“Homesteading is not about hardship. It’s about creating a pleasurable life.” It often shocks people when I say this. It’s almost as if they want to believe homesteading has to be difficult. Maybe ...
9 Versatile Uses for IBC Totes on a Small Farm or Homestead
Last winter, we were able to score a great deal on IBC totes from a distributor a couple of hours away. Instead of paying several hundred dollars for one of these bulk containers, we instead paid ...
5 Reasons Why Creating a Community Kitchen Will Benefit Your Homestead
Contrary to popular belief, a community kitchen isn’t just a soup kitchen. Nor is it simply a general space meant to serve up large quantities of food for charity, fundraisers, or other ...
6 Practical Uses for Highly Nutritious Seaweed on Your Homestead
Life is better by the ocean, right? If you’re not lucky enough to live by the sea and enjoy the glow from the sun and fresh salt spray, there are still several ways you can take advantage of ...
How to Start a Homestead While Living on Rented Land
If you don’t own your own property, you might think that homesteading is out of the question for you. The reality? It’s not. In fact, more and more people are homesteading on rented ...
6 Tips for Preventing Rats on Your Homestead or Farm
When you think about the most common homestead intruders - like coyotes, foxes, and hawks, for example - it can be tough to appreciate the role that these creatures play in the local ecosystem. ...
21 Things to Know Before You Buy an Old Farmhouse
When I first started looking for a homestead, I was looking at lots of old farmhouses. I wanted to restore something with a bit of history. Unfortunately, the reality of buying an old farm was a lot ...
How to Cope With COVID-19 and Self-Quarantine as a Homesteader
On some level, most of us homestead so that we can be ready in the event of an emergency. Well, frankly we’re facing one today. Countries around the world are working hard to try to slow the spread of ...
8 Ways You Can Find Hay in Winter
There’s nothing worse than observing a declining supply of hay in your loft. Especially when you're only halfway through winter. It happens to us all. We miscalculate or misjudge the hay ...