I am just finding this channel and so glad I did. I love hearing about the old ways of doing things and it is handy to still know how to do things that way. Refreshing to learn these things from someone with a giant smile on their face.
My parents were born in the early to mid 20’s. I learned so much from them both. Dad grew up on a farm, and they also cut cedar posts. Mom grew up on a farm half the year in the city the other half. I keep and save so much….string, wrapping paper. Old habits die hard. They were sturdy giving people, wish they were here to teach the kids coming up.❤️ wonderful video. Once again you look beautiful 😊
Hello Lisa, this was just so interesting. With my own family experiencing the same era I love to hear their stories of making do, being resourceful, and soldiering on! My goodness, if your dad was born in 1928 is he now 95 years old? This was a real treat to listen to Lisa, warm thank you!
Thanks, Simone! My dad has passed away several years ago but he had the work ethic and the attitude of his generation, and he shared some amazing stories :)
Great information Lisa. Thank you. I grew sweet-potatoes and got about 8 lbs. The other day I made hibiscus tea from fresh flower's, delicious. As you taked about the Great Depression it sounds like today. I just have a patio, so I grow everything in grow bag's. God bless you.
We have really poor soil here, so I do everything in pots or bags. We routinely get 10 lbs++ in each grow bag or potatoes, and I have no problem getting root crops such as carrots, and radishes in pots. Even bush cucumbers do well for us. Of course, herbs do well even in small pots (but they do need to be shaded and watered twice a day in the Texas heat. Good luck to your garden!
Thank you. I love to learn new things to help save money. I see lots of videos on people making Lilac Jelly so that is another option for them. Learning to forage is both exciting and you never know what kind of wild edible you come across when searching ..I love stinging nettle pesto..dandelion wine is one skill everyone should learn for a cheap source of a alcohol drink..Having a garden is our future to help supplement our food stores.
I enjoyed this so much! The kitchen gardens were very common, people tore out their lawns to plant food. I planted potatoes a month ago, so hoping I'll have some in a couple of months! Last year none of mine produced, so I'm following the same plan you are. Thank you for another enjoyable video! 💐
Lisa, I loved all the information you provided! 💜 I had no idea schools were closed during the depression. Now I want to plant a Lilac bush this year. Thank you & God Bless! 🌺
I don't have an area for an actual garden yet. So, I am doing container gardening in plastic totes and 5 gallon buckets. I have already made a salad with lettuce and chives from my garden and the other day cooked a handful of green beans from it. My grape tomatoes are just now starting to ripen. And the granddaughter loves picking the strawberries and the wild blackberries.
I really enjoyed this video! I live in Detroit, and I never knew about the public gardens here during the Depression. I can't wait to try the lilac tea!
Love your videos! My Nonno was born in 1901 and came to America when he was 12. Joined the USA and served in WW1. He used all kinds of food staples to create something else. For a treat, he would butter a piece of white bread and sprinkle sugar on it, cut them in half and give them to his children and grandchildren. We thought we were so rich eating this “fancy” desert.
Oh my goodness, Tina...what a fun memory of your Nonno...that is part of an Italian classic lol! I've seen it where they take the sugared bread and dip it in their wine after a meal :)
Oh my gosh, I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA that lilacs are edible!! You teach me something new in almost every one of your videos. Thank you, Lisa! Saluti da NY
My paternal grandpa died suddenly in 1932. Left my grandma with 7 kids, the youngest was just 2. My dad, age 13, worked in a grocery store after school to help out and the family had no food. The grocer gave my dad a sack of oatmeal. The fam ate that 3 x a day for two weeks. 😔
That’s a great idea for a tea. I’ve been doing hydroponics indoors for my lettuces. Started my potted herbs with grow lights. Even dropped seed of lettuce in an empty coffee can. Have 5 heads growing nice and full. My brother downstairs is using the tiny space in the backyard to also grow a few things in pots.
My mother grew up during the Great Depression and I sure learned a lot from her about survival. I just ordered the book, The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw and waiting for it to arrive.
Thank you for your reply but when I emailed regarding beauty and make-up it said this video is unavailable.I was really disappointed but thank you anyway. I just love all your videos you make them so interesting. Bless you.x
Yes, you can, Donna! Just put the flowers out on a baking sheet lined with paper towels and lay them out to dry in a cool dry place for 5-7 days till they're brittle :)
The work norm in modern America is 30 minutes for lunch, people are worked so hard now they are burned out when they come home. and most poor people don't have anywhere to garden. Probably the majority of couples who live together to afford rent are people trapped in dysfunctional relationships. Long gone are the days where the man went off to work full time leaving the wife to work full time a home doing homesteading stuff. Poor people do need to learn forgotten skills to save themselves money but when civilization falls apart this time we will need to adapt survival strategies to fit in our modern reality. My plan is to spend the next 5 years saving for and building a high top camper van as my primary vehicle for me and my cat. Being mobile (and having satellite internet) while boondocking to avoid bad areas and not paying rent. According to my back of the napkin calculations Americans have about 7.5 years before our civilization degrades to the point where we call it broken. Developing knowledge, skills and having a strategy to survive in that coming world is a very good investment of time that people will regret not doing in about 7.5 years.
@@asimpleseason2616 Mostly from a book called "AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order" by Kai-Fu Lee who was perhaps the leading expert on AI and was the head of Google China. In 2017 he was predicting that by 2030 40% to 50% of all US jobs would be lost to AI and robotics. He served billionaires and was passionate about AI so he said it would create wealth for all of humanity and people wouldn't need to work. But that just isn't the way billionaires work. The money and power flows to the top and those without jobs suffer without help. He predicted the first industry destroying AI software would come to market in 2025 and from that an explosion of software would follow eliminating jobs everyone thought were untouchable. And this was before Chat GPT and the first prototype programs came out last year that are mostly threatening the jobs of artists (creative jobs that even he thought would be untouched). And this was before Covid. And didn't factor in things like the demographic problem of not enough young people to support Earth's older population. And it didn't factor in the rapidly dissolving global shipping protection that the US had been artificially creating since WW2. And it didn't factor in Russia deciding to return to military conquest, nor did it take into consideration that China has a window of 5 years from now where they have the military advantage and if they ever want to retake Taiwan they have to go to war with the US in the next 5 years. And I could go on about our groundwater depletion, loss of sustainable farmland, loss of necessary insect biodiversity, financial impact of global warming prevention if humans plan on living on Earth over the next million years, unaffordable rents, all sorts of things. All of the supports of civilization are failing and AI will be the thing that takes down not only the US but the entire world economy. 7.5 years (2031) is me being optimistic because I know I can't pull off my plan of paying off a camper van equipped to live in in less than 5 years. I am hoping something unseen saves us and in 5 years I get to be a guy who travels in his camper van in a functional world, but I think what is coming will be worse than the Great Depression. I am calling it the Great Fall and once civilization everywhere fails to the point of Haiti I don't expect to see functional civilization again in my lifetime. In that world the self sufficiency skills you are investing in learning now will not only be personally useful but would be an in demand thing to be taught to a world of people that for the first time in their lives will need to make and fix most of the things they need. And if unseen things save us and the world doesn't get much worse than it is now then what you are learning now is great for saving money, being prepared for when things go wrong and makes for an enjoyable hobby and craft projects. Most of what I have learned about van life comes from a RUclips channel called CheapRVLiving that covers self sufficiency for mobile people living in vehicles.
Cut 1 potato into 3 or 4 pieces. You will get a lot of potatoes. Know they take anywhere from 90 to 170 days before picking. Depending on the type Yo I can also use a cardboard box instead of a container. When it is done you can compost the box
If I went to the woods with 10 shotshells or rifle cartridges and came back with 6 squirrels, I had better have 4 shells or cartridges in my pocket. Numerous times my grandmother would say if you want meat on the table, you better go kill it. Chickens were for Sunday only. During their swarms, we would kill robins and grackles (long-tailed black birds). They are very good, similar to dove.
@@asimpleseason2616 There are two reasons for this, one traditional one practical. The old South is full of us with Irish heritage. The Irish only ate chicken on Sundays, usually boiled. In the South usually fried. From a practical stand point, you don't eat what is laying your eggs. The eggs could be eaten or sold and were a very valuable depression commodity.
I learned gardening, thrift, and frugality from the generations before mine. The younger generations will as well, but I think they will employ technology in ways that we cannot imagine now in order to grow food, increase efficiency, and meet basic needs.
People survived the depression because the majority of people were farmers. Simple as that. That’s the way it was in my extended family. You sound like a city girl. Most people didn’t go to beauty shops. The majority of people were lucky to go to elementary school because there wasn’t a high school available.
You are right, Lynda...the importance wasn't placed on school like it is now...there also were more people who were farming, my dad's family included, and they did better than some to be sure... My mom's family lived in town and they bartered for food since they were tailors and stopped getting their hair done, as well as other things to make ends meet
Yes victory gardens are what we need
Agree 100%! I planted my first vegetable garden this year!
I am just finding this channel and so glad I did. I love hearing about the old ways of doing things and it is handy to still know how to do things that way. Refreshing to learn these things from someone with a giant smile on their face.
Thanks for stopping by :)
My parents were born in the early to mid 20’s. I learned so much from them both. Dad grew up on a farm, and they also cut cedar posts. Mom grew up on a farm half the year in the city the other half. I keep and save so much….string, wrapping paper. Old habits die hard. They were sturdy giving people, wish they were here to teach the kids coming up.❤️ wonderful video. Once again you look beautiful 😊
I'm sure all those old habits serve you well, Terri...so happy you stopped by to see me...hope you have a great week :)
I never knew you could make tea from lilacs. That is something I’ll definitely try. I just planted our potatoes this past weekend.
home grown potatoes are so yummy.., thanks for the visit, Michelle! :)
My daughter makes lilac honey.
Wonderful tips! I may try your Rubbermaid tub potato growing strategy.
It works so well! :)
Hello Lisa, this was just so interesting. With my own family experiencing the same era I love to hear their stories of making do, being resourceful, and soldiering on! My goodness, if your dad was born in 1928 is he now 95 years old? This was a real treat to listen to Lisa, warm thank you!
Thanks, Simone! My dad has passed away several years ago but he had the work ethic and the attitude of his generation, and he shared some amazing stories :)
Great information Lisa. Thank you.
I grew sweet-potatoes and got about 8 lbs. The other day I made hibiscus tea from fresh flower's, delicious.
As you taked about the Great Depression it sounds like today. I just have a patio, so I grow everything in grow bag's.
God bless you.
Grow bags are so handy...nice work on the sweet potatoes!
We have really poor soil here, so I do everything in pots or bags. We routinely get 10 lbs++ in each grow bag or potatoes, and I have no problem getting root crops such as carrots, and radishes in pots. Even bush cucumbers do well for us. Of course, herbs do well even in small pots (but they do need to be shaded and watered twice a day in the Texas heat. Good luck to your garden!
Thank you. I love to learn new things to help save money. I see lots of videos on people making Lilac Jelly so that is another option for them. Learning to forage is both exciting and you never know what kind of wild edible you come across when searching ..I love stinging nettle pesto..dandelion wine is one skill everyone should learn for a cheap source of a alcohol drink..Having a garden is our future to help supplement our food stores.
I enjoyed this so much! The kitchen gardens were very common, people tore out their lawns to plant food. I planted potatoes a month ago, so hoping I'll have some in a couple of months! Last year none of mine produced, so I'm following the same plan you are.
Thank you for another enjoyable video! 💐
Thanks so much for spending some time with me, Millie :)
Lilac tea sounds lovely. I have had lavender lemonade and rose lemonade but never lilac. Thank you for sharing Lisa ~~~
Lavender and Rose lemonade are so wonderful...Lilac has a lovely mild flavor ...I think you'll enjoy it, Dusty :)
Lisa, I loved all the information you provided! 💜 I had no idea schools were closed during the depression. Now I want to plant a Lilac bush this year. Thank you & God Bless! 🌺
I don't have an area for an actual garden yet. So, I am doing container gardening in plastic totes and 5 gallon buckets. I have already made a salad with lettuce and chives from my garden and the other day cooked a handful of green beans from it. My grape tomatoes are just now starting to ripen. And the granddaughter loves picking the strawberries and the wild blackberries.
That’s fantastic...you’ve done really well!!
I really enjoyed this video! I live in Detroit, and I never knew about the public gardens here during the Depression. I can't wait to try the lilac tea!
These ideas are both inspiring and comforting. A little creativity goes a long way. 💖 Michele
Love your videos! My Nonno was born in 1901 and came to America when he was 12. Joined the USA and served in WW1. He used all kinds of food staples to create something else. For a treat, he would butter a piece of white bread and sprinkle sugar on it, cut them in half and give them to his children and grandchildren. We thought we were so rich eating this “fancy” desert.
Oh my goodness, Tina...what a fun memory of your Nonno...that is part of an Italian classic lol! I've seen it where they take the sugared bread and dip it in their wine after a meal :)
Oh my gosh, I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA that lilacs are edible!! You teach me something new in almost every one of your videos. Thank you, Lisa! Saluti da NY
I've never heard of lilac tea. The lilacs are in bloom here. I'll have to try making some tea.
Thank you.😊
My paternal grandpa died suddenly in 1932. Left my grandma with 7 kids, the youngest was just 2. My dad, age 13, worked in a grocery store after school to help out and the family had no food. The grocer gave my dad a sack of oatmeal. The fam ate that 3 x a day for two weeks. 😔
Wow, it's amazing what many had to do to make it through...does your dad still eat oatmeal or did that experience turn him off it?
@@asimpleseason2616never ate it again! I happen to like it, and he would always say, I'll make you bacon and eggs! How about French toast?! Lol
That’s a great idea for a tea. I’ve been doing hydroponics indoors for my lettuces. Started my potted herbs with grow lights. Even dropped seed of lettuce in an empty coffee can. Have 5 heads growing nice and full. My brother downstairs is using the tiny space in the backyard to also grow a few things in pots.
That's wonderful, Donna! Blessings to you :)
Awesome Lisa!
Thank you so much, Melanie...and thanks for the visit! :)
Love the lilac tea idea! I have made lilac jelly before and found it delicious. Thank you for another way to enjoy such a beautiful spring flower!
Lilac jelly sounds absolutely sublime...I must try this :)
My mother grew up during the Great Depression and I sure learned a lot from her about survival. I just ordered the book, The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw and waiting for it to arrive.
We currently have an international student living in our home. Great extra income source
Yes, I know a few people who share their home with students and it's a great cultural experience :)
Thank you for this video 🙂
No one I know even knows what a victory garden is! I asked!!!!
Wow...I thought it was common knowledge taught as part of history...maybe I'm just dating myself lol!
@@asimpleseason2616 I asked the 30 to 60 age. I was amazed they had no idea what I was talking about!
Thank you for your reply but when I emailed regarding beauty and make-up it said this video is unavailable.I was really disappointed but thank you anyway. I just love all your videos you make them so interesting. Bless you.x
GreT video. Thank you
Glad you liked it, Patricia :)
Have you tried lavender lemonade.its one of my favorite summer drinks.
I tried it for the first time last year, Andrea and I enjoyed it very much! :)
I was wondering if you could dry Lilacs for making tea in the off season. Or dehydrate them?
Yes, you can, Donna! Just put the flowers out on a baking sheet lined with paper towels and lay them out to dry in a cool dry place for 5-7 days till they're brittle :)
@@asimpleseason2616 Thank you so much, my Lilacs are just now coming into bloom. I'm in Michigan, USA
The work norm in modern America is 30 minutes for lunch, people are worked so hard now they are burned out when they come home. and most poor people don't have anywhere to garden. Probably the majority of couples who live together to afford rent are people trapped in dysfunctional relationships. Long gone are the days where the man went off to work full time leaving the wife to work full time a home doing homesteading stuff. Poor people do need to learn forgotten skills to save themselves money but when civilization falls apart this time we will need to adapt survival strategies to fit in our modern reality. My plan is to spend the next 5 years saving for and building a high top camper van as my primary vehicle for me and my cat. Being mobile (and having satellite internet) while boondocking to avoid bad areas and not paying rent. According to my back of the napkin calculations Americans have about 7.5 years before our civilization degrades to the point where we call it broken. Developing knowledge, skills and having a strategy to survive in that coming world is a very good investment of time that people will regret not doing in about 7.5 years.
I appreciate your observations, Dan....how did you come to the 7.5 years conclusion?
@@asimpleseason2616 Mostly from a book called "AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order" by Kai-Fu Lee who was perhaps the leading expert on AI and was the head of Google China. In 2017 he was predicting that by 2030 40% to 50% of all US jobs would be lost to AI and robotics. He served billionaires and was passionate about AI so he said it would create wealth for all of humanity and people wouldn't need to work. But that just isn't the way billionaires work. The money and power flows to the top and those without jobs suffer without help. He predicted the first industry destroying AI software would come to market in 2025 and from that an explosion of software would follow eliminating jobs everyone thought were untouchable. And this was before Chat GPT and the first prototype programs came out last year that are mostly threatening the jobs of artists (creative jobs that even he thought would be untouched). And this was before Covid. And didn't factor in things like the demographic problem of not enough young people to support Earth's older population. And it didn't factor in the rapidly dissolving global shipping protection that the US had been artificially creating since WW2. And it didn't factor in Russia deciding to return to military conquest, nor did it take into consideration that China has a window of 5 years from now where they have the military advantage and if they ever want to retake Taiwan they have to go to war with the US in the next 5 years. And I could go on about our groundwater depletion, loss of sustainable farmland, loss of necessary insect biodiversity, financial impact of global warming prevention if humans plan on living on Earth over the next million years, unaffordable rents, all sorts of things. All of the supports of civilization are failing and AI will be the thing that takes down not only the US but the entire world economy. 7.5 years (2031) is me being optimistic because I know I can't pull off my plan of paying off a camper van equipped to live in in less than 5 years. I am hoping something unseen saves us and in 5 years I get to be a guy who travels in his camper van in a functional world, but I think what is coming will be worse than the Great Depression. I am calling it the Great Fall and once civilization everywhere fails to the point of Haiti I don't expect to see functional civilization again in my lifetime. In that world the self sufficiency skills you are investing in learning now will not only be personally useful but would be an in demand thing to be taught to a world of people that for the first time in their lives will need to make and fix most of the things they need. And if unseen things save us and the world doesn't get much worse than it is now then what you are learning now is great for saving money, being prepared for when things go wrong and makes for an enjoyable hobby and craft projects. Most of what I have learned about van life comes from a RUclips channel called CheapRVLiving that covers self sufficiency for mobile people living in vehicles.
How many potatoes would you get from 3? Thank you
Usually one seed potato will give me anywhere from 4 to 7 potatoes...I plant a few tubs every year :)
Cut 1 potato into 3 or 4 pieces. You will get a lot of potatoes. Know they take anywhere from 90 to 170 days before picking. Depending on the type
Yo I can also use a cardboard box instead of a container. When it is done you can compost the box
Thank you girls😀
If I went to the woods with 10 shotshells or rifle cartridges and came back with 6 squirrels, I had better have 4 shells or cartridges in my pocket. Numerous times my grandmother would say if you want meat on the table, you better go kill it. Chickens were for Sunday only. During their swarms, we would kill robins and grackles (long-tailed black birds). They are very good, similar to dove.
Chicken only on Sundays...I've heard others say this too!
@@asimpleseason2616 There are two reasons for this, one traditional one practical. The old South is full of us with Irish heritage. The Irish only ate chicken on Sundays, usually boiled. In the South usually fried. From a practical stand point, you don't eat what is laying your eggs. The eggs could be eaten or sold and were a very valuable depression commodity.
To bad this generation is not adaptable. We are heading to another Great Depression. Our last 2 generations are very weak and will not do well.
True for some to be sure, though I am seeing others taking an interest in traditional skills :)
I learned gardening, thrift, and frugality from the generations before mine. The younger generations will as well, but I think they will employ technology in ways that we cannot imagine now in order to grow food, increase efficiency, and meet basic needs.
People survived the depression because the majority of people were farmers. Simple as that. That’s the way it was in my extended family. You sound like a city girl. Most people didn’t go to beauty shops. The majority of people were lucky to go to elementary school because there wasn’t a high school available.
You are right, Lynda...the importance wasn't placed on school like it is now...there also were more people who were farming, my dad's family included, and they did better than some to be sure... My mom's family lived in town and they bartered for food since they were tailors and stopped getting their hair done, as well as other things to make ends meet