My grandmother was born in1919 and was 10 years old when the depression hit. They were poor so , as you said, they were already living in survival mode. She met and married my grandfather at 17. They started out as share croppers. They worked hard, had 6 children...two died in infancy. She was the smartest woman that I've ever know. She taught us how to garden, hang clothes on a line, cook from scratch, iron, pray and trust the Lord, and so very much more. She was amazing! One hot sunny day, when I was 9, she and I were working in the garden picking beans and I asked her why we were putting up so much food and she said, " Honey, living through the depression I knew hunger, being poor I knew hunger. What I can tell you is hungry people are easily controlled." I miss my Mamaw and in this day and time...her words resound in my mind daily. She was wonderful! She taught me that Jesus loves me unconditionally and I am forever grateful that the Lord allowed me to be her granddaughter. #maywemakethemproud
(Ireland) I used to be ashamed - growing up poor people felt sorry for us - we had nothing - so I saw this coming and started years early - and yet I know it will be hard 🥺GOD BLESS YOU PATARA
My grandparents were born in 1902&1904. They got married during the great depression. I truly wish they were still here to give me they love and wisdom. My mother had told me stories about how she grew up. You re-used your tea bags, you didn't rip the wrapping paper from a gift- you popped the tape so it could be reused. You saved your bacon grease. You grew a garden. Ask things we should consider today
My grandma raised me from an early age. She came through the depression. Raised seven kids through that. I was 1940 baby. I learned so much from her. Helped her also as soon as I was old enough to pick blackberries or snap beans to hoeing between the rows in the garden. My grandkids do not know how to do that. As much as I tried they were not interested. Except for the few flowers they planted but not from seed but from a nursery. I am worried about how they are going to survive this. Only two have just started to prepare but not as much as they should be. I’m still working on them. Wish me luck! Keep up your posts and hopefully reach many people. I send them your posts hopefully they read them. I’m behind you 100%
Unfortunately kids these days only care about their electronics. Phones, tablets, x-box, play station, computers. They dont want to be outside playing in the dirt/mud. They really just dont want to be traditional kids. Its sad. But this is the way kids are being raised. Electronics are babysitters.
My maternal grandparents raised nine kids during the depression. They had land and farmed, had chickens, pigs, dairy cow or three. They were poor is some ways and so very rich in other ways. They never missed a meal either. They shared the hard times, loved the Lord, and were thankful for what they had.
My granny could make a feast out of nothing. Nothing went to waste (even later in life). How I wish I could sit down and have one more conversation with my grandparents. The best compliment I've received is that she would be so proud of me and what I've done.
My Grandma was the same way. She could take the cheapest, tough-as-shoe-leather cut of meat & somehow turn it into a scrumptious, tender & satisfying meal. I, too, have said SO many times over the past few months how I wish I could sit down with my parents & grandparents, pick their brains & get more words of wisdom & tips from them. It sounds strange but I feel like I'm mourning their passing all over again.😢
YES I would love to have one more conversation with my Grandma Haase. She taught me to fish, garden, can, cook etc. She always made a meat and the rest of the meal was opened jars of canned food. She was a great story teller and I loved to hear her stories BUT I think they would have a whole new meaning to me as an 50 year old than when I was 10. I also would have questions now I didn't have them. So glad that I was a curious child and I out of all my siblings questioned her all the time about "life" as a little girl for her. I have always loved pioneer stories and skills even as a child, so I probably gleaned more from her than my siblings. She was so excited and proud when I got my first chickens and called to ask her questions, I know she felt useful.
I live alone. I just finished double checking my supplies. My ancestors were dirt poor from West Virginia. I remember when my mother dumped her children at her grandfathers place which was my great grandfather. This was the 1970s and they did not have indoor plumbing. I remember getting water in kettles and heating them up on the wood stove to fill the old metal washtub to take a bath. I am waiting for this cookbook that comes near the end of July. A young man that goes by BDylanHollis went through old cookbooks from depression and war times and other eras and put together recipes. I made meal pouches using only dried ingredients so that I can put the contents of a pouch and 2 cups of water in my 6-1 cooker for an easy meal. I got the idea from the meals in a jar that many people are making videos about making. I had set backs on the garden but now I have it rebounding. Water was not my problem. Critters eating all on my plants was my problem. My gut tells me to keep stocking it to the rafters. I went through all my supplies and created ration portions. I have just over 3 years but I am trying to get toward 7 years. Daddy made sure that all of his children had survival skills sets. He taught us basic cooking and meal prep as toddlers. He gave us projects. He had other relatives give us lessons on fishing and hunting and foraging.
Lol, My granny wouldn't have a clue how to really survive. They lived in New York City during the depression. They stood in food lines. My mother grew up in New Jersey just outside of New York City. City people. I grew up in south Florida in the city. But have been in North Florida in the country for 30 years trying to learn all of the skills I can on my Homestead. My Mom doesn't understand. But I do.
My father was very young during the Great Depresstion and I remember him saying the people in the cities had it harder than those in the country. They couldn't garden.
@@myfuturepuglife Pinch those flowers off or the plant will go to seed and stop producing so many leaves. The flowers can be used just like the leaves. Delicious!
Was so excited when we got 45 minutes of good rain yesterday on the garden. It even cleaned the air. Praise the Lord. I grew up on a plantation. My grandfather was a hard worker on a tobacco plantation and a share cropper. When I was a child I said I would never live like this if I can get out of here. I loved the life. I was happy. The life was just so hard for everyone. My childhood lessons have come full circle. Southern Georgia Tobacco, cotton, peanuts and largest gardens you have ever seen. Canning, cooking and slaughtering., Fishing, Hunting and cooking.
I'm nearly 77. My family didn't get to the "middle class" until I was a teenager. That said, we didn't want for anything. Mom sewed my dresses; I helped with the garden and putting up the vegetables. I helped with butchering each January. Grandma and I would take the hog intestines and washed them with hot water so we has casings for the pork sausage and summer sausage. (Blood sausage went into the bladder.) She taught me how to sugar cure a ham, and wrap it in the proper layers of news paper, and then hang it properly. I enjoyed those times, and treasure them now. I'll make these years, but I do worry about my nieces and nephews and their kids.
I learned well from my Grandma. She made it through a pandemic, the depression, two world wars! Always be prepared and don't waste anything. Thats why at 70, I still garden, can, freeze and dry foods and practice keeping a lot of the old ways and now have passed this knowledge to my stepdaughter.
Mum and dad were children in the Depresssion. They never called it the great depression, because there had been a much bigger one in the 1890's in Australia. They lived on farms and did much as you are doing. Dad always said that people don't understand how small scale everything is without electricity.
You always make me smile. I was raised on a farm and my husband and I farmed too. My 3 girls know all about hard work. Now I share an apartment with one of my girls. We can all types of things and have a small freezer. I have been prepping since 2018 because The Lord told me something was coming. Pray, plan, prep.
It's all about perspective. Many people complain about costs, gas, utilities, housing, but they still plan those $3-$6K vacations two times a year. People tell those of us who can garden , can food, raise chickens (all on less that 1 acre) and cook from scratch how cool this is, but they have no interest in learning themselves. I've seen it too often. I know the large majority of people will scream the loudest when things get really bad, but I hope that there are a few who are willing to cut back and prepare now. You have done an awesome job of showing the process of preparing and how it pays off. Thank you so much.
My grandparents grew up living off the land. My grandmother never learned to read or drive a car, but she taught me more than anyone else in my life. She loved the Word, the Author and lived it out for the world to see. Who is the most educated? The ones who get all the answers right because they can repeat what was programmed into them? Or the ones who can feed and protect themselves? I chose my grandparents wisdom anyway over what the fake world has to offer. ❤
My grandma taught me to stop, and to enjoy the things around you. Like that peace, and the whole concept of Be still, and know that I am God. Also that outside nap, amongst other things. :) So in other words, God used her to teach me a very important lesson, that I very much needed.
Patara- Sadly, many of us didn't have Grandparents involved in our lives. We don't have their advice ringing in our hearts. We have to rely on our own research, older folks we've "adopted" in our lives and people like you to teach us. Glad you're here. 💗 Over all- God is good, no matter what.
None of my grandparents taught me much of value, either, not that I can recall anyways. I do recall my mom saying that my maternal grandmother would never turn away something someone wanted to give her because there was always someone she could find who needed it. Guess that was something, though it was indirect.
My Grandpa was a very intelligent man...and if having a stockpile ready at all times was the right thing to do for him it is for me...He was from the hills of Kentucky originally...He taught me so much!!
I remember the small boxes saved in the drawer with rubber bands, thread, buttons, safety pins, pens, paper…. I miss my Grandmama (great grandmother born in 1898). She lived till I was 24. Such knowledge and strength. I pray for her strength as I become a grandmother this year. Please pray for me for a healthy granddaughter. I live worried, but I’ll keep moving.
When my eyes were opened, it changed EVERYTHING!!I!! You are right, it is a lifestyle. Three years ago our pastor warned us and told us to get stocked up on everything. Literally just start buying double what you did previously and put it away. The church even said for those unable to do that to let them know so they could help. I know people who have even the underneath of tables stocked with basic essentials because they're running out of places to store stuff. Your channel has been my number one inspiration besides God, and I want to say thank you!! Even though I work hard at this every day except Sunday (I have a small homestead now) sometimes i get a little tired but then I get new strength and inspiration when you bring it out the way you do. We have no idea even this thing is going down, there will be no warning. That puts me back in the right mindset. God bless you Patera and your family. By God's grace we'll make it thru this storm. And I'm praying for rain in Indiana as well!!!
You're a good girl, Miss P. Wake us up and give us a good shake. Make us think. Make us remember. Give us that swift kick in the pants to get us moving. My grandmothers have been gone a long time. The one who was an adult during the Depression had dementia when I knew her. But my older cousin told me - she sewed for them (out of flour bags sometimes), she baked, she gardened, she never went out to eat - cooked everything from scratch, she lived a simple life basically staying in the same county her entire life-no vacations, she took in laundry after Grampa died. My other grandmother was a teenager during the Depression. She and her sister shared 2 dresses, they helped their Daddy on his farm, she was the one who went to the chicken yard and picked who would be Sunday dinner & wrung its neck, she and her sister did not selfishly demand big weddings of their parents - they were married at the Justice of the Peace (getting a cow and a blanket from the in-laws & they were thrilled to get those). Highlights in her youth were family get togethers NOT cruises or trips to Disneyland- they never had a vacation. Again they lived on food they grew in the garden & milk cows & goats & poultry. I remember her saving bacon fat, sewing her own clothes & mine, gardening, recovering a set of couches she found on the curb for her front room, an avid reader for her entertainment.
Great video! Every time I get tired and discouraged, you pick me up! Or kick my rear end.😊 Thank you for taking the time and all the effort to make these videos. You inspire me and so many others to do the best we can to be ready for what may come. God is blessing us through you.❤😊
My grandma's pearls of wisdom regarding surviving tough times was, "You scrimp, save & sacrifice everywhere EXCEPT your stomach (food) & hygiene". Her contention was that you fed yourself adequate nutrition...not that you blow tons of money on unnecessarily expensive cuts of meat or whatever because even less expensive cuts are just as nutritious & can be cooked/dressed up in ways to make them rival the costly stuff. Her feeling was that you scrimp on the "fancy" & expense of the cut, not on the calories you consume. Her thoughts on hygiene was that "a bar of soap costs pennies" but being clean keeps you healthy & makes you feel good about yourself which, in turn, boosts your mental ability to endure. Her last tip was "just as you feed your body, feed your soul. You may not have more than a nickel to put in the plate each week...and some weeks you might not even have that....but you can give the good Lord your time in Church, in Bible study & in prayer".
I watch a lot of various channels here, mostly for news that's not fed by the big controlled media. You're truthfully my favorite channel, and there are many good ones. You are authentic and wise, which is kind of rare in these times. God loves you, and so do us subscribers. Blessings.
My Grandmother lived to be 105. She passed about 3 years ago. She was always a beautiful woman. She lived through the Depression and was always ready, for anything for her entire life. Her home was a tropical garden oasis. She always had fresh food that she grew every day. She rarely went to the store. She had two kinds of avacodo trees, persimmon, banana trees, blackberries, Pink grapefruit, concord grapes...and more. My point of telling you all of this is that YOU SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME. PLANT THOSE TREES, BERRIES, SEEDS AND MORE TREES CAN TAKE MANY YEARS TO HAVE MARURE FRUITS & NUTS. ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOUR GARDEN. WATER, FERTILIZE , TRIM AND PRUNE. TAKE CARE OF YOUR GARDEN, AND YOR GARDEN WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. IF WELL PL A NNEF, YOU WILL HAVE NUYRITION FOR YOUR LIFETIME
I'm praying for rain for all of us! We need it so badly. Most of the seeds that I have direct sown this year are not doing anything, even though I've been watering daily. I also have not been feeling the best but am trying my darnedest to push thru and forward and get done what I can. Its certainly gets harder both physically and mentally as we get older and as time goes by and the state of our Country gets worse. Blessings to All ❤
Good Morning Patara. I need some of the same Energy that you have from day to day! I'm serious! Keep Dropping Those Videos... They're impacting hundreds & More to Get Busy & Prepare For What's Coming. For it will be harsh, heavy & hectic... Folks Plz Wake-Up !!
My grandmothers weren't apart if my life. One lived many states away and the other didn't like kids! But my childhood best friend's grandma lived right next door and she was awesome 😂
Patera, young lady, nothing wrong with being a hot mess. It's a sign that you're getting things done. Thanks for covering such an important topic. However, that kitty in the background was much needed comic relief. (Cat was in the tree...again!🤣)
My grandparents lived like they were in a depression as long as they lived. They were very frugal with money, they didn’t have much and they worked hard. They loved God and the family and that never changed.
Thank you for the honest perspective on life and cute animal pix to lighten and brighten my day. Yes, I remember how grandma did things and how much she helped people. The difference between then and now is that people appreciated the help back then; not as many looking for an "easy mark to take advantage of" like we have now. 😢 Sad times....
I remember my great aunt who survived the depression, she never stopped, the basement was full of preserved food & she never stopped. Didn't have time to give advice that was grandpa's job. She did sewing, preserving, cleaning, farming & more.
My grandma on my moms side grew up in Kansas during the great depression and dust bowl. It was difficult for her to talk about because the memories were to traumatic They lost everything. They moved around all over Kansas, and lived with relatives and found what ever work they could find to keep food on the table. She said that too often there was very little or none at all. My grandpa finally got on with the WPA and help build roads in Kansas.
@@cindybarnes1533 This is a global event, encompassing all of Western Civilization. Multiple tangents are intersecting all at the same time, food, financial, war, volcanos, quakes, fires, floods, attacks on farming, unpunished corruption, and massive social blindness to the enormity of the calamity that is nearly upon us.
I get you my hands are callous and scratched up from chicken wire and thorns.... I have gloves and I wear the most of the time. But sometimes you have to take them off to do the small work.😮
Hi!! Love the channel. Wanted to let you know Patara that I took heed of one of the things you said to do...get more Bibles. That resonated with me so I went to 3 thrift shops and bought almost all of the bibles they had! Idk it seems important. Thank you for your wisdom
Thank you so much for speaking the truth. There are so many people who are clueless as to what is going on. Praying for our country! God Bless you Patara! 🌻🌷🐶🐓🦃🐄🌷🙏🏻
Good morning, it has not rained in in Central Alabama in three weeks. I have my garden planted but I am using my rain water system to water my garden. I need rain to fill my barrels up.
My grandmother owned a flower shop during the great depression and still survived. "Waste not, want not" was her motto. I have a tendency to save everything, but need to really think about how to use what I'm saving. Rubber bands, bread ties, plastic bowls, cardboard, aluminum foil, etc. Pinball Preparedness has some great ideas, btw.
I sat and thought of our Grandmas and Grandpas this morning and how they saddled up for D-day. I had some eye mist.... Now I'm going to get up and listen to some Appalachia's Homestead and get myself up and to work ❤
My paternal grandmother physically knelt down beside her bed every night and said her prayers. My mother was a prayer warrior. I had a "drug" problem because my dad "drug us to church every Sunday". I am convinced that is why I came back to the Lord at the age of 30 and still walk with Him at age 68. My granny and pop would pray and work today just as I saw them do back in the 60s and 70s.
Gram would say fill the pantry and learn how to sew. Gramps would say never put your money in the bank, learn how to forage, and have no debt, and don’t forget to mix honey into the whiskey for those winter sore throats,
Proverbs 27:12 "A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." I believe the Rapture is imminent, according to the fulfillment of all prophecy. However, I've also been praying for wisdom and discernment, so that my hard work preparing for the coming end days will be a blessing. If not for me, because He called His bride home, then for those left behind! My "Left Behind?" letter is always out on the kitchen table with extra bibles. I am ready on all fronts. Are you friends? Just listen to our sister!
I lived with my grandma for years. She raised me the way she raised my dad. Work the garden, take care of the animals and save everything you can. I wasn't born until 1967, but my grandma would not use electricity because she wasn't used to it. She never had running water. She did have a hand pump at the kitchen sink that was run from the well. There is a lot more but I think if you are a thinker you will understand and get the picture. Can't wait to be there again.
I’m thankful I’ve had older relatives as examples who have been through things in their time like losing children, major financial setbacks and debilitating medical issues in their old age but they still have that fighting spirit to survive till it’s their time.
Many hear your warning, but SADLY only 10% know or care where we are heading. BEWARE OF THAT 90% (the hungry , cold and desperate). Prepare for 1930 living! ❤
What a great video, Patara! Thank you ❤ The more I prep, the more urgency I feel to work harder and faster. Got my garden, Berry bushes, chickens, food, water and security...and on track to become debt free this summer for the first time in my adult life. Most important prep is making time to focus on family, friends, Hard work and deep prayers 🙏
I did not have grandparents or parents that taught me how to live off the land. I am so thankful for you, Patera, and others like you who have taught and encouraged me.
I know you'll laugh at this, but I am terrified of canning. We have a garden & usually I just freeze stuff, but what happens if the power goes out or my freezer stops working & I can't afford a new one?! I've got to get a grip & learn to can & stop being afraid! :D
A little colloidal silver in fowls' and other farm animals' drinking water helps avoid infections from over 650 pathogens. No more sick critters. Blessings to you!
We just love ya channel. Have since we found you about 2yrs ago 😊🙏 God bless you & your family. We also come from many generations of hard hard working blue collar families here. We grew up farming and building everything self sufficiency was way of life. Now as 50yr old adults we really appreciate our upbringing. And raised our kids the same. With allot of skills, by hands and heart skills. ☝️😊
My grandpaw would tell me to get rabbits. I guess the better make some cages. And gather feed For them. It's been on my mind for about a month. To tell you the truth, I put it off long enough. Kentucky is meeting rain badly too. Looks like another drought. Blessings to all of God's children, I pray he gives you an abundance to meet your needs for the days ahead.
We again this year have lots of rain, lots almost every day. Just got a national weather warning for 1.5 to 2.5 inches possible this afternoon. It was June 13th that our town flooded last summer, the river and other waterways are full again, only this time we are as prepared as possible to protect ourselves. The garden is doing okay, need to replant the pinto bean rows and plug in some more watermelon and giant seed sunflowers that evidently rotted due to the rain. Everything else is looking good so far, especially the weeds, LOL!!! Our pastures look wonderful, and the dairy cow, calf, steer and dairy goats are loving it! Keep moving forward, praying for God's lead and working to wake up others. God Bless
Yep, the dock workers went on strike in a big California port starting last Sunday. No one is talking about that but think about what happens when movement of goods seized up again. 😳 Get it while you can & before others wake up to supply chain shortages. Iridium posted last week that institutional food providers (think hospitals and prisons) were warned by the gov to have at least two weeks of food & supplies to prepare for pending supply chain shortages. ‘cause prisoners and patients can’t walk to 7-11 to get food when they run out. It’s always what they’re saying quietly that we need to hear. Don’t wait.
She would say boy pay attention if you need it , use it or can’t live without it you better be getting it , making it or learning a way to live without it !! Only you can answer these questions for yourself!!Stay strong Everyone!! And learn something new today !!
Thanks, Patara! Always a message we need to hear. We need rain here in Central Pennsylvania too. Today we have haze from fires in Quebec Canada. Following your plan, pray, prep be peaceful. God bless you and your family and God bless America 🇺🇸
Thanks for the honesty Patara ! Most people are running round trying to keep an up with the Joneses in the material things . I wonder if they can eat that new car , boat, house , whatever when the crisis shtf comes ? Don't think so . They better have been working on converting one of the designer bedrooms or formal dining rooms etc into a survival pantry ! At 67 yrs young with some physical limitations and doing most of everything besides working an outside job to keep the house & garden running , it's daunting, overwhelming & exhausting most days but........ I keep pressing towards getting prepared as much as I can. I don't panic bc I know God is always with me . I can't rely on human strength to keep me . We've got to pull our heads outta the sand people and quit thinking that if we ignore it it won't happen ...... News flash* it's coming whether we like it or not !! Instead of getting on face twit or instanta twit pick up your Bible and read it (Revelation is an eye opener) ! Get your spiritual pantry in order FIRST ! Then get to stocking that food pantry, making your property & home more secure 🔐 .Don't depend on ADT or another security company bc all that will go down to with the grid. It'll be like trying to weather a hail storm standing naked behind a barbed wire fence ! ☄️🌩️ The media gives us very little truthful info . Rely own real life knowledge. I unfortunately didn't have the privilege of knowing my maternal or paternal grandparents as they had passed on before I was born. They could have told me a thing or too about surviving in poverty. But I gained a gold mine of knowledge from my mom , my aunt and my Cherokee father who I was with him every step he took when I was young . Hunting , gardening , dressing out the game we gathered , building rabbit boxes, and butchering hogs . In the kitchen with my aunt watching and helping in any way I was allowed as a child. If we don't gather this knowledge while we can, it will be lost to future generations. God bless you Patara in all you do , and may the good Lord creator✝️🕊️ of all bless your gardens and mine with much needed rain 🌧️
Patera, thanks to you, and several other RU-vid channels from like minded individuals, I have been stocking up on most of the things that you mentioned today. Yesterday, on our weekly trip to town, I picked up 2 headlamps, 2 sizes of rope, bandaids, hand cream, as well as extra cans of veggies, etc.
We have all hazy skies in RI from the fires in Canada we were told to stay indoors due to poor air quality and it’s been FREEZING here the past week with dark clouds !😞I need sunlight!
I'm 79 years old and my parents grew up in the depression and thankfully I remember some of the things they taught me and I believe that I'll be using some of those lost skills.
Watching a month late due to my garden. Working on a quilt for my bed and a scrapy one with the tiny cut offs. Shallots drying in the dehydrator and every time you say what would granny tell you to do, I clearly hear her telling me crafts - even necessary ones - come after dishes.
Ha yes, have cash in your pocket!! I was in Ace today and their internet went down so unless you had cash to pay for your items you weren't buying anything. I was the only one checking out!!! I had cash... Thank you Patera for all your time putting these videos out. It is so greatly appreciated.
Dad and mum always said that there are too many people for us to turn the clock back to 1930. Their generation was different the last 5 years haven't been the same without them.
Same here. It’s all dark and thunders like it’s getting ready to pour and then the sun comes out! Haven’t had rain in a few weeks . As a matter of fact thundering right now. 🙌🏼
Harvested English peas today. Shelled and ate all of them in the garden. Not a single pea made it into the house. Grateful for the bounty that was the reward of my labor.
Tell them always and never excuse yourself for having mud on you. You are one of the hardest working person I have seen & the most motivating. God has given you so much because you are obedient to work it. Please pray for us in Miami. Thanks!
I am in the northeast corner of west Tennessee and I haven't had rain in 3 weeks either. It has rained all around me so water hose is the answer at this point. Thank you for being the watchwoman on the wall warning everyone of what is coming. I pray everyone will listen.
I'm in western Pennsylvania and it hasn't rained since May 20th. Everything is covered in dust outside because the ground is so dry and cracked. We have been filling our rain barrel and totes with water from the hose to let them sit so we can water our garden.
Patara, keep sending out this great content! We've been following you a little over 2 yrs. Now and have learned so much about preparing, and homesteading. You are an invaluable resource to us! Thanks, and God bless!
