My name is Leigh and my husband is Jared. We have been together for almost 20 years. We’ve got two tornados boys, Chase and Jaxson and a ton of animals.
We started homesteading because we weren’t happy with the life we were “supposed” to live. Society tells us that we have to work in an office, warehouse, etc, get groceries at the store, only see our kids for a couple hours a night, and then do it all over again. We wanted something different.
So we bought our mini farm and have been working to turn it into our homestead. We have 10 goats, though that number changes depending on the season. There are approximately 50 poultry, again depends on the season and predator load. We’ve got 4 huge dogs, 2 cats, 4 bearded dragons and a snake.
We have learned a ton since being on the farm; from firewood to building and everything in between.
I started this blog to help new homesteaders learn as much as possible before diving in. When we were researching all the things that we wanted to do, paralysis by analysis became a real problem. We had so many ideas that we kind of froze.
So we sat down and really thought about the things we wanted to do, created our goals and got to work.
I created this download to help new homesteaders start and stay on track. There are other freebies in the members only area as well. You can sign up below and you will receive an email with the password to the members only area.
You can find my new homesteaders check list in our members only area, after you have signed up.
Sign up below to receive access to multiple freebies. Look for an email with the password and instructions to access our members only area.
Homesteading is a lifestyle and means so many different things to everyone. So before you start panicking that your homestead isn’t big enough or you don’t know anything about brooding chickens, just realize that we were all clueless at some point.
Below are my top 5 blog posts to get you started!
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Welcome to Our Homestead
We are excited to bring you along for the journey. On this blog you will find a ton of posts about goats, canning and homesteading and more. We wanted to let other people know that you don’t have to have hundreds of acres, tons of livestock or even generations of knowledge. We wanted our blog…
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5 Ways To Save Money On Livestock Feed
Whether you homestead on a large scale or small, livestock feed is expensive. To be fair, raising livestock in general is expensive. But with the holidays on us, plus supply chain issues and inflation, saving money is becoming more and more important. So here are the 5 ways we save money on livestock feed. How…
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Welcoming American Guinea Hogs To The Homestead
About a month ago, we welcomed Bacon and Delilah to the homestead. We had talked about wanting to get pigs when we started the homestead, but I never really put a lot of thought into it. After a ton of research and a swift kick in the pants while at The Homesteaders of America Conference?…
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How To Keep Livestock Warm In Winter
As I write this post, it is 11/7/22 and it is 83* outside. We live in a pretty mild winter climate here in Georgia, we do have some pretty cool/ cold weather. We’re not talking about -50 temperatures here. But we, and our animals are not used to severe winter weather. When it comes to…
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