Does anyone else find that they get super revved up about homesteading when it’s the middle of winter and you can’t actually plant anything? Just me?
When it’s cold as anything outside and you want to scratch that homestead itch, here are seven winter activities for the apartment homestead to try.
Trying to figure out what skills you’ll need on your dream homestead? Here’s a great big list of homestead skills — more than 200 ideas! — to help you get started.
If you have an idea that isn’t on the list, please drop a comment and I’ll add it (with credit, of course)!
Table of Contents:
— Gardening
— Cooking
— Canning and Preserving
— Animals
— Crafts
— Handiwork
— Skills
— Finance
I spend a fair amount of time daydreaming about the homestead I’ll have one day. Thinking about all the things I’ll do, the skills I’ll have, foods I’ll eat — my homestead dream helps keep me going through the drudgery of ‘meetings that should’ve been emails.’
In my daydreams I magically know how to do all these things; in real life, of course, I need to actually learn them.
It’s tricky trying to figure out how to get from here to there, but I’m working on it! Here’s my guide for building my ideal homestead — really, for building my ideal life.
Grab a mug of something hot, a notepad and a pen (or a computer), and get ready to reflect…
