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Adventures of Becoming a Backwoods Girl: Bugs, Guns, Dogs, and Fire, Oh My…

By Lacey Thacker
I decided when going back to college that I would major in Fish and Wildlife Biology. Now, understand that my previous endeavors had all been…
make your own groceries homemade or store bought Frugality and Finance

Giving up the Grocery Store: Becoming Increasingly Self-Sufficient in a Practical Way

By Caitlin Elicker
2020 was a changing point in my life that I didn’t realize I needed, or even wanted. We were not only struggling with cabin fever…
Homesteading Failures Homesteading Life

Homesteading Failures – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Worry, No One Else Does Either.

By Magdalena Perks
Anyone who claims to succeed without some measure of homesteading failure first is either not trying very hard, or lying about it. Farming, gardening, homesteading,…
old-fashioned-homesteading-skills Homesteading Life

10 Old-Fashioned Homesteading Skills for Self-Sufficiency

By Jenny Clark
What does it mean to be self-sufficient? For some, it might mean being able to provide for their own needs without relying on others. For…
Appalachian family History

Homesteading in Appalachia

By Karyn Sweet
Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian mountaineers were, and are, an admirable people who developed a rich culture while…
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The Single Girl’s Guide to Buying a Homestead

By Allyson Ernst
If I were to just say the word “homestead” what would you envision? Maybe a family with several kids on a farm out in the…
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Avoiding Homestead Burnout

By Adrianne Masters
Having been blessed with an adventurous life, I have learned to avoid what I consider the murderer of contentment, the beginning of the end of…
We've found happiness moving to the country and learning to homestead. I can't think of any situation we would trade this lifestyle for any.. Homesteading Life

From Suburbanites to Homesteaders: Why We Moved to the Country and What We Found When We Got There

By Laura Bittle
Before moving to the country, my husband, Troy, and I were part of the Nova Rat Race. We lived in Northern Virginia (“Nova” as it's…
Health and Diet

Homesteader on Wheels: Living with M.S. Doesn’t Mean the End of a Dream.

By Kamella Traynham
As I sit here at the kitchen door, holding Maddie (my African Grey parrot) on my lap, with Baby Girl (our Boston Terrier) standing, looking…
Homesteading Life

How a Blizzard and a Cow Fed Grandpa’s Family

By Gail Jackson
My dad grew up in a big family, with eight kids.  He was the youngest of the four boys, and he had four sisters.  My…
Homestead Year In Review Homesteading Life

Homestead Year in Review

By D. Glenn Miller
Reader discretion is advised: this Homestead Year in Review contains graphic images of poorly stacked firewood. One lifetime is simply not enough to fit in…
Homestead Besieged Homesteading Life

Homestead Besieged!

By Betty Taylor
Modern homesteading is difficult.  Rabbits love tender garden sprouts; every wild thing loves a good chicken dinner; and neighbors sometimes spew pesticides and herbicides about…

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