Need a Change? Homestead Your Home

Homestead Your Home
To begin, do a little research on homesteading. Check out books from the library or dig into YouTube. Are you looking to increase the amount of food you grow yourself? Is off the grid living your ultimate goal? How about raising livestock for milk, eggs and meat? Does the idea of keeping bees intrigue or frighten you?
What is a Homestead
So, what is a homestead? It can be a loft apartment with a window-ledge herb garden or an off-the-grid twenty acre spread off the beaten path. The commonality is the drive to make it happen. To homestead your home, look at your environment and decide how to incorporate self-reliance techniques into your life. A small container garden could reduce your dependence on salad greens and perennial herbs grown on factory farms half-way across the country. Using laundry soap you made yourself removes chemicals from drinking water further down the water chain. Having a flock of six chickens in the backyard is enough to provide plenty of eggs for not only yourself but your neighbors as well. It's all about small steps, taken one at a time and in moderation.
Why Homestead Your House

So why homestead your house? You can do all of these things, but by deciding to homestead your home to produce these things yourself, you are taking personal responsibility for your consumption and reducing the carbon footprint. Homestead living is a way to reconnect with the environment and raise the next generation of stewards on a planet that desperately needs change if it is going to survive. By removing the yoke of consumerism you will spend less by default, taking steps to remove yourself from the credit-based economy that is causing havoc and isn't leading us anywhere good.
Homestead Living
Dedicating even a portion of your life to homestead living creates an immense impact on our environment. The old saying was to think globally and act locally. By taking a step on the path of self-reliance, no matter where you live, you are saying to yourself and your community that you can do better. There is plenty of material out there on how to take these steps and all it takes is the curiosity and drive to make change happen.
I'd love to hear what tips you have for homestead living and ways to homestead your home wherever you live.
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