Looking forward to the coming year and more videos from you all! Our first steps into canning (your tomato soup recipe) have inspired us to keep going! We are planning a simple container garden this year and looking forward to learning how to grow our own tomatoes, radishes, among a few other things. FL homesteading is definitely different from how you do it, but your videos have provided invaluable info and inspiration, regardless. God Bless you.
Happy New Year Josh and Carolyn! You two got so much done in 2019! Congratulations! In 2019 I added two more raised beds, four more fruit trees, put up more than 100 jars of produce, cleared some more of the property and added more perennial fruiting vines and bushes.
Oh my gosh! I know what you mean about homesteading in a new place! We've had to put a lot of things on the back burner.So much to do! Thanks you guys for all you do to teach and share with us .
You accomplished SO much this past year!!! It's amazing :) I think my greatest success this past year was my garden. Even though I've gardened & preserved for 25 yrs, I learned so much through other TH-camrs and their tips & tricks for healthy plants. It really helped much of my garden flourish like it never had. The other thing was the relationships that have developed out of this YT community that I did not expect. Starting my channel has been such a blessing, and you are definitely one of them. Thanks J&C!
Happy New Year Josh and Carolyn 🥂 2019 was a year of change on this farm! I had to take over total production of hay and maintenence of equipment. My husband's health has completely broke down. My goal for 2020 is to restock my pantry as the garden was a complete failure last year. We will see if I can garden, can and manage all the farm work that goes along with 40 head of cattle. Here's to 2020!
Love your videos! I really want to take your bread class, but I won't let myself until I've completed the master canning class I'm taking from you and get my pantry well stocked. Then I can't wait!
We bought a new place in the fall of 2018. When spring came the first thing I did was start my gardening area, which was a penned in area that the people before had dogs in. No one had lived in the house for a year so the penned area was covered in weeds, but there was like a raised bed area in it. So I layed cardboard down. Added soil and proceeded to make a garden area out of it. My main problem with it being there was a tree that shaded part of the area most of the summer. I also had a raised bed outside of the area as well as some container gardens. This year my husband is building raised beds for me (our ground is extremely rocky and hard) out in an open area where I will be able to grow more veggies. I will still be able to use the penned in area for some items (already have garlic in one area of it that are 6" high). Im hoping to put in an elderberry on the property and a couple blueberry plants in containers this year. On another subject, I'm hoping to learn to make cheese this year so was interested in comments about cheese, especially Brie (my favorite). Hopefully you will be having classes on it soon .
I really love your channel. Have learned a lot. Y’all are so good in teaching & passing along your failures, as well as successes. Wishing y’all a new year of many successes & blessings! Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸❤️👍
I really enjoy your pantry chats, I didn't get much done on the homestead this last year, small garden and maintaining my herd of 10 dairy goats and a ridiculous amount of poultry. My youngest (4 girls) turned 1 y/o and it's hard to get work done while toting a toddler around. We did raise and butcher about 50 meat chickens and raise new layers also replaced my turkey tom who died 2 years ago so we can hatch turkeys again this spring. We raised a bunch of ducks and butched the extra males, we have never butchered ducks before and they tasted so good! We will definitely hatch more this spring. I'm planning on expanding the gardens again and fixing more fences, fencing is a never ending job. I also want to put in more fruit trees but it's hard to find ones that do well in alaska. My husband works long hours so most of the homestead stuff is me and the girls. :)
So good to see y'all in this new year! I love you guys ways, more specifically, with regards to your planning! I'm sure we can look forward to a cheese making class in the next few years! Yay! Also, wanted to ask if you guys are keeping the trees that your taking down for milling, firewood, ect.? Also, it seems that Carolyn pretty much does all the inside stuff and Josh does the majority of the outside stuff. Could y'all do a what I do in a day video sometime? Curious about your schooling and how you get all this stuff done that you plan! Any advice on the system you use to keep track? Blessings to you and your family! May the multigenerational homestead be successful this year and the years to come!
Happy New Year! I use rye flour in my hair and love the results! I rinse with a homemade apple cider vinegar and use a little chamomile infused olive oil as a leave in conditioner. It's like I'm a salad!!
Here's to a get great 2020. My big failures were carrots, lost a bunch of plants but do not know why. I suspect critters. One day the carrot plants were there, the next day there was no sign of them. Another failure was back issues. After spending much of the summer in pain my doctor finally sent me to physical therapy I have been feeling much better after doing gluteus muscle exercises
Happy new Year. Thank you for answering my how to no poo shampoo question. Very helpful...I get it. I am going to try it! Great pantry chat! God bless you all in 2020.
Shampoo..part of homestead for us is being able to produce our cleaning and health a beauty product. We make our own soap with lard. Then just use that for shampoo. Sounds simple..it is 8 girls long hair works for us. Its also self substainable. Just a thought.
Great year in review. Our number one failure--losing 2 tractors' full of meat birds to coyote attacks (2 separate). We're taking a year off from raising meat chickens and will buy from Polyface, SO that we can afford to fence in both our original property and an adjoining property that we purchased last summer and plan to use for a large garden and raising poultry in tractors (and get them out of our front yard. ;) ). We plan to resume chicken tractors the following year, but we really need to devote finances and energy to fencing this year to protect our poultry. We live in a rural neighborhood--not out in the middle of nowhere--and the coyotes are coming right into yards--in broad daylight--where we live. Our biggest success was our onions! We grew storing onions from slips for the first time in 2018--just a small number for learning experience--and we had success with those. Last year we grew lots and learned more about which varieties we prefer. We grew Red Zeppelin variety for our red onions and they grew well, are not hot, are storing well---just a huge success for us as we use tons of onions. To know that we can raise enough onions to sustain us--and that they are raised in healthy soil and contain good nutrition---that's a real blessing! Onions are medicine...and we are happy that we can have good ones! My big goal last year was to seed save in a larger way. I accomplished that! My goal this year is to focus more on growing larger crops of things we like best....and keep my trial crops small, so we aren't wasting space. I guess all varieties of fruits and veggies are healthy....but growing things that nobody cares for is a bit of a waste. It's one thing to try something new...another to waste precious space growing what nobody will eat. God bless you in 2020!
Our successes in 2019 were that we ditched our old garden that always flooded and started from scratch with a no dig garden. And it did amazing! We have sooo many peppers in the freezer and we have always had issues with peppers. We harvested and stored more produce than any year prior. I have been improving my personal health after finding out what foods cause inflammation in my own body and feel tons better. I’ve learned about, grown, and harvested as well as used tons of herbs! And we successfully treated a bout of flu my husband brought home from work with just herbs and oils - no doctors or medicines at all involved. We raised and harvested our own chickens (not for the first time) And milked our own cow, though it was short lived. This years goals are to get another cow in milk or due in spring. Get a structure to store hay and to milk in. (Cattle panel hoop shelters work, but are hard!) And find a way for my husband to work from home. That’s the main goal so we can be location independent and move.
Happy New Year to you all. Carolyn you have inspired me to try the garbanzo flour no-poo, although here we call chickpea or gram flour. Josh is right there is a hack for applying it. I mix it up in an old shampoo bottle to squirting consistency and keep the leftovers in the fridge. We live in a tiny house so it's not far from fridge to bathroom, in a big place that might not be so convenient. It's definitely the best no-poo method I have tried and I have tried most of them. My hair has never felt so thick and shiny. Have fun on your trip, it sounds lovely and worth all the hard work to enjoy breakfast biscuits with loved ones.
OK, finally got time to watch this entire video. I bought my 5 acre homestead 4 months ago - old, needing lots of work, junk stored all over - but it was a great price :) I've mended and put up new fences to TRY and keep the coyotes and stray dogs out, put in 6 pygmy goats, made new screens for all the windows,I winterized the chicken coop, and with plenty of help, cleaned out all the junk laying around - about 4 commercial trailers full. As things go, as soon as the temps reached mid-20's, my furnace died as did my stove. Thats OK - I'm dealing with it. It came with a 30x72x12 foot hoop house, which the storms ripped all the plastic off 2 weeks before closing. Thats OK, time to get creative. Soooo - I really need to know the brand of your outdoor canning station. I really need to get one set up. Oh, btw, I'm widowed and 70 years old - but hey - still above ground! Love you guys to pieces!!
Happy New Year Thistles took over our garden. Went out each day and dug out 4 wheelbarrows full and i couldn't do any more. got a few rows of carrots. That was it. very sad. This year is going to be better.
Check out a product called Thru the Roof, there is a whole system, it can even be applied in the rain. There is also a fiber that you sandwich between layers that are painted on to cover those holes. Not a forever fix but will give you a few years.
Boo...lol. I'm burnt out from canning baking and the holidays. No sourdough challenge for me! I'm going to watch... Love to see the house your building for your parents..... I hope my daughter takes me in! I'm back had to get some stuff done got the bread mixing now, you made me feel guilty, ha so I just let it run and your still here great more min. Have a great year and I'll see you in the The Art of Homemade Bread!
Goals for my 2020 are to get an orchard started and expand our regular garden. How long before those young fruit trees that are in your nursery are producing? We don’t want to wait forever for something to produce but bigger trees get sooo expensive!
I live in a town house and can’t garden in my teeny yard, so I’m building a 3x12’ bed to put on the side of the driveway! It’s even gonna be on legs to hopefully avoid being charged for staining the concrete. There’s also a community garden here that will start holding classes soon :D
Oh boy I’ve got to get in the sourdough class! We also have our own sweet Jersey milk cow. My goal is to make more cheeses as well. Especially Parmesan🤗. Looking forward to what’s on the horizon😍. Love y’all and God bless!!!
I'm trying to grow trees from seed. The 2018 was a failure except 4 cherry plum trees. From 2019, I think I will have 4 trees out of hundreds. I am going to try a nursery close to my back door this year. and grow them to at least 3 years old, if not 4. I try to spare the money every year to buy, at least two trees/shrubs from a local nursery.
After so many uses of the garbanzo bean flour in the shower aren't you afraid it will eventually clog your drains? I'd love to use this method too. Do you use a screen in your drains since you have so many using it?
How did you guys set up a milking area before you had a barn? We don’t have a barn (or any other outdoor structures, but we can build 10x12 sheds without building permits so that’s our preference) but plan on a milk cow and I’m trying to figure out how to set that up....
Love the channel. I think you mentioned you would use more water to rinse out the garbanzo bean shampoo. Maybe using more of the precious water resources. 🤔
Any chance of home tours? Caroline you have some great organization and I'd love to see more. And the new parents house. Also what are in the big jars to Josh's left?
Josh and Carolyn, you talked about heating updating for your house. I am wondering if either of you have thought about geothermal heating. Is this something that might work in your area even on a small scale?
Happy New Years! Question - I need an outside canning station, and I like that you use one that holds a heavy load. PLEASE tell me what brand of camp stove you use. I don't have an indoor stove this year, and need to continue with my regular canning. Appreciate your help - you two are WONDERFUL!!
Hello, I had 12 babies, definately out of shape. Wish we had done as well as you with our property. My son has taken over and is working on a lot of things you are.
Love your channel, & all the info you share. Thank you. Could you share what you have on your shelves in vack of you? Is that fermented carrots & rhubarb on the counter ( on the right)?
We will be new to the homesteading life here in the Ozarks, can you please talk about the etiquettes of homesteading with neighbors. When helping others, is there a cost or trades? I really enjoy your channel, you motivate me, thank you and God bless!
We're upfront that we're willing to barter or use money. My husband is great about saying yes or no to an offer. We explain that we homestead, and find folks who understand what that's about.
I am pretty sure I missed the sourdough challenge.... I just found your videos. Is the sourdough info in your bread video series or is there a way to access the sourdough info? I am particularly interested in gluten free starter
Question for Josh and Carolyn or anyone else on here! :) I have not heard of rennet before and I’m a little disturbed as I thought cheese was vegetarian!! Does anyone have suggestions for cheeses that don’t use rennet? Thank you!!
Depending on the type of cheese, one can make them without rennet, such as Queso Blanco and also one type of cottage cheese, both which are soft cheeses. Hard cheeses do require rennet but you can purchase vegetable rennet, even organic, which is what I use. There is liquid rennet available along with rennet in table form. I prefer using the liquid. I purchase my rennet through New England Cheese Making Supply but there are many different companies that sell it. You may even find it sold locally depending on where you live.
I would love to learn cheese making & preservation. I am starting a milk share this month & I want to make cheese & I want to know how to long term store all my different cheeses.
I was just thinking even before you mentioned “Dan” if you guys would ever get horses? Also, how do you deal with the stumps after he takes away the logs?
Looking forward to the coming year and more videos from you all! Our first steps into canning (your tomato soup recipe) have inspired us to keep going! We are planning a simple container garden this year and looking forward to learning how to grow our own tomatoes, radishes, among a few other things. FL homesteading is definitely different from how you do it, but your videos have provided invaluable info and inspiration, regardless. God Bless you.
Happy New Year Josh and Carolyn! You two got so much done in 2019! Congratulations! In 2019 I added two more raised beds, four more fruit trees, put up more than 100 jars of produce, cleared some more of the property and added more perennial fruiting vines and bushes.
Oh my gosh! I know what you mean about homesteading in a new place! We've had to put a lot of things on the back burner.So much to do! Thanks you guys for all you do to teach and share with us
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You accomplished SO much this past year!!! It's amazing :)
I think my greatest success this past year was my garden. Even though I've gardened & preserved for 25 yrs, I learned so much through other TH-camrs and their tips & tricks for healthy plants. It really helped much of my garden flourish like it never had. The other thing was the relationships that have developed out of this YT community that I did not expect. Starting my channel has been such a blessing, and you are definitely one of them. Thanks J&C!
Happy New Year Josh and Carolyn 🥂 2019 was a year of change on this farm! I had to take over total production of hay and maintenence of equipment. My husband's health has completely broke down. My goal for 2020 is to restock my pantry as the garden was a complete failure last year. We will see if I can garden, can and manage all the farm work that goes along with 40 head of cattle. Here's to 2020!
Love your videos! I really want to take your bread class, but I won't let myself until I've completed the master canning class I'm taking from you and get my pantry well stocked. Then I can't wait!
We bought a new place in the fall of 2018. When spring came the first thing I did was start my gardening area, which was a penned in area that the people before had dogs in. No one had lived in the house for a year so the penned area was covered in weeds, but there was like a raised bed area in it. So I layed cardboard down. Added soil and proceeded to make a garden area out of it. My main problem with it being there was a tree that shaded part of the area most of the summer. I also had a raised bed outside of the area as well as some container gardens. This year my husband is building raised beds for me (our ground is extremely rocky and hard) out in an open area where I will be able to grow more veggies. I will still be able to use the penned in area for some items (already have garlic in one area of it that are 6" high). Im hoping to put in an elderberry on the property and a couple blueberry plants in containers this year. On another subject, I'm hoping to learn to make cheese this year so was interested in comments about cheese, especially Brie (my favorite). Hopefully you will be having classes on it soon .
I really love your channel. Have learned a lot. Y’all are so good in teaching & passing along your failures, as well as successes. Wishing y’all a new year of many successes & blessings! Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸❤️👍
"No lumps in your gravy, or your shampoo." Love it! Fascinating.
I really enjoy your pantry chats, I didn't get much done on the homestead this last year, small garden and maintaining my herd of 10 dairy goats and a ridiculous amount of poultry. My youngest (4 girls) turned 1 y/o and it's hard to get work done while toting a toddler around. We did raise and butcher about 50 meat chickens and raise new layers also replaced my turkey tom who died 2 years ago so we can hatch turkeys again this spring. We raised a bunch of ducks and butched the extra males, we have never butchered ducks before and they tasted so good! We will definitely hatch more this spring. I'm planning on expanding the gardens again and fixing more fences, fencing is a never ending job. I also want to put in more fruit trees but it's hard to find ones that do well in alaska. My husband works long hours so most of the homestead stuff is me and the girls. :)
So good to see y'all in this new year! I love you guys ways, more specifically, with regards to your planning! I'm sure we can look forward to a cheese making class in the next few years! Yay! Also, wanted to ask if you guys are keeping the trees that your taking down for milling, firewood, ect.? Also, it seems that Carolyn pretty much does all the inside stuff and Josh does the majority of the outside stuff. Could y'all do a what I do in a day video sometime? Curious about your schooling and how you get all this stuff done that you plan! Any advice on the system you use to keep track? Blessings to you and your family! May the multigenerational homestead be successful this year and the years to come!
Happy New Year! I use rye flour in my hair and love the results! I rinse with a homemade apple cider vinegar and use a little chamomile infused olive oil as a leave in conditioner. It's like I'm a salad!!
Here's to a get great 2020. My big failures were carrots, lost a bunch of plants but do not know why. I suspect critters. One day the carrot plants were there, the next day there was no sign of them. Another failure was back issues. After spending much of the summer in pain my doctor finally sent me to physical therapy I have been feeling much better after doing gluteus muscle exercises
So happy to see the growth in your channel,, may God continue to bless you in the New Year and New decade,, 🙏💕
Happy new Year. Thank you for answering my how to no poo shampoo question. Very helpful...I get it. I am going to try it! Great pantry chat! God bless you all in 2020.
Happy New Year Carolyn and Josh! I have signed up for the wait list! Can’t wait. The two of you are a true blessing!
Shampoo..part of homestead for us is being able to produce our cleaning and health a beauty product. We make our own soap with lard. Then just use that for shampoo. Sounds simple..it is 8 girls long hair works for us. Its also self substainable. Just a thought.
Great year in review. Our number one failure--losing 2 tractors' full of meat birds to coyote attacks (2 separate). We're taking a year off from raising meat chickens and will buy from Polyface, SO that we can afford to fence in both our original property and an adjoining property that we purchased last summer and plan to use for a large garden and raising poultry in tractors (and get them out of our front yard. ;) ). We plan to resume chicken tractors the following year, but we really need to devote finances and energy to fencing this year to protect our poultry. We live in a rural neighborhood--not out in the middle of nowhere--and the coyotes are coming right into yards--in broad daylight--where we live. Our biggest success was our onions! We grew storing onions from slips for the first time in 2018--just a small number for learning experience--and we had success with those. Last year we grew lots and learned more about which varieties we prefer. We grew Red Zeppelin variety for our red onions and they grew well, are not hot, are storing well---just a huge success for us as we use tons of onions. To know that we can raise enough onions to sustain us--and that they are raised in healthy soil and contain good nutrition---that's a real blessing! Onions are medicine...and we are happy that we can have good ones! My big goal last year was to seed save in a larger way. I accomplished that! My goal this year is to focus more on growing larger crops of things we like best....and keep my trial crops small, so we aren't wasting space. I guess all varieties of fruits and veggies are healthy....but growing things that nobody cares for is a bit of a waste. It's one thing to try something new...another to waste precious space growing what nobody will eat. God bless you in 2020!
Our successes in 2019 were that we ditched our old garden that always flooded and started from scratch with a no dig garden. And it did amazing! We have sooo many peppers in the freezer and we have always had issues with peppers.
We harvested and stored more produce than any year prior.
I have been improving my personal health after finding out what foods cause inflammation in my own body and feel tons better.
I’ve learned about, grown, and harvested as well as used tons of herbs!
And we successfully treated a bout of flu my husband brought home from work with just herbs and oils - no doctors or medicines at all involved.
We raised and harvested our own chickens (not for the first time)
And milked our own cow, though it was short lived.
This years goals are to get another cow in milk or due in spring.
Get a structure to store hay and to milk in. (Cattle panel hoop shelters work, but are hard!)
And find a way for my husband to work from home. That’s the main goal so we can be location independent and move.
Happy New Year to you all. Carolyn you have inspired me to try the garbanzo flour no-poo, although here we call chickpea or gram flour. Josh is right there is a hack for applying it. I mix it up in an old shampoo bottle to squirting consistency and keep the leftovers in the fridge. We live in a tiny house so it's not far from fridge to bathroom, in a big place that might not be so convenient. It's definitely the best no-poo method I have tried and I have tried most of them. My hair has never felt so thick and shiny.
Have fun on your trip, it sounds lovely and worth all the hard work to enjoy breakfast biscuits with loved ones.
Happy New Year, Josh and Carolyn! May you have lots of blessings in 2020!
I'm new to our channel, 3 videos in, and I have to say I find you guys so inspirational. Yeah, I subscribed.
OK, finally got time to watch this entire video. I bought my 5 acre homestead 4 months ago - old, needing lots of work, junk stored all over - but it was a great price :) I've mended and put up new fences to TRY and keep the coyotes and stray dogs out, put in 6 pygmy goats, made new screens for all the windows,I winterized the chicken coop, and with plenty of help, cleaned out all the junk laying around - about 4 commercial trailers full. As things go, as soon as the temps reached mid-20's, my furnace died as did my stove. Thats OK - I'm dealing with it. It came with a 30x72x12 foot hoop house, which the storms ripped all the plastic off 2 weeks before closing. Thats OK, time to get creative. Soooo - I really need to know the brand of your outdoor canning station. I really need to get one set up. Oh, btw, I'm widowed and 70 years old - but hey - still above ground! Love you guys to pieces!!
Happy New Year
Thistles took over our garden. Went out each day and dug out 4 wheelbarrows full and i couldn't do any more. got a few rows of carrots. That was it. very sad. This year is going to be better.
Check out a product called Thru the Roof, there is a whole system, it can even be applied in the rain. There is also a fiber that you sandwich between layers that are painted on to cover those holes. Not a forever fix but will give you a few years.
Boo...lol. I'm burnt out from canning baking and the holidays. No sourdough challenge for me!
I'm going to watch...
Love to see the house your building for your parents..... I hope my daughter takes me in!
I'm back had to get some stuff done got the bread mixing now, you made me feel guilty, ha so I just let it run and your still here great more min.
Have a great year and I'll see you in the The Art of Homemade Bread!
Goals for my 2020 are to get an orchard started and expand our regular garden. How long before those young fruit trees that are in your nursery are producing? We don’t want to wait forever for something to produce but bigger trees get sooo expensive!
I live in a town house and can’t garden in my teeny yard, so I’m building a 3x12’ bed to put on the side of the driveway! It’s even gonna be on legs to hopefully avoid being charged for staining the concrete. There’s also a community garden here that will start holding classes soon :D
I really enjoy your videos, I hope you all had a great New year's! 🎉
Oh boy I’ve got to get in the sourdough class! We also have our own sweet Jersey milk cow. My goal is to make more cheeses as well. Especially Parmesan🤗. Looking forward to what’s on the horizon😍. Love y’all and God bless!!!
I'm trying to grow trees from seed. The 2018 was a failure except 4 cherry plum trees. From 2019, I think I will have 4 trees out of hundreds.
I am going to try a nursery close to my back door this year. and grow them to at least 3 years old, if not 4. I try to spare the money every year to buy, at least two trees/shrubs from a local nursery.
"There's a hack for that" I love you guys! Lol!!
Happy New Year!! 💕🙏
Please give a tour of your milking set up and barn! I could use some ideas for the barn we hope to get up this year
Thank you, love you folks.
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing. We are learning so much here @RidgeLife. Have a Blessed Day!!!
You could buy those refillable baby food squeeze bottles to put you garbonzo bean flour mixture. Just a thought.
I've read that you can use a plant called ladys bedstraw instead of rennet for cheesemaking. They used it in Europe long ago.
Enjoyed your video! Cowboy and I did alot here in 2019.
Fences
Shop
Root cellar
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Garden
Canning
After so many uses of the garbanzo bean flour in the shower aren't you afraid it will eventually clog your drains? I'd love to use this method too. Do you use a screen in your drains since you have so many using it?
Can you PLEASE post (or a video) the recipe for breakfast cookies? That might work to get my grandson to eat something healthy in the mornings!!
How did you guys set up a milking area before you had a barn? We don’t have a barn (or any other outdoor structures, but we can build 10x12 sheds without building permits so that’s our preference) but plan on a milk cow and I’m trying to figure out how to set that up....
Love your pantry chats.💕
Love the channel. I think you mentioned you would use more water to rinse out the garbanzo bean shampoo. Maybe using more of the precious water resources. 🤔
put the no shampoo in a clear bottle like with a wide spout like they use red and yellow bottles but the bigger ones like subway uses for the mayo
Love your channel, i lived 9 years in Idaho ❤
Loving your kitchen
Any chance of home tours? Caroline you have some great organization and I'd love to see more. And the new parents house. Also what are in the big jars to Josh's left?
I'm guessing fermented carrots
This will be amazing Sourdough and gluten-free. My dreams can come true.
Can't wait to meet Lucas and Dan!
Josh and Carolyn, you talked about heating updating for your house. I am wondering if either of you have thought about geothermal heating. Is this something that might work in your area even on a small scale?
Where did you source your roses for the cottage garden?
Happy New Years! Question - I need an outside canning station, and I like that you use one that holds a heavy load. PLEASE tell me what brand of camp stove you use. I don't have an indoor stove this year, and need to continue with my regular canning. Appreciate your help - you two are WONDERFUL!!
Are those carrots & rhubarb fermented in the jars to your left on the counter behind you?
I would like a class on fruit tree planting, growing & maintenance
I'd be concerned about adding water ahead of time. I'd think a preservative would be a must.
Hi Josh and Carolyn. Do you own a back up generator? If so, what kind and why?
Hello, I had 12 babies, definately out of shape. Wish we had done as well as you with our property. My son has taken over and is working on a lot of things you are.
Happy New Year 2020👍👍👍👌
Love your channel, & all the info you share. Thank you. Could you share what you have on your shelves in vack of you? Is that fermented carrots & rhubarb on the counter ( on the right)?
We will be new to the homesteading life here in the Ozarks, can you please talk about the etiquettes of homesteading with neighbors.
When helping others, is there a cost or trades?
I really enjoy your channel, you motivate me, thank you and God bless!
We're upfront that we're willing to barter or use money. My husband is great about saying yes or no to an offer. We explain that we homestead, and find folks who understand what that's about.
Blessings to your family!
Speaking of perennials, do you have any experience growing and cooking with Jerusalem artichokes?
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Happy New Year!
I use shampoo and conditioner from our health food store. Nothing in it but natural product.
Happy New Year! I think I have said this before but I am really hoping you do a cheese making course soon!
Cheese master class?? Also what type of food storage barrels do you use?
I am pretty sure I missed the sourdough challenge.... I just found your videos. Is the sourdough info in your bread video series or is there a way to access the sourdough info? I am particularly interested in gluten free starter
Question for Josh and Carolyn or anyone else on here! :)
I have not heard of rennet before and I’m a little disturbed as I thought cheese was vegetarian!! Does anyone have suggestions for cheeses that don’t use rennet?
Thank you!!
Depending on the type of cheese, one can make them without rennet, such as Queso Blanco and also one type of cottage cheese, both which are soft cheeses. Hard cheeses do require rennet but you can purchase vegetable rennet, even organic, which is what I use. There is liquid rennet available along with rennet in table form. I prefer using the liquid. I purchase my rennet through New England Cheese Making Supply but there are many different companies that sell it. You may even find it sold locally depending on where you live.
I would love to learn cheese making & preservation. I am starting a milk share this month & I want to make cheese & I want to know how to long term store all my different cheeses.
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