing the meal videos. Also a day in the life with all your kiddos.