Recently, I asked on Facebook the question: "As a homesteader, what would you love to find in your stocking come Christmas morning?" The most common thing requested? The gift of seeds! I was very surprised. To be honest, I never considered gifting seeds to people because I figured everyone has … [Read more...]
Creative Cooking Without a Stove
I never realized how cooking without a stove would limit us on what we eat! We have no stove or oven. When we moved into the new place, we knew there was no stove/oven in there but figured we could get one second hand and be good. Then we realized that the wiring is not set for a traditional … [Read more...]
Unraveling the Mystery: Catching Rainwater
Catching rainwater seems pretty straightforward, right? Just set something up for rain to land on and let it drain into a container, right? At its most simple, you would be correct but the full picture is a little more complicated than that. Since you likely intend on consuming the water you catch, … [Read more...]
Why Homesteading is NOT the Simple Life
Why do people always say that homesteading or living off grid is 'the simple life?' You ever notice that? As if the modern way of living is terribly complicated or overly intricate in some way that makes homesteading somehow less than difficult or less challenging. Homesteading … [Read more...]
Balancing Homesteading and a Modern Life
Sometimes I really feel like I have a foot planted in two worlds. The first is the 'modern' one where I work in an office on computers, do my blogging, social media, and other stuff that is considered normal in our society. The other world is much slower, peaceful, and though the physical labor is … [Read more...]
Make Your Food Stretch and Cut Waste
The cost of food is not going to go down anytime soon, if ever. People are spending more on food now than they ever have before and if you want to actually eat healthy, it is even more expensive! The majority of our population live in 'food deserts' and the further that produce and meat has to … [Read more...]
Big News: We Are Buying a Home!
It is funny how things manage to work out. You go through life and have a dream and can see in your mind's eye how it will play out. For us, it meant saving and working hard to buy land on Prince of Wales island to homestead and live out our little self-reliant lifestyle. Or, better yet, buying a … [Read more...]
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