Homesteading Month Brings Country Skills Workshop to Today’s Abundant Living

Reader Contribution by The Mother Earth News Editors
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Jim and Holly Smith, founders of Today’s Abundant Living, sent us this great review of a Homesteading Education Month open house and country skills workshop they hosted at their Michigan homestead.

We had just moved into our home and were busy getting things in order when one evening my wife, Holly, decided to take a break and relax with a cup of tea and the latest copy of MOTHER EARTH NEWS. She had not had this opportunity in months. That is when she discovered International Homesteading Education Month. She came to me with delight and disappointment. There were only six weeks until the end of September and Homesteading Education Month. Certainly we could not make plans to participate this year…or could we??

Holly and I are the founders of Today’s Abundant Living, which was originally born through the challenges we overcame during Holly’s breast cancer diagnoses and journey to wellness. It is our great passion and desire to teach, guide and coach as many people as will take this journey with us to live a life of health and simplicity. Our sincere hope would be to empower others to take hold of their Abundant Life and influence those around them to do the same, and together build a community of wellbeing, and vibrant living!

However, we had just moved into our new home. Our composter wasn’t finished, we didn’t have a single raised bed prepared, our greenhouse was still being used for storage, and our yard, although it was one of the main reasons we purchased this home, was a disaster in need of much work. Yikes! How could we possibly participate this year?

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