The Reality of Food Self-Sufficiency
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- We are living the reality of food self-sufficiency and it's not what you would think.
0:00 New farm animal additions, turkey tractor
1:39 How we remove cover crops in the garden
3:42 Planting over 100 tomatoes and peppers
6:06 I’ve never trellised this before!
7:59 Planting a year’s supply of sweet corn
11:39 Canning strawberry jam
14:02 Completely devastated
17:29 Freeze drying strawberries
17:53 Update on losses and steps I’m taking to remedy the problem
21:45 Finished strawberries and how I store them
23:01 Following through on solutions :)
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I'm a retired organic farmer. It might be helpful for you to seed your walkways to white clover. When mowing it just let the clippings go Up on the beds. This will help keep the raised beds raised, adds organic matter to the beds, when it's in bloom it is charming. It helps make sure the bees have lots to eat. Last it is a deep rooted plant which should help the drainage.
Also helps with nitrogen! Wish more people knew this. Clover looks so much better than grass as well.
What about seeds? It's a really annoying weed for me so seeds near the garden would be a disaster
@@t.n.1116 If you end up with clover overtaking your plot, till it at night and plant your new crops in the morning. Seeds get activated with motion and heat more than light, so do your soil disturbances after dark. This also applies to any weeding you might want to do. If you don't want to use clover for the walk ways you can also do heavy mulch with hardwood chips, and plant sweet potatoes when they're in season in your walk ways. The vines will grow all over the place, won't die from being walked on, and you now have a bonus crop to harvest from a space you weren't otherwise using.
@@t.n.1116 your garden is trying to tell you your soil is nitrogen poor. Clover wouldn't do well in nitrogen rich soils.
It's amazing what a person can learn from these comments. I never even knew what advantages white clover brought to a garden. There's so much wisdom and good advice here. It's truly priceless. Thanks all!
Growing up on a farm I’ve seen so many people get discouraged by stuff like this. The struggles and the “hard work”. As a kid I hated it, as a teen, I grew an appreciation for it, now as an adult I strive to return to the this life and raise my kids the way I was raised.
To all of you out there. Never be afraid of “hard work” its the main ingredient to your best life.
You just described me and my life 😅👌 and i couldn say that better myself 🙌🫶
It's also the main ingredient of a long life.
Story of my life!!! Except I hated it as a kid and teen. And now I love it
I've told my step son that anything worth having is on the other side of hard work.
True - saw a yt video from Huberman where the neuroscientist says we are depressed because we are bored so we need to learn to do hard things in life. And yes self sufficiency is hard
Self sustainability is very important but is a colossal amount of work. There's a reason that people have formed societies. It buffers against the overwhelming amount of work you have to do to provide for your family. When you have 100 people (for example), each specializing in something to the extent that they can provide for others as well as themselves, it makes life far better. My hats off to you and your family for the bonds you are creating and sharing. These are lessons that last for generations in a family.
We form societies but lots of times it’s still of mostly independent families who trade a small amount... what these people are trying to do isn’t that “out there.” You’re just so used to doing nothing like this at all.
These people are still very much part of society, in other words.
Like did u honestly not see all the tools and stuff they bought at the store to do this with... it has been way more common for families to grow their own food throughout history than not...
@@feederdiaries4862 Haha... you make a claim knowing nothing of my history at all. That's very bold and very ignorant of you. It's precisely because I have been exactly where they are that I appreciate the incredible amount of work it takes to become self-sustaining. I was born into small farm life and I didn't taste fast food until I was 11 years old. My parents own a 45 acre ranch and have successfully grown food and crops for their children and grandchildren for well over a decade. We've spent weeks during harvest season, cooking, canning, and processing food for storage. Labor is a commodity IN a society and families come to assist us and in return are given food for their own freezers. Perhaps you should think before you post, and save yourself embarrassment. I know precisely how much work is required to do this and that's why I praised them for the hard work they do.
@@MrMagyar5 then you should know your family was still part of a community like these people are, I wasn't saying they were not doing hard work... literally at all... you pulled that out of thin air
I work 12 hour night shift 5 nights a week. It feels like I'm missing my two sons growing up. I feel stuck and I'm not happy in general because time goes by so fast. I guess what I'm trying to say is I know what you're doing is very hard work but nothing will ever make up for your time spent with your family. Stay in high spirits and enjoy your time with your boys 🌅
You speak like a man with wisdom.
Time to think about a career. Time cannot turned back but surely you can decide to take action towards a better tomorrow and they will appreciate you for that. Takes time but like they say, what looks like instant success to the eyes of many; took many years. You will be alright.
There are few things that are more indelibly printed on the mind, than a worthy experience with a parent. Seems like a truly life affirming upbringing to your brood.
It feels like that because you are missing it. Sorry, apparently truth is a dick.
have less to work less... MUCH more happiness!
I remember my grandparents, NO electric, outhouse, black wood stove, guns stacked in corner, horse's. If something didn't grow they did without. Grandma sold eggs, canned everything. Grandpa worried about the weather. That and much more was over 60 years ago, Good luck 🤗
Same here, pumped the well for water that they caught off the roof. Granny hung silver coins in the well in a mesh bag to "sanitize" the water. I remember many a summer helping garden and can, picking blackberries and apples, peaches and pears. Now I am thankful for the education it was all just an adventure for me back then 30 years ago.
I would guess your grandparents were generally happier and more content with life as well.
There was always love and lots of laughter. Mistakes were viewed as being experience for the next time. They were kind genuine and generously people who helped their neighbors ♥️ in time of need. We should all be so blessed.
@@tailgatecarpenter26 I still can a lot of things! I enjoy the process very much and am teaching the next generation how.
@@tailgatecarpenter26 still can be if these stupid people would stop moving into farm areas then complaining about it. Like oh the smell oh the noise oh there grass isn't cut like fool thats a field it isn't meant to be cut every week. But that's why I don't like people moving near me. They just ruin everything.
As a retired market gardener, this was lovely to watch. Look after your knees, hun. You would not believe now inconvenient arthritis is in middle age.
I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days. Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.
And I know that the record which I make is true; and I make it with mine own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge". 1 Nephi 1-3
Hello friends, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The verses above are the first three verses in The Book of Mormon. I know this probably isn't the most ideal place to talk about religion but I really do want you to know that God loves you. You may not love Him or care about Him at all, but He still will continue to love you. You are a beloved son or daughter of God. He knows you personally and He truly and deeply desires for your happiness. He loves everyone who has every lived on this earth, with a perfect equal love regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, faith and values and beliefs. The Lord loves you more than you can think or comprehend. "He inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile" 2 Nephi. He is our loving, caring Heavenly Father. We are literally His children and creations. When we were in the womb, he knew about us" Jerimiah 4:5. He knitted us and we were created in His image.
I testify to you that you and I are not a mistake. He knows the very moment when we stand and when we sit. He is familiar with all our ways and knows us personally who we are. The hairs on our very head are numbered. God loved us so much, He sent His Only Begotten Son for us, that we may be able to return and dwell in the presence of God again. The Lord has not forgotten about us even when it feels like He has. He will never forsake us. When we are happy, He and His angels rejoice alongside us. When we are sad, He heals us and lifts us up from our trials. He has always been there for us. He has always been our loving, compassionate Heavenly Father and God. Will we always be His children and people?
I testify to you that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ. Both love you exceedingly and rejoice when you are happy. They both love you so much. They love you with a love unfeigned. They will never ever stop doing good unto you. I know that The Book of Mormon is true. "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost". Moroni 10:4 I promise and testify to you, that if you will read The Book of Mormon, ponder on its message and ask God if it is not true, you will come to know of its truthfulness, whether its true or not true.
Remember my friends that God loves you with all his heart, might mind, soul and strength. He wants you to be happy. He knows what you are going through and dealing with right now. He desires for you to return back to Him. Unfortunately, He has been misrepresented and seen as a cruel and angry God who anticipates for us to slip and writes down every mistake we make waiting to punish us by those who do not know or know Him fully.
My friends, God has stored many opportunities and blessings for you. He is incredibly eager and desires with all His heart to bless you abundantly. He wants you to live with Him again. He only wants the best for you and your well being. He wants to experience everlasting joy and indescribable happiness in this life and in the life to come. He wants you to partake of His goodness and come and follow Him. The Lord does not care how early or late you decide to come unto Him. I testify to you that if you have strayed and wondered off the path that there is hope in Jesus Christ, The Savior of the world. The Lord accepts those who come unto Him whether your early, late or just in time who desire to change. The Lord will accept you wholeheartedly and forgive you if you are willing to change. The Lord will welcome you and will always be ready to embrace you with open arms. The Lord will lift us up in our trials and use us to bless the lives of those around us if we are willing to change.
If you desire to learn more, you are always welcome to visit comeuntochrist.org. There you will learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ and our core beliefs and values. If you have taken the time to read The Book of Mormon and this comment, thank you. It takes a huge leap of faith and a lot of courage to muster enough faith to read in the Book of Mormon and to believe in something in a personage that you may never see in this lifetime. Although we may not be able to see God and Jesus Christ in this life, I testify to you that they are real. They do truly exist. I promise you that if you will pray to know of their existence, you will come to know whether they exist or have been made up.
You are my friends. The Lord loves you and despite all our weaknesses and shortcomings, he still loves us and will forgive us if we will humble ourselves before Him and diligently seek correction and do whatever is needed to repent.
Remember that The Lord is always available to talk to through prayer 24/7. No question sounds too silly for Him. James wrote, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" James 1:5. If you must know whether or not something is true or evil and deceptive, you can always pray to God. He will help you know what the truth is and what is not the truth. He will never be too busy to talk to. He will give you strength you need to overcome and conquer your temptations and will give you the strength you need to endure through your trials and afflictions. Paul said that The Lord will not give you temptations that you cannot resist, but that in your temptations, He will provide a way for you to resist, overcome and conquer them. He will provide a way. He wants to bless you and reward you abundantly. The Lord knows you and will not forget you. You are loved. You are utterly amazing. You have incredible potential. You are not forgotten or ever will be forsaken. You are special. You are unique. You are one of a kind. You have been reserved for this time and The Lord needs you on His side.
It simply would not be the same without you.
Thank you for your time.
Practice an Asian Squat it will relive back and knee... Don't sit on a chair too long
Knee pads are great for garden.
@@jlongmasbartholomew5724 I have a few questions actually.
(Please don't be offended as I don't judge you personally. Merely I have a high skepticim of the actions of the church and a curiosity to hear your personal opinions)
But don't mormons cast out non-believers or those that question the faith?
Don't you shun and abandon your families? Children? Those god have taught you to love and respect as is only right and natural on the words of the church?
Isn't the church merely the interpretation of god's will by men? And men aren't infallible. Men are highly corruptible actually.
How do you as a believer, reconcile your personal faith. Which I find no fault in. With the collective community of the faith. That seemingly relies on manipulation, judgement, fear tactics and control of the individual.
By the tenants of your own faith. Isn't the organisation of religion. The corporatisation of faith in God. Into an institute. Into a company or a church but as an economic tool.
An abomination. A usurpation of the divine by the fallible. Because the leaders of the church say so? They are leaders in your community.
So how does a faith that one of its core tenants is to love God first. And put no others before him. Reconcile putting the church and it's teachings above god and his?
Because the two are clearly not one and the same. Infact on many points the church seems to go directly against the will of God.
Again, I hope you don't find my words combative. Or judgemental.
It is purely logical deductions. Honestly if you can answer me. And in ways that make sense to me.
You're in with a real chance of converting me. Hell. I'm willing to listen and learn. To expand my mind and take anything you say on board.
But I will not accept logical fallacies. I will not accept "because God says so" as logic. Because neither you nor I. Should be as so arrogant to believe we can interpret the will of the will of God. We are just people.
So speak to me like a person. And I'll listen.
Is there a book or resource you recommend for someone just starting this journey of food self sufficiency?
Your best crop is good natured, loving children. Such a blessing to see your family.
Wow! Love this, and you are so right!
This brings back such memories! Years ago, i had what i called my small urban backyard farm. Between fresh produce and canning and preserving, we not only ate better, we saved a ton of money on groceries. Now that it’s just me, the garden has shrunk to 2 raised beds. But there’s been lots to share and well over a hundred jars of various canned goods put up. Even at 80, i still relish the joys of growing and preserving in spite of the work.
My mom had the same problem years ago with our tomato plot. That’s when she started doing a sort of ‘lasagna gardening’ technique for the tomato plot. At the end of every tomato season we’d add multiple layers of dried leaves, greens (young weeds pulled from other areas), wood ash, veggie scraps and some reg compost. The layers added a lot of nutrients to the soil while also building up the soil level. She basically turned the whole plot into one giant working compost patch.
Love this! It's what I plan on doing in my garden too.
I just started this and so far good! I noticed the First zucchini is growing today :)) I have five little green cherry tomatoes. I cannot tell you how much I love this new passion.
@@marianne3024 Well done! It is such a therapeutic hobby.
Watch out, if tomato plants get too much nutrients they start to grow more leaves and less tomatoes. Balance is a key.
I do the same. No growth gets removed besides the harvest, if a leaf falls off, it gets tilled in, once everything is dead, it gets hand mulched and tilled in. My soil is enriched with aged goat droppings (who am i kidding, my soil comes from the goat pen, it is basically 100% goat poo). And i also bury logs beneath everything, Hügelkultur basically.
This is a good video, showing how difficult food sufficiency is, not just the hard work, but how things like weather and soil quality can seriously impact your yield.
And geoengineering
Don't forget about the bugs and animals that come and eat your crops!
@James F. If you want to do it right it cost$$ I finally got my husband to put an electric fence up. So tired of planting stuff for the animals to eat. All that work for nothing! I still have qualms about Jet streams, I have friends that had good fences no animal issues and still their gardens failed, inexplicably! Sometimes all you can do is pray!
And pests, and bad seeds, and heat waves. And you always need more plants than you think. I don’t even raise animals for near but my neighbor does. So much work, so much expense. No wonder we’ve gotten “soft”.
@@enturnetrol7869 so true.
'Hugelkultur' is the German word for burying large logs under the ground, to create a raised garden bed. They won't gradually sink down as much as it does if you're just piling dirt up. I don't know how much effort it takes to drag all those logs out into the field and bury them, but hopefully they would last a long time and you wouldn't have to do it again. They also decay and provide humus, they hold water, and they provide beneficial fungal mycelia, in addition to raising things up to help with drainage.
That'll be my plan for at least part of my garden in the coming years
Thank you for sharing. I just knew this method
I started to cry at the sight of you planting your tomatoes in the dark. Your persistence, dedication and drive are inspiring ♥️ way to go
Isn't there some old wives' tale about planting or not planting in the dark?
Planting in the dark is a good way to get burned out. I encourage you to take advantage of night for downtime with your family.
Gardening in the dark is the way to go during the hot summer days.
Sleep off the hottest part of the day in the shade, down by the creek.
I love that your entire family works with you. Raising the kids to be knowledgeable in the garden now can save them so much in the future. Keep up the good work!
What cover crop did you use?
It’s more expensive to garden than it is to but groceries these days!
@@recreant359 the point isn’t always price. The point is to be self sufficient and lessen the dependency on others.
@@recreant359 you forgot to add medical bills for cancer.
@@jkgkjgkijk only in america is there medical bills
Moot point by now, but may be valuable for others at some point... You could have cut the bottoms off the tomato plants that were wilting and rooted the tops in aerated water. They root quickly. The suggestion to root suckers mentioned by others is a good tip too. In regards to your cover crop, you lost all the nitrogen by drying it out above ground; it evaporated. You essentially have straw mulch now. Next year you may want to consider mowing it (may take 3 to 4 passes cross-ways) when green and then till it in immediately. For mulch, let your lawn grow longer, mow, let set for a day, and then use a pull-behind rake on the back of your lawn mower/tractor to gather it up. This way, your green cover serves as nitrogen and carbon immediately in the soil, and the grass clippings work as a mulch and later, as carbon for the soil biome. If you are into no-till, then obviously this may not interest you. However, feeding that biome with nitrogen and carbon more than makes up for disturbing the soil and will help to aerate it. I too had tremendous hurdles with soggy soil last year. Worst year ever. I empathize and feel your pain. As an additional note, parsnips love damp soil. Also, I now will only plant carrots in raised rows. I lost all of them to soggy bottoms. The raised rows will also help the carrots to grow longer and fatter. (Works with onions too.) Oh... one other tip; one can make strawberry jam easily without pectin if done correctly. If pectin becomes impossible to get, it is very important to learn that skill. (Remember the yeast shortage?) I hope the rest of the year goes better! It is wonderful that you bring your entire family into the garden with you.
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@@EdensRemorse elaborate?
@@EdensRemorse That was an amazingly structed argument. Such a smart individual you are.
@@zoomzoomyepyep7357 ...about as smart as deliberately devastating mycorrhizal networks, creating hardpan, and encouraging the germination of undesirable species in an area of vegetable production
Agree, they should till those cover crops in while still green.
I was born in a family of farmers, (my dad was a pastor but he also raised his own chickens at home) in the Philippines, Mountain Province. I left home to West Africa when I was 12 but I always miss the days when I would go with my mom to the farms to plant veggies or harvest them with her. Thankfully, back home, we only have wet and dry season so we do not need to worry so much about cold frost or extreme heat in the summers. So glad to see your children helping around. It's something they would always look back on and a good extra education outside books for them. People are always so surprised about how I know my veggies and fruits and it's something I'd always keep my head high up for. Keep on. You got this.
so young 12 y.o already left for another country, hope you have an amazing day btw. I did remember tho, when we came back we would go to my grandparent's farm/ricefield
This is accurate. It's EXTREMELY difficult to do these things. For me, its pests and animals that decimate my crops. Along with the extreme heat here in Miami, FL. Glad someone is showing more of a reality of trying to be self-sufficient. It's not all rainbows and butterflies, that's for sure. Speaking of butterflies, they are a pest here in Miami, no joke.
Trying to grow jack shit along the gulf is SO hard. Sure, you’ve got four growing seasons. But that doesn’t matter one bit when you’ve got a neverending horde of insects that nothing will fully solve, or the regularly scheduled hurricane.
@@xxx_putin_has_a_flaccid_pe5374 Yep, there's a reason people settled in certain areas before others back in the day. We are rediscovering this and starting to understand what the weather and the location actually means for farming and growing.
My beans are being eaten by those pesky Japanese beetles. Never had the problem when the kids were growing up and we had a huge garden.
We live in the Bahamas and we struggled with pests for a few years and bought every known organic powder or liquid, hand picked etc. However, this year was a game changer. Our carpenter told us to burn our weeds and use the ash to cover our plants. Honestly since doing that we have had no insects since and our bees are happy as ever. Give it a try.
Also, lived on eleuthera 14 years and only 1 hurricane came over. You just start over with seeds.
Your tomato issues made me cry. I felt that so hard. I am only about 4 years into serious gardening, and every failure like this really hurts. I know that sucks, but thanks a million for sharing your story anyway. I actually learned a lot because you did. Much love from Texas :)
Hello Kristin 👋 how are you doing today
Have you ever watched Back To Eden? It made us switch to wood mulch gardening.
I am literally watching this because I am pissed that the tomato and pepper seedlings I worked so hard on all died. I know a lot of the country has been having heat waves bit it is just starting to get warm here, it has been cold and rainy and they just couldn't cope. When plants fail, you just have to poke more seeds in the ground and keep going.
If this ever happens again, just take a cutting or pinch off a sucker from a healthy tomato plant and root it in water. No need to start from seed all over again! I love your videos! I learn so much from you! You're amazing!
Great idea 💡 I need to remember to do this
We grew up helping my grandparents with their large garden.
My cousins, my brother and I would go over and grandpa would let us each grab a baby carrot to "check on them".
Then he would task us with weeding the garden. He made a game out of it.
We would all get ice cream after but the kid who collected the most weeds got a choice of candy bars from grandpa's "secret stash". We would all help cut wood to heat our houses during the winter and help grandma and grandpa harvest everything from the garden, clean everything up and can all kinds of vegetables.
Go picking gallon buckets of berries for Grandma to make Jam.
High Bush cranberry jam was my favorite.
Blueberry always went into pies. 😋
This video has proven to me that I really need to start on a small scale haha I had a big, grand garden planned for this year but I'm thinking I'll just start with the absolute must haves and add more every year
Love the idea of cover crop, then crimp, then tarp. And plant with cover crop like mulch . this is the process I've been looking for..
Yes but I really would have liked to have known what the cover crop was???......
She shares what the cover crops are just before she plants the corn. (Oat and pea were the shorter ones)
Never heard of this till this video.very interesting idea/concept. What state are you in?
I love that you show the raw reality of being as self sufficient as you can be. Seeing failure along with success is the reality we all crave. I have never prayed so much over my garden and trees as I have this year. Best of luck I hope your tomatoes will be fruitful and multiple.
I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days. Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.
And I know that the record which I make is true; and I make it with mine own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge". 1 Nephi 1-3
Hello friends, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The verses above are the first three verses in The Book of Mormon. I know this probably isn't the most ideal place to talk about religion but I really do want you to know that God loves you. You may not love Him or care about Him at all, but He still will continue to love you. You are a beloved son or daughter of God. He knows you personally and He truly and deeply desires for your happiness. He loves everyone who has every lived on this earth, with a perfect equal love regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, faith and values and beliefs. The Lord loves you more than you can think or comprehend. "He inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile" 2 Nephi. He is our loving, caring Heavenly Father. We are literally His children and creations. When we were in the womb, he knew about us" Jerimiah 4:5. He knitted us and we were created in His image.
I testify to you that you and I are not a mistake. He knows the very moment when we stand and when we sit. He is familiar with all our ways and knows us personally who we are. The hairs on our very head are numbered. God loved us so much, He sent His Only Begotten Son for us, that we may be able to return and dwell in the presence of God again. The Lord has not forgotten about us even when it feels like He has. He will never forsake us. When we are happy, He and His angels rejoice alongside us. When we are sad, He heals us and lifts us up from our trials. He has always been there for us. He has always been our loving, compassionate Heavenly Father and God. Will we always be His children and people?
I testify to you that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ. Both love you exceedingly and rejoice when you are happy. They both love you so much. They love you with a love unfeigned. They will never ever stop doing good unto you. I know that The Book of Mormon is true. "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost". Moroni 10:4 I promise and testify to you, that if you will read The Book of Mormon, ponder on its message and ask God if it is not true, you will come to know of its truthfulness, whether its true or not true.
Remember my friends that God loves you with all his heart, might mind, soul and strength. He wants you to be happy. He knows what you are going through and dealing with right now. He desires for you to return back to Him. Unfortunately, He has been misrepresented and seen as a cruel and angry God who anticipates for us to slip and writes down every mistake we make waiting to punish us by those who do not know or know Him fully.
My friends, God has stored many opportunities and blessings for you. He is incredibly eager and desires with all His heart to bless you abundantly. He wants you to live with Him again. He only wants the best for you and your well being. He wants to experience everlasting joy and indescribable happiness in this life and in the life to come. He wants you to partake of His goodness and come and follow Him. The Lord does not care how early or late you decide to come unto Him. I testify to you that if you have strayed and wondered off the path that there is hope in Jesus Christ, The Savior of the world. The Lord accepts those who come unto Him whether your early, late or just in time who desire to change. The Lord will accept you wholeheartedly and forgive you if you are willing to change. The Lord will welcome you and will always be ready to embrace you with open arms. The Lord will lift us up in our trials and use us to bless the lives of those around us if we are willing to change.
If you desire to learn more, you are always welcome to visit comeuntochrist.org. There you will learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ and our core beliefs and values. If you have taken the time to read The Book of Mormon and this comment, thank you. It takes a huge leap of faith and a lot of courage to muster enough faith to read in the Book of Mormon and to believe in something in a personage that you may never see in this lifetime. Although we may not be able to see God and Jesus Christ in this life, I testify to you that they are real. They do truly exist. I promise you that if you will pray to know of their existence, you will come to know whether they exist or have been made up.
You are my friends. The Lord loves you and despite all our weaknesses and shortcomings, he still loves us and will forgive us if we will humble ourselves before Him and diligently seek correction and do whatever is needed to repent.
Remember that The Lord is always available to talk to through prayer 24/7. No question sounds too silly for Him. James wrote, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" James 1:5. If you must know whether or not something is true or evil and deceptive, you can always pray to God. He will help you know what the truth is and what is not the truth. He will never be too busy to talk to. He will give you strength you need to overcome and conquer your temptations and will give you the strength you need to endure through your trials and afflictions. Paul said that The Lord will not give you temptations that you cannot resist, but that in your temptations, He will provide a way for you to resist, overcome and conquer them. He will provide a way. He wants to bless you and reward you abundantly. The Lord knows you and will not forget you. You are loved. You are utterly amazing. You have incredible potential. You are not forgotten or ever will be forsaken. You are special. You are unique. You are one of a kind. You have been reserved for this time and The Lord needs you on His side.
It simply would not be the same without you.
Thank you for your time.
If you have a willow tree close by you can make willow water by breaking green willow stem up and place in water for 3-5 days to soak, then use the water to water your new transplants to garden with willow water to avoid transplant shock or to revive them if wilted. They the growth enzymes in willows work as a natural boost to help things grow.
Your garden looks amazing thanks for sharing your skills.
When it comes to canning fruit, there are four things to ensure a long shelf life. Sugar, acid, heat, and water. If you cut up the fruit and macerate in sugar for a few hours, the sugar will draw out much of the natural juices. I typically use about a cup of sugar per pound of fruit. At this point, add anywhere from a 1/4 to 1/3 cup of lemon juice, and you are ready to start cooking. Make sure to use a thermometer and bring the compote to between 200 and 210 deg F. Whatever you do, don't let the compote boil (you will need to adjust the temperature down if you live at a high elevation). The goal here is to slowly cook off as much water as possible before the sugar and natural pectin set. It takes about 90-120 mins depending on the amount of fruit you're canning, and you will need to stir constantly to prevent scalding. Eventually the compote will thicken to a jam consistency, and you are ready to can. With the exception of cherries and pineapple (although there are probably others I am unaware of), you don't need to add any pectin. Process the jars as usual, and you now have shelf stable jam that will last for years. I am not kidding when I say that. I have eaten many homemade jams at least four years old. Water is the enemy that shortens shelf life. Furthermore, cooking off the water is equivalent to making a reduction that concentrates the flavors, so while it takes some time, it is worth it. Alternatively, if you are canning something like blackberries where the seeds can ruin a jam, after macerating for a few hours, filter the pulp and seeds, and cook just the liquid until it is sufficiently reduced to use as a "cordial" which are always nice to have around.
Cherries canned in apple juice are a real treat
I'm so glad you show your struggles and well as your accomplishments. It's helpful to see the realness of homesteading. Thanks for sharing!
As you are losing some of your tomatoes. Take the side shoots that you have to take out of the joints and pot them up with some rooting powder. They will set trusses lower down and they will extend your tomato season. This is a tip that I got from 'Green Side Up' in England. Hope this helps.
There is no need for rooting powder for tomatoes! ☝️ Put in glas of water & You'll see roots after few days!! Blessings 🙏🌟💫
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If you have good moist soil you can just push the tomato stem into the ground.
Back when I was in school I purchased a booked by John Seymour called The Way Of Self Sufficiency. It fired my passion and I eventually got some acreage in rural Texas. I learned 1) food production is cheaper at scale. 2) It is an amazing amount of work and I always had to buy in something. 3) My part of Texas has two very short growing sessions divided by a hot plant killing summer and a cold freezing winter. 4) It's hard to grow anything without rain and there was very little of that. You can run up a huge water bill that negates any growing advantage. Don't get me wrong. It was great I raised some Jersey cows, did a lot of hand milking, raised calves on the Jerseys, raised hogs, kept a lot of chickens and got a lot of eggs. We had a garden that took a small tractor to cultivate. We made cheese and butter, cut our own fire wood and in short had a blast. We also raised and home schooled two kids in the best environment possible. Yep is was the best of times.
What area of Texas?
Only this month i knew about john seymour. I wish i knew about his book from childhood. But here i am 36 years old. Want to buy his book but it's become so pricey because i live in Indonesia.
@@katelynntenbrook5955 North East Texas near Oklahoma Border
So proud of you and your family, this is my dream, to be self sustainable, stay strong.
So sorry about your tomatoes! Can you look at the tomatoes that are doing well and take some of the lower suckers off if you haven't already? You can root them and then have more tomato plants that way. I've been doing that with the suckers on my tomatoes to get more plants.
Exactly what I was thinking. I've taken larger suckers off of plants before, rooted them, and they grew into full sized plants that did well.
If you don’t want to take suckers from your own plants you can get a plant from a nursery and pull suckers from that one instead. Sorry about the plants, that is disheartening.
@@francjas719 I’m going to be able to plant some of the suckers this weekend!
I had to do exactly that because many of mine died.. not so many varieties but many plants- a lot of tomatoes, and that’s good 👍
I have never heard of using the suckers to replant! Amazing. Want to try just to do it. Thanks
I really like and appreciate very much of what you guys doing. I don't see kids growing up absolutely engaged in games and social media or but rather learning what life is.
This video is great inspiration for the world. Thank you.
To be fair this isn’t just self sufficiency. This is a commercial farm. You guys are creating a ton of food
Just discovered your channel today. You are such a hard-working farmer. I really appreciate the care you took in transplanting the volunteer tomatoes at night. You are teaching your kids such invaluable skills. I love how your son expertly vacuum-sealed the freeze-dried strawberries.
Gardening certainly comes with immense highs and lows but you I bet your ingenuity pays off. I bet those volunteer tomatoes will do just fine! Love to see your children’s enthusiasm in the garden and in the kitchen!
What a shame about the tomatoes but it won’t happen next year. You did a great job finding volunteers and starting seeds again. Your children are such good workers. I’m pulling for you.
Thank you for documenting this. I have a tiny garden and only a few raised beds. Last year tomatoes were my biggest headache. I love how your children help my daughter is only two and loves to help me in the garden. This is inspiring to watch as much hard work as I'm sure it is! Love from a momma in the Netherlands ❤
Watching the kids work and plant along with their parents put a big smile on my face. Praying for a bountiful harvest for your family.
I thank you for showing just how much hard work goes into being food self-sufficient. It is no easy feat! I applaud all your efforts and very hard work as a family to live this way!!
I'm really curious to find out how this turns out using the volunteer tomatoes. You are to be commended working after dark already to replace the ones you lost. Thank you for having the courage to share your failures, AND your innovation in the face of disaster! Well done!
We are curious too on the volunteer tomatoes!! I'm sure we will include those in a future video :)
@@TheSeasonalHomestead I love volunteers. Sometimes you find the hardiest, strongest plants among them.
You’re living the dream!!
EXCELSIOR !!!
your a good example for others. please keep up the good work and remember this: your doing this- partly- to give your kids a great life and perpetuate this kid of life onto the next generation. This is one awesome way to help heal the earth.
Every time I watch these I think to myself “I’m gonna need some more babies so I’ve got more helpers”! What great teamwork you’ve got going on there. My oldest is finally in a helpful stage and it’s wonderful. Your family is so blessed!
Wow! I’m so sorry about your tomatoes! I’m in Florida & a few years ago I lost some of my tomato plants to septoria after a relentlessly wet start to our hurricane season. I must say that your resilience & resourcefulness despite it all is truly inspiring. Your family dynamic is beautiful, it’s great to see your children & husband all out there working with you! The world would be a better place if more families lived like y’all do! Love your channel & always looking forward to seeing new videos! God bless! ❤️🙏
I can’t express my thankfulness to farming families who help keep our country alive and flourishing. God bless your hard-working hands. 🙏🏼❤️
Thank you for the beautiful video! Yours and your family's warm-heartedness jumps through the screen! Very inspirational!
You have motivated me to try to grow more and preserve more from my garden this year! I love seeing how much you are growing and your methods of preserving and how you use your produce. Wishing you the most abundant harvest this year, despite the set-backs. We are all human, and we all have set-backs, but your bounce-back and persistance is so inspiring!
In the times we are fixing to live in, I hope that tons of people see that growing some lettuce and herbs on a window seal is not going to get it. You show the amount of space and work required to make enough food for a year. Keep teaching them how to fish! I watched the young boy put the post driver on the post and I would lean the post over so you do not have to reach over your head to put it on the post. He was just a finger away from a headache.
What a beautiful family! I know this video is about hard work and struggle but I cannot help but think how absolutely blessed you are!
Thank you!! We feel the same way. Very blessed!
I love how involved your children are. This is beautiful ❤️
Planting at night - - your dedication to the homestead is inspiring!
I can so relate to the issues with your tomatoes. 2 days ago I had to remove 100 of my tomatoeplants as they all caught some kind of blight due to the mold on the potatoes. I learned to never grow tomatoes close to the potatoes. It was heartbreaking as I had worked so hard with the plants and been looking forward to harvest delicious tomatoes in all shapes and sizes. Thank you so much for you sharing the failures even though it´s distressful. Your are not alone. You are an amazing family and you will do well in the times that lies ahead of us. God bless your family.
Toms and Pots are both in the same family, so often get affected by the same things. You have the right idea to grow them away from each other.
@@paulgerg6879 they're not only in the same family, but the same genus
There are many ‘friends and foes’ in gardening. Have a look at an in-depth companion planting guide, it’s quite surprising how many plants hate each other😂!
This was super helpful!!! We are much more small scale (by miles!!!!) but your video provided great tips! Thank you so much for sharing this!!! You’re family is doing an amazing thing not just by being self sufficient, but by sharing the knowledge gained. 😊
I'm new to this channel. I miss my Dad's garden, been about 9 yrs since I've able to help and reap the rewards of it. God BLESS Y'ALL. Love seeing your kids helping you, it'll be very helpful down the road. 💞
Love, love, love your channel ❤🌻 You are setting the bar high for us gardeners, and I love it!
Becky, your skill in gardening and your diligence in it is very inspiring! Thank you for sharing your highs and lows in gardening and food self-sufficiency! You have also taught me not to be afraid of experimenting with gardening. :)
This is so wholesome. What a blessing to your family. So many lessons & memories along the way. I know it’s a lot of work & there are heartbreaks here & there, but what a life. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing the loss of your crops and the solution to the problem. It is the most helpful thing to people that don't have experience. I really appreciate it.
What a joy to see your wonderful planting & harvesting efforts. Your children are great workers, too! Best wishes for tomato transplants.🌿
I'm so glad I found your channel! Your videos are so inspiring. I want to start gardening/preserving and I learn so much from you. Thanks for your honesty, not only showing your struggles with the garden, but also for telling us about your anxiety issues. I really appreciate you letting us peek inside your life! (And super cool that you guys met at BYUI btw). ❤️🌱🍅
Its so nice to see your kids helping and looks happy of what their doing... proud of your kids...
Lovin' it. I wish you best. Always emotional for me to see people going back to "roots" and stepping out from comfort and coping zone of cities. Thank you for your service in making world better.
Hey seasonal family! I love watching your videos. They bring a lot of inspiration and ideas. My kinda short term to medium term goal for my family is for us to get a house with some property and start our own journey to self sufficiency. The way you incorporate your kids into helping and developing their sense of care and responsibility for your property, garden, animals and way of life is incredible!
Here I am. Tearing up over one of your videos, AGAIN. Next year will be a better year for tomatoes! A great way to learn is by making mistakes. You & your family are truly inspiring. ❤️
Seeing your kids helping you in the garden is so nice^^ I remember my grandma used to kinda force me to help her in the garden but I'm thankful right now bcs i remember so many useful details^^ It also helps them to learn to be patient which is great :)
Although challenging, I know this is much fun to do with your family ❤ Sending Love, peace, joy, and Prayers 🙏🏽
You and your family are such an inspiration to our family! We love watching your channel and hopetyo follow I'm your footsteps in the next couple of years! Thanks for making these videos and showing the realities of self sufficiency :)
I love your simple, creative solutions to crimping cover crops.
How did I only now find your channel is beyond me. Awesome hands on content! Just amazing!
I absolutely love your videos: the story, the music, family clips, beautiful pictures like the bowl of strawberries, the movement of places all combine into not only an educational experience but a relaxing journey to a lovely place. Really well done!!
Thank you so much 😀
It’s nice to see video posts of farm life because it’s not as easy as many think it is. It’s a lot of hard work, love, commitment, and soul put into it. The lack of sleep, weather conditions, and back labor. My family has been farming for the longest ever for farmers markets. When customers always try to degrade your crops for a lower price always irks me. It is such a benefit and reward to know how your food grows and comes from. Thanks for sharing.
Such a great video - I made a mistake and have lost all of my cucumbers this year so I’ve sown some more. I hope that we both manage to get some sort of crop from our new seeds this year. Thanks for the relatable footage!
Several areas that you did real good in putting your video together:
showing us a lot of what you're doing while you're talking later:
including some conversation from the shooting:
Including family involvement:
Vulnerability with your experiments and their outcome.
Great job
I really appreciate these time lapse videos. They are very useful! Thanks! God bless you and your lovely family!
Aw Becky! I’m so sorry about your tomatoes! I would have been devastated too. 😭 But thank you for being vulnerable and sharing so we can learn from your experiences! I’m about to start my first in ground garden so I will keep in mind I need to keep the rows raised!
I live in Tennessee.... don't get discouraged about starting tomatoes in May... the absolute best garden we've ever had to date was very late... we didn't START(from seed) tomatoes until late May and planted them the first week of July! You're doing awesome!!! I wish I had your energy! Love learning new things from your channel and seeing your beautiful family help so much! 😊
You and your family are truly amazing! I really feel your pain when you're talking about the tomato failures.. almost makes you wanna cry sometimes, doesn't it?? Keep on keepin' on, sister!
Beautiful family. Nice to see you guys work together. Many blessings
There’s always a big loss somewhere in my garden. I lost a few of my tomatoes this year to some kind of wilt and a lot of the first fruits to stink bugs. I have to remind myself that all that is still there… is there by the Grace of God.
Keep it up gal! You’re doing great.
Those damn Asian lady beetles and stink bugs are a problem everywhere it seems.
You should be so proud of yourself and family, that's a lot of hard work. So beautiful!
This might not sound like a compliment but IT. IS! I was watching this thinking, “Go Mama! You are working so hard!”
And it reminded me of Anne of Green Gables the movie with Megan Follows when Mrs. Bluet says Anne looks wiry and the wiry ones can work the hardest. You are so tough! What you guys are doing as a family is amazing.
I really enjoy how your family works as a team to produce food. I've been getting my family into it. We don't have the land for livestock but we produce the fruits and vegetables while my sister and brother inlaw produce livestock out on their small farm. We are working on a community farm system where we can trade and produce different foods locally and stay away from corporate grocery chains. It's been hard work but our kids are learning great skills that will help them in a world where people have forgotten how to produce for themselves and rely on government systems. Keep it up you are doing awesome!
I succession plant my paste tomatoes so that I have a staggered harvest, which for me, is so much easier to manage with so much to do. I have just started my second succession and I am in zone 6b. I commend you for raising turkeys. Hardest birds we have ever tried to raise. You do have a beautiful garden, but of so much good food. It's wonderful to see families planting and working together to sustain themselves.
In the upper midwest we have volunteers come up late June that are just LOADED with tomatoes by the end of the season. I hope despite your setbacks, with the longer season you have further South that you can get the harvest you need!
It's awesome to see your kids get involved! They look like they're having fun
Thank you much for your generous channel. It's beautiful to watch, and to appreciate your life and work. 😄
What an inspiration you and your beautiful family are!! I dream about making my own way doing what you do! Keep it up!
Congratulation for your work, energy and sharing your experiences! 👏
Thank you for showing both your wins & loses. Love, love, LOVE this channel!!!
You’re a true inspiration and such a hard worker! I love watching your videos, thank you so much for creating them.
I love your videos and am striving to get to your point in self sufficiency. I got a long ways to go but on the bright side im only 22
I feel you. Last year we grew an amazing bed of strawberries and made ice cream, Jame, froze a couple bags, etc. This year our crop was ravaged by weeds, anthracnose, and botrytis. I also pruned the grapevine wrong (I hate grapevine pruning tutorials. They're all either super technical wine people or backyard growers who basically just say 'cut it back' with basically no in between).
It's wonderful to see your family working together.
I love your channel!! I am a physician who loves gardening and growing my own food. Thank you for sharing all your reality in such a simple way.
I've never seen someone using a tube to hammer a post into the ground, thats so clever
It's an old fence pounder that Cam got from an old friend where we used to live. Oft times the simpler tools are the best tools, right?!?
We had issues with our garden last year into this year. Turned out it was a drainage issue and garden was a mud pit... We didn't realize how much of the yard was sloped. So we are currently fixing the beds to go with the slope to drain instead of the mud pit.
I love watching your videos and it's comforting to know I'm not the only one that makes gardening mistakes! I lost my entire tomato crop this spring to an unexpected frost. I had all these amazing tomatoes in my greenhouse and woke up one morning to temps in the upper 20's and I was only able to salvage THREE plants. I re-planted as quickly as I could so I'm hoping to have a nice harvest later this summer. You are doing an amazing job with your garden and I can't wait to see what is next!
Your are an awesome mother handling the garden and the kids seem to love helping too.
Your resilience is inspiring!
At the moment, I have a container garden.....this is my first year in growing anything.
Here in Australia we have been hit with unbelievable winds, torrential rains....and to top it off, bloomin pests.
Though discouraging as i am yet to harvest foods other than 2 tomatoes and an abundance of chillies.....I refuse to give up.
Thank you for sharing.... you are a woman after my own heart.
Gardening is never the same year to year. Good on you for sticking with it!! May your garden produce well for you for years to come!! 🙏🏼
I’m so sorry about your tomatoes! I hope it all works out. I swear I learn a new lesson every season (or month!) I hope you’ll still get a good harvest. I’m going to try making that lemon strawberry jam this year!
Beautiful videography, love how you jump straight into it with no intro. Immediately hooked.
You are a very hard worker. Love that your kids really know what they are doing, also cheerfully helping