If you build a solar collector, but orient it to the NORTH. You use an antifreeze/water mix and run it at night, you can run a freezer down to -40F. Next to that you can have a refrigerator and cold/dry storage. Try planting the THREE SISTERS, (CORN, BEANS, SQUASH), as growing them together helps one with the other.
Just a thought. When you go to any of those food stores, that dry bean aisle, is also a seed aisle. Compare the cost of a 2lb bag of dry beans vs a packet of bean seed. Now you won't know if they are pole or bush, or the exact cultivar, but, they are beans, which means they are seed. Eat or can some, and plant the rest. Whether in actual rows, to as a covercrop. I can easily plant like an acre or two, from a typical grocery store, without going to the "garden center". There is seed or plantable stuff, all over the place. Pet aisle (sunflowers, corn, bird seed mix etc), Dry beans, Fresh produce (tomatoes etc), spices (jars of whole seed such as fennel etc). Just need to walk around with a different set of mental glasses.
When preparing shelving for canned goods in jars, remember you should never stack the jars. You can lose so much food from broken seals if you stack them.
The first few years, homesteading is a project. But after that, it becomes a way of life. And you'll find that there are always new projects to keep you busy.
Two things you may want to think about. 1 - Propane powered refrigerators/freezers are actually much more efficient than electrically powered versions. 2 - It may not be financially viable, but have you thought about a freeze dryer? Great for storing eggs and anything that is not fatty, and while they require power to run initially you can store for a LONG time without power.
Just wondering if that shed is going to get hot. Because if it is that food isn't going to last long. Canned food should ideally be stored in a cool and dry environment, with steady temperatures between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit (10-43 degrees Celsius). Temperatures above 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius) can cause a significant decrease in storage time and may lead to loss of color, flavor, and nutrition. Storing canned goods in temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) is considered harmful to the food.
My mom's family homestead lived in a very old 2 story house with a small underhouse storage space. I remember, as a child, they hand dug out the entire underhouse (extending supports where needed) and created a "root cellar" that stayed about 60° year round. They had canning events around harvest time so that cellar looked like a grocery store with shelves, hanging meat, and barrels of things. The picking was our job, the "women folk" did the canning on the big screened in outdoor kitchen. I remember the men rolling wheel barrows of freshly dug dirt up a ramp out of the cellar, every year expanding it more each year. I spent a month-plus ,every year, living there and enjoyed that part of my childhood the most.
Main thing w can goods when not in a cool dark place is rotation. Wait till u see yer first big snow storm warning. Youd b suprised what sells out first lol
My wife and I came across your channel this morning and we absolutely love your videos and what you are doing. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us and keep up the good work.
Your clothesline brought back a long ago memory of my paternal Grandmother...she had a clothesline strung on their property. You could do like she did to get rid of that deep sag if you wanted to. My Grandfather cut a long straight sapling, as a pole with a slot cut into one end. The clothesline went into the slot and he used the pole positioned at the center to prop up the sag
The term "Walmarted" originally referred to the kind of censorship that Walmart forced upon the music industry. Music albums had to be altered, to appease Walmart's content approval committee, usually by either changing the lyrics, dubbing them over, blanking out some vocals, and sometimes even removing/replacing entire songs, to remove the "objectionable" content. If a label or artist refused to comply with Walmart's demands, their albums would not be sold in any Walmart stores. And it wasn't just Walmart that sold these altered versions of albums. Other stores ended up getting them too, by purchasing them from the same distributors that were servicing Walmart. There was often a surplus stock that Walmart didn't want, that were then sold at bargain prices to smaller discount stores. And if you ended up with one of these altered albums, you'd say it was "Walmarted, for your listening displeasure," regardless of what store it was purchased from, because ultimately, it was Walmart's fault that they had been altered, in the first place.
My sister in law cans everything, from beans and potatoes to cooked hamburger and the usual jams and jellies. She had my brother build her many shelves in the garage to house all these jars. You can also dry store grains and beans with good airtight containers.
Dried beans are super stockable, lightweight and, if you order organic/non-GMO, you can use the beans as seeds for your garden. I’ve done this for severable varieties and it’s super satisfying to know I’m now growing them in my own garden.
But did you buy canning lids and jars while you were at chinamart??🤔🤔... that's my name for Wally world !!💜✨lol... Thank you for sharing. Love to see y'all growing on your homestead ☺️👍
I just love listening to your beautiful wife talk. Love the off grid setup you have wish I had something like that and a nice garden for fresh vegetables .
Consider getting a commercial grade food sealer. I harvest 10 deer a year and it all gets sealed and I eat meat over a year old, tastes as good as the day I shot it. I also blanch and seal to freezer my potatoes, squash and corn as well as traditional canning
Keep an eye on goodwills. Ive found all kinds of stuff there from vacuum bag machines,breadmakers canning supplies,building materials,books and weird little stuff thats right up the wifes alley
When I canned, I can stew tomatoes, then I'd add different spices, to make into spaghetti, chili, salsa and can up. We pickked alot too. Kosher dill, kosher dill green beans, cauliflower, carrots garlic, onions, pepper mix. Cinnamon sweet pickles, bread and butter pickles. I blanched green beans, corn, peas, we'd make sourkraut and freeze it too. But we'd also harvest 4 or 5 deer, 100 meat chickens, 5 turkey we'd smoke 3, fishing & 1 pig too every year. It was our lifestyle not called homesteading like everyone says now. We grew everything, I only bought butter and milk, condiments, flour, sugars. I'm 60 April 30 a widow for 11 years now.
When planning on what tomato products you jar, don't forget the herbs that you will need. We jar Salsa , so I have Cilantro and Jalapeno Peppers growing. We also jar Marinara sauce, so we have Basil plants getting ready to go into the garden. It is just the 2 of us now (Empty Nesters) so 1 quart jar of marinara sauce is too much. Salsa goes in pint jars and marinara sauce in pint and half jars! Love your channel!
You're in Tennessee. You'll be surprised at how many eggs your girls will lay in the winter. I live in the Ozarks ( SW Missouri) & I get about 5 a day, from 10 ( 2 years old) Easter Eggers .
I was thinking the same thing. We are in the foothills of the Ozarks, and our girls slow down laying in the winter, but never stop. I actually see them slowing down more during molting. There are also breeds that are known to be good winter layers. We have a few of those. It's rare for us to not get any eggs at all.
Tomato products and a lot of fruits are water bath canned. Vegetables are canned using a pressure canner. It's all about the acidity.. You might also look at fermenting as a way of food preservation. Look at Azure Standard and see if there is a drop location near you. That might save you a trip to the big city for a lot of things.
Another good thing about having your beer in a chest freezer is that if a bottle blows, it is contained and much easier to clean than a closet... It would be nice to see a drone shot of your property if you can see it all from 400 ft. It looks like there may be a strean running in the valley behind your solar panels. The good thing about freezers and storage space is that you can stock the "crap you don't need" so there is no need to get more. We don't have a clue what is in the back of our garage freezer or even our pantry. We try to keep an inventory of what we have and check off what we use, but it is never correct. By keeping case lots, you can see what is getting low. We love red meat sauce from our tomatoes, so I make it a gallon or two at a time, which as you say, takes some time, but we freeze it in quart and pint container for quick and easy pasta meals. We can take a pint, add more meat and taco seasoning for Mexican too with rice and refried beans.
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If you’re looking for good meat. There is a place in Clinton called “Clinch River Meat Company”. Ther me is all locally grown by local farmers. They have grass fed and finished or grain finished available. It’s a USDA inspected facility so you can by steaks and ground beef. They have only been open a few months. The quality is excellent and they will ship if you need them to. The nice thing is you don’t have to buy a whole/ half or quarter cow to buy from them. There Hamberger meat is hands down the best I have ever had. They way even be willing to do a marketing deal with you. Beef for talking about them on your channel. I happen to live next door to them where I am starting a farm and homestead.
We are in Arkansas homesteading on year2! Howdy niebor! I started Flowerdew Farms and love you guys! Can`t wait to see your tomatoe sauce. I get lonely and write a few people. We are in our 50`s starting this. I`ll shoot you a card.
What do you call a sweaty forehead without a hat? A sweaty fivehead. 😝An oldy, but a goody. When do the twin $20K side-by-side Subzero brand freezers arrive? 🤣At least you'll have enough plywood for another chicken coop. Being Walmarted sounds better than being Targeted.
Great video guys You have a beautiful area to live in I enjoy watching you guys do so many things One question though I know you're young and you're healthy but with all the work you have to do how come you didn't put the truck up to the building to unload instead of carrying those cans all that way just curious
Just so you know....I watched an arborist video talking about how to plant and prune all kinds of trees. One thing stuck out to me....he said a lot of peoples trees die because they leave the tags wrapped around the trunks. They should be taken off immediately. Just wanted to mention that. I'd hate to see something happen to your trees/plants. It can choke them out.
Oh I am sorry not sure why you could not comment. But we do not yet I think Cass's father is bound to get us one at some point he always talks about his. lol. We hope we can give you a little inside on what it is like to live off grid ! Thanks for watching.
@RunawayMattCass heck yeah that's awesome and if not let me know and I'll send one along with the best sealer bags I've found. Ya'll are super awesome and have helped me learn alot! Thank you both and huge hugs!!
@@denniswelch5597 ah that would be awesome! Always appreciate suggestions that people have had a good experience with. Thank you so much for the support! Much love from TN!
I wish I could come and meet you guys but I can't afford to do that because I am on a fixed income because I would love to be like you but I am tired of new York crap but if you guys are selling merchandise I would love to have that because I love watching all of your videos and keep sending them to me
If you build a solar collector, but orient it to the NORTH. You use an antifreeze/water mix and run it at night, you can run a freezer down to -40F. Next to that you can have a refrigerator and cold/dry storage.
Try planting the THREE SISTERS, (CORN, BEANS, SQUASH), as growing them together helps one with the other.
Just a thought. When you go to any of those food stores, that dry bean aisle, is also a seed aisle. Compare the cost of a 2lb bag of dry beans vs a packet of bean seed. Now you won't know if they are pole or bush, or the exact cultivar, but, they are beans, which means they are seed. Eat or can some, and plant the rest. Whether in actual rows, to as a covercrop. I can easily plant like an acre or two, from a typical grocery store, without going to the "garden center". There is seed or plantable stuff, all over the place. Pet aisle (sunflowers, corn, bird seed mix etc), Dry beans, Fresh produce (tomatoes etc), spices (jars of whole seed such as fennel etc). Just need to walk around with a different set of mental glasses.
When preparing shelving for canned goods in jars, remember you should never stack the jars. You can lose so much food from broken seals if you stack them.
The first few years, homesteading is a project. But after that, it becomes a way of life. And you'll find that there are always new projects to keep you busy.
That's the understatement of the century. 🤣😎
Two things you may want to think about. 1 - Propane powered refrigerators/freezers are actually much more efficient than electrically powered versions. 2 - It may not be financially viable, but have you thought about a freeze dryer? Great for storing eggs and anything that is not fatty, and while they require power to run initially you can store for a LONG time without power.
I was thinking the same thing
Glad to see you are still on your land...
Check out the papa rampump to get water from the springs to your home stead
Eggs can placed in freezer bags. I usually spilt the whites and yolk (handy for different recipes)
Just wondering if that shed is going to get hot. Because if it is that food isn't going to last long.
Canned food should ideally be stored in a cool and dry environment, with steady temperatures between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit (10-43 degrees Celsius). Temperatures above 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius) can cause a significant decrease in storage time and may lead to loss of color, flavor, and nutrition. Storing canned goods in temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) is considered harmful to the food.
My mom's family homestead lived in a very old 2 story house with a small underhouse storage space.
I remember, as a child, they hand dug out the entire underhouse (extending supports where needed) and created a "root cellar" that stayed about 60° year round.
They had canning events around harvest time so that cellar looked like a grocery store with shelves, hanging meat, and barrels of things. The picking was our job, the "women folk" did the canning on the big screened in outdoor kitchen. I remember the men rolling wheel barrows of freshly dug dirt up a ramp out of the cellar, every year expanding it more each year.
I spent a month-plus ,every year, living there and enjoyed that part of my childhood the most.
Main thing w can goods when not in a cool dark place is rotation. Wait till u see yer first big snow storm warning. Youd b suprised what sells out first lol
My wife and I came across your channel this morning and we absolutely love your videos and what you are doing. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us and keep up the good work.
Happy to have you guys here for the ride! We like to keep it light and fun here :) Thanks so much for joining!
Your clothesline brought back a long ago memory of my paternal Grandmother...she had a clothesline strung on their property. You could do like she did to get rid of that deep sag if you wanted to. My Grandfather cut a long straight sapling, as a pole with a slot cut into one end. The clothesline went into the slot and he used the pole positioned at the center to prop up the sag
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Love the music really adds to the video ....
Nice start to food storage
Have to start somewhere :)
So true with the Walmart thing.😂👍💛💚🧡💯
It really is! Less Walmart runs are the idea haha
You might want to freeze the peanut butter!
Look for UNITED GROCERS OUTLET ,and SAVE ALOT... We have those in Murphy NC
I'll check out United, but I call Save Alot, "Spend Alot." Low quality, often expired, "food", at stupid prices.
You can never have too many freezers :). It lets you take advantage of sales, and it is easier to freeze than to can.
hay guys how it all going and your heath nice water fall need more water good place to hide a still for moonshine lol 🤣😂🙃🍺
The term "Walmarted" originally referred to the kind of censorship that Walmart forced upon the music industry.
Music albums had to be altered, to appease Walmart's content approval committee, usually by either changing the lyrics, dubbing them over, blanking out some vocals, and sometimes even removing/replacing entire songs, to remove the "objectionable" content. If a label or artist refused to comply with Walmart's demands, their albums would not be sold in any Walmart stores.
And it wasn't just Walmart that sold these altered versions of albums. Other stores ended up getting them too, by purchasing them from the same distributors that were servicing Walmart. There was often a surplus stock that Walmart didn't want, that were then sold at bargain prices to smaller discount stores.
And if you ended up with one of these altered albums, you'd say it was "Walmarted, for your listening displeasure," regardless of what store it was purchased from, because ultimately, it was Walmart's fault that they had been altered, in the first place.
My sister in law cans everything, from beans and potatoes to cooked hamburger and the usual jams and jellies. She had my brother build her many shelves in the garage to house all these jars. You can also dry store grains and beans with good airtight containers.
I notice the nice deck you built.. Have you considered finding an awning that you could attach to the rail on the camper?
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Dried beans are super stockable, lightweight and, if you order organic/non-GMO, you can use the beans as seeds for your garden. I’ve done this for severable varieties and it’s super satisfying to know I’m now growing them in my own garden.
Tomato products can be waterbath canned.
Life on the ridge !!❤ I live in a hollar... surrounded by Ridges
You guys should look into a Walipini
very enjoyable viewing
But did you buy canning lids and jars while you were at chinamart??🤔🤔... that's my name for Wally world !!💜✨lol...
Thank you for sharing. Love to see y'all growing on your homestead ☺️👍
Ha ha I say the same thing
I just love listening to your beautiful wife talk. Love the off grid setup you have wish I had something like that and a nice garden for fresh vegetables .
Consider getting a commercial grade food sealer. I harvest 10 deer a year and it all gets sealed and I eat meat over a year old, tastes as good as the day I shot it. I also blanch and seal to freezer my potatoes, squash and corn as well as traditional canning
Keep an eye on goodwills. Ive found all kinds of stuff there from vacuum bag machines,breadmakers canning supplies,building materials,books and weird little stuff thats right up the wifes alley
Just a 😮💨 whisper......remember the ole 'heat raises' when stowing your food products .. 🕊️
Hello kathy
When I canned, I can stew tomatoes, then I'd add different spices, to make into spaghetti, chili, salsa and can up. We pickked alot too. Kosher dill, kosher dill green beans, cauliflower, carrots garlic, onions, pepper mix. Cinnamon sweet pickles, bread and butter pickles. I blanched green beans, corn, peas, we'd make sourkraut and freeze it too. But we'd also harvest 4 or 5 deer, 100 meat chickens, 5 turkey we'd smoke 3, fishing & 1 pig too every year. It was our lifestyle not called homesteading like everyone says now. We grew everything, I only bought butter and milk, condiments, flour, sugars. I'm 60 April 30 a widow for 11 years now.
When planning on what tomato products you jar, don't forget the herbs that you will need. We jar Salsa , so I have Cilantro and Jalapeno Peppers growing. We also jar Marinara sauce, so we have Basil plants getting ready to go into the garden. It is just the 2 of us now (Empty Nesters) so 1 quart jar of marinara sauce is too much. Salsa goes in pint jars and marinara sauce in pint and half jars!
Love your channel!
You're in Tennessee. You'll be surprised at how many eggs your girls will lay in the winter. I live in the Ozarks ( SW Missouri) & I get about 5 a day, from 10 ( 2 years old) Easter Eggers .
I was thinking the same thing. We are in the foothills of the Ozarks, and our girls slow down laying in the winter, but never stop. I actually see them slowing down more during molting. There are also breeds that are known to be good winter layers. We have a few of those. It's rare for us to not get any eggs at all.
Tomato products and a lot of fruits are water bath canned. Vegetables are canned using a pressure canner. It's all about the acidity.. You might also look at fermenting as a way of food preservation. Look at Azure Standard and see if there is a drop location near you. That might save you a trip to the big city for a lot of things.
A great video.
Thank you!! :) Happy to have you here for the ride.
Looking good guys. Love watching your progress. Never surrender 🍀
Another good thing about having your beer in a chest freezer is that if a bottle blows, it is contained and much easier to clean than a closet... It would be nice to see a drone shot of your property if you can see it all from 400 ft. It looks like there may be a strean running in the valley behind your solar panels. The good thing about freezers and storage space is that you can stock the "crap you don't need" so there is no need to get more. We don't have a clue what is in the back of our garage freezer or even our pantry. We try to keep an inventory of what we have and check off what we use, but it is never correct. By keeping case lots, you can see what is getting low. We love red meat sauce from our tomatoes, so I make it a gallon or two at a time, which as you say, takes some time, but we freeze it in quart and pint container for quick and easy pasta meals. We can take a pint, add more meat and taco seasoning for Mexican too with rice and refried beans.
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If you’re looking for good meat. There is a place in Clinton called “Clinch River Meat Company”. Ther me is all locally grown by local farmers. They have grass fed and finished or grain finished available. It’s a USDA inspected facility so you can by steaks and ground beef. They have only been open a few months. The quality is excellent and they will ship if you need them to. The nice thing is you don’t have to buy a whole/ half or quarter cow to buy from them. There Hamberger meat is hands down the best I have ever had. They way even be willing to do a marketing deal with you. Beef for talking about them on your channel. I happen to live next door to them where I am starting a farm and homestead.
Be careful about sharing all you have. 😊
Refrigerators / freezers are so much more efficient than they were . In 2000 they pulled 15 amps . Today's big side by sides are 2 amps.
We are in Arkansas homesteading on year2! Howdy niebor! I started Flowerdew Farms and love you guys! Can`t wait to see your tomatoe sauce. I get lonely and write a few people. We are in our 50`s starting this. I`ll shoot you a card.
You need to dig out a cellar for the beer.
Y’all are rockin it ! Keep plugging away 👍👍👍
What do you call a sweaty forehead without a hat? A sweaty fivehead. 😝An oldy, but a goody. When do the twin $20K side-by-side Subzero brand freezers arrive? 🤣At least you'll have enough plywood for another chicken coop. Being Walmarted sounds better than being Targeted.
guys just be very careful come winter time the cans your storing do not freeze up can .will swell up and be no good to eat just a thought.
Great video guys You have a beautiful area to live in I enjoy watching you guys do so many things One question though I know you're young and you're healthy but with all the work you have to do how come you didn't put the truck up to the building to unload instead of carrying those cans all that way just curious
Enjoyed the video mate keep it up Thank you Mike And
Thanks for hanging around friend! See you on the next one:)
im from south buffalo new york love watching your channel
Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen
Boy yall sure are slacking!!
Just so you know....I watched an arborist video talking about how to plant and prune all kinds of trees. One thing stuck out to me....he said a lot of peoples trees die because they leave the tags wrapped around the trunks. They should be taken off immediately. Just wanted to mention that. I'd hate to see something happen to your trees/plants. It can choke them out.
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great updates keep it coming.
Progress!!!
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Good morning friend! Happy Sunday :)
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yall didnt even respond to last weeks comments
Couldn't comment on anything till now 😢 asking if ya'll have a vacuum sealer? Me and my wife and fixing to start the same and live off grid...
Oh I am sorry not sure why you could not comment. But we do not yet I think Cass's father is bound to get us one at some point he always talks about his. lol. We hope we can give you a little inside on what it is like to live off grid ! Thanks for watching.
@RunawayMattCass heck yeah that's awesome and if not let me know and I'll send one along with the best sealer bags I've found. Ya'll are super awesome and have helped me learn alot! Thank you both and huge hugs!!
@@denniswelch5597 ah that would be awesome! Always appreciate suggestions that people have had a good experience with. Thank you so much for the support! Much love from TN!
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I'm sure there's deer around,are you going to go hunting for deer, turkey, rabbits ???
I wish I could come and meet you guys but I can't afford to do that because I am on a fixed income because I would love to be like you but I am tired of new York crap but if you guys are selling merchandise I would love to have that because I love watching all of your videos and keep sending them to me
Can you send me a recipe on how you guys are doing your canning because I would love to can my own vegetables and stuff
Are solar panels really good to use because I would love to get a couple of them how batteries do you get when you get a couple of solar panels