#homesteaders

[sayhowdycountrycritters]

Working on fencing around the new garden plot with hubby, @sayhelloanimalfriends , and pups, Atlas & Ajax.

#me #farm life #clown husband #farm work #rural life #atlas #ajax #homesteaders #soil revitalization

[st-hubertus]

Homesteaders by John Philip Falter

#naturecore #homesteaders #homesteading #wagon #americana #american art

[callmemrscarter]

🌞🌻Farmer’s Market👩🏽‍🌾🌾

My husband and I found a new favorite spot today 🥰✨

#homemade #homegrown #farmer’s market #local harvest #fresh produce #fresh meat #fresh food #support farmers #husband and wife #homesteaders #homesteading #farmers #farming

[homesteadsissies]

Weekly Update: 4.13.24

It was one of those unexpectedly difficult weeks. Apparently, our nephew brought home a germ from a family Springfield trip, and it has been working its way around our family. At the same time, both of our folks are dealing with what appear to be overuse injuries — and both are either having to rest or move more slowly than usual. We did our best to stay positive as we tried to get a few things…

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#adventure #Camping #christianity #country living #diy #diy build #fireflies #homestead #homesteaders #missouri #ozark #ozarks #prepper #tiny house #wall tent

[backroadshomesteading]

Hello, fellow homesteaders and curious minds! This week at Backroads Homesteading, we've had a whirlwind of activities.

#BackroadsHomesteading #HomesteadingLife #Gardening #ElectricalWork #SolarEclipse #HomesteadGarden #DIYProjects #SustainableLiving #CountryLife #SelfSufficiency #Homesteaders #GardenPreparation #EclipseExperience #NatureWonder #RuralLiving #HomesteadingJourney #GrowYourOwn #HomeImprovement #CommunityGathering #OutdoorAdventures #PlantingSeason #HomeElectrical #CelestialEvent #HomesteadCommunity #LivingOffTheLand #Youtube

[floydfamilyhomestead]

How to Season your Cast Iron Skillet

What is the best oil to use to season your cast iron?What is the best way to season your cast iron?How often should you season your cast iron pans? As any great chef will tell you a great cast iron skillet will last you a lifetime… IF you take care of it properly. If you do not have a cast iron skillet, you can get one here. I use my cast iron skillet on a regular basis. It has become a staple…

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#cast iron #home cooking #homestead cooking #Homesteaders #homesteading #seasoning #Urban Homesteading

[caribbeanvibesblog]

MOBILE HOME LIVING ON A BUDGET || REMODELING AND COOKING IN THE NEW KITC...

#youtube #cuban #puerto rican #dominican #homesteaders #cuba #puerto rico #dominican republic

[halbertfarm]

~Meet the Pigs Series~⁠ ⁠ Meet Midnight! I absolutely love this photo I got. He is really hard to get pictures of being solid black and I finally got him with some detail! ⁠ ⁠ He is Timber's half brother from the same litter. You might think, "How is that possible?" His mom Amaretto had 8 piglets, 7 of them had one dad Kenny who was a Tuahuru and little Midnight had a completely different dad who was named Believe the Hype and was a Tutaki! We DNA test all piglets and this how we know "who the daddy" is. ⁠ ⁠ If you have been following all my posts. I started the Meet the Pigs Series at the start of February and today you have officially met all 24 of our pigs! To recap, we have 8 boars covering 7 bloodlines and 14 breeding females covering 10 bloodlines and 2 house pigs, Ripley and Riley, who are both spayed. Thank you so much for following along! ⁠ ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ ⁠ #mixedfarming #raisingpigs #kunekunepigsofinstagram #smallfarming #farmadventures #homesteadingskills #kunekunepig #rarebreeds #kunekunepigs #pigsofinsta #farmlifeisthebestlife #happypig #homesteaders #farmsofinstagram #smallfarms #kunekune #farmphotography #localfarmers #animalfarm #piglife #lifeonthefarm #pigstagram #piglets #homesteadlife #smallfarm #rarebreed #farminglife #farmerlife #farms #pigsofinstagram (at Halbert Farm Kunekune Pigs) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-vKsNOC8Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mixedfarming #raisingpigs #kunekunepigsofinstagram #smallfarming #farmadventures #homesteadingskills #kunekunepig #rarebreeds #kunekunepigs #pigsofinsta #farmlifeisthebestlife #happypig #homesteaders #farmsofinstagram #smallfarms #kunekune #farmphotography #localfarmers #animalfarm #piglife #lifeonthefarm #pigstagram #piglets #homesteadlife #smallfarm #rarebreed #farminglife #farmerlife #farms #pigsofinstagram

[alamorcd]

Our Agri-Land Resource Workshop is going STRONG today in Seguin! We had 35 wonderful participants and the Speakers are doing a great job! More will be posted later!! ❤️👍👍👍👍👍❤️ THANK YOU to all who made this event a success! ❤️👍👍👍👍👍❤️ #agriculture #waterlandyou #farmers #ranchers #producers #farm #ranch #homesteaders #usda #nrcs #arcdoutreach #agri #texas #helpingothers #infoforyou #workshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgJ8JYuaSj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#agriculture #waterlandyou #farmers #ranchers #producers #farm #ranch #homesteaders #usda #nrcs #arcdoutreach #agri #texas #helpingothers #infoforyou #workshop

[southdakotagirl1966]

ghosts & ruins...

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#@andywarhol #@manaparker #@southdakota #@willagovoni #abandoned buildings #abandoned farmhouse #abandoned farmhouses #andy warhol #countrylife #ghosts #homesteaders #mana parker #prairie #ruins #rural life #silentfilmstars #southdakota #Vermontartist #willa govoni

[samwisethewitch]

Homemaking, gardening, and self-sufficiency resources that won't radicalize you into a hate group

It seems like self-sufficiency and homemaking skills are blowing up right now. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the current economic crisis, a lot of folks, especially young people, are looking to develop skills that will help them be a little bit less dependent on our consumerist economy. And I think that's generally a good thing. I think more of us should know how to cook a meal from scratch, grow our own vegetables, and mend our own clothes. Those are good skills to have.

Unfortunately, these "self-sufficiency" skills are often used as a recruiting tactic by white supremacists, TERFs, and other hate groups. They become a way to reconnect to or relive the "good old days," a romanticized (false) past before modern society and civil rights. And for a lot of people, these skills are inseparably connected to their politics and may even be used as a tool to indoctrinate new people.

In the spirit of building safe communities, here's a complete list of the safe resources I've found for learning homemaking, gardening, and related skills. Safe for me means queer- and trans-friendly, inclusive of different races and cultures, does not contain Christian preaching, and does not contain white supremacist or TERF dog whistles.

Homemaking/Housekeeping/Caring for your home:

Making It by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen [book] (The big crunchy household DIY book; includes every level of self-sufficiency from making your own toothpaste and laundry soap to setting up raised beds to butchering a chicken. Authors are explicitly left-leaning.)

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust [book] (A guide to simple home repair tasks, written with rentals in mind; very compassionate and accessible language.)

How To Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis [book] (The book about cleaning and housework for people who get overwhelmed by cleaning and housework, based on the premise that messiness is not a moral failing; disability and neurodivergence friendly; genuinely changed how I approach cleaning tasks.)

Gardening

Rebel Gardening by Alessandro Vitale [book] (Really great introduction to urban gardening; explicitly discusses renter-friendly garden designs in small spaces; lots of DIY solutions using recycled materials; note that the author lives in England, so check if plants are invasive in your area before putting them in the ground.)

Country/Rural Living:

Woodsqueer by Gretchen Legler [book] (Memoir of a lesbian who lives and works on a rural farm in Maine with her wife; does a good job of showing what it's like to be queer in a rural space; CW for mentions of domestic violence, infidelity/cheating, and internalized homophobia)

"Debunking the Off-Grid Fantasy" by Maggie Mae Fish [video essay] (Deconstructs the off-grid lifestyle and the myth of self-reliance)

Sewing/Mending:

Annika Victoria [YouTube channel] (No longer active, but their videos are still a great resource for anyone learning to sew; check out the beginner project playlist to start. This is where I learned a lot of what I know about sewing.)

Make, Sew, and Mend by Bernadette Banner [book] (A very thorough written introduction to hand-sewing, written by a clothing historian; lots of fun garment history facts; explicitly inclusive of BIPOC, queer, and trans sewists.)

Sustainability/Land Stewardship

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer [book] (Most of you have probably already read this one or had it recommended to you, but it really is that good; excellent example of how traditional animist beliefs -- in this case, indigenous American beliefs -- can exist in healthy symbiosis with science; more philosophy than how-to, but a great foundational resource.)

Wild Witchcraft by Rebecca Beyer [book] (This one is for my fellow witches; one of my favorite witchcraft books, and an excellent example of a place-based practice deeply rooted in the land.)

Avoiding the "Crunchy to Alt Right Pipeline"

Note: the "crunchy to alt-right pipeline" is a term used to describe how white supremacists and other far right groups use "crunchy" spaces (i.e., spaces dedicated to farming, homemaking, alternative medicine, simple living/slow living, etc.) to recruit and indoctrinate people into their movements. Knowing how this recruitment works can help you recognize it when you do encounter it and avoid being influenced by it.

"The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline" by Kathleen Belew [magazine article] (Good, short introduction to this issue and its history.)

Sisters in Hate by Seyward Darby (I feel like I need to give a content warning: this book contains explicit descriptions of racism, white supremacy, and Neo Nazis, and it's a very difficult read, but it really is a great, in-depth breakdown of the role women play in the alt-right; also explicitly addresses the crunchy to alt-right pipeline.)

These are just the resources I've personally found helpful, so if anyone else has any they want to add, please, please do!

#homemaking #homemaking resources #gardening #urban gardening #self sufficiency #self sufficient living #sustainability #sustainable living #homesteading #nontrad homemaker #nontrad housewife #urban homesteading #solarpunk #cottagecore #kitchen witch #kitchen witchcraft #crunchy to alt right pipeline #book rec #book recommendations #resource #long post #mine #racism tw #racism mention #transphobia tw #transphobia mention

[spinkle1]

How we heat our house on the homestead #canadianhomesteaders

#youtube #homestead #homesteaders #coldclimate

[creatingasimplerlife]

Let it snow!!! The first heavy snow of the season! #offgridliving #offgridhomestead #adirondacks #adirondackmountains #lovemylife #letitsnow #homesteadlife #homesteaders (at The Adirondacks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmPTY-6OJZg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#offgridliving #offgridhomestead #adirondacks #adirondackmountains #lovemylife #letitsnow #homesteadlife #homesteaders

[warmcupoflemontea]

#calmness #countryside #cottagecore #nature #slowlife #home #homestead #spring #natural fabric #march

[ginger-by-the-sea]

#cabin by the lake #log cabin #forest dark and deep #homesteading

[akwardkisses]

In an effort to not waste any of this abundance I've been stewing and canning tomatoes with zucchini. I finally managed to get through the rest of my plum tomatoes and zucchini but as you can see from the pictures I have quite a few cherry tomatoes still in the process of ripening. There are only so many tomatoes a person can eat in a day so I had no choice but to preserve them as best I can. These stewed tomatoes are not only absolutely gorgeous but delicious too. Shockingly so because I didn't do anything fancy. I just threw them in a pot and added onion, garlic, and salt. In the depths of winter these will taste like sunshine. They're so pretty they make me happy just to look at them. Have a beautiful Tuesday my friends. Stay safe, stay well #poverty_hill #homestead #homesteading #homesteaders #canning #canningjars #canningjarfairy #canningseason #canningallthethings #frugalcooking #frugallife #wastenothing #wastenotwantnot #sunshineinajar #ruralpa #countryliving #simplelife #simplepleasures #slowliving #slowfood #realfood #homemade #homegrown #homegrowntastesbetter #myhappyplace #myhappylife (at Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjBIeSoOY62/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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