You should make a root cellar so you can keep veg like beets, onions and other roots plus hard fruit like apples and anything else that would save down there. It would help to vary your diet.
you have to be careful to make sure nothing rots down there, and specifically the potatoes, because rotting veg can release deadly levels of gasses in a room with no ventilation.
@@2GoatsInATrenchCoat 100% I found the best strategy is to lay a layer of vegetables and then sand and repeat. It keeps air and moisture to an absolute minimum
Onions don't do well in a root cellar too damp and the dark encourages sprouting. After harvest,let them dry for a few days and braid them before the tops get too dry to use, cut from the bottom of the string so the braid stays strong they can't go through big heat changes so the coolest corner of the house is Good
I know you guys have bees. One method of preservation that not many people take advantage of is covering perishable items like apples in beeswax to keep out oxygen. You can literally store a fresh apple for over a year after being picked if it is in a semi cool place and covered in beeswax. Investigate more into it.
Yeah we make really yummy muffins, pancakes, quick breads, and pies with squash all the time. Ooh and baked custards. But I don’t think they grow wheat or sugarcane so that would be a serious limiting factor for them here.
I used to freeze strawberries puree, and grape puree until cider/ apple juice time, then made strawberry, grape apple, and pear apple juices. The grape's were concord's gone wild on an old homestead. I felt like a queen drinking these juices. And, of course,some occasiona home brew beer. By the third batch, my sweetie had it down to an art l
Your guys lifestyle is what I strive for. Currently I’m a full time uni student with not the best home life and I’m just trying to keep things together so I can get graduated. However, once I am I plan to start gardening and foraging like you guys. I don’t have the time or mental stamina for that rn but eventually I’d like to eat nothing but food I grow, hunt, and forage as well. Everything you guys eat always seems so healthy and looks like it taste good too. Your kids will thank you as adults you raised them on such a healthy organic diet!
You can preserve potato's with a laundry basket, newspaper. Pack in layers and place in a dark, cool place. See how it goes! We tried it in South Africa in the winter and it worked really well. Also shredded paper can work instead of newspaper.😊
Sincerely, I wish I could live and eat as you do! Wow! You are living the best life. So amazingly inspirational. You must feel so good physically and mentally. So awesome!
You can dry the leaves of corn for later use...tamales,etc. And they can be used fresh for wrapping corn dough. The hair of the corn fresh or dried is amazing in tea
Slice the squash in half - take the seeds out - put some butter and brown sugar on each half- cook in microwave or oven. Tastes so good! Hearty with a bit of sweet buttery taste.
We have some filipino dish here called ukoy. It's sort of like a fritter. And we also have pumpkin with coconut milk here we call Ginataang kalabasa. Hope you guys try it. Enjoy! 🤗
I used to make apple cider with my great grandpa, brought a very young, happy old memory back, so thank you. you guys are inspiring me in something i was losing hope in doing one day.
My fiancé and I have the amazing privilege to live on a lot of land. We made a decision last year that we wanted to try and work towards sustainability from only our garden and the community garden in town (if needed. We have plenty of land to grow whatever we want, so we want to leave the community garden for the families in town who need the fresh veggies more and don’t have the option or time to grow their own) we did an “experiment” this year with only a few plants, and they’ve taken off, and we had to rehome some groundhogs to the nearby state park (no killing, but the park is much better suited for them). We decided that this was doable and we are already planning a huge garden for next year for nearby family and friends to use as well. With some help from my uncle who is a very seasoned gardener ☺️ Honestly, it was your videos and Chanel that helped inspire us to use the land we are on.
I completely can relate to this! I had squash last night lol 😆 with home grown canned tomatoes, dehydrated mushrooms, frozen peppers, all from the garden. Oh and our new adventure… homemade wine!! I love the garden and I love living off it
I Envy You Just To Get The Food From Your Own Backyard is amazing Great feeling And Eating Healthy You Know Where That Food Come from You Should Feel Proud!
Oh my goodness... I just happened to stumble upon one short where you were making medicine from elderberries and now I think that I am on short number 7. You guys are fascinating and I am enjoying what I am watching!
Not sure if you're vegetarian (oops just hear deer tallow so nope)but if you've any potato left steam equal parts potato and squash and make gnocchi. Ive tried with just winter squash but it really didn't hold together as nice as I'd like. I do use eggs and cheese in my gnocchi but its a fall favorite. I've used eggs and nutritional yeast before too when I was out of cheese. It turned out lovely. Our house hold is doing a freezer February and trying to eat out of our freezer and pantry as I might be a bit of a food hoarder lol. Other than milk/butter/eggs we've been trying to eat most meals from our stores of summer veg.
Love this, thanks for sharing! I grew about 70 pumpkins/winter squash that I attempted to store in a shed for the winter this year, but we got a bad cold snap around Christmas and my shed couldn’t protect the pumpkins well enough and they all froze and got destroyed. I was heartbroken! Oh well, C’est la vie, I’ll try a different place to store them next year!
Top perennial edibles to grow anywhere is the USA for long food seasons. Jursuleum artichoke, Chinese yam, African yam, tree collards, Chaya, Okinawa spinach, causcasian spinach, good king Henry, Ramps, garlic chives, garlic, society garlic, taro, malanga, Apois Americana and princeana, edible discorea bulbifera, Oca, Yacon, hickory nuts, walking onions. Perenial squash Seminole pumpkin.
You should make a root cellar so you can keep veg like beets, onions and other roots plus hard fruit like apples and anything else that would save down there. It would help to vary your diet.
you have to be careful to make sure nothing rots down there, and specifically the potatoes, because rotting veg can release deadly levels of gasses in a room with no ventilation.
@@2GoatsInATrenchCoat 100% I found the best strategy is to lay a layer of vegetables and then sand and repeat. It keeps air and moisture to an absolute minimum
@@2GoatsInATrenchCoat That story where an entire family except a little girl died due to rotting potatoes comes to mind
@@inevitablesound7465that’s exactly what i thought of. so scary 😰
Onions don't do well in a root cellar too damp and the dark encourages sprouting. After harvest,let them dry for a few days and braid them before the tops get too dry to use, cut from the bottom of the string so the braid stays strong they can't go through big heat changes so the coolest corner of the house is Good
I know you guys have bees. One method of preservation that not many people take advantage of is covering perishable items like apples in beeswax to keep out oxygen. You can literally store a fresh apple for over a year after being picked if it is in a semi cool place and covered in beeswax. Investigate more into it.
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@@TheLegoShop why
My auntie in Poland did that!
Waxed pears, all sorts of waxed goodies 👍 people act surprised, like their fruit from the supermarket isn't already sprayed in wax 🤔
Thank you 🤗 great advice.
I love how the biggest complaint/observation is about the lack of sweets. That'll be the hardest part for me too.
Beekeeping and baking 😉
Learn how to keep bees.
I wonder how jelly would be made with that cider. Mom used to use leftover canned applesauce that was 2-3 years old to make applebutter to re-can.
Iw as gonna say apple butter would be a great sweet to add to the roster 😅
Jams, Jellies, muffins berries frozen, pies/apples, list for sweets is endless! cinnamon rolls, cobblers, homemade ice cream...have fun!
I can not wait to live like this. It just sounds so fulfilling to me.
You can make jam from squash i tried it this year for the first time n if u add cinnamon it oddly tastes like the most amazing apple sauce EVER
Mattmathematics, that sounds like a good trick. What kind of squash?
@@grovermartin6874 pattypan squash 👌
Yeah we make really yummy muffins, pancakes, quick breads, and pies with squash all the time. Ooh and baked custards. But I don’t think they grow wheat or sugarcane so that would be a serious limiting factor for them here.
@@rebeccashields9626 i mean i just buy the sugar😅
@@rebeccashields9626 What kind(s) of squash do YOU use?
Your photography is so clear and bright ans well composed. It brings all the fall colors to life. I can almost smell the season!😅
I used to freeze strawberries puree, and grape puree until cider/ apple juice time, then made strawberry, grape apple, and pear apple juices. The grape's were concord's gone wild on an old homestead. I felt like a queen drinking these juices. And, of course,some occasiona home brew beer. By the third batch, my sweetie had it down to an art l
Your guys lifestyle is what I strive for. Currently I’m a full time uni student with not the best home life and I’m just trying to keep things together so I can get graduated. However, once I am I plan to start gardening and foraging like you guys. I don’t have the time or mental stamina for that rn but eventually I’d like to eat nothing but food I grow, hunt, and forage as well. Everything you guys eat always seems so healthy and looks like it taste good too. Your kids will thank you as adults you raised them on such a healthy organic diet!
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This the best content I ever watched in 6years . Quality UA-camrs still exist ❤
You can preserve potato's with a laundry basket, newspaper. Pack in layers and place in a dark, cool place. See how it goes! We tried it in South Africa in the winter and it worked really well. Also shredded paper can work instead of newspaper.😊
Sincerely, I wish I could live and eat as you do! Wow! You are living the best life. So amazingly inspirational. You must feel so good physically and mentally. So awesome!
It’s nice to root for someone. I like the positivity.
You can dry the leaves of corn for later use...tamales,etc. And they can be used fresh for wrapping corn dough. The hair of the corn fresh or dried is amazing in tea
Slice the squash in half - take the seeds out - put some butter and brown sugar on each half- cook in microwave or oven. Tastes so good! Hearty with a bit of sweet buttery taste.
Make sure to do crop rotations it always helps with the soil
What a beautiful way to live.
We have some filipino dish here called ukoy. It's sort of like a fritter. And we also have pumpkin with coconut milk here we call Ginataang kalabasa. Hope you guys try it. Enjoy! 🤗
Hehe I was gonna suggest the same thing about the okoy. Nomm
The missing the vegetable garden thing is so relatable. It's currently February and when I tell you I miss my plants
Why can't we be friends. I need yall here. Love yalls content. Plus great ideas
You guys are Da Bomb. Straight up. Write a book. You have a vast amount of valuable information.
It’s amazing how you are able to sustain yourselves this way. Good for you!!
CANNT imagine how my grandparents fed 11 kids over winters in Minnesota.
U guys are so disciplined.Im having food issues just watching.❤️❤️
Wow you are living my dream ! So brave guys !
You grow amazing food. I'm not one for dirt and worms and bugs. Years ago I had grown some small foods. Much success.
I used to make apple cider with my great grandpa, brought a very young, happy old memory back, so thank you. you guys are inspiring me in something i was losing hope in doing one day.
Forgotten Fridge Treasure!😸
like finding a forgotten $20 in your jeans’ pocket😸
we had some friends over for deer tallow margaritas😆
Your channel is so wholesome❤ in todays society it’s so nice to see people living the way our ancestors did. Beautiful ❤
If you have enough space for it, you could do a greenhouse as well for some fresh things like herbs and lettuce type veggies
This is what I dream for me and my family. You both shine so beautifully!
I want this life. Thank you for sharing.
I am so inspired by you guys c: This is my dream way of living, and I love the advice and knowledge you provide! Thank you for this awesome channel!
My fiancé and I have the amazing privilege to live on a lot of land. We made a decision last year that we wanted to try and work towards sustainability from only our garden and the community garden in town (if needed. We have plenty of land to grow whatever we want, so we want to leave the community garden for the families in town who need the fresh veggies more and don’t have the option or time to grow their own) we did an “experiment” this year with only a few plants, and they’ve taken off, and we had to rehome some groundhogs to the nearby state park (no killing, but the park is much better suited for them). We decided that this was doable and we are already planning a huge garden for next year for nearby family and friends to use as well. With some help from my uncle who is a very seasoned gardener ☺️ Honestly, it was your videos and Chanel that helped inspire us to use the land we are on.
Having a farm is gonna be the biggest flex soon
Will look forward to hearing about your deer tallow and soap making.
You guys are inspiring AF. keep up the good work
Y’all are the coolest 🥹
That soap is beautiful, I bet it smells divine!
Fresh homemade ice cream is awesome as well!@
Art is beauty. Plants are beautiful. Delicious looking food!
Oh my I like you two
Yes to knowing where your food comes from!!! 🌱 ❤
Happy for you guys. God bless your family
You guys are fantastic ☺️
For real, good for you guys! It’s not easy to stick with it like that. But it is the best way to eat for sure and it’s good knowledge to have.
Respect . And Lord bless your endeavors !
I totally forgot juice/cider can be frozen!!! What a nice winter treat. Makes me wonder if apple ice cream would be yummy lol
I completely can relate to this! I had squash last night lol 😆 with home grown canned tomatoes, dehydrated mushrooms, frozen peppers, all from the garden. Oh and our new adventure… homemade wine!! I love the garden and I love living off it
I like the look of the soaps, i probably would personally make plain soaps though because cedar/pines really itch😂
All my respect. I would love to live like this.
love living off the land idea💌
God damn you guys are crunchy
I love your posts. I've learned more at 69 following your ideas. Hugs from NC
These videos are so satisfying. You guys seem like you’re having a blast while living off the land. Hopefully this can be me one day!
Im so proud of yall….please continue 🎉🎉🎉
You guys rock keep it up I'm coming on your side real soon! Living the dream!
I Envy You Just To Get The Food From Your Own Backyard is amazing Great feeling And Eating Healthy You Know Where That Food Come from You Should Feel Proud!
You guys are amazing & living my dream. I'm so happy for you all, & I just subbed.
Oh my goodness... I just happened to stumble upon one short where you were making medicine from elderberries and now I think that I am on short number 7. You guys are fascinating and I am enjoying what I am watching!
This reminds me of picking okra. It's almost always the last thing in the garden, and it grows so high that you have to bend the stalks to cut them.
New subscriber ! And you can also stuff the pumpkin flowers and fry them or dip them in batter and deep fat fry!
Omg, that reminds me I have Gravenstein apple sauce in the freezer! Yay!
Indian corn!! So pretty
Please make a course and would love to learn more for our family!
We actually have two courses available! One on foraging and one on gardening. They’re linked on our profile page 🙂
Not sure if you're vegetarian (oops just hear deer tallow so nope)but if you've any potato left steam equal parts potato and squash and make gnocchi. Ive tried with just winter squash but it really didn't hold together as nice as I'd like.
I do use eggs and cheese in my gnocchi but its a fall favorite.
I've used eggs and nutritional yeast before too when I was out of cheese. It turned out lovely.
Our house hold is doing a freezer February and trying to eat out of our freezer and pantry as I might be a bit of a food hoarder lol. Other than milk/butter/eggs we've been trying to eat most meals from our stores of summer veg.
Thank you for the information 😊
You guys are freaking amazing
You had me till deer tallow jk.. we’ll sort of. But good for you. This is my dream!
Our dream is to start a home-based garden.
I look forward to y’all getting a big patch of land for all these wonderful goings on of yours
Thanks for sharing 👍
Everything looks so good, yall are doing great!
Really loving this channel!❤
The corn 😮🥰🥰🥰
Wow this is amazing
Try making Korean butternut squash porridge (hobak jook). It's warm & comforting. Maangchi has a good recipe.
Love this, thanks for sharing!
I grew about 70 pumpkins/winter squash that I attempted to store in a shed for the winter this year, but we got a bad cold snap around Christmas and my shed couldn’t protect the pumpkins well enough and they all froze and got destroyed. I was heartbroken! Oh well, C’est la vie, I’ll try a different place to store them next year!
I saw someone do an experiment the other day storing potatoes. They lasted the longest and stayed fresh stored in sandy dirt
Y’all are my hero’s! ❤
Most of all I love the comradery in your community. Tell me where I can move and find that in life.
They're probably the healthiest people in the world
Those are some of the best homegrown potatoes I've ever seen
For the love of your finger tips, use a safety grip for the mandolin!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ love from Brasil
YOU guys are probably so healthy
I like to roast the squash with some onions puree it, add coconut cream & chicken stock, addnutmeg, saly & pepper, the best soup ever!
Beautiful
This is really cool!!! Good job you guys!
yum 😊 subbed..love your energy..Go guys!!
New sub here, your hair is gorgeous. Love your vibe with hubby.
Yummy yummy beautiful. The right way to live . Which country is this please I am interested in living this abundant life
Traditionally in my area adding tough fibers to homemade soap just means you want a harder scrub if you work a dirtier job!
I miss my garden too
Love your life! 👌👍😊🙏
Every day?! Same thing? I bet you love it
Cedar is a sacred tree to the natives. Excellent idea to infuse in your soap.
Nice!
Never heard of anyone enjoying deer tallow but might have to try now
Really really loce you preserving Zea mays germoplasm
Top perennial edibles to grow anywhere is the USA for long food seasons. Jursuleum artichoke, Chinese yam, African yam, tree collards, Chaya, Okinawa spinach, causcasian spinach, good king Henry, Ramps, garlic chives, garlic, society garlic, taro, malanga, Apois Americana and princeana, edible discorea bulbifera, Oca, Yacon, hickory nuts, walking onions. Perenial squash Seminole pumpkin.