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What is Urban Homesteading? Can Anyone Do It?

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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...]

Filed Under: The Homestead Tagged With: Animals, asset, Budget, Cows, food, Homesteader, land, money, productive home, Trees, Urban Homestead, value

Urban Homesteading – Raising Rabbits

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More and more urban homesteaders are getting curious about raising rabbits. It is often times the ultimate goal to become more self sufficient and rabbits can help with that. In fact they may be one of the easiest and best ways to help you further your self sufficient homestead goals. How so? Why rabbits? Well there are a few reasons why someone might choose to introduce rabbits to the homestead...besides the cute factor. I have a few rabbits myself... giant chinchilla rabbits and red new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Homestead Tagged With: food, garden, Homestead, Homesteading, Manure, meat, nitrogen, Pets, rabbits, self sufficient, wool

Growing Healthy Minds – Why Gardening is Educational

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Gardening is more than just a fun and productive activity. It is more than just a weekend hobby or a way to add a little extra food to the budget menu. For homeschoolers and for those interested in furthering the practical education of their children, it is also a great activity for helping kids to learn. Kids who garden and learn how to feed themselves and nurture the soil around them are learning practical life skills. It makes for a "groundbreaking" education. How so? Here are some of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Books, Children, Curriculum, Education, food, garden, kids, Math, school, Science, seasons, skills, Weather

Self Sufficiency and Homesteading Skills We Need to Learn

By Tiffany 30 Comments

One of the foremost things that attracted me to green and eco conscious living was the direct correlation to self sufficiency and personal responsibility. Going green is largely about taking control of your spending, your habits, your wastefulness, and YOUR contribution to the pollution of our planet. To live a more eco conscious life and reduce your impact on the planet I think you need to develop your skills set. We need some mad green skills. ;) This is good news in my mind as I am and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Self Sufficiency Tagged With: bills, Candles, conscious, Diy, Eco, economic, food, freedom garden, grow your own, Homestead, Homesteading, jars, learn, planet, Self Sufficiency, Sewing, skills, student

What is a Victory Garden? Do We Need Them Now?

By Tiffany 16 Comments

I am kind of fascinated with the idea of victory gardens. They are vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted during world wars l & ll to ensure adequate food supply to the troops and civilians.  They were planted at private residences and also public places. Public authorities, businesses, schools and seed companies worked together to grow more vegetables in order to reduce the pressure on the food supply at a critical time in our history.  People were asked to produce more of their own … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Corporations, country, Depression, food, garden, growing, Herbs, self sufficient, supply, US, Vegetables, Victory Garden, war, world war

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Meet Tiffany

My name is Tiffany and I am the blogger behind Naturemoms. I live on an urban homestead in Ohio with my husband, three children, and assorted furry friends. When I am not blogging I am usually thrift store shopping, gardening, wildcrafting and food foraging, or otherwise enjoying nature. Enjoy! Read More…

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