Hey friend, One thing I wish more people understood about homesteading is that you don’t have to wait until you own the homestead to start. You can learn how to preserve food in an apartment kitchen. You can grow something on a balcony. You can learn to cook without relying on another electric appliance. And you can start figuring out which skills matter to your family long before you ever sign papers on a piece of land. In fact, learning some of those skills ahead of time makes the eventual...

Hey friend, August is one of those months when the garden can steal all your attention. You’re picking, preserving, watering, weeding and already thinking about what needs to happen before fall. Meanwhile, the chickens are still out there expecting room service. So today’s reads are three simple chicken projects worth keeping handy. Nothing complicated. Just practical ways to keep the flock comfortable, make better use of your feed, and do a little more yourself. How to Make a Chicken Dust...

Hey friend, By this time of the summer, a garden can go from "nothing’s ready yet" to "where did all these vegetables come from?" in the blink of an eye. And once you start picking, there’s another question. What are you going to do with all of it? A little planning now can mean less waste, fewer frantic preserving days, and even fewer seeds to buy next spring. Today I’ve got three practical reads for dealing with what’s coming out of the garden right now. 5 Vegetable Garden Harvesting...