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I agree with all of your suggestions and they are part of our life. I have chickens but don't like eggs (except for baking) but am able to barter/sell eggs. My new project this year is BEES! Looking forward to having honey as well as being able to pollinate the garden & getting beeswax. Growing herbs for medicinal purposes is an easy addition to the garden. I envy you for having a milk cow! Some day…..
Thank you for this listing of just 5 or 6 things to start on!
I had red beans & rice at a Cajun restaurant in Prescott, Arizona years ago and they were amazing! Unfortunately I haven’t found any anywhere or even a recipe that is actually good.
I had to pause after a section on farming even if you only have a patio and that you'll really learn a lot. You didn't say turn your waiting room into a classroom. Is this really Jess? Edit: Ok, you said it at the end, I guess it's really you;)
Jess you're a treasure
And another super easy food to make is pasta. Just flour and eggs (oil is optional). I bought a hand cranked pasta machine machine a few years back for about $15 on Ebay but rolling the dough with a rolling pin works well too. Your pasta can be dried or frozen. Ravioli is a bit time consuming but easy. Fill them with homemade mozzarella and spinach from the garden, finish it off with that marinara sauce you canned last summer, add a chunk of homemade sourdough bread and you have a heavenly, hardy meal.
One thing I would add is, meat rabbits are a fantastic meat source to gain some food independence and security. Rabbits can be housed in a small area, they are considered "pets" by many organizations, so you can have them within city limits. The meat is leaner and contains more protein than chicken.
We love raising meat rabbits, and we will probably never stop raising them.
I absolutely love this.
I am in the process of moving. The house I currently live in has a 70 by 30 feet garden and I know that where I’m gonna move probably won’t have a garden.
I need to be okay with container gardening and learn how to garden again. It’s scary stuff but I’m not letting this discourage me. I’m gonna turn my big classroom into a smaller classroom… until I get the homestead of my dreams
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. I'M OBSESSED. LOL
But I've got a question one of my many questions are…..
Do you ferment any chicken feed?
If so what do you use ? Can I use pellets or what's best?
I really appreciate whenever you say a temperature you give us the Celsius. Love watching your channel from here in Manitoba
You can save the desiccant packs and put them in with your seeds. Moisture will degrade your seeds over time and these will help
♥️♥️♥️God bless you for sharing your wisdom in such a hope filled manner.
Thank you for this. My (hopefully) helpful comment : whatever your situation for growing (apartment in buckets/pots to full blown acres homestead), learn how to properly collect and store your seeds, so they laster longer for germination, swap/trade, and enough for the next season after the one your in.
"Turn your waiting room in to a classroom."
What a great mindset.
This is the first I've heard this – (if you say it all the time) and it's my new best thing!
Rats and compost. Am I just a wimp?
you are awesome thank you
Cherry tomato rich I love it! excellent video. continued Blessings for your family
I love gardening, and in the last few years , I had an organic garden on my apartment balcony…..was a blessing during the pandemic.
I would love a good recipe for rice and beans!
I thank my mother almost each day who thought my sister and I how to cook from scratch at a early age. I thank my parents for teaching us how to and survival skills beginning at a young age. I thank my grandma for showing us each summer for 4 weeks in Tennessee how to take care your farm animals and they will take care of you, how to cook on a wood stove because that's all she had, how to get your water from a well because there was no indoor plumbing and then there was the outhouse! I truly appreciate your message. More people should ask themselves what would I do if it was taken away tomorrow? Am I prepared? Do you know what to do? Can you punt if you don't have some modern conveniences? 2020 should have taught many people many things. The question is did they learn.
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Quail for city dwellers if chickens are not obtainable . Supply of eggs and meat easy .
I've been searching for a good sourdough starter… can you or any of your viewers give me some great recipes?
One thing to watch if you are in the South. Most of the bermuda hay is treated with a herbicide called GrazonNext. It is a systemic herbicide. It takes 18 months from application to break down, even after the cows/goats/etc eat it. Most hay producers will not post their herbicide, though the label says it is not supposed to leave the farm without 'proper labeling'. Ask! Do not mulch or use the compost from this hay until that 18 month period is up. It will stunt or kill your garden. Do not eat the veggies if you see curly, knarled leaves. Tomatoes and peppers are especially sensitive to this. It means the herbicide is up in the plant and into the fruit. Herbicides with 2-4D are not systemic, but always ask the hay supplier what his herbicide is. Some are combo ones for both quick kill and long-lasting kill, so check them out.
My family grew up very poor, my dad had drug and alcohol problems and controlled the family money. He would buy drugs and gamble our grocery money instead of buying food, so there are many nights we went to bed hungry. When I got into my teens I started to plant food on our farm to feed our family because it was clear my dad didnt care what happened to us. Food security is a huge issue and people don't notice its super common here in the USA!!
My question is how do you guys make money on your homestead? My husband and I are looking into buying 7 acres next to his parents along with some buildings. My goal is to become a full time homesteader because although I love nursing I have always found my passion was living on the farm and being around the animals.
I started with 5 raised beds that I screwed together in 2020 then added 7 more last year and am adding 5 more this year. I watch lots of YouTube videos and have learned so much and started with Roots and Refuge. I started growing my seeds last year and am again this year and learn more as I go. It is progressive, so start now!