Foraging for Craft Supplies All Summer Long

Between the berries and the preserving, foraging for craft materials is honestly my favorite part of summer. It’s the quiet-hour … More

Too Much Garden, Not Enough You: A Real Talk Guide to Harvest Overwhelm

If you walked outside this morning, looked at your counters, and thought “Who did this to me?”  Welcome. You’re not … More

Freezing Wild Berries the Right Way

I mentioned this method briefly in my summer foraging post, but it deserves its own space, because it’s genuinely the … More

Summer Foraging: Wild Berries, Craft Supplies, and the One Thing I Still Won’t Touch

Summer on the homestead means one thing on repeat: pockets full of berries, hands stained purple, and a side by … More

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How to start homesteading: 6 simple starting points

Chances are if you ask twenty homesteading families what the parameters are to be termed “homesteading” you get twenty slightly different answers. You need to develop your own answer to this. To me, homesteading is to make your home as self-sustaining as you choose, incorporating your land and your skills to be less reliant on others and stores. This will look different between you and I or myself and my friends. That’s OK. There is no “right” answer although there might be a lot of “wrong” ones. Your “right” answer is what works for you at any given time.