All About Homesteading
Whether you’re homesteading on wide open land or making the most of a suburban backyard, you can build the hands-on skills needed to live more intentionally and self-sufficiently. This page offers practical advice, helpful tips, and easy-to-follow tutorials to support you every step of the way. From learning how to grow your own food and preserve the harvest to raising backyard animals and embracing seasonal living, these resources guide you as you create a more rooted, homegrown life—wherever you are.
Start Your Homestead
Embark on a transformative journey into self-reliance and sustainability, creating a life that’s in harmony with nature.
Food Security and Self-Sufficiency
Food security on a homestead means using the resources you have to plant, raise animals, harvest, preserve, and cook food. It can give a sense of peace, increase health and well-being, and reduce your reliance on the food industry.
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Livestock & Poultry
Domestic livestock and poultry are excellent additions to a homestead. Proper management results in healthy animals, increased land fertility, and a pleasant environment for them and you to enjoy.
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Make It Yourself
I find so much joy in DIY projects—is there anything more satisfying than creating something yourself that’s both natural and budget-friendly? I don’t think so!
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Our Home
The home is where our family gathers, sleeps, spends time together, preserves food, makes meals, and lives! We built our home custom to fit our needs on our homestead. We have plans, tours, and sources of everything in our home.
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Root Cellar and Pantry
Even though root cellars are uncommon today, there are many ways to store food in a modern home. It’s essential to know the ideal conditions for storing food and work towards getting as close to them as possible. I also love having an organized pantry to store our year’s food supply!
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Start Your Homestead
Time management, financial planning, cultivating a homestead mindset, and tackling challenges—it’s all here!
