Make sure to register here offgrid-with-doug-and-stacy.ck.page/c08656066c Watch old videos and share share share =) You can watch the Root Cellar build here --->th-cam.com/video/R0jx6pmbAac/w-d-xo.html
I am sharing you all with my most precious family. I DO NOT promote my TH-cam ppl I follow like I have you guys! Soooo much blessings sent your way and, I hope and pray that our paths get to cross one day...for real! ♡
For those of us that will be doing our homesteads in the future, we appreciate your bloopers and blunders. You are an educator and I appreciate it. God Bless you and Stacy. And yes, you both do an excellent job at teaching and explaining things. I feel it’s clear and don’t really have a need for questions. Thorough and clear, for sure. I remember the cellar flooding and then again.
My first time to see an old video. Doug & and Stacy are very thoughral with your explaining each of the steps you have taken to get you where you are today. This is very kind and helpful of you both that helps those of us interested in how we can live more self sufficient in all these areas you've mentioned. Ya'lls videos are enjoyable,& very informative. So thank you for taing the time out to do them to share with us your lives off the grid! Mighty hard but what a blessing !!! God bless you both . New subcriber ( & not very technical).to contact you when i have a question or comment, or to sign up for things. Like that sun stove I wanted but missed?
I have been watching a lot of homesteaders for 5 years now and I must say Doug and Stacy you are the best by leaps and bounds. We hope to leave the small city we live in and we are over 70. My husband had cancer of the larynx four times in 6 years before we realized it was one of the products he was working with. The boss changed his job and it never returned. Spent 75% of our savings trying to survive and regain his health with natural medicine. He has made it 9 years and no cancer just some things that radiation and chemo caused but other then that he is great. Even got back his singing voice which is different then his original voice but he is grateful for what he has. We met a younger couple that we will hopefully will go homestead with with in the next year. I have learned so much from you both and I will be applying everything to our new lives. As they say you are never to old to learn new things. Again thank you so much for all your knowledge and encouragement. Stay one with all and have a happy life.
Been watching you guys for years. I’m married now and have convinced my wife to have a mini homestead. I have rabbits, quail and now gonna make a root cellar thanks for always giving great tips and wisdom.
I have wanted a root cellar for years and have watched your progress. We have a large Amish community near us. I think I will look into them building one for me since they probably all have one and know our area. Thank you for always showing the good, bad and ugly of homesteading.
Absolutely love your videos! We are teaching our 5 and 6 year old children how to garden. We have been teaching them since they could walk. To see the excitement in their faces when they plant fruits and vegetables and get to eat them raw is a blessing. Keep up God’s work! Thank you for helping us learn.
I've always found the Amish to be an incredible source of information especially when it comes to food preserves. They know a ton of amazing little tricks! Great video. Thanks.
There is an old root cellar next to our property, I am considering purchasing that sliver of land to gain access to it. It is made of stone, much like a lot of old structures in the area. There is a door frame, but no door. One problem is that it is quite close to the road (gravel) and easily seen. People frequently stop and ask us what it is, my wife tells them it is a bomb shelter, lol.
Maybe you should grow trees and shrubs around your "bomb shelter" so it is not visible from the road or anywhere elsewhere plus it would keep the area around the shelter cooler. Just a thought
Hello. Was enjoying listening 2 u 2day, as I cleaned up my fish pond. Prepper here, been living off land as much as possible 4 the knowledge I've had, & now learning more. I found it kind of ironic, u talked today of root cellars, I've been wanting one for years, over 20 year spand, & living in 3 different homes & states during that 20 yrs. Thanks 4 the fun interests & share today. Beautiful weather in sc, with watching u. Beautiful home & accomplishments in short 10 yrs, is amazing 2 me. You 2 dont mess around. Get er done. That u do. Lol
My wife and I are in our fifties. We are closing on the cash purchase of 20 acres of raw land in a few days. It has quite a bit of pine timber on it located in the mountains of Montana. There is nothing at all on the property right now, not even a driveway, and absolutely no services except for a private road that ends at the property. So, thank you for all you guys' teaching and encouragement. Let the games begin :))
This is part of why I love "Off grid with Doug and Stacy!" Sh..tuff happens and you don't hide it!! You'll get the root cellar sorted out to suit your area; such a fine line between enough humidity and wet! We used to have an insulated room in the basement, with a small vent to outside, for storing produce and canning. And, I remember my grandparents having the earth covered root cellars... It does require work and some risk to get it right. I wish I lived in the U.S. so I had chance to win that log cabin! I'll do my best to spread the word; I want to see somebody win it! Thanks for all of the inspirational "nugget" filled videos. I look forward to many more. All the best from a mobile home park in Surrey B.C. Canada!!
I want to build a root cellar in Africa. Precisely in DR Congo and the part that I am envisaging is very hot and humid, do you thing it will work out? Any book you will recommend? Thank you
With less and less people living properly off the land, alot of knowledge gets lost... or caught in isolated pockets. Thx for reminding us all by putting it out there!
I've been bingeing your channel videos for the last 2 weeks since I found you sucking up as much info as I can as my wife and I are about to start our own homestead. Love your content and your attitude is amazing! Great GREAT channel!!!!
Hey guys. We met you at Lehman’s in Kidron about two years ago. We had our grandson with us and he still talks about you and that Elderberry man. When we got home we propagated the elderberry twigs and they are still growing. Thanks
Hi! Did you plant propagations in the spring or fall? I bought an Elderberry that I would love to take cuttings from. I know Doug and Stacy have a few videos on Elderberry, I've watched them all. I just cannot remember when to propagate. Thank you in advance for your input.
-We bought a 1900 built house this past year (2019). It has a cellar under the kitchen. We are battling much dampness from water leaking through the field rock foundation. Once we find the source of leakage. We plan to resurface the field rock to seal everything up and our cellar will be golden. -We live in Missouri as well. The amount of rain this year was amazing. Our cellar actually flooded and of coarse our sump pump broke down. So me and my oldest son stayed up through the night manually turning on a back up pump to drain the cellar every 15 minutes. What a memorable night.
I'm fairly new to this wonderful blessed channel and I speak from my feelings in mind on that title LOL but seriously I just wanted to stop in and say something on the post and tell these people that make this post I'm so thankful for y'all you have no idea as I sit here with tears in my eyes and a frog in my throat I want to say to you you have taught me so much and I'm still learning everyday from y'all y'all are truly a blessing to this world and I'm so thankful that both of y'all were born so thankful that y'all are giving back I don't know y'all but I just know of your character from the post that y'all put out here on TH-cam and you never change you're always the same and that my friends is a wonderful thing and I just wanted to say I love you and God bless you all in so many ways
Busy???? That’s an understatement!!!! I can’t see how there is enough hours in a day for all you two have to do!!!!!!!! Love watching you you and though I’m too old for homesteading I enjoy watching all your videos and tips on gardening and Stacy’s recipes….the two of you are so blessed to have each other!
Love the little and mundane things of homesteading. Your chemistry with each other and the love between you both, shines through. Funny out takes. Keep up the good work
My grandfather told me about seed starting with a hot bed. He said they used green sheep manure under a bed of sand and dirt in the top layer. The sheep manure kept the bed hot and the sand kept it from burning the roots.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I didn't know you'd see the comments from old videos over the years. Now I can be in touch this way. We live in a small mountain town in Arizona, a forested area of mostly juniper, ponderosa pine and oak. We're presently in a manufactured home, myself, one of my daughters and her young girls. We are a Christian homeschooling family but don't have enough room on this small lot for gardens, chickens or anything. We need a wood stove and putting them in old manufactured homes isn't safe due to their weight. I had one in my former home and absolutely loved it. So I am doing what I can. We have a gravity fed water filter and some plants outside that don't mind the shade. We're planning on selling this home and moving onto land we can homestead so I'm listening to all of your videos and learning so much! I feel like I know you two as you are part of my life every day. May the Lord continue to keep you safe and well and your homestead thriving. You are in my prayers. Thank you 😊
The 2 best root cellars I know of had springs running threw them. 1was really old hand dug the other my father built from concrete attached to our house by the basement and had a constant slow run of water. They both did a fantastic job
I would never cut ice out of the pond, it would be easier to get 20, 5 gallon buckets and fill them up and let them freeze then you have giant ice cubes
@@patriciamampel3601 actually you can buy used food grade buckets online for cheap, plus if you're only using the ice in an ice house and not to eat its would be fine and probably better than Doug's frozen pond water
@@patriciamampel3601 Doug was wanting to build an ice house and cut ice out of his pond to use in the ice house and i said it would be easier just to freeze buckets of water. instead of climbing out on a pond and sawing ice
@Elizabeth Holden guess y'all misunderstood me somehow. I am in high desert off grid & there is no ice from a frozen pond. I was hoping somebody been here like this & done that I could learn from.how survive. So very cold here all night &morning. Anyway God bless you all I think you wanted to help. Appreciate that.
You and Stacy are part of the group of Americans that keep us strong and self sufficient. Thank you for opening your lives to the world. May our good LORD richly bless you in all you do for His glory. You are greatly appreciated by many I am sure. God bless you and Stacy and all your subscribers for having the minds to be self sufficient in their own lives. You guys warm my heart and bring back many memories from my own family history of why Americans are soooo awesome!
Great information! We will be building an off-grid home, beginning next year. Have been debating about putting our ice-house in the cellar or outdoors. Plus, putting a cistern in the cellar. Thanks for all of your 'nuggets'!
I’m so Blessed To have found your channel about One year ago. Will be closing on the off grid property in a few weeks. I have planned for a root cellar. Do u still need the sump pump now that you have fixed your moisture problem? Still watching old videos. Started way before the give away. Much WV Love and Many Prayers! 💙💛🙏
Thank you for always be honest and not sugarcoating things. Showing us the reality of things not going according to plan is great as people can be a bit unrealistic about what to expect and giving up if it does not works as planned.
Y'all are such an inspiration! We just purchased some land and plan on moving to it in February. We have been watching countless videos about homesteading, gardening, solar, rain catchment, food storage and preservation etc. You both are a wealth of knowledge! Thank you for sharing your life with us. We always watch on our firestick, so commenting isnt possible there. But I will be doing my best to get on my phone and comment more. We are going to start running your videos overnight to try and help get the views up as well. Thank you for the awesome giveaway!!
Hi Doug, you were talking about the fence line and removing the trees along the creek. Won't that disturb the soil holding up the banks of the creek? The rootball will eventually get washed out, widening the creek even more. Watch out for mother nature. 😳 You and Stacy are wonderful for sharing your homestead journey with us outsiders. Thank you so much.
Agree on that. What you want are more plants like reeds, etc. to make the water slow down and leave silt behind. Then it will stop eroding and start building. Plus, if you do it right, you can ‘store’ some of that water by having it effectively wick up the bank, and then you get free irrigation near the river.
I love hearing the problems and then the fixes. We can't even dig a root cellar here, as the water table is too high, but I still love hearing how you could problem solve certain things in an underground root cellar. I've watched your channel for a long time, but was never a commenter. I agree with what you said though, with the more comments, and likes it will help reach your goals. The cabin will bless a family and help them towards their journey into living free!! Very excited to see it all unfold!
HAPPY :) that this has NOT gotten you down. 'When the goin' get's tough...the TOUGH get goin' '! WELL DONE Doug! You n' Stacy work soOOoo hard. Health and God Bless you n' yours!
My name is Tim and my wife is Beverly we are starting our homestead in a couple of weeks. We watch your videos everyday. I love them and all the info from it we have always lived in the city and are so excited to leave it behind and start this new life. Please keep kicking them out I need all the help I can get
Wow, what an education about the root cellar!! I remember my grandmother’s storm/root cellar. It was concrete walls And I think it was a dirt floor seems like it had a concrete roof on it yeah I did and then the walls were mounted up so it really wasn’t more than two steps two or three steps down to get into it and I can’t even remember if you could stand up in there
Hi Kaye! I have similiar memories. Could walk upright in my Gma's cellar, however I was but a child and my Grandma was short in stature! Love your channel, as well! My African blue basil is awesome, love all the bees, thanks to you!!
When I was in high school we moved into a very old home. The basement/root cellar had concrete walls and a dirt floor. They built a ledge with concrete for the washer and dryer. I hated going down there. We were in the city so we really had no use for a root cellar so I had no idea what a good thing they were.
Bless you both for sharing everything with us like you don't have enough to do already with just making your own life run smoothly. Y'all are so blessed.
Doug, When I build Freezer in the plants we do the following: We dig down 12"".......... We put down a 4 inch cement mud slab, We then put in 2 layers of styrofoam Crossed Stacked, we then put in a Vapor Barrier, then pour the finished slab on top of that. We have no problem with anything coming up from the ground. You can get the plans from any Freezer company that puts in large holding freezers. I will get you the plans.
I love y’all’s videos and the great information. You are on point with how advantageous it is for us to learn from others and it’s free. Between your channel and Living Traditions Homestead, we have been able to avoid several oopsies. Thank you again as this is on the to-do list.
We are fortunate to have a basement under our house. It's not very nice. Our house is a hundred years old. The basement has a brick floor, stone walls and six feet deep. It stays dry. We will be insulating the ceiling. This will be a 14'x14' storage area when finished. We're like you in that there are always projects to do on our homestead so you have to set priorities. Thanks for the encouragement to keep going. I'm 75 and my wife is 74. Things get done at a slower pace now. Mike
Hi Doug, just came from a channel where a younger couple built a root cellar. Their water table went from about 10 feet at construction, (late summer) which they back filled with gravel to about 7 feet. By mid-summer the spring thaw (they're in Alaska) had raised the water table to about 4 feet and the walls were beginning to collapse, the shelves had bent under the weight, and the stair had warped. Bummer! They had to shrug, learn from it, and move on. Lots of research, but the VERY heavy snowfall got them. They're upbeat, and it was a learning experience for them. Nice young folks. Cheers, Doug, for your info!
Thanks for this...I had a root cellar when I lived in Europe. We had a window in ours that we had to use to help regulate it...had 3 seasons where we had to borrow a dehumidifier from the in-laws to keep extra humidity out, but we had electric hooked up...miss having a root cellar for sure, we too stored everything in it👍😉 It looks great, glad you have the sub pump! Love your vids, im about a third through...watch Stacy Cook alot, and re-watch those vids alot😁 used her k9mucha trick to make my own kavass, it worked a charm👍
This is first time I have seen your off grid Root cellar. The solar overhang is brilliant as it is also acting as a overhanging rain protection while going in/out of cellar. Brilliant. Thank you for sharing this idea. I am sure many will copy your wonderful ideas.
I got alot of good pointers from your videos. I have a 40 acre property in AZ in the mountains which is zone 6b. You guys have helped so much. I love how off grid you guys are. And love that you guys support the Amish. Not to many people are as off grid as you guys. That's why I like watching your videos. Keep up your good work
Love all of the nuggets that i got out of this vid....can’t wait to see what the root cellar ends up looking like once you are all done with the improvements and updates...and how much of the produce from this year ends up down there
Thanks so much for sharing your lessons with all of us! I'm an "armchair homesteader" fan of your channel for a few years now. Perhaps, ( in another life time?) I was an old pioneer woman who watched, learned, and lived in a community of fellow seekers of a peaceful life and you both remind me of all that is good of that time! You work hard, share so much and make life better for all your viewers around the world! I'm excited for your log cabin give away goal! I look forward to celebrating the winner! Carry on with your courage and strength as you face the "root cellars" of your life!
No root cellars in Florida. I remember when I grew up in New York State the root callers. Always interesting information making me “homesteading smart” even if I never get to use it all!
I think it is so important to see the failures or how something did not work like you thought. It makes it real because too often you only see the success and in real life we fail on our own and it gets discouraging. But to see it happen to our mentors also it is not such a big deal when it happens to us. To see even with research and how it worked for others in our own situation it might not work how it should. Thank you both for keeping it real and keep up the great work!
I have learned so much from all of the videos. The ones with all of the information on what you can do to improve your health. Keep up all of the of the great videos. I plan on going back to watch all the videos you have made starting from number ONE.
I live in a 100 year old house and I have a root cellar instead of a basement! I love mine. Because the root cellar is under my kitchen the temperature stays at a pretty consistent 49-50 degrees, even in winter. It is dark in the root cellar unless I turn the hanging light on. It has a dirt floor, concrete and granite walls, and wooden shelves for storage.. There is a small window facing west. I store my 5 cubic foot freezer there as well. The water heater for the house is on the east wall. I use a small fan sitting on a folding chair to circulate the air. There are 8x8 floor beams running west to east (holding up the upstairs living room floor) but are the root cellar ceiling beams and I can hang my garlic, onions, and drying herbs. I store my potatoes in wooden crates, as well as my squashes, and gourds. All my canning is shelved there, along with my “sale” items, and over stock or winter items. I can’t believe how well people planned for storage and prepped 100 years ago.
When you showed a picture of the sump pump drain line across the ceiling of your Root cellar, I saw an "s"-trap. That trap will siphon. That is not the way you do a trap. Each drain needs a trap and it's own vent. The trap prevents any sewer gases from escaping into the room and the vent allows the water to flow. Without a vent, the water will siphon out of the trap and you get a room full of stinky gas. Oops.
@@duanescott5399 Incorrect. I am not speaking of the pump drain. I am speaking of the fixture above, which utilizes the s trap. That will siphon itself, releasing sewer gases into the room of above, whatever it is - a sink or a tub or whatever. As for a check valve in the pump, if it is set up correctly, there should be a tiny weep-hole just above the outlet of the pump, but still within the confines of the drainage sump. This allows the water column to drain back, so the pump is not starting against a full head of pressure. For each vertical foot, there is 1/2 pound per square inch of static pressure.
@Quazie Wabbit I get what you are saying in broad terms. But again you are making the assumption that it is hooked to a sewerage system. I'd say with fair surety that its an overland run off outlet. As for the pump starting under head pressure it would only be 4 psi at best, and that is subjective without doing the math on the pipe size. That is minimal for the startup of most pumps
Also the S trap isnt hooked to the pump line. Both the pump line and whatever that S trap runs too feed into a 4" outlet. So at best it could only siphon the pump line, but even in that case the sump has water over the inlet. That itself prevents gas intrusion. But it does appear to have a check valve about 3' above the pump. Lol l think we need Doug to adjudicate on both our assumptions. Cheers from Australia, have a good day bud
@@duanescott5399 @ All - how do I let myself get into these messes. I went back and looked at the picture, although it is only a few frames and I had to go back and forth several times, but there is indeed some form of rudimentary vent behind that s trap, which would likely allow it to siphon only to the top of the inverted weir, re-establishing a trap to the fixture above. However, that 'vent' is open to the rest of the drain system, so it allows sewer gas into the lower room all the time. Oh, the fun really begins when the main line plugs up and someone is upstairs dumping liquids down that fixture. With no place to go, it will back out through that rudimentary event and everything in the cellar gets bathed with whatever is being dumped down the sink. I am going to bow out at this stage. I was a plumber for 48 years. That's enough time. Someone else's turn now.TTFN
I grew up with a root cellar. I also grew up without electricity and running water. Dad dug a cistern by hand and God blessed him by hitting a cool spring and it never went dry. My brother owns my home place. I acre.
Why didn’t you try DRYLOCK on the walls, we painted it on the inside of the exterior walls, which took care of water leakage around a foundation. We had small cracks over the years & were dealing with a large river and snow every winter that would cause basement to flood. The pump just took the water out of the basement to the ground level that was saturated with water and the water seeped back in. The contractors said they had to pull the dirt away from the foundation and tar it for $40k -10 years ago and the DRYLOCK took care of the seepage problem. We used it a 2nd time on our lanai in Hawaii. When we bought it it had carpet, we tore out and the white Capet was soaked, tack board devolved and moldy from rain water coming in for years.we Drylock painted both sides of the siding door and after 3 yrs and hundreds of storms and hurricanes water has penetrated. Also we have used FLEX SEALED our leaking toilets in the tile pipe toilet drain under the toilet in or Philippines condo and that also sealed the water from coming out when flushing. T would seems that if you sealed the sealing where it was leaking with one of those products and wherever else you are having problems it would help.
All the info you share in each vlog is invaluable to me and my progeny because we plan on buying acreage for our own family farm. You are blessing us because you're educating us through your learned-the-hard-way wisdom!! Sincere, heartfelt thanks!!
Ya'll are groovy. Ya'll have increased our lifestyle immensely. Doug I learn new life skills like you, through trial and error and lots of mistakes. A skilled off gridder is one that can recover well. Stay groovy man.
Living in Minnesota, my first thought is that I'd need a dehumidifier running. I'm sorry to hear that you had struggles this long. Love & light friends
@@MFaith777, I don't think they had this issue in the old days. The walls of their root cellars would have been dirt or wood. Water would have had an escape route.
I sure learn a lot from yall's video. I like the fact that yall make mistakes as you go and you don't hide them, you make us aware of them and tell us how you fixed it so we will not make the same mistakes. Yall are such good people doing what yall do for your fellow men and women. God Bless you both!
@@nanmaco really? i thought it was just a vacuum with a cryo freezer, which is just like running two freezers at the same time. Not much in the way of wattage. Plus they can just use it during the day so they're not using battery power as much.
Thanks for the video! Doug, I had that eye opening experience when I went to the grocery story and the cashier literally went through the meat I had in my cart and was telling me what I could and couldn't buy! We are taking it step by step but my family and I are starting the process of raising and processing our own meat on our homestead. Love you guys and everything you do!!!
Hey yall! I started watching your channel with a few months ago. The tractor supply “situation” caught my attention 😳 and I’ve been hooked on catching up. Bing watching, getting my ‘Doug & Stacy’ fix on the daily. It’s extremely educational for me. God bless yall for sharing with others that want to learn about being more self sufficient and taking better care of yourself. And getting closer to our food! Now that I know it helps to comment on the older videos (not very tech savvy here 😆) I’ll comment on more of them as I watch. I’m loving Stacy’s videos on fermentation and everything FOOD! I’m hooked! Much love and prayers!!❤️🙏
Hi Stacy and Doug, this was a great video, thank you! We live right outside New Orleans and we deal with moisture above ground so I could only imagine if we made cellar in ground. We are moving to MS soon to live on my mom’s land. We’ll be in our fifth wheeler at first but we plan to build on land. We may build a root cellar I’m not sure but at least this video will help us to know what to do and what to not do, thank you! One more thing I bought the Sun Oven from your link. It looks very well made and it’s pretty easy to understand. I’ve only cooked once so far due to packing but it was pretty easy I just kinda messed up, it was my own fault. I started too late and I didn’t keep moving the oven. The meal smelled amazing when I opened it but my veggies weren’t as soft as I would like. The meat was very good though. If anyone is reading this and interested I recommend the Sun Oven and I recommend starting before 2pm. I know that was dumb on my part I was just a little too excited and I just couldn’t wait to try it. Once we get moved I’ll cook and let ya know how it worked. Thanks for the great videos!
Finally hearing the saga of the root cellar. Your honesty as always is appreciated. I got our sweet potatoes out 2 weeks ago. About 40 lbs. got in dark corner of basement. On a home made storage rack. Will see how they do.
We have an ICF root cellar with a concrete floor, metal deck roof with dirt and grass on top, closet maid shelving, and electricity. We love it and haven't had any issues with it. I do know that we did an inverted u shape elevation on the floor before we pored the walls. I don't know if I am explaining this well, but water will not rise and go over the barrier. Also, others do the walls and then pour the concrete floors (Cutting the styrofoam between the pours). A tiny bedroom humidifier with a humidity control sensor will help with percentage of humidity needed. A small dehumidifier will help in the spring (when it rains). Also, we put that plastic wall board on the walls and when needed, we just pressure wash it down for cleanliness. Our other root cellar is rock/morter and dirt floor - hate it - just a mess and can't keep bugs out.
Thats more nuggets then an XL happy meal. We are digging into the side of a hill a primitive sandbag root cellar. Project starts next spring. I will take pics and document the progress to show you the process. Cheers. P.s. we got a killer frost about 3 weeks ago.
Wow that's sucks having to go back and redo your cellar. Thanks Doug for all your updates. I love watching halls videos. I learn something new every video.
I think the most important fact I took away from this video is: Know the area you're living in. That means know it not only topographically but climate wise, soil wise, people wise, laws and bylaws, etc. The more you know and prepare for the less surprises you'll encounter in the future. Even small scale farming (supplementing what you buy) will not work on a vim. If you don't research your area you'll be in for some failures.
Great info saves me time figuring out what and how I can make my own. Something to hand down to future generations. Knowledge and stored goods. I'm excited about learning more. Thank you for all your attention to providing such helpful info!
We don’t have root cellars in Louisiana, in fact we have to bury folks above the ground down in the southernmost part of the state or they’ll just pop up out of the ground. I sure would like to win that log cabin, I’m doing all I can!
Very timely discovery of this video. Our foundation footers were poured yesterday. We're using the same foam forms and paving the cellar floor with concrete. We get about the same amount of rain here as you and our hilltop can get very wet. Thank you, you guys are great!
Wow Stacey has been busy canning! Quick question, bought rice and dried beans fromstore, do you keep in plastic bags or do you store in Masson jars or vacuum pack? Trying to build emergency supply. Any advice appreciated.
Hi Doug I have a question , can I contact you when my husband and I start building a root cellar in Browning Missouri where we have some land, we hope to one day build a log cabin over it if that would be possible , and love watching your videos, I have watched your progress for years and love the information you always share, and tell Stacy I hope to have a big garden like hers one day, love ya
Pioneers lived a hard life. I gotta say, thank God for some modern conveniences. Cause it's really hard doing it all by myself. My hats off to you and Stacy. God Bless! Carmen
Check out the root cellar Shawn James made on his homestead in the Canadian wilderness. Absolutely gorgeous and all from timbers cut from his trees! Check it out! God Bless!
Leslie Jacobs....He has 2 sites, one is Shawn James and the other is My Self Reliance. I don't remember which site it was on! I watch both of them, but I think it was on the second one. Very amazing! I think he has a Mix made up of all his videos of the build! Enjoy and God Bless!
LLjean 2857 ..I just looked up .Shawn James..and came upon a great acoustical guitarist..that does a great cover of “There ain’t no Sunshine when she’s gone”..haha thanks..I will keep looking though.
@@lesliejacobs1439 I also got a guitarist, but if you type "Shawn James building a root cellar" you get his "My Self Reliance" videos and then scroll through to find the root cellar videos! Don't know why his Shawn James channel doesn't come up! Good luck and God Bless!
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I am sharing you all with my most precious family. I DO NOT promote my TH-cam ppl I follow like I have you guys! Soooo much blessings sent your way and, I hope and pray that our paths get to cross one day...for real! ♡
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Hi Doug. I'm sorry it sucks, hope you fix it soon. Cheers!
KEEPING IT REAL, good and bad. Keep teaching us and we’ll keep watching. Thanks 🙏
I thought the log cabin was being given to your mother instead of subscribers. This channel has great info but the intentions are suspicious.
For those of us that will be doing our homesteads in the future, we appreciate your bloopers and blunders. You are an educator and I appreciate it. God Bless you and Stacy. And yes, you both do an excellent job at teaching and explaining things. I feel it’s clear and don’t really have a need for questions. Thorough and clear, for sure. I remember the cellar flooding and then again.
It's like the old saying. A person who hasn't made a mistake, hasn't made anything
For real, keeping it real helps everybody WAY more!
My first time to see an old video. Doug & and Stacy are very thoughral with your explaining each of the steps you have taken to get you where you are today.
This is very kind and helpful of you both that helps those of us interested in how we can live more self sufficient in all these areas you've mentioned.
Ya'lls videos are enjoyable,& very informative. So thank you for taing the time out to do them to share with us your lives off the grid! Mighty hard but what a blessing !!!
God bless you both .
New subcriber ( & not very technical).to contact you when i have a question or comment, or to sign up for things. Like that sun stove I wanted but missed?
Can't never did anything, and could did it all.
I have been thinking about a root cellar for a long time. But I have a basement u built a room but it is not cold enough all year round.
I have been watching a lot of homesteaders for 5 years now and I must say Doug and Stacy you are the best by leaps and bounds. We hope to leave the small city we live in and we are over 70. My husband had cancer of the larynx four times in 6 years before we realized it was one of the products he was working with. The boss changed his job and it never returned. Spent 75% of our savings trying to survive and regain his health with natural medicine. He has made it 9 years and no cancer just some things that radiation and chemo caused but other then that he is great. Even got back his singing voice which is different then his original voice but he is grateful for what he has. We met a younger couple that we will hopefully will go homestead with with in the next year. I have learned so much from you both and I will be applying everything to our new lives. As they say you are never to old to learn new things. Again thank you so much for all your knowledge and encouragement. Stay one with all and have a happy life.
I am so glad you guys continue to talk about the problems you experience as well as the successes. It really helps. My family appreciates your family.
Been watching you guys for years. I’m married now and have convinced my wife to have a mini homestead. I have rabbits, quail and now gonna make a root cellar thanks for always giving great tips and wisdom.
Dang all married now and stuff CONGRATS!
I have wanted a root cellar for years and have watched your progress. We have a large Amish community near us. I think I will look into them building one for me since they probably all have one and know our area. Thank you for always showing the good, bad and ugly of homesteading.
Check out Deep South Homestead root cellar too. He planned his out real well.
Absolutely love your videos! We are teaching our 5 and 6 year old children how to garden. We have been teaching them since they could walk. To see the excitement in their faces when they plant fruits and vegetables and get to eat them raw is a blessing. Keep up God’s work! Thank you for helping us learn.
I've always found the Amish to be an incredible source of information especially when it comes to food preserves. They know a ton of amazing little tricks! Great video. Thanks.
They will live longer than us modern people if it came down to survival honestly....and they stay happy too no need for social media
He is not amish.
@@Johnrider1234 Umm, Was not implying he was.
There is an old root cellar next to our property, I am considering purchasing that sliver of land to gain access to it. It is made of stone, much like a lot of old structures in the area. There is a door frame, but no door. One problem is that it is quite close to the road (gravel) and easily seen. People frequently stop and ask us what it is, my wife tells them it is a bomb shelter, lol.
Maybe you should grow trees and shrubs around your "bomb shelter" so it is not visible from the road or anywhere elsewhere plus it would keep the area around the shelter cooler. Just a thought
@@mpolanetz Not a bad idea. Thanks.
@@russelfigley I’d suggest she tell them it’s a hobbit house or something kooky, but building a burm and planting is a terrific idea!
@@PegsFlamingoville If you're in an area where it would make sense you could also say it's a storm shelter.
Doug, thanks for sharing REAL Homesteading life with us. Persistence is key!! "If at first you don't succeed..." Blessings brother!!
Hello. Was enjoying listening 2 u 2day, as I cleaned up my fish pond. Prepper here, been living off land as much as possible 4 the knowledge I've had, & now learning more. I found it kind of ironic, u talked today of root cellars, I've been wanting one for years, over 20 year spand, & living in 3 different homes & states during that 20 yrs. Thanks 4 the fun interests & share today. Beautiful weather in sc, with watching u. Beautiful home & accomplishments in short 10 yrs, is amazing 2 me. You 2 dont mess around. Get er done. That u do. Lol
My wife and I are in our fifties. We are closing on the cash purchase of 20 acres of raw land in a few days. It has quite a bit of pine timber on it located in the mountains of Montana. There is nothing at all on the property right now, not even a driveway, and absolutely no services except for a private road that ends at the property. So, thank you for all you guys' teaching and encouragement. Let the games begin :))
This is part of why I love "Off grid with Doug and Stacy!" Sh..tuff happens and you don't hide it!! You'll get the root cellar sorted out to suit your area; such a fine line between enough humidity and wet! We used to have an insulated room in the basement, with a small vent to outside, for storing produce and canning. And, I remember my grandparents having the earth covered root cellars... It does require work and some risk to get it right.
I wish I lived in the U.S. so I had chance to win that log cabin! I'll do my best to spread the word; I want to see somebody win it!
Thanks for all of the inspirational "nugget" filled videos. I look forward to many more.
All the best from a mobile home park in Surrey B.C. Canada!!
I want to build a root cellar in Africa. Precisely in DR Congo and the part that I am envisaging is very hot and humid, do you thing it will work out? Any book you will recommend? Thank you
Ten years , you both have created a beautiful homestead , impressive .
With less and less people living properly off the land, alot of knowledge gets lost... or caught in isolated pockets. Thx for reminding us all by putting it out there!
I've been bingeing your channel videos for the last 2 weeks since I found you sucking up as much info as I can as my wife and I are about to start our own homestead. Love your content and your attitude is amazing! Great GREAT channel!!!!
Hey guys. We met you at Lehman’s in Kidron about two years ago. We had our grandson with us and he still talks about you and that Elderberry man. When we got home we propagated the elderberry twigs and they are still growing. Thanks
Awesome
Hi! Did you plant propagations in the spring or fall? I bought an Elderberry that I would love to take cuttings from. I know Doug and Stacy have a few videos on Elderberry, I've watched them all. I just cannot remember when to propagate. Thank you in advance for your input.
Patty Meade-Austin ask google the best time to propagate elderberry twigs.
-We bought a 1900 built house this past year (2019). It has a cellar under the kitchen. We are battling much dampness from water leaking through the field rock foundation. Once we find the source of leakage. We plan to resurface the field rock to seal everything up and our cellar will be golden.
-We live in Missouri as well. The amount of rain this year was amazing. Our cellar actually flooded and of coarse our sump pump broke down. So me and my oldest son stayed up through the night manually turning on a back up pump to drain the cellar every 15 minutes. What a memorable night.
I'm fairly new to this wonderful blessed channel and I speak from my feelings in mind on that title LOL but seriously I just wanted to stop in and say something on the post and tell these people that make this post I'm so thankful for y'all you have no idea as I sit here with tears in my eyes and a frog in my throat I want to say to you you have taught me so much and I'm still learning everyday from y'all y'all are truly a blessing to this world and I'm so thankful that both of y'all were born so thankful that y'all are giving back I don't know y'all but I just know of your character from the post that y'all put out here on TH-cam and you never change you're always the same and that my friends is a wonderful thing and I just wanted to say I love you and God bless you all in so many ways
Busy???? That’s an understatement!!!! I can’t see how there is enough hours in a day for all you two have to do!!!!!!!! Love watching you you and though I’m too old for homesteading I enjoy watching all your videos and tips on gardening and Stacy’s recipes….the two of you are so blessed to have each other!
I think the ability to adapt is critical to homesteading. Looking forward to seeing the outcome of the root cellar.
Love the little and mundane things of homesteading. Your chemistry with each other and the love between you both, shines through. Funny out takes. Keep up the good work
My grandfather told me about seed starting with a hot bed. He said they used green sheep manure under a bed of sand and dirt in the top layer. The sheep manure kept the bed hot and the sand kept it from burning the roots.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I didn't know you'd see the comments from old videos over the years. Now I can be in touch this way.
We live in a small mountain town in Arizona, a forested area of mostly juniper, ponderosa pine and oak. We're presently in a manufactured home, myself, one of my daughters and her young girls. We are a Christian homeschooling family but don't have enough room on this small lot for gardens, chickens or anything. We need a wood stove and putting them in old manufactured homes isn't safe due to their weight. I had one in my former home and absolutely loved it. So I am doing what I can. We have a gravity fed water filter and some plants outside that don't mind the shade. We're planning on selling this home and moving onto land we can homestead so I'm listening to all of your videos and learning so much! I feel like I know you two as you are part of my life every day. May the Lord continue to keep you safe and well and your homestead thriving. You are in my prayers. Thank you 😊
I know your not complaining, but what a lot of trouble the root cellar was, You both have great ideas.
The 2 best root cellars I know of had springs running threw them. 1was really old hand dug the other my father built from concrete attached to our house by the basement and had a constant slow run of water. They both did a fantastic job
I would never cut ice out of the pond, it would be easier to get 20, 5 gallon buckets and fill them up and let them freeze then you have giant ice cubes
Good idea!
Uh thats 100 buckets if food grade be $500.00. Can't afford that
@@patriciamampel3601 actually you can buy used food grade buckets online for cheap, plus if you're only using the ice in an ice house and not to eat its would be fine and probably better than Doug's frozen pond water
@@patriciamampel3601 Doug was wanting to build an ice house and cut ice out of his pond to use in the ice house and i said it would be easier just to freeze buckets of water. instead of climbing out on a pond and sawing ice
@Elizabeth Holden guess y'all misunderstood me somehow. I am in high desert off grid & there is no ice from a frozen pond. I was hoping somebody been here like this & done that I could learn from.how survive. So very cold here all night &morning. Anyway God bless you all I think you wanted to help. Appreciate that.
You and Stacy are part of the group of Americans that keep us strong and self sufficient. Thank you for opening your lives to the world. May our good LORD richly bless you in all you do for His glory. You are greatly appreciated by many I am sure. God bless you and Stacy and all your subscribers for having the minds to be self sufficient in their own lives. You guys warm my heart and bring back many memories from my own family history of why Americans are soooo awesome!
Great information! We will be building an off-grid home, beginning next year. Have been debating about putting our ice-house in the cellar or outdoors. Plus, putting a cistern in the cellar. Thanks for all of your 'nuggets'!
I am a first time viewer. I am just five minutes in and already loving this guy. He offers loads of information with no useless babble.
I’m so Blessed To have found your channel about One year ago. Will be closing on the off grid property in a few weeks. I have planned for a root cellar. Do u still need the sump pump now that you have fixed your moisture problem? Still watching old videos. Started way before the give away. Much WV Love and Many Prayers! 💙💛🙏
Thank you for always be honest and not sugarcoating things. Showing us the reality of things not going according to plan is great as people can be a bit unrealistic about what to expect and giving up if it does not works as planned.
Y'all are such an inspiration! We just purchased some land and plan on moving to it in February. We have been watching countless videos about homesteading, gardening, solar, rain catchment, food storage and preservation etc. You both are a wealth of knowledge! Thank you for sharing your life with us. We always watch on our firestick, so commenting isnt possible there. But I will be doing my best to get on my phone and comment more. We are going to start running your videos overnight to try and help get the views up as well. Thank you for the awesome giveaway!!
We are close to the shore, no basements. No root celler. I live vicariously through Doug & Stacy. God bless you both and your homestead.
Hi Doug, you were talking about the fence line and removing the trees along the creek. Won't that disturb the soil holding up the banks of the creek? The rootball will eventually get washed out, widening the creek even more. Watch out for mother nature. 😳 You and Stacy are wonderful for sharing your homestead journey with us outsiders. Thank you so much.
Agree on that. What you want are more plants like reeds, etc. to make the water slow down and leave silt behind. Then it will stop eroding and start building. Plus, if you do it right, you can ‘store’ some of that water by having it effectively wick up the bank, and then you get free irrigation near the river.
I love hearing the problems and then the fixes. We can't even dig a root cellar here, as the water table is too high, but I still love hearing how you could problem solve certain things in an underground root cellar.
I've watched your channel for a long time, but was never a commenter. I agree with what you said though, with the more comments, and likes it will help reach your goals. The cabin will bless a family and help them towards their journey into living free!! Very excited to see it all unfold!
HAPPY :) that this has NOT gotten you down. 'When the goin' get's tough...the TOUGH get goin' '! WELL DONE Doug! You n' Stacy work soOOoo hard. Health and God Bless you n' yours!
My name is Tim and my wife is Beverly we are starting our homestead in a couple of weeks. We watch your videos everyday. I love them and all the info from it we have always lived in the city and are so excited to leave it behind and start this new life. Please keep kicking them out I need all the help I can get
Wow, what an education about the root cellar!! I remember my grandmother’s storm/root cellar. It was concrete walls And I think it was a dirt floor seems like it had a concrete roof on it yeah I did and then the walls were mounted up so it really wasn’t more than two steps two or three steps down to get into it and I can’t even remember if you could stand up in there
Hi Kaye! I have similiar memories. Could walk upright in my Gma's cellar, however I was but a child and my Grandma was short in stature! Love your channel, as well! My African blue basil is awesome, love all the bees, thanks to you!!
When I was in high school we moved into a very old home. The basement/root cellar had concrete walls and a dirt floor. They built a ledge with concrete for the washer and dryer. I hated going down there. We were in the city so we really had no use for a root cellar so I had no idea what a good thing they were.
Rooting for the 1 million ~ 1st time commentating. Thanks for all you do!
Doug & Stacy, you guys are where it's at. Great information for a time such as this!💝🙏🏾🔥
Bless you both for sharing everything with us like you don't have enough to do already with just making your own life run smoothly. Y'all are so blessed.
I live in town I would like the quiet here is traffic, sirens, police issues etc The natural sounds like chickens or farm animals are soothing.
Doug, When I build Freezer in the plants we do the following: We dig down 12"".......... We put down a 4 inch cement mud slab, We then put in 2 layers of styrofoam Crossed Stacked, we then put in a Vapor Barrier, then pour the finished slab on top of that. We have no problem with anything coming up from the ground. You can get the plans from any Freezer company that puts in large holding freezers. I will get you the plans.
I have a Honda generator. It’s what the road crew recommended. They run the road disaster lights with Honda generators.
I love y’all’s videos and the great information. You are on point with how advantageous it is for us to learn from others and it’s free. Between your channel and Living Traditions Homestead, we have been able to avoid several oopsies. Thank you again as this is on the to-do list.
I enjoy Doug and Stacy so much! LOVE the ROOSTERS, the homestead and all the tips! Thanks for the GREAT info and the laughs too!
You guys are such a blessing to all of us that are wanting to be homesteaders . I’m saving all the videos for when I one day can do this. ❤
I've learned a lot from you and Stacy over the years thank you very much for being on videos like you do
We are fortunate to have a basement under our house. It's not very nice. Our house is a hundred years old. The basement has a brick floor, stone walls and six feet deep. It stays dry. We will be insulating the ceiling. This will be a 14'x14' storage area when finished. We're like you in that there are always projects to do on our homestead so you have to set priorities. Thanks for the encouragement to keep going. I'm 75 and my wife is 74. Things get done at a slower pace now. Mike
We are also off grid. We have learned so much from you guys! I keep sharing the videos! Hopefully helping you reach the goal!
Hi Doug, just came from a channel where a younger couple built a root cellar. Their water table went from about 10 feet at construction, (late summer) which they back filled with gravel to about 7 feet. By mid-summer the spring thaw (they're in Alaska) had raised the water table to about 4 feet and the walls were beginning to collapse, the shelves had bent under the weight, and the stair had warped. Bummer! They had to shrug, learn from it, and move on. Lots of research, but the VERY heavy snowfall got them. They're upbeat, and it was a learning experience for them. Nice young folks. Cheers, Doug, for your info!
Thanks for this...I had a root cellar when I lived in Europe. We had a window in ours that we had to use to help regulate it...had 3 seasons where we had to borrow a dehumidifier from the in-laws to keep extra humidity out, but we had electric hooked up...miss having a root cellar for sure, we too stored everything in it👍😉
It looks great, glad you have the sub pump! Love your vids, im about a third through...watch Stacy Cook alot, and re-watch those vids alot😁 used her k9mucha trick to make my own kavass, it worked a charm👍
This is first time I have seen your off grid Root cellar. The solar overhang is brilliant as it is also acting as a overhanging rain protection while going in/out of cellar. Brilliant.
Thank you for sharing this idea. I am sure many will copy your wonderful ideas.
I learn so much from your videos! I really appreciate all the teaching you two provide. Onward and upward with the land search!! Prayers appreciated!
I got alot of good pointers from your videos. I have a 40 acre property in AZ in the mountains which is zone 6b. You guys have helped so much. I love how off grid you guys are. And love that you guys support the Amish. Not to many people are as off grid as you guys. That's why I like watching your videos. Keep up your good work
Love all of the nuggets that i got out of this vid....can’t wait to see what the root cellar ends up looking like once you are all done with the improvements and updates...and how much of the produce from this year ends up down there
Thanks so much for sharing your lessons with all of us! I'm an "armchair homesteader" fan of your channel for a few years now. Perhaps, ( in another life time?) I was an old pioneer woman who watched, learned, and lived in a community of fellow seekers of a peaceful life and you both remind me of all that is good of that time! You work hard, share so much and make life better for all your viewers around the world! I'm excited for your log cabin give away goal! I look forward to celebrating the winner! Carry on with your courage and strength as you face the "root cellars" of your life!
No root cellars in Florida. I remember when I grew up in New York State the root callers. Always interesting information making me “homesteading smart” even if I never get to use it all!
What did they use instead for root vegetables back in the old days?
Good question. I wondered that myself. 🤔
I think it is so important to see the failures or how something did not work like you thought. It makes it real because too often you only see the success and in real life we fail on our own and it gets discouraging. But to see it happen to our mentors also it is not such a big deal when it happens to us. To see even with research and how it worked for others in our own situation it might not work how it should. Thank you both for keeping it real and keep up the great work!
I just started my first ferment!!!!! Garlic and Hunny it smells good already! Keep bringing us more videos
Love your videos
I grew up in Ontario using the cellar for a cold room. No furnace and a dirt floor. Really enjoy your videos. If only I were 30 years younger!
I have learned so much from all of the videos. The ones with all of the information on what you can do to improve your health. Keep up all of the of the great videos. I plan on going back to watch all the videos you have made starting from number ONE.
I live in a 100 year old house and I have a root cellar instead of a basement! I love mine. Because the root cellar is under my kitchen the temperature stays at a pretty consistent 49-50 degrees, even in winter. It is dark in the root cellar unless I turn the hanging light on. It has a dirt floor, concrete and granite walls, and wooden shelves for storage.. There is a small window facing west. I store my 5 cubic foot freezer there as well. The water heater for the house is on the east wall. I use a small fan sitting on a folding chair to circulate the air. There are 8x8 floor beams running west to east (holding up the upstairs living room floor) but are the root cellar ceiling beams and I can hang my garlic, onions, and drying herbs. I store my potatoes in wooden crates, as well as my squashes, and gourds. All my canning is shelved there, along with my “sale” items, and over stock or winter items. I can’t believe how well people planned for storage and prepped 100 years ago.
When you showed a picture of the sump pump drain line across the ceiling of your Root cellar, I saw an "s"-trap. That trap will siphon. That is not the way you do a trap. Each drain needs a trap and it's own vent. The trap prevents any sewer gases from escaping into the room and the vent allows the water to flow. Without a vent, the water will siphon out of the trap and you get a room full of stinky gas. Oops.
You are assuming the pump has no check valve, in which it can't siphon backwards
@@duanescott5399
Incorrect. I am not speaking of the pump drain. I am speaking of the fixture above, which utilizes the s trap. That will siphon itself, releasing sewer gases into the room of above, whatever it is - a sink or a tub or whatever.
As for a check valve in the pump, if it is set up correctly, there should be a tiny weep-hole just above the outlet of the pump, but still within the confines of the drainage sump. This allows the water column to drain back, so the pump is not starting against a full head of pressure. For each vertical foot, there is 1/2 pound per square inch of static pressure.
@Quazie Wabbit
I get what you are saying in broad terms. But again you are making the assumption that it is hooked to a sewerage system. I'd say with fair surety that its an overland run off outlet. As for the pump starting under head pressure it would only be 4 psi at best, and that is subjective without doing the math on the pipe size. That is minimal for the startup of most pumps
Also the S trap isnt hooked to the pump line. Both the pump line and whatever that S trap runs too feed into a 4" outlet. So at best it could only siphon the pump line, but even in that case the sump has water over the inlet. That itself prevents gas intrusion. But it does appear to have a check valve about 3' above the pump. Lol l think we need Doug to adjudicate on both our assumptions. Cheers from Australia, have a good day bud
@@duanescott5399
@ All - how do I let myself get into these messes. I went back and looked at the picture, although it is only a few frames and I had to go back and forth several times, but there is indeed some form of rudimentary vent behind that s trap, which would likely allow it to siphon only to the top of the inverted weir, re-establishing a trap to the fixture above. However, that 'vent' is open to the rest of the drain system, so it allows sewer gas into the lower room all the time. Oh, the fun really begins when the main line plugs up and someone is upstairs dumping liquids down that fixture. With no place to go, it will back out through that rudimentary event and everything in the cellar gets bathed with whatever is being dumped down the sink.
I am going to bow out at this stage. I was a plumber for 48 years. That's enough time. Someone else's turn now.TTFN
I grew up with a root cellar. I also grew up without electricity and running water. Dad dug a cistern by hand and God blessed him by hitting a cool spring and it never went dry. My brother owns my home place. I acre.
Why didn’t you try DRYLOCK on the walls, we painted it on the inside of the exterior walls, which took care of water leakage around a foundation. We had small cracks over the years & were dealing with a large river and snow every winter that would cause basement to flood. The pump just took the water out of the basement to the ground level that was saturated with water and the water seeped back in. The contractors said they had to pull the dirt away from the foundation and tar it for $40k -10 years ago and the DRYLOCK took care of the seepage problem. We used it a 2nd time on our lanai in Hawaii. When we bought it it had carpet, we tore out and the white Capet was soaked, tack board devolved and moldy from rain water coming in for years.we Drylock painted both sides of the siding door and after 3 yrs and hundreds of storms and hurricanes water has penetrated. Also we have used FLEX SEALED our leaking toilets in the tile pipe toilet drain under the toilet in or Philippines condo and that also sealed the water from coming out when flushing.
T would seems that if you sealed the sealing where it was leaking with one of those products and wherever else you are having problems it would help.
All the info you share in each vlog is invaluable to me and my progeny because we plan on buying acreage for our own family farm. You are blessing us because you're educating us through your learned-the-hard-way wisdom!! Sincere, heartfelt thanks!!
Luv y’all, I’ve learned sooo much!! And I’m pushing 60!! You guys are awesome 🦋 Luvs, Sherri 😊🧑🏻🌾
Ya'll are groovy. Ya'll have increased our lifestyle immensely. Doug I learn new life skills like you, through trial and error and lots of mistakes. A skilled off gridder is one that can recover well. Stay groovy man.
Living in Minnesota, my first thought is that I'd need a dehumidifier running. I'm sorry to hear that you had struggles this long. Love & light friends
What did they do back in the old days with no electricity? I live in mn too.
@@MFaith777, I don't think they had this issue in the old days. The walls of their root cellars would have been dirt or wood. Water would have had an escape route.
I sure learn a lot from yall's video. I like the fact that yall make mistakes as you go and you don't hide them, you make us aware of them and tell us how you fixed it so we will not make the same mistakes. Yall are such good people doing what yall do for your fellow men and women. God Bless you both!
a freeze dryer could be a great addition too . 💡
I wish they weren't so expensive but they're worth it for sure
@@nanmaco really? i thought it was just a vacuum with a cryo freezer, which is just like running two freezers at the same time. Not much in the way of wattage. Plus they can just use it during the day so they're not using battery power as much.
Thanks for the video! Doug, I had that eye opening experience when I went to the grocery story and the cashier literally went through the meat I had in my cart and was telling me what I could and couldn't buy! We are taking it step by step but my family and I are starting the process of raising and processing our own meat on our homestead. Love you guys and everything you do!!!
Love watching all of your videos. I've been learning a lot from you guys. Keep up the good work!
Hey yall! I started watching your channel with a few months ago. The tractor supply “situation” caught my attention 😳 and I’ve been hooked on catching up. Bing watching, getting my ‘Doug & Stacy’ fix on the daily. It’s extremely educational for me. God bless yall for sharing with others that want to learn about being more self sufficient and taking better care of yourself. And getting closer to our food! Now that I know it helps to comment on the older videos (not very tech savvy here 😆) I’ll comment on more of them as I watch. I’m loving Stacy’s videos on fermentation and everything FOOD! I’m hooked! Much love and prayers!!❤️🙏
Great information even if its not building anything off-grid. Just good knowledge to know.
Hi Stacy and Doug, this was a great video, thank you! We live right outside New Orleans and we deal with moisture above ground so I could only imagine if we made cellar in ground.
We are moving to MS soon to live on my mom’s land. We’ll be in our fifth wheeler at first but we plan to build on land. We may build a root cellar I’m not sure but at least this video will help us to know what to do and what to not do, thank you!
One more thing I bought the Sun Oven from your link. It looks very well made and it’s pretty easy to understand. I’ve only cooked once so far due to packing but it was pretty easy I just kinda messed up, it was my own fault. I started too late and I didn’t keep moving the oven. The meal smelled amazing when I opened it but my veggies weren’t as soft as I would like. The meat was very good though. If anyone is reading this and interested I recommend the Sun Oven and I recommend starting before 2pm. I know that was dumb on my part I was just a little too excited and I just couldn’t wait to try it. Once we get moved I’ll cook and let ya know how it worked. Thanks for the great videos!
I remember my GMa's basement had a natural floor... I was too young to contemplate any issues they may have had. They were several zones North of you.
Thanks for all of your honesty on what works and what doesn't. I have been harping on the importance of having a root cellar for years.
In the mountains of VA you only need perforated pipe at the base and everything else just goes down hill :)
Finally hearing the saga of the root cellar. Your honesty as always is appreciated. I got our sweet potatoes out 2 weeks ago. About 40 lbs. got in dark corner of basement. On a home made storage rack. Will see how they do.
I love Stacy's cooking vlogs. Hope she will do some hearty soups and show some we can store in mason jars?
We have an ICF root cellar with a concrete floor, metal deck roof with dirt and grass on top, closet maid shelving, and electricity. We love it and haven't had any issues with it. I do know that we did an inverted u shape elevation on the floor before we pored the walls. I don't know if I am explaining this well, but water will not rise and go over the barrier. Also, others do the walls and then pour the concrete floors (Cutting the styrofoam between the pours). A tiny bedroom humidifier with a humidity control sensor will help with percentage of humidity needed. A small dehumidifier will help in the spring (when it rains). Also, we put that plastic wall board on the walls and when needed, we just pressure wash it down for cleanliness. Our other root cellar is rock/morter and dirt floor - hate it - just a mess and can't keep bugs out.
Thats more nuggets then an XL happy meal.
We are digging into the side of a hill a primitive sandbag root cellar.
Project starts next spring. I will take pics and document the progress to show you the process. Cheers.
P.s. we got a killer frost about 3 weeks ago.
Wow that's sucks having to go back and redo your cellar. Thanks Doug for all your updates. I love watching halls videos. I learn something new every video.
I want to hear more about your solar! That’s our ideal situation
I love our Renogy 300 watt solar panels. It's a great system that does not need proprietary parts. Solid, well made and produces well.
Just leaving a comment,doing my part
and it is much appreciated =)
Me too, Malarie !! These videos are so interesting !!
You make me so happy your videos are the best my dad passed a long time ago so now you guys teach me I'm grateful for all you do
I think the most important fact I took away from this video is: Know the area you're living in. That means know it not only topographically but climate wise, soil wise, people wise, laws and bylaws, etc. The more you know and prepare for the less surprises you'll encounter in the future. Even small scale farming (supplementing what you buy) will not work on a vim. If you don't research your area you'll be in for some failures.
Great info saves me time figuring out what and how I can make my own. Something to hand down to future generations. Knowledge and stored goods. I'm excited about learning more. Thank you for all your attention to providing such helpful info!
We don’t have root cellars in Louisiana, in fact we have to bury folks above the ground down in the southernmost part of the state or they’ll just pop up out of the ground. I sure would like to win that log cabin, I’m doing all I can!
What did your ancestors do for root vegetables?
You and Stacy are AWESOME folks. I know you will resolve this issue. God bless and hang tight the lord will make things work out! 🕊😇❤
Hey Doug, what are you using to record your voice so far from the camera? Your videos are always so professional !!
Good question!!! Inquiring minds want to know!!!
Rode Mic and good seeing ya!
@@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY Thanks Doug ! Give my regards to your sweetheart !
Very timely discovery of this video. Our foundation footers were poured yesterday. We're using the same foam forms and paving the cellar floor with concrete. We get about the same amount of rain here as you and our hilltop can get very wet. Thank you, you guys are great!
Wow Stacey has been busy canning! Quick question, bought rice and dried beans fromstore, do you keep in plastic bags or do you store in Masson jars or vacuum pack? Trying to build emergency supply. Any advice appreciated.
Food grade buckets are best for 1-2 years but keep them in a dry place, not a root cellar.
Love all that you teach. I do not live off grid . But I do love a simple life and I have learned meny things from the both of you. You are a blessing.
Hi Doug I have a question , can I contact you when my husband and I start building a root cellar in Browning Missouri where we have some land, we hope to one day build a log cabin over it if that would be possible , and love watching your videos, I have watched your progress for years and love the information you always share, and tell Stacy I hope to have a big garden like hers one day, love ya
Pioneers lived a hard life. I gotta say, thank God for some modern conveniences. Cause it's really hard doing it all by myself. My hats off to you and Stacy. God Bless! Carmen
Hence the "21st century"
Check out the root cellar Shawn James made on his homestead in the Canadian wilderness. Absolutely gorgeous and all from timbers cut from his trees! Check it out! God Bless!
LLjean 2857 what is the name of his site?
@@lesliejacobs1439 this is the channell: My Self Reliance
Leslie Jacobs....He has 2 sites, one is Shawn James and the other is My Self Reliance. I don't remember which site it was on! I watch both of them, but I think it was on the second one. Very amazing! I think he has a Mix made up of all his videos of the build! Enjoy and God Bless!
LLjean 2857 ..I just looked up .Shawn James..and came upon a great acoustical guitarist..that does a great cover of “There ain’t no Sunshine when she’s gone”..haha thanks..I will keep looking though.
@@lesliejacobs1439 I also got a guitarist, but if you type "Shawn James building a root cellar" you get his "My Self Reliance" videos and then scroll through to find the root cellar videos! Don't know why his Shawn James channel doesn't come up! Good luck and God Bless!