What is Homesteading?

This is the first post of what will be MANY posts concerning homesteading in the 21st century. There are many different ways to homestead. Some people will homestead on hundreds of acres and others are homesteaders in apartments! Often, it is the 'heart' that makes one a homesteader. With that said, I am hoping that this site and our sister site which is currently being built, will be a valuable resource to anyone interested in homesteading. The benefit of these websites is simple: Six homesteading families are putting all of their knowledge out here to help you save time and MONEY! Yep, we are going to share our mistakes and our success stories with you. We are going to share what works and what doesn't all in an effort to reflect the genuine homesteading spirit of helping one another.

Between these six families, we have over 75 years of homesteading experience! Some of us have large acreage while others of us are still in the American Suburb homesteading in the backyard with a privacy fence. You will hear experiences from way up north, to way down south to way out west! We can teach you how to make cane syrup and maple syrup! We can teach you how to milk a goat and sheer a sheep. Want to talk bees? We have three beekeepers here! Chickens: four families have chickens for meat and eggs. Do you know what to look for when you buy a milk cow? We do and we will share! Livestock Guardian Dogs: We can cover that topic with practical experience too. We will speak from an organic and conventional farming view point and everywhere in between. Out of the six families, none of us homestead just like the other and so you can choose what works best for you.

Remember, there is not a wrong way to homestead...just what works best for you!