All Episodes

344: You Are Not Uniquely Overwhelmed

343: The Most Important Thing a Homestead Produces

342: Maybe This is Just… Life?

341: Help! I (Apparently) Need Somebody

340: Your Part of the Problem

339: What Works… Changes

338: Outrage Everywhere, Humanity Anyway

337: The Double Standard No One Talks About

336: It feels like we won’t recover. We will.

335: What Crisis Taught Me About Homesteading

334: Four Months Off. Here’s why…

333: Be A Light But Don’t Burn Yourself Out

332: Life is NOT an emergency

331: Priority isn’t plural

330: Perspective, Gratitude, and a Broken Smartwatch

329: Calm as a Chaos Manager

328: We’ve Forgotten How to Be People

327: Go Visit Your Grandma

326: What is the simple life, really?

325: How Did We Get So… Soft?

324: The Thing About Comfort Food

323: Homestead excess isn’t success

322: When You’re Not Sure What’s Next

321: Food is medicine, but not a miracle

320: We Were Made to Move

319: Easy Doesn’t Fill You Up

318: When the Systems Fail, Start Over

317: Homesteaders, You Don’t Have To…

316: Surviving Midlife on the Homestead

315: How My Homesteading Worries Have Changed Over The Years

314: You Don’t Have to Do it All, But…

314: Overinformed and Over It

Easy Gardening for Beginners: A Stupid Simple Start

311: Why I Will Keep Showing Up Messy

310: If You’re Gone… Then What?

309: Chasing Nostalgia: Can We Really Go Back to the Good Old Days?

308: No One Is Coming to Save You: Time to Get Unstuck

307: Was Homesteading Just a Phase?

306: Five Phrases Keeping Me Sane This Year

305: It’s Ok to be Misunderstood

304: Navigating Homestead Life with Opposite Brains

303: The real reason you need to declutter

302: Being Honest About the Year That Just Was

301: The Cycle of Information… and Life

300: 10 Choices for a Happier Holiday Season

299: We’re All Just People Trying to Figure It Out

298: A Quiet Rebellion: Living Life on Your Own Terms

297: Nobody Cares (and that’s a good thing)

296: 7 Things to Focus on Instead of the Election

295: Fight for your Right… to Get Older?

294: Make Your Phone a Tool, Not a Tether

293: Who you gonna call?

292: Make it STOP: A Rant about our Food System

291: To do lists and real life: the reality

290: Embracing busy times on the homestead

Epi 289: There is so much we don’t know

288: You’re Right

287: The Ultimate Apocalypse Team – Are You On It?

286: Cultivating Connection with Intentional Interactions

285: Confidence Lessons From a Stray Cat

284: Celebrate Your Homesteading Wins

283: Five Reminders for ANY Homesteader

282: The Use What You Have Food Challenge

281: Be More Productive with the 220 Method

280: When Your Goals Don’t Match Your Actions

279: Why I (Actually Don’t) Hate People

278: Don’t Be Fooled: “Savings” That Actually COST You Money

277: 5 Ways to Prep When You’re Pinching Pennies

276: The Best Reason to Prep Ain’t About You

275: when convenience actually hurts: a health crisis of modern comforts

274: Clucking Controversy! 5 Chicken Raising “Rules” We’ve Challenged

273: Gasp, we’re skipping meat birds this year. But why?

272: 5 SHTF Survival Strategies You Shouldn’t Rely On

271: The Unexciting Secret to Homestead Success

270: What you actually need in tough times

269: The World is Ending. Again.

268: Navigating the world’s craziness with 3 questions

267: Why We Suck at Being Social

266: Dear Introverts, Don’t Do THIS

265: If it ain’t broken…

264: Side dishes of yuck on life’s buffet

263: You are what you repeat

262: Easier isn’t always better

261: the ONE thing you need for success this year

260: The ONE THING to remember for holiday gatherings

259: Christmas is (still) magical

258: Christmas is not the season of giving

257 You Don’t Even Know What You Have

256: Take on the skills that suck

255: Reminders We ALL Need to Help Save Money On Food

254: The Monetization of Everything

253: What if you have enough?

252: A quiet revolution

251: Waiting on a cup of coffee

250: A New House

249: You Are Your Solution

248: Take Care of What is Yours

247: You Can’t Find Yourself

246: The illusion of control

245: Calling all Lifesteaders

244: The thing about time

243: Make it a masterpiece

242: The benefit of first impressions

241: Why do you do it?

240: Maybe you’re not a homesteader

239: Today is your BIRTH day

Spicy Sisters 004 with Nicole Sauce

238: What your social media post does and doesn’t do

237: 5 Ways High School Prepared Us for the Real World

236: None of Us Are Self-Sufficient

235: Productive Homestead Planning

234: A Farmish Take on Food Rules

233: The Things We Need to Admit

232: Sprouting seeds for chickens

231: Count cash, not carbs

230: Adventures and Mistakes in Hydroponic Gardening

229: A rekindling of family

228: How we lost big family gatherings

227: Homesteaders, it’s okay to splurge

226: Don’t get distracted by the why

225: My Big Question for the New Year

224: Have yourself a ranty little Christmas

223: That Time I Ran Away From Home

222: Preparing for real life, not the apocalypse

221: We like what we like and that makes life tricky

220: I’m Not Ma Ingalls. Neither Are You.

219: You CAN talk about both

218: Priorities Change. And That’s Ok.

217: You Can’t Control How People React

216: Your Perspective is Subjective

215: Three Things Learned From Three Months Away

214: A Bump in the Road

213: A Toad Helped Me Figure It Out

212: Be Your Own Kind of Homesteader

211: Brutally honest and maybe backwards

RP 005: Time Management Tips for Your Homestead

RP 004: A Modern Problem with the Simple Life

210: Helping Homesteaders by Farm Hopping

209: Looking for Work and What Needs to Be Done

Spicy Sisters 003 with Nicole Sauce

208: On Creativity, Music, and Life

207: 9 Takeaways from LFTN Spring Workshop 2022

Farmish Chat 008: Trees, Bad Eggs, and Your People

206: Cooking Tips You Need to Hear

RP 003: Open Your Eyes. Prepare Accordingly.

RP 002: Hard Times Teach Big Lessons

RP 001: Should You Raise and Grow Your Own Food?

Spicy Sisters 002 with Nicole Sauce

Farmish Chat 007: hydro lettuce, wisdom, and excitement

205: Personality matters

204: Pay Attention

Farmish Chat 006: farm journals and a pretty mouth

203: Garden Therapy

202: You Can Only Do So Much

Farmish Chat 005: seed math and an internetty internet

201: LIVE until you die

200: It’s a Celebration! Thank YOU.

Farmish Chat 004: burritos, ma nature, gardening

199: Getting Started in Ham Radio

198: All About Chickens

Farmish Chat 003: Blue Hair, the Gym, Real Food

Farmish, Furious, and Free Replay

197: What actually makes you a homesteader?

196: Gettin’ real about judgment

Spicy Sisters 001 with Nicole Sauce

Farmish Chat 002: Aldi, Garden Plans, and Date Nights

195: It’s Not About Luck

194: 9 Things to Consider Before Adding More Animals

Farmish Chat 001: Grilled Cheese, Motorcycles, and Raw Tomatoes

193: Building Community with Kerry Brown

192: Does Prepping Make You a Target?

191: Homesteading is not what you expect

190: Does Sharing Your Self Reliance Success Equal Showing Off?

189: Farmers Markets and What you Should Know

188: At War with Rats on the Homestead

187: Raising Meat Rabbits

186: It’s Time to Do Something Else

185: Moving to the Country, Lessons Learned

184: Shut out the world and make a peaceful home

183: Dealing with Negativity While Taking the Road Less Traveled

182: It’s tricky: creating and consuming content in today’s world

181: Making Goals, Changing Goals

180: Want freedom? Avoid these two traps…

179: Work from home: pros, cons, and tips

178: 30 days to organize yo’ stuff

177: Focus for a new year

176: 10+ Lessons from 10 Years on the Homestead

175: What are you doing with your anger?

174: We Choose Our Problems

173: The line between hope and reality

172: This is Not About “Them”

171: Why I don’t think we should go “back to normal”

170: Know Your Neighbors

169: Find the Path

168: Many hands make light work

167: My (rational) approach for how to start prepping

166: The SHTF Thing We’re Not Talking About

165: Put Your Ego Away

164: Build an In-Person Community

163: 9 Tips for Taking Care of the Homestead When You’re Sick

162: Why it’s more important than ever to take care of yourself

161: 5 Uncomfortable Points to Consider

Nobody wants to work? It’s more than that.

159: The Truth about Growing Your Own Food

158: Mouth Noises and Pathetic Plants: Two Random Lessons from the Homestead

157: Stages of Homesteading

156: Why We No Longer Raise Goats

155: Don’t Get Stuck

154: Now I Get It

153: Today Will Someday be the Past

152: 5 Things We Can Learn from Dogs

151: The REAL reason to take care of your yourself

150: Be Teachable

149: The Importance of Unlearning

148: YouTube, Odysee, and Tiktok – The 4 week experiment

147: But what’s your actual goal?

146: Alternative Social Media Sites – 8 Things to Understand

145: Get started with raising turkeys

144: Assumptions – What Do You REALLY Know?

143: Normal life in the real world

142: Nature vs. Nurture… as adults

141: The secret to personal growth

140: What is the right work for you?

139: Starting Seeds – 11 Things I’ve Learned

138: “Your Homeschooled Kids Will Never Get Into College”

137: Supporting you… or your cause?

136: My biggest fear as a homesteader content creator

135: Learn to look up from your weather app: a metaphor

134: Teach People… Without Being a Jerk

133: How (Time) Scarcity Mindset Screws You Up

132: Don’t be afraid to grow up

131: Why we can’t have nice things

130: Be involved in your life

129: The problem with choice and opinion (itty bitty thought)

128: The big secret about parenting (itty bitty thought)

127: Participation is optional

126: a weird thing we all do (itty bitty thoughts)

125: a peg in many holes (itty bitty thought)

124: a different kind of spring cleaning

123: RAQ #9 – self reliant “enough”, homeschooling, homesteading books, frozen eggs, self-publishing

122: Love in real life

121: it’s not just you

120: RAQ #8 – who should cook dinner, the future, death on the homestead, competitive frugal living, and buying baby chicks

119: Three Things We Need Right Now

118: RAQ #7 – missing the city, working fulltime, too many roos, meat bird terms, life is nuts

117: 25+ tips to help you get through winter

116: The 7 Gifts You Forgot

115: Sometimes you have to wait

114: I Worry and I Forget

113: And I Hope

112: The Chickens Still Need to Be Fed

111: RAQ #6 – feeder pigs, ghost stories, kid chores, teaching butchering, and Facebook

110: NaNoWriMo

109: lessons, tiny farms, and other stuff

108: RAQ #5 – homesteading skills, family issues, snow removal, leaving Facebook, and crocheting

107: Deep Thoughts from the Woods

106: If I May Speak Freely: Freedom of Speech

105: Build the Life You Want by Saying No

104: RAQ #4 – podcasts, multi-generational living, friends, quitting, and Ruth Stout

103: How to Have an Actual Conversation

102: What are YOU going to do about it?

101: RAQ #3: packaging chicken, the gym vs. the farm, homeschooling, state of the world, nails

100: Safety Tips for the Homestead and Beyond

99: Being a Gray Man: What it is, Why it Matters

98: You Can Be Both

97: RAQs #2 – meat birds, keeping up, firearms, turkeys, guilty pleasures

96: Eat The Cake While You Can Still Taste It

95: The truth about tribes, support systems, and friends

94: RAQs #1 — Sunburn, skirts, roosters, preserving, and vegan friends

93: Okay, Now What? (Keep Going)

92: Everyone’s normal is different

91: When it’s time to dig, dig deep.

90: when it all makes you mad, who really is in charge?

89: Is it really worth it to raise and grow your own food?

88: “When You Just Want to Sit in Your Barn and Drink Beer”

87: A Homesteader’s Response to Everyone’s Sudden Interest in Homesteading

86: When everyone needs help, take care of yourself first

85: 5 Common Mistakes When Choosing Egg Bird Breeds

84: 10 Lessons You Can Learn in Times of Crisis

83: 9 ways to use technology to ward off isolation

82: Keeping a Pantry Journal Helps you Prepare for Emergencies

81: DIY your Pantry with Kris Bordessa

80: 5 Reasons Homesteaders Need to Be Brave

How to Brine and Smoke a Chicken

9 Lists You Need for Homestead Organization

77: Because winter is hard (mental health for homesteaders)

76: Starting Over on the Homestead

How to make homemade bacon

74: Use less stuff – how to do it, why it’s hard

73: Homemade Chicken Broth — it’s easier than you think!

72: Homestead Goal Setting – The 3 Stages

71: Christmas Traditions – a celebration of ideas

70: Homesteading with kids can be tricky – do it anyway (with Teri Page)

069: The homesteader label – how it helps, how it doesn’t

068: How to Grow a Year’s Worth of Food (with Melissa K Norris)

067: Butcher Your Own Meat: 7 Reasons Why

066: Christmas Gift Giving Challenge

065: 25+ Myths about Life on a Homestead

064: Homestead Decluttering — the why and how

063: The One Thing that Hurts the Homesteading Community Most

Good Year, Bad Year: Homestead Failure

061: Time Management for Smart Homesteaders

060: Homesteading time assessment

059: Homeschooling – Our Journey with Self Reliant Education

058: Smart Homesteaders Pay Attention…and Prepare Accordingly

Feeding Cornish Cross Chickens: How Much Should They Eat?

Chicken Butchering Set Up: 7 Things You Need

055: Smart Homesteaders Fix the Problem

Episode 54: Smart Homesteaders Keep Learning

Why We Started Homesteading: Episode 53