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

Bug Bite Balm Recipe: A Natural Bug Bite Remedy

Looking for my bug bite balm recipe? Find it below! As I’ve mentioned in my natural bug spray recipe post, My oldest daughter is a…

Calendula Benefits, Uses, and How to Grow It

If I had to choose just one herb to grow on the homestead, I would choose calendula. Calendula is an amazing herb that has many…

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…

Homemade Pesto (Paleo with AIP Option)

Homemade pesto is one of my favorite paleo sauces because it makes a boring dish way more interesting. But because I am currently on an…

How to Preserve Basil (Freezing + More)

If you’re wondering how to preserve basil (including freezing basil), you’re in the right place! I am a huge fan of basil fresh from the…

How Do I Grow My Own Food? Tips for the Budding Homesteader

If you’re anything like me you have a lot of reasons to want to garden and grow your own food. I grow my own food…

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.