What a beautiful humble lady with an amazing kind heart. Brand new to your channel. It was the Farmers warning video that caught my attention. Thank you for caring enough to help others see things are upon us and we need to begin preparing if we haven’t already!! I appreciate how you shared that you have told your children as we are trying too as well. It’s hard to get them to see, so as you said, we can only do our best. Again thank you!! You are much appreciated by many of us!! Blessings upon blessings in abundance!! ❤️🌹❤️
A victory garden is a must. I have bags of potatoes up and running. Canning and dehydrating anything I can get my hands on. Freezer will be empty by next week. Got plenty of seeds. Got the book. Seed to Seed. Prepping since 2019. Made bread for the first time ever last week😃😋 Let's do this people. Something is better than nothing ❤
Right on Jennifer. Do something now. Whatever it is. We can do this, we better do this, and I think many will do this, because we must do this. I can bake bread, but first year I've planted. Large patio only,so not much,but it's experience. In FL so can plant in pots or bags year round. But hey, you gotta start with the first one.
@@rneedham667 we're not close to that. So good luck to you. Hope you get some rain soon. Reported1000's of head of cattle dropping from the heat out in Kansas and the West. Not sure one of the horsemen or seven signs, but it gives me that vibe with everything else happening.
@@rneedham667 Mine is struggling too!! Heat index 102-104 all this week. Thankfully I have shade over my main growing area for 3 hours in the afternoon. Soaker hoses and deep mulch seem to be the way to go for in ground gardens and all of my self wicking tubs are ok. Thankfully! It's been very hard keeping my hens cool, but they're pulling through. Hoping this intense heat passes soon for all of us!
Our neighbors have a peach tree and two huge limbs are in our yard. We have been eating peaches for a few weeks. Today was the day to harvest the peaches. So far I have canned 12 pints of spiced peaches and 9 half pints of peach jelly. My Husband and teenage boy are currently picking peaches with a ladder. Free is my favorite price!
Strange, I live next door to a real nut. We share a pecan tree. Its on the property line. She constanly harass me about chopping down the tree. She has no clue of the value of that tree. The nuts are large and delicious.
My Mom grew up in the depression. Her father was killed in a farming accident when she was 7, Grandma raised 4 girls and a son. Mom said they really didn't know there was a depression as they always had a huge garden and farm animals for eggs and meat. I was amazed. Mom always had a huge garden too, with rows of jars of produce in the basement. She taught me well. I have a huge garden where I can grow too much and take produce to a local food pantry and family and friends. Hoping many people can be prepared and not even be aware of shortages. We CAN take care of ourselves and each other. I appreciate your videos!
You are so right, Friend! God provides. Most of our citizens lost the idea of self-reliance and it has made them prey to big business. Did you ever read Laura Ingall's book, FARMER BOY? Almonzo's parents are very concerned because his brother, Royal wants to own a store instead of a farm. Well, Roysl's parents understood something we better all take note of. God is our helper and our strength. We can't trust governments but we can trust Him. You have many and great blessings. Thank you for sharing.
Conditioning yourself, your family is a big start. Accepting that rice/beans may be the only thing you can eat for several months will also help. Having a garden even in pots on the porch will help. Letting your family know "hey this is what we got and that's it" will help 2008 taught me so much
Yes, think people can make themselves crazy trying to stock up on every option. We can get used to much less variety. Lots of folks raised on cornbread and beans.
This is Barry's wife Phyllis, I have his phone. My husband was a single father of two daughters. I was a single mother of two daughters. Then we met. Anyway, he used to have to stretch food. On dish he made was a pound of burger, a large can of kidney beans. Two cups of rice. He cooked the burger and rice. He added the can of beans (do not drain them, use the liquid too) to the cooked burger. Add some water, as much as you want to that and continue heating it up. Simply put the burger/beans on top of the rice! He usually put tobasco sauce and soy sauce. Not me, I thought it seemed bland and I do not like any food spicy/hot so I put shredded cheese and salt/pepper on it to liven it up. It's an easy quick dinner.
@@marlenebaron3880 for garbanzo, place 1/4 cup in a bowl, cover with water. (Comfortable to finger) change water 2-3 times daily for 48 - 60 hours. Drain and place in pan of jar or pan that you can drain and they are not sitting in water and rinse off to get wet 2-3 times daily, do not let them sit in water. After a few days will start to see sprouts. I wait until they start to just get leaves and add salads or soups or bake in oven. Not hard. I like true leaf market and has good info, basic info, seeds and equipment. I also buy dry beans from grocery stores and they seem to work well in sprouting.
Just bought a dehydrator and food saver with jar lid attachment. My plan is to dehydrate fruits and vegetables to supplement foods for my grandchildren. They are our future and my reason for living. God bless us all.
Easy things to plant now on your balcony: spinach, Swiss chard, radishes, lettuce, edible flowers, and the firm center of a cabbage will take root and produce leaves. Also plant garlic cloves next to these because it’s smell repels insects and the green sprouts freshly cut give good garlic flavor, and then sprout again
Two days ago (ish) the Lord flat out told me to start canning. I have never canned in my life...but I am happy and willing to learn. Thank Jesus I have a freezer full of salmon to can!!! Praying for all of us! Be safe, folks!
I appreciate all of your advice. You are a person of great wisdom. We are prepping here, growing tomatoes, got a gut feeling things are shutting down. Trusting in Jesus! Thank you - JJ from West Tennessee
Great video, thank you. My family still thinks I’m crazy. I’m planning to just go & buy the big bags of rice or beans from Costco or the Asian market & food saver it into one or two pound portions & store it away & “ forget about it “. The Asian markets have many varieties of dried foods, especially mushrooms. When thinking of storing food, it’s important to keep the bellies of our loved ones filled but let’s not forget nutrition, hence the mention of dried mushrooms. Do some looking into protein powders, various “ non-fancy” supplements that can be added to our food . Liquid aminos, etc. Not exactly fancy or sexy but may come in handy. Nutritional yeast is full of amino acids & very good to prevent muscle loss. Maybe even good to dry & create vegetable powders. Also good to remember our neighbors especially the elderly or those w no family worth mentioning. Let’s just keep an eye on each other
Bartering is a great way to go. I have hundreds of lbs of plums that I'm processing into juice, jelly, chutney, plum powder. I am bartering with other local growers for other supplies to expand my pantry stockpile. I'm also trying out new crops I have never heard of before, for example malabar. A great versatile, self seeding crop that can also be canned, dehydrated into powder etc. It's time to get inventive, challenge ourselves and not be afraid to step into new territories! We are never to old to learn new things!
Thank you Toni...you have a very special way of communicting the seriousness of what is coming without "jumping up and down". Your voice is superb...by any chance were you a teacher??...because you are an excellent orator. Have been prepping for two years and now am going to learn how to bake yeast bread at 70 years of age!!
Lawrie- Here is how I do bread. Maybe it will help. In a large mixing bowl, combine 3c flour, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsp yeast. Mix well. Add 1 1/2 c warm water. Mix thoroughly. Dough should be sticky. Cover with a towel and let sit 12-16 hrs. Pre heat oven to 350, grease loaf pan, put dough in pan, cover with tented aluminum foil ( i reuse the same piece of foil repeatedly ). Bake 30-45 min. Remove foil for last 15 min of baking. You may need more or less water and baking time depending on the humidity and altitude where you live. I use unbleached flour and add 1/4 psyllium husk or I use all whole wheat flour. You can play with the recipe, though, once you're used to it. I've done cinnamon raisin, garlic, and oat breads.
@@erinsnook8537 thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I've never heard of psyllium husks before (had to Google it). For this recipe do you use the powder?
Excellent talk! Don't panic, assess the current situation, think about what you can reasonably do to prepare that will help lessen future hardship, then get to work.
Yesterday we went to a local farm and bought 10 lbs. of asparagus. I pickled it in a sweet and sour brine. I also bought some strawberries and mixed them with my rhubarb and made some jam. We feel very fortunate that we have enough room to plant many vegetables and I have a messy but abundant little food forest. Yes this too shall pass . Thank you for your heartfelt message. I can tell it is on your heart a great deal. Blessings.
God bless you mrs. Something about your videos is very calming. I don't normally like videos about prepping, just because they seem not just modern, but anxious and full of a bad kind of feeling. I hate to speak in such a manner, because it doesn't seem particularly proper. But your videos although they come with a sense of concern, are firm, stern, and concise.
For those that say they cannot afford the start up cost of canning, how about forming a co-op with friends and family to share the start up cost and then get together to do the canning. Canning is always more fun with others and many people are willing to help out if they get a few jars of tomato sauce or strawberry jam in return! The cost of the equipment if you buy new may be easier spread between two or three people. Same with dehydrators and other food preserving. Perhaps someone in the group even knows how to can or you know someone that knows how...ask them to teach you. Working together, people can do amazing things!
Thank you Toni. I love your channel. I am in the same position as you with getting food to store. We can't have chickens or any type of live stock and my garden although some think is large I consider it a kitchen garden. I can do down tomatoes but I will still need to buy them. I have purchased some canned goods on-sale and frozen meats. I watch the sales and buy what ever I can that I regularly use. I try to stock up on the basics if other things get too expensive we will just do without. My parents did without a lot of things in thedepression. I even stock up on sewing and mending items, medical items, cold and flu items everything and anything that I use I buy 1 or 2 more. I don't buy a lot because I want others to have some. Thanks for the video and looking forward to the next.🙏❤
And if you don’t have the time or means to do the prepping she is talking about you can at least buy extra inexpensive non-perishable items every time you go grocery shopping like rice, beans, peanut butter, canned foods, etc. Great videos. Great channel. God’s blessings to you all. 😊
New to the channel! We are considering waterglassing eggs. Very glad to be on a farm with chickens. We have been stocking up as well on everything. Basics like Flour, sugar, cornstarch, baking soda etc.
My wife and I have started buying a little extra at each grocery trip for the past couple months...focus on canned good (soups, chili, etc), ramen noodles, spam, pasta and pasta sauce. I know most of this is what we ate while students at university, its not the healthiest, but its food and doesn't go bad quickly. We are also getting ready for 1 or 2 meals a day, not the 3 most people are used to.
Yes, transitioning the body to fewer meals is good! The body expects three meals. Once it only gets two it throws some tantrums and then get a happy with two. I can do two. I haven't gone to one.
No farm here either. I'm buying cases of diced and tomato sauce for my long term. Best buy dates aren't bad but I have to watch the dates. We're growing in grow bags. That's it, the rest is from the stores. Gas prices are going to be the straw that breaks the camels back. No gas, no deliveries. There's still food in the stores, go get it.
My black currants are almost ready. Now begins the epic battle between me and the local birds.... a race to see who gets the berries. They are no fun to pick, but I have eaten the last of last season's jam. So, I need to get cracking.Your videos are valuable to me, as they give me a positive boost and extra energy to do what must be done.
I have black currants in my yard. My neighbor has a mulberry tree. They ripen at the same time and the birds prefer mulberries. So, I get plenty of berries.
We live in an urban setting and one thing you can always do is plant fruit trees! We have a dwarf pear tree, a peach tree and an apple tree on our standard City lot. You can also plant medicinal herbs, and perennial vegetable and fruits. Things like rhubarb, blackberries and raspberries, strawberries. Things that are easy to grow and will come back every year. The great thing about fruit is you can eatcfresh, freeze it, can it or dehydrate. Fermenting is always a really great thing to do to! For thinking outside the box during tough times you can also look at bartering. If you're able to bake bread for instance you could barter for eggs, or if you have tomatoes you could borrow order for potatoes, etc. Other things that are good to stockpile for bartering would be things like coffee, chocolate, alcohol etcetera
I appreciate your videos so much. You can get your message out to even more people if you can improve your sound quality a bit. Even if that's not something you do I'll be here for your videos. Thanks again.
Interesting you mentioned tomatoes. I wasn't going to grow any this year but I was compelled to rethink after a foreboding dream I had. It is so important to grow the "supplementary" crops because we are learning the tecniques and having the experience helps us to avoid mistakes and improve the outcomes.
Taking a walk around your area you may discover lots of berries and fruit trees. Most folks won't use the fruit and are usually willing to let you have it. Especially if you offer some of the finished product back ( jam, pie , etc.) Especially look down alleys in the back yards. Many old times planted trees and berries in their back yards 😏
Great idea, Sharon, but please watch out for pitbull dogs. Go w someone else and take big sticks or other weapons. Better yet, your husband. Alleyways are not wide. Pitbulls have the highest kill rate of all dogs.
Good morning Toni. After watching our Deputy Prime Minister's address yesterday, with regards to the issues Canadians are facing with regards to inflation, I 'm afraid I see nothing much offered to assist the immediate, future, REAL needs of most, regarding daily living. Ms. Freeland spoke about, jobs, housing daycare, the budget goals and deficit and where Canada stands in comparison to other G7 countries. No mention of food, medication, vitamin & mineral supplement shortages at all. I spent 1/4 of my monthly food budget to seek out and secure 5 months worth of critical health supplies which my regular pharmacy did not have and could not get. One of my meds, produced here in Canada was no longer available in my prescribed dosage. Unfortunately there is no generic brand available, so my daily scheduling and dosage amounts had to be altered. It was mentioned that even an Insulin shortage was likely! We have been spoiled with "Just In Time" delivery of everything and must now become as self reliant as possible in as many areas as we can. Ms. Freeland spoke of a monetary incentive for Seniors 75 years of age and older that is available this year. I wanted to Share: 2 nights ago I used TVP and made a wonderful Chili. I am still experimenting with it but have had success with tomato sauce and making TVP meatballs. I consider it an Emergency prep food and wouldn't dismiss it as a go to once weekly meal if necessary, You can get it at Bulk Barn. There are some great videos with recipes for burgers, meatloaves etc. A lot of people use it to help reduce cholesterol and lose weight as per St. Michael's Portfolio program. Have to tried it? The Beyond Meat at the grocery store is priced ridiculously high. Take care and sorry for the "long winded" comment > guilty.
We've been stockpiling this past couple of years, but our garden failed last year (all except a veritable jungle of tomatoes) and this year we didn't start one due to several factors. I'm determined to at least grow potatoes. It might not be too late for that. They are a must due to their nutrients, ease of storage, and versatility. We do have enough on our pantry and freezer shelves to make it at least 3 months without going to the grocery store, and could make it quite a bit longer if we ration. It's alarming and depressing to see holes in the shelves. Even the most basic of foods, bread, is not fully stocked in the stores. We need to be ready. Having my own stores of food gives me a sense of relief and confidence. We add extra stock a little bit at a time, every other paycheck.
Thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement. I like your calm, no nonsense approach. Your point about needing community is important. I don't know anyone else who's prepping for what seems to be coming. I've tried to encourage my adult kids to stock up, but I need to try harder. I'm not one to push others to do things, and I admit to being afraid they'll think I'm deluded, interfering and obnoxious. I can't do all the work of bringing in enough food for all of us in such a short time, though. I've made a decent start, have enough for my husband and myself for at least 6 months, I think. But there are 13 of us with the grandchildren. I need to convince my kids to work at it, too.
Dear Nancy, they might think it's not that important if you do not sound the warning emphatically enough. ("If it were really that serious she would have been more insistent.") It's possible that they might (temporarily) regard you as obnoxious and paranoid, but properly informing (educating) them might very well make a difference. I hope they love and respect you enough and are patient enough to give you the opportunity to have the necessary conversations with them. If actual conversations aren't possible, you might try writing them letters or sending text messages. Doing some research on the Internet and finding appropriate articles and videos that provide background information might make a big difference. My own family tend to resist talking about upsetting topics, but through the grace of God some of them did pay attention and eventually came round. Informative videos and articles made a crucial difference. All the aggravation and desperate pleading -- all of that effort and struggle was worth it. Wishing you all the best!
We are hearing more and more about rolling blackouts, that concerns me. I am relying on canning and dehydrating for preservation. Avoiding the freezer as much as possible. Life in the USA is going to get more difficult as time goes on. Remember people are going to have to defend their preps. Dont worry about having years and years of preps on hand.
Please, I would like to know for how long dehydrated fruits and veggies last. I've been dehydrating, but I'm not sure how lasting they are... Thank you!
@@neriadiez3362 I store my dehydrated food in half gallon canning jars. I store them with a moisture absorber. If you store them in cool dry conditions you should be able to get 3 plus years if not longer
Consider buying metal racks and growing indoors. Use florescent lights on a cheap timer. Sterilize your soil for indoor seedlings. I have indoor lettuce crops.
Freeze ham hocks for your beans ! They’re cheap ! I trim the fat off best I can but you scrape them after cooking & you get pork fat and bits of ham in your beans Yummy and Hearty ! Dog gets the bone !
I've always had a siege mentality, that is I stock up on things that are on special, because we have had some bad floods over the years which block the roads, making it impossible to shop anywhere. Thank you for your good advice. I am amazed at the price of lettuce in America. It's not quite so bad here in Australia. Lettuce is easy to grow in containers, and to keep snails and slugs at bay, keep ALL your eggshells, bake them in a hot oven and then grind them up. Sprinkle liberally around your precious seedlings and see the results. I've noticed that slugs die when confronted with coffee grounds! And save your urine (urea) because it is FREE! (But no antibiotics in your system). Great fertiliser, just a small amount in a bucket of water and you will see amazing results.
To keep the wildlife away from your garden, use Adult male urine because not only does it fertilizer, but it also keeps wildlife away because human testosterone strikes fear in their hearts and they run away from adult human male's territory. It's a great deterent without using poisonous manufactured products. For additional deterents, Irish Spring Soap Bars deter deer, raccoon, rabbits, squirrels & chipmunks too. I drill a hole at one end of the soap bars and then string them on heavy twine/clothes line & stretch the twine with the spaced soap bars all around the border of my back yard where my garden is. I also stretch the soap bar-laden twine at various heights for short all the up to high for the various heights of the wildlife. For birds, I string up 2 lightweight aluminum pie pans together on twine at various heights and the coupled aluminum pie pans spaces at various lengths along the back yard so they clang in the wind and flash sunlight unexpectedly and that frightens the pesky birds away. Another deterent that I use is Dollar Store Children's shiny, light-reflecting whirly-gigs placed at various areas inside the garden because as the wind spins the whirly-gigs not only do the flash light unexpectedly, they also send vibrations in the ground which scares away gophers, moles and voles and snails out of my garden. They're are also good at keeping the chickens, cats and dogs from entering my garden. These are just a few non-poisonous things that I do to save my produce while it's growing. Happy Gardening !!☺️
@@silverhills5684 wow, you’ve got it down to a fine art. No raccoons or chipmunks here, just wallabies, rabbits and strange little burrowing creatures who emerge at night. Snails and slugs are our main problem which is where the egg shells and coffee grounds come in. Thanks for your interesting advice.
@@cordeliav3055 , The whirly-gigs will frighten the slugs and snails away as well as the burrowing animals because the vibrations the whirling whirly-gigs make when the wind blows frighten them, as they think it's an earthquake ! Lol !😅 Another more aggressive way to get rid of snail is to let your chickens in the garden in the morning to pick up and eat the snails. Chickens love snails & and the shells give them the calcium they need for their egg shells. My chickens go wild over snails and think they are treats because that's what I tell my girls when I let them out of their run! I tell them to go out and get their treats ! Lol !!😅 For aggressive slug methods, (I don't drink alcohol, so ask neighbors if they'll leave a little beer in their cans/bottles and then I pay a few pennies for them per container) & half bury the containers with the little bit of beer all around the perimeter of my garden, because slugs are attracted to the smell of the yeast & hops in the beer. Once the slugs have crawled into the containers, they either drown or they swell up so they can't get out of the containers & then, I go around and pick up my containers filled with dead slugs and either bury the slugs or just put them in the trash bin for pickup. I hope these ideas are helpful to you and to all who might read this. ☺️🙃☺️ I wish you an abundant harvest !! 🙏🥰🙏
Toni (and Mark) THANK YOU for your wise words of wisdom, yes wisdom, where I live there is NOT older people to look to for direction or as good examples; that is why I love your channel💞
I have not completely shut my freezer door 2x now. It's kind of a weird door. You have to really press it. I can't hear the freezer alarm from my bedroom. This is very frustrating. I have decided to start dehydrating. With the rumors of blackouts and grid going down I need to think of something other than a freezer. Dehydrating, although time consuming, seems to be a great, affordable option. I am dehydrating things like shredded chicken, organic cherry tomatoes, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, celery, kale and cucumbers. And I literally just got it. So I think I am on to something that works for me. I also just started stocking up on canned sardines and salmon.
Same here. I dont have a freezer alarm (gonna get one) but it became unplugged for 3 days. I see it as a blessing because I had it stocked with fish I caught and had had for years! It was time to get rid of most of it anyway (i have a lot of fish canned too) . Dehydrating and canning is the best bet nowadays. I have not tried to dehydrate meat but might try it. Good luck on your preservation efforts.
We adjusted our feet on the freezer to have it lean back and removed items from the door. Hopefully you can determine how to make it work in addition to the dehydrating
Rabbits are very quiet and produce awesome fertilizer daily 😁 you have to handle meat bunnies daily each having separate cage they don’t appreciate commune living and can casterate or kill the males so separate cages. Take female to male witness ( you stand and watch so if she gets agrivated get her out!) witness 3 fall offs. Taste like chicken! Don’t have what it takes to process? Don’t get them! I have chickens so I gave my meat rabbits to a neighbor they were struggling raising 3 grandkids on disability but they are able to fill their chest freezer not relying on grocery stores, growing their garden and fishing . Life is going to get hard so please try so you can get through with as little struggle as possible…waiting till no food to try and grow is to late, gardening is hard and learning now will give you the skills when it turns to a necessity.
I had a pet bunny. He lived to be 11 yrs old. I have eaten farm raised rabbit also. It is a delicious fine grained meat that I like to eat. I can attest what a great garden I had with a bunny to supplement fertilizer!
I’m stunned that you don’t have a mini farm. I was shocked to hear that. I’m sitting in Pennsylvania waiting for my house to sell and in the meantime Im growing veggies in my old soda bottles. I don’t count on ANYONE for my food!
I would love to buy one, I had to sell my house and then real estate in Ontario got crazy expensive...I have to trust in God...That I'm where I'm supposed to be.
Plant in Grow Bags. Live in forested area and only have few sunny spots. Bag handles allow them to be moved for best seasonal exposure. Recommend 15 gal as multi-purpose, large size. Also, great for balcony, patio or deck.
A nice evening cup of coffee to you Toni. Seems we got no one with much sense to swing the wheel of the Titanic hard to starboard cause I think we hit the iceberg this fall. So now's the time to keep the proverbial life jacket nearby. Great advice and even with you pointing out the iceberg ahead, it was still with your usual calmness. It's appreciated.
How to cook during power outages is what I’m on right now. I. Have a propane camp grill and just bought a outdoor one burner wood stove that cooks with smaller pieces of wood well.
Look into the GasOne dual fuel stoves. They use both butane and propane. If you have a solar power back up, buy a low watt portable cook burner you can plug into the solar power bank. Also check out some 12 volt cookware that truckers use. Hope that helps.
They said heat killed 3000 cattle. What a bunch of crap. I live in south Louisiana and it has been over 90 degrees for two months straight. It goes over 100 in June and July. We have never lost cattle down here due to heat. 🙄Crazy times.
Wasnt just the heat. I had to do some searching but I finally got to the bottom of it. 1st the poor things endured a grass fire. Then the high heat. Then they got a bunch of rain and because of the high heat the humidity went through the roof. So they were extremely stressed and the weather didnt help any. I live in Fl and when there's extremely high heat and high humidity at the same time its like you are suffocating and drowning at the same time. It makes it really hard to breath.
i love what you do, say and project to the "smart people" who will listen. I too am a prepper. I can everything i possibly am able to acquire, and dehydrate a lot of food...I am 78, A WIDOW OF MANY YEARS, LIVE ALONE IN THE SOUTHWEST. have tried to tell my children to prepare. One daughter grabbed my knowledge with zest....the other "business type" said: Oh Mom, only you believe this World will have no food!" she could not make 2 extra meals out of her kitchen in a week. Thank you for helping me realize I am not the only woman who is prepared....YOU ARE MY GO BETWEEN: STARVING AND SURVIVING AS LONG AS I CAN.,
This is a wonderful video as some foods will not be in the supply chain good reason to preserve now looking at it as a learning skill I’ve been dabbling in it for many decades and since my children have families of their own I stopped canning and pickling years ago . Last year while the stay home orders were in place I picked up the process again just for something to so .I’ve found that my good taste sooo much better than store bought cans and found manu things that I never tried before .if shortages are not as predicted then I will have good food for a couple ye,and that’s a good thing the processed foods are prepared in plants packaged and sent on trucks for many hundreds or thousand miles to your local grocery store so by doing your own you are definitely reducing your carbon footprint .thinking about others as well as yourself . Take care people need to know the things you’re doing someone is learning something 🙏👍🏻
I also like the blue willow and had a lot even blue willow oil lamps I tried to find them on eBay but they didn't have any they were very old anyway I was moving and there was a lot of boxes went missing Me and my grandchildren collect old cups and sau"s they also went missing along with a lot of my great grandmas stuff.... Sorry to tell you my problems just a old mans rant ......😕
You dont have to have land and animals. I am fortunate to be able to have a small garden and animals..... however, I still buy anything I can find on sale to freeze or can. I get somw looks and somw questions when I am buying huge flats of cabbage and half a cart of carrots or potatoes at Aldi. 🤣 One lady asked me if I was having a party or something once. I said, no, this is how I shop.
I was at my local No Frills today out here on the loony left coast of BC, the store had excess large cans of diced tomatoes for .88c a can. Dont use tomato's that much but I scooped up a few cans for that price. They also had corned-beef cheaper then Costco so picked up a few of those, we generally send most of them to the wife's family in the Philippines. Speaking of the farmer have you seen the lady farmer that has gone viral - a minute or less video of what is happening to them- it just came out this week
@@northgeorgiamom8956 its a vid of a woman farmer warning..tic tok I believe. I seen it on a couple of alt news sites...Health Ranger Report June 16...
Very beautiful said and read. Were thankful for all you have helped us through. Revisiting scary canning, new wonderful baking ideas . I wish you were closer I have farms and flea/jockey lots got 2 25 ilb boxes green tomatoes. $15 each . I asked him from farmers to pick me up 60lb bags potatoes and onions. I'm trusting my planting comes threw. Thank you for every minute you take of your time to teach or talk we really love you guidance.
One thing that you can do if you`re not able to have a garden per say, or just not able for any physical work..buy a1 cu ft bag of Miracle Grow soil..poke several holes in on side..flip it over. Try to have something to lay it on if you`re putting it on concrete or something other than the ground. Make 1 or 2 holes in it and pop a tomato plant or 2 into the hole(s) & water well. I grew small melons this way one year as I didn`t have time to make one more 4 x 8 box. They did quite well. You can grow many items this way..just do some googling..info & tips are out there You can do tomatoes, peppers, & cukes (might need to fix a trellis for the cukes once they start vining). Is an easy way to garden!
I want you to know that i grew up in the 50 and 60’s on a old farm with my aunt and if we dont listen to folks like you then we get what we ask for. Thank you please dont stop and god bless
Toni I have always tried to have some back up on my shelves and freezer but this year I have stocked up more than usual. Thank you for the encouragement.
Thank you Toni your such a bright lite to many of us! You teach us , you bring us along when you experiment and if it fails you bring us along on trying it another way to try it! And you usually figure it out and we all benefit from your videos in si many ways! Thsnk you do much for all you do and share with us! God bless ❤️🙏✝️🙋🏻
New sub here. You're right about learning homesteading/farming/gardening skills being an ongoing process. There will be failures~~adjust and try again.....and there will be successes~~enjoy them! We began turning our small rural property into a homestead several years ago (time flies!) and now we grow a huge garden, raise hens for eggs and meat birds for meat (turkey and chicken), we have a small orchard that is just now coming into its own, and we raise and forage herbs for medicine. I am an herbalist and tend to most of our health care issues. We've learned to preserve foods, buy in bulk, etc. We've enjoyed acquiring these skills~~it's a good feeling to be a bit more self sufficient. God bless!
Toni that was great I’m dehydrating more eggs and canning as many vegetables as I can . It’s been an exhausting journey at least I don’t have all of the other work of a large garden and animals to keep up with which allows me to focus on preserving food. Thanks so much you’re dry encouraging. Texas🌹🌹🌹
Kudos for reporting on this subject! Once again, in its arrogance, the human race has outsmarted itself. In principle, just-in-time is a good strategy until something goes wrong in the supply chain. In the just-in-time world, there is no reserve inventory to draw from. To meet demand, the manufacturer can only reallocate the goods that are in transit, distribution centers or stores. The current situation is global-I think we are in for a difficult time.
Good Morning Toni and Mark 👋 Today's video has been put so eloquently. I congratulate you for your very well thought out dialogue of thoughts and feelings on food shortages in your country of Canada 🇨🇦. I know this varies from region to region in the world, but sadly it will impact us all in time to come. In my opinion, the situation has been designed to be this way! I just hope and pray that when it does come to everyone, the word would be out there and everyone would have been listening and taking adantage of the foresite of people like you. People who have sought to educate themselves and prepare; people who tried to pass the word on and educate others in the ways of food preservation of our heritage; people who tried to help others prepare and not rely on the inevitable weakening food supply chains. We all need to adjust our attitude as far as the availability of food and who is responsible in providing it to us. We must take care of the FARMERS and ourselves as much as possible because Governments, yeah..they just WON'T. They WILL take care of themselves. They have already proven that sad fact to us time and time again. We just need to listen to them and quit having faith in them to keep us alive and happy. Take care and all the best to you both from the UK. 🇬🇧💖💞
Learned to can meat last December. I almost wish I could raise chickens but the HOA will not allow it. I've dried some veggies. Bought quantities of starch items and broke up into usable sized vacuum bags. Also planning on a greenhouse on my deck. I'm kicking myself for not buying a freeze dryer.
Greetings from Tennessee. I just discovered your channel yesterday and have been binge watching your videos today. I have done various pressure canning/water bath methods for many years. But dry canning and dehydrating various foods is new to me. When watching your videos, I found I had several questions that were not addressed. For example, how do you prepare your jars prior to dry canning.? Also what temps do you use in dehydrating? Do you have instructions or recipes you use, that I can access? I could just be overlooking them. I was interested in your chicken stock recipe. I would love to do that. We are currently seeing some empty shelves in our local food stores. I think it is wonderful what you are doing to help prepare us for the forecasted shortages. May God bless you for your service to others!
Dehydrators come with instructions on what temperatures to use with various foods..most of my recipes I just explain in the video's themselves..very few are written down!
Hi Toni. Had my attention.Wanted to suggest Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy. Might give you some tips on layering and growing how she does her liquid fertilizer. Yes we can try and supplement growing.Thanks for your encouraging words and compassion and level headedness.
Join with neighbors who are in the same predicament don't just can vegetables meat is easy I've emptied my freezer canned it all last long plus I worry about electricity I have lots of beans and rice that will fill that empty spot you can plant potatoes in buckets and other containers talk with your churches is there any spare land around church work together save seeds I sure you are not the only one around you lots of people are scared strength in numbers God bless
We're seniors who lived most of our lives on a farm, producing our own meat and eggs from chickens, sheep, rabbits, quail and ducks. We grew and preserved our own vegetables. We even had a market garden for several years. Now we live on a small 2 acre homeplace with no livestock and we garden in containers. I keep hearing people advise keeping animals for meat. 10 years ago when we were still on our farm, we were barely breaking even on livestock. By the time we bought the grain, hay, supplements and supplies they required, we were actually losing money. Now that feed cost has gone through the roof, I can't imagine taking on the expenses of livestock. We would literally go broke covering the expenses. Quail might be the exception. We have already cut back our animal consumption almost to the point of being vegetarian and are much healthier for it. Veganism (even part time) is entirely possible, healthy and less expensive than eating animals. For people worried about their inability to raise meat....stop worrying. You can live without it if necessary.
@@sharonp.6505 lolz - you think that's impossible? You can always grow your own hay and use that. I know farms that do it. And if you're raising small animals, like rabbits, you don't need hay or grain.
@@annep.1905 Have you done it? Have you personally raised meat animals of any kind without any grain? We raised meat rabbits for years and would never have had success without high protein grain rations regardless of all the hay and all the comfrey they could eat.
@@sharonp.6505I've only raised guinea pigs, chickens, and goats, not rabbits. However wild rabbits don't seem to need grain, so there must be other things you can feed them that are high protein but not grain - maybe crickets? You can grow your own grain too, and while I personally haven't grown my own grain, I know people who have done so, or who have raised free-range meat (chickens and ducks). I also know that some people can't live without meat, aside from divine intervention, and I currently know a man who is on a meat only (animal products, including animal fat) diet and is losing weight and is healthier for it. I myself need meat to be truly healthy. Very few people can live a vegan lifestyle for a long time, and remain healthy.
The heat has just about killed everything I have planted. My green bean plants and okra ate still looking good but no veggies yet. I got a latetr start this year for spring. I am now deciding what to plant for the fall. Hopefully I will have better luck. It time growing in containers and the city as well. I always had a garden when I lived in the country, so this city thing is really different. 3 more yrs and I will be back in the country lifestyle.
What a beautiful humble lady with an amazing kind heart. Brand new to your channel. It was the Farmers warning video that caught my attention. Thank you for caring enough to help others see things are upon us and we need to begin preparing if we haven’t already!! I appreciate how you shared that you have told your children as we are trying too as well. It’s hard to get them to see, so as you said, we can only do our best. Again thank you!! You are much appreciated by many of us!! Blessings upon blessings in abundance!! ❤️🌹❤️
same
A victory garden is a must. I have bags of potatoes up and running. Canning and dehydrating anything I can get my hands on. Freezer will be empty by next week.
Got plenty of seeds. Got the book.
Seed to Seed. Prepping since 2019. Made bread for the first time ever last week😃😋
Let's do this people. Something is better than nothing ❤
Right on Jennifer. Do something now. Whatever it is. We can do this, we better do this, and I think many will do this, because we must do this. I can bake bread, but first year I've planted. Large patio only,so not much,but it's experience. In FL so can plant in pots or bags year round. But hey, you gotta start with the first one.
There isn't enough water in the world for my garden. It's been over 100 this week two days hitting 106 and 107. Good luck everyone.
@@rneedham667 we're not close to that. So good luck to you. Hope you get some rain soon. Reported1000's of head of cattle dropping from the heat out in Kansas and the West. Not sure one of the horsemen or seven signs, but it gives me that vibe with everything else happening.
@@rneedham667 Mine is struggling too!! Heat index 102-104 all this week. Thankfully I have shade over my main growing area for 3 hours in the afternoon. Soaker hoses and deep mulch seem to be the way to go for in ground gardens and all of my self wicking tubs are ok. Thankfully! It's been very hard keeping my hens cool, but they're pulling through. Hoping this intense heat passes soon for all of us!
@@rneedham667 put up shade structures and water the night before if you can. Good luck!
Our neighbors have a peach tree and two huge limbs are in our yard. We have been eating peaches for a few weeks. Today was the day to harvest the peaches. So far I have canned 12 pints of spiced peaches and 9 half pints of peach jelly. My Husband and teenage boy are currently picking peaches with a ladder. Free is my favorite price!
That is awesome.
Strange, I live next door to a real nut. We share a pecan tree. Its on the property line. She constanly harass me about chopping down the tree. She has no clue of the value of that tree. The nuts are large and delicious.
@@lindawhitehead4295 She'll love that tree once her belly starts rumbling from being empty.
Lucky you!!!!
@@lindawhitehead4295 Give her some toasted pecans so she will know.
My Mom grew up in the depression. Her father was killed in a farming accident when she was 7, Grandma raised 4 girls and a son.
Mom said they really didn't know there was a depression as they always had a huge garden and farm animals for eggs and meat. I was amazed. Mom always had a huge garden too, with rows of jars of produce in the basement.
She taught me well. I have a huge garden where I can grow too much and take produce to a local food pantry and family and friends. Hoping many people can be prepared and not even be aware of shortages. We CAN take care of ourselves and each other.
I appreciate your videos!
You are so right, Friend! God provides. Most of our citizens lost the idea of self-reliance and it has made them prey to big business. Did you ever read Laura Ingall's book, FARMER BOY? Almonzo's parents are very concerned because his brother, Royal wants to own a store instead of a farm. Well, Roysl's parents understood something we better all take note of. God is our helper and our strength. We can't trust governments but we can trust Him.
You have many and great blessings. Thank you for sharing.
@@ChaplainDeanna Beautiful 👍❤👍
@@ambrosemclaren145 I do have many blessings, sometimes I need to be reminded, thank you!
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I'll look into 'Farmer Boy' thanks!
I pray as I garden and ask the Lord to bless the works of my hands. I will say a prayer for your garden too. God bless you
Thank You !!
Conditioning yourself, your family is a big start. Accepting that rice/beans may be the only thing you can eat for several months will also help. Having a garden even in pots on the porch will help. Letting your family know "hey this is what we got and that's it" will help
2008 taught me so much
Being thankful for what we got is a big help. One of the things our parents taught us during hard times when I was a kid.
@@oldtimerlee8820 So true 100%
Yes, think people can make themselves crazy trying to stock up on every option. We can get used to much less variety. Lots of folks raised on cornbread and beans.
start eating rice and beans now to get your body used to it.
This is Barry's wife Phyllis, I have his phone. My husband was a single father of two daughters. I was a single mother of two daughters. Then we met. Anyway, he used to have to stretch food. On dish he made was a pound of burger, a large can of kidney beans. Two cups of rice. He cooked the burger and rice. He added the can of beans (do not drain them, use the liquid too) to the cooked burger. Add some water, as much as you want to that and continue heating it up. Simply put the burger/beans on top of the rice! He usually put tobasco sauce and soy sauce. Not me, I thought it seemed bland and I do not like any food spicy/hot so I put shredded cheese and salt/pepper on it to liven it up. It's an easy quick dinner.
What no one is talking about is growing sprouts or microgreens in a jar. Its packed with nutrients and anyone can grow it
Yes, sprouts are wonderful!! Lentils can be sprouted as well.
have sprouted garbanzo beans
Yes!
How is it done? I’m interested.
@@marlenebaron3880 for garbanzo, place 1/4 cup in a bowl, cover with water. (Comfortable to finger) change water 2-3 times daily for 48 - 60 hours. Drain and place in pan of jar or pan that you can drain and they are not sitting in water and rinse off to get wet 2-3 times daily, do not let them sit in water. After a few days will start to see sprouts. I wait until they start to just get leaves and add salads or soups or bake in oven. Not hard.
I like true leaf market and has good info, basic info, seeds and equipment.
I also buy dry beans from grocery stores and they seem to work well in sprouting.
Just bought a dehydrator and food saver with jar lid attachment. My plan is to dehydrate fruits and vegetables to supplement foods for my grandchildren. They are our future and my reason for living. God bless us all.
I did just the same! If you need any help with dehydrating, the Purposeful Pantry UA-cam channel is awesome.
@@andreakovach6974 thanks so much!
Easy things to plant now on your balcony: spinach, Swiss chard, radishes, lettuce, edible flowers, and the firm center of a cabbage will take root and produce leaves. Also plant garlic cloves next to these because it’s smell repels insects and the green sprouts freshly cut give good garlic flavor, and then sprout again
Two days ago (ish) the Lord flat out told me to start canning. I have never canned in my life...but I am happy and willing to learn. Thank Jesus I have a freezer full of salmon to can!!!
Praying for all of us! Be safe, folks!
I appreciate all of your advice. You are a person of great wisdom. We are prepping here, growing tomatoes, got a gut feeling things are shutting down. Trusting in Jesus!
Thank you
- JJ from West Tennessee
Great video, thank you. My family still thinks I’m crazy.
I’m planning to just go & buy the big bags of rice or beans from Costco or the Asian market & food saver it into one or two pound portions & store it away & “ forget about it “. The Asian markets have many varieties of dried foods, especially mushrooms. When thinking of storing food, it’s important to keep the bellies of our loved ones filled but let’s not forget nutrition, hence the mention of dried mushrooms. Do some looking into protein powders, various “ non-fancy” supplements that can be added to our food . Liquid aminos, etc. Not exactly fancy or sexy but may come in handy. Nutritional yeast is full of amino acids & very good to prevent muscle loss. Maybe even good to dry & create vegetable powders. Also good to remember our neighbors especially the elderly or those w no family worth mentioning. Let’s just keep an eye on each other
Bartering is a great way to go. I have hundreds of lbs of plums that I'm processing into juice, jelly, chutney, plum powder. I am bartering with other local growers for other supplies to expand my pantry stockpile. I'm also trying out new crops I have never heard of before, for example malabar. A great versatile, self seeding crop that can also be canned, dehydrated into powder etc. It's time to get inventive, challenge ourselves and not be afraid to step into new territories! We are never to old to learn new things!
Your calm voice is an oasis that I come periodically to drink from. Greetings from
San Antonio Texas. Everyday is prepping day for me.
Wow, thank you
Thank you Toni...you have a very special way of communicting the
seriousness of what is coming without "jumping up and down".
Your voice is superb...by any chance were you a teacher??...because
you are an excellent orator. Have been prepping for two years and
now am going to learn how to bake yeast bread at 70 years of age!!
You can be successful at it. 👍🏻❤️
Lawrie- Here is how I do bread. Maybe it will help.
In a large mixing bowl, combine 3c flour, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsp yeast. Mix well. Add 1 1/2 c warm water. Mix thoroughly. Dough should be sticky. Cover with a towel and let sit 12-16 hrs. Pre heat oven to 350, grease loaf pan, put dough in pan, cover with tented aluminum foil ( i reuse the same piece of foil repeatedly ). Bake 30-45 min. Remove foil for last 15 min of baking. You may need more or less water and baking time depending on the humidity and altitude where you live. I use unbleached flour and add 1/4 psyllium husk or I use all whole wheat flour. You can play with the recipe, though, once you're used to it. I've done cinnamon raisin, garlic, and oat breads.
@@erinsnook8537 thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I've never heard of psyllium husks before (had to Google it). For this recipe do you use the powder?
@@DR-rw7es Yes, I do. It is not necessary for the recipe to turn out. I add it for the fiber. Oops- Should have read '1/4 c. psyllium husk'
@@erinsnook8537 Thank you for this! Can recipe be doubled? Is it true that psyllium husk powder does not expire?
Excellent talk!
Don't panic, assess the current situation, think about what you can reasonably do to prepare that will help lessen future hardship, then get to work.
Thank You so much, your support is very welcome!!!
A great idea to grow what you can in your own gardens
Yesterday we went to a local farm and bought 10 lbs. of asparagus. I pickled it in a sweet and sour brine. I also bought some strawberries and mixed them with my rhubarb and made some jam. We feel very fortunate that we have enough room to plant many vegetables and I have a messy but abundant little food forest. Yes this too shall pass . Thank you for your heartfelt message. I can tell it is on your heart a great deal. Blessings.
God bless you mrs. Something about your videos is very calming. I don't normally like videos about prepping, just because they seem not just modern, but anxious and full of a bad kind of feeling. I hate to speak in such a manner, because it doesn't seem particularly proper. But your videos although they come with a sense of concern, are firm, stern, and concise.
For those that say they cannot afford the start up cost of canning, how about forming a co-op with friends and family to share the start up cost and then get together to do the canning. Canning is always more fun with others and many people are willing to help out if they get a few jars of tomato sauce or strawberry jam in return! The cost of the equipment if you buy new may be easier spread between two or three people. Same with dehydrators and other food preserving. Perhaps someone in the group even knows how to can or you know someone that knows how...ask them to teach you. Working together, people can do amazing things!
Thank you Toni.
I love your channel. I am in the same position as you with getting food to store. We can't have chickens or any type of live stock and my garden although some think is large I consider it a kitchen garden. I can do down tomatoes but I will still need to buy them. I have purchased some canned goods on-sale and frozen meats. I watch the sales and buy what ever I can that I regularly use. I try to stock up on the basics if other things get too expensive we will just do without. My parents did without a lot of things in thedepression. I even stock up on sewing and mending items, medical items, cold and flu items everything and anything that I use I buy 1 or 2 more. I don't buy a lot because I want others to have some.
Thanks for the video and looking forward to the next.🙏❤
❤you are using calming advice and every thing you refer to make us use our mental abilities . God bless and thank you. Skills needed.
Thank You, I appreciate that!
And if you don’t have the time or means to do the prepping she is talking about you can at least buy extra inexpensive non-perishable items every time you go grocery shopping like rice, beans, peanut butter, canned foods, etc. Great videos. Great channel. God’s blessings to you all. 😊
yes, buy extra when you go. even 5 quarter store has products
Peanut butter goes rancid. Buy the powder if you must have it.
What a straight forward and sensible speaker.
Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝
No problem 👍
Just saw yr video on Facebook thanks for posting.
New to the channel! We are considering waterglassing eggs. Very glad to be on a farm with chickens. We have been stocking up as well on everything. Basics like Flour, sugar, cornstarch, baking soda etc.
My wife and I have started buying a little extra at each grocery trip for the past couple months...focus on canned good (soups, chili, etc), ramen noodles, spam, pasta and pasta sauce. I know most of this is what we ate while students at university, its not the healthiest, but its food and doesn't go bad quickly. We are also getting ready for 1 or 2 meals a day, not the 3 most people are used to.
Yes, transitioning the body to fewer meals is good! The body expects three meals. Once it only gets two it throws some tantrums and then get a happy with two. I can do two. I haven't gone to one.
No farm here either. I'm buying cases of diced and tomato sauce for my long term. Best buy dates aren't bad but I have to watch the dates. We're growing in grow bags. That's it, the rest is from the stores. Gas prices are going to be the straw that breaks the camels back. No gas, no deliveries. There's still food in the stores, go get it.
My black currants are almost ready. Now begins the epic battle between me and the local birds.... a race to see who gets the berries. They are no fun to pick, but I have eaten the last of last season's jam. So, I need to get cracking.Your videos are valuable to me, as they give me a positive boost and extra energy to do what must be done.
I used to have black current bushes at my home...Made jam every spring! Miss that too!!
Build a berry cage you can walk around in.
Where can you grow black currents in the US? They are illegal in Massachusetts. I miss them so much.
I have black currants in my yard. My neighbor has a mulberry tree. They ripen at the same time and the birds prefer mulberries. So, I get plenty of berries.
@@katharinabecker752 - Why are they illegal?
We live in an urban setting and one thing you can always do is plant fruit trees! We have a dwarf pear tree, a peach tree and an apple tree on our standard City lot. You can also plant medicinal herbs, and perennial vegetable and fruits. Things like rhubarb, blackberries and raspberries, strawberries. Things that are easy to grow and will come back every year. The great thing about fruit is you can eatcfresh, freeze it, can it or dehydrate. Fermenting is always a really great thing to do to! For thinking outside the box during tough times you can also look at bartering. If you're able to bake bread for instance you could barter for eggs, or if you have tomatoes you could borrow order for potatoes, etc. Other things that are good to stockpile for bartering would be things like coffee, chocolate, alcohol etcetera
I appreciate your videos so much. You can get your message out to even more people if you can improve your sound quality a bit. Even if that's not something you do I'll be here for your videos.
Thanks again.
Interesting you mentioned tomatoes. I wasn't going to grow any this year but I was compelled to rethink after a foreboding dream I had. It is so important to grow the "supplementary" crops because we are learning the tecniques and having the experience helps us to avoid mistakes and improve the outcomes.
Taking a walk around your area you may discover lots of berries and fruit trees. Most folks won't use the fruit and are usually willing to let you have it. Especially if you offer some of the finished product back ( jam, pie , etc.) Especially look down alleys in the back yards. Many old times planted trees and berries in their back yards 😏
Great idea, Sharon, but please watch out for pitbull dogs. Go w someone else and take big sticks or other weapons. Better yet, your husband. Alleyways are not wide. Pitbulls have the highest kill rate of all dogs.
Nice job Sheela.
Toni, you don't have a farm, but you are talented and frugal. Great skills to have! The light framed glasses are such a different look for you.
Thank You!
Good morning Toni. After watching our Deputy Prime Minister's address yesterday, with regards to the issues Canadians are facing with regards to inflation, I 'm afraid I see nothing
much offered to assist the immediate, future, REAL needs of most, regarding daily living.
Ms. Freeland spoke about, jobs, housing daycare, the budget goals and deficit and where Canada stands in comparison to other G7 countries. No mention of food, medication, vitamin & mineral supplement shortages at all. I spent 1/4 of my monthly food budget to seek out and secure 5 months worth of critical health supplies which my regular pharmacy
did not have and could not get. One of my meds, produced here in Canada was no longer
available in my prescribed dosage. Unfortunately there is no generic brand available, so my
daily scheduling and dosage amounts had to be altered. It was mentioned that even an Insulin shortage was likely! We have been spoiled with "Just In Time" delivery of everything
and must now become as self reliant as possible in as many areas as we can. Ms. Freeland spoke of a monetary incentive for Seniors 75 years of age and older that is available this year. I wanted to Share: 2 nights ago I used TVP and made a wonderful Chili. I am still experimenting with it but have had success with tomato sauce and making TVP meatballs. I consider it an Emergency prep food and wouldn't dismiss it as a go to once weekly meal if necessary, You can get it at Bulk Barn. There are some great videos with recipes for burgers, meatloaves etc. A lot of people use it to help reduce cholesterol and lose weight as per St. Michael's Portfolio program. Have to tried it? The Beyond Meat at the grocery store is priced ridiculously high. Take care and sorry for the "long winded" comment > guilty.
We are on our own!!
Thank you Toni. That was a wonderful video. It actually calmed me down a bit. We can face this with steadfast perseverance. We've got this.
Yes you do...slow and steady...!!
Love your videos. Subscribed. Thanks.
We've been stockpiling this past couple of years, but our garden failed last year (all except a veritable jungle of tomatoes) and this year we didn't start one due to several factors. I'm determined to at least grow potatoes. It might not be too late for that. They are a must due to their nutrients, ease of storage, and versatility. We do have enough on our pantry and freezer shelves to make it at least 3 months without going to the grocery store, and could make it quite a bit longer if we ration.
It's alarming and depressing to see holes in the shelves. Even the most basic of foods, bread, is not fully stocked in the stores. We need to be ready. Having my own stores of food gives me a sense of relief and confidence. We add extra stock a little bit at a time, every other paycheck.
Great video Toni ☺ 👍 It's our responsibility to do something to help ourselves. There's always something that we can do, buy, or learn.
I just absolutely love your channel and thank you for all your wise words. God bless you. 🙏🏻❤
I have started stretching my canning by adding more veg than meat to my jars. Times are going to be very hard for a long time.
Thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement. I like your calm, no nonsense approach. Your point about needing community is important. I don't know anyone else who's prepping for what seems to be coming.
I've tried to encourage my adult kids to stock up, but I need to try harder. I'm not one to push others to do things, and I admit to being afraid they'll think I'm deluded, interfering and obnoxious. I can't do all the work of bringing in enough food for all of us in such a short time, though. I've made a decent start, have enough for my husband and myself for at least 6 months, I think. But there are 13 of us with the grandchildren. I need to convince my kids to work at it, too.
I try with my kids too! They poo poo me as if I am delusional. They have no idea what is coming because they have always had plenty.
Dear Nancy, they might think it's not that important if you do not sound the warning emphatically enough. ("If it were really that serious she would have been more insistent.")
It's possible that they might (temporarily) regard you as obnoxious and paranoid, but properly informing (educating) them might very well make a difference. I hope they love and respect you enough and are patient enough to give you the opportunity to have the necessary conversations with them.
If actual conversations aren't possible, you might try writing them letters or sending text messages.
Doing some research on the Internet and finding appropriate articles and videos that provide background information might make a big difference.
My own family tend to resist talking about upsetting topics, but through the grace of God some of them did pay attention and eventually came round. Informative videos and articles made a crucial difference. All the aggravation and desperate pleading -- all of that effort and struggle was worth it.
Wishing you all the best!
We are hearing more and more about rolling blackouts, that concerns me. I am relying on canning and dehydrating for preservation. Avoiding the freezer as much as possible. Life in the USA is going to get more difficult as time goes on.
Remember people are going to have to defend their preps. Dont worry about having years and years of preps on hand.
Please, I would like to know for how long dehydrated fruits and veggies last. I've been dehydrating, but I'm not sure how lasting they are... Thank you!
@@neriadiez3362 I store my dehydrated food in half gallon canning jars. I store them with a moisture absorber. If you store them in cool dry conditions you should be able to get 3 plus years if not longer
Thank you! Thank you!! Do you think vaccum sealing would do?
@@neriadiez3362 Yes it works very well for keeping the oxygen out. You might want to toss a moisture absorber in before you vacuum seal it.
Thank you very much!!! 💗
Consider buying metal racks and growing indoors. Use florescent lights on a cheap timer.
Sterilize your soil for indoor seedlings.
I have indoor lettuce crops.
We need meal ideas. Need to learn how many different ways we can look at our pantry and use what we have. Thanks for all you do.
Freeze ham hocks for your beans ! They’re cheap ! I trim the fat off best I can but you scrape them after cooking & you get pork fat and bits of ham in your beans Yummy and Hearty ! Dog gets the bone !
Loved your video tonight. I like you because you are sincere and direct. Thank you for your insight and information .
I've always had a siege mentality, that is I stock up on things that are on special, because we have had some bad floods over the years which block the roads, making it impossible to shop anywhere. Thank you for your good advice. I am amazed at the price of lettuce in America. It's not quite so bad here in Australia. Lettuce is easy to grow in containers, and to keep snails and slugs at bay, keep ALL your eggshells, bake them in a hot oven and then grind them up. Sprinkle liberally around your precious seedlings and see the results. I've noticed that slugs die when confronted with coffee grounds! And save your urine (urea) because it is FREE! (But no antibiotics in your system). Great fertiliser, just a small amount in a bucket of water and you will see amazing results.
To keep the wildlife away from your garden, use Adult male urine because not only does it fertilizer, but it also keeps wildlife away because human testosterone strikes fear in their hearts and they run away from adult human male's territory. It's a great deterent without using poisonous manufactured products.
For additional deterents, Irish Spring Soap Bars deter deer, raccoon, rabbits, squirrels & chipmunks too.
I drill a hole at one end of the soap bars and then string them on heavy twine/clothes line & stretch the twine with the spaced soap bars all around the border of my back yard where my garden is.
I also stretch the soap bar-laden twine at various heights for short all the up to high for the various heights of the wildlife.
For birds, I string up 2 lightweight aluminum pie pans together on twine at various heights and the coupled aluminum pie pans spaces at various lengths along the back yard so they clang in the wind and flash sunlight unexpectedly and that frightens the pesky birds away.
Another deterent that I use is Dollar Store Children's shiny, light-reflecting whirly-gigs placed at various areas inside the garden because as the wind spins the whirly-gigs not only do the flash light unexpectedly, they also send vibrations in the ground which scares away gophers, moles and voles and snails out of my garden. They're are also good at keeping the chickens, cats and dogs from entering my garden.
These are just a few non-poisonous things that I do to save my produce while it's growing.
Happy Gardening !!☺️
@@silverhills5684 wow, you’ve got it down to a fine art. No raccoons or chipmunks here, just wallabies, rabbits and strange little burrowing creatures who emerge at night. Snails and slugs are our main problem which is where the egg shells and coffee grounds come in. Thanks for your interesting advice.
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The whirly-gigs will frighten the slugs and snails away as well as the burrowing animals because the vibrations the whirling whirly-gigs make when the wind blows frighten them, as they think it's an earthquake ! Lol !😅
Another more aggressive way to get rid of snail is to let your chickens in the garden in the morning to pick up and eat the snails.
Chickens love snails & and the shells give them the calcium they need for their egg shells. My chickens go wild over snails and think they are treats because that's what I tell my girls when I let them out of their run! I tell them to go out and get their treats ! Lol !!😅
For aggressive slug methods, (I don't drink alcohol, so ask neighbors if they'll leave a little beer in their cans/bottles and then I pay a few pennies for them per container) & half bury the containers with the little bit of beer all around the perimeter of my garden, because slugs are attracted to the smell of the yeast & hops in the beer. Once the slugs have crawled into the containers, they either drown or they swell up so they can't get out of the containers & then, I go around and pick up my containers filled with dead slugs and either bury the slugs or just put them in the trash bin for pickup.
I hope these ideas are helpful to you and to all who might read this. ☺️🙃☺️
I wish you an abundant harvest !!
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Toni (and Mark) THANK YOU for your wise words of wisdom, yes wisdom, where I live there is NOT older people to look to for direction or as good examples; that is why I love your channel💞
Please don't let naysayers silence you!! Your message, even if from others, is important! New subscriber here and I have a lot to learn from you!
I have not completely shut my freezer door 2x now. It's kind of a weird door. You have to really press it. I can't hear the freezer alarm from my bedroom. This is very frustrating. I have decided to start dehydrating. With the rumors of blackouts and grid going down I need to think of something other than a freezer. Dehydrating, although time consuming, seems to be a great, affordable option. I am dehydrating things like shredded chicken, organic cherry tomatoes, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, celery, kale and cucumbers. And I literally just got it. So I think I am on to something that works for me. I also just started stocking up on canned sardines and salmon.
Same here. I dont have a freezer alarm (gonna get one) but it became unplugged for 3 days. I see it as a blessing because I had it stocked with fish I caught and had had for years! It was time to get rid of most of it anyway (i have a lot of fish canned too) . Dehydrating and canning is the best bet nowadays. I have not tried to dehydrate meat but might try it. Good luck on your preservation efforts.
We adjusted our feet on the freezer to have it lean back and removed items from the door. Hopefully you can determine how to make it work in addition to the dehydrating
@@amandah3205 I've been known to use duct tape to make SURE that freezer door does not pop open while my back is turned😁
I just bought a lock for freezer and refrigerator.
@@denisecole6128 That's a good idea.
Great video from the heart. Thank you for sharing.
Most of us are preparing. I followed your instructions and canned French fries. They look great!
Wonderful!
Rabbits are very quiet and produce awesome fertilizer daily 😁 you have to handle meat bunnies daily each having separate cage they don’t appreciate commune living and can casterate or kill the males so separate cages. Take female to male witness ( you stand and watch so if she gets agrivated get her out!) witness 3 fall offs. Taste like chicken! Don’t have what it takes to process? Don’t get them! I have chickens so I gave my meat rabbits to a neighbor they were struggling raising 3 grandkids on disability but they are able to fill their chest freezer not relying on grocery stores, growing their garden and fishing . Life is going to get hard so please try so you can get through with as little struggle as possible…waiting till no food to try and grow is to late, gardening is hard and learning now will give you the skills when it turns to a necessity.
I had a pet bunny. He lived to be 11 yrs old. I have eaten farm raised rabbit also. It is a delicious fine grained meat that I like to eat. I can attest what a great garden I had with a bunny to supplement fertilizer!
I’m stunned that you don’t have a mini farm. I was shocked to hear that. I’m sitting in Pennsylvania waiting for my house to sell and in the meantime Im growing veggies in my old soda bottles. I don’t count on ANYONE for my food!
I would love to buy one, I had to sell my house and then real estate in Ontario got crazy expensive...I have to trust in God...That I'm where I'm supposed to be.
Hi I’m in tri state area too. What are you growing in bottles? I live in an apartment so I would love to try what I can. Any pointers for me?
Plant in Grow Bags. Live in forested area and only have few sunny spots. Bag handles allow them to be moved for best seasonal exposure. Recommend 15 gal as multi-purpose, large size. Also, great for balcony, patio or deck.
A nice evening cup of coffee to you Toni. Seems we got no one with much sense to swing the wheel of the Titanic hard to starboard cause I think we hit the iceberg this fall. So now's the time to keep the proverbial life jacket nearby. Great advice and even with you pointing out the iceberg ahead, it was still with your usual calmness. It's appreciated.
Hey JBeachBob...panic just feeds panic...and I guess, I'm old enough and seen enough that I know this too shall pass!
Thank you. Used my canner for the first time today. Did asparagus. I use a water bath also. Best wishes everyone. Love this channel.
Any words of wisdom? I just got mine and I’m so nervous to try it. But I want to learn so bad!
@@saralynn353 its so simple. Honestly. Check your altitude . And follow instructions. So easy. You got this!! I found it easier then water bathing.
@@saralynn353 every canner comes with instructions. 😃
How to cook during power outages is what I’m on right now. I. Have a propane camp grill and just bought a outdoor one burner wood stove that cooks with smaller pieces of wood well.
Did you get the Solo stove?
Look into the GasOne dual fuel stoves. They use both butane and propane. If you have a solar power back up, buy a low watt portable cook burner you can plug into the solar power bank. Also check out some 12 volt cookware that truckers use. Hope that helps.
You are very wise to have multiple sources for cooking.
Get sprouting seeds as well, Only takes a week to grow and eat and you can do it all through the year without a garden.
Yes! I'm doing that!
They said heat killed 3000 cattle. What a bunch of crap. I live in south Louisiana and it has been over 90 degrees for two months straight. It goes over 100 in June and July. We have never lost cattle down here due to heat. 🙄Crazy times.
Wasnt just the heat. I had to do some searching but I finally got to the bottom of it. 1st the poor things endured a grass fire. Then the high heat. Then they got a bunch of rain and because of the high heat the humidity went through the roof. So they were extremely stressed and the weather didnt help any.
I live in Fl and when there's extremely high heat and high humidity at the same time its like you are suffocating and drowning at the same time. It makes it really hard to breath.
@@SandcastleDreams oh I know. South Louisiana is king of humidity. Completely get it.
They were poisoned. They want us all dead
With their legs up like that in the air and bloated, they were poisoned.
@@alisapauline9991 They were probably moved the with a front end loader. You cant act like its roadkill. Youve got to bury them.
i love what you do, say and project to the "smart people" who will listen. I too am a prepper. I can everything i possibly am able to acquire, and dehydrate a lot of food...I am 78, A WIDOW OF MANY YEARS, LIVE ALONE IN THE SOUTHWEST. have tried to tell my children to prepare. One daughter grabbed my knowledge with zest....the other "business type" said: Oh Mom, only you believe this World will have no food!" she could not make 2 extra meals out of her kitchen in a week. Thank you for helping me realize I am not the only woman who is prepared....YOU ARE MY GO BETWEEN: STARVING AND SURVIVING AS LONG AS I CAN.,
This is a wonderful video as some foods will not be in the supply chain good reason to preserve now looking at it as a learning skill I’ve been dabbling in it for many decades and since my children have families of their own I stopped canning and pickling years ago . Last year while the stay home orders were in place I picked up the process again just for something to so .I’ve found that my good taste sooo much better than store bought cans and found manu things that I never tried before .if shortages are not as predicted then I will have good food for a couple ye,and that’s a good thing the processed foods are prepared in plants packaged and sent on trucks for many hundreds or thousand miles to your local grocery store so by doing your own you are definitely reducing your carbon footprint .thinking about others as well as yourself . Take care people need to know the things you’re doing someone is learning something 🙏👍🏻
I love your Blue Willow. My favorite ever. Just says grandma to me🥰
I also like the blue willow and had a lot even blue willow oil lamps I tried to find them on eBay but they didn't have any they were very old anyway I was moving and there was a lot of boxes went missing Me and my grandchildren collect old cups and sau"s they also went missing along with a lot of my great grandmas stuff.... Sorry to tell you my problems just a old mans rant ......😕
@@chandlerhembree9607 So very sorry they went missing. I hope you can find some to replace them 🥰
You dont have to have land and animals.
I am fortunate to be able to have a small garden and animals..... however, I still buy anything I can find on sale to freeze or can.
I get somw looks and somw questions when I am buying huge flats of cabbage and half a cart of carrots or potatoes at Aldi. 🤣
One lady asked me if I was having a party or something once. I said, no, this is how I shop.
I was at my local No Frills today out here on the loony left coast of BC, the store had excess large cans of diced tomatoes for .88c a can. Dont use tomato's that much but I scooped up a few cans for that price. They also had corned-beef cheaper then Costco so picked up a few of those, we generally send most of them to the wife's family in the Philippines.
Speaking of the farmer have you seen the lady farmer that has gone viral - a minute or less video of what is happening to them- it just came out this week
I saw the video.
What video???
Would like to know what video also? Thanks
Which one is that?
@@northgeorgiamom8956 its a vid of a woman farmer warning..tic tok I believe. I seen it on a couple of alt news sites...Health Ranger Report June 16...
Love and blessings, we are all in this together ❤
Very beautiful said and read. Were thankful for all you have helped us through. Revisiting scary canning, new wonderful baking ideas . I wish you were closer I have farms and flea/jockey lots got 2 25 ilb boxes green tomatoes. $15 each . I asked him from farmers to pick me up 60lb bags potatoes and onions. I'm trusting my planting comes threw. Thank you for every minute you take of your time to teach or talk we really love you guidance.
Thank you so much!
One thing that you can do if you`re not able to have a garden per say, or just not able for any physical work..buy a1 cu ft bag of Miracle Grow soil..poke several holes in on side..flip it over. Try to have something to lay it on if you`re putting it on concrete or something other than the ground.
Make 1 or 2 holes in it and pop a tomato plant or 2 into the hole(s) & water well. I grew small melons this way one year as I didn`t have time to make one more 4 x 8 box. They did quite well. You can grow many items this way..just do some googling..info & tips are out there
You can do tomatoes, peppers, & cukes (might need to fix a trellis for the cukes once they start vining). Is an easy way to garden!
Awesome Idea!!
Thanks Toni
I want you to know that i grew up in the 50 and 60’s on a old farm with my aunt and if we dont listen to folks like you then we get what we ask for. Thank you please dont stop and god bless
Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times over for sharing your knowledge, insight and encouragement.
All we can do is prepare for the worst the best we can and hope for the best !
Toni I have always tried to have some back up on my shelves and freezer but this year I have stocked up more than usual. Thank you for the encouragement.
Thanks for a great video.
Thank you Toni your such a bright lite to many of us! You teach us , you bring us along when you experiment and if it fails you bring us along on trying it another way to try it! And you usually figure it out and we all benefit from your videos in si many ways! Thsnk you do much for all you do and share with us! God bless ❤️🙏✝️🙋🏻
You are so welcome
Perfect, Toni. Thank you
New sub here. You're right about learning homesteading/farming/gardening skills being an ongoing process. There will be failures~~adjust and try again.....and there will be successes~~enjoy them!
We began turning our small rural property into a homestead several years ago (time flies!) and now we grow a huge garden, raise hens for eggs and meat birds for meat (turkey and chicken), we have a small orchard that is just now coming into its own, and we raise and forage herbs for medicine. I am an herbalist and tend to most of our health care issues. We've learned to preserve foods, buy in bulk, etc. We've enjoyed acquiring these skills~~it's a good feeling to be a bit more self sufficient.
God bless!
sounds awesome!!!
Thank You !
Toni that was great I’m dehydrating more eggs and canning as many vegetables as I can . It’s been an exhausting journey at least I don’t have all of the other work of a large garden and animals to keep up with which allows me to focus on preserving food. Thanks so much you’re dry encouraging. Texas🌹🌹🌹
You can do it!
Thank you for this message. Applies to me. Doing the best I can.
Good! That's all any of us can do!!!
Such a calming and informative video. Well done🪴
Positive and encouraging message, Toni. Thank you👍🏻❤️
Thank you so much for all that you do for all of us... great wisdom in your words!!!
Thanks for listening
Hi Toni - another great video presented very well. Thank you
Kudos for reporting on this subject! Once again, in its arrogance, the human race has outsmarted itself. In principle, just-in-time is a good strategy until something goes wrong in the supply chain. In the just-in-time world, there is no reserve inventory to draw from. To meet demand, the manufacturer can only reallocate the goods that are in transit, distribution centers or stores. The current situation is global-I think we are in for a difficult time.
Good Morning Toni and Mark 👋 Today's video has been put so eloquently. I congratulate you for your very well thought out dialogue of thoughts and feelings on food shortages in your country of Canada 🇨🇦. I know this varies from region to region in the world, but sadly it will impact us all in time to come. In my opinion, the situation has been designed to be this way! I just hope and pray that when it does come to everyone, the word would be out there and everyone would have been listening and taking adantage of the foresite of people like you. People who have sought to educate themselves and prepare; people who tried to pass the word on and educate others in the ways of food preservation of our heritage; people who tried to help others prepare and not rely on the inevitable weakening food supply chains. We all need to adjust our attitude as far as the availability of food and who is responsible in providing it to us. We must take care of the FARMERS and ourselves as much as possible because Governments, yeah..they just WON'T. They WILL take care of themselves. They have already proven that sad fact to us time and time again. We just need to listen to them and quit having faith in them to keep us alive and happy. Take care and all the best to you both from the UK. 🇬🇧💖💞
Thank You!!!
Wow Toni - that was an AWESOME video. Thanks so much. ❤️ God bless you & Mark 🙏🙏
Learned to can meat last December. I almost wish I could raise chickens but the HOA will not allow it. I've dried some veggies. Bought quantities of starch items and broke up into usable sized vacuum bags. Also planning on a greenhouse on my deck. I'm kicking myself for not buying a freeze dryer.
Awesome video. I truly appreciate your message to us all.😊
Greetings from Tennessee. I just discovered your channel yesterday and have been binge watching your videos today. I have done various pressure canning/water bath methods for many years. But dry canning and dehydrating various foods is new to me. When watching your videos, I found I had several questions that were not addressed. For example, how do you prepare your jars prior to dry canning.? Also what temps do you use in dehydrating? Do you have instructions or recipes you use, that I can access? I could just be overlooking them. I was interested in your chicken stock recipe. I would love to do that. We are currently seeing some empty shelves in our local food stores. I think it is wonderful what you are doing to help prepare us for the forecasted shortages. May God bless you for your service to others!
Dehydrators come with instructions on what temperatures to use with various foods..most of my recipes I just explain in the video's themselves..very few are written down!
Thank you, for sharing, their is wisdom in preparing, but trust in God first 💪🏼🙏🏻😊
Thank you 😊
You're welcome 😊
Thank u for ur advice we will get thru this together
Another great video!!
Hi Toni. Had my attention.Wanted to suggest Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy. Might give you some tips on layering and growing how she does her liquid fertilizer. Yes we can try and supplement growing.Thanks for your encouraging words and compassion and level headedness.
Join with neighbors who are in the same predicament don't just can vegetables meat is easy I've emptied my freezer canned it all last long plus I worry about electricity I have lots of beans and rice that will fill that empty spot you can plant potatoes in buckets and other containers talk with your churches is there any spare land around church work together save seeds I sure you are not the only one around you lots of people are scared strength in numbers God bless
I watched a guy plant potatoes in cardboard boxes full of leaf litter! Amazing.
We're seniors who lived most of our lives on a farm, producing our own meat and eggs from chickens, sheep, rabbits, quail and ducks. We grew and preserved our own vegetables. We even had a market garden for several years. Now we live on a small 2 acre homeplace with no livestock and we garden in containers. I keep hearing people advise keeping animals for meat. 10 years ago when we were still on our farm, we were barely breaking even on livestock. By the time we bought the grain, hay, supplements and supplies they required, we were actually losing money. Now that feed cost has gone through the roof, I can't imagine taking on the expenses of livestock. We would literally go broke covering the expenses. Quail might be the exception. We have already cut back our animal consumption almost to the point of being vegetarian and are much healthier for it. Veganism (even part time) is entirely possible, healthy and less expensive than eating animals. For people worried about their inability to raise meat....stop worrying. You can live without it if necessary.
No, most really can't live well without meat. Some people need it to thrive. There are other ways to feed animals than buying grain and hay.
@@annep.1905 Good luck with that, especially if you live in a climate that has a winter.
@@sharonp.6505 lolz - you think that's impossible? You can always grow your own hay and use that. I know farms that do it. And if you're raising small animals, like rabbits, you don't need hay or grain.
@@annep.1905 Have you done it? Have you personally raised meat animals of any kind without any grain? We raised meat rabbits for years and would never have had success without high protein grain rations regardless of all the hay and all the comfrey they could eat.
@@sharonp.6505I've only raised guinea pigs, chickens, and goats, not rabbits. However wild rabbits don't seem to need grain, so there must be other things you can feed them that are high protein but not grain - maybe crickets?
You can grow your own grain too, and while I personally haven't grown my own grain, I know people who have done so, or who have raised free-range meat (chickens and ducks).
I also know that some people can't live without meat, aside from divine intervention, and I currently know a man who is on a meat only (animal products, including animal fat) diet and is losing weight and is healthier for it. I myself need meat to be truly healthy. Very few people can live a vegan lifestyle for a long time, and remain healthy.
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The heat has just about killed everything I have planted. My green bean plants and okra ate still looking good but no veggies yet. I got a latetr start this year for spring. I am now deciding what to plant for the fall. Hopefully I will have better luck. It time growing in containers and the city as well. I always had a garden when I lived in the country, so this city thing is really different. 3 more yrs and I will be back in the country lifestyle.
Anything growing in containers need to be checked and likely watered water every single day....