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All about back to basic living
Life is all about choices...and we choose to live as close the the land as possible. We are striving to get back to the basic way of life. Join us on our…
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This is a jam-packed post full of wonderful ideas within each of the 10 steps to lead you towards self-sufficiancy. Oh how nice that is!
Tracy at Our Simple Homestead
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Back To Basics
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5 ways to get started simplifying your life and melt the stress away! We can all use this advice.
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Homestead Farm
Homestead Living
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Homestead Survival
Simple Living
Simple Way
Homesteading Skills
Urban Homesteading
Before I take you for a walk, let me say that life around our homestead is not always sunshine and roses. Money is often tight, animals die, the kitchen floor needs mopping, the dryer might be running on a rainy day, and I may occasionally convince my hubby to pick up supper on his way home from work. Are we perfect? Absolutely not! But, for the most part, we strive to live as simply as we can.
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Backyard Farming
Chickens Backyard
Backyard Poultry
Types Of Chickens
Raising Chickens
I wish I could say that self-sufficient homesteading was an inexpensive way to live, but in all reality, the initial start-up cost of setting up a homestead can be very expensive, and the learning curve can be steep at times.We had a dream to move to the country and live a more self-sufficient lifestyle for many years before it actually happened. #homesteading #costofhomesteading #homesteader #backyardfarming #chickens #goats #diyhomestead
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Survival Food
Survival Tips
Emergency Preparedness
Homestead Style
Survival Skills
Homestead Kitchen
The great thing about woodstove cooking is it gets you twice as much out of your fuel. Not only will a woodstove cook your food, it will also keep you warm. #homesteadsurvivalsite #woodstove #offgridliving #cooking #woodstovecooking
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Survival Life Hacks
Survival Prepping
Survival Quotes
Water Survival
Survival Cache
Prepper Food
Survival Stuff
#prepper #preparedness #waterstorage Anyone that's experienced a natural disaster has probably seen the run on stores that happens before the storm hits. People rush every last store and gas station, clearing every last water bottle off of the shelves. Who should store water at home? FEMA recommends that everyone has at least three days of water stored for each member of your home. Since services can be interrupted for weeks following a storm, you should store as much water as you can at home.
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Natural Living
Hama
In those early days, I tried to figure out where I fit in with the whole “Back to the Land Movement.”I had never heard the word homesteading and I really didn’t even know what it would look like. Little did I know I had grown up with homesteading parents and didn’t even know it. #homesteading #simpleliving #homesteadlife #homesteader #livingsimple #frugalliving #homemaking #urbanhomesteading #backyardfarming
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Raising Ducks
Raising Goats
Homestead Chickens
Urban Chickens
Pastured Pigs
Keeping Goats
There are many different breeds of dairy goats. Each breed is known for its milk in one way or another. Do your research so you choose a breed that has the temperament and the milk that you and your family will love. #goats #goatmilk #homesteading #raisinggoats #homesteader #backyardfarming
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Diy Pantry
Pantry Items
Pantry Staples
Food Staples
Pantry Organization
Kitchen Pantry
Kitchen Hacks
Homemade Pantry
Kitchen Help
Are you working towards a well-stocked pantry? Spending time in the kitchen is so much more enjoyable if you have all the pantry staples you need at your fingertips. Making sure you have a well-stocked pantry will make whipping up a healthy meal for your family quick and easy.
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Easy Backyard
Backyard Garden
Metropolis
Homemaker Schedule
Log Cabin Living
If you’re here, then you have a dream about homesteadingA dream that consists of being more self-sufficient, maybe it’s gathering eggs or walking out to the garden to pick fresh vegetables. But more than likely it’s a dream that includes jumping off the rat race we call life to live a slower simpler life.
Tracy at Our Simple Homestead
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Tiny Farm
Small Farm
Self Sufficient Homestead
If you haven’t gathered, we bought a new homestead, new to us, because there is nothing new about this 120-year-old farmhouse. The house, the grounds, the barns, and sheds are in dire need of some much needed, tender loving care.Through all the dust and overgrown grounds is 2 ½ beautiful homesteading acres that are just begging for someone to call them home. #homesteading #homesteaders #thisoldhouse #oldfarmhouse
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Chickens Backyard Breeds
Buy Chickens
Backyard Chicken Coops
Chickens And Roosters
To get started with your own backyard chickens you can buy chickens at any age, but we like to buy day-old chicks so we can watch their development. It’s so exciting to see that baby chick grows into an egg-producing hen. Purchase your chicks from a local hatchery, your local feed store, or online. #chickens #backyardchickens #babychicks #backyardfarming #fresheggs #homesteading #homesteader
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Survival Supplies
Simplified Living
Homesteading Diy
Getting Rid Of Clutter
Simplifying Life
Clearing Clutter
Spiritual Health
Off Grid Living
There is nothing like the feeling you get when you have gotten rid of clutter in your home. I downsized our holiday boxes this year as well and I can bet I will never miss all the things I gave to the Goodwill.
Tracy at Our Simple Homestead
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Homemade Body Lotion
Homemade Body Butter
Diy Lotion
Hand Lotion
Homemade Face
Olive Oil Lotion Recipe
Lotion Bars Recipe
Beeswax Recipes
Oil Recipes
There are so many different all-natural beeswax lotion recipes out there, it’s often hard to figure out which one is best. If you’re looking for a simple health and beauty recipe, that you can make quickly this is the one. This recipe only took me about 30 minutes to make and I was able to use whatever essential oil I had on hand. Today’s choice was grapefruit essential oil!
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How To Start Composting
Composting At Home
Composting Process
Garden Compost
Compost Bin
Herbs Garden
Compost Tumbler
Natural Farming
Yard Waste
This detailed guide about how to start composting will help you learn to compost your food scraps and yard waste at home in a compost pile, bin, or tumbler #compost #composting #sustainable #yardwork
Tracy at Our Simple Homestead
All about back to basic living
If you haven’t gathered, we bought a new homestead, new to us, because there is nothing new about this 120-year-old farmhouse. The house, the grounds, the barns, and sheds are in dire need of some much needed, tender loving care.Through all the dust and overgrown grounds is 2 ½ beautiful homesteading acres that are just begging for someone to call them home. #homesteading #homesteaders #thisoldhouse #oldfarmhouse
Tracy at Our Simple Homestead
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Homestead Layout
Homesteading Diy Projects
Survival Shelter
Plantura
All about back to basic living
Teaching Kids
Kids Learning
Backyard Chickens
Farm Kids
Country Kids
I made it a point to make sure my children knew basic homesteading and homemaking skills before I sent them off into the world. As parents, we are never sure we’ve done the right thing or wished we would have done things differently, but the skills I made sure my children learned was one of the things I knew I did right. #homesteading #simpleliving #homesteadlife #homesteader #livingsimple #frugalliving #homemaking #urbanhomesteading #backyardfarming
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Goat Pen
Pet Goat
Farm Animal Toys
Farm Animals
Animal Food
Farm Toys
Animal Care
Goat supplies. These 7 essential goat supplies will help you get started on your journey to raising goats.
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Living Off The Land
Self Sufficient Homesteading - Living a simple self-sufficient lifestyle can happen where ever you are. Work on one step at a time, and before you know it, you will be taking care of most of your family’s basic needs, right from your own backyard!
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Duty Clothes
Clothes Line
Aldi
Household Hacks
Cleaning Hacks
Cleaners Homemade
Frugal Living Tips
Handmade Heavy Duty Clothespins - Made to be handed down through the generations, this is a clothespin that will outlast and outperform other pins in the market. These heavy duty clothespins are perfect for crafting, home decor or hanging clothes on the l
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Will Turner
Organic Gardening
Gardening Tips
Gardening Services
Determined to live a life where what we had was more than enough to survive, they sold everything and moved to the country to live on a farm. Fast forward six years and the “Back to Basics Movement” is in full swing.
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Living On A Budget
Frugal Tips
Frugal Habits
Frugal Family
Budget Saving
Money Saving Tips
How to Live on Less - Here are a few things we did when we made the transition from a consumer-driven lifestyle to building a homestead where we learned to live on less.
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Survival Gear
Wilderness Survival
Homesteading Goals - Can it be done? Do we really think we could spend the rest of our life never walking into a big box store? That’s our dream…right there out in the open — we want to live WITHOUT Walmart!
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Survival Hacks
Survival Items
Survival Life
6 Steps to Living a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle - Are you looking to live on less, grow your own food, conserve energy and be more self-sufficient? Maybe you’re looking for ways to simplify your life.
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