We're just a regular family making it the best way we know how. We recently bought my ancestral farmhouse from the 1880's and have been doing our best to get it renovated. Our goal is to decrease our dependence on the supply chain more and more each year. Our diet is a little different than most homesteaders in that we can't have gluten or any grain for that matter due to severe allergies. We want to share homesteading, gardening and grainfree living with you guys. We love sharing ways to be more independent as well as getting ideas from you guys!
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This is the best way to gon carnivore diet.
Will look nice on a trellis 👍i usually plant 8-10 seeds,then my butternut squash grow like crazy on my 10meter x 2meter trellis 👍
I buy a calf every spring and let him cut my grass all summer, then I let him out in a pasture that is a mix of standing dry corn and grass. Then when its a cold day and he is fat and happy eating a sugar coated carrot he suddenly stops living. I am always humane and gentle with this part, I played with them as calves... I then hang and age it, cut it up and share it with my family. My cost is a calf ($300-+) about 50 pounds of seed corn, a couple hours of tractor time to plant corn and some time. Plus, I save on property taxes since the land is actively agricultural. You can have basically free food with as little as 5 acres in most places.
I think you got your math a little off. You paid half of the cow..thats $1500. You kept 421 + pounds of meat. That works out to a bit less than $4/pound. I think you confused some folks since you said the WHOLE COW was $3000, but since you split the cost with another family your cost was half.
@@michaelyounger4497 we figured that in we only counted what we were eating both families paid the same per lb. The math is right
Yuck !!!!
@@ajj3849 yum
how can i make soap like yours if i dont get the exact measurement?
@@VirginiaOfrancia check out the description
How does he support the chain across the top? Do the tubes that cap the rebar just slip over the top or are they attached to the rebar? Great idea!
@@rhondaridlen3370 it’s metal cap he made out of cut conduit
We use pepper jelly on just about everything
@@karendarling7246 it’s so good
Is there a formula if you do not have the tallow at exactly 32 ounces?
cow tongue is amazing, sliced thin and grilled is sooo good, jsut dip in some lemon & oil with saltor whatever sauce you like
thats amazing xx
Woow very nice,,👍👍🙏
Unfortunately I've learned most of my mistakes by first time mishaps, You'll do better in the long run. I seen your planting and that was a hard job in itself. You inspire me, Great video and insight!
Thanks for sharing an update on your sunflower field. I was so excited when you planted them and couldn't wait to see it in full bloom. Life is a learning curve and all we can do is keep learning and trying when things don't go as planned. I appreciate the tips and improvements that can be made for next year.
We might still get some good blooms we will see
Trends come and go. Maybe some people would like to have their pictures taken in a field of weeds.
lol maybe
We are a grain free homestead too! Excited to see what. You grow and what you cook! Maybe we could swap recipes!
We have big plans but haven’t been making to many videos lately trying to finish our renovation on our home. But we are definitely interested in seeing what great recipes you use
Dang, the green new deal has reaaly turned up the heat. Be careful sir and dont fart or they may completely shut you down .
I don’t like to use plastic to mix the Lye,what other containers could I use
How long does it take to eat a whole cow (and how many people eating?)
Takes us about 1 year to eat a half cow with a family of 5. We did a second video to help break it down more
That’s a really great deal for a grass fed beef! Folks like you that can plan ahead by having freezer space and buying direct can get better quality at about the same or a little more money. Get to know your local farmers! Cheers 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
Thanks for commenting cheers
How do you get 6 briskets when their is only 2 on a cow
We get them cut into smaller portions. So instead of 2 briskets at 15lbs each we get 6 briskets at 5 lbs each. Check out the part 2 . Thanks for the question that was one of the things I forgot to mention in the first video
How many plants is this? About to make a super sturdy trellis and deciding how many to grow up it. Thanks!
That was 2 mounds with 2 plants in each mound
After hearing the supermarkets use gas to make the beef look more red that mortified me. I hardly even buy beef because of that. But this is a great option. You guys did an amazing job on the video explained everything from beginning to end. I will be doing this for my family as well.
Glad the video was helpful and thanks for watching and commenting
How sweet! None of ours have hatched their own yet.
It’s hard on the hen we kept the others away and brought her food and water
If more people did this and skipped the processing plant it would help the farmer and also create competition which brings the big companies prices down. The big corporations have bought up the processing plants and collaborated to inflate prices. Look up what the farmer gets per pound for a steer at auction vs what the supermarket charges per pound. The mark up is insane even though it’s processed beef.
I thought that was a great deal. Thanks so much for helping us. And the fact that you took out time to show us a whole lot.
Your welcome thanks for commenting
Thanks so very much for sharing with us. It was so nice of y’all. And very helpful.
How much melted lard measured out to lye and water mixture?
Thank you for all your information on purchasing a cow and the tongue is so delicious when you crock pot and have it in tacos were Hispanics dozen deep south Texas and to by a tongue it cost like $25-$30
Woo I had no idea it was that cost that much thanks for commenting
In california i buy whole cow and have it 21 day dry aged and butchered and wrapped. I end up at 10 dollars a pound.
I bet it taste amazing
Awesome job guys
Thanks
It’s looking awesome! 👏
Thank you
Love your video! Thank you for sharing your process. I have a question: When you cook the fat overnight in your crock pot on low is there a temp you are aiming for? Mine was getting pretty hot on low so I turned it down to “keep warm”. It still came up to 180 degrees. Is this ok? Is this what you want to happen? I’m worried about burning it.
Yes, I do turn mine to low during the night as well and then if it's a little low in the morning I'll turn back up to low. Thanks for watching!
Very Informative and well thought out Video. Thank you for your contributions.
Thank you for commenting glad the video was helpful
process you own save a lot of dosh
Would love to but not there yet
Whole steer...
lol I said that a lot my kids loved it
I have stopped using Sure Gel due to inconsistent results. I now use Dutch Gel and Hoosier Hill powder pectins. No more problems with runny jams.
Same thing with me and sure gel. I’ve been using certo and have had better luck. I think it’s the sure gel nyself
Thanks! Did u get your mold for Christmas?
Actually, I did! I do love it.
My family and my friends are also supporting our local meat farmer in Melbourne, Australia, Thank you for sharing .God bless you and your precious family.
Thank you so much and God Bless you and your family
What was the total freeze and dry time for your zucchini noodles?
Im so happy to have come across your page while researching buying a while cow. How much fat do you typically get with a while cow and from that, how much soap are you able to make?
They asked us how much we wanted it seems we can get almost as much as we want since they usually toss it. we got 20lbs last time and made 6 batches of soap not sure how many lbs that was. The really hard fat around the kidney is where the best fat for Tallow is
Awesome job and video. Keep going your on track. I totally get what you’re doing!
Thank you
What was the hanging weight price per pound on your 794lbs? I just split a half cow with my neighbor and the hanging weight price was $7.00/lb. After running the numbers, you pay for take home but also you pay for the waste. Out of 325lb hanging weight you take home about 195lbs of meat however 130lbs is waste. (58%/42%) total cost was $2275 and that comes to $1365 (for meat in freezer) and $910 (waste you pay for). So in reality we paid $11.66lb. for what we actually took home, Correct?
We did a part 2 to help with the breakdown. We took our bring home weight and divided by what we paid. Ours included processing and packaging
@@GrainFreeHomestead Thanks for the reply. Your numbers come out to this - Hanging Weight at 794 lbs. for $3.78/lb. Your Take Home weight of 421 lbs. means you took home 53% of the Hanging Weight. You had a waste of 47% (373 lbs. that was paid for but unusable) The cost of your Take Home Packaged Meat comes to $7.12/lb. So out of the $3000 bill, you paid $1590. for the meat in your freezer and $1409.94 for whatever you didn't take home (waste). Pure numbers. Bottom line, you come out way ahead for cuts like rib-eye, filet, etc... but $7.12/lb. for ground meat, stew meat, briskets, etc.. is a bit over the norm and there is a lot of ground meat when you purchase like this. However, the benefits, on the whole do outweigh the overall pricing. Nicely Done.
Thank you, you definitely got what we were trying to show 👍
I'm 72 and when I was a kid one of my friends I went over to his house and they were Mexicans and they had cow tongue soup it was good
I have yet to hear someone say cow tongue taste bad
Thanks a ton for the knowledge shared superb helpful.
What did you buy? We'll be there next month, too cold for me today with my arthritis
I wanted to buy everything lol we were just looking
Thank you for the information , never tried before great option
Your welcome
I was there. ❤
Very cool I enjoyed it loved connecting with the community were you a vendor or were you there checking everything out ?
@@GrainFreeHomestead just an observer. I was hoping to find a specific rabbit breed, but it was early and still really cold when I was there.
I remember eating cow tongue when I was younger. I thought Mom was torturing me. It was some of the best beef I ever ate. It did smell bad as it cooked.
Will you can some of those. What else will you do with them?
French fries, soups , eat them like a regular potato with butter, we don’t eat pie but you can use them in pies. Sweet potato casserole pretty much everything you can do with a regular potato