Living off what we grow, forage and hunt

[@juliehill8292]

I genuinely love this channel. I'm so intrigued by all of the foraging and utilization of the items you gather. The black walnuts remind me of my grandparents. They didn't have a lot of money around the holidays, so my Papaw would gather black walnuts and his hands would be stained from the shelling but together he and my Granny made all of us walnut fudge. It was all the love that went into that Christmas candy that I treasure now that they're passed on. A beautiful memory that feels like a hug and a whispered I love you. I think of them every time you guys show the black walnuts so thank you.

[@emmysnowwhite3775]

Your comment is so touching,I really miss my grandparents too💔

[@brigettekillion7994]

I love this video so much!! From the relaxing music and artistic lighting, to the narration and crackling sounds of loving food preparation, this feeds my soul. Watching this after a hard week is a great treat!! Thank you for making it and sharing it with all of us.

[@amilawstudent]

This is really exciting to watch. I imagine prepping some freezer meals helps with this challenge in case you get sick, tired or even busier than you already are.

[@jasminenash9142]

Yes, I’m so hyped! Thanks for taking me along :)

[@EmmyUnwindWorld]

I love the idea of living off what nature provides. Your foraging and hunting skills are impressive. Keep up the great work.

[@Ti5qu4ntum]

Back to basics, thats what humanity needs if just for a bit, a little at a time.

[@completedharma]

Thank you for vlogging your 'living off the land challenge' and harvesting, preparation, and manual demonstrations ... much appreciated your hard work.

[@roslynlim172]

You guys have changed my thinking so much. Thank you! You make everything approachable and full of joy. Genuinely pleased to see your success!

[@wendyharper8930]

That's a wonderful observation you make about slowing down into the winter. ❤

[@misssona8919]

Loved this. U both have lots of dedication to go through this. Hats off.

[@JacksonClan11]

What an amazing and ambitious thing to do. Can't wait to watch😊

[@chelseareadstowolves]

I just found your channel and am loving your Living Off the Land series. I am looking forward to follow along for 2024.

[@ellenradford8582]

I am amazed you can forage foods in the woods and you are great at identifying them. Also l, love the corn.

[@monicasmith9215]

Thanks

[@twistedfrannie9311]

I've discovered that using a melon baller to scrap out the pumpkin insides makes it easier....I've been making gallons of butternut squash soup for the last few weeks,lol

[@alveem7295]

Your comment reminded me of my pumpkin soup with basil inside the fridge right now 😋.

[@cindytrodden8642]

The lid of a canning jar makes an excellent scraper!

[@debrabrooks6138]

Do you have a dehydrator? Pumpkin and squash can be sliced and dehydrated and made into a flour as well. They can also be deep fried! Just a small tip, if you roast the corn on the cob then when you go mill it , it will be easier and tastier.

[@mmmayaaa]

its amazing that the pumpkin fits perfectly

[@monemmohd7754]

you have the sweeeeetest husband ever, soo helpful, so hardworking, so good looking, protect him by any cost.. he reminds me a lot of my father

[@sweetgrasshopper]

Your sweet pup is so precious! And your prognosis for the winter sounds lovely. I will be looking forward to following you guys on your journey through the season for my own inspiration

[@brucedeane8]

love the basket that pops up through this video ... I want one

[@kattheshrink]

I just used my leftover pumpkin guts in veggie scrap stock. It was an amazing addition. This channel has definitely helped me think of ways to use all parts of my ingredients!

[@mlindsay527]

Props. We farm and eat 50%+ homegrown meals most evenings. Lots of work!

[@Phethephoenix]

I really enjoyed Ethan’s music it was incredibly relaxing. Beautiful.

[@catherinewilke5583]

This is so beautiful. I would have loved to raise my children this way. So nice you have a partner who is like minded. Keep it up!

[@da1stamericus]

I loved this. You just reminded me I have 10 lbs of walnuts waiting at my local farmer once it's dry. :)

[@kmlambart]

You can use the pumpkin guts to make veggie stock!

[@benjaminwulf914]

To source salt, I suggest driving to the ocean and bringing back several gallons of water. You could boil this down or just let it sit and evaporate naturally. With just 5 gallons of seawater, you can get 3.5 pounds of salt, and you could easily bring back much more than 5 gallons.

[@rebeccashields9626]

I mean that would be worse for the environment than just going to the store unless the ocean is closer than the grocery store.

[@gardennonsense]

Full circle. Nice. My live off the land challenge only losses for half the winter. And I'm nowhere near where you guys are so I hit the like button and I subscribed, you guys are a true inspiration. Thank you for sharing

[@Carlie_flower]

Ohhh heck yes I was hoping you'd do this ❤️ love your channel. You've seriously inspired my husband and I this year. We are doing what we can now but next year we really wanna prep better and be more intentional so we can try this type of challenge too 😁

[@leevandyke4562]

For salt, obviously if youre near a salted body of water- but try boiling down celery juice. And for oil you can probably rely on walnuts for those if you want to try those

[@cheltees3486]

love that you guys are making more long form content like this!! can't wait to keep up with the challenge this winter

[@vickyprice6984]

I love the green Squash to cook for fry with pork and plenty of greens veges plus peanuts and quills eggs..

[@qualqui]

Sylvan, Jordan and you are totally INSPIRATIONAL! Love watching, ya carve that pumpkin, orJordan grinding the corn into flour and grits....the grits are the larger pieces? I learned something new today on how grits are made, separating them from the finer ground flour. And alas the patience of Jordan to peel the black walnuts, some folks may say this is a lot of "hard work", but in the end, totally worth it, nothing like being as self-sufficient as possible. Thank you for sharing, 👍,👋greetings from Mexico and wishing you both a great weekend.🤠

[@dubrd5926]

Except for the food I give away (my fruit trees produce way too much fruit), I use all I grow and much of it lasts all year and ends up as excess. I crack nuts with vice grips; they work well for the hard black walnuts too. They are the best tool I have ever found to do this. I always put gloves on to shell dried corn. In addition to protecting my hands it speeds it up. I grind my corn and wheat berries with a mil rite electric grinder. This grinder is made here locally in Idaho. I have used it for years after my high speed grinder went defunct after about a year of use. Also you don't need ear plugs and a separate room for the grinder to catch the ground grain dust that the other grinder sprayed everywhere. I eat vegan and a lot of uncooked food directly from the garden. This makes it easier to process the food and I believe has improved my health considerably.

[@yboriginal01]

You guys are awesome. So glad I found your channel

[@marlenepopos12]

Tell your husband to use the cob from the first corn he did as a tool to gently harvest the corn kernels from the first of the corn cobs

[@keylanavarro4766]

I am obsessed with you guys on tiktok and I didn’t know you had KZbin 😭 I’m gonna be here all day

[@saraherber1887]

Thank you for sharing. Your food looks delicious and hearty I made grits the night of our first frost. We like grits toasted in a skillet then cooked in water ....topped with honey and hickory nuts. I must admit in my advanced age I am enjoying my kitchen aid grain mill doing the work for me😅.

[@bybriana5021]

Loved the music!

[@jenifermorgan7328]

Im thinking about pressing walnuts and perilla seeds for oil. There is a guy with a great book on which seeds make oil and what those oils are good for. Perilla is an invasive weed here and is everywhere.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We do that occasionally with the walnuts, but we prefer to just eat them whole

[@hydrotilling7043]

It’s fun, healthy for the body healthy for the mind in the spirit. I will recommend one thing to you. You should start saving some of your seeds out of your apples and fruit and put those in pots. You can get a tree 3 feet tall in a year just start planting your seeds early almost winter🌰🍊

[@sidilicious11]

They used to make a hand held corn shucker scoopy thing. I had one as a kid. It could save the skin on your palms.

[@vanessalake4468]

Wow very interesting!

[@PlantForwardNutritionist]

This is so inspiring to me!! My husband harvested an elk this year near our home in Colorado, and for some reason it never occurred to me to make some homemade jerky for snacks 😮 will be doing this!! And also having lived in Mexico for 2 years in middle school, I LOVE macha salsa and I'll be making some with our local pumpkins. Thanks for this video!! ❤

[@mariawhite1328]

You are both so clever!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thanks!

[@gardenboots7464]

REALLLY enjoyed this video - and the music was EXCELLENT :)

[@britanycook]

So excited for these videos!

[@midwestribeye7820]

I'm so glad I found you today! This challenge sounds AMAZING! I like to see how long my canning/dehydrating/freezing from my garden lasts every year. It would be interesting to see how long we could go with ONLY using the food I put up. Maybe next year.🤔

[@desertqueenaz7895]

Love this channel

[@ClutchingPearlz]

Can’t wait to see more ❤

[@juanferrero2009]

You guys are a great inspiration, thanks! 😊

[@sidilicious11]

You guys are wonderful.

[@popcornpretzel6720]

Future cookbook 👀

[@woodlandwraith]

I absolutely adore your channel ✨️

[@KaliN521]

Even their music is home grown 🥹

[@jareddjupstrom5720]

Who would’ve thought that shucking corn sounded like old record scratches🫶🏼🥰

[@ElizaSandra]

So excited to follow along after seeing all the prep that you've been posting throughout the summer. I have already learned so much from you both and know I'll learn even more this winter! Also, so exciting about your mention of a future cookbook one day!

[@fabulousfaith6886]

Amazing job!

[@big.g.fromohio3546]

I’m still finding mushrooms on my morning walks, end of October into the first week of November. Also the native dandelion are still blooming. I think this is amazing considering how cold it has been. I’m about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh. Side note: saw 4 otters in the pond this morning (11/03). Black walnut ice cream beats hot apples and honey 😂😂

[@silviamagda]

Mourning walks😅.

[@lpmoron6258]

I love black walnut ice cream!

[@danielleosentoski520]

I’m intrigued by horchata from pumpkin seeds! Would love to hear how to do this

[@rohananand9372]

Toast the corn kernels for some time and then make the corn meal. It tastes even better.

[@pennysimpson4707]

Simply beautiful

[@clinthutcheson2640]

Love the hand mill. Where did you purchase it?

[@emmavik-fredriksson640]

Yay! Love your videos!

[@Chaoticgarden]

Do you have a some what efficient way to deshell the pumpkin seeds?

[@BeMindfulLalit]

Beautiful vlogs guys 😊

[@julietapolenta8764]

You guys are obviously not vegan, but another great way to use those pumpkin seeds is making "milk"! Like you would any plant milk, soak, blend and strain. It's soft and nutty and sooo good! Same for those black walnuts 😋

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We actually like to use them to make pumpkin seed horchata which is very similar! 🙂

[@Imthebrownunicorn]

Ufff una deliciosa salsa macha con tortillas nixtamalizadas 🤤

[@person163g]

Awesome 😊

[@rebeccarekward251]

You definitely will like eating cattails for supper. I'll suggest them two more comments 😊

[@kellybryson7754]

I had no idea grits were separated from corn meal!

[@midwestribeye7820]

Me, neither!

[@Hatsworthful]

I wonder if there's any way to reasonably make oil out of those black walnuts, could be a fun experiment sometime

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yup, we press them for oil occasionally. Walnut oil isn’t the best to cook with though so we don’t do it too often

[@GoNaturalnGreen]

I'm getting inspiration from you and so far managed to get self sufficient from tomatoes only 😅 But doing my best to work on other crops that didn't work out due to lack of pollination like cucumber and zucchini Ants attacked my sweet corn kernels 😢

[@haleyvitko6843]

What kind of pumpkins are those? They're beautiful and it's great you can use them to cook with!

[@forestbracht5278]

Inspiring :)

[@ctriant]

You have answered one of my questions with this video. I was wondering if you nixtamalized your corn before grinding it to make cornbread and it appears you don't. Thank you for the information. :)

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We nixtamalize it when we’re making tortillas, pupusas, tamales, etc. but not for cornbread

[@ChristineSimo-yu3cw]

I like the job you put on this journey. I will like to know what machine you used to ground the corn.. it's coarsely done. Thanks

[@midwestribeye7820]

My chickens love the squash seeds/guts and transform them into tasty butt nuggets.😂🍳

[@murphygay7606]

just started watching love the channel and the learnin, have u done anything w/ beans? what about garlic and onions?

[@java3416]

Where did you purchase the vice to crack open the black walnuts? I’m tired of almost destroying my countertops with a hammer🤣🤣

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

I actually don’t remember where we ordered that, but if you search for black walnut cracker you’ll find it online

[@rachelwickart275]

Would sunflower seed oil work? Sunflowers should grow wherever maize does...

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yea that would work, but because we rent our garden space currently we don’t have enough room to grow tons of sunflowers. One day we’ll probably incorporate them if we have more space.

[@angelabiggs6951]

Hey I just found your channel love it I love you have the Manuel grinder I need one where did you buy I live in arkansass

[@ellenradford8582]

What kind of pumpkin do you grow? It looks like the best for cooking with.

[@hoooloo9244]

I love you guys so much! this is an amazing cozy channel. Can I ask why don't you mill 15-20 cobs of corn at once, so you would have cornmeal for the next few weeks?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Thanks, so glad you’re enjoying it! And we normally do the corn in bigger batches, but just wanted to do a quick demo for the video with a smaller one 🙂

[@lpmoron6258]

I think maybe the pills in the ground corn go rancid quicker than whole corn.

[@spindelyshankz671]

Hello! Can I ask where you got the little mill stones for your grinder? I'm pretty sure I have the same one but I do not know what stones to use or where to get them. Thanks you so much!

[@miadel5846]

I'm looking for a hands cranked Mill and it would be wonderful if you posted the brand that you're

[@OneSun11]

Do you have a link for the hand cranked mill you are using?

[@sandeVBL]

2 questions: what variety of pumpkin is that? Such beautiful rich orange color. And what brand of hand mill is that? I’m new to your channel and looking forward to seeing more of what you do.

[@owl369]

Did you ever find out?

[@sandeVBL]

@@owl369 no.

[@owl369]

​@@sandeVBLDarnit. Thanks for your reply.

[@martacpc9049]

Hi, would you be kind and send me a link where to buy this machine to grain the corn please. I love your videos, thank you for sharing it

[@pasotrbonja6570]

Can I get info on corn grinder? Thank you

[@courtneydohrman-aspenhillh4630]

What variety of corn do you grow for tortillas? I heard you say dent corn but id love to know the specific variety if you remember :) I'm planning a huge garden expansion and trying to get my seeds sorted out.

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We mostly grow Wapsie Valley dent corn and Hopi Blue flour corn. They’re both pretty versatile and productive, but Hopi Blue is amazing for tortillas.

[@courtneydohrman-aspenhillh4630]

@@HomegrownHandgathered oh good hopi blue is on my list! I just would hate to plant 100 seeds and then not like it😅

[@Ramome]

Viewer from southern Ontario here! After watching your videos I was inspired to find a bunch of black walnuts and clean/dry them with my mom. We cracked one open and while we were told they had a strong taste, we did not anticipate such a chemical/gasoline like taste. I know you have suggested making them into a walnut/honey spread but do you guys have any other ways you prepare them? Thank you!

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

They can sometimes have that taste if the hull is left on a little too long, but if you let them sit and cure for a few months it’ll go away and they’ll be sweet

[@kimnenninger7226]

Great video! I homestead also but I am not as resourceful as you both are. I have pigs, chickens, bunnies, and my husband fishes. We do collect weeds for the animals but that is the extent of our foraging. We try to farm but up until we put in a greenhouse we weren't very successful. We are able to grow dent corn because the rats and bugs don't like it. This brings me to my question on how you process both your dent corn and your black walnuts. For the dent corn shouldn't you soak it in ash first? Like for making masa the people do a process called nixtamalization where they soak it in a solution with wood ash. It is supposed to enhance the protein content and keep you from getting pellagra. A similar process for the black walnuts. The Native Americans would soak them for three days in a river to lessen the tannins. Research this for yourselves but it is important for your health. You two have gone a long way to zero out your carbon footprint. I hope that I can someday do as well.

[@thaismoreiraq]

I am curious about where you are located.

[@darrowprairie]

Hi Jordan and Silvan! Do you know if there is a grain mill similar to the one you have with stone grinding plates and also has a flywheel to connect a belt to run with a bicycle? I'm looking to get a grain mill and I haven't found one like that searching online yet. Or do you have other recommendations for types of grain mills?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

We were actually just talking the other week about trying to rig something up like that! As far as I know there isn’t anything that the manufacturer provides, but it probably wouldn’t be too difficulty to make one custom

[@curiouscat3384]

Where are you located? I've looked everywhere in your channel to no avail

[@tuliplangel4624]

Hey, I thought that corn HAD to be ground with metal grinding wheels….you guys are using stone…..can you tell me why you do it this way??? Did you try the metal?? I’m just surprised…..thanks

[@Vui-BuildingNewLife]

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[@waterboi4846]

what kind of beets is best?

[@talkandeattv]

y'all could make walnut milk