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Hello to all the Homesteaders

Are you a homesteader please say hi

From the lens Homesteading.

Homesteading is growing in popularity, we all want to return to our roots.

  • davenjilli Dec 11, 2011 @ 5:00 pm | delete
    I am a homesteader, we are more like squatter steaders though LOL. We want to build a container home on five acres that we will be purchasing next year. Your points about frugality are right on!
  • ajgodinho Sep 16, 2011 @ 10:38 am | delete
    Another informative lens on your personal experience with homesteading. Wishing you all the best as you aim to get 100% off the grid.
  • RinchenChodron Sep 4, 2011 @ 11:54 pm | delete
    I love this lens! Tho I am a city dweller and am 63 years old. If I were younger and could garden I'd do it! Great idea on the day lilies!
  • GypsyLyric Sep 4, 2011 @ 8:44 pm | delete
    I had no idea what a modern homesteader was, thank you for the information.
  • PopArtGirl Sep 1, 2011 @ 1:24 pm | delete
    Love the lens! Thanks for the great info!
  • Ener-G Apr 1, 2011 @ 1:46 am | delete
    Hey a fellow Dr. Prepper fan! Blessed by an angel.
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Mar 4, 2011 @ 9:25 am | delete
    Wonderful resources! Enjoyed your lens. This homesteader can relate. All the best as you move toward 100% self-sufficiency.
  • TapIn2U Feb 12, 2011 @ 9:22 am | delete
    Wow! What a great lens. So much to learn from gardening. Got to try it
  • CreativeArtist Feb 4, 2011 @ 3:10 pm | delete
    Great info!
  • HomeCanning Jan 29, 2011 @ 2:14 am | delete
    Canning at home is again gaining popularity and the reasons are many. For many it is the best way of processing food to extend its shelf life. Canning also makes the products available during off season, making them cheap and helping you save money. Homemade canning will save you from running around places looking for a particular fruit, vegetable and other products.
  • jackiebolen Jan 3, 2011 @ 3:48 am | delete
    Amazing stuff! I would love to do this someday.
  • marsha32 Dec 11, 2010 @ 3:57 pm | delete
    still loving your lens...this time stopping in to bless it as a Squid Angel
  • Evelyn_Saenz Dec 3, 2010 @ 6:42 am | delete
    Moving back to the family homestead is my first step toward sustainability. Now I am begining a Bed and Breakfast and looking into the possibility of raising cucumbers next summer to begin a Pickle Business. Thanks to my ancestors I have a huge and lovely farmhouse and productive woodlot.

    Thank you for your gardening tips. I will be cutting brush this fall so that there will be more sunlight on my north facing sloped garden.
  • stargazer00 Nov 23, 2010 @ 11:23 am | delete
    Homesteading would be a great way to live.
  • jgelien Nov 17, 2010 @ 10:43 am | delete
    Homesteading has always been a dream of my husband's. Who knows, it may still happen. Thanks for all the great information.
  • poutine Nov 16, 2010 @ 11:54 am | delete
    Well done.
  • alteredkat Oct 20, 2010 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    forwarding to my dh....who has mentioned getting off the grid before ...and actually, his mechanic already has...interesting lifestyle for sure!
  • poddys Oct 14, 2010 @ 1:08 am | delete
    Great information. I would love to be able to do this instead of working 9-5 and struggling to get by. Excellent lens.
  • WhiteOak50 Sep 6, 2010 @ 2:33 pm | delete
    Very good information provided here. Great job in putting this lens together!
  • remanon Aug 31, 2010 @ 5:36 pm | delete
    This is the sort of thing I love! This economic crisis has had some good outcomes - it has pushed a lot of us to put our money (or lack of it) where our mouth is and actually do something practical about living the dream! Congrats on a super lens.
  • marsha32 Jun 4, 2010 @ 7:40 pm | delete
    It's a dream of mine to homestead, however, I do not want to go as far as no electricity as I would still want part of my income to come from online like it does now....keep on building the lenses you know. :)
  • Obscure_Treasures May 21, 2010 @ 11:52 am | delete
    Favorited and 5 *****
    Excellent lens.
    Thank so much for sharing this information. :)
  • grano Apr 12, 2010 @ 2:27 am | delete
    Great this is a great mind thinking, very well done is nothing better than just to use your own resources to make happen because nobody else will do it for you.
  • Amelia77 Apr 3, 2010 @ 3:04 pm | delete
    Wow! Homesteading might be a little more of a commitment than I am ready for, but I love some of your ideas. I have always arranged my gardens to incorporate the plants that seem to volunteer to grow in any spot. I may relocate some scattered plants to group them together, but by using the plants that appear in my yard as seedlings and nurturing them, I have developed a pretty interesting garden, but that's about the extent of my homesteading plans. My hat's off to anyone who gives it a go! Great lens.
  • ss834 Mar 25, 2010 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    Hi there! We've been homesteading for about a year now. It's slow going with a toddler but we've been making steady progress.
    This is a very nice and thorough lens. Great work!
  • Ramkitten Mar 24, 2010 @ 9:29 am | delete
    For about seven years, my husband and I did a lot of homesteading, including growing most of our own food, even a small amount of wheat to grind into flour to bake bread. We did a little maple-sugaring with homemade spiles, spun mohair (from angora goats), handmilked cows and made butter and cream, built things like a chicken house and an outdoor cob oven, and so forth. It was a great learning experience ... and a lot of work. But in a good way! It was very satisfying, and I do hope to get back to that lifestyle at least to some extent. I really enjoyed your lens and definitely found it inspiring.
  • GonnaFly Jan 19, 2010 @ 5:31 pm | delete
    I certainly would love to become more self-sufficient. We will be investigating solar panels soon too.
  • Pryzym Dec 10, 2009 @ 3:02 pm | delete
    We're hoping to do some homesteading soon. Our biggest challenge is just trying to find some property to buy! We currently live in a townhouse; daughter is homeschooled; we don't have cable TV or a microwave; but we need internet for our business. I would so love to finally get out of here and grow some food and have chickens, etc.
  • davenlaura2 Dec 8, 2009 @ 10:06 pm | delete
    We left our townhouse in the spring of 2001 and moved into a fixer upper in the mountains. It's been worth all the hardship - wouldn't trade it for anything. Probably the most rewarding part of all of it is learning to grow our own food. We started a blog sharing things we're learning. Visit us at http://www.selfsufficientlivingblog.com
  • Pastiche Aug 7, 2009 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    We're a family of homesteaders in southern PA; we use whatever we find on our property to construct, decorate, create and grow on our small 1-acre lot. We've got stone walks and walls, wild raspberries and grapes, apples, day lilies, herbs, wildflowers and a rain garden. The second generation has their own handbuilt homestead with 2 structures plus a bee platform (to keep the bears away) and a small but expanding sustainable culture organic farm in northern PA.
  • SemperFidelis Jun 19, 2009 @ 6:37 pm | delete
    Blessed by a SquidAngel today!
    www.squidoo.com/squid-angel
    ~ Colleen :o)
  • deborahwrites May 28, 2009 @ 3:57 pm | delete
    My family moved out to the country in 2002 to live out homesteading dream. Today we produce a lot of our own food, including dairy, eggs, meat, vegetables, and fruit. We also have sheep for wool. To learn more about what we're doing, you can visit my blog, http://antiquityoaks.blogspot.com
  • KadabaCo Jan 27, 2009 @ 11:24 pm | delete
    Let's all join hands! I'm just beginning the homestead journey myself. I like the info you've got here. 5*'s!
  • MomwithAHook Aug 25, 2008 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    excellent lense. I just came across pathtofreedom.com yesterday and squarefootgardening.org and am really excited to start just a little bit in on my patio at my apartment. I figure if our family does little bits to decrease our 'footprint' we can encourage others in our area to do the same.
  • quartzcreek Aug 7, 2008 @ 4:12 pm | delete
    I'm trying to cut back, but I haven't achieved near as much as you have. We are a quartz crystal business from Arkansas, and we are simplifying our life also. It was nice reading this lens. Thanks.

    www.quartzcreek.net
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Mar 18, 2008 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    To be 100% self-sufficient sounds nice but I'm going for a realistic 50%. When I reach that point I'll consider pushing for more.
    Good Lens and Good Luck!
  • Mar 14, 2008 @ 12:39 pm | delete
    I'm starting a homesteading project myself, but it's Urban Homesteading. I have 1/4 acre lot, and I would like to make myself at least 60% self-sufficient. I know it can be done, and I'm excited to start. I'll definitely be checking back with this hub to see how you're doing.
  • BFuniv.com Jan 22, 2008 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Great stuff. I've e-mailed it by your link to my son and recommended he check out your other lenses also.

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