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Backyard chickens enjoying produce scraps in the yard.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

Ruffling Feathers: Celebrating the Diverse Ways to Raise Chickens

Weeding & Fungi in Your Back to Eden Garden

Grow a Thriving Backyard Garden with Practical Tips

Weeding & Fungi in Your Back to Eden Garden

The Theory Behind Back to Eden Gardening

Grow a Thriving Backyard Garden with Practical Tips

The Theory Behind Back to Eden Gardening

A graphic of a hugelkultur garden bed.

Grow a Thriving Backyard Garden with Practical Tips

Hugelkultur: Permaculture Raised Beds

Burning saplings and yard waste in a burn barrel on a sunny day.

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

Burn Barrel 101: Why You Need One on Your Homestead

A handful of Coturnix quail chicks in a bunch of different colors.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

How to Incubate Quail Eggs & Brood Quail Chicks Like a Pro

Sunflowers in a tin pail sitting on a table on the porch.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

Help Livestock Deal with Summer Heat on the Homestead

Simply Sourdough: The Ultimate Recipe Roundup

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

Simply Sourdough: The Ultimate Recipe Roundup

Litter Box Material for Angora Rabbits That Won’t Get Trapped in Fur

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

Litter Box Material for Angora Rabbits That Won’t Get Trapped in Fur

Do-it-Yourself Chalkboard Planter {An Easy Weekend Craft}

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

Do-it-Yourself Chalkboard Planter {An Easy Weekend Craft}

Decadent Triple Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

Decadent Triple Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Chickens in a fenced-in run with sand bedding.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

Why Sand Is the Best Bedding for Your Chicken Coop + Run

We are looking to expand our homestead by purchasing a gorgeous farm that has everything (except pasture). That's fine for the goats I already have, but it simply doesn't work for my dreams of fiber sheep and a guard llama. With a technique called silvopature, I might just be able to make this work.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

Creating a Silvopasture to Benefit Your Farm & Goats

A variety of garden tools hung up in a greenhouse.

Grow a Thriving Backyard Garden with Practical Tips

Must-Have Garden Tools for a Thriving Garden This Season

Some tips for using slow cookers and an Instapot, plus plenty of recipes to keep your dinners covered whenever the need arises.

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Meals for Dinner

Delicious Chocolate Pudding Pie with Chocolate Crust & Whipped Cream

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

Delicious Chocolate Pudding Pie with Chocolate Crust & Whipped Cream

Window washing is the worst. It's laborious and you get the whole thing done and sit to relax only to realize there are streaks all over the place. Ugh.

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

Window Washing: The Trick to Ridiculously Clean Windows

Homemade fudge is a holiday staple. A good fudge melts in your mouth. The best fudge melts in your mouth and can be whipped up in five minutes or less.

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

5-Minute Homemade Fudge (with lots of variation suggestions)

Many people aren’t raising goats to earn massive profit, but taking stock of cost versus benefit is essential to making the most of your time and money.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

Raising Goats on the Homestead – Assessing Expenses

A variety of herbal preparations including capsules, an amber tincture bottle, and a bowl with fresh herbs, set against a vibrant green background.

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

Herbal Tea, Tincture, or Capsule? How to Take Your Herbs

Backyard ducks hanging out beside a pond.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

5 Reasons You Need Backyard Ducks on Your Homestead

Carrot seed packets with seeds spread around them.

Grow a Thriving Backyard Garden with Practical Tips

Your Guide to Reading and Understanding a Seed Packet

A white bowl of homemade cinnamon sugar sourdough donuts with cinnamon sticks and a small dish of cinnamon sugar.

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cinnamon Sugar Sourdough Donut Holes

Anne of Green Gables enjoying a refreshing glass of raspberry cordial.

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

An Anne of Green Gables Inspired Raspberry Cordial Recipe

A lavender scented goat milk shampoo with sprigs of fresh lavender tied with twine.

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

Goat Milk Shampoo Bars: A Recipe for Healthy Hair

There are some shady "rescues" out there. Here are some things you should be looking for when choosing a goat rescue to donate to or acquire a goat from.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

Goat Rescues: What you really need to know

"Homesteading is not defined by where someone lives, such as the city or the country, but by the lifestyle choices they make." - Homegrown & Handmade

Explore Real-Life Inspiring Homesteads

Homegrown & Handmade: Are you a homesteader?

How To Care For Laying Hens: A Beginner’s Guide to Everything

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

How To Care For Laying Hens: A Beginner’s Guide to Everything

Mixed Berry Jam with Raspberries, Strawberries, and Blueberries

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

Mixed Berry Jam with Raspberries, Strawberries, and Blueberries

Homesteaders are growing food, cooking with it, and preserving it. You may think you don’t have the space or time, but I assure you, you can do it.

Grow a Thriving Backyard Garden with Practical Tips

There’s No Reason to NOT be Growing Food

A bowl and wooden spoon with washing soda in them.

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

The Simple Method to Make Your Own Washing Soda

A cute dog trying to get treats out of a fabric bag.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

How to Make Bark-Worthy Apple Oatmeal Homemade Dog Treats

A graphic illustrating all of my favorite green cleaners.

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

2024’s 7 Best Green Cleaners for Your Home (and 4 to avoid)

Herbs growing on a sunny windowsill.

Grow a Thriving Backyard Garden with Practical Tips

A Guide to Growing Food Indoors for Harvests Year-Round

Are you ready to try feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) for migraines instead of grabbing for Excedrin? A tincture is an easy way to get started.

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

Feverfew for Migraines: A Multipurpose Medicinal Herb

Original homesteaders left the comfort of their lives, looking for a better life. The desire for a better life is what ties them to us modern homesteaders.

Explore Real-Life Inspiring Homesteads

Being a Modern Homesteader is a State of Mind

Traditional shampoos can be harsh and dry out your hair. Learn why you should use dry shampoo and get some recipes so you can easily make it yourself.

Simple and Sustainable Homestead Living Tips

The Best DIY Dry Shampoo for Light or Dark Hair

A cast iron pan of apple crumble laying on a wooden table with apples and cinnamon sticks.

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

Quick and Easy Gluten-Free Apple Crumble

A close up of curry made with homemade masala and a small bowl of white rice.

Wholesome Recipes and Real Food Inspiration

Traditional Fijian Indian Curry from Scratch + Masala Recipe

A milk pail and milk jug on a picnic table outside.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

There Are 100 Ways to Milk a Goat – Find the Right Way for You

A compost bin with food scraps falling out of it with a teal background.

Grow a Thriving Backyard Garden with Practical Tips

Composting for Beginners: The Ultimate Starter Guide

A newborn Nigerian dwarf goat.

Raising Healthy and Happy Homestead Animals

What to Expect When Your Goat is Pregnant and Laboring