How to Start Homesteading (With No Land & No Money)

Today we’re busting the myth that homesteading has to be expensive or picture perfect. If we're being honest, every real homestead starts in the kitchen, not with a designer chicken coop. In this episode of Everyday Homesteading, we're sharing how our homesteading journey began in a tiny apartment with a tight budget and we built skills that still serve our family today.

What you’ll learn:
• Exactly where to start homesteading if you’re overwhelmed or on a budget
• Why kitchen skills come first, even if you dream of livestock and a big garden
• Smart grocery shifts that save money fast, plus how to shop the “outside of the store”
• Simple preservation you can start today, like freezing, water bath canning, dehydrating, and fermentation
• How to source ingredients for less, from farmers markets to seconds boxes and CSAs
• Our current fall rhythm on the homestead, from winter squash to seed saving and pork salt curing

Resources Mentioned:
⦁ Dig deeper by grabbing a subscription to the Homestead Kitchen Magazine. It's filled with fresh-eating recipes, preservation recipes, herbalism and so much more: https://homesteadingfamily.com/podcast-magazine
⦁ For more information, visit the blog post here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/homesteading-skills-to-learn-now/
⦁ Thanks to Azure Standard for sponsoring this podcast and for being our go-to source for everything we can't grow or make ourselves here on the homestead. Azure has so many great options when it comes to stocking your pantry and, right now, you can get 15% off your first order of $100 or more with code "HOMESTEADINGFAMILY15": https://homesteadingfamily.com/main-azure-standard-b

If this helped, please like, subscribe, and share with a friend who wants to start homesteading the real-life way. Because you CAN do this, and you don’t have to do it alone.

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
2:46 - Chit Chat
8:03 - We Need YOUR Help!
9:35 - Azure Standard
10:54 - Main Topic

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MORE ABOUT US!

WELCOME! We're so glad you're here! We are Josh and Carolyn Thomas. Together with our eleven children, we are The Homesteading Family where we’re living a self-sustainable life in beautiful North Idaho. Let us welcome you and show you a bit about us here: http://bit.ly/HFWelcomeVideo

Grow, Preserve & Thrive with us!
Visit us on our blog: https://www.homesteadingfamily.com
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/homesteadingfamily
Instagram: https://instagram.com/homesteadingfamily
Rumble: https://rumble.com/HomesteadingFamily

A few highlights you don't want to miss are our FREEBIES!!

Healthy Healing at Home – Learn how to confidently use herbal medicine in your home with this FREE 4 video workshop: https://homesteadingfamily.com/HHHyt

Your Best Loaf – A Free 4 video workshop teaching you how to make great bread at home, every time, regardless of the recipe you are using: https://homesteadingfamily.com/free-bread-workshop

Meals on Your Shelf – Can along with me! Learn to can and put jars of a delicious meal on your pantry shelf with this FREE video series: https://homesteadingfamily.com/MOYS-free-workshop

FREE PDF DOWNLOADS:
- Homesteading Family's Favorite Holiday Recipes - Grab all of our family’s favorite holiday recipes. https://homesteadingfamily.com/free-holiday-recipes
- 5 Steps to a More Self-Sufficient Life - Simple steps anyone can take wherever they are to start a more self-sufficient lifestyle. https://homesteadingfamily.com/5StepsYT
- Thrive Wellness Checklist - A simple guide for healthy living: https://homesteadingfamily.com/TWC_YT
- Permaculture for Your Homestead- An introduction to permaculture with some strategies for applying it to one’s homestead and garden.
https://homesteadingfamily.com/PFYH_YT
- Carolyn’s Cottage Garden herb list - Carolyn’s favorite herbs for growing at home.
https://homesteadingfamily.com/CGHL_YT
- Carolyn’s Make-Ahead Breakfast Casseroles - These easy casseroles are a life-saver for busy weeks! https://homesteadingfamily.com/MABC_YT
- Your FREE Guide to Preserving Eggs - Grab your guide to preserving eggs with multiple methods. https://homesteadingfamily.com/Eggs_YT
- 5 Steps to a Healthy Garden - Get an explanation of what makes healthy soil and 5 steps you can take to improve your garden. https://homesteadingfamily.com/5StepsGardenYT
- Fearless Fermenting- A simple guide on basic lacto-ferments. https://homesteadingfamily.com/FF_YT
- Fermenting Tomatoes - Easiest and fastest tomato preservation: https://homesteadingfamily.com/FT_YT
- Preserving Culinary Herbs - Downloadable, step-by-step directions to drying, freezing, and salting culinary herbs. https://homesteadingfamily.com/PCH_YT
- Render Your Own Lard - Grab these easy instructions on how to render your own lard. https://homesteadingfamily.com/RYL_YT

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