The seasonal homestead

The ideal homestead pantry is one that replenishes itself. You would grow, cook, and preserve everything you ate and used then restock the pantry.

Want to REALLY know how much to plant for a year's supply of food? We haven't bought a vegetable from the store in the last 4 years, this is a well tested foundation.

What is self-sufficiency? The definition is needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs, especially with regard to the production of food. Over the years, I’ve read many books and articles claiming that food self-sufficiency is possible on a quarter acre. From my own experience, I have to say I disagree. So how much space is necessary to be self-sufficient in regards to food? I hope to enlighten you to a more reality based self-sufficient garden space needs based on experience.

When growing a year's supply of food, most of the time we think of vegetables. In fact, I did a blog post all about how much to grow for a year's supply of vegetables HERE.

There are benefits of using raised garden beds but with time and experience the negative aspects started to outweigh the positives.

I believe that layouts for the home garden are not explained or talked about enough in gardening books. I would guess this would be because of the variation of landscape makes it so no garden plot is the same and therefore it is difficult to duplicate garden designs.

How to homestead with monthly to do lists. Homesteading tasks organized by season so you can see the yearly flow of homestead living

7 Secrets to preserving tons of food. These secrets help us to grow and preserve a year's supply of meat and vegetables for our family of six!

Sure, it seems wonderful. But today I'm gonna let you in on a few homesteader secrets that other legit homesteaders might not have told you about homesteading... Hold everything... if you're more of a visual person, or just wanna see my sweet Bixby running in the snow and Selah mooing for her food... just click

We'll go over some of the homestead startup costs, and how to start a homestead from scratch with nothing and little to no finances. You've read up on what homesteading is, you've set some first year homesteading goals, and now you're ready to get started! But wait! You're just making it by on paycheck to