DIY Gardening & Better Living

HOMESTEADING

 

What is homesteading? The image that usually comes to mind is a self-sufficient farm, full of animals, jars of home-canned food on the shelf, and a loaf of homemade bread in the oven. While all of that can certainly fall under the umbrella of homesteading there are many other interpretations of the homesteading lifestyle as well. "Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small-scale production of textiles, clothing, and craftwork for household use or sale."

 

Homesteading today is a mindset before anything else. It is a can-do attitude. Homesteading starts as a little spark when you look at something you just purchased and realize you could produce it on your own or the realization that our modern, consumer-driven society is not a sustainable model. Next thing you know, you are shopping for seeds and weighing the cost of backyard chickens.

 

Want to be a modern homesteader? 

So you have the dream of becoming a homesteader? It may look something like you wake up with the sun, feed your chickens, and mosey around your farm all day doing different tasks while being self-sufficient. But there is only one problem, how do you afford to live this life? And how do you pay the bills when they arrive each month?

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