Seriously, does anything smell better than line dried laundry. Falling asleep on line dried sheets is one of the delights of life.

was brought up to boil from cold water all veg from beneath the ground and to put veg from above the ground into boiling water

Your video gave me a flashback to my me-maw, who one time at a church potluck, said to my mom: "There's Alberta, bless her heart. She tries so hard, but she put carrots in her potato salad."

What a wonderful speaker - didn't say 'um' or 'uh' or 'ya know what I'm sayin' - a real pleasure to listen to!

Thank you for making such comforting videos. I am enjoying your documenting your days on the farm, your thoughts on animal raising, wonderful recipes and food skills and most of all, your gentle way of speaking with joy. You are a pleasure to watch.

I can't find a single thing to complain about in ANY of the videos that I watch from this channel. They are a joy! Keep up the great work on the homestead and raising your beautiful family!!

You have a fine looking family. It warms my heart, watching a Dad teaching his sons. This is an issue in today's times.. What good parents you both are! GM

I wish I had lived on a farm growing up! At 72 years old, I am learning how to can and grow my food in containers. As I live in Alberta Canada, our growing season is very short in Zone 2b. I don’t comment so much as it takes me forever to type! Love your family and everything you show on your channel! ❤️ xo Deb

Love that dad is allowing the kids to help!! Teaching the boys self confidence and life skills.

I love how when the kids help you individually they all talk to you and you get one on one time with each child. I don’t particularly care for sweet potato salad, I grew up in New England and we didn’t do sweet savory dishes, moving to the south they like their salads with sweet pickles. Interesting how we like what we grow up with. That shredder is amazing! Thanks for sharing

Funny..i never thought of my moms potato salad as ‘Mennonite’, but hers is the same as yours….and for years mine. Another great video….love to see Tom and Jerry….they sure have frown!!! Norma will eventually settle with your firm but fair kindness to her. Xx

What a great clothesline. I did not know that they made one like that. You can hang a lot of clothes in a small area too. Plus, it is moveable to another location. I guess when you have a lot of wind from another direction, you can move the line to that area for the clothes to dry. I am impressed. I am also impressed with the children not complaining while working, and that they are all learning to do everything. You never know what you will need to do when out on your own, and if you have done it before, it will make your life so much easier. “Bring up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” You are doing that with such grace. I was brought up with a sweet potato salad also. I knew how to make potato salad when I first got married, but I liked my mother-in-law’s potato salad more than my Mom’s and Grandmother’s, so I called and asked her how to make it. It is not quite as sweet as yours, but close. The video brought back great memories. I always enjoy what you share, no matter what it is. ❤

Your parenting is admirable. Too few moms and dads take the time to integrate teaching with projects. Our home was similar to yours - DIY/scratch cooking - which is why after a career of carrying a briefcase and wearing 3-1/2 inch heels chasing airplanes, I can manage maintenance, installs and build projects on my little homestead. My mother's grandfather was a chef in Germany before her father immigrated to US in early 1900s so I and my brother learned how to plan/cook from scratch very delicious meals. And Dad was a talented DIYer so we learned a lot from both of them. Mom's family were wheat farmers in NoDakota and Dad's family were factory workers. So there were rich values and ethos ingrained in us. Our gardening chores like your children were great learning lessons on how to feed yourself. As an adult I've come to learn that my childhood was a blessing because so many never learned those skills and with the coming changes to our world, it will be very challenging for them.

I pray I can have a dairy cow in the future if the Lord wills. I pray He continues to give me knowledge and wisdom in order to properly care for one ❤ I am so thankful He blessed me with your channel- I can only aspire to live this way. We are just starting out (garden[veggie/herb/medicinal plants], chickens, preserving). As a mother I get so frustrated doing everything to run the house but watching your videos shows me how important it is to have joy when homemaking and it has blessed me immensely! Also learning how to appropriately assign chores to my “flock” of 5 kiddos. May God bless and guide you always 🥰

Such a great sense of accomplishment for Dad's clothesline- building "work crew" helpers. They will look back on this structure when older and can proudly think to themselves "I helped to do that".

I've never seen carrots in potato salad. I imagine it adds a nice sweetness. I use mayo, mustard, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper. Delicious!

It's terrific to see the kids learning a wide variety of skills. My parents taught us some basic things, but we were more of an annoyance to them (or, at least they imparted that attitude). My mother was such a control freak, and rarely encouraged (instead, criticized) us. Now that I'm older, I'm learning all of these skills we should have learned growing up on a hobby farm, from watching videos like yours. Thanks for sharing.

I make a Michigan or Pennsylvania version of potato salad. I cook the eggs with unpeeled potatoes. I use mayonnaise about a tsp of sugar , a Tb sour cream, a a good squeeze of mustard also salt and pepper to taste. Sometimes I add sliced radishes for the color and crunch. When I cut the potatoes I peel them and cut them in bite sized pieces in slices about an inch square and 1/2 inch thick.

Our dairy cow is head strong, too. I'm glad for all your advice, in milking to the end. I've had many pails kicked over at 15 min. when she thinks we're done.

Clotheslines are awesome! Potato salad looks so amazing. Could you tell us a story about adopt your boy? I love to hear. Adopt children are wonderful and blessings. ❤

That is some great clothesline. I've never seen one like that before. Potato salad looked delish. The calves are growing fast! Two-legged mama is more stubborn than the 4-legged mama. lol

Wow! Now that’s a clothesline!! So enjoy your channel ❤

Such a great lesson in taking care of your family. The old ways are invaluable and best not forgotten.

Ya'll are such great parents! 💐 Love your videos and seeing the children working along side you. 🦃🐓🐄

So glad came across your channel! Loved the smell of clothes dried outside on the line, a memory from childhood. And the potato salad looked so good. Love watching all of you work together. Much love to all of you from Indiana.....

Perfect timing! I bought potatoes at the farmers market this morning intending to make potato salad. I was just about to search for a new recipe and here you posted a new video! God is good.

Love watching your gentle tough with your children, the animals and your garden!

Thank you for explaining to use cold water to begin the cooking process for the potatoes.

I really enjoy your channel.

Ruthann, i just discovered your channel. I want to thank you for sharing your daily life with us. It is already helping me immeasurably in not only the practical skills I've always been fearful of trying, but also with keeping a peaceful yet intentional mindset throughout any hard work, and also how to truly rejoice in this beautiful creation God has given us to steward. ❤

❤es ist sooo lieb....wie die Jungs dem Papa helfen....für Mama die Wäscheleinenkonstruktion zu montieren❤❤❤❤❤ Gut das Du Dich nicht unterkriegen lässt...von der dickköpfigen Kuh.....und Du machst es richtig....Du bleibst ruhig und bestimmt 😊 Euer Kartoffel Salat ist eine ganz andere Art als ich sie kenne.....etwas zu Kalorien reich😅aber ich probiere das Rezept aus 😊 Wir in Österreich 🇦🇹 machen unseren Kartoffel Salat etwas anders 😅 Lg.Manu 🙋‍♀️🇦🇹

Oh wow! I have never seen potatoe salad made that way, or potatoe salad without boiled eggs in it. I will try your recipe, but I have to say I will add my boiled eggs.

Thank you for making your videos. Brings back so many memories of being raised on our farm. And like that you do voiceovers rather than try to always talk when you are busy doing your outdoor work. May God Bless you all.

I made this several weeks ago (swapped the Miracle Whip with organice greek yogurt), took one bite, and said, "Oh, no. Sorry grandma." You don't realize what a big deal this was: my grandma's potato salad is a family treasure.

Thank you for sharing your lively and lovely family days . I especially enjoy the boys' teamwork with the tools!

Wow I always learn something new from watching you !! Thank you so much for your very wise knowledge and passing on !! Blessing to you and your family !! ❤

❤RuthAnn Not a One of the Women in My Family made Potato Salad that tasted the Same. I have Always Used Sugar in Mine but the Rest is a Version of Yours..I Use Milk instead of Vinegar with Salad Dressing or Miracle Whip. I do not Put Onions because I have a Weird think With Migraine Headaches and Have found All onions except, Vidalia onions Trigger Migraine Headaches for me. I Enjoyed Learning about Your Version of Potatoe Salad & seeing Elvin teaching & working with All the Boys!! Such a Refreshing Thing to See Dad's Teach & Let them Learn. That's How My Dad do with Me, His Son, My Baby Brother came Along 7 yrs. After Me.❤ God Bless

Oh my gosh that’s how mom made her dressing. We’ve never had potatoes shredded like that but worth trying. Thanks.

Your potato salad look so good. I cook with my skin on as well. I score a complete circle around center of each potato. Then when they are cooked and cool the entire peel from each side of potato comes off in a big piece. So easy. Give it a try. It’s quick. But also there is something calming to me about sitting and peeling vegetables. 🥰😊

God has grown a wonderful teaching heart in you!🙌🙌 I am thankful to have found your channel a bit back. Though I don’t care for sweet potato salad I will be trying your peel on boiling method and shredding the potatoes! Thank you for sharing your hand crank shredder, I didn’t know they existed! I keep wearing through the box style so will see if I can get my hands on a crank style. God bless you all🙏

I have 3 different brands of pressure cannera and an electric option. My prestos are the ones I reach for, consistently. I can do 3 rounds in my prestos in leas time than 2 in the all american. My in laws hold the all American in such high estime, but i am pleased with the ease of using the prestos!

I am new to your channel (maybe for two weeks now) and I enjoy watching you and your family so much. We are friends with Old Order Amish and it reminds me of their lifestyle. In fact, I will be going to pick up three pies for a funeral meal on Monday that my friend is making for me. We have been friends now for about twenty five years and we often drive them places and never charge them and in return they are so helpful and generous with us. I value our friendship.

We are buying our bigger homestead soon and a laundry line is one of the things I’m most excited about. It’s not feasible where we are now. Nothing says clean like sun dried sheets!

Thank you for sharing…I’m going to try your method, I love potato salad. I love your channel and all the olds ways you do things…is honestly remind me of my childhood with many of the same things my grandmother taught me. Thank You

Haha! That cow has met her match! You’re such an inspiration. Thank you for sharing the potato salad recipe. My mom used to put sugar and mustard in hers. I loved it but unfortunately my husband does not so I have to make the unsweet version. I do love the tip of shredding the cold potatoes. I’ve never thought of that. Makes sense how much more flavor can get absorbed. I’m gonna try that.

The way you smile, reminds me that we are the best of friends or family! Love you channel!

This is almost my rec. Garlic onion cayenne peppere ginger lemon and one drop either eucoliptus or teatree only one drop don't forget water. Make tea. Better by 2/3 days. 3 times per day. Its strong so eat with it may get tummy ache if sensitive. Try garlic and honey or onion and honey syrup. Onion on chest or feet bag then socks.

Mom was raised Mormon. She made her tater salad sorta like you. No carrots but add hard hoiled egg and chopped sweet pickle. The dressing was exactly the same.

I love your attitude with your headstrong cow 😁. Nice clothesline. I love that your boys are helping dad🥰.Your potato salad sounds yummy I always make a dill potato salad.. Have a great day!🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸

I have always cooked my potatoes with the skins on also. That's how my grandma did hers. They are easy to peel after they cool and have a lot better taste in your potatoe salad.

What a lovely video! Loved the rain!! All the animals! A beautiful life! I know it’s lots of hard work. God is Sooo Good! Thank you for sharing your life and family with us. They provide me with a temporary escape from this crazy world!!

Tom is really admiring himsrlf in the camera lol. Wow a laundry line. Havent seen one or used one since I was a kid. ❤

I miss having a clothesline! There's nothing better than sheets and towels hung outside to dry. I just love watching your videos. It reminds me of how I grew up. ❤

I love that clothesline. My oldest daughter and I had our babies 11 months apart. We both used cloth diapers except when we were out visiting or at church. We had clothes lines going from every tree. Diaper day we looked like a Guatemalin village. No insult intended. It was wonderful the fresh air inside the clothes,

Me and my three daughters will be starting over canning. We will be canning every day for the next seven weeks. I have my son and youngest daughter that can't have daily at all. So I will be making homemade almonds and coconut milk and almond butter and almond flour and be making homemade coconut oil too. I have to find out how to take almond milk and make homemade ice cream. And I will be making homemade cheese too.

Probably the most comforting thing about your videos, for me, is watching you use tools that I have in my kitchen as well.

While I don't have a Mennonite history in my family, I was also taught to make a SWEET potato salad! And since my dad was a 4th if July baby...potato salad was very important! Also, Norma (my paternal grandma's name) is so beautiful! You are doing a fantastic job! Blessings. LUCRETIA 🇺🇸

Thanks for the potato salad recipe. I haven’t seen one with sugar in it, but you also add vinegar so it kind of makes sense. My recipe is just miracle whip, mustard, salt, and pepper because that is how my Mom made it. I love your video!

I used to hang my clothes in order , all the sheets & towels on the outside lines , then blue jeans & pants , next line , blouses shirts , I would leave the inside lines for underwear etc ! We lived near a busy street & houses all around us, I don’t like everyone getting a view of them ! We had to help my mom wash & hang clothes , it was hard during the bad winters we had in Texas , so we’d hang clothes on hangers on shower rod , it did the job ! My mom told us back in the ‘50’s she had 2 of 8 kids, dust storms were bad , she was a bit green , she’d wash cloth diapers hang them outside , the dusty wind would get them dirty , she’d wash again , hang them inside house where my dad had set up clothes lines for her , if they didn’t dry completely she’d press them !

Tip. Not that you need it. But you can hang more cloths on the line if you go on and hang your shirts, dresses, pants etc on hangers hand them out like that. When i was still living at home my parents didnt have a lot of place to hang clothes out so we hung them off of the the lip of he carport as long as hey aren’t bunched up the air could flow between them. Then another upside is that they were already hung up so you didnt have to do it after they were dry :). You are amazing by the way keep up the good work training your children in the old ways. You’re giving them something so many children and young adults don’t have.

My father was in the Army so we were only together sporadically. Vacation was visiting my 2 grandmothers whom I dearly loved. One loved on a farm and the other in the city. I really miss them so much.

We finally got some rain this morning here in Indiana. It didn't help the heat though. Horrible Love your clothesline. I have hung out my clothes for years. Best smell on earth. I used cloth diapers and they were so neat looking hanging on the line.

Do you think that Norma is traumatized? Maybe it is not about control, but trust and the fact that you care. She probably been through a lot!

I love this 😁 Thank you for sharing! Watching this video warmed my heart... my favorite photo is of my husbands Great Grandmother, in a polka dot dress, milking their cow❣️ It’s an old black and white photo. It's great. I adore her and your video made me think of her 🥰 Thank you

I love everything about this video! Your home and property are beautiful and it's so sweet that your boys are helping put your laundry line up. !🥰🥰🥰

I love potato salad but never in my life have i ever heard or seen shredded potato salad. My step father's family was Mennonite. Im going to try this for my next potato salad. It looks good.

I have this type of pressure canner .I love mine. I use dill relish in my potato salad, I used to use sweet relish but once I tried it with dill, I'll never use sweet again.

That recipe for potato salad is much like the way I make my dressing. I learned this way when I was a teenager. I'm now 79.

My Mother always cooked the potatoes in the peel for potatoes salad And then we rubbed the peeling off to make up a potato salad. Remind me of home when I thought of that. I have gotten in such a habit of simply cubing my potatoes and cooking them. And more often than not the peelings just stay on l o l However, for mashed potatoes. I very often start with hot water just to get it cooking quick

Watch Elvin and the boys building the clothesline, I couldn't help be admire the background of Iowa. I was raised on the east side of Iowa, out in the country, and sure do miss those beautiful skies and rolling fields. It is so pretty where you are. The sounds, the lighting, just all of it gives me such a serene feeling, and I think it is a part of why I really enjoy your videos so much. Thanks for sharing Ruthann! :) Congrats on your new clothesline! That looks amazing!

I so enjoy your videos, always enjoy seeing the animals on your farm. You should publish a cookbook. Love your recipes!

I love my Presto Pressure Canner. Your house looks so fun. Reminds me of my Aunt and Uncles house years ago in Virginia. Lv and Prayers to all.

That is the same dressing recipe my family has used for years. However has my potato salad, always says it’s the best.

Hooray for all that rain!!! Could you send some to Arizona if you get a chance.🤣 I love to see a garden after rain-you can see that the plants feel the difference from well water.

I live in the city but I had a clothes line until it rusted and broke. I never missed it as much as when I no longer had it. Even having it to put the bed sheets on to air out. There is nothing better in the world than the smell of sheets that have been dried on the line. I love your new clothes line, looks like you would be able to relocate it easily enough if necessary.

I'll try your potato salad, Ruth Ann. It looks wonderful! We've finally had some rain here in S.E. Wisconsin. I celebrated its arrival and all the veggies seemed to appreciate it very much also. Have already harvested 3 zucchini from my little plants, and to celebrate that, I made zucchini bread with almond flour. It's just delicious and I'll make even more tomorrow. Hoping you have a wonderful weekend. Love and blessings to all.

I love watching your video's, iv'e starting canning about 1 1/2 years ago, I wish I would have started sooner, I'm 67yo, I Think every child should learn these skills.

My mom was Dutch & German so that’s how we were brought up and your potatoe salad is alittle different but almost the same I don’t comment often but teaching your kids to learn how to do things is a must especially with the prices of everything and love the new clothes line I have 4 lines and love to hang clothes out I hate to run the dryer in the summer ❤

I am absolutely riveted by this gal and her family. her boys were doing the dishes!!! her daughter was reading a book!! everyone was pitching in and helping... and, they looked happy!!! I need to sit down for a moment...

I use the Ball Blue Book to can green beans and most fruits and veggies. If I don't know in my head how to do something preserving, I check the Blue Book.

I always enjoy watching what it is that you do in a day. Can’t believe how hard working you and the family are. I don’t see your husband much however, I believe you said he has an outside job elsewhere so I’m sure he’s a very busy man as well. Thanks for all the wonderful tips you give us in each video. I find everything you to so darn interesting. I also love all the kitchen machinery that you have. You must have gotten while in the other community your lived in, utensils I’ve never seen anywhere before. Thank you for your awesome videos….I would love to follow you in a day (I’m sue I’d need a few naps during the day), lol.

Mom had a shredder like yours. Beautiful memories in the kitchen. Wish I could get my hands on one.

I t4ruly enjoy watching how your children step in and do some work. This is the way I was raised, so many children today do not want or care about working. You are all so blessed. I can't hang my clothes outside, no allowed, so I take the old fashioned clothes rack to dry my clothes in the back bedroom.

My grandma was Old Order German Baptist. Her potato salad dressing was almost identical to yours but she cubed her potatoes. Everyone loved her potato salad! I will shred my potatoes next time I make it! Love your program! ❤️

I score my raw potatoes around they center to make removing the peels easier after the cook.

Thank you so much ❤

That looks absolutely delicious. I've had many opportunities to enjoy Mennonite food (including potato salad), and it's always delicious.

I just found your vlog and really enjoyed watching your presentation. It's heart warming and a joy to watch.

That is definitely an interesting potato salad! I've never seen one that had shredded potatoes before. I like mine with spicy veggies and horseradish mustard.😊

Our family recipe for potato salad is very similar and sweet/tart. We add sweet pickles for some extra crunch. Mother alway poured some of the pickle juice in place of the vinegar. Comes out pretty close to the same and is delicious!

Potato salad looks great thanks for sharing 👍

Not sure how I came across your channel, but I am so incredibly glad I did!! Your videos are so real! They are relaxing to watch and learn from!

Good morning from Canada! I am enthralled with your videos. I am a 70 year old woman who is starting to do pressure canning. I, admit, I am a wee bit scared, lol I have searched a lot of sites for information on canning and I believe that, for me, you will be my teacher. Your videos are easy to follow, down to earth and calming. I have written down some recipes and have hundreds more to do. I researched what type of canner to buy and I ordered the All American ( I think it's 21.5 one ) pressure canner. It might be a wee bit big as I am canning for one but better too big then too small. Nowhere did I see/read anything bad about it. Wish me luck and please keep your videos coming as I need a lot of help. I guess it's not true about teaching old dogs new tricks I am more of a cat person myself. rofl!!

Love this recipe! My mom's did of the family was German and Norwegian. We have always made a sweet potato salad. We do yes use hard boiled eggs and sweet pickles. We just cubed the potatoes. I am very excited to try your recipe! Thank you for sharing! Take care

Love seeing these children able to work and do things well!!!

Beautiful family, love how all the kids help.

I love using my close line to dry my laundry. I have people comment about it all the time. I'll be excited to hear how this new laundry line works for you after you have used it a while.

I love you, Ruth! I so much enjoy your podcast, and I hope you continue your recipes. I would love to meet you in person, and hopefully ❤I will get to. Your homestead life is a lot for you, Ruth. It sure gives you a good workout. But you and your husband sure have an educational place for your kids to learn, grow, and have good working ethics and experience! Love your place and podcast ❤️

I will be ordering the potato grater and the chopper when it is back in stock!

Just found your channel watching this video brought back lots of memories from my childhood. I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Indiana, we milked on of the cows by hand all the others were milked with stainless steel milk buckets. I often milked the cow by hand in the evening. We also had a huge garden growing our own food it was nothing to can a hundred quarts of tomatoes and green beans every summer. The potato salad looked delicious as growing up Mennonite I never put carrots in mine but our dressing was also sweet with pickles added.