I’m almost 70…and because of my fathers job, I grew up all over Europe and Asia…..We came back to the U.S. when I was 16….when my first child was born, I started taking in foreign exchange students… I had them for a year at a time….so my kids grew up with “brothers and sisters” from all over the globe! When each of my kids turned 16… we sent them wherever they wanted to go….one went to Africa for 2 weeks, and lived on the Serengeti with a tribe…and another went to France, another went to the Czech Republic, etc… All the exchange kids have come back several times to visit and my kids have all gone to their countries to stay with their families….so it’s an incredible bond…..my youngest is 33 now….and it’s wonderful to see ALL the children fly back and forth with their spouses and children to spend time with each other…
I love how you talk to the camera , it's like I'm there with you 😂 love it . I am a new subscriber so I'm catching up on all your videos . I love it all . Recipes, gardening, the atmosphere . Thanks so much
That’s an awesome idea. One of my favorite experiences was spending a weekend on a cattle farm in North Dakota right in the middle of winter. I learned so much.
You could just make cabins. With wood stoves they would able to cook on their own. A rustic camp/"resort" as mainly a fishing lake, think outhouses. As kids we loved it. They had RV hookups.
Looking forward to seeing your cookbook made a reality. I enjoy your recipes and it amazes me how differently things are in Canada vrs the southern US. You’ve quickly become one of my favorite channels and I look forward to each new video. I love the freeze dryer room. Each addition and remodeling of your home is more beautiful than the last! I hope your TH-cam career becomes all you dream it to be. You’re a very lovable and relatable family and I’m sure people will continue to flock to this channel and make you a huge success
I am in the South as well and totally agree. What she said about gardening there is what brought me to her channel in the beginning. She grows squash and brassicas that we can only dream of. Can you imagine not having to deal with vine bores, squash bugs, and loper moths???? But, I guess I'll have to enjoy it from afar. These southern bones can't take their cold and less sunlight. No way. But, again, I LOVE her channel.
@@theIAMofME isn’t it funny how we can’t understand why people that come from tropical places and end up in Canada and our question is always but why?!?! 😢 you used to live where it was beautiful and warm and had sunny beaches but of course a lot of people come here because there is work and where you can earn a decent income and raise your children where there is no civil unrest and where it’s safe. Most come because they want a better life for themselves and their children. It always boggles my mind though. Lol! But I do love the snow and the change of seasons and we have warm homes and it’s so nice to snuggle under a bunch of down filled comforters and homemade quilts and listen to the peace and quiet. You definitely have to be from hearty stock to last here over the winter but if you make it through one you can do it again. It’s an amazing place to live and to laugh and we don’t take ourselves too seriously here either. We also depend a lot on our neighbors and our own ability to be self-reliant. We wouldn’t ask something of a neighbor that we wouldn’t turn around and do the exact same thing if they needed our help. It makes life much more enjoyable knowing you have so many friends and neighbors to share the good times and bad times with. Anyway I’m sure you have them in the south as well but it’s not like a life and death situation that it could be. Anyway you should come up and see if you just might enjoy the cold and the snow. We dress with long Johns and heavy sweaters and heavy socks and warm boots, mittens and hats and if you have all those things you’ll never be cold!!🥰❤️🇨🇦🙏🏻
In Central Alberta, we have many hours of sunshine, once past December, until fall. In the summer, we have around 10 hours of light but our summers are fairly short. We get smaller amounts of rain than some provinces.
@@leannekenyoung It sounds about like here in rural TN but without the frigid temps. Although, it does get pretty cold here. I have been to Ontario once and it was BEAUTIFUL. Sadly, that is the only time I will ever get to come because of simple choices I've made in the last two years. I'm no longer allowed in the country.
I was raised on an acreage with a milk cow, oil lamps for light, a wood stove for heat and started dating my husband at 16, married two weeks before I turned twenty. He was a big city kid, and loved my country life. While I loved his indoor plumbing and TV. Now we have 40 acres, and I long for a wood stove, oil lamps, but I still want to keep my power. Going "off grid" in minus 40 in Alberta loses its romantic appeal very quickly.
We have the same experience as you, started dating when I was 15, a sophmore in high school, hubby was a senior. That was 1967 and here it is 2023, we are celebrating 51 years of marriage! Congrats to all of us!!
I enjoy your videos so much. Not only do you share a similar lifestyle but it's like just catching up with a friend! I have enjoyed canning, gardening, farming, animals both husbandry and butchering, etc for many years. My health declined a couple years ago. And has severely limited my ability to continue. But since we are the same age I feel like I can enjoy it through you and your videos! Keep being real!
Thank you Chelsea for sharing your life with us. Any day of the week I prefer listening and watching you than anything us. You are sweet and kind and I appreciate you sharing your life with us. 😘
I've said it before but you and I are so much alike in everything we do. Our life styles, the way we do things, feel about things, and the things we like. Your like my twin from another mother and country. Love your channel and Instagram, Chelsea!
I SO agree about the importance of international travel, or travel of any kind, to open eyes and broaden horizons for kids between high school and college at a minimum. I think it makes better people and better citizens.
I am new to TH-cam (my husband has been watching videos for years and I have resisted until now!). You are one of my first channels I have subscribed to, I so enjoy watching you cook and talk about your homestead and family. My husband and I are of retirement age and have just purchased property in upstate New York where we will homestead along with our adult son. We have been "in training" on our 1 acre home in Connecticut for 18 years and are excited for our new chapter. We have raised chickens, ducks and pigs along with having a huge garden - I can and preserve as much food as possible for us and look forward to doing more of that on our new property in the future. We have always dreamed of having more land and expanding our ability to provide for ourselves, watching you is an inspiration for me! Thanks!
I start my morning with one of your videos, even rewatching ones I have previously watched. You make me happy. Your positive attitude is transferred to me, so I carry it with me throughout the day. 😊
I just wanted to say why I love your channel. Your so positive and kind hearted and your voice is very soothing. When I’m watching you I feel very peaceful and stress free. Your whole family is so incredible.
I love how your always so honest about your mental health. It’s refreshing to see that you’ve found ways to cope and or overcome it. Gods Blessings to you and your family!
Hamburger gravy serve red on toast or bread or biscuits is called S.O.S. Sh.. on a shingle. 😂. Very popular in my parts with country folks and military. (Oklahoma, mother from a farm, father was a military kid)
That's more of a casserole than biscuits and gravy. More authentic biscuits and gravy is something I can and will eat any time of day, and it's cheap. When I was logging in my early 20s, during rainy seasons and just when there were no properties to log, a bunch of us would lodge together, I often referred to it as a refugee camp with folks sacked out on the floor because all of the beds were taken. Biscuits and gravy was something I fixed a lot, being the only female and the only one that knowed how to cook, I actually got "tips" from all of the men for the food I cooked. Came in at the end of a long weekend out of town one time to a house full of hungry men that wanted to know if they bought more food if I would cook it for them, because eating out was killing everybody. We reached an agreement on a fund for grocery shopping, clean up and a fee for me cooking for all of them roughnecks. They knew that the biscuits and gravy I made were good, but had no idea how good I could cook other things. They called me their personal chef. They enjoyed it so much that, when I wasn't there, they discussed renting a larger house and hiring me to cook and clean for them. Even though I'm what some folks refer to as domesticated, I didn't fall for that one, and we just continued with the original agreement. They always made fun of me in the winter months because I'd wear long johns, two pairs of jeans, a long john shirt, long teeshirt, sweat shirt and flannel shirt, two pairs of wool socks under my boots, a leather jacket, leather gloves and a hat, all wrapped around a female that was only 5'5" tall and weighed a solid 135 pounds, they said that was the biggest I had ever looked, but they couldn't believe how agile I still was with that many pounds of garments on. It takes a lot of energy to work in cold weather, even more in a cold climate area. Nothing like a wood stove to warm up beside when the work day is done.
I have carried on the family tradition of making hamburger gravy all my adult life. It is a great meal for stretching the budget. We always have primarily had it over mashed potatoes but if time is a factor we'd have it over toast. Don't know why I haven't done it over biscuits.
Love how the freeze dryer setup is so neat and clean looking - the wood is so pretty as well as the floor. Your supper looks almost as good as the girls crepes - I love crepes so nothing would beat them. LOL Enjoyed the information as it seems I know you better, now.
Thanks again, Chelsea & Dan & family for sharing tidbits of your life! Your attitude & personality are so welcome to any viewer! Great progress, as usual! Many blessings to your family 🤗💕
I was raised on a farm and we always had our own meat. So it never bothered me when we processed our meat. When my dad and stepmom moved to a farm they got a young steer to raise for meat. When it was time my stepmom couldn’t do it. They sold that steer and bought another one to process. In future years she was able to process both beef and pork. I love your channel. I’m so so happy you are doing TH-cam more.
I am also looking forward to your cookbook too! I normally don’t use one but your cooking resembles how I too cook! No recipe and all from scratch! I am so glad I stumbled upon your show! I too have a Martha! She is a Majestic wood cookstove! Good to know how to keep her cleaned up and looking good!!
I enjoyed it so much! The best thing for us viewers and long time subscribers is that you have gone full time on TH-cam ❤️ I can never get enough of Little Mountain ranch! It's hard to believe that Kate is already 20...where has the time gone? Such a beautiful young lady. Do you plan on using a vacuum sealer on any freeze dried food you might store in jars? I see people do that...along with an oxygen absorber. I was just wondering Until next time, have a great Sunday ❤️
Good Sunday Morning Little Mountain Ranch. Those homemade biscuits and gravy on a vintage wood cookstove look like the perfect breakfast on a cold Winter day. Thanks for sharing another great recipe.
We lived in the Northwest Territories and now 34 years in south Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. My husband is from Wisconsin and every gardener there thinks they have a green thumb because gardening there is effortless. IF you garden in south Texas and are successful you do indeed have a green thumb. Diseases and bugs are constant. So that being said I understand the benefits of growing in Canada.
Great progress on the room with the freeze dryer. Love the red on the floor. Learning a lot from your videos about homesteading. Lovely meals too. Those crepes were looking delicious.
Thanks a lot for answering so many of our questions! What a Wonderful Life you and Dan have carved out for your family. I can relate to your children's choices about City versus Farm Life as I was born and raised for the first few years in the city and then we moved to a small farm in the Okanogan Valley. The farm life never jived for me and I missed the city. The funny thing now is however, that when I head back to the Okanagan from Vancouver I always drive out to the farm (which has since been owned by another family for the last 30 yrs) just to reminisce and look at the fabulous view we had out there. That land is in my heart. Thanks again!
I enjoy watching you outside, in the kitchen, all the places. So glad you got to drive the beast snow plow. Dan does great wood work, the freeze dryer room is so nice. I can't wait till he can restore his car. What a great family memory!
I’m in awe of the multitude of things you get done and help with! Your home is so inviting; your food always looks so “comforting!” You have such a happy and satisfied aura. Love your channel. God Bless
Yeah those could be called dumplings or my grandmother would just take spoonfuls and drop it on to a bank baking pan and she called them dropped biscuits you don't have to form them or anything just get a spoonful and just drop it on to the pan love your channel
Thank you for sharing! Those biscuits and gravy looked delicious! I can’t wait until your cookbook is done…….I’m already in line waiting to purchase it! I’d love to live where it snows a lot. I really love the snow. We get some snow, but not like we did when I was a kid. If it’s going to be cold, you might as well have snow so it’s also pretty.
I am excited about your cookbook. What a great legacy for your family. I have made a little cookbook for my daughter and each of her girls so they have my recipes and some of their grandmother’s, great grandmother’s and great aunt’s recipes. We live in the US but lived in Canada for 15 years. We still make favorites like Nanaimo Bars.
I enjoy every video! You approach 'us' as your friends and you have wonderful content. The sharing of recipes and being in the kitchen with you is inspiring. I LOVE your farm, both winter & summer💗
Hi….happy Sunday! Another snowy day this side of the Cariboo’s. I remember growing up, whenever I would go to my aunt and uncles cabin. We always cleaned the top of the cook stove with newspaper and oil….some sort of vegi oil. It looked so nice. I am excited with all the new changes to your channel and website etc. I’m happy you add to your income doing this. I am also excited for your cookbook. I will be needing one for sure. Nothing better than reading a cookbook by the fire on a cold snowy day. Can I say.,.,your dinner looked awesome. I am thinking I will make this tues for supper. Well….I best go, heading to PG for a bit of a stock up tomorrow, so got to check my list. Thanks so much Chelsea for the great channel. ❄️💕
Great to see you! You are so right about the south, I had leaf footed bug on my tomatoes for the past few years and it is so annoying. I absolutely hate the humidity and I don't want to go outside during the summer, can never open up the windows in the house during the summer and basically we don't get rid of bugs, and fire ants and mosquitos are my enemies! Ugh! I don't like it too cold but I don't like it hot and humid either. California had the best climate years ago but it's not for me anymore. Enjoying your videos! Hugs and love 🤗💞🙏
I just love seeing that you've posted a new video. Thank you for sharing in your personal life journey with Dan and your children. My husband and I are high school sweethearts as well. We will be married 50 yrs in May and we were 19 when married also! Thank you again and God Bless.
I enjoy your videos. I have been viewing many homesteading TH-cam channels since I retired last year and in searching for more Canadian content was happy to come across yours. Your season is a bit shorter and colder than ours so great to have that perspective. Is it true … 11 children? Did you have a few sets of twins or adopt some? Forgive me, I can’t get my head around that….I am an only child, never had any children, and not sure how or where you would put all the stuff….clothes, dishes, bedrooms, chairs, shoes…. Your kitchen is quite tidy and not huge….how do you hide the 7 plus bodies moving around all the time! Amazing!
Hey there and welcome! Yes, we have 11 with one set of twins in there. I try to film when everyone is occupied or edit the interruptions out - sometimes there’s a lot! Lol whenever I bring the camera out I do tidy my kitchen first. My mom raised me to always have a clean house when company comes over and when I film that’s how it feels, although I do try to keep it real, sometimes I realize I’ve cleaned my kitchen but didn’t brush my hair! Thanks for being here.😊
@@LittleMountainRanch "sometimes there is a lot", would be an understatement of epic portion in my world!! In any event, I do appreciate the way you move through a day with homesteading. The way you make bread without a recipe really made me get close and personal with the feel & look of the dough. I have time now in retirement to pay attention and take advantage of the savings and the release of pent-up anger in the kneading! The recipes in my cookbooks looked so overwhelming I did not attempt and the youtube options of no-knead resulted in less than palatable results. Going back to basics with the ingredients of my recipe books and watching you cut the corners after the first rise does result in a suitable sandwich bread to satisfy my husband's need for sliced store-bought bread...thanks! I could not handle and would never want that many people in the house at one time for more than 6 hours so I am in awe of your talents and hope to benefit from more you share. If, in fact, you have any connection to Canadian Homesteaders of lesser volume needs, I would be interested in connecting!
Chelsy I loved your video and learning a little more about you and Dan. Kids are great and I would like a whole big bunch as well. Unfortunately my wife to be is from China and we were about to be married 3 years ago. However this stupid Covid virus got in our way. Now we will just work around that and hopefully next year will be the year. Lots of work but the rewards of growing and making your own food is super and totally yummy. God Bless JoeScott Muddy Dog Ranch
There are so many reasons I watch you. I think I found you because TH-cam popped you into my feed. Probably because I watch other homesteading type channels, in particular Modern Homestead Alaska which I think has a similar vibe to yours. But I love that you are Canadian! I was born and raised in Southern Ontario but I have spent most of my adult life on Southern Vancouver Island. Always suburban to urban areas - never the rural farm/ranch life and frankly I have no plans to change. So, why do I watch??? I love the content, particularly cooking, storage, prepping, pantry. Those tips and skills can translate to any lifestyle. I choose you because (especially today) I appreciate and enjoy your candor and knowledge and how genuine you are. Keep it up, looking forward to much more. Thanx!
I love to watch. I have learned a lot from you and will this year try some in my raised beds. I have always canned what I can or frozen vegetables. The garden ideas is what I enjoy, the animals and the cooking.
Hugelkulture compost in bins around or in a greenhouse could help with temperature in fall spring. Good ideas on internet about no electricity greenhouses. I live in southeast US but plan to live in central US in northern Great Plains 5a area -28.9 to -26 °C (-20 to -15°F). Like to hear advantages of gardening in north. That is some snow plow you all have ❤
I really enjoy your videos. I hope you continue to do at least 30 minute videos and you can do at least one daily would be nice or as soon and as you’re able to get them out it really makes me feel like I’m a part of your family and right there with you as you are explaining stuff
Wow are love stories are very similar! We stoped at 3 kiddos ;) and I was the one that wanted to homestead to but he loves it now! Thanks for sharing this!
I absolutely love your channel and your cooking videos. Thank you for your honesty and sharing how you and your husband lovingly manage a large family and farm. Namaste...💐
💚 I really enjoyed this vlog and will likely watch it again, to catch more of the details you shared with us. I still did not catch the total number of children you have? Four adult children and then you said something about 7 children at home..but I don't think you have 11...I thought it's more like 8 total? Love seeing you drive that big truck/snowplow! Your food dehydrator room looks great and that brick red floor is great! Thanks so much again, Chelsea. I so enjoy you and your family 💚
Thank you for sharing your lifestyle and story. The freeze dryer room is amazing know you will love having it and looking forward for you to share recipes. The meal looked delicious. God's blessings to you and your family.
The girls did an awesome job with the sweet crepes. I've been considering getting a freeze dryer for over a year. I feel it would benefit the household very much. I would save on freezer space and be able to freeze dry fruits and vegetables from the garden. My husband had bariactric surgery about 15 years ago. I'll be able to make foods for him that will be more digestible. Have an awesome day.
So funny you mentioned warmer climate gardening...I live in the south and envy your garden. It is frustrating to fight bug pressure, humidity and intense heat. I recently discovered your channel and absolutely LOVE ❤️ your content. Please keep up the wonderful videos and I will keep up the thumbs. Wishing you,Dan and the kids a blessed holiday and year's to come.
I always look forward to your new videos. You answered questions I had also. Your biscuits & gravy remind me of another version of Shepherd's pie. Looks delicious. I am looking forward to getting your cookbook!
I love watching your channel. You emit positive energy into everything you do and it's so enjoyable to watch you cook. Sending you love all the way from Brisbane Australia
I agree with the post below! I also respect the amount of hard work and dedecation it takes to raise a large family remotely and with mostly home grown food products
Very kind of you to take the time to answer the questions! You might know this already, but you can also store freeze dried food in vacuum sealed canning jars. If you are interested, leave it a comment below and I will reply with the YTber channel that I learned from. God bless!
Can't wait to see how you use your freeze dryer. Might want to get baskets or bins for the shelves, those mylar bags don't like to stand up. Even the gusseted ones have trouble. Mine domino a lot. I really like getting the resealable ones with the gussets. Easier to snack from, lol. You can vacuum seal in mason jars too using the freeze dryer, just touch the leaf in the upper leaf to access the control panel to toggle on the vacuum pump alone. I go about 1.5 to 2 minutes. Feels less wasteful to use a jar for items that will be used in the short term.
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Good Morning, friends, I hope you all enjoy the video and have a wonderful day!
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You are Such a Little Sunshine!!! Such a Joy to watch. Thank you for your channel.
I’m almost 70…and because of my fathers job, I grew up all over Europe and Asia…..We came back to the U.S. when I was 16….when my first child was born, I started taking in foreign exchange students… I had them for a year at a time….so my kids grew up with “brothers and sisters” from all over the globe! When each of my kids turned 16… we sent them wherever they wanted to go….one went to Africa for 2 weeks, and lived on the Serengeti with a tribe…and another went to France, another went to the Czech Republic, etc… All the exchange kids have come back several times to visit and my kids have all gone to their countries to stay with their families….so it’s an incredible bond…..my youngest is 33 now….and it’s wonderful to see ALL the children fly back and forth with their spouses and children to spend time with each other…
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I love how you talk to the camera , it's like I'm there with you 😂 love it . I am a new subscriber so I'm catching up on all your videos . I love it all . Recipes, gardening, the atmosphere . Thanks so much
Your cheerful positive attitude is what makes this channel so good. Have you thought about building a cabin to rent out as a holiday home?
Oh my gosh! That's an AMAZING idea! Do like a B and B kind of thing? I would so, so be wanting that for my next vacation. Brilliant! 😁
That’s an awesome idea. One of my favorite experiences was spending a weekend on a cattle farm in North Dakota right in the middle of winter. I learned so much.
You could just make cabins. With wood stoves they would able to cook on their own. A rustic camp/"resort" as mainly a fishing lake, think outhouses. As kids we loved it. They had RV hookups.
Looking forward to seeing your cookbook made a reality. I enjoy your recipes and it amazes me how differently things are in Canada vrs the southern US. You’ve quickly become one of my favorite channels and I look forward to each new video. I love the freeze dryer room. Each addition and remodeling of your home is more beautiful than the last! I hope your TH-cam career becomes all you dream it to be. You’re a very lovable and relatable family and I’m sure people will continue to flock to this channel and make you a huge success
I am in the South as well and totally agree. What she said about gardening there is what brought me to her channel in the beginning. She grows squash and brassicas that we can only dream of. Can you imagine not having to deal with vine bores, squash bugs, and loper moths???? But, I guess I'll have to enjoy it from afar. These southern bones can't take their cold and less sunlight. No way. But, again, I LOVE her channel.
@@theIAMofME isn’t it funny how we can’t understand why people that come from tropical places and end up in Canada and our question is always but why?!?! 😢 you used to live where it was beautiful and warm and had sunny beaches but of course a lot of people come here because there is work and where you can earn a decent income and raise your children where there is no civil unrest and where it’s safe. Most come because they want a better life for themselves and their children. It always boggles my mind though. Lol! But I do love the snow and the change of seasons and we have warm homes and it’s so nice to snuggle under a bunch of down filled comforters and homemade quilts and listen to the peace and quiet. You definitely have to be from hearty stock to last here over the winter but if you make it through one you can do it again. It’s an amazing place to live and to laugh and we don’t take ourselves too seriously here either. We also depend a lot on our neighbors and our own ability to be self-reliant. We wouldn’t ask something of a neighbor that we wouldn’t turn around and do the exact same thing if they needed our help. It makes life much more enjoyable knowing you have so many friends and neighbors to share the good times and bad times with. Anyway I’m sure you have them in the south as well but it’s not like a life and death situation that it could be. Anyway you should come up and see if you just might enjoy the cold and the snow. We dress with long Johns and heavy sweaters and heavy socks and warm boots, mittens and hats and if you have all those things you’ll never be cold!!🥰❤️🇨🇦🙏🏻
In Central Alberta, we have many hours of sunshine, once past December, until fall. In the summer, we have around 10 hours of light but our summers are fairly short. We get smaller amounts of rain than some provinces.
@@leannekenyoung It sounds about like here in rural TN but without the frigid temps. Although, it does get pretty cold here. I have been to Ontario once and it was BEAUTIFUL. Sadly, that is the only time I will ever get to come because of simple choices I've made in the last two years. I'm no longer allowed in the country.
I was raised on an acreage with a milk cow, oil lamps for light, a wood stove for heat and started dating my husband at 16, married two weeks before I turned twenty. He was a big city kid, and loved my country life. While I loved his indoor plumbing and TV. Now we have 40 acres, and I long for a wood stove, oil lamps, but I still want to keep my power. Going "off grid" in minus 40 in Alberta loses its romantic appeal very quickly.
We have the same experience as you, started dating when I was 15, a sophmore in high school, hubby was a senior. That was 1967 and here it is 2023, we are celebrating 51 years of marriage! Congrats to all of us!!
I enjoy your videos so much. Not only do you share a similar lifestyle but it's like just catching up with a friend!
I have enjoyed canning, gardening, farming, animals both husbandry and butchering, etc for many years. My health declined a couple years ago. And has severely limited my ability to continue. But since we are the same age I feel like I can enjoy it through you and your videos!
Keep being real!
Thank you Chelsea for sharing your life with us. Any day of the week I prefer listening and watching you than anything us. You are sweet and kind and I appreciate you sharing your life with us. 😘
You are so welcome!♥️
I've said it before but you and I are so much alike in everything we do. Our life styles, the way we do things, feel about things, and the things we like. Your like my twin from another mother and country. Love your channel and Instagram, Chelsea!
I SO agree about the importance of international travel, or travel of any kind, to open eyes and broaden horizons for kids between high school and college at a minimum. I think it makes better people and better citizens.
I am new to TH-cam (my husband has been watching videos for years and I have resisted until now!). You are one of my first channels I have subscribed to, I so enjoy watching you cook and talk about your homestead and family. My husband and I are of retirement age and have just purchased property in upstate New York where we will homestead along with our adult son. We have been "in training" on our 1 acre home in Connecticut for 18 years and are excited for our new chapter. We have raised chickens, ducks and pigs along with having a huge garden - I can and preserve as much food as possible for us and look forward to doing more of that on our new property in the future. We have always dreamed of having more land and expanding our ability to provide for ourselves, watching you is an inspiration for me! Thanks!
That’s exciting for you guys! I’m happy to have you here, thanks for watching.🙂
Getting really close to 100K subs!! Maybe by Christmas? You do an amazing job with the channel, Chelsea.
Thank you so much - I’m so grateful for all of your support!
Another beautiful 30 minutes spent with you! Thank you.
I start my morning with one of your videos, even rewatching ones I have previously watched. You make me happy. Your positive attitude is transferred to me, so I carry it with me throughout the day. 😊
I just wanted to say why I love your channel. Your so positive and kind hearted and your voice is very soothing. When I’m watching you I feel very peaceful and stress free. Your whole family is so incredible.
Thank you so much!❤️
It’s so wonderful to hear about a family that encourages dreams and art and travel ❤ 😊
I love how your always so honest about your mental health. It’s refreshing to see that you’ve found ways to cope and or overcome it. Gods Blessings to you and your family!
Hamburger gravy serve red on toast or bread or biscuits is called S.O.S. Sh.. on a shingle. 😂. Very popular in my parts with country folks and military. (Oklahoma, mother from a farm, father was a military kid)
That was a gorgeous view when you were driving.
Thanks for all the information!
I enjoy your channel!🙂
The high light of my morning coffee.. Blessings ❤️
I am so excited for the hard cover cook book!!! Thank you for sharing all you do!
I love hearing about your family history thank you 😊
Your explanation about why you stay in such a cold climate reminds me of a saying….”Bloom where you’re planted.” 👍🏻🤗
B & B rental would be great on your land. People would love seeing the animals and land. It’s beautiful.
We've talked a lot about that.
That's more of a casserole than biscuits and gravy.
More authentic biscuits and gravy is something I can and will eat any time of day, and it's cheap.
When I was logging in my early 20s, during rainy seasons and just when there were no properties to log, a bunch of us would lodge together, I often referred to it as a refugee camp with folks sacked out on the floor because all of the beds were taken.
Biscuits and gravy was something I fixed a lot, being the only female and the only one that knowed how to cook, I actually got "tips" from all of the men for the food I cooked.
Came in at the end of a long weekend out of town one time to a house full of hungry men that wanted to know if they bought more food if I would cook it for them, because eating out was killing everybody.
We reached an agreement on a fund for grocery shopping, clean up and a fee for me cooking for all of them roughnecks.
They knew that the biscuits and gravy I made were good, but had no idea how good I could cook other things.
They called me their personal chef.
They enjoyed it so much that, when I wasn't there, they discussed renting a larger house and hiring me to cook and clean for them.
Even though I'm what some folks refer to as domesticated, I didn't fall for that one, and we just continued with the original agreement.
They always made fun of me in the winter months because I'd wear long johns, two pairs of jeans, a long john shirt, long teeshirt, sweat shirt and flannel shirt, two pairs of wool socks under my boots, a leather jacket, leather gloves and a hat, all wrapped around a female that was only 5'5" tall and weighed a solid 135 pounds, they said that was the biggest I had ever looked, but they couldn't believe how agile I still was with that many pounds of garments on.
It takes a lot of energy to work in cold weather, even more in a cold climate area.
Nothing like a wood stove to warm up beside when the work day is done.
I liked the Q & A. Sharing your natural grace is our gift. I hope you make good money from sharing on TH-cam!❤️.
Thank you.
I have carried on the family tradition of making hamburger gravy all my adult life. It is a great meal for stretching the budget. We always have primarily had it over mashed potatoes but if time is a factor we'd have it over toast. Don't know why I haven't done it over biscuits.
Love how the freeze dryer setup is so neat and clean looking - the wood is so pretty as well as the floor. Your supper looks almost as good as the girls crepes - I love crepes so nothing would beat them. LOL Enjoyed the information as it seems I know you better, now.
Thanks again, Chelsea & Dan & family for sharing tidbits of your life! Your attitude & personality are so welcome to any viewer! Great progress, as usual! Many blessings to your family 🤗💕
I was raised on a farm and we always had our own meat. So it never bothered me when we processed our meat. When my dad and stepmom moved to a farm they got a young steer to raise for meat. When it was time my stepmom couldn’t do it. They sold that steer and bought another one to process. In future years she was able to process both beef and pork. I love your channel. I’m so so happy you are doing TH-cam more.
I am also looking forward to your cookbook too! I normally don’t use one but your cooking resembles how I too cook! No recipe and all from scratch! I am so glad I stumbled upon your show! I too have a Martha! She is a Majestic wood cookstove! Good to know how to keep her cleaned up and looking good!!
I enjoyed it so much! The best thing for us viewers and long time subscribers is that you have gone full time on TH-cam ❤️ I can never get enough of Little Mountain ranch! It's hard to believe that Kate is already 20...where has the time gone? Such a beautiful young lady.
Do you plan on using a vacuum sealer on any freeze dried food you might store in jars? I see people do that...along with an oxygen absorber. I was just wondering
Until next time, have a great Sunday ❤️
I do have a vacuum sealer and will likely use it for things I plan to store long term - for everything else I’ll just use jars and bags.
Your driveway is gorgeous!
Good Sunday Morning Little Mountain Ranch. Those homemade biscuits and gravy on a vintage wood cookstove look like the perfect breakfast on a cold Winter day. Thanks for sharing another great recipe.
We lived in the Northwest Territories and now 34 years in south Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. My husband is from Wisconsin and every gardener there thinks they have a green thumb because gardening there is effortless. IF you garden in south Texas and are successful you do indeed have a green thumb. Diseases and bugs are constant. So that being said I understand the benefits of growing in Canada.
What a stunning view as we journeyed down your driveway! So very beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Excited about the ebook. Thank you!
Great progress on the room with the freeze dryer. Love the red on the floor. Learning a lot from your videos about homesteading. Lovely meals too. Those crepes were looking delicious.
Thanks a lot for answering so many of our questions! What a Wonderful Life you and Dan have carved out for your family. I can relate to your children's choices about City versus Farm Life as I was born and raised for the first few years in the city and then we moved to a small farm in the Okanogan Valley. The farm life never jived for me and I missed the city. The funny thing now is however, that when I head back to the Okanagan from Vancouver I always drive out to the farm (which has since been owned by another family for the last 30 yrs) just to reminisce and look at the fabulous view we had out there. That land is in my heart. Thanks again!
I enjoy watching you outside, in the kitchen, all the places. So glad you got to drive the beast snow plow. Dan does great wood work, the freeze dryer room is so nice. I can't wait till he can restore his car. What a great family memory!
The freeze dry room came out amazing… great job.
I grew up on ground beef gravy and biscuits!! YUM!!
Such a beautiful place you have. So pretty with all the snow.
I’m in awe of the multitude of things you get done and help with! Your home is so inviting; your food always looks so “comforting!” You have such a happy and satisfied aura. Love your channel.
God Bless
Love your videos. I live in Louisiana, US and don’t get to see or experience snow. Such a beautiful site!!
So enjoyed this Vlog! Thank you
You are so inspiring !! Looking forward to the cookbook!!
You are so organised
Yeah those could be called dumplings or my grandmother would just take spoonfuls and drop it on to a bank baking pan and she called them dropped biscuits you don't have to form them or anything just get a spoonful and just drop it on to the pan love your channel
Thank you for sharing! Those biscuits and gravy looked delicious! I can’t wait until your cookbook is done…….I’m already in line waiting to purchase it! I’d love to live where it snows a lot. I really love the snow. We get some snow, but not like we did when I was a kid. If it’s going to be cold, you might as well have snow so it’s also pretty.
I am excited about your cookbook. What a great legacy for your family. I have made a little cookbook for my daughter and each of her girls so they have my recipes and some of their grandmother’s, great grandmother’s and great aunt’s recipes. We live in the US but lived in Canada for 15 years. We still make favorites like Nanaimo Bars.
Wow, so much snow in your area! Greetings from the lower mainland! 😍👍
Your homestead is so interesting. Thank you
I enjoy every video! You approach 'us' as your friends and you have wonderful content. The sharing of recipes and being in the kitchen with you is inspiring. I LOVE your farm, both winter & summer💗
I moved from New Hampshire to Virginia 3 years ago it was so much easier to grow in New Hampshire no bug pressure:) I miss it sooo much.
Hi….happy Sunday! Another snowy day this side of the Cariboo’s. I remember growing up, whenever I would go to my aunt and uncles cabin. We always cleaned the top of the cook stove with newspaper and oil….some sort of vegi oil. It looked so nice. I am excited with all the new changes to your channel and website etc. I’m happy you add to your income doing this. I am also excited for your cookbook. I will be needing one for sure. Nothing better than reading a cookbook by the fire on a cold snowy day. Can I say.,.,your dinner looked awesome. I am thinking I will make this tues for supper. Well….I best go, heading to PG for a bit of a stock up tomorrow, so got to check my list. Thanks so much Chelsea for the great channel. ❄️💕
Thank you for always being so kind, I appreciate you.❤️
The crêpes look fantastic! We rarely ate pancakes growing up because my dad is originally from France and made crêpes for breakfast. Well done!
Really do enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Great to see you! You are so right about the south, I had leaf footed bug on my tomatoes for the past few years and it is so annoying. I absolutely hate the humidity and I don't want to go outside during the summer, can never open up the windows in the house during the summer and basically we don't get rid of bugs, and fire ants and mosquitos are my enemies! Ugh! I don't like it too cold but I don't like it hot and humid either. California had the best climate years ago but it's not for me anymore. Enjoying your videos! Hugs and love 🤗💞🙏
Hugs to you too!
@@LittleMountainRanch thank you Chelsea!❤️
Your freeze dryer room is gorgeous!!!
Thanks for the visit!
I just love seeing that you've posted a new video. Thank you for sharing in your personal life journey with Dan and your children. My husband and I are high school sweethearts as well. We will be married 50 yrs in May and we were 19 when married also! Thank you again and God Bless.
Thank you so much!
TH-cam added your channel to my suggested list and I’ve binged watched since they did❤
Always look forward to your videos.
Your voice is a comfort when I miss my mom. She passed in March 2020 from Alzheimer's. Not to mention I love your videos
I’m so sorry and glad I can be a comfort.❤️
Cleaning the stove with oil, I would think the stove would get sticky in time. All the snow is beautiful.
The snow looks so pretty. ❄️❄️❄️☃️
Good morning Chelsea and family. Really love what you are doing with your life and the way you are following your dreams for yourself and your family.
Thank you so much!!
I am SO excited to follow your freeze dryer experience!
I enjoy your videos. I have been viewing many homesteading TH-cam channels since I retired last year and in searching for more Canadian content was happy to come across yours. Your season is a bit shorter and colder than ours so great to have that perspective. Is it true … 11 children? Did you have a few sets of twins or adopt some? Forgive me, I can’t get my head around that….I am an only child, never had any children, and not sure how or where you would put all the stuff….clothes, dishes, bedrooms, chairs, shoes…. Your kitchen is quite tidy and not huge….how do you hide the 7 plus bodies moving around all the time! Amazing!
Hey there and welcome! Yes, we have 11 with one set of twins in there. I try to film when everyone is occupied or edit the interruptions out - sometimes there’s a lot! Lol whenever I bring the camera out I do tidy my kitchen first. My mom raised me to always have a clean house when company comes over and when I film that’s how it feels, although I do try to keep it real, sometimes I realize I’ve cleaned my kitchen but didn’t brush my hair! Thanks for being here.😊
@@LittleMountainRanch "sometimes there is a lot", would be an understatement of epic portion in my world!! In any event, I do appreciate the way you move through a day with homesteading. The way you make bread without a recipe really made me get close and personal with the feel & look of the dough. I have time now in retirement to pay attention and take advantage of the savings and the release of pent-up anger in the kneading! The recipes in my cookbooks looked so overwhelming I did not attempt and the youtube options of no-knead resulted in less than palatable results. Going back to basics with the ingredients of my recipe books and watching you cut the corners after the first rise does result in a suitable sandwich bread to satisfy my husband's need for sliced store-bought bread...thanks!
I could not handle and would never want that many people in the house at one time for more than 6 hours so I am in awe of your talents and hope to benefit from more you share. If, in fact, you have any connection to Canadian Homesteaders of lesser volume needs, I would be interested in connecting!
Chelsy I loved your video and learning a little more about you and Dan. Kids are great and I would like a whole big bunch as well. Unfortunately my wife to be is from China and we were about to be married 3 years ago. However this stupid Covid virus got in our way. Now we will just work around that and hopefully next year will be the year. Lots of work but the rewards of growing and making your own food is super and totally yummy.
God Bless JoeScott Muddy Dog Ranch
I wish the best for you guys! Hope she can come over soon!
Love all of your videos so cheerful and positive messages
There are so many reasons I watch you. I think I found you because TH-cam popped you into my feed. Probably because I watch other homesteading type channels, in particular Modern Homestead Alaska which I think has a similar vibe to yours. But I love that you are Canadian! I was born and raised in Southern Ontario but I have spent most of my adult life on Southern Vancouver Island. Always suburban to urban areas - never the rural farm/ranch life and frankly I have no plans to change. So, why do I watch??? I love the content, particularly cooking, storage, prepping, pantry. Those tips and skills can translate to any lifestyle. I choose you because (especially today) I appreciate and enjoy your candor and knowledge and how genuine you are. Keep it up, looking forward to much more. Thanx!
Thanks so much and welcome!
I love to watch. I have learned a lot from you and will this year try some in my raised beds. I have always canned what I can or frozen vegetables. The garden ideas is what I enjoy, the animals and the cooking.
Hugelkulture compost in bins around or in a greenhouse could help with temperature in fall spring. Good ideas on internet about no electricity greenhouses. I live in southeast US but plan to live in central US in northern Great Plains 5a area -28.9 to -26 °C (-20 to -15°F). Like to hear advantages of gardening in north. That is some snow plow you all have ❤
I really enjoy your videos. I hope you continue to do at least 30 minute videos and you can do at least one daily would be nice or as soon and as you’re able to get them out it really makes me feel like I’m a part of your family and right there with you as you are explaining stuff
Wow are love stories are very similar! We stoped at 3 kiddos ;) and I was the one that wanted to homestead to but he loves it now! Thanks for sharing this!
I absolutely love your channel and your cooking videos. Thank you for your honesty and sharing how you and your husband lovingly manage a large family and farm. Namaste...💐
The freezedryer room looks amazing! Can't wait to see what you preserve in there and how it all turns out.
💚 I really enjoyed this vlog and will likely watch it again, to catch more of the details you shared with us. I still did not catch the total number of children you have? Four adult children and then you said something about 7 children at home..but I don't think you have 11...I thought it's more like 8 total? Love seeing you drive that big truck/snowplow! Your food dehydrator room looks great and that brick red floor is great! Thanks so much again, Chelsea. I so enjoy you and your family 💚
We do have 11. 4 adult kids and 7 still at home.❤️
Thank you for sharing your lifestyle and story. The freeze dryer room is amazing know you will love having it and looking forward for you to share recipes. The meal looked delicious. God's blessings to you and your family.
The girls did an awesome job with the sweet crepes. I've been considering getting a freeze dryer for over a year. I feel it would benefit the household very much. I would save on freezer space and be able to freeze dry fruits and vegetables from the garden. My husband had bariactric surgery about 15 years ago. I'll be able to make foods for him that will be more digestible. Have an awesome day.
If you do buy one I’d be grateful if you used my link - it’s still n the show notes above.❤️
@@LittleMountainRanch if we choose to get a freeze dryer I would love to use your link to help support your wonderful channel!!!
Beautiful!
Your freeze dryer room is looking great! ❤
i think im gona have to try that biscuits n gravy myself it looks soo good
Great video. Love your cheerfulness.
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for sharing about your life! Dinner looks yummy and the freeze dryer room looks amazing!
So funny you mentioned warmer climate gardening...I live in the south and envy your garden. It is frustrating to fight bug pressure, humidity and intense heat. I recently discovered your channel and absolutely LOVE ❤️ your content. Please keep up the wonderful videos and I will keep up the thumbs. Wishing you,Dan and the kids a blessed holiday and year's to come.
Welcome! Same to you.😊
I always look forward to your new videos. You answered questions I had also. Your biscuits & gravy remind me of another version of Shepherd's pie. Looks delicious. I am looking forward to getting your cookbook!
I love watching your channel. You emit positive energy into everything you do and it's so enjoyable to watch you cook. Sending you love all the way from Brisbane Australia
Thanks for sharing your life!!
I look forward to your videos!!
You cook really good food!!
I agree with the post below! I also respect the amount of hard work and dedecation it takes to raise a large family remotely and with mostly home grown food products
Love your content and you have a great vibe 😀
Really enjoy your channel!😊
This was so fun and informative. Ty. Love your videos. I learn a lot from you. Be blessed this day.
Very kind of you to take the time to answer the questions! You might know this already, but you can also store freeze dried food in vacuum sealed canning jars. If you are interested, leave it a comment below and I will reply with the YTber channel that I learned from. God bless!
Dan and you did a beautiful job on the Freeze Dryer area. I simply love it! Always look forward to seeing your videos.
Can't wait to see how you use your freeze dryer. Might want to get baskets or bins for the shelves, those mylar bags don't like to stand up. Even the gusseted ones have trouble. Mine domino a lot. I really like getting the resealable ones with the gussets. Easier to snack from, lol. You can vacuum seal in mason jars too using the freeze dryer, just touch the leaf in the upper leaf to access the control panel to toggle on the vacuum pump alone. I go about 1.5 to 2 minutes. Feels less wasteful to use a jar for items that will be used in the short term.