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We get not everyone has time to grow and process a garden. It can feel like a lot of work, especially in the heat! But loads of people, like myself, would love to buy homegrown and canned pasta sauce from someone I knew who canned amazing homemade pasta sauce from their garden produce. Full of only food, no mystery, from someone local. What could be cleaner than this? But without a $15,000 federally inspected food police kitchen, this can’t happen…
Welcome back to our Meat Nuggets series! If you missed Episode 1, click here! Since the first update, we have weaned the kits (aka meat nuggets aka baby meat rabbits) from their mommas, and moved them to the rabbit’s pasture grow-out cage. That’s right, these little ones have all the grass they can eat, along with…
If you are a homesteader, you know more than most, the joy of being able to wake up and listen to nature sing her morning song. This may also include your chicken’s egg song depending on your homestead setup. We also understand that the reason we are able to enjoy this…
I’m incredulous and pretty heartbroken at the moment. I don’t like to dwell in the negative, so I’ll end on a high note, I promise. But stand by for some bad news. I couldn’t believe what I just read…
The first attempt at any great endeavor is a learning lesson. This is the mental framing I tried to keep during the first year of our homestead experience. Admittedly, what complicated everything was the fact that this year was 2020… enough said, right? We began our initial…
There is a simple saying I find apt within this topic, “don’t recreate the wheel.” But have you ever done the mental gymnastics of imagining someone do it? You come home and see your significant other in the garage…
If you’ve switched from eating food in boxes and packaging, to eating fresh food, especially from your garden, CSA farm box, or farmers market, you might be eating less. No, not just less calories, but less…
If you are looking for the best place to homestead, don’t fall victim to the beauty trap. This is where you look for land in a state with amazing weather, some open land, and is picturesque nearly year round. What you overlook, because you are blinded by…
This week marks our first week on the homestead. I have no idea where the time went. Moving in so late in the summer/early fall, about all we did when we first got here was buy a zero turn mower (cash of course), to keep our 5+ acres in check as we unpacked and settled in. Oh, we did put in a fire pit the day after we moved…
In early 2006, I was stationed in Alaska. A young paratrooper in the U.S. Army preparing for my first deployment to Iraq. I remember our Brigade had a rigorous pre-deployment training schedule that even the most seasoned leaders found ambitious. We jumped a lot, both from fixed and rotary wing aircraft…
Our seeds arrived! So I filled the raised beds, and planted seeds! We also got a few truckloads full of…
That title is not click bait… it’s for real. During our initial stages of looking into homesteading, we came across a ton of information about how to preserve food for the long haul. We both love…
Some of the trusted authors we follow promote investing in gold and crypto currency as a defense against the collapse of the almighty U.S. dollar…
There is a saying in the U.S. Army that is used to ensure soldiers never get too comfortable or complacent. You hear this adage from Basic Training all the way through your career. The saying…
We have meat rabbits. The two females (does) and male (buck) are like pets. We feed them every day, and they love getting their ears scratched when we do. We bred them in late June, and now we have…
I’m feeling like a mediocre homesteader these days. We have big goals for our homestead, and baby steps of every day choices to get us there. I’d love for us to grow our own food. But holy cow is that…
If you are like us, you have subscribed to a great many YouTubers that emphasize homesteading. Each highlight varying aspects of homesteading life but…
Meet Luna! She’s a very well behaved Labrador Retriever puppy. For our homestead…
When we find ourselves alone, looking into a mirror, we are often able to see every single flaw we have. So much so that it drives a great many people to…
I almost can’t believe it! But at the same time I can. In the years leading up to 2020, those that have prepared…
