Podcast

Homestead Skills

Episode 129: What Homestead Skills Should You Learn to Save the Most Money?

What homestead skills are worth the time to learn? It's hard to decide which skills provide the best value and which ones will burn you out....
homestead business

Get Valuable Tips and the Logistics of Running a Homestead Business

Running a business can be challenging, but the logistics of running a homestead business can have you ready to throw in the towel....
Homestead Gift Ideas

Episode 127: Homestead Gift Ideas That Will Actually Get Used

Get a homesteaders perspective on homestead gift ideas that your friends and family will actually use and appreciate....
misconceptions about homesteading

Episode 126: Are there misconceptions about being a homesteader?

Do you feel people have misconceptions about what it means to homestead? Do you feel like you aren't meeting the bar with your homesteading?...
good food

Episode 125: Good Food and a Stubborn Wife Saved My Life

In a special episode, my husband, Ron Hanner, joins me to discuss why we began homesteading. We hope no one else ever has to face this story, but we are so happy that we have reached a place where we can hopefully help you embrace your journey toward self-sufficiency! When the American food system is broken, we share how we...
homestead ready

Episode 124: How to get our homestead ready for winter

No matter what climate you live in, you must prepare for harsher seasons. Learn how to get your homestead ready for winter....
boxtops

Episode 123: Should we boycott BoxTops for Education

I remember proudly bringing a ziplock baggie filled with cut-out boxtops to school to help fundraise, something that would now embarrass me....
Nation's Kids

Episode 122: Why Our Nation’s Kids Are Losing Their Jobs

Our nation's kids are being faced with a whole new problem that parents and educators have created. They are unhireable....
rural kids

Episode 121: Raise Them Rurally with Kody Hanner

There has been a lot of controversy over whether a rural childhood is better than an urban one. I'm here to say that, even though I'm happy right where I'm at in the country, it's all about how you raise them!...

Episode 120: Why we should be homeschooling our kids in today’s world

In today's world, our children face unprecedented challenges. Let's give them a true opportunity to learn through homeschool....
prepare

Episode 119: Are you sustainably prepared?

Stocking your basement with freeze-dried foods and bottled water isn't the worst idea, but would you be able to sustain your family when the basement is empty? Today, I'm sharing my thoughts on how to prepare for short- and long-term shutdowns without a ton of extra work or money....
nutritional health

Episode 117: Asking questions about nutritional health with Rachel Hester

My friend Rachel Hester of Whoopsy Daisy Farm and I decided it was time to start asking questions and take a deep dive into the nutritional health that homesteaders are pursuing....

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