My kids and grandkids are all grown now, but when I had littles at home, I sewed, baked, cooked, canned and learned every possible thing I could to stretch hubbys meager paycheck. Felt quite smug when friends would say, we could never afford that. And I knew they had a larger income.

I was a stay at home mom for about 30 yrs. My husband and I both felt that having a mom at home and present for the kids at all times was the best thing for our family of 9 and society in general. My husband worked but was available for the kids also. I budgeted, cooked,😊 canned and dehydrated. I also sewed. Our children grew up to be good and productive human beings. You are doing a great job with your family! 😊 keep up the good work

I am 75 years old and live by myself, and I am going to try a pantry challenge. It may be on my own, but it will be fun to try. Thank you for the inspiration, Ruthann! It's all to easy to run to the store so I'll see how I can manage to cut that back. Unfortunately I am allergic to all dairy and can't eat beef, so I look for recipes that don't include those items. I try to be vegan because it's easier to find menus/recipes in that category, but I do eat eggs and honey. Thank you again for all you share so generously. Many blessings to you and your loved ones.

I hid our goodies in 'Yucky' cereal boxes.😂😂

Thank you for another inspiring video…I have Pennsylvania Dutch roots on my mothers side of the family. Mom passed away last year at age 92..Your videos remind me of her. She taught me how to sew and bake and cook simple foods…It’s so refreshing to see your family living the simple lifestyle. You are an inspiration. ❤

More families should learn how to live off the land and preserve food as you do. Love to watch how you preserve the food.

I actually love you because you’re so absolutely human and honest about your lifestyle…. everybody forgets something every once in a while you actually may learn something from that❤..

Love your videos!! Had to laugh when you hid the chocolate. As a mom of 10 I have to get creative too!

I found you from watching the ThreeRivers Homestead videos. Although I am not on a homestead, I am a Christian mother and wife and I love learning how other Christians live out their faith. Thank you for sharing your love of God on KZfaq. I'm off to watch your deep cleaning video to help me get up my courage to face my kitchen. Pray for me, I'm gonna need it!

Thank you for your granola recipe. Im going to make it for my son and me. You are an amazing woman with all you do. I love the way you are so organized. God bless you sister in Christ!

My mom always hid the chocolate chips in the washing machine. She did all of the laundry because she loved to do it. So the washing machine was the best place to hide them. We never figured that out until she told us when we grew up!

Kendrick had me laughing so hard 😂 Such a beautiful family you have. My kids are always poking around in the kitchen being silly while I’m cooking too ❤

I just found your channel this week and am loving it. Although I am a senior citizen, learning new things is always inspiring. Your lifestyle is so much the way I lived when raising my children. God bless you and your family.

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE your channel. I wish YT and your channel was around when my boys were little. I had no idea about self sufficiency, gardening, farming and all of the amazing things you do. You are so inspiring! Thank you for sharing all of this with us!

I recently found your channel and am thoroughly loving each beautiful video. I’m also doing the Three Rivers challenge. I’m watching your old videos and look forward to many more. Have a great week!

Thank you for the granola recipe. . . and the idea of chili over twice baked potatoes. Here’s a quick recipe I got from Lumnah Acres channel for easy mayo- if you have a stick blender. 1 c. Avocado oil, 1egg, 1TBS apple cider vinegar, 1/2 tsp each of salt & gr. Mustard seed, black pepper to taste. Put all in a container and blend with immersion blender for half a minute or so until thickened. Store in the fridge. Super easy especially when the store is 45 mins away and you just realized you’re out of mayo and supper is in 15 mins! Sending hugs and blessings to you and your beautiful family.

I just stumbled on your KZfaq channel by accident. You are one of the best teachers I have ever come across. I have been interested in canning for awhile now. However, I never found any other videos that I could really learn from. But yours were taught well, easy to understand, and so none judgmental. Thank you. You have a very good style. I teach in Los Angeles, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. I teach agriculture classes, animal science, horticulture, floriculture, and landscape. We are all about hands on, learn by doing. So, I find your videos to be the same. I am now making my way through all your videos. Please keep them coming. Paul

I laughed at your video today... The little boys crack me up. We don't go to Walmart unless there is no other identifiable option!

You are a blessing to all of those who are able to watch your channel, what a delight you are in sharing your life and family as well as your challenges, talents and recipes with us. Blessings to you always!

It is good and very comforting to watch your videos. Showing your skills, experience, knowledge in raising a big family and running a homestead is very educational. Nowadays, we need to learn from the experts and the experienced homemakers to help us develop those skills passed on from our ancestors. It's never too late to learn how to make things from scratch. You're in the right path. New subscriber. Watching you from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Your channel just came up on my feed for canning potatoes. I am smitten with your channel as you are a gift to the Kingdom of God and as priceless as rubies. I have never been domestic as I’ve always been in the profession world , I am married with 3 grown children. My husband has done most of the cooking and grocery buying in the time we had children at home. The Lord blessed me in business so I could afford to retire at 54 . We now live on 19 acres in a tiny home and this is my time to learn these practical life skills and I must say I am enjoyed it all. I am also doing an online herbal program to learn medicinal medicine. I am learning to garden, learning botanical medicine and cooking and canning. I look forward to going through your videos to learn. Bless you for your incredible gift of mothering and most importantly the job of keeping your home. ♥️ from British Columbia 🇨🇦. ♥️✝️🙏🏼🌟.

Here showing my support and appreciation for your channel. Lots of wonderful content. I live on a 31 acre goat farm in a very rural one red light Town. Your channel has definitely helped tremendously in making trips to Wal-Mart less for our families needs. The nearest store is over an hour away so the less trips that have to be made the better. Wishing you a Wonderful June and Very Happy Summer.

I love that you shared this! Thank you so much! I feel this so strong as a stay at home mom that doesn’t bring home money. The value I bring to my family the way God wants me to.

I made a batch of granola tonight $.31 a serving. Took 3 hours but it was worth it. Thank you for sharing. I did half butter half creamy peanut butter. I love watching you. You are teaching me so much.

What a great pantry! I also can pineapple zucchini, and I have a video to show how! I actually wanted something sweet last night, and I opened a can, and had it as a "dessert". It was delicious! I have made Zapple and Peach pie filling from zucchini as well! So many ways to use up all of that Zucchini, since it is one of the things that grows in abundance in our Midwest! I am happy to have found another homesteader in the "area"!

I had to laugh a little at the chocolate hiding 😂 even though I have older children I still do the same… but In the vegetable drawer in my refrigerator. Thank you for another great vid, and another yummy recipe, blessings to you and your family.

Your son cracked me up admiring himself in the camera : ) Adorable ! I am trying the challenge along with you

"My kids don't watch my channel so I know it's safe there" 😂 ❤ Off- video: She hides them somewhere else

We took on 5 children when I was 42 and my husband was 44 they were 2 3 5 7 and 11 I went from feeding just my husband and myself to feeding 7 people then my two daughters moved home that ended up being 9 well over the last 15 years it was from 7 to 12 people eating at my house everyday, I remember the things that you are doing in fact They are all grown and living on their on or in college and I still make my own bread I still have a garden I can and freeze my veggies from my garden even tho garden isn't so big anymore for 2 I have started to dehydrate I am really enjoying that Not sure how I stumbled on to your page a few weeks back but I am so enjoying watching, Be Blessed my new friend

Thank you for this wonderful video! I enjoyed it so very much! I’m new to watching & so glad I found you! I also think your children are very sweet & I’m impressed by how they do their chores without complaining. You give your children much more advanced chores than I expected! You are giving them such good habits which will allow them to become very capable adults! It’s great (& quite unusual!) to see such an outstanding group of children. I haven’t seen your husband yet because I’ve only watched a couple of your videos. But I love seeing the interaction between you & your children. You are an amazing mom!!!

It would be great to see a video on your chili base and your homemade baked beans. Thank you for sharing your journey!

Enjoyed your channel so far! You showed you own canned cherry pie filling, and I thought I'd tell you about a quick dessert, using it. Just roll the pie filling up in flour tortillias, in a baking dish like an enchalada. After you have your dish as full as you want, melt a stick of butter in a cup of sugar and a cup of water, and pore over the tortillias, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 till bubbly and starting to brown. It is very good and so quick. You can add more sugar if you like it sweeter if your cherries are not very sweet. Great cereal recipe, and love that walnut chopper!

I found you on your cream chicken soup video, shared it with my mom and since then I’ve had several of your videos come across my feed. I subscribed. I can not believe you only have 38k subscribers. But I suspect that will grow quickly as people find out about you. You have some amazing content. Thank you! I wish you and your family well!

I love how you manage the smores chocolate! I have a shelf in a cupboard that is off limits because the ingredients are designated for something special!

It’s good to know that another canner has family members that don’t prefer their creations - sometimes it’s the butter or the cheese or the pickle relish! It is discouraging to get to spring and have a whole batch of pickles to feed the chickens!

Just started watching your Channel. You've got me hooked, 😊. Sure enjoyed watching your little one helping you cut up potatoes. Excellent how you handled your children with learning new skills!!!

Hi RuthAnn , I recently discovered your channel. Absolutely love your channel! I look forward to you posting more videos in the future. I grew up on a 100 acre dairy farm. By watching you and your wonderful family, it brings me back to my childhood of living in the country with all the farm animals.Thank you for sharing your made from scratch recipes. Great job making your videos.Have a blessed day! God is good.

Braggs was bought out and additives are now in their ACV. Making apple cider vinegar yourself is super easy! I have 2 gallons brewing right now.

Honest & upfront ! Thank you.

All looked yummy!!! Thank you!!!

Hi RuthAnn and sweet family! I love watching your videos, they are so inspiring. I will try your granola recipe, it looks delicious. Thank you for sharing and have a blessed day!

Look into using a Sun Oven for the baking you do in the warmer months. Its a win win for reducing utilities and doesn't heat your kitchen up.. plus you can leave it and not have to worry about things burning. Your channel is a joy to learn from. Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!

What a wonderful show! Your food looks so delicious! Thank you!!

Your youngest is a little mini you!😊 Granola looks so yummy!

I am so glad I found your channel! Thank you so much for sharing ❤

Love your videos!!!

Love your program!

Everything looks wonderful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. ❤

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! ❤

I LOVE to watch your channel! I have 4 grown children, but I am still learning from you on things I wish I knew when my children were growing up! I am from Maine

I’m loving your channel!!!

This is fabulous!!! We love to do the same using food we have and grow and keeping purchased food costs as low as possible. I LOVE the food prep ideas and recipes. Thank you so much!! We ended the boxed cereal and went to a granola recipe I created that we love. You have me intrigued with the Azure rice krispies!! I'm looking forward to trying your granola recipe too!! Thank you so much for sharing your hope in the Lord and your life with us. We look forward to each video!!

I love seeing the meals! I run out of new things to cook and especially cooking what you have on hand! Thank you for the inspiration!

Love your channel ! You give me so many good cooking ideas and tips !

Thank you!

Thank you for the inspiring ideas.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and precious family. ❤

I loved the kids running around and showing off for the camera while you were making the granola 😂

Loved all the meal prep. Thank you.

I had to smile at Kendrick checking himself out in the camera😊

You bless us all with your knowledge and wisdom. Thank you.

Your time and skills are priceless!

I love your sharing you and your family. A blessing to me.

Another great video! Thank you 😊

Wonderful idea on the grill cheese sandwiches!

I have to let you know that when i watch your channel i always have a SMILE on my face 😊. Love your channel

I just happened to run across your channel today. Love your content and love your smile. Keep your videos coming:)

Thanks for sharing your granola recipe. I've never used crispy rice; I use rolled oats. If we had that much milk, it would be ice cream all the way! We freeze milk and that works good too. 💯❣️

Thanks for the meal ideas! I love granola cereal!

You are a great source for inspiration ❤

I have the dry ingredients mixed up ready to finish in the morning! .. I love the season grilled cheese idea!!

You are a great teacher of simple ways. Appreciate the knowledge.

Love how your family eats seasonally!

I'm learning so much from you can't thank you enough!

Everything looks wonderful ❤

You are a blessing to those lucky enough to find your channel

U inspire me an make me smile!!!! Love u

Thanks for the meal ideas! I'm glad to have found your channel.

i am really enjoying this show. you are an inspiration. thank you!!

I love your recipes. I can't wait to make them. Love your videos. U r a blessing to us.

Thank you 😊

You are a blessing to me! ❤

Just found your videos and am very much enjoying watching them! Your food looks amazing!

You and your family are a blessing to me. God bless!

Love your videos!

What a blessing to have learned such great homemaking skills!

Long time viewer, first time commenter. Fellow Iowan here that grew up in a small dairy farm and am seeking a homestead for my own family now. Just want to say I love seeing your videos getting so many views. Love your beautiful smile and all your helpful content (also one of Jessica’s biggest fan) 😊

You are so real!Most people would not admit or share a story like that!Love to you and your family!

Love your videos and lovely smiles 😊

You are a wonderful influence. ❤ Thank you for reminding me to focus on what really matters.

I love the affection that Harrison shows his Mum x

You are a blessing

Thank you for sharing your videos and your family

You are a blessing to me I sure enjoy watching your channel.

I appreciate what you are doing so much. Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience.

Looking forward to making your granola this week. Thank you! You inspire me every day.

So enjoyed your homestead video and the granola recipe!

I just start watching your videos I love them thank you for sharing !!

I love watching your viseos. I line in Northeast Ohio and am so blessed to have several Amish Salvage stores less than 45 minutes away. That is how we survive our food budget of 200 a month for 3 people. As a mom of a college student who does cook for himeself,he too loves to Salvage shop to stock up for his return to college. I cannot imagine what I would do without these wonderful stores and the produce slowly coming from our garden. Blessings to you all.