Today is Day 11 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I usually reach out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. However today I didn’t reach out to anyone for the answer, instead I really wanted to answer this question because this is something I put a lot of thought and research into back when I started gardening on my homestead. Today’s question is “I am starting a vegetable garden and wanted to ...
Nov 04, 2015•11 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Today is Day 10 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s question is “What are some ways I could introduce my kids to homesteading and help them have a more self sufficient mindset?” . Answering today’s question is Heather Mattingly from WhatchaDoinMom.com . Heather talks to us about teaching our kids everything from gardening to kitchen...
Nov 02, 2015•10 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Today is Day 9 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s question is “It’s my first year with chickens and wanted some advice on preparing for winter. Is there anything special I need to do for my birds or anything I need to pay special attention to through the winter?” . Answering today’s question is Maat van Uitert from TheFrugalChicken...
Oct 30, 2015•6 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Today is Day 8 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s question is “Considering getting a dairy goat. What breeds should I be looking at for the best quality milk?” . Answering today’s question is Lesa Wilke from Better Hens and Gardens . Lesa gives us some great advice about how to choose the right dairy goat for your homestead along w...
Oct 28, 2015•8 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Today is Day 7 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s question is “I live in an apartment and was wondering if there is anything I can do to start working towards being a homesteader?” . Answering the question on the podcast today is Marie from Just Plain Marie . . Marie shares with us some great ideas about how to begin homesteading i...
Oct 26, 2015•11 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Today is Day 5 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s question is from a blog reader who says “I visit a bunch of homesteading and prepper websites and wanted to know if there is any difference between a prepper and a homesteader because they seem to have a lot of the same information on their sites?” . Answering today’s question is Gr...
Oct 24, 2015•15 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Today is Day 6 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s question is “I want to start homesteading, how much property do I need to start out?” . Answering the question today is Katie Thies from halfahomestead.wordpress.com . Katie discusses methods of homesteading without much land, such as: Farmers Markets Community Gardens Guerrilla Gar...
Oct 24, 2015•9 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Today is Day 4 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s question is “How many eggs can I expect to get from a chicken and for how long?” . Here to answer today’s question is Maat van Uitert from TheFrugalChicken.com . . Maat shares with us Breed consideration for laying hens Supplemental light for chickens Molting . Find out more about M...
Oct 24, 2015•7 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Today is Day 3 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s Question is “What’s the easiest way to get started with fermenting food? I would really like to do it for the health benefits but it seems a little bit overwhelming to get started because I have never done it.” . Answering the question today is Jenise Fryatt, co-host of the Sustaina...
Oct 22, 2015•8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Today is Day 2 of our 30 days of homesteading Q&A on the podcast where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. Today’s question seems like a simple one but there is more to it as we will see in the answer. The question is “Is dog manure safe to use in a garden?” . Answering today’s question is Ken Peavey from FarmWhisperer.com. As you will hear in his answer there are many things to consider before ...
Oct 15, 2015•8 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Today on the podcast we begin with our 30 days of homesteading Q&A where I have reached out to some of the best bloggers and podcasters in the homesteading space to answer your questions about homesteading. . Today’s question is “I’m thinking about pursuing an off-grid lifestyle, what are some things I should deeply consider before taking any big steps towards this?” . Questions like this are exactly the reason I wanted to host these question and answer episodes because I’m not an off-grid h...
Oct 12, 2015•12 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On today’s podcast my guest is Heather Eby. Heather and her family have a ten acre homestead in Kansas and they are building their homestead by adding one new thing at a time. Heather is a wonderful story teller and blogger with a real passion for homesteading. . Heather and I discuss: Why she became a homesteader. The slow progress of her homestead rather than trying to do too many new things at once. The variety of livestock on her homestead: chickens, ducks, sheep, goats, and dairy cows. Some...
Apr 18, 2015•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 4
On today’s podcast I’m joined by Jen Sharpin from TheEasyHomestead.com . Jen Shares with us about her Journey from no homesteading experience living in Florida to a 15 acre homestead in South Carolina to a 45 acre homestead in Virginia. Jen and I discuss several topics like: Her family’s bold jump into the homesteading lifestyle. The unfortunate events that opened up her eyes to a lifestyle change. Her motivations for sharing their homesteading journey on her blog. The problems with today’s food...
Apr 17, 2015•54 min•Season 1Ep. 3
On today's podcast i'm joined by Mike Hatfield of Flyway Family Farm in southern Illinois. Mike along with his wife and young daughter have a 9 1/2 acre homestead where they do a little bit of everything but their main crop is mushrooms. Mike shares with us a little bit about how he and his wife got into homesteading and how they eventually ended up focusing on mushrooms as their cash crop. Mike and I discuss a variety of topics like. The process of growing mushrooms indoors and outdoors. The bu...
Apr 16, 2015•38 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On today's podcast I interview Sherry Willis from Half-Pint Homestead. We discuss her homesteading journey from the wide open spaces of Wyoming to eventually land within the city limits in Missouri on a 1/5 acre plot raising goats, chickens, and rabbits with plans to bring in other livestock. Sherry and I discuss city ordinances pertaining to homesteading and how the modern homesteading movement is bringing about a change in the minds of many that enforce these rules. We also talk about some of ...
Apr 01, 2015•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
