Homestead Hangouts

Join us for a visit to Hawthorn Farm, an 8-acre community teaching farm. Alexia shares with us how they are transforming suburbia into a permaculture paradise. Beware: lots of goat and pony footage!

Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to live sustainably long term? Or what it’s like to homestead after retirement? We talk about these things and much more on our field trip to the homestead of our good friends Peter and Mary.

A recording of our LIVE Homestead Hangout in July. We talked about our journey with sustainable living, recent and upcoming projects, plus answered questions from neighbors like you.

Watch a recording of our first ever LIVE Homestead Hangout! We talked about our journey with sustainable living and answered questions from neighbors like you.

In this monthly series we give a glimpse into our own homesteading activities. March highlights include exciting progress on home improvement projects, signs of spring, and planting the first garden seeds. Plus an important announcement.

In this monthly series we give a glimpse into our own homesteading activities. February highlights include a big milestone in Julie’s cancer recovery, bobcat visits, and finally starting the guest room makeover.

In this monthly series we give a glimpse into our own homesteading activities. January highlights include how we and the local wildlife are dealing with winter weather, planting our living Christmas tree, adventures in sourdough and the launch of our new Quick Start series.

In this monthly series we update you on the highlights from our own homesteading activities. December was all about adapting when plans and projects didn’t unfold as expected.

In this monthly series we update you on the highlights from our own homesteading activities. In November we dealt with autumn leaves, and learned to pressure can.

In this monthly series we update you on the highlights from our own homesteading activities. In October we covered our vegetable gardens, planted garlic, had a few visits from a black bear and prepared for the cold, dark months ahead.

In this monthly series we update you on the highlights from our own homesteading activities. In September we went foraging for mushrooms, did a DIY kitchen vent hood install, had a berry exciting visitor and started our fall garden.

This is the August edition of our monthly series where we give the highlights of what’s been happening on our own homestead. In this edition you will get to enjoy the wild babies still using our land as well as the latest developments in our garden growing mystery.

This is part 2 in a series where we take you to Alderleaf Wilderness College. If you haven't yet checked out part 1, be sure to start there. In this post co-founder Jason talks about how they used a permaculture approach to turn their property in a thriving homestead.

We cover what is going well in the garden and what isn’t, talk about crafting plans for fall, plus lots of exciting wildlife moments.

Take a field trip to Alderleaf Wilderness College and Farm! We covered so much on our visit that we will be sharing it in installments. This week learn more about Jason, the co-founder, and what they do.

While record temperatures and mysteriously stunted gardens made June our most challenging month yet on this homestead, we did have some fun surprises too.

Things are going wild inside and outside the garden this month! Julie and Kevin share with you the latest developments including surprising game cam footage, wine cap mushroom bed update, and how to keep slugs from eating your plants.

Stinging Nettles are a wonderful leafy green vegetable with a rich history. But how do you harvest and eat this plant without getting stung?