When I wrote the original article, "10 Things I Stopped Buying at the Store," I never expected it to take off like it did. For my little site here, getting 30,000 page views in two days is mind blowing and I never expected the response I got from it. Emails and comments poured in with people telling … [Read more...]
8 Habits That Change When You Homestead
We don't fit the traditional mold of homesteaders. We rent an apartment, live about 3 miles from the 'city,' and don't have chickens or goats. Does that make us less than a 'real' homesteader? Absolutely not! Homesteading in our modern world doesn't mean the same thing it did when people went West … [Read more...]
The Best of Homestead Dreamer – Year 1
Wait, what? It has been a year already? I swear, I only just registered the domain name. What a crazy, fantastic, frustrating, challenging, and rewarding year it has been! We went back and put all of the best we published in 2014 into one easy list and even made a new Pinterest board but more on … [Read more...]
The Homesteading Cycle of My Dreams
I have spent more hours than I will admit daydreaming about moving onto our future land and getting things started. I have also put considerable time into taking notes and creating a sort of homesteading cycle that includes the things we will do each season. Certain assumptions have been made about … [Read more...]
5 Things People Believe About Homesteading
The word ‘homesteading’ usually conjures images of fields, livestock, gardens, and simple living. Maybe a cute little country home with a porch swing and outbuildings, all neat and tidy like a Normal Rockwell painting. While there are certainly places like that still out there, the modern homestead … [Read more...]
Winter Blues on the Homestead
I think January is pretty much my least favorite month of the whole year. Holidays are over, it is too early to plant any seeds, it's rainy and dark. I have the winter blues. Blarg! I have been in a bit of a funk due to all the above plus being unable to find a house in our range (we want out … [Read more...]
Looking at the First Year of Homestead Dreamer
The saying, “The older you get, the faster the years go by” was especially true for 2014! Normally I would be asking where it went and what did I get accomplished but this year, thanks to the blog, I know exactly where the year went and all of the amazing things that happened to put me where I am … [Read more...]
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