Turn Your Homesteading into a Farm (Making Money on the Homestead) | PANTRY CHAT

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

I was asked to start & build a small local strawberry farm. Thank God the couple that owned (& run) the previous one for 50+ yrs are still living & talkative 😉.

[@alanlvr36]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.. Do videos on the sausage etc making!!!😃😃❤

[@nancyseery2213]

My husband once made the point that the time and money I spend growing and preserving our food that it would be cheaper to just buy it. He is correct, but there is the fact that I enjoy doing it. Since we retired, that is what I want to spend my time doing. Sometimes it isn't about money, it's about how you choose to live. Thankfully, my income is no longer need now that we have SS and his pension. He choose to keep working part-time so we can use that income to travel and buy some luxury items. Retirement has been a win, win for the both of us. God bless y'all and keep growing.

[@tonimendive566]

Not only enjoying putting up your food…but you know what’s in it…and it’s usually so much more flavorful!! There are so many good, healthy reasons for putting up your own food!! Good on you!❤️

[@arlenevieau5284]

We bought a chipper that uses the PTO on our tractor. BEST investment we've made besides the tractor itself. We use sooooo many chips for bedding, and it makes our barn smell so good! When you own the chipper, you can do a half day of work here and there, and that's easier on your body than doing a week straight.

[@tovahcarver6049]

Thank you for sharing this information! I own a bookkeeping, payroll and small business consulting business and you were spot on with your information today. I cannot tell you how many clients I have had who came to me after having a mess in their books (or no books at all) which filters down to a huge mess in every aspect of their business. And it costs ALOT of time and money to both fix and catch up. Just start out right from the beginning and listen to those who have been where you want to go. More times than not, that “shortcut” or “bright idea” you think you have will cost you more than you can possibly know. Business is about wayyyyy more than the service you want to provide or the product you want to make to sell. You guys nailed it today!

[@michaelsallee7534]

when my father died I choose to use a CPA for my taxes. when I went to him he dreaded ... as most farmers accounting system is a shoe box; advance accounting is two shoe boxers. I took him my journals ... he asked me if I had had accounting. no neither my father or I had any. his remark :most CPA s are not that detailed". I said it just made sense. having it done by them lessens my chance of an audit and if audited they represent me

[@peggetennant]

Excellent way to help other mothers place their values effectively. I was raised by a mother and grandmother who reflected similar values to your mother and grandmother. They are both in Heaven now, and I am 82. I suppose I am like they were. Fortunately, my children survived me and are flourishing and serving God. But, they have relaxed my Amish/Mennonite housework standards. You are right. I would make a few changes if I could do it all over again. Thanks.

[@brianadixon8995]

It might not be more cost effective for most people to preserve their own food when they have to buy in the produce, but if you have allergies it does work out better. I have some odd ball allergies and making my own everything is the only way to avoid all my allergies.

[@Peaceparadise3]

Just signed up for your magazine. So excited it's going. To a physical copy

[@HomesteadingFamily]

Us too!

[@haileybowman2958]

I know chippers aren’t cheap but I figured you guys would have seen buying one as a long term investment since you will need chips forever. Idk some areas don’t have good chips available.

[@bhavens9149]

I think I should have typed that as Co Ops - looks like chicken coops the other way! LOL

[@iam317537]

It seems to me that the incremental goal is to come a close to net zero as possible. We easily forget that cost avoidance is, in essence, income. If we start by providing our own food, etc and lower our costs, it gives more freedom to actually work less outside the home and devote time to the enterprise. But we want to make it happen quickly and miss this step that will keep us from killing ourselves.

[@shermdog6969]

We never buy shavings. We go to our local transfer station where they grind up the trees they get dumped off. Its all free for as much as we want. We take our largest trailer and get a few loads. Works great.

[@chrissyrinehold3562]

I love having these conversations such great insights

[@bhavens9149]

I think a lot of homesteaders overlook Coops, Being able to take your Extra Harvest to a local farm coop can be a real blessing, I know they aren't everywhere, but they are more places than you think.

[@maryellenmusser3531]

It may not make sense on paper when including the cost of labor but my family would rather work hard at home then away from each other at a job with a boss.

[@stephencameron1709]

Great information. Val C

[@hgibson20]

Super informative & true. Why having things to barter with on things you are strong at with others that have other strong skills to share with. Just talking with my husband today about missing our home cured bacon.

[@Drakorn-du8cf]

Thank you!

[@vynedvyne59]

Perhaps have you consider soaking the feed in the milk 😊for them.

[@marcus3457]

Hello. Great video as always. I very much look forward to your Pantry Chats. Out of curiosity, do you have any videos posted about using every part of an animal when you slaughter it yourself? I think sometimes if you don't know what things can be used for, it's easy to unintentionally throw away things that can be very useful. Thanks so much in advance, and God bless!

[@thesmiths629]

Not everything I do is cost effective. Most frugal would be to buy the cheapest conventional eggs, dairy and meats. My quality is better than I could buy at any price though. My potatoes and really all my garden harvests are less costly than anything I could buy, but I'm working on my forage and pastures to make my goats less costly. The time of cutting lanes in the woods to move electric netting around will never be cost efficient on my time though. So I count it as lifestyle rather than labor.

[@iam317537]

I understand answer you are saying about buying food for preserving, but why do you include there labor in your cost analysis? If you're comparing v preserving what you're growing, you would have your labor either way.

[@hgibson20]

Because if you work your hourly wage on your skill set matters.

[@iam317537]

I totally understand my labor has value. My point is that the labor is a wash, bc whether you bought it or grew it, you were processing either way.

[@utopicconfections5257]

@@iam317537 Because store bought produce includes the cost of labor. Also, much of the food in grocery stores is subsidized making the real cost of food hard to actually see for a casual buyer.

[@dianevictorianshabbyshop3876]

Don't forget 4jars is America made

[@wocoranch]

Forjars is China made. American owned. They even admit on their website their lids are made in china and say they hope it doesn't deter customers

[@AvaGld2309]

Where are all these farmers who teach people? How do you contact them? How much does it cost?

[@utopicconfections5257]

Go to a farmers market and ask. Seek out a farmers market with the policy growers only. Ask if you can volunteer at their farm.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

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[@41murphy2]

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