RAW and UNCUT with Jessica Sowards | Talking about HOLES in our Process
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2024
- Jessica Sowards from @RootsandRefugeFarm came over and brought the kids to take showers and hand out for a bit since they had no power from hurricane Helene. We had a great conversation about what we now know we need to change on our farms.
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Here in South Africa we had load shedding daily for 8 hrs( 4hrs off 2hrs on then 4hrs off again) so much that we lived prepared for yrs and still do. Your bath water bucket becomes your toilet flushing water, your food planning does not include stuff that needs refrigerating. I listen to all the channels that are affected by the aftermath of the storm and think maybe living in our country made us resilient. I pray for your communities and people who lost loved ones because that is the one thing that really cant be replaced. ❤❤❤❤
Getting nutrition from processed & canned food is impossible. It’s better to grow veggies in that situation to fill in those gaps in nutrition. Quinoa and other ancient grains can help a lot too. But be careful with the idea that store bought can food & dry box food has vitamins & enzymes you need because it really doesn’t. You’re right that the lifestyle change is a good habit to have but our modern world has given us some false ideas about the details of it. I’ve been doing this stuff for 40 yrs for frugality & saving the planet. So I found out the pitfalls a long time ago. But even after all this time I still learn new things all the time & adjust to make processes more efficient & healthy. I am now into Moringa & want to grow several trees. That & Jerusalem artichoke are terrific survival food. Moringa has super nutritional benefits. It can be dried & powdered too for about a year of storing. Then it doesn’t matter if you only have store bought canned foods & dry mixes. I’m always looking for new sources of nutrition. ☮️
It’s my theory that one reason people are acting so angry and out of control is bc (as a society in general) we are all over stimulated and when the constant stimulation goes away they don’t know how to cope. It’s probably been literal years since most people have been alone with their thoughts. Unless they are regularly meditating or journaling or something. I’m talking about the ability to cope with hardships/tragedy/etc. Maybe that’s part of resilience.
Being prepared is about food, water, medical, fuel, shelter, protection and more. These last 2 storms have reinforced that. Unfortunately in the western part of our state, NC, being prepared wasn’t enough when unexpected and unforeseen flooding wipes away everything for some. So sad. 🙏
Tell jess to post the soapbox Video! I love spicy Jess 😂
@@amandalayng7204 Me too.
I think she has an ability, even in a rant, to say things that the people need to hear, and listen to, without being condescending.
I've watched her grow on her channel from her very first post and they have built a wonderful life through all the mistakes and all the triumphs.
They have worked hard and earned everything they have... and living in a glass house ain't easy.
Much love everybody! ❤️
We live 100% off grid in the high desert of Oregon, I have lived in 14 different states and 1 foreign country.
. I was raised in the military, I am also gen X. I appreciate you guys "educating" the generations that don't know life before the internet. It will definitely lesson the strain on those of us that do know that life. I have been through hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes..... no matter what there is always something to learn, even when you think you have seen/know it all. I thank you guys for helping those that have "no idea."
I can appreciate you guys for your content and saying that people need to take responsibility for themselves. And not like some of the other channels that want to blame everything on the government. Yes, the government should help but your first responsibility is for you to be prepared to take care of your family. So when you’re not prepared, it’s not the government fault is your fault. Thank you and stay safe.
I'm from western NC you can't imagine the devastation here! my community has been flooded more than once but this time there isn't much to rebuild. The church family's are feeding and helping folks here. keep praying for all!
Part of being prepared is having a supply of paper cups, plates and bowls, and even some plastic silverware, paper towel and paper napkins.
We only use it in emergencies. In our everyday lives, we use cloth napkins.
But I have now ordered a foldable camping toilet with plastic bags, and hand-washing plunger we can use if we need to wash clothes.
Both of those went on my list after this video.
I was talking to someone about the storm, all the damage and hearing stories of communities coming together to help each other (grilling thawing meat and sharing with everyone) and the person I was talking to says “yea that’s nice but if I were in that situation I’d put on my own life preserver and oxygen mask first” and while I understand that train of thought, I hope that I’d be helping my friends and neighbors with their life preservers and oxygen masks while making sure ours are on as well. Community is what will build those people back to where they started. My heart just breaks for all those affected by the storm. It’s a real eye opener for those of us who still have our homes, power and food. I can’t fathom losing it all. Glad you guys are ok, praying for everyone! ❤
I Pray that all of you are safe and made it through all of this ok.
Don't put empty jars on your shelves. Fill them with water. Takes up the same space.
Excellent idea!!!
Your video popped up because I'm subscribed to Roots and Refuge. As a thought dude - Maybe block out the license plate on the cars. All you man, but I would, as do most. On another note, very nice of you guys to open up your house to friends. Many wouldn't.
I am 72 y/o I grew up in the Arkansas Mt. Most of my life I watched Little House living the same life even up in my late 30's. It didn't change until I graduated college, still living with a career, on a farm, milking a cow, raising a daughter, there is no better life. If I was in good enough health, I would still be living that way because I love it!
A newbie here! Love Jess! It is good to see her smiling and laughing. It is hard going without electricity, esp when kids are involved.
As I strolled through comments, I saw some very negative ones. Sad that people don't get it when people are just trying to make the best of a situation. I always try to find positive things to overcome the negative. Sometimes, all one can do is pray for others.
I keep enough extra canning jars and propane in case of power loss. Here in
S. Florida if a hurricane is approaching, I've been known to empty the freezers ahead of the storm and have a canning marathon. Lol
That’s a good idea!
Thank you for being a great neighbor!!!
lol love this real chat, gives us a lot to think about up here in Gettysburg :)
So loved this vlog… laughing is the magic sound that wipes away the sadness.
Ive been adamant about being prepared for years my friends are not so interested and want to know why i try to prep for my family and then keep going for more and my answer is every can i put up is one more can on a grocery store shelf for someone else who didnt prepare ahead of time. if i dont need the grocery store someone else gets to have those items. I never want to be in a position where if i go to the store to make sure my kids are fed i might have to fight another person also just trying to feed their kids i would rather put work every day into making sure my we and as many close friends and relatives are covered as possible.
Totally thought Jess was gonna say “we bless u, until next time.” 😂😊
I should have gotten her to haha
❤❤ what a blessing to truly have good neighbors
So nice to see you Jess. I lost your channel and don't know how to find you again. I watched you fiance you picked out your farm and when you first moved there. I really miss watching you.
Love Jess! We believe God has led us to be more prepared and have been preparing for several years now, my hubby is well stocked on ammo and yes you're right people have forgotten how to human and in emergency situations they will do what they believe they have to do to get their needs met, I want to already be there and not have to depend on someone else to meet those needs, so glad you both are keeping this conversation going!
Here in Georgia we were brought to our knees. So thankful for so many likeminded people like Jess that I’ve been following on YT for years . Learned so much about preparedness and self sufficiency from them over the years. No certainly wasn’t perfect but so much less stress with what we were prepared to handle.
Lol Jim Cantorial with hair! I’m a bit of a weather junkie myself.Great discussion. I live offgrid, hadn’t planned on it, long story. Right now I’m out in the country with the car broke down. It’s sobering to realize that most people don’t want to be bothered to help a neighbor even with just a ride into town to get supplies. I have a pond, but Billy Bob water moccasin lives down there lol
Taught myself to can by watching UA-cam. Now I am addicted!
Just wish I had the time to can more. It DOES take time, but you're banking time later. It's like making your own fast food!
Haha " It's go time" the Rocky Theme song y'all are great. Jess thanks for introducing me to a new channel. Glad y'all are both doing ok
We have city water and septic, we also have a bucket toilet, urine containers, a camp shower plus 4- 55 gallon drums. In the summer we have 4- 300 gallon IBC totes for watering gardens, we also have a berkey style water filter, lanterns and batteries, candles, paper plates, etc. Also have 5 ways to cook with extra propane tanks. Mr Buddy heater. Have a whole house generator. I hope we are doing pretty well being prepared.
We had two weeks without water when all the water lines in our house needed to be replaced. We are in the middle of Tucson Arizona. Residential area. I made an outdoor shower out of a hula hoop and two shower curtains from the $ store. I hung it from our clothesline. And we used the hose to wash off! Bought one of those toilet seats that fits on a 5 gallon bucket. It is funny how we are so used to just turning a tap or flushing a toilet… Losing Electricity that would be a whole other kettle of fish!
The deep freeze in Texas made me realize we needed water. I also sat and wrote out what I would need for a hurricane. We were prepared for Beryl. We did not have power for 8 days. We ran our generator the whole time. We have a tri fuel (natural gas, gasoline and propane) it was awesome. It would run a small air conditioner and all my freezers and refrigerators. I was fortunate
Thank you for this view on the current state of affairs. We are from California, so we are an earthquake away from disaster, BUT we don't have an earthquake season. So, all of us have an emergency plan and supplies at the ready. Our hearts go out to the areas that have been destroyed. There is a light at the end of that dark tunnel, but man it is defeating. The community will come together for success.
Augusta, Ga has been devastated. Luckily my oldest sister was able to get to me in Lexington, Sc.
My other two sisters in Augusta have husbands. I had friends come from Augusta to take showers on Monday. I am blessed.
This is a wake up call for a lot of people! This is why I keep telling people we need balance when it comes to our energy, we can not just rely on electricity.
Oh my gosh great to find you via Jess
First time here. This was an awesome fun video! I subscribed. Excuse me, but Love ya Jes!
❤❤ I may not need it. But I will use my outdoor solar heated bath and shower over the one inside every time! We put our shower blatter up high so it's even got good pressure.
Off grid use Solar. You have a pond, have Miah build a Wind Powered Wheel that would supply water and could make electricity. Going back to the times of our Pioneer ancestors. Living with fire for lights, heating and cooking. So awesome how everyone is helping their neighbors in these times. Prayers going up for all.
Thank you. This was good.
A lot of those people that don't have any backups are already living paycheck to paycheck. But also too many of the people had their entire houses wiped out so even if they had backups that wouldn't have helped them. So nice to see everyone helping one another!
I just found your channel. I love Jess. I just watched her video on resilience. Then your channel popped up. I am now a subscriber on your channel.
I am in SW Ohio and spending the day cleaning up debris from Helene. I watch Ryan Hall, instead of the Weather Channel. Unfortunately the weather channel forecast is never correct for my area. Glad to find a new channel with the values that I am trying to follow.
My wife watched Ryan Hall also. Thank you for joining!
Oh gosh, now I’m picturing Jeremiah in an Old Spice commercial. Lol
Haha
Praying for you all. Jess So thankful community came together to help you.
We live in minnesota but I remember a storm that in area did not have Electricity, but we did. Without electricity, we don't have a well. And I remember be able to open up our home to let others come and take a shower and wash their clothes. Community is everything. And I remember a time when we didn't have power and my neighbor did. We took showers at their house. You're bringing awareness And I am so sorry for what you all are going through We are all praying for you and trying to help from a far in ways we can.
Regarding prepping-
“I wanna do better.
I wanna take responsibility and use this as a grace and a mercy to look at the systems in place and be like “how I could need less?“ “💖
Thank y'all. Prayers for everyone.
Outhouses are simple and really nice to have in certain eventualities, like floods. We have one on a little plateau in the back field. It's just there for when we need it.🌻My grandparents never had an indoor toilet, and they were alive till 1959 and 1970, respectively. My aunt put in an indoor toilet after they passed away, but they didn't want one.
Very good conversation & I agree with you both about doing what we can to thrive through rough times. May God bless you & keep you safe. Here in Alberta, Canada, we’ve had tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires & it’s the winter storms (sometimes snow storms in the summer) that can paralyze the communities. I can’t imagine having hurricane winds & all that rain! 🤗🇨🇦🌻
I am 58 and have just started canning and I love it!! I am doing chili, soup, gumbo, pasta sauce and anything I can to be more self reliant.
Jess! Post that soap box video please. We love you when you’re so real.
Thx for more unpacking the gaps so we all can learn better ways to overcome and be more prepared ourselves … everybody do something
all of this makes ya think, & know just how Blessed we are but at the same time its something to think about... wow yall... our Prayers.. Resilience, the definition is be stretched, compressed, something to really think about, no matter where we are... look how the world is goin... keeping yall in Prayer..
Thanks for a great video! Up here in New England and listening to your chat has my mind spinning with what more can I do for myself! Thanks guys!
We have had an outhouse for 6 years now. No flush toilets here. I haul water daily to wash dishes and clothes. Hang it in a line. Wash in a bucket. This is normal life for me
Someone showed (for apartments etc,) clearing the water completely from the commode and putting a large sturdy garbage bad in the bowl (duct tape it on the back) then add another in it (that’s the one that gets tossed). They had a type of cup (used to measure ruin in hospitals, etc.) at the front for urine and had saw dust or cat litter in a bucket beside the commode for the rest. But you do have to prep for that, to have what you need. OR just us eat bags and a plastic container w/o the saw dust/litter in a pinch.
Losing power last winter did the same for us. I've been working all year to reduce reliance on the freezers. I've freeze dried and canned most the protein and veggies. I'm still not 'there' yet, though. It scared me so badly when the power went out. We're on well for water and that's my biggest hole. I am juggling different ideas around whether it is an underground catchment or above. I'm told deep well eliminates manual pump bypass. Solar? I appreciate your sharing.
Love this.. old saying don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Food? Canning, drying, freezing …
Water back up with rain cache .
Redundancy works.
Best tool? Attitude of gratitude ❤
Once you "update" to cover the holes in being prepared do a mock emergency and see how you do. Another is if you had to evacuate, could you grab and go taking the bare basics you'd want if when you got back your house was destroyed? Food for thought. Terica a R&R long time follower. Hats off for being a good friend and neighbor!🐸
Praying for our world
I'm so glad you guys are doing these videos. Jessica, I've been watching your videos and they've been helping me think of holes in my own plans. Now, I'm in a very cold region, so I have very different things to think about, but those things definitely transfer over to me a couple of seasons per year.
We are here in east tn and got alot of damage from the water coming from NC, I believe most people still have power but all city water is out and not seeing that being back on for a while, the water we do have has been contaminated which causes another set of problems!
Great conversation
WE BOUGHT A PORTA-POTTY FROM AN AUCTION a couple years ago. We are setting that up as an outdoor toilet.....because we are in central WI, we need it semi-close to the house because going out when it's -30° or -40° is not the most exciting thought! 😂😂
Haha that is how we used to have it. There was also the barn gutters that some used.
We have a free flowing septic with 4 walls. Great investment, i encourage others to look into that along with solar for a well but more importantly hand pump well for house water.
I also can almost everything... meats, butter, sauces, garlic, soups etc etc than I keep in my freezer. I also keep propane for cook stoves. We also keep solar lights and have wood to burn for 7 years lol. Easy to open a nice home cooked meal in a can and heat than cook during times of such.
Another tip, if power goes out all the meat in the freezer can be easily canned over fire or propane so it doesn't go to waste. I hope this helps, and thank you all for all the advice I've learned from all of you. God bless.
My grandma would can a pheasant. Being born in 1907, she know how to spread out the food for shelf life.
Good to hear you guys are gettin' along good in this hard time. I was just in Elgin 3 weeks ago. Glad I came back home in Indiana before this.
After the past hurricane, we had ., I went on Amazon and I bought those battery pack fans. I will be buying more because we did lose power as well and it was so hot so I think I have a battery pack fan at least we’ll probably get to sleep a little better and Lights I have plenty of lights, but I’ve been seeing how people have been caring around those battery pack fans
During hurricane Sandy we had no power for 3 weeks and I had to go to work. Thank you to people who let us shower and use the WiFi!
New friend here. This was a very good and informative video. Hi Jess! I’m up in New England, I have been through a couple of major hurricanes and numerous blizzards and Nor’Easters. Being prepared and stocking up isn’t hard if you do a little bit at a time.
She said I just couldn’t & came home & went to bed. I’m like YES she gets me, and she doesn’t even know me 😂!!! I’m like these are my people, helps me not feel so alone.
I officially subscribed because you put that Jeremiah/ariel visual at the end. I was like oh he is definitely funny 😂…
Thank you!
I have a suggestion if needed, we are Ham Radio operator's. It can help communicate in these emergencies!!! Batterie backup is always in place. You can install in vehicles and home base!! We have had several times it has helped save lives!! Many blessings to you all!!!!
You are speaking my language, I have two Ham radios right now and will be getting my license later in October.
❤Showering and WiFi are a blessing when power is out! Jess, pour buckets of water from the pond in your toilet to flush to be able to have a clean place to potty indoors 😂 People are hoarding now so paper towels and diapers are low on the shelves tonight in NJ. 😮 I pray it’s coming your way to help!
When I have no electricity, I dump a bucket of water in the toilet to flush it. Last storm, I had no power for 52 hours.
R&R couldn't use their toilets because there was no power to run the septic pump. They don't have a free-draining system; it has to have electricity.
It was 78 in the house 😂😂😂😂. I’m in PNW and have no AC lol… summer nights are windows wide open, fans on and still 90s inside some nights… it’s yucky, but I don’t think it’s worth getting AC for the few nights every year that are like that. I’m glad you are keeping your Humor up and am not in any way making light of your situation… just made me laugh when Jess said it was 78 - I do wish you had a fan… and power. Prayers and love to you…
18:26 You funny. You just earned a new subscriber.😂
Best wishes for you guys! My son was sent to Asheville to help restore power - his crew is from virginia. Hoping it comes back on soon!
We will pray for your son! He is a hero
@@SouthernYankee He's a hero. Prayers for all the linemen & others. 🙏
That's white gold ! in the great outdoors.
So sorry everyone is going thru this! I am glad to hear Jess still laughing. I have a question for Jess…you made a remark about folks having plumbing problems because they used their toilets. I use mine when we have an outage. We just dump water in the bowl when are ready to flush. I suppose you could also fill the tank and flush like normal? Why would this be a problem?
It’s only a problem when your septic tank is on higher ground and you use an electric pump to pump it from the house to the tank.
We have a Joolca and love it. I understand it may be more expensive than some can afford at the moment, but we feel it’s worth it. It is a portable shower/ kitchen sink system with a portable instant water heater. The pump has a small filter on it, so you can throw it off in a bucket of water and have a hot shower or hot sink of water for dishes. It all packs away into a small tote. You just need a propane tank , 2 D batteries, and a car cigarette lighter/12 volt access. They do make a battery pack that takes the place of the 2 D batteries and the 12 volt outlet, but that’s an additional cost. We lose water quite often in our town. My husband’s a mechanic, so going to bed without a shower isn’t an option. We have thrown the hose off in one of my water catch tanks for the garden and enjoyed a nice hot shower when our town’s been out of water for days. We also have some property that’s 4 miles from the nearest water tap or electric meter, we take this system with us when we know we need to burn brush, we just don’t hook up the water heater. This gives us a way to put out the fire if it gets away and we can take it on the side by side as long as we have a tank of water to pull from.
"The Nomadic Movement" is a family starting from scratch in Panama. They built a ram pump that brings water from a creek quite a long way away to their catchment tank without any electricity. They just built a bathroom after three years, previously always using a hole in the ground with a seat and an outdoor shower. They use catchment for their water, combination of rain and water from the creek, depending on the season. We are on a well, but have two generators and keep gasoline around, as well as a propane stove and a wood-burning stove we use in the winter. We are mostly preparing for bad snowstorms here in the Colorado mountains and wildfires, one of which caused our evacuation earlier this summer (no damage to us). We had a terrible flood back in 2013 and I had never seen anything like it - we were too high up for it to affect us directly, but the city below was not so lucky and they used horses and ATV's for weeks to help those trapped up in the river canyon because the only road was destroyed in multiple places. It is a sobering experience.
They are phonies. Trust fund children going around the world in the most expensive RV with homes and businesses in Panama and Vermont, just like the rest of us ...
Poor people’s ac from my experience long ago. Need large, clean, flexible, medium dishwashing container, dry ice is best but ice, in bucket with fan blowing over it. Might need to think how each of those (3 I think) parts can be accomplished.
By being prepared we are essentially putting our "oxygen mask on" so that we can help others who cannot help themselves.
Dry Curing Meats, Making Cheese, Dried fruits and Veggies, and Root Cellars should be making a big comeback!
Absolutely! It's about time we started valuing these methods again.
@WillowBrookHomestead I see people so reliant upon freezers... and I know from experience that is not sustainable in any real disaster.
Root cellars, canning, dry curing, hard cheeses, dried, smoked, etc... are the best methods of creating a resilient food storage system.
Freezers are great until there's no power.
Simple, independently powered systems that are off grid are far more reliable for powering things like wells, pumps, and freezers for long term for sustainability.
One can do a lot with old school tech.
@ I love canning and I’m working to do even more for this exact reason.
You are definitely funny!!
Were in Canada so we do not have the same risks you guys do. Im heart breaks for everyone who has lost someone, animals, homes, etcetera but also for those struggling with the discomfort of going without from not being prepared. I do hope this is a slight wakeup call for a large population that they should at least have their food and water source systems down. Have you all looked into the portable powerstations? With some of the damages ive seen I doubt a full solar system would have been helpful. But a few pannels, inverter, and battery stored so you could pull out during something like this that could run the wells, septic, freezers might be a good thing to have on hand. There is also bison pumps people can get put onto their water wells which allows you to have access to the well without power, they are essentially like a hand pump. Water catchment off every static animal structure is also smart in my opinion and something we will be doing as we rebuild our homestead on our new property, even though we're totally solar having some redundancies are a good thing!
Love all the suggestions but here in California there is not rain to catch.
Ammunition ❤❤😂😂😂😅
It is probably going to get way worse very soon due to the dock worker strike. Every port from Maine to Texas is now closed. No new supplies incoming for an unknown time.
Jess how’s the coffee shop ?
I feel so bad for y’all. I have been there with a few hurricanes and tropical storms in my past being that I live in Houston Texas. I remember not having power maybe a week but it was horrible and it was hot. Just kept taking baths and David was my husband was cooking outside because we were starting to lose our food and we had to feed the neighborhood and barbecue everything we can. I did prepare with charcoal cats Bad I remember I probably went through about three bad ones maybe four in my lifetime hearing you and the system is not right as far as getting out there soon enough to help with food and water and powered back on you said a lot so we still have CenterPoint going to Neighborhood cutting trees down and just did the tree across the street. They butcher the hell out of them but because they don’t want trees to fall with any more future hurricanes, I guess they’re hoping that we don’t lose power next time
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Backfeed your gene thru dryer and we'll will fire up. Up here In maine we go weeks without power in snow storms. 3 days is squat.
Ha ha. I have toilet paper in my car and my husband’s truck. When you got to go, go. I’ve used plenty of leaves as well.
I need the labor cheese recipe
Canning, in an emergency, requires a hot fire and lots of water and a very large cooking pan. Doable, but not necessarily easy.
Hey guys, thanks for the chat.
I wanted to point out that we can see your license plate. 👀👀👀
Yes you can
That doesn't matter. Everyone sees everyone's license plates when they are out driving on public roads. And the only people who can look up information from a license plate are people like police officers. What's the concern?
@diyfferent truth!
OUTDOOR KITCHEN
WOOD BURNING, CANNING.
UNDERGROUND CELLAR ON HIGH AREA FOR STORAGE.
I just can't even speak right now...................... This all just breaks my heart. I feel like sometimes I am so focused on helping others, I forget to make sure that I am ok as well. AND ........ I am not anywhere near these affected areas. Then what?
SAFETY QUESTION: do you give a bottle of water to this person or do you hoard your supplies? I fear they would go into panic mode and return in danger later.
Freeze dry and can a lot of your food in freezer
Lol. You can never have too much ammunition.
True
Miah needs a hand pump