Network Bloggers – Homestead Bloggers Network

greeneggsandgoats

I'm a homeschooling homesteader living on 3 acres of beautiful land just north of Birmingham, Alabama. I'm raising children, goats, a Jersey cow, and lots of chickens, ducks and guineas. It's a busy life, but I wouldn't trade it for the world!

Abigail Zieger

Abigail is an aspiring homesteader, homeschooler, music-maker, and birth doula. She lives with her husband and soon-to-be-three children on her acre-and a half homestead in scenic Pennsylvania. You can visit her blog about living the homegrown life (and seeking contentment while doing it) at http://www.theyrenotourgoats.com

Correne Omland

Correne Omland is a trained Traditional Western Herbalist and Homesteader based out of Beaverton, Ontario, Canada. Along with her husband and son, they are working towards self sufficiency both in the garden and in the medicine cabinet. Correne teachers her students and clients that health starts from the ground up, with both good food and natural medicines.

Mary @ Homegrown on the Hill

Delci Plouffe

Up here in the Big Sky Country of Lewistown, Montana, we are continually learning the art of horses, farm life and becoming more like Jesus. Delci Plouffe is a stay at home mom who is married to a day-workin’, pistol-packin’, cowboy-preacher, minus the pistol, not that she wouldn’t be surprised if Bill wore one! Their lives are full of non-stop go, but some days neither Bill nor Delci know which direction they are headed. And if they ever figured out how to get on the same page and not argue about the details, they would be a dynamic duo! The information we share at A Life of Heritage is to help you with horse loving, farm living and ever learning from the perspective of an active, day-working cowboy and a farm girl at heart who both love Jesus and want to share how He reaches into every part of our lives. Follow our journey as we navigate our way through life, learning how to glorify God in everything we do: as we ride horses, work on our acre farm and renovate our farmhouse on a budget.

Busy working mom of 3, living the small-farm, small-town, life of rural America. Blogging about chickens, chores, and raising great farm kids. Always on the look out for intentional short-cuts that help us waste less and love more.

17 Articles

Bonnie of The Not so Modern Housewife was raised in a small farming village in central Ohio where she was active in 4-H and FFA. She grew up surrounded by a large family who taught her how to can, garden and cook from scratch. Now living in Florida and raising fearless kids, Bonnie is running the family farm where they raise chickens, ducks, goats, pigs and horses. Bonnie also enjoys teaching her kids how to live off of the land, appreciate God’s creation, and live a simpler life. Her blog, The Not So Modern Housewife, features many of her recipes as well as tips for living green and homesteading. Bonnie can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest.

15 Articles

Sarah Steidinger

I’m a Gardening, Homemaking, Jesus-Loving, Organic-Living, All-Natural Mama. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture, and love all things soil and plant related. I strive to be environmentally friendly, recycle all that I can, compost what I can’t and feed to my worms all of the extra yummy scraps. I believe in a simple lifestyle, living off the land, making as much of my families products as I can.

14 Articles

Taylor Fox

In 2013 Taylor left her hometown of Vancouver, BC for Gabriola Island where she and her partner purchased a 1/2 acre property and began to learn more about homesteading and living a less complicated life. She started her blog Fox on an Island as a way to document their adventures and share their successes and failures as they move forward.

14 Articles

Tessa Meiner

Hi there! I'm Tessa, a plant obsessed herbalist, wildcrafting forager, and homesteader! My husband as well as our two young boys reside with me on our Permaculture Homestead in the gorgeous woodlands of Northern Michigan - We are working on creating a food forrest and native endangered - at risk plant/tree sanctuary!

14 Articles

Jacquelyn is a natural living mommy blogger who writes at LittleOwlCrunchyMomma. She currently lives on an eco-village in Oregon with her husband who teaches permaculture and her spunky two-year old daughter. She loves connecting with other like-minded individuals and learning together to become more healthy, happy and sustainable.

12 Articles

Tamara Reid

I am a homesteader on 2 1/2 acres in the Pacific NW. It all started when I read Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver almost 10 yrs ago. We already had a few chickens, but then we got more. Then my girls joined 4-H and we got more chickens. Than we substantially enlarged our vegetable garden and planted more fruit bearing plants. Then we got goats. And more chickens. And ducks. All with the goal to live a more self sustaining lifestyle. Wanting to know where our food came from, what was in it, and how little it traveled from our homestead to our belly's. And all from the efforts of our own hands. It is such a satisfying, fulfilling lifestyle and I am so grateful to be able to live this way. Come learn how to Grow, Harvest and Preserve with me on the homestead!

12 Articles

I am a Christian wife & mama of 3 sweet kiddos living a simple life in the great state of Tennessee. My husband & I raise goats, honeybees, chickens, and horses on our 6 acre homestead. I love to share about frugal living & self-sustainability through homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling!

11 Articles

Carrissa Larsen

Homesteading in southern Maine with a herd of fabulous Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats, a flock of laying hens, 5 dogs a cat, two teenagers and a husband. Trying hard to build a self-sustaining lifestyle while keeping our 200+ year-old farmhouse from falling down around our ears

11 Articles

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Jan Berry

9 Articles

One Grace Filled Life

I’m a free spirited home grown Georgia peach. G.R.I.T.S is not just an item on a big southern breakfast menu, it is a way of life for me! I was raised in the city, but always longed for greener pastures and fresh mountain air. So, that’s where God led me! I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with my handsome husband and our critters on our farm, Grace Haven. I am constantly inspired by and in awe of the beauty that surrounds me, so you will rarely find me without a camera. After a long day in the garden or around the farm, I am at my happiest sitting on the front porch with my hubby, dirt under my nails and a dog by my side, watching our chickens scratch and peck in the front yard, and listening to our horses munch away at grass in the pasture. This makes my heart so full! Welcome to our little peace of heaven!

Homestead Alive

Bonnie is a wife and partner of 14 years to her adoring husband Kyle and mother of their two children. She is a newly minted homesteader but prepping is in her DNA. Her passion is natural cosmetic products, which she makes from her home 'lab' - When she isn't in the lab you can find her in the kitchen with her pressure canner and cooking meals from scratch... For her 3 dogs.

Making Shift

Karen Beaty has been increasingly making shift since about 2003 when she scavenged her first item out of the trash. Years of mental shift preceded that moment. She now strives to obtain more and more of what her family needs through reuse, recycling, thrifting, and self-production. In addition to practical homemaking and self-sufficiency, she is interested in creating community. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, three children, several pets, a flock of poultry, and a wonderful community of friends, family, and neighbors.

Alicia Zeltwanger

A true homesteader at heart, Alicia is on a journey to make life as healthy as possible for her family. As a mom to three silly kids, wife to a super awesome man and keeper of a really dopey dog, her days are never dull. She'd love nothing more than to share her triumphs and failures in gardening and healthy, simple living. You can find her writing at Walking Softly Upon the Earth.

Audrey Barbakoff

Anna Merhalski

Oh hey! I’m Anna – foodie, research-addict, ardent DIY-er, and mini-homesteader. I’m married to a man who can learn to do anything from a book (sailing! changing shocks & struts! making perfect cheesecake!). And I’m also Mama to two frisky toddlers, who keep me on my toes, and daily teach me to see our beautiful world through new eyes. Together, we are the family behind Winterwood Farm & Forge – our own little piece of God’s country, in the mountains of Maine.

Kelly

I'm Kelly. Mama to a sweet, spirited toddler and married to my best friend. Writer, crafter, mushroom hunter, country winemaker, cook. I'm setting out on a quest for self-sufficiency in gorgeous, rainy Oregon.

Sandrine Ferwerda

Sandrine Ferwerda was born in Belgium, where she grew up between horses, dogs and assorted poultry. After getting a degree in sociology, she worked as a personal assistant in Amsterdam when she and her husband decided to pack their things and move to rural Spain. With the help of volunteers, they’re turning their olive & almond farm in the middle of nowhere into a self-sustainable permaculture paradise. When she’s not writing, Sandrine likes to watch plants grow, talk to her chickens and dream about her own herd of alpaca’s.

Survivehive

I don’t know that I really “started prepping,” I really always have been. My mom and dad were avid gardeners/homesteaders, so I grew up in a semi self-sufficient lifestyle. I’ve always had the homesteader/preparedness mindset. I enjoy tinkering and building things, and I try to turn them into useful guides, whenever I think something I've built would be helpful to other people. Thanks for reading!

Sergio (The Greenman Project)

ColoredEggHomestead

Kristy Gonyer

Kristy and her husband Nathan write about their journey as they strive to build a simple life that values family, community, and the natural world. They hope to inspire others as they document their transition from urban homesteading and their journey to prepare for, buy, and eventually build a life on a mortgage-free, rural homestead.

Lindsey

I am a mother to two beautiful boys, a wife to an amazing man and a lover of the outdoors. On our little homestead we are taking small steps to living a more natural and sustainable life. Join us on our journey to self-sufficiency as we share tips and tricks to living simply in a busy world.

Ricki is the founder of the blog The Questionable Homesteader (since 2013) whose interests include living a frugal, minimalistic, green lifestyle. When it comes to DIY, she runs the gambit between woodworking and sewing, and her philosophy when it comes to cooking, is why buy the package when you can cook it from scratch. She is currently renting in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada. Join her as she works her way towards her dream of owning a homestead.

5 Articles

Erin Turner

Lindsey Hyland

Mary Jane

Organic gardening and natural living tips

Kimberlee Bastien

We’ve never milked a cow, mucked out a barn or even preserved a single food… We are a family of wannabe farmers on a mission to learn 52 homesteading skills in one year.

Original Homesteading

I enjoy all things about being self-reliant and self-sufficient. Gardening, Backyard Chickens. Raising Dairy Goats. Living a Simpler Lifestyle.

Lee is a writer and blogger spreading the word about self-sufficiency one post at a time through her blog, www.homesteadology.com.

3 Articles

Julie Sczerbinski

3 Articles

Lisa

Urban farmer, holistic nutritionist, blessed wife, stepmom, sis, and faithful servant living a zero-waste lifestyle.

3 Articles

mountainboy

I am a christian and I am high functioning Autistic. I live off-grid very traditionally with my parents in the Northern Idaho Wilderness and I LOVE it. I look forward to sharing my adventures and stories. I can be found at MountainBoyJournals.com.

Jacquelyn

Raising children, sheep, and chickens on seven acres in the suburbs. Our goal is a simple, sustainable, more self-reliant life.

Faith

Balcony Garden Web

Balcony garden web is dedicated solely to gardening. Our purpose is to share the best of gardening stuff with you.

Ann Katelyn

I’m Ann, have dedicated most of my life in gardening. This is a subject I enjoy the most. I have been a fan of flowers and plants ever since I was a kid.

Lindsey Nickell

My family and I live and play on a small 1/4 acre farmlet at the end of a cul de sac. We grow veggies and fruits, harvest herbs and botanicals to use in our soap shop (Herb And Flower Soap Co - www.herbandflowersoapco.com), and enjoy our ducks, chickens and New Zealand rabbits. Worm composting is common, the kale is always in leaf, and we spend way too much of our time shoveling poop, but we wouldn't live any other way.

Sarah Koontz

Sarah Koontz is a stay-at-home wife and mother of 2 beautiful little girls. She is passionate about writing, and loves sharing her advice and experiences with anyone who will listen. She is an avid gardener, chicken mama, and canning queen. She has a blog with her best friend Sammi at www.groundedandsurrounded.com where they write about all things Healthy! Hearts, Homes, & Habits. Find Sarah on social media @groundsurround.

Crystal

School-steading is what I like to call my unique approach to homesteading. I am a homeschool mom to 4, one full grown (yay I did it!) and three of which still live at home (age 8, 12 & 13). We are using the Little House on the Prairie books as a guideline for starting our homestead. We learn a little everyday about growing our own food, living frugally, taking care of our animals and ourselves naturally and slowly building our 1/18th of an acre in the hot Nevada desert into a lush, green homestead.

Heather Duncan

Heather homeschools and homesteads in a mobile home park in the seacoast of NH. She lives a frugal and simple life and shares her struggles with living with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia.

Chelle Mount

Tina Layne

Bobbie Johnson

High Fantasy Homestead

We are a trio of do-it-yourselfers trying to carve out a self-sufficient homestead from a former junkyard!

MidnightSunHomestead

I'm Diana, together with my husband and last remaining child we're a family of 3 living our off-grid, off the road system homesteading dream in the bush of Alaska. We've been living this lifestyle for almost 2 years now and love every minute of it. We've learned, cried, shed blood, and dusted ourselves off countless times, but we're still going at it strong. Follow our adventure and feel free to share your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions.

Holly

I was born and raised on a dairy farm in southwest Wisconsin until I was 8 years old. I always had a strong connection with the environment and wanted to live off the land. At college, I met my future husband and together we have learned self-sufficiency skills and now have a country home, barn, and 17 acres where we can expand what we know and live more independently. Together we are passing down our knowledge to our 5 year old son who tags along with us in all of our adventures. Chickens, honeybees, a large organic garden (50 x 100 ft.), 41 fruit trees, and 53 fruit bushes complete our homestead and keep us busy. We are constantly adding on to our homestead and learning more ways to live self sufficiently.

Emelia Smith

Laura Tompkins

Shayna @ Fat of the Land

Howdy! I’m Shayna, mother, homesteader and blogger at Fat of the Land. My main goal these days is just to live presently with my family, and in constant gratitude and awe of the land and it’s bounty. The land really is fat with abundant gifts, and it is through homesteading and exploring nature that I actualize my dreams. My family lives on a small acreage homestead in Western Montana, where we grow fruits and veggies, milk cows and goats, raise a whole variety of free range poultry, and compost our little hearts out. We live naturally with nourishing ancient foods, herbs and traditional medicines. I reflect often on things like beauty, peace, relationships, parenting, and nature. Our homestead is a work in progress. We observe the natural forces that shape the land, and try our best to work within that framework as we plant orchards, cultivate gardens, and plan out fencing and grazing. There is always a project in the pipeline, a recipe being experimented with, or homestead home school breakthroughs to share!

Brenda Anderson

I grow 800 square feet of organic veggies in the desert year round. I raise rabbits, chickens and goats in my backyard. I can, dehydrate and freeze my veggies. I do this all on a 6500 sq ft lot in the city, in the desert of Phoenix Arizona. I have been doing all of this and teaching it for over 30 years, but I am very new to blogging.

Jacqueline Lipsky

Melissa Norris

mncountrygirl

Minnesota Country Girl is a lifestyle blog all about homesteading. Our primary categories are homeschooling, gardening, canning and preserving foods, blogging, and travel. Our goals are to educate the public on products that can make our reader's lives easier. Whether it's a new homeschooling product that makes learning easier for kids or products that make gardening easier on the gardener. We also educate our readers with how to tutorials and articles. We take pride in providing our reader's with a positive experience, whether on our website or social media platforms.

Chelsea Wells-Barrett

I've been homesteading since 2016, learning to live a more sustainable, intentional lifestyle to better myself and others around me. I started a blog to assist other individuals in learning to thrive in this lifestyle. Best decision ever.

Krista Showalter Ehst

Duston McGroarty

Stephanie Brown

Stephanie Warren

Howdy! I'm a married mother to 6 awesome kiddos. I homeschool, cook from scratch, homestead, garden, blog, and help the hubby run our construction business. Loving the Inland North West life.

Debra L Scott-Couch

Samantha Gildehaus

My name is Samantha and I love to plant things! Trees, vegetables, flowers, and quite possibly my most loved…herbs. I am a former social worker in pursuit of off-grid homesteading—full-time! Since entering college I’ve found my heart being pulled toward environmental issues. For that, my favorite holiday (and half birthday) is Earth Day! My goal is to live making minimal negative impact on Mother Earth. And there are always more ways to do that, better and better! I started gardening five years ago, and my favorite place to be on Saturday mornings is the Farmer’s Market. Whenever I can be, I am outside. Mornings on the porch with some coffee or herbal tea are the best ways to start the day. Yet, I love to spend my “indoor” time on crafts, yoga, cooking, reading about and studying herbs, and spending time with my family. Everything here is definitely a work in progress, but I’m enjoying every step! I enjoy connecting with people—especially those seeking out the same type of livelihood. If there is anything I’ve left out, don’t hesitate to ask. I hope to hear from you soon!

Stephanie Ferguson

The Apartment Homesteader

Kim Mills

Kim Mills is a homeschooling mom of 6 and lives on an urban homestead in Ontario, Canada. Blogging at Homestead Acres she enjoys sharing tips to help you save money, grow and preserve your own food.

Daniel Gasteiger

Daniel Gasteiger speaks enthusiastically about gardening and real food. His book, Yes, You Can! And Freeze and Dry It, Too, teaches how to preserve produce. He blogs about gardening at http://www.smallkitchengarden.net and writes about gardening and cooking for the Sunbury Daily Item, a newspaper in central Pennsylvania.

Virginia Enyart

Andreas Olofsson

I live in the countryside of Sweden with my family, and blogs about our life here. We have a small homestead and we are trying to live the life of a modern homestead. We are trying to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle.

Tammy Curry

I am a single mom of two great kids and daughter to one amazing man. This makes up my family that I am dragging along on a journey to a more sustainable life. We have attempted this many times but ever since I became widowed in 2012 I have had to work harder and find more ways to save, become more self sufficient and more sustainable. Currently we are living in an apartment and using two small plots at a community garden to grow our own food. We take advantage of local Farmer's Markets and farms for things we cannot raise or grow ourselves. One of our biggest changes was downsizing to squeeze four people into a two bedroom apartment while I returned to school to become a nurse. My father joined the mix and has become my staunchest supporter and biggest cheer leader. This new life has brought many changes and a whole new outlook on life. Join us as we move through our first four year plan (we are already a year into it at this writing).

A Kentish family living the homesteading lifestyle, in the middle of a town. Self sufficient as much as they can be & loving every minute of it.

Melissa Jones

HomesteadingNJ

Jersey girl who blogs about her homesteading, farming, and gardening adventures while striving for self-sufficiency in the modern world. Proudly made in NJ and keeping the garden planted in the Garden State.

Sophie smith

Keren Vinjevold

Heather Cooper

Anja Koch

For as long as I can think I have been a plant enthusiast and I have been growing plants since I was a teenager. After finishing school I began a two-year apprenticeship as a landscape gardener in Germany. I was working for a large landscaping company for two years learning the trade as well as going to a school. During this time we were laying out and planting gardens for people. This taught me the fundamental basics of garden design, landscaping and gave me a practical and broad knowledge base of garden plants. My apprenticeship was followed by a professional program in Landscape Design in Germany and involved a thesis on Robinsonian Gardens in Ireland. For this I had to travel to Ireland to study the historical 'Wild Robinsonian Gardens'...and of course, we decided to move to Ireland after I finished with my professional program. In 1998 we moved to the South-West of Ireland and started a garden center. Running a garden center for over 19 years and dealing with amateur gardeners on a daily basis has taught me a lot about the problems that people have with growing plants and gardening. In 2013, I did a Permaculture design course and certificate with Geoff Lawton, one of the best and most impressive permaculture teachers around. This was truly an eye-opening experience that I can only recommend for anybody. Do it and it will change your life! We are since redesigning and integrating permaculture design principles into the garden. We also started to develop a small market garden operation as a sideline to our garden center. Producing healthy and tasty vegetables is our new focus.

Michelle Girard

Dan and Michelle are just a couple of everyday people who are starting from ground zero and learning how to homestead. This blog is just a record of our journey as we go from knowing little of nothing to self-sustainable living. In the beginning it may seem a little basic but we are finding our way!

Jhesi Boyer

On 1/6 acre in urban East Nashville, Jhesi channels her family's farming roots with canning, backyard chickens, vegetable gardening, fruit trees, winemaking, and a frugal effort towards self-sustainability.

Elisheva Weyers

Mindy Simpson

Quiet Owl Farm

Rosie is working towards her goal of having a sustainable family farm and homestead. In her blog, Quiet Owl Farm (quietowlfarm.wordpress.com), you can follow her journey as she tries her darndest to transition from student-debt-ridden renter to small farm-owning homesteader.

Robbi Sullivan

Raising children, chickens, and an organic garden in Southern Illinois.

Autumn

I'm a young gal who passionately pursues a healthier life. Due to my battle with chronic Lyme disease, I've turned to simple cottage living where we raise and preserve most of our food, practice traditional skills and make time for what matters most.

Lacey Hoyer

My husband and I are the proud owners of 40 beautiful acres on the north coast of Oregon. We are working hard to reestablish it as a living, breathing farm; complete with a healthy and bio-diverse woodland, large organic gardens and a root cellar full of our own preserved foods – fruits, vegetables and meat – and to teach our daughters how to grow, harvest and preserve those things as well. We're building a new house and look forward to spending the rest of our lives there. We want to bring new life to the fields, to the orchard, to the outbuildings, and to our own selves. A life with mud on our boots, dirt under our fingernails, meat chickens, ducks, goats, pigs and cows roaming fertile fields and good food in our bellies. A life spent together, doing things that really matter, on forty acres of pure beautiful.

Sabrina Chapiel

Filip Toncevski

Lauren Kelley

While formally trained as a mathematician, I am passionate about learning and teaching skills that allow me to be more self-reliant. This means growing my own food, making quilts, as well as preparing for small-scale emergencies and wide-scale disasters. I want to share my passions with you, and hope you will join me where ever you are on your journey through life at www.ModernSelf-Reliance.com

Sarah Sailer

An Italian mama of four, living the self-sufficient life on 1/5 acre in a historic Colorado neighborhoood. Recently named Mother Earth News' Homesteaders of the year, the Sailers do all they can to live simply and make the most of their small but creative space.

Benjamin Augustine

Tasia Boland