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Buying a Farm: Process Update 4 (the stress has subsided!)
This Month in the Process of Buying a Farm I won’t bury the lede: my contract to buy the farm is fully executed! As of the previous update…
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My Simple Sourdough Routine: Bread, Pancakes & No Waste
My mom loved bread; she once told me that the happy place in her mind was the center of a warm loaf of bread. In one of my…
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5 Months from the Homestead Dream: 5 Tasks to Complete
The closing date for my dream farm is just under 5 months away – it’s a perfect 10 acre blank slate that will allow me to build the…
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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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