By Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
Getting homemade food on the table every day can be hard. Finding time in our busy lives to cook all of our meals from scratch can seem nearly impossible some days. But with a little forethought and planning, it is possible to get healthy, flavorful, home-cooked food on your family table each and every day. […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Homestead Life
Spring is here, and that means it’s just about time for spring cleaning. Here are 5 homemade natural cleaner recipes to help you make every area of your house shine, without any harsh chemicals! Who doesn’t love DIY cleaners that work, right? Years ago, I began learning about some of the toxic chemicals in many […]
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Learn how to season cast iron pan and/or Dutch oven, because my friends, a well-seasoned cast iron skillet or Dutch oven will be one of your most beloved and used homestead kitchen items ever. And when done right, truly produces a non-stick finish without the harmful chemicals or coatings of Teflon. Because cast iron is […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Homestead Life
Life can be tough nowadays, but most of us are lucky enough to have never known true hardship: the type that our grandparents and great grandparents faced during the years of the Great Depression. But despite how hard life was back then, where there was a will, there was almost always a way. So many […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
Are you ready, here’s 14 things you must do for your best homesteading year in 2019. Listen below to, Episode #164 – 14 Things You Must Do for Your Best Homesteading Year in 2019 of the Pioneering Today Podcast, where we teach families how to grow, preserve and cook their own food using old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom to […]
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The biggest homestead mistakes we made and what to avoid on your homesteading journey… or another way of putting it, things I wish I had known to do differently. Hopefully, with my sharing these homestead tips you will not make these same mistakes so your journey goes a bit more smoothly than ours did. I […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Homestead Life
To some, it might sound crazy to prepare for Christmas now when fall has just barely begun. But for most modern homesteaders, preparing for winter is something we do from the last frost to the first. So why not prepare for Christmas too? In fact, I start preparing for Christmas on Boxing Day (the day […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
Seasonal living is about as old-fashioned and pioneer as you can get, where families are in touch and plan their lives (and kitchen) around the seasons. Even if you don’t live on a full homestead or have distinct seasons, you can use these tips as we move into the fall and winter season. Specifically today […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Podcast , Preparedness/Survival , Skills
Today I am going over one of my favorite things and that is cooking with cast iron. We are going to go over the aspects of primitive outdoor cooking using cast iron. If you’ve been curious or timid about cooking with cast iron and how to use this pioneering method of cooking, then you my friend […]
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I often get asked for advice on what to look for when purchasing homesteading property. What are the top things to look for, how do you analyze, how do you make the decision on where you’re moving? If you’ve been curious about this yourself, then you my friend are in for a treat today. I’ve […]
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