Seeing you and Luke together just makes me smile! Personally my 2 favorite TH-camrs. Although there is a huge number people there from channels that I love, Luke and Jess are special.
Thanks for interviewing me, Jess... got caught up in putting together our HOA videos and forgot to check this one. Great to meet you finally and thanks for coming to the conference!
Hi Jess, I just read your April Do South article. Interesting to read how you were mid travel when it all went down. I get your son's "teenage zeal," as you called it. In May, while walking my dog, I saw my first "2020 Graduate" sign on a neighbor's lawn. That did it. I began sobbing--gasping and my tears pouring down my face, right there. My heart aches for the young people whose lives have been halted. But the good new is: I began my own edible Victory Garden and found you and other gardener/homesteaders. Maybe I'm just ultra focused on getting back to nature and living simply, but I truly think you, and other homesteaders, are inspiring many of us still stuck in cement worlds who dream of living more self reliantly. Seeing those empty store shelves, as you wrote about, was a huge wake-up call. Before I turned six, my family left our San Francisco Bay Area suburban home to travel the world in a trailer for a few years. My dad scuba dived or we bought food from local farmers; My mom wash our few clothes in the ocean. Life was simple: no technology beyond our car radio, no chain stores, no TV, no bills. Heck, we lived on about $5 a day, some days less than that. So even before this recent crisis, I've craved getting back to more self reliant and quieter living, with far fewer tech gadgets and noise. Thank you for helping me see it is possible, for teaching me how to do things like grow vegetables and can food, and getting me thinking of a more self reliant future.
The sweetest homesteader on utube, thanks for the video and the links to other awesome homesteaders that lead with their expearances and teach us all, as you do. Much love and peace on you and yours. Blessings
You make me wish I were 30 years younger so I could start over and join the homesteading community!! I am still thankful to God that I can grow food in my meager raised beds And share my extras with the people I love!! Thank you Jess for all you do !
I cant say in words how Thankful to have stumbled across your channel. It's definitely one of my favorites now. Thank you guys so much for being so awesome! One love
You attract the energy you put out; thank YOU for being the kind, vivacious, encouraging person you are to attract such a community❤️🌱 Virginia is my home state, & I went to college near Front Royal! Just moved from Denver to Athens, GA last week, & I was crossing the border into Arkansas the day y’all left for VA! I found that entertaining😊
What a FUN VIDEO!! Getting to see the different homestead’ers during this conference was AWESOME! So glad I found your channel, you are an inspiration! Will be binging on your videos lol! ❤️
That last look was when you know your kids had a great time, when they get in the car, relax and are out. Fun time for all and what an experience. Thanks for the videos. I enjoyed watching, felt like I was there too.
LOVE MIgardener too! Hilarious that he’s in a t-shirt and you’re bundled up! 😂 I’d be just like you because I’m also from the south! Love “meeting” all these homesteaders. Also... you’re son is ADORABLE!!
Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us!! I don't have a homestead yet, but I'm dreaming of having one someday. In the meantime, you are inspiring me to start learning skills now and teaching me the work and dedication needed for it. I really appreciate your enthusiasm and love for this lifestyle. Thank you so much for everything you do.
Loved seeing you and Luke from Migardener together! You two are by far my favorites and have helped me the most in terms of your knowledge in my own gardening efforts. Not to mention the passion you both have for what you do!
That is a very interesting breed of pig. That really shows a great part of Homesteading! We don't all make the same choices. Which is great since there are SO MANY choices out there. So what happens is that we can literally pick and choose what we want to grow and eat. We can choose specific things we want on our dinner table. "What's fer dinner?" begins with picking seeds, researching, and buying the specific livestock we want. It's really a very empowering way of life!
Thank you for what you do! Love all the information and seeing other people there. Really loved Ben's reaction to going to see "Mr. Brown" . So precious!
Hmmmm.....on center spacing.....yes. I'm growing slicers next year. Gonna watch for your reccommendations. More Dancing Please!!!! What a big trip for the family, glad it was blessing for you. Haaaaa face painted kidz!
Thank you for bringing me along! I typically avoid crowds as a rule but I could totally see this group being my crowd lol! Hope you guys had a safe and enjoyable trip home, I'm sure your farm is glad to have you back. God bless!
You ARE giving us the world. You give us a share of your family's slice of the world with every video. :-) I watch over half of the people you show on the video.. I'm going to make some of these get-togethers in the future. Just to try to meet some of y'all inspiring homesteaders.
It was so cool to see you this weekend. I spoke very quickly to you as you were headed to the parking lot. I told you how much I loved your channel and especially your devotions. I love watching your videos for many reasons. Your conference videos have been awesome. God bless & keep up the good work.
GREAT VIDEO! 2019 Arkansas Meet-up, I'll do whatever I can to help make that happen so I can get a little taste of that awesome community spirit closer to my home. I bet Doug and Stacy will come, they go EVERYWHERE! :)
Luke in shirt sleeves standing next to you in a winter coat. It's cold here in michigan. The season we call toughen up cuz if you put the winter coat on now your going to be really cold when it's -10 out later in the year. :) Glad you got to chat with MIgardener!
Yeah we are definitely used to different climates. He also said he doesn’t like to be outside working when it’s warmer than 80, and I can handle garden work up to about 100 degrees if there’s a breeze!
Thank you for sharing your time at the conference and introducing us to, or for me at least, a few channels, that I had yet to subscribe to😃👍🏽 Thank you for all your efforts, you are a natural behind the camera, your passion for what you are doing comes through.❤️
I just love your channel. I been watching your channel and many others on how much you are all learning about homesteading. We are going to sign up in Jan and get more of our own you tube channel going too. looks like so much fun. can't wait to see your garden when you get home. I'm also learning so much from you all. Thank you so much for sharing and have a wonderful day.
Randy and I have enjoyed watching all of the HOA conference videos. Love getting everyone's perspective on it - and hope you will be there next year! We are determined to make it a priority to attend in 2019. Thank you Jess - as always - for a great video! Safe travels (although you are surely home by now)
Thank you for sharing your experience! I can't travel just yet and it's amazing to get to see a little bit of the community through your experiences. Looking forward to your next garden update! ❤️
Thank you for sharing your experience and so many other channels to check out...I think it's awesome you chose to share them with us! Ovet a year ago, before I started to 'create my brand, my farm name' I made a page to share all the local events and farms I came across on FB because I just think I it's so important for us farmers/homesteaders to stick together! Great video :) I hope to make it out to the conference next year!
I love your channel and your family,I'm hoping I could make it to homesteaders of America some day ,most everyone you had on your video., I follow,I love them all too.Thank you your friend Nickie.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us Jess ...I follow a few other channels that you were talking to and saw you on there channels..I would so love yo come to one of these Homesteader Conferences...I am going to have to do some heavy planning seeing as i have to come from Canada Bless you all see you at home on the farm
I like mangalitas. No idea if you like podcasts but “The Farmstead Meatsmith” has one, an Instagram, and I think a TH-cam channel and he and his wife talk about mangalitsa pigs and how it’s a totally different experience to butcher and eat than a normal pig because it’s a lard pig and can be 75% fat with that not being waste. Eastern Europeans adore those pigs. Loving your videos, no idea if I’ve commented before but I watch you often. - Jacob
7:40 So hours after watching this video I was looking at my tree sprouts, I have twelve now and thinking they are to be 15 feet apart, that makes 165 foot row from first tree to last tree. Then I was like, "What did Luke say?" "Many people will give the recommended spacing on each side of the plant instead of half the spacing?" 15 feet between trees gives 7.5 feet either side, 12 trunks makes 11 fifteen foot spaces = 165 feet.
Seeing you and Luke together just makes me smile! Personally my 2 favorite TH-camrs. Although there is a huge number people there from channels that I love, Luke and Jess are special.
That last shot of face-painted & sleeping-in-carseats kids melts my heart! 🥰
You are a natural, your gift always shows in all your experiences you share! TY
LOVE MIgardener! I'm so glad you met up. They have an awesome seed collection. Adore them.
Thanks for interviewing me, Jess... got caught up in putting together our HOA videos and forgot to check this one. Great to meet you finally and thanks for coming to the conference!
Hi Jess, I just read your April Do South article. Interesting to read how you were mid travel when it all went down. I get your son's "teenage zeal," as you called it. In May, while walking my dog, I saw my first "2020 Graduate" sign on a neighbor's lawn. That did it. I began sobbing--gasping and my tears pouring down my face, right there. My heart aches for the young people whose lives have been halted. But the good new is: I began my own edible Victory Garden and found you and other gardener/homesteaders. Maybe I'm just ultra focused on getting back to nature and living simply, but I truly think you, and other homesteaders, are inspiring many of us still stuck in cement worlds who dream of living more self reliantly. Seeing those empty store shelves, as you wrote about, was a huge wake-up call.
Before I turned six, my family left our San Francisco Bay Area suburban home to travel the world in a trailer for a few years. My dad scuba dived or we bought food from local farmers; My mom wash our few clothes in the ocean. Life was simple: no technology beyond our car radio, no chain stores, no TV, no bills. Heck, we lived on about $5 a day, some days less than that. So even before this recent crisis, I've craved getting back to more self reliant and quieter living, with far fewer tech gadgets and noise.
Thank you for helping me see it is possible, for teaching me how to do things like grow vegetables and can food, and getting me thinking of a more self reliant future.
The sweetest homesteader on utube, thanks for the video and the links to other awesome homesteaders that lead with their expearances and teach us all, as you do. Much love and peace on you and yours. Blessings
Aw thank you so much!
You make me wish I were 30 years younger so I could start over and join the homesteading community!! I am still thankful to God that I can grow food in my meager raised beds And share my extras with the people I love!! Thank you Jess for all you do !
I was so glad to meet you and your family in person.... you are exactly as I expected! A pure Angel! You are a Blessing to me 💖💓
I cant say in words how Thankful to have stumbled across your channel. It's definitely one of my favorites now. Thank you guys so much for being so awesome! One love
No. Thank you Jess for letting me tag along with you on your family's life journey! A bright spot in my day!!
Great job interviewing MI Gardener! I love your questions!
You attract the energy you put out; thank YOU for being the kind, vivacious, encouraging person you are to attract such a community❤️🌱 Virginia is my home state, & I went to college near Front Royal! Just moved from Denver to Athens, GA last week, & I was crossing the border into Arkansas the day y’all left for VA! I found that entertaining😊
How funny!!!
OMG the boys were so little.. too sweet
What a FUN VIDEO!! Getting to see the different homestead’ers during this conference was AWESOME! So glad I found your channel, you are an inspiration! Will be binging on your videos lol! ❤️
That last look was when you know your kids had a great time, when they get in the car, relax and are out. Fun time for all and what an experience. Thanks for the videos. I enjoyed watching, felt like I was there too.
how did i miss this crossover arc love it
I am happy to see 2 homestead family met each other
We haven't met ...yet, but maybe someday, Lord-willing. Just know that you've got another friend in North Carolina.
It was so good to meet you in person! Keep up all the good work!
I keep a pen and paper nearby when I watch your videos. Lots of info, new channels to find, thanks for sharing!
LOVE MIgardener too! Hilarious that he’s in a t-shirt and you’re bundled up! 😂 I’d be just like you because I’m also from the south! Love “meeting” all these homesteaders. Also... you’re son is ADORABLE!!
Haha yeah he’s used to Michigan! It was only 50 degrees, not actually cold but I was freezing!
Oh how I wish with all my heart I had known about this event in time to attend!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us!! I don't have a homestead yet, but I'm dreaming of having one someday. In the meantime, you are inspiring me to start learning skills now and teaching me the work and dedication needed for it. I really appreciate your enthusiasm and love for this lifestyle. Thank you so much for everything you do.
Loved seeing you and Luke from Migardener together! You two are by far my favorites and have helped me the most in terms of your knowledge in my own gardening efforts. Not to mention the passion you both have for what you do!
I love Luke so much too! Thank you very much!
You did some great videos Jessica! Thank you for sharing your time with us!
Had no idea there was a homesteading conference. Would love to go
I love that you support other channels. I just subscribed to all that I hadn't already.
MIGARDENER AND YOU ARE MY FAVORITE CHANNEL!
He’s definitely one of my favs!
Thanks for interviewing great people!
Love it! It was such a great experience! I'm so glad you had fun!
Thank you. I dream of living this way... some day.
This was awesome!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Wonderful to see you and your family enjoying yourselves. Fun ti see my TH-cam favs there as well.❤💕😀
Love you!
It was so good to meet y’all this weekend!! I love seeing everyone’s stories and memories. Awesome recap!! ❤️
Mind blown about on center garden. I didn't know that. I will be mindful of that and share. Thank you for sharing!!!
That is a very interesting breed of pig. That really shows a great part of Homesteading! We don't all make the same choices. Which is great since there are SO MANY choices out there. So what happens is that we can literally pick and choose what we want to grow and eat. We can choose specific things we want on our dinner table. "What's fer dinner?" begins with picking seeds, researching, and buying the specific livestock we want. It's really a very empowering way of life!
You did a great job on the video very informative
Thank you for what you do! Love all the information and seeing other people there. Really loved Ben's reaction to going to see "Mr. Brown" . So precious!
Hmmmm.....on center spacing.....yes.
I'm growing slicers next year. Gonna watch for your reccommendations.
More Dancing Please!!!!
What a big trip for the family, glad it was blessing for you.
Haaaaa face painted kidz!
We Love You Too Jess!!! Love
Checking out your suggestions for new channels! Love them! Great video as always. Thank you!
Love MI Gardener and so fun to see you together.
Thank you for bringing me along! I typically avoid crowds as a rule but I could totally see this group being my crowd lol! Hope you guys had a safe and enjoyable trip home, I'm sure your farm is glad to have you back. God bless!
💞 Thanks Jess!! Love all ur videos!! You inspire me to keep doing what I love and know I am normal for just wanting to be as self sufficient as I can!
You ARE giving us the world. You give us a share of your family's slice of the world with every video. :-) I watch over half of the people you show on the video.. I'm going to make some of these get-togethers in the future. Just to try to meet some of y'all inspiring homesteaders.
It was so cool to see you this weekend. I spoke very quickly to you as you were headed to the parking lot. I told you how much I loved your channel and especially your devotions. I love watching your videos for many reasons. Your conference videos have been awesome. God bless & keep up the good work.
Looked like a wonderful time!
What a great experience for all of you. So happy for you. Thank you again for sharing this content.
It was great meeting you in person on Saturday. It was at MIgardeners area with Rebekah Rhodes.. .hugs & thank you for sharing.
What a lovely video, thank you for sharing
GREAT VIDEO! 2019 Arkansas Meet-up, I'll do whatever I can to help make that happen so I can get a little taste of that awesome community spirit closer to my home. I bet Doug and Stacy will come, they go EVERYWHERE! :)
So cool, I love MIGardener and your channels!!!
I really enjoy watching your vids...I learn so much and love seeing your amazing gardens! You and your family are beautiful.
Love you, your family, your garden, your heart!!!! Thank you for sharing your life, it is inspiring 😊
Thank you for sharing. How awesome! Look's like so much fun. Awesome fellowship! 🌻 So much knowledge to learn from. God Bless you.
Didn't get a chance to formerly meet you but, it was great to see you and your family there. Love your videos.
So good!
I love the "community" that I see in this video. Thank you for sharing your love for homesteading and life. Wait..you were in NC..I missed you!
Luke in shirt sleeves standing next to you in a winter coat. It's cold here in michigan. The season we call toughen up cuz if you put the winter coat on now your going to be really cold when it's -10 out later in the year. :) Glad you got to chat with MIgardener!
Yeah we are definitely used to different climates. He also said he doesn’t like to be outside working when it’s warmer than 80, and I can handle garden work up to about 100 degrees if there’s a breeze!
It's always fun to see these "inside scoops" 😊 can't wait for more videos soon, and the new coop!
This video makes me miss being able to go do things with friends; hoping for HOA in 2021!
Thank you for sharing your time at the conference and introducing us to, or for me at least, a few channels, that I had yet to subscribe to😃👍🏽 Thank you for all your efforts, you are a natural behind the camera, your passion for what you are doing comes through.❤️
Great video. Looks like you guys had a great time.
thank you love this
It was so great to meet you and swap some seeds with everyone! Even though I fell off the bench. bwahahahah gravity was working overtime ;)
I’m so glad you’re ok!
Just fine and got some GREAT seeds. tnx
Very cool i hope I can be there...good for you .
I just love your channel. I been watching your channel and many others on how much you are all learning about homesteading. We are going to sign up in Jan and get more of our own you tube channel going too. looks like so much fun. can't wait to see your garden when you get home. I'm also learning so much from you all. Thank you so much for sharing and have a wonderful day.
Randy and I have enjoyed watching all of the HOA conference videos. Love getting everyone's perspective on it - and hope you will be there next year! We are determined to make it a priority to attend in 2019. Thank you Jess - as always - for a great video! Safe travels (although you are surely home by now)
Thanks for sharing, what a fun event!
Wow! We were too busy hugging we both forgot to record each other! Great video!
I know!!!! I can’t believe we did that!
I noticed that too. Next year.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I can't travel just yet and it's amazing to get to see a little bit of the community through your experiences. Looking forward to your next garden update! ❤️
My 2 favorite homesteaders met!!! Mi gardener lives in same town as my mom ♡
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DOUG photo bombing everywhere was so cute. I love that .
lol =)
Thank you for sharing your experience and so many other channels to check out...I think it's awesome you chose to share them with us! Ovet a year ago, before I started to 'create my brand, my farm name' I made a page to share all the local events and farms I came across on FB because I just think I it's so important for us farmers/homesteaders to stick together! Great video :) I hope to make it out to the conference next year!
Lovely video!
Thanks for sharing, y'all had an awesome time...
All my favorite folks in one place. Wish I could have been there.
Sounds like a neat experience. Love your channel. I'm learning so much. I just bought 5 acres in NW Arkansas with future plans to build a homestead.
Oh NWA is our end goal. Love it there!
Arkansas is a beautiful place to live.
I love your channel and your family,I'm hoping I could make it to homesteaders of America some day ,most everyone you had on your video., I follow,I love them all too.Thank you your friend Nickie.
Thanks for sharing! I loved it and hope to be there next year!
Thanks for sharing your experiences! It was almost like being there!!
Love the photo bomb by Doug !
Thanks for sharing. I would love to go to this next year. I dream of having a homestead one day.
Love watching your videos
Thanks for sharing your trip with us Jess ...I follow a few other channels that you were talking to and saw you on there channels..I would so love yo come to one of these Homesteader Conferences...I am going to have to do some heavy planning seeing as i have to come from Canada Bless you all see you at home on the farm
How fun!!!! I need to try those tomatoes!
Aaawww we love you chic!
Thank you for sharing, it's like I was there. I didn't even know these thing existed to go to.
Thanks for all the links. Hocked up on them all... Be blessed. LH&P... BBE
I want to attend the next one
Random idea, but you should open an online shop and sell variety packets of seeds from your favorite plants
Awesome recap, thank you so much for sharing!
I loved this video . 💓💓
great vidoe. thanks for sharing it.
I wanna go!
I like mangalitas. No idea if you like podcasts but “The Farmstead Meatsmith” has one, an Instagram, and I think a TH-cam channel and he and his wife talk about mangalitsa pigs and how it’s a totally different experience to butcher and eat than a normal pig because it’s a lard pig and can be 75% fat with that not being waste. Eastern Europeans adore those pigs. Loving your videos, no idea if I’ve commented before but I watch you often. - Jacob
Thanks for the suggesting. I will look into them for sure!
Sweetie is a great tomato!
7:40 So hours after watching this video I was looking at my tree sprouts, I have twelve now and thinking they are to be 15 feet apart, that makes 165 foot row from first tree to last tree. Then I was like, "What did Luke say?" "Many people will give the recommended spacing on each side of the plant instead of half the spacing?" 15 feet between trees gives 7.5 feet either side, 12 trunks makes 11 fifteen foot spaces = 165 feet.