This year, many more people are wanting to start homesteading. While this is a very worthy effort, homesteading can take a lot of planning, time, and money. More than what most people realize. But I can’t think of a better thing to spend that time and money on! There are a lot of blog posts …
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This year has led more and more people to start thinking about becoming more self sufficient. With the lockdowns affecting the average household’s income, self sufficiency is looking better and better to most families. Then, if you add in the food supply issues we have had, it seems like a no-brainer. But what is self …
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If you heat your home with wood, you will likely have an overabundance of wood ash to deal with. But what do you do with it all? Here on the homestead, we try to find new uses for all of the things we consume. Even the parts that are normally thrown away. It’s all part …
I love using wood heat in our home. There’s something just so comforting about a crackling fire in the middle of a blistering cold winter. Before we moved to our homestead, each home that we lived in had a furnace. And I guess for the most part, they were fairly efficient. But there was …
Did you grow pumpkins in your garden this year? What do you do with those pumpkins (besides carving for Halloween)? Pumpkins have done pretty well in my garden every year. So I’ve had to find ways of using pumpkins. I do love a beautiful pumpkin display for fall, but I can’t really do that. I …
Self reliance is pretty important in my life, and many people wonder why. I decided to break down what self reliance is, and why it is important. What is self reliance? Self reliance is gaining skills and supplies so that you can take care of yourself and your family. And skills are more important than …
As much as I hate to admit that summer is gone, it is. Fall is here. It’s time to prepare for winter on the homestead. Leaves are changing, the nights are getting colder, and there’s been lots of rain. I enjoy fall, it’s really my favorite season, but it also means that the days are …
If you have a homestead with animals, you probably have lots of manure to deal with. But what do you do with manure? Believe it or not, manure can be beneficial to the homestead. It just depends on how you practice manure management! I know, cleaning up the manure around the homestead is surely EVERYONE’S …
Right now, this world is in some very turbulent times. More and more people are turning toward wanting to live more self sufficiently. And this, for most people, means homesteading. But what if you don’t have a lot of land? That’s not necessarily a deal breaker. You can start homesteading, no matter where you live. …
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Believe it or not, summer is upon us. And for us at least, summer means 3+ months of blistering heat! When you have a homestead to run and lots of outside chores to do, you need ways to beat the heat. Here are some tips to help you keep cool when it’s super hot out. …
