Homesteading
Articles about simple living, sustainability, self-sufficiency and preparedness, as well as posts about our own homesteading journey.
My Favourite Things!!! (aka. The Modern Homesteader’s Christmas Wish List)
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 Christmas list or perhaps even yourself:) This year I wanted to narrow it down and showcase a...
How to Prepare Your Soil in the Fall
The number one secret to success for any home gardener lies in having good soil. No, scratch that… It lies in BUILDING good soil. Because even if you start out with the best soil on Earth, if you continue to grow in the same soil season after season without amending...
How to Grow Spices At Home
When I first learned that there was someone successfully growing spices like ginger, turmeric, cumin and vanilla at home in North Carolina, my mind was honestly blown. I had honestly never considered it could even be possible to grow "exotic"...
How to Ripen Green Tomatoes Indoors
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...
10 Tips for Managing Stress and Overwhelm on the Homestead
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...
Homeschooling on the Homestead: Tips to Help You Get Started
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...
Growing Food is My Form of Protest
“Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do. Plus you get strawberries.” - Ron Finley In light of the recent Black Lives Matter protests across the US and around the world, I’ve been thinking a lot more about where I stand, what I stand for and what...
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Hi! I’m Anna, and I’m a city girl turned modern homesteader who’s passionate about growing, cooking and preserving real food at home, creating my own herbal medicine and all-natural home and body care products, and working toward a simpler, more sustainable and self-sufficient life each and every day.
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