One YEAR’S Worth of Food | HUGE Pantry/Root Cellar Tour | 1000 Jars

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  • I am excited to share with you my 2022 pantry tour! This is a video I look forward to making for you all year long. It's a culmination of nearly 12 months' worth of work, and I hope you can find some inspiration and motivation to try canning and storing food yourself. Enjoy!
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  • @LittleMountainRanch
    @LittleMountainRanch  Рік тому +54

    Hi there! We have a new tour pantry tour for 2023! If you'd like to see the updates from this tour, please check it out! ua-cam.com/video/HoSw00MPPR8/v-deo.html
    Thanks so much for watching!
    Warmly,
    Chelsea

    • @the1tigglet
      @the1tigglet 11 місяців тому

      Have you seen those videos of goods that have meat in them that last 1 year, such as bacon or pork belly, beef, and chicken? They are usually done by foreign accounts (non-American and non-Canadian) these items are cooked in small pieces and then placed in a jar once filled they are filled with salt, 9% vinegar, and sometimes spices such as chili or paprika or garlic depending on the dish.

    • @purpleflowers9387
      @purpleflowers9387 10 місяців тому +1

      I love your set up. Why don't you like the green beans?

    • @GaiaCarney
      @GaiaCarney 10 місяців тому

      Congratulations on your abundant, successful garden! I am wholly impressed with your expansive pantry 🤗

    • @cutwagman
      @cutwagman 9 місяців тому

      Seriously , I also stock a lot of food. Lately I’ve wondered if nuke fallout won’t render it useless.

    • @kangaroofuno
      @kangaroofuno 9 місяців тому

      I bet you and your family can withstand a long term power outage

  • @Gabe-zz5gw
    @Gabe-zz5gw 3 місяці тому +39

    You see, in my humble opinion, I believe that this version of food managing and production is what was meant to be the standard in a majority of households. I think the world would be better off and people would be happier spending more time doing something as meaningful and purposeful as working hard for food and appreciating the effort required to produce a healthy food supply. The industrial revolution was a crazy thing

    • @CherryJuli
      @CherryJuli 12 днів тому

      I doubt people were happier before the Industrial Revolution. We know from scientific research that humans mostly find happiness through meaningful connections with others and through spending time with those people.

  • @maniacal1870
    @maniacal1870 Рік тому +111

    If I had known society stood a very real chance of collapsing somewhere in my 40s, I would have gone into botany and agriculture instead of computer science.

    • @NarasimhaDiyasena
      @NarasimhaDiyasena Місяць тому +5

      I read that 60% of those who got a degree in computer science can’t get a job in it

    • @ingweking8748
      @ingweking8748 19 днів тому +1

      ​@@NarasimhaDiyasena It is true unfortunately

    • @AlexisSaless
      @AlexisSaless 18 днів тому +2

      You can still get into it! There might be a life where tech and agriculture can co-exist.

    • @amstrogaming9109
      @amstrogaming9109 15 днів тому +3

      Never to late to start

    • @violakrone8429
      @violakrone8429 6 днів тому

      You can learn it quick its no science 😉

  • @dothedewinme
    @dothedewinme 7 місяців тому +82

    my grandmother was a master canner, and gardener. seems like everyone in my family has almost given up this lost art. I worked as a from scratch cook at an italian restaurant in 2010 and have moved onto curing, making aged cheese, beer, cider, wine, fridge pickles, saurkraut, kimchi etc (barrel aged dark beer) pasta, bread, jams/jellies (wine is effing HARD to make well) and I have a large winter and summer garden (zone 9) and making and freezing several gallons of marinara from our home grown romas every year etc. the last realms I have yet to touch is canning and grinding & aging various cured meats. (only ever made prosciutto) but I REALLY want to continue her legacy and learn to can

  • @tinagale7840
    @tinagale7840 8 місяців тому +37

    Turmeric not only makes the pickles look pretty but the health benefits of turmeric are fantastic!

  • @georgeweast18
    @georgeweast18 Рік тому +1771

    Excellent pantry tour. My wife and I put up more than we can use every year - I guess we are used to having kids around. Just a note to Dan - I learned from my grandma to fill empty jars with clean water (clean used lid and ring) and return them to the back of the row. It solves several problems like storing empty jars, keeping product to the front looking organized and you never know when some emergency water might be needed.

    • @LittleMountainRanch
      @LittleMountainRanch  Рік тому +338

      That is seriously the BEST idea! Thank you so much for the tip.

    • @kimnkruzin
      @kimnkruzin Рік тому +120

      This is the best idea I have heard! Especially in this day and age - clean water is hard to get from any city or village.

    • @bonniechase8245
      @bonniechase8245 Рік тому +55

      Wow, what a fabulous idea!

    • @cbass2755
      @cbass2755 Рік тому +153

      I put up a lot for a single women living alone. But I have 4 people I plan to feed if and when things get tough. I eat from the beginning of my canning year. I’m into October, 2021. It has saved me so much money living on social security. Food is one thing I don’t have to worry about. I can concentrate on heat and lights. I had to add that I too store water in every empty jar I own.

    • @Just-Nikki
      @Just-Nikki Рік тому +55

      We started doing this recently and it just makes so much sense that I could kick myself for not thinking of it myself ( I saw a comment like yours a couple of months ago ) it was truly a DUH moment for me!

  • @boonedog1457
    @boonedog1457 Рік тому +27

    One suggestion. Store the vinegar on the bottom shelf, relocating your medical supplies above liquids. We've had plastic bottles leak, causing damage to items below.

  • @shannonthompson8448
    @shannonthompson8448 8 місяців тому +41

    GIRL!!!
    You HAVE TO try canning quick breads (banana bread, Boston brown bread, zucchini bread, etc) wide mouth pint jars, greased, filled half way with batter, bake @ 350* till done, wipe rims, lids & rings, wait for the pop. Awesome winter breads ready to eat in the summer. I've tried and test a jar a month, over a year and they taste fresh and moist. MUST use wide mouth pint jars, or the breads don't come out of the jars as nice. Tons of UA-cam videos on it.

    • @marypat7196
      @marypat7196 6 місяців тому

      Dangerous…you create an environment for botulism to grow. Please be careful.

    • @thriftylady1170
      @thriftylady1170 Місяць тому

      Thank you!!

    • @Cindy-gj7ge
      @Cindy-gj7ge 5 днів тому +1

      I have a shitton of zucchini I grew that I use for bread...this is a great idea.😊

  • @khaosssssss1727
    @khaosssssss1727 Рік тому +70

    I'm never going to do this but watching everything that you are doing is so soothing to my soul.
    I'm just so impressed!!
    You're giving so much back, thank you 😊.

  • @beverlygiroux2824
    @beverlygiroux2824 Рік тому +436

    If you have a barrel, fill it with clean sand, layer your root veggies in it. and they stay nice and firm. I am 79 years old, and clearly remember my grandparents doing this. Carrots, etc.A nice addition to your root cellar.

    • @phaedrabrooks5392
      @phaedrabrooks5392 Рік тому +8

      Layer the vegetable on top of each other, or layer them with the sand? Ty

    • @julienjohnston6705
      @julienjohnston6705 Рік тому +17

      @@phaedrabrooks5392 Sand

    • @joyannkjb4l250
      @joyannkjb4l250 Рік тому +67

      @@phaedrabrooks5392 put a layer of sand, or straw (not hay), or shredded paper (nothing glossy) or wood chips, or saw dust, on the bottom of your crate, then place a layer of potatoes, (not touching each other) then cover them with a layer of sand, then spread another layer of potatoes another layer of sand.... Keep making layers with the sand, potatoes, sand, potatoes.
      **And for carrots, you basically do the same, but you store them
      in dirt. ✔️😉👍

    • @dottiea.2186
      @dottiea.2186 Рік тому +4

      We used news paper...

    • @functionalfloridalandscaping
      @functionalfloridalandscaping Рік тому +10

      My great grandparents always used to use sawdust.. but they also had an enormous supply of wood product because of acres and acres of forest on their property.

  • @melkor1225
    @melkor1225 Рік тому +258

    Holy smokes. My wife makes about a dozen jars of salsa each year and I thought we were doing great. 😂 Your pantry and canning expertise is next level. Awesome.

    • @angelabyrne154
      @angelabyrne154 Рік тому +9

      I’ve only ever pickled onions and made strawberry jam. Salsa is a whole other level to me.

    • @allanstephenson9336
      @allanstephenson9336 Рік тому +6

      We love salsa. Last batch made 82 jars. Use it in spaghetti. With pepper and onions. And 1 Jared of garden variety sauce. Omg yummmm

    • @firehorsewoman414
      @firehorsewoman414 11 місяців тому +2

      12 more than I made so . . .❤

    • @nicolemeomartino9597
      @nicolemeomartino9597 4 місяці тому

      Same!

  • @MrStreaty122
    @MrStreaty122 Рік тому +59

    My ex’s family makes their own jellies and jams. When they give gifts they usually include a couple jars just to use their inventory. My favorite, i ate several jars on its own, was Apple Grape jam. Stuff was heavenly, used it in PBJ’s instead of normal grape jelly. Absolute game changer
    You know what I also realized? While this pantry is expensive to replicate by todays standards, go back 150~200 years and it’s the holy grail of food

  • @schrodingerscat1863
    @schrodingerscat1863 Рік тому +16

    Getting dry food off a concrete floor is absolutely critical if you are going to want it to last long term. Concrete holds lots of moisture and anything placed directly onto concrete will always get damp. Those platforms you built from reclaimed timber are going to save you a lot of headaches regardless of flooding.

  • @sohinam9738
    @sohinam9738 Рік тому +192

    Turmeric is not just good for color, it's a natural antiseptic and also antibacterial. Your pantry looks amazing. You worked really hard for it, thanks for sharing with us.

    • @sandrajohnson9926
      @sandrajohnson9926 11 місяців тому +5

      Put some turmeric, ginger & garlic in a jar of honey.
      Leave it sit a couple of weeks.
      Be sure to burp the jar the first week.
      It makes a great at hand medicine.

    • @yeahman1756
      @yeahman1756 9 місяців тому +1

      Don't forget fresh LemonGrass it's properities are very beneficial if living out in the colder states like that..

    • @midnightrun2764
      @midnightrun2764 8 місяців тому +3

      It’s also an anti inflammatory! Use it, you won’t be sorry! 👍🏼

  • @angelalovell5669
    @angelalovell5669 Рік тому +349

    GOALS! This was like being invited into someone's home after your car breaks down, and being shown the most interesting and fabulous things just to keep you occupied, all out of kindness. I'm so impressed with your preservation and organisation, you two are a great team! I hope I can manage something like this one day.

    • @LittleMountainRanch
      @LittleMountainRanch  Рік тому +29

      This may be my favourite comment! I'm so glad you felt that way. ❤️

    • @georgevavoulis4758
      @georgevavoulis4758 Рік тому +2

      How do you keep track of things when nothing is labeled 🏷?

    • @avantgardethemighty6724
      @avantgardethemighty6724 Рік тому +2

      ​@@georgevavoulis4758 left side/right side, there's almost always a color difference to go by. I'd personally look for some labeling or an info panel but once you're used to it it just flows I suppose?

    • @nicolecarnevale3226
      @nicolecarnevale3226 Рік тому +2

      I second that!
      Your food is so creative and delicious looking.

    • @visnuexe
      @visnuexe 11 місяців тому +2

      I used to can for the year round on a farm in WV. Fortunately, my husband and brother did most of the gardening and harvesting. We had a good root cellar with plenty of shelf space, bins for potatoes and root crops. I made cheese every other day, and baked bread every week. It got challenging during canning season keeping the bread and cheese production going. So I sympathize with you for abandoning that task. There were quite a few late night marathon canning sessions going through to the fall. It helps to have a few extra hands! You are both to be congratulated for the work that feeds your family! Nice tour!!!

  • @preppermimi7281
    @preppermimi7281 Рік тому +41

    Tip: Store your plastic buckets of food on wood planks supported with small bricks underneath. The chemicals in concrete, sealants, and paints can leech into your buckets over time. I really enjoyed the tour of your beautiful pantry💗 Alot of hardwork went into that for sure!

    • @juliejones-fx1sf
      @juliejones-fx1sf 8 місяців тому +4

      I was also taught the same thing. Plastic buckets can absorb moisture & other things from the concrete.

  • @Lougan44
    @Lougan44 7 місяців тому +7

    Just to help you: my Mother stored carrots in large crock jars in sand she layered sand, (lay carrots sideways)carrots, sand, carrots, till full. It kept the carrots firm and so they didn’t become dry. She stored potatoes I believe the same way in a galvanized horse waterer.

    • @anmnou
      @anmnou 7 місяців тому

      I have seen a similar technique done with salt...

  • @jpallen719
    @jpallen719 Рік тому +166

    My grandmother used to put up 1000 jars or more when I was a kid in Montana. When you say you’re passionate about counting I completely understand that, it is the most satisfying and rewarding process that anyone could be involved in. It is a true craft that not many people are able to do or master well. How very well organized your space is….

    • @judybass4339
      @judybass4339 Рік тому +11

      Most people just don't understand the "pure time" involved in the preparation of foods, preparation of the jars, organization of every step....AND...that is not counting the actual canning with the jars in the canner. !!! But if you ever try it and visually see your results, you will be a newbie but you will get to experience "that canner's secret "

    • @ameliashipley6951
      @ameliashipley6951 11 місяців тому

      rip

  • @sharynwinters1579
    @sharynwinters1579 Рік тому +20

    Hi, I`m 88 yrs. old, canned a lot when my children were all at home. But it never gets out of your blood. You have done a unbelievable job of growing, preserving, in such beautiful order. Feel sorry that I can`t do exactly like you. BUT in my journey through so many DIY`s I have learned a ton of information, and enjoy what we do now. For the first time I dry canned half gallon jars of garbanzo beans, red lentils, jasmine and basmati rice. Have also dry canned four different kinds of pasta, so really proud of those. I live with my daughter and son-in-law, so we share in all of this. And was given a gift of a dyhydrater so have done oregano, lemon thyme, english thyme, sage, parsley, mandarin orange slices, dried mandarin orange skins, tomatoes, and apples. I do have backup food, several kinds of beans, canned tomatoes, meats, oils, dried garlic, dried onions, and a lot more. I am fully convinced that even aside from having a full stock of food for your family, there is coming a time when food is going to be even more sparse than it is now.

  • @papajeff5486
    @papajeff5486 11 місяців тому +69

    This is the most thoughtful, well stocked storage system I’ve ever seen. My grandparents and my parents grew big gardens and canned everything. This, however, is truly great. BIG HIP HIP HURRAY, to you guys. Do we get to see the garden sometime? Thanks for sharing, love this.

    • @LittleMountainRanch
      @LittleMountainRanch  11 місяців тому +11

      I share the garden and putting up all the food all summer long! I'd love for you to stick around. Thank you so much!

  • @trueroyalty3342
    @trueroyalty3342 Рік тому +17

    All my life as a youth, living in a loathsome concrete jungle, I wondered what it would be like to go outside and pick food from a plant and eat it.

  • @bettypearson5570
    @bettypearson5570 Рік тому +15

    Glad to see the strips for earthquake protection on the pantry shelves. I get so twitchy watching all these pantries being shown that are so vulnerable even to a large dog or child accidentally knocking a jar or 2 off the shelf. Nice pantry.

  • @emilyalexander1884
    @emilyalexander1884 Рік тому +178

    As soon as you showed all of the jams, jellies and syrups I was overwhelmed with nostalgia of my mother canning chokecherry syrup, Saskatoon berry jam and syrup, apple jelly and sauce, rhubarb and strawberry jam, peach jam, dandelion jelly, etc. when i was just a kid. The smell of the kitchen was always so comforting. Thank you for bringing back memories 💕😊

    • @janw491
      @janw491 Рік тому +6

      I picked over a kilo of chokecherries this year. It’s settle in the freezer til I have room on the shelves to jelly it. Never tasted them so this will be another experiment!!

    • @emilyalexander1884
      @emilyalexander1884 Рік тому +4

      @@janw491 I wish you luck with that project; it sounds like you have alot to process! 😊

    • @wendytube007
      @wendytube007 Рік тому +3

      I grew up in Alberta and description reminds me of my childhood and grandma’s canning up of chokecherries and Saskatoon berries ❤

    • @amenahartford1022
      @amenahartford1022 Рік тому +3

      @@janw491 they make a great wine also. My great grandmother always made chokecherry wine. I miss it.

  • @halimbouchama163
    @halimbouchama163 2 місяці тому +3

    You can easily survive the apocalypse with this

  • @karensimmons903
    @karensimmons903 11 місяців тому +22

    For your canned chicken and legs that you say is stringy, you can make chicken stew, chicken and dumplins or chicken salad for sandwiches. Hope this helps, I LOVE YOUR PANTRY and root cellar!

  • @olgaluna6447
    @olgaluna6447 Рік тому +55

    I have made about 1 kilo of wild Fireweed this year in Russia. It's rather popular here and many companies produce Fireweed tea. Also, there are people, especially in the country, who love making Fireweed tea themselves. Rubbing leaves with your hands is a physically hard and long process because you need to break up leaf cells so that they become wet for further fermentation. I use a different method: put the leaves in small plastic bags and then in a freezer for at least 24 hours (can be longer so you can continue the process when you have time, days or weeks later). Freezing allows leaf cells to break up. After that you can either roll the leaves with your hands as usual or, the easier way, to grind them through a meat grinder, and you will have granulated tea in the end. Then you ferment the mass and dry it either in the sun or in a stove. Some people love to fry fermented leaves, the tea comes black.

    • @elizabethflynn8455
      @elizabethflynn8455 Рік тому

      Very helpful tip. Thank you.

    • @angelalovell5669
      @angelalovell5669 Рік тому +3

      Omg, freezing is a super clever way to break up the cell structure! Nice tip!

    • @user-rh5oe6ck9l
      @user-rh5oe6ck9l 9 днів тому

      Наконец-то комментарии от русских 😊 нам точно есть, что рассказать про консервирование и запасы продуктов

  • @bevanmudge867
    @bevanmudge867 Рік тому +34

    I love the concept of being self reliant and producing my own food growing fruit , vegetables , herbs , raising animals and supplying my own solar electricity and water this has always been a dream of mine . I am the kind of person who finds satisfaction in my hard work and reaping the benefits in the end results and I am working towards moving out to the country and living out my dream . Thank you for showing us the tour of your pantry it is an inspiration to me and encourages me to work all the more harder towards my goal . Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺.

  • @davesgirlie382princess9
    @davesgirlie382princess9 Рік тому +4

    I’m in absolute awe of your amazing pantry and root cellar. Obviously so much hard work has gone into this. Fabulous job to all involved x

  • @venezo321
    @venezo321 Рік тому

    Nice to see your hubby is a solid supporter on your ideas, hope you guys are doing great!

  • @corrinnehoffman3248
    @corrinnehoffman3248 Рік тому +107

    My goodness, the pantry has turned out so beautiful and well organized. You can both be real proud of all that hard work!

  • @MNTNSTARZ80.
    @MNTNSTARZ80. Рік тому +5

    I was always taught to have 2 years worth of food preserved or stored in case of illness, crop failure etc. Same goes for wood if that's how you heat.
    In other words, what you can,preserve, chop (wood) in 2022 should be set aside 2024.
    If someone is new to home canning, preserving etc it may take a few years to reach the 2 years extra. You do what's needed for 1 year but add extra to your supply each year.
    All of my relatives IE great grandparents, aunts, grandparents, mother and so on did this, they all had large families with 6 to 10 children I do too and I'm 61 now.
    😆 I've been married 42 years my husband, who was a city boy, still doesn't get the concept of having more than one week's worth of food in the house

    • @LittleMountainRanch
      @LittleMountainRanch  Рік тому +1

      That’s awesome if you can do that!😊

    • @cynthiafisher9907
      @cynthiafisher9907 Рік тому +2

      @@LittleMountainRanch Your one year store would be most people’s two or three year store, I think. You are doing awesome!

  • @elysiana8889
    @elysiana8889 Рік тому +5

    What a great team you guys are. I'm looking forward to Dan taking up cheese making and hope you will tag along well in the process to find some smaller/easier cheese making projects and get going again.

  • @katelynmeek3521
    @katelynmeek3521 Рік тому +1

    You’re so kind to your husband❤️ it’s such an encouragement! So thankful for this video! Your pantry is my goal!!

  • @TraceyMush
    @TraceyMush Рік тому +11

    Your husband did a great job of not only organizing things by category, which you probably already did, but by laying them out so the colors are most beautiful. It is truly a beautiful Bountiful pantry.

  • @janetshook8968
    @janetshook8968 Рік тому +24

    What to do with the chicken: Chicken Slurp Gravy - chop to size you like or shred; make like a thickish cream of chicken soup; goes well on: fried potatoes; mashed potatoes; baked potatoes; biscuits; just about anything you usually put a good thick gravy on. We get ours from an old recipe my husband's mother used to make for chicken & dumplings. Great pantry!

  • @greenrockgarden2851
    @greenrockgarden2851 Рік тому +2

    What a beautiful pantry! Good job to the hubby on the organization!👏🏻
    I’ve never seen so many pickled veggies in one place.

  • @annvanwesten2488
    @annvanwesten2488 Рік тому

    What an amazing pantry. Thank you so much for the tour!!

  • @wrinklesandsprinkles
    @wrinklesandsprinkles Рік тому +64

    The pantry is a spectacular work of art! So pleasing to the eye. I’ve always loved your root cellar. It’s like a mysterious secret hidden space. I don’t think many true root cellars exist anymore. Be well and stay safe, Doc❤

    • @SirenaSpades
      @SirenaSpades Рік тому +2

      I have one... my house is on the Historic Register.

  • @shirleygiesbrecht2051
    @shirleygiesbrecht2051 Рік тому +10

    If you don’t like the green beans find some ham bones and some summer savory and make the most delicious soup. With ham chunks, onions, potatoes, summer savory and add the canned beans …..makes a great soup! I always add a small amount of cream at the table and fresh homemade buns with butter. Yum

  • @philboudreau
    @philboudreau 11 місяців тому

    I love your pantry! Thank you for the tour!

  • @hawkenfox
    @hawkenfox 11 днів тому

    Wow just wow!

  • @sparkle3000
    @sparkle3000 Рік тому +21

    Omg... I remember when you first started and use to sleep on the kitchen floor! lol... Your kids were little. Now they have their own gardens? wow... how time flies.
    You have grown!
    You worked so hard. You deserve it.
    Congratulations!

  • @leannekenyoung
    @leannekenyoung Рік тому +74

    Chelsea I think you are an incredible woman!!! All of those canned foods are hours and hours of work and I’m like you when it comes to preserving foods. I absolutely love how well you do it. I also respect your knowledge that you know you aren’t the best cheese maker or the best tincture maker and I think that’s very smart to realize it and to accept it and to know that there is another way of dealing with it. Simply order tinctures from a reputable maker. Besides maybe Dan will be able to try his hand at cheesemaking and perhaps he will be able to show you how to do it?! Why not?! Do you make your own apple cider vinegar?🥰🇨🇦❤️

  • @tamararoberts9307
    @tamararoberts9307 Рік тому

    So thankful you share your journey as well as Jessica ❤❤

  • @snowflakehomestead2233
    @snowflakehomestead2233 Рік тому +5

    i love the safety bar for your canned food not to topple off the shelf!!! brilliant!

  • @bdlodahl
    @bdlodahl Рік тому +48

    Yours is the most extensive pantry, cold pantry and root celler I've personally visualized. I learned basic canning from my mother and grandmothers who canned a lot, but not in the amounts that you've done! Very informative and impressive tour of being prepared for long-term nutritional needs! This is the first time I've seen your channel. Thank you for sharing your life with us! 👏👏👏👍

  • @DirtPeaceAndPurpose
    @DirtPeaceAndPurpose Рік тому +65

    Phenomenal job, Chelsea! The pantry looks beautiful!! Don’t you just love being able to display all your hard work in a way you can stand back and admire it? Great job on the shelves, Dan!

  • @takemeseriouslynt
    @takemeseriouslynt Рік тому +12

    This was surprisingly relaxing and inspiring, seeing how much you've done and accumulated especially in Canada is no small feat. Also, all of your cans are making me hungry, I see so much potential for recipe, its really amazing

  • @stevemack7270
    @stevemack7270 11 місяців тому

    Wow. Have you guys ever inspired me to look more into preserving foods more efficiently. I am so very impressed. Cheers.

  • @sylviabradley7355
    @sylviabradley7355 Рік тому +29

    You and Dan are great partners. The shelves are absolutely beautiful as are all of the beautiful jars of canned food.💥

  • @MrRKWRIGHT
    @MrRKWRIGHT Рік тому +10

    Good afternoon Little Mountain Ranch. Now that's what I'd call a well stocked pantry. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend, you wonderful strong, self-sufficient offgrid woman. 😎😉🌹🌻🌼

  • @user-onyoutube868
    @user-onyoutube868 Рік тому +6

    This is amazing! Your home canned foods are beautiful, and look mouth wateringly delicious. The tips and practical advice for storage are much appreciated. You and your husband are to be commended on your collaboration for your industriousness. Great video.

  • @8jaime8
    @8jaime8 Рік тому

    This is an absolute dream! Thank you for the inspiration. I hope to get to this point over the next couple of years.

  • @samanthagraves2710
    @samanthagraves2710 Рік тому +19

    You're an inspiration!!! I just finally got a cabinet for storing my clean jars. Didn't realize when I got into this years ago how much space is needed just to keep canning supplies for the canning season!

  • @lynnebrown-hardy1566
    @lynnebrown-hardy1566 Рік тому +4

    Your pantry is amazing. I can only imagine what joy it brings to you every time you walk in there.

  • @JDK45ACP
    @JDK45ACP Рік тому

    Bravo! That is hard work, and it makes me smile to see someone be passionate about it and take pride in doing a great job at it. Blessings to you and your family from Oklahoma, USA.

  • @daweed4255
    @daweed4255 Рік тому

    what a nice communication between you two.

  • @harrietmartens742
    @harrietmartens742 Рік тому +13

    Hi Chelsea - absolutely love your pantry and root cellar. I’m in zone 3a in MB and we had many difficulties this year due to major flooding in the area which also caused a lack of bees for pollinators - we did manage to grow some veg, but it was about 1/3 of our normal production. So thankful that the previous 2 years had been super bountiful so our family will do just fine this winter as most of the veg had been canned or frozen. Dan did a wonderful job building the shelving and organizing the canning. I love watching your canning and cooking videos - you have some wonderful ideas.

  • @rebeccahuber7824
    @rebeccahuber7824 Рік тому +11

    Omg. Your pantry (and canning skills) are amazing!! 👏🏻 It’s so wonderful to grow your own food & preserve it to be used throughout the year. So stinkin cool. ☺️

  • @jeanniewright2554
    @jeanniewright2554 Рік тому

    Thank you for the tour!!

  • @am4793
    @am4793 Місяць тому +1

    I took a machnics car repair course and I am now completing electrician's training and hope to graduate next year. Not only do you need to prep, you also need to develop important skills. I wish I could afford to do paramedic training. Every American must try to be a skilled, prepared and educated person.

  • @cassiareece4310
    @cassiareece4310 Рік тому +20

    This was so impressive! I can only dream of having a storage facility like this! Well done!

  • @VVtv13
    @VVtv13 Рік тому

    Such a beautiful pantry!🤍🤍 truly goals 🤗

  • @wayneeden98
    @wayneeden98 11 місяців тому +2

    Your canning choices in food and your basement looks like a slam bang idea, in my opinion what really helps is you were raised in a gardening and you accepted a good understanding of keeping the food canning storage going

  • @denisescull4227
    @denisescull4227 Рік тому +15

    It's been fun watching the evolution of your food storage rooms, they are looking fantastic! I appreciate all of the work that has gone into them and that you share them and a bunch of tips as you go along. I'm going over to Three Rivers Homestead next, you are both big inspirations to me. Thanks Chelsea!

  • @kathleensanderson3082
    @kathleensanderson3082 Рік тому +20

    I've canned a lot of salmon in quart jars, and in those, the canning time does pretty much dissolve the bones. It looks like you are canning in pint jars, which is probably why your bones aren't dissolving as much as you'd like. Although, they never just disappear entirely. They do get soft enough that they shouldn't be a choking hazard, which is my biggest concern with fish bones.

    • @LittleMountainRanch
      @LittleMountainRanch  Рік тому +1

      Good point! I’ll bet that’s why.

    • @desireereynolds577
      @desireereynolds577 Рік тому

      So I personally found that I like to can my salmon in half pint jars. Anything bigger and I felt like it dried it out, but in the half pints it's soooooo moist... And tasty

  • @eclectic_housewife
    @eclectic_housewife Рік тому

    That. Was. Awesome!!!!!

  • @user-wy3ow9zx5w
    @user-wy3ow9zx5w 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for the inspiration and tips.

  • @AnnieOakley379
    @AnnieOakley379 Рік тому +3

    Yay! Another pantry tour! I loved your old pantries/root cellar videos. 💕🐐🐓🐃🐄🐑🐕🐈‍⬛💕

  • @cynthiafisher9907
    @cynthiafisher9907 Рік тому +4

    All I can say is, WOW! I stand in awe at both of you.

  • @forthesubs5357
    @forthesubs5357 8 місяців тому

    Very good 9 mins in and I’m grinning at how sweet this lady is!

  • @madaleenvalentine4500
    @madaleenvalentine4500 Місяць тому

    Thank you ! that was my favorite pantry video so far thank you for sharing.

  • @carolynmoody9460
    @carolynmoody9460 Рік тому +17

    All the way through this video I've tried to think of the perfect word to describe how beautiful your pantry is..an all the hard Dan has done to make your dreams come true..the word that keeps coming to mind is BREATHTAKING..🏆❤️❤️ absolutely breathtaking

  • @BrightestBlessings7899
    @BrightestBlessings7899 Рік тому +8

    Such a tremendous effort you and your husband have put into your pantry storage! Beautiful! Brightest blessings.

  • @rgrad123
    @rgrad123 Рік тому

    So inspired by your efforts and sharing all of this with us. Thank you

  • @cositapreciosa8
    @cositapreciosa8 Рік тому

    I love your enthusiasm. Thank you for sharing your experience with us 😁🙏🏼

  • @mori8424
    @mori8424 Рік тому +6

    Gophers taught me how to store potatoes for a full year and still be firm, moist and no sprouts. Gophers used one corner of my root cellar one year as a dump site for the soil they dug to make their tunnels. My root cellar walls were dirt on the lower half and the gophers made a 3” diameter hole in the cellar wall. They then brought the dirt from their tunnels and dropped it into my cellar in one corner. There just happened to be a small pile of potatoes in that corner. So the spuds got completely covered with about 5” of moist but not wet soil. I discovered them one full year after placing them in the cellar. I was blown away, they were not mushy and sprouting like spuds get after only six months in my cellar (we live in a zone five garden zone). Instead they were just like the day I dug them, firm and moist. I couldn’t believe it! Also if you put your carrots in damp sand they will store better. You can also just leave them in the ground outside and cover them with straw bales or bags of leaves for non frozen ground to be able to dig them. Stored this way they will also become sweeter. Plant them first part of July (in zone 5) for winter storage. Plant spinach in mid Aug outside and leave it unprotected all winter and in early spring you will have the most delicious, sweet spinach. Plant cabbage in early spring and start harvesting as soon as the heads are softball size but don’t pull out the plant. Leave it growing and it will produce 4 more heads. Thin them leaving only one head and it will grow into another large head. For fall cabbage, transplant mid July. Doing these things will give you 5 months of fresh cabbage plus what you store in the root cellar for the winter.

  • @AKUNZ-
    @AKUNZ- 4 місяці тому

    You both Rock! I love the pantry setup.

  • @crunchynuttcornflake
    @crunchynuttcornflake 5 місяців тому

    Great video. Love hearing all the detail.

  • @fromthehutt9508
    @fromthehutt9508 Рік тому +4

    Your harvest looks beautiful, cheers to all you hard work 😊

  • @candacethompson2521
    @candacethompson2521 Рік тому +8

    You should be very proud of your pantry and all the food preservation, you do. Love it

  • @GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn
    @GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn 2 місяці тому

    I absolutely loved your pantry tour! It was so well-organized and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your space and ideas with us.

  • @davidb9323
    @davidb9323 Рік тому

    That’s amazing.
    I wish I knew someone so experienced in organizing, canning, and what to plant and when in the garden where I am.

  • @debbiedoud1723
    @debbiedoud1723 Рік тому +9

    That was amazing. Thanks so much, Chelsea & Dan for sharing such beauty with us.

  • @HannaARTzink
    @HannaARTzink Рік тому +9

    I am Canadian retiree landed in the middle of Poland. I started quite successfully veg gardening so all ideas for food preservation are wonderful.
    So far I eas mostly feeding my friends and neighbours and started preserving. Gorgeous pantry, thanks for showing!

  • @airvicemarshalsirgeorgemas2083

    So nice to have so much storage space

  • @JustGeralee
    @JustGeralee Рік тому

    This is my ULTIMATE GOAL and dream!! I loved this video!! And I am beyond excited for all of the fruits of your labor!! Good for you!! It all looks so wonderful 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @evablcher8788
    @evablcher8788 Рік тому +5

    I absolutely enjoyed the pantry tour, thank you so much. It is fascinating to see that you are able to can and store for a large family the way you do it and I do understand if you enjoy a bit of relaxation regarding canning during the wintertime!! And Dan is an excellent Photographer. All the best to you and your family.

  • @Kelly.A.
    @Kelly.A. Рік тому +4

    Really love your videos! This one is awesome. Great job organizing, Dan! I can see the love and excitement you have for your hard work reward of a full pantry, Chelsea. I know the feeling well. Great team work you two!

  • @garyschmidt924
    @garyschmidt924 6 місяців тому

    Your cellars are awesome!!! Thank you!

  • @countryinthecity3736
    @countryinthecity3736 5 місяців тому

    That was an awesome tour of your pantries and root cellar. I'd love to see how you update your root cellar. I remember one of our root cellars growing up, it was block walls with wooden shelves or bins for each kind of vegetable. Then my father would leave crates and buckets stacked in the entry of the cellar to shop with and carry the food back to the house. It was always fun to go "shopping" in the cellar for our homegrown food.

  • @bravewolf1572
    @bravewolf1572 Рік тому +6

    Well done Chelsea! You deserve to be proud of all your hard work that you do with your family in the pantry! Blessing to you all and I look forward to Jessica’s pantry tour tomorrow ❤️

  • @wandakelly2173
    @wandakelly2173 Рік тому +8

    I feel like food preservation is a hobby for me too 😊 I totally enjoy it!

  • @HumaneEmergencyAnimalRescue911
    @HumaneEmergencyAnimalRescue911 2 місяці тому

    Awesome set up. Thanks for sharing!

  • @nevillesjourney5389
    @nevillesjourney5389 Рік тому

    I very much enjoyed your pure joy from all the hard work that went into this. Excellent organization too from someone who loves organizing, I bet that took HOURS

  • @lynsmith2698
    @lynsmith2698 Рік тому +5

    Great video Chelsea. It’s such a great sense of accomplishment and security having all that food put away. Love it. Thank you 🌷

  • @Mel-vu9ss
    @Mel-vu9ss Рік тому +9

    Thank you so much for sharing your pantries every year. I appreciate the hard work you and your family put into what it takes to fill them. I appreciate the heads up about Jessica’s being tomorrow. She’s always my early Sunday morning video and cuppa coffee after my Bible reading. Tomorrow will be extra special.
    Thanks Dan!

  • @lisawilson2018
    @lisawilson2018 6 місяців тому

    Wow! I love it all!!

  • @anandian
    @anandian Рік тому

    this was quite inspiring! thank you for sharing!

  • @MistyMeadowsPermacultureFarm
    @MistyMeadowsPermacultureFarm Рік тому +5

    WOW! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring. I'm busy canning ready-to-eat meals right now as snow is coming this week. Food security is Priority #1 on our homestead. It's fantastic seeing others growing, preserving and preparing. Cheers from Northwestern Ontario, Canada. 🥰