ANYBODY Can Start Homesteading...TODAY!
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2024
- Homesteading can be done by anyone at anytime!
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AMEN Brother, worked all of our life. Now on a fixed income that hasn't been fixed. Now gardening and need to get Chickens. Trying to learn so much. GOD bless you Brother in JESUS NAME 😊❤
Amen!
Great for you and wish you nothing but the best!
@@AcresOfAdventure Thank you and GOD bless you in JESUS NAME AMEN ❤️🙏😊
We're on 1/5 acre, 8 hens, 2 chicks growing with them, started a garden in a few 5 gallon buckets, then separated about 900sqft for a garden, bought a bread maker and started buying the ingredients we need which have less preservatives.
And just little by little we've been making changes. Making sourdough is next, that way we don't have to buy yeast, and just slowly getting there God willing 😊 one day, the land opportunity may come, we just work towards it. Great vid 👍
Sounds great. You will love it when the time comes, keep working!
You’re a very smart young man, I wish you and your family nothing but the best on your homesteading adventure!!
We’ve been homesteading for 54 years, and learn something(s) new every year. Thanks for your words of inspiration. I hope your viewers listened closely. 🍞 🪴
You so always learn something new!
i have 3 acres 12 chickens and raising rabbits for meat canning stuff and gardening too your channel has helped me alot appreciate you guys a lot
Thank you, we bought an acre lot in NC a few years ago started this September with three hens & one roster. Friend of gave us 6 babies Silkies. My plan for the next few months is start building raised beds as our clay soil does not drain. I know that I need to work on that in the next few years. FYI I turned 61 in 2023, a late starter!
Doesn’t matter age, you can start anytime!
As Jessica Sowards from Roots & Refuge says: Turn your waiting room into a classroom. I rent. My garden is in 30 gallon totes on chairs so I don't damage the grass below. All of my herbs are in kitty litter buckets I pick up on the curb. When you start small, you have a better chance at success!
This is very true!
Amen. I've got a 0.5 acre property which my house takes between .25 to .30 is currently my house. The first thing I did was plant my fruit trees then put in my raised garden beds. Now I have 7 hens and grow quite a bit of my food and all my eggs. I wish I had more land so I could have pigs and goats, but at least I can grow chickens for meat and eggs and all the starches and most of the basic vegetables I need. My goal is to be able to feed my chickens and self all from my land. Wish me luck
Do what you can with what you have. Great message! I agree, homesteading is a state of mind.
Absolutely! And it can be an overwhelming one😂
Thank you for the encouragement. I keep learning and feel so very behind but we stead on for our home!
You got this!
I have chickens and live on house with acre which is rented. Raised beds are currently holding one herb and onions, a few fruit trees. Mostly learning but enjoying it.
That is awesome!
We bought our property with providing my mother in law with sharing a home with us in mind. Privacy was our only concern 10 years ago. We both came from big cities and we didn't want that in our lives anymore. My daughter moved in with us 2 years ago to sell her house and pay off her debt and become debt free. It had been many years since I grew a garden and I never had a chance to have chickens(but always wanted them). She came with 3 dogs 2 cats 4 parrots 4 snakes and 3 chickens. We made a temporary coop in our walkout basement area in enclosed dog yard for them. My husband really enjoyed chickens for first time in his life (he as a young child moved to a farm and was in charge of chickens"huge dislike for them"). We ended up rescuing some ducks from bad situation and building a new coop for them. We had a garden again to provide for us and animals. My daughter found a new home paid cash (major fixer upper) but didn't have infrastructure for the chickens ( which we had added toward our inventory) during winter. They were able to fix something up for ducks but probably wouldn't be able to stay warm enough for the winter where we live. She ordered 14 more ducks which I took care of for 2 months and then we took them to her house. In the mean time I continued with my garden added more food gardens where my old overgrown flower gardens are and this fall we started preparing for another garden. It has been wonderful! My favorite thing when I have a day off is sitting in the garden with a cup of coffee or talking to my chickens. My husband is in his 60's and I am close behind but its never to late to learn new things and just enjoy the process. I have another 9 gallons of cabbage in my freezer and 20 quarts of squash and pumpkin to supplement my animals also 2 more gallons of zucchini for them. Gardening is something my husband and I grew up with but let go of, it brings both of us peace at our age to be able to grow food and preserve it. We only go to the grocery store maybe 1 day a week now that also saves us alot of money. The new garden is to let rest the old one and to build up soil. we do not have much to work with but we decided to change out areas, we have been clearing areas in the woods gradually so we can increase our veggie growth, but that takes time with our work schedules, but the promise and hope is what keeps us going. Sorry so long.
1/4 acre here. With the house taken out of that we have a little less usable outdoor space. Been gardening for a few years but know we can do more so we've been discussing maximizing this property since it's nearly paid off. Things we can easily expand into and are discussing: small-scale rainwater collection, a small flock of chickens, quail for eggs and meat, meat rabbits, growing herbs and microgreens, inoculating logs for mushrooms, and keeping bees to improve pollination and get honey. We already cook a lot from scratch, can and dehydrate our own food, make our own candles and cleaning supplies, save our own seeds for gardening, etc. I've been slowly gathering the supplies to make our own soap as well. There really is a lot that can be done and we're marching forward to do more. The last two years were better insulation for the house, putting in a wood stove, and gathering firewood. In addition, we have been putting in backup systems and redundancies wherever we can. With what we've got planned I figure the next few years are gonna be busy, busy! And we're okay with that.
Don't assume you can't do anything because there's probably quite a bit you CAN do. Apparently, people raise the rabbits out of their garage and some people are even raising quail in apartments! I was shocked! lol
You've got this!
As an apartment renter, you really got my hopes up with your thumbnail! 😅
I did get started trying to grow herbs and bake fresh bread. I can't grow much as I have a north-facing window that is shaded.
I read books on how to raise and process chickens, rabbits, etc. I hope to homestead one day, so I do what I can to learn. But with housing costs 3+ times the cost of what they used to, ever reaching that point seems impossible.
It is funny how farms used to be seen as something only poor people had, but now it is only something people with money can have. Boy, if land were free for the taking like it used to be!
I get discouraged, but I can't be too sad. I can't spread the gospel as much when I am outside the city working on my farm. There are so many more opportunities to share the gospel while resigned to the city. I know that is God's purpose for people like me.
Amen! I agree 100% with everything that you said!!!
Thanks!
We've been living in Korea for the last 5 years and it's been an eye opening experience for us. First the recycling program here is so much more efficient. Everything is recycled or repurposed. Even fast food places here have trash and recycle side by side.
We live in a fairly rural area, so everyone around us has farms. Big and little. If you own property you're growing food on it. The tiniest yard space are filled almost year round with gardens. There is a couple that live in an apartment that has permission to use a small side yard of the apartment to garden. So even if you live in an apartment...a lot of people still garden. Quite a few even drive to property they own elsewhere for farming.
I've not been in a Korean house that doesn't have some sort of indoor plants growing.
Again, we're not in a big city, and it may be different (less people gardening) but even when we're driving through major city streets, you see little gardens everywhere.
We're learning so much about gardening (and homesteading) being here, it's been great!
P.S. also started buying whole chickens from the supermarket. #1 its cheaper, and #2 it'll be good practice for when we get broilers in the future. We share 4 chickens and a chick with our neighbor now, it's been a good learning experience.
You can "homestead" anywhere for sure😅
I love your story! Thank you for sharing it😁
I love your outlook. If you have not heard of Farm Daddy self-watering planters, check them out. There are also UA-cam videos about self-watering planters that make growing vegetables easy for those of us with limited physical abilities. These are tools someone with a simple balcony or very small back yard in an HOA can use. I have 6 of them, and last year grew all the bell peppers I would need for a year for my family of two. I also grew squash and zucchini, more cucumbers than I knew what to do with, and wonderful green beans. Last year I threw out lots of cucumbers and squash because we would not eat it fast enough. This year I am planning on canning some my little harvest. So you are right! There are ways those of us with little or no land can grow some of our own healthy food. Thank you for your posts! I look forward to catching up on all your videos! And if you and the Mrs. ever do canning or bread making, please make a video of it and share that too!
I love this. My husband and I plus our littles would enjoy spending time and learning from your family. You guys are great
Totally agree. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I love your message here! 🥰🐓❤️
Thank you!
Great video! Great info! I agree totally with everything you said Tom. Hope all is well and thanks for sharing!
Thank you as always!
I started as a prepper, a prepper with a small garden isn't a homesteader, these are just facts, it's like saying, I'm a prepper with no preps. I believe you can homestead on about 2 acres. The reason I believe this is because it gives you the space to have a couple of fruit trees that annually produce food even if you don't garden, it gives you enough space to put in homesteading infrastructure, it gives you space for some animals. Homesteading is hard work, it's a badge of honor you earn once you get here, only those who truly want it will make it here...not everyone will make it here, because not everyone is built the same, your hard work mixed with discipline and consistency got you here.
It does take a lot of hard work😣
@AcresOfAdventure I'm still building infrastructure, I'm in the tropics, so here building infrastructure means it has to be hurricane proof, my chicken coop is taking me forever to finish, but it doubles as a guard tower lol
I live in our own mobile home on a leased lot, so I have two lg raised beds and lg pots around,and we have a city plot garden as well. I raise all our veggies except peas. I can’t have chickens so I buy bulk what we need from local farmers and Azure. I feel like I am maybe homesteading a little bit
Great perspective - build it slowly. That’s what we’re planning on doing here at our new place now that we have chickens!
You can do it!
Ty acres of adventure. Those who have no land can goto farmers markets. Fresh veggies, fruits, meat and chicken. And the best part is the farmers do all the work bc they know what’s best :)
I use to grow fresh veg in the garden and I use to have an allotment was great
I have 7 chickens and a little garden thank you for the video and the information 😍😍😍
Good man
Thank You for this Video If I may ask, How much land do you have? Thank You
2.5 acres , thanks!
Love your channel. I'm really struggling to find property with no restrictions and natural resources for a good price. I need some help. Any advise would be great.
We just had to keep and keep and keep looking, good luck hope you find it!
Do u think a USDA direct loan would be a good way to go.