Garden Like Your Life Depends On It!

Garden like your life depends on it, because one day it will.
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[@YolklahomaRocks]

We are seeing the same. On point and yes we gardening because our life does depend on it. Great porch time. Thanks!

[@scoop2591]

God bless you and your family ! Thank you for taking the time to help all the rest of us. You are loved and prayed for by your viewers.

[@cindiperron]

amen, amen, amen danny!!! you are right on!! we're in the process of setting up garden beds, greenhouses, water catchment systems, etc.

[@lorrismith7366]

Danny. Here we are 4 yrs later and you absolutely nailed it again. God bless. Im always listening

[@patriciawoodward2566]

Thank you for always sharing the truth and for always being such an encouragement to this community. Blessings to Deep South Homestead.

[@bebepoppy1604]

Thank you for your time and heart!

[@mic7735]

We currently live in the city but are in the process of purchasing our homestead-hope to be closed in the net 45 days. I've been feeling for several years that I needed to get my skills together, learning to can and garden more and have some supplies on hand. Last year I felt God was telling me to garden like my life depended on it. So I amped it up last year, trying new things and doing more than I had. I know others who are hearing the same thing. I'm glad you are getting the message out and hope others will listen. Right now I have my garden plants in buckets and wash tubs so I can move them but am making plans for a large garden once we get moved and settled in. We're hoping to grow the bulk of our food ourselves.

[@MrDRS52]

Thank you, Danny. Sitting here on my porch, looking on our suburban garden (I call it our suburban homestead) and listening to what you have to say has caused me to think, and thank our Lord for the small but plentiful vegetables we have, how important it is and of how critical it will be to our future sustainability. Words well spoken, Danny. Thank you again.

[@jrppark1]

Amen Danny? I've been a gardener my whole life, and live where my family homesteaded back in the late 1870's. We've all been growing things here forever, and this weather is the strangest we've ever seen, in a place where strange weather is the norm. And I always over plant, and preserve as much of what I grow as possible, because I know that gardening like farming, is a hit or miss thing. You never count on it before you've harvested, because you just never know what will come along and wipe it out. So I've got at any given moment at least two years worth of preserved food on hand, and in several different forms as well. Canned, frozen, dehydrated, working on a root cellar too. I had some gorgeous Brussels sprouts and broccoli growing this year, didn't look at it for two days, and it was all but dead! Invasion of Japanese beetles! I've never had to battle those before, so now I know. Next year they will go under netting, away from the Russian olive trees which are still just crawling with the beetles. Have the net hoop houses ready to go now, and ordered some new raised beds to build away from those trees, will try again next year. But in the mean time, I've got enough in storage to offset my crop failure.

[@mrs.lonestarpioneering7305]

Thank you both for all yall do. I watch both channels and appreciate all the knowledge that yall share

[@blissfulacresoffgridhomest2098]

What I've been doing with the extra produce I received is stored in the freezer. Later I dehydrate it and then powder it in a coffee grinder or blender I've done this with green peppers, tomatoes, lovage, and other vegetables. It is great to sprinkle over food and soups also the powder is stored in a mason jar which saves a lot of space in your pantry. I am sure beats would be great done this way as well. Did you know that these powders if you buy them online are very expensive!

[@lisanowakow3688]

I have a pituitary tumor that killed my immune system, cortisol and any hormone your body should produce. I went from being healthy as a horse and rarely taking meds to being much weaker and having to take many meds just to live, have half functioning kidneys, diabetes, etc. I live in the New Mexico desert and for 14 years I was unable to get the hang of gardening in sand and the heat until I had to sit around from my diseases and had time to watch videos, like yours. I used to live in California and Virginia and garden, but had mostly flowers growing. This year I had my first vegetable garden and planted seven trees that are still alive, which is seven more than I had live in the past. I shared this year’s bounty with four other families. I finally have a jelly canning system, a food dehydrator and I hope to get a pressure canning system soon too. My family think the sun has slightly baked my brain and put up with my strange ways. I don’t have the strength for more than about an hour of light gardening a day and have a terrible time with the heat, but I have been rebitten with the joy of gardening. I get almost a physical pain and panic when I think of the coming years and the food supply. Next year I’ll work on getting a freezer. So little time and so much to do. I leave notes online for my daughter about what I have and what she should pick up if I pass on. I live on 1/4 acre and only have about 1/3 of it on garden this year. Next year I hope to make it 1/2 of the land and store more of the produce. I hear you loud and clear and it’s funny to hear you grumble about chem trails, every day the planes come by and leave gunk in the air. Sometimes I lost the leaves off of most of the garden. The bugs have been fierce, especially when you think that no one has gardened here before me in the last 30 years or more. Time to start thinking differently. People are so entitled and thoughtless when it comes to their life. Time to live more thoughtfully.

[@Sheila80s]

DANNY I AM LOVING THESE OLDER V8DEOS WHEN YOU DIDNT HAVE TO TAKK IN RIDDLES LIKE NOW!

[@loriwilding4109]

Mr. Danny, you really hit a nerve with this one. My husband and I are facing a decline in my health, just after we closed on our acrage. I listen to you, as I would my grandfather. Thank you for your wisdom.

[@amandaforeman703]

Fantastic talk Danny! I garden like my life depends on it! I preserve everything I can get my hands on ! I agree we all need this start now! I also see the food shortage too, it’s terrifying! I’m blessed to remember my granny telling us about this years ago! I got me a full sized gala apple tree I’m growing in a container , I’m also learning to grow fruit trees from seed! When I move I’m gonna start a hugerculter bed and start fruit tree guilds . I’m doing all I can! I grow in my front yard and back yard! Blessings to you my friend!

[@noneyour.]

I have noticed that the trees are starting to loose their leaves and the vivid green is turning pale green. To me that means a early fall/winter. So I'm trying hard to get all my ducks in a row before it all hits. Thank you for keeping this matter in the forefront of my head and that what I feel is real because other people feel it too. GOD bless you for all you do.

[@drugtrader3933]

Birds ate my peaches when they were the size of quarters, and just forming. They missed one. It got to the size of half a normal peach, and went missing in the night. Squirrels ate my strawberries. Someone stole my blueberry bushes, plus some other things from the yard! There's a lot of variables that come into play. You gave us a lot to think about. Thank you! God Bless.

[@pamshouse99]

Just wanted to add that you can pick up buckets from fast food places and grocery stores and if you know dairy or beef farmers old empty mineral tubs make good containers for gardening.

[@wallaceknifeworkshomestead]

Yup. Just spent 4 days in the hospital myself. When it goes, it goes.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Glad to see you home! Praying that you are recovering.

[@justncase5281]

Thank you Danny for the basics!!! I want to learn and doing a small raised bed now.

[@nancywidows9423]

Thank you for what you do. I've watched just about all of your videos, but this is the first time commenting. I'm finally putting a little bit of grocery store food aside for future use, and we have an apple tree in an orange tree in a small garden. My son takes care of the garden, but it's always a learning experience. I've recently started to try to grow my own things separately, and so far I fail every time. it's usually because of stupid things, I forget to go out and water things, or I'm too lazy to go out and water them. But, even then, I'm learning everyday what not to do. I get really sad when I let things die, but it really is my own fault. And because, my life Doesn't depend on it, I tend to not put it as a priority. I'm not going to give up though. I'm determined to get the hang of this. Thank you, Danny.

[@shadowkitten7914]

Thank you for your videos. We started to notice the changes coming a few years ago. We've got our land and I'm trying my best work against the clock to get my family in as secure of a position as possible. I'm coming from zero experience and your channel has been so helpful in my educating myself. I needed to hear this porch time because I have become relaxed about the situation, that will change! Thanks again.

[@sharonblack7466]

Thank you! Great info

[@debbiewilliams9612]

Great video Danny and you are so right!!

[@classicrocklover5615]

Two days ago, in April 2020, Michigan's governor has blocked the public's ability to purchase seeds, vegetable transplants, everything yard and garden related, deeming them "non-essential " during the Covid-19 pandemic. How prophetic was Danny's video? Spot on, I'd say...

[@galerogers2915]

Yes Danny, my husband and I have been in your shoes The Summer of 2006. Kenny almost died from his heart. We were rushed to Birmingham AL for him to be operated on by the best in the country. And she did say he was the best in the USA and #2 in the world. They sat us down together the night before he went in the operating room and told us to say our goodbyes to each other. They weren't expecting him to make it through the surgery. He was 100% blocked in every artery in his heart. They said his veins had expanded to make its own natural bypasses. They were only able to fix 3, the minimum you need to live. So at the age of 43 he became completely disabled. I went on working and our son helped me make the bills and provide for us and our 3 children. All this time and before I was having terrible back pain from an 18 wheeler T Boning me in 1995. I had been having spinal blocks for a few years, taking pain meds, physical therapy and 2 years with a chiropractor. Then finally in October of 2010 I had two discs to rupture, one in my neck and one in my lower back. Also I had lost most of the use of my hands because of carpal tunnel. So I had 4 surgeries within 7 months. During this time I was terminated from my job of 13 years because I had been off too long. My surgeon said my working days were over anyway. He and my PC helped me get my disability started. I was without work for 30 months when I was finally approved. So knowing how to be extremely frugal was and still is very important in our home!! God has always made a way for us, but we have to do our share also. It's very hard to make it on social security. We own too much property to get SSI or Medicaid. We also can't get any help from the state to pay for our health insurance. So both of us are paying close to 200 dollars each for our insurance. I'm not complaint though because I feel so very blessed to have what we do have. Like I always say, God has made a way and He always takes care of His children. And another thing, I am closer to God because of all of these trials. I now have more time to read my bible and spend time with Him. Also I now have 2 grandsons that I spend time with daily. So God is alway so so good!!!!!!!

[@peewees6199]

Our lease is up in Sept. so we're hoping to find a place by then. You are so right about the signs. God bless!

[@maggiereese1053]

My Grandma was the only person I ever knew who was about 97% self sufficient, This was not because it was a thing, back then the "homesteading", "off-grid" movement was non existent but, it was because she was born in the late 19th Century in the country (La Grange, TN) and simply lived the way she grew up --country. She had electric lights in her house because my Uncle Jesse, an electrician, insisted on installing them in the 1950s and that was about it. She heated with wood. She gardened, had milk cows, chickens and pigs and knew what to do with all they produced. Once every two or three months she would have Mom or Dad take her to town for staples. I usually went along, this is her shopping list which never varied: 25 pound bag each of flour, cornmeal and sugar, salt, baking power, baking soda, pepper, tea, coffee, vanilla wafers, peanut butter, orange candy slices (an indulgence she allowed herself and for us grandkids), canning jar seals and Red Rooster snuff. That was it, the rest of her food, she raised. She made her own lye for soap making and used the lard she rendered when she butchered her pigs. She had an old school, log smokehouse. I am trying desperately, after all these years, to remember the lessons she taught me and copy her lifestyle because I believe I have to in order to pull my family through what is coming.

[@edieboudreau9637]

Maggie Reese you're doing it. Find a library & hit the foxfire book collection on Appalachian ways of doing. It may help.

[@christiebetts4970]

My great grandmother loved orange slices.I always think of her if i see them

[@franpaterno486]

❤ watching your older videos Fran. P. 👍👍👍

[@littleredcabininthewoods240]

I'm in MN and we're expecting temps in the mid to high 90's by the end of the week - we had 21 inches of snow on the ground just 2 months ago, and last weekend had flooding on our northern property due to 11" of rain which caused a dam to break! As for the garden, I've replanted peppers, green beans and cucumbers twice already but the rabbits keep winning the battle. Our growing season is so short up here in the north that I don't think it will do me much good to plant again - will have to stock up at our local farmer's market this year I guess and at least support those who can grow. On a positive note, our rhubarb and raspberries have been prolific and I've already put up 30 jars of Blueberry-Raspberry-Rhubarb jelly!

[@daniellegrazianistone4632]

AMEN! Keep on preaching the truth and how life really is! God Bless!

[@brayjoyevans1564]

Pay very good ATTENTiON people. What Danny is saying aligns with the word of God. We need to prepare daily. I listen to Danny daily and often just listen all day while working around the house canning putting things up in food grade buckets etc. Keep teaching Danny people need to know these things. Thank you so much Love your videos. God Bless you and your family.

[@beckycory9023]

I bought a few packs of heirloom, non-gmo survival packs that have a variety of vegetables & herbs & 1000+ seeds in each pack. I've bought perennial crops, fruit trees & now BeeHives. I also invested in edible landscaping plants. I believe you are correct.

[@poodledaddles1091]

thanks again

[@ladycat661]

Amen when you all of the sudden have health troubles and can't do what you use to do it is hard but I'm learning how to do things in a different way I 'm growing my food in different ways and do all I can to put all I can and saving seeds all I can .THANK YOU Mr.Danny God Bless

[@lyndiaroot333]

You are so right! It can be done. I currently live in a subdivision; I have backyard chickens for eggs, I have raised beds with garlic, onions, tomatoes, greenbeans & peas. Got a cheap plastic pool from WM, filled it with garden soil and use it as a herb bed. You can go to the bakery dept of WM also and ask them for their icing buckets... here in TN they'll sell 'em to you for $1 each WITH LID...that can be useful if you want to store dry goods. I drill holes in the bottom and plant in them... I currently have potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, strawberries, more tomatoes and even 4 buckets of corn that is standing about 5ft. tall right now. I also fill every empty plastic milk carton, orange juice jug, old bleach bottles & plastic laundry detergent bottles with water and store it in my spare bedroom. (only ones that previously had food stuffs in them are used for drinkable water, the rest is for cleaning/laundry ect. should we be without a source of water for extended periods.) My kids make fun of me, but twice my daughter has had to come and get water because her pipes froze in the winter and she was without any water for several days. No flushing toilets, cooking, cleaning ect. We don't realize how much we use water on a daily basis until we don't have it. I too enjoy my creature comforts at the moment, but I am also preparing for when things aren't so comfortable, because I too believe those days are coming. I can from my garden and I also dehydrate. I think we should have varied ways of preserving food. And CAST IRON! There will be a time we will have to cook over an open fire and cast iron is the way to go for that. OK, I could go on forever but I'll digress otherwise I get carried away. Thank you for the videos...can't wait for the pruning videos...I need those! Have a blessed day!

[@christwarrior6096]

Well Danny I'm watching this 4 years after you made it and I can't help but wonder if at the time of making this you know just how right you were going to be... amazing!

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

We are soon moving to a property that is secluded, but yet is fairly open and is south facing. I also have experience gardening in a cooler climate.

[@wickster7154]

I agree. well said, brother

[@Christodophilus]

What goes hand in hand with container gardening, is learning to recycle your organic waste (ie: worm farms or composting) so you can provide your own growing medium. Also, having a "tea" system, where spent weeds, animals parts like fish heads and all manner of organic stuff can break down in a water barrel. That becomes your fertiliser. Plants in pots don't do very well, without a good source of regular nutrition.

[@superjake01251]

Very true. You're right about people not knowing what they're doing in regards to gardening. Your videos are extremely helpful for me, and I know they are extremely helpful to everyone that watches this channel. Keep them up! In regards to people living in apartments: I think people have forgotten what life really was before modern grocery stores. Every bit of food counted. Any little crop you can grow will count, and who knows? That little container of strawberries may save your life one day. Heck, I've read stories of people surviving on shoe leather during times of starvation. You won't be healthy, but you'll be alive, and that is what matters. We have forgotten was survival really means.

[@katiemorgan7129]

Very well said Danny!

[@TwoFamilyHomestead]

I (Sherrie) became disabled in 2010 took 2 yrs for my SSD to be approved (so 2yrs without my income) THEN In 2016 Daryl was forced into retirement talk about having the rug pulled out from under your feet !! That's when we enlarged our garden and preserved everything we could.

[@keepthefaith1912]

Sometime is eating my apples before the apples are ready..every year!!! I garden like my life depends on it..but my husband's doesn't think I should..and really gives me riff about it!..

[@Rosethatwantstomove]

For some reason I'm watching these in January 2023. I believe I need to get a cracking on the garden & etc

[@glenmorse9533]

I live in upstate NY, and do all my gardening with hand tools. I'm trying to live like I have to do it that way. I still have some potatoes from last year, and I just dug some up a few days ago and they are about the size of a billiard ball to a hard baseball. Butternut squash will also keep real well, I just used my last one up last week!!! I still do buy things from the grocery store, and have gas, and electric, so I believe it can get real tough to get by. I bought a wood cook stove several years ago, I just got to make sure I have the pipe to hook it up when I need to. I will use electric as long as I can.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Glen Morse I will use my electricity as long as i have it also. Thanks

[@triciasklodowske5653]

I am now getting to watch this, 4-13-20. Amen brother Danny !!! God put you right where He wanted you to be to teach us what you have learned. I'm sure there are people that after watching your video's, started gardening like their lives depended on it and thank God they did !! You had it right but for another reason, pandemic ! So many people are scrambling now, that include's us. We had stuff but not enough. Thank God I bought our seed's back in Dec. and Jan. Started them a week ago but can't plant outside for 4 to 6 week's. Going to get the raised bed's done by mid May so we can use low tunnels. Weather for-cast's is a wet spring and summer, again. Don't want to lose everything to flooding. Alot of work this year. Depending on the government for food, housing = socialism = One World Order/Government !! This pandemic may just lead to the economy collapsing . More American companies going out of business . That's what they want. Looking forward to Feast of Trumpet's in Sept. !!! Thank you so much for all of the great info/video's . Learning so much. Wish I had found your channel 3 year's ago. Stay safe and healthy. God bless

[@atlhammer]

I have two lemons in containers. A Meyer & a Ponderosa. They sit on rolling trays & I wheel them in and out of my garage (Atlanta, GA).

[@HearthandDome]

Well... I wasn't going to watch this until tomorrow, but I just couldn't help myself! LOL You're spot on!!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Freedom Acres Girl you are hilarious dont hold back on a good thing.LOL

[@HearthandDome]

Deep South Homestead Haha!! I just kept thinking if I watched PorchTime today, what am I gonna watch when I drink my tea in the morning?! 😃

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

IF I can get it to upload - In the Corn Field AGAIN! LOL

[@janiceseigler6317]

Look at the dry beans in Walmart, too. The selection has dwindle down considerably. I have been gardening for many years here in Georgia just like you Danny. I can a lot, too. I've been telling everyone for a long time to learn to grow food and preserve it. Everyone needs to look at the mess Venezuela is in. The people are staving. Inflation is going to be 13,000 % this year!

[@susieawalt7416]

I'm in the same boat. People think I'm nutty because im trying to be self sustainable.

[@breathe6529]

This is so true. I live in a neighborhood where I am restricted and limited in what I can grow. But I grow as much as I can get away with. It helps a little, but at least I am learning how to grow food until we can move to a location in the country. There’s a lot to learn about growing food, especially if you are growing organically. So even if someone is not living on their dream homestead, if they just start growing something, at least they will be learning how to grow food.

[@susannielsen8688]

Prophetic words!

[@jeanskilling708]

Seems like were missing some of our spring rains.

[@sandhollowhomestead6972]

I've just taken an RV trip from Idaho to Texas, nearly border to border. I was amazed at the massive amount of semi-trucks and most have been transporting food. If we have a fuel shortage there will be instant starvation for the majority of people who think and do not act on survival. As we, my wife and I use up storage we are continually refill and multiply our goods. I've been planting fruit trees and berry bushes. It's not instant success so it'll take me years to develop this homestead. I hope we have it. I'll have enough to maintain my families needs and then some. We all depend on our Heavenly Father so no matter how full our barns are and we think we did it ourselves, it's our Creator's Grace to take care if his own.

[@HomesteadHippie]

Thank you for this topic. I feel like you're speaking to me. I've been disabled for 25 years and have had major medical problems for the last 3 years that almost killed me. But I'm still trying. I have a lemon tree. I'm planting Moringa seeds in my pot for my health. I've tried to dig up my 'garden plot' repeatedly and my now 10 year old son has tried to help. But this desert ground is just to hard for us. And I'm often confined to a wheelchair. At those times I can't even get to it. I wish there was a co-op of people that could dig up garden plots so those of us that are elderly and disabled (I'm also 70) could plant their food to grow. I've tried repeatedly to raise corn and tomatoes out here. I used to live in Indiana. I grew it there, and lots of other things without a problem. Do you have any suggestions for growing food in the desert? I also can't save rainwater since we don't get much at all. We're averaging about 3 inches per year. Koda is allergic to soy, dairy, high fructose corn syrup, fluoride, and food chemicals, to name a few. So I make everything from scratch and organic already. I've been learning to can. I have my Ball canning book and I've watched your videos. I have lots of canning jars and extra lids. I've got lots of purified water stored. I even have a fire pit and a whole tree cut up for wood. I use cast iron so that I can cook over a fire and I know how to do that. I used to cook in my wood fireplace all the time, even though I had a perfectly good stove in the kitchen. I just need help getting over that first hurdle digging up that ground. Do you have any ideas on that? (BTW, I don't care if people think I'm crazy. I just want to be prepared.) Thank you again.

[@onedazinn998]

What wonderful enthusiasm you have & fantastic idea to begin a community garden for elders & disabled...in fact I believe that you could find others who would come and work in a community setting if you find the right individuals in a permaculture mentality to help you organize and gather muscle to lay a foundation. I've seen wonderful videos on youtube addressing the special needs of desert gardens - there are many ways to create water retention features within your garden. Study the way the desert people used to water gardens and store cool water in Ollas. Here is a quick link: permaculturenews.org/2010/09/16/ollas-unglazed-clay-pots-for-garden-irrigation/. God bless you and give you the tools and muscle you need...and you inspired me :) ...keep at it!

[@tamaracross9]

Homestead Hippie there is raised garden beds where your wheel chair can roll under it and they have two small shelves attached to them I have 5 of them and I'm not disabled but I have noticed they are sitting height, if you know people who are handy with wood and table saws, maybe you can have some built so when you can't get out of your chair you can still be productive....I hope this helps

[@nt4g1]

Homestead Hippie .. growing your greens.com and John's videos are super and he gardens in Las Vegas.. ☮️

[@mitchh9111]

Don't dig! Add compost, manure, wood chips on top of the soil & plant into that. Check out a channel in the UK Charles Dowding he's an advocate for No Dig gardening & has great advice. Good luck.

[@HomesteadHippie]

Oneda Zinn.. Thank you for your reply. There is a community garden, but it's too far to get to without driving. I have no way to get my electric wheelchair onto my car. When I got there, I wouldn't be able to get to my plot. They also charge for the plots there. We have no free ones. I don't have to put ollas underground for water retention as I have underground irrigation. But if there is no more city water, that won't work. And we're in a 21 year drought. We've had 3/4 of an inch of rain this year. IF I could store it, it would evaporate. The desert people here dug canals to bring water from the Colorado. They are still in use today. But they won't let me dig a ditch to my house! ;) After writing this earlier and reading the responses, I've decided to try to get in touch with a young man that used to help everyone. He's not in my area, but he might come help me, if I can find him again. Thanks again for giving me something to think about.

[@kimmmunsey4184]

This was a GREAT VIDEO 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@tngardener231]

I just left Walmart an hour ago and we were talking about how much variety is missing in certain items. About those peaches.. I did the same thing with grapes one year. Never again will I procrastinate on picking.

[@oldsouthhomestead7118]

Man you were telling my story too except it took me over 3 years to get past the depression of not working

[@kylerutt4013]

Thank you Danny! Real eye opening information. God bless!

[@courtneyj3636]

For anyone on EBT/Food Stamps...you can buy food producing plants and seeds for your garden/homestead. And you can use them at a farmers market if the farmer/market takes them. They really don’t tell you that, but you can.

[@saundrahansell6625]

Courtney Jenkins I've tried to explain that to ppl. So much food God provides in each and every single seed. Blessings for spreading the word. I used to pass a lady that was probably in her 50's spend most of her day in the garden, morning and evening, while having to use a walker due to her disability. All in about a 25 x25. Someone tilled her and she did the rest.

[@BluegrassHomestead]

I posted this on my page too, I am on EBT, not by choice, life has been hard. Getting these plants and then learning to seed save is a future without needing EBT! I really pray God makes a way so we can be free of this and self sufficient, we can, we store, we dry can. We do what we can, I know we will be able to do more because it's our goal and focus. I hope everyone can get the benefit of this if they are stuck and need it to survive for now. Thanks for the share.

[@courtneyj3636]

I am too on EBT now unfortunately. I have MS, chronic fatigue syndrome, hypothyroidism, chronic pain, arthritis, and so on. I can’t work a public anymore, and I hate it. I am only 34. I’m trying to get disability, but I’m not sure it will go anywhere with so much abuse the system has nowadays. My husband works hard, but a family of 6 living on 30,000 a year is nearly impossible. I was blessed to get $100 a month on EBT and we are trying to make the most of it. It’s really sad to go from being kinda comfortable to being barley able to make the bills. I’ve always wanted to live the traditional ways and I guess god is pushing me to do it now. I’m cooking mote from scratch, saving seeds, and really eating better quality food then we used to. I’m so thankful for people like Mr. Danny & Ms. Wanda for sharing the knowledge they have. It’s helped me so much! I’m saving up her and there to buy some of their seeds, because I know their seeds come from good plants I can trust.

[@BluegrassHomestead]

Thanks for sharing Courtney! I'm sure you've heard millions of bits of advice about chronic pain. I just want to ask, since I can't help it, if you know whether or not you have high levels of heavy metals. I watched a video about a girl in her 20's, she has diseases people over twice her age get. Mostly auto-immune, like all of yours plus juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. She has done a heavy metal detox. The safest way is to get baking soda into your body early every day. Before eating breakfast, and no it's not tasty...lol, but some lemon juice, water and tbs of baking soda mixed together can help purge your body safely of heavy metals. With all the chemtrails, metals in our drinking water and consumption of river fish, it's easy to get heavy metal poisoning. My uncle also has MS, we've heard of bee sting therapy, but I believe their honey and kombucha (or fermented foods) can make most symptoms much more controllable. We also are a family of 6, soon 7. We live on less than $15,000 a year. We do not have anything extra...tv's, satelite, luxury phones or anything. Before you freak out, I have to say the value of our daily lives has increased so much because it's full, full of conversation, being outside, cooking, gardening, chickens and such. It's not suffering at all. I cannot wait until we can be more self sufficient. Till then, head up, God's got your back! There is something about this lifestyle that brings you closer to God...I pray you are blessed and healed!

[@courtneyj3636]

I’ve had many tests, but I’m not sure if heavy metal testing is something they looked at. I will definitely check into that. I do know I do have some bulging disks, and other damage in my spine. But any advice or suggestions are always welcome. I have heard about the bee sting therapy, but never really researched it. I’ve never had kombucha, but I really want to try it. MS is the weirdest illness. It affects everyone so differently. I am willing to try anything (within reason of course) to feel a little normal again. Thank you for your words of encouragement. I can already tell a difference in our lives, not watching as much TV, getting outside, actually spending time with the kids. The kids love me being home and present in their life. I didn’t realize how disconnected we had become. It a big wake up call. I thought we had good family values, but I see now we could have been doing a lot better. We are in a big adjustment period right now, but I know it will get better in time. Prayers and blessings to you.

[@tericiaanderson7628]

Check out the summer that never was - all over the world in 1816 due to a volcano in the tropics. It created a famine and people starved because there was a year long winter due to volcanic ash.

[@LeeCraftyHomestead]

so true. bless you

[@SherryGlow1]

Danny I understand what you are saying about growing your own food but I have begun to buy freeze dried foods as I absolutely have no help in beginning a garden. My fiance works a lot of hours as the is a truck driver and his hours barely give him time to sleep and try to keep up with our 5 ac. If SHTF and food is scarce you know people will start killing each other for food. If they know you have food they will rob you and kill you and you cannot keep all of them off of you. All I can do is buy storable food and medical products at dollar store. Yall have a Blessed Day.

[@GinchyGirlCreatesAndGardens]

Amen Danny ! You are speaking the truth ! I am teaching my adult children to CAN this year and also Am making them binders full of info ! . Its just something I want to do. i also want to learn about communicating when the crapola hits the fan and there is no phones etc.

[@orphanlady]

Porch time on a Monday was a real attention getter and so were your facial expressions. THANK YOU for caring about this community, both you and Wanda are a BLESSING to us. Love you both!

[@saddleridge4364]

I am growing as much as I can freeze, can or dry and share with family. Corn, rattlesnake beans, tomatoes, squash, kale, cucumbers, carrots, pumpkins, peppers. By the grace of God, I will have a wood stove installed by fall. Not saying how much or what here, but food and water stocked. Have a producing peach tree and 3 apple trees , two of which should produce next year. Raspberry bushes and multiple mulberry trees. A greenhouse would be excellent but the money is going to the woodstove. Great porch time Danny, keep sounding the warnings and giving instruction.

[@itstheblessing]

You have the right idea . I have put back and canned for some time now . We only have a small yard but I watch for sales and non GMO . Farmers markets in this state of WA. are very high priced but so much here is . I don't tell people what I am doing . We have power outages here . If something happens that is a more perm. type of power outage you might think of canning more food's since they won't spoil . I also dehydrate and use my Food Saver . I cook Basmati rice or whatever you like and dehydrate it . I put in jar's and seal with food Saver for a great instant rice . This instant rice still has the nutrients unlike what you get in the stores . Takes little water and time to prepare . Bless you , Linda

[@sylviasmith5087]

Amen!

[@countryboycharlie9793]

So true😢🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@homertalk]

Like the sands of an hour glass. So are the days of our lives

[@lounastars224]

I'm just starting with learning plants and my next step I hope is starting to learn to can. It's slow but I'm working on it. I wish I had had a family that had taught me all of these things.

[@justjr3361]

Check with your county extension service. Mine is near my work. close enough to walk. I paid $20 for a series of 4 classes over a months time (pressure canning, water bath canning, freezing, and dehydrating) plus I got a how-to book with recipes along with it.

[@lounastars224]

Just JR Wow. I'll have to look into that.

[@myrany8407]

I am a city girl. I live in a small apartment. Last Nov. I started canning. I taught myself by research and videos on KZbin. This summer I am container gardening on my porch. I have never grown anything before but so far so good. I am going to have pickles for years given how my cucumbers went nuts. Green beans came in beautifully. I have probably 75 tomatoes on the 3 plants. The thing is to do your homework and just dive in and try. If I can do it you can too. :)

[@jeanskilling708]

I've learned canning, gardening , dehydrating, Hydroponics, from KZbin videos, Watch several videos on each subject and use your own good sense.

[@bkothbauer]

@@jeanskilling708 yep don't wait for someone to teach you. TEACH yourself!

[@Mithril170818]

Been doing containers for years, and even grew corn and melons this year in the back of our townhouse apartment in Mt.Pleasant, SC. I got permission from our landlord. Tomatoes, red potatoes, white sweet corn, sugar snap peas, carrots, sweet onions, mint, catnip, cantaloupe, bell peppers, jalapeños, red swiss chard....in containers and out of them...youtube is full of info on this. There is no excuse for not being prepared. We used to be a prepared country. Now we are a country full of lazy people. I am learning vehicle mechanics on KZbin as well...get busy folks!

[@kareneckels4453]

Danny, you are the only person out there talking about the Maunder Minimum situation in the circle of homesteaders I follow (or in the live folks I interact with daily). As a semi-serious suburban gardener, I am inclined to plant every un-planted inch of my property with something edible, and to also, as you, secure enough ziplock bags to freeze my excess until I have enough time to process (btw, we have a freezer full of beets and greens from last year if you have any ideas....) I will also pick up some containers for some citrus to place along my driveway (hoping the city zoning police don't ding me for that). The weather has been extreme here in North Texas. My mother, whom I am blessed to still have at 86, says that this year's insect pressure is nothing compared with the grasshoppers she remembers from the years of her youth. On the other hand, we are both excited to harvest her huge fig tree soon, which is loaded!! I have read John Casey, and I follow the volcanoes. Stay the course, as we need your guidance and encouragement. May God bless your family and your work production! I have followed your channel for a while under my husband's name and have finally created my own login.

[@tfrank1326]

+karen eckels Right here with you in north Texas. This weather has been getting crazier and more unpredictable for a few years but this year is the craziest yet. I can't tell you how many times I've checked the weather before I go to bed to see no chance of rain in forecast for days, just to be woken up by hail or pouring rain during the night. If not hail, there will be rain that falls just before dawn (not every night, but several....not enough rain to do any good, but rain nonetheless). We had 100 degree weather back in early spring a couple times before it leveled back off to "normal". It is 80+ degrees at 4a.m. most days now in June (and has been since in May). Best of luck to you and yours...and all of us as we try to maneuver our way through these times.

[@christasmicroflowerfarm2695]

Go to a channel called #ADAPT2030, very informative. 😉

[@edieboudreau9637]

karen eckels can it or dehydrate it & powder it to add to water ( hot or cold) for nourishment.

[@kareneckels4453]

Thanks, Edie, I think I will do the dehydrate to powder way to make freezer room!

[@edieboudreau9637]

karen eckels you're welcome.

[@blissfulacresoffgridhomest2098]

Danny great video thank you sure was a wake up call again for me. I am wondering if our desert in Arizona is going to get more hot or cooler when I can figure that out I'll be able to figure out what to plant and how best plant it. I'm wondering if we need to do a large shed and turn that into a greenhouse with lighting. We are off grid so it does take planning and money to set things up. Right now our focus is on fruit trees I figured that was easier to grow than a garden at first. Our weather is 100 + 7 and will continue to rise so need to figure out what I can grow and this kind of heat. Thank you for your great information.

[@omasthoughts47]

Oh my word we are in mid 90s everyday, yet we dipped below freezing many days in Jan.- Feb. We lost cherry, loquat and mango trees. Yes totally different climate here. Container gardening may be our only choice. I understand they do that in India.

[@RobotZJ]

"If shit hits the fan and it probably will" Danny 2018

[@judya.shroads8245]

A person has for sale, one box of lids for $25. RIDICULOUS

[@jeanskilling708]

You get vit c from onions and tomatoes.

[@cyndicomeaux2986]

I think you're 100% spot on. I've noticed the same thing with our grocery stores here. My ground gardens are horrible. Everything is wilted. We water and water and the next morning have to water again. Our water bill is over a $100 every month because of watering so much. We definitely have to have a rain catchment system. However, we haven't had much rain either. A well will be necessary. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I love you and Wanda. Y'all are wonderful people.

[@wandaduckworth1357]

I totally agree with everything you are saying,,can will,,can,t won,t !! Its up to each individual,,thank you for ALL of your porch talks !!Love and blessings ! Keep on talking to us please !!

[@rickparshall]

A wallapini is in the near future for me.. year round gardening... grow underground!!

[@peggy5003]

Thank you for this reminder to prepare harder. Most of my family are not taking the times seriously.

[@joebass9312]

weatherwar101 yall need to see this.

[@tfrank1326]

I think a lot of people out there are thinking that if it all falls apart tomorrow they will just go out in their yard and plant a few seeds and get food to eat. It ain't that simple and I am afraid a lot of people are going to be very disappointed if this is their plan to survive. Hopefully your message will get through to some of them. Thank you for these talks, Danny. It helps keep us motivated and moving forward in our work here. Always gather some bit of information from these talks, many times more than a bit. (Also, Danny, it's been 81degrees here at 4am and heat index is hitting 107+ midday....north Texas. )

[@carolshawol6699]

If you area servant of the lord than you never haft to worry about anything he is our provider and father

[@sammiejo9047]

Thanks Mr. Danny!

[@cottagetwo2810]

Keep warning and give info for all of us . Your voice Danny touches ones that others don't . THANK YOU.

[@freyathor3267]

Thank you! My husband and I are making plans to move to some property in Arkansas. I recently found your channel. QUESTION: How do you earn money on the homestead to buy things you need that cannot be grown? Thank yoi again..your channel has become a valuable source of information for us

[@JojoCrazyCat]

I have grown gardens for many years. I have never learned how to preserve food in jars. I have never lived on welfare. I have always worked to get what i needed. Was even times when i was homeless. But i still worked while i was homeless for farmers. I lived in a cave for a couple of years in Alabama. I always wanted my own land. I wish i would have been taught to farm as a kid. My grandfather was a farmer on my dads side. But i never stayed around them long enough to learn to be a farmer like he was. But i did always grow small gardens from the age of 11. It was never hard for me to know if i planted seeds i could grow stuff. The first time i planted was a tomato plant in a small pot. Now i have a small half acre land i planted fruit trees and grow a small garden every year. But i am saving for a bigger place. I also like walking in the woods for spirit peace. Can't do my hiking in the woods in a city. My father did teach me how to hunt and fish. I am pretty good ad cleaning fish and small animals. I did watch my grandmother clean chickens as a kid. It never bothered me to see it. Most city kids get sick to see animals get killed and cleaned to eat. So i have learned some how to survive in nature. Is why i watch videos like yours, to learn things i don't know.

[@labreeskarogers1102]

I am trying to learn to be self sufficient on my 1 acre. I am hoping to buy an additional plot of land or find some land to try and raise what I eat

[@lindacajigas3315]

Thanks Danny for opening my eyes wider. I lost my house in a fire last summer and we are starting from scratch again. A long road but I will get there

[@McSnicker55]

These events have all caused major fluctuations in climate, temperature or volcanic activity: Spörer Minimum, from around 1450 to 1530; Maunder Minimum, from 1645 to 1720; Dalton Minimum, from 1790 to 1820; Grindelwald Fluctuation, from 1560 to 1630 Some heated the climate, some cooled it. With knowledge, experience and flexibility we will strive to survive.

[@barbarafritchie2000]

Great video. In nine days I'll be 70, with disabilities and looking after an elderly father. And I live on a very low fixed income. I don't like the food in the stores and it's too expensive. I'm back in the now a city luckily with a nice size back yard. I've almost reached my goal of getting rid of the lawn. In favor of native plants, vegetables and fruit. I've used a Berkey system for 7 years. And other filtration before that. I've beat my head against the wall for years about what was coming. They don't believe and they just don't care. Take care.

[@onedazinn998]

Amazing inspiration...thank you & don't stop :)

[@vidili68]

Hi there Good information Keep on growing Grow and grow 5,7 years is things will go down Be safe and sound. God bless

[@dallasgardener3166]

I re-use my canning flats, with proper care they can be used 8 times or more. I know it’s frowned upon by USDA, but it works for me. In the case of economic collapse, how will you be able to buy more?

[@labreeskarogers1102]

Question??? Why does everyone think they are entitled to your stuff? I know many people think oh I will come to your house your going to feed me even though the people who say this are just as or more able than you to grow their own food. I despise hearing people say I am coming to your house when S.H.T.F the answer is no your not, eat that $1,000 iPhone or those $300 shoes you keep buying.

[@kathyhaynes6818]

I always appreciate the wisdom and encouragement. Among friends and family, I feel like a lone wolf when it comes to things about survival, they think I'm crazy. Though I live in a townhouse complex, in the last year, I have purchased a water purification system, Volcano 3 fuel camping stove and 4 months worth of survival food. I almost needed them because of hurricane effects last year, but thankfully it turned away. I'll have to try container gardening.

[@heavenboundhomestead126]

I have learned one thing this year I hope people pay attention to. There is going to be zone changes. Buy garden fleece when you can if you can that you can put over seedlings earlier in the year. Next year I'm going to put seeds in milk jugs and put them outside in the cold so I have starts earlier. Even the farmers out here noticing they are going to have to start sowing seeds differently. I have experimented with these dollar seeds at the dollar store. They do have heirloom. Danny every seed out of the package has made beautiful plants. I live on $750 a month my house payment is 600 if I can do it anybody can do it. I'm saying this to encourage. I went from a high income to overnight at my husband's death to almost nothing. But I give honor to God I knew how to live on nothing for a lot of years. I hear people say oh I know how to hunt I'll survive. People don't understand the wild life is getting diseased. Dear is carrying lime and blue tongue. The deer are eating GMO corn and getting diseased. In my prayer time people can believe it or not God told me that a disease is going to hit the GMO crops. Just like headlines said not even God can sink this ship in the Titanic went down. They say no disease can wipe out GMO God's is going to show them different. This is going to start a major food crisis. People are worried about people making fun of them. For a hundred years Noah was made fun of for building the ark. People are going to have to start depending on what God Whispers to them. People who have lived horrible lies and has went through many things are those who have been listening for a long time. I know you see this with those who gather for your videos. You know the best place to hear what's going on is in the morning at a Dairy Queen in my town. All the old farmers are there early in the morning and I've been listening to what they're saying, guess what I'm going to keep listening. They're seeing the changes, they're saying that they're having to change they're showing times. Mention again how you keep your records and how important it is to do so. I pray morning noon and night for certain Preppers that I know hears from God and will lead the people in the right direction. To survive this is what it is going to take. Blessings upon you and your farm.

[@charlottecmgh3791]

In the houses of the wise are many supplies.

[@reneebrown5598]

I finally got my water catchment containers. Yay. Now to get them in place. I've got to get my cattle panels for my greenhouse. Don't need it right now. But like you. I believe if you don't get ready now you will starve soon.