Homesteading Is Only For Rich People? 

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Yep. My Grandpa always said when he was a kid, his family didn't have any money at all, but they had no idea they were poor.

You’re so on point and the struggle is real, but the satisfaction is priceless! 5 kids and we moved to our busted homestead 4 years ago, and our two youngest were born here and all the wish to do is work and build like daddy. They are 1 and 2 years old and if you try to do something for them, they have a fit! Work ethic continues to transform our busted up property into a beautiful mountain oasis. God is Good

I'm broke AF on disability and I homestead... Its mindset and action, not cashflow.

Nate I agree. Homesteading is not for the faint of heart. It takes time, blood, sweat and tears😢. We started out homesteading with a home that was destroyed by renters who did not care. We gutted and did all the work ourselves.. it took us 3 years to finish the house but at the same time, we built a garage/workshop, a chicken coop, a small barn, a green house and built up our garden. We then put in the generator room and electric systems. We put in a new well also. We lived in a travel trailer too. It was fun. We saw progress every day and it is the little things that have to bring you joy. The little successes that every day brings. We also had two young children. They were able to learn a lot of skills that are useful to them today as adults. If you are looking for instant gratification then you are going to be sorely discouraged, frustrated and call it quits. My husband and I worked outside the home for those 3 years as well. Once we got the garden in, my Husvand started selling produce and small fruits to the restaurants, selling fresh herbs and spices. We also raised beef and pigs for sale. Someone else did the butchering because we did not have the facility at the time to do it for other people. We did for ourselves though. I also learned to can during that time as well. My husband was a farm boy but I was a city girl. We combined both our knowledge and made an awesome team but we both had to want the same thing. Had to have the same goals. It is a joy to look back at all we have done. It is also something my children were proud of too. My grandkids love it here on the farm. It us there favorite place to be. Because of it, one granddaughter wants to be a vet for large animals. Cows, horses etc. Yes we have horses, hay burners, but they earn their keep. They work the land and a couple are for riding. Different breeds of course. I also live the animals. They, like people, all have different personalities which makes them enjoyable. Chickens that run up to me for love and affection. They want their cuddles. They also talk to me. Lol not really sure what they are saying but we hold conversations. Haha. Homesteading us what you make if it. How you perceive it.

I bought 73 acres in 1989 when I was 20 for $22,000. It was the price of a new truck, so I drove an old truck. Still here, and putting a roof on my sawmill shed at 55 today. Chickens, turkeys, a large garden, canning, heat with wood cut from the property etc, while my wife and I both work full time jobs 40 minutes away in the closest city. Basically have to work all the time, but it is enjoyable to be on the land. And don’t forget the sabbath. We started resting on the sabbath 5 years ago and we have been able to increase our production!

I do believe you nailed it. Im at year 4. It took 3 years to build a 1 year project because of north idaho winters and money. No loans.

I used to have a friend in Oklahoma (Ozarks) who was raised on a nearby farm (I believe in MO). She said they were so poor that they didn't know there was a depression. They always had food to eat. She had only 2 toys... both homemade(?). I believe those who have been raised in abundance... will feel it worst. Shalom.

I would add that you're raising children who know hard work and can find value in things most people throw away. Example would be falling trees. If you can cut down a tree and understand the value of timber/lumber you can make money removing trees AND make money selling trees to a local mill. My in-laws lost 40+ massive live oak trees in Hurricane Rita. It was $75-100k worth of timber. They lost a single black walnut that a mill quoted $20k to deliver it to him. They gave it away to get rid of it. Most people have no idea what they have around them. My children have tried many different mini-businesses. They have learned that some things make decent money and other things do not add much to the bottom line or lose money. They will work harder than most adults today and that alone is high value. I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity to raise my children in this way.

Spot on! We are on year 3, no running water, raw land and building structures and getting out of debt. Wish we started 10 yrs ago.

Whoa. God absolutely sent me this. I'm the kid that grew up and left, never went back. But now I want the ark, the chance to pass on something real to my children. It has nagging at me for four years. Thanks man. This video pulled all the pieces together for me.

I wish I could get land and homestead but I am trapped in the uk by my reliance on the nhs for medication. No way could I go to America and afford it. Never give up your freedoms, do not become like us. God bless the USA

The 2 magical words...Discipline and consistency ✨️

Dirt poor Rural Ohio here. 69th worst per capita income out of the 88 counties in the state. Virtually all living out here is Rural Homestead Living. It's not something to do - it' not something different, special, or out of the ordinary ... it's just simply the way life has been out here since the state was settled 200+ years ago. Ain't nobody rich out here ... although there *is* generational wealth in the form of productive, working agricultural/farm land. Most families out here have passed on the land legacy for 4, 5, 6 (or more) generations. Newest data I could find : "The median income for men in Brown County, Ohio in 2022 was $32,729, and the median income for women was $19,490." I live in a county of homesteaders. Not a one of us rich.

I will say it is for the physically able at the least.

Back in the day I called it pioneering. I left the city in 88. Made several moves and increased my skills from building building pole barns to witching and drilling water wells. Iam raising chickens ducks quail. I am 78 and a walking quadriplegic The best part of the whole thing is I have chores everyday... food on the table. And hopefully my example will leed friends and family to a like life style

Homesteading, when you think about it, is actually for the POOR!!! All those people who can no longer afford groceries... but homesteading can eliminate that bill, or at least reduce it. Our supper last night, for example, cost us about $3 (50 cents in rabbit feed, the half-pack of bacon that was on sale for $5 - so, $2.50 - and the potatoes that we grew ourselves were free) and we have enough leftovers for tonight's supper! Glad to see someone else who started from scratch with raw land and very little money :) I finally put my foot down in 2020 and said, "that's IT!!! We are buying whatever we can with whatever money we can find, i don't care if it's only one acre an hour-and-a-half out of town and we have to live in a tent!" Then guess what happened... the money we needed found us! My phone started ringing from contacts in the film industry offering me jobs that i normally would turn down (locations PA is a really shitty job!), but i took them! Then my mom bought a house that needed massive renovations, so we worked for her on the weekends... Then i learned i could cash in my tiny rrsp tax-free as a first-time home buyer... Next thing you know, we had $14k saved up! While shopping for land, we came across an ad that some fellow had put up looking for others of like mind to build a small off-grid community. There wound up being five of us - all complete strangers from across the country - and the one fellow got creative and started calling logging companies. We found a 335-acre lot that we bought for $10k down each with seller-financing, so no banks, no credit checks (huge issue for us)! My husband and i were the first on the land, and the only spot we could get to to set up camp was 1.7kms up an overgown old logging road (lost basically all the trim off our truck, half the lights on the 13' camper and a window on the camper - thank got for the bush bar, or we would have lost our headlights, too!) We started with LITERALLY NOTHING: we captured rainwater off the awning and into a wheelbarrow, we had campfires every night to cook over, the toilet was the forest. A few months in, we came across a 42' park model RV for only $1900: the master bedroom was completely rotted out, and there was also some water damage in the front bedroom, which was why it was so cheap. We bought that and hauled it back into the woods (by then we had opened the road up quite a bit) and we're still living in it three years later :) The work has been insane, for sure - i had to quit going to work for other people (although I will on occasion by request, depending) in order to stay home and get our homestead built. But guess what? Without the power and internet bills, and with a tiny mortgage that is about a quarter of the average rent in town, WE COULD AFFORD FOR ME TO STAY HOME! We have also basically eliminated our grocery bill, and the sales of extra babies from the pigs and rabbits cover the feed costs. We're in a place now financially where my husband can afford to buy me a $500 oilskin (i don't do plastic), or buy $500 worth of parts for the ATV, or buy a new chainsaw for $800... No, homesteading won't make you rich, but it does lead to more prosperity IF you're willing to give up a lot of the luxuries that you're used to! Bottom line: if you truly want it, it WILL happen, regardless of how empty your piggy bank may be - and the sacrifices and hard work are all well worth the independence that comes with the lifestyle :)

Someone commented on one of my videos that it must be nice to have a trust fund from mommy and daddy. Like sir, I don’t know what trust fund I supposedly received, but can you point me to it so I don’t have to live in an off grid camper anymore? 😂

I agree with you, medical issues have definitely delayed my household's journey thus far but I'm slowly moving forward & I will be at the homesteading expo this Friday.

I still don't think u ever got into how much money u had as a buffer when YOU started , or if your property was completely paid for and u still needed money for taxes , which I think your state charges but I could b wrong.

It’s good to be an off-grid Thousandaire.

Just don't concern yourself with looking trendy or cool and it can be pretty cheap.

Same, we got our spot and we want to be wealthy, not rich, btw, our bees are on fire this year, should have 30 hives next year, praise yah!

I really appreciate how your little list in the corner mentioned "build an Ark." That is, to the letter, how I always felt self-reliance was. It's literally having everything you need to survive the storms within reach. Noah never built the Ark to get/become rich, he built it to survive (because God instructed him to survive by building it). I really feel homesteading needs to be approached like that. It's not about being rich or getting rich, it's about not needing to worry about where you next meal comes from, or replacement clothes, or even just plain shelter from the elements.

My wife and I and our four kids have been living in trailers in north Idaho for four years now as we save money to buy land to build on. Both our girls were born in a travel trailer up here. It’s not any easy life, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. We farm on 7 acres of rented land raising pastured poultry, pigs and dairy goats. I was a high end carpenter in the Seattle area for many years before we decided to move to Idaho and start our farm. I still work as a carpenter to pay the bills, but we are working towards a mostly self sufficient family farm.

Sadly only 37% of high school graduates can even read at 12th grade levels. That means 63% of the youth population are special needs that will be lucky to acquire 1 skill set to do one job, not the 100s of vocational skills required to have a successful homestead. Truman said “leaders are readers” Homesteaders were alway pioneers leading the way.

Blessings Zach. Always live yalls content and y'all keepin it 💯%. All tge farms in Idaho are turning into subdivision as kids/grandkids don't want to physically work from a living. So, grandma and grandpa sell as they've gotten to old to farm. Out of state big developers are snatching it all up and the poor Idahoans can't afford to upgrade with the Immoralafornians moving in with all their big $. Very sad for Idaho.

You're right, if your rich, it is easier to start, BUT easier to quit as well. The reason our elders made it through the hard times is they had no other options. If your poor and you jump all in there is no turning back.

If you want to become a millionaire as a homesteader, start with three million dollars and keep homesteading until you have a million dollars.

We just bought 5 acres with a cabin on it for 50K. We are not rich, just happy.

Special oatmeal change up based on Amish coffee soup, boil oatmeal until thick let cool in fridge or for possible 8 hours at room temp until gels and becomes pretty solid, scoop a few scoops in your bowl add coffee and cream or milk, 1/3 coffee 2/3 dairy add sugar to taste, I use powdered whole milk in the coffee until it taste how I want, I usually don't add sugar personally the oatmeal is less of a mush in this case, and more like a dumpling bread type consistency, the coffee makes this very rich

All good points, I would only add: you better stay healthy and able bodied .

If I was rich, things would be done way faster. Im not at the HS phase yet. The land I bought was 40 yrs no chainsaw or management, heavy timber, rolling hills with just as many thorns as it had trees... All people height(Thorns). It took me 1.5 years just observing to figure out how I was going to use it and what to develop first. I didnt even own a machete or chainsaw when I bought it... But I was determined to homestead. I bought a electric chainsaw, found out they were useless or a real tree, bought a gas one and wondered how I went all my life without one! I'm a little over 2 yrs in and Im almost at the point where my build site is cleared enough to start my foundation and build my cabin. I cut and processed my trees and moved them all by hand. Too poor for all the nice equipment to make everything done easy in hrs, but Im still moving forward. Even if my only time is weekends. Zac is right. How bad do you want it? I had to learn electric, solar, plumbing, building houses, building log cabins, land management, land clearing, skid steer with mulcher attachment(briefly rented due to price of hiring it out), failing trees, water management, Dealing with utility companies that dont want to work, dealing with dishonest Amish, etc. It's just me so I might be a year off of Zac's markers for homesteading. Once the cabin is built, I can move to property and focus on starting a garden. HS for rich = everything done quick by hired help or thru heavy equipment HS for Normies= Blood, sweat and man tears+ years to start her up, just need a strong will and imagination

Jamie..what a woman!!! Miss her, watched many of her videos. What an amazing woman.

Money helps,but definitely not for the rich,the in ground pool and sports cars don't fit with the animal poop.

People think you need to buy property in the middle of nowhere, that's 20 acres + off grid to homestead or raise and grow your own food. You can do a lot with 5 acres. And be somewhat close to a town to be able to work. Just know the risks and rewards living close to a big town or city so you can keep your job or have a job and homestead part-time. Just have a plan to be less dependent on the system each year.

its that saying Land Rich and Cash Poor every year it gets harder though to afford land , to afford taxes to live off the land . That is by design , they just want serfs

Me and my kids have slept with baked sweet potatoes wrapped in foil under the blankets all night to keep warm in a camper that lost power during winter in Colorado one night , we ate the sweet potatoes in the morning. Just keep moving forward and improvise . What you do with what you have will determine what you'll be.

I started homesteading 1976 when I got out of the army, never made a lot of money, rise my kid on the homestead, they both left and started there live, Mt wife and I live on our Social Security, an we border, now here the funny thing, my kids and grandchildren have left there city life and returned to the homestead, because times are hard, they waste water and time living in the city, now granny and I are retraining our kids and there spouse not to be wasteful, so for those who are just starting out, don't start a bunch of projects, start one and finish it, then start your next one with out wasting anything, and believe in our lord Jesus and heavenly father, because with them everything is possible

I'm 3 1/2 years into my homestead and moving out of survival mode. I did this on $636.00 / month. I hauled water for over 2 years, installed solar power, septic, insulated the plywood box, etc. This year I fenced, brought in goats, built a barn, chicken coop and run. The animals are not pets, they feed me and my dog, who guards them from lions and wolves and bears. I'm transitioning to maintenance mode currently. One infrastructure item I regret not doing early is control of melt water. Don't forget to install French drains early. After buildings go up, this becomes more difficult.

I enjoy and agree, but I do believe that homesteading is glamorized by many, the perks of homesteading are showcased while the ugly side is not shown. I can contest to starting a homestead almost 3 years ago and the money, time, tears, and hard physical labor that actually goes into it! I didn't even start from scratch. I was blessed to find a place with a house and some out buildings, but it still require some repairs. I think it is important and also rewarding learning skills, and is valuable to the time we are in to be more self sufficient. But if your going into it better have your eyes and pockets open! Just be aware and be sure you are ready to roll up your sleeves and get ready to breck a sweat! I don't regret it, NO, but think many don't prepare for when things don't go as planned... Thanks enjoy watching!

We by all means aren't rich. We drove old vehicles that barely ran. We changed our life style. We moved to a trailer outside of town that was barely livable. Saved our pennies and eventually bought a few acres with a manufacturerd home during the housing crash. I looked for junk that others thru away and started building what we could for no cost and started raising chickens. Started doing everything on the property that either saves or makes money for the family. Now we do ok. Don't let the small things stop you from living the way you want. Great video

Great video. The how to. I’m not off grid but i have been building my infrastructure for 34 years. The cabin for secondary heat and shelter. My raised bed garden. A half acre lake to water everything. I just built a thermal greenhouse that’s not finished yet. Next comes some pigs. We feed ourselves but It didn’t come overnight. We aren’t rich but it’s almost done. 34 years

I'm the dreamer type so I definitely have to figure out how to preserve any kind of wealth I have. What triggered you to start actually doing it? Was it the birth of your son? Age? Fear? A little bit of everything? What crossed a line to make you start in the first place, on a serious level? What pulled your trigger?

My grandpa was a farmer. As a young person (in the 80s) when we visited, we took a bath in water from the stove on a tin wash tub. 3 kids per fill😂. I can do it. I choose not to. That ish is hard. Hats off❤!

The problem I see is that even if you have a perfect credit score, if you don’t have capital for purchase or collateral, you can’t homestead. Full stop. And that in of itself is becoming increasingly difficult due to various factors or restrictions such as land value, location, and particularly surveillance capitalism. Yes, thanks to technology, the proverbial they can pull strings with the invisible hand such as cause inflation. Then there is all the things like building a road, drilling a well, etc.

My hubs is 52 and I'm 44. We have a 7 yr old and 17 yr old still at home. 2 kids out on their own. Do you think we could still do a homestead from scratch or should we just stay where we are and build up what we have here. We have fruit trees and fruit vines, chickens and a garden and greenhouse. Our house will be paid off in January. We live right now in SE Iowa. Hubs works in WI (but can work in any state. He does construction.), oldest child is in GA. The next child is moving to Arkansas in 2 months. Part of me wants to stay and enjoy what we have built here but the rest of me is screaming run

You can end up with a very healthy bank account on 5 acres. I built everything here house green house fences. I gross around 2500 cash every week. Sell young hens veggies lumber oak and cedar and fire wood. The biggest problem with all homesteaders is simple they have no ability to build anything. I built my sawmill in about 3 weeks. Had a log house standing in another month. So basically this house maybe cost 2500. The cost to build the mill and plumbing and wires.

3 times in my life I walked out onto a lot with a chainsaw by my self and started cutting trees for a home for my family. Hero? Don't be absurd. I was broke but was willing to work. My dad was a Preacher so he was worse than broke in earthly terms, but he put a shovel in my hands at an early age and taught me that if I wanted something, I had to work for it. You want a homestead but want it handed to you like your Starbucks coffee? You maybe should look for other means of fulfillment.

Even growing up poor in a subdivision, we did a lot of homesteading. I raised rabbits, Dad had a beautiful garden on the south side of the house. We foraged berries, grapes, apples, plum and black walnuts on old lots in town. Dad hunted and fished and Mom canned all she could. We ate very well.

I started this lifestyle decades ago while I was still working a 40hr/wk job. During that time I raised some of my own food and animals and gained knowledge and skills. I jumped off the boat at 60 yrs old with a pittly 40,000 401k. I not only lived off that for two years but established a semi off grid homestead in a very rural area. It was tough, I am one of those who lived in a tent for three months, then 18 months packing water. I'm not where I want to be yet but do a little more every day. Been here 7 yrs and love 80% of every minute. 80% is better than the 20% from before.😊

My thoughts on this because my thoughts are the only ones I have: 1. I have been watching video's and to a large extent practicing this way of life to the best of my ability for at least 20 years. 2. I have seen many come and go here on you tube. Many sounding the alarm that the end was coming. 3. Many claiming the dollar was on its last leg. G. Edward Griffin for one who was sounding the alarm long before most of us were born. 4. Homesteading channels by the dozens over the years. One of the first I ever watched was Southern Prepper 1 in 2009. He has been doing this for a long time. Much respect to him and his family. Do I believe that the dollar is in trouble and that inevitably our society will collapse? Most definitely. Do I believe it is closer than it was 20 years ago. Most definitely. Do I believe it will happen in the next 20 years or even 50 years. Not likely but who knows it could collapse tomorrow. I have no idea. I believe this lifestyle (homesteading) is something that some want to do. I believe those who really want to will do it and those who don't wont. I have also live with a group of about 70 fundamentalist Baptist many years ago. They were some of the most committed family oriented people I have ever met. They did well until money and land got involved and the church split. The true intent of most quickly surfaced. Most did not continue homesteading and those who did quickly got their selves out of off grid living and into more modern situations. It is usually the women who get a belly full very quickly. This usually moves the men into a different mindset when it comes to off grid living. In my opinion the best way to live this lifestyle with support is the Amish. In exploring joining the Amish it is highly unlikely. They are a close nit group of people and they have remained that way because they live what they believe. Outsiders are not welcome. This (outsiders not welcome) is a good practice that we as a nation should have been practicing since the founding of this Constitutional Republic. Unfortunately do-gooder politicians, liberals and conservatives do not even know what it means anymore to preserve a way of life. The bible that so many claim to believe has plenty of rules for outsiders but the "Christian" believes all are welcome. Maybe in Gods Kingdom but not in our nation or our way of life. The Amish have been able to successfully transmit the value of their lifestyle to most of their children this is why they are so successful as a group. The corruption of the intent of the founders is more than apparent in our nation today. This is why our nation is in free fall collapse. Liberals and conservatives carry a lot of the responsibility for the downfall of American values and ideas. But hey, this just one mans observations over many years. Still appreciate the video's Zach. Thanks again.

Much love and respect from the atlas mountains in Morocco. I agree wth everything you said except one thing, getting rich living this lifestyle. It's been a year since I left the city life and I'm going through all the difficulties you described trying to establish myself in a very tuff terrain up here. However, getting rich has nothing to do with it, it's a matter of will. If one is about amassing fortune, they'll find a way whether they are homesteaders or city dwellers. If you come to think about it, how many city dwellers dream of getting rich, how many of them will get there? Getting rich has nothing to do with where you live. Again, much love from Bin El Ouidane, all the way from the other side of the atlantic. forgive my english please lol.

Man, my ONLY "income" right now is the $1040 I get for my child's SSI; she has autism. I literally started raising chickens and rabbits for food to cut our costs. I can't afford to rely on the grocery stores; even back when I bought my chickens which was a week before eggs skyrocketed to $8/dozen. I don't have a proper homestead per se, just some backyard stuff. But most of my "homesteading" is wild foraging for wild fruit and edible greens. I am WAY below the poverty level, financially speaking. But here in California, it's more expensive for me to rely on the grocery stores than it is for me to buy chicken and bunny feed when I can't feed them from foraging.

It’s all about mindset. If you just have it given to you and don’t work for any part of it you’ll fail because you don’t have any skin in the game. It’s not wrong to get a leg up but do the work or you will fail. I also know of someone who is living on their parents land while their house is being built. Great all and good. But I haven’t heard someone complain more then them about “living a hard life” They live on family land, with grandma and grandpa at their whim. Full access to parents/in-laws home for anything they need. And all they do is complain about how hard it is. I just walk away because I just can’t. I don’t even have family near to lean on. That alone drives me crazy. Oh and the land was given to them. Point being it’s not for the lazy either.

Yes only the rich Poor ppl don’t homestead Forget it

Now day's with the price of everything it would be harder.

You can do the homestead thing on a shoestring budget, but you're relying on Murphy's law not to punch you in the mouth. One emergency and your dreams are cooked. You can't barter a dozen eggs or canned veggies for a new transmission, knee surgery, root canal, or cancer treatment.

Had to laugh when you spoke of the rocks on your land. I still tell people about the rocks in the Oklahoma Ozarks. They think we have rocks up here in NH, but we have dirt.😮 One of my neighbors in Oklahoma farmed rocks. Really. Their land was a quarry for the local roads. No prep. I used to run our 49 Allis Chalmers into the hillside in our valley... to glean gravel for our driveway.

You’re right on Zac! Love your t- shirt!

I Left my 70 Acres & cabin back in the Ozarks TICKS TICKS TICKS Not enough My dog got bit by copperheads 5 Times.....I only got bit Once, got missed 6 times But thanks to the Clintons. METH is cheaper than anyplace in the US... I miss my cabin, my garden, my quiet But the place ain't safe for "New" people, Im nice enough not to talk about the locals The snakes are more trustworthy

Someday, I'll have a homestead. But for now, I have the CRAZIEST suburban garden ... people come from all over to see it, and soon I'm going to add chickens and rabbits. Ozarks would be nice, maybe NW corner of Arkansas ... or maybe even Northern Alabama .. they get a lot more rain than I thought.

Hubby & I moved to an old farm in June of 2020. We worked on building our tiny home, cutting wood for heat to make it thru a Northern Minnesota winter. With the lock downs everything cost three times as much as we had planned. We are now in our early sixties, it takes us a bit longer to get things done. But every day, we get up and do a bit more to prepare for our future. I don't know how people retire and golf or play all day. We get so much out of producing our own food and creating something out of nothing 😊 Gardening not only feeds us, it keeps us in shape and in touch with our wonderous creator. I'm hoping my grandbabies will find they love this life & want to continue the homesteading life when they grow up 🙏

This sounds like how it was when I was growing up. We started homesteading when I was 7, and it was an adventure for me! Now that I'm an adult with children of my own I want them to experience it too. Back then my dad worked as a carpenter/handyman, my mom and us kids baked bread and baked goods to sell once a week, we had huge gardens, large flock of chickens, lots of rabbits, and at times goats, pigs and a cow. By the time I was a teen we had all the pork, eggs, milk, and garden produce we could eat. Definitely hard work (hauling lots of water from the creek, cutting and stacking firewood, gardening, canning, etc) besides being homeschooled. My Mom literally held our lives together. Dad eventually quit and left, but the experience I had through it all was invaluable. And I definitely know what to avoid or do differently myself. 😊

Great discussion. Boy, I’d love Havens Rest. I love your suggestion that your neighbors home and yours is a family Ark. Beautiful visual…..

I understand all the rationales about how to homestead, but, I've been a prepper for many years. What I don't agree with are all the homesteaders that tell their viewers, "Hey, we bought this or that and it's been a great addition to our homestead!" Many times, they got the "whatever" item based on doing a favorable review on it. Stop this ridiculous brainwashing of people that don't know better because they are BEGINNERS!

I think the reason people say this is because they watch YT. Many people who have YT channels are well off. I have watched how many people started a YT channel and now have items that the average person cannot afford. 20K for a tractor, 35K for an excavator. New buildings and equipment that costs lots of money the guy just started cannot afford. They see people living off grid and their homestead costs thousands. To some its a pipe dream to others with the money its a reality.

I don't think it'll happen for me. Maybe 20 years ago. Not to say I won't jump at a chance. I almost had a chance until 2019. Maybe another will arise.

The most l ever made is 33,000.00

Amen.. took me 3 years to have one and a half acre and a small house.and living in a shed for one year, me and my wife. Not easy but is possible.. a blessing from the Lord 🙏..

Homesteading was historically about survival. Settle on a plot and survive. If you survive you get to do another season. Now days its got a new definition and rich or not apparently you can't do it without a channel. If a tomato grows and nobody videos it, would it still be eadible? I am enjoying your content. Stay blessed brother

Bless you Zack, very wise info, thanks for sharing. ❤

Thanks for sharing , here in Canada we have an ocupancy inspection before you can move into your house, the government tells you if your house is to their satisfaction.

Zach, you have a lot of wisdom to share and my husband and I are grateful that you continue to share it. You are living by example. We are so sorry still about the loss of your wife. May YHUH baruk (bless) you mightily!

We lived in rv for three years with 4 kids. 100% you have to want it bad

I bought cheap raw land with a friend. I'm not rich. Moving out there next year. Planning to live in a travel trailer with a tiny wood heater. 😊

The issue is that ppl have different definitions of the word RICH.

Women did and still do the majority of the work.

Rich comparing to me, I live in a UK council flat, no job, no health, no money, no friends, constant persecution, but hey maybe i'm spiritually rich and I will be forgiven by YHWH.

Ignorant is a stretch. When you're living paycheck to paycheck, with not enough to rub to pennies together. I rent and have nothing but the car I own to get me from point A to point B. So nothing use to sell to buy a tent/camper yet alone land money. Plus Im not even the one paying for cable or internet. I pay for rent, car insurance, bare minimum food and my medical insurance. The $ isn't there. If it was I would have been there yrs ago.

We too grow GREAT rocks here in the middle of the Missouri Ozarks!!!

I recently said this very thing - that homesteading takes so much money! The irony is that I was saying this to my friends while at a $30 canning class learning how to preserve, and discussing which pressure canner to buy. This was a good topic to discuss here - I appreciate it. For the average American, the transition from “normal” life to homesteading life is huge, and certainly looks expensive. I think this is because a) we forgot what true wealth actual is and b) we have been trained to expect everything fast & easy. I am ready to camp out and do what it takes - but my family is not. However, I feel that we don’t have much choice if we want to survive the coming years. Either we choose to move towards more self sufficiency now on our own terms, or one day it will be forced upon us and we won’t be mentally ready, or have a place to go, or have learned the skills. It seems better to me to take the plunge into the deep end NOW and learn to swim.

I recently said this very thing - that homesteading takes so much money! The irony is that I was saying this to my friends while at a $30 canning class learning how to preserve, and discussing which pressure canner to buy. This was a good topic to discuss here - I appreciate it. For the average American, the transition from “normal” life to homesteading life is huge, and certainly looks expensive. I think this is because a) we forgot what true wealth actual is and b) we have been trained to expect everything fast & easy. I am ready to camp out and do what it takes - but my family is not. However, I feel that we don’t have much choice if we want to survive the coming years. Either we choose to move towards more self sufficiency now on our own terms, or one day it will be forced upon us and we won’t be mentally ready, or have a place to go, or have learned the skills. It seems better to me to take the plunge into the deep end NOW and learn to swim.

I currently take showers outside, since 2020. I don't take a shower every day.

We moved to our family land in 2005. It had nothing but an unlivable shack. We purchased our inheritance from our dad. We bought a repo mobile home and stuck it on it and ten years later we built a nice home. The value of our 10 acres over the past few years has went from 10K to 495k with our improvements to the property. We just purchased another 13 acres and a mobile home in the next county and will be improving it and renting out the mobile home to pay for the land. When it’s free and clear of the mortgage it will be an asset not a liability. I’m sure with your hard work and sacrifice your land value has tripled also!! People just don’t want to make the sacrifice they just want to keep up with the Jones!

Homesteading has nothing to do with "rich" people. It is simply for people who understand the value of money.....and energy.😉. Canning over an open fire are memories that NO one else will ever have, to cherish! And if you understand the value of survival-knowledge and energy, build a homestead and buy Bitcoin.

72 year old woman homesteader Certainly not rich. It's hard work, sacrifice, and determination.

Gotta say, the comments here n here are awesome. Good job everyone. 💪

I successfully built and ARK in Scotland for my children and grandchildren there, now I am working on an ARK for my children and grandchildren here in the USA. Still working on getting rain water collection, otherwise all is on schedule. Anybody out there around Stone/Izard county Arkansas that knows how and wants to help me out with rain water collection for my barn and an outdoor shower ? Let me know...

Sadly only 37% of high school graduates can even read at 12th grade levels. That means 63% of the youth population are special needs that will be lucky to acquire 1 skill set to do one job, not the 100s of vocational skills required to have a successful homestead. Truman said “leaders are readers” Homesteaders were alway pioneers leading the way.

One gen builds it. Next generation tears it down. Everything to the dump. Start over, tear it out , I don't like the color. Throw it away and just buy a new one.

Homesteading is for anyone who likes to work their asses off...been at it for 26 years, not getting rich, but it's the only life for us. Southern Wisconsin isn't a bad place to homestead, but anywhere you homestead will have it's own special hardships Taylor made for you... hahaha if you have livestock, you'll have deadstock

Think outside the box, keep your head up and don’t give up. Appreciate your videos and time. The ignorance/ignorant comments they are not truly listening to what you are saying. Things like this take time.

My wife would never make that sacrifice. She’d just bitch about me needing to make more money or being lazy.

Homesteading is only for SMART people. You gotta know how to make some shake. 💯

poor = ignorance you are not poor Zack You have more than me and I started working at 11 years old with other mouths to feed so keep your pass... thank you. The most I made was around 40.000 a year to feed me my wife 2 step kids and 80 .00 a week child support plus my mom and step dad at times no choice of what we ate and no power no heat unless I went to cut it between my work of 6 to 7 days a week sometimes no time off min. wage between 7.25 to 8.50 per hour and no help from any family in law or otherwise all of which I am still responsible to all my family I had kids in school it was hell for us at times we all have our stories but you have it better than I had it and more education to have ways to make money I did the best I could but you are not at the level of making a living than I was and did and now I am to old to start over but I will say I don't like this video because I lived in years of just getting by and I agree with your homesteading is for the rich.respond if you dare to tell me about how I am wrong. I'm sorry I agree with you most times but not on this.Some have it harder than others.To I'm NOT ignorant well I have A GED. CDL, liecence and did this while I was working and took some book keeping and accounting till I ran out of money to say I am dumb well walk a mile or two in my shoes my friend then hear my views and decide no one is always right.And as most have been telling me lately I'm the one who is wrong you decide you seem to know so much I always keep God first and I don't care about the rest of anything.Enjoy the rest of your day and God Bless You and Your Family.

I use to live in Ozone AR. Know there that is? Had 10 acres, log house , 1/4 acre blueberry patch we sold at farmers market, large garden n fruit trees. It was hard work but worth it. Family illness took us to California for 22 years. Now in Oregon on a small patch.

If you want affordable land you have to get far away from the urban areas. This inflation is probably here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future.

I was broke for a long time. Finally making decent money. Im not rich or wealthy. Ive got 30 acres in Kentucky.

Modern homesteading isn't what it was back in the 1880's or even the 1950's. Things have changed.