Too often, I see people telling others that they need to live the simple life and start homesteading without knowing the reality of homesteading. The "simple" life isn't always so simple, and it ...
Rehoming Livestock for the Best Possible Future for Your Animals
Depending on your goals as a farm or homestead, you may at one point find it necessary to rehome your livestock. Perhaps your animals are no longer productive. Maybe you need to move and can’t ...
The Right Way to Deal With Venomous Snakes on the Homestead
If you’re living, gardening, homesteading in an area where there are venomous reptiles, you’re bound to encounter one eventually. That’s absolutely okay. When you’re aware of all the issues you may ...
How to Fix a Muddy Chicken Run For a Healthier Chicken Environment
It’s almost that time of year again. No, not planting season. Not lambing. Not farrowing. It’s mud season, or rather, muddy chicken run season! It seems as though no matter what we do, we’re ...
Homesteading with a Newborn – Tips to Help Get Things Done
This September, I gave birth to my first child, a sweet baby boy weighing in at 7lbs 12 oz. Labor and delivery were long and much harder than I expected and I remember sitting in the hospital worrying ...
3 Off-Grid Power Ideas to Fuel Your Homestead
Whether you’re planning on creating an off-grid paradise or just wish to cut your power bill, here a few ideas to demystify electrickery. Electricity is vital for most of us. Unfortunately, it’s ...
Homestead Maintenance: Taking Care of Your Tools and Equipment
Running a homestead is no small task. From daily chores to monthly or yearly ones, there’s always something to be done. Over the years, I’ve come to understand the importance of homestead maintenance. ...
How to Get Your Dream Homestead Without Going Through the Bank
Buying homestead property is a pretty exciting adventure. Your dream may be ten acres of land, and you have big plans to build a cabin and a barn. But the bank may not share your vision. Thank ...
Best Homesteading Facebook Groups to Connect with Like-Minded People
Homesteading is an incredible hobby or way of life, but it can also be a beautiful way of fellowship with people aspiring to the same lifestyle. Depending on where you live, you may not have many ...