You may have dreamed of raising animals on your homestead all your life, but the reality of it is often very different than how you imagine it to be. In fact, if you are to do an excellent job of raising small farm animals and make a profit on your homestead, there are some essential things you need to know. The other day I was raking up goat, chicken, and duck poo and ...
HOMESTEAD PLANNING
How to Implement Frugal Living on Your Homestead
Homesteading is becoming more and more popular as people look toward frugal living and seek better sustainability options. Depending on the size of your property and the set up you have chosen to go with, the options are plentiful when it comes to providing for yourself and living a more sustainable life. It goes without saying that you need to make sure that all the ...
How to Start a Vegetable Garden: 25 Easy Steps from Scratch to Harvest
Starting to grow your own food doesn't have to be overwhelming or difficult. Learning how to start a vegetable garden is as easy as following some steps from scratch to harvest, and this post will give you a quick overview of some easy steps to do to achieve your goal! How to Start a Vegetable Garden from Scratch to Harvest You may feel overwhelmed with learning how to ...
How to Homestead When You Are Feeling Overwhelmed
From time to time, even seasoned homesteaders get to feeling overwhelmed with all there is to do to make their dreams come to pass. Homesteading is hard work, and homestead management is necessary for the smooth running of the homestead itself, let alone any plans for a future business, if that's something you are interested in. On this blog, I talk a lot about homestead ...
How to Start Your Homestead Farming Business Debt Free
Lots of homesteaders have dreams about starting our own farming business and enjoying the benefits that it can bring. It allows you to put all of your business skills to the test, be your own boss, set your own hours, and make a profit from something that you love to do. As homesteaders, we see great value in the skills we have learned. The people around us are wowed by ...
How to Make Your Homestead Kitchen More Functional
It’s safe to say that the kitchen is the nucleus of a homestead. It's where all the garden harvests are introduced to the food preservation process, not to mention all of your meal prep. The importance of having a functioning, ultra efficient homestead kitchen with as much cooking area as possible can’t be stressed enough, and when you have it, you'll wonder what you ever did ...
How to Live the Homesteader’s Life: 70 Ideas from Apartment to Acreage
In these uncertain times, many are turning to the a homesteader's life to give them the feeling of self-sufficiency and security they need. Sadly, some decide to forego making the choice to homestead because they don't live on acreage, or own their own property. The good news is that homesteading can be done anywhere, even in an apartment! While we aren't homesteaders in ...
How to Start a Homestead {3 Things You Can Do Now}
Have you caught the homesteading bug yet? How about the self-reliance bug? If you are any kind of DIY person, you understand how important it is to learn to do more things for yourself. Learning how to start a homestead in the home your presently live in is one powerful way to equip yourself and your family to do more for yourselves, and rely less on the grocery ...
How to Make a Homestead Management Binder
We’ve been talking about making homesteading goals now since the beginning of the year, and I’m willing to bet you have a whole lot of paper piled around with homesteading notes, amiright? Now you need something to arrange them all in a way that will make sense. That something is a homestead management binder! If you've been following along in the past few weeks, you’ve ...
Home Management for the Homesteader {Index Card System}
Running a homestead can be overwhelming--even if it is a small, 1 acre hobby farm. There is so much to do, so much that we can't forget. Your homestead success may be tied to your home management in ways that you may not realize. Those who choose to homestead are usually self-starters who are confident in their own abilities to become self-sufficient. Confidence is an ...
How to Get Your Home(stead) Life Organized {Index Card System}
Overwhelmed by all you have to do in your home and on the homestead? Getting organized can be easy if you just take control, but how? Here's a simple system can put together to get your home and homestead working like a well-oiled machine! Let's face it--keeping home and homestead is busy work! There is planting, harvesting, preserving, feeding, milking, doctoring, raking, ...
The Benefits Of Creating Your Own Mini Farm
Homesteading isn't an easy task; however, the benefits that shortly follow as you commence your creation of a mini farm and gradually move your reliance to the land are plenty. Choosing to live off the grid or perhaps on it but without relying on supermarkets. It's a choice made by a lot of people for an abundance of reasons. Many individuals no longer wish to be a part ...