Goals vs. Reality – Gardening, Canning, and Building

by | Apr 16, 2016 | Contributing Writers, Food Storage, Gardening, Foraging, Canning & Preserving, Inspiration / Encouragement, Michelle Hedgcock, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings

[guestpost]This is a guest post by Michelle Hedgcock. Be sure to read more about Michelle at the bottom of this post![/guestpost] In my previous post, MORE Was My Catalyst,  you read about how I got started on my journey and the progress made.  Now that I have another...

MORE Was My Catalyst

by | Feb 7, 2016 | Contributing Writers, Food Storage, Gardening, Foraging, Canning & Preserving, Michelle Hedgcock, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings

Have you ever thought “There’s got to be more to life?”  Yep, that’s where I was at September 2013.  I was working a full-time job with a minimum two-hour commute daily and an elementary child in before and after school care (known as Latchkey here in our school...

Mountain Woman Radio

by | Nov 1, 2015 | Blacksmithing, Butchering, Curing, Jerking & Smoking Meats, Fire Starting, Food Storage, Gardening, Foraging, Canning & Preserving, Homeschooling, Homestead Animals: Raising & Harvesting, Living Off The Land: Hunting, Fishing & Trapping, Mountain Woman Radio, Natural Health: Medicinals & Essential Oils, Off-Grid Living, Podcasts, Positively Encouraging, Preparedness, Product Reviews, Recipes, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Solar Cooking, Spectrum Kids In The Outdoors, Success With Autism/Aspergers, Survival Series, Survival Skills, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Traditional, Primitive & Bushcraft Skills, Wilderness Survival, Writings

Mountain Woman Radio is available every Wednesday either on our website or iTunes. Mountain Woman Radio is  loaded with inspiration, encouragement and knowledge on self-reliance, preparedness, sustainability, homesteading, off-grid living, wilderness survival, day to...

Trayer Wilderness Off-Grid Homestead Tour With Beyond Off Grid

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Blacksmithing, Butchering, Curing, Jerking & Smoking Meats, Food Storage, Gardening, Foraging, Canning & Preserving, Homeschooling, Homestead Animals: Raising & Harvesting, How We Began, Living Off The Land: Hunting, Fishing & Trapping, Natural Health: Medicinals & Essential Oils, Positively Encouraging, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Solar Cooking, Survival Skills, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Webinars, Writings

It was a great honor and privilege to be a part of the Beyond Off Grid Summit/Webinars. As you all know, we feel very led to share our knowledge, skills and inspiration in these uncertain times. We decided to give you a tour of our homestead, show you around a bit and...