In the winter every now and then I enjoy doing a large homestead project. We live in some very cold tundra, therefore hanging outside for long amounts of time is not an option for me. That's why homestead projects take place inside the house in the winter. Besides, I am always trying to hibernate every winter. I don't like feeling lazy or bored. What is the solution? Hauling out the canner and washing up some jars! Our family of seven goes through plenty of food. I like cheap

Why would someone want to start a farm? We started our farm on accident. We just wanted a few fresh eggs from a handful of chickens living in the backyard. Nobody warned us that it is a slippery slope! Slippery Slope that we are still sliding down! We had no idea how empowering it is, to be able to control what is being put into our food. How crazy satisfying it is, to sit down to a delicious meal that we had a huge part in raising. Once you manage to keep a dozen chickens al

There are major benefits to having a garden. I will touch on 3 amazing benefits. I can't imagine not having a garden. It helps us in so many way as we grow our family! Number 1. For your Health. It is hard to find a better way to get healthier food than having a garden. When you consume the food shortly after you pick it, you will have the benefit of having a more nutritious source of food. You get to choose what you put on your dirt where your beautiful, nutritious veggies a

There are ways to tell if you might have fallen down that slippery slope that brought you down that path that is called homesteading! That slippery slope could have all started with getting a couple chickens for some fresh eggs! Maybe you bought a shovel! Perhaps you experienced your own garden produce! Now you will never be the same! What is a modern-day homesteader? Let's just clarify that you don't have to be off-grid to be a homesteader. You don't have to have a hard life

I believe that one of the first steps for us on our homesteading journey was building our chicken coop. Actually maybe the first step was being at a friend's house and she cooked me a fresh egg. I could not believe it was an egg! Is this an egg? How can this be an egg? I felt cheated. I lived into my late 20's and had no idea that eggs were supposed to taste like this! Has anybody else had this experience, besides me? We built our chicken coop in 2008. Sometimes you just have