Can you really be self sufficient
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I can't put a price on healthy/SAFE food. Gardening keeps me healthy and sane!
That is true
This conversation is exactly what defines a homestead. They dont always include the same things. Doesnt mean its not a homestead, its about concentrating on the strength of the person ajd those skills to maximize the end result.
I have not opened a store-bought can of tomatoes in three years. The same for peppers, pepper powders and other dried spices. Yesterday, I opened three pints of canned veg to make the best black bean chili I have ever had to go with the Napa cabbage, kale and chard that I harvested 5 minutes before it went into the chili. I go outside each and everyday to plan the day's meals based on what is ready to harvest. You cannot put a price on the joy, peace and abundance brought from the garden, not to mention the fun!
I love this so much! I am on my 2nd year of no store bought tomato products!! Your meal sounds so good! I love cabbage ❤
Same here :)
We base our meals off of what we are harvesting for sure
What I’ve learned in my 70+ years is that I can grow/raise some (not all) of my food, especially things we can a lot. I can provide much of my meat needs. I can be confident that my food is safe and healthy (real meat)…and get good exercise and enjoyment in the process. I have enough of some items to share but self needs come first.
At least i know what is going on the food I grow. Also I just enjoy the process.
I agree with that too
It is absolutely worth it. The self sufficiency of being able to support your family when times get tough or just to lower the spring to fall grocery bill. Small homesteading is a great way to go
I love this.. trading with your friends, neighbors, COMMUNITY.. we call it bartering, ( horse trading) or simply sharing!! Thanks for posting
Yes it is sir not cost wise but love ❤️ being outdoors and out of the house 🏡 and enjoying the fruit of my labor
With a little effort I believe gardening can save you some money in the long run
We barter and share with our next door neighbors. It's great!
its fun you never know what you are going to get
I was just telling my friend today that growing the garden is the easy part for me, I need help preserving the harvest 🥵🥵 I get overwhelmed and overheated late summer! I agree with you I am a Jane of all trades, master of none, but I have heard my friends if they are planning end of the world communities I would be invited 😂
I don't think I will have the ability to produce ALL my own food. I'm a single mom who works full time, and I want to enjoy gardening! But... I would like to be at a place where I have the knowledge and could utilize my family if there was ever a NEED to ramp up production. Getting systems in place and knowing how to grow is enough in my world. So glad I have gardeners like you to learn from.
Such a good video, I was interrupted halfway through. I like your outlook and staying true to what works for you. The lack of fear mongering is appreciated. I recognize that hard times have happened historically, and are likely to again. But the scenarios that are most likely are the less scary ones. ❤
You are doing exactly what you need to do to get started and be ready.
I actually enjoyed watching this video. I like when you said this is my garden this is my space lol.
I think people think that they share my space with them. While I welcome everyone I and we should all do what we want in our spaces
Yes, gardening has tangible rewards that may or may not be economically efficient; but gardening, in my opinion, isn’t really about saving money at the grocery store. The intangible rewards, the peace and joy that we get while we are in the garden, and the serenity that the garden brings to any space are far greater than the $20 we don’t have to spend at the supermarket. I mean, honestly, I’d much rather be outside than inside so when it’s harvest time - I’d rather give my bounty away to my friends and neighbors than stand around in the kitchen to process and preserve it. Maybe that will come back and bite me in the butt in the future, but it does my heart good to grow the food and it does my heart good to be a blessing to my community.
thats beauty of having a garden. everyone has their own reasons and can find joy in many places.
I think most of us garden and raise our chickens or whatever livestock for a little bit of food security. Do we produce 100% of everything we eat? For most of us, no. But we have safe, healthy food available for us while there seem to be constant recalls for food in stores, plus I know my food wasnt sprayed with any chemicals.
Good morning from western Colorado peach blossoms getting snowed on😢
Snow still! Im sorry I hope it ends soon
Good morning I had someone say if there’s a shortage of food she knows where to come this is my second year growing and I only plant what I like and if there is something left I would shares or teach you how she said she should start a garden😅 I need to learn how to preserve or canning I just freeze what I grow right now.
That's a good first step. The first food I canned were green beans
Well thought out, gives a lot of sense to homesteading…been working small in my 1st year, will be expanding on my successes and meeting the folks around me.
Community makes a difference that's what sets humans apart
WOW AWESOME VIDEO 📹 😊😊😊 MAKES A LOT OF SENSE..SUPER FANTASTIC 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
If you keep the potatoes for next year's seed you can have a continuous crop, raised beds are all the rage nothing wrong with them I have some if your old and can't bend over or just like doing it that way it is near perfect dirt that way as well ,but hilling a long row is a much cheaper method and you can probably do hundreds of pounds of potatoes super cheap, a lot of people I know do sweet potatoes near commercially this way and you can add compost to your hills the dirt should get better ever year I'm in a super rocky area so hilling is much better than planting in straight ground
Lot of good points made Ben! I don't have the time for a garden but I have time for bees. By the way I dig that hat!
I bet you do like the hat!
Good morning from Denver!
Morning!
I really need to learn preserving techniques.
Stay tuned
Good morning!
Morning!
A lot depends on space, time management and being resourceful. Examples, I raise meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese in greenhouses from November ~ March which they fertilize in place (combo of their manure and layers of straw, wood shavings, etc which heat up and compost quickly). I barter those for lamb, beef, pork, and venison and process and freeze enough poultry for the year for my family. As for vegetables I don't really barter I just focus specific seasons or periods on crops and store them for the rest of the year. Example, I grow peas, broccoli, cabbage, carrots on the shoulder season, I also grow a ton of potatoes but all in 10 gallon grow bags in the spring in my greenhouse (first & second earlies), then start my main crop potatoes 4 weeks before my last frost by the time of the last frost I've already harvested all my earlies and then move my main crop potatoes out of the greenhouse and plant crops I wouldn't be able to grow well in the ground here as my nights are cool all summer, also many of those crops like summer squash, melons, okra, peppers, tomatoes do exceptionally well in the fresh poultry/straw/wood shaving compost. I grow 2 plots of corn, 1 sweet and the other as feed corn which I use to finish my poultry with. My only purchases really are for poultry feed for the meat birds during the winter and seed for my plants. Straw I collect from neighboring dairy farms in the spring when they do their barn clean out from the left over straw from the winter and wood shavings from the local saw mills. It's all very doable, and I'm on just 1.5 acres in Zone 5b with a last frost date of May 26th and first frost date of Sept 26...
Utilizing community seems to be helpful for your situation.
I think in warmer climates absolutely you can grow the majority of your fruit and veg. For people like me at most I have 80 half decent days to grow food above 40 degrees, so we grow a bit but without a greenhouse or some other setup its just not possible to grow a large majority.
Different climates should focus on the crops for their area. The production will greatly increase
Garden gnomes sold in every garden center move seasonally...
I don't get it
Good afternoon.
First off let your wife know you need at least 8 more kids, then get some farming equipment and have at it.
I can see amber waves of grain on your property to feed your livestock.
That's the way it is in the Amish community you help each other out.
hahaha no way I could do that. you never know what will end up out there.