Grow Your Homesteading Skills

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 Preserve Blueberries

Is learning how to preserve blueberries something you've always wanted to try? Maybe having a freezer full of homegrown blueberries ...
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Companion Planting and Plant Guilds: How to Get Started

Companion planting and plant guilds are two garden planning methods to master if growing more food with minimal effort is ...
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11 Perennial Vegetables and Fruit You Must Start Growing

Planting perennial vegetables is one of the very best ways to expand your garden and grow your homesteading skills. Beginners ...
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21 Shade-Loving Plants for Your Garden

If you have ever considered shade-loving plants for your garden, this year is the perfect time to jump in! Gardeners ...
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What is Abundance Homesteading? And Ways You Can Tap Into It

Are you struggling with your homesteading dream? Are you wondering why it doesn’t feel the way you wanted or thought ...
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Apple Tree Guilds: Getting Started

While there are plenty of resources here at Our Inspired Roots on how to grow your own food, I haven't ...
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Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

I reject the idea that eating healthy has to be boring or feel like deprivation. I’m generally happy with the ...
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2021 Homesteader Gift Guide

When I think of buying gifts for my friends and family, whether they are homesteaders or not, I like to ...
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How to Stock an Herbal Medicine Cabinet

My extended family jokes that I always have a concoction or potion for everyday ailments (and their probably right!). They’re ...
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25 Paleo Christmas Recipes (for an Amazing Holiday!)

Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the homemade gifts, the traditions, and (of course) ...
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Best Homesteading Resources

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.