Yes!! Listen to these folks! Grow a garden, preserve some food, learn to cook from scratch, make friends with your neighbors, take that first step to self reliance!! ❤️
Y'all motivated me. This year, in the burbs, my wife and I have started our 1ST Garden!! Only (4) tomato plants, (3) squash, and (3) zucchini. But it's a start!! 😁🙏🇺🇸
@@LivingTraditionsHomestead I would like to start my own chickens for both eggs and meat. For meat birds can you raise Cornish Cross from an original purchase or do you have to order new chicks each season? Thank you both so much! God bless!
@The gardener That is what I was afraid of; pretty much back to square one. I'd like to find a breed that raises well like the CC, but will be one that will continue on without the need to always buy again every season.
Someone asked me why I was canning so much. I replied that I have relied on growers, processors and grocers for years. Now I am moving, at 71, to hunter/gatherer until I can be a grower! Thanks to you and other homesteaders, I have canned dry beans, rice, flour and pork and chicken! Our front yard is now growing tomatoes, peppers, Jerusalem Artichokes and some day sweet potatoes, yard long beans and squash! Thank you!!
All these ideas lean toward Transition Towns which began in Totnes in England: Live small, share tools, buy locally and share with neighbours, family block parties, zero waste---
I'm 62 and felt like maybe I can't get this done... I'm feeling encouraged and empowered! We all have to do this! I have kids and grand kids I have to do my part to provide for them. They are all first responders and work thru this and any disaster. Here in Florida we have hurricanes. I have an acre and I want to utilize it fully. I'm interested in the Idaho pasture pigs!
@@fadedglory1045 We are in our 70s, and if we can do it, *you* can do it! We are in Tennessee and grow (4) 50 ft. rows biointensively to feed 3 families. We may have to move to Florida to be closer to grandkids and daughter (joining forces so they can eat better). We figured we could do it on a 1/4 acre in FL if the house is situated just right. We would *love* an acre, but we can't afford it. We understand from talking to many homesteaders down there, that there are many restrictions on animals. I hope you don't run into those problems. Good luck! ~ Kir and Ron in Tennessee
Ron Strobel we are one of the last areas to allow animals on just an acre. Some with money are moving in and building new fancy homes and want all the restrictions. We keep fighting to keep it as is. The new train being built along 528 and 95 are encroaching on us as they have bought up land to build neighborhoods out here. So people can live in our quaint little town and work in Miami or Jacksonville. I for one don't always like progress 😉 ☹️ thanks for the input.
@@fadedglory1045 Perhaps you could recruit some neighbors to join you on your land to grow enough for your neighborhood? Everyone who helps will eat :-)
I'm on lockdown with my elderly mother. I've got all the gardens and containers I have full this year. I think she has really enjoyed watching all the growth eventhough she can't help much. When I get stressed about all this covid19 or the work needed in the gardens, I just remind myself this is for her.
I live in the city. Raised not knowing anything about preparing or gardening and I recently tore up what little dirt was on my patio and started planting. I just saw that my potatoes are growing. I also bought canning supplies. If I can do it, anyone can. Just try! Good luck to all of us❤️🌎
Thank you, Angel (and Kevin and Sarah)! I hope others with the same background as you take courage and just GROW FOOD. Thank you for encouraging a big group of people. We saw food instability coming a few years ago and moved south so we could grow food for our family. But you can grow at least some food anywhere you live. Learn what grows in your area, and start NOW. It will take time to learn the lessons. God bless your efforts!
~~~Thank you because your both so right my dear friends. .PEOPLE LISTEN AND DO ...EVEN PLANT IN POTS....PEOPLE YOU CAN DO IT....START TODAY......GOD'S JOY.
Thank you Kevin & Sarah. A very relevant message to the world, not onlyAmerica. You are an inspiration and example for many. Christian greetings from Souh Africa 😍
I finally planted 2 tomatoes in a planter next to my front door. I can reach them from my steps. I have several mobility issues, I'm doing as much as I can. Bless our farmers
I've been Gardening for years. COMPLETELY turned my garden into NO TILL moved over 32 cubic yards of compost, manure, and mulch. Built 4 huge raised beds, and made 20 wicking tubs. Started new strawberry patch, asparagus patch, and blueberrys. We are raising 21 laying hens and are ordering 20 meat chickens this weekend. Will do another 20 in July. That's about 200 lbs of chicken when butchered. We harvest 2 deer a year giving us another 130 lbs of meat. We pressure can everything. Plan on 1000 jars this year. Also harvest locally caught fish for the freezer. Our next adventure is bee keeping. Constantly improving our permaculture homestead. We're retired and raising 2 beautiful granddaughters. Food has become EXTREMELY important for us and is priority #1 Thinking about buying a green house for next year. Love your videos and great ideas. We're going to be more dependant than ever before about food supply and seed keeping. PEACE BROTHERS AND SISTERS 🙏💙
Kevin & Sarah, this year we have expanded our garden to help out some of our elderly neighbors they just can't maintain a garden do to their health issues. We have also included extra chickens, pigs, turkeys. We made the decision to do this way before this pandemic became an issue. The need was discussed at church at our annual harvest day back late September. We raised the money for extra grain etc...We live in an area that takes over an hour just to get to a grocery store. Our local farmers have seen an increase of community resident's ordering directly from them. For the last 2 years we go shopping for things we can't produce here flour, sugar, rice, paper products etc... The last time I went shopping was mid October. I encourage others to look out for their elderly neighbors. We will get through this. God Bless and be well.😊😊
Yes indeed! I live in the rural Midwest and self employed in the dairy industry and get my food from my clients and my neighbors, Amish, Mennonites and I started my garden!
Such a terrible waste of food, sickens me. Your message is so timely, and needs to be heard. This is not a blip on the near time radar screen. Thank you so much for taking the time from your busy day to post this. Stay safe, and God bless you.
What really irks me is many of those farmers could donate to food banks. Revised: referring to crops. My comment comes from having seen a farmer dump a whole lot of crops recently. I would volunteer to pick for free if it's being donated. I don't need it for myself, but I am sure there are others who would do the same.
Yes, and like they said...it doesn't just go back to "normal" like a flip of a switch...I personally do not want to eat meat or anything else from other countries...even US plants send things off to China and other places to be processed because it is cheaper...not better for you...
A lot of them are, near us I know dairy farms donated milk to our local food pantries. People could donate to help the dairy farmers at one of the grocery stores to help them out too for their losses. A lot of it is logistics of getting large amounts to the pantries. I heard a large restaurant farmer saying he'd love to donate but has no way to transport it. It is a shame.😥
My husband and I just discovered the two of you about a week ago, after deciding we need to get busy and start gardening. We have binge watched numerous videos of yours and are thankful for all the information you have provided. We have property in South West Virginia, but very hilly and lots of wooded areas. Will be doing planter boxes around the house. Glad we discovered you after viewing some of the others. Love your down to earth lifestyle and approach. God bless and stay safe.
Sue Penn hello we are from WV also and we have started some gardening here also ...in boxes....our land isn’t level but we are making boxes with timbers. We have done small garden in the past but we are getting serious now. We all must do what we can.
I am in south east Kentucky. Do you have a bunch of brush in your wooded areas? If so, have you considered goats? Their poo is almost as good as rabbit for fertilizer and they help control the brush.
@@HoneyHollowHomestead , I would love goats and actually planned for them. My husband doesn't want anymore animals, outside of chickens. He wants us to be able to finally go more places, without added responsibility that would keep us home. We have personal pets as well. 😪
@@SuePenn I understand that. It is possible to travel when you have livestock, but it takes more planning and coordination, and even more money if a sitter is needed. But, even with chickens, you'll need someone to at least collect the eggs for you. Systems can be put in place for feeding and watering.
I started stocking up my pantry on Jan 23rd but we are faced with new challenges every turn. My husband and I started working on our city garden in early March and thanks to that we ran into your channel. Thank you for addressing the current situation and helping us do as best as we can. Blessings.
We got our first road island red laying hens. The HOA allows them just no roosters and the coop has to be below the fence. I also ordered a non electric fence from premier1 so I can rotate them around our yard and keep them out of the gardens.
Just ordered an All American Caner to compliment our Presto....have the garden plants ready to go into the ground ...with the ground cover ....Have a big H frame to hang any thing from a cow on down. Raise quail, egg layers with a couple roosters, Bourbon Red Turkeys, heat mostly with wood. At 70 + years of age we are used to surviving. Enjoy your how to video and wish you the best.
Thank you,we're are building out raised beds now.this has just helped to encourage us.we are 66 and 67 so this is a first for us.your never to old to start
Got the OK an hour ago from a couple of friends of mine that are willing to share some of their garden space with me. I'll also be putting tomato plants on my front porch. Thanks for all the great information you provide!
Yes, I started my first Cornish crossed they're 5 weeks now. I've got 9 of them and two old buffs that aren't laying any longer that will be processed. We r in NJ. Was planning on taking them to be processed, but it may be we do it here at home. Our garden hasn't been started yet, will purchase plants from local farmers. I watched your whole series on growing Cornish very helpful. Also made the homemade hamburger buns, they were a bit! Thanks for inspiration.
You were lucky to find a place to get it processed. Here (Middle Tennessee) it is hard to find a processor right now: either shut down or so overloaded with appointments that you have to wait months. ~ Kir and Ron in Tennessee
I am definitely going to share this with my son and daughter. They are both married and on their own but growing up here on my husbands family farm of 200 acres has instilled the importance of being self sufficient to both of them. We have always had a garden, we hunt & fish (yes, WE, I do as well!) I can, pickle, make jam, etc. and we believe this new situation we find ourselves in is going to become the new normal for a good while yet. Thank you for sharing your knowledge as there are many more people out there who can/will benefit from this kind of information. Stay well Sarah & Kevin! 🙏
I am so sorry for the situation that the USA is experiencing at the moment, here in Spain we have had similar problems with the waste of food, it's pretty much unavoidable. Although our supermarkets do have alot of imported food, in my region the people are a little less sophisticated and tend to buy mostly local food. It's a mindset that we all need to adopt going forward. Always Buy local and in season. Spain is beginning to come out of the crises.. on Saturday I'm going to be able to leave the farm with my husband for the first time since March 11 for a walk! 😀 It's the little things you know. Hang in there, you will come through this!
Through the grace of God I am able to take care of my family. I have learned a lot over the years on gardening. And I am in awe of God's grace of watching plants grow. How all of nature is involved as HE has made it so. I am a grateful caretaker for God and thank you for all the great advice.
Excellent advice for anyone in the world that can acquire the resources and space to start producing at least some of their own food. When people stop to admire my front yard garden, I have been asking them if they garden and whether they do or not, I encourage them to grow more food. I keep some seeds I have saved in my pocket often times to give away to push people to grow something. I also grow extra plants to give away, and this year I was able to restart a few people in gardening, and gave the first ever tomato plant to the family across the street.
I love that you both care enough to take the time to say this message to people that could use encouragement to be more self sufficient even though the backlash may be harsh. This video was very generous and brave, but also has a little bit of tough love that people always need ;) I personally have recently worked with local farmers for meat, as we are limited to animals we can have in our subdivision, but I have put in extra effort into my garden the last couple years to learn new things. This year my goal is seed saving and canning! I am for some reason terrified of canning, but it is time to learn. Thank you for this video!
Debbie-Texas. Its ok to be a little scared of canning but YOU CAN DO IT:) and theres no feeling like it when you hear the ping of the jars sealing and you know you provided for your family!!
at 60 I learned to water bath and pressure can by watching channels such as this one on you tube along with The Kneady Homesteader and 2leelou Creates. All three ladies follow the rules of canning and start with something easy like jam. I never ate jam in my life until I made my own, I knew every berry that went into the jam was fresh, no bugs and you sure can't say that about store bought. Go for it. And for everything else buy wide mouth jars everything fits easily into the jar and you don't have three different jar sizes with bands and lids.
I'm in Canada . Went to visit a pal, hours away. Then self quarantine came down . I'm all good. We bought more freezers. Have pork, chickens, beef ordered. Tons of canned . We both can, smoke, kill, clean, etc. Two single women in their 60's who aren't afraid. The garden beds have been Cleared, cleaned and topped. No animals allowed here. Bummer. But we got smart- juice totes 4x4x4... cut in half. Now raised bed. Lol Lots. Lots of huge pots, 5 gallon Pails. Yep , we are good. Oh, and we share....bedding plants, foods Everyone please be safe
I started watching you when all this virus started and went and bought some chickens and they are 3 weeks old now and going to buy some rabbits, you have really opened our family's eyes and we are taking it to heart. Thank you and others out there who share their homestead ideas for city living. Take care and God bless.
Yes, be as self efficient as you can. Bought my first piece of land this year. Going to plant today. Dug up a area for a garden. 16 1/2 ft X 16 1/2 ft. Might not use all this space this year. But at least I have room to expand if needed. Next year a greenhouse and I have another place to add more garden space if I ever need it at all.
We too are starting our own veg beds in our garden. Our greenhouse is full of seedlings waiting to be planted. I wish we'd started it years ago. But if it wasn't for Coronavirus forcing my husband to be at home and not at work I don't think we'd have done as much as we have as fast as we have. I love your videos. So inspiring.
To all of the people working in the meat and farming industries...thank you and stay safe! We city dwellers appreciate all you do! Also thanks Sara and Kevin! I found you guys a few years ago, love your channel and I now grow as much food in my city yard as possible. You people inspire me!
I have gardened for 40 years and lived on a farm my whole life, for the most part always having milk cows, chickens, beef and pigs stock and even for me this video was overwhelming. I know u mean well and kinda like a good parent laying the law down....this is a A LOT to handle... whether you have all the space u need or non at all....Hang in there everyone!!! I think this situation isn't all or nothing....I think everyone can calmly pick something and do it....but hang in there...it will be harder now to get supplies u need that so many people r probably doing the same thing. Kevin and Sarah r a perfect resource! Dive into their videos and u will b able to do something 👍🙏🌱
Thank you, Kevin and Sarah, I just ordered the Seed To Seed book from you. Love Bakers Creek. Been there a couple of times and hope they open again soon. We live a little ways away, but not too far in OK. At 85 years old, I am using very high raised beds now, but still gardening.
Thank you guys for your concern for all of us and giving us such good advice. I have watched this video 3 times and will save it. I have purchased the Complete Ball Canning Book. I love it. Also the recipes look great. My garden is small but Plenty big enough for the 2 of us. Thank you for your encouragement. God Bless you and your family.
Got a little choked up. I’ve known the seriousness of the situation but hearing the urgency in your voice really drove it home. Gods been preparing you to get ready to help us all. Sending you all the love ❤️
We're in the Northeast, colder than normal this year but anxious to get the garden started. Due to your influence, great teaching, and videos, I ordered a pressure canner and plan to learn how to preserve meat as well as vegetables.
I wish I could like this video a million times. Amen to having books🙌🙌🙌 We have zero yard and grow everything in containers. I plan on canning what I can get from our local farmer this year and seed saving. Also starting to learn how to sew/knit and starting a long term food storage. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and encourage newbies like myself 💛
I am in Queensland Australia We bought 5 Glass top patio tables for $10 each from our local tip shop and have set up raised garden beds. Rabbits not allowed in Queensland. We have a Husky he loves chicken not game to take the risk.
I so agree with you! I am living in a city and I used to grow my vegetables in a garden. Now, I grow them in pots! And you can grow things like herbs inside all year long. EVERYBODY can do something, even the smallest thing. I hope this will open the eyes of many people!
Thrift stores are a great place to find dehydrators and canning jars. Also look for containers for plants. It is too hot here to raise rabbits but our chickens are doing well. I am canning meat, as much as I can lay my hands on. Hopefully, our garden produces and our fruit trees bear fruit. Any action is better than no action.
Hard times, can't raise animals in the city I live but I am gardening what ever I can. God is good. Praying we can get land with a home in the country soon. Getting harder and harder here. God's blessing to you and yours
Outstanding. You have an incredible informative channel loaded with well-done, thoughtful collections of videos. Well done! One can clearly can see the work you put into planning, scripting, filming and editing.
@jerry spears Try planting things that Are pretty. Rainbow "chard", Carrots are pretty greens, pepper plants. Plant flowers in the front & veggies behind 'em. Just make sure they are not going to be huge veggie plants. Consider what you can plant in flowerpots. ( Peas, cherry toomatoes, salad greens, herbs). Good luck!
We are looking to move in the newer couple of years. I can’t wait to not have an hoa. Our daughter uses a wheelchair and we even got in trouble because we didn’t get permission before we put a removable ramp on the house. 🙄
Spot on! Making SOOO much sense at a time when many channels prefer to tippy toe around this really important subject! God bless you for speaking out with the wisdom that has been around for ages but has never been so timely!
OMG SARA & KEVIN, I CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW AWESOME THIS VIDEO IS. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST ONE. THE PASSION THE BOTH OF YOU HAVE FOR THIS WAY OF LIFE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR FUTURE OF THE WAY OF LIFE. I HAVE STARTED SIMPLY BY DOING SOME CANNING. BUT I LIVE IN A CITY THAT YOU CAN NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF ANIMALS EXCEPT FOR CATS & DOGS. MY MOBLIE HOME PARK WON'T ALLOW GARDENS BUT I THINK I AM GONNA TRY CONTAINER GARDENING. THANKS GUYS, AND KEEP YOUR PASSION INFULL GEAR. AND PLEASE GIVE HOPE AN EXTRA SCRATCH ON HER EARS FROM THE OLD LADY FROM SAN BERNARDINO, CA. THANKS AGAIN. 💗🐄
Bonnie Yost, I have tried, but we get new management so often the requests get lost. But I can say there is massive citrus fruits here and most of the time it just gets wasted by falling on the ground rotting. It is so painfull. I think I am the only one who doesn't have citrus.... I have AVOCADOS. And believe everyone wants some. But does anyone know of how I can freeze or can them??? I don't know even if they can be frozen. Thanks for the advise Bonnie.
I have been thinking this way since February and trying to gently steer my friends and family toward giving it some thought. Most of them can’t wrap their minds around the idea that they can’t just order everything they want next day off the internet. Most of us are such hothouse flowers. I am working on more than doubling the size of my garden this year. I started saving seeds last year, and I have stocked up on the dry goods I can’t grow. I keep telling people I hope with all my heart that in a couple months they’ll be able to tell me I overreacted. But, so far, my batting average in the forecast department has been distressingly high.
Hothouse flowers.. lol. Love that analogy 😁 sounds like you are a dandelion. Even the poisons they sell to rid yards of these power houses are of little use, the indomitable persistence of the multitalented dandelion shines through year after year. Grow On! 😁🌱
You're absolutely right. Buying local is important for many reasons. Not the least of which is that the farmer sees more money for his wares than if he has to sell through a middle man. We've branched out over the past ten years from gardening into bee keeping, egg layers, and this year we're starting meat birds (while researching rabbit rearing). Thank you both for your thorough and informative videos. You've helped us a lot since we found your channel a couple years ago. Keep up the good work!
GOoD morning! First of all I thank GOD for you both as well as your channel. My wife (Mary) and I just love you both and all the knowledge that you share. This video has confirmed our decision to be more self sufficient. We live in California in a small rural town on a half acre I'm currently setting up a quarter of the back yard as a garden. In addition, we have been canning off and on for several years with plans on going full bore. I'm in the process of getting all of the books you mentioned. We look forward to seeing more videos. I'll send pictures on our progress. Thank you so very much and may God continue to bless you and your family!!!🙏🙏❤
Just want you to know how much I enjoy seeing you two and the great manner you present and educate. I have had a veggie garden for over 60 years. Am too old to homestead now but love to see what you are all doing and get some great ideas from you. Keep up the good works.
Such a timely message! The past several years I have been aware of my family of people of faith, including our own household, have been impressed upon to "get rural" as much as possible. Learning and practicing the old ways is becoming much more common. My family has been actively searching for acreage to homestead in our area for a couple years now. We currently live in an area that would be called suburban and it doesn't allow for anything but some container gardening at the moment. But I have tomatoes, peppers, spinach, kale, lettuce, microgreens and some herbs in pots. I am also trying okra in pots. Not super confident that it will work but you never know unless you try! Everybody can do SOMETHING! Times are changing...…..
Sarah I have been a stylist for 30 years and your hair looks to be a perfect salt and pepper so pretty, this would be a great time to start letting the color grow out and enjoy it for years before the all grey comes. I love your show you guys are so smart and you all look so happy. Thanks Mary
I remember about 12 years ago when I started growing my food, and canning like we did when I was a kid. People thought it was 'cute' and would ask how would I ever eat all of that, then be shocked at how much food they went through when they took notes. I have about 1/2 acre of raised beds and a few in ground and can be sure I won't go hungry (3 of us) through a tough Montana winter. What seemed crazy 12 years ago, well now, I guess I doesn't look so crazy. So ready to help anyone I can learn to grow, save seed, start seed and can and preserve what they grow. I am lucky I grew up with parents who grew up on a farm and always had a garden.
So many people don’t have food and so much food being wasted. It’s appalling. Thank you for this great video and list of books. Knowledge is power. Thanks again!
I live in a trailer park and can't have outside animals and I can't have them in my house because my cats would kill them so I started 12 grow beds in my yard and my mom's yard so that we can grow our own vegetables and I am learning how to can everything in it and other things as well. Thank you for the info. God bless and stay safe.
Thank you so much Kevin and Sarah for sharing your knowledge and experience with us all. Yes we are living in a new and changing world. We personally have enlarged our gardening venture and started our own seeds for the first time, and doing well with it. We are also looking at small livestock, chicken, rabbit, quail. We have a big backyard, and also own lots that are close to 1 acre 2 blocks from our house. We live in a small town that allows livestock with in reason and with a permit. We live within 1 block of 4 chicken flocks, and another one coming soon across the alley from us. It can and should be done, if you can , grow or raise at least some of your own food.
I've got 25lbs of beans, potatoes and jelly on my next canning rounds. Learning how to freeze. I miss my stockpile from years ago. I discontinued it when my oldest had to move back home and I needed the extra bedroom. Sigh. I also stopped my raised bed Garden, dismantled it when I lost someone close to me and I was grieving.
People thought I was crazy when I started becoming more self-sufficient. I started by building a greenhouse, buying chicks, building a chicken tractor and chicken house, plowing up a garden spot. I had people asked why you going to do all this extra work when you can just go to the store? I told them one day you might not be able to get things from the store. They laughed and said that will never happen. Now look how thing happened when covid-19 hit. No eggs, low on meat, can goods off the shelves. Multiple things got me to this like all the recalls on produce, tasteless produce and eggs, the thought of all the GMO and hormones, chemicals sprayed on the food. When things first started getting Shakey and I went to my local seed company they was stressing saying people are hoarding seeds. People they never seen in the store flocking in and buying up large amounts of seeds. They worried about how long it will take to restock the amount of seeds that was bought to most like never get planted. Figuring 2 years before they get the stock back. Now all the people that thought I was crazy to do all the work are making sure to let me know they want eggs, produce and chicken if things get crazy to find. Be an Ant not a grasshopper remember that story it will save you in hard times.
Also, be like the little red hen, “You didn’t help me plant the wheat, you didn’t help me grow the wheat, you didn’t help me harvest the wheat, you didn’t help me grind the wheat, you didn’t help me bake the bread. Now you will not help me eat the bread!”
@@cynthiafisher9907 it is amazing when people want your eggs (in my case) but they can't be bothered to bring me their veggie scraps. Or there are those people that drop off rotting food - my girls eat what I would eat, that's why they supply me with the beautiful eggs they lay. I no longer share the eggs with anyone but my family unit.
I agree 100% with you about being able to save food, seeds, and plan your future. Unfortunately, my husband doesn’t exactly agree and I’m disabled and require help turning the ground. I’m ready when God comes back so I’m going to do what I can and pray for help from the All Mighty. God bless you and your girls. Y’all have been a true blessing to me.
I'm in the UK and we went shopping and I bought tomatoes, a few days later I bit into one and the seeds inside were already sprouting so hubby planted them, same happened with an apple as well, the tiny tree is still out the back now, we don't have a garden so we try to grow what we can in growing bags xx
Y’all are great ! I’ve been raising a large garden for years. We have chickens, deer, wild hogs. And I can everything extra. Please keep your videos going! Even at 75 yrs of age, I learn something new from your videos !!
Thank you & Bravo - true to S&K form! May l mention another skill to start NOW is to TELL your Congressman that our food should not be from outside our nation. Polite, firm, & persistent. Also suggest learning about Micro-greens, which can be grown in an apartment.
Agree. The 2013 sale of Smithfield foods to China was one of the largest national security threats and yet...crickets. No mainstream media station covered it.
This has been our first year in our first home. My husband and I are both new to gardening, but we decided it was imperative to start as soon as possible. so we built 2 4x10 raised beds and tilled part of our small city yard. This year we have planted 24 tomato plants, 25 onion and garlic and 8 each of beans, cucumbers, potatoes, zucchini, and snap peas. We also planted 6 fruit bushes and some asparagus to harvest next year. Thank you for your outreach and helpful information. God bless your family.
We've been keeping chickens continually for 20 years. We've increased dramatically the vegetable plots, bought a load of seeds at the beginning of February so I'm so thankful for that!!! I will be letting some vegetables go to seed to save seed for next year.
More than 300 farmers have had to call it quits already, even though Bloomberg says anyone can farm, people are going to see it’s a skill. Learn now because it’s not awalk in the park.
@ Get it Right , Yes , the farmers that have hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in machinery and grow only commodity crops are going to have a hard time. After all , not many people can process soybeans or use sugar beets. I'm growing the standard vegetables , berries and fruits and I'm doing just fine as a farmer. I don't even have a tractor.
Great content! I’ve noticed a massive increase in “New gardener , new to this, never done this before “ TH-cam viewers so obviously people are concerned. Those of us with knowledge have an obligation to share with those with none. I would like to add that even though saving seed from a non heirloom vegetable will not come through true, it will grow a plant with fruit. Even store bought veggies have seeds that will grow. Just stay away from GMO if at all possible. Btw love your channel !
I have a few plants growing in my backyard. Our farmer's market is supposed to open this Saturday. I'm going to try and get there early and buy some things. We have a local dairy that sells raw milk by the gallon. I'd love to get some chickens, but I don't have a brooder or a coop to keep them in. Same goes for rabbits or any other small livestock.
I totally agree with your advice to all of your awesome fans and yes they are all awesome thank y'all so much y'all are the cutest little couple y'all are a beautiful amazing family thumbs up my friends we are extremely proud of you
Everything your saying is so true have been following and practicing your style of living here in a small town in south east Canada, I think my friends and family though I was crazy lol... but not now they are seeing the value in being more self reliant thanks your for sharing your video will be checking out books on your Amazon account...Denis
Thank you so much Sarah and Kevin for taking the time to explain and encourage us in this hard time. You have inspired me to try and grow something. Have a lovely day and regards to the children as well, hope they are keeping well too.
As a little girl, it was my job to clean whatever dad brought home, which was usually fish, squirrel, or rabbit. Once, a snapping turtle (don't recommend that - it was a disgusting clean. Lol) That was a long time ago, but it's good to know that those skills still exist within my memory.
Yes!! Listen to these folks! Grow a garden, preserve some food, learn to cook from scratch, make friends with your neighbors, take that first step to self reliance!! ❤️
Y'all motivated me. This year, in the burbs, my wife and I have started our 1ST Garden!! Only (4) tomato plants, (3) squash, and (3) zucchini. But it's a start!! 😁🙏🇺🇸
Great job! You will really enjoy it. Be careful, that’s how we started. 😂
They are going to be the best tomatoes, squash and zucchini you've ever tasted!
@@LivingTraditionsHomestead I would like to start my own chickens for both eggs and meat. For meat birds can you raise Cornish Cross from an original purchase or do you have to order new chicks each season? Thank you both so much! God bless!
Great start but I sure hope you LOVE LOVE Zucchini! 3 plants is going to produce a whole lot of zucchini!
@The gardener That is what I was afraid of; pretty much back to square one. I'd like to find a breed that raises well like the CC, but will be one that will continue on without the need to always buy again every season.
Someone asked me why I was canning so much. I replied that I have relied on growers, processors and grocers for years. Now I am moving, at 71, to hunter/gatherer until I can be a grower! Thanks to you and other homesteaders, I have canned dry beans, rice, flour and pork and chicken! Our front yard is now growing tomatoes, peppers, Jerusalem Artichokes and some day sweet potatoes, yard long beans and squash! Thank you!!
All these ideas lean toward Transition Towns which began in Totnes in England: Live small, share tools, buy locally and share with neighbours, family block parties, zero waste---
I'm 62 and felt like maybe I can't get this done... I'm feeling encouraged and empowered! We all have to do this! I have kids and grand kids I have to do my part to provide for them. They are all first responders and work thru this and any disaster. Here in Florida we have hurricanes. I have an acre and I want to utilize it fully.
I'm interested in the Idaho pasture pigs!
@@fadedglory1045 We are in our 70s, and if we can do it, *you* can do it! We are in Tennessee and grow (4) 50 ft. rows biointensively to feed 3 families. We may have to move to Florida to be closer to grandkids and daughter (joining forces so they can eat better). We figured we could do it on a 1/4 acre in FL if the house is situated just right. We would *love* an acre, but we can't afford it. We understand from talking to many homesteaders down there, that there are many restrictions on animals. I hope you don't run into those problems. Good luck! ~ Kir and Ron in Tennessee
Ron Strobel we are one of the last areas to allow animals on just an acre. Some with money are moving in and building new fancy homes and want all the restrictions. We keep fighting to keep it as is. The new train being built along 528 and 95 are encroaching on us as they have bought up land to build neighborhoods out here. So people can live in our quaint little town and work in Miami or Jacksonville. I for one don't always like progress 😉 ☹️ thanks for the input.
@@fadedglory1045 Perhaps you could recruit some neighbors to join you on your land to grow enough for your neighborhood? Everyone who helps will eat :-)
I'm on lockdown with my elderly mother. I've got all the gardens and containers I have full this year. I think she has really enjoyed watching all the growth eventhough she can't help much. When I get stressed about all this covid19 or the work needed in the gardens, I just remind myself this is for her.
I live in the city. Raised not knowing anything about preparing or gardening and I recently tore up what little dirt was on my patio and started planting. I just saw that my potatoes are growing. I also bought canning supplies. If I can do it, anyone can. Just try! Good luck to all of us❤️🌎
Good on ya for having a go Angel.
Angel _ Great job!!
Angel _ that’s awesome
Thank you, Angel (and Kevin and Sarah)! I hope others with the same background as you take courage and just GROW FOOD. Thank you for encouraging a big group of people. We saw food instability coming a few years ago and moved south so we could grow food for our family. But you can grow at least some food anywhere you live. Learn what grows in your area, and start NOW. It will take time to learn the lessons. God bless your efforts!
God Bless
~~~Thank you because your both so right my dear friends. .PEOPLE LISTEN AND DO ...EVEN PLANT IN POTS....PEOPLE YOU CAN DO IT....START TODAY......GOD'S JOY.
control the food control the people
Thank you Kevin & Sarah. A very relevant message to the world, not onlyAmerica. You are an inspiration and example for many. Christian greetings from Souh Africa 😍
I finally planted 2 tomatoes in a planter next to my front door. I can reach them from my steps. I have several mobility issues, I'm doing as much as I can.
Bless our farmers
Thank YOU!!! So glad the homestead community is speaking to this important subject!!!
I've been Gardening for years. COMPLETELY turned my garden into NO TILL moved over 32 cubic yards of compost, manure, and mulch. Built 4 huge raised beds, and made 20 wicking tubs. Started new strawberry patch, asparagus patch, and blueberrys. We are raising 21 laying hens and are ordering 20 meat chickens this weekend. Will do another 20 in July. That's about 200 lbs of chicken when butchered. We harvest 2 deer a year giving us another 130 lbs of meat. We pressure can everything. Plan on 1000 jars this year. Also harvest locally caught fish for the freezer.
Our next adventure is bee keeping.
Constantly improving our permaculture homestead.
We're retired and raising 2 beautiful granddaughters. Food has become EXTREMELY important for us and is priority #1 Thinking about buying a green house for next year.
Love your videos and great ideas. We're going to be more dependant than ever before about food supply and seed keeping.
PEACE BROTHERS AND SISTERS 🙏💙
Kevin & Sarah, this year we have expanded our garden to help out some of our elderly neighbors they just can't maintain a garden do to their health issues. We have also included extra chickens, pigs, turkeys. We made the decision to do this way before this pandemic became an issue. The need was discussed at church at our annual harvest day back late September. We raised the money for extra grain etc...We live in an area that takes over an hour just to get to a grocery store. Our local farmers have seen an increase of community resident's ordering directly from them. For the last 2 years we go shopping for things we can't produce here flour, sugar, rice, paper products etc... The last time I went shopping was mid October. I encourage others to look out for their elderly neighbors. We will get through this. God Bless and be well.😊😊
The Gospel in motion. Excellent. Thank you!
From an elderly person, I thank you!
Yes indeed! I live in the rural Midwest and self employed in the dairy industry and get my food from my clients and my neighbors, Amish, Mennonites and I started my garden!
Such a terrible waste of food, sickens me. Your message is so timely, and needs to be heard. This is not a blip on the near time radar screen. Thank you so much for taking the time from your busy day to post this. Stay safe, and God bless you.
What really irks me is many of those farmers could donate to food banks.
Revised: referring to crops. My comment comes from having seen a farmer dump a whole lot of crops recently. I would volunteer to pick for free if it's being donated. I don't need it for myself, but I am sure there are others who would do the same.
Someone is laughing in the background..🤣
Yes, and like they said...it doesn't just go back to "normal" like a flip of a switch...I personally do not want to eat meat or anything else from other countries...even US plants send things off to China and other places to be processed because it is cheaper...not better for you...
A lot of them are, near us I know dairy farms donated milk to our local food pantries. People could donate to help the dairy farmers at one of the grocery stores to help them out too for their losses. A lot of it is logistics of getting large amounts to the pantries. I heard a large restaurant farmer saying he'd love to donate but has no way to transport it. It is a shame.😥
@@joanies6778 - unprocessed meat or milk can't be donated.
My husband and I just discovered the two of you about a week ago, after deciding we need to get busy and start gardening.
We have binge watched numerous videos of yours and are thankful for all the information you have provided.
We have property in South West Virginia, but very hilly and lots of wooded areas. Will be doing planter boxes around the house.
Glad we discovered you after viewing some of the others.
Love your down to earth lifestyle and approach.
God bless and stay safe.
Sue Penn hello we are from WV also and we have started some gardening here also ...in boxes....our land isn’t level but we are making boxes with timbers. We have done small garden in the past but we are getting serious now. We all must do what we can.
I am in south east Kentucky. Do you have a bunch of brush in your wooded areas? If so, have you considered goats? Their poo is almost as good as rabbit for fertilizer and they help control the brush.
These two people are very informative and educational. They work really hard and supply their family with all there food.
@@HoneyHollowHomestead , I would love goats and actually planned for them. My husband doesn't want anymore animals, outside of chickens. He wants us to be able to finally go more places, without added responsibility that would keep us home. We have personal pets as well. 😪
@@SuePenn I understand that. It is possible to travel when you have livestock, but it takes more planning and coordination, and even more money if a sitter is needed. But, even with chickens, you'll need someone to at least collect the eggs for you. Systems can be put in place for feeding and watering.
I started stocking up my pantry on Jan 23rd but we are faced with new challenges every turn. My husband and I started working on our city garden in early March and thanks to that we ran into your channel.
Thank you for addressing the current situation and helping us do as best as we can. Blessings.
Grown in America, packed in America, sold in America
That would be the logical solution
I agree
If only. Sigh
Made in China is not a friend of USA
Grown in U S. Sent to China to Process and returned 😬🤦🏾♀️
We got our first road island red laying hens. The HOA allows them just no roosters and the coop has to be below the fence. I also ordered a non electric fence from premier1 so I can rotate them around our yard and keep them out of the gardens.
Just ordered an All American Caner to compliment our Presto....have the garden plants ready to go into the ground ...with the ground cover ....Have a big H frame to hang any thing from a cow on down. Raise quail, egg layers with a couple roosters, Bourbon Red Turkeys, heat mostly with wood. At 70 + years of age we are used to surviving. Enjoy your how to video and wish you the best.
Thank you,we're are building out raised beds now.this has just helped to encourage us.we are 66 and 67 so this is a first for us.your never to old to start
Microgreens are a good option for apartment-dwellers. I tried them for the first time this past winter and got more food than I could eat.
Got the OK an hour ago from a couple of friends of mine that are willing to share some of their garden space with me. I'll also be putting tomato plants on my front porch. Thanks for all the great information you provide!
Whew! I may need to watch this several times before I can absorb all of this information! Good call on the content. Be safe!
Do not eat meat but do eat eggs and would love to have rabbit manure. Admire what you guys are doing your ingenuity and hard work is inspiring
Yes, I started my first Cornish crossed they're 5 weeks now. I've got 9 of them and two old buffs that aren't laying any longer that will be processed. We r in NJ. Was planning on taking them to be processed, but it may be we do it here at home. Our garden hasn't been started yet, will purchase plants from local farmers. I watched your whole series on growing Cornish very helpful. Also made the homemade hamburger buns, they were a bit! Thanks for inspiration.
I think I'd have to be a vegetarian, because I couldn't stand to kill an animal and eat it myself. So thankful for farmers who can stay unattached!
Me and my brother went to a local farmer and bought a whole cow and got it processed.
Trying to help.
Why did I laugh at this comment?
Where do you live?
You were lucky to find a place to get it processed. Here (Middle Tennessee) it is hard to find a processor right now: either shut down or so overloaded with appointments that you have to wait months. ~ Kir and Ron in Tennessee
@@victoriaallen8271 Wisconsin down the road from where Living Traditions Homestead came from
I am definitely going to share this with my son and daughter. They are both married and on their own but growing up here on my husbands family farm of 200 acres has instilled the importance of being self sufficient to both of them. We have always had a garden, we hunt & fish (yes, WE, I do as well!) I can, pickle, make jam, etc. and we believe this new situation we find ourselves in is going to become the new normal for a good while yet.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge as there are many more people out there who can/will benefit from this kind of information.
Stay well Sarah & Kevin! 🙏
😂🤣 "if you can get away with it" that was great!
I am so sorry for the situation that the USA is experiencing at the moment, here in Spain we have had similar problems with the waste of food, it's pretty much unavoidable. Although our supermarkets do have alot of imported food, in my region the people are a little less sophisticated and tend to buy mostly local food. It's a mindset that we all need to adopt going forward. Always Buy local and in season. Spain is beginning to come out of the crises.. on Saturday I'm going to be able to leave the farm with my husband for the first time since March 11 for a walk! 😀 It's the little things you know. Hang in there, you will come through this!
I have 60 quail eggs going in lockdown tonight. First time doing this. I'm excited going through this process. Good vedio. Thanks
Robin in FL ☺
Through the grace of God I am able to take care of my family. I have learned a lot over the years on gardening. And I am in awe of God's grace of watching plants grow. How all of nature is involved as HE has made it so. I am a grateful caretaker for God and thank you for all the great advice.
Excellent advice for anyone in the world that can acquire the resources and space to start producing at least some of their own food. When people stop to admire my front yard garden, I have been asking them if they garden and whether they do or not, I encourage them to grow more food. I keep some seeds I have saved in my pocket often times to give away to push people to grow something. I also grow extra plants to give away, and this year I was able to restart a few people in gardening, and gave the first ever tomato plant to the family across the street.
I love that you both care enough to take the time to say this message to people that could use encouragement to be more self sufficient even though the backlash may be harsh. This video was very generous and brave, but also has a little bit of tough love that people always need ;) I personally have recently worked with local farmers for meat, as we are limited to animals we can have in our subdivision, but I have put in extra effort into my garden the last couple years to learn new things. This year my goal is seed saving and canning! I am for some reason terrified of canning, but it is time to learn. Thank you for this video!
I agree!! i wish other homesteaders would get on board. Unfortunately most people have no idea how to grow food, never thought about it.
Debbie-Texas. Its ok to be a little scared of canning but YOU CAN DO IT:) and theres no feeling like it when you hear the ping of the jars sealing and you know you provided for your family!!
Sarah has some great videos on canning. I was super nervous the first time. Those pings that first time had me bouncing around my kitchen😁
@@desire4liberation ,
Food grows on the shelves in the supermarket doesn't it ?
at 60 I learned to water bath and pressure can by watching channels such as this one on you tube along with The Kneady Homesteader and 2leelou Creates. All three ladies follow the rules of canning and start with something easy like jam. I never ate jam in my life until I made my own, I knew every berry that went into the jam was fresh, no bugs and you sure can't say that about store bought. Go for it. And for everything else buy wide mouth jars everything fits easily into the jar and you don't have three different jar sizes with bands and lids.
I'm in Canada . Went to visit a pal, hours away. Then self quarantine came down . I'm all good. We bought more freezers. Have pork, chickens, beef ordered. Tons of canned . We both can, smoke, kill, clean, etc. Two single women in their 60's who aren't afraid. The garden beds have been Cleared, cleaned and topped. No animals allowed here. Bummer. But we got smart- juice totes 4x4x4... cut in half. Now raised bed. Lol
Lots. Lots of huge pots, 5 gallon Pails. Yep , we are good. Oh, and we share....bedding plants, foods
Everyone please be safe
I started watching you when all this virus started and went and bought some chickens and they are 3 weeks old now and going to buy some rabbits, you have really opened our family's eyes and we are taking it to heart. Thank you and others out there who share their homestead ideas for city living. Take care and God bless.
Yes it is time to start buying and growing in our country. I support our farmers
I agree with with you both I am growing 3 times as much veg this year
Yes, be as self efficient as you can. Bought my first piece of land this year. Going to plant today. Dug up a area for a garden. 16 1/2 ft X 16 1/2 ft. Might not use all this space this year. But at least I have room to expand if needed. Next year a greenhouse and I have another place to add more garden space if I ever need it at all.
We too are starting our own veg beds in our garden. Our greenhouse is full of seedlings waiting to be planted. I wish we'd started it years ago. But if it wasn't for Coronavirus forcing my husband to be at home and not at work I don't think we'd have done as much as we have as fast as we have.
I love your videos. So inspiring.
To all of the people working in the meat and farming industries...thank you and stay safe! We city dwellers appreciate all you do! Also thanks Sara and Kevin! I found you guys a few years ago, love your channel and I now grow as much food in my city yard as possible. You people inspire me!
I have gardened for 40 years and lived on a farm my whole life, for the most part always having milk cows, chickens, beef and pigs stock and even for me this video was overwhelming. I know u mean well and kinda like a good parent laying the law down....this is a A LOT to handle... whether you have all the space u need or non at all....Hang in there everyone!!! I think this situation isn't all or nothing....I think everyone can calmly pick something and do it....but hang in there...it will be harder now to get supplies u need that so many people r probably doing the same thing. Kevin and Sarah r a perfect resource! Dive into their videos and u will b able to do something 👍🙏🌱
Thank you, Kevin and Sarah, I just ordered the Seed To Seed book from you. Love Bakers
Creek. Been there a couple of times and hope they open again soon. We live a little ways away, but not too far in OK. At 85 years old, I am using very high raised beds now, but still gardening.
I have found Orpington and Barnevelder breeds, the hens are very quiet. That may help some in an HOA
Thank you guys for your concern for all of us and giving us such good advice. I have watched this video 3 times and will save it. I have purchased the Complete Ball Canning Book. I love it. Also the recipes look great. My garden is small but Plenty big enough for the 2 of us. Thank you for your encouragement. God Bless you and your family.
Got a little choked up. I’ve known the seriousness of the situation but hearing the urgency in your voice really drove it home. Gods been preparing you to get ready to help us all. Sending you all the love ❤️
We're in the Northeast, colder than normal this year but anxious to get the garden started. Due to your influence, great teaching, and videos, I ordered a pressure canner and plan to learn how to preserve meat as well as vegetables.
I wish I could like this video a million times. Amen to having books🙌🙌🙌 We have zero yard and grow everything in containers. I plan on canning what I can get from our local farmer this year and seed saving. Also starting to learn how to sew/knit and starting a long term food storage. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and encourage newbies like myself 💛
Greetings from Greece! You both are very precious for us 😇🍀❤️
I live in a camper and am growing a container garden on a table. I get funny looks from the neighbors. Lol
Good for you! Kiddie pools also work well for container gardening.
I am in Queensland Australia We bought 5 Glass top patio tables for $10 each from our local tip shop and have set up raised garden beds. Rabbits not allowed in Queensland. We have a Husky he loves chicken not game to take the risk.
I so agree with you! I am living in a city and I used to grow my vegetables in a garden. Now, I grow them in pots! And you can grow things like herbs inside all year long. EVERYBODY can do something, even the smallest thing. I hope this will open the eyes of many people!
Thrift stores are a great place to find dehydrators and canning jars. Also look for containers for plants.
It is too hot here to raise rabbits but our chickens are doing well.
I am canning meat, as much as I can lay my hands on. Hopefully, our garden produces and our fruit trees bear fruit.
Any action is better than no action.
Ya'll are the new normal, Thank God ! Bless you for what you do...many,many people are helped by it !!!!
Hard times, can't raise animals in the city I live but I am gardening what ever I can. God is good. Praying we can get land with a home in the country soon. Getting harder and harder here. God's blessing to you and yours
Hmm what about quail ? ..
Thank you so much for caring about all of us!! We appreciate you both. ❤️❤️
Outstanding. You have an incredible informative channel loaded with well-done, thoughtful collections of videos. Well done! One can clearly can see the work you put into planning, scripting, filming and editing.
Hello from Northwestern PA. Great Videos! Very interested in your greenhouse and quail. Keep up the good work. Keep Safe and God Bless!
I’ll write my hoa and tell them Kevin said we could have chickens 😂😂😂
Same with my city😅
Not gonna lie I'm tempted to just get some and see if anyone notices
@jerry spears Try planting things that Are pretty. Rainbow "chard", Carrots are pretty greens, pepper plants. Plant flowers in the front & veggies behind 'em. Just make sure they are not going to be huge veggie plants. Consider what you can plant in flowerpots. ( Peas, cherry toomatoes, salad greens, herbs). Good luck!
We are looking to move in the newer couple of years. I can’t wait to not have an hoa. Our daughter uses a wheelchair and we even got in trouble because we didn’t get permission before we put a removable ramp on the house. 🙄
@jerry spears ,
My gosh ! Who was it that forced you to live within an HOA ?
@jerry spears if they are gonna complain turn your front yard into your garden ..give them something to complain about.
Spot on! Making SOOO much sense at a time when many channels prefer to tippy toe around this really important subject! God bless you for speaking out with the wisdom that has been around for ages but has never been so timely!
OMG SARA & KEVIN, I CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW AWESOME THIS VIDEO IS. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST ONE. THE PASSION THE BOTH OF YOU HAVE FOR THIS WAY OF LIFE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR FUTURE OF THE WAY OF LIFE. I HAVE STARTED SIMPLY BY DOING SOME CANNING. BUT I LIVE IN A CITY THAT YOU CAN NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF ANIMALS EXCEPT FOR CATS & DOGS. MY MOBLIE HOME PARK WON'T ALLOW GARDENS BUT I THINK I AM GONNA TRY CONTAINER GARDENING. THANKS GUYS, AND KEEP YOUR
PASSION INFULL GEAR. AND PLEASE GIVE HOPE AN EXTRA SCRATCH ON HER EARS FROM THE OLD LADY FROM SAN BERNARDINO, CA. THANKS AGAIN. 💗🐄
Teri Soto , also look into quail raising indoors! Thats what im doing as we r in same boat
You night try for a community garden. If enough residents get together, your manager/owner will have to reconsider the restriction on gardening!
Bonnie Yost, I have tried, but we get new management so often the requests get lost. But I can say there is massive citrus fruits here and most of the time it just gets wasted by falling on the ground rotting. It is so painfull. I think I am the only one who doesn't have citrus.... I have AVOCADOS. And believe everyone wants some. But does anyone know of how I can freeze or can them??? I don't know even if they can be frozen. Thanks for the advise Bonnie.
I have been thinking this way since February and trying to gently steer my friends and family toward giving it some thought. Most of them can’t wrap their minds around the idea that they can’t just order everything they want next day off the internet. Most of us are such hothouse flowers. I am working on more than doubling the size of my garden this year. I started saving seeds last year, and I have stocked up on the dry goods I can’t grow. I keep telling people I hope with all my heart that in a couple months they’ll be able to tell me I overreacted. But, so far, my batting average in the forecast department has been distressingly high.
Hothouse flowers.. lol. Love that analogy 😁 sounds like you are a dandelion. Even the poisons they sell to rid yards of these power houses are of little use, the indomitable persistence of the multitalented dandelion shines through year after year. Grow On! 😁🌱
You're absolutely right. Buying local is important for many reasons. Not the least of which is that the farmer sees more money for his wares than if he has to sell through a middle man. We've branched out over the past ten years from gardening into bee keeping, egg layers, and this year we're starting meat birds (while researching rabbit rearing). Thank you both for your thorough and informative videos. You've helped us a lot since we found your channel a couple years ago. Keep up the good work!
GOoD morning!
First of all I thank GOD for you both as well as your channel. My wife (Mary) and I just love you both and all the knowledge that you share. This video has confirmed our decision to be more self sufficient. We live in California in a small rural town on a half acre I'm currently setting up a quarter of the back yard as a garden. In addition, we have been canning off and on for several years with plans on going full bore. I'm in the process of getting all of the books you mentioned. We look forward to seeing more videos. I'll send pictures on our progress.
Thank you so very much and may God continue to bless you and your family!!!🙏🙏❤
I love the look of "Don't tell them that". HA! priceless
Just want you to know how much I enjoy seeing you two and the great manner you present and educate. I have had a veggie garden for over 60 years. Am too old to homestead now but love to see what you are all doing and get some great ideas from you. Keep up the good works.
Such a timely message! The past several years I have been aware of my family of people of faith, including our own household, have been impressed upon to "get rural" as much as possible. Learning and practicing the old ways is becoming much more common. My family has been actively searching for acreage to homestead in our area for a couple years now. We currently live in an area that would be called suburban and it doesn't allow for anything but some container gardening at the moment. But I have tomatoes, peppers, spinach, kale, lettuce, microgreens and some herbs in pots. I am also trying okra in pots. Not super confident that it will work but you never know unless you try! Everybody can do SOMETHING! Times are changing...…..
Okra likes very hot weather not cool or cold.
Sarah I have been a stylist for 30 years and your hair looks to be a perfect salt and pepper so pretty, this would be a great time to start letting the color grow out and enjoy it for years before the all grey comes. I love your show you guys are so smart and you all look so happy. Thanks Mary
Yes indeed it is very important to get more self-sufficient and all your fantastic videos help so much, thank you!
I remember about 12 years ago when I started growing my food, and canning like we did when I was a kid. People thought it was 'cute' and would ask how would I ever eat all of that, then be shocked at how much food they went through when they took notes. I have about 1/2 acre of raised beds and a few in ground and can be sure I won't go hungry (3 of us) through a tough Montana winter. What seemed crazy 12 years ago, well now, I guess I doesn't look so crazy. So ready to help anyone I can learn to grow, save seed, start seed and can and preserve what they grow. I am lucky I grew up with parents who grew up on a farm and always had a garden.
I consider myself a seasoned gardener (see what I did there🤣) and I always learn something from y'all! Thank you so much!
Excellent video!!!
I have 10 Cornish cross and two turkeys in a big box started in my foyer.
I have 31 meat birds in my garden tub..they move onto grass tomorrow :)
Remember ... Cornish cross are sterile ...
The gardener Not always
So many people don’t have food and so much food being wasted. It’s appalling. Thank you for this great video and list of books. Knowledge is power. Thanks again!
I live in a trailer park and can't have outside animals and I can't have them in my house because my cats would kill them so I started 12 grow beds in my yard and my mom's yard so that we can grow our own vegetables and I am learning how to can everything in it and other things as well. Thank you for the info. God bless and stay safe.
Thank you so much Kevin and Sarah for sharing your knowledge and experience with us all. Yes we are living in a new and changing world. We personally have enlarged our gardening venture and started our own seeds for the first time, and doing well with it. We are also looking at small livestock, chicken, rabbit, quail. We have a big backyard, and also own lots that are close to 1 acre 2 blocks from our house. We live in a small town that allows livestock with in reason and with a permit. We live within 1 block of 4 chicken flocks, and another one coming soon across the alley from us. It can and should be done, if you can , grow or raise at least some of your own food.
I've got 25lbs of beans, potatoes and jelly on my next canning rounds. Learning how to freeze. I miss my stockpile from years ago. I discontinued it when my oldest had to move back home and I needed the extra bedroom. Sigh. I also stopped my raised bed Garden, dismantled it when I lost someone close to me and I was grieving.
Perfect time to get on board with a plant-based sustainable lifestyle.
hahahahaha! Kevin "if you can get away with it.... do it!"
He's fantastic!
Thank you for your call! People must start growing their own food and must prepare in every way they can for the foodshortages!
People thought I was crazy when I started becoming more self-sufficient. I started by building a greenhouse, buying chicks, building a chicken tractor and chicken house, plowing up a garden spot. I had people asked why you going to do all this extra work when you can just go to the store? I told them one day you might not be able to get things from the store. They laughed and said that will never happen. Now look how thing happened when covid-19 hit. No eggs, low on meat, can goods off the shelves. Multiple things got me to this like all the recalls on produce, tasteless produce and eggs, the thought of all the GMO and hormones, chemicals sprayed on the food. When things first started getting Shakey and I went to my local seed company they was stressing saying people are hoarding seeds. People they never seen in the store flocking in and buying up large amounts of seeds. They worried about how long it will take to restock the amount of seeds that was bought to most like never get planted. Figuring 2 years before they get the stock back. Now all the people that thought I was crazy to do all the work are making sure to let me know they want eggs, produce and chicken if things get crazy to find. Be an Ant not a grasshopper remember that story it will save you in hard times.
Also, be like the little red hen, “You didn’t help me plant the wheat, you didn’t help me grow the wheat, you didn’t help me harvest the wheat, you didn’t help me grind the wheat, you didn’t help me bake the bread. Now you will not help me eat the bread!”
@@cynthiafisher9907 it is amazing when people want your eggs (in my case) but they can't be bothered to bring me their veggie scraps. Or there are those people that drop off rotting food - my girls eat what I would eat, that's why they supply me with the beautiful eggs they lay. I no longer share the eggs with anyone but my family unit.
You are giving wise and mature advice along with the brilliant videos you have done. Thank you so much Carol and Bob
I agree 100% with you about being able to save food, seeds, and plan your future. Unfortunately, my husband doesn’t exactly agree and I’m disabled and require help turning the ground. I’m ready when God comes back so I’m going to do what I can and pray for help from the All Mighty. God bless you and your girls. Y’all have been a true blessing to me.
I really love the self reliance, the passion and the positivity.
"Do something." Good advice
You can, of course, still plant hybrid seeds as long as you don't mind a different result. Food is food.
I'm in the UK and we went shopping and I bought tomatoes, a few days later I bit into one and the seeds inside were already sprouting so hubby planted them, same happened with an apple as well, the tiny tree is still out the back now, we don't have a garden so we try to grow what we can in growing bags xx
@ Gillian Shackleford ,
Now THAT was an old tomato and apple !!
Y’all are great ! I’ve been raising a large garden for years. We have chickens, deer, wild hogs. And I can everything extra. Please keep your videos going! Even at 75 yrs of age, I learn something new from your videos !!
Thank you & Bravo - true to S&K form! May l mention another skill to start NOW is to TELL your Congressman that our food should not be from outside our nation. Polite, firm, & persistent. Also suggest learning about Micro-greens, which can be grown in an apartment.
Agree. The 2013 sale of Smithfield foods to China was one of the largest national security threats and yet...crickets. No mainstream media station covered it.
This has been our first year in our first home. My husband and I are both new to gardening, but we decided it was imperative to start as soon as possible. so we built 2 4x10 raised beds and tilled part of our small city yard. This year we have planted 24 tomato plants, 25 onion and garlic and 8 each of beans, cucumbers, potatoes, zucchini, and snap peas. We also planted 6 fruit bushes and some asparagus to harvest next year. Thank you for your outreach and helpful information. God bless your family.
We are growing a garden on our farm land for the first time this year.
We've been keeping chickens continually for 20 years. We've increased dramatically the vegetable plots, bought a load of seeds at the beginning of February so I'm so thankful for that!!! I will be letting some vegetables go to seed to save seed for next year.
More than 300 farmers have had to call it quits already, even though Bloomberg says anyone can farm, people are going to see it’s a skill. Learn now because it’s not awalk in the park.
Farming/Raising food is seriously hard work.
CMN R yes, and on top of that, there is mother nature.
@ Get it Right ,
Yes , the farmers that have hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in machinery and grow only commodity crops are going to have a hard time. After all , not many people can process soybeans or use sugar beets. I'm growing the standard vegetables , berries and fruits and I'm doing just fine as a farmer. I don't even have a tractor.
Well said.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You two are the best teachers.
Great content! I’ve noticed a massive increase in “New gardener , new to this, never done this before “ TH-cam viewers so obviously people are concerned. Those of us with knowledge have an obligation to share with those with none. I would like to add that even though saving seed from a non heirloom vegetable will not come through true, it will grow a plant with fruit. Even store bought veggies have seeds that will grow. Just stay away from GMO if at all possible. Btw love your channel !
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos ! You have no idea what are blessing you are to my family and I.
I have a few plants growing in my backyard. Our farmer's market is supposed to open this Saturday. I'm going to try and get there early and buy some things. We have a local dairy that sells raw milk by the gallon. I'd love to get some chickens, but I don't have a brooder or a coop to keep them in. Same goes for rabbits or any other small livestock.
@Living Traditions Homestead thank you for all the videos to date, this video is was very much needed. please do not stop doing what you are doing.
Thank you for covering this subject. And that book is the best for learning basic butchering.
I totally agree with your advice to all of your awesome fans and yes they are all awesome thank y'all so much y'all are the cutest little couple y'all are a beautiful amazing family thumbs up my friends we are extremely proud of you
Everything your saying is so true have been following and practicing your style of living here in a small town in south east Canada, I think my friends and family though I was crazy lol... but not now they are seeing the value in being more self reliant thanks your for sharing your video will be checking out books on your Amazon account...Denis
Thank you so much Sarah and Kevin for taking the time to explain and encourage us in this hard time. You have inspired me to try and grow something. Have a lovely day and regards to the children as well, hope they are keeping well too.
As a little girl, it was my job to clean whatever dad brought home, which was usually fish, squirrel, or rabbit. Once, a snapping turtle (don't recommend that - it was a disgusting clean. Lol)
That was a long time ago, but it's good to know that those skills still exist within my memory.
Key to (alive) turtle is put it in a big cooler with clean water. Change twice a day for three days then process. Worked for my neighbors every time.
If only to hear what people can do to sustain themselves, this is such a blessing to have all this info. Thank you so much!!