In today’s podcast, Monica and I talk about building a comprehensive water plan. We start by talking about some very important principles to guide your plan: observe, start at the highest point, start small and simple, slow, spread and soak water, manage overflow and treat like a resources and more… Within those principles we talk […]
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Podcast 105 – David Kershner
In today’s podcast we talk David Kershner, who is a post apocalyptic world (PAW) author. We have an interesting discussion about the central question he poses in his books: What would it take to remove GMO’s from the US food chain? And, what would it look like if we did so abruptly? David currently works […]
Why make a plan?
Some days it’s difficult to wrap our minds around everything we need to do, want to do and should do! Our list seems to be never-ending (as most Homesteading Entrepreneurs know)! It’s easy to get overwhelmed by that list and by real life that constantly requires our attention! These are the times we have to […]
Podcast 104 KrisAnne Hall
What a great time we had talking with KrisAnne about liberty, the Constitution and our role in ensuring continued liberty for our children and grand children. She is intelligent, engaging, and passionate about educating Americans. We felt very encouraged as we finished our interview, she shared with us that she sees many people, especially college-aged […]
Goal Setting for the Homestead Part 1 & Part 2
In the last blog post (read Part 1 here), we covered the establishment of dreams, vision and purpose. I talked about the importance of setting goals that will eventually make your dreams come true. Goals must be realistic. I like using the acronym SMART in order to clarify goals: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant (to your […]
Podcast 102 “Homestead Honey”
In this podcast, Monica and I interview Teri Page, author, wife, homeschooling mom, and homesteader. In October, 2012 her family of four packed up from their Oregon homestead of 13 years and moved next door to their good friends in Northeast Missouri, where they are building a radical homestead on 10 acres of raw land. […]
Preparing to Homestead Part 1
Before we started homesteading I would sit and imagine how idyllic and peaceful it would be. Sitting on my porch shucking peas, looking out at all the animals grazing on lush pasture, the garden teaming with vegetables, fruit trees drooping from the load of fruit ready to be picked, and the kids building forts and […]
Podcast Episode 101 – Preparing to Homestead
Today we discuss strategies for preparing to homestead. We cover everything from “unplugging from the matrix” to commitment, education, and finances. If you are thinking about homesteading or getting ready to make the move, this will help get you ready. If you are already homesteading these strategies will give you areas to re-evalute to make […]
Episode 100- Looking forward to 2016
In this podcast we talk about 2016 and talk about some of our major goals we have for the coming year. We publicly announce our goals as a way of achieving accountability. We encourage our listeners to also obtain public and private accountability. We announce an exciting venture or forming and growing The Prepared Homestead […]
Chicken Heated Green House
As a permaculture design consultant and homesteader I am always looking for ways to integrate different elements of the homestead to work together synergistically. Chickens are one of my favorite homestead elements. They provide so many different and useful functions: entertainment, garden preparation and clean up, tilling of the soil, pest (bugs and mice) control, […]
