Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living
* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure. Us homesteaders are known for our resourcefulness and our tendency to do all things handmade. Christmas is, of course, no exception. But we can’t do it all...
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 the year’s best gifts for the homesteader(s) in your life, whether that means other people on your...
Blog, Organic Gardening, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living
We’ve had a summer growing season as strange and unpredictable as 2020 itself. Despite a warm, sunny spring, the summer got off to an unseasonably cool, wet start in June and July. This meant that some of our heat-loving crops like tomatoes and peppers got off to a...
Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living
If I had to choose a single word to sum up 2020, it would have to be “stressful.” Or “overwhelming.” Or… Okay, I’d choose two words. Between the coronavirus pandemic, sky-high political tensions, adapting to the “new normal,” going double speed on all of our homestead...
Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living
Homeschooling has, traditionally, gone hand-in-hand with homesteading. Families whose lives centered around their homes have often chosen to homeschool their children on the homestead too, blending curriculum seamlessly with domestic life. Nowadays, many homesteading...
Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living
* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure. As COVID-19 (A.K.A. the coronavirus) continues to dominate headlines, causing fear and panic around the world as the number of cases continue to climb, the...
