Tilling vs. No Tilling, Pruning Trees & Stocking the Pantry – Pantry Chat Q & A


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  1. joellaspaans
    joellaspaans says:

    On the topic of tilling vs no tilling: I use the crop-rotation in my garden, which means that every 6 years i till the soil just to harvest the potato's. It is just 1/6th of the garden, so not to much work.

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  2. EcoCentric Homestead
    EcoCentric Homestead says:

    If one can avoid it, S/he shouldn't be eating any processed food bought at the big grocery store. There's questionable (and possibly poison) additives in ALL OF IT!
    That's not to put down the producers or say they shouldn't be using those additives. The system of food distribution we have requires those additives to keep the food edible from time of production to consumption. For most people, the additives don't cause noticeable reactions. It causes very noticeable negative reactions in me, and I wonder if many of the popular issues, in the general population, are due to an overall buildup of those additives.

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  3. Amirah Hamed
    Amirah Hamed says:

    Hello,

    Thank you for all your content. We will be moving onto our homestead in late June. Zone 5a so I know we won't have a chance to plant anything serious this season between the short growing season and prep we'll need to do for the land and house.

    Do you have any advice of what I could do for my land this Summer as a great head start for 2023? I've been watching your videos. So far I'm thinking I can start doing my permaculture zoning, as well as some top dressing this Summer.

    Any thoughts? Thank you both so much and God bless.

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  4. Emma Weinmann
    Emma Weinmann says:

    I don’t know if this is the best place to ask a question but We are very new to homesteading and just brought home our very first chicks. I know that eating chicken (and all the other animals too) involves killing them. But I’ve been outsourcing that task for my whole life. Do you have any words of wisdom for someone who has a soft spot for animals and is nervous to have to kill one themself for the first time?

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  5. Kyla Nevins
    Kyla Nevins says:

    I'm always amazed at how much knowledge you both have…I'm so thankful I came across your channel! I have learned so much from you both since discovering your channel…thank you for passing on your wisdom. 🙂

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  6. Charlotte Christie
    Charlotte Christie says:

    No till has been a blessing for me. I deal with rocky clay soil in the mid south. Nightmare growing conditions! Building my soil on top of the ground takes a while to establish but so worth the effort.

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  7. White Pine Homestead
    White Pine Homestead says:

    Ok I'm curious, for your size family how many jars of food do you need to can or fill? Whether that's with dried or cooked foods?

    My great grandparents had 11 children and I believe they did about 800 jars a year. Just curious if it was comparible even though that was in the early 1900's verses today.

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  8. Rooted and Roaming Ranch
    Rooted and Roaming Ranch says:

    Hey y’all! Thanks for the videos! Love watching your channel! I know you’ve talked in depth about the no till or rarely till method, but what about crop rotation? I’ve been studying like a sponge about homesteading now that we moved onto our property and I hear conflicting responses about rotating your crops. Is it necessary for a home gardener or is that more for commercial farmers? Just to clarify we are creating a small home farm. Thanks so much! Lauren from Georgia

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  9. Suzanne Meese
    Suzanne Meese says:

    Regarding thickening agents for pressure canning, what about clear jel? That’s approved and used in several tested recipes to thicken canned meat dishes. Also using some okra naturally thickens them in a safe way as well. I’ve seems tested recipes from Ball suggest this

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  10. Ju M
    Ju M says:

    Question: I have raised beds that have an intrusion of tree roots, and I've been taking all the soil and filtering it through a box screen, and getting out the roots. Even with that scenario, are you suggesting that we not "till" the soil? I would imagine all the tree roots would be competing with my garden vegetables for minerals.

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  11. Jane Peterson
    Jane Peterson says:

    I am running out of room to properly store my jars. I don't want to be caught off the needed prep time. When you want to feed more then your own family. I just want to be ready for more then just myself. Because The Father asked us to be ready.

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  12. the_backyard_homestead_
    the_backyard_homestead_ says:

    I have a question: I recently came across an article on dehydrating cheese. I would like a freeze dryer but it’s not in the budget yet. (I am saving for it.) Is this possible? As well as milk? I read an article on that as well. Thank you. Love your channel and I am apart of the homesteading page with all the class. I’ve learned so much from y’all.

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  13. Brooklinn Dalton
    Brooklinn Dalton says:

    Haha! Josh and his buttered bread reminds me of A.A. Milne’s “The King’s Breakfast” in When We Were Very Young…
    “Nobody can call me a fussy man, but I DO like a little bit of butter for my bread!” 😜

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  14. Leslie Smith
    Leslie Smith says:

    just doesn't seem right that there's no approved thickeners, when we can buy thickened soup such as cream of mushroom or clam chowder that's canned, they should find one

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  15. Sally Beckwith
    Sally Beckwith says:

    I will be moving this summer so won’t have a garden for the first time in many years. I look forward to starting a new garden, hopefully healthier soil, thanks to all your wisdom that you have shared. I’m in my 60’s so will have to start small and grow each year, but I’m looking forward to it! Thank you!

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  16. Jeanie Graves
    Jeanie Graves says:

    We use ghee instead of butter for cooking, baking and eating on bread and waffles. It's really healthy for you and very shelf stable. We use lard for baking and breads too, it just works great.

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  17. Tamar Sisneros
    Tamar Sisneros says:

    I've got a question for you all that's totally out of left field. 😂 Do you all have a vacuum cleaner that you're happy with?? We only have 3 kids so far (with 1 on the way!), but between small kids' knick knacks and all the debris that comes in from the yard and barn, we're just killing vacuum cleaners around here (our fancy Dyson just called it quits). I'm having a heck of a time finding a durable vacuum cleaner that's going to stick with us for a while. I'm about to pull the shop vac inside and call it good. 💁🏻‍♀️ My husband said, "we need whatever Homesteading Family has." So I thought I'd just throw this question out there to you all in case you've found some great solution already! 😉 Thanks for sharing all your wisdom!

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  18. PeachyFire
    PeachyFire says:

    I got my onions started the day after your video about onions. Yesterday my cat destroyed my onions starts 😔 if I restart them from seed again am I going to get onions or should just scrap it for this year?

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