Archive for the Homesteading Category

When properly planned, a 4 acre homestead layout can produce almost all your food. The thought of living on my own land by being able to generate most of what I needed to maintain my life was too appealing to pass up. I knew a little when I got started, and I learned the rest from homesteading books, and helping out at friends’ farms.

A smart 2 acre homestead layout can give you a great farm that offers a variety of produce and livestock, without being too difficult to manage. You might think you need a larger piece of land to be self-sufficient, but a farm this size has the space to grow fruits, vegetables, and grains, and raise four types of animals: bees, chickens, ducks, and goats.

Learning how to farm my property by creating a 3 acre homestead layout to grow, produce, and raise livestock on my own land was hands down one of the best choices I’ve made.

There’s nothing I love more than a hot dinner fresh from the grill, and developing this 2.5 acre homestead layout has enabled me to harvest all of the fresh fruits and veggies I love to use in my cooking.

I would have loved having more access to practical design tips at the beginning of my homesteading journey, so, since the 1.5 acre homestead layout I created on my own land has worked so successfully, I decided to share some of the tips I’ve learned along the way to help fellow homesteaders speed up their creation process.