By Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
Learn how my 6 tips to create a successful homestead business. This is Part 2 of our series, you can catch part 1 of How to Make Money Homesteading here You’ve chosen how you’re going to make an income and are ready to start bringing in the money honey. But creating a true and profitable […]
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How to make money homesteading, because let’s face it, most of us could use some extra cash and there’s not much more homesteady (did I just create a new word) than having your land and homestead create your income. You can find lots of lists online on how to make money homesteading, but most of […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Lifestyle , Podcast
Tips for homesteading off-grid, living without running water or a refrigerator, and how to get creative using old-fashioned pioneer skills to preserve your food. Learn how one family is using solar power to live off grid in a one room cabin without running water or a refrigerator, just like the pioneer families of old, and […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | DIY Recipes & Tutorials , Foraging , Natural Medicine Cabinet , Podcast
Homesteaders learn to look at things commonly seen as a problem and figure out a way to use them where we actually enjoy them or they’re beneficial on the homestead. Weeds is one of those things. Today I have Kathie Lapcevic from HomespunSeasonalLiving.com on the podcast and we’re going to be talking about weeds and […]
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The call for a de-cluttered and organized homestead and kitchen is strong ya’ll. Whenever I see that quiz floating around that says you have to pick one wish to come true from the 4 options, having a house cleaner always is the one that my finger hovers over. If you’re like me, you love the […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Frugal Living , Lifestyle , Podcast , Preparedness/Survival
Best real food and food storage deals from unlikely sources… or at least, or not where I typically think of going when I first started building up our food storage and moving to a real food kitchen. While our goal is to grow as much of our own food as possible, we still go grocery […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Lifestyle , Podcast
Homesteading for Beginners- 9 Transition Tips from City Life on Episode #131 of the Pioneering Today Podcast Anyone can learn the skills to be self-sufficient and a modern homesteader. Today Anna shares with us how she went from being a raised a full city girl, not even knowing how to cook from scratch to a […]
Read MoreBy Rhonda Crank | Homestead Life , Lifestyle
I was blessed to be born into a family with generations of farming or homesteading experience. Just because someone like me is a “lifer” doesn’t necessarily mean we know all there is to know on the subject. As my Papa always said, “There’s as many ways of gettin’ a farm job done as there’s farmers. […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Lifestyle , Podcast , Preparedness/Survival
Learn 7 tips to organize and build your homestead food storage and kitchen in this Episode, #129 of the Pioneering Today Podcast. Let’s talk about organization, your kitchen, and food storage and how all of it ties together for a huge impact on your time management, budget, and health. Pretty big statement, I know, but […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Lifestyle , Podcast
If you’re looking at how our ancestors ate, when the foods they could grow, hunt, or forage were available, you’re looking at a very seasonal diet. For the winter months, the ketogenic diet is very similar to what we would have ate in an ancestral time, when you ate the fats, moderate protein and smaller […]
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