25 Ideas To Help You Start Homesteading

Here is a list of ‘Casual Homestead’ ideas that can start you on your journey. These small ideas help connect you with community, nature and sometimes yourself. You don’t need to do them all, nor all at the same time. Pick what fits your lifestyle and where you live. The point of casual homesteading is to enjoy what you do and add things as you have time. So let’s get started!

25 Ideas To Help You Get Started

1. Start a compost pile out of kitchen scraps and lawn clippings.
2. Plant a pot of herbs for your windowsill.
3. Get a few chickens for eggs.
4. Make some jam out of local berries or berries from the store.
5. Start a beehive, or share a beehive with a friend.
6. Make a garden bed. One at a time and add to it as you need or want.
7. Plant some tomatoes or go to a greenhouse and buy some starts. Put them somewhere sunny and hot.
8. Get some meat rabbits. They’re quiet and their poo is good fertilizer for your plants.
9. Plant an apple tree, blueberry bush or a few raspberry plants. Delicious!
10. Make some sauerkraut with cabbage from your local farmers market or you grow your own.
11. Grow kale! Super easy to grow, healthy, and makes you feel like a gardening god!
12. Join a CSA  (Community Supported Agriculture)  from a local farm and start cooking.
13.  Look up the cooperative extension office in your town and sign up to take a Master Gardening class!
14. Join a community garden. You get to grow your own food, socialize with neighbors, and get some exercise. A win all the way around.
15. Volunteer at a local farm. Explore and talk to like-minded people
16. Plant some peas. Kids love them fresh and they’re fun to pick.
17. Start baking. Start simple, cookies, pizza dough or cornbread from scratch. Pretty soon you’ll be amazed at yourself.
18. Ferment some Kombucha. All it takes is sugar, tea, a SCOBY, and time.
19. Make some applesauce.
20. Crochet or knit some colorful pot holders for yourself or as gifts for friends.
21. Plant some flowers because they are beautiful, nasturtiums and sweet peas are wonderful things to start with.
22. Learn to make a simple goat cheese.
23. Try your hand at making granola.
24. Take a class on what you are interested in. Farms, Folk Schools, and Universities are all great places to take evening or weekend classes.
25. Sign up for this blog and start homesteading today!

Homesteading is partly a state of mind and can become a way of life. Try one thing a month and then one thing a week, pretty soon it will be your way of life too.