If you’ve been homesteading for a short while you’ve likely come to a point where you have some basic skills but want to grow your knowledge and skill base. Here are some ways to do that:
Free Homesteading Resources
How to Make a Tincture (+Alcohol-Free Option!)
Permaculture Gardening: How to Grow More Food With Less Work
Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe (EASY!)
Homemade Pesto (Paleo with AIP Option)
Worm Composting: How to Do It (And Why You’d Want To)
Simple Tips for Creating Amazing Compost (Printable Composting Checklist!)
Best Homesteading Books
Gaia’s Garden: a Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture – This is a great read for growing more food with less work. I employ many of the strategies in the book with great success.
The Encyclopedia of Country Living: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself – One of my favorite homesteading books, this is the book that started it all for me! It discusses many topics with enough depths that you feel like you can get started.
The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It – This well-rounded guide will have an answer for almost any question. It’s the perfect book to have on hand when starting a new homesteading project.