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/30-best-storage-vegetables-and-varieties-for-winter-cold-storage/ *10 Tips for Storing Vegetables through Winter: https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com/10-tips-for-storing-vegetables-through-winter/ *Learn More About What We Believe: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist *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 **************************************************** Harvest Right Freeze Dryer (affiliate link)- So excited to use it more this summer! : https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1290.html Becky's blog: https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com Shop our Favorites: https://www.theseasonalhomestead.com/shop-my-favorite-things/ #homesteadingfamily #homesteadlife