Full Homestead Pantry Tour | Did I Store Enough for One Year Without the Grocery Store?


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  1. Grandma Sandy
    Grandma Sandy says:

    Thanks for another great video today and sharing your beautiful pantry with us so well organized and it looks like the family is going to be good for this year you were prepared for whatever comes your way and kisses from grandma Sandy

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  2. C Tab
    C Tab says:

    Great tour! Thank you for all the ideas. I think you should remove the curtains from both or at least one window, put an piece of insulation cut to fit the window (cover in white fabric so the outside of the house looks consistent) and treat it as part of the wall. That gives you more space to put in more shelving units. Also can move the bottom shelf up to place 5 gallon buckets underneath (1/4" board on carpet lets buckets slide easily). Bottom shelf sized for 1/2 gallon or tall jars or overwintering squash and potatoes, and the rest of the shelves at 9" apart for all quarts, pints, 1/2 pints. This will require more shelves than come with original set, but by purchasing more sets, you get extra shelves (it is usually less expensive to purchase more shelving units than to buy extra shelves). Then make a half shelf with wheels for the center of the room for a staging table or to move jars, appliances or whatever from room to room. By keeping most of the shelves at 9", you can easily move jars from shelf to shelf without the need to move the shelves (yes you do lose some space above the short jars, but you are looking to standardize, standardize, standardize). I love the pretty display jars, but with all your dehydrating and freezedrying and basic food storing, I would move to using canning jars for storage and vacuum seal with the Foodsaver. That way if you run out of jars, you can always place your storage into baggies and use the jars. (Don't waste new lids for storage, use the used lids from previous canning products for vacuum sealing with the rings). Whew! Love your content. I am amazed at how much you get done. You deserve a break!

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  3. Liz Dodson
    Liz Dodson says:

    Hi Becky! I heard you mention all the garlic you have to deal with. My husband recently peeled 5lbs of garlic for me in minutes by rolling the entire garlic head in the silicone mat from our Excalibur dehydrator. It took some arm strength for sure so maybe your hubby will help you but I hope this tip makes your garlic processing go much faster. I was amazed how fast my husband peeled it all for me. We love watching you and your videos!

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  4. MEL
    MEL says:

    Becky you would might like to try the silicone garlic roller peeler to peel all that garlic. They are only about six dollars at most stores. Walmart carries them.

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  5. wiini diaz
    wiini diaz says:

    Becky, Girrrl! You are the b🌹mb! 'I would love to see how you plan what you're going to plant, harvest when, future meals the whole shebang! Which planner do you use? When do you start your planning. How do you review your planning. Girrrl, you are one industry!! 💜❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜

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  6. KimiyeML Smallgardendream
    KimiyeML Smallgardendream says:

    I thought you couldn’t stack jars on top of each other because then you can’t tell if the seal is broken. Another question is can you put jars in a box and place them on top of other jars ? Really want to start canning. I water bath now.

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  7. Michelle Sanchez
    Michelle Sanchez says:

    30 quart bowl………I've been searching your videos to find the one where you got that bowl etc. I just happened to be watching this video and I am pleasntly surprised that you just happen to mention the bowl and it's size I'm heading to Amazon now . TY 😋👀🙋‍♀️👋

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  8. Mel W
    Mel W says:

    I would love to know what you are using for your grow lights, and particularly for the system you've used to rig up the lights (I suppose you are able to adjust the height at which they hang above the plants, at least to a degree?)!

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  9. karen b
    karen b says:

    Becky, i do not mean to discourage you. I find your enthusiasm absolutely contagious. Your zeal of homesteading is infectious. A few years ago, homesteading showed up on my feed. I had no idea what the word meant. Imagine my surprise when i found out what it was. We have been living like this our whole lives. ( i am currently 53) we called this lifestyle as "living". It is not an easy lifestyle. Over the years i have learned how many man-made and "processed" foods are carcinogens. For example, palm oil. With my research, it could reasonably be classified as evil. Is not cancer causing foods inherently evil? I think so. Just, for the love of God, stop tilting and turning your home canned goods around. It you displace the air headspace in the jar; you are inviting horrible pathogens into your wholesome home canned goods.

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  10. Love Life Live Life
    Love Life Live Life says:

    You mentioned you have fig trees? I too have a fig tree but I bring it in every year. It's about 5ft by 5ft so far. I want to ground it but was curious about over wintering. I'm in Northern PA. I'm thinking my climate is the same as yours zone 7. How large are your trees?

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  11. Ashley
    Ashley says:

    I feel you on the needing to have a pantry in case of emergency. We are really feeling the effects of climate change this year in the Pacific Northwest Canada. Grocery stores are currently empty due to extreme flooding and mudslides. I feel grateful for having a good stock of stuff in the freezer and pantry

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  12. Shelly Burpee
    Shelly Burpee says:

    Just found and subscribed to your channel, I have been canning for many years but am new to pressure canning and found your video on bone broth canning. I really like the realness of your videos and checked to see your location to see if we ere any where close agra-zone wise as I grow a lot of my own veggies etc. and wanted to know if I could follow your time lines and was happily surprised to find out you are less than an hour away so everything will be almost the exact same zone except I am a little further north. Looking forward to binge watching all your videos and getting some great ideas on new things to try and new ways to do things.

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  13. Sandra Bishop
    Sandra Bishop says:

    What do you do about bread? I have an Adult Foster Care in my home with six residents. My Grandson Monday-Thursday, German Shepherd, 3 cats and husband. I do not have a bread maker. Would you just buy the bread from a bread store?

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  14. Julia S
    Julia S says:

    Have you tried peeling your garlic by the shaking method? You put a bunch of it in a canning jar and shake them. They need to be able to move around so they are hitting one another and the sides so don't overfill it. I know it works great for store bought garlic. Not sure about home grown, aka fresher.

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  15. Cassi Schreiner
    Cassi Schreiner says:

    I feel like we could be friends! Fellow PNW-er here, up in Port Angeles. I've been canning for a few years, but just got mt first decent garden harvest this year. I got 6 pints of tomato sauce (I know it doesn't seem like much, I pulled my tomatoes way too early, so ended up with tons of green) and 20 pints of green salsa. I also grew 4 pumpkins and 2 cantaloupe! Im really hoping I do better with my garden this next season, you are my inspiration! I dip live on a single city lot though, so can't grow quite as much as you😊

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