homestead highlight

Angela England – Mother of five living in rural Oklahoma with her husband and five children, Angela is the Founder of Untrained Housewife. She is the author of Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) (Alpha Books, 2013) and when she gets away from home, it’s usually to speak at a blog conference. She loves empowering others with whatever is the next step on their self-sufficiency journey but calls herself a get-it-done’ist, not a purist.

Today I am sharing my own Homestead Highlight and my family’s experience in this adventure of backyard farming. The experience of homesteading, and the process of sharing that experience in this space has inspired me and encouraged me in so many ways.  I thank you for reading and sharing here in this space.  As a thank you, I would like to announce that starting Monday, I am releasing my first ebook: The Modern Homestead: A Guide to Starting Your Journey.

Sarah and her family are learning to be more self-sufficient, step-by-step, though gardening, animal husbandry, and by making things from scratch on a quarter-acre in a small California gold-rush town. She lives with her husband, young daughter, chickens, hives of honeybees, and a herd of French angora rabbits at Frühlingskabine Micro-Farm. Frühlingskabine Micro-Farm websiteFrühlingskabine’s Etsy Shop

 Rob has a small 1/3 acre homestead in Waterford, Connecticut where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He is attempting to organically grow as much of their own food as possible while learning all he can about biointensive growing methods, micro eco-farming, and natural farming so he can purchase a larger piece of property and run a small organic farm. He is an architectural designer, furniture maker, amateur photographer, and nature lover. He blogs about his growing experiences at Bepas Garden  (http://bepasgarden.blogspot.com).

Christine has a small, urban homestead in Cleveland, Ohio where she gardens and practices simple living skills that she hopes to use on a larger scale in the coming years.  Christine is a permaculturist, nature lover, and simple living advocate with a Master’s degree in biology.  She blogs about these things and more at: theselightfootsteps.com.  

I have always dreamed of having chickens, when our family bought our first home in Coastal Maine I knew my dream was going to become a reality. It started out with 4 Beautiful Rhode Island Reds and has quickly grown to non-traditional breeds; one being my favorite the “Duccle.” 

It wasn’t just about having the eggs for us, it was bug control, the eggs are just another benefit. We quickly found when digging in our sandy soil that it was grub infested and lacked nutrients. So here is where the chickens came a huge part of our home. Most would say they despise the fact that chickens can be destructive and scratch the ground where ever they please. I happen to love the fact there aerating our soil, it will make my job a lot easier to tend come next spring. 

Hello homesteaders! Tammy here from Our Neck of the Woods. I was thrilled when I was asked by Gretchen to have our homestead featured on The Backyard Farming Connection’s Homestead Highlight. Here’s a little bit about us:

My husband, David, and I moved from the city to the country in May 2011. We live on 20 wooded acres and love working on our homestead. You can follow our adventures on our blog Our Neck of the Woods or on Facebook at http://facebook.com/baranifarm.