An addendum: we have a small family of 3 adults. Because we live on a very small budget, my son hunts for any game in season on our 51/2 acres such as squirrel, rabbit, and deer. He is also a great fisherman going down to the river to catch whatever’s available crappie, bluegill, perch, walleye, salmon and occasional small mouth bass. That’s helped tremendously.🥰
I grew up on the land as well. A lot of venison, moose meat. Canning the garden. I didn’t know how good we had it, when it came to food. My mother made everything from scratch too
Janice, we do the very same things y'all do: no paid TV subscription, no trash services, buy in bulk, raise our own meat (We buy ZERO meat in the store!), we have Jerseys in milk, raise a garden, thrift shop, and so much more! Our farm is more than half paid off (we've been here only 2 yrs!) and it makes a difference when you cut out non-essential stuff, and put your money to work for you. It's just me and my hubby, our kids are grown, and I find the 'envelope system' works very well! I challenge more ppl to do the same! Very rewarding! I ask the Good Lord to let me be a good steward with the money He allows us to make!
Great video! I’m 71 and seemed to become more thrifty with age, but certainly would have appreciated your great videos when I was a young mom. I’m so impressed with you and your family. You and your husband are teaching your family great life skills that they will benefit from all their lives! ❤
As always, I loved you and your video. The only idea I have is, I have a good friend that gardens too. She's in the mood to can a big batch of tomatoes. I'm ready to be done with tomatoes for a while. She came over this morning and we picked all the tomatoes I had ready. She'll can hers and mine up into something. I'll go next in a week or so and get her tomatoes and then I'll start in again. She has green beans ready and is ready for a break from canning them. So, she brought hers to me. Between what she brought and what I have ready I'll can up probably 40 pints, I have a 20 pints pressure canner, between today and tomorrow. Next week she'll be ready to tackle mine and her beans again. I'll be ready for tomatoes again. It works really slick, and we don't have to have such big gardens. We have another friend that has a husband that always plants way more carrots than they'll ever eat. I share my raspberries with her, and she shares her tons of carrots. II scrub many of them and put them in bags in the drawer of the fridge. They last all winter. I also grate some into 1 cup bags and freeze to add to soups, breads, muffins, desserts, etc. throughout the winter. We're all old with grown children so doing all this sharing makes it so much easier.
Hello Family. I’m coming over from Money Mom. We always come over when Dawn collabs with someone because it meant so much to us when she collabed with us. She is one of the sweetest people we know and is always so encouraging to everyone on TH-cam. Our family dynamic is similar to Dawn’s except we have an adult son living with us instead of a daughter but we also live in the burbs. But I enjoyed your list. I grew up on a dairy farm so I related to a lot of things you suggested. Like growing up, I lived in hand me downs and we had large gardens and would burn our trash.
Janice, I also dry clothes inside during the cold months. There’s an added benefit to doing this- its add moisture back into the air, and helps our skin and noses not feel so dry!❤🎉 Bless you, and I’m sending prayers and best wishes!!🙏💯💕
Not eating out is great advice! To support that, try having homemade meals in the freezer or even just a couple bags of chicken tenders and French fries...when it started costing more than $30 for my family to eat at fast food places I realized that even though I didn't want to buy processed food, sometimes you need a quick/easy meal. Not to mention I can cook some chicken tenders in the air fryer faster than I can drive to a restaurant and cheaper since a $10-$15 bag of chicken from Costco can feed our large family easily :)
I can remember my grandma using rain water from large barrels to wash our hair and also to wash clothes if we had lots of rain!!!! (we do get rain in the UK!!!). She had a boiler with a mangle and Monday was the day she spent all day doing the washing and hanging it up outside on a string line or on wooden 'clothes horses' indoors, which is what we used to call them! She & my Grandpa always grew their own veg and she always made meals from scratch. We always had a roast lunch on a Sunday with all the trimmings, Monday was cold meat from the roast and pickles, Tuesday was shepherds pie from what was leftover from the roast meat, Can't remember what we had for the rest of the week except that Friday was always fish! There were 7 of us in the family and I look back on those times with such happiness. Life was simple and uncomplicated. My grandparents worked very hard to make sure her children and grandchildren were well fed and clothed. There was no striving for unattainable goals or mental health issues or dissatisfaction etc. It's taught me that simple things are always better inspite of how rich you are.
Growing up we didn’t eat out. If mom was busy later in the afternoon or we were out later than expected, we knew what was for dinner. Homemade pancakes and eggs, or French toast and fruit. We were excited because we loved “breakfast for dinner”! My boys loved Breakfast for dinner and I would put it on the meal plan a few times per month too.
I'd like to see a video on your trash system. We also cut out TV 10 years ago ànd use DVDs. We can learn so much from you. You are an amazing, loving woman and I love your videos. You are so organized and your family is beautiful inside and out. God bless you all.
Janice you are brilliant in organization, planning and cooking. You and Shawn have raised wonderful children who do their chores without question. God has blessed you abundantly with many talents. I am grateful Shawn appears to be doing a bit better, but an update is welcomed. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍
I always keep my eyes open at our local Walmart. Especially when the season is over. I am very good at stocking up in $1 clothes, jeans included. I size up and store them in tubs. I have noticed that our goodwill is no longer affordable. Their jeans are $8. With $2 more I can buy them new at Walmart. T shirts are the exact same price at regular really stores. I do however have a goodwill outlet that is 1.49 a pound. The only downside it’s time consuming searching through the bins.
Hi from New Zealand 🇬🇸. My kids ,only 2 are in their twenties now. They used to make fun of me only buying in the sales and such. Any outings were always on discount days or times. They hated that I always said. " You can only spend a dollar once" Now they sew their own clothes, buy from second hand shops , walk and bus when they can My daughter worked 70 hours a week at 4 different jobs for 7 months when she left school and went travelling for two years before going to university.They're grateful to have been taught my frugal ways. Xx
Hi there! I love your channel! My husband and I have raised 5 children and they are all married with their own homes and families and I am still learning things! Thank you so much for all your hints and advice and I am passing it on to the rest of the family! My husband and I are approaching retirement which is a definite reduction in our income, so it is truly appreciated! God bless you!
We have family of 8 . We use cloth napkins and bandana handkerchiefs. We get them in different colors and everyone knows their color. We have eliminated facial tissues and paper napkins and greatly reduced our paper towel usage. We also use every one of the tips you shared. Thanks for the great tips
Sometime back, I was reading an article on a Homesteading site on reducing toilet paper. I know it may sound crazy, but I read that ppl make 'wipe cloths' out of flannel and used only when urinating and washed every few days. A can was put in the bathroom and used solely for that purpose. Let's face it; women use a lot of toilet paper! :) I guess if push came to a shove, we'd all do what we needed to make our goods stretch further.
Personally, I do not have much in sewing skills. Found out cloth baby wipes work best. White ones I kept accidentally flushing down the toilet in the middle of the night. Next few packages I took out the white ones, and designated them as my daily facial clothes. A portable squeeze bidet has traveled with me during three unexpected apartment moves the last ten years. This helps greatly cut back on my toilet paper products. Not going to get rich off this system, but it does save a few welcome few dollars each month.
@@kimberlygates4488My 'method' after several tries, ended up going to Smart and Final and purchased three sizes of dishtowels. The first purchase reminded me of bath washclothes. These are restaurant quality cleaning cloths. The one the size of a bath facial cloth, I ended up designating as my paper napkin system. My tea towels are from Grocery Outlet. No prints, but some have irregular placements of sewing the weave, which I actually like and enjoy. Bandanas are too large for my usage yet I do like the idea they are thin enough to handwash and hang for a quick air dry.
Money Mom sent us. First time to your channel and loved your family and life style. I'm in my 70s and if I could do it all over, I'd be on my own homestead. I loved your index card idea. Even though it is only me, I think I'm going to start my own inventory index cards. That way when I visit my local thrift store ( run by a church with great low prices) I will check my card and if it's something I don't need, I will pass that bargain up. I've been decluttering this year and need some discipline when it comes to bargains! You have the life many would love to have. I'm sure there are many hard days but your reward will be great. Will subscribe so I can live vicariously through you.
Loved this video! It’s just me and my husband now (73 and 78) but I am always looking for ways to save money. We have only been out to eat a few times this year. I cook from scratch most of the time. Today I am making homemade graham crackers. They are just about ready to pop in the oven. I also made vegetable beef soup today, and later this afternoon I am making jalapeño cornbread. Supper’s gonna be good!
When our second oldest daughter was young she kept saying let’s go to God’s Will. I kept asking her what she was talking about. So one day we were out and she said “ There’s God’s Will. Let’s go.” I looked over and saw Goodwill. Now every time I pass a Goodwill it brings a smile to my face.
Here's an idea I've been actually doing for 2 yrs; buy dollar store metal pizza pans; make your own frozen pizzas. The Internet has many suggestions on doughs; I precook mine for 6 min.; Cool; put toppings on; flash freeze; than wrap them twice in your favorite wrap.... By far cheaper than the store an you control the toppings.... Great for using up leftover; BBQ meats, leftover fresh veggies an so on.
Abigail did great! I love your ideas! I would add (1) using the library rather than buying books helps me a lot (not directed at home schooling needs, obviously!), (2) being careful to use higher deductibles on insurance and drop comprehensive/collision on older cars, (3) using a free charge card that pays a nice rebate on things I am going to buy anyway (groceries, gas, utilities), and (4) only buying gently used cars.
As a widow I also do these 4 things...I agree scratch cooking saves a lot actually I am not that fond of dinning meals out. Have shopped thrift stores for years also work at food banks and pick up a lot of what I need as a volunteer.
Lots of good tips there! One thing that helped me save money was our local extension service. It has been quite a few years since I used it when my kids were young, but they offered lots of written information about preserving foods, saving money, recipes for master mixes (how to make your own biscuit mix, hot cocoa mix, hamburger helper mixes, and other things you might bebpaying more for in individual boxes)., and programs to help you save money whether you are a small family in the city or a latrge rural homesteading family. Thanks for the informative videos! Your kids are so sweet. 😊
I love clothes on a clothesline,but I have a funny story to share. Growing up we never owned a dryer so all clothes were hung no matter the weather. Sometimes stiff with frost but the real fun was when we lived near a feedlot. Clothes on the line absorbed the essence of cow manure which wasn’t offensive until you started wearing them and they warmed up. Oh my! ,we were pretty rank sometimes. Makes me chuckle now, but as a teenager it was not the fragrance you wished for.
Maybe, you could put the children's sizes for clothes and shoes in the description box, so your supporters would know what sizes to get if they wanted to gift those to you. With the 75% off you got a very good deal on the jeans, that brand is ridiculously expensive brand new. They look practically brand new and were only $4.04. Great Score, Janice! You might already know this but just in case you don't...most electric companies charge more for electric during "peak hours" you should be able to find out whether your electric company does this and what their "peak hours" are. If you run your washer and dishwasher during non peak hours that could save you some money too. Also, there is a thing called the Affordable-Connectivity-Program, which will take $30 of your Internet bill, I'm sure with 9 people in your family that you would qualify for it. As far as cellphones, Mint-Mobile charges $15 a month if you pay for a year in advance. Just some more suggestions for you or your audience!
Car maintenance do it yourself oil change and tuneup and get the parts for your vehicle repair from the junk yard if possible that right there saves you as much as 80 % on parts and for clothes and shoes there’s consignment shops that have great deals on stuff when they sell them for less when they’re overstocked and yard sales are great also
You do a great job Janice ...I could not imagine budgeting for a large family ..well done ..Could we have another video of Sarah cooking ..Sarah always makes me smile ..Your very lucky Janice to have such beautiful children ...
I was actually planning to post a video of Sarah and I cooking supper together, but Shawn's medical stuff has caused me to alter my plans! I do intend to get one of those videos posted as soon as I'm able. 😁
I love charity shops here, that's what we call them. As all money spent in those second hand shops goes straight to charity, like helping kids, homeless, older people, people with disability etc...plus you get really good clothes. They are amazing. 😁
We live in a neighborhood that added the trash service into our taxes. Boo! We only use one bag a week but we aren’t allowed to use a burn barrel but it would be so much easier to compost, recycle and burn the rest. I would love to see how you do trash even if we can’t do it 😁 Totally agree about fast food. I have chili homemade in the freezer and we keep grilled sliced chicken so I can make fried rice or paninis or other things. I put post it notes on my food buckets so I can send others and they can pull it out. Cooking from scratch helps so much!
I'm 75 but I used to do many of the things you do. Right now my partner and I live in a tiny 1 bedroom apartment in Wisconsin. We pay $630 rent a month and we live in a safe good neighborhood. We both dont drive so we have to use our apartment washer and dryer. It pains me so to put all those quarters in a machine, when for 25 years we lived in a 1 1/3 acre subdivision and we had a huge garden and I canned and froze so much food. I hung out on lines between round 6 inch poles we put in so the lines could be good and strong. I never was able to be blessed with children, so there was just my husband and me. I always did my washing clothes around the rain, so I hardly ever used the dryer during the seasons save winter. I even hung sheets, blankets, rugs, anything outside. I'd LOVE to see you do a video on your burning and recycling! I'd love it! We also dont have TV! What a waste when TH-cam has so much to watch and free movies! God bless all of you! ❤😊❤
HiMoney Mom sent me and I am so happy she did! I love Money Mom and now I have another family to follow and love!God bless each and everyone!I know I am going to enjoy following you and your precious family on your journey of a frugal but joyful life lived with gratitude!❤
Vegetables look beautiful and I can just smell how good the homegrown cucumber smells right now something about tomatoes and cucumbers when you grown in your garden nothing beats that
Indiana here, but have been thru your area many times when we lived in Florissant years ago. I love your show. You seem so sweet, as does your family. God bless you all!❤
Hi i came from a christian family of ,7 my mom watched grocery sales and we never went hungry and we were on a tight budget.. And most meals were made from scratch. We were in chirch evey time there was service my mom played piano and taught sunday school before she passed 60 yrs.. i am blessed how i was raised so are your kids. Blessings
These were great ideas Janice. Ty so much. I'd love videos on you doing from scratch cooking and a pantry tour of your pantry. Love your sweet family. I really love the shoe system.
Loved this video! Such great inspiration on ways to pinch pennies!!! I too would love a pantry and freezer tour once you get some of the preservation done
Yes, we would love to see how you do your recycling and burn trash. I remember from my childhood it's not a good thing to burn trash when you have clothes hanging on the line! Lol Also, if you make homemade egg noodles and let them dry on the counter, could you please do a video on that? When my turkeys are finished cooking, I cut the legs off and freeze them for noodles. I use 2 turkey legs for a family of 4, simmer them a couple of hours with salt and pepper, then remove and put on a plate to cool while I cut the noodles and put them in to boil. While the noodles are cooking, I remove the meat from the turkey legs and add it to the noodles. So much better than store bought noodles. I don't call these dumplings. To me, dumplings are what I make with self-rising flour in broth. Sometimes I will cut up an uncooked chuck roast and use it to make noodles with as well.
I use a drying rack all the time. I shop the front page of the grocery store flyers and shop on tuesday which is sr discount day where I live. I also shop at other stores when they have sr discount day I rarely turn on my TV. There are far better things to watch on you tube which I do on my phone I keep my heat low in the winter and wear warmer clorhes. I try to do all my errands together. Gas prices just went up to the highest i have ever seen where i live...$3.99 Thank you for all the great videos! I love your family !
I stock up on tea, coffee and cocoa. To make sure we always have something warm to drink especially in the winter. I like to make sure my coffee station has cocoa, honey, teas and warm water. I stock up on gingerale. Since we are not huge soda drinkers. We don't pay cable, netflix etc. We have Pureflix. We watch sometimes. Great family value movies. So many great ways to save money! Great video loved it.
I so look forward to each of your videos! I would love to see a video on cooking from scratch such as staples to have on hand and tips and tricks when you are out of a basic ingredient.
Also check with your local Goodwill store. Mine does a different color tag every day of the week for 50% off. They have seasonal sales that off 75% off.
Hand-me-downs, wow that brings back memories, when I was a kid the only hand-me-downs I didn't get were when Daddy bought us school clothes. My clothes were from my older sister that she outgrew, and the clothes I outgrew were passed down to my younger sister, and my stepmother at the time handsewn clothes for us as well. Very familiar with hand-me-downs. :) Great video, thank you, Janice!! Clothesline had to use that too, Clotheslines were mandatory unless it was raining, too hot or someone was sick. We were always kept mindful of how expensive things were. lol
Hello Janice 😊 you are very organized and that is great 👍 I was a usps mail carrier and you have to be a great organizer or you will FAIL unfortunately . I have the short drying rack , when my parents passed away I had to go thru an 3200 sq ft house I was constantly crying because I felt bad going through there things 😩 but I got the drying rack it was my mothers great memories ❤️
I came across your family channel recently I think you are such a beautiful amazing family your such genuine down to earth family who I will continue to watch I love your unboxing videos seeing the happy faces on your children just melts my heart ❤️ love you guys look forward to your next video love 🇬🇧 xx
Trash management please ❤…I need to cut out streaming accounts too ,,,I need to get my expenses under-control ..I really need to hear all this ..I am about to retire and savings dosent’ s last forever. It’s scary to get old Janice ..it is ,,my husband is a Rabbi and he is not retired yet but we have all grown children . But we need to learn to do these things
New here for a couple months. Love your channel and have binge watched some of your content. Love how you and your husband have raised the children to teach them skills. I’m 77 retired nurse who tried to do the same with my (only 2) but then raised our twin grandsons from age 8 till they graduated high school when our daughter returned after a hard time. I now help with great grandsons by keeping them to catch school bus and returning here after school. Homework, etc…..oh my I’ve written a book. Anyway keep up the good work.
Its also good for big families or small to go to thrift bread stores for bread buns or sweets... Also check bakeries in the evening before closing they mark everything half off usually... Also ask local grocery stores the day they mark meat down for good buys. And even though im disabled and cant have a big garden i grow vegetables in pots.... Blessings
Don't worry Janice you'll get used to it it takes awhile to get used to filming I filmed inside a grocery store today you'll get used to it just it's just the longer you do it the more you'll get used to it and where is video number two of the presence would you already have this video lined up is that why we're seeing this before that we want to see the video to of the presents I just never got so happy in my life to see your kids open presents and made my heart just sing cuz they're such genuine good people you're bringing up God bless you
With the price of groceries these days eating out is a special occasion only for us...I like to bake and cook so not a big deal for me...sometimes we just have a fried egg sandwich or soup and sandwich for supper...we're older so we don't do enough anymore to get really hungry...Your money saving ideas for a large family are great ideas to share with others😊
Many (many) years ago when I was learning how to make meals from scratch, I got some wonderful lessons and some great recipes from some of the ladies at church. Just wanted to mention that, that's a good place to find good help. ☺
Good tips! I started to cook from scratch. I realized when I have raw ingredients then I can cook anything my family wants so I stocked up on them. we don’t have to buy items like bread, granola, yogurt etc. I hope you are still open on making a video about parenting! I look forward to more videos. Hope you all have a good day!
Yes, I love having lots of options available to me when I have a stocked pantry! I'm open to just about any sort of video. The trick is that I have to find the right time to do it! 😁
The summer kitchen will be useful for hanging things up to dry in. Here in UK people put things they no longer want on village websites or on freecycle. Sometimes I wish that my sons would actually buy 'new' things ! We received and passed on clothes even 40 years ago. People are too lazy to hang clothes on the line and can't enjoy the lovely fresh smell that sun dried clothes . When we had lockdown I put lots of old toys out for people to take - as I live in the lane that leads to local playground and the river there was increased footfall. I am sure that one of the boys could make you a ceiling clothes -airing wrack no I make it into a challenge :) My husband hated clothes dried in the house as it made it damp and is bad for children's chests - well he was a doctor. When a family from South Africa moved locally we presented them with Wellington boots and winter coats!
Loved your video! It’s just me and my husband, but takeout has gotten so expensive! I have spinal stenosis, so some days I don’t feel good. I have gotten in the habit of having 3 meals made ahead and are sitting in the freezer. Casserole, meatloaf, and already cooked hamburgers. I pull something out and put a vegetable with it! If I use one of the meals, I make sure to replace it the next day with a new meal.
I'm in the UK. You're absolutely right on you save a lot drying outside. Unless it's summer here ( we have so much rain), we have to use tumble dryers to dry clothes. Boy, do you notice the difference on your electric bills if you can dry outside. If the heating is on, I hang clothes on clothes hangers and hook them over curtains rails as heat rises. Would you have any tips on how to stop my Tomartoes splitting on the plants? It's such a shame we couldn't see more of the thrift store shopping. We don't have the big ones like you do, only little ones. Sometimes they are more expensive than in normal clothes shops! By the way love Daisy the cow mooooing, it make it more homely❤
I always cook from scratch and always have. Being disabled, I am unable to work, so I need to save money wherever I can. No TV in this house either. I thought, as you have so many pears, I’d send you this British chutney recipe. Not sure if it’s your thing but it’s delicious. It’s spicy, fruity and a bit sour too. Lovely with cheese, pork or ham. Hope you like it. Spicy Pear Chutney METRIC * 450g of soft brown sugar * 450ml of white wine vinegar * 1 tsp ground cinnamon * 1 tsp ground nutmeg * 3 pinches of saffron strands * 60g of fresh ginger, peeled and grated * 150g of onion, peeled and finely diced * 150g of sultanas * 10 pears, firm, cored and finely diced Method 1 Add the brown sugar, vinegar, cinnamon, nutmeg and saffron strands to a large pan and place over a low heat. Bring to a simmer, then add the ginger and onion 2 Stir to combine and allow to simmer until the liquid has reduced by about half. Add in the sultanas and pears and continue to reduce the liquid until it forms the desired consistency (continue to simmer to make thicker if liked) 3 Allow the chutney to cool completely in the pan. When cool, pour into a large sterilised jar (or several small ones) to store. If not sealed, the chutney will keep for a week in the fridge, but sterilised jars will keep for much longer. Happy cooking xxxx
Your outdoor clothes line is a rotary clothes line. All Australian houses have outdoor clothes lines. Most also have some sort of Indoor clothes horse/airer too. I have 2 upright Airers for indoors, plus smaller ones that fit over the top of doors. We're a smaller family with 3 adults, who have various food allergies. Fast food for us is ... Leftovers. I freeze leftovers in single serve portions. They take almost no time to reheat.
The Lawrence Yep book should be a wonderful story for your age 10+ kids. It won the Newbery Award for best in children's literature by an American author.
Hi Janice, I dry my clothes on hangers, I have a clothes rail on wheels (heavy duty thing) and again like you dry overnight - there is only me but I hate the sight clothes drying in the house - no idea why. In the good weather I dry outside - I don't actually have a tumble dryer. I also shop charity (thrift) shops and also eBay both of which are getting expensive here in the UK. I didn't get a garden going this year due to ill health but am planning a winter one. Saving like mad for a dehydrator so I can do that next year - I buy a lot of dehydrated fruit and veggies for the winter so convenient and take up very little space. Love your videos and your amazing family
I think what saves some money to put it towards other things, is feminine hygiene products. Cloth based products are wonderful and work really well. They are also cost effective when buying single and in small quantities. Sure, you have to wash them but you can air dry them outside and or in front of your heat source in the Winter months. Twenty-five pads per daughter is a great basic number per female child because you have two to three days worth of pads before you need to wash them. The cost overall is well worth investing a little bit upfront first.
Good afternoon, homesteaders! I'm new to the world of homestead videos and so intrigued. I am watching you, Janice, and your girls cooking and finding out how you save money on clothing for the family. I only have one question so far. I want to know what the boys do while the girls are doing all the fun stuff! 🙂 Thank you. I am enjoying learning about homesteading!
I came over from Dawn at Money Mom. I get my jeans from Goodwill but they are only $7.45 thankfully. $16.00+ is outrageous. Glad it was 75% off. My Goodwill only has 50% off certain color tags and the color changes weekly.
A fun for the children hot dog is Two Octopuses 🐙 🐙 From one hot dog Cut one hot dog in half Slice a 1/3rd way from each end 4 slices This makes 8 long slices that become Octopus arms once boiled the arms curl up....a couple of ketchup or mustard dabs become eyes. They are so cute upon their plates or ontop of noodles 🐙 🍜 Happy easy peasy I call them Hoctopuses 😁🐙🐙
I reuse my foil if its not to bad. I also reuse all bread / bun bags.. Put my homemade breads in them. Also I'll double or triple them to make them thicker and freeze things in them. Pack sandwiches in them etc. Don't buy plastic bags if you have bread bags. They are your plastic bag. Even the big ones that frozen chicken/ meat come in. They even ziplock .
When I cook meals that freeze well, I cook double or triple batches to save for those days that I cant cook, either im not feeling well or ive been to out of town appts or whatever
My laundry room is long and narrow. I have a wooden clothes dryer and we installed a heavy duty rod almost the entire length of the room. At times it looks like a closet there are so many things hanging to dry…but it works. Remember to use plastic hangers to dry clothes even if you transfer to other hangers later.
This was a great video with lots of great information. I would like to see your routine for milking and feeding the cow and your laying chickens/ coop ideas. Also maybe a video on how you make your income from your homestead.
Wow what an amazing lot of pears that is my favorite fruit oh, you are so blessed. The only fruit we have on our land is blackberries and don't get me wrong I love them and we have hundreds and hundreds of bushes it's like a big field of them. so I enjoy those. One day I would love to have a garden like you guys do, is awesome to live off the land and eat the fruits and vegetables that you growed yourself. And I noticed that you have your own milk, that is so awesome. I love how resourceful you and your family are it's awesome.❤❤
I wasn't raised in a large family, but my mom always taught us clearance racks first. And we do the same with Goodwill, I try and look only for the tag that's on sale unless I am there for something very specific.
I admire you so much! I came by your channel by chance, and I love your family! I wish I could make my husband's idiot nephew and his crazy wife watch all of your videos. Long story short, he married a woman with 7 kids by three men. Family tried to tell him don't marry her, but he did, and he had a son with her, (number 8). House is always messy; she never cooks; they're always broke; the kids run wild; some seem to have emotional problems, etc. The older two couldn't wait to turn 18 and get out. They had Habitat for Humanity build them a house 6 years ago and it's trashed now!! I feel sorry for those kids! You and your husband are amazing! Your kids are all happy and loved!! God bless all of you!
Good routine Janice and it probably helps your are in your house not be so dry by having all that wet clothes hanging on the racks are by the stove and puts moisture in the air to so you're kind of winning both ways if you very smart way of doing things you have a problem you look for an answer and that's how I am I I really applaud you and admire you for how you look at things because anything is doable in life it's how you approach it which makes a difference
An addendum: we have a small family of 3 adults. Because we live on a very small budget, my son hunts for any game in season on our 51/2 acres such as squirrel, rabbit, and deer. He is also a great fisherman going down to the river to catch whatever’s available crappie, bluegill, perch, walleye, salmon and occasional small mouth bass. That’s helped tremendously.🥰
I grew up on the land as well. A lot of venison, moose meat. Canning the garden. I didn’t know how good we had it, when it came to food. My mother made everything from scratch too
I would love a video of a pantry tour and fridge/ freezer tour.
Yes me too ❤
Please show us a pantry and freezer tour.
Yes me too
Me too!!!!!
Janice, we do the very same things y'all do: no paid TV subscription, no trash services, buy in bulk, raise our own meat (We buy ZERO meat in the store!), we have Jerseys in milk, raise a garden, thrift shop, and so much more! Our farm is more than half paid off (we've been here only 2 yrs!) and it makes a difference when you cut out non-essential stuff, and put your money to work for you.
It's just me and my hubby, our kids are grown, and I find the 'envelope system' works very well! I challenge more ppl to do the same! Very rewarding! I ask the Good Lord to let me be a good steward with the money He allows us to make!
I am a 67 year old widow who started using the envelope system when my husband passed away 7 years ago and I love it!!!
Great video! I’m 71 and seemed to become more thrifty with age, but certainly would have appreciated your great videos when I was a young mom. I’m so impressed with you and your family. You and your husband are teaching your family great life skills that they will benefit from all their lives! ❤
As always, I loved you and your video. The only idea I have is, I have a good friend that gardens too. She's in the mood to can a big batch of tomatoes. I'm ready to be done with tomatoes for a while. She came over this morning and we picked all the tomatoes I had ready. She'll can hers and mine up into something. I'll go next in a week or so and get her tomatoes and then I'll start in again. She has green beans ready and is ready for a break from canning them. So, she brought hers to me. Between what she brought and what I have ready I'll can up probably 40 pints, I have a 20 pints pressure canner, between today and tomorrow. Next week she'll be ready to tackle mine and her beans again. I'll be ready for tomatoes again. It works really slick, and we don't have to have such big gardens. We have another friend that has a husband that always plants way more carrots than they'll ever eat. I share my raspberries with her, and she shares her tons of carrots. II scrub many of them and put them in bags in the drawer of the fridge. They last all winter. I also grate some into 1 cup bags and freeze to add to soups, breads, muffins, desserts, etc. throughout the winter. We're all old with grown children so doing all this sharing makes it so much easier.
Hello Family. I’m coming over from Money Mom. We always come over when Dawn collabs with someone because it meant so much to us when she collabed with us. She is one of the sweetest people we know and is always so encouraging to everyone on TH-cam.
Our family dynamic is similar to Dawn’s except we have an adult son living with us instead of a daughter but we also live in the burbs.
But I enjoyed your list. I grew up on a dairy farm so I related to a lot of things you suggested. Like growing up, I lived in hand me downs and we had large gardens and would burn our trash.
Janice, I also dry clothes inside during the cold months. There’s an added benefit to doing this- its add moisture back into the air, and helps our skin and noses not feel so dry!❤🎉 Bless you, and I’m sending prayers and best wishes!!🙏💯💕
Brilliant! I ❤ the things I am learning from this family and the comments. Thanks for sharing!
Not eating out is great advice! To support that, try having homemade meals in the freezer or even just a couple bags of chicken tenders and French fries...when it started costing more than $30 for my family to eat at fast food places I realized that even though I didn't want to buy processed food, sometimes you need a quick/easy meal. Not to mention I can cook some chicken tenders in the air fryer faster than I can drive to a restaurant and cheaper since a $10-$15 bag of chicken from Costco can feed our large family easily :)
Yes, I try to avoid most processed foods too, but I'm glad to have them available when I'm on a bind and can use them for convenience. 😁
I can remember my grandma using rain water from large barrels to wash our hair and also to wash clothes if we had lots of rain!!!! (we do get rain in the UK!!!). She had a boiler with a mangle and Monday was the day she spent all day doing the washing and hanging it up outside on a string line or on wooden 'clothes horses' indoors, which is what we used to call them! She & my Grandpa always grew their own veg and she always made meals from scratch. We always had a roast lunch on a Sunday with all the trimmings, Monday was cold meat from the roast and pickles, Tuesday was shepherds pie from what was leftover from the roast meat, Can't remember what we had for the rest of the week except that Friday was always fish! There were 7 of us in the family and I look back on those times with such happiness. Life was simple and uncomplicated. My grandparents worked very hard to make sure her children and grandchildren were well fed and clothed. There was no striving for unattainable goals or mental health issues or dissatisfaction etc. It's taught me that simple things are always better inspite of how rich you are.
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Abigail did a great job for 8. You can never learn if you don't try. Keep encouraging them Momma Janice.
They have a wonderful teacher that’s for sure
What a woman you are Janice!
God bless you 😇
Growing up we didn’t eat out. If mom was busy later in the afternoon or we were out later than expected, we knew what was for dinner. Homemade pancakes and eggs, or French toast and fruit. We were excited because we loved “breakfast for dinner”! My boys loved Breakfast for dinner and I would put it on the meal plan a few times per month too.
Yes, breakfast is always a great supper! It's a hit with my crew too. 😁
I love too see how you celebrate the kids individual birthday to make them feel special.
Thanks for another Informative Video.Miss Abigail Did A Great Job!!💕👣💕
I'd like to see a video on your trash system. We also cut out TV 10 years ago ànd use DVDs. We can learn so much from you. You are an amazing, loving woman and I love your videos. You are so organized and your family is beautiful inside and out. God bless you all.
I think everyone should be aware of what a issue trash is! Let's learn from each other
Janice you are brilliant in organization, planning and cooking. You and Shawn have raised wonderful children who do their chores without question. God has blessed you abundantly with many talents. I am grateful Shawn appears to be doing a bit better, but an update is welcomed. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍
Being prepared is the most important skill!
I always keep my eyes open at our local Walmart. Especially when the season is over. I am very good at stocking up in $1 clothes, jeans included. I size up and store them in tubs. I have noticed that our goodwill is no longer affordable. Their jeans are $8. With $2 more I can buy them new at Walmart. T shirts are the exact same price at regular really stores. I do however have a goodwill outlet that is 1.49 a pound. The only downside it’s time consuming searching through the bins.
You are doing great ..I am going to start getting Hanukkah gifts that way ,,,thank you for the great idea ❤
A simple fix for jeans. Put the iron on patches on the inside before they wear out. No more problems!
Hi from New Zealand 🇬🇸. My kids ,only 2 are in their twenties now. They used to make fun of me only buying in the sales and such. Any outings were always on discount days or times. They hated that I always said. " You can only spend a dollar once"
Now they sew their own clothes, buy from second hand shops , walk and bus when they can My daughter worked 70 hours a week at 4 different jobs for 7 months when she left school and went travelling for two years before going to university.They're grateful to have been taught my frugal ways. Xx
Yay Clare! That makes me happy that your children adopted some of your frugal ways. I hope mine do as well. 💕
Hi there! I love your channel! My husband and I have raised 5 children and they are all married with their own homes and families and I am still learning things! Thank you so much for all your hints and advice and I am passing it on to the rest of the family! My husband and I are approaching retirement which is a definite reduction in our income, so it is truly appreciated! God bless you!
Thanks for the sweet comment, Wendy! I appreciate it! 💕
We have family of 8 . We use cloth napkins and bandana handkerchiefs. We get them in different colors and everyone knows their color. We have eliminated facial tissues and paper napkins and greatly reduced our paper towel usage. We also use every one of the tips you shared. Thanks for the great tips
Sometime back, I was reading an article on a Homesteading site on reducing toilet paper. I know it may sound crazy, but I read that ppl make 'wipe cloths' out of flannel and used only when urinating and washed every few days. A can was put in the bathroom and used solely for that purpose. Let's face it; women use a lot of toilet paper! :)
I guess if push came to a shove, we'd all do what we needed to make our goods stretch further.
I would love to figure out how to not buy paper towels. I bet I spend almost $35 a month on them!
Personally, I do not have much in sewing skills. Found out cloth baby wipes work best. White ones I kept accidentally flushing down the toilet in the middle of the night. Next few packages I took out the white ones, and designated them as my daily facial clothes. A portable squeeze bidet has traveled with me during three unexpected apartment moves the last ten years. This helps greatly cut back on my toilet paper products. Not going to get rich off this system, but it does save a few welcome few dollars each month.
@@kimberlygates4488My 'method' after several tries, ended up going to Smart and Final and purchased three sizes of dishtowels. The first purchase reminded me of bath washclothes. These are restaurant quality cleaning cloths. The one the size of a bath facial cloth, I ended up designating as my paper napkin system. My tea towels are from Grocery Outlet. No prints, but some have irregular placements of sewing the weave, which I actually like and enjoy. Bandanas are too large for my usage yet I do like the idea they are thin enough to handwash and hang for a quick air dry.
Use a roll of toilet paper instead of Kleenex, much much cheaper.
Money Mom sent us. First time to your channel and loved your family and life style. I'm in my 70s and if I could do it all over, I'd be on my own homestead. I loved your index card idea. Even though it is only me, I think I'm going to start my own inventory index cards. That way when I visit my local thrift store ( run by a church with great low prices) I will check my card and if it's something I don't need, I will pass that bargain up. I've been decluttering this year and need some discipline when it comes to bargains! You have the life many would love to have. I'm sure there are many hard days but your reward will be great. Will subscribe so I can live vicariously through you.
Loved this video! It’s just me and my husband now (73 and 78) but I am always looking for ways to save money. We have only been out to eat a few times this year. I cook from scratch most of the time. Today I am making homemade graham crackers. They are just about ready to pop in the oven. I also made vegetable beef soup today, and later this afternoon I am making jalapeño cornbread. Supper’s gonna be good!
Homemade Graham Crackers? That sounds yummy!
@@kekezara7150 They really are yummy! There are a few tweaks I would make to my method next time, but the taste is superior to the store-bought ones!
When our second oldest daughter was young she kept saying let’s go to God’s Will. I kept asking her what she was talking about. So one day we were out and she said “ There’s God’s Will. Let’s go.” I looked over and saw Goodwill. Now every time I pass a Goodwill it brings a smile to my face.
That's so cute, Charlotte!! 💕
Here's an idea I've been actually doing for 2 yrs; buy dollar store metal pizza pans; make your own frozen pizzas. The Internet has many suggestions on doughs; I precook mine for 6 min.; Cool; put toppings on; flash freeze; than wrap them twice in your favorite wrap.... By far cheaper than the store an you control the toppings.... Great for using up leftover; BBQ meats, leftover fresh veggies an so on.
Always great seeing a new Ozark Family Homestead video. The children look so very nice in the new clothes that have been gifted to your family. ♥️♥️
Abigail did great! I love your ideas! I would add (1) using the library rather than buying books helps me a lot (not directed at home schooling needs, obviously!), (2) being careful to use higher deductibles on insurance and drop comprehensive/collision on older cars, (3) using a free charge card that pays a nice rebate on things I am going to buy anyway (groceries, gas, utilities), and (4) only buying gently used cars.
As a widow I also do these 4 things...I agree scratch cooking saves a lot actually I am not that fond of dinning meals out. Have shopped thrift stores for years also work at food banks and pick up a lot of what I need as a volunteer.
Lots of good tips there! One thing that helped me save money was our local extension service. It has been quite a few years since I used it when my kids were young, but they offered lots of written information about preserving foods, saving money, recipes for master mixes (how to make your own biscuit mix, hot cocoa mix, hamburger helper mixes, and other things you might bebpaying more for in individual boxes)., and programs to help you save money whether you are a small family in the city or a latrge rural homesteading family. Thanks for the informative videos! Your kids are so sweet. 😊
I love clothes on a clothesline,but I have a funny story to share. Growing up we never owned a dryer so all clothes were hung no matter the weather. Sometimes stiff with frost but the real fun was when we lived near a feedlot. Clothes on the line absorbed the essence of cow manure which wasn’t offensive until you started wearing them and they warmed up. Oh my! ,we were pretty rank sometimes. Makes me chuckle now, but as a teenager it was not the fragrance you wished for.
Maybe, you could put the children's sizes for clothes and shoes in the description box, so your supporters would know what sizes to get if they wanted to gift those to you. With the 75% off you got a very good deal on the jeans, that brand is ridiculously expensive brand new. They look practically brand new and were only $4.04. Great Score, Janice! You might already know this but just in case you don't...most electric companies charge more for electric during "peak hours" you should be able to find out whether your electric company does this and what their "peak hours" are. If you run your washer and dishwasher during non peak hours that could save you some money too. Also, there is a thing called the Affordable-Connectivity-Program, which will take $30 of your Internet bill, I'm sure with 9 people in your family that you would qualify for it. As far as cellphones, Mint-Mobile charges $15 a month if you pay for a year in advance. Just some more suggestions for you or your audience!
Your children are well raised by you & hubby! Well done!🎉
Car maintenance do it yourself oil change and tuneup and get the parts for your vehicle repair from the junk yard if possible that right there saves you as much as 80 % on parts and for clothes and shoes there’s consignment shops that have great deals on stuff when they sell them for less when they’re overstocked and yard sales are great also
I'm really learning alot from you and your family. I'd be interested in what your housecleaning methods are and what you use. Thanks 👍
You do a great job Janice ...I could not imagine budgeting for a large family ..well done ..Could we have another video of Sarah cooking ..Sarah always makes me smile ..Your very lucky Janice to have such beautiful children ...
I was actually planning to post a video of Sarah and I cooking supper together, but Shawn's medical stuff has caused me to alter my plans! I do intend to get one of those videos posted as soon as I'm able. 😁
@@ozarkfamilyhomestead look forward to it 🙂
I love charity shops here, that's what we call them. As all money spent in those second hand shops goes straight to charity, like helping kids, homeless, older people, people with disability etc...plus you get really good clothes. They are amazing. 😁
Said it before. Say it again. I just love your sweet family and your videos are a great source of learning. God bless y’all ❤
Thank you, Christy! You made me smile! 😁
Thank you so much for doing the collab..I love the variety of all the ways you save 💰.
We live in a neighborhood that added the trash service into our taxes. Boo! We only use one bag a week but we aren’t allowed to use a burn barrel but it would be so much easier to compost, recycle and burn the rest. I would love to see how you do trash even if we can’t do it 😁 Totally agree about fast food. I have chili homemade in the freezer and we keep grilled sliced chicken so I can make fried rice or paninis or other things. I put post it notes on my food buckets so I can send others and they can pull it out. Cooking from scratch helps so much!
I'm 75 but I used to do many of the things you do. Right now my partner and I live in a tiny 1 bedroom apartment in Wisconsin. We pay $630 rent a month and we live in a safe good neighborhood. We both dont drive so we have to use our apartment washer and dryer. It pains me so to put all those quarters in a machine, when for 25 years we lived in a 1 1/3 acre subdivision and we had a huge garden and I canned and froze so much food. I hung out on lines between round 6 inch poles we put in so the lines could be good and strong. I never was able to be blessed with children, so there was just my husband and me. I always did my washing clothes around the rain, so I hardly ever used the dryer during the seasons save winter. I even hung sheets, blankets, rugs, anything outside. I'd LOVE to see you do a video on your burning and recycling! I'd love it! We also dont have TV! What a waste when TH-cam has so much to watch and free movies! God bless all of you! ❤😊❤
Yes on the trash management routine & pantry and housekeeping routine
HiMoney Mom sent me and I am so happy she did! I love Money Mom and now I have another family to follow and love!God bless each and everyone!I know I am going to enjoy following you and your precious family on your journey of a frugal but joyful life lived with gratitude!❤
Oh Bonnie, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a kind comment! I'm so very glad you're here! 💕💕💕
Vegetables look beautiful and I can just smell how good the homegrown cucumber smells right now something about tomatoes and cucumbers when you grown in your garden nothing beats that
Indiana here, but have been thru your area many times when we lived in Florissant years ago. I love your show. You seem so sweet, as does your family. God bless you all!❤
Hi i came from a christian family of ,7 my mom watched grocery sales and we never went hungry and we were on a tight budget.. And most meals were made from scratch. We were in chirch evey time there was service my mom played piano and taught sunday school before she passed 60 yrs.. i am blessed how i was raised so are your kids. Blessings
Sounds like a beautiful childhood! 💕💕
These were great ideas Janice. Ty so much. I'd love videos on you doing from scratch cooking and a pantry tour of your pantry. Love your sweet family. I really love the shoe system.
Great tips! I absolutely love thrifting, it’s so fun to find treasures. I found a vitamix blender last year for $19.99 and it works perfect!
Loved this video! Such great inspiration on ways to pinch pennies!!! I too would love a pantry and freezer tour once you get some of the preservation done
Thrift stores have gone expensive here in the UK also so wish they did 75% off days
We never see that amount off here in Upstate NY ..I wish we did ..
Yes, we would love to see how you do your recycling and burn trash. I remember from my childhood it's not a good thing to burn trash when you have clothes hanging on the line! Lol Also, if you make homemade egg noodles and let them dry on the counter, could you please do a video on that? When my turkeys are finished cooking, I cut the legs off and freeze them for noodles. I use 2 turkey legs for a family of 4, simmer them a couple of hours with salt and pepper, then remove and put on a plate to cool while I cut the noodles and put them in to boil. While the noodles are cooking, I remove the meat from the turkey legs and add it to the noodles. So much better than store bought noodles. I don't call these dumplings. To me, dumplings are what I make with self-rising flour in broth. Sometimes I will cut up an uncooked chuck roast and use it to make noodles with as well.
Love your videos. I’d really like to know how and why you made your decision to start a homestead, and what you and Shawn were doing before x
Oh Janice I love the way you get so excited 😂😂❤❤
I use a drying rack all the time.
I shop the front page of the grocery store flyers and shop on tuesday which is sr discount day where I live.
I also shop at other stores when they have sr discount day
I rarely turn on my TV. There are far better things to watch on you tube which I do on my phone
I keep my heat low in the winter and wear warmer clorhes.
I try to do all my errands together. Gas prices just went up to the highest i have ever seen where i live...$3.99
Thank you for all the great videos! I love your family !
Never see that in Upstate NY ..wish our stores did that..I use drying racks ..I need 2 more …they are so expensive…
I stock up on tea, coffee and cocoa. To make sure we always have something warm to drink especially in the winter. I like to make sure my coffee station has cocoa, honey, teas and warm water. I stock up on gingerale. Since we are not huge soda drinkers. We don't pay cable, netflix etc. We have Pureflix. We watch sometimes. Great family value movies. So many great ways to save money! Great video loved it.
I so look forward to each of your videos! I would love to see a video on cooking from scratch such as staples to have on hand and tips and tricks when you are out of a basic ingredient.
Also check with your local Goodwill store. Mine does a different color tag every day of the week for 50% off. They have seasonal sales that off 75% off.
Hand-me-downs, wow that brings back memories, when I was a kid the only hand-me-downs I didn't get were when Daddy bought us school clothes. My clothes were from my older sister that she outgrew, and the clothes I outgrew were passed down to my younger sister, and my stepmother at the time handsewn clothes for us as well. Very familiar with hand-me-downs. :) Great video, thank you, Janice!! Clothesline had to use that too, Clotheslines were mandatory unless it was raining, too hot or someone was sick. We were always kept mindful of how expensive things were. lol
16.00 is a great price on Levi's. That's all I wear and they START at 70.00 per pair.
Hello Janice 😊 you are very organized and that is great 👍 I was a usps mail carrier and you have to be a great organizer or you will FAIL unfortunately . I have the short drying rack , when my parents passed away I had to go thru an 3200 sq ft house I was constantly crying because I felt bad going through there things 😩 but I got the drying rack it was my mothers great memories ❤️
I came across your family channel recently I think you are such a beautiful amazing family your such genuine down to earth family who I will continue to watch I love your unboxing videos seeing the happy faces on your children just melts my heart ❤️ love you guys look forward to your next video love 🇬🇧 xx
Trash management please ❤…I need to cut out streaming accounts too ,,,I need to get my expenses under-control ..I really need to hear all this ..I am about to retire and savings dosent’ s last forever. It’s scary to get old Janice ..it is ,,my husband is a Rabbi and he is not retired yet but we have all grown children . But we need to learn to do these things
New here for a couple months. Love your channel and have binge watched some of your content. Love how you and your husband have raised the children to teach them skills. I’m 77 retired nurse who tried to do the same with my (only 2) but then raised our twin grandsons from age 8 till they graduated high school when our daughter returned after a hard time. I now help with great grandsons by keeping them to catch school bus and returning here after school. Homework, etc…..oh my I’ve written a book. Anyway keep up the good work.
Its also good for big families or small to go to thrift bread stores for bread buns or sweets... Also check bakeries in the evening before closing they mark everything half off usually... Also ask local grocery stores the day they mark meat down for good buys. And even though im disabled and cant have a big garden i grow vegetables in pots.... Blessings
What a beautiful, sweet family. I feel your pride.💗
Don't worry Janice you'll get used to it it takes awhile to get used to filming I filmed inside a grocery store today you'll get used to it just it's just the longer you do it the more you'll get used to it and where is video number two of the presence would you already have this video lined up is that why we're seeing this before that we want to see the video to of the presents I just never got so happy in my life to see your kids open presents and made my heart just sing cuz they're such genuine good people you're bringing up God bless you
Yes, please a video on trash management. Thank you, Janine. Greetings from Germany
With the price of groceries these days eating out is a special occasion only for us...I like to bake and cook so not a big deal for me...sometimes we just have a fried egg sandwich or soup and sandwich for supper...we're older so we don't do enough anymore to get really hungry...Your money saving ideas for a large family are great ideas to share with others😊
Many (many) years ago when I was learning how to make meals from scratch, I got some wonderful lessons and some great recipes from some of the ladies at church. Just wanted to mention that, that's a good place to find good help. ☺
IV,E ALWAYS SHOPPED AT GOODWILL WHILE MY KID,S WERE GROWING UP , AND THEY STILL SHOP THAT WAY ❤
Good tips! I started to cook from scratch. I realized when I have raw ingredients then I can cook anything my family wants so I stocked up on them. we don’t have to buy items like bread, granola, yogurt etc.
I hope you are still open on making a video about parenting! I look forward to more videos. Hope you all have a good day!
Yes, I love having lots of options available to me when I have a stocked pantry! I'm open to just about any sort of video. The trick is that I have to find the right time to do it! 😁
@@ozarkfamilyhomestead no worries! Take your time. I know your hands are full. I hope shawn feels better soon 🙏
The summer kitchen will be useful for hanging things up to dry in. Here in UK people put things they no longer want on village websites or on freecycle. Sometimes I wish that my sons would actually buy 'new' things ! We received and passed on clothes even 40 years ago. People are too lazy to hang clothes on the line and can't enjoy the lovely fresh smell that sun dried clothes . When we had lockdown I put lots of old toys out for people to take - as I live in the lane that leads to local playground and the river there was increased footfall. I am sure that one of the boys could make you a ceiling clothes -airing wrack no I make it into a challenge :) My husband hated clothes dried in the house as it made it damp and is bad for children's chests - well he was a doctor. When a family from South Africa moved locally we presented them with Wellington boots and winter coats!
Loved your video! It’s just me and my husband, but takeout has gotten so expensive! I have spinal stenosis, so some days I don’t feel good. I have gotten in the habit of having 3 meals made ahead and are sitting in the freezer. Casserole, meatloaf, and already cooked hamburgers. I pull something out and put a vegetable with it! If I use one of the meals, I make sure to replace it the next day with a new meal.
That's a great idea, Michele! I bet those 3 pre-made meals come in handy on a regular basis! 💕
Really great video. I grew up on a farm, had burning barrel and a barrel for glass and tin cans. Did most of what you do. Oh the memories.👍🏼💙
Yes, please. I would love to see it. I think it would be helpful.
I'm in the UK. You're absolutely right on you save a lot drying outside.
Unless it's summer here ( we have so much rain), we have to use tumble dryers to dry clothes. Boy, do you notice the difference on your electric bills if you can dry outside.
If the heating is on, I hang clothes on clothes hangers and hook them over curtains rails as heat rises.
Would you have any tips on how to stop my Tomartoes splitting on the plants?
It's such a shame we couldn't see more of the thrift store shopping. We don't have the big ones like you do, only little ones. Sometimes they are more expensive than in normal clothes shops!
By the way love Daisy the cow mooooing, it make it more homely❤
Janice, I love your enthusiasm for a good deal
Drying on the washing line is just standard in the uk. I hardly use my dryer. I even use my clothes horses outside too.
I always cook from scratch and always have. Being disabled, I am unable to work, so I need to save money wherever I can. No TV in this house either. I thought, as you have so many pears, I’d send you this British chutney recipe. Not sure if it’s your thing but it’s delicious. It’s spicy, fruity and a bit sour too. Lovely with cheese, pork or ham. Hope you like it.
Spicy Pear Chutney
METRIC
* 450g of soft brown sugar
* 450ml of white wine vinegar
* 1 tsp ground cinnamon
* 1 tsp ground nutmeg
* 3 pinches of saffron strands
* 60g of fresh ginger, peeled and grated
* 150g of onion, peeled and finely diced
* 150g of sultanas
* 10 pears, firm, cored and finely diced
Method
1
Add the brown sugar, vinegar, cinnamon, nutmeg and saffron strands to a large pan and place over a low heat. Bring to a simmer, then add the ginger and onion
2
Stir to combine and allow to simmer until the liquid has reduced by about half. Add in the sultanas and pears and continue to reduce the liquid until it forms the desired consistency (continue to simmer to make thicker if liked)
3
Allow the chutney to cool completely in the pan. When cool, pour into a large sterilised jar (or several small ones) to store. If not sealed, the chutney will keep for a week in the fridge, but sterilised jars will keep for much longer.
Happy cooking xxxx
Your outdoor clothes line is a rotary clothes line. All Australian houses have outdoor clothes lines. Most also have some sort of Indoor clothes horse/airer too. I have 2 upright Airers for indoors, plus smaller ones that fit over the top of doors.
We're a smaller family with 3 adults, who have various food allergies. Fast food for us is ... Leftovers. I freeze leftovers in single serve portions. They take almost no time to reheat.
The Lawrence Yep book should be a wonderful story for your age 10+ kids. It won the Newbery Award for best in children's literature by an American author.
Awesome Krista!! It had "the look" of a really good book, so I took a chance on it. I'm glad I did! :)
Hi Janice, I dry my clothes on hangers, I have a clothes rail on wheels (heavy duty thing) and again like you dry overnight - there is only me but I hate the sight clothes drying in the house - no idea why. In the good weather I dry outside - I don't actually have a tumble dryer. I also shop charity (thrift) shops and also eBay both of which are getting expensive here in the UK. I didn't get a garden going this year due to ill health but am planning a winter one. Saving like mad for a dehydrator so I can do that next year - I buy a lot of dehydrated fruit and veggies for the winter so convenient and take up very little space. Love your videos and your amazing family
I think what saves some money to put it towards other things, is feminine hygiene products. Cloth based products are wonderful and work really well. They are also cost effective when buying single and in small quantities. Sure, you have to wash them but you can air dry them outside and or in front of your heat source in the Winter months. Twenty-five pads per daughter is a great basic number per female child because you have two to three days worth of pads before you need to wash them. The cost overall is well worth investing a little bit upfront first.
I agree! :)
Good afternoon, homesteaders! I'm new to the world of homestead videos and so intrigued. I am watching you, Janice, and your girls cooking and finding out how you save money on clothing for the family. I only have one question so far. I want to know what the boys do while the girls are doing all the fun stuff! 🙂 Thank you. I am enjoying learning about homesteading!
I came over from Dawn at Money Mom. I get my jeans from Goodwill but they are only $7.45 thankfully. $16.00+ is outrageous. Glad it was 75% off. My Goodwill only has 50% off certain color tags and the color changes weekly.
A fun for the children hot dog is
Two Octopuses 🐙 🐙
From one hot dog
Cut one hot dog in half
Slice a 1/3rd way from each end 4 slices
This makes 8 long slices that become Octopus arms once boiled the arms curl up....a couple of ketchup or mustard dabs become eyes.
They are so cute upon their plates or ontop of noodles
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Happy easy peasy
I call them
Hoctopuses 😁🐙🐙
I reuse my foil if its not to bad. I also reuse all bread / bun bags.. Put my homemade breads in them. Also I'll double or triple them to make them thicker and freeze things in them. Pack sandwiches in them etc. Don't buy plastic bags if you have bread bags. They are your plastic bag. Even the big ones that frozen chicken/ meat come in. They even ziplock .
When I cook meals that freeze well, I cook double or triple batches to save for those days that I cant cook, either im not feeling well or ive been to out of town appts or whatever
You have learned how to live minimally and thrive thank you for sharing your tips and tricks
My laundry room is long and narrow. I have a wooden clothes dryer and we installed a heavy duty rod almost the entire length of the room. At times it looks like a closet there are so many things hanging to dry…but it works. Remember to use plastic hangers to dry clothes even if you transfer to other hangers later.
Janice I really enjoyed this video. I have a family of 4 but I do follow many of the same money saving tips you gave. No eating out is huge.
Janice I have only been watching your v/log for over a month & just love your family!
Great job, Janice ! I always learn something new and ....that makes me happy , too .😊
This was a great video with lots of great information. I would like to see your routine for milking and feeding the cow and your laying chickens/ coop ideas. Also maybe a video on how you make your income from your homestead.
Wow what an amazing lot of pears that is my favorite fruit oh, you are so blessed. The only fruit we have on our land is blackberries and don't get me wrong I love them and we have hundreds and hundreds of bushes it's like a big field of them. so I enjoy those. One day I would love to have a garden like you guys do, is awesome to live off the land and eat the fruits and vegetables that you growed yourself. And I noticed that you have your own milk, that is so awesome. I love how resourceful you and your family are it's awesome.❤❤
I wasn't raised in a large family, but my mom always taught us clearance racks first. And we do the same with Goodwill, I try and look only for the tag that's on sale unless I am there for something very specific.
Love your videos......and eating out is horribly expensive. I love hanging my clothes out also
I admire you so much! I came by your channel by chance, and I love your family! I wish I could make my husband's idiot nephew and his crazy wife watch all of your videos. Long story short, he married a woman with 7 kids by three men. Family tried to tell him don't marry her, but he did, and he had a son with her, (number 8). House is always messy; she never cooks; they're always broke; the kids run wild; some seem to have emotional problems, etc. The older two couldn't wait to turn 18 and get out. They had Habitat for Humanity build them a house 6 years ago and it's trashed now!! I feel sorry for those kids!
You and your husband are amazing! Your kids are all happy and loved!! God bless all of you!
Fun video! Really enjoyed the short Goodwill trip in the beginning 😊
Good routine Janice and it probably helps your are in your house not be so dry by having all that wet clothes hanging on the racks are by the stove and puts moisture in the air to so you're kind of winning both ways if you very smart way of doing things you have a problem you look for an answer and that's how I am I I really applaud you and admire you for how you look at things because anything is doable in life it's how you approach it which makes a difference