Homestead Bloggers Network
The Homestead Bloggers Network has over 200 members and counting! Think of this site as your directory for the best in Homesteading, Self-Reliance, Gardening, Food Preserving and Whole Foods Recipes. We also have link-ups galore! If you have a post to link-up for Green Thumb Thursday or Tasty Tuesday, you'll find the linkies here!
530 Articles
HippyHomesteader
Heather is a homesteading, homeschooling, wanna be hippy who loves cooking and blogging. She and her family "live the rural life in an urban setting" in northern Indiana.
485 Articles
MomPrepares
Mom Prepares is an essential oils and natural living blog dedicated to bridging the gap between research and the everyday user. Content written here is reviewed and/or written by professional aromatherapists. Learn, grow, and live healthy with Essential Oils and Mom Prepares.
448 Articles
AngEngland
Author of Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) and Founder of Untrained Housewife website, Angela England is a problogger, speaker, and busy mother of five children in rural Oklahoma
358 Articles
Jessica Lane
They said I couldn't do it. My property is too small. There are too many land restrictions living in town. I have trouble sewing in a straight line and I set off the smoke detector when I boil water. Well you know what? I'm figuring it out. I currently have a flock of ducks, quail, and chickens, as well as four Nigerian Dwarf goats. Between our livestock and our gardens (over half our 1/4 acre is edibles), we produce most of our food. I may not be the poster child of a domestic goddess, but I am definitely a homesteader. Find out how I overcome challenges. I believe that everyone can be a homesteader, no matter where they live. Visit me at The 104 Homestead
310 Articles
Countrified Hicks
I have been cooking for over 30 years, homeschooling for 15 years, prepping for 16 years and homesteading for 7 years. I like to write about my personal experiences. My topics will cover family life, parenting, recipes, tips & tricks, homeschooling, homesteading, prepping, sustainability, and more. I welcome guest bloggers and suggestions from my friends and readers.
213 Articles
Tiffany Davis
Tiffany Davis of Imperfectly Happy is a micro homesteader making the most of her suburban backyard. She raises chickens, meat rabbits and a raised bed garden. A love vintage skills she loves to work on increasing her knowledge in homesteading, canning, yarn arts and so much more. She is also a homeschool mom with nearly 2 decades for homeschooling experience. More than anything Tiffany stresses that there is no need to be perfect to enjoy life. Pursue, learn, laugh, dream and be happy in the imperfections.
207 Articles
Janet Garman
Janet and family work the family homestead in Maryland. They raise seasonal vegetables, beef cows, sheep and goats for fiber, pigs, ducks, chickens, and rabbits. Her commitment through her blog, is to be an encourager to the new homesteader, no matter how big a piece of ground they live on. Living sustainably in God's creation is her passion and she welcomes your virtual visit to her site.
187 Articles
Farming My Backyard
Can you be a homesteader even if you just have a regular yard in the city? Yes! I'm Kathryn, and my backyard farm has gardens, chickens, and rabbits on just 1/10th of an acre. Click here to get a free checklist to help you prepare for backyard chickens. You CAN create your own tiny farm and grow your own food no matter how small your homestead!
177 Articles
The Cape Coop
Liz is a suburban homesteader who is raising chickens, ducks,and wooly Angora rabbits in her coastal New England backyard. She loves tending her large veggie garden and DIY projects! She also crafts a line of natural handmade soaps and beauty care products using plenty of local ingredients. www.thecapecoop.com/
176 Articles
Annie Lewellyn
Blogger and entrepreneur at 15 Acre Homestead. Homesteader and lover of gardening, animals, and children. Sharing crafts, articles, and projects to show other homesteaders that you can homestead anywhere with what you already have.
176 Articles
Krystyna Thomas
Marine Corps Veteran and homeschooling mother of two active boys, Krystyna stays busy helping her husband (and best friend!) with the daily demands of life on the farm. With a family to nurture, food to grow and preserve and animals to raise, there is never a dull moment in her life. Krystyna is a city girl gone country and natural living enthusiast who is passionate about sharing her homesteading experience with others. She hopes to help readers climb the ladder of self-sufficiency and encourage others in their journey towards a greener (and healthier) lifestyle.
172 Articles
Heidi Ramsey
I have been a frugal living blogger for 8 years. We moved to Arizona and bought a one acre homestead. I am slowly creating my own Pint Size Farm, learning along the way.
169 Articles
Heidi Villegas
It's been my dream to have a homestead for a LONG time. Finally, we bought a property about an hour out of Las Vegas, NV in the high mountain desert. It's small...but it's working. What I have realized is that you can homestead anywhere....even in an urban environment. When I look back now on my life in Las Vegas, I recognize I've been homesteading in various ways for years! We've just expanded, that's all! Our property is 3/4 acre of desert land, and we are making this work! It's so exciting! I'm dedicated to learning with and sharing with other like-minded people...all about being self-sufficient!
154 Articles
homesteadlady
I'm the homesteading, homeschooling, homemaking mother of five children and wife to one long suffering man. I passionately study and practice various homesteading methods and topics from small farm livestock to real foods to gardening to homeschooling - anything we can do to be more self sufficient, we seek after these things. There's always a project going on around here - just ask the long suffering man. I am also an advanced master gardener, am slowly working towards becoming a master herbalist and currently working on my first homesteading title. You're welcome to join the adventures by visiting www.homesteadlady.com.
153 Articles
Jennifer Gomes
I'm a mom of two living in rural Northern California, and I'm a handmade & homemade food & craft educator.
148 Articles
IdlewildAlaska
I'm an Alaskan wife with a dream of a self sufficient life and a love of reading, knitting, and writting. I love working in my home to become more self-sufficient and turning my little acre into a homestead! Read all about my little homestead at www.idlewildalaska.com
146 Articles
Liz Beavis (eight acres)
Liz lives on a farm in Queensland, Australia, with her husband Peter and dog Taz. They have a passion for small-scale organic farming and producing and eating real food. They keep chickens, beef and jersey cows and a big vegetable garden. Liz writes a blog about their farm to both inspire and help others who are interested in self-sufficiency, sustainability and permaculture.
140 Articles
Angi Schneider
Angi Schneider is a pastor’s wife and homeschooling mom to 6 children. She’s also the owner of the blog SchneiderPeeps where she journals their homesteading and homeschooling adventures. Angi and her family have been gardening for 20 years in the South Texas area. She is the author of The Gardening Notebook.
128 Articles
Kirsten Lie-Nielsen
I grew up on a small farm and spent my youth riding horses competitively and gnawing on fresh vegetables from our garden. I moved away, went to college and spent time working in customer service, but the taste of fresh vegetables is kind of addicting. Our small farm has expanding gardens, a small flock of chickens, two geese, and is growing every season.
126 Articles
Tracy
Living a simple life in a modern world can be a challenge at times, but having a passion for living life as basic as possible helps. Preserving the art of homemaking and homesteading keeps me focused and keeps me from falling prey to the modern world around me. Join me as I share the ways we have found to slow down and live a very simple life in central South Carolina.
123 Articles
Tammy Trayer
Homesteading Traditionally Off-Grid Today ~ Preparedness and Survival For Tomorrow We are modern day pioneers! Join our family as we share our adventures living traditionally and often times primitively off-grid with 100% solar power in the northern Idaho wilderness... We educate on homesteading, wilderness survival, natural healing with herbals and essential oils, gardening, foraging and harvesting, autism, whole foods diet, cooking and baking everything from scratch, raising animals, blacksmithing, homeschooling, survival tools, DIY, How-to's and so much more while living a frugal, faithful lifestyle. There is a little bit of something for everyone.... Join Tammy Trayer on the SurvivalMomRadio.com every Wednesday for her weekly radio show podcast and you can find her articles in The New Pioneer Magazine, Self Reliance Illustrated, American Frontiersman, Prepare Magazine, Cabin Life and Backwoodsman Magazine.
118 Articles
Amy Stross
Amy is the author of The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People. She is an avid permaculture gardener, writer, and educator. She has helped to manage an organic farm project and worked as a professional landscape gardener, in addition to transforming her suburban yard into an edible landscape. Her training in permaculture design led her to develop a community food forest at her local university. Amy has reached hundreds of thousands of people with her expertise and adventures in permaculture gardening at TenthAcreFarm.com.
117 Articles
Lauren Dibble
I may not be your typical homesteader. My husband is active duty USMC, so we pull up roots (pun intended) every couple of years and tend to live in rented housing. However homesteading is a mindset, not a number of acres. My husband and I do everything we can to live simply, self-sufficiently, and as naturally as possible on 1/3 of an acre in the suburbs. We challenge each other to find new uses for things, to make do or do without, to invent new ways to be self-sufficient. I hope you'll join me on this journey, learn from my experiences and share your own! Homesteading is a community mindset and I look forward to hearing from you. http://www.hillsborough-homesteading.com/
117 Articles
Lisa Murano
Raising chickens, teenagers, pets, flowers, herbs and growing our own food on 25 acres in the hills of western Pennsylvania....and doing it all as cheaply as possible!
114 Articles
The Farmers Wife
Growing up in a large city, I have had quite the learning curve marrying a man who's been living off the original land homesteaded to his family many moons ago. I write about all the many things we do to live the self-sustaining life. I'll tell you all about our garden, food preservation, many animals, and alternative power sources. And as the Farmer's wife, I'll also tell you about our farming adventures. I can't wait to meet you!
113 Articles
Colleen @ Five Little Homesteaders
Colleen is a special education teacher (by way of Teach for America) turned stay-at-home mom to three little ones - ages 3, 2, and almost 1. Her days are filled with laughing and tears, joys and frustrations, toddlers and babies. The basics of gardening were gifted to her by her mother and father starting at a very young age and both parents continue to be a source of knowledge (and equipment!) to this day. She hopes to lead her family down the path of leading a more sustainable, intentional, and full life.
99 Articles
The Farmers Lamp
Hello, My name is Amber Our family tries to live as close to nature as is possible for us in a modern world. Organic farming and Non-GMO food practices are how we live. Life is often chaotic, stressful, and sometimes painful so we want to be a source of inspiration, help, information, and strength for all those seeking to live a more self-sustaining lifestyle. The Farmer’s Lamp was started because so many people were asking us questions, seeking help, and just generally interested in how we live. We have taken up a lesson my grandfather taught me, “There’s as many ways of gettin’ a farm job done as there’s farmers. Ya gotta be willing to listen, help, and learn from ‘em, even if it’s just to see what not to do.” Join us on this ever changing, ever captivating journey.
99 Articles
HomesteadDreamer
My husband and I were raised in rural Southeast Alaska. We dream of buying property on a remote island to homestead and live a more self sustainable life. At the same time, we work to be prepared for the unknown things life can throw at you when you least expect it. Every day is spent working to fulfill our dream and until then, we learn all we can to increase our skills so we will thrive when the land comes!
97 Articles
anniebernauer
Annie was raised in the country and taught the art of simple living, canning and food preservation by three generations of women in her family. Fascinated with the western homesteading lifestyle since she was a little girl, Annie moved to Montana over 13 years ago and began eking out her own path of self-sufficiency. Annie is the founder of Montana Homesteader, a blog about her family's adventures in modern day homesteading in Montana. Annie and her husband also own MontanaSolarCreations and work from home selling their handmade creations in their Etsy shop and blogging about eco-friendly living. When not blogging or crafting, Annie can often be found outside gardening, hunting, bird watching or exploring nature with her husband, daughter and two lazy dogs.
93 Articles
Jenna Dooley
I'm Jenna, devoted wife and mom of eight. I love all things homesteading, homeschooling, and natural living. Our family is striving to be self sufficient. We are learning as we journey through homesteading. Visit my blog, The Flip Flop Barnyard to follow our journey.
83 Articles
Chris Dalziel
There’s intrinsic JOY in creating something substantial with your own hands. Whether that’s baking a loaf of bread, creating a meal from scratch, rolling beeswax candles, creating an herbal salve, growing a garden, or making something more substantial. And it’s a JOY that’s missing from the lives of many women. Chris is a teacher, author, gardener, and herbalist with 30+ years’ of growing herbs and formulating herbal remedies, skin care products, soaps, and candles. She teaches workshops and writes extensively about gardening, crafts, scratch cooking, fermentation, medicinal herbs, and traditional skills on her blog at JoybileeFarm.com. Chris is the author of the The Beginner’s Book of Essential Oils, Learning to Use Your First 10 Essential Oils with Confidence and Homegrown Healing, from Seed to Apothecary. Her newest book, “The Beeswax Workshop, How to Make Your Own Natural Candles, Cosmetics, Cleaners, Soaps, Healing Balms and More” is available in December with Ulysses Press. Chris is a contributing writer to The Biblical Herbal Magazine, The FermenTools Blog, and the Attainable Sustainable blog. Her books are available on Amazon. Chris lives with her husband Robin in the mountains of British Columbia on a 140 acre ranch where they raise lamb. They have 3 adult children and 3 granddaughters.
77 Articles
Christina Kamp
Christina and her Little Sprouts are learning to grow their own chemical free food together.
76 Articles
Angie Rose
Where Things Come Alive dog mama . loyal friend ☯ student of nature . adventure enthusiast ♡ healthy living believer . happiness seeker Ω Hi my name is Angie Rose. I am a New England based gardener passionate about vegetables, flowers and herbs. I am located in USDA zone 6a Massachusetts. Very interested in urban farming and raising animals. Currently raising ducks and geese. Freelance photographer with a love of nature and landscape photography. Join me on my journey! ⚘
75 Articles
Pantry Paratus
Wilson and Chaya own and write for Pantry Paratus, the kitchen self-sufficiency store that equips you to produce, prepare, and preserve your own harvest. These veteran homesteaders have an obsession with food, which comes through great articles about food science, recipes, and old fashioned "how to."
74 Articles
LadyLeesHome.com
A wife, a mother, a farmer and not at all ladylike. I was born in Israel and raised in a kibbutz, a small agricultural community where everything was grown, made and shared. I am now living and building a farmstead in NC.
74 Articles
Teri Page
Teri Page and her family of four are building an off-grid homestead from scratch on 10 acres in NE Missouri. On her blog, Homestead Honey, she shares their adventures in tiny house building, water catchment, organic gardening, Waldorf homeschooling, wild foraging, and much more!
67 Articles
NorthernHomestead
Northern Homestead shows by example how to grow, raise, and preserve real food in a cold climate (Zone 3A) at an urban homestead. We hope to be an inspiration to all cold climate homesteaders and winter gardeners.
67 Articles
Kristi Wheeler
Kristi is a proud wife and mother of 3 boys. She loves homeschooling her boys, doing a variety of crafts, cooking food from scratch, learning new skills, and more. She is the owner of Homestead Wishing and writes for a blog called Fermentools and for The Beauty and Lifestyle Magazine. Kristi has been featured in the blog magazine. She enjoys coming up with original recipes, doing product reviews, sponsored posts, and writing about everything homestead.
65 Articles
KarenLynn
Karen Lynn blogs at Lil’ Suburban Homestead and is a weekly Radio Show Host at "The Survival Mom Radio Network". She previously blogged for Frugal Families.com as well as being featured at several popular blogs. She is a Homestead Bloggers Network Contributor and was featured in From Scratch Magazine. Her and her family decided instead of picking up stakes to move to the farm they would move the farm to them. They supplement their diet from their backyard garden which is mostly raised beds and a small “up-cycled”greenhouse. Both Karen and her husband she calls “The Viking” are beekeepers, sell local honey, keep backyard chickens all on less than 1/3 of an acre.
63 Articles
Lady Locust
We live about 25 miles from the closest grocery store in the beautiful mountains of Oregon. We strive to provided a good majority of our food for ourselves &/or find it locally while at the same time eating what we consider to be the healthiest diet and creating as little refuse/garbage as possible (down to about 6 bags per year.) It takes great balance to juggle all these balls at once, and at times we are more successful than others. C'mon along; we enjoy the company.
63 Articles
Kathie Lapcevic
A farmer, writer, and teacher living in northwest Montana doing her best to live a simple, seasonal life full of love and creativity.
62 Articles
FreeRangeLife
I am a wife and mother of 5 living in the mountains of WNC. We raise chickens, ducks, goats and a family dairy cow. I spend my time homeschooling my children, planting in the garden and caring for our dairy herd.
60 Articles
Samantha Burns
Hiya! I'm Samantha Burns: a Maine blogger, beekeeper and farmer. Follow along with my many misadventures in the pursuit of a more sustainable life. Find out how I am advocating for local food in my community and working to promote pollinator conservation here in the state of Maine. Every day is an adventure!
58 Articles
Dana Thompson
I am a homeschooling mama of 3 in the South of New Zealand. We moved to our 10 acres in May 2016, and are working on getting the place properly set up. We have dogs, a semi-friendly feral cat, a dairy goat, 3 lambs, a calf, meat rabbits and chooks so far.
57 Articles
Mama Z
Sabrina Ann Zielinski (Mama Z) is truly a Proverbs 31 woman. She was raised on an Urban Homestead years before the term was ever used. Her mother is a master gardener, professional home economist, and herbalist and her father is a PhD agriscientist, which has given Sabrina a legacy and the know-how to do just about everything to make homesteading work.
57 Articles
Herbal Academy
With roots in greater Boston, The Herbal Academy of New England is an educational resource offering online programs, Herbarium membership, and local workshops. The Academy is committed to researching and gathering information and tools to help support a lifestyle of self-awareness and whole body care. It is the Herbal Academy of New England's desire to encourage individuals and society to make sustainable and meaningful changes so as to use earth's resources with greater wisdom and respect.
57 Articles
Lori Davis
My husband and I run an organic farm on 15 acres in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Our passion is driven by 40 years of work in the areas of renewable energy and environmental science. Our passion continues to drive us to find better approaches that enable environmental stewardship as we spend our time in retirement dedicated to sustainable farming and using back to basics/built by hand approaches (including chemical free) on our farm. We are authors and speakers on the subjects of renewable energy and environmental science as well as bloggers on life, learning and best practices that take place on the farm. You can follow us at www.hibarranch.com and read our poetry on farm life and much more.
55 Articles
Laurie Neverman
Laurie Neverman has a BS in Math/Physics and an MS in Mechanical Engineering. She is a wife and mother with a passion for natural healing, homesteading and gardening. She and her husband, August, homeschool their two boys. They live in rural northeast Wisconsin in a Wisconsin Green Built and Energy Star certified home. The home has an array of “green” features, including: • Solar Water Heating and Passive Solar Design • Insulated Concrete Form construction • An Attached Greenhouse • Handicap Accessibility • Environmentally Friendly Materials There are also some old standbys, like a root cellar and an herbal apothecary. Her health and wellness interests also include herbalism, wildcrafting, essential oils, homebrewing and live culture foods. She blogs at Common Sense Homesteading - http://commonsensehome.com.
55 Articles
theadventurebite
We are two crazy in love, good food cooking, old house remodeling, learning to homestead, all while chasing our (soon to be 2) little boys. We are book reading, beer brewing, Subaru driving folks who live halfway around the world from their family in the middle of nowhere trying to learn how to do this thing called life. Our house is always a bit crazy but the table's always open! Welcome to our adventures!
54 Articles
Jo Rellime
Jo is a devoted wife and retired technical writer turned photographer, blogger, gardener, and cook with a passion for homesteading and self-sufficiency as a philosophy and lifestyle. She and her husband, Eddie, are newbie homesteaders who write about everything from gardening, repurposing lifeless junk, learning new kitchen skills (including preservation & scratch cooking), and transitioning from the city to the country. Jo shares her and Eddie’s adventures at Homestead Chronicles.
51 Articles
Rachel
Just a small farm girl livin' in a homestead world... I'm all about small farming, homesteading, and country life. Getting by on faith, grace, and a bit of elbow grease. I blog to share my journey: the good, the bad, and the manure-covered. I have been homesteading with my family since 2008. Between the goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits, and pets, we have our own little funny farm. I also love canning and preserving as well as soapmaking and DIY projects. Stewardship and self-sufficiency are my goals.
50 Articles
April
Well hello there! My name is April and I blog over at April Tells All, where I tell you all about our life on our small 3 acre homestead in central Ontario, Canada. We raise dairy goats, and laying hens, cook from scratch, and attempt to garden. Grab a cup of tea and come on over, I'd love to show you around the place!
50 Articles
Alisha Galbraith
I'm new to homesteading. I'm not here to tell you how much I know. I'm here to show you what I learn...and I'm learning so much! Our goal is to live a simple, sustainable, happy life. You'll find posts about essential oils, foraging (wild/free food!), chickens, and gardening.
49 Articles
Leah Harvath
Hi, I'm Leah, your friendly Fabulous Farm Girl. I'm a wife, mama of 3 boys and surrogate mama to a dog, 2 cats, 5 fish, 8 chickens and a mess-load of bees. I grew up in the country, dreaming of the city and now I live in the city and dream of the country. I blog about becoming self-sufficient and going all-natural one small step at a time no matter where you live. It's not the size of your property that matters, it's the size of your heart.
47 Articles
Katelyn Sarvela
Hi I'm Katie! I live off grid and off road in Alaska with my husband Kyle, daughter Bellamy, and a new baby on the way! Together we are working on living our dream on 5.5 acres of raw land. Follow along on all our adventures as we start our Alaskan homestead from scratch!
46 Articles
Laura
Together with my husband and kids, I work on our small farm in Georgia. We grow as much as we can every year. Every year is different, because we never know what obstacles life will throw at us. I like to write about what inspires me in the garden, and there are so many cool things to find in there.
45 Articles
Patrick Blair
Patrick is a Christ follower, the father of a special needs daughter with a brilliant personality and two musically talented sons, the husband of a beautiful and incredibly wonderful woman, an avid cook and gardener, a craftsman, and a hopeful homesteader with a passion for researching. He and his wife live as frugally as possible and try daily to live as God intends them to live. "I don't know everything there is to know about the topics on my website," he says, "but I do love discovering new things and sharing that information with my readers." Visit Patrick @ SurvivalAtHome.com
44 Articles
Living Traditions Homestead
In the summer of 2016, Sarah and Kevin, along with their 2 daughters, left their busy corporate lives in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to their new homestead (Living Traditions Homestead) in the Missouri Ozark's. Their hope is to provide a simple life for their family that focuses on sharing time together, working together, honoring their values and honoring God through the blessings He has provided to them. They homestead full-time on 20 acres of land.
43 Articles
Erica Nygaard
Erica is a mom of four trying to keep ahead of the ball game and keeping up with her college age kids. She is always learning and writing about these things: books; recipes and cooking; canning and preserving; food storage; preparedness; survival living; homesteading; gardening; home projects; parenting, mainly single parenting; rural living and frugality.
43 Articles
Staci Samuels
My husband and I bought our little homestead, in Northwestern Pennsylvania, on 3 acres in 2013. With much love and hard work we are turning it into our own slice of heaven. We currently have 2 dogs, a cat, 30 +/- chickens, a garden and an orchard.
42 Articles
Lisa Theriault
A lifeschooling family located in a French community in eastern Canada. Learning to live a simple and chemical free lifestyle on their urban homestead, this bi-lingual family has big dreams of moving off grid and building a tiny homestead for scratch!
40 Articles
St. Fiacre's Farm
GOD'S WONDERFUL CREATIONS, FRESH NUTRITIOUS FOOD & LOVE OF TRADITION Those are the few things that brought this city girl to love the farm life! I'm CeAnne Kosel and I blog here about our little family farm. Once we lived in town with a tiny little city lot, as most do. With a big dream and after lots of prayers and patience we are now blessed with almost 2 acre's of God's green earth in Oregon. We homeschool 4 adopted blessings who love the farm life too. We hope to share our homesteading journey here with you and hope that you will come join us Down on the Farm!
40 Articles
One Acre Vintage Homestead
We are a family of four who started our homesteading journey back in 2010. Our mini one acre suburban farm has steadily been growing with gardening, home food preserving, hand crafts and projects, and home cooked original recipes. A new, made from scratch, homestead is our next big step in this homesteading life. You can follow us as we continue life at One Acre Vintage Homestead and also the beginning steps at Pumpkin Patch Mountain Homestead. Two working homesteads, one great blog!
40 Articles
Angi Campbell
Angi blogs to help modern day families learn how to get back to basics, and live a more simple, self sustainable life at http://areturntosimplicity.com.
40 Articles
Amy Dingmann
"Buy a farm," they said. "It will be fun," they said. Now I'm living a peacefully chaotic life on five acres in central Minnesota where we raise chickens, pigs, pheasants, and kids (the human kind). I'm always up for a new adventure whether it's in the barn, the garden, or the kitchen. I write about my successes, failures, disasters, and thoughts at afarmishkindoflife.com. If you join me, bring strong coffee. :)
40 Articles
Charlotte & Ryan Walker (Walkerland)
Charlotte and Ryan live in a cozy log home surrounded by forest in Canada's Maritimes. They write about their homesteading experiences to provide inspiration and support to others that are interested in a more self sufficient healthy lifestyle. The rewards of doing things for yourself, taking the reigns back so to speak, are immeasurable. If you are interested in alternative energy, cooking from scratch, heritage livestock, food preservation, natural health or organic gardening, you will probably fit right in. Join us.
40 Articles
Rachel (Grow a Good Life)
Rachel lives on a few acres in rural Maine where she strives for a more self-sufficient life. She writes about her homesteading journey at Grow a Good Life where she shares her experiences growing a garden, keeping backyard chickens, preserving the harvest, and living a simple life. Follow Rachel’s journey to Grow a Good Life. You can also find Grow a Good Life on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.
39 Articles
Anita (Annie) Coombe
Homesteading in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, we grown our own food including our meat. Join us on our site as we write about gardening, hunting, fishing, cooking, making our own wine and lots more.
39 Articles
Michelle Van Doren
We recently made big changes, leaving a city home and city salary behind to create a homestead on 2.5 acres in the mountains. It was exciting, scary, and stressful, but so worth it! As we settle into our new life, I focus on a few themes that are important to my idea of a joyful life. We are connecting with nature and the seasons, a connection that goes so much deeper when faced with the task of growing our own food. As a homesteader and a Registered Dietitian, functional food and herbal medicine is a huge part of my life, both personally and professionally. But the homesteading lifestyle is about more than just food, it's about living mindfully, joyfully, and pursuing our passions. If I can do it, you can too - won't you join me?
39 Articles
Rabbit Ridge Farm
We’re stepping out of the rat race to reconnect with the natural world. We’re re-wilding our lives through homesteading, permaculture, foraging, crafting, organic farming, and plain ole’ simple living. Follow us on our journey for awesome, homesteading inspiration and advice.
39 Articles
Growing Organic
My husband and I own 5 acres in New Harmony, Utah. Being self-reliant and wise stewards of our land has always been a priority. I have been growing a garden and raising berries, herbs, vegetables, and fruit organically for 10 years. Through extending the season and preserving food we produce much of our own food. I believe with a little wisdom and effort anyone can be successful in gardening. We have home schooled our children for the last 21 years and are now empty nesters. It was a treasured journey and now I'm enjoying watching my children begin this same adventure with our grandchildren. Along with gardening our we have chickens, ducks, and dairy goats. I enjoy many interests including sewing, quilting, cooking, reading, archery, target shooting, preparedness, and making my own lotions and soaps. Our family goal has been to love the Lord, liberty, and learning. Each day brings new challenges and adventures and great opportunities.
38 Articles
Cookie at Chuck Wagoneer
Knowing how to cook without an electric oven or a microwave is a valuable skill. At Chuck Wagoneer, I share recipes and tips for cooking great food using rustic methods. Cooking outdoors is undoubtedly one of the most challenging situations to cook in but it is also one of the most rewarding. I’ve been a youth leader and an outdoor skills trainer for nearly 20 years and after a hard day of playing or working in the outdoors, nothing beats sitting down at the table to a nice, hot meal.
38 Articles
Deborah Neyens
I'm unleashing my inner farmer in suburbia, and you can, too! I'm a recovering attorney and freelance writer who lives in a fancy suburban subdivision in Iowa. It's the kind of place where everyone has lawn services and cleaning ladies. But not me! I'm steadfastly replacing my manicured lawn with raised beds and compost piles. In that great sheltered spot under the back deck (where most of my neighbors have their hot tubs), I have a chicken pen. My kitchen is always a mess because I'm constantly cooking up new ways to use my fresh produce. My neighbors think I'm crazy. But they never turn down a home-cooked meal, a bag of fresh garden veggies, or a carton of eggs.
37 Articles
Kelly
Natural Beauty and Homemade Everything It’s that simple. I am simplifying the ingredients in my family’s food and looking at natural ways to stay healthy (and therefore beautiful in a godly outlook of the term). I also want to get back some of the knowledge of what is considered a simpler time. Anyone who looks into times gone by will see that life was simple in a lot of ways, but it was not easy. Simplicity should not be confused with ease and comfort. I want to continue to learn better how to grow my own food, make the things I use often – from lotions, perfumes, household cleaners, and soaps, to cheese.
36 Articles
Mandi Harris
Mandi is a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom to 4 kids and wife to one handsome husband. She is pursuing her dream of building a debt-free homestead on 30 acres, and spends her days doing math; chasing chickens, rabbits, guineas, turkeys, donkeys, horses, dogs, and a feisty cat; and trying to keep the house in some sort of order. She is discovering that simplifying her life is her only hope for sanity, but sometimes simplifying can be complicated. Her goal is to encourage others as she blogs about her daily struggles and victories at www.OurLifeOutHere.com.
36 Articles
Nicole Sanford
Hi! My name is Nicole. I'm a natural, green Mama who loves organic gardening, essential oil and natural products. Organic Sunshine is my blog and I would love to meet you!
34 Articles
Lone Star Farmstead
Author of Lone Star Farmstead, Brandon is a full time paramedic who, along with his family, is working toward a goal of increasing self-sustainability. He writes in the hope of helping others through information and encouragement along their own journey.
34 Articles
Once Upon a Time in a Bed of Wildflowers
I am Christine, the country girl turned city mom. As I journey through life, loving the city and missing the country, I spend my time trying to learn -- or possibly relearn -- things my great-grandmother would have just known. Join me as I unravel the mysteries of cooking from scratch, canning and preserving, cleaning without chemicals, and finding the rhythm of the seasons and dancing with it.
34 Articles
Brittney Edo
Brittney is a wife, mother and certified herbalist. She has been gardening, canning and raising chickens for many years, and loves writing about her experiences! Life In Woodford is a down home blog, featuring gardening tips, recipes, craft ideas & how tos, and the adventures Brittney and her family embark on as they cultivate their small homestead into their ideal farm.
33 Articles
jandjacres
Husband and father of six who looks to find the simple methods of self sufficiency. Through video and the written word he shares the experiences of J&J Acres where homesteading methods are tested and tried. For him sharing these lessons with others who can pass it on to the next generation is what the whole journey is all about. Jared and his family moved to the country on purpose, to enjoy a quiet environment more in tune with nature.
33 Articles
Katey Kautz
Mama Kautz is a self-proclaimed Jesus Freak, a Wife, mom to 4, a mason jar collector, blogger, and an essential oil user. She lives in the North Idaho panhandle with The Principal, her teenagers, her chickens and her Golden Retriever, Ruger.
33 Articles
Victoria Pruett
I'm a homestead wife and mama living in the big city and making it work while staying true to my homesteading roots! I'm also a real food cook, dollar stretcher, collector of hobbies, writer, and an avid reader... My blog focuses on maintaining the mindsets of days gone by - through frugal living, from scratch cooking, canning and food preservation, and real crafting skills.
32 Articles
Jen Sharpin
I'm Jen. We live on 45 acres in the beautiful state of Virginia on an old Pre-Civil War era tobacco plantation farm. We were homesteaders before we moved, but we are becoming avid homesteaders since the move. Homesteading for us came after my momma died in 2012. We currently raise chickens (for eggs & meat), ducks, goats, and pigs. In the near future we hope to add cattle (for milk and beef) and a billion other things! Once you start- you just can’t stop. And it really does all begin with chickens. We love doing everything DIY and try to build/cook/make most everything from scratch. We’ve been homesteading for two years now, but with our new home(stead) things are about to get c-r-a-z-y (in a good way!) and we hope you stop by because we have some great homesteading stuff to share with you!
31 Articles
LittleMountainHaven
Isis is an eco homesteading mama that loves to capture the beauty of heirloom gardening and the magic of living in a mountain forest with her family. They experiment with winter gardening & permaculture and spend their time preserving the harvest, homeschooling and enjoying outdoor adventures. They keep chickens, forage for wild free food and aim for a natural family lifestyle. Come and follow their journey towards self-reliance!
30 Articles
Kara Bova
I'm currently working on a goal to grow the majority of my family's produce in an urban, backyard setting, and I write articles sharing what I learn along the way. You can visit my site at www.nourishingpursuits.com. I hope I can help encourage you to grow your own food or to persevere if you are already growing!
29 Articles
One Ash Homestead
We are Lee Ann and Alexandrea Perez... Along with our online farm and dairy supply business and our raw milk dairy here in SC, we are taking you on the journey of a lifetime, learning how to homestead one life experience at a time (and a few recipes, too!)
29 Articles
Estle Schipp Farm
Estle Schipp Farm celebrates the hobby farm lifestyle. We are city folk turned country folk and learning the joys and challenges of our rural life in central Indiana.
28 Articles
Simply Living Simply
Simple living meets a semi-homemade world with a homesteading bent. I’ve discovered that taking care of my family includes, natural ways, wholesome & organic foods, clean living and being frugal in all we do. We explore Simple Food, Gardening, Herbal Remedies, Recipes, DIY and more. Simply Living Simply, a semi-homemade homesteading life.
28 Articles
Taylor-Made Ranch Homestead Blog
When we found this piece of paradise in Northeast Texas we knew this would be where our future was to be found. As we stood next to the cobbled-together gate and viewed the overgrown and cluttered property, the old and broken fences and the tattered 1880’s barn, it was apparent that we had LOTS of work ahead of us! One step at a time we drew closer and closer to the life we dreamed we could live. Living where we do has taught me a new appreciation for the beauty God has blessed us with each and every day. I notice the small things more – the beauty of the first tiny spring flowers to peek out from the sleeping grass, the graceful hawk that calls to her young as she teaches them to fly, and the amazing array of colors present on a butterfly’s wings. I try to be as gentle as I can as I tread on this land and in this life. I’ve learned to improve our garden soil so that I can produce more of what we eat & to preserve the rainfall for garden irrigation. I’ve learned about the price paid for convenience foods in currency, health and environmental terms and I’ve begun to make many of those things myself in a healthier & less expansive manner. I’ve become so much more aware of my environmental self, and I’m pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to make small changes that have a real effect. One step at a time I find that I’m rediscovering myself. I’ve heard the phrase “Bloom where you’re planted” and I’m so blessed to have been planted here!
27 Articles
Frugalupstate
After 11 years as an Army Officer, Jenn Fowler traded her combat boots for tennis shoes. She combined her love of writing with her passion for saving money to create Frugal Upstate in Jan 06. Over the years her focus has evolved from simply saving money to making her home and family more sustainable. “Frugal ~ Sustainable ~ Prepared” has become her mantra as she continuously works on transforming her ¾ acre village lot in Upstate NY into a “Frugal Village Homestead”. When she’s not writing, photographing, gardening, cooking, preserving or reading, Jenn enjoys spending time with her husband “Yankee Bill” and their two kids, “Buddy” and “Princess”.
27 Articles
LIndsey Field
A modern homesteading, homeschooling Mama of two. Embracing simple, natural living, on our 1/3 of an acre, North Florida homestead.
27 Articles
Maat Van uitert
Maat van Uitert is a professional homesteader and chicken expert. You can catch up with her on her blog, FrugalChicken, where you'll learn how to homestead, cook from scratch, raise happy and healthy chickens, and harvest a year's supply of meat. She's the author of several books, and the weekly podcast 'What The Cluck?!' which can be found on iTunes. A sought after chicken expert, she also contributes regularly to Backyard Poultry and Countryside magazines.
27 Articles
MrAnimalFarm
We moved to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia from the beaches of Virginia after Justin promised me (Kristin) that if we moved we could get goats. After about a year of searching, we found the perfect house and property. We started our mini-farm/homesteading journey with a small flock of laying hens and a small garden. After a year, we finally got goats! Now that we have been on our mini-farm for several years, we have had so many adventures and journeys and enjoy sharing our experiences with others looking to do that same.
27 Articles
Pamela Nelson
The Cedar Hill Chronicles is my place to journal about my day to day life. Living a rural life on 12 acres, I blog about traditionally prepared foods, organic gardening – where we grow far more than we can use and share with family, friends, and neighbors – fiber arts of knitting and weaving, furniture restoration, recipes from my kitchen – main dishes, desserts, cultured foods – and much more. We are a family that implements our own creativity and skills, instead of hiring out; we live a quiet and simple rural life. First and foremost, it is a life of faith guided by the Lord. Find me @ http://www.cedarhillchronicles.com
26 Articles
Musings of a Modern Hippie
I am a quirky philomath, polymath, and opsimath; an everlasting optimist, in pursuit of a natural life, with insatiable curiosity and faith that moves mountains.
26 Articles
Elizabeth Adan
I am a Freelance Writer, Publicist, Brand Ambassador, World Traveler, Dreamer, Yogi. Living happily amid the rolling hills of the Palouse and pursuing a sustainable life.
25 Articles
Colleen Codekas
Hi, I'm Colleen. I'm here, along with my fiance Joel, to teach you about all types of homesteading endeavors, particularly related to food, permaculture, health and survival. If you like what you see, please join us for the ride!
25 Articles
The Accidental Country Girl
Growing up in the city, I have had a lot to learn as a country girl. We homestead about twenty acres and always find humor in what's happening around here! I love to share my adventures in gardening, canning, baking, raising a barnyard full as well as three great kids and a husband with some crazy interests.
25 Articles
Judy Roberts
I'm an underground #prepper, in that I live in an #earth-sheltered home.I practice #self-sufficiency with a #preparedness mindset. I write a preparedness lifestyle blog.
25 Articles
Nicole Brooks
My name is Nicole and I started my blog with a desire to share our suburban homestead lifestyle with you all. I hope to provide a safe place for people to learn from my mistakes and triumphs and share in the every day joys of life. We are a family that believes in whole, delicious, real food. Essential oils. Home gardens and canning. And prepping for the zombie apocalypse! In between all that I work as an internal auditor, am a lucky God-momma to the most beautiful girl, engaged to the most amazing man I have ever known and mommy to one very spoiled furbaby. I believe that every little step we take can create a better world and hope to provide you with the tools, encouragement and information to make some changes in your own life. Every little bit helps. And no matter what, we can all homestead right where we are now!
24 Articles
Mary Woita
Hello... I'm Mary. A loving wife to a rancher, stay at home mama to three children, 3 and under. Originally from So Cal, I did not imagine I'd live the rural life, but here I am. God sure works in mysterious ways. Ha. Our homestead journey started with a few baby chicks. We have grown our flock to include, guineas and ducks. As I've mentioned, my husband ranches, so we have cattle too. We raise, breed and graze a variety of goats. We are a traditional catholic family trying to live a simple life.
24 Articles
Nettie David
Nettie the Girl Scout Prepper here. Working towards self reliance, having food storage, and adding emergency preparedness supplies has been a blessing to me, my family, and friends on more then one occasion. You'll find these stories throughout my blog.
24 Articles
ChickenGateway
It all started with one chicken... Ros is a South African transplanted in Texas. She strives to live a healthier lifestyle through developing a closer connection with her food. Ros is interested in self-sustainability and self-reliance and enjoys sharing what she has learned along the way.
23 Articles
Ron Melchiore
Ron is an Outdoorsman/Pioneer, Homesteader, Remote Exploration Camp Manager and Author. Living off grid since 1980, Ron and his wife Johanna have spent the better part of their lives "unplugged." As part of the back to the land movement that originated in the 70's, they have spent their adult years living the homestead dream. Ron spent 20 years in Maine mastering the many facets of homesteading: gardening, food preservation, animal husbandry, and construction, to name a few. The need for money became obvious in those early years, so as a small-business endeavor, he added logging, tree farming and milling lumber to his repertoire, which ultimately earned him and his wife awards as Outstanding Tree Farmers. Because Ron possesses an adventurous spirit, he decided to pursue a long-time dream of his, to thru hike all 2,100+ miles of the Appalachian Trail — so, he spent 5 1/2 months walking. A cross-country bicycle trip years later satisfied his need for mobile adventure. He has survived forest fires and bear encounters. Ron and his wife currently live 100 miles in the Canadian wilderness on a remote lake. Access is by float plane and they generally only see other humans twice a year when they come out for resupply. A computer/satellite link serves as their connection to the outside world.
23 Articles
Amber Bradshaw
We inspire like-minded community members who want to get connected with their roots and live off the land. Our desire is to help others who want to live a simple life, reduce their environmental impact and live sustainable.
23 Articles
Harold @ The Small Town Homestead
Harold along with his wife Mary are striving to become more self sufficient everyday as they grow their our own food and pursue a more natural and organic lifestyle. Learn more about them and their homestead at www.smalltownhomestead.com
22 Articles
Homestead In The Holler
In 2014, my husband and I left the corporate rat race and moved our family to the Missouri Ozarks to farm full time. We are establishing a permaculture farm complete with animals, orchards and gardens. We aim to share our journey with you. This includes the stresses, failures, and woes but (we hope) also the successes and joys! Please come along with us on the ride of our lives.
22 Articles
Adriana Meagher
Canadian food, craft, and DIY blogger with a love of sourdough breads, cultured foods, foraging, and homemade. I live in the mountains of the Columbia Valley of beautiful B.C. with my S.O. - affectionately referred to as 'the old man' - on 130 acre farm.
21 Articles
eohomestead
I’m a wife, homeschooling mama of 2, modern-day homesteader and certified aromatherapist. We live on 55 acres in the Appalachian Mountains.
21 Articles
FreshEggsDaily
I host the largest natural chicken keeping page on Facebook, Fresh Eggs Daily and a sister blog. I also host a duck keeping Facebook page Ducks Too. I encourage others to live a simple natural life and share tips and advice as well as recipes and DIY projects using repurposed items.
21 Articles
Megan Jurczyszak @Linn Acres Farm
Megan from Linn Acres Farm is passionate about homesteading, cooking from scratch, natural healing, and growing as much food for her family as possible. Alongside her husband, Eric, they are continuing Megan's family farm and working towards being as self sufficient as possible on less than 5 acres. They are always learning new things and improving their homestead. Join them on their journey at www.LinnAcresFarm.com
21 Articles
Erin Blegen
Hi! I'm Erin, a 19th-century homesteader at heart. At Yellow Birch Hobby Farm we practice self-sustainable living by way of organic gardening, canning & preserving, raising a variety of livestock, hunting, foraging, and cooking from scratch. I enjoy networking with fellow homesteaders, sharing experiences and knowledge in an effort to encourage others to live their homestead dreams :).
20 Articles
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!
20 Articles
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
20 Articles
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.
20 Articles
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.
20 Articles
Amanda Moore
Wife, dog mom, wannabe farmer, reformed picky eater, Pinterest addict, homesteader, writer, photographer, blogger. Learn more about me at www.pickytoplenty.com
19 Articles
Margaret Taliaferro
Hi, I am Margaret! I live in the middle of nowhere on a ranch where my husband works. I love the challenge of modern homesteading and the adventure of rural living. Come enjoy the adventure with me!
19 Articles
Suburban Steader
I am a middle-age guy with a wife, two young kids and a crazy dog. We live on Long Island, NY and had an interesting experience with Hurricane Sandy. That experience led me towards the self-sufficiency movement and eventually led to the founding of SuburbanSteader.com. I aim to provide suburbanites with the confidence and know-how to become more self-reliant by providing content on topics such as gardening, personal health, financial responsibility, cooking, self-preparedness and self-protection.
19 Articles
Amy Fewell
Amy Fewell was born and raised in Virginia, and raises her family on their mini-homestead in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the Founder of the Homesteaders of America organization and annual conference. Amy and her family take pride in raising their animals holistically and naturally. Raising heritage breed chickens, rabbits, ducks, and quail. Amy is a writer, photographer, and homemaker. Visit her website at www.thefewellhomestead.com
19 Articles
Julia Franke
I'm a wife and mother on a journey to live a more simple and sustainable life. I live on 2 1/4 acres on which I am working to become a food forest. I have chickens, a large garden and I love to cook. I can be found at simplicityforjulia.com
18 Articles
Dianne Hadorn
Hi, I'm Dianne. I live with my husband on 1.5 acres in Charleston, TN. The name of my blog is Hidden Springs Homestead. I grew up on a small homestead of 5 acres, married a city guy and couldn't get away from the farm quick enough! Only to have, after a few years, a deep inside desire to go back to the farm. As I have gotten older and wiser I have realized that homesteading was the best thing ever. My parents and grandparents did know best! We've been married for 25 years and gone through some really hard times. Job losses, health issues and the such. October 2015, we made the decision to get away from being so dependent on the "social norm" and began growing our own food, canning and preserving, and working on becoming more self-sufficient. We have a plan in place to raise goats for milk, chickens for meat and eggs and the such, but other things have to take place first. That's how Hidden Springs Homestead came about was the "other stuff". I realized through my horrible failures and not having deep pockets this was going to be slow journey, but well worth the wait. If I can share my failures or some small tip that will help others to achieve their dream, then we both win and that makes me happy.
18 Articles
Jennifer A
We are learning about grace through building a farm, gardening, and homeschooling. It's an adventure filled with rookie mistakes, some successes, and lots of good food! We share our stories, recipes, mistakes, homeschool plans, and just generally how we're doing things around here on our blog Homesteading on Grace.
18 Articles
Tommy Alderman
Tommy Alderman is a former law enforcement professional with 18 years of municipal and county law enforcement experience, currently working as the Director of Special Projects for a Public Safety Software developer. In that role, Tommy develops marketing and product training videos, maintains the company's social media presence, and performs other marketing functions. His passion is persuasion and training others, whatever the discipline. Patti has had her hands full training him in the ways of frugality, which Tommy readily acknowledges, saying "If it weren't for Patti, I wouldn't have a penny to my name. But thanks to her, we have pennies-a-plenty and great food on the table." Tommy was graduated from LSU in 1986 with a Bachelor's Degree in English, with an emphasis in creative writing, which he says explains why his police reports were longer than those of his co-workers. "The Lt.'s hated to see me coming with a folder in my hands," he jokes. And though his education was focused on formal English, he's more likely to speak and write in his native tongue, "Redneck."
17 Articles
Monica Geglio
I'm a passionate wife and mother of two children, two kitties, one dog and twelve chickens. I enjoy writing about motherhood, natural health & beauty, raising animals, and sustainable food (gardening & vegetarianism).
17 Articles
The Modern Day Settler
My name is Kate. Chicken addict and lover of baby animals, meat, photography, and all things homemade. I love on an antique farm in Massachusetts where I raise laying hens, meat chickens, goats, and pigs. I have a passion for gardening and preserving my own produce, as well as cooking and baking everything from scratch! I love living a do it yourself, homemade lifestyle, and sharing any tips or tricks that I have to offer along the way. Join me in my effort as I strive to live as much of a subsistence lifestyle as possible!
17 Articles
Andrea
Small scale organic gardening on 1/6 acre, while trying to pass the love of growing food on to the next generation.
17 Articles
Perky Prepping Gramma
Simply sharing my journey of being prepared to to self-sufficiency. I really didn't have a clue when I started that eventually I would be moving to a farmette & debt-free. Join me on the journey, and you will see you are able to do this too.
17 Articles
Provident Home Companion
I consider myself a “jack of all trades, master of none.” I love learning everything I can about everything, which makes me a professional at nothing. I am happily married for 25+ yrs to my husband, Ross. I have three sons, a daughter-in-law and granddaughter. We live on a nice little 4-acre patch of land in North Dakota. I love (in no particular order): bike riding (because it’s so easy on the flat plains of ND), music, astronomy, gardening, reading and homemaking skills of all kinds but especially cooking. I teach seminars and classes for church and adult education on preparedness topics and skills.
17 Articles
Arwen Greer
I am a mother, a wife, an herbalist, homeopath, folk healer, wise woman, ex-nun and freelance writer (and only ONE of those jobs actually pays...) My lifetime passion is helping others achieve vitality and balance through self-sufficiency and holistic awareness.
17 Articles
Erica Mueller
Web developer, photographer and gadget lover. In other words: a geek. I specialize in WordPress development and manipulation, creating awesome sites for small companies to international corporations.
17 Articles
Amber Shehan
Hello, I'm Amber, the Head Pixie at Pixie's Pocket. I’ve been eating things out of my yard and brewing them up as teas and tinctures for over 15 years now. I love spending time in the wilds of my rural home, learning about the native medicinals that grow up in the yard, identifying plants and animals, and watching the clouds dance through the sky. While much of my time is spent working a normal nine to five job, I do try to maintain a garden with herbs and veggies, I love to read, brew mead and beer, keep chickens, and cook delicious food. I am unabashedly fond of butter, bacon grease, wine, and all things decadent.
16 Articles
Carol J. Alexander
When not in her garden or homestead kitchen, Carol works as a freelance journalist specializing in all things home. Since 2007, her writing has motivated and inspired both new homesteaders and homesteading wannabes in their journeys to living a sustainable lifestyle. Homeschooling, parenting, natural living, herbal medicine, and frugal living are topics that round out her portfolio. Carol's series of e-booklets, Lessons from the Homestead show parents how to teach their children academic skills alongside their farm chores, each booklet features over 50 lessons in math, science, language, and more. Her newly released Homestead Cooking with Carol: Bountiful Make-ahead Meals shows the busy homesteading homemaker how to prepare your food at harvest time so you spend less time making supper the rest of the year.
16 Articles
Rebecca Shirk
After dealing with having a special needs child, chronic illness, food allergies, divorce, mid-life dating and marriage, and buying a home that must be entirely renovated, Rebecca has learned a few things. With a bit of sass, she'll share her Life Lessons, from scratch recipes, personal finance strategies, pet tips, and ideas for living a joyfully frugal lifestyle.
16 Articles
Alexis
Alexis is a mother, writer, and activist living in zone 8b. She writes about sustainable living in the suburbs, whether it be growing your own food, making less toxic choices for your home, or reducing waste. A permaculture enthusiast, Alexis and her family are slowly transforming their typical suburban lawn into an edible paradise.
16 Articles
homefarmsense
We are Kristi and Amy. We are wives, mothers of 18, farmers and friends. Kristi writes awesome stories and Amy is into health and essential oils. Join us as we chat about faith, family, farming, food and other fun stuff... "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds." Deuteronomy 28:4
15 Articles
Joette Calabrese
A mom. A seasoned homeopath. A committed teacher and guide. Find out more at my website: http://joettecalabrese.com/joette-calabresese-professional/ and http://joettecalabrese.com/personal/
15 Articles
Corina Sahlin
I'm a homesteading, homeschooling mother of three who raises a lot of our food on our homestead. We grow a huge organic garden and raise goats, pigs, chickens, ducks and an incredibly cute puppy. I make artisan cheese and am a contributor to Grow Northwest Magazine. I teach and inspire earth-conscious people to live healthy, self-reliant, sustainable lives by teaching online homesteading, cheesemaking, and fermentation courses.
15 Articles
Dani Welton
The Arizona Desert is where we chose to build a homestead to support our family. Overcoming the desolate land is the challenge. Providing wholesome, nourishing foods for my family is my passion, and milking goats and feeding chickens... well that's the fun part!
15 Articles
Kristi Stone
Kristi is a Southern California beach girl gone rural who aspires to a more natural lifestyle through farming, gardening, and herbal living. She lives in Sunny Southern California on a one acre hobby farm with her husband and youngest adult daughter. Now that she and her husband Todd are finished raising their three awesome children, they raise dairy goats, chickens, gardens, trees, and sometimes a grandson! They aspire to raise their own milk, eggs, and produce, and to enjoy all that their forever home has to offer them. On her blog and YouTube channel, Kristi shares tips on gardening in Inland Southern California, raising and using herbs for dairy goats, chickens and other animals, and many other homesteading topics.
15 Articles
Becca Hurst
We are two sisters from Michigan who are aspiring homesteaders on a journey to live life simply. We aim to share our love for healthy living, nourishing recipes, homesteading, and caring for our families!
15 Articles
Sally Olson
Sally Olson is a wife, mother, writer, blogger, and homestead gardener. She teaches you how to grow a nourishing life at home. For more easy-to-follow garden tips and inspirationg to grow our nourishing life, follow Sally at http://www.gardenvalleyhomestead.com and on Pinterest, pinterest.com/GVHomestead/
15 Articles
Bonnie V
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
The Rural Economist
Gregg, The Rural Economist, lives in northern Alabama. He is a proud and loving husband and father of six children. It is the desire of The Rural Economist to help and encourage people on their journey to being more self sustainable. It does not matter if your goal is to be able to do everything yourself or if you just want to develop some new skills, we will help you all we can.
15 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
Donna McGlasson
Donna McGlasson is a former college instructor who loves to garden and keep chickens, ducks and geese. While not totally off the grid, she absolutely loves living in oh a farm in Idaho, growing her own vegetables and herbs and canning. In addition, she loves to flower garden, help out the pollinators with various flower gardens, bird watch and learn from nature. Her chickens and ducks provide fresh, organic eggs and plenty of entertainment while Donna continues to add to her gardens and knowledge while sharing the adventure of farm life with her readers.
14 Articles
Danielle McCoy
I'm Danielle, wife and mom to three beautiful farm girls. My family and I live on an acre in Northern Indiana where we strive toward self-sufficiency. Come learn with us as we share our journey in homesteading and self-sufficiency at The Rustic Elk.
14 Articles
Carol Orris
I'm a wife, homeschooling momma to many,nana and writer on a journey from chaos to the plain and simple life.
14 Articles
JustPlainMarie
We've been city homesteaders, learning sustainable and self-reliant living in a city apartment. Then we lived in the deep woods for three years, five miles from our nearest neighbour. With 100% solar power, wood heat and no running water, we increased our skills and knowledge. Now, using what we've learned, we're moving with the four children to a house in a tiny village where we will continue to pursue sustainable and self-reliant living.
14 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
Holly Giles
Holly is an author, entreprenuer and homeschool mom to two boys. She shares their adventures of the outdoors, home education, backyard chickens and efforts in suburban homesteading.
13 Articles
Summers Acres
We are a husband and wife duo with 5 kids, 4 boys and 1 girl. Our kids are growing up fast and only the 2 youngest are still in high school. Our journey began at our 1700 square feet home with just over 1 acre of land. God has blessed us greatly and we recently purchased and moved into our farmhouse and 14 acres of beautiful farm land in Ann’s hometown. Over the years God has compelled us to cultivate a simpler, less busy, and more joyful life. That is a process that takes time with one new learned skill or one simplification or change at a time. We love our chickens and goats and the benefits they provide us for a healthier more natural diet. We enjoy gardening to raise our own food, but also appreciate the therapeutic qualities of getting our hands in the dirt. We are not masters at any of this, but have learned a lot in our journey.
13 Articles
Stacey Upchurch
My name is Stacey Upchurch and I am a wife and mother of four, beautiful girls. Our life is full of home-school shenanigans, raising organic plants and animals, health and fitness coaching, and sharing the love of Christ. I am currently enrolled in Trinity School of Natural Health and will be receiving my (ND) Doctor of Naturopathy Degree. Upon completion, I will pursue certification with the American Naturopathy Medical Accreditation Board (ANMCB). The good ol’ saying of…. you can take the girl out of the farm but you can’t take the farm out of the girl…is very accurate. I love the benefits my family receives from raising organic plants and animals. The circle of life on a farm is extremely rewarding. While living as chemically free as possible is our family’s goal, we do splurge every now and then. An important factor to a balanced life is reducing stress. As a result, we have found harmony in the structure we have set for ourselves. I am not a medical doctor or a veterinarian. Furthermore, I post only the lessons I have learned personally to help better someone else’s experience. Everyone needs to find a balance that works for them. In conclusion, I pray that I may inspire you to gain more control of your life and over-all health.
13 Articles
WMH Cheryl
I live off grid with horses, llamas, goats, chickens, meat rabbits, dogs, and too many feral cats. Visit my new blog where I will try to post all the mistakes I have made over the years when I first purchased this raw land.
13 Articles
Christie Thompson
We are Phill & Christie Thompson, an early 30's, childless by choice, animal loving, DIY, nature enthusiast, married couple who live in Ontario, Canada. We have a small, but good life. "Building a frog." was my Grandfather's most common answer to the question, "What are you doing." I thought it appropriate to name the blog that will detail our little life, home owning and homesteading adventure, Building a Frog, because truly, we have no idea what we are doing and are just hoping that it comes with some love, luck, laughter and in the end, a place to hang our hearts. - Christie
13 Articles
Kamay Flemens
Hello! My name is Kamay Flemens. I homeschool both of my children, Alex 18 and Zoey 10. I teach homesteading, survivalist and life skills right along with their regular core curriculum. I believe it is a lost art and necessary in these times. My husband and I are amateur preppers that believe prepping should begin with a debt free, frugal, live within your means lifestyle. Also, I believe if you are going to 'talk the talk, you need to walk the walk.' Instead of just learning, this year we have begun our homesteading adventures by adding chickens, rabbits and a feeder pig to our small property. My daughter and I have also learned food preservation through water bath canning and oven dehydration. We expanded our yearly garden, and have started learning about foraging and herbal medicines as well. I am also an admin, or member of several groups on Facebook dedicated to homesteading, being self sufficient, and improving your DIY skills. I SHARE A LOT of information I find from other bloggers in all of these groups. Learn, teach, 'Do the stuff.'
13 Articles
Monique Volkers
For a long time I had a passion for Portugal and for living in the countryside. But I was manager at the Dutch Refugee Council in Holland, which I also did with commitment and involvement. However, in 2010 I moved from Wageningen in the Netherlands to our farm Terra do milho in the Algarve. My desire was, and is, to build up a sustainable life, whilst my partner Tom still stayed part-time in Holland running his comedy-business. Lots of things were developed since then and many of those things I had to learn from scratch. Changing 4 ha overgrown wild land into a fruit orchard and vegetable garden was a challenge. After the land was accessabel we bought our first goats Bianca and Kimberly. Soon after that chickens were added. Meanwhile we were building our own house and all the utilities needed, like fresh drinking water. Now we are coming into a new phase: sharing our experience and knowledge, and selling our products and skills. On our website and our social media you can read and see a lot of us. Hopefully we will meet you there.
13 Articles
Janet Pesaturo
Sustainable and wildlife friendly living on a suburban homestead in Bolton, MA. Chickens, gardening, wildlife, foraging, and cooking with wild edibles and local ingredients. I love the idea of existing in harmony with wild plants and animals; I am living my dream!
12 Articles
1840Farm
I live and write at the intersection of family, food, and farming and share the experience with my readers on my blog at www.1840Farm.com.
12 Articles
LittleOwlCrunchyMomma
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
Rebecca
Hi all! My name's Becca and I've been married to my high school sweetie since I was 15 years old. We have 7 children together and are currently living in Northeastern Pennsylvania. We recently bought land in Missouri, a little over 8 acres and we can't wait to start our homesteading. For now we garden inside and out, can most of our food and freeze what we can't can. Between canning, my garden and herbal garden we have more than enough to keep us going. Once we move to Missouri we will be raising chickens and possibly pigs.
11 Articles
Lacey Hoyer
My name is Lacey and I am so pleased to meet you! I am a wife, a mama, a lover of all the animals, and a fledgling homesteader/sustainable smallholder. I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, on the Northern Oregon coast (zone 8 a/b), and I’ve been gardening organically for the past 14 years.
11 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!
11 Articles
Lisa Bowens-Chapman
After so many years moving around we finally got our dream to find a little land in the Flint Hills of Kansas. We are living on a small micro farm in a 100 year old farmhouse and wonderful old barn. Days are spent caring for a busy grandchild, sheep and large garden. I trying to grow and preserve as much food for us and the animals, including wheat and other grains. When I have time and energy I enjoy sewing and other crafts. I also spend a few hours per day blogging from creative writing to homesteading topics.
11 Articles
Jessica Quinn
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
Valerie Ratliff
HI I'm Valerie, Cottage Making Mommy. I'm a blogger, foodie, compulsive decorator, entreprenuer, wife, mom, doggie mom, and mom to many. I love to sing, I love to save, I love to shop. Usually you will find me running around barefoot cooking in the kitchen or planting in the garden or hanging with the goats, dogs, and kitties. I'm most happy with a houseful of animals and children.
11 Articles
Anastasia Sakawsky
I began homesteading a few years ago when I still lived in a condo in the city. It changed my life! I now live on just over an acre and am following my dreams of living a simpler, more sustainable and self-sufficient life. I love to help and inspire others to do the same & prove that the simple life doesn't have to be complicated!
11 Articles
Katie @ Half a Homestead
Katie is an atypical teenage girl obsessed with all things food related, especially if it has anything to do with history. As becoming a kitchen maid in a 13th century manor house is a rather unrealistic goal for life, she has combined her passions, and become a half-homesteader: 'half', mainly because, alas- the world is larger than a kitchen, and one must learn to juggle high school along with all those oranges.
11 Articles
Al DeCesare
Al and his wife Carol spent a few years homesteading in New Hampshire while raising their children. Moves have removed them for a time from their former life but homesteading is in their heart. After a move to a small place in upstate South Carolina, gardening again became a part of their life and sharing that and other things about the homestead life are still a passion that Al & Carol are sharing on their website- the countrysage.com
10 Articles
Steven Goodgame
We strive to try to grow/raise as much of our food as possible. For reasons that vary widely, it is in our best interest to do so. Basic preparedness, pesticides, self sufficiency.... all of these are reasons we do what we do. We homestead, we raise bees, and we are starting our own tree/plant farm. As time goes on, we continue to get more and more self sufficient. Stop by our YouTube channel and our website to see more of what we are doing.
10 Articles
livingloft
This blog is dedicated to documenting the trials and tribulations of having a completely indoor garden in a loft in the city. There are many articles, videos, and sites with ideas for cute little indoor gardens or ways for apartment dwellers to participate in the urban farming movement, but many of these ideas are not actually practical or sustainable over any period of time. This blog seeks to cut through the clutter of information, ideas, and products and figure out what is practical, what actually produces food, and other ways that an apartment dweller can participate in gardening and farming without any land at all. (Seriously we don’t even have a balcony) I hope you will join me on this journey and become an active participant in finding new ways that will allow us all to become just a little more sustainable.
10 Articles
Carrie Eidson
After moving to a rural neighborhood, we got a few chickens. After that, it snowballed. We currently have chickens, goats, rabbits, ducks, pigs and turkeys. We went from getting a few eggs a day to supplying a large portion of our food right from our own yard.
10 Articles
Mindy Young
I'm a farmer and mother. I have a passion for being self-sufficient and being healthy and well. I want to empower others to live the life they love and to follow their dreams for success.
10 Articles
Terra Urbem
We are a geeky, nature loving, artistic, home gardening, homeschooling, home cooking and DIY home improving family of four that has chosen (for now) to land lock themselves on a .248 acre plot in the heart of a city.
9 Articles
Patrice Capone
A little bit about me: When I was a child there were two things I wanted to be when I grew up, a farmer and a veterinarian. As far back as I can remember I had always wanted to live in the country with a small farm with lots of animals, a large garden, herbs hanging to dry in the kitchen, and above all, to live in communion with nature. After working as a self-employed medical transcriptionist for nearly a decade, I chose to go back to school to become a registered veterinary technician. This is something I’ve wanted to do for quite some time. I have always had an affinity for animals, Mother Nature, plants, and learning about the “old ways” to do things. I enjoy the outdoors, reading, organizing, camping, hiking, and learning about new things. I am married and have three grown children, a son and two daughters. I also have four grandchildren, two boys and two girls. I have two cats and my husband and I live in a subdivision in an urban area – a far cry from the farm out in the country I dream of. I sometimes felt I grew up in the wrong area and era. I grew up wishing I was living in Appalachia and had a lifestyle akin to “The Waltons” or “Little House on the Prairie,” or even “The Foxfire” series, although now that I think about it, I certainly wouldn’t want ALL of that lifestyle.
9 Articles
Lydia Noyes
22, Calvin College graduate, amateur homesteader and gardener, lover of good books, healthy dirt, and long walks through the woods. Currently living and working at the Big Laurel Learning Center in Kermit, WV.
9 Articles
Dave Lenweaver
Getting more and more self sufficient every day. We love our lives overlooking the valley and southern hills of central New York. Dave trained as a chef at the Culinary Institute of America graduating in 2004 and now manages restaurants. Joanne helps women start and grow their businesses. We both love to cook, preserve our harvest, take care of the critters, and share our knowledge and adventures. See our videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/1215cleanslate We look forward to sharing with you all!
9 Articles
Dave Barrett
We are growing our 60 acre property into a 4 season, off grid homestead in Manitoba, Canada. We share the property with 1 dog, 1 cat, 10 chickens, woodpeckers, bears, wolves and more! We cover various homestead related topics on our blog including livestock, gardening, foraging and more.
9 Articles
Ann @ Live The Old Way
We are a small family living on 85 acres in an underground, passive solar house in central North Carolina. We focus on ways to be self-sufficient and live off the land, with a big emphasis on “lost skills” that were used by previous generations. We keep chickens for eggs & meat; goats for milk, soft cheese and soap; ducks, turkeys and rabbits for meat and peacocks just for fun. We also hunt deer on our land for additional meat as needed and burn our own wood in our woodstove as the only wintertime heat source in our underground home. Thanks to the cool earth behind our walls in the summer, we can get away with open doors and air circulation even in the hottest months. We enjoy growing and raising our own food, practice spring, summer and fall planting rotations and are continuously adding to our own seed saving bank so that we aren’t dependent on anyone else for what we need to grow from year to year. While we do still use and enjoy some modern conveniences, we constantly work to establish self-sustainable substitutions and implement them one by one. Another big focus of ours is the use of herbal medicine, specifically using only plants and herbs that are native to our area. We like being able to substitute nature’s remedies in place of store-bought whenever we can. I’ve been extremely lucky to be able to study with some of the smartest herbalists and “wise women” in our neighboring Appalachian mountains over the past 11 years and I’m still learning. Please join us and take a step back in time!
9 Articles
Jamie Oliver
Jamie is a busy Christian wife and momma of 3 special blessings. Outside of their full-time jobs, you'll find Jamie and her husband (her Mr. Fix-It) chasing chickens, shearing sheep, and teaching their farm kid crew all the life lessons you won't learn in school. She blogs to remind herself, and encourage others, to be intentional about your family’s time. To choose what’s best, not just what’s good. To redeem the everyday moments with simple pleasures and old-fashioned family values.
9 Articles
Danielle Bryan
I write a progressive homesteading blog about living life one thought, one action, one dinner at a time. Let's hang out for a while. It will be like spending an afternoon with Erma Bombeck...but with goats and the occasional F-bomb.
9 Articles
AnAmericanHomestead
An American Homestead is located deep within the Ozark Mountains. We are two families that live on 56 acres of pastures and woodlands. We left the city in 2012 to seek a more sustainable lifestyle away from modern American chaos. Our website with its article and videos are an attempt to show our adventure to the world. Come join us as we explore life in a way that is so foreign to so many in this day and age.
9 Articles
Clint Heiser
Woodhaven Place is owned and operated by the Heiser family. Candie is the boss and head farmer at Woodhaven Place. Clint is her husband and farmhand.
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live.laugh.farm
These are the beginnings of our little family farm. From chickens to gardens to home making. Come follow along on our journey.
9 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!
9 Articles
Scott Terry
Scott is an organic farmer, homesteader, fur trapper and internet radio talk show host. He lives in northern NY with his wife , Leah, and their 6 children.
9 Articles
Anni
I'm Anni and I love living in the wide open spaces of Kansas with my husband and our cattle, chickens, guineas, cats, dogs and horses. We love the Lord and all that he has given us. I love to help people learn how to garden and grow their own food. And did I say organic gardening? Don't understand using chemicals on my food so I never have.I am passionate about so many things so my blog is to share tips, hints, helps and my loves of living in the country!
9 Articles
Brandy Alford
I am pleased to meet you! I am Brandy affectionately known as Rzashida. My first plant was an avocado tree that I grew from seed at age 4. Over 30 years later, I continued on my gardening journey. Being a garden enthusiast is a major part of my life. The challenge of growing plants that are exotic to my region, or have some type of funky purpose is what keeps me going. The beauty of nature delights me and keeps me flabbergasted. God has blessed me with growing hands, and that's what I do. I love gardening and appreciate that the possibilities are limitless.
9 Articles
Kris M.
Kris has moved her little family back to the mountain farm where she was born and raised. Her blog, Growing Wild Roots, is about sustainable family living, market gardening, and simple country life. Kris loves her family, Jesus, summer days, good books, tea, long talks and laughter.
8 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!
8 Articles
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.
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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.
8 Articles
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.
8 Articles
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.
8 Articles
Phyl Martin
Homesteading on a suburban acre block about an hour by car from Melbourne in Australia. We are a family of five who have begun an journey towards self sufficiency, learning how to keep and raise our own chickens, grow fruit and vegetables, and generally live a simpler life.
8 Articles
Dana Zamprogno
I'm a wife and a mother of 2, living life as frugal and close to the earth as I can. My family and I are currently on a quest to build our homestead debt free!
8 Articles
April Tuell
Born and raised in southern Indiana, with a few years of big city living in my teens and 20's, I'm now back home to my small town roots and loving it. My husband and I live a frugal life on our homestead, while enjoying the hobby of being "Pickers" in our spare time. Life is good.
8 Articles
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!
7 Articles
Pam Farley
Corporate writer by day; hobby gardener, blogger, and housework avoider by night.
7 Articles
Emily McCafferty
Emily, her husband Mark, and three year old son are building an off-grid cordwood house on 16 beautiful acres in Kentucky. She writes about not only building a house, but building a sustainable lifestyle including debt-free personal finance, self-reliance, and eco-friendly options for the home.
7 Articles
Michelle Farmer
Hi I'm Michelle Farmer, a retired commercial cricket farmer, our family raised crickets for over 20 years and sold them to pet shops for lizard food and some bait shops. Now that we are retired we buy and sell on eBay. I started a blog about Homesteading for women. I wanted to get back to my roots and live a simpler life while adding more chickens to our farm and learning to do things like my Grandmother used to back in the good old days. Join me in my adventures on my blog. www.homesteadingforwomen.com
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Katherine M. Grossman
Katherine Grossman was born and raised in the greater Washington, D.C area. But for the last 30 years Mrs. Grossman has lived a life of deliberate self-reliance in rural western Pennsylvania. She loves to garden, knit mittens; makes a killer meatloaf and has been known to deliver triplet lambs with her eyes closed.
7 Articles
Shannon Jones
I'm a young, first-generation, organic farmer. Along with my partner Bryan, we make 100% of our living from our small farm. We grow a large diversity of vegetables, cut flowers and save some seeds.
7 Articles
Opportunity Farm
Matthew, Michelle and five Farran children live at Opportunity Farm on the border between Victoria and New South Wales in the Snowy Mountains Region of Australia. On their 29 acre farm and 300 acre bush property they have self-shedding sheep, a variety of goats, some ponies, lots of chickens, some pigs, guinea pigs, fish and dogs. They attempt to grow much of their own food and are developing a business to share their knowledge of teaching, practical skills, homesteading and working with special needs students with others.
7 Articles
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.
7 Articles
Sarita Harbour
Sarita Harbour is a homeschooling work-at-home mom and fledgling homesteader living off the grid way up north near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. At Off Grid Life she shares tips, tools and tales of her family's adventures as they learn the ropes of homesteading in a remote and often harsh environment.
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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.
7 Articles
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.
6 Articles
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.
6 Articles
Rachel Craig
Rachel and Craig are a country girl + city boy couple ready for change, moving off (the power) grid as soon as their old life has been liquidated away. They plan to live a somewhat primitive, minimalist lifestyle in a tiny solar-powered cabin along Canada's vast boreal forest. Their dream includes a micro-homestead overflowing with organic fruits and vegetables, barrels of rich compost, flocks of feather-babies, and Lord knows what else! They are sharing the adventure and what they learn along the way @ http://www.offgridhomestead.ca
6 Articles
Sustainable Homesteading
I am a psychologist by training and a homesteader at heart. I am deeply passionate about creating sustainable living environments. I live on four acres at 8,600 feet in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and spend any free time I have in my organic garden, my orchard, in my kitchen, with my chickens, dogs, and bees. I enjoy every aspect of my life from canning to splitting wood, making herbal tinctures and honeys, foraging the woods, baking bread, fermenting foods, creating pottery, building things, knitting, and exploring new territories. I am learning with every step on my path of greater sustainability, simplicity, and abundance. I feel deeply nourished and blessed by the land and animals I take care of and the path I, and we all, are on. Lets heal nature and create abundance; lets give back to planet earth.
6 Articles
Christine Hennessey
I'm a writer, reader, and backyard homesteader living in coastal North Carolina. By day, I'm a digital marketer with an MFA in creative writing. Early in the mornings, I'm working on a novel and a collection of short stories. I share a home with my husband Nathan, a fat dog named Calvin, 15 chickens, two beehives, and a small garden that doesn't get nearly enough sunlight. Better Than Never is where I write about living on a budget, homesteading in a rental house, and finding meaning and magic in every ordinary day.
6 Articles
Cheryl Aker
My husband and I bought our piece of land at the end of 2011, moved on to it in April 2012 and we have never looked back. In fact, we love being in our pasture so much, we have decided that we suffer from Pasture Deficit Disorder anytime we are away from it! We have dogs and cats and our first farm animals were chickens and ducks. We recently added our first cows - Texas Longhorns, of course. We are learning to do as much for our ourselves as we can and raise as much of our own food as we can. That also means learning to preserve food. It's an amazing, rewarding lifestyle, a lot of hard work, and now that we are here, we could not live any other way.
6 Articles
Ellen W.
Wife & Mother of three, I wear many different hats in the course of my day. I am known as Honey, Mommy, homeschool teacher, beekeeper, hobby photographer, scrapbooker, hobby graphic designer, piano player, prepper, and organizer. I enjoy watching football and putting a jigsaw puzzle together. My goal in life is to serve the Lord in whatever I do and to help others love the Lord too, because of what He did for us.
6 Articles
Tracy
Hello there! My name is Tracy Lynn and I am mom to 4 boys and wife to handyman Hubby. I am a city girl gone country and farmer wanna be on my little homestead in Northwestern PA. My main goal in life is to simplify every aspect one day at a time. To create an ease to the life and home we live in that not only touches our family and our finances but our diets and our hobbies as well. Now I am blessed with the opportunity to teach others what I have learned and to help them on their path to a more simple life.
6 Articles
Julie Adolf
Hello! I'm Julie, mom of three, wife of one, Master Gardener, owner of Garden Delights, and lover of all things garden and nature-related. I'm a former PR and marketing girl who is so lucky to make my living playing in the soil. Hope you'll make yourself a cup of tea (or pour a Diet Coke, my sad, sad addiction), cuddle up with your computer, and join me as we chat about growing gardens, growing green, growing locavores, growing kids, and growing one day at a time.
6 Articles
Amber Love - The Homestead Wife
Hello, I'm Amber! I'm a first generation, self-taught homesteader and farmer. After years of living in debt and struggling paycheck to paycheck; I decided to take back my life. Now I'm debt free, thriving and working towards self reliance daily!
6 Articles
Lisa Wiertel Koleszar
Artist. Nature Lover. Natural Living Blogger. Gardener. My "homestead" is a half of acre in the suburbs in a cul-de-sac with a home owner's association. My thoughts are that anyone can garden and help provide for their families no matter where they live.
6 Articles
Ashley Miller
Wife to my best friend, mama to 3 boys (boy #4 is in the oven now!), 1 girl, 1 chocolate lab, and a partridge in a pear tree. Wannabe mama to some goats and chickens, but The (suburban) Man makes that impossible right now. For now, we bloom where we were planted!
6 Articles
Alexis Griffee
I am Alexis Griffee, a sleep deprived and coffee fueled homeschool Mom, homesteader, mule rider, military wife and a freelance writer. Even through it all, first and foremost, I am a wife and a mother. I am a mother to my four beautiful kids, and a wife to an amazing husband of almost 13 years. Juggling it all can be a challenge at times, but there is nothing I would ever change-well most days anyway. We do real here. My family is not always butterflies and rainbows. Sometimes it is arguing kids, mules that got out of the pasture or last minute deployments. As a writer, my promise to you is to bring it all to the table, the good, the bad and the caffeine fueled life lessons. My hope for this page is that you can learn from both my successes, and mistakes, and that they will help you in your own life. When I get a chance to step away from the Mom and farm duties for a bit, I am a freelance writer. I mainly write for Countryside magazine, but I have also been published with Backwoods Home, Molly Green, Hoegger’s Farmyard, and other publications. Currently, I am also pursuing other writing opportunities as well as working on a book series for young readers. For me, writing started simply as a way to relax and unwind from the long days. Luckily, I have been able to grow my love for writing and share it with others.
6 Articles
heirloomsoul
Fran is an organic edible garden designer and garden educator living in Chicago, IL. Her love for gardening began on a set of non-profit urban farms in Detroit, MI where she fell in love with working in the soil and using her hands to feed the surrounding hungry community. She writes her blog, Heirloom Soul, because she wants to make organic gardening more approachable for everyone.
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Joby Dorr
In 2012 I bought a small piece of property in western Washington with the intent of making the transition to a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle that reflects the changes I most want to see in the world. It is a long slow process to build a homestead from raw land but I cant imagine a more rewarding experience and I hope to share the stories with you.
5 Articles
Wendy Tackett
I'm a mom to two young children. I blog about our family's journey to become more self reliant and live a greener lifestyle. We raise our own fruits and vegetables and also raise chickens. I'm also finishing my degree to become a doctor of natural medicine!
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The Moore Family Homestead
Becca and Dan, along with 6 of their 7 children are homesteading on their small farm in the Midwest. They are raising a flock of layers, another flock for meat, pigs, and are working toward growing all their own fruits and vegetables. One day they hope to add a mini-jersey cow or two to their homestead for dairy products. Their goal is to provide as much food as possible for their family.
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lknerl
Linsey Knerl is the founder of Knerl Family Media and a homeschooling Mom of five who enjoys blogging and working hard on her 3.5 acre Nebraska homestead.
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Lara Creek
I am a mommy and wife in North Carolina just starting the homestead journey. I love spending time in the kitchen creating new recipes, and of course making the tried and true recipes.
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Sherry Willis
I always smile when I hear someone talk about the “new” Urban Farming Movement. The truth is…there has been urban farming as long as there have been cities. For most of human history, food had to be produced close to home. We are realizing that “Factory Food” isn’t good for us or our fragile world. Many want to revive the ancient practice of raising their own food, but the skills to do this have been lost. It is our mission to help those who want to regain this knowledge. Let us help you combine the old with the new and build something better than both! We believe it is not grand gestures, but the small things, that will save our world.
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NANCY OLIVER
Master Gardener, organic gardener, chicken keeper, DIY-er, all on a small urban lot! Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/littlehomesteadinboise
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Daddykirbs Farm
I'm Blake Kirby, just a city kid that grew up and bought a farm. I want to learn the ways of the Homestead. Orchards, Gardens, Beekeeping, Chickens and more.
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sarah houlihan
I am a thirty five year old mother of two. My boyfriend and I decided that the best way to raise children was on a homestead...and off we went. We started out with a wooded lot and are learning the joys of off grid living as we go. I am currently working full time as a nurse while we shift our life over to sustainability.
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Mike Kinsey
Due to the presence of a day job, I (tongue-in-cheek) consider myself a Gentleman Homesteader. My wife usually considers me half that. Through Permaculture implementation, we strive to build resilient, sustainable food production systems that increase our family’s food security, and then that of our community. How is this possible when Husband slaves at least 50 hours a week behind a keyboard in a cubicle farm and Wife runs around after a mischievous toddler and soon-to-be-ornery infant? It’s possible because we continually design systems that work harder than we do.
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Kimberly Jones
Kimberly, a half acre homesteader (in training) in a big city in upstate New York. An active duty Air Force tech sergeant and a wife of 14 years. I love to spend my days off outside getting my hands dirty making mine and my husbands lives a little healthier and a bit more sustainable.
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Ricki Moore
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
thegomamas
A dynamic group of moms who are trying to make a place where living an eco-friendly, down to earth, and healthy lifestyle is made easy. Where organic, healthy and frugal living, whole foods, homesteading, DIY, easy decorating, & family activities are our interests!
4 Articles
HomeAcre
I grew up on a farm in Western New York. Our family kept beef cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks, and horses. Moving away and making a new life with my husband in Illinois has been a great experience, but I've always wanted to return to the farm life. Homesteading on one acre has been a wonderful way of getting back to my roots. I still hope to one day return to my home town and become more self sufficient.
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Frugal Mama & The Sprout
I'm a full time mommy, military wifey, and blogger. I enjoy writing about DIY natural beauty recipes, real food recipes, gardening, green, frugal tips, and among other things, family. Our goal as a family is to live a more sustainable lifestyle while becoming more self-sufficient and less reliant on big business.
4 Articles
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.
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Jaymie Pierce
Living in the North Georgia mountains, my husband and I decided to give up suburbia and start a small farm. We are living our dream raising goats, chickens, ducks and Great Pyrenees. We raise some of our food and enjoy living a self-sustainable lifestyle.
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Original Homesteading
I enjoy all things about being self-reliant and self-sufficient. Gardening, Backyard Chickens. Raising Dairy Goats. Living a Simpler Lifestyle.
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Lindsay Burden
Lindsay is a garden-growing, chicken-keeping, cooking, crafting, creating mom of three. She lives in Las Vegas where she is cultivating a suburban desert homestead.
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Christine Traini
I'm a mid-twenties, vegetarian barefoot mountain mama running a mini-homestead in the Southern Appalachians. I brew beer, practice yoga, study fungi, grow food, and pet cats. My dream is to retire by age 40 and run a homestead in the mountains. I save money aggressively through anti-consumerism, frugality, self-provisioning, and mindfulness. The Barefoot Budget is a lifestyle blog chronicling my adventures in homesteading.
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Kellie Phelan
Originally a country girl, now living in the city (Seattle!), Kellie is passionate about converting her lawn into an edible landscape. As a recent beginner gardener, Kellie was both amazed and frustrated by all of the different gardening resources out there. Kellie's goal with Backyard Roots is to capture all of that gardening know-how in one place and make growing food accessible to everyone. So dig in and start growing!
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Jenn Dana
We are a family striving to live a simple life. We love hunting, DIY projects, growing produce, and enjoying our lives on the farm.
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Kelly Morris
Hey there! I'm Kelly, an Ohio homesteader who loves all things sustainable! I'm into growing food, foraging, honeybees, chickens, donkeys, food preservation, fabric arts and financial resilience. Let's get to know each other!
3 Articles
Cheryl Cook
I'm a self-taught gardener and cook, with an interest in sustainability and frugal living. I live on an island with my husband and two children, in a home we built ourselves.
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Lee
Lee is a writer and blogger spreading the word about self-sufficiency one post at a time through her blog, www.homesteadology.com.
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Julie Sczerbinski
Julie Sczerbinski is a gardener, beekeeper and organic life coach living in the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina. She's the founder of Earth & Honey (www.earthandhoney.co) whose mission is to teach you to live more sustainably, starting with your food supply.
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Rachel Maxwell Carpenter
homesteading | hand-making | healthy living I'm a passionate homesteader, gardener, certified yoga instructor, and herbalist-in-training that loves sharing my expertise in healthy living with others. I also create herbal skincare, beauty, + men's products at ORIGINAL ORGANICS herbals: www.originalorganicsherbals.com
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Lauren Sorgaard
Silver Maple Farms is a hobby farm located in beautiful East Central Minnesota. We take pride in raising our animals with the best possible care while working to improve and produce the best we can of each of our breeds. We specialize in raising rare heritage breed rabbits.
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Lisa
Urban farmer, holistic nutritionist, blessed wife, stepmom, sis, and faithful servant living a zero-waste lifestyle.
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Rebekah Baker
Hi, everybody!!! It’s me just talking about how to eat and live healthy. My goal is to help you in your journey to better health. It has always been a hobby of mine to discover better ways to live that is closer to nature and how God intended it . It’s so exciting to find something that will help my husband and kids not only feel better but will boost their immune system as well. I enjoy the challenge of seeing how much our family can save. We have learned to make many household cleaners and detergents that would otherwise overtax our budget if we had to buy them. These household items can be made inexpensively as well as allergen-friendly. This last year, I also began gardening. I have found that gardening is a wonderful way to relief stress. It seems crazy that having your hands in dirt would help anyone relax but it really works. My mission is to present alternative ideas to encourage a healthier you.
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Emily Swezey
Emily shares her goofy, detail oriented approach to leading a life that's more self-reliant, in touch with the natural world and fulfilling on her website Life From Scratch.
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homesteadingwife
I'm a cow milking, chicken chasing, wood stove cooking, garden growing mama to triplets. We live on a ranch in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. Our journey to self-sufficiency is full of joy and trials. We live simply without conveniences like air conditioning, dishwasher, and microwave. Much of our food comes from our land or is bartered for. In the winter we use a wood cook stove for both cooking and heat. It's a hard life, but I wouldn't change it for the world.
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Tana Mason
HI, My name is Tana, and I am from Moore, Oklahoma. Throughout most of my life I have lived in the City of Moore, but in my late 30’s that changed and decided to make a transition from a city girl to a country girl.
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House.Barn.Farm.
I am a homebody,new to homeschooling, gardening, horseback-riding, goat milking, soap making, chicken whispering kinda girl, living on our family homestead with my detail oriented, electric fence testing, Mr. fix-it, partner in crime Mark and our 2 wild, loud, adorable and sweet kiddos.
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Brianna Nash
Hey y'all! I'm Brianna. A veteran, loving wife, work at home mama to two wild children. I'm a transplant Mississippian by way of Louisiana. We started our homestead on family-owned land with a few baby chicks, dogs, and horses. Follow along for homesteading, homeschooling, from scratch meals and DIY projects.
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Jenny Hudman
Jenny lives on a suburban homestead in upstate NY with her husband, two teenagers, a pit bull, and four cats. By day she teaches inner city teens how to grow organic vegetables, by night she stays up late trying to learn how to make everything herself.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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High Fantasy Homestead
We are a trio of do-it-yourselfers trying to carve out a self-sufficient homestead from a former junkyard!
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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.
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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!
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April Graham
Hello my name is April and I own a remote Off Grid Homestead in the Blue Mountain Range of NE Oregon. We sit at 4670ft elevation! I have a passion for all heritage animal and plant conservation, simple safe herbs, hunting, fishing, wild gathering, all things fiber art, wood working and so much more! I have two unschooled children and a wonderful husband who has always helped me follow my hearts desire to live remote and off of the land!
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Julie Hardie
Just a small time girl with a huge country heart living in Florida by the beach. I love all things country and enjoy crafting, canning, cooking, gardening...Some day I hope to have a homestead in TN with chickens, cows, goats...gotta have the goats!!!!
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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.
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Jacquelyn
Raising children, sheep, and chickens on seven acres in the suburbs. Our goal is a simple, sustainable, more self-reliant life.
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Balcony Garden Web
Balcony garden web is dedicated solely to gardening. Our purpose is to share the best of gardening stuff with you.
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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.
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Jenna Rettig
We are two sisters, whose families have come together because we want be closer to nature and become more self sufficient in every area of our lives. Our journey has just begun! Country living has been a breathe of fresh air for all of us. The kids seem to be enjoying their adventures too! We are inspired to try new things and continue to step out into the unexpected. We hope you to join us on this journey! On The Hesitant Homesteader blog you can follow us as we succeed, and fail, at all our new-to-us farm en devours.
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Sara Wyckoff
I am a mother, student and avid cook. We live on an acre where we have 20 raised bed gardens and grow a wide variety of produce. I freeze can, freeze and dehydrate our excess produce.
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Wendy Marcum
Wendy and her husband are sharing their journey to self reliance on their homestead. A desire to be less reliant on others for their health and well-being motivated them to get back to basics. They are starting out with 10 acres and 6 chicks, and as any land owner knows, the wish list is long, the to-do list is never ending and the work is tiring but they wouldn't have it any other way!
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AleciaCSNY
Alecia comes from a long line of very stubborn dairy farmers. She lives with her husband and daughter on 5 acres of farmland in central New York where they raise chickens and ducks for eggs and meat. They have 2.5 cats, a golden retriever and two alpacas for entertainment. She also maintains a large vegetable garden, a fledgling orchard and many small fruits.
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Thrifty Housewife
I'm Sarah, a wife and mother of four children. I have been a Thrifty Housewife for 15 years and love to share what I have learned and do reviews and giveaways on my blog!
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Jennifer Larson
Reformed big city girl living in small town Colorado on 50 acres. Starting out our farm with a garden and chickens that arrived in April! I love to can and am working on convincing my husband that we need some donkeys and a dairy cow.
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Stephanie Brown
Hi, my name is Stephanie. I am a city girl who recently moved to the country and am trying to figure out how to build our dream acreage. I hope that you will join me on this journey and follow my progress. I currently have a raised garden, chickens, and a dog. I will be adding bees in the spring. I have a very long wish list for my acreage, so my goal is to make money from my land as I go. I figure this is the best way to get my husband on board with my BIG goals.
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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 tiny home building business. I'm learning to make jewelry, crochet and spin wool. I currently live in Tasmania but will always be a Southern Girl at heart.
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Tracy Brown
I lived in small towns for the first 30 years of my life. As a child, I grew up with woods, gardens, big yards, and neighbors “down the road a piece.” Now that I live in a city neighborhood, I’m missing a big backyard with a veggie garden, the sound of real peace and quiet, stars in the night sky, and that small town flavor.
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Laura Thorrold
I’m Laura. I live in a teeny tiny rural village in the rural New Zealand. I have a super sized vege garden, too many chickens and a super handsome farmer soon-to-be hubby My blog is all about our adventures trying to live a more simple life in the country. You will find recipes that are quick and easy, including a lot of homemade replacements for store bought items, and plenty of baking and desserts to satisfy your sweet tooth! I also ramble about life in the country, share the odd cow photo and blog about any travel we do. Welcome to my world!
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Kristie Kohn
I am a homesteading, married, mother of 4 children (plus 50 chickens). I enjoy cooking, crafting, gardening, raising animals, and all things homesteading.
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Carrie Williams Howe
Carrie Williams Howe is "Queen Bee" at the Happy Hive, a homestead in Vermont where she and her family take inspiration from their bees and strive to do what's good for them and good for the world. In addition to writing for The Happy Hive, Carrie writes parenting articles and is a higher education professional in Vermont.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Louise Houghton
I am married to Jon. We live in Ceredigion in mid-Wales and have two boys nearly 9 and nearly 10. I just started to grow our own veg in May of this year. It has gone well some times and there have been failures but I am learning ALL the time and loving it, too. Check out my ramblings on my blog to see what I get up to in and out of my Poly House.
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Laura Katzensteiner
Hi, my name is Laura. I love making things from scratch, whether that is food, beauty products, crafts or even cleaning products. Not only is it incredibly satisfying, it also saves money and teaches valuable skills. And the fact that I live in an apartment is definitely not going to stop me from being on this journey. So why should it stop you? I believe, it is never too early/late to take back control of the products you put in your body!
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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.
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Allison Carns
I married a farmer in the fall of 2014. One of our goals is to create a green, eco-friendly home. While I'm still working the 9-5, I like to spend the remainder of my time working with my husband to create a self-sufficient homestead. My blog is to document our journey, all of the successes and failures along the way!
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Julia
Julia is a Christian who blogs at Reform Stead about anything homesteading. Topics like taking care of chickens, milking goats, growing a garden or cooking a healthy meal, are some of her favorites and can be found on her blog.
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Bexz Walker
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.
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Michael Cooley
Michael obtained his PDC via Geoff Lawton, PRI, in 2013 , and had been a student of Permaculture Design independently for a number of years prior to obtaining the PDC. His interest in Permaculture came through an interest in sustainable food production and a desire for nutrient rich foods. He is particularly interested in the value of food forests, perennial food production, and medicinal plants and herbs. Michael's experience as a licensed Financial Advisor and prior career in hospital administration and Human Resources have given him unique perspectives on the economics of Permaculture Design and the management of inputs. Michael is presently creating a demonstration site on acreage in the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia (temperate climate). He is also looking to work in Aid work situations worldwide to further his experience in varied climates. His ultimate goal is to teach the PDC at the collegiate level and in developing countries where adequate nutrition is not readily available. He is also functioning as a permaculture design consultant and speaker.
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Susan Sink
I am a poet and writer living on 80 acres in Central Minnesota. My husband and I and the two other families who live here have turned this old hog farm into a combination of gardens, furniture making shop, and restored prairie and wetlands. It is a habitat for humans, chickens, a dog, a pair of sand hill cranes, and birds, bees, Monarch butterflies and other insects too numerous to count.
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Amy Coleman
My name is Amy. I have been married to my wonderful husband since I was 16 years old! We have 8 years under our belts and looking forward to the many years to come. We have three beautiful children together..Two boys, Waylen age 7, and Wyatt age 5..and a girl, Joriga Mae age 3! We enjoy the simple way of life..and currently our homestead is on one acre in the suburbs.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Jonathan Davis
Suburban backyard farmer and homesteader. Blogger on http://www.trybackyardfarming.com
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Sharon Pannell
Sharon authors the blog The Trailer Park Homesteader where she teaches others about the importance of disaster preparedness, homesteading, and self-sufficiency. Along with her blog, Sharon can also be found managing her other social media sites including her Facebook Page The Trailer Park Homesteader, TTPH Pinterest Page, and TTPH Twitter Page.
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Brennan Young
Greetings! My name is Brennan and I share your passion for gardening and sustainable healthy living. I am a full-time elementary school teacher, full-time father, and full-time gardener. Feel free to contact me via email or through my website. Hope to hear from you!
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Laura Bennett
Laura is the founder of HumidGarden.com. She loves nature especially when it comes to flowers and different kinds of plants. Humid Garden is created to provide aspiring and inspiring thoughts about gardening for gardeners and anyone who has the intention of keeping a garden.
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Nicole @Settlers-Homestead
Nicole moved 2011 from Germany to America (Tennessee), from the city to the country. to live on a small Homestead is my Dream and I'm working hard with my family to get more & more self-sufficient. I love farming, Photography & blogging.
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Lauren Patterson
Hi, I'm Lauren. My husband, Aubrey, and I, along with our baby-on-the-way, and sidekick bunny rabbit, Binky, are trying to work towards our own homestead in the country. For now, we're apartment homesteaders in Halifax, NS, and actively trying to learn more and gain knowledge about food preservation, food production, sustainable and no-waste living, and cooking.
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Donna Bruce
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.
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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.
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Beth
30ish, single mom beginning a homesteading lifestyle. I have a small farm with a few animals, an organic garden, and have begun food preservation. This is all new to me, and I am blogging about my experiences, triumphs and a few failures here and there!
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