If we look back, people have been fairly self sufficient until recently. Perhaps the last 50-75 years. There weren’t grocery stores like we know today, there weren’t restaurants, cities weren’t nearly as populated and people worked as a community to provide the needs of everyone. The entire landscape changed when grocery stores and cities became…
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103 Ways to Make Money From Your Homestead
Making enough money from right here on our homestead is our ultimate goal. Not having to go to an outside job we can’t stand. No more going to town unless we want to, that is the life we are striving for. But, it often times seems a lofty goal. How could we ever…
41 Ways to Become more Self-Sufficient
I was talking to a fellow homesteader the other day and they told me they were inspired by my passion. Inspired! That makes me feel so fantastic. After all, that’s what I’m here for. To inspire others to live a more self-sufficient, natural life. I’m here to inspire everyone. It doesn’t matter if you live on 2,000…
Living Without The Grocery Store
As we get ready to venture into uncharted territory and live a simpler, more self sufficient lifestyle, I often ask myself crazy questions. Well, crazy to some. Could I live without the grocery store? Could anyone truly live without it? As a society, we are fairly dependent on the grocery. Just take a look at store shelves right…
5 Tips to Maximize Your Homesteading Acreage
I routinely hear people say they can’t homestead because they don’t have enough land or something similar. I’m here to tell you, that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve known people that have efficiently used a quarter of an acre to produce almost all of their families needs. That includes milk and eggs. What…
