Balancing life on the homestead is not easy, but it doesn’t have to be impossible. I’ll be the first to admit that I have struggled with balance almost my entire adult life. Once our family started to grow and we started to live out the lifestyle that our grandparents had taught us, the task of […]
How I Grew 600 Pounds of Potatoes
There’s something about a hoard of potatoes that makes me feel safe. Let me explain. As someone who raises and grows food with the intent of feeding the family year-round, I find myself focusing on those foods that can be grown in large quantities and that store well- long past their harvest date. Root crops […]
Homestead Goals For 2019
Sled Dog Slow’s homestead goals for 2019! We’ve expanded, removed, and added to our 2018 goals since we spent the year out of state. In keeping with the trend since I started this blog, I wanted to lay out our goals for the homestead over the next year. Even though we spent most of this […]
Our 2018 Homestead Goals…How did we do?
This year is almost over with. My how the time has flown. It seems like I just barely created my goals for the year and now the year is almost gone. I just went over our goals for 2018 and wanted to see how we did. Fair, not great, but perhaps next year we will […]
10 Homesteading Goals You Should Be Setting This Year
Homesteading is one of those things that just does not work if you don’t have a plan. Part of that plan is setting goals. What do you want to accomplish on your homestead and what do you envision your homestead to be? The possibilities are endless, but you need goals and a plan! Here we […]
How To Keep Homesteading Through Hard Times
Have you had second thoughts on whether to keep homesteading or not? Maybe you’ve felt like quitting during difficult moments? I certainly have. In the past 10 years of living rural and homesteading on my own with my husband and two children, I’ve had those moments, too. And I’m not ashamed to share them with […]
