How To Set Homestead Goals When I first started on this Homestead journey, I’m fairly certain my list of goals for the year looked something like this… 1. Buy all the chickens and all the goats. 2. Buy at least 4 cows, (two for milking, two for beef). 3. Build two chicken coops, a duck…
10 jobs for kids on the Homestead
10 jobs for kids on the homestead Being a solo female homesteader is not easy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happily married to the man of my dreams, however, he has a more then full time job. Besides trying to keep up with his feisty little farm wife, he is also a fourth generation farmer…
20 Ways Livestock Can Make YOU Money
Living on a working homestead is rewarding in itself. However, producing an income from that hard work is a whole other level of awesome! One of the questions that I get asked frequently is, “How could one make money on the Homestead?” “What can you produce and sell for profit?” The answer, almost all of…
Real Food Struggles – Confessions of A Homesteading Mom
I wish I was less of a control freak. I wish I allowed myself to shop the inside isles of a grocery store. I wish for once I could buy my family Lucky Charms and Mickey mouse shaped chicken nuggets. I wish I could stop at McDonalds and let me kids climb around on the…