Send us a text Rory Groves is a homesteader and author of Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time . After moving to the country, he and his wife Becca began raising their children learning and living on the farm. They live the life and spend time teaching it to aspiring homesteaders. Listen in on Rory’s unique perspective going from city life to the good ole country. Learn more about Rory, his family, his book and his workshops visit https://www.thegrovestead.c...
Jun 18, 2025•25 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text Bailey is the author of Kitchen Garden Living, and the founder of The Kitchen Garden Society. She is passionate about the satisfaction of gardening and other homesteading trades. Moving from country life to suburbia didn’t stop her from “blooming where she is planted” and she did inevitably return to her country roots. Listen in to hear from Bailey on today’s episode of Solutions for a Simpler Life....
May 21, 2025•16 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text On today’s episode hear from Jill Ragan Farmer and Shop Owner at Whispering Willow Farms. Her moto? “Find what sparks joy and grow that in abundance”. Listen in to hear all about her journey to homesteading and what sparks joy for her and her beautiful family.
Apr 09, 2025•24 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us a text Shawn and Beth Dougherty, of One Cow Revolution, have been farming together since the 1980’s,. They believe that a true farm is nearly or completely self-sustaining. They manage 90 acres and are passionate about teaching others about time-honored ways of farming. Listen in to hear more about their remarkable life in farming.
Mar 26, 2025•25 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us a text Tandy Hogate is a homesteader, homemaker, homeschooling mama, and homebody. She and her husband own Common Ground Alaska, a Teaching Farm that Feeds Alaskans. Time with family and friends brings her the most joy, followed by food preservation and anything having to do with living off the land on her homestead in Alaska.
Mar 12, 2025•29 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text Join us in talking to one of our frequent bloggers and delightful homesteaders as she talks about delving into everything non-electric!
Jan 22, 2025•24 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text We want to thank you for a wonderful 2024 season of Solutions For A Simpler Life. Join us for the 2025 season for the Lehman's 70th anniversary! We will learn from even more experts on our journey to a simpler life.
Dec 18, 2024•36 sec•Season 2Ep. 21
Send us a text Learn all about what it takes to ferment your favorite foods for long lasting goodness and gut health. Also, did you know beavers are super friendly? Tune in to Kirsten Shockey's interesting family and homesteading life on this week's episode of Solutions for a Simpler Life.
Dec 04, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Send us a text Join us as we chat with Cyndi Ball founder of the National Ladies Homestead Gathering. Learn how Cyndi is a pioneer in her personal life and in the homesteading community. We think you’ll find her take on homesteading as fascinating as her journey to the world of being a homesteader. Listen in on this week’s episode of Solutions for a Simpler Life.
Sep 25, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Send us a text Andrew Seegars of CityboyFarming joins us to talk about what it’s like to have a small farm in the city of Detroit. Hear about his journey to the simpler life, the rewards and struggles of farming in a city landscape and how his family supports this lifestyle. Tune in!
Sep 11, 2024•14 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Send us a text From the small village of Mt. Hope, Ohio to the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, quality furniture from Homestead Furniture is admired around the country. Founded by local Amish man Ernie Hershberger, Homestead hand crafts heirloom furniture for families and businesses. Listen as he explains how being Amish is a lifestyle based on faith, family and tradition without modern technology....
Aug 28, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Send us a text We appreciate the farmers in this country and all that they do to help us feed our families. Brothers Rex and Ryan Tietje in Northeast Ohio are fifth generation farmers. They are part of a family of farmers taking care of many acres of land. Family time is of the utmost importance as they farm their way through all the long-standing traditions from farming to cooking and freezing corn. Listen in to these hard-working farmers....
Aug 13, 2024•22 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Send us a text Nate Petroski had a giant change in his lifestyle as he moved off grid in 2020. Hear about him and his homestead (including the famous, Minion) as they journeyed to a simpler life on this week's episode of Solutions for a Simpler life!
Jul 30, 2024•19 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Send us a text Stacy Lyn Harris is back as a returning guest on Lehman's Simpler Life Podcast. She is a best-selling cookbook author, blogger, speaker, wife, and mother of seven children. We like to call her the diva of the dinner table and the princess of wild game cooking. Tune in to find out what she calls the love language of the south!
Jul 16, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Send us a text Tune in to hear one of our favorite guests and YouTube sensation, Kent Rollins and his lovely wife Shannon! He visits Lehman's every year and we love hearing his stories and learning all about the cowboy lifestyle. Learn more about his journey and cast iron cooking!
Jul 02, 2024•22 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Send us a text Hear from Miss Katie of Hertiage Ways. Learn how she's making traditions by including her family in her kitchen and the love she has for these skills like cooking and making homemade butter or yogurt. We love working with Miss Katie and we can't wait for you to hear from her too!
Jun 18, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Send us a text Sarah Thrush of Peelies and Petals is with us to talk about all things canning! She has tips on how to get started, the range of experience from water bath to pressure canning and some fun ways her and her community partner together to create a sustainable life. Listen in!
Jun 04, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text Listen in with Carolyn Thomas of Homesteading Family on YouTube. Her and her husband raise 11 children together while also raising their own food and lifestyle. Learn how they balance quality time with their family with everyday chores like cooking meals from scratch! Note: This podcast was previously recorded. So, when “now” is referenced it is March of 2024.
May 21, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text Join in and listen to Ashley Longnecker of Tiny Shiny Homestead!
May 07, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text Learn from local homesteading expert Karen Geiser as she talks about what it's like to farm where you live. Adapting to your area's conditions, bartering with those in the community and knowing the importance of those bugs and bees that might not be realized by most.
Apr 16, 2024•19 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text Sarah Coblentz, bee keeping enthusiast and wife of Zach Coblentz, Lehman's President, gives us the buzz about bees. We talk about getting started in bee keeping, the benefits of fresh pure honey and how hives “bee-have”. She is a wealth of information and has tips for those interested in trying their hand at bee keeping themselves. Buzz on in and give a listen! Note: This podcast was previously recorded in February 2024. When Sarah mentions the things she is doing with her bees “r...
Apr 02, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text Owner and Chef at Broken Rocks Cafe in Wooster, OH, Glen Grumbling is chatting with us today about how the right ingredients got him started in this industry! And What goes with every meal served? Bread! The Cafe strives to bring in local ingredients and they even have Lehman's Diamant Grain Mill. Listen in to this delicious episode! Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode!...
Mar 19, 2024•16 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text You know the one food that could sustain life? Bread. We love bread here at Lehman’s and what is more satisfying than having it homemade? Jeremiah Lehman’s IT - Network administrator recounts the fond memories he has with baking as he grew up Amish and how he is bringing those memories to his own children. Listen in as we discuss all things for the love of bread.
Mar 05, 2024•13 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text On today's episode of Solutions For A Simpler Life we talk to Sarah Kroger local first-generation homesteader. Her advice to new homesteaders? Simply start! Hear about how she found to love the simpler life and how she gets her kids involved in the day-to-day of running a homestead. Sarah Kroger is an author, mindset coach, speaker, homesteader, and sourdough baker. She lives in northeastern Ohio with her husband and seven children. Milking her cow each morning is her favorite par...
Feb 20, 2024•18 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text Tune in to hear how Homesteader Melissa K. Norris got started in this space and how her passion of writing fit in to this new world. We loved getting to hear Melissa's story and we hope you will too! Note to our listeners: This is one of our first in-house recorded podcasts. Please stick with us as we work on improving the sound quality. We love our listeners and are doing our very best to provide great content!...
Feb 06, 2024•24 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text Hear from Jason Cash of Cash FarmsPure Maple Syrup in Atwater, OH. He is full of knowledge on this SWEET subject!
Jan 23, 2024•24 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text Before oil lamps people would go to bed when it got dark. There was no evening activity because you couldn’t see! With the incredible invention of non-electric lighting activities could go on well past sunset giving you more time in your day. Nowadays non-electric lighting is a way to keep your home prepared for a power outage or just give you some nice ambiance. Hear all about the benefits and joy of non-electric lighting from our own Lehman’s expert on non-electric lighting, Lor...
Jan 09, 2024•18 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text Hear from the North Pole's favorite mama. Find out what's happening this time of year at the North Pole, hear fun facts about Mrs. Claus and of course Santa himself, and even be the first to know about some exciting news! You'll even get some Lehman's shopping tips from Mrs. Claus herself. Tune in to feel Holly and Jolly with Lehman's!
Nov 20, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text Roger Meyers has been a long time employee of Lehman’s and even before working at Lehman’s he was truly living the Lehman’s lifestyle. Grown up a farm boy this country loving guy is still raising animals, making and baking from scratch and just enjoying every aspect of this life he’s built. If you’re stopping by Lehman’s definitely take some time to talk with Roger. From animals and gardening to water pumps and baking bread, he’ll be able to answer most any question you have about...
Feb 26, 2020•10 min
Send us a text Happy New Year! Do you make a resolution at the beginning of each year? How about just goals? At Lehman’s we find that you can take the next step on your journey at any time of the year. There’s never a wrong time to make an improvement. As we start a new year and a new decade let’s think about what a simpler life is AND what it isn’t. You might be surprised…we never said it was easy.
Jan 22, 2020•7 min
