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What does it really mean to be self-reliant?

What does it really mean to be self-reliant?

Dreams & Reflections, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it really means to be “self-reliant.”  We talk a lot about self-reliance (or self-sufficiency) in the homesteading community, and outwardly it may seem as if the goal of “achieving” self-reliance is what ultimately...
How to Make Your Own Indoor Grow Light Stand

How to Make Your Own Indoor Grow Light Stand

Organic Gardening, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   If you grow plants from seed (or if you want to), you’re likely going to want to start a few of them indoors. And if you start your seeds indoors,...
Healthy Grocery Shopping Tips (For When You Can’t Avoid the Grocery Store)

Healthy Grocery Shopping Tips (For When You Can’t Avoid the Grocery Store)

Real Food, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   When grocery shopping, remember that not all food is created equal! Here are a few healthy grocery shopping tips to help you choose better! * * * If you’ve...
13 Winter Homesteading Activities for Modern Homesteaders

13 Winter Homesteading Activities for Modern Homesteaders

Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   When we think of homesteading, visions of backyard chickens, bountiful veggie gardens and jars of home-canned foods lining pantry shelves are usually the first...
My Favourite Things – 2021 Edition (aka. The Modern Homesteader’s Christmas Wish List)

My Favourite Things – 2021 Edition (aka. The Modern Homesteader’s Christmas Wish List)

Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   Every year around this time, I compile a list of my favourite things: Things that I love, use or covet for my own homestead, and things that I know other modern...
How to Season Cast Iron Cookware

How to Season Cast Iron Cookware

From-Scratch Recipes, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living

Cast iron cookware is seeing a comeback. While it’s one of the oldest types of cookware still in use today, cast iron fell out of fashion in the mid 20th century when other types of cookware such as aluminum, stainless steel and Teflon-coated non-stick pans gained...
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