Small cabin , workable, sustainable Pantry! 

I drive my Mother crazy with all my stuff. Just learning to canning food. My boyfriend says we don’t need all this stuff. One day they will be thankful for my stuff

My Daddy was one of 10 kids raised up in mountains of Tenn. My maternal grandma was one of 13 kids. I was oldest girl of five children. Helped grow our own food, was taught by grandma and mom how to cook and be prepared. I married a city boy but he loved outdoors and we moved to country. He was amazed at me keeping a pantry and planting our gardens. Did it for our 30 years of married lifetime. After he passed, I had to sell our country home and so I moved closer to family. When covid hit America, my nephews, all former military and outdoorsmen, came to visit me and suggested I "start a pantry" I laughed and showed them my filled cupboards, filled pantry, all organized, dated labelled and canned goods, dried foods, spices, drink mixes, my packed freezer too, and stored buckets, and last but not least...my candles, keresene lamps, batteries, matches, lighters, tools etc....and cleaned guns and extra ammo. They were grinning, proud of their country Aunt. I told them I couldnt sleep at night if I didnt do a pantry! My husband and I heated our home with wood stove then upgraded to a wood furnace as we aged. We went thru blizzards, job layoffs and hard times...we hunte and fished and put up everything we could do. It was security and reassurance for us. I loved your pantry and got ideas for other things to pick up tomorrow! I have put enough things back for my siblings and their children and grandchildren. I also put in two raised garden beds and added backdoor herb garden the first week I moved to city... I am so grateful to my elders for teaching me these skills. I am trying to pass these skills on too. Your pantry was amazing! Bravo, country gal!

I'm glad I found a channel with a real person who represents values that mirror my own. I learned the value of a stocked pantry from my grandmother. She taught me how to grow a garden, can, sew and quilt. Thank God for my grandmother. The things she taught me have guided my life and helped me raise a family. In a world that worships technology, the skills you have are being lost and forgotten. I've tried to pass those skills and knowledge along to my own children but they are uninterested. Many a time when they were children we had unexpected expenses that popped up. Thank God I knew how to stock a pantry. We never went hungry or had to do without because of what my grandmother taught me. Be prepared because you never know what life will throw at you.

Definition of a Prepper: Better to have it and not need, than to need it and not have it.

I do judge you...as a genuine soul, one that I would love for a neighbor. You are a blessing to me, and many others. Thank you sharing your life with others. During these last months, when I have had terrible anxiety over things of this world, I find visiting with you settling. What more could I ask from a friend?😀

I have been accused of being a prepper because I keep things stocked in my pantry and freezers. I have been so broke I didn't know where our next meal is coming from. I swore I would NEVER be there again in my life. I have about 16 lbs of ground beef in my deep freeze,my local store has it on sale for $1.99 a lb so I'll be going tomorrow and getting 10-20 lbs. When something is on sale I get it even if I have a good supply on hand.

I’m an Interior Designer, and I think your kitchen and pantry are fantastic! You can’t “design” this…it’s hard work and love! I think this is the way you will see more kitchens in the future! Thanks for the video!

Oh miss Lori, never apologize for being real!!! Thank you for teaching all of us how to really live, and cook!!! You have been a true blessing from the first moment I saw my first whippoorwill Holler video!!! So thank You!!!!

We don’t need “magazine perfect”. We need Ms. Lori and her practical, beautiful, working pantry! 💕 I’ve learned so much from your content.

Outstanding video Miss Lori! Wouldn't it be wonderful to have classes in school teaching kids these extremely important forgotten subjects instead of "Billy has 2 daddies" class! The whole strategies of proper living and planning....very informative Miss Lori! Really great....real home economics. Thank you so very much. Love you folks and the wealth of knowledge and experiences you share so generously.

Just seeing this today! Thank you for taking the time to share it all with us. Your videos give us all so many ideas and a place to start on improving on all the wonderful things we do in our own homes. Please don't feel the need to apologize - I'm just so grateful you were able to take all the time out of your busy day to do this for us.

Don't ever apologize for the length of your video we wouldn't be here if we weren't noesy, and excited to see how you organize your pantry; so we can get ideas for ourselves🤗 Thank you so much for this wonderful video and it's nice to see a lot of the things that you've upcycled and how you use it. Can't wait to set up my own🖤

This video could have been twice as long and I would still have watched it! Thank you for giving us the tour.

I stayed to the end, I live this way and my parents lived this way.

How sweet of you to go through your whole pantry to show us what a true pantry should be…thank you. I was always picked on and called a hoarder for doing just what you do. I just never felt secure if I didn’t have all the basics to make condiments and seasonings and baking supplies. Some store bought sweets but always stored cake and pudding mixes. I also keep all the basic medicines and herbs and first aid. Growing up I ever knew if I was getting anything to eat except for lunch at school. For years it was my main meal of the day. Probably why I never felt secure if the cabinets weren’t full.

Ms. Lori, this is the way I was raised, we canned & froze everything. I still do on a much smaller scale. Your pantry is what dreams are made of & is what our younger generation needs to learn . It’s healthier & cheaper & there’s great comfort in knowing where your food comes from & like you’ve said before & I totally agree, there’s great comfort in having your hands in the earth & a little dirt under your finger nails. God bless you all

Your home is in my opinion PERFECT ❣️I love you’re kitchen and pantry and the way it is part of your main room. The heart of the home♥️

That is the most amazing pantry I’ve ever seen! It’s a delight to the eyes!

Your calmness and patience amazes me! It's a joy to tune into your channel, at any time of the day. Thank you! 👍🏼

LOL - I feel you! “Getting up off the floor”- is a challenge! 😆

Ms Lori, you have a pantry every woman would be proud of. Young ladies take note: any decent man would choose a lady that does this, over a high maintenance one any day 💞

Miss Lori, don't ever feel the need to apologize for sharing your knowledge and your ways with us. It helps more than you know. Just seeing the labels and brands of items you purchase is helpful. I've been searching for a good brand of dried milk, buttermilk and cream and you showed that today. Things I had not thought to stock up on, you showed today and gave reasons for having these things on hand. Even the ways you take advantage of the space you have is helpful. I live alone in a small apartment with very little storage space and you give such great storage ideas. And I felt so vindicated when I saw your canned chicken breast! LOL I buy that ALL the time! It makes great soups, pasta dishes, sandwich spreads. My freezer is about the size of a bread box, so I'm limited on that and the canned meats really helps. I'm sorry for being so long-winded, but I just want you to know how helpful videos like this are. Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us all after a long day and teaching us a few new tricks. Love and hugs! Oh, and I didn't see not one speck of dust!

I don't think you're crazy... I live in the city and I am always well stocked up. It makes me feel secure to know my cupboards are full. God bless you both.

Never apologize. Your kitchen & pantry is full of love. You inspire me. We're from WV & we always have things put up for hard times. What a beautiful pantry! Thanks for sharing! My husband is a trucker too.

It’s the way I was brought up as well. My mom and dad went through the depression and were very poor, sometimes nothing to eat. I’m 75 and have always kept a large working pantry

Too long? Miss Lori you could have gone on for hours and I’d have watched it. This is so helpful. I can’t even tell you how much my husband I appreciate it. Thank you thank you thank you! ❤️

I'm a little late to the party, but I loved this video. Long yes, but so enjoyable.... and inspirational. I look forward to watching so many of your videos for putting stuff up... canning all kinds of stuff. My husband is actually the one who recommended you to me to watch. He especially likes your gardening segments. So much knowledge between you and Mr. Brown. It's also very kind of you to share it with us. Thank you!

Your pantry is amazing. Everything is so well thought out . I am so impressed. Love it!😍

This is the most beautiful pantry ever!

I found this fascinating! I’ve been a cook for 50 years, and you had some ideas that had never occurred to me. Thanks so much for taking time to do this.

Thanks very much. When I was about 13 I set up a similar pantry for my Mom. I am now 72 and she passed in 2018. I still miss her canned goods and baking. Blessing on you both.

Ms. Lorie, I saw a all white Wolly Bear Caterpillar recently. Something I've never seen before. Folk lore has it that a white Wolly Bear foretells lots of snow and blizzard conditions. I've also had a prophetic dream about the coming winter, and it's going to be real bad. So, from my standpoint, your video here is an excellent reminder of what I need to do to get ready for what's coming. Normally I dry my own herbs and go hunting for wild plants for teas and medicinal applications, as well as can produce from our garden, but we recently lost our home and land and thus the ability to do all that. We go to a weekly free food pantry and God bless them, they make sure to supply lots of beans and rice, peanut butter, dried milk and dried fruits, juices and what have you. We are busting with a huge reserve, and after that dream, the Wolly Bear, and now your video, I have no doubt that this winter will be such as you and I have never seen in our life time. God bless you, Ms. Lori.

My utility room was turned into a pantry. Absolutely necessary.

I was not raised this way, Miss Lori. I grew up a city girl and the old ways were lost. My best friend grew up like you and has helped me so much. I was a single mom and she showed me how to survive. Thank you so much for sharing. I can do so much more. Hugs to you from Washington.

Your cabin is so nice and you use every inch of space! It’s amazing how you are so organized

My husband has been canning tomatoes from just 3 plants we bought at the hardware store. The sauce is delicious! We're hooked on canning already. I love your pantry ❤

I'm so glad you pointed out that this is just how you were raised! Same with me - they call it 'prepping' nowadays, but it's just how I grew up. Great pantry, enjoyed every minute!

It must be wonderful having you as a family member. I told my husband that when I retire I want to build a little cabin in the woods. Your house is so cozy. What a dream. I listen to you and Mr. Brown on my way home from work and it just sooths and relaxes me. Thank you!

thank you so very much for making this video! It wasn’t too long. In fact I really hated to see it end. I am 68 and I hardly have any family left. Most everyone has died. It is very comforting and warm to listen to you describe how you live and what you do with your different foods and I find it fascinating. I know I learned a lot from this video. There were lots of things you have that I didn’t know about like the dehydrated hash brown potatoes and green chili powder. I’m from Texas so you know I love green chilies. Yum Yum. You are such a fascinating person and the world would be a better place if there were more people like you in it. It was so kind of you to make this video after you worked all day and I know you were really really tired. I just wanted you to know how much I appreciated you taking the time to go through everything and tell us what you do with a lot of it. I think those buckets are very useful and good. Four dollars is enough to pay for a bucket if you ask me. Those keep things very safe and fresh. I read one time that if you wanted to keep mice out of your stuff you had to use metal containers. How do you keep the mice from sneaking in when it gets cold? oops I’ve got sidetracked. I worry about mice because I hate them so much. I think maybe peppermint oil keeps them away if you put it by your doors but I don’t know for sure. since you live in the woods maybe you could tell us how to keep those varmints outside where they belong. I was also wondering how you make sure the yeast stays alive.

Your home is perfect and I love that pantry

This is what our “can house” looked like growing up. So much hard work goes into a pantry like yours!

Watching this was like stepping back in time: into granny’s food closet with all her colorful jars and aprons. Thanks for this, I thoroughly enjoyed. Blessings from Alabama!

You are doing a great job and I’m ok with the long video I don’t want to miss nothing . I’m trying to learn as much as I can. Thank you . You never get to old to learn. Thank you.

I have an Aunt and Uncle in Smethport, Penn. My aunt did the same canning and pickling and preserved just like you do. I love the memories of her and my uncle bringing the family all kinds of great food! The best kind in the world. From the heart !! Always homemade goodness.. So thank you ...

...and I loved EVERY minute of it , and no need to apologize for the length. You only did what everyone asked you to do :) Thank you for taking the time. Much love to you and Mr. Brown.

Watching Mrs. Lori is one of my favorite things to do! It brings peace and calm to a crazy world. Thank you for taking time out of your life to do these videos!

I absolutely love how your pantry looks like an old country store, from back home in Tennessee. :)

I could not have found a better way to spend my morning! I had several opportunities to live like this, and even a husband who was into it. I dumped him and laughed at you folks. Now I am not laughing. And I think this is the coolest thing since unsliced bread. Thank you for sharing this with me! Prayers and may God bless you and your family.

Don’t ever be sorry ,we are thankful for the guidance and ideas !

When I cook and I decide I want a certain meal I like to have all the ingredients on hand. I dislike going to the grocery store , so if I see something I know I will use and it’s on sale I will buy it. I hate to start a recipe and lack something that goes in it. I see your point . I make a garden and I can and freeze, it taste so much better. I love gardening, I just love seeing a tiny seed planted in the sod and wait to see what God can do. His gifts I do not take for granted. Thanks for sharing.

i would love to see some canning lessons if you could some time; love from Canada.

Mrs Laura, I admire you so much! Working all day,taking care of the garden and preparing the vegetables for canning and freezing.Preparing a meal for your sweet husband. I would only wish that I could be half the wonderful woman and wife that you are!! Much admiration and respect!!!! I hope this lifts you and Mr Brown,I love you guys!!!

And you are as beautiful as ever...

Thanks Lori, yes, a pantry is a way of life, when one grows up on a farm or ranch. An absolute necessity.

I love your pantry! As you said, it's a working pantry. That's call real life.

I envy your tin roof. I can only imagine how peaceful your sleep is on a rainy night.

Take us to the freezers PLEASE. 👏🏻😁

So much time, work and mostly love in those shelves! Just beautiful!!

Wow! Miss Lori, I come from the Northwest of England and my parents would have loved your pantry, I love it too! My parents were war babies, that’s where their “hoarding” habits came from, bread rationing was still on the year I was born, in 1957. We have always teased them about having 30 cans of of corned beef & Spam in the cupboard, but guess what? I’m now a hoarder of certain things, myself. When the Covid lockdown came around, I was fine until the Government got to sending out “emergency rations” to those like me, who are considered extremely vulnerable. (In fact, I gave my emergency rations to a neighbour, who works so hard, and such long hours, the shop shelves were always empty) I was able to make lots of bread to give away, I have cupboards so full that even when I could start shopping online, I still had bread flour, yeast & sourdough starter, cans of everything that came in cans, & my freezer was busting at the seams. I knew I’d learned a lot from both my parents, but I didn’t realise what a good housekeeper I’d learned to be in a crisis. I LOVE the idea of dried sourdough starter! How do you do that?? I mean, I can make my own, but love the idea of emergency supplies of dehydrated sourdough starter!! Another thing I don’t seem to see here in the UK is dried whole milk, I must try Amazon! I’m so very glad I found you. Stay well, you & Mr Brown. I’ll be back!

Thank you for sharing ❤️ I have learned a lot. I had a period in my childhood that we didn't have a lot food. (And is why I now have to have a party and fridge and freezer full. Sometimes maybe a little to much) Then went to live with my grandparents and they taught me a lot how to grow a garden, can food, take care of farm animals and put them in the freezer. I am very thankful and appreciate all they taught me. God bless.

Lori, you’re the most prepared non-prepper I’ve ever seen!😃👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

This is magazine perfect home, I would read.

Oh! I just found it! Old Alabama gardener! Thank you for making your video!

Loved this ! Such a pretty pantry ! Never apologize for showing us all your hard work. Please do a freezer vlog 😄

Just what the heart needs today❤️can’t love this enough! Thankful to have witnessed my grandparents always having gardens and sustainable pantries!

We want to see the freezers. Love this content. Very helpful. I just adapt the ideas to fit my life.

My childhood family was 5 children and parents and grandma. My Southern Daddy had come from a very poor Tenn. mountain childhood, with 5 brothers and 4 sisters. He taught us how to have big garden for food. He hunted and fished. My maternal grandma was one of 13 children in her childhhood home...so in our family, we just always were working garden, putting up a pantry and canning, freezing...doing big pantry. I married a man who had been raised in city. Never heard of pantry, never had done garden. He loved hunting and fishing, which he learned from his granddad, who was from W. Virginia. So...we moved to very rural area, I did garden with his help, and then a pantry. He was amazed how good it tasted, how much we could grow...and he LOVED pantry. So for 30 years, we "prepped" without knowing it was a "new, cool idea" for younger people. We saw it as piece of mind, a savings, and good eating! I am a widow now, and when covid started, my younger neices and nephews came to me, concerned if I had a need for groceries and were lecturing me about going getting extra supplies. I let them talk ....then showed them my pantry...with at least a year or two supply of food. Their mouths dropped open in shock. I told them how we had lived...they asked me to help them create pantries. lol!

Thank you for being willing to show us your pantry. As hard as it was to show us you not picture perfect pantry, I appreciate it. I know no one that has a perfectly organized, dusted pantry. The majority of people are busy. I love this long video. Thank you. I don't see a messy pantry. I see I beautiful home.

Just hearing your voice is comforting 😍😉

Miss Lorie, your yeast will keep indefinately in the freezer, once out, keep it refrigerated and will keep for 6 months or so, just proof it to be sure. I just got my dehydrated sour dough reactivated for winter. We butchered turkeys Sat. and I cooked up the carcasses of two that got way to big, so cut them up for the freezer, anyway we now have broth to can and picked off enough meat for supper( turkey tetrazini) and the vacuum sealed bags of meat. We have a very similar pantry, only larger because we have the room. You are crazy smart, like a fox. Thank you for sharing, I'm sure this helps others to see what you may want to have on hand.

I'd normally not be into this but with you I think it's rather precious that your video production is squeeky and unprofessional. That's _not_ a dig! It's a weird compliment. You're great and you're focusing on what's important and sharing it with us! 🤝

I can't believe what a wonderland of a pantry !! I'm calling you if everything falls away!; I want to work for you and turn your pantry into a general store !!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Ok. Now that I’m starving to death, cook something. I love you Ms. Lori. Never get bored. I love to hear you talk. Great video. ❤️❤️

My wife and my family have practiced putting things by for hard times several generations. Your pantry is grand!

Love, love, love your pantry and your cabin and enjoyed the tour of both!! I’m wondering if you can share some recipes using the “everything but bagel”seasoning cause it’s one of my favs. Keep the videos coming.😍

I was raised the same way we grew garden we killed our own meat we had food for ourselves and anybody else that was doing with that we fed and fed and fed people year after year and never regretted it. We never ran out of food no matter what happened and we went through some hard hard times and cold freezing winters and hot drought summers. And I’ve always been a food prepper/old-fashioned myself after I married and had a great income compared to the average person. I never let my cabinets and storage areas get low and empty and it always paid off. I think you are a very intelligent woman and this is the type of woman that proverbs 31 describes because she takes care of her husband her family and they don’t have need of anything.

I'd rather see a working pantry, than an Instagram so called pantry love your pantry!!We eat stuff up to 7 years out ,of course we will look smell taste, then if still good , we eat it I love using barley!That would be wonderful to have your tea plant. We have a herbal mat'e bush. Vital wheat gluten, I keep forgetting to get that!!... Miss Lori, do you have recipes for powder mixes like homemade bisquick . And any other dry mixes??thank you for sharing!!

oh Lord I hear you about the tomatoes... I get heartburn so bad I could set the curtains on fire.

This is a great pantry and it also gives me a few new ideals for my own pantry. This is what everyone should be doing putting away food and canned goods for emergencies ♥

You are something else! I enjoyed listening to you. I felt like I was sitting in your kitchen showing me everything. I have a lot to do now. But I will be watching more of your videos, for more tips. Thank you! And God Bless you and yours.

This is awesome, thank you so much. You're perfect for me. This down home style feels so good and right, it warms my heart.

Far from being too long, I am going to be watching this video again with pen and paper in hand, because my memory is so bad, and there were several things I wanted to remember, but I was making deviled eggs and my hands were too icky to take notes. For one thing, I am determined this year to have an herb garden and dry my own herbs. But, I did want to comment on a few things. The word prepper is one. It's become such a loaded word it seems, and while some people do take it to the extreme end of extreme, in general it just means someone who lives with forethought. It used to be, our lives depended on forethought, on being prepared for as many contingencies as possible. About barley, it is the lowest of all grains on the glycemic index, so it is a much better option than noodles and rice and other grains if you're watching your blood sugar, and a little goes a long way. About canning beans; like you said, having them in the jar is a quick warm-up for dinner, but I think it's important to note in emergencies, cooking dry beans takes a lot of fuel. Much better to have an emergency supply of canned beans always on hand. I know it was tiring to make such a long video, but I am glad it wasn't in two parts. Great flow, and I enjoyed every second. Thank you so much!

Have you and Mr done a video on that tincture you show in this video? Great content for your pantry- the teas, homemade and store bought! I need help with how to prepare food, for all this stuff is overwhelming and I don't want to waste it at all.

God Bless Your Soul Miss Lori (and Pa Brown too). During her married life, my mother never did canning or preserving. Once a year, she would buy a half a cow and put it in the freezer. She also had a small garden and her green beans grew prolifically. At least as a child, in the summertime it seemed like she was forever blanching green beens. They too went in the freezer. And when it was time to harvest peaches she would buy a few bushel baskets and put them up in that magical buldging freezer too. Whether she knew how or not, she never canned, dehydrated, or pickled anything. My mother was an outstanding cook and a pretty good baker too. While financial times were very difficult in our home, we never went hungry. I on the other hand (and especially in these times) feel like a farmers wife at harvest time - all the time. I want to thank you for showing us your method of starting sourdough starter. I am grateful. I am also very interested in one of your buckets, Miss Vicky sent you some dehydrated starter. I do not bake every day, but do not want to get caught without a leavening agent. This sounds like a great way to put some back. How do you rejuvinate the culture? Thank you again Sincerely Fay (shalom168) North Central Ohio

Mrs. Lori, you are such an inspiration. Seeing your pantry just make my heart happy. This is definitely pantry goals! This pandemic has changed a whole lot of minds around here about my stocking up and staying prepared. No running around looking for out of stock anything for us, and I'm so thankful for this way of life. Thank you for sharing your pantry with us.

1sts for me: pressure canning (I did dried beans) Butterscotch pie Green tomato pie Baked ham All from watching you and your videos. Thank you :)

Girl, I so need to see your organization today with all that’s going on Covid people sick I am losing people I have been in a depression and I need to see your organization as that’s the way I used to keep my house I needed that do you you are such a wonderful organization and it’s so needed today I can’t thank you enough this was fantastic thank you for let me come in your house so your pantry I’ve missed it so much with my family

Ms Lori; we are drawn to your channel because Y’all are The Real Deal.Don’t apologize. The Old Ways are the best.

We couldn’t find our garlic then after a little time we remembered, we dehydrated it! 🤣

Live in city. Im the only one that has full pantry among the people i know. love this vid.

I absolutely love "Old Alabama Gardner" videos. You're right - he's just plain old everyday wise. And he's comical at the end. Anyhow - I always thought that a pantry needed to be in a "cool" dark place, like in a basement, or a cellar. And putting food up high, where the heat always goes, was not good for storing foods that have been put up. But, I get it - you've got a small space, and you are using the space that you have.

I simply love you two. I have been a subscriber for a long time now. Sadly i have watched your videos the past year, due to my husband passed away last March. I have been dealing with the fact that i am a widow and a single mom at the age of 45 (when he passed). It hasn't been easy for my daughter (9 years old at the time of his passing). I wish I hadn't stopped watching your videos, this is due to your calm and caring nature. So I have a year of videos to binge. Have you ever thought about investing in solar panels for your fridge and freezers if you were to lose power? Plus it would be a shame if you were to lose everything in your freezers. Sure a generator will keep it all going.... as long as you have fuel. The way prices are going up on fuel it can become an issue... Send you love and hugs from Denmark. 🇩🇰

You're such a blessing to me💕

I like the bucket idea. I use see-thru bins but I like your idea. You’re set!

I stuck with you to the end! I am amazed and admire your place. My oldest sister, God rest her soul, was just like you, and I miss her so much. I think you are very organized and everything looked clean to me. I don't know how you do it all!

I cannot count the number of times I have watched this video. It is my favorite of all Miss Lori's videos. Even more than the one where Mr. Brown comes sneaking in behind Miss Lori dancing a jig.

Miss Lori, thank you for the working pantry tour. It was a delight to sit down with a cup of tea and spend time with you. You've inspired me to organize my space.

This so reminds me of my grandma’s farm. She and grandpa could have eaten for years off of what she put up. Love to see this❤️❤️

Dust hurts no one! It shows me that you and yours are preparing for the unexpected! I would never judge you for your thinking ahead! In this day and age we live in = I want to thank you for your sharing with us all! You know, up to 6 months ago I had never even heard of preppers = well, today I have started prepping! Will continue to watch, because you share simply what should be prepared for and to store up!

You are such a delight, dearest Mrs. Lori. You bring peace to my weary soul. Thank you :)