Madness has descended upon my neck of the woods this week. The coronavirus hysteria has arrived and local grocery and big box stores are being bought out...ie no perishables, no toilet paper, no water, etc. They have emptied the shelves of chemical cleaners and sanitizers. People are wearing face masks and filling up their carts like the apocalypse descends tomorrow. I had no desire to go out and be a part of that but for me it was any other Friday, my grocery shopping day and with my kid's … [Read more...]
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Homesteading on a Small Property
The back to the land movement is still very much alive and kicking. If anything it has seen a huge upswing in recent years. For many reasons though it does not always involve moving out to a rural area and buying acreage as it once did. More people want to be more self reliant and less reliant on major agribusiness and food corporations for something as basic a human need as food. They have shown us over the years that they cannot be trusted with our health or the care of the land we all call … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why You Might Fail as a Homesteader
So you want to be a homesteader. You want to get back to the land, grow more of your own food, can and preserve like grandma did, and maybe even go off grid. Those are all lofty goals and homesteading is kind of a buzzword these days. Rural folks and even people in the suburbs and inner city apartments might find it appealing to take back some of their freedoms by being more self sufficient and learning the time honored skills that seemed to have past the newest generations right by. Before … [Read more...]
Frugal Friday – Paying Old Debt
Frugal Wins: Made an offer on an old debt and settled it for 50% off! Yay! This old debt stems from changing cell phone carriers. We had a two year contract and mistakenly changed carriers a measly one week early. They would not budge on the early termination fees for three phones (over $300 each) so I decided not to budge on paying them. This did not have much of an effect on our credit score or our ability to buy our house but it still nagged me. It will nag me no more. Used a $10 … [Read more...]
What is Urban Homesteading? Can Anyone Do It?
A frequent question I get from newbies to a more self sufficient lifestyle...is what exactly is a homestead? What does it mean to be a homesteader? If you google this question you will come up with many different answers. For me the most simplistic way to describe what I mean when I refer to homesteading, having a homestead, and being a homesteader is this... What is Urban Homesteading? A homestead is a productive home, a home that brings value. To be a homesteader is to work within or around … [Read more...]
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