Living the Homestead Life Becoming Self Sufficient One Day At A Time

Because I know there are many others out there that would love to learn the basics of self sufficiency I'm going to make a list of resources for learning and acquiring the necessary information to become self sufficient and live the homesteading life yourself.

Reflecting back I've come to realize that living the homestead life is a process of becoming self sufficient. When I first started this journey, I had no idea goats had no upper teeth, how to make bread from scratch, whether you needed a rooster to get chicken eggs, how to incubate and raise baby chicks, or how to do so many things that I have learned over the last seven years.

Living The Homestead Life. 38 likes. Living the homestead life, the trials, the joys, the amazing glimpses into a world that is fast slipping away. http://www.hartnana.com

SECRET Fertilizer :) My 'fertilizing cocktail' consists of mixing 1/2 bottle of cheap beer, 1 tablespoon of Epson salts, and 2 tablespoons of fish emulsion in a watering can (1-2 gallons). I do this to ALL my vegetable, flowers, and indoor plants. You will definitely notice the difference in a few weeks!

Homesteading Today is an online forum and community of individuals who are getting back-to-the-land practicing sustainable, agricultural, ecologically sound, do-it-yourself, self-sufficient lifestyles.

Check us out at: http://www.urbanhomestead.org The Dervaes Family on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dervaes The Urban Homestead on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/urbanhomestead For more on the film: http://www.homegrownrevolution.com To purchase a copy for public screening: http://www.peddlerswagon.com/p-282-homegrown-revolution.aspx ~~~~~ This film features: Jules Dervaes, Justin Dervaes, Anais Dervaes and Jordanne Dervaes Homegrown Revolution is a short introduction to the homegrown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability.

Check out FRESH, the documentary that stars Joel Salatin, at www.FRESHthemovie.com. Joel Salatin writes in his website that he is "in the redemption business: healing the land, healing the food, healing the economy, and healing the culture." And if you visited his farm, you'd know he means it & lives it!

I love goats. A while back there was a contest to raise money for a local charity where people had to vote on who would have to kiss a goat. When I saw it I thought, "Heck, I'd do it for free." But that is me, not everyone loves goats like I do I suppose.