If you have been following me for very long, you know that my family is diving into homesteading. In truth, we have been inching towards it for about 15 years. However, we have never owned our own land and the homes we have lived in have had very little land. But, we started a small garden, learned to can our own foods, cook/bake from scratch, learned about natural remedies for our health...the list goes on.
In the past year, we also added livestock...again, not having any land of our own. We have 50+ goats (for meat), 2 great pyrenees pups that will soon be guarding the goats (currently on another friend's land), did a large scale garden (again, on a friend's land), and also have a cow (once again, on another friend's land). And we just added a set of bunnies (to breed) to our backyard. Boy, that was a mouthful to type!
The general idea is that you sometimes have to think outside the box. Our goal is to own our own land soon, with many acres. We will then move all of our livestock and gardening onto that land. Little by little, we are turning our home into a homestead. We may be doing it all a tad backwards, but this way, we won't have to do it all at once. We have a lot of what we need, we just need the land to go with it.
We also do some gardening where we live. I have a windowsill herb garden, use a tower garden to grow certain things year-round indoors, and we have a few fruit trees in containers, as well as some flowers and other herbs outside.
Since we are fairly new to the livestock aspect of homesteading, we have found some great homesteaders to follow. One of our favorites is Homesteaders of America. They put together so much information from all areas of homesteading. It's pretty much a one-stop shop for your homesteading needs. My guys have learned so much through them about livestock, I have learned even more about canning and preserving foods. Trust me, it's one to check out for sure!
No matter where you live, if you have a heart to homestead, start looking around and gathering resources. Chances are you will find your own little community to join efforts with. It's such an amazing feeling to know that you are able to provide so much not only for your family, but for others too.
Happy Homesteading!
Happy Homesteading!
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