Everyone told me you needed acres and acres to grow enough food for a family. The homesteading books made it sound like you’d need half your property in production, minimum. So when we were planning our garden the first spring, I sketched out elaborate plots covering most of our cleared land. Ben took one look…
“We should probably eat this before it expires,” Ben said, holding up a can of green beans from our emergency stash. The date stamped on top read March 2019. It was now October 2023. That was my first clue that building a 30-day emergency food stockpile for beginners might be more complicated than I’d thought….
I used to think you needed acres and acres to grow anything meaningful. Turns out I was completely wrong about how to start homesteading in a small backyard. How to Start Homesteading in a Small Backyard The biggest mistake I made was thinking small meant settling for less. What You Need to Start Homesteading Here’s…
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