Getting Started Homesteading
Homesteading Basics
Are you just getting started homesteading? Beginning your homesteading journey? (Or want to begin your homesteading journey?) We’re building a library of “Getting Started Homesteading” posts to get you on the right track. (Let me know if there’s a topic that you’d like covered, and I’ll do my best to help you out.)
General Homesteading
Become More Self-Reliant – Start Here
If You Only Get One Homesteading Book, This Should Be It
Gardening
New to Gardening – Start Here – Tips for Beginners
Getting Started with Herb Gardening
Getting Started Vermicomposting – Raising Worms
Food Preservation
New to Food Preserving – Start Here
Getting Started With Home Canning
Getting Started with Home Food Drying
Animal Husbandry
Top 7 Tips for First time Chicken Owners
How to Raise Chickens Cheaply – Tips for Raising Chickens on a Budget
Miscellaneous
Getting Started with Wood Heat – 5 Things You Should Know
Getting Started with Firearms – Part One
Getting Started with Firearms – Part Two
Involving Young Children in Homesteading
Still not sure how to get started homesteading?
Jill from The Prairie Homestead has a new e-book, Your Custom Homestead, designed to walk you through basic homestead planning step by step. Click here or on the image at left to view a free sample chapter and/or purchase the book.
I love this site!!!!!!!!!! I am excited to find a place to go for the things I have been trying to learn. I wish to be more self sufficient and look forward to reading and trying new things here. Thank you.
Anne Barnett
Welcome, Anne! Don’t hesitant to leave a comment here or on Facebook if you have any questions.
Just found your site today. I love it! Can’t wait to read more.
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Hello! We are so fortunate to have some things in place but I am struggling with getting us “ready” to make the big move. My husband works(and we live) in Fl right now but we are also purchasing owner-financed a home and 12 acres in Tn. Our budget currently allows this but we are so tight for anything else, i really need advice on how to slim down and store up. Should we decide to cut our ties here and go “whole hog” into our homestead where do we begin? Is it advisable to do this and cash in our 401k or sit tight until retirement in 7 yrs.?
Any advice will be welcomed and discussed
Thanks Laurie H.
Without knowing you and your situation better, I really can’t advise. The two of you really need to talk it over and decide what’s best for you.
Hi Laura..
Just came across your site when doing a search for Kombucha. You have a GREAT site!!!.. Have alot to read and meditate on as you have much info available. Thanks… Question, on the page about flavoring Kombucha, you have several grolsch style bottles with the flip tops. Do you have a source for buying them. Keep up the good work.
Blessings
jo
Jo-Ann,
I’m glad you’re enjoying the site. As for the grolsh style bottles, I picked mine up at a local home brewing store. Their website is currently down, otherwise I’d link. You may be able to find something similar in your area. Otherwise, Cultures for Health does sell them, or you can find them on Amazon or other online retailers.
What are the best growing lights to use for indoor plants? I’m looking for lights that are non hazardous to the environment and the people. Thank you.
Kathi – I haven’t looked into this, and haven’t seen anything on it. I do know that there are daylight spectrum LEDs available, and they are very bright for the wattage, but expensive.
Hi, I love the information on your site. I have a question I was wondering if you could help me out with. We recently purchased a 6 acre property with 4 different wells. All the wells have manual access, BUT my issue is that the water to the house has a sulfurous content. We are not sure yet if all the wells are the same, but can only assume. My question is if it is safe for consumption? (Human & animal.) We plan on getting ALL the wells tested to determine the exact content, but thought maybe you could give us a heads-up until then. Right now we are using a 5-gallon Absopure dispenser for cooking and drinking. Thanks, and again, cool site
Sulfur on its own is generally not a problem – our well water stinks like rotten eggs, but is perfectly safe to drink. A well test is a very good idea, as many country wells are now contaminated with various pollutants, especially on older properties with more shallow wells. In our area nitrates are a big concern, due to so many large dairy farms.
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Love your site, so many of your articles are helping me whip my garden into shape!