Zach there are so many that spend most of there money on fine homes. Only to say I can't wait to get away from here and go somewhere else. Good to see you have found your place of peace and joy. Many told me I would have to leave here when my wife passed here. But it made it that much more a place of refuge. Thanks my friend.
I agree. I Love Being Home. It's my happy place, my safe place. There is no place on Earth I'd rather be than right here at home with my Husband. I believe it's the way God Intended it.
@@vickylineberry7788 I tell my husband why would we want to leave? this is a beautiful place, and we spend so much time, and money, and heart into this. He always wants to bug out, I just want more time with him, here.
Danny when I was a little girl my dad worked a full-time job and and come home and worked the farm. I can remember many an evening looking out across the fields and I could see my mom waiting with the supper plate. My dad would circle around the field stop and they would sit together until he had finished his meal, then my dad would get back on the tractor. I was usually already in bed when my dad would come in. There are very few men like that left in this world.
Same here. My Dad worked at a factory with a lot of double shifts. worked at a funeral home when they needed him on his days off. Took care of the garden and his Mothers garden, helped butcher at his parents and brothers. Cut wood when he could, picked berries, and still spent time with his family. we didn't live in a fancy show house, we lived in a loving home. Once a year, he would drive 2 and a half hours to visit great grandparents and maybe an amusement park in Pittsburgh or museums in D.C.. Life was good.
@@marilynnickelson7024 nowadays we are confronted with everybody's latest vacation or car or purchase, it's like a disease of envy, trying to keep up with the Joneses.
Well said Danny. I’ve been saying this for several years now. We only have an half acre homestead but God has blessed and I’m able to produce 75-80 percent of our vegetables and 100% of our eggs.
Hallelujah, Beloved Sister: Mary Ann! In agreeance with you, about this very important Porch Talk, this mornin'. (These truths are a blessing & confirmation to many.) Thank you for sayin' so. (From a Beloved Sister in: Central OK.)
I so appreciate your wisdom today. God bless you for all honesty. I have always wanted to live on a homestead, but I’m now 77 years old. I don’t belong there any more. I live through someone else’s life! My husband passed 11 years years ago, & I lost my very best friend. I admire you & Wanda.
A man with respect, A man with sound knowledge, A man with honest passion for his beliefs, and A man who Im blessed to call my friend.. thank you Sir for being you.
Love it! ❤️ I don’t personally know them, but I’ve watched their channel for so long, I feel like I know them. 😊 My 5 yr old son says, “Does Deep South have a new video out yet?” Lol
I am a stay at home homeschooling mama. I still bring my husbands plate to him do all his laundry and pick up after him. Not because he cannot do these things, he can. I do it because it’s my way to support him. He financially supports us and helps when I need it. He jumps up and washes dishes on multiple occasions. I love our way of life. I wouldn’t change any of it. He helps around the homestead when needed and also helps me preserve food. All this while operating a construction business. Love this talk Danny ❤️
Our life is the same and we love the way it works. Except my husband has no interest in doing the outside garden stuff but he will help with laundry and dishes and cooking on his days off. I started the garden years ago and he wasn’t interested then or now lol He works 60 hrs a week in the heat so I get it. Me bringing him his plate and taking care of him is a show of love and respect for him and what he does for our family just like him tackling those dishes is his way of showing his appreciation for me. ❤️
TN Gardener exactly! They sacrifice so much for us. I look at it as my sacrifice for him. I sort of think of it as my job. I can’t financially contribute to our family right now but I can grow a garden and preserve it. That saves us money.
@@tngardener231 We love the homesteading, homeschooling wife...but it is a lot of work. My husband works many hours a week, for not a lot of money, so 99% of the work around here, is on me to do. It’s a struggle some days with my neck injury, but we push through. Our dream is to be able to make enough money from home, for him to get to quit his job and be stay at home parents and full time homesteaders. Maybe someday it will all work out. We enjoy our homesteading life very much.❤️❤️❤️
Cowboy is 70 and I'm 58 and we work together everyday trying to take care of our selves.. Some days the aches pains and arthritis get us but we keep going. Love you and Wanda..God bless..
Love it❤️ I have a neck injury that can literally put me in bed for the day, but I still get the chickens,rabbits,ducks,goats,cows,dogs,and cats taken care of first. Work thru the pain to get things done.
I have raised a garden for many years and have canned it. My husband passed away in 2016. I have a new partner who does the things you said He asks, Why do you spend your whole time in the garden! He sits on the computer. It drives me nuts that he doesn't understand why I spend my whole time in the garden. asking him to help snap beans or peel something is uncomfortable for me. As I get slack for it. I'm ready to set him free and find a more suitable partner, With what's coming in the near future I need all the help I can get to get ready. I've watched you and your new wife Miss Wanda work together and its a real pleasure that you found each other. I enjoy watching your channel emencely.
Yes, It is time to set him free! If he is not willing to assist at this time he will be of no use at the time you most need him. This is his trial period.
Wow, I feel so fortunate to have a man who not only works hard to bring in money, but also works to help me with whatever I need around the house and garden, too. Now, don’t get me wrong. We love video games and movies and such. But when something needs to be done, he’s even more motivated than I am and he keeps me grounded. I’m so sorry that not everyone has that. Marriage is supposed to be a partnership and it makes me really sad to know that not everyone is blessed with that.
What a beautiful message. I'm a newly retired individual, with 4 acres. Planted a huge garden this Spring for the first time. Picked Acorn Squash before the sun came up, now sitting here cleaning and chopping to can this afternoon, loving listening to this heartfelt message, it's renewing my waning garden energy. What a blessing to me this morning. Thank you so much.
I am 64 and do the same -it’s hard but truly rewarding! I show some of my garden on my channel -I want to help all women be more self sufficient blessings!
I am 68 and living this lifestyle, homesteading, and we just started about a year ago. Don't apologize because you were talking right to me and my husband. We want and need things that we say we can't afford BUT there is fat in our budget that can be trimmed. Thank you for today's porch time. Prayers for your Dad, you and your family.
You see people's lives on youtube and homesteading and it seems so glamorous. When you find out or experience the work that's necessary first hand it becomes more of a 'f this" mentality and one just moves on. Never realizing that the joy is in the journey not the end because there really is no end on a homestead
I learned years ago that I could not handle the field style planting like my parents on the farm so on my small acreage I do extensive raised beds and grow quite a bit of food! We are extending every year, adding more, and building a greenhouse this year plus adding meat chickens. Everything is a learning and growing experience no matter how old you are and where you started from. Just do one step at a time. Thank you for being honest with people Danny! People need to hear honesty, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Prayers for your dad.
I live in a rural upscale vacation neighborhood. I bought the cheapest house with a small lot. I have put in raised beds, raise chickens, and have bees. My neighbor asked for eggs. I gave him dozens of free range brown eggs for free. Turns out he was feeding them to his dogs. From then on I asked $4.00 a dozen. He declined. People are lazy and want home grown products for free.
I know, Right!!! I had a bumper crop of lemons, tangerines, cucumbers, zucchini, peas, tomatoes. I offered them to my neighbors and friends and they would turn their nose up at it. They would rather pay high prices at the grocery store than get free food. That is when I learned to can my surplus vegetables and let my neighbors come to me if they wish free food.
@@jumpoffa5011 hello,I would be soo greatful to receive home grown vegetables,and lemons are expensive in the stores these day's.Keep on enjoying growing you own food.♡
@@SuperLovetolisten you don't understand how obsessed people are in this country with dogs, they will take a dog to the vet while a child loses his,her hearing from chronic ear infections. Watched a TV program on training dogs lady had couple of large vicious dogs one bit her small child, she said she started to get rid of dog but thought about it and said dog was just as much a member of the family as her children and if child got mauled a chance she would have to take. People line up to adopt dogs, in my area they have to pay about $900.00 a month to get people to foster children.
Some people don't want to hear the truth. They don't want to have that mirror put in their face. Continue to speak the truth. I going to start calling you papa danny you are a good dad to a lot of us younger folks.
I cant tell you how often i hear "why would you wanna raise chicken" "it takes to long to grow a garden" "just go to the store and buy your meat" ive been told im disgusting for wanting hunt, fish, raise quail and meat birds just to butcher them to put in my freezer. Its a dream of mine to do. But whats really funny is when i get put down by so many (friends and family members) but then hear "oh do you have any of this or this that i can take home" uhhhh no no i dont 😆 it blows my mind that people feel like they can say whatever to you. It doesnt get me down cause i dont live my life for others. I do what i can and do what im able to provide nothing but the best for my babies, my husband and myself and i know one day my hard work will pay off. My father in law sounds like your mother in law. Hes that kinda man to rely on tv dinners and say that frozen fruits and veggies are healthier then fresh picked haha. Again it all blows my mind
Heather Reis ... I hear ya. I get the naysayers too. But, I believe that the work put in is worth the reward you get back out. Clean healthy food and life as God designed it. 🙂 if you’re in VA come homestead & garden with me.
We have friends and family that can’t believe we would rather grow our food and raise and butcher our own meat for the freezer, than to buy it from a store. They say it’s too much work. But when covid hit, the only things we needed from the store, was animal feed. 😂 Do what you love and what you feel is right for your family. You’ve got this! ❤️
@@NorthnSouthHomestead thank you! to me its to much work to go to the store and get stuff vs going right in my back yard for it. Plus the prices! We're a family of 5 and for a full week of food we spend around 100 to 150 and to be honest thats not really getting much. Rice beans meats and some fruits and veggies. When we try and do a week of veggies fruits and meats we'll spend 100 alone on produce thats not nearly as good as what i can grow lol. It takes time to grow stuff but its all worth it in the end 😄
@Liberty4awl We all are on a journey. Believe what you want. We have all been born with free will. I only feel the need to seek purity and self sacrifice in my spirit. In the flesh, I most often desire hedonism and selfishness.
Hi Danny and Wanda! This was a great porch moment. I've wanted to do this my whole life, bought 5 acres of land in N. Tx 15 years ago and it laid fallow cuz I worked 4 part time jobs. Now my son has realized the necessity and has taken to Homesteading hook, line and tractor...lol. he is 32 and loves to watch you guys. We just purchased a high hoop green house because of y'all's influence. Thank for the Deep South Homestead discount!!! I can't wait to get it here. And we already know, because of your videos, that it will take a lot of work to get it up and running. We are so thankful for all your hard research, cut our search to easy level! And your pumpkins are all coming up too. This is the best year of gardening we have ever had! As a long term single mom, you can't imagine my level of relief to see my son finally bloom in this direction. You'll never know just how much you've changed the world for the good by the sharing your knowledge. Bless you, your fine marriage and you bountious land!
That is so true. I had to dispatch a skunk last night that got into the chicken coop. I still have no clue how he got in. But now he in skunk heaven. I'm 32 now and I understand that living on a homestead means that you have to be ok with life and death and the whole circle of life. If you have a lot of animals its just something you HAVE to be Ok with. When we first started our stead I cried my eyes out everytime something had to be dispatched or put out of their misery. But now, tho its still heartbreaking, I understand that theres some things that just have to be done
Some people are in love with the idea of being self sufficient but don't have any kind of work ethic of doing the actual work everyday. It's dirty hard work and it's not pretty .I stopped raising and having dogs because it's hard when they have to leave here.I can raise food for myself, kids are grown and living their lives . I hear people constantly complaining about how they need other people to help build it, maintain it- those people they are counting on doing all the work .My family ridiculed me for yrs for growing my food, i'm healthy ,no meds, yet they all have health problems.
Yes, growing your own food is good for your health. If you don't add poisons on the food. I so many that are to lazy to do the work to even make a small garden. Many people raised in the city just wont get how hard farming is. They think throwing seeds in the ground is all there is to farming. If they decide to add animals, they will have to deal with the animals everyday, or the animals will die. Feeding, cleaning, medicine, keeping critters from attacking and killing their animals. Many things destroy gardens, Bugs, Weeds, Underground animals, Ground animals, Birds, mold, disease, to much heat, to much rain, cold, no sun, no rain. And thieving people who want free food. So many things to deal with when trying to run a farm. But, its still worth it, if people are willing to do the work.
@@JojoCrazyCat yep I agree about animals getting in your garden. we have chipmunks eating our tomatoes right now. I just try and pick them before the chipmunks get them and if they do get one then the chickens get them lol.
I'm glad that you didn't listen to them. I have the same problem. My family has no problem reaping what I have sowed; but, heaven forbid they lend a hand to help out and do some of the work. All I hear is their complaints and ridicule. I have learned to tune them out and go forward without their help. I put faith in myself and the Lord my God. :-)
Same here, family don't want to help me with the garden or canning. But they have no problem asking for some.... I just don't understand this younger generation. If something would happen where my kids (grown adults with there own kids) had not stored up food for the day when food will be hard to come by. They will be at my house eating what I myself canned and froze, because they didn't listen to me when I told them to start buying food and storing it because there's a day coming soon where we may not be able to buy it..
@@brendaz3644 Well, it happened to me during this pandemic. I had to move all the food and food stores that were first to go. You know all the sweet stuff first. I had to put a lock on the door and a chain around the freezer to keep them out. I had to ration what they could take out and eat. My wife believed that it was Thanksgiving every day of the week until I put a stop to it. They were still wasting food. People running to the food banks and pantries while she and my son were pigging out on my hard earned work. really pissed me off. People are really addicted to sugar.
Danny you’re 100% right. My husband and I have had a garden the last two years and we realized this year that due to our health we are just not people to have a garden in the ground. We also aren’t people who have the ability to process animals so we are looking into getting a couple green houses that will be much easier for us to tend too. We just haven’t been able to find any that we can afford that will stand up to heavy winds. I pray you’re dad comes through quickly and better than anyone expects.
Danny, This is truth. I am almost 80 and disabled, but have found a young man to help me when he can. With some help, yes, my garden needs weeding and I can only do so much. But, I have discovered ground cloth and other modern things that help me to do my little garden on my 28 acres. I only use a few acres. I have chickens with modern technology helping me to do it - not totally, but enough to make it. And, if I can find a way to do it, I will get two goats with new babies and be able to have milk. I live on mostly plant based food with some protein, hoping my friend gets a deer on the back 20 acres this fall, and I have my service dog to feed (lots of protein for her). So, with goats, I would have milk and if need be milk for cheese and lots of other things. There are some things I can just not raise where I live and the locals know this. Appalachia is what my dad called dirt farming - clay and rocks!!! So, they focus on the crops they can grow and don't waste time on those that do not grow here. If anyone moves to an area to 'homestead' (Do they mean farm?), and they do not know the land - big learning curve and you have to be a person who is prepared to not have all of the beautiful Mother Earth News pictures. It can be done with a body that says no when the mind and heart say have to do it. And, barter what you can do for what you can't do. That was the reason for the original little towns out in the wild west (which started out as what is now the midwest). Some can make shoes, some can quilt, etc etc.
Praying for your dad. Thanks for always being authentic and speaking your truth Mr Danny. You & Wanda inspire me everyday & are a true blessing in my life.
Morning Y'all , vey good porch time! It's like going to Church with steel toed boots on , I love having the Pastor step on my toes once in a while ! Talks like this helps me ! Discipline out weighs desire !! Without Discipline it's just a dream ! Thank You Danny !!!
Lifting your father up in prayer! I am 61 years of age and have been working the fields since I was 7. I love the process of growing, harvesting, and processing my own food. I know what's in my food and more importantly what's not in it and the reward of seeing my pantry full on a cold winter’s day warms my heart. Sending love and hugs from Tennessee ❤️🤗
Thank you wonderful porch time, God Bless you and Wanda, the comments you made of your dad and mom was so beautiful, I was raised by my grandparents and that's how papaw and Nanny where, if my grandfather wasn't working on a job site and was home he was still working in the garden, Nanny did all the cooking and anything else that went with the house, I am so blessed to have been raised with good old fashioned values and even more blessed to have found a wonderful man with those same values, this is one of my favorite porch times you hit a lot on the nail, thank you and my God Bless you and Wanda, you both have wonderful souls and a love your videos, I'm sending up prayers your dad. Stay save and God Bless
AMEN!!! This vlog has been one of the best vlogs I’ve ever watched! The words spoken needed to be told, all truth. Got to have that passion! Homesteading by far is one of the toughest lifestyles. We are living it, still new to it, 2 years in. Made some bad decisions, made some great ones. Learn something new everyday. That’s the keyword, “learn”, learning takes time, effort etc.. Such a good vlog! A vlog I’ll play several times as a reminder. Thank you!
I'm so happy you made this video. Thank you Jesus, you are so so right everybody is not cut out for homesteading. I pray nobody is offended by because this needed to be said. I usually just watch and enjoy but this time I had to say something. Please the ponds are a EXTRA SPECIAL DELIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN
Because of your channel, and others, i started gardening this year for the first time. Its only 1000 square feet at the community garden but I'm having a great time even though I'm not very good at it. We had our first full meal the other day where all of the vegetable ingredients came out of our garden. It was incredibly satisfying.
I have watched your channel for a while and always thought you pandered to these pseudo homesteader TH-cam types. Everyone pretends that they can be self sustaining on a few tomatoes and a chicken. Having been a homesteader for 30+ years we (wife and I) know different. I was glad to see you lay it out there that raising your own food and having a farm/homestead is a lot of work. We have had chickens (eggs), goats (milk), hogs (meat), sheep (wool), and even ostrich (meat) at various times. We raise a very extensive garden also. And as you mentioned we are not close to being self sufficient because we have to have salt, flour, and at various times baking powder, cornmeal etc. These TH-cam wannabes make me laugh, but what's scary is that there are actually people out there who believe what these pretenders are preaching. I ,for one, was happy that you did this video. I am also very disappointed in life today. Instead of using common sense and letting others live tbeir life everyone tries to force their lifestyle on us. I don't care that someone is a vegetarian, but I'm not. I don't need to know if you're LGBTQ, because it doesn't matter to me one way or the other. The same way you don't need to know which, if any, church I attend. (People in the South will get this) Thanks for doing this video.
I had a friend''s daughter tell me the other day that she can't afford to take her 6 year old to the dentist. A few minutes later she showed me her new phone that I know for a fact costs $1200. WHAT?
same with my neighbors. their roof leaks like crazy. always needing eggs or veggies from me or help with things around their place, i have my own plate full! but every single one of them has a new iphone. plus they have cable on top of that. and a new car! my ride is a 1993 chevy truck.
Yes. I gave free math tutoring to a family because their kids needed help but could not afford it. Then I learned they were spending more money on getting all their nails done weekly than it would have cost to hire a tutor to help the kids. It is all about priorities.
Prime example me first attitude...forgetting that child watches all Momma does . I get mad at the ones who have nice coats and kid has nothing to keep warm
I’m in Southwest Mississippi and whatever I can’t get from my garden I buy. I’m up at 3 or 4 am dehydrating, canning, making herbal remedies. My father was in the military and I was raised that you do what you gotta do regardless of your feelings. I hated it at the time, but now I realize I was blessed to be raised with that mindset.
I got 18 pints of store bought milk canned last night and 8 pints of carrots long night today going to pick tomatoes and start on them . I'm doing the best I can I'm 66 some what disabled ,I just take a lot of breaked but I get what I started done and love it
Lol I hear ya! I am wore out most days. 😂😂😂But I also feel blessed and accomplished with my daily work to help provide my family with quality,plentiful bounties of food. ❤️
Prayers for your Daddy and you. I appreciate your porch times. My lifework is Midwifery by God's design. I am married to a retired crane operator-construction worker/disabled wonderful husband. BTW he doesn't enjoy gardening :). With that said. I love gardening, goats, and chickens. I use my 13 acre farm to the best of my ability. I won't ever be the farmer my Daddy was. But my Preppie side does what I can. Home is my favorite place. Thanks Danny.
Danny, I’m praying for your dad to have a peaceful passing. That the Lord will be merciful. Those that comment hateful things are usually jealous and just don’t want to put in any kind of commitment to getting to that lifestyle themselves. What you said is so true. If you want to live the self sufficiency lifestyle, it is no cakewalk. It is hard work and requires dedication and commitment. But the rewards are awesome. I can only container garden right now at my rental home. Due to physical limitations I don’t have the ability to do full blown gardening, but when God provides me with my forever home this coming year I plan on raised bed gardens as much as I can handle and will can or dehydrate what I grow. Keep your information coming Danny, those of us that are sincere really appreciate it.
" Now do Ms. Wanda and I live an exciting life?" I said yes and then you said "no" "we don't go on vacations, etc." I laughed. I wake up and work all day in the north florida heat and love it. I think you guys have a wonderfully exciting life. God bless and keep up the Good work.
Love it. I find our homestead to be the best. I get excited about the animals, the first strawberry of the year, and tomatoes. Hunting down tomato horn worms is like a night game of hide n seek 😆 life on the homestead is very exciting and interesting to me...others may think I live a pretty boring life though...lol
thank you Danny, i'm sorry to hear about your Dad; you have said a life full that i will take to life. thank you so much, much love, peace and gardening.
I grow what I can in my back yard and utilize every space, but I do go to stores and buy in bulk to can and dehydrate and freeze, I make what I can, wish I had land , my husbands family live in the country in Virgina, we cut wood to stay warm ect, I don’t say much to people about what I do anymore because they just don’t get it. You have to do what’s best for you and you’re family, plain and simple.
Praying for your Dad. What you said is so true. I wanted a homestead all my life. When I was younger I worked three jobs and raised a huge garden. Did all the canning and freezing and putting everything up that I could. And yes it was hard, but it was worth doing. Now, being disabled for the past twenty years has been terrible. I still have the wanting but not the ability. I'm still going to try to put in a small fall garden (zone 9a). I have tried for a couple of months to get a little area ready. I even started some seeds and most everything has died 😭 I couldn't get help and I put my back out trying to do it myself. I'm going to try again now that my back is feeling mostly better. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Danny, you and Wanda have a beautiful home and life together. I will keep you both in my prayers.
If you have a college or university in your area, why not post for help with gardening. My local college has an agricultural department and grow a huge garden to help feed the needy in the area. If yours has something similar, maybe you can hire someone for a few bucks to give you a hand. Or check with your church or any local churches for help. They should have at least a few folks willing to lend a hand.
I love the honesty of what was shared today. For me, the lesson I learned is that I need to actively save the money and get the fencing material I need for the yard. This is to secure the back 1/2 acre from javelina and other things so that when we do need to plant food, we have better defense.
Very true in the hard work it takes to Homestead. I've been working on it for a long time. Paying off the land Building A 14 by 14 cabin after a divorce and struggles in life. But it's made me a better man. God bless everybody. Follow your dreams.
Thanks Danny, I needed to hear this. I have several people in my family that decided to take what I had worked all my life to save and keep and spend it as if it was a windfall. They also decided to go through my pantry as if it was their own personal grocery store. I put my foot down and there is friction within the family to the point of talking about divorce. I said fine, there's the door. Don't let the door knob hit ya where the good Lord split ya. Now with the pandemic and the shortages in my area my family are thankful that I did save and stored my food stuff. But they still harbor a ill feeling that I was right and they were wrong. Time will tell if we stay together; but, I'm not holding my breath nor will I care if they go. I am tired of dragging dead weight around to make ends meet. I am going to continue doing what I can for the future and they can go where they damn well please. Sounds hard and harsh, but, not everyone can see the writing on the wall. When I put effort into a project my family should respect me enough to appreciate what I am doing for them. If they can't then they can shuffle on down the road and find their own way in life.
I’m part of your generation but my husband and I have worked together just as your parents with the exception that which ever one of us is overwhelmed with a job the other will pitch in till the job is finished. A happy life for sure. Bless you, Wanda and your dad.
I love your comment on people “unequally yoked”. My daughter raised a 4H team of working steer and I have never heard that term used on people. It made me chuckle! Thanks for the great porch time!! So true. My ex husband has 90 acres and doesn’t do a thing with it. Doesn’t even grow a thing. I have 3 acres here in Maine and raise 75% of my food on it. I guess we were unequally yoked as a couple. 😂
I asked God for the same thing, I don’t want too end up in a nursing home for me death would be better free from all this. And pray for god’s mercy for your father. 💯 % correct we plant 2.5 acres and it’s work but it gives us so much joy.
I started watching this episode the other day and stopped because I got bored. Well I'm back and I'm glad I watched to the end. I'm so depressed about how my life has come to a stand still, I can't move from Ga. To MO were I have property because I'm taking care of Mother ,85 w/dementia, she needs the care of a nursing home but even the nice ones have CV cases. We've had 3 deaths in the family and now my sister in a nursing home has been diagnosed with CV. YOU HAVE BEEN A BLESSING IN MY LIFE, THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH. Been retired since March and I HATE IT,social security don't pay crap!
Had a big garden, so much work, having a drought here in Iowa. Watered everyday, in 90's, got a little produce, then got sprayed with Decamba, things just died. Shrubs, trees, flowers all effective. My motto, "never give up." Still hard at it, do what you can with what you have. Blessings, keep at it!
Sorry you got sprayed. It happened to us too, but thankfully I guess we got a low dose. Many of my plants bounced back. I will have a better plan next year.
So sorry about your father. Praying God will take him peacefully. I just lost a very dear 80 year old friend to COVID. I really enjoy porch time. You and Wanda are so blessed to have each other.
Keeping you and your family in my prayers. I'm one of those mismatched people who don't have a partner interested in sustainability, but I plant it anyway and we eat it anyway. I prep it anyway. You and Ms Wanda are a wonderful gift to me and so many other people.
My Grandmother was 94 went into a nursing home after a fall and died within two weeks just as the first wave of covid was hitting here and the facility was locked down. I am blessed she went home to the Lord and didn't suffer through this. You have all of my prayers for your father and family. 🙏
My garden provides about 1/2 to 2/3 of our vegetables and we are trying to make it be that way all year. I also garden because for the first time in my life I’ve found something I see artistry in. Thanks for the porch time. May your Dad go easy...Amen.
Truth. You forgot one thing though. TH-cam is a job too! Creating content and monitoring your channel is very time consuming. You and Wanda are so industrious and faithful. Your father is a good man. What a great blessing his legacy is. Praying for a peaceful end for him.
I'm disabled but I still have a container garden on the porch, half barrels in the side yard and a raised bed in the back yard full of sweet potatoes. I use storage totes, five gallon buckets and many other containers to keep me in cucumbers, bell peppers, bok choy, kale, tomatoes, herbs, bunching onions and chives. I have sand cherries and blueberries in the half barrels. You can get quite a lot of veggies from container gardening. It's the best part of my day, working with my plants. 😊
I'm praying that God will help me to live out who He ordained me to be! I'm feeling strongly driven to homestead and be self sufficient... without the help and support of my husband. It's hard, I feel like a salmon swimming up stream. I just need ENERGY because this porch talk gave me the motivation! God bless you.
My husband was the same way. Went to work,I took care of the house,and farm animals. I always cooked a sitdown meal for him. He also passed away last year from cancer. Since he left,I've learned how to fix my own plumbing,run a skill saw,etc. Prayers for your dad.
You know Danny, you said that most people don't want to take the time to say what is needed; but, most people any more don't want to take the time to listen. Bless you and Wanda. Thank you for your time you give to us.
Father, In the name of Jesus, I lift up Danny's dad to you. Comfort and bless him, Lord. Give him peace. Dispatch ministering angels to be with him. Give his doctors and nurses your wisdom to care for him. If it be your will, Lord Jesus, take him quickly so he will not suffer. Satan, I bind you in Jesus' name. The blood of Jesus is upon you. Father, give Danny your peace and hold him close to your heart. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Great porch time Danny. Over the years homesteading tons of people have told me they want to do what we are doing, but they aren’t willing to change their lifestyles. They move 30 minutes from town but still run their kids to every activity and don’t understand why they don’t have time for their farm. It’s not the only thing in my life, but the rest of life is modified and adjusted based on the homestead. That’s the commitment we make to have food that is healthy and to one day have food when others don’t.
Do you have land to do it? If so, why not see if you can find someone who wants to homestead but doesnt have land. Have them come out, take care of the land and share it with you. Just a thought.
Praying for your Dad. My Mama is 89 in nursing home. I've not been allowed in to visit her for almost 5 months so I have visited her almost daily at her window and have taken her food and snacks she likes eah time I go, that I hand to nurse at the front door of her nursing home for her. She and I talk over nursing home phone they take to her when I visit her on other side of her window, as we look at each other through the window glass and talk to each other. She has lost the ability to use a personal cellphone, so they take her a phone each day I visit her for her to talk to me on. We miss giving each other hugs and my taking her out on the porch for fresh air, which she is bedridden and has not been outside in almost 5 months since the last time I saw her in March and I took her outside for some fresh air and we had a very happy visit that day. I sure do miss spending time with her inside the nursing home and having the privilege to help her into her wheel chair and wheel her outside for fresh air, but the nursing home has been on lockdown all this time. Please keep her in your prayers, too. Thank you for your very informative videos. I have really tried this year to grow vegetables. Has not worked out well but I have learned a few things that Lord willing, I plan to try next year and see if they do better as I am new at vegetable gardening. Your videos are encouraging and inspiring. I have replanted seeds after plants were drowned by flooding. When they still didn't make, I have replanted again. We got a few vegetables that we enjoyed eating, but not much, but we thank the Lord for what we did get. We still may get a few more...squash, that is...and we have one bell pepper that if something doesn't steal it before it is big enough to pick we will get that and maybe a couple more tomatoes, too. We do have chickens and thank the Lord, plenty of eggs from them. We wish you and Wanda a happy day. Thanks again to both of you for your prayers and videos.
Well said, Danny . Those of us with our eyes open, know what's coming . People really need to think about how they will survive & what their limitations are . Thank you, as always for your words of wisdom. May GOD continue to bless you & Wanda in everything you put your minds, hearts & hands to !
Thank you for being so honest, there's not a lot of people that will tell it like it is. My prayers and hopes of goodness, mercy, and love for you and your family. Thanks again.
WOW!!!! Thank you Sir, for the TRUTH! My Grandmother spoke the SAME words to me in my youth, back in the 60’s & 70’s. I truly appreciate your courage to stand up and tell people what they NEED to hear, instead of what they WANT to hear. You are a good man!
I am watching this sept 10th, it came up in my suggested. I love this video. That was how my grandparents were. I feel like you really spoke to people in this porch time. And, you always do such a great job of explaining things. I'm happy you have each other and like the same things. It is important in a relationship.
They laughed at Noah, look what happened. You can't save people who don't want to save themselves. Unfortunately it's been this way throughput history.
I tell my kids to at least grow some of their own things. Growing some is better than none at all even if they just grow their own salad. We do the best we can, and it’s better than doing nothing!
You are so right, I could never do what you guys do, but I love watching you guys do it. I'm in health care and can love people instantly, I can say it's what I'm meant to do. I would never judge anyone who cannot do it. We are all needed, we are a community, together, we are complete.
Danny my 90 yr old Mom passed away two days before they shut the nursing home down due to this virus, she had Dementia they kept her so drugged I kept telling them she was going to fall, well she did two times in one day the last fall she busted her face open, I was bringing her home because of the nursing home not allowing me to no longer sit with her, I watched her suffer so bad I went and signed her out I was bringing her home, the ambulance was there to pick her up, she passed before I got back home, the reason I am telling you this her aids keep in touch with me they are short handed so many have quit because of the virus they are telling me they are over worked said the patients are laying in their own body waste, I loved my Mom with all my heart she was my best friend but I thank God he took her out of her suffering and she is not having to go through this, Danny if it’s God’s will to take your Dad, he will be in a much better place, no more pain!
Livi Lou I am so sorry your mom had to go through that and I am sorry you lost her so terribly. I miss my own Momma so much but find comfort knowing there’s no more pain for her anymore, no more fear, or confusion. God called our mothers home and we are blessed that they have been spared anymore suffering. I’m so sorry.
I want you to know you made me cry when you talked about not wanting your dad to suffer. I work in a nursing home and I see so many families that want their family member to live even though you can tell they are suffering. sometimes I will look at that resident and tears will fall down my face and my coworkers will ask what is wrong and I say look at him or her look how she is suffering and for what so that the family could have one more day. instead of remembering what the resident used to do before they went down hill and could no longer do for themselves. I started a garden 6 years ago and I learn every year something that I should have done differently. but the last 2 years through you tube videos a listening to other folks I have had so many tomatoes I didn't know what to do with. next year I am gonna work on my pepper plants. gonna do some research and hopefully I have so many peppers I don't know what to do with lol. I do know I learned that my main garden is gonna be all tomato plants and my 4x8 raised bed will be my pepper plants. like I said I have made mistakes but I am learning every year. I am out in the garden every morning tending to my plants and I will admit the weeds have taken over some areas but I do what I can and I just keep trying to do better. but I do hit the farmers market for things that I haven't learned how to grow yet. keep safe and keep on keeping on. I love your channel and will continue to watch.
I work in a nursing home too. We lost a beautiful woman last night on my shift. I sat and held her hand while reading her bible to her the last hour of her life. It is hard to watch a resident that is suffering, but I make it my duty to make them as comfortable as they can be while they are waiting for the Lord to take them home. Thank you for the hard work and passionate care you give to the elderly. It's a hard job, but extremely rewarding. We get to meet wonderful people and care for them during the last days of their lives. God bless you for that.
@@Laurie_Tinsley thank you too for what you do too. it is the most rewarding job and you do meet the most interesting people even if it is a heart breaking job.
Bless you for your compassion. Also, don’t forget your cilantro and basil. Try onion starts too. Snug them in between your plants to confuse the bugs and make salsa :)
Laura T Bless you for your dedication and kindness. The compassion of many nurses and hospice workers have stuck with me over the years. God shows his love for us through people with hearts like yours. 😢
Blessings for your Dad and those caring for him. Also for you and Wanda. You are doing a service with this channel and I so appreciate it. Not only learning how things are in other parts, but the opinions of others too. You have a gift for your porch time talks. The truth can be hard to hear, hard to say, but it is what is needed, always. Thanks for taking us along on the Deep South Homestead.
I started a garden a couple of years ago as I honestly felt the Lord telling me I needed to....no kidding. I have learned everything from books & you tube. I appreciate channels like yours. My husband was against me doing it as I am a girly girl, Lol I have to say that I love it!! My husband has started to change his mind after he has seen me working hard & bringing in beautiful bounties of food. I pray over my veggies, herbs & fruits daily and thank the Lord for all he has/will do before the dreadful famine I do believe is coming. God bless you both & praying that your dad doesn't suffer as he is ushered into our fathers arms swiftly. 🙏
I hear you 100%. This year I felt compelled to start my garden, and to buy hulless oats and wheat seeds to grow over the fall and winter. I am trying to figure out now what I can grow in the fall and winter to keep the garden going. I had to hunt down a pressure canner and canning jars bc they are sold out everywhere. But I just feel this need to do this. We do not have a large property, but it will be ok for the 3 of us. I also knit, crochet and do needlepoint. I have been called to learn these skills, and I believe that I will find out why soon enough. My husband still isn't 100% on board with everything I am doing, but he helps when I need him to. I hope your garden works out well for you and that you have a large bounty.
Praying over your husband wouldn't hurt either. :-) I find growing my own fruits and vegetables help supplement that which my wife purchases from the store. It has really cut down on her vegetable bill. :-)
@@jumpoffa5011yes, I pray over him daily & sometimes all day on & off. Lol In all seriousness, he is a lost soul but he was brought up believing so I stand on the word that he will fully return back to God.
Hey Mr Dan.. this is to say GOD BLESS YOUR DAD AND YOUR HEART you said in your video what needed to be said.. it is all true.. i am a 57 year old man.. and i have walked in your shoes in more ways than one..
I personally think that the leading contributor to our problems today is that no one will admit when they are wrong and spite themselves to try to make you agree with them. Great discussion Danny I really enjoyed it and took a lot away from it. Praying for your dad.
There isnt anything glamorous about homesteading.. People get these fantasies in their head that they are going to walk onto a property and its going to be some kind of well manicured garden of eden and they will walk around with pick-nick baskets picking flowers and skipping to the loo while birds and all the forest creatures come out to sing... Then they get here and its shoveling manure out of the pens, cleaning pasty chicken butts,, catching a 400 pound ram that got something in his hoof and working from sun up to sun down... The problem is, most people dont want to work that hard. I love my homestead. I love to have meals that are from dirt to dinner plate and I can take pride when someone comments how good the food is,, I can honestly say ""I grew that or raised that."" People dont understand how flavorless their food is until they have one of my tomatoes or a bite of my green beans.. And like you said,, they definitely dont know how poisonous their food is.. I wish I could be 100% self sufficient,, But its nearly impossible on my 6 acres.. But I am extremely thankful for those 6 acres.. We are a lot better off than most and soon,, the dollar is going to crash,, then people will really be in trouble.. Anyway,,,,, te problem is,, no one wants to take responsibility for their own lives. They want to push it onto the goober-ment and be nanny'd like the children they are and if we arent careful,, it will get to a point where a foreign country will be able to waltz right in and take over cause there will be to many wussies that dont know what gender they are and dont know how to fight back unless its on call of duty.. So I take offense to the statement ""thats when men were men"" cause I dont know what you call yourself but I am as man as man can be... Now its time for me to go pick some green beans.. The plants are loaded this year.. Be safe, be well and God bless...
I had an acre with horses and chickens. and in my deepest depression and very hard times, I came to find my center at midnight shoveling manure. I called it my meditation on manure. it came to me as I flung it the God would turn this into black gold and nourish my plants. so I stood on faith that God would take the misery and shame in my life and also turn it into gold in his time. now establishing a "farm" in s. cal desert
People ask me...don't you ever want to take a vacation? No, I'm on vacation! My homestead is my resort!
Zach there are so many that spend most of there money on fine homes. Only to say I can't wait to get away from here and go somewhere else. Good to see you have found your place of peace and joy. Many told me I would have to leave here when my wife passed here. But it made it that much more a place of refuge. Thanks my friend.
I agree. I Love Being Home. It's my happy place, my safe place. There is no place on Earth I'd rather be than right here at home with my Husband. I believe it's the way God Intended it.
The thought of spending money on a vacation gives me anxiety. I would much rather stay on my property and spend time making it home!
@@vickylineberry7788 I tell my husband why would we want to leave? this is a beautiful place, and we spend so much time, and money, and heart into this. He always wants to bug out, I just want more time with him, here.
Same here. We bought our land in 2017 late and moved in 2018. Bare land. 15 acres. We LOVE it out here. Its our sanctuary
Danny when I was a little girl my dad worked a full-time job and and come home and worked the farm. I can remember many an evening looking out across the fields and I could see my mom waiting with the supper plate. My dad would circle around the field stop and they would sit together until he had finished his meal, then my dad would get back on the tractor. I was usually already in bed when my dad would come in. There are very few men like that left in this world.
Same here. My Dad worked at a factory with a lot of double shifts. worked at a funeral home when they needed him on his days off. Took care of the garden and his Mothers garden, helped butcher at his parents and brothers. Cut wood when he could, picked berries, and still spent time with his family. we didn't live in a fancy show house, we lived in a loving home. Once a year, he would drive 2 and a half hours to visit great grandparents and maybe an amusement park in Pittsburgh or museums in D.C.. Life was good.
@@marilynnickelson7024 nowadays we are confronted with everybody's latest vacation or car or purchase, it's like a disease of envy, trying to keep up with the Joneses.
Facebook makes it absolutely Insidious. I shun that like the plague
Beautiful comment
Oh how this world needs men like your father....
Well said Danny. I’ve been saying this for several years now. We only have an half acre homestead but God has blessed and I’m able to produce 75-80 percent of our vegetables and 100% of our eggs.
Hallelujah, Beloved Sister: Mary Ann! In agreeance with you, about this very important Porch Talk, this mornin'. (These truths are a blessing & confirmation to many.) Thank you for sayin' so. (From a Beloved Sister in: Central OK.)
Amen it’s all on how hard you want to work to make it happen I also only have .68 of an acre and working hard to get where you are 😁
I so appreciate your wisdom today. God bless you for all honesty. I have always wanted to live on a homestead, but I’m now 77 years old. I don’t belong there any more. I live through someone else’s life! My husband passed 11 years years ago, & I lost my very best friend. I admire you & Wanda.
A man with respect, A man with sound knowledge, A man with honest passion for his beliefs, and A man who Im blessed to call my friend.. thank you Sir for being you.
Love it! ❤️ I don’t personally know them, but I’ve watched their channel for so long, I feel like I know them. 😊 My 5 yr old son says, “Does Deep South have a new video out yet?” Lol
I am a stay at home homeschooling mama. I still bring my husbands plate to him do all his laundry and pick up after him. Not because he cannot do these things, he can. I do it because it’s my way to support him. He financially supports us and helps when I need it. He jumps up and washes dishes on multiple occasions. I love our way of life. I wouldn’t change any of it. He helps around the homestead when needed and also helps me preserve food. All this while operating a construction business. Love this talk Danny ❤️
Our life is the same and we love the way it works. Except my husband has no interest in doing the outside garden stuff but he will help with laundry and dishes and cooking on his days off. I started the garden years ago and he wasn’t interested then or now lol He works 60 hrs a week in the heat so I get it. Me bringing him his plate and taking care of him is a show of love and respect for him and what he does for our family just like him tackling those dishes is his way of showing his appreciation for me. ❤️
TN Gardener exactly! They sacrifice so much for us. I look at it as my sacrifice for him. I sort of think of it as my job. I can’t financially contribute to our family right now but I can grow a garden and preserve it. That saves us money.
Kari Lods ... me too Kari. You described our life to a T.
I love knowing there’s another mama doing what I do. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
God bless you dear sister.
@@tngardener231 We love the homesteading, homeschooling wife...but it is a lot of work. My husband works many hours a week, for not a lot of money, so 99% of the work around here, is on me to do. It’s a struggle some days with my neck injury, but we push through. Our dream is to be able to make enough money from home, for him to get to quit his job and be stay at home parents and full time homesteaders. Maybe someday it will all work out. We enjoy our homesteading life very much.❤️❤️❤️
@@karilods1593 yes...same here.
Praying that if its your Dads time, the Lord will take him home peacefully and heal your hearts
Prayin' in agreeance w/ Beloved Sister: Christie. God Bless You.
I agree with you. I can do the veggies ibut i cant kill anything. Hope your dad gets better
Cowboy is 70 and I'm 58 and we work together everyday trying to take care of our selves..
Some days the aches pains and arthritis get us but we keep going.
Love you and Wanda..God bless..
Love it❤️ I have a neck injury that can literally put me in bed for the day, but I still get the chickens,rabbits,ducks,goats,cows,dogs,and cats taken care of first. Work thru the pain to get things done.
No apologies necessary - this needed to be said. Prayers for you and Wanda and your father. May the Lord's will be done.
Agree. It was a wonderful porch time.
I have raised a garden for many years and have canned it. My husband passed away in 2016. I have a new partner who does the things you said He asks, Why do you spend your whole time in the garden! He sits on the computer. It drives me nuts that he doesn't understand why I spend my whole time in the garden. asking him to help snap beans or peel something is uncomfortable for me. As I get slack for it. I'm ready to set him free and find a more suitable partner, With what's coming in the near future I need all the help I can get to get ready. I've watched you and your new wife Miss Wanda work together and its a real pleasure that you found each other. I enjoy watching your channel emencely.
I have a man who is dead weight too. He is going/gone soon. I do better by myself.
Yes, It is time to set him free! If he is not willing to assist at this time he will be of no use at the time you most need him. This is his trial period.
Wow, I feel so fortunate to have a man who not only works hard to bring in money, but also works to help me with whatever I need around the house and garden, too. Now, don’t get me wrong. We love video games and movies and such. But when something needs to be done, he’s even more motivated than I am and he keeps me grounded. I’m so sorry that not everyone has that. Marriage is supposed to be a partnership and it makes me really sad to know that not everyone is blessed with that.
What a beautiful message. I'm a newly retired individual, with 4 acres. Planted a huge garden this Spring for the first time. Picked Acorn Squash before the sun came up, now sitting here cleaning and chopping to can this afternoon, loving listening to this heartfelt message, it's renewing my waning garden energy. What a blessing to me this morning. Thank you so much.
I am 64 and do the same -it’s hard but truly rewarding! I show some of my garden on my channel -I want to help all women be more self sufficient blessings!
I am 68 and living this lifestyle, homesteading, and we just started about a year ago. Don't apologize because you were talking right to me and my husband. We want and need things that we say we can't afford BUT there is fat in our budget that can be trimmed. Thank you for today's porch time. Prayers for your Dad, you and your family.
You see people's lives on youtube and homesteading and it seems so glamorous. When you find out or experience the work that's necessary first hand it becomes more of a 'f this" mentality and one just moves on. Never realizing that the joy is in the journey not the end because there really is no end on a homestead
I learned years ago that I could not handle the field style planting like my parents on the farm so on my small acreage I do extensive raised beds and grow quite a bit of food! We are extending every year, adding more, and building a greenhouse this year plus adding meat chickens. Everything is a learning and growing experience no matter how old you are and where you started from. Just do one step at a time. Thank you for being honest with people Danny! People need to hear honesty, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Prayers for your dad.
I live in a rural upscale vacation neighborhood. I bought the cheapest house with a small lot. I have put in raised beds, raise chickens, and have bees. My neighbor asked for eggs. I gave him dozens of free range brown eggs for free. Turns out he was feeding them to his dogs. From then on I asked $4.00 a dozen. He declined. People are lazy and want home grown products for free.
People are crazy about dogs aren't they?
I know, Right!!! I had a bumper crop of lemons, tangerines, cucumbers, zucchini, peas, tomatoes. I offered them to my neighbors and friends and they would turn their nose up at it. They would rather pay high prices at the grocery store than get free food. That is when I learned to can my surplus vegetables and let my neighbors come to me if they wish free food.
@@jumpoffa5011 hello,I would be soo greatful to receive home grown vegetables,and lemons are expensive in the stores these day's.Keep on enjoying growing you own food.♡
fawn 17 😳 oh my goodness!!! He gave the free range eggs to his dogs?!?!?? Wow!
@@SuperLovetolisten you don't understand how obsessed people are in this country with dogs, they will take a dog to the vet while a child loses his,her hearing from chronic ear infections. Watched a TV program on training dogs lady had couple of large vicious dogs one bit her small child, she said she started to get rid of dog but thought about it and said dog was just as much a member of the family as her children and if child got mauled a chance she would have to take. People line up to adopt dogs, in my area they have to pay about $900.00 a month to get people to foster children.
Some people don't want to hear the truth. They don't want to have that mirror put in their face. Continue to speak the truth. I going to start calling you papa danny you are a good dad to a lot of us younger folks.
Love it. ❤️❤️❤️
Yes...i had no father in my life.
“The Bible says....” and that’s when I hit the subscribe button.
Okay!!!🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿👑💯
I cant tell you how often i hear "why would you wanna raise chicken" "it takes to long to grow a garden" "just go to the store and buy your meat" ive been told im disgusting for wanting hunt, fish, raise quail and meat birds just to butcher them to put in my freezer. Its a dream of mine to do. But whats really funny is when i get put down by so many (friends and family members) but then hear "oh do you have any of this or this that i can take home" uhhhh no no i dont 😆 it blows my mind that people feel like they can say whatever to you. It doesnt get me down cause i dont live my life for others. I do what i can and do what im able to provide nothing but the best for my babies, my husband and myself and i know one day my hard work will pay off. My father in law sounds like your mother in law. Hes that kinda man to rely on tv dinners and say that frozen fruits and veggies are healthier then fresh picked haha. Again it all blows my mind
Heather Reis ... I hear ya. I get the naysayers too. But, I believe that the work put in is worth the reward you get back out. Clean healthy food and life as God designed it. 🙂 if you’re in VA come homestead & garden with me.
We have friends and family that can’t believe we would rather grow our food and raise and butcher our own meat for the freezer, than to buy it from a store. They say it’s too much work. But when covid hit, the only things we needed from the store, was animal feed. 😂 Do what you love and what you feel is right for your family. You’ve got this! ❤️
@@NorthnSouthHomestead thank you! to me its to much work to go to the store and get stuff vs going right in my back yard for it. Plus the prices! We're a family of 5 and for a full week of food we spend around 100 to 150 and to be honest thats not really getting much. Rice beans meats and some fruits and veggies. When we try and do a week of veggies fruits and meats we'll spend 100 alone on produce thats not nearly as good as what i can grow lol. It takes time to grow stuff but its all worth it in the end 😄
@@SuperLovetolisten haha i actually live in FL.
@@heatherreis7839 i look at it as "DANG! Do ya know how much i could GROW for 100 bucks?!
I'm a new subscriber and I relate to you on so many levels - you are my absolute favorite. God Bless, Brother!
The Lord shall provide and shows mercy to those who obey his commands.
Amen
@Liberty4awl We all are on a journey.
Believe what you want. We have all been born with free will.
I only feel the need to seek purity and self sacrifice in my spirit.
In the flesh, I most often desire hedonism and selfishness.
@Liberty4awl Peace be with you.
I struggle daily with my sins and admit it.
I need the Spirit sent by Jesus Christ.
@Liberty4awl Thank you for your insight, but please look to what the definition of sin is.
I believe it to be a transgression against divine law.
Hi Danny and Wanda! This was a great porch moment. I've wanted to do this my whole life, bought 5 acres of land in N. Tx 15 years ago and it laid fallow cuz I worked 4 part time jobs. Now my son has realized the necessity and has taken to Homesteading hook, line and tractor...lol. he is 32 and loves to watch you guys. We just purchased a high hoop green house because of y'all's influence. Thank for the Deep South Homestead discount!!! I can't wait to get it here. And we already know, because of your videos, that it will take a lot of work to get it up and running. We are so thankful for all your hard research, cut our search to easy level! And your pumpkins are all coming up too. This is the best year of gardening we have ever had! As a long term single mom, you can't imagine my level of relief to see my son finally bloom in this direction. You'll never know just how much you've changed the world for the good by the sharing your knowledge. Bless you, your fine marriage and you bountious land!
That is so true. I had to dispatch a skunk last night that got into the chicken coop. I still have no clue how he got in. But now he in skunk heaven. I'm 32 now and I understand that living on a homestead means that you have to be ok with life and death and the whole circle of life. If you have a lot of animals its just something you HAVE to be Ok with. When we first started our stead I cried my eyes out everytime something had to be dispatched or put out of their misery. But now, tho its still heartbreaking, I understand that theres some things that just have to be done
Prayers for you Dad... my Dad was 88 when he passed.... and yes we all need to wake up... nobody’s going to take care of you except you!!!
I will keep your dad and your family in my prayer
Look Danny I have been watching you for 2 years; You have been spot on ; on everything; Everyone please listen to him !! Kim
Some people are in love with the idea of being self sufficient but don't have any kind of work ethic of doing the actual work everyday. It's dirty hard work and it's not pretty .I stopped raising and having dogs because it's hard when they have to leave here.I can raise food for myself, kids are grown and living their lives . I hear people constantly complaining about how they need other people to help build it, maintain it- those people they are counting on doing all the work .My family ridiculed me for yrs for growing my food, i'm healthy ,no meds, yet they all have health problems.
Yes, growing your own food is good for your health.
If you don't add poisons on the food.
I so many that are to lazy to do the work to even make a small garden.
Many people raised in the city just wont get how hard farming is.
They think throwing seeds in the ground is all there is to farming.
If they decide to add animals, they will have to deal with the animals everyday, or the animals will die.
Feeding, cleaning, medicine, keeping critters from attacking and killing their animals.
Many things destroy gardens, Bugs, Weeds, Underground animals, Ground animals, Birds, mold, disease, to much heat, to much rain, cold, no sun, no rain.
And thieving people who want free food.
So many things to deal with when trying to run a farm.
But, its still worth it, if people are willing to do the work.
@@JojoCrazyCat yep I agree about animals getting in your garden. we have chipmunks eating our tomatoes right now. I just try and pick them before the chipmunks get them and if they do get one then the chickens get them lol.
I'm glad that you didn't listen to them. I have the same problem. My family has no problem reaping what I have sowed; but, heaven forbid they lend a hand to help out and do some of the work. All I hear is their complaints and ridicule. I have learned to tune them out and go forward without their help. I put faith in myself and the Lord my God. :-)
Same here, family don't want to help me with the garden or canning. But they have no problem asking for some....
I just don't understand this younger generation.
If something would happen where my kids (grown adults with there own kids) had not stored up food for the day when food will be hard to come by. They will be at my house eating what I myself canned and froze, because they didn't listen to me when I told them to start buying food and storing it because there's a day coming soon where we may not be able to buy it..
@@brendaz3644 Well, it happened to me during this pandemic. I had to move all the food and food stores that were first to go. You know all the sweet stuff first. I had to put a lock on the door and a chain around the freezer to keep them out. I had to ration what they could take out and eat. My wife believed that it was Thanksgiving every day of the week until I put a stop to it. They were still wasting food. People running to the food banks and pantries while she and my son were pigging out on my hard earned work. really pissed me off. People are really addicted to sugar.
Danny you’re 100% right. My husband and I have had a garden the last two years and we realized this year that due to our health we are just not people to have a garden in the ground. We also aren’t people who have the ability to process animals so we are looking into getting a couple green houses that will be much easier for us to tend too. We just haven’t been able to find any that we can afford that will stand up to heavy winds. I pray you’re dad comes through quickly and better than anyone expects.
Danny I'm so sorry, prayers for him and your family, may he ease pain and suffering.
Danny, This is truth. I am almost 80 and disabled, but have found a young man to help me when he can. With some help, yes, my garden needs weeding and I can only do so much. But, I have discovered ground cloth and other modern things that help me to do my little garden on my 28 acres. I only use a few acres. I have chickens with modern technology helping me to do it - not totally, but enough to make it. And, if I can find a way to do it, I will get two goats with new babies and be able to have milk. I live on mostly plant based food with some protein, hoping my friend gets a deer on the back 20 acres this fall, and I have my service dog to feed (lots of protein for her). So, with goats, I would have milk and if need be milk for cheese and lots of other things.
There are some things I can just not raise where I live and the locals know this. Appalachia is what my dad called dirt farming - clay and rocks!!!
So, they focus on the crops they can grow and don't waste time on those that do not grow here. If anyone moves to an area to 'homestead' (Do they mean farm?), and they do not know the land - big learning curve and you have to be a person who is prepared to not have all of the beautiful Mother Earth News pictures.
It can be done with a body that says no when the mind and heart say have to do it. And, barter what you can do for what you can't do. That was the reason for the original little towns out in the wild west (which started out as what is now the midwest). Some can make shoes, some can quilt, etc etc.
I’ve missed you two. I got over the corona virus 👍💕
Praise the LORD!!!
Yeay glad your better
It’s very beatable! I have several friends that have had it and recovered fine!
Praying for your dad. Thanks for always being authentic and speaking your truth Mr Danny. You & Wanda inspire me everyday & are a true blessing in my life.
Morning Y'all , vey good porch time! It's like going to Church with steel toed boots on , I love having the Pastor step on my toes once in a while ! Talks like this helps me ! Discipline out weighs desire !! Without Discipline it's just a dream ! Thank You Danny !!!
Lifting your father up in prayer! I am 61 years of age and have been working the fields since I was 7. I love the process of growing, harvesting, and processing my own food. I know what's in my food and more importantly what's not in it and the reward of seeing my pantry full on a cold winter’s day warms my heart. Sending love and hugs from Tennessee ❤️🤗
Thank you wonderful porch time, God Bless you and Wanda, the comments you made of your dad and mom was so beautiful, I was raised by my grandparents and that's how papaw and Nanny where, if my grandfather wasn't working on a job site and was home he was still working in the garden, Nanny did all the cooking and anything else that went with the house, I am so blessed to have been raised with good old fashioned values and even more blessed to have found a wonderful man with those same values, this is one of my favorite porch times you hit a lot on the nail, thank you and my God Bless you and Wanda, you both have wonderful souls and a love your videos, I'm sending up prayers your dad. Stay save and God Bless
Prayers for your dad. I lost mine 11 years ago. Be thankful for the years you have had him. My dad was just 71.
AMEN!!! This vlog has been one of the best vlogs I’ve ever watched! The words spoken needed to be told, all truth. Got to have that passion! Homesteading by far is one of the toughest lifestyles. We are living it, still new to it, 2 years in. Made some bad decisions, made some great ones. Learn something new everyday. That’s the keyword, “learn”, learning takes time, effort etc.. Such a good vlog! A vlog I’ll play several times as a reminder. Thank you!
I'm so happy you made this video. Thank you Jesus, you are so so right everybody is not cut out for homesteading. I pray nobody is offended by because this needed to be said. I usually just watch and enjoy but this time I had to say something. Please the ponds are a EXTRA SPECIAL DELIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN
Because of your channel, and others, i started gardening this year for the first time. Its only 1000 square feet at the community garden but I'm having a great time even though I'm not very good at it. We had our first full meal the other day where all of the vegetable ingredients came out of our garden. It was incredibly satisfying.
Thanks Danny for all you try and teach us.. and
Ms Wanda.too.. for all the love.and caring!! God bless you both.
I have watched your channel for a while and always thought you pandered to these pseudo homesteader TH-cam types. Everyone pretends that they can be self sustaining on a few tomatoes and a chicken. Having been a homesteader for 30+ years we (wife and I) know different. I was glad to see you lay it out there that raising your own food and having a farm/homestead is a lot of work. We have had chickens (eggs), goats (milk), hogs (meat), sheep (wool), and even ostrich (meat) at various times. We raise a very extensive garden also. And as you mentioned we are not close to being self sufficient because we have to have salt, flour, and at various times baking powder, cornmeal etc. These TH-cam wannabes make me laugh, but what's scary is that there are actually people out there who believe what these pretenders are preaching. I ,for one, was happy that you did this video.
I am also very disappointed in life today. Instead of using common sense and letting others live tbeir life everyone tries to force their lifestyle on us. I don't care that someone is a vegetarian, but I'm not. I don't need to know if you're LGBTQ, because it doesn't matter to me one way or the other. The same way you don't need to know which, if any, church I attend. (People in the South will get this)
Thanks for doing this video.
It certainly is a lot of hard work. But so very rewarding. I enjoyed the video also. All true.
Thanks for reality
I had a friend''s daughter tell me the other day that she can't afford to take her 6 year old to the dentist. A few minutes later she showed me her new phone that I know for a fact costs $1200. WHAT?
same with my neighbors. their roof leaks like crazy. always needing eggs or veggies from me or help with things around their place, i have my own plate full! but every single one of them has a new iphone. plus they have cable on top of that. and a new car! my ride is a 1993 chevy truck.
Yes. I gave free math tutoring to a family because their kids needed help but could not afford it. Then I learned they were spending more money on getting all their nails done weekly than it would have cost to hire a tutor to help the kids. It is all about priorities.
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I had my nails done for for my daughters wedding. First time in my life, not since though.
Prime example me first attitude...forgetting that child watches all Momma does . I get mad at the ones who have nice coats and kid has nothing to keep warm
L Barnes stop enabling
I’m in Southwest Mississippi and whatever I can’t get from my garden I buy. I’m up at 3 or 4 am dehydrating, canning, making herbal remedies. My father was in the military and I was raised that you do what you gotta do regardless of your feelings. I hated it at the time, but now I realize I was blessed to be raised with that mindset.
I got 18 pints of store bought milk canned last night and 8 pints of carrots long night today going to pick tomatoes and start on them . I'm doing the best I can I'm 66 some what disabled ,I just take a lot of breaked but I get what I started done and love it
The self sustaining / homesteading lifestyle in not for the person afraid of work.
Lol I hear ya! I am wore out most days. 😂😂😂But I also feel blessed and accomplished with my daily work to help provide my family with quality,plentiful bounties of food. ❤️
Prayers for your Daddy and you.
I appreciate your porch times.
My lifework is Midwifery by God's design. I am married to a retired crane operator-construction worker/disabled wonderful husband. BTW he doesn't enjoy gardening :).
With that said. I love gardening, goats, and chickens. I use my 13 acre farm to the best of my ability. I won't ever be the farmer my Daddy was. But my Preppie side does what I can. Home is my favorite place. Thanks Danny.
Danny, I’m praying for your dad to have a peaceful passing. That the Lord will be merciful.
Those that comment hateful things are usually jealous and just don’t want to put in any kind of commitment to getting to that lifestyle themselves. What you said is so true. If you want to live the self sufficiency lifestyle, it is no cakewalk. It is hard work and requires dedication and commitment. But the rewards are awesome. I can only container garden right now at my rental home. Due to physical limitations I don’t have the ability to do full blown gardening, but when God provides me with my forever home this coming year I plan on raised bed gardens as much as I can handle and will can or dehydrate what I grow. Keep your information coming Danny, those of us that are sincere really appreciate it.
Don't ever apologize for telling the hard truth because we all need to hear it. Prayers for your dad.
" Now do Ms. Wanda and I live an exciting life?" I said yes and then you said "no" "we don't go on vacations, etc." I laughed. I wake up and work all day in the north florida heat and love it. I think you guys have a wonderfully exciting life. God bless and keep up the Good work.
You wrote that for me. I get excited over a radish.
@@ewanmee9877 radishes are fun to grow. God bless you Dale:)
Love it. I find our homestead to be the best. I get excited about the animals, the first strawberry of the year, and tomatoes. Hunting down tomato horn worms is like a night game of hide n seek 😆 life on the homestead is very exciting and interesting to me...others may think I live a pretty boring life though...lol
thank you Danny, i'm sorry to hear about your Dad; you have said a life full that i will take to life. thank you so much, much love, peace and gardening.
I grow what I can in my back yard and utilize every space, but I do go to stores and buy in bulk to can and dehydrate and freeze, I make what I can, wish I had land , my husbands family live in the country in Virgina, we cut wood to stay warm ect, I don’t say much to people about what I do anymore because they just don’t get it. You have to do what’s best for you and you’re family, plain and simple.
Sound advice Sally Ellis. :-)
Sally Ellis: same here. Pantry looking good
Love it ❤️ Do what you can, with what you’ve got.❤️
My mother's family from Lee and Wise county VA.👍
fly fishing my husbands family from spotslvania county and Charlettsville
Thanks Danny and Wanda! We love and appreciate y’all more than you know! God’s will be done in your Dad’s life. Blessings from Bama!
Praying for your Dad. What you said is so true. I wanted a homestead all my life. When I was younger I worked three jobs and raised a huge garden. Did all the canning and freezing and putting everything up that I could. And yes it was hard, but it was worth doing. Now, being disabled for the past twenty years has been terrible. I still have the wanting but not the ability. I'm still going to try to put in a small fall garden (zone 9a). I have tried for a couple of months to get a little area ready. I even started some seeds and most everything has died 😭 I couldn't get help and I put my back out trying to do it myself. I'm going to try again now that my back is feeling mostly better.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Danny, you and Wanda have a beautiful home and life together. I will keep you both in my prayers.
Praying for you . Blessing's , Linda
If you have a college or university in your area, why not post for help with gardening. My local college has an agricultural department and grow a huge garden to help feed the needy in the area. If yours has something similar, maybe you can hire someone for a few bucks to give you a hand. Or check with your church or any local churches for help. They should have at least a few folks willing to lend a hand.
I love the honesty of what was shared today. For me, the lesson I learned is that I need to actively save the money and get the fencing material I need for the yard. This is to secure the back 1/2 acre from javelina and other things so that when we do need to plant food, we have better defense.
Very true in the hard work it takes to Homestead. I've been working on it for a long time. Paying off the land Building A 14 by 14 cabin after a divorce and struggles in life. But it's made me a better man. God bless everybody. Follow your dreams.
Love Danny's porch time!!! Always gives me thought's to ponder on.
Thanks Danny, I needed to hear this. I have several people in my family that decided to take what I had worked all my life to save and keep and spend it as if it was a windfall. They also decided to go through my pantry as if it was their own personal grocery store. I put my foot down and there is friction within the family to the point of talking about divorce. I said fine, there's the door. Don't let the door knob hit ya where the good Lord split ya. Now with the pandemic and the shortages in my area my family are thankful that I did save and stored my food stuff. But they still harbor a ill feeling that I was right and they were wrong. Time will tell if we stay together; but, I'm not holding my breath nor will I care if they go. I am tired of dragging dead weight around to make ends meet. I am going to continue doing what I can for the future and they can go where they damn well please. Sounds hard and harsh, but, not everyone can see the writing on the wall. When I put effort into a project my family should respect me enough to appreciate what I am doing for them. If they can't then they can shuffle on down the road and find their own way in life.
@macks Smith
Ditto
Guess they didn't read The Little Red Hen when they were kids. Maybe you should gift them a copy? Entitlement is a disease!
@@kathryngagne5813 I guess I'll have to read that too. LOL LOL :-)
@@jumpoffa5011 you might even find a video of the book on TH-cam. Are you Canadian? Just asking because of your handle. We are near Amqui Quebec.
@@kathryngagne5813 Sorry, no. RED, White, and Blue all the way. :-) I'll see if I can find it on line. :-)
I’m part of your generation but my husband and I have worked together just as your parents with the exception that which ever one of us is overwhelmed with a job the other will pitch in till the job is finished. A happy life for sure. Bless you, Wanda and your dad.
I love your comment on people “unequally yoked”. My daughter raised a 4H team of working steer and I have never heard that term used on people. It made me chuckle! Thanks for the great porch time!! So true. My ex husband has 90 acres and doesn’t do a thing with it. Doesn’t even grow a thing. I have 3 acres here in Maine and raise 75% of my food on it. I guess we were unequally yoked as a couple. 😂
That is a very much used verse from the bible describing a believer married to a nonbeliever.
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Alas, it is, but we don't know at the beginning. I didn't.
@@ewanmee9877 you will have that from time to time.
It happens. But congrats on your accomplishments ❤️
Can I get a "AMEN"
Amen
I asked God for the same thing, I don’t want too end up in a nursing home for me death would be better free from all this. And pray for god’s mercy for your father. 💯 % correct we plant 2.5 acres and it’s work but it gives us so much joy.
There is such joy in the garden ❤️
I started watching this episode the other day and stopped because I got bored. Well I'm back and I'm glad I watched to the end. I'm so depressed about how my life has come to a stand still, I can't move from Ga. To MO were I have property because I'm taking care of Mother ,85 w/dementia, she needs the care of a nursing home but even the nice ones have CV cases. We've had 3 deaths in the family and now my sister in a nursing home has been diagnosed with CV. YOU HAVE BEEN A BLESSING IN MY LIFE, THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH. Been retired since March and I HATE IT,social security don't pay crap!
Had a big garden, so much work, having a drought here in Iowa. Watered everyday, in 90's, got a little produce, then got sprayed with Decamba, things just died. Shrubs, trees, flowers all effective. My motto, "never give up." Still hard at it, do what you can with what you have. Blessings, keep at it!
Sorry you got sprayed. It happened to us too, but thankfully I guess we got a low dose. Many of my plants bounced back. I will have a better plan next year.
So sorry about your father. Praying God will take him peacefully. I just lost a very dear 80 year old friend to COVID. I really enjoy porch time. You and Wanda are so blessed to have each other.
Keeping you and your family in my prayers. I'm one of those mismatched people who don't have a partner interested in sustainability, but I plant it anyway and we eat it anyway. I prep it anyway. You and Ms Wanda are a wonderful gift to me and so many other people.
It is hard work but the rewards are amazing. It is not for everyone. Prayers for your dad 🌻🌻
My Grandmother was 94 went into a nursing home after a fall and died within two weeks just as the first wave of covid was hitting here and the facility was locked down. I am blessed she went home to the Lord and didn't suffer through this. You have all of my prayers for your father and family. 🙏
I feel the same about my 88 year old mom who passed at home in April. God spared this woman who loved to fellowship an eat in restaurants as well.
My garden provides about 1/2 to 2/3 of our vegetables and we are trying to make it be that way all year. I also garden because for the first time in my life I’ve found something I see artistry in. Thanks for the porch time. May your Dad go easy...Amen.
Truth. You forgot one thing though. TH-cam is a job too! Creating content and monitoring your channel is very time consuming. You and Wanda are so industrious and faithful. Your father is a good man. What a great blessing his legacy is. Praying for a peaceful end for him.
I'm disabled but I still have a container garden on the porch, half barrels in the side yard and a raised bed in the back yard full of sweet potatoes. I use storage totes, five gallon buckets and many other containers to keep me in cucumbers, bell peppers, bok choy, kale, tomatoes, herbs, bunching onions and chives. I have sand cherries and blueberries in the half barrels. You can get quite a lot of veggies from container gardening. It's the best part of my day, working with my plants. 😊
I'm praying that God will help me to live out who He ordained me to be! I'm feeling strongly driven to homestead and be self sufficient... without the help and support of my husband. It's hard, I feel like a salmon swimming up stream. I just need ENERGY because this porch talk gave me the motivation! God bless you.
My husband was the same way. Went to work,I took care of the house,and farm animals. I always cooked a sitdown meal for him. He also passed away last year from cancer. Since he left,I've learned how to fix my own plumbing,run a skill saw,etc. Prayers for your dad.
Prayers for your father.
You know Danny, you said that most people don't want to take the time to say what is needed; but, most people any more don't want to take the time to listen. Bless you and Wanda. Thank you for your time you give to us.
Father, In the name of Jesus, I lift up Danny's dad to you. Comfort and bless him, Lord. Give him peace. Dispatch ministering angels to be with him. Give his doctors and nurses your wisdom to care for him. If it be your will, Lord Jesus, take him quickly so he will not suffer. Satan, I bind you in Jesus' name. The blood of Jesus is upon you. Father, give Danny your peace and hold him close to your heart. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Great porch time Danny. Over the years homesteading tons of people have told me they want to do what we are doing, but they aren’t willing to change their lifestyles. They move 30 minutes from town but still run their kids to every activity and don’t understand why they don’t have time for their farm. It’s not the only thing in my life, but the rest of life is modified and adjusted based on the homestead. That’s the commitment we make to have food that is healthy and to one day have food when others don’t.
I do love the idea of what y'all do, and admire you both for it. Sadly, my husband and I aren't physically able to do that. I wish we could!
Do you have land to do it? If so, why not see if you can find someone who wants to homestead but doesnt have land. Have them come out, take care of the land and share it with you. Just a thought.
Praying for your Dad. My Mama is 89 in nursing home. I've not been allowed in to visit her for almost 5 months so I have visited her almost daily at her window and have taken her food and snacks she likes eah time I go, that I hand to nurse at the front door of her nursing home for her. She and I talk over nursing home phone they take to her when I visit her on other side of her window, as we look at each other through the window glass and talk to each other. She has lost the ability to use a personal cellphone, so they take her a phone each day I visit her for her to talk to me on. We miss giving each other hugs and my taking her out on the porch for fresh air, which she is bedridden and has not been outside in almost 5 months since the last time I saw her in March and I took her outside for some fresh air and we had a very happy visit that day. I sure do miss spending time with her inside the nursing home and having the privilege to help her into her wheel chair and wheel her outside for fresh air, but the nursing home has been on lockdown all this time. Please keep her in your prayers, too.
Thank you for your very informative videos. I have really tried this year to grow vegetables. Has not worked out well but I have learned a few things that Lord willing, I plan to try next year and see if they do better as I am new at vegetable gardening. Your videos are encouraging and inspiring. I have replanted seeds after plants were drowned by flooding. When they still didn't make, I have replanted again. We got a few vegetables that we enjoyed eating, but not much, but we thank the Lord for what we did get. We still may get a few more...squash, that is...and we have one bell pepper that if something doesn't steal it before it is big enough to pick we will get that and maybe a couple more tomatoes, too.
We do have chickens and thank the Lord, plenty of eggs from them.
We wish you and Wanda a happy day. Thanks again to both of you for your prayers and videos.
Well said, Danny . Those of us with our eyes open, know what's coming . People really need to think about how they will survive & what their limitations are . Thank you, as always for your words of wisdom. May GOD continue to bless you & Wanda in everything you put your minds, hearts & hands to !
Completely agree
Thank you for being so honest, there's not a lot of people that will tell it like it is. My prayers and hopes of goodness, mercy, and love for you and your family. Thanks again.
That banker's statement about people paying for their recreation first is a very insightful one.
Yes it is. And so true also. Ppl put play over responsibilities.
@@NorthnSouthHomestead doesn't Bible say "last days "men will be lovers of themselves
@@flyfishing1776 why yes it does.
And very true!!!
WOW!!!!
Thank you Sir, for the TRUTH!
My Grandmother spoke the SAME words to me in my youth, back in the 60’s & 70’s.
I truly appreciate your courage to stand up and tell people what they NEED to hear, instead of what they WANT to hear.
You are a good man!
I wish I could give this 100 likes! God bless you both!
I am watching this sept 10th, it came up in my suggested. I love this video. That was how my grandparents were. I feel like you really spoke to people in this porch time. And, you always do such a great job of explaining things. I'm happy you have each other and like the same things. It is important in a relationship.
They laughed at Noah, look what happened. You can't save people who don't want to save themselves. Unfortunately it's been this way throughput history.
So true
Prayers for your father. There is so much truth in this video. I just hope that most people who watch it can realize it before it happens
I tell my kids to at least grow some of their own things. Growing some is better than none at all even if they just grow their own salad.
We do the best we can, and it’s better than doing nothing!
You are so right, I could never do what you guys do, but I love watching you guys do it. I'm in health care and can love people instantly, I can say it's what I'm meant to do. I would never judge anyone who cannot do it. We are all needed, we are a community, together, we are complete.
I'm growing 2 acres of blackberries and blueberries I live in the area that has a lot of farmers though I can trade and barter
Another great porch time with nothing but the truth! I am still working my way thru all your videos! Thank you!!!
Danny my 90 yr old Mom passed away two days before they shut the nursing home down due to this virus, she had Dementia they kept her so drugged I kept telling them she was going to fall, well she did two times in one day the last fall she busted her face open, I was bringing her home because of the nursing home not allowing me to no longer sit with her, I watched her suffer so bad I went and signed her out I was bringing her home, the ambulance was there to pick her up, she passed before I got back home, the reason I am telling you this her aids keep in touch with me they are short handed so many have quit because of the virus they are telling me they are over worked said the patients are laying in their own body waste, I loved my Mom with all my heart she was my best friend but I thank God he took her out of her suffering and she is not having to go through this, Danny if it’s God’s will to take your Dad, he will be in a much better place, no more pain!
Livi Lou I am so sorry your mom had to go through that and I am sorry you lost her so terribly. I miss my own Momma so much but find comfort knowing there’s no more pain for her anymore, no more fear, or confusion. God called our mothers home and we are blessed that they have been spared anymore suffering. I’m so sorry.
Kelly Crystal ❤️
Prayers for you and your family. Your an. Honorable man. You and your family from Deep Southern Homestead. God bless all you do for the public
I want you to know you made me cry when you talked about not wanting your dad to suffer. I work in a nursing home and I see so many families that want their family member to live even though you can tell they are suffering. sometimes I will look at that resident and tears will fall down my face and my coworkers will ask what is wrong and I say look at him or her look how she is suffering and for what so that the family could have one more day. instead of remembering what the resident used to do before they went down hill and could no longer do for themselves. I started a garden 6 years ago and I learn every year something that I should have done differently. but the last 2 years through you tube videos a listening to other folks I have had so many tomatoes I didn't know what to do with. next year I am gonna work on my pepper plants. gonna do some research and hopefully I have so many peppers I don't know what to do with lol. I do know I learned that my main garden is gonna be all tomato plants and my 4x8 raised bed will be my pepper plants. like I said I have made mistakes but I am learning every year. I am out in the garden every morning tending to my plants and I will admit the weeds have taken over some areas but I do what I can and I just keep trying to do better. but I do hit the farmers market for things that I haven't learned how to grow yet. keep safe and keep on keeping on. I love your channel and will continue to watch.
I work in a nursing home too. We lost a beautiful woman last night on my shift. I sat and held her hand while reading her bible to her the last hour of her life. It is hard to watch a resident that is suffering, but I make it my duty to make them as comfortable as they can be while they are waiting for the Lord to take them home. Thank you for the hard work and passionate care you give to the elderly. It's a hard job, but extremely rewarding. We get to meet wonderful people and care for them during the last days of their lives. God bless you for that.
@@Laurie_Tinsley thank you too for what you do too. it is the most rewarding job and you do meet the most interesting people even if it is a heart breaking job.
Bless you for your compassion. Also, don’t forget your cilantro and basil. Try onion starts too. Snug them in between your plants to confuse the bugs and make salsa :)
Laura T Bless you for your dedication and kindness. The compassion of many nurses and hospice workers have stuck with me over the years. God shows his love for us through people with hearts like yours. 😢
Blessings for your Dad and those caring for him. Also for you and Wanda. You are doing a service with this channel and I so appreciate it. Not only learning how things are in other parts, but the opinions of others too. You have a gift for your porch time talks. The truth can be hard to hear, hard to say, but it is what is needed, always. Thanks for taking us along on the Deep South Homestead.
I started a garden a couple of years ago as I honestly felt the Lord telling me I needed to....no kidding. I have learned everything from books & you tube. I appreciate channels like yours. My husband was against me doing it as I am a girly girl, Lol
I have to say that I love it!! My husband has started to change his mind after he has seen me working hard & bringing in beautiful bounties of food. I pray over my veggies, herbs & fruits daily and thank the Lord for all he has/will do before the dreadful famine I do believe is coming. God bless you both & praying that your dad doesn't suffer as he is ushered into our fathers arms swiftly. 🙏
I hear you 100%. This year I felt compelled to start my garden, and to buy hulless oats and wheat seeds to grow over the fall and winter. I am trying to figure out now what I can grow in the fall and winter to keep the garden going. I had to hunt down a pressure canner and canning jars bc they are sold out everywhere. But I just feel this need to do this. We do not have a large property, but it will be ok for the 3 of us. I also knit, crochet and do needlepoint. I have been called to learn these skills, and I believe that I will find out why soon enough. My husband still isn't 100% on board with everything I am doing, but he helps when I need him to. I hope your garden works out well for you and that you have a large bounty.
@@Emy-Emz thank you & I pray the same for you!
Shannon, what a wonderful reminder to us that we need to pray over our efforts to grow. Thank you - I needed to be reminded of that. :)
Praying over your husband wouldn't hurt either. :-) I find growing my own fruits and vegetables help supplement that which my wife purchases from the store. It has really cut down on her vegetable bill. :-)
@@jumpoffa5011yes, I pray over him daily & sometimes all day on & off. Lol
In all seriousness, he is a lost soul but he was brought up believing so I stand on the word that he will fully return back to God.
Hey Mr Dan.. this is to say
GOD BLESS YOUR DAD AND YOUR HEART
you said in your video what needed to be said.. it is all true.. i am a 57 year old man.. and i have walked in your shoes in more ways than one..
God bless you and yours. Keep on doing what you are doing
Great word Danny! Keep preaching it!
Oh, that porchtime was spot on!!! God bless you!
I personally think that the leading contributor to our problems today is that no one will admit when they are wrong and spite themselves to try to make you agree with them. Great discussion Danny I really enjoyed it and took a lot away from it. Praying for your dad.
I'm so sorry your Dad is sick with the covid. May he be surrounded with folks that will take good care of him. Praying, for him for healing.
There isnt anything glamorous about homesteading.. People get these fantasies in their head that they are going to walk onto a property and its going to be some kind of well manicured garden of eden and they will walk around with pick-nick baskets picking flowers and skipping to the loo while birds and all the forest creatures come out to sing...
Then they get here and its shoveling manure out of the pens, cleaning pasty chicken butts,, catching a 400 pound ram that got something in his hoof and working from sun up to sun down...
The problem is, most people dont want to work that hard. I love my homestead. I love to have meals that are from dirt to dinner plate and I can take pride when someone comments how good the food is,, I can honestly say ""I grew that or raised that."" People dont understand how flavorless their food is until they have one of my tomatoes or a bite of my green beans.. And like you said,, they definitely dont know how poisonous their food is.. I wish I could be 100% self sufficient,, But its nearly impossible on my 6 acres.. But I am extremely thankful for those 6 acres.. We are a lot better off than most and soon,, the dollar is going to crash,, then people will really be in trouble..
Anyway,,,,, te problem is,, no one wants to take responsibility for their own lives. They want to push it onto the goober-ment and be nanny'd like the children they are and if we arent careful,, it will get to a point where a foreign country will be able to waltz right in and take over cause there will be to many wussies that dont know what gender they are and dont know how to fight back unless its on call of duty.. So I take offense to the statement ""thats when men were men"" cause I dont know what you call yourself but I am as man as man can be... Now its time for me to go pick some green beans.. The plants are loaded this year.. Be safe, be well and God bless...
I had an acre with horses and chickens. and in my deepest depression and very hard times, I came to find my center at midnight shoveling manure. I called it my meditation on manure. it came to me as I flung it the God would turn this into black gold and nourish my plants. so I stood on faith that God would take the misery and shame in my life and also turn it into gold in his time. now establishing a "farm" in s. cal desert