Your First 5 Steps to Starting a Homesteading Journey

When you're ready to start taking your homesteading journey seriously and begin increasing your self-sufficiency, there are certain skills you really need to learn first. Here are the first five steps to start your homesteading journey.

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[annsmith]

Debt free here! Went out for a little celebration, then came home and looked over other monthly bills, to get rid of more unnecessary output. Definitely is a liberating feeling!

[littlebird]

A producer not just a consumer, perfect statement. Growing what you can wherever you live is right.

[CelticRootsFarm]

Start now! No reason to wait for the “ideal situation” comes along. 5 years ago, we had SO MANY people tell us we were crazy for wanting to homestead. With the way the world is going now… Many of those same people are now kicking themselves that they didn’t start themselves. Blessings! 🙏❤️🙏

[RockRoamer]

For people who are new to the concept of self sufficiency it can be quite confusing at times. Thank you for somehow being the one who explains in a way that I understand easily. I've gone back and watched many videos you put out long before I found your channel just because you've taught me so much. I was raised a Chicago suburb girl who ended up in the Colorado Rocky's and it's taken me over a decade to just be able to bake right much less realize all the options nature here offers. I'd been cluelessly living amongst Juniper, Montmorency Cherry and Nanking Cherry trees for years! Now that I know what I can do with the fruits of my own yard teachers like you have been such a big help.

[angelat]

Thank you for that wake up call :). I‘m having a hard time bringing myself to do something usefull when its cold and dark, this video helps getting up from the couch!

[HeyJordanRae]

Love what you said about homesteading being a mindset! Also… Time management… that’s the big one! 🙌

[kalapedersen]

How have you learned so much in one lifetime! You and your family are amazing. What a blessing!
I am also a Idahoan for many generations.
Much love to you and yours.

[nancycarney]

I have 1 1/2 acre property. We cannot have livestock but we can have a HUGE garden. I have only been canning and pantry storing for about 10 months. I did can your beef stew. Oh my goodness! It was amazing.

[erikpearson]

Excellent video and excellent philosophy. My wife and I live in the city, but we live like we are on a country homestead with growing as much of our own food as we can, preserving, eating seasonally and maintaining backups for water, heating, etc. Homesteading really is a state of mind.

[samanthafoxxx]

I so needed this… I recently moved from Miami😳 to the middle of nowhere on 5 acres (it has been an adjustment to say the least) but have felt really lost on where to even begin, so I have just been hiding indoors from all the bugs & critters🪲🪰🐍 But I do feel like this has giving me the direction I needed, thank you & God bless you & your homestead♥️

[ashleym.]

crock pot meals are a great start for the kitchen scratch idea, and a cast iron skillet. <3

[katiedavis]

Get up with an alarm, for me thats when the sun rises. In the winter thats a bit of a sleep in. In the summer its nice and early. An alarm clock is an unnatural way to rise.

[amandalashley]

Great tips, I won't ever be able to full on homestead because of health issues, but I'm trying to incorporate homesteading in my daily life where I can and when I have the energy. I already cook from scratch but I need to work more on cooking seasonally. I grew my first garden last year, just celery that I started from kitchen scraps and tomatoes I started from seed. But that was all I could handle. I do plan to expand my garden this year I'm going to try growing zucchini, peas, and pumpkins as well as tomatoes and celery. I also buy bulk produce and preserve it, so far I just freeze or dehydrate, I'm still a little bit terrified of pressure canning and haven't had the energy to try to figure it out, maybe this year I'll finally learn.

[elizabowman]

I have garlic, green onions and carrot in my apartment windowsill. I don't have the mindset or commitment of a homesteader but it's a long term goal. Wish everyone the best of luck and keep trying.

[modernhomesteadalaska]

Great ideas! We moved to scratch made 2 years ago. It takes a while to completely move away from easy.

[paula.]

As usual, sound advice and wonderful information. Thank you for all you do. ❤🙏

[darsmith]

We moved to very rural east central Alabama about 20 years ago! Love it! We are not anywhere near being finished with establishing our home We do not go into debt, thank you! And we save! With every pay cycle, we save. We tithe to ourselves. We also gift back to our community. LOL What happened to my train of thought?!?!?! Oh, foods that are labeled "mix". Yep, I was taken back by how many good souls use self-rising! We have ground grains for 20 years. Ezekiel's bread <3 <3 <3 Thank you for the good conversation!!!! :) :) :) <3

[JustJudy]

A very motivating video, Caroline, thank you 💕🙏

[fouracrefamily]

I’m a homesteader and I approve this message! All excellent and great advice!

[stewey]

one of the points of homesteading is independence. A credit card and debt makes you dependent on your bank, and debt is like a drug. It feels nice in the short term, but then you get used to that standard of living and need more and more until your under a mountain of desperation and not independent at all. say no to debt under all circumstances.