The ABCs of Homesteading

Reader Contribution by Tasha Greer
Published on February 8, 2016
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Most people think you begin homesteading by doing a bunch of stuff – planting a vegetable garden, getting livestock, making your own cleaning and beauty products. This can work, but often the rush to get started ends in overload and discouragement. That’s because homesteading isn’t just a new hobby – like taking up golf or playing the piano. To do it well, you have to rethink the way you do everything.

You are fundamentally re-designing your life to become less dependent on complex supply chains and more dependent on your home environment and local community to meet your basic needs. Transforming a home into a homestead is a long-term process.

As with most major changes, it makes sense to start small and work your way up to the big stuff. Just like in kindergarten, spend some time learning your ABCs and you’ll be ready the complex calculus of barn building, lye making, mushroom growing and whatever else you want to do on your homestead in no time.

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