Debt free here! Went out for a little celebration , then came home and looked over other monthly bills, to get rid of more unnecessary output. Definitely is a liberating feeling!
Start now! No reason to wait for the “ideal situation” comes along. 5 years ago, we had SO MANY people tell us we were crazy for wanting to homestead. With the way the world is going now… Many of those same people are now kicking themselves that they didn’t start themselves. Blessings! 🙏❤️🙏
For people who are new to the concept of self sufficiency it can be quite confusing at times. Thank you for somehow being the one who explains in a way that I understand easily. I've gone back and watched many videos you put out long before I found your channel just because you've taught me so much. I was raised a Chicago suburb girl who ended up in the Colorado Rocky's and it's taken me over a decade to just be able to bake right much less realize all the options nature here offers. I'd been cluelessly living amongst Juniper, Montmorency Cherry and Nanking Cherry trees for years! Now that I know what I can do with the fruits of my own yard teachers like you have been such a big help.
How have you learned so much in one lifetime! You and your family are amazing. What a blessing! I am also a Idahoan for many generations. Much love to you and yours.
Thank you for that wake up call :). I‘m having a hard time bringing myself to do something usefull when its cold and dark, this video helps getting up from the couch!
I have 1 1/2 acre property. We cannot have livestock but we can have a HUGE garden. I have only been canning and pantry storing for about 10 months. I did can your beef stew. Oh my goodness! It was amazing.
I so needed this… I recently moved from Miami😳 to the middle of nowhere on 5 acres (it has been an adjustment to say the least) but have felt really lost on where to even begin, so I have just been hiding indoors from all the bugs & critters🪲🪰🐍 But I do feel like this has giving me the direction I needed, thank you & God bless you & your homestead♥️
Excellent video and excellent philosophy. My wife and I live in the city, but we live like we are on a country homestead with growing as much of our own food as we can, preserving, eating seasonally and maintaining backups for water, heating, etc. Homesteading really is a state of mind.
I loved to hear you say that homesteading is a state of mind. I just retired. I sold my home in the big city, moved to a tiny mountain town into my new tiny house (399 sq ft)! I live in a tiny home community on a very tiny lot (about 30x60). But it's amazing how much I believe I will be able to grow & do homesteading style, right here. We are a ranching community, so I can buy all the grass fed/finished beef from friends, as well as pork and fresh eggs. But I will grow most of my own food. I make kombucha, kefir, sourdough bread, grow my herbs on the kitchen windowsill, and so much more. I cook mostly from scratch. And you are SO right... time management is a must! I'm so busy in retirement with all these things! I will be fermenting and canning along with you! Love your videos!!!
We moved to very rural east central Alabama about 20 years ago! Love it! We are not anywhere near being finished with establishing our home We do not go into debt, thank you! And we save! With every pay cycle, we save. We tithe to ourselves. We also gift back to our community. LOL What happened to my train of thought?!?!?! Oh, foods that are labeled "mix". Yep, I was taken back by how many good souls use self-rising! We have ground grains for 20 years. Ezekiel's bread
Thank you so much for sharing this information. I appreciate how you explained the homesteading mindset. My husband and I are going to start our first vegetable garden this Spring and I am so excited. I have learned so much from your channel. Thank you again! God Bless you and your family.
I have garlic, green onions and carrot in my apartment windowsill. I don't have the mindset or commitment of a homesteader but it's a long term goal. Wish everyone the best of luck and keep trying.
Great tips, I won't ever be able to full on homestead because of health issues, but I'm trying to incorporate homesteading in my daily life where I can and when I have the energy. I already cook from scratch but I need to work more on cooking seasonally. I grew my first garden last year, just celery that I started from kitchen scraps and tomatoes I started from seed. But that was all I could handle. I do plan to expand my garden this year I'm going to try growing zucchini, peas, and pumpkins as well as tomatoes and celery. I also buy bulk produce and preserve it, so far I just freeze or dehydrate, I'm still a little bit terrified of pressure canning and haven't had the energy to try to figure it out, maybe this year I'll finally learn.
Get up with an alarm , for me thats when the sun rises. In the winter thats a bit of a sleep in. In the summer its nice and early. An alarm clock is an unnatural way to rise.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, iI love how you’re able to put that much wisdom in a short and clear video! We learned time management and cooking from scratch with seasonal ingredients (bought from local farmers) while we were still living in the city. We never had credit card dept to start with, but we did have a big loan from the bank for our house in the city, houses in rural areas often are much cheaper, also reducing dept! And I sooo wish I grew more while living in the city, we had lots of indoor plants and we did have flowers and herbs and lettuce in the city (on a balcony), but now we’re on the countryside I realise I could have grown so much more!! 😆
Rural properties in Texas have gone up exponentially since the exodus from Corona and the cities. Not to mention the influx of new residents from California and New York. With Billionaires buying every ranch that goes on the market and BlackRock buying complete Subdivisions “I mean every house” thrown into the mix it become very expensive to buy any properties in the countryside of Texas!!! Actually it’s Sad!
My late husband was the family cook. I have been learning to cook since he pasted away. Its been a struggle as I hate cooking and have avoided it from a young age. I also have changed to a low carb diet because of health issues but my new partner doesn't eat like I do. We do grow veg and have chickens.
Needed to here your first rule lol time management is what I struggle with most. I'm now going to work on getting that dialed in so I can get this journey started
These are wonderful tips! We have slowly grown our homestead over the years. Starting with a garden.. Then we bought chickens. My husband just learnt how to can last year and I can now make sourdough bread. Its amazing what you can learn on youtube!
When you learn to cook, get used to cook more and put the rest into the freezer. So you have healthy convieniance food when you have other things to do and don't get stessed. The freezer is also your friend when everything in the garden is ready at the same time. Then you can cook or preserve when you want.
Debt free is amazing, we are working on paying our home off so we will not have that stress in our life. It’s another way we want to be self sufficient in our living arrangement. Dave Ramsey has a lot of great resources for this.
Working on #1. Though I work several jobs and manage to prep a lot of my food on Sundays and evenings, so maybe I do ok already. #2 I have down because I'm kosher and gluten free. #3 I shop at a produce stand mostly, so food is cheap but they only carry items that are at least a little bit seasonal (greenhouses...) I live in an apartment in NYC and I tried to grow plants under a light. I'll try the thing with the light. I did grow out carrot tops back in 2020. That was all I could get. Everything else died when it broke the dirt. I think the grow lights were too weak and only good enough for ugh weed...
Ha! My 5 year old just came over and said "who's that little girl you're watching?" 😂 You really do look so young, Carolyn! I thought you were one of the kids when I first started watching your channel (& I request your skincare regimen again!!)
IMO spending time being productive is so much more rewarding than time spent being excessively wasted on entertainment & idle activities. Day's become spent very quickly and there will be nothing left to show for it in the end. I'd much rather be productive and accomplish something.
Loving your videos! I have just started to learn how to cook. I always thought it would be really difficult and I was very surprised when I realized that it isn't and the food tastes so much better! I wish I had have learned how to do it years ago! But I am very thankful we have the opportunity to learn new skills now on our new homestead in Bulgaria. Thank you for the wonderful videos 😁
Great videon, thanks for sharing. We are about to start our homesteading journey after several years of researching. By the way, I love your kitchen, we will be building a cob house, do you mind sharing on how you built your kitchen?
Debt free or low debt is completely doable. We are gamers as well as homesteaders. This year we are playing more attention to preserving/storage. The garden is in bed for now as our harsh high desert weather doesn't allow for growing without a lot of protective measures. This year, I want to add more fruit & nut/shade trees.
😎 not asking for much; get away from the city, 10 acre ranch somewhere in the mountains, a few cattle & chickens, vegetables garden & fruit trees… oh the bliss.. now back to reality - finish up the auditing, clear the email & faxes 🤣
3 hours a day! Wow.... To think I run out of time while staying on top of things. That's crazy I couldn't imagine having free time like that. 3 hours you can do so much!
That’s exactly correct. I did this and now very much look forward to asparagus season, as well as parsnips and celery root. Love fresh beets! Now I have 4 acres and am planning my gardens.
A lot of the farm in our area don't grow organically. And the farmers markets buy from other states and areas. Very seldom are we able to get good clean local food.
Besides all your collections of amazing recipes (which I use often), do you have any recommendations on cookbooks that teach the basics and from scratch cooking?
They have a good video on “homesteading books” that includes some of their top picks for various homesteading reproduces including cooking. If you type “homesteading family homestead books” it will show you their video. If you click on it and read the description they have time stamps for each “genre”. Including basic cooking. 😊
I like the America's Test Kitchens cookbooks. There are tons of options available, but the ones I've gotten have a lot of pictures and basic info. If I remember right, their Vegetables Illustrated is organized by type of veggie so you can easily find recipes for what's in season. It includes how to prep each one, too, which was really helpful for me.
Awesome information. Thank you for sharing! Subscribed, Liked and new 10 acre property owner. May do some videos on my projects too. Awesome channel Thank You!
Carolyn, can you please cover what you feed your dogs? I’m breaking the bank on what we buy but my dogs aren’t gaining a good amount of weight. My German shepherd is really underweight and totally dissatisfied with his food. He’s always looking for more
Make sure the first ingredient of the food isn’t a grain. It should be meat and vegetables. Feed your shepherd the amount of food that they should be eating at a healthy weight. Also, go to a non chain pet store they can help you find a good quality food
Cooking from scratch. My complain for people learning to cook from scratch, most recipes have ingredients that are premade mixes/food. Problem with "there's things to spend money on" is that there's ALWAYS things to spend money on. It doesn't matter what you have, there'll be someone trying to convince you that you absolutely need this other amazing tool/ convenience.
The wife and I plan on homesteading in about 2 to 3 years, we are waiting for our daughters to graduate high school then we can move. We are looking at Tennessee as a possible place to go to. Does anyone here have any thoughts on that area of the country? We live in Southern AZ and I have lived in the desert for most of my life, but had about four years in the Pacific Northwest also.
Can you make a video on the cost of this lifestyle? I really really love this lifestyle but I'm only 22 with a job that pays minimum wage (not complaining, just can buy a farm or property). What jobs do you and your husband have? I want to live your life but it seems so expensive
Your city or the next bigger one has a local college agricultural extension which you can contact about local seeds. They are tasked with helping locals succeed in growing things from the area for best success. Mine just gave me local lettuce seed to grow & let some go to seed for collecting & storing in their seed bank. They offer classes too. I'm in a Master Gardener class that is very helpful! It requires volunteer work, but for me that is half the fun.
@@tammyhughs7836 if it doesn't set then you have great tasting syrup. If it over sets when you use it you can just warm it. You'll be fine either way have faith in yourself.
An issue we are seeing. People started "watching" homestead videos and are running out and buying their idea of what a homestead should look like. Then realizing, they don't have a clue how to do anything. They realize that and then sell off these large plots of land to developers, who are mowing everything down to build cracker box houses. Farm land is becoming extinct! If folks would be wise and learn how to manage a few buckets of corn on their porch, first. Then if that works, add a few more, and go from there- like buying a home with a big enough back yard to garden. We live from the inside out. Not YT in.. This isn't' the mouse place; somebody has to scoop the poop and collect those eggs, weed those rows and pick those veggies, in 90 degree heat! ..😂 Thanks for the common sense video's.
I disagree. I used to always work, great time mgt. With no play time, no down time, it is unhealthy. No one needs to work 10 hrs a day just to fall in bed and do it over again. That is not life. Plus, just doing all this for self only isn't the definition of helping others
Debt free here! Went out for a little celebration , then came home and looked over other monthly bills, to get rid of more unnecessary output. Definitely is a liberating feeling!
That’s my journey this year. Almost there and it feels amazing
Congrats! I've got 200k more to go...lol. Working on it.
Start now! No reason to wait for the “ideal situation” comes along. 5 years ago, we had SO MANY people tell us we were crazy for wanting to homestead. With the way the world is going now… Many of those same people are now kicking themselves that they didn’t start themselves. Blessings! 🙏❤️🙏
how iis it going???
A producer not just a consumer, perfect statement. Growing what you can wherever you live is right.
For people who are new to the concept of self sufficiency it can be quite confusing at times. Thank you for somehow being the one who explains in a way that I understand easily. I've gone back and watched many videos you put out long before I found your channel just because you've taught me so much. I was raised a Chicago suburb girl who ended up in the Colorado Rocky's and it's taken me over a decade to just be able to bake right much less realize all the options nature here offers. I'd been cluelessly living amongst Juniper, Montmorency Cherry and Nanking Cherry trees for years! Now that I know what I can do with the fruits of my own yard teachers like you have been such a big help.
You're at a high altitude. It's different baking than most cookbooks include. Brava to you!
Love what you said about homesteading being a mindset! Also… Time management… that’s the big one! 🙌
How have you learned so much in one lifetime! You and your family are amazing. What a blessing!
I am also a Idahoan for many generations.
Much love to you and yours.
Thank you for that wake up call :). I‘m having a hard time bringing myself to do something usefull when its cold and dark, this video helps getting up from the couch!
Its truely amazing what you can learn on youtube. My husband started canning this year and I learnt how to make sourdough bread. Great skills 😊
I have 1 1/2 acre property. We cannot have livestock but we can have a HUGE garden. I have only been canning and pantry storing for about 10 months. I did can your beef stew. Oh my goodness! It was amazing.
It is so amazing when you start going to shop in your basement 😀
I so needed this… I recently moved from Miami😳 to the middle of nowhere on 5 acres (it has been an adjustment to say the least) but have felt really lost on where to even begin, so I have just been hiding indoors from all the bugs & critters🪲🪰🐍 But I do feel like this has giving me the direction I needed, thank you & God bless you & your homestead♥️
Excellent video and excellent philosophy. My wife and I live in the city, but we live like we are on a country homestead with growing as much of our own food as we can, preserving, eating seasonally and maintaining backups for water, heating, etc. Homesteading really is a state of mind.
crock pot meals are a great start for the kitchen scratch idea, and a cast iron skillet.
I loved to hear you say that homesteading is a state of mind. I just retired. I sold my home in the big city, moved to a tiny mountain town into my new tiny house (399 sq ft)! I live in a tiny home community on a very tiny lot (about 30x60). But it's amazing how much I believe I will be able to grow & do homesteading style, right here. We are a ranching community, so I can buy all the grass fed/finished beef from friends, as well as pork and fresh eggs. But I will grow most of my own food. I make kombucha, kefir, sourdough bread, grow my herbs on the kitchen windowsill, and so much more. I cook mostly from scratch. And you are SO right... time management is a must! I'm so busy in retirement with all these things! I will be fermenting and canning along with you! Love your videos!!!
We moved to very rural east central Alabama about 20 years ago! Love it! We are not anywhere near being finished with establishing our home We do not go into debt, thank you! And we save! With every pay cycle, we save. We tithe to ourselves. We also gift back to our community. LOL What happened to my train of thought?!?!?! Oh, foods that are labeled "mix". Yep, I was taken back by how many good souls use self-rising! We have ground grains for 20 years. Ezekiel's bread
You are so pretty! Such a glowing mama
As usual, sound advice and wonderful information. Thank you for all you do. ❤🙏
Great ideas! We moved to scratch made 2 years ago. It takes a while to completely move away from easy.
Thank you so much for sharing this information. I appreciate how you explained the homesteading mindset. My husband and I are going to start our first vegetable garden this Spring and I am so excited. I have learned so much from your channel. Thank you again! God Bless you and your family.
I have garlic, green onions and carrot in my apartment windowsill. I don't have the mindset or commitment of a homesteader but it's a long term goal. Wish everyone the best of luck and keep trying.
Great tips, I won't ever be able to full on homestead because of health issues, but I'm trying to incorporate homesteading in my daily life where I can and when I have the energy. I already cook from scratch but I need to work more on cooking seasonally. I grew my first garden last year, just celery that I started from kitchen scraps and tomatoes I started from seed. But that was all I could handle. I do plan to expand my garden this year I'm going to try growing zucchini, peas, and pumpkins as well as tomatoes and celery. I also buy bulk produce and preserve it, so far I just freeze or dehydrate, I'm still a little bit terrified of pressure canning and haven't had the energy to try to figure it out, maybe this year I'll finally learn.
A very motivating video, Caroline, thank you 💕🙏
I’m a homesteader and I approve this message! All excellent and great advice!
100% Great advice to start ❤
Get up with an alarm , for me thats when the sun rises. In the winter thats a bit of a sleep in. In the summer its nice and early. An alarm clock is an unnatural way to rise.
Indeed❤
Never knew what homesteading meant. Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, iI love how you’re able to put that much wisdom in a short and clear video!
We learned time management and cooking from scratch with seasonal ingredients (bought from local farmers) while we were still living in the city. We never had credit card dept to start with, but we did have a big loan from the bank for our house in the city, houses in rural areas often are much cheaper, also reducing dept!
And I sooo wish I grew more while living in the city, we had lots of indoor plants and we did have flowers and herbs and lettuce in the city (on a balcony), but now we’re on the countryside I realise I could have grown so much more!! 😆
Rural properties in Texas have gone up exponentially since the exodus from Corona and the cities. Not to mention the influx of new residents from California and New York. With Billionaires buying every ranch that goes on the market and BlackRock buying complete Subdivisions “I mean every house” thrown into the mix it become very expensive to buy any properties in the countryside of Texas!!! Actually it’s Sad!
More great tips! I love the part of getting out of debt. It reminds me of a saying "Enjoy where you are on the way to where you're going ".
My late husband was the family cook. I have been learning to cook since he pasted away. Its been a struggle as I hate cooking and have avoided it from a young age. I also have changed to a low carb diet because of health issues but my new partner doesn't eat like I do. We do grow veg and have chickens.
Needed to here your first rule lol time management is what I struggle with most. I'm now going to work on getting that dialed in so I can get this journey started
Right now I am homesteading on an acre in the city limits. I have 9 hens and a raised bed garden.
We have an acre as well. We have 16 chickens and a raised garden. We just love having chickens!
Great job with this video …. !
These are wonderful tips! We have slowly grown our homestead over the years. Starting with a garden.. Then we bought chickens. My husband just learnt how to can last year and I can now make sourdough bread. Its amazing what you can learn on youtube!
When you learn to cook, get used to cook more and put the rest into the freezer. So you have healthy convieniance food when you have other things to do and don't get stessed. The freezer is also your friend when everything in the garden is ready at the same time. Then you can cook or preserve when you want.
Thank you for sharing:) your tips will really help me a lot:)
GOD BLESS
Thank you ♥️
This is such a necessary video. Thank you for making it and explaining it so simply! A valuable reference.
This is a truly lovely video. So much gratitude for you!
Excellent video, Carolyn! 👍
These are all great tips & advice whether you're a homesteader or not.
This helps so much to give me the courage to get started. Thank you!
Debt free is amazing, we are working on paying our home off so we will not have that stress in our life. It’s another way we want to be self sufficient in our living arrangement. Dave Ramsey has a lot of great resources for this.
Absolutely love thos video. Weather starting a homestead or not these are great tips to be more healthy and live a better life.
been loving the last few videos. Wonderful and informative content!
Working on #1. Though I work several jobs and manage to prep a lot of my food on Sundays and evenings, so maybe I do ok already. #2 I have down because I'm kosher and gluten free. #3 I shop at a produce stand mostly, so food is cheap but they only carry items that are at least a little bit seasonal (greenhouses...)
I live in an apartment in NYC and I tried to grow plants under a light. I'll try the thing with the light. I did grow out carrot tops back in 2020. That was all I could get. Everything else died when it broke the dirt. I think the grow lights were too weak and only good enough for ugh weed...
This is great!!! Thank you for the advice! It makes a lot of sense! 💙💙💙
Good video, very encouraging for beginners.
Thanks for great advice!
Ha! My 5 year old just came over and said "who's that little girl you're watching?" 😂 You really do look so young, Carolyn! I thought you were one of the kids when I first started watching your channel (& I request your skincare regimen again!!)
Thanks Carolyn I thoroughly enjoyed this,
I feel like you just burst my bubble on a few of those things. You are right though. Thank you!
Wow, so much needed info. Thanks Love it
This is perfect! Thank you!
Great video. Love growing my own food.
Right on! Thank you.
Excellent video!!! I would love to see more on your yearly planning system!
Great video, very stimulating!!
So inspirational, thank you so much.
Thanks
IMO spending time being productive is so much more rewarding than time spent being excessively wasted on entertainment & idle activities. Day's become spent very quickly and there will be nothing left to show for it in the end. I'd much rather be productive and accomplish something.
Loving your videos! I have just started to learn how to cook. I always thought it would be really difficult and I was very surprised when I realized that it isn't and the food tastes so much better! I wish I had have learned how to do it years ago! But I am very thankful we have the opportunity to learn new skills now on our new homestead in Bulgaria. Thank you for the wonderful videos 😁
My only question is, "Where did you get that Mama's Weekly Master Plan pad?" 💚🌞
I want to know too!
@@lisaeldridge5269 Me three! 🤗
I'm cooking dinner and chopping an onion as you were chopping an onion! Cracked me up 😆😁
This video is worth watching just for the onion tip alone, I use onions almost every single day!
Great videon, thanks for sharing. We are about to start our homesteading journey after several years of researching. By the way, I love your kitchen, we will be building a cob house, do you mind sharing on how you built your kitchen?
Do you have a playlist for QUICK kitchen tips like the onion? If not, can you make one?
Well made thankyou. Lots great info
Great Advice!
Debt free or low debt is completely doable. We are gamers as well as homesteaders. This year we are playing more attention to preserving/storage. The garden is in bed for now as our harsh high desert weather doesn't allow for growing without a lot of protective measures. This year, I want to add more fruit & nut/shade trees.
😎 not asking for much; get away from the city, 10 acre ranch somewhere in the mountains, a few cattle & chickens, vegetables garden & fruit trees… oh the bliss..
now back to reality - finish up the auditing, clear the email & faxes 🤣
We would love to be debt free! At this point we're moving and heading out to the country and paying off everything but the house! Exciting times!
3 hours a day! Wow.... To think I run out of time while staying on top of things. That's crazy I couldn't imagine having free time like that. 3 hours you can do so much!
Nope. I watch 3 hours of YT. Learning from channels like yours. 😊😊
Ty
Joining a CSA can really help with learning how to cook local vegetables from scratch!
That’s exactly correct. I did this and now very much look forward to asparagus season, as well as parsnips and celery root. Love fresh beets! Now I have 4 acres and am planning my gardens.
A lot of the farm in our area don't grow organically. And the farmers markets buy from other states and areas. Very seldom are we able to get good clean local food.
I live in an apartment 2 windows in the live room 1 in my bedroom 1 in my storage room
Besides all your collections of amazing recipes (which I use often), do you have any recommendations on cookbooks that teach the basics and from scratch cooking?
They have a good video on “homesteading books” that includes some of their top picks for various homesteading reproduces including cooking. If you type “homesteading family homestead books” it will show you their video. If you click on it and read the description they have time stamps for each “genre”. Including basic cooking. 😊
I like the America's Test Kitchens cookbooks. There are tons of options available, but the ones I've gotten have a lot of pictures and basic info. If I remember right, their Vegetables Illustrated is organized by type of veggie so you can easily find recipes for what's in season. It includes how to prep each one, too, which was really helpful for me.
Awesome information. Thank you for sharing! Subscribed, Liked and new 10 acre property owner. May do some videos on my projects too. Awesome channel Thank You!
I have 4 windows 4 cats no place to put plants
Great info. Quick question, what is in the gallon jars next to the stove? Over your right shoulder. Just curious. 😁
Carolyn, can you please cover what you feed your dogs? I’m breaking the bank on what we buy but my dogs aren’t gaining a good amount of weight. My German shepherd is really underweight and totally dissatisfied with his food. He’s always looking for more
Make sure the first ingredient of the food isn’t a grain. It should be meat and vegetables. Feed your shepherd the amount of food that they should be eating at a healthy weight. Also, go to a non chain pet store they can help you find a good quality food
Cooking from scratch. My complain for people learning to cook from scratch, most recipes have ingredients that are premade mixes/food.
Problem with "there's things to spend money on" is that there's ALWAYS things to spend money on. It doesn't matter what you have, there'll be someone trying to convince you that you absolutely need this other amazing tool/ convenience.
Look for older cookbooks. Garage sale thrift shops. Borrow from libraries
That's where you have to stand up and say no to all these new gadgets
I am paying off my consumer debt. I wanted to know where did you get you Mama's weekly Master Plan tablet?
Question, when starting the basil or parsley you place in a jar with only water??? No dirt to start... Is that correct?
What variety of onion is that? Did you grow them?
I'm doing all those things. Problem is finding a house and acres. Have chickens and gardens in city limits.
Same problem here, everything is overpriced from the crazy housing market.
100%
Yes it’s insane the prices here in Rural Texas. Most small properties sell in less than a week from listing.
Would like to find a good location to homestead. Which states are ideal?
The wife and I plan on homesteading in about 2 to 3 years, we are waiting for our daughters to graduate high school then we can move. We are looking at Tennessee as a possible place to go to. Does anyone here have any thoughts on that area of the country? We live in Southern AZ and I have lived in the desert for most of my life, but had about four years in the Pacific Northwest also.
How can my husband and I afford and financially support our homesteading dream?
Can you make a video on the cost of this lifestyle? I really really love this lifestyle but I'm only 22 with a job that pays minimum wage (not complaining, just can buy a farm or property). What jobs do you and your husband have? I want to live your life but it seems so expensive
I need to buy seeds but I want good heirloom seeds that will produce year after year with veggies and herbs. Where do you suggest I buy them?
Your city or the next bigger one has a local college agricultural extension which you can contact about local seeds. They are tasked with helping locals succeed in growing things from the area for best success. Mine just gave me local lettuce seed to grow & let some go to seed for collecting & storing in their seed bank. They offer classes too. I'm in a Master Gardener class that is very helpful! It requires volunteer work, but for me that is half the fun.
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I cook from scratch everyday. I'm making blueberry jam for the first time. Scary
Don't be afraid. Just follow olliw the rules and do it! You'll do great!
Thanks my mom made jams and jellies all the time I'm the eldest of 9.. im 63 now..never to late to learn I guess I just don't like to flop and waste.
@@tammyhughs7836 if it doesn't set then you have great tasting syrup. If it over sets when you use it you can just warm it. You'll be fine either way have faith in yourself.
Thank you. God willing all will be fine.
Bet it's delish!
I want to pay off our house!!! It's a hard balance with kids.
DO you think 50 is to old to start a small homestead with some stock?
An issue we are seeing. People started "watching" homestead videos and are running out and buying their idea of what a homestead should look like. Then realizing, they don't have a clue how to do anything. They realize that and then sell off these large plots of land to developers, who are mowing everything down to build cracker box houses. Farm land is becoming extinct! If folks would be wise and learn how to manage a few buckets of corn on their porch, first. Then if that works, add a few more, and go from there- like buying a home with a big enough back yard to garden. We live from the inside out. Not YT in.. This isn't' the mouse place; somebody has to scoop the poop and collect those eggs, weed those rows and pick those veggies, in 90 degree heat! ..😂 Thanks for the common sense video's.
Buy XRP and XLM
Sorry for two comments. We are a cash only senior couple. I am a waste not - want not person. We re-purpose everything.
I disagree. I used to always work, great time mgt. With no play time, no down time, it is unhealthy. No one needs to work 10 hrs a day just to fall in bed and do it over again. That is not life. Plus, just doing all this for self only isn't the definition of helping others
Sorry you shouldn’t be so judgy of people telling them how to spend their time.