HOMESTEADING LIFESTYLE: Sustainable Resilient HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY (Homesteading Videos On YouTube)
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- The homesteading lifestyle is an attractive lifestyle. Talk of the homestead community is popular at the moment. And a community that supports your homestead is, of course, a very valuable thing. But is the community we are talking about sustainable or resilient. Does a sustainable and resilient homestead community even matter? Today's video is a bit of a deep dive into what is hopefully a thought-provoking look at what a sustainable, resilient homestead and homestead community is.
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You guys are the energizer bunnies of the homesteading community.. The exchange of ideas and seeds is priceless. I am looking forward to going down more rabbit holes this winter on lives. Thanks for sharing that fancy book learning Chis.
lol even we have our down days sometimes (i.e. when the batteries need some recharging). I whole heartedly agree some things in life really are priceless. We will be getting back to the lives here soon, its on the agenda just didn't happen this past week. We are also looking forward to the great conversation that always ensues!
Never stop thinking Chris and Steph, never! We need your info and thinking!
I'm not sure we ever could stop thinking lol. Sometimes I think we think to much lol (always plotting and planning!)
Dear Chris,
Thank you for clarifying one’s thinking about homesteading. You have thought through these concepts or principles very well over the years you have been homesteading. Thank you for putting together the fruit of your thoughts for us your followers.
Sincerely,
Larry Lewis
London, Ontario
Hi Larry. Glad you enjoyed the video. It was actually interesting to put this one together because it started as a mix of somewhat separate thoughts that all came together into something coherent in the end.
The way I see it, it is a lot cheaper to buy the feed than growing my own. It is also a lot cheaper to buy the meat chicks than keep a whole flock. But I keep thinking that if SHTF, money won't matter and I'll be capable of doing more because money will not be an issue.
Great thinking Chris!
And that's the thing its always about looking at the variables, like you say if something wasn't an issue (i.e., money didn't matter) it would be a very different world to navigate. Still wherever you can break some dependencies (even beyond raising food) its probably a good thing but its also about finding that balance in life for sure!
I think, when you live this lifestyle on growing your own food and breeding your own animals, you never stop learning. The most important thought is, never lose your joy in doing things a little bit better. Thanks a lot for your channel 👏
That is a great point to, though not everything in the homesteading life is enjoyable (i.e. not all chores are fantastic) its the overarching joy it brings that is so important. Never loosing that joy I think does help you push a little every year or over time to keep moving down that road to being less dependent (and there are so many ways you can do that to!)
I love your deep thinking videos! I agree with you about the community concept. We are only as sustainable as our community. If they don’t have what we need, the system breaks down. We are trying to have as many skill sets as possible but our only real “principal “ at this time is our geese that produce their young. We have relied on outsourcing for our turkeys, meat birds, egg layers and pigs as well as feed producers. We of course supplement with growing plants and pasture. We do save seed and have some perennial crops like asparagus, strawberries, orchards, have maple trees for syrup and honeybees that can reproduce or be split into more hives. Our resources for storing and preserving are also limited to outsourcing for sugar and salt to can etc. But our goals were never to be totally sustainable,more to have better quality of food and make use of our land as best we can. Thanks for your videos.
That is a good way to put it if the community doesn't have what we need the system breaks down. Its certainly a process going down that road though and it sounds like you have been thinking about and are doing things that can certainly help lessen the dependency and that's really great!
Having a rooster has pointed me in the right direction for meat. Meeting you both has pointed me in the right direction for seed saving. Thank you for stirring some deep thoughts. Now I just have to get hubby on the same thought pattern.
I always love hearing things like what you said that people are moving to being less dependent. Sometimes those little things (like seed saving) can be such a big thing in the long run! Glad you enjoyed the discussion!
Very thought provoking video, very well done. I just found your channel a short while ago, and I am learning a lot.
Congrats on the new subscribers, and keep up the great work!
Glad you enjoyed the discussion! I'm always afraid talking about things like this will put some people off (and like everything it might) but its so great to get feedback that people enjoyed it and that it made them think etc. Glad to have you joining along with us to!
Some important philosophical thinking here, I believe. Keep doing what you're doing!
Thank you so much. We love taking some "deep dives" every now and then
This is exactly the journey I am on. It's one of the reasons I'm really enjoying your channel. Y'all are helping me think differently.
That's great to hear! I'm glad you enjoyed the discussion. I'm always worried people might think I'm to pushy to "get people to think the same way" etc. but I'm really just trying to open up other possibilities (sometimes we have solutions and sometimes we don't). Its never one size fits all!
Great message! I dont buy meat chickens but we harvest our roosters regularly. I feel like I am always hatching at least half our roos. We save our seeds especially beans and melons. I am always thinking about what I can feed myslef and my animals if store bought food is no longer available!
Thank you! It's always so hard to put it all in a concise way without sounding to negative but its all good things to think about. It certainly sounds like your on a great path! I do think seed saving is a skill every single person who grows food should think about, but its not always a popular topic it seems so always glad to hear others are not only thinking about it but doing it!
I so love this discussion and love chatting with you guys about this. We always joke that you pick on us but the points being made are right on.
Not sure if I’m at the point of adding barn cat but maybe it would help with the voles
Glad you enjoyed the discussion. We are never picking on you guys (and if I could think of another example other than the broilers that's so simple I would but seeds etc. all get more complicated to break it down lol). Its not a linear thing though its just worth looking where you can break the dependencies.
The cat's do help with the voles, but they also help with things you don't want them eating (which is not really helping...) like shrews.
Sustainable is an overworked term, and I agree, none of us can ever really get there. We need to be good stewards of our land and livestock, but we're not likely to ever reach total self-sufficiency.
Meat birds are like fast food for homesteading
So true lol.
We do have some vulnerabilities with modern life and lifestyles. There is a dichotomy between high tech and low tech. So often high tech items items are useful to us but also, are beyond our means to repair or even maintain. If you have a lot of high tech in your life, you need to be fully invested in the money making grind, because you have to pay should something go sideways. I think low tech solutions, that offer an opportunity to service and maintain by owner, is a great way we can push back on the money grist mill, items that are simple, easy to fix and long lasting are in my mind equal if not better in many cases.
I would agree with that all 100%. It certainly is a balance anymore but I know we tend (not always but usually) to lean towards a lower tech solution where we can. Even changing your behavior to let that lower tech option do more or work more efficiently (i.e., if it can't be scaled up as much or as quickly) can still have some great returns in the long run! But low tech doesn't usually bring that "immediate gratification" that so many seem to be after anymore and even though as humans we have so much ability to transfer knowledge etc. it feels like its getting harder and harder to get good information on those low tech solutions you can actually manage yourself.