Manti Homestead

As we approach the second winner at the Manti Homestead inside the Manti greenhouse, we give you an update on how the plants are growing without electricity, off-grid baby! We are growing oranges and bananas in the snow! In the middle of Utah, in the middle of winter, without electricity. Join us on today’s video for an update of the greenhouse performance, also you can look at our Greenhouse construction playlist if you want to know how we built the greenhouse. Also, if you want a personal tour of the greenhouse, come stay at the Manti Cottage.

Are we on the brink of World War III? Are we going to war? The attack on Israel has brought a lot of new concerns to the whole globe. How is this going to affect America? How could this affect my homestead? In this video Nate gives his assessment of the Israel and Palestinian conflict, and suggest that things are heating up, and we need to double down our preparation‘s on our homesteads! At the end of the video he gives two very important hacks on how to make your freeze dryer more efficient. Yes, he goes from the scary events in the world, to practical ways that you can prepare for these situation‘s. That does seem to be the main point of the Homestead channel. Remember, if you’re prepared, you shall not fear! And preparing will actually decrease your anxiety for these big events that are happening all around us. Join us on the Homestead while a very modern family tries to achieve more self sufficiency by Homestead living.

Have you ever wondered how to make apple cider vinegar? What is the use of apple cider vinegar? Can you clean with apple cider vinegar? Can you wash your hair with apple cider vinegar? Join us today for a unique video at the Manti Homestead, where we take a break from the passive solar walipini Greenhouse, and take a break from the chickens and the milk cow and show you a practical home recipe easy enough for anyone to make. 

With the surprise attack on Israel and the global uncertainty that has followed, how safe are we on America and how does that relate to normal homes and homesteads for normal people? Nate takes you in the greenhouse (off grid and growing bananas in Utah) to articulate that we need to push through this harvest season and not let up! Canning, food storage, freeze drying, harvesting is more important now than ever to Protect and provide for our families! Also footage in the Apple orchard, the walipini, with the mini jersey milk cows, etc

Runaway inflation, runaway interest rates, housing crisis, and our current political mess. All of these things will affect your preparation‘s and your homestead. Regardless if you’re paying attention. Also, Nate gives an update on his year-round, walipini Greenhouse. You need to be preparing for SHTF on a daily basis. The Manti Homestead follows a very busy, modern family, juggling sports, dance, W-2 jobs, and the side hustles, while trying to live a more self-sufficient, prepper lifestyle! They highlight their year-round off, off grid greenhouse. It is a walipini which is able to survive the extremes of heat and cold in Utah without electricity! Currently growing passion fruit, banana, and citrus, as well as all the normal garden variety stuff. Join us on the Homestead! 

Water crisis! Water storage! Will I have enough water for an emergency? This video addresses the most important ingredient for all preppers! Water. We explore the situation in a small town dealing with an E. coli outbreak and discuss how water emergencies like this don’t just happen in places like Flint Michigan, it literally can happen next-door! How can you keep your family prepared?

As we try to prepare our Homew and build our homesteads, have we considered who are strategic team will be? Do you have all of the skills needed to survive an SHTF situation? Do you have enough help with the kids while the adults are out harvesting or milking the cow or building a greenhouse, or preserving the fruit trees in garden? If you take an honest inventory of what will be required to survive a grid down moment, then you will realize that you need to have strategic people on your team! And the experts might literally be one call away, or one neighbor away, or even sitting right next to you. this is another video in Nates series of “what does a Prepper look like?” Join us, while Nate has a very honest discussion with none other than his mom-the very woman who taught him how to work, and set him on a life long road of being prepared!

Remembering 911. A profound reason to live in a small town! The best part of the video is the end, when the whole stadium is an absolute silence! Where we have our homes and our homesteads matter. Location, location location!

Meat rabbits! And meat rabbits for beginners! In this video Nate shows you the process of growing a New Zealand meat rabbit, and taking it through the process of skinning, cooking, and even freeze drying! In Nates other videos he shows you how he set up his Meat rabbit colony. With a growing concern on our food supply, and the purity of our food, this simple Homestead practice could put food safety back in your families control!  Check out our new playlist “meat rabbits”