Homesteading

Articles about simple living, sustainability, self-sufficiency and preparedness, as well as posts about our own homesteading journey.

My Favourite Things – 2023 Edition (aka. The Modern Homesteader’s Christmas Wish List)

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 homesteaders will love too!  As each new holiday season approaches, I update the...

15 Emergency Preparedness Items For Bugging Out

Emergency preparedness is an important part of self-sufficiency, and self-sufficiency is a natural part of homesteading, so naturally the topic of preparedness (aka. "prepping") comes up often in the modern homesteading community. But as...

12 Edible Perennials to Plant Once and Harvest Every Year

Every year in the spring, I plant the seeds that will eventually turn into the crops to be harvested from our annual vegetable garden. I’ve grown an annual garden for 8 years now, and every year is just as exciting as the last. But it is work,...

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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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