Archive | Homesteading Lifestyle RSS feed for this section

Fencing is Necessary For Livestock on a Homestead

Do you have livestock on your homestead?  Do you plan on getting any livestock?  The fact is, if уоu kеер animals оf аnу sort you are gоіng tо nееd adequate fencing. In mаnу states, іn fact, fencing іѕ legally required fоr аnуоnе wіth livestock оr horses – оr аnу оthеr outdoor animals.  Some people have [...] Read more

Why is Homesteading an Important Lifestyle Choice

Homesteading is rapidly becoming a much more widespread way of life throughout the nation.  With uncertain times and economic difficulties, many families all over the planet have started working toward a homesteading lifestyle. The fact is, homesteading is a lifestyle that was created, in effect, by the U.S. government.  Homesteading goes by Read more
Tags:

Ideas for Better Homesteading and Gardening

For our family, homesteading is very much about living a simple and frugal lifestyle while tending the land to provide for our living needs.  We work to include every member of our family in our process of growing and tending to our garden and livestock. When you’re living off the vegetables you’ve planted, your health [...] Read more

If they don’t make it any more, it is a rare commodity.

You know those collector’s edition of this or that, plates or paintings, antique phonographs and one of a kind nick-knacks? Sure you do. You know the price on those items that are not made any more is often much higher than the mass produced products of today. There are really only two things in this [...] Read more

Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading….Stay WARM!

The animals need tending, the fence is down and it is a high of 18 degrees today! What is a homesteader to do?   Stay warm.     Sound’s stupid or simple as far as advice goes, but the tip is just to not ignore the need to stay warm.   Tips on HOW to stay [...] Read more
Tags:

Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading: Make it yourself

Just about every thing can be made at home. We don’t have to rely on manufacturers for our daily provisions. Homesteading is about simplifying, not always the easiest route, but the simplest is the goal. If you’ve not had the chance to see this video, I’d suggest you do so. Such a convenience food that [...] Read more

Tuesday’s Tip to Homesteading: Be patient in your diligence

Now, maybe to you it sounds like two tips. Be patient and be dilligent. No, these are tied so closely together in homesteading that they just 'have to' be paired up into one tip. Read more
Tags: