FULL Homestead PANTRY TOUR || Canning and Dry Goods Pantry || OVER 3,000 Jars || Nebraska Homestead

Come along with me as we take a full tour of our large family homestead pantry. We are a family of 7 and we raise and preserve most of our own food in zone 4b in Nebraska. Because it's harder to garden in the wintertime here, we can a lot of food. We also try to purchase all of our dry goods in bulk, to save money and so we have plenty on hand in case of food shortages or other emergencies.
On our blog wagonwheelhomestead.com we have a "how to start a homestead pantry" post that goes into detail about where we purchase the supplies to create a homestead pantry, how to start a homestead pantry and how to keep it stocked. We also have lots of from scratch recipes coming soon on our blog that will show you how we can eat out of our pantry for over a year without having to purchase any food. We hope this is an inspiration to you, and if you have any questions on how to start a homestead pantry, please comment below. Food prices are getting higher everyday and it's only smart to be learning the skills necessary to cook from scratch out of our pantries.
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[@crazygrandmaweaz8942]

Beautiful pantry! I've been canning almost 50 years but just the last 4 have really converting my pantry to all home made things. Bought my homestead in Indiana for my 60th birthday 😊. My pantry is starting to get to your level. I just started buying my spices in bulk. Definitely a money saver!!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Wow what a great birthday present! Good for you! It's definitely a journey and not something you do all at once. It's fun and yes, a big money saver. Thanks for following along!

[@ninarice5279]

I ate canned greenbeans that had been canned 39 years ago, it made a believer out of me. What was funny was the canning jar was blue, lol, old school

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Incredible! I have quite a few of those old blue jars and they are really neat

[@Tinkerbell31326]

I just discovered your channel. I am an experienced canner, but I am always inexperiencrd terested in how people do things

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Welcome! It's so fun for all of us to learn from each other. No matter how long we've been canning we can always learn something new. Thanks for following along!

[@escapeartist8581]

Awesome video! Your channel will do well. You are a natural teacher. I think we are neighbors (in terms of folks in the open midwest).

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thank you neighbor, I hope it is helpful to many people.

[@wendyvroom2113]

Hi. Brand new subscriber here. I just found you. What a beautiful pantry you have and what a lot of work you have done. Quite an inspiration!! Looking forward to watching your other videos. God Bless you!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thank you! Glad it was inspirational to you. It's truly a blessing for our family and we're happy to share what we can to help others.

[@elizabethhendriks9030]

beautiful! just subscribed, thank you for showing this. I’m trying to figure out how to organize my basement pantry it’s overwhelming so thank you for this video!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

The organizing can be the hard part! It's function over beauty for me. I'm not very good at keeping my pantry super organized, but as long as it serves the purpose of feeding us, then I'm okay with it. There's always room for improvement on organizing LOL. Thanks for following along.

[@elizabethhendriks9030]

@@WagonWheelHomestead21 Thank you for keeping it real, I feel like I’m the only one without optimal organization. I appreciate the encouragement and agree, the priority is the function and the rest can follow🙏Hope you’re having a nice weekend 😊

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

@@elizabethhendriks9030 Yes! Done is better than perfect :-) I'm having a great weekend. Getting ready for a blizzard here, so we're all hunkered in.

[@VagabondAnne]

Amazing pantry! Would love to see a video on those canned apples - I've never seen such a thing!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

When I figured out how to make them, it allowed me to make so many more things with apples year round! I'll be glad to share a video about them come apple season.

[@luvntender1180]

You have such a beautiful pantry! So much love and work is evident in all your jars! God bless you and yours!26:20

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thank you! Yes it's definitely a lot of work - but so worth it!

[@conniewach7872]

I just love your pantry.

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Awe thank you Connie! It is such a blessing for sure, especially when grocery prices are so high!

[@louiseeyahpaise795]

Fabulous pantry. Good job. We just finished a 60 day pantry challenge as well, and we did very well. We used up a lot of meat from our freezer and put a small dent in the canned section of our pantry, although it isn't as big as yours, but I do have a lot of broth. I love to can, and we love to eat it. We still do a bit of shopping but not a much as before. We eat what we have. I am going to have to start buying spices in bulk, that's a great idea. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day 🙏🏽👍🏽💖☺️

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thanks for following along, and I'm glad it was an inspiration to you! Yes, the spices are so convenient to have on hand, not to mention cheaper. There's nothing more frustrating than having to go the store for "cumin" or "garlic powder" ugh!! Great job on the pantry challenge! It's so good to learn different ways to eat the food that we've preserved. Just like they did in the old fashioned homestead days. It's definitely a skill we all need to work on developing more! Glad to have coming along with us, and look forward to hearing from you more!

[@glendabenard3772]

You tube helps a lot with canning and a good canning book.

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Yes for sure!

[@slowdownwithsarahjean]

Pantry goals!!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

You can do it!!

[@carriecreates1207]

I enjoyed your video. My husband grew up in ONeill, Nebraska.

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Neat! Thanks for watching.

[@sarahsheartshome]

Love it!!

[@mariestar1823]

Beautiful pantry!

[@christyh.4092]

Impressive pantry! I'm very interested in the apples canned that you used for pie filling.

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thank you! I will do a video on them for you this fall - so be sure to subscribe,

[@kdonor]

Hello also from Nebraska

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Hello and welcome!

[@PlowAndPantryHomestead]

Great pantry!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thank you

[@littlehouseonmetairie729]

Wow! a what an impressive pantry!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thank you!

[@LFPFarmLife]

you have a beautiful pantry!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thank you!

[@user-fh3em4yt9p]

love at that you can do!

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Thank you

[@user-tk5oc2ut5g]

Will you share how you can in 1/2 gal jars …… I have never heard of that process before. Your pantry is fantastic.

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Absolutely! So I can my vegetable soup, and sometimes fruit juice in 1/2 gallon jars. I have a large pressure canner that can fit four 1/2 gallon jars in at one time. The soup has to be pressure canned of course, and then for the juice I just use the same canner to water bath can it. Let me know if you have any more questions and thanks for following along!

[@bevdixon9615]

I just found your channel and I am super impressed with your hard work to build your pantry. I have canned most of my life, started with helping my mom put up food for our family of 6. Now I am a grandma of 6. We recently moved to Nebraska and put in our garden before we even moved in. You must live in the NW corner of the state? We are east central and in zone 5b which is strange to me because where we moved from was further north and we were 6b. I am so happy I found your channel and will continue checking in.

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Hi Bev, thanks for following along! So fun to hear from a fellow Nebraskan. The zones are so weird, and they actually just changed the zone map which is why we're now in zone 4b. We used to be in zone 5, but we always planted for a zone 4b because a lot of zone 5 fruit trees won't survive the winter here. We're in north central. Canning is SO rewarding and fun. I'm happy to have fellow canners like you following along!

[@wereachhomestead6348]

How many jars do you think you have in your pantry? It is beautiful and makes me want to transfer my food from #10 cans to jars. I think it makes it more enticing to eat it when you can see it. Inspiring video

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

There’s over 3,000 quarts full as of this recording. It will hold about 4,500. Yes, it’s very satisfying to grow, preserve and eat your own food.

[@Bioluvskatz]

Totally interested in those sweetened apples and the canned coleslaw! Any chance you’ll share those soon?

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

As soon as I have cabbage from the garden, and apples from the orchard I will do a video for you🙂

[@Bioluvskatz]

Thats an amazing pantry! Wondering if you can addd bacon to cannthat beef instead of “kidney fat” to preserve that beef??

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

You probably could although it wouldn't give it quite the same flavor. We can usually source kidney fat from our local butcher shop, so that is what we use.

[@carlawilliams3291]

Love watching a fellow Nebraskan!!!I see 4b, what part of the state are you from?

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

North Central. They have said we are in a zone 5 for a long time, but our frosts and weather have been more in line with a 4b. They recently changed the zone map and it is more accurate now.

[@karynellinger769]

Fellow NE here...which is why I subscribed! SW NE!❤

[@lkbd12345]

North Central NE here too- I just can’t get tomato starts timed right. Some years they go out tiny some years they are huge and stressed by the time they go out. When do you start yours?

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

@@lkbd12345 I like to start mine around the 1st of April but my house stays a constant 72° so my starts grow fairly quick. I just posted a video on my seed starting set up last week and I’ll be sharing more about how I start my seeds in soil blocks for the most part. I also use a tool that I showed on my last video to help me know exactly when to plant each crop. seedtime.us/jkmel4ukl4tonac09iap-5fs?ref=27iw2

[@tiptopgirl4124]

Would you please share where you purchase spices in bulk ??

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Absolutely! Most all of them come from www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=73fS2X4n9f. There is lots more info in my blog post as well: wagonwheelhomestead.com/homestead-pantry/

[@anngranquist1828]

Where are you getting your jars ? I’m having a tough time finding half gallon jars

[@bevdixon9615]

I have purchased 1/2 gallon jars at Walmart and our Ace hardware. Usually around $14.99 for a box of 6. I have also found a lot of jars this year on FB Marketplace.

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

Garage sales and auctions are a good place to look, but you can also buy them new for a good price from Azure Standard. Here is the link: www.azurestandard.com/shop/product/household-family/kitchen/canning-supplies/jars/half-gallon/64oz-flint-mason-jar-custom-azure-glass-86-450-735-gpi-6-pack/32568?package=NF047&a_aid=73fS2X4n9f

[@kskorner74]

I subbed, from one new tuber

[@krisirolfe4332]

Do you eat canned fish?

[@WagonWheelHomestead21]

I have eaten pickled pike before and it's really good. I have never actually canned fish because we don't have a good enough supply of it here. We usually just freeze it as it gets eaten pretty quickly at our house🙂