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13 Useful Ideas for My Homestead from Self-Reliance Magazine (2023 Issues)
For the past couple of years, I’ve had Self-Reliance magazine delivered to my apartment mailbox every quarter. Flipping through the articles in my third floor city(ish) apartment, I…
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Designing An Orchard for a (Semi) Self Sufficient Homestead
In approximately 4.5 months, I will close on my new 10 acre farm, and the race will be on to get as much done as possible before summer…
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Customizing a Coat for an Ungrateful Goat
I think the most important part of being a homesteader is adopting the homesteading mindset – the ‘do it yourself’, problem-solver, make-use-of-what-you-have approach to life. After all, that’s…
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Buying a Farm: Process Update 3
Earlier this week, we got our second significant accumulation of snow – a welcome contrast from last winter, when it felt like it didn’t snow at all. The…
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Books for the Future Homesteader: Stay Motivated with 6 Great Reads
It was the summer before my junior year. Being 15 years old is a formative and tenuous experience in and of itself, but to add insult to injury,…
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Buying a Farm: Process Update 2
Last weekend, I was riding horses with a friend at my family’s farm. From the saddle, I looked out over the farm with my future home and farm…
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