A conversation simply to make you think about your own self-reliance. What would you do? The goal here is to simply make you think!
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I LOVE that you keep crunching on a carrot!!!
Amen! 18 years of homesteading and it's REAL WORK! And self-reliance is much, much harder than most people realize. I know, because I had that same "farm dream". Thanks for being honest 🙂
(I think you just picked those carrots too early)
I can grow it but bugs and animals raid it, raccoons eat the corn, vine borers get the squash…leaf miners, squirrels and deer ….and I'm in the city. I'm not a prepper but I probably would survive longer than most.
What would you feed the animals?
I think a knowledge of wild edibles would be helpful.
I own a 34 area property, that is being developed and I plan on putting in a pond with fish. Already started an orchard. My friend who is living there has 30+ chickens.
you are spot on, and no one seems to understand how weak we have become in the U.S. and have forgotten ALLOT.
Did anything ever happen with your beans? I've always found if my beans didn't want to sprout just water them heavily one night and within a few days they're up and going. But I know we live in very different climates.
someone choking that rooster??? LOL
My mother planted a large garden , on a quarter acre, canned everything we didnt eat fresh every year. It would last until the next summer. And she had 4 to 11 kids at anytime. But she did supplement and stretched everything. She taught all of us to grow food, and preserve it. And it was a lot of hard work.
I am hopeful my seeds come up but they may not. Sadly I am a novice.
I am surprised that you did not mention stores being out of food due to gas shortages, storms, etc.
Maybe instead of square ft gardening they should be teaching square acre farming LOL but seriously for a family of 5 you'd need at least 1 acre of carrots! same w/ the rest! We had a family of 10 when I grew up. I was the oldest of 8 kids and we always had a border. But being the oldest most of the farm chores landed on me. On things we couldn't grow enough of we'd grow we had 10 acres of wheat and 10 of hay beyond the hay we used. We'd sell that to buy the other food we needed. Also my father worked outside of the farm to feed and cloth all of us. But I am serious when I say you need to start planting by the acre.
I've been subscribed for a while and haven't had a chance to watch this series. This is a wonderful video and to the point. I love that you are so truthful and tell it like it is. Great job.
My "smart"phone just auto corrected Appalachia to "apple a cheese"!!!!! Lol!! Thought you'd love that 😉
Thank you for all the great information. You are correct, because I had bad luck with my small patch of garden in the backyard. I did see that if I had a farm, I would have starved with what came out of the ground. I will keep trying to get a good crop of something.
I love your videos. My family is saving and working on homestead skills while we live in town to prepare for when we can move to some land. Your videos are so much more realistic than some other's! Thanks for your regular doses of reality 🙂
You could not be any more right
I LOVE how real you are. Thank you!! ❤️
Certainly working full time conflicts with homesteading fully to be self sustaining. I can only garden as a hobby and supplement our diet. I'm also trying to grow more perennials and learning more about foraging.
One of my favorite videos!
Amen! My goal is to be self sustainable on our 1/3 of a acre . This is all so important! I’m planting my fruit trees and berry bushes already. This life is not for everyone !
Just saw this video. You preach it sister! You are so right.
Sister you have absolutely hit the nail on the head. I grew up poor in the mountains of SW Virgina. The son of a disabled coal miner. At one point we went 17 months without any income. No welfare, No food stamps I mean nothing. In order to survive you have to develop what I call possum mentally. We picked wild berries for days and days. We gathered black walnuts. We had 4 large gardens. We hunted and fished. It was not easy and we are talking only about one family in crisis. What if everyone was in crisis and trying to live off these same resources? I remember the entire family peeling, and cutting up apples for days. We gleaned from anywhere we could. We did receive often help from time to time in the way of folks dropping of food or putting a little money in the mailbox. But without this help we would not have been able to make it and we're blessed that neighbors were able to help. In widespread crisis this would not bee the case. I remember gathering the "hay" that came from the state mowing the sides of the road for fodder. Nothing went to waste then. We are so spoiled now. Just for one example look at the metric tons of pumpkin that are bought for decoration and then thrown in the trash every fall. Years ago there was no such wasteful behavior.
I'm just here for the carrot ASMR! Lol, Just kidding, great video and great info. Lots to think about.
Great video! Love your realistic views on everything. Love your honesty.
I lost corn too…actually, just never "came to"….I live in very southern AZ, our battle is real.
Who is watching during the arctic blast in Feb. 2021? Hello from Oklahoma.
I was just looking around and found this from 5 years ago……boy you were on top of it….we had it good and I would how many took heed