by Tammy Trayer | Sep 28, 2021 | Breads & Breakfast, Food & Kitchen, Homesteading, Off-Grid Living, Preparedness, Survival Skills, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Woodstove Cooking, Writings
Today is a damp, cool, rainy September day and I’ve started my first fire for the season. There is nothing more comforting than the heat from a wood stove warming your body, but when that heat is coming from a wood cookstove there are so many more benefits. A wood...
by Tammy Trayer | Jan 1, 2019 | Homesteading, Inspiration / Encouragement, Off-Grid Living, Organization, Positively Encouraging, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Survival Skills, Tammy Trayer, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
2019 is here! 2018 went SO very fast, it is hard to believe another year is passed! We are thankful for the new year though for a New Beginning! New Beginnings is our theme for the new year. We embraced 2018 focusing on Living With Intention. Living by our terms and...
by Tammy Trayer | Dec 6, 2018 | Contributing Writers, Family / Marriage, Health & Healing, Homesteading, Inspiration / Encouragement, Off-Grid Living, Positively Encouraging, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Tammy Trayer, Writings
Welcome to our homestead. Although you visit our homestead virtually, we want you to feel welcomed and a part of the family. We treasure our visitors and enjoy being led to share our knowledge, inspiration and offer you encouragement on your daily walk. We enjoy...
by Tammy Trayer | Jul 12, 2018 | Contributing Writers, Food & Kitchen, Homesteading, Meals, Off-Grid Living, Product Reviews, Recipes, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Solar Cooking, Sun Oven Cooking, Tammy Trayer, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
Wow! Are we ever crazy busy trying to finish our home so we can sell it and we are also preparing to build a new tiny home all before winter! Yikes – what a rush and wild ride! We are attempting to do 6 months worth of work in 2! I have been educating and...
by michellehedgcock | May 9, 2018 | Budgeting & Making An Income, Contributing Writers, Finances, Homesteading, Michelle Hedgcock, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings
Last time I covered many ways to save money when it came to food. Only I forgot to mention another way you can save! So, I’ll share that now and then get into other ways to save money on non-food related items. I lump this in with couponing because, again, I don’t...
by mindyyoung | Mar 21, 2018 | Contributing Writers, Homesteading, Inspiration / Encouragement, Mindy Young, Positively Encouraging, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Writings
Have you had second thoughts on whether to keep homesteading or not? Maybe you’ve felt like quitting during difficult moments? I certainly have. In the past 10 years of living rural and homesteading on my own with my husband and two children, I’ve had those moments,...
