5 Ways HOMESTEADING Sets You Free!

[@candicekotter3565]

Another freedom of homesteading is my kids get to play outside without the cares of strangers coming down the street.

[@carolynmeadows]

REBEL CANNING ROCKS!!!!

[@sandrahoffman1958]

Freedom is when you have enough land that one cannot see your next door neighbor.

[@spencerfarnik2838]

The other day we were cleaning out the chicken coop and my 8 year old son say, “it’s a lot of work living out here but I’m glad we do.” It made me happy to hear him say that.

[@reneenewfrock5743]

One difference between city life and homesteading life; when you hear a gunshot in the city the cops are called. When you live in a rural/homesteading area that means one less predator that is after your animals. Oh, and I have a bbq/smoker but have plans to build a smokehouse soon.

[@followerofyahushaoctaviadm]

Rebel canning 😆😆😆 love it!

[@patkonelectric]

#6 Brings you closer to God and walk in his way.

[@patkonelectric]

There is a KZbinr channel called 'New to Torah' that explains this.

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

Peace washes over me every time I pull in and lock that gate behind me. I still work in town and it's drudgery to have to go. Pray for me that I get things setup soon to get out of the rat race... My homestead needs me there as much as I need to be there.

[@GwendolynnStearns]

You’re no longer tethered to a clock. A natural rhythm becomes your clock.

[@kimmyseegmiller985]

I plan my 3xcursions carefully!!! I shop about every 2 weeks. And I make sure I get 100% of every single thing I need on that trip. My econoline F350 van is stacked and packed with supplies!!!

[@glasgato5770]

My family and I started on 1/5 acre. We had a very big garden, chickens, goats, and rabbits. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, we were less than a mile from downtown Colorado Springs. In the hood😡. The good thing about the hood is, your neighbors weren't calling the cops! We've since had a major upgrade! YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO!!!

[@schuylergeery-zink1923]

That’s what we like about the country. We’ve got our pew pews and that’s good enough. No police in our small town. It’s quiet here… and while we have space between us and our neighbors I might convince my husband to get an acreage down the road. For now it’s a small house on a big lot in a small town.

[@bigmomma9371]

Hey hey hey! Get goats, lol, I love mine.

[@Mindy56743]

You and me know! I live in 30 acres in the middle of nowhere in southwest Missouri. My brother and my daughter also have homes on this property. I have to go to Springfield soon and have put it off for weeks! I hate leaving the farm!

[@crockettsinak.1290]

Rebel canners unite!!!💪🏻 lol 😂

[@lynnerichard7145]

This was to be the year I was to finally find that freedom but recently I’m sidelined with a major medical issue. So watching this makes me want to weep. Prayers are requested as this almost feels like a spiritual attack. We all need this freedom and the peace it brings.

[@JAFTOBpr9]

Yes, it is a spiritual attack. You can learn to punch back( in the spiritual) Yeshua in you gives you authority to live as He said, with all He paid for. You are in our prayers.

[@kevinglick8671]

Iam with you and understand

[@Searchingforthelight423]

Our Father never places us where we are not needed. Find your reason! Praise Hin in all things. He's all knowing and loves His children unending! Prayers and Shalom! ❤😊

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

Prayers coming your way 🙏

[@thefarm6676]

🙏🙏🙏

[@redemptionfitnesscentre]

This hit me hard to the core. We moved to a homestead for 6years...goats( demons) sheep, chickens,quail, rabbits and vegetables, we did it all. It was the best but hardest 6years of my life. We just lost everything and was forced to move into an apartment in the deepest part of the city. It's terrible. People get out the city. It's the best thing you can do for your family. YAH willing We will move out again soon. Shabbat Shalom Zach richest blessings to you and your boys. Your a blessing to the body.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Praying you can get back out

[@redemptionfitnesscentre]

@@Anamericanhomestead thanx brother

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

What area are you in? Praying for your family

[@jerrymcmahan2855]

Show more rebel canning outdoor on the open fire I know one day we may not have the electricity to can on an electric stove

[@rocklickranch2804]

“You and Me” We moved to our 11 acres 4 months ago.

[@natlim6709]

Congratulations

[@rocklickranch2804]

@@natlim6709 Thank you!

[@meredith-fourmilecreekfarm8538]

Any time I have to go to the city, I can't wait to get home. It's like I am holding my breath the whole time I have to be there and as soon as I get home I just feel like I can breathe again.

[@MosaicHomestead]

I have built a prepper shed, a 3 bin composting bin, a shovel garden shed and I'm building a chicken bunker for my chickens, got my first chicken bunker egg 🥚 today.

[@sherrymurphy-kleine4592]

I concur, Zach! I was just forced to move in with my daughter and her family for 5 months, due to unforeseen and dire circumstances. They live in a subdivision, and while it's a nice, friendly area....I felt so hemmed in after living in a rural area for 20 years! I finally got out, and I love it!!!

[@natlim6709]

Happy for you 😊

[@congruent-thoughts8781]

I did it in the 80s and with 5 acres. It was a farm from 1644 and lots of exiting building for the chickens, pigs, for sheep, one for repairing shoo’s, one for baking, one for smoking fish and meat, one for washing and a farm for at least 20 people - because they had employed at least 10-15 people in old days. It was så much work I did quit and studied Engineer and living in the city with my family. Both was stressing, if I am honest. But freedom is of corse much larger in a homestead. But you have to be prepared it is another stress following the nature and springtime and harvesting is not a easy task. Nature don’t wait for us. Now I live in the wood with a huge garden and 2 minutes down to the beach and watching wales and dolphins when possible. Fishing salmon, trout, Mackerel, and together with potatos and fresh salad from the garden is enough for me. Its enough food for us for the Winter and selling some of it on farmers marked is fun. Just little stress in the springtime and fall and when der are deer or elk /moose are entering the garden….😱🤪🎉

[@TheBlondePatriot]

Hey now! I have a half acre. It's not a subdivision. The houses are actually far apart the neighbors are my mag. I can. I have chickens. I have a vegetable garden that I rotate with spring summer and winter crops. The butchering thing I can't get past, it killed me to have to dispatch two chickens that were sick so I guess I'll live off vegetables and eggs LOL but at least I'll live! Oh and my house is paid for I paid cash so no mortgage.

[@gailamo1416]

Yes, I definitely can feel the stress when I go into the city. Immediate difference once I'm back into the country. After living outside the city, can't imagine living in there ever again.

[@PioneerMountainHomestead]

Great video. Still laughing at "goats are like drunken teenagers". Yes, they are! However, as a goat owner, they have a very good feed to milk ratio and you can put them on browse land (they prefer shrubs over pasture). Mine have a buttermilk content over 7% (Nigerian Dwarf goats) and for us they work (cheese, yogurt, butter, etc.). For homesteaders in mountain/wilderness areas, they are a better "fit" than sheep. Like sheep, their manure is not "hot" and can be applied whenever. So, depending on location, goats may work better for some folks. However, they are hard to contain and total buttheads most days. 😂😂😂

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

The city for me is Batesville or Searcy. Both are too large for my liking, yet not enough options for when we "need" something. I did just discover the health food store in Searcy. I disagree. My goats are much easier to manage than my sheep...at least when it comes to trying to care for them. My sheep are crazy! Absolutely impossible to catch. LOL Have you heard of Epic Gardening? What that guy has done to his small plot of land/property is amazing!

[@garyjinontariony]

Thanks Sir , got my shirt , God Bless ya,

[@0Chinese0Arithmetic0]

Homesteading sets you free from forced diversity. 👍🏻

[@homesteadgal4143]

We've been on our homestead since 1987 and still going strong! We bought a finished house with no outbuildings, no fencing, and no land improvements. We turned the blank-slate into a fully-functioning homestead! We've landscaped and built our 3 big gardens. We also built an addition onto our house, build a back porch, built a polycarb greenhouse, our barn, goat shed, 2 general purpose sheds, a propane house (designed to look like an outhouse), covered hay racks for the horses and the goat herd, a nice pig pen and pig condo unit, a rabbitry, and we installed 4-board fencing around some of our acreage. We built a range, too, much to the disappointment of a few 'transplant' Karens (who learned the County laws when they tried to control our rights...heh heh). We did all of this by ourselves, with the help of our tractor and skidsteer. We're 69 yrs of age, still very active/healthy, still very much DIYers, and still loving homestead life and all of the satisfaction we are blessed with. We've loved the privacy and freedom offered to us by being rural and on a homestead. Our property is gated (intentionally). One freedom not mentioned by you is the freedom from people dropping by unannounced. By gating our property, we have no unwelcome visitors/strangers. And we have no neighbors dropping in to do whatever they do (waste our time). So FREEDOM for us includes having the ability to control our time efficiently while also protecting our privacy. Homesteading isn't for lazy people and it is NOT an ideology....it's a commitment to live in a self-reliant way.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Thats awesome about the range and karens. Stay in the burbs if you don't like gun owners.

[@homesteadgal4143]

@@Anamericanhomestead LOL Her big gripe was that the noise upset her horses. Her home is at least 1/4 mile away and on opposite side of the road. Sorry, not sorry.... Another Karen reported us, said we were aiming at her children (we've never met this family to this day). Took the Deputies out to our range (opposite direction from said children); deputies liked the set-up, firing into a hillside, windflags all around, etc. Crazy...they're not worried about the hunters poaching all over the place, no just us.

[@donnar4467]

I'm a rebel canner, I can my raw milk n so much more.

[@BNM-b7t]

Great Content!! Keep it coming for those of us still trying to make our way out of the city!! (I liked the video and noticed it was #666 so nah... I had to unlike it quick!! LOL )) shalom

[@reneenewfrock5743]

I have canning books from the 50s! They canned everything back then.

[@aussiebushhomestead3223]

We have 25 acres and live 55km from the nearest city and 500km from the state capital, Brisbane. Went there a few weeks ago for a weekend (got given tickets to a show with accom) After day 1, I wanted to go home, by day 3 it felt like I was becoming mentally unwell! I cannot understand how people can live there, let alone afford it!

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

Yeah, I used to visit Chicago for fun, now I stress leaving my moutain. Zach, now, now... goats are great if you have the right setup and the right goats. I also butcher 3-5 deer, 2-3 hogs, gobs of poultry and several goats per year. I learned most of what I know on less than 1 acre... one critical factor: NO HOA! Btw, I have 10 acres now in the mountains of TN.

[@4chomestead680]

I agree with you Zac! Homesteading does bring clarity of mind! I’ve been living this life for 12 years. Also been raising goats for twelve years and I don’t know why they have such a bad rep. I’ve had several different herds and my goats are always well behaved. Maybe mine are the exception and not the rule 😄 Thank you for the video! Yahuah bless you.

[@mariewheeler5626]

Same here. I grew up with lots of 4-legged animals. Goats were smarter than sheep. I remember goats, though curious, were mostly well-mannered..

[@homesteadgal4143]

Same here...love my Nubians. And the babies? OMG!! Nothing as comical as little goat kids that cavort and twist with those spring-loaded legs!! My Nubians are bottle-fed, so very tame. I tell people that goats are dogs with hooves.

[@donnar4467]

Love my Saanen dairy goats, they are absolutely perfect well-mannered well-behaved never any trouble I don't understand Zack must have had meat goats.

[@jonmchugh657]

Assume is a 3 part word ! 😂 Hunting wild game on your homestead is definitely a freedom !

[@robbaker336]

Military - I know!! we have 60 acres out in the country!!

[@kevinglick8671]

I remember turning Pappy's smokehouse into a hot cooker. Nothing burned down but. the meat was well done.

[@FosterFarmsOk]

certainly wishing I had more space but I am able to provide most all my familyies veggy needs on 1/2 acre in a suburb. Still need to get some chickens.

[@soapyacreshomestead2226]

I couldn’t imagine anything but homesteading, been my whole life. I can’t imagine living anywhere else. When I go to the city I get very claustrophobic. The last time I was in the city was probably oh my ummmmm 10 years ago. My poor husband has to go into a city every week. I had great luck with goats 🤷🏻‍♀️. I do like sheep better though. We went from 50 to 1 1/2 acres but out in the middle of no where. Still looking for more land though so we can get sheep again. We live in the woods and have no storage so we have limited resources to do it now. I would love to have a smoker and a root cellar too!

[@mikeevans565]

My brother, Assumption is the mother of certain expletives.. lol

[@Anamericanhomestead]

First comment I've seen, exactly 💯

[@mikeevans565]

@@Anamericanhomestead my drill sgt. used to tell us that.. lol

[@OffgridVictory]

Definitely trying splitting the fig trees this Fall. Shalom👊🏼

[@michaelcountryman9130]

I rather live in the woods then the City with no hoa and poa.

[@darrellbrixey5341]

Thank you Zach for sharing this awesome information and content

[@phild8095]

I haven't enjoyed visiting cities in 40 years. They are unnatural, synthetic, chaotic, loud. You can often tell when people first move from a city to the country. They are loud as if competing with the background noise they used to be in. Iowa DNR sells trees and shrub saplings. This year I purchased 25 plum saplings, gave most away and planted 10 on our land. Total cost of 25 saplings including shipping $40. All ten still alive during a brutal hot summer. Next year we will be getting berry saplings. We have already tilled in sulfur to lower the pH before the plants arrive. I urge you all to look for items like this for your land.

[@mycabinlife1291]

Will they allow someone from Tennessee to buy from them? How did you find out about this?

[@grdelawter4266]

I live in Indiana and my state also sells trees starts very cheap. I think most state DNR’s have a similar program.

[@phild8095]

@@mycabinlife1291 I found out by looking at my state government page, just basic research. I'm not sure if they would ship to TN, but did find TN.gov agriculture forests seedlings TN apparently wants to help people get involved in agriculture and forests. Look around

[@chriswillock2177]

Assumptions don't comment lmao. You always keep me laughing bud 😂

[@peggystephens4703]

Yes I love canning I taught myself. Best thing ever. I’m all for rebel canning. Still safe let no one tell you differently

[@cindystevensdiy1932]

I have many chickens.. i having a rabbitry under way!!!

[@dorothysantucci8383]

Yes I have a Karen as well. Anytime I do something they are out on there atv looking at me trying to regulate.

[@rhondaheinemann2434]

I've been homesteading since 1991. On my second homestead and off-grid on this 120 acres where there is no option for public utilities. Love it! I have been raising livestock since 1991. Did raise goats and cattle but now only goats because I live in middle of woods and not cattle country. I love my goats! I keep a closed herd that I started in the early 90's. Only bring in new bucks every 2 years.

[@brendah4773]

5:59 Wow. Amazing, indeed ❤

[@thomaswilliams5005]

Thanks for making being informative also entertaining.

[@1polynation169]

you can pee anywhere you want !!! ( on yer land lol ) stay bright!! love yer channel

[@country7481]

Maaan, I feel this.......true freedom

[@LittleHomesteadOnHinerPond]

Maybe we qualify for the 1st assumption - we have 1/2 acre, pie shaped lot that joins another 1/2 acre on a peninsula that juts out into a wild looking 12 acre pond. We don’t see any neighbors looking out the back windows, at least. The animal issue is real. We have chickens but that’s it for animals. Hmmm. On second thought, I’m stretching to consider this an acre here.

[@BtsurvLT]

Yup. I know

[@joyceterra2265]

I know. Law enforcement says the same thing

[@mio.giardino]

I WISH I had an acre. 🙏🏻

[@thesmiths629]

Assumption- makes us both donkeys... my 9th grade Geometry teacher told us that right after she told us that 9th graders were worse than scum. ☺ I loved her.

[@ggebhard1]

Thank you!!

[@robertbrewster6890]

spot on!

[@abdiea4821]

Honest question. Are there any homesteaders that 100% live off of their homestead? As in eating only what they grow.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

EVen the early pioneers didn't do this. They traded and bartered for things they needed/wanted. They had general stores they would sometimes travel weeks away to get supplies. You can produce a lot and you will fair far better than those who produce little when times get tough.

[@atime-peacegarden4430]

I know!!

[@janebadon3988]

It makes an A out of U and ME😊

[@aussiebushhomestead3223]

You are such a goat racist Zach!! 😂 I LOVE my goaties!!

[@HotSpringsShootingSports]

We bought our first house a couple blocks from Bevo Mill. Our next door neighbors were Bosnian and they didn't have a smokehouse but they would roast a full pig on a spit! That was a bit shocking for this South County girl.🤣😂

[@northwoodsyankee3528]

Yep, I know what ASSUME makes. I also hate cities, being in them and driving through them. I'd much rather be in the back woods.

[@jsunhack]

So try making home made carmel in a presure cooker from condensed milk. Make sure you are 300 feet away from your house and dont blow up. Lol

[@macgregor2643]

I like your shirt, sir. Many in my area should get hurt. 😊 Do you ship to the Philippines?

[@lwallace3842]

Tips you suggest a beginner homesteader you said canning?

[@jerrylindsay67]

ASSUME 😂👍

[@HeatGeek1]

When you know, you know. 😂

[@barbaradouglass7324]

You mentioned growing sorghum and my ears perked up. I just planted 6 sorghum plants as an experiment. I really don't know much about it, harvesting etc. Do you have a video on the process or info you can share?

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Yeah, just search the channel for sorghum. Save the seeds for next year.

[@scotthorton7786]

My trips to a grocery store has become a once in a month in a half if that.

[@grdelawter4266]

I talked to a guy last year that said he was a homestead prepper and went to the grocery store only once or twice a week! I explained to him how ridiculous that was. He was in disbelief when I told him that I only grocery shop every 3 weeks. I run out of bread, buns, milk and other convenience foods that I could live without. I can make bread, and I have powdered milk etc.

[@TStack19]

I’m gonna Fine you!! You need to pressure clean your roof!! I did it 10 days ago Karen…….. HOA $275 cut grass and mulch once a year. Yea I left

[@minamilchmadchen9273]

I have both sheep and Goats and I would take my goats over the sheep hands down any day of the week . And yes I have had both for many years .

[@Anamericanhomestead]

you're drinking too much

[@minamilchmadchen9273]

@@Anamericanhomestead 😂🤣🫢

[@grdelawter4266]

Maybe your emotionally attached to your goats because they are pets. Anthropomorphism may also be a part of it. Or at least with others that think goats are great.

[@TSis76]

@@grdelawter4266 or, maybe some people prefer goats.

[@hopefulvoyage]

Hey Zach. I have attempted to maintain three fig trees in zone 7A. Even with a cover system, they did not survive after two years. How do you maintain fig trees outside in the Ozarks?

[@Anamericanhomestead]

You just need a hardy variety.

[@grdelawter4266]

Homesteading sets you free to pee off of your front porch! Homesteading sets you free to shoot your guns from the front porch. Did you know that you can deer hunt from the kitchen window in the cold rain in your underwear as long as you have your orange hat on. Homesteading sets you free to grab your gun and run out of the house at night in your underwear to protect the chickens from predators! Homesteading sets you free from the Karens of the world! My closest neighbor is hundreds of yards away directly through the woods with no path. The rest of my neighbors are 1/2 mile away or more! No drama here! Homesteading sets you free in so many ways!

[@IngloriousHomestead]

too bad you dont ship to canada....

[@tamigabrielson8913]

Best part is NO NEIGHBORS! 😂

[@lwallace3842]

How do we cut the rootball. I have a friend that has a fig tree

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Hack a bit off with an axe

[@JAFTOBpr9]

Yes. Yes. Yes. Oy,.such a different feel in cities. Yes, a heavy feel of stress, angst and hustle. So different in the country, on a homestead, even if theres WAY more work to do. Will Never Live In A City or Suburn Again! Praise Yah. And SKILLS.. wowie. Our aociety and culture have lost so many skills! People throw things eay insted of fix them! Oy.

[@charliemahoney2912]

In the metaverse the grass is always perfect 👌 Karens report to the metaverse and leave the smelly inconvenient world to us natural humans that live it the way God made it.😊

[@deborahbarnes8475]

❤

[@Aussiehomestead1965]

The cities are full of Zombies and NPC's. I go to town three times a year and that's three times too many. Can't wait to get home.

[@hippyhebrewhomestead8593]

Oh yeah I know what they say in the military haha. But remember it’s a kinder gentler military….

[@barbwells5605]

I know. Lol

[@travishodges5179]

I think homesteaders qualification is to have 3 chickens, and survivalists qualify if they eat out of dumpsters.

[@keepmovingforward571]

you can run around naked...LOL well i would!

[@chriswillock2177]

We've got Nigerian Dwarf Goats lol. Sweet as can be but total assholes if you turn your back on them lmao. They know what they shouldn't do and wait till your not watching then do it. Damn kids lol.

[@Charity1277]

I Hate renting.i used to have a beautiful home on 12 acres and the devil stole it from me for various stupid reasons.can you believe the realtor messed up what the mortgage payments were supposed to be. Ugg. I hate living in the city.where I live now is more suburb but I long to be back on some land.God help me

[@grdelawter4266]

Realtors don’t do mortgages. Maybe you need to blame yourself for not understanding how mortgages work. There is principal, interest, taxes, insurance commonly called PITI. It’s not uncommon for 3 out of the four to fluctuate (go up). Maybe the realtor didn’t know, but most likely they told you what the principal payment might be. Anyway, it’s your responsibility to educate yourself if you are entering a real estate transaction or hire an attorney that can explain it to you. I’m sorry it didn’t work out. Have you begun learning what you didn’t understand or are you just going to continue to blame others?

[@Lincsgirl]

I just don't like people, particularly Karens.

[@thesmiths629]

Goats are way better than horses

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Granted

[@homesteadgal4143]

Not only more profitable but the vet bills for goats aren't nearly as much $$ as for horses. Sheesh!

[@vincevoland7056]

My gun jammed....🤬 I didn't clean it good enough.👍🇺🇸💪👌🤦‍♂️