Homestead Pantry Tour ~ Large Family Bulk Food Storage

[@heywigsister]

I am so impressed by you. I just recently left my high paying job to stay home for many reasons.... health, my family, my aging father who lives alone and has cancer.... I made more money than my husband so this will be a real test for us, but my husband has been begging me to do this for some time, saying that my health and the health of our family is most important. I also felt God leaning on me as well. I only wish I had the presence of mind to do it years ago when my children were young.... but even though 2 are already in college, I have 1 in high school and 1 in middle school and not only can they benefit now, with everything going on in the world learning from amazing women like you now will help me as my children get older and grandchildren (God willing) enter the picture. God bless you and thank you for sharing your journey..... I know it can be hard to share a God honoring, counter cultural lifestyle (I saw your post on IG about the haters), but please note you are a BLESSING to those of us who are wanting to heed God's call to live more simply and to honor the roles he has given us as wife and mother. Big hugs and prayers for strength.

[@klflorida]

Best of luck in your new endeavors. Life choices and changes can be so complicated.

[@heywigsister]

@@klflorida ❤

[@afdraftsrmandy3176]

Hope things are going well for you.

[@gibsongirl6816]

Would love to see you cook and make your meals, snacks, milks! All of it! It's so healthy! God Bless!

[@zinadavis5533]

Will you do some cooking videos? I would love to see you make things with these rawest of ingredients.

[@threerivershomestead]

Sure! I would love to!

[@zinadavis5533]

Three Rivers Homestead that makes me so happy!!

[@lukeandmelissaautagavaia2729]

I second this!

[@jazfarm5726]

Ha! My wife is Zina!

[@ShannasCountryCreek]

@@threerivershomestead YES PLEASE🥰

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

What i love almost as much as these fantastic videos, is the community of wholesome people these videos attracts. This is one of the few channels where I look forward to reading the comments.

[@glendabyford8074]

My house is 90 years old. I wish we had a basement but we don’t. So I turned the little eating nuke into a walk in pantry... it works and it looks so nice right there in the kitchen. It holds around 1600 jars of food!!

[@AcaJudiJudiJudiJudi]

Many basements flood.

[@shellp888]

That’s a lot of jars!

[@glendabyford8074]

Shell P it is but it also feeds us for a year and I have been gathering jars for well 30 plus years..

[@NorthnSouthHomestead]

We don’t have a basement or a root cellar ☹️ So we turned one of our bedrooms into a walk in pantry 😊

[@southerngardenesse]

Your canned goods are beautiful. Well done. Thanks for sharing, and have a great weekend.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

My house is ~90 years old. The root cellar was made close to the house that was here previous. So now it is 100 feet from the back door. I have a room in the basement that is cold in the winter so I can store the winters root vegetables and canned food in there.

[@susan-almosta_farm8823]

Love all those jars of goodness! Thank you for sharing!!

[@NorthnSouthHomestead]

It’s a beautiful site, isn’t it. 😊❤️😊

[@berrypatch5583]

My November food storage is going to be focused on Turkeys for the freezer, beans, and flours or berries/corn. I have some of each in 5 gallon buckets for 25 year hide away storage, but want to dry can some and get gamma seal lids for my working pantry. You inspire me so much. Thank you for starting this channel.

[@loritanner4478]

I have a 105 year old farmhouse. We are in the process of finishing my mudroom to be a huge pantry. I have built in cabinets in there already. That has a bunch of my canning in them. Then there was a walk in closet that I turned into my pantry. Hubby put up beadboard paneling to cover ugly walls. Painted it white. Put in white wire shelves that are adjustable. And I keep my bought stuff in there. But I need more storage room for my canning. So my hubby is turning an alcove in there in to a closet with floor to ceiling shelves behind 2 old 24 inch doors I got at habitat restore. So they look the age of our home. Put up beadboard wainscoting painting it barn red. Using a cute country fabric for wallpaper above the wainscoting. Beadboard painted white on the ceiling. Cant wait to get it finished. I am still canning. Been canning since july. Dont know how many hundreds I have canned so far. Not going to starve that's for sure. Been canning for 42 years now. I love seeing all those full jars! Been drying a bunch of stuff also. Hubby is going to make one wall in the mudroom shelves for my half gal jars of dry stuff. Only deep enough for 1 jar deep. No more digging. Happy canning all.

[@rezaghoroby7753]

Amazing storage very tidy ,clean , organise , manegable , and I love it all . God bless your day beside your wonderful family .

[@patriciaburch6471]

You should make 3 cook books breakfast lunch dinner and an evening snack one to lol.

[@cxoot]

too

[@cristyzeigler3312]

I second this!! 😃

[@leem200]

She probably would but has her time limits because of all the children. It be nice though.

[@davidfr924]

EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! Another way to make sure that you do not get bugs in your storage container, you probably already use for your livestock (especially chickens and ducks) is DE. I use farm grade for my animals and I use it all the time in my house. I use it this way: 1tbsp in gallon containers, 5 tbsp in a 5-gallon bucket, and so on. (just sprinkled in the top are of your container) You should be adding it to the farm animals feed to help them from worms and parasites, etc. I like your system and your storage efforts. Keep up the GREAT WORK that you do!!! GOD Bless.

[@patriciaburch6471]

I never seen heard of blue corn. That would be a fun cornbread. I love that.

[@joyces.9021]

I am loving going back to your older videos and catching up on all of this wonderful content!❤️🙏

[@ChristianLove7]

First time viewer and I appreciate your knowledge about prepping. I am new to prepping and have a sense of urgency as we near the upcoming election. I appreciate your inner beauty and noticed that you don’t conform to the worlds standards of makeup, pompous dress and jewelry. People can learn a lot from you in more ways than one. God bless all that you do for us and your family🙏🏾!

[@OkieJammer2736]

This tour is SO inspiring, but even more helpful for those of us trying to 'get our store in', as they say. Thanks so much!

[@patriciaburch6471]

I like that about eggs. Pretty cool

[@pinschrunner]

@Three Rivers Homestead. I used to stack things on top of the laundry room cabinets. Then, I had concerns about the weight on top of the cabinets. I installed closet maid shelf an inch above the cabinets. Peace of mind.

[@KYLIN123]

I have those same buckets I purchased from Tractor Supply where we live. Love gamma lids. They are so easy!! I used tape too...but I found some chalk labels at Michales and a chalk marker. They fit really nicely above the spot where you would scan the bucket at checkout. Looks nice and organized. Thanks for sharing!

[@lisabibby6274]

I'm very new to all this prepping things and I just have to say you have shared some great content. Thank you so much, it's much appreciated.

[@rootcausehomestead2355]

Love your videos! Just FYI... if you put a bunch of bay leaves in your 5 gallon grains, it keeps the weavles away. Then you don't have to spend the time to freeze.

[@leahspencer5179]

I'm not sure if this video was the best or worst thing to watch the day before my Azure order is due! You're absolutely the reason why I've added another $100 to my order. ;) I kept pausing, looking up items and debating if it would be useful. I didn't know about the wild rice before, I think it'll make a fabulous stretcher for soups, as I don't care for pasta. We also have a gluten-free family member, so I appreciate you sharing more on the flours.

[@threerivershomestead]

🙈 sorry 😂

[@leahspencer5179]

@@threerivershomestead No worries, I'm still under my self-imposed budget by $25. And I liked your reminder to make sure we're cycling food over so it doesn't go bad or stale. That helped me decide to get 1 pound of cornstarch instead of 5.

[@nicolel6442]

I LOVE when you put up these educational videos. Thank you!

[@erobinson3573]

I just admire you and your love for your family

[@mariebooze956]

Nice pantry tour..that shelf with the glass bulk items, I would divide into baking, beans, nuts, soup, etc easier 2 find things

[@quilterinthewoods62]

I would love for you to show us your recipe for your split pea soup. I made it once and really didnt care for them. I think it must have been what I added to cook it. Thanks!

[@berrypatch5583]

I would love your split pea soup recipe! Please share some videos on your favorite meals from longer term storage foods. If we get a stimulus I plan to get me a country grain mill....and many varieties of berries and corn from Azure. I presently buy bulk flours, and yes freeze it! I would prefer to grind my own and look forward to it soon🤗.

[@LisaMThornton]

This is great...we are just beginning our homestead..

[@dorenemadrzykowski8426]

I am just amazed at all your research into healthy food items for the specialty diets. And then the organization, OMG!

[@barbararogers197]

WOW! Just found your channel, and I love it!! I can hardly wait to see all of your videos!!

[@chachachubs5600]

Just wanted to say, you have the best energy.

[@gretelkettle3838]

I’m only 5 minutes in and I have to comment. 😋 We also can and dehydrate sooo much on our homestead. I also have dried zucchini powder on my shelf, along with all sorts of other weird powders made from ground, dehydrated veggies. Your “display” of canned goods is great. Unfortunately our kitchen area doesn’t have a wall I could put a shelf against so our canned hordes (hoards?) are tucked all over our closests which leads to a case of “out of sight, out of mind” for me! Our orchard is also young so I can fruits from Azure.

[@davem.8681]

Very good video. I just moved all our grains out to the car before the cold snap in Minnesota. The temperature got down to -22.

[@berrypatch5583]

Your pantry is amazing. I would encourage you to stock back lids. Amazon has them for sale even if you cant find them in stores. This is going to be one of my preps this month. I have 7 little blessings as well, and I have been binge watching you while stripping my pantry and deep cleaning my kitchen the past couple days. I home educate my kiddos as well and enjoyed your video on that as well. What are your personal favorites books and curriculum?

[@alyssanapoleon877]

Amazing pantry tour! When you pulled out the cal/lime I thought you would also use it to make your own masa and masa harina. You are such a busy lady maybe you just don’t have time. But maybe it could save you some more money looking in to nixtamalization. I have only recently learned about it but I was shocked that I had never heard about it before! It’s just cooking the corn in the cal, letting it soak overnight, mixing it up with your hand to get most of the pericarp/“shell” off then rinsing and grinding it up! You can use it fresh to make cornbread/tortillas/etc. or you can dehydrate it for the masa harina. Sorry if you already know all of this I just thought I would share in case you didn’t.

[@threerivershomestead]

I definitely hope to try this in the future. Thank you for the instructions!!

[@desert_moon]

I agree on the grain grinding! I've had a grinder for 16+ yrs!!

[@robinkirk1821]

Hi Jessica, my Ohio/Instagram friend! I’m so glad I found you on here! Looking forward to watching your videos. 😊

[@patriciaburch6471]

You mentioned alot of foods I've never had.

[@IcedReality]

I used to make almond milk, then I switched to making oat milk due to the cost. It's a richer milk and I'm so glad I switched. Just an idea!

[@karenlyle322]

I just found your channel and I subscribed 😀. Beautiful food you have preserved!!!

[@mountaincountrytraditions6292]

So many great ideas! I’m gluten and dairy free so it’s so great to see some suggestions that way.

[@djssquibbs3295]

This video is awesome!! I wish I could get more canning jars, they say not until next year here. I'm so jealous you can make and can so much, very inspirational!!

[@thesaintmustwalkalone708]

Ball recently changed their mind on this. They are still going to deliver to big box stores such as Walmart, Target, Kroger, and Ace Hardware.

[@justwannasay5454]

Walmart has them now in California.

[@katsgardenkitchenandmore9050]

So I just wanted to share a tip that I learned from a customer at work several years back, he was buying a whole bunch of bay leaves and I asked him what he was buying that much Bailey's for cuz it seemed excessive he had a lot and he said I don't have a lot of room in my freezer to put migraines and so I put bay leaves in my flowers rice whatever grains it might be and it keeps the bugs away and so I live in an apartment and don't have a lot of room in my freezer but I don't know if I'm going to try it so I tried it and it works so if any of your subscribers don't have room in their freezer just know you can put bay leaves I put like 3 or 4 depending on how big your bucket is and it keeps the bugs away.

[@SunFlower-tq5mc]

Note: If you are making gluten free flour blends and fight blood sugar issues I would not recommend using potato, tapioca, rice, maybe cassava or anything that will mess with your glycemic index (b sugars). I know that I cannot and need to stick with nut flours, coconut, flax meal, lower carb type items. Love your stock of items. Have a great weekend.

[@justnana2256]

Since my shelves were adjustable I put the bottom shelf above the 5 gallon buckets which gave me an extra shelf. I did put a 2×4 across the back and on the sides to keep the legs from shifting to keep it stable.

[@threerivershomestead]

This is brilliant! Thank you!!

[@terikc2012]

I really enjoyed this video. I've been creating my pantry for the last year or so and yours is beautiful and functional.

[@justwannasay5454]

Excellent. Very easy to listen to. I just received my very first bulk order from Azure Standard a few days ago. Love their grain.

[@beckyhorse4560]

Do you have a video on your grain/flour/corn grinding? Thanks 😊 I have enjoyed so much your videos and sharing your lives with us.

[@frugalmomofmany]

My husband put extra screws that were longer in the top of my cabinets (inside). I used to always store quart jars of tomatoes and beans on top. They did start to separate from the walls, but once he added the screws, everything was fine.

[@TheAnnieDeppeChannel]

I absolutely love your family and I follow you daily on your insta. ❤ Benjamin is getting so big!😍😍😍 thank you and Adam and the children for your ministry. It encourages me so much!

[@lindaarnold3091]

Thank you so much for sharing and I’m loving your video! I will be viewing more and looking forward to them! New subscriber ! Best wishes and God Bless you and your family. 💕

[@robininva]

So nicely done. Lots of love and hard work goes in to your days... Good job!

[@panthermoon6984]

What a lovely video.

[@melissasenter]

I love your rack idea my one suggestion would be putting like a P-Touch label with the front so that you could organize it and you'll know where to put the same thing back at the next time

[@heidiw8406]

We love Azure standard. I found a black bean brownie recipe online that uses no flour. It was really good.

[@TheSillyeagle]

I've never heard of it until watching this video...and my next check is going straight to Azure! LOL They have everything and the size options are wonderful! Great tip!!

[@dmay7648]

I would love to see a recipe on dairy free cream cheese or ricotta.

[@Bluemoon-sd8vp]

Very nice pantry !!!

[@fowlerfamilyhomestead3389]

I was told about your channel from living traditions homestead. Sarah said you were a very inspirational woman. So far I so agree!! You are already inspiring me so very much! Blessed my evening watching you. Looking forward to watching more of your videos! Id love to see some recipes that you've talked about in a video!

[@marenwinter1512]

I am a german and I am wondering whether Dinkel=spelt=hulled wheat would make a diffenrence for your gluten sensitive family members. There is real serious gluten intolerance of course but then there is wheat intolerance. This is often unidentified. So rye, barley and dinkel can help out and still contain the glutan that make good breads. My mom is real sensitive to wheat (whole grain or not) but can handle any other grain just fine. Lately she discovered that sour-dough is better than yeast. You can imagine my bread adventures... :-)

[@gretelkettle3838]

All right, 11 minutes in. :) You’ve touched on an area I’m struggling so bad! We have gf family members too so I’m cooking with both gf and wheat flours. I stopped grinding our own flours a couple years ago because I feel I can’t find hours in the day to grind flour anymore! And I feel like I’m drowning in meal prep- making 3 from scratch meals per day, one thing for wheat eaters and one not. I’ve started resorting to store bought bagels for breakfast because I just don’t have the time. Our 8 kids are age 15 down to 7 weeks, btw. I don’t know where you find the time, or what I’m doing wrong!

[@threerivershomestead]

I find I need a kitchen chore list in the same way I need a house chore list if I am scratch cooking three meals a day. List all your kitchen chores and start giving some to kids. One of them can grind flour for you or do the breakfast prep, make bread, etc. That's what I have to do!

[@beardedseabee82outdoors]

Definitly quite the selectiin of home.canned goods!👍👍

[@beccal4718]

So inspiring! I just discovered your channel and you have really motivated me to press on in cooking more from scratch!

[@fearfullywonderfullymade3150]

Great tour of your pantry. So many great ideas for those of us learning. Would love to see a video of your baking with fresh ground flours. We just started grinding our own. It is a learning curve for sure, Lol.

[@loicmouturier1645]

Bonjour de la France J aime beaucoup votre réserve Vous êtes un exemple a suivre

[@nancyfranks3505]

What a great video. You had some great ideas. Bless you and your family. Where do you all live. I'm in Denver Colorado.

[@mamachicken1548]

You have a wonderful pantry!!!

[@homemadejade4181]

Love your pantry! Thanks for the tour. I definitely got some new ideas thanks to your video!

[@emiliefryett4370]

Great video and your dress is so pretty

[@threerivershomestead]

Thank you ❤️

[@LacyO86]

Thank you for sharing! You gave me some new ideas of things to get on my next azure order. 💜

[@laura2949]

Hi from a new subscriber and fellow homesteader! Good luck with your channel and would love to see canning videos. KZbin has given me some great information!

[@carriecreates1207]

Very informative, thank you!

[@retrievingpeace7173]

Chickpea flour I’ve found works incredibly well too!

[@jenniferrescott1149]

Impressive well thought out pantry😊

[@joinmeinthedirt5186]

Great video and very helpful. I liked when you told us what you use each item for.

[@ambersnyder4983]

Would enjoy to see videos of you canning your food.

[@alsmokent5719]

You didn't show your mill. I love this video

[@XDithy13]

Wish Azure delivered to our area. But they don’t cover anywhere in the mid-Atlantic or northeast. ☹️

[@threerivershomestead]

They are planning to expand to the NE. Contact them and let them know you would like to see a drop in your area.

[@XDithy13]

Three Rivers Homestead I definitely will do that! Thanks!

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

@@threerivershomestead they expanded to the upper states MN & WI !! I'm so glad!

[@NorthnSouthHomestead]

They don’t deliver anywhere close to us either. The closest is 2 1/2 hours away from us. ☹️

[@rh635]

Can you make a video on how to do water glassing with eggs?

[@threerivershomestead]

I will try. 😊

[@bonnied3550]

I am fairly new to your channel. I was going to ask on the egg subject...where do you purchase is it Cal-lime? from?? Can you show a picture of the label. Thank you. 😃. Love your storage solution for limited space😃👍🏼

[@sarahcron71]

Would love a video of you making hummus!

[@RedRoadgifts]

I would love to learn how to make almond milk, maybe you could do a video on that.

[@cristyzeigler3312]

Would you please share your split pea recipe in another video? It sounds yummy! I would love to see how you make it!

[@annmarieganderton6855]

Best pantry vlog I’ve ever seen ♥️🤗🙏

[@amandaw30]

I love the pantry being so accessible! Everything looks beautiful. I love your dress too! (Side note though- how do you nurse in a dress? Mine have been pushed to the back Of the closet since my little guy was born)

[@amandaw30]

Ok another question ☺️ How do you clean your grain mill between grindings so that you don’t have any gluten contamination? I have a mockmill which has grinding stones and I’ve always wondered how to clean them well.

[@LacyO86]

@@amandaw30 I have a mockmill as well and they suggest doing a cup or two (cant remember) of rice monthly to help "clean" your mill each month. 💜

[@threerivershomestead]

This dress I am able to pull down to nurse. That's one of the hard parts of nursing - there are so few dresses that are nursing-friendly.

[@threerivershomestead]

Thankfully I don't have Celiac or anything like that, so I don't have to worry so much about cross-contamination. If I did I would probably have to grain Mills - one for wheat and one for other grains.

[@FlavorsandTextures]

Jessica, excellent variety of canned goods

[@evierice2230]

Wonderful! Bless you too, sister! 1 Corinthians 15:1-4!!!

[@tishpainter3748]

Thank you for sharing! I appreciate the tips with bulk items also. I have been wanting to get oats in bulk to start but if I need to freeze them first I don’t think I can do that yet. We only have the freezer compartment on top of the fridge and a tiny one downstairs (the size of a college dorm fridge or small hotel fridge). Don’t know how I’d freeze 25 pounds of grain very well. But I shall try to see what else I can do!

[@oldtimerlee8820]

If you live in a cold climate, use winter to do the work for you. You can use weather resistant containers (plastic or metal trashcans with tight fitting lids, mouse proof totes in a storage shed, etc.) to hold your dry goods. Pick times when temps will be below freezing for the time needed. Shield containers from the sun, if outside. Shed or carport, for example. If using this, plan your purchases to match seasonal changes, in your area. If you can't use nature's freezing, look into vacuum sealing with oxygen absorbers or dry ice. Some people heat their grains and other dry foods to kill the pests, too. I haven't used any of these methods (I do use a FoodSaver vacuum sealer). So, I recommend that you research the pros and cons of each, to see if something will work, as an alternative, for you. Hope this helps, a bit.

[@ShannasCountryCreek]

Exciting! I just discovered Azure and found a local drop about 45min away. (East Texas) We will be placing our 1st order soon!🙌💃 I will be doing a video on long term storage once we receive our 1st order of bulk grain, beans, oats etc.... Subbed your channel and liked the vid. Can't wait to order🥰 Thank you for the vid🥰❤

[@lindaedwards9756]

I would love to see a video on making homemade jello.

[@bunnygaffney2765]

o my gosh your so organized even with all those babies..lol im 68 and stil cant get myself organized .i think its good having a mate that helps, and my does not he is worse then 10 babies..

[@threerivershomestead]

😂❤️

[@NorthnSouthHomestead]

My mom is 72 and she says,”It’s not that I’m too old to change things,It’s that I don’t care anything about changing my ways now.” 😂😂😂 I tell her that she has well earned her right to do things however she wants too.❤️😊❤️

[@Nana-zi9xq]

I use lots of bay leaves, natural bug repellent. No issues so far. 10 years and counting

[@mamamode1312]

Peach butter Candied Jalapeños Mango Salsa Those sound wonderful Maybe as you can those again you vlog them. It would be a joy to learn how to make and preserve those.😁 Do you have a vlog on the cashew cheese making?

[@kristasahlin]

Love what you did with the storage you have!! Thanks for being a great inspiration. I have to redo my whole pantry... my built in shelves just can’t not hold jars. :( I am going to look at Lowe’s to see if I can find your shelves. Is your shelf metal or plastic? It looks like it would work perfectly. May I ask what your husband did to reinforce? I love the amount of storage you have here on these shelves and want to make sure I’m reinforcing them as well. Thank you!!!

[@gloriapeel6887]

Awesome stored food!

[@jamesgragg4324]

Put bay leaves in bucket

[@lettingmyhearttakethelead8018]

Hi! Just found your channel! Enjoyed your video!

[@thebackwardshomestead2482]

Thank you for sharing 😊 Looking forward to adding more to my bulk storage 💛

[@robloxisbest6415]

Great videos 🌺 Kim

[@ronniebrace2917]

You are amazing!

[@tammysarrazin7078]

black bean burgers ? and taco ? i would love to see recipes for those two i love beans but i get bored fast with same same ....... i would love to see you make sushi hugsssss