Been watching for months but just watched this. One thing that stood out was that 4 years later you guys look so much healthier and younger now. Homesteading agrees with you and proves mental health is so important to our overall health.
That's one of the most genuine Christ like things I've heard in a good long while. What an incredible ministry and sharing of love! May you be blessed and know him in all you do. Never forget that His hand is in and upon your lives, including through this channel.
We have cut back to one car, we can and freeze and have tried to pay off all of our mortgages and payments. We are working on becoming debt free. Today we have more than enough to pay our bills. We have been blessed.
What a wonderful family. I LOVE your videos and feel almost as if I know you personally. Hubby and I live on a quarter acre in a small south GA town, and we grow lots of veggies in containers. We've put much of our produce in the freezer: green beans, summer squash, butternut squash, tomatoes, okra, bell peppers, onions, carrots, mustard greens, collards, and spinach. I've also canned jellies, jams, pickles, hot sauce, and chow chow, and I've dried lots of herbs. I got permission from our mayor to have chickens, so I think that's our next step!
Thank you for sharing. Most of all thank you for sharing your faith in the Lord. I just started watching you a couple of weeks ago and have been watching a lot of your old videos. I was just drawn to them. Love your gardens and animals and all your preserving of the food. I am in my 70’s, live in a Maritime city in Canada. We can’t even grow most flowers and bushes let alone veggies here because of the dear who visit our property almost daily. We do fish and hubby hunts, (but not on our lawn). So I get my joy from watching how well you do the homesteading. God bless you.
Kevin, thank you for sharing your story about how you and Sarah met and married and started homesteading. You both and the girls have touched so many lives with your homesteading adventures. Your love is boundless and grows deeper each day. Keep growing and blessings to you four fine folks.
Hello, glad I found your channel! After 13 years of marriage and 2 kids, (and 25 yrs in law enforcement in CA) my wife and I began praying about 2 yrs ago for direction out of CA. God led us to eastern TN, where we were blessed with finding a beautiful place. We're so excited to begin this new journey of God-provided self-sufficiency, and we'll be watching more of your channel to learn as we go! Thank you!
I fall in love with you more and more every day. Such an inspiration. Kevin, your grandma who exposed you to cussing, smoking, homesteading! She’s a temple of authenticity!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks so much for the blessing of getting to know you better. I am 80 years old and at the age of 38 my wife and I came to the same fork in the road that you have described in this you tube episode. We've also sought and waited for divine direction and continue to do so. Thanks also for several tips we've implemented in our gardening. Please continue in these efforts.
My husband was watching this video and we were really inspired by it. It started with the canning and you made it so comical with your smile and canning skills. As we continued and browsed we found this video and found how you became homesteaders. I'm a country girl and we feel the land is calling for us to return to raise our own food. We hope to find some good land. We're also we're from Wisconsin but currently living in Alabama. We're looking forward to beginning our homesteading soon. We're definitely praying for God's directions and guidance. We've been desiring to do this for a very long time. I'm sure he'll give us an answer. Very inspiring and God bless!
New viewer here! Me, my fiancé, and our two daughters live in a suburban neighborhood. I’ve been a stay at home momma since my kids were born and hubs is an amazingly talented mechanic! We are fixing to peruse our dream of moving to a rural area and having cows, chickens, pigs... vegetable gardens.. the whole 9 yards. My fiancé was raised up around dairy farms and can’t wait to get back. I am a southern city girl through and through. I am soooooo scared to leave everything I know and love to move 13 hours away to start fresh with literally the clothes on our backs. Whoa! I’m so excited though! Just gotta keep prayin about it!! Your videos have been very helpful and encouraging! I can’t wait to keep watching and learning more and more!! ❤️
Btw we aren’t going into this blindly! Lol we are much like you guys, have our nice home, our backyard garden, chickens, fruit trees grape vines... on no land at all lol In our area the land is so expensive. What we can buy 13 hours away for $150,000 with a 3 bedroom house on.....down here they want $2 million for. No joke.
Great video guys👍 nice to meet you😁 congratulations on your 19th, we just celebrated our 32nd😲. True wealth does not come from the amount of money you earn, and if you already learnt that your already incredibly wealthy. Living the American dream😁. Your point on prepping is a good one it's one I always tell people as well that prepping is just preparing yourself for failure, because one day you're preps will be gone and you won't know what to do! Keep the good videos coming guys👍
Great video and loved hearing how you got from there to hear. I believe most of us more modern homesteaders started out the same. We saw the need to be prepared and felt a stirring to a more natural, self sufficient life the way God designed it.
~~~ Y ,,,,,,,a lovely Hello and so nice to stop and say Hello to you Rain Country my wonderful friend....GOD'S LOVE and JOY to you and your loved ones.
Hi Kevin and Sarah. I really enjoy your videos and am getting inspired every day. I am looking forward to more videos on how you became debt free and remain debt free. I am dreaming of an urban homestead and working to make it happen in my suburban home. Right now in ground and raised bed gardens, renting community garden space and next year planting fruit trees.
I came across you while looking at some greenhouse sites ... saw the one about putting the finishing plastic on yours ... I had seen the name several times from comments and live chat and recognized you so I watched that and the "big mistake" ... I am really impressed with your style and story ... and the fact that you give the real credit to God ... nobody will ever succeed without the total acceptance of Jesus Christ and trust and faith in him in everything we do. I especially like the patience you told us about while praying and waiting for your answer from our Heavenly Father before you made a move. I am new to the channel but you are on the "A" list of you tube for me ... thank you, God Bless
Thank you Carl! God's timing is perfect, mine isn't. The hardest lesson for me to learn in life was that sometimes God's answer is "no". It's always what's best for us, but sometimes hard to see at the time. Our pastor used to say God has 3 answers, Yes, No or maybe later. If you just remember that, it makes life much easier! God Bless! Kevin
@@ahiparagmailcom Their relationship with Jesus is who they are and who their life revolves around. Sooo. They will be talking about His involvement in their lives because know that the One who created them knows what's best for them, and when. They pay attention to Him out of their love for Him.
HI GUYS!! I finally got my husband on board and hopefully in the next year we will be ready to purchase some country acreage and begin our homesteading adventures! I am so glad I stumbled upon your channel! I have been watching some of the current videos for about a week. This morning I was exploring your channel and watched this video. It sure is a small world! I just moved from Oshkosh- spent the last 19 years there and raised all 5 of my children there! We have now become an empty nest and moved to the Oakfield/rural Waupun area for a pit stop to decrease our monthly expenses and work on becoming debt free before we begin our next adventure! I am super excited to continue watching your videos and learning tons!
I love your videos. I have a heart for homesteading, but unfortunately my other half does not. I do what I can. I can, dehydrate, freeze, try to plan ahead. I will have a nice garden next year and plan to preserve what is possible. I have learned so much from your wonderful, sweet family. God bless you and make your road to your dreams as easy as it can be. Thanks!
Hi, Kevin and Sarah! So great to meet you both! You're story is so so similar to our story. Big house, big job, unsatisfied with the life of working to obtain stuff, missing our children grow up. We prayed for a few years, and my husband felt such a strong calling to the Ozarks as well, and we relocated here a little over two years ago from Orlando Florida. We are starting our homestead journey this year and are feeling excited and blessed. We are in Branson now, currently looking for our dream property either here in southern MO or northern Arkansas. I'm so happy to have your videos as a resource. Thanks you and God bless ❤
Great video, my husband is 55 i am 59 and we are striving to be full time homesteaders, i look forward to the new videos you were talking about to learn more of how to be successful. Thank you both and God Bless
Hi!! I am a brand new subscriber to your channel. I found you through Kip Smyth's channel. You are wonderful people! I am so excited to watch more of your videos. We are a family of six in Oregon and we are on our homesteading journey. I grew up on am offgrid homestead in Northern California and my husband and I are working on our own homestead now. We are in the property hunt phase. I love watching videos from like minded folks. Thanks for your channel!
Oh wow that is an amazing story! My husband and I got married when I was 17 and he was 18! We met in high school and have been together for almost 19 years now, married for 16 years. We started very early in life and did everything wrong lol we made LOTS of financial mistakes that we are STILL paying for and we have 4 kids. We are in our 30's and desperately looking for a homestead of our own. We are having to stay in the city so I can take care of my 84 year old grandmother who has dementia. I definitely feel stuck in a life that I can not stand that makes me very depressed, yet I do love my nana and I know she needs help. I am PRAYING we will be able to get out of the city soon! You guys are SO SWEET and I love watching your videos! Thank you for all of your wisdom and your very valuable advice! GOD bless you guys!
The only way you will ever get out of the city is to just take the big leap. Research, prepare and take nothing with you, that can be replaced at a local thrift store where you are moving to. Learn to can foods, chop wood, drive a tractor, raise livestock, butcher chickens and steers. Learn how to shoot a rifle and a pistol. Buy them at pawn shops or gun shows. Most importantly, get a good church behind you. Learn from the older folks who grew up on the farm. Your best friend is your County Agriculture Agent. Get right with God and you are on your way. Live a healthy lifestyle, trust God and teach your children well. God bless you and be kind in all things!
I admire every one that has gone back to living a minimalist life, I truly feel that that is what is missing in most of us and one day I will get there, God Bless everyone...
great story guys...we have always been homesteaders with 5 kids and living in northern NY. where summer is 4 months long. we lived there for 23 yrs and then ESCAPED...now we live in the hills and hollers of east tennessee...starting from utter scratch...living in a camper...clearing a space for a house and a sawmill and we wouldn't change a thing!
Great story guys. Your kids will forever appreciate the "sacrifice" you made to spend more time with them and focus on God and family instead of the rat race. Looking forward to following your channel!
I think it's great to hear about your humble beginnings. Although these videos make me quite homesick, I enjoy them so much! I'm a country girl trapped in the city, lol! I don't have any access to dirt here to grow plants. I've tried before, but the whole plants, with roots were ripped out of the ground. I was heartbroken. Hopefully, one day, I will be in a better living space with at least a patio or balcony. Presently, this building management even coved the small patch of grass with fabric and stones. So sad. Keep on doing what you do because I believe you are definitely in the right track and putting God first is always the best path to success. God bless you! 🤗
Just found your channel last night via Baker Creek Seeds, it was the video on what to do with all the greens. Very helpful! Today we harvested collards and my daughter followed your blanching/freezing instructions! Can't wait to dig in to more of your videos. God bless you and your family! What a treasure! ❤️🙏🏻
Hello Kevin and Sarah !! Wow folks it was so nice to hear your stories about yourselves and your family together it was so sweet to hear about how you met !! Happy anniversary 19yrs married 👍🎁🎈😁 !! thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences !! And as always happy gardening and happy homesteading !!
Ahh we have such a similar career track Sara (or do you spell it Sarah?). I’m now an employment counselor that works from home. We had chickens this past year in the village we live in, sadly neighbors complained (we are allowed to have them) but we sent them to the farm, and are planning to buy a homestead in a couple years. Watching learning SOOO much from you including your old videos!! And same-we live in a century home that we restored and are building up to homesteading !!
Wow. Fairy tale if I've ever heard. U r two of the luckiest people and Sarah couldn't have received a better present. I wish u both the best life has to offer. God bless u
I try not to miss a single video that you put out and in my spare time I try and catch up from your older videos. In each video I learn something new. Just want to say Thank You for sharing your experiences, whether good or bad.
I appreciate you two sharing. I have been watching your videos for about 2 years now. I live in rural Arizona in a track home. I have been slowley transforming my yard into my urban homestead. I have learned so much from you and you are truly a blessing.
Oh my gosh Sarah! You have the most beautiful smile! Too few people smile these days, so you really stand out! Thanks, it made me feel better today! Lum 💖
I've been following your channel for about a week now and y'all really have a great thing going. My husband and I have been talking about becoming homesteaders since we got married 7 years ago but the military life hasn't made that possible until now. My husband is retiring after 23 years in the Air Force and we are leaving our last duty station here in Guam and going back to our family in Oklahoma where we plan to put down roots and find the perfect place to set up our homestead. I'd love to be able to visit y'all and pick your brains and see how you are able to do all of this. Thank you for sharing your lives with us and keep the videos coming!
Have been watching for about a year and just shared your channel on Facebook for the first time. You are a blessing to me. God bless you and your family.
So thrilled to have found you guys. Especially watching this video. Hearing y'all talk about following God is so great. Y'all are the 3rd folks on UA-cam we've found who talks about God that we're learning from as we've begun our homestead journey. It's funny to me that we've found ourselves on this path. My mom grew up on a farm, join the Navy and met and married a city boy. I grew up in the city to meet and marry a small town feller. Now at the end of my 50th year and the beginning of my hubbies 61st we're planning and planting. It's been a crazy start. I can't wait to see where this goes.
This video is priceless. I think you have the American Dream. How awesome to be self container like you are. And what a great life to live off the land . So proud of how you guys are doing this possible.. God Bless you both! Wish you both the best in life. Love watching your tutorials, thanks so much.
We started out in Michigan and moved to souther Utah desert to be near my in laws who had moved there. We spent 9 years learning to garden in the alkaline desert soil and produced a ton of food in our local community garden plot. We also lived in an HOA so could not do chickens etc. so many people at work were inspired about the amount of produce we would bring in to work and give away and soon they were asking for gardening advice and starting their own gardens. While my husband was recuperating from surgery, he started watching homesteading and farming videos and had the urge to move back to the Midwest where water was abundant and we could have a bigger piece of land to homestead. So now we have been back in Michigan and have been loving our new homesteading lifestyle. Hubby is retired and building the infrastructure and I am still working. Your story is inspiring. Only concern now is can I afford to retire and not have health insurance.
Just found your channel the other day and have watched several videos, like them a lot so I subscribed. My husband was a city boy from Pittsburgh when we got married. I talked him into selling our house and buying a 118 farm in the foothills of the Allegheny mountains. It was beautiful hated leaving it but 8 years in we sold it to move to 15 acres in SC to be near my mom and stepdad to help her take care of him. So I think what y’all did was wonderful and glad to see it is working out. Blessings to you all.
The desire to have the American Dream exists everywhere else...just a different name. My father and mother were simple people and I love agriculture. I pursued medicine as a doctor. And now I can enjoy gardening to my heart's content. I dont have space of my own to plant but I hope that. My wife and I can get closer to homesteading...not necessarily homesteading but having a sustainable way of life. I'm encouraged. I'm 37 yrs this month. Praise God for strength. Anyways. THANKS!
My wife and I last May purchased our very first home we are now doing the back to Eden Garden method and our chickens are now three weeks old we are definitely on our way to be in urban homesteaders this Saturday the guys coming to take a look at putting in solar panels we are so excited
Thank you for this video. It resonated with me deeply. I'm a classic black-thumb with a phobia of worms and plants haven't been my thing, but over the past few years I've been experiencing a spiritual calling to leave the world and re-connect with the land. I still won't touch a worm but I'm thankful to them as I work on transforming my little backyard garden. I appreciate your efforts and take delight in seeing your love and trust in The Lord. Your videos make me happy. May the Good Lord keep on blessing your beautiful family. Much love from Australia.
I am fairly new to your site. What I love about your site, more than anything, is your genuineness. I haven't witnessed any attention seeking behaviorisms, any attempts to gain money. You are both just down to earth, hard workers, REAL people. I have watched several of your videos and find them to all be high quality and very informative. Not a lot of idle talk about nothing.. You really give people valuable information to use on the spot. Thank you so very much for your site.
I just happen upon your videos. I love yall! My husband and I are planning to move and start learning all about homesteading, having animals and living off the land. I'm so excited to watch all your videos and learn a lot. ❤
You all are awesome! Congratulations on being married for 19 years!!! Yay!!! Great story about giving everything up and investing in the real life. Yay!!!! I know you both work very very hard and are able to see the results big time of all of that labor! Thank you for opening up your lives and allowing us on the side lines to be able to truly see what’s possible! Thank you for sharing and for teaching us! Continued blessings to you and those girls! Have a great day in the LORD!
Sounds so familiar. We moved out to Missouri summer of 2017 to our current home that we feel as though is for a short time (our beginning learning homestead-not full time yet). God is leading many of us out here and bringing us back to nature.
I LOVE these kinds of videos!!! Especially when you said what towns you lived in, here in AZ! Too bad we didn't know each other before you moved. I am so envious of your life - we purchased 37 acres in Heber, AZ and if it wasn't so damn hot, I would TOTALLY homestead full time! Thank you for all of your videos and your time... I "live" through you guys. Hugs, Tammy from Mesa, AZ (who USED to live in Gilbert, AZ for MANY years!)
Just found your channel. My husband and I have dreamed of having our own property for our entire relationship. When we welcomed our son a year and a half ago, we both realized that if we want to pursue that dream we should start taking steps now! Channels like your are SO HELPFUL for us as we try and accrue the skills we need, and simplify our lives for the better. We're still renting in a suburb, but our 2019 goal is starting homesteading any way and every way we can. Thanks for all the info your share!
Thank you for sharing your story. I have tremendous respect for what you’ve done. My husband and I are moving to southern Missouri from NW Arkansas to become homesteaders for our retirement. Debt free has always been our priority as well. We’ve had the big, fancy home and all the trimmings and we both just desire to get back to the land as well. We began gardening and raising chickens, canning, etc. but want to do so much more.
~~~ I just wanted to say what a JOY to have friends like your family and for this internet to have a channel like your channel so people can come and be with good people with love in their hearts........
Thank you for giving God the glory in your life. I'm thankful you followed His leadership. Thank you for being here for me. My spirit and life needed you at this point. Thank you
What a sweet testimony. It's a hard thing to wait on the Lord to show us the way. Glad you did. I enjoy your channel so much and even more now. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you guys for sharing your lives with us. It’s not an easy thing to do. So glad that y’all where able to move where you are now and to be able to spend that precious time with your family. I too am in a position where I can stay at home with my kids. It’s truly a blessing to be able to do that. God bless you all.
Great video. Love how you prayed and waited on the Lord for direction. My husband and I are doing this right now. We have an acre and a third and believe we are being led once again to a new direction for our lives. We are waiting on the Lord for that direction. I’m learning so much from your journey. You are an inspiration and encouragement to us. Thank you for sharing.
So happy I found you. My grandson is hoping to become a homesteader/farmer after his degree in agronomy is gained so I hunt for folks to whom I can "introduce" him as inspiration for his dreams. I appreciate your story and will pass it along to him. He is already incredibly frugal, so he will appreciate your cost comparisons.
I read this some time ago and enjoyed it so much and when it popped up today I jumped on it again . So interesting, you guys are made for each other, you are wonderful,beautiful people. God bless .
I have been watching you guys for about two years. when you said that you grew up in Wisconsin, I was amazed at your vision and moving around the country. I use to live in Michigan and moved to Florida in 2000 and started a raised bed garden. We live in a community similar to Kevin's parents, riding around in golf carts. Also we have a son living in Beaver Dam. I really feel close to you guys with connections in Wisconsin. I also had purchased your rabbit book and have used a couple of recipes from it. Take care a God Bless.
I learned about you folks from Rain Country. Glad I jumped over to visit! We're in northern NY, cabin on 5 acre mini-farm home to 1 horse, many chickens, 1 golden and 3 kitties.
I live in Phoenix Arizona. My son and I have tried several times to try and grow vegetables and fruit here. We started with seeds and they would grow into big plants. But never really produced. Well except for some cherry tomatoes. But the heat just killed every thing. So we finally gave up. But we want out of Phoenix so bad. I just want to live in the country somewhere and be able to grow a garden. Hopefully one day. I admire you guys for all you have accomplished.
Love,love, to you both and congratulations on 20 year of each other. When I make cornbread I use honey instead of sugar. I get a nice sweetness.❤ It is wonderful to see two people that REALLY LOVE/LIKE EACH Other. You do not see that very often. Keep up the good work.!!
Currently, I live in a property of 2.2 acres, but more than two thirds of it are forests. I only have a small raised bed garden, containing 11 4*6 raised beds. I plan to grow some fruit trees this year.
I love you guys and how you live! I've been binge watching your videos bc I have a concussion and just wanna lay in bed all day 😂 you're so real and genuine, it's hard to come across people like you on this website anymore!
Just found your channel and I've binge watched for the last few hours. We are debt free other than our mortgage, DR fans here and follower of the lord. We are shifting into the homestead lifestyle and are excited to see the future. I am in love with all of your videos. Such inspirations. Love it
I am a big fan of your site. My son discovered you all on You Tube and we have been watching you ever since Have seen about all of your videos I think but enjoy them over again and the new ones you put up too. My son is an avid gardener and tho I am too old to really work a garden any more love to see yours and he keeps us in veggies during the Summer. I am 82 yrs. old and still try and keep up my little side yard with flowers and wild life support. When we moved here 49 yrs ago, we were pretty much out in the country but it has grown up around us some now tho we are still pretty private here. We used to have animals, chickens, goats , etc but don't have them any more. To me you seem like family , good decent hard working people who have made a success out of your homestead and I love to watch your videos. Thanks for making them available to us! Suzy Johnson Midland Texas
I love y'alls channel. Seriously, I have learned so much from watching your channel that I apply to my own farm. My husband & I work in corporate America also like you once did. We've been hobby farming since 2004 & are really putting everything we have in it this year while keeping our corporate America jobs. Its very challenging as you know. We've also started our own UA-cam channel. I just see you guys as an inspiration because your so much like my little family. Thanks for keeping it real!
Love your story....thanks for sharing. Sarah, you have the most beautiful SMILE!! You can't beat being debt free or working towards being debt free! May the Lord God bless you reeeaaaal GOOD!
Love it! I'm from AZ! Used to have raised beds in my dining room!! Chickens in my tiny yard! Now I live in Louisiana with 6 acres and were starting our homestead! Weve lived in LA for a few years but just started homesteading in the last 2 or so months! Your channel has been amazing and were thinking of starting our own starting homestead! ❤ Were also following Dave Ramsey!
I've heard from a few people that they come from the state of "Misery" (Missouri), I'm glad you showed me otherwise☺! Congrats on your new lifestyle, your new cow 🐄and calfs and your new pig 🐖 and piglets! Much love 💕and God bless.
You two are a beautiful couple. Congratulations on all your yrs together. Looking forwarding to watching many of your videos. This is my goal. Just never knew how to get there. I'm in the learning stages. And let me tell you i have alot to learn on how to garden. Long road ahead of me. Lots of notebooks with notes. Thank you for all the tips you're sharing with is all
Just saw this tonite, but have been following you and a couple of other homesteader channels for a while now. Fascinating to hear the story of how you found your place in the world. Good luck & God bless.
Thank you for doing this video. I've been following you for a while now but only seeing the later videos. It's really nice to see how you got to this point. It helped confirm for me that anyone can do it.
So glad y'all came to your senses. I love to see youngsters getting back to the land. We are selling one of our farms because we can't find anybody that wants to work.
I work in oil field, met an american superintendent 60 years old , who married since 19 years and the same wife ... after that you are the 2nd American im seeing with 19 years of married life... 🙂 ... you both are amazing couple, 4 eyes like wild flowers earning each others love
Been watching for months but just watched this. One thing that stood out was that 4 years later you guys look so much healthier and younger now. Homesteading agrees with you and proves mental health is so important to our overall health.
That's one of the most genuine Christ like things I've heard in a good long while. What an incredible ministry and sharing of love! May you be blessed and know him in all you do. Never forget that His hand is in and upon your lives, including through this channel.
You were SO BLESSED to have a godly granny! We're first gen Christians and homesteaders, the weirdos 😂. Thanks for the vid!
We have cut back to one car, we can and freeze and have tried to pay off all of our mortgages and payments. We are working on becoming debt free. Today we have more than enough to pay our bills. We have been blessed.
What a wonderful family. I LOVE your videos and feel almost as if I know you personally. Hubby and I live on a quarter acre in a small south GA town, and we grow lots of veggies in containers. We've put much of our produce in the freezer: green beans, summer squash, butternut squash, tomatoes, okra, bell peppers, onions, carrots, mustard greens, collards, and spinach. I've also canned jellies, jams, pickles, hot sauce, and chow chow, and I've dried lots of herbs. I got permission from our mayor to have chickens, so I think that's our next step!
Thank you for sharing. Most of all thank you for sharing your faith in the Lord. I just started watching you a couple of weeks ago and have been watching a lot of your old videos. I was just drawn to them. Love your gardens and animals and all your preserving of the food. I am in my 70’s, live in a Maritime city in Canada. We can’t even grow most flowers and bushes let alone veggies here because of the dear who visit our property almost daily. We do fish and hubby hunts, (but not on our lawn). So I get my joy from watching how well you do the homesteading. God bless you.
Kevin, thank you for sharing your story about how you and Sarah met and married and started homesteading. You both and the girls have touched so many lives with your homesteading adventures. Your love is boundless and grows deeper each day. Keep growing and blessings to you four fine folks.
Hello, glad I found your channel! After 13 years of marriage and 2 kids, (and 25 yrs in law enforcement in CA) my wife and I began praying about 2 yrs ago for direction out of CA. God led us to eastern TN, where we were blessed with finding a beautiful place. We're so excited to begin this new journey of God-provided self-sufficiency, and we'll be watching more of your channel to learn as we go! Thank you!
I fall in love with you more and more every day.
Such an inspiration.
Kevin, your grandma who exposed you to cussing, smoking, homesteading!
She’s a temple of authenticity!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I just arrived 2 seconds on your channel and Sarah's big smile is already making happy
Thanks so much for the blessing of getting to know you better. I am 80 years old and at the age of 38 my wife and I came to the same fork in the road that you have described in this you tube episode. We've also sought and waited for divine direction and continue to do so. Thanks also for several tips we've implemented in our gardening. Please continue in these efforts.
My husband was watching this video and we were really inspired by it. It started with the canning and you made it so comical with your smile and canning skills. As we continued and browsed we found this video and found how you became homesteaders. I'm a country girl and we feel the land is calling for us to return to raise our own food. We hope to find some good land. We're also we're from Wisconsin but currently living in Alabama. We're looking forward to beginning our homesteading soon. We're definitely praying for God's directions and guidance. We've been desiring to do this for a very long time. I'm sure he'll give us an answer. Very inspiring and God bless!
New viewer here! Me, my fiancé, and our two daughters live in a suburban neighborhood. I’ve been a stay at home momma since my kids were born and hubs is an amazingly talented mechanic! We are fixing to peruse our dream of moving to a rural area and having cows, chickens, pigs... vegetable gardens.. the whole 9 yards. My fiancé was raised up around dairy farms and can’t wait to get back. I am a southern city girl through and through. I am soooooo scared to leave everything I know and love to move 13 hours away to start fresh with literally the clothes on our backs. Whoa! I’m so excited though! Just gotta keep prayin about it!! Your videos have been very helpful and encouraging! I can’t wait to keep watching and learning more and more!! ❤️
Btw we aren’t going into this blindly! Lol we are much like you guys, have our nice home, our backyard garden, chickens, fruit trees grape vines... on no land at all lol In our area the land is so expensive. What we can buy 13 hours away for $150,000 with a 3 bedroom house on.....down here they want $2 million for. No joke.
How are y'all doing now?
Thank you Kevin and Sarafor welcoming me to your homestead programs.
I like how you two look at one another when you speak. Fully engaged.💜
Great video guys👍 nice to meet you😁 congratulations on your 19th, we just celebrated our 32nd😲. True wealth does not come from the amount of money you earn, and if you already learnt that your already incredibly wealthy. Living the American dream😁. Your point on prepping is a good one it's one I always tell people as well that prepping is just preparing yourself for failure, because one day you're preps will be gone and you won't know what to do! Keep the good videos coming guys👍
Thanks, Yankee!
She does love you Kevin it's obvious. You both are 1. Its pretty to see how she looks at you while you talk. She is respective of you : ).
Great video and loved hearing how you got from there to hear. I believe most of us more modern homesteaders started out the same. We saw the need to be prepared and felt a stirring to a more natural, self sufficient life the way God designed it.
Absolutely!
~~~ Y ,,,,,,,a lovely Hello and so nice to stop and say Hello to you Rain Country my wonderful friend....GOD'S LOVE and JOY to you and your loved ones.
My husband and I have been feeling that! We too have been praying for God to show us....patience in the waiting !🙏❤
Hi Kevin and Sarah. I really enjoy your videos and am getting inspired every day. I am looking forward to more videos on how you became debt free and remain debt free. I am dreaming of an urban homestead and working to make it happen in my suburban home. Right now in ground and raised bed gardens, renting community garden space and next year planting fruit trees.
I came across you while looking at some greenhouse sites ... saw the one about putting the finishing plastic on yours ... I had seen the name several times from comments and live chat and recognized you so I watched that and the "big mistake" ... I am really impressed with your style and story ... and the fact that you give the real credit to God ... nobody will ever succeed without the total acceptance of Jesus Christ and trust and faith in him in everything we do. I especially like the patience you told us about while praying and waiting for your answer from our Heavenly Father before you made a move. I am new to the channel but you are on the "A" list of you tube for me ... thank you, God Bless
Thank you Carl! God's timing is perfect, mine isn't. The hardest lesson for me to learn in life was that sometimes God's answer is "no". It's always what's best for us, but sometimes hard to see at the time. Our pastor used to say God has 3 answers, Yes, No or maybe later. If you just remember that, it makes life much easier! God Bless! Kevin
Carl Boehm you're very right sir without God's grace we are nothing 👍
Seriously, bit much on the religious stuff.............
@@ahiparagmailcom Their relationship with Jesus is who they are and who their life revolves around. Sooo. They will be talking about His involvement in their lives because know that the One who created them knows what's best for them, and when. They pay attention to Him out of their love for Him.
HI GUYS!! I finally got my husband on board and hopefully in the next year we will be ready to purchase some country acreage and begin our homesteading adventures! I am so glad I stumbled upon your channel! I have been watching some of the current videos for about a week. This morning I was exploring your channel and watched this video. It sure is a small world! I just moved from Oshkosh- spent the last 19 years there and raised all 5 of my children there! We have now become an empty nest and moved to the Oakfield/rural Waupun area for a pit stop to decrease our monthly expenses and work on becoming debt free before we begin our next adventure! I am super excited to continue watching your videos and learning tons!
I love your videos. I have a heart for homesteading, but unfortunately my other half does not. I do what I can. I can, dehydrate, freeze, try to plan ahead. I will have a nice garden next year and plan to preserve what is possible. I have learned so much from your wonderful, sweet family. God bless you and make your road to your dreams as easy as it can be. Thanks!
Hi, Kevin and Sarah! So great to meet you both! You're story is so so similar to our story. Big house, big job, unsatisfied with the life of working to obtain stuff, missing our children grow up. We prayed for a few years, and my husband felt such a strong calling to the Ozarks as well, and we relocated here a little over two years ago from Orlando Florida. We are starting our homestead journey this year and are feeling excited and blessed. We are in Branson now, currently looking for our dream property either here in southern MO or northern Arkansas. I'm so happy to have your videos as a resource. Thanks you and God bless ❤
Great video, my husband is 55 i am 59 and we are striving to be full time homesteaders, i look forward to the new videos you were talking about to learn more of how to be successful. Thank you both and God Bless
Hi!! I am a brand new subscriber to your channel. I found you through Kip Smyth's channel. You are wonderful people! I am so excited to watch more of your videos. We are a family of six in Oregon and we are on our homesteading journey. I grew up on am offgrid homestead in Northern California and my husband and I are working on our own homestead now. We are in the property hunt phase. I love watching videos from like minded folks. Thanks for your channel!
Just found these older videos. Been watching for a couple of years. Just now found these and watching them.
Live every moment .... it's a pleasure to see people returning back to minimalism....
Oh wow that is an amazing story! My husband and I got married when I was 17 and he was 18! We met in high school and have been together for almost 19 years now, married for 16 years. We started very early in life and did everything wrong lol we made LOTS of financial mistakes that we are STILL paying for and we have 4 kids. We are in our 30's and desperately looking for a homestead of our own. We are having to stay in the city so I can take care of my 84 year old grandmother who has dementia. I definitely feel stuck in a life that I can not stand that makes me very depressed, yet I do love my nana and I know she needs help. I am PRAYING we will be able to get out of the city soon! You guys are SO SWEET and I love watching your videos! Thank you for all of your wisdom and your very valuable advice! GOD bless you guys!
The only way you will ever get out of the city is to just take the big leap. Research, prepare and take nothing with you, that can be replaced at a local thrift store where you are moving to. Learn to can foods, chop wood, drive a tractor, raise livestock, butcher chickens and steers. Learn how to shoot a rifle and a pistol. Buy them at pawn shops or gun shows. Most importantly, get a good church behind you. Learn from the older folks who grew up on the farm. Your best friend is your County Agriculture Agent. Get right with God and you are on your way. Live a healthy lifestyle, trust God and teach your children well. God bless you and be kind in all things!
I admire every one that has gone back to living a minimalist life, I truly feel that that is what is missing in most of us and one day I will get there, God Bless everyone...
It doesn't happen overnight...keep working toward your goals! You'll get there! God Bless! - Kevin & Sarah
great story guys...we have always been homesteaders with 5 kids and living in northern NY. where summer is 4 months long. we lived there for 23 yrs and then ESCAPED...now we live in the hills and hollers of east tennessee...starting from utter scratch...living in a camper...clearing a space for a house and a sawmill and we wouldn't change a thing!
Great story guys. Your kids will forever appreciate the "sacrifice" you made to spend more time with them and focus on God and family instead of the rat race. Looking forward to following your channel!
We hope so! ❤ Glad to have you along on our adventure!
I think it's great to hear about your humble beginnings. Although these videos make me quite homesick, I enjoy them so much! I'm a country girl trapped in the city, lol! I don't have any access to dirt here to grow plants. I've tried before, but the whole plants, with roots were ripped out of the ground. I was heartbroken. Hopefully, one day, I will be in a better living space with at least a patio or balcony. Presently, this building management even coved the small patch of grass with fabric and stones. So sad. Keep on doing what you do because I believe you are definitely in the right track and putting God first is always the best path to success. God bless you! 🤗
Just found your channel last night via Baker Creek Seeds, it was the video on what to do with all the greens. Very helpful! Today we harvested collards and my daughter followed your blanching/freezing instructions! Can't wait to dig in to more of your videos. God bless you and your family! What a treasure! ❤️🙏🏻
Hello Kevin and Sarah !! Wow folks it was so nice to hear your stories about yourselves and your family together it was so sweet to hear about how you met !! Happy anniversary 19yrs married 👍🎁🎈😁 !! thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences !! And as always happy gardening and happy homesteading !!
Ahh we have such a similar career track Sara (or do you spell it Sarah?). I’m now an employment counselor that works from home. We had chickens this past year in the village we live in, sadly neighbors complained (we are allowed to have them) but we sent them to the farm, and are planning to buy a homestead in a couple years. Watching learning SOOO much from you including your old videos!! And same-we live in a century home that we restored and are building up to homesteading !!
Wow. Fairy tale if I've ever heard. U r two of the luckiest people and Sarah couldn't have received a better present. I wish u both the best life has to offer. God bless u
Hi there, we've just moved onto four acres by Mansfield. Nice to see others in Missouri living simply on the homestead!
Hi, neighbor! 😊
In Union, Mo. Small garden but trying…
I try not to miss a single video that you put out and in my spare time I try and catch up from your older videos. In each video I learn something new. Just want to say Thank You for sharing your experiences, whether good or bad.
I appreciate you two sharing. I have been watching your videos for about 2 years now. I live in rural Arizona in a track home. I have been slowley transforming my yard into my urban homestead. I have learned so much from you and you are truly a blessing.
Oh, I cried when Kevin talked about his grandmother! How beautiful! ❤️
Love your garden. I'm 90 yes old and use to garden. Love it. God bless you your two. Keep safe. Betty
Oh my gosh Sarah! You have the most beautiful smile! Too few people smile these days, so you really stand out! Thanks, it made me feel better today! Lum 💖
I've been following your channel for about a week now and y'all really have a great thing going. My husband and I have been talking about becoming homesteaders since we got married 7 years ago but the military life hasn't made that possible until now. My husband is retiring after 23 years in the Air Force and we are leaving our last duty station here in Guam and going back to our family in Oklahoma where we plan to put down roots and find the perfect place to set up our homestead. I'd love to be able to visit y'all and pick your brains and see how you are able to do all of this. Thank you for sharing your lives with us and keep the videos coming!
Have been watching for about a year and just shared your channel on Facebook for the first time. You are a blessing to me. God bless you and your family.
So thrilled to have found you guys. Especially watching this video. Hearing y'all talk about following God is so great. Y'all are the 3rd folks on UA-cam we've found who talks about God that we're learning from as we've begun our homestead journey. It's funny to me that we've found ourselves on this path. My mom grew up on a farm, join the Navy and met and married a city boy. I grew up in the city to meet and marry a small town feller. Now at the end of my 50th year and the beginning of my hubbies 61st we're planning and planting. It's been a crazy start. I can't wait to see where this goes.
This video is priceless. I think you have the American Dream. How awesome to be self container like you are. And what a great life to live off the land . So proud of how you guys are doing this possible.. God Bless you both! Wish you both the best in life. Love watching your tutorials, thanks so much.
We started out in Michigan and moved to souther Utah desert to be near my in laws who had moved there. We spent 9 years learning to garden in the alkaline desert soil and produced a ton of food in our local community garden plot. We also lived in an HOA so could not do chickens etc. so many people at work were inspired about the amount of produce we would bring in to work and give away and soon they were asking for gardening advice and starting their own gardens. While my husband was recuperating from surgery, he started watching homesteading and farming videos and had the urge to move back to the Midwest where water was abundant and we could have a bigger piece of land to homestead. So now we have been back in Michigan and have been loving our new homesteading lifestyle. Hubby is retired and building the infrastructure and I am still working. Your story is inspiring. Only concern now is can I afford to retire and not have health insurance.
Just found your channel the other day and have watched several videos, like them a lot so I subscribed. My husband was a city boy from Pittsburgh when we got married. I talked him into selling our house and buying a 118 farm in the foothills of the Allegheny mountains. It was beautiful hated leaving it but 8 years in we sold it to move to 15 acres in SC to be near my mom and stepdad to help her take care of him. So I think what y’all did was wonderful and glad to see it is working out. Blessings to you all.
The desire to have the American Dream exists everywhere else...just a different name. My father and mother were simple people and I love agriculture. I pursued medicine as a doctor. And now I can enjoy gardening to my heart's content. I dont have space of my own to plant but I hope that. My wife and I can get closer to homesteading...not necessarily homesteading but having a sustainable way of life. I'm encouraged. I'm 37 yrs this month. Praise God for strength. Anyways. THANKS!
My wife and I last May purchased our very first home we are now doing the back to Eden Garden method and our chickens are now three weeks old we are definitely on our way to be in urban homesteaders this Saturday the guys coming to take a look at putting in solar panels we are so excited
Thank you for this video. It resonated with me deeply. I'm a classic black-thumb with a phobia of worms and plants haven't been my thing, but over the past few years I've been experiencing a spiritual calling to leave the world and re-connect with the land. I still won't touch a worm but I'm thankful to them as I work on transforming my little backyard garden. I appreciate your efforts and take delight in seeing your love and trust in The Lord. Your videos make me happy. May the Good Lord keep on blessing your beautiful family. Much love from Australia.
That's the desire of my heart!!!! To be debt free.
I am fairly new to your site. What I love about your site, more than anything, is your genuineness. I haven't witnessed any attention seeking behaviorisms, any attempts to gain money. You are both just down to earth, hard workers, REAL people. I have watched several of your videos and find them to all be high quality and very informative. Not a lot of idle talk about nothing.. You really give people valuable information to use on the spot. Thank you so very much for your site.
I just happen upon your videos. I love yall! My husband and I are planning to move and start learning all about homesteading, having animals and living off the land. I'm so excited to watch all your videos and learn a lot. ❤
You all are awesome! Congratulations on being married for 19 years!!! Yay!!! Great story about giving everything up and investing in the real life. Yay!!!! I know you both work very very hard and are able to see the results big time of all of that labor! Thank you for opening up your lives and allowing us on the side lines to be able to truly see what’s possible! Thank you for sharing and for teaching us! Continued blessings to you and those girls! Have a great day in the LORD!
Sounds so familiar. We moved out to Missouri summer of 2017 to our current home that we feel as though is for a short time (our beginning learning homestead-not full time yet). God is leading many of us out here and bringing us back to nature.
I LOVE these kinds of videos!!! Especially when you said what towns you lived in, here in AZ! Too bad we didn't know each other before you moved. I am so envious of your life - we purchased 37 acres in Heber, AZ and if it wasn't so damn hot, I would TOTALLY homestead full time! Thank you for all of your videos and your time... I "live" through you guys. Hugs, Tammy from Mesa, AZ (who USED to live in Gilbert, AZ for MANY years!)
I 've been watching you guys for some time.i admire all the jars work you do to make the homestead a success.
Just found your channel. My husband and I have dreamed of having our own property for our entire relationship. When we welcomed our son a year and a half ago, we both realized that if we want to pursue that dream we should start taking steps now! Channels like your are SO HELPFUL for us as we try and accrue the skills we need, and simplify our lives for the better. We're still renting in a suburb, but our 2019 goal is starting homesteading any way and every way we can. Thanks for all the info your share!
Thank you for sharing your story. I have tremendous respect for what you’ve done. My husband and I are moving to southern Missouri from NW Arkansas to become homesteaders for our retirement. Debt free has always been our priority as well. We’ve had the big, fancy home and all the trimmings and we both just desire to get back to the land as well. We began gardening and raising chickens, canning, etc. but want to do so much more.
~~~ I just wanted to say what a JOY to have friends like your family and for this internet to have a channel like your channel so people can come and be with good people with love in their hearts........
Thank you for giving God the glory in your life. I'm thankful you followed His leadership. Thank you for being here for me. My spirit and life needed you at this point. Thank you
Love your testimony how God has been faithful to lead and guide your lives in a way that glorifies Him.
God bless Pastor Bill.
What a sweet testimony. It's a hard thing to wait on the Lord to show us the way. Glad you did. I enjoy your channel so much and even more now. Thank you for sharing.
I would LOVE to own a homestead and be self-sufficient. Glad I found you. :)
Thank you guys for sharing your lives with us. It’s not an easy thing to do. So glad that y’all where able to move where you are now and to be able to spend that precious time with your family. I too am in a position where I can stay at home with my kids. It’s truly a blessing to be able to do that. God bless you all.
We, my wife and, I are doing the best we can. You guys give us so much encouragement!!! Great job!!
Great video. Love how you prayed and waited on the Lord for direction. My husband and I are doing this right now. We have an acre and a third and believe we are being led once again to a new direction for our lives. We are waiting on the Lord for that direction. I’m learning so much from your journey. You are an inspiration and encouragement to us. Thank you for sharing.
So happy I found you. My grandson is hoping to become a homesteader/farmer after his degree in agronomy is gained so I hunt for folks to whom I can "introduce" him as inspiration for his dreams. I appreciate your story and will pass it along to him. He is already incredibly frugal, so he will appreciate your cost comparisons.
I read this some time ago and enjoyed it so much and when it popped up today I jumped on it again . So interesting, you guys are made for each other, you are wonderful,beautiful people. God bless .
I have been watching you guys for about two years. when you said that you grew up in Wisconsin, I was amazed at your vision and moving around the country. I use to live in Michigan and moved to Florida in 2000 and started a raised bed garden. We live in a community similar to Kevin's parents, riding around in golf carts. Also we have a son living in Beaver Dam. I really feel close to you guys with connections in Wisconsin. I also had purchased your rabbit book and have used a couple of recipes from it. Take care a God Bless.
I learned about you folks from Rain Country. Glad I jumped over to visit! We're in northern NY, cabin on 5 acre mini-farm home to 1 horse, many chickens, 1 golden and 3 kitties.
I live in Phoenix Arizona. My son and I have tried several times to try and grow vegetables and fruit here. We started with seeds and they would grow into big plants. But never really produced. Well except for some cherry tomatoes. But the heat just killed every thing. So we finally gave up. But we want out of Phoenix so bad. I just want to live in the country somewhere and be able to grow a garden. Hopefully one day. I admire you guys for all you have accomplished.
Love,love, to you both and congratulations on 20 year of each other. When I make cornbread I use honey instead of sugar. I get a nice sweetness.❤ It is wonderful to see two people that REALLY LOVE/LIKE EACH Other. You do not see that very often. Keep up the good work.!!
I was just reliving an old video. “3 animals we will never have again “. I busted a gut going thru your description of your daily trials with them 😅
Currently, I live in a property of 2.2 acres, but more than two thirds of it are forests. I only have a small raised bed garden, containing 11 4*6 raised beds. I plan to grow some fruit trees this year.
I love you guys and how you live! I've been binge watching your videos bc I have a concussion and just wanna lay in bed all day 😂 you're so real and genuine, it's hard to come across people like you on this website anymore!
Made me Smile !!!! Warmed my Heart.Thank You for that one.
Just found your channel and I've binge watched for the last few hours. We are debt free other than our mortgage, DR fans here and follower of the lord. We are shifting into the homestead lifestyle and are excited to see the future. I am in love with all of your videos. Such inspirations. Love it
I am a big fan of your site. My son discovered you all on You Tube and we have been watching you ever since Have seen about all of your videos I think but enjoy them over again and the new ones you put up too. My son is an avid gardener and tho I am too old to really work a garden any more love to see yours and he keeps us in veggies during the Summer. I am 82 yrs. old and still try and keep up my little side yard with flowers and wild life support. When we moved here 49 yrs ago, we were pretty much out in the country but it has grown up around us some now tho we are still pretty private here. We used to have animals, chickens, goats , etc but don't have them any more. To me you seem like family , good decent hard working people who have made a success out of your homestead and I love to watch your videos. Thanks for making them available to us! Suzy Johnson Midland Texas
I love y'alls channel. Seriously, I have learned so much from watching your channel that I apply to my own farm. My husband & I work in corporate America also like you once did. We've been hobby farming since 2004 & are really putting everything we have in it this year while keeping our corporate America jobs. Its very challenging as you know. We've also started our own UA-cam channel. I just see you guys as an inspiration because your so much like my little family. Thanks for keeping it real!
So glad your surgery went well. Appreciate you both so much.
I loved hearing y’alls story, and just love watching your lives on the homestead. Thanks for letting us in so to speak. I’m learning so much! :)
LOVE your personal story and testimony-- may God Bless you for your faithfulness!
Love your story....thanks for sharing. Sarah, you have the most beautiful SMILE!!
You can't beat being debt free or working towards being debt free! May the Lord God bless you reeeaaaal GOOD!
Love it! I'm from AZ! Used to have raised beds in my dining room!! Chickens in my tiny yard! Now I live in Louisiana with 6 acres and were starting our homestead! Weve lived in LA for a few years but just started homesteading in the last 2 or so months! Your channel has been amazing and were thinking of starting our own starting homestead! ❤ Were also following Dave Ramsey!
I've heard from a few people that they come from the state of "Misery" (Missouri), I'm glad you showed me otherwise☺! Congrats on your new lifestyle, your new cow 🐄and calfs and your new pig 🐖 and piglets! Much love 💕and God bless.
Thank you Sara for what you've done for the Disabled Community. God had me shut down my Ministry for four years Hope For The Enabled Ministries.
You two are a beautiful couple. Congratulations on all your yrs together. Looking forwarding to watching many of your videos. This is my goal. Just never knew how to get there. I'm in the learning stages. And let me tell you i have alot to learn on how to garden. Long road ahead of me. Lots of notebooks with notes. Thank you for all the tips you're sharing with is all
Just saw this tonite, but have been following you and a couple of other homesteader channels for a while now. Fascinating to hear the story of how you found your place in the world. Good luck & God bless.
Just catching up on your older videos. Love watching you!
Thank you for doing this video. I've been following you for a while now but only seeing the later videos. It's really nice to see how you got to this point. It helped confirm for me that anyone can do it.
So glad y'all came to your senses. I love to see youngsters getting back to the land. We are selling one of our farms because we can't find anybody that wants to work.
Hi! Heard about your channel through Bigfoot farmer. God bless your family and praying for a successful surgery for Sarah. 🙏🏻💕
You guys are real good roll modles and I love watching you and I would love to learn more and I want to live more like you are living
Enjoying your channel, love your story! Thank you for sharing with us your time and knowledge! God bless you and your family!!🙏❤
Great testimonies, wish more young people could hear you. Thanks for sharing. God Bless
Absolutely adore y'all! Y'all are for sure living my dream, truly blessed is what y'all are!! Thanks for sharing your lives!!
I work in oil field, met an american superintendent 60 years old , who married since 19 years and the same wife ... after that you are the 2nd American im seeing with 19 years of married life... 🙂 ... you both are amazing couple, 4 eyes like wild flowers earning each others love
Congratulations, I'm so glad you were able to meet your goals and dreams. I love that you thought enough about your family to do it. Love your videos.
Thank you so much!!