• The Homestead Weekly

    The Homestead Weekly, 28 March 2020

    March 30, 2020 - By 

    Like most of the rest of the world, we’re sheltering in place at the moment and learning to live with the new restrictions put in place from the COVID-19 pandemic. Each Sunday, I create a weekly to-do list in my notebook, complete with a weekly menu and a mini day-by-day calendar of what we have coming up. It was pretty weird (not to mention a tad depressing) to see that, once my oldest daughter’s preschool was cancelled this week, the calendar held…nothing. So, in order to keep from going crazy, we’ve been scheduling out events and plans and projects that…

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    Goals - Monthly To-Do List

    Early Spring To-Do List (March + April 2020)

    March 25, 2020 - By 

    After a long winter where most of the homestead skills happened inside (mostly in the kitchen), we’ve been eagerly anticipating the lengthening days and the return of the sunshine to our valley. Now that we can expect most days to at least hit the 40’s or 50’s in temperature, we’re raring to go on our outdoor to-do list for the year. Here are our plans for early spring (from now until the end of April): Note: There are affiliate links below, which means we may get a small commission on any purchases made through these links at no extra cost…

  • About Us - Goals - The Homestead Dream

    The Dream, The Goal, The Plan

    March 25, 2020 - By 

    The Dream My husband Matt and I are dreamers. One of our favorite things to talk about is the future—what would we do if we had X amount of money? What house projects do we want to try and tackle next? What hobbies are we wanting to pick up? What business ventures would be fun to try out? But for the past few years, our #1 Very Favorite Dream is… A Homestead. It’s hard to say when the dream started, exactly. More than anything, it’s something that’s evolved slowly over time, as we’ve experimented with paring down our possessions, looking…