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Homesteading articles for Families pertaining to homesteaders, family, farming, animal husbandry, history, and myriad other topics discussed at Homestead.org, collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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Homeschooling for Homesteaders: The One-room Schoolhouse is Alive and Well

As modern-day homesteaders, we believe from our heads to our hearts that…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Raising Country Kids on the Homestead

If you raised your kids in the country would you eat more…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Hair-raising Homestead Haircuts

I'd like you to meet my son.  He's six years old, cute…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Unschooling: The World is Our Classroom

I am hesitant to write this piece and declare to the world…

Kelly Ramos Kelly Ramos

Reflections of a Second-Generation Homesteader

Ever have an itch that just never goes away no matter whether…

Darcy Reinagel Darcy Reinagel

Making a Life, Not a Living: A Single Parent’s Journey

I couldn't say the exact date I started single-parent homesteading since it…

Mariann Foster Mariann Foster

New-fangled Neolithic: Embrace Your Inner Hunter-Gatherer

"The Neolithic Revolution, Neolithic Demographic Transition, or Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale…

May Woodworth May Woodworth

Clan Living: The Multi-Generational Homestead

My 20-year-old daughter called at 8:00 pm on a 95-degree Texas Sunday…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly

From the Horse’s Mouth: Anecdotes from Homeschooling on the Homestead

“Sold!” the auctioneer shouted, and I excitedly watched with my dad as…

Elizabeth Ledford Elizabeth Ledford

City to Mountain: First Steps into Homesteading in the Philippines

I am 42 years old, female, a native of the Philippines in…

Kelly Ramos Kelly Ramos

Using a Midwife: The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Project

***Warning: this article contains some explicit references to childbirth.  If you are…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

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