This is HOW we QUIT our jobs to homestead full-time...
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- So many people ask us HOW we quit our jobs to homestead full-time. We don't have jobs off of the farm. Our homestead is our business. We are self-employed. We share with you the plan we followed to become debt-free, full-time, self-employed homesteaders.
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I really like how you two work as a team and family unit to do this. Married couples don't tend to do the team work like that nowadays and it bonds them together so much better. You really are blessed.
Erin B. Agree completely. So refreshing to see a couple working together on their farm AND marriage and family. 🙏🏻💞
Yes!!!!! To have a plan they are both 100% on board with and stick to together is amazing!
Of course not - the statists poison everything - everything has to be man vs woman, black vs white, rich vs poor - hate is the diet of the day.
This should be shown in middle school classes all over the country.
Business management and accounting should be taught.
wow! you thought it out really well! instead of telling us about it you should write a book! another source of income!!
NOW THAT WOULD BE GREAT
Behind a great man there's a great woman
Yep, and behind every great woman, there is a great man! I am a woman and I fully believe God intended us to work like Kevin and Sarah do! What they do works because they work together!
Vivian my God bless you and your family
I think you meant beside a great man is a great woman
Having a warm shelter. A warm bed. Food and LOVE. All you need❤❤❤❤🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
You might think about doing seminars on this topic. People need to these things. Very valuable.💕
I'm 70 and there is no way I could do this but I enjoy your videos. You both have wonderful personalities. I always had a small vegetable garden and love my flowers. I have disabilities now that prevent me from this way of life. Therefore I watch you two and enjoy your life along with you.
Faye - ditto for me in my 80s.
Absolutely love you guys.....Your not just married your best friends and value what the other says. You guys aren’t just a excellent example of what a marriage is supposed to be but what a family is. That is what most people today is missing, it’s truly refreshing to watch your family. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to be apart of your family.
My husband and I just paid our house off just the other day. So exciting. And we have been buying grocery’s once a month for years. It’s funny when you go to the store and someone says something like why all the grocery’s and we tell them we only buy once a month or less. Their face expression is priceless.
I hate shopping anyway, But there’s other items you need besides food so you still have to shop some.
Thanks for sharing and have a bless day.
You guys are a perfect example of team work and DISCIPLINE! Love watching your videos 💖💖💖
Dave Ramsey!! Wealth of info (!). Thank you both. Bless you all.
he is on spot!!!
Friends staying out of deb should be a way of life just as two-three years ahed on food should be a reality in all homes etc::::::::
"Live like nobody else" "Buy only what we need"
Yes, we only need enough for health and comfort. What we need for that is only a small fraction of what corporate America tells us we need.
Tell that to my wife.
I have followed Dave Ramsey for 6 years. I guess I should begin at the beginning. My husband died and for a couple years I shut down. That was 6 years ago. My children saw how I was failing and my budget was nonexistent. So my son took over my money. At first I didn’t like it as I felt like a failure, as time went on I realize it was a good thing. My son put me on a budget that Dave Ramsey had set up and I have followed Mr. Ramsey now for 6 years. It’s Ben a breath of fresh air to be debt free. I love watching you, I’m unable to do what you all do as I m a senior lady but I grew up on a farm and loved it. Thanks guys for sharing!
I may not comment everyday but I AM here and I look forward to your videos!! You two are so awesome!! I’m in my mid 50’s and while getting a late start I’m am so excited and dedicated to debt free and a small homestead. Thank you for this video!!
I paid off my 30 year mortgage in 8 years and 3 months. Took in some friends and charged them rent. Worked any over time that was offered. Love seeing someone who thought live me. Making those triple payments was addicting. I actually looked forward to the bill. Paid off in 1998. Love my home will stay here.
We are right at 9 years and ready to be paid off in December. God is good!
Being debt free is the best feeling my husband and I did it 30 years ago and can live retired not wealthy but without worries.
You guys are so right. Being debt free is so important. When you are loaded down with debt you have no or few options. You are a slave to the debt. I pray this will encourage many to follow your example.
Greetings from Israel! We return to the states this summer! Your video was very motivational, no matter what your plans are, it is best to have a plan to work toward together! Thank you for all of your hard work!
Hubby and I are of retirement age (65 and 58) and homesteading isn't in our future due to health constraints on my part BUT I found this video so helpful. It's always wise to be frugal and spend less even if you're not a homesteader! We're definitely not big spenders but still have a mortgage (ugh) Oh, how much simpler our lives would be if that mortgage were gone. You've made me determined to work harder to eliminate that darned bi-weekly payment. Kudos to you both for your wise decisions. Your step by step planning has set you up for success in all areas of your life and it's giving your girls wonderful lessons that will echo throughout their own lives. Well done!!
I am still part part part-time homesteading. Lol Still working 50 hours a week job, but paying debt off, and we have a small "learning" garden plus a couple of hens. You both are so motivating, thank you for that extra push we all needed today.
Thank you for being so transparent. Congrats on following through and finding your dream life. My family is in the early stages but I hope to be where you are someday.
My wife and I have done basically the same thing and it was the best decision we ever made. Now we are breathing easy and doing fine so you are absolutely right! I hope everyone watches this video
This was great. We are now retired from teaching and 65 and 66 years old. We retired with our pension in our early 50s due to the stress and strain of the changing educational system. We were able to get rid of our house debt before. That was a key. We were raised by depression era parents who knew frugal living and transferred that to us. We definitely as teachers knew how to live below our means as well. Even though we don't homestead animals we have raised beds and more native fruit trees as we try to grow as much as the Austin, Texas, sun allows. We try to live a suburban semi-homestead lifestyle although we found it more financially feasible to buy our meat, eggs and veggies we don't grow from the farmers market. We also joined the local co-op to supplement our groceries. I love making our meal from scratch as well as watching your videos to learn how to make items such as rolls, tortillas, flatbread, etc. Our dear parents are all gone now but unknown to us they were always savers and each set left us a small amount of money. We didn't take the fancy vacation or spent wildly. We paid off any debt we did have as well as renovated the items on our two lot "homestead" that needed repairing. We've been totally debt free for the past 5 years and have the means to take care of all the living responsibilities you two mentioned. This was important to do as we will age in to this home and land. Thank you for your wisdom and lesson that are a continual joy to take part in on a daily basis. You two have educated me on many aspects of living the lifestyle. Have a blessed day. Joy Giles
We also got debt free through Dave Ramsey. It is so freeing to be debt free. Thanks for sharing your story. You folks really are focused and determined. Admirable qualities.
My family has been at homesteading for about 7 years. We are your age, and although we rent a 15 acre home with a creek. We are as close to dept free as we can afford. Renting has it perks over owning, and we happen to be in a situation were the home is basically ours to do what we wish. The rent is capped at a very low price. I would say 70 percent under the norm these days. We don't have an overhead to worry about for home repairs. I work for myself doing renovations, which has it's perks. I do not work full time and the schedule is mine to make up that reflects around my homestead. I also bonus a lot of free items from jobs that otherwise would cost mega dollars and require me to work more to earn that dollar.
It is a fine balance, that I have found, I don't chase the dollar, my time is spent living and not just giving. Our homestead grows more and more every year. We feed ourselves from our land for the entire year. Frugal is one word to describe it. I like to use the word smarter. So even though I do rent and still work. The rent is very low and the work is when I want it to be for what ever period of time I choose it to be.
From maple syrup and apple cider to pork, chicken and homemade spices, we take a little extra from each little harvest. Sell, barter or trade it, and put that towards the next item. Circling the money forward until eventually there is no out of pocket cost. Just the same money going around and around.
Life is what you make it, I am glad to see you two have made it your own. Cheers from the North!
My husband and I have a homesteading dream and this video is inspiring me to keep going! Sometimes it feels like we’ll never get there, but we are making progress!
You two are such an inspiration! My husband and I are only 20 years old and will be buying our own piece of land in Arkansas (we live in Texas) by the end of the year! He is the only one working and he only works at Wal-Mart! It's possible if you make it and if you have the passion to be self-sustainable! We collect rain water, grow and raise food, and have solar electricity. Great video! It's good to have people to look up to! ☺☺
How is it going??
Love your story! We were living with a mortgage and two car payments and had some credit card debt as well..approaching retirement age, we knew that we could not continue to live in that area on social security...so I got a refinance of our current mortgage and borrowed against the equity in the house and lowered our payment about 200.00 per month and the equity money paid off the credit cards. Hubby had a big fancy truck and the payment on that alone was more than the house payment. As luck would happen, a friend totaled her truck which was identical to ours...she hauled horses to shows, etc. so we made the offer, she bought the truck and we were able to pay off that loan and have a enough left over to buy a lesser truck 3/4 ton used and no payment! We put our house up for sale by ourselves - no realtor commission. That took a painful long time and we did lose some of what we expected but decided to take the loss and move on. We had purchased our land the year before and then bought our home (a nice mobile home). So long story, we had to make several large purchases from our sale of the home for this new homestead...we divided the money into categories as to how much to spend on what items...we just had our storm shelter installed a couple days ago...that was the last big cost we had to have here...so now, we have 27 acres and our hopes and dreams beginning on raising as much of our own food as possible. We took the advice not to go nutty on planting everything possible. Starting out small on only the items we love to eat...we have layer hens that bring us 8 eggs a day which is more than we can use, so we do share our bounty with neighbors...we just bought 8 cornish cross hens and plan to keep getting those to add to our meat as well as the rabbits we have purchased. It is our dream and yes, we do get ss money but it isn't a lot...so yes being frugal is imperative! Thank you both so much for all the information and energy and excitement as we share your dream as well!
I enjoyed this. I am 53 & wanting to quit driving semi truck for the last 22yrs. Have finally paid the house off & working to payoff pickup then it's fixing up the house . quit driving and work part time & start full time homesteading. I live by myself. So only wage earner.
Sounds like you already have a plan and already executing! Keep it up!
Are there really people who dont stop by everyday? I cant see that....you are a great couple and I love the kindred spirit and experiences.
Great way to lead a healthy life!!! Im a regular viewer from India.
One thing I like about your homestead is the quality of your infrastructure like your fences and buildings. And the way your garden is so very well organized. The fact that you were, and still are, willing to forgo all the luxuries and to realize they aren't necessary is commendable. My husband and I still live an urban life but we did downsize because we realized that big house just wasn't necessary. All that really matters is family, after all. Congrats on taking those 7 years to plan your life . And hello from Fenton, MO.
Its all so sensible to live within your means and below your means. Freedom is everything! Freedom is priceless! Peaceful life on the homestead. You are truly living the dream!
Thanks for telling your story and how it all got started! I was kind of shocked to hear that you came from the Phoenix area here.
You are both an inspiration to all - not just people wanting to Homestead- if young people would listen or read what you guys have done it would change their lives & attitudes.
You need to write a Book or do Inspirational talks really. Cheers Denise - Australia
My husband and I do not have the "stomach" to raise our own meat. We try to support local and organic meat farms. We do raise our own veggies, herbs, garlic and onions. You are an inspiration to people who want to live naturally and healthy!
My wife and I are gonna be 63 in a couple of months. We’re both 100% service connected disabled veterans. Health issues over the last 38+ years kind of forced the homesteaders lifestyle on us. I don’t regret it for a second but I have to admit that it’s been ANYTHING but easy. Now that I’m getting older I can actually see the benefits of the lifestyle that I didn’t recognize before. I spend virtually nothing, except for the mortgage and usual monthly bills. I could only afford the mortgage because I spent my life avoiding debt like the plague. I save as much as possible. Life is a dynamic beast that gives little warning and those savings, while small, have saved our bacon repeatedly. Thanks for the excellent advice!
I am so happy you have achieved your dreams and my best wishes to you and your family.
Kevin and Sarah
You are such an inspiration to us all. I have learned so much you and I know I will continue to learn.
My 'new beginnings' start in 105 days! Sarah can you clone Kevin and send him my way? Oh yeah, he is one of a kind!! No worries, I have God with me every step of the way. God bless you all.
You guys are Awesome, love your videos. We raise 2 or 3 pigs a year and love it. Not much into gardening, but want to start some fruit trees, blue berry, and black berry bushes. Even some grape vines. Retire in 15 years and want to be self sufficient buy then. Will be dept free in about tens years. I'm so inspired by your homestead. God Bless!
You guys are awesome!! You had a dream and now you are living your dream!!
I appreciate you sharing your life style and I admire how you have worked for what you have.
I am not a homesteader but would have loved to do it when younger. My wife and I are a bit too old to delve into homesteading today. I have been following your channel for a while now and love to see how you are doing all this. I always tried to plan how we live and live the plan and it works. We have been debt free for many years. That alone has been so very satisfying. Old Dave Ramsey has it right and we did that sort of thing before Dave and it works!!!
we have been working to our dream of homesteading for 4 years now . it required hard work and determination . there were many low points , we have now moved to another country (Spain from UK) and have bought our house . its smaller than I imagined but it has potential , we need to buy more land but there is land for sale bordering ours , we just need to carry on working for one /2 more years and we will finely have what we dreamed . most important thing I would suggest is to actually do something , stop the dreaming and make real steps toward the dream goal . good luck everyone , anything is possible with hard work and a strong will .
That is so awesome. I don't have 7 years I am knocking on 50's door. But I am sure there is a way I can make it happen. What I was thinking as you were talking. I realized that if the lights ever went out in a shtf situation. You guys would be a head of the ball. And that is awesome!
Blessings from our Louisiana homestead. We’ve been here 13 years now and are semi-retired. This kind of information would have been priceless when we first considered moving here. You should really consider writing a book to financially guide other prospective homesteaders. Love your videos. Shalom, y’all.
I had to smile when you named an age group that you were aiming this advice to.......it's just great advice!!! I am heading towards retirement and the goals are the same....be debt free, nobody can survive on social security anymore, so we have to be creative in retirement also. I think the message that I heard was planning, live within your budget, create income out of the box, work hard!! Such great content!!! My daughter is currently living in Mo. and I get to visit her in April. It will be fun to visit your state!
Thanks for sharing! We have the same mindset and just turned 40. Sold the expensive $300k house and mortgage, took a small loss, and are working to pay off our debt. We have our land, but will be building our house, hopefully mortgage free. It is definitely hard digging out of debt, but it can be done.
Love Dave Ramsey. The Jones are 1 or 2 paychecks away from broke folks, so stop trying to keep up with them. I know people who are in huge debt and yet they keep buying more. I would not be able to sleep at night living that way. No debt for us - used all the way. My best purchase ever was an $800 car that lasted us 10 years. Looked like something you would find in a junkyard, but what a great engine. Financial freedom is wonderful.
I love cheap reliable auto mobiles. minimal insurance, no payments. Keep up with the basics and save thousands over what people with the car payment and other associated headaches experience. My newest vehicle is a 02 Camry.
The well thought out plan you followed is the difference between success and failure! So many young couples just dive in head first and they set themselves up for failure. This is such a wonderful lifestyle...if we were starting now in our late sixties and early seventies we couldn’t do it ,we would never have been able physically to get everything established. Best to start when you’re young!
Great plan! Failure is not having a plan. Long story short...we married and moved to 2 acres, big house, awesome pool, his/hers buildings. 2 raised beds for our 1st ever gardening. We expanded the garden and did really well. Fast forward, empty nest...sell and move back to the city in the same size house only. Planted a lot on our place there. We found in a 2 week period that the city was NOT where we wanted to be. We planned our exit. We sold while the market was great and bought our property here with a small mortgage. Mike still leaves to work every day. In 4 yrs we have worked together to build up infrastructure, orchard, lots of garden types and all kinds of berries, herb gardens. Anyway we set our goal with Dave Ramsey's quote! We also budget and are frugal!! We doubled down on the mortgage and in 23 months we will be paid off! It's hard to do, not financially but with 1 of us off the homestead, but still doable. We save and are tweaking some things that we wouldn't have known about had we not been here for a few years. We have 2 greenhouses going up and plan to market garden next year. At retirement we should have so much harvest in so many different crops and starts that we feel we will do well. We still do the envelope system and it's great! Retirement to us means being ready to work more in the gardens etc and not building the area. Love y'alls channel and story. God bless ❤ edit: We have a saying at the end of each day "We are 1 day closer" We also say "We are 1 week closer" at the end of the month we say "Only _____ months to go"..We are starting a Calendar to cross off the days and then a big X across the month.
Yolklahoma Rocks
You brought up a great idea, setting small obtainable goals
and the means of visualizing your achievements.
Without the visualization it can become very discouraging
when setting goals...
The same holds true when we set big goals which can seem
like we’ll never reach them.
This is why taking big goals and breaking them down into smaller,
easier and faster obtainable ones helps not only to make the process
seem to go by faster but also easier to achieve...
Best of luck with reaching your dreams...!
Have a great day and be blessed.
I am trying to wean my husband off of running to the grocery store everyday. I have him down to about twice/month. My goal is to have to go to town only once/month.
Im trying to get MY husband weaned off of the couch!
You are wonderful to follow. You are such a nice couple who support each other. As a retired professor, I am so glad you made this video because a lot of people read a couple of living off the land magazines and make a quick move. Of course, 99% of the time, they fail. So, hearing this will reinforce what they should be thinking about. Anyone should get out of debt. It is like being in prison.
Groceries are in the larder, root cellar, or wherever the person puts it and then you go shopping at home. I also recommend actually gardening if you plan to grow your own food. i.e. are you aware that snakes of all kinds like to visit your homestead, that chickens will destroy your gardens without proper fencing, that foxes love chickens (in the wrong way), etc etc. That you might have bears, coyotes, too. I am not trying to scare anyone, just get them to thinking about if this is really what they want to do.
Are you healthy and fit and careful, make a plan so you will stay that way.
You focused on your business plan, but your physical, emotional, spiritual, etc fitness also need to be in place.
In my situation being a retired professor, you can't believe the number of retired professionals that have asked me why in the world I live on a farm? I find that hurtful. Where do they think their food comes from? What connection do they have to nature and their land? etc?
Anyway, also I used to work for Medicaid with mostly the elderly and disabled of all ages who needed full time care. Design your property (no matter how big or small) and your home so accidents are avoided as much as possible and try to have a one story home or plans to put a BR and Bath on the first floor if any family member might need it. I am 76 with disability, but still have my chickens and service dog and a small garden that is enough for me. And, I can still take my Mule out and run my dog and enjoy my farm. It is quiet and healthy and people here in Appalachia live long due to sheer independence of thought and ingenuity born of years of making do with what is available - no big malls here. So, I like it when you said how you challenge yourselves to save even more money.
Sorry to write so much, but you hit one of my favorite topics - think is calling working on wisdom,
M
Thinking, thinking, Why don't we write a book???
Love your channel. We are also ``’debt free, which was a blessing when my husband lost his job. We are retired now and live frugally. Blessing❤️
This is why I just LOVE you !!!!!! You really make me feel that you want the best for Me/ Us ...so you share your ups and downs and every pice of advice that a real friend would!!!!!!! You are amazing just so you know!!!! You are my angles ....God bless and BIG BIG hug to you and your family!!!
Dave Ramsey! Changed my life 20+ years. Barter for duck eggs and keep a shopping list for the thrift stores. There is always enough, the blessings continually flow.
Thanks so much for the encouragement! My husband and I are currently paying everything off and after that we have our savings plan in place. In fact, what you guys did sounds exactly like the plan we made so now I know it really can work! In about 5 years we hope to be living our dream of a self sustainable, simple life. 😊
Thank you so much for this video. We are in our 3rd year of preparing and paying off debt. We love this encouragement. It's so easy to get discouraged when the progress is slow. This video helped lift our spirits and renew determination to keep pushing forward. Thank y'all again for this. The Kyles from Tunnel Hill Ga.
One of the things I love MOST about you two is your generosity of spirit. Thank you for that.
Absolutely excellent. My husband and I find that we love the frugal way of life. It is amazing when you realize you don't require as much as before and there is a lot less stress.
You both have thought this out in detail, and made a plan which worked out. I commend you both on a job well done...planned😊👍
Having an emergency fund, and a savings account, living within your means along with being debt free is the secret to one's future.
thanks for sharing grace be with you
Hi you guys! Been watching your channel for two weeks now and just LOVE it. You both are very hard workers and I'm so happy things are going so well for you. I have been doing many things the both of you do but not 100 percent yet. I will retire at the end of this year and will have a lot more time to be self efficient. Thanks for all the knowledge you given us keep up the good work. We Will be watching! God Bless! Chuck .
Excellent!!! We are so close to being debt free!!! So exciting!!! Thank you for your example and inspiration!!!
Thank you :-) Now it`s up to patience, the raised beds are ready, but it is to cold, and wet, very unusually for March here in Denmark, but i hope spring is just around the corner :-) My potatoes which i planted indoors are allready 30 inches tall, and they really looking forward to get out into the new garden :-) God bless
Thank you guy's. Keep up the good work. God bless.
Morning from Mn.... Good for you thats got to feel good to be free of debt. Great video thanks for the encouragement for all of us. God bless
This was a fascinating video. Your plan was a very smart and responsible one. Do you have a video on why you chose Missouri over staying in Arizona? It would be interesting to hear about that journey. Thank you! God bless, Mary😀😀😀
You two are so darn cute. What a different in living area. I'm from Missouri and at 66 have NO desire to move back. Your right, had we started 20or 25 years ago maybe we would do things differently. I am retired and I know me, if I tried to make my homestead an income maker I would burn out. Hubby has about 10 more years to work.
I worry that we may be FORCED to change our lifestyle. Unforeseen things do happen and that can be catastrophic to an unprepared family.
@@wildflower746 yes, your spot on. Things can go bad at anytime. That's why we are preppers. When I was a child on a farm, it wasn't looked at as "prepping". It was everyday life, as it still is in a farm. We are leaving California because things are getting so out of control here.
Granny Preppers im leaving the city life to return to nature. It has been calling to me for 4 years now and i am finally ready to make the move. I am a country girl getting back to my roots. Call it survival instinct. I want to get situated before i get too old. I have such a strong desire to pass along skills to my children but unfortunately they see no need and that worries me. I can only hope they come to me when times get difficult.
@@wildflower746 both of my son's have an interest and one daughter-in-law, the other on not so much. We are planning to get enough land that if need be all the kids could have a space. I have a step daughter up in washington state. We got to get back to self-reliance. Best of luck to ya'll.
I really loved how both of you laid out the steps and planning that you took to get to where you are. Congratulations on all of your hard work.
My wife and I, along with our two children, also followed the Dave Ramsey plan (FPU) and became debt-free 12 years ago. In 362 days from the day of our first FPU class, just three days short of one year, we became completely debt-free including our home. Dave is telling the truth when he says, "Live like no one else so later you can live like no one else." The Debt Snowball is the genius of his plan. It works! Congratulations on your success!
I found this encouraging. I am debt free, early 30s, have some savings and am mortgage shopping for a homestead property for my family. Problem is our "off farm income" is online, and we can't find a place with good high speed internet that will also work for a homestead. The out of state property search has been a nightmare of driving tons only to be disappointed multiple times. I've been getting discouraged after planning for ~10 years, and then getting caught up at this late stage of actually buying the place. Hearing how patient you had to be, and how you made it work out is what I needed to hear today. Keep on sharing your down to earth wisdom, it helps people like me stay focused on that dream.
I love the Dave Ramsey baby steps. I am still working my steps. Mortgage is paid off. You guys are a wonderful example for us all. Thank you for the message!
Awesome Story! My husband and I are in the process of moving out onto 5 acres. My husband will continue to work from home, but also help out where he can. We have been following Dave Ramsey's advice for over 15 years and are completely debt free and plan to stay that way.
Any chance you can make a future video on how you sanitize the animal areas and protect against infestations of insects (chicken mites) etc?
Sheri Lanni diatomaceous earth sprinkled around the chicken coop and in it. But not in their nesting boxes.
I Am brand new to your Channel my wife and I in 2023 are going to be 100% off grid living and raising our own food animals, vegetables and fruits. Found your Channel because I'm wanting to learn more about raising meat rabbits I will continue watching and watch your older videos. Great job you two awesome work, working together, thank you for the inspiration!!
Kevin and Sarah, you two are so wonderfully amazing the way you share your successes and failures in order to help others. For that reason only. It s appreciated that you are so giving and generous with your knowledge and time here on you tube.
Your journey has been one of sound decision making and careful planning. Skills which people so desperately lack it seems, in today's society.
It would be my dream lifestyle to live as you do.
Again great job with life, you tube and just being the wonderful people you are!!!
Kylie xxx (Melbourne Australia)
Love the debit free living. We have practiced this since we got married back in 1982. Amazing what you can do when you don’t owe anyone. Keep doing a great job! God bless.
My hubby and I are in the very early stages of planning. We hope to be fulltime homesteaders soon after we pay off our house. 💜
WOW!!! I so agree with you, it's our plan as well on our homestead. Thanks for that sharing, full of wisdom! We follow also Dave Ramsey teachings! :)
Best common sense advice! I live on retirement income. I don't need to travel, etc. My idea of fun is gardening, clothes and puzzles from Goodwill, and being careful with grocery spending. And I cut the cable. Who really needs 100+ channels if you don't watch them. And car and house payments are paid ahead of time to save interest. Forward!
As always...such a fantastic video! With my job I am so time poor that it is hard to do anything extra after work. It doesn't help that my husband and kids are not on board with any of this so I get no help from any of them. But I am working on getting my skills down so I can add little by little to my skills and the hopefully eventually...my income. Thankfully I am debt free but I still live paycheck to paycheck because my grocery bill is astronomical. With watching you guys I have learned so much on making things from scratch and preserving that I've been able to trim down the grocery bill a bit and am working on saving. I can't thank you two enough for these videos.
Laurie, one of the great things I like about watching homesteading videos is that I can glean off of them ideas for our own life here in urban (Memphis, TN) for now. My husband and I are older and could not do homesteading the way many younger folks do but you can start a garden, howbeit small, medium or large. You can start preserving your own food in your own kitchen, maybe one day down the road you might get that place where you can have some chickens or whatever you want, you don't have to imitate exactly and I do so appreciate much of the information that many of these homesteaders share on their channels. I love the idea that even here in urban life I can work on minimizing my life, possessions, expenses and even tap into some of the values and ways of the homesteading life!
@@chattingwithu I can and garden (elevated on a cement slab) and simply started making everything from scratch. I will probably never have animals even if I had a space for them. It's just not something I even desire to have or do. But I love watching their animal videos (and other homesteaders) with the way they raise them. I do plan on researching places locally to source my dairy and meat from. I recently started making my own kombucha and want to start fermenting veggies. My biggest battles are my bad back and lack of time. For the most part I only have weekends to get anything done but if I do too much I can't move the next day.
Laurie Christine I hear you! I did no gardening last summer as I had two hip replacements between July and November! But I too have been talking about where else can I get my dairy and meat from besides the grocery store - where do you even begin to do that? My son in law told me there are families that go in together to have farmers raise a cow for them then at the proper time the meat is processed for the families! I would not no where to even begin finding that! Just started reading about Kombucha!
@@chattingwithu Sorry to hear about the hip replacements. No garden for me last year either because of my back. This is why I decided to elevate the beds on plywood on saw horses I built thanks to Kevin's video so I don't have to bend over. As for meat...I've found a few places on line in my state that I can get from 1/4 cow to a whole one...but I need to convince my husband into buying a freezer. His thing is...where are we going to put it. We live in a small townhouse. I know where I want to put it but I need to get that area cleaned out but again...time is an issue for me. This is why I said...eventually. LOL
How blessed you two are to have each other.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU TO DO.
You guys are wise. Love your videos.💖
Thank you Kevin and Sarah. I love your channel and I hope to be a homesteader debt free too.
Very wisely executed 👍🏼👍🏼 Planning is very important , it’s important that both of you compliment each other and discuss and agree mutually you will surely be successful ,👌🏽👍🏼,
Loved hearing your story Clay and I are completely out of debt and now we are working on running our farm completely free
You both are so refreshing
You guys are very smart. Wish young people would listen to your advice. So proud of you all!!
I'm so happy for you guys. Congratulations
What an inspiration you are! Thanks so much for sharing with us. Blessings from Louisiana, MO!
I'm a 33 year old gay man. It's just me and my dog. But you guys are definitely an inspiration to myself wanting to become more self sufficient. I love to get advice from Sarah on preserving food for later. Just started canning this year. It's amazing how good it feels even to pull down a jar later on down the road rather than a can from a store. It's just little things like that that reminds me of the good you guys do. So thank you.
Cody ... l feel so RICH with home-prep'd foods on the shelf. ''Just getting started on canning'' ... makes me smile at how much satisfaction you will get as you learn more.
Oh, have you heard of Pomona's pectin? It's fantastic! Also, a book called "Food in Jars" by M. McClellan is super fun for small batch canning recipes.
wat being gay has to do with homesteading?
@@BibleSamurai EXACTLY!!
You guys are amazing! Thanks for the encouragement. Hubby and I are in the process of getting our homestead up and running so we can start making an income off of it. Our dream is much like yours - self employed on our farm, family working together, providing our own food. Can't wait!
You guys are just so smart and inspirational. Thanks for making this video. I'm sure lot's of folks are going to benefit from this information.
You two are one of the hardest working and self disciplined couples I have ever seen. Love your videos, information and personalities!
Great, honest video guys. I'm actually going to the bank this morning to sort out finances for a homestead in Canada! Thank you for inspiring me!!!
Where in Canada? We are near Sault Ste Marie, and the area up here is fantastic. Communities are very supportive, land is cheap and plentiful.
@@melodieeab Sault Ste Marie to Thunder bay - One of the more beautiful places in Canada. Only the winter cold would makes me second guess that area.
Hello there. We are starting to look in unregulated townships near Parry Sound/Magnetewan area. Thank you for the idea of the Sault!
Lol to the cold. Thunder Bay is getting far from my kids but is gorgeous, you are very lucky!
Kirsty Bromley you must watch Shawn James from my self reliance?
This is great advice. We have been homesteading for a long time but our goal is to get debt free and buy our own farm and do it full time. We were finally getting somewhere when Hurricane Michael hit and we had to move so we're starting over from scratch. That's how it goes sometimes lol. You guys are so encouraging to us!
LOVE this video.... watching your success daily on youtube:).... Love that you follow your dreams with a debt free lifestyle! wow!
Thanks for the great video! Love Dave Ramsey. Been listening for years. We are debt free and just purchased our first homestead for cash. Thanks for sharing your story. Love you guys!