Grow Your Homesteading Skills - Our Inspired Roots

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

Homemade Kale Powder Recipe

I’m not a huge fan of kale—wait, let me rephrase—I’m not a huge fan of the way kale tastes, but I am a huge fan…

Seed Starting Planner (Know Exactly When to Plant!)

Do you wonder when you should start planting seeds? It’s not easy to know without a seed starting planner! Even seasoned gardeners rely on tools…

18 Best Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects to Your Garden

If you’re hoping to attract beneficial insects and animals to your garden, this post is for you! Whenever I go out into my garden in…

Permaculture Gardening: How to Grow More Food With Less Work

Do you want to grow more of your own food while spending less time and energy in the garden? You’re in the right place! This…

Manure Tea Recipe: How to Make This Amazing Garden Staple

Want a simple manure tea recipe? This is it! I’ve had many gardens in my years as a homesteader. My first was a single aloe…

Pumpkin Butter Recipe (AIP – Paleo – Real Food)

Winter squash is one of my favorite things to grow, preserve, and cook. I just love the warmth and comfort of a pumpkin dessert or…

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.