Tilling vs. No Tilling, Pruning Trees & Stocking the Pantry – Pantry Chat Q & A
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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.
In Russia lard is on the table (historically) to spread on bread. Called sala.
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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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.
I did not know that about ‘shortening’….. learning lots of good stuff on your channel tonight! Thank you?
Awesome! You and Melissa are my favorites!
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?
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. 🙂
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.
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.
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
Good information thanks for sharing
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
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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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.
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.
I sometimes feel that Carolyn and Melissa are sisters.
Re interplanting: David the Good does what he calls grocery row gardening. There is great variety in each row, which is wide.
Please do not go to that abundance channel. It is too expensive for many people!!
I love listening and learning from you both. I love that you respectful of each other and are both humble and don’t try to outdo each other. Very refreshing in the homestead community. Thank you for being genuine
I hope your not going to that Abundance channel. Its really expensive!
How do you manage the water dripping out the bottom on using the green stalk inside (on wood floor)? TIA
great idea to put in PVC pipe to roll the hose on, we need that right now. Thanks
Question, the lard you use, is it beef or pork?
A big bag of frozen veges from Costco dehydrates down into a lunch bag.
I CANT WAIT to see what Melissa and you guys have planned!!! I’ve had the pleasure of touring her place a few years ago!
Great chat once again thanks
New subscriber. Loving your channel, we still have over 2 foot of snow at our place here in Alaska.
Good afternoon from Ontario Canada
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!” 😜
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
Have you cooked with gee?
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!
Can I guess? Are you going to be part of abundance plus?
What do you feed your pets? Do you buy commercial pet food or do you make it?
Pot roast dinner in the jar.. yum!!
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.
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!
I canned the pot roast dinner and it's delicious.
Excellent tip about the rebar with pvc over it to protect hoses & allow them to glide easier, thanks!
I need to get that book! My youngest grands all love to cook!
Love the subtitles. Thanks for that.
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?
Isn't lard unhealthy?