We homesteaders are a practical bunch. Some things we want to make pretty, others we only want to get it done so we can move on to more important things. The indoor homesteading hacks that follow ...
10 Indoor Homestead Skill-Building to Beat the Winter Blues
When the winter weather hits in earnest, I have more time to spend doing things indoors. I could easily get caught up in watching the latest greatest TV programs (and sometimes do). But really, I feel ...
18 Homesteading Tasks to Make This Year Your Most Productive Ever
Carpe Diem - Seize the day The new year is here and we should seize the day. What does this new year mean for you? For me, it means a fresh start, which is why I love the new year because I’m one ...
How to Turn your Home into a Homestead for $500 (and Save Thousands of Dollars)
If you read any of those “Things I wish I Knew Before I Started Homesteading” kind of blog posts, you'll hear this common refrain: “Homesteading is expensive.” On one level, I fully agree. I spent ...
How to Right-Size Your Homestead
There are two big mistakes many new homesteaders make when starting out. I know this... because I made them both! They are: Taking on too much and being overwhelmed. Taking on too little and ...
How to Cook on a Wood Stove Just Like Grandma Once Did
When you consider the generations before you, what comes to mind? We probably visualize simpler times, less extravagant living, and old-time materials such as a wood cookstove. When we downsized ...
20 Tips for Winter Preparation for your Homestead (from Personal Experience)
Shortly after we moved from a suburb of Washington D.C. to our rural homestead in North Carolina, a surprise snowstorm hit. Weather reports had said there would be 1-2 inches of accumulation, but we ...
Celebrating Christmas at Homestead: 5 Ways to Make It More Meaningful
Begore I started homesteading, there was a period when I wanted to “turn off” Christmas. With endless rows of decorations on display at big box stores even before Thanksgiving, Christmas felt like it ...
19 Practical Outhouse Plans for Your Off-Grid Homestead
Are you heading off-grid or do you simply like the old-fashioned appearance of an outhouse on your property? Either way, you’ll need a few outhouse plans in order to construct your outhouse ...