A candid discussion on more truth about homesteading. Unlike what others may portray this lifestyle as, it is absolutely NOT free! I hope this honesty helps. Enjoy and thanks for watching!
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I always wondered how people paid their property taxes. I see a lot of videos of people going out and buying a four wheeler and a bunch of tools before they start homesteading, and I wonder what they did as a profession beforehand. Some of the YouTubers I assume, were quite well off before they started, based on the things they bought and whatnot. There's no way I could afford to even start homesteading right now, but it's a goal for my life at some point in the far future! But I appreciate the honesty.
Honesty is KEY! Sub'd!
maybe those people who think homesteading is free deserve to fail so they can learn an important lesson:always use your brain
vet bills seem like a real killer.
Greate Advise. Thank you. as someone who lives in the city its important for me to find honest advice like yours. Thanks
Loved how you acknowledged the person driving down the road.
Thank you for your no nonsense advise. Double thumbs up.
Great advice and love your honesty!! Keep up the great work!!
Wow! Thanks for the being truthful. I too had that question, how come they are building things or hiring people to build stuff? who pays for it? how are they paying for the man power? how are they paying for such huge animals…to buy a cow, or a horse it takes money!! to feed it, takes money…to protect it …takes money!!
cost me 17 dollars per fifty pounds of feed for my live stock. Yea I only got one right now. But i do get that and some back in meat. But its not free for sure.
Thanks for that
I agree !!! What I want to see is the single women homesteaders. I am single raising my last child and two little grand children. Where are the women who are successful? I have been single for many years and I'm not looking for a husband. I just want to really see how single ladies are getting it done. I plan to follow suit in a year. Like you said… I am attacking debt first.
Patara, don't ever apologize for the truth.
I come to your channel for some "tell it like it is," not pie-in-the-sky. ( and to Deep South and to Starry). You've helped me a lot already…for instance, I'm always on the lookout for better ways to do things…and when I saw your cattle panel tomato supports, I showed my DH and asked him what he thought. We LOVE the idea, and it will work well on our place. BUT: here's where the nothing-is-free reality takes hold. We don't have a truck yet. We're saving for one and driving our old, old cars until such time we can pay cash for one. So…how do we get cattle panels home? We have to plan for the expense of renting a truck. Then we have to plan and save to buy all that we need at once, to avoid renting a truck every two weeks. So we look at the cost of fence posts, fencing rolls, cattle panels… and then we do without other things we may want, so we can invest in our small farm, and in our future.
So, thank you, young woman. Stay strong and true.
"Nothing is free" This is truth. When we decided to homestead we bought a large army tent and put it on our property, my husband kept his job and so did I. We paid off all our debts, took us three years living in a tent to do this.
Then we started building our home and working towards our dream of living this way, gardening, chickens, just being self sustaining.
After ten years, my husband has quit his job and helps me with my job while we both work our land and work to make money to keep moving forward. We get up before the sun and go to bed well after it has set every day, seven days a week to make this happen. It's worth it.
I really enjoy your Chanel, I am an older lady that grew up on a small farm.
People actually think this lifestyle is free? That's wishful thinking. My husband & I are taking steps towards paying off debt so we can eventually move into this kind of lifestyle. I'm lucky in that my skills allow me to work from wherever I can get a WiFi connection.
My question is ? Is there anyone doing this homesteading the right way and is over 65?
I know our difference is we've been doing it for 30 years and most of the ones I find are still raising small children. Yes ours has gotten smaller because of life & 1 acre is it for now and yes on the grid. In the deep south (Fla/Ga line right off the coast) A/C sometimes is a must. But I just wondered if you know where to find older ones who homestead on their land, big or small. Enjoyed your show and yes you are right in all of it and Praise God not a phony with 1/2 mill in the bank.
Nothing is free. Except GOD'S FORGIVENESS.
Homesteading is not EASY either. I think people don't understand the amount of work involved in homesteading.
as long as your putting your head on you pillow at night with a happy heart, tuen you doin alright!
A very honest talk, thank you.
Thank You Jesus! Common Sense Finally comes to Homesteading!
My husband's grandpa left us this old, long neglected farm house and acreage 4 years ago. We moved in with such excitement! Then I got sick. Yup. Life happens. This year I have a bucket garden since I am a little bit better. Next year, I have high hopes my 9 bucket garden will be a bigger bucket garden. I also have a huge strawberry bed. I agree so much with you. My doctor visit bills leave little money for anything but what we need to survive so our dreams of a real homestead have been sidelined. Maybe chickens in the spring, but right now, my sweet cousin is supplying us with big beautiful brown eggs every week. I love your channel and your bluntness! Thank you!
You are awesome in the honesty department. God bless you! Thank you.
You are telling the truth! Homesteading is one of the most expensive lifestyles I have encountered! I am the descendant of a homesteader! He had a job! He did not live totally off grid! I remember when my mom suggested that leaving my job would be easy! I chose to stay on my job! Times have changed! Homesteading is a luxury!
I've been a stay at home mom for over a year. My hubby works and makes good money. SO I will be doing the majority of the work but I know it takes money to start out and that you won't necessarily save money, but it's money better spent! Thanks for sharing and being honest!
I'm so glad you made this video. The cost of homesteading is expensive especially in the beginning. The cost of buying the land and building the home, barns, chicken coop and fencing cost us about 125k ( and that was going cheap on materials and a lot of free labor ) our home still isn't 100% completed. The cost of buying the livestock was about 2k. The cost to feed them ( goats, chickens, horses and cows ) is a every week expense of $120 or more. Then there is the cost of bedding , vet bills, etc. My husband and I both work 40 hour a week jobs, if we didn't the animals would starve and we would be truly living off grid lol.
I've really enjoyed your truthful videos, about telling it like it is, keeping it real. I love these because I'm a year away from buying the property and starting up the homestead at the age (currently) of 50 and I'm nervous! I don't want to make the mistakes I've seen other "eager" homesteaders make. I want to take it slow and steady and learn as much as I can in the next year. Your videos are really helpful so thank you!
I'll be honest, the only reason I think it's going to work for me is because I have an income for the next 15 years. Nothing is free and I find it misleading when people say it's 100% self-sufficient. I'm not interested in eating tree branches, running around nekid and sleeping on moss just yet lol…
What you're saying reminds me of those people who claim to be able to feed a family of 4 for $200 a month…well, did they forget to mention the deep freezer they bought? The canning supplies? The seeds for the garden? Or that they buy mostly everything from the dollar store? Or that their parents give them coupons, gift cards and invite them for dinner every weekend? It's just all about getting "hits" and it's annoying at best; and in our age of people finding everything on You Tube…well, it sets people up for failure.
A friend of mine went too fast too quick and when she got her rented farm, she bought half a dozen horses, chickens, goats and dogs. She struggled for that winter, I remember her telling me how she would have to make the 10 minute trek in the deep snow from their home to the barn where the animals were, hauling buckets of water for hours…and half the time not having enough wood to heat their home and living off Ramen noodles because the hay expense was too high. I understand she wanted the dream, but she wasn't smart about it. She ended up financially broken and had to take a really large loan from her parents, she is one of the lucky ones because that saved her homestead. I learned from that actually. People need to be smart and your advice not to be naive is very good.
Love your point blank honesty