HOW 7 ACRES CHANGED THE GREAT DEPRESSION | Back to the Land Movement Agrarian Homesteading Borsodi

[@theShepherdess]

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[@spoolsandbobbins]

9 years ago, we were barren and felt the Lord direct us to adopt a sibling group of 5 young children. We did, and decided to teach them from home. We sold our beautiful home by the city and moved to a 150 yr old, run down farm. We learned to grow a garden (today it is massive), and bought some chickens. We now provide most of our meat and eggs. Then we got some sheep and are presently waiting for lambs. Our pigs arrive next week and after that we’ll begin a new flock of Bresse hens for more dual purpose variety. Today we tapped our 150 year old maples to give us another years worth of maple syrup. God always turns barrenness into fruitfulness!

[@tomjones9490]

That's awesome. You deserve it. Thanks for sharing.

[@ladyryan902]

Heidi. Don't know why but this brought tears. Blessings to you. Hope you get your dream

[@spoolsandbobbins]

@@ladyryan902 now you’re bringing tears to mine! God is good!!

[@sheria3571]

I just saw a comment from you under a Joel Salatin video. You really need to develop your channel and tell us all about your journey! Heading back to it to subscribe 💜

[@jeanineadele]

I went to your channel to see if you make videos. I think you have a wonderful inspiring story to share.

[@brockstar1311]

The reading of the passages from this book as well as addressing my comment was kind of emotional for me. When I saw my comment on the screen it seemed alarmist and negative which I regret. It has been a little over a year since my wife and I gave up comfortable jobs (we were to be fired for medical non-compliance ) and a beautiful big home in suburban Seattle for an old fixer upper in the most rural area of Oklahoma imaginable. It's been a trying year full of reality smacking me around. Despite the difficulties, the doubts from family and friends and the erosion of my romantic ideas, I think we are doing something important and that we are part of something bigger... I thank God for making it possible, now all I can do is be humble and try my best to learn and do the work.

[@JK-jf7xq]

Don't be hard on yourself. The very act of communicating through text (commenting, texting on a phone...) seems to make what we said come across as more direct, harsh, or negative than we intended. 🙂 Good on you for being willing to make sacrifices for your convictions.

[@theShepherdess]

I echo J K! Keep up the great work and thank you for supporting the channel.

[@MaribelDesigns]

Congratulations on your choice of moving and starting a new journey! It will be hard, you will have tears, but it is worth it. You won't see it immediately, but when you see the changes, not only in what you are building, but the growth in you and how you view and live your life, you will be amazed. We did it almost 8 years ago. Moved to an area where we knew no one. It has been hard and a different type of life, but we would not move back. You learn to see the world differently. Don't give up! Keep moving forward, even when it hurts. You can do it!

[@MaribelDesigns]

I forgot to mention, you will make mistakes but give yourselves grace. You can always make the changes later 😊

[@cooperholdaway9559]

Wow, you couldn't have put this video out at a better time! Amazing how 100 years ago people were still looking for options to escape from the city and its lifestyle, if you can call it that. Thank you so much Grace for doing your research and presenting this. Really enjoyed it!👍

[@thebeautifulones5436]

Something similar happened in Victoria in 1890s. Ten years of Debt fuelled property speculation popped and many people left Melbourne and moved to the high rainfall parts of Gippsland.

[@goatrancher9kinder]

2:16 -- "...in the Depression of 1921" You taught me something new! I thought for sure that you meant to say "Depression of 1929," but then I looked it up on the internet, and there was indeed a "Depression/Recession of 1920-21." It began at the close of WW1, and was called "The Forgotten Depression." It lasted only from January 1920 to July 1921. The Stock Market dropped by 50% and corporate profits dropped by 90%. It was "only 18 months long" probably because the Federal Government did not try to intervene in a big way. Unlike the "Great Depression" which began in 1929 and lasted over a decade, because the Federal Government embraced Big Government "solutions" and thought they could "fix" what is a natural process of Market ups and downs that will and must occur every decade or so; "fevers and chills" they are called, and are completely natural. I loved the story you presented of a resourceful family who took bold and creative action to solve their own problems with their own efforts, and did not look to socialism to "help" them. Great story Shepherdess!

[@catwoman9461]

I love the faith, focus and determination of this woman. If more people thought like her the world would be a better place.

[@nancyseery2213]

That story is the one I want for my life. You found the perfect story for today as it was for yesterday! My mother grew up during the Depression on a farm and could not wait to leave. I can wait to find my seven acres. I understand her life was hard, but everything, everywhere were hard at that time. My father grew up in a small town. Everyone in the family had to work to be able to survive. They were luck in the fact that his father worked on the railroad and never lost his job. He remembered his parents fighting about his father giving food to the hobos that were using the railroad to get to a different place to find work. Yes, my mother's life was hard. Yes, they all had to work hard, but they never starved like many people in the cities did. We all should learn from the past, because if we don't, we won't be ready for the future.

[@miraclefarm1927]

This video holds true about what is going on now. I'm afraid most don't believe IT can happen to us because they've only heard about it and never had to live through hard times. I pray for people especially with children to stop looking for the government to keep us all taken care of and look to the wisdom of our grandparents that did what they needed to do to take care of their families. Your old soul and wisdom is showing and we love you for it. Blessings

[@ryanandersonkeith]

Thanks for sharing. The similarities between the Borsodi family and what my family did are uncanny. Unfortunately last year my wife caved to the foolhardy accusations of city dwellers. My advise to those wishing to pursue this right livelihood in this current climate is to be well prepared to face the shame battles that will ensue by those who are blind to the slavery of their industrial comforts. The disciple Peter wrote that Noah condemned the entire world by simply getting into a boat.

[@africaeyesandears]

You are 100% correct. Remember people - the most revolutionary thing you can do - is grow your own food.

[@followerofyahushaoctaviadm]

wow! history repeats itself! my husband and I jumped in the deep end with homesteading! now have 4 heads of cattle (because our first cow we purchased just had twins!). We had no experience either but are now raising beef cattle, chickens, and quail! Praise YAH!

[@InaStanley83]

I wouldn't take away anything I'm doing currently, but we are diversifying a bit more in some very creative ways starting this season. One of the biggest things is making sure that everything we're focusing our attention and energy on has multiple purposes and the potential for multiple streams of income. For example, we've recently put together a worm farm as a way to use the waste products from growing our microgreens. Once we harvest a tray of micros, there's a whole pad of stems, roots, and soil left over that needs to be disposed of. We feed these to the worms, which in turn create very high-quality worm castings that we can mix with our soil or throw out onto our gardens as a natural, organic soil and plant food. So the worms help us to be more sustainable on our farm by providing a disposal option that keeps food waste out of landfills and converts it into high-quality fertilizer that we can then use to continue producing great microgreens, herbs, and vegetables. But we can also turn around and sell the worm castings as they are, we can brew worm tea and use or sell that as well, and we can sell the extra worms that are bred during this whole process. It isn't a huge operation and so wouldn't bring in a huge amount of income, but it can create a nice little side hustle for the main farm business that allows the system to pay for itself and potentially make a little profit. Same with our chickens, quail, rabbits, and our compost in general.

[@kristyholman351]

Great idea to use your microgreen waste in the worm bin! Would love to hear other ideas you’re doing to diversify!

[@behindthetimes4288]

I like that… “getting our houses in order”! Thank you for the motivation to continue doing what I’m doing and building what I am building.

[@patriciabeyer8029]

My parents and their families grew up during the great depression. Hard work made life work.

[@cookingwithwine.9190]

This is a great video. If you can produce more yourself and reduce your needs, you will have more surplus overall. Also, people have to accept that specialization in crops and produce is necessary and inevitable. Different people have different situations and different land. I have a friend that does oats, garlic and onions, and that's all he does and does it well. I don't grow garlic but he does, and we patronize and support him. This is your local economy. Support your friends and neighbors.

[@jayRbrazil144]

I do Love folklore... thanks fo those Who worked Hard for us.. thanks from Brazil!!

[@kristenstephenson340]

I just found your channel after reading God’s word …Genesis 1 specifically. May God continue to bless you as you help those of us who desire to follow God’s Word and will. 🙌🏻

[@mtower235]

Enjoyed that reading BTW

[@davidsilvio5021]

I love your channel.....I especially love this one....its funny how history never changes....its amazing how we can look back on the past and it teaches us how to live today....

[@hessranch]

That is a great story. I hope more people can live that life.

[@michelleleake4169]

Wow! “Nothing new under the sun”! Inspiring and encouraging! Thank you:)

[@TexasHeat24716]

Another great video. We bought a 20 acre tract to fulfill a dream we’ve always had. Now we want to start a farm, the hardest part, I think is infrastructure when you’re just getting started.

[@cwit8846]

Look at you 👏. Bravo keep on shepherdess I respect what your doing. God bless

[@9252LIFE]

Thank you

[@howelltaylor6774]

That was very interesting read. The "Annals of America" sounds like a great resource. Deo Vindice

[@Vilhelmnilsson]

Thanks for a very inspiring video. Loved how you found something that moved or inspired you and decided to share it with us. The story you read is full of hope and I recognize a lot of the sentiment felt comparing that poverty of city life with the fullness and bounty of living in, with and amongst nature. Great video thanks for that. I also have sheep so it’s very interesting seeing how others work and think about about their life as a farmer. Take care.

[@rickwarner516]

Smart advice thank you knowledge of our future and how we are going to live for eternity is the most valuable information, blessings to you and your family

[@ea32da32]

I found it very interesting these people you described in the story decided to economize their physical activities to producing exactly what they needed and no more. That speaks volumes of the characters of others in ‘need’ around them, I will assume. I’m cutting down my sons flock to better manage the 4 pastures I have on 5 acres. After watching some of your videos and several others I built a perfect sized cage for my truck bed and carried the first 3 off to the processor. The ram is none too thrilled with being separated from his buddies. He will get over it. Thank you for posting great information. I find animal husbandry people the best.

[@TRINITY-ks6nw]

You are well grounded I am pleased

[@skyleen]

Amazing. Thank you for sharing that with us.

[@CharlieWhitewolf]

The World needs to hear this.

[@janecollette9504]

Great presentation. My grandparents survived the depression and ww2 with a large garden, a cow and chickens. They had enginuity and determination and faith in God.

[@CharlesGann1]

I believe he touched on an essential point. Transitioning from the comforts we have become accustomed to.... One point a survival trainer emphasized was becoming to grips with suffering. Not for its own sake but not to be frightened of it, not to be distracted from creative problem solving. Taking advantage of the Internet and books while we can. The Mother Earth News in the early 70's ran a back to the land series from the 50's called the Have Morethan plan. Learning to create your own inputs from compost,to korean Natural Farming or JADAM. Veganic using grass to provide garden nutrients. Saving your own seed. There have been many and revived ancient growing systems. It's a lot of work but every skill set you can learn now will help. Community is one of the most significant investments of securing local knowledge and hands on experience. Thank you for being prepared not scared. Especially agree that having a active trust relationship with God will be the most important prep.

[@jmc8577]

Wow that was awesome. Thank you for this historical share. A reminder to keep prepping and continue on my track

[@Shiloh3498]

I find you very inspiring and encouraging as I own a 45 acre farm in east central Minnesota and I’m trying to build a meat goat herd, raise chickens, rabbits, a few pigs and I’m still trying to locate some Dorper sheep.

[@ladyryan902]

This is very cool.thank you

[@ericmatt2368]

This was a great video thank you

[@CraigMullins1]

Love your videos!

[@Royisme]

So glad for this video!

[@shawnaziegler2655]

Another great video.

[@floodwaterfarms2271]

Great video! Thank you

[@harveypenner2386]

VERY INTERESTING!! I agree with you wholeheartedly!! Great job!

[@breesechick]

I love your video lessons ❤

[@kevindecoteau3186]

I've recently begun buying my beef from local farms along with eggs. I also found a place that sells raw milk by the half gal. or gal. Small steps yes, but steps none the less.

[@faintlyartistic7803]

It is so easy to overdo everything when you begin homesteading. We learned our lesson. We are empty nesters now and live on a 9k square foot lot. 5 hens give us more than enough eggs, a large garden provides the majority of our produce. We have a freezer full of rabbit meat. I buy beef locally and have found a place to buy raw milk. Keep it simple and manageable. Don't try to do it all.

[@dustyroads2774]

Great video!

[@vicwong6748]

Well done!

[@modocroughstock5700]

Brilliant work

[@coleyslone4988]

Great video

[@danelladaniels5399]

Excellent!

[@breesechick]

❤❤❤

[@sixtwoinak]

👍💪🙏 Good job.

[@sixtwoinak]

Had to come back to finish the video. Hey Grace, it bothered me to see you sad at the end of the video. Then, I realized you pushed through it. Thank you for your hard work. Here is a big digital hug from Adam in Alaska. 👍💪🙏💃🕺

[@timothymichlik1818]

True then true now!

[@jmoore5170]

Living in Dayton for many years in find myself looking for land in the countryside to do just what he did…I just ordered the book…I wonder where his land is…

[@petepuskas4047]

At the end, you ask what he would do different. That's simple, if things get really really bad, you have to be able to be as close to as 100% self sufficient as possible, and preferably well away from anyone who might be starving and try to take what you have. In your case, you would have to at least have a plan to source all the food for the sheep yourself (this means your winter hay), this is probably why the people in the book didn't try to sell anything, if your only making animals for food, you need less feed. You'd have to diversify more (like the milk goats), as your sheep being your only source of food would be difficult. Homesteading is basically off grid capacity, even if you don't truly live off grid. Making sure at least one of your wells is solar or wind, or another source of water is a good idea.. Power going out for 2-3 weeks in a dry area could end you otherwise. Having 2 seasons of seeds, incase there is a bad season, you don't want to not have seeds left over... Basically, prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

[@georgemckenzie2525]

Community, productivity, and honesty. We must all become givers and receivers to escape the coming deprivation of currency planned by the Central Banksters.

[@eddiecuevas5518]

Iam from Chicago I have been raising my food from about 18 years goats chicken ducks rabbits and most of my green I can find in the feld

[@footplate0]

These cycles keep on going around, all it needs is for one country to undercut others and everything nose dives. The UK had mega problems in the 80's, inflation went sky high. Interest rates followed along to never seen before or since. In those days I had 2 jobs one a night shift and one on days, did this for over a year just to make ends meet. Then fate turned its head and I lost both jobs in the same week ! I am now glad that I have retired, had to move country to be able to afford to live on my pension but I chose a good country one that looks after pensioners and our health, it also has a good climate so not too much to spend on heating. So if you can choose where you live so that its not too expensive to live once you retire that also has a good health service because as sure as eggs are eggs you WILL need a good health service at sometime. Thanks for posting

[@BikerNic]

Awesome. I want to start farming too. Been thinking about it for years, but never had the finances to buy property. Any ideas how I will be able to get there?

[@mtower235]

Your prepared but are you prepared to hold it? Fight for it? You only own what you can stop others from taking. It doesn’t have to be an invading army. It can be those who are already of the mind and are taking things from others now. It could be those who’ve reached that point. It can even be a critter like a rouge dog that can wipe out a flock in minutes.

[@AshleyFosterMom]

Can you please share those blue books! I homeschool and would love to have these.

[@danielhurst8863]

I would not limit homestead production to only that which can be consumed on the homestead. It is efficient to trade surplus, for the surplus of others. Taken to the extreme, this leads to highly specialized farming, with much greater risks of disease and breakdown, but locally, it does not. If I'm much better at bee keeping than my neighbor, and my neighbor is much better at raising chickens for eggs than I am, then me trading honey for eggs, means we both have more product for the same amount of work. This is the essence of Comparative Advantage.

[@vanillabeanphotography8979]

WOWWW 😱

[@nicklewis7291]

I think what might be an overlooked aspect is, defending your family and resources from thieves. If you're able to feed your family and others aren't, keeping others from taking everything you have by force is something that needs to be considered.

[@spoolsandbobbins]

God is so much bigger than that. If we are generous He will always provide.

[@nicklewis7291]

@@spoolsandbobbins Luke 22:36 ... And he hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. We're permitted to defend ourselves. Yes, there's a time when turning the other cheek is appropriate. We're not to take revenge, vengeance is the LORD's. We're also to stand up for ourselves and for those who can't stand up for themselves.

[@nicklewis7291]

@Zechariah Ahl No, your definitely wrong. There's definitely a time to turn the other cheek but, there's also a time to defend yourself and others who can not. Jesus did not command us to be passifists. We are to give to the needy but, not at the expense of our lives or our families'.

[@alliboogaloo]

Get your infrastructure built while there are products to do it. Make it as simple as possible so you can fix it when it breaks should scarcity occur. Get your fundamentals down for food production and processing. Basically start working toward self-sufficiency. It can save you money in the long run.

[@clintjohnson7023]

What books are you reading and where can i get them. I grew up on a farm. Ive always been a reader in the evening after a days work. I prefer reading over watching t.v Everything i know about farming was taught to me by my father grandfather and great grandfather.. 2 of which could not read or write but never had an empty smokehouse or pantry. Love your videos. When i have time to watch.

[@theShepherdess]

Annals of American History! Lots of them on eBay. 👍🏻

[@UrsusHorribilis]

The only thing I would change is that producing a surplus would be helpful for trade. So not just produce what you can consume. For example if I hit extra eggs I can trade it to my neighbor for honey.

[@ruthleake1725]

💯💯💯

[@MatthewHolevinski]

Another way to reply to that question would be the worse off everything gets the more valuable you become.

[@onebridge7231]

We should be thankful in the U.S. Our ancestors truly had it rougher during the Great Depression. We have Medicaid, Medicare, Unemployment, and Social Security all thanks to the hardships they had to endure.

[@katehobbs5327]

Those are all socialist programs. The road to communism.

[@thisorthat7626]

@@1337farm I would rather pay higher taxes to benefit my neighbors than pay higher taxes to benefit giant corporations like we do now. Cheers.

[@vicwong6748]

Can horses and sheep be on the same land?

[@FlyinRaptorJesus]

We keep allowing developers to destroy our rural land with massive suburbs.. We need to go back to living off the land, not depending on huge corporations that exploit and poison us.

[@floridacoder]

Producing for only our own consumption (no sales) today is impossible because of taxes, loans to buy land, insurance, insane cost of healthcare, etc.

[@drinkyourtea]

Where do I find these blue books? I'm very interested in american history.

[@theShepherdess]

They are vintage! “The Annals of America”

[@drinkyourtea]

@@theShepherdess Can I still get them somewhere? when I move there

[@GoatyGoatGirl]

In the high desert of Albuquerque New Mexico, the issue is water and its lack. To even grow a small garden is not cost effective because of this. We would love to move to Missouri but God has not opened those doors. For now, I protect pollinators in my yard, have turtles and compost, and walk pet goats on hot sidewalks instead of dogs, whose feet should not be subjected to same. Vicariously, I enjoy your videos.

[@kkso3318]

What will you do if they succeed at making it illegal for us to provide our own food?

[@WhiteWolfeHU]

Did they get “pigeons for appearance”???

[@theShepherdess]

Haha! Nope. 🤣

[@Sangreaalstube]

I'm on this path right now, with my small flock of Painted Desert Sheep and chickens that give me more than a dozen eggs a day on 15 acres of prime class 1 river bottom loam that will grow just about anything with the abundant water I get from my well and irrigation system. Hardest part is affording the fencing I need to go around it all...this is daunting in this economy, as finding funding for this is proving hard to come by. I had thought about gov loans/grants, but with this administration, I'm too white to qualify for anything and to be honest, that scares me....

[@diannamc367]

Have you tried the movable/portable fencing?

[@CharlieWhitewolf]

You made it through the drought, What did you learn? How will you make it if there is a next time? What did you do when you were freaking out and what would you do instead?

[@bradharris2503]

I learned it's hard to feed your way through one. There will definitely be another drought. Hopefully, it will not be this year.

[@CharlieWhitewolf]

@@bradharris2503 What will you do when there is one? What can you do now, to help you through the next one?

[@jamesw9223]

It wierd how things are cyclical. It's almost as if it's all by design 🤔

[@LeviHeatonIII]

Algorithm

[@Flexiboom]

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