PANTRY TOUR (Storing a YEARS worth of food!)

You asked for it, so we're finally giving you a pantry tour to show you how we store a year's worth of food for our large family of 12.

It may not be perfect, but that's not stopping us (and it shouldn't stop you!), we're continually making improvements and adjustments. We hope some of our long-term storage tips come in handy for your own food storage solutions.

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[creativehomemaker]

What a beautiful, and well stocked pantry. Homesteading is a goal of ours one day, but right now we are content with a few chickens and a garden. Thank you for sharing, and for all of the information you and Josh put out weekly to help us all to be more self sufficient. Blessings to you and your family. ❤️

[AtHomeWithSheree]

I’m only 30 seconds in and I’m so excited! I’m trying to have a year’s worth of mostly home grown food this year. You are an inspiration!

[vonniemerriam]

Would love that rhubarb marmalade recipe. As this will be my 7th garden season, I am giving the yard it's Sabbath rest, sowing nothing and will only harvest perennials. And thankfully, I have an abundance of rhubarb. Have made everything imaginable with it in the past but your marmalade sounds intriguing!

[emmittmatthews]

I'm 43 and just getting into this. I live in/ near the city..unfortunately but my house IS paid off and I have a decent amount of land around me and I can buy more if I want.
I so badly want to homestead at this point in my life. I'm starting with canning, and I'm going to look into getting chickens.
That pantry is amazing!!!
Your channel is so helpful and informative. Thank you.

[dumbbunnie]

If you powder your freeze dried pickles you can use it as a popcorn topping...yum!

[mary-catherine]

Wow. What a great pantry! I am curious about your freeze dried pickles! You are giving me so many ideas! Thanks!

[Singmeadream]

I'm so impressed and dreaming of doing this one day. I'm a city girl and longing for this type of life. Thank you for inspiring me.

[fatherofchickens]

If i had a pantry like that...I'd call it "THE VAULT". Amazing!

[JG-phxg]

I started dehydrating, some of my tomatoes, and herbs to sprinkle on fresh dough drizzled with olive oil in replacement of pizza sauce. Works awesome and can also be used for soups, breads, bagel spread ect...

[LEIGHPFOSI]

Gotta love the clearly visible bottles of store bought items: plenty of wine, Dole brand, Prego.. all alongside the "homestead" canned chicken. Yum.

[KendrasBrain]

The big picture on your food storage is awesome and is proof of a cooperative family effort!

[maryloomis]

Wow you are really well prepared...like having your own grocery. I never realized how much it takes to feed a large family in one year! Thanks for the look at your pantry and orderly system of storage. I've longed to live out further in order to grow more of our food, (.24 acre in city) and at 60+ years this was my first year canning meat. Yes it doesn't look pretty and I'm afraid my family won't eat it. But hey I'm doing my best! Thanks again! You are an inspiration to us homemaker/homesteaders.

[eagleeye]

Such focused hard work. You are shining. You are beautiful and you and your family deserve everything that is good to come your way.

[wholenewperspective]

Your pantry reminds me so much of when I grew up. There were 10 of us and we grew most our food too. Great memories watching you and your family. I love home canned chicken too. Azure Standard is a go to for me too. Thanks for sharing your pantry with us.💚

[kathleenfalkner]

Thank so much for sharing. That helps to see how to organize storage!! You’re amazing Carolyn… you too Josh🤗

[caseydeia]

In my basement, I built a square box, 4ft LX 6ft W X 4’H did a layer of sawdust then potatoes, don’t allow them to touch, and continued to the top of the box. They lasted all winter & still had some left over to seed again for the next year.

[mississippiapple]

One of the most beautiful sights ever. Forget that Chanel crap

[joanreid]

You have done such an excellent organization with all your prepping! I love to watch your videos, they are always so uplifting and inspiring.

[lynngliottone]

You absolutely amaze me!! Such a lot of thought and preparation. Must be wonderful to feel so "food secure"!

[pixi]

Oh my, now that’s a thing of beauty and a goal for me, to be able to have an abundance of food for my family.
Right now I have my first 9 quart jars that are eagerly waiting to be filled with home grown veggies that are hopefully going to do well this year and we are saving up for a chest freezer.