A lifestyle of simple self-sufficiency.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Jordythegunguy on 2025-01-23 13:20:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/PreparationShort9387 on 2025-01-22 12:46:34+00:00.

The €€€ I paid for seeds and stuff just to learn what works and what doesn't. The litres of milk gone bad because my experiments of making cheese and joghurt didn't work out. The amount of food I threw away because I didn't know how to meal plan or cook it.

Do you sometimes think that it's sad your parents didn't teach you stuff? Especially when they grew up on a farm or practiced this knowledge in childhood but decided to switch everything for convenience products and a city life?

What helps me is that my kids will be taught my knowledge and they can decide what to do with it.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Jordythegunguy on 2025-01-21 14:23:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Jeyco007 on 2025-01-19 11:35:47+00:00.

It sounds so peaceful, right? The idea of living off the land, growing your own food, building a life from scratch. But the reality of homesteading is nothing like the dreamy picture in your head. It's a constant grind, an unrelenting cycle of work that never seems to end.

There’s always something that needs fixing—whether it’s the fence that blew over in the storm, the chickens that got out again, or the garden that refuses to grow the way you want. The work feels endless, and it’s hard to catch a break when everything relies on your hands and your time.

The most frustrating part? The isolation. It’s not that you don’t want people around, it’s just that the time and energy to make social plans doesn’t exist. When you’re focused on keeping animals fed, maintaining the house, and preserving food for the winter, everything else takes a backseat. You start to wonder if you’ve just signed up for a life of solitude.

But there are rewards too, right? Or at least that’s what you try to remind yourself. When the vegetables start to grow, or the chickens lay their eggs without issue, there’s a moment of pride. The satisfaction of seeing the seeds you planted turn into real food, the knowledge that you’ve created something with your own hands, feels fulfilling, even if it’s hard to appreciate in the middle of the chaos.

Still, some days it feels like you’re barely keeping up. The house is always a mess, the weeds keep coming back, and there’s no escaping the fact that you’re constantly tired. You hear people romanticize it, but they don’t see the exhaustion, the stress, and the never-ending pressure to keep everything going.

But you keep going, because that’s what homesteading is—just putting one foot in front of the other, day after day, even when it feels like too much. There’s a quiet sense of accomplishment in the struggle, a reminder that you’re building something real, something meaningful, even when it’s hard to see through the dirt and the mess.

Maybe that’s the point: you’re not just growing food, you’re growing resilience, too.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Arcedd on 2025-01-15 23:51:22+00:00.

My wife (f29) and I (m30) bought our first property together in eastern Manitoba (Canada) that has a modest 22 acres of mainly Poplar and Jack pine forest and it borders a small river on the North side of the property. We have well water and a septic tank as well as a hydro connection coming into the house. We are heated with electric but will be swapping to wood heat soon. There's a field that's approximately 100 m by 300 m big in front of the house that we have thought about using for farming. My trades are Arboriculture and carpentry And I'm fairly handy with plumbing as well. With all that in mind, my questions are as follows

1. What's the most economical way to generate power in order to get us off the grid (solar/ wind, etc)
2. If you were in my position, how would you generate income using the property while also sustaining yourself in the process?
3. What are some common pitfalls and traps that may not otherwise be obvious to the average homesteader so that I may avoid them myself.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/FranksFarmstead on 2025-01-13 14:41:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/BetterEveryDayYT on 2025-01-12 05:09:34+00:00.

What was your experience?

If you purchased 'raw' land, and had to clear and potentially level it, hook it up for septic, well, and power, what were your costs and timeline?

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/daFLlife on 2025-01-10 14:36:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Jordythegunguy on 2025-01-08 13:25:25+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/homestead-dreaming on 2025-01-08 01:18:54+00:00.

It's an off market sale so we're doing a long lead time because the sellers are building elsewhere.

I've been planning/dreaming/hoping for years and years... I can't believe it's finally coming true!!

The land includes a house and two barns, and it's right next door to some very lovely people that I consider my chosen family. A stream is the property line between our properties... we're gonna need to build a bridge.

The bigger barn is kinda treacherous - from the 1930s, probably needs some rehab, with sketchy ladders to the second and third levels. I wouldn't put animals in there, but maybe I can grow some mushrooms someday?

My brain is absolutely swimming. Trying to get organized is crazy. What would you do if you knew you were 6 months out?

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Jordythegunguy on 2025-01-05 17:43:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/FranksFarmstead on 2025-01-05 19:10:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/ranegyr on 2025-01-05 17:24:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/bromancebladesmith on 2025-01-04 20:12:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Ok_Courage8896 on 2025-01-04 19:50:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/TomMelee on 2025-01-04 19:05:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/FranksFarmstead on 2025-01-04 14:22:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/More_Initiative3200 on 2025-01-02 15:07:11+00:00.

To everyone in the Southeast, be ready to record breaking cold weather in less than two weeks. Think “ the great Texas freeze” on a massive scale!

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Anvardos909 on 2025-01-01 02:09:59+00:00.

I plan to return to college, and most of my interests are mostly math and science. I'm thinking of pursuing a chemistry degree, and I'm wondering if that would be helpful in some way in farming, gardening, or homesteading.

Although I currently have no money, I hope to eventually earn money to buy land. What career do you think would be helpful for homesteading?

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Willing-Pineapple-32 on 2025-01-01 21:10:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/maddie_johnson on 2024-12-31 23:09:18+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Jordythegunguy on 2024-12-30 13:39:55+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/LurkerFailsLurking on 2024-12-29 05:53:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/Jordythegunguy on 2024-12-29 02:32:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homesteading by /u/IllSprinkles7864 on 2024-12-27 03:24:43+00:00.