Homestead Q and A | Answering Your Questions: Canning, Jobs, Advice for Beginners + More!

Lots of chat about our personal lives and homesteading.

00:00 Intro
1:00 How long have you been homesteading?
1:43 If you could only give one piece of advice to a new homesteader, what would it be?
4:02 Was it hard to convince your spouse or family to change their way of life?
5:53 How are the kids liking the homestead life compared to their previous life?
7:40 Do you have jobs other than homesteading?
10:27 Do the children have chores? How do you encourage their involvement?
12:50 Was it a big financial investment to start homesteading?
15:14 How do you work through anxiety and depression to get your homestead goals accomplished?
18:06 What do you guys do as far as clothing and shoes?
19:42 How do you make the things that aren't canned like potatoes, onions, pumpkins, squash, etc. last all year?
22:23 Do you still use stored vegetables if they sprout? Or consume them way before the next season?
22:45 How long does your home canned food last?
24:18 How much a year do you spend at the grocery store?
25:06 What percent of food do you grow yourself?
28:29 Do you have a milk cow?
29:24 Are you LDS (a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints)?
30:03 What are some of your favorite homesteading books?
33:03 Final thoughts

VIDEO MENTIONS:

*Vegetables and Varieties for Cold Storage or Root Cellar: https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com/...

*10 Tips for Storing Vegetables through Winter: https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com/...

*Learn More About What We Believe: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/c...

*Becky's Artwork: http://www.beckyporter.com

*Books (affiliate links): Family Friendly Farming- https://amzn.to/3u56K4N
Happy Pigs Taste Better- https://amzn.to/3u6thOL
Four Season Farm Gardeners Cookbook- https://amzn.to/3DFPare
Folks This Ain't Normal- https://amzn.to/3J9buL0

*Farm Website: https://www.theseasonalhomesteadfarm.com

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