Pantry Chat - Homesteading Family
What if you could have a healthier, more secure lifestyle with greater sustainability and self-sufficiency for you, your family and your community? That’s what Homesteading Family is all about. Carolyn and Josh have taken their popular YouTube series, “Pantry Chat” and turned it into a podcast so you can discover how to take the leap from a “normal” life to a homestead life, filled with meaning, beauty and freedom. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the city or the country, if you’ve ever wanted to explore the homesteading life, this is your chance to learn how to do it in less time with fewer bumps in the road. It’s like sitting down with a cup of coffee with friends. Round up your cast iron pans and mason jars and start listening!
Episodes
244 episodes
The Most Important Homesteading Skill (It's Not What You Think)
It’s midsummer here on the homestead, and that means the harvest is rolling in, the to-do list is growing, and the kitchen floor is… sticky.In this Pantry Chat, we're talking about:🌱 What to plant now for a winter harvest (and why A...
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Season 5
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Episode 250
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29:17
The #1 Mistake When Preserving Herbs (And How to Avoid It)
Want to preserve the fresh flavors of summer herbs to use all year long? In this video, I’m showing you how to make herbal oils and herbal vinegars, a simple, beginner-friendly way to infuse all that goodness into your pantry staples. W...
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Season 5
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Episode 249
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21:09
Is Your Homestead Truly Secure? (Must-Know Tips with Tim Eng)
Is your homestead truly secure? In this Pantry Chat episode, I'm joined by Tim Eng (veteran, real estate agent, and fellow homesteader) to unpack the essentials of homestead security. From predator prevention and property layout to firearms tra...
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Season 5
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Episode 248
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52:42
Water Less, Grow More! 7 Water-Saving Garden Tips You NEED This Summer! 💦🌿
Is your garden looking a little droopy in the August heat? 🌞 In this episode of The Pantry Chat, we’re sharing 7 water-saving gardening tips that will help you keep your garden alive and thriving, without running the sprinkler a...
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Season 5
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Episode 247
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25:41
Reducing Summer Pest Pressure in the Garden (The Easy Way)
In today’s episode, we dive into a summer gardening classic: how to manage insect pressure without chemicals, using simple, natural and organic pest control strategies you can start implementing today.For more information on organic pes...
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Season 5
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Episode 246
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41:48
Messy to Managed: Real-Life Kitchen Organization for Busy Moms
In this episode, Carolyn sits down with Dana K. White of A Slob Comes Clean to talk all things kitchen and pantry organization—without the guilt, stress, or need to pull everything out first! Dana shares her simple, realist...
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Season 5
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Episode 245
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51:54
The Truth About Your Food: Ancient Grains vs Modern Wheat
In this episode, Josh sits down with Jade Koyle of Grand Teton Ancient Grains to dive deep into the world of ancient grains like einkorn, emmer, and spelt. They discuss how regenerative agriculture practices not only rebuild soil health but als...
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Season 5
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Episode 244
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58:08
Start Saving Seeds (Without a College Degree) Beginner Seed Saving
Seed-saving is a homesteading skill that takes time and practice. Many feel intimidated and overwhelmed with what can feel like endless information on the topic, but with this seed saving for beginners guide, you can start with the basics. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 243
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40:13
My #1 Hack for Time Saving Food Preservation (From The History Books!)
With the preservation season upon us, you may already be feeling the pressure to "get it all done" while also maintaining the home, the garden and the livestock... but what if I told you there's a secret hack for saving time when preserving foo...
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Season 5
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Episode 242
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27:31
Stretch Your Grocery Budget up to 60% with Zero Waste & Big Savings | Pantry Chat EP 241
Join me with my guest, Amy Cross from The CrossLegacy, as we discuss how to properly harvest, wash, dry and store your produce so it lasts weeks (or months) longer!
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Season 5
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Episode 241
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44:49
MOLD FREE COFFEE?! Unlocking Pure Coffee Bliss with Lore Coffee Roasters | Pantry Chat EP 240
Good quality coffee is hard to come by, especially a blend that you can actually enjoy black. Join us in this podcast episode with Lore Coffee Roasters' Graysen and Nicholas as we dig deeper into what makes quality coffee, why sourcing is impor...
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Season 5
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Episode 240
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1:08:54
Simple Summer Herbal Remedies to Make Now to Be Ready for Summer
With summer comes scrapes, burns, stings and bites. Let's prepare our herbal medicine cabinets now so we're armed and ready for the season! In this episode, I'm sharing three of my go-to remedies for the summer, including a calendula sunburn sa...
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Season 5
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Episode 239
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34:46
10 Surprising Foods I Freeze Dry (and 1 I’ll Never Try Again)
If you're on the fence about buying a freeze dryer, these 10 surprising foods you can freeze dry may convince you to make that purchase. What foods can you freeze dry? Let us share our favorites with you! For links to these tutorials, v...
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Season 5
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Episode 238
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31:51
Secrets to Building a Thriving Homestead (with Justin Rhodes)
Justin Rhodes joined Josh in this episode of the Pantry Chat to discuss recovery on the homestead after Hurricane Helene and homestead builds, which happen to be the topic of his new book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MORE ABOUT US!
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Season 5
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Episode 237
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44:08
The 3 Essential Homestead Animals! You need these to be Resilient!! | Pantry Chat
The chicken, the pig and the dairy cow! They're the three essential homestead animals for ultimate resiliency. For more details and any links mentioned, visit the blog post here:
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Season 5
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Episode 236
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38:28
STOP Buying Convenience Foods - You've Been Lied To, AGAIN! (with Melissa K. Norris)
You’re incredibly busy! One thing that shouldn't add to your stress is figuring out how to get meals on the table. Join me as I share with you how from-scratch cooking can transform your home into a haven of wholesome, delicious meals.L...
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Season 5
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Episode 235
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51:56
Composting in Spring! How to Rev Up Your Garden to Abundance
Compost is key to supercharging your garden soil, and whether you purchase it or make food scraps, manure, worm, or mushroom compost, you need to know how to use compost to get the most out of this black gold.For more information, visit...
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Season 5
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Episode 234
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34:00
Toxins Are Making you SICK (How to Detox With Herbs) Dr. Patrick Jones
Have you been lured by the idea of an herbal cleansing detox? In this modern world, we are exposed to more toxins than ever before. Josh and I have been going through a detox journey under the supervision of our healthcare practitioner, so a de...
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Season 5
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Episode 233
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55:58
Avoiding Garden Overwhelm (Don't Let THIS Happen To You!)
Every spring, we eagerly await the emerging soil and can't wait to get our hands dirty again! Then, we know all too well the feeling of garden overwhelm that quickly follows. But it doesn't have to be this way! Here are our best tips for avoidi...
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Season 5
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Episode 232
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31:57
EMP Shields - What Are They & Why They Can Extend the Life of Your Appliances!
If you're wondering what an EMP is and whether you should investigate it, this podcast is for you. If you think this doesn't pertain to you, let me ask you if you feel like your appliances or electronics aren't lasting as long as they used to. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 231
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47:07
Think You Started Your Garden Too Late? Do THIS Now! | Pantry Chat
If you feel like you're behind on garden planning, or maybe you didn't even do any garden cleanup last fall and are feeling the pressure, this Pantry Chat podcast is for you. It's very rarely too late to do something in the gar...
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Season 5
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Episode 230
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29:53
Herbs for Every Season (with Bevin Cohen) | Pantry Chat
Join me for this podcast interview with Bevin Cohen @SmallHouseFarm as we discuss his new book, Herbs in Every Season and how we can use herbs throughout the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 229
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50:01
What Will Retirement Look Like for Us? (+Other Homestead Chit Chat) | Pantry Chat
Join us as we chat about what's going on at the homestead in March! We're talking about our retirement plans, how we can extend our assets to our neighbors to create more community and security. For more details and any links mentioned,...
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Season 5
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Episode 228
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35:49
Josh Interview w/ Annette Sievert (How to Buy a Homestead Property)
There are many people looking to buy homestead property... but what should you know before jumping in with both feet? Listen to this podcast interview with Annette Sievert, who wrote the book How to Buy a Homestead Property: A Handbook for Your...
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Season 5
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Episode 227
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1:02:07
Our Toxin Journey (Part 2) An Update! | Pantry Chat
We're giving you all a TOXIN JOURNEY UPDATE! Carolyn got some labs back and we've both been working with Dr. Torrie Thompson for over a year to rid our bodies of excess toxins. In this Pantry Chat, we're giving you the update!Fo...
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Season 5
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Episode 226
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38:39