41 Ways to Start Homesteading Without Land
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Homesteading without LAND? Yes!!
Homesteading in an apartment? Yes!!
Homesteading is a state of mind – choosing to become more of a creator and less of a consumer.
Even if you’ll never have a piece of land, there are dozens of ways you can lead a homesteading life to benefit you and your family and enrich your daily life.
Here are 41 ideas, along with resources, to help you live a more intentional lifestyle. Use these recommendations to help you take the next few steps towards embracing a homesteading mentality: skills to learn, projects to research and tackle, cleaning and beauty products or herbal remedies to make, ways to be more local-focused.
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41 Ways to Start Homesteading Without Land
Use these recommendations to help you take the next few steps towards embracing a homesteading mentality: skills to learn, projects to research and tackle, cleaning and beauty products or herbal remedies to make, ways to be more local-focused.
- Learn to cook from scratch
- Learn to bake sourdough
- Grow microgreens
- Brew kombucha
- Shop farmers markets
- Identify local farms/farmers, form a relationship
- Barter farm work for farm products
- Stock up on local produce: ask about seconds or extras and learn to preserve them
- Learn to can: water bath + pressure canning
- Learn to dehydrate
- Learn to ferment
- Make soap
- Make beeswax candles
- Make cleaning supplies
- Make body care products
- Learn about herbal remedies and make them
- Learn about essential oils and use them
- Join a community garden
- Make a deal with a friend to start a garden in their yard or on their land
- Practice guerilla gardening
- Learn to forage for food
- Learn to knit or crochet
- Learn to sew
- Learn to mend
- Buy raw milk and make butter
- Make cheese: start with easy one like chevre or mozzarella
- Buy beef bones and make broth
- Buy chicken backs/necks/feet and make broth
- Learn to cook organ meats
- Grow lemons (indoors)
- Learn woodworking/building/power tools
- Learn how to weld
- Learn electrical skills
- Learn plumbing skills
- Tour local farms
- Read gardening books
- Read farming memoirs
- Read how-to books
- Watch documentaries
- Pay down debt
- Save for land
- Educate yourself on best locations and features to look for in a homestead property
If you have a yard or a little bit of land:
- Start a garden (start small!)
- Keep bees
- Plant a fruit tree
- Plant berries
- Raise a few laying hens for eggs
- Start a compost pile
Our family has made many of the mistakes that are easy to fall into through this process of learning and experimenting, and my goal is to impart the GOOD stuff to YOU, so you can avoid those pitfalls on your homesteading journey!
Perhaps you DO have a path toward your own land, and want this prep list to keep you focused on the dream. I encourage you to be bold and jump into learning and practicing and don’t let this list overwhelm you.
Instead, select one or two new ideas at a time to tackle to take charge of your family’s lifestyle.
Have you decided which of these ideas is the NEXT homesteading skill you are going to start working toward this year?
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