Now I don't feel so bad about being a packrat thankyou. The squirrels dug up my potatoes. I don't grow a lot. My stockpile is mainly in cans comes from the grocery store. My husband has dementia can't do anything. I am seventy cut the firewood and split it. Keeps me busy. Am building my raised beds takes time. We have 10 acres. We have just 2 people. Have a beef for fall. We are packed stacked and ready for 2 years still working at it.JESUS has blessed us through everything. Thank you Patara Happy Mothers Day Thank you for everything
Today I noticed my neighbor pressure washing his small home. I’ve been planting a garden and had offered to share my veggies with him and his family. This afternoon I asked him if we could barter something for his pressure washing my small home - and he automatically said “ you sharing food with us is more than can I thank you for”. 😊❤️ praise God. I am 72 and they are in their early 20’s so we are sharing labor and experience and it is beautiful. Thank you Jesus.
I am a 64-year-old single working woman who lives on Poverty level. The rest of my family are doing well. For the last 7 years I have been buying one extra can of tuna fish a week and dehydrating vegetables I find mark down. I think I am pretty well stocked for myself for now. When family and friends ask me for my food Because they did not stock up and prepare I am going to say, " Oh let's barter! Great idea. I need things as well. "....
I live in town so very little space to grow much.. last year I hooked up with a couple farmers.. one gave my his leftovers and I canned them and the other one had no way to can what he grew (in life circumstances) .. I canned all his food, he supplied the food, jars and lids and I canned it.. and he gave me half .. I plan to do that again this year..
That's awesome! Sprouts & Microgreens are something you may want to consider. Microgreens have way more nutrients than their full-grown counterparts. Mung beans are a great source of protein & I have seen that it can be used as flour too. 😊
I am not an expert, but I was really pleased when the teenage son of my neighbour came and asked me to teach him how to garden and make preserves. He is really keen to learn.
My mother is one of fourteen. She was born in 1935 and the night she was born was the same day her oldest brother got married. She is second to the youngest. They grew and raised everything. Plus my grandfather grew tobacco to sell. She said, like you have said, they didn’t know they were poor because they were just like everyone else. She said they were never hungry. She was so proud because her teachers dress was the same flour sack fabric. Grandma sold eggs in town. They shopped in town for flour, sugar and coffee, I’m sure there were other things as well. They had over 110 acres. Oh of those fourteen, twelve were boys. Work hands. This was in Kentucky.
My grandmother was born in 1885. As a wife on a 160 acre homestead in Wyoming, they took the buckboard into town once a month for staples they couldn't provide for themselves. Yes they produced their own meats and had a huge garden but couldn't grow citrus, coffee, tea, sugar, etc. Do what you can where you are and remember how Victory gardens during WW II helped people survive.
I grew up on one of the most self sufficient farms , with that said everyone bartered with their neighbors and still went to town for sugar and flour once a month , we are all connected and will need other people and sources to survive
Just a reminder to everyone. Make sure you have a lot of your recipes, instructions, foraging books, etc. in books. We have no power we have no internet. God bless y’all and Happy Mother’s Day, mamas!
One of the most important things ever!! There are books out there that are CRITICAL for preppers, especially for medical and foraging. I can stress that enough, same as you. Be sure to keep a variety of magnifying glasses and different graduations of cheater glasses. 🤗🇲🇽
Patera, I have made it a habit for the past few years to accumulate canned goods for long term storage. My neighbors poked fun at me about it. Well, my kidneys suddenly failed and I have been deathly ill. Had I not had these canned goods, I would have been in real trouble. They have kept me going while I am unable to cook and eat much. Grabbing a can of soup, meat, or veggies has literally sustained me.
We just sold our house and going to live on our bugout location where we will start a homestead. We are NOT quitting our jobs. I can work from home and the husband will drive into the big area to work where he does 3 double shifts in a row and then comes home for four days. I listened when you said don't quit your jobs. We are going to spin this up slowly and have already started buying meat and dairy from local farmers. We are under no delusional that we will be "self sufficient." Just in the prepper circles we talk about everyone cannot do everything. People will specialize in certain areas and the community comes together to become a whole and work together to survive.
I can not grow coffee, sugar cane, not enough room for wheat, don't have bees, no salt on my property, no room for animals. I have a small garden. Trade with others for fruit from their trees.
This is year 3 rd year for me and my wife gardening. 1 year i didnt have enough sunlight so didnt grow much, 2nd year i put in garden number 2 and ripped out a bunch of trees. We grew so much it was wonderful. We had green tomatoes all winter. Eggplant and all the other veggies you could want. This year we are more understanding of how much of each veggie to grow to get us not just thru winter but spring of next year. Its a process people, but i got to tell you, the amout of money you save growing your own(and flavor) is worth the learning curve. We grew this in 2, 20 foot by 40 foot gardens. It can be done! Wish i could put up a pic of the garden last year. Over 800 cucumbers, and over 1,000 tomatoes etc. It was a great year. Happy mother day ladies. Now its time for me to get in the garden!
We have a lot of sheets of shale must a few inches down. I dig them out all the time but I'm going on 67. My husband says get raised beds. That might work for you. I don't get the kind of production that guy gets, either.
Forest fires in Canada in northern BC, northern Alberta, Northwest Territories and Yukon. A lot of our beef and wheat come from those provinces. Evacuations have started. I’m in Atlantic Canada (east). May God be with my fellow Canadians
Good morning Patara. I have been prepping for about 4 years. I have a stocked pantry although i keep getting supplies. Rotate and replenish. I live on 1/2 acre piece of land. Not big but i utilize every inch of space. Each year i have increased my garden. I have a a total of 15 raised beds , 9 baby pools, 33 fruit trees, some items are in the ground this year. I grow 4 different kinds of potatoes, 4 kinds of tomatoes, cucumber, hot/sweet/bell peppers, okra, eggplant, spinach, herbs, and i have medicinal plants etc. I can and dehydrate what i grow. I did buy a chicken coop. No chickens yet though. 2 freezers stocked. We purchesed a fire pit and im learning to cook over open fire. My point.....too much is never enough. Keep doing it yall. Keep learning, keep foraging, keep growing, keep expanding the pantry Thank you for all you do Patara. I have learned so much from you and i appreciate you so much.
We began our self reliance journey in 2008. My husband and I are both over 60 now. Some days I am so tired and just want to give up. But every morning I watch you and JB and realize I need yo keep moving forward so I do. Thank you for being a true north star that keeps us focus on the journey.
Last year I was so happy and proud of my backyard garden. It looked like how I would envision Eden. It was LUSH, big and so vibrant in color, it looked like the old technicolor movies (reminded me of the wizard of Oz when Dorothy opened the door!) In a brief down draft storm, lasting about 10 minutes, it was ALL ruined. My corn, my sunflowers, and other plants. I cried so hard. But it was the most valuable lesson!
A severe storm came throuh last week with golfball to baseball size hail and the town 20 miles from us had a tornado. We pray and ask God to lead us each day to what we are supposed to do. Thanks, Patara, blessings! P&T
You are so right Patera. I have spoken with my mom a lot (when she was still with us) about her growing up with my grandparents on their farm. She grew up in the 30’s and 40’s. She remembers them growing their crops and eating what they grew. She remembers them grinding corn and wheat. She remembers them growing and processing the sugar cane to make syrup. They had cows, chickens and pigs and went hunting. Sounds self sufficient-but it isn’t. They went to town and bartered with my aunts husband who owned the store so they could get coffee, sugar, some other things they needed either food wise or other. They had to go to the feed store at times to get what they needed. There is truly no 100% self sufficiency . We can all only do the best we can do. So hopefully no one will fool themselves into thinking they are completely that way.
I think it’s important to just encourage people to do what they CAN do and to encourage them to do it well. Stop one upping and ridiculing others for what they do or cannot do. Just give a best effort to be encouraging and kind - no matter the topic. I think this channel, Patara, is full of support and encouragement.
We grew up poor. Grandparents and aunts and uncles lived thru the first depression and things were pasted down to us. We walked to town on Saturday and did our shopping for the week. Took a cab back home and put the block ice in ice box. This was back in the 50's and my family still lived without electricity and running water. When dad went from farming to construction, he got a car. Didn't have electricity until I was 9 years old. I can do it again.
I lived for awhile without electricity when I was in middle school in the 1980s. You get used to it and learn new old ways of doing things. Of course there would be things I’d miss now such as charging my cell phone and having instant communication with my kids. But letters work too and hopefully we’ll still have landlines when it all crashes.
This week my 5 'cans' were actually personal items; shampoo, razors, bars of soap, etc. Also, I add pet food (dog and cat) to each shopping trip. It all adds up.
I watched a video about " Where you gonna go with your "Go bag ". Where you going ,How long are you gonna stay, What are you packing in your go bag ,Cooking utensils, tent, stuff to prepare your food , Do you have enough food for your family you are taking ,everything they need etc.? I would have to take a house and grocery store hooked to a vehicle large enough to haul it. There is only 2 of us. My comment is I have everything I need here ,home paid for, Food stocked in my home . I don't need a go bag . If I did I couldn't pack enough or carry enough .
Hubby and I are 71. We have about 10 acres, and have had a good garden for a number of years - but we've also lost most of the garden more than once to hailstorms! He's a paraplegic, in a wheelchair, and I have COPD, so the effort we can put into any project is less than we could have done ten years ago. I'm hoping to get a chicken house built, and have chickens for both meat and eggs. And we have the benefit of friends with cattle and chickens . . . but we've definitely got backups in the form of canned goods, as well as a good supply of seeds for the future. Keep doing what you do - some need to hear it, and hopefully understand!
The two of us are in our 70s and in excellent health…no meds, and no health problems common by this age. We have one acre and garden plus fruit trees. At this age there are what we call energetic days and slow down days. We are just simply unable to keep up the pace of even ten years ago. It’s the law of entropy and we can feel it. So work hard as you can each day and praise God for what you are able to accomplish. May God richly blessed you Patara in your truth telling.
I am 75, my great grandparents did all of this. They had a huge garden which we always went to “get the garden in”, which I thoroughly enjoyed. To help with household expenses, my grandfather built a little “ store” next to their home and carried items that the community would have to go to town for. They had an outhouse, a well, fireplaces for heat and no air conditioning. They smoked meat from hunting, raised hogs, cows and chickens. My happiest childhood memories were spending time with them. It’s too bad kids now don’t have any experiences like that.
I'm still learning to grow food. I'm 62 years old and learn more about gardening every season. Last year bunnies ate all my celery. My tomatoe plants didn't produce a lot of tomatoes. I didn't get any bell peppers at all. Over winter I purchased sun shades and other items for the garden. Plus cleaned up the garden. This week, I'm planting tomatoes and bell peppers. Plus other plants in my raised beds. Some years you get plenty and other years you get very little. Thank goodness for Costco business center were I was able to purchase 25lbs of tomatoes under 20 dollars. So I was able to put up fresh produce. I might of had to purchase them but we had fresh food over winter. I'm still learning how to garden in Arizona. Thank you for all your encouragement.
You tell them. I have been doing this for decades. Living off our own stuff did not happen overnight. Currently have 2,000 canning jars and Tattler lids. Grow 1,000 tomato plants. Last year the garden was a bust. Knee injuries and drought made gardening all but impossible. The green and drying beans did well and 12 tomato plants did well. Have been taking inventory. Have decided foraging will be a priority this year. People should buy what they can and put effort into learning skills. All of our preps are one disaster away from being wiped out. Our faith, resilience and skills will be what gets us through.
Happy Mother's Day, Patara! I started listening to you last year when my eyes finally opened. I'm a little late but finally have my first garden growing, mostly in 5 gallon buckets. My husband is 80 and I'm not far behind and both with health issues. I've got 2 blueberry bushes, cucumbers, 3 different squash, tomatoes, bush beans, carrots and several herbs growing. Lost my potatoes with all the rain. This morning I found 2 bumble bees going from bloom to bloom this morning and got so excited, I felt like a kid again. Thank you for taking the time to teach this old dog some new tricks.
Patara is very wise, listen to her - she speaks the truth. We have been gardening for 20 years and had bumper crops of tomatoes, peppers, and beans. We have also had something akin to famine years. We know a lot, but it took many years to learn through problem solving. Folks going off and buying 'survival seeds' and burying them somewhere to retrieve them when they no longer have the grocery store to eat from are making a huge mistake. We are at the start of a catastrophe cycle, both man made and not from which, the unprepared will not survive.
I've been working on learning to seed save. My flower seeds that I seed saved are the only flowers that I've planted that have come up. The store bought seeds have not come up. Each year I've been trying to learn how to save at least 1-2 more varieties of vegetables and flowers from my garden. I think this year I've saved about $50-100 in buying seeds for my garden, but without taking the time to garden every year and learn how to do things, I could never just jump into it.
Starting a homestead is no financial joke. We have 100 acres and have been doing this for 10 years and can only add a little at a time. The goat fencing and gates will set you back several grand. We built our own chicken and goat barns over time and add something every year. This year we are adding a chicken brooder barn to hatch and keep chicks until big enough to go in regular coops. This is not something you can do overnight unless you have a plethora of funds. We also have good hunting and 2 stocked ponds. Oh and we have numerous gardens. Was hoping to add raised beds this year, but may not be in the budget this year. We spend more on animal food than people food.
Patara is correct about NOT being able to live off the land, no matter how many acres you have. I grew up with grandparents who had a HUGE farm, a very large old {drafty} farm house, without indoor plumbing until I was 8 or so. We grew Winter Wheat and Summer Wheat, as well as corn. We still bought animal feed, flour and cans of whatever.. I have pics of me in flour sac dresses. Although we lived in a Mennonite type community, and did trade some, at LEAST once a month we went shopping. We had over a thousand acres. Many crop failures, and animals to feed. When I see utube Channels with folks who say they live completely off grid, look like the Amish, and encourage others to go this route, I'll just say this: it's fake. It's a stage. I know what real rough living looks like, and it doesn't include perfect hair and nails... The work is TRULY never ending, and while I'm thankful to have not only lived it and learned it as a way of life, but I am able to pass the knowledge down to my kids. I've got my own large farm in the Western NC Mountains, but some is rockface. {Almost Cliff}. Between the weather changes, the creek flooding, the old tractor dying, the tree blights, and my House and Barn burned to the ground, no one can live for long, or in a healthy way without a food store, a clothing store, and someone who can re-sole my boots! I hope EVERYONE who watches these other channels that look like they are living off their land, understand the terrible lies being told. It's actually shameful, in my opinion.
My mother's day gift was 6 yards of mushroom compost and 6 yards of triple mix. We worked in the gardens all weekend preparing soil (southern Ontario) and also planted 3 dwarf apple trees.
As a senior widow who lived the large garden chickens bees and cows life and loved it. Very hard work. Now I'm happy to container garden eating seasonably. I mostly freeze and dehydrate my herbs/foods but i do stockpile my pantry with canned and dry goods. When disaster hits i like back ups for my back ups!
My dad was born in 1897. He grew up on a farm and was a farmer his whole life. He talked about the things they bought from their local store like flour and sugar. His skills were so much better than I could ever imagine. We’re always going to need something even if it’s a sewing needle.
I love my little garden, my preps and learning. My granny grew up on a hog farm with my sweet great’s. My great grandmother had a full pantry off her kitchen full of her home canned goods. My granny lived in a brand new home in the burb’s when I was a kid. She had a full pantry and stocked canned goods. Her dishwasher was never used for washing- it held all her bread. I thought granny’s house was fancy compared to our farmhouse and my great grandparents house. But, we all had preparations and no one shamed anyone. I’m happy to have gained the interest in canning, preserving, fermenting and gardening. I work a 40 hour week and do what I can. I feel no shame supporting my pantry with other sources. Thank you Patara ❤
Golly! Watching James remove the manure certainly brings back wonderful memories of my horse farm. However, I did not have a tractor. I cleaned the stalls by hand and spread the manure in the pasture. It would be nice if some of your viewers watched reruns of "The Waltons." This TV series takes us through the Great Depression with a family of 9 people. They raised their own food, canned, killed their own animals and hunted. Thank you so much Patara. Happy Mother's Day!!!
After many years of gardening, I have learned that it is nowhere enough to live on. I am praying that the farmers keep on farming. My grandparents were farmers and I think about the knowledge they had to farm and survive.
I agree, even with ground, you still need to buy supplies from outside your land's production. In 1997 my (then) fiancé and I bought 7 acres of land. I had a 8- and 7-year-old from a previous marriage, and we had a 2 year old. We married in 98 and I quit my job in 99 and became a stay at home mom. While he worked off the "homestead', I gardened, raised goats for milk and meat, pigs, calves and a large flock of chickens. My Grandma joked that if it couldn't outrun me, it ended up in a jar. I still had to purchase at the stores. I bought in bulk. At one point, I spent $5,000 a year in food and household staples. We still had to have his income for the land payment, taxes and bills. My efforts fed my family, but we still bought our flour, rice, pasta, sugar, etc. I worked 60 or more hours a week to do this. I was lucky that my husband had a job that he worked early in the morning and in the evening and could help. He and his brother also farmed together, so we had access to some feed stuffs and hay. I traded baked goods to a dairy family for dairy alfalfa for my goats. Once a month, we took the kids to a buffet for a treat. We also started to homeschool in 99 due to some issues in our school involving harassment of our daughter by highschool boys. It takes a lot of time and effort to feed a family only from your ground and if you aren't "farming", hunting and gathering.... you won't do it.
I am a single mumma who hurt her shoulder and was unable to do much in the garden. Mr 13 watered the garden for me. I am so glad I had a full pantry that we have been utilising
Thank you Patara. I feel better for collecting so much. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I live in an apartment and am limited to what I could do. But I'm trying to make the most of what I have. God bless you greatly for all you do Patara. Thank you. Ve safe.love ya!!❤
Patara, I wish that I could give you fifty hundred thumbs up 👍 for this video. If anyone watching this thinks you're lying about how hard its going to be just surviving without skills that have been lost through the generations then let them think it. Most of them sadly will be eating lead stealing from others. Prepare be aware, and pray constantly 🙏❤️
I only have a small back yard here in Ireland but I fill it with Carbs (potatoes)- I grow in towers indoors but IT IS JUST A SUPPLEMENT! -- Thank the Lord Ive bought a LOT in the last 5 years - my large home is filled with mylar bags, vac sealed and store bought cans alongside my own canned meat and chicken (locally bred) - my disability gets worse every year so Im so thankful for the supply I have -
Here in Florida it's really hard to grow vegetables ... I do well with fruit and nut tress... I am able to grow tomatoes and peppers without difficulty.. I give you small farmers credit because it's a lot of work...
15 seconds ago! First comment for me!! Yay!!! Patara i just want to say thank you so much for being a wonderful ray of blunt honesty!! Canada loves you too ❤❤
I remember grandma using an alternative to coffee. She lived during the depression and substituted daily to feed her family of seven. She experienced loss of her husband while she had young children. She found coal on her property and used that to keep her home warm during winter. She live in north where the winters are brutal.
This video was inspiring. I have been very sick and run into the ground for the past 2 months. I’m a momma, I work full time, trying to further my degree, and I just found out I’m pregnant(which is a miracle in itself-but it’s so exhausting!!) and I just got Mr.19 🙄🙄🙄 some days I’m so tired I just sit in my over grown garden and cry because I don’t have the strength to clear it out and it’s already late in the season.
I’m in my middle sixties. I work 30+ hours a week snd busting a tail to get a micro farm off the ground. Trying to preserve, grow and expand is not a cakewalk. I do have a full pantry and then some. On top of that I have a lot of physical limitations. Don’t be discouraged, don’t give up, keep on growing in knowledge and skills, listen to others and ask questions. 🙏🏻💙
As a 31 year old doing my best with my husband to dive into this lifestyle, I am frustrated with trying to learn skills, stockpile, and learn to work our land while having all our older family look at us crazy, but expect a place to stay if things go crazy since we have acreage. We didnt grow up in this lifestyle and our neighbors out here in the country want to stick to themselves. I understand the mentality, but it is also very disheartening for a younger couple trying to do it all on their own with no experience or wisdom. I just want to say I've been watching your videos for almost 2 years and genuinely appreciate all of your advice and food for thought. Thank you!
I've heard from many people that seeds are not germinating well this year. It is not warming up yet in MA. We had a light frost this morning. I need to get the outside growing beds ready but will need to have frost cover ready probably until June. The weather is strange.
My germination was fair from my own seed saving, but had cut worms in a couple raised beds. I'm in WV and with clouds it's 41 this morning. I agree the weather is strange this year.
This year in AZ the last garden for the season is doing great! 2020-2022 is was terrible though. Saved seeds did well but anything bought either didn't sprout or died quickly. It was really weird.
Veggie garden is the best I can hope for. Minimalism mindset will serve folks well when it eventually hits the fan because it won't be pretty. You just do you, live within your means, and don't pay attention to the outside noise.
I will say that it takes a lot of land to be 100% self sufficient. I have been a farm girl all my life and we did have a large property growing up 36 acres but still not totally self sufficient. Anything you can grow is a benefit to you so don’t stop people. Keep farming folks. Patera I watch every video and you give lots of thoughts to think about. Keep it up
If you’ve had the last two years of abundance, most people who garden would have preserved it as the next year might be a very bad year for gardening. That’s how the elders I knew did it. I just canned enough strawberry jam for two years because the strawberries were abundant this year. I don’t know if there will be a lot next year. It’s a mindset that gets passed down I think. If you’re a canner, you’re usually scrambling by the end of summer for empty jars lol. Or rearranging the freezer to cram a little more in it. I also know I have people on my road who don’t garden at all. I’m sure they think I’m crazy just like I think they’re crazy.
We have a small garden. I've never been able to grow corn either! But I can what we get (just learned how a couple years ago) and we have cans from the grocery store. Been doing that several years. Live in a tiny house on 2 acres and don't have much room but the room we do have is filled with as much preparation as we can get in it. Even if you only have a small area, do what you can. Even if you don't know how, teach yourself. Even if you think you cant, you can.
My husband grew up with his grandparents who lived & had 4 children during the depression. They lost a little boy at the age of 2, to a “nosebleed” - that was grandma’s story. I’m certain he had a serious infection in his sinuses & pneumonia, as they lived in the heart of the dust bowl at that time. Grandma always panicked any time a child had a nosebleed, it was hard to watch the fear & tears in her eyes One of the things that my husband was taught about raising any livestock on the farm/ranch, was always have 2 years worth of hay & feed on hand. You never know what the following year might bring. And never stack all your hay in the same place, one lightening strike could wipe out all your feed, from fire. We had 1 year, that we were not able to grow enough hay & feed for carry over. It was a very stressful year & thank God, the following year was bountiful. Lesson learned
I was raised by my grandparent on a farm in ND. We raised chickens & cattle. My uncle raised sheep, a cousin raised pigs & we all traded. Grandpa always said, never depend on next years crop cause Mother Nature might have other plans. Last year I did a month of off grid living & only ate what I raise & grow, It was a very enlightening month. Thanks for all you do.
Pulled my first zucchini this morning - YES! The weather cooperated this spring, got them in a lot earlier than usual. Next month my nemesis, the vine borer moth, will have their way but I am going to have some first. Probably a once in a lifetime event. I am elderly, widowed, alone and working full time. Retirement is a couple years away yet so trying to beat the learning curve in the garden. Meanwhile, still stocking the canned stuff for hard times ahead. No dust bunnies under my bed!
I love how you are so down to earth about all this! We have absolutely NO WAY of growing all our own food. we only have an acre of land and are a family of 7. it's the biggest piece of land we could afford. We are putting in a few raised beds every year until we can fill up our property with gardens. Our hope is to grow enough to help supplement some of the main staples that will help our grocery budget and maybe put some away and can. I'm trying to grow my pantry by buying extra and creating a stock pile. I think we will be able to grow all our tomato products we need and all of our fresh eating over the growing season and maybe a few extra things. You inspire me to do as much as I can without making me feel like a failure for not being able to afford a large piece of land and growing and raising everything. Thank you so much Patara! Without you I wouldn't even be trying!
We had family (in their 70’s) that were without power for two days. I was shocked that they had to drive to our house just to make a pot of coffee. I was like, they’ve lived through this stuff before…why weren’t they prepared?? I was really shocked. My last thought was, they’re not going to make it.
Just because they are old does not mean that they learned anything. Possibly some one took care of them. Or they could have simply been curious to see how ever one else was doing.
I can’t imagine the amount of work it’d take to grow all of our food… we aren’t even close but we’re definitely doing a lot! Berries are doing AMAZING this year!
I just pulled my second fence panel for grape vines. I got to put one more post, and one more fence panel and grape vines are completed. Our second phase is black berries. We have been able to grow some corn in raised beds. Not enough to sustain but some. Currently, we grow green beans, tomatoes, bells, and jalapeño peppers, corn, we are 1st time round with snow peas, pumpkin patatoes, etc. But we still rely on stores or farmers' markets. My grandmother had a 60x80 in ground garden it fed 5 people. But still needed store for meats, or farmers market for peaches, strawberries, or supplement beans. Now, when they were growing food on the farm as kids, they only went to stores for salt,sugar, coffee, and flour. They grew every crop except those. Grandma grew up on 102 acres they had 4 cows, 2 plow muels, a hog pen with 4 to 6 hogs, and a chicken pen with 20-40 chickens. They grew animal feed and hay and grew all their food except what was mentioned. There were 13 children and 2 adults. My grandfather grew up on 210 acres. They logged, raised 3-6 cattle 12-15 hogs, 2 log pulling horses, and two plow muels. Their mother kept chickens in back yard but also his grandfather all the way up till he was almost 100, keeping thousands of chickens in chicken houses supplying the city of Atlanta from infant stage with eggs and chicken meat. But the families lived close, so it wasn't far to say the chicken houses. But we all have alot to do and learn. I work full time, have a 5mo old I now am preparing for as well. Pray hard.
My neighbors started growing veggies in their front yard. I know a lot of HOAs won't allow that (which is stupid in my opinion) but what a great use of land if you have it. My neighbors don't have much of a back yard so they grow in the front. People think it's tacky but why not, I think it's great. We have to let go of these silly ideas of what a front yard should look like in these times. Love you Patara!
I live on the very edge of a ridge. So zi only have a front yard. My chickens are there and my garden. It is not always pretty. But I'm grateful to have it.
I remember my pawpaw ( my great grandfather) saying they went to town to get burlap bags full of flour and sugar and his sisters wore the bags as dresses. They were tenaant farmers. They grew tobacco, cotton, all their vegetables etc. Oh and hogs. My uncle said they were dirt poor meaning they had no floor. It was just dirt.
I haven't figured out how to grow nails , fencing , screws , hinges , building supplies , chainsaw and supplies . The Mennonites, my friends even go to Town . You will have to buy things . 🌎✌️💖☺️
Morning Patera....it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Thanks so much for sharing the good and the bad with us. We appreciate you. Happy Mother's Day sister!
Even when you think your doing good all it takes is 1 good storm and your garden is done. I've had wind that took out everything, rain, hail, bugs. I had some great looking watermelon last year, babied them all year. Sliced the first one open and it was yucky brown 😢 So yeah I wish I could grow a garden like my grandma had. But I do remember helping out in the garden when I was a kid. Wish I had paid more attention 😢 Edit: Grandma sold her 40 acres in Oklahoma after my Grandpa died and got $400 in 1935 and moved to California with 11 children. When I start getting down I ask myself "WWGD" What Would Grandma Do " ❤ I miss her😊
These are your best character traits - straight talk, honest words, encouragement... I found your channel a few years back (after dreams and that little inner voice telling me to make changes). I'm still learning, still trying different growing methods, still learning how to learn from ancestors... it's hard work, but rewarding. Every fail, every challenge, every weather issue, all have been great lessons. Never quit!!!
That's why we just gotta do our best, and pray the Lord blesses it. If your best is a little backyard garden and stocking up on sales at your grocery store then hey... YOU DID GOOD!!! Thanks for the truth Patara!
Well, l killed everything in my garden last year. But we got volunteers from the kitchen scraps in the compost pile. So I guess the garden is better when I stay out of it. 😆 That is now my husbands area, I took on other chores so he can concentrate more time on it.
Payara I agree with you, we live on our family farm of 1146 acres with 7 families working cattle ,horses , goats , chickens , geese, ducks, rabbits and quail. It takes all of us and we still trade for things
Hi, Patara, my parents lived ona small homestead. My dad raised a large garden Every year , he also hunted and fished. They still had out side jobs because they still needed the basics. They couldn’t raise their own flour, sugar, milk, and butter. Didn’t have chickens or cows so those products had to be bought. Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mamas out there!
my husband and I are looking through local shelters and Humane Societies and so forth to get a Great Pyrenees because we know that they are a good homesteading dog and with flocks and that's what we have our flocks that's why we are looking into great white Pyrenees
While living with my 90+ yr old mom we were washing dishes. My friend saw me washing plastic straws and said “you reuse straws”? I said yep! We reuse everything but paper products.
Love... "if the bears don't get you, the copperheads or the poison ivy will". 🤣 So true! It's only May, and I've already had a very small bout of poison ivy.
Good morning! You are speaking the truth. Love your straight forward information. Well, off to the Grandsons wedding today, first one! Have a great weekend everyone!
Maybe folks should find Little House on The Prairie and watch all of them. Perhaps watch The Waltons, especially if they didn’t grow up with a grandma born in 1895 and have parents born in 1920.
I already know that I can not raise all of the food my family needs where I live now. Got no choice in the matter, so I do the best I can. A sale is a great time to fill the shelves. Got a family farm that is a way off but during hunting season you would be surprised how many people I run off. If times get too hard it will be worse. The sense of entitlement is in full force. To the silly people who think they can bug out you are not welcome or wanted. The stories of the Little Red Hen and the Ant and the Grasshopper are told for a reason.
Happy Mother's Day Patara ❤ Thank you so much for sharing how your obedience to the prompting of The Holy Spirit spared you and your family from great financial disaster. I look forward to your positive energy. God bless you my sister in Christ. 🌸🌷🌼🌻🌺🌹
Now I don't feel so bad about being a packrat thankyou. The squirrels dug up my potatoes. I don't grow a lot. My stockpile is mainly in cans comes from the grocery store. My husband has dementia can't do anything. I am seventy cut the firewood and split it. Keeps me busy. Am building my raised beds takes time. We have 10 acres. We have just 2 people. Have a beef for fall. We are packed stacked and ready for 2 years still working at it.JESUS has blessed us through everything. Thank you Patara Happy Mothers Day Thank you for everything
Great work,so much accomplished!
WELL DONE
I know your struggle, my Mom had dementia.
I admire you so much! Have a great weekend!
You sound like a rockstar! 70 years old, husband with dementia, and still doing all of that! I'm sending you hugs, prayers, and encouragement.
I know how difficult it is to love someone with dementia. My mama had Alzheimer's. You are my hero!
Today I noticed my neighbor pressure washing his small home. I’ve been planting a garden and had offered to share my veggies with him and his family. This afternoon I asked him if we could barter something for his pressure washing my small home - and he automatically said “ you sharing food with us is more than can I thank you for”. 😊❤️ praise God. I am 72 and they are in their early 20’s so we are sharing labor and experience and it is beautiful. Thank you Jesus.
This is how we will survive ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤BRAVO
I am a 64-year-old single working woman who lives on Poverty level. The rest of my family are doing well. For the last 7 years I have been buying one extra can of tuna fish a week and dehydrating vegetables I find mark down. I think I am pretty well stocked for myself for now. When family and friends ask me for my food Because they did not stock up and prepare I am going to say, " Oh let's barter! Great idea. I need things as well. "....
That's only fair. I would do the same thing.🙏❤️
I live in town so very little space to grow much.. last year I hooked up with a couple farmers.. one gave my his leftovers and I canned them and the other one had no way to can what he grew (in life circumstances) .. I canned all his food, he supplied the food, jars and lids and I canned it.. and he gave me half .. I plan to do that again this year..
That sounds great, especially if you have more time than money.
score!
That is great
That's awesome!
Sprouts & Microgreens are something you may want to consider. Microgreens have way more nutrients than their full-grown counterparts. Mung beans are a great source of protein & I have seen that it can be used as flour too. 😊
Beautiful! That is exactly how the world is supposed to operate.
I am not an expert, but I was really pleased when the teenage son of my neighbour came and asked me to teach him how to garden and make preserves. He is really keen to learn.
My mother is one of fourteen. She was born in 1935 and the night she was born was the same day her oldest brother got married. She is second to the youngest. They grew and raised everything. Plus my grandfather grew tobacco to sell. She said, like you have said, they didn’t know they were poor because they were just like everyone else. She said they were never hungry. She was so proud because her teachers dress was the same flour sack fabric. Grandma sold eggs in town. They shopped in town for flour, sugar and coffee, I’m sure there were other things as well. They had over 110 acres. Oh of those fourteen, twelve were boys. Work hands. This was in Kentucky.
Beautiful family ❤, thank you for sharing🙏✝️
my Grand Parents were the same,, great great grand pa was a barber/mortician.
Thank you for sharing, I wore those Flour sac dresses and skirts. Same, one pr shoes for school and church.
Wow grew tobacco! How cool!
I would feel rich having a flour sack dress today..... not kidding, could embroider on it, do artistry w time....
My grandmother was born in 1885. As a wife on a 160 acre homestead in Wyoming, they took the buckboard into town once a month for staples they couldn't provide for themselves. Yes they produced their own meats and had a huge garden but couldn't grow citrus, coffee, tea, sugar, etc. Do what you can where you are and remember how Victory gardens during WW II helped people survive.
My grandmother was born in 1888! She and grandad were sharecroppers.
I grew up on one of the most self sufficient farms , with that said everyone bartered with their neighbors and still went to town for sugar and flour once a month , we are all connected and will need other people and sources to survive
Just a reminder to everyone. Make sure you have a lot of your recipes, instructions, foraging books, etc. in books. We have no power we have no internet. God bless y’all and Happy Mother’s Day, mamas!
One of the most important things ever!! There are books out there that are CRITICAL for preppers, especially for medical and foraging. I can stress that enough, same as you.
Be sure to keep a variety of magnifying glasses and different graduations of cheater glasses. 🤗🇲🇽
@@MexicoDigDoctorwhat is a cheater glass? Lol
I bought some homesteading books from eBay, it's a great deal
Excellent point!
The bottom line here is …. Do what you and yours need to do. Patera keep doing what you’re doing to help us. Some of us are listening ❤
Alot of us are listening 😊
@tinalucas2357 ❤❤❤
YES we are, I am one of those also
Patera, I have made it a habit for the past few years to accumulate canned goods for long term storage. My neighbors poked fun at me about it. Well, my kidneys suddenly failed and I have been deathly ill. Had I not had these canned goods, I would have been in real trouble. They have kept me going while I am unable to cook and eat much. Grabbing a can of soup, meat, or veggies has literally sustained me.
Praying you get better!
Praying for you!
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We just sold our house and going to live on our bugout location where we will start a homestead. We are NOT quitting our jobs. I can work from home and the husband will drive into the big area to work where he does 3 double shifts in a row and then comes home for four days. I listened when you said don't quit your jobs.
We are going to spin this up slowly and have already started buying meat and dairy from local farmers.
We are under no delusional that we will be "self sufficient."
Just in the prepper circles we talk about everyone cannot do everything. People will specialize in certain areas and the community comes together to become a whole and work together to survive.
Congratulations friend and good luck to you both🌟💪🙏♥️
I can not grow coffee, sugar cane, not enough room for wheat, don't have bees, no salt on my property, no room for animals. I have a small garden. Trade with others for fruit from their trees.
You have one thing that some people don't---common sense. That's a valuable commodity these days.❤
@@jjjackson5183me n my sister were just talking about that I agree 100% 👍
Try pole beans even in suburbia they bring me soooo much food in small space.
This is year 3 rd year for me and my wife gardening. 1 year i didnt have enough sunlight so didnt grow much, 2nd year i put in garden number 2 and ripped out a bunch of trees. We grew so much it was wonderful. We had green tomatoes all winter. Eggplant and all the other veggies you could want. This year we are more understanding of how much of each veggie to grow to get us not just thru winter but spring of next year. Its a process people, but i got to tell you, the amout of money you save growing your own(and flavor) is worth the learning curve. We grew this in 2, 20 foot by 40 foot gardens. It can be done! Wish i could put up a pic of the garden last year. Over 800 cucumbers, and over 1,000 tomatoes etc. It was a great year. Happy mother day ladies. Now its time for me to get in the garden!
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Thank you n Blessings to your gardens this year 🙏 thanks for sharing 😊
I don’t think I am doing something right with my garden. It’s disappointing. Here in Missouri we have so much rock maybe that’s why.
We have a lot of sheets of shale must a few inches down. I dig them out all the time but I'm going on 67. My husband says get raised beds. That might work for you. I don't get the kind of production that guy gets, either.
Forest fires in Canada in northern BC, northern Alberta, Northwest Territories and Yukon. A lot of our beef and wheat come from those provinces. Evacuations have started. I’m in Atlantic Canada (east). May God be with my fellow Canadians
The smoke here in Ab , is strong,,
Very smoky here in Edmonton, Alberta
prayers from nevada's desert 🙏🙏
Sending my prayers to you all for strength, prosperity and especially God's protection.
Good morning Patara. I have been prepping for about 4 years. I have a stocked pantry although i keep getting supplies. Rotate and replenish.
I live on 1/2 acre piece of land. Not big but i utilize every inch of space.
Each year i have increased my garden. I have a a total of 15 raised beds , 9 baby pools, 33 fruit trees, some items are in the ground this year.
I grow 4 different kinds of potatoes, 4 kinds of tomatoes, cucumber, hot/sweet/bell peppers, okra, eggplant, spinach, herbs, and i have medicinal plants etc.
I can and dehydrate what i grow.
I did buy a chicken coop. No chickens yet though. 2 freezers stocked.
We purchesed a fire pit and im learning to cook over open fire.
My point.....too much is never enough. Keep doing it yall.
Keep learning, keep foraging, keep growing, keep expanding the pantry
Thank you for all you do Patara. I have learned so much from you and i appreciate you so much.
We began our self reliance journey in 2008. My husband and I are both over 60 now. Some days I am so tired and just want to give up. But every morning I watch you and JB and realize I need yo keep moving forward so I do. Thank you for being a true north star that keeps us focus on the journey.
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Last year I was so happy and proud of my backyard garden. It looked like how I would envision Eden. It was LUSH, big and so vibrant in color, it looked like the old technicolor movies (reminded me of the wizard of Oz when Dorothy opened the door!) In a brief down draft storm, lasting about 10 minutes, it was ALL ruined. My corn, my sunflowers, and other plants. I cried so hard. But it was the most valuable lesson!
It's amazing how fast the squirrels and bugs can go to town too.
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A severe storm came throuh last week with golfball to baseball size hail and the town 20 miles from us had a tornado. We pray and ask God to lead us each day to what we are supposed to do. Thanks, Patara, blessings! P&T
You are so right Patera. I have spoken with my mom a lot (when she was still with us) about her growing up with my grandparents on their farm. She grew up in the 30’s and 40’s. She remembers them growing their crops and eating what they grew. She remembers them grinding corn and wheat. She remembers them growing and processing the sugar cane to make syrup. They had cows, chickens and pigs and went hunting. Sounds self sufficient-but it isn’t. They went to town and bartered with my aunts husband who owned the store so they could get coffee, sugar, some other things they needed either food wise or other. They had to go to the feed store at times to get what they needed. There is truly no 100% self sufficiency . We can all only do the best we can do. So hopefully no one will fool themselves into thinking they are completely that way.
I think it’s important to just encourage people to do what they CAN do and to encourage them to do it well. Stop one upping and ridiculing others for what they do or cannot do. Just give a best effort to be encouraging and kind - no matter the topic. I think this channel, Patara, is full of support and encouragement.
We grew up poor. Grandparents and aunts and uncles lived thru the first depression and things were pasted down to us. We walked to town on Saturday and did our shopping for the week. Took a cab back home and put the block ice in ice box. This was back in the 50's and my family still lived without electricity and running water. When dad went from farming to construction, he got a car. Didn't have electricity until I was 9 years old. I can do it again.
I lived for awhile without electricity when I was in middle school in the 1980s. You get used to it and learn new old ways of doing things. Of course there would be things I’d miss now such as charging my cell phone and having instant communication with my kids. But letters work too and hopefully we’ll still have landlines when it all crashes.
This week my 5 'cans' were actually personal items; shampoo, razors, bars of soap, etc. Also, I add pet food (dog and cat) to each shopping trip. It all adds up.
I watched a video about " Where you gonna go with your "Go bag ". Where you going ,How long are you gonna stay, What are you packing in your go bag ,Cooking utensils, tent, stuff to prepare your food , Do you have enough food for your family you are taking ,everything they need etc.? I would have to take a house and grocery store hooked to a vehicle large enough to haul it. There is only 2 of us. My comment is I have everything I need here ,home paid for, Food stocked in my home . I don't need a go bag . If I did I couldn't pack enough or carry enough .
Yes. Not going anywhere unless it is necessary. Go bag here is for evacuation scenario. 😊
Why try to “bug out” when your home is the best bug out location?
There is nowhere else to go.
My go bag is insurance on getting back home from work travel
@@Sandyhook409 Right, a "Get-Home" bag, not a Bug Out Bag.
Hubby and I are 71. We have about 10 acres, and have had a good garden for a number of years - but we've also lost most of the garden more than once to hailstorms! He's a paraplegic, in a wheelchair, and I have COPD, so the effort we can put into any project is less than we could have done ten years ago. I'm hoping to get a chicken house built, and have chickens for both meat and eggs. And we have the benefit of friends with cattle and chickens . . . but we've definitely got backups in the form of canned goods, as well as a good supply of seeds for the future. Keep doing what you do - some need to hear it, and hopefully understand!
The two of us are in our 70s and in excellent health…no meds, and no health problems common by this age. We have one acre and garden plus fruit trees. At this age there are what we call energetic days and slow down days. We are just simply unable to keep up the pace of even ten years ago. It’s the law of entropy and we can feel it. So work hard as you can each day and praise God for what you are able to accomplish. May God richly blessed you Patara in your truth telling.
I am 75, my great grandparents did all of this. They had a huge garden which we always went to “get the garden in”, which I thoroughly enjoyed. To help with household expenses, my grandfather built a little “ store” next to their home and carried items that the community would have to go to town for. They had an outhouse, a well, fireplaces for heat and no air conditioning. They smoked meat from hunting, raised hogs, cows and chickens. My happiest childhood memories were spending time with them. It’s too bad kids now don’t have any experiences like that.
Patara, your conversation brings to mind the Irish potato famine.
And that was planned as well. The Irish didn't eat just potatoes. They exported all other foods too.
@@LynnLamont Yes!!
I'm still learning to grow food. I'm 62 years old and learn more about gardening every season. Last year bunnies ate all my celery. My tomatoe plants didn't produce a lot of tomatoes. I didn't get any bell peppers at all. Over winter I purchased sun shades and other items for the garden. Plus cleaned up the garden. This week, I'm planting tomatoes and bell peppers. Plus other plants in my raised beds. Some years you get plenty and other years you get very little. Thank goodness for Costco business center were I was able to purchase 25lbs of tomatoes under 20 dollars. So I was able to put up fresh produce. I might of had to purchase them but we had fresh food over winter. I'm still learning how to garden in Arizona. Thank you for all your encouragement.
A herd of Cicadas sounds like the loudest sawmill you ever heard😂
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Terrible here in NC.
You tell them. I have been doing this for decades. Living off our own stuff did not happen overnight. Currently have 2,000 canning jars and Tattler lids. Grow 1,000 tomato plants. Last year the garden was a bust. Knee injuries and drought made gardening all but impossible. The green and drying beans did well and 12 tomato plants did well. Have been taking inventory. Have decided foraging will be a priority this year. People should buy what they can and put effort into learning skills. All of our preps are one disaster away from being wiped out. Our faith, resilience and skills will be what gets us through.
Happy Mother's Day, Patara! I started listening to you last year when my eyes finally opened. I'm a little late but finally have my first garden growing, mostly in 5 gallon buckets. My husband is 80 and I'm not far behind and both with health issues. I've got 2 blueberry bushes, cucumbers, 3 different squash, tomatoes, bush beans, carrots and several herbs growing. Lost my potatoes with all the rain. This morning I found 2 bumble bees going from bloom to bloom this morning and got so excited, I felt like a kid again. Thank you for taking the time to teach this old dog some new tricks.
Patara is very wise, listen to her - she speaks the truth. We have been gardening for 20 years and had bumper crops of tomatoes, peppers, and beans. We have also had something akin to famine years. We know a lot, but it took many years to learn through problem solving. Folks going off and buying 'survival seeds' and burying them somewhere to retrieve them when they no longer have the grocery store to eat from are making a huge mistake. We are at the start of a catastrophe cycle, both man made and not from which, the unprepared will not survive.
I've been working on learning to seed save. My flower seeds that I seed saved are the only flowers that I've planted that have come up. The store bought seeds have not come up. Each year I've been trying to learn how to save at least 1-2 more varieties of vegetables and flowers from my garden. I think this year I've saved about $50-100 in buying seeds for my garden, but without taking the time to garden every year and learn how to do things, I could never just jump into it.
Starting a homestead is no financial joke. We have 100 acres and have been doing this for 10 years and can only add a little at a time. The goat fencing and gates will set you back several grand. We built our own chicken and goat barns over time and add something every year. This year we are adding a chicken brooder barn to hatch and keep chicks until big enough to go in regular coops. This is not something you can do overnight unless you have a plethora of funds. We also have good hunting and 2 stocked ponds. Oh and we have numerous gardens. Was hoping to add raised beds this year, but may not be in the budget this year. We spend more on animal food than people food.
we find old fencing at dumpy houses and stop and ask if they want to sell if for $40 bucks depending on whats useable.
I LOVE how Patara uses diplomacy in this video for those sensitive viewers. Not stepping on anyone's toes but still driving her point home ❤👍
Patara is correct about NOT being able to live off the land, no matter how many acres you have. I grew up with grandparents who had a HUGE farm, a very large old {drafty} farm house, without indoor plumbing until I was 8 or so. We grew Winter Wheat and Summer Wheat, as well as corn. We still bought animal feed, flour and cans of whatever.. I have pics of me in flour sac dresses. Although we lived in a Mennonite type community, and did trade some, at LEAST once a month we went shopping. We had over a thousand acres. Many crop failures, and animals to feed. When I see utube Channels with folks who say they live completely off grid, look like the Amish, and encourage others to go this route, I'll just say this: it's fake. It's a stage. I know what real rough living looks like, and it doesn't include perfect hair and nails... The work is TRULY never ending, and while I'm thankful to have not only lived it and learned it as a way of life, but I am able to pass the knowledge down to my kids. I've got my own large farm in the Western NC Mountains, but some is rockface. {Almost Cliff}. Between the weather changes, the creek flooding, the old tractor dying, the tree blights, and my House and Barn burned to the ground, no one can live for long, or in a healthy way without a food store, a clothing store, and someone who can re-sole my boots! I hope EVERYONE who watches these other channels that look like they are living off their land, understand the terrible lies being told. It's actually shameful, in my opinion.
My mother's day gift was 6 yards of mushroom compost and 6 yards of triple mix. We worked in the gardens all weekend preparing soil (southern Ontario) and also planted 3 dwarf apple trees.
As a senior widow who lived the large garden chickens bees and cows life and loved it. Very hard work. Now I'm happy to container garden eating seasonably. I mostly freeze and dehydrate my herbs/foods but i do stockpile my pantry with canned and dry goods. When disaster hits i like back ups for my back ups!
My dad was born in 1897. He grew up on a farm and was a farmer his whole life. He talked about the things they bought from their local store like flour and sugar. His skills were so much better than I could ever imagine. We’re always going to need something even if it’s a sewing needle.
I love my little garden, my preps and learning. My granny grew up on a hog farm with my sweet great’s. My great grandmother had a full pantry off her kitchen full of her home canned goods. My granny lived in a brand new home in the burb’s when I was a kid. She had a full pantry and stocked canned goods. Her dishwasher was never used for washing- it held all her bread. I thought granny’s house was fancy compared to our farmhouse and my great grandparents house. But, we all had preparations and no one shamed anyone. I’m happy to have gained the interest in canning, preserving, fermenting and gardening. I work a 40 hour week and do what I can. I feel no shame supporting my pantry with other sources. Thank you Patara ❤
My dishwasher holds all my cleaned jars from store bought food to reuse. 🎉
I love your comments. Unfortunatly I don't see this next generation paying much attention
Golly! Watching James remove the manure certainly brings back wonderful memories of my horse farm. However, I did not have a tractor. I cleaned the stalls by hand and spread the manure in the pasture. It would be nice if some of your viewers watched reruns of "The Waltons." This TV series takes us through the Great Depression with a family of 9 people. They raised their own food, canned, killed their own animals and hunted. Thank you so much Patara. Happy Mother's Day!!!
Praying the hay doesn't have grazon in it. Garden death....
Luckily we had a pond on our property when we bought it. I also dug a second pond where I grow and harvest catfish. ALOT of catfish.
After many years of gardening, I have learned that it is nowhere enough to live on. I am praying that the farmers keep on farming. My grandparents were farmers and I think about the knowledge they had to farm and survive.
I agree, even with ground, you still need to buy supplies from outside your land's production. In 1997 my (then) fiancé and I bought 7 acres of land. I had a 8- and 7-year-old from a previous marriage, and we had a 2 year old. We married in 98 and I quit my job in 99 and became a stay at home mom. While he worked off the "homestead', I gardened, raised goats for milk and meat, pigs, calves and a large flock of chickens. My Grandma joked that if it couldn't outrun me, it ended up in a jar. I still had to purchase at the stores. I bought in bulk. At one point, I spent $5,000 a year in food and household staples. We still had to have his income for the land payment, taxes and bills. My efforts fed my family, but we still bought our flour, rice, pasta, sugar, etc. I worked 60 or more hours a week to do this. I was lucky that my husband had a job that he worked early in the morning and in the evening and could help. He and his brother also farmed together, so we had access to some feed stuffs and hay. I traded baked goods to a dairy family for dairy alfalfa for my goats. Once a month, we took the kids to a buffet for a treat. We also started to homeschool in 99 due to some issues in our school involving harassment of our daughter by highschool boys. It takes a lot of time and effort to feed a family only from your ground and if you aren't "farming", hunting and gathering.... you won't do it.
I am a single mumma who hurt her shoulder and was unable to do much in the garden. Mr 13 watered the garden for me. I am so glad I had a full pantry that we have been utilising
Thank you Patara. I feel better for collecting so much. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I live in an apartment and am limited to what I could do. But I'm trying to make the most of what I have. God bless you greatly for all you do Patara. Thank you. Ve safe.love ya!!❤
Patara, I wish that I could give you fifty hundred thumbs up 👍 for this video. If anyone watching this thinks you're lying about how hard its going to be just surviving without skills that have been lost through the generations then let them think it. Most of them sadly will be eating lead stealing from others. Prepare be aware, and pray constantly 🙏❤️
Hope all of you Mothers out there, and the Fathers who are doing that job, have a wonderful Mother's Day! GOD bless
Thanks Rita❤, you too
I only have a small back yard here in Ireland but I fill it with Carbs (potatoes)- I grow in towers indoors but IT IS JUST A SUPPLEMENT! -- Thank the Lord Ive bought a LOT in the last 5 years - my large home is filled with mylar bags, vac sealed and store bought cans alongside my own canned meat and chicken (locally bred) - my disability gets worse every year so Im so thankful for the supply I have -
Love from Florida 💛🌴
Here in Florida it's really hard to grow vegetables ... I do well with fruit and nut tress... I am able to grow tomatoes and peppers without difficulty.. I give you small farmers credit because it's a lot of work...
Agree! My 4th year gardening here and it is SUCH a learning curve! I have trouble growing tomatoes especially. Peppers are great.
15 seconds ago! First comment for me!! Yay!!! Patara i just want to say thank you so much for being a wonderful ray of blunt honesty!! Canada loves you too ❤❤
Yes we do ❤
Yes, Love Patera🇨🇦
I took the opportunity here on the family's farm to learn how to garden. Now my house is almost finished, I can't wait to start my own.
I remember grandma using an alternative to coffee. She lived during the depression and substituted daily to feed her family of seven. She experienced loss of her husband while she had young children. She found coal on her property and used that to keep her home warm during winter. She live in north where the winters are brutal.
Speaking the truth is usually what most offends people, Patara. Thank you so much for everything you do! ❤
That's the truth 😂
This video was inspiring. I have been very sick and run into the ground for the past 2 months. I’m a momma, I work full time, trying to further my degree, and I just found out I’m pregnant(which is a miracle in itself-but it’s so exhausting!!) and I just got Mr.19 🙄🙄🙄 some days I’m so tired I just sit in my over grown garden and cry because I don’t have the strength to clear it out and it’s already late in the season.
Pray for strength and don't give up.
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I’m in my middle sixties. I work 30+ hours a week snd busting a tail to get a micro farm off the ground. Trying to preserve, grow and expand is not a cakewalk. I do have a full pantry and then some. On top of that I have a lot of physical limitations. Don’t be discouraged, don’t give up, keep on growing in knowledge and skills, listen to others and ask questions. 🙏🏻💙
Good morning everyone from Alabama!
Good morning from a fellow Alabama gal.
Good mornin' from Texas!🖐🏻🙏🏻
As a 31 year old doing my best with my husband to dive into this lifestyle, I am frustrated with trying to learn skills, stockpile, and learn to work our land while having all our older family look at us crazy, but expect a place to stay if things go crazy since we have acreage. We didnt grow up in this lifestyle and our neighbors out here in the country want to stick to themselves. I understand the mentality, but it is also very disheartening for a younger couple trying to do it all on their own with no experience or wisdom. I just want to say I've been watching your videos for almost 2 years and genuinely appreciate all of your advice and food for thought. Thank you!
I've heard from many people that seeds are not germinating well this year. It is not warming up yet in MA. We had a light frost this morning. I need to get the outside growing beds ready but will need to have frost cover ready probably until June. The weather is strange.
My germination was fair from my own seed saving, but had cut worms in a couple raised beds. I'm in WV and with clouds it's 41 this morning. I agree the weather is strange this year.
This year in AZ the last garden for the season is doing great! 2020-2022 is was terrible though. Saved seeds did well but anything bought either didn't sprout or died quickly. It was really weird.
Build a greenhouse.
I like your avatar photo 😍
Veggie garden is the best I can hope for. Minimalism mindset will serve folks well when it eventually hits the fan because it won't be pretty. You just do you, live within your means, and don't pay attention to the outside noise.
I will say that it takes a lot of land to be 100% self sufficient. I have been a farm girl all my life and we did have a large property growing up 36 acres but still not totally self sufficient. Anything you can grow is a benefit to you so don’t stop people. Keep farming folks. Patera I watch every video and you give lots of thoughts to think about. Keep it up
If you’ve had the last two years of abundance, most people who garden would have preserved it as the next year might be a very bad year for gardening. That’s how the elders I knew did it. I just canned enough strawberry jam for two years because the strawberries were abundant this year. I don’t know if there will be a lot next year. It’s a mindset that gets passed down I think. If you’re a canner, you’re usually scrambling by the end of summer for empty jars lol. Or rearranging the freezer to cram a little more in it. I also know I have people on my road who don’t garden at all. I’m sure they think I’m crazy just like I think they’re crazy.
On a second note if you’re not planning on living in the 1880s better get your head right with it. It’s coming and there’s nothing we can do about it.
We have a small garden. I've never been able to grow corn either! But I can what we get (just learned how a couple years ago) and we have cans from the grocery store. Been doing that several years. Live in a tiny house on 2 acres and don't have much room but the room we do have is filled with as much preparation as we can get in it. Even if you only have a small area, do what you can. Even if you don't know how, teach yourself. Even if you think you cant, you can.
My husband grew up with his grandparents who lived & had 4 children during the depression. They lost a little boy at the age of 2, to a “nosebleed” - that was grandma’s story. I’m certain he had a serious infection in his sinuses & pneumonia, as they lived in the heart of the dust bowl at that time. Grandma always panicked any time a child had a nosebleed, it was hard to watch the fear & tears in her eyes
One of the things that my husband was taught about raising any livestock on the farm/ranch, was always have 2 years worth of hay & feed on hand. You never know what the following year might bring. And never stack all your hay in the same place, one lightening strike could wipe out all your feed, from fire. We had 1 year, that we were not able to grow enough hay & feed for carry over. It was a very stressful year & thank God, the following year was bountiful. Lesson learned
I was raised by my grandparent on a farm in ND. We raised chickens & cattle. My uncle raised sheep, a cousin raised pigs & we all traded. Grandpa always said, never depend on next years crop cause Mother Nature might have other plans. Last year I did a month of off grid living & only ate what I raise & grow, It was a very enlightening month. Thanks for all you do.
Pulled my first zucchini this morning - YES! The weather cooperated this spring, got them in a lot earlier than usual. Next month my nemesis, the vine borer moth, will have their way but I am going to have some first. Probably a once in a lifetime event.
I am elderly, widowed, alone and working full time. Retirement is a couple years away yet so trying to beat the learning curve in the garden. Meanwhile, still stocking the canned stuff for hard times ahead. No dust bunnies under my bed!
I love how you are so down to earth about all this! We have absolutely NO WAY of growing all our own food. we only have an acre of land and are a family of 7. it's the biggest piece of land we could afford. We are putting in a few raised beds every year until we can fill up our property with gardens. Our hope is to grow enough to help supplement some of the main staples that will help our grocery budget and maybe put some away and can. I'm trying to grow my pantry by buying extra and creating a stock pile. I think we will be able to grow all our tomato products we need and all of our fresh eating over the growing season and maybe a few extra things. You inspire me to do as much as I can without making me feel like a failure for not being able to afford a large piece of land and growing and raising everything. Thank you so much Patara! Without you I wouldn't even be trying!
We had family (in their 70’s) that were without power for two days. I was shocked that they had to drive to our house just to make a pot of coffee. I was like, they’ve lived through this stuff before…why weren’t they prepared?? I was really shocked. My last thought was, they’re not going to make it.
Just because they are old does not mean that they learned anything. Possibly some one took care of them. Or they could have simply been curious to see how ever one else was doing.
I've known people born around 1920 who moved to town and threw away "all that old stuff" like a coffee percolator. Not me..."Stay Prepared". 🇺🇸 👍☕
If you live through something and haven’t learned I have not a lot of sympathy. Darwin Award.
Now they've learned to just come to your house whenever they have an emergency. Be careful. Lovingly encourage them to take some steps to prepare.
If they are in their 70’s, they didn’t live during the depression.
I can’t imagine the amount of work it’d take to grow all of our food… we aren’t even close but we’re definitely doing a lot! Berries are doing AMAZING this year!
I just pulled my second fence panel for grape vines. I got to put one more post, and one more fence panel and grape vines are completed.
Our second phase is black berries.
We have been able to grow some corn in raised beds. Not enough to sustain but some.
Currently, we grow green beans, tomatoes, bells, and jalapeño peppers, corn, we are 1st time round with snow peas, pumpkin patatoes, etc.
But we still rely on stores or farmers' markets.
My grandmother had a 60x80 in ground garden it fed 5 people. But still needed store for meats, or farmers market for peaches, strawberries, or supplement beans.
Now, when they were growing food on the farm as kids, they only went to stores for salt,sugar, coffee, and flour. They grew every crop except those. Grandma grew up on 102 acres they had 4 cows, 2 plow muels, a hog pen with 4 to 6 hogs, and a chicken pen with 20-40 chickens.
They grew animal feed and hay and grew all their food except what was mentioned. There were 13 children and 2 adults.
My grandfather grew up on 210 acres. They logged, raised 3-6 cattle 12-15 hogs, 2 log pulling horses, and two plow muels. Their mother kept chickens in back yard but also his grandfather all the way up till he was almost 100, keeping thousands of chickens in chicken houses supplying the city of Atlanta from infant stage with eggs and chicken meat.
But the families lived close, so it wasn't far to say the chicken houses.
But we all have alot to do and learn.
I work full time, have a 5mo old I now am preparing for as well.
Pray hard.
We all need to have discussions of topics like this, frequently. Thank you, young lady...🇺🇸 👍☕
A beautiful and heartfelt production. From rhe makers of love. Heartdelt. Conviction.❤ Thank you.
I always love hearing from Patera!
Debbie-Texas. Yes ma'am! We've seen storms strip peaches, blackberries, and the garden before. Be prepared! Backups and Press On
We lost six 15 year old fruit trees with the week long freeze this year… so sad, but it happens!
My neighbors started growing veggies in their front yard. I know a lot of HOAs won't allow that (which is stupid in my opinion) but what a great use of land if you have it. My neighbors don't have much of a back yard so they grow in the front. People think it's tacky but why not, I think it's great. We have to let go of these silly ideas of what a front yard should look like in these times. Love you Patara!
I always say "why mow it grow it," fancy lawns have no reason or rhyme now days.
I live on the very edge of a ridge. So zi only have a front yard. My chickens are there and my garden. It is not always pretty. But I'm grateful to have it.
@@lisalapoint7022 That's awesome! So practical.
I remember my pawpaw ( my great grandfather) saying they went to town to get burlap bags full of flour and sugar and his sisters wore the bags as dresses. They were tenaant farmers. They grew tobacco, cotton, all their vegetables etc. Oh and hogs. My uncle said they were dirt poor meaning they had no floor. It was just dirt.
I haven't figured out how to grow nails , fencing , screws , hinges , building supplies , chainsaw and supplies . The Mennonites, my friends even go to Town . You will have to buy things . 🌎✌️💖☺️
Happy Mother’s Day!
Morning Patera....it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Thanks so much for sharing the good and the bad with us. We appreciate
you. Happy Mother's Day sister!
Amen
Even when you think your doing good all it takes is 1 good storm and your garden is done. I've had wind that took out everything, rain, hail, bugs. I had some great looking watermelon last year, babied them all year. Sliced the first one open and it was yucky brown 😢
So yeah I wish I could grow a garden like my grandma had. But I do remember helping out in the garden when I was a kid. Wish I had paid more attention 😢
Edit: Grandma sold her 40 acres in Oklahoma after my Grandpa died and got $400 in 1935 and moved to California with 11 children. When I start getting down I ask myself "WWGD" What Would Grandma Do " ❤ I miss her😊
These are your best character traits - straight talk, honest words, encouragement... I found your channel a few years back (after dreams and that little inner voice telling me to make changes). I'm still learning, still trying different growing methods, still learning how to learn from ancestors... it's hard work, but rewarding. Every fail, every challenge, every weather issue, all have been great lessons. Never quit!!!
Thank you Patera for this dose of reality.
That's why we just gotta do our best, and pray the Lord blesses it. If your best is a little backyard garden and stocking up on sales at your grocery store then hey... YOU DID GOOD!!! Thanks for the truth Patara!
AMEN
Well, l killed everything in my garden last year. But we got volunteers from the kitchen scraps in the compost pile. So I guess the garden is better when I stay out of it. 😆 That is now my husbands area, I took on other chores so he can concentrate more time on it.
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Thank you so much Patara! God bless you and all the mamas in your life! Happy Mother’s Day!!! 🙏❤️
Payara I agree with you, we live on our family farm of 1146 acres with 7 families working cattle ,horses , goats , chickens , geese, ducks, rabbits and quail. It takes all of us and we still trade for things
Hi, Patara, my parents lived ona small homestead. My dad raised a large garden Every year , he also hunted and fished. They still had out side jobs because they still needed the basics. They couldn’t raise their own flour, sugar, milk, and butter. Didn’t have chickens or cows so those products had to be bought. Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mamas out there!
my husband and I are looking through local shelters and Humane Societies and so forth to get a Great Pyrenees because we know that they are a good homesteading dog and with flocks and that's what we have our flocks that's why we are looking into great white Pyrenees
While living with my 90+ yr old mom we were washing dishes. My friend saw me washing plastic straws and said “you reuse straws”? I said yep! We reuse everything but paper products.
Love... "if the bears don't get you, the copperheads or the poison ivy will". 🤣 So true! It's only May, and I've already had a very small bout of poison ivy.
Me too, using Apple Cider vinegar for first time
Patara spits out phrases like that that are so epic they should be historic!!! I love it!
Look for jewel weed.
Use your hair dryer on hottest setting you can stand. Will give you some relief
Good morning! You are speaking the truth. Love your straight forward information. Well, off to the Grandsons wedding today, first one! Have a great weekend everyone!
Have a great time 😊
Great idea! I agree!
P u r s voice of reasoning in the wilderness. U r good common sense n we need you. Happy Mothers Day
Petra my dad said a half days work was from sun up to sundown
Maybe folks should find Little House on The Prairie and watch all of them. Perhaps watch The Waltons, especially if they didn’t grow up with a grandma born in 1895 and have parents born in 1920.
Love those shows
My Dad was born in 1928. Mom was born in 1932.
@@kathleenredick275 meeee too.
I already know that I can not raise all of the food my family needs where I live now. Got no choice in the matter, so I do the best I can. A sale is a great time to fill the shelves. Got a family farm that is a way off but during hunting season you would be surprised how many people I run off. If times get too hard it will be worse. The sense of entitlement is in full force. To the silly people who think they can bug out you are not welcome or wanted. The stories of the Little Red Hen and the Ant and the Grasshopper are told for a reason.
Happy Mother's Day Patara ❤ Thank you so much for sharing how your obedience to the prompting of The Holy Spirit spared you and your family from great financial disaster. I look forward to your positive energy. God bless you my sister in Christ. 🌸🌷🌼🌻🌺🌹
Great advice on teaching the younger generation.
Mother's Day greetings to all the mothers on this channel.