Why Do People Hate Homesteading?
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2024
- Homesteading, one of my favorite subjects, has been on the rise since the pandemic. You would think that this would unite both the right and the left, but people are trying to vilify it. Let's talk about why.
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We're seriously living in a world where growing vegetables is now considered "extremist". I'm done.
"People" don't hate homesteading, communists do.
People don't hate homesteading, communists do
In Oregon gardeners are now considered commercial operations which means more legal things you must jump through.
Wait 'til they find out I kill and consume 400 small animals a year. Duck, Rabbit, Muscovy, Chicken, Goose, Turkey, Quail ...
Not only is it extreme ... but I'm a Murderous Monster ...
@@koltoncrane3099 My friend received a letter saying she needed to "register" her garden with the state of Oregon! Ridiculous.
Schooling created woke people. Home schooling creates Awake people.
You’re gay
I wouldn’t necessarily agree. I was public schooled and just began teaching in a LARGE district. My parents stayed together and THEY taught me and engaged in my education. That’s the big game changer.
@@IraqVet0608 just because you don't agree does not make it a LIE. Public schools are the reason why we have these kids out here acting like this.
@@IraqVet0608In the context you paced it, you're both correct. It's about involved parenting. I would argue, however, that it's an uphill battle against parents with public schools, until the Department of Education's involvement is removed permanently.
Depends which school and where, I’m in school and I’m in the UK and I’m very much a conservative, it also is on your home life as well
Sourdough is seriously the gateway drug of homesteading. I just wanted to try making my own bread and now I'm planning fruit trees, a garden, canning, chickens and bees. 😆
And thus, the Manor House was born lol
I have yet to make sourdough. I'm not a fan of the taste.
That's how my husband started our homesteading journey.
@@colleenmcbride3656
I make sourdough for health but it doesn't have to test sour. When I use about 1/4 cup oil and 1/4 cup honey in each loaf they don't taste like sourdough at all.
@@colleenmcbride3656 Honestly, doesn't have to be sourdough. Try just baking regular bread. Sourdough was my gateway into baking and it is cathartic, for me.
Six of my friends and I got together and purchased a milk cow! We each have a day we are responsible for milking her and we keep that days’ milk. We live in the suburb but one of us happens to have just enough room for the cow. 🐄
Genius!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
thats amazing!
That's great, but I hope it is not only *one* cow. They are herd animals and need company of their own kind, they always stay together even on a big field, they sometimes nibble and lick each other and are very social.
I want a Farm, everybody older keeps telling me it's hard work... y'know what I work damn hard. I want my own friggin farm because it's hard work and I am tired of just existing. I want a life that feels worth living.
I know how you feel, as a younger fellow I'd love to have a small farm myself some day. The problem is that the startup and property costs (equipment, etc.) are so ridiculously expensive. They really should be doing more to help first generation farmers in this country. And it's not like there's no land for anyone to use, Kansas from what I've read is nearly giving away some rural plots for free because apparently no one wants them.
It's hard work every day .. even when you are sick.. no vacations...!
Excellent attitude!
Same here u can make it work
It is hard work, but it's very rewarding. Go for it! You'll experience joy, heartbreak, exhaustion and exhilaration 😊. You don't even need a huge chunk of land. We do well w 2 acres.
We bought a cabin in the woods and started homesteading after I was fired from my nursing job for not getting the vax. Happier and healthier in the woods! My kids are homeschooled now and living away from the crazies of the world ☺️
Love it! ❤
What do you and your husband do for money?
@@xavierhuffman1406 my husband still works at his old job, I work one night a week as an RN in the private sector which means there are no rules for me and we have recently planted ginseng and will continue to do so every year ☺️
That sounds like a dream! So happy for you.
You live the life I am aiming for. 😂
The wife and I pumped $2,000 into establishing a community garden on town property last year. People told us we were stupid. This year we've spent well over $2,400 expanding the garden, but others have stepped up to donate their time and money to help- the Lions Club, Knights of Columbus and the town's office staff as well as a few individuals! People are now asking for plots to plant in. The local librarians are creating children's summer STEM programs around the library's section of the garden. Master Gardeners are being lined up to help those who want to garden, but haven't a clue. Local businesses have donated soil, or given us a lower rate on materials.
All it took to get this going was a couple idiots with a need to plant a seed. I can't even imagine what a few intelligent people might accomplish.
Wow, God bless you!
If you want to see what a few intelligent people might accomplish, just look in your mirror!
@@user-sm3ii5dk1uGood one! 👍
@flatlander You're the smart ones. 💡💡
I also built a community garden on city property, by myself, with no money and no support. Actually I got the opposite of support. I've been fined, arrested, harassed. Whenever I made the mistake of asking local businesses to donate their produce waste (so I wouldn't have to dig it out of the dumpster) they went the other direction and made sure to lock their dumpster up. Garden is complete and absolutely beautiful, despite all of this. The cops and the city have finally backed off but the only one of my neighbors to step up and help in any meaningful way is my new neighbor from El Salvador who speaks little English. I'm thankful for his support though.
When I was still in heaven and agreed to this assignment on Earth I must not have understood just how asleep people here in the Midwest would be.
God: "now you're sure you're ok with this?"
Me: "yes of course! I mean we're talking about getting people to garden! How hard could it be?!"
The negative commenters attacking these homesteaders remind me of that crab-in-a-bucket story, where it becomes difficult for a crab to climb out of a bucket because the other crabs will grab it and pull it back in; these naysayers are unwilling or unable to change their own circumstances and so instead of attempting to make incremental improvements in their own lives instead spend their time tearing down anyone around them they perceive as improving their own lives.
Where did you hear this story, sir/miss? If like to read it, if you can.
@@starflite-lightwing777 I heard it on a Jordan Peterson podcast. You should be able to find a written description by just doing an internet search for the "crab-bucket" story.
Anyway, the premise is that there are a bunch of crabs that have been caught and placed in a bucket by a fisherman, who doesn't have to worry about any of the crabs escaping because if one tries to climb out, the other crabs will grab onto it and pull it back in. So the point is that whoever has set up the current system doesn't have to worry about folks escaping the system because their peers will pull them back in.
Freedom and equality are diametric opposites, you have to choose one at the detriment of the other.
Sure homesteading is hard. But isn’t living life in a big city equally as, if not harder??
Just like people who make critical comments when someone loses weight. They are too lazy or undisciplined to make changes themselves, so they disparage those who do to make themselves feel better.
I do really hate how many foreigners and corporations are buying up land, making it impossible for the natives to inherit or buy their own piece of their country... not just in America, but all countries.
Natives huh? Imagine how the native Americans felt when these white peoples showed up
A lot of farmers are now waking up to it, and not selling to China and Canada, at least where I’m from. (Canada often is just a middleman for China when it comes to buying land and mines)
Agreed. And to say "foreigners" is not xenophobic. Many seaside towns in Canada have lost millions of acres of land to US money....when a $100k homestead is out of reach to the locals but considered "a steal" to a higher valued dollar from another country...that's an issue.
If you don't take it someone else will. In this case those Asians work extremely hard. Americans can be lazy af
So you are worried about China buing a 20 x 40 miles big area in the whole of the US??? Did you know that the US has almost 4 MILLION square miles? So, fear mongers at their best work. You should be more worried about selling big companies or forefront technologies to other countries. In Germany our stupid government sold all the solar technology to China and now they won't support our own companies that produce in that field at all!!!
I’m 75. I have fought the every has to go to college meme most of my life. I have a college degree because the type of work I did was enhanced by it.
In the future, we will still need plumbers, carpenters, farmers, firemen, and all the other ways people will build their lives.👍
Most people who go to college don't actually learn anything.
They memorize things long enough to pass a final.
If I ask you to do your college math right now, and you can't do it, that means you did not learn it.
People with degrees need to stop pretending they are smarter because of them.
In general, they are just riding a high horse, but when tested they fall flat.
No if the like of musk have anything to say about it, have you seen optimus? and other more advanced robots like figure 01 are already on the way.
people need to look into more technical and less redundant degrees, I did biomed, major pharmacology and organic chem (BBMSc) and theres no way thats going out of fashion, ironically though I dont use it I work in mining. But its allowed me to branch out my skillset into electrical engineering and a host of other skills and or hobbies like 3d printing etc
I own a tree farm and co-own a saw mill. I also have degrees in Economics and Finance and have a minor in Engineering and Residential Electrian certification. They're not mutually exclusive and I have a feeling over time more people with degrees will go into skilled services fields and STEM jobs when they realize how worthless most Liberal Arts degrees are in the real World.
Man, I wish I was a carpenter. Or even a lumberjack. Maybe both. A "simple" job, producing real things, building the world...
But I live in a big city, have kids, and no money left on the bank (salary barely pay the bills)...
It sucks.
2024 is our year of homesteading! Property, chickens, gardens, food preservation, hunting, etc. and next year, when my son will be turning 4, it is the beginning of our homeSCHOOL journey! Bring back the HOME! Bring back the FAMILY! Bring back true LIFE!!!!!!!
Try Seton home study school for curriculum and books for homeschooling. Also Khan Academy has free coding courses.
As a homeschooling mom I want to tell you don't stress the book work. School is everywhere. The kitchen is a great place to learn math and science as well as life skills. UA-cam can be a great tool for learning too. My kids love Mark Rober. When you go for bike rides or nature walks it's a great time to learn about colors, plants, animals and the weather. Go placed, the library, the zoo, a museum. Look up you local homeschool group in your area get in touch with the other homeschoolers in your area. It takes a village to raise a child and the homeschool village has your back. Plus everyone has something unique to offer. Good luck to you.
You are a true hero for resisting corruption that was physically stronger than you at the time. I wish my life would have been as brave and successful as yours is. I hope and pray for your safety and well-being.
Totally agree. We need to bring back the community.
Let your kid be a kid! Homeschooling too early is not great either. Boys need to play hard until the are exhausted everyday not sit at a table or desk. If you find they are hyper make them play longer times until the are exhausted then they will sleep better and not be hyper.
My parents bought property because they couldn’t afford rent in town anymore. They sacrificed a lot and lived in a trailer for the first year, but now they have a house, a garden, a greenhouse, chickens, plenty of storage, and they have loved it. Without having to pay rent and buying their land outright (which was not an ideal location but it was cheap and they liked it) they were able to save up for each new step to build onto their homestead and get the materials they need for their next project. They are so much happier than they were in suburban life and they are so proud of the work they’ve put into their place. Homesteading is definitely not just for the privileged. The glamorized versions you see on Instagram are more expensive than they lead you to believe sometimes, but it can be done on a budget.
"The little town of Limburg, Belgium offered 3 chickens to 2,000 households as an experiment in 2010 to cut down on household waste. Belgian officials have reported that the chickens are a huge success, organic waste has been cut in half and the families have gained a supply of free, fresh eggs"
I just love eggs and this just makes happy :))
Is that considered a government handout? 😂 I love that idea but I doubt the anti-government crowd would
I could put a few kids in charge of a flock of chickens, and they could produce enough chicks to give away. It would be the easiest and cheapest gov handout ever given.
What a great idea. We love having chickens. It’s not just free eggs but free soil tilling, free garden fertilizer, free entertainment etc
@@lysandra82huh, if it is it’s one of the least objectionable government handouts I ever hear of. It’s almost an investment, just that it’s not the government that profits from it(less taxes if people are more self sufficient) but the actual people. So I find it most agreeable, it is one of the few things the government should do, strengthening the base of a nation, its people.
You know, apart from the other stuff like preventing hostile nations from walking all over you, making sure healthcare is available and ensuring that the basic laws get applied to all fairly and equally. But I’d definitely wouldn’t mind adding handing out chickens to get people started to that list. Not
That was just a sop for the chicken feed and litter industry. ;)
I love that homesteading is starting to take off in my generation. I'm a young millennial with a small fruit and vegetable garden, raising meat rabbits in my suburban backyard while working full time to support my family. My young son gets to eat fresh apples and berries from the yard, and he helps care for the rabbits and seed and weed the garden. We're not self sufficient by any stretch or the imagination, not yet anyway, but our kid knows where his food comes from and we have cut down some on the crazy cost of groceries for a young family. I hope more people do this because it is honestly so fulfilling.
I am not American but still wanted to share this ,my mom is full time officer child of two despite her busy time schedule she still manages to grow her own vegetables in our backyard we all family members are truly grateful , because of her dedication we got to eat fresh fruits and organic vegetables every single day. Love you mom
Homeschooling and homesteading saved my life!! I was basically dependant on microwave food and depressed in middleschool. Beaten down, emotionally and physically abused by my public school peers and teachers. Learning to cook, farm, tan, math, history and philosophy, really helped me to plan my life and find ways to make my life better. I can't wait to see the rise of this life!!
I have been homeschooling my kids for years. We also have a farm. They get up had feed and water the animals at the crack of dawn. We work all day, even my youngest child has a paid job off the farm. They have helped in dispatching or culling animals, preserving food, growing crops. We only only survive one under two hundred dollars a month. We gathered food too. We do schoolwork throughout the day. My friends who send their children to public school can’t believe that my children know things that their kids don’t know. All my kids have learned cursive, several different languages, and can read college level textbooks and understand them. My kids know how to debate and write college level papers. They are just starting high school. My kids don’t take off weeks or have summer holidays. We work hard to survive. My kids are healthy and happy. They don’t have TV, video games, or sugary foods. We don’t eat takeaway or fast food ( except the animals that run). They know how to cook homemade meals. They know how to live if something should happen to me. And as a parent that is my responsibility to teach them these skills. Right.
Just bought 38 acres for my family! 100% off grid!
Do Americans call Chikens, Egg Plants
🙄
Just starting to get my act together.
Saving up to buy the land and Egg Plants of course.
Learning on a little bit of land at the moment. Hope I get there
Though I have worked on farms, when I was a little tot
❤ form North East England where land is scarce and EXPENSIVE ❤
Dope. Have fun with it! You’ll hone in on what’s to do.
That’s great! Enjoy!
@@oopsdidItypethatoutloudimporting tens of thousands of ppl that hate you will do that. I saw what happened to some of your smaller villages. Tell your gov to END IT.
@@ronwatford7331
It's not a good situation 😕
Husband has a professional job in town (hour plus drive each way). Kids and I homeschool and do lighter homestead chores (feed & water livestock and move thru paddocks) Mon thru Fri. We all work together on weekends to accomplish bigger tasks.
Now that livestock and fruit & nut trees are well established, we will soon be expanding into vegetable gardening.
Very busy lifestyle.
Very rewarding. Heartbreaking at times.
Our family could not live this way without an off-farm income. It’s very impressive to see those who can.
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By "without an off-farm income" meaning "without the husband job"?
But, are you thinking about professional farming?
What I impress myself with is being able to live both lifes (town and farm). It really is a lot of work, and with slow return...
@@kalandango Every 'homesteader' I see on the internet has 'an off farm income' even if it is only the UA-cam income. The one couple I know in real life who did it 30 years ago and moved out of London already had capital and she still did management consultancy. They never made any money from farming. Having a few chickens is not farming. Having 50,000 chickens is a starter enterprise.
I grew up on a small farm in the UK In the 1970s and even back then there was no money with EU subsidy regimes. Many farms now have 'off farm income' either the husband or wife working in an office job or doing holiday lettings, etc. The sheer amount of capital required to make an income from farming in the UK is immense. Some are just renting land out for wind turbines or solar panels and retiring.
It isn't something people can just 'do' as a hobby unless you have another job. You need to have a lot of skills and experience and at least £5 million. Brett is high income paid UA-camr and actress and she isn't going to earn a living as a farmer. Live how you want to live if you can afford it but it is not a reality. By the way, your kids will hate it as teenagers.
@@brianthesnail3815 Yeah, was thinking in the same direction of all you wrote. The "teenager on a farm" phase definitely would kick hard. 😅
@@kalandango Yes indeed. I used to work on my father's farm in university holidays but I had already decided to leave farming age 16. I was a bright ambitious child and hated the isolation, so I eventually left. Eventually, got off a tractor seat age 24 after planting a field of wheat from stubble to seed and fertiliser in the ground in one day on my own in 14 hours. I pulled in the farmyard in the dark let the hydraulics lower the seed drill to the ground, powered down the engine and switched off the lights. Two weeks later I was sat on a commodity trading desk in the City of London in a suit. Never went back. My father hated me for it and never forgave me. I am 60 now but with a couple of weeks training on which button to press I could still do it all. It takes a generation to learn to farm and a generation to forget. I still say I was a farmer because I still stay close to the industry and understand it all.
I am delighted to hear that young people are interested in homesteading. I've been doing it since 2009, but I'm a boomer. I'm so glad for this news.
My sister is a stay at home mom and has grown her own garden and now has chickens for eggs. She is doing so much for her family by even implementing these small changes for home grown food ❤
Here to make homesteading cool every day! 🎉❤
No doubt. Funny i found you here
@@anthonysurrency7134 hello there!! 🤩🍄
Long time follower! All the goat info! Love your channel! Thank you for all the hard work to provide education! And I just adore all your sweet animals🥰
@@whiskeywomanwhisks how awesome!! Thanks so much. I love seeing "my" people out and about all over UA-cam land! ❤️🐐
People. Be warned. This may be cool, fun, cute and omg. But It is a lot of work. A lot of work. Hope u got the enegry to clean and care for those animals. I got chickens, rabbits, quils, cuys in spanish lol and others.
Exactly.
Nothing worth doing ever comes easy
How do those extra fuzzy little piggies taste?
How did you teach the chickens Spanish?
Yeah, but, unless you are growing all of their food yourself, on land you are farming, you're not a homesteader. Oh you buy it at PetSmart? Yeah, not homesteading.
A peaceful life surrounded by trees and birds, growing crops and raising chickens, all I want in life.
It is shocking how many people want to do this. As soon as I graduate college, I plan to move out to the woods and homestead. I’m already trying to practice with growing my own veggies and fruits in pots and I’ve got practice taking care of animals from work.
I’ve talked to many people at work and school about my dream, and it shocks me every time how many people say that this is their dream too, they just don’t know how to go about getting it. This is definitely something we need to keep sharing with others! ❤
that is awesome to hear.
Same! I'm gonna do the homesteading after college! I got many people so far to join me.
You have to have money to buy land to homestead.
We are working towards homesteading and I'm gathering more info on home schooling for next year!
Homeschooling is great if your family can afford it but also brings an anti-social element to growing up
I’ve been homeschooling several yrs now! My child gets lots of socialization! He’s very involved and has several great friends via church, soccer,gun club, 4-H, siblings friends younger siblings & our friends kids! There’s very little socialization allowed in public school -then too much homework after school so no time for it then either! Homeschooling is better education in way less time! My only regret is not homeschooling my older kids and not starting sooner!
@@REALPapaLags the way I was homeschooled, we had "field days" and could go somewhere and learn about stuff in public. That usually included talking to other homeschoolers and working together to gather information. There are ways around potentially giving your child social anxiety. That's one negative thing that's totally up to how you parent.
@@REALPapaLagsno it doesn’t. 😂 my gosh. The stigma. 😂😂😂 it’s as bad as old wives tales. 😂
@@REALPapaLags More of an "anti-social element" than the normal kids who spend all day on their phones and are driving teachers out of the profession?
Ive been interested in homesteading since i was a teenager. Now im finally working towards living the life on my mini-homestead in under an acre
Cool, but how do you produce wheat? I assume wheat is your staple? Organic wheat yields are low.
@@arushreddi5419 I don't eat any grains, so it's not something I really worry about
@@anthonysurrency7134 cool. I'm very much addicted to rice.
@@arushreddi5419 I grow primarily Mushrooms, vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, squash, herbs, and livestock
I agree with the increasing interest in homesteading. Going back to basics, connecting with nature, and learning age-old practices is indeed inspiring and the benefits it manifests are priceless.
Off grid homestead for going on 3 years now. Our garden is going to be so abundant this third summer. Our animals are happy and healthy and we're so thrilled to be doing it.
We sold everything we owned, live in a shed with 4 kids, and got land rent to own. We gave up a business and saved for almost a full year. We now earn about 3k a month (so wealthy, with 4 kids) and are providing about a quarter of our own food through the year
My 4 kids are all homeschooled. My oldest recently turned 18. He now works full time doing powder coat and is training with the welders. By the time he graduates he’ll be making over $25/hr. I couldn’t be more pleased with how much homeschool has saved my kids.
That’s fantastic!
@@whiskeywomanwhisks he has worked overtime both weeks! He loves it. (Says he will be getting us a Daily Wire membership when he gets his check on Thursday) I encourage everybody I speak with that they should homeschool their kids.
Hopefully where he works uses good work safe practices…breathing some of that stuff in at a young age ain’t a good way to start but he’s definitely learning a lot.
@@TheOnlyKontrol good point. We use 3M Versaflo Respirator Systems. A bit pricey but we understand the dangers.
Why do you think bragging about homeschooling is a good thing. You could be an idiot.
I'm not anywhere near homesteading - I live in the woods and have very little sun, but after having to take down a couple of old trees, I found myself with a sunny space, and will soon be planting veg for the third year.
Get chickens?
Absolutely LOVE seeing more people get into homesteading. Its been an absolute blessing to live this life style and show others how to as well on our channel ❤ There’s never been a better time to homestead!
I’m 17 stressing about college and my future as a whole but i just crave this lifestyle. I feel like I do nothing with my life but go to school and back home. The most fulfilling Iv’e felt my home life was when I had an internship at a local small farm. We had a garden, irrigation system, chickens, and bunnies. I had wake up early to get their on time but I never complained i was just excited. It was hard work, mulching in the hot sun, weeding, etc but it was incredibly fun. When there I just felt like I was doing what I was meant to. Right now I’m planning to go to college to become a veterinarian and now I know for sure a life involving being outside, helping animals, and working hard is for me.
Farm animal veterinarians are too far and few in between! You will definitely have some job security!
I was about to suggest finding a trade and going to trade school instead, but working as a veteranarian is perfect for this as well. Hope it works out for you.
"dont go to collage if you dont want to" but youll find lots of work with animals
WE LOVE HOMESTEADING ❤
I love this, and I'm a boomer. Since adopting the getting back to basics model I'm not stressed., depressed or as angry as I used to be living in the city cesspools.
More people need to realise that they can have a life outside the cities.
I got seriously into rural life as a teen in the city back in the US/USSR "johnson waving" in the 80s. Nuclear annihilation was imminent from both sides (Canada!) I was "green" back when it was just a colour, not a marxist trope. I saved tin cans to sell to the metal dealer, ditto newspapers. I grew gardens and baked bread and hunted, fished, and made awesome jerky. I also self-taught skills to restore and reimagine old furniture, and repair old cars. And just for fun practiced enough to be a competitive shooter (in case of just in case). I also have never needed a job, and have started quite a few companies, some of which I have given to great employees for their families to build. You can't buy life at the mall, and you can't be self sufficient in the big cities. You are merely cattle at the feed lot being fattened for your taxed to death demise. Go out and play in dirt, restore an old building, and create a whole new economic entity that lives from and on the land. Become a pioneer in your own life.
We have a UA-cam channel where we show how we a family of 6 homestead on just under 1 acre. This is so great to see people wanting to get back to a simpler way of living. Hard work with rewards for your family.
I have a pretty sweet book that shows how to approach a space of that size, and Daym! You can produce alotta stuff on an acre.
Thank you sun!
Have fun out there
Just gained a sub! Anything to help out fellow homesteaders
@@kariw.160 Thank you so much
We have chickens rain catchment fruit trees herbs and large garden on 1/10 th Acre. I tried to find an acre or more but we love living in a small home & working within our budget. ❤
@@beccasbythebay it's all about making the most of the space you're in. Sounds like you are doing well.
I am 30 years old, I was raised with a garden, fresh veggies and fruit and canning it all to enjoy in the winter. I am now going to grow my own foods this year all by myself.
Quit telling fibs.
The Powers That Be want you dependent on them - homestead, homeschool, and break free from their (supply) chains!
texas tried that with their borders and they got their cattlelands blasted by fire energy weapons...
there's no escape from this. we're in the last chapters of the story. repent!
We are so blessed. I am 6 months pregnant with our first baby and my husband has worked so hard that I am able to quit my job when baby boy gets here. I've decided to embrace traditional homemaking and some light homesteading! There is a level of freedom to it that I absolutely love!
Listening to Brett talk is a brain exercise. She talks so fast it makes your brain work harder.
Being a Texan, it’s hard to process what she is saying. Life on our farm is slower and less stressful than her life. Just how it is.
Yeah, I have a hard time watching anything of hers except shorts. Longer than that and I start getting anxious. .
Is she related to Ben Shapiro?
Missed when it wasn’t cool. Was raised on a farm left for military just under 10 years of service war messed me up found peace again on the farm with my family, Homeschool my kids and enjoy life 😊
Amazing journey through life so far. It’s full of surprises and little miracles👍 just keep going and you’ll see what happens next. I am happy for you
I recently watched a video where a couple built a two story log cabin on the property, using only manual tools, with the primary goal of living off the grid. Was pretty fascinating to see them build the entire cabin with wood harvested from their property.
My grandmother was born to homesteaders in a sod hut (hole dug in turf, turf piled as half walls, logs for roof). I think that may be the way the next generation will start in their own new homes the way housing is going.
It’s really cool to see more and more people exploring more traditional ways of living.
Sometimes the old ways DO work best, as many of us are discovering. Homesteading and small town life after all is what built America in the first place (at least a lot of it).
Probably because A.I threatening to take the most precious things away from us, like art and creativity. Of course if you ask conservatives they will say that is a good thing and that it mustn't be stopped.
"Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems. Throw away the solution and you get the problem back. Sometimes the problem has mutated or disappeared. Often it is still there as strong as it ever was." - Donald Kingsbury
Wow, how cool!! Thank you so much for showing a clip of our video and for the kind words!! I really appreciate that.
So cool to see you here! Your words were totally right: we GenZers are HUNGRY for everything you said. I'm 24 and married, and I've been taking the time _after_ my 8-hour job to learn to make all our food that I can -- including bread -- from scratch, and it's so satisfying. Even though it takes even more energy when I've already worked all day, it's worth it. I otherwise would've just used that time scrolling on my phone anyway. We're also starting a kitchen garden in our backyard, which is also hard, but I'm done hearing about how RoundUp and a million other awful chemicals are in ALL of our food, keeping us sick and messing up not just MY hormones but my _future unborn children's hormones too!_ F*ck it, I'll grow my own then. We're tired of it.
Keep doing what you're doing!
@@milo_thatch_incarnate thanks you!! It was cool to be seen here. 😂. Those are all such good things to take on yourself. It's great to see people hearing about things like Roundup in their food and taking action. Congratulations and good luck on your adventure!!
I think Y.T manipulates the streaming of this video. They don't want people to see this. 🫣
I have hope for the younger generation. Sometimes It takes getting back to your "roots" to learn what it means to thrive and be happy. One of my favorite and inspirational channels is Laurafarms, these kids have got it together. My top two favorite channels.
They'll get to it as soon as they're done scrolling.
This is so true!
I, 17f, have been listening to health podcasts and homesteading podcasts like homeschool, farming, gardening, women healthcare and such. I don't want to work an actual 9-5. I am a business type woman but I'm also a homebody and am more comfortable cleaning the house and raising my young siblings. I'm starting to garden berries and veggies this year and my goal is to do chickens in the summertime.
Everyone, stranger or not, expects me to choose a career and go straight into college after hs. I haven't gotten the heart to tell them otherwise. It just seems like homesteading and being a SAHM isn't an option anymore...
Chickens are amazing even if you get hens only for the eggs. I find them to be very little work and you get much enjoyment out of them besides the amazingly delicious fresh eggs
Are you a Christian, b/c there are Christian young men looking for this lifestyle?
A note about chickens: if you plan to start with hatchlings, spring is way better. Otherwise they'll be too little when winter comes and may not make it through
Chickens make such good pets, overall. They *so* soft and the friendliest little things aren't they. Massive personalities and raise them right, they'll want to be curled up on your lap for a pet. Best things ever. @@melsh9
Make sure that the chicken coop is at least fifteen feet away from your house, keep all the supplies in airtight storage and change the bedding regularly or you will have a mouse problem.
We are a homesteading & homeschooling family in Idaho (our teens adore your content, as do we), and we'd love to have you on our Podcast New World Old Soul.
Fellow Idahoan here. Good for you guys! Going to your podcast now.😊
Love our Idaho neighbours! Much love from Alberta!! (look up lol)
We just moved to a farmhouse in December, so it’s our first spring here. I’m ridiculously excited about getting our garden started this week. We have chicks and ducklings in galvanized buckets in the kitchen. It’s fantastic, and I’m loving every minute. (For reference, we’re GenX/millennial with 5 kids ages 5-20. My husband owns his business and I homeschool the children. Our farmhouse is a rental about 5-10 minutes from town.)
Homesteading/garden prepping this year has brought me joy and wonder in a way I haven’t felt since childhood
I wish I could say I feel sorry for those people with the negative takes and comments about homesteading, but I don't care for idiots. They are miserable people who have been programmed to look at the world through negative lenses.
Please do. We homestead. It’s the most rewarding, wonderful way to live. We have goats, ducks, chickens and are working on our garden. Once you have home raised chicken eggs, nothing compares. Also they are so FUN! We hand raise the chicks so now you can pick up and snuggle our chickens.
Someone said it’s a lot of work : it sure is. Every bit of it is worth it. Spending time with these cute critters and the land is more rewarding than my old way of life.
Blessings y’all 💖✨
This sounds like the dream! I would love do this but I am unsure how to balance homesteading, homeschooling and a part time job. I am curious how you guys make it work. I see many people say that their husbands still have jobs, but what kind of income makes this life style possible to allow upkeep for utility, tools, insurance etc?
Hey kiddo just thankful to stumble onto this at the moment. I can’t get away from negativity and conspiracies on UA-cam right now. This is cheerful thanks!
My husband and I bought a 10 acre property with an old cabin. There is lots of trash etc on the property and the pond is dry. But I saw potential and we now have 17 chickens and 1 pig. It is a lot of work but it feels good.
Homesteading is a lot of work but so rewarding
Living and loving the homesteading life over here!
My husband and I started a mini farm in our backyard in 2021. We have rabbits, chickens, and quail and a garden. We have produced 70-80% of our food when we're going hard. It's a lot of work and takes an emotional toll. But it's totally worth it.
I think that we would find more unity if we had at least 50% of our population living in villages. Not even necessarily homesteading, but providing small business needs in small villages.
Homesteading is hard work but is worth it!
I'm a part of gen z and I have a family. Since last year I have started sourdough, we have gotten chickens, and I've been canning food at home more. We are working on weeding things out of our diet that could be problematic. I'm making a lot more homemade stuff. Even though it is a lot of work, it tastes better and you know exactly what is in it. When we have more property, I plan to get bees, ducks, a milk cow or two, and a huge garden every year. It's so rewarding!
I live in a small two bedroom apartment and we’re a family of 4. Since November last year, I’ve been making all our bread and getting eggs from a friend who loves having chickens but hates eating eggs. Are there weeks where we don’t have any bread because I’m too busy? Yes and we work around it. My goal this year is to learn how to can and start a hydro pod garden in our living room. It’s called baby steps and doing what you can with the space you have.
I don't even know you, and I love that for you! I'm in a one bedroom, but I'm lucky to have a landlord who finds a good balance between the business side of running the property and the people side of running the property. We have a garden are where neighbors sign up for a spot each spring. I missed signing up this year because of a family commitment out of town, but I managed to get plenty of containers for free/dirt cheap on FB Marketplace. Last year, my mom and I went halfsies on canning supplies. I can't wait to see what I'm able to add to my pantry by the time winter rolls around.
@@laurenparsons6755that’s awesome and thank you!!! My husband and I managed to move things around to start a small hydro pod herb garden sooner than we expected. And my in laws (who live a mile away) let us use their garden space this summer. It’s been so much fun and rewarding!
I didn't know. Now I do. Thanks Brett. You totally Rock the semi-free America. Your fast talking hard facts and cool looks are likely the reason why your 4 million will become 5 million before long. Good team. Good show.😊
Younger people played Stardew Valley and got hooked on that farm life!
Love all the homesteading content
Definitely better than the celebrity relationship videos
NARROW WAY HOMESTEAD
PLEASE TELL ME YALL KNOW THIS
I live paycheck to paycheck, I can’t even save up a lump sum to buy a shack in the woods. But god do I dream of that cabin.
Been homesteading for 2 years now. Just had our first goat kids born here and learned to milk goats! Having raw dairy is a GAME CHANGER! ❤️
My husband and 2 kids are prepping for chickens this year to become chicken tenders next spring. I cannot wait to get into homesteading.
Don't even need to get into the video before liking this one, 100% fully support the trend! It's healthier, tastier, cheaper, builds your self esteem and self reliability, good for the mind, body and soul and could not be happier that more people are doing it! ❤
Homesteader and homeschooler here too! Two have graduated are away at universities. We love this life! Everyone comes and enjoys our little oasis away from the city!
been following roots and refuge for years and one of her biggest points is, to start learning wherever you are make whatever space you have your class room!
We started our homestead about 3 years ago taking it slow. So worth it and so satisfying and rewarding. I started at our small home before we moved here. Start where your at and take it slow. Make mistakes and learn.
Love from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤
We moved to raw land last summer and are slowly turning it into a homestead. My husband works from home, and we live in a tiny dry cabin and camper set-up. We do plan to add a kitchen and bedrooms to the cabin, but slowly, with cash. We’ve timbered, added a well and septic, set up solar power, planted pasture grass, pollinators, started a small garden, planted 60 native trees from the forest service, and added chickens and rabbits. It is hard work! And there is so much to do. But it has been the absolute best decision for our family.
My mom has been on this for years and years and years. I grew up learning about what’s in our food and our medicines and vaccines. I grew up with plantain and mint tea for stomach aches and other homeopathic natural remedies. Yes, they work. I grew up shopping only in organic sections of grocery stores. It’s fun to watch the world catch up.
So true. Most people are still in the dark. It's a good thing for people to smarten up.
I just read about plantain tea Yesturday !! This is a sign to get it.. I heard it’s good for lungs too!
@@jenniferibarra7737 it’s great!
Hard work doesnt make it impossible.
I started gardening after I became disabled. I missed working and feeling useful. I found I had a knack for it, and it is excellent physical and mental therapy. I found it also opened a way to grow closer to my grandfather, who was a depression era war vet. It opened up so many amazing blessings for me and my husband. GPaw is long gone, but what a joy to have that time to connect….hubby and I are gen x
If you buy or RENT just one acre you can feed a family of four, give plenty to the elders and extended family. I practiced law for forty years owing a 360 ace farm that only had about 60 acres of decent farm land. I ran between 20 -30 beef cattle. Row planted more fruits and vegetables than my wife and I could can. At best I had one part-time man to help out. I did my best to teach my two eldest granddaughters to farm. To shoot and fish turning game into dinner. My babies got their first .22 rifle as a 5th birthday present. They have carry permits and are a match for most men who would try to harm them.
The eldest now 26 has a two acre yard and is teaching her husband to plant.
Just a question, do you use tractors & harvester or do you use manual labor? Looking to homestead after graduation.
I grew up on a dairy farm, I love the homesteading trend!! I’m hoping to someday own my own little farm but for now I live in a rental and grow vegetables on my back patio, slow and steady to hopefully one day have that dream farm.
I’d say just do a small garden enough for yourself and maybe some chickens. That’s more than enough for one person to deal with if you have a full time job. But if you’re wanting a family then once your kids are older they can help do the chores. Then you can have maybe more animals but only do as much as you can reasonably accomplish, afford and able to do with what amount of land you own
We bought our suburban home in 2021. It came with three prebuilt garden beds and two fruit trees. Since then, we have planted three more fruit trees, 6 berry bushes, 3 artichoke plants, asparagus, several container gardens, and a greenstalk vertical garden. This year, I'm dedicating one bed to the three sisters' garden technique involving corn, beans, and winter squash. I've done one row of sweet corn as a treat, and the other rows have about 50 grain corn seeds. Once the corn is about a foot, I plant black beans, and after those are established, the squash goes in. The second bed is tomatoes and cucumbers, and the final bed will be potatoes and onions after we transplant a person-sized lavender plant that has taken over the bed.
We eat as much of our produce as fresh as possible, and what we can't consume in time, we freeze or, as I've been learning, canning. My tomatoes become marinara, cucumbers become pickles, etc.
Onions and potatoes are cured and stored in cool, dark areas until I'm not comfortable with them anymore. I can the potatoes and dice and freeze the onions.
You can do it! I work full time, and I'm a momma, but I find moments to do this. The garden is work, but I always go into it with the mentality that 'everything is gonna die.' When it doesn't, YAY. If it does, well, I expected that!
Learn to cook and preserve food. If I'm not growing them, I buy onions and garlic in bulk from Costco. They have a silly long shelf life when stored properly. I've stated above that I do with onions, and I do the same with garlic when they start to get questionable. It doesn't even need to be work. I sit down with a movie or something on, my heads of garlic, and two bowls. One gets peeled cloves, and the other gets the skin. All while I watch a movie. Once they're all peeled, I mince them in my food processor, then scoop them out into tablespoon servings on a sheet pan and freeze them solid. Once hard, they go in a ziplock in the freezer. Fresh garlic for cooking whenever!
I wish I could raise my own meat animals, but the zone I'm in in my city is not okay with that. I want to raise my own pigs. UUGGHHH.
Its not just for culture war reasons people should homeschool.
People should homeschool to protect the psychological well being of thier kids. Schools are some of the most damaging places emotionally, where allowing students to prey on one another gets a pass and boring school work, most of which is intrinsically meaningless memorization, induces so called "ADD/ADHD" in kids. Very little real learning goes on too because K-12 is mostly a learning charade, where kids memorize facts (different from understanding) for a test/quiz, and then forget the facts within two days after the test supposedly proved that learning supposedly occurred.
But what about "socialization"? yes, kids are socialized to form cliques, prey on the weak, gossip, bully, and are taught that absorbing pop culture is "cool".
MAKE HOMESTEADING VIDEOS OF YOUR JOURNEY BRETT!!!!!
Thank you for promoting homesteading Brett! This life is incredibly fulfilling ❤
"Bought those ten dollar garden bags". Great start Bret. For this season you can get a used sewing machine (under $50 or even free) and a roll of landscaper weed barrier cloth from the hardware store and make dozens of flat bottom bags of every size you want for super cheap. UA-cam has demos for how to sew them up.
Hi I want to grow tomatoes and some herbs this summer and for some reason I have both the sewing machine and the landscaper weed barrier cloth in my house. But i have no idea what the bags are for lol can you please tell me? Id love to do it :) thanks! Do i make little buckets for the plants and then put it into the soil?
@@erchanel Yes, you essentially are making grow buckets but using breathable cloth. Once filled with soil, you can grow all kinds of vegetables in them. Note that water will flow through them (kind of the point of the landscape fabric) so I would place them on dirt or grass because they could stain wood or concrete. Depending on their size they can be heavy, but it's nice that you can move them if you wish. Good luck!
@palomine2606 im so excited thank you! Cause i was counting how many pots id need and it was getting costly. So these are essentially the pots? I dont have to put these into another bucket of dirt right? Just making sure :)
If you live in an apartment, try to look for community gardens. Your state's extension office might be able to offer garden help and information. I've been renting a community garden for three years and coming up to my fourth year. I get tons of vegetables like peppers and tomatoes.
I have been homesteading way before Covid. I love growing and raising my own food
Homesteading is the Future❤️
Not sure if cool is an adjective I'd apply to the rewarding but endless grind of homesteading but I appreciate your sentiment. Cheers!
Awesome overview of the movement and its motivations. Much more could be said but this is a critically important movement for our nation. And for those warning about the work, financial hurdles, and societal barriers … the key to any good change is starting in small manageable steps. We need to purge ourselves of the idea that everything we want should be accomplished in a day. The best medicine of this movement is delayed gratification, and the rediscovery of the gratitude and joy that come with a hard won prize.
Oregon says no more family vegetable gardens and Pennsylvania says no more private chickens
That's their goal. To make it to where we can't do anything to help ourselves. 😢
PA is in an interesting stage. It was a “red” state very recently and I can’t exactly compare it to Texas, but the combination of new people moving in and the next generation coming of voting age that has been raised by the government school system….. There are still plenty of freedom loving residents of PA who don’t want the new lib. government control.
it's also illegal to gather your own rain water in some states.
@@Rosie_C but you put in Fetterman and you are about to put in some pretty big anti gun legislation. And of course not putting criminals in jail
Since when are chickens not allowed state wide in PA? Asking as someone ***living*** in said commonwealth.
I bought a house 6 months ago, I'm trying to find the money to get bunnies, dairy goats, and chickens 😊
Tip for dairy goats get good fencing we use cattles panels or electric fencing. Do not get scammed by people who are taking advantage of new homesteaders seen it way to many times. Make sure you can see ADGA ( American dairy goat association) paperwork or at least the udders of the mom and grandmother of the kid goat you are purchasing.
I would start with chickens.
I have under a tenth of an acre, but a yard is a yard. I prepped a whole quarter of our backyard. My hubby and I assembled garden beds. Now, I am getting a steady harvest of carrots and greens.
I know so many families in my area who homeschool and homestead. The are constantly busy, but they are very happy and fulfilled at the end of the day.. it truly is lovely. Back in the day, basically everyone was homesteading and learning to make their own food.
I want to start being as self sufficient as possible but it's just me, My mom Is disabled and can't do much, my dad is at work for weeks at a time and only comes home a couple days at a time. So it's just me on 12 acres, so last year I did a vegetable garden to learn how to grow food. This year I'm preparing to grow a garden twice as large and add fruit and nuts, also learning how to can food and buying a freezer to freeze berries. Maybe one day I'll have chickens but not sure. Things dont have to happen all in one summer, these things take years to settle into, and that's how it's supposed to be. Learn slowly so you learn well.
As someone who was raised on a ranch, you will get more fulfillment from tending to God’s creations than you would from lattes and avocado toast
I mean you can still get the lattes and avocado toast, it would just be something you made yourself and freeh
We live in a suburb with a decent sized backyard that we have transformed into our own "homestead": large garden, greenhouse, chickens, canning, cooking from scratch, hunting. It's been a fun learning experience. Next step is our purchasing land of our own!
I love and plan on hopefully will have my own homestead soon!
You should try to collab with Anne of All Trades! She's a UA-cam homesteader in the Nashville area and she's amazing
Or Narrow Way Homesteads! Nate is the best 😁
Food for thought: I was raised consuming whole, unpasteurized milk. I have never heard of any disease/pathogen contracted from raw milk that wasn't introduced later in the process, which could also happen to pasteurized milk. This process was introduced over a century ago in the US and, other than raising the cost of milk, seems to have no other health benefit.
A lot of disease was passed to people in the early days of commercial milk. Pasteurizing did fix a lot of that. But, living food is usually safe, if handled mindfully and respectfully.
Ever since Covid my wife and I have been talking about buying land and getting into this. Hoping to get it done soon!
Love homesteading :) few months ago moved to rular aea of north Portugal to start my own off grid life. We started with cleaning the land as it was really overgrown and slowly gonna build a little wooden house. Its been hard but rewarding. Working with your hands, growing your own food, making things from scratch. Not much time to be bored ;)
To me the negative people just don't want to admit it's something they don't want. Which is fine. But we live in a world where people compare and they feel like less when they see others thriving. Instead of being happy.
They really don't understand farming if they think this isn't good for the land.
We need more local farms. Not electric vehicles and fake meat and ground up bugs... which creates more waste then a homestead...that utilizes composting and reusable items.