We’re sisters with a shared dream: to create a welcoming space for dreamers, quiet backyard chicken keepers, collectors of forgotten skills, industrious gardeners, and the endlessly curious.
This is a gathering place for anyone who longs to live more sustainably and stay rooted in the community they call home. To us, homesteading isn’t measured by acres of land or a barn full of animals—it’s a way of bringing intention and meaning into everyday life. It’s also a way to push back against loneliness by connecting with others, sharing knowledge, and weaving community through simple, everyday acts.
A modern homesteader might be someone growing herbs on a windowsill, experimenting with cheesemaking in the kitchen, meeting friends for a knitting class, trading tools with neighbors, or tending a small plot at the community garden.
This is the face of today’s homesteader: people just like you.
Do what you can, right where you are—and find joy, connection, and belonging along the way.
Are Heritage Turkeys Really Better
Turkeys, in my opinion, are some of the easiest animals to raise and overwinter, although I'm not going to claim they are the smartest animals. I've owned Broad-breasted Whites, Narragansett, Bourbon Reds, and some mixed heritage breeds, in varying degrees of...
When Fences Fail
Now I know we all have an idealized view of homesteading, at least I did! Chickens and turkeys meandering in your spring green lawn, happily eating bugs and vegetation. Perhaps some lambs and goats frolicking around your fields while you're faithful dog guards them...
Saving Money on the Homestead!
One of my reasons for homesteading was to simplify, slow down, and make the things I did more meaningful and grounded; I wanted an authentic life. Being 'authentic' for me, meant I didn't want to be part of the rampant culture of excess and consumerism. Don't get...
Top-Bar Beehive Plans
I've always wanted to keep bees. When I was planning my homestead, beekeeping was at the top of my want to do list. Keeping bees fit some idealistic fantasy I had about homesteading, I pictured a peaceful hive busily buzzing around my yard, somewhat near my garden...
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
I really love to bake, the process of baking is my zen moment in a hectic and busy day. I love to bake pretty much anything. Sometimes, I like the baking process more than actually eating what I make, I swear. This is one of those recipes. My husband really...
How to Grow Basil – Everything You Need To Know
 Basil makes me happy. It's amazing how one little plant can create a giddy summertime feel in me. Basil to me, is a little bit of a hot summer day followed by drinks on the porch in the evening. Basil is present in almost...
Cold-Weather Rabbit Hutch Plans
Now, I know it's almost spring, the snow is almost gone, maybe not at my house but at most peoples. So why am I talking about cold-weather rabbit hutches when it's spring? Most people when they start out raising meat rabbits will get their first rabbits in the...
How to Grow the Best Garlic
Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world and has been highly valued throughout the ages as a culinary spice. Garlic is a hardy perennial belonging to the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae); other members of this family...
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~ Jessica & April